#Roy mustang was the funniest part of the whole movies

[ambiguouscarnivore]

I wasted a good 6 hours of my life watching all three of the live action Fullmetal alchemist movies.

[strawbebehmod]

I know this is random, but I was wondering is you had any good episodes of FMA 03 you could suggest. (Like, episode number or title.) To make a long story short I'd like to see more episodes than I have, but I don't think I want to dive into all 50+ of them. (I considered watching the Greed episodes, but I don't want to see Ed kill anyone, so I'd have to cut out early.)

Ok anon!

Well, honestly, alot of the early episodes are good. I really like episodes one two and three. One and two are just an extended version of the liore episode, but they do Rose’s character a lot of justice and gives her more screen time that she didn’t get in brotherhood. Episode three is also great as you get to see more of little Edward and alphonse. There’s also some angst because you see trisha’s death and the transmutation, but over all its a beautiful episode.Avoid episode four like the plague, especially if you don’t want to see ed kill anyone. it’s not a good episode according to most people and me anyways and is completely filler, so you can skip it. Episode ten isn’t the best either and is skippable.Episode five is great though. On top of a train fight between Ed and a guy with tricked out automail weaponry, It’s hughes’ first appearance, and he kicks ass. Episode six is good too, but there is a lot of nina in it(no transmutation however…yet). You get to see Ed goof around with nina and alexander, celebrate his birthday, take the exam, and get to see baby Elicia. Its overall the cutest and fluffiest episode in the series. Episode seven is nina dying (plus cute moment with Hughes and baby Elicia and a slight edwin moment) and eight is ed dealing with his emotions in the aftermath plus winry and serial killer murder mystery. Episode nine “be thou for the people” is one of my favorites. Its the long version of yoki’s backstory and honestly makes his version of his back story so much more hilarious when you look back at it in brotherhood because you know exactly what really happened. Episode 11 and 12, “The other elric brothers” part one and two are amazing, honestly and you get to see Edward at his pettiest and most sneaky in the best way possible. You also get to meet the wonderful tringham brothers, who are fma 03 exclusive characters and I wish to death that they were in brotherhood too. Seriously. russell is a glorious sassy bastard and his little brother fletcher is like a second, smaller alphonse. What’s not to love?Episode 13, “Fullmetal vs. Flame” is a must watch. It’s an episode about Ed fighting Roy, something we never got to see in brotherhood and it is freeaking hilarious. This is also where half the fandom memes about Roy came from, such as “I LOVE DOGS” and “TINY MINISKIRTS” came from. Also, Hughes is at his most Hughesy in this one. Bonus: puppy hayate!I personally really like episode 14 and 15, but that’s because I’m a sucker for angst. These are the 03 episodes introducing Marcoh and Scar, as well as major armstrong. They get pretty dark because they discuss the war heavily, but there is also another amazing moment for rose in these episodes. 16 is ok, it’s pretty interesting for filler but the best parts (at least in my opinion) are the scenes where alphonse pretends to be a haunted suit of armor.17 is the reseimbool episode. More Armstrong and Winry. Enough said. I get a little fuzzy on the lab five arc, because the episodes blend together alot. The pre lab five stuff is great, more maria ross, more sheska, some hughes being hughes. The actual lab five arc gets pretty dark. I personally prefer it because it is more stretched out and darker, but it’s not for everyone. I just felt the brotherhood lab five arc ended abruptly. *shrugs* anyways, that arc has a few great moments, such as Ed’s speech to the slicer brothers, Maria ross saving Ed, An Indiana jones reference, an actual fight between ed and envy, but also a big part of it is that the homunculi try to force ed to make a stone for them. Episode 23 and 24 “Fullmetal heart” and “Bonding memories” are pretty good but are more angsty. They are an expansion on Alphonse’s whole “Did brother make me up and give me false memories” episode and he bonds with two little ishvalan boys. However, these episodes also go deeper into the abuse towards the ishvalans, and it can be hard to watch. Episode 25 is the one where hughes dies. However, i recommend watching the beginning because it has an amazing and angsty moment between roy and hughes about roy right after the war and hughes helping him with his depression. 26 is “her reason” and is Paninya’s episode. After this I start getting fuzzy again because it’s been a while since I watch them. We start getting into the greed arc and episodes start blending together again. If you want to meet 03 wrath and learn what his deal is (this wrath is not bradley), watch episodes 29, 30, and 31 I think. Greed makes an appearance in those episodes, and bido gets some screen time. Also, sheska gets some screen time and then armstrong gets his time to shine too and bonds with Sig. Theory of avarice, episode 34, is the one to avoid as that is greed’s death, but I can’t remember what happens in which episodes besides that. It’s really hard to watch the later episodes out of order because they get really plot heavy and 03’s plot is pretty damn complicated. If you aren’t going to watch the whole series, there isn’t much I can recommend besides one very important one: Episode 37, “The Flame Alchemist, The Bachelor Lieutenant, and the Mystery of Warehouse 13”. Hands down the funniest episode in the entire series. It’s an entire episode about Team Mustang and it is awesome. You will laugh until your sides hurt, I promise.There are also the ovas. They’re pretty silly and simple but do requior a basic understanding of some of the characters like the 03 homunculi and the basic plot summary of the movie that end capped the series. Those OVAs are “Kids��, “chibi wrap party”, and “alchemists vs Homunculi”. None of them are canon to fma 2003 (except “kids” maybe) but they’re short and fun.

That’s all I’ve got. It’s been a while since I watched the series, and I’ve only seen it all the way through once. Others might be able to give you better suggestions, like @calangkoh Hope that helped!