Sue Rose
Director
Angela Anaconda (1999)
Season 1
A unique style of cutout animation tells the story of eight-year-old Angela, her weird and wonderful friends, and her sworn enemy--snobby Nanette Manoir.
Released Oct. 4, 1999
Episode 30 min
2+
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Family, Kids
Keywords: imdb.character-name-in-title, imdb.cutout-animation, imdb.elementary-school, imdb.based-on-tv-sketch
Watch Providers: The Roku Channel, Hoopla
Production Companies: Decode Entertainment, C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Network: Teletoon
6.0
S1E1 - Pet Peeves / Rat Heroes
Pet Peeves
The Abatti's and the Sabatto's are feuding over their rival pizza parlors. Angela suggests that the Abatti's offer a $2 discount to anyone who rips the Sabatto's ad from the phone book. After Johnny's grandmother finds a rat in the pizza sauce, she is certain that the Sabatto's have put it there as a sign of a vendetta and that Angela should fear for her life. Angela fantasizes about life on the lam until it is discovered that there is no vendetta - Johnny's Uncle Nicky simply forgot to call the exterminator.
Rat Heroes
It's the annual class field trip. Angela's class is going to the Quazeduds Space Museum where they are going to meet Astronaut Bob - a real live astronaut! It is even more special because Angela's Dad loaned her his moon rock, from the moon!
Oct. 4, 1999, midnight
S1E2 - Ice Breakers / You're So Vain
Ice Breakers
Angela arrives at her beginner ice skating class to find that Nanette has also joined! Worse yet, she already knows how to skate and her show-off moves cause Angela to fall and break her arm. The good news is that Angela gets a cool glow-in-the-dark cast for all of her friends to sign. But Nanette maneuver's her way to the front of the line and signs her name in HUGE LETTERS. Now Angela is forced to look at Nanette's name every day - and night!
You're So Vain
Angela's has to write a poem about someone she that admires, so she chooses her dog, King. But while she is reciting her poem, Mrs. Brinks thinks it's about her. Now Angela is the new teacher's pet and Nanette is furious! As soon as she discovers the true subject of Angela's poem, she is quick to tattle and regain her position as favorite student. Angela ends up in the proverbial doghouse, sentenced once again to cleaning the chalk board erasers.
Oct. 5, 1999, midnight
S1E3 - The Substitute / Model Behaviour
The Substitute
Angela is the only one who hasn't picked her Rainforest project, and she is sure that Mrs. Brinks is going to freak. But a miracle happens-Mrs. Brinks is sick, and they have a substitute teacher! She turns out to be really cool, wanting to be called by her first name, taking an instant shining to Angela, and best of all-has no time for Nanette! Unfortunately, nothing lasts forever. Brinks comes back to school and within minutes sends Angela to the principals office. But that's OK, 'cause guess who the substitute principal is?
Model Behaviour
Angela is excited that her Mom, Gen, has asked Angela to be her sculpturing assistant for an entire weekend! Her excitement quickly fades when she discovers that Nanette is the subject! Nanette's rich parents have commissioned Gen to do a sculpture of their perfect princess. Instead of being her Mom's assistant, Angela ends up as Nanette's slave while Nanette sits proudly posing for her sculpture.
Oct. 6, 1999, midnight
S1E4 - Touched By An Angel-a / Puppy Love
Touched By An Angel-a
Angela runs into a stream of bad luck after Josephine Praline witnesses her say something mean about Nanette. Angela thinks these unlucky occurrences are just plain "accidents" but Josephine insists that she needs to be "touched by an angel" and persuades her to be nice to her arch nemesis, Nanette.
Hard to Swallow
Nanette's dog Ooh La La has gone missing! Convinced by a hefty cash reward, Angela and her friends, Gina, Johnny and Gordy search for the missing poodle. They're in for a surprise with what they find.
