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4	* AdaptationDisplacement:
5	** A minor example. Because the 33 chapters that originally contained color were converted to gray scale in the Japanese tankobon and the English release of the manga was only in black and white (VIZ did do one volume in color), Ranma's female form became established in the majority of fans' minds as being a redhead. Any fanfic or fanart that portrays Ranma's female form as having black hair is more likely to receive a barrage of questions asking why the author changed the hair color than compliments from hardcore fans thanking them for going with the original depiction.
6	** Less obviously: the name of the martial arts style that Happosai, the Saotomes and the Tendos practice translates directly (more or less) as "School of [[NoHoldsBarredContest Indiscriminate Grappling]]", and this is what the manga used to refer to it. In the anime, it was translated as the somewhat looser, but arguably catchier, "[[CombatPragmatist Anything Goes]] Martial Arts", and this is how it is most commonly referred to.
7	--->"The Saotome School of Indiscriminate Grappling... I like to call it Anything Goes."
8	* {{Adorkable}}: Ryoga is just so awkward and insecure around other people that his pitifulness becomes endearing. Also, contrasting Ranma, whilst Ranma is very brash and arrogant -- especially by Japanese values -- Ryōga is far politer and more reserved.
9	* AlternateSelfShipping:
10	** Ranma's male and female sides often get shipped with one another. To up the ante, there are at least two MindScrew fanfics where it is revealed that, thanks to some TimeTravel, Ranma is both his own father ''and'' his own mother. (One where he's actually both Genma and Nodoka, and another where he gives himself up for adoption to the Saotomes.)
11	** Other characters get shipped with themselves, either through alternate universes, or with creative use of the Spring of Drowned Twins (usually the "instant", i.e. temporary, powder form), adding a dose of Instant Drowned Male/Female water to make the pairing heterosexual.
12	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Every single character gets one, and the deliberate alternate depictions (for some subtle, for others blatant) in the anime only add fuel to the fire. Not helping is that the manga and anime are significantly different to the point that they can be considered alternate universes [[note]]It should be noted that while the manga was written by the creator Rumiko Takahashi, the anime was written by a production team without Takahashi's input.[[/note]] These [[http://ranmarelated.blogspot.com/2007/06/anime-vs-manga.html two]] [[http://ranmarelated.blogspot.com/2008/03/ranmas-characterization-between-manga.html blogs]] list many of the differences between the two.
13	** Is Kasumi truly sweet and naive, or does she merely act that way because it's expected of her and she subtly enjoys stirring up trouble through such methods as giving Akane a mallet and planting the idea that Ranma may attempt to rape Akane while she's weak from the flu?
14	*** Coming off that, we saw in the early days of the series that she was capable of getting angry and flustered before her reactions gradually devolved into "Oh my!" It's entirely likely Kasumi keeps her anger and frustration on a tight leash so it doesn't make her a target of the insanity she's surrounded by on a daily basis. The only reason why she never suffers like the rest of the cast is because she never provokes any of them.
15	** Nabiki: a self-serving and greedy manipulator who only cares about money, or a young woman so broken over her mother's death she became what she is now?
16	** Is Akane truly clueless about Ryoga liking her or is she aware that he likes her but is deliberately ignoring it?
17	** Where do Ranma and Ryoga's perspective physical strength lie in comparison? Is Ryoga physically stronger, is male form Ranma physically stronger, or is their physical strength close enough to being the same that the difference is so minor as to not matter?
18	** Is this show a world of BelligerentSexualTension? Plenty of fans would say yes to that but there are also plenty of fans who insist that Ranma/Akane are more of an exception than the rule and insist that cases such as Nabiki and Kuno flat-out hate each other.
19	** How much of the Kuno siblings' crazy jerkishness is their fault? A lot of people point to their upbringing as a factor in why they're the way they are, or speculate that their madness and unkindness are [[InTheBlood hereditary]].
20	** Is Genma really as useless a sensei as he seems? Or is he a TricksterMentor who's helping Ranma develop his skills and grow as a person?
21	* AluminumChristmasTrees: The massive pigs that are seen in the Ranma manga do exist in real life. There really are boars and pigs as big as the one Ryōga hit in the manga or Akari's pig.
22	* {{Anvilicious}}: The series' biggest recurring theme is pride, and it is repeatedly shown to be the root of basically all of its conflict. Ranma and Akane's inability to be emotionally honest with one another is rooted in the both of them being too caught up in their own egos to open up. Ranma himself doesn't even seem to be particularly passionate about martial arts beyond its use as a means of defending his pride or getting one over people who have wronged him, to the point that he's literally able to invent a new technique practically overnight that's fueled by his ego. Ultimately, in the final arc, several of the main characters throw away their pride in some regard. Ryoga honors Akane's seemingly final wish without lashing out at Ranma, Mousse rejects the opportunity to essentially brainwash Shampoo into an obedient lover, and Ranma is finally able to admit to himself just how stubborn he's been about admitting his real feelings for Akane even to himself. Indeed, the [[StatusQuoIsGod utter failure of the wedding]] largely stems from [[AesopAmnesia Ranma and Akane both failing to overcome their pride]], as neither one is willing to admit to actually loving the other, despite being on the verge of a wedding ceremony -- Akane demands Ranma tell her that he loves her, Ranma refuses to do so, and Akane never even thinks of saying it herself.
23	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Too much to list here, but this is pretty fitting when the legendary Kenji Kawai was one of the composers.
24	** For starters, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObXAbCuWKQw this compilation]] of in-series soundtracks.
25	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOOFeVjyZm4 It's Love]] is a awesome love song for both Ranma and Akane. The fact it is rock also helped.
26	* ArcFatigue: The anime dedicates 4 episodes revolving Martial Arts Tea Ceremony. Seeing Ranma and Akane putting up with Sentaro Daimonji can wear down your patience.
27	* BaseBreakingCharacter: Really, you won't find many characters who haven't alienated some fans, at some point.
28	** Ranma's fans like him due to his JerkWithAHeartOfGold nature and his capability for true acts of kindness. His detractors just find him a straight up {{Jerkass}} and DesignatedHero.
29	** Akane: a funny and likeable character, or a hotheaded DesignatedHero with {{Jerkass}} SpoiledBrat tendencies coupled with [[NeverMyFault an inability to admit to being wrong about something she jumped to the wrong conclusion to]]? She also gets a second broken base over whether or not the anime version of her is a worse person than the manga version of her.
