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Jodie Starling

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Japanese name: ジョディ・スターリング
(Jodi Sutāringu)
English name: Jodie Starling
Age: 28[1][2]
Gender: Female
Relatives: Mr. Starling (father, deceased)
Mrs. Starling (mother, deceased)
Occupation: FBI special agent
English teacher
Aliases: Jodie Saintemillion
Statistics
First appearance: Manga: File 270
Anime: Episode 226
Appearances: Chapters: 86
Chapters: 1
Episodes: 54
Movies: 5
OVAs: 0
Specials: 0
Openings: 22
Closings: 2
Keyhole number: Volume 42
Actors
Japanese voice: Miyuki Ichijou
Yumi Toma (young)
English voice: Maureen Price

Jodie Starling (ジョディ・スターリング Jodi Sutāringu?), referred to in earlier episodes as Jodie Saintemillion (ジョディ・サンテミリオン Jodi Santemirion?), is an FBI agent in the manga and anime franchise Detective Conan.

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Background

Jodie as a child

Some twenty years ago, when Jodie was still just a little girl, Vermouth killed her parents, who had been working on the Black Organization as well as knowing a lot of important information about Vermouth to assist the FBI. Vermouth was surprised to find Jodie in her house, and after Jodie asked what was going on, Vermouth told her to wait by her father until he woke up, and that a "secret makes a woman". She then set the house ablaze, thus destroying any evidence that she had been there, along with the corpses of Jodie's parents and any records about the Black Organization.

Fortunately, Jodie had decided to run down the street to the store to buy her father some orange juice and thus survived. She was later put under protection by the FBI, although she declined the Witness Protection Program. Eventually Jodie became an FBI agent herself under the tutelage and patronage of James Black. The only remaining memento from her past is the set of glasses she wears, which originally belonged to her father.

When she joined the FBI, she met Shuichi Akai and started a romantic relationship with him. However, when Akai went undercover, he had to break up with her because he dated and fell in love with Akemi Miyano.

Personality

Jodie usually is a very serious person, but also has demonstrated a very playful and carefree side (as it is seen when she is Ran's English teacher). She seems to like movies (especially mystery and action-oriented films), and enjoys action video games. She is also capable of keeping a cool head during crisis, like during a bus hijacking, she never fell out of her role as Jodie Saintemillion. The ease with which she's come to trust Conan's capabilities, at times unquestioningly following his direction despite the fact he looks like a little boy to her, indicates she can be quite open-minded and flexible, although a caveat to this is made in regards to Vermouth. Jodie's grudge against Vermouth runs deep, and Jodie reacted extremely negatively when given the slightest suggestion that Vermouth might have a kind side to her.

She's shown to be quite observant and, while not at the level of Shinichi or Akai, is effective at deduction and case solving, contributing to the progress of several cases. Also, once she became aware that it was very likely Akai had faked his death, she was able to deduce most of the trick he used unassisted.

Even though being a steadfast FBI agent when on missions, Jodie has also shown her sensitivity and softness when she thought that Akai was really dead even though he faked his death and survived. She burst into tears when first hearing the news about Akai's death, as told by James. Her feelings and deep care for Akai remain despite the fact that they are only colleagues at present.

Abilities

Shooting

She seems to be skilled at shooting as she was able to shoot faster than Vermouth at episode 345, also during Kir interrogating and capturing Rikumichi. She was the one who use a gun for stoping them.

Deduction

She was able to deduce the truth of Shuichi Akai's fake death almost correctly and found out Shuichi's identity, but she isn't as good as Conan and Shuichi at deduction. In Addition, she was the one who found out that Sharon and her daughter Chris are actually the same person.

Other Skill

She is fluent at english and was a english teacher at Teitan High Shool for a time. She learned japanese from a friend, at first he had problem at using them but now she is geting better. She was able to write a code too but instead of H she write F wrongly.

Appellations

Plot overview

Arcade Murder Case (Manga: 270-272, Anime: 226-227)

Jodie as one of the suspects

Sonoko, Ran, and Conan are at the arcade where they meet their new High School foreign English teacher, Jodie Saintemillion who is an avid gamer. Jodie tells them she goes to the arcade daily because Japanese games are exhilarating and beautiful. 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 loss. Bito plays the game against 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. As Conan tries to solve the case, Jodie gives hints to help him find the true culprit. After the case, Jodie calls Conan "cool guy" and phones someone, saying that one of her targets changed their appearance and is attending school. Jodie calls them "the rotten apple".

Bus Hijacking Case (Manga: 287-289, Anime: 230-231)

Jodie is suspected to be Vermouth

Gin and Vodka are at a bar discussing their plans with the Black Organization member, Vermouth to capture "the one". Conan and the Detective Boys are taking the transit bus to a ski resort where they meet Araide and Jodie aboard the bus. Haibara can sense that Vermouth is on the bus and hides herself to prevent her from being found.

Soon after, the bus is hijacked by two armed men who use the passengers as hostages and demand the city release their boss. Jodie tells Conan not to risk anything and that help will come soon. She notices Haibara and tries to ask for her name but Conan dodges the question by saying that she is just a girl that they just met on the bus. Jodie helps Conan stop the hijackers by following his plan and apprehending one of the culprits. When one of them asks who she is, she replies "A secret makes a woman a woman". Jodie watches as Conan saves Haibara from the bus exploding and watches pensively as Araide looks at Conan's wounds. Jodie also starts calling Conan by "Cool Kid" instead of "Cool Guy" now.

