The Key to a Successful Interview: Difference between revisions

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''Interview'' on the other hand is a [[Satire Parody Pastiche]] story about what happens when Ranma gets the chance to meet Akane and reveal his curse under nearly-ideal circumstances, allowing them to strike up a functional friendship. Of course they still live in Nerima and Ranma is still going to have to deal with Kuno, Ryouga, and the Fiancee Brigade so it definitely isn't going to ''stay'' ordinary...

It has two sidestories: The [[Spin Off]] ''[[Beautiful Destroyer Sailor Moon (Fanfic)|Beautiful Destroyer Sailor Moon]]'', featuring the story of [[Sailor Moon (Manga)|Sailor Moon]] taking place in the same [[The Verse|verse]], and ''[[Ranma One Half]] [[Crossover|vs.]] [[Scott Pilgrim]]: [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7688488/1/The_Lonely_Power_of_Grief The Lonely Power Of Grief]'', set during the Third Sino-Japanese War Arc.

It has two sidestories: The [[Spin-Off]] ''[[Beautiful Destroyer Sailor Moon (Fanfic)|Beautiful Destroyer Sailor Moon]]'', featuring the story of [[Sailor Moon (Manga)|Sailor Moon]] taking place in the same [[The Verse|verse]], and ''[[Ranma One Half]] [[Crossover|vs.]] [[Scott Pilgrim]]: [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7688488/1/The_Lonely_Power_of_Grief The Lonely Power Of Grief]'', set during the Third Sino-Japanese War Arc.

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=== '''This fanfic contains examples of:''' ===

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* [[Actor Allusion]]: During a [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]] screening/cosplay event, girl-Ranma dresses up as Rei. The other fans remark how [[Megumi Hayashibara|she has Rei's voice]].

** Mousse's [[Death Note (Manga)|potato]] [[Brad Swaile|chip eating]] bit in Chapter 13.

** Tatewaki Kuno's [[Cool Shades]] being the [[Jo ~~Jos~~ Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Hierophant's]] [[Hirotaka Suzuoki|sunglasses]].

** Tatewaki Kuno's [[Cool Shades]] being the [[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Hierophant's]] [[Hirotaka Suzuoki|sunglasses]].

* [[And Call Him George]]: Azusa of course, until Akane figures out that it's a facade to hide that she is a [[Broken Bird]].

* [[Battle Butler]] and [[Ninja Maid]]: The Chardins have one butler and hordes of maids, all combat capable. The butler turns out to be an old friend of Kasumi's.

* [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]]: Averted hard in the Golden Pair fight

* [[Berserk Button]]: When Ranma insists the Akane isn't his girlfriend, Ryouga [[What an Idiot|accuses him of being gay]].

* [[Berserk Button]]: When Ranma insists the Akane isn't his girlfriend, Ryouga [[What an Idiot!|accuses him of being gay]].

{{quote| Ranma's punch registered a 9.5 on the Richter scale in Switzerland.}}

** A second one: Hurting Akane.

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** Chapter 10 revealed that the girl that Ranma borrowed the Rei plugsuit costume from was [[Sailor Moon|Ami Mizuno]].

** [[Tenchi Muyo|Mihoshi Kuramitsu]] as the incompetent immigration official.

** Chapter 14 reveals Genma's ace-in-the hole, the legendary Grand Master Dio, aka...''[[Big What|Donny Osmond?!]]''

** Chapter 14 reveals Genma's ace-in-the hole, the legendary Grand Master Dio, aka...''[[Big "What?"|Donny Osmond?!]]''

** Speaking of chapter 14, one of Kasumi's flashbacks reveals the doctor that treated Miss Tendo was Ryuuken Ishida from Bleach.

** In Chapter 20, [[Sailor Moon|Rei Hino]] shows up, and she attends St. Bacchus.

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* [[Celebrity Power]]: Donny Osmond can fly.

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: In Chapter 12, an A-10 Thunderbolt II and thousands of rounds for its main gun are mentioned stolen from an air base. [[More Dakka|It turns up soon enough.]]

** Remember the {{spoiler|pot of [[Fire Breathing Diner|extra spicy curry]] Akane made and later sealed in the Nekohaten's freezer?}} They brought it out to bring down {{spoiler|Picolet Chardin in Chapter 26.}}

** Remember the {{spoiler|pot of [[Fire-Breathing Diner|extra spicy curry]] Akane made and later sealed in the Nekohaten's freezer?}} They brought it out to bring down {{spoiler|Picolet Chardin in Chapter 26.}}

* [[Cool Pet]]: The Kuno Family's giant crocodile Mr. Turtle, who also gets a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment alongside ''Kodachi'' in Chapter 19.

* [[Cool Shades]]: Kuno in Chapter 20 shows up wearing the glasses he got at the end of the Take-out race. The results are... interesting

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* [[The Immodest Orgasm]]: Chapter 5. Kasumi describes Nabiki's masturbation moaning as "theatrical".

* [[Implacable Man]]: Shampoo.

* [[Instant Awesome Just Add Ninja]]: Ukyo is shown to be this in chapter 19.

* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja]]: Ukyo is shown to be this in chapter 19.

* [[Jerkass]]: Panthyose Taro is even worse than in canon. He has a [[Freudian Excuse]], as {{spoiler|Genma and Soun actually succeeding at killing Happosai when they were young means he's stuck with that name}}, but he's still a worse jerk than in canon.

* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: Akane says at one point that if Kuno's harassment of her keeps up, she'll become a man-hating lesbian. Guess what canon!Akane's [[Hatedom]] calls her?

