Archive of Doraemon Facts

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Nobita and Gian ran against each other in an election to see who would become gakidaishou (leader of kids, oftentimes a bully). But after they tried to bribe and threaten their way into getting votes, almost everybody voted for Shizuka.

Source: ガキ大将に１票を！, 2011 (episode from 2005 anime)

Another time Nobita and his friends had an election to see who would get to use the "President's Book" ("大統領の本"). First, Suneo and Nobita were elected as presidential nominees. Gian came in 3rd and Shizuka 4th. Dekisugi was the only one who didn't run.

Suneo lost support for being exposed for bribery, so Gian replaced him. Gian won after a photo surfaced of him carrying a child on his shoulders.

When he was elected, Gian confessed he actually made the child pick persimmons for him and was going to use the President's Book to make everybody do his chores. But before he was sworn in, Gian's mother took the book and told him she was the president of their household, so she became the "president".

Source: 誕生！？大統領のび太, 2020 (episode from 2005 anime)

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If the "Anywhere Door" (どこでもドア) is stuck, it still works if broken into.

Source: ハイキングに出かけよう, 1973 (manga)

Source: しん気ろうそく立て, 1984 (manga)

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An unexploded bomb was once found in the empty lot and the neighborhood evacuated. When Nobita and Shizuka came from the day before by Time Machine, they thought they were the only people left in the world.

Source: ユメ完結チップ, 1986 (manga)

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Dekisugi got mad at Gian for breaking a stalactite.

Source: ハワイがやってくる, 1990 (manga)

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Times the fourth wall has been broken or referenced in Doraemon:

The Doraemon theme song exists in the world of Doraemon.

Nobita asks his father not to lecture too long or else readers will lose interest in the manga, but his father insists on speaking for about 2 pages.

Source: くろうみそ, 1975 (manga)

Nobita injures himself after the effect of the “Karate Drink” (空手ドリンク) wears off, so Doraemon warns readers not to try the same thing at home.

Source: 空手ドリンク, 1976 (manga)

Nobita gets lost on a deserted island for 10 years, and panics because him growing up means the manga will end.

Source: 無人島へ家出, 1977 (manga)

Doraemon says they need to act fast to stop Gian from singing, because the story only has 6 pages.

Source: 念録マイク, 1977 (manga)

When Nobita and Doraemon discuss good voice acting, they name their own voice actors from the 1979 anime as examples. (Noriko Ohara for Nobita and Nobuyo Ōyama for Doraemon.)

In the 2005 anime’s adaptation of this story, they name their voice actors from that series. (Megumi Ōhara for Nobita and Wasabi Mizuta for Doraemon.)

Source: アニメ制作なんてわけないよ, 1980 (manga)

After failing to convince the authorities that the steel troops are about to invade Earth, Doraemon says the viewers are the only people who would believe them.

Source: Nobita and the Steel Troops, 1986

Suneo comments that Nobita becomes more spirited in the Long Stories.

Source: Nobita and the Galaxy Super-express, 1996 (manga, Doraemon Long Stories)

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Nobita once got 100% on a test.

Source: な、なんと！！のび太が百点とった！！, 1981 (manga)

When he grows up, Nobita shows the test to his son Nobisuke as proof he always got 100% on school tests. But Nobisuke guesses, accurately, it was the only time Nobita ever got 100%.

Source: タイムカプセル, 1981 (manga)

In the anime, Nobita got 100% another time, but because he guessed all the answers by chance.

Source: 宇宙人を追いかえせ！, 2009 (episode from 2005 anime)

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Gian says he loses his appetite if he goes a day without beating up Nobita.

Source: ついせきアロー, 1985 (manga)

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A persimmon tree used to grow in the Nobi family's yard. It was already there when Nobita's great-grandfather Nobikichi was a child (ハリーのしっぽ, 1984 manga story). It died and was chopped down two years before the present.

Source: おばあちゃんのおもいで, 1970 (manga)

When they were children, Nobisuke (Nobita's father) and his brother used to pick persimmons from the tree.

