Voice-Changing Bowtie
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| Japanese name: | 蝶ネクタイ型変声機 |
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| Romaji name: | Chō Nekutai-gata Henseiki |
| Created by: | Professor Agasa |
| Used by: | Conan Edogawa |
| First appearance: | Manga: Volume 1 - File 6 Anime: Episode 3 |
| Appearances: | Chapters: 83 Episodes: 458 Movies: 21 OVAs: 4 Specials: 1 Openings: 23 Closings: 7 |
The Voice-Changing Bowtie is the first gadget created by Professor Agasa for Conan.
Description
By turning the dial on the back Conan is able to imitate all kinds of voices that he hears. When Conan isn't wearing the bowtie, he'll usually store it away in a pocket until he needs it. This gadget is usually used together with the Stun-Gun Wristwatch, prior to receiving it, Conan was shown to knock Kogoro unconscious by kicking an ashtray.
Technical details
The theory behind the Voice-Changing Bowtie is that it works on a frequency modifier system based on patterns from the voice it is to emulate. Voice changers are real technology.
In the real world the Voice-Changing Bowtie has many flaws, such as the frequency response for the size of the speakers in the bowtie wouldn't be able to reproduce frequency of a voice realistically. The frequency modifier, in most cases, wouldn't be able reproduce the subtle but also distinguishable variations of another persons voice. In order to even change the sound in the first place they will need components such as a mic, speaker, processor and powerful batteries to keep it all running. Last but not least the Voice-Changing Bowtie needs to have Conan voice inverted to cancel out his voice completely, otherwise it would be present and noticeable. As this is a fictional drama with many factual references take it with a grain of salt that this is subject to a persons imagination, but these types of technology can and will be possible in the near future if they utilise extremely thin and small magnetic speakers which can accurately reproduce the frequencies accordingly, and the other components reduce drastically in size.
Usage
Under Construction
In most cases, Conan will use the bowtie to simulate Kogoro's voice (and sometimes Sonoko's) to solve a case. However, in some unique situations, Conan used the bowtie to take other people's voices.
Kogoro Mouri
Below is the list of episodes in which Conan mimicked Kogoro's voice. "???" means that the information needs to be verified.
| Source | Reason |
|---|---|
| Episode 3 | Solving case. |
| Episode 6 | Solving case. |
| Episode 9 | Solving case. |
| Episode 11 | Solving case. |
| Episode 16 | Solving case. |
| Episode 19 | Solving case. |
| Episode 21 | Solving case. |
| Episode 22-23 | Solving case. |
| Episode 30 | Solving case. |
| Episode 31 | Solving case. |
| Episode 38 | Tricking Inspector Megure and Kogoro to meet up. Solving case. |
| Episode 39-40 | Solving case. |
| Episode 41 | Solving case. |
| Episode 44 | Solving case. |
| Episode 45 | Solving case. |
| Episode 46 | Solving case. |
| Episode 47 | Solving case. |
| Episode 51 | Solving case. |
| Episode 52 | Solving case. |
| Episode 54 | Solving case. |
| Episode 55 | Solving case. |
| Episode 56 | Solving case. |
| Episode 60 | Solving case. |
| Episode 61-62 | Solving case. |
| Episode 64 | Solving case. |
| Episode 66 | Solving case. |
| Episode 68-70 | Solving case. |
| Episode 71 | Tricking Inspector Megure and Kogoro to meet up. Solving case. |
| Episode 74 | Calling Inspector Megure on the phone. Solving case. |
