Profile: Mousse is, like Shampoo, from the Village of Amazons. A childhood friend of Shampoo who fell in love with her, Mousse first proposed to Shampoo when they were three years old! According to Amazon law, a woman must marry the man who defeats her in battle. Unfortunately for Mousse, Shampoo kept defeating him year after year.
When Shampoo was finally defeated for the first time by Ranma (who was female at the time), Mousse was not concerned, seeing as Shampoo was merely leaving to kill her according to Amazon law. However, when he heard that Shampoo had been defeated by a man and wanted to claim him as her husband, Mousse followed her to Japan in a rage. He challenged Ranma, but lost yet again.
It was found during this time that Mousse had a Jusenkyo curse on him. While following Shampoo to Japan, Mousse passed by the Cursed Ground and accidentally walked into a spring called Yaazuniichuan, or the Spring of Drowned Duck. Thus, Mousse turns into a duck when splashed with cold water.
Actually, if Mousse had had his glasses on, he would have never walked into that spring that way. Mousse is VERY blind without his glasses, and tends to mistake one person for another, or even an object for a person! Without his glasses, Mousse acts like a fool trying to find his way around, which is why he's wearing them most of the time.
Mousse has taken up residence in the Neko Hanten, working for Shampoo's great-grandmother Cologne to pay for his room and board. He's still determined to defeat Ranma so he can have Shampoo all to himself. He is kept busy by Cologne most of the time, though, so he doesn't find much time to plot against Ranma.
Personality: Mousse seems to be a normal guy, until you factor in that he worships Shampoo. Then things get complicated. Mousse has, many times, been as devious as Shampoo is about winning Ranma. He's tried countless times to get Ranma out of the way and has failed miserably every time. He seems to have almost as much pride as Ranma, but he's made it clear that he is ready to throw all that aside for Shampoo, whom he loves with a passion. the only reason that he seems like such an idiot sometimes is because he either doesn't have his glasses on or is near Shampoo.
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