Conan Edogawa Kidnapping Case

Episode 43 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	Conan Edogawa Kidnapping Case
Japanese title:	江戸川コナン誘拐事件 (Edogawa Konan Yūkai Jiken)
Original airdate:	January 13, 1997 April 2, 2011 (Remastered version)
Broadcast rating:	18.3%
Remastered rating:	10.2%
Manga case:	#14
Season:	2
Manga source:	Volume 5: Files 10-11 (49-50) ~ Volume 6: File 1 (51)
English version
English title:	Conan is Kidnapped
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Hiroshi Agasa Yusaku Kudo Yukiko Kudo Shinichi Kudo Gin Vodka
Case solved by:	No one
Next Conan's Hint:	The Night Baron N/A (Remastered version)
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Organizer:	Kenji Kodama
Storyboard:	Kenji Kodama
Episode director:	Susumu Ishizaki
Animation director:	Yasushi Tanaka
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Kenichi Ogata as Hiroshi Agasa Atsuko Takahata as Fumiyo Edogawa Yasuhiro Takato as Boy Ikue Otani as Cloakroom clerk Yukiko Iwai as Customer A Isshin Chiba as Customer B Mika Watanabe as Masao Hideyuki Tanaka as Yusaku Kudo Sumi Shimamoto as Yukiko Kudo Wataru Takagi as Next Conan's Hint
Music
Opening song:	Feel Your Heart
Closing song:	Meikyū no Lovers
Chronology
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List of episodes

Characters introduced

Yusaku Kudo
	Shinichi's father Novelist

Yukiko Kudo
	Shinichi's mother Actress

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Hiroshi Agasa Shinichi Kudo (flashback) Gin (flashback) Vodka (flashback) Juzo Megure (backgroud) Night Baron (background)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie

Case

Situation

After realizing that Conan's parents have not contacted them (Kogoro and Ran Mouri) for a long stretch of time, Ran asks when his parents will be returning from overseas. Suddenly, a woman by the name of Fumiyo Edogawa enters the Mouri Detective Agency and admits to the group that she is Conan's mother and wishes to take Conan home. Soon after, Conan revels on the idea and absolute truth that this person is indeed not his mother, as Conan does not really exist, and begins to grow anxious. Worrying that she might harm his new found "family", he goes along with Fumiyo, planning to get away and figure out the mess he's gotten himself into. En route, Fumiyo reveals in Conan's horror that she knows Conan's identity as Shinichi Kudo, together with his family's background. Conan escapes from her car and rushes to Professor Agasa' house, but is kidnapped again by Fumiyo before he has a chance to contact him.

Kidnapping
	Location: Fumiyo Edogawa's car Victim: Conan Edogawa Culprit: Fumiyo Edogawa A mysterious woman Conan doesn't know claims to be Conan's mother. It sounds like she is part of the Black Organization. She has two suspicious partners, a creepy man who wears a mask and hat, and a very tall man.

When being tied, Conan overhears the conversation between Fumiyo and her supervisor, who is a masked man. They apparently come from Black Organization and are surprised about the truth of the mysterious drug that shrinks Shinichi into Conan. Bringing in the drug, they plan to test it tomorrow on a man whom the organization has planned to kill anyway, afterwards they will kill Conan.

The next day, Conan escapes their notice by untying and leaves false trace on his whereabout. From the clues Fumiyo and the masked man left, Conan figures out they will meet the man at Beika Hotel, room 301. He calls the room service to order food to that room, disabling the room lock in the process and hides in a closet. Unfortunately for him, the masked man figures out Conan's plan and forces him out at gunpoint. To add insult to his injury, he has previously disabled Conan's stun gun wristwatch. He prepares to shoot Conan, telling him he should regret for underestimating him in the other world.

People

Fumiyo Edogawa
	Conan's fake mother Kidnapper Night Baron's employee

Night Baron
	Masked man Fumiyo Edogawa's employer

Big man
	Night Baron's accomplice Tall man

Cloak Woman Lady
	Works at the Cloak Room of the Beika Hotel

Cloak Room Guest
	Guest at Hotel Went to Cloak Room Counter May have been hired by Yusaku Kudo to go to counter at specific time in order to give a hint to Conan.

Husband 1
	Guest at Hotel Husband Left something in car May have been hired by Yusaku Kudo to mention his keys at specific time in order to give a hint to Conan.

