Dijonay Jones: The Worst Friend Ever 

Goddamn! She only got worse in the reboot. Really hope they give Dijonay *SOME* redemption before she becomes an irredeemable character.

If they don’t redeem her character (which I actually don’t want them to) they need Penny to get her out of the friend group. It could be a good lesson to kids or at least just teach her a lesson and make her character improve… SOMETHING

You would think the writers would have some common sense about her character. Why would the guy even like her when she outed his fathers? Seriously, you would think he would hate her for doing that and telling her what a piece of garbage she really is.

@@albireotheredguard1599 he doesn’t like her, he avoids her but I get what you’re saying

@@FreakyWingedAngel well she did stand up for penny a little one ep and i wondered if she was sick or something and then later episodes a bitch again

So what? Ever seen Meangirls?

@Will N wait a year? cause the movie was her turning 16 louder and prouder turned her 14

“Especially that Dijon girl; she faker than your fake friends”.

@Will N it was a soft reboot. theyre all 14-15 and in middle school like the previous series

Agreed

The gross sisters had a code. There were lines they wouldn't cross and they actually kept their word.

At least penny knew where she stood with them. They may have been schoolyard bullies but they had a code of sorts that they wouldn't cross. (For example they made a point to not associate with actual criminals)

The Gross Sisters are no longer villains. They gave up stealing money to create rap songs.

@@siyahseeker Eh... That's them just elevating their schtick. Lol

@@bored4033 good point, love a complex character and especially teens with standards

The show just screws Penny over so much I'm surprised she still has the patience to deal with any of them, and _then_ the show wants to paint _HER_ as the one in the wrong! It's fvckin ridiculous. I really wish I could hug her tbh she doesn't deserve this

​@starletnight2849 Even in the reboot they don't treat her right. Like when they locked her outside her home at NIGHT. Putting her in literal potential danger. I can definitely see Penny cutting off her friends and family when she gets older and has more personal freedom.

I mean, I come from a Mexican family but that's very real 😂 My mom worked late sometimes and couldn't afford any kind of daycare or sitter so the older siblings watched the younger ones. I didn't get to do too many key moments until I was 18 and moved out

She had to take two toddlers to a museum of all places, and the parents were going to continue to leave her in charge of them when it became very obvious she cannot handle it anymore. It is not safe for her to babysit both children at the same time, especially in a public place. I’m hoping that part of realizing Bebe is autistic is them realizing he is not their daughter’s responsibility. She also had to risk being late to school to change diapers.

Why do you have to ask permission?

I remember this episode 😂😂😂

On god

Sugar mama was always my favorite character she’s so real

Dijonay is just a fairweather friend.

@@Nakia11798 and is that bad thing?

@@itsblitz4437 should be an obvious yes.

Patrick Star is an even worse friend than she is

@@paolotorres8537 Patrick is at least dumb enough to not even understand things are messed up most of the time though

Never watched the show but I'm gonna use this for story inspiration.

Makes me wonder if they will ever tackle this problem in the Proud Family louder and prouder?

@@katymbeke8400 like what exactly?

Sticky and Michael are great

@@itsblitz4437 Creative Writing, I've already got something planned but it's gonna take awhile before the Penny inspired character gets into the picture.

And I never could get why? I always thought that was so dumb and make little to no sense. Like she is supposed to be the all around forgiving good nature friend who just takes everyone's crap but can't do the same in reverse.

Well season 2 episode 3 of the reboot “Curved” finally gives us a connection to Dijonay and at the end she starts actually being a nice friend to Penny

@@lifeboy3253 what happens in that episode

@@bshans6036 Penny is preparing for her and Dijonay's friend-iversary. At the same time, she is also on the debate team with Maya, Myron, and Zoey. However, Zoey has lost her voice and a new debate team member is randomly chosen by their teacher Brother Kwame (Leslie Odom Jr.), who turns out to be Dijonay. No one thinks she is up to the task, but to their astonishment, Dijonay is revealed to have an eidetic memory and is able to help the team win the debate. She soon meets Darrius St. Vil (Chance the Rapper), another debate member, and begins to spend more time with him. Penny becomes angered, especially when they both begin to openly mock her in front of them. While at the zoo, Penny voices her frustrations to Shuggie the Panda before discovering that Darrius has been lifting notes from Dijonay. She reveals this to the team and Dijonay is angered in quits. On the day of the debate, Dijonay returns and helps her team win. While angry at Darrius, she forgives him and opts to celebrate her win and friend-iversary with Penny. This finally shows a change to Dijonay.

