Editing Urusei Yatsura (section)

==Use of Japanese culture==
The series is considered an excellent source for references to Japanese culture and mythology.<ref name="poitras">{{cite web|url=http://www.koyagi.com/Mentions.html|title=Mentions of Me|author=Poitras, Gilles|date=February 1, 2006|access-date=December 18, 2007|author-link=Gilles Poitras}}</ref> The manga makes heavy use of Japanese literature, folklore, history and pop culture. Examples of literature and folklore include ''[[The Tale of Genji]]'' and [[Urashima Tarō]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Camp|first1=Brian|last2=Davis|first2=Julie|title=Anime Classics Zettai!|pages=[https://archive.org/details/animeclassicszet0000camp/page/376 376–380]|isbn=978-1-933330-22-8|url=https://archive.org/details/animeclassicszet0000camp/page/376|date=August 2007 |publisher=Stone Bridge Press }}</ref> Many of the characters in the series are derived from mythological creatures. In some cases the creatures themselves appeared, and in other cases a character was designed to incorporate the characteristics of a mythological creature.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Japanification of Children's Popular Culture: From Godzilla to Miyazaki|last=West|first= Mark I.|page=48|isbn=978-0810851214|publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]]|year=2009 }}</ref>

Stories and situations made use of these mythological elements to create jokes and draw comparisons with the original mythology. For example, the Oni choose [[Tag (game)|tag]] to decide their contest with Earth because the Japanese word for Tag, ''Onigokko'', means "game of the Oni". When Ataru grabs Lum's horns during their contest and she misunderstands his statement that he can get married, it is a reference to the myth that grabbing the horns of an Oni will make your dream come true.<ref name=linernotes/>