Dark Moon

Dark Moon
Dark Moon in Tanks for the Memories
Kind	Unicorn
Sex	Male
Other links	Dark Moon image gallery

More info
Eyes	Moderate cerulean
Mane	Medium gray
Coat	Dark gray
Magic aura	Grayish cerulean
Cutie mark

Dark Moon is a male background unicorn pony who appears in several episodes throughout the show. He has a dark gray coat, gray mane and tail, blue eyes, and a cutie mark of a white crescent moon. He is not named in the show, but he is named in merchandise.

Development and design

Dark Moon shares his design and eye color with Neon Lights, "Flank Sinatra", S02E26 Unnamed Unicorn Stallion #1, and unicorn Shooting Star, shares his design with "Purple Stuff", and shares his mane and tail style and eye color with Star Hunter, Twilight Sky, and "Cosmic".

Dark Moon appears as a conceptual Pegasus pony in incidental male pony artwork by Robin Mitchell.

Depiction in the series

Season two

Dark Moon in A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2.

Throughout the series, Dark Moon mostly appears in crowd shots. He first appears in the season two episode Sweet and Elite watching the Wonderbolts Derby. He later appears during Applejack's speech at the beginning of The Last Roundup.

In The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000, Dark Moon watches the cider competition between Applejack's family and Flim and Flam, and in A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2, he appears at both wedding ceremonies.

Season three

In season three, Dark Moon appears at the Summer Harvest Parade crowd in One Bad Apple and at Twilight Sparkle's princess coronation in Magical Mystery Cure.

Season four

In season four, Dark Moon appears at the Summer Sun Celebration in Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 2, at the Rainbow Falls Traders Exchange in Trade Ya!, in the Crystal Empire stadium crowd in Equestria Games, and in the auditorium when Discord and Lord Tirek appear at the end of Twilight's Kingdom - Part 1.

Season five

In Tanks for the Memories, Dark Moon hangs icicles in Ponyville in preparation for winter. In Appleoosa's Most Wanted, he watches the Appleloosa rodeo. In Make New Friends but Keep Discord, he appears as a guest of the Grand Galloping Gala. In Princess Spike, he appears during the Grand Equestria Pony Summit. In Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?, he appears in Ponyville's shared dream. In Brotherhooves Social, he appears as a Sisterhooves Social spectator. In Crusaders of the Lost Mark, he appears talking to Rose as a background character during Light of Your Cutie Mark. In The Mane Attraction, he makes a background appearance in the audience for Coloratura's performance of The Magic Inside at the Helping Hooves Music Festival. In The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 1, he attends Princess Twilight Sparkle's lecture on Cutie Marks at the School for Gifted Unicorns.

Season six

In A Hearth's Warming Tail, Dark Moon appears carrying a box of decorations with Lucky Clover during preparations for Hearth's Warming Eve and caroling in the park during Hearth's Warming Eve Is Here Once Again. He later appears in Twilight's story dancing in Canterlot square with an unnamed mare during Pinkie's Present. In Spice Up Your Life, he appears as a background character in Canterlot standing with Twinkleshine and they later appear together in the city's Restaurant Row. In Buckball Season, he appears at the Ponyville Train Station among the buckball fans cheering for Team Ponyville as they leave for Appleloosa. Later, he appears in the audience for the buckball game in the Appleloosa stadium. In The Fault in Our Cutie Marks, he appears in the audience cheering as Gabby play baseball during Find the Purpose in Your Life. In Where the Apple Lies, he appears in a flashback attending surgery lecture in the Ponyville Hospital.

Season seven

In Forever Filly, Dark Moon makes a background appearance in Ponyville in a distance view. In Parental Glideance, he spectates the Wonderbolts' showcase in Canterlot. In Triple Threat, he attends Thorax and Ember's Dragon Fire Flame of Friendship ceremony in Ponyville.

Season eight

In School Daze - Part 1, Dark Moon makes a background appearance attending Friends and Family Day at the School of Friendship. In Horse Play, he makes a background appearance in the audience for the play at the School of Friendship. In Yakity-Sax, he appears in the audience for the Wonderbolts' derby in Canterlot. In The Washouts, he appears in the audience for each of the titular group's two Ponyville shows.

Best Gift Ever

In the special My Little Pony Best Gift Ever, Dark Moon appears singing One More Day at the Ponyville Marketplace the day before Hearth's Warming Eve.

Season nine

In Sparkle's Seven, Dark Moon appears in Applejack's fantasy, in the audience for Apple Chord's concert. In Common Ground, he makes various background appearances as a buckball fan during the Appleloosa buckball tournament during the opening newsflash, outside the stadium with Daisy and an unnamed colt before offering to pay Snails for an autograph, in the Buckball Hall of Fame, entering the stadium, talking to Lyra Heartstrings and Sweetie Drops outside the stadium, and spectating games. In She's All Yak, he appears in the circles of dancing ponies during Fit Right In. In 2, 4, 6, Greaaat, he appears watching the halftime cheerleading routine during the buckball game between the School of Friendship and the School of Magic. In The Summer Sun Setback, he appears in Canterlot attending the final Summer Sun Celebration. In A Horse Shoe-In, he appears in the audience for Octavia Melody's concert with DJ Pon-3. In Growing Up is Hard to Do, he makes a background appearance attending the Appleloosa County Fair Animal Showcase.

Appearances

Times are approximate.

