FLCL Quotes

Naota Nandaba: Nothing amazing happens here. (recurring quote) Everything is ordinary. The huge factory that can be seen from our town, the Medical Mechanica Plant, all the adults got excited when it came here, like it was really a big thing. The white steam that billows out every day at the same time, it looked to me like smoke that signified some kind of omen. Smoke that spreads out and covers everything.

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Mamimi Samejima: Ta-kun!

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Haruko Haruhara: Native girl must stop! Taro-kun just hit his head so you can’t move him yet understand?
Mamimi: But he isn’t Taro-kun.

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Haruko: He's dead! This young boy is completely dead, just as Taro would be.
Mamimi: But he's not Taro, like I said.

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Haruko: Oh I killed him, I finally find the S.O.B. and I killed him. I didn’t mean to it was an accident, kind of. Ah lets face it I definitely totally killed him, just like that Bang! No more like bong, kablam or kunga ka-splat! yea yea yea . . .

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Naota: What did you do to me?
Haruko: CPR. What do you think I did?
Naota: That's not what I meant.
Mamimi: Did she put her tongue inside?

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[Naota in a hospital checking his bump]
Haruko [as nurse]: Hmmm . . . Flictonic Clipple Webber Syndrome
Naota: Uh...Fooly Cooly?
Haruko: Adolescent psychological skin hardening syndrome. It’s a common disease where children grow horns from trying too hard.
Naota: That’s a lie, I never heard that before.
Haruko: Yeah I lied; so what is the truth? Underneath the band-aid?
Naota: What are you doing in the hospital?
Haruko: Stay right there. I’m going to make you feel all better.
[crashing sounds]
Haruko: It's my special treatment!
[crashing stops and Naota sneaks out of the hospital]
Haruko: Huh? Where'd he go? Heyyyy....heyyyy.... Taro-kun?

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Haruko: You're the one I saw first, Takkun.

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[Mamimi is clutching a bag of old bread]
Naota: My brother, I mean - how much do you like him?
Mamimi: It's hard.
Naota: You saw the sign at our bakery, that bread's old.
Mamimi: ...Watermelon.
Naota: Huh?
Mamimi: Or like a panda with a mean face, or like sandals with pressure points drawn on them, or the smell of a blackboard eraser, or a Sunday morning where you wake up and it's raining. Well, I like him more than hard bread.

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[taking x-rays of Naota's brain]:
Haruko: Okay, stay still. Look at this. It's empty, there's no brain. Did you lose it somewhere?
Naota: You're the one who did this.
Haruko: Don't blame me if you go around losing things. Some kids are just freaks.
Naota: Look who's talking, miss normal.
Haruko: At least I didn't sprout a robot out of my head, like some people. By the way, there's something new there now.

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Haruko: Hey there, Haruhara Haruko here, age 19, splendiferous housekeeper at Takkun's house.
Naota: She's older than that...
Haruko: But my true identity is this... [drumroll] First Class Space Patrol Officer!
Naota: [after a pause] What a lame stage name.

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Naota: When you're on a bike, the ocean's a lot closer than you think. The autumn salt wind went right through to the back of my nose. And maybe it's because, like Haruko said, my head was empty.

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Naota: At the time, I didn't notice the sirens that were coming towards us. I don't know where the lies end and the truth begins. I asked myself what I could do for Mamimi. I decided to stay by her side forever.

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Haruko: It's Manhattan style, see? Little Prince Curry goes to New York. Mild, for kids.
Naota: Uaaahhh, it's spicy, I don't care if it goes to New York!

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Haruko: Please don't tell people our bakery's motorbike ran you over.

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[Ninamori watches Canti eat curry]
Eri Ninamori: Why is that thing eating? What is it anyway?
Kamon Nandaba: That's just our TV.
[Canti gets up]
Eri Ninamori: Why is it walking?
Kamon Nandaba: Well, uh, it must be a TV-Walkman.
Eri Ninamori: Sony brand?

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Eri Ninamori: Just don't tell anybody I stayed the night here. People might start saying things if they know.
Naota: [drinking a soft drink] Yeah, people will say all kinds of things. Just don't hang out with me for the next couple of days, all right?
Eri Ninamori: But tonight is okay, right?

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Eri Ninamori: What's really weird... is your ears...
Naota: What? You've seen them...?
Eri Ninamori: I was told not to touch them. So, what are they?
Naota: What do they look like?
Eri Ninamori: Like cat ears; perfect for playing a cat.

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Eri Ninamori: You're Puss in Boots, the one who tricks the prince. He hides who he really is and pretends to be someone else forever. So in time he becomes that person, so his lie becomes the truth, see? He transcends the mask. Well, don't you get it? That's how he finds happiness. That's pretty good, right?

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Haruko: Ukulele no good! Chu*!
Masashi: "Chu"?
  • chu in japanese is the sound of kissing and the sound that mice make


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Eri Ninamori: They're fake.

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Haruko: Nothing can happen till you swing the bat.

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Kamon: Don't be late for dinner. We're having your favorite, Genetically Altered Fermented Soybeans.

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Naota: Those... eyebrows.
Amarao: What about the eyebrows?
Naota: Nothing.

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Commander Amarao: When it comes down to it, there are very few people who will swing the bat.

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Mamimi: [gasps] Oooooooooooh! FOLLOW THE TRAVELING THUNDER! AND THE GREAT RUMBLE! WELCOME! LORD OF FEAR! HAAAAAIL! [laughs] You see it was worth invoking his presence even after the prediction failed.

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[a giant satellite bomb is headed towards the city]
Mamimi: If that thing hits, do you think we'll have school tomorrow?

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[Haruko is trying to pull an object out of Naota's head]
Haruko: Hey, I didn't know boys felt like this inside.
Naota: Ah. Don't touch me there from behind.
Haruko: What are you waiting for? Hurry up and pop it.
Naota: If I rush, it won't pop. Go slow.

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Amarao: He swung the bat...

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Mamimi: [Sad/Disappointed] Ta-kun. He really swung the bat.

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