The Naming Game
The Naming Game


The things that Mikado has to put up with... ^_~
(Image from Laura-chan's Image Gallery)



Here is a complete list of the things that Azusa has named in the Ranma 1/2 series. Okay, maybe it's not totally complete, since I haven't seen all of the Golden Pair's appearances, but it's pretty darn close... ^_~ Question marks beside the names indicate that the identity of the object is uncertain; names with an asterisk beside them indicate that the name has been used more than once in the series.


Manga:

Charlotte - Akane Tendo's black piglet P-chan, aka Ryoga Hibiki
Francoise - a fish cake or naruto; in the anime, it also appears in the bedtime scene
Martine - a pink blanket with a "kawaii" picture of a duckling carrying a balloon on it

All the above objects also appear in the anime.


Anime:

Marianne* - a small mallet, it also appears in the bedtime scene (see below); in the episode "Kuno becomes a Marianne!", it's the Tanuki statue that falls on Tatewaki Kuno's head
[Ed. note: Am I the only one who finds it amusing that Kuno is likened to a mallet? ^_^]
Josephine* - a rice cake; in the first Ranma 1/2 movie, Jasmine the elephant
Robespierre - Azusa's butler
Oscar - a panda, aka Genma Saotome


From the bedtime scene:


Some of these objects have two names; the first is from the subtitled version, the second, from the dubs. Note that in the dubbed version, all the names are female, perhaps to explain Azusa giving a girl's name to a male pig! ^_^

Catherine - an octopus balloon
Antoinette - a basket of eggs (?) An Easter basket, perhaps...?
Dietrich/Marlene (get it?) - a statuette of a student reading (?) In the manga, Tsubasa Kurenai dresses up as a large version of this...
Michelle - a wooden box
Felicia - a stuffed blue elephant
Georges/Georgina - a Tiki mask

All objects after this point are difficult to identify:

Rosalie - a small street lamp (?)
Ariel/Elizabeth (why did they change the name? Pronounciation perhaps?)
Angeline
Jeanette
Delphine
Juliet


This next list of names are taken from the episode "Kuno Becomes a Marianne!"

Silvie - a panda hat
Scarlet - a rickshaw (and NOT Ranma-chan ^_~)
Sophie - Sasuke, Kuno's manservant/ninja
Marianne* - (see above)

Ferris
Ivan
George*
Bridget - the Kuno family's pet alligator, Mr. Scaly Green (a relative of Mr. Green Turtle? Or a different translation, perhaps?)

Kodachi's dolls (their real names follow, of course ^_~):

Catherine* - Sayuri
Josephine* - Kazusa
[Ed. note: This is the third this name was used. One gets the impression the writers were running low on French names ^_^]
Marie - Hibari
Brooke* - Huzumi

Good morning scene, revised:

Michelle*
Fantini
Charlemagne
Porthos - a thermos
D'Artagnan - a silver trumpet
Raymond - a tea ceremony cup with tray; also a bucket
Brooke - a stone lawn ornament


Music CDs, OAVs:

(From the Hot Songs Contest:)
Florence - a microphone; on the Hot Songs OAV, it's a pair of headphones

(From Fighting Song Karuta:)
Kemuuru - Muu Muu-chan the duck, aka Mousse
Mogdlianni - either Sentaro or the monkey he was engaged to (?)
Lepidus - the ghost cat or Bakaneko

"Ooo, it's Charlotte! Come home with me!"


Sources for this list (apart from the manga/anime, of course) include the Azusa Shiratori Shrine, the Church of Azusa, the Ranma 1/2 Sound Shrine and the Golden Pair's Shrine websites, as well as Hitoshi Doi's Ranma 1/2 synopsis, Nettouhen episode 68. (Compiled by Avi)