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* AnAesop: Life is gonna go on regardless of what you think of it and facing it is better than shutting yourself off, especially if you find something worth living for.



* AnAesop: Being young at heart is fine as you grow older and enter into the rigors of adulthood, but you still should be aware of your surroundings and how your actions affects people.
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The two seasons are followed up by ''[[Anime/FLCLGrungeAndShoegaze FLCL: Grunge & FLCL: Shoegaze]]'', which is set to debut on Sept. 9th, 2023.

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The two seasons are followed up by ''[[Anime/FLCLGrungeAndShoegaze FLCL: Grunge & FLCL: Shoegaze]]'', which is set to debut the former debuting on Sept. 9th, 2023.
2023, and the latter premiering a few weeks later on September 28th.
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* IntimateLotionApplication: In "Stone Skipping", when [[BeachEpisode the characters go to the beach]], Haruko attempts to goad her students into putting oil on her back. Mori jumps at the chance, but the other hold him back to question him about his GirlfriendInCanada situation, to Haruko's disappointment. She then tries to get Hidomi and Jinyu to do it, but Jinyu only accepts so she can prank Haruko by pouring tanning oil on her instead.


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** In "Pit-a-Pat", Haruko is acting like TheTease towards Sasaki all throughout the basketball game, in order to make Kana jealous and make her N.O. activate. At one point Sasaki accidentally falls on Haruko, and she takes the opportunity to pretend to have injured her inner thigh and guilts Sasaki into rubbing a lotion there for her, as an apology. He's extremely embarrassed while doing it, and [[ClingyJealousGirl Kana is fuming with jealousy as she watches it]], just as Haruko intended.
** In "Shake It Off", during the swimming lesson, Sasaki applies sunscreen on Aida's back, and judging by Aida's BlushSticker expression he's clearly enjoying it in a perverted manner, which is one of the many hints that Aida is into Sasaki.
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The two seasons are followed up by ''FLCL: Grunge,'' which is set to debut on Sept. 9th, 2023.

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The two seasons are followed up by ''FLCL: Grunge,'' ''[[Anime/FLCLGrungeAndShoegaze FLCL: Grunge & FLCL: Shoegaze]]'', which is set to debut on Sept. 9th, 2023.

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* BadassTeacher: [[spoiler:Haruko]] is Hidomi's new teacher, and it's more obvious that she's on the [[EvilTeacher evil]] side of the spectrum this time, if Jinyu's attempts to stop her are any indication.



* EmotionlessGirl: Just to drive home how much Hidomi doesn't care about life, her teacher tries to elicit ''some form of response'' by making her watch a hardcore pornographic video in class.

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* EmotionlessGirl: Just to drive home how much Hidomi doesn't care about life, her teacher tries and fails to elicit ''some form of response'' by making her watch a hardcore pornographic video in class.class.
* EvilTeacher: Haruko is Hidomi's new teacher, and it's more obvious that she's on the evil side of the spectrum this time, if Jinyu's attempts to stop her are any indication.


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* RescueRomance: PlayedForLaughs in Episode 5. Haruko makes up a story where her "future husband" Atomsk saved her from getting run over by a rollercoaster and she fell madly in love with him.

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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: [[spoiler:Atomsk]] acknowledges [[spoiler:Haruko]]'s feelings, but cannot bring himself to stay.



* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:Despite having failed again at capturing Atomsk, Haruko leaves Earth to give it another shot, parting ways with Hidomi and Ide.]]

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* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:Despite having failed again at capturing Atomsk, Haruko leaves Earth to give it another shot, parting ways with Hidomi and Ide.Iide.]]



* BalloonBelly: Haruko sports one in episode 5, the result of having eaten Jinyu in the previous episode, and tries to pass it off by saying she's pregnant. She's back to normal by the end.



* BalloonBelly: Haruko sports one in episode 5, the result of having eaten Jinyu in the previous episode, and tries to pass it off by saying she's pregnant. She's back to normal by the end.



