History Characters / DetectiveConanPeopleFromNotableCases

* SubculturesInJapan: The manga has showed several of these before (''ganguro'', ''{{otaku}}'', ''sukeban'', etc.), and now it's the turn of what surrounds the UsefulNotes/LolitaFashion and its fans. Kogoro comments on how [[UncannyValleyGirl EGL's look like "witches"]], but Ran and Sonoko [[CutenessProximity love]] [[CostumePorn how cute]] [[PimpedOutDress the dresses are.]]

* SubculturesInJapan: Hirasaka (seems to be an [[UsefulNotes/LolitaFashion Aristocrat/Ouji]] aka male ElegantGothicLolita), Kira (former CosplayOtakuGirl, IdolSinger), Maho (CosplayOtakuGirl [[spoiler: and ex-{{Hikikomori}}]]), Shouko (aspirant [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravure_idol#Gravure_idols gravure idol]], Yutaka ({{otaku}})

* SpannerIntheworks: The big reason why Agasa couldn't go is that his companion's granddaughter fell very ill. Had the little girl not been bed-ridden, Agasa wouldn't have had to tell Conan and the Mouris to go in his place, and therefore [[spoiler: Sayama]] would've probably gotten away with Ebara's murder...

The BigScrewedUpFamily that shows up in the case that was Heiji Hattori's first appearance, i.e. ''The Diplomat Murder Case''. Heiji shows up in Tokyo to challenge Shinichi Kudo, and the "stage" is the murder of the diplomat Isao Tsujimura. Who killed him: his father Toshimitsu, his son Takayoshi, his second wife Kimie, or Takayoshi's girlfriend Yukiko?

** Kimie herself visits Kogoro's office to get Conan and co. to their mansion, ostensibly to ask Kogoro to get {{subtext}}s for one. Heiji theorizes this is because she believes that the kind, sweet, smart, etc. Yukiko is simply just ''too'' good to be true and might actually be a mix of GoldDigger and BitchInSheepsClothing. [[FromBadToWorse And then...]]

** Kyousuke, a violinist with TallDarkAndHandsome looks - nevermind his PermaStubble. [[spoiler: He's also the SympatheticMurderer.]]

The rich family from the ''Night before the Wedding Murder Locked Room''. Heiji's mother Shizuka is a friend of them, but when their youngest son is about to marry, she cannot go and asks Heiji and Kazuha to head to Tokyo in her name. After hanging out with Conan and the Mouris for a while, they go to the Morizono's beautiful mansion... but then everyone gets a terrible surprise when Akio Shigematsu, the butler of the family and the one who arranged the marriage itself, is found stabbed to death!

* CrazyJealousGuy: [[spoiler: Sakuraba is believed to be one ''and'' to have killed Shigematsu as revenge for forcing Kaede and him to be apart, but the true CJG is Kikuhito. Enough to not just murder Shigematsu, but to frame Sakuraba to get him out of the way.]]

* {{Fainting}}: Kaede passes out when she sees Shigematsu's corpse.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: When Shigematsu realized that he was about to condemn his adoptive son to the same unhappiness he once went through, he had this reaction and tried to call off the wedding. And got stabbed to death for it.]]

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Kikuhito hates, HAAAAAATES heights. i.e, Shigematsu has to take Kaede in a sightsteeing tour because she wants to go to the Tokyo Tower and Kikuhito refused to go there. [[spoiler: He tries to stage his murder of Shigematsu in a way that will suggest someone ''without'' said phobia is the killer, but fails.]]

* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: The reason for Hiramune's three SlashedThroat murders. He first killed two of his mahjong partners (Mugita and Boukawa) because they thought his theories about perfect crimes were going ''too'' far, and he feared they'd tell other people about his creepy ideas. Years later, he killed the last partner remaining (Nabei Sr.) because said partner wanted to talk to the police about the case.]]

* {{Mahjong}}: [[spoiler: Almost all the victims were mahjong players, mahjong terms are scattered all arund and used as clues, and [[ChekhovsGun a mahjong tile]] [[PocketProtector plays a literally vital role later]].]]

* SubculturesInJapan: The manga has showed several of these before (''ganguro'', ''{{otaku}}'', ''sukeban'', etc.), and now it's the turn of what surrounds the LolitaFashion and its fans. Kogoro comments on how [[UncannyValleyGirl EGL's look like "witches"]], but Ran and Sonoko [[CutenessProximity love]] [[CostumePorn how cute]] [[PimpedOutDress the dresses are.]]

