List of Dr. Slump characters

Characters that are parodies of historical figures, fairy tales, popular Western movies, and real people that author Toriyama knows are also common.

Toriyama drew several short omake manga included in the Dr. Slump tankōban volumes that supposedly depict the actual events of how he came up with the characters, although, as they are often humorous, the level of truthfulness to them is uncertain.

[1] Another depicts him, having wanted to give the Norimakis a pet monster and having that rejected by his editor as it was not cute, coming up with the idea of Gatchan after his sister brought her child to see him.

[2] Gatchan was based on the main character in one of Toriyama's rejected manga, called Ageha-chō Kansatsu Nikki (アゲハ町観察日記).

[3] The author stated that Torishima enjoys romance and that the relationships of Arale and Obotchaman, Akane and Tsukutsun, and Taro and Tsururin in Dr. Slump were all his ideas.

[5] Torishima later explained that when Toriyama decided to have a "mad scientist" appear, he told him the character's initial design was "too weak" and to come up with someone "nasty" to have a big impact, and to imagine the person he hates the most in the world.

[6] The character Nikochan, an alien species with their buttocks on their heads, was hastily created after Toriyama was pressed for time having played too many video games and was initially rejected as "filth", with him given another night to re-work it.

[7] In a later volume, Toriyama revealed he had created Suppaman for a previous manga that was rejected by Torishima, and added him to Dr. Slump out of pity for the character.

[8] The author said he designed the character's younger brother, Syoppaman, to be an "elegant prince" type, which is the exact opposite of Suppaman.

After creating Arale, he alternatively tells the village residents that she is either his younger sister or his daughter, depending on the occasion.[ch.

153] Initially named Caramel Man 004 (キャラメルマン4号), he is both extremely polite and well-mannered so Mashirito tells him that Arale and Senbei are trying to take over the world, when that is actually his goal.[ch.

He built their spaceship, the Reh Tsu Goh (烈津號（れっつごう）, a play on the phrase "let's go") which acts as their house, to take them to the moon, but it is shot down by Arale and crashes right next to the Norimakis' home.[ch.

He typically "flies around" with his belly on a skateboard, throws grenades, and changes his clothes in a phone booth, eating an umeboshi to transform.[ch.

29] They continue to appear performing odd jobs for money, while forever longing to acquire a spaceship to return home.[ch.

89, 112, 126] When they finally do reach their small scarcely populated home planet, they find that everyone is forced into farming radishes for an evil crab-like alien, including the King's wife and two sons.[ch.

In its anime adaptation, he has a larger role where he and his servant collect trash on the streets (which he thinks is treasure) and before getting their ship shot down by the police (being mistaken for the Red Ribbon Army).

Gala (ガラ, Gara) and Pagos (パゴス, Pagosu) are two patrolmen that constantly have their car destroyed (accidentally) by an excited running Arale.

Due to constant failed attempts at world domination, he is forced to convert himself into a cyborg; eventually becoming several of his own Caramel Men.[ch.

[20][12] In Dragon Ball Super episode 69, Dr. Mashirito appears as a ghost and reveals that he has used a chemical to gain control over Arale, before later being obliterated by Beerus.

Karte (カルテ, Karute, "Chart" or "medical records") is a boy from a wealthy family that moves from Metropolis Island to Penguin Village in The Brief Return of Dr. Slump.

Chivil (チビル, Chibiru) is a small imp from Hell that travels to Penguin Village through the volcano in Mount Flap-Flap (パタパタ山, Patapatayama) to obtain souls, for which he gets paid for.[ch.

69, 72] He eventually finds that he would much rather play with people than kill them (due in no small part to Arale's persistence), though he still takes a shot at it every once in a while.

Donbe (ドンベ) is an anthropomorphic kitsune who likes to use his shape-shifting abilities to transform into things to scare people and cause mischief, although he becomes friends with Arale after she saves him.[ch.

She lives in a house that is made out of a giant tree stump and has a little sister named Sparrow (スズメ, Suzume) who rides a magic carpet.[ch.

22] Joe Dunn later hires the Shiverman (びびるマン, Bibiruman) to kill her, but the assassin fails and is trapped in a book by Senbei's Fairy Tale Machine.[ch.

Initially he is surprised at the odd and stupid characters in the school, but takes teaching them on as a challenge, often giving them "Headbutts of Love" (愛の頭突き, Ai no Zutzuki).[ch.

Parzan (パーザン, Pāzan, "Fool" + zan) is a Tarzan hero wannabe with almost exactly the same face as Suppaman and Bubibinman, who claims to be the king of the jungle.

At first he is introduced as an extremely smart and serious student that looked down on everyone as idiots, but after seeing that Arale was able to do his homework, he becomes goofy like everyone else in Penguin Village.[ch.

The Sun (太陽, Taiyō) that sometimes oversleeps for unknown reasons and thus delays dawn, wears sunglasses, eats ice cream and complains about heat.

Trampire is later seen working as a part-time grim reaper for Enma and is sent to reap Senbei's soul but ends up getting fired due to Arale's interference.[ch.