In the anime Hustle Punch, the character known as Dr. Galigari is also referred to as Professor Garigari. He serves as the main antagonist of the series. He is a wolf and a professional inventor, and his schemes form the central conflict of each episode.

Dr. Galigari is driven by a grand ambition to demolish the existing city to construct a new town in honor of his ancestors. His first major target in this plan is the scrapyard where the three main characters, Punch, Touch, and Bun, live. To achieve his goal, he employs his skills as an inventor to create various devices, which he uses to commit crimes such as robbing banks and manufacturing counterfeit money. His repeated failures are a direct result of the three animal friends consistently intervening and ensuring his plans are thwarted.

His role in the story is firmly established as the antagonist whose evil plots each week drive the narrative forward. He is often accompanied by two henchmen. His primary personality traits include his criminal inventiveness and his determined focus on his ancestral mission, though his efforts are ultimately always unsuccessful. Beyond his role in Hustle Punch, Dr. Galigari reappeared a decade after the series originally aired as an antagonist in the 1976 Toei film, Puss in Boots: Around The World in 80 Days.