I remember that episode. What baffled me as a kid, was that they were totally cool with it. Closing their home, freeing their pets and wishing them good luck for the future and then go out in the field waiting for their fate all in gratitude. This was a great lesson for a kid. And the other hand, they are not really dead when you think of it. They just change forms for a new chapter
@@harrystoller4147 it's the most positive but beautiful thing they done it shows that there physical form may not be here But.there love lives one through the blooms of the flowers on the trees
I remember kindergarten staying home watching this as my mom was cooking lunch. My mom past away later in life and this show reminds me of her. Brings good memories of her and the smell of her cooking. Thanks for posting.
Im from 83. This is a very powerful and subtle way or preparing us all for loss and learning that it is all natural and it will happen to us all. Knowing this , David is right, perhaps not worded very kindly but a harsh truth because we all must move on.
Your comment has me in tears. It is so true what you said. I lost my maternal grandma in 2018 and both grandpa's last year. My paternal grandma lives in Portugal. But I grew up with my maternal grandparents and they lived upstairs from us. We used to watch this together and this made me tear so much thinking of them. Miss them everyday 😢
Born in 85. I remember watching this in preschool, and kindergarten. What I would wish for a time machine, so, I could go back to that care free magical time.
a freakin cartoon for children ended better than most live action shows ever do. This was beautiful and amazing. I don't think I ever saw the end as a child. I loved this show.
I used to watch the show as a kid, but I never knew how it ended… I can’t watch this scene now without crying. It reminds me of my mom, who, like David and Lisa, has gone to the Mountains of Beyond. I miss her so badly…
You probably didn't see the end (just like me) because I heard many tv stations banned this episode due to the morbid nature of the main characters dying. I bet they thought it would traumatize kids back then. It's sad cuz I know I would have enjoyed seeing this back then.
@@GamingNostalgiaRemastered I vaguely remember seeing this episode as a little kid on Nick. I remember being confused and crying. Maybe that was before they banned it?
Rest in Peace Tom Bosley (voice of David). We 80's children love you, and hope to see you in heaven to thank you personally for all the warm and magical memories. You rock man, and you will be in our hearts always. Love, Cyn (who watched David the Gnome shamelessly from pre-school until her senior year of college :) )
They don't make cartoons like this anymore. This show was so wholesome and had great lessons built within it. Seems so out of place in our world today and that's heartbreaking......
@@dnlpark I don't believe he did, I thought it was produced by Claudio Bern Boyd in the Netherlands and Micheline Charest and Ronald Weinberg in Canada? If I remember correctly it was an European cartoon that was distributed to Nickelodeon from the Canadian Broadcast Network?
This was like someone knocking on my door, running back as I open it, and as the door widen they run full speed and drop kicked my heart from my ribcage. Cartoons can't be friends, but David was my friend.
My husband always says that there is something wrong with me because nothing in film, ever makes me cry. The sheer pain on Swift's (the fox) face and in his whimpering during this scene make me go off like a sprinkler every time I see it.
The first time I watched this (as a child) it made me cry for days, now as a 41 year old man it hits me that much harder, the fox's reaction to losing his best friends was beyond heartbreaking 😭😭😭
wen i first saw this as a child i felt like i lost something like i was forced to grow up and lost a part of myself i use to watch this all the time with my mom who now resides in the mountains beyond
This was my favorite show as a kid, but I don't remember ever seeing the ending. I bought this on dvd and when I saw the episode, I cried uncontrollably. It even makes my husband cry!
It is a harsh, but factual, lesson on dealing with loss. What is more foretelling is one day folks like you and I will live to be on that same stage and be the ones who are lost. Enjoy life, it really is precious.
I am not even an 80's baby but I can remember watching this on the lap of my grandma. Chokes me up cus she's with them. Good memories but chokes me up...
I watch this show a lot as a kid but I never actually saw this scene until I was about 27 on CZcams only about a couple of weeks after my grandmother died I was crying like hell when I saw this scene at 27
That's a wonderful way for gnomes to move on... And in a way, they lived on. They may have left this world, but the trees remain as a testimony to their lives... Better than any gravestone.
