(distant city sounds)
(theme music playing)
MOON GIRL: ♪ Ooh, my feet touched the ground ♪
♪ Here I am world, hear that trumpet sound? ♪
♪ Yeah, I have arrived ♪
♪ And me and my girls 'bout to dip and slide ♪
♪ Swerve ♪
♪ Better make way, skurt-skurt ♪
♪ I got rules to break ♪
♪ Workin' non-stop ♪
♪ Now it's time to drop ♪
♪ Ooh, honey, boom, cute, smart, and clever ♪
SINGER: ♪ If you didn't know it ♪
♪ Now-now you know ♪
♪ Moon Girl Magic ♪
MOON GIRL: ♪ Yeah, I'm Magic! ♪
SINGER: ♪ Thought you knew ♪
MOON GIRL: ♪ Thought you knew, baby ♪
SINGER: ♪ Genius, inspiration overflow ♪
♪ Moon Girl Magic ♪
MOON GIRL: ♪ Moon Girl Magic ♪
SINGER: ♪ Thought you knew ♪
MOON GIRL: ♪ Thought you knew, baby ♪
(giggling)
(chill vibes music playing)
I better be seeing all y'all at the annual Block Party!
- Don't miss it! - (car screeching)
MOON GIRL: A runaway self-driving car?
Ugh! D, you block its path while I hack in!
(Devil Dinosaur grunts)
(growls)
(trilling)
Oh, Casey! Hi, girl!
Where are you?! The ceremony is about to start
and Council President Peña is lookin' antsy!
Yeah, yeah! I'll be there in a blink! Bye!
- (tires screech) - (grunts)
(strains)
President Peña! You never got back to me
about the stage permit for the Block Party!
Always keeping me on my toes, Mrs. Lafayette. Yeah.
(tires screeching)
(gasps)
Ahhh!
(cheering)
That's what I'm talkin' about! Moon Girl Magic!
What I say? I told you I'd be here in a blink!
♪
I'm so sure I speak for everyone in the neighborhood
when I say we are so grateful for local heroes
- Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur! - (cheering)
On behalf of the Borough Council,
I am thrilled to present you today
these special badges honoring you as
official Lower East Side Community Captains!
(cheering)
Oh, you know it! (whoops)
My mascara isn't smudging, your mascara is smudging!
(grunts)
Uh, we'll get you a lanyard later.
- (cheering) - (cameras clicking)
(lo-fi chill)
Hey! I missed you at the ceremony today!
Moon Girl flew in and everything!
- Where were you? - Oh! I had a council...
- uh, thing! - A student council thing!
Student council? Since when?
Um... Last week-- got bit by the leadership bug!
Nibble-nibble! Heh heh... But please!
Continue on about your favorite neighborhood hero!
Oh, she's not just a hero, my girl's a Community Captain now!
Yep! Mm-hmm.
Getting recognized like that is a pretty big deal, huh?
And more importantly, it means she's a voice for the community.
I dunno, Mom-- Moon Girl isn't really
a "give big speeches and inspire people" type.
She's more of a "beat up the goonies to a dope soundtrack type!"
- Right? - Please!
She's way more than that.
She's both a hero and a role model.
Her voice and how she uses it are incredibly important.
I just hope Moon Girl comes to the block party.
- Y'know, little miss publicist? - (laughs)
Mrs. L., you think I'd let my client miss
the annual event that celebrates our little block?
I'll call her right now.
(line ringing)
You got Moon Girl!
Hey, girl!
Just makin' sure you're gonna be
at the block partay!
(grunts)
You know it, baby!
You see?! She'll definitely--
We'll smack those villains down!
Ten extra-large pepperoni--
She must be multitasking.
Super hero, super busy, y'know! (sighs)
Well, I'm glad she's coming.
Matta fact, I've got some special tracks on tap.
- Just for her! - (phone vibrates)
Ooh! I gotta go pick up some food donations
See y'all!
(door opens and closes)
What's with the frownies?!
I dunno, Case...
it's this "voice for the community" thing!
Am I really a poster child?
