History Fanfic / PrideComesBeforeTheFall

* AlwaysABiggerFish: Nabiki vs. [[{{Yakuza}} the Tsubaki Society.]] Nabs loses.

* BerserkButton: Congratulations to the Chinese Amazons, the Tendous and Saotomes for causing Ranma to snap and open a can of whup-ass upon abandoning him.

%%* BullyingADragon: And this is what happens when the dragon finally decides [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge he's had enough.]]

* CruelMercy: Ranma's method for dealing with Soun Tendou? [[spoiler: Letting him watch as everything is taken from him. Very effective.]] His method of dealing with Genma also qualifies, [[spoiler: as he locks in his curse via the Cat's Tongue...after he tortures him using the Cat-Fu training method (tossing him into a pit of starving cats repeatedly).]]
* CurbStompBattle: Ranma in the beginning, until Ryouga's Shishi Hokoudan blasts him out of Nerima, and the Chinese Army invading the Musks and Amazons.

* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: A female Amazon exercises the [[MurderTheHypotenuse 'obstacle']] rule against a Communist Party member she was pursuing by killing his wife and daughter. [[{{Deconstruction}} Unfortunately for her,]] this is while Ranma is exacting his vengeance. [[spoiler:He gives the Chinese Army the location of the Village and [[KillItWithFire they BOMB it.]]]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: The Kunous – Tatewaki, Kodachi and Kunou-Kouchou (Principal Kunou). [[spoiler: Ranma uses his connections to rob them of their wealth, which leads to Kodachi using her poisonous plants to commit suicide, as well as killing her father. Kunou survives, but is brain-dead.]]

* EatenAlive: Ryouga Hibiki's fate...[[spoiler: after Ranma locked in his curse with the Preservation Ladle, took him to a zoo, and tossed him into the Siberian Tiger Exhibit.]]

* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Holy shit. [[spoiler: Shampoo gets her throat ripped out by a Musk warrior, Cologne gets blown to bits by an R.P.G., Ryouga gets turned into a pig and thrown into a Siberian Tiger exhibit in the zoo, Mousse gets mauled by Mint and Lime and later killed by Ranma.]]

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Ranma although maybe unintentionally. While he did have reasons for his revenge, [[DisproportionateRetribution he really overdid it]], and argubly became worse than his oppressors.

* LaserGuidedKarma: After Disowning her own Son, [[spoiler: Nodoka is Disowned by her parents and they Adopt Ranma to take her Place in their family]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In the Alternate Ending, Nodoka has this when she [[spoiler: Overturns Ranma's disowning]]. Cologne had a What did I ALMOST DO [[spoiler: When she realized she was about to pass judgement on a innocent Ranma]]
* NeverMyFault: The Tendous, the Saotomes, the Amazons and Ryouga try to their hardest to invoke this.

* NoodleIncident: At some point, Akane fought the new Kendo team captain and lost. The only relevance this specifically has to the plot is it causes her to think twice about fighting the entire team after she is expelled.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Ranma is a master of this, as Genma tells the others. Too bad it bites them all on the ass after they abandon him. Ranma himself confirms this to Nabiki after she is convicted.
* OhCrap: Soun and Genma get this when they realize the only thing holding back Ranma was [[HonorBeforeReason his Honor]], and now that it's gone [[TheUnfettered There is nothing Stopping him]]
* PastVictimShowcase: Played horrifically straight with what was left of Ryouga's bandanna after the tiger ate him.

* AlwaysABiggerFish[=/=]EvilerThanThou: Nabiki vs. [[{{Yakuza}} the Tsubaki Society.]] Nabs loses.

** InsaneEqualsViolent

* BatmanGambit: How Ranma ''destroys'' Soun and Akane. It is a moment of great and terrifying beauty.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Ranma, natch.
** Not just Ranma. Tofuu is not to be messed with.

* BullyingADragon: And this is what happens when the dragon finally decides [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge he's had enough.]]
** DoNotTauntCthulhu
** UnderestimatingBadassery

* ChunkySalsa: The end result of Cologne [[spoiler: using the Breaking Point on an incoming RPG.]]

* DrowningMySorrows: Soun.

* [[spoiler:GenderBender: Akane doesn't take being curse-locked as a man very well.]]
** YouAreWhatYouHate

* KilledOffForReal: Holy Crap.

* TheLastDance: More like a BOOM for Cologne.

* TookALevelInBadass: Ranma, full stop.
** TookALevelInJerkass: Sadly, she/he also [[{{Understatement}} became a much less pleasant person]].