Wow im kinda glad i never knew this was how it ended when i was a kid cause seeing it now really kinda hurts that they ended it this way. Leaving swift behind like that woulda killed me as a kid.
I don't have any nostalgia for this show as I didn't grow up watching it. However, this scene hit me like a train. I started shedding tears after I watched it.
Of course it did, thats because our kindness and empathy for others force us to Recognizing emotions, even if they have nothing to do with us, is what drives us to do good deeds or share good or bad feelings with our equals.
This right here got me. I have never seen this show but stumbled onto it through an article of FB. Every second of this got me, the music, script, animation, all of it. Wow.. swift man. To be left behind like that, hit me deep in the feels.
I have only seen this show a few times, and I don't even remember how old I was, but to know that THIS is how it ends is killing me. Now, if you excuse me I must go curl up in my bed and cry for three hours.
See this right here is absolutely beautiful. And beyond it’s time. It was showing kids that all good things must come to an end, and also softly introducing them to the real world concept of death. Like wow, I love this video and I come back every so often. Please don’t ever take this down.
when i was still a kid I had taped this on a VHS and many times i was Watching it...but always i ended up crying badly so my grandmother decided to erase the tape.... still bring back so many memories now... thank god for youtube...
The guy who wrote this is a friggen sadist! I remember when this first aired in South Africa it was watched by every kid I knew. When this episode aired I could not stop crying, it was so bad I couldn't go to school the next day. My parents later heard that record numbers of kids also didn't attend because they were so upset.
I loved this cartoon as a kid, never knew it ended like this. Poor Swift, fortunately authors gave him new friend. Wise, a bit hard, but realistic and positive lessons for kids to learn.❤🦊
now this is the episode that I've remembered from the show. I was probably like 4 or 5 years old watching this in Germany and I too cried my eyes out. It was my favorite show and I cried b/c it was over and for the characters, but best show there is
Katsumoto: *Watching the pedals of the cherry blossoms fall while he's dying and in tears at the sight of them* Perfect..... everything is perfect......
I cried soo freakin hard. It reminds me of my grandparents and that my grandmother remains and she had a stroke recently. Life is truly precious and the true pain in life is to learn that it has an end and it scares me
i've never seen this show as a kid or anything, but i saw this clip a few years back and it pops up in my mind every now and then. what a pretty and sad scene...
I watched this show when i was little kid. now im a full grown man at 25. This made me cry nonestoop for 5min. and i didnt cry for the last past few years. This is so sweet and loving
Me and my dad watched this every single day of my life from when I was like 3 until the day I went to kindergarten. My dad passed away in 2019, and not a day goes by where I don’t think of him and miss him dearly. I was showing this to my son because I was giggling and joking about how “traumatized” my generation was from watching things like this. We were laughing and having fun and he said he wanted to see it. He’s 10. So I put it on. But I couldn’t make it 20 seconds in. I started bawling. I told him I can’t watch it or listen to it because it makes me think of “poppy”(that’s what he called my dad). You see my dad was also my son’s best friend for the first 5-6 years of his life and he thinks about him every day too. I walked outside crying to give myself a moment, and at 1:00am, middle of the night(it’s summer time so I let my kid stay up late), a bird started making the craziest noises I ever heard. It immediately stopped my tears. I knew that was a sign from my dad letting me know he is still with me. Love you dad.
My dads favourite bird was a robin and now whenever I see one I think of him. Our minds keep the memories of our passed away loved ones alive within us. It feels like a precious gift but at the same time can be very painful.
Liza: Farewell my dear David my husband my love... David: Farewell my beloved, thank you for all the love you've given me.... Casper: I think the time has come.... David: Yes, it's here. Me (Revealed as the unnamed & unseen guest they greet in each episode): *Hugging them both one last time* I will miss both our visits and our conversations. I will not forget the lesson you shared with me..... *Took a step back and watched as they all transformed into apple trees. Tears fell from my eyes as the pedals of the sunflowers flew by them all* Perfect...... They are all perfect...... *knelt in prayer and mourned for the loss*
I remember this being the first experience of death in a childhood cartoon. I remember watching it with my family and the parents had a concerned look of “ohhhhh maybe this is a bit much?” But we stuck with it and yes it was sad, but it teaches lessons at such a young age
@@ILikeBongos I hope that poster is just very young, because otherwise his confusion about your very obvious point just _irritates_ me. Lol. I agree though. This clip is somewhere roughly between Bambi and Dumbo in it's heartbreak factor.
