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Jun 14, 2008

Ahnnn. This one is a tear-jerker, People! The flightless bird saga CONTINUES!

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Aw... sad bleen... :(: cheesybird; | Jun 14, 2008 at 02:19 PM

As soon as I saw the video posted yesterday I knew this post could not be far behind. Indeed, I trolled the comments and found the link I was looking for almost at once. GOD. SO. HEARTBREAKING. I watched it again last night and did, in fact, start to get choked up. The BF thinks it's hilarious but I always blubber like a little girl. That little kiwi! He's got the heart of the champion. Or, as I like to say: He landed on pillows! Pillows! And then they took him away in a sleeping bag! ALSO: listen for the splat sound at the very end of the soundtrack, right as it fades to black.: MaliceAlice; | Jun 14, 2008 at 02:23 PM

heartbreakingly sad/cute. the little tear just made me sob!: Mandi; | Jun 14, 2008 at 02:27 PM

Aw his little arms. :(: joliesmom; | Jun 14, 2008 at 02:33 PM

Oh and I really wish the ending would have been more of a "going into the unknown" finishing off in silence and not what it really is. Now I'm all emo.: joliesmom; | Jun 14, 2008 at 02:37 PM

*snerf* He died happy at least. Weenie little wings...: jaypo; | Jun 14, 2008 at 02:44 PM

yea, this one is just too sad... this is too high a cost to fly... Couldn't he have gotten a parachute? Noooooooooooon...: shaz2; | Jun 14, 2008 at 02:45 PM

I saw this animation a while back; loved it then, loved it now. Here's a poem I wrote about that li'l kiwi: Poor little kiwi, he who cannot fly, No matter how hard the poor bird tries. "Aha!" he thinks, an idea brewing in his head. "If I cannot fly forward, I'll fly downward instead!" So the little bird grabs a rope and a hammer, To create his own forest in a peculiar manner. He ties the rope to a tree, And after counting, "One, two, three," Hauls a tree up a cliff And nails the roots down tight and stiff. He does it again, and again, and again. Soon, a mighty forest sprouts from the awkward terrain. Finally, his task is complete. He is ready for his final feat. The little bird tenses, and he runs, and he leaps. "OMFG!" he thinks, "I'm flying! I'm flying, like all the other peeps!" He soars through the clouds; o'er the treetops he wends. And here's where the story comes to its sad little end. The little kiwi lands with a "splat". And that, as they say, is that.: noofs; | Jun 14, 2008 at 02:46 PM

What's wrong with you people??? Kiwis don't think about flying!!! Only wealthy lottery winners who violate the poor little birds dignity would come up with such a horrible idea!!!1!one (Sorry, it just came out. Personally, I loved this movie! [Spoiler alert} The little kiwi achieved his dream...he flew! Wonderful! Loved how he nailed the trees with his feet while lying on his back.): Pam; | Jun 14, 2008 at 02:47 PM

I'm sorry, but this time you're way late CO - I saw this months ago for the first time, many months ago. I was linked to it everywhere.: Meriel; | Jun 14, 2008 at 02:48 PM

Aw yes...the kiwi I asked aboot in the WA lottery thread, mate! :D: Juniper Jupiter; | Jun 14, 2008 at 02:48 PM

Augh - this one. I can't watch it again; I get too verklempt. Something that cute shouldn't be that heartbreaking!!: sessile; | Jun 14, 2008 at 02:48 PM

I can't watch this again. I cried like a baby the last time I saw it and couldn't stop thinking about it for weeks afterwards.... :(: Holly; | Jun 14, 2008 at 02:50 PM

Ahn, seen this a while back, still makes me sad. Baroooooo.: pistache268; | Jun 14, 2008 at 02:51 PM

right when i saw the words flightless kiwi i knew the video. I've seen this on youtube and it is sooo sad, i can relate to the kiwi: steph; | Jun 14, 2008 at 03:06 PM

I sobbed the first time I saw this like a year ago. It's too sad for me to watch... sort of the like the ASPCA commercial with Sarah McLachlan (however you spell her name.): Sheena; | Jun 14, 2008 at 03:10 PM

...oomigoolies.: jmuhj; | Jun 14, 2008 at 03:19 PM

'Cute or sad?' Definitely sad. I saw this more than a year ago, and just thinking of the little thud at the end still gets me choked up. I didn't even watch it again.: Meriweather; | Jun 14, 2008 at 03:27 PM

The little aviator cap, and the butt-wiggle wind-up to run, and the wee arms, and the tear - and I'm DEAD. I've seen this vid so many times and always cry a little. I've convinced myself that he has a widdle parachute and pops it at the very end. DO NOT watch the Mad World version - you will die of sad. And if I ever get to "that dark place" [as my therapist and I call it] again, I'm totally building a vertical forest before I jump. :( / :): Lizzy; | Jun 14, 2008 at 03:30 PM

"I'd rather have one minute of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special" (Steel Magnolias): Jenn; | Jun 14, 2008 at 03:37 PM

On the menu thing where it lists other videos, watch the fourth one listed it made me feel better.: Kerry; | Jun 14, 2008 at 03:41 PM

oh ok great. I'm officially the most hormonal person in this world. I mean who else cried when watching this clip?: Khadija; | Jun 14, 2008 at 03:56 PM

Whew! Glad he made a soft landing in the rilly, rilly deep soft snowbank. That was the sound at the end, right? Or how they say, 'AGAIN!!!' in kiwi? And his friend, Bambi's mom, helped him climb back up again? Right? RIGHT?!?: dub1; | Jun 14, 2008 at 04:00 PM

he landed on pillows... i mean, if he went through that much trouble planning, he would have planned pillows. Yup. That's what I'm going with. I'll have nightmares otherwise.: s; | Jun 14, 2008 at 04:07 PM

