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  • Pretty much the whole series. Ranma ½ is about a boy who has been cursed to turn into a girl when doused with cold water and back into a boy when doused with hot water. The ridiculousness gets even funnier when it's noted that Ranma has a legion of women who are attempting to marry him for one reason or another and a ton of jealous, angry guys that are trying to kill him for it when in fact he is, surprisingly for a harem manga, a Chaste Hero. This is not to mention that everyone in the universe is humorously insane in one way or another, which further adds to the ridiculousness and hilarity of the situations.
  • Upon learning of Ranma's curse Ukyo has fun turning him into a girl and back, often between shots. It's refreshing seeing one person take the transformation so lightly and having no problem pouring pot after pot of hot and cold water onto their fiance.
  • "Saotome-Anything-Goes-Martial-Arts-Final-Attack: ready, set, RUN AWAY!"
    • Made even funnier by Ryoga standing stunned for a few seconds before giving chase and Akane's commentary.
      Akane: And you call yourself a martial artist!
    • Another point to this one is how Genma's voice-over initially makes it sound like some technique requiring lots of discipline and skill... then Akane sums it up in the most deadpan voice possible:
      Akane: In other words, run away until you can think of something better to do.
    • Running away is ironically what allows Ranma to ambush Ryoga with a different type of attack, as the latter is too busy being angry about the former's fleeing to think about surprise attacks.
  • What Soun does to Ranma when they learn how he's willing to reverse Akane's Laser-Guided Amnesia. It involves Ranma being beaten up, since Shampoo asked him to take revenge for her against "girl Ranma" (She didn't know they were the same person), and since Ryoga refused to help... he beats Ranma up. While crying Berserker Tears and screaming "you're an excellent person, Ranma! You love Akane so much you're willing to do that for her! Thank you, Ranma! THANK YOU, THANK YOU!"
  • Pretty much any Soun reaction shot, but his expression the first time he sees Mirror Ranma (in a fetish apron!) is a Funny Moment among Funny Moments. Especially contrasted to his serene face earlier on the page.
  • "Hey, look! Every jerk in the school is in the same place!" "There's only one thing to do now..." "BURY THEM!"
  • When Cologne is in a sinking boat with Genma (who is a panda at the time) she hits him and tells him to do something. Hitting him causes all his signs to fall out of his... Er, pockets and Cologne promptly uses them to build a new boat.
    • Also note that the signs in question were the ones he used in the previous episode!
  • In a three-legged race with Ranma, Akane, Mouse, Shampoo and while paired up with Ukyo, Ryoga starts running the wrong way from the starting line. The opposite direction in fact, to the one being taken by every other contestant and his partner who was understandably upset with him for being such an idiot and making them both fall over. Of course Ryoga ends up getting so lost that he wins the competition anyway, by winding up at the finish line from the opposite direction.
    • In the same episode, Ranma teams up with Akane during the race. Akane is flattered that he finally chose her for a partner, but Ranma merely wanted "the brute strength of an Akane." It doesn't end well for him.
    • Prior to that, Akane and Shampoo force Ranma to chose which person to join forces with by choosing which of the two possible bathhouses the path splits down. Ranma's response is to tell Shampoo "I cannot deny my true feelings." and goes with Akane. Shampoo runs away into the bathhouse, coming out a moment later in cat form as it was an ice-water bath house.
      Akane: Your "true feelings" wouldn't happen to be that you really hate cats, would they?
      Ranma: [shrugs] 'smy feelings.
  • When Ranma is challenged to a ice-skating fight, Ryoga mocks him. Ranma of course won't stand for it and challenges Ryoga to solve it in the ice. Both laugh confidently as they prepare and walk up to the ice... only for them both to fall as soon as they step on it.
  • A bit later on, Ranma turns himself into a girl while in the men's restroom. When Ryoga shows up, she proceeds to turn him into P-chan in front of the two other men inside. Cue said men frantically pouring cold water on themselves trying to turn into something different.
  • In the anime's third season, a magical mishap sends Ranma, Akane, Shampoo, Genma, Soun, Cologne and Happosai back in time and across in space to when Happosai and Cologne were teenagers in China. We have Happosai vowing to teach his younger self to be good, Happosai wondering in horror that if he was this much of a pervert at eighteen; then what the hell is he now?!, the dumbfounded shock when everyone discovers that the gorgeous blue-haired girl is actually Cologne's younger self...
