Urusei Yatsura

I'm Lum-chan the Notorious! - It's Raining Oil All Over Town

Ataru Moroboshi, an unlovely flirtatious boy, has been chosen to fight an invading alien force's champion in a 10-day game of tag. If he loses the aliens will invade Earth, 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. A group of admirers of Lum try to summon her UFO back to Earth, using Ataru as bait, but instead they get an intergalactic taxi that takes them though subspace, and the fare for the taxi is the value of all the oil on the planet.

Oct 14, 1981

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Oct 14, 1981

Mail from Space - Ten-chan Arrives! - Mrs. Swallow and Mrs. Penguin

A peach falls from the sky, in which Lum's cousin, Ten comes out for a visit. He is capable of breathing fire and is an instant enemy to Ataru. Ten feeds alien candy to a swallow, making it grow massively in size such that it looks like a penguin. Its appearance in school is just the start of a full day of panic.

Oct 21, 1981

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Oct 21, 1981

The Coming of Rei the Handsome Shapechanger! - Die Dreamy-Man!

Shinobu meets upon Rei, Lum's handsome ex-fiancé, and brings him to Ataru’s house, much to the dismay of Lum. Ataru and his friends find Rei in a restaurant. His poor Japanese being mocked makes him go wild, and as he chases the boys and Lum throughout town, the chaos grows on.

Oct 28, 1981

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Oct 28, 1981

Kintaro from the Autumn Sky! - Gonna Live Like a Man!

Lum and Ten meet a vicious little boy on top of a flying bear, whom Ataru and Shinobu identify as Kintarō, who came from the sky and is lost. Kintarō's nanny, with Ataru's help, takes the alien children on a tour of Earth and end up in a preschool where the actual Kintarō learns the myth of the real Kintarō and thus hopes to be a role-model to the kids.

Nov 4, 1981

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Nov 4, 1981

Sakura - Raving Beauty of Mystery - Virus in Distress

Ataru runs away from home, unable to stand the pressure of living with Lum, and bumps into a beautiful lady named Sakura, who takes him to her shrine for exorcism. Sakura becomes Tomobiki High School’s nurse, and her beauty makes all the boys deliberately injure themselves in order to go see her. But later, they get really sick, which might be connected to Ataru, who oddly enough wants to avoid her.

Nov 18, 1981

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Nov 18, 1981

Black Hole Love Triangle - It's a Lovesick Little Demon!

Lum constantly interferes with Ataru's attempts to reach Shinobu by phone. By barging into their phone conversation from her UFO, it inadvertently creates a black hole that causes aircraft to vanish. Ataru puts two mirrors together on Friday the 13th and accidentally makes a little demon appear from another dimension.

Nov 25, 1981

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Nov 25, 1981

Electric Shocks Scare Me! - Voodoo Dolls of Vengeance

Cherry gives Ataru a magical yellow ribbon, which when tied to her horns, negate Lum's powers. But will this really allow him to be happy? After an odd loss of control of his body after dinner, Ataru finds out Lum made a voodoo doll of himself using some clay. Ataru takes advantage of the situation for revenge scheme, until it gives Lum the idea to make a Shinobu doll.

Dec 2, 1981

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Dec 2, 1981

Neptune is Beyond My Closet - That Crazy Age of the Dinosaurs

Ataru, Shinobu and Lum’s Stormtroopers wind up in Neptune through a portal discovered in Ataru’s closet where they are greeted by Lum’s friend Oyuki. While in the air, Lum, Ataru, Ten and Kintaro accidentally wind up back to the dinosaur age.

Dec 9, 1981

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Dec 9, 1981

Princess Kurama, Sleeping Beauty - Athletics in Women's Hell!

Ataru’s wish upon a star seems to come true as he is selected to awake the Karasutengu Princess Kurama by a kiss and mate with her for a night, but he is not her ideal man. Still trying to cure Ataru of his lechery, Kurama uses a weird dimensional door where Ataru faces hostile versions of the girls he loves.

Dec 16, 1981

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Dec 16, 1981

Pitter Patter Christmas Eve

Lum's Stormtroopers devise a scheme to embarrass Ataru and get Lum to dump him by setting up a fake Christmas Eve date for him.

Dec 23, 1981

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Dec 23, 1981

Ataru Genji Goes to the Heian Capital

The normal cast is put into an ancient Japanese story that takes place during the Heian period, with a special guest appearance.

Jan 6, 1982

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Jan 6, 1982

Battle Royal of Love - Father You Were Strong

Sakura invites Ataru and others at a local disco, which is a perfect setting for her boyfriend Tsubame to prove himself worthy of being her fiancée to Cherry by displaying his magic abilities that however go awry. Kurama takes Ataru back in time in hope of teaching him to be her ideal man like her father.

Jan 13, 1982

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Jan 13, 1982

Hawaiian Swimsuit Thief - Full Course From Hell

During a Hawaiian vacation at a beachside resort, the girls’ swimsuits are stolen. Could Cherry be the culprit? Still at the resort, Sakura, Ataru and Cherry compete in an all-you-can-eat contest.

Jan 20, 1982

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Jan 20, 1982

Mendo Brings Trouble! - Constellation is Spinning

Tomobiki High School gets a new student: Shutaro Mendo, the son of Japan's richest family. He and Ataru have a duel for presidency of the class. After a computer told Lum that her perfect matchmade partner is Shutaro instead of Ataru, she shrinks the two down and places them on a Horoscope device.

Jan 27, 1982

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Jan 27, 1982

The Great Spring War - The Benten Gang's Return Match

Lum takes Ataru to her home planet for the Setsubun Battle, but the game goes awry as he goes after the goddess Benten. Benten shows up for Earth's Setsubun, and a rematch ensues as Ataru angers Lum by taking advantage to play with Benten.

