1. I'm Lum the Notorious!
This episode opens with a baseball game and Ataru getting hit with
a left field flyball. Ataru is soon escorted home and discovers he's been
chosen to fight an invading alien force's champion in a 10-day game of
tag. If he loses, the aliens will invade. But if he wins, the aliens will
go home. Ataru isn't at all willing to play tag until he sees the alien's
champion: the beautiful Lum.
2. It's Raining Oil All Over Town
This episode opens with Ataru friends Megane and Lum's Stormtroopers
at school who are watching films of the tag game. In this episode, a space
taxi gives Ataru a ride home by accident and the fee is...too much. Since
Ataru cannot pay, the space Taxi Collection Agency starts stealing all
the oil in the world.
3. Space Mail Arrival of Ten-chan!
This is the first episode with Jariten, Lum's cousin. Jariten arrives
in a giant peach and he and Ataru are fiends at once.
4. Mrs. Swallow and Mrs. Penguin
This episode opens with Lum putting on makeup to go meet Darling at
school. A swallow swallows some food Jariten gives it and it grows such
that it looks like a penguin. It's appearance in school is just the start
of a full day of panic.
5. The Metamorphic Handsome Man Rei is Here!
This show features the first appearance of Rei, Lum's former fiance.
This episode opens with Ataru in his room watching a storm, and Lum trying
to coax him to bed. Shinobu meets Rei and brings him to Ataru's house.
After a lot of arguing, Rei challenges Ataru to a duel for Lum.
6. Drop Dead, You Lady-Killer!
Ataru, Megane, and friends are going to a Gyudon restaurant for lunch
and are quite shocked to see Rei munching down food like a black hole.
During the rest of the episode, Rei is chasing Lum, Ataru and friends and
as the chase goes on, the chaos grows on.
7. Kintaro of the Autumn Sky
First episode with Kintaro, the vicious little boy with the pet flying
bear and the red haired alien nanny. Lum and Jariten meet Kintaro inside
a wind carp, and Kintaro tells them he's was looking for his nanny in the
carp. Ataru, Shinobu, Lum, and Jariten try to help Kintaro find his nanny
by asking around.
8. Live Vigorously!
Kintaro's nanny, with Ataru's help takes the alien children on a tour
of Earth and a Earth child's school. Ataru tells the myth of the real Kintaro
who grew up in the wild and slew a demon. So Kintaro decide to live up
to his name.
9. The Mysterious Seductive Beauty Sakura
First appearance of Sakura, The Shinto maiden. Ataru can no longer
endure Lum, so he has gone undercover. Unfortunately, at a restaurant,
the appearance of Lum, Ataru parents, Shinobu, and Cherry blows his cover;
and a mob chases after him. He manages to duck them and bumps into Sakura,
who takes him home for exorcising.
10. Tormenting Virus
Arriving at school one morning, Ataru is greeted by all boys in the
school who are waiting for the new nurse, Sakura, arriving at school today.
Ataru appears to be sick, but in reality he is possessed; and Sakura performs
the exorcism.
11. Love Triangle Black Hole
Ataru is phoning Shinobu in order to make plans for a date, when Lum
interrupts and get's Shinobu mad at Ataru. Ataru throws Lum out and spends
the rest of the episode trying to contact Shinobu. But Lum is persistent
and uses a ray to jam the phone lines. But this ray also has the side affect
of making a plane and a helicopter vanish.
12. Hey Hey, It's a Little Demon
Walking home from school, Ataru is assaulted by a group of black cats
and gets a nasty bump on the head. At midnight, he is using two mirrors
to look at the bump, when a little demon pops out of the mirror. The demon
proves to be too much for Ataru and Mr. Moroboshi, so they get Cherry to
exorcise it.
13. The Scary Electric Shock!
Cherry gives Ataru some yellow ribbons which when tied to her horns,
negate Lum's powers. In order to coax Lum into wearing them, Ataru has
to put on a big charade of really loving her.
14. The Doll of Ill Will
After an odd loss of control of his body after dinner, Ataru finds
out Lum has some clay for making voodoo dolls. Ataru takes full advantage
of the situation until Lum make a doll of Shinobu, and Ataru tries to get
it away from Lum.
15. Neptune Beyond the Closet
First appearance of Oyuki, Lum friend and queen of Neptune. Oyuki also
has incredible ice powers. Megane and friends visit while Shinobu is nursing
Ataru, who has a cold; and they discover a gate to Neptune in Ataru closet.
By accident, they go through this gate and arrive on Neptune to be greeted
by Lum and Oyuki.
16. The Confusing Dinosaur Age
While Ataru is flying an ultra-light, with Lum and Jariten tagging
along, Kintaro crashes into him. With the help of Lum's electric shock,
the crash send them all back in time to the dinosaur age.
17. Sleeping Beauty Princess Kurama
First episode with Kurama, the karas-tengu princess. On a field trip,
Ataru and friends accidentally meet a karas-tengu who takes Ataru to marry
Kurama. Kurama then tries to reform Ataru to be her perfect husband.
18. Athletic Woman Hell!
Kurama uses a weird dimensional door to try and cure Ataru of his lechery.
Inside the door, Ataru faces hostile versions of the girls he loves.
19 & 20. Pitter-Patter Christmas Eve
Megane and Lum's Stormtroopers set up a plot to embarrass Ataru and
get Lum to leave him at the same time. They set up a date who will make
a fool of Ataru, but Lum finds out and twists things around.
21 & 22. Ataru Genji Visits Heinkyo
First appearance of Mendou, the rich noble; but it is not until episode
27 that he really does anything. Mendou tells a tale about ancient Japan
featuring the normal cast in a slightly different alien invasion story.
The aliens this time, all look like a bunch odd barbarians, except for
a pretty girl and her young boy cousin.
23. Love Battle Royale
First appearance of Tsubame, Sakura's boy friend who has some magic
abilities. Sakura invites Ataru, Lum, Shinobu, Megane, Perm, Chibi, and
Kakugari to a disco. Things later go haywire as Tsubame starts casting
spells and all sorts of weird creatures appear, including Rei.
24. Father, You Were Strong
Kurama takes Ataru back in time to help her father who appears to be
afraid of women. Later Ataru and Kurama's father have to get past a guard
on a bridge.
25. Hawaiian Swimsuit Thief
Ataru, Lum, Shinobu, Sakura, Megane, Cherry, and others are staying
at a beachside resort. During the day, an octopus is stealing peoples swimsuits,
but it appears to look like Cherry is doing it. At the end, they find the
octopus and beat him up.
26. Full Course from Hell
Still at the resort, the group meets some maniac who is having an all-you-can-eat
contest. Sakura reveals the secret of her figure to be a diet pill called
"Beauty Foods." But we really know the real reason is Sakura can just plain
eat like a whale, and we see her do so as she beats Ataru and Cherry in
the contest and clean the maniac of all his food.
27. Mendou Arrives With Trouble!
Mendou returns for a formal introduction on his first day at school.
He and Ataru have a duel for presidency of the class which ends in a tie.
So they have a duel with cannons, which Ataru wins with help from Lum.
28. Constellation-Go-Round
Lum's computer tells her that Mendou is really the best choice for
her lover, so she brings a set of constellation scales to school and weight
Ataru versus Mendou in a series of test in the scales. At the end, the
scales break and we see the class as constellations.
29. Great Kiss War
First appearance of Benten, Lum's best friend the goddess. Lum takes
Ataru to another planet to help in a battle against Benten's family. The
battle consists of catching stones in bowls on a giant set of scales. Ataru
starts playing with Benten and ends up messing up the entire game.
30. The Benten Corps' Return Match
Benten and her girl biker friends come to Earth for another round of
fun. Ataru sides up with Benten again, and Lum recruits Jariten and some
people dressed as demons.
31. Oh, Lonely Teacher!
First appearance of Kuribayashi Sensei. Ataru and Kuribayashi are enemies
from the very start. Then Lum shows up and Kuribayashi falls in love. Finally
Lum goes out with Kuribayashi in hopes on lightening his spirits.
