History Anime / DoraemonNobitaAndTheGalaxySuperExpress

''Doraemon: Nobita and the Galaxy Super-express'' is a 1996 Anime film adapted from the installment of Manga/DoraemonsLongTales of the same name.

Doraemon, after a three-day absence, returns with tickets for the Galaxy Super-express, a mysterious express train from outer space which comes only once in a year, leading to various theme park-planets and adventure worlds before landing in it's ultimate destination, the largest theme park planet in the galaxy. Nobita and the gang eagerly joins the trip, but their fun vacation into space is cut short when they're attacked by parasitic aliens with an AssimilationPlot.

* PteroSoarer: The ''Pteranodon'' are naked and can carry a human child, but they are toothless, quadrupedal, and do not grab with their feet. Justified in that they are animatronics.

* ShoutOut: The premise of this particular movie, as well as the Super Express' name, is a massive homage to the Creator/LeijiMatsumoto classic, ''Manga/GalaxyExpress999''. Both galaxy-traveling trains even have a cute midget alien as a conductor!

* IdenticalStranger / ReusedCharacterDesign: The technician stationed on the Dinosaur Planet looks a lot like Mr.Koike, a recurring character in the manga and anime (the RecurringExtra who's always eating ramen). As the theme park comes from two centuries later, he ''might'' be [[AmbiguouslyRelated a descendant]].

* StockDinosaurs: The Dinosaur Planet is seemingly populated by dinosaurs lifted directly from a kid's books, with their animatronics including the ''Stegosaurus'' (which sneezes a mouthful of snot all over Suneo), ''Ornithomimus'', ''Brachiosaurus'', ''Velociraptor'', ''Pteranodon'' (which nearly causes Doraemon and gang to crash while they're attempting their escape), ''Triceratops'', and of course the ''T. rex''.

* RaptorAttack: The ''Velociraptor'' on the Dinosaur Planet are obviously based on the ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' model, though justified in that they are animatronica.

* StockDinosaurs: The Dinosaur Planet is seemingly populated by dinosaurs lifted directly from a kid's books, with their animatronics including the stegosaurus (which sneezes a mouthful of snot all over Suneo), brontosaurus, velociraptors, pterodactyls (which nearly causes Doraemon and gang to crash while they're attempting their escape) and of course the T-Rex.

* DramaPreservingHandicap: Doraemon is unable to use any of his gadget from his Fourth Dimensional Pocket due to the Yadori tampering with the Dimension Gate (which Doraemon found put after receiving a ''nasty'' electric shock while looking for a gadget after the entire gang, sans Suneo, wakes up in a locked carriage), forcing the heroes to rely on themselves for the remainder of the final act.

* ChekhovsGun: The Ninjutsu scroll from the Ninja Planet that Gian collects as a souvenir turns up helping later in the adventure [[spoiler: when Gian, Don and Jane finds a second, functioning Galaxy Express in a caved-in tunnel. While they're hopelessly trapped, Gian finds the Ninjutsu scroll in his pockets, remembers it's [[{{Intangibility}} phasing]] functions, and phases the entire train out of the caverns, right in front of Doraemon and the others whom are looking for him]].

* FracturedFairyTale: Shizuka momentarily gets to partake in one when she gets to be Snow White on the Planet of Fairy Tales. Unfortunately, there are ''six'' other contestants partaking in the role, much to the confusion of the prince when he sees ''seven'' coffins, eaxh containing a different Snow White. HilarityEnsues.

* MeaningfulName: The Yadori aliens are named after ''Yadokari'', or hermit crab, which is appropriate for a race of microscopic aliens whose schtick involves them infecting humans (or humanoid aliens) and possessing their victims.

* IdenticalStranger / ReusedCharacterDesign: The technician stationed on the Dinosaur Planet looks a lot like Mr.Koike, a recurring character in theanga and anime (the RecurringExtra who's always eating ramen). As the theme park comes from two centuries later, he ''might'' be [[AmbiguouslyRelated a descendant]].

* AsteroidThicket: After escaping the mining planet, the second Galaxy Express ends up being pursued by the Yadori aliens, whose ranks now includes a stolen flying pirate ship from one of the amusement park worlds. The Galaxy Express tries losing their pursuers by flying through an asteroid field, only to be hit by cannons and force to land in an adjacent planet.

