The car has a face!
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The Moomins know what a car is? I don't think I've ever seen a car depicted before.
Moominpappa is the one that identifies the car, and I'm willing to believe that in his adventures as a youth he's encountered cars before. Well, since they exist in this universe, he's probably encountered them. It does kind of feel weird to have cars. Moomins are intentionally kind of out of time, but it feels like a pre-car era.
Cars in the Moomin world?
It isn't that primitive then.
This is a community for all things Moomin.
The Moomins is a franchise created by finnish author/illustrator Tove Jansson. It features a vast amount of comics, TV series, movies, books and games, telling various stories mostly set in moominvalley.
If you are new to the Moomins, this video essay is a fantastic starting point to learn about this family-owned franchise.
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