Moomin

1990 104 episodes

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Episode guide

  1. Spring In Moominvalley

    April 12, 1990 Season 1, no. 1 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    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, which the…

  2. Magic Hat

    April 19, 1990 Season 1, no. 2 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    The magical Hat, which the Moomins tried to get rid of in the first episode, reappears, it got stuck on a sand bank in the river, which has turned to raspberry juice. Moomin recovers the Ha…

  3. Shipwreck Found On The Beach

    April 26, 1990 Season 1, no. 3 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    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. They lear…

  4. Welcome To Ghost Island

    May 3, 1990 Season 1, no. 4 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    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 creatures wi…

  5. Nyoronyoro's Secret

    May 10, 1990 Season 1, no. 5 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    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 the storm,…

  6. Small, Small Visitor

    May 17, 1990 Season 1, no. 6 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    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 inside the…

  7. What's Inside The Suitcase

    May 24, 1990 Season 1, no. 7 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

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

  8. Magic Trick Of The Flying Demon

    May 31, 1990 Season 1, no. 8 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    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 promises the fin…

  9. Invisible Friend

    June 7, 1990 Season 1, no. 9 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    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 and kindne…

  10. Ninny Gets Her Smile Back

    June 14, 1990 Season 1, no. 10 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    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 hide and…

  11. Snork Flies In The Sky

    June 21, 1990 Season 1, no. 11 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    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 Moominvalley. B…

  12. Moomin Fights A Pirate

    June 28, 1990 Season 1, no. 12 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    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 crossbones.…

  13. Last Dragon On The Earth

    July 5, 1990 Season 1, no. 13 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    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 a fickle…

  14. The Nextdoor Neighbor Is A PTA Mom

    July 12, 1990 Season 1, no. 14 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

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

  15. Floren Gets Amnesia

    July 19, 1990 Season 1, no. 15 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

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

  16. A Martian In Moominvalley!

    July 26, 1990 Season 1, no. 16 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    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 which ha…

  17. Moominpappa Runs Away

    August 2, 1990 Season 1, no. 17 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    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 sea to Mo…

  18. Magic Seed From The Sea

    August 9, 1990 Season 1, no. 18 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    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 crate float…

  19. Moominvalley's Jungle

    August 16, 1990 Season 1, no. 19 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    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 Tarzan and Jan…

  20. Moomin Saves The Tigers

    August 23, 1990 Season 1, no. 20 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    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 zookeepers come t…

  21. Snufkin Departs On A Journey

    August 30, 1990 Season 1, no. 21 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    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 Snufkin to…

  22. Moomin And Mee's Big Adventure

    September 6, 1990 Season 1, no. 22 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    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 makes his way…

  23. Moominvalley's Winter Inhabitants

    September 13, 1990 Season 1, no. 23 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    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, Mr. Brisk…

  24. Snufkin Doesn't Come Back

    September 20, 1990 Season 1, no. 24 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    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 late and Moo…

  25. On Papa's Dream

    September 27, 1990 Season 1, no. 25 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    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 than a fly…

  26. Days When The Lighthouse Shines A Light

    October 4, 1990 Season 1, no. 26 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    The Moomins' 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 have to bu…

  27. Rich Mrs. Jane

    October 11, 1990 Season 1, no. 27 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    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 on one's…

  28. Floating Haunted House

    October 18, 1990 Season 1, no. 28 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    Catastrophe strikes Moominvalley again, this time in the shape of an underwater volcano. A huge tidal wave sweeps across the valley, leaving just the top floor of Moominhouse above water. T…

  29. Separated Family

    October 25, 1990 Season 1, no. 29 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    Next morning Moomin and Snorkmaiden wake up find the theatre gone. They are alone, surrounded by an empty expense of water, with here and there a tree sticking up.& Aboard the theatre furth…

  30. Reunited

    November 1, 1990 Season 1, no. 30 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    Moominpappa finds that writing a play is even more difficult than writing one's memoirs, as one doesn't know what's going to happen. Meanwhile, an awful lot has happened to the children. Mo…

  31. Snork's Flying Ship

    November 8, 1990 Season 1, no. 31 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    One day the Snork gets a visit from the Muffle, an inventor no one has heard of. He has not only invented the triangular handkerchief and the newspaper that reads itself, but has now come u…

  32. Rare Goldfish

    November 15, 1990 Season 1, no. 32 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    The Hemulen tells about a lake on the other side of Lonely Mountains, where a legendary golden fish is said to live, that once was seen by his great-grandmother. Moomin and his friends beco…

