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The Proud Family was an American animated television series about an African American family; it is geared towards pre-teens and teenagers. Originally piloted for Nickelodeon,[1] it was eventually picked up by the Disney Channel in 2001. The show was created by Bruce W. Smith, and is produced by his studio, Jambalaya Studios.
While basically a sitcom, The Proud Family presents young audiences with different daily situations that many teenagers might have to face during their teenage and adult years. Although The Proud Family has ended with the final episode, a made-for-TV Proud Family movie was released on August 19, 2005.
[edit] Season 1: 2001-2002
| # |
Title |
Original airdate |
Code |
| 1 |
"Bring It On" |
September 15, 2001 |
105 |
| Penny protests to be able to join a boys football team at school when a sexist coach says she can not. |
| 2 |
"Strike" |
September 21, 2001 |
106 |
| Penny and her friends feel like they are not getting enough money to do whatever they want to do. |
| 3 |
"Rumors" |
September 21, 2001 |
101 |
| A rumor involving Penny and Myron (the school nerd) is spread. Penny's reputation is ruined, and even her friends believe the rumor. |
| 4 |
"Tiger Whisperer" |
September 21, 2001 |
104 |
| Penny is bored sick of her mother's veterinary job on "Go To Work With Your Mother Day", until a magician with a depressed tiger shows up at the clinic. Penny forms a bond with the tiger, but Penny's mother is wary. |
| 5 |
"Ez Jackster" |
October 5, 2001 |
103 |
| Penny is used as a tool to infect the whole world with a website marketing illegal free music downloads using the philosophy that "free music is our birthright." |
| 6 |
"Spelling Bee" |
October 12, 2001 |
111 |
| When Oscar heard bout a spelling bee competition, he forces Penny to train and makes her enter the competition so that he can re-live his glory days all over again, but the son of a contestant who lost to Oscar in a spelling bee that happened years ago made other ways to win. |
| 7 |
"She’s Got Game" |
October 19, 2001 |
109 |
| The football coach won't let Penny be on the team. In a "high-profile" court case, Penny fights the coach and his sexism. In this episode, Zoey's aunt Gloria Cochran, the lawyer, makes a spoof of famous lawyers Gloria Allred and Johnny Cochran. |
| 8 |
"Forbidden Date" |
November 2, 2001 |
108 |
| |
| 9 |
"Teacher’s Pet" |
November 9, 2001 |
107 |
| |
| 10 |
"Don’t Leave Home Without It" |
November 16, 2001 |
112 |
| |
| 11 |
"Seven Days Of Kwanzaa" |
December 7, 2001 |
119 |
| The Proud Family is taught an important lesson about the true meaning of Christmas by a homeless family. |
| 12 |
"Make Over" |
December 14, 2001 |
113 |
| Penny, Dijonay and LaCienega turn Zoey into the perfect date, but will they be able to do the same with Olay Gross? |
| 13 |
"The Party" |
January 4, 2002 |
114 |
| Penny is the pooper at her own party when everyone decides to go to LaCienega's party instead. |
| 14 |
"Love Thy Neighbor" |
January 18, 2002 |
115 |
| |
| 15 |
"I Had A Dream" |
February 1, 2002 |
116 |
| Penny is taught a lesson about respecting her African American heritage. |
| 16 |
"I Love You Penny Proud" |
February 8, 2002 |
117 |
| Penny is guilted into forming a relationship with an obnoxious boy on Valentine's Day. |
| 17 |
"Puff’s Magic Adventure" |
March 1, 2002 |
110 |
| Due to a series of mishaps, Puff ends up lost overseas, and Suga Mamma is a wreck because of it. |
| 18 |
"Enter The Bullies" |
March 15, 2002 |
102 |
| The Gross Sisters call Penny out after she clues the school principal in on their bullying ways. Meanwhile, BeBe and CeCe visit Dr. Payne. |
| 19 |
"The Altos" |
April 12, 2002 |
120 |
| Sticky joins a crew of bullies after his parents divorce. |
| 20 |
"Hip-Hop Helicopter" |
April 26, 2002 |
118 |
| |
| 21 |
"Romeo Must Wed" |
May 24, 2002 |
121 |
| Penny has a crush on Kwok, who is arranged to be married to another girl because of the traditions of where his parents are from in China. Meanwhile, Penny and Kwok are playing the title roles in the school production of Romeo and Juliet, and Penny's aunt Diana - a famous actress - is visiting from New York. |
[edit] Season 2: 2002-2003
| # |
Title |
Original airdate |
Code |
| 22 |
"A Star Is Scorned" |
September 27, 2002 |
204 |
| |
| 23 |
"A Hero For Halloween" |
October 18, 2002 |
201 |
| Penny gets super powers when she eats her daddy's snacks. |
