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[edit] Name definition
I've deleted the following paragraph in the trivia section.
- Shampoo, like most of the important characters of Ranma 1/2, is an example of theme naming, with multiple meanings for her name. Her real name is "Xian Pu", the 'xi' sound in Mandarin Chinese being pronounced 'sh'. Xian Pu sounds much like 'shampoo', so the nickname fits. Broken into its seperate components (commonly written as "Xian" and "Pu"), it can mean "stagger", "loneliness", "coral" and "uncut/unpolished gem". Put together, its meanings (beyond the ubiqitous "hair care product") include "mountain girl", "exotic massage" and "she whose breasts are like mountains".[citation needed]
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- I believe it is also unecessary, but lately somebody who has been editing this pages thinks that adding unecessary information or filling the info boxes with all he/se can think about is actually helping. I'm not surprised to see the text you deleted is already back on the page.
In Chinese Pinyin, her name should be "shan pu". "shan"(珊) means coral, and "pu"(璞) means jade or uncarved jade. The other meanings mentioned in the deleted text are actually those of other Chinese characters with the same pronunciations. --Took 02:03, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Royalty?
I was wondering what people's opinions are on whether or not the amazon village lives in royalty, and if so, since Shampoo is Cologne's granddaughter, wouldn't that make her a princess? I'm also curious, what happened to Shampoo's mother/father and through which is Cologne her grandmother? Tyciol 07:27, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
Just one note, Mint is not in love with Shampoo, he's just thrilled that she talks to him and agrees to be his friend.
I can only speculate on the first part, but, my guess would be no...Cologne's title is village elder, but, that can mean that shes a member of a council that runs, or advises the village, and not necessarily royalty.
As for the second part, one can assume Shampoo's mother is probably dead , however, that bearded Chinese man in sunglasses who cooks at the Nekohaten ( or Cat Cafe )is Shampoo's father, he's seen yelling "My daughter!!" in the flashback where Shampoo falls into the cursed spring.
