The Moomins
The Moomins
TV ShowEnded

The Moomins

7.4 / 10
1978
1 season
78 episodes
AnimationFamilySci-Fi & Fantasy

The series is based on the famous series of novels by Finnish author Tove Jansson. It follows the adventures of strange creatures called Moomins and their equally strange friends. The series features a continuous narrative within individual installments, which do not always align with the 13-episode division. The series is realized using the semi-flat puppet technique, with commentary.

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  • Spring in Moominvalley

    1.Spring in Moominvalley

    19-11-197810m

    Spring is coming to Moominvalley. The Moomin family wakes up from their hibernation. Moomin, Snuffle and Mumrick find a top hat that soon turns out to be a magician's hat. Small cl...

  • The King of California

    2.The King of California

    TBA

    Moomin, Snuffle, Snorkmaiden and Mumrick are playing blind man's buff in Moomin House. Moomin hides in the magic hat and is turned into a gnome. He pretends to be the King of Calif...

  • The Dangerous Ant Lion

    3.The Dangerous Ant Lion

    TBA

    Moomin catches an ant lion and wants to test the magic cylinder on it. He weighs down the hat with Papa's dictionary. Words are running around the house. Because mum has to clean,...

  • Raspberry Juice

    4.Raspberry Juice

    TBA

    Dad doesn't want the magic hat in the house anymore. The cylinder lands in the river. Where the hat has fallen, strange things happen: the fish turn into canaries, and the water tu...

  • The Great Cleaning

    5.The Great Cleaning

    TBA

    Mom is doing a big cleaning and accidentally throws seeds into the cylinder. During the nap, the Moominhouse turns into a jungle. Moomin, Mumrick and Snuffle have fun with it. But...

  • New Guests

    6.New Guests

    TBA

    It's summer in Moominvalley. Nervous new guests Fitslan and Totslan startle the Moomins with news that the terrible Mora is on her way to the valley. All residents barricade themse...

  • A Hat Full of Cherries

    7.A Hat Full of Cherries

    TBA

    On a summer's day, the terrible Mora appears and demands the contents of Fitslan and Totslan's suitcase. A court hearing will be held. Mom uses the magician's hat and turns a handf...

  • Snufkin's Departure

    8.Snufkin's Departure

    TBA

    It is autumn. Mumrick is leaving and won't be back until spring. Moomin is very sad about this. Totslan and Fitslan try to cheer him up and show him the secret of the suitcase: a d...

  • Moominmamma's Handbag

    9.Moominmamma's Handbag

    TBA

    Everyone is still looking for Mama's handbag. The guests invited to the annual autumn festival also help out. The solution to the riddle: Totslan and Fitslan borrowed the bag and a...

  • The King's Ruby

    10.The King's Ruby

    TBA

    Totslan and Fitslan show off their red ruby ​​to all guests at the Autumn Festival. The gem shines so intensely that the magician gets his attention from the moon. He arrives and t...

  • Fulfilled Wishes

    11.Fulfilled Wishes

    TBA

    The fall garden party is in full swing. The magician grants everyone a wish. Moomin has his friend Mumrick send a tasty greeting, Mom wishes her Moomin no craving and Dad gets a bo...

  • Ep 12

    12.The Autumn Party in Moominvalley

    TBA

    The festival lasts until the morning hours. The magic gifts all guests generously. Totslan and Fitslan decide to give the magician the red ruby. The magician happily makes his way...

  • Ep 13

    13.The Island Expedition

    TBA

    Dad wants to go on a sea voyage. So the Moomin family sails to one of the uninhabited islands off the coast. On its research tour, the Hemul encounters Hatiflaken. The strange litt...

  • Ep 14

    14.Storm Over the Island

    TBA

    An upcoming storm prevents the journey home. The Moomin family seeks shelter in a tent. At night the Hatiflaken come and get their barometer from the Hemul. In the commotion, the t...

  • Ep 15

    15.The Departure from the Island

    TBA

    The sun is shining again the day after the storm. Schnüferl encourages a treasure hunt. He himself finds gold and a cork belt, Moomin finds a snow globe and the Snork Maiden comes...

  • A Winter Dream

    16.A Winter Dream

    TBA

    Little My brings the invisible girl Ninni to the Moomins. They should help to cure Ninni of her shyness. All behave in a good-natured, caring and loving manner. Ninni is slowly gai...

  • Christmas Eve

    17.Christmas Eve

    TBA

    Hemul wakes the Moomins from their hibernation. They should celebrate Christmas Eve. The ignorant Moomin family quickly learns what Christmas is all about. They decorate a tree, ge...

  • Snow in Moominvalley

    18.Snow in Moominvalley

    TBA

    Winter in Moominvalley. Moomin wakes up from hibernation and finds it difficult to find his way in the changed winter world. He meets the boy Too-Ticky, who has set up shop in Papa...

