Series overview[edit][]
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 21 | September 15, 2001 | May 24, 2002 | |
| 2 | 31 | September 27, 2002 | August 19, 2005 | |
| TV movie | August 19, 2005 | |||
Episodes[edit][]
Season 1 (2001–02)[edit][]
| No.overall | No. in
season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod.code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Bring It On" | Mucci Fassett | Doreen Spicer | September 15, 2001 | 005 |
| Penny, a 14-year-old black girl, navigates her "tween-dom" years. This episode: cheerleading tryouts. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Strike" | Douglas McCarthy | Michelle Listenbee Brown | September 21, 2001 | 006 |
| Penny and her friends strike for bigger allowances, leaving their chores undone and forming a "teen-city.". | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Rumors" | Bruce W. Smith | Silvia Cardenas | September 21, 2001 | 001 |
| Penny plays host to a sleepover that turns into a rowdy party and generates rumors that she kissed a nerdy classmate. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Tiger Whisperer" | Douglas McCarthy | Alison Taylor | September 28, 2001 | 004 |
| Penny connects with a tiger while spending the day with her mom at the veterinary clinic; the boys peddle ice cream. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "EZ Jackster" | Mucci Fassett | David Wyatt | October 5, 2001 | 003 |
| Penny becomes obsessed with a new boy and his Napster-like Website, and a mania for free music torpedoes the economy. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Spelling Bee" | Bruce W. Smith | Jayne Hamil | October 12, 2001 | 011 |
| Oscar enters Penny in a spelling bee and drills her relentlessly, hoping to relive his glory days as a spelling bee champion. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "She's Got Game" | Douglas McCarthy | Doreen Spicer | October 19, 2001 | 009 |
| Penny joins the boys football team, but the coach refuses to let her play until he has no choice but to put her in the big game. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Forbidden Date" | Douglas McCarthy | Dana Hali | November 2, 2001 | 008 |
| When Penny sneaks out to an amusement park with her friends, she's paired with a rotund boy named Carlos. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Teacher's Pet" | Mucci Fassett | Calvin Brown, Jr. | November 9, 2001 | 007 |
| Penny discovers that her teacher, Ms. Dinkins, holds a longstanding grudge against her grandmother; Oscar and Trudy try to get Bebe and Cece into a private preschool. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Don't Leave Home Without It" | Mucci Fassett | Michael Carrington & James E. West II | November 16, 2001 | 012 |
| Penny goes on a shopping spree after receiving her own credit card; Oscar and Felix target a mouse for extermination. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Seven Days of Kwanzaa" | Bruce W. Smith | Wayne Stamps | December 7, 2001 | 019 |
| When the Prouds invite a homeless family over for Christmas dinner, the family stays for the seven days of Kwanzaa. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Makeover" | Douglas McCarthy | Jeny Quine | December 14, 2001 | 013 |
| Penny and friends give Zoey a makeover for the upcoming school dance. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "The Party" | Douglas McCarthy | Mark Swinton | January 4, 2002 | 014 |
| Penny and Lacienega have house parties, but Penny refuses to play games. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "Love Thy Neighbor" | Mucci Fassett | Michelle Listenbee Brown | January 18, 2002 | 015 |
