The Moon is an outer space location in A Grand Day Out that Walllace and Gromit visit in order to get cheese.
History[]
A Grand Day Out[]
Due to its round shape and craterous appearance, popular stories have frequently claimed that the Moon is made of cheese, a story Wallace wholeheartedly believes. It is due to this property that it attracts the attention of him and Gromit in A Grand Day Out. Upon discovering that they have no cheese in the house, Wallace decides to take a holiday to a place with cheese, and decides the Moon is the perfect destination. He and Gromit build the Moon Rocket, light the fuse, and travel to the Moon.
Upon arrival, Wallace attempts to sample the surface of the Moon's flavour on crackers. He is quickly perplexed, claiming it tastes like no cheese he's ever tasted. Undeterred, Wallace moves on and attempts to sample different areas of the Moon in hopes of finding a more palatable-tasting area.
The Moon is inhabited by the Cooker who glues back the surface Wallace cut, expresses frustration at him and attempts to stow-away in Wallace and Gromit's rocket during their return to Earth, having found a discarded vacation brochure left behind by Wallace. However, he is blown out of the rocket during takeoff, and is last seen happily skiing using pieces of metal that broke off the hull for skis.
Other appearances[]
Wallace and Gromit revisit the Moon via the Moon Rocket in the "Space" Glico ad, in which Shaun has his own rocket ship to reach the destination in order to eat their Glico pudding.
Trivia[]
- A part of the Moon set is currently on display at the main entrance of Blackpool Pleasure Beach.
- Wallace and Gromit can breathe on the Moon without wearing any spacesuits or even space helmets. In real life, the Moon doesn't have any air or atmosphere, making it uninhabitable by living creatures.
- Despite Wallace's uncertain response to the Moon surface's quality and cheesiness, a newspaper headline of Gromit's newspaper in The Wrong Trousers reads "Moon cheese shares soar!".
- It is unknown, though likely, if Gromit believes the same misconception that the Moon is made of cheese, as he makes no efforts to dissuade Wallace from attempting to travel to it.