* SubculturesInJapan: Hirasaka (seems to be an [[LolitaFashion Aristocrat/Ouji]] aka male ElegantGothicLolita), Kira (former CosplayOtakuGirl, IdolSinger), Maho (CosplayOtakuGirl [[spoiler: and ex-{{Hikikomori}}]]), Shouko (aspirant [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravure_idol#Gravure_idols gravure idol]], Yutaka ({{otaku}})

* BadassGrandma: Kamiyama Shizuka who can easily run up more than thousand of stairs without tiring and keep protesting against Eizo for good amount of times in the episode. She's 75 and a [[NunTooHoly nun]] as well mind you.

* BadassGrandpa: Saika is in his 60's and is the most experienced, wise of the three hunters. [[spoiler: And the SympatheticMurderer.]]

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* FinancialAbuse: [[spoiler:The reason for Katsuhiko's murder. He's actually the nephew of the Minagawas who was taken in after his parents's deaths; the family is now about to go bankrupt, so Mrs. Minagawa poisons him to have access to his large inheritance and save the family business.]]

* [[spoiler: AntiVillain: Harumi regrets what she has done, ''very'' much. She also breaks down crying TearsOfRemorse when exposed.]]

* [[spoiler: MurderTheHypotenuse: Harumi was in love with her stepbrother Masahiko and lost it when he decided to marry Kiwako.]]
* [[spoiler: NotBloodSiblings: Harumi and Masahiko.]]
* [[spoiler: SecretKeeper: Kiwako decides to keep Harumi's reasons to herself, as a part of her forgiveness for Harumi.]]

--> Masayo is voiced by: Creator/AyaHisakawa
--> Mina is voiced by: Creator/YukariTamura

--> Ichiro is voiced by: Creator/AkiraIshida
--> Takashi is voiced by: Creator/ShigeruNakahara

* AbsoluteCleavage and {{Sideboob}}: Akie, one of the very few charas to sport this.

* GoldDigger: Akie's husband Tatsuo, who married her in hopes of inheriting money since she was one of the possible heirs. [[KickTheDog He even says so openly, and in front of Akie herself]] -- much to Akie's shock, since she actually loved him and wasn't aware of this "detail". [[spoiler: She wasn't: the wealth went to her little sister Natsue. Then again it didn't matter: he got killed off.]]

* TheJeeves: Suzuki

* ShrinkingViolet: Ichiro. [[spoiler: But when a ShrinkingViolet snaps... '''[[BewareTheNiceOnes snap he does'''.]] ]]

* OfficeLady: Yumi
* SickeninglySweethearts: Yukio and Noriko, though this is understandable since they ''just'' got married and the trip might be doubling as their honeymoon.

* DistressBall: Poor Sonoko, [[spoiler: drugged and then strangled into unconsciousness by Yonehara as a part of her WoundedGazelleGambit.]]

--> Hamura is voiced by: Creator/ShowHayami
--> Etsuko is voiced by: Yorie Terauchi
--> Tadakoro is voiced by: Creator/KojiYusa

* [[spoiler:KillTheCutie: Poor, poor Kaori...]]

* SmokingIsCool: Ohta

--> Kazumi Sanada is voiced by: Creator/RyotaroOkiayu
--> Mako Miyoshi is voiced by: Yurika Hino
--> Ayano Tsukumo is voiced by: Creator/KonamiYoshida

* IHaveYourWife: [[spoiler: Or better said, "I Have Your Little Daughter And I'll Kill Her If You Don't Let Me Show You My Best Trick And Then Kill You for Killing My Older Brother [[PromotionToParent Who Raised Me To Be A Stage Magician]]"]].

* UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler: Dickson took up the Yoshifusa Yabuchi name out of loyalty for his deceased friend/business partner and his child Carlos.]]

* [[spoiler: AndIMustScream: See the NightmareFuel page for a detailed description.]] *shudder*

* [[spoiler: DrowningPit: One improvised inside a ''deep'' bath tub!]]