  • Happosai as "Santa" finally having a conscience moment and giving his too-innocent-for-their-own-good "followers" the advice of doing good deeds...and on prompted for the kind of good deeds they should do, literally exploding from the strain.
  • A good number of the chapters that feature Principal Kuno qualify.
  • The Fishing Rod of Love arc is one big Funny Moment. When Takahashi is on her game, she is on her game.
  • The following exchange from the Romeo and Juliet arc:
    Akane: Ranma, you do know what Romeo and Juliet are to each other, don't you?
    Ranma: Father and daughter, right?
  • In chapter 7, Ranma pouring boiling water on a dumbfounded dog.
  • Ranma tells Akane You're Cute When You're Angry and a while later she looks in a mirror, and thinking on Ranma's words, goes to smile... at which point Ranma pops his head in and asks if mirrors make her smile or if she's just testing her cheeks. She punches him out.
  • Ranma commenting on Akane's Panty Shot when he gets a look under her skirt which results in her kicking him.
  • Ranma in female form convincing Ryoga she was actually his sister born while he was lost. Made even funnier because Akane saw through the disguise with no problem but ended up being fooled because she didn't think that Ryoga could be that naïve.
  • The ending of the Bathhouse Battle story. How did Happosai not see it coming? Then again, he may not have expected Ranma to sink that low to get revenge on him...
    • Earlier, from the same story...
      Ranma: "I don't trust you, you'll splash me from behind."
      Happosai: "Aww. I'll just splash you from in front!"
    • The anime version has a unique little gag early on when Happosai tries to sneak over to the women's side by going to the toilet, and then using the air-vents... only to run into a swarm of rats and end up electrocuting himself when he strikes a power cable whilst flailing in an attempt to get them off. Cue the comedically charred Happosai angrily returning to where Ranma is waiting and being marched back to the men's side whilst complaining about the "rathole" that the bathhouse owners are running.
  • Ranma who starts to use "Nekoken" after being exposed to too many cats, bursts into the school gym and attacks Kuno easily shredding the ground, and his kendo wooden sword. Kuno catching wise, gets Ranma to chase after the shredded sword, and declares victory.
    Kuno: Feh. The coward has turned tail and ran.
    • Becomes funnier when one reads the entire manga and realizes that Kuno was the only one to defeat the Nekoken that way. Or at all.
  • Episode 87: "Oh yeah? You and what sense of direction?"
    • "Oh uh..wait a minute....don't break-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!"
    • Nabiki after finding out Akane was home the whole time and not missing and she spent the whole night looking for her. "I'm cutting school today."
    • Everyone acting grossed out and falling over after Akane offers them some of her pot stickers.
    • Ranma, after being offered some of Akane's cooking. "Akane? You wouldn't mind running away again would ya?"
  • In one of the earlier episodes Nabiki pours water on Ranma while he's sleeping to change him into a girl so she can take some pictures for Kuno and then turns her back. After Ranma wakes up he panics when he sees the water beneath him and thinks he wet the bed. How he fails to put the clues together and realize that he's been used as pin-up material is beyond common sense.
    • Nabiki was also able to put Ranma into ridiculous female costumes offscreen (only gone for a few seconds between costumes, arguing all the way) when all of Ranma's boy clothes are getting washed in the laundry room. How she gets Ranma in girl-form to stay still long enough to do this is beyond common sense!
  • Akari explaining why she'd only date someone who can defeat Katsunishiki.
    Akari: (crying lightly) "My grandfather said, before he died..."
    Akari's Grandfather: (flashback) "Akari, find a strong man to marry. I won't allow you to marry any man who can't beat Katsunishiki."
    Akari: (gesturing to old man lying next to her) "This is my grandfather."
  • In one arc, Pantyhose Taro plans on dousing Happosai with water from the Spring of Drowned Pious Man. However, the Tendo Dojo receives a call that Taro took the wrong water from Junsenkyo.
    Ranma: If he turns into a bug or a snake, we could just flick him out the window.
    Soun: If he turns into a tiger, he won't be able to steal underwear...
