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Conan Edogawa/Shin’ichi Kudō

Conan Edogawa / Shin’ichi Kudō

Age: 16-17 (as Shin’ichi) 6-7 (as Conan)

Debut: File 1-The Heisei Holmes (Manga), Episode 1- Roller Coaster Murder Case (Anime)

Voiced by: Minami Takayama (as Conan / Young Shin’ichi), Kappei Yamaguchi (as Shin’ichi)

Conan Edogawa

"Conan Edogawa, detective."

Shinichi Kudo

Japanese Live-Action Actor: Nao Fujisaki (as Conan), Shun Oguri and Junpei Mizobata (as Shin’ichi)

English Voice Actors: Alison Viktorin nee Retzloff (Funimation), Wendee Lee (TMS/Bang Zoom) (As Conan) Jerry Jewell (Funimation), Griffin Burns (TMS/Bang Zoom) (as Shin’ichi)

Spanish Voice Actors:Marcela Bordes (first Latin American Spanish dub), Víctor Ugarte (movies 1 and 2, Latin American Spanish dub), Elsa Covián (movie 18 onwards plus first Lupinthe Third crossover, Latin American Spanish dub), Consuelo Pizarro (third Latin American Spanish dub), Victoria Ramos (first European Spanish dub), Isabel Valls (second European Spanish dub, first part), Diana Torres (second European Spanish dub, second part and movies), Joël Mulachs (third European Spanish dub) (As Conan) Víctor Mares Jr. (first Latin American Spanish dub), Víctor Ugarte (movies 1, 2, 18 pand 19 plus first Lupinthe Third crossover and Magic Kaito 1412, Latin American Spanish dub), Rodrigo Saavedra (third Latin American Spanish dub), Jonatán López (first European Spanish dub and first part of the second onea), Juayn Navarro (second European Spanish dub, second part and movies), Óscar Muñoz (third European Spanish dub) (as Shin’ichi)

"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

Dubbed the "Heisei Holmes" (Heisei being the "era" of Japanese history when the series started), seventeen-year old Shinichi was well-known throughout the Beika District of Tokyo and beyond for being able to solve any crime that the police failed to. However, he was still a teenager, and susceptible to things such as... oh, falling in love with his childhood friend Ran.

One day, after solving a murder at an amusement park, Shinichi comes upon a mysterious man in black extorting money from another man. While he's investigating, however, he fails to see the man's partner sneak up on him and knock him out cold with a metal pipe. Deciding that He Knows Too Much, the two force-feed him a poison pill supposed to not only kill him, but leave no trace behind besides "evidence of a spontaneous heart attack". Unfortunately for them, it fails to do the former, and only half-accomplishes the latter: Shinichi has been shrunk into a six-year old.

One quick visit to his neighbor Professor Agasa's house later, Shinichi realizes that he must keep his identity secret, lest the two men in black come back and kill him for good. He is adopted by Ran, and now lives at the Mouri Detective agency, much to his (at first) dismay. Every once in a while, he has picked up leads on the two men in black, but in the meantime... murders, thefts, and kidnappings are popping up all around, and what better way to pass the time than to solve them all?

Mandatory naming note: "Shin'ichi" has various possible spellings - the one used here is "新一" ("new one"), possibly referring to his being the 'Holmes of the Twentieth Century/New Era', but may also be a reference to the Japanese writer Shinichi Hoshi. "Kudo" came from Shunsaku Kudo of Tantei Monogatari. There's also another possible explanation: his name could be a pun on "one truth", because the "shin" of Shinichi can be read as "真" ("truth").

