The Proud Family (2001–2005)

14 year-old Penny Proud has one wacky family: over-protective father, Oscar, loving mother, Trudy, little brother Cece and sister Bebe, and hard-core grandmother Suga Mama. Her wild friends... See full summary »

Creator:

Bruce W. Smith

Stars:

Kyla Pratt, Tommy Davidson, Tara Strong

6 wins & 23 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Kyla Pratt	...	Penny Proud (52 episodes, 2001-2005)
Tommy Davidson	...	Oscar Proud (52 episodes, 2001-2005)
Tara Strong	...	Bebe Proud (52 episodes, 2001-2005)
Paula Jai Parker	...	Trudy Proud (50 episodes, 2001-2005)
JoMarie Payton	...	Suga Mama (50 episodes, 2001-2005)
Karen Malina White	...	Dijonay Jones (50 episodes, 2001-2005)
Soleil Moon Frye	...	Zoey (47 episodes, 2001-2005)
Alisa Reyes	...	LaCienega Boulevardez (47 episodes, 2001-2005)
Orlando Brown	...	Sticky Webb (37 episodes, 2001-2005)
Raquel Lee	...	Nubia Gross (24 episodes, 2001-2005)
Carlos Mencia	...	Felix Boulevardez (23 episodes, 2001-2005)
Alvaro Guttierez	...	Papi (23 episodes, 2001-2005)
Anthony Caraballo	...	Various Teenage Voices (21 episodes, 2001-2005)
Michele L. Jennings	...	Various Character Voices (21 episodes, 2001-2003)

Storyline

14 year-old Penny Proud has one wacky family: over-protective father, Oscar, loving mother, Trudy, little brother Cece and sister Bebe, and hard-core grandmother Suga Mama. Her wild friends: Dijonay, Sticky, Zoey, and LaCienega. And the bullies The Gross Sisters.

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Plot Keywords:

grandmother | multicultural | smart | family relationships | poodle | 

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Taglines:

There's no place like home, girl!

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Genres:

Animation | Family | Comedy | Fantasy

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Certificate:

TV-Y

Details

Official Sites:

Disney

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 September 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Família Radical

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hyperion Pictures, Jambalaya Studio

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The characters LaCienega Boulevardez and Sunset Boulevardez are named after streets in Los Angeles of the same name (La Cienega Blvd and Sunset Blvd).

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Quotes

[repeated line]
Oscar Proud: Trudy!

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Crazy Credits

In each main intro scene, the person that appears after Penny's friends and before Suga Mama is different. Mostly related to the current episode.

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Connections

Referenced in Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008)

User Reviews

Could they have found any more obnoxious stereotypes?

There are only a few Disney channel shows that I do not allow my kids to watch, and this heads the list of them. Chief among my complaints is that the only member of a household that it's still politically correct to lampoon is the fathers, and BOY does the proud family capitalize on this. The show portrays the husband and father of the house and a imbecilic moron who provides no purpose whatsoever aside from producing a paycheck. The mother, on the other hand, is seen as the driving force behind the household, she's competent and her character's entire shtick is proving how irrelevant her husband is to the household. Aide from this fact, the show is blatantly racist to the point that I can't watch it without being disgusted. Every single obnoxious black stereotype is covered here in perfection. The entertainment industry still seems to not get that the success of the Cosby Show was partly due to that fact that nobody WANTS to see every single television black family as slang-slinging, hip-hop listening, ghettofied bags of what the entertainment industry perceives as 'blackness'.