Trivia from 13 - Fullmetal vs Flame

• Goof: Too Many Bulletholes:
  When Lt. Hawkeye shoots at Black Hayate, she fires six bullets but there are seven holes in the wall.
  
  
• Hughes has been promoted to Lt. Colonel in charge of courtmartial investigations.
  
  
• Anime Vs. Manga:
  This event marked the first appearance Fuhrer Bradley in the manga.
  
  
• This episode was based off two side stories in the Manga: "The Military Festival" in Volume 3, and "Dog of the Military?" in Volume 4.
  
  
• This is the first appearance of Lt. Riza Hawkeye, Lt. Col. Maes Hughes, Warrant Officer Vato Falman, Lt. Jean Havoc, Fuhrer Bradley and Scar outside of a flashback episode, since episodes 3-9 were of Ed and Al's past.
  
  
• This episode is the unofficial finale of the first season. Many characters that will appear in Season 2 are introduced, either directly or appearing in the background.
  

• Character's Names:
  The names "Mustang", "Hawkeye", "Breda", "Havoc", "Hayate", and "Fuery" all are taken from types of war machines used during World War II. The name "Falman" is thought to be derived from "Farman," which is another war machine from the same period.
  
  
• Roy Mustang: "If your enemy has a choleric temper, seek to anger him."
  This line and a later one ("All warfare is based on deception") are taken from Sun Tzu's famous text, The Art of War.
  
  

Sources: TV.com

Trivia from 11 - The Other Brothers Elric - Part 1

• In an interview, the voice actor for Ed confessed at how he made Ed sound like he had a swollen jaw: sticking a powder doughnut in the side of his mouth. This wouldn't of been a problem, except at one time he had to keep a single doughnut in his mouth for an hour and the mush started to make him ill.
  
  
• Cultural Allusion: Japanese "Honorifics":
  The use of honorifics is seen here in full force as Fletcher addresses his older brother simply as "Brother", just as Al does with Ed.
  
  
• Anime Vs. Manga:
  The storyline portrayed in this episode can be found in novel form in Makoto Inoue's "FullMetal Alchemist: The Land of Sand".
  
  

Sources: TV.com, edwardelric.com

Trivia from 10 - The Phantom Thief

• Goof: On one of the walls of the Hospital is a poster that says "Goodbye Tobacco", but 'goodbye' is written as two words instead of one.
  
  
• Psiren's use of her deck of cards:
  Psiren uses the cards similar to the way that paper is used in the series and the movie Read Or Die (R.O.D.).
  
  
• Clara's Teacher Disguise:
  The outfit Clara wears as a teacher makes her closely resemble Cher Degere from Wolf's Rain.
  
  
• Lupin III: Detective Zenigata
  The police detective in this episode (the one in the brown hat and trenchcoat) is a parody of Inspector Zenigata from Lupin III. The first time he's shown, he's even carrying handcuffs the same way Zenigata does.
  

Sources: TV.com

Trivia from 09 - Be Thou for the People

• Be Thou for the People
  The English title to this episode, which you may be more familiar with, is taken from the Old Testament of the Bible, specifically Exodus 18:19-20. "Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God: And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do." The meaning of the title is, as Edward mentions in episode, that an alchemist's duty is to work for the good of the people, rather than use alchemy for personal gain. I think it's a better title than the Japanese title.
  
  
• This episode is the first time Ed realizes the law of Equivalent Exchange maybe not be the only truth, when he says "Maybe Equivalent Exchange goes further than we thought."
  

• First appearance of Lyra
  
  
• Anime Vs. Manga:
  Lyra does not exist in the Manga.

Trivia from 08 - The Philosophers Stone

• Goof:
  When Edward is looking at a book, it shows a picture of a man. Edward then turns some pages, but the same picture is still there.
  
  
• Name Translation: 'Hagane' (鋼):
  In Japanese, Edward's nickname, Fullmetal, is Hagane. Hagane is a type of metal used to make swords. But it can also be used to call someone stubborn. It is for this reason that Roy says that Ed's second name is ironic.
  
  
• "Darkly Dreaming Dexter", published by Mass Market Paperback and written by Jeff Lindsay, has an ice truck killer (ITK) similar to the one found in this episode. There is a TV series based upon this book, which is Dexter on Showtime. This book has a copyright of 2004. This episode came out in Japan in 2003.
  
  
• Anime vs. Manga:
  Barry the Chopper's origin story is similar in the Manga, but Ed and Al meet Barry under different circumstances.
• The Closed Caption scripting in this broadcast contains a plot spoiler.
• Alphonse learns about the Philosopher's Stone when he goes over the research left in Tucker's study and from rumors floating around the quad.
  
