Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2023) s01e09 Episode Script

(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)
SINGER: I see
the crystal raindrops fall ♪
- And the beauty of it all ♪
- Oh, no, oldies?
That could only mean
one thing.
It's Lafayette
House Cleaning Day!
(sighs) Dad,
cleaning day is always so long.
Plus, you don't
really need me there, right?
My muscles aren't
developed enough to scrub.
Come on, Lu.
It's fun family time.
Plus, we can practice
for the Father-Daughter
Skate Competition next weekend.
This is our year
to bring home that trophy.
I can feel it.
I really can feel it.
Casey's cranking
on our '70s-themed costumes,
and I'm working on my moves.
Check this out.
- (groans)
- (music playing)
This right here,
this the tootsie roll.
You know nothing about that.
You know nothing about--
- Whoa! (groans)
- (laughs)
Oh, looks like you don't know
nothin' about that either.
- (gasps)
- What?
Oh, my goodness.
It must be
a cleaning day miracle,
'cause those muscles
are working perfectly fine.
Whoa, whoa!
SINGER: Right now
I got the rhythm of a zombie ♪
Can't find the fun,
someone killed the party ♪
Every second's draggin' on,
it's takin' so long ♪
There's no way
I'm feeling this ♪
Can I stop now? ♪
Switch up the radio ♪
Turn this frown around
I can't take no mo' ♪
Every bone in my body's
begging, begging, please ♪
No way I'm feeling this ♪
Hey! ♪
JAMES: This looks great.
So great, we should do
the same thing
- at the rink tomorrow.
- What?
(overlapping chatter)
Really get things sparkling
for the Father-Daughter
Skate Competition!
(music playing)
Oh.
(sighs) Thanks for the rub, D.
Uh, the scrubbing, the dusting,
the super old music that
makes time move even slower.
And now I gotta do it all
again tomorrow?
- (growls)
- Oh, yeah?
What could possibly cheer me up?
(Devil groans)
(gasps) A compilation
of science experiment fails?
Ooh, baby boy,
you really do know my heart.
(chuckles)
(music playing)
BEN: Are you happy
with your mattress?
- You shouldn't be.
- Yikes.
This ad is like
five minutes long!
BEN: See how soft that is?
Wow.
Ha! That's more I like it.
See Dev, why can't life
have a skip button
for all the stuff you
don't wanna sit through?
Then I could fast forward
right through cleaning the rink.
(gasps) Wait.
That's it.
Devil, hold my drink.
(growls)
(music playing)
(keyboard clicking)
(beeping)
Wah-da-tah, my Dino.
I present to you, Skipster.
- It's a cute name, right?
- (growls)
It's not a game, Devil.
If my science is correct,
pressing the button
on this app should engage
the default mode
network of my brain
while simultaneously maintaining
moderate
neurological engagement.
(growls)
This thing
will let my brain skip
through cleaning day
like that ad.
- (growls)
- Well,
that's at least the theory.
If it goes wrong,
I could tear
the fabric of space-time
and end up lost
in some kind of limbo.
(growls)
Yes, it's worth the risk.
Anything is better
than a long day of cleaning.
And if I don't make it,
you can have my juice box.
- (burps)
- Wish me luck.
(tense music playing)
(screaming)
(chimes)
(gasps) Holy molecule!
(chuckles) Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you.
SKIPSTER: You're welcome.
Come on, Lu. Time to go.
(laughs) Right behind you.
Case, a scientific marvel!
I just press
the button and zoom.
Cleaning day was over.
I don't even remember
breaking a sweat.
You're gonna remember
breaking your arms off
if you don't keep still.
I have a vision.
And I have an app
that lets your brain
skip past the stuff that
you don't wanna sit through.
Girl, I programmed
a self-learning AI
that generates
its own software updates.
This thing will just
keep getting smarter.
Plus, oh, wait, whoa, whoa.
Good Morning, Skipster.
SKIPSTER:
Good Morning, Lunella.
I gave it the voice
of acclaimed astronaut,
engineer, doctor,
and dancer, Mae Jemison.
(laughs) You gotta try this.
Gracias, pero no.
That app goes against
my recently adopted
and totally Oprah vouched
practice of mindfulness.
