Patrick McClanahan wrote:

She chuckled. "All of me, Tofu-sensei. I'm still Akane - but I'm also
Jhery-a-Conel and Gabrielle and Moonglum and Little John and so many
others. They were always there, but now I know about them - just as
Ranma is Corum of the Scarlet Robe and Xena of Amphipolis and Elric of
Melnibone and Robin of Sherwood."

        Erk. I got two of the four references. No points for guessing which
two. Some quick web research yielded a few bajillion pages devoted to
Michael Moorcock, so I'm assuming his works are the other half of the
equation.

Isn't Jhery-a-Conel the guy from _Sliders?_

- David