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• Aborted Declaration of Love: In the first chapter/episode, Shinichi was ready to confess to Ran on the rollercoaster when she seemingly lets him think she has feelings for him... before she makes him think she was joking. As such, Shinichi stops before making a confession.
• Accidental Pervert:
  • Most apparently in the Hot Springs Episode when he nosebled, but also in some of the other situations— his not-girlfriend did not know his identity and did a few things in front of the seeming pre-teen that would be inappropriate in front of a a boy her own age — which is rather funny, since technically "Conan" has gotten further with Ran than "Shinichi" has.
  • He already was this in the first episode of the anime. Shinichi forgot that he promised to take Ran out on a date to an amusement park, and when she tried to kick him in the head for that, she ended up giving him one Hell of a Panty Shot... when he tried to dodge and ended up with his head under her skirt. He then got a face full of school-bag for his trouble.
• The Ace: Shinichi is most famous for being a skilled detective who is able to solve difficult cases. Besides that, he is the son of famous parents (father is a novelist and mother is a former actress), lives (or used to live) in a Big Fancy House, was renowned as a soccer prodigy during his middle school years, and is extremely handsome (which still applies when he's Conan).
• Adorably Precocious Child:
  • Appears to be one as Conan — saying some information and trivia adults wouldn't expect from a child.
  • When he was really a child, Shinichi would always try to act more mature than his actual age.
• Affectionate Nickname:
  • His mother calls him "Shin-chan".
  • Jodie and some of the FBI agents call him "Cool Kid"; Jodie also occasionally jokingly calls him "Boss," owing to the frequency with which he proposes Black Org countermeasures.
  • Vermouth calls him "Cool Guy."
• Age Lift: Downplayed. The difference isn't too extreme but still noticeable. In the manga, Shinichi is 16 (making Conan 6); in the anime, Shinichi's age is increased by a year, the same thing applying to Conan obviously.
• All-Loving Hero: While he's not at Ran's level for this, and his condescending attitude might lead one to think otherwise, Shinichi/Conan actually cares deeply about human life. He's stated that he's unable to understand how any reason could be a sufficient motive for murder, and is convinced that driving a culprit to suicide is no better than murder itself. The few times he has been too late to save a life haunt him throughout the series.
• Almighty Janitor: Conan is just a kid (in appearance, at least), and nobody ever listens to kids, at least not for a couple of chapters. New officers usually react this way towards him, but those who know him always appreciate his input. Once he has solved a crime, he usually has to resort to his tranquilizer wristwatch and voice-changing bow tie in order to relay his deductions through a handy field-expedient ventriloquist's dummy.
• Always Save the Girl: If it comes down to saving Ran or catching a criminal, Shinichi will always choose her.
• Always Second Best: If his father, Yuusaku, gets involved, Yuusaku will always manage to solve the case before Shinichi does. And he does it remotely too just from information relayed to him, not even needing to go to the crime scene.
• Always Someone Better: Played for Laughs. To his close friend/Secret-Keeper/detective rival, Heiji Hattori of Osaka. When Heiji and Shinichi work together, they're each other's equal and will often arrive at the same conclusions. But when they compete with each other or their deductions differ, Shinichi usually wins.
• Amateur Sleuth: Began solving cases when he was only 15.
• Amazon Chaser: He admitted to Asami Uchida, that one of the many reasons he loves Ran is because she's "strong and stubborn". And he's not put off by Ran's karate skills...as long as he's not the target.
• Anguished Declaration of Love: During the "Holmes's Revelation" case arc, Conan is forced to turn himself into Shinichi after making a slip-up talking to Ran and she caught it. However, Ran is upset that Shinichi didn't tell her he was in London and starts crying over him seemingly not caring about her feelings, which only gets worse when Shinichi starts asking questions regarding the arc's case and not stopping to think about her feelings. She then yells at him that if he's a detective he should be able to deduce what's in her heart and runs off in tears, with Shinichi chasing and calling after her, before catching up and confessing his feelings.
  Shinichi: (to Ran) You're a troublesome and tough case, you know! With all these distracting emotions... Even if I were Holmes it'd still be impossible to figure out! The heart of a woman whom one likes... How can anyone accurately deduce that?
• Animal Motifs: A flashback shows Shinichi comparing detectives to sharks.
  Shinichi: (to Ran) "They’re like sharks. Sharks can smell the faintest trace of blood. They approach using their sense of smell, determine their prey’s exact location, and attack. They head to the crime scene when they smell blood. They use all their senses to find the culprit. They tear into their prey with the sharp teeth of evidence. That’s what a detective does."
• The Apprentice: Played for Laughs. People from cases usually ask if the reason behind Conan's deductive prowess is because he's the assistant of Kogoro or Heiji.
• Ascended Fanboy:
  • Shinichi always dreamed of being a detective like his idol, Sherlock Holmes. By the start of the series, he's a famous teen detective.
  • He is a major fan of Ray Curtis, a famous soccer star. And Shinichi is able to meet him during "The 3 'K's Of Osaka" case. However, it becomes a subversion as Shinichi's forced to apprehend the said star when there is evidence of Curtis being the murderer. Understandably, Shinichi is left disappointed in Ray.
• Attention Whore: While Shinichi's personality runs on the introverted side, he was quite happy with how much fame and attention being a detective got him, and it was pretty clear by the start of the series that he was beginning to grow a big head about it. After becoming Conan though, he's learned to have some humility.
  • That said, while he's now content with not getting the main credit for solving a case or making the papers, he still doesn't like it when he's unable to contribute to a case: There's one story where his and Ran's mother work together and they're so effective in the early part of the investigation that Shinichi mopes about how they're saying everything that he wants to before he can.
• Awesomeness by Analysis: He has a keen eye for details, and can spot any unusual aspects in a case that most people tend to ignore or not take into account. He repeatedly demonstrates the ability to recall every detail of an investigation or other topics he cares about, and may have a Photographic Memory to manage such perfect recall so consistently. Shinichi's fastidious attention to detail allows him to notice minor inconsistencies in crime scenes and suspect testimony, and using astute logic he uncovers the reasons behind those inconsistencies in order to link them to the crime.
• Badass Adorable: As Conan. Even if he looks like a cute child, he's still a skilled detective with a powerful kick.
• Badass Boast: Shinichi/Conan tends to delve into these, which are usually a solemn promise to catch the criminal(s) responsible for a crime(s).
• Badass Bookworm: He lives up to the description of "modern Sherlock Holmes"; Shinichi is well-versed in most of the same fields as Sherlock Holmes or otherwise has skills that serve as a parallel to them. And its clear that if given free time, he loves nothing better than to have his nose stuck in a book.
• Badass in a Nice Suit: His blue suit with a red bowtie is his signature style.
