List of The Proud Family episodes

A rumor involving Penny and Myron (the school nerd) is spread. Penny's reputation is ruined, and even her friends believe the rumor. Her frenemy, LaCienega started the rumor, but Penny gets the last laugh when another rumor spreads about LaCienega trying to steal Myron away from Penny.

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." This episode is based on The Matrix.

Guest star: Ray J as Mega

When Wizard Kelly launches a spelling bee competition, Oscar 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 years ago made other ways to win the competition.

When Penny tries to impress a boy she likes at school, she ends up on the football team, but Coach Collins refuses to let her play since she is a girl. Penny is finally given her chance when Michael, the coach's son, refuses to play out of fear. Penny then proves herself a capable football player, earning the respect of her teammates. Meanwhile, Oscar develops a new food for the Proud Snax brand called jelly poppers, which pop in more ways than one.

Breaking her father's strict "no-dating rule", Penny goes with her friends to the amusement park. Thanks to LaCienega, she ends up with an un-popular, overweight boy named Carlos. Penny thought that Carlos would be a nerd, but ended up being a very caring person and saves Bebe and Cece's lives when they sneak on a roller coaster after they escape from the baby care center at the park.

Penny's grades fall victim to a longtime grudge held between her teacher Ms. Dinkins and Suga Mama. It is revealed that the grudge between them began 50 years ago when they fought for the affections of Percy Proud, Suga Mama's late husband. Oscar and Trudy decide to enroll the twins in a private pre-school, but the man in charge turns out to be a classmate from Oscar's junior high years, who hasn't forgotten about Oscar picking on him. Thanks to Penny in the end, Suga Mama and Ms. Dinkins became friends again and Ms. Dinkins does the right thing and changes the grade on Penny's paper from a "D" to the one she deserves: an "A".

Penny is given a credit card, leaving her to spend massively without her parents knowledge. She then learns the value of a dollar and how credit cards really work. Meanwhile, Oscar tries to get rid of a mouse in the Proud's home.

Guest star: Steve Harvey as the Credit Card.

The Proud Family is taught an important lesson about the true meaning of Christmas and Kwanzaa by a homeless family.

Penny convinces her parents to let her have a party at their house, but LaCienega is also having a party on the same night. Penny is disappointed when her friends go to LaCienega's party instead. Myron and the Gross Sisters attend Penny's party, along with singer Lou Rawls, who is a friend of Suga Mama. Penny is depressed about her party and the absence of her friends, and is hesitant to partake in the party activities. Eventually, Lou Rawls cheers Penny up by singing his song, "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine". Later, Penny's friends ask her if they can join her party instead, saying that LaCienega's party was a disappointment. Although Penny is upset at her friends, she forgives them and agrees to let them come inside.

For Black History Month, Penny and her friends are given school assignments to dress up as prominent black people and give a presentation on how each person contributed to black history. At school, Penny slips on a wet floor that was just mopped. Later, at her house, Penny is tasked with dropping Puff off at a groomer on her way to school, where she will give her presentation on Angela Davis. Penny and Puff get caught in a wind storm on the way to school. Afterwards, Penny is confused when she learns that her friends no longer spend time with Zoey because she is white. When Penny returns home, she learns that the year is 1955. Despite their differences in skin color, Penny becomes friends with Zoey, going against what is considered normal. Penny and Zoey convince their class to unite against segregation, and Penny eventually convinces an outraged mob of the same concept after reciting Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech. Penny wakes up and learns that she was only dreaming, having gone unconscious after falling on the wet floor at school.

On Valentine's Day, someone mysteriously begins tagging graffiti with Penny's name everywhere, professing their love for her. Penny and her friends eventually catch the tagger, Johnny McBride, a classmate who is handicapped. Penny starts dating him, but while on a ski trip with her family (which was meant to be a private getaway for Oscar and Trudy), Johnny turns out to be obnoxious and rude, prompting Penny to break up with him.

Wizard Kelly holds a scavenger hunt (which was actually Oscar's idea) for the kids to participate in, with the prize being to "live like the Wizard" for a day. While this is happening, Sticky's parents get divorced, prompting him to act out by hanging with a group of bullies called The Altos, robbing his friends daily. Worried about Sticky, Penny and Trudy convince Oscar to step up and be a positive role model for the boy. However, Sticky winds up stealing the clues to the scavenger hunt so the Altos are guaranteed a win. He then regrets his actions when he learns the Altos are plotting to rob Wizard Kelly after winning the scavenger hunt.