​@@bshans6036 The episode definitely happens

Kids back in the day and I had a code in elementary school that the most people i had the most respect for are the people who disliked me up front about it than the people who are actually stabbing me in the back behind closed doors. Now these days people want friends just to make friends for the sake of it it isnt genuine.

I see LaCienega as a precursor to Jade West from Victorious. She's not quite friends with the protagonist, but she shares a social circle. They'll be cool every now and then, but for the most part, they aren't friends.

LaCienaga at least respects Penny and I think she appreciates it when Penny helps her out like in the first episode of the reboot where Penny helped her with how puberty had affected her looks.

she got that goofy hairline lookin like a cocnut

I have no respect for either of them. They're both mean girls and I SINCERELY don't know why Penny hangs around them. Also, LaCienega is the type of girl that's a well-spoiled Mexican princess, and has no problem leaving Dijonay behind when she finds the right guy.

To be fair, Bobby deserved that one for being a douche to her siblings.

Oh boy S2 Ep3 "Curved" makes her even more terrible...

Well in season 2 episode 3 of the reboot, we finally have more of a connection to Dijonay and she starts being nicer to Penny

@@lifeboy3253 I’ll give Dijonay some credit though. At least in Louder and Prouder, she makes an honest effort to be a better friend, and on her own initiative. She didn’t hesitate to tell LaCienega to quit stealing Kareem from Penny. In another episode, she didnt like LaCienega giving Penny crap for her new voice, and she didn’t approve of Bobby kicking Penny (his own niece) out of the band. And in the episode with Al Roker, Dijonay refused to allow Penny to stay behind in her wish-induced college reality, and she sent Oscar the contract when Penny failed to leave before the trial period ended.

I can bearly watch the show bc of Dijonay and I love most of the proud family I just can’t with her. She reminds me too much of my own toxic friend group dynamics to be enjoyable

Hey, hello, how do ya do?

I love you God bless you bro this comment made me happy@@BiggusJakeus

Do a video.

Penny is lightweight compared to Dijonay. Dijonay will stab you in the back then come back when what she betrayed you for fails. Although I think the worst character of that show is Suga Mama.

I mean he did kinds redeem himself in Hallows

@@DrakeKnight99 Yeah, but that was because he saw that being on Voldemort's side wasn't doing it for him, so he just moved to whatever was more convenient for his survival. It's really not any different than Snape in that regard. Pettigrew still was a little slimeball at the end of the day. 😅

@@DrakeKnight99 not really

@@DrakeKnight99 yeah kinda

@@DrakeKnight99 Lol no

Even Arnold ended it with Iggy .

Yeah, at least with Lacieaniga you know what to expect. She's mean and she owns up to it. But even she has boundaries. Dijonay is just fake and two faced

At least Lacianega was honest and made it clear she doesn't like Penny

It no wonder why suga mama dislike dijonay She usually comments on how she doesn't like Dijonay because of how two-faced selfish unreliable and backstabbing she is and how Penny shouldn't hang out with her. Considering the number of times Dijonay has ditched Penny and sold her out, Suga Mama is definitely not wrong in fact penny should have listen to grandmother and suger mama has told Penny at least twice that she needs to drop her as friend a long time ago which is understandable reason since Sugar Mama rightfully warning Penny about Dijonay being a bad influence and shouldn’t be friend with her to begin with because how self-serving untrustworthy disloyal and toxic she is to penny

@Blue Anims yeah but penny need wake up call and wise up to realize that dijonay is not really friend material and must cut her out of her life

Wait what?! How?!

i'm gonna have to disagree, cartman is 100x worse than dijonay ..

Hes most likely referring to the return of covid movie.

No.

The writers don't pretend Cartman isn't a terrible person, but he actually has principles and a sense of honor unlike Dijonay.