| Episode 75 | Solving case. |
| Episode 77-78 | Solving case. |
| Episode 80 | Solving case. |
| Episode 83 | Solving case. |
| Episode 87 | Solving case. |
| Episode 88-89 | Solving case. |
| Episode 90 | Solving case. |
| Episode 94 | Solving case. |
| Episode 95 | Solving case. |
| Episode 97 | Solving case. |
| Episode 98-99 | Solving case. |
| Episode 100-101 | Solving case. |
| Episode 102-103 | Solving case. |
| Episode 106 | Solving case. |
| Episode 109 | Tricking Inspector Megure and Kogoro to meet up. Solving case. |
| Episode 110-111 | Solving case. |
| Episode 113 | Solving case. |
| Episode 114-115 | Solving case. |
| Episode 119 | Solving case. |
| Episode 120 | Solving case. |
| Episode 121-122 | Solving case. |
| Episode 124-125 | Solving case. |
| Episode 126-127 | Solving case. |
| Episode 128 | Calling Inspector Megure for Hirota Masami's address. |
| Episode 149 | Solving case. |
| Episode 158 | Solving case. |
| Episode 159-160 | Solving case. |
| Episode 161 | Solving case. |
| Episode 166-168 | Solving case. |
| Episode 169 | Solving case. |
| Episode 170-171 | Solving case. |
| Episode 172-173 | Solving case. |
| Episode 174 | Solving case. |
| Episode 175 | Solving case. |
| Episode 180-181 | Solving case. |
| Episode 184 | Solving case. |
| Episode 185-186 | Solving case. |
| Episode 187 | Solving case. |
| Episode 194-195 | Solving case. |
| Episode 197-198 | Solving case. |
| Episode 203=204 | Solving case. |
| Episode 207 | Solving case. |
| Episode 208 | Solving case. |
| Episode 210-211 | Solving case. |
| Episode 214 | Solving case. |
| Episode 215-216 | Solving case. |
| Episode 220-221 | Solving case. |
| Episode 222-224 | Solving case. |
| Episode 232 | Solving case. |
| Episode 235 | Solving case. |
| Episode 236-237 | Solving case. |
| Episode 240-241 | Solving case. |
| Episode 243-244 | Solving case. |
| Episode 245 | Solving case. |
| Episode 248 | Solving case. |
| Episode 251 | Solving case. |
| Episode 255-256 | ??? |
| Episode 260 | Solving case. |
| Episode 261-262 | Solving case. |
| Episode 264-265 | Solving case. |
| Episode 266-268 | ??? |
| Episode 274-275 | ??? |
| Episode 282-283 | ??? |
| Episode 284-285 | ??? |
| Episode 296 | Solving case. |
| Episode 297-298 | ??? |
| Episode 299-300 | ??? |
| Episode 305-306 | ??? |
| Episode 307-308 | ??? |
| Episode 314 | ??? |
| Episode 315 | ??? |
| Episode 316-317 | ??? |
| Episode 318-319 | ??? |
| Episode 320 | ??? |
| Episode 328 | ??? |
| Episode 337 | ??? |
| Episode 348-349 | ??? |
| Episode 350-351 | ??? |
| Episode 354-355 | ??? |
| Episode 364-365 | ??? |
| Episode 369 | ??? |
| Episode 694 | Solving case. |
| Episode 695 | Solving case. |
| Episode 696 | Solving case. |
| Episode 697 | Solving case. |
| Episode 704 | Solving case. |
Special Cases
| Source | Character simulated | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Episode 3 | Random voice/Shinichi Kudo | Testing out the bowtie with random voice. Making up an excuse for why he/Shinichi is not around to Ran. |
| Episode 7 | Shinichi Kudo | To keep Ran from suspecting Conan. (Used by Professor Agasa.) |
| Episode 10 | Shinichi Kudo | Calling Ryoko |
| Episode 17 | Random voice | Pretending to be a cop to save Genta & Mitsuhiko from the robbers. |
| Episode 18 | Sonoko Suzuki | Solving case. |
| Episode 29 | Shinichi Kudo | Calling Inspector Megure to continue investigation and to bring Ran & Conan along. |
| Episode 34-35 | Sonoko Suzuki | Solving case. |