| Boulevardez house burns down; Sunset, Lacienega, Papi and Flex move into the Prouds' house. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "I Had a Dream" | Mucci Fassett | James E. West II & T. Smith III | February 1, 2002 | 016 |
| Penny bumps her head and is transported to 1955. | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "I Love You Penny Proud" | Douglas McCarthy | Doreen Spicer | February 8, 2002 | 017 |
| A St. Valentine's Day crush on Penny results in graffiti around school. | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "Puff's Magic Adventure" | Douglas McCarthy | T. Smith III | March 1, 2002 | 010 |
| The Proud family loses Suga Mama's beloved poodle Puff; Oscar and Trudy shop for an armoire. | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | "Enter the Bullies" | Mucci Fassett | James E. West II | March 15, 2002 | 002 |
| Penny stands up to the neighborhood bullies. | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "The Altos" | Douglas McCarthy | Ron Neal | April 12, 2002 | 020 |
| Sticky starts to hang with a group of bullies and steals the clues to a scavenger hunt. | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "Hip-Hop Helicopter" | Mucci Fassett | Calvin Brown, Jr. | April 26, 2002 | 018 |
| Trudy and Penny join their friends on a dance show. | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "Romeo Must Wed" | Mucci Fassett | Calvin Brown, Jr. | May 24, 2002 | 021 |
| Penny wins the part in a school play and develops a crush on her fellow cast member. | ||||||
Season 2 (2002–05)[edit][]
| No.overall | No. in
season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod.code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 1 | "A Star Is Scorned" | Mucci Fassett | T. Smith III | September 27, 2002 | 204 |
| Penny and her friends get a record deal offer, but Penny would rather perform solo. | ||||||
| 23 | 2 | "A Hero for Halloween" | Bruce W. Smith | Calvin Brown, Jr. | October 18, 2002 | 201 |
| The Prouds discover their house may be haunted. | ||||||
| 24 | 3 | "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thingy, Baby" | T.J. House | James E. West II | October 25, 2002 | 202 |
| The twins' first birthday party goes haywire. | ||||||
| 25 | 4 | "Poetic Justice" | Mucci Fassett | Nguyen Orange | November 8, 2002 | 205 |
| Penny and Dijonay go head to head in a spoken-word competition. | ||||||
| 26 | 5 | "Behind Family Lines" | Bruce W. Smith | Wayne Stamps | December 13, 2002 | 207 |
| Trudy's and Oscar's families come to visit, but they end up arguing. | ||||||
| 27 | 6 | "Hooray for Iesha" | T.J. House | John Marsh | January 3, 2003 | 206 |
| Penny campaigns to put her favorite show back on the air. | ||||||
| 28 | 7 | "Camping Trip" | T.J. House | Mark Swinton | February 17, 2003 | 209 |
| The Proud and Boulevardez families get lost on a joint camping trip. | ||||||
| 29 | 8 | "Crouching Trudy, Hidden Penny" | Douglas McCarthy | James E. West II | March 7, 2003 | 215 |
| Penny and her friends take a martial-arts class. | ||||||
| 30 | 9 | "Pulp Boot Camp" | T.J. House | Doreen Spicer | March 28, 2003 | 214 |
| When Penny gets in trouble doing a school exposé, her parents send her to boot camp. | ||||||
| 31 | 10 | "Tween Town" | T.J. House | Calvin Brown, Jr. | April 11, 2003 | 219 |
| Penny learns what life would be like without parents. | ||||||
| 32 | 11 | "One in a Million" | Mucci Fassett | T Smith III | April 18, 2003 | 213 |
| Penny gives her chance to win a million dollars to Oscar. | ||||||
| 33 | 12 | "Hmm, Tastes Like …"
"Hmmm... Tastes Like" |
Douglas McCarthy | Calvin Brown, Jr. | May 9, 2003 | 212 |
| Suga Mama beats Oscar to win a snack contest; Oscar plots revenge. | ||||||
| 34 | 13 | "There's Something About Rene" | Douglas McCarthy | Michael Carrington | May 23, 2003 | 211 |
| The Prouds hire the perfect nanny. | ||||||