  

Sources: TV.com

Trivia from 07 - Night of Chimera's Cry

• Scar makes his first appearance.
  
  
• Special Ending Credits:
  The ending credits have pictures of Alexander and Nina instead of the usual pictures. Also, Ed's "smile" is one of sadness.

Trivia from 06 - The Alchemy Exam

• On the page that Mustang is reading about Shou Tucker, the word process is spelled 'precess'.
  
  
• Ed and Al experience the birth of the Hughes's baby when Gracia Hughes goes into labor earlier then expected.
  
  
• Ed celebrates his 12th birthday in this episode.
  
  
• The letter that Mustang is reading about Shou Tucker, "The Sewing Life Alchemist", mentions Britain and the "Scientific Revolution".
  
  
• This episode marks the first time that Ed uses alchemy without a transmutation circle. (Although he does in the first couple episodes, the events in this episode happen before the ones in those)
  
  
• Cultural Allusion: Japanese "honorifics" when dealing with two or more people:
  As noted in "To Challenge the Sun", the use of "honorifics" comes again into play when Nina addresses the Elrics.
  Normally, the politeness marker attributes to age; however, because Nina can't tell Ed and Al's ages, she simply addresses them using politeness markers attributed to size. Hence, she shows politeness by referring to Ed as "Little Big Brother" (the smaller of the Elrics, but older than her and deserving of respect), and Al as "Bigger Brother" (older than her, much taller than she or Ed, and deserving of respect).
  
  
• Ed reading a book: Japanese style of reading
  In most Western countries, sentences are read from left to right. In Japan and other Eastern countries, however, sentences are read the opposite way, from right to left. This style of reading from right to left is carried over when Ed is quickly reading a book from the library; his eyes are scanning the page from right to left.
  
  

Sources: TV.com

Trivia from 05 - The Man with the Mechanical Arm

• The Japanese kanji (symbols) for 'auto-mail', 機械鎧, literally mean "machine armor".
  
  
• Manga vs. Anime:
  In the Manga, Ed is fifteen years old and already a State Alchemist when the events of The Man with the Mechanical Arm happen. Other differences: the story takes place after the events of Lior, and Major Maes Hughes isn't involved in this event. [edit]
• Goof: Spelling of Lt. Hawkeye's Name:
  Lt. Hawkeye is introduced as Liza but she is called Riza throughout the series.

Sources: TV.com

Trivia from 03 - Mother

• Look Carefully:
  When Al falls into the lake's shore, it looks like he is totally immersed in the water. However, only his bottom half is in the water; in the next shot, he is shown propping himself on one elbow, thus keeping his chest out of the water.
  
  
• The Meaning Behind Roy Mustang's Name:
  Roy's name is derived from the P-51 Mustang, an American fighter aircraft used during World War II.
  
  
• Anime Vs. Manga:
  According to the Manga, it was suppose to take Ed three years to be able to move freely again, but, he was able to do it in a year. This seems to still hold true in the Anime because he is ten when he tries to bring his mother back, and he is eleven when he is moving again.
  
  
• Goof: Letters from Hohenheim Elric:
  When Ed slams his hands down on a stack of envelopes after their mother falls ill, he tells Al that they were all the letters their father wrote to them. However, the envelopes are addressed to Hohenheim Elric, not from him.
  
  
• Hohenheim, Ed and Al's father, is named after sixteeth century alchemist Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, better known by his alias Paracelsus. Paracelsus was known for studying how 'alchemy' (what would today be called chemistry) affected the human body. Of course, the real Hohenheim used this 'human alchemy' in the study of the effects of poisons and medicine, rather than resurrecting the dead.
  
  
• Trisha Elric makes her first major speaking appearance.
  
  
• Winry's dog has all legs intact when she, Ed, and Al are first shown in the episode, but later the dog has automail.
  
  
• The term "homunculi" is mentioned for the first time by Ed.
  
  
• The faces of Winry's parents are never shown.
  
  
• This is the first of seven episodes (3-9) that happen in the past, when Ed and Al are growing up. This episode starts when Ed is 4 and Al is 3 and ends when Ed is about 11 and Al is 10. The bulk of the show happens when Ed is 15, and Al is 14

Sources: TV.com, edwardelric.com

Trivia from 02 - Body of the Sanctioned

• Inside Joke: Can you tell me how to get...
  As the angry mob of townspeople search for Ed and Al, someone mentions that they were seen down on Goma Street. 'Goma' is 'Sesame' in Japanese; in essence, Ed and Al were on Sesame Street.
  
  
• This is the first time Ed turns a part of his automail into a blade.
  