Escalator Message Case (Manga: 338-340, Anime: 271-272)

Vermouth's Dart Board

Ran, feeling she met the mysterious man that she saw before, attempts to remember why. Jodie interrupts the daydreaming Ran in class and asks her the meaning of X to which she is unable to answer correctly. On the way home, Ran, Sonoko, and Conan meet Jodie who takes them to the cafe in a department store to warn them about a serial groper. Jodie tells them to call her if they notice anybody suspicious following them, which makes Conan suspicious of her. Jodie watches as Conan solves the case and thinks to herself if now is the right time to "pick the apple". It then cuts to Vermouth emailing Gin and explaining the meaning of X if a sign of affection but could also mean "X marks the spot" and shooting a dart at a dart board which has pictures of Shiho, Ran, and Conan, who has the words "Cool Guy" on his picture.

Flying Neighbour Case (Manga: 341-343, Anime: 277-278)

Jodie is still suspicious

While at the Agasa's, Conan recalls his last meeting with the Black Organization. Conan deduces that another Black Organization member must have been at the hotel party. This is when he finally singles out Chris Vineyard as his suspect. Heiji came to Tokyo to help Conan out with the case. Heiji suspects Jodie-sensei of being a possible Black Organization member, and although Conan seems reluctant to this idea, they pay Jodie-sensei a visit to her apartment. They find out here that her full name is "Jodie Saintemillion". After Jodie agrees to go out for a while with Heiji and Conan, the man living next door to Jodie falls dead outside from over 30 stories, coincidentally as the three are outside.

As Heiji and Conan try and solve the case, Jodie can be seen taking a picture of them inconspicuously. When Heiji asks her to play the role of the drunk victim, she says she will do it in exchange for finding and bringing her favourite alcohol to her, which happens to be Sherry (Shiho's codename in the BO). While doing the roleplay, Heiji emails Jodie asking who she is and called her asking her to answer what she emailed (Conan and the policemen don't know what they are talking about). After the case, Heiji is able to deduce that Jodie can speak fluent Japanese, but chooses to pretend to be unable to speak well so that people would lower their guard around her. Jodie also realizes that Heiji took the film from her camera, losing the pictures she took. After everybody leaves, she thinks to herself that Heiji is an amusing boy and that he is similar to Kudou Shinichi, a private eye. She takes out her bathroom mirror which reveals pictures of Shinichi and the same pictures of Ran and Conan that Vermouth had on the dart board.

Four Porsches Case (Manga: 420-422, Anime: 338-339)

Conan and Professor Agasa coincidentally meet Jodie, Ran, and Sonoko in the department store after they decide to bring Haibara to the hospital due to her cold. After seeing a patrol car stopping in front of the store, Jodie tells Rand and Sonoko to check out the parking lot to see ehat's happening. She surprises Conan by asking who "they" are after Conan tells Agasa to use the patrol car to get out of the store since the Black Organization may be waiting for them outside. Jodie gets a look inside Agasa's car and notices Haibara in it, with her specifically noticing the reddish-brown hair that she has. She connects the girl in the bus hijacking incident sitting next to Conan with Haibara while also thinking about Shiho's picture on the dart board. As Conan is solving the case, Jodie and Araide bring Haibara back to Agasa's house to take care of her, leaving Conan worried. Vermouth is seen at the end throwing a dart at Shiho's picture while revealing she has found her.

Convenience Store Case (Manga: 426-428, Anime: 343-344)

Jodie stops Ran from contacting Shinichi to solve the case

Jodie is remembering an incident in the past where it can be seen that Vermouth has killed somebody and picked up their glasses. A little girl then opens the door and asks Vermouth who she is. Jodie snaps back to reality when someone calls for her and it is then revealed that Jodie is planning to leave. Ran and Sonoko, stunned by the news, decide to throw her a going away party. They go into the store and find a young woman named Aya being accused of shoplifting by her boss. They manage to come up with three possible suspects. Ran attempts to call Shinichi or Conan for help since both are better at solving mysteries, but surprisingly, Jodie stops her and tells her to use her own deduction. During the investigation, Jodie takes off her glasses and Ran says that her glasses looks very old. Jodie tells her that the glasses belonged to someone very dear to her and that it's the only trace of them in the whole world.

After Ran solves the case with help from Shinichi, she, Sonoko, and Jodie have the party at Jodie's house. Ran goes to the washroom and notices something behind the mirror. She opens it and sees the pictures of Shinichi, Conan, herself, and other acquaintances.

Halloween Party Case (Manga: 429-434, Anime: 345)

Find the Buttock's Mark (Manga: 435-437, Anime: 346-347)

Jodie offers Haibara to join the Witness Protection Program; however, she turns down the offer. Jodie is happy that Haibara has the courage that she lacked 20 years ago.

Teitan High School's Ghost Story (Manga: 457-459, Anime: 361-362)

Conan goes to school and is shocked to see Araide there. Araide tells him that he is the real Araide and that Jodie wants Conan to know about Araide's circumstances so that he is not surprised.

Jodie calls Araide to see if he is able to blend in the school without anybody suspecting anything. Araide asks if the person who was impersonating him is even that bad of a person, which makes Jodie mad as someone who laughs when they kill a person can't possibly be a good person.

Black Organization vs FBI (Manga: 500-504, Anime: 425)

After Conan finds out that newscaster Rena Mizunashi is in reality a Black Organization member, he decides to follow her from the tracker and mic that is stuck on the bottom of her shoe. Conan meets with Jodie and it's revealed that the FBI had been following Rena due to her being seen visiting the clinic that Vermouth had been in after disguising as Araide. She and Conan pursue Rena to an interview she is doing to stop the Black Organization from assassinating somebody with the codename "DJ".To stop them, Jodie shoots the sprinklers to set it off which blocks the sniper's vision since everybody starts using an umbrella.

Jodie and Conan get picked up by James and proceed to try and stop the Black Organization's second plan for assassinating "DJ". Jodie and James try to stop Rena on the road but a battle ensues which ends with Rena getting severely injured and needing a hospital. Conan finds out that Gin has found the tracker and mic and that they are going to target Kogoro since he was the last person to meet Rena before the Black Organization. James races to the agency where Conan shoots a soccer ball so that Kogoro can notice him. Before Gin decides to shoot Conan and Kogoro, a sniper shoots the tracker out of Gin's hands and proceeds to rain bullets down at them. The sniper is revealed to Akai Shuichi and the Black Organization has to retreat as they are pinned by him. Jodie, James, and Akai talk about the situation and say that they still have Rena on their side, who is unconscious due to her injury. Akai asks Jodie who Conan is and she says that he is her favourite detective.

