Ranma ½

Ranma ½ is a 1989-1992 anime series based on the manga by Rumiko Takahashi. The story revolves around a teenager who is cursed to become a girl when exposed to cold water and a boy when exposed to hot water.

Recurring quotes

Ranma: You are so uncute!

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Ranma: Hiryū Shōten Ha!

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Akane: Ranma, you jerk!

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Kasumi: Oh my!

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Kodachi: Ranma-sama! [In the English dub: "Ranma-darling", "Ranma-sweetums", etc.]

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Kodachi: O-hohoho!

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Ryoga: Ranma, prepare to die!

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Happosai: What a haul!

Season 1

Here's Ranma (The Strange Stranger from China) [1.01]

Akane: [to female Ranma] I'm Akane... You wanna be friends?

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Genma: How to prove it...? I know! [Throws Ranma into a koi pond]

Ranma: [now female] What'd you do that for?!

Genma: You sound like a woman! Were you not willing to give your life for your training?

Ranma: My life, yes. [Kicks Genma into the koi pond] My manhood is another story!

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Ranma: By the way, I noticed that you took a pretty good look at me, too. Besides, it's no big deal for me to see a naked girl. I mean, I've seen myself plenty of times, right? And I'm better built to boot. [Laughs]

[Akane hits Ranma with the table out of anger]

Genma: Now that, he had coming.

School is No Place for Horsing Around [1.02]

Akane: I hate boys! I really, really, really hate boys!

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Nabiki: Ranma, quit your gawking and get to class. Better get moving or you're going to be late.

Ranma: Yeah I know, but what about... [looks at Akane singlehandedly defeating a crowd of boys who want to date her]

Nabiki: It's okay. She knows what she's doing. This happens every morning.

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Tatewaki: I am the undefeated captain of this school's kendo club. The rising new star of the high school fencing world. The sound of my voice strikes fear into the hearts of my enemies. My peers call me the Blue Thunder of Furinkan High... Tatewaki Kuno, age 17.

Student 1: Did he just call himself Blue Thunder?

Student 2: Have you heard that?

Nabiki: Nope, it's news to me.

Student 2: Last I heard he was calling himself Shooting Star.

A Sudden Storm of Love [1.03]

Tatewaki: Pigtailed girl! I LOVE YOU!

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Tatewaki: Akane Tendo or the pigtailed girl? Akane Tendo or the pigtailed girl? Akane Tendo or the PIGTAILED GIRL!

Ranma and... Ranma? If It's Not One Thing, It's Another [1.04]

Tatewaki: [Ranma has a nightmare about Kuno trying to romance "her"] I love you, I would date you! I love you, I would date you...

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Akane: [when Ranma looks up her skirt] Dry up and die!

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Nabiki: I'm on the side of money.

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Nabiki: Can't blame a girl for trying to make a little cash.

Love Me to the Bone! The Compound Fracture of Akane's Heart [1.05]

[Akane accidentally hits Ranma in the face with a baseball due to him not paying attention. They go to Dr. Tofu's to get the wound treated]

Ranma: Man, you mean she even hits a ball like a savage?!

Akane: What?! It was your fault for not paying attention!

Dr. Tofu: [looks awkward] Well, you mean Akane did hit that ball?

Akane: Rrr!

Dr. Tofu: I was just joking. But so what, eh? What's wrong with being active?

Ranma: Macho.

Akane: But...but...

Dr. Tofu: It just means you're healthy!

Ranma: Or sexless.

Akane: [turns to Ranma] Would you...SHUT UP!

Enter Ryoga! The Eternal "Lost Boy" [1.07]

[Female Ranma is forced to wear Akane's Clothes]

Kasumi: Well Ranma, how's the shirt?

Ranma: It's too tight. Look at this, it pinches my chest.

[Akane becomes visibly angry]

Nabiki: What about the waist?

Ranma: Too baggy.

Nabiki: Uh oh...