I still remember crying so much when this happened, but I'm very thankful I got to experience this when I was little. It was a wonderful way to teach children that loved ones might not always be with you forever. It's a very beautiful scene and depiction of passing on and you just don't see something like this in cartoons today, as far as I know. It would be nice to see more shows that teach children about compassion and harder life lessons like this.
this aired around the time my uncle died. i don't really remember as i was four, but my mom said this helped her explain my uncle passing away to me. haven't seen this in decades and i'm in tears 😭
Its like a spiritual metaphor, we are born for a purpose, we live according to Gods will to fulfill the anointings he places on us, and when we reach the end of our earthly journey, we are rewarded with a far better rest than we have ever known, animated series and teen shows like wishbone, stories from the book of virtues, animated stories of the bible, usa high, saved by the bell, fresh prince, boy meets world, family matters, zoobilee zoo, doug, all these shows gave me morality, saved me from real life mistakes, and as a 38 year old man i am blessed because as corny as it sounds those shows molded me into the man i am today, these are programs we need back on television
I was born in 92 never even knew about this show growing up, especially if they were reruns on Nickelodeon. Probably was the best but I never knew about it because Cesar would’ve been depressed by the ending. It does look peaceful and the messages telling a young audience to understand that comes for us all especially if we get really old. But either way this was actually back in the day. Nickelodeon did things that were sad with some strong messages but then again, that was actually what made Nickelodeon great. Especially looking back on certain shows that had tough pills to swallow
Looking back, I suspect this cartoon did more to shape my sense of morality as a child than my Baptist background. It for sure instilled in me a firmer principle for empathy and empathetic understanding than my Sunday school ever did (in which I once had one of my teachers look me straight in the eye and calmly inform me that a Mormon friend of mine was gonna end up in Hell, gg Jesus).
What's with the "gg" next to Jesus there? Is that gg as in "good going"? Because I'm pretty sure it wasn't Jesus who said that your friend (nor would he say that).
@@janesmith7676 Just sarcasm, lady. And Jesus was supposed to be the divine made manifest, so no, I don't think He gets a pass when His followers misbehave. If an entity described as omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent isn't held accountable for literally everything, then He isn't actually any of those things.
Wow. Thank you so much for uploading this. I am 29 years old and I used to watch this show as a kid ALL the time. Cried for hours after this scene. I think the TV station began re-runs the next day to counter the sadness! But I too can remember Swift meeting a new owner after his tear jerking howl (the cry which just now made me cry like a kid again and I'm a grown man haha). Thanks again for uploading, these are beautiful memories.
Dude this reminds me of last year because I lost my little brother because he died of sickness and the music in the background reminds me of all the good times I had with him
If you listen carefully at 2:36 you can hear Swift's howl from the original Spanish soundtrack... RIP Tom Bosley, who brought David the Gnome to life :(
I saw this first time when I was like six or seven. Holy shit how depressed I was after seeing this. I was like: Wait, THAT'S how this show ends? That's...that's...THAT'S SO GOD DAMN SAD! How can I find any happiness anymore? :´-(
Born in '85, I watched this show faithfully but I never saw the final episode. I just watched it very recently and was bawling. Very sad, but beautifully done. Only thing I still wonder is why didn't their children/grandchildren or even other friends and family members bid them off? When swift started panicking, oh my heart. The finality of their last wave is hauntingly beautiful. "They" don't make kids shows like this anymore.
I watched the show in the 90s as a kid. My son was born the same year as you. I didn't see this clip until 2011 when my grandmother died. It hit me even harder at 27 than when I watched the show at 6.
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I remember that episode. What baffled me as a kid, was that they were totally cool with it. Closing their home, freeing their pets and wishing them good luck for the future and then go out in the field waiting for their fate all in gratitude.
