Referenced By / Ranma ½

"Who needs boys? Don't you dare make me narf like you!"

Anime & Manga

• A.I. Love You: Volume 4 contains this line of dialogue spoken by Hitoshi Kobe: "But what's causing this Ranma complex of hers?"
• Case Closed: In volume 4, when Conan is at the bookstore, the other kids are checking out Shonen Sunday, which had Ranma on the cover.
• Monkey Punch's slightly more obscure manga Cinderella Boy has as the protagonist a private eye named Ranma who, thanks to a Mad Scientist, shared a body with his Femme Fatale friend Rella, with them switching places every other day (one full day Ranma, one full day Rella) once the clock hit midnight.
• Devil Hunter Yohko: Yohko has a large collection of manga, including one called Ranchi ⅓.
• Fushigi Yuugi: Ranma is frequently mentioned in the "chat" sections.
• Hayate the Combat Butler:
  • Episode 6 has a Ranma statue.
  • Episode 20 has a Ranma book in the library.
• Here is Greenwood: In the first episode, Female Ranma appears on a picket sign.
• Inuyasha: In Episode 90, the Cat Noodles seen on sale is a reference to the Cat Cafe restaurant where Shampoo works at.
• 'Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi'': Episode 4 includes a panda who puts Sasshi through a training montage, which is a reference to Genma's cursed form.
• Maison Ikkoku: In the English version of chapter 24, Sakamoto's sweater is edited to have the Ranma logo on it.
• Otaku no Video: In the second episode, the Otaku in the final live-action interview was carrying a shopping bag depicting artwork of Akane, Female Ranma, and Shampoo.
• RIN-NE:
  • A boat that looks like Genma's cursed form appears in chapter 4 (Episode 2), and Genma's cursed form makes several cameo appearances as a background character in various chapters/episodes and is featured in the ¥10.000 bills.
  • Plushes of Ranma, Akane, Genma (in his cursed Form), and P-Chan can be seen in a claw machine in episode 4.
  • A character bearing a strong resemblance to Principal Kuno appears in Episode 11.
  • Characters resembling Mousse and Ukyo appear in Episode 20.
  • A P-Chan plush can be seen in Episode 39.
  • The preview for Episode 65 at the end of Episode 64 has characters speaking in reference to Ranma ½.
• Ronin Warriors: In episode 20, Ranma makes a cameo crossing the street, but wearing blue instead of red.
• Rosario + Vampire contains a character◊ who looks like Ranma.
• Slayers:
  • Mimi and Nene look just like Shampoo.
  • Sherra resembles Ranma's female form but with blue hair.
• Urusei Yatsura:
  • In the OVA "Ragel Sherbert!", Shampoo and Ranma can be seen together at the park.
  • In the OVA "Goat and Cheese", a newspaper appears that features Genma in his cursed form as well as the Ranma ½ logo.
  • In the OVA "Terror of the Girly-eyes Measles", Ranma makes a cameo as a bystander.
  • In the OVA "The Obstacle Course Swim Meet", Ranma characters such as Genma, P-chan, and Akane can be seen in the background.
• A punk seen in Episode 2 of Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon looks just like Tatewaki Kunō.

Films — Animated

• In making Turning Red, director Domee Shi has stated that Ranma ½ is one of the anime that she was inspired by, especially the aspect of obscuring the transformation with water (or, in the case of the film, pink smoke).

Western Animation

• Beast Wars: Megatron's "oyakusoku pozu" (promise pose) is a reference to the pose that Ranma characters do when they're confused. It's also an Actor Allusion to how David Kaye voiced both Megatron and Sōun Tendō in Ranma.
• Kappa Mikey: Episode 5 features Shampoo in chibi form, and she also appears in the show opening.
• In the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episode "Scare Master", a ponified Ranma appears as one of the "unplanned guests" cut-outs who appear as one of the "scares" at Fluttershy's "scary tea party", alongside Sailor Moon, Bulma, Utena, and Rei.
• Neo Yokio: In episode 4, Lexy and Gottlieb jump into a magic pool and wind up turning into a woman and a panda.
• One of the Pinky and the Brain comic books from 1997 had a Whole-Plot Reference to Ranma called "Brinky ½". Pinky and Brain head to China and fall into the "Spring of the Drowned Martial Arts Master with a Split Personality", which merges them into one mouse — hot water switches them to Pinky, and cold water switches them to Brain. The story ends with them falling into a bowl of Hot & Sour soup and splitting back to normal due to the "contradictory nature of the soup".
• Robot Chicken: One episode has the Nerd finding the Spring of the Drowned Girl, and imagines how awesome his life will be to have the same "curse" that Ranma has.
• The Simpsons: The Mexican Spanish dub of the episode "Pygmoelian" edits a line to have an Actor Allusion to Ranma. In it, the Doctor who Moe replaced says he played the role of Ranma for several years, referencing how they had the same voice actor: Carlos Hugo Hidalgo.
  "¡He sido el Dr. Tad Winslow y la voz de Ranma durante 25 años! ¡Creo que merezco un aumento!"^Translation I've been Dr. Tad Winslow and the voice of Ranma for 25 years! I think I deserve a raise!