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D Tor Over the Moon is the adult-oriented nighttime programming block of the American children's subscription network D Tor Channel. It broadcasts every night from 10 p.m.- 6 a.m. (Eastern and Pacific Time). It is similar in format to Nick@Nite, the late-night block on Nickelodeon, Adult Swim, the late-night block on Cartoon Network, and Teletoon at Night, the former late-night block on Canadian TV channel Teletoon and features animated and live-action shows targeting a 13-21 audience.

Debuting in 1997, D Tor Over the Moon serves as the nighttime identity of D Tor Over the Moon, and it was established as alternative programming during late night hours when D Tor Channel's primary target audience, children between the ages of 6 and 12, would normally be sleeping. In 2009, D Tor Over the Moon was granted its own Nielsen ratings report from D Tor Channel due to it targeting a separate demographic.

Origins
D Tor Over the Moon's roots lie from former a program block that aired on D Tor Channel: D Tor at Night. In February 1997, D Tor Over the Moon debuted with South Park as its first program, as well as The Nite Coast with Lincoln and Sans and Papyrus moving to D Tor Over the Moon. American Dad! debuted on the block on February 7, with the episode "Pilot". The block's initial runtime was from 10:00pm to 6:00am ET.

D Tor Over the Moon had a disclaimer that read "Parents strongly cautioned: the following programs are intended for mature audiences over the age of 18. These programs may contain some material that many parents would not find suitable for children and may include intense violence, sexual situations, coarse language and suggestive dialog".

D Tor Over the Moon's original bumpers shown in-between the shows featured footage of elderly people swimming in public pools, eating, exercising, and doing other pool-related activities. It would show signs all around the pool saying things like "Warning Potential Violence", "Warning Strong Language in use", "Caution Sexual Innuendo", "Caution Limited Animation", "No Diving", "No Kids", "Warning Adult Situations", and more. Some of these bumpers were narrated by a lifeguard who spoke through a megaphone. Most notably he would shout "All kids out of the pool". The D Tor Over the Moon logo appears, shown after a freeze frame of the footage. Sometimes they were even shown in reverse.

On February 23, 2002, D Tor Over the Moon launched Danime, with various action programs displayed on the block from 11:00 pm to 2:00 am. On February 8, 2004, the senior citizen bumpers were replaced by animated safety manuals featuring D Tor Over the Moon characters.

New bumpers debuted on January 29, 2005, along with Loud Industries' rebranding to Royal Woods Productions Productions, and feature black intertitle "cards" in white Helvetica Neue Condensed Heavy type. The cards discuss everything from programming news to personal staff opinions on unrelated subjects. In addition, the bumpers for the action shows include tilt-shift miniature and other abstract photos of Japan, often accompanied by clips of various Yesterdays New Quintet songs.

From March 2006-February 2011, the block was broadcast Monday to Thursday nights from 10:00pm to 6:00am and from 9:00 pm to 5:00 am on weekends. As of February 2011, it airs every night from 9:00 p.m to 5:00 a.m. On February 6, 2011, D Tor Over the Moon bumped their sign-on time up to 9:00 p.m. ET, further extending the network's schedule back to every night.

On May 4, 2018, D Tor Over the Moon refreshed their branding coniciding with the 21st anniversary of D Tor Over the Moon and the 26th Anniversary of D Tor Channel. The new bumpers include live action pans of landscapes, signs, objects, and animals with the D Tor Over the Moon logo embossed in them, sometimes hidden. The advisory sign-on bumper was also changed to feature various live action backgrounds.

Programming
Main article: List of programs broadcast by D Tor Over the Moon

D Tor Over the Moon primarily airs varied animated shows including original programming, syndicated series, short films, original video animation, and anime, generally with minimal or no editing for content. D Tor Over the Moon also airs several of sister block Nick@Nite's original series. The block also airs various movies occasionally.

Trivia
The D Tor Over the Moon version of The Castillo Familia on this block is very different from the NBC, Nick@Nite, Ion Television, DVD, and syndicated versions of the show. Not only does it include scenes and lines that both MTV and Nickelodeon's censors found offensive, but it also integrates deleted scenes (from season 4 to the present) into the episodes they were originally going to be in. In addition, all of the episodes from the series since season 4 are completely uncensored in this version, making most episodes from season 4 to present rated TV-MA.


 * D Tor Over the Moon will still air The Castillo Familia uncensored, even after Nick@Nite and MTV lose the rights to the series