The Flying Jack-o'-lantern

Episode 1039 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Flying Jack-o'-lantern
Japanese title:	空飛ぶハロウィンカボチャ (Soratobu Harowin Kabocha)
Original airdate:	April 16, 2022
Filler case:	#364
Season:	30
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Azusa Enomoto
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Poster
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Nobuharu Kamanaka
Screenplay:	Takahiro Okura
Storyboard:	Nobuharu Kamanaka
Episode director:	Tazumi Mukaiyama
Animation director:	Seiji Muta (supervisor) Kousei Takahashi Yusuke Shimizu Eiichi Tokura
Character design:	Hiroshi Ogawa (design works) Masanori Hashimoto
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Mikiko Enomoto as Azusa Enomoto Hiroko Emori as Tamie Kono Yuka Terasaki as Tomomi Kashiyama Masaki Aizawa as Satoshi Mizunama Takashi Kondo as Masashi Kokubu Shuichi Uchida as Kajiyama Yuki Okada as Kuwano Karin Nanami as Mother Natsumi Kawaida as Girl
Music
Opening song:	SLEEPLESS
Closing song:	Karappo no Kokoro
Chronology
Prev episode:	« Police Academy Arc Wild Police Story CASE. Wataru Date
Next episode:	The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary 2 »
List of episodes
* The Bride of Halloween pre-story.

The Flying Jack-o'-lantern (空飛ぶハロウィンカボチャ ,Soratobu Harowin Kabocha) is the 1039th episode of the Detective Conan anime. This episode is a pre-story for The Bride of Halloween.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Azusa Enomoto

Case

Situation

Beika Shopping Centre is holding a jack-o'-lantern carving contest for halloween. One night, Kuwano and Kajiyama are walking home at night when they pass a road with jack-o'-lantern placed in front of the houses. Suddenly the wind blows strong, and several things get blown away, including three "creatures" with jack-o'-lantern-shaped head.

The next day, Conan goes to Poirot because Kogoro and Ran are going out. There, Azusa is making some jack-o'-lantern and, in exchange for a milk tea, she asks Conan to help her. They later talk about the story behind halloween. Azusa then mentions about the appearance of jack-o'-lantern ghost, which became a hot topic after many people saw it last night. Conan then ask about Amuro whereabout, to Azusa answers that he is taking a few days off. She wishes that could put a collar on Amuro and keep him at Poirot. She decide to ask Conan something about Amuro, but get interupted by Tamie Kono, Tomomi Kashiyama, and Satoshi Mizunama, whose jack-o'-lanterns have been stolen.

Robbery
	Location: Beika Victim: Tamie Kono, Tomomi Kashiyama, and Satoshi Mizunama Time: Night Robbed items: Threee Jack-o'-lanterns Suspects: Unknown

Conan and Azusa decide to check the neighboorhood to find who stole the jack-o'lanterns.

People

Tamie Kono
	50 years old Preschool teacher

Tomomi Kashiyama
	29 years old Housewife

Satoshi Mizunama
100px	60 years old Former university professor

Masashi Kokubo
	35 years old Jack-o'-lantern Carving Contest committee member

Mr. Kajiyama
	30 years old Office worker

Mr. Kuwano
	30 years old Office worker

Ms. Kashiyama
	Tomomi's daughter Preschooler

Mr. Kashiyama
	Tomomi's husband

Mr. Mizunama
	Satoshi's son

Woman
	Girl A's mother Housewife

Girl A
	Woman's daughter Elementary school student

Girl B

Girl C

Girl D
	Wearing a jack-o'-lantern mask

Man A
	Jack-o'-lantern ghost eyewitness

Man B
	Road construction worker

Resolution

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The culprits are Satoshi Mizunama and Tomomi Kashiyama. Originally, Mizunuma planned to hide the jack-o'-lanterns in his house. However, his son suddenly came to his house with some coworkers. He then decide to hide it in Kokubo's car along with the jack-o'-lantern balloons with Tomomi's help. Mizunuma removed three ballons so that the jack-o'-lanterns can be put inside. However, the wind blows away the balloons, which was later seen by Kajiyama and Kuwano as ghosts. The reason they also hid their own jack-o'-lanterns is that no suspicion would fall on passerby.

Both later admit the crime, but they have a reason. Turns out that Tamie's students already made a jack-o'-lantern as a surprise for Tamie during her hospitalization. However, Tamie was discharged early, and she managed to make it on her own. In order not to disappoint the children, they hid Tamie's jack-o'-lantern. Later, the children arrive at Tamie's house and surprise her with the jack-o'-lantern they have made.

Aftermath

In the end, the jack-o'-lantern contest was a huge success. It is followed by Conan narration that during that time, he was caught up in a horrifying plot taking place in Shibuya, along with the scene when Conan riding his skateboard through the crowded Shibuya.

See also

• Season 30