  
• On April 1, 2006, Adult Swim re-aired the "Body of the Sanctioned" with farting noises inserted through out episode as an April Fool's joke.
  
  
• This episode was based on "The Price of Life" -- Chapter 2, Volume 1 of the Manga.
  
• Alternate Titles for The Homunculi:
  Lust: The Ultimate Lance
  Gluttony: The Ultimate Mouth
  Envy: The Ultimate Disguise
  
  
• Instrument of Torture: Iron Maiden:
  Father Cornello has an Iron Maiden in the cell that he keeps Ed in (it's to the our hero's left). An iron maiden is a particularly nasty torture device where the victim is placed inside and the doors are closed slowly. As they do, spikes within the doors pierce the victim's body at key places ensuring that the victim stays alive for longer than they would wish.
  
  
• Lust, Gluttony, and Envy are three of the Seven Deadly Sins, which are the basic vices thought, in Christian tradition, to underlie all sinful actions. The four others are Pride, Greed, Wrath, and Sloth.
  
  
• The Sun God Leto, whom the townspeople of Lior worshiped, refers to the mother of Greek god Apollo (god of the dance) and his twin sister Artemis (goddess of the hunt). Leto was the daughter of Titans Coeus and Pheobe. Apollo later became equated with Helios, the God of the Sun. Leto's children were fathered by Zeus.
  

Sources: TV.com

Trivia from 01 - To Challange the Sun

• "To Challenge the Sun" is based on Chapter 1, Volume 1 of the manga: "The Two Alchemists"
  
  
• Only three volumes of the manga was published when the production of the anime began, so there wasn't much materail to base it on. Therefore it was decided that the anime would go in a different direction than the manga.
  
  
• When Al breaks the radio at the beginning of the episode, there is a mistake: when the radio falls and smashes on the ground, it's shown with a cord. After Al fixes it using the transmutation circle, however, there is no cord; even when he carries it back to the bar, there is still no cord.
  
  
• First appearance of Lust and Gluttony. Envy gets a name check, but does not appear in it's true form.
  
  
• Right after Edward says "It's your fault for not stopping when I said" and before they show the Town of Lior caption, for a quick frame, you can see some Japanese characters and 1:05:18:19
  
  
• Daedalus and Icarus:
  When Ed says "Get close to the sun, and all you'll do is burn up", after speaking about the sun in comparison to God, he is referring to the Greek myth of Daedalus and Icarus. The title of the episode "To Challenge the Sun", also alludes to it.
  
  In the myth, an inventor, Daedalus, creates wax wings for his son, Icarus, and himself to fly. Daedalus warns Icarus to not fly too high, towards the Gods, but Icarus doesn't listen. When Icarus gets too close to the sun, and the Gods, the wax on his wings melts and he plummets to the sea below.
  
  The myth teaches that when people become arrogant and try to act like gods, they will just end up failing. This is how Ed thinks of his attempt to revive his mother.
  
  
• Lior's Fountain of Wine: Water to Wine:
  Cornello's miracle is a reference to the miracle of water to wine — one of Jesus Christ's many miracles.
  
  
• Chimeras:
  A Chimera is first introduced in this episode. A Chimera in the series is the result of Alchemically combining animals together to get a new creature. In Greek mythology a Chimera was an animal that was part Lion, part snake and part goat.
  
  
• Cultural Allusion: Japanese "Honorifics":
  Beginning in this episode and seen throughout the series, the Japanese tradition of "honorifics" is noted in regards to the way certain characters address others in the series. Nowhere is this more notable than in the way Al addresses Ed simply as "Brother."
  
  In Japan, a politeness-based society, there are markers built into the language that are used for addressing one's elders or for addressing someone of great respect, importance, or stature in society. This use of markers is generally one-sided (those receiving the politeness term often do not return the gesture to the inferior speaker).
  
  This form of speaking also falls into address terms for family members, hence, as Ed is the elder brother, Al shows respect by addressing him as "Brother" while Ed simply uses Al's name.
  
  
  

Sources: TV.com

Quotes from 13 - Fullmetal vs Flame

"Okay, Al, you're right. Today's a great day.

The day I beat Mustangs pompous mug before
the whole army and get some damn respect!"

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Edward: Well, here we are. [sighs]
Alphonse: What's the matter?
Edward: What do you think is the matter? Once again I'll have to listen to Colonel Sarcasm tell me how I screwed up. 'Struck out on the Philosopher's Stone again, huh? How am I supposed to keep funding this goose chase? Money doesn't grow on trees there, chief! Huh? Ed? Where'd you run off to? Oh right, there you are, I couldn't see you behind my paperwork, seeing as how your so short and all. Ha ha ha!' Yeah, I know, we're already here so I might as well get the verbal abuse over with.

