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** Kasumi and Nabiki also pulled a Demon Head during the Chardin arc.
* [[Determinator]]: Just about every martial artist in the main cast has pulled this act off at least once.
* [[Deus Angst Machina]]: Ryoga Hibiki. This, [[Wangst]], or neither?
* [[Different for Girls]]: Explicitly lampshaded.
* [[Dirty Old Man]]: Happosai.
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* [[Evil Twin]]: {{spoiler|Kiima, after she used the Akaneniichuan.}}, Pink.
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: Spring of Drowned Yeti holding an Eel and Crane while Riding an Ox.
* [[Expy|Expies]] (whether influenced by ''[[Ranma ½]]'' characters, or the other way around):
** Ranma: Ranma himself seems based on Ryonnosuke from ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'', but then so does Ukyo.
** Akane: Most explicitly [[Street Fighter|Makoto]] seems based on her in virtually every detail including "rage-power boost" special technique and skyward punch. To a much lesser degree [[Tenchi Muyo! GXP|Amane Kaunaq]], a more mature version of herself, who is part-time model, part time policewoman, retains the same explosive temper, and has exactly the same relationship to Seryuu as she has to Kuno, but is considerably less prudish. Likely due to some of the creators having worked on the ''[[Ranma ½]]'' anime.
** Genma: He seems based on Ryonnosuke's father of ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]''.
** Kasumi: Belldandy of ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'' ends up with a similar personality and the same voice actress in the anime. Tsunami of ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'' is also part of the same archetype and by creators who worked on the Ranma anime a few years previously.
** Soun: Amane's father, the overemotional, and overprotective, [[Tenchi Muyo! GXP|Mister Kaunaq]] also comes across as a very deliberate [[Shout-Out]] to Soun.
** Shampoo: Renka, the cat-like kung-fu Chinese takeout waitress (and wannabe love interest), from [[Historys Strongest Disciple Kenichi]] definitely seems strongly based on the anime version of Shampoo.
** Kuno: [[Tenchi Muyo!|Seiryu]] [[Tenchi Muyo! GXP|Tennan]] seems directly based on Kuno to an [[Large Ham|extreme degree]]. The name means "Azure Dragon" (instead of "blue thunder"), so there may be some allusion there as well. Kuno himself seems based on Mendou of ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]''.
** Kodachi: Kodachi seems based on Ryoko, Mendou's sister of ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'', basically being a more flamboyant, and less manipulative, version of the same sadistic aristocratic personality.
** Ryoga: It could be argued that he shares various characteristics with Ryu Hoshi from ''[[Street Fighter]]'', such as being constantly training stoic bandanna-wearing martial artists [[Walking the Earth]] with a backpack, while struggling between personal nobility and strong negative emotions, although Ryu is a considerably more mature version of the archetype, and their personalities are quite different in other ways. Sagara Sanosuke of ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' is also quite similar in personality and lost [[Walking the Earth]] nature.
** Ukyo: ''[[Inuyasha]]'''s Sango seems directly based on Ukyo. The latter even shares her voice actress in the English dub. Ukyo herself seems more based on Ryonnosuke from ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'', but then so does Ranma.
* [[Extreme Doormat]]: Konatsu
* [[Extreme Omnivore]]: Kurumi in the [[OAV]]s can eat six-course meals prepared by [[Lethal Chef|Akane]] and ask for ''seconds''. Ranma supposedly gained this ability from a "noodle of strength" (which would come in handy with [[Lethal Chef|Akane]]), but it was never mentioned again.
* [[Face Fault]]
* [[Failure Is the Only Option]]: Ranma never escapes the curse (and the ways in which it comes crashing down sometimes meanders into [[Yank the Dog's Chain]]), and his [[Unwanted Harem]] never loses any members.
* [[Fan Disservice]]: Genma is sometimes nude when he changes back from panda form... Fortunately, usually averted -- he seems to have eventually mastered the art of magically appearing clothing. Plus some of his fans [[Rule 34|wouldn't object too much]].
* [[Fan Service]]: And how. Ranma spends at least half the time female, and much of that time topless...
** And on the flipside, Ryoga and Mousse are often stark naked when they transform back into men.
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* [[Femininity Failure]]: Generally the case with Akane.
* [[Festival Episode]]
* [[Fight Unscene]]: Used more and more often the longer the Anime runs.
* [[Filler]]: Both the manga and anime alike are full of minor stories designed to take up one episode or chapter and not really be of any importance. The anime gets more attention paid to its filler, however, because it created its own minor stories as well as adapting others from the original manga, making it appear far less connected to the manga, which consequently had fewer gaps between its story arcs.
* [[First Kiss]]: Ranma and Shampoo, much to [[Green-Eyed Monster|Akane]] [[Clingy Jealous Girl|Tendo's]] ire.
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* [[Hand Behind Head]]
* [[Harmful to Minors]]: The whole point of the Neko-Ken, a technique officially banned by all right-thinking martial artists due to the fact it revolves around traumatizing a young child physically and mentally to induce a [[Berserk Mode]]. Not just [[Training from Hell]], but also [[Sanity Has Advantages|fundamentally flawed]] as well. Unfortunately, [[Fair Weather Mentor|Genma]] [[Sink or Swim Mentor|Saotome]] is not a right-thinking martial artist.
* [[Having a Blast]]: [[Fanon]] is that the Happo Fire Burst is this (as well as a [[Ki Attack]]), due to the canonical [[Zig-Zagging Trope]]. [[Canon]] first presents it as a [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]], before revealing it to be a [[Joke Item]] - using fireworks to feign a high-powered [[Ki Attack]]. Then it [[I Thought It Was Forbidden|becomes Happosai's signature move]] and actually quite effective ([[Non-Fatal Explosions|for the genre]]). Happosai gains the ability to pull bombs [[Up to Eleven|larger than himself]] from his shirt. [[Fanon]] immediately proceeds to claim that the Happo Fire Burst is actually a [[Ki Attack]] which conjures the explosives [[A Wizard Did It|from Ki energy]] (see the [[Fan Wank]] entry above). Of course, Happosai is not the only one with a [[Hyperspace Arsenal]], proving that [[Magic A Is Magic A|in the setting, it is possible with enough skill]], so they really might just be weaponized fireworks.
* [[Heavy Sleeper]]: Ranma, who can dodge attacks without waking up. Shampoo also knows of a technique that allows her to fight automatically while asleep. Akane once inhaled a magic incense that did the same thing.
* [[Henohenomoheji]]: Ranma often wears one as mask.
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