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*HesJustHiding: [[spoiler: Nello and Patrasche didn't die at the end, and the angels were just a dream because supernatural elements aren't a thing in WMT anime. What's that, WMT confirmed they died? ''(puts hands over ears)'' La-la-la-la! I can't hear you! Needless to say, many viewers were torn up about the ending and would prefer to think this instead.]]
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* {{Moe}}: Both Nello and Alois are cute, adorable children.
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* {{Moe}}: Both Nello and Alois are cute, adorable children.
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** Ensor, the hardware store owner that used to own Pastrache, repeatedly abused the dog, but his vilest act was depriving it of water when it worked, causing it to faint. In Japan, Ensor was so hated, that it started a wave of contempt towards hardware dealers that became a national phenomenon.
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** Ensor, the hardware store owner that used to own Pastrache, repeatedly abused the dog, but his vilest act was depriving it of water when it worked, causing it to faint. In Japan, Ensor was so hated, that it started a wave national phenomenon of contempt towards hardware dealers that became a national phenomenon.dealers.
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* AudienceColoringAdaptation: In Japan, this was the most well known adaptation of the story, though with its dubs it can also count as this for Germany, Italy, Philippines and South Korea.
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* AudienceColoringAdaptation: In Japan, this was the most well known adaptation of the story, though with its dubs it can also count as this for Germany, Italy, Philippines Italy and South Korea.Philippines.
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* ItWasHisSled: Japanese audiences knew full well [[spoiler: how the story was going to end with both the boy and the dog dying and sent Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater tearful letters begging them to spare them. They didn't.]]
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* ItWasHisSled: Japanese audiences knew full well [[spoiler: how the story was going to end with both the boy (Nello and the dog dying Patrasche dying) and sent Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater tearful letters begging them to spare them. They didn't.]]
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** Nello is an orphan, is spurned when he enters an art contest to win money, [[spoiler: witnesses his grandfather pass away and is framed for starting a fire by a miserly landlord. The poor child eventually dies when homeless, surrounded by his loving dog Patrasche. Hans and Alois' father cry for him and swear they're sorry for how they treated him, but by then it's too late.]]
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** Nello is an orphan, is spurned when he enters an art contest to win money, [[spoiler: witnesses his grandfather pass away and is framed for starting a fire by a miserly landlord. The poor child eventually dies when homeless, surrounded by his loving dog Patrasche. Hans and Alois' father cry for him and swear they're sorry for how they treated him, but by then it's too late.]]
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** And what about Alois? She has to suffer from an AbusiveDad trying to separate her from seeing her best friend. She still tries to see him anyway, and their bond is so powerful that when she's sick, his presence helps her recover. A little after Christmas, she desperately tries to find Nello after he's been missing for some time, [[spoiler: but he's already dead. At her tender age, Alois lost her best friend and the man she loved the most, and no matter how much her father tries to show he's sorry, their relationship will be irrevicobly damaged in the future.]]
* ToyShip: Nello/Alois. Despite their young ages, they are loyal to each other through and through and never stop trying to find each other when they're separated.
* ToyShip: Nello/Alois. Despite their young ages, they are loyal to each other through and through and never stop trying to find each other when they're separated.
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** And what about Alois? She has to suffer from an AbusiveDad trying to separate her from seeing her best friend. She still tries to see him anyway, and their bond is so powerful that when she's sick, his presence helps her recover. A little after Christmas, she desperately tries to find Nello after he's been missing for some time, [[spoiler: but he's already dead. At her tender age, Alois lost her best friend and the man she loved the most, and no matter how much her father tries to show he's sorry, their relationship will be irrevicobly irrevocably damaged in the future.]]
* ToyShip: Nello/Alois. Despite their young ages, they are loyal to each other through and through and never stop trying to find each other when they'reseparated.separated.
*WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: [[spoiler: The DownerEnding being well-known across the world (and WMT not changing it, even outright confirming it with the presence of angels and an afterlife) has led to the anime getting this reputation.]]
* ToyShip: Nello/Alois. Despite their young ages, they are loyal to each other through and through and never stop trying to find each other when they're
*WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: [[spoiler: The DownerEnding being well-known across the world (and WMT not changing it, even outright confirming it with the presence of angels and an afterlife) has led to the anime getting this reputation.]]