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Ed: Your stomach purring?
Al: Yes! I mean no. I mean... You know it's still raining outside!

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Al: So what's your strategy?
Ed: I already told you; a fist in his face!

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Mustang: You can't say I didn't try to protect the kid, but I'll dutifully obey my orders. At least until I become Fuhrer and every one of them is obeying me.
Hawkeye: Be more discrete about those declarations sir, some would call them treason.
Havoc: She's right, chief, it's a presumptuous thing to say, you got a death wish or something?
Mustang: That's a stupid question, Havoc. I say it because it's true. And when I'm Fuhrer, there'll be changes... That day, all female officers will be required to wear- TINY MINISKIRTS!
(Hawkeye sighs, Havoc gets a nosebleed)
Havoc: [grabs his leg] You're a miracle Mustang! I'll follow you the rest of my life!
Mustang: Yes!

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Edward: DON'T CALL ME SMALL! I'LL BREAK DOWN YOUR FEET AND STICK THEM ON YOUR HEAD!!

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Mustang: Wow Ed, you've really made some bang for our buck.
Edward: Don't start with me okay? You're the one who told to go to Lior, for a stone that turned out to be fake.
Mustang: That's true, but I didn't tell you to unseat their fabled prophet.
Edward: Yeah, now a town ripe for uprising is under the control of the military again. Wait, was that your plan all along?

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Edward: Yep, you're the same as ever Major, nice and insane.

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Mustang: [Ed is hiding from his flame attack in the crowd] Well I guess I can't torch you all. [Raising his vioce] This is hard, he's such a small target!
Edward: Who are you calling small! - [Mustang blows up the area around Ed]
Mustang: If your opponent is of cholric temper, seek to irritate and never fall for an enemy's taunts. [surveys the destruction and injuries to other soliders caused by his flame attack] Okay, maybe I overdid it.

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Mustang: Dog, huh... [suddenly smiles] I love dogs!
Fuery: Really? You mean it?
Mustang: Of course! Dogs embody loyalty! They follow their master's commands above all else! Be a jerk to them and they don't complain! And they never once beg for a paycheck! Trust me, Fuery, they are the great servants of Men! Loyal Canine How We Salute Thee!

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Edward: Al, be rational. We don't have the means to care for it. You can't just go picking up any stray you see.
Alphonse: It's not any stray... He called to me! He's wet and hungry! Can't we keep him?
Edward: No, Al! Now go put it back where you found it!
Alphonse: [burst into tears] I hate you brother, you're not even human! [runs away]
Edward: Come on, Al, don't run! Think of the kitten!
Alphonse: I know, I am! I'm the only one who is!

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Quotes from 12 - The Other Brothers Elric - Part 2

"Damn, I can't believe he's a year younger
than me and already so much taller.
Life is so unfair!"

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Edward: Like I said, let's take care of those kids first. It's been a while since I've killed anyone. I kinda miss it...wanna watch?

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Ed: Damn, I can't believe he's a year younger than me and already so much taller. Life is so unfair!

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Mugear: As long as I have the Red Water, no one can stop me! Least of all a diminuitive State Alchemist and his copycat friends!
Edward: "Diminuitive State Alchemist." Points for the big word, but you're still goin' down!

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Edward: Even with your stones, I'm on a whole nother level!

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Quotes from 11 - The Other Brothers Elric - Part 1

" Hey! Size doesn't mean anything!"

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Edward: You wanna start something with me?
Russell: No, I don't wanna fight with you, Ed, so why don't you turn around and go home, and leave us to take care of things around here.
Edward: That's not the way you beg somebody to do something. [pointing to ground] On your knees! [pause; points to ground repeatedly] I said get down on the ground!
Russell: What, so we can see eye to eye? Surely you must be used to people looking down on you!

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Alphonse: I wonder what those brothers real names are. Or if they're even brothers at all... And I wonder if the older brother is actually much older than you are, or - [Ed punches him]
Edward: Hey! Size doesn't mean anything!

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Alphonse: The fake you doesn't need a circle either!

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Al: Is money all that grown-ups think about?

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Quotes from 10 - The Phantom Thief

" I'll turn you all into fish!"

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Edward: Discarding two. Yeez, more junk.
Alphonse: Hmm..
Edward: Just discard already!
Alphonse: Sorry! I'll take two as well. Holy! Hey, brother... wanna double the bet?
Edward: Suit yourself...
Alphonse: Sorry, I've got a full house...
Edward: I'm sorry too... Royal flush.
Alphonse: No way! I thought for sure I'd win for once! Okay, this time, I'm gonna -
Edward: I quit! I'm bored.
Alphonse: Bored? Bored of what? Winning? You haven't lost yet! Why don't you lose on purpose for a while?