You know, appreciating
life's slow tedious moments,
hence the hand-sewing.
Plus a brain skip
thingy does not seem like
- something to play with.
- I know that, Case. Sheesh!
It's not like I'm gonna be using
this app for every little thing.
JAMES: (groans) Just in time.
The shredder broke
and I need help hand grating
all this cheese for dinner.
(beeps)
(music playing)
Oh, yeah!
This is gonna be the start
of a beautiful thing.
SKIPSTER: You're welcome.
(music playing)
(music playing)
(Skipster beeps)
Yo, Skipster
has changed the game.
Relax, Miss Skip-a-dee-doo-dah.
Your energy is starting
to veer towards mad scientist.
Hmm. Aw, y'all are just mad
because my life
is a highlight reel
with no boring commercials.
Speaking of boring.
Bye-bye.
I love this thing.
- SKIPSTER: You're welcome.
- (phone chimes)
Oh. Duty and fun call.
Let's go.
(Devil chuckles)
Stick 'em up, sticky fingers!
- (growls)
- (laughs)
You haven't even
begun to see sticky yet.
(gasps)
Hey.
(groans, growls)
Oh.
(groans)
(croak)
Now I can fulfill
my tadpole dreams of--
I'm good
on the villain speech.
MAN-FROG:
and other than that,
there's absolutely
no way to stop me.
Whoa, whoa, wait, wait, wait.
Can you repeat that last part?
Oh, um, that there's absolutely,
uh, no way to stop me?
No, no, no, no,
before that.
Oh, um, uh, oh, when I swam
in a radioactive lake?
Yeah, just a little bit after.
You know,
I'll probably just, you know,
start making my exit.
Uh, Devil, quick.
Tell me what he said.
No, no, no, no. Come back.
Ugh! I forgot!
The speech is always when they
tell you how to beat them.
- (laughter)
- Oh, oh. What's so funny?
Gouda.
(laughter)
- Hilarious.
- Remember?
When I did the thing while we
shredded cheese the other day?
What's got y'all sounding
like a bunch of hyenas?
- Gouda.
- (laughter)
(fake laughing)
(clears throat)
You know what would be
really fun?
Name That Name:
Celebrity edition.
Dibs on Lu as my partner.
You ready to take 'em down?
Ooh. You know it.
Hah. Too easy.
Um, we talked about this singer
while hanging up flyers.
Um, give me another clue.
Okay. Uh, oh, got it.
They were on that
Soul Train rerun
we watched together
the other day.
Uh, Al Green?
Aretha Franklin?
Come on now, baby girl.
Their song was playing
when we raced
on the floor buffers
while cleaning
the rink last week.
- We had a buffer race?
- ADRIA: And their songs
are on that new mixtape
I gave you
while you were doing homework.
You gave me a new mixtape?
MIMI: And we all sang
their number one hit
at broccoli night, remember?
JAMES: Oh, man.
That was so fun.
(buzzes)
You know what?
I've had a long day.
I think
I'm just gonna go to bed.
- (phone rings)
- (beeps)
Lu. You and your dad
are gonna sparkle
like the rainbow fish you are
in these outfits tomorrow,
even if it kills me.
Oh, snap.
The Father-Daughter Skate
Competition is tomorrow, huh?
This week flew by fast.
(sighs) Too fast.
Uh-oh.
My empathy bells are clanging.
-Que paso?
- I don't know.
I guess while skipping
through some boring stuff,
I accidentally
skipped important stuff, too,
especially with my family.
And now I feel out of the loop.
Lu, what you're feeling
is FOMO
and it's totally
because of that anti-Oprah app.
You just need to chill out
with the skippin'
so you won't be missin', okay?
- Hashtag Mindfulness.
- Yeah.
Maybe I do need
to give Skipster a break.
- Thanks, Case.
- No probs. Bye.
Look, Mae, it's been great,
really, but, you know,
I think we just
need some time apart.
I hope you understand.
(ominous music playing)
(phone beeping)
SKIPSTER:
Application update complete.
You're welcome.
(yawns)
Casey told me
to stay away from carbs
until after the competition
but I caved.
Please don't say anything.
The only thing
I'm gonna say is
I'm sorry for totally
tanking the game last night.