Calm down

​@Curly-n-Girly Penny's friends don't have to be like the kids in Recess. This approach to flawed friendships seem more adult and nuanced

Even Suga mama dislike dijonay She usually comments on how she doesn't like Dijonay because of how two-faced selfish and backstabbing she is and how Penny shouldn't hang out with her. Considering the number of times Dijonay has ditched Penny and sold her out, Suga Mama is definitely not wrong in fact penny should have listen to grandmother and suger mama has told Penny at least twice that she needs to drop her as friend a long time ago which is understandable reasonsince Sugar Mama rightfully warning Penny about Dijonay being a bad influence and shouldn’t be friend with her to begin with because how self-serving untrustworthy and toxic she is to penny

@@williampearson6299 bruh she’s a horrible friend and the rest aren’t that better either penny needs some real friends

@@williampearson6299 At least the kids in Recess feel like genuine friends.

and she wonders why sticky left

And sometimes you're better off picking nothing

But that’s so very real for a lot of kids

Who here hates dijoney

​@@gxtmfa It really is, I can relate to that aspect

Even as a kid watching the episode, the ending never felt right to me. I mean, there’s accepting that your friend isn’t perfect, but accepting that your friend is not someone you can trust and rely on, not only is that totally different, but it’s definitely NOT OK! A better ending would have involved Dijonay missing the concert because Penny doesn’t go back for her. A week passes by before Penny talks to Dijonay again, and she tells her that’s she’s sick of her taking advantage of their friendship and lying to her. Penny warns Dijonay that if she pulls another stunt, then their friendship is over for real. This way, Dijonay not only would get consequences (missing the concert while everyone else had fun!), but she knows that her staying friends with Penny all depends on whether or not she works at being a better friend to her.

I guess they were heading towards “better the devil you know” logic, but like…for a moral lesson? And if they absolutely had to do that, surely it would make more sense with the bullies than her actual friends?

cause they would of been called racists

I know right?

I sort of just though the proud family is eh in hindsight as far as 2000's Disney cartoons go. Always preferred recess and the underrated Filmore

I'm irritated at the fact Penny has to be the one who should apologize and show she's the one in the wrong.

Speaks to how much of a dumb ass Penny is.

Glad I realized my ex best friend was a Dijonya. She would make me feel bad & I think I was in the wrong for reaching out to her. When I posted something sad this week. She messaged me the only time I posted about it. Like girl acting like she didn’t have other times to apologize if she wanted to rebuild the friendship. Nah I’m glad she cut the line first and that I found way better people

Faker than the food in food comercials

Are you black?

Colorism is kind of a huge problem of The Proud Family

Yes!!!

No fr, they made her the black ratchet girl bestfriend that will talk behind your back, throw you under the buss if it benefits them, or sneaky friend that wants your boyfriend 😭

Exactly

She's worse in the reboot

Same

Exactly 💯💯💯💯

Yep, trash knows no gender 💀

Yes but nowhere in the video was it stated that this is an explicitly female trait.

@@imthebossmermaid3648 it is called an opinion, Mermaid. Just relating with the video and the topic.

@@LowellLucasJr. alr whatevs 😒

As cool and as supportive a grandma she is to Penny, Suga Mama is a terrible mother to Oscar and Bobby (coddling him did not help much)! My guess as to why the rest of the family doesn’t call out Suga Mama for her mistreatment of Oscar is because they don’t want to deal with her when she’s mad. Suga Mama reminds me of a character from King of the Hill. Cotton Hill was also a loving grandparent but an abusive parent to his son, Hank. Even as adults, Oscar and Hank both tried to gain their respective parent’s love and affection, but their parents constantly rejected them and refused to try and be better parents.

@@StarViewer68its a similar situation to Eustace from Courage the Cowardly Dog. Main reason he’s such a cranky guy in nearly episode is because of how he was treated by his entire family, especially the mom. His mother always compared him to his older brother (who never even appeared in the show) and constantly made fun of him. No matter what Eustace did, he could never earn his mother’s love or respect, and despite I kinda hate Eustace because of how mean and always bullying Courage, you understand a little better why he is the way he is. I never watched a lot of the Proud Family to really see how Suga Mama treated Oscar, aside bullying him to stop Penny from doing certain things with her friends.

