C'mon! We settled this--
Shut up! This is the final battle!
You never quit!
Looks like I won again.
Oh, yeah!? I'm just getting started!
Breaking Point!
If that's the way you wanna play it--
Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire!
Ranma Saotome, prepare to die!
- Again? - Now!
Have at you!
Don't you learn?
Ranma, try on this little number.
Never, you sick li'l pervert--
- Stop it - Hubba-hubba!
Somebody's spying on you with a camera?
I can't shake the feelin'.
Just your imagination.
I can't think of ANYBODY who'd want a picture of you!
Stop talking nonsense and let's get moving. Your treat, today.
Suppose a real woman, not like you, but with some modesty. . .
really wanted a picture of Mr. Macho Ranma. . .
she might hire somebody to take pictures for her. That's it!
Then she'll see how you're acting now and never live it down.
A-Akane, I'm kiddin'!
About what?
Wait up!
You are so uncute!
Look who's talking!
Did you hear that, Akane?
Gimme a pose!
"Pose," my foot! What's the big idea!?
Hand over the film!
I'll teach you. . .to spy. . .on me. . .
Why, you--
Ranma Saotome, I will come later, for your head!
Akane! Such a cute expression! Gimme a pose!
Come back here!
This man is no ordinary paparazzi.
He challenged Ranma to a fight!
So why would he want my picture?
Good question.
W-What if it's Copycat Ken!?
Copycat Ken!? In MY town!?
"Copycat Ken"? Who the heck?
Copycat Ken is a master of Copy Martial Arts.
He takes your picture and uses your image AND your attacks!
Be very afraid!
Why're you turnin' yellow? He's just some impersonator.
What's scary about that? You got too much free time, Pop.
He will learn just how frightening Copycat Ken is!
Ranma.
Who's there!?
Ryoga?
What's the meanin' of this?
Take this!
I could get used to this technique!
Ryoga, did you eat somethin' bad or somethin'?
Ryoga!
Wait a sec--
P-brain!
You're that Copycat Ken guy, aren't you!
Bingo!
A-And an impostor like you beat Ryoga!?
Bingo! And you're next, Ranma Saotome!
Let's do it!
I'll take you down, just like Ryoga!
Honestly, that Ranma!
How long does it take to buy a can of juice?
R-Ranma! What's going on?
Akane, don't let him trick you! He's Copycat Ken!
Don't try to copy me! You're the impostor!
What was that!? You jerk!
I can't tell which is which!
Like Mr. Saotome said, not only does Copycat Ken look like him. . .
he's even copied Ranma's fighting strength!
Don't give me that! He could never copy MY strength!
I was gonna say the same thing!
- Don't copy me! - Don't copy me!
This'll prove I'm the real thing! Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire!
I struggled to learn the Chestnut Fist technique!
You can't just copy it!
Why's he laughin'?
See, you can copy everythin' but my techniques.
Ranma!
Akane!
I-I can't have been defeated by my own Chestnut Fist technique!
Akane!
Who the heck are you!? Let go of me!!
P-chan!
That is the origin of Copycat Ken's true terror.
He not only learns your attacks, but exactly how to defeat them!
No need to say how humiliating this can be for a martial artist!
No matter how well he learns a technique, it should be a draw.
Why did Ranma lose?
And that is the point.
I'll put it bluntly. Ranma, you weren't beaten by Copycat Ken!
You defeated yourself!
Myself?
I don't get it. How could I have lost to him?
Hey!
You're doin' exactly what I'm doin'! Are you all Copycat Ken!?
No! Copycat Ken is our enemy, too!
Y'mean Ryoga wasn't alone? The guy beat Kuno and Mousse, too?
I can never forget the indignity--
I must be avenged!
Fist of the White Swan!
His techniques are all monkey-see-monkey-do!
Didn't you learn Breakin' Point by copyin' the old ghoul?
- Cretin! - Repeat that!
Peace, gentlemen.
Allow Tatewaki Kuno a word.
We have but one goal. But one enemy.
We must set aside differences, and train as we've never trained!
That suits me.
More opponents make it easier to train.
I'll concede the point for the present.
Together we stand! With friends like these we have no enemies!
I've got a bad feelin' about this.
No time to lose! Find a partner, and let the training begin!
Here I come!
Charge!
I come!
You jerk! Now you done it!
It's not over till it's over!
Stand still and take it!
- And you. . . - What!?
take this!
Why, you. . .quack-head!!!
You shall not use Tatewaki Kuno as a doormat!
Take this! And this!