Akane: DIE RANMA! [attacks Ranma]

Ranma: Hey! Cut it out stupid!

Kasumi: Girls, girls let's not fight.

Ranma: I told you I'm a guy.

P-P-P-Chan! He's Good For Nothin [1.10]

Ryoga: Who are you calling P-chan?

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Akane: Ranma, I can't believe that you're jealous of a pig!

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Ranma: I hate that little runt.

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Ranma: Sleeping in Akane's bed again, eh, Mr. P?

Ranma Meets Love Head-On! Enter the Delinquent Juvenile Gymnast! [1.11]

Kodachi: I am Kodachi, the black rose.

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Kodachi: [attacking Akane upon their first meeting] Akane Tendo, prepare to die!

Enter Shampoo, the Gung-Ho Girl! I Put My Life in Your Hands [1.15]

Shampoo: Ni hao, Ranma! [Chinese for "hello"]

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Shampoo: Wo ai ni! [kisses Ranma; Chinese for "I love you"]

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[Ranma falls into Koi pond]

Shampoo: Ranma! I kill! Ranma!

Ranma: Hey! Wait a minute! [Runs away from Shampoo]

Soun: When he's a boy, she just wants him. When he's a girl, she wants him dead...

Shampoo's Revenge! The Shiatsu Technique That Steals Heart and Soul [1.16]

Ranma: Who'd be jealous of a tomboy like you? [Akane hits him]

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Shampoo: Shampoo love boy-type Ranma... Maybe pervert-girl like only girl-type Ranma? Tell truth now...

I Love You, Ranma! Please Don't Say Goodbye [1.17]

Ranma: I'm going to a drugstore in China to buy some of that memory restoring shampoo.

Nabiki: Wow, in China?

Soun: Going to China son?

Kasumi: Have a nice trip Ranma. I'd love a souvenir. What should I ask for? Oh, we're all out of oolong tea. Buy me some would you?

Soun: Cigarettes and rice wine for me please.

Kasumi: Oh and I'll need a hand painted tea set to serve it in.

Nabiki: I would just love a pair of jade earrings, Ranma. Oh and one of those Chinese silk dresses OK?

Kasumi: Oh and Jasmine tea. I could use some ink and brushes for my calligraphy.

[By now Ranma isn't even paying attention]

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Ranma: Give me that shampoo, Shampoo!

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[Ranma is hurling insults at Akane in an attempt to restore her memory of him]

Ranma: You are just so uncute!

[Akane suddenly starts and looks shocked, as though she'd just remembered something she'd forgotten]

Soun: That's it! Ranma, do it again!

Ranma: You're uncute!

Soun: Whoa, now she's responding! Ranma, try making your words even stronger. Somewhere in her heart what you say is having an effect.

Ranma: Now that's something I'm good at! You're built like a stick! Your face makes me sick! Your thighs are too thick! You can't even kick! You're dumb as a brick! You talk like a hick! Your hair's a cowlick! You itch like a tick!

Akane: Ranma, you JERK!

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Shampoo: [on Akane] Why not? Is obstacle. That is for killing.

Season 2

Clash of the Delivery Girls! The Martial Arts Takeout Race [2.01]

Ranma: You sold me for one crummy little stinkin' fish, huh?!

Genma: He also threw in the rice and two pickles... heh... ugh!

Ranma: What kind of father are you?!

You Really Do Hate Cats! [2.02]

Genma: Too bad I never read the page. [laughs]

Enter Mousse! The Fist of the White Swan [2.05]

Shampoo: Stupid Mousse.

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Mousse: My beautiful Shampoo!

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Mousse: Enjoy it while you can, Ranma Saotome... By the time the show's over... you'll know what it feels like to have your true love stolen by another.

Close Call! The Dance of Death... On Ice! [2.08]

Ranma: Yo! Mikado the molester! How's it going?