  • Ep 19

    19.Little My

    TBA

    The little girl My enjoys the snow to the fullest. When she gets hungry, she cheekily gets everything she needs from the Moominhouse. Moomin wakes up and is very shocked about the...

  • The Lady of the Cold

    20.The Lady of the Cold

    TBA

    Too-Ticky, Moomin and My expect the freezing cold and carefully prepare for it. Too-Ticky knows that anyone who looks the terrible Lady of the Cold in the eyes will freeze to death...

  • The Big Wait

    21.The Big Wait

    TBA

    The winter lasts. To lure out the sun, Too-Ticky and Moomin collect fuel and light a huge fire. The frozen Mora appears, frightens all the valley dwellers and tries to warm up by t...

  • Winter Guests

    22.Winter Guests

    TBA

    Through Too-Ticky, Moomin meets a troll. He can't believe that his ancestors should have looked like that. A look at the family album is also not very revealing. But the troll's be...

  • Who Likes a Hemulen

    23.Who Likes a Hemulen

    TBA

    The Hemul as a new winter guest impresses everyone with its sportiness. My competes with the experienced skier and does not cut a bad figure. Moomin has to try too, but he's less s...

  • Sorry-oo and His Brothers

    24.Sorry-oo and His Brothers

    TBA

    The little dog Sorry-oo comes to Moominvalley in search of his brothers, the wolves. Hemul tries to win his friendship, but Sorry-oo rejects him. He is looking for his brothers. Wh...

  • The Spring Awakening

    25.The Spring Awakening

    TBA

    Winter is over. The winter guests leave Moominvalley. While skating, little My breaks into the thawing ice. Who can save her?

  • The Catastrophe

    26.The Catastrophe

    TBA

    A disturbing letter from Fillyjonk dampens the Moomin family's spring cheer. Fillyjonk warns of a coming catastrophe. Mom rushes to her. Meanwhile, a violent storm destroys Fillyjo...

  • The Last Dragon

    27.The Last Dragon

    TBA

    While fishing, Moomin catches a little dragon in the net. Moomin wants to keep him as a pet. But the dragon doesn't like him. He likes Moomin's friend Snuffkin much better, but thi...

  • Moominpapa's Friend

    28.Moominpapa's Friend

    TBA

    It's raining in Moomin Valley. Dad is in bed with a cold and reads his childhood memories to the family. As a little Moomintroll, he lived in the orphanage. Being lonely and unhapp...

  • Ep 29

    29.The Symphony of the Seas

    TBA

    Moominpapa reads the second chapter of his childhood memoirs. Inventor Fredriksen has built a large ship in the middle of the forest. When he wants to launch it, he asks his friend...

  • Ep 30

    30.The Night in the Bay

    TBA

    Dad reads on: From the ship, the three travelers watch as the evil Mora pursues the teacher from the orphanage on the shore. Moominpapa heroically comes to the rescue. The teacher...

  • The Storm

    31.The Storm

    TBA

    Fredriksen seeks shelter in a bay from an approaching storm. A thick cloud settles on the ship. Because of a Kliptasar, the ship gets caught in the middle of the storm. It's gettin...

  • The King's Birthday

    32.The King's Birthday

    TBA

    Moominpapa and his friends go ashore and meet Mimbel. The girl invites everyone to the 100th birthday of the king of kings. At first, Moominpapa is disappointed by the king because...

  • The Island Guest

    33.The Island Guest

    TBA

    Fredriksen remains on the island as the royal court inventor. Moominpapa takes command of the ship and decides to start a colony. A ghost tries in vain to frighten everyone. Only t...

  • The Sea Lion

    34.The Sea Lion

    TBA

    Moominpapa tells that Fredriksen took him and his friends on the maiden voyage of his flying underwater ship. Everyone liked flying. But the underwater world was too dangerous for...

  • Sniff's Mamma

    35.Sniff's Mamma

    TBA

    After the underwater journey, a happy event awaits the friends on land: Rodschuret wants to get married. His bride is Schnüferl's mom. The unpopular Hemul is expected as one of the...

  • The Great Storm

    36.The Great Storm

    TBA

    Dad reads the last chapter of his memoirs. Summer on the island is over. Autumn storms are brewing. Moominpapa helps Fredriksen winterize the house. Rodschuret and his young wife a...

  • A Night of Horror

    37.A Night of Horror

    TBA

    On a hot summer night, the volcano on the nearby island erupts. The earth trembles and ash rains from the sky. The lava masses trigger a spring tide. Moomin Valley is flooded. The...

  • Ep 38

    38.Good Morning

    TBA

    The morning after the volcano erupts, the Moomin family throws a carefree picnic in the attic. But the rising water forces her to leave the Moomin House. A strange house floating b...

