02x12 - Dancing With Myself

[bunniefuu]

[vehicle horns honking]

[theme music playing]

[Lunella] ♪ 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' nonstop
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 ♪

- [Lunella] ♪ Yeah, I'm Magic! ♪
- [singer] ♪ Thought you knew? ♪

[Lunella]
♪ Thought you knew, baby! ♪

[singer] ♪ Genius inspiration overflow ♪

♪ Moon Girl Magic! ♪

- [Lunella] ♪ Moon Girl Magic ♪
- [singer] ♪ Thought you knew ♪

♪ Thought you knew, baby! ♪

[giggles]

[rings]

So, now I'm grounded
until TJ's eyebrows grow back.

Mix this in chem lab
next period.

It's a hair growth solution.
You'll be free by Wednesday.

[laughs] Only you.

It's the moment
you've all been waiting for.

The winning theme
for our school dance is...

♪ Enchantment Under the Moon ♪

- Our first school dance!
- Whoo!

We're gonna dance our tails off,
right, Squirrels?

This booty was made for shakin'.

Lu, what's up?
You're coming with us.

- You know that, right?
- Me?

Girl, you're in our squad.

You gotta.

Okay, I'm in.

[dance theme playing]

So Brooklyn invited me
to go with all of them,

and I'm gonna have
k*ller dance moves.

I'm doing it, Mel-Varr.
I'm being a normal teen,

doing normal teenager things.

She said from her secret
underground laboratory

while programming
self-dancing boots.

[dance music plays]

Okay, okay, not the most normal,
but you know what I mean.

Lunella Lafayette
is going to a school dance.

Cool! But what exactly
is a school dance?

Oh, it's a human socialization
ritual in which people pair off

and move their bodies to music.

It's a standard rite of passage
for teens.

Oh!

It kinda sounds like
the Kree battles

with the Zargarian mothmen.

Only with less gore
and guts and stuff.

Ooh! Whoops! Oh!

Looks like these boots
have a "run time" error.

[laughs] Okay, I gotta go.

[rings]

Y'all, I got a date
to the dance.

- Aw!
- I love love.

- Huh?
- Andy from improv class asked,

so I said yes and...

Um, I thought we were going
as a group?

Oh, yeah, totally.

- Whew!
- [rings]

- I've got a date to the dance now.
- Same.

- What?
- Me too.

The parental unit
actually said okay.

- Wait, what?
- But you can still tag along.

- Mm-hmm.
- [rings]

[beep]

[beep]

Eduardo.

You, me, a little school dance.
What do you say?

Oh, wow.

♪ My life will never be ♪

♪ The same ♪

♪ Without your love ♪

♪ No, it's just not the same ♪

♪ Without you ♪

Uh... okay. Ahem!

I actually already
have-- Have a date.

Oh. Ha ha!

Oh, yeah. I mean,
oh, of course you do.

No, but if I'd known
that you wanted to go--

Yeah, it's--
It's totally cool, man.

Just forget I said anything.

Casey, you'll hang out with me
at the dance, right?

'Cause suddenly
everybody's all, "Ooh, dates,"

and, blam,
we're adults now?

Oh, Lu, I love you
with my whole heart,

but I'm gonna be running around
all night,

making sure
that everything is perfecto.

- And I'm sure you're not the only--
- Two, please!

- There's a two-for-one discount.
- Huh?

I am the only person
at school without a date.

- [electricity crackles]
- Or am I?

[cackling]

[thunder crashes]

- [snarls]
- Oh. Hey, D.

- [grunts and snarls]
- Just solving my own problems.

You know what they say.

If you can't get a date,
clone a date.

[groans]

I got some DNA from a leftover
hair follicle

of my favorite musical superstar
and yours.

Clap your hands together
for Blobby the Myth.

Oh!

[gasps]

Cloning is still a nascent
scientific field, all right?

But I think he'll make
an okay dance partner.

[grumbles]

What do you mean, this isn't me?

[grunting and snarling]

Yeah, this is the real me.

You're right. I've never gone along
with the crowd.

Maybe it's the same thing
with dating.

I gotta go at my own pace.

