Mrs. Pepper Pot (TV series)
A magical teaspoon shrinks a woman to tiny adventures.
Mrs. Pepperpot, also called Spoon Oba-san in Japanese, is an anime TV series inspired by Norwegian writer Alf Prøysen's children's books. It ran on NHK General TV from April 4, 1983, to March 9, 1984, for 130 episodes, each ten minutes long.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Fantasy
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Plot
Mrs. Spoon Pepperpot lives in a small village with her husband Fork. She wears a magical teaspoon around her neck that occasionally shrinks her to the size of the spoon, which does not shrink, forcing her to drag it along. She always returns to her original size after a time. This condition allows her to communicate with animals and have adventures in the woods, gaining new friends. She is friends with Lily, a mysterious forest girl, and a mouse family. She cannot reveal her secret or appear while shrunk, which becomes difficult. Her husband eventually learns her secret.
Characters
Mrs. Spoon Pepperpot is the main character, possessing a magic spoon that changes her size unexpectedly. Mr. Fork Pepperpot, her husband, is a professional painter, stubborn and hotheaded, initially unaware of her secret. The family pets are Fluffy the dog and Cleo the cat. A mouse couple, Mr. and Mrs. Björn Halken, and their five children Dee, Dum, Fa, La, and Thump, live in the house wall. Lily is a mysterious girl living in the forest with her pet mink Lou, initially the only one who knows Mrs. Pepperpot's secret and helps keep it. Other characters include three boys Andy, Buck, and Cappa; a girl Parsley and her baby brother Chip; a lumberjack Carl and his wife Sara; Mrs. Pepperpot's friends Clara, Nellie, Samantha, and Ms. Jolebiene; Dr. Prøysen the town doctor who enjoys giving shots; mailman Jahn; well-to-do Mrs. Vienne and her daughter Aurélie; store owner Mint who is Andy's father; a mother hen Mrs. Red Top with chicks Chickie and Chirpie; a crow Olina; a fox Michael; a wolf King Jaw; a frog Frogger; a bee Buzzy; and a one-eyed alley cat Black Jack.
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