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The Battle Game Trap

2012-06-09T08:04:17Z

Jolong653: /* People */

{{InfoBox TV
| episode = 226-227
| image = TV Episode 226-227.jpg
| title = The Battle Game Trap
| english-title =
| japanese-title = バトルゲームの罠 (Batoru Geemu no Wana)
| season = [[Season 9|9]]
| manga = [[Volume 27|Volume 27: Files 7-9 (270-272)]]
| airdate = February 26, 2001 (Part 1) March 5, 2001 (Part 2)
| english-airdate =
| cast = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Ran Mouri]] [[Sonoko Suzuki]] [[Jodie Starling]] [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] [[Wataru Takagi]] [[Makoto Kyogoku]] [[Tomoaki Araide]]
| suspects =
| solved-by = [[Sonoko Suzuki]] (via [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]])
| director = [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]] [[Kenji Kodama]]
| screenplay =
| organizer = [[Chika Ichimaru]]
| storyboard = [[Chika Ichimaru]]
| producer = 226 [[Masato Sato]] 227 [[Eiichi Kuboyama]]
| animation-director = 226 [[Hiromi Muranaka|Hirobi Muranaka]] 227 [[Izumi Shimura]]
| opening-song = Koi wa Thrill, Shock, Suspense
| closing-song = Start in my life
| prev-episode = The Secret of the High Sales
| next-episode = The Murderous Pottery Class
| footnotes =
}}

== Characters introduced ==

{{BeginBox}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Jodie Starling]]|image = Jodie Starling.jpg|description =
* 28-29 years old
* a.k.a. Jodie Santemillion}}
{{EndBox}}

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Sonoko Suzuki}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure|display=Inspector Megure}}
{{Char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{Char|Makoto Kyogoku|display=Makoto Kyogoku (flashback)}}
{{Char|Tomoaki Araide|display=Tomoaki Araide (flashback)}}
}}

== Gadgets ==
{{Gadgets Appearances|
{{Gadget|Voice-Changing Bowtie}}
{{Gadget|Stun-Gun Wristwatch}}
}}

== Case ==

=== Situation ===

==== Part 1 ====
Sonoko, Ran, and Conan are at the arcade where they meet their High School English teacher, Jodie Saintemillion who is an avid gamer. Jodie introduces Ran to a virtual reality fighting game which uses mechanics to simulate a real fight. Ran loses to a gamer named Kengo Bito who taunts her in her lost. Bito plays the game again his rival, Takayasu Shimizu; The battle is projected on a large screen. Bito's avatar overwhelms Shimizu's but stops at the climax of the match. The people in the arcade realize Bito is dead and the police are called in.
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime =
| image = EP226 Case.jpg
| location =
| victim = Kengo Bito
| cause-death = Poison
| suspects = Hitoshi Dejima, Toshitsugu Emori, Yasutaka Shimizu, and [[Jodie Starling]]
| description =
}}
The police investigate; after reviewing the security camera's footage, they limit the suspects down to four people, a middle aged man, an employee, Shimizu, and Jodie.

==== Part 2 ====
The autopsy reveals the poison to be Tetrodotoxin; a poison that causes instant paralysis and death soon after. Conan investigates and learns the method and the culprit who murdered Bito.

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Jodie Santemillion|Jodie Starling.jpg|
* 28 years old
* Teitan High Schoool english teacher}}
{{People|Kengo Bito|Kengo_Bito.jpg|
* Victim (poison)
* 21 years old
* Unemployed}}
{{People|Hitoshi Dejima|Hitoshi_Dejima.jpg|
* 22 years old
* Arcade staff}}
{{People|Toshitsugu Emori|Toshitsugu_Emori.jpg|
* 41 years old
* Taxi driver}}
{{People|Yasutaka Shimizu|Yasutaka_Shimizu.jpg|
* 30 years old
* Game magazine writer}}
{{EndBox}}

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>
Conan tranquilizes Sonoko and impersonates her; declaring Shimizu to be the murderer. Conan reveals that Shimizu was the one playing Bito's avatar in order disguise the fact Bito was already dead. As for the weapon, Conan explains Shimizu hid a needle inside a cigarette, put gum around it, wrapped it around paper and had it stuck to the employee's shoes. As certain evidence, Conan reveals that a coin with Shimizu's fingerprints should be found in Bito's arcade machine. Shimizu confesses revealing Bito's gambling and debt caused his sister to develop Vitamin A deficiency and resulting in her blindness. As Sonoko, Ran, and Jodie leave the arcade, their discussion leads to Shinichi whom Jodie dubs as Cool Guy; She says goodbye whilst calling Conan Cool Guy and leaves. That night, Jodie calls an unknown person discussing how her target, the Rotten Apple has changed appearance.
</spoiler>

== See also ==

* [[Season 9]]

[[Category:Episodes]][[Category:Animation directed by Hirobi Muranaka]][[Category:Animation directed by Izumi Shimura]]

