The Proud Family

Sep 15, 2001

Penny thinks she's made the cheerleading squad, but arch rival LaCienega Boulevardez shows up and ruins everything, so Penny enlists the thuggish Gross sisters to help--but they make matters worse.

Sep 21, 2001

Penny leads her peers in a strike against their parents. The kids refuse to do their chores until they receive a cost-of-living raise.

Sep 21, 2001

While Oscar and Trudy are away at an awards banquet, Penny throws a giant party complete with loud music and boys.

Sep 28, 2001

Penny befriends a magician's pet tiger when she begrudgingly takes part in Take Your Daughter to Work Day.

Oct 5, 2001

Penny's crush on a new boy at school has repercussions beyond her wildest dreams when she helps promote his music-sharing Web site.

Oct 12, 2001

Oscar pushes Penny to enter a spelling bee so that he can vicariously relive his own glory days; and Suga Mama goes shopping with the twins.

Oct 19, 2001

Penny's efforts to impress a boy at school land her on the football team; and Oscar develops a new snack food called jelly poppers.

Nov 2, 2001

Penny breaks her father's no-dating rule when she goes to the amusement park and pairs up with a boy named Carlos. Elsewhere, her parents go on a double date to a day spa.

Nov 9, 2001

Penny's grades fall victim to a long-time grudge held between her teacher Ms. Dinkins and Suga Mama; Oscar and Trudy enroll the twins in a private preschool.

Nov 16, 2001

Penny is entrusted with her very own credit card, which she plans on using responsibly, but it seems to have a mind of its own. Oscar, meanwhile, nearly spends his family out of house and home in his attempt to catch a mouse.

Dec 7, 2001

The Prouds celebrate Christmas by inviting a homeless family to their holiday dinner, where the guests share with their hosts the rituals of Kwanzaa.

Dec 14, 2001

The Gross Sisters split up when Olei gets a makeover and joins the ranks of the popular kids. Also, the Proud twins star in a commercial.

Jan 4, 2002

Penny is the pooper at her own party until singer Lou Rawls drops by to liven things up.

Jan 18, 2002

The Boulevardez family moves in with the Prouds after Oscar sets fire to their home. Then, Lacienega's ego suffers a blow, courtesy of Penny. Also, the twins take to calling Felix "Da-Da."

Feb 1, 2002

Penny is swept back in time to February 1955 to learn the importance of black history, a subject she once found boring. In the past, she finds that her school relegates black students to the back of the classroom and there are no lessons in black history being taught. She also finds that her friendship with Zoey, who's white, is forbidden.

Feb 8, 2002

Penny has a change of heart about Valentine's Day after a secret admirer spray paints her name across town; and Trudy plans a romantic dinner for Oscar with help from the creepy Chef O'Boy.

Mar 1, 2002

Suga Mama is heartbroken when her poodle, Puff, goes missing. To ease her sorrow she spends more time with Penny. Meanwhile, Oscar and Trudy worry that it is their fault the dog has left without a trace.

Mar 15, 2002

The Gross sisters call Penny out after she clues the school principal in on their bullying ways; BeBe and CeCe visit Dr. Payne for their shots.

Apr 12, 2002

Disheartened over his parents' divorce, Sticky turns to a gang for solace until a worried Penny steers the boy under Oscar's fatherly guidance.

Apr 26, 2002

Penny and her friends become local celebrities after appearing on a TV dance show, but Oscar threatens to pull the plug on their fame if they don't abide by his dress code. Also, a bowling rivalry develops between the Prouds and their neighbors.

May 24, 2002

Penny's uneasy about her starring role in the school play, because her leading man is betrothed to an arranged marriage. Meanwhile, Trudy's sister--a theater actress--oversteps her level of expertise by playing a motherly role.

Sep 27, 2002

The R&B foursome of Penny, LaCienega, Dijonay and Zoey win a record deal...too bad Penny has decided to break up the band and focus on a solo career.

Oct 18, 2002

When the Prouds discover their house may be haunted, Penny becomes a hero after eating one of Oscars' Proud Scary Snacks.

Oct 25, 2002

When Oscar agrees to bring popular children's show host, Thingy, to perform at the twin's birthday, he and Penny discover that Thingy is really Oscar's pretty old college friend, Debra, and Penny wrongfully suspects that they are having an affair.

Nov 8, 2002

When there's a debate team at school Penny and Dijonay wind up on opposing sides. They start to argue about the issue causing a rift in their friendship.

Dec 13, 2002

Trudy's and Oscar's feuding families are brought together for the twins' baptism.

Jan 3, 2003

Penny launches a campaign to save her favorite TV show after it gets canceled.