    Genma: If he turns into a monkey, he won't be able to do anything but steal underwear...
    Kasumi: Apparently, he'll turn into...twins!
  • In episode 34, Ranma tries to infiltrate the girls' locker room to get to the Spring of Drowned Young Man beneath it. As soon as he opens the door he gets splashed with hot water from a kettle above the door, which was to meant to keep Happosai out.
  • When the guide explains that Panthyose Taro's curse comes from the "Spring of Drowned Ox-Riding, Crane & Eel-Carrying, Yeti". This curse is so absurd that even other Jusenkyo-cursed characters are shocked.
  • One time, Genma answers the phone...as a panda. One Beat Panel later...
    Ranma: So why'd you pick it up in the first place?
  • The one serious battle between Ranma and Cologne in the manga, during the Watermelon Race. At one point, Cologne stands up over the sea, to everyone's shock. Soun, the only one not shocked, explains that a master can stand still and walk on just a small leaf... Then we see what she was actually standing on:
    Akane *unimpressed*: "It's a shark..."
    Soun: It is, isn't it?
    • Also doubles as Moment of Awesome, as Cologne has summoned a Great White Shark from nowhere and commandeered it.
  • In the final chapter of the Mushrooms of Time arc, Akane catches chibi-Ranma picking on a then smaller Ryoga. How does Akane respond? She gives Ranma a spanking!
  • This dry line from Kasumi, about Akane, is classic: "She's really a very sweet girl. She's just a violent maniac."
  • The Gambling King arc. The Gambling King's Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance is humorous enough, but then after all that buildup, when it turns out that he's actually a terrible gambler and how obvious all of his attempts to cheat are, it becomes ridiculous. For bonus points, in spite of what a terrible gambler he is, Ranma still can't see past his techniques.
    Soun: The players are both equally matched!
    Kid: Or more accurately, they're both equally stupid!
  • In one scene from the manga, Ryoga hugs a telephone pole while fantasizing about Akane. The pole has a sign on it that reads "Please do not hug pole." When Akane shows up a moment later, Ryoga flinches and accidentally breaks the pole in half. Between panels, the sign has changed to read "Please do not break pole."
  • In one occasion Ranma disguised himself as Ryoga's sister Yoiko. Thing is, Ryoga has no sister... So Ranma told him she was born while he was lost, just like the puppies of his dog. He fell for it.
    • Akane was at Ryoga's house, and recognized Ranma immediately, only to convince herself it was Ryoga's sister when he introduced her as such, figuring out not even Ryoga was that gullible. Her face when Ranma ditched the disguise was priceless.
    • Also, Ryoga's face at the same moment. After a brief story arc of him trying to be a good big brother, culminating in him worrying sick when she had left home alone because everyone in the family has No Sense of Direction and deciding to stay home to keep her safe - and inside. That being what finally got Ranma to ditch his disguise.
  • In the Hiryuu Shoutenha arc, wherein Happosai uses a pressure-point technique on Ranma to make him as weak as a baby note , there's one particular moment in the manga version. Ranma demands that Happosai cure him, but Happosai replies that he doesn't know how. They initially don't believe him, but then he asks them why he would have bothered to learn a technique that could actually help someone; this is what convinces them that he's telling the truth.
  • It's hard to top the "Curse of the Scribbled Panda" storyline for sheer silliness — the basic concept is "a doodle of a female panda comes to life and falls in love with Ranma, forcing him to take her on a date". But, the anime manages to top the storyline with two key elements.
    • One: The demonic figures from the other scrolls also come to life, causing Soun, Genma and Happosai to grow into giants and battle them to a stand-still. Throughout the episode, there's shots of them stomping around in the background like something from a kaiju movie.
    • Two: Towards the episode's climax, Ranma tries to coax the panda doodle to go back to her scroll by dramatically pointing out they can't make it work, as he's a human and she's a panda. The panda promptly transforms into a gorgeous human girl in a flowing dress, lightly glomps onto him, and cheerfully announces that now they can make it work. To which a clearly attracted Ranma mentally agrees. For added laughs, Nabiki and Akane are watching this whole affair; Nabiki comments that she Did Not See That Coming, whilst Akane goes into jealous meltdown mode.
