History Anime / FLCLGrungeAndShoegaze

* SubbingVersusDubbing: Invoked by Haruko when goes off on a tangent during her scathing TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to the Mayor by bringing up this comparison.

* SubbingVersusDubbing: Haruko goes off on a tangent during her scathing TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to the Mayor by bringing up this comparison.
-->'''Haruko:''' YOU ARE SO CREEPY, I'M LITERALLY SCREAMING RIGHT NOW! If there was a Guinness Record for creepy, you would hold it! So go on with your "Me Too" jokes, and your egotistical lamesplaining. It just proves you're one of the lunatic cringe! [[BreakingTheFourthWall This part doesn't make sense when we translate it, so just forget it! You know what this is like? When you're watching something subtitled because dubs suck? And the only people who laugh are the native speakers!

** Shonari's freak-out reaction to Medical Mechanica showing up in Okura indicates that they had already destroyed his own Rockinoid homeworld, and him and his brother had to flee for their own survival.

* SiliconBasedLife: Shonari and his brother are Rockinoids-- a race of rock people from another planet. They have no need to eat, as they only drink liquids like juice and alcohol for nutrients. They do get drunk off alcohol and throw up if they get sick from it. Their bodies also don't break down postmortem at the same rate compared to humans.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The Medical Mechanica plant takes off from the planet and leaves Okura in pursuit of Atomsk, Haruko hitching a ride as the plant is approaching an Earth-like planet. Orinoko is given a space shuttle ticket by Haruko and leaves the planet as well to pursue a new future with the backup disk holding her mother's consciousness, though Shin and Shonari remain behind, promising to stay in touch with Orinoko and believing that there is a future in Okura for them.]]

** Haruko exploits Shin's presence in her time of need by planting a kiss and reaching into his N.O portal to pull out her signature blue Rickenbacker 4001. Orinoko and Shonari are both surprised, and Shin is left completely drained like Naota was when she did the same to him.

** Shonari's freak out reaction to Medical Mechanica showing up in Okura indicates that they had already destroyed his own Rockinoid homeworld, and him and his brother had to flee for their own survival.

''FLCL: Shoegaze'' is a DistantSequel that (much like Grunge) takes place 10 years after ''Alternative'', with grown-up Kana and Tsukata returning. The story focuses around highschool student Masaki Oufuji and Harumi Oraisho as they investigate a mysterious tower. What connections does the tower have with Medical Mechanica, and just who is Harumi?

''FLCL: Shoegaze'' is a DistantSequel that takes place 10 years after ''Alternative'', with grown-up Kana and Tsukata returning. The story focuses around highschool student Masaki Oufuji and Harumi Oraisho as they investigate a mysterious tower. What connections does the tower have with Medical Mechanica, and just who is Harumi?

* SiliconBasedLife: Shonari and his brother are Rockinoids-- a race of rock people from another planet. They have no need to eat, as they only drink liquids like juice and alcohol for nutrients. They do get drunk off alcohol and throw up if they get sick from it. Their bodies also break down slower postmortem compared to humans.

''FLCL: Grunge'' focuses on a boy named Shinpachi, who spends his time helping out at his father's sushi restaurant since he doesn't see much of a future for himself. Everyone knows the steam emitted from the giant iron-shaped factory on the hill is bad for the town of Okura, but nobody can do anything about it, so they don't try. The kids don't bother to go to school, and the adults don't bother to make them. Shinpachi just works in his dad's sushi restaurant delivering questionably edible fish to the yakuza, and occasionally hangs out with his classmates Orinoko and the rock-skinned alien Shonari. However, things start to change when a beautiful woman in a red dress walks into the restaurant on the arm of the mayor. She calls herself Haruko… Just who is this mysterious woman? What's with this bump that's emerging out of Shinpachi's forehead? Just what is causing the Medical Mechanica robots to become so violent?

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The Medical Mechanica plant takes off from the planet and leaves Okura in pursuit of Atomsk, Haruko hitching a ride as the plant is approaching a Earth-like planet. Orinoko is given a space shuttle ticket by Haruko and leaves the planet as well to pursue a new future with the backup disk holding her mother's consciousness, though Shin and Shonari remain behind, promising to stay in touch with Orinoko and believing that there is a future in Okura for them.]]