30	** Soun Tendo knocking Ranma and Akane out to try and wed them in their sleep and/or his plan to use Ranma's Nanniichuan gift to blackmail them into getting married, at the [[BookEnds start and ends of the Jusendo arc]], sometimes gets him this treatment.
31	** Nabiki's [[http://www.anymanga.com/ranma/017/005/ spotlight stories]]. [[http://www.anymanga.com/ranma/029/009/ Especially the]] [[http://www.anymanga.com/ranma/035/005/ later ones]]. Some find them absolutely hilarious, others think they make her as a truly heartless bitch and the most villainous character on the show.
32	** After Ukyo is DemotedToExtra, she basically falls to the same level of depravity as Kodachi and Shampoo in trying to win Ranma over. Not good for her fans. Even not taking that into account, she's divisive: a lovely young woman who is far kinder to Ranma and more suitable to him than Shampoo or Akane? Or is she just as bad as Shampoo and Akane and/or does she put too much emphasis on a ChildhoodMarriagePromise?
33	** A lot of fans become alienated from the series solely due to ''Genma's'' actions, which are supposed to be played for laughs but can come off as downright abusive. There's been more than one {{dark fic}} exploring the logical consequences of what would happen if Genma's jerkass behavior was taken seriously.
34	** Ryoga is also extremely polarizing; the base is split between those who love him for always having the best of intentions and generally trying his best to be a good guy (and [[TheWoobie sympathize with him]] due to his [[ButtMonkey many misfortunes]]), and those who hate his guts for taking advantage of his P-chan form to sleep in Akane's bed and generally making Ranma's life even more difficult than it already is.
35	** Shampoo is also extremely polarizing. She's either loved for her awesome martial arts skills and willingness to openly show affection (in contrast to Akane's {{Tsundere}} personality for example), or she's loathed for her "obstacles are for killing" mindset and her willingness to use drugs and poisons to get her way. She also lost a lot of fans when, in the manga, she was willing to ''bomb a wedding'' (albeit in a comedic fashion) and almost get people killed.
36	** The anime-only character Sasuke (ninja-butler to the Kunos) was created to fill in for Gosunkugi until reoccurring Rumiko Takahashi voice actor, Shigeru Chiba, was free for the show. Aside from costing the show Gosunkugi's macabre-based humor, Sasuke also cost Akane a suitor, weakening storylines which focused on her appeal, unless the specific plot forced Sasuke to [[OutOfCharacterMoment suddenly have a crush on Akane]]. But Sasuke was also embraced by fans for his interactions with the Kunos and unique reocurring presence as a ninja.
37	* BrokenBase:
38	** Fans of the English dub can't decide whether they prefer Sarah Strange or Richard Ian Cox as Boy-type Ranma. Both have their fans and haters, and the casting and re-casting caused a bit of controversy in the 90s. Sarah has the advantage of voicing Ranma during the better era of the show, though Richard is obviously much closer to the Japanese voice. Some newer fans are distracted by the fact that Richard also voiced Inuyasha, even though he was actually Ranma first.
39	** The anime fan and manga fan divide can be pretty bitter. The anime catches flak for not reaching the same finale as the manga, due to being cancelled two years before Takahashi finished writing the manga, and for the abundance of {{filler}} episodes. On the other hand, anime fans tend to appreciate the effort that the anime puts into presenting Ranma's other would-be love interests as more (arguably) sympathetic characters who actually could be a legitimate challenge to Akane's grip on his heart.
40	* DamselScrappy:
41	** Akane has moments where she could be seen this way, all the way to the end of the manga. On the other hand, she typically reacts by trying to escape on her own, and in many cases does manage to at least initially break free of her kidnappers. But typically, unless her captor either isn't serious about it at all (Cologne) or too weak to hold her (Principal Kuno), her kidnapper outclasses her so badly she still needs Ranma to save her in the end.
42	** The couple of times that Nabiki needs someone to save her she doesn't changes her attitude one iota, even trying to swindle people immediately after the people who were trying to kill her ''because she swindled them'' call it quits. ''[[TooDumbToLive While they are right there]]''.
43	* DieForOurShip: [[DieForOurShip/RanmaOneHalf Pick a pairing and the character perceived as "getting in the way" of it, any pairing.]]
44	* DracoInLeatherPants:
45	** Or RonTheDeathEater, take your pick. The entire cast can be subjected to this -- it doesn't matter which one you choose, someone somewhere in the fandom will be fashioning some nice leather pants for them, and likewise someone else will be portraying them as Satan's Little Helper.
46	** Some people consider Ranma a real bastard for picking on the weak by sneaking up on and breaking a balloon near Gosunkugi's head. They forgot entirely that Gosunkugi had been stalking Akane and secretly taking photos of the school girls (Akane only, really, but from Ranma's point of view he just sees a guy crouching next to a window with a camera secretly taking pictures of school girls). They then went on to say that all the stuff Gosunkugi did (stalking Ranma, trying to find out Ranma's weakness to use it against him, joining up with Tatewaki, stalking his fiancee, etc.) was Ranma's fault for picking on Gosunkugi (when said picking on him was surprising him while he was secretly taking photos of girls). On the other side though, while Ranma is in no way perfect, a lot of his far more negative aspects such as being sexist, not apologizing, and being uncultured are completely exaggerated by fanon.
47	* EnsembleDarkhorse: Tsubasa Kurenai is a fairly common character in older fanfiction, despite only getting one mutual anime/manga story, a bit-part in an anime {{filler}} episode and a cameo in the first movie.
48	* EpilepticTrees: When Tofu comments he hasn't seen the Xi Fang Gao shiatsu technique "in a hundred years", a theory broke out that he's actually ReallySevenHundredYearsOld.