• Badass Pacifist: On the few occasions, Shinichi has been able to get criminals to surrender by using a type of speech. It ranges from a Breaking Speech, Kirk Summation "The Reason You Suck" Speech, a combination of the two, or even just sensitive dialogue. Either way, the effective way he pierces the truth of the some of the culprit's hearts, can cause them to turn themselves in without a fight.
  • His ability to "pierce people's hearts" with his truth has been described as being something special about him. Notably, its the reason Vermouth cites for why she can't bring herself to harm him, and why she believes that he may be the 'silver bullet' who will bring down the organization.
• Because It Amused Me: While he's very serious about his work, he has a mischievous side he occasionally lets loose around his friends and loves messing with Hattori in particular, often deliberately causing trouble for him when around Kazuha. A far cry from the normally stoic Kudo Shinichi.
• Becoming the Mask: Downplayed. Shinichi is eager to return to his original body and leave the identity of "Conan Edogawa."
  • In "The Desperate Revival," Conan temporarily returns to his adult body. He happily calls out to the Detective Boys when he sees them, but they treat him formally and wonder why an adult is talking to them. He is sad and wistful as he realizes that he will lose his friends when he eventually becomes Shinichi again.
• Belligerent Sexual Tension: With Ran. They tend to argue from time-to-time, but they have romantic feelings for one another.
• Berserk Button:
  • Among all the murderers and criminals he deals with, Conan absolutely loathes Yanderes and Cute Psychos. Criminals of such types often get the harshest, most scathing "Kirk Summation" speeches from him.
  • Any time Kaitou Kid pretends to be Shinichi, and especially when he flirts with Ran, Conan nearly blows his cover in his rage (however this is movie-only; in the manga Kid has never attempted to pull this). Actually, anyone flirting with Ran or suggesting it gets a Death Glare. He can be that much of a Crazy Jealous Guy over her.
• Big Brother Instinct: Gains a protective streak for the Detective Boys.
• Birds of a Feather:
  • Despite outwardly different personalities, he and Ran share many traits — Both have a deep respect for life, a penchant for rushing to help someone in need, are The Aces in their respective field(s), remain calm in dangerous situations, and have a deep loyalty to their friends and family. The two of them are also incredibly stubborn in their ways, have a strong sense of justice, play a sport they enjoy (Ran – karate, Shinichi – soccer), play an instrument (Ran – piano, Shinichi – violin). On an amusing note, both have Improbable Hairstyles (see individual sections for explanation) and a family situation of some kind (Ran’s parents are separated and Shinichi’s parents moved to Los Angeles when he was 14). Both also have a number of admirers of the opposite sex.
  • With Heiji — Both are 17-year-old Teen Genius Amateur Sleuths who have received recognition because of their ability at solving complicated cases by using the smallest details from said cases that don't add to the crime scene. Both have been known to have an unpleasant personality, but have a strong sense of justice and a true heart of gold. And partially because of their fame, they have become Chick Magnets but only have eyes for their childhood best friend. Other similarities include having unspecified mental issues, an icon of some kind (Iconic Outfit for Shinichi as Conan, Iconic Item for Heiji), and will do anything in their power to stop a murder or suicide from happening, and funnily enough, their own fathers being faster at deduction than them.
  • With Kaito Kuroba/Kaitou Kid — They are both Jerk with a Heart of Gold protagonists who are confirmed to be Teen Geniuses that are also insufferable. At their own high school they are considered aces in their respective fields (Kaito - magician, Shinichi - detective), something of which they have been interested in since their own childhoods; and because of their respective skills, popularity, and natural good looks, they are both popular with the opposite sex, but are only interested in the respective childhood best friend, even if they have a weird way of showing it. Currently they are both Living a Double Life due to certain circumstances and because of those said circumstances they must keep their identities hidden, even from their best friend/main love interest. Also, in their new identities, they have their own improbable weapon to use in case of danger (Kaito - card gun, Shinichi - soccer ball); however, they do manage to perform amazing feats without violence. And their main goal in their own show is to find the Big Bad organization responsible for a personal matter (Kaito - killing his father, Shinichi - attempting to kill him).
  • With Shuichi Akai — Both have amazing deductive skills, determination, trouble relating to others, calm even when threatened with death, fans of Sherlock Holmes. They share similar personality traits which includes the same Fatal Flaw ("I Work Alone" tendencies) and while they will do anything to protect their loved ones, they are also not above manipulating them either to apprehend a criminal and/or gain information. They both even have a main [1] who are both similar in appearance and personality as well as a similar predicament. They both have double lives, with their alter-ego still solving crimes and wearing glasses. Additionally, The Boss of the Black Organization believes Akai to be a "Silver Bullet" who could potentially bring them down. Vermouth eventually also gives this nickname and status to Shinichi.
• Black-and-White Morality: No matter the reason(s) behind the murder, Shinichi/Conan will state that it is still wrong and the criminal must face the consequences for their actions.
• Blind Without 'Em: Invoked to maintain his Clark Kenting (see below). The dub made it one step further by making dub!Conan say he has retinitis pigmentosa.
• Born Detective: His dad writes mysteries. And has brought him to murder scenes ever since he was little. And an OVA showed him solving cases at one year old. Figures. In the OVA, he actually seems to be doing things just to lead his mother into a "Eureka!" Moment... oddly enough, one of his tactics today.
• Boyish Shorts: After being transformed into a child, his outfit mostly resembles the high school uniform he wore before. Changes include the necktie replaced by a bowtie, the dress shoes with sneakers, and the long school pants replaced by a pair of shorts.
• Bratty Half-Pint: Flashbacks of him when he actually was a child show him to be quite rude, sneaky, and trying way too hard to behave like he knows more than everyone else. As Conan, he's more polite, thanks to him actually being a 17-year-old.
• Broken Pedestal: In "The 3 'K's of Osaka", Shinichi/Conan is forced to realize and apprehend his soccer hero, Ray Curtis, for murdering a tabloid sports reporter.
• Brutal Honesty: He isn't shy about letting people know his opinions on a topic or person.
• Cannot Spit It Out: It was mostly because he didn't know if Ran felt the same way, but later (after he knew) it was mainly because of nerves. He manages to finally do it during the London arc.
• Can't Act Perverted Toward a Love Interest: Inverted. Shinichi/Conan only has perverted thoughts toward his love interest, Ran.
• Cassandra Truth: No one believes Conan when he tries to help, and that's why he uses Kogoro, Sonoko, etc. This was later subverted by several adults, who even without knowing his secret either recognize his ability without asking too many questions (Satou particularly), or at least acknowledge his uncanny (and faked) habit of creating Eureka Moments.
• Catchphrase: A few of them.
  • "Edogawa Conan, tantei sa!"^note Translation: "I'm Conan Edogawa, a detective!"
  • "Shinjitsu wa itsumo hitotsu!"^note Translation: "There can only be/is only one truth!" (Or its American counterpart: "With a keen eye on details, one truth prevails!")