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Doctor: Well it looks like a bit of food poisoning, that's all.
Alphonse: It's not from eating too much?
Edward: Oh, shut up.
Doctor: We'll need to give you an injection... Clara?
Alphonse and Edward: Injection?
Doctor: Yeah... Just a poke.
Edward: [tries to run away] You wanna sell out your own brother?! You're evil!
Alphonse: You don't mean that...!
Edward: I'll turn you all into fish!

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Detective: [about Mustang] He sounded nice. Angry, but nice!

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Al: This has to be a mistake!
Ed: The only mistake here is inside that metal skull of yours, Al! She's robbed you of your senses, and played you like a freaking harp!

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Detective: Mr. Elric! Mr. Elric!
Ed: Let's make a tape saying I'm innocent. You can play it back all you want.

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Ed: Who are you calling so small you wanna crush like an ant?!
Al: Brother, please. He didn't say that!

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Psiren: Sleep tight, Pipsqueak!
Ed: Who are you calling a Pipsqueak? You know, I'd be tall too in heels!

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Edward: You know, it's funny. Every crook I meet wants to tell me how much I'm just like them. But there's a big difference between you and me and the burdens we bear.
Psiren: Yes, bare - love too.

Quotes from 09 - Be Thou for the People

" -How can you defy the military you serve?
- Because I never sold my soul to them."

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Ed: Alchemists be thou for the people, that's our motto. If you really want to be like me, you'll take that to heart!

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Yoki: Your inn is as charmingly filthy as always, Hulling.
Hulling: Lieutenant Yoki. You know, should cover up your face more often, it's a good look for you.

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Yoki: But don't blame me because you have to grease the wheels, it's the way of the world.
Mineworker: Yeah, and sometimes the way of the world is the little man gets beat!

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Yoki: Who the hell are you?!
Edward: When I heard the lieutenant would be dropping in, I though I could come by and say hello!

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Yoki: And those miners can be so brutaly obstinate sometimes, as you saw...
Edward: And by obstinate, you mean asserting their rights and refusing to pay you more then they earn?
Yoki: See, you get it! I know you where a man of great understanding.

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Edward: Come on! Is that anyway to talk to your new boss, landlord, and all-around overseer?

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Edward: [talking to the Taxi Driver about the Fullmetal Alchemist] Wow, he must be a man of great stature then, huh?
Taxi Driver: Actually I've heard he's surprisingly short, like a dwarf or something.
Edward: WHO ARE YOU CALLING A DWARF?! COME BACK HERE AND SAY THAT TO MY FACE!
Alphonse: Brother, if you keep scaring away cab drivers, we'll never get to Lior!

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Kyle: But our inn was destroyed last night...
Edward: Really? Then what's that over there?

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Quotes from 08 - The Philisophers Stone

" Because we're not gods. We're humans.
Tiny, insignificant humans...
who couldn't even save a little girl."

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Edward: You're a man!
Barry the Chopper: Guilty as charged!

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Edward: You sick...why are you doing this?!
Barry the Chopper: Why? Hmm...what a strange little question that is. I guess it's because I enjoy it. The first person I killed was my wife. She was nagging me about something and without meaning to, I chopped her to pieces. But when I saw how finely I could slice her, I wanted more. To reduce people to their most basic building blocks, and I wanted everyone to see...
Edward: That's stupid. Why would someone kill for such a ridiculous reason?
Barry the Chopper: Because they can!

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Barry the Chopper: Men have morals, but send them to war and they have no problem slaying each other in the most brutal fashions. Now why do you think that is?
Edward: I have no idea...

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Barry the Chopper: She seems to like taking things apart so I thought I'd do the same to her! Watch closely and maybe you'll get to see what makes her tick!

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Al: It'll take more than that to kill me, brother.

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Alphonse Brother, it turns out the Philosopher's Stone may very well be real. But all the clues we need to find it are off limits to everyone except State Alchemists. Since I no longer have a mortal shell, I can't feel the terror you felt, thinking you were going to die. I'm sure it must have been painful, and lonely. I want my body back, brother. I want to be able to feel what you felt. To feel human again. If we find the Philosopher's Stone, I can have that.
Edward: When I was certain he was going to kill me, my mind went blank, and I didn't have any hope anymore. And the only thing I could do was scream my lungs out. I felt so helpless, I couldn't even bring myself to believe someone might save me. Then you showed up, Al. And I realized that if we don't take care of each other, then no one else will. So I'll do anything in my power to get our bodies back, even if it means being the military's lapdog. And we'll just have to hope our powers are good enough to help us rise above our own limits. 'Cause we're not gods. We're humans. Tiny, insignificant humans...who couldn't even save a little girl.

