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Things that are definitely don't belong because they're played for laughs: Shiori-car with pink and frilly interior, Akio scooting across the bonnet of a car on his butt.
Misuse: Kozue making out with Anthy is not "out-of-nowhere"; being "inappropriate" is Kozue's whole deal.
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A lot of thought went into making ''Revolutionary Girl Utena'', so there isn't much about it that's accidental. That said, it loves absurdist humor and moves between drama and {{bathos}} with such speed and fluidity it's hard to tell sometimes if you're meant to be on the edge of your seat or laughing.
!!'''General'''
* Akio consistently rides the line between bathos and narm, and both of his Japanese voice actors struggled with it. Ikuhara had to convince Akio's TV series voice actor, Creator/JurotaKosugi, that the hood-flip sequence should play to RuleOfCool instead of RuleOfFunny. Ikuhara also reminisced in an interview about how many takes Akio's movie voice actor, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, needed to actually make the exclamation during ''his'' hood-flip sound genuine instead of silly.
A lot of thought went into making ''Revolutionary Girl Utena'', so there isn't much about it that's accidental. That said, it loves absurdist humor and moves between drama and {{bathos}} with such speed and fluidity it's hard to tell sometimes if you're meant to be on the edge of your seat or laughing.
!!'''General'''
* Akio consistently rides the line between bathos and narm, and both of his Japanese voice actors struggled with it. Ikuhara had to convince Akio's TV series voice actor, Creator/JurotaKosugi, that the hood-flip sequence should play to RuleOfCool instead of RuleOfFunny. Ikuhara also reminisced in an interview about how many takes Akio's movie voice actor, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, needed to actually make the exclamation during ''his'' hood-flip sound genuine instead of silly.
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* Kozue and Anthy's car scene in one episode is kind of funny since out of nowhere Kozue appears to start seducing Anthy, inappropriately right during Miki's and Utena's duel.
%% * Touga's "bike attack" in his last duel, made doubly ridiculous by the fact that he and Saionji both have their shirts open for it.
%% * Touga's "bike attack" in his last duel, made doubly ridiculous by the fact that he and Saionji both have their shirts open for it.
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* Kozue Because of the rather stiff and Anthy's car scene careful (almost rhythmic) delivery the English dub actors were directed to use, there are too many moments of narm to count - to the point that they occur in one episode pretty much every other scene. Watching the series dubbed is kind of funny since out of nowhere Kozue appears to start seducing Anthy, inappropriately right during Miki's a surreal experience and Utena's duel.
%%arguably magnifies the show's unique bizarre qualities.
* Touga's"bike attack" in his last duel, duel with Utena decides which of them will be "the one to revolutionize the world," so the stakes are high. Touga uses obfuscation to try to get the better of her, vanishing from her line of sight to reappear...on a motorbike with a side-car which figured in another funny scene earlier in the episode. Touga, with help from Saionji in the side-car, [[MotorcycleJousting motorcyle jousts]] with Utena even though she is still on foot, [[spoiler:and loses nevertheless.]] All made doubly ridiculous by the fact that both he and Saionji both have their shirts open for it.from the moment they appear on the motorbike.
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* Touga's
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%% * While [[spoiler:Akio's death]] is supposed to come off as dramatic, [[http://lifesananime.tumblr.com/post/93318365078/losing-your-car-keys some people found it extremely hilarious]], as evidenced by Jesuotaku and Oancitizen's co-op review of it and the photoset linked here.
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%% * Shiori-car's appearance, where she actually says "Are you surprised? It’s a big mistake to think you’re the only one that can turn into a car. I’m a car now too."
%% ** Add the fact that the seats of Shiori-car are ''pink and frilly''.
%% * Akio scooting across the bonnet of a car on his butt. Twice. With a sparkly sound effect the second time round. It's actually pretty hilarious.
%% ** It was hilarious for Akio's voice actor (Mitsuhiro Oikawa) as well. At one point, Ikuhara reminisced in an interview about how many takes it involved for Oikawa to actually make the "Toh!" sound genuine instead of silly.
%% ** Add the fact that the seats of Shiori-car are ''pink and frilly''.
%% * Akio scooting across the bonnet of a car on his butt. Twice. With a sparkly sound effect the second time round. It's actually pretty hilarious.
%% ** It was hilarious for Akio's voice actor (Mitsuhiro Oikawa) as well. At one point, Ikuhara reminisced in an interview about how many takes it involved for Oikawa to actually make the "Toh!" sound genuine instead of silly.
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%% * The faces Saionji makes during his first duel with Utena, while they're NightmareFuel, it's still weird looking at the the same time.
