Moomin
Moomin
TV ShowEnded

Moomin

8.5 / 10
1990
2 seasons
104 episodes
AnimationFamilyKidsSci-Fi & FantasyComedy

In the remote and mysterious Moominvalley live the Moomins, gentle and peaceful creatures. Young Moomintroll and his family experience many strange adventures, both magical and mundane.

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Seasons

Moomin Valley is a quiet, peaceful fantasy place somewhere in Finland. In Moomin Valley, eggshells turn into clouds and the rivers are full of Raspberry Juice, giant snow horses come to life and the Queen of the Cold rides across the sky on winters nights... while in Moomin house, Moomin Mama, Moomin Papa, and Moomintroll himself keep an open house for all their friends....

  • The Moomin Valley in Spring

    1.The Moomin Valley in Spring

    7.8
    12-04-199023m

    Spring has come to Moominvalley, and Moomin and his family come out of their winter hibernation. Up in Lonely Mountains Moomin, Snufkin, Sniff and Little My find a large top Hat, w...

  • The Magic Hat

    2.The Magic Hat

    6.8
    19-04-199023m

    The Magic Hat is back in Moominvalley! The hat, stuck in a river of raspberry juice is secretly snagged by Moomin, hoping for endless juice. Little My has other plans to turn her s...

  • The Discovery of a Wrecked Ship

    3.The Discovery of a Wrecked Ship

    6.5
    26-04-199023m

    Moomin and his friends go mountain climbing, encounter a very depressed Hemulen, sunk in gloom because his stamp collection is finally complete and he has nothing more to collect T...

  • The Moomins Discover the Island

    4.The Moomins Discover the Island

    8.0
    03-05-199023m

    Moominfamily and their friends set out for adventure in their new sailboat, and finally arrive at a seemingly uninhabited island. It is, however, populated by some very strange cre...

  • The Secrets of the Hattifatteners

    5.The Secrets of the Hattifatteners

    8.0
    10-05-199023m

    Our friends have forgotten to tie their boat up in the storm and are attacked by hordes of electrified Hattifatteners, who want their sacred barometer back. Swimming about after th...

  • Tiny Guests

    6.Tiny Guests

    8.0
    17-05-199023m

    One day two very small guests arrive at Moominhouse. They bring a suitcase, so Moominpappa knows they have come to stay and builds a small bed. Everybody is dying to know what's in...

  • The Suitcase

    7.The Suitcase

    8.0
    24-05-199023m

    After the visit of the Groke, Snorkmaiden finally finds out to whom the contents of the suitcase belong, but this only makes the problem worse, and it is with great misgivings they...

  • The Hobgoblin's Magic

    8.The Hobgoblin's Magic

    8.5
    31-05-199023m

    The Groke has gone, having been given a very special sea-shell which was a gift from Snorkmaiden to Moomin, who is now in trouble. Moominmamma's handbag disappears, and she promise...

  • An Invisible Friend

    9.An Invisible Friend

    8.0
    07-06-199023m

    Too-Ticky brings Ninny to Moominhouse view. Ninny has been frightened so often by her aunt that she has become invisible. Moominmamma concocts an infallible remedy, but will that a...

  • The Invisible Child

    10.The Invisible Child

    7.5
    14-06-199023m

    Very slowly Ninny comes back into view, but her face is still missing. Stinky does his best to stop her from becoming visible, resorting to very nasty tricks when the children play...

  • The Wings

    11.The Wings

    7.5
    21-06-199023m

    Snorkmaiden's brother has finished planning his flying ship, and has constructed a pair of wings so he himself can try out his theories, jumping of from the highest cliff in Moomin...

  • The Pirate

    12.The Pirate

    7.0
    28-06-199023m

    Moominvalley is hit by a terrible storm, and an old sailing ship is wrecked offshore, finally sinking. But, it is no usual ship - she is seen flying a black flag with a skull and c...

  • The Last Dragon on Earth

    13.The Last Dragon on Earth

    8.0
    05-07-199023m

    After a tremendous downpour Moomin finds a very small dragon in a puddle. Smothering this most exotic of pets with love he expects great devotion in return, but finds that love is...

