Dinner at Ringside!

Dinā wa Ringu no Uede (ディナーはリングの上で) is the 88th episode of Ranma ½ Nettohen.

Food Fight, Part 1
After mastering Parlay du Foie Gras, Ranma approach Picolet and told him that she wants to have a battle dinning match against him before the wedding to help her with the idea of marriage, however she asked that if she can beat him, not only will she not marry him but want the key to the Iron Corset, which Madame St. Paul appeared and agreed to have the battle before the wedding.

Cut to the day of the battle dinning match, where Akane announce of Ranma and Picolet battle match before the wedding where Madame St. Paul explained the rules of the match; The first one to finish their course will be the winner but since Battle Dining involve eating without being seen, those who are she (which she looked at Ranma) will get a penalty; they will be called Pig and will get an extra plane. As Picolet cannot wait to make Ranma is bride, Ranma remembered that she doesn't beat him, not only will she remain girl but refuse to think of other things if she marries him, and with that, the first course beings, where Ranma and Picolet showed light speed moves.

Akane then notice that Ranma's piles of plates are taller and discovered what Parlay du Foie Gras really is; It seems that the move allows the user to force feed the opponent their food and even if they are caught, only the opponent will get a penalty. While Madame St. Paul is impressed that Ranma mastered it, she gloatly remembered how she taught Picolet some defense moves to counter it. To the shock of Ranma, Akane and their fathers, all of the food Ranma feed to Picolet appeared in the sky and landed back on her side. Wondering how he did that, Ranma tried to do it again, only to learn that Picolet (somehow) place a plate in his mouth, preventing any food from eating his mouth. As Madame St. Paul laughed of Ranma's failed attempt to win, Ranma came up with another way by throwing a second place into Picolet's mouth, causing his defense to be opened as Ranma continues to feed Picloet her food (to the horror of Madame St. Paul), including her soup by spinning it so fast she made it into a ribbon and launch it into his mouth, making Madame St. Paul worried that Ranma has finished the first course and is in the lead.

Food Fight, Part 2
With the second course about to begin, prepared to feed Picolet again, only this time he used his large mouth to move away from the food, which after a few failed attempts, decides to go into the offense and feed Ranma just like she did to him. After being seen with food in her mouth, Madame St. Paul called a penalty and called Ranma a pig, followed by hitting her with a pan and giving her an extra plate of food. Trying to figure out a new way to feed Picolet, Ranma tried to use the same move from before, only for Akane to remind her that Picolet will dodge the move and force feed Ranma instead but in a flash of light, not only did Ranma escape eating the food but manage to throw the food in the air and replace it with a rose, which surprised Picolet as he sees the chicken in the air, which Ranma then opened his mouth and force him to eat it in front of the audience. However despite Akane and Soun announcing that Picolet is seen with food in his mouth, Madame St. Paul purposely looked the other way in order to not give him a penalty and to make sure he wins.

Picolet informs Ranma that now he wants her as his bride even more, but Ranma informs him that he needs to beat her and decide to use the school's ultimate attack, which involved him placing his face on his places and sucking the food, which will also prevent Ranma from using the Parlay du Foie Gras on him. Madame St. Paul is confident that Ranma's defeat is close in hand but to her surprise, she sees that Ranma continued to use the Parlay du Foie Gras despite Picolet's face is still down. It turns out that Ranma is using the move to instead feed everyone (except for Akane) however it seems that Ranma is feeling the effects of the Parlay du Foie Gras as his vision and body began to feel weak and to make matters worse, Picolet only has one plate left but before he could eat it, Ranma pushed the plate away, only for it to come back to him. As Ranma continue to feel the effect of Parlay du Foie Gras, she notices that since everyone is looking at the plate and not her, she used the move to eat the remaining foods and just as Picolet was about to eat the final plate, Ranma grabbed it just in time where it was shown that her plate is completely gone, which shocked Madame St. Paul that Picolet lost the battle, and the wedding is called off.

That evening, Picolet handed Ranma the key to the iron corset and told her that she is no longer allowed to marry Picolet, which she told him that she glad it's over but he told her that he will continue to remember her she told him that he'll find someone who will eat just like him. Afterwards Akane asked Ranma if she figured out what was the bad end of the Parlay du Foie Gras and Ranma revealed that the bad end is actually malnutrition, as it seems that because Ranma used his speed to feed Picolet and the others, he was burning out because the move would cause him not to eat.

Later Picloet arrived at the Tendo House and told Ranma that because he lost in their battle, he demands that Ranma (male form) give up one of his future daughters to wedding his future son. Ranma then said that he doesn't give up.

Trivia

 * In the Manga, after not eating from training Ranma became emaciated, just enough for him to get out of the iron corset and even challenging picolet to a rematch, with him refusing as he still owes him for the last fight they had.
 * In the manga it was picolet who Jaw dropped after Ranma manage to finish his plate before him while the Anime it was Madame st. Paul who jaw dropped.
 * In the manga, when Picolet arrived at the Tendo house to give Ranma the bill for their battle, he told him that he can give up one of his daughters to pay the bill, which Soun told Akane not to have any daughters while in the anime, Soun is nowhere to be seen but rather Nabiki and Kasmi.