Miss Moon

Lady Pop is coming home for the week-end! Eager for everything to be perfect for her arrival, Paul asks Lola to clean her room. The young girl enlists her brother’s help but decides to creep into Miss Moon’s room without telling her and borrow a bunch of Vak-it-alls from her magic bag.

Today, Paul and the kids will be moving a female monkey named Kenia out of the zoo. But Kenia seems out of sorts so Paul decides to delay the move until he finds out what’s bugging her. Lola gets an idea: what if Miss Moon were to give her the power to speak and understand ape language; then she’d be able to go find out from Kenia directly what’s going on.

When Miss Moon has the misfortune to sit on Miss Bunch’s park bench, the latter takes severe umbrage! She sets a challenge for Miss Moon: she must earn the right to continue bringing Baby Joe to the sandbox by competing against her in a three-part “nanny contest.” If Miss Moon loses, it’s bye-bye bench; if she wins, she’s allowed to keep the coveted seat.

Using the baroness’ yard as a hideout, Kliff manages to photograph Lady Pop on the sly during one of her visits. Unfortunately for him, though, the baroness finds him trespassing and steals his camera from him. With this contraption, she at last has an opportunity to gain indelible evidence of Miss Moon’s magic in order to get her fired! A few comical stunts later.

When Miss Moon sees Jules playing with his plastic octopus bath toy, it reminds her of her youth in the magic world… A “Chillipop!” later and the bath toy is turned into a living and breathing giant octopus! Where Moonie comes from, kids love playing with octopuses – they’re actually very gentle creatures… Only thing is, a giant octopus on the loose in an earthlings’ house can get a bit rowdy.

Lola shows Miss Moon her favorite TV show – Vampires of Love – a story of romance between a vampire and a human. As soon as she sees it, our magic nanny friend gets hooked! But as they’re watching, Lola suddenly has a major revelation: the star of the show, Matt Donovan, is a dead ringer for… Howard, no less! The same gold-colored eyes, the exact same sunglasses… Could Howard be a vampire?!

Paul is at the end of his tether: the baroness is constantly calling on him to treat her darling little puppies’ allergies and he’s run out of solutions. In his frustration, he admits he’d sometimes just like to disappear, to avoid the baroness. Miss Moon takes it literally and casts a vanishing spell on him!

Mr. Pick catches a chill after accidentally getting shut up in the freezer! And when a dragon catches a common cold, he sneezes frost out of his nostrils – it’s a big deal! Miss Moon panics, especially when her magic wand gets stuck at the top of a waterfall of ice! Our friends are going to have to do some mountaineering.

Mama Moon turns up at the house with three dragon eggs – a gift she’s planning for Aunt Binny’s upcoming birthday. She wants her daughter to look after them just for one day, but they must not hatch under any circumstances! Hmm, given that Miss Moon isn’t exactly an expert in dragon maternity.

It’s the annual Dragon Parade. Which means Mr. Pick must find and kiss a lady dragon if he is to be able to continue breathing flames! Only problem is: girl-dragons aren’t exactly a common occurrence in this part of the world, so Miss Moon and the kids have no choice but to go fetch one from the spell book. Chillipop! Problem solved. Except.

Lola, Bec and Louise make their way to their favorite bench, only to discover that Miss Bunch is having it replaced by a stroller shed! It’s so unfair! To make matters worse, Miss Bunch remains impervious to the girls’ attempts to save their bench: she’s decided to have a shed made and that’s that! But Jules comes up with an idea.

A strange looking feline turns up at the MacGuffles household. Miss Moon realizes it’s Fluffmaster, a wizard who’s come from the magic world looking for help – he needs her to help him revert back to his human self! Piece of cake, says Moonie: all they need is three mouse hairs, to put in the potion.

It’s Lola’s birthday today. To apologize for not being able to be there to celebrate it with her, Lady Pop has sent her a mirror ball so that the girl can enjoy her very first party! Lola invites a bunch of friends, including Howard, hoping he’ll be her date.

