"Dog Day Mid-Afternoon" is the tenth episode of the second season of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, and the twenty-sixth episode overall.
Synopsis[]
When Pops fosters a Mysterious stray dog and enters him into a dog show, a paranoid Lunella is convinced the creature is an evil alien who intends to sabotage the event.
Plot[]
Lunella, Casey, and Pops are preparing to attend the annual dog show. As they look over the dogs, Pops hears a canine in distress and they find an odd looking blue dog digging through the trash. The group immediately fall in love with him and name him Franklin. As the Lafayettes prepare to make him feel comfortable, Lunella catches him standing on his hind legs. Lunella becomes suspicious and tries examine Franklin, finding more and more things that are off about him. Eventually, she manages to acquire some of his fur and runs a DNA test, learning that Franklin is, in fact, an extraterrestrial and has no Earth DNA.
Lunella follows Franklin in the night and finds all the dogs in the neighborhood acting up. In the morning, the dogs have gone missing and their owners' belongings stolen. Lunella accuses Franklin of being the culprit, but Pops tells her that she probably doesn't have all the answers. Pops enters Franklin into the dog show while Lunella and Casey shrink Devil down and disguise him as a dog to enter as well. Lunella once again believes that Franklin is up to something and follows him. Franklin proceeds to go after the dog show head Kat Swan and a big chase ensues, ending with Lunella, Casey, Pops, Devil, and Franklin getting kicked out. At this moment, Franklin reveals that he can talk.
Franklin confirms Lunella's suspicions that he is an alien, but explains that he is part of a team called the Guard Dogs and is trying to protect the dogs of Earth from Kat who had acquired a dog whistle that can make dogs do her bidding. Together, the group go back to the dog show and fight Kat before she takes control of all dogs. They get the whistle back and Pops frees all the dogs from mind control. Franklin solemnly says goodbye to Pops, though he promises to come and visit him, and takes Kat back to his planet. Pops tells Lunella that he was happy that Franklin was honest with him, something that starts to resonate with Lunella.
Cast[]
- Diamond White as Lunella Lafayette/Moon Girl
- Fred Tatasciore as Devil Dinosaur
- Alfre Woodard as Mimi Lafayette
- Libe Barer as Casey Calderon
- David Tennant as Franklin
- Parker Posey as Kat Swan
- Gary Anthony Williams as Pops Lafayette
- Kimberly Brooks as Alfretta
- Sasheer Zamata as Adria Lafayette
- Carol Kane as Bubbe Bina
- Jermaine Fowler as James Lafayette Jr.
Songs featured[]
- "On the Move" by Loly Bea
- "Don't Judge a Dog" by Raphael Saadiq
Trivia[]
This is the second time Devil becomes tiny. The first was "Devil on Her Shoulder".
Production Notes[]
- Although this episode premiered on February 3, 2024, it was actually produced in 2023 according to the credits.
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== Navigation ==
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| 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" |