History Manga / Doraemon

** The very first Doraemon chapter, "All the Way From a Future World" have it's share of oddities. Nobita is introduced to his BadFuture where he marries Gian's sister, Jaiko, and have six children with her ([[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome all which went the way of Chuck Cunningham and ceased to appear in future stories]]). The story is also set up as having Doraemon and Sewashi (Nobita's future great-great-grandson) being recurring characters in the Nobi household as well (Sewashi appearing in the next story, "Prophecy of Doraemon"), but the plot point was dropped in later episodes with Doraemon being Nobita's sole caretaker and Sewashi only appearing once in a while.

The title character, Doraemon, is the quintessential example of the RobotBuddy: he is a robotic cat from the future sent back to help the socially inept [[LoserProtagonist Nobita Nobi]] through the use of futuristic technology (known as Dogu, Japanese for "tools", or gadget) produced from his [[HammerSpace Fourth Dimensional pocket]]. Typically, the devices are used to impress his love interest Shizuka Minamoto or humiliate the bullies Takeshi "Gian"[[note]]Referred as ''"[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Giant]]"'' in some translations[[/note]] Goda and Suneo Honekawa. Inevitably, there is some form of PhlebotinumBreakdown, and Nobita must sort through the root problem himself. The overused story arc is somewhat of an artefact of the series' origin during TheSeventies, criticizing Japanese society's increasing over-reliance on superfluous technology.

The characters also go on [[DarkerAndEdgier epic adventures]] in ''Manga/DoraemonsLongTales'' and the [[TheFilmOfTheBook films based on 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.

The title character, Doraemon, is the quintessential example of the RobotBuddy: he is a robotic cat from the future sent back to help the socially inept [[LoserProtagonist Nobita Nobi]] through the use of futuristic technology (known as Dogu, Japanese for "tools", or gadget) produced from his [[HammerSpace Fourth Dimensional pocket]]. Typically, the devices are used to impress his love interest Shizuka Minamoto or humiliate the bullies Takeshi "Gian"[[note]]Referred as ''"[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Giant]]"'' in some translations[[/note]] Goda and Suneo Honekawa. Inevitably, there is some form of PhlebotinumBreakdown, and Nobita must sort through the root problem himself. The overused story arc is somewhat of an artefact of the series' origin during TheSeventies, criticizing Japanese society's increasing over-reliance on superfluous technology. It's the flagship anime of Creator/TVAsahi and one of that network's landmark anime franchises alongside ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' and ''Anime/SailorMoon'', though considerably less popular than those series in the English-speaking world.

''Doraemon'' is the most successful work of Creator/FujikoFujio and one of the [[LongRunners longest running]] {{anime}} series. The title character, Doraemon, is the quintessential example of the RobotBuddy: he is a robotic cat from the future sent back to help the socially inept [[LoserProtagonist Nobita Nobi]] through the use of futuristic technology (known as Dogu, Japanese for "tools", or gadget) produced from his [[HammerSpace Fourth Dimensional pocket]]. Typically, the devices are used to impress his love interest Shizuka Minamoto or humiliate the bullies Takeshi "Gian"[[note]]Referred as ''"[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Giant]]"'' in some translations[[/note]] Goda and Suneo Honekawa. Inevitably, there is some form of PhlebotinumBreakdown, and Nobita must sort through the root problem himself. The overused story arc is somewhat of an artefact of the series' origin during TheSeventies, criticizing Japanese society's increasing over-reliance on superfluous technology. It's the flagship anime of Creator/TVAsahi and one of that network's landmark anime franchises alongside ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' and ''Anime/SailorMoon'', though considerably less popular than those series in the English-speaking world.

''Doraemon'' is the most successful work of Creator/FujikoFujio and one of the [[LongRunners longest running]] {{anime}} series. The title character, Doraemon, is the quintessential example of the RobotBuddy: he is a robotic cat from the future sent back to help the socially inept [[LoserProtagonist Nobita Nobi]] through the use of futuristic technology (known as Dogu, Japanese for "tools", or gadget) produced from his [[HammerSpace Fourth Dimensional pocket]]. Typically, the devices are used to impress his love interest Shizuka Minamoto or humiliate the bullies Takeshi "Gian"[[note]]Referred as ''"[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Giant]]"'' in some translations[[/note]] Goda and Suneo Honekawa. Inevitably, there is some form of PhlebotinumBreakdown, and Nobita must sort through the root problem himself. The overused story arc is somewhat of an artefact of the series' origin during TheSeventies, criticizing Japanese society's increasing over-reliance on superfluous technology. It's the flagship anime of Creator/TVAsahi and one of that network's landmark anime franchises alongside ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' and ''Anime/SailorMoon'', though considerably less popular than those series in the English-speaking world.

