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== Ranma Saotome (早乙女 乱馬) ==
{{Infobox character
| title = Ranma Saotome
| subtitle = 早乙女 乱馬
| image = ranma-m-crop_1732.png
| caption = Ranma in his original male form
| Central Archetype =
| First Appearance = Chapter 1, "Here's Ranma" (らんまが来た, ''Ranma ga Kita'')
| Actor = Male Ranma voiced by: [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] (JP), Sarah Strange (EN, Seasons 1-3, OVAS and Movies), [[Richard Ian Cox]] (EN, Seasons 4+)<br />Female Ranma voiced by: [[Megumi Hayashibara]] (JP), [[Venus Terzo]] (EN), Brigitta Dau (EN, episodes 1-6 and OVA 1 only)
| Age = 16
| Birthday =
| Gender = Male. Even if he's in girl form.
| Height =
| Hair Color = Black (male), Red (female)
| Eye Color = Blue
}}
[[File:ranma-f-crop_5617.png|thumb|200px| Ranma in his cursed female form]]
The main character of the series. A teen-aged master of [[Supernatural Martial Arts]], generally assumed to be sixteen years old, though no official age is ever given.<ref>The primary evidence for Ranma's age is that he is in the same class as Akane, who is stated to be 16.</ref> Like most of the other cast members, a very contradictory character, possessing both positive and negative attributes: he can be sensitive and thoughtful one moment, and brash and insulting the next. Cursed to become a [[Gender Bender]] because of his father's stupidity, then bound in an [[Arranged Marriage]] he never even knew about until he was practically at the girl's doorstep, needless to say, he doesn't get on too well with his father.
When it comes to Akane, Ranma's [[No Social Skills|lack of social finesse]] and Akane's mild [[Does Not Like Men|dislike of men]] initially drives them to clash more often than not. But as the story goes on, he gets to know her better and ends up genuinely caring for her as a person.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Ramma include:}}
* [[Accidental Pervert]]: Almost never means to do things perverted, and is in fact kind of prudish, but is frequently found in highly incriminating [[Not What It Looks Like]] scenarios.
* [[The Ace]]: Apply mostly in the manga, the anime seems to have more of a bunny ear lawyer or even idiot hero most of the time.
* [[Attractive Bent Gender]]: He's attractive in both his forms, but his female form is considered a "babe" by pretty much any average guy who sees her, and Nabiki earns a regular profit by selling nude pictures/handkerchiefs of it.
* [[Awesomeness By Analysis]]: Bordering on [[Mega Manning]] (specialized in combat situations).
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* [[Curse]]: Multiple. There's the obvious [[Gender Bender]] curse, but he also has one based on his hair constantly growing when not controlled by a magical item, and gains (and loses) others during the series' run... being unable to stomach hot water, for example.
* [[Curtains Match the Window]]: By the late manga, the non-canonical artwork would most commonly show Ranma's female form with red hair and red eyes.
* [[Damsel in Distress]]/[[Dude in Distress]]: Has been in both situations due to [[Gender Bender|his curse
* [[Deadly Dodging]]: The very basis of the Hiryū Shōten Ha (Flying Dragon Ascension Wave) is based on this. The practitioner must goad the foe into a spiral pattern while making them discharge a hot Battle Aura, all while dodging the enemy attacks and keeping a cool aura (and a clear mind) oneself. Upon reaching the nexus, the martial artist winds up and delivers a spinning uppercut: not only does this final punch release the user's cold aura in a devastating blast, but the temperature difference between the hot and cold Battle Auras creates a localized tornado that tosses the enemy high into the air, usually knocking him out in the process (not that the fall is any picnic, either). Ranma, being the martial arts savant that he is, has modified the technique so he doesn't need an opponent to follow him in a spiral: having them release ki blasts, ignite the battlefield, or even just surround Ranma in a vaguely circular pattern is enough, and he'll do the rest. He MUST dodge the enemy's assault, however.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Far more so in the manga than the anime.
* [[Determinator]]: He does not give up and has on a number of occasions kept going on willpower alone collapsing from injury upon acquiring his objective. Example when he try to 'learned' Ryōga ki blast by getting hit by it for nearly the whole day and only collapse after Ryōga started to feel bad and left.
* [[Dude Magnet]]: Ranma in female form attracts just as much suitors as his male form, plus load of perverts.
* [[Enemy Without]]: In the anime,
* [[Enjo Kosai]]: Willing to accept offers of food from guys who mistake him for a real girl, which Akane disapproves of, but is also happy to crush their feelings and chase them off by revealing he's really a guy. He also purposefully goes on dates to acquire things like information or items from people (he is not that interested in money but still went on the dates to be compensated) like Tatewaki or Shampoo.
* [[Enter Stage Window]]: Ranma doesn't seem to see any clear distinction between windows and doors.
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* [[I Have Boobs - You Must Obey!]]: He takes full advantage of his girl form to get free (or at least cheaper) food.
* [[I Have the High Ground]]: Fond of high places and a common means of travel for him via [[In a Single Bound|extraordinary leaps]] and [[Roof Hopping]].
* [[Impossible Thief]]: During the training of the [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique|Umisenken]] (a powerful martial art style inspired by sneaky thieves and actually intended for that), he ''stole the foundation of the
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: Able to flick a stub-sized pencil from across the classroom into the hole of a fifty-yen coin in his teacher's hand... all while clinging to the ceiling.
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Will use anything as a weapon including, but not limited to, spoons, boulders, rocks, pencils, paper fans, bos, staffs, brooms, noodles, tennis racket, water, magic items, pinwheels, explosives, his own hair, bras, [[Fastball Special|P-chan and other people]].
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* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: A wannabe in terms of sheer [[Zany Scheme]] silliness, and unsuitable, mostly kind, non-sociopathic personality, whereas Nabiki is the real deal, and even Shampoo seems better at it. He usually ends up thwarted by his own conscience, or by the outlandish half-baked nature, irrationality, or the sheer unpredictability of his rivals, friends, enemies and acquaintances. Basically, he's a bit manipulative, and can make fun of Ryōga or Kuno with a [[Paper-Thin Disguise]], but he definitely isn't a bastard, and will not deliberately cause actual harm.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Saotome Ranma" translates to "Swift Maiden's Wild Horse". It's also worth noting that with a different writing, "ranma" (乱麻) means "chaos".
