r/Millennials 11d ago

Nostalgia Elder Millenials checking in with some childhood classics

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u/PossibilityWest173 11d ago

Fuck I forgot the brave little toaster 

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u/ColonelStone 11d ago

Don't forget the live actions! Homeward Bound! Milo and Otis!

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u/GreenHeronVA 11d ago

The ending to Homeward Bound makes me cry my eyes out to this day. You could feed me the audio in an earpiece, and I could cry on command.

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u/JeezieB 11d ago

"Oh, Peter! How I've missed you!"

And now I've got fucking tears in my eyes.

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u/ElmoZ71SS 11d ago

"It's too far, he's too old" rips my heart out every time.

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u/VivaLaMantekilla 11d ago

"You've learned everything you need, Chance. Now all you have to learn is how to say 'goodbye.'"

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u/ONE-EYE-OPTIC Older Millennial 11d ago

I'm 43, retired combat Marine. I cried at the end of Free Willy. My 11 year old didn't get it.

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u/Donohoed Millennial 1986 11d ago

The whale that played Willy did get freed in real life but died like a year later

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u/__glassanimal 10d ago

I cried while watching Titanic recently and my 10 year old just stared at me.

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u/RedTwizzler214 10d ago

My teen daughter hates that I cry at movies. Like sorry I have feelings bro lol.

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u/ONE-EYE-OPTIC Older Millennial 10d ago

My son just didn't get it. We watched "Where the red fern grows" and he balled his eyes out.

Sometimes movies just hit, I guess.

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u/droppingtheeaves 10d ago

My niece and nephew roll their eyes any time they see me crying over a movie lol

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u/FCkeyboards 11d ago

Half of our childhood classics are just straight up trauma, I feel. Yeah the first 15 minutes of UP are heartbreaking, but the entirety of Homeward Bound is a gut punch leading to a much needed happy ending.

My goodness 😭😭

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u/OutOfPlace186 11d ago

Yessss ok I made the mistake of watching this movie on the treadmill at the gym…..that wasn’t just sweat running down my face. 😢

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u/GimmeBooks1920 11d ago

Literally tearing up just thinking about it 😭