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* [[Body Horror]]: In ''Finn Family Moomintroll'' (also the very first episode of the TV show) a Moomin makes the mistake of climbing into a certain magical tophat only to be transformed into something...
* [[Bratty Half-Pint]]: Little My is very much the trope codifier for the Scandinavian audience.
* [[Canon Immigrant]]: Stinky doesn't appear in the original books. He first shows up in the early days of the comic strip, and after that makes appearances in various adaptations before he is finally introduced in the last Moomin story Tove Jansson wrote, ''An Unwanted Guest.'' (This particular story has not been officially translated to English, but there is an online unofficial translation [https://web.archive.org/web/20120309114809/http://www.writersaurus.co.nz/?page_id=11
* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: A particularly successful instance in the books; starting with ''Moominland Midwinter'' the series becomes slightly darker and much more introspective. The final two full-length novels, though still kid-friendly, are more aimed at an adult audience and end up largely [[Deconstructed Trope|deconstructing]] the sunnier "family adventure" tone from the earlier books -- but without losing any sympathy for the characters.
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Happens in the main books to Sniff after ''The Exploits of Moominpappa'' and Snork Maiden after ''Moominland Midwinter.'' Not played completely straight, as they both make appearances in short stories afterwards.
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** There's also The Lady of the Cold.
* [[Idiot Ball]]: Moomins' intelligence is significantly lower in the newspaper comic strips, and it shows.
* [[I Feel Angry]]: Ninny in "The Invisible Child." The polite, timid girl gradually built up her confidence, losing her invisibility bit by bit, and shed it entirely when she finally dared to become angry.▼
* [[Interrupted Suicide]]: The newspaper comic starts with a rather bleak note, as Moomintroll tries to drown himself, only to bump into his long lost parents before succeeding.
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Believe it or not, Moomin and Snorkmaiden are two different animals, but the difference is like a dog and a wolf. The Mymble's Daughter, a humanoid creature, is the love interest of the Officer, a Hemulen.
** Sniff's mom and dad are respectively an [[Funny Animal|anthropomorphic animal]] and a humanoid.
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* [[It's All About Me]]: Moominpappa, at least in the original books.
* [[Jerkass]]: Stinky in the 1990 animation, but the plan (almost) [[Can't Get Away with Nuthin'|always]] [[Failure Is the Only Option|backfires]]. Let's recap:
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* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]: Loud My vs. quiet Snufkin. Messy My and Snufkin vs. clean, presentable Mymble. Self-obsessed, idiotic, fashionable Snork Maiden vs. clever, bumbling Snork. If you have a sibling, you're going to be his or her opposite.
** In the 1990 cartoon at least. In the books Mymble is less clean and presentable and Snork is less obviously different from his sister too.
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* [[Slice of Life]]: Outside the whole adventure part, there were elements of this.
* [[Time Machine]]: The Moomins have one in the newspaper comic and there are occasional storylines where they travel back in time to some historical epoch -- usually because Moominpappa is sick of modern life and longs for the glory and romance of times long past. In every single one of these storylines he'd discover that the "good old days" weren't as good, glorious or romantic as he'd imagined them.
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