On The Moon
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| Flash series | |
 Opening logo for each episode. |
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| On The Moon | |
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| Devised by | Jonti Picking (Weebl) Chris Vick (Skoo) Peter Murray Hill (Peabo) |
| Written by | Jonti Picking Chris Vick Peter Murray Hill |
| Animated by | Peter Murray Hill |
| Voiced by | Jonti Picking |
| Launch date | July 11, 2005 |
| Website | Weebl's Stuff |
Anything can happen On The Moon (shortened to On The Moon) is a Flash cartoon series animated by Peter Murray Hill of Auriol Productions and available on the website Weebl's Stuff. Written by Hill (aka Peabo), Jonti Picking (aka Weebl) and more often than not, Chris Vick (aka Skoo), the series is set on the Moon, and concerns the bizarre life of the satellite's inhabitants. The series began on July 11, 2005, and eleven episodes have since been produced. Whilst not as successful as Weebl and Bob, On The Moon has gained a large fanbase since its conception, and was even popular enough to have its own collection on Newgrounds.
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[edit] Characters
[edit] The Toast King
- Episodes: 1-3, 5-11
- First quote: "Hello! I am the Toast King and I rule over the Moon!"
An abnormally large, anthropomorphic slice of toast who rules over the Moon, due to his theory that "heat induces royalty". He sports a crown bearing the intials 'TK', and is often seen holding a golden pitchfork atop which is speared a knob of butter. While talking to people on the moon phone he mentions that he doesn't have a penis, and in episode nine it is revealed that he has a 'knob of butter' instead of a penis. Despite claims that he is ruler of the whole Moon, this may not be entirely true, as he has an apartment and landlord, Mr. Hymen (though he assures Moon Keith Moon that this is all just a "tax scam"). He does, however, rule over Moon Hitler's Nazi Moon Base. From his attempt at growing a mint plant, the Toast King appears to be a keen gardener, so it is strange that he does not realise that plants need carbon dioxide for growth. In episode eight, it seems he has come to terms with living in a vacuum, pointing out that it is odd for it to be hot in a place with no atmosphere. He feels that being royality has left him "without a great deal of rhythm", is a huge fan of Mariah Carey, and has been known to make crepes.
[edit] Insanity Prawn Boy
- Episodes: 1-11
- First quote: "Hello, king, I am Insanity Prawn Boy."
- Catch Phrases: "Hello!", "That's right!"
An insane, drooling prawn that got to the Moon by some unknown method (though it is implied by Strewth Irwin that his species is a typical lunar inhabitant), and now lives in the same apartment building as the Toast King. He has been known to cause mischief since his arrival, including the theft of Moon Hitler's huge testicle (claiming it was "a big, fat doobie!"), hosting a wine and cheese party in his apartment, prankcalling England in the 1880s with the Toast King's stolen Moon-phone, wrapping up the Moon as a present (four times), driving away with an open-top rocket, inviting his troublesome squid/octopus family to visit the Moon ("sucky, sucky!"), stealing butter from a group of Space Invaders and mistaking face hugger eggs for regular eggs when setting up the annual Moon easter egg hunt. He has confused Christmas with Tuesday on three separate occasions, and is known to suffer carapace complaints. Testicles, the word anus, and hot lava excite him.
[edit] Moon Hitler
- Episodes: 2, 4, 5, 7, 10
- First quote: "ACHTUNG!"
First appeared in episode two piloting his bipedal robot after Insanity Prawn Boy stole his left testicle. Presumably inhabits the Nazi Moon Base featured in episode one. He speaks in German, but was briefly dubbed because The Toast King would have ignored him otherwise. Moon Hitler speaks in an extremely high-pitched German dialect, presumably as a parody of Adolf Hitler's voice. Insanity Prawn Boy prank called him at the end of episode 4 and attempted to wrap the moon up as a present for the Toast King in episode five, but ends up trapping an angry Moon Hitler in the process. Moon Hitler is shown in episode seven trying to use the robot claw to remove one of the squid, and later runs across the screen screaming "Ich kann nichts sehen!" (I can see nothing!), with a horde of squid/octopuses on his robot.
[edit] Moon Keith Moon
- Episodes: 3, 6, 7, 11
- First quote: "It needs oxygen, man."
