History Memes / TheMoomins

** Memes replacing the audio of clips of Snufkin in the 90s Anime with John Chancer's audiobooks are popular, as it's hilarious to imagine Snufkin actually some of those lines. [[https://youtu.be/i9aqHpZeOq4?si=VdeZxGMA8g2W_UxB One]] video even attracted the attention of the author of the book that the audio came from.

** Sniff throwing a grenade. [[labelnote:Explanation]]In the ''Comet in Moominvalley'' movie, Sniff throws a gemstone at a monster attacking him. In the Finnish dub, he says "Heitin granaatin!" ("I threw a garnet!") right afterwards, which is often misheard as "Heitin kranaatin!" ("I threw a grenade!"), which has resulted in multiple edits where he actually throws a grenade.[[/labelnote]]

** Why does Snufkin sound like that?[[labelnote:Explanation]]TheMovie for ''Comet in Moominland'' was produced by a different studio than the 90s anime despite having the same animation style, so it had different English voice actors. Most of them sound appropriate, but Snufkin’s sounds really bizarre and doesn’t fit him at all. It’s often referred to as a {{Jumpscare}} for people who expected him to sound like John Chancer.[[/labelnote]]

** “You’ll soon find out”[[labelnote: Explanation]]A line said in response to Little My asking what he had in his bag (hattifattener seeds) in the 90s anime episode adapting ''Moominsummer Madness''. He then ''snaps a twig''. Without context, it just looks like he’s threatening her.[[/labelnote]]

** Why does Snufkin sound like that?[[labelnote:Explanation]]TheMovie for Comet was produced by a different studio despite having the same animation style, so it had different voice actors. Most of them sound appropriate, but Snufkin’s sounds really bizarre and doesn’t fit him at all. It’s often referred to as a Main/{{Jumpscare}} for people who expected him to sound like John Chancer.[[/labelnote]]

** [[Memes/{{Megamind}} No Joxter?]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Everytime a new season of Moominvalley comes out, fans will jokingly say that this season will be the one where they bring back Joxter. So far, none of them have been, but when season 4 is released in 2024, hopefully he will come back.

* [[https://m.youtube.com/@GandyDaGei/featured Gandalf the Gay]][[labelnote:Explanation]]A Website/YouTube channel which has become well-known due to appearing in the comments of seemingly ''every'' Moomins-related video on the site, to the point of becoming an [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ks12grjmtpI&list=PLNu4dUJ255QXmxQnpvz_N82AwCGjUS5CN&index=1&pp=iAQB urban legend]] in the fandom, and a [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s5Pt9t0vAhc&list=PLNu4dUJ255QXmxQnpvz_N82AwCGjUS5CN&index=6&pp=iAQB memetic icon]].[[/labelnote]]

** Snufkin’s [[Memes/{{Pokemon}} Surprised Pikachu Face]][[labelnote:Explanation]]In one episode of the 60s anime, Moomintroll falls down a mountain, and instead of saving him, Snufkin just [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/5507c62a_eb04_4022_8b3d_8a0085e19046.jpeg looks]][[UnusuallyUninterestingSight at him]] with what people have described as “the next Surprised Pikachu face”, comparing it to the famous screenshot from the Pokémon anime. Plus, like the Mr Hemulen meme above, Moomintroll sounds like he’s moaning.[[/labelnote]]
** “You’ll soon find out”[[labelnote: Explanation]]A line said in response to Little My asking what he had in his bag. He then ''snaps a twig''. Without context, it just looks like he’s threatening her.[[/labelnote]]

* '''Everyone''' on Moominvalley is a criminal. [[labelnote:Explanation]] Less commonly, Moominpappa and Moomintroll are also portrayed as memetic criminals, due to the former evading taxes and making illegal moonshine among other things in the comic strip, and the latter trying to straight-up murder people in the same comics and ''Moomins on the Riviera''. Then there's Little My, who has talked about murdering people, has a tendency to bite, and poisons a bunch of ants in ''Moominpappa at the Sea'' (almost all animals shown in the books are sentient, so they could have been too). Thingumy and Bob stole the King's Ruby, and of course there's Stinky. Because of all this, some fans like to potray the entire cast as criminals of some sort.[[/labelnote]]

* Pulling a Joxter/Pulling a Snufkin[[labelnote:Explanation]]The fandom will often use these phrases when talking about leaving somewhere or running away, due to Joxter abandoning his son, and Snufkin leaving The valley every winter.[[/labelnote]]

* Little My wants to date Snufkin. [[labelnote:Explanation]]In one episode of the 90s anime, Little My says that she wants to date Snufkin. The thing is, in the books, they're brother and sister. While them being siblings is never mentioned in the anime and the exhange is never brought up again, the fandom never forgot about it, and [[https://youtu.be/KViLsQfUc-4?si=NkDbA2pOkb2rCq3n memes]] regarding Little My having a crush on her brother are still common.[[/labelnote]]
* In your room, you say? [[labelnote:Explanation]]In the episode "The Last Dragon in the World" of ''Moominvalley'', Moomintroll tells Snufkin that the dragon is in his room, to which Snufkin answers "In your room, you say?" in a cheeky manner. Given the way he says it, many fans interpret this as him thinking that Moomintroll is just flirting with him and flirting back, and [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=1mQq-BQkZdY make memes about it]].[[/labelnote]]