  • "Ah re-re./Ah le-le." ^note A childish way of saying, "Ooooooh..." as if someone made a mistake
  • Conan also has Oi, Oi.^note "Hey, come on now." in the context of Deadpan Snarker First-Person Smartass Sarcasm Mode There are two fan videos consisting of him saying/thinking the phrase "Oi, oi."
  • "Barou!" ^note Translation: "You idiot/moron/dumbass!" as a Shitamachi-Tokyo accent form of "Ba(ka-ya)rou!"
  • "Always determining the one truth with the body of a child and the mind of an adult, his name is Detective Conan", before the beginning of an opening song and movie.
• Character Development:
  • And while it may have been somewhat forced on, Shinichi/Conan stops being as attention-seeking as he was in his original body.
  • Subtle, but during "The 3 'K's of Osaka" story, Conan/Shinichi didn't want to investigate the case because his soccer idol was a suspect (and later confirmed to be the actual culprit). Afterwards, he stopped thinking like this, deciding that even if his friends, family, or someone who is close to either one is a suspect, he will consider that person a suspect until proven otherwise (such as Genta's dad being a possible suspect in "The Culprit is Genta's Dad" or even Ran in "Kaitou Kid and the Blush Mermaid").
  • In regards to his attitude in dealing with mysterious and dangerous Black Organization (B.O.), Shinichi initially and arrogantly believed he could easily take them down, taking only minimum precautions in safety of himself and others. For example, when a B.O. member was suspected to be near in the "Reunion With The Black Organization" arc, Conan's way of protecting Haibara from being recognized is simply putting glasses on her; unfortunately, there was a B.O. member (Pisco) who instantly knew that Haibara was the shrunken Shiho Miyano and would have revealed her identity had he not been killed by Gin. It could've ended in more tragedy since Gin was very close to killing Haibara. This incident was a major wake-up call to the young detective that the organization isn't as easy to take down as he thought and that if he made a mistake, he or his loved ones could die. And while Shinichi/Conan still has a bit of a reckless side, he now asks for help when dealing with the B.O. and formulating plans to keep him and his allies safe.
  • There's a subtle but consistant arc throughout the manga regarding Shinichi dealing with the possibility of culprit suicide. At first, he's callous and unempathetic: in "The Bandage Man Villa Murder Case", when the culprit threatens to commit suicide, Shinichi calls his bluff by outright telling him to do it. However, soon after that Shinichi suffers through his own Norbury with the "Moonlight Sonata Murder Case", during which a culprit commits suicide because Shinichi identified them without thinking ahead about how the culprit might react. The next two cases where a culprit plans to commit suicide has Shinichi removing the lethal tools before confronting them and placing officers around the perimeter to prevent the culprit from jumping respectively—and in each instance, Shinichi is clearly haunted by the death of the culprit in the "Moonlight Sonata" case, enough to snap at Hattori for offhandedly suggesting it may have been better if they let the culprit of the day actually kill themself, stating that a detective that allows that is "no better than a murderer himself." "The Detective's Nocturne Case" caps off this development arc, with Shinichi accompanying and befriending a suicidal murderer in order to form an emotional connection and convince them not to kill themself.
• Character Name Alias: Conan Edogawa is his main alias in the series.
• Character Tics: Shinichi/Conan has notable habits that are often mentioned during the series, usually by Ran.
  • Whenever he loses something he likes, he puts on a sad, child-like face.
  • In the non-canon 12th movie, Full Score of Fear, Ran mentioned that Shinichi "has a funny habit" when he plays the violin.
• Chaste Hero: Zigzagged. He gets... excited whenever Ran is naked and/or wearing revealing clothing, but has zero reaction when it comes to other women. For example, he's nonplussed after he walks in on Haibara and Ayumi naked, but gets a massive nosebleed when he sees Ran naked a few chapters/episodes later. This difference in reactions is most likely due to his single focus on Ran and no one else.
• Chick Magnet: Where to begin?
  • Ran has been in love with Shinichi since they were 15 and will always be his true love.
  • He gained fangirls after he became a famous teen detective. In fact, the first chapter/episode has Shinichi hearing a few girls talking excitedly about him. And after that, he shows off a bunch of his fan-mail to Ran.
  • His former senpai/classmate Asami Uchida, fell for him because of his Brutal Honesty when they were in middle school. She even confessed to him before she graduated, and still liked him when she made her return.
  • There's heavy implication that Ai Haibara/Shiho Miyano may harbor feelings for him, but due to her Master of the Mixed Message habit, it's really unknown at this point.
  • One of Yoko Okino's friends and former bandmates, Terumi Hoshino ^note from the the "Celebrities Secret" case, is revealed at the end of the case arc to idolize and harbor romantic feelings for him. She even keeps a newspaper photo of him on her person as a Good Luck Charm.
  • It's in effect even when he's Conan; aside from Ayumi, young girls that are Conan's age sometimes get a little too happy at the idea of being able to hang out with him and at least one girl has a blatant crush on him.
  • In one of the anime endings, "Koi no Koishite", middle-school aged Shinichi was given a love letter from a younger classmate^note It's unknown if he ever opened it or not. As Conan, another love letter was given to him by a classmate and he was thoroughly teased by the Detective Boys about it (sans Ayumi who appeared jealous).
  • There are some moments that hint that Masumi Sera might have a crush on him, if not just an extreme fondness for.
• Childhood Friend Romance: With Ran. They've known each other since pre-school and are each other's canonical love interest.
• Childhood Friends: Shinichi has known both Ran and Sonoko since they were four. His relationship with the former grew beyond friendship.
• Child Prodigy: Zigzagged. He seems like child prodigy as Conan to those who don't know his true identity but he's actually older than he looks due to a "de-aging" pill, and even so he is a Teen Genius since he's technically 17. And then, the flashbacks to his childhood show as an actual child prodigy: the Whole Episode Flashback of manga chapters 921-924/episodes 853-854 show him not only reading the Sherlock Holmes books at the age of four, but making his first deductions around that time... which allowed his father to foil a kidnapping plan that had Ran as the target.
• Chronic Hero Syndrome: He can't leave a case unsolved and any hint that a crime might occur in the future has him trying to prevent it. This is lampshaded by several characters, including Ran and Ai.
• Clark Kenting: After being shrunk to a grade-school kid, the title character does the same thing as Clark Kent: wears a pair of glasses (belonging to his father) to hide his identity. It usually works well, until he slips up and says information he shouldn't have known unless he was really Shinichi Kudo, who was supposed to be a distant relative. This leads to Ran becoming suspicious of him several times, but she always ends up discrediting her own finds because the evidence doesn't quite match up, due to some outside interference (usually planned by Conan himself). In one scene, when Ai returns to her original age, Conan offers her his glasses as disguise, saying that they work well enough for Clark Kent. The response from Ai is, "So are you saying you're Superman now?" According to an interview with Gosho Aoyama, the glasses really were based on Superman.
