Dr. Slump: Season 1
Episode Guide
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Arale's Birth / Hey! Friends
Apr 8, 1981 · 25 min
Senbei creates Arale and takes her on a test-run as a convincing little sister. However, she's not as tuned-up as her creator would have expected. / Arale is enrolled in school, an
Arale Goes to School! / It is! ... not there
Apr 15, 1981 · 25 min
Arale's superhuman strength gets word around the school, and all the clubs want her to join them. / Arale comes home to tell Senbei that an integral body part is missing on her bod
The Big Time Slipper Adventure / What Egg is This?!
Apr 22, 1981 · 25 min
Senbei tests out his newest invention: an alarm clock-shaped time machine called the Time Slipper. On its inaugural voyage, Arale gets lost in ancient Japan. / Arale and friends us
Huh?! Is it a Boy? Is it a Girl? / Gatchan the Courier
May 6, 1981 · 25 min
The babylike creature that hatched from the prehistoric egg, Gatchan, is the subject of several discoveries for Arale and Senbei. / A day in the life of Gatchan, as they go about t
Friends With a Bear!! / New Invention! Dekachibi Ray Gun
May 13, 1981 · 25 min
Arale rescues a bear, but trouble is afoot when her new friend is to be released back into the wild. / Senbei creates a raygun that can make things bigger or smaller than their int
The Teacher is Coming! / Arale Kidnapped!
May 20, 1981 · 25 min
Arale tells Senbei that her teacher is coming for a home visit. Knowing he has to look his best for Miss Yamabuki, he creates a barber robot to spiff him up. / Criminal Joe Dunn ho
Charging Arale-chan
May 27, 1981 · 25 min
A day in the life of Arale, from her police car destructions to her school life, and home again after accidentally eating whiskey bonbons.
Donbe Story
Jun 3, 1981 · 25 min
The tricky fox Donbe uses his kitsune powers of transformation to pull pranks on the town. When he runs into trouble, Arale and Senbei must put their differences aside with the cri
The Great Strawberry Panties Plot
Jun 10, 1981 · 25 min
Arale reveals to Senbei that Miss Yamabuki wears strawberry-patterned panties. In a fit of pure horniness, he enlists the help of the animals of Penguin Village to get him a peek.
Ah! Earth SOS!!
Jun 17, 1981 · 25 min
The alien King Nikochan and his assistant abduct Arale and Gatchan, with the expressed intent to destroy the world. However, Gatchan's appetite for metal causes their ship to crash
Teketeke Children / Scary Scary Policewoman
Jun 24, 1981 · 25 min
Arale meets five-year-old Kinoko, a self-professed hip girl who only loves the most in-style of things. / After being accosted by a threatening female police officer, Senbei create
Transform Ponpoko Gun / Arale Flies in the Sky!
Jul 1, 1981 · 25 min
Senbei creates a tanuki-themed raygun that can turn anyone into anything the wielder desires. In Arale's hands, trouble ensues. / Arale wants to fly in the sky like Gatchan, so Sen
The Terrifying Good Girl
Jul 8, 1981 · 25 min
Arale, misinterpreting Miss Yamabuki's lesson on being a good kid, spreads chaos with the intention of goodwill.
Hero Suppaman
Jul 15, 1981 · 25 min
Kento Kuraku is no ordinary man. After he eats his favorite pickled plums, he turns into Suppaman, a not-very-helpful superhero who causes more problems than solves. He, in turn, c
Arale's Errand / Wai-Wai Wildland
Jul 22, 1981 · 25 min
After seeing Akane's bra in the changing room, Arale wants one for herself, not realizing that she doesn't need it. / Arale and pals take an excursion to safari park Wildland, but
Living for Tomorrow! / Arale is Akane!?
Jul 29, 1981 · 25 min
Senbei invents a camera that can take pictures of the future. When Arale plays with it with her friends, they grow suspicious about the fact that she never seems to age in any of t
The Monsters' Night of Fear
Aug 5, 1981 · 25 min
Trampire, a buxom bloodsucker, along with her assistant Franken, terrorize Penguin Village in search of her favorite treat. When she gets to Arale's house, however, the tables are
The Fairy Tale Machine / Bibiruman the Hitman
Aug 12, 1981 · 25 min
Senbei's newest invention allows the user to enter books and interact with the characters as part of the story. When Arale enters the world of Momotaro, her decisions cause the tal
Arale Swims in the Ancient Past
Aug 19, 1981 · 25 min
Arale uses the Time Slipper to go for a swim "a long time ago". When she takes too long to return, Senbei starts to get worried.
Kinoko-chan Leaves Home
Aug 26, 1981 · 25 min
After Kinoko's dad eats the strawberry off her cake, she, in a fit of anger, decides to run away and become a juvenile delinquent.
The Great Space Date Escapade
Sep 9, 1981 · 25 min
Senbei, Arale, and Miss Yamabuki take a trip to the stars in Senbei's spacecraft. However, his decision to not install a bathroom ends up getting Yamabuki kidnapped on an alien pla
Senbei Dumbfounded
Sep 16, 1981 · 25 min
On the return back from last episode's space adventure, Senbei discovers that Akane and Taro have grown old. They say it's been 50 years since he left the planet, but could there b
Arale's Hoyoyo Date / Bye-bye Mecchanko Power
Sep 23, 1981 · 25 min
Arale goes on a date with the tough Banchou. Her definition of a date is just holding hands, though. Very tightly. / Senbei tries to scale back Arale's strength as to not cause any
Arale's Big Change!!
Sep 30, 1981 · 25 min
After a cricket leaps into Arale's mouth, her personality changes, giving her much more common sense and manners. This starts to freak everybody out.