All right.  I've had it.  Who's been reading the first parts of Switch again?
I might suggest you guys read it, since it loosely forms the stand I take on
convention and all, but I'm actually afraid it would get lambasted.  (It
actually has been almost two years...)

Of course, when I read this...

 Tsubasa as a recurring character.  (He appeared in one manga story and

left.)

What's that got to do with anything? Just because he left doesn't mean he
can't come back. People bring Azusa and Mikado back all the time and they 
were also just 'villains of the week.' Plus, there's precedent; Tsubasa 
shows up in the "Nerimean Parade" that occurs in the first movie.

Although that's not the BEST example, since EVERYBODY showed in that scene.

Admittedly, in the manga, the only recurring characters are the Tendos, the
Saotomes, the old water lady, Dr. Tofu (who disappears after volume 15),
the Kunos (all three), Ukyo, Ryoga, the Jusenkyo guide, Cologne, Shampoo,
Mousse, Happosai, Gosunkugi and Hinako (plus the usual flunkies).  The rest
could be considered as "villains of the week", sure, including Yotaro and
his panda obsession, but probably not Shampoo's father, who had a five-panel
appearance.

However, there's the anime, with Sasuke, a reappearance of Azusa, a series
of stories surrounding Sentaro Daimonji (of all people!), two separate 
appearances by LinLin and RanRan and a second Shirokuro ep.  Plus the cameos
in the Christmas special, and the first movie.

Plus, Tsubasa could be excused (quite lamely) from this rule, as he could
always be in the background (hell, maybe even the foreground!), watching.

And, there's also the point of "so what?"  I personally saw Tsubasa's 
situation as a unique scenario that had to be explored.  I mean, look at 
it.  Ukyo doesn't like Tsubasa and for a while thought that he was a guy
chasing a guy (Ukyo is surprised that Tsubasa knows that she is a girl.).
She knew that he was cross-dressing, knew that he was a guy all along, 
while Tsubasa knew all along that Ukyo was a girl.  Why did Tsubasa not
approach Ukyo as a guy, and court her in a straight-forward manner?

Incidentally, my Tsubasa "origin" story is a side-story to Switch, Park 
Life.  It would do me infinite good if someone (other than Key, God
bless his kind heart :) would read it and comment.

For those who do not want to go down the long and winding road of Switch, 
I'll just have my two bits' worth here:

 Nabiki doing any sort of adult business activity such as playing in the
 stock market.  It's certainly possible, and maybe even suggested by the 
 Kinnosuke story, but most people who use it just got it from another 
 fanfic.

Actually, no. There are numerous subtle hints in both the anime and manga 
that Nabiki handles a LOT of the families affairs: She planned a great deal 
of Ranma and Akane's aborted wedding, and Soun/Genma probably wouldn't have
trusted that to just anyone.

It also fits in well with the absence of income.  (As a solution, not as THE
solution).  It WILL (and has, by gosh!) appear in Switch.

 Shampoo constantly drugging food.

There's precedent in both the anime and mangs for this; the fanfic 
convention is the KIND of drug used, specifically Passion Spice. A LOT 
of people think that PS is a part of the actual story, but it's not.

Yes, it's been said time and time again.  Happened twice in Switch.

 Ranma's mother as intelligent and perceptive.

What's this supposed to mean?  She's NOT intelligent and/or perceptive?

 Ranma's mother not knowing of the curse.

She DOESN'T. Not in the anime continuity, at least. As long as the author
doesn't specifically say 'manga universe' this is just fine. And even 
there, she didn't find out until VERY late in the story; somewhere in the
early 30's, volume-wise.

Again, I concur.  It may also be noted that the last, largest opponent that
Ranma's faced in the anime is Tarou.  The anime does stop right after Nodoka
appears, but the OAV series (and the Super OAV series) have served to 
progress along the animation of the rest of the manga.  Again, touche.

 Ryouga constantly getting lost in Australia, India, New York, the planet
 Mars, alternate dimensions, etc.

I pointed this out about a two months ago. People insulted my intelligence 
and said I didn't know what the hell I was talking about. It was very 
demeaning.

Agreed.  In the part where Shirokuro (aka Checkers) appears, his room is
stocked with the souvenirs he's gotten, which all come from Japan.  He's
also never seen anywhere outside Japan, except (someone has said on the
list) in the end, where he's in Moscow.

Nope, didn't fall for that one.

 Mousse having to beat Ranma to get Shampoo's hand.  Or having to beat
 Shampoo.  Or variations with other Amazons and non-outsider males.

Dramatic liscence here. The rules of the Amazon tribe are never very clearly
spelled out beyond what happens to male and female outsiders, so you can go
nuts with your own interpretation.

It's a strict/loose interpretation kind of thing. 

I concur.  I do hope that some people would point out that it is not 
explicitly stated that Mousse is an Amazon, at least up to the translations
done by Viz.  (I do remember an episode where Mousse's mother is shown in
the manga, as she sends him a letter addressed from the Joketsuzuko village.)
*HINT! HINT!*
  

 The dragon's hair still affecting Ranma after the Dragon's Hair story is
 over.  (This may be a little less common now, since the story has now been
 released in English.)

No arguement here. Although ignorance is a pretty good excuse.

Ouch.  That hurt a bit.

 Cursed people not aging in cursed form.  (Re: Tarou)

This applies in Ranma's case. His curse was age specific; Spring of Drowned
GIRL. The curse will always give him the body of a girl. Not a woman, a girl.
There's a difference.

The anime interpretation showed the little Tarou's cursed form as a
little (baby-sized, like Tarou) monster.

I do admit that there have been interesting takes on this, like Henry Cobb's
"Eternal Scarlet", and there have been arguments.  I don't see anything
that proves or disproves the take on the drowned girl or the drowned
piglet cases.

Nope, not doing that.

This applies ONLY to Ranma, though: All the other Springs mention nothing
about age, so the other's forms should grow old at a comparable rate with
their human counterparts.
 

 Tneshin Amaguriken as an attack: appears in anime, not in manga.

This is just flat-out wrong. The Chestnut Fist isn't grossly overused in the
manga, like it is in the anime (sometimes it seems like he's using it every
other episode) but he DOES use it. The fight with Ryoga right after he 
learned Bakusai Tenketsu, for example. 

True.  It is a discrepancy between the anime and the manga.
  
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To the rest of you, sorry for my contribution to the spam.

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