- Catch Phrase: "Oh wow"
Moon Keith Moon is based on Keith Moon, the drummer for the band The Who. First seen in episode 3 where his rocket crashes into the Toast King's apartment, he was actually aiming at Moon Hitler, but he lost his concentration when he imagined a "really cool beat". The Toast King remarks about his drumming saying, "You may be dead, but you've still got it where it counts Moon Keith Moon." Moon Keith Moon makes another appearance in episode 6 where he is seen having a conversation with Insanity Prawn Boy, and as a passenger in the rocket that Insanity Prawn Boy has stolen. He is also seen briefly in episode 7, with one of Insanity Prawn Boy's squid family stuck to him. In episode 11, he is attacked by one of the aliens spurting from the alien eggs which Insanity Prawn boy had hidden for a Moon Easter Egg-Hunt at the request of the Toast King.
[edit] Strewth Irwin
- Episodes: 4, 7, 11
- First quote: "I don't have enough fuel to get home to Sydney!"
- Catchphrase: "Crikey!"
Sporting an Akubra-style, corked helmet, Strewth is an Australian astronaut aboard the spaceship 'Fair Dinkum'. As his quote suggests, he appears trapped in his spaceship on the moon although the 'Fair Dinkum' cannot be seen in later episodes. He is accused by Sydney Mission Control of "touching up wildlife". Through some unseen method, Insanity Prawn Boy gets onboard the spaceship, prompting Irwin to declare that Insanity Prawn Boy is "a classic example of a Moon-based decapod". Upon deciding that Insanity Prawn Boy is to be barbecued in order to be taught a lesson for his cheekiness, he is informed by Sydney Mission Control that they forgot to pack a barbecue. In Episode Seven, he is spotted by Insanity Prawn Boy to have Prawn Boy's uncle, a squid, sucking on his crotch which he does nothing to stop even though he appears disgusted that the squid is Insanity Prawn Boy's uncle. Strewth's stereotypic Australian accent, his catchphrase "Crikey!", and his surname "Irwin" are presumably a reference to Steve Irwin.
[edit] Unnamed Characters
[edit] The Victorian
- Episodes: 4
- First quote: "Hello, what's this?"
Well-mannered, tea-drinking Englishman living in the year 1880, and victim to one of Insanity Prawn Boy's numerous prank calls. Has a large mustache, and is seen wearing a top hat, tuxedo and monocle in episode four. Although this one-off character is unnamed in the actual episode, the cartoon's credits on the left-hand side of the page state that he is simply 'The Victorian'. Strangely enough, he has a modern telephone.
[edit] Rocking Chappies
- Episodes 6, 11
- First quote "Woohoo! Yeah baby, YEAH! Space rocks! Big time! Of all the vacuums, this one rocks the hardest"
Two guys that were to cruising around space in their "fine ride" until it was stolen by Insanity Prawn Boy and Moon Keith Moon. They held the toast king responsible and have been stuck on the moon ever since. In episode 11 the brown haired chappie was attacked by a Facehugger from the Alien films. The other chappie responded to this by saying "Hey guy, you gotta little something on your face there dude... dude?" It is unknown if they will appear again.
[edit] HAL-9000 installer
- Episodes 10
- First quote "So that's it you're all hooked up here"
Comes to the moon to install the toast kings new computer. He seems quite disappointed when he finds out that the Toast King only wants to use it for mine sweeper and e-mail.
[edit] Pluto & Jupiter
- Episodes 9
- First quote Pluto "Hey man, I'm all depressed" Jupiter "Hey fun boys I see you've both finally decided to come out."
Pluto comes to the moon for "a cuddle" as he is upset about no longer being classed as a planet. Jupiter soon comes along and begins to mock them and an argument ensues. Pluto's depressed demeanor and slightly stoned speech suggests a tribute to Nigel Planer's character Neil from the eighties BBC sitcom "The Young Ones."
[edit] Species/Groups
[edit] Insanity Prawn Boy's family
- Episodes 7
- First quote *suck suck*
While drunk, the Toast King let Insanity Prawn Boy's family visit the Moon. As it turns out his family are small squids, which attack Moon Hitler and suck on the faces of the moon inhabitants and the crotch of Strewth Irwin.
[edit] Space invaders
- Episodes 8
- First quote Which one of you two took our butter then, eh?"
The space invaders appear at the end of episode 8 and come to the moon to take back their butter which Insanity Prawn Boy had stolen. They open fire at the moon but the Toast King puts up his shield to protect it. They are taken from the popular arcade game of the same name. The game itself has poor graphics as it was made in the 70's. This is pointed out by the Toast King in he episode when he says "They were a lot scarier before they started moving."
