 Megane, Perm, Chibi and Kakugari (Lums Stormtroopers) originally  appeared in the manga for a very short time (and were never directly  named), after which Takahashi thought that the gag had run its  course and quietly retired them in favor of more dimensional friends  for Ataru. The writers of the TV show took the characters and  stretched their obsession to Lum to the nth degree, making them into  parodies of obsessive fanboys all over the world. Their names, by  the way, mean "Four