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  • Acting for Two: Paul Braunstein voices Señor Fabuloso, Wolfgang Chockers, and Salami Strong.
  • Actor-Shared Background: Some of the episode characters share their ethnicity with their voice actors. For example, for the Kenya episodes, they got Africans to voice the characters.
  • Adored by the Network: During the week of new episodes in March of 2019, all four episodes scheduled to air that week were uploaded on the PBS Kids site at once on March 4th. This usually doesn't happen when PBS shows have a week of new episodes. Usually the first episode gets uploaded on Monday, but the rest of the episodes get uploaded on Fridays.
  • Celebrity Voice Actor: Judy Greer (known for roles in shows such as Archer and Arrested Development) voices Luna.
  • Children Voicing Children: Andy, Carmen, and Leo are all voiced by kids. Andy was voiced by Jaiden Cannatelli (then replaced by Evan O'Donnell), Leo was voiced by Aidan Wojtak-Hissong from episodes 1 to 8 and is now voiced by Shayle Simmons, while Carmen is voiced by Saara Chaudry.
  • Completely Different Title:
    • In Hong Kong, it is known as 露娜環遊世界 (Luna Travels the World)
    • In Israel, it's called קדימה לונה (Come On Luna)
    • In mainland China, it's called 露哪还有世界 (Where is the World?)
  • Creator's Oddball: The last thing you would expect from the creator of one of the raunchiest Nicktoons of all time is a preschool show. It's also the first show he worked on that was Adobe based and not to have any voice talents from either Rocko's Modern Life or Camp Lazlo, due to having a Toronto-based cast as opposed to the other two shows having an LA-based cast.
  • Cross-Regional Voice Acting: Judy Greer from LA voices Luna in an otherwise wholly Toronto-based cast.
  • Early-Bird Release: Prior to the show's premiere on television, episodes were made available on the PBS Kids site in October 2018.
  • Fake Nationality:
    • Saara Chaudry (who is of South Asian descent) as Carmen (who is Mexican).
    • Chilean-born Carlos Diaz as the Mexican president and other Mexican characters. He also voices Ishiro in "Lizardzilla!", who is Japanese.
  • Inspiration for the Work: The show's art style is influenced by vintage travel posters and the works of UPA.
  • International Coproduction: Between Canada and the United States; with Judy Greer and some voice actors from Toronto.
  • Meaningful Release Date:
    • The episode "You Can't Move the Moon / Lizardzilla!", in which the latter segment focuses on kaiju movies, premiered four days before an actual kaiju movie, Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019).
    • "Dragon Dance / Son of the Dragon King" premiered on February 1, 2022 in time for Chinese New Year.
  • The Merch: There are plushies of the characters by Mighty Mojo Toys, as well as a Luna Tonie, which is a type of toy that plays stories and songs when attached to a speaker called the Toniebox.
  • No Export for You: Aside from Spain, the show never aired in Europe. It also never aired in the Middle East outside of Israel, Asia aside from Hong Kong and China, or Australia.
  • Non-Singing Voice: While Judy Greer used to sing for Luna, she was eventually replaced by Erin Fitzgerald for Luna's singing voice. And then Fitzgerald was permanently replaced by Liane de Lotbinière.
  • The Other Darrin:
    • Andy used to be voiced by Jaiden Cannatelli, but was replaced by Evan O'Donnell in 2020.
    • Leo was voiced by Aidan Wojtak-Hissong for 8 episodes, then he was replaced by Shayle Simons for the rest of the series.
  • Out of Holiday Episode: PBS Kids will often air "Luna's Christmas Around the World" for their Family Night block even when it's not Christmas because it's currently the only hour-long special made for the series.
  • Out of Order: The first produced episode, "Hola Mariachi/Loco for Cocoa", wasn't the first aired. The first aired episode was "What's the Big Idea?/The Day of the Dead", which is the second episode in production order. "Mariachi/Cocoa" premiered two days after "Idea/Dead".
  • Playing Against Type: Nickelodeon member Joe Murray creating a show for PBS. He isn't the only one, either.
  • Recycled Script:
    • "Hip Life", where Carmen believes that Africa is a monolith, is similar to "Aren't We a Pair?", where Carmen thinks that Egypt is "ancient" and "boring". Sounds like she had Aesop Amnesia.
    • "Fast Food" is similar to "Boomin' Boomerang". Both have competitions, an Underdogs Never Lose message, and feature bullies who harass the main characters. The only difference is that "Boomin' Boomerang" takes place in Australia, is about boomerangs, and stars Carmen, while "Fast Food" takes place in Jamaica, is about pushcart racing, and stars Leo.
  • The Resolution Will Not Be Identified: The series finale, "Love and Harmony", plays out like an ordinary episode. Luna even says "there's always tomorrow" at the end like she always does, even though there won't be anymore "tomorrows".
  • Screwed by the Network: The bomb of episodes from November 4 to November 7, 2019, received no advertising whatsoever, not even on the show's social media. Later on, the show was cancelled despite its' popularity.
  • Short Run in Peru:
    • The episodes that take place in Juneau, Alaskanote  aired in Canada on Knowledge Kids in September of 2019, while the US did not air them in 2020. It's pretty ironic since Alaska is in the United States. They also ended up airing the Barcelona, Spain episodesnote  and the Rio de Janeiro episodes.note 
    • The final episodes of the show aired on TVO Kids in March 2022. They take place in Jamaica and California. They aired in the US in November 2022.
  • What Could Have Been: There was going to be a mobile app based on the show, but it ceased development.
  • Working Title: The show was titled Luna Around the World when it was announced.

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