Not to mention Cartman would get what he deserved even if it was small.

At least Jake had the excuse of having a crush on Adam.....I think? That's how it came off to me with how flippant-yet-clingy he can be.

I disagree with you about Partrick. Spongebob and Patrick only got into spats on occasion.

Same with Eddy and Mandy.

Was Jake really that bad? Maybe Bloo I think could be better put in that list. Jake, at most, was mischievous

The only one out of Penny's friends that was the most loyal. (And it's a low bar to meet) was Sticky. But even he came off as rude or flaky at worst.

She did let her sisters steal Penny's uncle's car

She outed a married gay couple causing their children whom she is friends with to get bullied. Not much of an improvement

No it doesn't, she still the same...

@@petramoore9462 I only watched clips, but keep in mind one of those friends is the new guy who Dijonay replaced Sticky with, and she had the nerve to ask Penny to slide KG her phone number

@@emeraldparadox1001 she sucks

Degrassi is guilty of this with several characters

Damn...please. I love Oscar, he reminds me a lot of my dad as well. I wanna learn more!

Yesss 🥹

Kinda weird since (in the reboot) Bobby told Penny he went to college and became drum major. It’s highly unlikely Bobby’d be allowed to even audition for such a role until his 3rd year, so he clearly had good enough grades to get that far.

I'd really hope Oscar and his mom somewhat improve their relationship because that is a trait of the original that still bothers me. His own mom I don't think ever cut him slack unless it's an episode I missed.

Oh she is just the worst

Manga Kamen did a video comparing Akiza to Chloe. It's pretty good

One example of the bad things she does from my memory is telling her step dad that the pot she had was Max’s pot. Didn’t even hesitate to pin the blame on her bestie. Even if you do go with it it gives the step dad something to counter her when you tell the principal about what he did earlier. Which was harassing one girl possibly thinking she was a delinquent.

Woah sadly i only got to play episode 1 of life is strange. How bad did chloe become and why did she mistreat max :(

homophobe

Zoey is the only one I like because she's the only one who didn't really do anything terrible to her. I mean, the worst she's done was leave her behind, but that's nothing compared to what Dijonay or LasCienega has done. Also, episode four is genuinely a great episode because it did a good job with displaying the different reactions people can have when they find out about a same sex couple. Aaaaaaand I'm not quite sure what Aesop has to do with this.

@@joelblake5310I think by Aesop, they meant like the moral. Cuz u know aesops fables always have a moral

She honestly gets SO MUCH WORSE in the 2 season (especially in episode 6, how she treats Zoe was so infuriating, I say the same for the rest of the group but she was the worst)

Except Dijonay's mom wasn't a total Karen like Dodie's mom

YOOOO I was just about to say that she was conniving ASF

Wow. I just watched both shows, and you're absolutely right! Right down to having the same blonde hairstyle, they are pretty similar to each other in terms of personality and "friendship". I always hated Dodie too.

I mean to be fair she at least doesn't throw penny under the bus constantly. Instead she's a gossip thot who spreads shit around like wildfire

Nothing new lol, she's always been like that

I have not seen the Reboot, but judging the videos I saw on RU-vid, it's safe to assume I dislike Maya.

Now this is what I like to call rasism

@@Chozen735 no, they’re absolutely right. They played into a really colorist stereotype for this character, which is why it’s so disappointing that she’s the most hated character. Just another reason to hate a dark skinned black girl. I really hope they do more with her character next season on the new show. I want her to be loved. I want her to be lovable.

@@trinityoneal4149 me to

​​@@trinityoneal4149if anyone hates dark girls because of her they just hate dark girls. She doesn't rep all of us so🤷🏾‍♀️

@@ShaiLaiExactly.