[edit] Facehuggers
- Episode 11
The Toast King arranges an easter egg hunt on the moon but puts Insanity Prawn Boy in charge of the eggs. Insanity Prawn Boy gets Facehugger eggs from the Alien movies. The Facehuggers emerge and attack Moon Keith Moon, Strewth Irwin and one of the rocking chappies.
[edit] Mentioned-Only Characters
[edit] Mr. Hymen
- Episodes 3
- About The Toast King's landlord
- Mentioned when: Moon Keith Moon crashes into the Toast kings apartment.
- Episode quote "Wait, what day is it?" "It's errrr... rent day" "Rent day? But that's the day Mr. Hymen comes to collect the rent."
[edit] Moon Jesus
- Episodes 11
- About Presumably the moon equivalent of Jesus Christ
- Mentioned when: Insanity Prawn boy and the toast king get excited about easter on the moon
- Episode quote "Hooray for Moon Jesus" "Hooray indeed"
[edit] Episodes
[edit] Episode 1
- Release Date: July 11, 2005
- Credits: Animation and SFX by Peabo; Music and vocals by Weebl; Written by Skoo, Peabo and Weebl
- Characters present: The Toast King, Insanity Prawn Boy
- Link: On The Moon ep.1
The Toast King introduces himself and explains that he is king as "heat induces royalty", as shown by a chart that appears onscreen. The chart cuts away as Insanity Prawn Boy introduces himself to the king, who asks how the prawn got on the moon in the first place. Insanity Prawn Boy simply responds, "That's right", and uses similar nonsensical answers to the king's other questions. The Toast King then introduces himself to the prawn and says that he rules over the moon. Insanity Prawn Boy asks if that includes the Nazi Moon Base, which the king confirms. The cartoon ends shortly thereafter.
[edit] Episode 2
- Release Date: August 9, 2005
- Credits: Written by Peabo and Weebl; Animation by Peabo
- Characters present: The Toast King, Insanity Prawn Boy, Moon Hitler
- Link: On The Moon ep.2
The Toast King talks on his moon phone, long distance, presumably to two women. The conversation turns decidedly risque and the Toast King tells them he has no penis. After he hears a rustling sound, he throws the phone away. Insanity Prawn Boy rolls what he calls "a big, fat doobie" onscreen, the cause of the rustling. The Toast King remarks that it looks more like a huge testicle, causing Insanity Prawn Boy to scream "TESTICLES!!!". Then, someone offscreen is heard yelling German in a high-pitched voice. It turns out to be Moon Hitler in a mechanical walker, who starts ranting at the Toast King and the prawn in German. The Toast King, however, tells Moon Hitler that unless he gets himself dubbed, he will be ignored. Moon Hitler then dubs himself in very suave English: "You've stolen my testicle and now it is all covered in moon dust." Insanity Prawn boy responds with "That's right!" The Toast King says that it looks like the left one, and laughs at his joke.
[edit] Episode 3
- Release Date: September 23, 2005
- Credits: Written by Peabo and Weebl; Animation by Peabo
- Characters present: The Toast King, Moon Keith Moon, Insanity Prawn Boy
- Link: On The Moon ep.3
The episode begins with The Toast King watering a mint plant on the porch of his apartment, but is distressed that the plant will not grow. Something then crashes into his apartment, which turns out to be Moon Keith Moon, who was actually aiming for Moon Hitler, but accidentally lost his concentration due while imagining "this really cool beat". Both the Toast King and Moon Keith Moon start to drum, much to the distress of Insanity Prawn Boy, who is apparently hung over from his wine-and-cheese party the past night. The Toast King then realizes that today is Rent Day, when Mr. Hymen comes to collect the rent. When Moon Keith Moon questions whether the Toast King owns the whole moon, he replies that this is a tax scam. Insanity Prawn Boy then says that his carapace is killing him, and the cartoon ends with a diagram highlighting the location of the carapace on a diagram of a prawn.
[edit] Episode 4
- Release Date: November 29, 2005
- Credits: Written by Peabo, Skoo and Weebl; Animated by Peabo; Starring Weebl as The Victorian
- Characters present: Strewth Irwin, Sydney Mission Control (voice), Insanity Prawn Boy, The Victorian, Moon Hitler
- Link: On The Moon ep.4
Insanity Prawn Boy meets an Australian Astronaut.
