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The idea that there might be life on the Moon goes at least as far back as ''Literature/TrueHistory'' by Lucian of Samosata (2nd century AD)[[note]]Although this was a satire of now-lost earlier stories, so the idea may potentially be considerably older.[[/note]], and showed up in a lot of proto-science fiction afterwards. It should really have died with the development of high-power telescopes in the late 18th century, but hung around as at least the subject of spoofs (such as the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Moon_Hoax Great Moon Hoax]]). By the end of the 19th century, any astronomer could literally ''see'' that there was no life on the surface of the Moon, although some writers suggested that there was ''once'' life on the moon, leaving behind ruins for their heroes to explore.

The idea that there might be life on the Moon goes back all the way back to ''Literature/TrueHistory'', by Lucian of Samosata (2nd century AD),[[note]]Although this was a satire of now-lost earlier stories, so the idea may potentially be considerably older.[[/note]] and showed up in a lot of proto-science fiction afterwards. It should really have died with the development of high-power telescopes in the late 18th century, but hung around as at least the subject of spoofs (such as the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Moon_Hoax Great Moon Hoax]]). By the end of the 19th century, any astronomer could literally ''see'' that there was no life on the surface of the Moon, although some writers suggested that there was ''once'' life on the moon, leaving behind ruins for their heroes to explore.

* ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'' has the Nightmare Forces, and the ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFiendshipIsMagic'' reveals they used to be Nyx, who are tasked with manipulating dreams to fend off nightmares.

* The 1964 movie ''First Men in the Moon'' (an adaptation of H.G. Wells' novel mentioned below) features Selenites brought to life through the stop-motion work of Creator/RayHarryhausen. These ones also domesticate giant caterpillar-like creatures known as mooncalves.

The idea that there might be life on the Moon goes back all the way back to ''Literature/TrueHistory'', by Lucian of Samosata (2nd century AD),[[note]]Although this was a satire of now-lost earlier stories, so the idea may potentially be considerably older.[[/note]] and showed up in a lot of proto-science fiction afterwards. It should really have died with the development of high-power telescopes in the late 18th century, but hung around as at least the subject of spoofs. By the end of the 19th century, any astronomer could literally ''see'' that there was no life on the surface of the Moon, although some writers suggested that there was ''once'' life on the moon, leaving behind ruins for their heroes to explore.

* "Flight of the Vampires", a short story that appeared in ''Magazine/AmazingStories'', has the Earth attacked by vampiric [[PteroSoarer pterodactyl-like]] creatures from the Moon.

* ''Literature/RocketShipGalileo''. There are [[StupidJetpackHitler Nazis on the Moon]], but at one point a character claims to have seen LittleGreenMen, and it's [[OrWasItADream left ambiguous as to whether he was hallucinating]] from lack of oxygen.

The idea that there might be life on the Moon goes back all the way back to ''Literature/TrueHistory'', by Lucian of Samosata (2nd century AD),[[note]]Although this was a satire of now-lost earlier stories, so the idea may potentially be considerably older[[/note]] and showed up in a lot of proto-science fiction afterwards. It should really have died with the development of high-power telescopes in the late 18th century, but hung around as at least the subject of spoofs. By the end of the 19th century, any astronomer could literally ''see'' that there was no life on the surface of the Moon, although some writers suggested that there was ''once'' life on the moon, leaving behind ruins for their heroes to explore.

* The 1958 movie ''Film/MissileToTheMoon'' has the moon inhabited by clunky, slow-moving {{rock monster}}s, {{giant spider}}s, and [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe blue-skinned space babes]].