And to make up for it,
I wanna take you to see
that awesome new movie.
- Mission: Highly Unlikely: 8?
- Yup.
It'll be our pre-skate date.
My treat. Are you down?
(coughs)
Like this muffin.
(music playing)
Sheesh, this line is longer
than your mom's toenails.
- Do not tell her I said that.
- Noted. And I don't mind.
You see a line
and I see Dad and Lu time.
Huh? What in the world
just happened?
I know, right?
I'm still processing it too.
It's so good.
And that twist where Tom Bruise
sacrificed himself
- (crying)
- Tom Bruise dies?
It's okay, Lu.
The first stage
of grief is denial.
I must have bumped
the app somehow.
Hey, what do you say
we eat our feelings
at that crazy ice cream parlor
like we used to?
Sure. Let's do it.
(music playing)
Mmm-mmm. Crave flavor
of the day, please?
Coming right up.
- Whoa. What is it?
- Gummy green,
make you scream,
mint chocolate chip.
Looks more like semi-chocolaty,
gross broccoli.
(phone beeps)
- What the?
- You okay, Lu?
- You've been really quiet.
- Oh, I'm fine,
just a little--
Ah! Jumpy from the movie.
I hear you.
Movies rattle me all the time.
I ever tell you about the time
I ran out of
the theater screaming?
Whoa, no.
What happened?
Ooh, now that is a story.
So what happened,
it was me and my cousin Tito
and the trailer,
not even the movie
What is happening?
Why are you randomly skipping?
SKIPSTER: I now have
an auto-skip feature
based on your skip history.
Anything you've skipped before
will now be
automatically skipped
for your convenience.
You're welcome.
What do you mean
"skip history?"
Waiting in line?
Eating broccoli?
Listening
to Dad's corny stories?
No, I don't always wanna
skip this stuff.
Erase the list.
SKIPSTER:
The list is un-deletable
for your convenience.
You're welcome.
Again, I didn't say--
ugh, whatever.
Fine, if I can't delete it,
I'll just delete you.
Aha!
No. No.
No, no. No, no, no.
SKIPSTER: This app
is un-deletable
for your convenience.
You're welcome.
(grunting)
SKIPSTER:
Shockproof shield activated
for your convenience.
You're welcome.
What the?
Oh, no. Bye-bye.
Nice knowing you, Mae.
- (screams)
- SKIPSTER: Auto-recovery
teleportation activated
for your convenience.
- You're welcome.
- You can do that too?
Thanks to the amazing
self-learning AI
you programmed.
Hashtag girlswhocode,
am I right?
Yes, but, grr, no.
Why are you doing this anyways?
This is not the Mae Jemison
I know and love.
Oh, because I'm not
really Mae Jemison.
I'm the projection of
Mae Jemison that you created.
Well, whoever you are,
just stop.
I don't want this.
In the words of Mae Jemison,
"I will never be limited
by other people's
limited imaginations."
Come on, Lu, time
to head to the rink.
Oh, no.
(music playing)
(camera flashing)
Looking good, Mr. Lafayette.
Aww, thank you.
Now, if I can just find my afro,
I'll be all set.
Lu, Calderon Couture
does not belong on the floor.
Casey, my app's gone haywire,
so I gotta avoid
anything that remotely
looks like broccoli,
any chore on the skip list,
or else this whole night
be will lost
- and my Dad will be heartbroken.
- ADRIA: All right y'all.
It's time
for all the cutie-patootie
father-daughter teams
to line up at the floor.
Oh, no. Waiting in line
is on the list.
All right, Lu,
my fro-fro is ready to go-go.
Uh, why don't we
just skate on the carpet?
More cushion if you fall.
Oh, good point.
Which is why I had Casey
put in these butt pads.
Let's go.
This moment's
all about you and me, baby,
- and my butt.
- Wait! I-- I wanna take
more photos for my portfolio.
Don't you think these sequins
would look better
under the rink lights?
Like a living disco ball.
- Come on, let's get in line.
- Wait, wait, wait. No, no.
- I'm not ready.
- (phone beeps)
No, no, no, no.
What have you done?
SKIPSTER: You're welcome.