There's no helpin' these guys--
It's just a scratch! I'm not down yet!
That's enough--
Why, you!
Cut it out already!
Jerks!
You!
Fight like men!
Not one guy can attack fair 'n' square!
If you want a real fight, you got it!
I'm hungry!
Starving to death!
Just one morsel of food!
Something's cookin'!
Following the cruel training, the aroma of grilled steak. . .
drives me to raptures of anticipation!
Upperclassman Kuno, thanks for the invitation!
- What'd you do. . . - that for!?
How I long to share this repast, but the bodies of brutes. . .
could never tolerate such tastes as Chateaubriant '29.
Your stomachs would implode rendering you unable to spar.
You said we were friends!
- You cretin! - I thought better of you!
Unfortunately I could never sink to your dietary depths.
Consider this a gift.
No thanks!
Treatin' us like dogs--
How low can you guys go!?
Next course!
Dibs on the salad!
- Swine! - It's mine!
Cease!
Save some for me!
That's mine!
Desist!
- Feel the wrath of food scorned! - I love steak!
Don't eat it ALL!
- 'Tis MY food! - Leggo!
It's that dirty old man again!
Somebody catch him!
Snow white!
Blinds me!
- Blinds me! - W-What!?
W-What?
- I see! You're Copycat Ken! - Bingo!
You have courage trying to imitate Happosai!
What's goin' on?
There's two li'l perverts!
Yeah, but which one's the original?
You're not bad.
Try this one? Well? Well?
Well? Well? Well?
Well? Well? Wel--
Behave yourselves!
It's him. He's pretending he's me and making fun of me!
So now you're impersonating Happosai?
Just let me have a cry in your--
Dry up and die!
Fool! Now you've made Akane mad at me!
Now take the Founding School Anything-Goes Martial Arts'. . .
Happo Fire Burst!
You're pretty good, Copycat Ken.
But can you do this?
Observe the lines, volume, decorations!
This is ultra-realism in smoke panties.
No matter how well you imitate, this technique is beyond you.
I'm not worthy!
I know too many techniques for one man to imitate.
Please make me your disciple!
Then just follow my lead.
Yes, Sir!
Get outta here!
Kasumi! Kasumi!
Nabiki! Nabiki!
Dad! Mr. Saotome! DO SOMETHING !
"Don't disturb the sick."
I-I feel faint--
Ranma.
You gotta be kiddin'! Ain't no good trainin' with those guys!
- My breakfast-- - It's mine!
I'll buy it!
It's MY food!
You jerks! I hope you all starve!
I'm home!
Ranma!
I'm so happy you came back to me!
- T-This ain't the time-- - Ranma!
A-Akane--
T-Then you're--
You're Copycat Ken!
Bingo! You didn't think I could impersonate a girl!?
Ranma! Use your new training!
We spent so much time fightin', we forgot to train!
- I thought you just ran away! - What?
The day I run from an impostor, I'll give up my own name!
You jerk!
His training helped him!
I thought it was just fightin', but it was the trainin' I needed!
Wanna give up, Copycat Ken?
I'm just startin'!
Transform!
Breaking Point!
Next, I'll do this guy!
Fist of the White Swan!
Ranma Saotome, prepare to die!
Thanks for bein' Kuno. He's easy.
I am not defeated! How about this!?
You can never beat your master!
How do you turn into all those people?
Ranma!
Water!
You're just like him!
I couldn't control myself.
Hands off, you creep!
How dare you strike a little old man!?
Happo Fire Burst!
Geez, you little freak!
Now--
I got the Chestnut Fist, too.
And you know just how dangerous that can be.
O-Oh, man!
You weren't beaten by Copycat Ken! You defeated yourself!
He's right!
I'm always amazed when he says somethin' useful.
What's the hold up? If you don't wanna fight, I'll start it!
Ranma!
The mistake I made was underestimatin' him.
Whatssa matter? Ain'tcha gonna try to hit me?
Runnin' away?
Ranma!
The Chestnut Fist is more than just speed and power. . .
it's also the amount of soul you put into it!!
So here's the REAL Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire!
Well done, Ranma!
It's because you discarded the "self" and became the attack. . .
you were able to take it to new heights!
It just shows that a copy's a copy! Nothing matches the real thing!!
That's our Ranma!
Just hard trainin'!
It's a little early for celebrating!
Whatta pest! Dontcha ever quit!?
Here's the most terrifying copycat trick yet!
T-That's remarkable!
I suppose I could make "remarks" on it.
He may knock himself out before I can.