David The Gnome kicks the bucket [full]

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.

[@Tarkus_H]

Holy crap, I've never even seen this show before and I'm freakin' tearing up.

[@shounenbat510]

+Iambic Pentameter You should. It's actually a good show, albeit for little kids.

[@heavenlysheephugshuggingfo1505]

me to

[@bob-vs9bg]

agreed

[@CaramelMamiChula]

You're too young!

[@ethereal8167]

UGH I DONT KNOW THE SHOW BUT IM TEARING UP

[@DocZombiePhD]

This is really an intensely emotional and beautiful ending for a children's cartoon show.

[@jaysoulxselah8260]

I'm 37 now and them waving and holding hands after they've turned into trees still makes me cry😂😂😂🤷🏽‍♀

[@gmont28]

The power of true love

[@benjaminhaase7223]

Shit, man. I'm 41 and I just cried right then too.

[@ashcookie2856]

Me not crying right now

[@Snowwarrior]

Im 37 and i remember this.........this killed me....

[@zacharygalindo890]

Join the club buddy this still makes me cry as well 😢

[@soundtracks94]

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.

[@migueloharalover123]

same!!

[@MarcinOsadowskiNiePrawdziwy]

The music is masterpiece. It's sad modern cartoons don't have the same charm and that they don't learn the same lessona

[@MichaelF321]

I noticed that it was a variation on the main theme as well. Really beautifully done and very effective.

[@TrueSolunar]

Who else started crying within 5 seconds of starting the video?

[@ethanciotti9103]

When the music started I got choked up.

[@Nameless-qt8zu]

Ethan Ciotti same

[@LchanOtakudom]

TrueSolunar Me...

[@Yugi40]

Me...

[@Regal99]

I think it's been pointed out that had Swift not went back to see them one last time, he may have missed meeting Christopher and Agnes.

[@kingkillerstripe1211]

How could who or someone please explain it to me

[@Reshme77]

Destiny

[@purplereign84]

I'm 39 and this still gets me.

[@HxrryTv.]

Bruh the other gnome died seeing how happy David and Lisa were together and being a third wheeler. Probably crying because he died alone.

[@briangaron7609]

But he didn't die alone. He died with David and Lisa

[@bigbastard1009]

I’m glad I’m not the only one who pointed that out lol

[@robinbrown2256]

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.

[@yogsenforfoth5948]

This episode absolutely destroyed me as a child. It still hurts to watch this, to this very day. 🥺😥

[@detmstr341]

I'm sure Swift was hurt the most. I can't help but feel for him.

[@qtaro-7097]

Soo yall gonna ignore that gnome who died being a third wheel?

[@HxrryTv.]

This and the fox porn comment made me crack up

[@benjaminhaase7223]

@@HxrryTv. Agreed. :)

[@Reshme77]

Maybe he'll be with his wife in heaven

[@imagen1966]

To this day, this is the only time a cartoon made me cry.

[@tazzoneanonyjackson7947]

Glad I don’t recall seeing this episode as a kid because I absolutely loved David and Lisa. I’m sure this would have messed me up back then!

[@HarryPotter87]

I guess Nick Jr. thought airing this episode would be too disturbing for younger children. I don't remember this, either.

[@OptimusCurty]

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.

[@michaelvega6646]

I can tell Swift and Agnes will have a family together

[@harrystoller4147]

If they were on “The Wisdom of the Gnomes”. Unless there were different foxes.

[@kelseyhaight1698]

They look like Todd and Vixie from the fox and the hound

[@musicguy713]

Alright I've never even watched this show and I just balled my eyes out. That was heartbreaking.

[@steffmorganzzi]

I’ve never seen a second of this show but I saw this clip in a blameitonjorge video and bawled my eyes out like a melting ice pick

[@llarmstrong783]

Did you blame Jorge

[@hispanhick-wz9xq]

I don't know why I decided to relive this

[@ladyalmathea7610]

I literally began crying the moment the video began

[@mario167100]

5:14 woah Keemstar! Cool your jets! They just met!

[@Grim528]

The Plains Jam lol

[@ayoutubeworker7850]

FAST AS FUCK BOI!!!!!!

[@deeds6193]

Swift was awesome. Ever faithful. Great reward for serving David all those years.

[@skynetprime82]

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 💯

[@iid7281]

*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: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6q4lX9qpJh_r80

[@ethanthomsen3973]

Talented man if he can do a damn good fox noise.

[@harrystoller4147]

The actor that played Swift has a funny name! 😂

[@llarmstrong783]

@@harrystoller4147 Maybe he'll do a project with Taylor Swift lol

[@briangaron7609]

I love how Lisa's broach turned into an apple

[@demojamz]

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.

[@ElenarMT]

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

[@Woyaboy]

Kind of sucks that you’d have avoided this magical show altogether had you known the ending. This was a perfect thing to experience at a young age.

[@MrKenichi22]

To this day, Foxkind worship the sacred trees, of the mountain of beyond. Or at least some version of them.

