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(electronic hip-hop music playing)

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 newsstand.

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.

(whining)

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.

(happy gurgling)

-Sir Paid-A-Lot? -It's okay, Mr. Proud.

We only have the clean version playing on the listening post.

♪ Yo, I'm a (beep) dog ♪

♪ My main (beep) ♪

♪ Uh-huh, (beep) ♪

♪ Feel me (beep) ♪

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.

(laughing)

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 ♪

-(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 them ♪

♪ Family, a family, Proud, Proud Family ♪

(Oscar) 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 (bleep), yo, I'm a dog (bleep) ♪

♪ Yo (bleep), Yo (bleep), Yo (bleep), Yo (bleep) ♪

♪ 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?

(fanfare)

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.

(whispers) 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.

(Oscar) Penny!

Yes, Daddy!

Now downloading, "Get Yo Money."

Now downloading "Where's My Money?"

(keypad clicking)

(computer voice) 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?

(sniffs)

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.

(yells)

(Wizard Kelly) 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.

(Wizard) 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.

(all agree)

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.

(TV announcer) ...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.

(Announcer) 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.

(TV announcer) 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.

(Mitsubishi) Thanks, Bill.

WCOOD 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.

(over loudspeaker) We have you surrounded.

Come out with your hands over your head, Penny Proud!

(helicopter whirring)

(gulps)

(twins giggling and cooing)

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.

(mockingly) Mega says...

(normal voice) 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.

(tapping on window)

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!

(rap playing)

(laughing)

(crying)

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...

(sighs)

And I'm looking for a job, too.

(Penny) 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.

(doorbell tinkles)

(cash register opens)

(weeping)

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.

(phone rings)

Hello?

(Mega on phone) 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.

(funky music playing)