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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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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Moomin Season 1 Episode 12 - The Pirate
    6.4/10(74 votes)

    S1:E12

    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. The pirates have made it to the shore unhurt and trouble starts when the captain, a terrible villain, grabs Snorkmaiden and holds her hostage, demanding a new getaway ship from the people in Moominvalley. The Inspector is frantic and helpless and it is left to Moomin to bring about her rescue.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Akira Miyazaki

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  2. Moomin Season 1 Episode 57 - Motherly Love
    6.8/10(34 votes)

    S1:E57

    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 better if Snorkmaiden hadn't just finished reading a book about Motherhood, a book which kept her up all night, filling her bosom with strange feelings. She clasps the children to her, smothering them in motherly love and it takes - even for Snorkmaiden - unusually long to find out that children are much like grown-ups; there are nice ones and then those less nice.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Shozo Matsuda

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  3. Moomin Season 2 Episode 2 - The Girl with Birds
    6.9/10(29 votes)

    S2:E2

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Masaaki Sakurai

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  4. Moomin Season 2 Episode 7 - The Beach
    6.9/10(23 votes)

    S2:E7

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Masaaki Sakurai

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  5. Moomin Season 2 Episode 1 - The Ring on a Finger
    7.1/10(34 votes)

    S2:E1

    The Moomins are back with more exciting adventures and your favourite characters! In the first episode "The Ring" Moomin gets closer to doing something he never thought he'd do...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Akira Shiramizu

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  6. Moomin Season 1 Episode 61 - Moomin's the Fortune-Teller
    7.2/10(36 votes)

    S1:E61

    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 masquerade as a fortune-teller, Moomin as usual finds it far too difficult to say no. Helped by Sniff's tampering ever so slightly with Fate they get off to a most promising start, but then nemesis hits, as is her wont at least where Sniff is concerned, leaving Moomin to help Snorkmaiden with her costume for a fancy dress competition.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Naoko Miyake

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  7. Moomin Season 2 Episode 3 - A Wind of Freedom
    7.2/10(25 votes)

    S2:E3

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Masaaki Sakurai

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  8. Moomin Season 1 Episode 15 - Snorkmaiden's Lost Memory
    7.3/10(73 votes)

    S1:E15

    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 Snorkmaiden sees what she believes is, an Edelweiss. Needless to say it isn't (no such things in Moominvalley), but they have to climb down to get it. Snorkmaiden slips, rolls down the mountainside and winds up in a faint. When she comes to she has forgotten all, and thinks she is of royal blood...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Akira Miyazaki

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  9. Moomin Season 1 Episode 43 - The Prima Donna
    7.3/10(45 votes)

    S1:E43

    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 themselves by reaching the vicinity of the Moomins' house. Moomin is completely enchanted by the equestrian artist. Snorkmaiden has to work hard to bring him back down to earth.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Naoko Miyake

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  10. Moomin Season 1 Episode 50 - The Imp
    7.3/10(41 votes)

    S1:E50

    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 tree refuses to rot away. The elders in the valley remember that there is something special about the tree. One day, Moomin and his friends are playing hide-and-seek near the old tree stump—there is hardly any other place in the forest that is so mysterious—and they discover that there is indeed still life slumbering in the tree's ruins.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Akira Miyazaki

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  11. Moomin Season 2 Episode 9 - The Time Travel Machine
    7.3/10(23 votes)

    S2:E9

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Fuyunori Gobu

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  12. Moomin Season 1 Episode 3 - The Discovery of a Wrecked Ship
    7.4/10(111 votes)

    S1:E3

    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 learn from him about a sailboat wrecked on the beach. They start repairing the boat, hoping to sail the seven seas. Deciding to start collecting plants instead, Hemulen gets over his depression, and they all go for a trial sail.

    Director:Itaru Saito
    Writer:Akira Miyazaki

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  13. Moomin Season 1 Episode 17 - A Change of Air
    7.4/10(69 votes)

    S1:E17

    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 Moominhouse. This creates a diversion, but is not enough and Moominpappa decides he and Moominmamma should elope (they never did it before because they had no one to elope from). Stealing off in the middle of the night they leave Moomin to fend for himself, something he doesn't manage all that well. Sniff and Little My help him cook and it is probably a very good thing that his parents haven't managed to get very far...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Shozo Matsuda

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  14. Moomin Season 1 Episode 62 - Witch-Walking
    7.4/10(40 votes)

    S1:E62

    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 constructed than the first one. On the not-so-scientific front the witch's granddaughter, Alicia, has graduated to her first instruction in real witchcraft, a stunning feat which the Snork immediately tries to emulate. And finally Snufkin and the Hemulen try to catch the Mameluke, a fish that is not only very, very large, but also very, very hungry.