%% * Shiori's randomly rhymed speech when she reveals the Video Tape footage after Akio's body is found. It's like the movie momentarily becomes a Creator/DrSeuss cartoon, if Dr. Seuss ever make a cartoon about underage incestuous rape.
%% * Shiori's randomly rhymed speech when she reveals the Video Tape footage after Akio's body is found. It's like the movie momentarily becomes a Creator/DrSeuss cartoon, if Dr. Seuss ever make a cartoon about underage incestuous rape.
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* Shiori's randomly rhymed speech when she reveals the Video Tape footage after Akio's body is found. It's like the movie momentarily becomes a Creator/DrSeuss cartoon, if Dr. Seuss ever make a cartoon about underage incestuous rape.
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* While [[spoiler:Akio's death]] is supposed to come off as dramatic, [[http://lifesananime.tumblr.com/post/93318365078/losing-your-car-keys some people found it extremely hilarious]], as evidenced by Jesuotaku and Oancitizen's co-op review of it and the photoset linked here.
* Utena out of nowhere turning into a car is both this and NarmCharm.
* Shiori-car's appearance, where she actually says "Are you surprised? It’s a big mistake to think you’re the only one that can turn into a car. I’m a car now too."
** Add the fact that the seats of Shiori-car are ''pink and frilly''.
* Akio scooting across the bonnet of a car on his butt. Twice. With a sparkly sound effect the second time round. It's actually pretty hilarious.
** It was hilarious for Akio's voice actor (Mitsuhiro Oikawa) as well. At one point, Ikuhara reminisced in an interview about how many takes it involved for Oikawa to actually make the "Toh!" sound genuine instead of silly.
* Akio's overall characterisation in the movie; he's so pathetic and foppish compared with his series self. [[FridgeBrilliance Then again]], presenting him this way is quite possibly the entire point, as it highlights how pathetic series!Akio ''really'' is under all his manipulativeness.
* Shiori doodling a silly cartoon frog on Touga's back - right after one of the most disturbing sequences in the film, no less.
* The faces Saionji makes during his first duel with Utena, while they're NightmareFuel, it's still weird looking at the the same time.
* Shiori's randomly rhymed speech when she reveals the Video Tape footage after Akio's body is found. It's like the movie momentarily becomes a Creator/DrSeuss cartoon, if Dr. Seuss ever make a cartoon about underage incestuous rape.
!!Other media
* The light novels's reveal that [[spoiler: Touga slept with Miki (and it may have been [[RapeAsDrama non-consensual]])]] is totally ruined by [[http://ohtori.nu/gallery/Novels/UtenaNovel01_10 this picture.]] At first it's just your average [[spoiler: naked!Touga]] art, then you notice that [[spoiler: the only visible parts of Miki's body are his feet]] which are placed in a ''very'' awkward position, and all you can think of is [[spoiler: [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark "OMG. YOU KILLED MIKI. YOU BASTARD!"]].]]
* An odd scene in the manga in which Miki seemingly walks a few feet away from Utena so he can turn around and have an introduction panel.
* Utena out of nowhere turning into a car is both this and NarmCharm.
* Shiori-car's appearance, where she actually says "Are you surprised? It’s a big mistake to think you’re the only one that can turn into a car. I’m a car now too."
** Add the fact that the seats of Shiori-car are ''pink and frilly''.
* Akio scooting across the bonnet of a car on his butt. Twice. With a sparkly sound effect the second time round. It's actually pretty hilarious.
** It was hilarious for Akio's voice actor (Mitsuhiro Oikawa) as well. At one point, Ikuhara reminisced in an interview about how many takes it involved for Oikawa to actually make the "Toh!" sound genuine instead of silly.
* Akio's overall characterisation in the movie; he's so pathetic and foppish compared with his series self. [[FridgeBrilliance Then again]], presenting him this way is quite possibly the entire point, as it highlights how pathetic series!Akio ''really'' is under all his manipulativeness.
* Shiori doodling a silly cartoon frog on Touga's back - right after one of the most disturbing sequences in the film, no less.
* The faces Saionji makes during his first duel with Utena, while they're NightmareFuel, it's still weird looking at the the same time.
* Shiori's randomly rhymed speech when she reveals the Video Tape footage after Akio's body is found. It's like the movie momentarily becomes a Creator/DrSeuss cartoon, if Dr. Seuss ever make a cartoon about underage incestuous rape.