32. Terrible Inspection Day
On a day when students mothers come to school, Mrs. Mendou and Lum's
mother get into a dispute and Mrs. Moroboshi acts as judge by setting up
a roulette game.
33. Fourth Dimensional Camera
Mendou bring an antique camera to school that sends Ataru off into
other worlds. Lum manages to find him through a class room window that
had been stuck for years.
34. Demonic Jogging
Every morning, Ataru goes jogging early to see girls. On the way to
school, Ataru breaks the fall of an attempted suicide as he was grabbing
for a 100-yen coin below her. Ataru and Mendou get into a dispute over
who is more noble and end up playing a game of tennis.
35. Girl's Day! Ran-chan's Arrival
First appearance of Ran, Lum's childhood friend. During a small celebration
at the Moroboshi house, a little doll enchants Ataru to follow it to Ran.
Ran tries to kiss Ataru to drain his youth, but Lum shows up.
36. Ran-chan's Introduction
Ran invites Lum, Ataru, and Ten over for cookies and tea, but her real
plot is to suck Ataru's youth. Ran makes a double of Ataru and tries switching
them, but she gets confused and loses the real Ataru.
37. Diary of Sorrowful Tomorrows
Lum acquire's Ataru's diary that has written in events that will happen
throughout the day. Ataru tries to use it to his advantage, but the records
in the diary are not quite how they first read; making use of puns or ambiguous
statements.
38. Who is this Child?
Mendou finds an alien child in his locker and goes through great lengths
to hide it from everyone. Later after everyone has found out, a whole mob
of these alien children arrive, just for Mendou.
39. Sleeping in Class on a Wonderful Spring Day
During math class, Kuribayashi and all the students fall asleep, save
for Ataru and Mendou. Lum arrives and finds out that a tiny old man and
girl are responsible for this magic. The tiny girl then uses some more
magic to have a party with Lum, Ataru, and Mendou; until the principal
arrives with some parents.
40. Peach Blossom Poetry Contest
Lum, Mendou, Shinobu, Ran, Ten, Sakura, and Cherry all are in a blossom
orchard for some traditional reason. Ataru is in the blossom orchard for
a picnic. Cherry's chanting summons some sort of woman spirit, whom Ataru
runs off and meets with a giant.
41. Duel! Ataru vs. Ataru
Ataru eats a lollipop Lum gave him and gets a mouth burn. Running off,
he finds Cherry and a weird melon, which Ataru eats to cool his mouth.
The melon causes Ataru to split into two Ataru's, one polite and the other
casual. The two continue to fight all day.
42. Waking to a Nightmare
Sleeping in class, Ataru has weird dreams which he relates a little
of as he occasionally talks in his sleep. Annoyed, his classmates wake
him and a dream demon comes out from Ataru's sleep.
Special 1: Urusei Yatsura All-Star Bash
Mrs. Moroboshi narrates a recapping of the series up to this point.
Special 2: Grade School Excursion! Run For It!
First episode with Kaede, the ninja girl. On a school trip to a rustic
village, Ataru finds a scroll dropped by a female ninja, Kaede. Her ninja
master has her try to get it back by pretending to have a fondness for
Ataru. But Lum shows up to protect her darling. So the master gets two
more female ninjas and a clan of baby ninja's.
43 & 44. The Great Space Marriage Plan
First appearance of Primu, the winged and horned lady; and the Prince
of the Underground. Lum's dad has set up a party for suitors to Lum. When
Ataru finds out; he, Jariten, and primu arm themselves to save Lum. But
they arrive just in time to see Lum betrothed to a unicorn boy who is really
in love with another girl. Ataru, Ten, Primu, the Prince, and the other
girl all kidnap Lum and Uni and finally get all the couples straightened
out. Lum-Ataru, Uni-girl, and Primu-Prince (against his wishes).
45 & 46. The Spring Blossom Picnic
In the first part, Ataru is kidnaped by a kappa, a kind of turtle/lizard
humanoid, and taken to her palace beneath the water. But he returns with
a mermaid to an unwelcomed group. In the second part, Lum, Ataru, Mendou,
and Shinobu explore a cave and get lost. They eventually wind up in a buried
UFO and snack on the canned goods therein.
47. Beware the Earmuffs!
An alien sells Ataru and Ten some earmuffs that have a slight effect
of switching maids. Ataru tries to use these to his advantage and ends
up dragging Ten, Cherry, his parents, Lum, Shinobu, and Sakura into a mess.
48. Fly, Imo-chan!
At School, a little worm starts eating everyone's food and Ataru and
Lum try to save it from the wrath of the others. By the end of the day,
the worm has spun a cocoon and hatches into a beautiful fairy.
49. Ten-chan's Love
Jariten and Sakura go on a double date with Lum and Ataru in order
to appease Jariten recent moodiness. Kintaro also appears every so often.
The story ends with an emotional scene between Ten and Sakura.
50. What a Dracula!
A elderly vampire wants blood of a young girl, and with the help of
his daughter, he get Ataru and Lum to help. They end up tricking Ran into
coming to the vampire and Ataru tries to kiss the daughter. When Ran figures
out what's going on, she sends the vampire to a blood donor wagon.
51. Lum's Educational Therapy for Little Boys
Lum goes back in time through a tea cup in order to train Ataru to
be a faithful boy by planting a doll of her on his head that zaps him any
time he touches another girl and gets ideas. The older Ataru accidentally
falls through the time tea cup and tries to stop Lum's plot. In this episode
we get to see a young Shinobu, Lum's guards, a high school Sakura, and
a newlywed Mr. & Mrs. Moroboshi. Cherry is still the same.
52. From Speechless with Love
Ataru and Ten buy a flower in an attempt to appeal to the flower shop
girl. They almost kill the flower, but Jariten uses some device to make
the flower grow to about 3 meters. This also happens to give the flower
more life and a will of it's own.
53. The Beautiful Maiden Comes with the Rain
Ataru manages to get a date with a new girl at school, Tsuyuko, who
is always preceded by rain. This is caused by a curse put on Tsuyuko's
dad, who as a child made friends with a bad weather spirit and promised
never to lever her. But his family moved so she cursed him.
54. Give Me Back My Horn!
Jariten loses his horn and powers in a nasty fight with Ataru, who
then begins to really torment Jariten. Ran, finding the horn thinks it's
Lum's and she uses it to curse the horn's owner to grow a cactus in it's
place.
55. All Quiet in the Library!
In the school library, Ataru meets a girl named Wendy who he helps
with her library chores. After Lum arrives, the books start coming to life
and the characters within help to cause a lot of chaos. At the end, we
find out Wendy herself is from the book Peter Pan.
56. Teacher Hanawa's Arrival! Such is Youth!
First appearance for Hanawa-sensei. It's Hanawa's first day as a teacher
and Lum's first day as a student. Ataru tries to make Hanawa go crazy by
showing Lum's abilities, but Hanawa is too placid. Later, We meet Natsuko
as Lum and Ataru join the volley ball team. Natsuko has had a great hatred
of men since she was dumped by her boyfriend, whom she thinks Mendou looks
like. Ataru, Lum, and Mendou try to give Natsuko a second chance at love.
57. Yearning for the Sad Monster
At a pool, at one of Mendou's hotels, a little blue monster has set
up his home and is visited by an unconscious Ataru. Eventually the goblin
is seen by all, and all evacuate the pool. Mendou orders the goblin to
leave, so it does...for the Moroboshi house. So the next day, the kids
take the goblin to the beach to find it a new home.
58. Darling's Had It This Time!
In an ice cream cafe, Lum and Ran are reminiscing about childhood times.
of course, Ran is getting very angry and their waiter very hurt. Next day
Ran leaves some candy for Ataru which when he eats causes him to get sick.
As he goes to the nurse, Ran grabs Lum and ties her up in a closet. Ran
then also goes to the nurse's office feigning sickness so she can try to
kiss Ataru and suck his youth. But Sakura doesn't want to allow this.
