02x03 - Belly of the Beast

[bunniefuu]

[distant city sounds]

[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? ♪

[Lunella] ♪ Thought you knew, baby? ♪

[giggles]

[elevator dings]

Um, Case, is this, like, a trust exercise?

No, sorry, it's just
after seeing you get sucked

into an alternate universe,
it's hard to let go.

Speaking of,
remember how the evil organization

known as The Enclave came after you

and destroyed your lab and all its content

so they could steal your portal

to form an inter-dimensional army?

I hop dimensions, I didn't get amnesia.

Right, well, ta-da!

{\an8}[gasps]

{\an8}[synth-pop music playing]

- [party favor blows]
- I know you just asked me

to help clean up,
but I took some liberties.

I'm trying to make STEM Chic a thing.

Now let me give you the grand tour.

I've divided it into two sections,

work and chill.

Beanbag chairs, plenty of soft lighting,

hydroponic garden where we can grow

acai for our juice bar.

Lyophilizer, 3D printer,

bedazzled hazmat suits,

and VR inspiration station for moi.

[gasps] Case, it's amazing!

And a brand-new workbench for you.

Oh. [forced laugh]

Wow. This is...

really different from my old setup.

It's my new color-coding system,
designed to maximize efficiency.

We could go back to my old system.

Yeah, a pile is not a system.

Don't worry, I made a reference card.

- Uh...
- But wait.

It's the Moon Girl Chibi mobile!

I jazzed it up with glitter polish

and added Chibi us'es.

Wow. Loving it hard.

You really outdid yourself, Case.

- Yeah!
- Yes!

♪ Friends will always be your friends ♪

♪ From now until the end ♪

♪ If you count down from
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six ♪

♪ Five, four, three, two, one
We'll be there ♪

♪ 'Cause you can count on friends ♪

♪ You can count on friends ♪

[Casey hums]

[singing indistinctly]

[chuckles]

Ooh! My goo grenade works!

Yeah, girl! Oh, wait.

Was that the color-coding reference card?

Maybe. [laughs nervously]

Uh, peep this, though.

It's a two-part chemical compound.

When the two vials mix,
the compound disassociates

into separate types of ions,

cross-links with this polymer,
and turns matter into...

Bah-bah-bah-bah! Goo!

I don't know what most
of that meant, but fantastico!

- [amazed growl]
- Amazed, as always,

but would you mind keeping
your work on your side?

- NBD, of course.
- Oh, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Let me just take care of that right now.

Really? That's your solution?

No, that's my compound.

- Chemistry joke!
- Bestie break!

I'll make smoothies while you finish up.

Yum.

[blender whirring loudly]

[growls]

♪ Friends will always be your friends ♪

♪ From now until the end ♪

♪ Friends will always be your friends ♪

♪ From now until the end ♪

♪ Friends will always be your friends ♪

♪ From now until the end ♪

Mm, this is our jam! I'm gonna turn it up.

♪ You know you should know better ♪

♪ 'Cause anytime that you call me ♪

Hey, hey, amiga,

did you set this up to control my volume?

Um, did I?

Uh, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's just some, uh,

some added sound-absorbing tech.

- You know, nothing too crazy.
- Hmm.

- Just around my stuff?
- Yeah, just around your desk.

Look, I'm working
on the goo grenade's detonator.

And until I can install the safety pin,

any little bump could mix up
the chemicals and set it off.

And unless I dump it
in the old boom locker,

all the matter in the lab
will turn to goo.

So, I just... I need some quiets.

But we love this song.

"Loved."

No shade, but at this point,

if you ever catch me
listening to it again,

you know something is seriously wrong.

- [clapping rhythmically]
- I get it.

If you put away the sound absorber,

I will put on a different song.

- Fair?
- Fair.

♪ You call me
I'll be there... ♪

[song stops]

- Whew.
- [song resumes]

Chill out remix!
Technically a different song.

- ♪ If you count down... ♪
- [drill whirring loudly]

[increases song volume]

- [drills whirring loudly]
- [song volume increases]

[groans]

Hey, I need my hyper pliers.
Did you move 'em?

[mouthing over music]

Did you move my hyper pliers?

[turns volume down]

Ahem, ah, yes. The hyper pliers.

As it says in the reference card I made...

Oh, that's right. You gooed it.

No, you gooed everything.

- What was that?
- It's just... [soft groan]

I asked you to help clean a little,

not change my whole sanctum sanctorum.

- Perdon?
- You come in here

with your posters and your music

and your delicious
yet nutritionally balanced smoothies

and you think it's okay
to move my stuff around!

Well, nuh-uh.

My space, my rules!

I thought this was our space.

I just tried to make things

a little more efficient to be helpful,

but now I see that you just want things
the way that you want them,

like one big, old, messy fuss bucket.

Well, fine.

Lunella Lafayette, come on down.