Feb 3, 1982

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Feb 3, 1982

Ah Lone Teacher! - Terrifying Visiting Day

A new teacher, Sanjuro Kuribayashi, has been tasked with bringing order to Class 2-4, and he grows extremely hostile towards Ataru for being Lum’s fiancé. During parents' visiting day, Lum's Mother and Mrs. Mendo have an all out war against each other.

Feb 10, 1982

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Feb 10, 1982

The Fourth Dimension Camera - Demonic Running

Mendo brings an antique camera to school that sends Ataru off into other worlds. Ataru strangely becomes amazingly lucky to the point that Mendo loses his popularity.

Feb 24, 1982

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Feb 24, 1982

Girls' Day! Introducing Ran-chan - Ran-chan's Invitation

Ataru is enchanted by a doll that takes him to Ran, Lum’s childhood friend, who is not so joyful about old times when the topic of Rei comes up. Ran invites Lum and Ataru into her spaceship for a farewell party, but Lum doesn't believe she has given up on sucking Ataru's youth.

Mar 3, 1982

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Mar 3, 1982

The Tearful Diary of Tomorrow - Whose Kid Is This?

Lum acquires Ataru's diary from the next day, which allows her to know what he shall go through today. Ataru tries to use it to his advantage, however... Mendo finds an alien child in his locker and goes through great lengths to hide it from everyone.

Mar 10, 1982

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Mar 10, 1982

Sleepy Serene Springtime Classroom - Peach Blossom Song Contest

The whole Class 2-4 has fallen asleep due to a tiny spirit taking a make-up exam for her master. However, there is still Ataru, Mendō and Lum to make fall asleep. A poetry-reading contest takes place at a blossom orchard, where it is said that a wizard of poetry uses a maiden to lure men for a poetry challenge.

Mar 17, 1982

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Mar 17, 1982

Duel! Ataru vs Ataru - Wake up to a Nightmare

By eating a manju Cherry intended to bury, Ataru splits into two, one polite and the other casual. As Ataru sleeps in class after continuously losing to Lum in a card game the night before, he keeps having weird dreams until meeting a weird fellow feeding nightmares to a baku.

Mar 24, 1982

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Mar 24, 1982

Great Space Matchmaking Operation

Lum returns to her home planet unaware that her father is throwing her a matchmaking party. As Ten blabs about it, Ataru uses his spaceship to follow her.

Apr 7, 1982

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Apr 7, 1982

Big Springtime Picnic Uproar!

On a school field trip, Ataru gets involved with Kappas and a limestone cavern reveals Mendo's greatest weakness.

Apr 14, 1982

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Apr 14, 1982

Beware the Earmuffs!

Ataru and Ten switch bodies after wearing some kind of special earmuffs.

Apr 21, 1982

Fly Imo-chan!

Ataru becomes the owner of a white caterpillar that Lum's Stormtroopers gave him as it eats a lot more than ordinary caterpillars.

Apr 28, 1982

Ten-chan's Love

Ten has an unrequited crush on Sakura.

May 5, 1982

What a Dracula

Dracula wants to suck the blood of a beautiful young girl and his target is Lum.

May 12, 1982

Lum's Education Lecture Course for Boys

Lum travels back in time in order to meet a younger Ataru and cure his libido.

May 19, 1982

From the Gardenia with Love

Ataru and Ten compete for the attention of the pretty female proprietor of a flower shop.

May 26, 1982

A Beautiful Girl Brings Rain

The gang meet Tsuyuko, a girl who seems to bring rain wherever she goes.

Jun 2, 1982

Gimme Back My Horn!

Ten's horn falls off during a fight with Ataru, leaving him weak and unable to breathe fire. Ataru wastes no time in taking advantage of the situation.

Jun 9, 1982

Shock Library - Quiet Please!

Chaos ensues at the library after the characters in the books start coming to life. Wendy Darling (from J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan novel) enlists Ataru and Lum's help in restoring order.

Jun 16, 1982

Teacher Hanawa Arrives! It's the Youth

Mr. Hanawa found employment in Ataru's school and at the same time, Lum gets enlisted into it.

Jun 23, 1982

Goblin in Distress - Wonderful People

A goblin who is living in Mendo's private pool has been shooed out and is trying to find a new home.

Jun 30, 1982

Darling had It This Time!

Remembering how Lum always got her in trouble when they were younger, Ran devises a new scheme to suck away Ataru's youth.

Jul 14, 1982

Rei Returns! The Big Study Hall Uproar!

Rei appears and causes an uproar by eating everyone's lunch, and Ran tries her best to win him back.

Jul 21, 1982

The Coming of The Phantom Red Mantle!

On a cool evening disco dance held by the students at Tomobiki High School during summer break, a mysterious man comes to stalk the girls.

Jul 28, 1982

Steal Darling! Copy Operation!

Things go wrong when Lum tries to make copies of Ataru in order to protect him from Ran's vengeance.

Aug 4, 1982

Thrilling Summer Date

Lum and Ataru go on their first date together after Lum watches a television program that makes her realize her relationship with Ataru is abnormal. Ataru, although hesitant at first, shows that he does actually have feelings for Lum, but feels uncomfortable expressing them.

Aug 11, 1982

So long Byebye Summer Days

Lum, Ataru, Shinobu and Mendo spend their summer vacation at the seaside. First they provoke the wrath of a watermelon god, then they are visited by a crying yōkai.

Aug 18, 1982

Panic in Typhoon!

A typhoon strikes Tomobiki and floods the Moroboshi household, but Lum has some inventive ways of helping her Darling and his parents cope with the flood waters.

