{{Short description|1954 space adventure cartoon}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Boo Moon | image = Casper The Friendly Ghost - Boo Moon (1953).png | caption = Title card | director = I. Sparber<ref name=BooGraham>{{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}}</ref><br>Seymour Kneitel<br>'''Animation director:'''<br>Myron Waldman (uncredited) | producer = Seymour Shultz<ref name=BooGraham/><br>Seymour Kneitel (uncredited)<br>I. Sparber (uncredited) | story = I. Klein<ref name=BooGraham/> | animator = Myron Waldman<br>Larry Silverman<ref name=BooGraham/><br>Nick Tafuri<br>Gordon Whittier | layout_artist = Robert Little | background_artist = Robert Little<ref name=BooGraham/> | starring = Alan Shay<br>Allen Swift<br>Jack Mercer<br>Jackson Beck<br>Sid Raymond<ref name=BooGraham/> | music = Winston Sharples<br>'''Theme song composers:'''<br>Mack David<br>Jerry Livingston<ref name=BooGraham/> | cinematography = | editing = | studio = Famous Studios | distributor = Paramount Pictures | released = {{Film date|1954|01|01}} | runtime = 8 minutes<ref name=BooGraham/> | country = U.S. | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Boo Moon''''' is a 1954 theatrical cartoon short released in 3D as a Stereotoon.<ref name=BooGraham/> It was produced by Famous Studios for the Stereotoon series featuring Casper the Friendly Ghost and distributed by Paramount Pictures.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{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}}</ref>
== 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 == * Alan Shay as Casper<ref name=BooGraham/> * Jackson Beck as King Luna, Moon People<ref name=BooGraham/> * Sid Raymond as Barker<ref name=BooGraham/> * Allen Swift as Lookout Character(s) * Jack Mercer as Moon People
== Production == This is the second Paramount cartoon released in 3D;<ref name=BooGraham/> 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.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0147912}} * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNkU4wTUIkE The full cartoon with the original Paramount titles]
{{Casper the Friendly Ghost}}
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