I was very young in the early 2000s (when a lot of tween shows were already wrapping up production), but even when I was too young to actually get it, the very few times I saw it on tv, something felt VERY off - like a lot of the shows had the mean 'best friends' that the main protag hang out with for SOME reason and always getting screwed over by said 'besties', like I didn't get great vibes from it so I didn't grow up with it. Thank god too because I was easily impressionable and would had thought "guess that's how (girl) friendships worked, take all the trash they hurl at you and just deal with it!" Doesn't help that if you see today's shows and how they write their characters and the consequences they gotta face (e.g Amphibia, Gravity Falls, etc.), you kinda realise how the morals and character writing did NOT age well for shows like this 😅 Like yeah, lots of people will defend the show and say "yeah they're not meant to be flawless, it's a realistic outlook on friendship!", like in that case, I'd rather be friendless than deal with Penny's friends. Like I like flawed characters as much as the next guy, but they had all crossed the line of being unlikeable and "why should I care if they get hit by a truck?" Plus, if they want realism so badly, Penny would had eventually snapped and dumped them for good, people in real life have limits too.

@@jessoliveiro8975 yeah and very well said, I am glad I'm not the only one who has been bamboozled by this type of programming of writing, especially shows have been shown on Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon and Disney Channel with a very similar writing formula.

Zoey is the least awful of the friend group. That being said I wish she grew a spine because she does ditch penny to be a part of dijonay and lacieniga.

@@moondivine2288 true!

The LIES!!!! Zoey is not a loyal friend. She's just the nicest on a surface level.

@@fyecarmel2012 good point.

Sure but she also abandons Penny to go with he crowd

Like water in the desert 😂😂😂😮‍💨

That's the thing too! Daffy always got his commupance, which made him a fun comic relief.

Hey, don't insult Daffy Duck!

but i like daffy duck 😭

The problem is she is really annoying. Yes she was made to be unlikable but such character still mostly entertain audience but all you want from Dijonay that she will just disappear forever. She is too bad and disgusting especially when no one really call her awful actions out

Nah her hair is built like a crusty yellow onion

I was thinking more of an onion

I thought it looks like an onion or a bulb of garlic

She actually got somewhat better in later seasons, but the reboot, she is so much worse.

yes! I was thinking of Dodie too, the sort of friend where with friends like that you don't need enemies. *goes to see if anyone's talked about As Told by Ginger*

Yes if memory serves Dijonay does have a way with words that a gullible thirteen-year-old like me would have bought when I was a younger kid. I mean as long as she's SORRY, that's all that matters right?

​@@lavenderflowersfall280 How sorry can somebody be if they keep doing the same thing they're supposedly sorry for? The problem with Dijonay is that she never learns and makes effort to improve herself. Or that Penny never holds her feet to the fire and demand that she do better.

Zoey is the good friend because she asked her aunt for the outfits of LPDZ

really, months?

@@axx012 I’m a forgiving person with a short fuse

@@sayadiva123 If your fuse is so short, why would it take three months? Why not shorter? You're not making any sense on this.

FYI, Penny’s pretty selfish.

Tbh, Penny can be a little toxic at times which are pretty rare but that doesn’t justify her personality at ALL! She has heart and she cares about others. Anyone would love to have a friend like Penny.

@@nathansaintus9927 Actually she only cares about the people she knows. She literally took Myron's glasses as if he didn't matter in the second episode. Edit: Also, having toxic friends around is a choice she makes. I don't know why, but she does. That should be considered.

@@azazelgrigori9244 Tbh I think you have a point because she was never nice to Myron, but that’s the only person I’d consider her being toxic to. I remember watching the OG series she was pretty mean to him, in fact she still is.

@@nathansaintus9927 In my life time, I've learned some very harsh lessons. One of which being "While humans ARE capable of compassion and kindness, it's generally localized to those they're close to or relate to." Meaning Myron is outside of any circle Penny, or the general main cast, really care about. To be honest, this isn't uncommon. Much of the media is very conservative (not in a political way). Meaning it keeps to certain tropes and cliches so long as they bring in ratings. One of which is making fun of nerds. Nerd characters are either walking punching bags, unwilling lackies, or people who are just naturally the subject of abuse. Like with anyone, Penny plays favorites with who's problems she cares about. This isn't a bad thing, but the show loves to make her out to be the righteous do-gooder. However, some of the issues of the show are her fault. Hell, if it weren't for Penny, Miss Hill would've not been fired and homeless. Course with how she abused the Prouds who took her in, I would've had her arrested. And that's another topic to get into.

