Mooned (Zippy)

"Mooned" is the first segment of the first episode of the Disney Channel animated series, Zippy.

Synopsis
Zippy and Wet Willy sneak onto a rocket ship which blasted them off to the moon.

Plot
The episode starts with Zippy and his friends, Ceela and Jenny at their treehouse look at the planets through a telescope that Ceela invented. Zippy's mom, Flo realizes that they're all out of cheese and asks Zippy if he could get some more. Zippy's best friend, Wet Willy comes to his house and gives him some "Alien Repellent," which Jenny says that there are no aliens on the moon. Ceela says the Zip Comet can only be seen when on the moon. Just then, they see an astronaut running to the pilot area. Zoomie and his brother, Jolly explains that he's going to the moon for a test expirement. Zippy tells his parentsthey see a rocketship and sneak into spray the windows.

Even though they agree to only spray the windows, Willy inadvertently enters the rocket, and he and Zippy follow. After playing with the ship's various features, Zippy accidentally starts up the rocket and starts to launch, which alarms Ceela and Jenny and notice them. Zippy and Wet Willy fall right down the rocket. Luckily, the lack of gravity takes over them while their in outer space. Zippy finds the control room and takes over the ship. The ship falls down and crashes to the moon.

Upon arrival on the Moon, Zippy takes all the Moon Cheese he can and tries to go back home. But then decides that he, along with Willy, can stay on the Moon for a little while and have some fun. Meanwhile, an alien notices them and doesn't like their rocket or the idea of taking cheese. He then finds a Zippy's net and plans to catch both him and Wet Willy. Meanwhile, Zippy takes pictures of the Moon with his camera and decides it's time to go back. But suddenly, the alien swings the net over and throws Wet Willy across the Moon. The alien begins to swing the net at Zippy, who runs after Willy, making the net drop to the ground. Meanwhile, Ceela and Jenny sneak to the control room to help Zippy. Ceela finds a computer and contacts Zippy and Wet Willy. Zippy tells Ceela and Jenny about the situation and tells how to resolve the problem. Ceela sets the ship's course to crash into the meteor. Jenny says Ceela's idea might work and they might get back to Earth. Zippy hops into the rocket with Willy. Seeing it was his last chance, the alien rushes to the back of the rocket and opens the trunk. He smashes the exhaust pipe, making fuel come out very quickly. Zippy notices his butterfly net and reaches for it. However, the alien quickly throws the net at Zippy and then smashes. Ceela creates a remote that blasts the rocket back to Earth as the meteor explodes.

Zippy and Wet Willy return to Earth with enough cheese for lunch. Zippy's parents (Flo and Greg) asks the kids if anything interesting happened today, but the general arrives and tries to chew them out for ruining the experiment just before he and the astronaut are crushed by a chunk of the meteor covered in goop and everyone starts to laugh. Meanwhile, back on the Moon, the alien is sad, but then sees butterfly-like aliens, and decides to catch with what's left of the net.

Cast

 * Michaela Dietz as Zippy
 * Greg Cipes as Wet Willy
 * Laura Marano as Ceela
 * Dove Cameron as Jenny
 * Kerri Kenney-Silver as Flo
 * Brian Hull as Greg, The General
 * Alan Tudyk as The Astronaut, Moon Alien
 * "Weird Al" Yankovic as The Narrator

Trivia

 * The episode was originally going to be called "Space Zips", "Give Me Some Space" and "Space Out" before settling on "Mooned".
 * Even though he first appeared in this episode, Flambo doesn't speak until the second episode "Laugh It Up".
 * This episode is similar to the Wallace and Gromit short film , in which both the title characters and Zippy and Wet Willy go to the moon made of cheese.
 * The Moon Alien is the very first Zippy villain in the show and the franchise overall.
 * This is Zippy's first space-themed episode, second being Zippy's Adventures of Star Wars.
 * The scene where Zippy and Wet Willy are messing around in the rocket ship is a reference to the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Sandy's Rocket".
 * The Narrator can be heard in this episode, but we wouldn't see him until the Season 1 finale "A Zippy Little Christmas".
 * The episode can be seen in a giant screen in the film Zippy: The Cyberspace Movie.

International Premieres

 * May 13, 2022 (Canada)
 * May 20, 2022 (Japan)
 * July 1, 2022 (Australia, New Zealand)
 * September 16, 2022 (United Kingdom, Ireland)