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* Speaking of Humongous Entertainment, there's also a brief scene on ''[[PuttPutt Putt Putt goes to the Moon]]'' that shows a few mice astronaut kids gnawing on the observatory - much to their mom's dismay. "But it's made of green cheese, Mom!"
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* In ''Literature/ThePhantomTollbooth'', "THE MOON IS MADE OF GREEN CHEESE" is one of the half-baked ideas cooked up by the half bakery. The Spelling Bee eats the "CHEESE" part first.
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One of the common Moon myths in Western culture is the saying that it is comprised of "green"[[hottip:*:originally meaning "young"]] cheese.

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One of the common Moon myths in Western culture is the saying that it is comprised of "green"[[hottip:*:originally "green"[[note]]originally meaning "young"]] "young"[[/note]] cheese.
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* In the first short story in ''{{Cosmicomics}}'', "The Distance of the Moon", the moon is depicted as having once been close enough to Earth for people to regularly get cheese and milk from it.

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* In the first short story in ''{{Cosmicomics}}'', ''Literature/{{Cosmicomics}}'', "The Distance of the Moon", the moon is depicted as having once been close enough to Earth for people to regularly get cheese and milk from it.
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* In ''Yogi's Ark Lark'', while the Creator/{{Hanna-Barbera}} cast are in space, Pixie and Dixie run by with a slice of cheese. Huckleberry Hound sees them and asks where they found it. He then makes a realisation and glances at the moon. Sure enough...
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* In the first short story in ''{{Cosmicomics}}'', "The Distance of the Moon", the moon is depicted as having once been close enough to Earth for people to regularly get cheese and milk from it.

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* In the short tale by Kenneth Lans, "A 'Rounders' Story about the 'Green Cheese' Moon", the story revolves around the green cheese made by giant spiders which is transported to the moon by leaf-cutting ants. It is a clever story of how the earth was formed. By using a simple narrative, giant spiders, a greedy rat, an old wise turtle, jealous mountains, and the main character "green cheese", the readers are introduced to the mountains, and volcanic eruptions, rivers and tides, the desert and the moon and stars which form the Earth.

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* In ''TheElectricCompany'' there is a sketch where Fargo North is an astronaut in space who receives orders to proceed to the moon. He protests that is impossible since the Moon is made of green cheese and his exasperated partner reminds him that he was told otherwise in training.




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* ''The Milky Way'' is an Academy Award winning MGM animated cartoon short subject. As "three little kittens who lost their mittens" explore a dreamland, space is made up entirely of dairy products (e.g., the Milky Way is made of milk and the moon is made of cheese).

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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_is_made_of_green_cheese Wikipedia article: The moon is made of green cheese]] discusses the origin of the saying in greater depth. It's actually meant to indicate that someone who believes this is extremely gullible (an analogous modern phrase would be [[LandmarkSale "And if you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you"]]).
* GoogleEarth's sister site, Google Moon (which provides photos of the moon's surface) at one time [[http://www.penmachine.com/2005/07/truth-after-36-years.html displayed a yellow cheese texture]] at its highest zoom setting (as an EasterEgg), although it has since been fixed.



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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_is_made_of_green_cheese Wikipedia article: The moon is made of green cheese]] discusses the origin of the saying in greater depth. It's actually meant to indicate that someone who believes this is extremely gullible (an analogous modern phrase would be [[LandmarkSale "And if you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you"]]).
* GoogleEarth's sister site, Google Moon (which provides photos of the moon's surface) at one time [[http://www.penmachine.com/2005/07/truth-after-36-years.html displayed a yellow cheese texture]] at its highest zoom setting (as an EasterEgg), although it has since been fixed.
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* The moon seen in the "Midnight Run" level of ''CrashBandicoot3Warped'', as well as in the space levels featured in the GBA title ''The Huge Adventure'', is pretty cheese-like.