  • Our Neighbour is a Tough Teacher

    14.Our Neighbour is a Tough Teacher

    8.0
    12-07-199023m

    One day, Fillyjonk moves into the Moomin Valley with her three children. Although the Moomins hold a welcome party with a lot of unique idea's meant to please them, Fillyjonk just...

  • Snorkmaiden's Lost Memory

    15.Snorkmaiden's Lost Memory

    8.0
    19-07-199023m

    During a spell of rainy weather Snorkmainden has crammed herself with stories about princesses and chivalrous knights. On the first sunny day she and Moomin climb a mountain, where...

  • A Close Encounter with Aliens

    16.A Close Encounter with Aliens

    8.0
    26-07-199023m

    One day a flying saucer lands in Moominmamma's vegetable garden. It is apparently unmanned and she and Moomin salvage a strange box-like apparatus which looks rather home-made, but...

  • A Change of Air

    17.A Change of Air

    8.0
    02-08-199023m

    Bored stiff with calm, sunny weather and stuck in his memoirs, Moominpappa craves adventure. Stinky decides to comply and provides a set of gigantic footsteps, leading up from the...

  • The Wooden Crate

    18.The Wooden Crate

    7.5
    09-08-199023m

    It is hotter than ever before in Moominvalley. The river has run dry and everything is wilting. Going down to swim one day with the other children Little My finds a large wooden cr...

  • Buried in a Jungle

    19.Buried in a Jungle

    8.0
    16-08-199023m

    Moominfamily and their friends have a great time in the jungle. The Hemulen is botanizing as fast as he can, everyone is eating tropical fruit and Moomin and Snorkmaiden play Tarza...

  • Moomin Saves the Tigers

    20.Moomin Saves the Tigers

    8.0
    23-08-199023m

    Moominfamily have befriended all the wild animals that Stinky let out of the zoo (except the crocodiles and who wants to be friends with a crocodile, anyway?) and when the zoo-keep...

  • Snufkin Leaves Moomin Valley

    21.Snufkin Leaves Moomin Valley

    8.0
    30-08-199023m

    Again winter is at the door and Moominpappa and Moomin are collecting wood to keep the house warm during their long hibernation. Moomin is feeling very sad because it is time for S...

  • Moomin and Little My's Adventure

    22.Moomin and Little My's Adventure

    8.0
    06-09-199023m

    For no special reason Moomin wakes up in the middle of winter and can't go back to sleep. This is quite unheard-of. He is unable to wake the others, and finally, shivering, he make...

  • Visitors in Winter

    23.Visitors in Winter

    8.0
    13-09-199023m

    Moomin and Little My have finally settled into their wintry existence, living on Too-ticki's fish soup and Moominmamma's jam, of which there fortunately is an awful lot. One day, M...

  • Hurry Up Snufkin

    24.Hurry Up Snufkin

    8.0
    20-09-199023m

    Wintering away from bed can't be very good for Moomins, for when spring comes Moomin has a terrible cold, and takes to bed when all the others get up. This year Snufkin is very lat...

  • The Lighthouse

    25.The Lighthouse

    8.0
    27-09-199023m

    Once again the very fine weather is boring Moominpappa to tears and this time he decides to take the whole family with him and sail for a lighthouse on a small island, not bigger t...

  • The Day the Lighthouse Lit Up

    26.The Day the Lighthouse Lit Up

    9.0
    04-10-199023m

    The Moomin's first night in the abandoned lighthouse is haunted by ghosts from the mysterious ghost ship, who finally take off. One of their group is left behind, and the Moomins h...

  • Aunt Jane

    27.Aunt Jane

    8.0
    11-10-199023m

    One day, Moominpappa gets a very rare thing, a letter! It is from Aunt Jane, a stinkingly rich relative of whom Moominpappa is rather scared. She is great on duty, and particularly...

  • The Floating Theatre

    28.The Floating Theatre

    8.0
    25-10-199023m

    An underwater volcano off the coast threatens Moominvalley. A huge cloud of smoke signals that the volcano is active again, and shortly afterwards a tidal wave sweeps over the land...

  • The Lost Children

    29.The Lost Children

    8.0
    01-11-199023m

    When Moomin and Snorkmaiden wake up, the floating theater has disappeared. They are alone, surrounded by a vast watery desert. The floating house hits a rock, and the violent jolt...

