The Proud Family (2001) s01e05 Episode Script

You know, I see
you in here every day
and you never buy anything.
Buying music is retro.
So why do you come in here?
To see you.
- Really?
- Penny, get back to work!
Get your swerve
on on your own time
and you get out of my store.
You never buy anything.
Going to buy this magazine.
You want a magazine?
Go to the news stand.
Here we sell CDs, beastie boy.
- So, what's your name?
- Don't have one.
- Huh?
- Names are retro.
It's not about who I
am it's what I am.
What are you, then?
Interested.
- What are you?
- Real interested.
Sticky you never called me.
What's wrong? You don't like me?
Nope.
Oh, quit playing
and tell the truth.
Watch where
you're going, stinky.
Come on, Suga Mama.
Now, we all agreed we weren't
going to embarrass Penny.
Oh, you know I would
never embarrass Penny.
Oh, my dogs sure are talking.
Oh, quit acting
like a fool, Puff.
You're going to embarrass Penny.
I told you to leave
your Mama at home.
And I told you leave me at home.
Oh, Oscar, look at our baby
girl over there working.
Look at the guy over
there working our baby girl.
So I was thinking
maybe I could give
you a ride home.
That's cool, because I was
thinking what you were thinking.
I bet neither one of you are
thinking what I'm thinking.
Daddy, mom.
What are you guys doing here?
Besides embarrassing me.
That's exactly what
we're doing here.
You, Oscar. I'm
out of it, Penny.
Oh, so you drag me
from in front of the TV
and now you're out of it. Fine.
Introduce me to your
little Boyfriend, pen pen.
He's not my boyfriend. Huh?
- Where did he go?
- Oh, yeah.
Make it funky now.
Let's make it funky later.
Oh, who let the dogs out?
Put the shoes back on.
- Honey, where are the twins?
- There they are.
They're just listening to music.
- Sir Paid-a-Lot?
- It's okay, Mr. Proud.
We only have the clean version
playing on the listening post.
Yo, I'm a dog ♪
my main ♪
uh-huh, ♪
feel me ♪
Hmm. Hey. This
ain't all that bad.
Beep, bap, boom-boom-boom ♪
beep-beep-beep, bap, boom ♪
I'd like to buy me one of these.
Sorry, Mr. Proud I'm off.
Let's go, Penny.
It's time to get paid lay in
the shade and drink lemonade.
Congratulations, girls.
Today you get
your first paycheck.
There's only one problem
You have to split it.
Chill out, I'm just kidding.
One for you, and one for you.
$128?
Wait a minute, Penny.
I want a picture of you
opening your first check.
Wait.
I want the twins in the picture.
- Wait. Suga Mama
- Mom
You and Puff get in there, too.
It'll be okay, baby.
Oscar.
Mom, this is embarrassing.
Oscar.
Honey, I got to
agree with Penny.
Get in the picture.
Give a woman a camera
and she thinks she's spike Lee.
Okay, now open
the check on three.
One two
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 ♪
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 them ♪
family, a family,
Proud, Proud family ♪
Penny. Baby girl. The
whole idea behind working
is to make money, not owe money.
Mm-hmm, that's
what I tried telling her
but the girl is hard-headed.
You can drop me off
right here, Mr. Proud.
I can walk the rest
of the way to the mall.
See y'all.
I don't know what you
were thinking about
buying all those CDs.
But I get a 10% discount.
Leave that poor baby alone.
She just loves music,
just like her grandma.
To the tune of $145?
Ground her.
And another thing.
You need to keep
your mind on your work.
And not the boys.
- Penny!
- Huh?
Are you listening to me?
Yes, daddy.
Yo, I'm a dog, yo, I'm a dog ♪
yo, yo, yo, yo ♪
yo, I'm a dog ♪
What happened to you today?
One minute you
were there, the next
Wait. How can you
stand out my window?
I'm on the second floor.
What's holding you up?
No, the question is
What's holding me down?
May I come in?
On one condition.
What?
Tell me your name.
Mega.
Sorry about earlier
but your dad Kind of scary.
If you thought that was scary
he catches you up here and
he'll go straight Chucky on you.
I noticed you were having
a little problem at the store.
I thought I could help you out.
Show me your motherboard.
Excuse me?
Your computer.
Oh. There it is.
Wow. Only time I
seen one like that
was in the old Batman series.
Where'd you get it?
My daddy gave it to me.
It may not be up-to-date
but it works just
like the new ones.
It even has games.
You heard of ping?
In the history class.
You want to try it?
Why not?
Huh?
