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Episode 183

Ryunosuke vs. Benten: The Pointless Charm Contest!

June 12, 1985

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

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Urusei Yatsura: Season 1 - 86 Episode s

1x133 - Un-re-mov-ab-le Rouge Magic
May 9, 1984
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.
1x134 - Deathmatch!! The Mendo Family Flower Display Death Match
May 16, 1984
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.
1x135 - Benten & Ryunosuke - Run Toward Tomorrow!
May 23, 1984
Benten drops in to Tomobiki High, making friends with Ryuunosuke, leading to crime-fighting, kitten-saving adventures.
1x136 - Great Horrors! Oyuki is Finally Angered!!
May 30, 1984
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.
1x137 - Ten-chan's Strange Love Story
June 6, 1984
Ten meets a lovely little girl, only to find their time together is all too brief. Also in this episode: sumo wrestling and puppies.
1x138 - Haunted Special! Search for Mendo Mansion's Treasure!!
June 13, 1984
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.
1x139 - Love and War! Battle of Glove VS Pants!!
June 20, 1984
Possessed accessories bring three of our heroes to a spiritual fight to the... nap time.
1x140 - Lum-chan's Becoming a Cow?
June 27, 1984
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.
1x141 - Great Achievement! This is Lum-chan's Youth Film
July 11, 1984
Megane convinces everyone to help him make a film starring Lum.
1x142 - Scaring Ghosts! Pretty Sakura's Oharai!!
July 18, 1984
Sakura's wand needs a recharge, leaving an opening for all the ghosties!
1x143 - Counterattack of the Primeval Animals! Panic at the Poolside
July 25, 1984
Ten gets a lesson once again about Oni candy and Earthlings while Ataru and Mendou's relationship develops to new levels.
1x144 - Appeared Again! Hunter of Love Princess Kurama
August 1, 1984
Kurama returns to find her mate. Instead she meets her match.
1x145 - The Fox's Hard Feelings of Painful Love...
August 15, 1984
How can little Kitsune repay Shinobu's good deed?
1x146 - Ryunosuke Stunned! My Young Child Loves Rock Mother!!
August 22, 1984
A beach town frantically searches for the food-thieving goblin as Ryuu is once again plagued by her past... and her dramatic father.
1x147 - Thriller! Curra~n Collo~n Womens Dorm!!
August 29, 1984
Ataru's ghost story becomes all too real when no matter how hard Lum tries to stop it.
1x148 - Pool Spooks! Burning with Forbidden Love!!
September 12, 1984
The gang helps Pochi rescue his beloved blowfish from the sharky kidnapper.
1x149 - Ran-chan Panic: There is No Tomorrow for Tomobiki Town
September 19, 1984
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.
1x150 - Where is Love's Room? Kuriko and Chojuro
September 26, 1984
Pear-consciousness brings everyone in class closer to Ataru.
1x151 - Man or Bird? Gokakenran Ally of Justice!
October 17, 1984
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.
1x152 - Attack the Seniors! Revenge of the Knowing Three Daughters
October 24, 1984
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.
1x153 - Blazing Hidden Trick! This Straight Line Road
October 31, 1984
Lum finds an alien way to motivate everyone to do their best at the talent show.
1x154 - Don't Die! Ryoko's Special Straw Doll!!
November 7, 1984
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.
1x155 - Matchmaking Hell! Is the Armored Daughter a Beauty? Beast?
November 14, 1984
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.
1x156 - Love of the Armored Daughter! Maiden Heart is Shaky Wobbling
November 21, 1984
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.
1x157 - Meeting even if Death! Pure Fox Returns!!
November 28, 1984
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.
1x158 - What Do I Care for Talking Flowers!
December 5, 1984
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.)
1x159 - The Birth of Ten-chan's Son!? I Dunno
December 12, 1984
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.
1x160 - Lum's Courageous Duel! Victory is a Nitpicky Hand
December 19, 1984
Lum learns just how much she needs her powers.
1x161 - Big Employment Aspiration! Return of Missing Ninja Kaede!!
January 9, 1985
Ninja Kaede seeks a new life in the city.
1x162 - Tomobiki Highschool Survival! Who Are the Survivors!
January 16, 1985
Texas Chainsaw Tomato Massacre at its finest.