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Hawkeye: It's so cruel. If the devil really does interfere in this world, we've seen his work tonight.

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Quotes from 07 - Night of Chimera's Cry

" When you have the power to do something,
it's hard not to try.
Isn't that what we agreed on, Ed?
Aren't we so much alike?"

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Tucker: I hate prodigies like you Ed. Too damn perceptive.

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Tucker: You're desperate to put your mind to use, Ed, to put the world under your fingers. That's the essence of alchemy! You did it for knowlege, control, above all, you did it just to prove you can!

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Tucker: Toying with lives? Like your arm and leg there? Or your brother's body? Or trying to bring your mother back? That's toying, isn't it? You don't really think you are any different from me, do you, Ed?

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Scar: You poor thing...You're a sin against nature and your body's in so much pain...Oh merciful god who shapes us all...please return these scarred souls to your unending womb.

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Nina: Daddy? Are you hurting somewhere?

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Basque Gran: Don't they just eat at you? I hear when that kid showed off his transmutation abilities without the use of a circle, the King actually opened up his mouth and complimented him. Now that upstart Mustang is getting points for discovering him. My points, Tucker!

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Quotes from 06 - The Alchemy Exam

" It's strange.
We've been right beside each other all this time.
But I can't remember what your skin feels like,
or how you smell."

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Edward: Easy Al...You heard what Auntie Pinako said, right? State Alchemists are military and get thrown into service whenever war breaks out. You have to do what they say, even hurt people, for some good you don't understand. It means you're a dog of the state, with a leash around your neck...

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Maes: Gracia!
Gracia: Honey... It's here!
Maes: The tea?
Gracia: The baby!
Maes: But... but the doctor said next week!
Gracia: Well, the baby just said NOW! And I'm pretty sure SHE gets to choose!

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Alphonse: [panicked] When you think of it like alchemy, making a life's expensive! You'd have to give something up!!
Edward: CHILDBIRTH'S NOT ALCHEMY, YOU DOPE!

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Edward: Al, do you think we decided right? Chose the right path?
Alphonse: I don't know, brother. But I do know this: I don't want to be in this suit anymore. I want to feel things again. It's strange. We've been right beside each other all this time. But I can't remember what your skin feels like, or how you smell.

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Ed: We could always stuff Alexander in there and pretend you're a talking dog.
Al: I don't think that's very funny...

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(Alexander jumps on Ed)
Nina: You know that's bad, Alexander!
Shou Tucker: Oh my, I'm so sorry.
Ed: No prob... just don't say... "roll over".

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Quotes from 05 - The Man with the Mechanical Arm

"You can call me Roy Mustang,
or just Lieutenant Colonel.
Hell, you can call me the Flame Alchemist.
Whatever you do, remember the pain."

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Ed: No one told me we had tickets for the Normalcy Express.

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Ed: Attention gun-totting extremists! You hear me all right? Or did you blow out your ears playing target practice?

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Hawkeye: [on the phone] I'm sorry to interrupt you, Major, but let me offer you a bit of feminine advice... BABIES AREN'T BORN AFTER JUST FIVE MONTHS!
Hughes: Uh, sorry, I lost you... [hangs up] Jeez, she actually believes we're talking seriously here?

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Edward: WHO ARE YOU CALLING A RUNT SO TINY HE COULD ONLY BE SEEN WITH A MAGNIFYING GLASS, YOU JERK!

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Bald: You understand, kid. You've got an arm just like mine. You've wanted to be stronger, too. And the military...they'll just get rid of you as soon as you're not convenient.
Edward: No, I DON'T understand! And, don't you ever lump in my reasons for this arm.... with YOURS!

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Alphonse: [to a couple of gunmen] Welcome to the brig. [smacks his fist in his hand]

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Alphonse: Those people had us dancing right in the palms of their hands, didn't they? I guess it doesn't matter what we do. We'll never be the ones in control.

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Hughes: Just look on the bright side Bald, you probably needed a shower.

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Al: Brother...am I scary?
Ed: Please...you're kindness in a can.

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Quotes from 04 - A Forger's Love

"I know how it feels to loose someone.
But the act of molding flesh is better
left to the hands of God."

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Al: Are you all right, brother?
Ed: Yeah, I'm just peachy. I love turbulent carriage rides in seats as soft as granite.