59. Rei Returns! Crisis in the Classroom
First appearance of Onsen-Mark sensei, who has little hot spring symbols
on his clothes. Rei comes to school and spends all day eating other people's
food. Ran tries her best to win Rei's affections. He then leaves so he
won't be late for dinner.
60. Appearance of the Red Phantom!
At school, there is a dance, and Onsen-Mark tells of how when he was
a student, a mysterious phantom man in black and red stole away with Onsen-Mark's
girlfriend. This same phantom shows up again this year, but by now he's
fat. Lum tries to lift his spirits, but the fat phantom makes a fool of
himself and gets carried off by his wife, Onsen-Mark's girlfriend from
years ago who is now grotesque.
61. Pitter Patter, Summer Date
Lum blackmails Ataru into dating her by taking his book of girl's addresses.
On the date, Lum tries to act like a normal Earth girl would. They go swimming
and rollerskating, and later meet Perm who also has a date.
62. Steal Darling! The Copy Operation!
After their usual fight Ran plans to kiss Ataru, but Lum finds out
and uses a gun that make's an Ataru double. Ran also has a gun, and by
the end of the show there's an army of Ataru's!
63. So Long, Bye-Bye, Summer Days
In the first half, Ataru, Lum, and Shinobu are looking for a watermelon
to eat on the beach, but no one will sell one. But they do happen to find
a giant watermelon...I mean a GIANT watermelon which turns out to be a
watermelon god; and he attacks them. In the second half, they join Sakura
and Cherry for a party. But they are joined by a lizard-goblin who is always
crying.
64. Panic in the Typhoon!
A typhoon is set to hit Tomobiki and the Moroboshi's are preparing
by boarding up the house. Lum has a small capsule that has an effect on
water which ultimately causes Lum and the Moro boshi's to be in a level
of air between two levels of water in the house.
65. Drunken Boogie
At school, Ataru feeds Ten and Lum each an umeboshi, a cherry flavored
with alcohol, and finds out Lum's race has no tolerance to alcohol. In
a drunken rage, Lum flies about zapping people and trying to get more alcohol.
Onsen-Mark thinks someone has sake in school because it is impossible to
get drunk just on umeboshis.
66. Fear of Meow
Atop the Moroboshi house, Ataru, Ten, and Lum meet a half cat/half
woman named Misuzu. As a human, Misuzu was drying and she melded with her
cat to her present state. Ataru and Ten fight a cat with an eyepatch to
see who will get to kiss Misuzu, and turn her into a full human or cat.
67. After You've Gone
In a Japanese survey, this was the #1 Urusei Yatsura episode. During
a party celebrating Lum's first year on Earth, Ataru goes into a tirade
about how horrible it is living with Lum, and Lum leaves....the Earth.
But she leaves behind a doll she stitched together with her hair which
Ataru finds. Ataru, Mendou, and everyone else spend the whole next day
looking for Lum.
68. Lum-chan's Class Party
During the day, many visitors interrupt the Class; which are Cherry,
Jariten, Benten, Oyuki, Rei, Primu, and the Prince of the underground;
all who are avoiding Lum. Then Ataru and Mendou disappear. It turns out
that Lum's alien friends are having a surprise party for Lum and the episode
ends with a happy festival.
69. Lunch is a Battlefield!
During lunchtime at school, the teachers are using espionage and force
to keep the students at school for lunch; and the teachers are aided by
Mendou and a few other students. Ataru, Lum, and the other rebel students
discover the teachers plan and retaliate.
70. Shiver! Mystery in the Odd Fossil Land
Ataru, Lum, Mendou, Shinobu, and Jariten all go on a picnic to a remote
part of Japan which has some fossils. A group of archaeologists are also
exploring this area and using a lot of fancy tricks to make the exploration
seem more dramatic than it is. Ataru constructs a bird monstrosity with
some fossils and Lum bring it to life. The bird then goes about reaping
havoc.
71. Princess Kurama's New Challenge
Kurama has her subjects place her in suspended sleep again in the hopes
that some prince may awaken her. Although Ataru is the one to really kiss
and revive her. Kurama thinks Mendou did and she goes through great efforts
to get him to be her mate.
72. Terrible Toothache Wars!
Jariten has a weird toothache. It can spread like a disease by biting
someone, and he bites Ataru, who the starts to spread it among his school
mates and Onsen-Mark. As Lum demonstrates on Onsen-Mark, the cure is very
painful; so they continue to fight.
73. The Mendou Older Brother & Younger Sister!
This episode introduces Mendou's younger sister Ryoko. On the way to
school, Ataru is scared by Ryoko in her Death guise. At school, Ryoko tries
to feed her brother lunch; but Mendou is wise to her tricks. Ataru nobly
offers to be fed the lunch, but Lum intervenes. Ryoko then makes an offer
for Ataru to visit her for a Romeo and Juliet rendezvous. Mendou and Lum
try their best to stop this meeting.
74. Cat on the Stairway
First appearance of Kotatsu Neko (cat), the giant white half ghost
kitty. Jariten meets Kotatsu and invites him home. Upon seeing a kotatsu,
a heater table, in the house; Kotatsu cuddles up beside it, blocking the
stairway. Sakura and Cherry arrive to expel Kotatsu and find out that kotatsu
died of cold many years ago and that is why he wants heat. Ataru tries
to leave his room, Mrs. Moroboshi tries to leave Mr. Moroboshi; but everyone,
including Kotatsu, ends up staying home.
75. Can the Raccoon Return the Favor?
Ataru helps a wounded bird who transforms itself into a raccoon and
move in to repay the service to Ataru. The raccoon tries to do good, always
makes a mess of matters, do it changes back into a bird and flies away.
76. Desperate Sub-Space Part-Time Job
Lum takes Ataru down an alley into an weird ancient Japanese town.
After getting lost, Ataru does some running around and meets Lum again.
Lum then introduces Ataru to a being who gives Ataru a job in a bath house
for aliens and Ataru tries desperately to get over to the female's side.
77. Lum-chan's Great Year-End Celebration!
Lum brings two dimensional doors to class that take the students to
a crazy fictional world where they temporarily forget themselves and take
new identities; Mendou becomes Sherlock Holmes, Lum becomes a genie. Onsen-Mark
show up and Ataru and Mendou try to help him remember who he is.
78. Children in Vain, Musashi, Signs of the Times
The normal cast is again put into an ancient Japanese story with Ataru
as a food thief with Onsen-Mark and Cherry as his occasional companions.
Ataru ends up running from Sakura, Lum and Mendou with a giant monkey.
In the end however, it is Onsen-Mark who comes out ahead.
79. Risking One's Life in Class
Ataru and friends defeat Jariten with a barrage of snowballs, so Jariten
seek to take revenge in the classroom. Unfortunately, today Onsen-Mark
demands complete silence in the class and the students do their best to
comply.
80. Is a Husband & Wife Quarrel Survival of the Fittest?
Lum's mother boots father out of the house, so he comes to stay with
Lum. He then visits the school for a day and gives a speech about being
married, which ultimately gets interrupted by Lum's mother.
81. Getting a Kiss from Miss. Snow!
Lum gets Ataru to go on a ski trip with her, but Mendou, Shinobu, and
Lum's guards find out and tail along to cause static, Ataru enters a ski
contest. The one who finds a small treasure chest on the mountain and bring
it in, wins a kiss from Miss Snow!
82. St. Valentine's Day Horror
Mako, a small girl, falls in love with Ten-chan, but Ten can't stand
her. Lum and Ataru prove to be only more trouble for Jariten as both of
them try to help Mako get Ten-chan; when Lum and Ataru aren't too busy
fighting amongst themselves.
83. Love, Love, Catchball!
Lum brings Jariten a pair of crystal spheres which each has an eye
on it; one is red with a heart for females, the other blue with a star
for males. If the correctly gendered person gazes into the eye, it will
reveal one's destined mate?. Lum, Shinobu, Sakura, and Ran all meet to
use these crystals; Ataru, Mendou, and Tsubame also show up; and everyone
ends up in a fight.
