History Manga / RanmaOneHalf

* {{Jerkass}}: Most of the cast.

''Ranma ½'' is Creator/RumikoTakahashi's long-running GenderBender martial arts/comedy manga series published from 1987-1996. It received multiple {{Animated Adaptation}}s, including two television series, three films and various {{OAV}}s, and most recently a [[LiveActionAdaptation live-action movie]] in 2012. It's arguably one of the most popular, well-known and influential manga properties of the [[TheNineties 1990s]].

* AbortedArc (manga only): Ranma's attempts to conceal his curse are quietly dropped in the middle of the "Full-body Cat's Tongue" arc and the story goes from no one at school knowing about his curse to everyone (except the Kunos, of course) knowing about it with hardly a comment from anybody, initiating the manga's shift from a RomanticComedy to a [[StatusQuoIsGod status quo is darn near god]] SituationComedy.

* TheAbridgedSeries: WebAnimation/RanmaAbridged - a streamlined "shorts" based series, and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h4qTGWms5A Ranmabridged]], a series that more closely follows the original.
** [[Webvideo/RanmaOneHalfAbridged Ranma 1/2 Abridged]], the more recent entry by Mythros Media.

Akane Tendo is a talented and [[{{Tomboy}} tomboyish]] martial artist who discovers one day that her father has promised/sold her hand in marriage to Ranma Saotome: the son of a family friend, and a martial arts prodigy in his own right. Akane bristles at the thought of being forced to marry someone she doesn't even know, and Ranma has his own problems to deal with. On a ridiculously ill-advised training journey with his father, Ranma accidentally fell into the cursed "Spring of Drowned Girl", and now [[GenderBender his body transforms into a busty young girl]] when splashed with cold water. Hot water will reverse the transformation, but not before a case of mistaken identity gets Ranma and Akane's relationship off to the worst possible start.

Akane Tendo is a talented and [[{{Tomboy}} tomboyish]] martial artist who discovers one day that her father has promised/sold her hand in marriage to Ranma Saotome: the son of a family friend, and a martial arts prodigy in his own right. Akane bristles at the thought of being forced to marry someone she doesn't even know, and Ranma has his own problems to deal with. On a ridiculously ill-advised training journey with his father, Ranma accidentally fell into the cursed "Spring of Drowned Girl" and now [[GenderBender his body transforms into a busty young girl]] when splashed with cold water. Hot water will reverse the transformation, but not before a case of mistaken identity gets Ranma and Akane's relationship off to the worst possible start.

Now Akane and Ranma have to put up with each other while [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters an increasingly large snarl of characters]] try to [[ LoveDodecahedron woo, marry and/or defeat one or both of them]], sometimes simultaneously, often with [[FantasticFightingStyle world-class ability in bizarre or eclectic martial arts styles]], and often bearing their ''own'' shapeshifting curses. HilarityEnsues.

''Ranma ½'' is Creator/RumikoTakahashi's long-running GenderBender martial arts/comedy manga series published from 1987-1996. It received multiple {{Animated Adaptation}}s, including two television series, three films and various OAVs, and most recently a [[LiveActionAdaptation live-action movie]] in 2012. It's arguably one of the most popular, well-known and influential manga properties of the [[TheNineties 1990s]].

''Ranma ½'' is Creator/RumikoTakahashi's long-running GenderBender martial arts/comedy manga series published from 1987-1996. It received multiple AnimatedAdaptations, including two television series, three films and various OAVs, and most recently a [[LiveActionAdaptation live-action movie]] in 2012. It's arguably one of the most popular, well-known and influential manga properties of the [[TheNineties 1990s]].

''Ranma ½'' is Creator/RumikoTakahashi's long-running GenderBender martial arts/comedy manga series published from 1987-1996. It received multiple animated adaptations, including two television series, three films and various OAVs, and most recently a live-action movie in 2012.

''Ranma ½'', Creator/RumikoTakahashi's long-running martial arts/comedy manga and anime series, has a lot of UrbanFantasy aspects and a generally light-hearted atmosphere. It tells the story of Ranma Saotome, a teenage martial arts prodigy, who returns from a training journey with his father Genma to find himself engaged to marry Akane Tendo, another teenage martial artist prodigy and the daughter of Genma's best friend.