Sep 1, 1982

Drunkard's Boogie

Lum and Ten get drunk from eating umeboshi, and Lum begins flying around terrorizing Ataru's classmates in order to get more umeboshi.

Sep 8, 1982

The Terror of Meow

During one of the cats' mating season, Ataru, Lum and Ten meet a beautiful female cat-like humanoid.

Sep 22, 1982

After You've Gone

Lum's Stormtroopers throw Lum a party, but Ataru spoils it by yelling at Lum and accusing her of ruining his life. Lum leaves for her home planet, and when she doesn't return, Ataru, believing she has gone for good, begins to miss her and tearfully wishes she would return. However, it turns out Lum merely left to renew her passport.

Oct 13, 1982

Lum-chan's Class Reunion

Lum's friends from outer space plan a surprise class-reunion party for her, but an unaware Lum can't understand why her friends are avoiding her and is hurt.

Oct 20, 1982

Those Buy-Eaters Gather Round!

Lum, Ataru, Shinobu and the rest of the Tomobiki student body - except for Mendo and his small gang of "good kids" - fight a new school rule which forbids students to leave the campus to eat lunch at fast-food joints.

Oct 27, 1982

Terror! The Deserted Fossil Grounds Mystery

Ataru, Lum, Mendo, 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.

Nov 3, 1982

Princess Kurama - A New Challenge!

Kurama has her subjects place her in suspended sleep again in the hopes that some prince may awaken her.

Nov 10, 1982

The Terrifying Cavity WARS!

Ten has gotten cavities. However, these cavities can be cured by biting 10 people and spreading the cavities to others. To relieve himself, he pays Ataru's class a visit.

Nov 17, 1982

The Mendo Siblings!

Mendo's manipulative and dangerous younger sister, Ryoko, is introduced.

Nov 24, 1982

A Cat with a Grudge on the Stairs

Kotatsu-neko is introduced.

Dec 1, 1982

Can a Raccoon Repay a Favor!?

Ataru helps a wounded bird who transforms itself into a raccoon and moves in to repay the service to Ataru.

Dec 8, 1982

The Suicide Subspace Parttime Job

Ataru finds the perfect part-time job - a washing attendant at a bathhouse - which he excitedly anticipates as being an opportunity to ogle and grope naked women. However, it doesn't turn out the way he expected.

Dec 15, 1982

The Big Year-End Party that Lum-chan Organized!

When Lum plans the class's end-of-year party, Ataru explains that New Year's is when you forget who you are. He's a bit worried she took it a bit literally...

Dec 22, 1982

Badboy Musashi - A Success Story

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.

Jan 5, 1983

We'll Risk Our Lives During Classtime!

After he's pelted by snowballs by Ataru and his friends, an annoyed Ten plans revenge on Ataru during class after Onsen-Mark threatens the class should any of them make noise.

Jan 12, 1983

Domestic Quarrel – To Eat or Be Eaten?!

Lum's mother boots father out of the house, so he comes to stay with Lum.

Jan 26, 1983

Steal the Kiss of Miss Snow Queen!

Lum gets Ataru to go on a ski trip with her, but Mendo, Shinobu, and Lum's guards find out and tail along to cause static, Ataru enters a ski contest.

Feb 2, 1983

St Valentine Day Horror

Ten becomes the new Ataru when he mistakenly gets another girl to marry him, but tries to escape so he could see other older women.

Feb 16, 1983

Love Love Catchball!

Ten orders two special balls called Love-Love Catchballs that supposedly show a person's future love, one for each gender. When Ataru finds the one for guys that show their future wives, things quickly get chaotic.

Feb 23, 1983

The Mendo Family... Masquerade War

Ryoko plans a masquerade "party" (which is actually a tournament of sorts) to get closer to Ataru, but her brother Shutaro is dead-fast against this, hiring all of Ataru's rivals to fight him.

Mar 2, 1983

Space Cold Panic!

Lum catches a cold from her father, which soon spreads across the entire male student body at Tomobiki High.

Mar 9, 1983

Ryunosuke Arrives! I Love the Sea!

After their beach shop is ruined by their fighting due to Ataru and co.'s interference, a father and his "son" Ryunosuke move into Tomobiki High and set up a shop in-school.

Mar 16, 1983

Goodbye Season

Ataru talks to Megane one day about handing over a "position", which Shinobu overhears, thinking that he's planning to give up on Lum. Not wanting to lose Mendou, she takes manners into her own hands..

Mar 23, 1983

Ran-chan's Great Date Plan!

Admiring Ran's feminine beauty, Ryunosuke goes out with her in an attempt to become more feminine, but everyone else except Ran (who doesn't know Ryunosuke's true gender and thinks she's going on a date with a guy) thinks this means she's interested in girls when she claims she has no interest in boys. Lum and Ataru decide to intervene with Ran and Ryunosuke's "date".

Apr 13, 1983

Happy Birthday My Darling

When Ataru flips out over Lum for forgetting his upcoming birthday, she goes absent from school for days and only comes home late at night. This causes both Ataru and Lum to become upset, as well as separately confine in Miss Sakura.

Apr 20, 1983

Seeing Togenkyo as a Hell Camp!

After enduring Lum's ultra-spicy dinner on a camping trip, Ataru, Mendou, Megane, and Perm head off to find food (with Lum and Ten not far behind). They eventually end up fighting against the Evil Peach after they're tipped off by Cherry of a village that produces giant peaches, wanting to save a beautiful girl from being sacrificed.

Apr 27, 1983

The Muco Flower's Name is Ryunosuke

Ataru is changed into a girl by Kurama's tengu henchmen after they try to use a cannon to change Ryunosuke into a man for their princess. NOTE: There is no appearance of Shinobu in this episode.