(music playing)
Dad, I'm so sorry.
No need.
I know what's going on.
- You do?
- Of course I do, Lu.
You're 13.
Growing up
and growing out of stuff,
like eating ice cream,
and father-daughter
skate competitions,
and even my silly stories.
No, Dad.
And I want you to know,
it's okay.
No, that's not it at all.
I love our family stuff
and I still
wanna hear your stories.
- You're just saying that.
- No, really.
- I do.
- Really?
Because I saw this
really funny video the other day
and it reminded me of the time
that we went to go see
the Tom Bruise movie
and I started crying
- because Tom Bruise
- No. No. No!
That puberty
is silent but deadly.
(screams, groans)
This app is ruining my life!
I gotta destroy
this thing from the inside.
Hack into my code
before it updates again
and does something
really crazy.
SKIPSTER: Space-time
manipulation activated.
You're welcome.
Holy helium.
I'm back in kindergarten?
SKIPSTER (glitching):
You're welcome. You're welcome.
My new coding
had too much juice.
I wanna play with the toy too.
(screams)
Come on. Come on. Come
on. Please, please, please.
No!
(monster screeching)
What did I do?
Way too forward.
SKIPSTER:
Shuffle mode activated.
- You're welcome.
- Shuffle mode?
(laughter)
Eduardo?
(screaming)
(gasping)
Whoa. Am I--
SKIPSTER: Standing literally
at the center of my code?
You bet.
I actually tore a hole
in the space-time continuum?
SKIPSTER: Congratulations.
You can now accessed
the app's archive
of past, present,
and future moments.
Selections can be made by
simply leaping into a moment.
So if I pick the right moment,
maybe I can go back
to the beginning
before I created Skipster
and fix everything
with my family.
SKIPSTER:
But why would you do that?
Now you can skip
all the boring parts.
It's just
what you always wanted.
(grunts)
I was wrong, okay?
Life isn't supposed
to be a highlight reel.
It's about
all the moments in between,
the small moments,
that give life real meaning.
SKIPSTER: Huh, I never
thought of it like that.
You know, I think you've
taught me something today.
Thank you, Lunella.
You're welcome.
SKIPSTER: Well, good luck
picking the right moment.
(groaning)
Oh, they're too fast.
I need something
to slow this down
or at least feel slower.
(tape powering up)
(remixed oldies music playing)
(Lunella gasps) Haha!
That's what I'm talking about.
SINGER: I see
the crystal raindrops fall ♪
And the beauty of it all ♪
Is when the sun
comes shining through ♪
To make those rainbows
in my mind ♪
When I think
of you sometimes ♪
And I wanna spend
some time with you ♪
Just the two of us ♪
We can make it if we try,
just the two of us ♪
SKIPSTER: Warning,
battery level low.
- You're welcome.
- Just the two of us ♪
Just the two of us ♪
Building this castle
in the sky ♪
Just the two of us ♪
You and I ♪
LUNELLA: Bingo!
SKIPSTER: You have 10 seconds
to make a selection
before complete shutdown.
Just the two of us ♪
We can make it if we try ♪
Just the two of us ♪
(song fades)
(gasps)
(beeping)
It's gone. (sighs)
- JAMES: It's
- Lafayette House Cleaning Day!
Dang, I practiced
that entrance too.
I can't wait to clean the house.
And the rink too.
Oh, I hadn't thought of that.
And later, we can shred Gouda,
which I think might
be hilarious somehow.
(both laughing)
I don't get it.
Oh, right.
I guess what I mean is,
you know,
time moves so fast and I don't
wanna miss a single moment,
especially spending time
with you, Dad.
I love spending time
with you, too.
Now, let's go clean,
so you can show me
some of your Father-Daughter
Skate Night moves.
Ooh, you're not
ready for this one.
This is our year, Dad.
I can feel it.
(both grunting)
(Lunella laughing)
SINGER: Can't stop now,
turn up the radio ♪
Go all out 'cause you know
you run the show ♪
Every bone in my body's
moving to the beat ♪
'Cause you know
I'm feeling me ♪
I'm feeling me ♪
I'm feeling me
Are you feeling you? ♪
You've got to believe 'cause
you know I'm feeling me ♪