Dot & The Kangaroo Ending

[@dudeivealreadydonethis5tim289]

I am 47 and have watched this movie repeatedly throughout my entire life and this scene gets me UGLY SOBBING every single time .

[@dudeivealreadydonethis5tim289]

Especially when kangaroo stops to wave goodbye

[@metroidlover528]

Was wondering if Kangaroo was waving, looked weird

[@vinaymulukutla358]

I saw it as a kid and it was a very devastating ending that even advancing into adulthood cannot numb. I think this ending is so sad and heartbreaking for us because it reflects loving and developing a bond with someone who loved and cared for us, ultimately looking out for us and making us feel warm, safe, comfortable and wanted and then them leaving knowing that we will probably never see them again. That is one of the most painful things anyone could ever go through. People may forget what you say or do but they never forget how you make them feel, good or bad, therefore to not have someone who loved you and made you feel protected cannot be overstated in it’s pain. Remember to love and spend time with the people who love and care for you in your lives, all of you.

[@metroidlover528]

Totally relatable, sometimes it could be hard to say goodbye

[@paulmiddletonmusic]

I’m with you… it gave me issues with saying proper goodbyes and having closure

[@gustavol_]

I found this after years of searching... I remember how sad I was on the ending. Devastating as you say. I now think I'd never have a child watch this. I just can't understand why you would expose them to this. On the other hand it's great to bring those memories.

[@AarHan3]

The film ended the same way it started: with poor Dot in tears... 😢

[@metroidlover528]

So many teardrops in this movie

[@AustralianHistorySeeker-us5iu]

When I was young I watched this every day, and would cry at this scene every single time. It still has the same effect on me today at 32 years old.

[@beadelf8158]

I have this on dvd ! still a classic

[@metroidlover528]

I originally watched on Archive.org

[@missmanxee]

One of my favorite childhood movies and this ending is one of the most bittersweet Dot is safely back with her parents but has lost her kind friend Kangaroo who helped her find her way home and returned to the bush even today I still tear up when I watch this scene 👍❤️🦘😢

[@metroidlover528]

Also one of my favorite movies

[@jjmulvaney2758]

Me: Everything’s alright Dot, you will see her again one day, I hope.

[@metroidlover528]

& she did

[@vinaymulukutla358]

@@metroidlover528She Did?

[@metroidlover528]

In the sequels

[@vinaymulukutla358]

@@metroidlover528That is really good to know. I’m pretty sure many people who saw this first time around mustn’t have had a dry eye at the end of it.

[@hannahchew1394]

Dot was reunited with her family

[@metroidlover528]

When Kangaroo left her

[@SophieCrane-o7v]

BUT at what cost?!😭

[@nikkiberns1365]

I was only allowed to watch this once because of this ending. I was maybe 3 and INCONSOLABLE.

[@metroidlover528]

Understandable

[@gustavol_]

I remember how sad I was to see it become real. I now think I'd never expose a kid to this. Devastating.

[@rayva1]

I remember this film.

[@metroidlover528]

Did you cry during the ending

[@otchurmili6154]

I can't remember when I watch this movie for the first time ps: I was so little . But my mom used to say that I cried a lot after watching the movie and so devastated and keep asking her for weeks "why did the kangaroo left the little girl ".😢

[@benjaminvance8142]

I took an animation history class at college. When we learned about Australian animation, Dot and the Kangaroo was mentioned and we learned a bit about Yoram Gross. I remember one section said that his films represented some aspects of his life. Makes me wonder what he experienced to make such a depressing ending.

[@metroidlover528]

Probably something similiar to this

[@Windycajr]

As a child he was hiding from the Nazis in Poland and had to switch hiding places many times. Presumably inspired by people who took care of him along the way

[@josephward1071]

Why did they give this Movie a Sad Ending

[@metroidlover528]

Not all stories have happy endings, how many kids cried when seeing this scene?

[@Disneyfan82]

​@@metroidlover528But did it have to be so sad like this, the kangaroo not even saying goodbye before she left?

[@shannonlambert578]

Because that’s what made it a great, memorable movie that I still think about 40 years later…instead of boring, forgettable mediocrity.

[@metroidlover528]

One of my favorite animated movies

[@metroidlover528]

They really wanted to make a heartbreaking ending

[@CarlMcgeechan]

😢😢😢😢😢

[@Megs24theJokerQueen]

In my honest opinion this scene makes me sad.. but at least Dot did get to see Kangaroo again... the moment in the film series that gets me crying the most is in dot and the koala when all the animals in the bush watch their homes get destroyed to make room for the dam.. the music during that scene.. it breaks me every time. I didn't watch this moment enough when I was a kid I guess.

