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Dr. Mashirito, the evil scientist and primary antagonist of the Dr. Slump series, relentlessly pursues his rival, Senbei Norimaki. His name and appearance draw inspiration from Akira Toriyama's editor, Kazuhiko Torishima, with "Mashirito" forming an anagram of "Torishima." Physically short, he sports curly black hair (sometimes dark blue in anime), narrow eyes, a long nose, and a chipped or missing tooth. His distinctive attire includes a white lab coat over a pink sweater, red tie, teal pants, and high-heeled boots, likely chosen to augment his stature. Seeking greater power, he undergoes cybernetic enhancements, gaining metal plates on his left eye and chin and replacing his left hand with a crab-like claw. After his death, he manifests as a ghost, initially wearing a burial cap and kimono, though later ghostly appearances, like in Dragon Ball Super, revert to his lab coat and sweater while his skin adopts a blue-gray hue.
Megalomaniacal, ambitious, and perverse, Dr. Mashirito wields intelligence rivaling Senbei's but channels it solely towards world domination. Arrogant, egotistical, and unscrupulous, he willingly transforms himself into a cyborg. He habitually utters "rejected," reflecting his real-life inspiration's tendency. His obsession begins when a magic mirror identifies Arale Norimaki as the world's strongest robot, driving him to create the Caramel Man series. Caramel Man 001, his first creation, is swiftly destroyed by Gatchan in Penguin Village. Undeterred by failures like Caramel Man 002 (defeated in the Penguin Gran Prix) and Caramel Man 004 (which defects, becoming Obotchaman), he increasingly modifies his own body into cyborg forms like Caramel Man 008 and 009. His quest culminates in the "Who's the Strongest in the World?" tournament, where his fully robotic Caramel Man 009 body is reduced to a single bolt by Obotchaman's N'cha Cannon, resulting in his physical demise. He returns as a ghost, vowing to conquer the world from beyond the grave. In Dragon Ball Super, he escapes Hell to attack the "World Invention Award," manipulating Arale and Gatchan with the drug Playtime X. His ghostly form proves immune to conventional attacks until Beerus obliterates his soul with Hakai, erasing him from existence.
Spin-offs feature Dr. Mashirito inexplicably revived without cybernetics in The Brief Return of Dr. Slump, where he disguises himself as Akira Toriyama to host the "Penguin Village Game Grand Prix" before revealing himself and deploying Caramel Man 010 against Penguin Village. Non-canonical chapters, including a Super Sentai parody, depict him sentenced to Hell by King Yemma. His legacy continues through his son, Dr. Mashirito Jr., who creates the evil Arale counterpart Abale in the one-shot Dr. Mashirito & Abale-chan. Additional appearances include the 1997 Doctor Slump anime, featuring a longer hairstyle and minor cyborg design alterations, and the film Dr. Slump Arale-chan: N-cha! From Penguin Village With Love, where he disrupts a royal banquet to undermine Senbei. In crossover media like the Jump Super Stars manga, he acts as the main antagonist, using a "Protagonist Tractor Beam" to lure Shonen Jump heroes into Jump World; his robots Caramel Man 010 and 011 are defeated by characters including Goku, Luffy, and Naruto. Video game appearances cast him as an antagonist in titles such as Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden and Jump Ultimate Stars, where he allies with Dragon Ball villains like Frieza and Kid Buu.
Megalomaniacal, ambitious, and perverse, Dr. Mashirito wields intelligence rivaling Senbei's but channels it solely towards world domination. Arrogant, egotistical, and unscrupulous, he willingly transforms himself into a cyborg. He habitually utters "rejected," reflecting his real-life inspiration's tendency. His obsession begins when a magic mirror identifies Arale Norimaki as the world's strongest robot, driving him to create the Caramel Man series. Caramel Man 001, his first creation, is swiftly destroyed by Gatchan in Penguin Village. Undeterred by failures like Caramel Man 002 (defeated in the Penguin Gran Prix) and Caramel Man 004 (which defects, becoming Obotchaman), he increasingly modifies his own body into cyborg forms like Caramel Man 008 and 009. His quest culminates in the "Who's the Strongest in the World?" tournament, where his fully robotic Caramel Man 009 body is reduced to a single bolt by Obotchaman's N'cha Cannon, resulting in his physical demise. He returns as a ghost, vowing to conquer the world from beyond the grave. In Dragon Ball Super, he escapes Hell to attack the "World Invention Award," manipulating Arale and Gatchan with the drug Playtime X. His ghostly form proves immune to conventional attacks until Beerus obliterates his soul with Hakai, erasing him from existence.
Spin-offs feature Dr. Mashirito inexplicably revived without cybernetics in The Brief Return of Dr. Slump, where he disguises himself as Akira Toriyama to host the "Penguin Village Game Grand Prix" before revealing himself and deploying Caramel Man 010 against Penguin Village. Non-canonical chapters, including a Super Sentai parody, depict him sentenced to Hell by King Yemma. His legacy continues through his son, Dr. Mashirito Jr., who creates the evil Arale counterpart Abale in the one-shot Dr. Mashirito & Abale-chan. Additional appearances include the 1997 Doctor Slump anime, featuring a longer hairstyle and minor cyborg design alterations, and the film Dr. Slump Arale-chan: N-cha! From Penguin Village With Love, where he disrupts a royal banquet to undermine Senbei. In crossover media like the Jump Super Stars manga, he acts as the main antagonist, using a "Protagonist Tractor Beam" to lure Shonen Jump heroes into Jump World; his robots Caramel Man 010 and 011 are defeated by characters including Goku, Luffy, and Naruto. Video game appearances cast him as an antagonist in titles such as Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden and Jump Ultimate Stars, where he allies with Dragon Ball villains like Frieza and Kid Buu.