Giant Hammer Case (Manga: 550, Anime: 462)

Jodie, Camel, and Akai discuss about Rena, who is still unconscious without a clear timetable for her recovery. Jodie worries that they have to move her to another hospital so that the Black Organization doesn't find use her but Akai rejects the idea and instead wants to her as bait to capture them.

Unsmashable Snowman Case (Manga: 556, Anime: 466)

Conan tells Haibara and Agasa that he has already informed Jodie that the Black Organization has probably found out that Mizunashi Rena is unconscious and in a hospital somewhere.

Clash of Red and Black (Manga: 587, Anime: 492)

Operation to protect Rena

Conan learns from Ran that she had been unable to contact Eisuke since the winter break. She tells him Eisuke last told her that he had found someone from his father's company at Haido Central Hospital, the same hospital in which Rena is currently hospitalized. Conan contacts Jodie Starling to inform her Eisuke may be searching for Rena and learns from her that Eisuke's father, Ethan Hondou, was a spy for the CIA who were investigating the Black Organization. She reveals that Rena and the Black Organization murdered him four years ago. Conan phones Ran asking her how Eisuke recognized the colleague. She replies that Eisuke recognized the person through the phones keypad tone which played the song "Nanatsu no Ko", the phone number of the Black Organization's leader. Conan realizes that a Black Organization member is in Haido Central Hospital. Fearing that the criminal syndicate may be close to finding Rena, Conan and the FBI investigate the hospital. After asking a nurse about a suspicious person, the FBI narrows the suspects list to hospitalized patients between December 18 and December 21 and begin their search for the Black Organization member.

Red, White, and Yellow Case (Manga: 622, Anime: 509)

Jodie calls Conan to give information on what Rena told her, that a new organization member is on the move and that the member's codename is "Bourbon". Rena tells her that they are very skilled at inspection and information-gathering, which makes Jodie worry that Haibara is the target. Jodie tells Conan to keep his guard up and to protect Haibara as the FBI can't keep close contact with her at risk of getting exposed.

Detective Boys vs. Robber Group (Manga: 677-679, Anime: 563-564)

Jodie's reaction to see Scar Akai

Jodie Starling encounters a man on the street in the Beika district who looks exactly like Shuichi Akai, but with a huge burn scar on the side of his face. After chasing him to an alley where he disappears, she dismisses it as an illusion. She heads to the bank to withdraw some money when a bank robbery occurs. The heavily armed bank robbers begin taking cellphones away from the customers and separate them into two groups; one group are customers who are with relatives or friends, and the others are those who are alone. They order those who are alone to bind the hands, eyes, and mouth of the rest of the patrons.

Department Store Bomber Case (Manga: 700-704, Anime: 578-581)

Jodie starts searching for evidence of Akai in the department store but gets mad when she can't find any workers who see him. After thinking that what she saw may have been an illusion, she notices that the edge of the coaster on her drink has been folded. She looks behind the coaster and reveals the world "Run! This place is dangerous", words that she thinks Akai put. This makes her believe that Akai is in the department store and starts asking more workers if they saw somebody with a burn on their right cheek. Camel comes in and tells her that he saw someone with a burn mark in the restroom who looked like Akai, confirming her suspicions that Akai is in the department store. Jodie thinks that Akai has amnesia so he doesn't remember them, but Camel believes that it could be a trap by the Black Organization. As Camel and Jodie are arguing, they notice a riot squad going above their floor, which makes Jodie think that Akai's memories are coming back since he supposedly left her that message on the coaster. As everybody from the lower floor is calling people from the upper floor, Jodie gets shocked as she sees the person she believes to be Akai is on that floor from somebody video calling. After Jodie sees Conan running down the floor after solving the case, she asks if Conan is looking for the same person she is. Jodie tells Conan about the coaster but believes the threat to be over since the bomb scare is already over. Camel however tells her that he sees a Porsche 365 A and a sniper across the building, meaning that Gin is here. Jodie thinks the Black Organization is here since they found out that Akai is alive and plan to assassinate him so she tries to find the man with the burn mark. After looking around Jodie spots the person who looks like Akai and tries to warn them to not go outside but is stopped by Subaru Okiya, who distracts her enough to lose sight of Scar Akai.

East vs West (Manga: 779-780, Anime: 651)

Jodie is impressed with James that he knows Sera is a girl just by looking at her

Jodie and James are waiting outside in a car for Camel, as he is stuck resolving a case that he got himself into. While waiting, Camel sends Jodie a photo of Masumi, with Jodie thinking that Masumi is a boy. After the case is resolved Jodie asks Camel who the boy in the picture is but she says that she has no idea who they are. They show the picture to James, who doesn't know who they are but immediately recognizes that Masumi is a girl, which surprises both Jodie and Camel. After looking at the picture, Jodie thinks that she resembles someone she knows.

Shrine to Remember (Manga: 850-852, Anime: 734)

Jodie is involved in a murder case where there's also Bourbon and Vermouth in disguise

As Conan and the Detective Boys are seeing the cherry blossoms, they meet up with Jodie, who says that she also is viewing the cherry blossoms as well. Haibara deduces that Conan called Jodie here so that they are able to exchange private information with each other. Conan tells her that the person with the scar that Jodie had been chasing wasn't actually Akai, but in fact the Black Organization member Bourbon in disguise. He explains that Bourbon wanted to truly know if Akai was dead so he would wander around people who knew Akai with that appearance and check to see how they would react seeing him. This makes Jodie sad as she thinks that it means that Akai is really dead, making her want to find Bourbon to reveal his identity. Conan tells her that he already knows who Bourbon is and that they are working part-time at Poirots, below the Mouri Detective Agency. Conan wants the FBI to investigate why he is still at Poirot's even though he has already achieved his objective. As Conan is about to tell her what his "objective" is, they get interrupted by a man who remembers her from the bank robbery case. The man said that he saw the man with the scar 2 or 3 days ago but can't remember where he saw him. Jodie asks if he saw him at a vending machine that serves canned coffee as Akai used to drink it a lot, making Jodie remember the time at the hospital when he was drinking a canned coffee but dropped it on the floor.

