History WesternAnimation / OverTheMoon

*** It's a bit of a GeniusBonus, as there are a ''lot'' of variations of the story, with varying degrees of sympathy for Chang'e and Houyi. Two of the most common are either that Chang'e drank the immortality potion out of selfishness, or out of selflesness, to prevent a cruel and evil man from getting his hands on it.

* NoAntagonist: The movie does not have an antagonist whatsoever. The closest thing is Biker Chicks who betrays Fei Fei by stealing her doll because they found out ([[spoiler:or so they think]]) it was a gift Chang'e needed and Chang'e, who is not necessarily evil -- she's just hurting.

* EmotionalPowers: Owing to her being a fisher queen, Chang'e can cause meteor showers and a whole galaxy blackout with her sadness/anger.

* TheExile: Gobi has been exiled from Lunaria for a thousand years for [[spoler:singing a song to Chang'e about moving on from grief]].

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* ChekhovsSkill: Played with; Chin's "superpower" never comes into play [[BarrierBustingBlow the way he intends]] while at one point his championship ping pong skills helps him win a bet against Chang'e. It comes up again when he breaks the barrier to save Fei Fei.

* TheExile: Gobi has been exiled from Lunaria for a thousand years for singing a song to Chang'e about moving on from grief.

* IChooseToStay: Fei Fei's pet rabbit Bungie chooses to stay on the moon with Jade Rabbit, having fallen in love.

* NoAntagonist: The movie does not have an antagonist whatsoever. The closest thing is Chang'e, and she's not necessarily evil -- she's just hurting.

* ThePowerOfLove: Jade Rabbit was having no luck recreating the immortality serum until Fei Fei's rabbit Bungie arrived and nuzzled his nose, creating a sparkling dust that was the final ingredient. Love also seems to be how Chin manages to break through the barrier keeping him from rescuing Fei Fei.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Chin, Fei Fei's little brother. She thinks of him as not very bright and it turns out towards the end of it that he's snuck himself onto Fei Fei's rocket.

* {{Disneyesque}}: As the movie was made by a Disney alum, this was pretty much unavoidable. The movie has the dead parent trope that Disney movies are famous for. It also has tons of musical numbers, lavish animation and colors, themes of family, and Gobi bears a striking resemblance to WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}. The movie even has Glen Keane's CreatorThumbprint of having a beautiful woman with long, flowing hair: Chang'e.

* ShoutOut:
** Lunaria's design was inspired by the cover to ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'' by Music/PinkFloyd.
** Several to ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', especially to the [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie the movie]]. Both movies have themes of learning to love again and moving on from grief. Chang'e's powers are even (somewhat) similar to that of Blue Diamond.

** It's a bit of a GeniusBonus, as there are a ''lot'' of variations of the story, with varying degrees of sympathy for Chang'e and Houyi.

* TragicHaircut: A flashback shows that Fei Fei gave herself one after the death of her mother.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: In-universe Fei Fei's aunt's squabble that Chang'e was actually selfish and hoarded two doses of immortality to herself with a lie that she was "hiding them in her mouth" while Houyi was preoccupied. Fei Fei objects to this line of discussion, as it's counter to the romantically ideal interpetation her late mother raised her on.

* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Fei Fei, Chin and their pets almost suffocate on the surface of the Moon until some winged lions grant them the ability to breathe there. They suffer no other ill affects from being in space however.

* ChekhovsSkill: Played with; Chin's "superpower" never comes into play [[BarrierBustingBlow the way he intends]] while at one point his championship ping pong skills helps him win a bet against Chang'e.

* FantasyKeepsake: Subverted; Fei Fei gets a picture with Chang'e as proof of her existence, but Chang'e withholds it from her unless Fei Fei can bring her the "gift". Though Fei Fei succeeds, the picture burns up on reentry to Earth, but at that point she's fine with it.

* ModernizedGod: In modern times Chang'e has styled herself as an ultra glamorous C-Pop idol.

* SeldomSeenSpecies: Fei Fei meets Gobi, a lunarian creature modeled after the pangolin, while on the moon.

* FantasyKeepsake: Subverted; Fei Fei gets a picture with Chang'e as proof of her existence, but Chang'e withholds it from her unless Fei Fei can bring her the "gift". When Fei Fei succeeds, the picture burns up on reentry to Earth, but at that point she's fine with it.

* IAmGreatSong: Chang'e has ''Ultraluminary'', a vainglorious pop performance about how she's the brightest thing in the skies above.
* TheLonelyDoor: Doors on Lunaria don't need to be in line with their surroundings at all and can be summoned anywhere convenient, with theirs room being like a pocket dimension.

* SceneryPorn: Lunaria is a breathtaking neon glowing city shaped like a galaxy.

* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Fei Fei, her brother Chin and their pets both end up trapped on a fantastical city on the dark side of the Moon. The only evidence they have of its existence ends up burning up upon reentry. The journey helps them grow closer as a family and helps Fei Fei move on from the death of her mother.

* WhamShot: Fei Fei's rocket falls to the Earth... and is then suddenly caught by a tractor beam, and the subsequent shots show our heroes discovering the surrealist nature of the moon.

