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<div><blockquote>''"I'm such a fool!"'' ~ '''[[Sayaka Miki]]''' </blockquote><br />
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{{Infobox_episode<br />
|name = I'm Such a Fool<br />
|jname = あたしって、ほんとバカ<br />
|date = 24 February 2011<br />
|script = [[Gen Urobuchi]]<br />
|storyboard = Shin'ichi Omata<br />
|director = Takashi Kawabata<br />
|adirector = Tomoyuki Matsumoto<br />Yuuji Kondou<br />
}}<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
[[Sayaka]] finishes off [[Elsa Maria]], but refuses to use the [[Grief Seed]], giving it to [[Kyoko]], and doesn't feel well afterwards. [[Madoka]] helps her go back home. They are sitting on a bench with Madoka crying over Sayaka's actions. Sayaka tells that all that is left for her in life is fighting witches. Madoka tells that she wants to make Sayaka happy, but Sayaka runs away, telling [[Madoka]] not to follow her, while her Soul Gem is dimming.<br />
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[[Kyoko]] and [[Homura]] are talking about [[Episode_6#Observations|Walpurgisnacht]] in [[Homura_Residence|Homura's apartment]], [[Kyubey]] appears uninvited and tells them about Sayaka's current condition. [[Madoka]] goes to Sayaka's apartment to find out that she's been absent since the day before. As [[Hitomi]] and [[Kyousuke]] are walking home, the two of them stop in a park and have a lively conversation. Sayaka watches from afar.<br />
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Homura speaks with Sayaka, trying to get her to use a Grief Seed, but Sayaka refuses. Sayaka accuses Homura of putting up false pretenses and always lying to them. Homura admits she is just doing things for Madoka's sake and prepares to kill Sayaka, but Kyoko interferes. Homura uses a flashbang grenade and escapes. <br />
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Sayaka is riding in a train where two men are discussing and badmouthing their girlfriends and generally acting misogynistic. She interferes, asking them how they can speak this way about women who love them. Her train of thought grows progressively more nihilistic as she wonders why she bothered trying to save such a worthless world, and she begins to transform into darkness.<br />
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Madoka talks with Kyubey and he tells her about her apparent power. She seems to almost agree to become a [[Puella Magi]], but Homura suddenly appears and riddles Kyubey's body with bullets before she can form a contract with him. Homura then breaks down in tears in front of Madoka, who has a strange moment of realization and asks if she has met Homura before. Before Homura can answer Madoka excuses herself and goes searching for Sayaka, ignoring Homura's calling out to her. Another body of Kyubey appears and eats his previous dead body. Kyubey realizes that Homura is a person from another time, and Homura says Kyubey's real identity is that of an "Incubator."<br />
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Kyoko finds Sayaka and sees that her Soul Gem is almost completely dark. Sayaka says that the hope and despair must always be in balance, starts crying, and her Soul Gem explodes, creating a maze with Sayaka apparently becoming a witch.<br />
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The episode ends with Kyubey noting "since this country calls women who are still growing up {{Nihongo|''shoujo''|少女|girls}}, for girls who on the way of becoming {{Nihongo|''majo''|魔女|witches}}, it's logical to call them {{Nihongo|''mahou shoujo''|魔法少女|magical girls}}."<br />
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== Runes ==<br />
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This episode made a more intensive use of the musical font. See [[Runes:Episode 8|Runes of episode 8]]<br />
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== Observations ==<br />
*In Homura's apartment, there are a number of documents pertaining to Walpurgisnacht on display. Images of these documents have been archived at the article: [[Homura Residence]].<br />
*Homura's room is laid out like the surface of a clock. There are gears on the ceiling.<br />
*The artist [[Wikipedia:Paul Klee|Paul Klee]] made [[:File:Paul Klee Walpurgis Night.jpg|a painting]] called "Walpurgis Night". Not only does it have a strangely familiar name, it also seems fairly similar to Sayaka transforming into a witch.<br />