* ChekhovsGun: The Ninjutsu scroll from the Ninja Planet that Gian collects as a souvenir ends up helping later in the adventure [[spoiler: when Gian, Don and Jane finds a second, functioning Galaxy Express in a caved-in tunnel. While they're hopelessly trapped, Gian finds the Ninjutsu scroll in his pockets, remembers it's [[{{Intangibility}} phasing]] functions, and phases the entire train out of the caverns, right in front of Doraemon and the others whom are looking for him]].
* ContrivedCoincidence: Don and Jane, after being stranded on an asteroid, ends up colliding with the passing Yadori mothership and onto a random mining planet nearby - which turns out to be the same planet Doraemon and gang crashes into after the Super-Express' first failed escape. While landing on the same planet can be due to the close-proximity between the various amusement worlds, what are the odds that they land ''within walking distance'' from each other?

* DisproportionateRetribution: Yes, the future tourists trio of Aston, Don and Jane are a bit of a dick towards Nobita and friends, calling them "cavemen" after realizing they're from two centuries before. But that hardly justifies Aston getting possessed by a Yadori parasite while driving from one planet to another, and then jettisoning Don and Jane on an asteroid leaving them stranded and nearly die of starvation before colliding with the Yadori Emperor's mothership and crashing into the mining planet, nearly killing them in the process...
* ExactlyWhatIAimedAt: The Planet of Cowboys have a shooting range where contestants must test their worth to participate as a Sheriff by shooting at a row of six bottles and cans, with a minimum of two hits being a requirement. Ashton, showing off his ImprobableAimingSkills, shoots down five targets. Nobita then fires six shots, shooting ''only one'' target in the process... before revealing the tin he shot at has ''six'' holes in it. And contains ''six'' spent bullets.

** Earlier on, Nobita and Doraemon having an adventure on a Western-themed planet have them using inflatable guns – firearms that deactivates robot outlaws, but only causes humans to [[InflatingBodyGag inflate into floating bubbles when hit]].

** The heroes flips it around towards the climax. Aboard the second Super-Express, they are attacked by the Yadori mothership and crashes on a deserted nearby planet. The Yadori Emperor, Yadori cronies in mini-saucers, and all the Yadori-possessed victims comes out to collect the victims for assimilation, but that's exactly what the heroes want - cue Nobita, Doraemon, Baum and the other heroes, all of them armed with squirt-guns loaded with solution, firing en masse on the aliens, killing Yadori by the dozens and reversing the effects of Yadori possession on the infected humans.
* MakeMyMonsterGrow: The Yadori Emperor's trump card in the final battle. Seeing that his underlings are rapidly gunned down by Nobita, Doraemon, Baum, the Conductor and everyone of the heroes, the Yadori Emperor retreats to the stolen pirate-shaped spaceship before revealing he had taken control of a ''massive'' robot statue (shaped like an ancient Greek warrior) and using it to attack the heroes.
* MeaningfulName: The Yadori aliens are named after ''Yadokari'', or hermit crab, which is appropriate for a race of microscopic aliens whose schtick involes them infecting humans and possessing their victims.

* BodySurf: The Yadori aliens seem to have this ability. The one that possessed Suneo later skips out of the unconscious Suneo’s body and possesses Nobita, before it gets eliminated when Shizuka unintentionally sprays Nobita in the face with the soap solution. One scene later Suneo reappears, having recovered from the posession and feeling guilty over what he had done while under the alien parasite’s influence.

** Due to the enemy mooks being parasitic aliens who can be weakened by soap solution, the heroes can engage in shootouts using squirt-pistols loaded with the liquid, where any humans infected by the aliens can be cured with having the solutions blasted into their faces (causing the parasite inhabiting their bodies to shrivel and fall out). Nobita in the final battle notably takes down scores and scores of alien parasites and possessed humans uwing [[GunsAKimbo two squirt guns simultaneously]].

** Earlier on, Nobita and Doraemon having an adventure on a Western-themed planet have them using inflatable guns – firearms that deactivates robot outlaws, but only causes humans to [[InflatableBodyGag inflate into floating bubbles when hit]].

* ContrivedCoincidence: Don and Jane, after being stranded on an asteroid, ends up colliding with the passing Yadori mothership and onto a random mining planet nearby - which turns out to be the same planet Doraemon and gang crashes into after the SUper-Express' first failed escape. While landing on the same planet can be due to the close-proximity between the various amusement worlds, what are the odds that they land ''within walking distance'' from each other?

* TokenAlien: Fitting the trend of having a cuddly new character introduced in each book, this one has the Galaxy Super Express Train Conductor, an alien who stood to the height of Nobita's waist.