The Proud Family

### Producers

Kurt Albrecht, Willard Carroll, Thomas L. Wilhite, Ralph Falquhar, Bruce W. Smith, Calvin Brown Jr., Mercedes J. Sichon and Gillian Higgins

### Production Companies

Hyperion Pictures
 Jambalaya Studio
 Y.R. Studio
 Walt Disney Television Animation

### Release Date

September 15, 2001 - August 19, 2005

**The Proud Family** is an American television series created by Bruce W. Smith.

The series aired on Disney Channel from September 15, 2001 to August 19, 2005.

## Cast and Characters

### Main

* Kyla Pratt as Penny Proud
* Tommy Davidson as Oscar Proud
* Paula Jai Parker as Trudy Proud
* Tara Strong as BeBe and CeCe Proud / Puff the Dog
* Jo Marie Payton as Suga Mama Proud
* Karen Malina White as Dijonay Jones
* Soleil Moon Frye as Zoey Howzer
* Alisa Reyes as LaCienega Boulevardez
* Orlando Brown as Sticky Webb

### Recurring

* Cedric the Entertainer as Bobby Proud
* Phil LaMarr as Michael Collins
* Raquel Lee as The Gross Sisters
* Kevin Michael Richardson as Doctor Payne / Omar
* Cree Summer as Peabo
* Keke Palmer as Maya Leibowitz-Jenkins
* Aries Spears as Wizard Kelly / Lil' Wiz
* Ron Glass as Smart Baby/Red-Nosed Baby
* Carlos Mencia as Felix Boulevardez
* Maria Canals as Sunset Boulevardez
* Alvaro Gutierrez as Papi Boulevardez

### Guest Stars

* Mo'Nique as Boonetta Proud
* Anthony Anderson as Ray Ray Proud, Sr.
* Robert Guillaume as Dr. Vincent Parker
* Cicely Tyson as Mrs. Maureen Parker
* David Alan Grier as Reuben Parker
* Wendy Raquel Robinson as Leslie Parker
* Sheryl Lee Ralph as Diana Parker
* Solange Knowles as Chanel Parker
* Jamal Mixon as Ray Ray Proud, Jr.
* Pablo Santos as Johnny Lovely
* Erica Rivera as Agatha Ordinario
* Frank Welker as Chester the Duck

## Episodes

See Also: List of The Proud Family Episodes

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## Films

### The Proud Family Movie

The film was released on August 19, 2005 and was written by Calvin Brown, Jr., Ralph Farquhar, John Patrick White and Stiles White. It follows the Proud family on a vacation which turns out to be an evil plot.

## Music

* The Proud Family (Soundtrack)

The soundtrack was released on April 20, 2004 by Walt Disney Records.

## Production

The Proud Family was created by Walt Disney Animation Studios animator Bruce W. Smith and was produced by Jambalaya Studios. Originally piloted for Disney's One Saturday Morning, then Nickelodeon, it was eventually picked up by Disney Channel and started airing in September 2001. An original pilot was made and produced by Nickelodeon in 1999 but was never shown to the public resulting in Nickelodeon passing the show on. Many of the later episodes of The Proud Family were produced using Adobe Flash. Michael Peraza was the show's art director.

It marked the first animated Disney Channel Original Series, and, coincidentally, the only original animated series from Disney Channel not to be associated with, and produced exclusively by, Disney's Television Animation arm.

### Continuation

On February 27, 2020, the show was announced to be receiving a revival for a third season on Disney+ as The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder. The original cast will reprise their roles, and Keke Palmer will voice a new character introduced to the series named Maya Leibowitz-Jenkins, who is a 14-year-old activist.

## Release

### Reruns

On August 31, 2002, The Proud Family began airing in reruns on ABC as part of Disney's One Saturday Morning, which was rebranded to ABC Kids a few weeks later and continued to air reruns until September 2, 2006. The series was shown on Disney Channel as part of Disney Replay on October 1, 2015 and aired again on December 24, 2015 with the episode "Seven Days of Kwanzaa". In December 2018, the episode was part of a holiday live stream on Disney Channel's YouTube channel. It also aired on Toon Disney until February 6, 2009.

### International

The Proud Family aired on The Family Channel in Canada. In Jamaica, it aired on TVJ. In the United Kingdom, the series aired on ITV in 2002 as part of the network's Saturday morning Diggin' It show. The series has also aired on multiple international Disney Channel stations.

### Streaming

The series is available for purchase on the iTunes Store, Prime Video, and Google Play Movies & TV as of September 2020. The series became available to stream on Disney+ on January 1, 2020. All of the aforementioned platforms excludes the episode "Don't Leave Home Without It", most likely due to music licensing issues with the episode's use of Destiny's Child's "Independent Women".

## Merchandise

### Video Games

The Proud Family, a video game based on the series, was developed by Gorilla Systems and published by Buena Vista Games for the Game Boy Advance. The game was released in North America in November 2005, a few months after the show ended. In the game, Penny works a variety of jobs to raise money so she can afford to buy her parents a T.H.A.N.G. (Total Home Automated Necessity Gizmo) for their upcoming wedding anniversary. Each job plays out as a minigame. Aside from Penny and her parents, other characters from the series also appear in the game, including Penny's friends and Suga Mama. GameDaily and GameZone both rated the game 8 out of 10.