Marvel's Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur

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🗓️ 14 March 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur is an all-ages animated series that's got style and energy – and original songs – for days. It's the story Black girl genius Lunella (voiced by Diamond White) who accidentally transports a T-Rex with the personality of a golden retriever from the prehistoric past to present day. She then launches into a side hustle fighting crime. The show is now streaming on Disney+.

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0:00.0	Marbles Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur is an all-age-as-animated series that's got style,
0:10.1	energy, and original songs for days.
0:12.9	It's the story of a 13-year-old black girl genius living on Manhattan's Lower East Side.
0:17.3	When one of her many gadgets accidentally transports a T-Rex with the personality of a Golden
0:21.6	Retriever from the prehistoric past to present day New York, gee, makes the most of it.
0:26.6	She launches into a side hustle fighting crime on the streets of her beloved neighborhood.
0:30.8	I'm Glenn Weldom and today we're talking about Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur on Pop Culture
0:34.6	Happy Hour from NPR.
0:39.3	Joining me today is the host of Weekend Edition Sunday, Ayesha Roscoe.
0:42.9	Hey, welcome back Ayesha.
0:43.9	Hey, glad to be here.
0:45.5	Great to have you.
0:46.5	In Marbles Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Diamond White voices young Lunella Lafayette.
0:51.4	She lives on the Lower East Side and loves it.
0:54.0	She loves a lot of things.
0:55.5	Her mom and dad, who own a roller disco, they're voiced by Sushir Zimeda and Germain Fowler.
1:00.8	She loves a grandmother voiced by Alfred Woodard.
1:03.0	She loves coming up with incredibly advanced scientific inventions, including one that pulls
1:07.0	a T-Rex named Devil Dinosaur into the modern world.
1:10.0	He's voiced or grunted by Fred Tattashoor.
1:13.7	Ever resourceful, Lunella adopts the identity of Moon Girl and patrols the streets of the
1:17.8	Ayes.
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