* [[Mind Control]]: Alongside Akane, is the most likely to get hit with it in the series. He's also perfectly willing to use it against others in the manga, most notably trying to brainwash
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Again, see [[Gender Bender]] above.
* [[Murderous Thighs]]: Particularly in female form, quite adept at using his legs as rudimentary arms to grab, hold and throw others.
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* [[No Social Skills]]: [[Insult to Rocks|Most animals would probably have better social skills]]. However, he is actually surprisingly well-adjusted, considering he was raised by Genma.
* [[Not So Different]]: To many or even all of his rivals and fiancees: Ranma has no qualms with cheating, lying, stealing, cheap shots, outright [[Mind Control|Mind Controlling]] people or, well, just about anything short of actually killing someone.
* [[Not What It Looks Like]]: Ranma gets caught in these situations roughly once per storyline. Including a few times with ''[[Ho Yay|
* [[Opposite Gender Clone]]: From a certain point of view, Ranma's [[Gender Bender]] nature basically allows him to be his own opposite sex clone (it's stated a number of times that the two forms look enough alike to be mistaken for twins). More literally, the anime and the manga each have a [[Filler]] story where Ranma gets an independent copy of his female form made. In the manga, it's a spirit-clone created by a lonely ghost that tries to seduce him. In the anime,
* [[Pimped-Out Dress]]:
** During the Martial Arts Dining arc, female Ranma wears several of these, including accessories such as necklaces and flowers. Various other stories have her in outfits that probably fall in this trope as well, such as cheongsams and kimonos.
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* [[Prehensile Hair]]: He has used his hair as a weapon.
* [[Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs]]: After completing the [[I Am Not Shazam|Kachu Tenshin Amaguriken training]], Ranma devises his own trick based on this trope. While he never [[Calling Your Attacks|names it]] in the manga, the anime and video games confused its name with the speed training and it has become more or less adopted in [[Fanon]] as the actual Kachu Tenshin Amaguriken. Further training for the "Parlay du Fois Gras" honed this speed for precision through stuffing an opponent's mouth with food without being seen; and the Umisenken involves a "snake-fist" technique with open-handed spear strikes towards the weak spots of an opponent's back, or stealing things swifter than a normal eye can follow... including floorboards.
* [[Real Men Hate Sugar]]: A subversion: he, in the anime, personally ''loves'' ice cream, but would not be caught
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Quite skilled at various domestic habits, particularly cooking, and hates a messy house so much he once forgot about a mission (not to mention the fact he was ''breaking into the flat in question'') to clean someone else's flat. He even started cleaning it up again when the owner returned and promptly made a new mess. Admittedly, a lot of his domestic skills can be presumed to stem from the fact he's been taking care of himself for as long as he could remember. In the anime, he also often wears a pastel orange shirt with a dinky little red bowtie, in a more literal version of the trope.
* [[Rule 63]]: "Ranko". And it's
* [[Shameless Fanservice Girl]]: Ranma is aware of the social rules regarding nudity, but simply doesn't care if he/she is wearing clothing most of the time, even in male form (and can often be seen wearing very little clothing such as only boxer shorts).
* [[She Cleans Up Nicely]]: In the second movie, Ranma has to save the ladies from an Harem-slash-arranged marriage to a prince who just so happens to have a potion which turns anything male. Needless to say, [http://www.bookmice.net/darkchilde/ranko/rdress/dress15.jpg Ranma went all out] to kill two birds with one stone.
* [[She Fu]]: A heavy basis of his fighting style in either form, and he fought like this ''before'' becoming a [[Gender Bender]].
* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Actively and successfully set up Ryōga and Akari, attempted to hook up Cologne and
* [[Show Some Leg]]: Not at all above abusing this, especially against
* [[Sleeves Are for Wimps]]: His iconic clothes are short-sleeved or sleeveless Chinese shirts.
* [[Slipknot Ponytail]]: Although his braid has resisted the massive abuse Ranma usually takes during his fights, it would come undone at the merest tug during the story arc that focused on it.
* [[Slipping a Mickey]]: Ranma on occasion has drugged, or attempted to drug, people (for example: tried to add knockout powder to Kuno's food, got
* [[Spider Sense]]: Like most of the major characters in the series, Ranma possesses some degree of precognition that warns him of danger.
* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: The manga version enjoys doing this, particularly to Akane, but has done it to others as well. The anime version gets a few cases of it in as well.
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* [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]: He has been shown to avoid using lethal force in combat even if they show no such compunctions... such as Ryōga's ki-hardened belt and bandannas, or Kuno and Mousse regularly using blades and lethal weaponry against him. Most telling of all is the incident with Herb: despite the Chinese prince attempting to murder Ranma several times, in and out of combat, Ranma went as far as saving his life. However, he has his limits: when Akane's life is threatened by Saffron, Ranma immediately lets loose with attacks (and an enchanted [[Impossibly Sharp Blade]] of his own) that would have killed anyone else.
* [[Through His Stomach]]: He loves food, the girls around him know that, and so they are frequently trying to use food to get some attention from him. It actually doesn't work quite as often as you might think, even when it's not Akane who's trying it.
* [[Tiger Versus Dragon]]: He's actually both, depending on the fight. He's a tiger to Ryōga's lion but his signature technique
* [[Trying to Catch Me Fighting Dirty]]: Prefers to [[Beat Them At Their Own Game|fight upfront in tests of martial skill]], but if he's at a disadvantage (regardless if his opponent fights without trickery as a raw test of ability), Ranma only follows regulations if explicitly stated before the match, and frequently uses distractions, cheap shots, taunting, ambushes or strategy to exploit weak spots. Most likely to use [[Hey, Catch!]], [[Look Behind You!]], [[Loophole Abuse]], [[Talk to the Fist]] and [[Trash Talk]], specifically, though has used other ones on occasion such as the memorable use of Ryōga/P-chan as both [[Human Shield]] and flail. An entire story called "The Unmanliest" was devoted to showing that both he and Mousse will stoop to using lots of dirty tricks if motivated.
** Well he ''is'' the effective heir to the [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|"Saotome School Of Anything Goes Martial Arts"]].
* [[Ventriloquism]]: Possibly used a few times in the manga, when hiding behind someone else, although when these situations have been rendered in anime format it's not displayed as modulating voice projection, but rather as plot induced [[Idiot Ball]].
