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| 7 | * AdaptationalBadass: All of them go from being average kids in the anime series to {{Kid Hero}}es in the movies and specials. |
| 8 | * AntiHero: While they're all good people overall, they occasionally do morally ambiguous deeds, [[OnlySaneWoman with the exception of Shizuka]]. |
| 9 | * AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: |
| 10 | ** As much as they pick on him, Gian and Suneo have shown quite a few times that they care about Nobita, and vice versa. There are some episodes where they bully him in the beginning, but do something nice for him at the end. Individually, Nobita has more of these moments with Gian than with Suneo, though. In the movies and specials, they are TrueCompanions. |
| 11 | ** Nobita and Doraemon have a lot of these moments, and several episodes and specials focus on their close friendship. Their relationship isn't particularly antagonistic, but in daily life, they get on each other's nerves a lot (usually because of Nobita's behavior). |
| 12 | * BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Out of Nobita's friends, there's pretty LoveInterest Shizuka (Beauty), clever and cunning Suneo (Brains), and strong BigGuy Gian (Brawn). However, Shizuka is at least as smart as Suneo (if not smarter), while Suneo is a bit of a {{Gonk}}. |
| 13 | * BigThinShortTrio: Out of the human boys, Gian, Nobita, and Suneo are this respectively. |
| 14 | * ButtMonkey: Doraemon and the boys all undergo AmusingInjuries and misfortunes to different degrees throughout the series, but [[TheChewToy Nobita]] is easily the one who suffers this the most, followed by Suneo, then Gian, then Doraemon. While Shizuka is usually an exception to this, she still has her moments as well, especially in the early stories (one episode ends with her being [[DisproportionateRetribution locked out of her house by her mother at night]] just for [[CaughtComingHomeLate coming home late]] and it's PlayedForLaughs). She is also by far the most common victim of NakedPeopleAreFunny, and she has been crushed by giant letters, had a cannon exploding in her face, pushed accidentally into a hole by Nobita once, mauled to the point of unconsciousness by a robot dog, etc.. Since this is a long-lasting franchise, her AmusingInjuries are still relatively rare, compared to the others. |
| 15 | * ChildhoodFriends: Flashbacks show Nobita being friends with Suneo, Gian, and Shizuka since when they were little kids. It's also shown that Nobita and Shizuka will remain friends with Suneo and Gian when they are adults. |
| 16 | * CoolKidAndLoserFriendship: Nobita is the loser to everyone else's Cool. Gian and Suneo are not really well-liked by the other kids (especially Gian) but, being the strong leader of a sports team and a talented, clever, rich kid respectively, they are still more respected than Nobita. Then there's the smart and pretty Shizuka, and Dekisugi, who is TheAce and extremely popular. |
| 17 | * DubNameChange: They have the nicknames D, Noby, Sue, Big G, and Sneech in the American English dub. |
| 18 | * EnemyMine: |
| 19 | ** A lot of episodes focus on Gian and Suneo antagonizing Nobita, but they would work with him as a team in some situations. For example, while in most stories Gian and Suneo tend to respect Dekisugi more than Nobita, there's one episode where even they start being jealous of Dekisugi's Mr. Perfect status and they team up with Nobita to make him look bad ([[FailureIsTheOnlyOption they fail, obviously]]). |
| 20 | ** On occasion, Suneo will team up with Nobita to get back at Gian, usually using one of Dorameon's gadgets. Likewise, while it's rather rare in comparison, Gian will be the one who teams up with Nobita instead when Suneo is the one who is messing with them, especially when it comes to Suneo's bragging habit. For example in ''Suneo's Luxuriously Poor Birthday'', where everyone is annoyed by Suneo's spoiled condescending ways and the episode ends with Gian and Nobita beating up Suneo. |
| 21 | ** Doraemon is usually on Nobita's side and often helps him to get revenge on Gian and Suneo. However, if Nobita goes too far, he would even team up with Gian and Suneo (or with Nobita's mom) to punish him. |
| 22 | ** In the movies and special events, the enemy part is usually dropped altogether. |
| 23 | * FamilyThemeNaming: Most of their family members don't have original names. We have Nobita Nobi with a father named Nobisuke and an uncle named Nobirou, Doraemon with a sister named Dorami, Gian with a sister named Jaiko, Suneo with a brother named Sunetsugu and and a cousin named Sunekichi. Their children in the future also seem to follow their name's traditions. |
| 24 | * FatalFlaw: |
| 25 | ** The three main human boys often [[ItsAllAboutMe put themselves first]]. |
| 26 | *** Nobita's is (of course) his laziness, ExtremeDoormat tendencies, and last but not least, lack of commitment. These have landed him in trouble ''so many'' times, and he rarely overcomes them or even makes an effort to improve, too (with several exceptions). |
| 27 | *** Gian's is his TheBully tendencies and dreadful singing abilities. Though he wants to be appreciated and cares about his friends, him trying to get them to fulfill ''his'' needs have made them fear him a lot, which makes healthy friendships outright difficult. |
| 28 | *** Suneo's is his [[RichBastard tendency to brag]] and LackOfEmpathy. They've caused trouble quite a few times, and have resulted in his friends being angry at him. |
| 29 | ** You could say that Doraemon and Shizuka, while [[NiceGuy nicer]] than the others, have a tendency to jump to negative conclusions. Shizuka has assumed things about Nobita that aren't true more than once, and Doraemon gets carried away with his love of dorayaki and fear of mice. |
| 30 | * FiveManBand: Especially in the ''Long Tales'' series. No adventure is complete without the whole five being involved. We have Nobita as TheLeader, who typically prompts the adventure by complaining about his latest misfortune, Doraemon as his primary sidekick, whose gadgets enable the adventure, and Shizuka being the one Nobita seeks to impress. Gian usually serves as the main muscle of the group, with Suneo tagging alongside him, occasionally serving as the brains of the group. |
| 31 | * {{Foil}}: The difference between Doraemon/Nobita and Gian/Suneo being HeterosexualLifePartners. |
| 32 | ** Doraemon and Nobita might argue and mess with each other a lot on occasion, with Nobita often taking advantage of Doraemon to get a gadget, but they can't stay away from each other for too long and will always be the best of friends, no matter what. This is something that Dorami even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] at one point. |
| 33 | ** On the surface, Gian and Suneo appear to be on good terms. But, their relationship is nothing more than a shallow bully/henchman pairing with Suneo secretly hating Gian and often tricking him for his own personal gain, while Gian doesn't hesitate to make Suneo his secondary punching bag next to Nobita. Their dynamic also heavily DependingOnTheWriter; they can be portrayed either as {{False Friend}}s in their worst moments, or as VitriolicBestBuds who [[CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem stick together despite abusing each other]], or even as genuinely good friends who enjoy each other's company. |
| 34 | * FourTemperamentEnsemble: Doraemon himself is Eclectic - the most, well, eclectic member who's not a human; Nobita is somewhere between Phlegmatic and Melancholic - lazy and laid-back, yet dealing with issues due to his incompetence; Gian is Choleric - boisterous, brash, rude and a violent bully; Shizuka is Phlegmatic - kind, quiet, selfless and a YamatoNadeshiko, and Suneo is an unsympathetic Sanguine - outgoing, an arrogant show-off and egotistical. |
| 35 | * FreeRangeChildren: They are elementary school kids wandering from town, to traveling around the world, to ''exploring out of the world'' and even ''adventuring across different universes, timelines, and dimensions'' in the movies and specials, always without any parents or adults. Doraemon's gadgets (especially the take-copters) often help. |
| 36 | * {{Gonk}}: DownplayedTrope. Gian and Suneo are a bit gonkish, though not absurdly ugly. Nobita is also plain-looking and explicitly stated to be below average in the SlidingScaleOfBeauty. |
| 37 | * InterclassFriendship: [[RichKids Rich Kid]] Suneo is friends with middle-class Gian, Shizuka, and (when not bragging about his family's wealth, teasing, and playing pranks on him) Nobita. The friendship between Gian and Suneo is especially notable, since Gian is the biggest LowerClassLout of all the main characters, and yet he's the leader of the duo because of his strength. |
| 38 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Except Shizuka, [[IncorruptiblePurePureness who is naturally kind-hearted]], and usually Doraemon, the rest of the main cast are all some sort of jerks in daily life with varying levels of jerk. If anything unusual happens, however, they actively become very heroic and selfless. |
| 39 | * KidHero: In the movies, they are often a team of {{Kid Hero}}es. Doraemon is technically not a kid, but is just as much of a hero as the others. |
| 40 | * KidsAreCruel: While they're [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold overly mischievous and ill-mannered children]] instead of malicious people, Gian and Suneo can fall into this trope. Even Nobita can be unnecessarily cruel when he gets carried away with gadgets. |
| 41 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: Gian and Suneo are good friends with Shizuka and she often hangs out with them, even when Nobita is not around. However, they have no romantic interest in her. |
| 42 | * MeaningfulName: |
| 43 | ** Nobita's name means "to grow up and be strong", possibly the SeriesGoal. |
| 44 | ** Shizuka's name mean "quiet, silent". Her parents want her to grow up and be a kind and caring girl. |
| 45 | ** Gian's name come from "Giant", he's the largest of the main cast. His real name "Takeshi" means "warrior". |
| 46 | ** Suneo's name contains the kanji of "lord". His chinese name uses the kanji for "little lord". |
| 47 | * NiceMeanAndInBetween: |
| 48 | ** Nobita's friends in regular episodes: Shizuka is the only good-natured one (nice), Gian is often the villain that bullies, terrorizes, and beats up all the kids in the neighborhood (mean), and Suneo is spoiled, arrogant, and a complete jerk [[JerkassToOne to Nobita]], but usually harmless when it comes to other people and can be nice once in a while (in-between). |
| 49 | ** In the movies, Shizuka is still the nicest, but Gian and Suneo switch roles. Gian is still brash but shows a lot of bravery and HiddenHeartOfGold (in-between), while Suneo is much more of a selfish DirtyCoward, though it's downplayed that he can be brave and heroic as well when encouraged enough (mean). |
| 50 | * NotAllowedToGrowUp: Downplayed. While some episodes do show them grown-up in the future, in the "current" timeline they have remained at 10 years ever since their 1969 debuts, despite [[AgelessBirthdayEpisode the countless different episodes about their birthdays]]. |
| 51 | * OddFriendship: Why should a responsible and sweet girl like Shizuka hang out with three irresponsible and mean boys (including a dumb loser, the school bully, and a RichBastard)? In Nobita's case, it could be considered a case of OppositesAttract. |
| 52 | * SevenDeadlySins: Aside from [[IncorruptiblePurePureness Shizuka]], all of them are representative of one or more sins. |
| 53 | ** '''Envy''': Nobita, since his jealousy and envy of other people (especially Suneo and Dekisugi) often drive the plot of the episodes. Alternately, Suneo, for once he sees something better than what he owns, he would scheme to take it away for himself. In ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheWindmasters'', this trait is what allows Uranda, TheHeavy of the movie, to possess Suneo. |
| 54 | ** '''Gluttony''': Doraemon, who has an obsession with his TrademarkFavoriteFood. |
| 55 | ** '''Greed''': Suneo, who mostly cares about money and material possessions. |
| 56 | ** '''Lust''': Nobita, who is a StalkerWithACrush and is known for the infamous RunningGag of him peeping at Shizuka in her bathtub. |
| 57 | ** '''Pride''': Suneo, who is known for being extremely vain and proud of himself. |
| 58 | ** '''Sloth''': Nobita, due to his extreme laziness. |
| 59 | ** '''Wrath''': Gian, who is the most short-tempered and prone to anger. |
| 60 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: All main human characters take after their parents in physical appearance. Nobita looks almost exactly like his mother (though she got the delicate female mouth later as the author got better with his drawings), and also like his father as a child, and also like his future son with Shizuka. Shizuka looks somewhat like her mother. Gian looks exactly like his mother and little sister; his father only appears a few times early on in the manga, more frequently in the anime, but he also shares the family physical traits. Suneo looks exactly like both of his parents who, oddly enough, [[LookalikeLovers look exactly like each other]] (even his ''cat'' Chiruchiru looks a lot like Suneo, somehow). Gian and Suneo also look like their future sons respectively. Strangely enough, there are even some occasional random strangers from different time periods that look ''exactly like them anyway'', regardless of whether they're related or not. |
| 61 | * ThreePlusTwo: |
| 62 | ** Doraemon and Shizuka are usually Nobita's first choice of friends to hang out with, so they tend to make a core trio with Gian and Suneo tagging along or antagonizing them. Gian and Suneo also associate with each other more than either of them does individually with the other three. This dynamic is lampshaded in the TitleSequence of ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheSpaceHeroes''. |
| 63 | ** Other times, the trope is inverted: Nobita and Doraemon as a main duo and Shizuka, Gian, and Suneo as a supporting trio. |
| 64 | * TookALevelInKindness: Nobita, Gian, and Suneo are shown to be kinder people as adults. |
| 65 | * TrueCompanions: While they may be constantly at odds with each other, they will always stick together to the end. |
| 66 | * UnlikelyHero: The gang as a whole aren't exactly heroes, but merely kids and a robot cat from the future who are constantly at odds with each other on a daily basis. With that said, when they stumble upon a troubled individual or civilization, they are always ready to help. |
| 67 | * VitriolicBestBuds: |
| 68 | ** You can't avoid the trope when in a group of five, ''three'' of them often fall into TheFriendNobodyLikes: |
| 69 | *** Nobita with everyone, since Gian and Suneo are pretty much his frenemies, and he often manages to irritate even Doraemon and Shizuka with his reckless and immature tendencies, even if the latter is usually a little bit more patient with him in comparison. Even Doraemon and Shizuka make fun of Nobita on occasions, mostly the former. |
| 70 | *** Due to being a bully, Gian naturally also counts to everyone as he can come across as antagonistic toward them at times because of it and often forces his friends to fulfill his needs such as attending his concerts and tasting his bizarre foods, with his friends unable to object to them since he's TheDreaded. Not even both Shizuka and Doraemon are safe from this. Sometimes, this leads them to come up with a bunch of schemes in order to drive Gian away behind his back, with varying results. |
| 71 | *** Suneo's tendency to brag usually irks Nobita the most with how the former often picks on him specifically, but there are times where even both Shizuka and Gian are annoyed by it. When that habit of his is at its worst, Suneo excludes everyone else as much as Nobita. Naturally, either his friends try to get back at him in retaliation or [[LaserGuidedKarma karma bites him hard afterward]] (sometimes, even both). |
| 72 | ** Gian and Suneo are sometimes vitriolic with each other (mostly Gian since Suneo is his YesMan). In one episode, they even sing an entire duet about their vitriolic CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem dynamic. Unfortunately, the song is not successful and Gian takes it out on Suneo. |
| 73 | * WeirdnessMagnet: For starters, one of the five is a DoAnythingRobot cat from the future who involves the rest in all the craziest adventures. |
| 74 | * WithFriendsLikeThese: |
| 75 | ** This obviously happens when the bullies who pick on you every day are your closest friends. |
| 76 | ** Despite being a NiceGirl and Nobita's best friend, even Shizuka has her moments. Most notably, when Suneo repeatedly excludes Nobita from the group's trips and activities (inviting Gian and Shizuka but not him), she often does nothing to defend him. She just joins Suneo and Gian without any problem and couldn't care less about her closest friend being excluded. A few later short stories avert this by showing her actively giving up her "rights" in support for Nobita. |
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| 79 | [[folder:Doraemon]] |
| 80 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/doraemon_character.png]] |
| 81 | ->Voiced in Japanese by: Kosei Tomita, Creator/MasakoNozawa (1973), Nobuyo Oyama (1979 - 2005), Wasabi Mizuta (2005 - present) |
| 82 | ->Voiced in English by: Creator/MonaMarshall |
| 83 | ->Voiced in Arabic by: Amal Sad-aldeen (1979 - 2005), Rasha Baidas (2005 - present) |
| 84 | ->Voiced in European Spanish by: Anna Orra (1st dub, 1st voice), Eduard Itchart (1st dub, 2nd voice), Estibalíz Lizárraga (2nd dub and 2005 series) |
| 85 | ->Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Hector Lee (Movie 1), Creator/RicardoTejedo (1979 - 2005 series), Creator/IrwinDaayan (2005 - series) |
| 86 | |
| 87 | The titular character and the supporting protagonist of the story. He is a cat-like robot created by the Matsushiba robot company, and is sent back in time by Sewashi to aid Nobita. |
| 88 | ---- |
| 89 | * AccidentalPervert: Less so than Nobita, but he also has caught Shizuka bathing a couple of times. |
| 90 | * AdaptationalBadass: Several games turn him into a Mario-style OneManArmy who saves the world often alone for the most part. |
| 91 | * AdaptationalJerkass: While still being a NiceGuy on occasion. Doraemon is shown to be a whole lot more unpleasant and jerkish to Nobita in the Disney XD dub than in the original dubs, and lacks much of his original character's redeeming factors. |
| 92 | * AffectionateNickname: Shizuka and Tamako, Nobita's mom, usually tend to call him "Dora-chan". In the Vietnamese translation Nobi usually affectionately call him "Fat Kitty". |
| 93 | * AnimalMotif: |
| 94 | ** He's factory-defined, and he identifies as a cat robot, but he's frequently mistaken for a raccoon dog and gets upset as a result. When traveling to the Amusement Park in ''Fairy Tale Land'', he turned into a raccoon dog. |
| 95 | ** When the gang ends up in Birdopia in the ''Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves'' movie, he wears a pigeon hat (though he initially put on a penguin hat as a mistake) as a disguise there. |