This was a great lesson for a kid.
And the other hand, they are not really dead when you think of it. They just change forms for a new chapter
I got that just because one life ends another life will begin and just because you lose someone physically there still with you in spirit
"Don't cry my friend, don't cry. After we've gone, you'll find some new friends. I'm sure of it." -David The Gnome
Swift did and all with the beautiful Agnes and her Gnome rider Christopher. 😀 It was hinted that they would settle down and have cubs.
And that's his happy ending @@KittyKatt_Luna80s
The fox being sad is what kills my heart the most
Yes. When the gnomes died, they transformed into trees.
He was loyal right to the very end how heartful
@@harrystoller4147 it's the most positive but beautiful thing they done it shows that there physical form may not be here
But.there love lives one through the blooms of the flowers on the trees
Si pero el zorro encontró pareja y se puso mas contento
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This is the only clip of David the Gnome that I've ever seen yet I still cried.
Although I’ve never this clip, it makes me sad too.
Even the fuckin music makes you sad as shit
Same here… I’m 25 and have never seen a single episode, yet tears are streaking down my cheeks. This is so sad and beautiful.
Me too, if you don't count the intro.
I remember kindergarten staying home watching this as my mom was cooking lunch. My mom past away later in life and this show reminds me of her. Brings good memories of her and the smell of her cooking. Thanks for posting.
😍
oh my, I'm sorry she was probably a lovely person. this is literally the cutest thing ever.🥺
Aww that's sweet
Passed
Peanut butter sandwiches and love.
I was born in 1986.
I watched this show growing up.
I'm 35 now and watching this again hits different when your grand parents are all gone.
You missed out then. 1980 was the best year to be born to catch all the good stuff.
Im from 83. This is a very powerful and subtle way or preparing us all for loss and learning that it is all natural and it will happen to us all. Knowing this , David is right, perhaps not worded very kindly but a harsh truth because we all must move on.
Your comment has me in tears. It is so true what you said. I lost my maternal grandma in 2018 and both grandpa's last year. My paternal grandma lives in Portugal. But I grew up with my maternal grandparents and they lived upstairs from us. We used to watch this together and this made me tear so much thinking of them. Miss them everyday 😢
Born in 85. I remember watching this in preschool, and kindergarten. What I would wish for a time machine, so, I could go back to that care free magical time.
@@shades9415 stop taking away from someone else’s life experience you wanchor
a freakin cartoon for children ended better than most live action shows ever do. This was beautiful and amazing. I don't think I ever saw the end as a child. I loved this show.
detubeme Yeah This STILL puts me in tears.
me too @@mashupmaster8874
I never saw the ending to this, either. I'm wondering if they even aired it on Nickelodeon. This is literally the perfect way to die...
@@YaniDLC I have no memory of this, and its possible Nickelodeon deliberately deleted this episode due to emotional reaction to many.
@@mkaplan1383 , you might be right!! Because my sister and I watched daily.
I used to watch the show as a kid, but I never knew how it ended… I can’t watch this scene now without crying. It reminds me of my mom, who, like David and Lisa, has gone to the Mountains of Beyond. I miss her so badly…
Omg me too I was like 8 watching this back in 1996 and never knew how it ended 😢😭😭
You probably didn't see the end (just like me) because I heard many tv stations banned this episode due to the morbid nature of the main characters dying.
I bet they thought it would traumatize kids back then. It's sad cuz I know I would have enjoyed seeing this back then.
I'm sorry for your loss
@@GamingNostalgiaRemastered I vaguely remember seeing this episode as a little kid on Nick. I remember being confused and crying. Maybe that was before they banned it?
Rest in Peace Tom Bosley (voice of David). We 80's children love you, and hope to see you in heaven to thank you personally for all the warm and magical memories. You rock man, and you will be in our hearts always.
Love,
Cyn (who watched David the Gnome shamelessly from pre-school until her senior year of college :) )
Amen to that 🙏🏽
I'm 38 and still watching it! It's just such a beautiful, sweet, calm, wholesome show.