Akane Tendo is a talented and tomboyish martial artist who discovers one day that her father has promised/sold her hand in marriage to Ranma Saotome: the son of a family friend, and a martial arts prodigy in his own right. Akane bristles at the thought of being forced to marry someone she doesn't even know, and Ranma has his own problems to deal with. On a ridiculously ill-advised training journey with his father, Ranma accidentally fell into the cursed "Spring of Drowned Girl" and now transforms into the body of a busty young girl when splashed with cold water. Hot water will reverse the transformation, but not before a case of mistaken identity gets Ranma and Akane's relationship off to the worst possible start.

Now Akane and Ranma have to put up with each other while an increasingly large snarl of characters try to woo, marry and/or defeat one or both of them, sometimes simultaneously, sometimes also including Ranma's female alias, often with world-class ability in bizarre or eclectic martial arts styles, and often bearing their ''own'' shapeshifting curses. HilarityEnsues.

Ranma has a bigger problem to deal with than an arranged marriage, though: during that aformentioned training journey, both he and his father accidentally fell into cursed pools of water at a magical training ground in China called Jusenkyo. Genma and Ranma [[VisualPun bear]] shapechanging {{curse}}s as a result: whenever someone splashes either Saotome with cold water, they transform (Genma into a giant panda, Ranma into a busty girl); a splash of hot water will restore them to their normal selves. Further complications arise in the form of other engagements arranged by Ranma's amoral father, boys pursuing the girls so engaged, and various other persons wanting to either kill or marry Ranma (in either -- or both! -- of his forms). Several of these folks also bear Jusenkyo shapeshifting curses. Almost ''all'' of these people have the same kind of world-class martial arts training as Ranma, which results in considerable property damage whenever a fight breaks out. HilarityEnsues.

* TheAbridgedSeries: WebAnimation/RanmaAbridged - a streamlined "shorts" based series, and...
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h4qTGWms5A Ranmabridged]], a series that more closely follows the original.

* [[AbsurdlySharpClaws Absurdly Sharp Fingers]]: Ranma and some other martial arts-adept characters can cut perfect holes in stone walls using air pressure, ki, vacuum blades...
* AbusiveParents: None of the parents would necessarily win any prizes, but Genma Saotome and Principal Kuno both stand out - the former for his extreme martial arts teaching techniques and overwhelmingly selfish behavior, and the latter for using his children as pawns for his own amusement and blatantly dodging any questions related to his parenting.
** Ranma's mother Nodoka allowed Genma to take Ranma away for training on the basis that he would turn their son into "a man among men," a statement too vague and subjective to truly be a valid measure of character, and even let him sign a {{seppuku}} oath to that end -- which was the only reason she let him take Ranma away in the first place. Her [[HonorBeforeReason absolute devotion to this duty]], [[spoiler:both before and after finding out about the curse]], constantly keeps Ranma on edge (especially since she was willing to go through with it once) and would be considered an even ''greater'' sort of emotional abuse even if Ranma himself weren't desperately willing to make her proud of him (and his manliness.) This dynamic is typically PlayedForLaughs, with no one batting an eye at it in-story, until the ValuesDissonance [[FridgeHorror sets in]] for the audience.
* [[AccidentalMarriage Accidental Engagement]]: Ranma and Shampoo; Kodachi's behavior is similar.

* [[AndCallHimGeorge And Call Him Charlotte]]: Azusa Shiratori.

** They were and are, but abaci were still in common use at the time.
* AnimationBump: The [=OVAs=] to the show, especially the most recent, which beats out even the movies for slick animation.

* [[CerebusSyndrome Cerebus Fandom]]: Despite being one of the "classic" comedy series, the fanbase is littered with angst and drama fics as all get out.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Creator/RumikoTakahashi [[WordOfGod herself]] stated in an interview that she originally intended Ranma to be "a clean-cut, nice boy with frank disposition", but that he kept surprising her and "turned out to be an indecisive, stubborn, sly guy."
** The Tendos' characterisations are also more rounded in the first couple of books, with Kasumi dismissing younger men as boring, calling Genma out and being snarky, and Nabiki being a more normal high-schooler.