| 96 | * ArcNumber: According to official stats, Doraemon is 129.3 cm tall and weighs 129.3 kg, his head and body are both 129.3 cm in circumference, his legs are 129.3 mm long, he produces 129.3 horsepower, he can jump his own height and run at 129.3 km/h when frightened by a mouse, and his birthday is 2112/9/3. This number was apparently chosen because 129.3 cm was the average height of a Japanese fourth grader when the manga was written. (Ironically, Doraemon is drawn to be shorter than the main human characters, who are actual fourth graders.) |
| 97 | * AxCrazy: PlayedForLaughs example. Sometimes his fear of mice and his hatred for people who eat his dorayaki without his permission make him snap so hard, he retaliates by using '''[[DisproportionateRetribution murder]]''' ''[[DisproportionateRetribution of all things]]'' (or at least, the implication of it). |
| 98 | * BadassAdorable: A RidiculouslyCuteCritter with a fourth-dimensional pocket who has pretty much unlimited powers thanks to his reality warping gadgets. He is portrayed by Creator/JeanReno in several Toyota commercials, so you know Doraemon has a ton of badass cred. |
| 99 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: This is the reason why Doraemon is willing to stick around with Nobita despite his flaws and overall incompetence in life, as the latter's kindness touched him. Not to mention the countless times Nobita saved his life when he's in trouble or when Nobita stands up for him. |
| 100 | * BerserkButton: |
| 101 | ** Unless you have his permission, DON'T....EAT...OR...RUIN...HIS...DORAYAKI..OR ELSE. |
| 102 | ** He quickly snaps whenever being called as another animal, ''especially'' Tanuki/Raccoon, [[RunningGag which happens with]] ''[[RunningGag a lot]]'' [[RunningGag of people]]. He's a cat and he really hates to be mistaken for those stinking animals. Well, except in ''Doraemon: Nobita and the Animal Planet'', where his being upset ends up upsetting a tanuki guy. |
| 103 | ** He's scared of and absolutely detests rats/mice for what they did to his ears, to the extent he will hunt them down and eliminate them if they are in the house (he is a cat, after all). There are occasions where [[AxCrazy he would literally nuke the house to eradicate those pests]], but thankfully Nobita is there to stop him. |
| 104 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: |
| 105 | ** He's usually endlessly patient and tries to be helpful, but when Nobita goes too far, he won't hesitate to punish him. |
| 106 | ** He's also rather scary if his BerserkButton is pushed too hard, sometimes to AxCrazy levels. |
| 107 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: For all the silliness of the series and the character in general, Doraemon falls along '''Cosmic Weight''' in the JustForFun/SuperWeight scale. Even when they're all granted by items rather than inherent powers and have some limitations, they allow him to (among other things) [[TimeStandsStill stop time]], [[TimeMachine travel across time,]] [[RealityWarper bend reality]], [[DimensionalTraveler travel to different reality]], and [[GenesisEffect even create a new universe.]] As a ''school project''. |
| 108 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Literally to Dorami and figuratively to Nobita. |
| 109 | ** Towards Nobita, especially in early stories. However, as time went on, the robot gets increasingly more annoyed with Nobita's tendency to depend too much on his tools. This results in him becoming more apathetic to Nobita and only helping him when it is really necessary. |
| 110 | ** He does ''not'' take it well when Gian insults Dorami, claiming that his own sister Jaiko is much better than Doraemon's sister. The result is a VolleyingInsults exchange between him and Gian. |
| 111 | * BigEater: Never get between him and his yummy ''dorayaki'' buns. |
| 112 | * BigFun: Has a noticeably plumpier body for the first few chapters (as adapted to the first volume of the manga). |
| 113 | * BlueIsHeroic: A blue robotic cat, even if it's not his original color, and the title character. |
| 114 | * BrutalHonesty: Usually very blunt when it comes to Nobita. He gives him a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech at one point. |
| 115 | * ButtMonkey: From time to time, especially around the time the series started, though he still has his moments even currently. |
| 116 | * CatsAreSnarkers: Although he's a robot cat, he's still a DeadpanSnarker. |
| 117 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: Initially, he's a lot more awkward, more cooperative and more protective of Nobita, but as times went on, he has become a DeadpanSnarker and a MoralGuardian. His more iconic personality carries over even in the most recent CompilationMovie. |
| 118 | * ChickMagnet: He managed to capture many cats' hearts. |
| 119 | * ClosetSublet: He sleeps in Nobita's closet. |
| 120 | * CloudcuckoolandersMinder: To Nobita. Well, he tries but Nobita usually doesn't listen to him. |
| 121 | * ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Often represented by blue. |
| 122 | * TheConscience: To Nobita. |
| 123 | * CovertPervert: Anytime that Shizuka is shown in stripperiffic outfit, you can expect that [[AllMenArePerverts the boys will be quite eager to see it.]] Yes, including Doraemon. |
| 124 | * CuteMachines: A very cute-looking robotic cat. |
| 125 | * ADayInTheLimelight: |
| 126 | ** There are rare episodes that focus on him instead of Nobita, especially about his love life with female cats. There's also a very weird (but hilarious) LowerDeckEpisode about him, Nobita's mom, and Suneo's mom getting stuck in a surreal situation, which is also a rare case of Nobita being OutOfFocus in most of the episode. |
| 127 | ** ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasSkyUtopia'' movie mostly focused on his bond with Sonya due to being a fellow robot cat and has a much closer relationship with him compared to Nobita, [[spoiler:which made the latter's HeroicSacrifice affect him the most.]] |
| 128 | * DeadpanSnarker: Being around Nobita all the time, he has no other choice. He often concludes the episode with a snarky line (sometimes combined with FadeToBlack). He's not above snarking at other characters either. |
| 129 | * DependingOnTheWriter: Whether he behaves more like a guardian to Nobita or is treated as OneOfTheKids varies from story to story. The former tends to come out more in movies and specials. |
| 130 | * DespairEventHorizon: It doesn't happen very often, but when he's losing hope, especially regarding the possibility of Nobita ever dying on their adventure, which in ''Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicles of the Moon Exploration'', [[DrivenToSuicide he contempts to destroy himself out of despair]]. |
| 131 | * DitzyGenius: Although he's the smartest of the main five and seems to have a vast knowledge of many different subjects, he ended up the clumsiest of his kind due to a problem during his production, and will rarely get anything done when he's nervous. |
| 132 | * DoAnythingRobot: This was Doraemon's gimmick, though because it was partly a commentary at the time on people relying too much on technology, nearly every gadget ended up causing more problems. |
| 133 | * DreadfulMusician: In the spinoff manga ''The Doraemons'' and the early portrayal of the character. In one episode where Doraemon starts to malfunction and act like Gian, his singing become so horrendous that, as Nobita himself point it out, ''it sounds even worse than Gian's''. |
| 134 | * DumbassNoMore: He used to be BookDumb and one of the worst students in the Robot Academy. However, he probably got better from his early years, since nowadays he can quote many facts about different subjects and is easily the most knowledgeable of the main cast (unless Dekisugi is around), sometimes bordering on TheOmniscient. That said, [[DitzyGenius he still retains his clumsiness]]. |
| 135 | * EarAche: The reason why he is deathly afraid of rats is because one bit his ears off. |
| 136 | * EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Doraemon's tail initially functioned to make him invisible whenever it pulled. Later on, it's replaced with his on and off switch instead with the gadgets that make its user invisible being introduced. |
| 137 | * EatingMachine: He needs to eat to function like a human (as fuel) and his favorite food is dorayaki. Since he can taste, he's occasionally shown scarfing down or refusing food accordingly. His internal furnace can fully convert anything he eats into energy, so he usually does not need the restroom, though he is shown visiting it at least once. Official sources like the ''Doraemon Fukayomi Guide'' suggest that as a caretaker robot, he goes to the restroom before bed to model good behavior for children. |
| 138 | * EncyclopaedicKnowledge: He has a vast knowledge about many topics, from science to literature to history, and often provides [[MrExposition relevant background information]] needed to understand how certain gadgets work or respond to the situations that the main characters encounter. |
| 139 | * ExtremeDoormat: When Nobita cries because he has a problem (all the time), Doraemon usually makes a small attempt to talk some sense into him, but eventually ends up pitying him and giving one of his gadgets, even if he knows Nobita always uses his gadgets for selfish reasons and gets into even more trouble, in nearly every episode. |
| 140 | * {{Flanderization}}: Quite a huge one in the Disney XD American Dub. In most incarnations, he’s a NiceGuy who, despite sometimes being rude to Nobita, still means well and has a reason to be mad at him. In the Disney XD American dub, while he is still kind at best, he becomes flanderized into an absolute jerk to Nobita and shows NoIndoorVoice whatsoever, and scolds him for causing too much problems, and although this is still understandable, he is MUCH harsher to him than in the original versions. This is more downplayed in season 2, although not by much and is still a total {{Jerkass}} at worst. Stand By Me Doraemon also showcases this and retains his original personality by the sequel. |
| 141 | * FailureHero: Due to an accident during his production, Doraemon became defective upon his activation and turned out to be the clumsiest robot compared to his friends. And if it wasn't for Sewashi who picked him up as his owner when he was still a baby, Doraemon would be left without an owner. |
| 142 | * FingerlessHands: Doraemon doesn't have any visible fingers, yet he is able to do most things normal people can do with their hands. That's because each of his hands has a sticky-thing[[note]]It's an extremely localized magnetic field, apparently[[/note]]. Some shots also seem to show his hands morphing slightly when he holds objects, creating what looks like a thumb. However, he hates the fact that [[PoorPredictableRock he can only play rock in rock, paper, scissors]]. |
| 143 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Foolish to Dorami's Responsible, being more clumsy and less wise than her. |
| 144 | * FurryReminder: He is a [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots very human-like robot]] overall, but there are times when he moves or behaves like a cat, like curling up to sleep or scrambling up curtains when terrified. ''[[Anime/DoraemonNobitasSecretGadgetMuseum Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum]]'' shows that losing his bell [[MyInstinctsAreShowing brings his cat instincts to the fore]]. He can also [[SpeaksFluentAnimal communicate with cats]] without the help of his gadgets and is more romantically interested in cats (whether real or robotic) than in people. |
| 145 | * {{God}}: Not literally, but he has so many reality warping gadgets and even gadgets that can create entirely new universes (that a movie made clear continue to live on even when they're done playing with them) that it's clear that if he used them correctly he could essentially become an omniscient omnipotent God. In more than one movie and a few episodes, he ''is'' believed to be a god by the locals. |
| 146 | * HammerSpace: His four-dimensional pocket. It's shown to be larger on the inside and can store all manner of things including a telephone booth twice as tall as Doraemon. |
| 147 | * HairTriggerTemper: Has a very bad case of this in the American dub. The fact he’s more of a hot-headed jerk with NoIndoorVoice in said dub doesn’t help. |
| 148 | * TheHeart: Among the Doraemons, Doraemon is the most considerate of others and is willing to sacrifice himself to keep his friends happy and hold their friendship together. His dedication to his friends is part of the reason why the group is named after him even though he lacks his other friends' special skills. |
| 149 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Nobita, despite their occasional disagreements. They can't stay away from each other for too long. When Suneo tries to steal Doraemon from Nobita because he wants a real "best friend" and doesn't want to be Gian's lackey anymore, Doraemon tells him that Nobita is his only best friend, and obviously, the feelings are mutual. |
| 150 | * HypercompetentSidekick: Often serves as this to Nobita. |
| 151 | * IAmNotWeasel: |
| 152 | ** Don't call him a raccoon/tanuki/[[CulturalTranslation seal]]. In fact, don't call him anything that's not a cat. |
| 153 | ** He himself has a habit of mistaking other rodents (aside from squirrels and chipmunks) or rodent-like animals for mice, though this is because he's too scared to properly identify them. |
| 154 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: Sometimes. His BrutalHonesty to Nobita is often used intentionally as a form of ToughLove, but there are times when he unintentionally insults him and feels bad about it afterwards (he usually gives him a gadget to make it up). |
| 155 | * IronicFear: He is a cat who is afraid of mice. Justified in that he had a traumatic experience with a robotic mouse that bit his ears off. |
| 156 | * JerkassBall: Generally friendly but he can also be rather mean depending on the episode, though not as frequently as the other boys, although this is played straighter in the American dub. |
| 157 | * TheLancer: To Nobita, despite being the title character. In the movies and in ''The Doraemons'' on the other hand, he's usually TheLeader. |
| 158 | * LockedIntoStrangeness: According to ''[[Anime/TwoThousandOneHundredTwelveTheBirthOfDoraemon 2112: The Birth of Doraemon]]'', Doraemon was originally yellow-colored like his sister and the other Doraemons. After he lost his ears, he became depressed and unwittingly drank a "sadness" potion, which turned his body blue and his voice become raspier in the process. |
| 159 | * MascotsNameGoesUnchanged: In later official ''Doraemon'' translations, many characters (including Nobita) get renamed; Doraemon himself, however, retains his name. |
| 160 | * MasterOfNone: Due to ''The Doraemons'' being a showcase of "main character of the arc", Doraemon ends up as mundane compared to his friends and is often DemotedToExtra. |
| 161 | * MechanicalLifeform: A cat-like robot who otherwise thinks and lives like a normal human being. |
| 162 | * MirrorCharacter: In a way, Doraemon is just as much as a failure as Nobita in life due to him being defective when compared to the other robots of his kind who are far more efficient and less prone to make mistakes. His blue body, as opposed to the usual yellow color of the others, and lack of ears just evidence this status even further. Not to mention he's also reckless like Nobita on occasion and a particularly bad student like him back when he was in Robot Academy. |
| 163 | * MonsterRoommate: He lives in Nobita's closet. |
| 164 | * MrExposition: He provides {{Infodump}}s, especially when it comes to explaining the use of his gadgets and occasionally adding many science/history/geography details. It's almost a force of habit, the others sometimes have to remind him to save the explanations for later in tense situations. |
| 165 | * NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Throughout the series, Doraemon has many variation of gadgets for almost any situations on his sleeves that he mostly never brought up again after their introduction outside the recurring ones like Anywhere Door or Take-copter. |
| 166 | * NiceGuy: Most of the time he is friendly, lovable, and well-meaning. On occasion he's pretty harsh to Nobita but when it happens, you really can't blame him... [[JerkassBall for the most part at least]]. |
| 167 | * NoIndoorVoice: You'd be hard-pressed finding an entire episode of the Disney XD American Dub where he doesn't scream half of his lines. |
| 168 | * NoSympathy: Sometimes, he actually smiles at Nobita being in pain or getting a punishment, [[DownplayedTrope usually when he deserves it]]. Other times, he just looks annoyed, resigned, or even apathetic. |
| 169 | * NonHumanSidekick: To Nobita, sometimes becoming a SnarkyNonHumanSidekick. |
| 170 | * NonIndicativeName: His name roughly means "stray cat", but he isn't actually stray. |
| 171 | * NotSoAboveItAll: |
| 172 | ** While he normally serves as the voice of reason for Nobita, there are several times where he can be just as thoughtless or immature as him. He can't think rationally when there's the possibility to eat [[TrademarkFavoriteFood dorayaki]], or when mice are involved or mentioned. He also tends to panic during emergencies. |
| 173 | ** At times, he only agrees to give Nobita the gadget for his own self interest (e.g. "Without this gadget I will be punished and mom won't buy the dorayaki for us next week!"). |
| 174 | * OnlySaneMan: Not without his quirks and flaws, but he's usually one of the most reasonable characters (not to mention long-suffering because of Nobita's antics). |
| 175 | * OvershadowedByAwesome: In The Doraemons Special series, it's quite inevitable considering his super teammates such as the genius martial artist, cowboy and werewolf. He still gets some time to shine though... rarely. |
| 176 | * ParentalSubstitute: To Nobita. Because AdultsAreUseless most of the time, he acts more of a parental figure to him than his actual parents, who barely know anything about their son aside from his bad grades. The way Nobita begs for his gadgets also resembles a spoiled child who wants to get something from his mom. |
| 177 | * RealityWarper: With his gadgets, he can warp reality to it's full extent. Check out the "what if" phone booth. It's able to create a whole new world based on the wish. |
| 178 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: The 2005 special edition episode ''Doraemon: The Genius Nobita's Airship Amusement Park'' have the entire gang going to the future to celebrate Doraemon's 903rd b-day. |
| 179 | * RedOniBlueOni: Usually the reasonable Blue Oni to Nobita's impulsive Red Oni. When Dorami appears, he becomes the Red Oni compared to his wiser and more level-headed sister. |
| 180 | * RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The cute robot cat from the future. |
| 181 | * RidiculouslyHumanRobots: A ridiculously ''Cat''-like robot: He can [[EatingMachine eat]], breathe, bleed, blush, and [[DependingOnTheWriter maybe]] [[http://en.rocketnews24.com/2013/02/22/language-and-genitalia-controversies-beleaguer-japans-lovable-robot-cat-doraemon/ even pee]]. Must be ''really'' advanced technology! Official sources like the ''Doraemon Fukayomi Guide'' have suggested that he was designed to be so human-like to function in his role as a companion and caretaker for children. |
