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It Takes A Thief is the thirty-ninth overall episode of The Proud Family. It is where Wizard Kelly Jr. (a.k.a. Little Wiz), the son of Wizard Kelly makes his debut.

Plot[]

LaCienega begins dating Wizard Kelly Jr. and as a result, she hooks her friends Penny, Dijonay and Zoey up with a new job working with her at Wizingdale's, Wizard Kelly's upscale clothing store. On the first day, Penny's family stops by as well as Sticky and other customers. Oscar decides to pull out his camcorder and starts filming the store as the girls are working, while also capturing footage of their supervisor Randi posing. The Prouds (except Penny) eventually leave and head over to the Zoo where Oscar's stubbornness gets him into trouble with the animals.

Meanwhile, Randi discovers that the Platinum Chronometer, a rare and expensive gold watch had vanished from the store and no one knew what happened to it. As a result, Randi fires the girls; all but LaCienega because she was dating Little Wiz. After LaCienega says she'll miss her friends working at the store with her... "Even you Proud!", the girls expect that she would help them to regain their jobs but she tells the girls that they have to figure out what happened to the watch before she would talk to Randi much to their dismay.

Penny then begins speculating that Little Wiz had done it because he is a watch enthusiast and he and LaCienega were checking out watches earlier that day. Penny demands LaCienega confronts him but she is afraid that he'll break up with her and she'll lose all the luxurious benefits he brings to her life. Penny gives her an ultimatum to choose between her girls or Little Wiz, suggesting that her girls would be more loyal to her. After a bit of thought unfortunately, LaCienega chooses Wizzy because she doesn't want to lose out on the benefits of dating a rich kid. So Penny takes it upon herself to set things straight and gets Suga Mama to help her in recovering the watch because Penny felt absolutely sure that he was the culprit. Penny and Suga Mama storm Wizard Kelly's mansion calling Little Wiz a thief and claiming he stole the watch from his store. They crash his movie date with LaCienega in the home theater and Penny pinpoints the watch that is on Little Wiz's wrist. The watch appears to be the same one that was at the store shocking even LaCienega who then also calls him a thief and blames him for getting her friends fired. But it turns out things aren't what they appear.

Wizard Sr. points out that he and Ginger Snaps gave that particular watch to Little Wiz as a gift as inscribed on the back. "Oops!" says Penny just as she, Suga Mama and LaCienega are all thrown out of the mansion. LaCienega scolds Penny for ruining her date with Little Wiz, but even after all that, she still stubbornly believes Little Wiz had something to do with it to which Suga Mama says, "You know Penny, I'm seeing more and more of yo' daddy in you everyday!" referring to his hard-hardheadedness.

Some time later, Penny comes home in the evening to discover her family watching the tape of when Oscar was recording their trip to the zoo. However, Oscar had recorded footage at Wizingdale's earlier to capture a memory of Penny working. Just so happened, the camera caught BeBe and CeCe stealing the watch from its original resting place, thus solving the mystery. They learn that BeBe and CeCe are natural thieves in a ridiculous scene showing that they somehow stole Zoo animals and stored them in the closet. Penny is stunned and decides she owes LaCienega an apology.

Afterwards, Penny swallows her pride and goes over to apologize to LaCienega who is happy that Proud actually paid her a visit which is rare. LaCienega accepts Proud's apology and reveals she's done some introspection herself off screen. She admits she was dating Little Wiz for all the wrong reasons, because he was rich and powerful instead of what really mattered. "Like how you felt about him and how he felt about him?" suggests Penny. LaCienega says "No!" in denial and jokes, "How cute he was!" Penny and LaCienega bond over the ordeal and decide that they're still cool but in actuality they became closer in that moment. Penny is happy that she and LaCienega are cool again and LaCienega appreciates Penny coming forth and apologizing showing they both value their relationship.

Afterwards the girls go to Wizingdale's to reveal the truth to Randi, however she says she is unable to give them their jobs back now that Wizard Jr has a new girlfriend. Guess who!

Trivia[]

  • Moral: Don’t jump to conclusions without any evidence.
  • Wizingdale's is Penny Dijonay and Zoey's second job; the first being at Mr. Min's Records in "EZ Jackster" for Penny and Dijonay; whilist Zoey previously worked cashier at the Wizard Kelly Theater in "Strike".
  • This is the first episode where LaCienega has a boyfriend and Little Wiz makes his debut.
  • When they find out that BeBe and CeCe did it. Suga Mama said the twins should be could named Bonnie and Clyde, after the bank robbers.
  • LaCienega shows she is afraid to discuss her true feelings with others. The audience is trained to examine her body language more closely and we get a better idea of how she truly feels about Penny.
  • LaCienega is in a good and friendly mood as Penny sits on the front steps next to her. After Penny says she's sorry LaCienega's smile grows a bit larger and she leans into Penny showing she's touched by her gesture. As a result, LaCienega lets her guard down and admits she dated Wiz for the wrong reasons. However when Penny mentions feelings, she freezes as she and says "No." LaCienega's knees and upper body are facing Penny showing that she not just happy Penny's there, but that deep down she does like her a bit and is happy to be sharing the moment without the other girls being in the mix. Despite LaCienega refusing to admit she and Penny are girls the two actually bump fists and don't separate; signalling a level of loyalty and their relationship takes a huge step forward.
  • This is the first tine we see Nubia with a boyfriend, as she somehow ends up being LaCienega's replacement as Little Wiz's girlfriend.
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