- I don't need a date.
- [grunting excitedly]

Oh, Casey made you the bouncer?

Oh, so with you as my wingman,

and me looking cool as Freon
in my new glitter boots,

I'm gonna be rocking out,
solo dolo.

[dance theme playing]

[disk scratching]

Love the moon.
Consider me enchanted.

This is gonna be a great night,
am I right?

Absolutely not! Not you.
I'm talking to the caterers.

They messed up big-time.

You might not have a date,
but you look cute enough for two.

I gotta bolt. You have fun.
Plug this in? Okay, thanks, bye!

[funky electronic music
playing]

[singer]
♪ Under the lonely sky ♪

♪ It's easy to feel defeated ♪

♪ We're always asking why ♪

♪ Will history
keep repeating? ♪

♪ Together
We'll come to... ♪

♪ We'll come to... together ♪

♪ We'll come to...
We'll come to... together ♪

Hey, there, Lu, don't stand
there on the sidelines.

- Get in the game.
- Whoa!

[funky electronic music
continues]

[electronic music fades]

[slow, romantic music plays]

[upbeat music plays]

[upbeat music plays]

[Lunella crying]

[snorts]

- [snarls]
- [Lunella] I'm fine!

Oh...

Okay, I'm not fine!

Devil.

This feels horrible.

Everyone has a date
to the dance but me.

[coos]

[sniffles] I know.

[sighs] I want to dance,

but I don't want to have
to date someone to do it.

[sniffles]

I just don't feel ready.

Oh! [snorts]

[sniffles]

[distant whooshing]

- Is that...
- [screaming]

[groans]

- Mel-Varr!
- Whew! I'm okay.

Well, not "okay" okay.

- The Zargarian are trying to t*rture me.
- Yeesh. The mothmen?

Yup. General Hyles
is my dad's sworn enemy.

Ha! He has a lot
of sworn enemies.

But this one is trying
to kidnap me again

so he can ransom me again

and t*rture me with bloodsucking
space leeches again,

and I hate it, and I tried to
call you, but you didn't answer,

- and can you please help hide me?
- [roars]

The Zargarian are attracted
to bright lights,

so anywhere dark is good.
Your lab should be safe.

[dance music blares]

Or, or... [laughs]

...you, "Marvin,"

could hide inside
and pretend to be my date.

Oh. What's a date?

A date is another
socialization ritual

in which humans pair off and
exchange gestures of affection.

Some examples of said gestures
include smiling at each other,

giving each other flowers,

or pretending to like
the same video games,

even though Jupiter Jam

is the stupidest single-player
game ever invented.

- Ha! I love Jupiter Jam.
- Oh, no, yeah, me too.

That was just an example.

As you can see here
from this empirical evidence,

- all regular people pair up.
- [snorts and whimpers]

So this dance
is the perfect way to fit in.

I mean, uh, place to hide.

[whimpers and snarls]

It is dark in the dance.

That's them! Let's do it.

[squeals]

- Ooh, I got a date.
- Right now!

[groans in disappointment]

[chittering]

[chuckles]

[gasps and screams]

Ah! The Zargarian?

Lunella has a date!

- Oh!
- And it's Marvin!

So cute!

Hooray, Marvin's back.

- Oh. Whew.
- Time to engage

in human socialization rituals,

like, uh...

Oh, uh, we'll just do
what Geri and Andy are doing.

Classic date ritual.
Get your date punch.

For you.

- Thanks.
- Sincerely yours.

- For you.
- [gasps]

Thanks.

[slurps]

Now what?

My mom said
I have to give you this.

Aw! Tell her thanks.

Ah. Flowers.
That's a date thing.

Uh, do that.

[Marvin] Ta-da.

Oh, wait,
I'm allergic to carna--

- [sneezes]
- Me too-- [sneezes and sniffles]

Let's just hang out
for a minute.

Yeah, let's do that.

[Andy and Geri laughing]

You're so funny.

Oh, a flirty convo. Go.

So...

- [laughs nervously]
- Oh!

Check out my Kree-municator.
You were right.

I was able to juice up the power
density of the battery.

- Oh! Watts up.
- [both laugh]

- Cobalt oxide cathode?
- For sure.

