The Train Trick Murder Case

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Episode 55 (Int. Episode 57)
Information
Title:	The Train Trick Murder Case
Japanese title:	列車トリック殺人事件 (Ressha Torikku Satsujin Jiken)
Original airdate:	April 21, 1997
Broadcast rating:	18.4%
Filler case:	#20
Season:	3
Manga source:	TV Original
English version
English title:	Train Trick
Dubbed episode:	Episode 57
English airdate:	October 12, 2004 (DVD)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	On-board vending
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Junichi Miyashita
Storyboard:	Susumu Ishizaki
Episode director:	Susumu Ishizaki
Animation director:	Izumi Shimura
Character design:	Masatomo Sudo Mari Tominaga (sub-character) Yasuhiro Moriki (design works)
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Yoku Shioya as Taizo Sato Kazuhiko Inoue as Takashi Date Masaya Onosaka as Yosuke Kobayashi Isshin Chiba as Conductor Wataru Takagi Station attendant A, Next Conan's Hint Yukiko Iwai as Salesperson Takumi Yamazaki as Station announcement
Music
Opening song:	Nazo
Closing song:	Hikari to Kage no Roman

The Train Trick Murder Case (列車トリック殺人事件 ,Ressha Torikku Satsujin Jiken) is the 55th episode of Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

As Kogoro, Ran, and Conan are on their way home from a hot spring in Komono, Mie Prefecture, they boarded a train together with a pair of doctors. They arrived at a station where one may change trains to another line, but no one could possibly change trains since the two lines are scheduled differently by a mere five-minute difference. At the station where the trio are to change trains to one going to Tokyo, a murder is discovered. The only suspect rides in the train with Conan's group while the victim rides on a train from a different line.

Murder
	Location: Mizunokawa Line Victim: Utsumi Cause of death: Heart attack caused by potassium chloride poisoning Suspect: Takashi Date The police found the corpse of Utsumi, who died of poisoning.

People

Taizo Sato
	Doctor

Takashi Date
	Doctor

Utsumi
	Victim (poison) Doctor

Yosuke Kobayashi
	Hananomachi railway police chief

Girl A
	Mizunokawa Line stewardess

Girl B
100px	Mizunokawa Line kiosk clerk

Woman
	Mizunokawa Line rich passenger

Man
	Pharmaceutical company director

Resolution

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The culprit is Takashi Date. The victim Utsumi was blackmailing the doctor on incidents of malpractice and was silenced. He had taken pictures of him making deals with other doctors as well, Takashi attempted to buy the photos off of him but he refused, most likely due to the fact that he wanted to continue to use these photos as leverage.

He used a series of tricks to make so that he was able to kill the victim and maintain a alibi. When the train stopped at the first station, he got off and disguised himself by putting on a mustache and hat as well as turning his jacket inside out as it is reversible. Then he got on the train where Utsumi was, he was able to delay the train via phone call claiming to be a passenger who forgot their belongings in the train. He then sat down across from Utsumi and after talking he ambushed and injected him with a syringe full of medicine that induced a heart attack.

The decisive evidence of his guilt was that he robbed the victim including a substantial amount of coins to give the impression of an indiscriminate robbery. However this itself was strange as there was a better target: a rich woman who was wearing expensive jewelry and most likely had a large amount of money as well. To keep the impression that he was on the same train that the victim wasn’t in the entire time he bought a drink using one of those coins.

The possibility of fingerprints was brought up, but Date claimed that Utsumi had lent him money so finding his fingerprints wouldn't mean anything. However Conan as Kogoro says that was not what he meant when he mentioned fingerprints, he meant that the coins had fingerprints from the Stewardess. Utsumi had bought a drink from the stewardess, however she did not have bills small enough to give as change so she gave him his change in coins.

So should any of the stewardess's fingerprints be found on the those coins, then that will prove that Takashi was on the train were Utsumi was riding and was murdered in proving his guilt. Faced with the overwhelming evidence he breaks down and confesses his guilt, revealing his motive to be that the rumors about him making around the back deals was indeed true and that Utsumi had found out and blackmailed him for it. He did not want to be blackmailed for the rest of his life so he decided to kill him.

Translation changes

Anime

• The names of the characters and places in the Funimation Dub are:

• Taizo Sato - Dr. Josh Sadler
• Takashi Date - Dr. Delany
• Utsumi - David Albright
• Yosuke Kobayashi - Will Kobayashi
• Mizunokawa Station - Melburn Station
• Yunoyama Line - Orange Line
• Hananomachi Line - Blue Line
• Hananomachie Statin - Halpin Station

Trivia

• Potassium chloride is used in US lethal injection executions.

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	謎	Nazo	Mystery	Nazo
2	蘭のテーマ	Ran no Tēma	Ran's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
3	のんびり気分	Nonbiri Kibun	Carefree Feeling	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
4	悪のテーマ （パート１）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 1)	Theme of Evil (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
5	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
6	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
7	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
8	犯人のアジト （忍び込みver.）	Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)	The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
9	事件現場 （オリジナルver.）	Jiken Genba (Orijinaru ver.)	Scene of the Case (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
10	捜査開始	Sōsa Kaishi	The Investigation Begins	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
11	コナンの危機	Konan no Kiki	Conan's Crisis	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack Super Best
12	闇の男爵ナイトバロンのテーマ	Yami no Danshaku Naito Baron no Tēma	Baron of the Darkness, The Night Baron's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
13	怪人包帯男２	Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2	The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
14	対決のテーマ （落ち着きver.）	Taiketsu no Tēma (Ochitsuki ver.)	Showdown Theme (Calm ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
15	「名探偵コナン」メイン・テーマ （バラードver.）	"Meitantei Konan" Mein・Tēma (Barādo ver.)	"Detective Conan" Main Theme (Ballad ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
16	光と影のロマン	Hikari to Kage no Roman	Romance of Light and Shadow	Hikari to Kage no Roman
17	コナンの勝利	Konan no Shōri	Conan's Victory	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	الإبرة القاتلة	The Deadly Needle
Basque	Treneko hilketa	Murder in the train
Catalan (Catalan dub)	El cas de l'assassinat del tren	Train murder case
Catalan (Valencian dub)	El cas de l'assassinat del tren	Train murder case
French	Itinéraire impossible	Impossible route
Galician	O asasinato do truco dos trens	Trick train murder
German	Mord nach Fahrplan	Murder According to Schedule
Italian	Mistero sul treno	Mystery on the Train
Spanish (American dub)	El truco del asesinato en el tren	Train murder trick
Spanish (Castilian dub)	El truco del tren	Train trick
Thailand	คดีฆาตกรรมบนรถไฟ	A murder case on a train
Vietnamese	Thủ đoạn giết người trên tàu lửa	The Train Trick Murder Case

See also

• Season 3