  33. Make A Wish To The Lamp

    November 22, 1990 Season 1, no. 33 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    Digging for beautiful seashells on the shore, Moomin and Snorkmaiden find what looks like an old oil lamp. A bit self-consciously they try rubbing it, and are more than a little surprised w…

  34. Mee Gets On A Kite

    November 29, 1990 Season 1, no. 34 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    One night there is a big wind in Moominvalley and next morning the children find a large kite high up in a tree. They get it down, take it home and repair it, then go out again to fly it. A…

  35. The Witch Comes Home

    December 6, 1990 Season 1, no. 35 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    One day the children meet a new girl, who is sitting on a stone, waiting for her grandmother to come and take her home to their house in the Witches' Forest. Could she really be a witch? Sn…

  36. What's Christmas?

    December 13, 1990 Season 1, no. 36 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    Moominfamily has already started hibernating when they are woken up by a busy Hemul who tells them they can't possibly go on sleeping when Christmas is coming! The Moomins haven't a clue wh…

  37. Festival Of The Winter Creatures

    December 20, 1990 Season 1, no. 37 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    Waking up in the midst of Winter, Moomin decides to show Snorkmaiden what Winter is like. Going ouside they find that most of their firewood has disappeared. Walking on they find that someo…

  38. Sleep Magic

    December 27, 1990 Season 1, no. 38 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    Spring has already come in Moominvalley and Snufkin is back from his journey, but Moominfamily sleeps on and apparently nothing can wake them up. The others decide this can be no natural sl…

  39. Mysterious Sound In The Middle Of The Night

    January 3, 1991 Season 1, no. 39 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    Everybody in Moominvalley is awakened at night by faraway explosions that no one is able to explain, and no one is really able to say where they come from. A beautiful young girl, worn out…

  40. Secret Of Fireworks

    January 10, 1991 Season 1, no. 40 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    The beautiful young girl whom Sniff rescued (and promptly fell for) woke up next day and said she had come to see the Hemulen who, however, denies any knowledge of any young girls whatsoeve…

  41. Strange Incident In Moominvalley

    January 17, 1991 (estimated) Season 1, no. 41 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    Moominvalley is peaceful, as usual. For once too peaceful, for there simply aren't any crooks there for the Inspector to arrest.... The Chief Constable informs him that the whole police sta…

  42. Magic Broom

    January 24, 1991 (estimated) Season 1, no. 42 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    Moominvalley is about to experience a solar eclipse, and everybody is preparing for it. Moominpappa is sorting bits of glass to see through, and the witch is preparing for a special ceremon…

  43. Heroine Of The Circus

    January 1991 (estimated) Season 1, no. 43 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    Torrential rain has caused a new flood in Moominvalley, and a whole circus has floated off. The prima donna, her horse and Emeraldo, the strong man, float away to the vicinity of Moominhous…

  44. Wonderful Birthday

    February 7, 1991 (estimated) Season 1, no. 44 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    Moominmama's birthday is approaching, and although Moominpappa says he has a very special, nice present for her, in actual fact he hasn't a clue what to give her. In his desperation he turn…

  45. The House Built By Moomin

    February 14, 1991 (estimated) Season 1, no. 45 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    The unthinkable happens - Moomin is driven out of Moominhouse! Mymble's mother and her ten children come to live with the Moomins after their own house has tumbled around their ears, and af…

  46. Papa's Rich?

    February 21, 1991 (estimated) Season 1, no. 46 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    Moominpapa is informed that he has inherited a country estate. He doesn't want it, but when told that his decision is probably a wise one as Gobble Manor is haunted and that nobody dare go…

  47. A Hot Spring Appears!

    February 1991 (estimated) Season 1, no. 47 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    One day Moominvalley is invaded by three men looking for a hot spring around which they are going to build a big health spa. Sniff is very excited and helps them look, certain this will fin…

  48. Moomin Rides On A Bubble

    March 7, 1991 (estimated) Season 1, no. 48 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    The Snork has invented a fantastic fabric-strengthener for his flying ship, and he shows this to Snorkmaiden. When she tries blowing soap bubbles with Moomin and Little My and the solution…

  49. Mama's Secret

    March 14, 1991 (estimated) Season 1, no. 49 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    One of Moominfamily's absolute favorites is pumpkin pie, so when all of Moominmamma's plants just produce leaves but no flowers, it is a small catastrophe. Finally the Hemulen finds a flowe…

  50. Voice From Inside The Dead Tree

    March 21, 1991 (estimated) Season 1, no. 50 TV Episode Bulls, Marina Productions, TV Tokyo, Tele-Image Japan, Tele…

    Deep in the forest in Moominvalley there used to be a tree that had stood there for over five hundred years and had been dead for most of that time. In the old, old days people had known ab…