Editing Moon

{{about|the actual moon|other uses|[[Moon (disambiguation)]]}}
{{location infobox
|image=[[File:The Moon PMTTYD.png|220px]]<br>[[Mario]] landing on the moon in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
|inhabitants=[[Astro-Lanceur]]s<br>[[Bodyslam Koopa]]s<br>[[Bomubomu]]s<br>[[Little Mouser]]s<br>[[Rabbit]]s<br>[[Mini-Z-Yux]]es<br>[[Moon Cleft]]s<br>[[Walking Turnip]]s<br>[[X-Naut]]s<br>[[Z-Yux]]es
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushū]]'' ([[List of games by date#1984|1984]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD]]'' ([[List of games by date#2025|2025]])
}}
{{quote|When the moon hits your eye, like a big pizza pie, that's Amore!|Mario's face|Mario Teaches Typing 2}}
The '''{{wp|moon}}''' in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] is a celestial body that orbits a planet, often depicted as [[Earth]]'s natural satellite, and it has appeared commonly as decoration for a background or as a setting for a particular level.
==History==
===''Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushū''===
The moon makes its first appearance in ''[[Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushū]]''. It appears in the backgrounds of [[On the Highway]], [[On the Strange Bridge]], [[On the Country Road]], and [[On the Desert]].

===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''====
[[File:SpaceZonebeforesecret.png|thumb|The moon in ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'']]
The moon, also smiling (although its expression could be changed based on completion of a secret level) and in a waxing crescent phase, appears as a playable area in ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'', in which it is one half of [[Space Zone]] (two thirds if one counts the aforementioned secret stage). It is populated by many [[Bomubomu]]s, and this was the first time any character ever explored it; when on the moon (and anywhere in the Space Zone) [[Mario]] is wearing a spacesuit, and the moon has more gravitational affect on Mario than the star where [[Tatanga]] was fought did.

====''Super Mario Galaxy''====
[[File:SMG Sand Spiral Galaxy Spiral Moon Planets.png|thumb|left|A moon from ''Super Mario Galaxy'' in the [[Sand Spiral Galaxy]]]]
In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', some moons appear in the various [[Galaxy|Galaxies]]. The boss [[Kamella]] comes from the moon on the [[Deep Dark Galaxy]] the second time she is fought.
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====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
[[File:SMG2 Boo Moon The Moon Planet.png|thumb|The moon planet from ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''.]]
In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', six moons are shown. There are two green moons, a brown moon with holes through it, a small white moon, a small green moon and a small dark red moon. A similar body serves as a planet in [[Boo Moon Galaxy]]. There are no enemies on it but will lean to whichever side Mario stands on. Mario must collect the [[Star Chip]]s on it to progress.
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====''Super Mario Odyssey''====
In ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', the moon appears as the location of three kingdoms, being the [[Moon Kingdom]], the [[Dark Side]], and the [[Darker Side]]. It has light [[gravity]] on the surface, but gravity is normal when inside the [[Wedding Hall]] or underground. The underground areas, such as the [[Underground Moon Caverns]], are filled with [[lava]]. The moon is the source of [[Moon Rock]]s, the raw material that makes up the game's primary collectable, [[Power Moon]]s.<ref>''[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey]]'', page 301.</ref> [[Rabbit]]s live on the moon, including the game's recurring antagonists, the [[Broodals]]. The moon is key to the game's story, as [[Bowser]] takes [[Princess Peach]] to the Moon Kingdom to force her to marry him. The moon is present in the backgrounds of all of the kingdoms, in the sky for the ones that are not part of the moon. While the moon's maria look the same, unlike the moon in real life, the moon in the game is much larger (roughly about the size of either the planets Mars or Mercury), orbits much closer to the Earth, and its maria are located on its southern hemisphere instead of on the hemisphere facing Earth. If Mario uses [[Binoculars]] to look at the moon from kingdoms that are not on the moon, [[Cappy]] will comment on the view.

