TACHIKOMATIC DAYS
Tachikoma One: Hey guys! Look at this!
Tachikoma Two and Three: Ooooooo!
Tachikoma Four: What? What? I wanna seeeeee!
Tachikoma One: The Major and the guys are all singing! They sound terrible!
Tachikoma Two: Yeah! How creepy!
Tachikoma Three: Hey, now they're going to Batou's place!
Tachikoma Four: Lemme see! Lemme seeeeee!
Tachikoma One: They're going to surprise him . . .
Tachikoma Two: But, they'll never be able to break Mr. Batou's door code!
Tachikoma One, Two and Three: OOOH!
Tachikoma One: The Major . . . she had the code already!
Tachikoma Three: I wonder how she knew it?
Tachikoma Two: Why would Mr. Batou tell . . .?
Tachikoma Four: Tee! Hee! Hee!
Tachikoma One, Two and Three: What? Tell us!
Tachikoma Four: Hee! Hee!
Okay, if you've only seen GITS on Cartoon Network then you have missed the absolute BEST part of each episode: Tachikomatic Days! It's a funny little bonus at the end of each episode with the Tachikomas talking among themselves, or explaining something to the audience. For example, the tachikoma life cycle is amazing like that of a grasshopper and hermit crab!
The idea for this storycame from the Tachikomatic Days at the end of eps. 21 and 22 in the first season. Having been decommissioned, the tachikomas are in "heaven" -with cute little halos and everything- and they are watching their old Section Nine buddies on a monitor. After ep. 21 they observe Batou getting ready for bed and are amazed to see that he wears a nightcap and takes out his eyes before going to sleep! It's Ishikawa's turn to get spied on after ep. 22 and that little surprise is even better! I'll have to leave it for you to find out for yourself though.
I hadn't planned on the tachikomas being in the story at all, but so many people mentioned them I had to do something. So I gave them another Tachikomatic Days! I hope you aren't too disappointed!
-Neg