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-Come on, Penny, let's go! -Penny!

Penny! Let's go!

Penny, let's go!

(laughing)

And if he makes this...

Can I go now, Daddy? Huh?

-Did you finish your chores? -Yes.

What about the dusting? Downstairs and upstairs?

These people make me sick...

What did you say?

Uh, got it covered, sir.

Aah! Mama, why do you always scare me like that?

Oh, stop talking like your daddy and front me a ten spot.

I gave you money yesterday.

That wasn't enough for a full round at the bingo parlor.

All I could yell was "bing."

Well, I don't have it.

And to think of all the money I spent

on guitar and singing lessons for you.

Heaven knows we didn't have the money

but I wanted my little boy

to have the very best.

Mama, that was your other son, Bobby.

Well, what about all those years of swimming lessons?

-Bobby. -Basketball camp?

-Bobby. -Trip to Europe?

That was you and Daddy and Bobby.

Oh, stop being so ungrateful and give me the twenty.

I thought you said ten.

(cash register rings)

Well, I'm charging you extra for quizzing me.

♪ The Proud Family ♪

♪ What? ♪ ♪ You and me will always be tight ♪

♪ Family, every single day and night ♪

♪ Even when you start acting like a fool ♪

♪ You know I'm loving every single thing you do ♪

♪ I know that I can always be myself ♪

♪ I love you more than anybody else ♪

♪ And every day as I'm heading off to school ♪

♪ You know there's no one I love as much as you ♪

♪ Family, a family ♪

♪ Proud Family ♪

♪ They'll make you scream ♪

-(doorbell rings) -♪ They'll make you want to sing ♪

♪ It's a family thing, a family ♪

♪ Proud, Proud Family ♪

♪ The Proud Family ♪

♪ They'll push your buttons ♪

♪ And make you want to hug 'em ♪

♪ Family, a family, Proud, Proud Family. ♪

Oscar...

how did the twins get here?

Come on, Trudy. You remember a year ago, hospital

yelling, "I ain't never gonna have a baby again!"

-Oscar. -Baby, I don't know.

Now, those are your kids.

All done, Daddy.

Can I go now?

Did you clean your room?

Mom! Can I please do that later?

You know the rules, honey:

no movies until all of your chores are done.

But I've been cleaning all morning.

All morning? I only asked you to clean your room.

Uh, come on, now, run along, Penny.

You don't want to keep your friends waiting, now.

Daddy made me clean the kitchen, take out the garbage

cut the grass, wash the windows.

-Okay. -Aah!

Have a good time and stay out as long as you like.

He even made me change the oil in his car.

Oscar, I told you to do all those things.

But, honey, I...

Penny, you go on and have a good time.

Thanks, Mom.

I almost forgot... can I have my allowance?

After you sold me out, you expect to get money?

Oh, Oscar, give the girl her allowance.

Ew. Daddy, five dollars is not enough to see a movie.

It is at the Dollar Theater.

But all those movies are dubbed in Spanish.

Adios, muchacho.

Come on, Daddy.

I've been getting the same allowance since I was ten.

Don't I at least deserve a cost-of-living raise?

What cost of living? I pay for everything.

Not everything.

The point is, an allowance

is not a salary, not a right, but a gift

from me and your mother

and if five dollars isn't enough to go to a movie

maybe you need to go every other week.

That or get a job.

-Mother... -Penny, I'm afraid your dad is right.

(quietly) I can't stand y'all.

What did you say?

I-I said... I'm going to the mall.

Kids don't appreciate anything anymore.

All they know is "gimme, gimme, gimme."

Hey, baby, you want to get me a sandwich while you're in the kitchen?

Mmm. Good.

(Penny) Yeah, you know what I'm saying.

How do my parents expect me to make it

on this little bit of money they're giving me?

I don't even get the little, just the bit.

I know what you're saying, girl.

I can't do anything with the fifty my parents give me.

(laughing) 50 cents?

I guess I shouldn't feel so bad.

That's 50 dollars, Penny Pincher!

I'm not mad at you.

LaCienega is treating.

You might be a little mad.

After getting my hair done, my nails done

and this cute little purse

I've only got two dollars left.

Sticky, what are you doing?

Trying to raise me some paper so I can see the movies.

Y'all want to help a brother out?

We don't have any money to give away.

I'll work for it.

Do your taxes?

Sticky, we're Republicans...

we don't pay taxes.

No problem. Do your nails? You know you need it.

Or how about I play you a little ditty.