====''Super Mario Maker 2''====
In ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', a level known as [[Tunnel to the Dark Side of the Moon]] is heavily based on the moon. The course description also states that the course creator "Mischievous Mole" dug all the way to the other side of the moon.

===''Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!''===
In ''[[Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!]]'', Bowser and Peach were to be married on a full blood moon on {{wp|Friday the 13th}}. After Mario and [[Luigi]] collected the three power-ups, the brothers see the moon in a crescent shape. Mario says he thought it was supposed to be a full moon. The moon then inflates itself, creating the full moon.

===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' episode "[[Count Koopula]]" shows that, if a [[Koopa Troopa]] stares at the moon when it is full, they will transform into a [[Wereturtle]].

===''Mario's Time Machine''===
[[File:Moon MTMNES.png|thumb|left|The moon in ''Mario's Time Machine'']]
In the [[Mario's Time Machine (Nintendo Entertainment System)|NES release of ''Mario's Time Machine'']], [[Bowser]] steals the [[Flag (United States of America)|American flag]] from the {{wp|Apollo 11}} mission in 1969 to put in [[Bowser's Museum|his museum]]. Mario must return the flag to the {{wp|Apollo Lunar Module}}. In this stage, [[Koopa Troopa|Koopa]]s are [[Space Troopa|given space helmets]] and the [[Bird (Mario's Time Machine)|Bird]] is replaced with a [[UFO]]. This is the only area in the game where enemies go through cosmetic changes befitting the location. An unnamed astronaut also wanders in front of the lunar module.

===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''===
[[File:Yisurface2.PNG|thumb|The moon from ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''.]]
A much smaller moon also appears in [[Raphael The Raven's Castle]], which is World 5-8 of ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|its Game Boy Advance version]], [[Raphael the Raven]] was combated on the moon ([[Raven]]s also used moon-like planetoids as their native turf). After [[Baby Bowser]] is defeated and returns to his normal size, [[Kamek]] takes him and flies to the moon.

===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
In ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' and [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|its remake]], the terrain of [[Star Hill]] heavily resembles the moon's surface. Additionally, when the [[Star Road (Super Mario RPG)|Star Road]] is rebuilt in the original game, a crescent-shaped moon can be seen.

===''Mario Kart'' series===
In addition to appearing in the ''Mario Kart'' series as the setting for several race and battle courses, the moon also appears in the background of many courses set during the night, such as [[Moonview Highway]] in ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''.

====''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''====
In ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'', the course [[Cheese Land]] seems to be on a moon made out of cheese, due to the amount of moon-like craters; it also has a moon in a starry sky. [[Little Mouser]]s can be found here. The track returns in the DLC for ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' (as well as the base version of ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''); however, it is no longer moon-themed, due to the daytime sky, as well as a more desert-like look and plateau-like layout.

====''Mario Kart 7''====
In ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', part of the [[3DS Rainbow Road|Rainbow Road]] course goes over the moon. When the player drives over it, the music changes into a softer variation of the Rainbow Road theme.

====''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''====
[[File:MK8DRainbowRoad3DS1.jpg|thumb|left|3DS Rainbow Road's Moon in ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'']]
In ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'', the battle course [[Lunar Colony]] takes place on the moon and once again features low gravity and craters that the player can trick off of. 3DS Rainbow Road returns in ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' as part of the third wave of the [[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]] DLC; as such, the Moon segment returns in that course.
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====''Mario Kart Tour''====
In ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', the moon appears in the background of [[GBA Sunset Wilds]] during the night segment and the returning course 3DS Rainbow Road.

===''Luigi's Mansion''===
A version of the moon appears in ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'' and [[Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo 3DS)|its remake]], in the background of the [[Observatory]]. Luigi, while progressing through [[Luigi's Mansion (location)|the mansion]], blows the moon up with a [[Shining Ghost]] shot from his [[Poltergust 3000]], creating a path of debris that leads to the [[Mario's Star (item)|Star]] he is looking for.