May 11, 1983

Bottled Letter Seashore Mystery!

After Ataru, Ten, and Mendo fall for a beautiful woman's love letters - which end up luring them (along with Lum and Shinobu) to the inn she works in - they stay at a creepy inn, where the residents quite literally want them for dinner.

May 25, 1983

Dramatic Appearance! Mizunokoji Ton-chan!!

Mendo's rival Tobimaro Mizunokoji returns, and the two decide to settle their baseball rivalry once and for all.

Jun 1, 1983

Shinobu's Cinderella Story

Shinobu gets involved with the rich Kobayakawa family's youngest son, the adopted Makoto, whose father recently died. But his older siblings want to bump him off so that they don't have to share their late father's wealth with him.

Jun 8, 1983

Lum-chan the Ruthless Rebel

Ataru is the producer/director of a film for school. At first it only involves him, Lum, and the Stormtroopers, but it soon involves most of the student body after Ataru gets funding by Mendo.

Jun 15, 1983

Big Showdown! Sakura vs Sakuranbo!!

Ataru and Lum are left home alone when his parents leave for three days, and Lum locks Ataru inside of his own house! When a botched-up meal causes planes and tanks to appear instead of food, it attracts the attention of Sakura and Sakuranbo, who try to fight them off..but end up fighting against each other's summoned creatures instead!

Jun 22, 1983

Ghost Story! Old Man Willow!

Onsen-Mark tells the class a story of a cursed willow tree, which Ataru finds a load of fluff and ends up releasing an old man after Mendou after he carved his company's symbol with a knife on said tree. The old man drops a map to a possible treasure, while Mendou plans to see him at midnight to settle a score regarding the mockery of his company logo Ataru carved on the back of his robe. Meanwhile, Onsen-Mark is forced to do guard duty across the school by himself at night.

Jun 29, 1983

And Then There was Nobody!?

Ataru, Lum, Shinobu, Mendo, Onsen-Mark, Sakura, Cherry, and the Stormtroopers have a stay at a mansion, where they are slowly picked off one by one in a manner similar to the nursery rhyme Cock Robin.

Jul 6, 1983

Firefighter Mama Visits!

Ten's mother, a firefighter, comes to visit her son on Earth. Ten must keep his fire-breathing a secret from his mother as she hates pyromaniacs and will send all those who are to Hell. Unfortunately for him, Ataru - taking full advantage of Ten's mother's position - isn't going to make it easy on him.

Jul 13, 1983

Darling's Dying!?

When Ataru gets poisoned by one of Ran's cupcakes, Lum rushes into a magical world to find an antidote for him before he dies.

Jul 20, 1983

Pitiful! Mother of Love and Banishment!?

An accident at the mall causes Ataru's mother to become unconscious. During this time she begins to have nightmares.

Jul 27, 1983

Mendo Family - Summer Christmas

Ryoko holds a "Summer Xmas" party, where everyone must come in male-female pairs. And the main attraction is a gigantic Christmas tree, which they must climb in order to get to the dance floor above. The male winner will receive a kiss from Ryoko, and the female Mendou.

Aug 3, 1983

Panic in the Haunted Inn

Ataru, Lum, Mendo, and Shinobu stay at an inn and meet Otama, a scaredy-cat ghost who tries (and fails) to out-scare an old couple each year around the summer. But the old couple are far scarier than she is (though not on purpose).

Aug 10, 1983

Ah The Eyelid of Mother

Ryunosuke tries to recall what her mother was like, and her father doesn't help her at all in this endeavor. A new eyecatch featuring Lum and Ataru is introduced this episode.

Aug 17, 1983

Full of Sunshine - Full of Amours

Thanks to Ten's Core technology, he, Ataru, and Mendo make three Sakura sand dolls come to life. Frustrated, Lum goes out with another guy to make Ataru jealous.

Aug 24, 1983

Big Clash! Ten VS Ataru

Tired of being defeated recently by Ataru, Ten goes into training with the help of Cherry and Lum to defeat his arch-nemesis.

Sep 7, 1983

Terror! Tororo has Come to Attack!!

On holiday at Mendo's family's mountain lodge, Lum, Shinobu, Ataru and Mendou are attacked by crazed Tororo yam filling (torojiru).

Sep 14, 1983

Galactic Teacher CAO-2's Revenge

Lum, Ran, Benten, and Oyuki find out that their old teacher, a giant, robot chalkboard eraser named CAO-2, has come to Earth after being trapped on a deserted planet for years. And the former three are not pleased with the news.

Sep 21, 1983

Outraged! Piteous Kid Shutaro!!

Ataru, Lum, Shinobu, Mendo, and Ryunosuke go back in time to when Mendou was an obnoxious, violent kid to cure him of both his nyctophobia and claustrophobia.

Oct 12, 1983

Grand! The Mysterious Matsutake Pot!!

A batch of matsutake mushrooms from Cherry turn the Tomobiki High student body and staff alike (except Lum and Cherry himself) into a bunch of high weirdos desperate for entertainment.

Oct 26, 1983

Enraged Lum-chan!

After Ten burns Lum's scarf she made especially for Ataru, he's forced to do something he's never really done before - apologize. And Ataru is making sure to drag this out as much as possible, even convincing Lum to get angry at him.

Nov 2, 1983

Lum and Ataru – A Night only for Two

Ataru's parents head away for an overnight trip to Atami, leaving Lum and Ataru in the house together. Ataru dreads the prospect of a Lum-cooked dinner, while a horrified Mendo and Lum's Stormtroopers storm the Moroboshi home to protect Lum from Ataru. Ataru tries to kiss her at the last moment, but as a precaution, puts an armor that prevents electricity, in the last frames...he begins to cry.

