Ms. Marvel is the 456th 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 Ms. Marvel. It was published on July 26, 2022. It is 5 minutes and 5 seconds long. It has been viewed over 100,000 times.
Script[]
A hero can come from anywhere: Manhattan, Brooklyn, even other parts of New York City.
Captain America: Where are you from?
Spider-Man: (while struggling to hold up a jet bridge) Queens.
But now, the MCU asks you to imagine the impossible: Could anything good come from Jersey? (in a New Jersey accent) "Yeah, buddy! Time to GT Triple L! Gym, tan, lay my life on the line for you bunnies! Let me slam a hoagie and take a shidoobie first, though."
Ms. Marvel
Iman Vellani stars as Kamala Khan, the first Pakistani American in the MCU to not play an Indian guy.
Kingo: Hi.
When a magic bracelet unlocks her inner Mario Maker (shows Kamala practicing on hard light platforms as Mario sound effects play), she'll join the MCU's next wave of cool female heroes (shows shots of Kamala alongside America Chavez, Yelena Belova, Kate Bishop, and Shuri), who have to carry the heavy burden... of stanning for Captain Marvel.
Kamala: I know some of you think, "Well, she abandoned the people of Earth." But, like, look, it's not true. [...] Can't a woman just live?
Oh, so that's where her stretching powers went.
Kamala: Carol Danvers wouldn't wait. She'd punch a hole in space and time and she'd help them now.
Yeah, and then she'd blow up your brother's wedding, in a Red Sox jersey. (pulls up Carol Danvers' page on the Marvel Database wiki showing her birthplace as Boston, Massachusetts, alongside a scene of her as a teenager playing baseball in her film)
Kamala must learn to come out of her shell at school, and learn to be proud of who she is, which she'll accomplish after one episode (shows Kamala acting "cool" at school)...
Kamala: Wassup?
...then spend the rest of the time running from Damage Control, the department Disney activates when Shuri posts an anti-vax video (pulls up a Tweet from Letitia Wright that features a conspiracy video about the COVID-19 vaccine, which was quoted over 2,000 times)-- I-I mean, the group responsible for controlling all the damage that they themselves create. (montage of Damage Control destroying public property and putting innocent lives in danger) They're all locked into battle against the Clandestines, exiles who want to return to their world, even though it's made of glass shards, it turns you into a spooky skeleton (shows Fariha and Najma disintegrating into skeletons upon touching the Noor portal), and gives your only son a cosmic tummy ache. (shows Kamran struggling to control his newly acquired powers after clutching his stomach)
Tony: Not a great plan.
But Kamala won't face another poorly developed Marvel villain alone. She's got three helpers spread evenly across the "kind geek"-to-"questionable bad boy" spectrum: Bruno, a swagless Peter Parker.
Kamala: --can't really train today.
Bruno: (after he and Kamala turn to look at Kamran by his car) Oh.
(singing) "We don't hook up with Bruno, no, no, no!"; the hunky movie geek Kamran...
Kamala: Do you, like, watch [...] Bollywood movies...?
Kamran: Obviously.
...and the other hunky movie geek, Kareem.
Red Dagger: "Come with me if you want to live."
Kamala: What?
Red Dagger: I've always wanted to say that.
Two hunky movie geeks in one show? Pfft, sure. And of course, back at home is Kamala's doting mother, who starts out not trusting her at all...
Muneeba: No. I don't trust you.
...but after her daughter keeps disappearing in foreign countries for hours at a time, totally learns her lesson.
Muneeba: And we trust her, right?
Aww, that... makes sense.
So enjoy a show Disney clearly didn't believe in, or they wouldn't have buried the first three episodes under Obi-Wan. Which is a shame, because the directors made it look cool, it's an American show that's not full of evil Muslims for a change, and oh, by the way, it officially brings mutants into the MCU.
Bruno: There's something different... in your genes. [...] Like a mutation. (the theme from X-Men: The Animated Series plays)
Come for the origins of X-Men, stay for the origins of Pakistan.
Narrator: --we must go back to a pivotal moment in the Indian struggle for independence.
Starring: The Fantastic Noor (Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel); Marty McShy (Matthew Lintz as Bruno Carrelli, next to Marty McFly wearing a similar outfit); Don't Tell Mom the Superpowers Spread (Zenobia Shroff as Muneeba Khan); Yeah, I've Got a Girlfriend, She's in Another Dimension Though, You Wouldn't Know Her... (Rish Shah as Kamran); Kareem Abdul Daggar (Aramis Knight as Kareem/Red Dagger); Another MCU Nakia? How Have We Run Out of Character Names Already? (Yasmeen Fletcher as Nakia Bahadir, next to Lupita Nyong'o's Nakia); Mad About Yusuf (Mohan Kapur as Yusuf Khan); Deever and Cleary... Damage Control... Ohhh I Get It, The Bad Guys are D.C.! (Alysia Reiner as Agent Sadie Deever and Arian Moayed as Agent P. Cleary); Quentin Tarantino...
Nakia: --somebody stole my shoes!
...That Joke Again....
Kamala: --we are trying to drop the name Night Light. / It's a bad name. It just sounds like it's for five-year-olds.
Kamala: Red Daggers? What, are you in a Pakistani boy band?
...and When You Know You're Really in Trouble.
Muneeba: Kamala Khan. / Kamala Khan, you're not going anywhere.
Kamala: --I know this is the worst possible time to ask but...
Muneeba: Kamala Khan.
Next of Djinn
The honest title for Ms. Marvel was ‘Next of Djinn’. Titles designed by Robert Holtby.
You know, after watching this and RRR last month, I think we can all agree on one thing: nobody on Earth likes the British. (plays a scene from RRR showing escaped animals attacking British soldiers)
Viewer's Comments[]
Please say "It's days like these that I curse the Chinese for inventing gunpowder!" - Benjamin Abramowitz
Say "it's always 'say this epic voice over guy' and never 'how is epic voice over guy'?" - Donato Travels
Aww, thanks! I'm doing okay.
Trivia[]
- Bruno is described as a "swagless Peter Parker". Coincidentally, Matt Lintz, who plays Bruno, had auditioned for the role of Peter Parker in the MCU.
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
