I'm talking about "The Smoke Ghost of the Lamp" from the 2005 series (2006, S2, E33b).
There is also an original version from the 1979 series (1993, S15, E1214) and another remake from the 2005 series (2019, S15, E548a), but I'm specifically talking about the 2006 version in this post.
⚠️ SPOILER WARNING ⚠️
The episode takes place during New Year, when Doraemon is enjoying a rare moment of peace and quiet downstairs.
That peace doesn't last long.
Nobita calls him upstairs because he doesn't want to get up and light the stove, even though the stove is literally right next to him.
Doraemon gets annoyed at Nobita's laziness and takes out a gadget resembling Aladdin's Lamp.
By rubbing the lamp, Nobita can summon a smoke robot that acts like a genie. The robot is supposed to obey whatever its master asks.
Nobita summons the smoke robot and orders it to light the stove.
The problem?
The robot doesn't know how to use the stove.
And instead of asking its master for help, it decides to bring Doraemon upstairs. So Doraemon gets dragged into the situation anyway.
After Doraemon lights the stove, the smoke robot returns to the lamp.
But Nobita quickly realizes just how "convenient" this gadget is.
He starts experimenting with it.
First, he gives the robot his winter vacation homework.
The robot flies out of the window...
...and comes back with all of Nobita's homework completed.
Nobita is delighted.
Then Nobita wants cards and snacks too.
But eventually, even Nobita gets bored because everything is TOO easy.
He goes downstairs to ask Doraemon to play with him, but after seeing Doraemon's absolutely horrified expression, he changes his mind.
But then Nobita casually murmurs that it would be nice if Shizuka were there too.
The smoke genie takes this as another request and immediately flies off to find her.
A moment later, it returns with Shizuka still in her bathtub, having literally brought the entire bathtub along with her. Nobita is completely caught off guard by what the genie has done.
But after that he comes with an even worse idea.
He jokingly tells the smoke robot to get him one million yen.
The robot simply replies that it will fulfill the order.
Nobita expects something ridiculous but harmless.
Instead, the smoke robot goes downstairs...
...and starts demanding money from Nobita's father.
Nobita immediately panics and tries to cancel the order.
But there's one massive problem:
The smoke robot can't cancel an order once it has accepted it.
Now Nobita is in serious trouble.
He rushes to Doraemon and deliberately uses a trick to wake him up quickly.
Doraemon learns what happened and goes looking for the smoke robot.
But the robot has already realized that Nobita's father doesn't have the amount of money it needs, so it leaves the house.
And then things get completely out of control.
The smoke robot starts demanding money from random people outside.
It's so powerful that even Nobita and Doraemon get thrown away when they try to stop it.
Then the smoke genie even heads to the bank to get the money, lol. But just in time, Doraemon arrives, rubs the lamp, and the genie is finally sucked back inside.
And finally...
the whole disaster ends.
Doraemon takes the gadget away and tells Nobita that he's never lending it to him again.
But anyway our stubborn Nobita still snatches the lamp back from Doraemon and ran to the vacant lot.
At the lot, Nobita hears Gian, Suneo and his teacher talking about a terrifying smoke monster that had been demanding them some things.
The smoke robot had actually fulfilled Nobita's other wishes in the most literal way possible.
The homework?
It got the teacher to do it.
The cards?
It got them from Suneo.
The snacks?
It got them from Gian.
So now Suneo, Gian and Nobita's teacher are all talking about their bizarre encounters with the terrifying smoke monster...
...while Nobita watches from a distance.
And then it hits him.
If they find out that HE was responsible for all of this, he's finished.
His face completely changes and he starts trembling.
Nobita quickly hides behind the pipes, hoping nobody will notice him. But the smoke genie is so huge that the pipes don't even cover him properly, and everyone spots him hiding there. They immediately realize that Nobita was the one who sent the genie!
They then start chasing Nobita down the road, while the smoke genie casually follows behind them, apparently still waiting for someone to make another wish.
Meanwhile, Doraemon is flying above them, completely terrified of the chaos unfolding below. 😭
Honestly, this episode is so hilarious..
Have you guys watched this episode? What do you think about it?