Oct. 7, 1999, midnight
S1E5 - Who's Sari Now / Saving Private Gordy
Who's Sari Now
A foreign Prince visits Angela's school and guess who is picked to show him around? But, to Angela's dismay, the Prince falls head over heals in love with Nanette. This drives Angela crazy and Johnny even crazier as he has lost the attention he used to get from both girls. When Johnny tries to gain back his popularity, Angela has to physically defend him, and in turn, the fickle Prince falls in love with her "fiery" personality - for a moment or two.
Saving Private Gordy
When Gordy expresses an interest in football, through horticulture, Coach Rhinehart looks for a "few good men" to teach his boy the finer points of the game. Angela's brothers, Derek and Mark, are recruited for the mission. Angela fears that Gordy will never make it through the day and takes it upon herself to save Gordy from sure death. Angela ends up taking the fall while Gordy ends up teaching her brothers how to make chocolate soufflé.
Oct. 8, 1999, midnight
S1E6 - Fairweather Friends / Turtle Confessions
Fairweather Friends
Nanette is sick! When Mrs. Brinks gives Angela the job of leader of the Spring Fling Contest, January and Karlene, desperate to be "somebodies" and not "nobodies", run to Angela to bribe her in order to be chosen as her helpers for the contest.
Turtle Confessions
Gina Lash is deciding whether to entrust her pet turtle, Sheldon, to either Gordy or Angela. When Angela is chosen, things go awry when Sheldon disappears!
Oct. 9, 1999, midnight
S1E7 - Cloak & Dagger / The Dog Ate It
Cloak & Dagger
It is show and tell at the school and Angela is excited to showcase her genuine private eye pen. Her excitement is foiled when everyone is more interested in Nanette's show and tell subject, a GENUINE private eye. Despite her downer day, her dad gifts her a new New England coat. Things don't go as planned when she finds Nanette already bragging about her very own similar coat at the school.
The Dog Ate It
King eats Angela's homework and to avoid getting in trouble from Mrs. Brinks, she needs a better excuse than the more far-fetched truth "My dog ate my homework". She ends up in a roller coaster of events with twists and turns going in a downward spiral with her lies.
Oct. 10, 1999, midnight
S1E8 - Hot Bob and Chocolate / Pizza Wars
Hot Bob and Chocolate
Angela unscrambles a sentence in English class to read: "I like Bob and hot chocolate". This innocent mistake begins a cycle of misunderstandings, which leads the entire school to believe that Angela has a boyfriend named Bob! Angela tries to tell everyone that there is no Bob, but the rumor has spreads so far out of control, that Nanette gets jealous and tries to steal Bob away from her!
Pizza Wars
The Abatti's and the Sabatto's are feuding over their rival pizza parlors. Angela suggests that the Abatti's offer a $2 discount to anyone who rips the Sabatto's ad from the phone book. After Johnny's grandmother finds a rat in the pizza sauce, she is certain that the Sabatto's have put it there as a sign of a vendetta and that Angela should fear for her life. Angela fantasizes about life on the lam until it is discovered that there is no vendetta - Johnny's Uncle Nicky simply forgot to call the exterminator.
Oct. 13, 1999, midnight
S1E9 - Stuck On You / Hard to Swallow
Stuck on You
Angela tries to break her personal record for bubble-gum blowing. Tragedy strikes when an unfortunate chain of events causes Angela & Nanette to be stuck together at the hair, by a giant wad of gum! Mrs. Brinks offers to snip away at the problem with her safety scissors but Nanette will have nothing of the sort. She will only let her personal hair surgeon, Pierre touch her perfect curls. Angela is forced to spend the day literally stuck to Nanette's side.
Hard to Swallow
When Nanette insists that her pure bred French poodle, Oo-La-La is superior in loyalty to Angela's dog King, Angela decides to prove her wrong by luring Oo-La-La away from the Manoir estate and hide him in her backyard. At the same time Angela's Grandma Lou has arrived from the Florida Everglades with her per alligator Barney, who, unknown to Angela, is also in the backyard. When Oo-La-La's rhinestone collar is found, Angela assumes the alligator must have eaten the pampered poodle.
