02x14 - The Molecular Level

[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]

[somber music playing]

Everybody...

I have something to tell you...

I'm--

[man on TV] Choose zero percent
financing--

Just a sec, baby girl!

Lemme turn down the TV.
I can barely hear you...

Whoops!

It's okay, Pops.
I just need to say--

Gimme that--

Next week...

They must've changed
the buttons!

Guys, it's fine.
I'm tryna to say--

That's not even
the right remote.

Hey, Astra,
turn off the television!

What the-- Astra!

Hey! Everyone! I'm--

What? I can't hear you!

I'm Moon Girl!

What?

I said I'm Moon Girl!

[laughs]

If you're trying
to get out of trouble

for stormin' off before,
this is not the way.

No! Really!
I am Moon Girl.

Oh, sure you are, baby!

And your best friend
is a big red dinosaur! Haha!

[growls]

Yeah, best friend, sidekick,
occasional life-coach...

[terrified screams]

- Thanks, D.
- [grunts]

He says he's really excited
to finally meet you.

- He even brought you gifts!
- [sweet aroos]

Oh! A true gentle-rex!

- [gentle aroos]
- Ooh!

Love the chiaroscuro,
but my head isn't that big.

I birthed you, believe me,
your head is that big.

I just don't believe it...

Strap in, everybody,
for my rollercoaster!

What rollercoaster?

The emotional one where I say

"It's cool, it's cool."
Then, "No way. Not Moon Girl."

What is happening?
How is this happening?

Then, "Maybe it's fine...?"

Of course it's fine!
Our baby girl is Moon Girl!

You know, I am both
of your biggest fan!

And we fought
a villain together.

Do you need a sidekick?

You could call me
Rolling Thunder!

I kinda have
a sidekick already.

Oh, of course, of course,

I wouldn't wanna step
on your toes... [laughing]

[arooing]

Mom?
You haven't said anything...

What do you think?

I mean, Moon Girl is brave,
and smart,

and just cute as a button.
And I made you!

Which means my girl is defender
of the Lower East Side,

fighting for what's right!

I'm the best mother
in the world!

But... I had absolutely no idea
Moon Girl was my own daughter

this entire time!

I am the worst mother
in the world!

Hey! Don't be so hard
on yourself.

None of us knew.

Yeah, no way anyone
could have known.

[aroos]

You knew!

[whimpers]

Yeah, but not everything.

Just the Moon Girl part...
and the Devil Dinosaur thing...

and the whole "secret lab under
the apartment."

Secret lab?

[screaming]

You knew.
And you didn't tell anyone?

Not even me?

Oh, microscope...

[grunts]

Right! Good idea,
hit the lights.

I anticipated that you may be
feeling some kind of way

about this news, so I prepared
an easy-to-follow

presentation to address
any questions or concerns.

Let's begin.

My stats against villains
are pretty impressive.

Here is the tech
I've been developing.

Not only will this keep me safe,
but the applications

on a global scale
could be world-changing...

once the gender disparity in
start-up funding is addressed.

Here's a copy
of my current schedule.

You'll see I'm fully able to
balance school,

activities, Moon Girling,
and self-care.

Wait, debate club was fake,

but the Chaucerian Re-enactment
Club was real?

And best of all,

the community service alone
is gonna look great

on my college application.

Look, Lu,
I mean, it's cool, but...

how could you keep this
from us the whole time?

I didn't want to...

But I just never knew
the right time...

I thought I needed
to keep you safe.

Keep us safe?
I thought I was the mom.

- This is a lot to take in...
- Yeah...

[pants]

We have raised a strong,
brilliant, brave young woman.

I trust her with my life,

and I trust her with her life.
She can do this, Adria.

And I'll be super safe
because no one else knows

my real identity.
It was just Mimi...

[reminding grunt]

Right, and Casey. And Marvin.
But he's an alien, so...

But no one else, I promise.
We're safe.

[rumbling]

[footsteps]

[gasps]

Found you, Moon Girl.

[upbeat music playing]

- [roars]
- No, no, dino.

[frustrated roar]

Not to brag, but the wall's
pretty impenetrable now.

How are you doing this without--

Without my wand?

When your BFF Beyonder
broke my wand

and left me in that sinkhole
on my planet to languish,

I was humiliated,
so enraged,

that my molecules
began vibrating

at an intense frequency and
I developed these new powers!

Who needs a wand when I can
manipulate my own matter!

[grunts] Your beef is with the
Beyonder and he's not here!

Oh, I've already looked high--
And low--

[shouting, screaming]

I couldn't find him!
So, I figured,

if I can't hurt him,

I'll hurt the one thing
he cares about most...

