Series
In General- Really any time Suga Mama and Oscar actually bond like a mother and son should. Considering how often they get on each other's nerves, their rare positive interactions will immediately receive an Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other reaction.
Season 1
- In "Strike" Oscar convincing Penny to come back home.
- At the ending of the episode "Tiger Whisperer," this exchange between Trudy and Penny.Penny: Mama, do you think Ajay will find his mom?Trudy: I don't know, but I hope so.Penny: I hope so, too because I know I would be lost without you.Trudy: Really, Penny?Penny: Yeah. I love you, Mama.Trudy: I love you, too.
- Oscar intervening is also a Funny Moment:
Oscar: Hey, can't Daddy get some love, too? I left floor seats to come here.Penny: Of course you can, Daddy. - In "The Makeover", Nubia (the middle sister and leader of the Gross Sisters) has a sweet moment when she forces Penny to give Olei a makeover because her sister wanted one. The ending of that episode has Olei wave goodbye with a hair scrunchie on her wrist.
- In "The Party", after Penny's attempt at throwing a house party fails, Lou Rawls
(playing himself) comes to cheer her up. - In "Teacher's Pet" Sugar-Mama and Gertie making up after hating each other for 50 years.
- In "Love Thy Neighbor," after LaCienega spends a good chunk of the episode depressed due to everyone making fun of her oversized feet, it's Oscar who finally makes her feel better by pointing out his own quirks and helping her realize that people's differences help make them unique and special. This is also a major Throw the Dog a Bone moment for Oscar, as he had spent most of the episode upset that Bebe and Cece were getting attached to Felix.
- Though Penny initially laughed when she first saw LaCienega's feet, she immediately took note of how everyone else was taking the teasing too far, and how badly it was affecting LaCienega. Trudy even points out to Penny how mature she's being about the whole situation, especially since it's clear that the two girls don't always get along.
Season 2
- Clarence St. John (Roscoe Lee Browne), a rich man with Alzheimer's likes Suga Mama just the way she is.
- In "Penny Potter", Suga Mama's sister, Sista Spice, attempts to scam poor Oscar out of a lot of money, only to be foiled at the last moment by Suga Mama. Oscar is grateful that she saved him proclaiming that she "does like him", to which she replies "Well, sometimes I like ya... but I'll always love ya."
- The Camp, The Counselor, The Mole, And The Rock: After Penny gets her heart broken by the camp counselor she was crushing on due to a misunderstanding, she and Oscar have a heart to heart, with Oscar explaining that he does trust his daughter, because he knows he and Trudy raised Penny right, but he doesn't trust boys because he didn't raise them, and he doesn't want Penny to start dating any boy he doesn't trust, nor does he want her kissing any boy either, because it'll lead to "other things she's not ready for".
- In Hmmm Tastes Like, Wizard Kelly tries to bribe Oscar and Sugar Mama for the secret recipe to their recently most popular and lucrative snack in exchange for two million dollars. Everyone but Sugar Mama wants to take the deal, but she refuses and tells Oscar he needs to believe in himself as she believes in him in song form by singing Believe in Yourself from The Wiz. This brings Oscar to tears and give him the courage to blatantly refuse the Wiz's offer.
- Penny standing up for Michael when he gets bullied in "Who You Callin' A Sissy?"
