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For the version more popular in Western culture, see [[The Man in Thethe Moon]].
 
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** For those not familiar with Japanese, here's an explanation. Tsuki means "Moon", "No" can mean Field/Plain or "Of" depending on the character used (The former is the one actually used however) while Usagi, means "Rabbit/Bunny"
** Chibiusa's pink hair and eyes is also meant to be a reference to the pink eyes of albino rabbits.
* In ''[[DragonballDragon Ball]]'', after defeating the anthropomorphic rabbit Monster Carrot, Goku sends him to the moon where he's forced to pound treats for children.
** This came back to bite Toriyama in the butt later when it was revealed that Goku couldn't survive in space.
*** Neither could [[Batman Can Breathe in Space|Bardock]]; that didn't stop him.
** It also became [[Fridge Horror]] when Kame Sennin ''blew up'' the moon just a few chapters later. That poor anthropomorphic bunny didn't even know what hit him...
*** Someone eventually thought of that and wrote him into one of the games. He apparently escaped just in time.
* Amae Koromo of ''[[Saki (Mangamanga)|Saki]]'' was designed to resemble a rabbit (blame the bunny ears headband). Her powers are at its strongest when the moon is full and her [[Finishing Move]] is the "Haitei Raoyue", which means "To pull out the moon from the seabed".
** Incidentally, "Haitei Raoyue" is what it's called when the last tile on the wall is the winning tile. It's used colloquially to mean pulling off the impossible.
* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' gives a nod to the legend when China first finds Japan. The two characters look to the moon and say that the rabbit is pounding "something," that something being what is most common in the country's respective legend.
* The ending song of ''[[Clannad (Visual Novel)|Clannad]]'', "Dango Daikazoku," is about a family of dumplings/rice cakes, and mentions bunnies waving to them from the moon.
* ''[[Beast Wars II (Anime)|Beast Wars II]]'' has a robot rabbit, named Moon, living in the moon. Also present is a woman named Artemis, based on the same Chinese legend.
** Possibly referenced in the original ''[[Beast Wars (Animation)|Beast Wars]]'' as well; at the start of the second season, Waspinator looks at the remaining moon, quirks his head to a particular angle, comments about the markings, then declares that he "knows". Shortly afterwards, it's revealed that this is actually Prehistoric Earth.
** ''[[Transformers Zone]]'' has Moonradar and his partner Rabbicrater ([[Don't Explain the Joke|rabbit + crater]]).
* In ''[[Muteki Kanban Musume]]'', [[Show Within a Show]] ''Starranger'' has Hell's Bunny, a new villain character based on this concept. Megumi is able to play the part of her perfectly.
* ''[[Yaiba]]'' has Kaguya, one of the antagonists of the series. She's the bunny-eared Empress of the Moon who wears a [[Playboy Bunny]] outfit and has an army of anthropomorphic rabbits as her subjects.
* The [[Leitmotif]] of [[Playboy Bunny|the]] [[Umineko no Naku Koro Nini|Siestas]] is called "Dance of the Moon Rabbit".
* The opening for ''[[Tsukuyomi Moon Phase (Anime)|Tsukuyomi Moon Phase]]'' has Hazuki playfully dodging a pair of rabbits with mortars. Good luck understanding the rest of the opening.
* ''[[Kinnikuman]]'' references this in the final preliminary of the 20th Choujin Olympics; the competitors must fly to the moon and bring back a rabbit as proof. The titular [[Idiot Hero]] laughs at this until told that the rabbits are not only stuffed toys, but were planted there ahead of time.
* IIRC, ''[[Doraemon]]'' had an episode discussing moon rabbits and visit a future amusement park on the Moon to find them.
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== Card Games ==
* The [http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/arcana/665 Soratami] from the [[Magic: theThe Gathering]] ''Kamigawa'' block; they aren't as obviously rabbitish as some of the examples, but you can definitely see it in the ears. Plus, they were directly inspired by the Japanese rabbit/moon legend.
 
 
== Comic Books ==
* In the ''[[Batman (Comic Book)|Batman]]'' Lovers and Madmen comic, when the Joker first emerges from the chemical vat that warps his mind and appearance (not that he wasn't a sociopathic criminal already in this continuity) the first thing he sees is "a bunny in the moon...that's crazy!" Then he bursts out his first real bout of maniacal laughter.
 
 
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* In Frank Herbert's ''[[Dune]]'', the second moon of Arrakis has a kangaroo mouse-shaped pattern on it.
* A children's book titled ''The Rice-Cake Rabbit'' by Betty Jean Lifton is based upon a Japanese folk tale.
* This idea appears in Kit William's puzzle-book ''[[Kit Williams Masquerade (Literature)|Masquerade]]''.
 