  • Ep 39

    39.The Haunted House

    TBA

    The Moomins drift away in their new house in the direction of Pine Valley. Curious, they explore all the rooms and discover the props room. My is enthusiastic about the many boxes,...

  • The Floating Theater

    40.The Floating Theater

    TBA

    The floating theater with its various rooms offers a lot of interesting things for each of the new residents. Snorkdamsel feels more beautiful than ever in a magnificent costume an...

  • The Night on the Tree

    41.The Night on the Tree

    TBA

    Dad is tired of floating around on the water. He ties the theater to a tree. Moomin and Snorkmaiden sleep in the branches. Emma unties the rope again at night. The theater drives a...

  • Snuffkin's Revenge

    42.Snuffkin's Revenge

    TBA

    Snuffkin the Wanderer meets little My on his way to Moominvale. Together they play a trick on the Hemulen in Hemulpark and hide their prohibition signs. A horde of woodland childre...

  • Midsummer Night

    43.Midsummer Night

    TBA

    Moomin and the Snork Maiden arrive at Fillyjonk's house. Together they prepare the midsummer night festival. They collect wood for the fire, including the prohibition signs hidden...

  • Ep 44

    44.Snuffkin and the Woodland Children

    TBA

    Snuffkin, My and the woodland children find Fillyjonk's house abandoned. Snuffkin can barely contain the rampaging gang. An invitation to the theater performance "The Lion's Fiancé...

  • Ep 45

    45.In Jail

    TBA

    Moomin, Fillyjonk and the Snork Maiden are still innocent in prison. Because the park ranger wants to see the theatrical performance, he asks his soft-hearted cousin to guard the t...

  • Opening Night

    46.Opening Night

    TBA

    Everything goes wrong at the dress rehearsal. Theater rat Emma tries to calm down the actors. Meanwhile, the audience has gathered in their boats. My is also among the spectators....

  • Return to the Old House

    47.Return to the Old House

    TBA

    The Moomin family says goodbye to their friends at the theater and returns to Moominvalley. The flood has subsided and everyone is happy that Moomin House is unharmed. With a clari...

  • Cave Explorers and Pearl Divers

    48.Cave Explorers and Pearl Divers

    TBA

    Sniff pursues a small cat and discovers a huge cave. Meanwhile, Moomin is playing Pearl Fisher in the sea. Sniff persuades him to hide his found treasures in the cave. My has had e...

  • The Earth is a Crumb

    49.The Earth is a Crumb

    TBA

    One morning the whole Moominvale is dusty. Moomin asks the philosopher Nutmeg. His explanation worries the whole family: Muskat speaks of the universe and a catastrophe that could...

  • Ep 50

    50.The Adventurous Journey

    TBA

    Sniff and Moomin set off on the raft. On the way, they meet Snuffkin. He explains what a comet is and calms Sniff down. Because he is afraid of the destruction of the earth. To dis...

  • The Abyss

    51.The Abyss

    TBA

    Snuffkin decides to accompany Sniff and Moomin to the observatory. The raft soon finds itself in dangerous rapids, overcomes a waterfall and drifts further in an underground cave p...

  • In the Rocky Mountains

    52.In the Rocky Mountains

    TBA

    Moomin, Sniff and Snuffkin have reached the foot of the mountains. Sniff is afraid of an ear infection, eagles and falling. The three discover the Snork Maiden's bracelet and recov...

  • The Observatory

    53.The Observatory

    TBA

    The friends have reached the observatory. Moomin is so impressed with the inside of the building that he forgets to ask the professors about the comet. Sniff learns that the comet...

  • The Avalanche

    54.The Avalanche

    TBA

    The descent is difficult. Snuffkin advises getting rid of the luggage. The friends have great fun throwing pots and pans down the ravines. Then they switch to stones. Due to his ca...

  • The Way Home

    55.The Way Home

    TBA

    At the foot of the mountains, the weary rope team meets an angry Hemul. The rock slide hit and injured him. The three apologize. On the way through the forest, Moomin rescues the s...

  • The Star Medal

    56.The Star Medal

    TBA

    In a general store in the middle of the forest, Moomin, Snuffkin, Sniff, the Snorkmaiden and Mr. Snork want to go shopping. Everyone picks something. Moomin gives the Snorkmaiden a...

  • The Dance in the Woods

    57.The Dance in the Woods

    TBA

    The Snork Maiden persuades everyone to take part in the dance festival in the forest. Snuffkin finds the musicians to be apprentices, Moomin and the Snorkdamsel waltz and receive a...

  • On the Seabed

    58.On the Seabed

    TBA

    The approaching comet has dried up the sea. The friends build stilts and walk across the seabed. Sniff discovers a treasure chest and is unhappy because he can't carry it. Moomin a...