  • Midsummer

    30.Midsummer

    8.0
    08-11-199023m

    Moominpappa finds writing plays very difficult. He spends hours writing page after page, only for them to end up in the trash. The lost children have been put behind bars for teari...

  • The Big Explosion

    31.The Big Explosion

    8.0
    15-11-199023m

    One day, Muffel shows up in Moominvalley. He claims to be a famous inventor and is looking for his "fellow inventor" Snork to show him his latest invention, a super fuel. However,...

  • The Golden Fish

    32.The Golden Fish

    8.0
    22-11-199023m

    Mr. Hemul tells a mysterious story: somewhere beyond the lonely mountains lies a lake where a legendary fish is said to live—at least, that's what his great-grandmother told him. M...

  • The Spirit in the Lamp

    33.The Spirit in the Lamp

    8.0
    29-11-199023m

    Moomin and Snorkmaiden pass the time on the beach looking for shells. Moomin digs up an old oil lamp. He rubs it, just like in the fairy tale about the genie. They are hugely surpr...

  • The Kite

    34.The Kite

    8.0
    06-12-199023m

    After a stormy night, the children find a tattered kite in the branches of a tree. Little Mü is very excited as they repair it. She has secretly come up with a brilliant idea: bein...

  • The Witch

    35.The Witch

    8.0
    13-12-199023m

    In the middle of the forest, the children meet a girl named Alicea, who is sitting on a rock waiting for her grandmother. Alicea tells them that she will be living at her grandmoth...

  • Christmas is Coming

    36.Christmas is Coming

    8.0
    20-12-199023m

    The Moomin family is hibernating when one day they are awakened by Mr. Hemul. He is very busy and tells them that they cannot possibly continue sleeping, because after all, "Christ...

  • The Midwinter Bonfire

    37.The Midwinter Bonfire

    8.0
    27-12-199023m

    This year, Moomin's hibernation is not as deep as usual. One day, he wakes up. With wide eyes, he discovers the white winter world. Because it looks so enchanting outside, he decid...

  • The Spell

    38.The Spell

    8.0
    01-01-199123m

    Spring has long since arrived in Moominvalley and Snufkin has returned from his winter trip to the south, but the Moomin family is asleep. All attempts by their friends to wake the...

  • Things that Go Bang in the Night

    39.Things that Go Bang in the Night

    8.0
    01-01-199123m

    In the middle of the night, the inhabitants of Moominvalley are awakened by distant explosions. At the same time, a pretty young girl appears in the valley, completely exhausted. S...

  • The Secret Fireworks

    40.The Secret Fireworks

    8.0
    10-01-199123m

    The pretty young girl wakes up from her deep sleep and says she is looking for Mr. Hemul. He, however, does not know the girl at all. At the moment, Mr. Hemul has other things on h...

  • Crooks in Moomin Valley

    41.Crooks in Moomin Valley

    8.0
    17-01-199123m

    Life in Moominvalley is far too peaceful for the police inspector. That's why the Moominvalley police station is to be closed down. Of course, Moomin and his friends don't want tha...

  • The Solar Eclipse

    42.The Solar Eclipse

    8.0
    24-01-199123m

    The Moomins and their friends prepare for the solar eclipse: Moominpappa distributes pieces of glass blackened with candle soot, through which you can look directly at the sun. The...

  • The Prima Donna

    43.The Prima Donna

    8.0
    31-01-199123m

    Torrential rains have once again caused massive flooding in Moominvalley. Even a circus was washed away. With their last ounce of strength, an artist and her horse managed to save...

  • The Birthday Present

    44.The Birthday Present

    8.0
    07-02-199123m

    Moominmamma's birthday is approaching, and Moominpappa just can't think of a suitable gift! He turns to Snork for help, because Snork is an inventor. But the hastily constructed di...

  • Moomin Builds a House

    45.Moomin Builds a House

    8.0
    14-02-199123m

    The Moomins' house has collapsed because the ten children that Mula's mother brought with her have been running riot. There is no peace and quiet to be found anywhere, and Snufkin...