They don't make cartoons like this anymore. This show was so wholesome and had great lessons built within it. Seems so out of place in our world today and that's heartbreaking......
yeah, now it's all full of LGBT bullshit
now all is fuckin porn shameful
No they don't this was my favorite showamd I still watch from time to time
And then you find out Harvey Weinstein was a major producer for the show 🥴
@@dnlpark I don't believe he did, I thought it was produced by Claudio Bern Boyd in the Netherlands and Micheline Charest and Ronald Weinberg in Canada? If I remember correctly it was an European cartoon that was distributed to Nickelodeon from the Canadian Broadcast Network?
"I thank you for all the love you've given me" wow that's just- wow!!!😢😢😭😭
Politely SOLITARY its even sadder when your forever alone.
Swift howling in sorrow is the saddest part.
Never saw a single episode of this as a kid but I feel like I just lost a lifelong friend.
Godspeed David
Shocked how calm David and Lisa was about dying
Was born in 2007 yet surprised how this show tackled outright DEATH.
Maybe because they lived a peaceful and loving life
Casper too. He died seconds after.
Times were different
Death is a part of life. We all know that. There was no need for David and Lisa to panic.
>Makes me cry so much.. i Just lost my grandma... i love her.. she was my everything and did so much for my family and I
Makes me cry too. I lost all 4 of my grandparents.
Welcome to the club
My grandma died on July 10, 2018
I wish I could hug you all...I lost mine 2 1/2 years ago. She was my everything ☹
The finale episode of David the Gnome was truly one of the saddest endings of a TV series.
wait until you watch the Spanish dub of this show's finale.
This literally makes me cry every time I watch it. Every. Single. Time.
Me too.
Me 3
Me too.
This was like someone knocking on my door, running back as I open it, and as the door widen they run full speed and drop kicked my heart from my ribcage.
Cartoons can't be friends, but David was my friend.
That had to be painful for Swift. Having to say good-bye to his former master.
I saw this 35 years ago with my mum on a Sunday morning she turned it off it upset her as her mother had just passed away:(
My husband always says that there is something wrong with me because nothing in film, ever makes me cry. The sheer pain on Swift's (the fox) face and in his whimpering during this scene make me go off like a sprinkler every time I see it.
The first time I watched this (as a child) it made me cry for days, now as a 41 year old man it hits me that much harder, the fox's reaction to losing his best friends was beyond heartbreaking 😭😭😭
wen i first saw this as a child i felt like i lost something like i was forced to grow up and lost a part of myself i use to watch this all the time with my mom who now resides in the mountains beyond
This was my favorite show as a kid, but I don't remember ever seeing the ending. I bought this on dvd and when I saw the episode, I cried uncontrollably. It even makes my husband cry!
It is a harsh, but factual, lesson on dealing with loss. What is more foretelling is one day folks like you and I will live to be on that same stage and be the ones who are lost. Enjoy life, it really is precious.
I'm a grown ass man, former cop, current school teacher, parent, I'm in tears right now!
I still remember when I saw this for the first time...I was about 8, sick at home and I almost cried my eyes out.
I am not even an 80's baby but I can remember watching this on the lap of my grandma. Chokes me up cus she's with them. Good memories but chokes me up...
Holy shit this is sad I’m crying rn
I'm a grown ass man crying like a beeoch
I never even SAW the fucking show and I'm crying as if I knew these guys from my childhood. :')
@@rudevichone1796 you are not the only one...
@@dottormoggi Me too, my man. Me too. :'(
Enough to make a grown man cry 😢
I watch this show a lot as a kid but I never actually saw this scene until I was about 27 on CZcams only about a couple of weeks after my grandmother died I was crying like hell when I saw this scene at 27
That's a wonderful way for gnomes to move on... And in a way, they lived on. They may have left this world, but the trees remain as a testimony to their lives... Better than any gravestone.
Wow im kinda glad i never knew this was how it ended when i was a kid cause seeing it now really kinda hurts that they ended it this way. Leaving swift behind like that woulda killed me as a kid.
Same!! I would have been crying for weeks if I had seen this as a kid!
@@evelynnix9345 I saw it as a kid (6-7 years old) and was crying if not for weeks, then at least for days.
