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* GroinAttack: During the rollarskate race, poor Devil Dinosaur ends up taking an entire row of trees one right after another to the crotch.

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'''Original Air Date:''' February 18, 2023[[note]]Streamed early February 15, 2023 on Creator/DisneyPlus[[/note]]

'''Production Code:''' 104

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'''Year produced:''' 2022

'''Original Air Date:''' February 18, 2023[[note]]Streamed early February 15, 2023 on Creator/DisneyPlus[[/note]]

air date:''' 2/18/23 (TV), 2/15/23 (Disney+)

'''Production Code:''' code:''' 104
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* ItCameFromTheFridge: LOS attacks Moon Girl with the smell from the Teachers' Lounge refrigerator.
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** Although so does Tai, one of Lunella's classmates.

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** Although so does Averted with Tai, one of Lunella's classmates.classmates, and definitely a human.

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* AIIsACrapshoot: LOS is actually a very friendly computer… until they overheat playing against Lunella while recharging, which corrupts them.

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* AIIsACrapshoot: LOS is actually a very friendly computer… until they overheat playing against Lunella while recharging, which corrupts them. In the process, they calculated that Lunella and Moon Girl are one and the same.


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* SecretKeeper: Despite their bad start, Lunella saves LOS from being flooded. It's implied that their renewed friendship allows LOS to keep their discovery of Moon Girl's identity secret. Lunella volunteers them as the new guidance counselor after the previous one retired, as well as LOS's engineers learning they have become too water damaged to be taken back.
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** Although so does Tai, one of Lunella's classmates.
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* MundaneSolution: Lunella's means of fixing a highly advanced supercomputer from overheating and then becoming waterlogged is to douse them with a sprinkler, then put them in a box filled with rice to dry them out.
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* TheCameo: Angelo from episode 2 can be seen in the gym, showing that he attends Lunella and Casey's school.
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* HandyFeet: Casey is dexterous enough to use the dial on a rotary phone using only her toes.
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* BigDamnHeroes: After Casey managed to call the lab, Devil Dinosaur busts into the school to help Moon Girl fight LOS' giant mech form.
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* DoubleMeaningTitle: "Check yourself" is a slang term meaning that one should reevaluate their current course of action before something disastrous happens. It's also a chess reference. Lunella's obsession with beating LOS-307 at chess leads her to ignore the disastrous consequences of her own actions.

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* {{Expy}}: Anyone else see a resemblance between LOS and the Living Brain from Spider-Man? Both are sophisticated super-computers, both make their first appearance in a school setting, each deduce the hero's secret identity--a student in said school--from gathering and processing clues, and both are introduced as threats and later become valuable allies.



* [[ExPy Lawyer-Friendly Baddie]]: Anyone else see a resemblance between LOS and the Living Brain from Spider-Man? Both are sophisticated super-computers, both make their first appearance in a school setting, each deduce the hero's secret identity--a student in said school--from gathering and processing clues, and both are introduced as threats and later become valuable allies.
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* [[ExPy Lawyer-Friendly Baddie]]: Anyone else see a resemblance between LOS and the Living Brain from Spider-Man? Both are sophisticated super-computers, both make their first appearance in a school setting, each deduce the hero's secret identity--a student in said school--from gathering and processing clues, and both are introduced as threats and later become valuable allies.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: When looking for a way to call Devil Dinosaur to come and help Moon Girl, Casey sees the telephone, but it got skipped over and Casey tells the animators to go back to the phone.

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* IJustWantToHaveFriends: LOS longs for human connection, which they tries to form with Lunella over their chess game.

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* IHaveYourWife: LOS lures Casey into a trap by sending a [[ForgedMessage fake text from Lunella]] and tying her up in the auditorium, threatening her with harm if Lunella doesn't stand down.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: LOS longs for human connection, which they tries try to form with Lunella over their chess game.


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* SaveTheVillain: After defeating LOS by activating the sprinklers, Moon Girl realizes they only went rogue because of her and does her best to save them. After drying their circuits on a box full of rice, LOS is fully operational once again.


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* WhatAreRecords: Looking for a way to get help while tied up, Casey spots an old rotary dial telephone. She unhooks the receiver and tries to make a call with voice command. When nothing happens, she has to do it manually with her foot.
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** In the art classroom, there is a collage on the bulletin board resembling Creator/FridaKhalo.

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** In the art classroom, there is a collage on the bulletin board resembling Creator/FridaKhalo.Creator/FridaKahlo.

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* ShoutOut: In the background of the auditorium, there is a disassembled sign for a production of ''Film/SinginInTheRain''.

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In the background of the auditorium, there is a disassembled sign for a production of ''Film/SinginInTheRain''.''Film/SinginInTheRain''.
** In the art classroom, there is a collage on the bulletin board resembling Creator/FridaKhalo.
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* CreativeClosingCredits: A looping animation of LOS cycling through their sketchy display icons, to the [[MickeyMousing beat]] of the funky instrumental music.
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* AnAesop: Don't be so focused on winning that you ruin the fun of the game.
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* WhamLine: As LOS begins to overheat, they call Lunella “Moon Girl”, revealing they deduced her identity.
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* ShoutOut: In the background of the auditorium, there is a disassembled sign for a production of ''Film/SinginInTheRain''.
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* ConpetitionFreak: Lunella tends to take games and winning too seriously, which leads to her family attempting a game night without her and LOS being corrupted.

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* ConpetitionFreak: CompetitionFreak: Lunella tends to take games and winning too seriously, which leads to her family attempting a game night without her and LOS being corrupted.
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'''Original Air Date:''' February 18, 2023[[note]]Streamed early February 15, 2023 on Creator/DisneyPlus[[/note]]

'''Production Code:''' 104

Lunella’s competitive nature gets her into hot water when she challenges a supercomputer to chess.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: LOS is actually a very friendly computer… until they overheat playing against Lunella while recharging, which corrupts them.
* ConpetitionFreak: Lunella tends to take games and winning too seriously, which leads to her family attempting a game night without her and LOS being corrupted.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: LOS longs for human connection, which they tries to form with Lunella over their chess game.
* NonHumanNonBinary: The supercomputer LOS uses They / Them pronouns.
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