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Clause: You're nothing but a bunch of chickens! Posing as alchemists when you're just a cowardly little pipsqueak and his walking trashcan!
Edward: [angrily] Pipsqueak?
Alphonse: [sadly] Trashcan?
Edward: Nobody calls me a pipsqueak and gets away with it! Not even a little girl!
Clause: Oh, is that so... Gosh, I'm so terrified of a whiny little pipsqueak!
Edward: Shut up and take a look at yourself! If you're a girl like they all say, why do you dress like a paperboy?!

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Alphonse: Yeah. I have a feeling this is gonna be a good trip.
Edward: What's wrong? You seem almost happy!

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Edward: Look at that! Someone is throwing a party! With torches and everything! But they forgot to invite us.

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Clause: Hey, you guys aren't from around here, are you?
Other boy: [Hits Al with a stick] What it this ugly thing? Some kind of giant robot from the future?
Edward: [Breaks stick] Quit it.
Clause: Show him how we... welcome strangers.

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Edward: Nothing you think you know is the truth, and what you've been seeking all along is under your nose.

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Majahal: This is impossible! Are you telling me that this wrinkled old woman is Karin? Karin was a woman of incomparable beauty... just like a rose.
Edward: Exactly like a rose. Flowers wither, Majahal...

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Edward: [to Clause] You're definitely much prettier when you don't dress like a paper boy!

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Quotes from 03 - Mother

"On the day we left,
we burned down the family home,
and all the familiar things inside...
Because some memories...
aren't meant to leave traces."

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Trisha: [on her death bed] Your dad... He left us money... I've never touched it, I was...saving it for you boys... Use it, and take care of each other..
Edward: Don't be silly, we'll use it with you!
Trisha: Edward...would you be a sweetheart and transmute something for your mother? Yes, I know...a ring of flowers would be nice. You see your father...always...used to make them for me...

"And that’s what we finally understood. The reason why Mom had always smiled at our alchemy... It had reminded her of Dad."

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Alphonse: Please, help him! He's gonna bleed to death!
Winry: ...Al? Is that you?

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Edward: I don't wanna be chained to the State anymore than you. But I'll do whatever it takes to fix things.
Pinako: Fix you, or the world? Make sure you ask yourself that.

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Edward: This pain's nothing...compared to what he's given up...

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Al: We became absorbed in the science that made you feel like you were magic.

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Edward: What's a soul really? When you take out the myth, it's just the spark that starts life. This is our blood from her blood. That's a fair trade.

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Alponse: Dad left... A long time ago, when brother and I were still boys. Mom stared off into the distance a lot. But she carried on as if nothing were wrong.

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Edward: I'm the one who has to fix things, and get your body back.
Alphonse: Then... you won't try with mum again?
Edward: Well, chances are there isn't anything in this world we could trade for mums soul... And besides all that... You know... I don't wanna risk losing you again, Al.
Alphonse: Good. I'll have to come with you, though.
Edward: And why is that?
Alphonse: You're no good without me! You just turn into a jerk.
Edward: Thanks for the endorsement...
Alphonse: But seriously, we're all we've got. From now on, we can't do anything that could pull us apart.

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Quotes from 02 - Body of the Sanctioned

"Walk on your own. Move forward.
You've got a good strong pair of legs, Rose.
You should get up and use them."

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Cornello: Well, that does answer our riddle. Why the military would give a pup like you such a stern name, "Full Metal", but it's literal...

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Cornello: But you failed, didn't you?
Edward: Yeah, I'd label that a failure, alright. Al lost his whole body, and I lost an arm and a leg. I ignored every signpost because I was reckless and I wanted it bad enough! Rose, this is what happens when you try to bring back what's dead... You really wanna go through with that?!

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Edward: Don't be stupid! No matter what kind of powers you have, some things can't be done!
Cornello: Oh? Then why are you so anxious to get the stone? You want to beat the laws of equivalency just as I do and bring your mommy back
Edward: Wrong, holy man! All we want is to get our bodies normal again. See, we don't lie about what's possible. We didn't start a cult.

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Cornello: You are damned, State Alchemist. May the wrath of God fall upon your head.
Edward: Stop hiding behind thath crap! Get down here, and I'll show you some wrath!

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Edward: Well like I always say - if you can't find a door, make your own!

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Edward: Who are you calling a mousy little pipsqueak!?

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Edward: [To Rose] Great, you came to feed me! And I thought you were mad.

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Cornello: How did you get my broadcasting equipment?!
Edward: Al rigged it up! I know, you smashed him into pieces. But that was just some metal I whipped up to look just like him! Pretty clever, huh?

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Edward: Oh, and by the way - I don't get my skills from a pocket watch.