The Battle Game Trap

2012-06-09T07:59:24Z

Jolong653: /* People */

{{InfoBox TV
| episode = 226-227
| image = TV Episode 226-227.jpg
| title = The Battle Game Trap
| english-title =
| japanese-title = バトルゲームの罠 (Batoru Geemu no Wana)
| season = [[Season 9|9]]
| manga = [[Volume 27|Volume 27: Files 7-9 (270-272)]]
| airdate = February 26, 2001 (Part 1) March 5, 2001 (Part 2)
| english-airdate =
| cast = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Ran Mouri]] [[Sonoko Suzuki]] [[Jodie Starling]] [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] [[Wataru Takagi]] [[Makoto Kyogoku]] [[Tomoaki Araide]]
| suspects =
| solved-by = [[Sonoko Suzuki]] (via [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]])
| director = [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]] [[Kenji Kodama]]
| screenplay =
| organizer = [[Chika Ichimaru]]
| storyboard = [[Chika Ichimaru]]
| producer = 226 [[Masato Sato]] 227 [[Eiichi Kuboyama]]
| animation-director = 226 [[Hiromi Muranaka|Hirobi Muranaka]] 227 [[Izumi Shimura]]
| opening-song = Koi wa Thrill, Shock, Suspense
| closing-song = Start in my life
| prev-episode = The Secret of the High Sales
| next-episode = The Murderous Pottery Class
| footnotes =
}}

== Characters introduced ==

{{BeginBox}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Jodie Starling]]|image = Jodie Starling.jpg|description =
* 28-29 years old
* a.k.a. Jodie Santemillion}}
{{EndBox}}

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Sonoko Suzuki}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure|display=Inspector Megure}}
{{Char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{Char|Makoto Kyogoku|display=Makoto Kyogoku (flashback)}}
{{Char|Tomoaki Araide|display=Tomoaki Araide (flashback)}}
}}

== Gadgets ==
{{Gadgets Appearances|
{{Gadget|Voice-Changing Bowtie}}
{{Gadget|Stun-Gun Wristwatch}}
}}

== Case ==

=== Situation ===

==== Part 1 ====
Sonoko, Ran, and Conan are at the arcade where they meet their High School English teacher, Jodie Saintemillion who is an avid gamer. Jodie introduces Ran to a virtual reality fighting game which uses mechanics to simulate a real fight. Ran loses to a gamer named Kengo Bito who taunts her in her lost. Bito plays the game again his rival, Takayasu Shimizu; The battle is projected on a large screen. Bito's avatar overwhelms Shimizu's but stops at the climax of the match. The people in the arcade realize Bito is dead and the police are called in.
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime =
| image = EP226 Case.jpg
| location =
| victim = Kengo Bito
| cause-death = Poison
| suspects = Hitoshi Dejima, Toshitsugu Emori, Yasutaka Shimizu, and [[Jodie Starling]]
| description =
}}
The police investigate; after reviewing the security camera's footage, they limit the suspects down to four people, a middle aged man, an employee, Shimizu, and Jodie.

==== Part 2 ====
The autopsy reveals the poison to be Tetrodotoxin; a poison that causes instant paralysis and death soon after. Conan investigates and learns the method and the culprit who murdered Bito.

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Kengo Bito|Kengo_Bito.jpg|
* Victim (poison)
* 21 years old
* Unemployed}}
{{People|Hitoshi Dejima|Hitoshi_Dejima.jpg|
* 22 years old
* Arcade staff}}
{{People|Toshitsugu Emori|Toshitsugu_Emori.jpg|
* 41 years old
* Taxi driver}}
{{People|Yasutaka Shimizu|Yasutaka_Shimizu.jpg|
* 30 years old
* Game magazine writer}}
{{People|Jodie Santemillion|Jodie Starling.jpg|
* 28 years old
* Ran's new english teacher}}
{{EndBox}}

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>
Conan tranquilizes Sonoko and impersonates her; declaring Shimizu to be the murderer. Conan reveals that Shimizu was the one playing Bito's avatar in order disguise the fact Bito was already dead. As for the weapon, Conan explains Shimizu hid a needle inside a cigarette, put gum around it, wrapped it around paper and had it stuck to the employee's shoes. As certain evidence, Conan reveals that a coin with Shimizu's fingerprints should be found in Bito's arcade machine. Shimizu confesses revealing Bito's gambling and debt caused his sister to develop Vitamin A deficiency and resulting in her blindness. As Sonoko, Ran, and Jodie leave the arcade, their discussion leads to Shinichi whom Jodie dubs as Cool Guy; She says goodbye whilst calling Conan Cool Guy and leaves. That night, Jodie calls an unknown person discussing how her target, the Rotten Apple has changed appearance.
</spoiler>

== See also ==

* [[Season 9]]

[[Category:Episodes]][[Category:Animation directed by Hirobi Muranaka]][[Category:Animation directed by Izumi Shimura]]