"I Had a Dream" is the fifteenth episode of The Proud Family.
Synopsis[]
Penny is taught a lesson about respecting her African American heritage and how Black History Month was started after an accident lands her in the 1955 era of her hometown of Emilyville, California. At the end, she recites the "I Have a Dream" speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. and wakes up from her accident at school.
Trivia[]
- Moral:
- Be respectful to authorities.
- You can’t have a future if you don’t know anything about your past.
- This episode is similar to The Wizard of Oz by having Penny and Puff being sent back in time by a twister, similar to Dorothy and Toto.
- The "I Have a Dream" speech was used by permission of the Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- At one point, Oscar mistakenly takes Zoey, thinking she's Penny, and asks her, "Canchu see that that girl is a wh—", a reference to a similar joke done by Mel Brooks in Blazing Saddles ("Have you gone berserk? Can't you see that that man is a ni—?").
- The 1955 era of Penny's home state of California has Blacks and Mexicans being discriminated, even though California never discriminated against the Blacks and Mexicans.
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