* [[spoiler: LoveMakesYouEvil: Had Yaeko not been murdered by Nikaidou and Reika, Ichieda wouldn't have killed them.]]
* NiceGuy: Rokuda and Gojou

--> Miyuki Hyuga is voiced by: Creator/RikaFukami
--> Mitsuaki Nagato is voiced by: Ryoichi Tanaka

* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide]]: [[spoiler: Having crossed the DEH, Hideomi killed himself with poison. Miyuki found his lifeless body and she pretended to join Mitsuaki in his plan to kill Chairman Nagato, only to betray and kill Mitsuaki later so she can avenge Hideomi and protect Nagato. She also roped Mitsuaki into hiding Hideomi's corpse in the pond, later [[DecoyDamsel manipulating Nobuko]] into hitting her near said pond to have an excuse to get the pond drained and taking Hideomi away.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite Nobuko's actions she does truly care for her family. The reason why she abused Miyuki is because she truly thought she [[GoldDigger didn't love her brother and just wanted his fortune]].[[spoiler:When the truth is revealed, she was just as stunned as everyone else, and couldn't say anything.]]

* NoheroToHisValet: Nobuko treats Miyuki quite badly, believing her to be a GoldDigger who takes advantage of Hideomi's isolation to get close to the family. [[spoiler: It's far more complicated.]]

* SmugSnake: [[spoiler: Mitsuaki]]

* [[spoiler: TogetherInDeath: Miyuki tries invoking this when she attempts to commit suicide to be with Hideomi. It fails since she wanted to [[KillItWithFire burn herself to death with a gasoline thermos and her lighter]], but Conan and Heiji had switched the fuel with water.]]
* [[UptownGirl Uptown Boy]]: Hideomi is a PrincelyYoungMan. Miyuki is an orphan and his father's secretary. In a subversion, the one opposing to their match-up was Hideomi's older sister and not his father, who was more-or-less fine with this.

--> Raita Banba is voiced by: Creator/YasuyukiKase
--> Hatsune Kamon is voiced by: Creator/YurikoYamamoto

* [[spoiler:BrotherSisterIncest: Not that they knew it.]]
** [[spoiler:{{Twincest}}]]
* CrazyJealousGuy - {{Yandere}}: Raita is believed to be this. [[spoiler: It's not that easy.]]

* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide: What actually happened to Hatsune.]]
* [[spoiler:HalfIdenticalTwins: One of the rare cases where there's a reason for it.]]
** [[spoiler: SurpriseIncest: Played for horrible drama.]]

* [[spoiler: IllGirl: Hatsune, who has [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner_Syndrome Turner Syndrome.]].]]

* [[spoiler: BrokenPedestal: Ran is ''very'' depressed when Maeda's TakingTheHeat act makes her believe that he's the killer.]]

* DirtyOldMan: Subverted: Ebara is VERY dirty minded and constantly hits on cute women, but is also YoungerThanTheyLook. Seriously, he's only in his 30's!

* [[spoiler: HoneyTrap]]: [[spoiler: Sayama uses ''herself'' as such, to trap Ebara and then kill him. She invites him to her and Maeda's room, spikes his drink, dresses him up as the Night Baron ''and throws him off the balcony''.]]
* [[spoiler: ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Ebara's lifeless body is found impaled on a statue. Aaaaaugh!.]]

* [[spoiler: ObfuscatingStupidity: Old man Kaneshiro was ''not'' blind.]]

* [[spoiler: TakingTheHeat: Maeda is willing to divert attention to himself and being sent to jail, rather than letting Sayama be punished.]]

* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide: Since Yoshiteru cheated on her too much and was very neglectful, Chiaki fell into depression and ultimately killed herself. Yoko was the dead Chiaki's best friend, so she killed the doctor as punishment.]]
* [[spoiler: ElectrifiedBathtub: The trick that Yoko used to kill Dr. Araide.]]

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* [[BadassGrandpa Badass Grandma]]: Kamiyama Shizuka who can easily run up more than thousand of stairs without tiring and keep protesting against Eizo for good amount of times in the episode. She's 75 and a [[NunTooHoly nun]] as well mind you.

!! People in the Kotoya Inn (Yoriko Yasuda, Kyochi Bando, Eri Akechi [[spoiler: aka Chieri Aki]], Harumi Fukatsu, Asuka Shibazaki, Ema Anzai, [[spoiler: Sakurako Suzuka]])

** [[spoiler: KillTheCutie.]]

* [[spoiler: CantGetAwayWithNuthin - TheDogBitesBack: In the legend, Ohana's angry spirit murders the two greedy local girls who caused her unfair death. Even more symbolically, their lifeless bodies are found surrounded by the kimonos that the two assholes wanted enough to get the real owner killed.]]