  • Dame Elaine

    46.Dame Elaine

    8.0
    21-02-199123m

    Moominpappa has inherited a real castle from a distant relative. He doesn't really want to accept the inheritance, but when he learns that ghosts are haunting the castle, he change...

  • The Hot Spring

    47.The Hot Spring

    8.0
    28-02-199123m

    Three men, carrying strange tools in their backpacks, are searching for a hot spring in Moominvalley to prepare for the construction of a spa. Sniff is immediately interested and t...

  • The Bubbles

    48.The Bubbles

    8.0
    07-03-199123m

    Snorkfräulein has a secret: her brother, the inventor and airship designer Snork, has developed a liquid that could be groundbreaking in the field of airship construction. When a p...

  • The Giant Pumpkin

    49.The Giant Pumpkin

    8.0
    14-03-199123m

    One of the Moomins' favorite foods is pumpkin pie—and when the pumpkin plants in Moominmamma's garden grow bigger leaves than fruit, the family walks around with sad faces. However...

  • The Imp

    50.The Imp

    7.0
    21-03-199123m

    Hidden deep in the forests of Moominvalley, an old tree stump has stood for more than 500 years. Leaves have not grown on it for as long as anyone can remember, and yet the old tre...

  • Snorkmaiden Goes Psychic

    51.Snorkmaiden Goes Psychic

    8.0
    28-03-199123m

    Snorkmaiden is caught in a thunderstorm and seeks shelter under a lone tree. This turns out to be a serious mistake, as the tree is promptly struck by lightning. Snorkmaiden faints...

  • The Treasure Hunt

    52.The Treasure Hunt

    8.0
    04-04-199123m

    A treasure hunter wants to find a gold vein. But after several attempts, he realizes that there are no gold deposits in Moominvalley. He decides to move beyond the lonely mountains...

  • The Water Nymph

    53.The Water Nymph

    8.0
    04-04-199123m

    One day, in the aftermath of the gold fever, Sniff walks off upstream to look for gold in the river-bed. He gets lost in a thick mist, and suddenly comes upon a small pond, created...

  • Mymble's Diamond

    54.Mymble's Diamond

    8.0
    18-04-199123m

    Mymble has found a ring on the ground with a big, sparkling stone and gives it in to the Inspector. When no one comes forth to claim it he gives it to her and she is very, very hap...

  • Moominpappa's Second Youth

    55.Moominpappa's Second Youth

    8.0
    25-04-199123m

    One day something remarkable happens in Moominvalley, Moominpappa goes for a walk without his hat. When made aware of this he is greatly distressed, fearing that his forgetfulness...

  • The Secret Dish

    56.The Secret Dish

    8.0
    02-05-199123m

    Is Moominmamma's family really getting tired of her cooking? It seems impossible, but Little My unabashedly claims that she is getting very bored with always having pancakes, and M...

  • Motherly Love

    57.Motherly Love

    8.0
    09-05-199123m

    Two little waifs - abandoned in the woods by their evil step-mother if one is to believe them - are found on the Moominhouse porch. This sad occurrence might have been handled bett...

  • Artists in Moominvalley

    58.Artists in Moominvalley

    8.0
    16-05-199123m

    Ever believing in his own ability Moominpappa enters a photo contest for the best nature shot. The spectacular and dramatic results draw a throng of painters to Moominvalley, where...

  • Adventures of Moominpappa: Part 1

    59.Adventures of Moominpappa: Part 1

    8.0
    23-05-199123m

    As it seems Moominpappa has left his turbulent youth out of his memoirs (with the usual self aggrandizement of autobiographers he thought them too turbulent for print), he one day...

  • The Terrible Little My

    60.The Terrible Little My

    8.0
    31-05-199123m

    As we all know, Little My is happily aggressive, with no inhibitions and no hang-ups. She gets very angry at times but never sulks, and always enjoys herself immensely. All in all...

  • Moomin's the Fortune-Teller

    61.Moomin's the Fortune-Teller

    8.0
    06-06-199123m

    Sniff is at it again; trying to get rich quickly. Unfortunately for Moomin he figures as the short-cut to riches in a dream Sniff has had, and when Sniff drags him off to masquerad...