Wife 1
	Guest at Hotel Wife Asked husband what their car space is in Parking Garage. May have been hired by Yusaku Kudo to go to counter at specific time in order to give a hint to Conan.

Husband 2
	Guest at Hotel Wife Car parked in spot 30. May have been hired by Yusaku Kudo to move car at a specific time in order to give hint to Conan.

Wife 2
	Guest at Hotel Husband Car parked in spot 30.

Little Boy
	Guest at Hotel Little Boy Car parked in spot 30.

Masao's Mother
	Guest at Hotel Masao's mother Hotel Room in Ideal Spot May have been hired by Yusaku Kudo to open room door, and leave at a specific time, giving Conan a way out, when he was trapped in the hall at a crucial time.

Masao
	Guest at Hotel Little Boy Hotel room in ideal spot

Resolution

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The tall man was Professor Agasa in disguise.

The woman is really Shinichi's mother, Yukiko Kudo. The man is Yusaku Kudo and had disguised as one of his own novel characters, the Night Baron. The tall man was Professor Agasa who had worn a special suit to make him look taller. Yusaku created this scenario to test Shinichi's detective skills. Shinichi's parents are worried about him and want Shinichi to realize the danger of hunting the Black Organization. They also want Shinichi to go with them to America and have Interpol or another professional law enforcement try to find the Black Organization instead. Shinichi refuses because he wants to stay near Ran and look for the Black Organization too. Then Yukiko (in disguise as Fumiyo) gave 10 million yen to Kogoro to offset Conan's freeloading.

In the post credit, Shinichi got his revenge by making the publishers catch and force Yusaku to submit his long overdue manuscripts while he was boarding a plane.

Translation changes

Anime

• The names of the characters in the Funimation Dub are:

• Yusaku Kudo - Booker Kudo
• Yukiko Kudo - Vivian Kudo

• In the Funimation Dub, Masao (the boy who Conan convinces he is an alien) is named Jack.
• In the Funimation Dub, Kogoro and Ran are aware of Fumiyo's arrival and planned to surprise Conan, whereas in the Japanese Version they are unaware of her arrival.
• In the Funimation Dub, Fumiyo Edogawa's first name is Fanny.

Trivia

• It is unclear how Shinichi can leave Japan in Conan's identity. A later episode showed that Conan cannot fake his passport, and to travel abroad he needed to turn back to Shinichi Kudo, which was impossible at that point since none of the methods to turn Conan to Shinichi is known yet. It is possible that Yusaku may use his connection at Interpol to arrange for the move, which is unconfirmed.
• The van in driven by Fumiyo Edogawa is a red 1996 Toyota Ipsum [XM10].
• This is the first time that Conan has been abducted, chloroformed, and bound with rope.
• In the Home of Beika's Grenier, Yusaku claims to be a Mystery Writer, not an actor, however he sure did a bang-up job of convincing his son that he was a real psycopath, the way that he kept talking about "Killing the boy" or "Killing the contact, "Cannot allow anyone to live, who knows about the syndicate."
• This episode reveals Yukiko Kudo has a real talent for disguise, and that she can also apply it to others.
• Yusaku Kudo was disguised as the Night Baron, a villian in many, if not all, of his books, so he was surprised that his son did not see through his disguise.
• Professor Agasa was dressed up in a minor gadget that he created, in order to play along with the Shinichi's parents' playacting lesson.
• Apparently Conan Edogawa cannot use a fake passport, although his parents can use a fake birth certificate, such as the proof that Fumiyo Edogawa is the mother to Conan Edogawa.
• Apparently, the Kudo Parents know about the Organization already, and their son keeps calling them "Men In Black."
• This is the first mention of referring to the men in black as a syndicate.
• Conan showed his parents, that he believes in retribution, by getting revenge, by calling all of his father's editors and publishers, and letting them know where Yusaku Kudo is, and the license number of the airplane.
• Shinichi's parents were worried when they came home to an empty house, and had to go to Professor Agasa's in order to find out what whas going on with their son, which only made them more worried, so they decided to come up with this role play lesson in order to teach him that it is very dangerous.
• Plus his parents wanted him to go to America where their more vulnerable son would be safe.
• In the holding spot on the second floor, there was a window to jump out and hope snow would cushion the fall, an empty refrigerator, and a small hiding spot under the floor to hide.
• The hotel was Beika Hotel.
• Since the Night Baron deactivated Conan's wrist watch gadget, most likely Agasa told the parents about all of the gadgets that he made for little Shinichi.
• The way that Yukiko told her son to "stop playing his detective games, " kind of leads to her thinking like oblivious adults, and others, who claim that Conan "is Playing Detective," considering that is who he is, and who they raised him to be, however that could simply be due to the fact that she is much more worried about him now, since he is so vulnerable as a 7 year old child, and if he keeps being the skilled detective that she and Yusaku raised, he may end up getting killed, but next time for real, by the Men in Black Syndicate, who he seems determined to bring down.
• This is the only episode that Yukiko Kudo was disguised as Fumiyo Edogawa, who Ran and Kogoro know to be Conan's mother, even though she will show up in future episodes as herself and other disguises.
• Fumiyo Edogawa gave Kogoro Mouri a 100,000,000 yen check to continue taking care of Conan for her, and begins teasing Conan over his crush with Ran, although she probably did that before he was shrunk, and as herself as well.
• This is the first time that Conan attempts to tranquilize a culprit, and in this case, his father, the Night Baron Disquise, with his Stun-Gun Wristwatch, however the Night Baron deactivated that interesting little gadget after he was first captured, and probably unconscious from the chloroform.
• Yusaku Kudo did say that he left Conan all the hints, which may have included hiring some hint droppers at the hotel to drop hints at a specific time, or even to open a hotel room door, and leave for a short time.