(playing bluesy song)

Hey.

Dijonay, don't do that.

The boy is good.

Forget Sticky Wonder.

How are we getting into the movies?

(Man) Step right up. Get your ice-cold Wizard Cola.

Get the one with the magic cap, and you could win $50,000!

What do you say, young lady?

One dollar for a lifetime of riches.

A lifetime of riches? Give me one!

Dijonay, you have a greater chance of being struck by lightning

than winning one of those fake contests.

Or getting a date with Sticky.

With $50,000, I'd own Sticky.

Dijonay, give me that!

This could be the difference between us sitting in a movie

or standing in front of Fred's TV shop

watching Leave It to Beaver without sound.

Give her her money back.

Are you sure?

I know it's a lucky one... I can feel it.

All I want to feel is you sliding that dollar back in my hand.

Hey, ice-cold Wizard Cola man, give me one of them pops.

I could use $50,000.

Heck, I could use $50.

Got a winner this unlucky young lady didn't want right here.

She didn't put her lips on it, did she?

Oh, I don't care.

All right! Big money!

I just won $50,000!

Whoo-hoo! I'm rich! I'm rich!

Penny!

Like you would've won.

Now, on to more important things like how we gonna get into the movies.

(Zoey) Next person in line, please.

Welcome to the Wizard Kelly Theater

where we can watch movies in our own community.

All right! We're in the house now.

(All) Hey, Zoey, what's up?

Hi, guys.

Hey, Zo.

How'd you get a job here?

You're too young.

Shh! They think I'm 16.

Anyway, you sure look good in your wizard uniform.

Yeah. You look cute running things.

Doesn't she, LaCienega?

She does?

Oh, yeah.

Your hair is... is so... brown.

It... Matches the... dirt under your fingernails.

I do what I can.

That's good... because we figured you'd do what you could for your girls.

Three tickets, please.

That'll be $25 more, please.

I said, for your girls, Zoey.

I still need another $25.

Look, Zoey, are you going to hook us up or what?

I don't understand what you mean.

Give us the stupid tickets!

Oh, now I get it.

You want me to steal from Wizard Kelly.

(alarm blaring)

(gasping) Wizard Kelly!

What's up, Wiz?

Uh-huh. How may I assist you, you beautiful young ladies?

Okay, my friends and I want to see a movie in your theater

but we have a slight problem.

Now, you know there ain't no such thing as a problem

here at Wizard Kelly's Theaters

where you can watch a movie in your own community.

We don't have enough money to get in.

Well, it looks like you've got yourself a problem.

But, Mr. Kelly, these are my friends.

Well, now, that's a basketball of a different color, Suzie.

They qualify for the friends-and-family rate.

-(cheering) -Instead of ten dollars

you pay only $9.75.

Come on, Wiz, that's not a discount.

Yeah, we don't have that much money.

All right, children

here's a coupon for a free small buttered popping corn.

You know, it all started with an orange basketball.

Hello? What about the movie?

That'll be $9.75.

Just give the money to Suzie.

That's Zoey!

Never correct Wizard's English.

Oh, and by the way, you fired!

I don't get it.

I wasn't really correcting his English.

It doesn't matter.

You're broke like the rest of us.

I guess it's Dollar Theater time.

Hola, children.

Welcome to the Wizard Kelly Dollar Theater

where you can watch a movie in Espanol.

Diez dinero, please.

Forget the movies.

There are plenty of things we can do for five dollars.

See? What did I tell you?

Let's bowl.

Keep reading, Penny.

That's all right.

Let's play some miniature golf and get our Tiger Woods on.

See? $3.50 a round.

We'll even have enough to get something to eat.

It's a dollar to rent the club.

So? Still got 50 cents left.

Enough for a soda.

The ball is five dollars.

You know, I don't care about golf, anyway.

Let's go skating and meet some boys

who can buy us something to eat.

-Yeah! -Yeah!

(All) Dang!

What are we going to do now, guys?

Empty your pockets.

(Penny) The Gross sisters.

Of course.

Now.

Is that all y'all got?

Yeah. Except this lint.

And what about you, conehead?

I just got fired.

You know what, y'all can keep this chump change

but, uh, I like that hat.

Hey! I like it, too.

That's it! We don't even have enough money for the Gross sisters to jack.

Isn't that a... good thing?

No. It means we have nothing. And why?

Because our parents give us kiddie money to buy adult tickets.

I say it's time we stand up for ourselves.

-Tell it, girl! -I say it's time for a change!

