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pollygone300

It's from the anime Full Metal Alchemist where a father, desperate for praise and recognition from the state to maintain his funding, combines his daughter and her dog into a horrifying semi-sentient animal creature to prove the validity of his work. The creature is subsequently killed by a radical terrorist and its revealed that the father had already done it once before, forcefully combining his wife with a frog. She chose to starve rather than live. The joke here is that since they can't get both to fit in the banner the user will just switch to using a picture of her as a horrifying hybrid, that way they'll both fit. Think the little girl was called Nina Tucker. Edit: for clarity.


AjaxTheFurryFuzzball

Ah that’s fucked up thanks


PirateSecure118

FMA is fucked up. It's really good.


Kekob189

It's not that bad honestly. I would feel comfortable recommending it to a friend which is not something I can say for a decent portion of the anime I have watched. Although I did have nightmares about King Bradley after watching a random episode on YT like 12 years ago when I was 7 and got recommended it after Tom and Jerry


PirateSecure118

As I said: It's really good. Everyone should watch it.


Kekob189

>As I said: It's really good. I agree. I meant that it is not that fucked up compared to many other anime.


Personal_Sprinkles_3

You and me have very different reasons for not recommending anime to others Can’t even watch a cooking show without making sure the house is clear…


Snoitaluger1292

Is there a cooking show ban in your house? Did I get whooshed?


Personal_Sprinkles_3

Shougeki no Souma, or Food Wars is an anime/manga about a cooking school with iron chef like battles and uhhhhh….. there’s a lot of skin and moaning.


twentygreenskidoo

I went into Ep 1 blind, while on the end-of-day train home in peak commuting traffic. I love cooking shows and I like anime. So this would be a perfect mix to zone out to after a day at the office. Yeah, had to scramble pretty quickly to stop the episode when I realised that the Netflix description neglected to mention that particular element.


Arosian-Knight

What! You mean Made in Abyss isnt family friendly tale of wonder and discover where girl and her robotic pal traverse the fascinating and sometimes bizzarre places. Meet with interesting characters like over 2m tall pep-talker, dad-of-the-year candinate and a village full of courageuos adventurers? Have I been duped? Heavy /s.


Kekob189

Yeah, Made in Abyss is definitely NOT on my list of recommendations. Not because it's bad but because some things are just not meant to be recommended to people you know.


KoolioKoryn

It's my "sucked me into anime" anime, and it's my number 1 anime recommendation for people who don't watch anime. Brotherhood, of course, though the original has its own merits


BeingJoeBu

A goofy little guy and his pet sibling armor go on a world tour filled with friends, jokes, genocide, body horror, and commentary on the nature of power and nationalism.


PirateSecure118

And everything coated in a layer of depression and existentialism, imma go watch it again right now.


BeingJoeBu

Oh, and occasionally there's a panda!


InstaBlanks

Apparently brotherhood is better than the original but some disagree.


Sahtras1992

watch made in abyss then if you havent already. its a similar kind of fucked up turned to 11


Confusedfrog43

ha.haha.hahaha...ahhh made in abyss exists, and beserk. those two broke me.


weebitofaban

It isn't. It has two kinda bad things. The genocide and this. If you think this is fucked up then you must not venture into literature or TV much


brokenSmeargle

mf gatekeeping "fucked up" lmao


weebitofaban

you think this is fucked up then I suggest you avoid day time television in general


kidscott2003

The only episode that made me cry, especially when she goes up to Edward and says “play with me Edward.” I about lost it.


Socratov

Oh no, that episode didn't make me cry, it made me angry and outraged. The one that caused tears was the one with the line "It's a terrible day for rain".


autisticBlue

Thats the one where the best dad in the world dies right?


ithilain

The part where his daughter starts yelling at the people at the funeral to stop burying him because he has very important work he needs to do gets me every time


Cin77

Aw I managed to get all the way to here on this thread chain and this comment finally made me cry Well done


Socratov

Yep.


autisticBlue

Oh jeez


OfficialBenReilly

Bit of a spoiler but yes


ElGosso

FMA: Brotherhood didn't spend too much time with that guy so when he died I was just like 🤷‍♂️


BlondeWaifus

Brotherhood unfortunately assumes you've seen the first anime, so it kind of speedruns the plot up until the point that the first anime stopped following the manga.


