The little girl is brought to tears by The Chipmunk Adventure. Source: YouTube
ADMIT it, you’ve cried at a cartoon before.
Sometimes the suffering of an animated penguin can seem all too real.
And this adorable little girl’s emotional response to The Chipmunk Adventure has resonated with viewers on social media.
Girl cries at animated movie
It was captured by the toddler’s father, cinematographer Travis Lupher.
He wrote on YouTube: “When I noticed my young daughter getting emotionally absorbed in the cartoon she was watching, I set up a camera to record her.”
The storyline that moved the compassionate child to tears involves a lost baby penguin found in a cooler, who the Chipettes want to return to its mother in Antarctica.
Their mournful song My Mother tipped the little girl over the edge.
Her lower lip quivers as she watches the emotional scene. Source: YouTube
Now, the child’s heartfelt reaction to the movie has now been watched more than 100,000 times.
It shows that even very young kids can make deep, emotional connections.
Her genuine feeling struck a chord with many YouTube users, who admitted that they too had been reduced to tears by animation and children’s movies.
One said she had cried at Two Brothers, the story of tiger siblings who were separated as babies, and their journey to find each other again.
“I was 10 when I watched it, and the tears were uncontrollable,” she said.
Her adorable reaction has struck a chord with many viewers. Source: YouTube
Another user said Disney’s The Fox and the Hound “makes me cry to this day and I’m a fully grown man.”
One agreed that chipmunks could convey real sadness, observing that a puppy being run over in Alvin and the Chipmunks had made them cry, while it was Toy Story 3 that did it for someone else.
Several parents mentioned that their children had sobbed at movies including The Chipmunk Adventure, while one mother said her daughter used to well up just at a sad melody.
What unusual movies have brought you to tears?
By the end, she is sobbing uncontrollably. Source: YouTube
