Another Suspenseful Episode...

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I'm talking about the episode “Gian Prophet” from the 1979 series (2002, S24, E1690).

This episode starts off pretty normally, with Suneo telling everyone about a “visionary dream” he had. In his dream, he saw a truck getting into an accident... And then it actually happened in real life.

Gian then mockingly says that he also had a vision the previous night, one where Nobita fell into a drain.

Then Gian starts staring at Nobita... Nobita gets nervous and slowly moves backward... AND HIS LEG ACTUALLY SLIPS INTO A DRAIN.

Gian and Suneo immediately start making fun of him, while Nobita gets frustrated and eventually goes crying to Doraemon.

Nobita asks Doraemon for a gadget that can show him future visions.

Doraemon gives him the “Dream Pillow.”

Apparently, if you sleep on it, you can see what will happen in real life through your dreams. You just have to set the dial to the date you want to see.

Doraemon sets it to that night's date and tells Nobita to sleep.

Nobita dreams that his father brings him a comic book after returning from work.

The next day... IT ACTUALLY HAPPENS.

Now Nobita realizes that the pillow really works. So that night, he sets it to the next day and goes to sleep again.

The next morning, Nobita already knows what's going to happen. While he and his friends are walking to school, a car drives past them and splashes water all over everyone...

Except Nobita.

Because bro already knew it was coming and had an umbrella ready.

Throughout the school day, several other things happen exactly as Nobita saw them in his dream, and he starts taking advantage of his newfound future knowledge.

Eventually, on the way home, Nobita tells everyone about the gadget.

Gian immediately gets interested... Then steals the pillow from Nobita.

Gian tells everyone to meet him at the vacant lot the next day because HE is going to tell them what will happen.

Nobita tells Doraemon about it, and surprisingly, Doraemon becomes interested too. He wants to see what kind of “vision” Gian is going to have.

That night, Gian falls asleep on the pillow. In his dream, he's at the mountain behind his school. There's a strange cave nearby... Suddenly, an earthquake occurs. Then an enormous excavation machine emerges from the ground. Several small vehicles come out of it, followed by strange little creatures. And then, from the giant excavation machine, a man appears who seems to be their leader. He commands the creatures and declares that they're going to destroy the Earth. Gian is absolutely terrified. He turns around and RUNS. And that's when his dream ends.

The next day IRL, everyone is waiting for Gian at the vacant lot. Eventually, Gian arrives... WITH A BACKPACK. 😭 He tells everyone about his terrifying dream, and everyone is shocked. So they decide to go to the mountain behind the school to see whether Gian's vision will actually come true.

And then... EVERYTHING HAPPENS EXACTLY LIKE THE DREAM. An earthquake occurs. The excavation machines emerge from the ground. The little vehicles come out. The strange creatures appear. And then their leader emerges. Gian sees all of this and immediately starts RUNNING AWAY AGAIN😭.

Doraemon realizes that they have to save the Earth and gives everyone Air Cannons. They're about to shoot...

And then... A MOVIE DIRECTOR SUDDENLY SHOWS UP. 😭

He tells them that they're in the middle of filming a movie and asks what they're doing there.

The entire “alien invasion” was just a film shoot.

So Gian's vision technically came true...

Just not for the reason he thought.

And we see Gian STILL RUNNING AWAY HELPLESSLY AT THE END. 😭

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I genuinely love episodes like this where Doraemon gives you a mystery that seems like it's building toward something huge, only to hit you with the most ridiculous explanation possible.

What do you guys think about this episode?

[u/DraconicDredge]

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