Disclaimer: Ranma ½ belongs to Rumiko Takahashi and Viz Video and Winx Club belongs to Iginio Straffi and Rai S.p.A (NOT 4Kids!!). All costume characters belong to their respective creators.
Note: this follows the Rai version of Winx as the 4Kids version butchered it too much, like with every anime it dubs.
Read ThePageMaster1530's comment about doing a Halloween Omake, so her it is! It was an interesting idea, too funny to pass up!
Omake Chapter: HalloWinx?
Saotome residence…
Ranma sits on the couch when the Winx girls, walk into the room.
"Hey Ranma! It's that time of the year again!" said Bloom.
"Huh? What's that?" asked Ranma.
"Oh yeah! It's that Halloween thing, right?" asked Stella.
"Oh, right… it's the 31st of October, isn't it?" said Ranma.
"Dressing up will be fun!" said Flora.
"So, shall we go Enchanix?" asked Tecna. When they went to the Halloween party in Gardenia last time, the Faeries went in as their faerie forms. It certainly caught a lot of attention.
Stella thinks about it, but then says, "No, not this time. I'd like to do something different."
"Huh? What do you suggest, Stella?" asked Musa.
"As you know, girls, I'm part of the Furinkan Fashion Club!" said Stella with pride. "Spending time in it gave me a couple of ideas I wanted to try out."
"You suggesting another makeover game, Stella?" asked Layla.
"If that's the case, leave me out of it this time!" said Ranma as he held out his hands. "I'll dress in my own costume."
"Aww… you're no fun, Ranma." Teased Stella.
"Don't be so hard on him." Said Flora as she put an arm around Ranma. "If he wants to stay a boy, then we should respect that."
"Thanks, Flora." Said a blushing Ranma.
"Well, what're we waiting for? Let's do this!" said Musa.
The girls raised their arms in a cheer before going into a separate room and closing the door.
"I wonder what Stella has got planned?" said an uneasy Ranma. "Hmmm…. Maybe I can go dressed like him…"
It was then he heard a sound behind him.
"Ch-ch-ch-ch… Ha-ha-ha-ha…"
"Huh?" Ranma turns around and nearly jumps.
Floating right there was his bonded Pixie, Zing. She was dressed in a dark shirt, pants, hiking shoes, a ripped dark green jacket, and black gloves. The striking thing was that she was wearing a hockey mask on her face and carried a machete. (1)
"Zing! What do you think you're doing?" said Ranma.
The cosplaying Pixie giggled and moves the mask to the top of her face. "Heehee! Did I get you good?"
"Feh… hardly…" said Ranma.
"Just trying to get into the Halloween spirit, you know?" said Zing. "Don't I look like a good slasher?"
"Yeah, just don't try it on the others."
"Too late!"
"Huh?"
Flashback…
Kiko was sleeping peacefully, when Zing, in her costume sneaks up behind him, her fake machete raised.
"Ch-ch-ch-ch… Ha-ha-ha-ha…"
The sound made the little rabbit wake up. Catching sight of Zing, Kiko screams bloody murder and quickly bolts. Zing could only laugh her head off. Kiko peaks around the corner to see Zing and gets annoyed at the scare.
End flashback…
"I just couldn't resist!" said Zing, finishing her story.
Ranma could only sweatdrop. He started to feel sorry for the little timid rabbit friend of Bloom.
"Oh right! I need to get ready!" said Ranma as he left for his room.
Winx bedroom…
The girls could only blush when Stella showed them certain outfits and props laying out on the bed.
"Stella? Where did you come up with these?" asked Bloom.
"Oh, I was watching Hiroshi and Daisuke at the arcade, and I just got inspired!" replied Stella.
Each of the girls looked at the outfits and blushed as she imagined herself in it. They blushed even further when they imagined how Ranma might react. The girls inwardly chuckled at the thought.
It was then that Shampoo and Ukyou entered the room.
"Hey there! What's going on?" asked Ukyou.
"Hey Shampoo, Ukyou!" said Layla. "We're trying to decide what to dress up as for Halloween."
"Aiya! Sound like fun!" said Shampoo. "Can Shampoo join in?"
"Go right ahead, you two!" replied Stella. "The more the merrier, I always say!"
