Oscar can exasperate Penny, but he’s a loving dad. Mother Trudy Proud is savvy, smart and wise. Meanwhile, Penny’s family itself remains just as quirkily traditional as ever. And they’re being raised in a two-dad household. Her brother, KG, is aggressively into games. Oh, and some new kids have enrolled in Penny’s school now, too: Maya Leibowitz-Jenkins is aggressively woke. Naturally, he’s a makeup and makeover dynamo: This is the sort of series that does its best to debunk stereotypes … unless it just doesn’t want to. In the original Proud Family, Michael was generically effeminate (much to the discomfort of his pops, who made the boy call him “Coach” instead of “Dad.”) But these days, Michael’s out of the closet as an uber-fashionable non-conforming member of the LGBT community who dyes his bouncy curls pink and crushes on boys. Thank goodness, then, for Michael, the son of the school coach. Penny’s frienemy, LaCienega, is still the prettiest girl in school-but these days, it takes work. Zoey’s gone through a significant growth spurt and now towers over her friends like a lamppost. Her friends have undergone some big changes, too. While Penny’s no older than she was in The Proud Family (which ran on the Disney Channel between 20), the 14-year-old has a few more curves this time around. And its new title add-on- Louder and Prouder-is well chosen. Ribbs Middle School, and still navigating life’s challenges with some help from her family and friends.īut this new take on The Proud Family, courtesy Disney+, does receive a pretty significant makeover. You’d not expect her to still be in middle school after almost two decades.īut sure enough, the Proud family’s oldest daughter is still 14, still attending Willy T. It's also revealed that before Puff, she owned a Boston Terrier named Otis.Penny Proud seems like a smart girl. In the Soul Vibrations, Suga Mama unexplainedly looked exactly as she currently does, the only difference being that she wore a floral pattern dress in the past.Fans speculated that her name was Henrietta Proud, before her name was actually revealed in the revival series.Her husband Percy Proud died prior to the series.She was voiced by former Family Matters star Jo Marie Payton.Suga Mama's big sister Spice has telekinesis. This led Suga Mama to cut all contact with her family. Despite Suga Mama's attempts to impress him, and her natural physical strength and skill at rodeo, Pa Towne's sexist worldview and expectations lead him to disapprove of Suga Mama's less conventionally womanly traits and forbid her from being involved in the family business. Suga Mama is shown to have a difficult relationship with her father, Pa Towne. On the contrary, Papi despises Suga Mama and often makes rude remarks about her in Spanish which she usually thinks are compliments. Suga Mama is in love with Papi Boulevardez. When her sister Spice revealed she was using Oscar to swindle people of their money and letting him take the fall, Suga Mama stood up for her son and saved him, admitting that while she may not like her son all the time, she still always loves him. Despite their seemingly spiteful relationship, Suga Mama does defend her son at times when he is insulted by anyone other than herself. She repeatedly shows no respect for Oscar, constantly comparing him to his more successful older brother Bobby, and insulting him for his short comings and get rich quick schemes that usually blow up in his face. Oscar and Suga Mama have a somewhat complicated relationship. Although she fights constantly with Oscar, she still loves him and has proven to have his best interests in mind. She loves her family and puts them ahead of everything else. Suga Mama, in general, is a very peppy grandmother who still considers herself to be in her youthful prime she can lack self-awareness when undergoing events that show her age (falling asleep in front of the TV in loud conditions, getting exhausted after walking up a large hill, flirting with other men, etc.) But she can be a very active grandmother despite her age. In the reboot, her appearance doesn’t change at all other than the dress under her coat is now light blue. She wears a pink coat with a light pink shawl over her shoulders, a darker pink dress underneath, and magenta slippers. Suga Mama is an elderly heavy set African American woman with white hair worn in two Afro puffs.
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