(cheering)

And I'm not talking about that pocket change

our parents make us sweat for.

(cheering)

I'm talking about grown-up money for grown-up work.

(cheering)

Because we've been tricked

hoodwinked, bamboozled.

We didn't land on Plymouth Rock; Plymouth Rock landed on us

and we're mad as heck

and we're not going to take it anymore

until they show us the money.

Till then, nobody works.

We're going to shut this neighborhood down.

(cheering)

We're going on strike.

(chanting) Strike! Strike! Strike! Strike!

Strike! Strike! Strike! Strike!

Strike! Strike! Strike...

(Narrator) As a new day rose above the neighborhood

with the fire of Penny's words still burning in their bellies

the children refused to do their chores.

Beds went unmade.

This room is a mess, young lady. And make your bed immediately.

Mother, I refuse to make my bed.

(Narrator) Lawns went uncut.

Don't just stand there, boy

-start cutting the grass. -(Penny clears throat)

Daddy, I will not cut the grass.

(Narrator) Dishes went unwashed.

Dijonay, clear this table and wash these dishes.

-Sure, mama. -(knocking)

Mom, Dad, I'm not busting these suds anymore.

See ya.

(Narrator) Babies went un-sat.

Penny, we need you to baby-sit tonight.

Sure, Mom, no problem.

Mother, Father, I will not baby-sit tonight.

(Narrator) Together they stood tall.

And together they got kicked to the curb.

So what they kicked us out?

That's okay. We're tough.

And we're staying out until we get grownup wages

for grownup work.

I want my mommy!

Silence!

-Hey... -What is it, Dijonay

my loyal right hand?

Uh, Penny, it's cool and everything

to be standing up for the cause out here

in the middle of the street with no food, no water, no roof...

no blankets

no toothbrush, no hope.

I move we strike in the house where it's warm.

No. We'll do something better.

We'll put our money together and build a teen city.

Uh, isn't that why we're here?

We don't have any money.

We don't need any money.

Speak for yourself, honey.

I've got lots of pretty things to buy.

We'll live by our wits

build our own shelters

and work the land like our forefathers.

Penny, that's nice and all but when do we get to the good stuff?

Like the party?

What party?

♪ Party over here Ooh! Ooh! ♪

♪ Party over there Ooh! Ooh! ♪

Silence!

This is serious, y'all.

Now, if you're with me throw your hands in the air.

And wave them like you just don't care.

And if you're a kid and you're ready to party

somebody say, "Oh, yeah!"

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ Somebody scream! ♪

(all scream)

Oscar, I'm worried about my Penny.

She might catch a cold.

She'd catch more than a cold if she were in here.

Telling me, "I'm not doing my chores."

I brought her into this world...

Now, wait just a minute.

I brought her into this world

and I want her back in this house.

I'm just trying to teach her a lesson.

Besides, looks like they having a party.

Where do you think you're going with that?

I'm taking my grandbaby a pie.

What? You never made me any pie!

Besides, they don't need any.

Shoot. Teach those ungrateful kids a lesson.

That girl's got a thing or two to learn

about the meaning of hard work.

If anybody's getting a pie around here it's going to be me.

4Mmm, this has a delightfully strange taste.

Tart, yet sweet. Crunchy, yet mushy.

-What kind of pie is this? -Prune.

(grumblings)

-(yells) -(toilet flushes)

-(Dijonay) What do we want? -(Kids) More money!

-(Dijonay) How do we want it? -(Kids) In cash!

-What do we want? -More money!

-How do we want it? -In cash!

Hi, I'm Marsha Mitsubishi.

This marks day three of "Teens On Strike"

and the entire nation is watching my career

go down the tubes while I cover a Romper Room story.

I'm here with the leader of the strike, Penny Proud.

Penny, tell our audience what we're seeing.

Well, here is where we jar all of our jams.

We hope to be totally jam sufficient in two weeks.

Over to our left are our grass weavers.

We can make anything out of grass:

rope, baskets, furniture.

How interesting.

And here we have our spider wranglers.

We use their webs to make clothes

and they're an excellent source of protein.

Try one?

No, thank you. How long are you prepared to hold out?

We're in this for the long haul, Marsha.

Shoot, if I wanted to work this hard I could have stayed at home.

-(all complaining) -Now, now, people

let's not lose sight of what this is about.

But, Penny, I'm tired.

Yeah, and I got the munchies.

We have plenty of food.

Here, have a spider.

(all groan)

(girl screams)

A spider!