Oct. 14, 1999, midnight
S1E10 - Good Fishing / 100 Yard Lash
Gone Fishing
Angela can hardly contain her excitement, because she is finally allowed to go on the annual fishing trip with her Dad Bill and her dorky brothers. Her father is getting ready for the occasion with his latest invention, the Whirl-O-Reel and he promises that Angela can be the first to try it out. Unfortunately, while working out the last minute glitches the Whirl-O-Reel backfires right into Bill's hands, injuring him. Angela is stuck going on the trip with Mark and Derek.
100 Yard Lash
It is time to pick teams for the annual class relay. Angela is captain of team Lemon and Nanette is captain of team Lime and they are both set to win the Top Secret prize. Gina of course has no interest in running, that is until she finds out that the Top Secret Prize has the initials M.B., which must stand for Mapperson's Bakery. Angela cannot let her friend her down so she picks Gina for the team - and the training begins.
Oct. 15, 1999, midnight
S1E11 - Fairweather Friends
My Fair Lulu
Angela is fed up with her baby sister Lulu. Not only did she cause Angela to get Poisen Ivy and miss showing off her Butterfly at All-Creatures-Great-And-Small-Week at school, but she scares her friends away and is always doing something to bug Angela. The final straw is when Lulu lets Angela's perfect butterfly out of it's containment unit and it flies out the window. Angela thinks having a baby sister is the worse thing ever. But Lulu saves the day and ends up helping Angela get the butterfly back. Angela sees that Baby Lulu can be and ally and takes her sister under her wing and shows her the fine art of throwing water balloons. At their older brothers expense of course.
Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore
According to Nonna and Nicky Abatti, Johnny and his parents are moving! At first all Angela and Gina can think about is Johnny's toys that he should leave for them. Until Nanette Manoir comes along announcing that she is throwing Johnny a going away party.
Oct. 18, 1999, midnight
S1E12 - Cloak and Dagger
Bathroom Blues
While impatiently waiting in a long line to use the girl's bathroom Angela begins to wonders why there is no line for the boy's bathroom. Maybe the boy's room is considerably larger than the girls? Maybe it is like a pit stop in a auto race? Well there is only one way to find out. Angela climbs up a tree in order to get a peek in the window but makes a fumble and ends up falling right into the bathroom! Angela is mortified and has no idea how to get out. She makes several attempts but all to no avail. In the end it is the squeamish but gallant Gordy Rhinehart comes to rescue and it is Mrs. Brinks and Nanette who end up trapped in this most inappropriate of places.
Garbage Swingers
When Uncle Nicky gets sentenced to driving a garbage truck for community service Johnny invites Angela and Gina to come along for a ride. The kids have great fun looking through other peoples' garbage and riding to school in the truck. Nanette is disgusted at this activity and tr
Oct. 19, 1999, midnight
S1E13 - Hot Bob and Chocolate
Mapperson's Daughter
Mapperson's Bakery is running a contest to find a new 'face' for the Mapperson's Bakery Delivery Truck. Angela is sure she is a shoe in until Johnny announces it to the entire school and soon everyone is vying for the title. Everyone except Gina Lash who believes it is the product that makes Mapperson's so special not all of the commercialism. Nanette is also in the running with her professionally done photographs and of course she and Angela spend their time trying to sabotage the others' efforts. The big day arrives and Mr. Mapperson makes the announcement. The new face for the truck is ... Gina Lash! Mr. Mapperson explains that Gina is his biggest customer and therefore a natural choice to represent Mapperson's Bakery.
Big Ho Down
Angela is totally embarrassed that her Dad, Bill is making her dance with him in the annual Father-Daughter Ho-Down. Even worse he is taking her shopping for Western Duds! At Spangley Jangles Western Shop they run in to Nanette and
Oct. 20, 1999, midnight
S1E14 - Episode 14
None
Oct. 21, 1999, midnight
S1E15 - The Dog Ate It
Angela Who?
