FLCL

TV Show • 2000 • Animation  

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Does the dog die?
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a robot dog is destroyed (after turning into a humanoid and then a giant hand)
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naota is often in compromising and sexual situations with older characters, or touched in implied sexual places without his consent (on the second one, mostly episode 3 with his cat ears)
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Does a pet die?
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a character's 'pet' robot dog is destroyed (after turning into a humanoid and then a giant hand)
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is an animal sad?
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a robot dog briefly
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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lots in episode 4. there are also robot 'guts'
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Is someone tortured?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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see 'does someone attempt suicide'. mamimi's attempts never succeed and she ends up recovering and choosing to live at the end
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Abuse
Is a child abused?
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yes, child abuse is a major part of the story and 2 of the major (child) characters are abused
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Main plot follows a 12 year old boy being in an unhealthy relationship with a woman significantly older than him, who is manipulating him, doesn’t care about him and only using him to achieve her end goals.
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Is someone stalked?
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Haruko stalks Naota everywhere in the first episode and even infiltrates his home by applying to be a housemaid at his house.
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal Death
Does a cat die?
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a cat is briefly mentioned to have almost died in a fire at the start of episode 2 but is saved. this cat becomes a prominent character in the series later on
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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a robot dog is destroyed (after turning into a humanoid and then a giant hand) as well as some other robots that vaguely resemble animals
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some of the robots vaguely resemble animals and are destroyed, as well as a robot dog (after turning into a humanoid and then a giant hand)
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Does a horse die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Animal Distress
Are animals abused?
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one of the major characters, mamimi, treats 3 other characters as 'replacements' for her ex boyfriend, and extremely emotionally depends on them. one of these characters is a cat (another a robot dog). shes not shown to do anything inappropriate at all to them, but she does push that association on her end.
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Animal Phobia
Are there spiders?
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a vaguely spider-like robot in episode 3
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Are there bugs?
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see 'are there spiders'
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Are there snakes?
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in episode 5 haruko is briefly drawn as a cartoonish snake and makes hissing noises
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Appendages
Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is there amputation?
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Children
Does a kid die?
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see 'is someone burned alive'
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Family
Does a parent die?
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in episode 4 naota's dad, kanon, is revealed to have been replaced with a robot. in the end he finds the real kanon, a corpse, rotting in a closet and 'reanimates' him (he never really dies, but is depicted as basically a corpse). additionally, naota's mother is absent all throughout, and its said they 'lost their mother' in the light novels. naota is told she isnt dead, but this could be a lie
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Does someone cheat?
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A character finds out that their boyfriend is cheating on them with another girl while overseas In America, which causes them to spiral into a depressive, nihilistic and cynical state.
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Fear
Are there jump scares?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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about 2 or 3 times, nothing is shown and it isn't depicted sexually at all. though there is a segment after a character has bathed (not shown) and is in a bath towel, which is depicted sexually.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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In episode 5, two characters vomit large amounts of water after getting knocked into a river on two different occasions. In the first instance, its very sudden-- the scene before is just two characters talking in a field and it hard cuts to the vomiting.
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Is there audio gore?
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Head
Is there eye mutilation?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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yes the robots again, and naota is regularly hit in the head and his head looks 'squashed' in these shots, but his head isnt actually harmed outside a bruise and its very cartoonish. additionally, in a scene in episode 4, kanon's head is pushed open and could resemble head squashing
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
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Is electro-therapy used?
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In the first episode, Naoto goes to the hospital to get the bump on his head checked, only to be attacked by Haruko while on an exam table, having disguised herself as a nurse
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Mental Health
Is there autism specific abuse?
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Haruko is far from mentally sound and is a very violent, manipulative and completely unpredictable person. Another character displays antisocial behaviour and is a serial pyromaniac and arsonist, but isn’t physically violent
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Very surrealist and often near-incomprehensible.
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the 'overflowing' before robots come out naota's head can be interpreted as anxiety attacks or meltdowns, they're generally implied to be just 'strong emotions' in general though
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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ā lot, its a significant part of the animation style
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a lot, id reccommend just giving this show a miss if youre photosensitive in any way
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Paranoia
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Frequently changing art styles and multiple fourth wall breaking jokes. A character asks Naoto what “FLCL” means and when he says he doesn’t know he says “You’re the main character, you’re supposed to know these things.” In episode 1 after a slow motion scene, it randomly cuts to a different scene of the characters in a trailer talking as if they were actors performing the scene in real time before it cuts back to the original scene and continues on like nothing happened.
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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Race
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It is worth noting that in episode 5, Naota's father Kamon is shown wearing a n**i uniform complete with a swastika band on his shoulder, reason why being unknown
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Does the black guy die first?
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Relationships
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Haruko is a 19-year old alien who sexually assaults Naota, who is 12
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Self Harm
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one of the main characters is very explicitly suicidal, though she never says 'ill kill myself' explicitly, as far as i remember
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Sex
Is a minor sexualized?
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The theme of the show is growing up and how Naota has stuff growing out of his head. Mamimi and Haruko both make unwanted sexual advances towards him
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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in episode 4, kanon's 'corpse' is naked. he is still naked as naota 'reanimates' him by pouring water on him in the bath. see 'is there a shower scene'
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Sexual Assault
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sexual abuse is a primary theme in the anime, sexual abuse against children for that matter
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Is there pedophilia?
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naota has sexual relationships with haruko and mamimi, who are both much older than him. mamimi is implied to have been sexually abused since she was a kid too, and is shown to have developed a lot of of issues around this.
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Social
Is existentialism debated?
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Vehicular
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hit by a moterbike, but it is in a comedic way, and nobody in the accident was hurt.
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Does a car crash?
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regularly and very extreme, though often very cartoonishly. i have ptsd around car crashes and it didnt trigger it at all. also, see 'is someone hit by a car'
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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lots of violence (usually cartoonish but sometimes not) and some bits of extreme gore, some characters get heavy nosebleeds in some scenes as well. see 'is there excessive gore'
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episode 5 starts with and heavily features multiple gun fights, albeit mostly cartoonish. the robot this episode is also based around guns, showing a gun loading and revolving before it comes out, and using & shooting ginormous guns when it comes out. episode 6 also has guns and shooting.
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in episode 4 a huge bomb is targeted at naota's town. its in the shape of a baseball being pitched and he has to bat it away, which he and haruko end up successfully doing, and the bomb doesnt blow up the town
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Whole Body
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kind of? a main character has pyromania and in a flash back, sets her school on fire. though nothing is explicitly said or shown, its implied students were injured or even killed during the fire.
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Is there cannibalism?
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the kanon robot can be seen spasming and jerking around in episode 4, which may resemble seizures and trigger trauma around it
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