[3] It adapts chapters 32 and 33 of the manga, following as Senbei Norimaki travels to Wonder Island in order to acquire an ingredient for a love potion.

[5] It follows Senbei and the other main characters as they venture into space to save Midori Yamabuki from being forced to marry the galactic tyrant Mashirito.

The Great Race Around the World (Dr.スランプ アラレちゃん ほよよ!世界一周大レース, Dokutā Suranpu Arare-chan Hoyoyo Sekai Isshū Dai-Rēsu) was released on March 13, 1983.

[10] The main characters and others enter the Around the World Grand Prix, racing to marry a princess or win a hefty monetary prize.

It was shown at the Toei Manga Festival alongside Batten Robomaru Obakekau Shōjo, Kagaku Sentai Dynaman and Aesop's Fable.

It was shown at the Toei Manga Festival alongside Space Sheriff Shaider and Kinnikuman Great Riot!

[13] The anime comics of the third and fourth films were collected together and released under the Shueisha Jump Remix imprint in January 2007.

It was shown at the Toei Manga Festival alongside Captain Tsubasa: Europe Daikessen, Kinnikuman Counterattack!

Clear Skies Over Penguin Village (Dr.スランプ アラレちゃん んちゃ!ペンギン村はハレのち晴れ, Dokutā Suranpu Arare-chan N-cha!

[19] It was shown at the Toei Anime Fair alongside Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound and YuYu Hakusho.

[21] It was shown at the Toei Anime Fair alongside Dragon Ball Z: Broly – Second Coming and Slam Dunk.

[23] It was shown at the Toei Anime Fair alongside Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly and Slam Dunk: Zenkoku Seiha da!

Doctor Slump: Arale's Surprise Burn (ドクタースランプ アラレのびっくりバーン, Dokutā Suranpu: Arare no Bikkuri Bān) released on March 6, 1999 is the only film produced during the broadcast of the second anime adaptation.

To promote the release of the first Dr. Slump - Arale-chan anime DVD box set, Toriyama drew a one-shot manga published in the April 2007 issue of Monthly Shōnen Jump.

Reviewing the first five movies, Carl Kimlinger of Anime News Network summarized Dr. Slump as "random silly adventures[...] delivered with a lot of surreal nonsense humor, only the most basic sense of continuity, and not a whiff of substance or seriousness."

However, he called the background music "non-descript" and stated that the films are only for viewers who are familiar with the series, as they provide no exposition.

He called it an "artfully silly poke at the sci-fi boom of the late 70s and early 80s, skewering everything from Close Encounters of the Third Kind to THX-1138," yet also including "poop jokes, booger jokes, Ultraman references, dumb comedy routines, and weirdly evocative, exciting space battles.