Penny and her friends form a dance group known as "LPDZ", and dance on "Hip-Hop Helicopter", a famous dance show. Oscar gets furious due to their skimpy outfits. A conversation with Trudy convinces Penny to not wear the outfit anymore, but when Dijoany's cousin invites them to a high school party, Penny and her friends deal with the peer pressure of "acting cool" while lying about their ages. Elsewhere, the Proud and Boulevardez families compete against each other in bowling, and Oscar is obsessed with beating Suga Mama at the game.

• Notes: Hip-Hop Helicopter is a parody of Soul Train. In this episode, we learn that Dijonay's cousin Bethany works for Hip-Hop Helicopter.

Guest stars: Big Boy as himself, Shaun Robinson as herself, Shar Jackson as Bethany, and Lamont Bentley as Gary.

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. This irritates Penny, who is opposite Kwok playing the title roles in the school production of Romeo and Juliet. Meanwhile, Trudy's big sister Diana, a famous actress, is visiting from New York City, much to Oscar's chagrin. When Diana begins taking charge in prepping for the play, Trudy becomes annoyed.

Its Halloween, and Wizard Kelly is hosting the "Fright-tacular, Y'all!" Penny's friends are excited, as Lil Romeo is scheduled to perform, but she does not want to go because she thinks Halloween is for kids. The Prouds have a party at their house, but Oscar receives an unexpected visit from the realtor who sold him the house 10 years ago, warning him that the ghost of the previous home owner, Garrett Krebs, will visit the house that night. A mysterious man arrives at the house later on, but the Prouds believe him to be the magician they hired for the party. Trudy then sends Penny to go to the Wizard's party, but the party is sold out. Upset, Penny eats Oscar's new snacks, which gives her super powers. After saving the city from a meteor and preventing the Gross Sisters from stealing all the goodie bags, the Wizard allows Penny to enjoy the party. Meanwhile, the "magician" makes a great impression on the Prouds and their guests, but they are thrown for a curve when the real magician arrives. Krebs then reveals himself, scaring everyone out of the house, but bars the door to prevent the Prouds from leaving. Krebs declares he is there to take his house back, vowing to bring the Prouds into the afterlife with him. Penny, still a hero, arrives and duels with the ghost, defeating him to save the family and the house.

Trudy asks Oscar to try to get a popular cartoon character called Thingy to come to BeBe and CeCe's birthday party, but Penny suspects the woman who plays the character is having an affair with her father. Penny then tells her not to come to the party and the babies attack Oscar. In the end, it is revealed the woman who plays Thingy is Debra Williams, Trudy's old roommate from college, and she was the one who introduced Oscar to Trudy several years ago. Penny is then grounded for several weeks due to her actions.

Penny teaches Dijonay how to spit poetry, who does poorly at first, but does phenomenal on stage, leaving a jealous Penny in her wake. When they enter a spoken word competition, Penny makes it personal by reciting a spiteful poem of Dijonay "betraying" her, but Dijonay counters with a poem about how much Penny's friendship means to her, winning the competition. Meanwhile, the Prouds' 9-year-old neighbor, Peabo annoys Oscar by getting him electrocuted, caught by Trudy when he was being seduced by two beautiful lifeguards, and attacked by a giant bird.

BeBe and CeCe are getting baptized, and Penny invites Trudy's family for the ceremony, much to Oscar's annoyance. He then retaliates by sending his brother, Bobby, to invite his country cousin Ray Ray, his wife Boonnetta, and their children to the baptism. The families wind up clashing after a series of failed dinners. When they both threaten to leave due to the fighting, Penny takes it upon herself to make sure everyone is there, even if it means lying to them that the other family is gone. On the day of the baptism, they start a big fight again, leading Penny to call them all out for their behavior, along with her cousin Chanel from Trudy's side and her cousin Ray Ray, Jr. from Oscar's side. When the three of them show how well they get along, the grownups are finally inspired to put their differences aside and come together as a family.

Penny's favorite TV show Iesha gets canceled, leaving the girls to go to Hollywood to convince the writers to put it back. Once it does, Penny learns Iesha is not who she thought she was.

Guest stars: Gabrielle Union as Sunny Stevens/Iesha, Shaun Robinson as herself, Kym Whitley as Mamma, and Wendy Raquel Robinson as Katanga

Penny and her friends are inspired to pick up karate after seeing a movie, and wind up in the same dojo as the Chang triplets. When the star of the movie they saw opens a new dojo in town, her friends abandon her at the dojo they started at. Penny wants to follow her friends to the new dojo, but Trudy forbids it, wanting her to stick with her dojo. Penny is not thrilled when all of her friends are across the street breaking boards, while she is helping the Changs clean the dojo. However, as time goes on, she comes to appreciate her time there, especially after she and the Changs manage to easily defeat her friends in a karate tournament. Penny realizes the reason they won was because their dojo offered discipline, something the other dojo did not have.