 
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== Video Games ==
* Unsurprisingly due to its penchant for Asian myth, the ''[[Touhou]]'' series contains moon rabbits. Also unsurprisingly due to its penchant for [[Cute Monster Girl|Cute Monster Girls]], the moon rabbits are bunny girls. The most famous of them is Reisen Udongein Inaba. Ironically, she's being made the [[Butt Monkey]] by an Earth Rabbit named Tewi. The elixir of life, known as the Hourai Elixir, is the reason that Kaguya and Mokou are immortal.
* In ''[[Okami (Video Game)Ōkami|Okami]]'', the Rabbit spirit of the [[Eastern Zodiac]] gives Amaterasu powers over the moon, and is first seen pounding rice cakes, with Ammy kneading the pounded rice between thumps.
** As well, Kaguya, who is originally from the moon, has green rabbit ears -- or at least they look an awful lot like rabbit ears.
** ''[[Okamiden (Video Game)Ōkamiden|Okamiden]]'' has a ''[[Humongous Mecha]]'' in the shape of a rabbit, built by, you guessed it, the [[Human Aliens|Moon Tribe]].
* [[The Untwist]] in ''[[Dark Cloud (Video Game)|Dark Cloud]]'' is that those hooded little guys with the big long ears who are from the moon are rabbits.
* NES [[Widget Series]] [[Shoot'Em Up]] ''[[Gun Nac]]'' has the moon for its first stage. Naturally, the enemies are dominantly rabbits, complete with a giant rabbit mecha stage boss that shoots carrot missiles.
* ''Gokujyou [[Parodius]]'' is another [[Shoot'Em Up]] with a moon bunny level. Complete with dodging mallets and that Asian lady... [[Everything's Better Withwith Penguins|with a twist]].
* ''[[Gaia Online]]'''s evolving item Hermes' Moon uses this myth as a basis for its various poses.
* The ''[[Rayman]]'' [[Widget Series]] spinoff ''[[Rabbids Go Home (Video Game)|Rabbids Go Home]]'' features a group of psychotic bunnies trying to "go home," which they have decided is on the moon. This game, however, is made in France and the developers haven't said whether or not the legends inspired them, so this may or may not have been an accidental reference.
* This is the reason why you get to chase Space Bunnies around on planetoids in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy (Video Game)|Super Mario Galaxy]]''.
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]: A Link to the Past'' has the moon pearl, which prevents Link from being turned into a bunny in the Dark World.
* In ''[[Final Fantasy IV (Video Game)|Final Fantasy IV]]'', a colony of Hummingway, small rabbit-like creatures that only speak by humming, live on the Moon. One of its residents, Namingway, came to live on the Blue Planet.
* In ''[[Phantasy Star Zero]]'', NPC Newman costumes and nearly every possible PC Newman costume have a distinct "bunny" motif, with long ear-like projections on the headgear or similar. Just '''guess''' where they've been hiding out since [[The End of the World Asas We Know It]].
* In the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' series, one of the members of Organization XIII, Saïx, whose attribute is moon, has a [[Joke Item|Joke Weapon]] based off of the myth: a claymore with a rocket-ship and moon design that "expands" into a blade shaped like a rabbit head when he [[The Berserker|gets angry]].
* Lunamon, introduced in ''[[Digimon World Dawn Dusk|Digimon World: Dusk]]'', is a rabbit-like Digimon with moon designs on her body and powers related to darkness and the moon. Her final form is Dianamon, named for the Roman goddess of the moon (a.k.a. Artemis to the Greeks).
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** Usagi is actually unlockable in all ''[[Mr. Driller (Video Game)/Characters|Mr. Driller]]'' games. Appropriately, he's a rabbit alien from the moon.
* The ''[[Pokémon]]'' Umbreon is based upon the legends of the moon rabbit.
* A bizarre variation in the already insane shooter ''[[Deae Tonosama Appare Ichiban (Video Game)|Deae Tonosama - Appare Ichiban]]'': alien moon rabbits... on Mars.
* Being a Korean [[MMORPG]], [[Maple Story]] has the bunny-pounding-rice-cake variant. Except that the bunnies are not always on the moon.
 
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== Web Comics ==
* As ''[[Perry Bible Fellowship]]'' [http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF120-Moon_Bunny.jpg notes], that would have to be [[Eldritch Abomination|a very large rabbit]].
* In a ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' chapter dealing with short stories from supporting characters, Chang'E visits the court with her rabbit to discuss the [[Deface of the Moon|mysterious fingerprint shape]] that [[Continuity Nod|appeared on the moon in a prior chapter]].
 
 
== Web Original ==
* [[Parodied]] in the [[Angry Marines Ruby Quest (Fanfic)|Angry Marine's retelling]] of ''[[Ruby Quest (Roleplay)|Ruby Quest]]'' and double-parodied in [[The Weaver (Creator)|The Weaver]]'s ''Déjà Vu Ruby'' special.
 
 
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