Senbei Norimaki

, also known as , is Penguin Village's goofy and lecherous genius inventor. He is capable of creating wacky inventions that defy logic with his greatest accomplishment being the creation of a powerful robot in the guise of a little girl who he claims to be his younger sister named Arale Norimaki. He isn't very well known outside of the village but is actually one of Earth's greatest scientific minds as he was secretly the first to successfully create a perfect Android and has won the "World Invention Award" for his creation the Reality Machine 2.
He is the title character to Akira Toriyama's previous series, Dr. Slump as well as a minor supporting character in the Dragon Ball manga, anime and Dragon Ball Super.
==Personality==
He can also transform into a more handsome, taller version of himself (for a very brief period of three minutes). Senbei Norimaki's name is from Senbei Norimaki (a kind of Japanese rice cracker), whereas Arale Norimaki's name is from Arale, a different kind of rice cracker. Norimaki means "wrapped", and it refers to a specific type of each respective kind of rice cracker.
Though Akira Toriyama often draws most of the characters short and chubby, especially Senbei Norimaki, there are times Senbei Norimaki becomes more "realistic", becoming quite tall and rugged-looking. Usually this is when he puts on the best face he can for a pretty girl such as Yamabuki.
==Biography==
===Background===
Sometime when Senbei was young, his parents passed away. Also when he was young, Senbei began hating dogs when one told him that he was stupid.
===Dr. Slump===
Senbei's life changed when he created an android who he passes off as his younger sister named Arale. In many episodes, he invents something and Arale Norimaki calls him Doraemon.
Senbei developed a huge crush on the Junior High School teacher Midori Yamabuki, who he dreams about a lot. In one episode, he actually gets a date with Midori and goes into space. On the way back, Arale Norimaki's friends play a prank on them for leaving them behind. They dress up like old people, and say that the time is 2030 (the year in the Manga being 1981). Senbei finally marries Midori Yamabuki after he proposed to her while she was on the toilet. A year later, they have a son named Turbo Norimaki.
===Dragon Ball===
====Red Ribbon Army Saga====
When Goku was chasing General Blue in the skies of Penguin Village, Senbei constantly made peace signs in front of the screen since it has been awhile since he had been been in Shonen Jump (or on TV, in the anime). Akane Kimidori yells at him for being stupid. Goku and Arale later show up at his house and ask if he could fix the Dragon Radar so he can find General Blue.
Senbei was confused by its really advanced technology and was even more put down when Goku said a girl made it. Turbo secretly saved him from looking like an idiot by fixing it behind Senbei's back using his telekinetic abilities. General Blue shows up at his house and attempts to kill Goku and steal Senbei's plane, but Arale defeated him after Senbei, realizing Blue's murderous intentions towards Goku, told his daughter to "show [Blue] your pro-wrestling moves." While General Blue got away with the Radar, Senbei let Turbo take his airplane apart to make Goku a new radar.
===Dragon Ball Super===
===="Future" Trunks Saga====
Senbei is invited to attend a ceremony for the "World Invention Award" in West City and enters his latest invention the Reality Machine 2. Before leaving, he tells Arale and the Gatchans that they can't come and tells them to watch the house. At the ceremony he ends up winning the award even against Bulma who was expected to win. Dr. Mashirito who escapes Hell as a ghost confronts Senbei at the ceremony and tries to get revenge for not being invited.
When Arale and the Gatchans crash the party and under control by Mashirito, Senbei helps Bulma summon Beerus by having everyone use the Reality Machine 2 to create a pill containing all of the world's delicious food. After Beerus stops the fight between Arale and Goku and erase Mashirito from existence, Senbei says farewell and drives away with Arale and the Gatchans."Dragon Ball Super episode 69, "Goku vs. Arale! An Off-the-Wall Battle Spells the End of the Earth?
==Film Appearances==
===Mystical Adventure===
Senbei makes a cameo appearance, being intrigued when he sees Goku leaving Penguin Village after he and Arale and the Gatchans defeated General Tao.
==Inventions & Equipment==
*Arale Norimaki – The first known perfect Android created by Senbei, although a flaw is that she is nearsighted and needs to wear glasses.
**Rocket Punch - On the Dr. Slump manga chapter cover for "A Bittersweet Ho-yo-yo Date Special!", Arale Norimaki's arms are shown to act as miniature rocket launchers capable of firing her rocket propelled fists.
*Arale & Obotchaman's child - A robot child for both Arale and Obotchaman after they got married.
*See-Thru Glasses – Pair of glasses that can see through anything non-organic. Senbei tries to use it to see girls naked but they are destroyed when Midori accidentally hits him with her scooter.
*Cyborg Bear – He converted a bear that was shot by a hunter into a cyborg to save its life.
*Gun - Senbei can be seen wielding a handgun on the Dr. Slump manga chapter cover for "A Bittersweet Ho-yo-yo Date Special!".