* {{Brainwashed}}: Perhaps invoked, as Hidomi's class (except Hidomi and Iide) is utterly fascinated with their teacher Haruko. At one point, there's a gag scene where she pretends being a pastor giving holy words to her class as fanatics following her every word. After which, the students look over the yearbook and reminisce about all the wild things they did with Miss Haruko over the course of the school year. The "photos" are revealed to be crude crayon drawings that the students seem to think are real.



** Ide attempts to sell a gun that shoots mini-pebbles similar to the ones Naoto and Haruko used in the previous season.
** Ide walking in on Haruko and Hidomi making suggestive noises in the next room is similar to Naota walking in on Haruko and [[spoiler: a robotic duplicate of]] his dad doing the same thing.

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** Ide Iide attempts to sell a gun that shoots mini-pebbles similar to the ones Naoto and Haruko used in the previous season.
** Ide Iide walking in on Haruko and Hidomi making suggestive noises in the next room is similar to Naota walking in on Haruko and [[spoiler: a robotic duplicate of]] his dad doing the same thing.



* TheComicallySerious: Jinyu never smiles or lets her guard down. Even when she's been encased in concrete, she just busts her arms and legs free and continues her mission without giving it a second thought.



* TheComicallySerious: Jinyu never smiles or lets her guard down. Even when she's been encased in concrete, she just busts her arms and legs free and continues her mission without giving it a second thought.



* DistantSequel: It is not until the final episode that you learn it's been around thirty years since the previous series, [[spoiler:given Commander Amarao has a grown son (Marurao) that almost looks like him]].



* {{Foreshadowing}}: Hidomi's first dream sequence has her proclaim that the world can only be beautiful when it's destroyed. [[spoiler: In the final episode, the town is destroyed by Medical Mechanica, and only during the final battle does Hidomi reach the tail end of her character development and stop living her life in stasis as she waits for her father.]]

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: FirstEpisodeTwist: At the end of the first episode, it's revealed that the seemingly {{stoic}} new teacher of Hidomi's class is actually none other than Haruko Haruhara.
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Hidomi's first dream sequence has her proclaim that the world can only be beautiful when it's destroyed. [[spoiler: In the final episode, the town is destroyed by Medical Mechanica, and only during the final battle does Hidomi reach the tail end of her character development and stop living her life in stasis as she waits for her father.]]]]
** While talking to Hidomi, Aiko asks her if she's not going to swim in the water, but then Hidomi asks her if she didn't bring her swimsuit, to which Aiko says, "That's not what [her and Mori] agreed to." This is a big clue that their [[FakeRelationship relationship is an act]].



* GroinAttack: In the aftermath of all the chaos in episode 4, Ide lands on his back after falling out of the car, and Hidomi unintentionally lands knees first right into his crotch immediately afterward.

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* GroinAttack: In the aftermath of all the chaos in episode 4, Ide Iide lands on his back after falling out of the car, and Hidomi unintentionally lands knees first right into his crotch immediately afterward.



* LastMinuteHookup: Hidomi and Iide keep their UnresolvedSexualTension going for five episodes until they finally become a couple at the end of the sixth and final episode.



* LoveHurts: [[spoiler:Atomsk]] acknowledges [[spoiler:Haruko]]'s feelings, but cannot bring himself to stay. He leaves her behind again and she breaks down crying in [[spoiler:Jinyu]]'s arms.



* SealedWithAKiss: {{Subverted|Trope}}. The final episode closes with Hidomi and Iide now being a couple. They're about to kiss, but the credits roll before the audience can actually see it.



* TimeSkip: It is not until the final episode that you learn it's been around [[spoiler:thirty years]] since the previous series, [[spoiler:given Commander Amarao has a grown son (Marurao) that almost looks like him]].



* WatchOutForThatTree: When Ide is running after Hidomi inside Jinyu's runaway car, he takes his eyes off for one moment to look at her and runs smack into an metal support beam.

