The Battle Game Trap

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Episode 226-227 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Battle Game Trap
Japanese title:	バトルゲームの罠 (Batoru Gēmu no Wana)
Original airdate:	February 26, 2001 (Part 1) March 5, 2001 (Part 2)
Broadcast rating:	20.90% 20,40%
Manga case:	#77
Season:	9
Manga source:	Volume 27: Files 7-9 (270-272)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Jodie Saintemillion Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Shinichi Kudo Makoto Kyogoku Tomoaki Araide
Case solved by:	Sonoko Suzuki (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Game character (Part 1) Shoes (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Kenji Kodama
Organizer:	Chika Ichimaru
Storyboard:	Chika Ichimaru
Episode director:	226 Masato Sato 227 Eiichi Kuboyama
Animation director:	226 Hirobi Muranaka 227 Izumi Shimura
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Chafurin as Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi, Next Conan's Hint Naoko Matsui as Sonoko Suzuki Miyuki Ichijou as Jodie Saintemillion Hisao Egawa as Kengo Bito Naoya Uchida as Takayasu Shimizu Kousuke Okano as Hitoshi Dejima Takao Ohyama as Toshitsugu Emori Isshin Chiba as Man A Naoki Makishima as Man B Takayuki Inoue as Man C Junichi Sugawara as Policeman
Music
Opening song:	Koi wa Thrill, Shock, Suspense
Closing song:	Start in my life

Characters introduced

Jodie Starling
	28 years old English teacher

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Shinichi Kudo (flashback) Makoto Kyogoku (flashback) Tomoaki Araide (flashback) Unnamed officer Unnamed officer

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Part 1

Sonoko, Ran, and Conan are at the arcade where they meet their High School English teacher, Jodie Starling who is an avid gamer. 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 lost. Bito plays the game again 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.

Murder
	Location: Arcade Center Victim: Kengo Bito Age: 21 years old Cause of death: Poison Suspects: Jodie Starling, Hitoshi Dejima, Toshitsugu Emori, and Takayasu Shimizu Bito freezed dead by poison while play fighter.

The police investigate; after reviewing the security camera's footage, they limit the suspects down to four people, a middle aged man, an employee, Shimizu, and Jodie.

Part 2

The autopsy reveals the poison to be Tetrodotoxin, a poison that causes instant paralysis and death soon after. Conan investigates and learns the method and the culprit who murdered Bito.

People

Jodie Saintemillion
	28 years old English teacher

Kengo Bito
	Victim (poison) 21 years old Unemployed

Hitoshi Dejima
	22 years old Arcade staff

Toshitsugu Emori
	41 years old Taxi driver

Takayasu Shimizu
	30 years old Game magazine writer

Imoto Shimizu
	Takayasu's sister Kengo Bito's girlfriend

Forensic Member
100px	Forensic Member

Resolution

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The culprit is Takayasu Shimizu. In their game, the male character completely overpowers the female character causing everyone to think Takagi had beaten Ran. Instead it was the opposite; Takagi was playing the female character while wearing his tie as a blindfold underneath the game helmet. Conan reveals that Shimizu was the one playing Bito's avatar in order disguise the fact Bito was already dead during the final game. Instead of claiming a decisive victory at the finish, Shimizu purposefully caused the match to end in a draw so that his screen would not display that he was the winner and Bito was the loser.

To dispose of the murder weapon, Conan explains Shimizu hid the poisoned needle tip inside a cigarette, and placed the cigarette on a gum wrapper with a piece of chewed gum sandwiched in between. Someone, who by coincidence happened to be Dejima, would accidentally step on the paper and transport the murder weapon away. The decisive evidence that Shimizu is the culprit is a coin in Bito's arcade machine with Shimizu's fingerprints. Since Bito was dead, Shimizu himself had to put a coin in Bito's machine in order to start their final match.

Motive

Bito was a gambler habitually in debt, and Shimizu's sister had worked endlessly trying to pay it off. She didn't even eat which caused her to develop Vitamin A deficiency that descended into blindness. Shimizu made a deal with Bito that if he beat him in the fighting game as Haido Lucas then Bito would leave his sister and say that he regret doing it since he never get a chance to beat him.

Conclusion

As Sonoko, Ran, and Jodie leave the arcade, Jodie says she was impressed with Sonoko's deductions, comparing her to American female police officer Kate Martin. Ran compares Sonoko's deduction style to Shinichi's, causing Jodie to reminisce about how cool Shinichi was at the school festival. When Jodie goes her separate way, she calls Conan "Cool Guy". That night, Jodie calls an unknown person to discuss how her target, "Rotten Apple", has changed their appearance.