49	* FairForItsDay: The series has a...complex relationship with the LGBT community. There are a lot of casually transphobic and homophobic elements thrown around; Ranma's SexShifter status is often invoked as making him perverse, guys hitting on or trying to sexually molest Ranma in his female form is played for laughs, and lesbians are explicitly described as perverse at least twice. There's also the central gag that Akane is explicitly engaged to Ranma under the logic that since she DoesNotLikeMen (due to a recent campaign of sexual harassment), she must ''obviously'' be a lesbian. However, the series also shows most people as simply not caring about Ranma's curse once it is explained to them and treating him normally, including always referring to him by his preferred pronouns regardless of his physical gender at the moment, Ranma and Akane receive no negative commentary for their perceived pseudo-lesbian relationship, and Ranma's desperate drive to be cured of Jusenkyo resonates with some transsexuals in regards to their struggle to achieve their true gender. The series has even developed a MisaimedFandom that idolizes Jusenkyo as a form of wish fulfillment, and/or who champion Ranma as a transgirl — ironically, even though the canon is that Ranma '''despises''' turning into a girl and his greatest wish is to remain all male, permanently.
50	* FanNickname:
51	** Fans tend to refer to male Ranma as Ranma-kun and female Ranma as Ranma-chan. Others still go with "Ranko", under the pretext that this is the name Ranma came up with himself when hiding from his mother in his female form.
52	** The Nerima Wrecking Crew for the principle cast due to them causing as much damage as several natural disasters over the course of the series.
53	** MADM or "Martial Arts Death Machines", a term popularized by Usenet discussions during "who would win in a fight"-style threads.
54	* FanPreferredCouple: Despite the LoveDodecahedron not really being resolved by the end of the series, it's pretty obvious that Ranma/Akane is the intended OfficialCouple. Meanwhile, some of their other suitors are given new {{designated love interest}}s to [[CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds tie up their romantic arcs]], which fans did ''not'' embrace.
55	** Ryoga is intended to be with Akari Unryu--who, being the daughter of a Pig trainer, is able to accept both him and P-Chan. Given that her entire character is to be a perfect partner for Ryoga, she comes off as a SatelliteLoveInterest, and fans prefer to ship him with either [[FoeYayShipping Ranma]], Akane, or [[ShipMates Ukyo]].
56	** Ukyo is likewise given a SatelliteLoveInterest in the form of Konatsu, a male ninja [[RaisedAsTheOppositeGender who had been brought up as a woman]] by his abusive step-family. Konatsu is even less developed than Akari, who at least has some chemistry with Ryoga in her handful of appearances, so it's actually rare to see anyone ship Ukyo with him. It's far more common to see Ukyo shipped with her beloved Ranma, or the aforementioned Ryoga.
57	* {{Fanon}}: [[Fanon/RanmaOneHalf Now has its own page]].
58	* FanWank: KiManipulation get a lot of this. Everything which isn't explained in-universe, and which is really explainable by the RuleOfCool, RuleOfFunny, and SupernaturalMartialArts, tends to be attributed to Ki manipulation. Mousse having a HyperspaceArsenal up his sleeves? He's using Ki to compress space. The Happo Fire Burst explosives? Conjured from Ki. Akane's "signature" hammer (which she doesn't even use that often)? Obviously a Ki construct. Kuno's [[WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter implausible use of his Bokken?]] Clearly, it's reinforced with his Ki! Ryoga's razor-sharp belt and bandannas, as well as Kodachi's ribbon? A Ki-based ability called Iron Cloth (this also partially solves the PlotHole of why Ryoga knows the feminine "sport" of [[MartialArtsAndCrafts Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics]] - he wanted the Iron Cloth technique).
59	* FauxSymbolism: Given the cultural backdrop of Japan, when asked if ''Ranma'' was an effort to enlighten a strongly male-dominated society, Takahashi replied that she doesn't think in terms of grand social themes, but strictly in stories that are fun and "[[http://www.google.se/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBgQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wiktionary.org%2Fwiki%2Ffabulous&rct=j&q=fabulous%20wiktionary&ei=STmNTJSBBIybOKyI-c8K&usg=AFQjCNFFkM20OuA12DtzhNsjjdFVNMpTHA&cad=rja märchenhaft]]". [[http://www.anymanga.com/ranma/029/004/007/ Of course that doesn't stop her from poking fun at the conventions every now and then]].
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64	* GatewaySeries: Possibly ''the'' gateway anime, along with ''Anime/SailorMoon'' and ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', in North America during the 1990s.
65	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff:
66	** Akane Tendo (or, [[DubNameChange "Adeline"]]) is one of the most popular characters in France.
67	** As far as the series goes, it was quite popular in France and the USA. In the latter country its popularity was especially prominent during the heyday of early to late 90s anime fandom, being a GatewaySeries for many American anime fans during that period.
68	** As popular as it already is among older demographics in the USA, it is particularly prominent among millennials in the Spanish-speaking markets--particularly since it ran on open-air TV channels throughout many Latin American countries, where the romantic entanglements proved as fun as the action, if not more, and a large segment of the audience considers it a childhood favorite.
69	* HarsherInHindsight:
70	** Any scene where someone goes after Ranma's pigtail, after it's revealed that he absolutely ''must'' wear his hair that way to avoid going bald (it's a long story). Thankfully, the curse wears off at the climax of the story where it's revealed.
71	** Ryoga's lousy sense of direction is surrealistically over-the-top, and has been PlayedForLaughs since 1987. As [[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0028393208003588 neuroscience has]] [[http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/05/when-the-brain-cant-make-its-own-maps/392273/ since later proven]], there ''are'' people out there who suffer from disorientation to the point they can even get lost ''in their own homes''. And unlike Ryoga, it's nothing to laugh at.
72	* HilariousInHindsight:
73	** Akane Tendo, in the first volume/episode, is effortlessly tagged out by [[GenderBender female Ranma]] in their first sparring match. She then states that she's just glad that she lost to another girl, because she'd hate to be beaten by a boy...
74	** Meta example in episode 101:
75	--->'''Crepe King:''' A match, huh? And while we're at it, let's make it "loser leaves town", you game?
76	--->'''Ranma:''' Mister, I am [[Wrestling/TripleH the game]]!
77	--->'''Akane:''' What is this, pro wrestling?
78	** Another Meta-example [[{{Pun}} Ranma is Gender-]]''[[{{Pun}} fluid]]''
79	* HoYay: There's enough of this (mostly between Ryoga and Ranma -- not aided by Ranma's GenderBender deal) that the series has its [[HoYay/RanmaOneHalf own page]] on the trope.
80	* IAmNotShazam:
81	** The Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire is a ''training'' technique, not an actual attack. It is basically composed of removing several chestnuts from on open fire by hand without getting burned, success means that the trainee is now not only very fast, but accurate. The anime usually has Ranma [[CallingYourAttacks shouting this]] when he uses his RapidFireFisticuffs, however.