**Big-Small Gun – A gun invented by Senbei that can shrink or enlarge anything.
**Numb Ray Gun – A ray gun that freezes anything in place. It failed when Senbei used it against a Dinosaur.
**Ponpoko Morph Gun – a transformation ray modeled after tanuki of Japanese mythology. The user points at whatever or whoever they wish to transform, says what they want it/he/she to become using a microphone at the back, and a ray transforms the object/person. For them to return to normal, the user must say "turn back!". Senbei says this invention is "Sold in manga only!"
*Future Camera – A camera that takes a picture and shows what whatever is in the picture will look like in the future. A dial changes how far in the future this picture is shown.
*Time Slipper – A flat board that travels through time when Mr. Time, a talking clock slips on it. If the board is missing, any flat, smooth surface can substitute it.
*Robot Dog – Built to quickly track Arale when she was lost, it has an extremely acute sense of smell. It's apparently rather realistic, as it thinks freely and urinates at some points.
*Cola Plane – A round airplane powered by the fizz from a giant can of cola. It runs out of fuel rather quickly.
*Reality Machine – A talking rice cooker that generates a real copy of whatever was on a picture that was put inside of it.
**Reality Machine 2 - A newer version which can create anything just by imagining it.
*Barberman – A robotic hairdresser. It has an odd style of humor, a love for singing, and a self-destruct mechanism. It actually can not cut hair very well.
*Car – He built a car for King Nikochan and his servant to get them back home because Senbei did not know they were aliens.
==Manga Appearances==
==Appearances in other media==
===Dr. Slump remake===
In the 1997 remake, Senbei's face and hair was changed a bit. His intentions for creating Arale were changed as well. He originally intended to make an attractive maid for him but it went wrong with Arale ending up being an accident. When Goku shows up in the remake Senbei is forced to spend days trying to fix the radar (Turbo was not born yet in the remake to fix it for him).
===Video Game Appearances===
*Dragon Ball: Daimaō Fukkatsu
*Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden
*Jump Super Stars
*Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3
*Jump Ultimate Stars
*Dr. Slump: Arale-Chan
*Dragon Ball: Origins 2
*Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
Although he does not appear directly in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3, his voice is frequently heard in the Penguin Village level.
==Voice Actors==
*Japanese: Kenji Utsumi † (1981 series), Yūsaku Yara (1997 remake & DBS)
*English:
**Harmony Gold dub: Louis Michael Haller (Dr. Slump)
**Funimation dub: Sonny Strait (Mystical Adventure), Brice Armstrong † (DB), R. Bruce Elliot (DBS)
**Blue Water dub: Adam Hunter
**AB Groupe dub: David Gasman (Mystical Adventure)
**Creative Products Corporation dub: Apollo Sheikh Abraham (Mystical Adventure)
*Spanish:
**Castilian Spanish dub: Alfonso Vallés (Dr. Slump), Antonio Villar (DB), Carlos José Pérez Longas (DBS)
**Latin American Spanish dub: Ismael Larumbe (Dr. Slump 1st voice, movies and DBS), Rafael Rivera (Dr. Slump 2nd voice), Mario Sauret (DB)
*Portuguese:
**Brazilian Portuguese dub: Fábio Moura (DB), Rogério Cesar (DBS)
**Portuguese dub: João Loy (DBS)
*Polish dub: Sebastian Skoczeń (DBS)
*Indonesian dub: M. Nur (Bonar) (1981’s series), Ach. Sonny (1997 series), Adith Siddik Permana (DB, Global TV)
*German dub: Olaf Reichmann (New Dr.Slump)
*Greek dub: Yiorgos Mazis (1981's series 1st voice and DB ep. 55), Yiannis Papaioannou (1981's series 2nd voice and DB eps. 56-57), Themis Psihogios (1981's series ep. 14)
*Italian dub: Bruno Cattaneo (1981's series 1st voice), Pietro Ubaldi (1981's series 2nd voice, 1997's remake series voice and DBS)
==Trivia==
*Senbei can hold his "serious face" for only 3 minutes.
*It seems people can see Senbei's "serious face" since Goku asks how he did it.
*Senbei can be seen wearing a shirt in Dragon Ball.
*A recurring joke in the Dr. Slump series revolves around Senbei's inability to keep his story straight pertaining to his relation to Arale. Initially, he stated that she was his younger sister, however, once it was pointed out Senbei's parents died before Arale would have been born, he claimed she was actually his daughter instead. However, upon meeting Midori Yamabuki, he immediately claimed she was his sister again, passing off his previous comment as a joke.
**Later on in the series, Senbei's grandfather, who had never met Arale, comes to visit. After being told that Arale is Senbei's fifteen-year-old sister, Senbei's grandfather points out that this is impossible, as Senbei's parents died twenty years prior. This leads to Senbei inventing a new backstory stating that Arale was actually a baby that he recieved as a prize from a box of caramels, and that Gatchan was a prize that came with chewing gum.
*In Dragon Ball: Origins 2, Senbei is the one responsible the removal of Android 8's Android Bomb instead of Dr. Flappe.
* A farmer using the same design as Senbei's Dr. Slump remake is seen in Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods Where he is near West City when Goku calls for Shenron, and states that the wealthy sure do put on a different show.
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==References==
==External links==
*Senbei Norimaki at Dr. Slump wiki
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