* [[spoiler: DespairEventHorizon. Sakurako was DrivenToSuicide when she was framed for drug trafficking by Ema and Asuka and couldn't prove her innocence.]]
* HotSpringsEpisode
* IdolSinger: Harumi

* [[spoiler: RagsToRiches: Harumi was a orphan raised by her aunt and uncle, the she rose to stardom once her songs became hits.]]

* [[spoiler: StartsWithASuicide: The two-part episode begins with the very public suicide of a beautiful and sad girl.]] [[spoiler: Said girl is Sakurako.]]

* LoveAtFirstSight: [[spoiler:Kaoru and Makuma]]

* MeaningfulName / ThemeNaming: The four former Earth Ladies' names all have meaning to the earth's beauty. (Kaoru Kusano=Fragrant of Grass Field, Yuki Takeno= Snow Mountain, Terumi Hoshino= Bright Beautiful Stars, Yoko Okino= Sunshine of the Open Sea)

* [[spoiler:CassandraTruth]]:[[spoiler:Natsuko was right all along about that Gamo was involved with the attempt murder of Sagae Kinukasa.]]

* [[spoiler:ManlyTears]]

[[folder: People from the Seance's Double Locked Mystery Room Case]]

* DarkSkinnedBlond: Mifune

* [[spoiler: MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Reiki accidentally killed Kira via knocking her down to the floor when drunk, causing her to [[DeathByFallingOver fatally hit her head]]. He and the other people around staged a fake car accident to cover this up; however, that ended up tipping Mifune off, as Kira was actually a great driver.]]

* PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler: Poor, poor Shouko.]]

* ShrinkingViolet: Maho

[[folder: People from the Holmes's Revelation case]]

* [[CallingTheOldManOut Calling The Not-So Old Woman Out]]: Kazuki's purpose is to tell his mom that he wants nothing to do with her and won't let her [[FinancialAbuse financially abuse him]]. [[spoiler: It plays out VERY differently, because what he actually wants is to re-take contact with her.]]

[[folder: People from the Scar Of First Love case]]

* AFriendInNeed - GreaterNeedThanMine: According to Kurumi, her "scar boy" was almost unnaturally selfless. [[spoiler: As the grown-up Taisuke, ''he still is''.]]

[[folder: People of the Scar And the Whistling Man case]]

* FatalFamilyPhoto: [[spoiler: According to Matsumoto, Morimura was about to get married and even showed him a picture of his girlfriend/soon-to-be wife. The hit-and-run incident [[RetiRony happened few afterwards]], and the dying Morimura admits he was reckless in order to impress his sweetheart.]] [[spoiler: Since Takagi had a similar behavior (photo or not photo), the others and ''specially'' Matsumoto fear for him - but he lives.]]

[[folder: People of the Mystery of the Cherry Blossoms case]]

* ADayInTheLimelight: This case is dedicated to give the readers a more detailed (and probably quite needed) insight regarding Shiratori's thoughts and beliefs.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: [[spoiler: Subverted by Shiratori and his "destiny girl", since they ''only'' met once and he didn't even know her name, [[ManicPixieDreamGirl despite her huge]] [[TrueLove impact in his life]]. He firmly believes the girl to be Sato, and that's why he pursues her [[RomanticFalseLead even when he knows]] [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan she leans more]] [[MasculineGirlFeminineBoy towards Takagi]]... but later he wonders if she actually is Nami Kasakura.]] [[spoiler: And it turns out she's [[CoolTeacher Sumiko Kobayashi]].]]

[[folder: People of the Timeless Sakura Love case]]

* ADayInTheLimelight: For both Shiratori and Kobayashi. [[spoiler: And their RelationshipUpgrade.]]

[[folder: People of the Broadcast of Love case]]

* SpurnedIntoSuicide: [[spoiler: Fuemoto believed Natalie had done this. It turned out he was ''very'' wrong - her reasoning went more by her desire to be TogetherInDeath with Date.]]

[[folder: People of the 'The partner is Santa-san' case]]

* ForeShadowing: In one of the opening scenes, [[spoiler: Santa points at someone walking down the streets but Conan mistakenly thinks the baby's looking at the cars... not at Yamanaka.]] Also, [[spoiler: the way Santa hugs Ran hints at Santa being a girl not a boy. (Apparently some baby girls hug with their whole bodies, while baby boys tend to use their arms.)]]

