TV-Series
Description
Rerere no Ojisan, commonly called Uncle Rerere, is a recurring figure in Fujio Akatsuka’s works, prominently appearing in *The Genius Bakabon* and *Osomatsu-kun*. His visual design blends Shigeru Sugiura’s exaggerated facial expressions and dynamic gestures with refinements by Akatsuka’s assistant Kenichiro Takai. The elderly character sports a bald head, elongated earlobes evoking an alien-like silhouette, three prominent teeth, and a mustache rendered as horizontal lines above his lipless mouth. His signature checkered yukata—typically yellow or green—and wooden geta sandals contrast with flashbacks depicting him as a black-haired businessman in suits.
Known for his cheerful yet single-minded devotion to street sweeping, Rerere hums a tuneless “Clean, clean~” while working. He maintains a genial attitude but swiftly confronts litterers, wielding his broom as both tool and weapon. Rain or shine, he persists in his self-appointed role, often sleeping outdoors to guard his territory. Though unpaid and unofficially employed, he treats sweeping as an innate duty.
His past reveals a chaotic family life: married with 25 children (five sets of quintuplets), he adopted sweeping to manage their messes and corral them to school. After his wife’s death and the children’s eventual departure, he continues the habit alone. Earlier media inconsistently portrayed him with a young broom-carrying son, later retconned to align with his established history.
Relationships include a twin brother, Yoyoyo, marked by “yo”-shaped facial details and checkered suits, and a non-canon mascot sibling, Rururu, created for telecom company Astel Tokyo. A vague cousin-like connection exists with Tarita, a classmate of Bakabon’s father, though no confirmed ties.
Appearing across adaptations, Rerere debuted in *Osomatsu-kun* (1988) for 19 episodes before fading, then recurred in *The Genius Bakabon* iterations, including the 2018 modernized *Late Night!* version. A meta-joke in *Osomatsu-san* hints at his assimilation into the Dayon Tribe through a lookalike member. His role remains fixed as a neighborhood constant—mildly baffled by surrounding absurdity yet unwavering in his sweeping mission, his core traits unchanged throughout official portrayals.
Known for his cheerful yet single-minded devotion to street sweeping, Rerere hums a tuneless “Clean, clean~” while working. He maintains a genial attitude but swiftly confronts litterers, wielding his broom as both tool and weapon. Rain or shine, he persists in his self-appointed role, often sleeping outdoors to guard his territory. Though unpaid and unofficially employed, he treats sweeping as an innate duty.
His past reveals a chaotic family life: married with 25 children (five sets of quintuplets), he adopted sweeping to manage their messes and corral them to school. After his wife’s death and the children’s eventual departure, he continues the habit alone. Earlier media inconsistently portrayed him with a young broom-carrying son, later retconned to align with his established history.
Relationships include a twin brother, Yoyoyo, marked by “yo”-shaped facial details and checkered suits, and a non-canon mascot sibling, Rururu, created for telecom company Astel Tokyo. A vague cousin-like connection exists with Tarita, a classmate of Bakabon’s father, though no confirmed ties.
Appearing across adaptations, Rerere debuted in *Osomatsu-kun* (1988) for 19 episodes before fading, then recurred in *The Genius Bakabon* iterations, including the 2018 modernized *Late Night!* version. A meta-joke in *Osomatsu-san* hints at his assimilation into the Dayon Tribe through a lookalike member. His role remains fixed as a neighborhood constant—mildly baffled by surrounding absurdity yet unwavering in his sweeping mission, his core traits unchanged throughout official portrayals.