[@averyvolk3022]

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.... :'(

[@stutteringcris468]

"I thank you for all the love you've given me!" 😔😔💔

[@mkaplan1383]

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...

[@finntherocket]

Poor swift :(

[@PaulosTheGamer]

But he found someone to love even after the sad :)

[@ANTHONYACUNA1]

finnsgames swift was a cool fox

[@LchanOtakudom]

Chaos of madness Swift is the BEST fox.

[@DocZombiePhD]

Wait a minute... does this mean that all of the forest gnomes were living under the corpse of other gnomes? That is fucking morbid.

[@joeywomer]

At least David was right when he said that Swift would find new friends after he left.

[@ronaldpagar6513]

and a wife to take care

[@llarmstrong783]

It's awesome how they wave good-bye to us

[@shounenbat510]

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.

[@ladynikkie]

+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

[@rachelletanzil4963]

David the gnome was one of my favorite cartoon as a lid.

[@YowLife]

Why aren't their families here to bear witness to David and his wife's final moments?

[@alfredroa9437]

They're the only gnomes in the forest

[@YowLife]

@@alfredroa9437 I saw the episode where David's son calls him. So I know they must exist somewhere.

[@PC-lu3zf]

This is when they made great kids shows God bless the 1980s I miss it.

[@TheIMMORTALKAHNHD]

david the gnome died. we went hard in the 80's (when the show started)

[@heavenlysheephugshuggingfo1505]

will at least the Fox found someone nice

[@harrystoller4147]

Yes, a new gnome friend and a wife

[@MarcinOsadowskiNiePrawdziwy]

Press F to pay respects for Casper

[@MarcinOsadowskiNiePrawdziwy]

F

[@stubbierbroom22]

F

[@RedeyedGucci1]

Im 32 and to see this today breaks my heart.. I almost want to cry.. This was one of my favorite child hood shows... Damn

[@mattw3735]

I am 32 also I loved this show too. Never saw this episode as a kid until now I cried so much I loved David the gnome.

[@PaulosTheGamer]

Me also.

[@ArcticGator]

So. Many. Feels.

[@3Brandon11]

I feel so bad for Swift! I hope he made new friends

[@detmstr341]

He did meet that female fox.

[@Aivottaja]

Bro got over his friends' passing as soon as there was a vixen in sight.

[@skynetprime82]

My heart also broke for swift especially when I saw his tears but he got his happy ending at the end with that female fox 🦊

[@altaice3960]

Me as I was 6:cries Me as I am 30:cries

[@jeremytrope5634]

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

[@skynetprime82]

Good friends are rare to find, precious to have, hurts like hell to lose and most importantly virtually impossible to forget

[@PC-lu3zf]

This always made me cry as a kid.

[@DAMIANAFK]

I remember this as a kid😪

[@jacobgrimm9697]

in loving memory of tom bosley

[@vincentm.7462]

80s cartoons taught you real lessons

[@stretchnj2441]

This was my show man! Born in 84" I don't remember this sad part tho!

[@jaysoulxselah8260]

Same I was born in 84 and its axing how much has changed.

[@Wyndamn]

'81 baby, this my first time seeing this 😭😭😭 a sad but beautiful ending.

[@1p2a3v]

David the gnome kicks the bucket... of my tears that I've shed watching this ending. Every damn time.

[@heysafaaa6428]

came here after Alie Ward's Ologies Thanatology episode :')

[@08isaval]

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

[@sparklinglemon-limepop8442]

came from ologies; this is so sad oml

[@harrystoller4147]

I can see why. But soon it was happy. 4:43 🙂

[@ncdream8317]

Damn this shit was heavy.

[@hatmanadventures4658]

It’s sad when some of your favorite people die

[@MidiFister]

moral of the story - if you lose someone close to you, go out and get laid that night. youll be fine

[@robertmarshall1426]

Rip Tom Bosley!! Thanks for everything good sir!!😇

[@kelseyhaight1698]

This could’ve gotten a spin-off for the Fox and the female he fell in love with they’d have cute fox babies

[@lifechangecutz]

Powerful love this show growing up this one made me cry

[@skynetprime82]

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

[@MK-gs6uw]

I remember this when i was a child. I always love it when they were on adventures.

[@miafillene4396]

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.

[@wattle20]

it's 2019, and i still cry over this..

[@nave712]

I like to think Swift would go on to have kits and would name them David and Lisa

[@Chipper6811]

I was around 10 when I first saw the show, it was the first year we had cable. I mostly watched Nickelodeon, when it was still good, and was hooked on this cartoon, even my mom enjoyed it. After about a year, I took interest in the show again recently and saw this episode. I had missed it originally,, so thanks to the OP that shared it here.

[@QoQabai658]

Devastating and beautiful all at once. Goodbye David and Lisa. Your family is bigger then you guys even knew. You two raised 'a lot' of children.

[@jesseforce9933]

OMG....That tree part...everything before and at that moment was perfect. So beautiful.

[@evatatus]

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.

[@MichaelF321]

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.

[@thebigloc1]

I am in floods of tears. I loved this show but never saw the final episode. . My heart is broken.

