Unlike My Dad the Bounty Hunter, Moon Girl is an adapted property

 Unlike My Dad the Bounty Hunter, Moon Girl is an adapted property

 whose family narrative was ultimately expanded from its source material through the original concept of Roll With It, the last family-owned roller skating rink in New York City. It was a choice that helped the show “go to places where we needed it to go for a different medium,” according to Loter. “We put our own spin to it, to make it entertaining and educational but also to include a portrayal of Black families that are three dimensional,” Clouden continued.

Similar to the Netflix series and its predecessor The Proud Family, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur depicts a different family structure than many live-action TV portrayals. In the case of My Dad the Bounty Hunter, Sean and Lisa’s parents are separated but are in a positive co-parenting relationship. In Moon Girl, viewers can see a multi-generational family of parents and grandparents that offer its leading hero Lunella, “different points of view and lessons,” says Clouden.

“We’re wanting to see that family unit and to get rid of the narrative that there’s only always a single-parent situation when it comes to the Black family. That’s not necessarily the case all the time,” the supervising producer adds. “I really gravitated towards Good Times and Family Matters. I loved seeing that on TV.”

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