After a murder happens at the shrine, Conan and Jodie help Inspector Megure and the policemen solve the case. During the investigation, one of the suspects says something that gets Jodie to remember the time in the hospital in which Conan had to drop his phone on the floor so the three patients would pick it up so that the FBI could work out who the spy was. Jodie starts remembering that Akai also touched Conan's phone after the three patients but before she could keep thinking, Conan stops her by saying that it's not relevant to the case. After the case, Jodie tells Camel that the person with the scar wasn't Akai but a decoy from the Black Organization. She wonders who gave her the coaster that told her was dangerous if the person with the scar wasn't Akai. It is revealed that Bourbon and Vermouth had been disguised and had bugged Jodie throughout the entire case and that Vermouth had taken the bug out at the end so that Jodie wouldn't find it later.

Kogoro in the Bar (Manga: 855, Anime: 739)

Conan realizes that Bourbon and Vermouth had disguised themselves and been in the shrine case, leaving him worried that they overheard his and Jodie's conversation.

Steamy Relations (Manga: 856, Anime: 740)

Conan is about to alert Haibara that Vermouth and Bourbon were disguised in the shrine case, but stops himself as he thinks that it could be a trap to see what Conan and the FBI would do.

Elementary Teacher Assault (Manga: 891-893, Anime: 779-780)

Conan warns Jodie about Bourbon

Jodie calls her friend Natsuko Shibuya about going out later that day for drinks. After school, Conan gets picked up by Jodie as Conan wants her to tell her FBI colleagues to not leak the fact that Rikumichi Kusuda committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. Conan wants to tell her something else concerning Amuro but gets interrupted when Jodie gets a call from Takagi telling her Natsuko is critically injured due to a fall in the park and that the fall was from somebody pushing her down. Jodie and Conan go to the crime scene and meet Camel there, as Jodie used Camel's phone to call Natsuko last night since Jodie's phone had died.

During the investigation, Amuro comes out to help and Takagi introduces Jodie and Camel as FBI agents. He purposely riles Jodie and Camel up by calling the FBI a nuisance that steals credit from the local police. Jodie tells Camel in English to calm down as they don't want Amuro to learn that they know he is a member of the Black Organization. After the case is solved, somebody calls to tell Jodie that Natsuko's condition has worsened and that she's in critical condition. Jodie, Camel, and Conan race to the hospital to go to her, while Amuro also joins saying that she is her client. As Conan and Jodie go to Natsuko's room, they find that she has regained consciousness and has recovered from the fall. Jodie and Conan run back to Camel who stayed behind at the car to ensure that he did not say anything to Amuro while they were gone. Conan realizes that Bourbon and Vermouth had planned for Natsuko to get into an accident outside so that Vermouth could copy Jodie's clothes and impersonate her to easily get information from Camel once Jodie and he had split up. Jodie asks Camel what he told Vermouth and he says that he only told her that Rikumichi had shot himself inside his car. Jodie doesn't understand what they ould gain and asks Conan but sees Conan in bewilderment hearing this information.

Scarlet Showdown (Manga: 894-898, Anime: 781-783)

Jodie and Camel decide to go to Raiha Pass, the place where Akai got killed by Kir, thinking that they'll find something if they go there. Jodie thinks about Conan's expression when he found out about Bourbon knowing that Rikumichi shot himself and his frustrated expression during the cherry blossom viewing, thinking that there must be something behind both expressions. As Bourbon is interrogating Subaru with his deduction on how Akai is alive, Jodie makes the same deduction as him and realizes that Akai knew that Kir was going to be ordered to kill him so he had a plan ready to fake his death. Jodie realizes that Subaru is Akai due to Subaru saying the phrase "It was 50-50, so we're both to blame", a phrase that Akai uses. As Jodie and Camel are discussing this, they are followed by men behind them and try to shake them off. Just as it looks like they are out of options, a shadowy figure in the back of the car tells Camel to open the roof. Camel opens the roof and it is revealed to be Shuichi Akai, leaving Jodie and Camel ecstatic. After Akai is able to stop all the cars from following them, he calls Bourbon and tells him to fixate on the real prey and that he regrets what happened to "him", leaving Jodie confused about who Akai was talking about. As they drive away, Jodie asks who the people following them are and Akai says that they're the same as them, people targeting the Black Organization.

The following day, Jodie and Camel see Akai in his Subaru disguise in the Kudo house and are shocked at how different he looks. Jodie wonders why Shinichi is fine with a stranger living in his house but Yukiko tells her that Shinichi is fine with it. Jodie asks Akai why he didn't tell them about his plan and he tells them that he needed to fool them so that it would fool their enemies as well. Akai called them to the house since he got a text message from Kir which only had the three letters "RUM". He tells them that an important player has started to move and to prepare for it.

The Clenched Scissors and the Clipped Letters (Manga: 950, Anime: 861-862)

Akai calls Jodie to pick her up and to get her table from the glove department. He uses this tablet to find out what Kohji Haneda's dying message was.

Yusaku Kudo's TV Show Case (Manga: 1060, Anime: 1072)

After Conan realizes that it was Vermouth who was disguised as his father, he goes to the library study to warn them but is surprised when Akai and the entire FBI are in his house. Jodie tells Akai that they are no bugs or hidden cameras, meaning that it is safe for the time being. The FBI, Yusaku, Yukiko, and Conan get ready to prepare for the Black Organization's big move.

