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{{quote|''"You have brought shame upon your family! Have a happy robot cat!"''|'''[http://shaenon.livejournal.com/25234.html Shaenon Garrity's]''' summary of the "quintessentially Japanese" premise}}
 
Doraemon is one of the [[Long Runners|longest running]] [[Anime]] series. The title character, Doraemon, is the quintessential example of the [[Robot Buddy]]; he is a robotic cat from the future that is sent back to help the socially inept Nobita Nobi through the use of futuristic technology (known as "Dogu" [Japanese for "tools"]) produced from his [[Hammerspace|Fourth Dimensional pocket.]] Typically, the devices are used to impress his love interest Shizuka Minamoto or humiliate the street Bully, Takeshi "Gian" (Or ''"[[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"|Giant]]"'' at some translations) Goda. Inevitably, there is some form of [[Phlebotinum Breakdown]], and Nobita must sort through the root problem himself. The overused story arc is somewhat of [[The Artifact|an artifact]] of the series origin during the 1970s, criticizing Japanese culture's increasing over-reliance on superfluous technology.
 
Beside the short episodic comedy manga and anime, The cast of Doraemon often got involved in epic adventures in the semi annual special volume mangas and [[Film of the Book|movies based on them]], that's surprisingly, often very well written, well thought, and well animated. The adventures range from time travel adventures, epic fantasy quest with knights and dragons, space operas, to mecha battle.
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* ''Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur'' — The cast were stuck in the past and dodging dinosaur poachers as they're trying to get back to the present.
* ''Doraemon: The Record of Nobita: Spaceblazer '' — A [[Space Western]]-ish adventure concerning hostile takeover of a planet.
* ''Doraemon: Nobita and the Haunts of Evil'' — Missing civilization of dog people and ''[[Indiana Jones (Franchise)|Indiana Jones]]'' styled adventure in Africa.
* ''Doraemon: Nobita's Monstrous Underwater Castle'' — Remnants of Atlantis Civilization, the still existing Mu, and Bermuda Triangle.
* ''Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure into the Underworld''— Parallel world where magic flourished instead of science.
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* ''Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops'' — The only thing that stands between Earth and a massive mech army are the cast of Doraemon and a [[Humongous Mecha]].
* ''Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights of Dinosaurs'' — [[Lizard Folk|Underworld reptilian people]] descended from dinosaurs are plotting to take over the above world because they believe their (almost) extinction was caused by primitive mammals which were ancestors to human.
* ''Doraemon: Nobita's Parallel "Journey to the West"'' — The historical [[Journey to Thethe West]], with sci-fi elements.
* ''Doraemon: Nobita at the Birth of Japan'' — The kids' desire to create a prehistoric Utopia interferes with a villain from the future's plan to rule it.
* ''Doraemon: Nobita and the Animal Planet'' — A dimensional portal to the planet of Animals was found, and they're being attacked by [[Humans Are Bastards|mysterious evil aliens]].
* ''Doraemon: Nobita in Dorabian Nights'' — The [[Arabian Nights (Literature)|Arabian Nights]] tales, with sci-fi elements.
* ''Doraemon: Nobita and the Kingdom of Clouds'' — The kids' desire to create a sky-bound Utopia interferes with the sky people's plan to cleanse the Earth of human, [[The Bible (Literature)|Biblical]] style.
* ''Doraemon: Nobita and Tin-Plate Labyrinth'' — The cast must save humans from robots [[Turned Against Their Masters]], led by evil [[Mad Scientist]] robot king, for those humans relied on robots too long and are too weak to save themselves.
* ''Doraemon: Nobita and Fantastic Three Musketeers'' — Nobita uses the dream machine to have a good dream, unleash evil in the [[Dream Land]], and must return to save it.
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* [[Big Guy, Little Guy]]: Guess who? {{spoiler|Gian and Suneo, of course}}.
* [[Book Dumb]]: Nobita can be pretty smart at times, just look at the creative ways he uses Doraemon's tools!
* [[The Bible (Literature)|The Bible]]: Referenced surprisingly a lot for a sci-fi title. Most of them revolve around [[Magic From Technology|creating Biblical miracles with future technology]]. And [[Sufficiently Advanced Alien|playing God]].
* [[Bruiser Withwith a Soft Center]]: Gian, especially later movies where little [[Tender Tears|touching moments can make him cry more than anybody else.]]
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Nobita.
** In the movies, if something embarrassing or painful is happening to somebody, you can bet that it's Suneo.
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* [[Fairy Tale Motifs]]: All over the place, Most notably "Doraemon: Nobita's Mermaid Legend" follows the Basic Plot/Theme of [[The Little Mermaid]] in Sophia's arc to a [[Happily Ever After]].
* [[Fartillery]]: One manga episode deals with Nobita trying to come up with a neat trick for a New Year's talent show. Doraemon gave him a bunch of sweet potatoes that, when eaten, produces melodic 'gas'. Unfortunately, Doraemon forgot to tell him not to eat more than one at a time...
* [[Fat Bastard]]: Gian, who else? He does get some [[Character Development]] over the series' run, however, turning into a [[The Big Guy|big guy with]] [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold|a temper]], especially in the movies.
* [[Five-Man Band]]: The typical casting in many Fujiko Fujio's series.
** [[The Hero]] - Nobita, but is debatable with the title.
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* [[In Spite of a Nail]]: Nobita's still going to have the same son even though he's marrying someone else. Unless it's a [[Stable Time Loop]].
** Though some may speculate that Nobisuke doesn't have to be the son of Nobita and his wife].
* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]: Nobita (defaults to selfish and lazy), Gian (defaults to mean and bullying). And Suneo to a certain degree.
* [[Late for School]] Nobita, frequently.
* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: Nobita is force-fed future pills that make the consumer unable to resist helping anyone in need. After he spends the entire episode helping other people and running out of time to finish his homework, {{spoiler|Shizuka responds to all the good deeds she saw him perform by offering to help him with his work.}}