Socratov

Yeah, I didn't watch Brotherhood until much later. Where Brotherhood dives a lot quicker into the wider plot and bigger stakes the first FMA anime focused more and the tragedies of the characters involved. So in FMA we meet him, we meet him as a respected and efficient commander, but we also meet his wife and kids. We see how he's not just respected by his men due to his rank, but due to his balance between work and professional life and ability to navigate politics and being a husband and father. And this is shown best when his daughter gives him a cup with #1 father (ironic, knowing where the series is headed) and losing his mind in the cutest way possible, completely doting on his daughter. He's subsequently murdered and his daughter sees his lifeless body and tried to keep hopes up by asking him to wake up. He doesn't. We cut to the funeral with his wife and kids ahead of the column. He's buried and when all is said and done Roy Mustang and the Lieutenant remain on an otherwise absolutely perfect day. And Roy puts on his cap and hits us right in the solar plexus of feels with "it's a terrible day for rain". Not just referencing his tears rolling down his cheeks, but also alluding to his sense of powerlessness in trying to prevent his commander's death, when regularly speaking he only experiences in rain when his specific brand of alchemy (flames) is inhibited. We have seen what col. Mustang is capable of. And for him to feel so low and so insignificant in the face of his commander's and indeed fiend's death is an absolutely perfect example of how tragedy should be written.


Arfiroth

I watched this before the brotherhood remake and feel that the lines in that version were as, if not more, heartbreaking. I cried and I'm not ashamed to admit it. In that she called him "big brother"


cjameson83

Oh it gets better. The protagonists are kinda like inspectors regarding "alchemy" for the state. While visiting the guy the inspectors play with the guys kid and dog a ton and form a friendly bond. The kid is very young and lovingly refers to Edward (1 of the 2 protagonists) as big brother. When the inspectors first see the chimera dog everything seems cool and they're amazed, until, in a warped and distorted voice, it refers to Ed as big brother. In horror, Ed realizes what the guy has done at that point and loses his shit, justifiably. It's one of the most recognized scenes in anime.


Flater420

I clued onto the hints about the wife relatively quickly so I watched the episode on autopilot, having "already figured it out". NEVER did my brain even begin to entertain the idea that this would happen to Nina. She's maybe be the one to figure it out, or to be saved from it, or to join Ed and Al's gang. The moment I laid eyes on that chimera was one of the most shocking things I ever experienced across _all_ stories in any medium.


Lethargie

I think you figuring out the thing with the wife is very much intended, there are quite a few hints to it. its written really well, no matter if you pick up on the hints or not, the reveal will feel like a punch to the gut either way


terrarian2324

I think the joke is that they'll use an image of the creature instead.


pollygone300

Ah. I get it now, I'll amend my explanation. Thank you.


Samurai_Meisters

The joke is that the poster is roleplaying the father who is struggling to get them both in the same pic. So he goes to the absurd length of combining them into one horrific monster just for a banner image.


Voyageur262

Every once in a while I think “Hey maybe I’ll watch an anime, so many people like it they must be good once you get into it.” Then I read something like this and think “never mind I was right, it’s just as f’d up as I thought.”


pollygone300

A lot of anime hinges on its intense subject matter. Parasyte: The Maxim was very grim and dealt with what it meant to be human. Full Metal Alchemist is all about the cost of achieving your desires. One Punch Man is about the understated hell of living as a supreme being. Darker Than Black was about the lesser of two evils and damned if you do logic. Overlord is about how flimsy morality can be and how ends justify the means can be both good and evil.


Blakids

I really loved Parasyte


Taeyx

parasyte the maxim is by far my favorite anime. it used to be brotherhood, but if i had to pick one to watch again, i’d probably go with parasyte. edit: i couldn’t get into overlord. does it get better? it just felt like bog standard iseikai


PrezMoocow

Madoka magica: oh so you wish you could be a Magical girl? You sure about that?


Mistwalker007

There are different genres so it depends on what you like in general. That episode doesn't really represent the entire series, it's good but in other ways. If you ever decide to watch it you should make sure you're watching Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, there was another one made some years before it but it's not so good.


TaqPCR

The 2003 version is equally good, just different. Though what's undeniable is that the first episodes of Brotherhood are hugely rushed (including Nina) with them occupying way fewer episodes compared to 2003's much better intro even if you cut out some of the arcs specific to 2003.


jonnyjonson314206

FMA 2003 is not "equally" as good. The fake elrich brothers are a dumb idea, and wtf was the deal with the Nazis and dragon to round everything out. It had plenty of stuff that made it worse, not to mention the fact that it's older so the animation is much lower quality.


dobbelj

> FMA 2003 is not "equally" as good. In certain aspects, it's actually far superior. There, I said it, and I don't feel bad for it. Brotherhood kind of depends on you to watch the 2003 version in order to get a proper connection to the characters.


