The Moon Escapes

"**The Moon Escapes**" is the 65th episode by air date and the 63rd episode by chronological order of SolarBalls.

## Synopsis

The Moon finds himself in a sticky situation. Will he be able to get out of it alive?

## Characters

* Sun (background character)
* Moon
* Ganymede
* Callisto
* Io
* Europa
* Titan
* Phobos
* Deimos
* Jupiter (mentioned)
* Astrodude (mentioned)
* Uranus (mentioned)
* Neptune (mentioned)

## Plot

The episode continues on from "The Moons of Jupiter - Part 2" where Ganymede and Titan ask the Moon to join them in their uprising. Moon, not knowing what to do nervously stares at them, prompting Titan to ask him why it's taking so long to answer and repeat the question. He rhetorically asks Titan if he really wants to make planets respect moons with violence. Titan attempts to answer, but is cut off by Ganymede telling him not to be naive. Moon explains it further by bringing up the fate of the Earthlings, including Astrodude and his family if the uprising were to happen. Titan insists that they can just make spaceships like Astrodude's to escape, and take small steps before being told by the Moon to stop making excuses. Europa asks if Moon is sure that he'll side with the moons, leading Moon to answer that he doesn't care about sides and instead cares about solving the problem with a sensible way. Moon continues by telling Titan that he is going too far, and makes the final decision to not side with them. Titan understands and lets Moon go but on the other hand, Ganymede, decides to take matters into his own hands and demands Io and Callisto to stop the Moon. Callisto is hesitant, but Io says that they shouldn't question Ganymede's orders. Reluctantly, Callisto agrees. Titan tries to remind them about what he said earlier, but Europa and Ganymede tells them that if Moon succeeds, he'll inform the planets about the uprising, thwarting them. Titan realizes that maybe they are taking things too far, but Ganymede says that questioning every detail of their scheme will get them nowhere, and Titan reluctantly accepts it.

Meanwhile, Moon is trying to leave the Asteroid Belt, only to be intercepted by Io and Callisto, who prevent him from escaping and try to persuade him to go back to Titan and Ganymede. Moon decides he has had enough and storms off, leading to an epic chase between him and the two Galilean moons. Moon hurls asteroids towards them, only for them to be shot back by Io. Moon creates a shield to protect himself, but the two quickly pass him to intercept him with asteroids again, only for it to be dodged. Moon states that he knows their tactics and demand them to quit bothering him before going downwards. Io questions his plans, and Callisto is quick to explain that he might be going down to leave the Solar System. It is met with disbelief from Io as he informs Callisto that the Solar System is 287,000,000,000 km wide. Callisto is surprised about Io's knowledge, and he reveals that he listens to Jupiter, who he calls "Mr. Jupiter". Callisto tells him annoyedly to not call Jupiter that, before cutting herself off to explain that due to the Solar System being a disc, Moon can exit the Solar System at a much quicker rate. Io asks what will happen then, and Callisto responds that nobody knows. Io shares his excitement about chasing the Moon, before the sponsor section commences.

After the sponsor, meanwhile, Phobos and Deimos are trying to cheer Titan up, saying that Moon will eventually return to them. Ganymede interrupts and informs them they need to discuss their next step. Europa explains that since there are not enough of them to stand up against the planets, they should find other moons. They decide to split up and gather the rest of the moons, with Europa getting Jupiter’s moons and Ganymede getting Saturn’s moons. Unfortunately for them, they have no clue on where Uranus and Neptune’s moons are. The scene then cuts to Moon, Io, and Callisto’s chase. Callisto orders Io to use a gravitational slingshot to launch her to Moon. Moon finally makes it out and admires the view of the Solar System viewed from below, though for not too long since Callisto crashes into him. The two then have a talk, with Moon telling Callisto that he hopes that she’s the only one that’s thinking straight, and questions Callisto what would she do in this situation as Io searches for Callisto in panic. Callisto pauses for a while, before deciding to let Moon escape.

After a while, Callisto returns back to Io, lying that she sent him out the edges of the Solar System. Io is shocked and shows some remorse for what they had done, but Callisto blindly tells him that they were just following Ganymede’s orders. The two Galilean Moons reunite with the others, and Europa questions about Moon’s whereabouts. They mention that they obliterated him, much to the frustration of Titan and Ganymede, who tell them that he didn't explicitly mention destroying the Moon. Callisto says that it's what happens if one loses control of something in a displeased expression. Ganymede assures that it won't happen again, before looking at an upset Titan. Ganymede then asks the two about the ice giants’ moons. According to Callisto, Uranus’s moons are hiding in the Kuiper Belt after Uranus scared them away, and Neptune’s moons got lost in Neptune’s orbit after he lost his mind. Hearing this, Ganymede orders Io and Callisto to find Neptune’s moons, and Titan, Phobos, and Deimos whom he calls "two asteroid thingies" to find Uranus’s moons, before getting corrected by a very irritated Titan. Ganymede tells Titan to calm down, before answering Io's question about what they'll do after they find and gather all the moons, which is beginning the Moon Revolution while smirking evilly.

## Trivia

* The episode reuses the sponsor section of "The Earth Alone - Part 1".