84. The Mendou Family's Masquerade War
Ryoko invites Ataru over for a masquerade and Mendou gets a billion
others to also show up for a masquerade battle. Ataru tries desperately
to get to Ryoko despite the attempts of Lum, Mendou, and others.
85. Space Cold Panic!
Lum catches a cold from her daddy when he visits and she wears a surgeons
mask to keep the virus from spreading. Megane and friends pay Ataru to
get them Lum's mask since it was on Lum's face, but it turns out the virus
has a weird effect on humans. It causes contacted areas to become orange-green
striped.
86. Ryunosuke Arrives! I Love the Sea!
First appearance of Ryunosuke and her father Mr. Fujinami. Ataru, Lum,
Shinobu, and Mendou go to the beach and meet Ryu and her dad who break
into fights every few minutes. Next day Ryu and dad show up at school for
Mr. Fujinami just got a job running the bookstore, and we continue to hear
more of Ryu's problem of wanting to be feminine.
87. Goodbye Season
Ataru and Megane spend an afternoon talking and Shinobu eavesdrops
on the conversation which makes everyone think Ataru is going to give up
Lum to someone. Shinobu believes Mendou will be the first choice so she
sends a secret force out to intercept Ataru but Megane shows up to see
Ataru gets to school and deliver a speech that shocks everyone.
88. Ran-chan's Great Date Plan
Ran meets and falls in love with Ryu and asks Ryu out on a date. Ryu
agrees because she wants to learn how to be feminine by watching Ran. Despite
Lum and Ataru's efforts, Ran refuses to believe Ryu is a girl.
89. Happy Birthday My Darling
It's Ataru birthday and Lum wants to know what he wants. He wants to
be free from her for at least his birthday. So Ataru goes through the entire
day never meeting Lum till an accidental meeting at night when he's happy
to meet her.
90. Seeing Shangri-La as a Hell Camp!
Lum, Ataru, Mendou, Megane, and Perm are camping. Mendou, Megane, and
Perm painfully find out Lum's cooking is terribly hot and spicy; and Ataru,
Mendou, and Perm set out at night to go hunting. They find a rabbit, bit
it tries to offer other meaning of getting food. Next day, the kids are
fishing and discover a huge peach and Cherry, Cherry shows them where to
get the peaches and they end up meeting some priests and having a race.
91. The Groom's Name is Ryunosuke
Kurama's karas-tengus meet Ryu and decide she's perfect for their princess,
until they discover Ryu's a girl. So they get a sex change gun which accidentally
hits Ataru.
92. Bottled Letter Seashore Mystery!
Lum, Ataru, Ten, Shinobu, and Mendou are vacationing at the seashore.
The boys each get a bottles love letter from a young woman who convinces
them to stay at a weird hotel run by an old woman and a giant man.
93. Dramatic Appearance! Mizunokoji Ton-chan!
First appearance of Ton-chan (Tobimaro). He is first seen hit in the
face with a baseball, which he swallows. Tobimaro is Mendou's childhood
rival and Ryoko's love interest as we find out in this episode.
94. Shinobu's Cinderella Story
Shinobu helps a handsome dashing young man hide from some ugly dagger
street rejects. Buts the goons continue to track both Shinobu and the man.
Even some police are after the man, and Ataru, Lum, Megane and friends
get into the act.
95. Lum-chan the Ruthless Rebel
Lum, Ataru, Mendou, Ryu, Shinobu, and Lum's Stormtroopers make a movie
featuring Lum, Shinobu, Ryu, Mendou, and Perm as super powered beings with
Ataru as the saint of love.
96. The Big Showdown! Sakura vs. Sakuranbo
One day, Lum makes some of her wonderful cooking for Ataru. But Sakura
and Cherry show up and have a psychic battle.
97. Ghost Story! Old Man Willow!
Onsen-Mark tells the students a few ghost stories related to the high
school, in particular, about a willow tree. In mock of the story, Ataru
writes "Mendou's an idiot" on the willow in marker. The tree sprouts forth
an old man who tries to avenge itself on Ataru by tricking him into searching
for treasure on the school grounds. But Mendou and Onsen-Mark are also
at the school that night checking about ghost stories.
98. And Then There Were None
Lum, Ataru, Shinobu, Mendou, Onsen-Mark, Sakura, Cherry, and Lum's
guard are all at a mansion on an Island by invitation. by and by our friends
are each found dead until only Ataru is left.
99. Firefighter Mommy Visits!
First appearance of Ten-chan's mother who is a fire fighter. She gives
Ataru a bell to ring in case he happens to find a fire that needs extinguishing,
namely one by Ten-chan. Ten desperately tries to fry Ataru without letting
him ring the bell, but Mother keeps popping up with a storm of water.
100. Darling's Dying!?
Ran makes some special cakes for Rei for a picnic. These act as about
10 times the food they are. Ataru accidentally eats one of these and goes
under. Lum trues desperately to save Darling and ends up trying to track
down Ran in another world to find a cure.
101. Pitiful! Mother of Love and Banishment!?
Ataru's mother is knocked unconscious during a fight at the mall and
has several nightmares that each begin with her waking from unconsciousness.
One time she comes home to find she's grown old. Another time she comes
home to meet herself.
102. The Mendou Family's Summer Christmas
Ryoko invites our cast to a summer Christmas party, where chained in
pairs, they must try to climb to the top of a giant Christmas tree for
a banquet.
103. Panic at the Ghost Inn
On vacation at the seashore again, Lum, Ataru, Shinobu, and Mendou
stay at a hotel run by a weird old couple who like to scare their guests.
But they have a real ghost of a beautiful young woman who spends a day
with the kids at the beach.
104. Ah, Mother of My Memory
Ryunosuke has dinner at the Moroboshi's house after are turning Ten-chan
who she found. Returning home, Ryu has a fight with her father about Ryu's
mother. Ryu returns to see Mrs. Moroboshi who that night had been so motherly.
Later, Ryu forces her father to show her the family album so she can see
her mother, but Mr. Fujinami had anticipated this and surprises Ryu.
105. Plenty of Sun, Plenty of Sickness
Lum, Ataru, Shinobu, Ten, Mendou, and Sakura are at the beach. Jariten
has a neat little wand that turns sand object into real ones. So Ataru
and Mendou make 3 sand Sakura's and bring them to life. In the second part,
Lum meets a dolphin and with the help of a disguising earring, She tries
to make Darling jealous by having the dolphin pose as a handsome lover.
106. Big Bang! Ten vs. Ataru
Ten has numerous little fights, all which Ataru wins. So Cherry helps
Ten by convincing him to wear weighted shoes to build strength. This only
succeeds in hurting Ten more, so one morning he and Ataru have a duel.
Ataru arrives at school with a cast on his arm and blames Ten, but that's
not quite the end.
107. Horrors! Attack of the Slimy Potatoes!
Lum, Ataru, Shinobu, and Mendou all stay at a house in the wilderness
and are attacked by some slimy potatoes blobs which turn out to be delicious.
They eventually break out of the house and flee, but ultimately end up
where they started.
108. Revenge of the Planetary Instructor CAO-2
Lum, Benten, Oyuki, Ran are reminiscing about a past robot teacher
CAO-2. Ataru, and Mendou show up and are soon followed by CAO-2. Our friends
then set up a big plan to get CAO-2 in a night fight at the school.
109. Hysterical! The Nasty Brat Shutaro!
Lum, Ataru, Mendou, Shinobu, and Ryunosuke go back in time and meet
Mendou as a little boy in order to find out why he is claustrophobic. The
younger Mendou proves to be more than a brat and Ataru and the older Mendou
get caught. Lum, Shinobu, and Ryu come to the rescue and we find out how
Mendou acquired his fear.
110. Wonderful! The Magic Mushroom Pot!
Cherry brings some magic mushrooms to school and the students cook
and eat the. But these mushrooms has a strange affect on everyone except
Lum; and they all start preforming acts.