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Ranma: Akane is my fiancée! You touch her, and I'll kill you!

Enter Happosai, the Lustful Lecher! [2.15]

Happosai: Let me have a good cry in your bosom!

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Happosai: Ranma, be a girl and model this bra for me!

It's a Fine Line Between Pleasure and Pain [2.19]

[Akane has just baked animal-shaped cookies in her Home Economics class]

Kuno: It is said that for a woman, true happiness can only be found in cooking for her beloved. Akane Tendo... [rushing at Akane as her friends scream] ALLOW ME TO MAKE YOU HAPPY!

[Ranma does a jumping move and lands on Kuno's head, knocking him to the ground]

Ranma: I'd think again, seeing as how her cooking probably killed better men than you.

Akane: Rrr... [clobbers Ranma with the fire extinguisher] Maybe they won't be good... but AT LEAST TRY ONE! [Ranma takes one of Akane's cookies and examines it quizzically] Aren't they cute? They're animal crackers.

Ranma: These are animals? ... [begins examining Akane's cookies one by one] An octopus?

Akane: Stupid! It's a penguin!

Ranma: A hermit crab?

Akane: It's a lion.

Ranma: It's a water flea!

Akane: A rabbit!

Ranma: Loch Ness Monster!

Akane: A swan!

Ranma: A Power Ranger!

Akane: A raccoon!

Ranma: A salamander!

Akane: Alligator!

Ranma: I know, a platypus!

Akane: A KOALA!

Kissing is Such Sweet Sorrow! The Taking of Akane's Lips [2.21]

Ranma: Did you really think sealing me in concrete and burying me in the yard was even going to slow me down?!

Season 3

Ranma Gains Yet Another Suitor [3.01]

Ukyo: I'm Ranma-honey's cute fiancée.

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Ukyo: Does the sight of cleavage make you insane?!

Ryoga & Akane: 2-Gether, 4-Ever [3.02]

Akane: Ranma's free to date the entire student body for all I care...

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Ukyo: [to Ryoga] Were you born stupid or did you just grow that way?!

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Ukyo: Ugh... leave it to that jackass Ryoga to draw me a map that leads me through half of Tokyo before coming here!

Rub-a-Dub-Dub! There's a Pervert in the Tub [3.04]

Ranma: Eek, a pervert!

I Love You! My Dear, Dear Ukyo [3.05]

[In a flashback scene, Ukyo is telling the story of how Tsubasa has stalked her since they went to the same boys' school]

Tsubasa: [offers Ukyo a handful of gifts] Dear, dear Ukyo, here.

Ukyo: Tsubasa, I don't want to hurt your feelings, but... I've already got a fiancee! [the last word echoes]

Tsubasa: Oh! [begins to weep]

[Back to the present day, female Ranma and Akane are eating okonomiyaki at Ucchan's while Ukyo tells them the story. Suddenly Tsubasa, inside a garbage can, whirls into the restaurant and slams female Ranma down onto Ukyo's grill face first]

Ranma: OW! That's hot!

Tsubasa: [speaking into microphone] But rejection only spurred me on. I decided to put my thoughts on paper, sending Ukyo letter after letter, until the skies were filled with pretty pink envelopes.

Ukyo: I needed some way to take the heat off me, which is how I came up with the idea of sending Tsubasa your picture, Ranma.

Akane: Which Ranma was it in the picture?

Ukyo: The girl Ranma, of course. What did you think? Tsubasa thought I was a boy at the time. I didn't want anyone thinking I was a pervert.

Transform! Akane the Super-Duper Girl [3.07]

Nabiki: [in reference to Akane beating Ranma at arm wrestling] You know how I despise cynicism, but I don't think Ranma's taking this well.

Am I... Pretty? Ranma's Declaration of Womanhood [3.09]

[After hitting his head against a rock in the koi pond, Ranma not only turned into a girl, but now thinks he really is a girl]

Kasumi: [holds up 3 fingers] Ranma dear, how many fingers?

