Ep. 29: Ataru and Ten compete for a flower shop owner's attention using a giant gardenia
Aired on May 26, 1982
Ataru and Ten vie for the affection of the attractive female owner of a flower shop by purchasing a gardenia. The situation escalates when Ten attempts to speed up the plant's growth by applying alien fertilizer. This intervention causes the gardenia to expand rapidly, resulting in it growing to gigantic proportions. The episode centers on this rivalry and the unexpected consequences of using extraterrestrial substances on a simple flower, leading to a chaotic and oversized botanical outcome that dominates the narrative.
Episodes
- Ep. 25 · Ataru protects a donated caterpillar from classmates after it consumes their lunches
- Ep. 26 · Ten's Unrequited Affection for Sakura Leads to a Date with Kintaro's Help
- Ep. 27 · An inept Count Dracula fails to drain Lum's blood due to his own incompetence
- Ep. 28 · Lum travels back in time to educate a younger Ataru on his libido
- Ep. 29 · Ataru and Ten compete for a flower shop owner's attention using a giant gardenia
- Ep. 30 · Ataru dates Tsuyuko to help lift her rain-bringing curse
- Ep. 31 · Ten loses his horn in a fight with Ataru, prompting Ran to mistake it for Lum's and plan revenge.
- Ep. 32 · Library Chaos Arises When Book Characters Come to Life
- Ep. 33 · Naive Teacher Hanawa Begins Work as Lum Enrolls