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Gintama S1E11 — Look, Overly Sticky Sweet Dumplings Are Not Real Dumplings, You Idiot!

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Gintama•Season 1•Episode 11

Look, Overly Sticky Sweet Dumplings Are Not Real Dumplings, You Idiot!

7.3/10 · 851 votesJun 13, 200624 min

Ranked #30 of 49 in Season 1•−0.3 vs season avg

The trio helps an old man to track down a woman whom he met when he was young. Shown as a one hour special with episode 12.

Directed byNaoki Hishikawa

Written byMichiko Yokote

Previous episodeE10 · Eat Something Sour When You're Tired!Next episodeE12 · People Who Make Good First Impressions Usually Suck!

Seasons11

All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Season 1 Episodes49

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Keep Your Promise Even If It Kills You still

Keep Your Promise Even If It Kills You

Responsible Owners Should Clean Up After Their Pets! still

Responsible Owners Should Clean Up After Their Pets!

There Is Butt a Fine Line Between Persistence and Stubbornness still

There Is Butt a Fine Line Between Persistence and Stubbornness

Fighting Should Be Done With Fists! still

Fighting Should Be Done With Fists!

Eat Something Sour When You're Tired! still

Eat Something Sour When You're Tired!

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Look, Overly Sticky Sweet Dumplings Are Not Real Dumplings, You Idiot!

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People Who Make Good First Impressions Usually Suck!

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Pets Resemble Their Owners!

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Sons Only Take After Their Fathers' Negative Attributes

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Oh Yeah! Our Crib is Number One!

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Watch Out For Conveyor Belts!

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If You're a Man, Try the Swordfish / If You Go to Sleep With the Fan On, You'll Get a Stomachache, So Be Careful

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Marriage is Prolonging an Illusion for Your Whole Life

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When You're In a Fix, Keep On Laughing, Laughing...

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Cute Faces Are Always Hiding Something

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Ramen Shops with Long Menus Never Do Well

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You Can't Judge a Movie by Its Title

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Do Cherries Come from Cherry Trees?

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A Life Without Gambling is Like Sushi Without Wasabi

Cast18

Tomokazu Sugita

Tomokazu Sugita

Gintoki Sakata (voice)

Rie Kugimiya

Rie Kugimiya

Kagura (voice)

Daisuke Sakaguchi

Daisuke Sakaguchi

Shinpachi Shimura (voice)

Akira Ishida

Akira Ishida

Kotarou Katsura (voice)

Fumihiko Tachiki

Fumihiko Tachiki

Taizou Hasegawa (voice)

Kazuya Nakai

Kazuya Nakai

Toushirou Hijikata (voice)

Kenichi Suzumura

Kenichi Suzumura

Sougo Okita (voice)

Takehito Koyasu

Takehito Koyasu

Shinsuke Takasugi (voice)

Yuhko Kaida

Yuhko Kaida

Tsukuyo (voice)

Satoshi Hino

Satoshi Hino

Kamui (voice)

Kazuhiko Inoue

Kazuhiko Inoue

Oboro

Susumu Chiba

Susumu Chiba

近藤勋（配音）

Crew9

M

Michiko Yokote

Writer

Y

Yohei Sasaki

Animation Director

Naoki Hishikawa

Naoki Hishikawa

Storyboard Artist

Naoki Hishikawa

Naoki Hishikawa

Director

T

Takenori Tsukuma

Key Animation

S

Satoshi Tanaka

Key Animation

H

Hiroshi Imaoka

Animation Director

K

Kazuya Nakamura

Key Animation

A

Akira Toya

Key Animation

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Episode Summary

"Look, Overly Sticky Sweet Dumplings Are Not Real Dumplings, You Idiot!" is episode 11 of Gintama season 1. It scored 7.3/10 from 851 votes, ranking #30 of 49 episodes this season (season average 7.6). Directed by Naoki Hishikawa and written by Michiko Yokote, it aired on June 13, 2006.

Next: E12 · People Who Make Good First Impressions Usually Suck!Best of Season 1