Freestyle Collection

"Freestyle Collection" is the third episode of season 3, FLCL Alternative, and the fifteenth overall. It aired on September 22, 2018 at 11:30 PM ET on Adult Swim's Toonami block.
==Synopsis==
Kana learns that Mossan is working hard outside of school on a fashion contest and feels the urge to help her, which rubs Mossan the wrong way.
==Summary==
Haruko attempts to make an extraterrestrial call to her superiors via puppies, but no one answers. Meanwhile, Mossan is working a part-time job as a traffic director at a construction site, so exhausted from the night job that she continually falls asleep before being dismissed. When Kana arrives at school that morning, she finds that Aida has removed his shirt to show off his body to the class and was attempting to force Sasaki to do the same. The resulting glimpse at his torso catches her attention, something her friends are quick to tease her about before helping her dry off from the earlier rain. Mossan arrives, dumping snacks out of her bag and revealing detailed art in a sketchbook in the process. Learning that she has entered into a fashion designing contest, the girls reminisce about her artistic skill and her dedication to everything she takes on. Mossan is humble through all the praise, but starts eating a large amount of snacks even for her usual gluttony that results in becoming ill. Haruko is playing the part of nurse at the school's infirmary, using her faux-profession's influence to make Hijiri, Pets and Kana strip for her perverted enjoyment. Determining after the hi-jinks that Mossan needs rest, she is sent home so Kana decides they should all help her out. Taking a quick break for a meal at Dennis' soba shop, they witness Kanda criticize the Prime Minister's space program and laugh at Dennis' wild dream of a "Soba God." The three start to do construction work over that night to speed up the project so Mossan can take time off for her health, but she finds out once she awakens and angrily confronts Kana at the site. She explains she's working towards her dreams, which includes doing everything herself even if it makes her struggle. This determination compounds on the earlier revelation that she partly entered the fashion contest on top of her exhausting job to help pay for fashion school, being the oldest in a low-income family with several children. Kana goes for a walk to let off steam, stopping to kick a pin in the road that causes her N.O. channel to let a harmless robot escape. Haruko arrives to give a semi-motivational rap as she handles the robot and Kana eventually gets to sit with Mossan until they reach an agreement. Inspired by each other's work, they collaborate on Mossan's dress for the fashion competition in a way that greatly lessens the strain on Mossan. At the contest, Mossan is incredibly nervous and her design only earns second place to Hana Tondabayashi's design. However, malfunctions occur as the winner is being announced when Haruko takes over the show. With Dennis as the new D.J., she models Mossan's dress and manages to draw out the cheers of the audience. A police force arrives before she can have Mossan give a proper speech, destroying the stage in a fight, but the results are changed by these events. The previous announcer gives Mossan the microphone, possibly mistaking her for the actual winner or simply recognizing the crowd's change of heart, and she proudly announces she will use the winnings to continue chasing her dreams.
==Songs==
* "She stood like the engel"
* "Star Overhead"
==Credits==
*Original Concept: Production I.G.
*Executive Producers: Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, Jason DeMarco, Keiji Ohta
*Production Supervisor: Katsuiji Morishita, Takayuki Oshima
Japanese Cast
*Kana Koumoto: Karen Miyama
*Tomomi "Pets" Hetada: Yuri Yoshida
*Hijiri Yajima: Riho Iida
*Man "Mossan" Motoyama: Mutsumi Tamura
*Kan Sudo: Katsuyuki Konishi
*Mon Sasaki: Takuma Nagatsuka
*Ben Aida: Ryota Suzuki
*Shizuka Koumoto: Miki Itou
*Bunta Koumoto: Maho Masaka
*Dennis Yoga: Katsuji Mori
*Maki Kitaki: Kaya Matsutani
*Tsukata Kanda: Yutaka Aoyama
*MC: Mafia Kajita
*Hana Tondabayashi: Yumiko Hayashi
*Haruko Haruhara: Mayumi Shintani
English Cast
*Kana Koumoto: Megan Taylor Harvey
*Tomomi "Pets" Hetada: Marieve Herington
*Hijiri Yajima: Erica Lindbeck
*Man "Mossan" Motoyama: Marianne Miller
*Kan Sudo: Patrick Seitz
*Mon Sasaki: Max Mittleman
*Ben Aida: Ben Pronsky
*Shizuka Koumoto: Erica Shroeder
*Bunta Koumoto: Erick Abbate
*Dennis Yoga: Steven Blum
*Maki Kitaki: Erica Shroeder
*Tsukata Kanda: Ray Chase
*MC: Michael Sinterniklaas
*Hana Tondabayashi: Stephanie Sheh
*Haruko Haruhara: Kari Wahlgren
==Gallery==
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==Trivia==
*As Mossan laid in bed in the nurse's office while reaching up to the ceiling and listing off several menu items, her hand movement and the beams of light in the background reference a scene from the 1997 film, The End of Evangelion. 
**The particular scene featured an injured Asuka Langley Sohryu reaching up to the sky and repeatedly promising to kill the Mass Production Evangelions after Unit-02 is severely damaged.
*** The Evangelion franchise was created by Hideaki Anno who voiced Miyu Miyu and directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki who also directed the first season of FLCL.
*As Haruko tries to destroy a robot that emerged out of Kana's head, she yells out "May the Force be with..." before striking it. The line is a reference to the Star Wars franchise and its common phrase, "May the Force be with you".
*Mossan's mother tells Kana that the Engle's coefficient for their household is too high after discussing how she wishes that she could pay for Mossan to attend design school
**Engle's coefficient is a method used to measure a nation's standard of living, where food expenditures is divided by total expenditures. It is based on Engle's Law, an economic theory which states that lower-income households spend a larger portion of their budget on food than wealthier ones.
**In the English dub, Mossan's mother omits the Engle's coefficient line and instead says that times are tough and there are too many mouths too feed in their house.
*After walking the runway in Mossan's dress, Haruko calls Mossan over while addressing her as French fashion designer, Coco Chanel.
Category:Alternative
Category:Episodes