  • When trying to stop Pantyhose Taro from getting at Happosai (because they don't want him to unwittingly duplicate him with Spring of Drowned Twins Water) Ranma gets the idea to stop him from charging in with his massive cursed form by putting Happosai in the middle of a public bath. Pantyhose Taro bypasses this by paying to use the public bath. Hijinks ensue.
  • In the second movie, when Sarutoru uses his Shadow Fall technique on Ryoga, to make him incapacitated with despair. Anybody who knows anything about Ryoga knows exactly where it's going.
  • The Happo Fire-Burst storyline's climax is hilarious; all that build-up of this dreaded Kamehame Hadoken technique that is supposedly Happosai's mightiest attack, and it turns out that it's nothing more than Happosai tossing around homemade bombs. The kicker has to be Soun & Genma's outrage over the fact that they've spent so much time living in terror of a glorified firecracker. This outrage turns into utter terror once Happosai whips out giant firecrackers out of nowhere, and especially after demonstrating their effectiveness on Ranma as revenge for severely injuring him and leaving him for dead.
  • Akane has baked animal crackers, but they don't look like they should. Cue Ranma guessing what they're supposed to be and an increasingly frustrated Akane correcting him.
  • In episode 124, Sentaro somehow manages to hide within Akane's coat, while she's wearing it. How does she find out? He pops out of her chest as if she suddenly grew an extra head there. Akane and Ranma's faces are just priceless.
    • Both Akane and Ranma are understandably and appropriately freaked out by this, but after pummeling Sentaro, they then both go about their day as if nothing happened.
    • The next time they hear his voice, a panicking Akane immediately checks the inside of her coat.
  • Something not immediately funny: in the anime, the first impression one gets of Nabiki is of a Cool Big Sister with a side of Yamato Nadeshiko.
    • What is the first clue of her true personality? Groping Ranma when she starts suspecting he's a girl (and before knowing of the curse).
    • Said personality is established for good in the anime thanks to a bit of Adaptation Expansion: in the manga she just happened to have the pictures of Ranma-chan to sell Kuno when he announced it, but in the anime she heard the Kendoka admit his "love" for the Pigtailed Girl in his sleep after Ranma and Akane knocked him out, so after the lessons she went home, caught Ranma sleeping, and turned him into a girl just to take pictures she'd sell Kuno the moment he gave her the chance. She then turned him male (resulting in Ranma thinking he peed in his sleep when he woke up soon after) and went to take pictures of Akane training to sell Kuno (as he had also admitted his love for Akane in his sleep), and when Kuno called her to a cafe to give her a gift for the Pigtailed Girl she proceeded to eat a bowl of shiroku (sweet-bean soup), a plate of spaghetti, an ice cream cone, ad a cup of coffee on his money and sell him the pictures of her sister and Ranma a thousand yen apiece, while making fun of him and telling him exactly what she thought of him the whole time. And she didn't even take the doll to give Ranma, she just told him that if he wanted to give something to the Pigtailed Girl he had to give it to Ranma, as that way it was funnier.
  • The anime adds two interferences in the first fight between Ranma and Ryoga:
    • The Chemistry Club has reached the conclusion that if Ranma died then Akane would likely get with one of them... So they prepared a minefield for Ranma. And when the mines fail to explode while Ranma and Ryoga are there, they attack with hammers... Only for Ranma and Ryoga to jump away, with them striking every single mine. The combatants gave them barely any attention at the mines did their thing...
    • As soon as the fight gets away from witnesses, Nabiki, worried because everyone bet on Ranma, shows up and gives Ryoga some steroids. Ryoga's eyes turn red, his muscles expand and tighten the shirt, he becomes visibly stronger... And as he chases Ranma away while striking at him with a light pole, one of Nabiki's flunkies asks her it those pills were actually vitamins or not.
  • In episode 9 of the anime, Ryoga gets asked for directions by an old lady. And when he just tells her to ask a policeman, she has him bring her to the nearest police station. By the time she realizes how bad Ryoga's sense of direction is, they're in Kyushu.
  • During Mousse' second appearance, Ranma and Soun are led to believe Akane has been permanently turned into a duck. What is Soun's response? Why, have Ranma marry the duck. And Kasumi and Nabiki go with it while suspecting the duck isn't Akane...