People care about what Moon Girl has to say, Lu,
and that sparkly new badge is proof!
(gasps) It's Council Prez Peña!
He wants to meet with you and D tomorrow!
♪
Moon Girl! Thanks for coming.
There are some people I'd like you to meet.
Let me introduce...
(both gasp)
You can call me Marcy!
And you can call me Marty!
We're the Muzzlers!
The Muzzlers are a Great American Success Story.
They started in their garage with a revolutionary
noise-cancelling device
called the "Muzzler!" As seen on TV!
- (baby cries) - (Marty) Noisy neighbors?
(Marcy) Barking dogs?
(Marty) Blaring traffic?
(Marcy) Point this cute lil' gray box
at the problem, and voila!
(Beyonder) They spun their success with the Muzzler
into an entire line of helpful home inventions.
They even created a home-improvement show,
using their inventions to help people, quote,
"Make their best homes!"
And that's not all.
Marcy is modeling our newest innovation!
That's right, Marty!
This stylish yet comfortable bodysuit
is powered by a teensy nuclear battery,
so it feels like a warm hug all day long!
(both) We call it the Nuzzler!
Well, your rep for top tech definitely precedes you!
I've never seen active noise-cancellation
like the Muzzler.
And your rep for heroics precedes you, Moon Girl!
You saved our malfunctioning car yesterday!
Ooh--uh, hold up. That was your car?!
The Drive-zler.
The name doesn't work yet either.
Well--Maybe I can fix it.
They actually have a bigger request.
They're looking to move to the Lower East Side.
make it their home-- and have offered their resources
to improve the community!
We have a whole initiative in mind!
- We call it-- -"Make the Best LES!"
And they want you to be the face of the campaign!
- (noisemakers honk) - No disrespect but...
do we really need "improvements?"
The LES is already pretty dope...
But there's always room to be "dope-er!"
If we'd stopped improving the Muzzler after version 1.0,
you'd still be able to hear your neighbor's chihuahua!
I guess that makes sense.
I'm always tryin' to improve my tech, too...
Speaking of which, we've already upgraded
the computers over at I.S. 833!
Oh, for real?!
Oh, good, those things were janky!
Uh, so I've heard.
And like your Mom said:
Moon Girl's gotta use her voice!
- Okay! I'm your girl! - Yeah, she is!
- Hot diggity! - Yippee-kai-yay!
(both) Let's make the best LES!
MOON GIRL: The best LES!
♪
Bake the mess LES!
Aaagh! No, no, no. Lemme go again.
Bake the mess LES!
(groans) Lemme go again.
(growls)
Enunciate, Devil!
En-un-ci-ate!
"Optical and auditory beautification benchmarks?"
Oh, that's just boring legal jibber jabber, honey.
Let's keep rolling!
♪
(hip hop plays)
(Casey) And... super star!
Wha-ha-ha!
- Make the best LES! - (grunts)
- And a-no filter! - ♪MelaninMagic!
(grunts)
Hmm. You're right... isn't this where
that dope mural used to be?
- Oh yeah. - Well, that's weird.
- Why would they cover-- - (man) Hey!
- Get yer paws offa my falafel! - (alarm sounds)
(grunts)
Whoa, whoa, whoa. What is going on?
This unlicensed food cart is in violation
of the new vendor regulations.
(Moon Girl and Casey) Vendor what?!
Only pre-approved Muzzlebot Vending Machines
are permitted on this block.
Your ticket, sir.
What?! But I've been selling falafel here
for fifteen years!
Thank you for making the best LES!
(beeping, whirring)
(angelic choir sings)
(Casey) "Digestible food-based products"
- Yum... - Yeah, okay--
something is definitely not right around here.
(Ahmed) Help!
(growls)
You may have thought bats were nocturnal,
but this bad mama jamma wreaks havoc night and day!
- Ha ha! - (grunts)
Yeah... definitely a track number five villain.
(upbeat music playing)
Ooh! Oh, yeah!
- We did that. - (grunts)
(whirring)
What's this for?
"No Public Music"?! "Decibel Danger"?!