The two martial artists go to the bed where all the costumes were to pick something out.
Some time later in the common area of the house…
"So, Zing, how do I look?" asked Ranma.
The pixie looked at Ranma. He was clad in a white karate gi (black belt, of course) and red handguards. The sleeves looked to be ripped off, showing off his muscles. On his head, he wore a red bandanna. (2)
"You don't look any different from what you usually are, Ranma." Said Zing.
Ranma slumps. "Well, I'm a martial artist! I'd think this costume's right down my alley!"
"All right, if you say so…" said Zing.
The door to the Winx's bedroom opened up.
"We're ready!" called out Stella.
Ranma begins to turn around to face them. "Ah, about time. So what are you goooo…." Ranma's next words fell back into his throat when he got a glimpse at the eight girls. His eyes practically bulged out of their sockets at the sight.
Ukyou was dressed in a tight black bodysuit resembling a ninja. It had pink shoulder pads, elbow pads, knee pads and stomach guard. Several large rips were in the bodysuit, smeared with fake blood, as if she came out from a battle. A red sash was tied around her slender waist, in which a fake wakizashi was strapped to. Her hair was tied in a top-knot style and carried what looked like a large boomerang behind her. (3)
Shampoo was dressed in very little, which wasn't surprising. She wore what looked like a small, strapless bikini with matching below-the-knee boots. The bikini top was barely able to contain her bosom while the bottom rode up in the rear. The striking thing was that the bikini and boot set were tiger-skin printed. On her head were two tiny yellow horns. (4)
Layla wore a gold wrap-around bikini bra that fastened around her waist with a butterfly clip. She had on loose, shimmering silver pants that was held up with a purple rope belt. On both arms were green armbands, and on her hands black fingerless gloves with orange feathers attached. Her hair was in a top-knot and she was currently barefoot. (5)
Tecna had on quite a daring costume. She wore a purple snakeskin bodysuit that was so small, it left little (and I use the term loosely) to the imagination. On her arms were purple snakeskin elbow-length gloves, the left one covered with a gold, full-armed taloned gauntlet. Her purple snakeskin knee-high, high-heeled boots were connected to her bodysuit's thong bottom. In her hand was a fake weapon that looked like a cross between a sword and a whip. From Ranma's point of view, Tecna looked like a glorified dominatrix.(6)
Musa's outfit was no better. Her hair was free-flowing and was dressed in what looked like a black kimono top, but was obviously customized. Over the kimono top was what looked like a white maid's apron with feather-like protrusions on the shoulders. Both top and apron were too small to close completely and showed considerable cleavage. The apron left a cloth part hanging from the front and tied in the back in a large bow, which did little to cover up the black thong of the kimono. On her legs were black knee-high open-toe stockings with white bandages wrapped around the ankles. On her hands were black and white handguards. She wore a lace choker on her neck and a maid's bonnet on her head. She held fake sword/katar weapons. Musa looked like a ninja maid. (7)
Flora was dressed in something similar to Tecna's outfit, but was slightly more conservative (to a degree). She had on black knee-high stockings and white ankle-high boots. Over her black thong was a black bodysuit with a wrap-around top pattern, nearly baring her entire front. She had white puffy sleeves attached to the bodysuit and a black choker on her neck. Flora's hair was held with two yellow ribbons. On her back were fake wings, the right a white angel wing and the left a black demon wing. Near the small of her back was a fake black tail resembling that of a dragon and had a yellow bow at the end. (8)
Stella, of course, was dressed, or barely dressed, in something she was obviously inspired from during a certain planetary visit. The blonde had on white knee-high stockings and white elbow-length gloves. Both articles had fake red claws attacked to the digits. She wore a white thong and a white "bra" which consisted of nothing but white strips that were mysteriously being held in place. Around her belly button was another white strip done in a diamond shape. On her neck was a white choker. To compliment the appearance, Stella had a white tail attached to her thong and white cat ears on her head. Of course, the outfit was made of a white furry material. Ranma gulped as he recognized who she was going as. (9)
Finally, there was Bloom's outfit. She wore what appears to be a red, sleeveless ninja gi with white trim. It was held with a white sash which tied into two red and white cloth tails in the back clipped with small orbs at the ends. The cloth tails did little to cover up her red thong. The gi left a cloth part hanging down her front. The flaps of the gi top, like Musa's costume, were too small to close all the way, exposing just as much cleavage, if not more. On her hands were red ninja handguards, and on her feet were black ankle-high ninja tabi with red trim. This only served to show off even more of her lovely legs. Her hair was tied in a top-knot and she held a Japanese folding fan.(10)
Ranma was struck dumb as he stared at the cosplaying girls in front of him. The girls themselves were blushing as they were wearing such skimpy costumes in front of him. The outfits were so skimpy, it made their usual attires look like winter wear.