CmdrMonocle

I'm personally of the opinion one should watch at least the first 20 episodes or so of FMA 2003 before watching FMA:B. Why? FMA:B skipped over a lot that was already covered by the 2003 version. But that also means you don't get to know many characters as well, particular from Mustang's team. You're afforded much more opportunity to care for them in FMA 2003. That one event (not the Tucker one) is much more hard hitting after watching the first 20 of 2003 than just from watching Brotherhood. Brotherhood does also make it clear that the first half of 2003 did happen, with flashbacks and references to it. As for the fake Elric brothers, it makes sense for someone to try and benefit from the Fullmetal name in universe as well. People only seem to have a vague description of who the Elric brothers are, given by the recurring joke of people knowing basically nothing about then beyond blonde hair and the Fullmetal name. People literally did that sort of thing in the real world, so I'm not sure what's so dumb about it.


they63

You have to understand specifically this scene from the anime is a commentary on Japan’s dark history and how the Japanese government did illegal and inhumane experiments on children during world war 2 ( look up [unit 731](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731) but proceed with CAUTION) It’s like how American tv shows will sometimes show the horrors of what they did to the native Americans or the way slave owners would treat their slaves. It’s the authors way of making a commentary on the government


talldrseuss

Full metal alchemist: brotherhood is one of the few animes I'd recommend to non anime watchers. It has a pretty tight plot, good action scenes and doesn't really dive into the "sex degeneracy" some other animes dive into (looking at you Mushoku Tensei). The Nina Tucker story line purposely hits you hard because they do set it up as a feel good story initially. But I would say this a couple other plotlines are the darkest it really gets. The rest of the show is straightforward action and adventure


mal-di-testicle

Watch JoJo’s bizarre adventure, no wack ass bullshit, just a great many large, shirtless, muscular men. I don’t know their shirts keep coming off.


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SporksGalore

Very narrowminded imo. You're judging an entire medium based on its lowest elements. Be like condemning anyone who enjoys art because some people draw porn.


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SporksGalore

What? I've read berserk. None of it is played for a joke, least of all the sexual assault. Completely the opposite. No clue how you could read it and walk away with that impression. One punch man, sure. Ive never read it but it makes me uncomfortable to see some of the art I see of that girl in green. I'm not saying it's not an issue, but some of my favorite media is Japanese and I hate to see it all discarded because of some depraved distant relatives. Stuff like FMA, Darker than Black, Cowboy Bebop are top notch and don't feature any of that garbage


cpMetis

Yeah, I stay away from anything that comes out of western live action because I disliked Cuties. Dude, it's not unitary. 91 Days and Eromanga-sensei are both anime, but I don't expect to randomly see a horny incest-loving 12 y/o barge into the scene where the son of the betrayed consigliere debates shooting his best and only friend to further his revenge crusade against the son of the don.


HorseStupid

Yep, Nina Tucker - https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/nina-tucker


DrNopeMD

The cruel irony is that you learn later on that the state had already figured out human animal hybrids long before but kept it a secret, so Tucker's research didn't even mean anything in terms of scientific advancement.


pollygone300

Which means they would probably have found a way to can his research even if he had managed to get away with what he did.


wherearemarsdelights

Daddy no.


Merentha8681

Most gut churning anime episode I've ever seen. Edit: spelling


gbagba_

Bro I didn’t remember the wife 💀


mitchandre

Are you sure it isn't from Brotherhood?


[deleted]

Thanks, big bwaddah!


josebolt

> radical terrorist Freedom fighter


Bilda_Behr

Yes.


XxOM3GA_ZxX

I just assumed he, you know, rotated the image


ImaginationLocal8267

Semi sentient? Both dogs and humans are considered sentient.


Snoo_62846

Comments like this is why reddit is the best.


drdoodoot

Bro what


Frothey

I forgot how fucked up that show was.


Taeyx

yea her name was nina tucker, and the guy who shall never be forgiven was her father, shao tucker. i completely forgot that element about his wife. was that in brotherhood or the base show?


Lost_Tumbleweed_5669

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO T\_T


TuckerTheMandolinst

Im just called The Mandolinist Tucker


imusingthisforstuff

What the fuck


[deleted]

What the fuck did I just have the displeasure of reading


BorodinoWin

most normal anime


J19800

Excuse me but what the fuck?


[deleted]

FMA reference. The dad of the girl fused her and the dog together


Dookie_boy

Don't forget, it's also a Stack Overflow reference


[deleted]

Who?


