I Decided to try something rare: Ranma/Tintin/Indy cross.

[Nicaeus]

Hng. I´t really irritating when you´ve trying to get a new idea to continue some older fic (like me for both Fate of the Ancients and Silence of the Dragon/Wild Horse of the Dunedain) a new completely original idea pops up and begs to be written. A Ranma/Tintin/Indiana Jones Crossover, where Ranma takes the place of both Indy and Tintin (or at least Tintin, I might write Indy in it after all.)

The plot will be an odd amalgam of real history, The Last Crusade (Indy), and The Crab with the Golden Claws. Basically, Ranma gets dropped to Austria sometime soon after Anschluss (the German annexation of Austria), saves Indy´s dad (or helps Indy and dad save themselves) and gets mixed o the Grail quest as he figures out somehow that maybe the Grail will cure his curse and/or gets him back home. They´re also going after Professor Calculus who, being dr. Jones Senior´s colleague, has been kidnapped by several SS-paranormal division mystics who are, independently from the Indy canon Nazi group, after the Grail.

Ranma et al get several police departments after themselves (Orpo -The Ordnungspolizei or the traffic division, Kripo - The Kriminalpolizei and lastly - yay, or not - the Gestapo), get at least one SS officer pissed off enough to act Ryoga-like fashion and command a SS squad after them and finally Nazi-controlled Interpol sends two agents after them - Thomson and Thompson. Nazis seem to see them as competent fellows for some reason and they have absoute no idea that theyre working for the baddies.

The chase is on, from Austria to Berlin, to get "the Grail Diary", from there to Venice and accidentally on board of Caraboudjan which is heading to Morocco, after some mucking around they, along with captain Haddock head east to Egypt, which of course lead into a huge trouble as the SS follows the to british territory. From there they travel to Anatolia and to the conclusion of the adventure. I haven´t fleshed out later parts yet but naturally there´s going to be at least one all-vs-all fight as baddies duke it out for the prize.

Has this any potential or should I throw it to the mental trashbin?

[PCHeintz72]

Never heard of Tintin...

There have been indiana Jones crosses with Ranma before though. But almost all have Ranma being raised or at least related tot he codger, not replacing him.

[Nicaeus]

Not heard of Tintin? Well, okay it´s an old old comic. from 1930´ies or 1940´ies. Created by Herge.

[Dumbledork]

Tintin is the most famous French comic of all times and one of the most successful world wide.

Interesting idea here. Would the rest of the NWC appear or would you only use Ranma?

[Konsaki]

I say leave Indy in the story for the dry humor and the whole part where they can compare phobias. The major question isl how Ranma winds up in the WW2 timeframe? Plus, you have to figure that Ranma's going to stand out... a lot, being the only Asian throughout the entire story pretty much.
Problem is, Indy is a university professor who tomb raids on the side while Ranma is just a martial artist. A damn good martial artist, but just that. I dont want to see Ranma picking his nose all the time while Indy is figuring out all the puzzles which litter the Indy series.
As for the fighting, Nazis use guns, Indy uses a gun sometimes, Ranma has a ki blast and his fists. For some reason, I see Ranma getting shot up as he doesnt normally get into that situation...

[Nicaeus]

True, True. Good Points there Konsaki.

1. Arrival
Well, I was going to use Nanban Mirror and Happosai, although that is SO cliche nowadays. How about a mad scientist experiment he stumbles upon/involuntarily crashes into. Ahh heh, I think I´ll use this, just needs to be fleshened out.

2. Only Asian Guy
Standing out in a wrong place is the exact key that I was going to use to get him in trouble with Nazi police. Especially since I was going to (now that I remember some of my earlier brainstorming) make him accidentally wreck an armored car when arriving to Austria. Now that´s going to get some attention from authorities. Ryoga would propably be a better wreckingball though.

3. Indy Solving Everything
Yup, exactly why was thinking not to include Indy and let Dr. Jones the Elder play the "mentor to a young hotshot punk, who´s not going to listen anyway."

4. Guns
Big, big problem, now that I think of it. Somebody needs a bulletproofing it seems, although that would make Ranma just an überguy without any challenge, and that´s just way too boring. Sigh, I really need to think of this. Especially since most baddies have machine weapons lying around anyway.