* [[Wall Crawl]]: Scrambling up walls, poles and other sheer surfaces is a frequent habit of his, either to escape or gain a height advantage.
* [[Weak but Skilled]]: Comparatively speaking. Ranma is actually pretty powerful, but tends to use a combination of skill speed, strategy and power to win a fight. In battles against opponents that are clearly displayed to have more raw offensive power than himself, such as the [[Orochi]],
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: Ranma isn't afraid of anything, except cats.
* [[Wig, Dress, Accent]]: Frequently puts on a disguise to better [[Manipulative Bastard|manipulate]] people. However, in canon, said "disguises" literally almost always only consist of simply changing her clothes, and otherwise look exactly the same. As this is a comedy series this is explicitly used as a [[Running Gag]] in that no matter how ridiculously ''bad'' the disguises almost consistently are Ryōga will be tricked. For example, in the "waterproof soap" story, Ryōga recognises Ranma and Shampoo, but when they instantly change into swimsuits, he doesn't. When informed who they are, he says "[[Lampshade|so, your ingenious disguises fooled even ''me'']]." To Ranma's surprise, this doesn't work on any of her schoolmates in the Tsubasa story, but the female form in itself can be useful against people who have never seen it before, such as Principal Kuno, even with just a swimsuit, or a dress and P-chan be enough to make tranced
* [[With My Hands Tied]]:
** Kodachi tries to hinder female Ranma's agility by shackling her to P-chan. It backfires spectacularly since it provides Ranma with a piggy-shaped flail.
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* [[Zany Scheme]]: Perpetrator of many. [[Blatant Lies|By extremely random happenstance]], these ploys frequently necessitate crossdressing.
== Akane
{{Infobox character
| title = Akane Tendō
| subtitle = 天道 あかね
| image = akane-crop_965.png
| caption =
| Central Archetype =
| First Appearance = Chapter 1, "Here's Ranma" (らんまが来た, ''Ranma ga Kita'')
| Actor = [[Noriko Hidaka]] (JP), Myriam Sirois (EN)
| Age = 16
| Birthday =
| Gender = Female
| Height =
| Hair Color = Black
| Eye Color =
}}
A sixteen year old [[Ordinary High School Student]] (or at least the closest you'll get in this series), Akane Tendō is a generally pleasant, friendly girl who is compassionate, helpful and self-sacrificing even to her rivals. However, she's also hot-tempered, very insecure, finds the [[Arranged Marriage]] situation very [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|awkward]] and is notoriously stubborn, which means there are times she's shown a [[Hair-Trigger Temper]] to Ranma Saotome. In general, though, they do get on well enough (although Ranma recurrently mocks her most sensitive spots, and Akane sometimes gives as good as she gets), she frequently helps him out or cheers for him, and is just as willing to make heroic sacrifices for him as he is for her. And despite her frequent [[She Is Not My Girlfriend|denials]], she is extremely possessive and jealous when it comes to Ranma and easily angers when she finds him in the arms of his other fiances.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Akane include:}}
* [[A-Cup Angst]]: Doesn't usually make a big deal about it, but she isn't happy with her breast size at all. She is very quick to take offense at slights (real or perceived) from Ranma about her breasts, gets visibly angry in the first volume/episode when she sees Ranma's girl form naked and realizes that, yes, s/he really is bustier than Akane is, and in the "Bust Battle" manga arc, she not only suggests Nodoka bring "Ranko" bra shopping with them because she's ticked that Ranma boasted about his girl form's larger growth spurt over her own, but is shown to have a whole box full of things meant to make her breasts grow.
* [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]]: Is proud of her martial arts skill and being the heir to the dojo, but that gets blown out of the water with the appearance of Ranma and the others, so she falls into [[Can't Catch Up]] status. She's also very stubborn with her pride, refusing to accept help from Ranma even though she has no chance of winning a fight (i.e. Dojo Destroyer). She also falls under this in cooking, refusing to admit that a guy is better at cooking than her.
* [[Badass]]: Occasionally, that is.
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: The female half of the
* [[Berserk Button]]:
** Do not do perverted things around her... or [[Not What It Looks Like|get caught with a naked woman in the bathtub]].
** Pointing out her small chest (at least in comparison to the other gals), tomboyish nature, or implying that she has an ugly/fat/unfeminine build is generally not a good idea
* [[Bob Haircut]]
* [[Born Lucky]]: Whenever she enters a raffle or some other competition based solely on luck, she always wins first prize.
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* [[Covert Pervert]]: For being such a prudish girl who freaks out at the mere sight of a naked man, Akane is also the quickest person of the cast to see the perverted potential in just about any whacky set of hijinks. ''Especially'' if it involves Ranma. A first-rate example is when Kuno was about to ask for a wish to a magical rock: while she and Ranma discussed the situation, Akane imagined Kuno asking for female!Ranma to love him, and ''immediately'' came up with the [[Imagine Spot]] of Kuno taking advantage of this to rape Ranko on the spot. She ends up giving a [[Big No]]. There's also there's her [[Rescue Romance]] fantasy from the manga, including [["Glad to Be Alive" Sex]] and all.
* [[Cute Bruiser]]: Until Ranma showed up, she was the second physically strongest person in Furinkan, and is still one of its most popular girls.
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Throughout both continuities, Akane is repeatedly captured as a hostage for some reason or another. Prominent examples include Mousse's return, Pantyhose
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Oh yeah.
* [[Deuteragonist]]: Being that she's the other half of the series main pairing, she receives nearly as much screentime as Ranma. Half of which is divided between their rocky relationship and constant denials, or finding herself being held hostage by other would-be suitors, such as Kunō, Prince Kirin, Prince Tōma, etc.
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* [[Domestic Abuser]]: One of the biggest complaints about the series.
* [[Double Standard]]:
** In the first chapter/volume, which is something of a [[Never Live It Down]] moment for her. When it's pointed out that she and Ranma saw each other nude because she walked in on him, she insists that all of the blame is Ranma's, as he's a boy, and she's a girl, and "it's different when a girl looks at a boy." When Ranma, in female form, unintentionally walks in on her again, she slaps him/her. Nabiki points out that it should be okay, as they were both girls, but Akane refuses to comment.
** Perhaps similarly, she is horrified at the thought of being a worse cook than a boy when she discovers Ranma is actually quite skilled in the kitchen.
