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Goodbye Robin (Web Animation)
Goodbye Robin! is a 2020 short animation film from Gobelins. It tells a story about a man named Mika who reminisces about his childhood friend named Robin as he imagine a giant struggling to forget the traumatic experience. Inside the giant was a little yellow creature named Kai who, after encountering a terrible memory, decided to help the giant fully embrace his childhood memories.

Not to be confused with the live-action film Goodbye Christopher Robin.


Tropes for Goodbye Robin!:

  • All There in the Manual: According to the YouTube description, the yellow lively protagonist is named Kai.
  • Bittersweet Ending: With Kai successfully helps the giant release his emotion, Mika had finally accepted the loss of his childhood friend.
  • Childhood Friend: Mika's childhood friend is none other than Robin.
  • First-Person Perspective: We get a glimpse of it through the perspective of Mika in his memories.
  • Flower Motifs: It made use of the flowers Forget-Me-Not as a symbolism of Robin always remembering the nostalgic and traumatic experiences with Robin, appearing on every scene with Robin, the giant and his memories.
  • Foreshadowing: The first two memories have after images that imply what the problem is. The first one has Mika chase after Robyn, only to briefly see an empty field. The second memory has Mika and Robyn play with a mirror they found in the street, only to promptly show Mika sadly staring into it alone. This is meant to hint to the audience the nature of Mika's grief.
  • Meaningful Name: The title exactly explains the plot elements of this animation.
  • Never Got to Say Goodbye: Unfortunately, Robin went away with his Grandma without him and Mika saying goodbye to each other.
  • Trying Not to Cry: The giant tries to bottle up the emotions by continually digesting the dark bubble down their body.
  • Wham Shot: The final memory Mika had with Robin was him overseeing Robin getting dragged by his grandma to the car while fuzzing and questioning her about it before he was driven away.
    Robin: Wait! Grandma, where are we going?! I forgot my toy!

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