Dr. Slump

A1 Arale's Birth / Hey! Friends

8 april 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, and tries to win over the "tough kids" Akane, Taro, and his little brother Peasuke. Meanwhile, Senbei gets a crush on his creation's homeroom teacher, Midori Yamabuki.

A2 Arale Goes to School! / It is! ... not there

15 april 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 body, to which the doctor invents x-ray specs for definitely-not-perverted research purposes.

A3 The Big Time Slipper Adventure / What Egg is This?!

22 april 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 use the Time Slipper to go back to the days of the dinosaurs, and find a mysterious egg.

A4 Huh?! Is it a Boy? Is it a Girl? / Gatchan the Courier

6 mei 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 town interacting with the Penguin Village citizens.

A5 Friends With a Bear!! / New Invention! Dekachibi Ray Gun

13 mei 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 intended size. Naturally, Arale causes some mischief with it.

A6 The Teacher is Coming! / Arale Kidnapped!

20 mei 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 holds Arale and Gatchan hostage, but doesn't realize that he's underpowered compared to the two little terrors he's kidnapped.

A7 Charging Arale-chan

27 mei 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.

A8 Donbe Story

3 juni 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 critter who caused them too much trouble in one day.

A9 The Great Strawberry Panties Plot

10 juni 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.

A10 Ah! Earth SOS!!

17 juni 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, which leaves the two invaders seeking help from the earth people.

A11 Teketeke Children / Scary Scary Policewoman

24 juni 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 creates an invisibility potion to evade her.

A12 Transform Ponpoko Gun / Arale Flies in the Sky!

1 juli 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 Senbei creates a flying machine for her. But, in her soaring endeavors, she inadvertently bugs Raijin, the deity who creates storms and thunder with his drum set.

A13 The Terrifying Good Girl

8 juli 1981 25 min

Arale, misinterpreting Miss Yamabuki's lesson on being a good kid, spreads chaos with the intention of goodwill.

A14 Hero Suppaman

15 juli 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, catches the attention of Arale.

A15 Arale's Errand / Wai-Wai Wildland

22 juli 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 get into some trouble when their jeep breaks down.

A16 Living for Tomorrow! / Arale is Akane!?

29 juli 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 the pictures. / Arale and Akane swap lives for the day.

A17 The Monsters' Night of Fear

5 augustus 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 turned.

A18 The Fairy Tale Machine / Bibiruman the Hitman

12 augustus 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 tale to go wildly off-course. / Joe Dunn hires hitman Bibiruman to take out Arale, but her would-be killer gets sucked into her King Kong book with the Fairy Tale Machine.

A19 Arale Swims in the Ancient Past

19 augustus 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.

A20 Kinoko-chan Leaves Home

26 augustus 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.

A21 The Great Space Date Escapade

9 september 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 planet.

A22 Senbei Dumbfounded

16 september 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 be more to the story?

A23 Arale's Hoyoyo Date / Bye-bye Mecchanko Power

23 september 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 more destructive trouble.

A24 Arale's Big Change!!

30 september 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.

A25 Exchange Student from the City

14 oktober 1981 25 min

A26 An Arale-Eye Operation!!

21 oktober 1981 25 min

A27 Yay! A New Friend

28 oktober 1981 25 min

A28 Goodbye Gacchan!!

4 november 1981 25 min

A29 How Adorable! The Lovely Middle-aged Trio

11 november 1981 25 min

A30 Heart Pounding Excitement! Piisuke's First Love

18 november 1981 25 min

A31 The Araletouchables

25 november 1981 25 min

A32 Arale's Lullaby Dream

2 december 1981 25 min

A33 A Masterpiece? Nekozukin-chan

9 december 1981 25 min

A34 Hell's Messenger Chibiru

16 december 1981 25 min

A35 Sad Sad Santa

23 december 1981 25 min

A36 Messed-up Devilgirl

30 december 1981 25 min

A37 Arale's Musical Cinderella

6 januari 1982 25 min

A38 Mysterious Monster Expert?!

13 januari 1982 25 min

A39 Showdown! Musashi VS Arale-chan

20 januari 1982 25 min

A40 Hero Suppaman Part II

27 januari 1982 25 min

A41 The Reality Machine

3 februari 1982 25 min

A42 Jungle King Perzan

10 februari 1982 25 min

A43 Whoa?! Penguin Village Dom-Dom-Dom

17 februari 1982 25 min

A44 Arale-chan Goes to City Island

24 februari 1982 25 min

A45 The Devilish Transformation

3 maart 1982 25 min

A46 Penguin Village in Love

10 maart 1982 25 min

A47 Caveman Hoyoyo in the Dinosaur Age

17 maart 1982 25 min

A48 Chibiru-kun's Part Time Job

24 maart 1982 25 min

A49 Leave it to Akiko

31 maart 1982 25 min

A50 Yay! A Date for Mr. Copy

7 april 1982 25 min