History Manga / Doraemon

* NegativeContinuity: The comics never bother to keep track what sort of gadgets Doraemon has pulled out of his [[BagOfHolding Fourth Dimensional Pocket]] (except for the most popular recurring ones), just how good friends Nobita is with everyone, or how good Nobita's grades are (they're pretty much almost always abysmal, bar the once-in-a-blue-moon anomaly).
** That being said, this trope has been averted on multiple occasions, especially during the long stories. ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasDinosaur'' is the most notable example of this, as it's a direct sequel to one of the old manga short stories. ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheKingdomOfClouds'''s ending is a giant CallBack to the good deeds that the gang has done, as it features several [[TheBusCameBack returning one-shot characters]], including Kibo the tree man, the Lilliputian village and two extinct birds that Doraemon resurrected. There are often [[CallBack Call-backs]] within the short stories themselves as well, such as the Fashion Virus being used in its debut story and later in ''Bottle Cap Collection'', with Doraemon specifically asking Nobita if he remembers the first time they used it.

* {{Jerkass}}:
** Some main characters (mostly Nobita and Gian) can be this at times.
** Some adult characters are downright assholes. For example, when Nobita comes across a box full of abandoned kittens, a mean-looking man nearby accuses Nobita of bringing the little ones there, then chases the boy and forces him to bring the box away.

** That being said, this trope has been averted on multiple occasions, especially during the long stories. ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasDinosaur'' is the most notable example of this, as it's a direct sequel to one of the old manga short stories. ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheKingdomOfClouds'''s ending is a giant CallBack to the good deeds that the gang has done, as it features several [[TheBusCameBack returning one-shot characters]], including Kibo the tree man, the Lilliputian village and two extinct birds that Doraemon resurrected. There are often [[CallBack Call-backs]] in the short stories themselves as well, such as the Fashion Virus being used in its debut story and later in ''Bottle Cap Collection'', with Doraemon specifically asking Nobita if he remembers the first time they used it.

** That being said, this trope has been averted on multiple occasions, especially during the long stories. ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasDinosaur'' is the most notable example of this, as it's a direct sequel to one of the old manga short stories. ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheKingdomOfClouds'''s ending is a giant CallBack to the good deeds that the gang has done, as it features several [[TheBusCameBack returning one-shot characters]], including Kibo the tree man, the Liliputian village and two extinct birds that Doraemon resurrected. There are often [[CallBack Call-backs]] in the short stories themselves as well, as seen in a story focused on Nobita's son Nobisuke, where Nobita's only perfect test result (explicitly said to be his only and thus explains why he keeps getting bad grades afterward) makes a comeback.

** That being said, this trope has been averted on multiple occasions, especially during the long stories. ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasDinosaur'' is the most notable example of this, as it's a direct sequel to one of the old manga short stories. ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheKingdomOfClouds'''s ending is a giant CallBack to the good deeds that the gang has done, as it features several [[TheBusCameBack returning one-shot characters]], including Kibo the tree man and two extinct birds that Doraemon resurrected. There are often [[CallBack Call-backs]] in the short stories themselves as well, as seen in a story focused on Nobita's son Nobisuke, where Nobita's one good-grade paper (explicitly said to be his only and thus explains why he keeps getting bad grades afterward) makes a comeback.

** That being said, this trope has been averted on multiple occasions, especially during the long stories. ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasDinosaur'' is the most notable example of this, as it's a direct sequel to one of the old manga short stories. ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheKingdomOfClouds'''s ending is a giant CallBack to the good deeds that the gang has done, as it features several [[TheBusCameBack returning one-shot characters]], including Kibo the tree man and two extinct birds that Doraemon resurrected.

* ExcitedShowTitle: In the Hindi dub, every single episode title ends with an exclamation mark.

* NoHuggingNoKissing: Averted, even if you cut out the comedic one there are still [[spoiler: Theo kissing Kuku]] in Legend of Sun King and [[spoiler:Nobita(as Antonius) kissing Cleopatra]].

* {{Jerkass}}: Some adult characters are downright assholes. For example, when Nobita comes across a box full of abandoned kittens, a mean-looking man nearby accuses Nobita of bringing the little ones there, then chases the boy and forces him to bring the box away.

** Gian is ''very'' protective of his little sister. If you even think about messing up with Jaiko, [[BerserkButton you're dead]].

** The English dub changes the setting to America, changing yen notes to dollar bills such as the above example, although they don't change things like kneeling on the floor to eat.

** Early Indonesian translation (around late 80's until much of the 90's) also did this to the manga. Replacing much of the pop cultural references into that of popular in Indonesia at that period or localizing several character names. The publisher even goes as far as localizing places, peoples, and product name (Such as changing Nobita's aunt home from Kyūshū to Surabaya, singer Yamazakura Momoko to Titi DJ, Tokyo University to UGM [[note]]Universitas Gadjah Mada, one of the most prestigious university in Indonesia[[/note]], and several mangas into mangas that at that times popular in Indonesia, which doubles as ProductPlacement since said manga was published by the publisher of Doraemon). The mangas itself become somewhat prized amongst the fan because the sheer hilarity of the translation and the rarity of the copies as well, as the latest reprints are retranslated straight from the Japanese version, with footnotes to explain Japanese specific gags and references.
* CustomUniformOfSexy: Whenever the main cast play dresses up in a {{Sentai}} fashion, Shizuka will end up wearing a different outfit - often more revealing one.

