The last part of the last episode of The World of David the Gnome. David, Lisa, and Casper transform into trees and Swift, the fox, has to move on, eventually finding a female fox.
Joel Torres I grew up watching David too and they never showed this episode at all where I lived. I guess they were afraid children would be really sad to see this.
I blame this episode for making me emotionally unavailable after embedding itself into my child mind. Jk. It was super sad at the time though and I'm crying now watching this! Poor Swift
Quest 321 I didn’t see it until I was much older, and it broke my heart!! I’m watching it again after years of telling myself “no way, that wasn’t real!” And sobbing like crazy!
It is sad, but I really don't agree that David and Lisa died. They did NOT die...they lived on as beautiful trees. I think the message here is one of hope...that life is a continuum and death is not finite...we simply shed our bodies to become new beings. Sadness turns to happiness, and the cycle begins anew. This show has always been an homage to Nature...and this is Her deepest lesson. It's a good one worthy of passing onto kids. I think this was a beautiful ending.
You know what gets to me? The really simple but emotional music the moment Swift ascends the mountain. It's really quirky, just like the gnomes but takes that opening theme and creates a perfect combination of sorrow, happiness and love which is exactly what we're watching here.
I grew up on this show. Im bawling my eyes out watching this, but what a beautiful way to go. To go at the same time as your loved one, and become one with nature.
While I know this is the case, it is basic instinct. The thing is that this person has nothing to gain from saying it, considering things like likes don’t really matter. I don’t see why they post something like this unless they just wanted to share a story from their childhood.
Now that is something I’ll never understand. I’ve gotten lots of likes on a few comments before, and all I’ve said is “That’s pretty neat I guess” Then again, I wouldn’t consider myself the standard internet goer.
Grown man. 40 years old. Crying like a baby with a skinned knee. It makes you think, though, how people come and go yet in some ways live forever. Beautiful piece of television history. I hope my wife and I are still dancing and happy when we go.
*FUN FACT:* The person who voices Swift (the fox) is still alive, and still pretty active in acting. His name is Vlasta Vrána. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlasta_Vr%C3%A1na Most recent acting role: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UyUdL4o3Lyk.html
Yea, and the fact that you die, knowing that you were never married, next to your best friend and his wife loving it up before they pass also, sucks. Atleast on Casper's side...
My heart truly broke for swift up until he met that female fox Agnes then I felt genuine happiness for him which I think he more than deserved especially after the heartache he went through witnessing his best friends die 💯
The show that scarred me for life. To this day - and I'm now 43. I remember watching this as a child. We all loved it. Parents and children alike. Then this final - FINAL - episode. We all cried. By all, I mean the entire nation. Nowadays, I wait for shows to end before I even start watching them. It means I sometimes start watching a show years after the first season aired, so that I can ensure I know how it ends before investing so much into it - only for 2 beloved characters to die and turn into trees
even though i never grew up watching this show, it still makes me tear up knowing that we’re all bound to leave this place but to know to cherish the time we’ve got left with the ones we deeply care for.
My mom bought me the DVD collection for Christmas, since I used to watch the show all the time when I was little. I binged watched, got to this episode, and proceeded to cry man tears like I was Niagra Falls! I DO NOT remember this episode at all! I actually remember the episode before this one, but either my poor child mind couldn't handle it and blocked it out, or the channel it was on (I can't even remember what channel it was back then in the late 80s) simply didn't air it. Maybe I lucked out and missed it.
+shounenbat510 I grew up watching this too and saw every episode on Nickelodeon and this one was NEVER shown at all where I lived. this episode was way too sad for children
OMFG are you kidding me with this...I forgot how deep and emotional this show truly was; I remembered it but I was certainly too young to understand it when it was on tv oh god the emotions....I made it about five seconds in and started bawling.... :'(
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* 6:17 *Watches from the top of tge hill as Swift follows after his vixen companion and smiles* Life finds a way. Farewell friend, until we meet again...
a perfect lesson on life unfortunately people we love move on and there is nothing we can do about it but life will go on and life will change even though it may be sad it's a part of life
Same, I was looking for someone who had also come from Ologies in the comments haha I never knew this cartoon even existed and yet I cried watching this clip
I am so happy I never saw this episode. David the Gnome was one of my favourite shows as a kid and should I have ever seen this episode, when I was young, I would have done only 2 things, either I would have cried so much or I would have been so confused. I still cry every time I see this. Poor Swift, but at least he found himself a beautiful wife and a new friend. Great yet heartbreaking and tearjerking ending.
I loved this show I watched it when my kids were younger that was there nap time I would lay down with them and watch this show, brings back a lot if good memories for me
Interesting. At the end the spirits of David and his Wife wave and say goodbye as if they are living, but never open their eyes. Eyes closed as in death.
Does anyone think it would have been good as a spinoff with Christopher as the new gnome? Anyway I wanna think David and Lisa lived on in Gnome Heaven or the Summerlands or wherever.
I never saw this as a child, the ending...but seeing it now brings back so many sad memories...and so many many more happy ones. Yeah I am crying my eyes out right now. But I feel GOOD. Happy.
After the shattering heartache that swift felt watching his best friends die it only felt right that he got that happy ending at the end 🦊 #RIPdavidandlisa
Dam bruh, wtf… 😢I remember this as a kid over 30 years ago but it never hit me like it did just now. I guess after you grow up and lose loved ones such and grandfolk & whatnot, perspectives change. Not to mention the yearning for my youthful self when I watched these for the first time.
Agreed. We are more mature and are able to really grasp it now, and at the same time, it takes you back to a place and time when you were first introduced to this world and these characters. I'm feeling really sentimental about those times too.
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