Editing Moon

{{about|the actual moon|the item in ''[[Super Mario World]]''|[[3-Up Moon]]}}

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|image=The Moon PMTTYD.PNG

|caption=[[Mario]] landing on the '''Moon''' in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''

|inhabitants=[[Moon Cleft]]s, [[Z-Yux]]

|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#1990|1990]])

|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])

 

The '''Moon''' is a celestial body that orbits a planet (based on Planet Earth's natural satellite). It has made several appearances in ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' games, either as decoration for a background or as a setting for a particular level.

 

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]] (actually 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.

[[File:SMG Sand Spiral Galaxy Spiral Moon Planets.png|thumb|left|A moon from ''Super Mario Galaxy'' in the [[Sand Spiral Galaxy]].]]

[[File:SMG Kamella Moon.png|thumb|right|Kamella coming down from the '''moon'''.]]

[[File:SMG2 BM Themoon.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 if Mario stands on it, it balances and possibly make Mario fall. Mario must collect the [[Star Chip]]s on it to progress.

''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' episode "[[Count Koopula]]" showed that, if a [[Koopa Troopa]] stared at the moon when it was full, they would make the horrific transformation into a [[Wereturtle]].

In the 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]]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.

[[File:Mksccheeseland.png|thumb|Cheese Land's Moon-like surface 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 and space-themed sky. [[Little Mouser]]s can be found here. When the track reappears in the DLC for ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' (as well as the base version of ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'', however, the track has been redesigned to no longer look like the Moon, due to the blue, cloud-filled sky and more plateau-like layout.

In ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', part of the [[Rainbow Road (3DS)|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.

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. In many games, the Moon also appears in certain courses, such as [[Moonview Highway]].

====''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]]''. [[Raphael the Raven]] was combated on the Moon (Generic [[Raven]]s also used Moon-like planetoids as their native turf). Also never appearing in-game, [[:File:Yoshi TA.gif|an artwork]] released for ''[[Tetris Attack]]'' shows Raphael on the same Moon. In ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', after [[Baby Bowser]] is defeated and returns to his normal size, [[Kamek]] takes him and flies to the Moon for some unknown reason. This Moon also resembles a {{wp|Baseball (ball)|baseball}} due to its stitching. ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island's'' moon also appears in the background of the [[Yoshi's Island (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|Yoshi's Island]] stage in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''.

===''Yoshi's Woolly World''===

The Moon appears several times in ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]''. At the end of ★-S [[Yoshi]] is launched over the Moon which has three Red [[Shy Guy]]s on it.

===''Paper Mario'' series===

====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====

[[File:XNautMoonBaseTexture.png|thumb|left|The exterior of the X-Naut Fortress on the moon 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 the [[Giant Cannon]] 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 [[wikipedia:Apollo 11|Apollo 11]] landing (the first manned landing on the [[Earth]]'s moon) in 1969. 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 the plumber 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.

The in-game map description reads, ''"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."''

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{{main|List of enemy formations in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door#The Moon}}

=====Items=====

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|[[Courage Shell]]

|[[File:ShellofCourage.PNG|25x25px]]

|In the screen to the left of the landing screen, it's in the cracked rock in the south.

|[[Power Punch]]

|[[File:Powerpunch.gif|25x25px]]

|In the screen with the X-Naut Fortress, it's in the cracked rock in the southeast.

|[[Ruin Powder]]

|[[File:RuinPowderTTYD.PNG|25x25px]]

|In the screen to the right of the X-Naut Fortress screen, it's inside the cracked rock in the center.

|[[Star Piece (Paper Mario)|Star Piece]]

|[[File:Star_Piece.GIF|25x25px]]

|In the screen with the X-Naut Fortress, it's behind a rock to the southeast of the pipe.

|[[Stop Watch]]

|[[File:StopWatch PM2.png|25x25px]]

|In the landing screen, it's in the cracked rock in the northwest.

|[[Volt Shroom]]

|[[File:Volt Shroom TTYD.png|25x25px]]

|In the screen to the east of the landing screen, it's in the cracked rock in the middle.

=====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...''

*''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 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!''

===''Luigi's Mansion''===

A version of the Moon appears in ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'', in the background of the [[Observatory]]. Luigi, while progressing through [[Luigi's Mansion (place)|the mansion]], blows up the Moon up with a [[Falling Star (obstacle)|Falling Star]] shot from his [[Poltergust 3000]], creating a path of debris that leads to the [[Mario's Star|Star]] he is looking for.

===''Donkey Kong'' series===

====''Donkey Kong Country Returns''====

The Moon also appears in each of the possible but similar endings for ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'', depending on the characters remaining. After defeating [[Tiki Tong]], the Kongs are blasted high in the sky and fall down to the moon. If only [[Donkey Kong]] defeats Tiki Tong, Donkey Kong uses his fist to punch the moon into the atmosphere and slam the Tiki statue in the Volcano. If Tiki Tong is defeated by [[Diddy Kong]], Diddy attempts to escape the gravitational pull of the Moon to no avail and lands on his head. However, the force of the impact also results in Diddy unintentionally causing the moon to fall and slam into the Tiki statue. If Tiki Tong is defeated while both Kongs are active, Donkey Kong has Diddy Kong speed him toward the moon with his jetpack, accelerating Donkey Kong as he punches the moon, which causes it to fall onto the statue. After the moon crushes the Tiki statue, the volcano erupts the banana hoard, sending the moon back into its original position.

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