[[folder: 'People' of the "Mushrooms, Bears and Detective Boys!" case]]

[[folder: People from the Lupin III vs. Detective Conan TV special]]

--> Queen Sakura Aludia Vespaland is voiced by: Creator/HirokoSuzuki
--> Prince Gill Cowell Vespaland is voiced by: Creator/JunFukuyama
--> Princess Mira Julietta Vespaland is voiced by: Creator/YuiHorie
--> Count Keith Dan Stiner is voiced by: Creator/HikaruMidorikawa

* PrettyLittleHeadshots: ... There's ''no'' way Gill could have shot himself in the head with a hunting rifle and have just a tiny fatal wound.

* RebelliousPrincess - RoyalBrat: Princess Mira doesn't have a lot of respect for authority and can be pretty selfish and entitled. It's stated by Keith and [[spoiler: Fujiko]] that [[UsedToBeASweetKid she wasn't like that originally]], but became this [[BrokenBird out of the deep trauma she suffered]] [[OrphansOrdeal after losing her mother and brother]], rather than anything else. Therefore [[spoiler: Keith hired [[ActionGirl Fujiko]] as Mira's bodyguard so she'd be able to get out and unwind a little before deciding her future]]. [[spoiler: Mira ultimately decides that she ''will'' take over and reign over Vespania as well as she can.]]

[[folder: Tamanosuke Ito and his travelling drama troupe]]

--> Tamanosuke Itou is voiced by: Creator/SoichiroHoshi
--> Yuri Shirai is voiced by: Creator/SayakaOhara
--> Itoe Ogiwara is voiced by: Creator/KazueIkura
--> Ryuichi Muraki is voiced by: Creator/KenNarita

[[folder: Kyousuke Haga and the Shitara family]]

--> Kyousuke Haga is voiced by: Creator/KoichiYamadera

* IllGirl: Kyousuke's mother Chinami was already fatally ill around the time her husband died. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Nope]]: she was killed to cover up Danjirou's murder.]]

[[folder: The Morizono family and its associates]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In the anime, Kaede's first appearance had her appear waist-up... and the camera focused on her chest. [[spoiler: Probably to show off [[ChekhovsGun her pendant]], but ''still'']]
* {{Fainting}}: Kaede passes out when she sees Shigematsu's corpse.
* LoveTriangle: [[spoiler: Kikuhito, Kaede and Sakuraba. In fact, one of Kikuhito's two reasons to kill Shigematsu and frame Sakuraba is [[CrazyJealousGuy his jealousy]] and the belief that Sakuraba is about to steal Kaede away. (He didn't know that they were in love well before she knew Kikuhito.)]]

[[folder: The Detectives' Koshien Case]]

** [[spoiler: Kana was the one who filled an Ophelia's water theme, however, as she commited suicide by throwing herself off a cliff and into the sea.]]

* NamesToRunAwayFromVeryFast: Jubei is nicknamed as such because she [[EyeScream lacks an eye]] and thus is compared to the famous YagyuJubei.
* ShoutOut: When Saika explains why Jubei the bear is called like that, the picture of YagyuJubei that appears on the background is clearly one of from Anime/{{Yaiba}}'s Jubei.

* FatalFamilyPhoto: [[spoiler: According to Matsumoto, Morimura was about to get married and even showed him a picture of his girlfriend/soon-to-be wife. The hit-and-run incident [[RetiRony happened few afterwards]], and the dying Morimura admits he was reckless in order to impress his sweetheart.]] [[spoiler: Since Takagi had a similar behavior (photo or not photo), the others and ''specially'' [[GenreSavvy Matsumoto]] fear for him - but he lives.]]

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* ShrinkingViolet: Ichiro. [[spoiler: But when a ShrinkingViolet snaps... '''[[BewareTheNiceOnes snap he does'''.]]

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* CrucifiedHeroShot: [[spoiler: In the story, Ohana was executed via being tied up to a huge wooden cross and then ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice with several lances, thus the still image representing said moment used the imaginery. [[note]]TruthinTelevision: the "crucifixion and impalement" execution was used not only on average criminals, but on {{Japanese Christian}}s during Japan's isolation of the world (like [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-six_Martyrs_of_Japan the 26 Martyrs of Nagasaki]]) and on British and American POW's during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.[[/note]].]]

* {{Dojikko}}: Hikaru, and it's not PlayedForLaughs or cuteness.