[@metroidlover528]

Dot & Koala was my least favorite movie, think i should rewatch it someday

[@eperez7744]

Dont' be sad Dot 😢 you'll get to see your Kangroo again in the sequels...just wait 😉

[@metroidlover528]

Yes that's true

[@josephward1071]

(Aftermath) Me:There there Dot maybe you’ll see the Kangaroo again

[@metroidlover528]

She did

[@josephward1071]

@@metroidlover528 Yeah in Dot and the Bunny

[@metroidlover528]

& Dot & Keeto

[@vahidhosoda6614]

Much as I rate toy story the same as robots for comedy this series is serious and sad as land before time

[@vinaymulukutla358]

@@vahidhosoda6614 I never liked The Land Before Time, it was too depressing. Another sad on is All Dogs Go To Heaven. Even in An American Tale when Fieval gets separated from his family, that was a bit saddening. Don Bluth sure knew how to make the waterworks. But this scene in Dot and the Kangaroo is on a whole new level of sadness.

[@Disneyfan82]

@@vinaymulukutla358 But regardless of how you feel about the earliest Don Bluth films, they still teach viewers something, that sometimes pain, suffering, losing loved ones, even sadness and saying goodbye once in a while is part of life.

[@LB030377]

How Roger mains are feeling when they find out, after each dissapointing season after 7's launch, he's still not in Tekken 8.

[@Blueparle]

Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhuhuhuhuhuhuhu 😭😢🥺😩😫😔

[@metroidlover528]

So sad

[@Blueparle]

I noooooooow 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@gracebenjamin5548]

So sad

[@metroidlover528]

Yes it is

[@titanspeakerman633]

​@@metroidlover528yes😢🦘

[@Extra_050]

I don't recall crying my eyes out at the end the way other people report (nor, for years, did I even remember the Bunyip song and so I almost feel left out compared to many of those who have commented) but I do recall feeling that it was unnecessarily sad and rough for an otherwise rather upbeat film. And also rather... sudden. As in, why are the parents who have been looking for their daughter so long not taking her indoors or comforting her to at least give it a kind of happy ending? And why did the kangaroo have to leave without saying goodbye properly or at least looking back from afar (so Dot could see, rather than just waving at thin air, as at 1:06)? Or are we supposed to half-wonder whether Dot dreamed it all? That humans and animals are separate and so are dreams and reality, so "Tough luck, kids"? The sad thing is, that were such a film made today, I don't think it would be so iconic, or at least not to the same scale. It's almost a wonder that it worked then, with Disney being the gold standard that every animated film was expected to make, but it's even harder for small or independent producers to get away with this sort of thing now. The roughness of the artwork and the sketchiness of the storyline are such that these are probably the only aspects that a modern reviewer would make if it got an audience at all and they would be less likely to consider that making it rough and sketchy might have been deliberate.

[@metroidlover528]

Yes, parents just disappear without any reason in the end

[@mrobbo0812]

I swear this movie scarred me for life

[@metroidlover528]

Because of the ending?

[@mrobbo0812]

@@metroidlover528The ending and the Bunyip song are the main parts I remember as a kid

[@metroidlover528]

The most iconic parts of this movie

[@alanroberson9749]

Very good job dudes and well done!! Congratulations 994.44% yo throughout the 2nd sizzling week of said joyous June y'all. Everything’s alright Dot, you will see her again one day, I hope.

[@metroidlover528]

She did

[@Super_Mario128]

So which Dot film is meant to be next? Around the world with Dot aka Dot and Santa Claus or Dot and the Bunny?

[@metroidlover528]

I think it's Around The World With Dot

[@MatthewRatburg]

She never even found her Joey

[@metroidlover528]

Even sadder, he was never mentioned in the sequels

[@MatthewRatburg]

@ indeed…..

[@gustavol_]

I found this after years of searching... I remember how sad I was on the ending. Devastating. I now think I'd never have a child watch this. I just can't understand why you would expose them to this. On the other hand it's great to bring those memories. And the music... too much for a kid imo

[@metroidlover528]

So sad

[@AdamGarcia-e5o]

What a drama!

[@DimitriyMykhaylovDisneyFan]

What Kind of Ending is This, Man? 😠

[@metroidlover528]

Bittersweet