Snow Way Out! is the ninth Moshi Monsters mission.
It begins with a recap of the previous mission, "Spooktacular Spectacular", in which Simon Growl got kidnapped at a party and, upon being saved by the Super Moshis, gave them his Mini Moshifone and information on CLONC's hideout on Mount Sillimanjaro.
Your monster and Gabby are at the bottom of Mount Sillimanjaro. If you scroll, there is a cable car, that is broken. Gabby suggests you investigate it to see what's wrong. Click the cable car's side door and it reveals a cog is missing. Click on Gabby to ask her for help. Being a talking cell phone and all, she suggests you look at her apps. They are Moshi Tunes (for music), Glumpass (for directions), GooTube (to watch videos of goo), Sicktionary (a dictionary about sick), Cow (a joke app), and the needed one: Gabby's Laser. When you click the laser app, she will load it. Then, click on the snow mounds so she can melt them. One of them reveals Captain Buck, who's lost his way but is fine. Another reveals a snowman with his head missing, which you click to put it in your inventory (the blue bag on the far right). Two mounds reveal some wild mushrooms and a frozen glump (which are useless), and the last one reveals the cog. Click it, then open your inventory and drag it onto the cable car. Next up is a game where you hit space over and over to get to the top.
You arrive in a hut belonging to Elder Furi. Click on a snow coat, boots and goggles to collect them. Then click on a diary to read it. It says, "Dear Diary, Finally! My crack force of Strangeglove hunting Musky Huskies is complete! Unfortunately, the only way to get these lazy pooches up and ready is to use my mystically infused Dog whistle. The first hint to finding it can be found on page 13 of a book that's yellow and green! Elder Furi." Then, click the X to close the diary. Look on the bookshelf and click on the yellow and green book once you've found it. It says, "With these four specially trained and delightfully coloured pups, we should have no problem hunting down the evil doctor. The final hint in the hunt for the wonder whistle can be found on page 19 of a red book. With a diamond in a diamond upon its spine." Close the book, then click on the red book with the diamonds. Inside the book is a scrap of fabric and the words, "By letting the dogs have a good sniff of this piece of Strangeglove's coat, they've now caught his scent! The whistle can be found in a purple book, page 3 of a book with an odd number of spots on its spine." Click the X, then find and click on the book. You will have found the whistle. Click on it, then open your inventory and onto your monster to wake the dogs. Then, drag a piece of snow gear onto yourself and it will cut to a game in which you use the mouse to avoid the obstacles while on a dog sled.
At the top of the mountain, you enter the base, only to find that it's not a real building and you're locked in a cage. Strangeglove is there, boasting about how you're done for and were easy to trick and that he's working on a weapon that you'll never find. You point out that Strangeglove is bonkers because Elder Furi will never let that happen, but Strangeglove says that he has special plans for him. When you say that Elder Furi is too smart, Strangeglove reveals that Simon Growl kidnapped himself as a trick. Strangeglove admits that he's afraid of Musky Huskies, but then goes on about how he will plunge Monstro City into eternal darkness and broadcast it all over the swooniverse. Then, he takes off his glove and replaces it with a comb to comb his mustache. Open your inventory and whistle for the dogs, who run towards Strangeglove but the glumps are in the way. Click on Gabby to ask her for advice. She asks for the Sonic Sapphire to hypnotise the Glumps with. Click your inventory and drag the sapphire onto Gabby, then click Gabby and select Moshi Tunes from her app menu. The hypnosis doesn't work on the glumps, but it works on the glove. Click on Strangeglove and the glove will tickle him. Strangeglove will think the Glumps did it and kick them away. Click on the dogs and they will scare Strangeglove away, leading to him dropping a key. Click on it and the glove will pass you the key. The glove then runs back to Strangeglove due to Gabby's battery running low. Open your inventory and use the key. Then, a voice speaks from under snow, so click Gabby and use her laser app to melt the snow. It is a snowman's head, who got kicked by Strangeglove and his body fell down the mountain. The snowman, Tomba, is sad but you cheer him up by promising to give him the snowman body you found. Use the inventory to give it to him. Then, click Tomba to adopt him.