* ChekhovsGun: The horn whistle Shinnosuke gave Akane during their childhood is the only thing that can pacify the {{Orochi}} and send it back to sleep.

** The exact words she used were "would take care of her forever", but the intent was obvious. Plus, it doesn't matter, as Ranma manages to wheedle out of that promise -- though not out of the ArrangedMarriage between him and her.

* EffortlessAmazonianLift: Played with. Ranma only allows Akane to carry him when in his female form, but not in the male one. He seems to think differently of himself according to gender perception.

* EnemyMine

* [[{{Expy}} Expies]] (whether influenced by ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' characters, or the other way around):
** Ranma: Ranma himself seems based on Ryonnosuke from ''UruseiYatsura'', but then so does Ukyo.
** Akane: Most explicitly [[StreetFighter Makoto]] seems based on her in virtually every detail including "rage-power boost" special technique and skyward punch. To a much lesser degree [[TenchiMuyoGXP 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 ''Anime/RanmaOneHalf'' anime.
** Genma: He seems based on Ryonnosuke's father of ''UruseiYatsura''.
** Kasumi: Belldandy of ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' ends up with a similar personality and the same voice actress in the anime. Tsunami of ''TenchiMuyo'' 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, [[TenchiMuyoGXP Mister Kaunaq]] also comes across as a very deliberate ShoutOut to Soun.
** Shampoo: Renka, the cat-like kung-fu Chinese takeout waitress (and wannabe love interest), from HistorysStrongestDiscipleKenichi definitely seems strongly based on the anime version of Shampoo.
** Kuno: [[TenchiMuyo Seiryu]] [[TenchiMuyoGXP Tennan]] seems directly based on Kuno to an [[LargeHam 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 ''UruseiYatsura''.
** Kodachi: Kodachi seems based on Ryoko, Mendou's sister of ''UruseiYatsura'', basically being a more flamboyant, and less manipulative, version of the same sadistic aristocratic personality.

** Ukyo: ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}''[='s=] Sango seems directly based on Ukyo. The latter even shares her voice actress in the English dub. Lebreau of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' is another expy of Ukyo, including regular fight training with her cooking utensils. Ukyo herself seems more based on Ryonnosuke from ''UruseiYatsura'', but then so does Ranma.

* MartialArtsAndCrafts: The series is likely the TropeMaker, certainly the TropeCodifier, and the list of just how many different styles that the anime ''alone'' named is ridiculous. Most, but not all, are based specifically on one of the many [[CookingDuel strange competitions they have]]. In general, you have "serious" ones (that is, ones where the contestants actually aim to hurt each other), and "contest" ones (martial arts that tend to be goofy even by this series' standards).
** On the serious side, we have these gems...

* MasterOfDisguise: Tsubasa Kurenai, who is just as likely to [[ViewerGenderConfusion crossdress as a pretty girl]] as be disguised as a very convincing ''tree''. Kiima claims that her people have regularly used Jusenkyo to transform into humans [[spoiler: other than Akane]] when they want to spy on or mingle with them.

** Though in flashbacks, Happosai and Rakkyosai were ''always'' that small (though [[BlatantLies they would have you]] [[{{Bishonen}} believe otherwise]].)

** Of course he wasn't really bad in the first place.

** The breaking point and shi shi hadoken where not originally created for combat. They were created to make life easier and safer for miners. Ryoga uses those techniques to tunnel through the Earth while traveling. Miss Hinako used her ki blast to propel herself through the water since she couldn't swim.

** That’s only in the Manga however Anime Ranma does not like cleaning, complains when he has to, and skips cleaning duty at school.
* NeckLift

* ObliviousToLove: Akane seems perpetually ignorant of the fact Ryoga is head-over-heels for her.
** Also Ranma to Akane. He seems ignorant of her feelings for him and ends up [[LoveHurts hurting]] her because of it.
* OcularGushers

** He does rent out the dojo for social gatherings, seen in one saga, and gets paid to take monster- or hoodlum-hunting missions though.

* ParentalAbandonment: Half-way done to Ranma by Genma, who takes him away from his mother before he can even walk. Genetically-induced in the case of Ryoga, whose parents' sense of direction is as bad as his; whenever he manages to get home, he finds out they've been absent for weeks.
** Which Ryoga himself lampshades in the manga when he gets a call from his father while he's at home and confirms that it's been a year since they've actually seen each other, and says so in a casual manner to illustrate he's completely used to it.

