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'''Drossel:''' ''It's karate.'' }}
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* [[All CGI Cartoon]]
* [[Animated Actors]]: The ''Making of Fireball'' DVD special has interviews with both Drossel and Gedächtnis' "actors" - Drossel is a cheerful [[Genki Girl]] who has [[Motor Mouth|trouble keeping quiet on set]] and [[Who Writes This Crap?|doesn't always understand the script]], while Gedächtnis is a gravel-throated [[Man of a Thousand Voices]] who hates filming and hadn't bothered reading the book ''Fireball'' is supposedly based on.
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'''Gedächtnis:''' ...You think I'm just being lazy, yeah? }}
* [[Art Evolution]]: Drossel and Gedächtnis have both received updated character designs in ''Charming'' -- Gedächtnis in particular is significantly more detailed. These may simply be examples of older hardware, however, considering that ''Charming'' is a prequel to ''Fireball''.
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* [[Drop the Washtub]]
* [[Dystopia]]: The imagery of the town gives that feel.
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Expressive Hair]]: In ''Charming'', Drossel's "pigtails" have been replaced with a single articulated ponytail-like... thing.
** It's kinda like a third leg attached to the back of her head. Creepy...
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* [[Running Gag]]:
** Every episode, Drossel summons Gedächtnis using the wrong name. Gedächtnis reminds her of his correct name only for her to tell him to not interrupt her and then use the same or a new wrong name.
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'''Gedächtnis:''' Yes, milady? Incidentally, my name is Gedächtnis--
'''Drossel:''' Don't interrupt me when I'm speaking, Barcelona. }}
** Also, Drossel referring to her obvious capoeira movements as "karate".
* [[Seinfeldian Conversation]]: Quite.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Several, but most notably to ''[[
** Most of the alternative names for Gedächtnis that Drossel comes up with also qualify.
** Let's not forget about the reference to ''[[
** The training program in ''Charming'' episode 2 is a reference to the one Paul Atreides undergoes in [[Dune]].
** In episode 8 of ''Charming'', Gedächtnis claims that if she so chooses, Drossel can [[Superman (
** The human-puppet throwing the [[Star Trek
** Drossel starts humming [[2001: A Space Odyssey
** On meeting a human in ''Charming'' ep 1, Drossel holds out her hand as if for a handshake, then uses the Curwen hand gestures from the movie [[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]].
** Drossel's eye beams from episode 1 are reminiscent of [[Astro Boy]]'s eye beams, right down to being a gift from her father.
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