| 182 | * RobotBuddy: The TropeCodifier in Japan. |
| 183 | * RummageFail: A RunningGag is that he would rummage through his pocket in a state of panic, often taking out the wrong stuff. |
| 184 | * SecondaryCharacterTitle: |
| 185 | ** Despite being the title character, Nobita is usually the main protagonist with Doraemon only existing to assist his daily life. In many episodes, Doraemon only appears in a couple of scenes: to give Nobita the gadget, and later to get angry when Nobita misuses the gadget. Downplayed in the 2005 anime, where Doraemon follows Nobita around more often, instead of staying at home. |
| 186 | ** This is espectially apparent in the movies (Which is emphasized by having Nobita's name in their different titles). While Doraemon is the one who leads the adventure, the story often focuses on Nobita and his character arc instead as well as his bonds with the new character who is introduced there. |
| 187 | * SecretlyWealthy: In one manga story, Doraemon steals the family's savings to deposit in the bank, then goes 100 years into the future to collect the interest (according to his own calculation, would be 1024 times what was put in). The Nobi family now not only has their savings intact (since Doraemon gives back everything plus more), but they also unknowingly have a saving account (presumably in Doraemon's name) that will appreciate in value over the next 100 years (which he already collects and is presumably keeping somewhere). Due to the NegativeContinuity nature of the series, this is never brought up again, however. |
| 188 | * ShipperOnDeck: For Nobita/Shizuka, mostly because he knows how much Nobita loves her. In ''{{Anime/Stand By Me Doraemon}}'', Doraemon is the one who suggest Nobita that he should marry Shizuka in the future so the former can be fully happy. |
| 189 | * SuperPoweredRobotMeterMaids: He was designed to take care of children, but with his arsenal of gadgets, he has held off or averted world-ending threats, often backed up by only a few grade schoolers. He also has gadgets that could ''cause'' the end of the world if he wanted to. Even without his gadgets, he comes with [[UseYourHead a very hard head]], SuperStrength, SuperToughness, SuperSenses, and, when frightened, SuperSpeed, though this is downplayed in that most of his sensory parts are defective and his programming normally restricts his use of SuperStrength to handling gadgets. |
| 190 | * SuperStrength: He can produce 129.3 horsepower, making him much stronger than a human. However, he rarely seems to use his superhuman strength for anything except handling larger gadgets. Official guidebooks state that since he's a caretaker robot, his programming usually [[AwesomeButImpractical stops him from using his full strength]]. Once when he malfunctioned, he was able to easily beat Gian to a bloody pulp. A similar instance in the 1979 anime had him squeeze a soccer ball with his bare hands until it popped. |
| 191 | * SuperToughness: While he can be injured, his machinery is very resistant to physical impacts and they rarely do any irreversible damage to him. He can also function normally in the deep sea and outer space without special equipment. |
| 192 | * SupportingProtagonist: He's the title character, but he's just there for the sake of helping Nobita and that's his entire purpose in the story most of the time. In fact, that was the stated reason he went back in time to meet Nobita in the first place; to help him out in his daily life to prevent a future where he's basically a loser. |
| 193 | * TeamDad: Especially in the movies, he's often the closest thing the kids have to an authority figure in their group. He takes it upon himself to make sure they're safe and cared for on their adventures, and will reprimand them for poor behavior. He's also the one the kids tend to call for when they get in over their heads. |
| 194 | * ThrowTheDogABone: He's ''finally'' identified as a cat by strangers in ''Nobita and the Winged Braves'', much to his joy. [[SubvertedTrope Unfortunately]], the first time it's humanoid crows who hate cats. A friendly ostrich also identifies him as a cat later on, while they're running from the crows. Alas, this doesn't last when Professor Hoot mistakes him for a tanuki. |
| 195 | * TokenRobot: Being a robot cat and the [[TokenNonHuman only non-human character]] in the main cast. |
| 196 | * TookALevelInJerkass: Justified and downplayed. He starts off as very kind and protective of Nobita, but over time, he becomes more snarky and dismissive of him, due to Nobita misusing his gadgets all the time. Though this is kept in check by a number of PetTheDog moments and [[VitriolicBestBuds his genuine friendship with him]]. |
| 197 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Doraemon loves dorayaki (called "yummy buns" by Nobita in the English dub), a kind of pancake filled with a sweet red bean paste. |
| 198 | * UndyingLoyalty: |
| 199 | ** To Nobita, despite their occasional disagreements and bickering with each other. It certainly says a lot. |
| 200 | *** When Suneo asks him to leave Nobita and move to Suneo's house, offering him ''hundreds'' of dorayakis in exchange, he straight up refuses without thinking twice (though he does it ''after'' gobbling up all those dorayakis). |
| 201 | *** In one episode, in attempt to eradicate all the mice in Tokyo with his gadget, his clumsiness made him accidentally turn all the living beings in town into mice except him instead. He does everything possible to find Nobita (now a mouse as well) among all the other mice, overcoming his crippling fear. That's saying a lot, because Doraemon ''hates'' mice more than anything else. |
| 202 | ** He was also loyal to Sewashi during his days with him since Sewashi picked him as his owner when he was ''still a baby'', to the point of accepting to be sent back in time by him to help fixing the life of his grandfather, Nobita. |
| 203 | * UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: A lot of bad things happen to Doraemon in the Disney XD American dub, but it's not easy to feel bad for him due to how much of a prick he has became in said dub. |
| 204 | * UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Most regular episodes follow Nobita's daily life in a mundane setting. The main characters know that Doraemon comes from the future but all the other people don't seem to think there's anything strange about a blue robotic cat hanging out with humans. Or living in their house for whatever reason, in the case of Nobita's parents. People don't seem to find anything odd about his futuristic gadgets either most of the time. Justified because Doraemon shares universe with many other works of Fujiko F. Fujio, most of which are bizarre in their own right. |
| 205 | * UseYourHead: His skull roof is very hard, to the point it can be weaponized and knock out larger opponents, or be used to punch through walls. Some [[AmusingInjuries slapstick gags]], on the other hand, imply he has a more malleable head, though RuleOfFunny could be at play. [[https://dora-world.com/sp/tencomi_detective/dora001/dora001_vol004.html Official sources]] have suggested that his body is generally soft as a default state, but can be hardened when he is tense. |
| 206 | * VocalEvolution: |
| 207 | ** InUniverse, Doraemon's voice starts out being more child-like sounding, until he loses his ears and cries so hard about it to the point that his voice becomes raspier. The 2005 anime downplays this as his voice more or less remains the same after his breakdown. |
| 208 | ** The 1979 anime, while not InUniverse, has Doraemon starting out as loud, whiny and raspy. As the anime progresses he sounds calmer and less whiny. |
| 209 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: |
| 210 | ** He is ''really'' afraid of mice, because a robot mouse bit his ears off when he was young. He's also scared of most rodents, which he always mistakes for mice. Squirrels and chipmunks are fine to him, though. |
| 211 | ** On lesser degree, he's scared of going to the hospital for check-ups as Dorami needs to drag him there almost every time. This is explained in the ''[[Anime/TwoThousandOneHundredTwelveTheBirthOfDoraemon 2112: The Birth of Doraemon]]'' short movie, as he ultimately lost his damaged ears accidentally when the robot doctor was trying to fix the damage the robot mouse has done. |
| 212 | ** In his early years, he was deadly afraid of the industrial furnace of the company, as he almost died on his first day of live by being accidentally disposed alongside the dump. |
| 213 | [[/folder]] |
| 214 | |
| 215 | [[folder:Nobita Nobi (Noby)]] |
| 216 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nobita_nobi.png]] |
| 217 | ->Voiced in Japanese by: Yoshiko Ota (1973), Creator/NorikoOhara (1979 - 2005), Megumi Oohara (2005 - present), |
| 218 | ->Voiced in English by: Creator/JohnnyYongBosch |
| 219 | ->Voiced in Arabic by: Amnah Omar (1979 - 2005), Kresten Shahood (2005 - present) |
| 220 | ->Voiced in European Spanish by: Assumpta Navascués (1st dub), Nuria Marín Picó (2nd dub and 2005 series) |
| 221 | ->Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Creator/AraceliDeLeon (Movie 1 and 1979 - 2005 series/second voice), Creator/LauraTorres (1979 - 2005 series/1st voice), Ariadna Rivas (1979 - 2005 series/third voice), Rommy Mendoza (1979 - 2005 series/fourth voice) |
| 222 | |
| 223 | The main protagonist of the story. [[ThisLoserIsYou A young, loser boy]] who is always on the receiving end of bullying, jealousy, or his own selfishness, and always relies on Doraemon's gadgets as his solution to a problem rather than improving himself. However, he is notably kinder and more heroic than the rest of the gang when the situation calls for it. |
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| 225 | * AccidentalPervert: Often with Shizuka. See the RunningGag in the original series of using the Anywhere Door to go to Shizuka's house and finding her bathing in the tub. In other occasions, Nobita accidentally sees under her skirt. |
| 226 | * AdaptationalBadass: In the movies, where he is shown to be quite brave in dangerous situations. |
| 227 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: All the movies and specials tend to emphasize his kindness more. ''[[Anime/DoraemonNobitasSecretGadgetMuseum Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum]]'' even explores this aspect as the reason why Doraemon had befriended him in the first place despite all the flaws he has. |
| 228 | * AesopAmnesia: ''All the time''. He never learns not to abuse Doraemon's gadgets. Early on in the manga's life-cycle, there was a story intended to be the [[GrandFinale very last of the series]]. During it, Nobita is shown to have [[CharacterDevelopment grown enough]] from his time with Doraemon to start standing up for himself, culminating in him fighting Gian to prove that he no longer needs Doraemon and ''winning''. Of course, since the series eventually proves popular enough to warrant continuation, this character development doesn't stick and he just starts being a wimpy idiot again (the next story even features a scene of him trying to attack Gian and Suneo only to be casually pushed aside to hammer the point home). |
| 229 | * AlwaysLate: A RunningGag is that he's almost always late for school. The teacher usually punishes him, forcing him to stand outside of the classroom. |
| 230 | * AnimalMotif: |
| 231 | ** Dogs, as he depends on others and tends to be very opportunistic. |
| 232 | ** Due to his slowness, both mentally and physically, he's often called a turtle, and he's turned into a turtle when traveling to the Amusement Park in ''Fairy Tale Land''. However, he wears a bear hat (which gives him physical endurance against powerful substances) as a disguise in the ''Doraemon: Nobita and the Animal Planet'' movie. |
| 233 | ** When the gang ends up in Birdopia in the ''Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves'' movie, he wears a duck hat as a disguise there. |
| 234 | * AlliterativeName: '''Nobi'''ta '''Nobi'''. |
| 235 | * AntiRoleModel: He's a good example of how children shouldn't behave. His laziness and relying on other people (or gadgets) to solve his problems constantly get him into trouble. Subverted in the movies, where he's a genuinely good role model for children, only occasionally displaying flaws and incompetence. |
| 236 | * AthleticallyChallenged: He is hopeless at sports and is the most unathletic guy around. In ''Dream Bell'', he uses a gadget to challenge the other kids in the neighborhood to a sumo competition while they're asleep, and he ''still'' loses to all of them (even Shizuka). ''The Correct Graph'' in ''Graphs Don't Lie'' is a gadget that produces always-accurate bar charts and also confirms that he is physically the weakest out of the main cast. This trope does ''not'' apply, however, when it comes to his [[ImprobableAimingSkills skill with firearms]]. |
| 237 | * BigFun: His future, adult self is noticeably big bodied compared to the thin BadFuture adult self shown in the first chapter. |
| 238 | * BookDumb: Exaggerated. Due to not studying, always using Doreamon's gadgets and idling about, Nobita often gets a 0 for his school tests (or sometimes a very low score such as 10 or 20), which results in him being rebuked by his teacher and being detained after school. It also causes his teacher to visit his house to complain about Nobita to his mother. On the other hand, he's proven to be quite creative in coming up with application of Doraemon's gadgets, not to mention he's [[ImprobableAimingSkills an expert marksman.]] |
| 239 | * BornInTheWrongCentury: In the wrong nation, even. Doraemon even said that Nobita would have become a legendary Wild West gunslinger if he was born in the era. ''Nobita, Gunfighter of the Cosmos'' has him traveling to the Wild West and literally becoming a local legend overnight. If he can take out an entire 30-man gang as a kid, what can't he take out as an adult growing up in the American Frontier? |
| 240 | * BornUnlucky: Getting beaten by Gian, scolded by the teacher and by his mother, bitten by a dog and falling into a ditch. An ordinary day for Nobita. That said, just the fact that he has [[DoAnythingRobot Doraemon]] and manages to marry Shizuka in the future downplays this. |
| 241 | * BrilliantButLazy: Despite being extremely lazy and a horrible student most of the time, he's [[SmarterThanYouLook smarter than he looks]] and is often able to come up with creative ideas and outside-the-box thinking. He also can get good grades when he actually studies, and even got a 100/100 on a test without cheating at least once. |
| 242 | * BullyMagnet: Him being bullied (both physically and emotionally) by Gian and Suneo provides the plot of roughly 70% of the episodes, but he still hangs out with them. Sometimes, the other kids of the baseball team join in on bullying him as well. |
| 243 | * ButtMonkey: ''So much'' that one of his descendants has to send him his robot to help deal with that. Not that it's getting any better. |
| 244 | * CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: In ''Worries about 7 Years Later'', he's shown to feel this way towards Dekisugi. When there's the chance of the latter moving out, Nobita is at first ecstatic, but after having some flashbacks and being encouraged by Dekisugi. Nobita summates at the end, that despite sometimes wanting to get rid of him, deep down, he considers him a friend and wouldn't want to do anything that changes that. |
| 245 | * TheChewToy: Always getting the worst of the humiliations. So much so that ''90% of the TV episodes'' end with him being humiliated or beaten up, and suffering [[HoistByHisOwnPetard the consequences of his own actions]]. [[ThrowTheDogABone And while the 2005 series toned this down considerably]], it's not by much. |
| 246 | * ChildhoodFriendRomance: He will eventually marry Shizuka in the future. If Doraemon had not interfered, he would have married Gian's sister, Jaiko. |
| 247 | * ClassicalAntiHero: A classic Japanese example. Nobita is a total loser, a crybaby, and a lazy bum who prefers using tools to cheat than trying to improve himself, but he is naturally a kid with a gentle heart who can be brave and reliable when he needs to. |
| 248 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He sincerely believes in outlandish things such as that the dinosaurs are still alive [[note]]The non-avian kind, at least[[/note]]. Of course, [[TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight he is right "every" time]]...somewhat. |
| 249 | * ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Often represented by yellow, though later this became less clear once the show started using LimitedWardrobe less. |
| 250 | * CowardlyLion: One of his defining traits, which is mostly emphasized in the movies and specials, is that he's willing to throw himself into danger and face against formidable adversaries to help the ones he cares about. However, he can also be brave in normal episodes as well if the situation really calls for it. |
| 251 | * CrazyJealousGuy: Shizuka's closeness to [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Dekisugi]] causes Nobita intense jealousy, and is the plot for many episodes, where he tries to separate them, and fails. |
| 252 | * CrocodileTears: One of his methods to get gadgets from Doraemon. He often starts crying loudly until Doraemon pities him and gives him a gadget. The second this happens, he stops crying and gets all excited at the idea of using the brand-new gadget. |
| 253 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Despite being a wimpy kid on the surface, Nobita often risked his life to help save others or even entire civilizations in the specials and movies. Furthermore, usually when the situation gets really bad, the gang often counts on him as ''their last hope''. It helps that one of the few things he's very good at is shooting, which [[ExpertInUnderwaterBasketWeaving doesn't come up much in his daily life]] but becomes very useful when they go on adventures. |
| 254 | ** Despite being a constant fodder for bullying, it's shown in several stories like ''The World is Full of Lies'' that Nobita is fully capable of beating up Gian and Suneo once motivated enough; he's just too much of a coward to try most of the time. The same story also reveals that Nobita is at least smarter than Gian if he actually focuses on something that's really important to him. |
| 255 | * {{Determinator}}: |
| 256 | ** He usually completely inverts the trope (he gives up ''very'' easily especially when he promises to focus on his homework). But when he has a clear goal in mind, his determination is pretty impressive. For example, in the famous episode of ''Goodbye, Doraemon'', he stands up to Gian, despite being beaten down constantly, vowing to stand up to the bully on his own as Doraemon is leaving him for good. It's so effective that Gian gets scared and runs away. |
| 257 | ** Additionally, when his friends (or even innocent strangers and creatures) are in trouble, Nobita doesn't hesitate to do everything in his power to help them no matter what, even when he's scared, especially in the movies and specials. |
| 258 | * DirtyKid: DependingOnTheWriter. In a few episodes, he likes to take a peek at Shizuka's panties or when she showers. In others, he [[CantActPervertedTowardALoveInterest doesn't act perverted towards her]]. |
