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* {{Lunacy}}: Since Jean is part of the Moon itself, his body's shape changes with the Lunar phases, which allows him to escape from prison.

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* {{Lunacy}}: Since Jean is part of the Moon itself, his body's shape changes with the Lunar phases, which allows him to escape from prison.prison when the moon goes crescent.

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* NiceGuy: The benevolent scientist who offers his space capsule to Jean so he can return to the Moon.

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* NiceGuy: NiceGuy:
** Jean only means well and to have fun on Earth, but sadly he's misunderstood.
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The benevolent scientist who offers his space capsule to Jean so he can return to the Moon.
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* NiceGuy: The benevolent scientist who offers his space capsule to Jean so he can return to the Moon.
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* OpportunisticVendors: Jean's crash on Earth prompts a huge rush of fire engines, army tanks, and other emergency vehicles. Among these is a mobile ice cream stand, with a footnote that the ice cream man hurried to set up his stand for the spectators.

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* CometOfDoom: Jean hops on a comet to go to Earth.


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* InterplanetaryVoyage: Jean hops on a comet to go to Earth. Then the benevolent scientist gives him his space capsule so he can go back to the Moon.
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As with Ungerer's ''Literature/TheThreeRobbers'', the book received both an animated ShortFilm adaptation by Creator/GeneDeitch (in 1981) and a feature film one (in 2012, produced by Germany and the country where Ungerer lived in the most towards the end of gis life, Ireland). Ungerer also narrated an audiobook of it.

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As with Ungerer's ''Literature/TheThreeRobbers'', the book received both an animated ShortFilm adaptation by Creator/GeneDeitch (in 1981) and a feature film one (in 2012, produced by Germany a German studio and a studio from the country where Ungerer lived in the most towards the end of gis his life, Ireland). Ungerer also narrated an audiobook of it.
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It tells the story of Jean, a giant and very pale man living on UsefulNotes/TheMoon who gets bored of nothing fun (or nothing at all, really) ever happening there and decides to visit the UsefulNotes/{{Earth}} to have fun... only to end up hunted down and thrown in jail. He finds a way to escape, enjoys the beauty of nature on Earth and parties, then seeks a way to return where he comes from.

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It tells the story of Jean, a giant and very pale man living on UsefulNotes/TheMoon who gets bored of nothing fun (or nothing at all, really) ever happening there and decides to visit the UsefulNotes/{{Earth}} to have fun... only to end up hunted down and thrown in jail.prison. He finds a way to escape, enjoys the beauty of nature on Earth and parties, then seeks a way to return where he comes from.
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As with Ungerer's ''Literature/TheThreeRobbers'', the book received both an animated ShortFilm adaptation by Creator/GeneDeitch (in 1981) and a feature film one (in 2012, produced by Germany and the country where Ungerer lived in the most towards the end of gis life, Ireland).

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As with Ungerer's ''Literature/TheThreeRobbers'', the book received both an animated ShortFilm adaptation by Creator/GeneDeitch (in 1981) and a feature film one (in 2012, produced by Germany and the country where Ungerer lived in the most towards the end of gis life, Ireland). Ungerer also narrated an audiobook of it.
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As with Ungerer's ''Literature/TheThreeRobbers'', the book received both an animated ShortFilm adaptation by Creator/GeneDeitch (in 1981) and a feature film one (in 2012, produced by Germany and the country where Ungerer lived in the most towards the end of gis life, Ireland).
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* InnocentAliens: The only thing Jean wants is to enjoy some time on Earth, be it the nature or parties, and he's hunted down and thrown in prison like a criminal.
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* TheManInTheMoon: Jean is initially crammed in a round shape on the Moon, with his face covering a large surface on it.
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It tells the story of Jean, a giant and very pale man living on UsefulNotes/TheMoon who gets bored of nothing fun (or nothing at all, really) ever happening there and decides to visit the UsefulNotes/{{Earth}} to have fun... only to end up hunted down and thrown in jail. He finds a way to escape, and seeks a way to return where he comes from.

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It tells the story of Jean, a giant and very pale man living on UsefulNotes/TheMoon who gets bored of nothing fun (or nothing at all, really) ever happening there and decides to visit the UsefulNotes/{{Earth}} to have fun... only to end up hunted down and thrown in jail. He finds a way to escape, enjoys the beauty of nature on Earth and parties, then seeks a way to return where he comes from.

