Penny, desperate to prove she's not superficial, joins new girl Maya's poorly planned plot to free a panda from the zoo. Meanwhile, Penny's crew vie for a new boy's attention.
An overzealous Oscar bets big that his AAU basketball team can beat Wizard Kelly's. He forces Penny onto his team but her heart isn't in it because she'd rather spend time with her crush.
When Penny discovers who Maya and KG's parents are, she becomes the lone voice of tolerance in her community, butting heads with her father Oscar's prejudices.
Oscar opens a slap-dash theme park that, despite it's poorly designed and extremely dangerous rides, becomes an overnight success. Penny struggles with her changing singing voice.
Penny inadvertently gets her homeless teacher, Ms. Hill, fired. To right her wrong, Penny starts a fundraiser. Zoey turns to Uncle Bobby to learn the ways of the funk.
LaCienega feels threatened by her ugly-duckling-turned-beautiful-swan cousin, LaBrea, as her quinceañera approaches; Sunset's sister, Melrose, goads her into making poor choices.
When Trudy tracks Suga Mama's family to Oklahoma, the Proud's head to the family rodeo, where Suga Mama's painful history will be revealed; Oscar discovers he's a natural cowboy.
