List of The Proud Family episodes
The Proud Family is an American animated television series about an African-American family. 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 The Proud Family Movie was released on August 19, 2005.
Series overview
Season | Episodes | Originally aired (U.S. dates) | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 21 | September 15, 2001 | May 24, 2002 | |
2 | 20 | September 27, 2002 | September 26, 2003 | |
3 | 13 | May 26, 2004 | August 19, 2005 |
Season 1 (2001–02)
Series # | Season # | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
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1 | 1 | "Bring It On" | September 15, 2001 | 101 |
When a rich new family moves in next door to the Prouds, the parents hit it off right away, but Penny can't get along with their luxurious but vain daughter LaCienega, who tries out for cheerleading with Penny. | ||||
2 | 2 | "Strike" | September 22, 2001 | 106 |
Penny and her friends feel like they are not getting enough money to do whatever they want to do, so they go on strike. | ||||
3 | 3 | "Rumors" | September 28, 2001 | 105 |
4 | 4 | "Tiger Whisperer" | October 5, 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 very despondent tiger shows up at the clinic. Penny forms a bond with the tiger, but her mother, Trudy becomes wary. Oscar tries to go to a basketball game, but the only way he can go is if he sells ice cream at the game, which attracts women, including Wizard Kelly's gorgeous wife, Ginger S. Kelly. | ||||
5 | 5 | "EZ Jackster" | October 12, 2001 | 103 |
6 | 6 | "Spelling Bee" | November 16, 2001 | 111 |
7 | 7 | "She's Got Game" | November 23, 2001 | 109 |
8 | 8 | "Forbidden Date" | November 30, 2001 | 108 |
9 | 9 | "Teacher's Pet" | December 7, 2001 | 107 |
10 | 10 | "Don't Leave Home Without It" | January 4, 2002 | 112 |
Penny is given a credit card, leaving her to spend massively without her parents' knowledge.
Special Guest Star: Steve Harvey as The Credit Card | ||||
11 | 11 | "Seven Days Of Kwanzaa" | January 11, 2002 | 119 |
12 | 12 | "Makeover" | February 8, 2002 | 113 |
Penny, Dijonay and LaCienega turn Zoey into the perfect date, but will they be able to do the same with Olay Gross? Meanwhile, BeBe and CeCe get their pictures taken, but end up in a baby diaper commercial thanks to Oscar. | ||||
13 | 13 | "The Party" | February 15, 2002 | 114 |
14 | 14 | "Love Thy Neighbor" | February 22, 2002 | 115 |
The Boulevardez's house burns down, forcing the Boulevardez family to move in with the Prouds. While living with them, Penny finds out about a deep secret of LaCienega's. Meanwhile, Oscar then becomes jealous when BeBe and CeCe begin calling Felix their father. | ||||
15 | 15 | "I Had A Dream" | March 15, 2002 | 116 |
16 | 16 | "I Love You Penny Proud" | March 22, 2002 | 117 |
17 | 17 | "Puff's Magic Adventure" | March 29, 2002 | 110 |
Due to a series of mishaps, Puff ends up lost overseas, and Suga Mamma is a wreck because of it. | ||||
18 | 18 | "Enter The Bullies" | April 12, 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 for their flu shots in which they cry because Oscar thinks they don't know what a shot or the doctor's office is. | ||||
19 | 19 | "The Altos" | April 26, 2002 | 120 |
Sticky joins a crew of bullies after his parents' divorce. | ||||
20 | 20 | "Hip-Hop Helicopter" | May 3, 2002 | 118 |
21 | 21 | "Romeo Must Wed" | May 24, 2002 | 121 |
Season 2 (2002–03)
- Penny and Oscar were present for all episodes.
- Trudy was absent for two episodes.
- Suga Mama was absent for three episodes.
- BeBe and CeCe were absent for seven episodes.