Don't worry, kids! He will be back in the Travelocity commercials!
What do you mean?
@@harrystoller4147 its a joke because theirs a gnome in the Travelocity commercials.💜
Still to this day...the saddest thing I have ever seen. Poor fox....
He miss his best friend 😢
I've never even heard of this show and this shit brings me to tears
I don't have any nostalgia for this show as I didn't grow up watching it. However, this scene hit me like a train. I started shedding tears after I watched it.
Of course it did, thats because our kindness and empathy for others force us to Recognizing emotions, even if they have nothing to do with us, is what drives us to do good deeds or share good or bad feelings with our equals.
But you see they didn't die they lived on forever as trees.
What if humana chop them...
@@beatrizpenne778 that's probably why they when to the top of the mountain.
Tell a 6 year old me that bs
When I first saw this as a child I cried my eyes out and was sobbing all day at school. It was truly touching.
How to ruin a kid's childhood in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and blows some trees, let's just get faded, and that's just how I feel.
- Kendrick Lamar (2009)
This right here got me. I have never seen this show but stumbled onto it through an article of FB. Every second of this got me, the music, script, animation, all of it. Wow.. swift man. To be left behind like that, hit me deep in the feels.
I have only seen this show a few times, and I don't even remember how old I was, but to know that THIS is how it ends is killing me. Now, if you excuse me I must go curl up in my bed and cry for three hours.
See this right here is absolutely beautiful. And beyond it’s time. It was showing kids that all good things must come to an end, and also softly introducing them to the real world concept of death. Like wow, I love this video and I come back every so often. Please don’t ever take this down.
This was also supposed to teach kids that every living thing's life must end. But this finale isn't a best example
when i was still a kid I had taped this on a VHS and many times i was Watching it...but always i ended up crying badly so my grandmother decided to erase the tape.... still bring back so many memories now... thank god for youtube...
The guy who wrote this is a friggen sadist! I remember when this first aired in South Africa it was watched by every kid I knew. When this episode aired I could not stop crying, it was so bad I couldn't go to school the next day. My parents later heard that record numbers of kids also didn't attend because they were so upset.
Ugh shut up.
This was horrifying. I’m glad I didn’t see it until I was an adult.
aren't you overreacting little bit, i liked this show when i was kid
Overreacting liar
@@thegayestgoth No YOU shut up.
I loved this cartoon as a kid, never knew it ended like this. Poor Swift, fortunately authors gave him new friend. Wise, a bit hard, but realistic and positive lessons for kids to learn.❤🦊
He met a vixen at the end of this episode so bitter sweet
now this is the episode that I've remembered from the show. I was probably like 4 or 5 years old watching this in Germany and I too cried my eyes out. It was my favorite show and I cried b/c it was over and for the characters, but best show there is
At 0:42 that’s when I always just break down crying
Katsumoto: *Watching the pedals of the cherry blossoms fall while he's dying and in tears at the sight of them* Perfect..... everything is perfect......
RIP David, Bosley, and Swift, you were all a part of my childhood that I will never forget :(
I cried soo freakin hard. It reminds me of my grandparents and that my grandmother remains and she had a stroke recently. Life is truly precious and the true pain in life is to learn that it has an end and it scares me
After all these years, I finally know what the fox says.
He is grieving
His name is Swift
I have not watched this show but the music, dialogue and scene in general is just teardrucking
David the gnome now turn into a tree. Whenever a tree 🌳 is waving, I always think that it is a gnome who used to live in a past life waving at us.
Man this episode always made me sad even right when the episode started,because I knew what would happen next.Such a good show 10/10
R.I.P.
David The Gnome
:-)
i've never seen this show as a kid or anything, but i saw this clip a few years back and it pops up in my mind every now and then. what a pretty and sad scene...
I hope wherever they’re at they’re happy and they’re together 😢
One of the most important lessons Nick ever taught us.
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I was a blubbering mess when I first saw this as a kid. They certainly weren't afraid of showing emotionally impactful scenes to kids back then
Absolutely moving. I always come back to this once a while.