** Upon first meeting, and sparring with, Ranma, she confesses how much she'd hate being beaten by a boy. Might not actually count though, seeing as how, at the time, she was being forced to fight off a mob of boys every school day for fear of being taken as the girlfriend by the one who beat her.
* [[Double Standard Abuse (Female on Male)]]: Is the poster child for this trope (literally - she's in the trope's page image) in the series. Other female characters may be even more nonchalant about it, but Akane is still the one most often seen hitting Ranma and, unlike her rivals for its hand, she's never made out to be a villain or unsuitable as a love interest because of it.
* [[Dude Magnet]]: Akane is insanely popular with the opposite sex. She had several dozen male classmates step up to Tatewaki Kuno's challenge of having to beat her to date her, and those may just have been the ones who continued to face her despite her violent defeats of them: there may have been even more to begin with, given her track record. Even her temper, ineptitude at cooking, stubborn pride and violent impulses fail to deter them; not only did the aforementioned mob return to challenging Akane after they believed she was no longer engaged to Ranma (in the manga, in the anime they sincerely got over her), Kuno seems to consider Akane all the more attractive after she has finished beating on him, and Ryōga Hibiki seems oblivious to her less pleasant side. And that's not getting into the numerous [[Monsters of the Week|minor male villains]] that fall for her.
* [[Foe-Tossing Charge]]: Akane had to use one of these to fight her way to school every day... until Ranma turned out to be her fiancé, after which they backed off. She still has the ability [[Continuity Nod|throughout the series]], and shows it off on a number of occasions.
* [[Girls Are Really Scared of Horror Movies]]: Gets scared stiff watching horror movies or other fake scary stuff.
* [[Glass Cannon]]: Akane is incredibly strong and can easily dish out enough strength to actually hurt the likes of Ranma, Ryōga (even after the rock-physical defense training)
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Akane can sometimes come off as this around Ranma, mainly in the earlier parts of the anime and manga.
* [[Hyperspace Mallet]]: [[Character Exaggeration|A gross exaggeration]] by [[Fanon]], to the point she's the page image. In truth, she doesn't use a mallet any more than Ranma, or even Soun, does, not when any blunt object will do: a book, a lamp, a park bench, a stone lantern, the dinner table... ("A Honda Accord" in one of Viz Video's [[Rule of Funny|deliberately exaggerated liner notes]]).
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: She usually manages to hit Ranma with whatever she throws unless he finds a shield. Whether it's a stone, table, sink or other thrown object. She once managed to nail Gosunkugi with an apple by throwing it ''around a corner'', and early in the manga, she made a perfect shot on an erratic Ranma with a severely-weighted arrow. He snapped it in half, but the shot was true. And then there's her accuracy at throwing hot water kettles over long distances...
* [[I Owe You My Life]]: Akane's main motivation for staying with Shinnosuke and his grandfather to help them and care for them, at least until they found a way to heal Shinnosuke permanently... however long that took.
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Kid Samurai]]: Shown to
** Moreso in the [[Live-Action Adaptation]] where she carries a bokken with her wherever she goes.
* [[Lethal Chef]]: Has no culinary talent whatsoever despite (or rather, ''because of'') how hard she tries. Related to her penchant for trying to "[[Cordon Bleugh Chef|improve]]" recipes. Slightly better in the manga where she leaned to make edible curry. In the anime, she learned to prepare tofu during a cooking contest (which isn't saying much because tofu is PRE-MADE anyway). This may be due to her having only the ingredients she needed on hand in that contest, since she generally tries to put in stuff that's out of place, and often pays no attention to what she's adding. While her clumsiness at basic kitchen tasks is excusable (such as being ridiculously unskilled at peeling, slicing or measuring), she generally lacks the patience and discipline to take things slow and follow strict instructions before trying to leap ahead to much more complicated dishes.
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* [[Shorttank]]: Fairly average in terms of height and a little on the slow side in the chest development department. That her first "official" rival and even her fiancé are bustier then she is just makes her look worse off.
* [[Spider Sense]]: Like several protagonists, Akane has a danger-related "sixth sense" allowing her to be aware of attacks before they hit her. They are mostly set off by Kodachi or one of Ranma's suitors trying to attack her.
* [[Super Drowning Skills]]: A reoccurring plot point is that Akane cannot swim at all. Luckily, Ranma knows a variation of [[CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable|CPR]]. Precisely why she can't swim, even she doesn't know, and it really bothers her: the manga even gives her an [[Idiot Ball]] by having her reveal in one story that she figures she just hasn't figured out how to breathe the water yet. And be startled as hell to find out that this is '''not''' what you're supposed to do in order to swim. But even then, when she realizes she has to hold her breath, she lacks any sort of natural buoyancy and sinks to the bottom of the pool, justifying the manga calling her a "hammer girl" (for her inability to float, not... [[Incredibly Lame Pun|yeah]]
* [[Super Strength]]: Not the strongest in the series, but still thousands of times stronger than a normal human. As mentioned above, capable of feats ranging from completely shattering a stone palisade in one blow, to lifting enormous weights (casually lifting stone lanterns above her head is a favorite of hers), to causing solid concrete telephone poles to wobble/suffer a fist-sized/deep dent. When angered, appears to [[Unstoppable Rage|get much stronger]], and has knocked out or [[Amusing Injuries|hospitalized Ranma]], [[A Twinkle in the Sky|punted Ranma and
* [[Terrible Artist]]
* [[Traumatic Haircut]]: Her first big character-changing moment is accidentally getting her lovingly-grown long hair sheared off by Ryōga's flying belt-sword, which was sent flying when Ranma unthinkingly kicked it away when Ryōga attacked Ranma due to annoyance about that Ranma focused on Akane rather than their duel. In the anime, it was much more Akane's own fault. He was trying to protect her from Ryōga (and being an ass about it, but still), and she pushed him away right as another belt-sword came flying at them.
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* [[The Unfair Sex]]: Among other things, she gets mad at Ranma because Kodachi, Shampoo and Ukyo chase him, even when she knows he's not encouraging them, but has actively gone on dates or otherwise acted in a very familiar fashion around Ryōga, at least twice with the explicit purpose of making Ranma jealous as retribution for thinking that he is on a date with either Shampoo or Ukyo (she has apologized to Ryōga for dragging him into it though). The whole Shinnosuke arc then proved how unwilling she is to explain herself even when Ranma himself is being submissive and apologetic.
