History Anime / Yatterman

** The Time Bokan OVA ddescrives what became of them: Doronjo became a housewife (with five kids), Tonzura became a business manager, and Boyaky opened his own ramen noddles shop. They're willing to become the Doronbo gang again when they're challenged to a mecha race by the other Time Bokan villains.

* Irony: Despite being the most famous series of the franchise, Yatterman no feature time travel. The only exception is an episode that is a [[tribute InternalHomage]] to the first Time Bokan series. They also cover the VillainSong of villains.

* DawsonCasting: In the movie, Gan is played by 27-year-old Shou Sakurai. He is the same age as Kyoko Fukada, who plays Doronjo. In the actual series, Gan is 13 and Doronjo is most likely old enough to be his mother.

* BittersweetEnding: the 70s series. [[spoiler: When Doronjo and her lackeys discover that Dokurobei ''is'' the Dokuro Stone (see TheReveal below), they decide to leave their life of crimes, sadly greet each other one last time and take, literally, different paths. The director pans the image to show us that the three paths later will turn into one single road]].

* OnceAnEpisode: the Doronbo Gang making some sort of scam to raise funds for their "evil" plans, Dokurobei's self-destructing messages (see below), the Yattermen needing to power up their mechas in the middle of the battle, the minature "bikkuri-dokkiri" mechas Yatterwan produces each week, the Doronbo Gang's mechas exploding in a skull-shaped atomic mushroom, their escape on a triple bicycle, and Dokurobei cruelly punishing them for their failure[[note]and even punishing them when they do succeed[[/note]]... The episodes of this show pretty much followed all the same scheme. Oh, and Doronjo's ClothingDamage, which happens at least twice an episode.

** StrictlyFormula

->''[[WhatAPieceOfJunk May not look like much but he's the strongest in the land]]\\
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''Yatterman'' is the second show in the ''TimeBokan'' {{anime}} series by TatsunokoProductions (the unrelated ''FlintTheTimeDetective'' uses a similar concept). Running from 1977 to 1979, the series stars Gan-chan, the son of a toy designer, and Ai-chan, his girlfriend, [[TheyFightCrime fighting crime]] as "Yatterman", using inventions and riding on large robots constructed by Gan. Their most regular enemy is the Doronbo Gang (Skull Gang), consisting of Doronjo, [[FatAndSkinny Boyacky and Tonzler]], who are out to collect Dokuro Stones (Skull Stones), for their [[TheManBehindTheMan boss]], Dokurobei.

* RearrangeTheSong: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFKHEerkhu4&feature=related Yatterman no Uta]], the first OP theme for the show, would get rearranged quite a bit. There are six rearrangements in the 2008 series, a rearrangement in Tatsunoko VS Capcom, and in the {{The Movie}}. The song is just that famous; [[EarWorm it will never leave!]]

* MidSeasonUpgrade: Yatter Wan to Yatter King in both series and film.

* OnceAnEpisode: the Doronbo Gang making some sort of scam to raise fund for their "evil" plans, Dokurobei's self-destructing messages (see below), the Yattermen needing to power up their mechas in the middle of the battle, the Doronbo Gang's mechas exploding in a skull-shaped atomic mushroom, and their escape on a triple bicycle, Dokurobei cruelly punishing them for their failure... The episodes pretty much followed all the same scheme. Oh, and Doronjo's ClothingDamage, which happens at least twice an episode.

* RearrangeTheSong: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFKHEerkhu4&feature=related Yatterman no Uta]], the first OP theme for the show, would get rearranged quite a bit. There are six rearrangements in the 2008 series, a rearrangement in Tatsunoko VS Capcom, and in the {{The Movie}}. The song is just that famous, [[EarWorm it will never leave!]]

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Depending on the source, it may be Yatterman or Yattaman, Tonzler or Tonzra, Boyacky or Boyakki, (or Boyacchi) Doronbo or Drombo (or Dorombo) and Doronjo or Dronio. Oh, and both Doronbo and Doronjo are different entities, with Doronbo being the organization and Doronjo being the villainess.

* TwentyPercentMoreAwesome: Ai does this all the time.

Both the original series and the 2008 remake are legally available to watch [[http://animesols.com/series/10 on]] [[http://animesols.com/series/8 AnimeSols]], where you can also pledge money to keep both series afloat in the United States and Canada in exchange for physical goods such as stickers, posters and DVD box sets.

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** According to ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom'', Yatterman, Boyacky, and Doronjo. The others are still open to interpretation.

* ShoutOut: In episode 3 of the 2008 anime, Boyacky suggests to Doronjo and Tonzra that they all should watch "[[DeathNote DeathNeet]]".

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: It is, despite the nudity and the fanservice.