more-or-less standard disclaimer
most characters,series are (c) of their 
respective owners. if i had any money,
i wouldn't be in the situations i'm in
and could actually accomplish something
more than sitting at home typing a story
like this.
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     CHALLENGE: hey, this overall
concept seems to work fairly well, let's
see some more fusions using it, ne?
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	Two geeks in Mesa Arizona
are arguing over what to watch.
	"They're showing a Ranma
episode on the Sci-fi channel, let's
watch that!"
	"You've got the tape already.
There's a bunch of 60s & 70s jiggle
shows on 45 that they're gonna show!"
	"Ranma!"
	"The RetroBlast!"
	"Ranma!"
	"Retro!"
	A little black cat cleared its
throat. The two geeks almost crawled out
of their skins as they realized in horror
that a nightmare had come to visit.
	"Toltiir!" Both screamed in 
perfect harmony as they realized the
demon/angel/kami of Humor, Mischief,
and Bad Jokes was present.
	The cat smiled and jumped to
the top of the set. <THUMP THUMP>
Abruptly the set came on and a program
started to play. The horror had just
begun.
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3 1/2's COMPANY
	"Come on knock on my dojo, take
a kata that's new, it's a pleasing, pleasing
place, and Ranma's company too....."
SCENE: a rental house in Somewhere, USA
 that has a dojo in back. As this exterior
 scene is playing, one can see it is early
 morning. A girl in a bikini jogs by. a
 bicyclist, watching the girl, plows into a
 parked car. Typical California Scene 
 though there are parts of Anywhere that it
 could be.

INTERIOR SCENE: a living room where there
 are three chairs, a dinette, a sofa, a
 TV set, and other stock typical items.
 The only items that appear not to have
 come from Rentco are a poster for the
 "Megumi-chan World Tour" and a set of
 really big spatulas hanging from pegs 
 on the wall.


WOMAN#1: (off camera) "Shampoo, you were
 out late last night. Did your Curse 
 Support Group go well?"

WOMAN#2: (offcamera)"Aiya. Shampoo spend 
 all night talking to new member, can't 
 remember too much though. We had a few 
 beers but think he not used to that. 
 Trying to get over break up from old
 girlfriend over his curse."

WOMAN#1: (still offcamera)"I'm going to
 run the ad for a new roomie down to the
 college before class."

A woman comes out of one room, goes into
 another room, pauses and then comes very
 quickly back into the living room. She
 is a devastatingly attractive brunette
 wearing a man's shirt and slacks..

UKYOU: <urgently> "SHAMPOO! Psssssst!"

A woman walks in from the other side of
 the set, she is a curvaceous oriental
 girl, of close to the same height as
 Ukyou, wearing a purple cheongsam.

SHAMPOO: "Aiyaa! What is problem, silly
 Spatula Girl? Zipper stuck again?"

UKYOU: "There's a man passed out in the
 bathtub! Another of your boyfriends?"

SHAMPOO: "Silly. Shampoo no have boyfriend
 Grandmother insist that Shampoo have 
 standards but standards too high for local
 boys."

UKYOU: "Then WHO is that in the bathtub?"

The man in question, about the same age as
 the two women, steps out of the second
 room as this question comes up.

RANMA: "Uhm, I'm Ranma Saotome, and would
 anyone happen to know why I was asleep in
 your bathtub?"

Ranma and Shampoo exchange a glance.

RANMA & SHAMPOO: "OH! It's YOU!"

SHAMPOO: "Now Shampoo remember!"

UKYOU: "Will someone explain it to me,
 then?!"

SHAMPOO: "Was at 'People With Curses
 Support Group' when met Ranma. He
 nice fellow, might meet Grandma's
 rules..."

RANMA: <puzzled> "What rules are those?"

SHAMPOO: "Oh, you not need know that. 
 Very unimportant. Right now need to talk
 Ukyou, so you go in kitchen get coffee,
 yes?"

RANMA, still puzzled, leaves set in the
 direction Shampoo was pointing, which is
 where she originally entered the set.

The two watch, Ukyou watching his butt with
 a certain fascination. Shampoo turns back
 to Ukyou and waves her hand in front of
 Ukyou's face with a certain annoyance as
 she sees the predatory look on Ukyou's 
 face.

SHAMPOO: "Stop thinking that, silly girl.
 We need talk about making rent, ne?"

UKYOU: <annoyed> "Oh come on. You know
 Mister Kuno wouldn't let a guy move in!
 You're thinking of letting him split
 the rent? Are you nuts?"

SHAMPOO: <looks down shyly, drags foot
 across carpet> "Shampoo meet Ranma,
 have idea, find out what curse he
 have and think maybe this could work
 out."

Off screen you hear a splash and a
 woman's voice making an expletive.

WOMAN (off screen): "Looks like the
 sink needs fixing."

UKYOU: "There's a woman in there?"

