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Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur is an animated superhero series based on the Marvel Comics duo of the same name, produced by Cinema Gypsy Productions alongside Disney Television Animation and Marvel Animation in their first ever collaboration. Developed by Steve Loter, Kate Kondell, and Jeffrey H. Howard, the series stars Diamond White and Fred Tatasciore. Laurence Fishburne executive-produces.

A second season is currently being released.


Tropes used in Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (animation) include:


  • A Boy and His X: A girl and her dinosaur, in this case.
  • Actor Allusion:
    • The Beyonder is voiced by Laurence Fishburne, becoming the third Marvel cosmic entity with his name.
    • "Devil at Her Shoulder" has Lunella, a shrunk Devil, and Casey watch Droom v. Torg: Dawn of Destruction, a clear parody of Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. Fishburne appeared in that film as Perry White, Superman's boss.
  • Adapted Out: Several characters from the comics are absent, including the Killer Folk, Amadeus Cho, Kamala Khan, and Moon Boy.
  • Age Lift: In the comics, Lunella was 9. The show aged her up to 13, on accordance to other shows from Disney Television Animation.
  • Ambiguous Situation:
    • While the Avengers exist in this continuity, their members are a mystery. "Today, I Am a Woman" indicates that at least Iron Man, Hawkeye, Black Widow, and Sam Wilson / Captain America are members.
    • While a mural shows Steve Rogers as Captain America, "Today, I Am Woman" reveals Sam Wilson has already taken over the mantle. What happened to Rogers is a mystery.
  • Badass Normal: Downplayed, but Casey somehow manages to take pictures of Moon Girl's fights without a single scratch.
  • Beware the Nice Ones: Devil may act like a puppy, specially with Lunella. But he is still a ferocious T-rex. So you better not get on his bad side.
  • Breaking Old Trends: Moon Girl is the first animated Marvel adaptation to adapt symbiotes througth a Canon Foreigner instead of featuring Venom and Carnage,
  • Bubble Gun: Lunella's signature gun.
  • The Cameo:
    • A graffiti of Steve Rogers / Captain America can be seen next to Lunella's apartment.
    • Silhouttes of Black Panther, Shuri, and M'Baku can be seen in the eposide "The Beyonder" as part of Lunella's Imagine Spot.
    • Sam Wilson / Captain America shows up at the end of "Today, I Am a Woman" to take Odessa Drake into custody.
    • Spider-Man and Deadpool's masks make cameos in Devil's speech bubble in "Devil at Her Shoulder".
  • Casting Gag:
    • Angelo, a kid possesed by the symbiote Syphonator, is voiced by Josh Keaton, who is most famous among Marvel fans as the voice of Spider-Man.
    • Two regarding Anna Akana as Oddessa Drake:
      • In the comics, Oddessa is queer, having dated Black Cat in the past. Whioe nothing about Oddessa's sexual orientation is said here, Akana is bisexual.
      • This isn't her first time appearing in a Disney TVA show as a Bitch in Sheep's Clothes who puts up a friendly front but seeks to manipulate people for her benefit. Unlike Sasha, however, dosen't seem to hold any geniune care for her victims
  • Central Theme: "One girl can make a difference".
  • Child Prodigy: Lunella is extremely smart for her age, being able to create gadgets, built her own lab, and accidentally recreate a portal in the space-time continium.
  • Composite Character: This version of Devil has his comic self's human-esque intelligemce, but also some of the dog-like behavior from his Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. self
  • Disney Villain Death: Subverted. The Rat King seems to fall to his doom in "Teacher's Pet", but the ending shows he survived.
  • Foreshadowing:
    • In "Like Mother, Like Moon Girl", the Beyonder narrates the Muzlers' backstory. The thing is, he generally provides the backstory of antagonistic figures, hinting that their intentions for the L.E.S are not as good as they claim.
    • Mimi smiles at Moon Girl while watching her built a machine to use against Aftershock in the pilot, hinting that she knew that was Lunella as revealed in "OMG Issue #1".
