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"We've been... abducted... by moon men!"

- Flamzer, Burnard and Meltus, respectively

Tall Tales From Da Moon! is the sixth episode in the second season of Mixels, and the twenty-eighth episode overall. It is also the third minisode. It first aired on TV on March 9, 2015 in four parts during the Mixels: Moon Madness special on Cartoon Network, and later released standalone on June 1, 2015 online.

Synopsis
A relaxing Infernite camping trip turns into a crazy alien abduction that reveals even more fantastical Mixels on the moon.

Episode Synopsis
In the Magma Wastelands, the Infernites have gone away for a camping trip. After they arrive in the perfect spot for the night, three Nixels are seen watching the Infernites, and they begin to make hooting noises. Looking at the moon, Burnard and Meltus suggest someone tell a story, and Flamzer is happy to oblige. In the story, one day, the Infernites were taking a stroll, but they noticed that they were being stalked by something: the Mixel Moon. The Infernites noticed and began to run, and the moon quickly followed suit. During the chase, the moon somehow transformed into a ship-space, with an arm reaching out and grabbing the Infernites to pull them in. The ship-space then blasted back up to the real Mixel Moon, and landed by the futuristic metropolis Orbitopia. The Infernites get out of the ship, and the Orbitons welcome them to the Mixel Moon.

The Infernites, however, do not take their abduction lightly, and quickly Max to attack their abductors. The Orbitons also Max in retaliation, and they fly into the sky for an epic battle; but instead, both of them realize they are friendly, and quickly fly back down to the ground and separate. Afterwards, Nurp-Naut's elder side takes control of the situation and introduces Niksput and Rokit to the abducted Infernites. The Infernites realize their mistake, and befriend the Orbitons.

Flamzer asks why the Orbitons chose the Infernites to abduct, and Nurp-Naut replies and tells them that they were the first signs of life the Orbitons spotted. Suddenly, the dark side of the moon approached. Bats begin to circle around the two tribes; this hints at the Glowkies' arrival. Globert, Boogly and Vampos come out of their cave and begin to chase the Orbitons and Infernites. Rokit and Meltus, Nurp-Naut and Burnard, and Niksput and Flamzer create Mixes to scare the Glowkies away. They end up in the Glowkie Caves, and Globert confronts them. The Glowkies introduce themselves, Max and then start to dance with bats as backup. Due to this, the two other tribes finally see them as non-hostile.

Meltus is alone outside the caves while the party is still happening. He begins to cry. When Burnard and Flamzer head out and find him, Meltus tells them that he is homesick and misses Planet Mixel, as it is so far away. Flamzer says he misses home too, and Burnard remarks that there is no place like home. All crying, the Infernites wake up. Back to the camping trip, Flamzer tells his brothers that the whole entire experience was just a dream, saying that there is no such thing as Orbitons or Glowkies. Both mentioned tribes all of a sudden show up and ask "What? We don't exist?!" With that, everybody but Flamzer breaks down in tears.

The two Nixels from earlier orbit around Mixel Moon, annoyed. A satellite is seen and, picking up a reading from the Magma Wastelands campsite, broadcasts surveillance footage of all three tribes to a large crowd of Nixels watching from a theater screen in Nixels Land. They are all, understandably, upset. Major Nixel shows up, outraged that there are Mixels also living on the moon of all places. Loud stomping is heard approaching Major and the swarm. King Nixel has arrived.

Major Characters

 * Niksput
 * Nurp-Naut
 * Rokit
 * Burnard
 * Flamzer
 * Meltus
 * Globert
 * Vampos
 * Boogly

Minor characters

 * Nixels
 * Major Nixel
 * King Nixel (debut)

Mixes

 * Rokit SandboxCubit002.png Meltus Mix
 * Burnard SandboxCubit002.png Nurp-Naut Mix
 * Niksput SandboxCubit002.png Flamzer Mix

Maxes

 * Infernites SandboxCubit001.png Max (2015)
 * Orbitons SandboxCubit008.png Max
 * Glowkies SandboxCubit003.png Max

Production Information

 * It is the third "minisode" in the series. ("The Biggest and Most Epic Mixels Minisode Ever", "Murp Romp") It is also the second-longest episode in the series, being 9 minutes long. The longest episode is "Quest for the Mixamajig", which is 22 minutes long.

Broadcast Information

 * There is no clear version of the standalone release of the episode officially released. The episode was put up on Cartoon Network's website on June 1, 2015, and taken off around a week later. Some providers still keep the episode up on demand, albeit with watermarks.

Trivia

 * The Glowkies appear to be portrayed as antagonists at first in the episode, due to the Orbitons' misleading. That makes the Glowkies the first Mixels to be portrayed as antagonists (not including Zorch and Chomly).
 * Most of the episode could be considered non-canon due to the fact that it was only a "dream". However, the fact that the Orbitons and Glowkies still show up after the Infernites wakes up must mean that in the canonical universe, they met the alien Mixels a different way than portrayed.
 * This episode reveals that Major Nixel is indeed serving a bigger bad; he is not the main antagonist, as was thought by the fanbase since his debut (only a year prior to this episode's airing).

Continuity

 * This is the eighth episode with a Max. This is also the second episode where all of the Maxes in a series appear. ("Cookironi")
 * This is the second appearance of live-action footage; this being the explosion when the Orbitons Max is made. The first was a human foot. ("Murp Romp")
 * This is the third time a Mixel cries. ("Murp", "Mailman")

Errors

 * In some scenes, Niksput's eyelid is grey, while in most other scenes, it is green.
 * Rokit's dome switches between being transparent and light blue variously throughout the episode.
 * Rokit's laser guns switch between being handheld and strapped to his wrists randomly throughout the episode.
 * The Orbitons' legs clip through their torsos many times throughout the episode.
 * When the Infernites are being stalked by the moon, the black part of Burnard's body is red.
 * When Meltus is flattened by the rolling pin, his hand is red instead of black.
 * After the transformation sequence for the Infernites Max, his overbite is black for less than a second.
 * Before Niksput says "Is he threatening us?", his teeth are smaller. After he says it, they grow bigger.
 * When the Orbitons max the first time, they say "Mix!" instead.
 * During part of the scene where the Infernites Max and Orbitons Max are dancing, none of the flames on the Maxes are moving.
 * Nurp and Naut introduce each other with switched names.
 * When Niksput introduces himself to the Infernites, he uses the traditional pupil instead of his normal one.
 * When the Orbitons first welcome the Infernites, Niksput's jetpack wings are disconnected from his arms.
 * When the bats are going underneath the Infernites' legs, Burnard is missing his three bottom teeth.
 * When Meltus is happy with the Glowkies Max, he has only four teeth.
 * At the end, when Flamzer tells Meltus and Burnard that it was all just a dream, Burnard has an underbite.
 * When Naut switches to Nurp at the end when they start to cry, he does not switch heads. Rather, Nurp's eyes randomly blink in and replace Naut's.
 * When King Nixel's shadow appears on Major Nixel, his badge is left uncolored (grey with the regular color of Major Nixel), thus making it just an outline.

Allusions

 * Mobile Fighter G Gundam- Orbitons Max's pose is similar to GF13-001NHII Master Gundam's Choukyuu Haou Den'eidan.