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* The moon seen in the "Midnight Run" level of ''CrashBandicoot3Warped'', ''Videogame/CrashBandicoot3Warped'', as well as in the space levels featured in the GBA title ''The Huge Adventure'', ''CrashBandicootTheHugeAdventure'', is pretty cheese-like.
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* In an episode of the ''{{Rugrats}}'' the babies get into an old trailer, and think that they're astronauts on the moon. Phil and Lil find some old cheese in the garbage, and eat it [[ExtremeOmnivore (with no ill effects)]], thinking it's moon cheese.

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* In an episode of the ''{{Rugrats}}'' the babies get into an old trailer, and think that they're astronauts on the moon. Phil and Lil find some old cheese in the garbage, and eat it [[ExtremeOmnivore (with no ill effects)]], thinking it's moon cheese.
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* The Man In The Moon in ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' episode of the same name actually has cheese on the moon which Greedy helps himself to.
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* In ''VideoGame/DuckTales'', one level is the Moon, and one of its collectibles is a piece of cheese.

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* In ''VideoGame/DuckTales'', one level is the Moon, and one of its collectibles is a piece of cheese. Also, the boss there is a giant rat.
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* "The Power Of Cheese" mused that, for thousands of years people believed the moon was made of cheese. We landed on the moon in 1969, and checked if this was true. It was not. (pause) We haven't been back since.
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* In ''KingsQuestVII: The Princeless Bride'', during one chapter the moon falls out of sky into Falderal (a place based on wordplay and literal figures of speech) and it's revealed to be just a wheel of CartoonCheese. The player is tasked with finding some way of getting it back in the sky before they can leave the area.

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* In ''KingsQuestVII: The Princeless Bride'', ''VideoGame/KingsQuestVIIThePrincelessBride'', during one chapter chapter, the moon falls out of sky into Falderal (a place based on wordplay and literal figures of speech) and it's revealed to be just a wheel of CartoonCheese. The player is tasked with finding some way of getting it back in the sky before they can leave the area.
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* ''WallaceAndGromit''[='s=] debut short film, "A Grand Day Out", revolved around the characters travelling to the moon to get cheese. The second short film, "The Wrong Trousers" later made a reference to it in a newspaper article mentioning how sales of "moon cheese" are soaring.

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* ''WallaceAndGromit''[='s=] ''Franchise/WallaceAndGromit'': Their debut short film, "A Grand Day Out", "WesternAnimation/AGrandDayOut", revolved around the characters travelling to the moon to get cheese. The second short film, "The Wrong Trousers" later "WesternAnimation/TheWrongTrousers", made a reference to it in a newspaper article mentioning how sales of "moon cheese" are soaring.

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* {{Nifflas}}' games ''WithinADeepForest'' and ''#modarchive story'' reference the trope (the former has an entire level set on the Lunar Cheese Extraction Factory), and one of his songs is also called "The Cheese in the Sky".
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* {{Xanth}}'s moon is described as being cheese on the near side, honey on the far side.

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* {{Xanth}}'s Literature/{{Xanth}}'s moon is described as being cheese on the near side, honey on the far side.
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* In an episode of the ''{{Rugrats}}'' the babies get into an old trailer, and think that they're astronauts on the moon. Phil and Lil find some old cheese in the garbage, and eat it [[ExtremeOmnivore (with no ill effects)]], thinking it's moon cheese.
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* In ''CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew'', Little Cheese is a mouse who gets shrinking powers from a chunk of lunar cheese that was being studied by his scientist father. Green cheese as GreenRocks.

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* In ''CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew'', ''Comicbook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew'', Little Cheese is a mouse who gets shrinking powers from a chunk of lunar cheese that was being studied by his scientist father. Green cheese as GreenRocks.



* The ''BeanyAndCecil'' cartoon "Beanyland" has the gang building a theme park on the moon - Dishonest John, already mining and selling the cheese there, tries to sabotage the place.