When Penny lies to her parents and sneaks to a teen nightclub, she gets in trouble and is grounded. However, Al Roker overhears her wishing that all the parents on earth would disappear and grants her wish. At first, Penny and her friends love having the parents gone, but then begin to miss them. Penny tries to bargain with Roker to reverse the wish, which will be easier said than done.

When Penny gets a chance to win $1,000,000 by shooting a half-court shot at the All-Star basketball game, Oscar convinces her to let him take the shot instead in order to fulfill a lifelong dream.

When Oscar's latest snacks for the PSA Snack-Off proceed to make Penny and her friends sick, Suga Mama comes to the rescue with new "Get Up N Go" Bars, which prove to be very tasty. After Suga Mama enters the Snack-Off and wins, Oscar is stunned. Initially plotting revenge, he decides to cash in on Suga Mama's snacks, making a profit. Wizard Kelly turns up, wanting to buy the snacks. Oscar and the family want to take the money, but Suga Mama inspires Oscar through song to believe in himself and the potential for success, resulting in Oscar dismissing the Wizard. Suga Mama then makes an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show, to talk about the snacks. When she goes to demonstrate, she shows that part of the process includes putting her foot into the ingredients, making everyone sick. Oscar loses all his money, and the Wizard, as always, has the last laugh.

Guest star: Debra Wilson as Oprah Winfrey

The Proud Family home is in a state of disarray, just as Trudy is preparing to go to a convention for work. Stressed out, Trudy seeks to hire a nanny to keep the house (and the family) in order while she is away. After a series of disappointing interviews, a gorgeous young woman named Rene shows up. Oscar and the family are instantly won over, but Trudy is skeptical. Nevertheless, she hires Rene and leaves for her trip. While there, she has a nightmare of Rene stealing her family and ruining her home. She returns to find everything is fine, but matters are made worse when her family and friends barely recognize her. Trudy then tries to get rid of Rene, which is easier said than done.

Guest star: Tisha Campbell-Martin as Rene

Penny and her friends get tickets to go to a concert, but she and Dijonay have to stay home and babysit since both their parents go on a couples retreat, which the husbands frequently try to get out of. Dijonay decides to ditch Penny to go to the concert, leaving Penny with Dijonay's wild and troublesome brothers and sisters. In the end, the tickets that Penny and her friends bought (from the Gross Sisters) are revealed to be fakes, and Penny and the kids get to see the concert after inadvertently running into 3rd Storee. Dijonay apologizes to Penny for her decision, and while Penny says she cannot trust her anymore, she does remain friends with Dijonay.

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 make 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. Elsewhere, Oscar decides to enter Bebe and Cece into Wizard Kelly's annual baby derby against the Red-Nosed baby, a baby who can talk. They make a wager, but Oscar, desperate to win, uses Felix's nephew Javier instead of his own babies. *Notes*: When Sticky asks Zoey to pretend to date him to make Dijonay jealous she says, "I don't want no scrub.". This is a reference to TLC's 1999 song "No Scrubs". When Sticky asks Penny to help him win Dijonay back he tells her, "I ain't too proud to beg now.". He is referencing "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" by TLC (group).

In an unusual episode, a boy named Johnny Lovely arrives in Wizville and charms all the girls in school except Penny, who is convinced that its nothing but a facade. Papi sings about Johnny Lovely's escapades throughout the episode.

Penny and her friends go to work as counselors for a summer camp, where Penny intends to meet her crush, an older boy named Tory. Wary, Oscar sends neighbor Peabo (who was going to the camp anyway) to spy on Penny, but Peabo is distracted by his own attempts to win over his new crush, Zoey.

Penny, Dijonay and Zoey get jobs at Wizard Kelly's new jewelry store, largely in part to LaCienega's relationship with the Wizard's son, Wizard Kelly, Jr. One day, the store manager, Randi, accuses them of stealing a watch that goes missing, resulting in all three of them getting fired. While attempting to clear their names, they later discover it was Bebe and Cece who took the watch, courtesy of a video Oscar was filming of an attractive woman in the store. Despite their innocence, the effort to get their jobs back is in vain, as Wizard Jr. has a new girlfriend at the end of the episode, who turns out to be Nubia Gross.

Suga Mama has a new boyfriend in Clarence St. John, but Oscar is convinced that Clarence is only dating Suga Mama for her money. He hires his detective friend, Igloo, to spy on Clarence and Suga Mama. When Igloo reports that Suga Mama paid for all their activities, as well as mentioning women he talked to who had been with Clarence and lost their money, the evidence lines up that Clarence is bad news. All talk of interfering is put on hold when Suga Mama announces she and Clarence will marry in one week. On the day of the wedding, Clarence's son turns up at the ceremony, revealing that his father is actually multibillionaire restaurateur Roscoe Carrington III, and that he is a widower suffering from dementia. While Suga Mama is reimbursed for the money she spent on Clarence, she stills bears the pain of watching him go.