Ranma: Three fingers!

Kasumi: [points to Soun] Do you know who this person is?

Ranma: My dear Uncle Tendo!

Kasumi: [points to Genma, in human form] And this is?

Ranma: Octopus Face!

Kasumi: [points to Happosai] Good, and him?

Ranma: An Oompa-Loompa!

Kasumi: [giggling] She seems perfectly normal!

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Kasumi: Akane, that's enough! In this case, I'm afraid it's you who's perverted!

Back to the Happosai! [3.15]

Shampoo: When ramen for Ranma, Shampoo deliver anytime.

Season 4

Ranma Gets Weak! [4.03]

Kasumi: Even Ranma deserves to be treated like a human being!

My Fiancé, the Cat [4.09]

Ranma: The kitty cat is coming. The kitty cat is coming.

Season 5

Season 6

A Xmas Without Ranma [6.11]

[Shampoo, Kodachi and Ukyo have agreed to fight to determine who should be allowed to spend Xmas with Ranma. Akane then appears, and the girls ask if she wants to join in]

Akane: [impersonating Shampoo] Ranma belong to me.[impersonating Kodachi] Ranma-darling and I are going to spend Christmas Eve together, ho ho ho. [impersonating Ukyo] Ranma-honey is mine, you hear? [normal voice] I'm sick and tired of listening to the 3 of you! Do you all understand me? Unfortunately for all of you, Ranma isn't going to spend Christmas Eve with any of you!

Ukyo: What?

Kodachi: Huh?

Shampoo: Maybe you coming down with something, Akane.

Akane: I feel fine, Shampoo. Ranma is... Ranma is... Ranma's going to spending Christmas Eve with me, you understand?

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Ranma: I even stopped and got you a little something for Christmas. I didn't have time to wrap it though. [starts handing out presents] Here, you like it? Also a music box, and a... and I saw these cool cards that I thought you'd like. What do you think?

Akane: Ranma, you remembered.

[Flashback to Akane asking Ranma for these exact things; in the present, Akane cries tears of joy]

Ranma: And there's some other stuff here. Hey look, it's snowing. Huh? Hey, are you crying?

Akane: No.

Mystery of the Marauding Octopus Pot! [6.20]

Genma: Curse those evil Octopi.

Films

Ranma ½: Nihao, My Concubine

Ranma: No one's gonna take her from me... Akane's MINE... and she's engaged to ME!

OVAs

Shampoo's Sudden Switch - The Curse of the Contrary Jewel

Shampoo: Ranma no go school! Ranma take Shampoo to date!

Tendo Family Christmas Scramble

Nabiki: It seems I have a little business proposition for you all...

Akane vs. Ranma! I'll Be the One to Inherit Mother's Recipes!

[Kasumi is sick in bed and unable to cook breakfast]

Akane: Don't worry, Kasumi! I'll take care of absolutely everything!

Genma: Let's go, Ranma!

Ranma: Yes sir!

[Genma and Ranma strap on their backpacks and prepare to leave. Akane blocks their way]

Akane: WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

Ranma: Isn't it obvious? We're going to a place far, far away where your cooking can't hurt us.

Akane: Is that right? [attacks Ranma] DIE RANMA!

Kasumi: Papa, let me... [starts coughing]

Soun: [teary-eyed] Kasumi, we appreciate your sacrifice, but you need your rest!

Akane: [to Ranma] You haven't even tried it!

Ranma: I don't have to eat it to know it's toxic.

Oh, Cursed Tunnel of Lost Love! Let My Love Be Forever

Ranma: [In the "Cursed Tunnel of Lost Love" after Akane scolds him for not seeing the ghosts that are scaring her] Jeez, you don't have to make a big production out of it. Why don't you just come out and say it [doing his best Akane imitation] "EEK, Ranma, I'm scared of ghosts. Ranma!" Why can't you be honest?

