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otakun-kun



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 4:33 am Reply with quote
hello all , i have a problem whith the series FLCL for a longg time , i like it as hell but each time i see it i got the feeling im not getting the true point , someone who reviewed it once said ' its actually a game between the makers and the viewer , can you find the meaning underneath all the randomness and crazyness ' ( not his exact word but thats what he ment ) soo does anyone get the point ... i feel like i understand everything and nothing , maybe thats why i like it so much ...
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Steventheeunuch





PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 4:51 am Reply with quote
It's a story of growing up and facing adolesence, just covered with references, parody and other "visual treats" like a pig in shit.
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otakun-kun



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 6:50 am Reply with quote
references to where parodies to what ?
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Steventheeunuch





PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 9:48 am Reply with quote
otakun-kun wrote:
references to where parodies to what ?


Your best bet is to watch it with the commentary, in order to find what means something, and what is just there for the sake of looking good. There's obvious references to things like Initial D, Lupin the IIIrd, Southpark, and a host of other things. The commentary is really insightful though.
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lone_samurai



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 5:05 pm Reply with quote
Well now I understand FLCL a little better but I have one more question what does Fooly Cooly mean?
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DarkTenshi90



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 5:42 pm Reply with quote
lone_samurai wrote:
Well now I understand FLCL a little better but I have one more question what does Fooly Cooly mean?
Laughing Oh boy, I can't even tell you what it means on here. Your best bet is to use a search engine to figure it out, that's what I did, and I died laughing to see what it meant.
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one3rd



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 5:42 pm Reply with quote
lone_samurai wrote:
Well now I understand FLCL a little better but I have one more question what does Fooly Cooly mean?


An excerpt from Episode 6:

Kamon (Naota's Dad): Naota. Tell me already. What does FLCL mean?
Naota: I dunno.
Kamon: C'mon! There's no way the main character wouldn't know.
Shigekuni (Grandpa): We won't get mad. Tell us!
Naota: You too, grandpa? It doesn't matter what FLCL is.

Since it's explained so clearly, I really don't understand why people keep asking.


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Steventheeunuch





PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 5:52 pm Reply with quote
lone_samurai wrote:
Well now I understand FLCL a little better but I have one more question what does Fooly Cooly mean?


It's that Fooly Cooly kind of feeling when you put your hands like.. this..
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pythos



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 6:13 pm Reply with quote
FLCL and Fooly Cooly of the rominzations of the Japanese "furikuri." (It's an onomatopoeia.)

In the show it's meaning, much like the Japanese language, depends on the context in which it's used.

Some examples:

kneeding bread dough
playing around
(and so on)

I haven't watched the show in a while so I can't list them all. If you watch the manga-like part of episode 1 (I think it's ep. 1), you'll see at least 2-3.

It may take viewing the series a few times as some meanings/usages are implied.
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Kyle Smyth



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 7:24 pm Reply with quote
DarkTenshi90 wrote:
lone_samurai wrote:
Well now I understand FLCL a little better but I have one more question what does Fooly Cooly mean?
Laughing Oh boy, I can't even tell you what it means on here. Your best bet is to use a search engine to figure it out, that's what I did, and I died laughing to see what it meant.


I just checked like ten different search engines and I could not find the meaning. Could you private message me or send an email with its meaning it it because I would really like to know.
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one3rd



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 7:48 pm Reply with quote
Kyle Smyth wrote:
DarkTenshi90 wrote:
lone_samurai wrote:
Well now I understand FLCL a little better but I have one more question what does Fooly Cooly mean?
Laughing Oh boy, I can't even tell you what it means on here. Your best bet is to use a search engine to figure it out, that's what I did, and I died laughing to see what it meant.


I just checked like ten different search engines and I could not find the meaning. Could you private message me or send an email with its meaning it it because I would really like to know.


There is no meaning. Did you read what I posted which was a direct quote from the show? If the characters in the show don't know what it means, how are we supposed to know?
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DrizzlingEnthalpy



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:14 pm Reply with quote
It is BASED on an actual Japanese slang onamotopoeia, but the creator has said in an interview that it doesn't mean anything, it was supposed to sound like a shortened title but it isn't.
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ShellBullet



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 12:21 am Reply with quote
Really, if you have to question what "fooly-cooly" means you're overthinking it.
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GloriousPikachu



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 12:31 am Reply with quote
Yes you're overthinking it a bit, although i can see why it's a pretty wierd anime.

by the way, fooly-cooly doesn't mean anything, the director said so himself.

GP
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Patachu
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 12:33 am Reply with quote
ShellBullet wrote:
Really, if you have to question what "fooly-cooly" means you're overthinking it.


Yep, like this guy.

FLCL means ... whatever you want it to mean.

What does FLCL mean to you?
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