A series of events in the Anaconda household lead Angela to believe that she is not a real Anaconda and must be adopted. Angela goes on a mission to discover her true identity and her real family. She follows up any clue she can and considers everyone she knows as potential relatives. Unfortunately all of the clues lead to only one conclusion - she must be a Manoir! Angela imagines what it would be like to be Nanette's sister and it is all too unbearable. Thankfully the Anacondas show up just in the nick of time and prove to Angela that Angela really is an Anaconda albeit a uniquely special one.
Rockabye Abatti
Angela hasn't had a good night sleep all week. Her brothers and baby sister keep making noise that keeps her awake. When Johnny announces that he has new race-car bunk beds and is having his first sleepover Angela jumps at the chance and volunteers to be the first to sleep over. Angela packs her bag that weekend with the hopes of getting a glorious nig
Oct. 22, 1999, midnight
S1E16 - Pizza Wars
Green With Envy?
Angela is so excited about wearing her new 'highway-worker-orange' windbreaker to school she completely forgets that it is St. Patrick's day. According to Tapwater Springs' tradition you can pinch anyone not wearing green and when Angela arrives at school that morning everyone in her class can hardly wait until recess time to take advantage of Angela's forgetfulness. Angela tries everything she can to get out of recess including trying to get herself in trouble. At the last minute Angela realizes that her new windbreaker is reversible and that the other side is 'frozen pea' green! She triumphantly marches out of the classroom only to be immediately pinched by none other than Nanette. Too bad for Ninnie-Poo, the Tapwater Springs' tradition also state that anyone who does pinch someone who is wearing green gets 'double pinch' backs!
Two Can Play
Mrs. Brinks is handing out parts to the school play "Miss Etiquette - the musical" and of course Nanette gets ch
Oct. 25, 1999, midnight
S1E17 - Hard To Swallow
Cut to the Chase
When Angela's Dad gives her a bad haircut right she takes her brother's autographed baseball hat without his permission. Angela wears the hat to school the next day but Mrs. Brinks confiscates it when Nanette points out the rule about wearing hats during school hours. Angela tries to get the hat back during Mrs. Brinks 'golden star auction' of confiscated items but Nanette acquires the hat by outbidding Angela with one more golden star. Angela has to bargain with Nanette to get the hat back which sets of a series of deals that Angela must make with her friends in order to get the rhinestone dog collar that Nanette is demanding as compensation for the hat. In the end Angela gets the hat back but also gets grounded and Nanette's dog ends up with a rash from the fake rhinestone collar.
Dirty Work
Angela is excited that it is finally her turn to work in the school store. Johnny Abatti is to be the manager and Angela the helper. Angela has a great day in the
Oct. 26, 1999, midnight
S1E18 - Super Mom / Skipping Lessons
Super Mom
Angela's Mom starts to feel guilty when she sees that her passion for her artwork often distracts her from her motherly duties. Geneva promises to turn over a new leaf effective immediately. The next morning there are eggs and school lunches packed. Angela thinks this is great - at first. Gen begins to become obsesses with being the 'perfect' mother and having the 'perfect' tidy house...and the 'perfect' family. Angela starts feeling like she is living in one of those cheesy seventy's sitcoms! It is the last straw when Gen tries to get Angela to dress like Nanette! Angela tells her Mom that she wants the 'old Mom' back and Gen is totally relieved. It turns out that she has been miserable with her new 'perfect' life.