(stammers) That's not even a thing!
Thank you for making the best LES!
(beeping)
No graffiti, no food carts, and now no music?!
This isn't making the best LES,
it's making a mess of the LES!
- (grunts) - You said it, D!
This Community Captain
is gonna have words with somebody!
Whoa!
(beeping, whirring)
- Are you Adria Lafayette? - Who's askin'?
You have been... served!
What?!
Moon Girl!
We did a little home improvement!
Check out the Silent Sound Bath.
Oh, and there's a toilet that comes when you call it!
Somewhere 'round here...
What's with all the new rules around the LES?!
It's not even the same neighborhood anymore!
- (both laugh) - Uh, sweetie?
That's the point.
(beeping, whirring)
Your little block is tres bon,
but we're making it better .
All those clashing colors, eyesore vendors,
and cacophony in the streets were just blech!
- What?! - But now, thanks to our signature
soothing gray design scheme and revolutionary technology...
What is this?!
...all that noise-- both for the ear and the eye
will be a thing of the past!
(both laugh)
Come on, pumpkin. It's beautified!
It's fancified!
It's gentrified!
This isn't your home improvement show!
If you wanna live here, you can't just change everything!
New computers are great,
but stripping away our whole culture?
It's like ripping out the heart of the LES!
People get heart transplants all the time.
I've had three!
100% synthetic, our very own invention!
Order right now and we'll double your offer!
- Moon Girl! - Ahh!
President Peña!
Thank gravity you're here!
You gotta call off this initiative!
I... I can't do that!
Do you have any idea how much money they've donated?!
Besides, they just want to make the best LES, right?
They're trying to make it their LES!
We have to stop this. I'm telling you as Community Captain!
Well, ah-- it's kind of a--a ceremonial role.
It doesn't really have any real authority.
What? But I--
Ah-ah-ah! Butts are for toilet seats!
Speaking of which-- here, potty potty potty...
- So, how'd it go? - (grunts)
Oh, incalculably awful!
As a matter of fact, this can't get any worse!
There you are! I was just issued
a cease and desist for the Block Party!
It's been banned!
- What? -En serio?
Yeah! That's right!
Thanks to this "Make the Best LES" trash,
the whole neighborhood is slipping away!
How could you support something like this, Moon Girl?!
I--
(sighs)
I thought you were supposed to look out for us.
To speak out for us.
(sighs)
I guess I expected too much.
(downcast beats)
(low beeping)
♪
Make the best LES!
(knocking on door)
Hey, Lil' Bit... you okay?
I feel like you've been avoiding me
since you got home.
No, no! I'm... great! (chuckles)
Never better.
Lu, you know I made you right?
Which means I know you.
So spill it.
Lu?
Well...
I joined this thing...
Oh, the student council thing?
Yeah, that's it... the student council.
At first, I did it because it seemed like a big honor,
and then I thought maybe I could use my voice
to do good things for the community...
of students, I mean
But I did it all wrong, and let everyone down,
and now the whole place has changed
and everything is terrible!
Well, what are you gonna do?
There's nothing I can do!
I tried using my voice like you always do
but turns out my voice doesn't matter.
Lunella. Your voice does matter.
It always matters.
- You just have to use it wisely. - But how?
People make themselves heard with more than just words.
Artists speak through their art. Cooks speak through their food.
I speak through my music.
You can always find a way to be heard.
Always?
Always.
(sighs) Much needed.
(sighs) I still gotta figure out what to do with all that food
since the Block Party got cancelled.
(groans) My playlist was gonna be bumpin' too!
(door closes)
(gasps) That's it!
Whoa, whoa. Wait! Don't toss that out!
Why? You gonna give me a ticket?
- (honking) - (sniffs)
Oh, Lord, please don't eat me!
I've got dumplings!
(growls)
(grunts)
- No, Devil! - (groans)
Look, I'm sorry that I let you down.
I never wanted this to happen to our neighborhood.
But I have an idea to fix it.
And I can't do it without you.
♪
(sighs)
I'm listening.
♪
(Marty) And where would you like to live, dearest?
