Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion is an American superhero coming-of-age action-comedy sitcom. It was developed by Leo Chu and Eric S. Garcia and created by Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit. It premiered on Disney Channel on June 3, 2022. The series stars Scarlett Estevez, J.R. Villarreal, Marianna Burelli, Juan Alfonso, Brandon Rossel, and Zelia Ankrum.
The series centers on 13-year-old Violet, who is chosen to be successor to her uncle.
The Rodriguez family attends a wrestling match to celebrate Nina's promotion to principal. Violet invites Uncle Cruz. Despite the family's doubts, he comes to the match. On arrival, Cruz is ambushed by someone in a fake Snow Leopard costume. Violet rescues him and they discover that the attacker is part of a Rudos group trying to steal the prize money from the ring. Violet is torn between spending time with her family and fighting crime. Black Scorpion goes into the ring to stop them. When the Rudos overpower him, Ultra Violet jumps into the ring to help him. To make up for missing a family jumbotron photo, Violet and Cruz convince their favorite wrestler Gigante to take a photo with the whole family. Meanwhile, Tiago flirts with a girl. When he finds out she is a Rudo and confronts her, she kicks him and leaves.
Guest star: Armando L. Leduc as Al Dorado
Maya gets Violet invited to a sleepover at Evita's house. Before the sleepover, Ultra Violet and Black Scorpion try to stop Miradora, a thief with electrokinesis, from stealing a device used for stealing money from banks. Miradora escapes but drops the device's verification key, which Violet grabs and turns into a necklace. At the sleepover, Violet gets upset after discovering that Evita only invited her because Maya asked her to. She becomes insecure and tries to impress the other girls which leads to a fight between her and Maya. Miradora comes to get the key from Violet, but Black Scorpion stops her from getting into Evita's house. After making up with Maya, Ultra Violet goes outside to help Black Scorpion defeat Miradora using the sprinklers while Maya distracts the other girls. Meanwhile, Nina becomes irrationally worried about Violet spending the night away from home for the first time.
Violet fails to make the volleyball team, adding to her long list of failures and being compared to her overachieving brother Tiago. After running into Duplico, another masked vigilante with duplication abilities, Violet learns from Cruz that there are twelve masks in total. She convinces herself that Tiago must have a mask too since he excels at everything. She searches his room and after finding a mask and costume sketches, she forces him to put it on but it turns out to be a regular mask. Tiago shows her his sketches and opens up about his interest in fashion, but Violet becomes jealous that he is better than her in fashion. She later apologizes and Tiago helps her practice volleyball. Meanwhile, Nina tries to use her power as the principal to get Coach Park to put Violet in the team. She gives up after it turns into a chain of favors and bribes.
Ultra Violet and Black Scorpion save a woman who turns out to be Cruz's ex-girlfriend Lily. After learning from her family that Cruz was heartbroken over losing Lily, Violet decides to help her uncle find love again. Since Cruz is always cranky, Violet wants to set him up with the grumpy Coach Park. So she convinces Nina to hire Cruz as the substitute gym teacher to make it easier for Violet to play matchmaker. While every attempt to set him up with Coach Park fails, Cruz is approached by the school counselor Catalina Rivera and they easily connect. However, their blossoming romance is almost ruined when Violet unknowingly sends flowers to Coach Park on Cruz's behalf. Violet explains the mix-up to Catalina who agrees to give Cruz another chance. Meanwhile, Maya develops a crush on a boy named Alex who turns out to be gay.
Guest stars: Lorena Jorge as Catalina Rivera, Jinny Chung as Coach Evelyn Park
Luis catches Ultra Violet on camera taking her mask off and announces at school that he would unmask her the following day after his computer fixes the blurry photo. To destroy the photo, Violet and Maya visit Luis' house and while Maya works on it, Violet distracts Luis by playing with him. Luis opens up to Violet about his loneliness and they bond over shared love for wrestling. With the photo destroyed, Luis is humiliated as a liar. Feeling bad for him, Ultra Violet reaches out to Luis to help him see that she is a good person who helps people. She also gives him super speed rides, which he enjoys. However, the next day, Luis wears a cast to school, claiming that Ultra Violet is a menace who hurt him. He vows to never rest until he reveals her real identity. Meanwhile, Cruz goes on a date with Catalina and is forced to leave in the middle to stop a bank robbery.
Ultra Violet and Black Scorpion run into another masked vigilante known as Cascada who has the ability to phase through solid. Cascada helps a thief escape and says that it is okay to break the rules to help those in need. Despite Cruz's disapproval, Violet is impressed by Cascada's rebellious nature. Maya asks Ultra Violet to appear at a fundraiser to help increase turnout but Cruz forbids her from using her superhero status as a celebrity. Inspired by Cascada, Violet defies Cruz's rules and sneaks out of a competitive family dinner with their pretentious cousins to attend Maya's fundraiser event where she helps raise a lot of money. Seeing how much good she did by defying Cruz and lying to her family, Violet becomes conflicted about choosing between right and wrong. Later with no one looking, Cascada takes off her mask, revealing that she is Cruz's girlfriend, Catalina.
Guest stars: Lorena Jorge as Catalina Rivera, David Delao as Pablo
Impatient with Black Scorpion's training, Ultra Violet starts secretly training with Cascada who allows her to stay up late and take risks. When Cascada offers to let her stop a criminal by herself, Violet lies to get out of teaming up with Black Scorpion but they all run into each other at the crime scene. Cruz is disappointed with Violet for despising his warning that Cascada is dangerous. Following Cascada's advice, Violet tries to stop the criminal alone but gets hurt. Black Scorpion teams up with Cascada to stop the criminal before taking Violet home. After getting better, Violet apologizes and Cruz promises to stop being overprotective. Meanwhile, while visiting Cruz's gym, Tiago helps a dispirited fighter find his confidence by designing a new costume that truly expresses his identity, leading him to his first victory. Back at home, Tiago starts to become suspicious when Violet lies that she was at the gym.
Guest stars: Lorena Jorge as Catalina Rivera, Jesse Gallegos as Anónimo