History Main / TheManInTheMoon

* Referenced in the Music/{{Shinedown}} song "Second Chance":
--> I just saw Hayley's comet she waved
--> Said why you always running in place
--> Even the man in the moon disappeared
--> Somewhere in the stratosphere
* The Music/{{Erasure}} song "Man In The Moon" portrays him as a benevolent, smiling figure.
* The video for Music/TheSmashingPumpkins' song "Tonight, Tonight", largely an homage to ''A Trip to the Moon'', of course features a face in the moon.
* A stanza of ''Well Done Liar'' or ''Martin Said To His Man'', one of a whole genre's worth of British nonsense songs describing a man telling tall tales to his friends while drunk, includes the words:
--> I saw the man in the moon
--> Clothed in St Peter's Shoon...

* Creator/LFrankBaum wrote a short story based on the above nursery rhyme in his book ''Mother Goose in Prose.'' In his version, the reason why the Man in the Moon burns his mouth on cold porridge is because he perceives hot as cold and cold as hot: he also warms himself with ice and puts hot coals in his drinking water.

* In ''Literature/TheGuardiansOfChildhood'', the Moon is a broken down space sailing ship. Owned by the noble family of Lunanoff, it was attacked by the Nightmare King Pitch and damaged beyond function in the battle, leaving it in its disguised state as an ordinary moon. The only remaining member of the Lunanoffs, the Man in the Moon is raised to adulthood by the ship's crew of robots and large insects and keeps a watchful eye on the Earth to keep the children safe from Pitch's lingering influence beyond the [[SealedEvilInACan can]] he was sealed in as result of the same battle.

* Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/ExtraterrestrialCivilizations'': (DiscussedTrope) Dr Asimov credits the illusion of a man (or a woman, or [[MoonRabbit a rabbit]], and so on) in UsefulNotes/TheMoon for inspiring humanity's search for civilizations from alien worlds.
* Many of Creator/EricCarle's books have the moon depicted as a [[GiganticMoon huge full moon]] with a smiling face. This is especially prominent in ''Papa, Please Get the Moon For Me''.

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1989/06/28 Referenced]] in ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' -
-->'''Calvin:''' "I saw the man in the moon tonight."
-->'''Calvin's Dad:'''(not paying attention) "Mmm."
-->'''Calvin:''' "I didn't know the moon made faces."
-->'''Calvin's Dad:'''(still not paying attention) "That's phases."

* In ''ComicStrip/PricklyCity'', the moon starts to make faces when Carmen says we haven't been back in a long time.

* ''Theatre/{{Endymion}}'' fittingly draws on this imagery as it is about a man who falls in love with the moon goddess.

* On the Playhouse Disney children's series ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'', the moon was named Luna and was a good friend of Bear. Bear and Luna often meet on Bear's balcony and Bear tells Luna what he has done during the day and they sing the "Goodbye Song".

* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', the big moon Aladdin and Jasmine were [[RidingIntoTheSunset riding into]] turns out to be the Genie. "Made you look!"

* The [[OlderThanTelevision 1902 film]] ''Film/ATripToTheMoon'' (original French title ''Le Voyage dans la Lune'') provides the UrExample in film. The moon is depicted not only being a sentient being with a face but is also covered in giant mushrooms, apparently has enough oxygen for the humans to breathe, and is inhabited by savage RubberForeheadAliens called Selenites. Also, you can jump down from the moon to earth without getting hurt too much.
* Appears during the 'Your Song' sequence in ''Film/MoulinRouge'' and sings with the voice of Placido Domingo.

* In ''Film/TheTrumanShow'', Christof and the other showrunners are shown to be working from behind the fake moon on the Seahaven set. Also, in one scene, Truman depicts himself as an astronaut by drawing a spacesuit in the bathroom mirror.

* ''VideoGame/MoshiMonsters'' has a moon with a face on it.
* In ''VideoGame/HellPie'', the moon at Flavor Peaks is full and has a face on it.

* The moon in ''Manga/SoulEater'', which just [[NightmareRetardant isn't as nightmare-inducing]] as the one hovering above Termina because it doesn't threaten to fall on Death City or wherever. [[SlasherSmile But it's just]] [[BloodFromTheMouth as creepy]].

* Gainax again: in ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' one enemy tries to make the Man in the Moon sneeze by shooting a blimp, propelled with the force of a thousand nosebleeds, into its nose and... Well, it's a WidgetSeries, so let's leave it at that!

