History Main / Lunarians

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* ''Manga/HousekiNoKuni'': The bad guys. They're trying to take the gems to the moon and turn them into jewelry. [[spoiler: Later they are stated to be another descendants of humanity, alongside the gems and the Admirabilis. Wentricosus ponders whether they want to reunite to become humans again]]. [[spoiler: They don't. They just want to pass on to the afterlife.]]

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* Jerome Betty, Jr. wrote a series of children's books with protagonists and siblings Matthew and Maria Looney, who are young members of a non-human civilization native to the Moon.

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* Some RealLife conspiracy theorists believe that the Apollo 14 crew actually encountered ruins of a moon civilization on the dark side of the moon, or that instead of ruins it has an alien base and that's why colonization of the moon was never done, or that the moon itself is a giant space station left there to watch us. The myths vary.

* Some RealLife conspiracy theorists believe that the Apollo 14 crew actually encountered ruins of a moon civilization pmthe dark side of the moon, or that instead of ruins it has an alien base and that's why colonization of the moon was never done, or that the moon itself is a giant space station left there to watch us. The myths vary.

* The female [[IdolSinger idol units]] of ''Music/{{Tsukiuta}}'' are from the moon. They are "Goddess Candidates" aiming to be chosen as rulers of the moon, apparently. [[MeaningfulName Ai Kisaragi]], Fluna's February [[MoeAntropomorphism representative]] has a twin brother ([[SpearCounterpart Six Gravity]]'s [[ThemeTwinNaming Koi]])[[note]]guess what day their birthday is[[/note]], and neither he nor their father know that she and their mother are from the moon.

* Lucian's book "True History" (sometimes translated as "True Story" or "True Fiction") is among the first science fiction stories, and in large part concerned with a war on the Moon. Unusually the Moon people are not at war with Earth, but rather with the [[BeyondTheImpossible people who live on the Sun]].

* Some RealLife conspiracy theorists believe that the Apollo 14 crew actually encounter ruins of a moon civilization in the dark side of the moon, or that instead of ruins it has an alien base and that's why colonization of the moon was never done, or that the moon itself is a giant space station left there to watch us. The myths vary.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Babar}}'', Babar and co. make themselves pass as Selenites in order to trick Rataxes into buying the moon.

* Creator/StudioGhibli's critically acclaim ''Anime/TheTaleOfThePrincessKaguya'' is based on the Princess Kaguya myth mentioned below.

* ''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.

* Lucian's book "True History" (sometimes translated as "True Story" or "True Fiction") is among the first science fiction stories and in large part concerned with a war on the Moon. Unusually the Moon people are not at war with Earth but rather with the [[BeyondTheImpossible people who live on the Sun]].

* In ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', Floyd speculated one of these to be the ones who buried the Monolith in the moon. But then debunk this when he realized they would have been wiped out by the formation of the moon's craters.

* ''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 first ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' serial "Jet Fuel Formula" concerns the US Government and Pottsylvania wanting to get their hands on Buillwinkle's mooseberry fudge cake recipe, which works equally well as rocket fuel, so they can go to the moon. Partway through the serial moon men Gindey and Cloyd show up to get it themselves so no humans will go to the moon. Gidney and Cloyd show up in later serials "Metal Munching Mice" and "Missouri Mish Mash."

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

* ''Anime/TurnAGundam'' has the legendary Moonrace, a group of ancient colonists who managed to retain most of their advanced technology and HumongousMecha after an apocalypse which ravaged Earth. The plot kicks off when the Moonrace contact Earth, now rebuilt to early 20th Century levels, to announce that the time has come for them to return home.

* The Otsutsuki clan in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''.

** Lunarians appear as a race of near-immortal SufficientlyAdvancedBambooTechnology users. They are particularly important to the plots of ''Imperishable Night'' and ''Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom''.
** {{Moon Rabbit}}s appear as the moon's native life forms; upon arriving from Earth, the Lunarians promptly enslaved them.

* Based on the Mythology example above, Lunarians appear in ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' as a race of near-immortal SufficientlyAdvancedBambooTechnology users. They are particularly important to the plots of ''Imperishable Night'' and ''Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom''.
** {{Moon Rabbit}}s also appear as the moon's native life forms; upon arriving from Earth, the Lunarians promptly enslaved them.

* In the ComicStrip/DickTracy comic there was a race of humanoid creatures on the Moon. They looked like human beings except that they had large eyes and horns on their heads.

* In ''That Hideous Strength'', the third book of C.S. Lewis's space trilogy, a few mentions are made in passing of a lunar race who have a completely technological, anti-nature civilization.

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* The Otsutsuki clan in ''Manga/Naruto''.