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''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5953631/1/The_Key_to_a_Successful_Interview The Key To A Successful Interview Is A Good First Impression!]'' is a [[Ranma One½ Half(Manga)|Ranma ½]] [[Deconstruction Fic]] written by The Sage of Toads.
 
As the [[Trope Codifier|Trope Codifiers]] of the [[Takahashi Couple]] and one of the oldest pairings in web-based fanfiction, Ranma Saotome and Akane Tendo are best known as one of the most violent pairings in anime. The subtle nuances of their relationship have been explored and examined in thousands of fics since the mid -1990s, but in the majority of cases, their relationship remains a case of [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]].
 
''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 One½ Half(Manga)|Ranma ½]] [[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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** [[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?!]]''
** 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.
** [[Gundam Wing|Dorothy Catalonia]] also makes a cameo in chapter 20, as a European exchange student at Furinkan, whose eyebrows were shaved off.
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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.}}
* [[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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* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: Akane begins crossing it in wake of losing to Shampoo in 16.
* [[The Determinator]]: Neither a snowstorm nor a horde of security maids can stop Dr. Tofu from rescuing Kasumi.
* [[The Dog Bites Back]]: Most of the maids working for the Chardins were actually there to [[Work Off the Debt]] they or their families incurred. When the Chardins are exposed as [[Con Man|con men]], the maids descend on them after Ranma and cocompany leave.
* [[Expy]]: Shampoo is basically [[Ax Crazy|Shenhua]] from ''[[Black Lagoon]]''. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] by the fact that Shenhua is both Shampoo's cousin and mentor.
* [[Flat What]]: Delivered by the Tendos and Ranma when the news of Genma engaging Ranma to Kaori is revealed.
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* [[Medium Awareness]]: When it appears his defeat is nigh, Principal Kuno complains that it was too easy for the protagonists to win and the readers are going to call it anti-climatic.
** Happens a lot in chapter 21.
** Principal Kuno to a ridiculous degree.
* [[More Dakka]]: Shampoo starts out using just grenade launchers (and who would think you'd ever say that?) and moves up to stealing a Thunderbolt II just to use its Avenger cannon to level Furinkan High School.
* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: Shampoo suffers this at the hands of Pantyhose Tarou in Chapter 27.
* [[One of Us]]: Akane. Turns out that when you strip away the tsundere traits you end up with a ''[[Star Wars]]''-watching, ''[[Super Robot Wars]]''-quoting, ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Eva]]'' convention-attending nerd.
** Not just Akane, even Ranma is quite the [[Otaku]]. He mentioned getting pirated manga while in China.
* [[Paper Tiger]]: To stop Kasumi's assault on the guests, the Madame St. Paul summons a seven -foot muscular male in a maid's outfit to deal with Kasumi. He's gets knocked out by Dr. Tofu Ono with just one punch.
* [[The Power of Love]]: The basis of Ranma's Ki attack.
* [[Re Cut]]: As of May 8, 2011, the author condensed and rewrote several chapters up to the takeout race arc. Notable changes include Shampoo's claim of screwing Ranma not being used to get Kasumi involved.
* [[Red Baron]]: As in canon, Kuno's "Blue Thunder" nickname. This gets him mocked mercilessly by Akane.
{{quote| "Oh brother, last week he was the '[[Super Robot Wars|Sword that Cleaves Evil]]', and before that he was '[[Kamen Rider Kabuto|Walking the path of heaven, he who will rule everything]]'."}}
** He adopted the title "[[Fate Stay Night|King of Heroes]]" after Ranma casually referred to him by it.
** Akane has become known as "The Worldwide Roadroller" thanks to "fucking" Kodachi with a steamroller
* [[Rule of Funny]]: The story runs almost entirely on this and [[Rule of Cool|that other rule.]]
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* [[Running Gag]]: After a fight, Gosunkugi runs up to the loser and yells "You got knocked the fuck out!" in a reference to ''Friday''.
* [[Scooby-Dooby Doors]]: Ranma's the victim of this gag in chapter 5, after thanks to P-chan, he ends up getting chased by one angry mob.
* [[Setting Update]]: The original series supposedly took place in the early 1990s. ''Interview'' clearly takes place in the [[Present Day|Present]].
* [[Shipper On Deck]]: Nabiki shipped Kasumi and Dr. Tofu.
* [[Shotgun Wedding]]: {{spoiler|The [[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Azumanga Daioh]] girls have force Ryoga to come with them, as he got Osaka pregnant!}}
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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''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 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.]]
** There're a horde of shoutouts in Chapter 10's [[Dead Baby Comedy]] bit, and this is lampshaded right after that.
** The [[Training Montage|montage scene]] in Chapter 14, as well as the song that goes with it, serves as shout out to the montage scenes in both ''[[Team America World Police]]'' and ''[[Mulan]]''.
** Shampoo's final attack is a nod to [[Super Robot Wars|Ialdabaoth's]] Shinha Mougeki Reppa.
** {{spoiler|1=Kasumi's sole named attack is another direct homage to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWEywsFnFBs#t=00m57s another attack of Apothesized Ialdabaoth'] }}
** In chapter 13, Cologne is mentioned as working with Takeshi Hongo, the first incarnation of [[Kamen Rider]].
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** When Ranma delivers a beating to Principal Kuno, he does it [[Hokuto no Ken|Kenshiro style.]]
** In chapter 3, after Kuno declares his love for Ranma-chan, Ranma is so pissed, [[Street Fighter|he delivers a damn good impression of a Shun Goku Satsu.]]
** Shampoo listens to [[Lady Gaga]].
** Chapter 21 has quite a few:
*** Ranma's cell phone has its ringtone the ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' theme song. "Beautfiul Destroyer Sailor Moon" chapter 14 reveals that Natalie Adams wrote the song after seeing the Senshi's heroism first-hand.
*** The line "Nobody dies when you kill them" is referenced a few times.
*** [[Oh Crap|"That's]] [[Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure Abridged (Web Video)|a boat."]]
*** After Gosunkugi gets hit by a tugboat, Nabiki delivers a [[CSI: Miami|Horatio Caine]] one liner, complete with the sample of "We Won't Get Fooled Again" from her cell phone.
** When Ranma and Ryoga are about to begin fighting in chapter 24, Akane yells "Are you daft, punk?"
*** Which is a ''double'' shout out. The first being, obviously, to the electronic band, but a slightly lesser known one is to ''[[Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure Abridged (Web Video)|Jo JosJo's Bizarre Adventure Abridged]]'', which used the same line in the comment special. Given the other shout outs to JJBA, it's probably intentional.
** Chapter 26 has several of note as well:
*** When Madame St. Paul revealed the M5, Kasumi was disappointed that it was just a cheap knockoff of [[Kamen no Maid Guy|another legendary male maid]].
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