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2	[[caption-width-right:350:You will never see Ranma and Akane like this [[TrailersAlwaysLie outside of the title sequence]].]]
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4	The abridged series of [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Ranma ½]] made by Mythros Media ([[PowerTrio Mythros, Sithis Bear and Aymehx]]), an affectionate parody of the original series in the vein of Little Kuriboh's "anything goes" perspective on abridging rather than the more recent closely-canon abridging style popularised by Team Four Star. It is one of the more recent attempts at abridging Ranma ½, and has produced only a few episodes so far. Each episode condenses the original series into ten- to twelve-minute videos, with each episode title being a pun on [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming Eighties visual media]].
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6	The episodes may be found at [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeNPvr6cNc0p2Aof9TLHk7Q Mythros Media's Channel]].
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8	As of [[NoodleIncident The Great Laptop Self-Immolation of 2016]] the series is on temporary hiatus, the Mythros Media team having lost all progress on Episode 3 and a functional computer for recording/editing. Mythros has said in an update he is working on getting a new one.
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11	!!This work provides examples of:
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13	* TheAbridgedSeries: Well, I mean...
14	* ACupAngst: On the part of Akane, who uses the excuse that she's not wearing a bra because it's washing day.
15	* AffectionateParody: Of not only the original series but also some other abridged series. The jokes aimed at ''competitor'' abridgements of Ranma ½ are less affectionate.
16	* AllJustADream: It's not certain yet whether Ranma only dreamed that Kuno confessed to him or he was waking up screaming after he remembered what really happened later.
17	* AllMenArePerverts: Thus far, almost every male has proven this to be true in-series.
18	* AmbiguouslyGay: Ryōga. Maybe. His current paucity of scenes makes it uncertain whether he is this or CampStraight. He has yet to explain ''why'' he had yaoi fanfiction in his pocket when trying to pull out the map to Furinkan High School.
19	--> '''Ryōga:''' Where can I find this? And [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I like women]].
20	* BelligerentSexualTension: surprisingly averted, since it was so prevalent between Akane and Ranma in the original series.
21	* BerserkButton: Akane, about people not getting the terms for {{Yaoi}} and Boys' Love right.
22	* BilingualBonus: The second episode disclaimer uses an excerpt from (Japanese politician) Nonomura Ryūtarō's viral press-conference apology. The two bentō guys also speak only Japanese in a cutaway gag, although the meaning isn't hard to guess.
23	* BreakingTheFourthWall: Considering the nature of abridging, this and lots of it. Assuming there even ''is'' a fourth wall. The characters appear to be aware of everything from the animators to Mythros Media themselves.
24	--> '''Sōun Tendō:''' The following is an apology for releasing this episode so late.
25	* ButtMonkey: Order of ADD, one of the other creators of a Ranma ½ abridgement. Since they had their videos removed from Website/YouTube, this has become [[HarsherInHindsight harsher in hindsight]].
26	* CallBack:
27	** The ludicrous bentō plot from episode 1 is persistently called back to.
28	** Kuno's catchphrase about his sword as a sexual metaphor gets undercut by Akane in episode 2.
29	* CatchPhrase: Mostly Kuno, who has a habit of repeating previous lines in alternate ways. From "X, my only weakness!" to "This sword is the same size as my other sword... and by other sword I mean my [[CurseCutShort erect p-"]]
30	* CharacterExaggeration: If a character isn't the opposite to how they were in the original series, they will be this.
31	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Happens to Ranma more than any other character, due to his (inconsistent) stupidity. It may be genetic since Genma does this too.
32	--> '''Ranma:''' What does it [the letter] say?
33	--> '''Nabiki:''' It says...
34	--> '''Kuno (letter voice-over):''' Dear pretty boy [[ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud slash]] pretty girl. Meet me at the field at five thirty-six; I'll be waiting. P.S, Konatsu says you're a bitch.
35	--> '''Ranma:''' You can read Egyptian?!
36	* CurseCutShort: Oh, so very much.
37	* DepravedBisexual: Kuno Tatewaki has his natural personality from the anime driven up to its logical conclusion. Upon learning Ranma and Akane are engaged, his only concern is whether they wouldn't be opposed to a ménage à trois.
38	-->'''Kunō:''' That's French for three-way.
39	* DidntWeUseThisJokeAlready: Kuno is sick of the references to bentō.
40	--> '''Kuno:''' That joke wasn't even funny in episode 1!
41	* DirtyOldMan: Sōun Tendō, who feels "so shoutacon right now" when embracing Girl!Ranma for the first time.
42	* TheDitz: Mostly Ranma, who misses the point fairly often, but others sometimes pick up the slack.
43	* DontExplainTheJoke: Kuno, ''frequently''. "Symbolism... ''[{{beat}}]'' It means I want to deflower you".
44	* EarlyBirdCameo:
45	** Konatsu, who not only shows up (having dictated Kuno's letter) too early for the canon storyline but ''wasn't even in the anime at all, only the manga''.
46	** Ryōga, who is known to exist very early on by virtually everyone except Ranma, and then has his scenes intercut with episodes two through four of the original series.
47	* EuphemismBuster: Akane, who has undercut Kuno's catchphrases and self-explained euphemisms.
48	--> '''Akane:''' If you make one more joke about your [[SoundEffectBleep p***s]],I mean sword--
49	--> '''Kuno:''' And by sword do you mean my erect-- wait, what?
50	* FanFic: Akane writes slash fic of RyōgaxRanma. Somehow even Ryōga himself owns a copy, which he mistakenly produces instead of a map when trying to convince the country hicks he's [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday completely straight]].