111. The Wrathful Lum-chan!
In a fight with Ataru, Jariten accidentally burns a scarf Lum has just
made for Ataru. Ataru tries to get Lum angry with Ten, but Ten goes off
thinking of how he can apologize. He ask many people for help, but Sakura
is ultimately the one who get Jariten to set things right.
112. Lum and Ataru, A Night Alone
Mr. & Mrs. Moroboshi win a trip for a weekend and leave Ataru and
Lum alone for the first time. Ataru tries desperately to seek sanctuary
elsewhere, but Lum gets him home and cooks dinner. Mendou, Megane, and
Lum's Stormtroopers try to keep the two apart, but Lum and Ataru manage
to get rid of them. By then it's time for bed.
113. Lady Ryunosuke
Onsen-Mark gives Ryunosuke lessons in how to be feminine and finally
takes her to a wrestling match. The wrestlers get too out of hand and accidentally
rip Ryu's beautiful dress and get her mad.
114. Document: Who Will Be Miss Tomobiki?
The school has a contest for the title of Miss Tomobiki. Lum, Shinobu,
Ran, Ryunosuke, and Sakura are the contestants; and Ataru is the final
judge.
115. Strange! The Wonder Medicine of Selflessness
Cherry gives Kotatsu an enchanted fish cookie and Kotatsu in turn gives
it to Ataru, upon eating it, Ataru falls asleep. His spirit escapes from
his physical body and he goes spying on Sakura and Shinobu in his new ghost
form.
116. Shutaro, Miserable Morning
One morning Shutaro is recalling unpleasant memories Lum's and Ataru's
relation has had on him and how he's lost to Ataru so many times. Cherry
shows up only to help Mendou remember and cause more grief.
117. Tales of the Wandering Snowman
A snowman arrives from space and accidentally gets Jariten angry at
it. Ataru unknowingly saves the snowman many times so it thanks Ataru with
a late night encounter.
118. Lum-chan's Ancient Japanese Fairy Tales
Cherry tells an ancient fairy tale involving kiddie versions of an
elderly Lum and Ataru who have Jariten as a son who grows up to fight an
evil Rei who captured a princess Lum.
119. Shine! The Blessed Bra!!
First episode with Soban, the beady eyed, big lip bald goon who loves
Shinobu. Soban's flunkies try to get Shinobu to date him, but Shinobu seeks
safety with Ryunosuke making the flunkies think Ryu's her boyfriend. The
jerks find out Ryu's a girl and bribe her with a bra to get her to pose
with Shinobu for some date photos.
120. Duel! Benten vs. the Three Daughters
First appearance of Sugar, Ginger, and Pepper; the three skebans who
attend the same school Lum, Benten, and Oyuki did. The skebans are trying
to prove themselves greater than their seniors by humiliating them. This
time their scheme is stealing Benten chain and the skebans go through utterly
silly lengths.
121. Plenty of Lum-chans!
Ran kidnaps Lum and makes a copy of her. Ran sends the copy off to
go zap Ataru so he'll be mad at Lum. However, electricity causes the copy
to act like the original, but Ran doesn't realize until after she's made
6 copies, all which now think and act like Lum.
122. Certain Death! Stand-Up Eating Contest
Mendou's company hosts a noodle eating contest with some of our normal
cast and some others. Two of these others have a love tragedy which is
remedied at the end of the contest.
123. The Great Vault! Courageous Survival!!!
Mendou is showing off a large vault of his to Ataru when they are accidentally
locked in and spend the rest of the episode trying to get out.
124. Operation; Peek in the Woman's Bath
Ataru, Mendou, Megane, Chibi, Perm, and Kakugari are at a bath house
trying to peek over at the women's side. As the story continues, more of
the female cast members show up.
125. Sakura, Sad Years of Youth
Cherry puts something in Sakura's food so that when she sleeps, a copy
of Sakura as a young girl appears.
126. Burning Ran's Emotional Video Mail
Ran get some videotapes in the mail filled with bad moments in her
life. Good thing there's no return address.
127. Sakura San of Youth
This episode is narrated by Ataru who is recalling memories of Sakura
and her influence.
128. Scramble! To the Rescue of Lum!
After a fight with Darling, Lum returns to her UFO which crashes overnight
on the Mendou estate. Lum's lost her memory and Mendou convinces her she's
his fiancee. Ataru and Lum's Stormtroopers together fight to free Lum.
129. A Fight to the Death! Ataru vs. The Mendou Brigade!
Part 2 of Story 128, in which the 5 heroes scramble across the Mendou
estate to try and save Lum.
130. Dimensional Switch, Where's Darling?
Lum and Ataru are walking in a park and Lum goes through a dimensional
warp door. Lum locates the door and arrive at various parallel worlds of
Tomobiki, in one of which Ataru lost the tag game.
131. Crash! Her Ladyship and the Football of Love
At school, the boys and Ryunosuke are playing rugby in P.E. class when
the football is switched for a UFO shaped like a football which is visiting
Earth. Ryu, Lum and ataru are taken inside the UFO and Ataru chases the
UFO's princess while Lum chases Ataru.
132. Ran-chan, Tasting the Tearful Love of a First Kiss
Ran bakes some fish food snack with a special ingredient that should
cause Rei to kiss her when he eats them.
133. The Indelible Magic Lipstick
Lum makes some lipstick that cannot be rubbed off, and works like a
magnet when two people put the lipstick on. Lum tries to use it on Ataru
but he swipes it from her and tries to use it at school the next day. However,
so does everyone else.
134. Deadly Combat! The Mendou Family's Flower Display Death Match
Something has been causing trouble with it's late night snacking anywhere
it pleases, and it turns out to be Ryoko's pet cherry blossom tree. When
the tree eats a leg off each of Shutaro's octopi, he stages a wrestling
match between his secret police and Ryoko's tree. But Ataru and Lum get
in on the fight.
135. Benten & Ryunosuke; Run for the Morrow
Benten and Ryunosuke meet a small girl who loses her kitten. The two
swipe a biker gang leader's bike to go after it and end up getting the
whole gang after them.
136. Great Horrors! Oyuki is Finally Angered!
A snow lemming from Oyuki's planet accidentally comes home with Ran
and starts causing her great problems. Lum, Oyuki, and Benten show up to
try and help, but the only result is a fight between Benten and Ran. Finally
everyone calms down, but now Oyuki has to scold the lemming.
137. Ten-chan's Wonderful Love Story
Jariten meets a ghost girl who very much wants to hug a puppy, but
because she's ethereal, she can't. So Jariten tries to help her by letting
her posses his body.
138. Haunted House Special! Quest for Mendou Estate Treasure!
Mendou's grandfather sends Shutaro on a treasure hunt for the Mendou
mask, and Ataru, Lum, Shinobu, and Lum's Guard come along as they all go
across ice plains, through forests, and an amusement park to finally find
the mask.
139. Love and War! Battle of Glove vs. Pants!!
Ataru dons a magical glove in order to bop Jariten, but the glove is
part of a magical pair. When Ataru finally dons the both, he is bestowed
with an amazing and uncontrollable ability to super punch anyone coming
close to him. Sakura and Cherry prescribe one way to remove the gloves.
Have a match; to which Megane shows up in magical wrestler's pants and
Mendou in another magical outfit.
140. Lum-chan's Becoming a Cow?
In a pet store, Lum is bit by a cow, which she zaps. In the following
days, she feels she is turning into a were-cow and a change in her horns
seems to indicate this.
141. Great Achievement! The Film of Lum-chan's Youth
Ataru, Lum, Mendou, Shinobu, and Lum's Guard are making a love story
movie about Lum. Ataru and Lum are lovers but because of Ataru's infidelity,
Lum goes off with Mendou and Ataru tries desperately to get her back. In
the end, Mendou, Ataru, and Shinobu are not at all pleased with the movie
and attack Megane.
