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Captain Budd is a one-shot villain who appears in The Pirate, the 12th episode of the 1990 anime series Moomin.

Biography[]

Captain Budd is a short-tempered pirate captain whose ship sinks in a storm just off the coast of Moominvalley. All the surviving pirates who swim ashore are arrested, excluding Captain Budd who hides in Snork's workshop. When Snork Maiden and Little My go to the workshop, Captain Budd takes them by surprise. He captures Snork Maiden and briefly fights with Little My before he brandishes his knife and threatens Snork Maiden with it. He then sends Little My to fetch the valley's authorities.

Nearly all the valley's inhabitants rush to surround the workshop, led by the Police Inspector. Captain Budd demands a new sailing ship and his crew's freedom in exchange for letting Snork Maiden go. The Inspector tries to tell him that there are no big sailing ships in Moominvalley, but the captain doesn't listen to him. He sets a time frame of two hours, threatening to kill Snork Maiden if his terms are not met. However, he privately tells Snork Maiden that his death threats are only bluffs to force the valley's inhabitants to obey him, and he becomes concerned when she passes out. When the Inspector tries to offer the captain and his crew a safe passage from the valley on foot, the offer is turned down.

When one hour has passed, Snork Maiden starts feeling thirsty, so Captain Budd orders a drink for her. Advised by Snufkin, Moomin brings to the workshop two cups of juice; a small one for Snork Maiden and a large one for the captain who has become thirsty from shouting. The captain suspects that his drink has been mixed with poison or sleeping potion, so he decides to let Snork Maiden drink it. When Moomin protests, the pirate pressures him to drink it instead. After drinking nearly the entire cup, Moomin collapses, apparently falling asleep. The captain grows smug and drinks the contents of the smaller cup intended for Snork Maiden. However, when he is about to order for Snork Maiden a new drink without sleeping potion, he falls asleep. Moomin rises and reveals that he pretended to fall asleep in order to double bluff the captain. Captain Budd is then taken to prison where he sleeps for several days before waking up.

Trivia[]

  • The episode in which Captain Budd appears was not aired on Finnish television when the series was first run. This was because the episode was considered too violent and "un-Moomin-like". When the series was redubbed in 2017, the banned episodes were included.
  • In the original Japanese episode, Little My is shown fighting with Captain Budd by biting his hand. This violent scene has been cut in the other countries.
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