* AnachronismStew: In one manga chapter, Nobita and Doraemon tries to bring dinosaurs from Early Cretaceous China to Japan. One of such dinosaurs is ''Tsintaosaurus'', a hadrosaurid dinosaur that is only known from the ''Late'' Cretaceous period. Funnily enough, it didn't goes unnoticed by Nobita [[BookDumb of all people]] who mocks Doraemon for getting the period wrong, in which Doraemon HandWave it by saying that it probably also existed in Early period, only its fossils were not found yet.
* AnimationBump: Many late 1979 anime episodes saw a huge bump in animations after switching to digital animation in the early 2000s. The episode 490 of the 2005 anime ("The Old Man and the Elephant" in particular) also saw a nice increase in animation quality. Along with updated art direction that starts with this episode.

* AnachronismStew: In one episode, Nobita and Doraemon tries to bring dinosaurs from Early Cretaceous China to Japan. One of such dinosaurs is ''Tsintaosaurus'', a hadrosaurid dinosaur that is only known from the ''Late'' Cretaceous period. Funnily enough, it didn't goes unnoticed by Nobita [[BookDumb of all people]] who mocks Doraemon for getting the period wrong, in which Doraemon HandWave it by saying that it probably also existed in Early period, only its fossils were not found yet.
* AnimationBump: Many late 1979 anime episodes saw a huge bump in animations after switching to digital animation in the early 2000s. The episode 490 of the 2005 anime ("The Old Man and the Elephant" in particular) also saw a nice increase in animation quality. Along with updated art direction that starts with this episode.

** Believe it or not... there is an item from the future that creates Karma Houdinis called "The Devil Passport". Nobita would do something horrible and if it flashes it to the nearest person he gets away with it. Subverted as eventually, Nobita does feel guilt for all the bad things he got away with and the guilt makes him make amends for it.

* ContinuityCameo: In some anime episodes, there are characters from other Creator/FujikoFujio works as ''Manga/{{Perman}}'' and ''Manga/EsperMami''. There's one notable chapter where Doraemon's featured gadget is a portable runway that makes flying objects land on it automatically (Nobita wants to use it for catching butterflies) - cue Manga/LittleGhostQTaro and Mami unexpectedly landing on the gadget.

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** The manga's ''entire'' premise - Doraemon being sent by Sewashi to change Nobita's life - seems to contradict with later stories, since changing the past is considered a crime and there is a TimePolice preventing people from doing so (later stories {{Retcon}} that Doraemon is merely there to ''help'' Nobita when needed, but Nobita still needs to stand on his own feet most of the time). In fact, a volume 1 story "Chin Up to the Ancestors" have Doraemon deciding to TimeTravel to Feudal Era Japan to change Nobita's ancestral line from farming peasants to royalty (after Suneo boasts of his family being descended from samurai) - an action that's a strict no-no in future stories.

* ContinuityCameo: In some anime episodes, there are characters from other Creator/FujikoFujio works as ''Manga/{{Perman}}'' and ''Manga/EsperMami''. There's one notable chapter where Doraemon's featured gadget is a magic rug that makes flying objects land on it automatically (Nobita wants to use it for catching butterflies) - cue Manga/{{Perman}} and Manga/LittleGhostQTaro unexpectedly landing on the gadget.

For a list of ''Doraemon'' episodes, see its recap page [[Recap/{{Doraemon}} here]]. For a list of movies and other adaptations, see its franchise page [[Franchise/{{Doraemon}} here]].