• Color Motif: Blue. Shinichi has Innocent Blue Eyes; in almost every opening and ending, Shinichi/Conan is seen wearing either his blue Teitan uniform or trademark blue "suit" as Conan; when he's not wearing his uniform or Iconic Outfit, many of his outfits contain some blue in them; Shinichi's Animal Motif is a shark, who are traditionally colored blue; also, blue often symbolize heroism and Shinichi is definitely a heroic figure.
• Constantly Curious: Conan routinely interrogates suspects by pretending to be an obnoxiously curious kid, at least for as long as he can pull it off without being scolded. The Detective Kids behave like this at times as well, though in their case they aren't pretending. Sometimes Conan uses this trick to pass information to the adults (usually Kogoro) to allow them to solve the case if he can't or doesn't want to use the Stun Gun Watch.
• Cool Board: Motorized, solar-powered, fast enough to outrun many a motorbike.
• Covert Pervert: While Shinichi is usually quiet about his perverted thoughts and said thoughts are only directed towards Ran, he often thinks of seeing Ran naked or wearing revealing clothing. But then states (in his head), that as much as he wants to see it he doesn't want anyone else to.
• Crazy Jealous Guy: For all of Ran's Tsundere and mild Clingy Jealous Girl traits, Conan/Shinichi himself can get very jealous whenever it seems that someone else might be interested in her. Considering that Conan is a Deadpan Snarker who can't exactly act on it due to having been shrunk to a kid's age, it's almost all Played for Laughs. He also (unsurprisingly) has a strong, possessive side for Ran — the most famous one is when he revealed his secret identity to Eisuke Hondou when the latter wanted to take Ran to America.
• Creepy Child: While he might not actually be 7-years-old, as Conan, he can come off this way to older adults; he is undisturbed by every gruesome murder they come across as he walks up to the body and looks for evidence.
  • Sometimes Conan/Shinichi is just trying to be creepy. There's no other explanation. Like in a conversation between him and Wataru Takagi, right after Conan tells him exactly why they have other option but waiting to defuse a bomb in the same room as them until seconds before it explodes, in order to get a hint about where the next bomb is. It's even worse because Conan is the only one who can get to the bomb to defuse it. Because Takagi doesn't know that Conan is really a seventeen year old genius detective, this conversation follows:
  Takagi: Tell me one more thing. W-Who on Earth are you?
  Conan: Oh. Well if you want to know... Then I'll tell you. In the next world.
  • Heck, even before Shinichi became Conan he did and/or said some disturbing things, the most famous being confusing his preschool class for a morgue...and he was four at the time.
• Crush Blush: Shinichi gets a deep shade of red when it has something to do with Ran.
• Cultured Badass: Shinichi has an extraordinarily broad and deep knowledge of many subjects and trivia that help him solve cases, something he likely acquired from incessant reading as a child. He also plays the violin, has perfect pitch (despite being unable to sing), and is well educated in English.
• Cute Bookworm: He's a cute kid as Conan (it's more along the lines of "handsome" as Shinichi) and loves to read mystery books.
• Deadpan Snarker: He snarks everyone, actually, if they ever act or give some comments which he considers stupid. He mainly snarks the Detective Boys, Kogoro, Ran etc.
• Defective Detective: Shinichi is a fantastic detective, but he's extraordinarily socially inept in many areas, particularly in picking up blindingly obvious cues that Ran is getting exasperated with his nonstop Holmes trivia (and that she may be flirting with him). Oh, and he's spent most of the series shrunk to the body of a child, which lends itself to more than a few hardships.
• Deliberately Cute Child: Conan often does this to throw people off from suspecting he's really seventeen year old Shinichi Kudo. Though he can on occasion take it too far and has a time or two been called out by his kid friends for doing it.
• Determinator: Stuck in a child's body or not, nothing will stop from solving a case or finding and apprehending the men who caused it.
• Disguised in Drag: He once switched clothes with Ayumi to find some kidnappers.
• Ditzy Genius: He may be a Teen Genius who is capable of solving complicated crimes, but Shinichi has shown to lack basic common sense on occasion.
  • Throughout the series, flashbacks and mentions of him from other characters showed he is completely oblivious to anything pertaining to proper social etiquette.
  • In the very first chapter/episode, he thought it was a good idea to tail two big, dangerous-looking men with no back-up (i.e., his karate champion best friend, Ran); cue him getting attacked from behind, fed poison, and shrinking to the age of a child's.
  • While he scolds others (particularly Heiji and Ai) either for accidentally exposing his true identity or not being in-character, respectively, Shinichi/Conan has little room to talk — He constantly gets involved in cases and gives hints to the police and Kogoro on how to find the culprit or just point-blank acts like he's the famous 17-year-old detective when he, technically, isn't. This has nearly caused Ran and others to question who he is at times.
  • Following from the above, he is well aware that as "Conan", he lacks a lot of the natural power he had as Shinichi, especially when being compared to more huge, sometimes violently-inclined culprits who have no problem harming him as Conan, he has a habit of confronting said criminals to either deduce why they are the criminal or make a "The Reason You Suck" Speech. Unfortunately, this has led him to be taken hostage on a few occasions, with luck being the main reason he hasn't been killed.
• Does Not Like Spam: In the "Ran GIRL, Shinichi BOY" flashback, Yukiko commented that he hates raisins.
• The Dog Was the Mastermind: Shinichi/Conan is an inversion; he, the protagonist, is the "Dog" and he maneuvers and manipulates those around him in order to catch criminals. Initially it was a simple inversion, with Conan the apparent six year old being The Man Behind the Man for the great Detective Mouri, but as time goes on, Shinchi-as-Conan wields increasing unofficial influence with more official crime-fighting agencies and manipulates them all the same. Amuro makes clear during "The Scarlet Return" arc that Conan definitely looks like a case of The Dog Was the Mastermind to the few outsiders who actually figure out what role he plays in all of this, but despite Amuro's suspicions, Amuro still can't outpace Shinichi's mechanizations and leaves convinced that Conan did something without knowing what that something is or how to prove it.
  • That something was faking Akai Shuuichi's death by predicting the actions of the Big Bad's crime syndicate down to the smallest variable and tricking them into believing that they successfully shot and killed Akai at point-blank range entirely of their own volition, in order to trick the FBI into trying to confirm the identity of the corpse, in order to trick the Tokyo Metropolitican Police Department's homicide division to analyze the "evidence" and confirm for the FBI that Akai was the corpse, in order to ensure that the aforementioned crime syndicate actually believes it. And this all comes to light as Amuro deduces it in front of Yusaku-Disguised-as-Subaru-Who-Is-Akai, but even that was part of Shinichi's plan for getting Amuro to reveal what his true allegiances are while bamboozling him into rethinking his own deductions by setting him up to fail miserably in his attempt to expose Conan and Subaru Okiya as co-conspirators with Conan as the brains behind the plan. All of this happens while Shinichi is sitting in a control room watching and listening to everyone's movements on his monitors.
    Akai: "Don't worry. This is all going according to the boy's plan."
