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At the beginning of the series, he's noticeably bothered by the situation with Haruko, but {{spoiler|over the course of the series he realizes his own feelings and admits that he loves her, along with embracing her with a kiss, in the final episode. In the end though, Haruko leaves him behind after telling him he's still only a kid.}}

* [[Adorably Precocious Child]]

* [[Alliterative Name]]

* [[Nothing Exciting Ever Happens Here]]: And he still seems to say it even after everything that's happened to him.

* [[Only Sane Man]]

* [[The Stoic]]: For most of the series.

** [[Not So Stoic]]: As of episode 6.

 

 

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{{quote|Voiced by: Mayumi Shintani (JP), [[Kari Wahlgren]] (EN)}}

 

An [[Genki Girl|energetic, spontaneous]] [[Rose-Haired Girl|pink-haired woman]] [[Green-Skinned Space Babe|from outer-space]], and investigator for the ''Galactic Space Patrol Brotherhood/Stellar Fraternity''. She rides a sunglow Piaggio Vespa SS 180 and carries a blue Rickenbacker bass guitar on her back and claims to be 19, even though she's not human. She becomes the Nandaba household's maid after running both him and his father over with her Vespa and plays on a rival team of the Mabase Martians, seemingly for extra money.

* [[Alliterative Name]]

* [[Badass Biker]]

* [[Biker Babe]]

* [[Beware the Silly Ones]]

* [[But Now I Must Go]]: {{spoiler|After Atomosk escapes Earth, Haruko leaves to chase after him. At first looked to be subverted in that she asked Naota to join her, but she immediately plays it straight by retracting the offer because he's "still a kid."}}

* [[It's All About Me]]

* [[Lack of Empathy]]: She's basically a borderline [[The Sociopath|sociopath.]]

* [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]: With an emphasis on the "manic".

* [[Master of Disguise]]: She ''tries'' at least. Most of the time [[Paper-Thin Disguise|her disguises are pretty transparent]], but when she really wants to disguise herself, she's capable of changing her voice and mannerisms so completely that her victims don't realize the difference. That is, until they hear their nurse's voice change mid-sentence, and then look up to see her sporting a great big [[Slasher Smile]].

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: She's far more ruthless and calculating than her [[Genki Girl]] zaniness would suggest.

* [[Pretty Freeloader]]: Though she ''does'' help around the house. Somewhat. Maybe.

* [[Psychopathic Womanchild]]

* [[The Southpaw]]

* [[Space Police]]: Haruko claims to be one, {{spoiler|but she's apparently gone rogue}}.

 

{{quote|Voiced by: Izumi Kasagi (JP), [[Stephanie Sheh]] (EN)}}

 

A truant high school student with pyromaniacal tendencies, she's apparently Naota's brother [[Informed Ability|Tasuku's girlfriend]], though she is in some [[Shotacon|sort of relationship with Naota]] since his brother left Japan. She also smokes a lot and spends most of her time under a bridge. She is often seen with a camera, and always smokes a worn cigarette with "Never Knows Best" written onto the paper. It is implied that she is often bullied at school, causing her to often ditch.

* [[Betty and Veronica]]: Betty to Haruko's Veronica.

* [[Brown Eyes]]

* [[Bullying a Dragon]]: The Dragon in this case.

* [[Camera Fiend]]: Her first reaction to Naota and Haruko's [[Crash Into Hello]] is to take pictures of it.

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Thinks Canti is the Lord of Black Flame, the god character of her video game.

* [[Delinquents]]

* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Every time robot fight happens.

* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: In episode 6.

* [[Yandere]]: She loses it when she finds out {{spoiler|Tasuku has an American girlfriend.}}

 

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A medical robot with what looks like a television set for a head. He was manufactured by Medical Mechanica, but taken over by Atomsk as a way to escape them. After having his head broken by Haruko, he is recruited by her as an assistant; however, he proves to be no good for much other than washing dishes and fetching drinks for the family.

 

* [[BFG]]: When channeling Atomsk, he gains the ability to transform into an antitank gun. Some fans theorize it's a [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|pitching machine]].

* [[The Blank]]: His head is a television.

* [[Turns Red]]: When he powers up.

* [[TV Head Robot]]

 

{{quote|Voiced by: Mika Itou (JP), [[Melissa Fahn]] (EN)}}

 

 

She projects a proper, even slightly stuck-up personality, and conceals personal information to an almost obsessive degree. Eri isn't above breaking the rules to get what she wants. She rigs the voting during the casting for the school play in order to get the lead role in a play version of Puss in Boots and have Naota cast opposite her, which (along with other instances) hints at a crush on him.

 

* [[A-Cup Angst]]: As the brains in the [[Beauty, Brains, and Brawn]] trio, she works around this by layering her tops and leaving her legs bare.

* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]: Everyone believes this due to her stoic mask, though it doesn't come true until later in the series.

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]

 

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{{quote|Voiced by: Koichi Okura (JP), Dave Mallow (EN)}}

 

 

* [[Adult Child]]: [[Word of God]] says Amarao is basically an adult version of Naota with the same flaws.