    Director:Masaaki Kumagai
    Writer:Akira Miyazaki

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  15. Moomin Season 1 Episode 65 - The Fancy-Dress Ball
    7.4/10(34 votes)

    S1:E65

    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 suitable items. Fillyjonk has promised to introduce Snorkmainden to a young man of Family, and both she and Little My are beside themselves with excitement. Moomin is totally engrossed in a project of his own down by the river, a secret, nobody knows about until Snufkin happens by. This does not matter, but then Stinky finds out, and that is very serious, also coinciding with the ball, to which Moomin is supposed to accompany Snorkmaiden as Tarzan...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Naoko Miyake

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  16. Moomin Season 1 Episode 66 - The Vampire
    7.4/10(33 votes)

    S1:E66

    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 what sort of vampire it is, most people aslo use garlic to be on the safe side. The blood-thirsty beast is finally found, having taken refuge in the Moominhouse kitchen, and takes an immediate shine to Moominmamma, who refuses to give it up to the Zoo, that not being the way guests are treated in Moominhouse. Meanwhile, everyone is walking around in garlic an gauze, and the Moomins realize they have to do something about it. As is often the case with them, their solution is perhaps not the best one...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Akira Miyazaki

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  17. Moomin Season 2 Episode 10 - The Circle of Secrets
    7.4/10(23 votes)

    S2:E10

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Hiroko Naka

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  18. Moomin Season 1 Episode 11 - The Wings
    7.5/10(82 votes)

    S1:E11

    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. But he is not the only one to think that flying is great - Stinky would like the wings for very Stinky-like purposes...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Akira Miyazaki

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  19. Moomin Season 1 Episode 27 - Aunt Jane
    7.5/10(64 votes)

    S1:E27

    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 duty to money, so Moominpappa packs a knapsack and flees before she arrives. And very wisely, too, for she wants Moominpappa to look after her gold doubloons when she gets too old! There are, however, those in Moominvalley who need gold for their pet projects - and those who need gold just because they like it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Shozo Matsuda

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  20. Moomin Season 1 Episode 33 - The Spirit in the Lamp
    7.5/10(54 votes)

    S1:E33

    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 surprised when smoke actually billows out of the lamp and a real genie appears before them. And just like in the fairy tale, he grants Snorkmaiden's wish for a pearl necklace. But instead of conjuring up a new one for her, he prefers to steal Mrs. Fillyfjonk's necklace. Stinky also takes an interest in the thieving genie. For him, he is the ideal partner for doing dirty deeds.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Akira Miyazaki

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  21. Moomin Season 1 Episode 34 - The Kite
    7.5/10(57 votes)

    S1:E34

    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: being small and light, it should be no problem for her to attach herself to the kite and fly up into the sky with it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Akira Miyazaki

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  22. Moomin Season 1 Episode 54 - Mymble's Diamond
    7.5/10(39 votes)

    S1:E54

    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 happy, deciding it must be a diamond. She parades it all around Moominvalley, until she is informed by Fillyjonk that if one has a huge diamond like that one must dress accordingly. Not only that, but one must behave accordingly and live accordingly and even though Mymble is helped by Little My and Stinky she soon finds that although diamonds may be a girl's best friend, they should be so in moderation..

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Shozo Matsuda

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  23. Moomin Season 2 Episode 24 - The Birthday Surprise
    7.5/10(16 votes)

    S2:E24

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Fuyunori Gobu

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  24. Moomin Season 1 Episode 2 - The Magic Hat
    7.6/10(123 votes)

    S1:E2

    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 string turn into yummy spaghetti, but will the Magic Hat have a surprising new trick?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Akira Miyazaki

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  25. Moomin Season 1 Episode 16 - A Close Encounter with Aliens
    7.6/10(77 votes)

    S1:E16

    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 has many remarkable properties. The Inspector is on the war-path trying to nab extra-terrestrials and when the Moomins find one, a runaway child, they have to hide him, quickly deciding that he has probably not come to invade Moominvalley. Their task isn't made any easier by the fact that the box-like apparatus has now made the Inspector iridescent, this fascinating the child so that he follows the Inspector everywhere.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Akira Miyazaki

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Pirate" is the worst rated episode of "Moomin". It scored 6.4/10 based on 74 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Akira Miyazaki, it aired on 6/28/1990. This episode scored 0.4 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Motherly Love".