- You.
- How did you even find me?

A little piece left behind
from our last run-in.

Your stealth suit?

I used it to track you down
across the multiverse--

That's who you fought

when you went through
the inter-dimensional portal?

You let her go through
an inter-dimensional portal?

She's not even allowed
to go to Queens by herself!

- Enough!
- [screaming]

[shouting]

Woah!

- [grunts]
- [shouts]

Take tha-- yikes! Mom!

Don't you "mom" me right now.

[grunting]

Now, stay put.

[grunts]

Dad! I'm trying to Moon Girl!

And I am trying
to save your life.

My thing trumps your thing.

[growling]

That's my boy!

And that's our cue-- floor it!

[grunts]

Oh, sugar! Quick, this way!

[breathing heavily]

Don't worry, y'all.

Rolling Thunder will figure out
how to beat this thing!

Better yet,
let's get out of here.

Can we go up the chimney?

Time to spill it.

What happened when you went
through that portal?

Uh-- I, I ended up
on Molecule Man's planet

with the Beyonder,
who, it turns out,

accidentally destroyed the planet.

So, Molecule Man was out for revenge
and attacked us.

I fought with my absolute
everything.

But, it wasn't enough.

I almost died.

And now he's back,
even stronger.

Mr. Molecule or whatever
may have gotten stronger,

but so have you.
You'll think of something,

I'm sure of it.
My baby is cool like that.

[gasps] Cool! That's it!
To the kitchen!

[overlapping chatter]

What are you doing?

No I just put that there.

[gasps] Stop, I've got a plan!

Me, too. Step one, live.

Y'all gotta trust me.

There's a deranged alien
in my home

you forgot to tell us about.

Tell me again why
I should trust you?

Because I do!

She lied about her actions,
but not her abilities.

[yelps]

Lunella!

[upbeat music playing]

[upbeat music playing]

[intense growl]

[gasps]

[aroos]

[Lunella] Molecular movement
is affected by temperature.

[Mimi] Heat makes 'em speed up
and expand.

Cold makes 'em slow down
and contract.

[Lunella] If we can slow down
Molecule Man's molecules,

maybe we can freeze him
to a stop! So we just gotta--

[both] Juice up that fridge!

Gimme 20 copper pots,


and all the aluminum foil
you can find.

Now! Let's get cooking!

[munches, growling]

Seriously, Mimi-- I know you're brilliant,
but this is specific.

Yeah! How do you know all this?

Well... I didn't get a chance
to put a power point together,

but I'm kinda secretly

an astronomical physicist,
code name Moon Girl,

who went into hiding after blowing up
a secret inter-dimensional portal.

Say what now?

It was before we met.

I wanted to tell you,
but I needed to--

"Keep me safe?"
Uh-uh! Try again!

Your granddaughter
already used that!

Uh, yeah.
Maybe we can do this later?

You best believe we will!

[groans]

[growls]

[whimpers]

Ahh!

[aroos]

My planet may have been
destroyed,

but you cannot destroy me!

- [growls]
- Now!

[shouting]

What's happening?

[deep breath, gasps] See?
Told y'all I could handle it.

[popping and cracking,
bubbling]

Nothing stronger...

than red hot rage!

Ah! Run!

What do we do?

Oh! My room!

We can get down to my lab
from my room and be safe!

Uh! No!

[breathing heavily]
Time to finish what I started...

[gasping]

No! You touch one hair
on her head

and I won't even need
gamma rays to go full Hulk on you.

Ha, this is even better
than I planned.

No! Ah!

Now Moon Girl can get a taste
of what it's like

not to be able
to save the thing you love.

Don't hurt them!
I'll do anything!

No... you'll do nothing.

Because there's nothing
you can do.

[suspenseful music playing]

[shouts]

James?
You all right, sweetheart?

Are you listening, Moon Girl?

I want to make sure you
can hear your family's screams

as I get my revenge.

[grunts]

Pops, are you okay?
[grunts]

Devil! Devil?
Are you out there?

Beyonder? Beyonder?

I'm sorry!

I know you're mad at me,
but I really need you now!

Please help me! I'm begging!

I can't do this by myself!

[sobs, panting]

No! [sobbing]

I can't do it!

I can't save anyone!

I can't even save
my own family! [sobbing]

[arooing, grunting]

Devil!

Devil? Is that you?

[arooing]

[gasps] My suit!

Devil, you're incredible!

Thank you so much.

[snorting]

[sighs] I may be young...
I may be small...

But I am Moon Girl.

[upbeat music playing]

[upbeat music playing]

[growling]

[rumbling]

Moon Girl... My hero...

You better know it.

