The Moon is the only natural satellite of the planet Earth. It can often be seen in various episodes of the TV series or issues of the comic series in the night sky or scenes set in Earth's orbit.
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The Voot Cruiser flying by the Moon.
The most prominent appearance of the Moon in the show is in "Planet Jackers". Along with Earth, it is stolen by the Planet Jackers in order to be thrown into their dying sun as fuel. When Zim and GIR cut Earth and the Moon out of the containers the Planet Jackers were carrying them in, the Moon briefly bumps into Earth's surface before drifting away, presumably back into its original orbit. Both are left drifting a different star than normal, but due to the series' negative continuity, they are restored to their normal place in the universe in all future episodes.
In "Battle of the Planets" Zim and GIR fly past the moon on the way to Mars.
In "Tak: The Hideous New Girl", Zim reveals that he promised the moon to GIR.
In Issue 16, Professor Membrane states that by using the slurry from his Fear Siphon as fuel, mankind will one day be able to go to the Moon (apparently unaware that they already have).
In Issue 21, after Zim and Gaz switch bodies in an accident with one of Zim's machines, Gaz offers Zim a bet that she can conquer Earth more efficiently in three days than he has in years, with the loser to be banished to the Moon. Zim arrogantly agrees, thinking Gaz won't succeed. However, she does, and the issue ends with Zim now banished to the Moon, along with Dib, who likewise swapped bodies with GIR.
In Issue 32, Professor Membrane flies to the Moon, citing an unidentified situation there that he's needed for. This seemingly contradicts Issue 16's statement that he's unaware of travel to the Moon being possible (but presumably is just another case of the series' lack of consistent continuity).
The prison of the Darkness
Quarterly 1 features the Moon's most prominent appearance in the comics to date. After escaping from Dr. Fongo's lab on a jetpack, GIR sees the Moon and decides to fly towards it, imagining it having his face and talking to him. In orbit around the Moon, GIR sees a giant flying pie, which is actually the spaceship of an alien race called the Bubudaxi, who intend to conquer Earth. Not knowing this, GIR attacks the ship to try and eat it, eventually resulting in it exploding and crashing on the Moon. Wandering the surface, GIR comes across a shrine guarding the prison of an ancient evil entity called The Darkness of Th'Gol, which he unlocks after inadvertently misleading the shrine's guardians into thinking he's the custodian destined to escort the Darkness into the void. Once free the Darkness swallows GIR whole and flies towards Earth to consume it, only to crash after he starts a fire inside of it.
In the game SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom, the Moon is where the final showdown between the Evil Syndicate and the Nicktoons and Globulous Maximus takes place.
Facts of Doom[]
- In the episode "Bloaty's Pizza Hog", Earth had three moons which was most likely an animation error.