Desperately Seeking Ranma/Trivia

Trivia about Desperately Seeking Ranma includes:

• Shout-Outs:
  • Right from the start, there is the title, which references the 1985 film Desperately Seeking Susan.
  • In addition to a highly variant version of Sailor Moon, there are shout-outs to a few other Magical Girl series among the inhabitants of Minato.
  • Britain has a magical government and subculture that draws heavily on Harry Potter.
  • "Yori" mentions to an FBI agent that there are pockets of magic in Louisiana, the coast of Massachusetts, and Arkansas.
  • During their off-Earth "vacation", Ranma and Kasumi take Nabiki to a world which looks a lot like Coruscant, although Nabiki compares it to a sunnier, cleaner version of Blade Runner. And while considering what she's seen so far, she thinks of "the things, the people, and the things that are also people".
  • There is a brief cameo by several denizens of the Discworld in the wake of the time machine's destruction.
  • "Oh my god, it's full of star" as a suggested reaction to one of the after-effects of the time machine's destruction.
  • At least one alien from another universe has enjoyed reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and regrets the passing of Douglas Adams.
  • At one point, an automotive engineer describes Misaki (who at the time is driving an insanely-powerful race car) using the usual format for the Stig:

"Some say she wiped out an entire invading demon army with one shot, and that she has no understanding of the concept of fear. All we know is that she's called Misaki," the man said in a low respectful voice.

• The Wiki Rule: Now has a (fairly rudimentary) Wikia site.

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