Skipping Lessons
Angela is delighted when all of Mrs. Brinks letters of commendation to the School Board about Nanette culminate in the School Board advancing Nanette to the Fourth Grade! Mrs. Brinks is devastated by the loss of her prize pupil and
Oct. 27, 1999, midnight
S1E19 - View to a Brinks / Injury to Insult
View to a Brinks
Gina can hardly contain herself - she just witnessed Mr. Brinks coming out of the sporting goods store with Badminton Rackets. The kids know what that means - NAKED BADMINTON! They rush to their treehouse only to find that they can't see far enough into the Brinks yard to get a good look. There is only one thing to do - build higher. The kids go to exhaustive lengths to build the treehouse high enough to get a good view but they can only see the shuttlecock going back and forth over the net. When Nanette looks out of her bedroom window and sees the treehouse she is disgusted by the fact that it is blocking her scenic view of Tapwater Springs and orders Alfredo to tear it down immediately. The kids are desperate now to see the Brinks before Nanette ruins everything. Quickly Gina comes up with a new plan that allows all of them to get the birds eye view they've been waiting for - unfortunately!
Injury to Insult
When Angela comes down with a case of Pink Ey
Oct. 28, 1999, midnight
S1E20 - The Martyrdom of Saint Nanette / The Crossing
The Martyrdom of Saint Nanette
After Josephine tells the class about Ash Wednesday, Nanette, wanting her memory to live on for eternity, suggests that the entire class participate in sacrificing something for forty days. Angela decides that she will stop imagining things about other people. In other words, stop fantasizing about revenging Nanette. And Nanette takes a vow of poverty, which includes giving up her chauffeured town car, fine cuisine, and of course her magnificent wardrobe. Angela is really put to the test when Nanette enters wearing her signature orange dress, claiming that it isn't easy wearing 'tasteless clothes'. It isn't long before Angela discovers that Nanette is not keeping true to her vow of poverty. She tells Mrs. Brinks that she spotted Nanette sitting down to an elaborate feast, but Mrs. Brinks is quick to point out that Angela promised that she would not let her imagination get the better of her, and dismisses Angela's claims. On her way back to her desk,
Oct. 29, 1999, midnight
S1E21 - Labor Pains / Cyrano D'Angela
Labor Pains
Angela learns that everyone receives a higher allowance then she does. Her friends explain that in order to get more money Angela must do more work around the house. With great determination, and much to the surprise of her family, Angela does extra chores without being asked. At allowance time, Angela is only awarded with an extra fifty cents! Gina, being quite knowledgeable in labor relations, suggests that she go on strike. Angela enlists the help of her friends and they picket the Anaconda house, but the strike fails miserably. Angela's parents don't take it seriously, her brother's become scabs and even Gina crosses the picket line. Just when Angela has had enough she notices her parents handing Gina money! The anger quickly dissolves though when Gina reveals she successfully negotiated Angela a new allowance contract, complete with pay raise!
Cyrano D'Angela
Angela happens upon Gordy, who is in a funk because Gina has a new boyfriend and it isn't him. H
Nov. 1, 1999, midnight
S1E22 - Crazed and Confused / Strange Bedfellows
Crazed and Confused
'Babble Balls' were all the rage- until Angela had enough money buy one. As she proudly shows off her new toy, Nanette informs her that 'Babble Balls' are passé, and 'Bug Thugs' are now "da bomb". Denying her desire to obtain a 'Bug Thug', even to her best friend Gina Lash, Angela scrapes together every cent she can, and heads off to the toy store to buy one. But when she arrives, she discovers that Nanette has bought every last 'Bug Thug' in town, and Angela must resort to trickery to try and get her hands on one of the toys so that she too can join the illustrious Bug Thug Club. When her efforts are futile, Angela imagines that she is a super hero, and crashes a 'Bug Thug Club' gathering saving all from the Evil Nincom-pupae and her Bug Thug reign! In the end, Nanette neglects her 'Bug Thug' announcing that Rainblow Sparkle Gum is now 'in' as she blows a giant bubble that bursts into a sticky mess all over her face!