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* Moe: {{Moe}}: Both Nello and Alois are cute, adorable children.children.
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* [[YMMV/ADogOfFlanders YMMV]] for ''Literature/ADogOfFlanders1975''
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* [[YMMV/ADogOfFlanders YMMV]] for ''Literature/ADogOfFlanders1975''''Literature/ADogOfFlanders''
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* AudienceColoringAdaptation: In Japan, this was the most well known adaptation of the story, though with its dubs it can also count as this for Germany, Italy and South Korea.
* ItWasHisSled: Japanese audiences knew full well [[spoiler: the story was going to end with both the boy and the dog dying and sent Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater tearful letters begging them to let them live. They didn't.]]
* ItWasHisSled: Japanese audiences knew full well [[spoiler: the story was going to end with both the boy and the dog dying and sent Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater tearful letters begging them to let them live. They didn't.]]
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* [[YMMV/ADogOfFlanders YMMV]] for ''Literature/ADogOfFlanders1975''
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* AudienceColoringAdaptation: In Japan, this was the most well known adaptation of the story, though with its dubs it can also count as this for Germany,Italy Italy, Philippines and South Korea.
*FanficFuel: As said below, many Japanese fans did not like the ending. This is why many doujins and fanfictions depict Nello and Patrasche having a happy ending, preferably with Nello marrying Alois and the three [[GrowOldWithMe growing old together]].
*FanPreferredCouple: Not that there's any competition, but Nello/Alois.
* ItWasHisSled: Japanese audiences knew full well [[spoiler: how the story was going to end with both the boy and the dog dying and sent Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater tearful letters begging them tolet them live.spare them. They didn't.]]
*Moe: Both Nello and Alois are cute, adorable children.
*MoralEventHorizon:
**Ensor, the hardware store owner that used to own Pastrache, repeatedly abused the dog, but his vilest act was depriving it of water when it worked, causing it to faint. In Japan, Ensor was so hated, that it started a wave of contempt towards hardware dealers that became a national phenomenon.
**Hans was always a cruel bastard to Nello and his grandfather, but [[spoiler: when he frames Nello for burning down the building, he cements. Because he's responsible for Nello and Patrasche having nowhere to live and starving to death in the snow, many consider him the GreaterScopeVillain of the series.]]
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* AudienceColoringAdaptation: In Japan, this was the most well known adaptation of the story, though with its dubs it can also count as this for Germany,
*FanficFuel: As said below, many Japanese fans did not like the ending. This is why many doujins and fanfictions depict Nello and Patrasche having a happy ending, preferably with Nello marrying Alois and the three [[GrowOldWithMe growing old together]].
*FanPreferredCouple: Not that there's any competition, but Nello/Alois.
* ItWasHisSled: Japanese audiences knew full well [[spoiler: how the story was going to end with both the boy and the dog dying and sent Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater tearful letters begging them to
*Moe: Both Nello and Alois are cute, adorable children.
*MoralEventHorizon:
**Ensor, the hardware store owner that used to own Pastrache, repeatedly abused the dog, but his vilest act was depriving it of water when it worked, causing it to faint. In Japan, Ensor was so hated, that it started a wave of contempt towards hardware dealers that became a national phenomenon.
**Hans was always a cruel bastard to Nello and his grandfather, but [[spoiler: when he frames Nello for burning down the building, he cements. Because he's responsible for Nello and Patrasche having nowhere to live and starving to death in the snow, many consider him the GreaterScopeVillain of the series.]]
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** And what about Alois? She has to suffer from an AbusiveDad trying to separate her from seeing her best friend. She still tries to see him anyway, and their bond is so powerful that when she's sick, his presence helps her recover. A little after Christmas, she desperately tries to find Nello after he's been missing for some time, [[spoiler: but he's already dead. At her tender age, Alois lost her best friend and the man she loved the most, and no matter how much her father tries to show he's sorry, their relationship will be irrevicobly damaged in the future.]]
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** And what about Alois? She has to suffer from an AbusiveDad trying to separate her from seeing her best friend. She still tries to see him anyway, and their bond is so powerful that when she's sick, his presence helps her recover. A little after Christmas, she desperately tries to find Nello after he's been missing for some time, [[spoiler: but he's already dead. At her tender age, Alois lost her best friend and the man she loved the most, and no matter how much her father tries to show he's sorry, their relationship will be irrevicobly damaged in the future.]]]]
