Follow the adventures and misadventures of Penny, a 14-year-old African American girl who's doing her best to navigate through the early years of teen-dom. Penny's every encounter inevitably spirals into bigger than life situations filled with hi-jinks, hilarity and heart. Her quest to balance her home, school and social lives are further complicated by friends like the sassy Dijonay, Penny's nemesis LaCienega Boulevardez, her loving, if not over-protective parents and her hip-to-the-groove-granny, Suga Mama.
CreatorBruce W. Smith
Bring It On
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.
Strike
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.
Rumors
Sep 21, 2001
While Oscar and Trudy are away at an awards banquet, Penny throws a giant party complete with loud music and boys.
Tiger Whisperer
Sep 28, 2001
Penny befriends a magician's pet tiger when she begrudgingly takes part in Take Your Daughter to Work Day.
EZ Jackster
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.
Spelling Bee
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.
She's Got Game
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.
Forbidden Date
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.
Teacher's Pet
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.
Don't Leave Home Without It
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.
Seven Days of Kwanzaa
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.
Makeover
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.
The Party
Jan 4, 2002
Penny is the pooper at her own party until singer Lou Rawls drops by to liven things up.
Love Thy Neighbor
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."
I Had a Dream
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.
I Love You Penny Proud
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.
Puff's Magic Adventure
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.
Enter the Bullies
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.
The Altos
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.
Hip-Hop Helicopter
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.
Romeo Must Wed
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.
