Desperately Seeking Ranma: Difference between revisions

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* [[Artifact Title]]: Past the first few chapters no one is "desperate" to find Ranma and Kasumi. Wistful and hopeful, yes, but far from desperate.

* [[Artistic License Gun Safety]]: Thoroughly and completely averted with Akane and Shampoo's on-screen gun safety training, and their later adherence to all safety procedures.

* [[Ascended Extra]]: Daniel Goodner, who first appears in the LA segments of the portal bomb arc as an anonymous bystander who's convinced someone's making an amazing martial arts movie, gains a name, a backstory and family some sixty chapters later.

* [[Asskicking Equals Authority]]: Ranma, Kasumi and the other girls eventually become recognized -- in some cases ''officially'' -- as The Experts in solving magical and paranormal problems, primarily because they're ''so very good'' at doing so.

* [[Asteroid Miners]]: S'th'kx and his crew.

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* [[Mistaken for Badass]]: Played with when Nabiki, using disguise magic and a couple ki tricks, takes on the role of "Ms. Aoyama", an apparent alien who works for a very powerful, very secretive organization. (She does this mostly for good reasons rather than just kicks, having grown since the end of the manga.) The effect she has on people in this role is so profound that eventually she has entire ''governments'' wary of upsetting her or her "employers".

* [[Morally-Ambiguous Ducktorate]]: The giant demonic duck accidentally summoned by Gosunkugi in chapter 96.

* [[Mugging the Monster]]:

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* ~~[[Mugging the Monster]]:~~ The muggers in L.A. who attempt to rob Akane, Shampoo and Aiko while the girls are having a night on the town make the mistake of clarifying the "terms of engagement" and end up giving the girls everything they own when they find themselves seriously outgunned. (And then dumped in a car trunk for an entire night, and ''then'' given to the police.)

** The gang members who try to get away with a purse-snatching near Mann's Chinese Theater in LA and try (unsuccessfully) to intimidate and then attack the girls when they step in to stop them.

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** The muggers in L.A. who attempt to rob Akane, Shampoo and Aiko while the girls are having a night on the town make the mistake of clarifying the "terms of engagement" and end up giving the girls everything they own when they find themselves seriously outgunned. (And then dumped in a car trunk for an entire night, and ''then'' given to the police.)

** When the bank robbers finally try to take down Shampoo and Akane, they find they have a ''lot'' more trouble with it than four guys with automatic weapons ''ought'' to have against two unarmed girls.

* [[Multiverse]]: There are many universes and many worlds in those universes; a large number of them connect to each other and trade all manner of goods and services.

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* [[The Quiet One]]/[[The Silent Bob]]: Misaki, mainly because most of the time she has food in her mouth. Her first few "lines" are inarticulate grunts.

* [[Reality Is Unrealistic]]: Humorously invoked [[In-Universe]] as a reason why making an action film just by filming the streets of Minato for a week wouldn't work -- "Not realistic enough."

* [[Recurring Extra]]: Daniel Goodner, the teen in L.A. who's convinced ''someone'' is making an absolutely ''amazing'' film but is bungling the promotion. Initially a nameless extra, he eventually graduates to a full named character by chapter 95 or so. (And ''finally'' learns he's wrong.)

* [[Recurring Extra]]: Daniel Goodner, the teen in L.A. who's convinced ''someone'' is making an absolutely ''amazing'' film but is bungling the promotion. Initially a nameless extra who appears in the LA segments of the portal bomb arc, he eventually [[Ascended Extra|graduates to a full named character]] by chapter 95 or so. (And ''finally'' learns he's wrong.)

* [[Recursive Precursors]]: Several instances are known or implied across the various universes:

** The civilization that produced the Silence Glaive.

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* [[Running Gag]]: Referring to Ranma/Yori's high-powered attacks as "making duck ponds", after the first such one seen in the story -- it left behind a glass-lined crater in a park, and the authorities (who had already been planning to make a new pond there) just filled it with water and put benches around it as soon as it had cooled down.

** "Wait 'til you reach stage four," in regards to training.

** [[Recurring Extra]] Daniel Goodner and his belief that ''someone'' is making an amazing martial arts movie.

* [[Sanity Slippage]]: Akane -- who is perfectly fine now, thank you -- clearly gives this impression to the leader of a band of bank robbers:

{{quote|"How are you ''doing'' all this?" he asked, taking a step back as she took one towards him.

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* [[Super Strength]]: While the other girls have it from the start, Nabiki is surprised to find that she's ''accidentally'' acquired the ability to lift nearly half a ton. And she gets stronger once she starts proper training.

* [[Surveillance Drone]]: While on vacation, Nabiki buys a half-dozen or so ultratech cameras which fly, go invisible, and can be remote-controlled by Jun, who relays what they see to picture-in-picture windows overlaid on Nabiki's visual field. (A little later, they splurge and buy the other girls a couple of cameras each.) And while she uses them for taking photos and video while on vacation, once she gets home...

* [[Take Our Word for It]]: Aiko, Tamiko, Fumiko and Misaki's original Magical Girl outfits are frequently described as being embarrassingly [[Stripperiffic]] -- but we never find out exactly ''how'', or even get any hint of what they actually look like. All we learn is that they are/were dark blue with gold trim, and and showed at least as much skin as a revealing swimsuit (possibly a bikini).

* [[Take Our Word for It]]: Aiko, Tamiko, Fumiko and Misaki's original Magical Girl outfits are frequently described as being embarrassingly [[Stripperiffic]] -- but we never find out exactly ''how'', or even get any hint of what they actually look like. All we learn is that they are/were dark blue with gold trim, have a miniskirt, and and showed at least as much skin as a revealing swimsuit (possibly a bikini).

* [[Talkative Loon]]: Setsuna shows signs of this right before they stun her and take her to a professional to treat the damage caused by the time machine.

* [[Technically a Smile]]: Ms. Aoyama. Descriptions of her smile always indicate that it is anything but pleasant and reassuring; at least one character thinks of it solely as "that terrifying thing she did with her mouth". It frequently has an effect equal to or beyond that of a [[Slasher Smile]] without looking anything like one.