[edit] Episode 5
- Release Date: December 23, 2005
- Credits: Animation by Peabo; Voices by Weebl; Script by Skoo, Peabo and Weebl
- Characters present: The Toast King, Insanity Prawn Boy, Moon Hitler
- Link: On The Moon ep.5
It is Christmas time on The Moon, and The Toast King is getting into the festive spirit.
[edit] Episode 6
- Release Date: March 8, 2006
- Credits: Animated by Peabo; Written by Weebl and Peabo; Voices by Weebl
- Link: On The Moon ep.6
- Characters present: Rocking Chappies, Insanity Prawn Boy, Moon Keith Moon, The Toast King
Two rocking chappies spend the day cruising The Moon in their new sweet ride, until they are hit by a meteorite, and crash land on the Moon. While the chappies are out cold, Insanity Prawn Boy and Moon Keith Moon steal the rocket and take it out for a ride. The Toast King comes in with a plate of crepes, only to find the two chappies. The Toast King explains to them that he rules all they can see. One of the chappies tries to blame the Toast King for the theft of his rocket. The Toast King tries to talk his way out by stating that they can't see the rocket, and the situation is out of his hands. When Insanity Prawn Boy steers the rocket alongside the Moon, yelling "Hello!", the Toast King distracts the chappies, only to start running round the Moon several times.
[edit] Episode 7
- Release Date: April 14, 2006
- Credits: Animation by Peabo; Written by Peabo, Weebl and Skoo
- Characters present: The Toast King, Insanity Prawn Boy's family, Moon Keith Moon, Moon Hitler, Insanity Prawn Boy, Strewth Irwin
- Link: On The Moon ep.7
Insanity Prawn Boy invites his family for a weekend on The Moon.
[edit] Episode 8
- Release Date: August 10, 2006
- Credits: Animation by Peabo; Written by Peabo, Weebl and Skoo
- Characters present: Insanity Prawn Boy, The Toast King, Space Invaders
- Link: On The Moon ep.8
The Toast King and Insanity Prawn Boy enjoy the hot weather, despite the lack of air. The Toast King makes use of a large stick of butter that Insanity Prawn Boy found to get himself "crispy". A wave of Space Invaders appear, and ask who has taken the butter. The Toast King and Insanity Prawn boy blame each other, causing the invaders to start moving to attack. Shortly before the episode ends, the Toast King presses a button to make a set of house-shaped shields appear.
In a partial crossover with Jonti Picking's other main series, Weebl and Bob, it seems the reason the moon is unusually hot is that Weebl is piping the earth's heat there to try to cool down, as seen in episode 112, "cold". Although The Toast King and Insanity Prawn Boy are heard at the end of 'cold', no Weebl and Bob characters appear in episode 8 of On the Moon.
[edit] Episode 9
- Release Date: October 8, 2006
- Credits: Animation by Peabo; Written by Peabo, Weebl and Skoo
- Characters present: Insanity Prawn Boy, The Toast King, Pluto, The Moon, Jupiter, 'Space Is Fun' Aliens
- Link: On The Moon ep.9
The Toast King is having a shower when he is knocked out by Pluto. Pluto talks to the moon about losing his planet status. Then the moon asks Pluto to get off the moon. Jupiter comes along, then Insanity Prawn Boy comes along and tells Pluto to "Move it, fatass, you're crushing my plums!". Insanity Prawn Boy then gets whacked with a towel by the now conscious Toast King, who happens to show his penis, however the Toast King says it is a "knob of butter".
[edit] Episode 10
- Release Date: January 1, 2007
- Credits: Animation by Peabo; Written by Peabo, Weebl and Skoo
- Characters present: The Toast King, HAL-9000, HAL-9000 installer, Insanity Prawn Boy, Dave Stewart, Moon Hitler
- Link: On The Moon ep.10
The episode starts with the HAL 9000 installer finishing up with Toast King's new HAL 9000. He then tries repeatedly asking the installer if the computer has Minesweeper, which he promptly confirms. The HAL 9000 alerts the Toast King that he has E-Mail, turning out to be Insanity Prawn boy making two useless and offensive comments, turning out to be some sort of E-mail game for the Wii. When the Toast King claims that he only acquired the computer for E-mail & Minesweeper, the HAL 9000 becomes depressed. Toast King claims that Eurythmics's Dave Stewart recommended the HAL 9000, who promply ruins the HAL 9000's memory in an attempt to back Insanity Prawn Boy. HAL 9000 bursts into flames, prompting Toast King to take back Dave's knighthood and headphones, claiming it never had a chance to sweep the mines, hence, Moon Hitler steps one one, blowing him skyward.The episode concludes with Insanity Prawn Boy dropping his sausage link.
