History Trivia / TheMoomins

* SameLanguageDub: In the 2019 series Iina Kuustonen voices Toft/Toffle both in the original English and in the Finnish dub.

*** Starting from 2011 onwards, [[http://novoihattivatti.blogspot.com/2015/01/muumilaakson-100-ja-1-tarinaa.html episode 39]] ("Crooks in Moomin Valley") was covertly left unaired as well, due to negative feedback from parents. As the linked blog post mentions, this was not widely noticed, as Yle did not mention it anywhere, nor does the episode play a major role in the mythology of the series.

* WikiRule: [[https://moomin.fandom.com/wiki/Moomin_Wiki Moomin Wiki]]

** 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 viewers. 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]].
*** Averted with the episodes featuring the Groke, which were aired and always show up in reruns.

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

* GodCreatedCanonForeigner: The Shadows were created by Creator/ToveJansson 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.

* RealitySubtext: The last newspaper comic arc to be written and drawn by Tove Jansson alone, "The Golden Tail", has Moomintroll becoming a celebrity after his tail tuft turns to pure gold. It's pretty obvious that the problems he encounters with press and public attention and commercialisation are inspired by Jansson's own discomfort with the fame that the Moomins brought her.
** ''Moominvalley in November'' was written after Tove's mother passed away. In it, a young orphan named Toft goes to Moominvalley in search of Moominmamma, who in his eyes will be the perfect mother. It doesn't quite [[ParentsAsPeople go to plan]].

* SerendipityWritesThePlot: The 1969 live-action TV series has the overarching plot of the king deciding that the Moomins' bohemian lifestyle doesn't fit in a modern welfare state and that they, as an "ethnic minority," need to be integrated into "normal" society. The most startling change is that he decides their noses are too big and orders them off — which leads to one of the most memorable (and {{Nightmare Fuel}}ish) aspects of this series, namely that the actors in the Moomin suits take off the overdimensioned Moomin heads/masks they're wearing, revealing their normal human heads underneath. This is not only what the series is remembered for today but is also a pretty effective demonstration of how the Moomins' individuality is threatened by the integration process... but really, the reason behind is probably just as much that the Moomin heads were big, awkward and difficult to deal with on the set — it's extremely clear that the actors can barely see when wearing them, leading to a lot of clumsiness and fumbling around. Removing the heads allowed the actors to move about much more freely.

** In its home region of Finland, the' 90s ''Literature/TheMoomins'' anime gives Moomintroll a young masculine voice (this take is generally uniform with other animated works). In the Japanese edit however, he is voiced by a female actress, giving him a very childlike voice. The English dub follows the direction of the Japanese version.
** Likewise, the Finnish, Swedish, and Japanese versions of ''Literature/TheMoomins'' 90s anime give Snufkin a calm, monotone voice. The English dub, however, makes him sound a lot more energetic and playful.

* FanNickname: Officially, the 1977 StopMotion series is just called ''The Moomins'', but most fans call it "Fuzzy Felt Moomins" instead for clarity's sake.

* CreatorPreferredAdaptation:
** Tove spoke most fondly of the 1977 stop motion series, which she had direct involvement with.
** She also expressed approval of the 1990 anime series.

* ReclusiveArtist: Some of the English cast of the 1990 series have done very little voice acting since. Most notably Little My and Snorkmaiden's voice actress Toni Barry, who seems to have retired from acting in 2002 and HHS's completely dropped off the map since.

* RetroactiveRecognition: One of the people who worked on the 1969 anime was a little-known animator named {{Creator/Hayao Miyazaki}}.

* RetroactiveRecognition: One of the people who worked on the 1969 anime was a little-known animator called {{Creator/HayaoMiyazaki}}.

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

* DeletedScene: The Nummulite scene is removed from the English version of ''Moominvalley''.
* DisownedAdaptation: [[Creator/ToveJansson The authoress]] hated the 1969 anime, particularly for turning Moomintroll into a more scrappy and self serving character.
* ExecutiveMeddling: This is the reason as to why the first series has two animation studios: Creator/{{TMS|Entertainment}} and Mushi.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes:

** While the anime was released on DVD in Europe, it was only the first 52 episodes. So anyone that wanted to watch episodes 53-78 had to have been lucky enough to have recorded said episodes when they originally aired. Recently averted though, as the official Moomin channel on {{Website/Youtube}} has been uploading episodes of the 90s anime, including the episodes past 52 that weren't originally released on DVD.

** ''Moominvalley in November'' was written after Tove's mother passed away.

* CreatorPreferredAdaptation: Tove spoke most fondly of the 1977 stop motion series, which she had direct involvement with.

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

** Unfortunately, the US (aside from a broadcast in Hawaii) only got a brief print-on-demand DVD release of the '90s 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.

** 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 viewers. 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]].

*** This goes the same with [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Salem]] and [[VisualNovel/NewDanganRonpaV3 Kirumi Tojo]] when it comes to her Japanese voice actress.