This episode opens with a baseball game and Ataru getting hit
with a left field fly ball. Ataru is soon escorted home and
discovers he's been chosen to fight an invading alien force's
champion in a 9 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
Guards 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 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
fiancee. 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 chal-
lenges 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.