82	** For some reason, a lot of the fandom refers to Shampoo's signature weapons as "bonbori" (in reality a type of Japanese paper lanterns); this probably caused some confusion when listening to Akane's Baka Song, as she mentions bonbori. The round-headed maces are "chui".
83	** Also there has been some minor confusion as to what constitutes Pantyhose Taro's first name. For the record, it's not "Pantyhose" --this is just a prefix to the "taro" component, so that in Japanese his name should be read as the single word "Pantsutotaro" (like, for instance, ''Ken''taro, ''Yo''taro, ''Ko''taro, et al.) It is difficult to render it as a single word in English, however, making "Pantyhose Taro" acceptable.
84	* IronWoobie: Ryu Kumon, also a StoicWoobie.
85	* JerkassWoobie:
86	** Most if not all of the teen characters who are sympathetic. Some think that Ryoga fits best during his initial appearances, before his HeelFaceTurn.
87	** Mousse is an InUniverse example; Ranma thinks Mousse is an asshole, courtesy of the whole "attack him out of nowhere and pick a fight over his AccidentalMarriage to Shampoo" situation, but he still feels sorry and tries to encourage Mousse after the Chinese boy makes a tearful MotiveRant about his love for Shampoo.
88	* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Ranma Saotome's two forms, thanks to his canonical LoveDodecahedron, implied general attractiveness, and the [[{{fanon}} fan-overstated]] tendency of his father to abuse {{Arranged Marriage}}s that his son has no knowledge of.
89	* LGBTFanbase: The series' themes of genderbending and its various ambiguously queer characters has given it a noticeable fanbase amongst LGBTQ people.
90	* MagnificentBitch: [[TricksterMentor Cologne]] is a wise and cunning martial arts grandmaster from a Chinese Amazonian village and the great-grandmother of [[HopelessSuitor Shampoo]]. Wishing Ranma to be betrothed to Shampoo, she assists in manipulating Ranma into accepting marriage using various schemes. Subjecting Ranma to a PressurePoint that rendered his skin sensitive to hot temperatures, this made Ranma be [[ShapeShifterModeLock stuck as a girl]], while Cologne continuously thwarts Ranma's attempts to snatch the cure. However, Cologne does give Ranma a chance by showing a technique Ranma would need to learn to have a chance of succeeding. Ranma ends up challenging Cologne to a fight and is overwhelmed by Cologne's Shark Fist, but instead unleashes the Cat Fist, giving Cologne the hardest fight in decades and [[GracefulLoser gives Ranma the cure as a prize for such a fighting spirit]]. Cologne later becomes a sometimes ally and trains Ranma and his friends in many techniques, but is not above more schemes to wrap Ranma into marriage such as using the "Reversal Jewel" that causes Shampoo to hate Ranma, and make him jealously try to win her back.
91	* MemeticPsychopath: Many characters are given this treatment, but the most common are the Tendo sisters and [[MurderTheHypotenuse Shampoo]].
92	** Kasumi Tendo gets a fair number of gags early in the series where she obliviously does something that makes Ranma's life miserable, such as bringing in a swarm of cats after being told of Ranma's intense ailurophobia or giving Akane a mallet and warning her to protect her virtue just before leaving Akane home alone with Ranma. She never loses her usual sweet smile as she does this, leading to some fans presenting her as a BitchInSheepsClothing who enjoys tormenting people (or at least Ranma) whilst knowing nobody will lift a finger back to her.
93	** Nabiki Tendo gets hit with this trope often because some of her late-manga spotlight stories show her in an almost genuinely sociopathic light. In the Ten Yen Battle arc, she does things like sell Ranma off to implicit yakuza as a working girl to cover her debts, tricks grade schoolers into paying ''her'' money with a toy piggybank, and steals her opponent's parachute before they jump out of a plane so she can sell it back to him. In a subsequent one-chapter story, she's shown to systematically sell softcore pornographic imagery of Ranma's girl-form and ends up trying to frame Ranma as an attempted rapist for getting mad about this. Even before that, she has scenes like duping grade schoolers out of their lunch money working under the Gambling King, and being willing to use her temporary status as Ranma's official Tendo fiancée to rent him out or even sell off the engagement to her rivals.
94	** Akane mostly gets a bad deal because of her [[{{Tsundere}} temper]] and willingness to resort to slapstick violence for comparatively little provocation.
95	** Being introduced chasing Ranma and demanding a DuelToTheDeath over wounded honor, outright saying "obstacles are for killing", plotting to murder Akane during the first Pantyhose Taro story, and her constant casual cruelty to her StalkerWithACrush, including an infamous story where she says outright she'd be happy if Mousse died, Shampoo is easily twisted into a bloodthirsty murderess in fanfiction.
96	* MisaimedFandom: Nabiki is easily one of the most distinctive and compelling characters in the series. However, in at least the manga, she is also the one who is most uniformly shown as genuinely amoral and malicious, whereas even characters like Pantyhose Taro, Shampoo, and Happosai are given a few PetTheDog moments. Among several other things, she let Ranma and her family take the fall for her debts during a "let's make the opponent pay for everything" duel and took no responsibility herself even as the accrued debts ruined them, blackmailed male Ranma for a staged apparent rape for the fun of it, and repeatedly swindled kindergarten kids. Yet, she is recurrently greatly favored and far-fetched rationalized in simultaneous contrast with ones that are generally nice, with the bad moments as an exception, and much stronger contrasts, whether due to OppositesAttract, lack of other cerebral or relatively sane characters, sense of style, or a strict familiarity with the anime and fanon. Takahashi herself, while personally amused by her, continuously drew Nabiki as a devil.
97	* MyRealDaddy: Ranma made Creator/RumikoTakahashi a household name amongst American Otaku, and she's still the undeniable heart and soul of the whole franchise, but when most people picture the characters or try to draw them, it's the character designs of Atsuko Nakajima (specifically those featured in the {{OAV}}s and second movie) that they're imagining. The various illustrations for the series and its characters on [[Website/TVTropes this very Wiki]] are prime examples.
98	* NeverLiveItDown: In a series like this, there are a number of moments for various characters that are regarded as particularly infamous; no matter that they might have been once-off events or the circumstances behind them, the fandom will rarely, if ever, not bring them up.
