Moon (moon)

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{{disambig2|the Earth's natural orbiting satellite|the transforming bunny from Beast Wars II|Moon (BWII)}}
[[Image:FistfulofEnergon moon.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Moon men and/or Moon rabbits sold separately.]]

The '''Moon''' is the natural satellite of the planet [[Earth]], a big ball of rock orbiting, well, Earth. The [[Transformer]]s tend to have a lot of battles there.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====Generation 1 cartoon====
In an attempt to hijack Earth's airwaves and cripple the [[human]]s' ability to communicate with each other, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] had a base built on the Moon. After [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] were captured, Blaster sent music over Megatron's transmissions to let the [[Autobot]]s learn where they were. After driving off the [[Decepticon]]s, Blaster commandeered the base to use it to hang. {{storylink|Blaster Blues}} One of Megatron's other plans involved using an [[orbit disruptor cannon]] to knock the moon out of orbit, but it was never realized. {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}

Later, the Autobots and the Decepticons were fighting on the Moon when [[Oracle (G1)|a mysterious voice]] summoned [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], and the animal-form [[Mini-Cassette|cassettes]] to battle [[Tornedron]]. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon====
Humanity had constructed the [[Weather Observatory Moon Base]] on the Moon, but it was attacked by [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]. {{storylink|Will the Bomber Project Be Destroyed!?}} [[Ginrai|God Ginrai]] flew to rescue the base's inhabitants, and despite some interference from Overlord, he successfully reached the Moon. {{storylink|God Ginrai - Into the Sky!!}} He then fought against Overlord and [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]] on the Moon's surface, and with some help from [[Grand Maximus]], defeated them. {{storylink|God Ginrai - Showdown on the Surface of the Moon}}

====''Victory'' cartoon====
In 2025, another [[Lunar Base (Victory)|Lunar Base]] had been built on the Moon, and fell the same fate as the Weather Observatory when the [[Dinoforce]] attacked it. While the base was destroyed, the crew were saved thanks to the [[Brainmaster]]s. {{storylink|The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber}}

====''Beast Wars II'' cartoon====
In a distant future where Earth was known as [[Gaea]], [[Artemis]] and [[Moon (BWII)|Moon]] lived on the Moon. From there, they observed the battles between the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] on the planet's surface.

===Marvel Comics continuity===
[[Image:Arksteelhavenmoon.jpg|left|200px|thumb|The Autobots are on a critical search for green cheese.]]
When the Autobot contingent led by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] arrived from [[Nebulos]] to Earth, they sought contact with the Autobots of Earth, who were aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], led at that point by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. Instead of marshaling their forces, their first meeting degenerated into a duel over leadership under the Autobot [[Code of Combat]], with the Moon picked as a neutral location. As Grimlock faced off against the injured Fortress Maximus's proxy, Blaster, the [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]-led Decepticons ambushed the Autobots. While the combined efforts of the Autobots allowed them to defeat their attackers, the Ark was crippled, and with the ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]'' having left to rebuild [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], both groups were trapped on Earth's satellite. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

In a bout of extreme depression brought on by the death of [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], Optimus Prime ordered the Ark landed on the Moon to allow him walk and brood alone there. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}
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===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
The [[Mini-Con]] ship, the ''[[Exodus (Armada)|Exodus]]'', crashed on the Moon, leaving half of it and many of its occupants trapped there. [[Dualor]] took control and organised them into a community—a very well-armed community who were not allowed to leave—and declared they had to defend themselves against both Autobot and Decepticon exploitation. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}}

When Dualor abducted Earth's Mini-Cons "for their own good," both Autobot and Decepticon attentions were drawn to the Moon. This led to the [[Mini-Con Moonbase]]'s eventual destruction and evacuation. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 11|Armada #11}}

===Panini ''Armada'' comic===
When the ''Exodus'' collided with the Moon, several pieces of the ship were left there. Four million years later, the Mini-Cons on Earth were reawakened, and their reactivation briefly bounced off a second transmitter on the wreckage on the Moon. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 2|Friends and Foes!}} [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] soon came to investigate, making sure to step on a human flag while he was there. The Autobots stopped him from obtaining the Mini-Cons sleeping on the Moon by sending a remote-controlled pod to reactivate them and transport them to safety. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 6|Between Two Worlds!}}

Megatron subsequently decided to make the Moon his headquarters, and had a large base constructed on its surface. From there, he fired missiles at the Autobot base on Earth, but the Autobots managed to teleport the warheads right back at him. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Earthshaker!}} Most of the Decepticon base was destroyed in the explosion, and what remained was further damaged when the [[Destruction Mini-Con Team]], who were living in a piece of ''Exodus'' wreckage on the Moon, used [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] to attack the Decepticons. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 9|Dawn of Destruction!}}

===Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
The Mini-Con ship ''Exodus'' crash-landed on the Moon, scattering its [[Stasis lock|stasis-locked]] passengers all over Earth. Later, the Decepticons would set up a base inside the derelict ship, from where they would teleport to various locations on Earth to search for the Mini-Cons.

