Line #7 Series/Moonbase8


1	->''[[TagLine Failure is now an option.]]''
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3	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/moonbase8.jpg]]
4	[[caption-width-right:350:L-R: Cap, Rook, and Skip]]
5	''Moonbase 8'' is a space comedy series that began airing on Creator/{{Showtime}} on November 8, 2020. It stars Creator/FredArmisen, [[Creator/TimAndEric Tim Heidecker]], and Creator/JohnCReilly. The three stars created, wrote and executive produced the series alongside Jonathan Krisel (who directs each episode).
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7	Set in the isolated desert of Winslow, Arizona at UsefulNotes/{{NASA}}'s Moon Base Simulator, Moonbase 8 follows eager astronauts Skip (Armisen), Rook (Heidecker) and their leader Cap (Reilly) as they attempt to qualify for their first lunar mission. While working vigorously to complete their training, a series of unexpected circumstances forces the astronauts to question their own mental sanity, trust in each other and whether or not they're cut out for space travel.
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9	The first trailer was released on September 12 and can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyLKmKrS6Xw here]]. This was followed by a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdha2OfhGzk full trailer]] three days later. The pilot episode was made available for free on Website/YouTube the day of the show's premiere, while the entire season was rolled out on-demand the same day, on the Showtime apps in the U.S. and Crave TV in Canada.
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12	!!This series provides examples of:
13	* AndStarring: The first episode has an "And Introducing" credit for Travis Kelce, who is appearing AsHimself. [[spoiler:He doesn't last very long.]]
14	* BaitAndSwitch: [[spoiler:Skip starts pining for Alisha, the girl who'd been staying with them, and decides to ask her out. She rejects him.]]
15	* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:In the midst of a fever-induced hallucination, Skip attempts to cut out his tonsils.]]
16	* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:Alisha departs for the moon at the end of the third episode.]]
17	* FaceDeathWithDignity: Fearing that they will die of thirst, Cap, Rook and Skip have some champagne (the only liquid left on the base, which they'd been saving for something special) and discuss what they want their legacy to be when they die.
18	* FromBadToWorse:
19	** The first episode concerns the base's water supply running out. [[spoiler:Then Travis Kelce dies when he and Cap are trying to dig a well.]]
20	** "Quarantine" starts with Cap and Skip coming down with colds. [[spoiler:Skip begins hallucinating while quarantined, and ends up attempting to cut his tonsils out. Meanwhile, Cap ends up getting a bite from a scorpion.]]
21	* IChooseToStay: In "Rats", [[spoiler:Skip decides to leave the mission in a bout of homesickness, feeling his family needs him, oblivious to the fact that if he leaves, the program will cease to exist. The morning he's supposed to go, however, [[StatusQuoIsGod he changes his mind]].]]
22	* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Rook has 12 kids - whenever he Facetimes his family, the screen is just filled with kids.
23	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: According to WordOfGod, Music/AdamLambert's character in "Visitors" was inspired by RealLife astronaut Bobak Ferdowski.
24	* SickEpisode: "Quarantine". Which, surprisingly enough, wasn't inspired by a certain virus - it was filmed two years prior.
25	* StargazingScene: Towards the end of the pilot the guys take a moment to have a [[ItMakesSenseInContext "moon bath"]] and admire the full moon.
26	* TitleIn: "Winslow, Arizona", and about a minute later, "NASA [[TitleDrop Moonbase 8]] Simulation".
27	* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:[[SpecialGuest Travis Kelce]], who is killed off midway through episode one.]]

Context Series / Moonbase8