Intrigue at Smile Village

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Episode 997 (Int. Episode 1054)
Information
Title:	Intrigue at Smile Village
Japanese title:	スマイルの里の陰謀 (Sumairu no Sato no Inbō)
Original airdate:	February 13, 2021
Broadcast rating:	7.5%
Filler case:	#343
Season:	26
Manga source:	TV Original
English version
English title:	Intrigue at Smile Village
Dubbed episode:	997
English airdate:	March 15, 2023 (Tubi)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Detective Boys
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Dance
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Nobuharu Kamanaka
Screenplay:	Yoshio Urasawa
Storyboard:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Masaki Ozora
Episode director:	Masahiro Takada
Animation director:	Seiji Muta (supervisor) Akio Kawamura
Character design:	Masatomo Sudo Masanori Hashimoto (sub-character) Hiroshi Ogawa (design works)
Production cooperation:	BIG BANG
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Chie Kojiro as Botan Hotaka Kujira as Sumire Sumida Tamao Hayashi as Sakura Sakuma Chie Sato as Azami Azagami Akihiro Tajima as Ondo Shibuzura Takumi Yamazaki as Tango Hohoemi Roko Takizawa as Waltz Hohoemi
Music
Opening song:	JUST BELIEVE YOU
Closing song:	Reboot

Intrigue at Smile Village (スマイルの里の陰謀 ,Sumairu no Sato no Inbō) is the 997th episode of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Ayumi Yoshida

Genta Kojima

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya

Gadgets

Gadgets

Anywhere Ball Dispensing Belt

Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes

Case

Situation

Conan and the Detective Boys are invited to "Smile Village" elderly facility. Suprisingly, the old women who live there are fans of the Detective Boys, and they are very rich. The Detective Boys then have suspicion on the owners.

Scam

Location: Smile Village

Victims: Azami Azagami, Botan Hotaka, Sumire Sumida and Sakura Sakuma

Age: 77 years old (Azami and Sumire), 73 years old (Botan) and 78 years old (Sakura)

Type: Nursing home scam

Culprits: Tango Hohoemi, Waltz Hohoemi and Ondo Shibuzura (?)

After seeing the owners' bizarre smiles, the Detective Boys decide to further investigate their whereabouts. While spying on them, they learn that the couple wants to use the old women's money that they are managing to buy resorts in Dubai.

People

Tango Hohoemi
	43 years old "Smile Village" chief director Waltz's husband

Waltz Hohoemi
	41 years old "Smile Village" administration manager Tango's wife

Azami Azagami
	77 years old "Smile Village" resident Retired

Botan Hotaka
	73 years old "Smile Village" resident Retired

Sumire Sumida
	77 years old "Smile Village" resident Retired

Sakura Sakuma
	78 years old "Smile Village" resident Retired

Ondo Shibuzura
	30 years old "Smile Village" employee

Resolution

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The Detective Boys end up being able to stop the scam, as they managed to convince Ondo Shibuzura to let them go. It turned out Ondo didn't like the scam and actually liked to take care of the old women.

Aftermath

Tango and Waltz are forced to keep their nursing home open, and Ondo become the chief director. The four old women then stop admiring the Detective Boys, as they have found their new idol: Ondo, whose heroic actions against his employers attracted the four women's admiration.

Trivia

• Although this episode may seem somewhat absurd, it is actually an insinuation of social phenomena with outrageous plots: reflects eldery scam.
• In one of the interviews, director Yasuichiro Yamamoto disclosed many things about this episode:
  • He knew that every time Urasawa's script is being aired, it caused intense discussions, and he called Urasawa's script surrealism.
  • They followed almost everything Urasawa indicated in the original script, except the special way that Shibuzura walks.
  • The scenario where the table with the contract deposited got kicked away by Conan's football was actually the storyboard artist, Masaharu Okuwaki's idea.
  • He thinks that Urasawa's scripts can bring a sense of addiction particularly, and he would love to see his next "famous" work.
• Some character names are insipired from dances, like Tango (a romantic dance from Argentina), Waltz, and Ondo (a folklore japanese dance).

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan (Catalan dub)	Complot a La Llar dels Somriures	Plot at The Home of Smiles
French (Subbed)	Conspiration au Village du sourire	Conspiracy at the smile village
Thai	แผนร้ายของหมู่บ้านแห่งรอยยิ้ม	The Smile Village conspiracy
Vietnamese	Âm mưu bên trong Làng Nụ Cười

See also

• Season 26