* PayEvilUntoEvil: Only very occasionally as most of it's KickTheSonOfABitch. Ranma himself tries to do this, usually directing his hate towards people who should be hated. But the keyword is ''tries''.

* PlayboyBunny: Several times.

* PuppyDogEyes
* {{Qipao}}: A standard part of Shampoo's wardrobe.

* RealMenWearPink: Ranma Saotome is skilled enough at cooking that his [[SupremeChef mother]] is impressed, at least passably skilled at sewing, good at tea ceremony and gymnastics, and seems to take pride in his ability to [[TheTease wind guys up by acting cute]] when [[GenderBender in girl form]].

* TheRival: Ryoga, primarily, but truckloads of guest-rivals filled out an awful lot of story arcs. Ukyo and Shampoo have this relationship in the anime.
** Although Ranma said that he/she considered Ryoga his/her only true rival in that battle mark story, in the databook Happosai is Ranma's "archenemy".

* RooflessRenovation

* ScrewYourself: The manga features a plotline where Ranma runs into magical female doppleganger who, upon discovering that Ranma is actually male, latches onto him like only a crazy {{Yandere}} could. [[spoiler:In the end, she hooks up with a magical ''male'' Ranma doppleganger, and they become SickeninglySweethearts.]]
** Not to mention his [[EvilTwin female]] [[SuperPoweredEvilSide side]] Happosai once separates from his body. She appears to be [[{{Yandere}} quite adamant]] about getting back together with Ranma. Although, surprisingly, she doesn't try anything naughty once she has him under her spell.

** Ranma filling the "Manly Man" half being of course rather ironic.

* ShipperOnDeck: Oh, where to start? While just about every member of the LoveDodecahedron ships their rivals at some point (in an attempt to PairTheSpares), Soun & Genma stand out by shipping Ranma and Akane in nearly every episode. Then again, they did engage the two of them in the first place. When Genma plans says that he's going to make Ryoga the heir to the Saotome school, both Genma and Soun ship Ryoga and Akane.

* ShoutOut: Viz Video's VHS and DVD releases often [[PunBasedTitle referenced movie titles, songs, or other pop culture elements]]. Such as ''[[Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina Big Trouble In Nekonron, China]]'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farewell_My_Concubine_(film) Nihao, My Concubine]]'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like_Water_For_Chocolate Like Water for Ranma]]'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_and_Her_Sisters Akane and Her Sisters]]'', ''[[Film/AnAffairToRemember An Akane to Remember]]'', ''[[Literature/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest One Flew Over the Kuno's Nest]]'', and ''[[Film/FasterPussycatKillKill Faster, Kasumi! Kill! Kill!]]''. And those are just the movie and OAV releases --the TV series had gems such as "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma_Chameleon Dharma Chameleon]]" and "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smells_Like_Teen_Spirit Smells Like Evil Spirit]]". Then [[HurricaneOfPuns it got even worse]]. The Japanese episode and movie titles within those releases had straight-up translations, though.

** It doesn't count when you use tape.
* SleevesAreForWimps: Many of Ranma's Chinese outfits, and also Pantyhose Taro and Ryū Kumon's entire look.
** Ranma readily wears heavy sleeved outfits when the weather is cold; he rolls them up often for fights (which happen often).

* SmokeOut
* {{Snapback}}
* SnotBubble

* SpiritedCompetitor: Ranma
* SqueakyEyes
* StalkerWithACrush: Both of the Kunos, and Mousse too.
** Tsubasa would also qualify.

* StandingInTheHall

* StealthClothes

* SupernaturalMartialArts
* SuperSpeed: While none of the characters travel at 'standard super speed', Ranma is capable of punching dozens, or even hundreds of times at such speeds that not even those attacked noticed. At least until they realize that they can't be hurting that much from one punch.
** Even before taking the speed-training from Cologne, Ranma was able to punch over 500 times in 5 seconds while being spun around at super high speeds.

** [[VitriolicBestBuds Only when they're not trying to kill each other]].
* TheSweatDrop

* ThemeNaming: Pretty much every regular that is part of a group or family: The Tendos, all Chinese characters, the Kunos, the Saotomes...

