History Trivia / TheMoomins

** Only the first 52 episodes were released on DVD in English, despite the fact that episodes 53 through 78 were also dubbed in English and have not been released on DVD. {{Website/Youtube}} used to have many of the missing episodes for a while, but they were recently removed by the company that owns the rights to the series, making many fans ''very'' upset as it'll be impossible to watch them unless the company actually releases them on DVD like the others.

* ExecutiveMeddling: This is the reason as to why the first series has two animation studios Creator/{{TMS|Entertainment}} and Mushi.
* FakeAmerican: Some of the characters are voiced by British voice actors using American accents in the English dub of the '90s anime.
* GodCreatedCanonForeigner: The Shadows were created by Tove Jansson herself, but never showed up in any of the books or anywhere but the comic strip -- until the 2014 movie ''WesternAnimation/MoominsOnTheRiviera'' which adapts one of the early comic strip storylines.

** [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Dio Brando's]] voice actor of all people voiced Snufkin in the Japanese version of the 90s anime.

* DisownedAdaptation: [[Creator/ToverJansson The authoress]] hated the 1969 anime, particularly for turning Moomintroll into a more scrappy and self serving character.

* DisownedAdaptation: The authoress hated the 1969 anime, particularly for turning Moomintroll into a more scrappy and self serving character.

* DisownedAdaptation: The authoress hated the 1969 anime.

* FakeAmerican: Some of the characters are voiced by British voice actors using American accents in the English dub of the 90's anime.

** Unfortunately, the US (aside from a broadcast in Hawaii) only got a brief print-on-demand DVD release of the 90's anime, and did not get the game at all. Even worse, while the the first 52 episodes were released on DVD in Europe, the United States has yet to receive the same treatment, with fans from the States having to use different needs to watch the series.
** Also, only 78 of 104 90's episodes got aired in the UK and only 52 in Germany.

* PlayingAgainstType: Moominmamma and [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Ursula]] share the same voice actress in Finland.

* FakeAmerican: For unknown reasons, every character is voiced by British voice actors using American accents in the English dub of the 90's anime.

* TheOtherDarrin: ''Comet in Moominland'' was a tied to the 90s anime and thus maintained a lot of the same voice actors in the Japanese and Finnish versions. The English dub was performed by a different studio and actors however (if trying to varying degrees to sound like the series cast).

** In Finland, episodes 12, 50 and 102 were described as "un-Moomin like" and skipped. Episode 12 featured a villain who acted violently to Snork Maiden and even threatened to hurt her, while episode 50 featured an imp who was considered too scary for younger viewiers. Episode 102 was skipped, however, for the story being seen as incoherent, but also for the [[NightmareSequence Nightmare Sequence]] of the protagonist mocking Little My [[spoiler: at her birthday party]].

* CreatorBreakdown: Tove wrote ''Moominvalley in November'' while grieving for her recently passed on mother

** Not every episode was translated to Finnish either. The reason is believed to be that they were too intense for the target audience, but since they got away with much worse scenes, it's unlikely. This was later ammended when the rights of the show lapsed and new network decided to redub the show, including the formelly unaired episodes.

* ExecutiveMeddling: This is the reason as to why the first series has two animation studios Creator/{{TMS|Entertainment}} and Mushi).

** Not every episode was translated to Finnish either. The reason is believed to be that they were too intense for the target audience, but since they got away with much worse scenes, it's unlikely.

* FakeAmerican: Every character is voiced by British voice actors in the English dub.

* WriteWhoYouKnow: Jansson has herself said that Moominmamma was modelled after her own mother and Too-Ticky after her life partner Tuulikki Pietilä. Also, although never confirmed by Jansson, it seems pretty clear that Tofslan and Vifslan (Thingumy and Bob in the English translation) refer to Tove and her first girlfriend Vivica Bandler, that Moominpappa was based on her own father, and that Jansson's boyfriend in the 1940s, Atos Wirtanen, and his old green hat were probably the inspiration behind Snufkin.

* BadExportForYou: Strangely enough. The GameBoyColor game ''Moomin no daibouken'' was released first in Japan. When it was eventually released in its home region of Europe[[note]]Remember that The Moomins were created in Finland[[/note]] as ''Moomin's Tale'', half of the content as well as many cutscenes were absent...

* BadExportForYou:
** Strangely enough. The GameBoyColor game ''Moomin no daibouken'' was released first in Japan. When it was eventually released in its home region of Europe[[note]]Remember that The Moomins were created in Finland[[/note]] as ''Moomin's Tale'', half of the content as well as many cutscenes were absent...

* NoExportForYou: Unfortunately, the US (aside from a broadcast in Hawaii) only got a brief print-on-demand DVD release of the 90's anime, and did not get the game at all. Even worse, while the series has 52 episodes released on DVD in Europe, the United States has yet to receive the same treatment, with fans from the States having to use different needs to watch the series.
*** Also, only 78 of 104 90's episodes got aired in the UK and only 52 in Germany.
*** Not every episode was translated to Finnish either. The reason is believed to be that they were too intense for the target audience, but since they got away with much worse scenes, it's unlikely.

* * NoExportForYou: Unfortunately, the US (aside from a broadcast in Hawaii) only got a brief print-on-demand DVD release of the 90's anime, and did not get the game at all. Even worse, while the series has 52 episodes released on DVD in Europe, the United States has yet to receive the same treatment, with fans from the States having to use different needs to watch the series.

** NoExportForYou: Unfortunately, the US (aside from a broadcast in Hawaii) only got a brief print-on-demand DVD release of the 90's anime, and did not get the game at all.
*** Also, only 78 of 104 90's episodes got aired in the UK and only 52 in Germany.
*** Some books, for example ''Moominpappa at Sea'', were never published in Italy.

** NoExportForYou: Unfortunately, the US (aside from a broadcast in Hawaii) only got a brief print-on-demand DVD release of the 90's anime, and did not get the game at all

*** Some books, for example ''Moominpappa at Sea'' were never published in Italy.

** NoExportForYou: Unfortunately, the US (aside from a broadcast in Hawaii) did not get a release of the game or anime at all.
*** Also, only 78 of 104 episodes got aired in the UK and only 52 in Germany.

* FakeAmerican: Every character is voiced by British voice actors in the English dub