Akane: Here I am practically having a heart-attack while you [uppercuts Ranma] while you make stupid jokes.

Ranma: Aah!

Akane: Can't you tell I'm being serious?

Ranma: Talk about being stupid! There's no such thing as ghosts!

[A ghostly apparition of Kodachi appears.]

Kodachi: Aah, Ranma-darling!

Ranma: YAH!

Kodachi: [the "apparition" is revealed to be the real Kodachi, with Sasuke shining a flashlight under her chin; Ranma tries to run but Kodachi grabs a hold of his shirt] Oh, Ranma-darling, I'm ever so frightened of the spooky-ooky dark! You will walk me to the exit, won't you, darling?

Ranma: [trying to escape Kodachi] No ghost is spookier than her!

It's a Rumic World

Ranma: [meeting Inuyasha ] What hot spring in Jusenkyo did you fall into? And those ears look so familiar... [thinks back on P-Chan, Genma in panda form, and Shampoo in cat form]

Inuyasha: Your voice is like mine... [a reference to both male Ranma and Inuyasha having the same voice actor, Yamaguchi Kappei]

Ranma: Hmm?

[ Ataru Moroboshi of Urusei Yatsura throws a bucket of water on Ranma and changes him into a girl]

Ranma: [now female] WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?!

Ataru: [idles up close to Ranma] This way is better, so I can see your beautiful face! [glomps girl Ranma and begins to fondle "her" breasts] Oh, you are so sexy, sexy, sexy!

Unsorted

Akane: You are unbelievable! Have you no sense of feminine modesty?!

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Akane: There Ranma, just like you wanted: A nice kitty cat in the face!

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Genma: Argh! Pandas can't talk!

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Genma: They're gonna do it! Oh, are they gonna do it!

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Genma: One bright, shiny object and your mind takes a hike!

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Happosai: Fool! Have you forgotten who I am? In my entire rotten life, have I ever once learned a technique that could actually help anyone?!

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Kasumi: Don't think badly of Akane, she's really a very sweet girl... and she's just a violent maniac.

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Kodachi: [trying to seduce Ranma] Make me your own.

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Nabiki: You know what they say... it's all fun and games until someone loses their pride.

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Ranma: Be a pal and beat me up.

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Ranma: Listen up, numbskull. If Kasumi isn't back by dinnertime, we're gonna have to eat Akane's cooking. Get it, dimwit? We eat that, and man oh man, we're all gonna wish we'd died at sea!

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Ranma: Flat-chested, pig-loving, short-legged, tomboy...

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Ranma: Seeing that little freak run, I'd say he'll be living for a least another 100 years.

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Ranma: I don't know what kind of B.S. you're wearing but... [sees P-Chan is really angry] Wow, you really ARE angry, huh? [running] Hold it, Mister P! Calm down! Calm down! Stop it! P-Brain! I didn't mean that! ACK! Don't bite there!

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Ranma: I want your bloodiest rose.

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Ranma: That's like asking me to eat a grenade!

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Ranma: Saotome-Anything-Goes-Martial-Arts-Final-Attack: ready, set, RUN AWAY!

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Ryoga: Gee, I'd love to, but I've got Akane to think about.

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Ryoga: I think I'll go off and do something really evil...

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Shampoo: Akane still weak as always. Maybe you beat Shampoo in hundred years!

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Soun: She did it! She defended the honor of the Anything-Goes School of Martial Arts! She defended the ramen, too!

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Ukyo: What did you do that for, you JACKASS?!

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Ryoga: I'll rip your stupid head off!

Ranma: Alright! Thanks, Ryoga! I owe you one!

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Nabiki: [on Genma] Don't worry, Dad. The only young girls HE could fool are the ones who take their teeth out at bedtime!

Kasumi: That's rude, Nabiki!

Nabiki: [grinning sheepishly] Sorry.

Kasumi: False teeth are NOT something to joke about.