Devil on Her Shoulder

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
"Devil on Her Shoulder"

Season 1

Number 13

Episode information

Production code

515M-113

Written by

Taylor Vaughn-Lasley

Storyboards by

Jules Bridgers
Morgan Hilebrand
Lidia Liu

Directed by

Christine Liu

Original airdate

April 12, 2023 (Disney+)
April 15, 2023 (Disney Channel)

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"Devil on Her Shoulder" is the thirteenth episode of the Disney Channel and Marvel Animation series Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur.

Synopsis[]

Feeling insecure about his size, Devil convinces Lunella to create a potion to make him temporarily small.

Plot[]

Devil begins to have problems feeling big, especially when he and Lunella fail to catch Rockin' Rudy for the third time. Casey arrives at the base to tell them about the release of Droom v. Torg: Dawn of Destruction. The two are excited until they realize that Devil cannot come because of his size. Wishing that Devil was small enough to enter a theater, Lunella suddenly gets the idea to create a "tincture of tininess" using a liquid formula that she can apply to Devil. Despite Casey's concerns, Lunella creates the formula and it works, making Devil roughly human size. To hide him from the public, they paint him green so that he looks like Droom from the movie.

The trio head out and enjoy the movie together. Afterwards, Devil insists on doing more things to knock off his bucket list and they go around town watching Devil partake in various activities. When he insists on playing in a children's play pin, Lunella remarks that they are too big for that. Back at the lab, Devil sneaks another bit of serum to become even smaller and sneaks away. Lunella and Casey quickly find out and find him, only to learn that he is still shrinking. Panicked, Lunella and Casey use social media to find Dr. Bill Foster and tell him about their predicament. He sends them a growth formula that is only theoretical, but warns them that they need to use it or else Devil will shrink forever.

At that moment, the real Torg appears in the city to complain about his film depiction and Lunella is forced to feed the formula to Casey and Devil while she battles Torg. The formula is a success and Devil returns to his size and battles Torg, only for the two of them to get stuck in a pair of structures. Torg admits that he was sad because he was told that he will always be a villain because of his size, but Devil comforts him. They become friends and despite Lunella suggesting that she can tamper with the formula more, Devil is happy with his size. Casey puts together a movie for the entire L.E.S. to watch about Devil and Torg's friendship, with the two in attendance.

Cast[]

Diamond White as Lunella Lafayette/Moon Girl
Fred Tatasciore as Devil Dinosaur
Libe Barer as Casey Calderon
Sasheer Zamata as Adria Lafayette
Jermaine Fowler as James Lafayette Jr.
Alfre Woodard as Mimi Lafayette
Cliff "Method Man" Smith as Torg the Abominable Snow-King
Laurence Fishburne as Bill Foster
Gary Anthony Williams as Rockin' Rudy
Nico Loter as Teen Fan
Kimberly Brooks as Additional voices

Song[]

"Can You Keep Up?" by Jordan Powers
"Saving Devil Instructions Rap" by Lunella Lafayette (Diamond White)
"Go Big" by Andy Sturmer
"Doin' My Thing" by Tina Parol

Trivia[]

On April 12, 2023, the episode was released early on Disney+.
This episode was foreshadowed in "Skip This Ad...olescence" when Lunella briefly timeskips to events from this story. However, in that flash-forward, her battle with Torg took place at daytime rather than at night as it happened.
The title is a reference to the song, Devil on My Shoulder.
This episode introduces Torg the Abominable Snow-King, a minor monster villain that was once battled by Namor.
This episode acknowledges the existence of Droom, a minor monster lizard villain from Tales to Astonish.
This episode loosely adapts an issue where Doctor Strange shrinks Devil Dinosaur using potions.
Devil Dinosaur apparently knows who Spider-Man and Deadpool are.
Devil's green painted look is reminiscent of his origin in the comic where before his mutation, he was a regular green dinosaur.
- Additionally, him wearing a jacket and backward baseball cap appears to be a reference to the character Noah from the obscure animated series Project G.e.e.K.e.R.
The movie Droom v. Torg: Dawn of Destruction is a clear nod to Godzilla vs. Kong and Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.
- Executive producer and voice actor Laurence Fishburne starred as Perry White in the latter.
Laurence Fishburne, who produces and voices The Beyonder, reprises his role as Bill Foster from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.