51	* {{Fangirl}}: Akane.
52	* {{Fanservice}}: Much of it around Girl!Ranma.
53	--> '''Kuno''': ...my only weakness
54	* FlatWhat: Kuno, of all people, gets one of these.
55	* GagDub: Part and parcel of an abridged series.
56	* GratuitousJapanese: The bentō guys, and Nonomura Ryūtarō in the disclaimer.
57	--> '''Bentō Guy #1:''' 「あ、弁当？」
58	--> '''Bentō Guy #2:''' 「そうか、そうか。」
59	* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: Alas, poor Ryōga. His pre-emptive reactions to the country hicks indicate he's been through this many times before.
60	* {{Homage}}: Happens often. An interesting almost-aversion is episode 2 which is called "The Bentō Club" but contains no overt homages to ''[[Film/TheBreakfastClub The Breakfast Club]]'' until the last few seconds, where it is promptly lampshaded by Ranma.
61	* IncrediblyLamePun: A random side-character makes one about Jusenkyo and Springtime. He is [[DisproportionateRetribution suspended]] from the school.
62	* InnerMonologue: Anyone and everyone can have one, but Ranma is a frequent offender.
63	* InsistentTerminology: It's called Boys' Love, ''not'' [[BuffySpeak "that homo-erotica stuff"]]
64	* ItemGet: Girl!Ranma, when picking up the defeated Kuno's wooden kendo sword. It comes complete with Final Fantasy VII victory fanfare and an item pop-up screen.
65	* JerkAss: Genma and Nabiki. Surprisingly, Ranma is less of one than in the original series.
66	* LamePunReaction: Several Furinkan students confirm they know about the cursed springs of Jusenkyō, unlike in the anime where Ranma's secret is a secret. One student chips in, 'me and my family went there last... spring'. The reception is [[GetOut somewhat cold]].
67	* LampshadeHanging: Source of much of the humour.
68	* LarynxDissonance: Mythros plays both boy-type and girl-type Ranma, in order to make them seem believably like the same person, albeit with different character types and therefore voice qualities. Whether it works well is a matter of opinion.
69	* LastNameBasis: Everyone says "Kuno" instead of Tatewaki (even [[ThirdPersonPerson himself]]), possibly to distinguish him from Kuno Kodachi, who is his sister. Or, possibly because it's shorter and easier to say.
70	* {{Leitmotif}}:
71	** Kuno's battle theme is an Enka song by Itsuki Hiroshi.
72	** Akane appears in several scenes with "[[Music/TheGoGos Heaven is a Place on Earth]]" in the background, even on the radio. Ryōga borrows it at one point.
73	** One of the love themes from the OST appears persistently, even when [[RunningGag there's no romance]].
74	* MadLibsCatchPhrase: Kuno's version of this trope usually goes something like, "X, my only weakness", with X frequently being a thing which would be [[CloudCuckooLander nonsensical]] to have as an Achilles heel, but which Kuno is certain led to his downfall. It is usually something that had [[ComicallyMissingThePoint nothing to do with his failure]].
75	--> '''Kuno:''' Walls... my only weakness
76	* ManipulativeBastard and TheChessmaster: Nabiki, who never misses a chance to play the characters off against each other and stir crowds up against people.
77	* NoFourthWall: When characters complain about the animators ruining their [[OffModel previously beautiful visages]], you know you'll have to search long and hard for the fourth wall.
78	* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Happens from time to time, as the majority of the characters have some form of North American accent and the cast are all New Zealanders.
79	** Jusenkyo Man in particular drifts between British RP and New Zealand RP, which are similar but not identical.
80	* RecordNeedleScratch: Used on many occasions, usually to punctuate a joke.
81	* RuleOfFunny: The defining and overriding principle of the series. Many a non-sequitur or nonsense statement is thrown in purely on the basis of its humour value. However, some of these come back later to [[CallBack mean something]] [[BrickJoke after all]]...
82	* ScreamingAtSquick: After Kuno tells Girl!Ranma he plans on deflowering her, Boy!Ranma screams internally, culminating in metaphorically drowning in his own mind and being completely out for the count as a result (signalled by a boxing K.O bell).
83	* SelfDeprecation: Sometimes done in order to take an ironic dig at another abridged series.
84	--> '''Ryōga:''' ''(trekking through the desert)'' Day nine: This place is emptier than our abridged fanbase.
85	* ShipperOnDeck: Akane really, ''really'' ships Ryōga and Ranma together.
86	* SomethingElseAlsoRises: Considering how clear Kuno makes the meaning of his sword as a metaphor, virtually whenever he raises it and delivers a risque line it becomes this.
87	* SoundEffectBleep: Used inconsistently. Essentially, it is used or not used depending on whichever is [[RuleOfFunny funnier in the situation]].
88	* SoundtrackDissonance: The theme from [[Anime/DailyLivesOfHighSchoolBoys Literary Girl]] and its romantic overtones are somewhat undercut by Kuno coming right out and saying he intends to deflower Ranma complete with visual metaphor.
89	* TheStinger: From episode 2; [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness episode 1]] has no stinger.
90	* SurroundedByIdiots: Nabiki, though she briefly holds onto hope that others may not be so.
91	* TakeThat:
92	** To the anime Ben-To. Ranma proclaims it has the dumbest premise for an anime he's ever heard of.
93	** Other abridgers of Ranma ½, most notably Order of ADD.
94	* TakeThatMe: Whenever a series of crowd voices erupts, expect one of them to insult a cast member.
95	--> '''Crowd voice:''' Yeah, that Sithis Bear guy sounds the same in every voice!
96	* WhoWritesThisCrap:

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