A Stalker's Murder Case - Revision history

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 == Trivia ==
 * This episode features the first use of the show's fifth post-credits stinger image, featuring Ran and Conan rushing toward the foreground, with a grim-looking Shinichi in the background.
-* This episode was likely inspired by the real life Vending Machine Killer, an unidentified serial killer or killers in Japan who tampered with drinks from vending machines. Around the time of the initial murders, the culprit was targeting vending machines that had no CCTV cameras and tampered with a specific type of energy drink, and the poison used was a pesticide that is lethal in humans and currently has no know treatment or antidote for, and the anime similarly identifies the poison as being a phosphoric acid compound typically used in pesticides. The company in the episode is similarly running a contest, which Conan realizes is a clue to identifying the culprit, and the energy drink targeted in real life was running a "Buy 1 get 1 free" promotion at the time, and since many people were only wanting 1 drink, they would leave the extra bottles in the pickup slot at the vending machine or next to the machine. Given that this was the early to mid 80's, and that compared to western countries like the United States or Canada, Japan has a low crime rate and typically people there wouldn't be as suspicious of a free full bottle by a vending machine, this likely is why there were so many victims. Kogoro even finds an extra bottle in the pickup slot but is cautioned against drinking it by Ran and Conan.
+* This episode shares similarities to the real-life [[wikipedia:Paraquat murders|Paraquat murders]], which were carried out by tampering certain beverages and poisoning them. However, the Paraquat murders were a type of indiscriminate murder.
 == BGM listing ==

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 * This episode was likely inspired by the real life Vending Machine Killer, an unidentified serial killer or killers in Japan who tampered with drinks from vending machines. Around the time of the initial murders, the culprit was targeting vending machines that had no CCTV cameras and tampered with a specific type of energy drink, and the poison used was a pesticide that is lethal in humans and currently has no know treatment or antidote for, and the anime similarly identifies the poison as being a phosphoric acid compound typically used in pesticides. The company in the episode is similarly running a contest, which Conan realizes is a clue to identifying the culprit, and the energy drink targeted in real life was running a "Buy 1 get 1 free" promotion at the time, and since many people were only wanting 1 drink, they would leave the extra bottles in the pickup slot at the vending machine or next to the machine. Given that this was the early to mid 80's, and that compared to western countries like the United States or Canada, Japan has a low crime rate and typically people there wouldn't be as suspicious of a free full bottle by a vending machine, this likely is why there were so many victims. Kogoro even finds an extra bottle in the pickup slot but is cautioned against drinking it by Ran and Conan.
 ** The drink in the real life cases is known as Paraquat, and is also an energy drink. In the episode, just like in the real life cases, the culprit bought a beverage from a vending machine that had no CCTV cameras near it so as to avoid being caught easily, though it should be mentioned that the Paraquat murders were indiscriminate homicides, while in the episode there's a specific target in mind that the culprit intended to kill.
 == BGM listing ==

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 * This episode features the first use of the show's fifth post-credits stinger image, featuring Ran and Conan rushing toward the foreground, with a grim-looking Shinichi in the background.
 * This episode was likely inspired by the real life Vending Machine Killer, an unidentified serial killer or killers in Japan who tampered with drinks from vending machines. Around the time of the initial murders, the culprit was targeting vending machines that had no CCTV cameras and tampered with a specific type of energy drink, and the poison used was a pesticide that is lethal in humans and currently has no know treatment or antidote for, and the anime similarly identifies the poison as being a phosphoric acid compound typically used in pesticides. The company in the episode is similarly running a contest, which Conan realizes is a clue to identifying the culprit, and the energy drink targeted in real life was running a "Buy 1 get 1 free" promotion at the time, and since many people were only wanting 1 drink, they would leave the extra bottles in the pickup slot at the vending machine or next to the machine. Given that this was the early to mid 80's, and that compared to western countries like the United States or Canada, Japan has a low crime rate and typically people there wouldn't be as suspicious of a free full bottle by a vending machine, this likely is why there were so many victims. Kogoro even finds an extra bottle in the pickup slot but is cautioned against drinking it by Ran and Conan.
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 == Trivia ==
 * This episode features the first use of the show's fifth post-credits stinger image, featuring Ran and Conan rushing toward the foreground, with a grim-looking Shinichi in the background.
-* This episode shares similarities to the real-life [[wikipedia:Paraquat murders|Paraquat murders]], which were carried out by tampering certain beverages and poisoning them. However, the Paraquat murders were a type of indiscriminate murder.
+* This episode was likely inspired by the real life Vending Machine Killer, an unidentified serial killer or killers in Japan who tampered with drinks from vending machines. Around the time of the initial murders, the culprit was targeting vending machines that had no CCTV cameras and tampered with a specific type of energy drink, and the poison used was a pesticide that is lethal in humans and currently has no know treatment or antidote for, and the anime similarly identifies the poison as being a phosphoric acid compound typically used in pesticides. The company in the episode is similarly running a contest, which Conan realizes is a clue to identifying the culprit, and the energy drink targeted in real life was running a "Buy 1 get 1 free" promotion at the time, and since many people were only wanting 1 drink, they would leave the extra bottles in the pickup slot at the vending machine or next to the machine. Given that this was the early to mid 80's, and that compared to western countries like the United States or Canada, Japan has a low crime rate and typically people there wouldn't be as suspicious of a free full bottle by a vending machine, this likely is why there were so many victims. Kogoro even finds an extra bottle in the pickup slot but is cautioned against drinking it by Ran and Conan.
 == BGM listing ==

