Boo Moon

{{Infobox film

| name = Boo Moon

| image = Casper The Friendly Ghost - Boo Moon (1953).png

| caption = Title card

| director = I. Sparber{{cite book|last=Webb|first=Graham|title=The Animated Film Encyclopedia: A Complete Guide to American Shorts, Features and Sequences (1900-1999)|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.|year=2011|isbn=978-0-7864-4985-9|pages=48}}
Seymour Kneitel
Animation director:
Myron Waldman (uncredited)

| producer = Seymour Shultz
Seymour Kneitel (uncredited)
I. Sparber (uncredited)

| story = I. Klein

| animator = Myron Waldman
Larry Silverman
Nick Tafuri
Gordon Whittier

| layout_artist = Robert Little

| background_artist = Robert Little

| starring = Cecil Roy
Allen Swift
Jack Mercer
Jackson Beck
Sid Raymond
Alan Shay

| music = Winston Sharples
Theme song composers:
Mack David
Jerry Livingston

| cinematography =

| editing =

| studio = Famous Studios

| distributor = Paramount Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1954|01|01}}

| runtime = 8 minutes

| country = U.S.

| language = English

| budget =

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Boo Moon is a 1954 theatrical cartoon short released in 3D as a Stereotoon. It was produced by Famous Studios for the Stereotoon series featuring Casper the Friendly Ghost and distributed by Paramount Pictures.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/62/mode/2up |pages=63–64}}{{cite web|title=Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1953 -|url=http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/cartoons-considered-for-an-academy-award-1953/|website=cartoonresearch.com}}

Plot

Casper emerges from a subway station, following a crowd of scared strangers. He encounters a man saying "see the wonders of the Moon for ten cents", and offering a sight through a telescope. Casper scares the man away, then uses the telescope to see the Moon. He then flies to the Moon for a visit. Casper lands on the Moon, disappointed to find no man on the Moon. He lies down to nap, then tiny Moon men emerge from holes. They capture Casper, lock him in a cage, and tow him to King Luna. The King addresses Casper as a monster and treats him as an enemy. Casper playfully picks him up, only to be placed in the royal dungeon. Then, a gang of tree men approach to attack. The Moon Men defend their fortified city with flaming missiles. The tree men fight back with water, then break through the town walls. Casper escapes his cage, and helps the Moon Men by going underground and tying the trees' root feet together so they can't attack. After the Moon Men win the battle, King Luna knights Casper for the valiant defense of his people.

Voice cast

Cecil Roy as Casper
Jackson Beck as King Luna, Moon People
Sid Raymond as Barker
Allen Swift as Lookout Character(s)
Jack Mercer as Moon People
Additional voices are provided by Alan Shay

Production

This is the second Paramount cartoon released in 3D; the first one was Popeye, the Ace of Space released on 2 October 1953 in the Popeye the Sailor series. The 2-D print of Boo Moon was released on March 5, 1954.