Ranma-chan walks in from KITCHEN.

UKYOU: "Those clothes?! Ranma?"

RANMA-C: "Yeah? Oh, the curse."

SHAMPOO: "Ranma run into same sort of
 curse Shampoo have. Instead of turn
 into cat, Ranma turn into girl."

UKYOU: "So you're a guy, except you
 turn into a girl when you get wet
 with cold water, and hot water turns
 you into a guy...this MIGHT work
 after all, Shampoo."

RANMA-C: "Huh?"

SHAMPOO: "Ranma tell Shampoo last
 night you just move into area, 
 have no place to stay? Well,
 you split rent with us, there
 no problem!"

RANMA-C: "Huh! I couldn't stay here
 with two cute girls!"

SHAMPOO: "Rent very high around
 here. Besides, dojo in back."

RANMA-C: <enthused> "Really?" 
 <suspicious> "You wouldn't be
 putting me on, would you?"

SHAMPOO: "Silly Ranma, you not
 even hollow."

UKYOU: "You just stay in your
 girl form if the landlord 
 comes by."

RANMA-C: <pouty>"Must I?"

UKYOU: <nods> "Yeah, our landlord
 is a bit of weird-o, even for 
 around here. His name is Tatewaki
 Kuno and he would NEVER allow two
 girls and a guy (unless they were
 married) to stay in the same
 house."

SHAMPOO: "Just watch out for his
 sister, he easy to manipulate 
 but sister psychotic."

RANMA-C: "Oh. Okay. It's only
 temporary though. Once I've 
 gotten other arrangements, I'll
 move out."

UKYOU: "Okay, but it may take a
 while. You understand what the
 market is like around here near
 the college."

SHAMPOO: "Shampoo like place,
 it bicycle distance to school
 and work, have way for Shampoo
 to get into house when in 
 cursed form."

RANMA-C: <startled>"Waitaminute, 
 something you said a few minutes
 ago. You said last night that
 you had a Juusenkyo curse too,
 that you'd fallen into a spring,
 and now cold water turns you 
 into whatever drowned in that
 spring. What did you say you
 turned into?"

SHAMPOO: "Turn into cat, is no
 big deal."

RANMA-C: <nervous> "Uhm, that
 could be a problem, I really
 don't handle cats that well.
 I've had some bad experiences
 with them in the past."

SHAMPOO: (shrugs) "Then just
 avoid you when cat. Could be
 worse, Shampoo know many worse
 pools to fall in."

UKYOU: "Well, I'm glad I never
 went to Juusenkyo. Me and 
 Shampoo met at work over at
 a fastfood Chino-Japanese 
 restraunt called "A Short Wok"
 a few blocks from campus.
 She's a waitress, I'm one of
 the cooks."

SHAMPOO: "I also backup cook.
 Ukyou handle Japanese food 
 okay, but still need work
 with Chinese specialty dishes."

RANMA-C: "Two cooks." (turns
 to camera, licks lips, smiles,
 has an odd look of glee.) "Well,
 I guess I can get my backpack.
 Which room's mine?"

SHAMPOO: "Aiya. You stay in
 Shampoo's room, okay?"

UKYOU:<startled> "SHAMPOO!"

SHAMPOO: (sticks tongue out at
 Ukyou) "Shampoo just kidding.
 Spatula girl and me, we share
 THAT room."(points) "Ranma
 take THAT room."(points at 
 another door.)

Knock on door sounds, Ukyou goes
 to the door and looks through the
 peephole.

UKYOU: "Arrrrghhhh. It's Mousse!"

SHAMPOO: "Aiya! This bad. QUICK 
 Ranma, you change back to boy!"
 (starts shoving Ranma off the
 set towards KITCHEN.)
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      commercial break
Duran Duran's "Hungry Like A Wolf"
 is playing in the background as 
 a camera goes very quickly through
 a deep forest setting. It looks 
 rather like the Flagstaff area.
VOICEOVER: "Are you cursed? Under
 a geas? Having to deal with problems
 outside the typical paradigm?"
Scene now shows a side view of a 
 little black piglet, running at
 full speed through the underbrush.
 The camera angle pulls back abruptly
 as the little piglet suddenly finds
 the forest ending, and is hanging
 in midair over the Grand Canyon.
PIG: "Bwee?  BWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
 As the pig drops past the bottom of
 the screen, the voice over continues
 though the pig squeal can still be
 heard fading in the distance.
VOICEOVER: "Bethany Medical Center
 has personnel and counseling for 
 YOUR very special needs. And if 
 you can't get help at Bethany,
 please, get help."

--------end commercial break---------
A long haired Chinese man with thick
 glasses walks into the room with
UKYOU, RANMA, and SHAMPOO.

MOUSSE: "Hey babe, I just got the
 good news. Your grandma says unless
 you find someone else, you gotta
 marry me after all!"

