Howling at the Moon (New Mutants episode)

"Howling at the Moon" is the second episode of the first season of the Disney+ animated series New Mutants. Directed by Sage Cotugno from a script co-written with Tim Federle, the episode centers on Wolfsbane after exposing her powers.
== Synopsis ==
Rahne Sinclar is filled with shame and fear after exposing her wolf powers, but Danielle Moonstar will belp her see things differently.
== Plot ==
A few weeks before the pilot episode, Rahne Sinclair is hiding in the woods in her human form, living inside a cave in fear and shame for her powers, believing them to be a curse from the Devil. Suddenly, she is approached by Dr. Henry McCoy of the X-Men, who comforts her. He then takes her to the Xavier Institute, where Charles Xavier explains to Sinclair her powers are just a manifestation of her mutant DNA. While this does little to make her feel better, she neverthless agrees to stay and study the next semester.
== Voice cast ==
=== Main cast ===
* Kelly Marie Tran as Xuân Cao Mạnh / Karma
* Kelly McDonald as Rahne Sinclair / Wolfsbane
* Destony Nicole Frasqueri as Danielle Moonstar / Mirage
* Eric Bauza as Sam Guthrie / Cannonball
* Ícaro Silva as Roberto DaCosta / Sunspot
=== Guest roles ===
* Morgan Freeman as Charles Xavier / Professor X
* John Cena as Hank McCaoy / Beast
* Cree Summer as Ororo Munroe / Storm
== Trivia ==
* Sinclair and Xavier's first meeting was inspired by the scene where Xavier meets Kitty Pryde in the failed pilot Pryde of the X-Men. Parts of their dialogue were also taken from the comic Marvel Graphic Novel #4, where the New Mutants first appeared.