1x163 - The Mysterious Giant Cake! Love's Escape Panic!!
January 23, 1985
Mendo's New Year's party takes a delicious, spongy turn when Ryoko hears about it.
1x164 - Underground Reincarnation! What's Darling Thinking!?
January 30, 1985
The gang lands on an island where "poison" literally makes one's dreams come true.
1x165 - Snow Panic! The Mendo Family Hanami Banquet!!
February 6, 1985
Once again, everyone is taught that Oni eating human food and humans eating Oni food is a drunken disaster.
1x166 - Far Spring! Tale of the Lonely Fairy!!
February 13, 1985
Ataru learns the importance of happy thought thanks to a fairy.
1x167 - To Dream Land! Darling Battle Royal Abduction
February 20, 1985
Everyone learns about eating other people's dreams.
1x168 - Three Daughters Again! The Great Mission Tempting Darling!!
February 27, 1985
Ginger, Pepper, and Sugar return to their old tricks to break up Lum and Ataru.
1x169 - The Scampering Kotatsu Cat! Anything to Get Warm
March 6, 1985
Kotatsu Cat proves himself to be true to his name by catching the ever-running Kotatsu.
1x170 - Ryunosuke's Naïve Father! A Wife is in Vestiges!!
March 13, 1985
Ryunosuke's father tries to bring Masako to Ryunosuke's life with lies and trickery.
1x171 - Spring Full Bloom!? Frozen by Oyuki's Cold!!
March 20, 1985
Oyuki's cold is unlike anyone's on Earth. It's far more literal. The only cure can come from a cat.
1x172 - Friendship Panic! I Love to Eat Blowfish
March 27, 1985
Ten finds a new friend in a blowfish and brings havoc to Tomobiki with a blowfish and Oni candy.
1x173 - The Armored Girl Returns! Older Brother is Full
April 3, 1985
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.
1x174 - Boredom Syndrome! Is Tomobiki Town Wasting Away!?
April 10, 1985
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.
1x175 - Look Out Ran! Kotatsu Neko's First Love Oden!?
April 17, 1985
Ran cooks an Oden with love mushrooms to Rei, but Kotatsu Neko eats it. NOTE: Mendo and Ataru make brief appearances.
1x176 - The Armored Girl Is Back Again! Dates of Thunder!
April 24, 1985
Mrs. Mizunokoji has Mendo and Asuka go on a date on their estate, but Ataru interferes to scare Asuka. Asuka goes on a rampage.
1x177 - The Mystery Priest Appears! Luck Bell Battle Royal
May 1, 1985
A priest shows up and rings Ataru, Shinobu, Ryu, Lum, Mendo, and Sakura to a great bell in a shrine.
1x178 - First Love Again!? A Return to the Past for Lum and Rei!!
May 8, 1985
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.
1x179 - Here Comes the Barista of Youth! Shining Café of Dreams!
May 15, 1985
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.
1x180 - I Love Darling's Kindness...
May 22, 1985
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.
1x181 - Return of the Pure-Hearted Fox! I Love Shinobu!
May 29, 1985
Kitsune goes to Tomobiki High School and bring the class back to his class in the woods on a flying bus.
1x182 - I Love the Sea! The Saga of Hamajaya!
June 5, 1985
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.
1x183 - Ryunosuke vs. Benten: The Pointless Charm Contest!
June 12, 1985
Benten comes to visit Lum and again meets Ryunosuke, but Mr. Fujinami is trying to convince Benten that Ryu is a boy.
1x184 - Little Magical Bottle: What Will Happen to Me?
June 19, 1985
Jariten buys a magic bottle that can shrink anything down to fit inside it.
1x185 - Some Disassembly Required: Lum’s Dangerous Shopping
June 26, 1985
Discipline in school raises to a new peak because of the disturbances caused by the arrival of packages from space for Lum.
1x186 - Goodness! Words Aren't Getting to Darling
July 3, 1985
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.
1x187 - Devil's Summer! Ten-chan's Great Unaju Mission!!
July 10, 1985
Jariten gets a fever from staying in the sun too long and the cure is to be made very cold.
1x188 - Omimai Panic!? I Didn't Mean Any Harm
July 17, 1985
Ran gets sick and asks Lum to come over by sending Lum exploding dolls, missiles and the like.
1x189 - Scary!! There is an Octopus on Shutaro's Head!?
July 24, 1985
An apparition of one of Shutaro's favorite octopi appears on his head and cannot be removed.
1x190 - Invader From Space! Lum's Dangerous Lips!!
July 31, 1985
A space centaur comes to Earth where he takes the guise of Ataru and tries to kiss every girl in school, but fails.
1x191 - Space Survival! They are the Eaters