That ugly ol' roller rink
is sitting on some primo real estate.
Can we have it condemned, Peña?
(airhorn blares)
(music and cheering)
This is our block, so we won't stop!
Hello, LES!
It's great to see all your beautiful faces!
Oh, yeah! It's a Block Party protest now, y'all!
(cheering)
Now listen-- today isn't just about having fun
and raising our spirits...
...It's also about raising our voices
against the changes tearing our community apart!
Our block is colorful, vibrant, lively, and diverse!
And that's why the LES has always been the best!
Now lets get it poppin' and keep on rockin'
as we take it back, y'all!
(Marcy) Ahem!
Tell 'em, El Presidente!
Uh-- Moon Girl?
Look, as Community Captain,
you need to shut this down.
Please.
Oh, my role is ceremonial, remember?
And we ceremoniously resign.
You grew up here too, Diego!
Do you really wanna see the soul
of the LES disappear on your watch?
♪
(sighs)
- No. - What?!
All sales are final, Peña!
After everything we've done,
you should be kissing our back pockets!
That's where we keep our wallets!
This neighborhood was a disgrace!
Walls full o' scribble scrabble
and music blaring!
Blaring!
But if we can't have it our way,
then no one will have this block at all!
Party's over, people!
The nuclear batteries in these Nuzzlers
don't just warm your bones!
They also give you loads of pep for smacking down superheroes!
(whirring)
- Time to make some noise. - (growls)
Gimme a beat, Mrs. L!
♪
♪ Ooh, Ooh ♪
♪ Grabbing all my boys and girls ♪
♪ Ay, yi, yi, yah ♪
♪ Make a stomp And jump and twirl ♪
♪ Ay, yi, yi, yah ♪
♪ I can't do this by myself ♪
♪ Ay, yi, yi, yah ♪
♪ Callin' for my people's help ♪
♪ Ay, yi, yi, yah ♪
♪ We are the wave ♪
♪ We don't fold, we don't break ♪
♪ We save the day ♪
♪ If we can't bring our cape ♪
♪ We bring the noise ♪
♪ We just gotta be brave ♪
♪ Let's raise our voice ♪
♪ C'mon, everybody say ♪
♪ Nah, nah, nah, nah ♪
(roars)
- Are you okay?! - Their suits use the same
wack software as their car!
I can hack it, but I gotta get close!
I got your back, Moon Girl!
(speaks Spanish)
Whatchu got, man?
- (zapping) - (screams)
♪ Nah, nah, nah, nah ♪
But wait... there's more.
Introducing the industrial size Mega-Muzzler!
Hit it, baby!
- Devil, Charr-- - (growls)
(audio mutes)
(silence)
(laughs)
(inaudible dialogue)
(silence continues)
(smooching)
(bang)
(audible bang)
(percussive beat)
(beats grow louder)
(ryhthmic beat continues)
(found object symphony swells)
♪
♪ Nah, nah, nah, nah ♪
(screams)
MOON GIRL: Ahh!
♪ Nah, nah, nah, nah ♪
(cheering)
(beeping, whirring)
Where'd ya send 'em? Back to Hollywood?
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters. - That makes more sense.
ADRIA: Hey! Moon Girl!
(gasps, imitates beeping)
Oh, no, a cat in a tree?!
(nervous chuckle) Gotta bounce!
(Devil Dinosaur grunts)
Huh. I really wanted to thank her.
Oh, I'm sure you'll see her again real soon
Hey, there's Lunella!
Hey! Am I too late?
Sorry, my Student Council thing ran over--
No, baby, you're fine!
A lot to tell you bout, but...
how did things go with you?
Let's just say I figured out how to use my voice wisely.
Oh, that's great!
I'm so proud of you, Lunella.
So... I heard Moon Girl was here?
Saved the LES and lived up to her rep!
Gotta admire that girl.
I'm sure she admires you even more, Mom.
Y'know, Lu...
Moon Girl reminds me a lot of you.
But her momma must be crazy
to let her run around fightin' supervillains. Ha!
(closing theme plays)