"So… Ranma… how do we look?" asked a blushing Bloom.
"Do you like what you see?" asked Flora innocently.
When they all took a pose for him, which caused them all to (ahem) bounce, Ranma could only respond in one way…
THUMP!
The girls looked with worry when Ranma fell onto his back with spiraled eyes and a MASSIVE nosebleed. (11)
"I guess that's a yes!" said Musa with an amused tone.
"Do you think he's all right?" asked Layla.
"Don't worry, I'm sure he's just fine." Said Stella.
Little did they know that the effect they had on Ranma ran deeper than they thought…
Ranma's mindscape…
Sky, Brandon, Helia, Riven, Timmy, and Nabu were all flat on their backs with massive nosebleeds. Since the Specialists combined are Ranma's soul, they also see what he sees. When they saw their loved ones dressed the way they were, well… one can see the results. They suddenly had a love for felines, kunoichis, maids, capoeira users, and for some odd reason, jello.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
To be continued in the Main Story…
Author's Notes:
I was so off my rocker when I wrote this! Just in time for the holiday, too! Shampoo and Ukyou's costumes were obvious choices. Shampoo's design was based off of Lum, and Sango's based off of Ukyou. Little Rumic humor there.
I just couldn't resist the cosplay ideas for this omake. The girls going as some of the hottest gals of fighting game history! LOL
(1)Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th.
(2)Ryu Hoshi from Street Fighter.
(3)Sango from Inuyasha.
(4)Lum from Uruesi Yatsura.
(5)Christie Monteiro from Tekken 6.
(6)Ivy Valentine from Soul Calibur IV.
(7)Iroha from Samurai Showdown.
(8)Dizzy from Guilty Gear XX.
(9)Felicia from Darkstalkers.
(10)Mai Shiranui from King of Fighters.
(11)Can't say I blame him. WHOO-HOO!!!
Ryan L. Spradling: Glad you liked the date scene.
Jerry Unipeg: You have NO idea how much in trouble Kodachi will be in. Her logic of using dirty tricks will come back to bite her in the ass.
ThePageMaster1530: Good choice. Avoid 4Kids versions of anything like the plague! I'm aware of Fist of the Pikachu. The writer of that epic, AnimeAddiction, is simply busy with other works. After all, he's written 19 fics so far. I assure you, AA is not the kind of guy who'd let his fics just sit there and collect dust. Updates may be slow, but he'll complete them in time. I've been following his works since 1999. They gave me hope that there're actually Ranma fics where he DOESN'T pair up with Akane. BTW, his latest work, TekkaDread is an awesome fic!
AndrewK9000: Layla calling Kodachi a 'friggin' psychopath'? Hmmm well, since it's Kodachi, ANYONE would call her that. LOL
Isoulmani: Ooooh… THAT'S what a Misty May Counter is… however, when I think of bounce, I think of the art by Masami Ohbari (Fatal Fury, Gowcaizer, Voogie's Angels, Angel Blade, Battle Arena Toshinden, etc.) Yeah, the idea for the openings and endings is to make the fic feel like anime episodes. Oh, and some of the openings have a bit of foreshadowing in them. You recall how I stuck in the "shaded people"?
Kitsune-Taishou: What can I say? I REALLY like that One Piece mini-movie, too!
