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He or she may have a [[Tragic Dream]], have suffered a [[Dark and Troubled Past]], or have embarked on some new quest that promises to change their life. The trope is also frequently used in love songs. |
He or she may have a [[Tragic Dream]], have suffered a [[Dark and Troubled Past]], or have embarked on some new quest that promises to change their life. The trope is also frequently used in love songs. |
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Can overlap with [[Weird Moon]], often to emphasize the moon. In this case, the moment is used both to establish the world and the character. |
Can overlap with [[Weird Moon]], often to emphasize the moon. In this case, the moment is used both to establish the world and the character. |
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Contrast [[Watching the Sunset]] and [[Cue the Sun]]. |
Contrast [[Watching the Sunset]] and [[Cue the Sun]]. |
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* In ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' just before Shinji and Rei prepare to go snipe the angel, during which they muse about why they pilot the Evangelions, the binds they have with people, and Rei promises Shinji that he won't die because she'll protect him, ending the scene with "Sayonara" with a big full moon over her shoulder. The whole scene was very melancholy and introspective. |
* In ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' just before Shinji and Rei prepare to go snipe the angel, during which they muse about why they pilot the Evangelions, the binds they have with people, and Rei promises Shinji that he won't die because she'll protect him, ending the scene with "Sayonara" with a big full moon over her shoulder. The whole scene was very melancholy and introspective. |
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* One of the recurring songs in ''[[Beck Mongolian Chop Squad|BECK]]'' is "Moon on the Water". The song is in of itself a melancholic love song but in episode 5 when both Koyuki and Maho [[Skinny Dipping|skinny dip]] in the school pool they sing it song together under a summer full moon. You can't get more romantic than that. |
* One of the recurring songs in ''[[Beck Mongolian Chop Squad|BECK]]'' is "Moon on the Water". The song is in of itself a melancholic love song but in episode 5 when both Koyuki and Maho [[Skinny Dipping|skinny dip]] in the school pool they sing it song together under a summer full moon. You can't get more romantic than that. |
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* In ''[[Darker |
* In ''[[Darker than Black]]'', the [[Emotionless Girl]] and [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]] Yin gets a lot of symbolic focus on the moon in her flashbacks to her tragic childhood, though the moon is [[Alien Sky|admittedly absent from the sky]] in the present. There are connections beyond her melancholy demeanor, since the moon is traditionally associated with mediums, and for [[Bilingual Bonus|a bonus]], "Yin" is Chinese for "silver". {{spoiler|And late in the second season, the moon returns, bloodred, in circumstances related to an [[Eldritch Abomination]] possessing Yin.}} |
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