    • Akane comes back right in time to keep Ranma from marrying the duck. Nabiki's comment? That if she arrived just a few moments later, things would have been much more interesting.
  • At one point, Ryoga found a map for the Japanese Nannichuan, that turns someone into a man permanently. Of course Ranma butts in and helps finding it. Where is it? Under the girls' locker room at Furinkan High. Hilarity Ensues.
    • The anime expands it by making the locker room the location of the Blue Vase, one of three vases needed to find the Spring, with the Blue Vase having the information to find the Red one. Where is the Red Vase? At Kuno's house. And then, after a long fight, Happosai steals it.
    • After recovering the Red Vase from Happosai, Ranma brings it to Cologne to have the map to find the Yellow Vase. He follows it to the letter, and arrives... At the Neko Hanten.
    • The conclusion of the whole thing, both manga and anime: the Japanese Nannichuan is out of service, and they find a sign telling them to use the original at Jusenkyo.
  • Every time Ranma disguises himself to torment Ryoga, with him falling for it every time. The crowner is likely when he disguised himself as Yoiko, Ryoga's sister... With Ryoga being an only child but still buying it.
    • Akane and Shampoo's faces when they realized how gullible Ryoga is... And the circumstances:
      • When Ranma disguised himself as Yoiko, Akane immediately recognized her, only to decide it was a coincidence when Ryoga presented her as his sister. Then, when Ryoga decided to keep "Yoiko" at home with him so she wouldn't get lost, Ranma removed the disguise.
      • When Shampoo's waterproof soap was accidentally nabbed by Ryoga, she joined forces with Ranma to recover it... And the latter had them disguise themselves as the "Cupid Twins" by wearing some hair decorations and showing up while he was naked in a SPA. Ryoga's shyness explains why he didn't see through their disguises... But later they reappear as the Cupid Twins simply wearing the Furinkan girls' uniform and the hair decorations and Ryoga buys it again. While it's slightly more believable in the anime, as they wrapped up their very distinctive hair, when Akane sees them she doesn't even realize they're disguised in either version. Ryoga is incredibly embarrassed in both.
    • In time Ryoga actually starts being suspicious when these redheads that look just like Ranma show up... But Ranma always has an explanation that makes sense (such as the time he showed up as the Hibikis' maid: they're never home, so they need someone to clean up), and he immediately stops being suspicious.
    • Late in the manga Ranma, disguised as the Hibikis' maid, is tormenting Ryoga for playboying with both Akane and Akari, and at one point disguises Katsunishiki (Akari's giant pig) as Akane. Thankfully, Ryoga is not that gullible...
  • During a beach trip, the Saotomes and the Tendos had been forced to take Happosai with them, and found the Neko Hanten had a beach branch. So, what does Ranma do to be able to enjoy the beach trip? He tells Happosai he'll introduce him to a woman, and when Happosai says he hopes she has long hair and wide eyes he quips she's just like that, making Akane wonder if he plans to introduce the pervert to Shampoo... He didn't: he introduced him to Cologne. Happosai, who had actually dressed himself up and brought a present (a gold bracelet with pearls on it that in the manga he says had been gifted to him by his first love), turns to stone in shock.
    • In the manga this is the first time they meet on-page (in the anime they had already met once)... And it turns out that Happosai had stolen it from Cologne. Realizing that the once gorgeous Cologne is now a hag, Happosai runs away crying, while Akane and Ranma have priceless faces when they use their old nicknames.
    • Seeing the bracelet, Cologne goes berserker, as the pearls aren't pearls, but pills that make the swallower fall for the first person of the opposite gender they see, one for a minute, one for a day, and one forever. As Happosai finds out and tries to use it on Shampoo she recovers it and uses a pill on Ranma, who looks at Akane, falls for her... And reveals he didn't swallow it and was just trolling her. And then Genma, mistaking her angry reaction for a game, accidentally makes Ranma swallow it for real, so he turns to Cologne demanding a cure... And instantly falls for her. Shampoo and Akane's horrified faces are priceless.
      • After Soun intervenes to avenge Akane's honor, the pill turns out to be the minute one, and it has already worn off... And then Cologne informs him he had tried to marry her. Ranma instantly faints in horror, and stops moving for a while.
