Riddle Granny Disappearance Case

Chronology
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Episode 273 (Int. Episode 295)
Information
Title:	Riddle Granny Disappearance Case
Japanese title:	クイズ婆さんの失踪事件 (Kuizu-bāsan no Shissō Jiken)
Original airdate:	April 8, 2002 November 28, 2020 (Remastered)
Broadcast rating:	17.90%
Remastered rating:	7.0%
Filler case:	#93
Season:	10
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Detective Boys Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Kazunobu Chiba Detective Kobayashi Detective Yokoyama Detective Yamamoto Detective Kojima Police detective
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Cat Chinese character (Remastered)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Screenplay:	Takeo Ohno
Storyboard:	Yasumi Mikamoto
Episode director:	Mashu Ito
Animation director:	Hirobi Muranaka
Character design:	Masatomo Sudo Junko Yamanaka and Kumiko Shishido (design works)
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Next Conan's Hint Akiko Takamura as Shizuka Omori Kenichi Ono as Joji Yabuki Reiko Suzuki as Setsuko Nishiyoma Kazuhiko Kishino as Toshio Mochizuki Masayuki Omoro as Hayakawa
Music
Opening song:	I can't stop my love for you♥
Closing song:	Yume Mita Ato de

Riddle Granny Disappearance Case (クイズ婆さんの失踪事件 ,Kuizu-bāsan no Shissō Jiken) is the 273rd episode of Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ayumi Yoshida Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Kazunobu Chiba Detective Kobayashi Detective Yokoyama Detective Yamamoto Detective Kojima Police detective Unnamed officer Unnamed officer

Case

Situation

The Detective Boys are worried because Ayumi hasn't been hanging out with them lately. But they later discover that an old woman called Shizuka Omori prepares a riddle for Ayumi every day while she is sitting on a bench taking care of stray cats. The next day, the Detective Boys discover that the elder has been kidnapped.

Kidnapping
	Victim: Shizuka Omori Age: 65 years old Suspects: Joji Yabuki and Toshio Mochizuki The next day, Omori doesn't show up to the park at her usual time. Ayumi gets worried, so they go to Omori's house to check on her. But she isn't there. Yesterday's evening paper is still in the mailbox, meaning she didn't make it home last night. The Detective Boys fear the something bad has happened to her.

The main suspect is Toshio Mochizuki, the nephew of her first love Ezaki, who died under suspicious circumstances a month prior. Also they discover that a man called Joji Yabuki was mad with the woman because one of the cats always pees in his car.

Accident?
	Victim: Mr. Ezaki Time: One month ago Cause of death: Blunt-force trauma Suspects: Toshio Mochizuki Mr. Ezaki was found dead in his bathtub. Though it seems like an accident, it looked like he was set up to fall on the faucet.

People

Shizuka Omori
	Victim (kidnapped) 65 years old Retired

Joji Yabuki
	25 years old Man whose car is parked at Beika Park

Setsuko Nishiyoma
	62 years old Retired Shizuka's friend

Toshio Mochizuki
	50 years old Company president in Haido

Mr. Ezaki
	Victim (bashed) Toshio's uncle Apes' ornaments collector Shizuka's first love

Hayakawa
	Trash collector

Jackie
	Stray cat whom Shizuka is taking care of

Steve
	Stray cat whom Shizuka is taking care of

Bruce
	Victim (kidnapped) Stray cat whom Shizuka is taking care of

Resolution

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The culprit is Toshio Mochizuki. He killed his uncle in order to acquire his prized ape ornaments collection. He also kidnapped Shizuka Omori, who had too many connections to Mr. Ezaki and could identify the culprit. She was supposed to be sent away in an old locker, but fortunately she was rescued in time.

Trivia

Episode 153

• Mr. Ezaki appears in Sonoko's Dangerous Summer Story, as a guest in the Izu inn owned by Makoto Kyogoku's father, then it was the Izu hot springs where he and Shizuka always stayed.
• Shizuka's stray cats have the name of famous boxers: Bruce for Bruce Lee, Jackie for Jackie Chan, and Steve for Steve Collins.

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	I can't stop my love for you♥	I can't stop my love for you♥	I can't stop my love for you♥	I can't stop my love for you♥
2	新少年探偵団のテーマ	Shin Shōnen Tanteidan no Tēma	The New Detective Boys' Theme	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
3	１０年後の歩美	10 Nengo no Ayumi	Ayumi 10 Years Later	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
4	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
5	蘭のお姉さんぶり	Ran no Onēsan Buri	Ran's Elder Sister Style	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
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	記憶喪失（影）	Kiokusōshitsu (Kage)	Amnesia (Shadow)	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
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	ターゲット サスペンスＡ	Tāgetto Sasupensu A	Target Suspense A	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
10	殺意	Satsui	Murderous Intent	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
11	暗号トリックの解読	Angō Torikku no Kaidoku	The Trick to Deciphering the Code	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
12	新少年探偵団のテーマ	Shin Shōnen Tanteidan no Tēma	The New Detective Boys' Theme	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
13	とっておきクイズ	Totte Oki Kuizu	Take the Quiz	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
14	新一の名推理	Shin'ichi no Meisuiri	Shinichi's Great Deduction	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
15	沈む夕陽	Shizumu Yūhi	Depressing Sunset	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
16	犯人（スナイパー）の正体	Hannin (Sunaipā) no Shōtai	The Culprit's (Sniper's) Identity	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
17	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
18	夢みたあとで	Yume Mita Ato de	After I've Been Dreaming	Yume Mita Ato de
19	コナンの勝利	Konan no Shōri	Conan's Victory	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	حل أحجية الجدة	Solving the Grandmother’s Puzzle
Catalan (Catalan dub)	La desaparició de l'àvia dels problemes d'enginy	The Puzzle grandmother disappearance
Catalan (Valencian dub)	La desaparició de la anciana de les endevinalles	The riddle grandmother disappearance
Galician	O caso da avoa desaparecida	The case of the dissapeared grandmother
German	Oma verzweifelt gesucht	Grandma Desperately Sought
Italian	La scomparsa della vecchietta dei quiz	The Riddle Granny Disappearance
Spanish (American dub)	La desaparición de la abuela de los acertijos	The riddle grandmother disappearance
Spanish (Castilian dub)	La desaparición de la abuela de los acertijos	The riddle grandmother disappearance
Thai	คดีคุณยายเจ้าปัญหาหายตัว	The missing case of the riddle granny
Vietnamese	Vụ án câu đố bí ẩn của bà lão biến mất	Riddle Granny Disappearance Case

See also

• Season 10