[grunting]

[growling]

Go, now!

- [shouts]
- Go!

I'm not leaving my little girl.

We're all leaving!

[both grunt]

[grunting]

Stop! Mom, Dad,

I need to be fighting
Molecule Man right now.

I can't be fighting you, too.

If you want to protect me,
I need you to support me.

I know this is hard for you,
but this is who I am.

Whether you like it or not,

I am Moon Girl.

I can do this.

You are my everything.

Ah!

Just you and me, baby.

And in case I don't get a chance
to say it later,

sorry for your loss.

Loss?
What do you know about loss?

[growling, grunts]

My planet was the one place
where I finally didn't feel like

an outsider for being different.

Where I finally belonged.

[shouting]

[shouts]

[gasps]

To be accepted, embraced,
by the multiverse

meant the world to me!

And just like that,
it was all taken away.

[echoed laughter]

[somber music playing]

I lost everything.

So, there's nothing
stopping me now,

for I have nothing left to lose!

♪ You got some moves
and they're nice ♪

♪ But your powers
aren't strong as mine ♪

♪ Take your defeat
You won't win ♪

♪ You better run and hide ♪

♪ Your superpowers
are useless ♪

♪ And they don't mean a thing ♪

♪ Think you can battle? ♪

♪ Your strength'll
never get rid of me ♪

♪ I got you shook ♪

♪ You know that you are
out of your league ♪

♪ You moving slow,
you need speed ♪

♪ Got too much confidence,
please! ♪

♪ I think you're rattled ♪

♪ When I flick my wrist,
all I gotta do is aim ♪

♪ I don't miss
You can never come close to this ♪

You know how this ends.

We've done
this little dance before.

- But not to my music.
- [grunts]

Moon Girl Magic.

[electronic music playing]

♪ There's no more runnin' ♪

♪ I can't hide ♪

♪ I gotta stay and fight ♪

♪ And when I look deep
in my heart ♪

♪ I know
It's all inside ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ I got all the powers
I can do great things ♪

♪ Circle 'round the globe
I got to look real deep ♪

♪ I pull up on a villain and
I promise they're defeated ♪

♪ If they knock me down,
I'll be right back at it ♪

♪ There's no more runnin'
I can't hide ♪

♪ Oh, I gotta stay and fight ♪

♪ And when I look deep
in my heart ♪

♪ I know
It's all inside ♪

♪ The super power's
all in me ♪

♪ Me, me ♪

♪ The super power ♪

♪ It's all inside ♪

[grunting]

Hey, huh...

[grunting, panting]

Like I said.

Nothing left to lose.

[somber music playing]

I... I don't understand.

But I do.

I understand why
you were so hurt and angry...

You weren't able to protect
the one thing you loved

and cared for
more than anything.

Your beautiful planet
was destroyed.

And that must have been
so terrifying and painful.

There are no words,
in my dimension or yours,

I can offer that will mend
your pain,

but, I am sorry for what happened.

It's very painful.

My world was shattered.

And now...

yours is too. I'm sorry.

I've let my rage
destroy your life.

And mine.

Maybe there's a way
to heal your brokenness.

H-- How?

This suit is self-healing.

Made with organic spores.
Thought it might help.

It more than helped.

I feel even better than before.

I was so focused
on destroying others,

making them feel my pain.

When I could have used the
strength I did have to rebuild.

But that changes now. Today.

I will go home and start
using my powers to create.

To build back my world
even more beautiful than before.

But first, I want to rebuild
your home.

[upbeat music playing]

Thank you.

No. Thank you, Moon Girl.

For understanding, for seeing,
and for healing.

Not many beings
have that-- that--

- Moon Girl Magic?
- Yes.

I'll return to my planet.

Do what I can to fix things.

It shall thrive again soon.

Mm. I know that's true.

[upbeat music playing]

Thanks for protecting
my family, D.

Your family?
He's our family now, too!

[touched aroo]

Not sure where you're gonna sit
at Sunday dinner,

but we'll figure it out.

I could not be more
proud of you.

I knew my hero
would save the day.

Well, night. Whatever.
Baby, you did great.

[chuckles] You weren't so bad yourself,
Rolling Thunder.

Eh, maybe I'll leave
the sidekicking to this fella.

[affirmative grunt]

Besides, there's already
enough secret identities

around this house anyways.

Lunella Moon Girl Lafayette.

You are not only
the bravest, strongest,

and smartest person
I have ever met...

you are also becoming
the most kind, compassionate, and wise.

You are everything
a super hero should be.

Thank you, Mom.

But you are my daughter,

and you are never
doing this again.

[echoed heartbeats]

[glass shatters]

[somber music playing]