The BEST episodes of Doraemon (1979)

#1 - Mancutting Machine

Season 1 - Episode 84 - Aired 7/7/1979

#2 - Something is Gonna Occur by 7 o'clock

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/1980

Nobita got a zero on his paper and is afraid of telling his mom the truth. So Doraemon gets out the Guiding Machine gadget which produces a fortune telling him to wait till 7:00 pm to tell mom.

#3 - Human Weather Forecaster

Season 23 - Episode 20 - Aired 6/29/2001

#4 - Featherplace

Season 15 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/2/1993

#5 - The Eyes Have It

Season 2 - Episode 147 - Aired 7/11/1980

#6 - Multiplying Bank

Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/16/1984

#7 - Let's Set Up the Customer's Face

Season 1 - Episode 73 - Aired 6/25/1979

#8 - Nobita's 0-Point Escape Plan

Season 7 - Episode 50 - Aired 12/13/1985

Not wanting to get a 0 on his test again, Nobita uses the Time Machine to travel to the future and cheat so that he can get an A. However he is stopped by his future counterpart. Nobita decides to travel back to the present and study for real in order to pass his test. His plan succeeds and he gets a passing grade much to the joy of Tamako and Doraemon.

#9 - The Friendship Capsule

Season 1 - Episode 50 - Aired 5/29/1979

Suneo tries to lure Doraemon from Nobita but he won't go so he gives Suneo a capsule which makes anyone your friend as a consolation. Cunning Suneo uses it to make Doraemon become his friend.

#10 - Advertising in Mirrors

Season 1 - Episode 88 - Aired 7/12/1979

Doraemon and Nobita use a broadcast mirror to advertise a small sweet shop. At first, the advertisement fails to attract customers. But later, a huge crowd gets attracted to the sweet shop.

#11 - We're Gonna Steal Mom's Diamond

Season 1 - Episode 90 - Aired 7/14/1979

Nobita leaves a photo album on the floor. The book brought nostalgia to Nobita's mother and she recalled a story about a precious diamond ring that was passed down in their family, but was stolen by two boys. Nobita and Doraemon go back in time to stop the robbers. The diamond ring turned out to be plastic and was meant for Nobita's mom to be a lesson.

#12 - Let's Be Lightning

Season 1 - Episode 67 - Aired 6/18/1979

Doraemon produces a small thunder cloud to cure Nobita of his fear of thunder. This done, Nobita uses it to shock people.

#13 - Taking an Arrow to School

Season 1 - Episode 86 - Aired 7/10/1979

With a Moving Arrow and Bow, Doraemon helps Nobita place targets at various locations so going around would be a breeze. Gian and Suneo steal an arrow from Doraemon and Nobita, but a dog moves the destination target to a canal causing them to fall into it.

#14 - Find the Culprit with the Time Machine

Season 1 - Episode 54 - Aired 6/2/1979

Nobita is wrongly blamed for breaking a school window. A time machine helps him find out what really happened.

#15 - The Day When I Was Born

Season 1 - Episode 81 - Aired 7/4/1979

The episode begins with Nobita getting yelled at by his mom and dad. Their expectations and reality causes Nobita to believe that he was picked up or adopted. Nobita and Doraemon go back to the past to the day that Nobita was born. Nobita realizes the dreams and aspirations that his parents hold for him and it causes him to study.

#16 - The Apartment Tree

Season 1 - Episode 52 - Aired 5/31/1979

Nobita wants his own apartment so Doraemon gives him a tree which grows rooms underground and the gang move in. Remade in 1989 as "Apartment Pretend."

#17 - The King of Sharpshooting Contest

Season 1 - Episode 55 - Aired 6/4/1979

Doraemon gives Nobita an ointment which when rubbed on the fingers, fires a jet of air powerful enough to knock someone over. Remade as "Air Pistol" in 2001.

#18 - The Weather Box

Season 1 - Episode 69 - Aired 6/20/1979

After Suneo and Nobita argue about the weather of the next day, Doraemon gives him a gadget that controls the weather.

#19 - The Cursing Camera

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/13/1979

Nobita accidentally makes voodoo dolls of Doraemon and his parents using the camera and they fall into the hands of two rough girls.

#20 - Memorization Bread for Testing

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/4/1979

The episode starts with Nobita running into Doraemon and asking him for a tool to help him study for his examinations that takes place tomorrow. Doraemon gives him some Memory Bread which Nobita eats and understands the work. Later, he relaxed and ate desserts until he became full, but Doraemon forces him to eats extra memory bread. The episode ends with Nobita vomiting and re-eating memory bread from the start the very next day. Later remade as "Copying Toast" in 1992.

#21 - Dinosaur Hunting

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/10/1979

Doraemon and Nobita's first time travel. They get into a drawer which leads to them travelling on a time machine and end up ten billion years in the past. After shrinking one dinosaur, Doraemon cannot find his gun but they manage to escape the second one, with Nobita leaving his glasses behind, which are found in the present time, to the amazement of scientists.

#22 - No Sleepy

Season 10 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/1988

To keep Nobita awake, Doraemon uses the sleepiness soaker and soaks Nobita's sleep. But, Nobita presses the trigger and puts Doraemon, Tamako, Gian and Suneo's mother to sleep.

#23 - Real Shooting

Season 1 - Episode 53 - Aired 6/1/1979

#24 - A Visitor from the Country of the Future

Season 1 - Episode 68 - Aired 6/19/1979

Nobita tries to get the better of bully Gian using Doraemon's things from the future, but Gian has things from the future too and gets the better of him.

#25 - Submission Ring

Season 1 - Episode 51 - Aired 5/30/1979

Nobita is too lazy to do his homework without pressure so Doraemon gives him a headband which is painful if anyone says "close", which Doraemon uses to make Nobita do what he should do.