| The Proud Family | |
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The main characters of The Proud Family (From left to right) Penny Proud (voiced by Kyla Pratt), Suga Mama Proud (voiced by Jo Marie Payton), Puff the Dog (voiced by Tara Strong), Trudy Proud (voiced by Paula Jai Parker), Oscar Proud (voiced by Tommy Davidson), and BeBe and CeCe Proud (voiced by Tara Strong) (below) |
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| Format | Animated sitcom |
| Created by | Bruce W. Smith |
| Voices of | Kyla Pratt Tommy Davidson Paula Jai Parker Jo Marie Payton Tara Strong |
| Opening theme | "Here Comes Penny Proud" by Solange Knowles feat. Destiny's Child |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 54 (with the The Proud Family Movie) (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Disney Channel |
| Original run | September 15, 2001 – August 19, 2005 |
| External links | |
| Official Website | |
The Proud Family is an American animated television series that premiered on Disney Channel from September 15, 2001 to August 19, 2005.
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The Proud Family is created by Bruce W. Smith and is produced by his studio, Jambalaya Studios.[1] Originally piloted for Nickelodeon, it was eventually picked up by the Disney Channel in September 2001. Many of the later episodes of The Proud Family were produced using Macromedia Flash.
The series is the first Disney animated television series which did not premiere on network/over-the-air television, which had been done since 1985 when the Television Animation unit was started. It marked the first animated Disney Channel Original Series, and, incidentally, the only original animated series from Disney Channel not associated with, and to be produced exclusively by, Disney's TV Animation arm. Later, in January 2009, three episodes reran. As of 2011, The Proud Family is no longer listed on Disney Channel's official All Shows web page consisting of Disney Channel original series.
Voiced by Kyla Pratt; the main protagonist of the series, a 14-year-old girl who is usually embarrassed by the way her father, Oscar, acts. She enjoys hanging out with her friends, even though they have gotten her into trouble, and left her to face danger by herself many times. She listens to and always respects her parents, but often caves in to peer pressure. She is also a feminist at times, and is very logical. She is a talented singer as shown when she becomes a solo singer for Wizard Kelly productions but quits after missing her old life. Penny is a Straight A student. She is on the Football team and the Newspaper Staff. Penny tried out for cheerleading, but due to having an accident with the stage being converted into a giant CD, LaCienega got the last spot on the cheerleading squad. Penny is also good at reciting poetry and becomes jealous when Dijonay becomes just as good as her. In The Proud Family Movie, Penny turns 16, and she begins to want independence, but her father has issues letting her go. She saves the world and makes up with him, and he finally realizes she's her own person who can make her own decisions. Penny hangs out with Dijonay, Sticky, LaCienega and Zoey. However their friendship with Penny is questionable at times as they all have a habit of ditching Penny whenever Penny is in a difficult situation.
Voiced by Tommy Davidson, Oscar is the overprotective father of Penny, Bebe, and Cece, and is the son of Suga Mama. He is very hyper, immature, childish, and somewhat dimwitted, but also very intelligent and well meaning. Oscar owns a business and produces a poisonous brand of snack food called "Proud Snacks." He is also often seduced by beautiful women, and never rejects their advances despite his being married.
Voiced by Paula Jai Parker, Trudy is the veterinarian mother of Penny, BeBe and CeCe. She comes from a relatively wealthy family, her father also being a doctor and her sister Diana, being a famous actress.
Voiced by Tara Strong; Penny's trouble-making one-year-old twin siblings. BeBe is a boy with an afro and always has a bottle in his mouth, while CeCe is a girl with brown hair and a pink dress with pigtails. BeBe and CeCe are namesakes of the gospel music brother and sister duo, BeBe & CeCe Winans. CeCe is the older twin. They love Penny very much, but at points play too roughly with her. They are often seen playing with Puff, and most of the time, Puff ends up getting injured.
Voiced by Jo Marie Payton; Penny, Bebe, and Cece's hip, wrestling-loving grandma who does Tae-kwon-do. She is very nice, and always gets straight to the point when she talks. She can constantly tease, or even beat up Oscar, but she loves him deep down (during the Proud Family Movie she finally gives him some respect and listens to him for once). Her age is unknown (although in one episode it said she had a driver's license that expired in 1938), and often made fun of by her son. An event from twenty years ago shows her looking exactly the same as before. Suga Mama is fall in love with Papi. On the contrary Papi despises Suga Mama and often makes rude remarks about her in Spanish which she thinks are compliments. She shows extra amounts of love for her poodle, Puff. She is really into pink dresses and Afro puffs. Hince the name of her dog puff.
Voiced by Cedric The Entertainer (Arsenio Hall in The Proud Family Movie), Oscar's older brother and Suga Mama's eldest son. He is a fan of groups like Kool & The Gang among others. He sings and talks like the lead singers of the '70's bands The Ohio Players (Sugarfoot) and The Commodores (Lionel Richie). He has a 1959 Cadillac Eldorado that only plays one song and has hydraulics and also a parachute for some safety reasons (as shown in the episode "Thelma and Luis" when Suga Mama and Papi accidentally drive it off the Grand Canyon and the parachute saves them). Suga Mama favors him over Oscar. He often has Oscar do things that annoy him very often, but ironically lead to Oscar meeting beautiful women. For example, he gets Oscar to be an Ice Cream man at a basketball game, which leads to one of the cheerleaders asking Oscar out on a date. Bobby and his band, DisFunksunal Junction are a clear parody of band leader George Clinton also known as Dr. Funkenstein and his band Parliament-Funkadelic, also known as P-Funk.
Voiced by Tara Strong; Puff is Suga Mama's beloved pet poodle. Like his owner, Puff hates Oscar and is often tormented by the baby twins, BeBe and CeCe, who play roughly with him. He does however, often show a soft side for Penny.It is also shown that Puff likes to watch drama shows and in one episode he even posed as a black poodle on a fancey famous french magazine.
The Proud Family is featured in an episode of Lilo & Stitch: The Series entitled "Spats". Notable characters are listed below.
The series reruns on ABC as part of Disney's One Saturday Morning on May 4, 2002 until September 7, 2002.
The series aired in syndication on BET in 2008. It also aired on Toon Disney until February 2009. The Proud Family was also broadcast on The Family Channel in Canada. In 2010, the series began airing on Centric.
In 2005, The Proud Family Movie premiered as a DCOM on Disney Channel. The film served as a series finale as well as a motion picture.
A second film tentatively titled The Proud Family Reunion has been rumored since 2010, but has yet to be confirmed by Disney.
for episode "Culture Shock" (Nominated)
for episode "Forbidden Date" (Nominated)
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