99	** Akane Tendo has the infamous DoubleStandard from the very first story, where she walks in on Ranma in the bath, calls him a pervert for this because he's the boy and that makes him a pervert, then slaps girl-Ranma when she accidentally walks in on Akane after Akane knocked her out cold earlier. There's also the "Japanese Nanniichuan" story, where she obliquely calls Ranma a freak by stating that his body (because of the curse) is "sick and twisted".
100	** Shampoo has the first Pantyhose Taro story, where she secretly plans to assassinate Akane if she finds her first (never mind that Mousse was planning the same for Ranma). The manga compounds this by having her try to kill Nabiki and take Ranma for herself in the manga version of the "Nabiki, Ranma's New Fiancee" arc, and by having her disrupt the wedding in the final arc by showing up and throwing bombs.
101	** Ukyo will never live it down amongst fans of the manga that she ''teamed up'' with Shampoo in the Nabiki-attacking and wedding bombing scheme.
102	** Genma Saotome has his own list!
103	*** The Cat-fu/Freestyle Cat Fist training is one of the series most infamous moments of BlackComedy, and lives on in infamy; in the eyes of most fans, that's when Genma went from a mere loudmouth BumblingDad to an outright [[AbusiveParents abusive dad]].
104	*** Agreeing to engage Ranma to Ukyo for her dowry, then stealing it. Combined with an anime InNameOnly adaptation of the Martial Arts Takeout race where he is revealed to have offered Ranma's hand in marriage for personal gain on at least two other occasions, and the Picolet Chardin introductory arc, and everyone presumes Genma has sold Ranma's hand to a ''lot'' of people.
105	*** The "Genma Gets Weak" story is more or less the foundation for the idea that Genma was constantly stealing Ranma's food in their training in fanon. It's also been latched onto by the "Genma's an abusive dad" fans, for Ranma's gleeful pursuit of revenge once he realizes Genma is weaker than he is now and for how Genma's "anti-Ranma move" is basically freaking Ranma out by hugging him.
106	*** The manga has the infamous scene from the final "Ranma must hide from his mom" story where Genma ''attacks his wife'' to steal a cheap family heirloom to pawn for some money. (Even ''[[EveryoneHasStandards Nabiki]]'' looks disgusted at Genma's reasoning beginning and ending at "2000 yen! That's a free lunch!"}
107	** During Kuno's second duel with Ranma, as Ranma tries to explain how "the pigtailed girl" is [[SexShifter his other form]], Kuno marvels at Ranma "practicing BlackMagic". {{Fanon}} fixated on this to the point that he is commonly described in fanfiction as always referring to Ranma as "EvilSorcerer", something he never does in canon.
108	* OneSceneWonder:
109	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuttPdJyR00 Natsume and her kid sister, Kurumi]], only appeared in ''"The Ones to Carry On"'' 2-part OVA episode, yet they gained a fair amount of fans who wished they'd stuck around (as seen in the comments section of the link). You can even find fanfiction about them.
110	** As mentioned above, Tsubasa Kurenai had only one short manga story, and, in the anime, a second brief appearance, yet he shows up very frequently in fanfiction and is very well-known in the fanbase where much more important, multi-volume characters are more obscure.
111	** Inverted with Akari Unryu and Konatsu, who did appear in several manga stories, either wholly or as cameos, but who made so little an impact with the fandom that normally only the most devout mangaphiles are aware they exist -- Akari has it somewhat better, having a longer run than Konatsu did and being the OfficialCouple for fan-favorite Ryoga Hibiki.
112	* PeripheryDemographic: For a series aimed at teenage boys it was surprisingly popular amongst girls (particularly in Japan where Rumiko Takahashi had stated her surprise about it being so popular to young girls). [[https://www.nhk.or.jp/anime/rumic/ranking/?cat=chara A 2019 Rumik World popularity contest by the NHK]] revealed that [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rumikpoll_4.jpg over 80% of the audience was women]].
113	* QuestionableCasting: To some fans, Sarah Strange as the original Boy-type Ranma in the English dub. Some think the idea of casting a female in the role was an odd choice, especially since she didn't also voice Girl-type Ranma. It's also possible she just simply wasn't right for that part. Despite this, some fans do praise her actual performance, and some think she's actually convincing as a teenage male.
114	* RainbowLens: Akane initially becomes engaged to Ranma because she "doesn't like men", thus "it's a chance he's half-girl". Then she reluctantly becomes a SecretKeeper of his GenderBender status, and that's why she gets enraged when Nabiki reveals to the class that they are fiancees, as she doesn't want to be seen as a "pervert", that is, implicitly, non-straight. Her interactions with female Ranma are ambiguous, as she often seems jealous but for no valid reason (Ranma being a straight guy, he isn't likely to become a rival for Akane in any way) except possibly her TomboyAngst, and in the original manga, she sometimes distinctly blushes when she gets physically or emotionally close to female Ranma, just like with Dr. Tofu or male Ranma. More generally, her experience with female Ranma reflects common queer themes: self-discovery, fear of being outed, inability to express affection publicly, confronting homophobia (including internalized homophobia), etc. Some related CharacterDevelopment can be seen throughout the series, as by the Mariko Konjo arc, she doesn't seem to care anymore about what people will think of her, and it works. Relatedly, she has been read as a possible closeted bisexual (or at least as a bisexual allegory) by parts of the fandom (and not just for SelfFanservice reasons), most notably (and infamously) on Wikipedia.
115	* ReplacementScrappy: The anime-only character Sasuke replaced Gosunkugi in many of the manga storylines (at least once without [[OutOfCharacterMoment adjusting the plot to accommodate the change]]), and is looked down on (particularly by manga purists) for costing the show Gosunkugi's macabre-based humor.
116	* RetroactiveRecognition: A few cases in the English dub:
117	** [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy The Ed boys]] all make appearances in the series, albeit at different times. Maomolin, the ghost cat, is Edd, Genji from the fourth season episode "A Formidable New Disciple Appears" is Eddy, and Ed is Pantyhose Taro. Funny enough, Creator/SamuelVincent and Creator/TonySampson affix their classic Edd and Eddy voices for the first two characters, but Creator/MattHill uses an entirely different pitch and verbosity for his two characters (for [[KindheartedSimpleton fairly]] [[ArrogantKungFuGuy obvious]] reasons).