** The Fuurinkan Kendo Club without Tatewaki at the helm. Akane even lost a fight against [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking the new captain]] at some point.
* TheDogBitesBack: Ranma. And how.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Ranma gives one to Nabiki before she gets sent to prison.

-->Ranma: “Don't worry about him, Doctor. He's dead to the world.”

* RealityEnsues: Although Ranma was the catalyst, it was inevitable that the Amazon tribe's customs would attract the unwanted attention of [[UsefulNotes/ChineseWithChopperSupport the PLA]]. Once that happened, [[CurbStompBattle the result of martial artists with thousands of years of tradition facing off against a modern army with guns, tanks, and bombs was all too predictable]].

* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: In this one, most of the cast is spared from the gruesome fates they get in the "main" fic, with the exceptions of [[spoiler:Ryoga, Mousse, and Akane]].

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5088534/1/Pride_Comes_Before_The_Fall Pride Comes Before The Fall]] is a fanfiction written by Snafu the Great. The plot follows Ranma being forsaken by his parents, the Tendous and the Chinese Amazons following a rematch with Herb which results in Ranma getting his curse locked in (thanks to outside interference from Ryouga and Mousse).

Suffice to say, Ranma does not take this very well. She snaps and proceeds to maim Genma, as well as brutally beating down the Amazons, Ryouga Hibiki, as well as Soun and Akane Tendou. Just as Ranma is about to kill Genma, she is blasted out of the compound by Ryouga's Shishi Hokoudan. Following this incident, Nodoka and Genma adopts Ryouga and shifts the engagement onto him, and the Amazons have a death sentence on Ranma's head.

* BadassGrandpa[=/=]NeverMessWithGranny: Shinji and Chiyaki Himura.

* AlternateEnding: In this one, most of the cast is spared from the gruesome fates they get in the "main" fic, with the exceptions of [[spoiler:Ryoga, Mousse, and Akane]].

* YouWillBeSpared: Ukyo. Because she [[HeelRealization expresses]] [[TheAtoner regret]] for what happened, Kasumi also gets off relatively lightly.

* [[spoiler:AxCrazy: Soun when he finally snaps under pressure and tries to kill Akane.]]
** [[spoiler:InsaneEqualsViolent]]

* RealityEnsues: Although Ranma was the catalyst, it was inevitable that the Amazon tribe's customs would attract the unwanted attention of [[ChineseWithChopperSupport the PLA]]. Once that happened, [[CurbStompBattle the result of martial artists with thousands of years of tradition facing off against a modern army with guns, tanks, and bombs was all too predictable]].

* {{Badass}}[=/=]DarkActionGirl: Ranma.

* [[ReleasingFromThePromiseReleasedFromThePromise]]: Ranma's engagement to Shampoo is cancelled in the alternate ending

* ReleasedFromThePromise: Ranma's engagement to Shampoo is cancelled in the alternate ending

* LastDance: More like a BOOM for Cologne.

* RealityEnsues: Although Ranma was the catalyst, it was only to be expected that the Amazon tribe's customs would attract the unwanted attention of [[ChineseWithChopperSupport the PLA]].

** TookALevelInJerkass: Sadly, she/he also became a much less pleasant person.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Ranma (check out the spoilers for details) and somewhat the Tsubaki Society, as they [[EvenEvilHasStandards were supposed to have standards]], but [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil pretty much failed at that]].

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Ranma (again, check out the spoilers for details) and somewhat the Tsubaki Society, as they [[EvenEvilHasStandards were supposed to have standards]], but [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil pretty much failed at that]].

* MoralEventHorizon: Ironicaly, Ranma herself crosses it, depite being meant to be sympathetic by the author. And she ''does it multiple times''. For examples, look around the spoilers on this page.

* SpottingTheThread / PullingTheThread: Nabiki kicks off the Alternate Route by doing this

* SpottingTheTread / PullingTheThread: Nabiki kicks off the Alternate Route by doing this

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5088534/1/Pride_Comes_Before_The_Fall Pride Comes Before The Fall]] is a fanfiction written by Snafu the Great (the writer of {{Fanfic/Evangelion Gear}}). The plot follows Ranma being forsaken by his parents, the Tendous and the Chinese Amazons following a rematch with Herb which results in Ranma getting his curse locked in (thanks to outside interference from Ryouga and Mousse).

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: [[spoiler:[[GenderBender Akane-kun]] doesn't stand a chance against [[UnstoppableRage Ranma]]]].