* PortalDoor: Doors on Lunaria don't appear to be in line with their surroundings. In fact, they seem to be summoned anywhere convenient, with each room being like a pocket dimension.

* MoonRabbit: Fei Fei has a pet rabbit, Bungie, and in the first trailer, we first see it looking up at the moon. Chang'e also has Jade, who works as her DJ and alchemist.

Set in modern-day China, as a little girl, Fei Fei (Cathy Ang) was told the tragic love story of the goddess Chang'e (Creator/PhillipaSoo) and the archer Houyi by her mother, and how the lovers were separated win the potion that the goddess had consumed trapped her on the moon. Years after her mother's passing, Fei Fei is determined to build a rocket ship to fly to the moon and find Chang'e... but her destination isn't quite what she was expecting.

* ChekhovsSkill: Played with; Chin's "superpower" never comes into play [[BarrierBustingBlow the way he intends]] while at one point his championship ping pong skills helps him when a bet against Chang'e.

* EpiphanicPrison: Chang'e has one called the "Room of Exquisite Sadness" that she retreats into when her grief over her lost love peaks. It's a pocket dimension full of distant stars that others can usually only enter through having their own feelings of grief. Outsiders run the risk of being trapped forever as they see visions of their saddest moments. It's broken open not necessarily by force but by Chin's determination to retrieve his sister. Fei Fei and Chang'e both leave when they resolve to move on and love again.

* StepfordSmiler: It becomes clear as the story unfolds that Chang'e took on a glamorous popstar persona to suppress her grief over being forever apart from her love.

* WhamShot: In the first trailer, as Fei Fei's rocket falls to the Earth... it is suddenly caught by a flying saucer-esque tractor beam, and the subsequent shots show our heroes discovering the surrealist nature of the moon.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: The tragedy of the story of Chang'e is part of the central theme, as when she was made immortal she was near immediately separated from her one true love forever.

Set in modern-day China, as a little girl, Fei Fei (Cathy Ang) was told the tragic love story of the goddess Chang'e (Creator/PhillipaSoo) and the archer Houyi by her mother, and how the lovers were separated when the potion that the goddess had consumed trapped her on the moon. Years after her mother's passing, Fei Fei is determined to build a rocket ship to fly to the moon and find Chang'e... but her destination isn't quite what she was expecting.

* FisherKing: The city of Lunaria, and to some extent the moon in general, is impacted by the moods of Chang'e. When she's angry she causes a meteor show, and when she's depressed, the city goes completely dark as its people blackout momentarily.

* ThePowerOfLove: Jade Rabbit was having no luck recreating the immortality serum until Fei Fei's rabbit Bungie arrived and nuzzled his nose.

* EpiphanicPrison: Chang'e has one called the "Room of Exquisite Sadness" that she retreats into when her grief over her lost love peaks. It's a pocket dimension full of distant stars that others can usually only enter through having their own feelings of grief. Outsiders run the risk of being trapped forever as they see visions of their saddest moments. It's broken open not necessarily by force but by Chin's determination to retrieve his sister. Fri Fei and Chang'e both leave when they resolve to move on and love again.

* BlackBugRoom: Chang'e has one called the "Room of Exquisite Sadness" that she retreats into when her grief over her lost love peaks. It's a pocket dimension full of distant stars that others can usually only enter through having their own feelings of grief. Outsiders run the risk of being trapped forever as they see visions of their saddest moments.
* CentralTheme: Learning to move on from the grief of losing those you love most.

%%* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Chin, Fei Fei's little brother. In the first trailer, the cast think of him as not very bright and it turns out towards the end of it that he's snuck himself onto Fei Fei's rocket.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: In the first trailer, both of Fei Fei's parents are shown to be kind and caring, but it's also shown that her mother had an untimely passing.
* HardWorkMontage: The first trailer shows Fei Fei working at building a functional rocket ship.
* MoonRabbit: Fei Fei has a pet rabbit, Bungie, and in the first trailer, we first see it looking up at the moon. Chang'e also has Jade.

''Over the Moon'' is an upcoming 2020 animated musical film on Creator/{{Netflix}}, featuring Creator/GlenKeane in his directoral debut, animated by Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation, and produced by Creator/PearlStudio (''WesternAnimation/{{Abominable}}'').

It is set for release in the Fall of 2020.

* MoonRabbit: Fei Fei has a pet rabbit, Bungie, and in the first trailer, we first see it looking up at the moon.

* Myth/ChineseMythology: The film is a twist on the story of Chang'e and Houyi.

* WhamShot: In the first trailer, as Fei Fei's rocket falls to the Earth... it is suddenly caught by a flying saucer-esque tractor beam, and the subsequent shots show our heroes discovering the surrealist nature of the moon.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Chin, Fei Fei's little brother. In the first trailer, the cast think of him as not very bright and it turns out towards the end of it that he's snuck himself onto Fei Fei's rocket.

* MoonRabbit: Fei Fei has a pet rabbit, and in the first trailer, we first see it looking up at the moon.