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* The ''BeanyAndCecil'' ''WesternAnimation/BeanyAndCecil'' cartoon "Beanyland" has the gang building a theme park on the moon - Dishonest John, already mining and selling the cheese there, tries to sabotage the place.
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This can manifest in many ways in fiction, often [[PlayedForLaughs for laughs]]. For example, the moon may be depicted as made of CartoonCheese (possibly even a shade of green), and it may even be inhabited by moon mice (since [[StockAnimalDiet mice love cheese]] and all that).

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This can manifest in many ways in fiction, often [[PlayedForLaughs for laughs]]. For example, the moon may be depicted as made of CartoonCheese (possibly even a shade of green), and it may even be inhabited by moon mice (since [[StockAnimalDiet mice love cheese]] and all that).
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* An old Ronald {{McDonalds}} ad featured the mascot attempting to reach the moon to collect cheese for the restaurant's burgers.

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* An old Ronald {{McDonalds}} McDonalds ad featured the mascot attempting to reach the moon to collect cheese for the restaurant's burgers.



* StanislawLem had a short story where Moon accidentally ''became'' made of cheese.

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* The ''BeanyAndCecil'' cartoon "Beanyland" has the gang building a theme park on the moon - Dishonest John, already mining and selling the cheese there, tries to sabotage the place.
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* The ''TomAndJerry'' short, "O Solar Meow", ends with Jerry on the moon, which has large quantities of cheese. Another short featured Tom and Jerry operating a lunar mining operation, where the caverns were made entirely of cheese.

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* The ''TomAndJerry'' ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' short, "O Solar Meow", ends with Jerry on the moon, which has large quantities of cheese. Another short featured Tom and Jerry operating a lunar mining operation, where the caverns were made entirely of cheese.
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* In a ''RaggedyAnn'' comic, Raggedy Ann and Andy (an a visiting astronaut doll) visit the moon and discover a crater full of green cheese while having to dodge real astronauts.

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* In a ''RaggedyAnn'' comic, Raggedy Ann and Andy (an (and a visiting astronaut doll) visit the moon and discover a crater full of green cheese while having to dodge real astronauts.
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* In ''KingsQuestVII: The Princless Bride'', during one chapter the moon falls out of sky into Falderal (a place based on wordplay and literal figures of speech) and it's revealed to be just a wheel of CartoonCheese. The player is tasked with finding some way of getting it back in the sky before they can leave the area.

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* In ''KingsQuestVII: The Princless Princeless Bride'', during one chapter the moon falls out of sky into Falderal (a place based on wordplay and literal figures of speech) and it's revealed to be just a wheel of CartoonCheese. The player is tasked with finding some way of getting it back in the sky before they can leave the area.
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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_is_made_of_green_cheese Wikipedia article: The moon is made of green cheese]] discusses the origin of the saying in greater depth. It's actually meant to indicate that someone who believes this is extremely gullible (an analogous modern phrase would be [[LandmarkSale "And if you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you."]]

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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_is_made_of_green_cheese Wikipedia article: The moon is made of green cheese]] discusses the origin of the saying in greater depth. It's actually meant to indicate that someone who believes this is extremely gullible (an analogous modern phrase would be [[LandmarkSale "And if you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you."]]you"]]).
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This can manifest in many ways in fiction, often [[PlayedForLaughs for laughs]]. For example, the moon may be depicted as made of CartoonCheese (possibly even a shade of green), and it may even be inhabited by moon mice (since [[StockAnimalDiet mice love cheese]] and all that).

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This can manifest in many ways in fiction, often [[PlayedForLaughs for laughs]]. For example, the moon may be depicted as made of CartoonCheese (possibly even a shade of green), and it may even be inhabited by moon mice (since [[StockAnimalDiet mice love cheese]] and all that).
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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_is_made_of_green_cheese Wikipedia article: The moon is made of green cheese]] discusses the origin of the saying in greater depth.

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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_is_made_of_green_cheese Wikipedia article: The moon is made of green cheese]] discusses the origin of the saying in greater depth. It's actually meant to indicate that someone who believes this is extremely gullible (an analogous modern phrase would be [[LandmarkSale "And if you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you."]]
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One of the common Moon myths in Western culture is the saying that it is comprised of "green"[[hottip:*:originally meaning "young"]] cheese.