*ToyShip: Nello/Alois. Despite their young ages, they are loyal to each other through and through and never stop trying to find each other when they're separated.
*ToyShip: Nello/Alois. Despite their young ages, they are loyal to each other through and through and never stop trying to find each other when they're separated.
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* ItWasHisSled: Japanese audiences knew full well [[spoiler: the story was going to end with both the boy and the dog dying and sent Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater tearful letters begging them to spare the cruel ending. While they didn't, they did at least add angels and depict Nello and Patrasche entering Heaven...but many parents and children still wept.]]
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* ItWasHisSled: Japanese audiences knew full well [[spoiler: the story was going to end with both the boy and the dog dying and sent Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater tearful letters begging them to spare the cruel ending. While they didn't, they did at least add angels and depict Nello and Patrasche entering Heaven...but many parents and children still wept.let them live. They didn't.]]
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* ItWasHisSled: Japanese audiences knew full well [[spoiler: the story was going to end with both the boy and the dog dying and sent Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater tearful letters begging, ''pleading'' them to spare them. While they didn't, they did at least add angels and depict Nello and Patrasche entering Heaven...but many parents and children still wept.]]
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*AudienceColoringAdaptation: In Japan, this was the most well known adaptation of the story, though with its dubs it can also count as this for Germany, Italy and South Korea.
* ItWasHisSled: Japanese audiences knew full well [[spoiler: the story was going to end with both the boy and the dog dying and sent Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater tearful lettersbegging, ''pleading'' begging them to spare them.the cruel ending. While they didn't, they did at least add angels and depict Nello and Patrasche entering Heaven...but many parents and children still wept.]]
*TheWoobie: Oh ''god''.
**Nello is an orphan, is spurned when he enters an art contest to win money, [[spoiler: witnesses his grandfather pass away and is framed for starting a fire by a miserly landlord. The poor child eventually dies when homeless, surrounded by his loving dog Patrasche. Hans and Alois' father cry for him and swear they're sorry for how they treated him, but by then it's too late.]]
**Patrasche. He was an abused dog taken in by a sweet boy who wished to save him from his owner, and did his best to help him and his grandfather. [[spoiler: After his grandfather's death, Nello eventually turns poorer, and poorer, until they're both kicked out on the streets and left to starve. Patrasche and Nello are too weak to survive the snow and pass away.]]
**And what about Alois? She has to suffer from an AbusiveDad trying to separate her from seeing her best friend. She still tries to see him anyway, and their bond is so powerful that when she's sick, his presence helps her recover. A little after Christmas, she desperately tries to find Nello after he's been missing for some time, [[spoiler: but he's already dead. At her tender age, Alois lost her best friend and the man she loved the most, and no matter how much her father tries to show he's sorry, their relationship will be irrevicobly damaged in the future.]]
* ItWasHisSled: Japanese audiences knew full well [[spoiler: the story was going to end with both the boy and the dog dying and sent Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater tearful letters
*TheWoobie: Oh ''god''.
**Nello is an orphan, is spurned when he enters an art contest to win money, [[spoiler: witnesses his grandfather pass away and is framed for starting a fire by a miserly landlord. The poor child eventually dies when homeless, surrounded by his loving dog Patrasche. Hans and Alois' father cry for him and swear they're sorry for how they treated him, but by then it's too late.]]
**Patrasche. He was an abused dog taken in by a sweet boy who wished to save him from his owner, and did his best to help him and his grandfather. [[spoiler: After his grandfather's death, Nello eventually turns poorer, and poorer, until they're both kicked out on the streets and left to starve. Patrasche and Nello are too weak to survive the snow and pass away.]]
**And what about Alois? She has to suffer from an AbusiveDad trying to separate her from seeing her best friend. She still tries to see him anyway, and their bond is so powerful that when she's sick, his presence helps her recover. A little after Christmas, she desperately tries to find Nello after he's been missing for some time, [[spoiler: but he's already dead. At her tender age, Alois lost her best friend and the man she loved the most, and no matter how much her father tries to show he's sorry, their relationship will be irrevicobly damaged in the future.]]
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