Penny Proud

Penelope Marie Proud, better known as Penny Proud, is the main protagonist of Disney's The Proud Family franchise. 
She's Oscar and Trudy's oldest daughter, BeBe and CeCe's older sister and Suga Mama and Percy's granddaughter. 
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 into peer pressure. She 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 Sweet 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. However, this is retconned, as Oscar still becomes overprotective of Penny and her social life.
Penny hangs out with Dijonay, Sticky, LaCienega, Zoey and Michael. 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.
She is voiced by , and her deep singing voice was provided by Tone Loc.
==Appearance==
Penny is a teenage girl with black hair that is always in low twin pigtails by two dark pink hair ties with a single hair strand sticking up, a beauty mark under her left eye and brown lips. 
She wears an outfit that almost never changes; a white blouse, a burgundy cardigan, a maroon skirt, white ankle-length socks and black strapped Mary Jane shoes or sometimes violet-red sneakers. 
Her closet is full of the same exact combination of clothes. 
Sometimes while swimming, she often wears a dark red one-piece swimsuit and once wore black one. 
In the revival series, Penny still looks the same, except that she is taller, her skirt is denim with visible marks and pockets, she also wears a tank top.
== History==
Penelope Marie Proud was born to Gertrude Alicia-Ann Parker and Oscar Jackson Proud on June 4, 1987, in Wizardville, California. During this time, her mother; aged 21, was months from graduating college and would go on to earn a doctorate in veterinary medicine. Her father (also 21) had dropped out of school to pursue his dream of becoming an entrepreneur. Her parents married shortly after and then went on to successfully achieve their career goals.
In 1992, her family moved to their current address at 1433 Kelly Rd, in Wizville, months before her fifth birthday. Shortly after, she would meet Dijonay Jones, whom she would develop a long-lasting friendship with from the age of 4, all the way up through high school. In 1998, she and Jones would start their 6th grade year at Willie T. Ribbs Middle School where they would meet Sticky Webb, a neighborhood kid with a brilliant mind; and girl scout Zoey Howzer, a Jewish-American who was new to the area at the time and desperately looking for a place to fit in. A year later, she would be blessed with a brother, Benjamin Jackson Proud and sister, Celine Nicole Proud; twins better known as BeBe and CeCe.
In 2001, upon beginning their final year at Ribbs Middle School, Penny and friends would welcome LaCienega Boulevardez; a longtime friend of Dijonay's that Penny and Zoey previously knew nothing about. Penny and LaCienega would get off on the wrong foot as they were set up to compete for the last spot on the Willie T. Ribbs Racer Cheerleader squad which Dijonay was captain of. Due to unfortunate circumstances, Penny and LaCienega would become enemies from the moment they laid eyes on one another, but then would also become neighbors the same night as the Boulevardez family would move into a historic mansion across the street from the Prouds that had previously stood vacant for decades before being renovated. Seemingly by destiny, the Proud and Boulevardez families would become deeply enmeshed as the mothers and fathers of Penny and LaCienega respectively would instantly become best friends and their grandparents Suga Mama (Tennessee native) and Caesar "Papi" Boulevardez (Non-U.S. citizen) would even start dating with plans to possibly marry in the future, meaning that Penny and LaCienega would become deeply involved in each other's lives as if they were family. As a result, things get really complicated between the two.
==Personality==
Despite being blessed with beauty, Penny is a grounded individual and is confident in who she is, while also being courteous to her parents and peers most of the time. She is an extrovert, having excellent communication skills and a knack for finding ways to relate to almost everyone she talks to. She enjoys shopping and hanging around with her friends, even though they haven't always been faithful to her. Despite this, Penny is extremely forgiving and understanding and does her best to try and see good in people. She is mature and thinks very logically for a girl her age, usually seeing things for what they really are. 
Penny respects her parents and usually listens to them, but she often caves into peer pressure. She can be a bit obstinate, and it leads her into undesirable situations from time to time; a trait inherited from her father, who once told her to always stand up for what she believes in. Ironically, Penny is often distressed with her father who adopts an authoritarian parenting style which clashes with Penny's strong-willed personality. He is especially strict whenever it comes to Penny associating with boys which opens up a lot of opportunities for a teenage girl like her to get into trouble. She happens to be closer to her mom who adopts a democratic parenting style and seems to respect Penny's feelings more by allowing her to have a voice. 
She is also a natural born leader and tends to act as such in her friend group much of the time. She gives inspirational speeches that often get the people around her engaged and willing to help support her beliefs and causes. She proved herself to be a talented singer as a member of LPDZ and her talents eventually land her a brief career as a solo singer and actress for Wizard Kelly Studios under the name Penné until she quits after falling out of character and then missing her old lifestyle. Due to her father sheltering her too much, she tends to let fame go to her head, but can be snapped out of this phase from help from family and friends.
Penny is extremely productive at school as she gets straight A's, plays on the football team and writes for the school newspaper, 'The Checkerboard Times'. She has also held a school-office for four consecutive years. Penny tried out for cheer leading, but she sacrificed her chances by saving her rival, LaCienega Boulevardez from a cruel prank involving the stage being converted into a gigantic CD. Penny got caught in the prank herself while forcing LaCienega offstage causing herself to get seriously injured and by default, LaCienega was given the last spot on the cheerleading squad. 
Penny is also prolific at writing and reciting poetry but became resentful when she discovered that Dijonay was even better than her at it. When Penny reached her sweet-sixteenThe Proud Family, she began demanding independence, but had to deal with her father's issues in allowing her to grow up. She became a hero by saving the world with the help of her friends and makes up with her dad once he finally accepts the fact that Penny is her own person who can make her own choices afterwards.
==Trivia==
*In American Dragon, Penny Proud was mentioned by Jake Long as one of his close childhood friends.
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