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* WatchOutForThatTree: When Ide Iide is running after Hidomi inside Jinyu's runaway car, he takes his eyes off for one moment to look at her and runs smack into an metal support beam.



* XRaySparks: In episode 2, Jinyu's car becomes 6 smaller drones which attack Haruko. They fire electrical bolts at her, some of which hit Ide. Each time one of them hits him, his skeleton can be seen through his body.

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* XRaySparks: In episode 2, Jinyu's car becomes 6 smaller drones which attack Haruko. They fire electrical bolts at her, some of which hit Ide.Iide. Each time one of them hits him, his skeleton can be seen through his body.



* GainaxEnding: Hoo boy, the final episode gets pretty existential, but nothing is actually explained. [[spoiler:In her efforts to confess her true feelings to the universe so Pets can hear them, Kana summons a singularity that absorbs Medical Mechanica, but sucks Haruko up with it. Moments of the original FLCL series flash through Haruko's being, and the last we see of her is being stranded on the freshly-colonized Mars with a city dome in the distance. There seems to be some giant smooth planet orbiting Earth that may or may not be the aforementioned Mars, and Kana and her friends continue their lives as the city rebuilds from the destruction and itself is mirrored in opposite from a BookEnds scene from the first episode - but with Kana having gone through CharacterDevelopment and Pets absent for good]].

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* GainaxEnding: Hoo boy, the The final episode gets pretty existential, but nothing is actually explained. [[spoiler:In her efforts to confess her true feelings to the universe so Pets can hear them, Kana summons a singularity that absorbs Medical Mechanica, but sucks Haruko up with it. Moments of the original FLCL series flash through Haruko's being, and the last we see of her is being stranded on the freshly-colonized Mars with a city dome in the distance. There seems to be some giant smooth planet orbiting Earth that may or may not be the aforementioned Mars, and Kana and her friends continue their lives as the city rebuilds from the destruction and itself is mirrored in opposite from a BookEnds scene from the first episode - but with Kana having gone through CharacterDevelopment and Pets absent for good]].
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* TimeSkip: It is not until the final episode that you learn it's been around [[spoiler:thirty years]] since the previous series [[spoiler:given Commander Amarao has a grown son (Marurao) that almost looks like him]].
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* TimeSkip: It is not until the final episode that you learn it's been around [[spoiler:thirty years]] since the previous series series, [[spoiler:given Commander Amarao has a grown son (Marurao) that almost looks like him]].
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* LatexPerfection: [[spoiler:Haruko disguises herself as Hidomi's teacher]], and pulls off a latex mask at to reveal herself at the end of the first episode.

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* LatexPerfection: [[spoiler:Haruko disguises herself as Hidomi's teacher]], and pulls off a latex mask at to reveal herself at the end of the first episode.
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* InternalHomage: The first episode recreates the scene of Naota getting ran over by Haruko's Vespa from the original series. Only this time, Hidomi gets hit by a car being driven by Jinyu. Jinyu even reacts to the hit and run by repeating most of Haruko's original dialogue.

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* InternalHomage: The first episode recreates the scene of Naota getting ran run over by Haruko's Vespa from the original series. Only this time, Hidomi gets hit by a car being driven by Jinyu. Jinyu even reacts to the hit and run by repeating most of Haruko's original dialogue.
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* HereditaryHairstyle: Marurao inherited his father [[spoiler:Amurao's tiny eyebrows]], and is equally as embarrassed by it.

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* HereditaryHairstyle: Marurao inherited his father [[spoiler:Amurao's [[spoiler:Amarao's tiny eyebrows]], and is equally as embarrassed by it.
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* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: Hidomi wears cat headphones wherever she goes, she even wears them while sleeping. Jinyu notes that she's not even playing anything. She's pretending she can't hear anyone.

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* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: Hidomi wears cat headphones wherever she goes, goes; she even wears them while sleeping. Jinyu notes that she's not even playing anything. She's pretending she can't hear anyone.

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