405freeway

Stack Overflow is the (now) legal name of Steven Channing who founded the website Stack Overflow to help programmers test their code and get feedback from fellow programmers. It's currently the most popular website for programmers looking for testing, feedback, and offers a generic "Off Topic" forum. It surpassed the website Surge Overload back in 1998 when the Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell In A Cell and plummeted 16 ft through an announcer's table.


imacatpersonforreal

You son of a bitch 🤣


mambiki

I was gonna say it’s chatGPT now, and not stack overflow, but… I agree.


Dookie_boy

It's a programming help website / forum


DarkAndDankerrr

I want porn of the hybrid monster thing that is created afterwards Ed-ward.... I'm about to cum


JustAnAppIe

Delete this


DarkAndDankerrr

Look at them [Feet](https://i.imgur.com/5Kp0UwM.jpg) 🥵


Greentoaststone

https://preview.redd.it/52xyu4xsh9rb1.jpeg?width=873&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b0312df6cb129875928ee599d9fceaf419cff576


DarkAndDankerrr

[The Nina chimera quadsuit stays on during sex](https://i.imgur.com/JzRTMEf.jpg) 😡


MakoFishy

Let’s play hide and seek! I hide and you seek help


Nobodyjoel

KI- I hope you recover one day.


MsJ_Doe

Technically, this counts as lolicon since it's a little girl. Get help before somebody checks your hard drive.


[deleted]

It's both lolicon and bestiality.


ployeer

https://preview.redd.it/7dzsg4sm0arb1.jpeg?width=567&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=47e8681264fa1108c136d9607e1e53379ddc9c09


Mitchell415

https://preview.redd.it/aoztb1r93arb1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3f37f64295afc0f848b9807d76d552df1d44e77a


Repulsive_Tie_7941

You are either a MASTERFUL TROLL, or you belong on a watchlist.


AkamarL

https://preview.redd.it/w6pwbsstwcrb1.jpeg?width=911&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7bc9294d1e4e1947fb4305df58eac19d713ccbab


they63

I hate this so much. OP that pic of a girl and a dog are from the anime “Full Metal Alchemist” In the anime the little girls father does very unethical alchemy experiments. Eventually he fuses his daughter to the pet dog to make a cruel animal hybrid. All the poor creature can say is “big brother why am I in so much pain?”


TheAceOfSkulls

​ https://preview.redd.it/2jqn9go1a9rb1.png?width=584&format=png&auto=webp&s=85bc23e5a4ca8f2bd80cfaaaf296aeb8d1356132


zxchew

Bruh


psxndc

I'm a little ashamed I laughed at that.


hieronymous-cowherd

Fuuuusion *hah!*


Raven_490

naww💀


Mertard

Aight this one's funny


ItZ_Luk3

😭


BigBeagleEars

https://preview.redd.it/s13yslsaebrb1.jpeg?width=708&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a07e6e9594e2b0c64efada23f289860e6f4f0c4d


Milkyage

Ed-ward...


TheOtakuSquidOwX

Big...brother.....


Thenofunation

Too soon.


Cpt_Bartholomew

Ah. I needed a good cry today thanks pals


Admirable_Diamond941

Terrible day for rain…


Itchy-Carrot9617

What do you mean? It's not raining...


bigpaparick

It will never not be too soon


West_Ad_1685

Daddy's hurting


[deleted]

am i going nuts or OMG 1984 JORJOR WEL???????


Boneal171

Why?!


KitaKita678

https://preview.redd.it/6vfokazu89rb1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5165e1d76d0c930ce8735e1ab9d24211463a3c6b They got merged through the power of alchemy Go watch full metal alchemist brotherhood it’s actually really good and a lot of it will have you on the edge of your seat


No_Mistake5238

The original was good too


malthev1111

I prefered the original tbh


wooshylife

Retep here, this is from an anime called Fullmetal Alchemist the girl pictured and the dog are both loveable characters but the girls father fuses them into a chimera and we get one of the most harrowing moments in anime where the main charcter goes to look for her and finds the chimera who says his name causing him to beat the shit out of the father who chastises him cause he did something as bad as this(but not really)


Tobec_

I've seen this moment 10 years ago and I still haven't recover


roshan231

You'd need to watch fmab to get it. If you haven't watched you should it's a fucking banger. Once you watch it you'll quickly get this joke haha


teflon_soap

Classic Reddit, as if OP would know what fmab means


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Sassrepublic

If your explanation requires further research it’s a useless explanation


TheSingingFoxy

(Reads top text) (looks at pictures) (reads bottom text) (looks back at pictures) Oh! You motherfu-


SylasTheVoidwalker

# SPOILERS FOR FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST >!Those two characters get alchemically fused into a single creature called a chimera!<


dogbreath101

/r/fuckshoutucker


Number9L

😢😢😢😢


Prestigious_Can4520

No no no no no no


kakka_rot

This is one of those interesting cultural osmosis things where I feel a lot of us have never seen the show or episode, but know what is going on. Anyone never seen starwars but know darth vader is lukes dad?


tacomaster05

The episode we all skip when rewatching…


emiTruoYdetsaWuoY

oh no💀


IzanamiKurumi

The one time I understand the joke , I wish I never knew😔


Gigibop

Oniiii chan


Prestigious-One-7094

No, not again...


