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The Best Episodes of The Proud Family

Every episode of The Proud Family ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Proud Family!

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Proud Family Season 2 Episode 5 - Behind Family Lines
    8.7/10(68 votes)

    S2:E5

    Trudy's and Oscar's feuding families are brought together for the twins' baptism.

    Director:Bruce W. Smith
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Proud Family Season 2 Episode 17 - The Camp, the Counselor, the Mole and the Rock
    8.6/10(54 votes)

    S2:E17

    Reverend Hagood organizes a three-day, two-night camping trip for the youth of his church. Penny volunteers as a junior counselor, to the chagrin of Oscar, who's fearful of his daughter being alone with boys and their "raging hormones." Meanwhile, Peabo splits his time away from home between tracking Penny's every move and trying to get closer to crush Zoey.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Proud Family Season 2 Episode 6 - Hooray for Iesha
    8.5/10(69 votes)

    S2:E6

    Penny launches a campaign to save her favorite TV show after it gets canceled.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Proud Family Season 1 Episode 9 - Teacher's Pet
    8.4/10(72 votes)

    S1:E9

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Proud Family Season 1 Episode 12 - Makeover
    8.4/10(69 votes)

    S1:E12

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Proud Family Season 2 Episode 4 - Poetic Justice
    8.4/10(68 votes)

    S2:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Proud Family Season 2 Episode 18 - It Takes a Thief
    8.4/10(52 votes)

    S2:E18

    Penny is framed for stealing by the manager at her new department-store job.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Proud Family Season 1 Episode 13 - The Party
    8.3/10(64 votes)

    S1:E13

    Penny is the pooper at her own party until singer Lou Rawls drops by to liven things up.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Proud Family Season 1 Episode 15 - I Had a Dream
    8.3/10(72 votes)

    S1:E15

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Proud Family Season 1 Episode 7 - She's Got Game
    8.2/10(75 votes)

    S1:E7

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Proud Family Season 1 Episode 18 - Enter the Bullies
    8.1/10(61 votes)

    S1:E18

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Proud Family Season 2 Episode 13 - There's Something about Rene
    8.1/10(56 votes)

    S2:E13

    The Prouds hire a perfectly good nanny, but Trudy wants her fired.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Proud Family Season 1 Episode 6 - Spelling Bee
    8.0/10(70 votes)

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Bruce W. Smith
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Proud Family Season 2 Episode 3 - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thingy, Baby
    8.0/10(57 votes)

    S2:E3

    When Oscar agrees to bring popular children's show host, Thingy, to perform at the twin's birthday, he and Penny discover that Thingy is really Oscar's pretty old college friend, Debra, and Penny wrongfully suspects that they are having an affair.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Proud Family Season 2 Episode 9 - Pulp Boot Camp
    8.0/10(53 votes)

    S2:E9

    Oscar and Trudy send Penny to a boot camp to prevent her from becoming a bully.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Proud Family Season 2 Episode 10 - Tween Town
    8.0/10(54 votes)

    S2:E10

    Al Roker mysteriously appears and jumps off the TV screen to grant Penny's wish for a world without adults after she's punished for lying. With no grown-ups in sight, Penny proclaims to her friends that they're living in "a world of the children, by the children and for the children....We can do anything we want." But that's not much consolation for babies BeBe and CeCe, who miss their mommy and daddy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Proud Family Season 2 Episode 19 - Wedding Bell Blues
    8.0/10(56 votes)

    S2:E19

    Smokey Robinson is hired to sing at the wedding of Suga Mama after she accepts a marriage proposal from her senior-citizen beau, Clarence St. John. Meanwhile, Oscar hopes a private eye will prove his hunch that the bride-to-be is being fleeced out of her life savings by the future groom.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Proud Family Season 1 Episode 19 - The Altos
    7.8/10(56 votes)

    S1:E19

    Disheartened over his parents' divorce, Sticky turns to a gang for solace until a worried Penny steers the boy under Oscar's fatherly guidance.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Proud Family Season 1 Episode 20 - Hip-Hop Helicopter
    7.8/10(78 votes)

    S1:E20

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Proud Family Season 1 Episode 21 - Romeo Must Wed
    7.8/10(64 votes)

    S1:E21

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Proud Family Season 2 Episode 2 - A Hero for Halloween
    7.8/10(74 votes)

    S2:E2

    When the Prouds discover their house may be haunted, Penny becomes a hero after eating one of Oscars' Proud Scary Snacks.

    Director:Bruce W. Smith
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Proud Family Season 2 Episode 16 - The Legend of Johnny Lovely
    7.8/10(69 votes)

    S2:E16

    A mythical character named Johnny Lovely blows into town to show Penny and her friends the importance of treating each other with respect. His arrival coincides with rehearsals for the Junior Debutante Ball, a custom that Penny complains is outdated and demeaning to women. However, Johnny sees this coming-out party as a chance to put on display his gentlemanly good manners.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Proud Family Season 2 Episode 20 - Penny Potter
    7.8/10(51 votes)

    S2:E20

    Suga Mama's sister Spice successfully sweet-talks Oscar into giving her money.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Proud Family Season 1 Episode 2 - Strike
    7.7/10(90 votes)

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:Bruce W. Smith
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Proud Family Season 1 Episode 3 - Rumors
    7.5/10(90 votes)

    S1:E3

    While Oscar and Trudy are away at an awards banquet, Penny throws a giant party complete with loud music and boys.

    Director:Bruce W. Smith
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Behind Family Lines" is the best rated episode of "The Proud Family". It scored 8.7/10 based on 68 votes. Directed by Bruce W. Smith and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/13/2002. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Camp, the Counselor, the Mole and the Rock".