* FinancialAbuse: [[spoiler:The reason why. He's actually the nephew of the Minagawas who was taken in after his parents's deaths; the family is now about to go bankrupt, so Mrs. Minagawa poisons him to have access to his large inheritance and save the family business.]]

* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:The murderer? ''Katsuhiko's mother''.]]

* UpperClassTwit: Katsuhiko. He still didn't deserve to die.

* AssholeVictim:[[spoiler:Isao.]]

** Kimie herself visits Kogoro's office to get Conan and co. to their mansion, ostensibly to ask Kogoro to get {{subtext}}s for one. Heiji theorizes this is because she believes that the kind, sweet, smart, etc. Yukiko is simply [[MarySue just *too* good to be true]] and might actually be a BitchInSheepsClothing. And then... [[FromBadToWorse well, you see.]]

* TheUriahGambit: [[spoiler:Isao fancied Kimie. Kimie was HappilyMarried to Yamashiro. What did Isao do? Use him as a scapegoat in a fraud (with help of Toshimitsu), wait until he died in prision, and then go ComfortingTheWidow on Kimie!]]

* [[spoiler: CainAndAbel: With Mina as the Abel and Masayo as the Cain.]]
* [[spoiler: ChekhovsGun: Masayo's "Yoko" headband. The accent over the first "o"? It's covered by a bit of Mina's blood.]]

* [[spoiler: PoorCommunicationKills: Oh, Mina. Had you not joked around with how you fell for Masayo's ex-boyfriend Kenji, Masayo wouldn't have snapped on you as badly as she did.]]

* AbsoluteCleavage and {{Sideboob}}: Akie, the only character so far to sport this in the series.

** PetTheDog: He cared for his youngest granddaughter Natsue, though.
** [[spoiler: TheDogBitesBack: Had Gozou neither gone overboard in his mistreatment of Ichiro ''nor'' mocked his love for Natsue...]]
* [[spoiler: KissingCousins]]: A huge plot point. [[spoiler: Kitaro and Mariko were both this ''and'' in a ChildhoodFriendRomance, but had to [[ParentalMarriageVeto beg Gozo to let them marry]]. And 25 years later, their son Ichiro fell in love with Natsue... and Gozo not only denied him the chance to ask her out, but cruelly mocked him.]]

* RedHerring: [[spoiler: Takeshi.]]

* ShrinkingViolet: Ichiro
** [[spoiler: BewareTheNiceOnes: Ichiro, too. When a ShrinkingViolet snaps... '''snap he does'''.]]

* [[spoiler: ArrangedMarriage: Kazushi accepted an ''omiai'' (arranged date) with the daughter of his boss, they hit it off and were about to get married. Yumi was not happy ''at all''.]]

* [[spoiler: BlackMail - HoneyTrap]]: [[spoiler: What Yumi was doing to Kazushi, threatening to send some risque and old photos of themselves to his new girlfriend.]]

* [[spoiler: DiedStandingUp: Yumi was shot in the head when she was on her feet. There are analogies to Benkei's legendary death that Conan catches on and then relays to Kogoro in his own way.]]

* [[spoiler: BrokenPedestal: Yonehara, for Sonoko and ''specially'' Ran. Also in the backstory: Shimoda and Sugiyama, for little Minako.]]

* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide: It was believed that Minako hung herself because she was horrifyingly stressed due to upcoming junior high admission exams. (Unfortunately, this is sorta TruthInTelevision: it's a known fact that many Japanese students of all ages have commited suicide upon failing important tests.) This was NOT true--see [[HeKnowsTooMuch She Knows Too Much]] and WouldHurtAChild.]]

* [[spoiler: KillTheCutie: Minako-chan, noooooooooo!]]

** NightmareFetishist: He's this, too.

* [[spoiler: [[HeKnowsTooMuch She Knows Too Much]]: The reason for Minako's murder. She found out that Shimoda and Sugiyama were involved in a fraud, and in her HeroicBSOD state she confronted them...]]
* [[spoiler: WouldHurtAChild ''and'' WouldHitAGirl: Shimoda and Sugiyama strangled a pre-teen girl to death, then made it look like she had hung herself.]]
* [[spoiler: WoundedGazelleGambit: Yonehara knocks Sonoko out via both drugging and strangling, then lays on the floor to make it look like she was attacked too. The body that Sonoko saw right before that? It was Sugiyama's corpse, his face covered by Yonehara's wig.]]

