The BEST episodes of FLCL
Every episode of FLCL ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of FLCL!
Naota's life is confined to going to school and living with his father and grandfather. The usually tranquil life in Mabase is rudely interrupted by the arrival of Haruhara Haruko, who bursts on the scene by running Naota over with her Vespa scooter and hitting him on the head with a Rickenbacker 4003 bass guitar. Later, Naota is shocked to find Haruko working in his house as a live-in maid. Haruko's search for the alien being Atomsk puts her at odds with Medical Mechanica. At the same time, Naota is being watched by Commander Amarao. The Commander believes Haruko is in love with Atomsk and Medical Mechanica is out to conquer the galaxy. The fortuitous circumstances get Naota involved in a three-way battle between Haruko, Amarao and Medical Mechanica.
#1 - Marquis de Carabas
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/23/2000
Naota's classmate, Eri Ninamori, is the perfect girl; she's emotionally calm, a rational thinker, and is very rich to boot. However, all is not well as she has problems of her own. Her father, the mayor of Mabase, is involved in both a sex scandal and a lawsuit with the Medical Mechanica Corporation. In addition, she has to convince Naota to take the title role he was chosen for in their class production of "Puss in Boots". She soon learns about Naota's "secret", his horns, which, this time, resemble cat ears. But, what levels will she stoop to get her way?
#2 - FLCLimax
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/16/2001
Ever since Naota's Medical Mechanica came out of his head and was destroyed, it has been looming over the factory, in the form of a giant hand, causing mist to enshroud the entire city. To make matters worse, Haruko and Canti are on the run from Amarao, who attempts to find the Terminal Core before they do. Naota once again runs into Amarao who offers some strange advice. Things soon go insane as Haruko is preparing for the final battle, in which Naota is expected to unknowingly play the lead role. Though in a city as normal as Mabase, it's really nothing new to Naota; or is it?
#3 - Fooly Cooly
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/26/2000
Naota Nanadaba is just an ordinary boy, with an ordinary life, with ordinary people around him, living in an ordinary town... or at least he wishes that were all true! Between his eccentric father and unconventional grandfather and putting up with the advances of his older brother's teenage ex-girlfriend Mamimi, Naota isn't leading a boring life at all! To make matters worse, a pink-haired, and apparently totally insane, girl named Haruko Haruhara shows up and turns Naota's life completely upside down!! What does Haruko want from Naota? And, why is he suddenly growing a large horn on his head?!
#4 - Brittle Bullet
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/21/2000
It's Naota and Haruko Vs. Kamon and Canti in a battle with airsoft guns. As this deadly fight wages on, Kamon challenges Naota to a duel! The winner is left undetermined, as some of Naota's friends interrupt the duel and talk to him about how he saved the city from the satellite the other day. This causes the power to get to his head and he begins to act manly. This disgusts Mamimi and the others. To make matters worse, another Medical Mechanica comes out to threaten the city. Will Naota handle the situation as calmly as did the last time? Or, will his over-inflated ego get in the way?
#5 - Furi Kiri (Full Swing)
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/2000
After Haruko helps an amateur baseball team beat Mabase's down-on-their-luck team, the Martians, in a game, Shigekuni retaliates by drafting Canti onto the Martians. Meanwhile, Haruko and Kamon are "fooling around", and Naota isn't sure whether to be disgraced.
#6 - Fire Starter
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/21/2000
Naota tries to get his life back to normal, but that's easier said than done when Haruko and a TV-headed robot are living with him! Even worse, he's growing another horn!! Meanwhile, a string of fires have been occurring across town. Not coincidentally, Mamimi has become obsessed with the game "Fire Starter", as well as Naota's robot manservant, whom she calls Canti. What connection is there to the recent fires and the one that burned down the old elementary school years ago? And, why does Mamimi call her new pet, a little black kitten, "Ta-Kun", the same name she calls Naota?
#12 - LooPQR
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/23/2018
Marco is the only one that seems to think that happy Hidomi is attractive. While he’s aware that Ide is in love with her, he works part time to buy her a charm. Meanwhile, Jinyu and Raharu scheme to go up to the plant in her Bel Aire.
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#13 - Stone Skipping
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/16/2018
Crazy things happen during Hidomi’s NO activation, and she is now left with a cheerful and happy personality, which is the total opposite of her real self. The only way to bring her back to normal is to destroy the cables of the giant iron.
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#18 - Freestyle Collection
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/22/2018
Mossan is the most mature of all 4. With a passion of becoming a designer, she has been working outside of school. Upon discovering her working towards a fashion contest, Kana feels the urge to help her, which rubs her the wrong way.
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#19 - Furu-Bari (Full Barricade)
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/2023
Masaki who's been having a hard time fitting in with his class due to his unique background and character, meets Harumi, who is even more eccentric than he is. She offers to help him off of his worries by bombing the Tsuganei Tower.
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#20 - Gene-Bato (Generational Battle)
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/2023
10 years since the chaotic events of Alternative, Kana rushes to the scene of the crime. In order to stop Harumi from her crazy schemes, Kana jumps in as the negotiator, when Masaki's NO gets triggered by Harumi's unexpected actions.
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#21 - Shonari
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/2023
In order to save Shonari from a miserable situation, Dainari works hard to buy a ticket to another planet, however he sustains injuries from a yakuza fight. Haruko to the rescue or so he thought but she only makes a chaotic situation worse.
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#22 - Orinoko
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/24/2023
Orinoko's father is a swordsmith, whose skills have rusted with the devastation of the city. In order to help, Orinoko rummages for scrap irons, and she meets Haruko who's also collecting irons to repair her Vespa, but what is her motive?
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#23 - Far-Fre (Far Friend)
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/2023
In order to stop Harumi's nonsensical actions, a sniper shoots Harumi down. Masaki is livid! Kana desperately tries to treat her, but she doesn't regain consciousness. With Masaki's emotions reaching their peak, his NO finally activates.
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#24 - Shinpachi
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/2023
Shinpachi, the son of a sushi chef, is busy preparing mysterious fish for the local customers. Haruko disguised as a hostess, visits the restaurant with the mayor, followed by a Medical Mechanica robot who threatens to destroy the planet.
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