Moon Knight is the 446th episode of the Screen Junkies comedy series Honest Trailers. It was written by Spencer Gilbert, Danielle Radford and Lon Harris. It was narrated by Jon Bailey as Epic Voice Guy. It parodies the superhero television miniseries Moon Knight. It was published on May 17, 2022. It is 5 minutes and 31 seconds long. It has been viewed over 1.6 million times.
Script[]
Marvel's used up their A-list characters (Iron Man, Hulk, Spider-Man), their B-listers (Hawkeye, Ant-Man, Falcon), and the Best Available Chris list. (Captain America, Thor, Star-Lord) But before the Fox reinforcements arrive (X-Men), they're reaching way down deep to dig up one last obscure hero. (pulls up the homepage of the Marvel Database wiki) Let's see, what's left in here...? (pulls up the page for Ashley Crawford/Big Bertha) Big Bertha? Nah... (pulls up the page for Bessie/Hellcow) Hellcow? Hm, put it in the "Maybe" pile. Oh, oh! The guy with Egyptian magic! What's his name? "White Batman"? Uh...
Moon Knight! Yeah, that's the guy!
Don't know who Moon Knight is? Neither does he. Oscar Isaac stars as three personalities fighting for control of the same hot bod. One is Steven Grant, a modern-day Londoner with the vibe of a Dickensian street urchin.
Steven: --only the worthiest would be allowed to pass through the Field of Reeds.
Is he really going to do the whole show like that?
Steven: This is how I talk.
Ooh... The other is Marc Spector, a mercenary with the same tragic past as Dewey Cox.
Wendy Spector: THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!!
Pa Cox: The wrong kid died!
And their third is Khonshu, an ancient Egyptian god who enslaves the MCU's first Jewish superhero... so I guess old habits die hard? Together, they'll drive his body around like a hot little clown car, in an Oscar Isaac vehicle built for one purpose: huge acting choices. (montage of Marc yelling)
Steven: (as his body is turned to stone in the Duat) Marc...!
Now, that's a death face right there; that's what you call "Oscar Isaac". Mwah!
You'd think Oscar would stay away from Egyptian comic book stuff after the last time.
Apocalypse: Learning...
But this geezer's headed back to Giza for more Egypt tropes than a scarab pointing to the hieroglyphics on a pharaoh's sarcophagus, as Moon Knight must race to find the magic... something-or-other, with the help of his wife Layla, a woman who knew all about his superhero side...
Layla: Summon the suit.
...but nothing about his PTSD, family trauma, or the fact that he killed her dad; classic Marvel couple. Together, they'll team up to defeat Jafar-thur Harrow, Ethan Hawke phoning it in as a villain with the power to be, like, super-judgy.
Harrow: You're a vegan, right?
Steven: Yeah.
Harrow: Yeah, so am I.
No, not that judgy thing; the other one. The death one?
Harrow: (after judging a woman's soul) I wish you could live to see the world we make. (the woman collapses as her soul leaves her body)
Are you ready for action? Moon Knight isn't, because when danger strikes, he blacks out. (montage of Marc and Steven blacking out and waking up after a brutal fight) Ugh, this reminds me of when Four Loko was still legal... Instead of fighting, watch as this street-level hero gets bogged down by nonsense worthy of an Eternal...
Taweret: You'd be surprised how many intersectional planes of untethered consciousness exist.
...in a first half that's just bickering over who gets to be the main character...
Marc: --give me the body. / Just give me the body.
Steven: Give me the body, Marc!
Marc: --give me the body...
Steven: --you give me the body, and you piss off.
...and a second half that feels like a janky rush to make up for lost time...
"Dr. Harrow": Your mind is violently vacillating between sense and nonsense.
...culminating in a finale that's Marvel's third kaiju ending (shows the Great Protector vs. the Dweller-in-Darkness, Arishem the Judge, and Ammit vs. Khonshu), and fourth "hero meets alternative version of themselves" ending in just this last year.
Sinister Strange: (from the trailer for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness) Things just got out of hand.
Loki: --and I woke up here, and now I'm surrounded by variants of myself...
Peter: Peter-1! Peter-2!
Raimi-Verse Peter: Peter-2...
Peter: Peter-3!
Webb-Verse Peter: Peter-3!
Peter: All right...
I mean, who says they're running out of ideas and the genre is eating itself? Me. I say that.
So strap in for a series that may not have done justice to its amazing cast, may not have done justice to the subject matter of mental illness, and definitely didn't do justice to one of the coolest Marvel Comics characters ever, but the most hardcore MCU fans got what they were looking for: someone trying to hide by wearing a plain baseball cap. (shows Marc wearing a baseball cap, alongside Steve, Sam, Bucky, Tony, Scott, Hope, Hank, and Wanda doing the same) Whoo! Cap confirmed!
Starring: I'm Da Moon Knight, I Am, Guv'nor! Bob's Your Uncle! (Oscar Isaac as Steven Grant/Mr. Knight); Tyler Burden (Oscar Isaac as Marc Spector/Moon Knight); L Yawn Hubbard (Ethan Hawke as Arthur Harrow); The Cursed Wives Club (May Calamawy as Layla El-Faouly/Scarlet Scarab); Angry Birdman, Deity at Law (Karim El Hakim and F. Murray Abraham as Khonshu); Ten Points to Hippo Glyph (Antonia Salib as Taweret); Killer Croc (Saba Mubarak as Ammit)...
Khonshu: You think... you own this body? (laughs)
...Republicans...
Khonshu: It belongs... to me.
Steven: (as Marc holds a knife to an assailant's throat) Don't do it, Marc. Stop it.
...and I'm Talking to the Man in the Mirror, I'm Asking Him to Change His Ways.
One Flew Over the Khonshu's Nest
The honest title for Moon Knight was ‘One Flew Over the Khonshu's Nest’. Titles designed by Robert Holtby.
(imitating Steven's voice, over Marc standing in the Field of Reeds) "Oh, so this is eternal paradise! It's nice, nice... That's a bit boring, though, innit?"
Viewer's Comments[]
Please say "that ain't no etch-a-sketch. This is one doodle that can't be undid, homeskillet". - grungemonkey28
Please say: "AMBER WHY YOU GOTTA POOP ON THE BED?!" - Kamen Rider Black
Please say, "Welcome to the next level." - Meme Lord
Please say "please help! They won't let me out of this booth! I haven't seen the sun in dayssss" cries - SuperWolfman9
Trivia[]
Reception[]
Production Credits[]
Voice Narration: Jon Bailey aka Epic Voice Guy
Title Design: Robert Holtby
Written by: Spencer Gilbert, Danielle Radford, & Lon Harris
Produced by: Spencer Gilbert
Associate Producer: Ryan O'Toole
Edited by: Kevin Williamsen
Post-Production Supervisor: Emin Bassavand
Post-Production Coordinator: Mikołaj Kossakowski
Assistant Editor: Rebecca Castaneda
Director of Video Production: Max Dionne