** The 2005 anime has its moments. Best illustrated with "The Girl Who Loved Nobita", and at first simple story, but it's full of [[spoiler: villains who sent Lulli to kill Nobita for indirectly foiling his ancestor's attempt to hack the military. When she overcome their control, they tried to bomb her along with Nobita, which caused her to sacrifice herself to put them down.]]

* DinosaursAreDragons: ''Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights of Dinosaurs'' would become ''Doraemon: Nobita and the Dragon Knights'' if the Japanese title was to be translated directly.

* BuriedAlive: At one time Nobita misuses a gadget that lets him hide in anything to cause mischief. When it malfunctions, he is unable to get out, and start to worry about buildings crashing on him or being stranded forever (even with an image of his skeleton remains included). Cue his friends ''putting up a victorious arm fold on the spot he's hiding''.

* YouCantFightFate: There is an extremely depressing explanation about why Nobita is so afraid of Giant and Suneo. An episode traces this back to kindergarten times when Nobita was first bullied by Gian and Suneo. His fearfulness was born and stuck at that moment because he failed to fight them. In order to eliminate this mentality, Nobita returned to the past and managed to bully them back. However, while he bullied them, he was watched by little Shizuka, the girl he liked since he was a kid and his future bride, and as a result, he earned her hatred. In the end, Nobita has to choose: be immune from Giant and Suneo's bullying, or earn Shizuka's forgiveness? He chooses Shizuka's forgiveness, and that restores his fearfulness of Giant and Suneo for the rest of his childhood.

** Initially the 1979 series barely looked any different from the 1973 one art style-wise, but around late 1981 the characters were redesigned to look chunkier as indicated by the image above. The 2005 series is closer to the later manga in style, but retains their height from the previous series.

The characters also go on [[DarkerAndEdgier epic adventures]] in ''Manga/DoraemonsLongTales'' and the [[TheFilmOfTheBook films based off of them]]. All of these stories ended up being so many in number, and just so dang popular, that Shogakugan had to make a magazine to give the manga a permanent place to stay-- which ended up becoming kodomomuke manga haven ''Magazine/CoroCoroComic'', with Doraemon himself serving as SeriesMascot to this day.

After a brief and unpopular animated series in 1973 by Creator/NipponTelevision, Doraemon remained fairly exclusive in manga form until 1979 when a newly formed animation studio, Shin-Ei Animation (which was eventually purchased by Creator/TVAsahi) produced an anime series of Doraemon. This series became incredibly popular and ended with 1,787 episodes on March 25, 2005. Celebrating the anniversary of the franchise, a new Doraemon series began airing on TV Asahi on April 15, 2005, with new voice actors and staff, and updated character designs.

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[[caption-width-right:320:From left to right: [[{{Narcissist}} Suneo]], [[FailureHero Nobita]], [[RobotBuddy Doraemon]], [[GirlNextDoor Shizuka]], and [[TheBully Gian]]. [[labelnote: Click here to see their 1979 anime designs]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4c40d5b3832a7f05db64ca6cec390848.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]

*** Said story introduced the iconic Takecopter where Doraemon said it "could be worn anywhere" - even if placed on the user's backs, but that was the only time the Takecopter have this particular feature (with all subsequent stories have them being worn on the users' heads). The story ends with a ComedicUnderwearExposure involving Nobita who tries putting the Takecopter on his pants only to slip out, but that contradicts the Takecopter's usage in later stories - there are multiple episodes and movies where characters wear Takecopters ''over'' their caps or hoods, but the gadget still works without the clothing article getting in the way.
** The second manga short, "Prophecy of Doraemon", have the Time TV (a recurring gadget) given the ability to project a hologram of what's going to happen in the future. It lose this function in subsequent shorts. The same story has a major dillemma (Doraemon had a prophecy of Nobita getting into a life-threatening accident en route to Shizuka's house) that can be resolved instantly by teleporting with the Anywhere Door, an iconic gadget that have not been created at that point. Later chapters implies Doraemon had this gadget the whole time (a prologue manga reveals Doraemon was given this tool in robot school), making the entire conundrum rather pointless in hindsight.

* FamilyThemeNaming: Pretty much all the male Nobis are named after their last name: '''Nobi'''ta, '''Nobi'''suke, ''[[NamesTheSame the other]]'' '''Nobi'''suke, '''Nobi'''rou, '''Nobi'''ru...

* YouCantFightFate: There is an extremely depressing explanation about why Nobita is so afraid of Giant and Suneo. An episode traces this back to kindergarten times when Nobita was first bullied by Gian and Suneo. His fearfulness was born and stuck at that moment because he failed to fight them. In order to eliminate this mentality, Nobita returned to the past and managed to bully them back. However, while he bullied them, he was watched by little Shizuka, the girl he liked since he was a kid and his future bride, and as a result, he earned her hatred. In the end, Nobita has to choose: be immune from Giant and Suneo's bullying, or earn Shizuka's forgiveness? He chooses Shizuka's forgiveness, and that restores his fearfulness of Giant and Suneo for life.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: ''Noby's Dinosaur'' is all about this.

* ThisMeansWar: In the American English dub's "The Mecha-Maker", Doraemon exclaims this to Suneo when he discovers that he cheated him out of the yummy buns that he promised to exhcange Doraemon's Mecha-Maker for.

* ThisMeansWar: In the American English dub's "The Mecha-Maker", Doraemon exclaims this to Suneo when he discovers that he cheated him out of the yummy buns that he promised to exhcange his Mecha-Maker for.