| 24 |
"Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thingy Baby" |
October 25, 2002 |
202 |
| |
| 25 |
"Poetic Justice" |
November 8, 2002 |
205 |
| |
| 26 |
"Behind The Family Lines" |
December 13, 2002 |
206 |
| |
| 27 |
"Hooray For Iesha" |
January 3, 2003 |
203 |
| |
| 28 |
"Camping Trip" |
February 17, 2003 |
208 |
| |
| 29 |
"Crouching Trudy, Hidden Penny" |
March 7, 2003 |
211 |
| |
| 30 |
"Boot Camp" |
March 28, 2003 |
210 |
| Penny tries to be like the Gross Sisters, but Suga Mama sends her to boot camp. |
| 31 |
"Tween Town" |
April 11, 2003 |
212 |
| |
| 32 |
"One In A Million" |
April 18, 2003 |
209 |
| |
| 33 |
"Hmmm… Tastes Like" |
May 9, 2003 |
216 |
| |
| 34 |
"There’s Something About Rene" |
May 23, 2003 |
215 |
| |
| 35 |
"Adventures In Bebe Sitting" |
June 20, 2003 |
220 |
| |
| 36 |
"Surf and Turf" |
June 27, 2003 |
207 |
| |
| 37 |
"Johnny Lovely" |
July 25, 2003 |
213 |
| Papi sings about a mysterious young stranger who sweeps all the girls of Wizville off their feet. |
| 38 |
"The Camp, The Counselor, The Mole, And The Rock" |
August 1, 2003 |
214 |
| |
| 39 |
"It Takes A Thief" |
September 12, 2003 |
219 |
| |
| 40 |
"Wedding Bell Blues" |
September 19, 2003 |
221 |
| |
| 41 |
"Penny Potter" |
September 26, 2003 |
222 |
| Sugar Mama's sister comes to visit. She has the power to move things and tries to get money off Oscar. |
[edit] Season 3: 2003-2005
| # |
Title |
Original airdate |
Code |
| 42 |
"Monkey Business" |
October 10, 2003 |
304 |
| Mariah Carey's monkey,Francois,gets taken to Dr.Proud's veternary office after he passes out from eating a Proud Snack. Francois and Mr.Chimp gets switched and Oscar tries to make money off of Francois(thinking he's Mr.Chimp) because he can play the piano,while Mr.Chimp is living a luxorious life with Mariah. |
| 43 |
"Thelma and Louise" |
October 10, 2003 |
301 |
| |
| 44 |
"Culture Shock" |
October 24, 2003 |
306 |
| |
| 45 |
"Election" |
November 7, 2003 |
302 |
| |
| 46 |
"The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" |
December 5, 2003 |
303 |
| Pretty LaCienega and ordinary looking classmate Agatha Ordinario enter a singing competition where the winner gets to sing with Alicia Keys. Agatha is the better singer by far, but when Wizard Kelly fixes the votes, LaCienega is forced to make a tough decision. |
| 47 |
"Smack Mania 6: Mongo Vs. Mama’s Boy" |
December 26, 2003 |
305 |
| |
| 48 |
"Suga Mama’s Believers" |
February 16, 2004 |
307 |
| |
| 49 |
"Twins To Tweens" |
April 24, 2004 |
308 |
| Penny, tired of baby-sitting her younger siblings, wishes they were old enough to take care of themselves. Al Roker grants Penny's wish and turns Cece and Bebe into teens, but they turn out to be more popular than her. |
| 50 |
"She Drives Me Crazy" |
August 5, 2005 |
309 |
| Suga Mama is caught with an expired driver's license and has to get a new one at the DMV, Penny gets in an accedent trying to tell Suga Mama to pull over. |
| 51 |
"Who You Callin’ A Sissy" |
August 12, 2005 |
317 |
| Michael and LaCienega are planning on going to the dance together, mainly because Michael has prepared an exotic dress for her. Soon after Michael gets called a sissy, the bullies get a traumatizing experiences from a bully version of Michael. |
| 52 |
"Psycho Duck" |
August 19, 2005 |
319 |
| Penny saves a duck when he's drowning. But soon the duck, Chester, goes psycho when Penny tells him to go home. |
| 53 |
"The Proud Family Movie" |
Bruce W. Smith |
August 19, 2005 |
| When Penny Proud turns sixteen, her dad, Oscar, demands that she can't be a Spare Change dancer. Penny sneaks out of the house, and meets 15 Cent. Meanwhile, her dad failed to enter a snack academy. 15 Cent drives her home and Penny kisses him, and as her father yells, she's embarrassed. Penny gets scolded and she goes back to her room in total anger. Her mom, Trudy, gives the birthday present from her dad. All of a sudden, her family is invited on a cruise ship. They learn it's a plot by the evil Dr. Carver (Arsenio Hall) who wants Oscar's secret to his new Proud Snack. Since Oscar won't reveal the secret, Dr. Carver sends peanut-shaped clones of Penny, Oscar, Trudy, Bebe & Cece, Suga Mama, and Puff back home. And the only place they will find the secret to the snack was in Penny's birthday present - her necklace. |
[edit] References
- ^ Animation World News - Television
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