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FLCL is a post world war two series in which post atom bomb Japan (Naota) had to come into terms with one major decision, accept the intruding American culture (Haruko), accept tradition and hold a chance that another atom bomb might hit (Mamimi) or come into terms that something must be changed but without giving up their roots (ERI) while attempting to fend off the influence that the American army bases and intruding Industrial America, (Medical Mechanica) held within Japan.At first it is a grudgeful acceptance of American culture for new japan is unaware of America's intentions as they help selling them things required in order for them to rebuild while all the adults can do is complain that America is intruding in their territory (Adults complaining about Medical Mechanica in Episode 1). Episode 6 is actually the industrial battle between America and Japan which had managed to get back up on its feet and be able to compete in such markets as the car industry (glowing Naota), until post atom bomb Japan realizes that without the American culture egging them on to "swing the bat" and give it another go then they wouldn't have gotten so far so therefore they proclaim in a non homosexual way, I LOVE YOU, basically a I LOVE YOU for getting me this far.... American Culture soon realizes its not needed anymore and Japan realizes that a relationship between countries can be formed.

* Obligatory [https://web.archive.org/web/20100810022641/http://www.animepaper.net/gallery/wallpapers/FLCL/item24754/ picture link].

== Naota is some sort of alternate version of [[EarthboundEarthBound|Ness]] ==

Naota's mother is never seen in the series because she is another version of Ness's father, who is never seen in [[EarthboundEarthBound]]. Haruko is a personification of the meteorite from Earthbound: Naota's life appears normal until she shows up, just as Ness's was until the meteorite landed near his house. The portal in Naota's head. All the robots appearing are caused by Giygas, who has power over all universes, not just the [[EarthboundEarthBound]] one. Giygas's defeat in the [[EarthboundEarthBound]] universe causes things to stop coming out of Naota's head. Also, Naota wields a baseball bat at some point.

* I will counter the above person by agreeing that people read entirely too much into an anime about a coming of age story with random crazy things thrown in to amuse us. :) Sometimes a giant iron is just a giant iron.

== Naota and Haruko are a previous iteration of Kyon and [[Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)|Haruhi Suzumiya]] ==

Naota is a larval dimensional wasp (you know, the kind that when they lay their eggs in people, the eggs turn into universes?). [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|Vespa]]-girl is a mature specimen of the species, and Naota's brother is (or was, assuming Haruko is his mature form and the reminiscence was something spiritual rather than similar) the thing under the steam iron (he was taken away two years ago, and they told Naota that he was going to America to be baseball player [[Genre Savvy|to keep him from trying to uncover the conspiracy]]). Since Haruko was ''trying'' to create a portal instread of a universe, she had to lay her egg in one of the larvae of her own species (due to the formation of the brain, and its ability to cogitate without one), since it would have just killed a human or made a new universe all folded in on itself if laid in the larva of a universe moth.<br />Mamimi is a Priestess of the Black Flame, inducted by Naota's brother and given instructions for when he's gone in the form of the ''Firestarter'' game. She has to [[Unusual Euphemism|do the fooly-cooly]] with him to keep him from reaching his full form, and in the event that it doesn't work, the fires have to be set on dimensional leylines around the town to block his eventual mature form from escaping. Naota's brother originally set the fires for himself, until he was captured. The medibot from Naota's head [[AIA.I. Is a Crapshoot|really is the Lord of the Black Flame]], but the stray cat is just a cat, although a really cute, scraggly one (however, "just a cat" may be an understatement, since Cats Are Mystical, especially black cats). Ninamori in episode 3 was a deconstruction of the human love interest who is scarred by her induction into the world of the paranormal and is either traumatized or realizes to forsake her flaws and be true to herself and others- also subverted in that {{spoiler|she wore empty glasses frames anyway and hadn't really learned anything}}. The Commander is the Cool Military Guy who runs on [[Rule of Cool]] (I'm not sure why people keep asking about his eyebrows, must just be some in-joke by the translator team), and his assistant is the requisite Sexy Female Lieutenant- also required to make the [[Nosebleed]] gag work.<br />There are a couple of significant running themes through the series. Baseball, and Naota's mental batting block, is a recurring theme throughout the series about how if one does nothing for fear of striking out, one can do nothing but strike out except when life (or a baseball, or a girl on a vespa) hits said person in the face, and finally Naota's acceptance of what he is and that he's more than his brother's shadow (both in baseball and in life), as exemplified by the upper bunk thing. The other main running theme is that all portrayed nudity is metaphorical as well as literal- the less clothing a character wears onscreen during a given scene, the less they are hiding their [[True Self]] (the inverse is also true). Examples include Naota's cat-ear hat, Ninamori's glasses {{spoiler|frames}}. Any time a character is in the shower, their [[True Self]] is presented directly to the viewer via [[Inner Monologue]].<br />The manga, though... That stuff's just a [[Mind Screw]] that takes the [[Mind Screw|randomness]] and [[Freud Was Right|sexual subtext]] [[Up to Eleven]].

Much similar to [[The Princess Bride (Filmfilm)|Dread Pirate Roberts]], Atomsk isn't a signle person/entity thingie, but a title for whoever possess the huge reserves of N.O power that amongst others Canti taps into whenever he goes all red. In the final episode, Naota manages to pull all of it, and as a result becomes the next Atomsk untill he releases it. The "atomsk" that emerges from his forehead in this episode isn't an [[Energy Being|energy bird]] of gigantic proportions, but rather an anthropomorphic personification (Aviamorphic personification?) of that power, alternatively the only way humans can percieve such awesome power without going [[Your Head Asplode]]

== Haruko is a [[Doctor Who (TV)|Time Lord]] ==.

So think about it. There is a war going on between Atomsk and Medical Mechanica. It is said that Atomsk is capable of stealing whole solar systems, which he does in order to gain enough power to defeat his rivals. But when you think about it, stealing a solar system cant really make a being any more powerful, what really is important is the N.O energy that's on each solar systems. Apparently one source of such N.O power are human beings. Nonetheless, such power needs a catalyst to come into view. Everytime there is a sudden discharge of N.O in Mabase, for reasons I haven't thought about, the sirens of the Medical Mechanica building go off. Theres also the steam thing but I haven't bother thinking about it either. Atomsk and the command of Medical Mechanica probably exists in a higher level of existence, both being some sort of integrated data entities. So to act in the physical world they need to use proxies. Such as aliens like Haruko, humans like Naota, or robots like Canti.

Atmosk is a being that seems completely made up of N.O. energy (read: spiral energy). Perhaps this was the Anti-Spiral's first form, before he pictured the {{spoiler|Spiral Nemesis}}and saw what spiral energy was capable of and wanted to {{spoiler|destroy it}}.

Alternatively, Atmosk is the complete opposite of the Anti-Spiral, even more so than team Dai-Gurren.