You're our first contestant
on Let's Make a Mess! [chuckles]

Oh, yeah. Yeah, you like that? Yeah?

- You love everything everywhere?
- Oh, yeah.

- Yeah, let's just put this all over.
- Yeah? Great!

[objects crashing]

[both gasp]

- [snarls]
- [both sigh]

- [gulps]
- [both gasp]

Devil, do not move.

One little movement
could set off the goo grenade

and turn you into Jurassic juice.

- [grunts]
- What do we do?

I'm gonna make another batch

of my shrinking potion,
the Tincture of Tininess.

I think I've worked out the kinks.

- Uh, where's my--?
- Blue bin.

Ah, ooh, okay.

This is an inside job, literally.

I'm going in Devil
to dismantle the goo grenade.

- I'm coming with you.
- Uh, no. Hard no.

It's mostly your fault,
but a little my fault.

And it doesn't matter anyway.

Although you like to leap
into inter-dimensional portals alone,

you will not leave me behind again.

Oh, we can take this.
We'll get to the goo grenade way faster.

You know, when you're right, you're right.

No, we don't have time for--

Yeah. I am right.

[Lunella] Juicing up the Chibi mobile.

Done!

- You ready?
- Yup.

Open up, D. But don't move.

Just go real slow.

Okay, Case, let's get small.

- Sorry, ladies. I'm driving.
- Buckle up.

- It's gonna be a bumpy--
- [both screaming]

[both screaming]

[Casey retches]

- Whoa!
- Whoa!

[snarls, groaning]

[both pant, giggle]

- [Lunella clears throat]
- Um...

[gasps] I think I see it.
That's the goo gren--

Nope, that is a football.

Oh, you nasty devil.

Is that my math homework? I knew it!

- What's that?
- Microbiome.

- Que?
- Dino-sized gut flora.

Microbes that help with digestion.

That looks like a lactobacillus.

Good bacteria. Aww!

And that's campylobacter.

Bad bacteria.

[all shriek]

Floor it!

[both scream]

It's trying to digest us.

[shrieks] Go away!
I am not a part of a balanced diet!

Hope this works. Steady as she goes, Case.

Yes! Ah!

- [all shrieking]
- [both screaming]

- Ah! I said go steady!
- Give me a break!

It's a miracle a girl
from Manhattan can drive at all!

[shrieking]

To the hot dogs!

[engine roaring]

Hey!

What? I needed a decoy.

[toy squeaks]

[glass squeaks]

Of course it's me that got left behind.

- Oh, just watch the road.
- Watch yourself!

[both grunt and scream]

[Lunella] Hot dogs away!

[both panting]

You destroyed Chibi me.

But I saved regular you.

I am not overwhelmed with gratitude.

[both grumble]

[gurgling]

- [groans]
- [insect buzzing]

[grunting]

[groans]

[groaning]

[sighs] Okay.

So, assuming Devil's system
is similar to avian biology...

Ooh, hello.

As the only other inter-dimensional being

in this undefined hyperspace,

allow me to break down the anatomy

of this so-called dinosaur. [chuckles]

For real? Mm-mm, nuh-uh.

Nobody asked you to Beyonder-splain this.

- Off you go.
- But I--

- Bye, Beyonder.
- Really?

[sighs] Okay, where was I?

Ah, yes. We should be coming up
on the ventriculus,

and then the small intestine,
which leads to the--

What in gastro spelunking is...?

Devil has multiple stomachs?

Show of hands, who's surprised?

Anyone? Anyone?

Uh...

- I'm thinking right.
- You always think you're right.

Only because I usually am,
statistically speaking.

Well, I'm going left, so Louis it is.

Maybe I should drive.

- I know Devil's biology better.
- Yeah.

This is my Chibi mobile, chica.

- We're going left.
- We gotta go right.

No way. My space, my rules. Remember?

Fine. All right.

- If that's how it's gonna be.
- That's how it's gonna be.

Then I don't need to be in your space.

I'm gonna go get the goo grenade
all by my lonesome.

Meet you in the liver.

Assuming he has one.

Deuces!

You're my new best friend.

Still an improvement.

- [buzzing]
- [snarls]

Devil! Today is our day.

Mr. Dippy's ice cream truck
just broke down outside,

and they're giving away
free unlimited ice cream

to anyone who wants it.

[groans]

[Lunella, echoing] Jurassic juice.

[groaning]

- Did you hear me?
- [snorting]

Won't even look at me, huh? Okay, then.

I'll just go eat
free unlimited ice cream by myself.

I got my lacto pills.
I don't need no dino.

[whimpers]

[Lunella] As we traverse
the small intestine,

observe the villi
which increase the surface area

to maximize nutrient absorption.

[in child voice] Ooh, digestive science
is so fascinating.

[in normal voice] Yeah, it is.
Don't need no Casey.

And ahead, you'll see...

[gasps] The goo grenade!

