Noodle (Gorillaz) - Character Appearance

Character Appearance

For the Demon Days album, Noodle was seen with a notably different look, no longer sporting her trademark radio helmet as well as having a noticeably more feminine fashion style and lighter skin tone. She was also noticeably taller with thinner legs, and occasionally seen sporting a monkey named Mike. In the video for "El Mañana" she has green eyes, which contradicts the previous videos where her eyes are seen: "19-2000", "Rock the House", and "Dare". In these videos she is depicted as having black eyes with no irises or pupils, unlike 2-D whose eyes were fractured by Murdoc's stolen Vauxhall Astra, but this difference is likely because the pan of the video was zoomed entirely on her eye, making the green noticeable. Most of the time, though, Noodle's eyes are covered by her hair. In a recent Q&A, Jamie Hewlett stated that Noodle's eye color varies depending on distance; when far away, they're black. When up close, they're green. Noodle’s Character appearance is modeled after Female Guitarist Chrissie Hynde from the Pretenders.

In Phase One, her hair was completely black, and she was always wearing her helmet (as seen on Brit Awards Show 2002), except for select live performances. During Phase Two, Noodle's hair became purple and blue tinted and somewhat longer, covering her eyes.

According to the original promotional booklet, Noodle was sixteen as of January 2006. It was confirmed by a Gorillaz e-mail sent out on Halloween that she was born on that day, 31 October, in 1990.

In "On Melancholy Hill", Noodle is seen putting on makeup and her body is noticeably more matured with her height and body structure, since she should be 19 years old in this video (that is, if the Gorillaz have been paying attention to dates). She is also seen wearing a white and green cat mask. Underneath the cat mask is a large, dark bruise on the right side of her face.

In the video for "DoYaThing" Noodle is briefly seen in one scene as 2D looks into her room. In what may a continuity error, she appears to have no visible scarring to her face in direct conflict to the "Rhinestone Eyes" storyboard, where the right side of her face is visibly injured. This may however suggest that the burns have healed.