Season two
1	None
2	None
3	None
4	None
5	None
6	None
7	None
8	None
9	5:43 ~ 6:47, 7:36 - in the crowd at the Wonderbolts Derby (with several duplicates)
10	None
11	None
12	None
13	None
14	3:45 - at Applejack's send-off party; 4:43 - sitting on the train
15	11:32, 11:45 - in the crowd in the background; 13:10, 13:41, 15:42 - watching the cider competition
16	None
17	None
18	None
19	None
20	None
21	None
22	None
23	None
24	None
25	None
26	5:58 - at the first wedding ceremony; 17:34, 18:59 - at the second wedding ceremony

Season three
1	None
2	None
3	None
4	16:15 - watching the Summer Harvest Parade
5	None
6	None
7	None
8	None
9	None
10	None
11	None
12	None
13	19:29, 20:01 - at Twilight Sparkle's princess coronation

Season four
1	None
2	20:28, 20:55 - at the Summer Sun Celebration
3	None
4	None
5	None
6	None
7	None
8	None
9	None
10	None
11	None
12	None
13	None
14	None
15	None
16	None
17	None
18	None
19	None
20	None
21	None
22	0:36 - welcoming Princess Twilight to the Traders Exchange; 20:10 - leaving the Traders Exchange
23	None
24	18:37 - in the Equestria Games crowd
25	19:53 - in the auditorium when Discord and Lord Tirek appear; 20:09 - having his magic taken by Tirek
26	None

Season five
1	None
2	None
3	None
4	None
5	8:12 - hanging icicles in Ponyville with other unicorns
6	4:34 - in the crowd worried about Trouble Shoes; 13:17 - in Trouble Shoes' flashback; 16:08, 18:37, 18:53 - watching the Appleloosa rodeo; 18:53 - laughing at Trouble Shoes; 19:20 - shocked to see Trouble Shoes; 19:45, 19:59 - listening to Apple Bloom
7	7:01, 11:10, 12:59, 13:05, 20:27 - at the Grand Galloping Gala; 7:33 - shocked by the Smooze; 12:13 - hearing Rarity scream; 13:49, 14:20, 14:39, 15:01 - listening to Discord's stand-up comedy; 15:18, 15:44, 16:14, 16:46 - in the Smooze-filled ballroom; 20:00, 20:02 - frightened by the Smooze; 21:28 - in the final shot of Gala ponies
8	None
9	None
10	0:06 ~ 1:33 - at the Grand Equestria Pony Summit; 10:47 - in a line of summit delegates; 19:55 - listening to Spike's apology; 20:54, 21:12 - looking at the finished statue; 21:30 - seeing Spike about to sneeze
11	None
12	None
13	17:05 - in Ponyville's shared dream
14	6:43 - in the audience for Rarity's fashion display
15	21:25 - sitting next to Rarity
16	None
17	7:39 - seen to the left of "Orchard Blossom"; 10:16 ~ 10:51, 11:30 - watching a musical performance; 11:55 - surprised by "Big McIntosh|Orchard Blossom"'s voice
18	13:25 - talking to Rose
19	None
20	None
21	None
22	None
23	None
24	None
25	None
26	None

Season six
1	None
2	None
3	None
4	None
5	None
6	None
7	None
8	0:06 - walking with Lucky Clover and carrying some holiday decorations; 0:24 - singing in a small choir conducted by Octavia Melody; 13:44 - dancing in the village square
9	None
10	None
11	None
12	2:21, 2:48, 3:00, 3:15 - talking to Twinkleshine
13	None
14	16:17 - watching the Applewood Derby
15	None
16	None
17	None
18	12:56 - part of the crowd of fanponies at the train station (wearing a hat); 19:40 - in the stands for the buckball game
19	12:46 - in the stands of the baseball game
20	None
21	None
22	None
23	17:55 - as an audience member in the operating theater
24	None
25	None
26	None

Season seven
1	None
2	None
3	None
4	None
5	None
6	4:56 - standing in a long shot of the Ponyville mountainside
7	10:50 - in the stands of the Wonderbolts arena
8	None
9	None
10	None
11	None
12	None
13	None
14	None
15	21:17 - walking up to the stage
16	None
17	None
18	None
19	None
20	None
21	None
22	None
23	None
24	None
25	None
26	None

Season eight
1	18:47 - with "Winter Lotus" during Friends and Family Day
2	None
3	None
4	None
5	None
6	None
7	13:28, 15:56, 17:39, 19:19 ~ 20:38 - seated next to Junebug
8	None
9	None
10	None
11	None
12	None
13	None
14	None
15	None
16	None
17	None
18	Yes
19	None
20	Yes
21	None
22	None
23	None
24	None
25	None
26	None

Season nine
1	None
2	None
3	None
4	Yes
5	None
6	Yes
7	Yes
8	None
9	None
10	None
11	None
12	None
13	None
14	None
15	Yes
16	None
17	Yes
18	None
19	None
20	Yes
21	None
22	Yes
23	None
24	None
25	None
26	None

Other depictions

Friendship is Magic shorts

In the Best Gift Ever short, Triple Pony Dare Ya, Dark Moon appears waiting in line at the Ponyville Marketplace for Granny Smith's Hearth's Warming fruitcake.

Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook

Dark Moon appears in episode 7 of Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook, "Hearth's Warming Eve".

Software

My Little Pony (mobile game)

Dark Moon is a character called "Wedding Guest Pony" in Gameloft's mobile game.

Merchandise

In the Canterlot Nights expansion set of Enterplay's collectible card game, Dark Moon is named on card #11 C, which gives him the description "Dark Moon holds the record for most weddings crashed in all of Equestria. He always brings a lovely gift and acts like a perfect gentleman. Dark Moon just really loves wearing his tux!"

Gallery

Dark Moon image gallery

See also

• Dark Moon, Moonlit Colt on the Collectible Card Game Wiki