• Dork Knight: Shinichi's deduction abilities were so astounding he has become known as a famous detective (and is quite the Chick Magnet). He's also a complete dork when it comes to his idol or his true love.
• Dreadful Musician: Shinichi/Conan's singing is simply horrendous... which is all the more funny given that his (Conan's) seiyuu is a very famous Idol Singer (which leads to a very interesting duet when she gets a cameo in a two-parter episode). And it's not only singing — he also can't play an instrument to save his life. The odd thing here is that, while everyone jokes that he is tone deaf, he actually can roughly identify music notes that he hears and is somewhat decent with the violin. He just can't sing, and doesn't seem to have an interest in gaining any musical talent beyond emulating Sherlock Holmes.
• Dreary Half-Lidded Eyes: He always has his eyes half closed with his brows slanted downward when he's in First-Person Smartass Sarcasm Mode. This is a very frequent occurrence for him.
• Dub Name Change: Jimmy Kudo.
• Eagle-Eye Detection: The police will always overlook trash, scratch marks, paint, crumpled clothes and etc. Conan notices these things even before the murder occurs, and to noone's surprize, they become the key pieces of evedience.
• Establishing Character Moment: The very first chapter/episode introduces Shinichi as the arrogant, but famous Teen Genius detective who loves the spotlight, has a near obsession over anything Sherlock Holmes-related, but in spite of his logical thinking, he has a reckless side.
• Experienced Protagonist: Shinichi is already a famous Amateur Sleuth from the start and he has solved many crimes and mysteries before the beginning of the story.
• Fatal Flaw:
  • When things get really dangerous, Shinichi/Conan tends to rely on himself to protect everyone from the danger. This is what landed him in his current predicament as "Conan Edogawa". Haibara at one point lampshades this flaw.
  Ai: "While pursuing the truth and justice without thinking about consequences...you stand the strain of all pressure alone in order to protect everyone...Such boy-like temperaments of yours are astonishingly intriguing, however...I wonder if you realize it...That clean scent of yours is strangling her, us, and yourself with loneliness and danger."
  • His love for Ran. After learning about her feelings for him as Conan, Shinichi is willing to go to any risk to get back to just Shinichi. However, his moments as Shinichi causes more distress to Ran because he's only there for a moment and then just goes and "disappears". Also, it leads him to being more reckless and not thinking about the possible bad outcomes of what switching back to Shinichi could do.
• Find the Cure!: Conan is trying to find the poison he was given, because if he finds a sample, then both Agasa and Haibara can find a cure so he can reverse back to his original body.
• Finishing Each Other's Sentences: With Heiji Hattori — whenever they work together in a case they will often finish each other's deductions, demonstrating not only abilities as detectives, but also their familiarity with each other.
• First Love:
  • To Ran, she discovered her feelings for at 15 and has never had any romantic interest in any other males before or after her Love Epiphany.
  • To his middle school senpai, Asami Uchida — in her introductory chapter/episode she lies to Ran and Sonoko about her being this to him. At the end, she comes clean and explains why she fell in love with him.
• First-Person Smartass: In both forms he often snarks others in his head, Ran included.
• Foil: He's developed into one for Renya Karasuma, the Boss of the Black Organization (and presumed Big Bad). While we see Shinichi clearly because he is generally our perspective character, in-universe both he and the Boss are hidden figures to most, who spend much of their time working in the shadows and making plans, and increasingly those plans are enacted vicariously through the people they managed to influence (heck, Jodie even calls Conan "Boss"). And because the influence is unofficial, off the record, and sometimes barely noticed, even many under their influence often have no clue whose bidding they're doing, and of those who do meet them, very few actually know their true nature. Both appear to have something strange about their age as well, which has motivated a change in identity: Shinichi is a teenager who turned into a seven year old and thus became Conan; Karasuma is suspected of faking his death fifty years ago and, if truly still alive, is 149 years old and likely also living under another alias at present. But while the Boss uses these qualities to commit crimes on the sly, Shinichi uses his abilities to solve them.
• Fountain of Youth: The APTX-4869 drug regressed Shinichi's body by around ten years, causing the Teen Genius to live in a first grader's body, who would be known as "Conan Edogawa". On the other hand, APTX-4869 is employed as a poison and is generally successful.
• Free-Range Children: Deconstructed. Thanks to the laid-back parenting from his parents (especially Yusaku) Shinichi had a habit of going wherever he wanted when he was curious about something. This naturally caused a problem with Eri after a young Shinichi took an equally young Ran somewhere at night with no adult supervision. And this attitude followed into his adulthood, as a teenaged Shinichi decided to track down the two mysterious men in black because of his suspicions; and while he was right, it led him getting attacked, nearly murdered, and becoming "Conan Edogawa". And while he is more careful "Conan" because of his actual age, this habit has contributed to being one of the things that make him a Ditzy Genius.
• Freudian Excuse: The reason behind Shinichi's desensitization towards violent and brutal crime scenes is because his father would take him to crime scenes as a child.
• Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: While Shinichi can be sympathetic for a particularly tragic case, he ultimately stands by his belief that no matter the circumstance, murder is unforgivable. That said, he utterly detests Yandere killers of any kind. When confronted with such a killer and if they claim they killed out of love, he'll deliver a disgustingly brutal "The Reason You Suck" Speech.
• Friendless Background: Downplayed. Shinichi was quite popular, but didn't have a lot of really close friends throughout his life. In fact, many of his peers (and some teachers) found his arrogant attitude to be a negative turn-off. Asami Uchida, manager of the soccer club Shinichi was a member of in Teitan Junior High, confessed to him and even fabricated some rumors about them flirting about, but nothing much came out of it. And Sonoko, who has known Shinichi since their pre-school days, didn't like him that much. His only true close friend was Ran.
• Friendly Rivalry: With Heiji, once the latter figures out that Kudo and Conan are the same person. They're close friends who clearly respect each other (their minds are often completely in-sync whenever they do work together on cases), but Kudo's ego and Heiji's competitiveness occasionally ends up with them competing to see who can solve a case first.
• The Friend Nobody Likes: Downplayed. While Shinichi did have a number of people who liked him, they weren't exactly close friends, and many people (including Sonoko) were put off by his arrogance and found it hard to approach him.
• Gadget Watches: His include a stun gun and a flashlight.
• Generation Xerox: Like his father, Shinichi/Conan is a famous detective who tries to apprehend the infamous thief, Kaitou Kid, whose last name begins with "Kuroba". And despite their conflicting sides, they have a healthy respect for one another.
• Genre Savvy: Has read all the great detective stories and knows their tropes by heart.
• Giving Someone the Pointer Finger: The exposition sequence at the beginning of the movies always end with Conan pointing at the camera to deliver his Catchphrase:
