Trini Mumford

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**Trini Mumford** is the main tritagonist of *Molly of Denali*. She is an eight-year-old girl who arrived in Qyah, Alaska from Austin, Texas in the first season.(Culture Clash)

She is voiced by Vienna Leacock.

## Appearance

Trini has brown skin and has a gap in between her two front teeth. Her black hair is braided into several pigtails held by blue beads and blue hairties. She typically wears a light-yellow dress with a blue jacket over it. The jacket has a chest pocket on either side of the jacket. She wears purple-blue leggings underneath the dress and wears blue sneakers with grayish-white laces and grayish-white soles.

## Personality

Trini is a funny (and sometimes short-tempered) girl who loves hanging out with her two close friends, Molly and Tooey, and loves going on adventures together.

She does have a more serious side, such as if she or her friends or possessions are in danger, and her trying hard to protect herself or anyone else from getting hurt. Trini feels that she is great at basketball but doesn't know how to play.

She also does not like anyone or anything that she thinks would "mess with Texas" (meaning that she can’t stand anything that tries to make fun of or mock about her culture and country. Example: "Cabbagezilla".) She has an interest in animals (especially birds), one thing she and Molly have in common with each other.

She likes seeing the Northern Lights (Turn On The Northern Lights!).

She also likes race cars, given that she has a race car bed (Molly says “Yes! Race car bed!” in her debut episode).

Trini is still learning to read cursive and misreads the words "rules" as "rulls" and "roof" as "poof". This is partly due to Midge's bad handwriting.

## Quotes

1. "and Trini!" (shoehorning her way into the Theme Song)

## Relationships

#### Molly Mabray and Tooey Ookami

At first, both Molly and Tooey have trouble understanding the way of Trini's culture and Trini felt just as perplexed about the ways of *their* culture. But things eventually worked out and they understood each other's ways, they became good friends.

#### Her Family

Trini has a strong relationship with her family. She is enthusiastic about her mother’s return

## Trivia

* In The Shortest Birthday, it's revealed that her birthday is on December 21. This makes her a Sagittarius.
* She was 7 when she moved to Qyah, as mentioned in the game “Molly's Winter Kitchen” and the episode "Cabbagezilla".
* She seems to have a huge soft spot for pets, especially dogs. Seeing as she loves Molly's dog, Suki.
* She looks similar to Clementine from another PBS Kids show, Caillou.
* It is unknown if Trini is her full first name or simply a nickname.
	+ If Trini is a nickname, then it is likely short for Trinity.
* Trini is left handed.

## Media coverage

Neal Justin of Star-Tribune in July 2019 wrote this about Trini:

But not all the characters have Native roots. Trini, a black youngster, has recently moved north after her military father was transferred. In many ways, she represents viewers who might think all Alaskans live in igloos.
“We’ve got an episode in which Trini has this idea planted in her head from a friend in Texas that polar bears are everywhere and she’s terrified to go outside,” said series co-creator Dorothea Gillim. “Molly and her friend Tooey want to help Trini feel more at home, so they look at old westerns and get stereotypical ideas of what it means to be Texan. We’re really kind of exploring and trying to sort of debunk stereotypes of all types.”
## References

Dogs:Anka • Tukoni • Skippy • Jax • Luka • Laika • Rascal • Kiwi • Kobi • Atsoo • Sasha • Cali • Balto • Dolt'ol • Brownie • Thor • Lord Pinklefloss • Snoozle • Chinook • Four Spots • Kih Dhidii • Arluk • Esnu