Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur is an animated series, based on the Marvel Comics superhero duo of the same name. It premiered on February 10, 2023 on the Disney Channel, and was released on Disney+ five days later.
The series received highly positive reviews for its writing, animation, soundtrack, representation, and characters. The series won five Children's and Family Emmy Awards.
==Synopsis==
Based on Marvel's hit comic books, "Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur" follows the adventures of 13-year-old super-genius Lunella Lafayette and her 10-ton T-Rex, Devil Dinosaur. After Lunella accidentally brings Devil Dinosaur into present-day New York City via an interdimensional portal, the duo works together to protect the city's Lower East Side from danger.
In Season 2, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur are in their element as Super Heroes; however, as Moon Girl's Super Hero-ing intertwines more with her personal life, she must decide if the cost of keeping her identity a secret is worth the toll it takes on her family. This season also transitions the show over to being serialized/story-driven, with the introduction of this season's main villain, Molecule Man.
==Cast==
===Main===
*Diamond White as Lunella Lafayette/Moon Girl
*Fred Tatasciore as Devil Dinosaur
*Sasheer Zamata as Adria Lafayette
*Jermaine Fowler as James Lafayette Jr.
*Libe Barer as Casey Calderon
*Alfre Woodard as Miriam "Mimi" Lafayette
*Gary Anthony Williams as James "Pops" Lafayette Sr.
===Recurring===
*Omid Abtahi as Ahmed
*Ian Alexander as Tai
*Utkarsh Ambudkar as Anand
*May Calamawy as Fawzia
*Michael Cimino as Eduardo
*Laurence Fishburne as The Beyonder
*Isabella Gomez as Cecelia
*Myha'la Herrold as Jurnee
*Xolo Maridueña as Kid Kree
*Indya Moore as Brooklyn
*Edward James Olmos as Molecule Man
*Craig Robinson as Principal Nelson
*Tajinae Turner as Geri
*Gerald Waters as Eli
===Guest===
====Season 1====
*Gideon Adlon as Lara, Laura, and Laurel
*Pamela Adlon as Rabbi Ryda
*Anna Akana as Odessa Drake
*Carlee Baker as Instantanegirl
*Alison Brie as Aftershock
*Andy Cohen as Isaac Goldberg-Calderon
*Wilson Cruz as Antonio Goldberg-Calderon
*Daveed Diggs as Rat King
*Asia Kate Dillon as LOS-307
*Aaron Drown as Man Baby
*Chivaum Fitzpatrick as Nox
*Ace Gibson as Gravitas
*Luis Guzmán as President Council Diego Peña
*Ramone Hamilton as TJ
*Maya Hawke as Abyss
*Jennifer Hudson as Mane
*Dr. Mae Jemison as Skipster
*Josh Keaton as Angelo
*Cliff "Method Man" Smith as Torg the Abominable Snow-King
*June Diane Raphael as Marcy Muzzler
*Paul Scheer as Marty Muzzler
*Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill
*Wesley Snipes as Maris Morlak
*Kari Wahlgren as Stiletto
====Season 2====
*Jonathan Banks as Silvermane
*SungWon Cho as General Hyles
*Hiromi Dames as Erma Musashi
*Cynthia Erivo as Dr. Akonam Ojo
*Giancarlo Esposito as Granite
*Andy García as Pad-Varr
*Arsenio Hall as Vernell Lewis
*Ann Harada as Matsuye
*Jackée Harry as Merle
*Erika Ishii as Turbo
*Manny Jacinto as Blue Streak
*Carol Kane as Bube Bina
*Sky Katz as Bella Greer
*Alex Newell as Pebble
*Parker Posey as Kat Swan
*Sam Riegel as Big Wheel
*Bumper Robinson as Redwing
*Amy Sedaris as Coach Greer
*Fred Stoller as Toothgnasher
*Cree Summer as Aragorn
*Ephraim Sykes as Bobby the Myth
*David Tennant as Franklin
*Robin Thede as Quickwhip
*Peter Weller as Dr. Stern
*Kalen Aris Whitfield as Jester
*Miki Yamashita as Lady Bullseye
The series also has the main cast voicing other characters:
*Fishburne also voices Bill Foster
*Tatasciore also voices:
**Coach Hrbek
**Devos the Devastator
**Moon Dinosaur
*White also voices Devil Girl
*Williams also voices:
**Garko the Man-Frog
**Rockin' Rudy
*Zamata also voices Flying Fox
==Soundtrack==
The soundtrack to the series was released the day of the series premiere and features music from various artists including Diamond White, the voice of Moon Girl. One of the songs featured is a cover of Bill Withers' "Just the Two of Us".
==Videos==
Diamond White - Moon Girl Magic (From "Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur")
NEW Sneak Peek - Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur - @disneychannel
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Official Trailer - @disneychannel x @MarvelHQ
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur - S2 Teaser - @disneychannel x @MarvelHQ
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Official Trailer - Season 2 - @disneychannel x @MarvelHQ
All New Moon Girl! All New Guest Stars! 🌟 - Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur - @disneychannel
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur - Moon Girl’s Lab - NEW SHORTS - Trailer - @disneychannel
==Gallery==
==Trivia==
*The series premiere coincided with the release of a new comic book series.https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marvels-new-moon-girl-devil-dinosaur-comic-by-lawrence-fishburne/
*This is Moon Girl's first animated appearance outside of Marvel Comics, though she has appeared in several Marvel Video Games.