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It tells the story of Jean, a giant and very pale man living on UsefulNotes/TheMoon who gets bored of nothing fun (or nothing at all, really) ever happening where he lives and decides to visit Earth to have fun, only to end up hunted down and thrown in jail. He finds a way to escape, and seeks a way to return where he comes from.

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It tells the story of Jean, a giant and very pale man living on UsefulNotes/TheMoon who gets bored of nothing fun (or nothing at all, really) ever happening where he lives there and decides to visit Earth the UsefulNotes/{{Earth}} to have fun, fun... only to end up hunted down and thrown in jail. He finds a way to escape, and seeks a way to return where he comes from.


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* CometOfDoom: Jean hops on a comet to go to Earth.
* ComingInHot: Jean crash-lands on Earth, scaring the forest animals around the site.
* HumansAreBastards: Jean meets hostile humans very quickly -- an army general who thinks he's an enemy and the police that throws him in prison.


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* NatureLover: After escaping from prison, Jean spends some happy time in the forest, admiring the flowers and the birds.
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It tells the story of a giant and very pale man living on UsefulNotes/TheMoon who gets bored of nothing fun (or nothing at all, really) ever happening where he lives and decides to visit Earth to have fun, only to end up hunted down and thrown in jail. He finds a way to escape, and seeks a way to return where he comes from.

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It tells the story of Jean, a giant and very pale man living on UsefulNotes/TheMoon who gets bored of nothing fun (or nothing at all, really) ever happening where he lives and decides to visit Earth to have fun, only to end up hunted down and thrown in jail. He finds a way to escape, and seeks a way to return where he comes from.

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It tells the story of a giant and very pale man living on UsefulNotes/TheMoon who gets bored of nothing fun (or nothing at all, really) ever happening where he lives and decides to visit Earth, only to end up hunted down and thrown in jail. He finds a way to escape, and seeks a way to return where he comes from.

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It tells the story of a giant and very pale man living on UsefulNotes/TheMoon who gets bored of nothing fun (or nothing at all, really) ever happening where he lives and decides to visit Earth, Earth to have fun, only to end up hunted down and thrown in jail. He finds a way to escape, and seeks a way to return where he comes from.from.
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* {{Lunacy}}: Since Jean is part of the Moon itself, his body's shape changes with the Lunar phases, which allows him to escape from prison.
* {{Sizeshifter}}: Jean's whole body is initially so big that he's ''cramped'' on the Moon. He assumes a human size when on Earth.
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''Moon Man'' (''Jean de la Lune'' in French / ''Der Mondmann'' in German) is a [[ChildrensLiterature children's]] {{picture book|s}} written and illustrated by Creator/TomiUngerer (who considered it a {{satire}}). It was initially published in German language in 1966.

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''Moon Man'' (''Jean de la Lune'' in French / ''Der Mondmann'' in German) is a [[ChildrensLiterature children's]] {{picture book|s}} written and illustrated by Creator/TomiUngerer (who considered it a {{satire}}). It was initially published in German language in 1966.1966.

It tells the story of a giant and very pale man living on UsefulNotes/TheMoon who gets bored of nothing fun (or nothing at all, really) ever happening where he lives and decides to visit Earth, only to end up hunted down and thrown in jail. He finds a way to escape, and seeks a way to return where he comes from.
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''Moon Man'' (''Jean de la Lune'' in French / ''Der Mondmann'' in German) is a [[ChildrensLiterature children's]] {{picture book|s}} written and illustrated by Creator/TomiUngerer. It was initially published in German language in 1966.

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''Moon Man'' (''Jean de la Lune'' in French / ''Der Mondmann'' in German) is a [[ChildrensLiterature children's]] {{picture book|s}} written and illustrated by Creator/TomiUngerer.Creator/TomiUngerer (who considered it a {{satire}}). It was initially published in German language in 1966.
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''Moon Man'' (''Jean de la Lune'' in French / ''Der Mondmann'' in German) is a [[ChildrensLiterature children's]] {{picture book|s}} written and illustrated by Creator/TomiUngerer. It was initially published in German language in 1966.

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