FBI Serial Murder Case (Manga: 1061-1066, Anime: 1077-1079)

After multiple FBI agents get killed, Conan races back to his home after nobody answers his calls. He gets worried that the Black Organization is already in their home, but gets surprised to see FBI agents at the study. Jodie tells him that they use a code to exchange rendezvous points but since they are worried that someone might've revealed the way to decipher the code, they decided to take shelter at the Kudo house. Jodie is surprised that Conan is able to deduce the code and they all decide to use this chance to trick the Black Organization by using the code to lure them out. Since the person who created the code was dead, Jodie volunteered to create the code to trick the Black Organization. At the meeting point, the FBI are shocked to find out that the Black Organization were lying in wait and ambushed them instead. As the Black Organization chases Camel, the FBI are confused as to how the Black Organization knew that the code was a trap. Yusaku and Conan realize that the way Jodie wrote the code was the reason that the Black Organization was suspicious the code could be a trap, as the way she wrote it had a different romanization due to her learning Japanese spelling from Natsuko who is an elementary teacher. Jodie apologizes for making a mistake but Akai and James say that the blame lies on all of them for not checking it over. Jodie watches as Camel tries to get away from the Black Organization and tries to help by giving him directions.

After Akai and Conan are able to fake Camel's death in front of the Black Organization, Jodie and the rest of the FBI watch as Camel gets a haircut from Yukiko and start laughing once they see what he looks like now. She and the rest of the people in the study hear from Camel that he overheard Vodka saying that Rum uses a disguise and a silly name.

Non-canon plot overview

Dimensional Sniper (Movie: 18)

The Darkest Nightmare (Movie: 20)

The Scarlet Bullet (Movie: 24)

Black Iron Submarine (Movie: 26)

Plot timeline

Jodie appears around the same time as Vermouth as Ran's new English teacher at Teitan High under the name of "Jodie Saintemillion". She comes off as somewhat strange, and refers to Conan as "Cool Guy", which caused fans to believe that she knew his secret. (In fact, she now knows he's an incredible detective, but it is unclear if she suspects his true identity). She is noted for often using the phrase of her enemy, Vermouth ('A secret makes a woman woman'). In Episode 226-227, Jodie informs someone over the phone that she has found their target, that said target has 'changed their appearance and is currently at school', and refers to them as a "Rotten Apple". The vague way her statement is made casts suspicion on whether or not her target is Conan, although much later it becomes clear that her description best applies to Vermouth.

The first indications of Jodie's FBI training are shown during the confrontation with the bus hijackers. She stealthily turns on the safety to one of the hijacker's guns, while knocking him down thus he cannot shoot it when he attempts to fire at her. She appears later in Episodes 271-272 and gives Conan information that allows him to solve the case. In Episodes 277-278, she is investigated by Conan and Heiji, both believing her to be Vermouth in disguise, as she pretends to be terrible at japanese despite evidence in her speaking pattern that she's actually perfectly fluent, and even helps them solve a case in the same episode.

It is not until her personal confrontation with Vermouth that Jodie's past and true identity as an FBI agent is revealed, as well as the real reason she's in Japan and the person she's looking for. She is tracking down Vermouth, and after a brief confrontation with her, Jodie is rescued by Conan and her colleague Shuichi Akai. Following this, she offers Ai a place in the Witness Protection Program, but Haibara declines. She does not appear again until when she helps Conan prevent an assassination plot of a politician orchestrated by the Black Organization and the subsequent capture and hospitalization of the Black Organization member, Kir.

Jodie has been heavily involved in the Black Organization arc in Episodes 492-504, which has involved the Black Organization and the FBI. The death of her partner, Akai, takes a very emotional toll on her. As it later turns out, they used to be lovers before Akai infiltrated the Black Organization by dating Akemi Miyano, with whom he eventually became more intensely involved. Still, despite their breakup Jodie does maintain strong feelings for him.[8]. When a man who looks like Shuichi Akai appears, Jodie is convinced that the stranger is her partner who has lost his memory, but he is gone before she can affirm her suspicion.


Hints that Jodie was not Vermouth, but an FBI agent

Jodie's copies have uneven borders, highlighted in red, from imperfect camera alignment while photographing Vermouth's images.
  • The records of Kogoro Mouri's cases that Vermouth stole did not contain any cases involving Jodie Saintemillion, but did contain the murder case Tomoaki Araide was involved in. This was the clue that allowed Conan Edogawa to deduce Araide was Vermouth and not Jodie.
  • Jodie's copies of the pictures of Ran and Conan on Vermouth's dartboard have irregular borders indicating they were photographs of Vermouth's pictures.[9] This detail was overlooked in the anime. Also Jodie has a picture of Dr. Araide.
  • Jodie calls Conan "cool guy" after the first time they meet in reference to the caption on Vermouth's photo of Conan, but she switches to "cool kid" after that. This showed that Jodie did not know Conan was Shinichi, unlike Vermouth who was grateful to Conan (and thus trying not to target him) after Shinichi saved her in the New York case.
  • Jodie mentions the nickname for the FBI is "The Bureau".[10]

Relationships analysis

Due to her undercover status in Japan, Jodie’s personality and style of communication varies from person to person. Outside of a select few who know of her involvement with the FBI, Jodie maintains her cover at all times, first being a high school English teacher at Teitan High, and later an American tourist vacationing with her “boyfriend”.