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* AdaptationExpansion: The manga adaptation of the 2005 series movies tend to expand on the story in general. Showing more background stories or having some events played out differently compared to the movie it was based on.
* AdaptationalHeroism: For the main five, where the "ass" part of {{Jerkass}} was removed and replaced with JerkWithAHeartOfGold, and that was at its worst.
* BigDamnMovie: LOVES this trope. The regular manga and TV series involves just the mundane daily life of the protagonist, his [[RobotBuddy robotic cat]], and his other elementary school friends in suburban Tokyo. However, the series' movies will always be huge epic adventure stories (often set in elaborate [[Anime/DoraemonTheRecordOfNobitaSpaceblazer sci-fi]]/[[Anime/DoraemonTheRecordOfNobitasParallelVisitToTheWest mythological]]/[[Anime/DoraemonNobitasThreeVisionarySwordsmen high fantasy]] locations) and the main characters are inevitably portrayed as the [[TookALevelInBadass brave action heroes]].
* DemonicPossession: Happened to Suneo twice in two movies, first [[spoiler: possessed by one of the Yadori Alien]] and latter by the [[spoiler: BigBad evil sorcerer Uranda]].
** Also happened to Nobita once in the same movie. [[spoiler:He, however, is prepared for it the second time and defeat the Yadori Emperor.]]
* DeusExitMachina: To avoid Doraemon easily solving the main conflict, many movies have him knocked out, [[TheWorfEffect defeated]], or [[HoldingBackThePhlebotinum separated from most if not all of his gadgets]] by the time the climax kicks in.
* {{Disneyfication}}: The whole Doraemon series mellowed down most of the fairy tales and famous stories they adapted, most notably in ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasGreatBattleOfTheMermaidKing'' movie. The plot was closer to the source than the Disney movie, but in the end, Sophia and the entire mermaid tribe live happily ever after anyway.
* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The 2015 movie features a unique version of the theme song sung by the main characters of the series.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: These movies love to foreshadow scenes that are very important.
* ForgotAboutHisPowers: The movies will always have a big war towards the end. And yet despite the overabundance of useful gadgets, Doraemon only remembers the rather weak Air Cannon. Cue a CurbStompBattle delivered by the enemies until the protagonists have to rely on DeusExMachina or HeroicSacrifice. Often, though, the trope is subverted because Doraemon usually has his gadgets in repair of out of power (makes sense due to the sheer number [over 4 digit] of them). He's only got multiple versions of the most common (and likely cheapest) gadgets in hand for most of the time. (Even the iconic takecopters are often lacking in battery power.)
* GirlOfTheWeek: The movies, especially later ones, where there will be a token girl even though the main focus isn't on her at all...most of the time.
* GreenAesop: Used frequently in the movies. In most stories, and especially in movies, humans destroying the environment won't result in a disaster on its own; that would take too long. Chances are, alien civilization will plot to intervene and destroy humans first to prevent said environmental disaster from happening.
* HoldingBackThePhlebotinum: It's common for Doraemon to lose his pocket at some point in the movies, sometimes leaving the heroes with only a handful of gadgets that they have to try and make the best of.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Almost every civilization Nobita and his friends run across in the movies has some sort of grudge against humans. Usually paired with GreenAesop above.
* {{Letterbox}}: Some movies have this when released on VHS or DVD. As the movies were produced in the 16:9 aspect ratio since ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasGreatAdventureInTheSouthSeas'' onward.
** Interestingly, this is inverted with the older movies when they're first released in Japanese theatres. The first 18 movies were made in the 4:3 aspect ratio but were shown in theatres in the 16:9 aspect ratio. They were generally good at not making important details got lost from the crop. So this is a non-issue for the most part.
* NonSerialMovie: All of them.
* MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: The BigDamnMovie villains are especially fond of this.
* TheMovie: It will have more than 30 movies in a year or two, but since the story doesn't have a real ending nor it has any development, plus what most of what the studio's doing nowadays is to [[TheRemake remake em'all]] for new generation's kids. All ''Doraemon'' movies (except some short movies and spinoffs) are considered not the NonSerialMovie.
* TheRemake: Starting with 2006 movie "Anime/DoraemonNobitasDinosaur 2006" which is a remake of the first movie. After that, several movies were given the remake treatments.
* SceneryPorn: The TV series and the older movies (1980 to 2004) are not known for their good animations, (The 2004 movie but holy crap the newer movies (2006 onward) [[https://imgur.com/a/tMUP8fs are]] [[https://imgur.com/a/wdY1cxz just]] [[https://imgur.com/a/D8fIYoO simply]] [[https://imgur.com/a/Qt6341L gorgeous]].
* TenderTears: Loads and loads in the movies, especially those that started to be done in the 2005 anime era.
* TitleTheAdaptation: All movies are titled ''Doraemon'', later ''Doraemon the Movie'', followed by a subtitle. Which also have to have the word ''Nobita'' in it. (''Stand By Me Doraemon'' being the sole exception)
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Most of the main villains of the movies are shown to be outright malicious and evil, to the point where they try to kill the main cast as means of eliminating those who oppose them. Keep in mind the main cast mostly consists of [[WouldHurtAChild children]].
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''Doraemon'' is the most successful work of Creator/FujikoFujio and one of the [[LongRunners longest running]] {{anime}} series. The title character, Doraemon, is the quintessential example of the RobotBuddy: he is a robotic cat from the future sent back to help the socially inept [[LoserProtagonist Nobita Nobi]] through the use of futuristic technology (known as Dogu, Japanese for "tools", or gadget) produced from his [[HammerSpace Fourth Dimensional pocket]]. Typically, the devices are used to impress his love interest Shizuka Minamoto or humiliate the bullies Takeshi "Gian"[[note]]Referred as ''"[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Giant]]"'' in some translations[[/note]] Goda and Suneo Honekawa. Inevitably, there is some form of PhlebotinumBreakdown, and Nobita must sort through the root problem himself. The overused story arc is somewhat of an artefact of the series' origin during the 1970s, criticizing Japanese society's increasing over-reliance on superfluous technology. It's the flagship anime of Creator/TVAsahi and one of that network's landmark anime franchises alongside ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' and ''Anime/SailorMoon'', though considerably less popular than those series in the English-speaking world.