| 259 | * DistressedDude: Many times, he gets in trouble and needs to be rescued by Doraemon. The troubles usually involves violent bullies or unexpected (sometimes dangerous) consequences of a gadget backfiring. |
| 260 | * DoggedNiceGuy: He pines after his future wife Shizuka and is always trying to get on her good side. Shizuka accepts him as a friend but, sometimes, she seems to prefer Dekisugi, and her romantic feelings are not clear, however in the 1979 anime, the episode ''Two Shizukas'' confirms that Shizuka secretly likes him back. |
| 261 | * DreadfulMusician: Whenever he sings, he's shown to be not very good; like most of the things he does. At least it's still tolerable compared to Gian's. Ironically, in ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheSpaceHeroes'', all the main characters sing a part of the theme song, and he probably has the most pleasant singing voice in the main cast, along with Shizuka. |
| 262 | * DrivenByEnvy: One of various reasons to get a gadget from Doraemon. Whenever Suneo flaunts his material wealth with everyone or Shizuka hanging out with Dekisugi, Nobita's jealousy is very easily provoked. |
| 263 | * DumbassHasAPoint: While he's not academically smart, many of his opinions turn out to be right, to the point he's something of an OnlySaneMan around Gian and Suneo. Even Doraemon occasionally agrees with him. |
| 264 | ** In one episode, Gian brags about not being scared of anything, and Nobita points out that it's not true because Gian is scared of his mother, to the other kids' amusement. |
| 265 | ** When Suneo invites everyone except him to his family vacations, using lame excuses to leave him out, Nobita already knows these vacations are just a pretense to exclude him, as he often complains to Doraemon. |
| 266 | ** He doesn't even want to play baseball with the other boys most of the time, because he already knows he can't play, but Gian and Suneo always force him to play with them. And then they get angry when their team loses points because of him. |
| 267 | * DumberThanTheyLook: He has almost all the traits of the StereotypicalNerd (glasses, GeekPhysique, insecure, socially inept, a wimpy NervousWreck, physically weak, unpopular, bad at sports, and a BullyMagnet). In most cases, his character would be also a stereotypically BookSmart nerd, but he's actually the opposite: he's easily the worst student in his class, as being BookDumb is part of his LoserProtagonist characterization. That said, he does have plenty of moments of being smart on occasions (see BrilliantButLazy above). |
| 268 | * DumbIsGood: He is a foolish IdiotHero who has the lowest grade in his classes, but is generally a kind-hearted kid (although with a bratty JerkWithAHeartOfGold streak). |
| 269 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: When he meets Doraemon for the first time, he was destined to be an even bigger loser in the future, marrying his bully's fat and ugly sister and going bankrupt with a debt that lasts for decades even after his death. Within the series, his future was somehow changed and it's revealed he will marry his dream girl, Shizuka, and lead a middle-class life. |
| 270 | * EmbarrassingFirstName: While it's hardly ever an issue with other people, he hates his first name. When he whines about his parents, he also says that they should have never chose such an ugly name for him, and that he has probably been adopted, which is obviously not true. |
| 271 | * ExpertInUnderwaterBasketWeaving: |
| 272 | ** Nobita can create shapes with strings and rubber bands (called ayatori). It's one of the few things he can do well, and the fact it never sees any meaningful use is usually PlayedForLaughs. And to add the insult, this particular skill also serves as ''his superhero power'' in ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheSpaceHeroes'' movie, which is just as useless compared to his friends' power. At least, the string that he unintentionally created help Aron to locate him when the two got separated. [[spoiler:On the bigger scale and with enough courage, Nobita manages to properly use it to make a powerful net and defeat the weakened BigBad Icaros in one swoop. It's just too bad that nobody saw this when it happened]]. |
| 273 | ** Interestingly, this trope also applies to his other main skill, [[ImprobableAimingSkills shooting]], which would otherwise be ''extremely'' useful [[BornInTheWrongCentury in a more actionized setting]]. Naturally, it comes in handy more often in the movies and specials. |
| 274 | * {{Expy}}: He bears a strong resemblance to Fujio ''Akatsuka's'' ''Manga/OsomatsuKun'' brothers. |
| 275 | * ExtremeDoormat: Due to being one of the weakest kids around, he can't stand up for himself ''at all'' and his "friends" Gian and Suneo constantly walk all over him. Then again, standing up for ''others'' is a different story. |
| 276 | * FailureHero: He's a big loser who fails at ''everything'', including life. In fact, he would have become an even bigger loser in the future if Doraemon had not interfered with it. |
| 277 | * FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Whenever Nobita attempt to mess around with Dekisugi or trying to separate Shizuka away from him when they're together with one of Doraemon's gadgets, expect his plan to not work accordingly to his favor, indirectly helping Dekisugi to succeed instead or [[HoistByHisOwnPetard even backfire at him]]. |
| 278 | * {{Flanderization}}: |
| 279 | ** His {{Jerkass}} tendencies and idiocy, especially in the spin-off material, where he's relegated to supporting roles. Also, while he still has some competence in the earlier stories, such as being able to swim and fly a kite properly, the later ones strip him of it, and only give him marksmanship skills as if to compensate. Additionally, his tendency to cry is cranked up in 1979 series. |
| 280 | ** Subverted in the movies, which tend to emphasize his good and heroic traits and portray him as an AllLovingHero. |
| 281 | * FormerlyFat: One early manga short story shows that Nobita's future self will become very chubby when he reaches grade 12. By the time we see his future self again at 23 years old, he's fit again. |
| 282 | * FreudianExcuse: He's BornUnlucky, has been bullied for being a loser since he was born, and has very strict parents who were always oblivious about all the bullying. No wonder he's a vengeful and resentful kid who relies on dirty tricks (or gadgets) to succeed and get what he wants. |
| 283 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: He's a friend to the other main characters through Seniority, Proximity, Pity, Supervision (in Doraemon's case), Abuse (in Gian and Suneo's case), sometimes Necessity (because he has [[DoAnythingRobot Doraemon]]) and deep down Caring. He's often bullied and ostracized by two of his friends (Suneo and Gian like to gang up on him all the time). Doraemon and Shizuka are much nicer to him in comparison, but even they often lose patience with him, and with good reason for the most part. |
| 284 | * FriendToAllChildren: He's often very nice to little kids, and is also willing to help them. In ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheSpaceHeroes'', he's seen teaching how to make string figures to a group of younger children. In one episode, he gives up a comic book he has always wanted, to buy a toy for a little girl who was crying. |
| 285 | * FriendToAllLivingThings: Several stories, usually the most emotional, involve him befriending an animal (in some cases, even an alien or another creature). Animals love him, except the dog that constantly bites him on the streets and the alley cat who also hates him. This actually seems to vary according to the story, as some depict him as being hated by animals. |
| 286 | * FutureLoser: His future without Doraemon was as much a DownerEnding as it could get. He married his bully's fat sister, established his own corporation (which went down in flames), and he was eventually swimming in debt. |
| 287 | * GeniusDitz: He is bad at almost everything, however, he is excellent at shooting, as well as Cat's Cradle. |
| 288 | * HeavySleeper: He has the habit of sleeping a lot, and this is the activity that he usually engages as soon as he returns from school, instead of doing his homework or studying. This is the habit that is usually held responsible for the fact that he fails in his exams and doesn't do his homework. |
| 289 | * HeroProtagonist: Despite Doraemon being the title character, Nobita is the overall focus of the series as a whole with the movies even complementing this by adding his name to their subtitle. |
| 290 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Doraemon, despite their occasional disagreements. They can't stay away from each other for too long. When Suneo tries to steal Doraemon from Nobita because he wants a real "best friend" and doesn't want to be Gian's lackey anymore, Doraemon tells him that Nobita is his only best friend, and obviously, the feelings are mutual. |
| 291 | * HiddenDepths: |
| 292 | ** Despite his bad grades, he shows intelligence when trying to outsmart Doraemon to get his hands on the gadget of the week, and his ways of using are usually pretty creative. One time, he tied a string to one of Doraemon's tools, so that he can pull it out of his pocket. Another example of this is the new sport of free flying with the use of Doraemon's "power of wind" fans (fans that can create a gust of wind with just a gentle swish) and how he used the voice hardener, which is considered useless by Doraemon, for transportation. |
| 293 | ** When he studies seriously, he ''is'' able to get decent grades. It only happens very rarely, unfortunately. |
| 294 | ** Nobita usually prefers manga over any complex literature. However, Literature/SherlockHolmes novels are exception of this, as in one episode Nobita aspires to be a great detective because he admires Holmes' deduction skills. In another episode, Nobita actually shows legitimate interest in classic literature after Dekisugi read about half of the story for him and ''Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum'' movie specifically put Nobita into detective's case. |
| 295 | * HisOwnWorstEnemy: ''So much.'' Nobita's everyday problems (or rather, the problems he needs to solve to ''succeed in life'') stem from ''his own'' [[AesopAmnesia refusal to learn from his mistakes]], laziness, lack of commitment, ineptitude, ExtremeDoormat tendencies, and overdependence on gadgets, to the point where he mostly chooses them over making an effort ''himself''. Even ''Doraemon'' has to [[BrutalHonesty admit]] Nobita brings upon himself most of his problems. |
| 296 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: Nobita always misuses the gadgets to show off and trouble his friends. This generally ends up with Gian or Suneo stealing the gadgets, misusing them even more, and thus getting both themselves and Nobita into bigger trouble than before. |
| 297 | * {{Hypocrite}}: |
| 298 | ** Frequently complains when Suneo is bragging about his money and possessions. Yet, he often brags about Doraemon's gadgets to impress Shizuka or spite Gian and/or Suneo. |
| 299 | ** Sometimes, his complaints about other people (such as Gian and Suneo, or the authorial figures in his life) would [[YouAreWhatYouHate end up fitting him instead]]. |
| 300 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: In the episode ''Goodbye, Shizuka'', feeling hopeless with his life, he purposely starts avoiding Shizuka (destined to be his bride in the future) because he doesn't want her to be unhappy with him for the rest of her life. |
| 301 | * IdiotHero: BookDumb and generally not very smart, though he can get pretty crafty when it comes to Doraemon's gadgets. |
| 302 | * ImprobableAimingSkills: He can shoot ''anything'', too bad that it's one of the few things he is good at. It's actually stated by Doraemon that if he had lived in the Wild West, he would have been a quickdraw hero. |
| 303 | * InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: It's shown several times that he prefers girly hobbies over sports, gets along better with girls than with boys, and would like his life better if he was a girl (even asking Doraemon to give him gadgets to become a girl or swap bodies with Shizuka). He's a huge fan of a MagicalGirl anime and this makes him bond with the girls of his class, but obviously Gian and Suneo tease him about it. |
| 304 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: More often than not, he tends to say things that upset other people without realizing it, especially with Shizuka. In ''Human Manufacturing Machine'', he asks Shizuka whether he'll help him make a baby (he is actually trying to ask her for the necessary raw materials he needs in order to create an ArtificialHuman), unaware of the dirty implications of that statement, resulting in Shizuka beating him up and him wondering why she got so upset. |
| 305 | * InsecureLoveInterest: Sometimes, he thinks he will never be good enough for Shizuka, especially compared to his romantic rival, Dekisugi. |
| 306 | * IronButtMonkey: He is surprisingly durable, despite all of the physical abuse he has to endure and being a regular victim of NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. |
| 307 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Much of the time he's very selfish, though he has enough PetTheDog moments to keep him likable. Subverted in the movies, where he's a completely selfless character. |
| 308 | * JerkassRealization: On occasions, he'll accept that he went too far with his careless and irresponsible actions, seeking to fix them and make up for them. |
| 309 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's a self-centered brat in most episodes and the power of the gadgets usually gets to his head. And yet, Nobita is actually a nice person who always looks up to others and stands up for them, which the movies & specials tend to show. His kindness is also the reason why Doraemon befriends him in the first place and Shizuka always likes him for it, [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan to the point that she eventually marries him in the future]]. |
| 310 | * KarmicButtMonkey: He always steals Doraemon's gadgets and uses them for selfish reasons. As always, the gadgets turn against him which result in him getting a HumiliationConga (and an IWarnedYou from Doraemon). |
| 311 | * KarmicJackpot: He purposely started avoiding Shizuka because [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy he didn't want her to be unhappy with him for the rest of her life]], thinking Dekisugi was better for her. Years later, she rejects a proposal from Dekisugi (albeit gently) in favor of marrying him, and Dekisugi becomes the one who encourages him to make Shizuka happy. |
| 312 | * LandingInSomeonesBathtub: There's a RunningGag of him landing in Shizuka's bathtub (mostly in the old anime) with Doraemon's Everywhere's Door. |
| 313 | * LaserGuidedKarma: He suffers from this constantly, anytime he misuses Doraemon's gadgets. |
| 314 | * LazyBum: Nobita is a very lazy person. He normally wakes up late for school and often dozes off in class. He naps almost every day after school, making him unable to sleep at night and wake up late the next morning. This creates an endless cycle of laziness. |
| 315 | * {{Leitmotif}}: |
| 316 | ** The 1979 anime sometimes plays an instrumental version of ''Nonki na Nobita-kun'' (Carefree Nobita-kun), mostly when things start going well for him. There's a vocal version that doubles as ImageSong, performed by his seiyuu, he very seldom sings it as well. |
| 317 | ** The movie ''[[Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheKnightsOnDinosaurs Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs]]'' uses ''Ashita Asatte Shiasatte'' (Tomorrow, the day after and the one after that) instead, also sung by Noriko Ohara, that was contained in that film ending song record. |
| 318 | * LethalChef: As shown in some episodes of the anime; even ''Gian'' thinks it looks horrible and can't stomach his cooking, though unlike Gian, he's at least self-aware of it and it's not as terrible as Gian's cooking. On the other hand, in the second part of ''Winning Back Shizuka-chan'', [[NiceGirl Shizuka]] doesn't hesitate to finish a whole plate of his cooking compared to anyone else who can't even stand it because while admitting that it's not really delicious, she believes that Nobita had been working hard to make it, and appreciates his effort. |
| 319 | * LoserProtagonist: Doraemon is sent back in time to change Nobita's life — namely, he turns out to be such a loser that his entire family tree is ruined because of it. |
| 320 | * MagneticHero: Surprisingly. Outside of the regular episodes, he's usually the one who is easily bonding with strangers along the way, much more than the rest of the group. In the TV special, ''Doraemon's Long Day'', Denja, the Robot Criminal who swapped bodies with Doraemon to escape, even ends up having a HeelFaceTurn because of Nobita's friendship after spending time with him and eventually becoming willing to surrender himself to the police. |
| 321 | * MyFutureSelfAndMe: Peeks into his own future self's activities at least twice. ''Stand by Me Doraemon'' also has him interact with his future self. |
| 322 | * NeverMyFault: When he abuses gadgets for his personal gain and indirectly causes problems, sometimes Nobita will blame Doraemon for said gadget he borrowed, much to the latter's annoyance. |
| 323 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: Nobita's clumsiness sometimes causes trouble in some of the stories, prompting him to make up for it, which is something that the gang occasionally points out when it happens. |
| 324 | * OcularGushers: When something bad happens to him, he tends to cry like this, often combined with hysterical InelegantBlubbering. |
| 325 | * OfficialCouple: With Shizuka in the future. They proved it with TimeTravel. |
| 326 | * OlderAndWiser: While he's still awkward in his adulthood, he's occasionally the one who gives advice to his past self. |
| 327 | * OlderThanTheyLook: In ''Nobita Spends 3000 Days on a Deserted Island'', Nobita is trapped on a deserted island before eventually getting rescued. Doraemon turns him back into a child and makes it as though he never left, but chronologically, Nobita is still a young adult from that point onwards. But given the NegativeContinuity nature of the series, this is ultimately [[AvertedTrope averted]]. |
| 328 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: In the English version, "Noby" is officially a nickname for "Nobita" according to his character entry on ''Doraemon.com''. In Japanese, he's called "Nobi-chan" by his mother. |
| 329 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: If he turns down a chance to spend time with Shizuka, it's usually a sign he has some deeply serious worries on his mind. |
| 330 | * ThePeepingTom: Sometimes, he has used a few of Doraemon's gadgets to peep at Shizuka in the bath. |
| 331 | * PottyEmergency: This happens a lot to Nobita in the show. The episode ''Malicious of the Demon'' has this trope as a major plot point. |
| 332 | * ProneToTears: A big crybaby and it's PlayedForLaughs. He cries hysterically in every episode, every time something bad happens to him, which happens regularly. Especially at the beginning of the episode (when he complains about his problems to Doraemon) and at the end of the episode (when he's HoistByHisOwnPetard). |