The human children [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]], [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] and [[Rad White|Rad]] would later end up on the Moon when they were accidentally teleported there during a fight. Apparently, by 2010, the Moon has a breathable atmosphere but no other alterations or terraforming, as the kids are able to move about and talk despite the fact that they should have asphyxiated within minutes.

====''Energon'' cartoon====
Ten years later, the Autobots and humans had established an energon mining base on the Moon's surface, creatively named [[Lunar City]]. They assigned [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] and [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] to guard it. This lasted right up until someone actually attacked it. {{storylink|Energon Stars}}

When he was being stalked by a [[Starscream (Armada)|mysterious invisible assassin]], [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] went to the moon to lure his attacker out into the open and challenge him directly. {{storylink|Starscream the Mysterious Mercenary}}

[[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] eventually realized that there was still [[Energon (Energon)|energon]]—and survivors—in the ruins of Lunar City, leading to the Autobots returning there. They built a new [[Energon Tower (building)|Energon Tower]] to protect the resurgent base. {{storylink|Kicker Beware!}}

Inferno used Lunar City's repaired and upgraded defenses to blast the three artificial "comets" that Megatron sent to destroy Earth. It didn't seem to help much. {{storylink|Energon Grid}}

The Moon was later used as the launching point for the starship ''Miranda II''. {{storylink|Go for Unicron!}}

===Live-action ''Transformers'' movie continuity===
====''Ghosts of Yesterday''====
The [[Apollo 11]] mission contained the first manned human craft to reach the moon, which was launched in [[1969]] and crewed by [[Neil Armstrong]] and two others. Unknown to most people, this also served as an elaborate cover for the secret launch of ''[[Ghost 1]]'', a far more advanced spacecraft reverse-engineered from [[Transformer|alien technology]]. {{storylink|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

====Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comics====
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The Autobot reinforcements for Earth (all six of them) arrived on the Moon to avoid Decepticon detection and await orders. Pity the Decepticons detected them really soon, eh? {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}}

====''Dark of the Moon'' film====
At one point, the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]] crashed on the Moon, with [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] and other Autobots aboard. The ship was later found by humans [[Neil Armstrong]] and [[Buzz Aldrin]] in [[1969]] during the [[Apollo 11]] mission. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon|Dark of the Moon}}

===''Animated'' cartoon===
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''On his way to obtain the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] on Earth, [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] crashed the ''[[Nemesis (Animated)|Nemesis]]'' on the Moon after his piloting was distracted by [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]].'' {{storylink|Dispatches}} The vessel was later discovered by a human remote-control space rover, which was accidentally stomped to pieces by [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] when he and [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] landed near the ''Nemesis'' during their search for [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found}}

The wreckage of the ''Nemesis'' was later used as Starscream's base of operations as he [[Starscream clone (Animated)|cloned himself]] using stolen [[protoform]]s that were stored on the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}} {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}} [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] and [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] briefly arrived on the Moon in search of Starscream, but were lured back to Earth by one of the clones. {{storylink|A Fistful of Energon}} Once he deemed his troops sufficient, Starscream again departed from the Moon with his clones in tow. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}

Peace and quiet would not last long there, though. Sometime after Starscream and his clones left, [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], Starscream's head, [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]], and Lugnut transwarped there on [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]]. There, the Decepticons proceeded to tear apart the ''Nemesis'' to construct three clones of Omega Supreme and hacked into [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]]'s head to get the access codes to the giant Autobot so they could bring these clones online. During this, Starscream was able to roll his way into the ''Nemesis'', where his clone army was stored. He used one of the stolen protoforms on the ship to help form him a new body, letting him finally be able to stand against Megatron. His victory was short-lived however, as Megatron blasted each unactivated clone, and then blew off Starscream's lower half. With the processes done, the new [[Lugnut Supreme]]s (with Lugnut inside Omega controlling them) transformed and rose up, and headed straight to Detroit. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Tsuki''' (月)

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