# Moon Moon
Moon Moon is a fictional dim-witted wolf character born from a Tumblr werewolf name generator in April 2013, when user Kitchiki joked that the goofy name would make them the dumbest wolf in the pack. The bit exploded into a wave of ask blogs, comics and pack-outcast jokes, and got a second life in 2018 when scientists floated 'moonmoon' as a name for submoons.
## Origin
The character was born on April 5th, 2013, when Tumblr user Kitchiki reblogged a chart titled 'What is Your Werewolf Name?' and landed on 'Moon Moon' based on the initials P.W.[3]. Kitchiki's reply, written in all-caps, read 'MY NAME, IS FRICKIN MOON MOON. I'D BE THE MOST RETARDED WOLF. "OH SHIT WHO BROUGHT FUCKING MOON MOON ALONG?"'[5]. That single response, not the chart, is what turned the name into a character. According to Daily Dot, the original post picked up more than 800,000 notes[1].
On April 15th, 2013, Tumblr user Frukass replied with a short comic showing a wolf pack on a hunt getting derailed by Moon Moon rushing in to 'get the thing', which locked in the pack-outcast framing that later posts reused[5].
- **Platform:** Tumblr (viral spread)
- **Creator:** Kitchiki
- **Date:** 2013
## Overview
Moon Moon is a fictional wolf who gets treated as the mentally slow, embarrassing member of an otherwise fierce pack[3]. The joke works by pairing menacing wolf imagery with dopey inner monologues, usually written in shouty all-caps, in the same silly-voice-for-an-animal tradition that powered Doge[1]. The name itself is the punchline, because 'Moon Moon' sounds too goofy to belong to a proper apex predator.
Most Moon Moon posts follow one of two formats. The first is a screenshot of a wolf photo captioned with the pack yelling at Moon Moon for ruining a hunt or 'bringing' him along[2]. The second is a first-person Moon Moon voice, wide-eyed and confused, asking things like whether he can 'internet too'[4]. Both lean on the same character beat: the rest of the wolves are cool, and Moon Moon is not.
## How It Spread
Through late April 2013, the joke jumped from a one-off reply into a small ecosystem of dedicated Tumblr accounts, including the Ask Moon Moon blog[3], The Marvelous Moon Moon (which greeted visitors with 'hey, whatcha doing? are these the internets? can I internet too?')[4], The Official Moon Moon Blog, and F**k Yeah Moon Moon[3]. A Twitter account @MoonMoontheWolf and a Facebook page called 'Moon Moon The Wolf' launched around the same window, with the Facebook page going up on April 26th[3]. From Tumblr, the character bled onto Imgur, Tickld and Reddit, keeping the same 'idiot wolf ruins the hunt' beat[3].
Moon Moon even made a cameo in World of Warcraft's Patch 5.4 PTR, where dataminers tagged a new Darkmoon dire wolf boss called Moonfang with 'moon-moon' as a nickname[6].
The character got a full revival on October 10th, 2018, when Gizmodo covered astronomer Juna Kollmeier and Sean Raymond's paper on whether moons could have their own submoons[7]. New Scientist tweeted that the objects had been suggested to be called 'moonmoons', which racked up over 10,000 retweets and 28,000 likes[3]. Twitter users immediately dragged the 2013 wolf back into the replies, and Daily Dot ran a piece connecting the astronomy news to the old Tumblr saga[1].
## How to Use
The classic template is a photo of a wolf (usually looking heroic or menacing) with a caption that treats Moon Moon as the pack's screw-up. Common conventions are all-caps dialogue, the phrase 'who brought Moon Moon along', and a stupid interior thought from Moon Moon himself. To make your own, pick a wolf image, write the rest of the pack's exasperated reaction, and give Moon Moon one dumb line that undercuts whatever serious thing is supposed to be happening.
## Frequently Asked Questions
### What is Moon Moon?
Moon Moon is a fictional wolf character portrayed as the goofy, slow-witted outcast of his pack, usually paired with silly inner monologues[3].
### Where did Moon Moon come from?
The character came from an April 5th, 2013 Tumblr post by user Kitchiki, who got the name 'Moon Moon' from a 'What is Your Werewolf Name?' chart and joked he'd be the dumbest wolf ever[3][5].
### What does Moon Moon mean?
In meme use, 'Moon Moon' is shorthand for the embarrassing dummy in any group, based on the wolf character[1]. Unrelated to the meme, Urban Dictionary also logs slang senses of the name[8].
### How do you use Moon Moon?
People typically caption a wolf photo with the pack yelling at Moon Moon for ruining a hunt, or write a first-person Moon Moon line like 'can I internet too?' to play the confused-idiot beat[4][5].
### Is Moon Moon still popular?
Moon Moon peaked in April 2013 on Tumblr and got a second wave in October 2018 after New Scientist's viral 'moonmoons' submoon tweet pulled the old wolf jokes back into circulation[7][1].
## References
1. [https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/moonmoon-memes/]()
2. [https://moonmoon-official.tumblr.com/]()
3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/moon-moon]()
4. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130427023003/http://the-marvelous-moon-moon.tumblr.com/]()
5. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130424071806/https://frukass.tumblr.com/post/48022086542/pahnem-kitchikishangout-my-name-is-frickin]()
6. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150129233005/https://wow.joystiq.com/2013/06/12/patch-5-4-ptr-moonfang-new-dire-wolf-boss-to-prowl-the-darkmoo/]()
7. [https://gizmodo.com/astronomers-wonder-can-moons-have-moons-1829639045]()
8. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Moon%20Moon]()
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