Popular Culture
Blue moons have been referenced in popular culture, such as:
- In the 2011 movie The Smurfs. In this context, the blue moon was literally a blue-colored moon, a period of time in the Smurfs' medieval world where it becomes possible to cross dimensions via an underground waterfall, which helps set the premise of the film's plot by sending several Smurfs to the real world. This Wikipedia article was also shown on a computer in the movie.
- The Blue Moon Detective Agency, from the television series Moonlighting.
- In the 2009 young adult fiction novel by Alyson Noël of the same name, Blue Moon refers to two full moons occurring within the same month and the same astrological sign.
- The blue moon was referenced in Charmed, where the Charmed Ones were magically transformed into monsters (looked like a werewolf on four legs).
- In 1995 the German Synthpop band De/Vision released a single titled 'Blue Moon'. 'Blue Moon' also appeared on the album 'Unversed In Love'
- "Blue Moon" is a classic popular song. It was written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934,
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