| 333 | * ReallyFondOfSleeping: Sleeping is his favorite hobby, and he's so good at naps that Dorameon once used a gadget to turn it into a ''talent''. |
| 334 | * RepetitiveName: Like his father and most people in his family. |
| 335 | * {{Revenge}}: He begs Doraemon for many things, but often to have vengeance on Gian and Suneo. |
| 336 | * SelfDeprecation: In contrast to the [[SmallNameBigEgo overconfident]] Gian and Suneo, he's incredibly insecure and well aware of ''all'' his flaws. He knows he's terrible at everything (especially compared to Dekisugi), too bad he can't do anything about it, except complaining and crying to Doraemon. |
| 337 | * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Sensitive Guy to Gian's Manly Man. He's weak, submissive, and cries all the time, Gian is a big, strong, athletic bully. |
| 338 | * SpoiledBrat: In a different way from Suneo. He's not spoiled by his parents, but he acts whiny and bratty when he wants Doraemon to give him one of his gadgets. |
| 339 | * StalkerWithACrush: Sometimes, his crush on Shizuka borders on obsession, and he often uses Doraemon's gadgets to spy on her. |
| 340 | * SuperDrowningSkills: He is hopeless at swimming despite being taught once how to swim and was once provided with an imagination pill to make him think that he was in a swimming pool. He can drown in ''puddles''. |
| 341 | * SuperGullible: On numerous occasions, Nobita gets tricked by Suneo for the latter's own purposes. |
| 342 | * TerribleArtist: Drawing is one of the many things he is terrible at, and sometimes it even provides a plot point. |
| 343 | * ThisLoserIsYou: Pretty much the entire point of the series. |
| 344 | * ThrowTheDogABone: He gets a happy ending now and then at the end of some episodes, and even a reward, usually in the rare occasions when he uses Doraemon´s gadgets to perform good deeds and help people. Also, while in the 1979 anime, he's the one who suffers the humiliating DownerEnding in the vast majority of episodes, it gets more balanced in the 2005 anime: sometimes, it happens to him, but almost as often, it may happen to Gian, Suneo, or both of them. |
| 345 | * TooDumbToLive: Has a few moments of this, with him jumping into dangerous situations out of negligence. Although, this is entirely [[AvertedTrope averted]] in the movies. |
| 346 | * TookALevelInKindness: |
| 347 | ** While portrayed the same, he gets more chances to show his nicer side in the ''Long Tales'' series, alongside the movies in the 1979 and 2005 series. |
| 348 | ** InUniverse wise, his future, adult self is considerably nicer as well. |
| 349 | * ToyBasedCharacterization: Most of his toys are BB Guns and he's known for being TheGunslinger on adventures, complete with ImprobableAimingSkills. |
| 350 | * {{Troll}}: His usual way of using the gadgets is to mess with other people. |
| 351 | * TurnTheOtherCheek: ZigZagged. As mentioned below, Nobita has a disturbing tendency to get downright [[WhosLaughingNow vindictive]] when getting back at Gian and Suneo, but he nonetheless considers them his friends and cares about them despite all the bullying he suffers at their hands. |
| 352 | * UglyGuyHotWife: With Shizuka in the future. |
| 353 | * UnknownRival: To Dekisugi. He despises him because Shizuka always prefers to hang out with him. Despite that, Dekisugi is never aware of it and Nobita himself doesn't always act hostile towards him all the time. |
| 354 | * UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: In most of the short stories, he tends to misuse Doraemon's gadgets for his own benefits, but things usually backfire on him, and hilariously so. Despite being the main character, the Japanese audience considers him to be a bigger {{Jerkass}} than both Gian and Suneo, despite his occasional likable moments (and IncorruptiblePurePureness in the movies). |
| 355 | * WhatYouAreInTheDark: He may get vindictive, come up with perverted ideas, abuse Doraemon's gadgets and all, but at the core of his character, he's genuinely a NiceGuy. Best shown in the ''Satan's Passport'' story, where a device allows anyone to be a KarmaHoudini. After a field day of mischief, ultimately, Nobita can't bear it all on his conscience and [[MustMakeAmends decides to make amends.]] |
| 356 | * WhosLaughingNow: Nobita has a disturbing frequent tendency to get vengeful and downright ''vindictive'' when he finally gets to get back at the people who bully him all the time. |
| 357 | * WholesomeCrossdresser: Nobita ends up wearing dresses quite a bit, for various reasons. He even comes up with an alias "Nobiko" to accompany it. |
| 358 | * YankTheDogsChain: Often. If he seems satisfied near the end of an episode, at the very last minute, something bad will happen to him. Sometimes, it's due to bad luck, and other times, it's due to him being HoistByHisOwnPetard. |
| 359 | %%* YouAreGrounded: So much. |
| 360 | [[/folder]] |
| 361 | |
| 362 | [[folder:Shizuka Minamoto (Sue)]] |
| 363 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shizuka_minamoto_2_3.png]] |
| 364 | ->Voiced in Japanese by: Masako Ebisu (1973), Michiko Nomura (1979 - 2005), Creator/YumiKakazu (2005 - present) |
| 365 | ->Voiced in English by: Creator/CassandraLeeMorris |
| 366 | ->Voiced in Arabic by: Bouthayna Shaya (1979 - 2005) |
| 367 | ->Voiced in European Spanish by: Laura del Bas (1st dub, 1st voice), Olga Supervia (1st dub, 2nd voice), Sonia Torrecilla (2nd dub, 1st and 4th voice and 2005 series), Fátima Casado (2nd dub, 2nd voice), Eba Ojanguren (2nd dub, 3rd voice) |
| 368 | ->Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Creator/PatriciaAcevedo (Movie 1), Creator/CristinaHernandez (1979 - 2005 series), Vanessa Garcel (1979 - 2005 series/some episodes) |
| 369 | |
| 370 | The local LoveInterest who is popular among every boy in town. Has stereotypical YamatoNadeshiko characteristics: kind, caring, and feminine. Perhaps the only flaw about her is her [[DreadfulMusician dreadful violin skills]]. She loves bathing. |
| 371 | ---- |
| 372 | * TheAce: She excels at everything except playing the violin. This was toned down in the 1973 anime and the early episodes of the 1979 anime, which depict her as being more fallible. ZigZagged in the English dub, which also makes her good at sports (see InformedAbility), while the original Shizuka was never known as a particularly athletic character. |
| 373 | * ActionGirl: Although she's sometimes the DamselInDistress, she's no less capable than the boys at using weapon gadgets when she gets the chance to. On [[Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheHauntsOfEvil some]] [[Anime/DoraemonNobitasChronicleOfTheMoonExploration adventures]], she even uses Super Gloves as her weapon of choice while her friends use ranged gadgets, inverting GuysSmashGirlsShoot. |
| 374 | * AdaptationDyeJob: ZigZagged. In the original manga, Shizuka had black hair, but in the 1973 and 1979 anime, her hair was dyed brown. Her hair eventually dyed back to black in the 2005 anime. |
| 375 | * AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Downplayed. Although she and Nobita are confirmed to be an OfficialCouple in the future, in the original manga, it is usually ambiguous at best whether she sees him as anything more than a close friend while they are still children. The 1979 anime adds [[ShipTease more overt hints]] that she may have feelings for him, including more frequent occurrences of Shizuka reacting with jealousy when Nobita expresses attraction towards other girls, several anime-original stories where she kisses him after he does something nice for her (once [[PuppyLove shortly after they met as kindergarteners]]), and the episode ''Two Shizukas'' (showing her blushing and refusing to answer when Nobita, stuck in a SpotTheImposter situation, asks her if she likes him). |
| 376 | * AdaptationalAchillesHeel: Her [[SweetBaker baking skills]] are almost always praised in the manga but much less consistent in the 1979 anime, which has multiple cases of her burning pastries or mixing up ingredients. These often are revealed as embarassing incidents that she doesn't want the others to know about. |
| 377 | * AffectionateNickname: In the manga, her friends usually call her "Shizu-chan" ("Shizuka-chan" in the anime, while Dekisugi calls her "Shizuka-kun" in the 2005 anime). |
| 378 | * AllGirlsLikePonies: [[https://dora-world.com/sp/tencomi_detective/2018shizuka/201805_shizuka_vol002.html She likes horses]] and dreams of horseback riding. |
| 379 | * AllLovingHero: Unless you push her {{Berserk Button}}s, she's always nice to everyone and genuinely likes hanging out with Nobita, despite his many flaws. She also has no problem with Gian, even if she doesn't like his singing and disapproves of his bullying. |
| 380 | * AnimalMotif: |
| 381 | ** She's turned into a rabbit when traveling to the Amusement Park in ''Fairy Tale Land'', and she wears a rabbit hat (which gives her superior hearing) as a disguise in the ''Doraemon: Nobita and the Animal Planet'' movie. |
| 382 | ** When the gang ends up in Birdopia in the ''Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves'' movie, she wears a swan hat as a disguise there. |
| 383 | * TheBGrade: She struggles with this sometimes, once getting scolded by [[EducationMama her mother]] for scoring 85% on a test. In some episodes, she scores 90% or 95% on school tests, and is somewhat disappointed, telling [[TheAce Dekisugi]] she wishes she was as good as him. |
| 384 | * BadassAdorable: She goes from TheCutie to this in the adventure movies. Despite being often the DamselInDistress, she's usually brave and helps her friends save many people's lives. |
| 385 | * BathingBeauty: She seems to spend much of her free time bathing. And almost every time she gets in the bath, Nobita, Doraemon, Gian or Suneo ends up accidentally walking in thanks to Doraemon's gadgets. |
| 386 | * BeautifulSingingVoice: She is good at singing, [[TheAce like she is at most things]]. This is played up more in the 2005 anime series: while in the 1979 anime adaptation of "Eating, Singing, and Bio Flower Gazing", she is clearly better than [[DreadfulMusician Doraemon and Nobita]] and they visibly enjoy her singing, in the 2005 series they are downright flabbergasted by how good she is. |
| 387 | * BeautyEqualsGoodness: The other kids of the group are {{gonk}}y, plain-looking, and often jerks, while she's the pretty and attractive TokenGoodTeammate. |
| 388 | * BerserkButton: |
| 389 | ** She becomes quickly angry if a boy flips her skirt. She will likely slap him and call him a pervert. |
| 390 | ** Walking in on her [[RunningGag while she taking a bath in the bathtub.]] |
| 391 | ** Insulting her violin skills. |
| 392 | ** Mentioning her love for sweet potatoes in front of other people (see NotSoAboveItAll). |
| 393 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Usually sweet and kind, but she's not a pushover and can be very violent if a boy acts like a pervert. Nobita, Doraemon, Gian and Suneo learn this the hard way in some of the stories. |
| 394 | * BookSmart: She gets better grades than the other main characters and is implied to be only second to Dekisugi in her class (or maybe third, after Dekisugi and OneShotCharacter Gariben, the [[AlwaysSecondBest "number 2 in class"]], according to the episode "It's Solved! The Dekisugi Case"). A gadget that produces always-accurate bar charts also confirmed that she is smarter than Nobita, Gian, and Suneo by a large margin, and the boys tend to go to her when they need help with homework. Despite this, her main role in the group is often closer to TheHeart than TheSmartGirl (with Doraemon being generally [[EncyclopaedicKnowledge more knowledgeable]] and Suneo more tech-savvy), though she does get to contribute with her intelligence occasionally. |
| 395 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: |
| 396 | ** In the ''Nobita Meets The Masked Queen'' special. [[spoiler: Nobita planned to go back to the paleolithic era using the time machine with Shizuka together so they could see the wearer of the ancient necklace they have found at the museum, [[GoodJobBreakingItHero only for him to accidentally send her there alone]]. Worse yet, she knocked unconscious and unintentionally sniffed too much forgetting flower, effectively losing her ''whole'' memories. So upon being stranded there, she was easily manipulated by the recently banished witch doctor, Shamate, to create masked tribe under her command and made Shizuka as their leader under alias Red Mask, the titular masked queen herself. All that as she became TheStoic and ruthless in the process to the point that she doesn't even hesitate to attack the gang when they discover her. Thankfully, Nobita managed to snap her out of it before she able to kill him at the last second. Also crossed with CreateYourOwnVillain.]] |
| 397 | ** On the flip side, this is subverted in ''The Great Pirate Decisive Battle ~Love Romance of the Southern Sea~'' special, [[spoiler:where Nobita and her friends end up brainwashed instead by Mokke as he turns them into his minions, leaving both Shizuka and Dorami to save them. And while he attempts to do the same on Shizuka, she's resistant enough to fight his influence and break his pendant, freeing everyone from his control in the process.]] |
| 398 | * BrainyBrunette: She has brown hair in the 1973 and 1979 series, and unlike Nobita, she is quick-witted and very good at studying. |
| 399 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: |
| 400 | ** In the start of the story, Shizuka mostly laughs at Nobita and hardly believes him. Notable in the first Doraemon movie that at the start she laughs at Nobita for telling that he has a dinosaur [[note]]Technically not a dinosaur, but a plesiosaur[[/note]] as a pet. In later stories, while she's not above chuckling about Nobita's more foolish moments and delivering the occasional dose of BrutalHonesty, she's usually nice to him and encouraging of his aspirations. One manga story, ''Pirarucu in the Puddle'', was even partially redrawn between its original magazine run and its compilation in the print volumes to show Shizuka being more supportive of Nobita. |
| 401 | ** While always the nicest and most well-adjusted character, in early stories she's not immune to little quirks, getting slapstick like the boys, and is a borderline BitchInSheepsClothing at times. She eventually evolves into a flawless, mature, perfectly sweet girl who is always the voice of reason, is much more ImmuneToSlapstick than the rest of the cast, and her only real "flaws" are her inability to play violin and (in the 1979 anime) sometimes failing at baking. Some anime episodes even remove or downplay her NotSoAboveItAll moments and AmusingInjuries that were present in the original manga. |
| 402 | ** Her poor violin skills were introduced in the manga in the 1980s. In earlier appearances, she was able to play the violin with no apparent issue. |
| 403 | * ChildhoodFriendRomance: She will eventually marry Nobita in the future. |
| 404 | * ClassPrincess: Very pretty, well-mannered, sweet to everyone, and the most popular girl in her class. |
| 405 | * ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Often represented by pink, though later this became less clear once the show started using LimitedWardrobe less. |
| 406 | * DamselInDistress: She usually becomes victim of this in some of the movies (and in specials and normal episodes to lesser degree), prompting Nobita and co. to rescue her. |
| 407 | * {{Deuteragonist}}: She occasionally given this role in some movies and specials, with ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheSteelTroops'' and ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasTreasureIsland'' being shining examples. |
| 408 | * DreadfulMusician: The sound she produces with her violin is the only thing rivals Gian's singing voice in destructive power. |
| 409 | * DudeMagnet: Nobita and Dekisugi love her. Gian and Suneo clearly think she is very pretty, and sometimes they are amazed by her beauty along with all the other kids when SheCleansUpNicely. There is a moment where even ''Doraemon'' blushes after seeing her in a pretty dress. |
| 410 | * {{Expy}}: She bears a strong resemblance to ''Fujio Akatsuka's'' ''Manga/OsomatsuKun's'' Totoko as well as Akko from ''Manga/HimitsuNoAkkoChan'', the heroine of one of ''Akatsuka's'' other work whom Totoko bears a physical resemblance to her. |
| 411 | * ExtremeDoormat: While she doesn't like Gian and Suneo bullying Nobita, she often does little to defend him, or sometimes nothing at all. They also easily persuade her to ditch him or exclude him, even if she's not ok with it. Averted occasionally, when she actually stands up for Nobita and tells them off. |
| 412 | * FeminineWomenCanCook: A few stories like "Real Ghosts!" have her cooking for her friends when no adults are present (and Doraemon isn't using one of his food-making gadgets). She's also seen practicing cooking and [[SweetBaker baking sweets]] in her spare time. |
| 413 | * {{Flanderization}}: She goes from a realistic GirlNextDoor to a flawless YamatoNadeshiko who is perfect in every way, in contrast to her very flawed AntiHero friends. However, unlike [[ParodySue Dekisugi]], Shizuka ''does'' have some (very rare) NotSoAboveItAll moments to remind that she's not ''always'' perfect. |
| 414 | * FriendToAllLivingThings: Shizuka is an animal lover and keeps two pets at home: a dog named Pero, who is saved from succumbing to illness by Nobita and Doraemon in one story, and a canary. Even ''Dekisugi'' doesn't display her level of kindness towards nature and animals. However, she does get [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes frightened by "creepy" animals]] like frogs, spiders, and caterpillars. |
| 415 | * GirlNextDoor: To all three boys, but especially Nobita. |
| 416 | * GirlinessUpgrade: In the manga, 1973 anime and very early episodes of the 1979 anime, there are scenes that show her [[NotSoAboveItAll sleeping and eating at the same time, stealing her mom's lipstick for her to play with, swallowing an opal, and slipping over a banana peel]]. Later on, she is always portrayed as an impeccably ladylike GirlyGirl and YamatoNadeshiko. |
| 417 | * GirlishPigtails: Her regular hairstyle. |
| 418 | * GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: She loves plushies and has a prized collection of them. |
| 419 | * GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: Mildly. She's known for being a [[YamatoNadeshiko proper and ladylike]] sweet girl whose favorite hobbies are bathing, baking sweets, and playing piano and violin, and she usually wears pink dresses and cute skirts. "Tomboy" is probably the last word you'd use to describe her. However, [[OneOfTheBoys all her best friends are boys]], and while she's not as into reading comic books or playing video games as Nobita and the others, it's shown a few times that she doesn't mind doing those activities with them. She also expresses boyish interests at times like climbing trees, but [[GenderNormativeParentPlot was forbidden from doing so by her mother]]. Occasionally, she has shown interest in playing male roles for school plays, like at the end of ''[[Anime/DoraemonNobitasTheLegendOfTheSunKing Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King]]''. And when she and Nobita swap bodies, she actually [[NotSoAboveItAll starts enjoying his rough, boyish lifestyle]], to the point where she [[InnocentlyInsensitive refuses to switch back despite Nobita being miserable in her body]]. She only changes her mind after realizing that Nobita will see her body naked when he takes a bath. The American dub even gives her a TomboynessUpgrade, partially rewriting her personality to be more tomboyish and athletic. |