* TheThingThatGoesDoink

* ThunderEqualsDownpour / WhenItRainsItPours: Often an implausible plot point, or subtle gag/HandWave for why Ranma is [[GenderBender female]] when he'd clearly rather not be.

* TookALevelInBadass: It is never explained how Nodoka went from being hideously clumsy with a sword (such as accidentally flinging it at people while ''unsheathing it''), which is very very bad for a ''[[{{Seppuku}} kaishakunin]]'', to handling it with skill perhaps equivalent to [[KendoTeamCaptain Tatewaki]] shortly before becoming a permanent member of the Tendo Dojo.

* {{Tsundere}}: Going by the definition Akane becomes a Type A later in the story, since in the beginning she had no interest in Ranma ([[ComedicSociopathy to say the least]]). Although many [[BrokenBase fans still]] [[BaseBreaker argue]] that she's a Type B. Kasumi even lampshades the situation in-universe by saying, "she's actually a very sweet girl, she's just a violent maniac".
** The fact that Akane) may very well be the TropeCodifier (despite only fitting it later on) probably has something to do with it. She, along with ''[[Manga/UruseiYatsura Lum]]'', ''[[Anime/MazingerZ SayakaYumi]]'', and ''[[Manga/RoseOfVersailles Oscar de Jarjayes]]'' were such early examples that there was no defined term, let alone defined "types" in which to place her.

* TheUnfairSex

* UniversalAdaptorCast
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Ukyo; Mousse; Shinnosuke.
* UnskilledButStrong: Saffron
* TheUnwantedHarem: The TropeNamer, both played straight and {{Deconstructed|Trope}}; Ranma's status as a ChickMagnet gives the JerkWithAHeartOfGold a fairly debilitating guilt trip. But though he's not enough of a cad to abuse the situation, it also soothes his [[TestosteronePoisoning manly]] {{Pride}} -- badly battered by his AttractiveBentGender curse. And though all the girls involved adore him, they're also rather exasperated by his [[CanNotSpitItOut wishy-washy]] attitude. It should be no surprise that the end-of-series [[spoiler:attempted marriage]] ended in a [[spoiler:BlastOut]].
** Somewhat subverted during the Reversal Jewel arc when Shampoo, under the jewel's effect, attempts to leave the harem, Ranma rather insistently runs after her to get it back, at first because of her abrupt change of temperament than due to his ego rather than true feelings. Lampshaded by Cologne when she notes that he got so used to Shampoo chasing him, he ''had'' to find out why she stopped.

** Let's not forget how Akane has something of one as well. Especially at the beginning of the series where every morning before school she has to fight her way past a bunch of guys who think that if they beat her then she has to go out with them.

* VanityIsFeminine: Ranma takes insults to his female form's attractiveness ''much'' harder than he does to his male counterpart.
** One specific installment had Ranma insult Akane on her looks, which naturally put her into a temper. Kasumi confronted him afterward and said he had to apologize, because even if she was tomboyish, "...she's still a girl."

* WardingGestures
* WeakButSkilled: Occasionally Ranma, relatively speaking.
** Specifically, characters such as Happosai, Saffron, the Orochi, Herb, Pantyhose Taro,Ryoga shishi houkoudan, and Ryu are explicitly displayed to have considerably greater raw offensive power than himself. Ranma tends to find some way to either win or obtain his objective by a combinations of strategy(All of them), cheap shots(Happosai,Herb), exploiting specific weak spots, luck(Saffron/Happosai/Herb), speed, and through judicious use of the Saotome Ultimate Technique (Run away and come up with a better plan). Ranma is usually untrained at whatever MartialArtsAndCrafts of the week he is challenged at, but his genuine aptitude for anything Martial Arts usually lets him/her triumph.

* WelcomeTitles

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Ranma's fear of cats.
** Also somewhat invoked by Ranma in the anime; while falling into the pool he screams, "Why does it always have to be water?!"
* WifeHusbandry: Inverted in a flashback where Genma offers Ranma to this fate in exchange for some food. Husband husbandry anyone?
** Of course Genma, being Genma, CrossesTheLineTwice and steals Ranma back then has the nerve to act righteous about it. Of course, we are talking about the man who treats 'the Line' like a jump rope.