August 7, 1985
On a spaceship near Earth, an alien is cleaning a special food bowl and drops it.
1x192 - It's Stimulating! Overhead Cooler of Terror!!
August 14, 1985
It's a hot summer day, and the heat is bothering everyone except Lum.
1x193 - Love Raid! Romantic has Not Stopped!!
August 21, 1985
Lum buys a plant that grows a little cupid. She then gets the cupid to try hitting Ataru with an arrow.
1x194 - Long-Time Appearance! Worries for Firefighter Mother!!
August 28, 1985
Ten's mother visits and Jariten wants to give her a bouquet of carnations to show his love for her.
1x195 - Hardsell Happiness! Out of Pint Bluebird!!
September 4, 1985
An escaped alien convict, a bluebird, come to Tomobiki and begins to grant people's wishes.
1x196 - Great Storm! Ryunosuke's First Time Wearing a Swimsuit!!
September 11, 1985
Ryunosuke has a final showdown with her father. If she wins, she gets to wear her mother's bathing suit.
1x197 - I Want a Bride!! The Fox's Big Love Adventure!!
September 18, 1985
Kitsune comes to Tomobiki High School during a costume festival to see Shinobu.
1x198 - How Persistent! The Three Daughters' Great Animal Mission!!
September 25, 1985
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.
1x199 - All-You-Can-Grab Fish Frenzy! The Hamajaya Scam
October 2, 1985
Ryunosuke's father hatches a scheme to solve Hamachaya's finances while Mendou accidentally invites everyone to a beach outing.
1x200 - Wish Upon a Star! The Frenzied Desire of Ataru’s Family!
October 16, 1985
After Ataru’s father is hit by a semi, the Moriboshi family’s financial situation grants them three wishes by a falling star.
1x201 - Special Delivery Kiss! Darling Finally Gets Jealous!
October 23, 1985
Lum receives a frog via special delivery, and intends to kiss him despite Ataru's objections.
1x202 - Beware of Booze! Sakura’s Exorcism Error!
October 30, 1985
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.
1x203 - It’s Creepy! The Sakuranbo School of Yoga!
November 6, 1985
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.”
1x204 - Say Goodbye to Onsen!? Tearful Farewell Marathon
December 4, 1985
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.
1x205 - Sakura’s Pure Love! Slippery Soap Spells Sayonara!
December 11, 1985
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.
1x206 - Asuka VS Big Brother! It's Battle for Certain Love!
December 18, 1985
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.
1x207 - Darling Great Misfortune! Four Dimension Fortune of Fear!!
December 25, 1985
Lum and Ataru visit the shrine and make very different wishes, which both come true, in a way. Different dimensions are involved.
1x208 - New Years Panic! The Mendo Family Game of Trouble
January 8, 1986
The Mendo family uses the main characters as unwilling pawn-like pieces for a family game.
1x209 - Dreaming Ten’s Big Adventure at the End of the Rainbow!
January 15, 1986
Ten is asked to retrieve an umbrella by a creature that lives in another dimension.
1x210 - Ataru Wants to Go on a Date! Operation Examination!
January 22, 1986
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…
1x211 - Darling Told Me He Loves Me!
January 29, 1986
Sakura makes medicine that Lum and Shinobu give to Mendo and Ataru. The medicine makes them delusional, but very creative.
1x212 - Hellish Home Visits! The Passion of the Teacher!
February 5, 1986
Onsen-mark must brave the families of some of his worst students in a round of home visits.
1x213 - Ran’s Humongous Doll of Destruction!
February 12, 1986
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.
1x214 - Pure-hearted Fox! He’ll Risk His Life for Love!!
February 19, 1986
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.
1x215 - Darling, Rescue Me! Lum’s Dangerous Engagement
February 26, 1986
Another suitor has swung in to Lum's life, and he's immune to electric shock.
1x216 - I Can’t Take It Anymore! Ran’s Malicious Operation!
March 5, 1986
Ran's latest revenge scheme involves a control button in an attempt to take over Ataru's life.
1x217 - Immediate Farewell Special - Shine!! Planet Uru Awards
March 12, 1986
It is a repeat of episode 44 ("After You've Gone") with a special introduction and best episode countdown before the episode.
1x218 - Great All Star Banquet! We are Immortal!!
March 19, 1986
Every character from the show makes an appearance as the school attempts a retelling of a classic Japanese tale.

