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Reruns can be seen Saturdays on the music channel Centric, and very occasionally, on Disney, where it originated.

** Sugar Mama seems to bear a resemblance to [[Tyler Perry|Medea]].

** Also, anyone else think that some of the animators for this show later worked on ''[[Princess and The Frog]]''? Dr. Facilier and Mama Odie bear a resemblence to Oscar and Suga Mama, respectively.

* [[The Faceless]]: "Wizard" Kelley

* [[False Friend]]:

* [[Fat Bastard]]: Subverted big time with Penny's "date" Carlos, a very fat boy she reluctantly pairs with in the amusement park after her friends pair up with their more attractive partners. Much to her surprise, Carlos proves to be a kind and intelligent individual who actually rescues Penny's siblings, BeBe and CeCe, from a speeding roller coaster. To drive the point home, it's revealed her friends' partners ditched them for prettier girls after getting wet in a water ride.

* [[Foot Focus]]: Suga Mama. She probably [[Does Not Like Shoes]] since she's usually seen wearing slippers, even outdoors.

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: They managed to have some pretty serious stuff into a children's cartoon. Such as an episode where Penny believes her dad is having an affair, or when Oscar flat-out accuses a man of being a gigolo<ref>a male prostitute or live-in lover</ref>.

** This remains one of the few Disney cartoons ever to use the word "pimp".

** One episode had a scene in a movie theater, and it was apparent that the movie in [[Funny Background Event|the background]] was ''[[Swordfish]]'', on [[Every One Remembers the Stripper|that one infamous scene]] with [[Halle Berry]] reading a book. And the Proud Family scene cuts away right as Halle starts to move her book. Let me repeat: they referenced an [[Every One Remembers the Stripper]] moment '''in a children's cartoon.'''

* [[The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry]]: Trudy and Diana.

* [[Growling Gut]]: Penny's stomach growls in ''Culture Shock'' when she has to fast along with the Muslim family she's staying with for Ramadan. Suga Mama's stomach also growls in ''Wedding Bell Blues'', causing her to eat a slice of wedding cake that turns her from thin and beautiful to fat and wrinkly again.

* [[I Ate What?]]: One episode involves Suga Mama's lemon squares becoming massively popular to the point of ending up on Oprah. This is the part where the whole world discovers that when she says she "puts her foot in it," she means it literally. [[Don't Explain the Joke|As in sticks her foot in the batter]]. The audience promptly starts hacking.

* [[I Feel Guilty You Take It]]: LaCienega and Agatha enter an American Idol-style Music Reality Show, sponsored by Wizard Kelly, [[La Cienega]], being prettier than Agatha, wins due to a fix by Wizard Kelly, "Beauty sells, Ugly Repels, y'all" Penny finds out and tells [[La Cienega]] that if she doesn't make things right, she'll have bad Karma. [[La Cienega]] gives the prize to Agatha, who, in turn, shares it with her citing fairness.

* [[It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"]]: As Oscar says, "PEN-NAY!"

* [[I Was Quite a Looker]]: Suga Mama was gorgeous as a younger woman, and when she briefly loses weight for her wedding she looks exactly the same as she did then, albeit with white hair instead of black.

* [[Kent Brockman News]]: Marsha Mitsubishi.

* [[Macho Disaster Expedition]]: "Camping Trip"

* [[Mistaken for Racist]]: In the episode "Romeo Must Wed", Penny developed a crush on Kwok while rehearsing for their school's production of ''Romeo & Juliet''. After a while, Kwok's parents, the Wongs, politely asked Oscar and Trudy that they not allow Penny and Kwok to see each other anymore. While [[Men Use Violence, Women Use Communication|Trudy remained civil in her inquiry, Oscar immediately jumped to conclusions]], thinking that the Wongs didn't approve of their son having a relationship with Penny because she wasn't "good enough" for them. This prompted both Oscar and Mr. Wong to imply the other was a racist. It turns out the real reason was that Kwok had an [[Arranged Marriage|arranged bride]], who was coming to town for a visit.

* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: Wizard Kelly does this to everyone from time to time, but especially to Oscar.

* [[New Transfer Student]]: The Russian Sergei, to whom Zoey is attracted.

* [["No Respect" Guy]]: Oscar without a doubt.

** One of Penny's classmates during "I Had a Dream" changes races constantly. It is particularly jarring as it happens during part of the episode that takes place in 1955, and the students are still separated by race in the classroom. So the switches make it seems that a black student is sitting among the the white students when it is previously stated (and seen) everyone is separated.

* [[Overprotective Dad]]: So, so very much.

* [[Parental Favoritism]]: Suga Mama likes her older son, Bobby, more than she does Oscar.

* [[Pet the Dog]]: The Gross sisters in "The Party". They don't show up to torment Penny...they actually legitimately act like nice people.

* [[Positive Discrimination]]: Averted. Not only are the Prouds just as insane as any other animated family, but there's also an episode where Penny dates a seemingly angelic boy in a wheelchair, only to realize he's a total prick who uses his disability to get his way.

* [[Pretty in Mink]]: Penny's aunt Diana is always seen wearing a fancy green fur coat. Even when playing football.

* [[Rich Bitch]]: Wizard Kelly is a gender-flipped version, and a raging narcissist who loves to flaunt his extreme wealth and influence.

* [[Running Gag]]: Oscar's "rivalry" with the talking baby

** Penny mentions [[Kim Possible]].

** The middle school the kids attend is named for the first (and so far, only) African-American NASCAR driver.

** Penny also refers to Dr. Dolittle. [[Actor Allusion|Her voice actress played the daughter of the famous doctor in the modern film version that also inherited his gift in a later sequel.]]

* [[Temporary Love Interest]]: Kwok, the Asian boy that Penny dates in one episode, even though it ends with the two getting together, he is never seen or referred to again afterwards.

* [[Theme Naming]]: Dijonay and her siblings are all named after spices, though it doesn't even strike you as odd at first if you've heard the off-the-wall names some urban black parents give their children. And, the Boulevardez family -- at least the ladies.

* [[Token White]]: Zoey.

* [[The Movie|The TV Movie]]: Also acted as the [[Grand Finale]] to the series.

** Suga Mama is implied to be this when an episode introduced her older psychic sister, who she claimed to be their parent's favorite. Trudy even lampshades this.

** Penny gets this when BeBe and CeCe are magically aged into teenagers. Her own mother even tells this directly to her face. WTF?

* [[Verbal Tic]]:

** Bobby, y'all!

** Wizard Kelly, y'all.

** And Sir Paid A Lot, Dawg!

* [[What Could Have Been]]: The show was initially pitched to [[Nickelodeon]].

* [[Wild Teen Party]]: Penny has a sleepover that quickly turns into this when Lacieniga calls everyone from their middle school.