    • Shampoo manages to recover the bracelet and tries to make Ranma swallow a pill, but it's Akane who ends up swallowing it. Cologne announces it's the day pill, so Akane resolves to go around blindfolded until it wears off... And as soon as she has left, Cologne realizes she was wrong - it was the permanent one. Cue Ranma running herself ragged to keep Akane from falling for Ryoga (who had got lost), Kuno (who jumps out of nowhere), or Happosai (that Shampoo tries to make Akane see).
      • In the end, Ranma resolves to turn himself back into a male so she won't risk falling for some strange people... But Ranma just got her to spit it out, and she slaps him silly and throws the pill in the sea.
    • What happens to the permanent pill? In the manga it's swallowed by a small female octopus that can't tell Happosai from a male octopus, but in the anime it's Kaiju-sized.
  • When Akane is accidentally exposed to the Incense of Spring Sleep she falls asleep and won't wake up until summer... But she's a sleepwalker with rather weird dreams, and she acts them out.
    • In the anime the mess is solved after a whole mess of incenses, with the "spicy incense" doing the trick... And the Incense of True Love making Happosai, Kuno, Gosunkugi and P-chan believe the others are Akane, and kissing while hallucinating, much to the disgust of everyone present.
      • Under the Incense' effect, Happosai sees this.
    • In the manga it's Nabiki who solves the situation by providing the "Incense for the Coming Summer" (for a price. 2,000 yen... But as it was her sister that they needed to wake up, she gave Ranma a discount and sold it for 1,980), that tricks Akane into thinking it's summer and thus wakes her up (after slapping Ranma while dreaming of squashing a mosquito)... But the "Incense" was actually a mosquito coil. And Nabiki didn't really expect it to work.
  • In the short "Lens of Invincibility" arc in the manga, midway through the story, Soun bursts in on Ranma angrily demanding to know if Ranma actually apologized to Mousse.note  Cue Ranma turning to Soun with a blazing Battle Aura and a literally demonic expression, with massive blank eyes and fangs, snarling "What...Do...You...Want?!" And promptly cue Soun on his knees, bowing and sobbing out apologies for bothering Ranma. This gets extra Hilarious in Hindsight if you're familiar with the multiple occasions Soun has used his own Demon Head to bully Ranma into compliance; this is the only time in the series canon where Ranma turns the table on Soun, and with his own game to boot.
  • The story that introduces the Happo Fire-Burst to the series has one hilarious moment where we're reminded that, Chaste Hero tendencies and Gender Bender status aside, Ranma is still a teenage boy. Upon being confronted by a hot spring full of cute naked bathing beauties, Ranma instantly freezes in place, blushing madly and instinctively using a bucket to cover an erection he's physically incapable of having at the moment, due to being in his female body. Cue Soun and Genma lamenting from the sidelines about Ranma acting like a deer caught in the headlights, even as Ranma tries to blend into the crowd and mentally chews himself out for acting this way.
  • Near the end of Panthyose Taro's debut arc the characters finally convince Happosai to rename him... The problem is, Happosai is unable to come up with a normal name, and every replacement is even worse.
    • The sheer ridiculousness of Ranma's plan to convince him to change the name. First they gave him a hallucinogen incense and told him that Taro had grown insane and stolen all panthyose in the world... At which point he decides to slay Taro. No problem, Ranma had actually anticipated it, so after they knock him out they set up a very poor copy of Jusenkyo, that Happosai nonetheless sees as the real thing due the incense, and girl!Ranma comes holding P-chan and make him believe she's Taro's mother with the newborn Taro, and tells him to pick the name - it's Panthyose Taro again. Ranma, however, had anticipated this too, and as she leaves she tells "Taro" this way he'll grow strong and will love panthyose. Happosai, remembering the "future" stops her, Ranma smirks because she knows Happosai will change the fake Taro's name and thus Panthyose Taro... But instead Happosai throws the Happodaikarin and goes kaiju to try and exterminate Taro before he can steal the panthyose. At least after he wakes up from the "dream" he decides to change Panthyose Taro... And starts coming up with names such as Cockroach Jiro.
