Follow the adventures and misadventures of Penny, a 14-year-old African American girl who's doing her best to navigate through the early years of teen-dom. Penny's every encounter inevitably spirals into bigger than life situations filled with hi-jinks, hilarity and heart. Her quest to balance her home, school and social lives are further complicated by friends like the sassy Dijonay, Penny's nemesis LaCienega Boulevardez, her loving, if not over-protective parents and her hip-to-the-groove-granny, Suga Mama.
"When Penny persuades her parents to have a sleepover, things get a little out of control when Dijonay brings a bunch of other kids to the newly proclaimed \"party\". Penny and Myron get ..."
"Penny is forced to go to Trudy's veterinarian clinic for \"Take Your Daughter to Work Day\". While at the clinic, Penny's life is changed when she meets Trudy's newest patient, Aija the Tiger, and realizes that she can read Aija's mind."
"Penny crushes on Mega, a boy she met at the music store where she works. She realizes this crush has repercussions when she helps promote his music-sharing Web site."
"Penny breaks her father's no-dating rule when she goes to the amusement park and pairs up with a boy named Carlos. Elsewhere, her parents go on a double date to a day spa."
"Penny is entrusted with her very own credit card, which she plans on using responsibly, but it seems to have a mind of its own. Oscar, meanwhile, nearly spends his family out of house and home in his attempt to catch a mouse."
"When the Prouds goes Christmas shopping, they find a homeless family. While Oscar is reluctant and greedy, Penny invites the family to Christmas dinner. Once Christmas ends, Oscar is ..."
"Oscar and Trudy allow Penny to have a house party for her friends, but Penny finds out that her friends would rather go to LaCienega's party that is on the same day. When Penny's party is a..."
"At a barbecue, Oscar nearly burns the Boulevardez's house down, and the Prouds take their neighbors in while they await repairs, much to the chagrin of Penny who is forced to share her ..."
"Penny decides it's time to stand up to the neighborhood bullies, the sisters, who relentlessly shake down the student body for their money. When the Gross sisters hear that it was Penny who..."
"Sticky, in dealing with his parents divorce, starts hanging out with a group of bullies called 'The Altos.' In order to knock some sense into Sticky, Trudy and Penny recruit Oscar to expose..."
"Penny and her friends form a dance group known as \"LPDZ\", and dance on \"Hip-Hop Helicopter\", a famous dance show. Oscar gets mad due to their skimpy outfits"
"After Penny has an argument with her mom and dad, she wishes all the adults would just disappear. To her amazement, Al Roker appears and grants her wish and all the kids in the world start running things."
"Penny wins a chance to shoot a half court shot at a basketball game for one million dollars. Oscar convinces her to let him make the shot to make good on a high school dream."
"When Suga Mama enters a snack contest against Oscar and ends up winning with her secret recipe, they decide to join forces and go into business together."
"After coming home from an out of town trip Trudy becomes jealous after finding out the Prouds love the new house sitter Rene and fights to get her family back."
"Penny and her friends get tickets to go to a concert, but she and Dijonay have to stay home and babysit since both their parents go on a couples retreat. But Dijonay decides to ditch Penny ..."
"Penny, Dijonay, and Zoey get a job at a department store, but get fired when a watch is stolen. However, in a video where Oscar was filming an attractive woman's butt while she was bending ..."
"Papi is sent to a nursing home that turns out to be a front for an okra farm where the residents are made to work. Penny and her friends join forces with Suga Mama to help Papi escape."
"It's Cultural Appreciation Week and Penny and the gang have to swap households with other students. Once Penny overcomes fasting during Ramadan with her Pakistani family, she learns to appreciate a culture she knew very little about."