  • The Second Disaster

    59.The Second Disaster

    TBA

    The comet is threatening in the sky. Moomin wants to go home. There, he knows, nothing can happen to him. A hemul joins the group. The friends owe him a journey through the air tha...

  • The Comet Over the Valley

    60.The Comet Over the Valley

    TBA

    The Moomins and their friends prepare for the comet impact and take their belongings to safety in Sniff's cave. They anxiously await the catastrophe. Hurricanes and floods scare ev...

  • The Gilded Moomin

    61.The Gilded Moomin

    TBA

    Winter has come. The Moomins are hibernating. Moomin dreams that a wasp attacks him and rips off his tail tassel. Mom brews a magic potion for him based on Grandma's recipe. A beau...

  • The Cocktail Party

    62.The Cocktail Party

    TBA

    Moomin dreams that his family has been invited to a cocktail party by the duchess. Finely dressed, they appear in the palace. But the Duchess finds the behavior of Moomin's family...

  • Cedric the Dog

    63.Cedric the Dog

    TBA

    Moomin dreams of Cedric the stuffed dog. Sniff loves Cedric for his precious gem eyes. Still, he leaves Cedric to Gaffsie and her daughter. They butcher the stuffed animal. Sniff r...

  • The Competition

    64.The Competition

    TBA

    Moomin dreams that Mr. Brisk is organizing a competition. My wins the ski race, but Mr. Brisk is a poor loser. Moomin convinces Edward the Dragon to take on Mr. Brisk in a snowball...

  • The Jungle Dream

    65.The Jungle Dream

    TBA

    Moomin dreams: Moominvale has become a jungle. For the sake of authenticity, Stinky releases the wild animals from the zoo. The Moomins escape to the bathhouse. When they help a pa...

  • Ep 66

    66.A Crazy Meeting

    TBA

    Moomin still dreams of the jungle. He flees from crocodiles and water hammers to the open sea. There he is mistaken for a hippopotamus and pursued by hunters. But the tigers drive...

  • The Flying Moomin

    67.The Flying Moomin

    TBA

    Moomin dreams of the fair. He has fun with Sniff and little My until they run out of money. Sniff wants to market Moomin as a fortune teller, but a ghost refuses any competition. W...

  • The Swear Word Box

    68.The Swear Word Box

    TBA

    Moomin dreams. With Sniff and Snuffkin he sails the seas. They find a box full of swear words and use them to prank Aunt Hemul. The angry aunt threatens to disinherit the Moomins....

  • A Parcel in Winter

    69.A Parcel in Winter

    TBA

    Moomin dreams. Just before hibernation, the Moomins receive a small Kliptasar in the mail. Mom should raise him. But Kliptasar don't hibernate. Mama tries to put him up with Fillyj...

  • The Hunt

    70.The Hunt

    TBA

    Moomin dreams that he is hunting with his papa. The news that a dangerous vampire has escaped from the zoo drives her home. Mom finds the vampire in the pantry and realizes it's no...

  • Ep 71

    71.Where is the Venomous Vampire?

    TBA

    Moomin dreams of vampires again. Mom confesses her secret and stops dad and the others from chasing the little vampire. Dad doesn't allow a vampire in the house. Because mom doesn'...

  • Fillyjonk and the Vampire

    72.Fillyjonk and the Vampire

    TBA

    Moomin finishes dreaming the vampire story. Dad doesn't cut a good figure as a house husband. So he lets mom move back into the house from the attic. Gradually everyone gets used t...

  • The Lighthouse

    73.The Lighthouse

    TBA

    Moomin and Mama have woken up from hibernation. Mom tells her dream. Mom, Dad, Moomin, Sniff, My and the Snork Maiden have ended up on a lonely island. When food becomes scarce, ev...

  • The Painted Garden

    74.The Painted Garden

    TBA

    Mom continues to tell her dream: A storm blew away the rose bush she had planted. Longing for her flowers, Mom paints the garden in front of the Moomin House on the walls of the li...

  • Autumn Storms

    75.Autumn Storms

    TBA

    Mom finishes her story. Autumn storms sweep across the deserted island and the Moomins take refuge in the lighthouse. The island fights the storms. When the weather seems to improv...

  • Message From Outer Space

    76.Message From Outer Space

    TBA

    While gardening, Papa Moomin tells his dream. Mom finds a UFO in the garden and brings dad a strange device. Papa, Moomin and the Snork Maiden play with the buttons and become invi...

  • Visit From Mars

    77.Visit From Mars

    TBA

    Dad continues: Mom wants to transform him, the snork girl and Moomin back with the device from the UFO. The three are visible again, but now they're floating around in the air like...

  • The Farewell

    78.The Farewell

    TBA

    Dad ends his story: the Martian gets stuck to a policeman. To free him, dad presses one of the buttons on the device from the UFO. This accidentally shrunk mom. Eventually, the Mar...

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