Tori-Bot
トーリ·ボット Tori bot
Alternate names	Akira Toriyama Akira Toripo
Debut	Dr. Slump
Appears in
Race	Robot
Date of birth	Age 720
Address	Toriyama's house

Tori-Bot is a character based on Akira Toriyama used to represent himself in comedic appearances in his series (its name is based on Akira's last name, Toriyama). It makes several major appearances in Dr. Slump, and minor appearances in Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, and Dragon Ball GT.

BiographyEdit

Dr. SlumpEdit

Tori-Bot is shown to be good friends with Senbei Norimaki, as he asks him for help in the Dr. Slump episode "The Time Stopper". He is behind the reason why Midori Yamabuki married Senbei.

Tori-bot makes a minor appearance in the movie Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: N-cha! Love Comes From Penguin Village, where he is in a crowd with Launch, Oolong, Mai, Shu, Emperor Pilaf, King Nikochan and his servant, and Pink.

Dragon BallEdit

Tori-Bot makes few appearances in the early parts of the Dragon Ball manga (chapters 1 and 42). He can be seen in episode three of Dragon Ball, "The Nimbus Cloud of Roshi", on a tree when Bulma and Goku walk to the beach. In the Japanese version, he mumbles "Penguin Village...this is not".

In the scene at the saloon Launch enters in "Look Out for Launch", Tori-Bot is shown on a poster as one of the criminals that were already taken down and he had the lowest bounty, possibly being comic relief.

Tori-Bot appears again hanging on a tree at the first floor garden in Capsule Corporation in the filler episode "Master Thief, Hasky".

Dragon Ball ZEdit

Tori-Bot appears in the crowd of fighters watching Goku fight Pikkon. He also appears in episode 210, "The World Tournament" and episode 215, "Forfeit of Piccolo". In the Dragon Ball manga, Tori-Bot appears on Kami's Lookout when Krillin notices the panels for when Trunks and Goten attempt the Fusion Dance multiple times are repeated, so Tori-Bot apologizes to his editor.

In Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming, when Goten talks about what he wants to wish for, the Tori-Bot is seen at the bottom of the screen. Tori-Bot is seen as an icon on Gohan's computer along with Neko Majin in Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!.

Dragon Ball GTEdit

Tori-Bot appears in yellow and green on a shaving kit Vegeta bought in episode 27 of Dragon Ball GT, "The Attack on Vegeta".

Dr. Slump remakeEdit

In the 1997 remake, there is female Tori-Bot who owns a restaurant.

Video game appearancesEdit

Tori-Bot appears under the name "Toripo" in Blue Dragon, an RPG that was designed by Akira Toriyama.

What seems to be a version of Tori-Bot makes random appearances in Dragon Ball Online. An image of the character appears on-screen with a speech bubble above its head.

TriviaEdit

• Tori-Bot is the only character from Dr. Slump that appeared in Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT.
• Before using the Tori-Bot, Toriyama drew himself as an anthropomorphic bird (as Tori means "bird" in Japanese).

GalleryEdit

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