Wow, you're good.
It's not that difficult.
I imagine cavemen
had better games.
Time to hook you
up with an upgrade.
Wow. This is a bomb computer.
It's how I like to roll.
But how is this going to help
me with my money problems?
I'll show you.
Welcome. What are
your musical needs?
This is a website I created.
It's called Ez-Jackster.
What's Ez-Jackster?
Ez-Jackster can't be explained.
It's a state of mind.
It's absolute truth.
Well, let me see it.
But you have to
be open to it, Penny.
Are you sure you can handle it?
Yes, I'm sure.
I hope you are 'cause once I
let you in there is no turning back.
Just show me the stupid site.
Click the blue mouse, you're
at your desk playing ping again
and you can believe
whatever you want to.
Click on the red mouse,
you stay in wonderland
and I show you how
deep the rabbit hole goes.
Okay, I get it, Morpheus.
I'm not scared.
Wow.
Where are we?
Here, in the matrix
Uh I mean, I mean the web
Where all things are possible.
Here is the truth.
Here is the Harmony.
Here is where I created a site
for broke-down teens like you.
Here is a place that
offers free music.
Free music?
Free music.
What the?
Request any song
and it's downloaded instantly
into your computer for free.
Why?
Because we can.
Free will, Penny.
Tell all you know.
Are you with me?
Is it legal?
Legal? It's our birthright.
Are you the one, Penny?
Wow.
You have entered Ez-Jackster.
Begin your destiny.
Free your mind and
the music will follow.
Now downloading.
Thankful money
ful money.
Penny!
Yes, daddy!
Now downloading, "get yo money."
Now downloading
"where's my money?"
You have entered Ez-Jackster.
Begin your destiny.
You have selected Sir Paid-a-Lot
wizard Kelly records
recording artist.
Where it all started
- Penny?
- With a orange basketball
What have you been
doing all weekend?
Besides not bathing?
Shh.
- Girl, I'm going to kick your
- Shh.
G what is wrong with you?
And what's with the
new wardrobe? I like it.
- Shh.
- If you do that one more time
Can you keep a secret?
You know I can't.
Good, because what
I'm about to show you
I want you to tell everybody.
I've been downloading.
Ooh give me all the detail.
Music, silly.
Welcome to Ez-Jackster.
Girl, you got the
latest Sir Paid-a-Lot CD?
And I can get any
music I want for free!
Free? Is that legal?
Legal? Girl, it's
our birthright.
Okay, I'll take that as a "yes."
Look, Puff, they
got Rufas Thomas.
I got millions of hits today.
Well, I told Dijonay.
You should have
got billions of hits.
I knew you were the one, Penny.
Ladies and gentlemen
of the boards
wizard has done it again.
The latest venture of
my many businesses
The selling of my musical
records Has gone through the roof.
Everything the wizard
touches turns to money.
And it's all going to
end with an airball.
Sir Paid-a-Lot I'm
so happy to see you.
But why all the hostility
my rapping brother?
'Cause my music
ain't selling, dawg.
That's mission impossible.
It seems like everywhere
the wizard go
Someone's playing
a Sir Paid-a-Lot song.
I'm going to beep, beep yo beep ♪
it's just so darn catchy.
If that's so how come you
sent me a royalty check
for only five cents?
Five cents?
That's a lot of money.
You keep playing, dawg you going
to make me lose my mind up in here.
I'm not playing. My last royalty
check was for a million dollars.
You keep playing
with my emotions
Goodness gracious,
that's quite a difference.
There must be something wrong.
If you're getting robbed, then
the wizard's getting robbed.
Don't worry, Sir Paid-a-Lot
wizard will get to
the bottom of this.
Penny, dinner's ready.
I don't know what
that girl is doing.
All she does is come home
and glue herself to the computer.
Oscar, did you hear me?
Huh?
Dinner is ready.
Mad dog mad is teaching
Oscar, it's bad enough that you
and Suga Mama watch wrestling
but I told you I don't
want the twins watching
and imitating their behavior.
Relax, Trudy, they're
not paying attention.
Boy, he tossed him
into the next zip code.
Kick out, Puff, kick out!
Don't let those
rug bugs beat you.
One, two, three.
Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!
Those are my babies right there.
I don't know where
they get that from.
We interrupt the regularly
scheduled program
to bring you this
special news bulletin.
We have late-breaking news
from the southeast
central part of the city.
We go to our field
correspondent Marsha Mitsubishi.
Thanks, Bill.
W-COOD has learned
that federal officials
have been alerted to
a new Internet website
that threatens the
entire music industry.