Nov 9, 1983

Lady Ryunosuke!

Onsen-Mark is given the task of making "a woman" out of Ryuunosuke.

Nov 23, 1983

Document - Who Will Be Miss Tomobiki!?

A contest is held in Tomobiki for Miss Tomobiki, with a reward of 150,000 yen for the winner. Candidates include Lum, Shinobu, Ran, Sakura, and Ryunosuke.

Nov 30, 1983

Bizarre! The Medicine of Selflessness!!

Ataru has a literal out-of-body experience when he eats a strange potion shaped like a fish cookie from Cherry.

Dec 7, 1983

Shutaro - Jinxed Morning

Mendo talks to Sakuranbo about Ataru's possible weaknesses in this clip show episode.

Dec 14, 1983

The Story of a Traveling Snow Dharma

After saving its life three times from Ten's antics, a snowman spirit awards Ataru with a late night dinner, taking the form of a cute pink-haired girl that only he can see.

Dec 21, 1983

Lum-chan's Ancient Japanese Fairytales

Cherry tells Ten a fairytale that's basically a giant mishmash of Japanese children's stories, featuring Ataru and Lum as an old couple and Ten as their "son".

Jan 11, 1984

Shine! The Blessed Bra!

Ryunosuke is blackmailed into going on a date with Shinobu to obtain a bra, which she's always wanted to wear.

Jan 18, 1984

Duel! Benten VS the Three Daughters

A trio of middle-school space girls steal Benten's chain and then challenge her, Lum, and Oyuki to fight them.

Jan 25, 1984

Lum-chan is Full!

Ran tries to clone Lum to get revenge on her, but it doesn't work quite as planned.

Feb 1, 1984

Deadly! Standup Eating Wars!!

Megane deals with a tough, fast-eating "fast-food costumer dragon" named Ryuu at the noodle shop he works at, who criticizes others' inferior foods and eats for free if not satisfied. But soon other fast-food fighters start hitting the scene in Tomobiki, and Megane only worries even more. Turns out that Mendou, who's thinking of opening a supermarket in town in an attempt to bankrupt the small-time family restaurants, is the cause of this, starting a contest between Ataru and co. and the fast-food fighters to determine if Tomobiki gets the supermarket.

Feb 8, 1984

Great Vault! Courageous Survival!

Ataru and Mendou get locked in the latter's giant safe, where they slowly go mad when the place starts flooding and they try to out-survive each other.

Feb 15, 1984

Operation - Peek in the Woman's Bath

Ataru takes a bath at an old-fashioned sento (along with Cherry), where he tries to peek on the girls' side, where Lum, Shinobu, Sakura, Ran, Ryoko, Ryunosuke, Benten, and Oyuki are having a private party. But soon the Stormtroopers and even Mendo find out about Ataru's plan.

Feb 22, 1984

Sakura - Melancholy of a Youth Time

Sakura literally re-meets her childhood when Cherry slips her a pill that makes her childhood self appear, who wants to play. But everyone else thinks it's her illegitimate child.

Feb 29, 1984

Burning Ran's Emotional Video Mail

In the series' second clip show, Ran gets video tapes "highlighting" her unhappy childhood, as well as previous episodes' events.

Mar 7, 1984

Sakura-san is My Youth!

Ataru recounts how he met Sakura, and how she ended up as the school nurse of his school. This is intermixed with clips from previous episodes.

Mar 14, 1984

Scramble! Recapture Lum!

Episode 1 of a 2-episode serial. Ataru and Lum get into an argument, with Lum going to her UFO to sleep that night. But in her sleep it crashes on Mendou's property, with Lum losing her memory in the process. Mendou, disgusted by Ataru's lack of sympathy about Lum's missing, informs Ataru that she's on his property. He also tells him that if he wants her back, he'll have to go on his property and deal with him and his army. After some nudging by Lum's Stormtroopers, Ataru works together with them to save her.

Mar 21, 1984

Deathmatch! Ataru VS Mendo Brigade!

Episode 2 of a 2-episode serial. Despite their best efforts, all of Lum's Stroomtroopers except Megane have been kidnapped. Ataru is saved from captivity by Mendou's little sister Ryoko, who gives him supplies and even a motorcycle to save Lum with.

Mar 28, 1984

Different Dimension Switch - Where is Darling!?

During Hanami, Ataru snaps a tree branch and somehow causes a rip in dimensions, sending Lum to a parallel world. Here Ataru lost the game of tag in the first episode, his family living in poverty. And he refuses to talk to Lum because he is upset that she ruined his life, as well as his parents'. Lum hops dimensions in hopes of finding the real Ataru.

Apr 11, 1984

Clash!! Queen Majesty and Ragaman's Love

Ryunosuke loses the cloth that wraps up her breasts, but decides to not buy a new wrap when she's finally treated like a girl by everyone around her. But when it comes time to play rugby at gym class, the boys are more interested in Ryunosuke's large chest than they are in playing the actual game. At the same time, an evil space queen and her all-male henchmen are plotting to overtake Earth, their ship the size (and shape) of a rugby ball.

Apr 25, 1984

Ran-chan - First Kiss Tastes Tears of Love

Ran tries to win Rei's heart literally through his stomach. And while she doesn't succeed, she does manage to get an indirect kiss from him when he licks bean paste from her face. Lum is happy to see Rei and Ran paired up, ecstatic at the idea that Ran will no longer bother her. Or is she...?

May 2, 1984

Un-re-mov-ab-le Rouge Magic

Lum is sad that she's never kissed Ataru, so she invents a lipstick that makes whoever wears it to kiss anyone else who's also wearing it.

