Tween Town is the 10th episode of season 2 and the 31st episode overall. It aired on April 11, 2003 on Disney Channel.
Synopsis[]
Penny and her friends sneak into a nightclub that exclusively for teens. Oscar and Trudy find out that their daughter lied to them and they all get grounded. Angered, Penny wishes that every parent on Earth would disappear. Al Roker hears her wish and grants it. The children all have the time of their lives until they start missing their parents.
Plot[]
Penny, who is said to be the best Double Dutcher in town, wins a jump rope game with Dijonay and Zoey as her turners. After a hearty boast, LaCienega comes up to inform the girls that Al Roker is opening a tween nightclub. But, knowing very well that their parents (especially Oscar) won't let them go because of boys, decide to lie by telling them they are going to Juicy's Juice Bar.
Later that night, Oscar drops the girls off at Juicy's, telling them that he is going to pick them up at 10:00. Penny and her relieved friends change into different outfits and meet Duke, Sticky, Micheal and Omar in the club. But before they can dance, Al Roker himself shows up to inform his clients that the club will close at 11:00. Even so, Penny and her friends dance the night away. Unfortunately, it is cut short when Trudy and Oscar learn from Juicy that she hasn't had a customer all night, telling them about Roker's club. The Proud parent rush right over to the club and embarrass Penny and the others for lying to them.
Oscar and Trudy punish and discipline Penny, ultimately forcing her to become a scullery maid in her own home. Even after an extensive list of chores, they refuse to let Penny watch a movie with them. Even Suga Mama supports their cause, reminding them of the time she punished Oscar so many times that he “grew roots”. After an off-screen punch from Mama for contradicting her, the “faceless” Oscar orders Penny back to her room. Distraught, Penny throws herself onto the bed and cries: “I can't stand them! None of them! Mama, Daddy, Suga Mama, no adults! I wish they all were gone.”
Suddenly, the TV turns on and Penny discovers that she can talk to Al Roker through her TV and later on through her computer screen. Roker reveals via his card that he is some kind of genie who can grant wishes under the terms of a contract. He asks Penny if she really wishes of there weren't any adults. “Yeah, starting with you,” Penny glares. He then has her sign a contract so that the magic can work and when Penny goes downstairs to check on Trudy, Oscar and Suga Mama, she finds them to be nowhere in sight. Dijonay and a couple of other kids arrive at Penny's front door to tell her that the adults are gone.
In the park, Penny and Dijonay meet up with the other kids, who informs them that Al Roker is responsible for making the adults disappear. Even though Sticky and the Chang triplets find this hard to believe, Duke and Micheal the entire situation "spooky" and the Gross Sisters are annoyed that without adults, no one will get an allowance and that means no stealing. But Penny encourages the children that they can do whatever they want under the promises of no one getting jacked, being told what to do or getting embarrassed. "It's a world of the children, by the children and for the children," she exclaims.
A week passes, Penny and her friends spend more time playing and less time studying, from partying on the beach, to eating out at McWizard's, running around shopping centers ands having a huge party at Penny's house. After this, Penny demands her guests to leave so that she and her friends can clean up. Her friends are confused at first, but reluctantly agree. As they spruce up the house, Zoey watches a news report that a kid named Scooter, now President of the United States has started a tax on partying, much to LaCienega's dismay. Penny is enraged to see that her guests have returned. But before she can make one last effort to throw them out, Bebe and Cece open the package to reveal picture frames of the family with Oscar, Trudy, Suga Mama and Puff and everybody joins in on their tears, expressing how much they miss their parents. Even Dijonay confesses that it isn't fun anymore without "sneaking to do it." Zoey and La Cienega demand that Penny bring their parents back and she summons Roker to her house. As it turns out, Penny did not read the contract more attentively and her parents are now put under hard and miserable labor by Roker into making his one-size-fits-all-underwear. The only way to get their parents back, is if Penny defeats Roker in a double-dutch competition.
Outside the house, Roker creates a pair of twin midget versions of himself (christened by Penny as the "Little Rokers") to act as Penny's turners. An hour passes as she makes a total record of one million and four jumps. When Roker makes his turn, the Gross Sisters act as his turners and he beats her by one million and five. Just when it looks like Penny will be forced to surrender Bebe and Cece over to him, Uncle Bobby appears looking for Suga Mama. Sticky reexamines the contract and says that since Roker technically didn't get rid of all the adults, the contract is null and void. Roker is confused at how Uncle Bobby managed to evade his magic, to which Uncle Bobby explains that he's a kid at heart. This causes Roker to spontaneously melt. With Roker gone, all the adults from Sticky's father to Sunset reappear. Penny hugs her parents, telling how happy she is to have them back. Oscar and Trudy's totally confused reactions somehow imply that they have no memory of the time they suffered under Roker's labor.
In a pre-credits scene, Roker somehow returns to grant Papi's wish at having Suga Mama gone just as she is reuniting with Bobby.
Quotes[]
Penny: I can't stand them! None of them! Mama, Daddy, Suga Mama! No adults! I wish they all were gone!
Al Roker: Today is a beautiful day, nationwide. Except for Penny Proud's house. Where there’s a forecast for overcast skies and punishment.
Trivia[]
- This is one of two episodes that can be watched on the Game Boy Advance, the other being "Twins to Tweens".
- On the Game Boy Advance, after the "Watch it on Disney Channel and ABC Kids" screen, the intro for the episode plays.
- Morals:
- Rules exist for a reason.
- You must never take things for granted, because you might never know what you've got until it's gone.
Errors[]
- Al Roker throws a pen to Penny to sign a contract. However, as Penny signs it, the pen is changed into a pencil.
- The 3rd time the girls say "We're gonna party!", the Disney+ Captions display "4" instead of the actual line.