Feb 17, 2003

The Prouds struggle to survive a camping trip with the Boulevardez family.

Mar 7, 2003

Penny and her friends sign up for martial-arts lessons.

Mar 28, 2003

Oscar and Trudy send Penny to a boot camp to prevent her from becoming a bully.

Apr 11, 2003

Al Roker mysteriously appears and jumps off the TV screen to grant Penny's wish for a world without adults after she's punished for lying. With no grown-ups in sight, Penny proclaims to her friends that they're living in "a world of the children, by the children and for the children....We can do anything we want." But that's not much consolation for babies BeBe and CeCe, who miss their mommy and daddy.

Apr 18, 2003

Penny meets Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant and asks him to help her win a million dollars by making a half-court shot.

May 9, 2003

Suga Mama's snack creations rival the munchies sold by her eldest son, Oscar, who tries to capitalize on the success of her top-secret recipe.

May 23, 2003

The Prouds hire a perfectly good nanny, but Trudy wants her fired.

Jun 20, 2003

Penny's left solo to babysit the twins, BeBe and CeCe, along with the wild and crazy siblings of Dijonay, who abandoned her charges with her best friend to attend a sold-out concert with LaCienega and Zoey. Elsewhere, the grown-ups are on a couples' retreat led by a Dr. Phil-like psychologist.

Jun 27, 2003

Los Angeles DJs Big Boy and Fuzzy Fantabulous have cameos as Dijonay attempts to win Sticky's love by making him jealous of the attention she's giving to a boy from Hawaii. Elsewhere, Oscar enters into a bet with the world's fastest baby.

Jul 25, 2003

A mythical character named Johnny Lovely blows into town to show Penny and her friends the importance of treating each other with respect. His arrival coincides with rehearsals for the Junior Debutante Ball, a custom that Penny complains is outdated and demeaning to women. However, Johnny sees this coming-out party as a chance to put on display his gentlemanly good manners.

Aug 1, 2003

Reverend Hagood organizes a three-day, two-night camping trip for the youth of his church. Penny volunteers as a junior counselor, to the chagrin of Oscar, who's fearful of his daughter being alone with boys and their "raging hormones." Meanwhile, Peabo splits his time away from home between tracking Penny's every move and trying to get closer to crush Zoey.

Sep 12, 2003

Penny is framed for stealing by the manager at her new department-store job.

Sep 19, 2003

Smokey Robinson is hired to sing at the wedding of Suga Mama after she accepts a marriage proposal from her senior-citizen beau, Clarence St. John. Meanwhile, Oscar hopes a private eye will prove his hunch that the bride-to-be is being fleeced out of her life savings by the future groom.

Sep 26, 2003

Suga Mama's sister Spice successfully sweet-talks Oscar into giving her money.

Oct 10, 2003

Mariah Carey is involved in a mix-up at the veterinarian's office that results in her monkey Francois working at the Proud Snax factory. Meanwhile, Oscar's chimp Mr. Chips goes on to live the pampered life of a pop star's pet.

Oct 11, 2003

Papi becomes the newest resident of a nursing home that forces its senior-citizen population into working on an okra farm.

Oct 24, 2003

Penny and her classmates experience culture shock when their teacher assigns them to spend time in homes of classmates of different nationalities. Penny's initial awkwardness when visiting a Pakistani family who's fasting during Ramadan gives way to an appreciation of the Islamic faith.

Nov 7, 2003

Penny is running against mudslinger Wizard Kelly Jr. in the race for class president.

Dec 5, 2003

Wizard Kelly organizes a televised talent contest featuring celebrity judge Alicia Keys, and LaCienega decides to enter it. But Penny suspects that the wannabe pop idol isn't above cheating to win.

Dec 26, 2003

After Mongo, a famous wrestler, takes ill at the hands of Proud Snacks, Oscar is forced to step into the ring to defend Mongo's belt. Oscar, now known as “Mama's Boy,” does so with the help of his tag-team partner, Suga Mama. Ironically, Mongo ends up having to fight Oscar to get his belt back.

Feb 16, 2004

Suga Mama suffers a momentary lapse of confidence after taking over management duties of a struggling baseball team.

Apr 24, 2004

Penny wishes for her Bebe & Cece to be older so they can look after for themselves.

Jan 9, 2004

Suga Mama enlists Oscarto help her study when her driver's license expires and she must take the renewal exam.

Aug 12, 2005

When Penny's friend Michael is called a sissy, she takes responsibility for helping him defend himself.

Aug 19, 2005

Penny convinces her mom to let her adopt an abandoned duck.