* TheWorfEffect: Done most often to Ranma himself, as most of the (anime) VillainOfTheWeek characters wind up proving their cred by kicking Ranma's ass. Mousse and Ryoga get this treatment during the Herb arc, as both are effortless beat by Mint and Lime respectively to build hype on Herb... who proceeds to Worf the crap out of Ranma just to prove this is serious opponent.

* WouldntHitAGirl: Mostly {{Fanon}}, though there is a degree of it in both Ranma and Ryoga's actions -- though the former can work around the issue, obviously. Likewise, Ryoga has no problem hitting Ranma's girl side... unless a [[WigDressAccent wig and glasses]] disguise is involved (though that's ''only'' while he's unaware of Ranma's real identity).
** Also averted early on by the [[FanNickname Hentai Horde]], who would hit Akane if they were good enough to lay a finger on her.

** While under the influence of the Fishing Rod of Love, Ranma becomes a terrifying Yandere towards Ryoga. HilarityEnsues. (Perhaps we should be glad Ranma is such an easy-going guy.)

* AdaptationalVillainy: Unfortunately, the reverse arguably happened to Akane, who is often perceived as being more of a jerk in the anime than in the manga. Then again, others profess the opinion that while Akane is more frequently short-tempered/physically violent, she's actually a lot ''less'' of a JerkAss because some of her more extreme acts of ComedicSociopathy from the manga (like implying she believes Ranma is a potential rapist) are cut.

* AbusiveParents: Staggeringly none of the parental figures in either the manga or the anime are ever considered abusive within the setting despite their actions. The sole exceptions are: Genma, whom the Tendos call out for Jusenkyo and the Cat-Fist, and is called a ''monster'' by his best friend for knocking his own wife unconscious to preserve his and Ranma's secret; and Principal Kuno, who everyone calls out for being a lousy parent who tortured and eventually abandoned his children for his personal amusement whenever the issue of his parenthood comes up.
** In the case of Nodoka, she allowed Genma to take Ranma away for training on the basis that he would turn their son into "a man among men," a statement too vague and subjective to truly be a valid measure of character, and even let him sign a {{seppuku}} oath to that end -- which was the only reason she let him take Ranma away in the first place. Her [[HonorBeforeReason absolute devotion to this duty]], [[spoiler:both before and after finding out about the curse]], constantly keeps Ranma on edge (especially since she was willing to go through with it once) and would be considered an even ''greater'' sort of emotional abuse even if Ranma himself weren't desperately willing to make her proud of him (and his manliness.) This dynamic is typically PlayedForLaughs, with no one batting an eye at it in-story, until the ValuesDissonance [[FridgeHorror sets in]] for the audience.

* [[AbsurdlySharpClaws Absurdly Sharp Fingers]]: Ranma does not need scissors. He is capable of cutting things using his/her fingers (considering that Ranma can cut perfect holes in stone walls barehanded and we see cutting techniques using air pressure, ki, and vacuum blades, I thought this was fairly obvious).

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: RumikoTakahashi [[WordOfGod herself]] stated in an interview that she originally intended Ranma to be "a clean-cut, nice boy with frank disposition", but that he kept surprising her and "turned out to be an indecisive, stubborn, sly guy."

* ContinuityNod: Remember how Akane [[SuperDrowningSkills can't swim to save her life]]? RumikoTakahashi did when she [[spoiler:dropped her in a Jusenkyo spring]].

* KarmaHoudini: Nabiki Tendo has ''never'' received any sort of comeuppance for her callous actions in the entire series. RumikoTakahashi likes this character and considers her [[ComedicSociopathy sociopathic actions within the family dynamic to be the reason she's funny]].

** Ryoga: He shares various characteristics with Ryu from ''StreetFighter'', such as being constantly training stoic bandanna-wearing martial artists WalkingTheEarth 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 ''RurouniKenshin'' is also quite similar in personality and lost WalkingTheEarth nature.

* AllCheeringAllTheTime: Mariko, though we only ever see her when she's actively being a [[MartialArtsAndCrafts Combat Cheerleader]] so she might not talk that way in civvies. Then again, this is ''RanmaOneHalf''.