142. Ghostbusting! Exorcising the Beautiful Sakura!
At school, Sakura's office is full of demons that she can't get rid
of because Cherry is using her wand of papers to exorcise a sake drinking
demon. Ataru goes off to find the wand. And finds Cherry in the middle
of exorcising and ensues in a fight with Ten and a cat. Ataru runs off
with the wand and Jariten flies off with the demon who is trapped in a
bottle. Sakura eventually gets her wand back and she needs it because Ten
and Lum free the demon not knowing what it is.
143. Attack of the Protozoa! Panic at the Poolside
The students are cleaning the school's swimming pool when Jariten shows
up and proves to be a real pest. After a fashion, Jariten presents some
protozoa seeds. The pool is suddenly flooded and the seeds grow into a
giant protozoa that swallows Ataru and Mendou into a other natural world
where they meet Adam and Eve.
144. Here Again! The Hunter of Love, Princess Kurama
Princess Kurama uses a compter to find a lover and gets Rei. She steals
Rei from Ran so Ran gets Lum to help, but Ataru shows up to make things
worse. Finally Kurama forgets about Rei when she sees him turn into a bull-tiger.
145. The Fox's Unrequited Love
First episode with Kitsune, the little fox who loves Shinobu and can
sort of polymorph. Kitsune comes to Tomobiki and is saved by Shinobu from
some dogs. Falling in love with Shinobu, Kitsune goes to school the next
day to be with her and because of his polymorphing he causes a bit of confusion
and fighting.
146. Ryunosuke Confused! Solid Rock Mother Cherishes Her Young Pebble!
During a vacation at the beach, Ryunosuke meets a woman who greets
Ryu as her child. But this woman acts a little odd and doesn't say much.
Unfortunately, at the end, the woman turns out to be a metamorphic turtle
who was looking for her turtle child, who was disguised as a rock but is
found at the end.
147. The Stairs! Footsteps in the Girls Dorm!!
Ataru tells Jariten a old ghost story about a spirit who appears as
a beautiful woman then seduces and kills men. She is noted by a lantern
she carries and a wooden clanking sound. That night, and nights after,
despite Lum's efforts, Ataru is spirited away by a ghostly lantern, but
returns every morning claiming to have been to paradise. So one night,
Lum, Mendou, Ten, and Cherry follow Ataru.
148. Pool Spooks! Burning with Forbidden Love
Lum, Ataru, Shinobu, Mendou, and Jariten are at a beachside hotel pool.
Lum trying to improve Jariten swimming with a device that looks likes a
fish. When attached to someone's stomach, it propels in the opposite direction
one is swimming in order to build strength. Accidentally this gets attached
to Ataru which makes it difficult to have fun swimming. In the second part,
we meet the little goblin from story 57 who is in an aquarium. He trying
to get his pet fish back from a nasty shark wearing sunglasses, so the
kids offer to help.
149. Ran-chan's Panic: No Tomorrow for Tomobiki
Ran buys a spiked pearl to give to Rei, but it slips through a rip
in her pouch and Kotatsu finds it. When Ran realizes it's gone, she gets
everyone into a panic because this pearl can go supernova. Ataru lets that
knowledge slip out while asking a policeman about the pearl and the town
goes into a panic blaming Ataru.
150. Where is Love's Home? Kuriko and Chojuro
While picking fruits in an orchard, Lum discovers a living fruit that
wants to be with another living fruit it loves. By sitting on a person's
head, these two fruits can posses a person somewhat, but no completely.
So a struggle ensues as to who will bear the fruits so that they may be
together.
151. Man or Bird? Gokakenran, Champion of Justice!
Jariten meets and helps revive an aging superhero. This superhero,
who has a terribly long and silly name, helps train Jariten to be his replacement
by giving Jariten a costume and some items.
152. Attack your Seniors! Revenge of the Infamous Three Daughters
The skebans return and fail to best Oyuki or Benten, so they try to
get Lum. Ataru and Lum make a deal that for one day, Ataru may chase all
the girls he wants if he will date Lum. Lum never even notices the skebans,
although she zaps them several times; until the end when they outright
confront her. So she zaps them again.
153. Blaze, Secret Powers! Stick to the Straight and Narrow Path
Lum brings a red oval-shaped alien to class and makes the kids preform
a talent show to his liking or they will not be allowed to leave.
154. Don't Die! Ryoko Special Straw Doll
Ryoko makes a voodoo doll of her brother Shutaro and gives it to Ataru,
only telling him that it's important and he should always keep it close
to him. During the day, Ataru unknowingly causes Mendou great pain and
finally Mendou figures out how.
155. Hell Encounter! Armored Girl; Beauty or Beast?
Part 1. First episode with Asuka Mizunokoji, younger sister to Tobimaro.
Mendou's parents and the Mizunokoji parents are arranging a marriage between
Shutaro and Asuka, but all we've seen of Asuka is a hulk of Armour. Tobimaro
and Shutaro fight over the marriage. Ataru catches a glimpse of Asuka and
pursues her. When he finally catches her, Lum zaps him which causes the
Armour to fall off.
156. Love of the Armored Girl! Maidenly Feelings Reeling
Part 2. We find out that Asuka was raised never seeing a male, and
Ataru makes a bad first impression, causing Asuka to be terrified of males.
After a lot of fighting and running, Asuka is captured and Ataru and Mendou
fight over who will marry her. Tobimaro nobly defends his sister causing
her to fall in love with him. The episode ends with Ryoko, who loves Tobimaro,
entering and blowing up everything.
157. I Dearly Need You! Return of the Honest Fox!
Kitsune is told a story about a Kitsune who uses magic seeds to turn
a woman into a fox, Kitsune gets some of this seed and tries to get Shinobu
to eat it but everyone ends up having some after it is put into Cherry's
cooking pot.
158. What Do I Care for Talking Flowers!
Thanks to Cherry, some flowers of Ran's are set loose and quickly multiply.
These flowers can repeat anything they hear and end up doing so in very
bad places and times. Everywhere, things are going into panic because of
the flowers, but Lum and Ran manage to collect and contain them all...they
think.
159. The Birth of Ten-chan's Son? I Didn't Know a Thing
A space carrier passing Earth accidentally drops some weird eggs on
it. As Ten soon finds out, these eggs attach them selves to one's belly
and after a little time, hatch a bee that looks like the person. The little
Ten-bee causes Ten a lot of problems, but soon Ten isn't the only one being
bee-set. Finally, the delivery duck picks up the bees he dropped at the
beginning.
160. Lum's Courageous Duel! An Ironic Victory
A junior female student at Tomobiki is bring bothered by Soban and
his flunkies, but Lum zaps them and saves her. Lum then promises the girl
that she will fight Soban for her and win. However, Lum finds that getting
the strength will not be easy, so she uses a pair of strength wristbands
and some special pills that temporarily give her super strength and she
fight Soban.
161. Job Hunting! Sneaky Return of the Reject!
Kaede, the ninja girl, is found by Mendou and gives her a job as bodyguard
in order to hide her. The old lady ninja master shows up and Ryoko sets
up a race for Kaede to see if she's good enough for her job.
162. Tomobiki High School Survival! Who Are the Survivors!
Three boys at Tomobiki High school have a motherly love for tomatoes,
and when Jariten accidentally burns their green house, they beat him up.
Jariten takes revenge by sinking the school roof high into the ground.
Everyone gets uneasy and blame falls on the three tomato boys, who start
fighting back.
163. The Mysterious Giant Cake! Love's Fleeing Panic!!
Ryoko invites everyone to a party inside a giant cake hall. Once everyone
has arrived, Ryoko lets it be know that the cake is infested with bombs
all set to go off soon. With a bomb detector, Lum and the other's try to
find all the bombs and end up at the top of the cake. Where Ryoko is waiting
with a machine gun, tries to convince Tobimaro to marry her. But a puppeteer
tells Ryoko it's time for the bombs to detonate, so she leaves unscathed.
164. Underground Reincarnation! What's Darling Thinking Of!?
Ataru, Lum, Shinobu, and Mendou planes crash on an island and meet
a girl and her father in a village where large bamboo shoots instantly
grow at noon. The village also has special mushrooms that make one fall
asleep in a burst of light and the surrounding area becomes one's dream
world. The kids each eat one, but only Ataru's is special.
