The Proud Family Movie

**The Proud Family Movie** is a 2005 film and Disney Channel Original Movie. It was produced by Jambalaya Studio and released by Buena Vista Television. The film was written by Calvin Brown, Jr., Ralph Farquhar, John Patrick and Stiles White, and released on August 19, 2005.

It is based on the television series The Proud Family.

## Plot

It's Penny Proud's 16th birthday, and she is excited for herself and her friends to be part of 15 Cent's dance group, due to the fact that he's Sticky's cousin. However, when 15 drives her home, her father, Oscar Proud, gets mad when he finds them kissing. He grounds Penny indefinitely and cancels her birthday, after which Penny outrageously resents him as her father.

Oscar manages to create a serum that could make his Proud Snacks tastier, but it instead causes the snack to expand and explode. As he is hauled away, he protests that his formula has no expiration date, which is overheard by Dr. Carver, who has been trying to create an army of humanoid peanuts but never got his formula stabilized and plots to get it. Disguising himself, Carver invites the Proud family to Legome Island. Trudy forces Oscar and Penny to go, hoping they will bond. Upon arrival, the Proud’s meet the G-nomes, dwarf-sized creatures made from peanuts.

Carver tries to negotiate obtaining the formula from Oscar but when he refused, he reveals he has created peanut clones of his family from DNA snatched from them while they were partying. Oscar runs away and tries explaining to his family, but they don't believe him. Meanwhile, the clones get a mix-up when the *real* Penny comes with them back to the mainland to search for the formula, while her clone remains with the original family. Penny soon enjoys the free life, which the clones allowed her, but gets tired of it soon enough.

At that moment mysterious Cashew leads the Proud’s and the Penny clone on a perilous journey to the other side of the island, saying there is someone who can answer their questions. Along the way, the Penny clone proves to be the kind of daughter Oscar desires—obedient. When they meet the person the Cashew wanted them to meet, he turns out to be Dr. Carver, who explains that he created a clone of himself out of a peanut. Unfortunately, the clone went sizzling crisp in the sun one day and turned to evil. Donning a disguise of his original form, the clone took over the island and the Cashews, turning Carver's peanut research for evil. Oscars realizes his formula is the key and tells the family he had left it in a locket for Penny's birthday, which she opened back home. Her clone informs the other clones, who take the formula. Penny gathers her friends to go back to Legome and rescue her family. Unfortunately, the Carver clone is set to bring his peanut soldier army to conquer the world and had already left. The original gives Penny a container of gas that could instantly turn solid peanuts into peanut butter. Just as Penny was on the verge of releasing the gas, the clone offers her the free life, without rules or responsibilities. However, Penny retorts that her family is looking out for her and unleashes the gas, foiling the clone's plot. Penny and her friends then end the movie with a song.

## Cast and Characters

* Kyla Pratt as Penny Proud
* Tommy Davidson as Oscar Proud
* Paula Jai Parker as Dr. Trudy Proud
* Jo Marie Payton as Henrietta "Suga Mama" Proud
* Tara Strong as Bebe and Cece Proud / Cashew
* Orlando Brown as Sticky Webb
* Jeff Bennett as Mr. Bufferman
* Soleil Moon Frye as Zoey Howser
* Alisa Reyes as LaCienega Boulevardez
* Karen Malina White as Dijonay Jones
* Omarion as 15 Cent
* LisaRaye McCoy as Choreographer
* Arsenio Hall as Dr. Carver / Bobby Proud
* Jeremy Suarez as Wally
* Carlos Alazraqui as Puff the Dog / Board Member
* Billy West as Board Member / Cab Driver
* Carlos Mencia as Felix Boulevardez
* Maria Canals as Sunset Boulevardez
* Alvario Guttierez as Papi
* Phil LaMarr as Dr. Carver / Board Member
* Aries Spears as Wizard Kelly / Board Member
* Keith David as Bebe Proud Clone
* Kevin Michael Richardson as Mangler Mania / Bobo the Sea Beast
* Masi Oka as Japanese Kid / Announcer

## Release

The Proud Family Movie premiered on Disney Channel on August 19, 2005 and was released on VHS and DVD on December 6, 2005 with an extended ending.

The film re-aired on Disney Channel on May 28, 2016, as part of Disney Channel's 100 DCOM Marathon to celebrate the 100th film, Adventures in Babysitting and again on April 5, 2021 as part of Disney Channel's Monday block DCOM and Dessert.

As of November 12, 2019, the film was available to stream on Disney+.