Talk:Fooly Cooly

message: I'd like to add some information about the reference to Gundam in the Manga-style part of this episode around minute 12. In responce to Naota claiming he dosen't know what "Fooly Cooly" is Kamon (Naota's Dad) says "That's what it is. Naota's Gundam Hammer.", adding "It's that Tomino-Esque thing. Saying it's Gundam, but basicaly it's giant robot anime, right?". This is a reference to contradictory statements made by Yoshiyuki Tomino about Gundam's realism. 
Originaly, Tomino claimed that Gundam was NOT "just another giant robot anime" and that is was intended to be a realistic represtation of the complex political and social impatcs of warfare and the humanity (or inhumanity) of man during times of desperation. Later, a weapon named the "Gundam Hammer" was introduced, suffice to say it was highly unrealistic. When questioned by fans he supposedly responded Gundam was "just a giant robot anime after all". Consequently, "Gundam Hammer" passed into the gundam fan's vocabulary as a word for a newly introduced element that blatenly contradicts previously held policy.
This is important to understanding the intentional ambiguity of the the phrase "Fooly Cooly", the title of the episode.
The problem is I can't find any references to secure these claims about Tomino statments about Gundam. I don't want to spread heresay on wikipedia, but i'm no longer sure this popular story about the origins of "Gundam" reference is true at all. Most of the pages I find on Google are about this scene in FLCL, and not about Gundam at all.
The most compeling references I've found are the Urban Dictionary's Entry Gundam Hammer (oh yea, Urban Dictionary, now there's a trustable source) or the google cache of Forum where the reference comes up in real usage of the phrase "Gundam Hammer" and is subsequently explained  of course, forum posts like this have their own set of problems when it comes to valid resources.
So I have a potentialy meaty addition to the article, but no way to reference or even truly verify it's validity. If anyone has any suggestions for a trustworth resource, I'd be realy glad to hear it.--LaughingMan42 14:16, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gundam Hammer 

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