It’s naptime. To help Baby Joe get to sleep, Miss Moon sets him on a little magic cloud, about 5 feet off the ground. And it works: Baby Joe has no trouble dozing off, cuddling with Mr. Pick. But the window has been left open and a draft carries the cloud off and away!

Jules is feeling down: he’ll never be able to make his skateboard fly like his favorite TV star, Johnny Rider! Miss Moon empathizes with him and casts a spell on his board without his knowing. Wo!: convinced that he’s making it fly, thanks to his engineering prowess, Jules runs to the yard to try it out and show off in front of his friends.

Tomorrow, Jules’ school is going on a field trip to the zoo. Fun!... Yeah, except Jules is terrified of tigers and is refusing to go. Miss Moon believes there’s only one way to combat his fear: he must meet the beast face to face! Everyone accompanies Jules to the zoo, where Miss Moon shrinks the tiger down to kitten size, to help Jules get over his phobia.

When Baby Joe catches a slight cold, Miss Moon gives him a potion from the magic world to help boost his immunity. But the elixir in question is a little too strong for an earthling baby and it boosts him a little too much! Next thing we know, Baby Joe is acting like a superman, with bionic vision and a one-tracked mind - intent on redressing wrongs for every baby in the hood!

To complete her choir of singing flowers, Miss Moon acquires a small flesh-eating plant from Yassir’s store. She asks the kids to look after it while she gets Baby Joe off to his nap. But in their efforts to nurture the plant, Jules and Lola make it droop instead! They sheepishly confess their mistake to Miss Moon, who decides to slip it a few magic vitamins to help get it back on its feet.

It’s the first day of spring and the park is full of blossom and flowers. Miss Moon tells the children about rattikees, creatures from the magic world that sing on the first day of Spring to wake up all the members of the Plant Kingdom. Unfortunately, when Yassir comes to declare his love for Miss Moon, having fallen and gotten covered in leaves on the way.

It’s panic stations: Lola has no more pages left in her personal diary! Which means there’s no room left to note down the wonderful dream she just had, starring Howard! To help out, Miss Moon gives her a notebook from the magic world, which happened to be lying around in a drawer. Unluckily, it turns out it’s from Simini, the famous joke store frequented by wizards! Upshot.

It’s Miss Moon’s birthday and Jules and Lola have made her an awesome candy cake! But after just one mouthful, Miss Moon turns bring pink and sneezes out powdered sugar, and her wand starts producing leaping marshmallows! Only now does Moony find out that fairies are allergic to candy! The only antidote is blue chocolate.

While on a visit to the natural history museum, Miss Moon casts a spell on Jules’ camera, to boost the quality of his photos. But the device goes one step further and actually brings a statue of a prehistoric man to life! Honk grabs the camera and runs off through the museum, taking photos at random, risking reviving all the animals in the place!

It’s Christmas Eve and Jules and Lola have installed a camera in the fireplace to try and take a snapshot of Santa Claus! But Miss Moon accidentally trips up on one of the wires. To make up for the damage, she makes the real Santa Claus appear. But when he turns up in the yard, complete with sled and reindeer.

Baroness has confiscated Jules’ remote-controlled drone. Determined to get it back, Jules and his sister steal some Invisibubbles from Miss Moon’s magic bag. Now, they can slip inside the baroness’ house unseen, in search of the toy. But when she spots objects rising into the air in her living-room, the baroness thinks the place is haunted! She locks up all the doors and calls a ghostbuster.

Paul so wishes he could sleep in, for once: work has been wearing him out! Miss Moon takes his plea literally and slips a few “sleep grains” in his orange juice. Boom!: Paul falls into a very deep sleep! For 24 hours… Soon after, however, Miss Moon and the children find out that today of all days happens to be inspection day at the zoo!