Colleagues

Shuichi Akai

Shuichi Akai and Jodie are co-workers that came to Japan as part of an FBI unit led by James Black in pursuit of Vermouth and the Black Organization. While their relationship is mostly professional in the current-timeline, the two were romantically involved four to five years prior. When Akai was given the mission to earn the trust of and become a mole inside the Black Organization, he got close to Akemi Miyano for the purpose of using her inside connections. Despite his original intentions, however, Akai genuinely fell in love with Akemi, leading him to break up with a blindsided Jodie. Akai calmly explained his actions to her by saying, “To be able to love two women at the same time…it’s not that handy a personality.” While the two were no longer lovers, Jodie's feelings for Akai never swayed. Despite an end to their relationship, the two continued on as colleagues until the fateful day when Akai was killed. While his death was a tragic loss for all those in the FBI, Jodie took it especially hard. When first hearing the news, she was in complete denial that Akai could die. Despite her frantic attempts at proving Akai was alive, however, Jodie came to the cold hard truth on her own, bringing the agent to tears.

Since the incidents of Clash of Red and Black, Akai has become an understandably sore topic for Jodie. On one occasion when conversation about drinks led Camel to mention Akai's love for Bourbon alcohol and how his presence would have been helpful, Jodie furiously tells him that Shuichi Akai is dead and he should never mention him again. She storms away from her friends. In addition to an inability to cope with this loss, her thought process has become seemingly more aggressive and risky, something that was unheard of during her long, careful investigation of Vermouth. Jodie's mindset has been especially fixated since her encounter with Scar Akai. When Camel mentioned that the sudden reappearance of Akai could be a trap set up by the organization, Jodie refused to accept the possibility of such a scenario.

On the other hand, Shuichi was shown to truly care for her safety. In chapter 700, Department Store Bomber Case, Akai in the disguise form of Subaru, left a message quoted "Run. This place is very dangerous" on the drink coaster, indirectly hinting that he was concerned about her would-be fearless actions. Moreover, also in this case, whether accidental or deliberate, he bumped into Jodie at the moment she was trying to call out loud the name "Shuu" (after seeing Scar Akai blending into crowd to the gateway).

Despite the fact that they broke up 4 or 5 years ago, Jodie and Shuichi kept abnormally close-knit appellations. Jodie is confirmed by Gosho Aoyama to be the only to call Akai by the title "Shuu", which means an intimate relationship in Japanese culture. Likewise, Shuichi is the only to call Jodie by her first name without a suffix, whereas others call her Jodie-sensei, Jodie-kun or Jodie-san.

In Movie 18, Jodie flashed back to Shuichi's telling her about the difference between police gunners and army snipers. Shuichi promised to protect her with all his life, prompting Jodie to shed tears since she thought he had died at that time.

According to Super Digest Book plus 100 Akai-san and Jodie-sensei’s first impressions of each other were, Jodie’s was “What an arrogant man...”, Akai’s was “What a nagging woman”.

James Black

Although James Black is in charge of the FBI agents stationed in Japan, his relationship with Jodie couldn’t be further from the usual boss and subordinate stereotype. In fact, during several occasions, Jodie takes over the role of giving out orders while James serves as her chauffeur.[11] While there are many possibilities to explain such an arrangement, such as her strong personality and supposedly bad driving skills, James does not seem to mind in the least. The two have been acquainted long before she joined the FBI, dating back at least twenty years before the series. Following the murder of Jodie’s father, also an FBI agent, James tried convincing the young girl to join the witness protection program. Both out of concern for her safety and respect for his deceased friend, James pushed the offer hard and often, but Jodie refused him time and time again until at some point when she made him a deal; she would join the program if, and only if, she was promised a position in the FBI when she was older.[12] Whether or not he accepted the deal, Jodie’s current employment with the FBI seems to speak for itself. Despite this unusual working relationship, Jodie is a loyal and hard-working agent that wholeheartedly respects the man whom she has come to see as a sort of father figure. Work aside, the two have been shown to spend time together as friends, often along with Camel.

Andre Camel

She first meets Andre Camel while protecting Kir, and his lies make her suspicious. Later he is forced to knock her out to carry out Conan and Akai's plan to bring Kir back to the Black Organization. Jodie has twice needed to pretend Camel is her lover in order to escape probing questions. The first time was to trick the police when Camel was a prime suspect in a murder case, and later to dodge awkward questions from Ran about why Jodie was still in Japan. Camel plays along awkwardly.

Black Organization

Vermouth

Jodie (Age 7) encounters Vermouth twenty years prior to the series.

Bitter hatred for Vermouth is putting Jodie's feelings very lightly. The animosity she holds for the American actress stems back twenty years, during Jodie’s early childhood, when her father was murdered in cold blood and home burned to a crisp by none other than Vermouth. Jodie’s father was an FBI agent working in secret on files pertaining to Vermouth. Thinking that Jodie would die along with her mother and the files when the fire was set ablaze, Vermouth allowed the young girl to wait with her daddy for the bedtime story he promised her before dying. Things did not work out as planned, however, when Jodie left to buy orange juice at the grocery store as the fire began, later returning to find her house in shambles. After hearing that only two bodies were discovered, Vermouth desperately searched for the escapee, but to no avail; Jodie had been placed into the witness protection program by her father’s colleagues.

While Vermouth had since moved on from that incident, Jodie’s whole life was shaped during that fateful night. Albeit hesitant at first to join the program, Jodie made a deal with the persistent FBI agent, James Black: if promised a place in the FBI, she would take up his offer and go into the witness protection program. Ever since then, the burning desire to avenge her father, mother, and lost childhood drove Jodie to seek out the murderess. Vowing to always remember what took place, Jodie even took up the infamous motto that Vermouth spoke on the night of their encounter: “A secret makes a woman, woman.” When, years later, the FBI found a new lead on Vermouth, Jodie was given the opportunity to finally bring the high ranking organization member to justice.

Compared to the girl she made an orphan, Vermouth’s strong dislike for Jodie pales in comparison but exists nonetheless. When the two were finally reunited after a long period of time where both posed as school teachers, Vermouth was just as determined to finish what she started twenty years ago as Jodie was to bringing her nemesis into FBI custody. Although intervention from both sides led to a stalemate during their encounter, their fierce rivalry lives on, each with renewed efforts to put an end to the other.