!!Other media
* The light novels's reveal that [[spoiler: Touga slept with Miki (and it may have been [[RapeAsDrama non-consensual]])]] is totally ruined by [[http://ohtori.nu/gallery/Novels/UtenaNovel01_10 this picture.]] At first it's just your average [[spoiler: naked!Touga]] art, then you notice that [[spoiler: the only visible parts of Miki's body are his feet]] which are placed in a ''very'' awkward position, and all you can think of is [[spoiler: [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark "OMG. YOU KILLED MIKI. YOU BASTARD!"]].]]
* An odd scene in the manga in which Miki seemingly walks a few feet away from Utena so he can turn around and have an introduction panel.
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%% * While [[spoiler:Akio's death]] is supposed to come off as dramatic, [[http://lifesananime.tumblr.com/post/93318365078/losing-your-car-keys some people found it extremely hilarious]], as evidenced by Jesuotaku and Oancitizen's co-op review of it and the photoset linked here.
%% * Utena out of nowhere turning into a car is both this and NarmCharm.
%% * Shiori-car's appearance, where she actually says "Are you surprised? It’s a big mistake to think you’re the only one that can turn into a car. I’m a car now too."
%% ** Add the fact that the seats of Shiori-car are ''pink and frilly''.
%% * Akio scooting across the bonnet of a car on his butt. Twice. With a sparkly sound effect the second time round. It's actually pretty hilarious.
%% ** It was hilarious for Akio's voice actor (Mitsuhiro Oikawa) as well. At one point, Ikuhara reminisced in an interview about how many takes it involved for Oikawa to actually make the "Toh!" sound genuine instead of silly.
* Akio's overall characterisation in the movie; he's so pathetic and foppish compared with his series self. [[FridgeBrilliance Then again]], presenting him this way is quite possibly the entire point, as it highlights how pathetic series!Akio ''really'' is under all his manipulativeness.
%% * Shiori doodling a silly cartoon frog on Touga's back - right after one of the most disturbing sequences in the film, no less.
%% * The faces Saionji makes during his first duel with Utena, while they're NightmareFuel, it's still weird looking at the the same time.
%% * Shiori's randomly rhymed speech when she reveals the Video Tape footage after Akio's body is found. It's like the movie momentarily becomes a Creator/DrSeuss cartoon, if Dr. Seuss ever make a cartoon about underage incestuous rape.
%% !!Othermedia
* The light novels's reveal that [[spoiler: Touga slept with Miki (and it may have been [[RapeAsDrama non-consensual]])]] is totally ruined by [[http://ohtori.nu/gallery/Novels/UtenaNovel01_10 this picture.]] At first it's just your average [[spoiler: naked!Touga]] art, then you notice that [[spoiler: the only visible parts of Miki's body are his feet]] which are placed in a ''very'' awkward position, and all you can think of is [[spoiler: [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark "OMG. YOU KILLED MIKI. YOU BASTARD!"]].]]
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%% * An odd scene in the manga in which Miki seemingly walks a few feet away from Utena so he can turn around and have an introduction panel.
%% * Utena out of nowhere turning into a car is both this and NarmCharm.
%% * Shiori-car's appearance, where she actually says "Are you surprised? It’s a big mistake to think you’re the only one that can turn into a car. I’m a car now too."
%% ** Add the fact that the seats of Shiori-car are ''pink and frilly''.
%% * Akio scooting across the bonnet of a car on his butt. Twice. With a sparkly sound effect the second time round. It's actually pretty hilarious.
%% ** It was hilarious for Akio's voice actor (Mitsuhiro Oikawa) as well. At one point, Ikuhara reminisced in an interview about how many takes it involved for Oikawa to actually make the "Toh!" sound genuine instead of silly.
%% * The faces Saionji makes during his first duel with Utena, while they're NightmareFuel, it's still weird looking at the the same time.
%% * Shiori's randomly rhymed speech when she reveals the Video Tape footage after Akio's body is found. It's like the movie momentarily becomes a Creator/DrSeuss cartoon, if Dr. Seuss ever make a cartoon about underage incestuous rape.
%% !!Other
* The light novels's reveal that [[spoiler: Touga slept with Miki (and it may have been [[RapeAsDrama non-consensual]])]] is totally ruined by [[http://ohtori.nu/gallery/Novels/UtenaNovel01_10 this picture.]] At first it's just your average [[spoiler: naked!Touga]] art, then you notice that [[spoiler: the only visible parts of Miki's body are his feet]] which are placed in a ''very'' awkward position, and all you can think of is [[spoiler: [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark "OMG. YOU KILLED MIKI. YOU BASTARD!"]].]]
%% * An odd scene in the manga in which Miki seemingly walks a few feet away from Utena so he can turn around and have an introduction panel.
