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Posted by green on 19-12-2009 at 15:39:
The 14 things I've learned from watching Gatchaman
T H E F O U R T E E N T H I N G S I' V E L E A R N E D F R O M W A T C H I N G G A T C H A M A N
1. Bell bottoms aren’t just a trend, they’re a lifestyle.
2. Science Ninja skills include being able to fight in thigh high boots with heels.
3. If you’re a megalomaniac you can never wear enough pink lip gloss.
4. Only two groups of men can get away with wearing thing high heeled boots: The Science Ninja Team (with Jun of course) and the rock group Kiss.
5. There is no such thing as too much melodrama.
6. The term “over the top†is not in Gatchaman’s lexicon.
7. Retro is cool.
8. If you’re the leader of a science ninja team it’s okay to toss the occasional hissy fit.
9. Gatchaman is a cry baby, Jun the Swan said so.
10. Galactor should win “builder of the year†award for being able to build bases the sizes of small towns underneath the earth’s crust, and below entire cities all over the world, build gigantic mecha beasts time after time and somehow go unnoticed. Now that’s amazing sneaky building skillz!
11. If you’re Joe the Condor and you fall for a woman, she probably works for Galactor.
12. If you’re a woman who fell for Joe, you’re probably going to get killed, most likely by Joe.
13. If a guy looks like your dad, treats you like a son, flies a plane like your dad, odds are he’s your dad!
14. No matter how much time passes, Gatchaman is still the coolest.
You've all probably seen this, but just in case you haven't I thought I would share...
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Posted by UnpublishedWriter on 19-12-2009 at 15:46:
I never saw that. Heh.
Poor Joe. The show never really got into their personal lives, so he's perpetually identified as a 'Galactor-babe magnet.'
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Posted by Springie on 19-12-2009 at 16:44:
I haven't seen this in a while...I love it!
I'd like to add in...
Lava lamps make great special effects for cartoons!
and When in doubt, weapons make great gifts for Science Ninjas!
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Posted by lborgia88 on 19-12-2009 at 16:52:
I'd never seen these before!
I'm trying to think of other things I've learned...
14. There's nothing strange about having green hair.
15. Bullets can't hurt you as long as you're turning cartwheels.
16. The main villain always has an escape pod and it's in his contract that the heroes can't attack it.
Posted by clouddancer on 19-12-2009 at 17:46:
It has been a while since I have seen that. Thank you Green for introducing it again.
I love the additions Springie and LB!
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Posted by Becky Rock on 19-12-2009 at 17:52:
I hadn't seen that. I like the one about both Gatchaman and Kiss wearing the thigh high boots. I sometimes watch Gene Simons' Family Jewels reality show. He's a riot. An incredible business man.
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Posted by green on 20-12-2009 at 02:15:
Love your additions!
I would like to add a qualifier to the 'there's nothing strange about having green hair' - if you're a really cool ninja chick who has a yo-yo of death.
Personal experience tells me if you're not and you were actually trying to dye your blonde hair black, then yes, it's a little strange...
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Posted by gatchamarie on 20-12-2009 at 06:10:
Thanks for sharing these with us, Green! I never saw them and they're great! Also great additions! May I add ...
- if you're a woman and get slapped in the face ... don't return it, just say "thank you!"
- (mostly from the Gatch F point of view) if you're a villain, keep showing you're cool by drinking wine all the time!
- if there's nothing else to fight for with your mates, just fight about who will offer to sacrifice his/her life next!
- if you love or care so much for somebody, cherish them as much as you can, when you can ... they won't stay around for long!
- saving a dog's life carries a lot of consequences with it ... saving the Earth carries much more!
- never grumble over a bad hair day ... if you're a member of the SNT you'll always look good!
- the SNT will never die ... they will always live in our hearts (translated from the last episode of Gatch F)
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Posted by lborgia88 on 20-12-2009 at 20:01:
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Uh oh!
Is that, by any chance, why your name here is "green"?
Posted by lborgia88 on 20-12-2009 at 20:09:
Good ones, Gatchamarie!
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This one really has me chuckling, making me think of Gatch II's ep 13 where Ken is all ready to undertake the suicidal mission, until Joe punches him out so that he can do it instead, and then Kathy the cyborg stuns Joe so that she can be the one to die...
I can just imagine them all arguing "It's my turn to die!" "No, I want to do it!" "No fair, it should be me!"
Posted by green on 21-12-2009 at 03:56:
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You know, I hadn't thought of that... It actually comes from a screen name I use, and not to mention it is my favourite colour....
Personally, I didn't mind having green hair. My parents, on the other hand, were mortified lol
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Posted by lborgia88 on 21-12-2009 at 14:25:
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Funny how parents are! One thing I've noticed about anime, though -if you watch enough of it, any hair colour starts to look normal...
Posted by gatchamarie on 21-12-2009 at 19:26:
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Yes ... that episode does reflect this aspect quite well, doesn't it?! And this attitude continues to run steady to the very end of the Gatch F series!
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Posted by gatchamarie on 21-12-2009 at 19:28:
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That happens to me also! I tend to accept any hair color in anime but I still find the same colors strange when seeing them on real people's heads!
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Posted by Ebonyswanne on 21-12-2009 at 21:10:
Green I haven't seen it! I thought you wrote it for a moment. Thanks for sharing!
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Posted by clouddancer on 21-12-2009 at 23:19:
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I guess I do not watch enough anime to see this. I tend to be the opposite, I don't find it that unusual to see strange colours on peoples heads. But then maybe that is because I work in a school with pre-teens and they like to colour their hair all sorts of weird colours. I tend to over look it these days although I do wonder sometimes what their parents were thinking to allow it.
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Posted by Tengu on 22-12-2009 at 09:56:
Me too.
I also learned that a Nissan Skyline GTR is a very desirable car.
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Posted by Transmute Jun on 31-12-2009 at 20:03:
Too funny! Great find, Green! 
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Posted by JohngPR on 07-02-2010 at 16:03:
I haven't read all of the replies since I haven't seen the entire first series yet and don't want things spoiled but heres one I think it's funny:
Joe REALLY likes bird missiles....like a lot. More like an unhealthy obsession.
:p
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Posted by lborgia88 on 07-02-2010 at 16:49:
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You will have to be careful around here, as there are no "spoiler free" threads.
In my case, I'd read so much about Gatchaman on the internet that by the time I saw all the episodes, I knew all the major things that were going to happen. Sometimes I wish I hadn't done that, but then, it was reading about the series that got me keen enough to order the first couple DVDs and start watching it.
The second anime series I watched, Fullmetal Alchemist, I scrupulously avoided reading about it until I'd watched the whole thing!
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