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Moonzy is the main protagonist of the Russian cartoon of the same name. Despite looking strikingly like an axolotl, it is not certainly known what kind of creature Moonzy is, but he fell from the moon to Earth and introduced himself to the inhabitants of the meadow as a moon bee.

He's kind, naive and honest and knows how to forgive and befriend others. His best friends are Skip, Dottie, Weebee and, from Season 9 onwards, Moona.

In the first English dub of the series, his name is Luntik, just like how he is named in the original Russian version of the series.

Appearance[]

Moonzy is a pink-coloured moon bee. He has four ears and he is pretty tall, compared to other characters. He has purple legs, white feet and hands, and a purple paw symbol on his belly.

Character[]

Moonzy is loved by the inhabitants of the meadow for his kind nature, hospitality, tenderness and desire to come to the aid of those who need him. He still doesn't know many simple things and doesn't understand the structure of the environment, but he's very quick at learning, and wants to make this world better and kinder. Moonzy absolutely doesn't know how to fight, deceive others, brag, put on frills and be greedy. His simple-mindedness often draws him into awkward situations, but, with the help of friends, he understands the awkwardness and always tries to make amends and not offend and harm anyone.

Moonzy is very polite and tolerant, always considers others' opinions and thinks over everything he heard. He never argues with anyone, doesn't show irritation when caterpillars and Mrs Leech instigate him, and takes responsibility in everything he said. At first, he didn't know how to befriend others, but wanted to make friends. Moonzy is often being manipulated by his best friend Skip, who does many lesser-than-good deeds, and when they realize this, they struggle to fix it together.

Moonzy was the only inhabitant of the forest who didn't fear Mr Webber and Toad Klava, who was awed even by adults. He was the one who told everyone that Mr Webber isn't bad, he has a warm heart inside and is fond of art, such as writing poems, drawing and playing different musical instruments.

Biography[]

He was born on the Moon, but then he fell down to Earth in his eggshell. He fell to the Pond. On Earth, Moonzy met a lot of friends. The first of them was Skip. In episode 3, he, Weebee, and Skip made the hut where Moonzy lived in the old episodes. Starting with episode 6, he began to stay with his grandparents during the day, and then began to live with them permanently.

Relationships[]

Skip[]

Skip is the very first and the best friend of Moonzy, alongside of Dottie and Weebee.

Dottie[]

Dottie is Moonzy's friend too, in spite of Dottie is a crybaby.

Weebee[]

Weebee and Moonzy usually do not meet each other very often. Alongside of this, they are good friends.

Woopsie and Poopsie[]

Sometimes caterpillars may be called Moonzy's friends too. But sometimes they do a lot of different revenges and dirty tricks.

Grandpa Stringer & Granny Annie[]

Moonzy, of course, loves his grandpa and granny, he is proud of them and respects them.

Others[]

Moonzy is in good relations with all the habitants of the Forest.

Name origin[]

His russian name was created based on the word 'lunatik' Which is the come from lunatic ('sleepwalker') without one letter ('lunatik' became 'luntik') which is alike with the english word of that meaning but only having a suffix '-tik' which goes after the word 'moon'. In English, it's 'Moonzy' where '-zy' makes up for the lost suffix. Both of the names are associated with moon.

While Moonzy was still a dragon long before his design's creator (Darina Schmidt) made a choice how he should look like, this character had different names such as 'Khrustik' (the one who makes something do crispy sounds, plus a suffix)' and Yeroshka' (a russian name dervived from the full name written as 'Yerofey' - Ерофей; the name has a suffix again which makes it easier to name a kid who Moonzy is) or simply, 'a little dragon' ('drakonchik'). But Moonzy's designer suggested a name 'Lunatik' ('slepwalker') though it wasn't approved at first because other members of a creative team thought that associating this character's name with such a disorder would be weird and inapproriate. But as far as the rumour goene member of the team once typed Moonzy original name without one letter nd the others liked it so the name was kept.


== Trivia

  • Some people misspell his new name as Moonzie.
  • It is shown in the episode The Softest Palms, known as Самые мягкие ладошки in Russian (this episode is only available in the aforementioned language) that Moonzy's fur is so fluffy, that you could sleep on his palms!
  • Despite being a main and titular character, Moonzy is absent in at least four episodes of the series, with only one of the four being available in English. The first one is Educators, the second one is Beautiful Klava, the third one is Company for Klava, and the fourth one is An Unexpected Guest.
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