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Moonbeam City
Genre	Animation; Comedy
Created by	Scott Gairdner
Directed by	Mark Brooks; Juno Lee;
Voices of	Rob Lowe; Elizabeth Banks; Kate Mara; Will Forte
Theme music composer	Night Club
Composer	Night Club
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6 (3 aired) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Scott Gairdner; Will Gluck; Richie Schwartz;
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Olive Bridge Entertainment; Alphapanel Industries; Titmouse, Inc.;
Original release
Network	Comedy Central
Release	September 16, 2015 –; present

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Moonbeam City is an American animated comedy television series created by Scott Gairdner and starring the voices of Elizabeth Banks, Rob Lowe, Kate Mara, and Will Forte. It premiered on Comedy Central on September 16, 2015.^[1]

A parody of 1980s cop shows such as Miami Vice, it is animated in distinctively bright, neon colors similar to the style of the 1980s artist Patrick Nagel and features a soundtrack of '80s-style synthesizer music, performed by Night Club.^[2]

Characters

Dazzle Novak (Rob Lowe): A Moonbeam City PD detective despite being unqualified for the job due to poor impulse control, horrendous reasoning skills, and even worse aim. Any success is normally due to luck or the assistance of others (usually his partner, Chrysalis).
Pizzaz Miller (Elizabeth Banks): Dazzle's chief of police. She is frequently at odds with Dazzle due to his shoddy police work and defiance of authority (to the point where he entertains two prostitutes in Miller's office during a meeting with her).
Chrysalis Zirconia^[3] Tate (Kate Mara): Dazzle's colleague. She is the polar opposite of Dazzle (bright, charming, intelligent) but has to convince Dazzle to accept her as his partner so she can break from office work and work in the field. Her job usually entails doing the detective work and handling the technical aspects of the job, in addition to taking heat from Pizzaz for Dazzle's activities. Her middle name was revealed as "Zirconia" in the episode "Quest for Aquatica".
Rad Cunningham (Will Forte): Dazzle's rival in the department. He respects authority more than Dazzle and is (slightly) smarter than his rival in handling office politics, but is prone to his own lapses of judgment, usually when trying to outdo or outsmart Dazzle.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	"Mall Hath No Fury"	Mark Brooks	Scott Gairdner	September 3, 2015 (2015-09-03) (online) September 16, 2015 (2015-09-16)	101	0.61^[4]
Dazzle promotes a shopping mall singing sensation, as a petty thief creates a cocaine empire and proceeds to overrun Moonbeam City.
2	"Lights! Camera! Re-enaction!"	Mark Brooks	Ryan Perez	September 23, 2015 (2015-09-23)	104	TBA
Dazzle and Rad try to out-do each other in ridiculous re-enactments for the crime TV show "Crimezappers".
3	"The Strike Visualizer Strikes Again"	Juno Lee	Tommy Blacha	September 30, 2015 (2015-09-30)	105	TBA
Dazzle, Chrysalis and Rad track down the murderous "Moonbeam Maniac", while Dazzle confronts a childhood hero.
4	"Quest for Aquatica"^[5]	TBA	TBA	October 14, 2015 (2015-10-14)	102	TBA
Dazzle is tasked by Chrysalis' father with finding a missing dolphin, but falls in love with one named "Splasha". Guest starring Patrick Warburton.
5	"Glitzotrene : One Town’s Seduction"^[6]	TBA	TBA	October 21, 2015 (2015-10-21)	107	TBA
To prevent Mayor Eo Jaxxon from dismantling the department, the police hook the entire city on the synthetic drug "Glitzotrene".
6	"Lasers and Liars"^[8]	TBA	TBA	October 28, 2015 (2015-10-28)	106	TBA
Dazzle dates Pizzaz's estranged sister, Panache, while Rad tries to join a yacht club.^[7]

References

^ Soules, Conor. "Watch: Prepare to be Dazzled by 'Moonbeam City,' Comedy Central's New Animated Series". Indiewire. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
^ Edwards, C. "Watch: Comedy Central Teases 1980s Crime Show Parody 'Moonbeam City'". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
^ Tate, Captain. "Quest for Aquatica". Moonbeam City. 18 minutes in.
^ Dixon, Dani. "Wednesday Cable Ratings: CNN's Republican Debate Tops Night + 'Anderson Cooper 360' 'House Hunters', 'Little Women LA', 'Property Brothers' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
^ "Moonbeam City". Comedy Central Press. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
^ "Watch Moonbeam City Episodes". Sidereel. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
^ "This October on Much". Bell Media. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
^ "Watch Moonbeam City Episodes". Sidereel. Retrieved October 10, 2015.

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[1] Soules, Conor. "Watch: Prepare to be Dazzled by 'Moonbeam City,' Comedy Central's New Animated Series". Indiewire. Retrieved 16 July 2015.

[2] Edwards, C. "Watch: Comedy Central Teases 1980s Crime Show Parody 'Moonbeam City'". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

[3] Tate, Captain. "Quest for Aquatica". Moonbeam City. 18 minutes in.

[4] Dixon, Dani. "Wednesday Cable Ratings: CNN's Republican Debate Tops Night + 'Anderson Cooper 360' 'House Hunters', 'Little Women LA', 'Property Brothers' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved September 17, 2015.

[5] "Moonbeam City". Comedy Central Press. Retrieved September 24, 2015.

[6] "Watch Moonbeam City Episodes". Sidereel. Retrieved October 10, 2015.

[7] "This October on Much". Bell Media. Retrieved October 10, 2015.

[8] "Watch Moonbeam City Episodes". Sidereel. Retrieved October 10, 2015.

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 * Dazzle Novak ([[Rob Lowe]]): A Moonbeam City PD detective despite being unqualified for the job due to poor impulse control, horrendous reasoning skills, and even worse aim. Any success is normally due to luck or the assistance of others (usually his partner, Chrysalis).
 * Pizzaz Miller ([[Elizabeth Banks]]): Dazzle's chief of police.  She is frequently at odds with Dazzle due to his shoddy police work and defiance of authority (to the point where he entertains two prostitutes in Miller's office during a meeting with her).
-* Chrysalis Tate ([[Kate Mara]]): Dazzle's colleague. She is the polar opposite of Dazzle (bright, charming, intelligent) but has to convince Dazzle to accept her as his partner so she can break from office work and work in the field.  Her job usually entails doing the detective work and handling the technical aspects of the job, in addition to taking heat from Pizzaz for Dazzle's activities. Her middle name was revealed as "Zirconia" in the episode "Quest for Aquatica".
+* Chrysalis Zirconia<Ref>{{cite episode |series=Moonbeam City |title=Quest for Aquatica |first=Captain |last=Tate |minutes=18}}</ref> Tate ([[Kate Mara]]): Dazzle's colleague. She is the polar opposite of Dazzle (bright, charming, intelligent) but has to convince Dazzle to accept her as his partner so she can break from office work and work in the field.  Her job usually entails doing the detective work and handling the technical aspects of the job, in addition to taking heat from Pizzaz for Dazzle's activities. Her middle name was revealed as "Zirconia" in the episode "Quest for Aquatica".
 * Rad Cunningham ([[Will Forte]]): Dazzle's rival in the department. He respects authority more than Dazzle and is (slightly) smarter than his rival in handling office politics, but is prone to his own lapses of judgment, usually when trying to outdo or outsmart Dazzle.