Yassir gives Miss Moon a strange present – a small statue shaped like a bubble blower. Not understanding what it’s for, Miss Moon casts a spell on the object. But in doing so, she releases a little demon. She and the kids consult the spell book and find out that the statue is, in fact, a demon-catcher.

Lola gets the prize in the King Cake – just like every other year! Jules is so upset that he goes searching in Miss Moon’s room for some kind of magic that will guarantee his winning the prize next time around. In his rummaging, he comes across a magic lamp. He rubs it and out pops Sir Claudius, a genie who offers him three wishes.

A couples dance contest is being organized at the park and the prize will be a week-end in Vegas! The kids are more motivated than ever! They ask Miss Moon to compete and suggest Yassir as her partner. Only problem is, Yassir can’t dance… No problem: Miss Moon secretly bewitches the grocer’s legs, turning him into a crazy rhythmic machine!

It’s Halloween night and Dezhilba the witch has come down to Earth to catch some children! When her broom breaks down, she does an emergency landing right in the MacGuffles’ yard... Mmm, there’s a lovely strong fragrance of littl’uns in these parts! After Dezhilba knocks at the door and gets invited inside by an unsuspecting Paul, a magic battle ensues between Miss Moon and the witchy intruder…

Jules is super excited: he’s about to attend the premiere of “Bomber Boy,” his fave superhero movie… and, the leading actor is even going to be there, in the theater, signing autographs! But when he gets there, he finds out there are no seats left and the ticket vendor shuts up shop right in front of their very noses! To help Jules get over this devastating disappointment.

Lola and Mr. Pick are in the middle of a video game named “Mammoth Rodeo,” which entails leading a mammoth through an icy landscape. Jules shows up to show off his homemade 3D glasses. But when he gives them to Miss Moon to try, she looks at the TV screen and panics, thinking there’s a real mammoth charging right at her! Responding with a hair-trigger reaction.

Jules can’t wait to open his new box of cereals: inside, there’s a mummy statue and a spinner, a small plastic contraption designed to make it whirl. But the box starts moving all by itself… Golden Stars Above! It looks like there’s an actual real-life monster inside there! Could it be the mummy??!

This particular morning, Jules’ cereal box is empty and Lola has lost her cherished stick of caramel that Howard chewed on! It’s as if a greedy thief crept in the house overnight! To catch the villain red-handed, Moony casts a spell on the cuckoo clock in the living-room, to turn back time. But our friends find themselves only 15 minutes into the past instead of several hours!

Kevin (sporting a fake ‘tache) challenges all the school’s skaters to a contest, that afternoon! But only guys with mustaches can compete – all the others are babies! Jules is upset. He begs Moonie to make him grow a magic ‘tache so he can participate in the contest. She calls on Harryx, a bearded character who claims to know everything there is to know about upper lip facial hair.

It’s April Fool’s Day. This year, Jules and Lola are determined not to get pranked by their dad, like they do every other year! Miss Moon even suggests they play an April Fool’s trick on him, for once, instead! So she and the kids switch bodies with the animals in the vet’s office, winding up in cages and letting the critters roam.

Baby Joe is fighting fit, down at the sandbox in the park! He spins Mr. Pick round, chews on his ear and covers him in drool. Our poor, “victimized” dragon friend escapes to a bush as soon as he can, to get a bit of well-earned respite!

Mama Moon turns up at the MacGuffles’ with a box full of items from Miss Moon’s childhood. She puts Jules and Lola in charge of getting the box to their nanny, who is currently out running an errand. But the two kids rummage around in the box and come across a magic board game named Magipoly; then, they start playing it, unable to resist!

Ewe! Lola freaks out when she finds a little frog nesting in an abandoned teapot, in the yard. She has a horrible fear of frogs! But Mr. Pick, Baby Joe and Miss Moon refuse to kick the innocent amphibian out of its home; Lola must learn to tame her fear instead! And Moonie has just the solution: she’s going to turn Lola into a frog, just for a short while.

