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The show centers around Ataru Moroboshi, an [[Ordinary High School Student]] who happens to be both the unluckiest and most perverted man in the world, possibly the entire universe. He is chosen by lot to challenge a band of alien invaders in a game of tag to decide the fate of the Earth. His opponent: the lovely [[Everything's Better with Princesses|Princess Lum]], daughter of the invaders' leader, Mister Invader. After several false starts, it takes a promise of marriage by his long-suffering girlfriend and [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|childhood companion]] Shinobu to bolster him to victory. Unfortunately, after his triumphant declaration of "Now I can get married!", Lum thinks Ataru wants to marry ''her'', falls ''instantly'' in love with him... and the rest is history. Lum moves in with her "Darling" Ataru, and before long, the district of Tomobiki has become a hotbed for intergalactic weirdness involving Lum's friends and relatives, with Ataru stuck in the middle.
Unlike most [[Unlucky Everydude|Unlucky Everydudes]] who were only [[Accidental Pervert|Accidental Perverts]], Ataru actually ''was'' an unrepentant pervert, and generally found his loyal "
If ''[[Maison Ikkoku]]'' is the first [[Pretty Freeloaders]]-style comedy, UY is one of the earliest tongue-in-cheek [[Harem Comedy|harem comedies]], combining its outlandish premise to spice up deceptively typical plots, as well as parody the genre nearly a decade ''before'' the fact. It even manages to invert the genre it helped create (instead of one low-key guy being chased by every girl in sight and in the end choosing one, it's about a perverted guy who chases every girl in sight... except for the one girl in the universe who can actually stand to be around him).
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** And Rei, especially when [[Stealth Pun|he gets big]].
* [[Big Fancy House]]: Complete with ''multiple'' [[The Thing That Goes Doink|things that go doink]]
* [[Big Little Man]]: In the first episode, after being knocked down by a ball, Ataru appears to have an enormous monk towering over him; it's only when he gets to his feet again that we
* [[Biker Babe]]: Benten
* [[Biological Mashup]]: Ataru and a notebook. Seriously.
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* [[Dude, She's Like, in a Coma]]: Kurama
** Not to mention how the tradition of her people even started.
* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: Ataru may be a pervert, but the very first chapter of the manga and episode of the anime saw him ''saving the world from an [[Alien Invasion]]''. Yet, he's treated as a pest and an idiot by everyone, got dumped by his girlfriend (that he should have married right after he
* [[Dumb Muscle]]: Rei
* [[Dysfunction Junction]]: Where to even ''start''? Of course, it's all [[Played for Laughs]].
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