Noodle (Gorillaz) - Character Personality

Character Personality

During Phase One of Gorillaz, Noodle could only speak Japanese, with the exceptions of her bandmates' names and small words such as "duh" or "yeah", and Russel had translated for her; but she had done vocals in English: the chorus for "19-2000" and backup in several tracks in the first album. She also did an alternately Japanese and English vocal narration for the track "Left Hand Suzuki Method", originally from the G-Sides album. It was not until Phase Two with the Demon Days album that anyone actually heard her fluently speak English conversationally.

Noodle is a fan of Miyazaki's films. She enjoyed Spirited Away and got inspiration for the "Feel Good Inc." video from Castle in the Sky; her floating island was inspired by Howl's Moving Castle. According to the bio presented during Gorillaz' appearance on MTV Cribs, her listed interests are Johnny Thunders and Richie Sambora. Also, on her computer in Kong, it is shown in the file '23_facts' that she is interested in that number. This file also features a reference to Prince.

In Rise of the Ogre, many pictures of Noodle include her holding a guitar in her left hand, showing that she is right-handed (you use your main hand to strum the guitar and the other hand to press chords and notes on the strings), and in Gorillaz' Popworld interview she is shown drawing with her right hand. However, in pictures for the Gorillaz bite "Search for a Star", she can be seen holding a pencil in her left hand. This is further supported in the "On Melancholy Hill" music video, where in which both she and her cyborg clone are shown firing their guns in a left-handed fashion.

We have yet to see how she has changed character and personality wise since El Mañana and escaping from Hell. The four year gap does raise a lot of questions to be answered.