History YMMV / TheWorldOfDavidTheGnome

* PlotHole:
** It has been mentioned several times that when the gnomes' enemies the trolls are exposed directly to sunlight, they turn to stone. However, in a lot of episodes the 3 recurring trolls are out in broad daylight and have no ill effects come over them.
** Swift being Nimble's kit, despite the fact that Nimble lived 60 years [[note]]In the original Spanish version it was 80 years.[[/note]] before Swift. This was only in English version; originally Wimpy didn't name any of the fox kits.
** Inconsistency in David's nephews Maximillion and Jonathan; Maximillion is 200 years old and married. Jonathan is beardless and clearly a teenager. Gnomes can only have a pair of twins and only once in their lifetime.

* SeriesContinuityError: In both series the number, design, voices and names of the trolls change almost every episode, with Hooley being the exception.

** In the original Spanish version of "Kangaroo Adventure", Prince Rex actually had a [[NauseaFuel living larva inside of his liver]] that was preventing him from growing.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: The background art is realistic looking.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Many Tropers who grew up watching this show probably weren't aware that it was based on a [[{{Literature/Gnomes}} series of books]], or that the first one is considered rather seminal in its native Netherlands.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
** While the GrandFinale is [[TearJerker sob inducing]], David and Lisa both GoOutWithASmile, knowing that they'll always have each other, even in death.
** Swift making friends with Christopher and Agnes (who he appears to have romantic feelings for and vice-versa). It's clear that, while Swift is understandably sad about David's death, he'll be just fine.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: David shooing Swift away in the final episode: sparing the foxes feelings or ''not wanting'' to Swift see him and Lisa dying?

* CommonKnowledge: ''The Wisdom of the Gnomes'' is NOT a sequel to this series, it only happens in the same universe. Espicially in Finland, due title being same in both, this caused confusion.

* FirstInstallmentWins: ''The Wisdom of the Gnomes'' is not popular even in it's home country Spain. Doesn't help that it had more repeative episodes and didn't bring in much new content. Then again it's still is betterly received sequel than ''The New World of the Gnomes''.

** Both Tom Bosley and Jane Woods have downright heartbreaking performace in the final episode when they are saying their final goodbyes to Swift and later to eachother.

* ItWasHisSled: People outside Spain or who didn't watch it on Nick in the 80s only know about the show for its tearjerking finale.

** How dangerous pesticede is and it does cause harm to humans as well in long run.

** Incostency in David's nephews Maxmilion and Jonathan; Maxmilion is 200 years old and married. Jonathan is beardless and clearly a teenager. Gnomes can only have a pair of twins and only once in their lifetime.

** In the episode "Young Dr. Gnome" hunter shoots a tiny fawn, who is later found by David and Swift in a very bad shape. It's mother is clearly disterssed of the situation and she even tears up when David says he has to operate.

** Poor Gina, the gnome girl from Italia, got badly poisoned after she ate some strawberries which contained pesticede.

** "Young Dr. Gnome" has a little fawn that got shot by a hunter. Poor thing had a lot pain before David removed the bullet.

** In the episode "Young Dr. Gnome" hunter shoots a tiny fawn, who is later found by David and Swift in a very bad shape. It's mother is [[AdultFear clearly disterssed of the situation]] and she even tears up when David says he has to operate.

** "Friends In Trouble" has countless birds are held in cages in the bird shop and all of them have been captured from the wild.

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Both Tom Bosley and Jane Woods have downright heartbreaking performace in the final episode when they are saying their final goodbyes to Swift and later to eachother.

* While the GrandFinale is [[TearJerker sob inducing]], David and Lisa both GoOutWithASmile, knowing that they'll always have each other, even in death.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: While the GrandFinale is [[TearJerker sob inducing]], David and Lisa both GoOutWithASmile, knowing that they'll always have each other, even in death.

** A meta kind; in the original Spanish version when David and Lisa die, the background music that plays is a slow piano version of ''Soy un gnomo'' that eventually fades away. It is like the theme ''died with them'' as well.

** Also, both nostalgia-tear-inducing opening and closing themes; ''Soy un gnomo'' and ''David''. And the two alternative ending themes in original Spanish; ''Corre Swift'' and ''Slitzweitz'' [[note]]Was used in the first broadcasting in the last episode.[[/note]]

** Also, both nostalgia-tear-inducing opening and closing themes; ''Soy un gnomo'' and ''David''. And the two alternative ending themes in original Spanish; ''Slitzweitz'' and ''Corre Swift''

** Swift being Nimble's kit, despite the fact that Nimble lived 60 years before Swift. This was only in English version; originally Wimpy didn't name any of the fox kits.

** David and Lisa saying Sliztweitz one last time to the audience, as spirits, Swift didn't imagine them...

** In the episode "Young Dr. Gnome" hunter shoots a tiny fawn, who is later found by David and Swift in a very bad shape. It's mother is [[AdultFear clearly disterssed of the situation]] and she even tears up.

* FridgeBrilliance: Why David is more accepting that his time has come and not to follow the Baltics gnome couple example? It's because David knows that he won't be able to do his doctor duties anymore or not as effectilly. He loved his job and he knows that it's better pass on.
* FridgeHorror: It's established that a gnome couple only have children once in their lifetime, and it's a set of twins. Simple math indicates that their numbers will never grow, and every gnome who dies before having their own pair of children, forever reduces the Gnome population by one. To say nothing of hypothetical gnomes who don't or just don't want to get married or have children. One possible case of the latter is Casper from the GrandFinale: he lives alone aside from his pet mouse and asks David and Lisa to take him with them so he doesn't have to make the trip by himself. There's no mention of him having a wife or children.
** David and Lisa's granddaughter, Susan, appears in a number of episodes but her twin is nowhere to be seen. Who's to say the twin didn't die young?
** The original Wil Huygen book at least leaves a little hope for population management: It's explicitly stated that gnome birth rates are due to magical intervention rather than inherent biology. It's possible, therfor, that dire circumstances might allow for reversing it.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Swift's leitmotif.

** In Mexico, it's "'''OBLIGAME, PRRO!'''"[[note]]Literally translated as "Force me, you d(o)g!", but it can be idiomatically translated as "Force me, you bastard!"[[/note]]

* FirstInstallmentWins: ''The Wisdom of the Gnomes'' is not popular even in it's home country Spain. Doesn't help that it had more repeative episodes and didn't bring in much new content.

* PlotHole: It has been mentioned several times that when the gnomes' enemies the trolls are exposed directly to sunlight, they turn to stone. However, in a lot of episodes the 3 recurring trolls are out in broad daylight and have no ill effects come over them.

* TheWoobie: Swift the fox in some episodes; he got his leg caught on bear-trap in one episode and got poisoned by Holley in another. Not to forget that in the finale episode he sees David and Lisa dying along with Casper.

* NightmareFuel: "Friends In Trouble" and "Young Dr. Gnome" -- as Disney has [[WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}} proven]], [[TheFaceless faceless]], heartless hunters are ''very'' frightening.

* TearJerker: "The mountains of beyond"; [[http://youtu.be/6BNFNeGxsvg David and Lisa's death scene]], as well as the fact that unlike David, Lisa is very clearly not ready, outright suggesting at one point that she and David follow the example of that gnome couple in the Baltics who lived to be 550 and try for longer. David shoots down the idea and she acquiesces, never trying again.