Destroying the Moon

[BackLash]

Many action anime fans should know that in Dragonball Z that Piccolo destroyed the moon. When I first saw this, I honestly never saw it comming, mainly due to without the moon, the world would go nuts. But then I realize in TV it happens more often than I thought.

Like in the Tick for example, I just saw in episode this morning where the moon had a giant chunk tankn out of it and a giant HA written into it.

I know there's more examples where the moon has taken abuse, defaced or outright destroyed in cartoons, but I can't think of them right now. Is there any example you can think of?

[TKnHappyNess]

In "Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?", Carmen was planning on putting her logo (the title screen one) on the moon when it was going to be blue. Zack and Ivy stopped her. There was another one where everyone thought Carmen died in an avalanche, and one of the items on her list (in order to be head of V.I.L.E.) was Neil Armstrong's footprints. The two stopped Carmen's brain, Sarah Bellum from stealing them by taking a real risk with the C-5. And of course the moon crushing Scratchy twice in "The Simpsons".

[DarthGonzo]

Didn't the Brain want to tattoo something on the moon in the Pinky and the Brain episode "Brain's Bogey"?

[MonkeyFunk]

Hmm... Eggman blew up half the moon in Sonic X (and Sonic Adventure 2), and Bugs Bunny also blew up a large chunk in one short, leaving a crescent-shaped fragment.

Whatever would the Spongmonkeys say?

[Don_East]

Daffy Duck once shot at moon becuase the moonlight annoyed him. The destruction even shocked him.

[Dr.Pepper]

In the Billy & Mandy invaded special, aliens ate the moon and repaired it with their armpit cheese or something like that.

[veemonjosh]

In Eureka Seven, during the final episode, a large "Renton <3 Eureka" was carved into the moon.

[Darking]

In "It Came From Outer Space" of Loonatics Unleashed, Melvin the Martian blew up the moon as a show of power.

[Wussycat]

In an Aardman short called Owzat, the moon is destroyed in a strange ending gag.

[Michael24]

Didn't Cobra Commander carve his face into the moon with a laser beam in an episode of G.I. Joe?

[The Weed Of Cri]

When Piccolo blew up the moon in DBZ, it was actually the second time the moon was destroyed in the Dragonball universe. Master Roshi destroyed the moon with a Kamehameha wave in the original Dragonball series to prevent Goku from transforming. What I'd like to know is: who fixed it between the first and second attacks? Was it wished back with the Dragonballs?

[Antiyonder]

When Piccolo blew up the moon in DBZ, it was actually the second time the moon was destroyed in the Dragonball universe. Master Roshi destroyed the moon with a Kamehameha wave in the original Dragonball series to prevent Goku from transforming. What I'd like to know is: who fixed it between the first and second attacks? Was it wished back with the Dragonballs?

I believe Kami restored it when Goku trained with Popo.

[TKnHappyNess]

I believe Kami restored it when Goku trained with Popo.

They had to remove Goku's tail first before he could wish it back.

[Draven]

Yeah, the Moon gets no love...

In Trigun Vash was once forced against his will to use his most powerful wepon, the Trigun (Angel Arm). Which can take out an entire city. He aimed it straight into the air, sparing a lot of inoccent lives, but left a gaping crater in the Moon that could clearly be seen from Earth. This caused wide-spread depression in not only Vash, but the general public.

In Cowboy Bebop hyperspace travel is common, thanks to Gates. The construction of early gates near Earth ignored a fatal flaw in the gate's design, despite knowledge OF it. One of them exploded, and caused the moon to LITERALLY fall apart. Chunks of the Moon are still in decaying orbit of earth and rain down on Earth daily, 50 years after "The Gate Incident". Anybody who still lives on Earth, lives under the surface, because it's too dangerous above ground.

The Moon's destruction is also a significant part of Faye's backstory.

[Kryten]

According to the opening of Thundarr the Barbarian, the moon got broken in half by a runaway comet in 1997.

Funny... You'd think I'd remember something like that happening...

[sergeant_w]

In the Inspector Gadget episode "MAD in the Moon" Dr. Claw planned on carving the MAD logo onto the moon's surface.

[veemonjosh]

According to the opening of Thundarr the Barbarian, the moon got broken in half by a runaway comet in 1997.

More like 1994.