* [[When She Smiles]]: Ranma freely admits that she's cute when she smiles.
== Genma Saotome (早乙女 玄馬) ==
{{Infobox character
| title = Genma Saotome
| subtitle = 早乙女 玄馬
| image = genma-crop_6037.png
| caption = He's just a cuddly panda... oh, wait.
| Central Archetype =
| First Appearance = Chapter 1, "Here's Ranma" (らんまが来た, ''Ranma ga Kita'')
| Actor = [[Kenichi Ogata]] (JP), Robert O. Smith (EN)
| Age =
| Birthday =
| Gender = Male
| Height =
| Hair Color =
| Eye Color =
}}
Ranma Saotome's father and sole parental figure for most of his life, Genma is a genuinely talented martial artist, but also a man of many faults, including laziness, greed and self-centeredness. He does genuinely love his son and want what's best for him, but he is capable of being extremely childish and often doesn't realize that "best for Ranma" and "makes Genma happy" are not necessarily the same thing.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Genma include:}}
* [[Abusive Parents]]: Frequently considered the worst parent in the series. He hauled Ranma all over the country all of his childhood (causing Ranma to forget he even had a mother), subjected him to harsh martial arts training, is known to have stolen food from Ranma on several occasions, seems incapable of speaking to Ranma without insulting him, forced Ranma to undergo the [[Harmful to Minors|Nekoken training]], made at least two [[Arranged Marriage|Arranged Marriages]] without telling Ranma until the last moment, and gave Ranma his [[Gender Bender]] curse because of his own stupidity. Inversion at the end when he save Ranma from his Mother who saw Ranma being unmanly and was preparing to force Ranma to commit suicide. So his wife is even worst...
* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: A variation: Genma rarely outright ''calls'' his attacks, but he does ''name'' all of them.
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* [[Lovable Coward]]: Or [[Dirty Coward]].
* [[Magic Pants]]: Of all the Jusenkyo victims with animal transformations, he's the one most likely to revert with his clothes (and glasses) back on.
* [[My Greatest Failure]]: Openly considers the Yamasenken and Umisenken to be this, since he knows how the former "destroyed an entire school" once (or because he considers it shameful that he developed both techniques as tools for ''theft''
* [[Never My Fault]]: Of an especially amusing variety that avoids responsibility by accusing ''other people'' of avoiding responsibility ''every single time'' he's criticized about his misbehavior. For example, he repeatedly makes promises to others on Ranma's behalf and gets Ranma into a great deal of trouble, and when Ranma calls him on it, how does he respond? Why, that Ranma should fight "his own" battles (that Genma caused), of course.
* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]]: Played ''straight'' in the anime.
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* [[Talking with Signs]]: Initially, he can't communicate at all while in Panda form, but he learns to use signs around Ryōga's appearance.
* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]: Why did [[Hot Mom|Nodoka]] marry him again?
* [[Willfully Weak]]: If he would actually take his fights seriously instead of running away and expecting others to do it for him, he'd get a lot more respect. Also created two extremely dangerous martial arts styles, and purposefully sealed them away: no one knows why, but the two most common [[Fan Wank|Fan Wanks]] are "he was too embarrassed by the fact they were based off of burglary" and [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique|"He considered them far too lethal to use/teach."]]
== Soun
{{Infobox character
| title = Soun Tendō
| subtitle = 天道 早雲
| image = soun-crop_7181.png
| caption =
| Central Archetype =
| First Appearance = Chapter 1, "Here's Ranma" (らんまが来た, ''Ranma ga Kita'')
| Actor = [[Ryusuke Ohbayashi]] (JP), [[David Kaye]] (EN)
| Age =
| Birthday =
| Gender = Male
| Height =
| Hair Color = Black
| Eye Color =
}}
Akane's father is a widower who lost his wife about a decade ago to some unknown fate. Though he tries to present himself as the stoic, dignified, traditional sort of person, he is really very emotional and frequently prone to fits of dramatics. It's unknown whether the Tendō Dojo is a business dojo or a family dojo. Soun's own job is left unclear in the original manga (the best evidence he even has one is that he once tries to use "going on a business trip" as an excuse when he thought Kasumi was angry, and it's [[Alternative Character Interpretation|possible]] that was just a gag, and he's actually unemployed), but the anime shows him to be a member of the town council. Even though his source of income isn't very clear, he nevertheless manages to support himself, his three daughters, his three houseguests and the frequent repairs with only occasional bouts of tight finances.
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* [[Bumbling Dad]]: Truly loves his girls, but is frequently over his head in dealing with them, usually more likely to cause them problems then help them.
* [[Demon Head]]: Probably his most fearsome technique... if not his ''only'' technique.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Genma in the anime, although this can get to be as rocky a relationship as for Ranma and Akane. In the manga, they are not seen doing much together, and Soun here recurrently finds Genma morally detestable.
* [[It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"]]: Soun's name is not Romanized in a way that easily shows how it should be pronounced. The hirigana spelling is そううん, which is pronounced in English as "soh-oon". "Sō'un", "Sou'un" or "So'un" would be more accurate.
* [[Land Poor]]: So how does a martial arts sensei with no job (and no students) afford that big fancy house on a nice-sized plot of land in Nerima, a very urbanized part of Tokyo?
* [[Meaningful Name]]: One reading of his name in English would be "Heavenly Path's Swift Cloud": he's one of the two most ardent supporters of the [[Official Couple]], and he's incredibly quick to burst into tears. More directly translated, "Soun" means "Fast Cloud", which is either a nod to his tendency to burst into tears at the slightest provocation, or else a reference to his willingness to dump any problems that arrive on Ranma's shoulders. "
* [[The Mourning After]]: He is deeply devoted to his dead wife.
* [[Papa Wolf]]: While he generally lets Akane and Nabiki solve their own problems, he goes ''[[Berserk Button|berserk]]'' on the off chance Kasumi could be harmed.