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===Production errors===<br />
*At the beginning of the episode, when Sayaka has defeated [[Elsa Maria|Elsa Maria]], the Grief Seed she picks up and throws to Kyoko is Elsa Maria's. The scene then cuts to Sayaka. When it cuts back to Kyoko, she is holding [[Elly|Elly's]] Grief Seed.<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
*The train conversation scene between the two hosts is actually based on a real event that [[NewType_2011-05#Sayaka_Train_Interpretation|Gen Urobuchi witnessed.]]<br />
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== Images ==<br />
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=== Official Art ===<br />
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left"><br />
File:Scans_from_Newtype.jpg|An older scan from a feature in Newtype relying on the same wordplay as Kyubey's line in this episode.<br />
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=== Screenshots ===<br />
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left"><br />
File:Homura residence 02.jpg|Homura's apartment is laid out as a clock. Note the gears coming from the ceiling.<br />
File:Sayaka_runes.jpg|Musical runes appearing during Sayaka becoming a witch. See [[Runes:Episode 8]]. The duplicate figures of the man in the background appears to be an orchestral conductor.<br />
File:Eight8_timeline_chart.jpg|Chart that appears to be typical explanation of timeline split.<br />
File:E8billboard-bd.png|The BD version of the billboard, which is now glowing.<br />
File:E8-grief-seed.PNG|The grief seed Homura gives to Sayaka.<br />
File:Sayaka-music-healing-circles.jpg|Sayaka's healing music circle.<br />
File:Sayaka-transform-train.jpg|Sayaka transforming during the train scene.<br />
File:E8-billboard.jpg|A billboard featuring an upside-down girl with umbrellas.<br />
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=== Fanart ===<br />
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File:WitchSayaka1.jpg|Fan redrawing of Sayaka in witch form.<br />
File:WitchSayaka2.jpg|Annotated fan redrawing of Sayaka in witch form.<br />
File:WitchSayaka-screenshots.jpg|Screenshots off which the redrawings are based on.<br />
File:Qblives.jpg|Fans' reaction to Episode 8<br />
File:Punch kyubey.jpg|What fans think of Kyubey.<br />
File:The Lets Kill Kyubey Club.jpg|By then the "Lets Kill Kyubey" crowd was already thinking ways to kill this magic pet from Hell<br />
File:Puella Magi Nichijou.png|<br />
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=== Miscellaneous ===<br />
<gallery position="center" captionalign="left"><br />
File:ep8 gear witch.jpg|Parallel between [[Witch_from_the_dream_in_episode_one|the witch from episode 1]] and the sketches in Homura's house.<br />
File:Ep8 speculah.jpg|Analysis chart for episode 8.<br />
File:Paul_Klee_Walpurgis_Night.jpg|The painting "Walpurgis Night" by Paul Klee. It resembles Sayaka's transformation animation on the train, and is similar to Gertrud's silhouette.<br />
File:Sayaka-soul-gem-grief-seed-transition.JPG|Sayaka's transformation into a witch.<br />
File:Comparison.jpg|Comparison between Homura’s home and one of the sites which appears in “Le Portrait de Petit Cossette” (an OVA directed by Akiyuki Shinbo)<br />
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==Annotations==<br />
[[File:Madoka ranking 2chan.png|thumb|right|500px]]<br />
*By Episode 8 ''Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica'' has passed the original series of ''Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu'' as the most popular current anime ever on the Japanese discussion board {{Nihongo|2channel|2ちゃんねる|}}[http://yarareyaku.com/archives/51706157.html].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Speculah:Kyubey is Evil Theory|Kyubey is Evil Theory]]. A theory that emerged as soon as episode 1 aired, and that has been confirmed in this episode. Please note that this page explains the initial theory and, hence, may be inacurrate.<br />
*[[Speculah:Witches as Fallen Magical Girls Theory|Witches as Fallen Magical Girls Theory]]. A theory explaining the link between witches and magical girls. As for the above, this is the original version of the theory, that may then not really fit this episode's content.<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{summary_link|08}}<br />
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