Shampoo (珊璞, Shānpú, or シャンプー Shanpū) is a fictional character in Rumiko Takahashi's anime and manga series Ranma ½. She is one of the three (main) fiancées of Ranma Saotome, and a rival of both Akane Tendo and Ukyo Kuonji.
The kanji in her name are shān "coral" and pú "uncut/unpolished gem". The real pun in Shampoo's name though, is that many of the Chinese characters from her village are named after beauty products, such as Mousse and Cologne.
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Shampoo (珊璞, Shānpú, or シャンプー Shanpū) is a fictional character in Rumiko Takahashi's anime and manga series Ranma ½. She is one of the three (main) fiancées of Ranma Saotome, and a rival of both Akane Tendo and Ukyo Kuonji.
The kanji in her name are shān "coral" and pú "uncut/unpolished gem". The real pun in Shampoo's name though, is that many of the Chinese characters from her village are named after beauty products, such as Mousse and Cologne.
In the French dub of the Ranma 1/2 anime, Shampoo was renamed Bambou.
Soon after getting cursed at Jusenkyo, Ranma (as a girl) and Genma (as a panda) drop into a contest in a village of the Joketsuzoku (Chinese: Nǚjiézú 女傑族 - "tribe of women heroes"; "Chinese Amazons" in English versions). Half-starved, they feed on the next available food-stuff - the feast that was to be the first prize for the contest - and are instantly challenged by Shampoo, the village champion. He swiftly defeats her, but this was a bad move. According to Chinese Amazon...
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