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The Proud Family · S2 · E3

Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thingy, Baby

  • TV-G
  • Oct 25, 2002
  • 22 min

When Oscar agrees to bring popular children's show host, Thingy, to perform at the twin's birthday, he and Penny discover that Thingy is really Oscar's pretty old college friend, Debra, and Penny wrongfully suspects that they are having an affair.

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About this episode

When Oscar agrees to bring popular children's show host, Thingy, to perform at the twin's birthday, he and Penny discover that Thingy is really Oscar's pretty old college friend, Debra, and Penny wrongfully suspects that they are having an affair.

Season 2

20 episodes
  1. 1A Star Is Scorned

    22 minSep 27, 2002

    The R&B foursome of Penny, LaCienega, Dijonay and Zoey win a record deal...too bad Penny has decided to break up the band and focus on a solo career.

  2. 2A Hero for Halloween

    22 minOct 18, 2002

    When the Prouds discover their house may be haunted, Penny becomes a hero after eating one of Oscars' Proud Scary Snacks.

  3. 3Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thingy, Baby

    22 minOct 25, 2002Now viewing

    When Oscar agrees to bring popular children's show host, Thingy, to perform at the twin's birthday, he and Penny discover that Thingy is really Oscar's pretty old college friend, Debra, and Penny wrongfully suspects that they are having an affair.

  4. 4Poetic Justice

    22 minNov 8, 2002

    When there's a debate team at school Penny and Dijonay wind up on opposing sides. They start to argue about the issue causing a rift in their friendship.

  5. 5Behind Family Lines

    22 minDec 13, 2002

    Trudy's and Oscar's feuding families are brought together for the twins' baptism.

  6. 6Hooray for Iesha

    22 minJan 3, 2003

    Penny launches a campaign to save her favorite TV show after it gets canceled.

  7. 7Camping Trip

    22 minFeb 17, 2003

    The Prouds struggle to survive a camping trip with the Boulevardez family.

  8. 8Crouching Trudy, Hidden Penny

    22 minMar 7, 2003

    Penny and her friends sign up for martial-arts lessons.

  9. 9Pulp Boot Camp

    22 minMar 28, 2003

    Oscar and Trudy send Penny to a boot camp to prevent her from becoming a bully.

  10. 10Tween Town

    22 minApr 11, 2003

    Al Roker mysteriously appears and jumps off the TV screen to grant Penny's wish for a world without adults after she's punished for lying. With no grown-ups in sight, Penny proclaims to her friends that they're living in "a world of the children, by the children and for the children....We can do anything we want." But that's not much consolation for babies BeBe and CeCe, who miss their mommy and daddy.

  11. 11One in a Million

    22 minApr 18, 2003

    Penny meets Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant and asks him to help her win a million dollars by making a half-court shot.

  12. 12Hmmm... Tastes Like

    22 minMay 9, 2003

    Suga Mama's snack creations rival the munchies sold by her eldest son, Oscar, who tries to capitalize on the success of her top-secret recipe.

  13. 13There's Something about Rene

    22 minMay 23, 2003

    The Prouds hire a perfectly good nanny, but Trudy wants her fired.

  14. 14Adventures In Bebe Sitting

    22 minJun 20, 2003

    Penny's left solo to babysit the twins, BeBe and CeCe, along with the wild and crazy siblings of Dijonay, who abandoned her charges with her best friend to attend a sold-out concert with LaCienega and Zoey. Elsewhere, the grown-ups are on a couples' retreat led by a Dr. Phil-like psychologist.

  15. 15Surf and Turf

    22 minJun 27, 2003

    Los Angeles DJs Big Boy and Fuzzy Fantabulous have cameos as Dijonay attempts to win Sticky's love by making him jealous of the attention she's giving to a boy from Hawaii. Elsewhere, Oscar enters into a bet with the world's fastest baby.

  16. 16The Legend of Johnny Lovely

    22 minJul 25, 2003

    A mythical character named Johnny Lovely blows into town to show Penny and her friends the importance of treating each other with respect. His arrival coincides with rehearsals for the Junior Debutante Ball, a custom that Penny complains is outdated and demeaning to women. However, Johnny sees this coming-out party as a chance to put on display his gentlemanly good manners.

  17. 17The Camp, the Counselor, the Mole and the Rock

    22 minAug 1, 2003

    Reverend Hagood organizes a three-day, two-night camping trip for the youth of his church. Penny volunteers as a junior counselor, to the chagrin of Oscar, who's fearful of his daughter being alone with boys and their "raging hormones." Meanwhile, Peabo splits his time away from home between tracking Penny's every move and trying to get closer to crush Zoey.

  18. 18It Takes a Thief

    22 minSep 12, 2003

    Penny is framed for stealing by the manager at her new department-store job.

  19. 19Wedding Bell Blues

    22 minSep 19, 2003

    Smokey Robinson is hired to sing at the wedding of Suga Mama after she accepts a marriage proposal from her senior-citizen beau, Clarence St. John. Meanwhile, Oscar hopes a private eye will prove his hunch that the bride-to-be is being fleeced out of her life savings by the future groom.

  20. 20Penny Potter

    22 minSep 26, 2003

    Suga Mama's sister Spice successfully sweet-talks Oscar into giving her money.

Guest stars

Ron GlassThe Talking Baby (voice)
Sandra OhMarsha Mitsubishi (voice)
Kevin Michael RichardsonKlaus (voice)
Vanessa WilliamsDebra (voice)
Carlos AlazraquiAdditional Voices (voice)
Phil LaMarrThingy (voice)
Cree SummerBabies (voice)