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"Raging Bully" is the ninth episode of The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder. It premiered on April 13, 2022, on Disney+.[1] This episode alongside "Old Towne Road Part 1" aired on Disney Channel on February 4, 2023.

Synopsis[]

LaCienega feels threatened by her ugly-duckling-turned-beautiful-swan cousin, LaBrea, as her quinceanera approaches. Sunset's sister, Melrose, goads her into making poor choices.

Plot[]

At the Boulevardez Family home, LaCienega opens up the window to her bedroom, as she begins telling her friends what prep work they’ll be doing for her quinceañera. Penny tells LaCienega that her dad won't be buying her a new dress, so she is stuck wearing her mom's wedding dress. Michael tells LaCienega that his dad won't be buying him a new outfit, and Dijonay says that all she has is her church dress. Zoey for her part says that she has the pattern, and made her dress from scratch however, it's the wrong pattern. Maya presents her outfit which is not a dress at all, but rather a 1960’s style Black Panthers (not the superhero) outfit to which LaCienega lets her know would be inappropriate for the occasion. Penny then asks LaCienega if her cousin LaBrea is coming, whom she finds ""so funny". Eventually, the doorbell rings, and LaCienega ends her video call with her friends to go answer the door. Much to her surprise, it’s her cousin LaBrea on the other side of the door. She looks to be much skinnier than when she saw her one year earlier.

After hugging her cousin, LaBrea goes onto hug her Aunt Sunset, who tells her niece she looks amazing. Melrose enters the home scoffing, and says that it better be worth it with all the money she has spent on personal trainers and tofu. LaCienega is excited to see her aunt and goes up to hug her! After Melrose fails to acknowledge her sister, Sunset calls her name. They walk up to each other and greet each other awkwardly. It is apparent that they aren't getting along and LaCienega who is confused puts on a look of concern.

Later, LaCienega reluctantly drags her cousin to Ms. Gina's hair salon and reintroduces her to her friends who are mesmerized by LaBrea's new look causing LaCienega to feel slighted. They then enter the salon with Suga Mama who happens to be good friends with Ms. Gina and LaCienega shows her the bold hairstyle she wants on herself, and her friends; a 1960’s style beehive. Even though her friends don't like it initially, her friends agree since its her special day. But then, LaBrea ends up showing them a better hairstyle which once again steals all the attention frustrating LaCienega even further.

While setting up for LaCienega's quinceañera, Sunset reintroduces her best friend Trudy to her big sister, who purposely calls her by the wrong name. Melrose then asks Sunset why they have no theme. Sunset angrily points out that it is a night in Paris. Melrose says that she has been to Paris, and that this theme does not compare. Mr. Chevalier tells Melrose, he doubts she's ever been to Paris. To which, she claps back saying its been more times than he has, and calls him out on his fake French accent. Once the waiter leaves, Melrose says that he’s probably from Paris, Texas. Afterward, she tells Sunset and Trudy that for LaBrea, they’ll actually go to Mykonos for her daughter's quinceañera. This triggers Sunset's rage who calls her sister a hypocrite in Spanish, while being restrained by Trudy.

Later that evening, Michael grows frustrated that everyone seems to have two left feet (Specifically Dijonay and Maya) and lacking rhythm when it comes to the choreography for LaCienega's quinceañera. Maya then complains to Michael that the music and choreography are trash. LaCienega then points out it was her who created the choreography, and that they can't do it, then maybe they don't need to be in the show. LaBrea then advises that all her cousin needs to do is switch up the dance a little bit, get rid of the tacky song, and everything will be fine. She then demonstrates a better dance which triggers LaCienega's insecurities again. LaCienega is stubborn, so she refuses to change anything and angrily demands that her cousin keeps her ideas to herself. Penny calls LaCienega out for being so mean to LaBrea.

At her slumber party, LaBrea uses a feather to tickle Dijonay and cause LaCienega fall over onto a tower of jenga blocks that she had worked so hard to carefully stack. Everyone laughs except for LaCienega, who’s known to have an OCD and begins lashing out while Penny tells her to lighten up, thinking it's just a joke. Enraged, LaCienega turns off the lights, and demands, "Everybody go to bed!" Maya, Zoey and Dijonay all end up leaving in frustration. Penny notices that LaCienega is being ticked off more than usual and tries to talk to her about it. LaCienega notices Penny's gesture but is uncomfortable opening up. When Penny persists, LaCienega turns off the lights again which then turns Penny away.