Kir

Jodie interacted with Kir very little since Kir was unconscious or faking it most of the time she was under FBI watch. Kir passes information about the Black Organization to the FBI, including Jodie.

Other

Conan Edogawa

Impressed by his intelligence, deductionary abilities and knowledge, Jodie considers Conan her "favorite detective" or "cool kid". She always takes him seriously and lets him help her in figuring out plans. Also, it is shown that Jodie has placed great trust in the boy detective as when Conan asks for a favour or is asked by him to do a certain action, even though it doesn't make much sense, Jodie complies without question.

Ran Mouri

Although the two first met off screen when Jodie began teaching at Teitan High, Jodie’s stern personality and tough teaching style left a bad, perhaps more uncertain, impression on Ran. After coincidentally running into Jodie after school one day at an arcade, an entirely new impression was left on Ran Mouri. The high school girl began to admire and enjoy Jodie’s fun, friendly side. On more than one occasion, Ran even went to Jodie for advice. Unbeknownst to Ran, however, Jodie was putting on a front, at times even using the girl as a means to see Conan in action. As an FBI agent, Jodie closely monitored Ran and Conan after discovering a dartboard with their pictures during her investigation of Vermouth. As a school teacher, Jodie easily managed to keep close tabs on the girl labeled “Angel”.

When Jodie left her teaching position, the class was deeply saddened. Despite Jodie’s protests, Ran and Sonoko attempted to throw their favorite teacher a farewell party, which later turned into a case. To prove a friend’s innocence, Ran attempted to call Shinichi to solve the case for her. Jodie, however, took the phone away, claiming that Ran needed to learn how to become independent. This gesture helps encourage Ran to try and solve the case on her own, further strengthening Ran’s admiration for Jodie. When the time came to say good-bye, however, Ran went to use Jodie’s bathroom only to find photos of her friends and her hidden behind the sink mirror. Concerned by the discovery, Ran couldn’t decide what to make of the photos. When she finally found the courage to bring the topic up to Jodie during the latter’s hospitalization, the quick thinking FBI agent explained that displaying photos of friends was an American tradition. Relieved to hear her teacher's reasoning, Ran's admiration and respect for Jodie quickly returned.

Ai Haibara

Jodie takes great interest in Ai Haibara originally due to her investigation of Vermouth; although the reasons at first were unknown to her, Jodie suspected that there was a connection between the woman who Vermouth called “Sherry” and the young girl by the name of Ai Haibara.[13] Following the showdown with Vermouth, Jodie encourages Haibara to take part in the witness protection program, an offer that she declines after much consideration. As an FBI agent, she had hoped that Haibara would accept the offer, but because of their similar backgrounds, Jodie’s feelings were far closer to acceptance and admiration than they were to disappointment. While the two have yet to completely realize just how similar their pasts are, Jodie has admitted to seeing a little bit of herself in the young girl, even going as far as to comment on how Haibara had something that she lacked at that age; friends who she can depend on.[14] Although the relationship was mostly one-sided in the beginning, Haibara has started to see Jodie as a trustworthy figure of whom she can put her faith in, particularly after the many situations where FBI involvement has saved the day.

Tomoaki Araide

When Conan and Jodie succeeded in unmasking Vermouth and subsequently foiling her plans, the Araide family returned home to Japan, much to the dismay of the FBI agents who had gone to such lengths to protect them. It was encouraged that they take part in the Witness Protection Program, but Tomoaki Araide declined on behalf of the family. In order to make the transition back to daily life as smooth as possible, Jodie filled Tomoaki in on what he had missed, omitting certain details while making other things up to protect intelligence, allowing the doctor to return to his regular life again. During their final phone call, Jodie tells him that they will not speak again. Tomoaki uses this final opportunity to ask if Vermouth was really a bad person, infuriating Jodie who asked how a good person could kill while wearing a smile.[15]

Heiji Hattori

Jodie has some interest in Heiji. In the English Teacher vs. Great Western Detective case, both Heiji and Jodie learn a lot about each other and their secrets. She correctly deduces that Heiji is very proficient in English, and in turn, Heiji deduces that she is also very good in Japanese. She relates Shinichi with Heiji; the two share a lot in common, which she found very interesting. Though Conan is her favorite detective, she respects Heiji's capabilities and helps Heiji and Conan whenever circumstances bring them together on a case.

Natsuko Shibuya

She is a good friend of Jodie and come to america to study and they encounter each other, jodie saved her and she taught jodie japanese, also when she was hospitalized jodie came to pay her a visit.

Character popularity

eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Jodie placed 17th in the poll with 37 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.[16]

Name origin

Jodie Starling was named after both Clarice Starling, one of the main protagonists in Silence of the Lambs, and actress Jodie Foster who performed Starling's role in the movie adaptation of the same name. Her fake name, Saintemillion, was from Saint-Émilion, a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in south-western France. The region is known for its wines.

Different looks

Episode 227
Episode 563
Movie 18
Movie 24

Quotes

In other languages

Language Given Name Family Name
Flag of Japan Japanese ジョディ Jodi スターリング Sutāringu
Flag of Arab League Arabic جودي Jūdi سيمون Sīmōn
Flag of Indonesia Bahasa Indonesia Bu Guru Jodie Starling
Flag of Malaysia Bahasa Melayu Jodi Starling
Flag of China Chinese (Simplified) 茱蒂 Zhūdì 斯泰琳 Sītàilín
圣提米利翁 Shèngtímǐlìwēn
Flag of France French Jodie Sterling
Flag of Germany German Jodie Starling
Flag of Italy Italian Jodie Starling
Flag of Spain Spanish Jodie Starling
Flag of Thailand Thai โจดี้ สตาร์ลิ่ง
Flag of Vietnam Vietnamese Jodie Starling

Trivia

  • As a kid, Jodie's hairstyle looks similar to Haibara's.
  • According to Akai, Jodie has no driving skills; however, she was perfectly capable of performing a skidding about face with her car when being followed by Vermouth.
  • According to Gosho in JUSTICE PLUS Super Digest Book, Jodie’s glasses are just for show and that she doesn't have a prescription.
  • According to Super Digest Book plus 100 Jodie is popular among the male investigators in the FBI.