118	** Shinnosuke from the "Reawakened Memories" OAV is [[Series/{{Monk}} Lt. Disher]].
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122	* TheScrappy:
123	** Happosai. A large number of fans have a serious dislike for him, some even going so far as to avoid watching episodes/reading chapters in which he plays a prominent role, or even dropping the series because of his existence. The reason generally stems from the fact he is the MiniatureSeniorCitizens equivalent of a DirtyOldMan and a PantyThief, while also being an {{evil\|Mentor}} FairWeatherMentor OldMaster, notable as being childish, selfish and immature, even compared to [[ComedicSociopathy everyone else]] in the {{s\|adistShow}}eries. Generally, if Happosai shows up, he's going to either be groping and harrassing every female (born or [[GenderBender made]]) in sight, causing trouble because he's a {{Jerkass}}, trying to get revenge on Ranma for interfering with him being a nuisance, or some combination of the aforementioned. It certainly doesn't help matters that most episodes with Happosai end up as a KarmaHoudini for him. Most of the terrible things he does either goes unpunished because Genma and Soun are too cowardly to stand up to him without Ranma, or ''Ranma'' gets the blame when it's more obviously Happosai's fault. Not to mention that Happosai is one of, if not the definite cause of the series having a BittersweetEnding. [[spoiler:Mistaking the Jusenkyo water sent to the Saotome household for sake, and drinking it all up before any of the other characters can use it to cure their respective curses]]. All in all, most fans would be happier if the series didn't have Happosai in it.
124	** Genji Heita from anime-exclusive ''A Formidable New Disciple Appears''. While a NiceGuy, his presence indirectly drives everyone to act out of character. Akane and Ranma becomes more antagonistic and more passive to the overall plot. Ranma gets his ass handled by Ryoga, when it's usually Ranma who comes out on top. Then Heita stops Ryoga pep talk, when Ryoga is usually too stubborn to listen. Unfortunately, he idolizes Happosai for whatever reason and is too gullible for his own good.
125	** Sentaro Daimonji. Especially when the anime that has [[ArcFatigue four whopping episodes dedicated to him]], while the manga only has a single three-chapter story arc. Not only is he incompetent, selfish, and a CompulsiveLiar, he never resolves his issues on his own. At the very least, he's the ButtMonkey for most of the mishaps and none of his plans pan out.
126	* SeasonalRot: The first three seasons of the anime are generally considered the best, with the subsequent seasons getting progressively worse. This is typically because the first three seasons are almost solely manga adaptations, and even their {{filler}} stories were directly derived from Takahashi-penned characterization; meanwhile, the latter seasons were more loaded with original stories where non-Takahashi filler [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] or [[CharacterExaggeration exaggerated]] the characters' traits. The anime getting cancelled before it could adapt some of the biggest, most famous manga storylines doesn't help the frequent perception of the anime as inferior to the manga (though there are still some who feel that where the manga ended up going wasn't that much better than the anime's later seasons).
127	* SelfFanservice: Akane suffers ACupAngst over her small chest and is envious over Ranma's female form having larger breasts. Fan artists tend to forget this and make her just as endowed. Of course, it doesn't help that the manga and anime's art styles make ''every'' girl look to be about the same in terms of bust-size.
128	* ShipToShipCombat: One of earliest shipping wars to break out on the Internet, mostly among die-hard partisans of the three "official" fiancées. The mid-90s UsefulNotes/{{Usenet}} arguments eventually coalesced into threads with the ''actual'' subject line of "Trench Wars".
129	* SignatureLine: "I'm Ranma Saotome... sorry about this."
130	* SlowPacedBeginning: The first season suffers from a lot of padding and odd pacing. Story arcs would take an extra episode to be resolved compared to season two and onwards. The lack of frenetic pacing makes the comedy scenes fall flat.
131	* StrangledByTheRedString: The various romances attract a lot of tension and complaints. These typically boil down to the following.
132	** Ranma/Akane: The two are way too hostile towards each other to realistically work out as a couple, BelligerentSexualTension be damned, and they never seem to gain any trust for each other, to the point that the manga actually ended with their wedding being postponed and their last on-panel words to each other being the usual barbs they trade against each other.
133	** Ryoga/Akane: Ryoga [[CannotSpitItOut can't even bring himself to confess]] to Akane, who has never given any real indication that she likes him as more than a friend.
134	** Shampoo/Mousse: Shampoo has outright stated she hates Mousse from the moment he officially joined the cast, and Mousse seems oblivious to all her hatred and faults.
135	** Ryoga/Akari: [[DesignatedLoveInterest Akari loves Ryoga]]. [[FlatCharacter That's it]].
136	** Ukyo/Konatsu: Konatsu is a doormat who [[LastMinuteHookup appears out of nowhere, far too soon before the series end]], and Ukyo finds him annoying but pitiful more than anything.
137	* SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing:
138	** While it has its quirks, the English dub from Creator/TheOceanGroup holds up remarkably well after 30 years. At the time, it was considered one of the best efforts for an anime series, with particular praise going to Creator/CathyWeseluck as Shampoo, Creator/PaulDobson as Happosai, Creator/DavidKaye as Soun Tendo, and Ted Cole as Kuno. The casting of actual teenagers as most of the high school-aged characters was also positively-received. In addition, the script adaptation made a strong effort to faithfully preserve most of the original jokes, cultural references, and characterization, while also having a bit of its own flavor. It certainly helped put Ocean on the map for the anime dubbing scene, and they remained one of the busiest studios for another 15 years.
139	** The Latin American dub is considered this by many fans thanks to the [[StarMakingRole iconic voicework]] of ''Creator/RossyAguirre'' as Akane, ''Carlos Hugo Hidalgo'' as Male Ranma, ''Irma Carmona'' as Female Ranma, ''Araceli de Leon'' as Shampoo, ''Gabriel Gama'' as Tatewaki Kuno and ''Creator/JoseAntonioMacias'' as Mousse. The dub also removed Shampoo's third person/broken speak and streamlined most of the Japanese expressions and knew when to be loyal to the original script and when to deviate.
140	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Really, this series' popularity could in no small part be attributed to presenting characters that caught fans' attention, but who never really were utilized to their full potential.