* [[{{Expy}} Expies]] (whether influenced by ''RanmaOneHalf'' characters, or the other way around):

** Akane: Most explicitly [[StreetFighter Makoto]] seems based on her in virtually every detail including "rage-power boost" special technique and skyward punch. To a much lesser degree [[TenchiMuyoGXP 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 ''RanmaOneHalf'' anime.

* SensualSpandex: Female!Ranma and Kodachi wear tight, bottom (and bosom)-hugging leotards in Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics tournament. Akane also wore one during training, but didn't get to compete.

** Ryoga: He shares various characteristics with Ryu Hoshi from ''StreetFighter'', such as being constantly training stoic bandanna-wearing martial artists WalkingTheEarth 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 ''RurouniKenshin'' is also quite similar in personality and lost WalkingTheEarth nature.

Despite its age, ''Ranma ½'' still has a remarkably large and vigorous North American fan community -- and it's still responsible for a significant fraction of the anime {{fanfic}}tion on the web, including a wide variety of [[IntercontinuityCrossover crossovers]]. ''Ranma ½'' is probably one of the most crossed-over series on the Internet -- on fanfiction.net alone, it has over 1,100 listed crossovers and hundreds (if not thousands) listed elsewhere. (That doesn't count ''un''listed crossovers, either there or elsewhere.) To put that into perspective: while ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' has around eight times the number of crossovers listed, ''Naruto'' also has over ''twenty-four times'' as many stories listed as ''Ranma'' does total. One sub-type of ''Ranma'' crossovers -- the FukuFic -- became common enough that it has its own trope entry. The series' length and fanbase has predictably resulted in copious amounts of {{Fanon}}; it also inspired the comic series ''NinjaHighSchool'', among many other creations.

* MegatonPunch: Akane to Ranma, but most of the martial artists do this at one time or another.
** Notably used by Shinnosuke's supposedly infirm grandfather, who even screams, "[[CallingYourAttacks Megaton Punch!]]" as he does it.
* MindControlDevice: Quite a few, which are usually used on (and even ''by'') Ranma Saotome.
** Shampoo is the major offender. She uses hypnotic pressure points, mind-control mushrooms, and memory-erasing shampoo at various points to further her sinister plots. The plots usually don't work, the items/techniques work flawlessly. Not only that, in the final story arc she is imprisoned in a mind-control egg and emerges the slave of the bad guys.

* ShoutOut: Viz Video's VHS and DVD releases often [[PunBasedTitle referenced movie titles, songs, or other pop culture elements]]. Such as ''[[Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina Big Trouble In Nekonron, China]]'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farewell_My_Concubine_(film) Nihao, My Concubine]]'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like_Water_For_Chocolate Like Water for Ranma]]'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_and_Her_Sisters Akane and Her Sisters]]'', ''[[AnAffairToRemember An Akane to Remember]]'', ''[[Literature/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest One Flew Over the Kuno's Nest]]'', and ''[[Film/FasterPussycatKillKill Faster, Kasumi! Kill! Kill!]]''. And those are just the movie and OAV releases --the TV series had gems such as "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma_Chameleon Dharma Chameleon]]" and "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smells_Like_Teen_Spirit Smells Like Evil Spirit]]". Then [[HurricaneOfPuns it got even worse]]. The Japanese episode and movie titles within those releases had straight-up translations, though.

* MaybeEverAfter: The series ends with the secondary finances/crushes on both sides crashing Ranma and Akane's wedding. Soun says that another cannot start until they sort out these relationships. On one hand, the two agreed to the wedding and Ranma confessed his love earlier, but on the other, it's ambigious if Akane remembers the confession (long story) she didn't explictly confess, and Ranma's motives for the wedding were not entirely motivated by love.

* MaybeEverAfter: how the series ends.

* MartialArtsAndCrafts: The TropeCodifier, if not TropeMaker. Some of them include:
** Martial Arts Rhythmic Gymnastics
** Martial Arts Pairs Figure Skating
** Martial Arts Takeout Food Delivery
** Martial Arts Tea Ceremony
** Martial Arts Cheerleading
** Martial Arts Calligraphy
** Martial Arts Shogi
** Martial Arts Dining