| 420 | * TheHeart: Shizuka often serves as this to the gang, especially in the movies and specials where she keeps them together from falling apart during the tense moments. She usually also bonds easily with strangers in the movies, and even inspires a HeelFaceTurn in a few antagonists (notably [[Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheSteelTroops Riruru]]). |
| 421 | * HouseWife: In the future. Ironically, several chapters and episodes have her state that she wants to be either an air hostess or a kindergarten teacher. |
| 422 | * IncorruptiblePurePureness: Shizuka is kindness personified, very selfless and an animal lover. She's the only member of the group who never does morally ambiguous deeds. |
| 423 | * InformedAbility: [[DubInducedPlothole For the USA release]], her [[http://www.doraemon.com/characters.html official bio]] states that she can often be found playing sports and is known to be athletic. In reality, she's almost never involved in athletic activities. The rare times she plays sports with the boys, she's only better than [[FailureHero Nobita]] but still not as good as the others. With that said, ''[[FreakyFridayFlip The Substitution Rope Story]]'' shows Shizuka enjoying baseball while body-swapped with Nobita and doing pretty well for someone who doesn't play often (even hitting a home run), so the TomboynessUpgrade is [[DownplayedTrope not completely without basis]]. It is implied that her lack of sports participation in the original work is partly because [[GenderNormativeParentPlot her mother would disapprove]] of her partaking in stereotypically masculine activities. |
| 424 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: Her actions occasionally do Nobita more harm than good, albeit unwittingly. She sometimes (though not always) accepts Suneo's invitations even when they're a pretense to exclude Nobita, and has been known to ditch Nobita to hang out with other people right after Nobita helps her out. She can also let loose with BrutalHonesty at times, once telling Nobita to his face that he is not a good study partner. |
| 425 | * {{Leitmotif}}: |
| 426 | ** In 2005 series, her appearance is occasionally accompanied with ''Otonari no Princess'' (Princess Next Door) tune as it describes her YamatoNadeshiko nature. |
| 427 | ** The 1979 anime had 'Shizuka-chan no Uta', used rarely as an insert song, the premise is very similar to the one above. But subverting ImageSong; as it's performed by Kumiko Kaori, an anime theme tune singer. Shizuka is the only main character whose seiyuu doesn't sing their own character song. However, Shizuka does [[DiegeticSoundtrackUsage sing a small snippet of the song]] in "Horizon Tape". |
| 428 | * LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The [[AllLovingHero Light Feminine]] to her future mother-in-law Tamako's [[ToughLove Dark Feminine]]. |
| 429 | * LittleMissBadass: She's ten years old, and is occasionally involved in action scenes in the adventure movies. For example, in ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheSpaceHeroes'', she's a competent member of a superhero team along with the other main characters. |
| 430 | * LoveInterest: Nobita loves her, and most of the time, he uses Doraemon's gadgets to get on her good side. |
| 431 | * LovedByAll: The only character who is always loved by everyone around her ([[ParodySue Dekisugi]] is disliked by Nobita, and has other jealous rivals at times). The other main characters are VitriolicBestBuds who often tease and insult each other, but Shizuka is constantly praised and respected by everyone, and rarely does anyone ever dare to make fun of her. |
| 432 | * MagicSkirt: In the 2005 series. |
| 433 | * MagneticHero: While not as prominent as Nobita with how it depends on the story and only noticeable in few of the movies, Shizuka is the secondary character who most easily bonds with strangers she meets due to her kind nature. For example in ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheSteelTroops'' remake movie, while Nobita is close with Pippo/Juudo, Shizuka bonds with Riruru despite the two robots initially being enemies to them. |
| 434 | * MoralityPet: Mostly to Nobita, but she really can be considered this to the entire main cast. Even Gian and Suneo usually show their nicer sides to Shizuka. She is one of the few people who can talk Gian out of using violence, even if temporarily. |
| 435 | * MsFanservice: She gets too many {{Panty Shot}}s to count and her infamous {{Furo Scene}}s become a {{lampshaded}} RunningGag later on. Averted in the 2005 series where the fanservice is totally Downplayed. |
| 436 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: ''Thousand Needles Trout'' is one rare AprilFools themed chapter/episode where Shizuka attempts to prank Nobita after knowing that Gian and Suneo made their pranks beforehand. Whereas Suneo's relatively harmless lie is about giving Nobita his stamp collection and Gian's typically obvious lie is about giving Nobita a cake, she tells Nobita that ''his house is on fire''. This is because she considers giving him a quick fright to be ''less'' cruel than [[YankTheDogsChain raising his hopes only to dash them later]]. However, Shizuka doesn't know that Nobita is using an anti-lying device called "Thousand Needles Trout" that eventually forces her hand to light a matchstick. Her [[OhCrap horrified face]] shows that she doesn't mean any ill will regarding her April Fools lie. |
| 437 | * NakedPeopleAreFunny: She is often the victim to this in various gags and frankly, can't even get a break from it. |
| 438 | * NiceGirl: She cares for weaker people and neglected dolls. She wishes to be a nurse or an air-hostess when she grows up. Both jobs reflect her kind nature. |
| 439 | * NotSoAboveItAll: Shizuka might be the most well-adjusted character compared to her friends, but while she may act mature for her age, she's still a kid, and therefore, is not as infallible as she seems. |
| 440 | ** For a long time in the 1979 anime, there was a RunningGag about her spending too much time in the bathtub, even many hours a day. For a girl who is supposed to be hard-working, bathing is actually a lazy hobby just as much as Nobita's love for napping. Her love for bathing also gives her SkewedPriorities at times. In ''[[Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheHauntsOfEvil Nobita and the Haunts of Evil]]'', when everyone is puzzling over the appearance of a mysterious hologram, all she wants to know is whether the Kingdom of Bauwan has a shower. |
| 441 | ** She's been seen playing with her mom's lipstick secretly, munching on snacks while half asleep, trying to sneak stray animals into her home, and getting cavities from eating too many sweets. One chapter shows that when she's home alone, she takes the chance to stay up and watch television late at night. |
| 442 | ** Like the other kids, she feels resentful of her EducationMama sometimes, which leads to her agreeing to temporarily switch parents with Suneo and Nobita in one story, and [[Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheBirthOfJapan running away to prehistoric times with the others]] in another. |
| 443 | ** She sometimes laughs at Nobita's humiliations along with Gian and Suneo and she can be unwittingly mean, especially in early stories. In the 1979 anime's adaptation of "The Jack in the Box Stick", her laughter bothers Nobita enough that he actually tries to get back at both her and Suneo (who was the one who pranked him in the first place).[[note]]This does not happen in the manga or the 2005 series, in which Shizuka seems mildly amused at most and Nobita holds nothing against her.[[/note]] |
| 444 | ** She can sometimes be unreasonable when she gets angry. Especially the way she reacts to Nobita and Doraemon's gift for her birthday. It was sweet potatoes because they found out she loves them and [[InnocentlyInsensitive didn't know she was also ashamed of it]]. However, she starts screaming and kicks them out of her house. |
| 445 | ** She can come across as shallow, seeing how quickly Suneo convinces her to ditch Nobita during activities at times. On different occasions, Suneo and Nobita are easily able to get into her good graces by flattering her, in hopes that she'll help them with homework (though both times, gadgets [[LaserGuidedKarma give away their true intentions]]). |
| 446 | ** She's not above playing pranks on other people occasionally. In one AprilFools story, she tells Nobita that his house is on fire, and she once threw a 3D copy of herself (made with Doraemon's Dimensional Copy gadget) out of her bedroom window to scare her mother. She also laughs along when the others use the Echo Mountain gadget to record insults towards Gian as part of an attempted prank on him, and in a similar plotline featuring the Kettle Recorder gadget, she even joins in on recording the insults. Several times in the 2005 series, she teams up with others to trick Nobita into learning a lesson if she feels he deserves it. |
| 447 | ** She has been shown coveting some gadgets (like the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Real Things and a sales catalog for a future department store) along with everyone else, even joining the resulting BigBallOfViolence to try and get her hands on them. |
| 448 | ** It only happens very rarely, but she can't think rationally when she's fangirling over one of her idols. |
| 449 | ** She doesn't like piano lessons because her teacher is too strict and once she pretends to be sick to skip a lesson. Unfortunately, she gets punished for it by a MoralGuardian gadget who thinks AllCrimesAreEqual and ends up punishing the entire town even for minor misdeeds… except for [[ParodySue Dekisugi]], the only one in town who didn't do anything wrong. |
| 450 | ** One time when Nobita was threatened into selling tickets for one of [[DreadfulMusician Gian's concerts]], she gets out of buying one by ''guilt tripping'' him, saying that she can't believe Nobita would do such a thing to her. |
| 451 | ** A few isolated incidents seem to show her [[ShipTease feeling jealous when Nobita takes an interest in other girls]]. Once she walks in on Nobita using a gadget to view his own memories, which she mistakes for a video recording, and gets upset at him for only "filming" her female cousin who she introduced him to yesterday. The 1979 anime series was especially prone to adding these moments, showing Shizuka reciprocating [[ClingyJealousGirl Roboko's]] DeathGlare (to the point of LightningGlare) when the latter gets jealous of her talking to Nobita, and protesting when Nobita expresses admiration of [[Anime/DoraemonNobitasGreatAdventureIntoTheUnderworld Miyoko]] and [[Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheKnightsOnDinosaurs Roo]]. |
| 452 | * OfficialCouple: With Nobita. They proved it with TimeTravel. |
| 453 | * OneOfTheBoys: Subverted. While she usually hangs out with a bunch of boys, she never joins them in their rough antics and always remains extremely feminine and graceful. In some episodes she's also shown to have female friends. |
| 454 | * OnlySaneWoman: She's calmer and more mature than the rest of the cast, along with being the TokenGoodTeammate. |
| 455 | * OralFixation: [[https://doraemon-facts.tumblr.com/post/738982390132883456/shizuka-chews-on-her-pencils-source-%E3%82%88%E3%81%B3%E3%81%A4%E3%81%91%E3%83%96%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BC She chews on her pencils while studying.]] |
| 456 | * PinkMeansFeminine: Shizuka's signature colour is pink, and in most places she is represented by the colour pink. Also her regular dress is pink. |
| 457 | %%* ReluctantFanserviceGirl |
| 458 | * SilkHidingSteel: She is calm, sweet, and beloved by everyone, but also brave and determined in the face of adversity, and while she prefers when conflicts are resolved through diplomacy rather than violence, she is not afraid to fight when her {{Berserk Button}}s are pushed or when the group faces off against villains. |
| 459 | * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Done mutually. Nobita's attracted to her due to her kindness and beauty, but Shizuka also likes and admires Nobita's kind heart, and eventually marries him in the future. |
| 460 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only girl in the main cast. |
| 461 | * SupremeChef: She's sometimes shown to be a great cook. |
| 462 | * SweetBaker: A kindhearted girl who loves to bake cakes and cookies for her friends, and is usually very good at it. |
| 463 | * TokenGoodTeammate: Out of the main characters, she's the only constantly sweet and nice person (she has her {{Berserk Button}}s though). Doraemon is a DeadpanSnarker and can be quite moody and stubborn, and the other boys are sort of jerks. |
| 464 | * TomboynessUpgrade: In the English dub. As seen in InformedAttribute below, her personality has been partially rewritten as more tomboyish and athletic (although her kind and sweet nature remains), because during a screen test American kids didn't quite understand her original personality, believing no one could be ''that'' infallible. |
| 465 | * TookALevelInKindness: While always a saint compared to Gian and Suneo, in early stories, she was more snippy, sometimes unfair, and more willing to laugh at Nobita along with the others. She eventually becomes much sweeter, with her NotSoAboveItAll moments being much rarer, and is also less touchy than before, unless you press her {{Berserk Button}}s. Even more so in the 2005 anime, since the {{Running Gag}}s of her skirt being flipped or being caught bathing are more rarely seen, especially compared to the original anime. |
| 466 | * ToyBasedCharacterization: As the GirlyGirl of the group, she likes her dolls and plushies, and her bedroom is filled with stuffed toys. |
| 467 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: She likes sweet potatoes, which she would rather keep to herself out of the knowledge of others. She also tends to ask for pancakes when given a choice of food during mealtimes. |
| 468 | * {{Tsundere}}: Type B, with a sweet default mood. She is one of the nicer characters, but if Nobita does something stupid or tactless, she won't hesitate to punish him. |
| 469 | * UndyingLoyalty: Occasional annoyance toward him aside, Shizuka is always nice and supportive toward Nobita despite his flaws, to the point of being willing to marry him in the future. |
| 470 | * UglyGuyHotWife: With Nobita in the future. |
| 471 | * WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Lampshaded by Gian during Nobita's bachelor party as adults in the future, when he says Nobita is lucky and Shizuka is out of his league. |
| 472 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: She is afraid of frogs and caterpillars. |
| 473 | * WiseBeyondHerYears: She's not even a pre-teen yet and gives out a lot of wise life advice. |
| 474 | * YamatoNadeshiko: A prime example. She's a soft-spoken, nature-loving, and caring girly-girl who addresses the FailureHero Nobita with honorifics. She's shown to be pretty good at almost everything except the violin. |
| 475 | [[/folder]] |
| 476 | |
| 477 | [[folder:Takeshi "Gian" Goda (Big G)]] |
| 478 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1587893693057.jpg]] |
| 479 | -> Voiced in Japanese by: Kaneta Kimotsuki (1973), Kazuya Tatekabe (1979 - 2005), Creator/SubaruKimura (April 2005 - present) |
| 480 | -> Voiced in English by: Creator/KaijiTang |
| 481 | -> Voiced in Arabic by: Adel Abo Hassoon (1979 - 2005), [[CrossDressingVoices Mohja Alsheak]] (2005 - present) |
| 482 | ->Voiced in European Spanish by: Nacho de Porrata (1st dub), Alberto Escobal García (2nd dub and 2005 series) |
| 483 | -> Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Creator/AlfonsoObregonInclan (Movie 1), Creator/LuisDanielRamirez (1979 - 2005 series) |
| 484 | |
| 485 | The local big, bad bully who is known for his brawn, his dreadful singing ability, and his tendency to get things by his ways. Acts as TheBigGuy of the gang. The only person Gian is truly afraid of is his mother. Like Nobita, he is a more honorable person when the situation calls for it. |
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| 487 | * {{Acrofatic}}: The fattest kid in the neighborhood, and the most athletic. |
| 488 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: |
| 489 | ** Like Nobita, his kind and heroic side are more emphasized in the movies & specials than in the normal episodes. The only exception is the movie ''[[Anime/StandByMeDoraemon Stand by Me Doraemon]]'', which mostly focuses on the Nobita/Doraemon and Nobita/Shizuka relationships and only shows Gian and Suneo at their most antagonistic, since it is based on the short stories. |
| 490 | ** He tends to be more mellow in the 2005 series and later episodes of the 1979 series compared to the original manga, though it still varies DependingOnTheWriter. For example, in 2001's ''1 Punch = 100 Yen'', both Nobita and Shizuka agree that Gian would [[WouldntHitAGirl never try to hit Shizuka]], while in the original manga, he wasn't above threatening her occasionally (but rarely acted on it) and she was visibly scared of him getting angry. In 2003's ''Helping Disc'', Gian actually sheepishly agrees to stop singing when Shizuka yells at him. In the original manga, the only person who could usually stop him singing was his mother. |
| 491 | * AnimalMotif: |
| 492 | ** He's turned into a gorilla when traveling to the Amusement Park in ''Fairy Tale Land'', mistaken by a gorilla as his son in the ''Doraemon: Nobita and the Animal Planet'' movie (getting slapped in the face twice due to this confusion), and wears a gorilla hat (which gives him mad gorilla strength) as a disguise too. |
| 493 | ** When the gang ends up in Birdopia in the ''Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves'' movie, he wears an albatross hat as a disguise there. |
| 494 | * BarbaricBully: In real life, Nobita and Suneo probably wouldn't be alive anymore after all the attacks they received from this guy. |
| 495 | * BatterUp: He's often seen carrying his prized baseball bat, and in the manga shorts he wouldn't hesitate using it to beat up Nobita or Suneo. But his skills with a bat actually save everyone in a few long stories, notably in ''Anime/DoraemonTheRecordOfNobitaSpaceblazer'' and ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheTinLabyrinth''. |
| 496 | * BerserkButton: There's a lot of things that can easily trigger this guy, but the most notable one is that he's quickly enraged by people who insult his singing and cooking skills, even just as little as ''doubting'' them. |
| 497 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Don't mess around with his sister. And he will be the ''first'' to stand up for his friends and helpless innocents, especially in the movie-specials. |
| 498 | * BigEater: Eats good, but cooks poorly. |
| 499 | * TheBigGuy: The strongest of the main group. He actively plays this role, especially in the movies. |
| 500 | * BigGuyLittleGuy: Big Guy to Suneo's Little Guy, although he's definitely TheLeader of the duo. |
