“What are you doing, Stinky?” 
“Eating your house. It has a rather good taste!” 
“Can’t I bring you some pancake instead?” 
“No! But bring me some salt, your chairs need it badly.” 

(Moomin and the Brigands comic strip, (1954)

Stinky is a true rogue, the ruthless villain of Moominvalley. He is literally so stinky that the flowers wilt in the meadow as he walks past them. Stinky has a fuzzy body, skinny legs, and two little antennae on the head. By nature, Stinky is a greedy self-seeker, which is why he has something in common with Sniff. However, unlike Sniff, Stinky loves to walk the path of crime and prefers to eat buildings and furniture instead of pancakes and ice cream. Despite all the troubles he causes, Moomins love him and want to protect him from the police. At times, Stinky agrees to help them out: he steals back Moominmamma’s handbag stolen by another thief and helps Moomintroll get rid of uninvited guests. However, the help he gives usually comes with a price—he might start eating the Moominhouse as a reward. 

In real life, stinkies are not necessarily literally stinky, nor do they eat buildings. Instead, they are cleverly mischievous. Stinkies know how to seize opportunities that benefit them, stay within the margins of the law if needed, and perform well-intentioned pranks that can make people lose their temper. Unlike real-life little mys, stinkies do not shout out their friends’ secrets—they pass them on discreetly, mostly to people that should not know anything about them. Stinkies are at their most helpful when a broken lock makes you want to break into your own home or someone must get rid of guests who make themselves at home for a little too long. Therefore, stinkies are not infamous criminals—they are predictable and fascinating opportunists. 

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