| Episode 38 | Inspector Megure, Kogoro Mouri | Tricking Inspector Megure and Kogoro to meet up. Solving case. |
| Episode 42 | Shinichi Kudo | Solving case. |
| Episode 43 | Boy's mother, Alien | Conan needed to convince a young boy to continue to let him hide in his hotel room. |
| Episode 48-49 | Shinichi Kudo | Calling Ran. |
| Episode 57-58 | Heiji Hattori | Solving case. |
| Episode 63 | Professor Agasa | Solving case. |
| Episode 67 | Heihachiro Shiota | Solving case. |
| Episode 71 | Inspector Megure, Kogoro Mouri | Tricking Inspector Megure and Kogoro to meet up. Solving case. |
| Episode 72 | Sonoko Suzuki | Solving case. |
| Episode 77-78 | Nobuko Nagato, Kogoro Mouri | Answering a phone call for Nabuko. |
| Episode 79 | Sonoko Suzuki | Solving case. |
| Episode 81-82 | Ayumi Yoshida | To maintain disguise as Ayumi. |
| Episode 84-85 | Shinichi Kudo | Calling Ran, and telling her what to say for solving the case. |
| Episode 91 | Criminal | Getting the attention of another criminal. |
| Episode 96 | Misao Yamamura | Solving case. |
| Episode 109 | Inspector Megure, Kogoro Mouri | Tricking Inspector Megure and Kogoro to meet up. Solving case. |
| Episode 129 | Shinichi Kudo, Professor Agasa | Calling Inspector Megure as Shinichi to alert him to the counterfeiters. Uses Agasa's voice to solve case. |
| Episode 132-134 | Sonoko Suzuki | ??? |
| Episode 138-139 | Professor Agasa | ??? |
| Episode 140 | Professor Agasa | ??? |
| Episode 143 | Sonoko Suzuki | ??? |
| Episode 150-151 | Inspector Megure | ??? |
| Episode 176-178 | Shinichi Kudo, Man's voice, Conan Edogawa | ??? |
| Episode 179 | Professor Agasa | ??? |
| Episode 209 | Professor Agasa | ??? |
| Episode 226-227 | Sonoko Suzuki | ??? |
| Episode 228-229 | Sonoko Suzuki | ??? |
| Episode 240-241 | Shinichi Kudo | Calls to talk to Ran about the case involving Ray Curtis. |
| Episode 246-247 | Professor Agasa | ??? |
| Episode 253-254 | Shinichi Kudo, Wataru Takagi | Solving case, stopping Shiratori and Sato kissing each other. |
| Episode 257 | Inspector Megure | ??? |
| Episode 269-270 | Professor Agasa | ??? |
| Episode 279-280 | Professor Agasa | ??? |
| Episode 309-311 | Takashi Itakura | Arranging a meeting with Vodka. |
| Episode 321-322 | Tadashi Yoshizawa | ??? |
| Episode 323-324 | Misari Itou | ??? |
| Episode 329-330 | Professor Agasa | ??? |
| Episode 333-334 | Yukiko Kudo | Solving case. |
| Episode 335-336 | Professor Agasa | ??? |
| Episode 338-339 | Sonoko Suzuki | ??? |
| Episode 340-341 | Professor Agasa | ??? |
| Episode 342 | Sonoko Suzuki | ??? |
| Episode 343-344 | Shinichi Kudo | ??? |
| Episode 352-353 | Sonoko Suzuki | ??? |
| Episode 360 | Misao Yamamura | ??? |
| Episode 361-362 | Sonoko Suzuki | ??? |
| Episode 368 | Sonoko Suzuki | ??? |
| Episode 597-598 | Professor Agasa | Solving case. |
| Episode 618 | Conan Edogawa | Shinichi having a while before reverting back into Conan pretended to have a cold. |
| Episode 782 | Yusaku Kudo (disguised) | Talks to Bourbon via a microwave transmitter. |
| File 920 | Professor Agasa | Solving case. |
| The Time-Bombed Skyscraper | Shinichi Kudo | Talks to Ran several times. Answers a phone call from Teiji Moriya. |
| Lupin III vs. Detective Conan | Inspector Zenigata | Attempts solving case, but Zenigata wakes up. |
| Lupin III vs. Detective Conan | Lupin III disguised as Kogoro Mouri | Solving case. Lupin plays along to help Conan. |
| Shinichi Kudo Returns! Confrontation with the Black Organization | Shinichi Kudo | Attempts to call Ran, but the transformation into Shinichi prevents him from speaking. |