I watched this show when i was little kid. now im a full grown man at 25. This made me cry nonestoop for 5min. and i didnt cry for the last past few years. This is so sweet and loving
Me and my dad watched this every single day of my life from when I was like 3 until the day I went to kindergarten. My dad passed away in 2019, and not a day goes by where I don’t think of him and miss him dearly. I was showing this to my son because I was giggling and joking about how “traumatized” my generation was from watching things like this. We were laughing and having fun and he said he wanted to see it. He’s 10. So I put it on. But I couldn’t make it 20 seconds in. I started bawling. I told him I can’t watch it or listen to it because it makes me think of “poppy”(that’s what he called my dad). You see my dad was also my son’s best friend for the first 5-6 years of his life and he thinks about him every day too. I walked outside crying to give myself a moment, and at 1:00am, middle of the night(it’s summer time so I let my kid stay up late), a bird started making the craziest noises I ever heard. It immediately stopped my tears. I knew that was a sign from my dad letting me know he is still with me. Love you dad.
My dads favourite bird was a robin and now whenever I see one I think of him. Our minds keep the memories of our passed away loved ones alive within us. It feels like a precious gift but at the same time can be very painful.
Liza: Farewell my dear David my husband my love...
David: Farewell my beloved, thank you for all the love you've given me....
Casper: I think the time has come....
David: Yes, it's here.
Me (Revealed as the unnamed & unseen guest they greet in each episode): *Hugging them both one last time* I will miss both our visits and our conversations. I will not forget the lesson you shared with me..... *Took a step back and watched as they all transformed into apple trees. Tears fell from my eyes as the pedals of the sunflowers flew by them all* Perfect...... They are all perfect...... *knelt in prayer and mourned for the loss*
I'm glad Swift found a lady fox😢👏❤
I watched this every day after kindergarten, I never saw this until now. I'm crying.
i sad for the foxe, he left alone :(
back after watched full finale episode, the foxe found his partner, now im happy
Grew up with this show. Never saw the end. Glad David and Lisa got a good ending
I remember this being the first experience of death in a childhood cartoon. I remember watching it with my family and the parents had a concerned look of “ohhhhh maybe this is a bit much?” But we stuck with it and yes it was sad, but it teaches lessons at such a young age
Life is precious and no one really knows how long we've got. It's important to be grateful for each day 🥺
Swifts reaction is how my loving dogs would react if i died
I cried during Dumbo so I dont think I could have handled this when I was a kid.
What does this have to do with Dumbo?
@@harrystoller4147 just comparing it to a sad piece of animation from my childhood. Seems kinda obvious.
@@ILikeBongos I hope that poster is just very young, because otherwise his confusion about your very obvious point just _irritates_ me. Lol.
I agree though. This clip is somewhere roughly between Bambi and Dumbo in it's heartbreak factor.
This is my grandparents. They were married 60+ years, and loved magic, fairy folk, European myth.
I still remember crying so much when this happened, but I'm very thankful I got to experience this when I was little. It was a wonderful way to teach children that loved ones might not always be with you forever. It's a very beautiful scene and depiction of passing on and you just don't see something like this in cartoons today, as far as I know. It would be nice to see more shows that teach children about compassion and harder life lessons like this.
this aired around the time my uncle died. i don't really remember as i was four, but my mom said this helped her explain my uncle passing away to me. haven't seen this in decades and i'm in tears 😭
I’m not crying, you’re crying.
Man, good thing I'm seeing this over 18 years later. I would've gone to PIECES as a kid if I saw this...
ugh I remember renting the VHS tape as a kid not knowing what to expect.
This episode is some heavy stuff for a kid ^^;;
(Watched the Dutch version)
Dang I remember that episode bought me to tears and its still chokes me up.
Its like a spiritual metaphor, we are born for a purpose, we live according to Gods will to fulfill the anointings he places on us, and when we reach the end of our earthly journey, we are rewarded with a far better rest than we have ever known, animated series and teen shows like wishbone, stories from the book of virtues, animated stories of the bible, usa high, saved by the bell, fresh prince, boy meets world, family matters, zoobilee zoo, doug, all these shows gave me morality, saved me from real life mistakes, and as a 38 year old man i am blessed because as corny as it sounds those shows molded me into the man i am today, these are programs we need back on television
Dave the gone, kids next door, regular show, phineas and ferb and ed edd and eddy add great Series finales
This makes me cry too I lost another Sylvia not that long ago😪😪
I remember this! Unlocked part of my childhood 🤯
This and Jurassic Bark make me cry like a baby.