| 501 | * BoisterousBruiser: He's big, loud, and HotBlooded, and the strongest fighter of the group. |
| 502 | * BookDumb: His grades are almost as bad as Nobita's. |
| 503 | * BrownNote: His [[DreadfulMusician singing is so awful]], it sends sirens running in fear and knocks out a [[MonsterWhale demon whale]]. Even when they go to an AlternateUniverse where there is no sound in [[Recap/DoraemonV3C1AWorldWithoutSound "A World Without Sound"]], just ''seeing'' the lyrics to his music can nauseate people. |
| 504 | * BruiserWithASoftCenter: He may be the neighborhood tough kid, but he's very sensitive and sheds ManlyTears at touching moments. |
| 505 | * TheBrute: When he plays an antagonistic role. |
| 506 | * TheBully: Probably the most well-known bully character in Japanese anime society. His victims are every boy in his neighborhood, though he picks on Nobita the most. Later appearances tended to make him more of an On-and-Off friend or even a GentleGiant. |
| 507 | * BullyAndWimpPairing: Often appears alongside Suneo, who's the target of his bullying. |
| 508 | * BullyHunter: Parodied in one episode where, following his idealistic uncle's advice, he decides to stop bullying others and to start instead to use his strength to defend the weaklings (like Nobita) against bullies. Sadly, he didn't understand the concept. Since no one was actually bullying Nobita, he forces him to provoke other kids (like Suneo, who merely irritates Nobita when Gian is not around) repeatedly in order to get a reaction and then attack them to "protect" him. The funny thing is that he really believed he was doing something heroic. |
| 509 | * TheChewToy: |
| 510 | ** When Doraemon accidentally spilled a whole bottle of Super Gourmet Spice that made anything yummy on Gian, everyone goes nuts and [[ImAHumanitarian desperate to take a bite of him]]. It would be horrifying if it wasn't PlayedForLaughs. |
| 511 | ** Whenever Nobita or Suneo get a gadget on their hand to stand a chance against Gian, they often tend to go overboard with it and unnecessarily torment the heck out of him. |
| 512 | * ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Ofter represented with orange, though later this became less clear once the show started using LimitedWardrobe less. |
| 513 | * CoolBigBro: For all [[TheBully his]] [[HairTriggerTemper flaws]], he really loves his younger sister [[MoralityPet Jaiko]] and is willing to support her and help her anytime when she has trouble (even if he [[KnightTemplarBigBrother menaces the other kids of the neighborhood]] to make her happy). |
| 514 | * DisproportionateRetribution: He often beats up Nobita or Suneo for inane reasons. For example, in one episode he punches Suneo in the head repeatedly just because he heard him say Gian's name while he was talking to someone else. |
| 515 | * TheDreaded: He's the most feared bully in the neighborhood, due to having a very short temper alongside poor cooking and singing skills to match. |
| 516 | * DreadfulMusician: Exaggerated. Gian has such a [[BrownNote horrendous singing voice that it can be (and has been)]] ''[[MusicalAssassin weaponized]]''. It's ''so'' potent, even Sirens and [[KrakenAndLeviathan a demon-whale]] actually ''ran away in fear'', and Suneo once theorized it could be an instrument of ''murder''. |
| 517 | * DumbMuscle: He's the strongest of the group, and while not as dumb as Nobita, he's not exactly smart either and is a terrible student. |
| 518 | * EveryoneHasStandards: While he is the closest the series has to a regular antagonist, he does have standards. |
| 519 | ** When Suneo brags about his 'Koinobori' [[note]]Japanese windsock that shaped like Koi, usually flown at May 5th, the Children's Day[[/note]] and feels "pity" for kids that their parents doesn't buy one for them. A kid who happens to be one hears him and runs up crying to beg his mother buy one for him, but unfortunately, since the family is poor they can't afford to buy one. Gian (who usually sides with Suneo) is not even amused and scolds Suneo for being so heartless. |
| 520 | ** While he bullies Nobita, he seems to worry about him when his life is in danger. |
| 521 | * FatBastard: An obese, violent bully. |
| 522 | * FatBestFriend: To Suneo (and sometimes Nobita), mostly the brash and confrontational type. His weight is not treated as a weakness, because it only makes him bigger and stronger. |
| 523 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Foolish to Jaiko's Responsible, being more irresponsible than her. |
| 524 | * FreudianExcuse: He has an abusive mother who uses CorporalPunishment on him and often forces him to work, even if he's just a kid. As a result, he's a violent bully who bosses the other kids around. |
| 525 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: He's a friend to the other main characters through Seniority, Proximity, Fear, and deep down Caring. Being a bully, it's easy to see why the others tolerate him, sometimes it seems even his sidekick Suneo just puts up with Gian because he fears him and doesn't want to be beaten up. He often makes everyone, including Shizuka, tremble in fear, ''especially'' when he forces them to come to his singing concerts. It gets to the point where his friends are reluctant even to celebrate his birthday, and when Gian makes them come to his party using one of Doraemon's gadgets, his own mother is surprised that they showed up. There are also times when the other children exclude him from activities because they think having him around will ruin the fun. |
| 526 | * FriendlyEnemy: He's pretty friendly to Nobita whenever he's not bullying him. In fact, the two consider each other friends. |
| 527 | * GentleGiant: When he is in his better moods and not beating Nobita or Suneo senseless, he can be this, especially when Yahiko or a girl he has a crush on is around. |
| 528 | * GiftedlyBad: His songs are so terrible they are legitimately BrownNote. His cooking skills are just as bad. This doesn't stop him from thinking he's a great singer and a SupremeChef, often forcing the other kids to attend his concerts, and no one dares to point out how bad he is because he's TheBully. Whenever he tries to cook something, the effect is similar. |
| 529 | * HairTriggerTemper: The reason why he's TheDreaded. |
| 530 | * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: He can go from an antagonistic bully to a JerkWithAHeartOfGold to being a bully again depending on the story. |
| 531 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Suneo, as they are usually inseparable and spend most of their time together. Sometimes they have a shallow bully/henchman relationship with Suneo secretly hating Gian, other times they are just close friends who genuinely like each other, depending on the story. |
| 532 | * HiddenDepths: Though a BarbaricBully to other neighborhood kids, he is a [[BigBrotherInstinct protective older brother]] to Jaiko and has some stereotypically [[RealMenWearPink feminine interests]] like playing with dolls. He is also a decent artist, as his use of color was once praised by a professional art critic and Suneo thinks he's good enough to help out when he wants to make his own cartoon animation. His artwork noticeably isn't shown with the StylisticSuck that Nobita's drawings usually are. |
| 533 | * HollywoodToneDeaf: A recurring gag in is that Gian is a terrible singer. One time he was on TV, his singing voice was so bad that it actually hospitalized several people across ''the entire country''. |
| 534 | * HonorBeforeReason: Gian respects bravery and loyalty above all else, and will stick by those live by these principles even in the face of certain death. |
| 535 | * {{Hypocrite}}: |
| 536 | ** He loves to laugh at Nobita's bad grades alongside Suneo despite being a terrible student himself. That said, [[HypocriteHasAPoint Nobita is even worse]], which makes him feel better about himself, since Nobita is the only student in the class who gets even lower grades than him. |
| 537 | ** He's disgusted by Nobita's cooking in one episode, while he considers himself a good cook. In reality, Nobita is a LethalChef to realistic levels, but he's not as bad as Gian. Gian tends to use all the most random and questionable ingredients, his dishes are apparently so atrocious that people run away rather than trying to taste them, and one episode about Gian's cooking is structured like a parody of a horror movie. |
| 538 | * HypocriticalHeartwarming: While he mocks, insults, and beats up Nobita on a daily basis, he comes to his defense when there are strangers who are bullying him, especially if the strangers are older. |
| 539 | * IAmGreatSong: Many of his terrible songs are about himself, often bragging about being big and strong. |
| 540 | * InVinoVeritas: Boisterous as he may be when he's sober, he actually displays a very emotional and sensitive side once he's drunk, as seen in a story where he uses a [[GRatedDrug gadget to get drunk off soda]]. By contrast, Suneo becomes more aggressive and bullies Gian into submission. |
| 541 | * InconsistentSpelling: So is it Giant, Gian, Jaian, or Jayen? |
| 542 | * JerkassRealization: It admittedly doesn't happen very often, but there have been occasions where he felt bad about his bullying tendencies and genuinely sought to make up for them. |
| 543 | * JerkassToOne: None of the neighborhood boys are spared from his wrath, but is especially a bully to Nobita. In several episodes, even his sidekick Suneo is an easy target for him, although still less so than [[TheChewToy Nobita]]. |
| 544 | * JerkJock: The captain of the local baseball team, and usually very rude and abusive to his teammates, especially Nobita. Although he somewhat borders along this and LovableJock. |
| 545 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Gian is normally a bully (especially to Nobita) but he wouldn't hesitate to help his friends when they're in real danger and usually shows the most concern. He is even able to mellow down and be nice around his friends when he's in a better mood. |
| 546 | * KarmaHoudini: Many times he bullies Nobita and gets away with it. |
| 547 | * KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Sometimes, like when he's punished by his mother. He doesn't get away with everything all the time. |
| 548 | * KickTheMoralityPet: He usually treats Shizuka better than he does the other boys and is willing to hear her out when she protests his rough behavior, but even she isn't safe from his bullying. At times he takes her belongings with no intention of returning them, tries pulling frightening pranks on her, and coerces her into attending his concerts and tasting his cooking like he does with everyone else. There's even a scene in the 1979 anime where he [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/14160df2d5b028890189c41c83a2f5ad/d2623a3c532a11b2-5d/s500x750/0f654a2d91d4f0962645aa9ee833d2e1e5ce4ef3.gif pushes her aside]] when she tries to stop him from bullying Nobita. |
| 549 | * KnightTemplarBigBrother: To Jaiko. Gian is very protective of his little sister. If you even think about messing up with Jaiko, you're ''dead.'' |
| 550 | * LargeAndInCharge: He is much bigger than the other kids, who are all terrified of him. |
| 551 | * {{Leitmotif}}: In the 2005 series, he's often accompanied by a menacing tune. |
| 552 | * LethalChef: Just the smell of it is considered ominous enough. His friends are spared the agony when he ''collapses'' from tasting his own cooking. |
| 553 | * MirrorCharacter: |
| 554 | ** To Nobita. They may seem opposites, but both are selfish, BookDumb, prefer reading manga to studying, and are afraid of their strict mothers. Both are also terrible at cooking, although Nobita is at least aware of it. On the positive side, both can be very determined when helping others in need, as the movies and specials show. |
| 555 | ** To Doraemon, which occasionally causes arguments. Both are the most powerful members of the group (for different reasons), both are gluttonous {{Big Eater}}s, both show their BigBrotherInstinct towards their respective little sisters, and sometimes in the movies they argue because they both want to be TheLeader. |
| 556 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Called Gian by most people. His real name Takeshi is mostly used by Shizuka and the adults. |
| 557 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: If he stops being his HotBlooded self and opts for a more cool and calm attitude, you know something's up. |
| 558 | * PetTheDog: He's been shown to play wrestle with Nobita and Suneo, with none of them being injured. So, yeah, he ''can'' play nice if he wants to. Altogether, he [[TookALevelInKindness becomes a bit nicer over the years]]. |
| 559 | * RealMenWearPink: Meet Takeshi Goda, the toughest kid in the neighborhood. His hobbies include [[DreadfulMusician singing]] and [[LethalChef cooking]], though he's terrible at both. He also plays with dolls when he [[UnmanlySecret thinks no one is looking]] and plants flower seeds around town to beautify the neighborhood. |
| 560 | * RedBaron: His real name is actually Takeshi. |
| 561 | * RedOniBlueOni: Red Oni to Suneo's Blue Oni. He's more HotBlooded and uses brute force to solve his problems, while Suneo is usually more collected and uses cunning rather than brute force. |
| 562 | * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Manly Man to Nobita's Sensitive Guy. Being polar opposites, Gian is a big, strong, athletic bully, while Nobita is weak, submissive, and cries all the time. |
| 563 | * SmallNameBigEgo: He has an over-inflated view of his cooking and singing skills. |
| 564 | * StoutStrength: A very big and strong boy, feared by all the other kids. |
| 565 | * TooDumbToLive: In a few of the NonSerialMovie(s), Gian's lack of common sense ends up screwing over the rest of the heroes. He ''does'' make up for it in the aftermath, but even then... |
| 566 | ** ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheHauntsOfEvil'' (manga, original anime and remake) have Gian, complaining that their adventure in Africa is "too easy and unchallenging" requesting for Doraemon to leave behind several of their gadgets - the Momotaro pills, Shrink Light, Super Gloves, Air Cannons and various useful stuff - behind as they go into Africa ''unarmed''. Later on after the gang escapes a crocodile attack thanks to being saved by a friendly local tribe, Gian's loose tongue ends up pissing off the tribespeople who then chased the heroes out of their village. |
| 567 | ** ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasDorabianNights'' have the gang and their new friend, Sinbad, captured alive and imprisoned in a cellar by the villains. Just then, the gang's genie sidekick, Mikujin, comes to their rescue by knocking out the guard (an obnoxious genie) and releases everyone, only for Gian to kick the unconscious guard on the way out. This ends up causing the guard to regain consciousness and raise the alarm. |
| 568 | ** ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheTinLabyrinth'' have Suneo and Gian infiltrating Mechatopia, a city populated by robots who enslaved their human creators, by donning robot disguises. Unfortunately Gian blows their cover by dragging Suneo into a diner owned by the robots and asking the robot chef if they serve ''katsu-don'', causing the robot to enquire why they're asking for human food. |
| 569 | * TookALevelInKindness: Gian was a massive and violent jerk most of the time in the older episodes. In the 2005 anime, he became calmer and kinder, picking on Nobita less often and mostly beating him up when he presses his BerserkButton, although it still varies DependingOnTheWriter. |
| 570 | * ToyBasedCharacterization: He is TheBigGuy and TheBully among the cast who's a fan of baseball. He's frequently seen carrying a baseball bat around - and in occasions where he's in a bullying mood, using it to beat up Nobita, Suneo and the other neighborhood boys. |
| 571 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: In the adventure stories, he always orders Katsudon during mealtimes. |
| 572 | * UngratefulBastard: Sometimes he and Suneo turn against Nobita even after the latter does something nice for them. They appear grateful at first, but later find another way to humiliate him at the end due to RuleOfFunny. |
| 573 | * VocalDissonance: |
| 574 | ** In the Latin American Spanish dub, he has a high-pitched voice. He sounds more like [[Series/SesameStreet Elmo]] than he sounds like a menacing bully. |
| 575 | ** His voice in Disney Channel India's English dub is also surprisingly high-pitched for a tough guy like him. |
| 576 | * WouldHitAGirl: Although he picks on other boys much more often and is usually reluctant to hurt girls, he's still not above [[https://imgur.com/a/eH9hrXB threatening girls with physical violence]] on occasion. Even Sue/Shizuka wouldn't be safe from his wrath if his threats in "Big G: Master Chef" are anything to go by, and Shizuka's general reactions when he is angry indicate that she at least worries about what he might do to her. Not to mention that sometimes his singing concerts include female audiences as well and he doesn't hesitate to menace them once in a while. With that said, [[DownplayedTrope it's very rare for him to actually follow up on those threats]]. One of the few times that he tries to, Shizuka had borrowed a gadget from Doraemon and [[BewareTheNiceOnes easily beats him with it]]. |
| 577 | [[/folder]] |
| 578 | |
| 579 | [[folder:Suneo Honekawa (Sneech)]] |
| 580 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/doraemon_transparent_mii_5_original.png]] |
| 581 | -> Voiced in Japanese by: Creator/ShunYashiro (1973), Kaneta Kimotsuki (1979 - 2005), Creator/TomokazuSeki (April 2005 - present) |
| 582 | -> Voiced in English by: Creator/BrianBeacock |
| 583 | -> Voiced in Arabic by: Amal Hwijeh (1979 - 2005), Raghda Khateb (2005 - present) |
| 584 | ->Voiced in European Spanish by: Noemí Bayarri (1st dub), Antón Palomar (2nd dub, 1st and 3rd voice and 2005 series), Jaime de Diego (2nd dub, 2nd voice) |
| 585 | -> Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Ariadna Rivas (Movie 1), Creator/IrwinDaayan (1979 - 2005 series) |
| 586 | |
| 587 | A son of a rich family, who never runs short of showing off his wealth. Usually finds enjoyment in bullying Nobita, as he intentionally doesn't invite him to several of his family vacations. Though rich and tricky, he is physically very short and is a coward. |
| 588 | ---- |
| 589 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: Not as much as Nobita and Gian, but he also tends to become nicer in the movies. |
| 590 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Nobita, and he is aware of it. Nobita desperately wants anything Suneo already has, like receiving expensive toys, making nice trips, and meeting celebrities. Also combined with MutualEnvy in early stories, where Suneo wants Doraemon for himself and unsuccessfully tries to steal him from Nobita. |
| 591 | * AmbiguouslyBi: He has occasional crushes on girls, but also the most not-so-ambiguous moments with boys. |
| 592 | ** In a Halloween episode, Nobita reluctantly kissed both Gian and Suneo on the lips (he had to [[ItMakesSenseInContext in order to make a gadget work]]). While Gian had a normal angry reaction, Suneo apparently ''liked the kiss and blushed.'' |