141	** Tatewaki Kuno was originally introduced as a serious, legitimate rival for Ranma, and also the source of literal in-universe NightmareFuel for Ranma with his obsession with "the pigtailed girl". He was promptly dropped in favor of Ryoga, instead becoming a pathetic weakling joke character who, despite still getting some stories to call his own, was never taken even remotely seriously.
142	** Ukyo was set up as Ranma's old childhood friend turned would-be lover, a setup that practically begged for her to be used to explore Ranma's past--or at least to give him someone other than Akane to hang out with and treat as a friend. Instead, she's mostly ignored, reduced to a second-stringer character whom Ranma treats barely any better than he treats Shampoo or Kodachi.
143	** Tsubasa was introduced as essentially the third "true rival", a character who would be to Ukyo what Ryoga and Mousse were to Akane and Shampoo respectively. Instead, Takahashi abandoned him after his debut story and he never appeared again. She forgot about him so much that, when she decided Ukyo needed to be paired off, she invented a brand new character to do the job in the form of Konatsu.
144	** Speaking of Konatsu, this character can be basically thought of as Tsubasa 2.0, and thusly refines all of Tsubasa's raw potential into an even better character... but because he was introduced only a handful of stories before the manga ended, and made one appearance (plus a cameo) after his debut, he never had a chance to shine or even really catch on with the readers.
145	** Dr. Tofu was introduced as a weird dichotomy of being the "one reliable adult" in Nerima and a lovestruck bumbling idiot with an almost [[Manga/AhMyGoddess Keiichi and Belldandy-esque]] chaste courtship going on with Kasumi Tendo. He then vanished from the manga entirely after the Full-Body Cat's Tongue arc, and in the anime was kept on for merely one or two filler appearances per season afterward. This character emphasizes the YMMV nature of this trope; some fans feel Tofu's removal was a good thing, calling him a boring character whose feelings for Kasumi were either dull, creepy, or some combination of the two.
146	** Nabiki's popularity stems from so many fans feeling that her wit, snarkiness and cunning could have brought a lot to the table. The shippers in particular like to point out that Nabiki was actually the only Tendo girl originally interested in getting married to Ranma, until he turned up as a girl, and wonder what this could have meant if this potential relationship had been developed in one way or another.
147	** Shampoo, like Ukyo, is a fiancee who just isn't really ever given a chance to shine in that role. An exotic foreign beauty who yet also happens to understand and cherish martial arts to a similar degree as Ranma is something that the story could have gotten a lot of mileage out of, but she was never developed in that way. Even her martial arts talents weren't really given a chance to be shown off. This has actually led to fan conspiracies that she was pushed out of the spotlight ''deliberately'' to avoid another [[Manga/UruseiYatsura Lum Invader]] scenario.
148	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
149	** Ranma's curse may be considered this:
150	*** There is no [[FanFicFuel (canon)]] exploration of the [[LossOfIdentity possible]] MindScrew of being able to [[GenderBender switch sexes so easily]]; Ranma is unquestionably assumed to be a straight male, yet he has apparently never considered actively using his PowerPerversionPotential, and yet he has ''also'' gotten so used to seeing the female body from his [[AttractiveBentGender cursed form]] that he can IgnoreTheFanservice (at least, while the girl's not touching him). The primary plot-related purposes for Ranma's curse consist of subjecting him to ModeLock (and thus sending him scrambling to undo it), dangling a cure in front of him, arranging for Kuno/random male villain of the week to hit on him, and give Ranma an excuse to take Akane's place in various feminine MartialArtsAndCrafts challenges.
151	*** After a while in the anime, the convenient buckets of water even stopped appearing, and Ranma typically spent the whole episode either male or female (and usually only the latter when it was a plot point). So they also wasted plenty of perfectly good gags and FanService. It got to the point in the anime where the general rule was that the hottest shot we get of [[AttractiveBentGender female]] [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl Ranma]] is the episode title screen, where she wears a tight but otherwise demure one-piece swimsuit. On the other hand, the manga version (which covered 38 volumes, whereas the animated version stopped at volume 21) continued to draw upon Ranma's curse for endless gags, characterization, and the odd moment of drama involving Ranma's mother. And yes, for {{Fanservice}} as well.
152	*** Unlike in the manga, anime Ranma's curse isn't revealed to the school early on. This could have been used for tension or humor, but very seldom is past the first season, and ultimately results in a very unclimatic reveal. Admittedly, it isn't too dramatically revealed in the manga either, but Ranma's classmates explicitly knowing about the curse and poking fun at it opened avenues to plenty of humor, making the anime approach quite a let down.
153	*** Compared to his male form, Ranma's female form has no serious suitors that become reoccurring characters that she/he doesn't also share with one of his fiancees already. Ranma being constantly harassed by a lovestruck major character is never touched upon and most if not all the romantic comedy aspects revolving around Ranma focus on him being a straight male.
154	** A number of the anime's filler episodes ultimately wasted things they could have done in an interesting fashion, usually because fully pursuing them would mean diverging heavily from the manga storyline.
155	*** "Mousse Goes Home To The Country": We never see Mousse leave Nerima or interact with his family, as the episode promises. Instead, Mousse hangs around Nerima pulling a passive-aggressive "IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy" routine until Shampoo and Cologne tell him that he can stay.
156	*** "Ryoga Run Into The Sunset": Ryoga finds a girl who really does love him and offers him an excuse to stop being P-chan or fighting with Ranma for Akane's "love". Instead he abandons her and goes right back to pretending to be Akane's pet.
157	* TooBleakStoppedCaring: For both the manga and the anime, people could tire of the needlessly cruel slapstick violence, over-complicated family and romance situations, and so many characters who act like mean-spirited, unpleasant Jerkasses after too many chapters or episodes of it. StatusQuoIsGod being in effect really does not help matters.
158	* TransAudienceInterpretation:
159	** Since the 2010s, it has become increasingly popular to characterize Ranma as a trans woman (or more rarely, as non-binary or genderfluid), which probably isn't hurt by the fact that his [[SexShifter Nyanniichuan curse]] is [[CursedWithAwesome basically a dream come true to the average trans woman reader/viewer]]. Countering viewpoints typically center on Ranma's characterization of being manipulative and opportunistic, emphasizing that his willingness to "act girly" for his own advantage doesn't need to stem from not being a cisgender male.