    • In the end Ranma and co. convince Happosai to let Panthyose Taro choose his name. So he declares the name he though of for years: Awesome Taro. That everyone thinks is the worst of them all... Though they don't tell him, as he promised to carry Happosai away as soon as he got his name changed.
    • Finally Awesome Taro got his new name, so he transforms and flies away with Happosai... Then, as they're over the sea Happosai decides that after all Panthyose Taro is the only name for him. Panthyose Taro drops him then and there out of shock at the whole mess having been All for Nothing.
  • In one anime-only episode, Ukyo decides to re-embrace her feminine side and starts wearing the girls' uniform to school. She Cleans Up Nicely is an understatement as all of the guys become smitten with her (except Ranma, of course). Tatewaki ends up bringing a bouquet of flowers for Akane, one for "the pig-tailed girl," and a whole armful for Ukyo.
  • During Pink & Link's arc the two manage to stick in Shampoo's hair a flower that make her helpless and kidnap her... Then, after a while, Shampoo just stands up, beats the crap out of them, and reveals she had stuck a kenzan (an Ikebana tool to hold flowers in place) in her hair to keep the flower from actually making contant and make her helpless, and had been playing along the whole time. She then forces them to resume the kidnappers role so that Ranma can "save" her, to their immense chagrin.
  • The Cursed Tunnel of Lost Love. It's said to be a cursed cave that will break up any couple that dares trying to traverse it... And has a ticket office for any couple that dares take the challenge.
    • The various ways the tunnel uses to break the couples up. Including, about halfway, a gender-separated onsen... That for the ladies has the equivalent of a luxury onsen that makes them stay as long as they want, and for the men has a literal lake of blood.
    • Some couples, however, manage to resist everything... So when they arrive near the exit a bunch of actual ghosts physically separate the lovebirds.
    • Ukyo had gotten Ranma and Akane to the Cursed Tunnel, and to make sure they'd get broken up she went it with Ryoga... But everything goes as usual for them, and near the exit they start bickering so much the ghosts decide they have already broken up and move to the closest apparent couple, Ukyo and Ryoga.
  • At the end of the "Seven Lucky Gods" movie, set a few months after the rest of the adventure, everyone is reminded of it when Kirin and Lychee send a letter to tell everyone they got married... And Soun, thinking about it, asks Genma why didn't they get cured while they were in China. All the cursed characters scream in horror after realizing they forgot.
  • One day Mousse accidentally exploded a firework on Shampoo's face... And she forgave him with a smile, leaving Mousse terrified. Hilarity Ensues:
    • Mousse goes immediately to Ranma and Akane to ask for help, as he's convinced Shampoo is enacting the Three-Year Smile of Death, that is keeping her anger bottled for three years while causing hurtful "accidents" to her victim, eventually killing them. Ranma and Akane don't believe him... Then they discover all his roped weapons and spare glasses are broken, and while he was hiding under a table at the Neko Hanten Shampoo breaks said table to try and kill a cockroach.
    • Mousse turns into a duck and hides in Ranma's fanny pack... Then Shampoo accidentally drops some liquid on it, so she immediately washes and squeezes it... With Mousse still inside.
    • Cologne is consulted, and she knows that by activating a certain pressure point the bottled-up anger will be released... But she also states that only Ranma can do that and survive, because the pressure point is on her butt. Mousse and Akane are not amused.
    • Ranma's various attempts at activating the pressure point, defeated by either Akane or his own shyness.
    • Eventually Mousse tries it, but Shampoo spots him and beats him up for missing the work day. Everyone cheers, as the Three-Year Smile of Death has been defeated... Then Shampoo asks what the Three-Year Smile of Death is. Turns out she has no idea how to perform the legendary move after all. The reason she was so eerily nice to Mousse at the start of the chapter? She forgot to empty one of Mousse' robes before washing it and thus broke all the spare glasses inside, so when Mousse blew up the firework in her face she forgave him for it, as restitution for her own mistake.
  • In the manga, the beginning of the "Dragon's Whisker Arc" starts with a man being threatened to tell his (unseen) assailants about the Dragon Whisker. He refuses to give information, until the assailant says "Then die".
  • The joke receives a callback when one of the Niku-men is captured and asked what they are doing - and he proceeds to Motor Mouth an unintelligible response.

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