Urusei Yatsura: All seasons

S0: Specials
15 Episode s
S1: Season 1
218 Episode s

1x133 - Un-re-mov-ab-le Rouge Magic

1x134 - Deathmatch!! The Mendo Family Flower Display Death Match

1x135 - Benten & Ryunosuke - Run Toward Tomorrow!

1x136 - Great Horrors! Oyuki is Finally Angered!!

1x137 - Ten-chan's Strange Love Story

1x138 - Haunted Special! Search for Mendo Mansion's Treasure!!

1x139 - Love and War! Battle of Glove VS Pants!!

1x140 - Lum-chan's Becoming a Cow?

1x141 - Great Achievement! This is Lum-chan's Youth Film

1x142 - Scaring Ghosts! Pretty Sakura's Oharai!!

1x143 - Counterattack of the Primeval Animals! Panic at the Poolside

1x144 - Appeared Again! Hunter of Love Princess Kurama

1x145 - The Fox's Hard Feelings of Painful Love...

1x146 - Ryunosuke Stunned! My Young Child Loves Rock Mother!!

1x147 - Thriller! Curra~n Collo~n Womens Dorm!!

1x148 - Pool Spooks! Burning with Forbidden Love!!

1x149 - Ran-chan Panic: There is No Tomorrow for Tomobiki Town

1x150 - Where is Love's Room? Kuriko and Chojuro

1x151 - Man or Bird? Gokakenran Ally of Justice!

1x152 - Attack the Seniors! Revenge of the Knowing Three Daughters

1x153 - Blazing Hidden Trick! This Straight Line Road

1x154 - Don't Die! Ryoko's Special Straw Doll!!

1x155 - Matchmaking Hell! Is the Armored Daughter a Beauty? Beast?

1x156 - Love of the Armored Daughter! Maiden Heart is Shaky Wobbling

1x157 - Meeting even if Death! Pure Fox Returns!!

1x158 - What Do I Care for Talking Flowers!

1x159 - The Birth of Ten-chan's Son!? I Dunno

1x160 - Lum's Courageous Duel! Victory is a Nitpicky Hand

1x161 - Big Employment Aspiration! Return of Missing Ninja Kaede!!

1x162 - Tomobiki Highschool Survival! Who Are the Survivors!

1x163 - The Mysterious Giant Cake! Love's Escape Panic!!

1x164 - Underground Reincarnation! What's Darling Thinking!?

1x165 - Snow Panic! The Mendo Family Hanami Banquet!!

1x166 - Far Spring! Tale of the Lonely Fairy!!

1x167 - To Dream Land! Darling Battle Royal Abduction

1x168 - Three Daughters Again! The Great Mission Tempting Darling!!

1x169 - The Scampering Kotatsu Cat! Anything to Get Warm

1x170 - Ryunosuke's Naïve Father! A Wife is in Vestiges!!

1x171 - Spring Full Bloom!? Frozen by Oyuki's Cold!!

1x172 - Friendship Panic! I Love to Eat Blowfish

1x173 - The Armored Girl Returns! Older Brother is Full

1x174 - Boredom Syndrome! Is Tomobiki Town Wasting Away!?

1x175 - Look Out Ran! Kotatsu Neko's First Love Oden!?

1x176 - The Armored Girl Is Back Again! Dates of Thunder!

1x177 - The Mystery Priest Appears! Luck Bell Battle Royal

1x178 - First Love Again!? A Return to the Past for Lum and Rei!!

1x179 - Here Comes the Barista of Youth! Shining Café of Dreams!

1x180 - I Love Darling's Kindness...

1x181 - Return of the Pure-Hearted Fox! I Love Shinobu!

1x182 - I Love the Sea! The Saga of Hamajaya!

1x183 - Ryunosuke vs. Benten: The Pointless Charm Contest!

1x184 - Little Magical Bottle: What Will Happen to Me?

1x185 - Some Disassembly Required: Lum’s Dangerous Shopping

1x186 - Goodness! Words Aren't Getting to Darling

1x187 - Devil's Summer! Ten-chan's Great Unaju Mission!!

1x188 - Omimai Panic!? I Didn't Mean Any Harm

1x189 - Scary!! There is an Octopus on Shutaro's Head!?

1x190 - Invader From Space! Lum's Dangerous Lips!!

1x191 - Space Survival! They are the Eaters

1x192 - It's Stimulating! Overhead Cooler of Terror!!

1x193 - Love Raid! Romantic has Not Stopped!!

1x194 - Long-Time Appearance! Worries for Firefighter Mother!!

1x195 - Hardsell Happiness! Out of Pint Bluebird!!

1x196 - Great Storm! Ryunosuke's First Time Wearing a Swimsuit!!

1x197 - I Want a Bride!! The Fox's Big Love Adventure!!

1x198 - How Persistent! The Three Daughters' Great Animal Mission!!

1x199 - All-You-Can-Grab Fish Frenzy! The Hamajaya Scam

1x200 - Wish Upon a Star! The Frenzied Desire of Ataru’s Family!

1x201 - Special Delivery Kiss! Darling Finally Gets Jealous!

1x202 - Beware of Booze! Sakura’s Exorcism Error!

1x203 - It’s Creepy! The Sakuranbo School of Yoga!

1x204 - Say Goodbye to Onsen!? Tearful Farewell Marathon

1x205 - Sakura’s Pure Love! Slippery Soap Spells Sayonara!

1x206 - Asuka VS Big Brother! It's Battle for Certain Love!

1x207 - Darling Great Misfortune! Four Dimension Fortune of Fear!!

1x208 - New Years Panic! The Mendo Family Game of Trouble

1x209 - Dreaming Ten’s Big Adventure at the End of the Rainbow!

1x210 - Ataru Wants to Go on a Date! Operation Examination!

1x211 - Darling Told Me He Loves Me!

1x212 - Hellish Home Visits! The Passion of the Teacher!