Moon Girl (real name Lunella Louise Lafayette) is a superhero from Marvel Comics, who is the main protagonist on Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. She is voiced by Diamond White.
Moon Girl was created by Amy Reeder, Brandon Montclare, and Natacha Bustos.
Background[]
She has a brilliant scientific mind that lets her invents gadgets that she uses to fight crime and protect the innocent.
Physical appearance[]
Lunella is a short, adorable 13-year-old girl of African-American descent who is easily recognized by her large bushy, pom-pom hairstyle. Her clothing mainly consists of large round violet glasses, a black t-shirt with red and white accents and long white undersleeves, a belt over a pink skirt and long denim jeans, and large black, white, and pink tennis shoes.
When adorned in her Moon Girl costume, she wears black spandex and a yellow and cyan vest and shorts over them, emblazoned with a small crescent moon on her chest. She wears red gloves and big black rollerblade boots with yellow laces and, to go with them, cyan and yellow knee pads, elbow pads and a helmet. She also wears cyan goggles with red lenses on them that project symbols based on how she is feeling. Additionally, she wears a cyan backpack that can change into a jetpack.
Trivia[]
- In the comics, it is established that Lunella is an Inhuman with the ability to switch minds with Devil Dinosaur, but only when the two are equally hungry. She also encountered the Killer-Folk when meeting Devil Dinosaur, though this part is excluded from the television series.
- The explanation for Moon Girl is different from both the series and comic. In the comic, Lunella is nicknamed Moon Girl by her peers because of her tendency to space out, while in the series, it is a nickname that she gave to a mysterious scientist whom she admired and takes for herself.
- Lunella is aged up from the comics, going from a 9-year-old to a 13-year-old, most likely to give the character wider appeal.
- Lunella was envisioned as being similar to Inspector Gadget, due to her constant use of machines she invents.
- Lunella is the first African-American teenage girl to be the lead character in a Marvel animated show.
- Lunella is Diamond White's first protagonist role in a Disney series.
- Despite being called Moon Girl, Lunella admits that the moon is in her top five celestial bodies, implying that it is not her absolute favorite.
- Lunella's closet door has her name spelled out with the elements of the periodic table. They are Lutetium (LU, 71), Neon (NE, 10), and Lanthanum (LA, 57). Lutetium and Lanthanum are metals, while Neon is a gas.