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== Nabiki
{{Infobox character
| title = Nabiki Tendō
| subtitle = 天道 なびき
| image = nabiki-crop_6437.png
| caption =
| Central Archetype = Extremely [[Greed|avaricious]] [[Manipulative Bitch]]
| First Appearance = Chapter 1, "Here's Ranma" (らんまが来た, ''Ranma ga Kita'')
| Actor = [[Minami Takayama]] (JP), Angela Costain (EN, Seasons 1-5, 7), Elaina Wotten-Costain (EN, Season 6)
| Age = 17
| Birthday =
| Gender = Female
| Height =
| Hair Color =
| Eye Color =
}}
The second of the three Tendō daughters, this seventeen year old is a happy, popular girl, and quite at peace with herself, as well as extremely [[Greed|avaricious]], [[Manipulative Bitch]] and completely amoral. Essentially, she owns a [[PHD]] in The Art Of Being A Bitch. There are no apparent limits to how low she will stoop, nor to whom she will backstab when it comes to making money. Nabiki is a completely untalented fighter, but is able to quickly set up traps when necessary. Thus, she mostly stays out of the line of fire and watches the chaos like it's her own personal floorshow, but occasionally she deliberately sets up life-threatening situations... for her own amusement, or for the opportunity to make a profit.
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* [[The Barnum]]: See above. If she never heard "There's a sucker born every minute", she would have invented the saying herself.
* [[Big Eater]]: Frequently snacking, and enjoys eating large meals at the expense of others.
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* [[Enjo Kosai]]: Variation: Nabiki will often accept date offers and invitations from classmates who don't know any better, fleece them for all they're worth during the date, and then blackmail them with their own love letters to her. As it is, she's feared by all who have dated her, and she comes out much, much richer from the experience.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Highly arguable, as she has done things considerably worse than what she "objects" to, and is an unflappable actress and habitual liar. Still, she seems dumbfounded when hearing about the idiotic and dangerous [[Harmful to Minors|Nekoken training]], or Genma's routine stealing of Ranma's food during his childhood upbringing. She also mentions that "she only steals money" (not true) after hearing that Soun intended to blackmail Ranma and Akane into agreeing with wedding each other.
* [[Faux Affably Evil]]: Completely at peace with herself about her attitude and behaviour, generally pleasant and easy to get along with (so long as you aren't the one she's scamming), there is usually a certain flair and mean sense of humour to her villainy, as she genuinely enjoys being a bitch and "outsmarting" any patsy, and can actually be amusing to watch in action (again, so long as you aren't the victim).
* [[Femme Fatale]]: In the manga, it's shown that she exploits her attractiveness to lure boys into dating her, during which time she bleeds them dry of money and then discards them when they can't pay for her any more.
* [[Gold Digger]]: She ''will'' fleece and blackmail you dry if you ever have a crush on her. Even if you don't have a crush on her, she'll still flirt with you for her own amusement and use you for all the goods she can get.
* [[Greed]]: Pretty much defines who she is; making money or enjoying luxuries is all that she ever really thinks about.
* [[The Hedonist]]: Think a
* [[High School Hustler]]: A rare female example, but mostly [[Fanon]]; she's more [[The Barnum]] in [[Canon]].
* [[Honest John's Dealership]]: She is quick to sell unreliable items, services and information whenever she gets a chance, including swindling kindergarten children, and runs a small franchise of selling softcore prints and other images of female Ranma. In the anime, she has [[Bookie|set up betting rings]] if a suitable opportunity arises on Furinkan's grounds.
* [[Karma Houdini]]: Arguably the biggest in the series. No matter how ridiculously far she goes, she will get away with it, and be loved for it by many fans, regardless of whether they consider her a misunderstood altruist or a hilariously overblown satire of genuine, real-world style selfishness, and materialism.
* [[Kudzu Plot]]: Nabiki has explicitly witnessed memory-altering shampoo, mind-controlling items, varied multi-purpose magical herbs, handy temporary shapeshifting powders, age-adjusting mushrooms (pseudo-immortality), a magic mirror that creates instant clones, and even (in the anime) another that allows time-travel. Given what someone with her manipulative interests, acting skills, quick thinking, and overall [[The Hedonist|ruthlessly hedonistic]] personality [[Nightmare Fuel|could do with]] [[Power Perversion Potential|that kind of]] [[God Mode Sue|arsenal]], it seems odd that she hasn't tried to grab as many items as she can get, as long as they don't seem too dangerous and hard to control. Even in her much less malevolent anime interpretation, setting up a one-woman-modelling agency would probably be a job that she would find extremely cushy. On the other hand, that [[Hand Wave]] is necessary to avoid a [[Genre Shift]].
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* [[Ship Tease]]: Often with Kuno in the anime. Kuno constantly pops up beside her in the second set of dubbed OAV openings (the one called "Where Do We Go From Here (You and Me)"), he comes to Nabiki's rescue in the second [[Non-Serial Movie]] (admittedly by chance, as he was looking for Akane, and he stays due to wounded pride against Wonton), and the man she's with in one of the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s7wzVDFAus DOCO music videos] seems to be Kuno.
* [[The Sociopath]]: One of very few characters who is played as an extreme textbook case. Then again, this very much ''is'' an anime populated by superstrong [[Jerkass]]es that fight amongst themselves and try to kill one another with little to no provocation, often damaging their surroundings (to include her house)... and she still manages to nearly top them all with her sheer unrelenting greed.
* [[Sweet Tooth]]: Nabiki is frequently seen eating ice cream or similarly sweet things. In an anime [[Filler]] episode involving Dr. Tofu's mother coming to town, she is quick to order (on Tofu's money) a dish of pudding a la mode, a chocolate parfait, a serve of cheesecake, a strawberry tart and a slice of pumpkin pie... not only is it implied she intends to [[Big Eater|eat them all in one sitting, but also that wasn't ''all'' she planned on ordering]].
* [[Ungrateful Bastard|Ungrateful Bitch]]: No matter what you might do for her, whether it's Ranma saving her life after his fiancées [[Love Makes You Evil|attempt to kill her for being engaged to him, rather than outbid each other when she attempts to auction him off]], or Akane constantly believing the best of her, she'll ''never'' cut you any slack for it.
* [[Ventriloquism]]: Along with her rival Kinnosuke, she is the only character who has definitely done this, as they both spoke through the same wooden puppet. It's unknown if she managed to mimic the voice as well, since the episode was not rendered in anime format.
* [[Who Wears Short Shorts?]]
