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<div>[[Image:23.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Kid testing a gem to see if it is Pandora. (OVA 10)]]<br />
The '''{{nihongo|Pandora Gem|パンドラ|Pandora Gem}}''' is the target of both [[Kaitou Kid]] and the [[Magic Kaito Organization|organization]] that [[Snake]] is working for. It is supposed to grant its possessor immortality.<br />
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The name of the Pandora Gem probably comes from [[Wikipedia:Pandora|Pandora]], who according to the Greek mythology is the first woman ever created by gods.<br />
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==Background==<br />
[[File:PandoraMK5.png|200px|thumb|left|An imaginary simulation of the Pandora Gem]]<br />
According to [[Snake]]'s unnamed [[Magic Kaito Sub-boss|sub-boss]] in the [[Magic Kaito]] case [[The Fated Blue Birthday|"Blue Birthday"]], the Pandora Gem is a jewel hidden inside a larger jewel that will glow red under the moonlight. According to myth, if the Pandora Gem is held under the moonlight at the time of the (fictional) Volley Comet, which passes close to Earth every 10,000 years, then the gem will "cry". Anyone who drinks these tears will then become immortal.<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=3 |publisher=Shogakukan |chapter=Chapter 6 |language=Japanese}} ("Blue Birthday")</ref><br />
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==Plot overview==<br />
===Magic Kaito===<br />
[[Kaito Kuroba]] decides to become the [[Kaitou Kid]] with the intention of drawing his [[Toichi Kuroba| father]]'s murderers into the open. It isn't until after several high-profile heists, however, that his [[Snake|father's murderer]] appears, in pursuit of the Blue Birthday sapphire.<br />
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Snake shoots Kid and takes possession of what he thinks is the Blue Birthday, but Kid survived thanks to having put the real Blue Birthday gem in his breast pocket. Snake goes to an old-fashioned mansion on the edge of the city, where a mysterious balding man with a mustache praises Snake's work, saying "This jewel could be the one ''he'' is searching for." The man then explains what the Pandora Gem is: a jewel hidden within a larger jewel that can be identified because it glows red under the moonlight and will, at the time of a comet, "cry tears of immortality". Kid reveals himself to the two men, and vows to find Pandora before they do and "smash it to bits."<ref>{{cite book |last=Aoyama |first=Gosho |title=Magic Kaito |volume=3 |publisher=Shogakukan |chapter=Chapter 6 |language=Japanese}} ("Blue Birthday")</ref> <br />
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In subsequent Kaitou Kid cases, notably the [[The Secret of the Red Tear|"Red Tear"]] case (in which [[Snake]] appears again), Kaito is shown to be searching for the Pandora Gem.<br />
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===Detective Conan===<br />
The Pandora Gem has never been mentioned directly in Detective Conan, since real magic doesn't exist in the Detective Conan world, however [[Kaitou Kid]] has made it clear that he is looking for something as he often says he is returning a jewel "because it's not the one I'm looking for".<br />
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It should be noted that in the manga Kid is rarely shown holding gems to the moonlight, while in the anime he does it three times: OVA 4 ([[Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother]]), OVA 10 ([[Kid in Trap Island]]) and movie 14 ([[The Lost Ship in the Sky]]). OVA 4 is actually adapted from a Magic Kaito chapter, but it was modified to include characters from Detective Conan and all dialogues referring to Pandora were removed; in movie 14 Kid also thinks "no light passes between it" while he is checking the jewel. In [[Kaitou Kid VS Makoto Kyogoku]] he adds holding the gem to the moonlight as part of his trick and returns the real gem when confronted by Makoto.<br />
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At this point, no direct connection has been made between the organization with animal codenames and the [[Black Organization]]. Despite the fact that the Pandora Gem is never mentioned, the myth of Pandora is brought up twice in [[Big Adventure in the Eccentric Mansion]]<ref>Volume 46 files 7-10; anime episode 382-394</ref>: first [[Ai Haibara]] discourages [[Conan Edogawa]] from investigating the mail address of [[Anokata]] (boss of the [[Black Organization]]) saying that the address is like "[[Wikipedia:Pandora's Box|Pandora's Box]]", and then at the end of the case, when Kaitou Kid discourages Conan from investigating his true identity, saying that Pandora opened the box because she was curious about the content, while opening it after discovering what is in there is not very interesting.<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
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==References==<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Kaitou Kid]]<br />
*[[Snake]]<br />
*[[APTX 4869]]<br />
*[[Kaito Kuroba]]<br />
{{Magic Kaito Organization}}<br />
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