History Main / CrescentMoonIsland

* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert2 Yuri's Revenge'': In one of the Soviet missions, Yuri has a submarine pen located on an uncharted crescent-shaped island on the South Pacific and it's the Soviet commander's task to destroy before Yuri sends his boomer submarine fleet to launch missiles all over the world. In the end, the Soviets won but Yuri and his forces flee to the moon.

* Crescent-shaped islands commonly form from volcanic craters in real life--for example, the small island of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molokini Molokini]] off the coast of Maui, Hawai'i, or Lord Howe Island east of Australia.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': The anime-exclusive Wales Island, featured in "[[Recap/PokemonS8E10WheresArmaldo Where's Armaldo]]", is shaped like a crescent moon. Due to its isolation, much of the island has remained untouched by civilization, making it home to many ancient trees and Fossil Pokemon research.
* Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman: The secret base of the Gatchaman team is literally on an island called "Secret Moon Reef" that is [[spoiler: actually an artificial island built on top of an underseas base]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:...Hm. Darn, there's just no way of knowing why it's named that.]]

See also FarSideIsland for another common island design. For landforms that resemble something more lively than the moon, see MonsterShapedMountain.

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** Despite its name, a place called "Fullmoon Island" exists, which is vaguely crescent-shaped alongside having a crescent pond in its center. Here, you find the appropriately-named Legendary Pokemon Cresselia, who roams Sinnoh upon encounter but leaves behind a special Lunar Wing to help off her counterpart Darkrai's nightmares. In ''VideoGame/PokemonOmegaRubyAndAlphaSapphire'', she instead resides on the more obvious "Crescent Isle."

* ''WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberry'': One episode has the Thornberrys arriving on an uncharted crescent-shaped island in the Pacific Ocean. They get stranded because Nigel accidentally switched on the comvee's security system. The family waits for rescue as they enjoy this newly-discovered tropical paradise only until they slowly begin to snap and turn on each other.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleOfAges'': Moonlit Grotto, the game's third dungeon and the location of one of the Essences of Time, is on Crescent Island. The dungeon entrance is located right in the middle, and is inaccessible in the past because the ocean blocks it off from the rest of the island. In the present, however, the lever of water is lower, allowing the dungeon to be reached. Much later in the game, when Link has gained the ability to swim in deep water, he can reach the entrance in the past, and it turns out to be the path leading to the game's final dungeon.

See also FarSideIsland for another common island design.

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* In ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks'', the main characters visit the Isle of Naboombu, which is inhabited by {{Uplifted Animal}}s, to find the [[MacGuffin Star of Astoroth]]. As they approach it, it looks like a crescent, with a large lagoon; they first crash into the lagoon and encounter anthropomorphic sea life before going up to the surface.
* In ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', the Holy Grail is kept in a chamber located in a crescent moon-shaped valley, which is indicated in the clue to its location in the journal.

* In ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'', Voya Nui is shaped like an elongated crescent moon, and it's the location of the Mask of Life. However, the shape is meaningless InUniverse, as the planet it's on doesn't have a moon (it sort of is a moon, but not close enough to see the main planet). Mahri Nui was formerly connected to Voya Nui before sinking into the sea, giving Voya Nui its crescent shape.

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