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 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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| 1 | 21 | September 15, 2001 | May 24, 2002 | |
| 2 | 31 | September 27, 2002 | August 19, 2005 | |
Season 1 (2001–02)
| Series # | Season # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | ||
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| 1 | 1 | "Bring It On" | Mucci Fassett | Doreen Spicer | September 15, 2001 | 101 | ||
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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" | Unknown | Unknown | September 21, 2001 | 106 | ||
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| 3 | 3 | "Rumors" | Unknown | Silvia Cardenas Olivas | September 21, 2001 | 105 | ||
| 4 | 4 | "Tiger Whisperer" | Unknown | Unknown | September 28, 2001 | 104 | ||
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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" | Mucci Fassett | David Wyatt | October 5, 2001 | 103 | ||
| 6 | 6 | "Spelling Bee" | Unknown | Jayne Hamil | October 12, 2001 | 111 | ||
| 7 | 7 | "She's Got Game" | Unknown | Doreen Spicer | October 19, 2001 | 109 | ||
| 8 | 8 | "Forbidden Date" | Unknown | Dana Hali | November 2, 2001 | 108 | ||
| 9 | 9 | "Teacher's Pet" | Mucci Fassett | Calvin Brown, Jr. | November 9, 2001 | 107 | ||
| 10 | 10 | "Don't Leave Home Without It" | Mucci Fassett | Michael Carrington & James E. West II | November 16, 2001 | 112 | ||
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Penny is given a credit card, leaving her to spend massively without her parents knowledge. Meanwhile, Oscar tries to get rid of a mouse in the Proud's home. Notes: This is the pilot episode of "The Proud Family". The song Independent Women by Destiny's Child is featured. Steve Harvey guest stars as The Credit Card. | ||||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Seven Days Of Kwanzaa" | Unknown | Unknown | December 7, 2001 | 119 | ||
| 12 | 12 | "Makeover" | Unknown | Jeny Quine | December 14, 2001 | 113 | ||
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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" | Unknown | Mark Swinton | January 4, 2002 | 114 | ||
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| 14 | 14 | "Love Thy Neighbor" | Mucci Fassett | Unknown | January 18, 2002 | 115 | ||
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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" | Mucci Fassett | Unknown | February 1, 2002 | 116 | ||
| 16 | 16 | "I Love You Penny Proud" | Unknown | Doreen Spicer | February 8, 2002 | 117 | ||
| 17 | 17 | "Puff's Magic Adventure" | Douglas McCarthy | T. Smith III | March 1, 2002 | 110 | ||
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| 18 | 18 | "Enter The Bullies" | Mucci Fassett | James E. West II | March 15, 2002 | 102 | ||
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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" | Unknown | Unknown | April 12, 2002 | 120 | ||
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| 20 | 20 | "Hip-Hop Helicopter" | Mucci Fassett | Calvin Brown, Jr. | April 26, 2002 | 118 | ||
| 21 | 21 | "Romeo Must Wed" | Unknown | Calvin Brown, Jr. | May 24, 2002 | 121 | ||
Season 2 (2002–05)
| Series # | Season # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | ||
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| 22 | 1 | "A Star Is Scorned" | Mucci Fassett | Unknown | September 27, 2002 | 204 | ||
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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" | Unknown | Calvin Brown, Jr. | October 18, 2002 | 201 | ||
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| 24 | 3 | "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thingy Baby" | T.J. House | Unknown | October 25, 2002 | 202 | ||
| 25 | 4 | "Poetic Justice" | Mucci Fassett | Nguyen Orange | November 8, 2002 | 205 | ||
| 26 | 5 | "Behind The Family Lines" | Bruce W. Smith | Wayne Stamps | December 13, 2002 | 206 | ||
| 27 | 6 | "Hooray For Iesha" | T.J. House | John Marsh | January 3, 2003 | 203 | ||
| 28 | 7 | "Camping Trip" | T.J. House | Mark Swinton | February 17, 2003 | 208 | ||
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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" | Unknown | James E. West II | March 7, 2003 | 211 | ||
| 30 | 9 | "Pulp Boot Camp" | T.J. House | Doreen Spicer | March 28, 2003 | 210 | ||
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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" | T.J. House | Calvin Brown, Jr. | April 11, 2003 | 212 | ||
| 32 | 11 | "One In A Million" | Mucci Fassett | Unknown | April 18, 2003 | 209 | ||
| 33 | 12 | "Hmmm... Tastes Like" | Unknown | Calvin Brown, Jr. | May 9, 2003 | 216 | ||
| 34 | 13 | "There's Something About Rene" | Unknown | Michael Carrington | May 23, 2003 | 215 | ||
| 35 | 14 | "Adventures In Bebe Sitting" | Unknown | Dana Hali | June 20, 2003 | 218 | ||
| 36 | 15 | "Surf and Turf" | Mucci Fassett | Lydia Look | June 27, 2003 | 207 | ||
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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, which prompts him to ask 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" | Unknown | Ray "Cory" Daniels | July 25, 2003 | 213 | ||
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| 38 | 17 | "The Camp, The Counselor, The Mole, And The Rock" | Unknown | Unknown | August 1, 2003 | 214 | ||
| 39 | 18 | "It Takes A Thief" | Unknown | James E. West II | September 12, 2003 | 217 | ||
| 40 | 19 | "Wedding Bell Blues" | T.J. House | Calvin Brown, Jr. | September 19, 2003 | 219 | ||
| 41 | 20 | "Penny Potter" | Lenord Robinson | Doreen Spicer | September 26, 2003 | 220 | ||
| 42 | 21 | "Monkey Business" | Unknown | Unknown | October 10, 2003 | 304 | ||
| 43 | 22 | "Thelma and Luis" | Lenord Robinson | Unknown | October 11, 2003 | 301 | ||
| 44 | 23 | "Culture Shock" | T.J. House | Doreen Spicer | October 24, 2003 | 306 | ||
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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 | 24 | "Election" | Unknown | Tamiko Brooks | November 7, 2003 | 302 | ||
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| 46 | 25 | "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" | Lenord Robinson | James E. West II | December 5, 2003 | 303 | ||
| 47 | 26 | "Smack Mania 6: Mongo Vs. Mama's Boy" | T.J. House | Unknown | December 26, 2003 | 305 | ||
| 48 | 27 | "Suga Mama's Believers" | T.J. House | Dana Hali | February 16, 2004 | 307 | ||
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| 49 | 28 | "Twins To Tweens" | T.J. House | Unknown | April 24, 2004 | 308 | ||
| 50 | 29 | "She Drives Me Crazy" | T.J. House | Calvin Brown, Jr. | August 5, 2005 | 309 | ||
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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 | 30 | "Who You Callin' A Sissy" | Unknown | Doreen Spicer | August 12, 2005 | 310 | ||
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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. Absent: BeBe and CeCe | ||||||||
| 52 | 31 | "Psycho Duck" | T.J. House | Beverly D. Hunter | August 19, 2005 | 311 | ||
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TV Movie (2005)
| Series # | Season # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| TV–Movie | TV–Movie | "The Proud Family Movie" | Bruce W. Smith | Ralph Farquhar, Calvin Brown, Jr., John Patrick White & Stiles White | August 19, 2005 | TV movie |