I feel like Dijonay influenced Ponyhead's character some.

@@Nakia11798 Plus the fact they had to add Snooki to the mix due to the way way talks, but wouldn't be too surprised.

Man, I can't stand ponyhead

@@KingNexusMOCs Ugh! Tell me about It!

At least ponyhead fulfilled that bratty shallow princess trope and actually stood up and fought for Star unlike dijonay to Penny. Jenny slate just makes ponyhead unbearable to stand in any scene.

Oh no. The show KNOWS she's a bad friend. They just don't care.

Sugar mama commented on Dijionay being a bad friend. They KNOW 🤣

@@HawtyHaven facts

She's as much as bitchkuguo is

Sam wasn't horrible

@@trelonmcmorris5109 She tended to be insufferable most of the time. Like that episode where she replaced the school lunch menu with an "ultra-recyclo-vegan" diet...with only HER input.

@@mitchfletcher2386 and didn't she end up summoning the lunch lady because of it?

@@mitchfletcher2386 and don't forget the disaster that was Phantom Planet

Bloo did start off with having his moments of being a good friend to Mac, but I do think that the writers kinda lost track of his character in the later seasons.

At least in the Golden Girls, Sophia would stand up for Dorothy when she's unfairly treated, and shows they both do get along. Sophia also isn't known for being loved by everyone, as she's pretty crass to everybody she knows, and yet pulls through for them in unexpected ways. She redeems herself without detracting that she's this fierce old woman with a fist of iron and a heart of rusted gold.

And in almost all those cases the child being ridiculed has a perfectly fine life. Like the trope would be fine if the character getting ridiculed deserved it. Like Oscar has 3 kids, a wife, and lives in the suburbs; hell most people in the world would be proud of their child if they got to that point nowadays and Suga Mama acts like he’s in a $600 apartment with a singular air mattress. Not only is it undeserved, it’s just outright mean-spirited. Suga Mama feels outright abusive in those moments and they always make me cringe inside.

@@losercast3570 I agree 100%. The way she treats him, he could be a millionaire, and she'd be like, "Why aren't you a billionaire?".

Like sticky literally escaped by moving to China penny shouldn't have lied about what was on the letter she should have told her sticky was talking about you he left because he was tired of your stalking

I thought it was confirmed by the creator of Sonic he doesn’t have feelings for Amy, its an unrequited love and he only sees her as a friend.

She doesn't have a really wealthy family! So that might be connected to her design

She's a hood chick, have you never seen one with their gut hanging out?

Like Logan Paul

Or they can be neglectful Looking at you Pop from Happy Tree Friends

Parents As People or Adults Are Useless?

@@Vigriff No that’s not what I’m saying at all. Parents do have a VERY big role to play in society, which is why I can’t stand that trope.

@@karsperry2464 Sorry, spent too much time on TV Tropes.

@@Vigriff it’s fine

So ghetto and great

I keep saying that Penny's Theme Song is "Toxic" by Ukeboy!

I'd also like to say that Dijoney got worse when Sticky left. When she was dating Darius, and Noah came to the school, she dumped him and threw herself at Noah, which subsequently creeped him out. Then when he asked Zoey out, Dijoney jumped on the bandwagon to attack her own friend. Call me an asshole, but I'd rather see a girl pursue a boy with no success than to see her get a boyfriend, only to dump him when she sees a better opportunity. And again, she attacked the girl who got the opportunity.

Case in point, she tells Darius "Boy, bye!". Incredibly disrespectful!

What the hell were her parents thinking?

Dont forget dijhonay playing victim in the poetry club episode in the og proud family,peny didn't even want to be there but dijhonay kept persistently telling her to come then gets mad when penny gets the spotlight sigh-_-

I sometimes think the show had a hard time juggling its morals. One episode that sticks in my mind is the one on music piracy where Penny gets attracted to a guy in some Matrix spoof where he teaches her on music piracy that ends up costing her and Dijonay jobs at a record store that gies out of business because of illegal downloads. Topical for the 2000's but I cant remember if the episode want to teach a lesson about the dangers of illegal downloads killing small businesses or not falling for the wrong guy