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 == Trivia ==
 * This episode features the first use of the show's fifth post-credits stinger image, featuring Ran and Conan rushing toward the foreground, with a grim-looking Shinichi in the background.
-* This episode was likely inspired by the real life Vending Machine Killer, an unidentified serial killer or killers in Japan who tampered with drinks from vending machines. Around the time of the initial murders, the culprit was targeting vending machines that had no CCTV cameras and tampered with a specific type of energy drink, and the poison used was a pesticide that is lethal in humans and currently has no know treatment or antidote for, and the anime similarly identifies the poison as being a phosphoric acid compound typically used in pesticides. The company in the episode is similarly running a contest, which Conan realizes is a clue to identifying the culprit, and the energy drink targeted in real life was running a "Buy 1 get 1 free" promotion at the time, and since many people were only wanting 1 drink, they would leave the extra bottles in the pickup slot at the vending machine or next to the machine. Given that this was the early to mid 80's, and that compared to western countries like the United States or Canada, Japan has a low crime rate and typically people there wouldn't be as suspicious of a free full bottle by a vending machine, this likely is why there were so many victims. Kogoro even finds an extra bottle in the pickup slot but is cautioned against drinking it by Ran and Conan.
+* This episode shares similarities to the real-life [[wikipedia:Paraquat murders|Paraquat murders]], which were carried out by tampering certain beverages and poisoning them. However, the Paraquat murders were a type of indiscriminate murder.
 == BGM listing ==

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 * 26 years old
 * Birth date: May 27, 1971
-* Graduating}}
+* Graduate student}}
 {{People|Miho Nishitani|Nishitani.jpg|
-* Family restaurant worker}}
+* Family restaurant worker
 {{People|[[Minor law enforcement#Anime-only based episodes#Unnamed officer|Police officer]]|EP71 Policeman.jpg|
 * Tokyo MPD police officer}}

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 * Tokyo MPD police officer}}
 {{People|Woman|EP71 Woman.jpg|
-* Woman walking her dog}}
+* Woman walking her dog
 {{People|Dog A|EP71 Woman's dog.jpg|
-* Woman's dog}}
+* Woman's dog
 {{People|Man|EP71 Man.jpg|
 * Man walking his dog}}
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 {{InfoBox Crime
-| crime             = Attempted Murder (Past)
+| crime             = Assault (Past)
 | image             = EP71 Case2.jpg
 | time              = Last week

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 | rating              = 13.2%
 | Filler case number  = #28
-| season              = [[Season 3|3]]
+| season              = [[Season 2|2]]
 | manga               = '''TV Original'''
 | airdate             = August 11, 1997
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 == See also ==
-* [[Season 3]]
+* [[Season 2]]
-{{Season 3}}
+{{Season 2}}
 [[Category:Episodes]]

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 * Man's dog}}
 {{People|Mr. Nagai|No face.jpg|
-* Tatsuya's father}}
+* Tatsuya's father
 {{People|Mrs. Nagai|No pic female.jpg|
 * Tatsuya's mother}}