===''WarioWare'' series===
The moon has sometimes appeared in the [[WarioWare (series)|''WarioWare'' series]]. In ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!]]'', the moon can be seen at the end of a game in [[Balloon Bang (WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!)|Balloon Bang]], and the player who lost ends up here after the balloon explodes. In ''[[WarioWare Gold]]'', the moon, which is white and has a crescent shape, is seen at night over [[Luxeville]] in the opening cutscene.

===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
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[[File:Moon PMTTYD.png|thumb|left|150px|The moon's sprite from outer space, in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'']]
In ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', Mario and co. have to go to the moon in order to obtain the [[Crystal Star]], which is located in the [[X-Naut Fortress]]. The X-Naut Fortress itself was located on the moon, as well. The only way Mario could get to the moon was to fire himself out of [[Big Bob]] in [[Fahr Outpost]]. Once landing on the moon, [[Goombella]] also mentions how a [[Goomba]] landed on the moon in '69, which is a reference to the {{wp|Apollo 11}} landing (the first manned landing on the [[Earth]]'s moon) in 1969 (in the [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Nintendo Switch remake]], she no longer mentions a specific year). The moon in this game is shown to contain no land features other than craters and rocks.

The moon is also consistently visible throughout [[Twilight Town]] - it is an apparently significant object to the villagers there, who believe it has the power to grant wishes. One of the [[Twilighter]]s even foreshadows the fact that Princess Peach is being held captive on the moon; if Mario speaks to him after his name and body are stolen, he exclaims that someone living on the moon must have heard his wish to not be turned into a [[pig]] before asking Mario who he thinks lives there, to which there are two possible answers - "little green men" or "Princess Peach."

On the moon, with its low gravity, Mario and co. jump much higher than normal but also move more slowly, making it difficult to avoid enemies such as [[Moon Cleft]]s. The moon spans six areas, which loop unlike other areas in the game. Interestingly, when approaching the X-Naut Fortress from the foreground, a high-pitched sound can be heard.
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The following enemies appear on the Moon:
*[[Mini-Z-Yux]]
*[[Moon Cleft]]
*[[Z-Yux]]
For possible enemy formations, see [[List of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy formations#The Moon|List of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy formations § The Moon]].

====Items====
The following items are found on the moon:
{|class="wikitable"
!Item
!Location
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Courage Shell|game=NS}}
|In the screen to the left of the landing screen, it is in the cracked rock in the south.
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| rowspan=2|{{PMTTYD item|Maple Syrup|game=NS}} [[File:Nintendo Switch Logo.svg|15px|link=Nintendo Switch]]
| In a breakable rock in the second screen right of the landing site, in the west.
|-
| In a breakable rock in the second screen left of the landing site, in the east.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|POW Block|game=NS}} [[File:Nintendo Switch Logo.svg|15px|link=Nintendo Switch]]
|In a breakable rock in the screen with the X-Naut Fortress in the background, in the southwest.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Power Punch|game=NS}}
|In the screen with the X-Naut Fortress, it is in the cracked rock in the southeast.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Ruin Powder|game=NS}} [[File:Nintendo GameCube symbol.svg|15px|link=Nintendo GameCube]]
|In the screen to the right of the X-Naut Fortress screen, it is inside the cracked rock in the center.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Star Piece (Paper Mario series)|Star Piece|game=NS}}
|In the screen with the X-Naut Fortress, it is behind a rock to the southeast of the pipe.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Stopwatch|link=Stop Watch|game=NS}}
|In the landing screen, it is in the cracked rock in the northwest.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Volt Mushroom|game=NS}}
|In the screen to the east of the landing screen, it is in the cracked rock in the middle.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Ultra Mushroom|game=NS}} [[File:Nintendo Switch Logo.svg|15px|link=Nintendo Switch]]
|In a breakable rock in the first screen right of the landing site, in the northeast.
|}