  "There is only one truth!"
• Goggles Do Something Unusual: Conan's glasses have been given upgrades throughout the series. Initially they contained a screwed-in GPS bug that could be taken out and placed elsewhere while the glasses tracked the device's location with its own minimap. Agasa later replaced the glass with bulletproof glass and the bug was updated with listening functions and its own frequency. The listening device is also designed so it "Stimulates the eardrum," thus only the wearer can hear it.
• Good Cannot Comprehend Evil: Shinichi cannot fathom why anyone would resort to murder.
• Good Is Not Dumb: He wholeheartedly believes in justice and would even help a violent criminal from almost dying, but don't be mistaken. He's not a naive fool.
• Good Is Not Nice: He's The Hero, has a strong sense of justice, and is willing to save anyone (criminal or not) from certain death. He's still an Insufferable Genius who can come off an arrogant jerk from those not close to him.
• Great Detective: He's so great at deduction and solving crimes he has been nicknamed the "Great Detective of the East".
• Guile Hero: Now that he resides in the body of a child, he has to find other, more creative ways to solve the case.
• Hairstyle Inertia: Shinichi's has the kept the same hairstyle (which includes the cowlick and tuft from the back of his neck) since childhood.
• Handicapped Badass: Downplayed. There have been moments where Shinichi had suffered some kind of extreme physical pain (i.e., his transformation back into "Conan" and getting shot in the stomach as his alter-ego), but still has been able to solve a difficult case. That being said, he had to get proper medical attention or passed out depending on the situation.
• He Knows Too Much: The reason for most of the plot — He comes across a mysterious man in black (who would later be known as Vodka) extorting from another man, but he fails to see the former's partner (Gin), who sneaks on him and knocks him out cold with a lead pipe. The two try to force feed him a poison pill plus a serum... but the pill only shrinks him into a body of a child and he assumes the alias of Conan Edogawa.
• The Hero: Shinichi/Conan is the main protagonist, who solves difficult cases, and is trying to apprehend the Black Organization.
• Hero Antagonist: Downplayed, to Kaito Kuroba aka Kaitou Kid in Magic Kaito. He only makes guest appearances in the connected TV show, but like how he is in his own show, Conan is always framed as a Worthy Opponent to the master thief.
• Heroic Lineage: Shinichi gets his detective genes from both of his parents (i.e., his mother once solves a case on live TV by just hearing the details).
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: Becomes this with Heiji Hattori — even though they still have a rivalry, they have a brotherly like relationship with one another. They go to each other for the other's opinion on their deductions and Heiji has, on several occasions, declared himself to be Shinichi's best friend or brother.
• Hidden Depths: For someone who relies on logic and doesn't have much interest in art, his inner monologues after solving cases is full of expressive and dramatic lines akin to a Poetry. He probably inherits this from Yukiko, his former actress mother.
  Conan: (inner monologue after solving the Hatamoto family case) "Ichiro's cry of anguish echoed throughout the ship. So it was the misery of an introverted young man unable to voice his deepest feelings that led to tragedy. The ship sailed closer to Tokyo. It glowed red as the sun set on the sadness and despair of Ichiro and the rest of Hatamoto family."
• Hollywood Tone-Deaf: He has perfect pitch but simply can't sing. In the manga he is completely unable to translate the notes he hears into music using an instrument or his voice himself; in the anime, however, he has enough skill for his own very awkward-sounding theme tune and one song on the violin - since he's such a huge Sherlock Holmes lover that he would try it himself.
• Humans Are Flawed: Has this belief and stated so as Conan:
  "There's so such thing as a perfect person in this world."
• Humble Pie: Downplayed. Prior to his transformation, Shinichi enjoyed being in the spotlight and was rather arrogant, reveling in making local headlines and receiving fan-mail. Throughout the series, Shinichi's predicament causes him to gain a sense of humility, but is still an Insufferable Genius (he just does it more quietly).
• Hyper-Awareness: Shinichi/Conan gets a "feeling" when he thinks that a case isn't solved yet.
• Hypocrite:
  • Shincihi/Conan will frequently call out others for doing something reckless, but he doesn't hesitate to do something that could potentially harm him, if not outright kill him (see Idiot Ball).
  • He made a grand speech to Heiji that there's "no such thing as inferior or superior detective", but he would later on have deduction battle (due to Sera' insistence) with Heiji to see who was the better detective.
  • In a more humorous example, during a case in which Shinichi deduces nationality by the way people count on their hands, Shinichi grumbles about how his mother counts thumb-first on her hands (the European way) rather than fingers-first (the Japanese way) because she thinks the hand poses that result are more stylish and dramatic. If one pays attention, Shinichi can often be seen doing the same throughout the series. Haibara later points this out.
  • He constantly criticizes either Heiji or Haibara for not keeping his identity hidden better or behaving more adult-like than they should, respectively. However, Shinichi has done both actions numerous times.
  • As Conan, he initially chastises the Detective Boys (sans Haibara) for getting involved in cases since they're just kids...despite being in a 7-year-old body. It still applies when he's an adult, since he started his detective career at 15 and Megure was initially angry and reluctant for his help because he was only a teen civilian.
• Hypocrite Has a Point:
  • Shinichi does a terrible job at keeping his true identity hidden but does have a right to get mad at either Heiji for accidentally calling by his true name or Haibara acting more like her real age, since that could lead to his identity being exposed.
  • He frequently states that the Detective Boys shouldn't be involved in cases since their children...conveniently forgetting that he's also a child, technically teenager, but still too young to be involved. However, given his more experience in solving cases and spotting dangerous criminals, his gripes at his younger peers are valid.
• Iconic Outfit: Conan's suit and bowtie. He did had a case of Limited Wardrobe earlier, but even now he has a larger variety of clothes, his suit and bowtie not only means him, but also the entire meaning of Great Detective. In modern comedic manga, changing to Conan's suit means s/he's going into Great Detective mode.
• Identical Stranger: Not just a limitation of the art style. He and Kaito Kuroba are deliberately drawn and canonically described as looking virtually identical to each other save for the hair style and even have the same voice actor, making the resemblance between them strong enough that not only can Kaito disguise as Shinichi with virtually no effort, but Ran, Shinichi's childhood friend, mistook Kaito for Shinichi even when Kaito wasn't trying to pass as him. To wit, Kaito has performed as Shinichi four times in the films. Unfortunately for Kaito, his acting wasn't enough to trick Ran the third time.
  • Hilariously, there have even been times when Kaito's and Shinichi's own fans have mistaken them for each other, especially when an image has cropped off the tops of their distinctive hairstyles. A YouTube posting of a clip from the Magic File OVA Fantasia Flower, in which a middle school Shinichi escapes his chemistry class by deliberately blowing up his school lab with colorful smokescreen and leaves cackling like a maniac, caused chaos in the comment section, as those who didn't know of the OVA insisted it was actually Kaito in the clip.