May 9, 1984

Deathmatch!! The Mendo Family Flower Display Death Match

A mysterious monster is causing strange events in town. Mendo figures out what the monster is when all of his octopi are turned to septopi.

May 16, 1984

Benten & Ryunosuke - Run Toward Tomorrow!

Benten drops in to Tomobiki High, making friends with Ryuunosuke, leading to crime-fighting, kitten-saving adventures.

May 23, 1984

Great Horrors! Oyuki is Finally Angered!!

Ran upsets Oyuki and relives a traumatizing childhood experience with an angry Oyuki. The song "Magical Mystery Tour" by The Beatles seems to be featured as well.

May 30, 1984

Ten-chan's Strange Love Story

Ten meets a lovely little girl, only to find their time together is all too brief. Also in this episode: sumo wrestling and puppies.

Jun 6, 1984

Haunted Special! Search for Mendo Mansion's Treasure!!

Mendo's elderly grandfather requests Shutaro find the secret family treasure. Unfortunately for Shutaro, his classmates decide to join. Unfortunately for his classmates, is it hidden in the extensive Mendo Estate.

Jun 13, 1984

Love and War! Battle of Glove VS Pants!!

Possessed accessories bring three of our heroes to a spiritual fight to the... nap time.

Jun 20, 1984

Lum-chan's Becoming a Cow?

Lum and Ataru are both bitten by a cow in a pet shop. Shortly afterward, Lum's horns begin to grow and resemble a cow's horns, and a horrified Lum believes she is turning into a cow.

Jun 27, 1984

Great Achievement! This is Lum-chan's Youth Film

Megane convinces everyone to help him make a film starring Lum.

Jul 11, 1984

Scaring Ghosts! Pretty Sakura's Oharai!!

Sakura's wand needs a recharge, leaving an opening for all the ghosties!

Jul 18, 1984

Counterattack of the Primeval Animals! Panic at the Poolside

Ten gets a lesson once again about Oni candy and Earthlings while Ataru and Mendou's relationship develops to new levels.

Jul 25, 1984

Appeared Again! Hunter of Love Princess Kurama

Kurama returns to find her mate. Instead she meets her match.

Aug 1, 1984

The Fox's Hard Feelings of Painful Love...

How can little Kitsune repay Shinobu's good deed?

Aug 15, 1984

Ryunosuke Stunned! My Young Child Loves Rock Mother!!

A beach town frantically searches for the food-thieving goblin as Ryuu is once again plagued by her past... and her dramatic father.

Aug 22, 1984

Thriller! Curra~n Collo~n Womens Dorm!!

Ataru's ghost story becomes all too real when no matter how hard Lum tries to stop it.

Aug 29, 1984

Pool Spooks! Burning with Forbidden Love!!

The gang helps Pochi rescue his beloved blowfish from the sharky kidnapper.

Sep 12, 1984

Ran-chan Panic: There is No Tomorrow for Tomobiki Town

Ran's lost konpeito-like supernova fragment causes quite a ruckus for Tomobiki High. The song The Fool on the Hill by The Beatles seems to be featured as well.

Sep 19, 1984

Where is Love's Room? Kuriko and Chojuro

Pear-consciousness brings everyone in class closer to Ataru.

Sep 26, 1984

Man or Bird? Gokakenran Ally of Justice!

Ten learns the difficulties of being the righteousness of the universe when he gets powers from a salary-man superhero, whom Ran and Lum have a grudge against.

Oct 17, 1984

Attack the Seniors! Revenge of the Knowing Three Daughters

The Planet Middle School Girl Gang is back to get revenge on Lum. However, she's too distracted by Ataru's proposition; if she can go three days without shocking him, he'll go on a date with her.

Oct 24, 1984

Blazing Hidden Trick! This Straight Line Road

Lum finds an alien way to motivate everyone to do their best at the talent show.

Oct 31, 1984

Don't Die! Ryoko's Special Straw Doll!!

Ryoko harnesses the power of voodoo and gives Ataru a voodoo doll effigy of her brother Shutaro, who unintentionally hurts him without realizing it. Shutaro now must do everything to prevent Ataru from finding out that the voodoo doll is of him, while trying to avoid himself in the process.

Nov 7, 1984

Matchmaking Hell! Is the Armored Daughter a Beauty? Beast?

Episode one of a two-Episode Serial. Shutaro is forced into an arranged marriage with the heavily armored Asuka Mizunokoji of the Mizunokoji clan, who've been mortal enemies with the Mendou clan for generations. While Shutaro wants nothing to do with Asuka, Ataru (of course) wants this armored girl for himself. A girl who, apparently, has never met a man before, much less one outside of her armor. At episode's end her armor is removed via Lum shocking her with Ataru clinging to her, revealing her true appearance. Cherry ends the episode, breaking the fourth wall as he tells the audience to turn in next time for the conclusion.

Nov 14, 1984

Love of the Armored Daughter! Maiden Heart is Shaky Wobbling

Episode two of a two-episode Serial. Her armor now gone, a terrified Asuka runs away from Ataru, Shutaro, and even her own brother Tobimaro. It's also revealed why Asuka is in the armor; no male from the Mizunokoji clan is allowed to see their daughter until she turns 15. Shutaro, initially against the idea of the arranged marriage, is now all for it when he hears from Ataru that Asuka is cute, despite her being scary powerful due to 15 years in armor. Ryoko, however, plans to put a stop to the arranged marriage with a giant army and later an armored suit. The marriage is soon after called off.

Nov 21, 1984

Meeting even if Death! Pure Fox Returns!!

