History Fridge / RanmaOneHalf

* More Fridge UnfortunateImplications, but when Shampoo & Cologne introduce themselves to Ryoga at the start of the Bakusai Tenketsu arc, it happens because Cologne finds "P-chan" and brings him home to make him into dinner. As EatTheDog may mention, a rather old bit of anti-Chinese slander, one popular enough it still survives in some {{Urban Legend}}s, has them kidnapping and eating peoples' pets -- and P-chan is Akane's pet. Though the UnfortunateImplications are rather lessened when Shampoo, upon recognizing P-chan as Akane's pet, immediately tries to stop her great-grandmother -- Cologne didn't know about P-chan being somebody's pet (and neither of them knew about him being Ryoga) in the first place.

** Hopefully the Guide is on 24/7 duty for this, because animals tend to fall into swimming pools, wells, and other steep-sided bodies of water or liquid on occasion, sometimes drowning (many of the La Brea Tar Pits' victims went in for a drink from the layer of water over the tar). This brings up the disturbing prospect of "human" girls with the minds of squirrels, sparrows, or even ''bugs'' wandering around Jusenkyo.

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* And we mustn't forget perhaps ''the'' biggest piece of Fridge Horror in the series; the infamous "Pregnant Ranma" question. Sure, he/she would likely get an abortion, but what if he/she actually fell in hot water before he/she noticed the pregnancy? [[WordOfGod Rumiko]] famously didn't want us to think about that [[NoJustNoReaction for]] ''{{Squick very}}'' good reason.

** This also puts her tending to not be able to win against other martial artists a chunk of the time into a ''very'' different light; because she's not fighting against them with a style she's actually had plenty of skill and training in. Developing a skill in a specific martial arts takes a lot of time and practice, and she might have been more skilled in a Samurai based fighting style at first, but had to switch to a different fighting style relatively recently to dissuade [[AbhorrentAdmirer Kuno]] from pursuing her. In that case, then she'd probably be miles behind the more talented martial artists that show up in the series who have dedicated themselves to learning their specific craft for years, even if [[NormalFishInATinyPond she's good enough at this new style that she can knock out the regular admirers from her school]], because she hasn't had enough time to reach the same level than if she had kept going with her original skillset.

** This also puts her tending to not be able to win against other martial artists a chunk of the time into a ''very'' different light; because she's not fighting against them with a style she's actually had plenty of skill and training in. Developing a skill in a specific martial arts takes a lot of time and practice, and she might have been more skilled in a Samurai based fighting style at first, but had to switch to a different fighting style relatively recently to dissuade [[AbhorrentAdmirer Kuno]] from pursuing her. In that case, then she'd probably be miles behind the more talented martial artists that show up in the series who have dedicated themselves to learning their specific craft for years, even if [[NormalFishInATinyPond she's good enough at this new style that she can knock out the regular admirers from her school]], because she hasn't had enough time to truly be on the same level than if she had kept going with her swordfighting.

** This also puts her tending to not be able to win against other martial artists a chunk of the time into a ''very'' different light; because she's not fighting against them with a style she's actually had plenty of skill and training in. Developing a skill in a specific martial arts takes a lot of time and practice, and if she was originally more skilled in a Samurai based fighting style, but had to switch to a different fighting style relatively recently to dissuade [[AbhorrentAdmirer Kuno]] from pursuing her, then she'd probably be miles behind the more talented martial artists that show up in the series who have dedicated themselves to learning their specific craft for years, even if [[NormalFishInATinyPond she's good enough at this new style that she can knock out the regular admirers from her school.]]

** This also puts her tending to not be able to win against other martial artists a chunk of the time into a ''very'' different light; because she's not fighting against them with a style she's actually had plenty of skill and training in. Developing a skill in a specific martial arts takes a lot of time and practice, and if she was originally more skilled in a Samurai based fighting style, but had to switch to a different fighting style relatively recently to disassociate/dissuade [[AbhorrentAdmirer Kuno]] from pursuing her, then she'd probably be miles behind everyone else, even if [[NormalFishInATinyPond she's good at it enough that she can knock out the regular admirers from her school.]]

** This also puts her tending to not be able to win against other martial artists a chunk of the time into a ''very'' different light; because she's not fighting against them with a style she's actually had plenty of skill and training in. Developing a skill in a specific martial arts takes a lot of time and practice, and if she was originally more skilled in a Samurai based fighting style, but had to switch to a different fighting style relatively recently to disassociate/dissuade [[AbhorrentAdmirer Kuno]] from pursuing her, then she'd probably be miles behind everyone else, even if she's good at it.