[edit] Episode 11
- release date: February 26, 2007
- credits: Animation by Peabo; Written by Peabo, Weebl and Skoo
- characters present: The Toast King, Insanity Prawn Boy, Rocking Chappies, Moon Keith Moon, Strewth Irwin, Aliens.
- Link: On The Moon ep.11
In this episode, it is Easter and the Toast King has got Insanity Prawn Boy to hide Easter Eggs around the moon for an Egg hunt. After asking Insanity Prawn boy to see the eggs he put out, Insanity Prawn Boy returns with an ugly, slimy egg with gas coming off from it. The Toast King has no idea what it is, until it, and all the other eggs, hatch. It turns out they are Face Hugger eggs from the Alien (film series) They attack all the inhabitants of the moon, including Moon Keith Moon, the rocking chappies and Strewth Irwin. Finally, the Queen Alien Shows up, asking for directions to LV-426 (The planet visited in the first and second films) to which Insanity Prawn Boy answers: "HARD A PORT". The Toast King does a swirly motion with his finger by his head, indicating to the Queen that IPB is crazy. Then the episode ends.
[edit] The Game
[edit] About
On 30th march 2007 the official on the moon game entitled moon war was released on weebl stuff. The objective is to fire missiles into the air and hit your opponent by editing the power and angle of the cannon, the strength of the gravity of the moon and the speed of the wind. There are 3 different modes in the game. 1 Player, 2 Player - same PC, and 2 Player - online multi-player.
[edit] Characters
There are 5 playable characters: The Toast King, Insanity Prawn Boy, Moon Keith Moon, Strewth Irwin and Moon Hitler.
[edit] Credits
Programming - Martyn Williams. Programming - The Booboo. Graphics - Peabo. Music - Weebl.
[edit] Trivia
- Various "homages" can be seen throughout the episodes to various space opera and science-fiction shows. They are as follows:
- The Death Star in Episode 6
- The Monolith from 2001 in Episode 7.
- Space Invaders is referenced in Episode 8.
- A Saiyan space pod from Dragonball Z also appears in the background of Ep. 8.
- HAL 9000 is the name of the computer from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
- Discovery One, also from 2001 flys by on the background.
- The Enterprise-D from Star Trek: The Next Generation, powering up to go to warp.
- The Facehuggers and the Alien Queen from the Alien film series
- Other items flying through the background:
- Four shooting stars and an artificial satellite in Episode 1
- A Space Shuttle in Episode 2
- A UFO in Episode 4
- Santa Claus and his reindeer in Episode 5
- The "fun planet" from another Weebls-Stuff animation (entitled "Space is Fun") in Episode 9
- In episode 4 when Insanity Prawn Boy prank calls "England circa 1880"
- Scrolling down a screen behind Insanity Prawn Boy is the word "BLEASCHMNN", which would become the title of another Weebls-Stuff Flash Animation, which is also animated by Peabo.
- The man from "England circa 1880" is wearing the same shirt as Tom Hanks in 'Demolition Squid."
- Prawns are crustaceans, but squid and octopuses are molluscs.
- The Toast King and Insanity Prawn Boy make a brief cameo in another Weebl's Stuff cartoon, Marrow (the winning entry of the Weebl's Stuff forum animation competition). The Toast King appears in place of the Queen on a £5 'Bank of the Moon' note with the serial number H5OD OTMOON, and Insanity Prawn Boy is on a 50p coin in the place of Britannia.
- In the Weebl and Bob episode, "Cold", Weebl installs air-conditioning and explains (in song-form) that the Earth's heat is being sent to the Moon, via a pipe, to cool down the planet. The camera then moves into a shot of the Moon, where we can hear the voices of the Toast King (TK) and Insanity Prawn Boy (IPB):
- TK: Is it me, or is it unseasonably warm for a place with no atmosphere?
- IPB: That's right!
- The HAL 9000 in Episode 10 is running Mac OS X. Ironically, Mac OS X does not come with Minesweeper default, as Windows operating systems do; however, one can download a "clone" of it, though these usually have inferior graphics or gameplay to the original. This is alluded to by the HAL 9000's installer.
