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Dr. Slump•Season 1•Episode 4

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

8.1/10 · 22 votesMay 6, 198125 min

Ranked #22 of 24 in Season 1•−0.5 vs season avg

Discussion

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.

Directed byMasayuki Ozeki

Seasons1

Season 1 Episodes243

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E1 8.0

Arale's Birth / Hey! Friends

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

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

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

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

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The Teacher is Coming! / Arale Kidnapped!

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Charging Arale-chan

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Donbe Story

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The Great Strawberry Panties Plot

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Ah! Earth SOS!!

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Teketeke Children / Scary Scary Policewoman

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Transform Ponpoko Gun / Arale Flies in the Sky!

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The Terrifying Good Girl

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Hero Suppaman

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Arale's Errand / Wai-Wai Wildland

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Living for Tomorrow! / Arale is Akane!?

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The Monsters' Night of Fear

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The Fairy Tale Machine / Bibiruman the Hitman

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Arale Swims in the Ancient Past

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Kinoko-chan Leaves Home

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The Great Space Date Escapade

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Senbei Dumbfounded

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Arale's Hoyoyo Date / Bye-bye Mecchanko Power

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Arale's Big Change!!

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Exchange Student from the City

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An Arale-Eye Operation!!

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Yay! A New Friend

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Goodbye Gacchan!!

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How Adorable! The Lovely Middle-aged Trio

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Heart Pounding Excitement! Piisuke's First Love

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The Araletouchables

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Arale's Lullaby Dream

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A Masterpiece? Nekozukin-chan

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Hell's Messenger Chibiru

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Sad Sad Santa

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Messed-up Devilgirl

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Arale's Musical Cinderella

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Mysterious Monster Expert?!

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Hero Suppaman Part II

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The Reality Machine

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Jungle King Perzan

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Whoa?! Penguin Village Dom-Dom-Dom

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Arale-chan Goes to City Island

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The Devilish Transformation

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Penguin Village in Love

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Caveman Hoyoyo in the Dinosaur Age

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Chibiru-kun's Part Time Job

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Leave it to Akiko

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Yay! A Date for Mr. Copy

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Thanks! The Kick The Can Celebration Party

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Arale's Thief Hoyoyo Team

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Anko and Nonko Discover the Countryside

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The Children's Day Festival Poke Poke Huff Puff

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Super Driver

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Am I Super Strong?!

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The Miniature House of Our Dreams

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Arale's Thief Hoyoyo Team Part II

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Heart Pounding Excitement Time Stop

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Suppaman Just In Time

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Adventure! Inside Mammoth Midori-chan

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Scary! Monster Prince

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Arale's New Star Festival Story

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Goo Goo Ga Ga Senbei

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The Twinkling Night Sky Drum and Fife Band

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We're Not Angels

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Maerchen (Fairy Tale) of Love!! Tricycle Story

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The Great Combot Caper of 2013

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Invaders from Space

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Arale's Arabian Night

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Dr. Mashirito's Ambition

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Dr. Mashirito's Ambition Part II

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Penguin Village Wars

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Penguin Village Wars Part II

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Arale's Lost Item

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Tale of the Penguin Village of Eight Gravestones

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Suppaman of Justice VS Senbee of Love

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Happy Date in Mystery Land

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Energetic Arale

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Penguin Village Grand Prix

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Penguin Village Grand Prix Part II

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Penguin Village Grand Prix Part III

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Penguin Village Mystery

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The Big Head is Coming

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The Fearful Vegetable Man

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The Secret of Arale's Birth

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Arale the Super Prize Girl

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Story of the Red Sandal Strap

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Here Comes the Tsuns

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Heart Pounding! School Panic

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Look, Look, the Lensmen

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Shooting Star Wish Star

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Luck In, Evil Out in Space

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An Angel Lives!

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Nikochan Flies

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Ghost Date

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Love is a Punch to the Heart

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Farewell, Tsuns

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Mr. Skop Awakes

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Official Business! Space Detective Story

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The Secret of Mashirito Castle

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Adventure, Adventure, Big Adventure!!

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The Thief who Loved Books

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HareHore Arale's Field Trip

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Three Suppamans

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The Yellow Carp Banner of Happiness

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Transform Konkon Helment

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Welcome Mr. Yakuza

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Continue! We are the Suppamen

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Chibiru and the Devil's Big Dictionary

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Kinoko, Teacher for a Day

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Four Angry Rogues

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Love Excursion SOS!!

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Arale's Picture Diary

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The Demon of Penguin Village

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Super Baseball

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Goodbye Great King Nikochan

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Space Showdown! Arale VS Komattachan

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Runabout Youth

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Decision! Penguin Village's Champion

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Mystery Beauty Disappeared in the Fog

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Lovelove Contact

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Hurray! Epic Battle for Proposal

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Marriage! Marriage!! Professor and Teacher

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Flying in the Sky Honeymoon of Love

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Exciting Newlywed Life

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Arale Watch Out! The Strongest Rival Appears

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Torn Between Justice and Love

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Finally Appears! Hit Man Senbee

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I'm Obocchaman

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Hurry! Telepathy of Love

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Heart Pounding Tonight

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There is a Placement Test

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Gacchan Gacchan

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Yay! Bori Bari Bori Bari

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Suppaman's Brother Appears!

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Nab that Crook!

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Christmas Day Hurts

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Go For It Arale! Earth's Greatest Crisis!!

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Mashirito Achieves His Goal?!

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Senbei Died?!

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Burn! Suppaman

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Your and My Journey

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Shape Up Miss Midori

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Turbo-kun is Born!!

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Father is an Alien?!

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Onigokko of Fear

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This is a Dream!!

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Wanted Restaurant

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I'm Sorry at Midnight

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Ncha! Great King Enma

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Who is the Strongest in the World!!

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I Did It! I Did It! World's Number One!!

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Cast15

Mami Koyama

Mami Koyama

Arale Norimaki (voice)

Kenji Utsumi

Kenji Utsumi

Senbei Norimaki (voice)

Mitsuko Horie

Mitsuko Horie

Obotchaman (voice)

Kazuko Sugiyama

Kazuko Sugiyama

Akane Kimidori (voice)

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Naomi Jinbo

Aoi Kimidori / Piisuke Soramame (voice)

Isamu Tanonaka

Isamu Tanonaka

Gala (voice)

Hiroshi Otake

Hiroshi Otake

King Nikochan (voice)

Mariko Mukai

Mariko Mukai

Midori Yamabuki (voice)

Masaharu Sato

Masaharu Sato

Pagos (voice)

Seiko Nakano

Seiko Nakano

Gatchan (voice)

Shigeru Chiba

Shigeru Chiba

Nikochan's Servant (voice)

Tessyo Genda

Tessyo Genda

Suppaman (voice)

Crew9

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Sadayoshi Tominaga

Animation Director

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Shunichi Yukimuro

Writer

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Masayuki Ozeki

Storyboard Artist

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Katsuhiko Yamazaki

Key Animation

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Mitsuo Shindo

Animation Director

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Masayuki Ozeki

Director

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Yoshimasa Iiyama

Key Animation

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Toshikazu Yamaguchi

Art Designer

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Mitsuo Shindo

Key Animation

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Episode Summary

"Huh?! Is it a Boy? Is it a Girl? / Gatchan the Courier" is episode 4 of Dr. Slump season 1. It scored 8.1/10 from 22 votes, ranking #22 of 24 episodes this season (season average 8.6). Directed by Masayuki Ozeki and written by Shunichi Yukimuro, it aired on May 6, 1981.