The next evening, LaCienega's quinceañera is in full swing. Melrose calls Oscar's snacks trash and drops it on the floor as she walks away. Mr. Chevalier then informs LaCienega's father Felix that Rhianna has arrived to perform at LaCienega's quinceañera. DJ Kid Capri announces LaCienega's her grand entrance, however she's missing and all that's left of her are her ruby heels and a police investigation led by Barry Leibowitz-Jenkins ensues.

Eventually, KG shows Penny his drone footage, which captured LaCienega blasting off with a rocket attached to her back. Penny tries to tell her mom where LaCienega is, but Trudy refuses to hear her out. This leaves her to round up her friends for help an they arrive at Snackland on scooters to fina LaCienega hanging from the infamous "Suga Mama's Drop of Doom" ride.

Multiple attempts to get LaCienega down fail as the ride's controls malfunction and KG's drone is destroyed by Dijonay as she presses a button releasing a foul odor that burns out the motor. Eventually, two cousins have a heart to heart where LaBrea admits that she was jealous of the relationship that LaCienega and Sunset have and it is finally revealed that LaCienega suffered relentless bullying from a very young age at the hands of her cousin because LaCienega had always been more fortunate than she was and refused to share her toys. She then reveals that she and her mother Melrose had been lying and are actually broke and she won't be having a quince. Nor does she have personal trainer ever since her mom's check bounced Instead LaBrea is stuffed in three corsets to make herself appear skinnier because Melrose told her she wouldn't be able to come is she wasn't skinnier than her cousin. This surprises LaCienega who then feels sorry LaBrea and develops an understanding as to why she had been behaving so strangely all these years. LaBrea is then able to rescue LaCienega with the help of her pet frog (previously used in a prank) and the girls make up.

Sunset, Barry and the detectives arrive along with Penny's parents and find the girls at the park. As Dijonay is about to tell on LaBrea, LaCienega stops her and chooses to cover for her cousin much like Penny had taught her in Father Figures on how it was better not to snitch.

Afterwards, DJ Kid Capri is nowhere to be found, and as it turns out, he was kidnapped by Sugar Mama for taking Papi's place as the DJ.

Meanwhile, Melrose and Sunset have a talk, where Melrose admits she didn't understand the kind of pressure she was putting on her daughter which made her realize that she was doing the same thing to her that their mother did to them. It turns out that that culture is what pitted her and Sunset against each other. She also admits that it is no excuse, and apologizes for everything. Melrose then admits that ever since the divorce, she's been really stressed and has been taking out on everyone. In the end, the two sister make up and hug it out.

The goodness in LaCienega's heart resurfaces as she decides to happily share her quinceañera with her cousin and in a heart warming scene, they share a hug on stage. The next morning, she tells LaCienega that she is going to miss her. LaCienega says she will too, and that she will be unblocking her cousin on all her social media accounts. Felix, who had been freaking out about the excess of money that had been spent on the event starts telling everyone that they need a job to make up for it all. He does say however, that he ultimately cares more about his daughter being happy and Sunset gives him a big kiss on the cheek which lights Felix up in sheer joy. A happy ending for the Boulevardez Family!

Cast[]

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Guest Starring[]

Trivia[]

  • Morals:
    • Sometimes, when you have enemies, you might have had something to do with them turning out the way that they did.
    • When you have wronged someone, the best thing you can do is be humble and admit that you were wrong, so you don't make the same mistake twice.
  • As of now, LaCienega is now officially 15 years old.
  • This episode reintroduces the concept of LaCienega having Big Feet, which was shown once in the episode Love Thy Neighbor.
  • The title is a reference to the 1980 Martin Scorsese film "Raging Bull".

Errors[]

  • LaCienega celebrates her 15th birthday in this episode. However, in reality, a 15 year old is technically a high school age, but LaCienega still attends middle school. This is somewhat inaccurate for her age to qualify her as a middle schooler.

References[]

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