Its hard not to cry while watching this...
I believe the entire series took place over a year, since David and his wife are 399 and at the end they turn 400.
I was born in 92 never even knew about this show growing up, especially if they were reruns on Nickelodeon. Probably was the best but I never knew about it because Cesar would’ve been depressed by the ending. It does look peaceful and the messages telling a young audience to understand that comes for us all especially if we get really old. But either way this was actually back in the day. Nickelodeon did things that were sad with some strong messages but then again, that was actually what made Nickelodeon great. Especially looking back on certain shows that had tough pills to swallow
I haven't seen this since the 80's...
Huh...thought I wouldn't cry this time...
Looking back, I suspect this cartoon did more to shape my sense of morality as a child than my Baptist background. It for sure instilled in me a firmer principle for empathy and empathetic understanding than my Sunday school ever did (in which I once had one of my teachers look me straight in the eye and calmly inform me that a Mormon friend of mine was gonna end up in Hell, gg Jesus).
CognizantCheddar Amen to that. David Gnome died for our edification
What's with the "gg" next to Jesus there? Is that gg as in "good going"? Because I'm pretty sure it wasn't Jesus who said that your friend (nor would he say that).
@@janesmith7676 Just sarcasm, lady.
And Jesus was supposed to be the divine made manifest, so no, I don't think He gets a pass when His followers misbehave.
If an entity described as omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent isn't held accountable for literally everything, then He isn't actually any of those things.
Wow. Thank you so much for uploading this. I am 29 years old and I used to watch this show as a kid ALL the time. Cried for hours after this scene. I think the TV station began re-runs the next day to counter the sadness! But I too can remember Swift meeting a new owner after his tear jerking howl (the cry which just now made me cry like a kid again and I'm a grown man haha). Thanks again for uploading, these are beautiful memories.
I never saw this episode when I was little....almost 28 years later for the first time seeing this and I cried...Swift just breaks your heart.
I just loved this show even 23 years on.. So many memorizes it brings back of me and my dad :)
well ... that's a downer to my day ... GOD-DAMNIT DAN!
Dude this reminds me of last year because I lost my little brother because he died of sickness and the music in the background reminds me of all the good times I had with him
Just plain grateful with life! NOTHING MORE!
My gosh!!! I didn’t realize how sad David the Gnome ended when I was a kid. I was just looking up cartoon series I used to watch for this challenge...
If you listen carefully at 2:36 you can hear Swift's howl from the original Spanish soundtrack...
RIP Tom Bosley, who brought David the Gnome to life :(
I will always love this show
I saw this first time when I was like six or seven. Holy shit how depressed I was after seeing this.
I was like: Wait, THAT'S how this show ends? That's...that's...THAT'S SO GOD DAMN SAD! How can I find any happiness anymore? :´-(
Almost thirty and crying like I was still 5 years old... so many memories and nostalgia related to this show.... manly tears btw lol ;)
Born in '85, I watched this show faithfully but I never saw the final episode. I just watched it very recently and was bawling. Very sad, but beautifully done. Only thing I still wonder is why didn't their children/grandchildren or even other friends and family members bid them off? When swift started panicking, oh my heart. The finality of their last wave is hauntingly beautiful. "They" don't make kids shows like this anymore.
I’m born in 2005 and didn’t seen the whole cartoon as a kid but the ending and this crying fox just breaks my heart
I watched the show in the 90s as a kid. My son was born the same year as you.
I didn't see this clip until 2011 when my grandmother died. It hit me even harder at 27 than when I watched the show at 6.
This just hits different as an adult. Very sad. I still cry a little
The saddest thing about this is that the fox will never see his friends again.
This is the only scene from this show I've ever seen.
In response to watching this I must now drink a beer and watch Die Hard.