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I think FLCL was a lot of fun, but I also found it really hard to follow
sometimes. For instance, what's up with the huge iron? It's big, and it ejects
steam at least once in the series, and it probably comes from aliens. But why
is it there? What is it for?

![A huge freaking iron](https://i.stack.imgur.com/95rGV.jpg)


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What's up with the huge iron in FLCL?


The primary idea of the iron is that it smooths out wrinkles. Toward the end
of the series it is revealed the Medical Mechanica is responsible to smoothing
out entire worlds, thus rendering them for all intents and reasons Unable to
think for themselves.

> Medical Mechanica is an evil corporation in the anime series FLCL. They mass
> produce "medical" robots, which tend to be very violent. Their buildings are
> shaped like irons, and release steam at certain parts of the day. There are
> no entrances or exits to these buildings, so how people get in and out is a
> mystery. One character describes the strange steam as them "Ironing out the
> wrinkles in your brain so you can't think." Medical Mechanica also captures
> an intergalactic space pirate "Atomsk", who one of the main characters has
> been searching for. Though it is never really explained how, or why. Little
> is known about Medical Mechanica, and it is implied that they are somehow
> connected to the government.

The above quote can be found here: [Medical Mechanica Villains Wikia
Page](http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Medical_Mechanica)


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The iron is the Medical Mechanica plant. They plop their factories down on
every planet that they come across. Their reason for landing on a planet is to
conquer it by "smoothing out the wrinkles."

It is debated in episode 6 exactly what "smoothing" means... Kitsurubami
analogizes it to the smoothing of the wrinkles in the brain. It's later
revealed that Medical Mechanica smooths out an entire planet so that everyone
is the homogenous -- meaning there would be no unique personalities, like
Haruko.


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