The BEST episodes of The Proud Family
Every episode of The Proud Family ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Proud Family!
Follow the adventures and misadventures of Penny, a typical 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.
#1 - Adventures In BeBe-Sitting
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 6/20/2003
Dijonay sneaks off to see a concert, leaving Penny to babyist all of their siblings.
#2 - Camping Trip
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/17/2003
Both the Proud and Boulevardez families get lost in the woods during a joint camping trip.
#3 - Surf and Turf
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 6/27/2003
In order to win Sticky's love, Dijonay tries to make him jealous by flirting with a new boy from Hawaii.
#4 - Crouching Trudy, Hidden Penny
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/7/2003
Penny and her friends take a martial art class. When her friends drop the class leaving Penny solo, Penny decides to stick it out and learns the discipline of martial arts.
#5 - One In a Million
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/18/2003
When Penny wins 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.
#7 - The Legend of Johnny Lovely
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/25/2003
Penny rehearses for the debutante ball and meets a well-mannered man.
#8 - The Camp, the Counselor, the Mole, and the Rock
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 8/1/2003
When Penny and her friends volunteer to be junior camp counselors, Oscar decides to have one of the camp kids spy on Penny to make sure she isn't hanging out with any boys.
#9 - Penny Potter
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 9/26/2003
When Penny's Aunt Diana comes into town with her traveling telekinesis extravaganza, we learn that Suga Mama's younger sibling, Sister Spice, isn't all that nice.
#10 - It Takes a Thief
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 9/12/2003
LaCienega's new boyfriend, Lil Wiz, hooks up her friends with jobs at Wizard Kelly's store Wizingdale's. But when a watch is discovered to be missing by the store manager, they end up getting fired. Penny and Suga Mama then go in search of the thief that stole the watch.
#11 - Tiger Whisperer
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/28/2001
It's "take your daughters to work day" and Penny decides that a day spent with any other mom would be far more interesting than a day with her own. Determined to reconnect with her daughter, Trudy drags Penny to her veterinarian clinic where she ends up curing an ailing circus tiger whose thoughts she can somehow hear. Meanwhile, Oscar, his brother Bobby, and Felix peddle ice cream at the Wizard Kelly All-Star game.
#12 - Monkey Business
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/10/2003
When Mariah Carey's pet monkey, Francois, gets switched at Trudy's veterinarian office with Oscar's monkey, Mr. Chips, Francois is put to work at the Proud Snacks factory and Mr. Chips is living a life of luxury with Mariah.
#13 - Thelma & Luis
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/2003
When Papi is sent to a nursing home that turns out to be a front for an okra farm where the residents are forced to work, Penny and her friends join forces with Suga Mama to help Papi escape.
#14 - Election
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/7/2003
Penny is running for school president against Wizard Kelly Jr., but unfortunately he's trying to buy everyone's vote. With the help of Zoey and the Gross sisters, Penny's friends try to sabotage Wizard Jr.'s campaign, but Penny prefers to take the high road and lose than resort to negative campaigning just to win.
#15 - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/5/2003
Wizard Kelly puts on a "Tween Idol" contest with celebrity judges Alicia Keys and Randy Jackson, and Ryan Seacrest as host.
#16 - Smackmania 6: Mongo vs. Mama's Boy
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/26/2003
After Mongo, a famous wrestler, takes ill after eating Proud Snacks, Oscar must step into the ring as "Mama's Boy," with Suga Mama as his tag-team partner, to defend Mongo's title.
#17 - Suga Mama's Believers
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/16/2004
Suga Mama becomes the manager of Penny's struggling baseball team and turns it around by filling them with confidence, only to lose her own confidence when she faces her old baseball rival, Cool Papa Mack.
#18 - Psycho Duck
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/19/2005
Penny convinces her mom to let her adopt an abandoned duck, but begins to have second thoughts after the duck goes on a rampage and turns against her entire family.
#19 - Who You Callin' a Sissy?
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/12/2005
When Penny's friend Michael is called a sissy, she takes responsibility for helping him defend himself.
#20 - Poetic Justice
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/8/2002
When there's a debate team at school Penny and Dijonay wind up on opposing sides. They start to argue about the issue causing a rift in their friendship.
#22 - EZ Jackster
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/5/2001
Penny's crush on a new boy at school has repercussions beyond her wildest dreams when she helps promote his music-sharing Web site.
#23 - Spelling Bee
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/12/2001
Wizard Kelly sponsors a spelling bee and Oscar enters Penny so he can relive his days as spelling bee champ. Oscar gets caught up in having Penny win that he hinders the contest.
#25 - Forbidden Date
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/2001
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.