Series # | Season # | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
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22 | 1 | "A Star Is Scorned" | September 27, 2002 | 204 |
A music company hears about the group "LPDZ" and they all get a recording deal. Everything turns out well for them until Penny decides to sing solo. | ||||
23 | 2 | "A Hero For Halloween" | October 24, 2002 | 201 |
24 | 3 | "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thingy Baby" | October 25, 2002 | 202 |
25 | 4 | "Poetic Justice" | November 8, 2002 | 205 |
26 | 5 | "Behind The Family Lines" | December 13, 2002 | 206 |
27 | 6 | "Hooray For Iesha" | January 3, 2003 | 203 |
28 | 7 | "Camping Trip" | February 17, 2003 | 208 |
Oscar and Felix get a camper and the kids are forced on a camping trip but when a big wave comes in and wipes away the trailer they have to learn how to survive while Oscar and Felix go get help. | ||||
29 | 8 | "Crouching Trudy, Hidden Penny" | March 7, 2003 | 211 |
30 | 9 | "Pulp Boot Camp" | March 28, 2003 | 210 |
Penny hooks up with the Gross Sisters to do a school expose on bullies so she can get a spot on the school newspaper staff. However, she winds up becoming just like them and starts bullying all her friends. When her bad behavior begins to affect her home life, her parents send her to boot camp to straighten her up. Penny is the narrator for this episode. | ||||
31 | 10 | "Tween Town" | April 11, 2003 | 212 |
32 | 11 | "One In A Million" | April 18, 2003 | 209 |
33 | 12 | "Hmmm... Tastes Like" | May 9, 2003 | 216 |
34 | 13 | "There's Something About Rene" | May 23, 2003 | 215 |
35 | 14 | "Adventures In Bebe Sitting" | June 20, 2003 | 218 |
36 | 15 | "Surf and Turf" | June 27, 2003 | 207 |
Dijonay attempts to kiss Sticky, by entering a contest where she chooses a boy to kiss her or diss her with a huge prize if she is kissed, but regardless, Sticky rejects her. This leaves Dijonay heartbroken, so she attempts to make him jealous by asking the new kid, Duke to the Beach Blanket Bananza. Her plan works leaving Sticky jealous. Afterwards, Djonay and Duke enter a beach competition, as a reversal Sticky gets Penny to enter the contest with him. Meanwhile, Suga Mama and Papi enter as well and are used as side-comedy. The three teams made it to the final round, a surf contest. during the contest Djonay and Sticky are more focused on showing off to one another. Finally, Sticky, Penny, Duke, and Djonay lost to Suga Mama and Papi, leaving Djonay back where she was with Sticky. | ||||
37 | 16 | "The Legend of Johnny Lovely" | July 25, 2003 | 213 |
Papi sings about a mysterious young stranger who sweeps all the girls of Wizville off their feet. | ||||
38 | 17 | "The Camp, The Counselor, The Mole, And The Rock" | August 1, 2003 | 214 |
39 | 18 | "It Takes A Thief" | September 12, 2003 | 217 |
40 | 19 | "Wedding Bell Blues" | September 19, 2003 | 219 |
41 | 20 | "Penny Potter" | September 26, 2003 | 220 |
Season 3 (2004–05)
- Penny, Trudy, Oscar, and Suga Mama were present for all episodes.
- BeBe and CeCe were absent for three episodes.
Series # | Season # | Title | Original air date | Prod. code |
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42 | 1 | "Monkey Business" | May 26, 2004 | 304 |
43 | 2 | "Thelma and Luis" | January 9, 2004 | 301 |
44 | 3 | "Culture Shock" | December 5, 2004 | 306 |
Each of the students at school have to go into another family and write an essay on their experiences. Penny goes to the Zamin family (a Muslim family) finding out there is more to them than meets the eye. | ||||
45 | 4 | "Election" | January 9, 2004 | 302 |
Penny tries to win an election against Wizard Jr., but in the end, Myron ends up winning the election. | ||||
46 | 5 | "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" | February 13, 2005 | 303 |
47 | 6 | "Smack Mania 6: Mongo Vs. Mama's Boy" | February 20, 2005 | 305 |
48 | 7 | "Suga Mama's Believers" | February 27, 2005 | 307 |
Suga Mama coaches Penny's baseball team as they have trouble believing due to Oscar's bad coaching skills. | ||||
49 | 8 | "Twins To Tweens" | March 17, 2005 | 308 |
50 | 9 | "She Drives Me Crazy" | March 24, 2005 | 309 |
When Suga Mama is caught with an expired driver's license and has to get a new one at the DMV, Penny gets in an accident trying to tell Suga Mama to pull over. | ||||
51 | 10 | "Who You Callin' A Sissy" | March 31, 2005 | 310 |
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 experience from a bully version of Michael. | ||||
52 | 11 | "Psycho Duck" | August 12, 2005 | 311 |
Penny saves a duck when he's drowning. But soon the duck, Chester, goes psycho when Penny tells him to go home. | ||||
53–54 | 12–13 | "The Proud Family Movie" | August 19, 2005 | TV movie |