This can manifest in many ways in fiction, often [[PlayedForLaughs for laughs]]. For example, the moon may be depicted as made of CartoonCheese (possibly even a shade of green), and it may even be inhabited by moon mice (since [[StockAnimalDiet mice love cheese]] and all that).

In VideoGames, this can overlap with LevelAte as applied to lunar settings.

See also TheManInTheMoon, the other common Western folklore about the moon.
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* An old Ronald {{McDonalds}} ad featured the mascot attempting to reach the moon to collect cheese for the restaurant's burgers.

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* In a ''RaggedyAnn'' comic, Raggedy Ann and Andy (an a visiting astronaut doll) visit the moon and discover a crater full of green cheese while having to dodge real astronauts.
* In an unpublished 1940s JusticeSocietyOfAmerica story, a villain sends Johnny Thunder to get a piece of green cheese from the moon as one of several "impossible tasks." Thanks to Johnny's LiteralGenie, he manages to do it anyway.
* In ''CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew'', Little Cheese is a mouse who gets shrinking powers from a chunk of lunar cheese that was being studied by his scientist father. Green cheese as GreenRocks.

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* {{Xanth}}'s moon is described as being cheese on the near side, honey on the far side.
* StanislawLem had a short story where Moon accidentally ''became'' made of cheese.

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* In the opening song of ''MerrilyWeRollAlong''[='=]s second act, a long list of maybes includes "Maybe the moon is cheese".

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* In ''VideoGame/DuckTales'', one level is the Moon, and one of its collectibles is a piece of cheese.
* The "Moon Fondue" level in ''{{Spyro}} 2: Season of Flame'' on the GameBoyAdvance is comprised of green, cheese-like terrain and includes a race of mouse astronauts.
* In ''KingsQuestVII: The Princless Bride'', during one chapter the moon falls out of sky into Falderal (a place based on wordplay and literal figures of speech) and it's revealed to be just a wheel of CartoonCheese. The player is tasked with finding some way of getting it back in the sky before they can leave the area.
* In ''RevengeOfTheTitans'', many of the Moon Campaign's mission locations are named for different kinds of cheese, [[StealthPun disguised with the nomenclature of actual locations on the moon]]--for example, Mare Crisium (RealLife) and Mare [[http://www.latin-dictionary.org/caseum Caseum]] (in-universe).
* At one point in ''[[PajamaSam Pajama Sam 3]]'' You have to find out what type of cheese the moon is made of. [[spoiler: It's Bree.]]
* The moon seen in the "Midnight Run" level of ''CrashBandicoot3Warped'', as well as in the space levels featured in the GBA title ''The Huge Adventure'', is pretty cheese-like.

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* The ''TomAndJerry'' short, "O Solar Meow", ends with Jerry on the moon, which has large quantities of cheese. Another short featured Tom and Jerry operating a lunar mining operation, where the caverns were made entirely of cheese.
* ''WallaceAndGromit''[='s=] debut short film, "A Grand Day Out", revolved around the characters travelling to the moon to get cheese. The second short film, "The Wrong Trousers" later made a reference to it in a newspaper article mentioning how sales of "moon cheese" are soaring.
* ''ArthurTheAardvark'': In one episode, Arthur is trying to buy Moon Boots. He imagines himself hopping straight to the moon wearing these. He then grabs a bit of the moon and tastes it, saying that it's green cheese all right!
* The MGMOneShotCartoon ''Little Buck Cheeser'' is about a group of young mice who build a rocket to go to the moon because it's made of cheese.

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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_is_made_of_green_cheese Wikipedia article: The moon is made of green cheese]] discusses the origin of the saying in greater depth.
* GoogleEarth's sister site, Google Moon (which provides photos of the moon's surface) at one time [[http://www.penmachine.com/2005/07/truth-after-36-years.html displayed a yellow cheese texture]] at its highest zoom setting (as an EasterEgg), although it has since been fixed.
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