Trivia

• This is the case that stated Dr. Araide quit as the basketball coach, and began working with the drama club.
• This case showcases Jodie's marksmanship with guns, or at least with shooting games.
• This case displays that Jodie is a real gamer in Arcade games.
• This is the first case that Tetrodotoxin was used, although this case also mentioned Fugu as well, which is apparently a source of it.
• Although Jodie complemented Sonoko's deduction during the case, she seemed completely aware that Conan was the only one of the trio that was really investigating this case.
• Although Jodie has met Sonoko and Ran in school, where she teaches, this is her first encounter with Conan.

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• This is the only episode that Jodie called Conan, "Cool Guy," which does hint that she may have seen the three pictures on Vermouth's dartboard already.

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BGM listing

Part 1

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	恋はスリル、ショック、サスペンス	Koi wa Suriru, Shokku, Sasupensu	Love is Thrill, Shock, Suspense	Koi wa Thrill, Shock, Suspense
2	のんびり気分	Nonbiri Kibun	Carefree Feeling	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
3	蘭・愛のテーマ	Ran・Ai no Tēma	Ran's Love Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
4	(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)
5	昼下がりの天使たち	Hirusagari no Tenshitachi	Early Afternoon Angels	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
6	(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)
7	陰謀	Inbō	Conspiracy	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
8	(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)
9	ターゲット サスペンスＤ	Tāgetto Sasupensu D	Target Suspense D	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
10	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
11	阿笠博士のテーマ	Agasa Hakase no Tēma	Professor Agasa's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
12	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
13	小さな巨人	Chiisana Kyojin	A Small Great Person	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
14	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
15	ターゲット サスペンスＣ	Tāgetto Sasupensu C	Target Suspense C	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
16	尋問	Jinmon	Interrogation	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
17	古城の探索	Kojō no Tansaku	Exploration of the Old Castle	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
18	犯人からの電話	Hannin Kara no Denwa	Phone Call From the Culprit	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
19	Start in my life	Start in my life	Start in my life	Start in my life

Part 2

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	恋はスリル、ショック、サスペンス	Koi wa Suriru, Shokku, Sasupensu	Love is Thrill, Shock, Suspense	Koi wa Thrill, Shock, Suspense
2	謎解き （その２）	Nazotoki (Sono 2)	Riddle Solution (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
3	犯人からの電話	Hannin Kara no Denwa	Phone Call From the Culprit	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
4	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
5	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
6	ターゲット サスペンスＣ	Tāgetto Sasupensu C	Target Suspense C	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
7	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
8	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
9	悪のテーマ （パート１）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 1)	Theme of Evil (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
10	ターゲット サスペンスＢ	Tāgetto Sasupensu B	Target Suspense B	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
11	(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)
12	沈む夕陽	Shizumu Yūhi	Depressing Sunset	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
13	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
14	ターゲット サスペンスＣ	Tāgetto Sasupensu C	Target Suspense C	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
15	トリック	Torikku	Trick	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
16	殺意	Satsui	Murderous Intent	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
17	何かが起きる…	Nanika ga Okiru...	Something Happened...	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
18	挫折	Zasetsu	Frustration	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
19	Start in my life	Start in my life	Start in my life	Start in my life
20	蘭のテーマ （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Ran no Tēma (Mantenrō Vājon)	Ran's Theme (Skyscraper Version)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
21	古城のテーマ	Kojō no Tēma	The Old Castle's Theme	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	لعبةٌ لم تتم	An Unfinished Game
Catalan (Catalan dub)	La trampa del joc de lluita	The trap of the fighting game
Catalan (Valencian dub)	La trampa del joc de lluitar	The trap of the fight game
Galician	A trampa do xogo de pelexa	The trap of the fight game
German	Die Kampfspiel-Falle	The Battle Game Trap
Italian	Delitto in sala giochi	Crime in the Game Center
Spanish (American dub)	La trampa del videojuego de lucha	The trap of the fighting videogame
Spanish (Castilian dub)	La trampa del videojuego de lucha	The trap of the fighting videogame
Thai	กับดักเกมต่อสู้	Fighting game trap
Vietnamese	Cạm bẫy của trận đấu game	The Battle Game Trap

See also

• Season 9