| 593 | ** When Nobita tried to give Suneo a choco heart that would make everyone follow his heart content, Suneo initially compared his action to [[LoveConfession a girl who attempt to confess her feeling to the man she love with a gift]] right next to them and actually thought that ''Nobita is trying to do the same thing to him with that chocolate as well''. |
| 594 | * AnimalMotif: |
| 595 | ** Foxes due to his sneaky nature and his (by extension his entire family) rather unique looking snout. Though said "snout" looks more like a chicken's beak instead. He turned into a fox when traveling to the Amusement Park in ''Fairy Tale Land'', and wears a fox hat (which gives him a superior sense of smell) as a disguise in the ''Doraemon: Nobita and the Animal Planet'' movie. |
| 596 | ** When the gang ends up in Birdopia in the ''Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves'' movie, he wears a woodpecker hat as a disguise there. |
| 597 | * BigGuyLittleGuy: Little Guy to Gian's Big Guy, although Gian is TheLeader of the duo. |
| 598 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: To get his usual way, at least. Suneo's tendency to act ridiculously nice in front of the adults and his friends, as well as his penchant for [[ManipulativeBastard manipulation]], can put him into this territory. |
| 599 | * BlueBlood: His ancestors are shown to be Samurai in several stories, implying that the Honekawa used to be a very prominent Samurai clan. Judging from his family's riches, they probably held enough lands to be compensated very handsomely in return for giving up their status during the Meiji Restoration. |
| 600 | * BrilliantButLazy: He's much smarter than Nobita and Gian, but he's not a particularly good student most of the time (see DependingOnTheWriter). That's because he clearly prefers spending his time with Gian, reading comics, or playing with his expensive toys rather than studying. |
| 601 | * TheBully: Only to Nobita and in a less physical sense than Gian (though he's not above joining in the NoHoldsBarredBeatdown), as Suneo prefers to torment him verbally and emotionally. When it comes to other people, he's mostly harmless, unlike Gian who is TheDreaded to all the boys in the neighborhood. |
| 602 | * BullyAndWimpPairing: Often appears alongside Gian, with Suneo serving as the kiss-ass lackey. |
| 603 | * ButtMonkey: While he usually suffers this to a somewhat lesser degree than Nobita, he's one of the characters who gets mistreated by Gian more often. Even more so in the movies, where if something embarrassing or painful is happening to somebody, you can bet that it's Suneo (although [[TheChewToy Nobita]] still ain't safe from this, even in the movies, especially ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheSpaceHeroes''). |
| 604 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: One of the early shorts (when the comic's volume is still in single digits) have Suneo challenging Nobita to win over Shizuka's affections, seemingly setting up a LoveTriangle for the trio. That subplot was quickly dropped and for the rest of the ''franchise'' at no point did Suneo actually shows intentions of having Shizuka as a LoveInterest. |
| 605 | * TheChewToy: If it's not Nobita, then Suneo is the secondary character who usually being the butt of the joke. |
| 606 | * ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Often represented with green, though later this became less clear once the show started using LimitedWardrobe less. |
| 607 | * ConsummateLiar: Lying is second nature to Suneo. He literally cannot go a day without lying about something, which bites him in the ass when he was given a device that makes all his lies come true. |
| 608 | * CowardlyLion: Slightly Downplayed. Despite being often the token DirtyCoward of the movies & specials where even Nobita TookALevelInBadass, he ''can'' be rather brave just like him. While many movies portray him as the most selfish and the least courageous of the group, he will eventually do the right thing and risk his life for others along his friends on top of having moments of bravery on his own. |
| 609 | * DeadpanSnarker: He's often sarcastic in a condescending manner, especially towards Nobita. Not so much when he's around [[TheBully Gian]] mainly because he's afraid of Gian's reactions. |
| 610 | * DelusionsOfBeauty: Despite his short height and weird-looking face (his mouth looks like a beak), he believes himself to be handsome. At some point, he states he doesn't need anything because he already has money, intelligence, and beauty. When Doraemon creates an AlternateUniverse without mirrors, his reaction after seeing himself in the mirror for the first time is asking who is "that ugly kid", but changes his mind after learning it's his own reflection. |
| 611 | * DemonicPossession: In two of the movies, ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheGalaxySuperExpress'' and ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheWindmasters'', he gets used as a vessel by the villains. |
| 612 | * DependingOnTheWriter: |
| 613 | ** In some stories, he's portrayed as very BookSmart, but other times, he's a mediocre student who is only slightly better than Nobita and Gian. On at least one occasion, the teacher even stated that Gian and Suneo are the two worst students besides Nobita (at least when it comes to math). |
| 614 | ** He often switches between JerkWithAHeartOfGold and JerkWithAHeartOfJerk, depending on the story. |
| 615 | ** In some stories, he actively hates Nobita, but other times, he's shown to be Nobita's good friend who [[VitriolicBestBuds just likes to tease him.]] Likewise, sometimes, he and Gian are genuine best friends, but other times, he dislikes Gian and only follows him for his personal gain. And there are stories where he gets bullied and taken advantage of by Gian just as badly as anyone else. |
| 616 | * DespairEventHorizon: Whenever a situation worsens, he is the first to lose hope. |
| 617 | * DirtyCoward: Suneo is even more visibly afraid of Gian than Nobita. And whenever the gang is at some place far away, he will be the one who almost always suggests going back home. |
| 618 | * DirtyKid: Sometimes with Shizuka. In ''Special Effects Ultra Dora-Man'', Suneo designs a {{Stripperiffic}} costume for her and comes up with this. Shizuka doesn't take it well. |
| 619 | * TheDogBitesBack: He ''will'' [[BullyingADragon torment Gian]] when given the chance (namely when he gets a hold of Doraemon's gadgets). |
| 620 | * TheDragon: Whenever Gian is the main antagonist, sometimes he serves as his right-hand man. While he sucks up to Gian, he's also smarter than him and often gives him ideas. That said, this doesn't make him immune to Gian's bullying all the time. |
| 621 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Like Gian, he bullies Nobita but occasionally worries about him when his life is in danger. |
| 622 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Responsible to Sunetsugu's Foolish, as his brother is far more naive than him. |
| 623 | * ForTheEvulz: He enjoys being cruel to Nobita for the sake of it. |
| 624 | ** One episode has him secretly videotaping Nobita without telling him (even at his house!), just to record all his embarrassing moments and then showing the tape to many other classmates. |
| 625 | ** When Gian and Suneo steal a Doraemon gadget that makes wishes come true, Suneo doesn't allow Nobita to write his own wish and instead he writes one wish on behalf of him: being unhappy and miserable forever. At least, he and Gian get their own [[LaserGuidedKarma comeuppance]] by the end of the episode. |
| 626 | ** The RunningGag of always excluding Nobita, inviting all his friends except him. On rare occasions, after inviting Gian and Shizuka on a cruise with his family, he even goes as far as continuously sending Nobita several postcards which were pictures of himself, Gian, and Shizuka having fun on vacation or calling Nobita on the phone to brag about it. |
| 627 | * FreudianExcuse: His arrogant behavior stems from how much his family [[SpoiledBrat spoil]] him. |
| 628 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: He's a friend to the other main characters through Seniority, Proximity, Necessity (because he's very rich), and deep down Caring. He's less disliked than Gian or even Nobita, but he still qualifies. Nobita strongly dislikes him most of the time, Doraemon doesn't think too highly of him, and Gian often gets mad at him and abuses him. Shizuka is usually the only one who doesn't have a problem with him, but even she doesn't approve some of his actions, especially towards Nobita. Some episodes show that not even the other kids of the baseball team like him that much. |
| 629 | * FriendlyEnemy: Just like Gian, Suneo can be friendly to Nobita despite his constant antagonism towards him. |
| 630 | * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Along with Gian, to the point that it might be more fit to say that they're Nobita's frenemies rather than his friends. |
| 631 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Gian, as they are usually inseparable and spend most of their time together. Sometimes they have a shallow bully/henchman relationship with Suneo secretly hating Gian, other times they are just close friends who genuinely like each other, depending on the story. |
| 632 | * HeightAngst: He's very self-conscious about his height, being the shortest kid in his class. |
| 633 | * HumiliationConga: Like Nobita, when using Doraemon's gadgets for selfish purposes, they tend to backfire at him, badly, especially if he steals them from Nobita. |
| 634 | * HypocriticalHeartwarming: Along with Gian, he mocks, insults, and bullies Nobita on a daily basis, but he comes to his defense when there are strangers who are bullying him, especially if the strangers are older. |
| 635 | * IAmGreatSong: {{Invoked}}. With the help of Doraemon's gadget, Gian specifically creates a song for Suneo called ''The Rich Kid Mambo'', which describes how rich and great his life is. It has become something like his secondary {{Leitmotif}} ever since. |
| 636 | * IWantMyMommy: Would cry "Mama!" whenever he's in trouble. Though this is often played dramatically especially in the movies. |
| 637 | * InconsistentSpelling: His name would usually be spelled ''T''suneo, but the creators decided to leave out the "t". |
| 638 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: He's so proud to show off his stuff that sometimes he looks down on others without realizing, especially in "Suneo's Luxuriously Poor Birthday", where he thanks his friends for his birthday presents, while also saying he already owns similar things of higher quality. By the end of the episode, even Shizuka was pissed at him, and Suneo didn't even realize that he was offending his friends (except maybe Gian, as Suneo deliberately starts insulting him, when the latter promises him to not hurt him on his birthday) to [[RageBreakingPoint the point of Nobita and Gian decide to beat him up for it]]. |
| 639 | * JerkassHasAPoint: Suneo definitely isn't the nicest person out there, and a lot of his interactions with Nobita (and less often Gian) somewhat comes across as him being a bad friend, but he ''is'' correct about Nobita's ineptitude and Gian's bullying and horrid singing, even raising quite reasonable complaints about the latter. He's also not wrong about his doubts on how he and his friends can fight villains and save worlds when they are just normal kids and a robot cat. |
| 640 | * JerkassRealization: It doesn't happen often, but there are occasions where a certain situation will genuinely make him feel bad about his unkind ways. |
| 641 | * JerkassToOne: It's part of the "excluding Nobita" KickTheDog act. He shares his stuff with all his friends ''except him'' and always invites all his friends to his family vacations ''except him''. And he always does it in front of Shizuka and Gian, just to make him feel excluded. This is easily the most blatant example of WithFriendsLikeThese from this series, even more so than all his teasing of Nobita and Gian's NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. |
| 642 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While not to the extent of Nobita or Gian, he does have his appreciative and nice moments. |
| 643 | * KarmicButtMonkey: Not as much as Nobita, but when things do bite him back, it's usually more cathartic compared to Nobita due to his antagonism. |
| 644 | * KickTheDog: Suneo often calls Nobita (along with Shizuka and Gian) over to announce something fun (e.g. one of his family vacations), only to invite only Gian and Shizuka and [[{{Troll}} tell Nobita that he's not invited]]. At his worst, even both Shizuka and Gian are victim to this alongside Nobita. |
| 645 | * LackOfEmpathy: In contrast to Gian, Suneo is more prone to insensitivity and often hesitant in helping out even in serious matters due to [[DirtyCoward cowardice]]. |
| 646 | * {{Leitmotif}}: A situational example. Whenever he brags about something in the Japanese version, a certain melody plays in the background. |
| 647 | * ManipulativeBastard: By far the most manipulative of the gang, striving to make things go ''his'' way. |
| 648 | * MommasBoy: A RunningGag in the series is that he cries for his "Mama" in ''every'' bad situation. |
| 649 | * MoralityChain: His friends are this to him in the movies and specials, as they encourage him to be brave and do the right thing alongside them where he usually being DirtyCoward otherwise. |
| 650 | * MouthyKid: The snarkiest of the group. |
| 651 | * TheNapoleon: He's short, and also quite aggressive and sensitive about his height. |
| 652 | * {{Narcissist}}: Particularly he thinks that he's "handsome", and loves to stare at himself in the mirror. |
| 653 | * NeverMyFault: Even more so than Nobita due to his lack of guilt as he always blames everyone else but himself when things get worse. |
| 654 | * OddNameOut: In the English dub, he gets the strangest name out of the main kids. |
| 655 | * OnlySaneMan: He'll sometimes serve as this to Nobita and Gian, due to their thoughtless decisions. |
| 656 | * OvershadowedByAwesome: Both Nobita and Gian shine in the movies which evidence all their selflessness, bravery, and heroism. While Suneo is also more sympathetic in the movies compared to his usual character in the show and is an important member of the KidHero team, he still pales compares to them, as he keeps part of his selfish DirtyCoward tendencies and rarely has heroic moments on his own. |
| 657 | * PetTheDog: |
| 658 | ** Similar to Gian, he has a soft spot toward Nobita despite his constant bullying and can play nice with him once in a while. A great example is in an episode when Nobita used a gadget to convince everyone that he and his family were going to go to the United States to test how they would react. Suneo feels guilty and pays a visit to Nobita to tell him tearfully that he feels guitly because he thinks that Nobita wants to go away due to his bullying, Suneo even gives him a lot of his toys as an apology. |
| 659 | ** He is also occasionally willing to invite Nobita to his family vacation or show his things to him alongside his other friends without strings attached. |
| 660 | * PottyFailure: Still a bedwetter. In the episode "The Grass Of Forgetfulness", Suneo wets himself at the park. |
| 661 | * ProfessionalButtKisser: Mostly in his relationship with Gian. This also helps him easily fool the adults. |
| 662 | * RedOniBlueOni: Blue Oni to Gian's Red Oni. Gian is more HotBlooded and uses brute force to solve his problems, while Suneo is usually more collected and uses cunning rather than brute force. |
| 663 | * RichBastard: An arrogant jerk who likes to show off his material wealth with everyone. |
| 664 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: He often ''thinks'' he can get away with his actions because he hails from a rich family, though it usually bites him back in the end. |
| 665 | * SmallNameBigEgo: Unironically thinks that he is good-looking, despite being [[{{Gonk}} the exact opposite]]. |
| 666 | * TheSmartGuy: He's usually average academically, but he's your go-to guy when it comes to occult, arcane or encyclopedic knowledge, and he's often the one who connects the dots in the adventure stories. He also tends to be the one the gang turns to when they need someone to operate fine machinery, due to his experience in [[IKnowMortalKombat playing with robots and remote-controlled vehicles]]. |
| 667 | * SmugSnake: He often acts all smug whenever he's bragging about something and it's usually PlayedForLaughs. |
| 668 | * SociopathicHero: Suneo displays an amount of [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] tendencies, [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior which can come across as disturbing considering his age]]. He's [[GuileHero cunning]], [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]], a [[ConsummateLiar compulsive liar]], [[BitchInSheepsClothing likes to look good in front of people]], has a LackOfEmpathy, and [[NeverMyFault a lack of guilt or shame]]. Thankfully, Nobita and Doraemon [[TimeTravel time travelling]] to the future shows that he's mostly [[TookALevelInKindness grown out of it]] as an adult. |
| 669 | * SpoiledBrat: He gets everything he wants from his mom and his rich family. |
| 670 | * TinySchoolboy: Much shorter than all his classmates. He fits the aggressive AttentionWhore type and has a DumbMuscle as best friend (although [[LargeAndInCharge Gian]] is ''not'' his passive sidekick, if anything Suneo is Gian's sidekick). |
| 671 | * TokenRichStudent: He's always showing off his family's wealth and possessions, and goes to the same school as his middle-class friends. |
| 672 | * ToyBasedCharacterization: As an expert builder of models and an artist, he owns various remote-controlled toys and model kits to highlight his creativity. |
| 673 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: He is used to eating fancy, and tends to order steak when given a choice at mealtimes. |
| 674 | * UngratefulBastard: Sometimes, he and Gian turn against Nobita even after the latter does something nice for them. They appear grateful at first, but later find another way to humiliate him at the end due to RuleOfFunny. |
| 675 | * WithFriendsLikeThese: Although he and Gian are friends and gang up on Nobita, Gian doesn't hesitate to beat Suneo up when he is in a bad mood, and he also has the habit of stealing and breaking Suneo's toys, which is why he trembles in fear when Gian pays him a visit. Sometimes Suneo will even resort to [[EnemyMine teaming up with Nobita]] to get back at Gian. |
| 676 | * WouldHitAGirl: It's [[DownplayedTrope exceedingly rare]], but he has been known to pick on girls when accompanied by Gian. However, in one of the very few times when they escalate to violence towards Shizuka, she had borrowed a gadget from Doraemon and easily beats them with it. The anime adaptation of this story [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zags]] the trope, as Suneo and Gian deliberately avoid using violence against girls at first. They still try to attack Shizuka when she punishes them with Doraemon's gadget, but only after it is clear that she is strong enough to fight back, and throughout all this they are unaware of who she is, as she has hidden her identity (though not her gender) using a disguise. |
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