Then, you're at the volcano and Elder Furi worries that you've caught a cold and you say that you're fine but talk to him about the trap, Simon Growl and the super weapon. You then tell Elder Furi about how you got out of the trap. Elder Furi tells you to stay vigilant and find the glove so that Strangeglove will not get away.
This mission provides examples of
- Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal:
- Tomba wears a hat, scarf, boots and mittens.
- The Super Moshis wear capes, belts and masks.
- Ned the Glump has his glasses.
- Captain Buck has his hat and eyepatch.
- Action Girl: Gabby is by your side at the snow.
- Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: One of the Musky Huskies is blue, another is pink.
- Animate Inanimate Object: This mission features a snowman, cell phone and glove as characters.
- Bad People Abuse Animals: Strangeglove kicks a Wistful Snowtot down Sillimanjaro.
- Barefoot Cartoon Animal: Elder Furi wears his shroud but no shoes.
- Batman Gambit: This mission revealed that Simon kidnapped himself, knowing that the Super Moshis will save him, so he can lie about where the weapon is.
- Call-Back: The events of Spooktacular Spectacular are mentioned and are a major plot point.
- Cartoon Creature: Both Simon Growl and Dr Strangeglove are humanoid creatures with an unknown species.
- Chekhov's Gun: The snowman body and snoic sapphire both get used later on in the mission.
- Damsel in Distress: Gabby gets locked in the cage with you.
- Dark Is Evil: Strangeglove wears dark clothes and wishes to plunge Monstro City into darkness.
- Distressed Dude: Subverted for Simon Growl when it's revealed he kidnapped himself and played straight for Tomba when his body was missing.
- Dressed to Plunder: Captain Buck can be seen in his hat and eyepatch.
- The Eeyore: Tomba is often sad (a trait of his species) but he can be cheered up.
- Evil Is Deathly Cold: Subverted. It looks like the villains' base is on a snowy mountain, but it turns out to be a trap.
- Evil Plan: Dr Strangeglove apparently plans to use a super weapon to plunge Monstro City into darkness. He also apparently "has special plans for [Elder Furi]."
- Fantastic Racism:
- Tomba and all other Wistful Snowtots apparently dislike Funny Bunnies because they nibble noses.
- Dr Strangeglove "can't stand" Musky Huskies because he's afraid of them.
- Fully-Dressed Cartoon Animal: Simon Growl and Strangeglove wear full sets of clothes, and your monster temporarily does when it puts on snow clothes.
- Fun with Acronyms: The Criminal League Of Naughty Critters (or C.L.O.N.C.) feature as villains again.
- Heavy Sleeper: The only way to wake the Musky Huskies up from their nap is with the dog whistle.
- Liar Revealed: This mission reveals that Simon Growl lied about the super weapon's whereabouts.
- Mass Hypnosis: Zigzagged. Gabby tries to hypnotise the Glumps, but it only works on Strangeglove's glove.
- Mister Strangenoun: Simon Growl is mentioned.
- Morally Ambiguous Doctorate: Strangeglove, the evil doctor, is a main antagonist.
- Plot Twist: This mission reveals that Simon Growl is working for CLONC.
- Pun: "Cow" is said to be an "amoosing" app.
- Red Is Heroic: Your Super Moshi wears a red cape and mask.
- Snowlems: Tomba is a living snowman.
- Superheroes Wear Capes: Your Super Moshi wears its cape.
- Volcano Lair: The Super Moshi HQ is inside a volcano, where you go to at the end.
- White Gloves: Strangeglove wears a white glove on his left hand.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Dr Strangeglove is afraid of Musky Huskies, which is exploited when the good guys use them to scare him away.