Strange Bedfellows
Grandma Lou ar
Nov. 2, 1999, midnight
S1E23 - Everybody Loves Gina / Halls of Justice
Everybody Loves Gina
Angela and Gina plan for a fabulous sleepover. Devious delights are happily agreed upon until Angela's brothers remind her just how obnoxious they truly are. Angela considers calling the whole thing off when Liz Lash and her new boy toy, Francisco, promptly drop Gina off at the Anaconda's. Gina immediately charms Mark and Derek with a peace offering of sorts. Soon, the whole Anaconda family is under Gina's spell as she appears to be funnier, more polite and simply nicer than Angela could ever be. Angela is jealous! Things only get worse when Gina extends her sleepover at the Anaconda residence for another two weeks. When a carnival is thrown to celebrate Gina's extended stay, Angela tries to get mad but is unable to sustain any ill will towards her best friend. Eventually, Gina gets bored of Angela's family and the carnival. The two friends find their way back into each other's hearts and partake in the cheeky fun they had planned in the beginning.
Halls
Nov. 3, 1999, midnight
S1E24 - Cabin Fever / Don't Over-Due It
Cabin Fever
Angela decides that she has had enough of clapping erasers and she yearns to never return to school again. Enter Mrs. Praline, Josephine's mother, who has agoraphobia, which means she never leaves her house. Angela decides that agoraphobia is the answer to all her problems and instantly diagnoses herself with the ailment. Bill and Geneva are quite concerned with their daughter's predicament and battle the agoraphobic symptoms head on. Not only is Angela kept home from school, she is also kept indoors, away from her friends...forever! Angela is forced to find amusement with Lulu and worse yet, her brothers. Yet none of the Anaconda's can find time for Angela and she must entertain herself. Faced with eternal boredom, Angela admits that she faked the agoraphobia, and returns to school, which by now couldn't please her more!
Don't Over-Due It
It's library amnesty day at Tapwater Elementary School. In order to avoid expensive fines, everyone returns their overdue
Nov. 4, 1999, midnight
S1E25 - Kar-Lean On Me / Slice of Life
Kar-Lean On Me
Angela begins the school day by having her newest cereal toy confiscated by Mrs. Brinks. The day seems to be like any other typical school day. That is until Karlene reveals that she and Nanette had a falling out over a less than fashionable fur hat. Karlene turns to Angela and pals for solace. Angela is hesitant to offer Karlene comfort but eventually warms up to her charms. Soon Karlene appears to be less like Nanette, and more like Angela. Angela is so sure Karlene has changed, she shares her secrets. Angela's theory is quickly disproved as Karlene betrays Angela's confidence to none other then Nanette Manior. Backstabbing and fashion reunite Karlene and Nanette while Angela is left with nothing but the fake fur hat on her head. Despite all that has happened, Angela gets the last laugh and teaches Karlene a thing or two about friendship and economics.
Slice of Life
Upon hearing an annoying, but rather catchy jingle for the county fair, Johnny's Uncle Ni
Nov. 5, 1999, midnight
S1E26 - The Nanette Lock / Gordy Floats
The Nanette Lock
While playing on the swing set in the schoolyard, Angela invents a cool new way to swing! She locks arms and legs with Gina and they swing together in rhythm. Nanette walks through the playground just as they are demonstrating this new swinging innovation, and decides to take credit for the technique by naming it the "Nanette Lock". Angela is determined to set the record straight by proving to everyone that the invention was hers to begin with, but her only witnesses are discredited by none other than nannoying Nanette Manior. Quick to praise her stellar 'inventor' student, Mrs. Brinks rushes to the playground to attempt the "Nanette Lock" herself, but the weight of her- ample figure causes the swing to detach from the swing set and sends Mrs. Brinks plummeting to the ground! Seeing the fire in Brinks' eyes, Nanette blurts out the truth about the swinging invention. Angela is so happy to finally receive the credit she deserves, she doesn't even mind clapping erase
Nov. 8, 1999, midnight
Network: Teletoon
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 1950 min.
Released: Oct. 4, 1999
Last Air Date: Dec. 10, 2001, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-G / 2+
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