165. Snow Panic? The Mendou Family Cherry Blossom Display Banquet!
The kids are having a celebration outside and end up all getting intoxicated
and performing a play that takes place in feudal Japan.
166. From the Far Spring! The Tale of the Lonely Fairy!
A snow fairy is watching Ataru during the day and makes a date with
him for tomorrow. When Tomorrow arrives. Shinobu is telling Lum's Stormtroopers
about snow fairies while Ataru is meeting with her in the forest. She speaks
with him in a way that makes him think of his relation with Lum and when
he returns home, he's in an odd mood.
167. To Dreamland! Darling Battle Royal Abduction
Lum is growing some special Dream-Fruit berries and Ten-chan secretly
gives on to Sakura, and Lum gives one to Ataru. Every night, Sakura and
Ataru meet in there dreams, which is very unpleasing to Sakura. Thrice
is too much and Sakura demands an explanation. Lum takes a dream-berry
and all three of them have a fight in dreamland over who will marry who,
since there are two Ataru's in this dreamland, the real one and the dream
one.
168. Return of the Three Daughters! The Great Scheme to Seduce Darling!
Sugar, Ginger, and Pepper try to seduce Ataru, but fail miserably.
So they use an aphrodisiac spray which causes Ataru to fall in love with
just about everyone and everything but the three girls.
169. The Scampering Kotatsu Cat! Anything to Get Warm
Kotatsu Neko buys a Kotatsu that refuses to let a blanket be put on
it. After examination, Ataru discovers the Mendou crest on it calls Mendou...an
idiot; but that summons Mendou just as easily. After a fashion, the kotatsu
meets another living kotatsu and the two go off together.
170. Ryunosuke's Father's Self Sacrificing Devotion! His Wife is
Within Images!
Ryu is again pressing her father if information about her mother. Mr.
Fujinami tries to get a new wife to be Ryu's mother, but his silly attempts
are useless. Finally Mr. Fujinami takes Ryu to a amusement park where he
and Masako (Mrs. Fujinami) used to work before marriage, and he gives Ryu,
Masako's work outfit.
171. Spring Blossom! Frozen by Oyuki's Cold
Ran needs money for a date with Rei, so she convinces Oyuki to help
her and they set up a stall at a festival. But Ran tries to sneak away
with the money after she had promised to give half to Oyuki, so Oyuki freezes
Ran and takes all the money. Next day, both Ran and Oyuki have a cold,
but Oyuki's cold causes her to uncontrollably freeze everything around
her and her cure requires capturing Kotatsu Neko.
172. Panic Among Friends! I Love to Eat Blowfish
Lum and Ataru buy a blowfish. Jariten likes it as a pet, but Ataru
wants to have it grow so he can eat it. Jariten gives the fish the same
snack he gave the swallow back in story 4 and the fish can now fly and
spit electricity. The fish goes out and gets into frays with Cherry, Kotatsu,
Mr. Fujinami, and causes Mendou and some girls to get mad at Ataru.
173. The Armored Girl Returns! Plenty of Older Brothers
Asuka comes to Tomobiki High School to deliver a scroll message to
Mendou. But seeing all the boys at school frightens Asuka. Then she happens
to fall in on Ryu. Asuka thinks Ryu is a boy, and Ryu tries to show Asuka
the truth.
174. The Boredom Syndrome! Is Tomobiki Wasting Away?
Ataru drinks a can of eye drops Lum left in his room, thinking it was
juice. Because of this, his and other's dreams start having weird effects.
Next day in school, things start duplicating. First Ataru, then Mendou,
Shinobu, Sakura, and even the city itself.
175. Look Out, Ran! Kotatsu Neko's Primary Love is Oden!?
Ran make a special pot of stew that has been magicked so that Rei will
be madly in love with Ran. But Kotatsu walks in and gulps it all down and
starts to follow Ran around, much to Ran's annoyance. After much fleeing,
Ran tries making another batch of stew and we find out that all Kotatsu
really wanted was another pot of Ran's yummy stew.
176. The Armored Girl Returns Again! A Storm Raising Date
Mrs. Mizunokoji has Mendou and Asuka go on a date on their estate,
but Ataru interferes to scare Asuka. Asuka goes on a rampage destroying
everything until her mother tries to cure her fear by handcuffing her to
Ataru. Big mistake.
177. Arrival of the Mysterious Priest! The Bell Battle Royal
In the first part, everyone in school is desperately trying to get
Sakura in her office. Later a priest shows up and rings Ataru, Shinobu,
Ryu, Lum, Mendou, and Sakura to a great bell in a shrine and ask them to
rings the bell, promising to give them "kane" (money) After a lot of silly
ways of ringing the bell, the priest gives them all "kane" (bells) proportional
in size to the number of times they each rang the bell.
178. First Love Relived!? A Return to the Past for Lum and Rei
Jariten finds part of a love locket Lum and Rei got when they were
going together. At a birthday party for Mendou's favorite octopus, Lum
tries to hide this fact, especially from Ataru. But Rei shows up and makes
matters difficult.
179. Appearance of the Youthful Old Man! Shine, Great Teahouse of
Dreams!
A middle-aged man and his daughter opens up a teahouse which constantly
becomes the scene of many fights between Tomobiki High School students
and staff. Ultimately the man must close because of them, but he's not
leaving without getting his revenge...
180. I Love Darling's Sincerity
A ghost girl who fell in love with Ataru while she was alive wants
to have a date with him. She spent most of her life in the hospital and
made a scarf, mittens, and most of a sweater before dying; all of which
she wanted to give to the handsome boy she saw from her window, Ataru.
Finally, she wants to be with him in a snowfall, but it's June. However
a sudden fireworks display gives the same effect and the ghost leaves.
Next day, Ataru and Lum visits her grave with some flowers.
181. The Honest Fox Again! I Love Shinobu
This episode is notable for the appearance of Hokuto-Kun (Hokuto No
Ken/Fist of the North Star) Kitsune goes to Tomobiki High School and bring
the class back to his class in the woods on a flying bus.
182. I Love the Sea! Prayers for the Thriving Hamajaya!?
At the beach, Ataru, Mendou, Shinobu, Lum, and Ryu are trying to attract
customers for the Hamajaya restaurant, but Mr. Fujinami keeps scaring away
the customers. But Lum manages to find a lot of customers who aren't scared
off.
183. Ryunosuke vs. Benten! The Fruitless Duel of Passion
Benten comes to visit Lum and again meets Ryunosuke, but Mr. Fujinami
is trying to convince Benten that Ryu is a boy. Benten finds out the truth,
and the school principal stages a femininity contest between the two.
184. The Magic Bottle! What's to Become of Me?
Jariten buys a magic bottle that can shrink anything down to fit in
the bottle. Lum is accidentally caught in this and with her new size she
has trouble not only protecting Darling, but herself as well.
185. The Great Devil's Debut! Lum's Dangerous Purchase!
Discipline in school raises to a new peak because of the disturbances
caused by the arrival of packages from space for Lum. The parts are for
a giant robot whom Lum brings to school and he incites a full scale war
between the students and the combined faculty and Mendou Corps.
186. Goodness! Words Aren't Getting to Darling
During a fight between Ataru and Ten at breakfast, Ataru misses Ten
and hits Lum with a rice cooker; causing her to forget how to understand
or speak Japanese. Ataru at first sees this as a blessing and begins a
girl hunt feast.
187. The Devil's Summer! Ten-chan's Eel Lunch Plot!
Jariten gets a fever from stayimg in the sun too long and the cure
is to be made very cold. So he tries to hide his illness from Lum as he
helps some faeries get back their eel lunches they lost, which Sakura found.
These fairies look like Ataru and Sakura, and their children look like
someone special when they hatch.