* [[Badass Normal]]: He can hold his own against Haruko as long as his guns have bullets.

* [[Not So Different]]: Sees Naoto as a younger him and most of his time is spent preventing him from making the same mistakes as he did, such as {{spoiler|falling for Haruko}}.

* [[Unreliable Expositor]]: He knows less about {{spoiler|Haruko}} than it seems.

 

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{{quote|Voiced by: Suzuki Matsuo (JP), Joe Martin (EN)}}

 

Naota's 47 year-old father, a former pop culture journalist working as a freelance writer, with his own trashy tabloid: "Kamon-Mabase" (the title is a pun of "come-on mabase"). He makes the most references to pop culture. Like the other adults in FLCL, Kamon is [[Adult Child|extremely immature]], notably more so than the other adults. However, he shows a [[Dumbass Has a Point|surprising amount of seriousness and thoughtfulness]] at some points in the anime.

* [[Abusive Parents|Abusive Parent]]: On top of becoming jealous of the relationship that Haruko and Naota develop, leading to him challenging his own son to an airsoft match for her love, his general [[Adult Child]] tendencies are hinted to be the main reason that Naota tries to act like an adult.

* [[Adults Are Useless]]: The most noticeable example.

** According to Naota, he wrote a book on the ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|deep mysteries of Eva]]''.

* [[Putting on the Reich]]: Episode 5.

 

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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Hiroshi Ito]] (JP), Steve Kramer (EN)}}

 

* [[Dirty Old Man]]: He makes Canti buy him porn magazines.

* [[Grumpy Old Man]]

 

... And anything else can be assumed to be another old man trope.

 

{{quote|Voiced by: Kazuhito Suzuki (Masashi, JP), [[Steven Blum]] (Masashi, EN), Akira Miyashima (Gaku, JP), Bob Marx (Gaku, EN)}}

 

Two of Naota's friends/classmates, both 12 years old. Masashi generally sounds slightly depressed and always has a look of apathy while Gaku is somewhat hyper and is obsessed with kissing and other things of sexual behavior while constantly saying "chu" ("Smooch" in the English version.) Masashi also has a job as a delivery boy, and drives his dad's truck around, even though he's only in grade school.

* [[Expy]]: They look quite similar to Keisuke and Toji, Shinji's best friends from ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', with their general natures switched.

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Gaku is more hyper and active than perpetually bored looking Masashi.

* [[Those Two Guys]]: Are pretty much just commentators and observers to what going on in the series.

 

{{quote|Voiced by: [[Chiemi Chiba]] (JP), L. Villa (EN)}}

 

An agent who works with Amarao. She's perhaps the most soundly mature off all the characters, devoted to her position as lieutenant and a pinpoint sharpshooter to boot. However, Kitsurubami has a touch of fangirl in her that pops out from time to time. Amarao has a crush on her, but she's become utterly repulsed at his unwelcome and creepy advances toward her- especially when she takes notice of his peculiar "eyebrows."

* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: She certainly shows signs of this fawning over Naota's guitar in Episode 4 and going googly eyed at Canti in Episode 5.

* [[BFG]]: Wields a tank cannon in Ep 5

* [[Clothing Damage]]: In ep 5, getting cannon fire knocked back at ya can do that to you.

* [[Dark-Skinned Blond]]: Heck her pictures the main one of the trope.

* [[Nosebleed]]: Episode 4, and very blatant at that.

* [[Youthful Freckles]]

 

 

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An enigmatic character, apparently the most powerful "space pirate" in the galaxy. His N.O. is great enough to steal entire solar systems. His physical appearance is that of a [[Giant Flyer|bird-like creature]] resembling a phoenix. He has [[Body Motifs|a nose ring]] identical to the metal ring on Haruko's bracelet, which allows her to detect Atomsk's presence or the activation of N.O. in general. {{spoiler|His power is initially channeled through Canti, augmenting him with strength and powers of superhuman feats, until his release in the final episode. Amarao mistakes Atomsk for Haruko's love interest, picturing him as a humanoid energy being, but is quickly proven wrong: Haruko has been searching for Atomsk in hopes of absorbing his infinite power for herself, but is unsuccessful at capturing him. Instead, Naota gains his powers for a short time and enrages Haruko into trying to kill him, but he quickly gives them up to confess his love to her. Atomsk escapes to the far reaches of the universe, and Haruko begins her hunt for him anew.}}

 

* [[Energy Being]]

* [[Feathered Fiend]]

* [[Living MacGuffin]]

* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]

* [[No Pronunciation Guide]]: The anime pronounces it "atomisk" or "atomos'ku" (dub and sub, respectively), though the director's said he's not sure how it's really supposed to be pronounced. In the director commentary on the third DVD, the director states that he is unsure as to how it's really pronounced.

* [[Powers Via Possession]]: Channels his powers through Canti.

* [[Red Sky, Take Warning]]: When he's freed.

* [[Shout-Out]]: To the [[Cordwainer Smith]] novel of the same name.

* [[Space Pirates]]: At least, that's how others describe him.

 

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