Cactus's Flower Murder Case

Chronology
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Episode 37 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	Cactus's Flower Murder Case
Japanese title:	サボテンの花殺人事件 (Saboten no Hana Satsujin Jiken)
Original airdate:	November 11, 1996
Broadcast rating:	18,50%
Season:	2
Manga source:	TV Original
English version
English title:	Prickly Past
Dubbed episode:	Episode 38
English airdate:	July 27, 2004
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Detective Boys
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Portrait
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Kazunari Kouchi
Storyboard:	Kuchiru Kazehara
Episode director:	Susumu Ishizaki
Animation director:	Hirotoshi Takaya
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Next Conan's Hint Emi Shinohara as Noriko Okaya Nishi Rintarou as Tsuyoshi Kitagawa Juurouta Kosugi as Saeki Hirohiko Kakegawa as Detective
Music
Opening song:	Feel Your Heart
Closing song:	Meikyū no Lovers

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Ayumi Yoshida Genta Kojima

Case

Situation

When a pretty girl hires Detective Mouri to help her find an old flame, it seems like a routine case. But when Conan finds out that the man she is looking for was responsible for the death of her fiancé, he realizes that romance is the farthest thing from her mind. What is she planning to do?

Accident (Past)
	Location: Near Shinshūshin town Victim: Tatsuo Yamaguchi Cause of death: Car crash and explosion and Tatsuo were hounded by a red sports car(Pontiac Fiaro) while driving on some cliffs. The driver, Tatsuo, lost control of his Green Subaru Legacy Outback. After wrecking, the gas tank exploded. Noriko escaped the car in time, but Tatsuo was burnt alive.

People

Noriko Okaya
	Client of the Mouri Detective Agency

Tatsuo Yamaguchi
	Deceased(Car Explode) Commercial company worker Noriko Okaya's fiancé Loves cactus Driver of Green Subaru Legacy Outback

Saeki
	Doctor Noriko and Tatsuo's friend Driver of White Toyota Crown

Tsuyoshi Kitagawa
	Missing man Driver of the red sports car(Pontiac Fiaro)

Woman
	Tsuyoshi Kitagawa's fiancée

Resolution

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Conan is showing the cactuses to Noriko Okaya.

It's revealed that Noriko Okaya planned to kill Tsuyoshi Kitagawa and his fiancée. But she is stopped by Conan when he showed the cactuses to her. Kitagawa was responsible for a car accident that incapacitated Noriko and killed her lover.

Attempted Murder
	Victims: Tsuyoshi Kitagawa and his fiancée Culprit: Noriko Okaya

Trivia

• Insert song: "Yume o Tomenaide Ite" by VELVET GARDEN

Dub changes

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

• Noriko Okaya - Nora Odell
• Tatsuo Yamaguchi - Terry York
• Saeki - James Soto
• Tsuyoshi Kitagawa - Trent Cook

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	Feel Your Heart	Feel Your Heart	Feel Your Heart	Feel Your Heart
2	新一の名推理	Shin'ichi no Meisuiri	Shinichi's Great Deduction	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
3	新一の名推理	Shin'ichi no Meisuiri	Shinichi's Great Deduction	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
4	事件現場２	Jiken Genba 2	Scene of the Case 2	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	コナンの危機	Konan no Kiki	Conan's Crisis	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack Super Best
7	謎解き （その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
8	夢をとめないでいて	Yume o Tomenaide Ite	Don't Stop Dreaming	Feel Your Heart
9	怪人包帯男２	Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2	The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
10	事件の謎	Jiken no Nazo	Mystery of the Case	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
11	蘭のテーマ （涙ver.）	Ran no Tēma (Namida ver.)	Ran's Theme (Tearful ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
12	迷宮のラヴァーズ	Meikyū no Lovers	Lovers' Labyrinth	Meikyū no Lovers
13	はずむ蘭	Hazumu Ran	Bouncing Ran	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	قضية زهرة الصبار	Cactus Flower Case
Vietnamese	Vụ án hoa xương rồng giáng sinh	The Cactus's Flower of Christmas Case

See also

• Season 2