On Sat, 25 Jul 1998, David Lerman <mdlerma2@gsbpop.uchicago.edu> wrote:

At 06:12 PM 7/25/98 -0700, Miko wrote:

It's canon that Mousse is convinced he can claim Shampoo's hand if he
defeats Ranma.  I don't think it's cannon that she rejects him because he
can't defeat her, although I've encountere that line of thought often
enough.  I think it has more to do with the fact that he talks to inanimate
objects when he thinks he's talking to her.  That, and she clearly sees that
Ranma is the stronger martial artist, and since he's defeated her, and he's
an outsider...

	Also there's the fact that the first time he tried to challenge Ranma 
he was informed that he wouldn't get Shampoo even if he won.  He went through 
with the challenge simply out of a desire to attack and "Destroy the 
happyness" of whoever was engaged to Shampoo.