This is just a quick update to two prior posts: Is
the MC2’s Aftershock in Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur?! and Moon
Girl and Devil Dinosaur Episode 1 Review. Both posts discuss the Moon
Girl and Devil Dinosaur animated series and its potential adaption of the MC2
version of the character Aftershock aka Allison Dillon.
In my review post, I mentioned that the animated Aftershock
uses the name ‘Ms. Dillon’ while temporarily working as a teacher at Lunella
Lafayette aka Moon Girl’s school. This seemed to concretely
establish this version of Aftershock was adapting the MC2 iteration
of the character and not the one seen in the Main Marvel Universe, Danielle
Blunt.
Just to further reinforce this notion, an
interview with the animated show’s Executive Producer, Steve
Loter on entertainment site Beautiful Ballard had this to added incite:
The first villain Lunella faces is Aftershock, was that always
the plan?
Steve Loter: “Being that Aftershock is the first villain in the
series, it’s the first real formidable villain that Lunella faces as Moon Girl,
we really did wanna encapsulate a lot about what the mission statement was of
the series is the one girl makes a difference storyline which is super
important. That to have this character coming into the Lower East Side sapping
it of its energy, there’s a lot of proverbial notions there to make statement
about gentrification. It’s a statement about losing community and neighborhood
and connection. It was really important for Aftershock to be the conduit—no pun
intended—for that kind of story. But yeah, it was totally intentional. And it’s
the daughter of Electro, so that’s always fun, too. But that was the reasons why
Aftershock definitely had to be our first villain.”
So, there you have it, the Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
production team even refers to her as ‘the daughter of Electro’.
The matter is settled. Ironically, even though the series borrows a few visuals
and elements from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it does not actually take
place within that continuity. Which means it is free to have a second-generation
villain show up ahead of their parent’s MCU debut.
Before I power down again, I wanted to also give a quick
shout out to this YouTube video
from the channel WhitneyVision which provides a great in-depth look at
the first six episodes of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur with comparisons and
changes from the comics along with easter eggs and references. Check it out.
Until I stop adoring this great cartoon, I remain
frogoat