  • Witch-Walking

    62.Witch-Walking

    8.0
    13-06-199123m

    Great things are happening in Moominvalley. Snorkmaiden's brother, the Snork, has finally completed the model of his new flying ship and it seems to work, being a bit more sensibly...

  • Adventures of Moominpappa: Part 2

    63.Adventures of Moominpappa: Part 2

    8.0
    20-06-199123m

    The Moomins and their friends have gone down to the beach, and looking out over the sea Moominpappa is reminded of his youthful life as an adventurer. The appearance of the Nibling...

  • Moomin and the Birds

    64.Moomin and the Birds

    8.0
    04-07-199123m

    Inspired by the Hemulen, who has temporarily left plants aside for a study of birds, Moomin and his friends go out to study Nature, armed with a book on the subject, and find a lot...

  • The Fancy-Dress Ball

    65.The Fancy-Dress Ball

    8.0
    11-07-199123m

    Moominhouse is filled with feverish activity, because everyone in Moominvalley has been invited to a fancy-dress ball in the old Manor, and attics and closets are savoured for suit...

  • The Vampire

    66.The Vampire

    8.0
    18-07-199123m

    Horror strikes Moominvalley when a vampire escapes from the Zoo, and everyone tries to cover himself up in gauze or bandages to keep from being bitten. Not exactly knowing exactly...

  • The Chair

    67.The Chair

    8.0
    25-07-199123m

    One awful day, Moominpappa's chair breaks. This might not sound irreparable, but creative people are funny - they rely on certain material comforts for their inspiration to run fre...

  • Adventures of Moominpappa: Part 3

    68.Adventures of Moominpappa: Part 3

    8.0
    01-08-199123m

    Again, Moominpappa is talked into telling the others about his stormy youth - never a difficult task with autobiographers. He tells us about how the Fuddler met the Muddle and how...

  • The Phoenix

    69.The Phoenix

    8.0
    08-08-199123m

    Moomin and his friends carry home a wounded bird, which has been brought down by some hunters. The bird is large and very beautiful, quite old, and not to be found in any book on b...

  • Moomin's Big Fish

    70.Moomin's Big Fish

    8.0
    15-08-199123m

    The Snork has made a new invention; a super-glue that sticks to everything and won't come off easily, either. While his sister Snorkmaiden is out with Moomin and the others trying...

  • The Slug-a-Bed Mushrooms

    71.The Slug-a-Bed Mushrooms

    8.0
    22-08-199123m

    Moomin and his friends go out to pick mushrooms, and the find even more than can carry home. They seem to be of a very strange species, however - they start glowing and finally the...

  • Moomin and the Dolphin

    72.Moomin and the Dolphin

    8.0
    29-08-199123m

    Baby dolphin is washed up on the beach one day, and Moomin and Snufkin have a tremendous job getting it down to the water again, because even a baby dolphin is far bigger than a Mo...

  • The Cave

    73.The Cave

    8.0
    05-09-199123m

    One day, when the tide is exceptionally low, Moomin and the others go on an expedition to Circle Island, a round island with a lake in the middle which can be reached by foot. Snif...

  • A Wonderful Present

    74.A Wonderful Present

    8.0
    12-09-199123m

    Thingumy and Bob finally decide to go back to Moominvalley for a visit. As usual they lug their - to them enormous suitcase along. Remembering the equally enormous ruby it used to...

  • The Fabulous Emerald

    75.The Fabulous Emerald

    8.0
    19-09-199123m

    Moomin is beset by strange, recurrent dreams in which he is urged to go to a far-away waterfall and look for something. At last he sets out with Snufkin, and they make a most unusu...

  • Painting a House

    76.Painting a House

    8.0
    26-09-199123m

    There is no end to the catastrophes that befall the Hemulen - barely has the hailstorm destroyed his beloved plants when a terrible wind makes off with part of his roof, and then L...

  • The Great Race

    77.The Great Race

    8.0
    03-10-199123m

    Finally the Snork's flying ship is ready for its test flight, but the Snork is beset by trouble. His balloon leaks and when, on top of that, another aviator in a balloon arrives, t...

  • Going South

    78.Going South

    8.0
    03-10-199123m

    At last the Snork's flying ship is working properly, and everyone is getting a ride in it - some very hazardous ones. Winter is just around the corner, and while the Moomins hibern...

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