-There, it's in your hair! -Ew! Get him off! Get him off me!

(all laughing)

That's it! I've had it!

I've done enough slumming for a lifetime.

I'm going home.

But don't you want to stay and support us?

Why should I? We're not even friends.

Forget her. We don't need that kind of attitude around here anyway.

Come on, everyone. What do we want?

-A bed. -No. No. What do we want?

(All) Food.

No! What do we want?

(halfheartedly) More money.

-How do we want it? -(All) In cash.

-What do we want? -(Marsha) You heard it here first.

A KCOOD-TV exclusive.

Wracked with desertion and dissension the teen strike...

much like my career appears to be on its last leg.

I'm Marsha Mitsubishi and I'm looking for a job.

(rooster crowing and dog barking)

(lawnmower sputtering)

What was that?

I don't know, but let's go find out.

(lawnmower running)

-Who is that, Penny? -I don't know.

Yo, what's he doing?

(Dijonay) It looks like he's cutting the grass.

(Zoey) Look, there's another one.

(Dijonay) And another one.

Wow, they're everywhere.

8Who told them they could do our chores?

(Penny) And they're giving them our allowance.

(Dijonay) What are we going to do?

I know what I'm doing. I'm going back to the crib.

Me, too. I'm going to make my bed

then I'm going to lie in it.

This is exactly what they want you to do.

Just think of all the great stuff you can buy with your new allowance.

Dijonay, not you.

I thought you were my girl.

I am your girl. Your girl's going home.

(Penny chanting) More money. How do we want it? In cash.

What do we want? More money. How do we want it? In cash!

Oscar, will you go out there and talk some sense into your daughter?

She's not going to listen. The girl is hardheaded.

She gets it from your side of the family, you know.

-(growls) -I'll go get her.

What do you want? A cheeseburger.

How do you want it?

With pickles and onions.

(Oscar) What? No fries?

Daddy? What are you doing here?

You're ready to negotiate?

No. I'm ready for you to give this up and come home.

What do we want? More money!

How do we want it? In cash!

Come on, Penny, why are you doing this?

You told me to always stand up for what I believe in.

Now I'm telling you to get in the house.

Not until you negotiate.

(groaning) You are one hardheaded child.

I don't know where you get it from.

Mom says I get it from your side of the family.

She did? Well, there's nobody more stubborn than her crazy uncl...

Never mind. So, what are we going to do?

-Stand out here forever? -If I have to.

Well, if I were going to negotiate,

I'd have to do it with something warm in my stomach.

Like that gumbo your mother made for dinner.

Gumbo?

Yep. She made a big pot.

She put a whole lot of crab and shrimp in there.

And those teeny-weenie sausages you like so much.

Sausages?

Mm-hmm. And Suga Mama made a peach cobbler

and homemade ice cream.

-Chocolate? -Chocolate,

with fudge chunks all up in it.

Okay, we can go in and negotiate

but just this one time, okay?

I understand.

-Daddy? -Yes?

Carry me? I-I can't feel my legs anymore.

(chuckling) Baby girl...

Yes, Daddy?

I just want you to know that I'm proud of you and I love you.

I love you, too, Daddy.

-(Oscar) What do you want? -Gumbo.

-How do you want it? -Now.

-What do you want? -Gumbo.

-How do you want it? -Now.

(Man on TV) And he sinks it.

He's won the championship!

(suga mama) Oscar? What do you think?

Is this sweater too sexy for me?

(whimpering)

It's too freaky for me.

You always were square, son.

All done in the kitchen.

Would you like me to do anything else?

No, thank you, Penny.

Mom, do you need anything?

No, sweetheart.

How about you, Suga Mama?

Yes, baby.

Come on over here, and rub Suga Mama's feet.

(crackling)

Ew...

I think you've done enough for today, Penny.

Thanks, Mom.

Daddy, may I have my allowance?

You certainly may.

That'll be five big ones.

Oscar, give her some more money.

Yeah. Stop being a cheapskate.

Hey! I won the strike.

Okay, either you give her a raise or...

(whispers)

Did I say five?

-I meant to say six. -(clears throat)

But that's not enough for my baby girl.

How about another five?

Thank you, Daddy.

Now, what have we learned from all this, Penny?

That an allowance is not a right but a privilege.

That's my girl.

And next time, let Mommy do the negotiating.

Bye, y'all.

-Did you hear that?! -(door closes)

Yes, and that's my girl.

(upbeat music playing)

(theme music playing)