Dark Moon

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.__TOC__
==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 for Lauren Faust.
==Depiction in the series==
===Season two===
 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	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	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	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	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 "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	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	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	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	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==
==See also==
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==References==
pt:Dark Moon
Category:Background characters