160	*** In one episode, Ranma hits his head before falling into the Tendo Family pond, causing him to think and act more like a girl. Throughout the entire episode, he insists that he's a girl and at one point, says he felt like he came out of a haze and he feels his mind is clear for the first time in years. He even spills his heart and affirms that he's happy as a girl. While this is largely played off as a non-serious one-off event and Ranma returns to his usual self by the end, the way he talks sounds very much like coming out as trans.
161	*** Much rarer than the above is characterizing Ranma as a trans ''man'', emphasizing that Ranma always identifies himself as male throughout the series, despite attempts by others to force him to act more like a traditional woman when in cursed form, and his sheer desperate drive to pursue a cure when it comes up.
162	** There are some things about Ryouga which can be seen as clues that he has gender dysphoria. Most notable how he appears jealous of Ranma's curse when he first learns of it (the literal translation of what he says is: "You have a body that men would happily embrace, and you call it a curse."). There is also the fact that he is an expert at [[MartialArtsAndCrafts Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics]], a sport which is almost exclusively female; at the time the manga was written, you could count on your fingers the number of male rhythmic gymnasts, whilst the anime has a {{filler}} episode about a trio of male [[MartialArtsAndCrafts Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnasts]] who note that they have been mocked and humiliated all their lives for trying to practice the art and whose quest is to find a way to reverse the status quo, making male gymnasts the norm and female gymnasts the outcasts.
163	** The main twist about Tsubasa Kurenai is that he's a straight male crossdresser, but the fact that he sometimes speaks about men a bit like he didn't belong himself to this category had many fans speculate that he might be a trans lesbian instead. Ditto for Konatsu, but in the latter's case, it may more be due to his special upbringing.
164	* ValuesDissonance:
165	** For a series in which characters of both sexes [[FanService frequently go topless or nude]], gender-bending antics abound, and a [[DirtyOldMan major character]] is an underwear fetishist, ''Ranma'''s approach to sexuality is surprisingly innocent. As hormone-crazed as they are, characters rarely think about or attempt any kind of sexual act beyond dating, kissing, and PG-level intimacy. Actual sex is never directly discussed even euphemistically, and is rather at most [[DoubleEntendre subtly suggested]].
166	** On the other hand, sexual harassment is a frequent subject of humor, sometimes in ways that would be considered much darker a few decades later. Kodachi and Densuke both drug Ranma to try to molest him. Nabiki sells (real and doctored) naked photos of Ranma without his permission (which was considered much more ridiculous in the pre-internet age). Ryoga at one point [[AbuseMistake mistakenly believes]] Ranma had sexually abused Akane, and Ranma ''encourages'' his misunderstanding to make him angry. In the Watermelon Island, it's all but stated an amnesiac Kuno ''really is'' [[AttemptedRape trying to rape]] girl Ranma.
167	** Nodoka's HonorRelatedAbuse of Ranma was a pretty audacious source of comedy even at the time and place it was written. In many other places it's considered a tasteless thing to make light of--especially when the thing she's literally willing to kill her own child for [[WantedAGenderConformingChild is that he's not acting manly enough]].
168	** While not particularly egregious for their time, the series' portrayals of Chinese characters and attitudes toward LGBT sexuality would not go down well in the 21st century. Shampoo was essentially the poster child for AnimeChineseGirl and the others weren't much better. Any hint of homosexuality was met with immediate disdain or disgust from most of the cast, basically being synonymous with "pervert". Akane and Ranma spend Tsubasa's whole arc [[CureYourGays insisting the apparent lesbian needs to get a boyfriend]]; once Ranma finds out Tsubasa is a crossdressing boy, he proceeds to beat the crap out of him. These days, where international audiences are concerned, it's unlikely the material could get away with that kind of thing, which would be called out ''a lot'' more harshly.
169	** In Ukyo's second appearance, a group of random girls witness a cross-dressed Ranma climbing out of a bin, where he was flung by Akane. They ''immediately'' fling his dress away and start beating the crap out of him (in the manga version, he climbed out of the dress himself, but he's beaten into unconsciousness and Ukyo has to salvage him, while in the anime he walked away on his own feet). There's no way that would fly in today's society.
170	** Akane's TomboyAngst and being horrified that Ranma can do several "feminine" things better than she can (cooking, sewing, etc) is pretty old-fashioned and illogical by Western standards. Additionally, Ranma stressing about [[RealMenHateSugar being seen enjoying desserts as a boy]], or Ukyo being aghast that Akane is even more tomboyish than she is all comes off as archaic and pretty restrictive.
171	* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Despite all the fanservice and sex jokes, the series is still aimed at 12 to 18-year-old boys and the manga was serialized in ''[[Magazine/ShonenSunday Weekly Shonen Sunday]]''.
172	* TheWoobie: Most prominently Ryoga, Konatsu, Sasuke and Kumon Ryu, but depending on the version, any of the main cast can come off as this. The curses, Ranma's ''rotten'' family and love life, Ryoga's lonely existence and poor direction sense, the sheer onesideness of many of the character's romantic interests, Soun being a well-intentioned loyal nervous wreck, Nodoka being abandoned without her family desperately pining for her only child, the Kuno children basically being insane either raised without parents or occasionally an even crazier and completely irresponsible father.
173	* {{Woolseyism}}:
174	** The English manga and dub script go to great lengths to adapt painfully-obtuse wordplay and remain faithful to the source. Similarly, they took great care to replace Kuno's quotations of classical Japanese poetry with equivalent passages from Shakespeare.
175	** Some chapters/episodes even add in jokes and cultural references (many episode/chapter titles allude to films, literature, etc.) that weren't in the original script, in some cases making it even funnier. For instance, when Ryoga discovers that he is suddenly resistant to his curse during the waterproof soap episode, the Japanese script has him proclaiming (paraphrased) "Now we're equal... no, I'm superior!!" Ryoga's English voice actor, Michael Donovan, says this: "We're equals now, he and I... no, I'm even [[Literature/AnimalFarm MORE EQUAL]] than he is!!"
176	** Ukyo's translated pet name for Ranma could be considered this. With the limitations of the script system the translators were using, "Ranma-honey" was one of the better options for translating "Ran-chan".
177	** The Mexican Spanish dub avoided giving Shampoo a Chinese accent and using HulkSpeak, and her (tragically late) voice actress used a more cheerful and childish way to speak instead, albeit she used some Chinese words sometimes, but without going overboard with it.
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