The Flying Jack-o'-lantern

Episode 1039 (Int. Episode 1096)
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
Broadcast rating:	5.6%
Filler case:	#364
Season:	31
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:	Masatomo Sudo Masanori Hashimoto (sub-character) Hiroshi Ogawa (design works)
Production Cooperation:	Mouse
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 Mizunuma 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 three ghosts with jack-o'-lantern-shaped head appear.

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 Mizunuma, whose jack-o'-lanterns have been stolen.

Robbery
	Location: Beika Victim: Tamie Kono, Tomomi Kashiyama, and Satoshi Mizunuma Age: 50 years old (Kono), 29 years old (Kashiyama) & 60 years old (Mizunuma) Time: Night Robbed items: 3 Jack-o'-lanterns Suspects: Unknown

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

People

Tamie Kono
	Victim (robbed) 50 years old Preschool teacher

Tomomi Kashiyama
	Victim (robbed) 29 years old Housewife

Satoshi Mizunuma
	Victim (robbed) 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. Mizunuma
	Satoshi's son

Woman
	Girl A's mother Housewife

Girl A
	Woman's daughter Elementary school student

Girl B
	Trick-or-treater

Girl C
	Trick-or-treater

Girl D
	Trick-or-treater 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 Mizunuma 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 managed to make one on her own. In order to not 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. Conan and Azusa will handle the hidden jack-o'-lanterns.

Aftermath

In the end, the jack-o'-lantern contest was a huge success. The episode ends with Conan saying: "However, during that time, we were caught up in a horrifying plot taking place in Shibuya", which is hint towards the plot of movie 25. The final scene shows Conan riding his skateboard through the crowded Shibuya.

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
French (Subbed)	Les Citrouilles d’Halloween volantes	The flying Jack-o'-lantern
Thai	ฟักทองฮาโลวีนบินได้
Vietnamese	Bí ngô Halloween biết bay

See also

• Season 31
• The Bride of Halloween