* [[spoiler:KnightTemplarBigBrother / LoveMakesYouEvil: Todakuro kills Torakura because Torakura caused the death of his sister while she was ill.]]

* [[spoiler:MovingTheGoalposts: It turns out [[PosthumousCharacter Kaori died a year earlier]] because Torakura ''bribed her doctor into keeping her on ''painkillers only'' instead of paying for '''crucial''' and expensive treatment abroad (as per his end of the bargain)'', so Todakuro would spend his time indefinitely as his subordinate, which ultimately killed her. Then, he maintained the lie via keeping Todakuro locked in his countryside villa, telling him that Kaori (supposed to be in an American hospital) was still in recovery. And when the poor guy found out from the guilt-ridden nurse who used to tend to her, he went nuts with pain and murdered Torakura.]]

* [[spoiler:ScarpiaUltimatum: How Torakura married Etsuko. He threatened to ruin her father's business and throw the family into destitution. What's more, she ''never'' loved him and she was in love with Hamura, but was forced to marry him in order to save the family's business.]]

* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide: Chikako stole her "friend" Atsuko's best script and made it pass as hers, which made Atsuko cross the DespairEventHorizon and hang herself.]]

* HandsomeLech: Ohta
* [[spoiler: KillTheCutie: Atsuko was a sweet GlassesGirl. She was mentally/emotionally broken after Chikako's betrayal. Guess what followed.]]
* [[spoiler: TheLostLenore: Atsuko, for Takahashi.]]
* [[spoiler: LoveMakesYouEvil: Takahashi uses this to justify his ''brutal'' murder of Chikako, since he was deeply in love with poor Atsuko, witnessed her fall into despair and was unable to stop it, and then he decided to punish Chikako for causing her suicide.]]

* [[spoiler: [[OffWithHisHead Off With Her Head]]: Chikako's death. Takahashi then takes it UpToEleven by chopping up her body and dismembering her.]]
* [[spoiler: PosthumousCharacter: Oh, Atsuko.]]

* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: Ran and Conan spend the night in the same bed. Not like that, of course. [[spoiler: Which actually saves Ran's life in the upcoming attack by the masked man: Conan was awake when said man attacked them so he pushed her away from harm's way, and that woke her up right in the nick of time.]]

* DrowningPit: [[spoiler: Yashiro died while performing a trick inside a water tank that went horribly wrong... due to Tsukumo tampering with it.]]
** [[spoiler: MakeItLookLikeAnAccident]]: Sorta.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Ayano doesn't know that her dad's dead.
* [[spoiler: IHaveYourWife: Or better said, "I Have Your Little Daughter And I'll Kill Her If You Don't Let Me Show You My Best Trick And Then Kill You for Killing My Older Brother"]].
* [[spoiler: [[KnightTemplarBigBrother Knight Templar Little Sister]] and LoveMakesYouEvil: Mako killed her "mentor" because he killed her beloved older brother Yashiro.]]
* [[spoiler: PromotionToParent: Yashiro had to raise his little sister Mako.]]
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Yuji and Kazumi.

* [[spoiler: ButNotTooForeign: Carlos turns out to be the real Yoshifusa's son with a black Brazilian woman. Dickson Tanaka is part Brazilian as well.]]
* [[spoiler: DeadPersonImpersonation: The man we know as Yoshifusa Yabuchi is actually Dickson Tanaka, a Brazilian man with Japanese blood, who is impersonating his dead friend Yoshifusa to protect said friend's son and heir... Carlos.]]

* [[spoiler: KarmicDeath: Machiko wanted to kill her brother-in-law to get more of her husband's inheritance. Too bad she tried to stab said brother-in-law while in the bath... and he (or better said, his stand-in) killed her in self-defense.]]

* [[spoiler: PapaWolf ''and'' ParentalSubstitute: Dickson/Yoshifusa thinks Carlos is [[LikeASonToMe like a son to him]]. He will do everything in his power to make sure Carlos will be safe and won't be cheated out of his share of his uncle's inheritance.]]

* [[spoiler: UnexpectedSuccessor]]: Everyone was shocked to know that [[spoiler: Carlos was taking the place of his dead father Yoshifusa among the inheritors. Yoshichika ''did'' know, but he didn't tell anyone -- except for signaling it in the tape that was his last will.]]

* RedHerring: From a previous case. [[spoiler: The Window Trick that Junya discovered was really from an unrelated theft caused by Hiroo. A mistake that had would cost everyone dearly.]]

