Phase 4: 2016-2017
Gorillaz – The Book of Noodle
Days following the assault on Plastic Beach, Noodle woke up in an odd fishing village in Japan. After an elderly pearl diver named Chiyoko restored her health, Noodle decided to become her apprentice in return for her generosity.
One day, she unintentionally let an old demon from Hell loose by cracking open an abnormally large pearl shell beneath the waves. Noodle discovered that this was Mazuu, a demonic shape-shifter who could assume human form. Removing its head from its body was the only way to destroy it. And so, for years, Noodle pursued Mazuu across Japan. She had finally found it in Tokyo, where it had become the most powerful criminal organization in the city.
She entered The Demons Lounge, their headquarters, wearing a geisha disguise. While Mazuu was distracted, she chopped off its head. Its earthly existence was over. She bundled herself into a box with dried fish, bottled water, and a copy of Moby Dick in order to flee Mazuus sumo bodyguards. Her package was addressed:
West London, England – c/o Murdoc Niccals
Later, Noodle can be seen wearing glasses with a pink lens on her right eye and a green lens on her left in the music video for “Saturnz Barz.” When Noodle turns on a record in the home’s basement, the music starts. Then a one-eyed, snake-like creature attacks her. Later in the music video for “Strobelite,” she dances with 2-D while Russell is sleeping and Murdoc is off conducting some dubious business.
Phase 3: 2010-2012
Noodle started her quest to get back in touch with her former bandmates four years after she vanished. Her last official sighting was in the “On Melancholy Hill” video, where she was wearing a cat mask on the M Harriet. She was informed by a crew member during the voyage that pirates were attacking the ship, and he was assigned to escort her to the lifeboats. Noodle grabbed a Thompson submachine gun from her luggage and armed herself without saying anything. It is believed that she was seeking retribution after Murdoc declared her dead. Noodle had to abandon the M after taking down one of the two pirate fighter planes. A dive bomb torpedo fired by the second plane sank the ship Harriet. Later, she is seen being lifted out of the water atop Russell Hobbs’ head in a lifeboat. At this point, Hobbs appears noticeably larger than normal. [3] She and Russell arrived at Plastic Beach in the canceled Rhinestone Eyes music video, where they met up with 2-D and Murdoc again.
Later, Noodle appears briefly when 2-D peers into her room in the “DoYaThing” music video. The majority of her facial wounds appeared to have healed following the Plastic Beach events. But, 212 Wobble Street, the home they are residing in, is in foreclosure; it is unclear what will happen to it.
Noodle had no dialogue in Phase 3. She did not participate in the recording of Plastic Beach; Cyborg Noodle took her place on the record.
CL: I just love how he works. I love how he does his acting. I love how he gets into character. I feel like its really cool. How he likes to walk back and forth on set. He kind of transforms into Willy Wonka by using his cane a lot. He did a fantastic job of adding his own flair while maintaining the characteristics of Gene Wilder’s Willy Wonka, in my opinion.
CL: I like how confident she is. All she wants is a mom. However, she has endured so much that she is aware that things cannot get worse than they are now. She just exudes confidence and doesn’t give a damn about what people think. As if she wouldn’t give a damn if someone said something negative about her. That’s how confident she is.
CL: Since Willy does just that throughout the film, I hope you take away the lesson to follow your dreams. When he arrives at the Gallery Gourmet area with no money and a desire to open a shop, he follows his dreams and doesn’t let anything stand in his way. Literally no money. Just follow your dreams and have hope.
CL: I was so excited that it felt like my mind was racing in all directions. In our room, I was just screaming at the top of my lungs at my mother.
CL: Ah, that would be the scene in which I have the balloons soaring through the air. I’ve never flown in the air at a height of sixty feet on wires before. That was really awesome, especially since Timothée was there as well.