Oscar wakes the family up in the middle of the night to watch his latest Proud Snax commercial, but immediately afterwards, a commercial airs promoting Sista Spice, Suga Mama's sister and Oscar's aunt. Sista Spice possesses telekinesis, having the ability to move things around with her mind. Suga Mama is less than thrilled about her sister, and it is shown that they despise each other. Oscar uses this to his advantage, asking Spice to use her powers to get Suga Mama out of the house. Trudy then forces Oscar to apologize to Suga Mama, who responds with a hard right hook to his face, knocking him out. When Sista Spice, who was scheduled to perform at the WizArena, gets bumped in favor of Sir-Paid-A-Lot, Oscar offers her the Proud Snax parking lot for a show. When nobody shows up to the Sir-Paid-A-Lot concert, Wizard Kelly becomes suspicious. He then realizes all his stores are empty as well, and only finds Suga Mama and Bobby hanging out at his movie theater. Suga Mama then tells the Wizard about Spice's show, and figuring out it's a scam by Spice, all three rush to put a stop to it. Spice tries to flee, but Suga Mama stops her, and clues Oscar in on her scheming ways. The attendees get their money back, and Oscar and Suga Mama make up.

Guest Ssar: Jenifer Lewis as Aunt Spice

Mariah Carey's pet monkey, François, gets taken to Trudy's veterinary office after he passes out from eating a Proud Snack. Oscar takes Mr. Chips to Trudy, but forgets about him when he starts trying to flirt with Mariah, and François and Mr. Chips get switched. Oscar tries to make money off of François (thinking he's Mr. Chips) because he can play the piano, while Mr. Chips is living a luxurious life with Mariah.

Guest star: Mariah Carey as herself

After accidentally flooding Felix's house, Papi is sent to a retirement home called Happy Endings. However, it is secretly an okra farm, where the residents are forced to work on the fields all day. When Penny and friends discover this, having come in before visiting hours, they attempt to reveal this to their parents, only for the farm to adequately camouflage itself during visiting hours. Only Sugar Mama believes them, noticing the difference in feet size between Papi and his impostor. The next night, Sticky, Zoey, Lacienega, Penny, Dijonay, and Suga Mama go and rescue Papi. But while the two are taking a trip to Las Vegas, the farm's manager, Helga, is intent on retrieving Papi.

Guest stars: Estelle Harris as Helga and Brian Hooks as Igloo

Penny runs for student body president, but faces some stiff competition from Wizard Kelly, Jr., who is a shoo-in to win based on his popularity and status as Wizard Kelly's son. The competition gets fierce, but in the end, Myron is elected, much to everyone's shock.

LaCienega and ordinary looking classmate Agatha Ordinario with long brown hair enter a singing competition (similar to American Idol) where the winner gets to sing with R&B/Soul singer Alicia Keys. Agatha is the better singer by far, but when Wizard Kelly fixes the votes, LaCienega is forced to make a tough decision.

Oscar films a new Proud Snax commercial with world champion wrestler Mongo, but Mongo falls very ill after trying the snacks while filming. The angry wrestler forces Oscar to defend his title belt on tv, which Oscar tries to get out of. Suga Mama decides to wrestle for him, but Oscar shows up at the arena after his family berates him for walking out of the match. In his match, Oscar gets pummeled, but Suga Mama makes the save. The events get the attention of promoter Lance McDougal, who seeks to make them stars. Oscar and Suga Mama become the biggest names in wrestling, but Oscar grows tired of being in Suga Mama's shadow and suggests firing her and replacing her with Lance's assistant Jasmine, dubbed "Hot Mama". However, Mongo suddenly returns to the ring, wanting his title belt back. Without Suga Mama, Oscar gets badly beat, but Suga Mama decides to get involved at the last second. Unfortunately, their wrestling careers come to an end when Mongo's mother shows up.

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 a lot more popular than her.

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.

The Proud Family comes to visit Hawaii and stay in the "bed and not breakfast" for their visit. Experiment 397 is on the loose, causing people to fight with each other.

The day before Penny's 16th birthday, her dad insists that she can't be a Spare Change dancer. However, Penny sneaks out of the house, and meets the rapper 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 is given the worst grounding she has ever received, and a rift begins between father and child, the culmination of the entire series. Her mom, Trudy, gives Penny the birthday present from her dad. All of a sudden, her family is invited on a cruise ship.

They later 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. In the end, they use Penny's necklace to make peanut butter clones who later get destroyed, leaving the peanut family to their business of eating hotdogs and performing 15 Cent's song, featuring Penny, Dijonay, Lacienga, and Zoey.