See also

References

  1. ^ Volume 27, File 270, Page 7: "Game Start"
  2. ^ Conan Drill page 29
  3. ^ a b c File 606 (Volume 58)
  4. ^ File 852
  5. ^ File 893 (Volume 84)
  6. ^ Movie 18: Dimensional Sniper
  7. ^ Episode 783: The Scarlet Truth
  8. ^ Manga Chapter 677: The Fated Individual
  9. ^ Volume 34, File 343, page 18: "Who Are You?"
  10. ^ Manga Volume 33, File 11 (339), pgs 13-14: "OX△□!?"
  11. ^ Volume 49, File 502: "A New Objective", Page 11
  12. ^ Volume 43, File 437: "Ai Haibara's Resolution ", Pages 15 - 18
  13. ^ Volume 42, File 433: "The Truth Behind the Mask ", Pages 5 - 6
  14. ^ Volume 43, File 437: "Ai Haibara's Resolution ", Pages 15 - 18
  15. ^ Volume 45, File 459: "Truth Behind the Remaining Desk", Pages 16 - 18
  16. ^ "『名探偵コナン』 人気投票結果". eBookJapan. 2011-05-12. http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp. Retrieved on 2011-05-15. 
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Main Characters
Protagonists Shinichi Kudo • Conan Edogawa • Ran Mouri • Kogoro Mouri
Detective Boys Ai Haibara • Ayumi Yoshida • Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya • Genta Kojima
Family & Friends Hiroshi Agasa • Sonoko Suzuki • Eri Kisaki • Yusaku Kudo • Yukiko Kudo • Heiji Hattori • Kazuha Toyama • Yoko Okino • Sumiko Kobayashi • Tomoaki Araide • Makoto Kyogoku • Shizuka Hattori • Jirokichi Suzuki • Eisuke Hondou • Azusa Enomoto • Subaru Okiya • Masumi Sera • Shukichi Haneda • Sakurako Yonehara • Rumi Wakasa • Momiji Ooka • Muga Iori
Tokyo Metropolitan Police District Juzo Megure • Wataru Takagi • Miwako Sato • Ninzaburo Shiratori • Yumi Miyamoto • Kazunobu Chiba • Naeko Miike • Kiyonaga Matsumoto • Inspector Yuminaga • Shintaro Chaki • Hyoue Kuroda • Kenji Hagiwara • Jinpei Matsuda • Wataru Date
Osaka Police District Heizo Hattori • Ginshiro Toyama • Goro Otaki
Nagano Police District Kansuke Yamato • Yui Uehara • Taka'aki Morofushi
Other police districts Sango Yokomizo • Misao Yamamura • Jugo Yokomizo • Chihaya Hagiwara • Fumimaro Ayanokoji
NPA and Public Security Bureau Rei Furuya (Bourbon) • Hiromitsu Morofushi • Yuya Kazami
FBI Shuichi Akai • Jodie Starling • James Black • Andre Camel
CIA Hidemi Hondou (Kir) • Ethan Hondou
MI6 Mary Sera • Tsutomu Akai
Black Organization The Boss • Rum • Gin • Vodka • Vermouth • Chianti • Korn • Shiho Miyano • Akemi Miyano • Elena Miyano • Atsushi Miyano • Tequila • Pisco • Calvados • Rikumichi Kusuda • Ki'ichiro Numabuchi
Magic Kaito Kaito Kuroba • Kaitou Kid • Aoko Nakamori • Ginzo Nakamori • Midoriko Nakamori • Toichi Kuroba • Chikage Kuroba • Konosuke Jii • Keiko Momoi • Akako Koizumi • Saguru Hakuba • Snake • Kaitou Corbeau
Others "The Criminal" • Hideo Akagi • Ryusuke Higo • Takahiro Sanada • Scar Akai • Kohji Haneda • Kamen Yaiba • Amanda Hughes
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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Active Agents Shuichi Akai (Subaru Okiya) • Jodie Starling • James Black • Andre Camel
Minor Agents Tim • Bill • Jeff • Meyer • Hodges • Ishida
Related Articles Witness Protection Program • Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) • Law Enforcement • Scar Akai
Manga Golden Apple Case • Footsteps of Darkness • Meeting with Vodka • Halloween Party Case • Murderer's Car Case • Black Organization vs. FBI • Giant Hammer Case • Kir Transport Case • Foreign Suspect Case • Red, White, and Yellow Case • Bank Heist Case • Department Store Bomber Case • East vs. West • A Shrine to Remember • Scarlet Showdown • Girls Band Murder Case • The Clenched Scissors and the Clipped Letters • A song named ASACA • Yusaku Kudo's TV Show Case • FBI Serial Murder Case
Anime Shinichi Kudo's New York Case • On the Trail of a Silent Witness • Contact with the Black Organization • Head-to-Head Match with the Black Organization: A Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night • Find the Buttock's Mark • Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out • The Shadow of the Black Organization • Clash of Red and Black • Red, White, Yellow, and the Detective Boys • Detective Boys vs. Robber Group • The Crisis Beckoned by the Red Omen • Conan vs. Heiji, Deduction Battle Between the Detectives of the East and West • Jodie's Memories and the Cherry Blossom Viewing Trap • The Scarlet Return • The Unfriendly Girls Band • Just Like a 17 Years Old Crime Scene • The Betrayal's Stage • Yusaku Kudo's Detective Show • The Black Organization's Scheme
Movies and Specials Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie • Dimensional Sniper • The Darkest Nightmare • The Scarlet Bullet • Black Iron Submarine
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