Season 1

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  6.9/10137 votes

  Bring It On

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/2001

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.9/1082 votes

  Strike

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/2001

  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.

  Director: Bruce W. Smith

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.5/1085 votes

  Rumors

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/21/2001

  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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  7.4/1072 votes

  Tiger Whisperer

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/28/2001

  Penny befriends a magician's pet tiger when she begrudgingly takes part in Take Your Daughter to Work Day.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.6/1063 votes

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.1/1066 votes

  Spelling Bee

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/12/2001

  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.

  Director: Bruce W. Smith

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.2/1069 votes

  She's Got Game

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/19/2001

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.3/1075 votes

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.4/1066 votes

  Teacher's Pet

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/9/2001

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.3/1062 votes

  Don't Leave Home Without It

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/16/2001

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.3/1098 votes

  Seven Days of Kwanzaa

  Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/2001

  The Prouds celebrate Christmas by inviting a homeless family to their holiday dinner, where the guests share with their hosts the rituals of Kwanzaa.

  Director: Bruce W. Smith

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.4/1064 votes

  Makeover

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/14/2001

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.3/1059 votes

  The Party

  Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/4/2002

  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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  7.2/1063 votes

  Love Thy Neighbor

  Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/18/2002

  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."

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.4/1067 votes

  I Had a Dream

  Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/1/2002

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.4/1084 votes

  I Love You Penny Proud

  Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/8/2002

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  6.9/1066 votes

  Puff's Magic Adventure

  Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/1/2002

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.1/1058 votes

  Enter the Bullies

  Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/15/2002

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.9/1051 votes

  The Altos

  Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 4/12/2002

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

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.8/1073 votes

  Hip-Hop Helicopter

  Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 4/26/2002

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.9/1060 votes

  Romeo Must Wed

  Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/24/2002

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown