"HELP! We are Angels" (HELP!二人はエンジェル, HELP! Futari wa Enjeru) is the twenty-second episode of season 1 and the twenty-second overall episode of Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt. It first aired on December 3, 2010.
Synopsis[]
This episode consists of a music video, featuring the main characters performing "D City Rock".
Plot[]
The episode starts with Brief putting up posters advertising Panty, Stocking and Garterbelt's performance at a concert. Later, Garterbelt puts out his cigarette, prompting the others to gather their instruments and walk onto the stage. They begin performing "D City Rock", a song by TeddyLoid.
However, as their performance comes to a close, several fans in the crowd begin fighting each other, and a riot soon begins. The police then show up to arrest Panty and the rioters, but Panty kicks a cop in the jaw. She was eventually arrested, and as the episode ends, Panty flips off the cops.
Characters[]
Production images[]
Trivia[]
General trivia[]
- When the camera zooms out during the lyrics "freaky girl comin' your way", it zooms out from Japan, even though they are in the desert.
- Stocking is playing a fairly uncommon left-handed bass guitar. However, it is still unknown what her dominant hand is.
- When they are seen playing at Times Square, a billboard for UFC can be seen, as well as the storefront for the now-defunct Virgin Megastore.
- The locations that are shown behind the band after the first chorus are:
- Statue of Liberty in New York, United States
- Uluru in Australia
- Taj Mahal in India
- Northern Lights in the Arctic
- Sagrada Família in Spain
- Parthenon in Greece
- Kinkaku-ji in Japan
- Times Square in New York, United States
- At an event held by the Gainax staff on December 28, 2010, this episode was voted as the fourth best episode of the series.[1]
Cultural references[]
- The music video's title is a reference to The Beatles' album, Help!.
- As the band march into the venue, the shot and sound are highly reminiscent of Pink Floyd's The Wall rally scene.
- The logo shown at the top left of the video, is a reference to the popular music channel, MTV.
- When the band is playing beneath the Northern Lights background, Chuck is seen wearing Kenny McCormick's parka.
- Near the end of the music video, a chain breaks in a Black Rock Shooter-like fashion.
- Stocking smashes someone away with a bass swing, which is a reference to FLCL.
- The framing device of the rowdy punk concert closes the video in the same fashion as the music video for My Chemical Romance's cover of "Desolation Row".
- The scene where the group is being interviewed before Panty suddenly has sex with the host behind a couch is modeled after the set used for The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Artist parodies[]
- The Doors - Arriving at Heathrow in 1964
- Elvis Presley
- KISS
- The Beatles - Help! and Abbey Road album covers
- Oasis - "D'You Know What I mean" music video
- Lady Gaga - "Telephone" music video
- Queen - Wembley performance in 1986
- t.A.T.u. - "All The Things She Said" music video
- Jimi Hendrix - Performing at Woodstock in 1969 and lighting his guitar on fire during the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival
- Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the U.K. single album cover and "God Save the Queen" music video
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Marilyn Manson
- Gorillaz
Album art parodies[]
Music[]
- "D City Rock" - Music video
References[]
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