[@carolspess674]

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

[@littlebit080780]

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.

[@BigFloofyCat]

It would've been awesome if Christopher had been the new star, so long as swift stayed around.

[@migueloharalover123]

omg what is the song that plays when they say their goodbyes its so beautiful

[@LordAmalthea]

Byrd Crump theme to David the gnome

[@blacklighttours]

It’s called... have you ever heard about the bird

[@backstabboi4559]

@@blacklighttours the birds the word

[@Shabazz23]

This was very depressing ending for kids to watch.

[@petersierra9422]

nothing dies, its like how ice turns to water or fire into smoke all things return to the earth which is also a living being that will return to the cosmos someday..

[@Dscubs23]

Crazy nostalgia used to watch this, muppet babies and eureka’s castle when my grandma used to take of me when I was a kid haha

[@itsmejenji]

David seems so frikin positive for his next life as a tree- HeLpInG tHe EnViRoNmEnT jUsT lIkE hE dId BeFoRe He BeCaMe A tReE

[@Mac14329]

Why the haphazard capitalizations?

[@melissarandazzo1515]

This is such an emotional yet, beautiful ending to this show! I wouldn’t have been able to comprehend this as a child.

[@elisefincher4478]

Man as a kid this show and bambi wrecked me.

[@gmont28]

300 years old the maximum age of a gnome😢

[@robquin1525]

400

[@gmont28]

@@robquin1525oh ok

[@deathbywasabi1692]

I laughed so hard at the title of this KZbin video 😂😂 this is such a sad episode, but you made it kind of funny

[@ginantsfan5]

Leaves from the vine falling so slow like fragile tiny shells drifting in the foam little soldier boy come marching home brave soldier boy comes marching home.

[@tjazzmcneil5514]

Could they have made this any sadder?!

[@zekethegeek7723]

+TJazz MCNeil The whole episode leading up is them saying goodbye to everyone. This was pretty much the release at the end.

[@heavenlysheephugshuggingfo1505]

I felt the same way as swift

[@zeecolson6838]

I didnt watch a second of this before today due strictly to this video and im still crying

[@QpointXDz]

I never saw one episode of this cartoon. It was well before my time, but I still felt the need cry..

[@Bunnieb559]

This was a childhood favorite of mine. This was so sad

[@lm6817]

This is sad. I haven't watched this since about 1992 and over time just forgot about it. Then about four years ago my then seven year old daughter calls crying that David the gnome died. I had no idea. I had to watch this. When I did my whole childhood came back, the music, his voice, the forest, everyhing! I teared up. So did you!

[@lm6817]

Why disnt swift try and start a solo career? Some kind of spinoff called "Swift and friends" or "Swift on a mission" maybe "swift after David"

[@jimbojambo6237]

DAMMIT PAT ITS 2 AM I WASNT READY FOR THIS KIND OF EMOTION

[@blackgodofdestruction7768]

Jimbo Jambo is it sad

[@nancyking]

The Nathaniel Hawthorne story about The Miraculous Pitcher tells about a couple turning into trees, too. I found the story in one of my dad's reading books he had in school. I'm not sure if it's on KZbin or not, though.

[@jordan84]

My heart broke for Swift and Lisa. They were so sad.

[@skynetprime82]

My heart hurt for David and Lisa but it shattered for swift, seeing the tears fall from his eyes made me cry with him 💔

[@extofer]

Swift sure did get over David pretty fast.

[@Zoloft77]

Booooiiiinnnng!!!

[@MichaelStark-tm7sp]

@@Zoloft77 lol I was going to post that to another comment on here

[@CaptainCapital8]

The final episode always got me... 😢

[@bkennedy]

I remember watching this as a child and finding it to be a neat way to end the show. I must have been dead inside before because OH MY GOD SO MANY FEELS

[@zekethegeek7723]

+bkennedy When you're young death doesn't really feel as real. That happens after you deal with some major loss in your own life and can appreciate it from the point of view of those who had to say goodbye. It's a sad episode but the message is positive I think.

[@Doodles2345]

Whose here because of game grumps

[@buttzilla6958]

Doodles 234 me

[@DogeBoi-ut6kv]

Just came upon this video, its so sad af i cried so much

[@tigerburn81]

3:52 "Well, about time." "Here I go, I guess . . . to die all alone."

[@oneyeet]

I've never watched the show but this makes me want to to watch It all now.

[@ianscomics]

The voice of David was the dad from Happy Days

[@Shifter22]

I really did cry at this show a few times as a kid. Swift was my favorite, and my first online screen name, back b4 facebook , in the aol days, was swift. Then swiftness, and later shift, then Shifter. Ive been shifter for years now, to this day. I went down a rabbit hole memory about how my entire online screen/game name started and is based on david the gnome and my favorite, swift the fox, and watched this today, having not seen it in a very long time. It's pretty weird really. Still love swift tho!

[@BigFloofyCat]

This destroyed my spirit as a kid.

[@JamesNYCGuy3]

I remember I didn't cry. I was ten and knew what was happening. But when my parents came home, I was crushed and crying!