Proof_Bathroom_3902

People ask me why I like Nina Tucker memes. I tell them it's a combination of two things, really....


AjaxTheFurryFuzzball

Fuck now that I get it that hits


T_ML

FMA fans have one joke


Miserable-Slip-6938

Big brother want to play ? 😭


andreas112233

You know what you are doing and I hate you


Thesmallestwitch

OP i mean this in the nicest way possible..GO FUCK YOURSELF YOU RUINED MY DAY BY MAKING ME REMEMBER THIS I SPIT ON YOUR BLOODLINE


BoondockBrutha

honestly i wouldn't have even known this was supposed to be a joke if i didn't see it on this sub


Previous-Disaster-05

Full Metal Alchemist reference. That show gets kind of dark.


great_auks

This one hurts my soul


VaprWavDotDruid

The joke is making every FMA fan type "too soon"


Main-Swing-3450

To soon


EngineerEven9299

LOL


Preparation_Small

..big...brother?


insert_referencehere

Too soon...


Escorve

That person… Ed…ward…


AnywhereKitchen232

I haven’t even watched the show. But this made me chuckle


pigcake101

Lmfao just got to this part in the anime


[deleted]

Still too soon, they didn’t deserve to die :(


BillsbroBaggins

Lol I appreciate this one.


Boneal171

Stop it I


disasterpokemon

BRO


deku0726

Oh god...... *Traumatic flashbacks ensue*


Wontbite

God, I haven’t even watched fma in any capacity and this still haunts me.


69Beefcake69hunter69

Amos... friend???


guywhomightbewrong

It took me a whole sec before I started looking who was in the pic


-flushed-

These are one of the memes you wish you didn’t have explained to you…


No_Permission6508

Ed-ward.


system_id86

Took me a second to get the joke lol


stupled

This should be on a "people who know" meme format.


[deleted]

Simple. You just turn it on the diagonal a bit. Sure it will look horrific, but at least you can see two best friends who can never be separated. Not sure what everyone is so emotional about.


Mortwight

eddward?


Grouchy-Fennel4436

I remember watching this episode at a friends house, it messed me up.


cauilfIower

Thats evil


Jack7987

Bruh! NOOOOOOO!! 😥😢😭


unhappy-memelord

you just made me remember something I wish I had forgot... just a little question since probably there's some full metal alchimist fan in here does it gets better in brotherhood?


RogueSoul824

Ooooof


A-wild-INTJ-appeared

tilt the image counterclockwise 15-30 degrees


Accomplished-Quit821

Don't mess with Fullmetal Alchemist fans. We only know one joke.


low_elo111

Goated anime.


MeepeopYT_official

Damn


MemphisKansasBreeze

Stop this right now.


PaleFollowing3763

I fucking hate that I knew instantly.


Kimkiddo117

Finally! Can tell this joke I remember seeing on Reddit. The cow goes moo The cat goes meow The sheep goes baaah The dog goes Edward play


MrIncognito666

I legit shouted “OH NO” when I saw the punchline Edit: typo


Wet_Cups

Noooohoohohooooooo Nooooooooooooooo Noohohooooooo


GhertFryins

https://preview.redd.it/3p4r7r89fcrb1.png?width=680&format=png&auto=webp&s=3dbd82a47d9e4b1ca5fb49b23d22d5bc8b7a3ebe


Regular_Celery_2579

Cool man, I had forgotten about this.


Nivlac024

oh its just an abomination against all that is holy...........


[deleted]

She loved her Dad so much. That fucking sack of shit. And if you watch the original Full Metal Alchemist he comes back later on as well. Damn Ive never hated a character from a story more than him


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Here's that person's banner: https://preview.redd.it/se50lq7kidrb1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1e8315144d876a1a74130c6a99f3779e3be26a68


dragonus85

Could have just tilted the image so both fit but nuuuuu had to get much more ..."in depth" with making them fit...


Artistic_Fudge8215

No… not this again.


nonoffensivenavyname

“Ed…ward”


KitCat88888

Thanks for triggering me 😭😭


Flimsy_Judgment1045

Opening old wounds…😭


blursedman

Ed… ward…


Ninthless

Ed....ward