

As a final effort to restore is theater's popularity, he decides to organize a singing competition, despite the misgivings of his best friend, Eddie Noodleman. Thirty years later, Buster buys the theater that staged Epiphany, using money his supportive father saved from his car-washing business he renames it the Moon Theater.Īt start of Sing, the Moon Theater has fallen on hard times, with several shows flopping and Buster accruing considerable debt. Young Buster was so amazed by the play, and star Nana Noodleman's performance in particular, he developed a lifelong passion for theater.

When Buster was a child, he wanted to be the first koala astronaut, but this dream changed after his father took him to see the play Epiphany. Occasionally, when he’s not wearing the jacket, he wears his white shirt with its sleeves rolled up. He also wears blue pants with a black belt and brown shoes. He wears a white button-down shirt with a red bow tie covered by a blue suit jacket. He has blue eyes and gray fur with white fur inside of his ears. He is cheeky, opportunistic, and even a little pushy.īuster Moon is an anthropomorphic koala. His determination to save his theater from being shut down drives Buster to do anything and everything to do so, such as going to extreme lengths to avoid dealing with the bank, illegally siphoning power from a next-door business after his theater's electric bill shuts the power down, and stealing gallons of water from a water tower to set up a unique stage, and lying to his contestants about the $100,000 prize money (which was supposed to be only $1,000). He loves his theater and won't give it up without a fight, not only because of his love for theater, but because his father worked so hard for so long to help Buster buy the theater in order to fulfill his son's dream, and Buster keeps the bucket his father used in his car-washing business to make that dream a reality as a cherished memento.Įven when all odds seem to be against him, Buster looks for a silver lining in every cloud, no matter how unlikely or ridiculous, gives it his all, but oftentimes his refusal to quit comes back to haunt him. Buster Moon is truly the optimist he doesn't know when to quit, and believes in the concept that when you've hit rock bottom, the only way left to go is up.īuster has a sincere love for show biz, especially theater, after attending his first theatrical performance (his dreams of becoming the first koala bear in space were suddenly toast) when he was only six years old and was inspired to one day own his own theater and make his career in show business as a successful theater producer.