== Kasumi
{{Infobox character
| title = Kasumi Tendō
| subtitle = 天道 かすみ
| image = kasumi-crop_6848.png
| caption =
| Central Archetype = The mother figure
| First Appearance = Chapter 1, "Here's Ranma" (らんまが来た, ''Ranma ga Kita'')
| Actor = [[Kikuko Inoue]] (JP), Willow Johnson (EN)
| Age = 19
| Birthday =
| Gender = Female
| Height =
| Hair Color =
| Eye Color =
}}
The eldest Tendō girl, Kasumi gave up any ambitions she might have had to become a homemaker after her mother died. This gentle, quiet, self-sacrificing girl does her best to ignore the chaos that now surrounds her and focuses on keeping the house clean and its residents fed. She is the object of Dr. Tofu's desires, but it's never clear in the actual manga/anime if she reciprocates or even if she's aware of his feelings, with [[All There in the Manual|the memorial book finally clearing things up]] and saying that Dr. Tofu's love is one-sided.
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* [[Alternative Character Interpretation]]: Fandom is split on why she acts the way she does. Does she [[Cloudcuckoolander|actually not notice]] the craziness going on around her, or is she [[Selective Obliviousness|purposefully ignoring it]]?
* [[Born Lucky]]: Kind of. Never getting involved or hurt by any of the devious schemes that surrounds the house certainly counts as being lucky.
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: To Akane, who adores her.
* [[Flanderization]]: Latter episodes/chapters turned her into [[The Pollyanna]] who responded to everything with [[Catch Phrase|"Oh My!"]].
* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: First displayed when she summons an army of cats to help Ranma get over the trauma induced by his Cat-Fu training just by saying "Here, kitty kitty".
* [[
* [[Karmic Protection]]: Out of all the household's residents, she's the most pleasant, polite, affable and well-intentioned. She's also the least exposed to having unpleasant things happen to her and, even in times of big trouble, she remains mostly spared from the violence and zaniness that surrounds her.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Misty Heavenly Path", which highlights both her status as "The Nice One" of the cast and her somewhat oblivious antics. Specifically, "Kasumi" means "Haze or Mist", whilst "
* [[Promotion to Parent]]: For all intents and purposes, after her mom died.
* [[Selective Obliviousness]]: A number of fans believe she is either so sweet-natured she is genuinely unaware of the nastier aspects of... well, ''everyone'', or that she is purposefully ignoring a large amount of the unpleasantness in order to keep her own grip on things.
* [[Team Chef]]: Of [[Supreme Chef]] quality.
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: Mostly a parody: there are plenty of times when she either comes off as so sweet she's oblivious to reality, or times when she actually makes things worse by making some thoughtless but well-meant comment (for example, suggesting that Ranma might try something if he and Akane are alone together and giving her a mallet for protection). There are also times when she does make some very keen observations, though she's usually too ineffective to put them to any good use. For example, she had no doubts at all about the fact that Nabiki was just messing with Ranma's head during her brief stint as his fiancée, and warned Nabiki that playing with Ranma's heart could get her hurt.
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== Ryōga Hibiki (響 良牙)/P-Chan (P-チャン) ==
{{Infobox character
| title = Ryōga Hibiki (響 良牙)
| subtitle = P-Chan (P-チャン)
| image = ryoga-crop_6428.png
| caption =
| Central Archetype =
| First Appearance =
| Actor = [[Koichi Yamadera]] (JP), Michael Donovan (EN)
| Age = 16
| Birthday =
| Gender = Male
| Height =
| Hair Color =
| Eye Color =
}}
Ranma Saotome's most persistent rival, a boy with a [[No Sense of Direction|notoriously bad sense of direction]] who he met in junior high school. Initially, Ryōga was angry with Ranma for consistently taking his lunch, and not staying for a duel despite knowing about his handicap of always getting lost (Ranma waited three days, Ryōga showed up on the fourth). It's worth noting that the venue was directly behind Ryōga's house. For this, he started to chase him and ended up in China... then he genuinely started to despise him after Ranma accidentally pushed him into the "Spring of Drowned Piglet". After finding out that Ranma actually ''was'' directly responsible, things briefly got even more heated, but their relationship soon becomes that of romantic and "professional" rivalry along with an annoyance on Ryōga's part for Ranma manipulating and making fun of him. As the series develops, the two gradually work out their differences. Ryōga's curse allows him to masquerade as the pet of Akane Tendō, whom Ryōga swiftly develops a massive crush on. Ryōga has a noble heart and usually means well, but he is also driven almost entirely by his whims and emotions; he can just as easily beat Ranma up as he can save his life.
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* [[Adorkable]]: He's just so awkward and insecure around other people that his pitifulness becomes endearing. Also, contrasting Ranma, whilst Ranma is very brash and arrogant (especially by Japanese values), Ryōga is far politer and more reserved.
* [[Angst Nuke]]: His signature technique, the "Shishi Hokodan", gets more powerful the more depressed he is. Normal levels are a basic ki blast, but when he's truly depressed a giant ball of energy crashes down from the sky.
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* [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]]: His Shi Shi Hokodan requires him to get more and more depressed to make it more powerful. The downside is that it basically requires the user [[Despair Event Horizon|to be suicidally depressed]] in order to reach its maximum potential.
* [[Determinator]]: Acknowledged and justified in-universe: Ryōga's total lack of direction sense means that he typically has to spend hours or even days at a time walking without rest to get anywhere. As a consequence, he basically won't give up. Ever. This is even the fundamental basis of his fighting style: keep on fighting, no matter what, and try to wear his opponent down with sheer endurance. His iconic technique can be argued as being not the [[Ki Attacks|flashier]] Shishi Hokodan, but the humble [[Training from Hell|Bakusai Tenketsu]], which renders him so immune to pain that his opponents can literally exhaust themselves trying to hit Ryōga hard enough to actually hurt him.
* [[Does Not Know His Own Strength]]: Whenever he gets the least bit distracted or overemotional, he breaks stuff. This may be why Akane refuses to acknowledge his feelings for her
* [[The Eeyore]]: Sensitive and melancholic... The flipside of course is that his life really ''is'' [[Nightmare Fuel]] level terrible (at least until he meets Akari), and he still [[Determinator|perseveres]].
* [[Fan Service]]: He's frequently nude when he changes back into human form.
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* [[I Was Just Passing Through]]: A rare example of someone who can claim this, and actually be believed because there's a very real possibility that he truly was. He tends to unexpectedly pop up whenever someone he knows/the plot has need of him.