====Tattles====
*"''We're on the moon! Awesome! The moon I always look up at, can you believe it? I mean, I heard they'd put a Goomba on the moon in '69, but who knew WE'D get here? Boy, nothing's impossible on your adventures, Mario! You are the COOLEST!''" (GCN)
**"''We're on the moon! Awesome! The moon I always look up at, can you believe it? I mean, I heard they'd put a Goomba on the moon, but who knew WE'D get here? Boy, nothing's impossible on your adventures, Mario! You are the COOLEST!''" (Switch)
*"''Boy, I guess there are pretty much just rocks on the moon. I guess I knew that, but it's still kind of disappointing. <small>Bummer...</small>''" (GCN)
**"''Boy, I guess there are pretty much just rocks on the moon. I guess I knew that, but it's still kind of disappointing. <small>Lousy, boring moon...</small>''" (Switch)
*"''The stars sure are pretty here. I wonder if I can find my favorite constellation... I'm such a totally shameless romantic, it's not even funny.''"
*"''There's a weird-looking building off in the distance. Why would THAT be here? Looks like we'll need to find a pipe to get there, though. So...let's look for a pipe.''"
*"''You see the Moon Clefts that live up here? You think they live on green cheese, Mario? ...You know I'm kidding, right? I'm not that much of a cheeseball...get it? <small>I'm still bummed there are only rocks here.</small>''" (GCN)
**"''You see the Moon Clefts that live up here? You think they live on green cheese, Mario? You know I'm kidding, right? I'm not that much of a cheeseball...get it? <small>I'm still upset there are only rocks here.</small>''" (Switch)
*"''Hey, Mario! Did you see that? I saw a comet or something! It was all, like, "PSHOOWEE!" Should I try and make three wishes, do you think? I wish for... Hee hee hee! That's TOP SECRET!''"

===''Mario Party 8''===
[[File:Test for the Best 10.png|thumb|The moon from ''[[Mario Party 8]]'']]
In ''[[Mario Party 8]]'', the moon appears in [[Test for the Best]], where the players can reach it if they have a score of 9800 points or more. Various [[Captain Shy Guy (Mario Party 8)|Captain Shy Guy]]s are seen on it.
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===''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' (''3D'' / ''HD'')===
The moon appears in each of the possible but similar endings for ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'', its [[Nintendo 3DS]] [[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D|port]], and its [[Nintendo Switch]] [[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD|port]], depending on the characters remaining. After defeating [[Tiki Tong]] in [[Tiki Tong Terror]], the Kongs are blasted high in the sky and fall down to the moon. If Tiki Tong is defeated while [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]] are active, then Diddy Kong engages the [[Barrel Jet]] to propel the both of them into the Moon so that Donkey Kong can deliver a powerful wind up punch. This punch knocks the Moon out of orbit, and it drops onto [[Tiki Tong Tower]]. The impact shoves the tower into the [[Volcano (world)|Volcano]], and causes a build up in the volcano. Afterward, the volcano erupts the [[banana hoard]], sending the moon back into its original position. The Tiki Tong Tower does not return, and is presumably destroyed in some manner.

If only [[Donkey Kong]] defeats Tiki Tong, the same events happen but without Diddy Kong. If Tiki Tong is defeated by Diddy Kong, Diddy attempts to escape the gravitational pull of the moon with the Barrel Jet, but it malfunctions and rockets him headfirst into the Moon. This has the same effects as Donkey Kong's punch.

===''Yoshi's Woolly World'' / ''Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World''===
The moon appears several times in ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' and [[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World|its 3DS port]]. In the game's handcrafted aesthetic, the moon is held up by a string, and only the front half of it exists. It is visible the backgrounds of [[Yoshi's Curtain Call]], [[Kamek's Last-Ditch Flyby]] and {{id|King Bowser's Castle|YWW}}. At the end of [[Wonderful World of Wool]], [[Yoshi]] is launched over the moon by a [[cannon bobbin]]. Three red [[Shy Guy]]s are standing on the moon in this sequence. In the game's ending, [[Kamek]] and [[Baby Bowser]] fly past the moon. [[Poochy]] is on the moon, and a skit plays out involving all three characters and a [[Bomb Guy]]. 