[snorts, huffs]

- Oh, Devil!
- [groans]

I brought you Mr. Dippy's triple
scrumptious choco-nutter sundae.

Even though you're rude
and don't deserve it.

- [groans]
- Still ignoring me.

I'm leaving this here for you.

You may be large,
but I'm the bigger person.

You're welcome.

- [door slams]
- [groans]

[gasps]

[grunts]

[growls]

- [rumbling]
- Whoa!

[grunts] This ain't great.

[grunts]

[insect buzzing]

[all buzzing]

[grunts, pants] Not a problem.

[chuckles]

You're still in control, MG.
You just got to breathe and...

[grunting loudly, panting]

[water swooshes]

[exclaims]

[growling and hissing]

[gasps]

[shriek]

[Lunella] Parasites?

[yelps]

Help!

[Lunella] Casey! Casey!

[shrieks]

Casey!

I need to send a distress signal, but how?

[gasps] Wait a minute!

Come on, Casey. Come get your girl.

[echoing] ♪ Will always be your friends ♪

♪ From now until the end ♪

[crashing]

- [toy squeaks]
- I know.

I know, we should have gone right.

[squeaks]

Opinions are not equal
to informed knowledge.

I just felt like being jerky.

[echoing] ♪ 'Cause you can count
On friends ♪

I love that part.

[rhythmic clapping]

If you ever catch me
listening to it again,

you know something is seriously wrong.

- [squeaks]
- I'm on my way!

[music starts]

♪ Friends will always be your friends ♪

♪ From now until the end ♪

♪ If you count down from
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six ♪

♪ Five, four, three, two, one ♪

♪ We'll be there ♪

♪ 'Cause you can count on friends ♪

[rhythmic clapping]

♪ If you ever feel lonely ♪

♪ You know you should know better ♪

♪ 'Cause anytime that you call me ♪

♪ I'll be there picking your head up ♪

♪ Got your back
We'll get through ♪

♪ Whatever ♪

♪ Wasn't kidding when we said ♪

♪ Forever ♪

♪ Friends will always be your friends ♪

♪ From now until the end ♪

♪ If you count down from
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six ♪

♪ Five, four, three, two, one ♪

♪ We'll be there ♪

♪ 'Cause you can count on friends ♪

♪ Friends ♪

♪ Friends ♪

♪ Friends
You can count on friends ♪

I'm here for you.

Yeah! You made it! Now hook me up!

Great. Now hold on to this.

Well, you got to back up a little.

- Uh, no, you have to lift--
- No, back up, 'cause--

No, I can see better from up here.
I know what I'm doing.

Casey, I know what I'm doing.

[grunting]

All good, I got this. [grunting]

Just hold on to the goo grenade
and let me do my thing.

I'm on it, okay?

My rockets will boost me up while you--

- Don't!
- Just... Whoa!

[grunts]

[chirps]

[device whirring, beeping]

- Uh-oh.
- What-oh?

I just set off the goo grenade.

We have 60 seconds until...

[imitates expl*si*n] Kagooey!

Oh, great. Now we only have 50 seconds,

'cause you just had
to demonstrate "kagooey."

Case, pull me up!
Pull me up! Pull me up! [grunts]

Stop!

Give up control for two seconds
and let me save you,

because I already lost you once

and I cannot go through that again.

[sighs]

- Okay.
- Okay.

Just stay loose. I'm backing up.

[Chibi mobile beeping]

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

- We did it!
- We did.

We did. But now we gotta boogie!

Which way is the fastest from here?

Out his nose, or...

Ugh, the other way?

I trust whatever you decide.

{\an8}- It's go time.
- [music starts]

♪ If you count down from
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six ♪

- ♪ Five, four, three, two, one ♪
- Go!

♪ We'll be there... ♪

[Devil grunts, shrieks]

[expl*si*n]

[Lunella grunting]

[Devil snarling]

[roars]

[relieved sigh]

[both laughing]

Casey, my girl, you saved us.

Yeah, I'll step into my power.
I did save the day.

And I'm sorry if I was a little bit
of a controlling jerk.

- A little bit?
- Okay, a lot-tle bit.

I was so busy trying to do things my way,

I... I almost lost my two best friends.

Let's be real, I'm not without fault.

After everything that's gone down lately,

I've been so scared about losing you again

that I may have been

an oonsty bit overbearing
and up in your space.

You are a magical rainbow fish
of a best friend.

And when I'm smart enough
to make space for you,

we make an incredible team.

Aww! Now you're turning my heart into goo.

♪ Friends will always be your friends ♪

♪ From now until the end ♪

- Ta-da!
- ♪ 'Cause you can count on friends ♪

- Ooh!
- [chuckles]

Stop what you're doing.

Behold my plans for the reno of...

The Devil Den!

[rhythmic clapping]

[giggles] Man, I love that part.

[Suave playing]