Two Bits & Pepper is a 1995 family dramedy film directed by Corey Michael Eubanks and starring Joe Piscopo, Lauren Eckstrom, and Rachel Crane. The plot concerns two young girls who get into mischief with their pet horses. They are kidnapped by a pair of bumbling crooks who hold them for ransom, and it is up to their equine pets to rescue them. Plot Two Bits and Pepper are equestrians, living in Central California with their owners, Tyler and her parents, Roger and Carla. One day, after school, Tyler's best friend, Katie, sets out a plan to get her to ride Two Bits and Pepper into town. Carla refuses to allow Tyler to do so, so Katie makes up a concept to go below the highway that runs across their property rather than to directly cross it, as Carla did not clearly state that they could not go below it. Carla witnesses Tyler and Katie in a hang-out session with Two Bits and Pepper in town, alongside their best friends. After putting Two Bits and Pepper into the property, Tyler sets off for the main road. Earlier in the day, two crooks named Zike and Spider attempt to kidnap a young boy at school under the ploy that it's a free ride home. He meets up with his father, who reports Zike and Spider to the police. Tyler crosses the road, but not before meeting up with Zike and Spider. They try to grab her under the ploy that Roger knows them. She escapes by throwing rocks at them. She makes it home at sunset. Carla yells at her for having disobeyed her, leading her to run away, but Carla thinks it was just a trick. Later in the night, Roger arrives home to find Carla crying because Tyler is gone. After checking Two Bits and Pepper's pins, they set off for the police station. Tyler is hanging out at Katie's house. Zike and Spider are pulled over by the police for matching the description of the car that the boy's father gave them. After letting them go, the police station is rampant with reports and sightings of the kidnappers. The FBI is also on the case. Later that night, Zike and Spider break into Katie's house, leading her to drop a candle and burn the whole house down. They make it out, running into the field. The police, the