 In the early 1990s, an image of Miffy holding an adjustable spanner coyly behind her back appeared on flyers produced by people taking direct action against the UK government's road building program.This unauthorised use of the character spread and Miffy became a mascot for groups involved in radical ecological direct action.Miffy appeared in her first TV show in 1984, called "Dick Bruna's Miffy Storybook Classics