* CartoonCheese: The show has conveniently held this kind of cheese. This trope is international. This is most likely due to American (especially Disney) influence in early anime.

''Doraemon'' is one of the [[LongRunners longest running]] {{anime}} series and the most successful work of Creator/FujikoFujio. The title character, Doraemon, is the quintessential example of the RobotBuddy: he is a robotic cat from the future sent back to help the socially inept [[LoserProtagonist Nobita Nobi]] through the use of futuristic technology (known as Dogu, Japanese for "tools", or gadget) produced from his [[HammerSpace Fourth Dimensional pocket]]. Typically, the devices are used to impress his love interest Shizuka Minamoto or humiliate the bullies Takeshi "Gian"[[note]]Referred as ''"[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Giant]]"'' in some translations[[/note]] Goda and Suneo Honekawa. Inevitably, there is some form of PhlebotinumBreakdown, and Nobita must sort through the root problem himself. The overused story arc is somewhat of an artefact of the series' origin during the 1970s, criticizing Japanese society's increasing over-reliance on superfluous technology. It's the flagship anime of Creator/TVAsahi and one of that network's landmark anime franchises alongside ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' and ''Anime/SailorMoon'', though considerably less popular than those series in the English-speaking world.

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.

** 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 (specifically Chapter 186 ''Nobita's Dinosaur''). ''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 Invisibility Eye Drops being used in its debut story and later becoming a major plot point in ''Invisible Eye Drops''[[note]]wherein Nobita wants to use the Invisibility Eye Drops again, but Doraemon mistakenly gives him the Invis'''ible''' Eye Drops which have the opposite effect[[/note]], or the character Sumire Hoshino still remembering Nobita from their first encounter in ''The Almighty Pass'' when they meet again during ''What a Scoop! Nobita and the Secret Date''. Even the once-in-a-blue-moon grade anomaly mentioned above actually gets a CallBack in a later story where Future Nobita has to use it to lie to his son that he was a good student at his age.

* NegativeContinuity: Usually, but not always. The comics rarely bother to keep track of 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 (specifically Chapter 186 ''Nobita's Dinosaur''). ''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 Invisibility Eye Drops being used in its debut story and later becoming a major plot point in ''Invisible Eye Drops'' (wherein Nobita wants to use the Invisibility Eye Drops again, but Doraemon mistakenly gives him the Invis'''ible''' Eye Drops which have the opposite effect). Even the once-in-a-blue-moon anomaly mentioned above actually gets a CallBack in a later story where Future Nobita has to use it to lie to his son that he was a good student at his age.

* WholePlotReference: ''Attic Star Wars'' is, as the name implies, a whole-plot reference to ''Franchise/StarWars'', complete with an {{Expy}} of [=R2D2=] asking Doraemon and Nobita for help via showing a hologram of an Expy of Leia.

* WholePlotReference: ''Attic Star Wars'' is, as the name implies, a whole-plot reference to ''Franchise/StarWars'', complete with an Expy of R2D2 asking Doraemon and Nobita for help via showing a hologram of an Expy of Leia.

** 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 (specifically Chapter 186 ''Nobita's Dinosaur''). ''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 Invisibility Eye Drops being used in its debut story and later becoming a major plot point in ''Invisible Eye Drops'' (wherein Nobita wants to use the Invisibility Eye Drops again, but Doraemon mistakenly gives him the Invis'''ible''' Eye Drops which have the opposite effect).

** 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 (specifically Chapter 186 'Nobita's Dinosaur'). ''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 Invisibility Eye Drops being used in its debut story and later becoming a major plot point in ''Invisible Eye Drops'' (wherein Nobita wants to use the Invisibility Eye Drops again, but Doraemon mistakenly gives him the Invis'''ible''' Eye Drops which have the opposite effect).