"Coney Island, Baby!" is the fourteenth episode of the first season of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, and the fourteenth episode overall.
It premiered early on April 12, 2023, on Disney+[2] and officially premiered on April 22, 2023.[1]
Synopsis[]
Lunella must confront her childhood fear, the Coney Island Funhouse, to save Mimi from The Beyonder.
Plot[]
Mimi barges into Lunella's room, and she makes an announcement that shakes Lunella to her core: they’re going to Coney Island.
It turns out, when Lunella was five years old, she was separated from Mimi and ended up at a fun house. One of the clown animatronics fell on top of her, and the incident traumatized her to the point where the entire park frightens her. Despite her terror, Lunella is determined to conquer her fear and not ruin Mimi and Casey’s fun. However, Lunella’s day takes a turn when she catches the attention of the Beyonder. Lunella calls Devil Dinosaur for backup,but he struggles to reach Coney Island due to his fear of getting stung by jellyfish.
The Beyonder becomes fascinated with her fear and decides to help her conquer it, in his own twisted way. He intensifies every ride and deletes a section of roller coaster tracks, forcing Lunella to become Moon Girl and save people in danger. Eventually, Beyonder learns what Lunella’s greatest fear is that she’s terrified of losing the people she loves. He abducts Mimi and gives Lunella ten minutes to find her. Lunella deduces that Mimi is hidden in the fun house, but can’t bring herself to go inside. It isn’t until Devil finally arrives, dripping wet and covered in jellyfish stings, that Lunella realizes she needs to learn how to power through her fear.
Lunella heads into the fun house as herself while Casey blasts some music from the sound speakers. The clown animatron comes to life. Lunella punches the clown, successfully conquering her fear and saving Mimi, who has no recollection of what happened. While Lunella and Casey have fun on the rides, Mimi bumps into the Beyonder. She thanks him for giving her “a tour” of Coney Island, and he responds with a warning that they are coming for her. He doesn’t go into specifics, but the expression on Mimi’s face makes it clear she’s about to face her greatest fear sooner rather than later.
Cast[]
- Diamond White as Lunella Lafayette
- Fred Tatasciore as Devil Dinosaur, Carny (uncredited)
- Libe Barer as Casey Calderon
- Alfre Woodard as Mimi Lafayette
- Laurence Fishburne as The Beyonder[1]
- Chivaun Fitzpatrick as Nox
Additional Voices[]
- Kimberly Brooks as Staten Island Passenger
Songs[]
- "Pop Like Bubblegum"
- "Hungry Ghost" by Hurray for the Riff Raff
Trivia[]
- The carousel is called the Going Merrily, named after the Straw Hat Pirates' first ship, the Going Merry, and it had an image of the Merry's goat figurehead, from the anime/manga series One Piece.
- This was the second time the series made a reference to One Piece after "Like Mother, Like Moon Girl."
- There is a reference to the 1966 cartoon adaptation of Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas in the episode. When The Beyonder gets a sinister idea, he makes the same face the Grinch made when he got the idea to dress in a Santa costume.
- This episode confirmed that Lunella had a fear of the Coney Island Funhouse when visiting as a child.
- The D F N Q letters on the title card are the actual subway trains operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that serve Coney Island in New York.
- The Hurricane rollercoaster is based on the Coney Island Cyclone coaster.
Videos[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "April 2023 Programming Highlights". Disney General Entertainment. (March 20, 2023).
- ↑ "monicroqueta". Twitter. (February 18, 2023).
v • e Episodes | |
Season 1 | "Moon Girl Landing" • "The Borough Bully" • "Run the Rink" • "Check Yourself" • "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow" • "The Beyonder" • "Goodnight, Moon Girl" • "Teacher's Pet" • "Skip This Ad...olescence" • "Moon Girl's Day Off" • "Like Mother, Like Moon Girl" • "Today, I Am a Woman" • "Devil on Her Shoulder" • "Coney Island, Baby!" • "OMG Issue #1" • "OMG Issue #2" |
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Season 2 | "The Great Beyond-er!" • "Suit Up!" • "Belly of the Beast" • "Ride or Die" • "Kid Kree" • "Wish-Tar" • "Make It, Don't Break It!" • "The Devil You Know" • "In The Heist" • "Dog Day Mid-Afternoon" • "Roller Jam!" • "Dancing With Myself" • "Family Matters" • "The Molecular Level" • "Moon Girl, Grounded" • "Ride Along" • "Lava Actually" • "Full Moon" • "To Intervention and Beyond-er" • "Crushed" • "A Devil-ish Birthday" • "Party Girl" • "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" • "Shoot for the Moon" • "The Gatekeeper" |