Sniff (Moomin character) the character only occasionally after the first books. In the TV series Sniff has been added to many of Jansson's stories where he did not originally feature. Sniff (Moomin character) Sniff () is a character in the Moomin stories created by Tove Jansson. His debut is in the first Moomin-book "The Moomins and the Great Flood". In addition to books he is also a prominent character in the Moomin comics and animations. The parents of Sniff are The Muddler ("Rådd-djuret") and Fuzzy ("Sås-djuret"), childhood friends of Moominpappa. Sniff is considered as a sort of an adopted child of the Moomin
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