* Twila of [[VideoGame/MarioParty Mario Party 6]] is the smiling, largely friendly version. Partnered with [[TheFaceoftheSun Brighton]].
* The falling moon in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'' grows a face and ''cries rocks''.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon ''WesternAnimation/HoneymoonHotel'', the moon looks through their window, says that he can see everything they do, and blushes when they turn out the light.

* Not visible from Earth but one of the reasons the ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' and the American and Russian governments agreed to stop manned missions to the moon was because the dark side looked like Alastair Crowley's face.

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* In ''Videogame/AdventureQuest'', there are two weird moons; one has a face and leads to the Void, where the strongest monsters of the game are held. The second also has a face and is an interpretation of the BigBad.
* In ''VideoGame/AliceMadnessReturns'', the moon is visible in the obligatory ice level. It not only has a full face, but tattoos and a cigarette in a long holder. Its cigarette's smoke is the aurora which laces through the sky.
* ''VideoGame/AyoTheClown'': In the first level, if you look at the moon, you'll see that it has a little face.
* During the Halloween event in ''VideoGame/GuildWars'', the moon appears as [[https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/File:Droknars_Forge_Halloween_2008.jpg huge with a creepy face]] in certain cities.
* The Moon in ''[[VideoGame/{{Something}} Something Else]]''. It has an evil smirk on its face. [[spoiler: Also, the true base of the Evil Guy.]]
* In ''Wiz 'n Liz'', the moon has a face. Usually it just looks like it's asleep, but every now and then it will yawn, and come out with an incredibly creepy grimace.
* ''VideoGame/MoshiMonsters'' has a moon with a face on it.
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** Twila of [[VideoGame/MarioParty Mario Party 6]] is the smiling, largely friendly version. Partnered with [[TheFaceoftheSun Brighton]].

* In ''VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}'', Tamagotchi Planet's moon is itself a Tamagotchi with eyes and a visible face. The planet's [[TheFaceOfTheSun sun]], Sunnytchi, is the same deal.

Bears little to no relation to WeirdMoon. See MoonRabbit for the version more popular in East Asian cultures. Men ''on'' the Moon may be {{Lunarians}}.

* In ''Videogame/AdventureQuest'', there are two weird moons; one has a face and leads to the Void, where the strongest monsters of the game are held. The second also has a face and is an interpretation of the BigBad.
* In ''VideoGame/AliceMadnessReturns'', the moon is visible in the obligatory ice level. It not only has a full face, but tattoos and a cigarette in a long holder. Its cigarette's smoke is the aurora which laces through the sky.

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* During the Halloween event in ''VideoGame/GuildWars'', the moon appears as [[https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/File:Droknars_Forge_Halloween_2008.jpg huge with a creepy face]] in certain cities.
* The Moon in ''[[VideoGame/{{Something}} Something Else]]''. It has an evil smirk on its face. [[spoiler: Also, the true base of the Evil Guy.]]
* In ''Videogame/AdventureQuest'', there are two weird moons; one has a face and leads to the Void, where the strongest monsters of the game are held. The second also has a face and is an interpretation of the BigBad.
* In ''VideoGame/AliceMadnessReturns'', the moon is visible in the obligatory ice level. It not only has a full face, but tattoos and a cigarette in a long holder. Its cigarette's smoke is the aurora which laces through the sky.
* In ''Wiz 'n Liz'', the moon has a face. Usually it just looks like it's asleep, but every now and then it will yawn, and come out with an incredibly creepy grimace.
* ''VideoGame/MoshiMonsters'' has a moon with a face on it.

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* A Running Gag in [[WebAnimation/HourOfPoop HourOfPoop's YTPs]] is the moon having Charles Laughton's face.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Gronk}}'': In [[http://www.gronkcomic.com/2011/08/08262011/ this comic]], Gronk tries saying [[Literature/GoodnightMoon goodnight to the moon]]. The moon responds in a very rude manner.
* In ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure'', the sun and moon have faces and occasionally make quips about what's going on down at ground level. They transform into one another at dawn and dusk rather than rising or setting.
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* A man with a crescent moon for a head wearing CoolShades, known as "Mac Tonight" was once part of the side characters for [=McDonalds=], as well as an early role for Creator/DougJones.

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