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Edward: I'm warning you, give it up!
Cornello: You didn't fool me with that little display down there. Without this the only alchemy you can perform is to your own metal arm!
Edward: Know what? You're not the only one who can't stand doubters, preach!

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Alphonse: Rings and watches has nothing to do with it. My brother is the Fullmetal Alchemist.

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Rose: What do I have to live for now that I know Cain won't come back? You tell me that, Ed!
Edward: You'll have to decide for yourself. Walk on your own. Move forward. You've got a good strong pair of legs, Rose. You should get up and use them.

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Quotes from 01 - To Challange the Sun

"My brother and I knew the laws of science,
of Equivalent Exchange, that gain required sacrifice,
that something had to be taken from us.
But we thought there was nothing more we could lose.
We were wrong."

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Edward: Alchemy; the science of understanding the structure of matter, breaking it down, then reconstructing it as something else. It can even make gold from lead. But alchemy is a science, so it must follow the natural laws: To create, something of equal value must be lost. This is the principle of Equivalent Exchange. But on that night, I learned the value of some things can't be measured on a simple scale. My brother and I knew the laws of science, of Equivalent Exchange, that gain required sacrifice, that something had to be taken from us. But we thought there was nothing more we could lose. We were wrong.

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Edward: I hate deserts. It's nothing but sand! If there was some grass I could turn it into bread. I'm starving! Huh? Hey! Al, where'd you go? Al? Hey!
Alphonse: Down here. [Al's hand emerges from the sand beneath Ed and grabs his leg]
Edward: Ahh!
Alphonse: I sunk again.
Edward: Reason number two I hate the desert... I don’t understand why you keep falling in!
Alphonse: I get full.
Edward: Full of what?! [kicks Al and sand falls out of his chest plate, burying Ed. Al laughs and inches away]
Edward: Get back here!
Alphonse: What are you going to do?
Edward: Nothing!
Alphonse: Then why are you chasing me?
Edward: Stop and you'll find out!
Alphonse: I promise I won't get buried again!
Edward: Not unless it's by me!
Alphonse: Ed!
Edward: Rrrr!

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Store Owner: What are you, street performers?
Edward: I don't think so, pops! Do I look like a clown to you?!

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Alphonse: Um, I'm not the Fullmetal Alchemist. He is.
Citizen: You mean that little shorty there?
Edward: Shorty?! Could a shorty do this?! What else you want to call me: a half-pint bean-sprout midget?! I'm still growing you backwater desert idiots!

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Edward: What's wrong with you people? I'm not short! You come from a desert tribe of giants or something!
Alphonse: Edward, please!
Edward: You want some of this too?

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Edward: Water, 35 liters. Carbon, 20 kilograms. Ammonia, 4 liters. Lime, 1.5 kilograms. Phosphorous, 800 grams. Salt, 250 grams. Saltpeter, 100 grams. Sulfur, 80 grams. Fluorine, seven-point-five. Iron, five. Silicon, three grams. And trace amounts of 15 other elements.
Rose: What's that?"
Edward: It's all the ingredients of the average adult human body, right down to the last specks of protein in your eyelashes. And even though science has given us the entire physical breakdown, there's never been a successful attempt at bringing a human to life. There's still something missing. Something scientists haven't been able to find in centuries of research. ...and in case you're wondering, all those ingredients can be bought on a child's allowance. Humans can be made rather cheap. There's no magic to it.
Rose: Well, if there's no magic, then you bring someone back to life!
Edward: Just a matter of time, Rose. Science will find a way. Science is the answer to everything. If I were you, I'd drop the scriptures and pick up an Alchemy book. We're the closest things to gods there are.
Rose: You're not a god. You're nothing close too it.
Edward: Neither is the sun. It's just a mass of hydrogen. Get close to it like Cornello claims, and all you'll do is burn up.

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Rose: He doesn't have a head!
Edward: Yeah! That's Al!

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Edward: I don't care what the military wants. I'm here for me!

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Father Cornello: Let me introduce you to one of my creations, you of all people will be able to appreciate this...a chimera!
Edward: You combined animals, the most depraved kind of alchemy there is.
Father Cornello: Maybe so, but most effective!

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Rose: Oh God...
Edward: Don't look away, Rose! You need to see what happens when you try to bring a human to life, when you cross into God's territory or whatever the hell it is! Is this what you want?! Look!
Rose: His arm...his leg, they're machines!
Edward: Told you, Rose. Get too close to the sun, and you'll burn.

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Father Cornello: I see. Now I understand you, Elric. You crossed the line. You did what is strictly forbidden. You tried to create human life, and your bodies were taken to the other side. You were crazy to find out for yourself. You are the Full Metal! The Full Metal Alchemist!

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