Jules must prepare an essay on prehistoric Man. In an effort to help, Miss Moon bewitches the statue of Honk, a caveman down at the natural history museum, so that Jules will be free to ask him all the questions he wants! But besides pronouncing his monosyllabic “Honk!,” the guy isn’t exactly very chatty. And when he catches sight of Miss Moon.

Yassir gives the kids a poster of their family tree and asks them to take the baroness’ one to her, too. Unfortunately, Baby Joe drops some apple sauce right on the picture of Justine, Baroness’ oldest ancestor, and, to make matters worse, when Moonie tries to remove the sauce, she wipes out the picture altogether!

While up in the attic, Paul stumbles on the jokes and novelties he used to play with as a kid. Oh, how cool it would be to be able to turn the clock back to that wonderful time! That’s easy, says Miss Moon! She persuades him to give it a shot and turns him back into a kid again, just for a few hours.

When the baroness accidentally gets her paws on one of Miss Moon’s teleportation keys, she intends to use it to teleport over to Lady Pop and use it as proof that Miss Moon is a witch! But luckily, Moonie has a spare key: she teams up with Paul and the children to stop the baroness from going to see Lady Pop and to get the key back before the crunch.

Jules has finished making a small housekeeping robot – Ralf. The cyber creation hooks up via Wi-Fi to the gaming console in the living-room and is remote-controlled with a digital tablet. This robot is going to come in very handy for cleaning his room, making juices and doing his homework for him!

Fluffmaster gets a spell wrong and winds up as a ghost. Bad timing, given that he has a very important appointment coming up, with the Chairman of the Sorcerers’ Council! So he comes to ask Miss Moon if she can get him back to his normal self so that he can attend the meeting.

Fluffmaster would love to go to the Wizards’ Ball but has no partner! He comes to ask Miss Moon if she’ll accompany him but, during his visit, he falls for… the baroness, of all people! She’s in her yard, practicing a few dance steps, when, out of the blue, here comes Fluffmaster.

There’s a heatwave and the water in the zoo’s water tank is being rationed, to make sure none of the animals go without. But a mysterious thief comes and empties the tank, leaving nothing for the zoo residents! In an attempt to find replacement water, fast, to prevent the animals from dehydrating, Miss Moon materializes a magic diviner rod.

Jules’ buddies, Caesar and Mouss, don’t think Lola and her friends are any good on a basketball court, simply because they’re girls! The latter don’t appreciate this and they suggest they play a match – boys vs. girls - that very same afternoon: then we’ll soon see who’s best at basketball…!

Jules is sad because he doesn’t think his mom is going to be able to make it home for his birthday. To console him, Miss Moon brings a photo of Lady Pop to life. But the photo escapes from the frame… And little does Jules know that his mom is planning to spring a visit on him that same afternoon!

Miss Moon grows a weird bush – a “marshimow” tree that yields magic marshmallows – to cheer up Baby Joe. When the children taste the “fruits,” they get some pretty funny reactions. But the fun is short-lived: Miss Moon’s voice has been changed, making it impossible for her to reverse the spell! The only way round it is to make a potion from marshimows.

A pedal boat race takes place at the park every year, emceed by the zoo warden. And the prize is a magnificent trophy. Jules would love to win a trophy – this would be his first - so Miss Moon signs the kids up for the race…

Lola goes into Miss Moon’s magic bag and takes a perfume that’s meant to make anyone who smells it fall in love. Her plan is to bewitch Howard with the fragrance so that he’ll fall head over heels in love with her. Unfortunately, though, things don’t quite go to plan…

Yassir organizes a Cake Contest at the park. The prize is two tickets to the premiere of the Vampires of Love movie, inspired by a TV show of which both Lola and Howard are huge fans. What better opportunity for Lola to invite Howard to the movies?! But first, she’s going to have to win the cake competition…