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** An episode of the anime has Genma (panda version) dressed up as Oscar from ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' when is kidnapped by Azusa that rename him Oscar. Plus, Azusa call some of his objects "Rosalie", "Fersen" and "Marie Antoinette".

** The anime also has a number of [[ShoutOut Shout Outs]] to ''Manga/UruseiYatsura''; a couple of characters from the series can be spotted in blink-and-you'll-miss-it scenes -- the two most notable are when Shampoo demonstrates Instant Nanniichuan, the dog turns into a replica of Ataru, and when Kunō does a flying dive onto a status of Cherry in the Wishing Sword episode, but they also show up in a couple of crowd-scenes. One anime filler episode has Kodachi show up in a scene that may be a reference to the first introduction of Ryoko Mendo. The anime's fourth opening reuses some animation from the first opening to the Urusei Yatsura anime. The below mentioned OVA also has Lum herself clearly show up as one of Ranma's many fawning concubines during Akane's first nightmare.

** Hinako Ninomiya, Ranma's English teacher introduced late in the manga, is a big fan of ''{{Manga/Doraemon}}'' -- predictable for a WomanChild. She's seen watching it at least twice ([[LampshadeHanging one of them actually having Nobita crying "Doraemon" directly, because she's supposed to be watching an English learning video with Ranma and Akane at the time]]), and she has a Doraemon poster-calendar on her wall.
** A single episode OVA that was released as part of the ''It's a Rumic World'' celebration for the anniversary of Shonen Sunday had multiple shoutouts to ''Manga/InuYasha''. In one of Akane's dreams, a painting on the paper wall is clearly Sesshomaru's dog form. In another scene, Akane dreams that she's in a losing battle and you can clearly see Kagome, Inu Yasha, Shippo and Miroku as her fallen comrades. Later in the same dream, we see Kodachi with facial markings similar to those seen on Sesshomaru, his mother and other full blooded dog demons.

** Ranma's Katchu Tenshin Amaguriken was a training exercise to make him MUCH faster (though he'll still call out the technique when he's just flat-out trying to punch his enemies as fast as possible.

* SingleSexOffspring: During ''Nihao My Concubine'' it's revealed the the influence of the floating island Togenkyou causes only male children to be born, which is why every so often, raiding parties are sent out to collect women from neighboring islands to keep the population going. When the main cast is shipwrecked, the woman are taken captive for this reason.

* SingleMindedTwins: the anime has Ling-Ling and Lung-Lung, the manga has Pink and Link.
* SkyFace: Ryoga will often imagine Akane this way while [[NoSenseOfDirection lost]] and trying to find his way to Tokyo to see her, or while suffering bouts of depression due to his [[CannotSpitItOut inability to confess his feelings for her.]]

* SleevesAreForWimps: Many of Ranma's Chinese outfits, and also Pantyhose Tarō and Ryū Kumon's entire look. Ranma readily wears heavy sleeved outfits when the weather is cold; he rolls them up often for fights (which happen often).

* SingleSexOffspring: During ''Nihao My Concubine'' it's revealed the the influence of the floating island Togenkyou causes only male children to be born, which is why every so often, raiding parties are sent out to collect women from neighboring islands to keep the population going. When the main cast is shipwrecked the woman are taken captive for this reason.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Principal Kuno hires three champions to subdue a rebellious Miss Hinako (and Ranma, natch): Happosai, Tatewaki Kuno... and Nabiki. While the two others actually try to engage in battle and are easily routed, Nabiki just takes the money and runs.
** In an anime story where Azusa returns, she gets interested in Kuno and ends up visiting his house. Later Kodachi sees the mess she's causing including taking her stuff. After trying to fight her she gives up and announces that she'll live outside for a while. Meanwhile after Akane told P-Chan about Azusa's return offscreen, he refuses to leave the closet.
* ScrewYourself: The manga features a plotline where Ranma gets his female side cloned, who, upon discovering that Ranma is actually male, latches onto him like only a crazy {{Yandere}} could. [[spoiler:In the end, she hooks up with the another male clone of himself, and they become SickeninglySweethearts.]]

* {{Tomboy}}: Akane; Ukyō. Ironically, WholesomeCrossdresser Ukyō is actually ''less'' of a {{Tomboy}} than the dress-wearing Akane. Ranma is also this, when female and not pretending to be a girly girl (usually for the sake of a disguise).

* SympatheticWince: In one episode, during one of Ranma's morning practice sessions against Genma, Ranma is flung onto the roof with enough force that the kitchen shakes. Kasumi winces, noting, "That hurt" before suggesting that Akane check on her fiance.

** When Ranma first comes to the Tendō Dōjō, Nabiki proves Ranma's (apparent) gender by first poking her/him in the breast, then rubbing it. She later emphasizes her point by grabbing her/his breast again. And, when it seemed Ranma's bust size had increased in a late manga story, she proved it by... you guessed it! Groping [[GenderBender hir]] again.
** During [[KidSamurai Tatewaki]] Kunō's introduction, he plunges into a pool alongside [[GenderBender Ranma]]. His first hint that something was ''[[{{Pun}} amiss]]'' is when he holds onto the latter and [[AccidentalPervert accidentally grabs her breast and squeezes]].

** Sometime in the late manga (and an anime {{OAV}}), Ranma has to confront a [[LifeEnergy ki]] [[EnergyAbsorption draining]] teacher, Miss Hinako, whose technique can only be sealed away by hitting three [[PressurePoint shiatsu points]] on her chest and two on her back. Not much of a problem when Miss Hinako [[DualAgeModes is in the body of a eleven-year-old girl]]... a very big problem when she inevitably absorbs his BattleAura as he's hitting the points, causing her to grow up into a tall and [[MostCommonSuperpower buxom woman]], and he gets [[NotWhatItLooksLike a handful of breast for all the school to misinterpret]].

* ThoseTwoGuys: Hiroshi and Daisuke for Ranma and their [[DistaffCounterpart Distaff Counterparts]] Yuka and Sayuri for Akane. These are filler characters in the anime. [[SuperpowerfulGenetics Lime and Mint]] and [[WingedHumanoid Koruma and Masara]] act like this towards their respective lords. In the anime, Nabiki gets two unnamed extras usually helping her run her gambling pools.

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* YouGotSpunk: Ranma and Akane already fight a lot for their first meeting. She asks [[GenderBender female Ranma]] for a short sparring session when she learns he's a martial artist too. Then she tries to crush him with a stone lantern when she [[NakedFirstImpression first sees his male form in the bath]]. Then she knocks him out with a table when he comments that his female body looks better then Akane's. Finally she slaps him hard when he, as a naked female this time, enters the bathroom [[NakedFirstImpression to see Akane's naked body again]]. Ranma's father says Akane has spunk.