* CrucifiedHeroShot: [[spoiler: In the story, Ohana was executed via being tied up to a huge wooden cross and then ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice with several lances, thus the still image representing said moment used the imaginery. [[note]]TruthinTelevision: the "crucifixion and impalement" execution was used not only on average criminals, but on {{Japanese Christian}}s during Japan's isolation of the world (like [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-six_Martyrs_of_Japan the 26 Martyrs of Nagasaki]]) and on British and American POW's during WorldWarTwo.[[/note]].]]

* WomanInBlack: Mihiro wore a black Gothloli gown. [[spoiler: BIG plot point, as the black dress is one of the proofs that Conan uses to find her murderer.]]

* MacGuffin: The Dewgong Arrows won in Bikuni Island's Festival are supposed to bless the people who won them [[spoiler: and make them immortal.]]
* MasterOfDisguise: Well, not to the level of Kaito Kid and Vermouth but [[spoiler:Kimie still managed to disguised herself as Mikoto which is pretty impressive]].
* {{Miko}}: The Great Mikoto is the priestess of a local temple, and Kimie works as a shrine maiden there.

!! Bikuni Island Residents (Saori an Benzo Kadowaki, Naoko Kuroe, Rokuro Fujiyama, Toshimi Ebihara, Kimie and "Great" Mikoto Shimabukuro)

* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Saori, believed to be the one who contacted Heiji and Kogoro. It was Kimie.]]

!! Bikuni Island Residents (Saori Kadowaki, Naoko Kuroe, Kimie Shimabukuro, Rokuro Fujiyama, Toshimi Ebihara, Benzo and "Great" Mikoto Shimabukuro)

On the heels of an investigation at a temple, Heiji brings Conan along for a televised event called the "Detectives Koshien" (Koshien meaning "Challenge"). Where four high-school detectives will be brought to mansion on an island to test their wits on a case. Other competitors included Saguru Habuka, Natsuki Koshimizu, and Junya Tokitsu. With producer Hiroo Tsuchio and servant Renzo Koya on board for the production. Which also has a connection [[spoiler: from a previous case involving the death of a socialite.]] Kazuha has her suspicions of something wary going on at the island.[[spoiler: It turns out the show was a hoax, and a murder was involved.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: The Socialite who took her life was thought of to hanged herself. However a development changed it to a murder case. She really did commit suicide from a nervous breakdown.]]
** [[spoiler: Natsuki's best friend Kana Mizuguchi, a former maid had taken her life.]] Due to the pressure of being persecuted for the murder.

* TheOphelia: [[spoiler: The Socialite ''really'' did kill herself from having a nervous breakdown. Renzo did not testify due to how society frown on the mentally-ill.]]

* TearsOfRemorse: [[spoiler: Renzo broke down remembering about the Socialite and her suicide, since he held her dear to him. Natsuki for remembering Kana's suicide.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler: Renzo truly cared for the Socialité. This led him to commit the huge mistake of not telling that she killed herself, afraid that the lady's name would be tarnished in a society that treats the mentally ill '''really''' badly.]]

!! Bikuni Island Residents (Saori, Naoko, Kimie, Rokuro, Toshimi, Benzo and Great Mikoto)

* ArrangedMarriage: Rokuro was engaged to Toshimi, he is in love with Kimie.
* [[spoiler:MasterOfDisguise]]: Well, not to the level of Kaito Kid and Vermouth but [[spoiler:Kimie still manage to disguised herself as Mikoto which is pretty impressive]].
* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Saori]]

* TheBeatles: In the manga, the killer was heard whistling "Let it be" [[spoiler: to signify the two or three bits of remorse he felt back then]]. It was taken out of the anime and replaced by a "random song that was popular back then" in story, likely to avert conflicts with royalties and copyrights.

--> Harumi is voiced by: YukoMinaguchi

On the heels of an investigation at a temple, Heiji brings Conan along for a televised event called the "Detectives Koshien" (Koshien meaning "Challenge"). Where four high-school detectives will be brought to mansion on an island to test their wits on a case. Other competitors included Saguru Habuka, Natsuki Koshimizu, and Junya Tokitsu. With producer Hiroo Tsuchio and servant Renzo Koya on board for the production. Which also has a connection from a previous case involving the death of a socialite. Kazuha has her suspicions of something wary going on at the island.[[spoiler: It turns out the show was a hoax, and a murder was involved.]]