Moone Boy
2012 - 2015
Set in Ireland the late '80s/early '90s, this series follows a young boy named Martin Moone as he survives school, bullies, puberty, and his three older sisters with the help of his imaginary friend, Sean Murphy.
- Stars: David Rawle, Chris O'Dowd, Dierdre O'Kane, Peter McDonald, Sarah White, Aoife Duffin, Clare Monnelly, Ian O'Reilly
- Created by: Chris O'Dowd
- Tags: family, scifi/fantasy
- See: "The Goldbergs is basically Moone Boy in America. Prove me wrong." on the Rerun Rewind Blog.
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Episode Tropes
Season 1
- Mounting the Hustings: Episode 2, "Bunch of Marys" (2012). Debra and her friends campaign for Mary Robinson, and with very little money, their campaign is suffering. When Liam overhears Debra agreeing to debase herself for a donation from a wealthy pervert, he does it instead, and he peppers the town with Mary posters.
Season 2
- Hot for Teacher: Episode 2, "Moone Dance" (2014). Martin starts his first year at secondary school, and he instantly falls for his beautiful and flamboyant art teacher, Miss Tivnan, but Sean Murphy falls for her too, and it drives a wedge between them.
- Not Since the Incident: Episode 4, "Handball Duel" (2014). Liam tells Martin about when he was a pro handball player, and a duel with his bitter rival, Kevin, resulted in a an incident that ended his career. When Martin ends up working for Kevin as his golf caddie, Kevin challenges Liam to game, but since Liam doesn't have clubs, he plays it like a handball duel and throws the ball.
- Bachelor Party Gone Wrong: Episode 5, "Stags and Hens" (2014). Desi and Fidelma are getting married, and since he has no friends, he makes Father Linehan his best man. The father plans Desi's bachelor party in the church, where he holds a mass, and they have a Bible drinking game.
Season 3
- Intervention: Episode 2, "The Plunder Years" (2015). Padraic is going through a rough time at home with his parents constantly fighting, and it makes his imaginary friend, Crunchie, go off the deep end. His drunken, sad sack behavior gets so bad that the other imaginary friends have an intervention for him.
- America's Funniest Home Videos: Episode 3, "Fecks, Lies and Videotape" (2015). When Padraic shows him his new video camera, Martin gets the idea to shoot a funny video for a show called "You've Been Framed To Look Like a Big Feckin' Eejit" (YBFTLLABFE). They're sure to win £250 because—as there are only 300 video cameras in Ireland—the show only has two videos. They spend the day trying to set up a funny "accident," but Martin isn't satisfied. Then, as he's helping Fidelma and Dessie move into Grandad's house, Martin records Dessie getting attacked by a bat, and it becomes the third video in regular rotation on YBFTLLABFE.
Character Tropes
- Danny Moone: Black Sheep Brother - Played by Steve Wall.