The Imp (Moomin)

The Imp is a one-shot villain in the 1990s cartoon-anime adaption of Moomin by Tove Jansson. The Imp is an wicked Imp who was sealed away.

Background
The Imp was once free for around 500 years ago in the the valley that a lot later became known as Moominvalley and presumably spread horror and chaos but was at one point stopped and sealed away into a tree by his captors.

In the episode
Moomin, Little My, Sniff, Snorkmaiden and the Fillyjonk`s three children finds the tree where The Imp was sealed away when they were playing hide n seek. The Imp lures them closer to the tree and manipulates them by lying to them that he has changed his ways and is willingly to fufill any wishes from the main characters as long as they break the seal (Such as Sniff wishes a bag of gold). The main characters break the Seal and it works, however as it turns out to be a ruse as The Imp is finally free to run amok with his wicked magic across the lands once more and considers to turn the Main Characters evil using his magic to transform them into Imps. The Main characters try to run but The Imp uses his magic stick to cast a spell that makes them Immobile. Snufkin suddenly approaches to save the day by fooling The Imp into entering the back the tree and removes the straw that Sniff used to break the seal.