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)
Season:	2
Manga source:	Volume 5: File 9 (049-050) ~ Volume 6: File 1 (051)
English version
English title:	Conan is Kidnapped
Dubbed episode:	Episode 44
English airdate:	August 5, 2004
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Professor Agasa Yusaku Kudo Yukiko Kudo Gin Vodka
Case solved by:	No one.
Next Conan's Hint:	Chemical fertilizer
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 Professor 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
Prev episode:	« Karaoke Box Murder Case
Next episode:	Three Hotta Siblings Murder Case »
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 Professor Agasa Gin (background) Vodka (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.

Kidnapping
	Location: Fumiyo Edogawa's car Victim: Conan Edogawa Suspects: 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.

People

Fumiyo Edogawa
	Conan Edogawa's mother?!

Night Baron
	Masked man

Big man
	Night Baron's comrade

Resolution

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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.

Remastered version

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

Dub changes

• 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.

See also

• Season 2