But I really want to try
combining iodine with--

Uh, hold up, Marv.

What are we doing?
No shop talk at a dance.

Uh, quick, say something sweet
about my eyes.

Okay. Um...

your socket-to-face ratio

is mathematically pleasing?

[Geri laughs]

Oh, you're the best.

Oh, right. The step-and-repeat.

- [camera shutters click]
- Selfie time.

As Casey always says,
"Pics or it never happened."

[Marvin] Do we, uh, hold hands?

[Lunella] Maybe
put my arm here, or--

Okay, this time-- Oops!

[grunts]

[chittering]

Quick, we must find
the Kree child.

Ooh, Pad-Varr
is going to be, like,

so mad when he finds out
we have his son again.

[chuckles]

Remember,
he may be disguised as,

ugh, an earthling.

- Is that him?
- [squeaking]

No, I meant a human earthling.

Kree technology detected.

The boy is near.

- [mothmen chittering]
- Oh, lights.

Prepare for the worst t*rture
of your young life, Kree-ling.

[laughs]

Can we maybe hide out
someplace else?

[dance music playing]

[sighs] Yeah, maybe we should.

[slow, romantic
dance music playing]

But could we maybe just have
this one slow dance?

Then we can go.

I swear on a stack
of encyclopedias.

- How big a stack?
- Oh, it's A through Z.

O and K.

- One dance.
- Ah!

[singer] ♪ I take your hand
out of the blue ♪

♪ Watching the way you light up
like the moon ♪

♪ Like the moon ♪

♪ And if the darkest clouds
fill the sky ♪

♪ I know that I'll be all right ♪

- [camera shutters click]
- [coos]

Get the big, red guy.

[chittering]

♪ I know that you see me
Even if we’re in the dark ♪

[chittering]

♪ We’re a story they know ♪

♪ Written ages ago ♪

♪ In the stars ♪

[DJ]
And now, the spotlight dance.

Oh, yes, that is helpful.

Oh, cute it up, Marvin.

The spotlight dance
is a dating ritual extra credit.

Look, Lunella,
I kind of want to go.

[DJ] Shining a light
on I.S. 833's cutest couple.

Just one more dance.

Lu, I mean it! Please stop!

It's not that I don't like you,

or even that I don't
"like you" like you,

'cause I really do "like you"
like you like you...

but this dating thing,
I'm just not ready for it.

I'm still a kid.

I haven't even invaded
my first planet yet.

I can't be all...

You're so, so great,

and I wanted
to go along with it,

but cutest couple?

[DJ] ...is Lunella Lafayette
and Marvin...

Guy.

Ohh! The light! It'll attract--

[gasps] The mothmen.

It is he.

- Yikes! Marvin!
- [all scream]

It's icky, but cool, right?

It's cool?

[upbeat music plays]

[upbeat music plays]

[mothmen chittering]

Are we gonna be okay?

What? What's going on?

Oh, calm down. Calm down.

We are but gentle mothmen.

We're only here to t*rture you.

- [all scream]
- Not all of you.

Just this one.

Oh, no! No, not Marvin, dawg!

The sound of your delicious,
delicious screams

will let your father know

that the Zargarian
finally have the upper hand.

Prepare the space leeches.

Whoa!

This is bad,
but for what it's worth,

you two were
a super-cute couple.

We're not even a couple.

Ugh! I'm not ready
for this dating stuff.

Hold up, hold up, hold up.
You didn't want a date, either?

Wait, you didn't want a date?

- Not really.
- Same.

Yeah, sorry.

Actually, I'm totally
into the dating thing.

- Born ready.
- Which is cool,

but I just did it
'cause I thought

that's what you were
supposed to do.

But wait, whoa.
But you and Andy

are the textbook example
of how to date.

Ecch. I know, right?

All that romance stuff.
Gross.

Andy's cool, but that "yes, and"
should have been a "no, but."

[mothman soldier]
Got the space leeches!

At least my night
doesn't include

getting tortured
by space leeches.

Oh, right.
Yeah, I-I gotta go do a thing.

[partygoers screaming]

No, you cannot substitute

the kampachi crudo
for chicken fingers. Whoa!