Dark-Magician-41: Like I told Jerry Unipeg, Kodachi's logic of using dirty tricks will come back to bite her in the ass. How? You'll see…
Kidan Yoshilda: The reason I do the bashing is because she needs to be "equalized". In canon, Akane hardly, if ever, had to take responsibility for her actions, and she almost never suffers physical hits. I just don't like the idea that she'd always get away with her bratty behavior. Shampoo and Ukyou actually suffered from physical hits at some points (Ex include Ranma's two victories over Shampoo, Ranma's victory over Ukyou when he thought she was a boy at the time, Ukyou getting hit with the Hiryu Shoten Ha when Cologne was demonstrating said technique to Ranma, Shampoo getting taken down by Lin-Lin and Ran-Ran's "Great Dragon Attack", not to mention the violent fist fights both girls get in with each other). Even Kodachi suffers physical hits (which she so richly deserved, BTW). I'm simply giving Akane back her due. The brat needs to learn to take what she dishes out, otherwise she's not the martial artist she CLAIMS to be.
Ghost in the Machine: It's not like they were USING the character as part of the main story, it was just to be funny. Talk about rights? How about when 4Kids did One Piece (a shitty job of it, too), the company itself had Jango the Hypnotist reference Michael Jackson (having him say "Who's there?" the same way how Jackson said "Who's bad?" in his MV). Also in TMNT (licensed by 4Kids, BTW), Michealangelo once made reference to SpiderMan himself when he and the others grabbed for dear life on a wall("I think I'll leave the wall-crawling to the dude in the red and blue tights!"). And also, in a 4Kids ep of Winx before coming up with their name, Stella made a reference to W.I.T.C.H. by suggesting to name themselves B.S.M.T.F., which happens to be the first letters of their names, just like what the girls of W.I.T.C.H. did. In the Halloween ep of Winx, 4Kids kept in the cosplayers of Witch Hunter Robin and Freddy Krueger. Also with that, you see Stella in the 4Kids version dressed like Jem. Other shows pretty much parody ANYTHING (Simpsons, Family Guy, Robot Chicken, to name a few). Total Drama Island (Canadian in origin) parodies all reality TV shows, as well as Friday the 13th, Scream, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Candyman. If that's the case, 4Kids is basically being hypocritical of themselves. The whole law thing is just stupid. References are simply parodies. They're simply supposed to be funny and not to be taken seriously.
A reason for the changes, huh? What reason was there to completely change the background music? What reason was there to mix and mismatch scenes? What reason was there to add in pointless dialogue in places where there originally wasn't supposed to be any talking in? What reason was there to totally change a person's character? What reason was there to change the first letter of someone's name despite his obvious mark? What reason was there to completely change the basis behind a plot that only results in making plotholes later? What reason was there to cut out any scenes of character development? What reason was there to blur out letters and print? What reason was there to replace logical explanations of things with something else entirely? What reason was there to put in an overuse of stupid pun jokes? Just what is the reason?
Even if 4Kids does get sued, it's no loss. One thing less to worry about. Leave dubbing to the experts like Viz, FUNimation, Pioneer, Aniplex, and Software Sculptors. Honestly, can you people imagine what would happen if 4Kids dubbed Naruto and Bleach?
Halloween Rai vs. 4Kids Rant:
This is obviously for the Halloween special episode, Hallowinx.
There was one chick at the party dressed like a goth nurse. In Rai, she was holding a syringe. In 4Kids, it was erased, so she's just holding out her hand like she's got a cramp or something.
Rai: When arriving to the haunted mansion where the party was at, Tecna makes a comment about the setup.
Tecna: "Wow, it's just like the house in that video game, 'Residen Evil Doom 2'!"
Rai: there was a scene that was cut out involving Musa answering the door while at the party. Greeting her was a short guy dressed like SpiderMan who was delivering a package. Musa brings it in and presents it to tells Musa that the pumpkin cakes have arrived. Her friend, a guy dressed like Freddy Krueger, picks up one by stabbing it with his finger knives and offers it to Musa. Not wanting to be rude, Musa eats it, and nearly barfs it out. Mitsy laughs, saying that Musa was unlucky to get the ear-wax-flavored cake. So a reference to Harry Potter's "Every Flavor Beans".
We also see other recognizable icons at the party. One girl was dressed like Witch Hunter Robin, and one guy dressed (sort of) like Darth Vader (even mentions that "dark side" stuff).
Omake is over. Getting back to the real story now!