| 35 | 14 | "Adventures In Bebe-Sitting" | Mucci Fassett | Dana Hali | June 20, 2003 | 210 |
| Dijonay sneaks out to a 3rd Storee concert, leaving Penny alone to baby-sit Bebe, Cece and Dijonay's 10 siblings. | ||||||
| 36 | 15 | "Surf and Turf" | Mucci Fassett | Lydia Look | June 27, 2003 | 208 |
| Dijonay tries to make Sticky jealous by asking out the new kid from Hawaii. | ||||||
| 37 | 16 | "The Legend of Johnny Lovely" | T.J. House & Douglas McCarthy | Ray "Cory" Daniels | July 25, 2003 | 217 |
| At rehearsals for the debutante ball, Penny meets a well-mannered young man. | ||||||
| 38 | 17 | "The Camp, the Counselor, the Mole and the Rock" | Mucci Fassett & Lenord Robinson | T. Smith III | August 1, 2003 | 218 |
| Penny and her pals become junior camp counselors. | ||||||
| 39 | 18 | "It Takes a Thief" | Mucci Fassett | James E. West II | September 12, 2003 | 221 |
| Penny is accused of stealing a watch from the store where she works. | ||||||
| 40 | 19 | "Wedding Bell Blues" | T.J. House | Calvin Brown, Jr. | September 19, 2003 | 222 |
| Oscar thinks Suga Mama's new beau (Smokey Robinson) is after her money. | ||||||
| 41 | 20 | "Penny Potter" | Lenord Robinson | Doreen Spicer | September 26, 2003 | 220 |
| Suga Mama's sister, Spice, comes to town and scams Oscar out of money. | ||||||
| 42 | 21 | "The Monkey Bidness"
"Monkey Business" |
Bruce W. Smith | Frederick N. Johnson | October 10, 2003 | 231 |
| Mariah Carey's pet monkey accidentally gets switched with Oscar's Mr. Chips at the veterinarian's office. | ||||||
| 43 | 22 | "Thelma and Luis" | T.J. House & Lenord Robinson | Wayne Stamps | October 10, 2003 | 223 |
| Penny and her friends rescue her Papi from a retirement home that makes him farm okra. | ||||||
| 44 | 23 | "Culture Shock" | T.J. House | Doreen Spicer | October 24, 2003 | 229 |
| Penny and her friends swap households for a school report on different cultures. | ||||||
| 45 | 24 | "Election" | T.J. House & Lenord Robinson | Tamiko K. Brooks | November 7, 2003 | 225 |
| Penny's opponent in the campaign for school president tries to buy everyone's vote. | ||||||
| 46 | 25 | "The Bad and the Ugly"
"The Good, the Bad, the Ugly" |
Lenord Robinson | James E. West II | December 5, 2003 | 227 |
| Penny learns that a talent show has been fixed. | ||||||
| 47 | 26 | "Smackmania 6: Mongo vs. Mama's Boy" | T.J. House | T. Smith III | December 26, 2003 | 228 |
| Wrestler Mongo is ill, and Oscar must enter the ring to help him out. | ||||||
| 48 | 27 | "Suga Mama's Believers" | T.J. House | Dana Hali | February 16, 2004 | 224 |
| Suga Mama manages a struggling baseball team. | ||||||
| 49 | 28 | "Twins to Tweens" | T.J. House | Sabrina D. Campbell | April 24, 2004 | 226 |
| Penny wishes her twin sisters were old enough to take care of themselves. | ||||||
| 50 | 29 | "She Drives Me Crazy" | T.J. House | Calvin Brown, Jr. | August 5, 2005 | 230 |
| Suga Mama enlists Oscar's help after her driver's license expires and she has to take the renewal exam. | ||||||
| 51 | 30 | "Who You Calling a Sissy?" | T.J. House, Douglas McCarthy, & Lenord Robinson | Doreen Spicer | August 12, 2005 | 203 |
| Penny helps her friend Michael defend himself when he is called a sissy. | ||||||
| 52 | 31 | "Psycho Duck" | T.J. House | Beverly D. Hunter | August 19, 2005 | 216 |
| Penny adopts a homeless duck that causes chaos with her family. | ||||||
TV movie (2005)[edit][]
| Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date
Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Proud Family Movie | Bruce W. Smith | Ralph Farquhar, Calvin Brown, Jr., John Patrick White & Stiles White | July 28, 2006 | |
| A mad scientist unleashes evil clones of a family (Kyla Pratt, Tommy Davidson, Paula Jai Parker) to find their secret formula. | ||||