Hi. Okay, I'm the smart one, supposedly, and I don't get it. First of all, I didn't hear anything at the end. Second of all, it's beautiful when the tear comes out. But what did the kiwi do? He nailed trees on the side of the mountain? Then he jumped off the mountain and glided through the trees? Then he kept gliding over the ground? Why did he nail the trees to the mountain? <-- dazed and confused: berthaservant; | Jun 14, 2008 at 04:21 PM

berthaservant - He was trying to recreate the feeling of flying over trees, just like real birds do. Btw I'm deaf so I didn't play the sound - I thought he 'went into the unknown', I didn't realise there was a splat sound at the end!! Have teared up now... *reaches for tissues*: Anna; | Jun 14, 2008 at 04:32 PM

Because he wanted to flyyyyy through a forest and it's the only way he could!: MJ; | Jun 14, 2008 at 04:43 PM

Oh, I cried, like a big ol' baby. Like a bigger baby than my 9 month old. I never saw this clip until today, it was really beautifully done, and the Mad World version is like an ax in my heart.: Lillith; | Jun 14, 2008 at 04:45 PM

Aww, so sad! :(: Ameri; | Jun 14, 2008 at 05:39 PM

This is old...and really sad. How about something current and cute and sweet? http://atvs.vg.no/player/?id=16995: E Smart; | Jun 14, 2008 at 05:43 PM

dude needs to larn something about how to tell a story: blair; | Jun 14, 2008 at 06:11 PM

this is an quite an old video in youtube and it is in the most popular chart for a long time. i think, he knew he had to die , but that moment is worth it.: rainyrhy; | Jun 14, 2008 at 06:19 PM

I hadn't seen this until today. It is sad at the end but I really like the little kiwis spirit. And really if he can pull a hammer and nails out of his a$$ can't he have a parachute there as well???: Des; | Jun 14, 2008 at 06:21 PM

noofs> thanks for the poem!: mari; | Jun 14, 2008 at 06:35 PM

Des, have you seen the other clip Re: Kiwi ? Whoever made it, THANK YOU!: Lerrinus; | Jun 14, 2008 at 06:42 PM

Poignant! Indeed, I too felt a little sad. But, damn it, he was so happy for that one moment in time.: Furbabies; | Jun 14, 2008 at 07:03 PM

Didn't this win a youtube award? I'm another one who hated it. Suicide is NEVER cute.: Kar; | Jun 14, 2008 at 07:04 PM

As someone who lives in New Zealand... What the... Kiwis I'm pretty sure don't think about flying, and they are nocturnal, they could of at least made it night :P Real Kiwis are way cute though: Miss Malice; | Jun 14, 2008 at 07:04 PM

I say bullshit. If the kiwi was industrious enough to build that cliffside forest, don't you think that "whump" at the end MIGHT be a large air pillow of some kind? He's not dead. He had his little moment in the sun, then landed on an air cushion at the end. And yeah... the little wings and that tear of complete happiness... that's just too much to bear.: RJ; | Jun 14, 2008 at 07:07 PM

RJ, I'm with you, I hope so. Yea, if he can spend a year building the forest, wouldn't he want to "fly" through it over and over and over? And sell tickets to other kiwis? :) What about good old-fashioned entrepreneurship! That was just too much in terms of leaving the ending open. Good writing, but saaddddddddd.: shaz2; | Jun 14, 2008 at 07:09 PM

Well, see? That "Re:Kiwi" vid Lerrinus mentioned covered the subject. The "whump" was the sharp sound of a parachute expanding upon deployment. Balance is restored to the Force.: RJ; | Jun 14, 2008 at 07:11 PM

this is breaking my heart. please make it go away.....: temperance; | Jun 14, 2008 at 07:49 PM

aw come on CO, this was made 2 years ago and was practically an internet meme by the time you could've posted it!: o-o; | Jun 14, 2008 at 08:23 PM

Like others...I knew this would be posted lickity split. This animation has been on my ipod for quite a while. When I first saw it a very good friend of mine was very sick and I knew that pretty soon she'd be gone. Before she left, though, she took all of us on a magical trip on a canalboat. She was our little wingless kiwi, our fearless captain of our grand ship...fully knowing that for her it would be her last trip. So...little flightless kiwi taking that first and final trip is so poetically meaningful and beautiful. Yep, it surely is.: limegreen; | Jun 14, 2008 at 08:24 PM

the guy that made this cartoon also made an animation about a pinata and a little girl at a birthday party- it's sadder than this one.: o-o; | Jun 14, 2008 at 08:25 PM

I remember seeing this a long time ago and I almost bawled my face off. I love this cartoon, even though it breaks my heart.: Beth; | Jun 14, 2008 at 08:42 PM

Ah the dream of flight. Makes me even more resolved to earn my pilot's license. I just logged my second hour in my log book today.: edmundh; | Jun 14, 2008 at 08:50 PM

This one really chokes me up! But as a tuba player, I wholeheartedly approve of the soundtrack. :p: Cafern; | Jun 14, 2008 at 09:03 PM

maybe he had a terminal illness, and if he had to go, let it end by fulfilling his dreams.: mocax; | Jun 14, 2008 at 09:48 PM

ok, but you have to see the other one- "Do Penguins Fly?" High-larious.: girlnextdoortn; | Jun 14, 2008 at 09:55 PM

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