188. Visitation Panic! I Didn't Mean Any Harm
Ran gets sick and asks Lum to come over by sending Lum exploding dolls,
missiles and the like. Finally Lum comes over and tries her best to make
Ran feel comfortable. But trying isn't succeeding. Or is it.
189. Scary! Is That an Octopus on Shutaro's Head?
An apparition of one of Shutaro's favorite octopi appears on his head
and cannot be removed. So he calls in Ataru, Lum, Sakura, Shinobu, and
Cherry for for help.
190. Invader From Space! He's After Lum's Lips!
A space centaur comes to Earth where he takes the guise of Ataru and
tries to kiss every girl in school, but fails. He does manage to kiss Mendou
though and then he tries to kiss Lum.
191. Space Survival! They are the Eaters
On a spaceship near Earth, an alien is cleaning a special food bowl
and drops it. It arrives at Tomobiki High School and we soon find out it
can magically present any food spoken to it.
192. It's a Thrill! The Terrible Overhead Cooler
It's a hot summer day, and the heat is bothering everyone except Lum.
She has a chunk of ice floating over her head keeping her cool. and she
offers some to everyone. However, if one doen't keep a cool head, the ice
conks one on the head.
193. Love Attack! The Romance Never Stops!!
Lum buys a plant that grows a little cupid. She then gets the cupit
to try hitting Ataru with an arrow. But as usual, things never turn out
quite as well as they could. Shinobu, Mendou, Ryunosuk and even her dad
all get involved as well as many others.
194. Rare Form! Worries for Mother the Firefighter!!
Ten's mother visits and Jariten wants to give her a bouquet of carnations
to show his love for her. However, one by one, he either loses or gives
away the flowers and ends up missing her. but at night, he manages to catch
and give her the last one.
195. Hardselling Happiness! Out of Focus Bluebird!!
An escaped alien convict, a bluebird, come to Tomobiki and begins to
grant people's wishes. This causes some of the most outrageous results.
196. Great Uproar! Ryunosuke's First Time Wearing a Swimsuit!!
Ryunosuke has a final showdown with her father. If she wins, she gets
to wear her mother's bathing suit. As this epsiode opens, we get to see
a lot of past characters in the crowd; and we move to a flashback where
Ryu finds some letters that cause her to be happy with her father.
197. I Want a Bride! The Fox's Love Adventure!
Kitsune comes to Tomobiki High School during a costume festival to
see Shinobu.
198. How Persistent! The Three Daughters' Great Animal Plan!
Sugar, Ginger, and Pepper try to use various animals to humiliate Benten,
Oyuki, and Lum. On a day the class goes on a field trip to the zoo.
199. Fast Money in Fast Fighting! Hamajaya's Forbidden Business
The Fujinamis are camping out on the beach as some form of training
and disciphline...at least...Ryu is. Next day, Mr. Fujinami sets up a fish
garden in a swimming pool and charges a mere 500 yen for entry. but it
turns out this fish garden is full of sharks, electric eels, and other
dangerous sea animals.
200. Wish Upon a Star! The Winning Family's Consumer Panic
A wishing star crashes in the Moroboshi house and offers to grant three
wishes which are to be written on paper which it will eat. Mr. Moroboshi
dreams of a perfect wife and daughter, while Ataru dreams of...what else.
201. Special Delivery Kiss! Darling's First Jealousy!
A frog arrives by space mail for Lum in class. He says he was once
a prince but was turned into a frog and a kiss will restore him. He even
has a picture of his former self.
202. Scary Sake! Sakura's Possession a Big Failure
Sakura's drinking sake invokes a powerful serpent demon which starts
causing troble for Lum, Ataru, Shinobu, and Mendou at Mendou's residence.
Cherry shows up to try and set things right. But invokes a frog and a snail
demon who side with the snake.
203. It's Strange! Cherry's Yoga School!
Cherry instructs Ataru, Lum, Sakura, Mendou, and Shinobu in yoga lessons
that's all I can say.
204. Good-bye Onsen-Sensei!? Tearful Good-bye Marathon Banquet!
Onsen-Mark spends some time out in nature for health reasons. He returns
for a school marathon and plans to have a final duel with Ataru.
205. Pure Love Sakura! The Slippery Soap of Seperation?
Sakura and Tsubame's relationship is having problems. They only get
worse after a game of tennis. Sakura accidentally uses Lum's soap which
causes Sakura to become very slippery to the touch.
206. Asuka vs. Older Brother! Battle for Certain Love!
Lum introduces two new items to try and help Tobimaro and Asuka's relationship.
A seed that when placed on Tobimaro's head, sprots into a sunflower that
gives him super strength in sunlight. The other is a seed that sprouts
into many vines that the wearer can control, and this is for Asuka.
207. Darling's Ill Omen! The Dreaded Shijimoto Oracle!!
Lum and Ataru are at a Shijimoto festival and visit serval stalls to
discover their forturnes. Lum takes Ataru to a strange one through a magic
gateway and Ataru recevies the shock of his life.
208. New Years Panic! The Mendou Family's Human Parcheesi Tournament!
Lum, Ataru, Shinobu, Mendou, and Jariten are invited to Mendou's grandfather's
special house which is set up with all kinds of traps. Meanwhile, the rest
of the Mendou family makes a game of the others attempts to get through
the house.
209. Dreaming Ten-chan! The Great Adventure at the End of the Rainbow!
Jariten meets a magical little man in a puddle reflection who has lost
his magical umbrella, and if Jariten can return it, the man will let Jariten
visit a dreamland. But finding and returning the umbrella proves to be
difficult.
210. I Want to Date! Ataru's Test Program!
It's test time at school. Ataru asks everyone for help, but the only
one to help is Lum. She uses a weird machine to copy Mendou's notes but
ends up getting Ataru and the notes intermixed. Next day in school, Ataru
is copying everyone's actions. After recovery, Ataru get a little luck
token from his mother that produces a little sprite who tries to help Ataru
during the test.
211. Darling Said He Loved Me
Sakura makes a special candy for Shinobu and Lum that causes one to
be very kind, honest, and noble. Lum tricks Ataru into eating this and
Ataru's manner is not exactly a change for the better.
212. Death-Defying House Call! A Teacher Life is Dangerous too
Onsen-Mark visits the homes of Ryunosuke, Mendou, Shinobu and Ataru;
in that order. But each visit only proves to be trouble, until Onsen-Mark
visits Lum's house.
213. Total Chaos! Ran-chan's Double Doll!
As Jariten arrives at school, he get's into a fight with the class.
Ran's dolls show up, blow up; and Lum, Ran, Ataru, Shinobu Ten, and Mendou
end up staying after school. Ultimately they start fighting again until
Kotatsu accidentally awakens a special doll of Ran's.
214. Blind Love! You Bet Your Life, Honest Fox
Kitsune hears a story about a woman who was trapped in a picture by
a demon and saved by a hero. Finding a picture of Shinobu, Kitsune sets
off to find a demon and defeat it. and guess who he attacks.
215. Come Quickly, Darling! Lum's Dangerous Marriage Talk
First episode with Shingo, the boy who lives in the electric jungle.
Shingo, who has been raised by television since he was lost in the electric
jungle as a child, goes out to chivalrously find a girlfriend. He meets
Lum and Lum asks Shingo to help her with a plan. By pretending to be kidnapped,
Lum hopes to make Ataru jealous, but Lum's capture goes from pretend to
real.
216. It's Unbearable! Ran's Mischief Campaign
Ran and Lum are remembering childhood times and all Ran can recall
are bad memories. Ran decides to send out a small spy of her's that can
cause one to remember old grudges, and first it strikes Ryunosuke, and
then Ataru.
217. Urusei Yatsura Pre-Departure Special! Shine!
This episode lists the top ten favorite U.Y. stories in the introduction
and reruns the most favorite, story 67.
218. All-Star Banquet! We Are Immortal!!
In the oddest places, everyone is finding invitations to a festival.
They gather to try and figure out who is responsible and decide to attend
and see what happens. What happens is the sun goddess show up. and at the
end of the episode many many familiar people form the series show up as
well.