===''Yoshi's Crafted World''===
The moon reappears in ''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]'', where it appears in the second portion of the course [[The Countdown Begins]].

==Profiles==
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
*'''Area Tattles:'''
**"''We're on the moon! Awesome! The moon I always look up at, can you believe it? I mean, I heard they'd put a Goomba on the moon in '69, but who knew WE'D get here? Boy, nothing's impossible on your adventures, Mario! You are the COOLEST!''"
**"''Boy, I guess there are pretty much just rocks on the moon. I guess I knew that, but it's still kind of disappointing. Bummer...'' (GCN) / ''Lousy, boring moon..."'' (Switch)
**"''The stars sure are pretty here. I wonder if I can find my favorite constellation... I'm such a totally shameless romantic, it's not even funny.''"
**"''There's a weird-looking building off in the distance. Why would THAT be there? Looks like we'll need to find a pipe to get there, though. So...let's look for a pipe.''"
**"''You see the Moon Clefts that live up here? You think they live on green cheese, Mario? ...You know I'm kidding, right? I'm not that much of a cheeseball...get it? I'm still bummed'' (GCN) ''/ upset ''(Switch)'' there are only rocks here.''"
**"''Hey, Mario! Did you see that? I saw a comet or something! It was all, like, "PSHOOWEE!" Should I try and make three wishes, do you think? I wish for... Hee hee hee! That's TOP SECRET!''"
*'''Map:''' ''The best place in the world for stargazing, but also a place pocked with craters large and small. In contrast to the world where Mario and his friends live, it's very difficult to traverse.''

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SML2 commercial Moon.jpg|The moon from the ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' commercial
MKSC Cheese Land Starting Line.png|Cheese Land's Moon-like surface in ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]''
XNautMoonBaseTexture.png|The exterior of the X-Naut Fortress on the moon in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
PMTTYD Cannon Targets Moon.png|Big Bob aiming for the moon in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
PMTTYD Almost to the Moon.png|[[Mario]] and [[Admiral Bobbery]] blasting off towards the moon
PMTTYD Moon Landing Area.png|Gravity is low
PMTTYD Moon R1.png|The first east area of the moon
PMTTYD Moon R2.png|The second east area of the moon
PMTTYD Moon X-Naut Fortress Area.png|The X-Naut Fortress is sighted in the distance
PMTTYD Moon Warp Pipe Reveal.png|Revealing the Warp Pipe leading to the fortress
PMTTYD Moon L2.png|The second west area of the moon
PMTTYD Moon L1.png|The first west area of the moon
PMTTYD X-Naut Fortress Lord Crump Blasted.png|[[Lord Crump]] defeated
PMTTYD X-Naut Fortress TEC Last Line.png
PMTTYD X-Naut Fortress TEC Explosion.png|A massive explosion on the moon set off by [[TEC]], seemingly taking the X-Naut Fortress with it.
SMG Kamella Moon.png|thumb|Kamella coming down from the moon in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
TTYDNS Shooting for the Moon.jpg|[[Big Bob]] aiming for the moon in the Nintendo Switch remake of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn={{ruby|月|つき}}
|JpnR=Tsuki
|JpnM=Moon
|Chi=月亮
|ChiR=Yuèliang
|ChiM=Moon
|Dut=Maan
|DutM=Moon
|Fre=Lune
|FreM=Moon
|Ger=Mond
|GerM=Moon
|Ita=Luna
|ItaM=Moon
|Kor=달
|KorR=Dal
|KorM=Moon
|Por=Lua
|PorM=Moon
|Rom=Lună
|RomM=Moon
|Rus=Луна
|RusR=Luna
|RusM=Moon
|Spa=Luna
|SpaM=Moon
}}

==References==
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