  • Great Gazoo: The Beyonder in this show is a trickster cosmic entity ála Q.
  • Has Two Mommies: Casey has two dads.
  • Leaning on the Fourth Wall: In the theme somg, as Lunella sings about how she is "magic", she adds "If you didn't knew it, now you know", which could also double as a nod to how this is the first promenient appearance of Lunella aside from comics (througth she also appeared in minor roles in park attractions and videogames).
  • Locked Out of the Loop: Lunella's family is unaware she is Moon Girl. This occasionally leads to ger parents saying Moon Girl's parents must be terrible if they let their child risk her life like that.
  • Mythology Gag: See here.
  • Offscreen Moment of Awesome: A villanous version. In "Today, I Am a Woman" it is shown that Odessa stole the Avengers' gear including Black Widow's stingers.
  • Reality Ensues: A case can be seen in season 2's "In the Heist". Dr. Stern is a snooty museum curator who hates kids and treats them horribly any chance he has. By the end of the episode, he is fired for his actitude. As his superiors point out, children are recurrent visitors to museums and no self-respecting institution would have an employee that is deliberatedly mistreating visitors for no reason.
  • Robosexual: "Kid Kree" shows a photo of LOS-307 with a woman and a child, implying they're in a relationship, if not married, and that they have a kid. Then again, this is the Marvel Universe, and such things aren't uncommon.
  • Rogues Gallery Transplant: If a villain is from the comics, then they probably fought somebody other than Lunella.
  • Secret Secret Keeper: It is heavily implied that Mimi knows Lunella is Moon Girl.
  • Shown Their Work: The show features some incredibly obscure Marvel villains, some of them only appearing in one issue.
  • Spiritual Antithesis: To fellow Disney TVA series Hamster & Gretel. Both are TV shows about a superhero duo composed of a teenager and an animal, and go for a generally Densier and Wackier tone than other superhero shows. However, Hamster & Gretel mostly goes for an outright Campy tone, even if some dramatic moments can be found, and its villains for the most part are comical and even as ridiculous as those in Adam West's Batman. Moon Girl, on the other hand, has a more equal focus on character and story alongside the comedy, even if its still promeniently present, to the point of not being strange to include geniuenely dramatic moments and handle some serious topics, while some of its villains can be actually scary. Additionally, the titular duos are very different from one another. Whereas Gretel is a superpowered young girl of average intelligence, Lunella is a powerless supergenius. The same goes for their sidekicks, Gretel's being a superpowered talking hamster and Moon Girl's being a non-powered dinosaur who communicates by grunts. And lastly, Hamster & Gretel is an original property, while Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur is based on comic book characters by Marvel.
  • Teen Genius: Lunella is an extremely smart individual. According to the Beyonder, she's the smartest being on Earth.
  • Truer to the Text: The Captain America graffiti has him in his Silver Age comics design, departing from previous Marvel animated shows that showed him in his MCU design.
    • Race Lift aside, this is the first time we see Beyonder's actual design outside of comics (as every other appearance of him used his redesign from Spider-Man: The Animated Series).
    • Lack of connection to Sam Wilson and ability to talk aside, the show's potrayal of Redwing is the closest to the comics since The Super Hero Squad Show, being depicted as a real falcon with psiquic abilities instead of one of Sam's gadgets.
  • Twofer Token Minority: Casey, a Puerto-Rican Jewish.
  • Steven Ulysses Perhero: Lunella's real and superhero names being moon-related are a complete coincidence in this show.
  • Wham Shot: At the end of "Today, I Am a Woman", Odessa is shown tied in a room as the person Lunella contacted to arrest her arrives, before walking towards her, revealing that the arrival is none other than Sam Wilson / Captain America.
  • Wingding Eyes: Lunella's googles change appearances regarding her emotional state.