Inspired by a movie about a fox using a spell to turn a human girl he loves into a fox like himself for one night, Kitsune looks for Shinobu to find his missing gingko nuts, which he wants her to eat under a full moon to do the same. Ataru and Lum help them. Kitsune eventually finds them, turning Lum, Ataru, Cherry, Shinobu, AND Kotatsu-Neko all into foxes, as well as many of the people in town partially into foxes as well. A half-fox Shinbou and Kitsune dance together under the full moon, happy together.

Nov 28, 1984

What Do I Care for Talking Flowers!

Ran and Lum learn a valuable lesson about spreading rumors after Ran's talking flowers (named Ryuugenvillias) spread rumors about them to the entire town, soon affecting/hurting everyone's lives. (Aside from Ataru, oddly enough, who is mostly unaffected.)

Dec 5, 1984

The Birth of Ten-chan's Son!? I Dunno

An accident causes an egg to be attached to Ten's body. The egg hatches and reveals a strange bee-like creature who proceeds to harass Ten constantly, claiming Ten is his father.

Dec 12, 1984

Lum's Courageous Duel! Victory is a Nitpicky Hand

Lum learns just how much she needs her powers.

Dec 19, 1984

Big Employment Aspiration! Return of Missing Ninja Kaede!!

Ninja Kaede seeks a new life in the city.

Jan 9, 1985

Tomobiki Highschool Survival! Who Are the Survivors!

Texas Chainsaw Tomato Massacre at its finest.

Jan 16, 1985

The Mysterious Giant Cake! Love's Escape Panic!!

Mendo's New Year's party takes a delicious, spongy turn when Ryoko hears about it.

Jan 23, 1985

Underground Reincarnation! What's Darling Thinking!?

The gang lands on an island where "poison" literally makes one's dreams come true.

Jan 30, 1985

Snow Panic! The Mendo Family Hanami Banquet!!

Once again, everyone is taught that Oni eating human food and humans eating Oni food is a drunken disaster.

Feb 6, 1985

Far Spring! Tale of the Lonely Fairy!!

Ataru learns the importance of happy thought thanks to a fairy.

Feb 13, 1985

To Dream Land! Darling Battle Royal Abduction

Everyone learns about eating other people's dreams.

Feb 20, 1985

Three Daughters Again! The Great Mission Tempting Darling!!

Ginger, Pepper, and Sugar return to their old tricks to break up Lum and Ataru.

Feb 27, 1985

The Scampering Kotatsu Cat! Anything to Get Warm

Kotatsu Cat proves himself to be true to his name by catching the ever-running Kotatsu.

Mar 6, 1985

Ryunosuke's Naïve Father! A Wife is in Vestiges!!

Ryunosuke's father tries to bring Masako to Ryunosuke's life with lies and trickery.

Mar 13, 1985

Spring Full Bloom!? Frozen by Oyuki's Cold!!

Oyuki's cold is unlike anyone's on Earth. It's far more literal. The only cure can come from a cat.

Mar 20, 1985

Friendship Panic! I Love to Eat Blowfish

Ten finds a new friend in a blowfish and brings havoc to Tomobiki with a blowfish and Oni candy.

Mar 27, 1985

The Armored Girl Returns! Older Brother is Full

At the demand of her mother, Asuka faces her fear of men in a visit to Tomobiki High School after her love crushes her brother. It goes about as well as expected.

Apr 3, 1985

Boredom Syndrome! Is Tomobiki Town Wasting Away!?

Ataru drinks a can of eye drops Lum left in his room, thinking it was juice. Because of this, everyone ends up having weird dreams.

Apr 10, 1985

Look Out Ran! Kotatsu Neko's First Love Oden!?

Ran cooks an Oden with love mushrooms to Rei, but Kotatsu Neko eats it. NOTE: Mendo and Ataru make brief appearances.

Apr 17, 1985

The Armored Girl Is Back Again! Dates of Thunder!

Mrs. Mizunokoji has Mendo and Asuka go on a date on their estate, but Ataru interferes to scare Asuka. Asuka goes on a rampage.

Apr 24, 1985

The Mystery Priest Appears! Luck Bell Battle Royal

A priest shows up and rings Ataru, Shinobu, Ryu, Lum, Mendo, and Sakura to a great bell in a shrine.

May 1, 1985

First Love Again!? 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 Mendo's favorite octopus, Lum tries to hide this fact, especially from Ataru.

May 8, 1985

Here Comes the Barista of Youth! Shining Café 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.

May 15, 1985

I Love Darling's Kindness...

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.

May 22, 1985

Return of the Pure-Hearted Fox! I Love Shinobu!

Kitsune goes to Tomobiki High School and bring the class back to his class in the woods on a flying bus.

May 29, 1985

I Love the Sea! The Saga of Hamajaya!

At the beach, Ataru, Mendo, Shinobu, Lum, and Ryu are trying to attract customers for the Hamajaya restaurant, but Mr. Fujinami keeps scaring away the customers.

Jun 5, 1985

Ryunosuke vs. Benten: The Pointless Charm Contest!

Benten comes to visit Lum and again meets Ryunosuke, but Mr. Fujinami is trying to convince Benten that Ryu is a boy.

Jun 12, 1985

Little Magical Bottle: What Will Happen to Me?

Jariten buys a magic bottle that can shrink anything down to fit inside it.

Jun 19, 1985

Some Disassembly Required: Lum’s Dangerous Shopping

Discipline in school raises to a new peak because of the disturbances caused by the arrival of packages from space for Lum.

Jun 26, 1985

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.

Jul 3, 1985

Devil's Summer! Ten-chan's Great Unaju Mission!!

Jariten gets a fever from staying in the sun too long and the cure is to be made very cold.

Jul 10, 1985

Omimai 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.

Jul 17, 1985

Scary!! There is an Octopus on Shutaro's Head!?