Go get Devil,
and be ready in five.

Aces.

[squeaks]

[General Hyles] Ugh, are these
the freshest leeches we have?

- Seem kind of dry.
- It'll still stick on his face.

You just gotta lick it first.

Ugh. Are we torturing him,
or are you torturing me?

- Do better. Go get me a--
- [Lunella] Wait!

Um, you can't take Marvin.

- He's my date!
- [all] Aww!

- That's so cute.
- Oh, sheesh.

We really don't have time
for this.

Just let me say goodbye

and, um, take a goodbye selfie.

A goodbye selfie?

That's not a thing.

- Is that a thing?
- Oh, yeah, yeah.

- It's totally a thing.
- [sighs] Fine.

But make it snappy.

We have a pretty tight
t*rture sched to keep.

Lu, what are you doing?

- We gotta talk.
- Yeah. Look, I'm sorry.

I know I should have
said something sooner.

No, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have
pressured you to be my date.

That was so not cool.

And honestly, I don't
want to date you, either.

- Huh?
- I was just trying to be normal.

But this feels too, ugh,
grown-up,

and I don't like it, either.
I'm uncomfortable.

I made you uncomfortable.
[sighs]

Can we just be friends now?

Friends? Into it.

Um, are you gonna
take our selfie, or...

No. I need your Kree phone
and your juiced-up battery.

[funky theme playing]

[camera shutters click
and sizzle]

The light! The light!

So pretty!

Hey, get back here.

- Thanks.
- What?

I knew a goodbye selfie
wasn't a thing.

Forget normal.
Let's go be super.

Uh, let's go get Moon Girl
and Kid Kree!

Good idea!

Attack!

Casey, hit the disco lights.

Girl, come on. You know I've got
a whole dance fight thing ready.

[upbeat disco music playing]

[singer] ♪ I'm not chasing no one
No one's chasing me ♪

♪ I'm running my own race
I'm finding my own space ♪

♪ I know who I am
And where I want to be ♪

♪ I won't follow things
That's not great for me ♪

♪ We're never gonna run away ♪

♪ We're going to play this game
our way ♪

♪ I know that we can win ♪

♪ Let's hit 'em with a spin ♪

♪ Maybe we can be friends ♪

♪ Let's take 'em
Take 'em ♪

[snarling]

[roars]

Yeah, I can't not jump in.
Yes! Dance fight!

[all cheer]

♪ I'm not chasing no one
No one's chasing me ♪

♪ I'm running my own race
I'm finding my own space ♪

♪ I know who I am
And where I want to be ♪

♪ I won't follow things
That's not great for me ♪

[grunts]

No, don't!
They're all gonna laugh at me!

[screams]

And now I'm all sticky.

[mothmen chitter]

[both panting]

Oh, good, you are back.
You missed Moon Girl.

- Oh, did I?
- Yeah, and it was bonkers.

She and that Kid Kree
kicked moth butt.

Do moths even have butts?
Too bad you missed it.

[both chuckle nervously]

- Yeah, that's a bummer.
- Yeah, too bad for us.

Well, now that the mothmen
have left the building,

let's get this party restarted!

- [partygoers cheering]
- [upbeat funky music playing]

So, uh, you want to dance?

[chuckles] Sure.

As friends.

Okay, ready to really
kick things off?

You know it.

♪ I can finally see
that it's crystal clear ♪

♪ As long as I'm true
to myself ♪

♪ I'll be all right ♪

♪ Oohhh ♪

♪ No matter who you are
and where you've been ♪

♪ All you gotta do is dance ♪

♪ Love who you wanna love ♪

♪ Good friends
That's what it's all about ♪

♪ Move to the music
and dance the night away ♪

♪ Dance, dance ♪

[Lunella laughs]

- Ooh!
- Ooh!

- [gasps]
- So cute.

Ohh!

- Oh, that is so adorable.
- Oh, so cute!

Gosh!

- Yeah, I don't know, man.
- Oh!

So cute.

Why his hairline like that, bro?

[girls baby talking and cooing]

Aw, so cute.

I don't know
about my man's hairline, bro.