And Dumbledork, I was originally going to use only Ranma, but others might not be impossible (Ryoga, Mousse, Kuno for laughs, etc.). I was going to let the fianceé brigade sit this one out, though.

[Spokavriel]

How about a Sliders Parallel instead of Mad Scientist? He could be like Rembrant Brown outside the building at the time of the power surge that supersized the vortex. And if he got there from a trip Via Mallet Express he could be unconscious to not even know about the whole other world bit.

Nazi were allied with Japan so they might have assumed a Japanese national had to be part of an envoy. And then finding out that he was not attached to their forces they'd hold him as a traitor. But there's every reason for them to take interest in any Japanese national in their territory.

The Last Crusade has allot of water situations So there are plenty of excuses to play with the curse. Including the Rain Storm.

Guns are dangerous in 1 direction. Even Machine Guns fire strait ahead in line with their barrel. Even with the bullets going faster than the speed of sound that only gives the shooter 1 chance to aim at him. Have you ever seen a Bad Guy in Indiana Jones AIM instead of the Suppressive Fire to try to pin people down?

[Konsaki]

Even with the Stormtrooper Effect happening, it only takes one lucky bullet to put Ranma in a world of hurt.
Personally, I'd have Ranma take a level in Gun Fu. Really, the only reason he doesnt encounter them in his world is the fact that Japan has them outlawed for everyone. Even the Yakuza holds back on using them, especially in the era that Rumiko created the series. Once he gets his hands on a couple of pistols... maybe a set of revolvers to make him have to duck down and reload somewhere safe all the time, I could definatly see him incorperating it into his attacks.
Basically, adapt or die.

[Spokavriel]

There is one time where a bad guy in Indiana Jones aims. It is at such a short range he couldn't have missed even if he hadn't. But he gets shot through the back of his head before he pulls the trigger.

[Nicaeus]

Hmm, looks like it´s time to watch Equilibrium again.
And some Sliders.

Oh, why not make Ranma adapt something seen on the screen when he´s in a do or die situation. Say, on a date, he goes to see a "Gun Fu" movie with Shampoo/Akane/Ukyo, gets bored because all they do is shoot stuff and there´s hardly any real action but when real bullets begin to buzz in the ears he´s got no choice but go akimbo on his enemies with two Walther P-38´s he grabs from a disabled enemy soldier/display case/somesuch. Good gun, easy to find ammo (9mm Parabellum).

Or not. P-38 was produced from 1939 onwards and I plan to begin the story just after Anschluss in March ´38. Limited edition p-38 prototypes maybe, or Walther PPK´s. Pistols make more sense since as far I understand revolvers may have been around but were rare in 30´s germany. Though for a silly sidenote Ranma-chan´s rack is large enough to enable Grenadier-style reloading with revolvers

[Spokavriel]

The only reason revolvers were rare was because the Government managed to confiscate and destroy most of them around 33-35

[Nicaeus]

Hmm, one learns something new every day. Makes sense though.

[Makoto]

One stray thought I had while reading this thread: Ranma (if 'alone') gets into the spirit of the adventure, or takes to it readily. But he ends up having to spend time in female form to hide from the Nazis, or for some other reason, and someone else (including a member of the Jones family, depending on where in the timeline this is set ) suggests the name "Lara Croft."

(I'm not really a fan of Tomb Raider, but the thread brought it to mind.)

PCHeintz72: How many crossovers have there been? I've only seen one or two, I think, from several years ago on RAAC. And the one I remember, offhand, just has Indy catapulted forward into Ranma's time period for some reason I don't remember (or if it was even revealed in the part of the story that was completed).

[Nicaeus]

Lara Croft? Hehe, an omake material. I´ll keep this in mind.

Should I Include anyone else? Maybe Ryoga, but anyone else might not fit in too well. And I feel he won´t either. If you have convincing reasons why I should Include anyone else, I´m listening. After all this fic is in serious evolution phase as of yet and I´ll be grateful for any ideas I can toss around and try to fit in.

[Spokavriel]

Well here's a suggestion to let Ryouga at least be a recurring Cameo. No one knows how he managed to go from Japan to China without knowing he crossed water. And he always eventually finds the people he is searching for. So maybe he can walk the WOT ways and that is what lets him get elsewhere? Maybe he keeps trying to find Ranma and he gets lost enough to get into the other world without knowing it?