** Also, when Ranma reveals his curse, he wonders how it could've gone worse and then immediately thinks of the way that Ranma-kun and Akane meet in canon.

* [[Laser Guided Karma]]: Gosunkugi and Genma get what's coming to them in chapter 21.

* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: Gosunkugi and Genma get what's coming to them in chapter 21.

* [[Lethal Chef]]: Chapter 17 plays this straight with Akane, but she's more clumsy rather than a culinary-inept.

** However, that pot of curry she made? It was still bubbling despite being in a freezer for two months!

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{{quote| "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSld0Ie6PVo They call that... Jin... Jinrai...]"}}

** Akane one-ups him in her match with Kodachi by quoting a few lines from [[Super Robot Wars Alpha|Baran Doban]]'s theme song while swinging Kodachi around like an [[Epic Flail]].

*** That, AND she beat Kodachi with a [[Jo ~~Jos~~ Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Za Warudo]] impression, steamroller and all.

*** That, AND she beat Kodachi with a [[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Za Warudo]] impression, steamroller and all.

** Kodachi's dialogue is almost line for line [[Gundam 00|Ali al-Saachez's]] dialogue during [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vxT9Qth-5wGundam Exia's first Trans-Am sequence] when Akane goes all out.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYFYZZtnH-E "VIIIIIIIIITAAAAAAAAAAS!"]

** Three words: TANKER LORRY DA!

** The sponsors for the match between Kodachi and Akane. Including [[Gargoyles (Animation)|Xanatos Enterprises]], [[Yu-Gi-Oh|Kaiba Corporation]], [[Jo ~~Jos~~ Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|The Speedwagon Foundation]] and [[Iron Man|Stark Industries]].

** The sponsors for the match between Kodachi and Akane. Including [[Gargoyles (Animation)|Xanatos Enterprises]], [[Yu-Gi-Oh|Kaiba Corporation]], [[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|The Speedwagon Foundation]] and [[Iron Man|Stark Industries]].

** [[Black Lagoon]] has gotten some love, in the form of how Shampoo speaks, as well as being where she learned to be as ruthless.

** In chapter 13, Mousse does Light Yagami's famous "potato chip" bit, and has a Light-style internal monologue. [[Brad Swaile|Considering who his English voice actor is, this makes sense.]]

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* [[Split Screen Reaction]]: Invoked in chapter 14 during the arrival of the Grand Master who will train the Kunos, Ryoga and Mousse, Donny ''fucking'' Osmond. [[Mulan|Let's get down to business!]]

* [[Stealth Pun]]: Occasionally throughout the fic, Ryouga alludes to a [[Noodle Incident|nasty incident]] in which he wound up in Osaka. {{spoiler|Chapter 24 reveals that he literally wound up ''in'' [[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Osaka]]. [[Don't Explain the Joke|Sexually]].}}

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: ''Everybody'', especially SHAMPOO. The martial arts as a whole are taken [[Up to Eleven]], and pretty much ''everybody'' could ''mop the floor with'', or at least be equal to, canon!Ranma. Shampoo has [[More Dakka]], [[Stuff Blowing Up]], and is [[Nigh Invulnerable]]. Akane learns the Umisenken and [[Absurdly Sharp Blade|absurdly sharp]] [[Razor Wind]]. Ryoga uses his rarely-seen bandanna-blades to great effect, uses his umbrella more (and more effectively) in his fighting style, and overall kicks more ass. He also {{spoiler|learns both the [[Angst Nuke|Shi Shi Hokodan]] and Moko Takabisha (which both become seemingly twice as strong), forcing Ranma to use a new Hokodan variant based on [[The Power of Love]] to beat him. Then he stands up and uses the perfected Shi Shi Hokodan. [[Only the Author Can Save Them Now]]... [[Deus Ex Machina|and he does]] }}. Mousse decides to declare [[Did You Think I Can't Feel]], {{spoiler|uses [[Laser Guided Amnesia]] on ''himself'' to rid himself of his infatuation with Shampoo}}, and says [[Let's Get Dangerous]]. Kuno gets [[Cool Shades]] which make him act normally, and actually decent fighting skills.

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: ''Everybody'', especially SHAMPOO. The martial arts as a whole are taken [[Up to Eleven]], and pretty much ''everybody'' could ''mop the floor with'', or at least be equal to, canon!Ranma. Shampoo has [[More Dakka]], [[Stuff Blowing Up]], and is [[Nigh Invulnerable]]. Akane learns the Umisenken and [[Absurdly Sharp Blade|absurdly sharp]] [[Razor Wind]]. Ryoga uses his rarely-seen bandanna-blades to great effect, uses his umbrella more (and more effectively) in his fighting style, and overall kicks more ass. He also {{spoiler|learns both the [[Angst Nuke|Shi Shi Hokodan]] and Moko Takabisha (which both become seemingly twice as strong), forcing Ranma to use a new Hokodan variant based on [[The Power of Love]] to beat him. Then he stands up and uses the perfected Shi Shi Hokodan. [[Only the Author Can Save Them Now]]... [[Deus Ex Machina|and he does]] }}. Mousse decides to declare [[Did You Think I Can't Feel]], {{spoiler|uses [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]] on ''himself'' to rid himself of his infatuation with Shampoo}}, and says [[Let's Get Dangerous]]. Kuno gets [[Cool Shades]] which make him act normally, and actually decent fighting skills.

* [[Training From Hell]]: Once again, The Golden Pair.

* [[Tranquil Fury]]: Kasumi is the living embodiment of this trope; her fighting style of the "Gentle Sieve" is based entirely around bottling up emotions.