Mallet gag



The Mallet Gag is a re-occuring gag of Ranma ½ (and perhaps the most common in both the anime and manga), which involves Akane hitting Ranma over the head with a mallet, which Akane seems to be able to have materialise from nowhere, whenever Akane gets angered by Ranma's antics. Most of the time when Akane hits Ranma it is due to an misunderstanding, however, Akane always refuses to listen to any "excuses" that she believes Ranma comes up with, even though most of the time the excuse is the truth. Sometimes Akane has even hit Ranma with the mallet before he even does anything, her reasoning being that he was going to do something she disagrees with.