Source: 一晩でカキの実がなった, 1983 (manga)

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The "Easy Sage Course" (仙人らくらくコース) comes with a robot sage that trains people to transcend their earthly desires.

But the robot loses enlightenment himself when he reacts to seeing up Shizuka's skirt.

Source: 仙人らくらくコース, 1990 (manga)

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On September 2, 2122, Doraemon's then-girlfriend Noramyako saw him at the hospital after his ears were chewed by a mouse. But she laughed when she saw how he looked without ears.

Source: ドラえもん大事典, 1976 (manga)

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Nobita sometimes plays kendama with his foot.

Source: ウラオモテックス, 1976 (manga)

But he's not very good at it. Once when he caught the ball in the cup, he said it was the first time he succeeded at it since kindergarten.

Source: 架空人物たまご, 1985 (manga)

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Doraemon can drive a car.

Source: まほうのかがみ, 1970 (manga)

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Doraemon keeps many hammers in his pocket.

Source: ジークフリート, 1977 (manga)

Source: モアよドードーよ、永遠に, 1978 (manga)

Source: 出てくる出てくるお年玉, 1979 (manga)

He uses them to destroy unwanted gadgets.

Source: 人間製造機, 1974 (manga)

Source: かがみでコマーシャル, 1977 (manga)

Source: なぜか劇がメチャクチャに, 1981 (manga)

When overcome by guilt or embarrassment, he sometimes tries to use them to destroy himself.

Source: 好きでたまらニャい, 1971 (manga)

Source: Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil, 1983 (manga, Doraemon Long Stories)

Source: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend, 2008

Source: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration, 2019

Doraemon keeps a lot of other mundane items in his pocket too.

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Nobita's parents named him for the Japanese saying 伸び伸び (nobinobi), which means "growing quickly", symbolizing their hopes for his future growth.

Source: ぼくの生まれた日, 1972 (manga)

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Some of Doraemon's favorite dreams are about him growing a dorayaki tree and being rewarded with dorayaki after returning a lost wallet.

Source: タイムドリーマー, 1988 (manga)

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Times the fourth wall has been broken or referenced in Doraemon:

The Doraemon theme song exists in the world of Doraemon.

Nobita asks his father not to lecture too long or else readers will lose interest in the manga, but his father insists on speaking for about 2 pages.

Source: くろうみそ, 1975 (manga)

Nobita injures himself after the effect of the “Karate Drink” (空手ドリンク) wears off, so Doraemon warns readers not to try the same thing at home.

Source: 空手ドリンク, 1976 (manga)

Nobita gets lost on a deserted island for 10 years, and panics because him growing up means the manga will end.

Source: 無人島へ家出, 1977 (manga)

Doraemon says they need to act fast to stop Gian from singing, because the story only has 6 pages.

Source: 念録マイク, 1977 (manga)

When Nobita and Doraemon discuss good voice acting, they name their own voice actors from the 1979 anime as examples. (Noriko Ohara for Nobita and Nobuyo Ōyama for Doraemon.)

In the 2005 anime’s adaptation of this story, they name their voice actors from that series. (Megumi Ōhara for Nobita and Wasabi Mizuta for Doraemon.)

Source: アニメ制作なんてわけないよ, 1980 (manga)

After failing to convince the authorities that the steel troops are about to invade Earth, Doraemon says the viewers are the only people who would believe them.

Source: Nobita and the Steel Troops, 1986

Suneo comments that Nobita becomes more spirited in the Long Stories.

Source: Nobita and the Galaxy Super-express, 1996 (manga, Doraemon Long Stories)

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Suneo's family owns a villa on Yojohanjima Island. (A parody of Hachijojima Island.) Sometimes he invites Gian and Shizuka (and rarely Nobita) to stay over.

While they're there, they swim, go fishing, and collect sea snails for food.

Source: 海に入らず海底を散歩する方法, 1978 (manga)