Camera does a face shot of Shampoo
 who manages to look nauseated and
 alarmed at the same time. Shampoo's
 voice is heard without her mouth
 moving.
SHAMPOO (thought): "Sound like 
 grandma-ma not taking her 
 medication again."

SHAMPOO: "What you do to grandma-ma
 that she agree to such crazy thing?"

MOUSSE: "It was simple, I am a 
 Master Of The Hidden Ingredient style
 combat cooking arts! A little 
 posthypnotic suggestion mushroom 
 and a contract..."

SHAMPOO: <angrily> "That not only not
 legal, but grandma-ma not be happy 
 when it wear off."

MOUSSE: <confident> "Doesn't matter, I
 know you don't have a boyfriend, so
 I guess that means I win, right my 
 fiance? She won't do anything to 
 your husband, after all!"

UKYOU: <evil smile> "Say, Shampoo, why
 don't you introduce Mousse to your
 fiancee?"

SHAMPOO: "Huh? AIYAAA! Mousse too late,
 Shampoo already have fiance, and 
 Shampoo no think he like to share!"
 (glomps Ranma)

MOUSSE: "WHAT?!?"

RANMA: "WHAT?"

SHAMPOO: "Ranma, you so silly!" (kisses
 Ranma passionately, this has the desired
 effect- that he's so in shock that he 
 goes completely paralytic.) 

MOUSSE: (stage whisper) "Damn!" (points at
 Ranma) "You won't get away with this, you
 Casanova!" (stalks off stage. sound of
 him tripping and falling, crashes ensue.)

SHAMPOO: (looks out door) "Aiyaaa. Shampoo
 thank you Ranma. Please pretend be Shampoo's
 fiancee so Shampoo never have to marry 
 Mousse. Great grandma-ma either drinking
 or take wrong medication again."

RANMA: "..." (shakes himself as he starts 
 coming to) "What was all that about?"

UKYOU: "That was Mousse, a perverted little
 Chinese martial artist who owns a chain of
 Chinese takeout places in the North. He
 keeps trying to get into the market here,
 but it's already too saturated for a new
 place and none of the old owners want to
 sell to the likes of him. He's had a crush
 on Shampoo for years, but ever since he
 found out that Shampoo was heir to secret
 Chinese recipes, he's been really obnoxious."

SHAMPOO: "He own many Chinese restraunt/strip
 joints. Shampoo not want anything do with 
 Mousse."

RANMA: "So you want me to be a girl for your
 landlord, and Shampoo's fiancee whenever this
 Mousse guy shows up. Great. Just great. What
 else could go wrong?"

OFFSCREEN: Thunder sounds.

UKYOU: <frowning> "That's strange, the forecast
 for today was sunny."

SHAMPOO: <nods> "Have bad feeling about this."

SCENE: cut to a busy airport where a woman is
 getting her luggage. A sign appears pointing
 to the woman that reads "Jealous Ex-Girlfriend".

AKANE: <slaps sign away> "I am NOT Ranma's 
 girlfriend, Okay! I just want to talk to that
 idiot! He never even had the nerve to kiss me,
 all right?" <grumbles as she walks offstage 
 with her luggage>

ANNOUNCER: "Next week: we meet Ranma's mercenary
 sister Nabiki. Will he be sold up the river,
 or just blackmailed continually? And what of
 the girlfriend who dumped him because of his
 curse? Will she be jealous that..."
AKANE'S VOICE: " I AM NOT HIS GIRLFRIEND! THERE
 IS NO WAY I WOULD EVER BE JEALOUS OF A PERVERT
 LIKE THAT!" (sounds of someone being malleted 
 into the pavement)
Shampoo's head pokes up into camera view. 
SHAMPOO: "Ni HAO! Shampoo want to say why
 does Shampoo talk like this when Shampoo is
 college student who do okay on English classes?"
 (licks lips and gives a sultry come-hither look
 to camera.) "Cause it drives the guys crazy!!!!"
UKYOU'S VOICE: "Knock it Miss Libido! Geez, this
 is family hour for crying out loud."


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That's all folks. I COULD do worse, I COULD
 do more, but I think this pretty much raps
 up how a 3's Company/Ranma 1/2 fusion would
 look. Yes, Mousse is a BIT OOC from Ranma,
 but look at all the situations you could get
 going from such a thing.
Later, i hope.               Gregg,ai no ronin

PS: the original draft was my attempt to develop
 and write something within one hour, then post
 it. You can tell i'm using Notepad instead of
 WP for these things, can't you? 

let's see some fusion sequels! How about:
            "Evangelion/Touched by an Angel"
                    or "My Mother The Eva"?
Ranma cop show - "Nerima Street Blues"
Happosai & Ataru meets Candid Camera
                 "the H Files"
Ranma + Baywatch??!  or  even "Sasami Street"
Nerima Hillbillies? Lost in Spice? hmmm. better
run and avoid that lynch mob. seeya!