The site, aptly
called Ez-Jackster
allows computer
users all over the world
to download music for free.
Officials have informed
us that the highest usage
of the renegade
website called Ez-Jackster
comes from a computer user
in the house right behind me.
Ooh, look at that tacky house.
Some people just
don't have any taste.
Yeah, they still got
the Christmas lights up.
Mm-hmm. Trifle'n,
that's what it's called.
What idiot thought he could
get away with stealing music.
We have you surrounded.
Come out with your hands
over your head, Penny Proud!
Well, this has to be the most
embarrassing night of my life.
So, I forgot to take
down the Christmas lights.
- I said I'm sorry.
- Not you, jingle bells.
She's talking about Penny.
I cannot believe you
stole all that music, Penny.
You know that's wrong.
It's not stealing.
- Says who?
- My friend mega.
He says you can't
own creativity.
That it's our birthright.
If you get in trouble again
you're going to wish
you hadn't been born.
Mega says
Well, daddy says
go up to your room.
And I'm taking my
computer back, too.
But how am I supposed
to do my homework?
You'll do it like I did it
when I was in school.
Your daddy says
you'll need this.
Why are you doing this to me?
Everybody downloads
music on Ez-Jackster.
I don't know about downloading
uploading whatever.
What worries me,
baby, was downstairs
I didn't hear two words
that came out of your mouth
that belonged to you.
Everything was "mega says."
Mega said you would say that.
I want to know what Penny says.
Look, baby, I taught you
to always think for yourself.
Don't lose your
mind over some boy.
Trust me, it's not worth it.
Yes, mother.
Okay. Now give me a hug.
I saw the news.
I knew you were the one.
Yeah, the one on punishment.
My dad took the computer.
You got a pager?
I can put you back
online in no time.
Yeah? I mean, no.
My parents said it's stealing.
It's not stealing. It's freedom.
I know, mega, but
my parents said I can't.
"My parents said this.
My parents said that."
What do you say, Penny?
I don't know.
I say Penny's confused.
I thought you were
the one, Penny.
Call me when
you get it together.
Uh, mega?
It's not like we're
hurting anybody.
Right?
Ooh, look, Sir Paid-a-Lot
has a new single! Hey!
Mr. Min, what happened?
Yeah, where is everybody?
Oh, I don't know.
Maybe they're home
listening to the free music
they get off of Ez-Jackster.
Everybody can't be doing that?
Oh, yeah? Even
my mother's doing it.
And it's all because of you,
Penny and that Ez-Jackster!
It's affecting everybody.
Look!
Last week's apprehension
of Penny Proud
hasn't deterred millions of young people
from trading music via Ez-Jackster.
In fact, more ez-Jacks,
as they are called
are joining the free
music movement.
As a result, record
sales are down severely.
One of the places hit hardest
is wizard Kelly industries.
She's right, wizard.
We're down in
the fourth quarter.
Down in the fourth quarter?
Well, put me in the game
and pass me the ball.
Even world-famous music
artists like Sir Paid-a-Lot
are changing their lifestyles.
Hey, dawg, not my big
screen TV. You can't take that.
I'm in the middle of
watching the game, dawg.
The spiraling record sales
are affecting all parts of society.
Malls are empty, hair
salons have closed.
There isn't a single citizen
that Ez-Jackster
hasn't effected.
No records, no
record-release party.
No record-release party
no record-release party snacks.
But these babies are
good for more than eating.
You can strip paint with
them pave your driveway
even resole your shoes.
That's right, Proud snacks.
That's it for tonight.
I'm Marsha Mitsubishi, and
And I'm looking for a job, too.
Daddy?
You you did this,
Penny to all of us.
It's all because of you.
Mm-hmm, I tried to tell her.
The only good thing about
this is I have to fire you.
- I'm going to miss you, boo.
- You, too, Queen Latifah.
Thanks a lot, Penny.
Mom, you were right.
I can't be losing
my mind over a boy.
I have to always
remember who I am.
But I'm okay now.
I just wanted you to know that.
Well, I'm glad to
hear that, baby.
What was she talking
about? What boy?
It doesn't matter, Oscar.
The important thing is
she thought of it herself.
Hello?
Hello, Penny?
Do you know who this is?
Mega?
You still downloading?
No, it's stealing.
- Says who?
- Says me.
I know you're afraid.
I know you're afraid of change
but I'm trying to show
you a world without rules
borders or control.
Where anything is possible.
I'm not afraid, Mega.
I just know right from wrong.
And you're definitely
wrong for me. Goodbye.