An apparition of one of Shutaro's favorite octopi appears on his head and cannot be removed.

Jul 24, 1985

Invader From Space! Lum's Dangerous Lips!!

A space centaur comes to Earth where he takes the guise of Ataru and tries to kiss every girl in school, but fails.

Jul 31, 1985

Space Survival! They are the Eaters

On a spaceship near Earth, an alien is cleaning a special food bowl and drops it.

Aug 7, 1985

It's Stimulating! Overhead Cooler of Terror!!

It's a hot summer day, and the heat is bothering everyone except Lum.

Aug 14, 1985

Love Raid! Romantic has Not Stopped!!

Lum buys a plant that grows a little cupid. She then gets the cupid to try hitting Ataru with an arrow.

Aug 21, 1985

Long-Time Appearance! Worries for Firefighter Mother!!

Ten's mother visits and Jariten wants to give her a bouquet of carnations to show his love for her.

Aug 28, 1985

Hardsell Happiness! Out of Pint Bluebird!!

An escaped alien convict, a bluebird, come to Tomobiki and begins to grant people's wishes.

Sep 4, 1985

Great Storm! 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.

Sep 11, 1985

I Want a Bride!! The Fox's Big Love Adventure!!

Kitsune comes to Tomobiki High School during a costume festival to see Shinobu.

Sep 18, 1985

How Persistent! The Three Daughters' Great Animal Mission!!

The three scamps from Lum's old school are trying to one-up Lum's gang again. This time, they choose animals to match each of the gang's individual weaknesses.

Sep 25, 1985

All-You-Can-Grab Fish Frenzy! The Hamajaya Scam

Ryunosuke's father hatches a scheme to solve Hamachaya's finances while Mendou accidentally invites everyone to a beach outing.

Oct 2, 1985

Wish Upon a Star! The Frenzied Desire of Ataru’s Family!

After Ataru’s father is hit by a semi, the Moriboshi family’s financial situation grants them three wishes by a falling star.

Oct 16, 1985

Special Delivery Kiss! Darling Finally Gets Jealous!

Lum receives a frog via special delivery, and intends to kiss him despite Ataru's objections.

Oct 23, 1985

Beware of Booze! Sakura’s Exorcism Error!

Sakura is possessed by a spirit spirit in order to properly exorcise it, but is tempted to go binge drinking before she has the chance.

Oct 30, 1985

It’s Creepy! The Sakuranbo School of Yoga!

Sakura starts a yoga class, and the main characters all attend. They engage in “multiple-person yoga” to cleanse their souls, but it becomes a competition to see who’ll “win.”

Nov 6, 1985

Say Goodbye to Onsen!? Tearful Farewell Marathon

Onsen is leaving, and Lum organizes a goodbye ceremony. Before he goes, he has unfinished business to attend to… namely revenge for all the students’ hijinks over the years.

Dec 4, 1985

Sakura’s Pure Love! Slippery Soap Spells Sayonara!

Sakura must overcome Lum’s home-made soap in order to be with her true love. He mistakes her slippery nature for disinterest in him.

Dec 11, 1985

Asuka VS Big Brother! It's Battle for Certain Love!

Asuka will not stop flirting with her brother, so her mother makes a desperate wager with her: if he defeats in Asuka in combat, Asuka must give up on marrying him. Unfortunately, their respective martial abilities mean she's almost guaranteed a victory. Lum's help is employed. It gets weird.

Dec 18, 1985

Darling Great Misfortune! Four Dimension Fortune of Fear!!

Lum and Ataru visit the shrine and make very different wishes, which both come true, in a way. Different dimensions are involved.

Dec 25, 1985

New Years Panic! The Mendo Family Game of Trouble

The Mendo family uses the main characters as unwilling pawn-like pieces for a family game.

Jan 8, 1986

Dreaming Ten’s Big Adventure at the End of the Rainbow!

Ten is asked to retrieve an umbrella by a creature that lives in another dimension.

Jan 15, 1986

Ataru Wants to Go on a Date! Operation Examination!

Shinobu makes a deal with Ataru that she’ll go on a date with him if he comes in first on one of the upcoming exams. However, Ataru and studying don’t mix, so he comes up with a crazy scheme to help him pass…

Jan 22, 1986

Darling Told Me He Loves Me!

Sakura makes medicine that Lum and Shinobu give to Mendo and Ataru. The medicine makes them delusional, but very creative.

Jan 29, 1986

Hellish Home Visits! The Passion of the Teacher!

Onsen-mark must brave the families of some of his worst students in a round of home visits.

Feb 5, 1986

Ran’s Humongous Doll of Destruction!

The main characters are forced to undergo meditation as punishment for their classroom disruption. Ran creates a giant doll that rampages through Tokyo like Gojira.

Feb 12, 1986

Pure-hearted Fox! He’ll Risk His Life for Love!!

The little fox that loves Shinobu hears a tale that implies that if you grab an Oni's horn, you will win your true love's heart.

Feb 19, 1986

Darling, Rescue Me! Lum’s Dangerous Engagement

Another suitor has swung in to Lum's life, and he's immune to electric shock.

Feb 26, 1986

I Can’t Take It Anymore! Ran’s Malicious Operation!

Ran's latest revenge scheme involves a control button in an attempt to take over Ataru's life.

Mar 5, 1986

Immediate Farewell Special - Shine!! Planet Uru Awards

It is a repeat of episode 44 ("After You've Gone") with a special introduction and best episode countdown before the episode.

Mar 12, 1986

Great All Star Banquet! We are Immortal!!

Every character from the show makes an appearance as the school attempts a retelling of a classic Japanese tale.

Mar 19, 1986