* IconicAttributeAdoptionMoment: [[spoiler:The climax of the final episode has Haruko acquire her signature Rickenbacker from Shin's head. Earlier in the episode, we see her building her Vespa scooter as well.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The Medical Mechanica plant takes off from the planet and leaves Okura in pursuit of Atomsk. Orinoko is given a space shuttle ticket by Haruko and leaves the planet as well to pursue a new future with her mother as a disc, though Shin and Shonari remain behind, promising to stay in touch with Orinoko and believing that there is a future in Okura for them.]]
* BrainUploading: [[spoiler:Orinoko's father did this to his dying wife by uploading her consciousness into the house robot.]]

''FLCL: Shoegaze'' has not yet had any major details released beyond the director and studio as of the airing of ''Grunge'', though it is said to be [[https://www.reddit.com/r/FLCL/comments/tiueda/flcl_shoegaze_grunge_hypeinfo_thread/ a sequel that takes place 10 years after Alternative.]]

* RoboticReveal: Inverted. In episode 3 it’s revealed that [[the household robot in Orinoko’s house contains her mother’s consciousness on a CD. At the end of the episode Orinoko takes the CD with her into space]].

* KilledOffForReal:
** [[spoiler:Mayor Kuroiwa]] dies in episode 1 after being decapitated by [[spoiler:Shonari]].
** And the reason for the above was because [[spoiler:Dainari got blown into pieces under Kuroiwa's orders.]]
** [[spoiler:Orinoko's father succumbs to his illness]] and is cremated during the final episode.

** There are shuttles constantly leaving the planet but only those rich enough to afford tickets.

* WholePlotReference: [[Film/AFistfulOfDollars A town controlled by two feuding gangs before a traveler arrives and plays both sides out of self-interest, causing a mob war to break out.]]

''FLCL: Grunge'' focuses on a boy named Shinpachi, who spends his time helping out at his father's sushi restaurant since he doesn't see much of a future for himself. Everyone knows the steam emitted from the giant iron-shaped factory on the hill is bad for the town of Okura, but nobody can do anything about it, so they don't try. The kids don't bother to go to school, and the adults don't bother to make him. He just works in his dad's sushi restaurant delivering questionably edible fish to the yakuza, and occasionally hangs out with his classmates Orinoko and the rock-skinned alien Shonari. However, things start to change when a beautiful woman in a red dress walks into the restaurant on the arm of the mayor. She calls herself Haruko… Just who is this mysterious woman? What's with this bump that's emerging out of Shinpachi's forehead? Just what is causing the Medical Mechanica robots to become so violent?

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: While posing as the Mayor's personal harlot, Haruko gets a chance to plant a kiss on Shinpachi and activate the N.O. portal in his forehead. The protrusion extends significantly the next time he sees her at the sushi restaurant, and has to take a moment to push it back into his head.

* {{Prequel}}: Hinted as such to the original series in the second episode, but confirmed on the description for the season on it's on page on Max.

* HomeworldEvacuation: There are constantly shuttles leaving the planet but only those rich enough to afford tickets.

* HomeworldEvacuation: Shonari's freak out reaction to Medical Mechanica showing up in Okura indicates that they had already destroyed his own Rockinoid homeworld, and him and his brother had to flee for their own survival.

* DistantSequel: Said to take place ten years after the events of ''Alternative''.

''Grunge'' began airing on the Creator/{{Toonami}} block on September 9th. ''Shoegaze'' will air alongside it starting September 30th.

* DoomedByCanon: Played for laughs. [[spoiler:Amarao had eyebrows at the start of each episode, ending with him replacing them with noir. The second episode reveals they were sliced off by Shonari's katana.]]

* SiliconBasedLife: Shonari and his brother are Rockinoids-- a race of rock people from another planet. They have no need to eat, as they only drink liquids like juice and alcohol for nutrients. They do get drunk off alcohol and throw up if they get sick from it. Their bodies also break down postmortem compared to humans.