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''Ho-yo-yo!''
A classic gag manga and anime by [[Akira Toriyama]], ''
Said misadventures usually involve another of Senbei's inventions going awry, Senbei trying to woo Arale's teacher, the lovely Midori Yamabuki, or Arale and her friend Gatchan (an androgynous baby with wings, antennae, and a tendency to eat cars who hatched from an egg) interacting with the other bizarre denizens of their hometown of Penguin Village. Said denizens include the town police force (which includes a guy in a ''Star Wars'' Stormtrooper helmet, a trigger-happy lady cop, and two officers who keep getting their car wrecked by Arale), Suppaman (a short, pudgy, dim-witted Superman wannabe who supposedly gets his superpowers from pickled plums), King Nikochan (a goofy, would-be [[Pirate|space pirate]] stranded on Earth) and Dr. Mashirito (Senbei's rival in mad science who happens to be a caricature of Kazuhiko Torishima, the editor for the ''
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* [[Accidental Marriage]]: Yes this was how {{spoiler|Senbei finally got Midori to marry him. He practiced proposing while she was on the toilet. She overheard, next thing you know, the two are hitched. Heh lucky guy}}.
* [[Art Shift]]: As a running gag, Senbei turns much taller, manlier and handsome whenever he's having a "cool" scene. Later, is revealed that he can [[Art Shift]] himself at will, but just for a moment.
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* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Arale. Justified as she's a robot without social programing.
* [[Cloudcuckooland]]: Penguin Village is ''definitely'' this.
* [[Crossover]]: With [[
* [[Cute Bruiser]]: Arale.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: Well, Arale once hit ''God'' with a palm tree. To be fair, he was not "The" God, but a silly divinity who looked and acted exactly like old master Muten from [[
* [[Everything Talks]]: Particularly, the [[Talking Poo]].
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Obotchaman was built by Dr. Mashirito to be this, but he ends up being too well mannered and polite to be evil. Abale-chan from the movie special "Dr. Mashirito and Abale-chan" is a more straightforward example, who is essentially Arale in punk gear.
* [[Executive Meddling]]: If Toriyama is to be believed, this is how Arale came to be. Originally the comic was just about Senbei and his inventions. But Torishima insisted that Toriyama create a female lead instead. Toriyama did so intend on just making her a supporting character, but she ironically ended up [[
* [[Extreme Omnivore]]: Gatchan.
* [[The
** The policeman with a [[Star Wars|Stormtrooper]] helmet may also count, both for Faceless and Nameless.▼
* [[The Family for the Whole Family]]: One chapter of the manga has Arale and friends meeting a group of ''yakuza'' which acted like little kids, playing with cards and so on.
* [[Fan Service]]: During a baseball game, one female character's pants fall down ''without any input at all''.
* [[Fartillery]] : Arale can fly by farting
* [[Follow the Leader]]: "[http://www.animenewsnetwork.
* [[Foreign Sounding Gibberish]]: In the bike trophy mentioned above, one of the contestants is a German biker called Kibalt Skurzen. This troper never heard any German name sounding remotely like that one.
* [[Gag Series]]
* [[Genki Girl]]: Arale.
* [[Hey,
* [[Involuntary Shapeshifting]]: Tsukutsun Tsun turns into a tiger whenever touched by a girl; he changes back if touched by a guy.
* [[Lovable Sex Maniac]]: Senbei.
* <s>[[Marth Debuted in Smash Bros|Marth]]</s> [[Marth Debuted in Smash Bros|Arale Debuted In]] <s>[[Marth Debuted in Smash Bros|Smash Bros]]</s> [[
* [[Nice Guy]]: Obbotchaman.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Kurikinton, the village barber and Taro and Pisuke's father, looks a lot like Clint Eastwood. Lampshaded when it is revealed that he once was a policeman.
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* [[No Fourth Wall]]: One chapter involves an invention that can make something on a page real. Arale and Akane fool around with it until Arale casually ''cuts out the page they're on'' and puts it inside the machine, creating a space paradox. If that's not enough, character refer to and sometimes interact with the author...
** In another chapter, the characters acquire a camera that takes pictures of the future, wherein the subject would be aged several decades in the picture. At the end of the chapter, Arale takes a picture of the reader, and the picture shows the skeletal remains of the reader holding the magazine that the manga was originally serialized in commenting on how dumb the manga is.
* [[Non
* [[Off
* [[Obvious Pregnancy]]: Midori gets so big so fast after it's revealed she's pregnant that Senbei actually gives her a medical examination to try and deduce a cause.
* [[Older Than They Look]]: Pisuke is actually 13, even though he looks like he's around 7 or 8.
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** Suppaman, the fly-man from space and Parzan (''Tarzan'' parody) all look the same. This sometimes is commented upon.
* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: Arale is so strong, she can ''split the Earth into with one punch''.
* [[Relax
* [[Robot Girl]]: Arale.
** As well as a Robot Boy, Obbotchaman.
* [[Robot Kid]]
* [[Sdrawkcab Name]]: Toriyama came up with the name of Dr. Mashirito, Senbei's [[Mad Scientist]] rival, by reverting the order of the syllables in his editor's surname, Torishima.
* [[Self
* [[Shout
* [[Stealth Pun]]: Arale is riding a pig, and a bystander exclaims "Biker Gang!"
* [[Super
* [[Take Over the World]]: Dr. Mashirito.
* [[Take That]]: Whenever Toriyama shows his editor, Kazuhiko Torishima in the [[Omake]], he just happens to look exactly like the [[Mad Scientist]] Dr. Mashirito.
▲** The policeman with a [[Star Wars|Stormtrooper]] helmet may also count, both for Faceless and Nameless.
▲* [[Ted Baxter]]: Suppaman, an [[Affectionate Parody]] of Superman.
* [[Time Travel]]: Thanks to one of Senbei's inventions, the Time Slipper. This is actually how they found Gatchan.
* [[Toilet Humour]]: Four words: Poop on a Stick. This was later [[Lampshaded]] early on in [[
{{quote|
''(Pilaf and Shu stare blankly at her)''
'''Pilaf''': I told you before, I hate these dirty jokes.
'''Mai''': ''(suddenly holding said Poop on a Stick)'' Yes, I'm sorry.
'''Pilaf''': ''And I mean that filthy thing you're holding too!!!'' Can't you see that the author is trying hard to make a decent, high-standard manga?! }}
** King Nikochan and other members of his species have their butts on top of the head, so they have to avoid farting or else they'll end suffocated by the smell.
** Let's not forget the fly-like alien who picks a nearby piece of dog crap up and ''eats it'' ! Needless to say, the other characters (Except [[Cloudcuckoolander|Arale]]) were disgusted.
* [[Tournament Arc]]: A very brief and hilarious one near the end of the manga's run. It is even called "Sekaiichi Tournament", foreshadowing Dragonball's own Tenkaichi Tournament.
* [[Touched
* [[Tranquil Fury]] : In one chapter, there is [[Mood Dissonance|a surprisingly serious moment]] where a bear that Arale and Senbei had freed from captivity and released into the wild was shot by two hunters. Arale, in one of the few times where she is genuinely angry, calmly picks the two assholes up and throws them ''far'' away.
** [[Memetic Mutation]]: That image of a bear shedding a single tear that pops up often in [[Image Boards]] comes from this chapter.
* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]: Senbei ''does'' manage to win over Midori, and he's as surprised as the rest of the cast.
* [[The Unintelligible]]: Gatchan.
* [[Verbal Tic]]: "No, yes!"
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