* As mentioned on the series' WhatAnIdiot page, it seems ridiculous that Ranma would interfere with Mariko Kuonjo and Kuno's budding relationship given how much he hates Kuno's status as a romantic rival. And yet, when you think about it, actually, it makes perfect sense: Kuno is a ''huge'' lech, whose arrogance and perversion combined means he sees no problem with trying to chase after multiple girls at the same time. Whenever he's tried to choose between "the pigtailed girl" or Akane Tendo before, he's always inevitably given up choosing after a minute and just declared he'll take them both. So, the reality of it is, Ranma loses absolutely ''nothing'' by breaking up Mariko and Tatewaki, and in fact he gains by at least avenging Akane's wounded pride; even if he hadn't broken them up, Kuno would have kept on chasing after his old loves anyway, despite Mariko's presence! This is particularly sensible behavior in the anime continuity, as, in an earlier {{filler}} episode, Kuno had become convinced that Nabiki was his destined soulmate (long story), and the climax features Kuno finally making a "choice" by declaring that he'll simply wed Nabiki and then keep Akane and "the pigtailed girl" as his concubines.

* For a story with GenderBender as its main plot device, at first, I found it disappointing that ultimately, it was about as heteronormative as any other show of the same era, as if Rumiko Takahashi was blind to the implications of her own plot. Then I wondered: Maybe I didn't read it carefully enough? On a second re-reading, it struck me that this is not a conservative work masquerading as conservative, but on the contrary, it's a subversive work masquerading as conservative. When reading the so-called "homophobic" parts of it, it's perfectly possible to read them as a pretty effective allegory about internalized homophobia and how to deal with it. And it's also perfectly possible that this hidden level of reading had been intentionally left there by Rumiko Takahashi herself.

* For a story with GenderBender as its main plot device, at first, I found it disappointing that ultimately, iy was about as heteronormative as any other show of the same era, as if Rumiko Takahashi was blind to the implications of her own plot. Then I wondered: Maybe I didn't read it carefully enough? On a second re-reading, it struck me that this is not a conservative work masquerading as conservative, but on the contrary, it's a subversive work masquerading as conservative. When reading the so-called "homophobic" parts of it, it's perfectly possible to read them as a pretty effective allegory about internalized homophobia and how to deal with it. And it's also perfectly possible that this hidden level of reading had been intentionally left there by Rumiko Takahashi herself.

* In the arc where Ranma is stuck in female form because Cologne took away his heat resistance with a pressure point, Dr. Tofu temporarily cures him with the Tokyo Grandpa point, and tells him that ItOnlyWorksOnce. If it is why old men in Tokyo have high heat tolerance, why did it wear off so quickly? Switching between bodies can't be good for blood circulation. [[However]]This is assuming that the Tokyo Grandpa point is ''why'' Tokyo Grandpas have heat tolerance, rather than the point being named after them, and that Tofu didn't say that it was temporary[[/However]]

* There's actually a very good reason for Kuno being oblivious to his relative weakness: in Japan, Kendo is considered the strongest martial art thanks to the greater striking speed, range and power granted by the sword, to the point it's said their dan ranks are the equivalent of ''three'' dan in any other style. Kuno obviously knows that... And doesn't get that [[{{Flynning}} Kendo's heavy ritualization and patterns make him extremely prevedible to someone trained for actual life-and-death fights]].

** Unlikely: while [[BlueAndOrangeMorality her ethics allow her for killing]] she's been shown to be rather laid-back about it, and the rare times she actually was motivated to go through with it[[note]]Ranma-chan at the start, Akane early in the series, and Hinako[[/note]] there was always something to stall her until she had reason to change her mind.[[note]]With Ranma-chan she just couldn't land a killing blow on her until she had fallen for male!Ranma, and when she found out they were the same and thought Ranma was really a girl she couldn't bring herself to kill the man she loved - and by the time she returns she knows the truth. With Akane she initially opted to erase her memory of Ranma, when Akane recovers her memory Ranma stops Shampoo, and when Shampoo comes back she knows it's a bad idea getting caught and can't be bothered to frame someone else unless the right situation falls in her lap. And with Hinako she eventually decided the whole mess was just too embarrassing[[/note]] On the other hand it's likely she killed two persons ''during'' the series: Pink and Link are her old enemies and the only people Shampoo has been shown to actually hate, and were only alive because she couldn't be bothered to actually go through with it, but in the last panel of their storyline it's shown they made Ranma look like a weakling at Shampoo's home village, and Shampoo is seen asking Ranma if he wants to join her in hunting them down and ''kill her''.

* Pink and Link are the two people Shampoo actually hates, and are hinted to be still alive because Shampoo can't be bothered to actually hunt them down and will just hit them one hundred times each whenever ''they'' come for a fight... But the very last panel of their ''only'' story arc has Shampoo invite Ranma to hunt them down with her...

* Ya know, the series take place somewhere in the late 1980s to early 1990s and Genma is in his 40s (mid 40s in the manga and between late 30s to early 40s in the anime), right? Where I am going with this? Well, I consider and thought about what years that the characters would have been born in and i've put in Genma's age in the manga in the calculator. I found that he would have been born somewhere around in the early to mid 1940s at most. You know... ''where World War II was happening''. This leave some serious [[DarkAndTroubledPast implication]].

* Nabiki can generate a BattleAura, hinting that she may actually have martial arts training. Considering [[TheSociopath her personality]] and that even Akane (her ''sister'') makes very clear that, as far as she know, she's completely untrained...