* [[Kudzu Plot]]: Akari + Ryōga's lack of control when emotional + Ryōga's [[Super Strength]] = ...[[And Call Him George|Let's all hope that Akari is the toughest female in the series]].
** Akari breeds sumo pigs. She has to be pretty tough to do that.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: As impossibly strong and durable as he is, he still manages to be fairly fast.
* [[Love Makes You Dumb]]: Ryōga's romantic desires sometimes run away with his common sense. There have been several occasions when he's actually gotten a chance to take Akane on a date, only for him to ruin things because he got so overexcited: he once contemplated staying in a [[Kimodameshi]] forever because Akane was asking him for protection while they were there, and he only allows Akane to think of him as P-chan because he's got a crush on her and he believes he can use it to protect her... despite being more or less harmless in [[Baleful Polymorph|piglet form]].
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* [[You ALL Share My Story]]: There certainly are times when Ryōga clearly arrives in Nerima by accident. However, there are definitely other times when he appears at a coincidentally perfect time to take part in the adventure.
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{{Infobox character
| title = Happōsai
| subtitle = 八宝斎
| image = Ranma ½ - Happosai.jpg
| caption =
| Central Archetype = [[Big Bad]]
| First Appearance =
| Actor = [[Ichiro Nagai]] (JP), [[Paul Dobson]] (EN)
| Age =
| Birthday =
| Gender = Male
| Height =
| Hair Color = White
| Eye Color = Black
}}
Soun and Genma's abusive master and the founder of Anything Goes Martial Arts (the anime, at least, goes to the extent of having him refer to his moves as "Founding School Anything Goes"), this ancient pervert is the by far most powerful fighter in the series and lives solely to sate his own desires, usually getting away with it due to the powerhouse he is, and is a frequent source of trouble. Soun and Genma got away from him by getting him blind drunk, chaining him in a barrel, throwing it (and a bundle of lit dynamite) into a cave, and then sealing it with a boulder covered by a [[Zigzag Paper Tassel]], but he finally managed to free himself and forced himself into Soun's home. He claims to intend to train Ranma as his heir, but has never actually ''done'' any training.
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* [[Abnormal Ammo]]: In the anime, one late episode is set during the rainy season and the constant damp renders
* [[Badass Boast]]: [[Large Ham|You're the one who's got it coming! How dare you use that tone. I won't allow it. For the sake of all mankind I promimsed I'd never again use this technique, but... By the power invested in me as Master of the founding School of Anything-Goes Martial Arts, I Happosai do hereby invoke my most powerful and mighty Technique. Happo Fire Burst!]]
* [[Big Bad]]: Of the series as a whole. To prove the point, Ranma in the author information book
* [[The Bully]]: Probably one of the worst characters on this point. His combination of Cologne-level skill and kaiju-sized battle-aura arguably make him the most formidable fighter in the series when serious, possibly eclipsing even Saffron. However, despite this, he is more than willing to use his powers to terrorize others into doing his bidding or even for his amusement, most notably once crippling Ranma and then revealing his weakened state to his worst enemies because he explicitly hoped they'd hurt Ranma badly. The only [[Even Evil Has Standards|exemptions]] he has are that he will never deliberately harm children and seems to avoid bothering pretty women who treat him kindly, such as Kasumi.
* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: In the manga, where he once ''[[Crowning Moment of Funny|hurt himself]]'' trying to think of a possible good deed he may have ever done, and also once declared he would be "evil until his dying days." Not in the anime though, where he always tries to pass himself off as innocent and once even tried to reform for a pretty woman, going so far that he almost died of withdrawal from his perverse deeds.
* [[Dirty Old Man]]: Will do anything for a piece of lingerie or a peek at nude women, not to mention a grope, fondle or feel of female flesh.
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* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: In the Moxibustion arc in particular: damn you for distracting me, Ranma! I'll turn you into a weakling forever, and tell all your rivals and enemies about it so they can gang up on you, beat you up and possibly kill you!
* [[Fair Weather Mentor]]: Was very much like this for Soun and Genma: all of their flashbacks/recollections of their training consist of Happosai abusing them and using them as scapegoats for his own misdeeds, rather then actually training them. Could be considered to be doing the same thing to Ranma, even though he claims to actually want to train him.
* [[Five-Finger Discount]]: Besides panties,
* [[Jerkass]]: Big time:
* [[Kaiju]]: When using his [[Battle Aura]] to its fullest potential. Even at lower settings, the mere ''projection'' can stun Ranma.
* [[Kill It with Fire]]: Once he digs it up again, his favorite technique is the Happo Fire Burst, which is basically slinging ridiculously powerful homemade bombs around. While they are invariably [[Non-Fatal Explosions]], the blast is still powerful enough to render Pantyhose Taro's monster-form unconscious in one hit.
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* [[Old Master]]: One of the two by-far most skilled characters in the series, and likely easily ''the'' most powerful chi-user. Subverted in that he's very easily distracted, seldom serious, and pretty much anyone can defeat him by throwing female lingerie in his path.
* [[Panty Thief]]: And HOW. The guy ran out on a duel he was on the verge of winning, and which would have had Ranma's female form modelling a bra for him, to go after a Furinkan girl sports team so he could take their gym shorts! He does draw the line at granny-style bloomers though, even if his life is at stake.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: In both canons,
* [[Poke the Poodle]]: Most of his crimes are "so silly that it is hard to begrudge him", as Nabiki put it, like filling a random
* [[The Scottish Trope]]: Before he actually broke free from confinement, Soun and Genma were terrified of even mentioning his name on the off chance it might bring him back.
* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: Spent an ambiguous amount of time sealed in a cave, possibly since Soun and Genma's youth. They try to box him up and mail him to the North Pole when he's weakened by a "woman-repellant" incense that deprived him of his source of power (groping women), but Ranma thought this was too cruel.
* [[Soap Opera Disease]]: At one point in the anime,
* [[Story-Breaker Power]]: Because Happōsai is one of the greatest martial artists in the entire series (and is the grandmaster of Anything Goes, to boot), it's difficult to enjoy episodes/chapters involving him because, since he can't be beaten in a serious match, there's virtually no way to disrupt the status quo.
* [[Trickster Mentor]]: He's supposed to be Ranma's master, but will annoy him to no end, foist all his troubles onto him, and generally treat him like dirt for as long as he can get away with. Ranma never learns anything ''from'' him, directly, but by having to come up with ways to ''thwart'' him.
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