*Several cast and crew members also worked on other Marvel productions:
**Laurence Fishburne reprises his role as Bill Foster from Ant-Man and the Wasp and voiced Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
**Sasheer Zamata plays Jennifer Kale in Agatha All Along.
**Alfre Woodard played Miriam Sharpe in Captain America: Civil War and Black Mariah in Luke Cage.
**Edward James Olmos played Roberto Gonzales in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..
**Cobie Smulders reprises her role as Maria Hill from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
**David Tennant played Kilgrave in Jessica Jones.
**Anna Akana made a cameo as a reporter in Ant-Man.
**Wesley Snipes played Blade in the original film trilogy.
**Paul Scheer voiced Mysterio in Ultimate Spider-Man and has even penned several Marvel Comics publications.
**Pamela Adlon voiced Rocket Raccoon's mother and sister in Guardians of the Galaxy.
**May Calamawy played Scarlet Scarab in Moon Knight.
**Parker Posey played Danica Talos in Blade: Trinity.
**Cliff "Method Man" Smith appeared as himself in Luke Cage.
**Josh Keaton voiced several characters across different Marvel productions, such as Captain America and Spider-Man.
**Fred Tatasciore voiced several characters across different Marvel productions, such as the Hulk.
**Cree Summer voiced several characters across different Marvel productions, and has a role in Ironheart.
**Bumper Robinson voiced several characters across different Marvel productions, such as Falcon.
**Alison Brie voiced Black Widow in the 2016 game Marvel's Avengers Academy and directed the Marvel's 616 episode "Spotlight".
**Kimberly Brooks voiced Shuri in Avengers Assemble.
**Roger Craig Smith voiced several characters in different Marvel productions such as Captain America.
**Keith Ferguson voiced Thaddeus Ross in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.
**Composer/songwriter Raphael Saadiq appeared as himself in Luke Cage.
**Supervising director Ben Juwono was a storyboard artist in Ultimate Spider-Man, Avengers Assemble, and Big Hero 6: The Series.
**Episode director Christine Liu was a storyboard artist for an episode of Marvel's Spider-Man.
*One of the cast members is Michael Cimino. Coincidentally, he also voices Kevin in Hamster & Gretel, another superhero-themed Disney TVA that airs concurrently with Moon Girl.
*Maya Hawke is among the series' guest stars. Her father, Ethan Hawke, portrayed Arthur Harrow In Moon Knight.
*Parker Posey and Xolo Maridueña appeared in DC Comics related productions. Posey played Kitty Kowalski in Superman Returns, and Maridueña played Jaime Reyes/Blue Beetle in the superhero film of the same name.
*While this is the first co-production between Disney TVA and Marvel, this isn't the first collaboration between both; Marvel Comics previously published comics based on series from The Disney Afternoon, such as Aladdin and Gargoyles.
*This is the first Disney series in which Diamond White plays the protagonist.
*This is the second show (after some episodes of What If...?) to be animated by the Belgian-owned Australian production company Flying Bark Productions.
*This is the second Disney Channel animated series in which has a "African-American" for the main protagonist, first series being The Proud Family & it's reboot.
*This is the third Disney Channel animated series that originally premiered on a Friday, but then would later premiere future episodes on Saturdays, following The Ghost and Molly McGee and Hamster & Gretel.
*The series uses several design assets from the cancelled Cars spin-off Metro, which series developer Steve Loter and composer Raphael Saadiq were involved with.
*This, Hamster & Gretel, and Hailey's On It! are the last DTVA animated shows to feature serialized elements and story arcs, due to the announcement on October 2021 that Disney Television Animation would be moving story-driven shows away from Disney Channel (future story-driven shows will be on Disney+ instead) and move onto more episodic-musical shows.
**This is overall the 10th series by DTVA to be serialized/story-driven.
***Following Gravity Falls, Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure, DuckTales (2017), Big Hero 6: The Series, Amphibia, The Owl House, and Hamster & Gretel.
*Following the episode "Today, I Am a Woman", Steve Loter was asked if the series is canon with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but he responded with a zipped lip emoji.https://twitter.com/steveloter/status/1644969313768738818 He later admitted that while the series is not directly tied to the MCU, it will continue to borrow heavy elements.
*The overall look of the show was inspired by pop art and graffiti, specifically those inspired by Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Keith Haring.https://twitter.com/steveloter/status/1646362648823357442
*Steve Loter hinted that the series might crossover, not just with other Marvel characters, but other Disney Television animation shows as well.Steve Loter Twitter AMA Highlights
*This is the first animated Marvel show since Hit-Monkey to not receive LEGO sets.
*Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse served as a major inspiration for Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur — not just when it comes to telling stories about young Black superheroes, but also giving homage to the look and feel of comic books in the adaptation.
==References==
==External links==
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*Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Wiki
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