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1	[[quoteright:257:[[TabletopGame/YuGiOh https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/51nl12vhwrl_ac.jpg]]]]
2	[[caption-width-right:257:''[[WesternAnimation/MaryShelleysFrankenhole "Don't blame the moon... don't blame the moon..."]]'']]
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4	-> ''"The moon is close. It will be a long hunt tonight."''
5	-->-- '''Gehrman''', ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}''
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7	Scientists call them "natural satellites". The rest of us normally prefer to refer to them as "moons" - particularly our own Moon, or Luna, as she's known to her friends. UsefulNotes/TheMoon has some of the deepest, most complex and powerful symbolism attributed to it, and with its powers over the tide, weather, and generally lighting up the night sky, who can blame it?
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9	These are tropes that deal with those spheroids that orbit planets and are normally visible when the sun isn't in the way... most of the time.
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11	Compare {{Heliotropes}}, ThisIndexEarth and StellarIndex.
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13	!!Tropes:
14	[[index]]
15	* BadMoonRising: Red moon as a sign of impending doom.
16	* CheesyMoon: The Moon is depicted as being made out of cheese.
17	* ColonizedSolarSystem: The rest of the Solar System being colonized by humanity.
18	* CrescentMoonIsland: An island or other landform shaped like a crescent moon to signify that it is a special place.
19	* DefaceOfTheMoon: The villain's plan involves vandalizing the moon.
20	* DetonationMoon: The Moon gets destroyed.
21	* FrequentlyFullMoon: When the Moon is depicted as inevitably full or full for more than two nights.
22	* FullMoonSilhouette: Something's silhouette is seen in front of the Moon.
23	* GiganticMoon: The Moon appears much larger than it ought to.
24	* GodOfTheMoon: A god who represents, moves or is the moon.
25	* {{Lunacy}}: Moon-based powers.
26	* {{Lunarians}}: Space aliens originating from the Moon.
27	* MaleSunFemaleMoon: The sun portrayed as male and the moon as female.
28	* TheManInTheMoon: The Moon has a man's face.
29	* MelancholyMoon: When a character is shown moon gazing, it means they are introspective, isolated, and melancholy.
30	* {{Moonburn}}: Moonlight is just as dangerous as sunlight.
31	* MoonLandingHoax: The belief that the 1969 moon landing was staged and didn't really happen.
32	* MoonRabbit: The Moon's shadows forming the shape of a rabbit standing over a mortar.
33	* NightAndDayDuo: The elemental forces of day and night depicted as polar opposites.
34	* SolarAndLunar: A visual and/or thematic contrast between the Sun and the Moon.
35	* StellarName: (subsection for names based on the Moon)
36	* TotalEclipseOfThePlot: Eclipses behave like they shouldn't, but who cares? It advances the plot.
37	* TripToTheMoonPlot: Stories about people traveling to the Moon.
38	* WeirdMoon: Odd portrayals of the Moon in fiction.
39	* WolvesAlwaysHowlAtTheMoon: Wolves howl at the Moon at night.
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41	!!Useful Notes pages
42	* UsefulNotes/TheMoon: Factual, real-life information about the Moon.
43	* UsefulNotes/TheMoonsOfJupiter: Factual, real-life information about Jupiter's moons.
44	* UsefulNotes/TheMoonsOfSaturn: Factual, real-life information about Saturn's moons.
45	* UsefulNotes/TheMoonsOfUranus: Factual, real-life information about Uranus' moons.
46	* UsefulNotes/TheMoonsOfNeptune: Factual, real-life information about Neptune's moons.
47	[[/index]]

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