Manga to anime changes

• After Fumiko and Conan get into the car crash, another driver yells back, calling her an old hag with Fumiko taking offense to the insult. The anime omits and the couple following moments:
  • After stating that he won't allow Conan to live as he knows about the Organization, Night Baron states that he'll be dissected anyway and that he can claim that Conan tried to escape.
  • After fooling Masao, but before requesting the use of the room phone, Conan thinks to himself that he needs to hurry into the room of two Organization members to save the man they're meeting with and secure one of the pills for a possible cure.
• The anime adds a brief scene following Fumiko claiming that Conan has a crush on Ran. Ran questions Conan on whether it's true, while Conan glares at his mom with annoyance.

Remastered version

A remastered version of this episode aired on April 2, 2011.

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	Feel Your Heart	Feel Your Heart	Feel Your Heart	Feel Your Heart
2	事件現場２	Jiken Genba 2	Scene of the Case 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
3	忍び寄る影	Shinobiyoru Kage	Creeping Shadow	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
4	謎解き （その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
5	怪人包帯男２	Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2	The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
6	怪人包帯男２	Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2	The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
7	(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)
8	新一の名推理	Shin'ichi no Meisuiri	Shinichi's Great Deduction	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
9	西の名探偵	Nishi no Meitantei	The Great Detective of the West	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
10	少年探偵団のテーマ	Shōnen Tanteidan no Tēma	The Detective Boys' Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
11	事件の謎	Jiken no Nazo	Mystery of the Case	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
12	蘭のテーマ	Ran no Tēma	Ran's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
13	コナンの勝利	Konan no Shōri	Conan's Victory	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
14	迷宮のラヴァーズ	Meikyū no Ravāzu	Lovers' Labyrinth	Meikyū no Lovers
15	それいけコナン （超早ver.）	Soreike Konan (Chōhaya ver.)	Let's Go Conan (Very Fast ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	محاولة اختطاف	A Kidnapping Attempt
Basque	Conan bahituta	Kidnapped Conan
Catalan (Catalonia dub)	El segrest d'en Conan Edogawa	The Kidnapping of Conan Edogawa
Catalan (Valencian dub)	El segrest de Conan	The Kidnapping of Conan
French	Le Kidnapping de Conan Edogawa	The Kidnapping of Conan Edogawa
Galician	O rapto de Conan Edogawa	The Kidnapping of Conan Edogawa
German	Besuch von den Eltern	A Visit from the Parents
Indonesia	Kasus Penculikan Conan	Conan Kidnapping Case
Italian	Il rapimento di Conan	Conan's Kidnapping
Spanish (Castilian dub)	El secuestro de Conan Edogawa	The Kidnapping of Conan Edogawa
Spanish (American dub)	El secuestro de Conan	The Kidnapping of Conan
Thai	คดีลักพาตัวเอโดงาวะ โคนัน	Conan Edogawa Kidnapping Case
Vietnamese	Vụ án bắt cóc Conan	Conan Kidnapping Case

See also

• Season 2