• Identity Impersonator: As Ran often comes close to discovering Conan's identity, he has found a couple of ways to have "Shinichi" on the phone when Conan is in the room. The masterstroke came one time when he was in his original body and Ai disguised herself as Conan.
• Idiot Ball: The basic plot of the manga kicks off because this Teen Genius doesn't use his large brain to consider what might happen if he runs off to spy on a couple of shady mafia-type thugs without bringing backup or telling anyone where he's going. This does not work out well for him. Justified by the fact that his main character flaws are overconfidence and recklessness, which reoccur as personal issues throughout the series.
• I Know Madden Kombat: With the help of Agasa's gadgets, Conan is ready to bludgeon most fleeing crooks into submission with a precision-aimed soccer ball kicked with enough force to crack window glass. Of course, the realities of this are sometimes played straight, such as the time when he tried this as the crooks were opening a steel door, causing the ball to rebound and knock Conan out first.
• I Love You Because I Can't Control You: In his official Love Confession, Shinichi remarks on how it's hard to deduce Ran's feelings, but that's because he's in love with her.
• Improbable Hairstyle: Shinichi has a large, distinctive gravity defying cowlick of hair on the top of his head and a tuft sticking out by his neck.
• Improbable Weapon User: As Conan Edogawa, he uses a soccer ball as his main weapon against more violent criminals.
• Improvised Weapon: His only weapon of assault is his super shoes that only increased the power of things he kicked on. It doesn't always work as intended: one time he tried to kick a cabbage, but it broke immediately. The other time he had to kick an entire hospital bunk— well, it got the villain, but sprained his ankle in the process.
• Incorruptible Pure Pureness: Shinichi/Conan devoutly believes that murder is always wrong and no matter the reason, it's still unforgivable; he can't understand why anyone would want to kill someone and doesn't want to.
• Inner Monologue: Conan does this all the time. In some dubs, including the American dub, this inner monologue is even in Shinichi's voice!
• Innocent Blue Eyes: He has blue eyes to match his heroic, selfless, and morally grounded personality.
• Innocently Insensitive: Due to terrible combination of being Ditzy Genius, Oblivious to Love, and being unfortunate enough to get himself involved with The Syndicate that caused him to shrink and lose the majority of his normal high schooler life, Conan’s mind isn’t exactly set to care more about trivial things such as romance when there are cases he needs to solve.
  • Twice did he become the Moment Killer for two potential couple when he interrupted their potential Relationship Upgrade: He interrupted Takagi and Sato from kissing while being Undercover as Lovers just because he wanted to ask them if they’re doing a stakeout^note Well, technically they are a couple, but at the time Sato demanded Takagi to kiss her in such unexpected time to prevent their target to discover their identities as cops.... and she only did so during a stakeout with Takagi and never with any other cops. and he interrupted Naeko from telling Chiba her name just because he wanted to ask her something about the case. In those two moments, he got appropriately scolded by Sonoko and the Detective Boys for interrupting, which he barely paid attention to because.... well, there are cases nearby. To date, Shiratori and Kobayashi are the only couple he never interrupted. On Conan’s defense, however, the aforementioned individuals he interrupted just happened to have Skewed Priorities themselves since they had the audacity to think about their love life in the middle of their job.
  • He’s also completely insensitive and unaware that he got two girls (Ayumi and Ai) embarrassed after he accidentally saw them butt naked that when Genta and Mitsuhiko asked him about it to confirm it, he thought they’re talking about the case and insensitively answered “Yes, I saw (the corpse) naked. But we’re in the bathroom, so it’s quite logical” which caused the two girls to get enraged at him until he got confused and – again, insensitively – asked if they’re asking about the case. Then, when he did accidentally brought it up and confirm that, yes, he saw them naked, he did so in a cheerful manner that he’s completely unaware that the completely pissed off Ai gave him a Death Glare. By the end of the case, he got Laser-Guided Karma courtesy of Ai to Ayumi's amusement.
• Insufferable Genius: He frequently calls people "idiot" if they state something he finds stupid. This isn't fair given that he's on a different intellectual level than most. It's also the main reason why he didn't have many friends growing up.
• Insult of Endearment: Ran sometimes calls him "Detective Freak" in a mockingly mean way to hide her attraction to his deductive skills.
• Intelligence Equals Isolation: Not as bad as Hiroki Sawada, but as Shinichi he had some issues in regards to relating to people. More than once his classmates and teachers would remark on him being arrogant and hard to approach, with Ran as almost the only exception.
• Interrupted Declaration of Love: After returning to his original body in the "Desperate Revival" arc, Shinichi planned on confessing his feelings for Ran. He took her to the same restaurant his parents were at where after Yusaku solved a case, he proposed to Yukiko. And when Shinichi was just about to confess, a murder happened. And in the midst of his investigation, his body gave out the physical symptoms indicating he would be turning back into Conan. He managed to solve the case despite the pain, but changed back into Conan before he could get back to Ran and confess to her.
• Irony:
  • When Shinichi was an actual child, he would always act as if he was an adult despite being a little kid. And now that he's reverted back to his child form, he must now pretend to have the mindset of a child despite being a young adult.
  • A flashback to Shinichi at four-years-old, has him strongly state that he'll never wear glasses like his father. Fast-forward to the present timeline and Shinichi (now as Conan) wears glasses to conceal his true identity.
  • Shinichi is someone who is logical, rational, and doesn't believe in chance. And yet, he fell for Ran at first sight when he saw her smile when they met at four.
  • A more serious example during "The 3 'K's of Osaka" arc. He spent the entire murder case trying to find the culprit in order to prove Ray Curtis, his soccer idol, was innocent. However, the more and more he investigated, the more evidence he found of his idol being guilty. He was sadly proven right.
• It's Not You, It's My Enemies: The main reason why Shinichi refuses to tell Ran about his identity as Conan is because the Black Organization could target her.
• I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Towards Ran, as he explains to Haibara.
  "If I told her how I feel, she'd miss me even more. After all, I'm the guy who keeps breaking her heart by making her wait an eternity... even though I'm always by her side. I don't wanna see her cry anymore. Even if it means I no longer have a place in her heart. Seems pretty childish of me, doesn't it?"
• Jerkass Has a Point: He may be an Insufferable Genius with a penchant for Brutal Honesty, but Shinichi/Conan does make some good points when working on a case.
  • A general point throughout the series is whenever he delivers a scathing "The Reason You Suck" Speech to a culprit, no one can blame him. The criminal in question have done heinous actions for petty reasons.
  • He may have said it too honestly, but Shinichi's assessment of Kogoro's deduction in the beginning weren't wrong. The latter detective's skills aren't great and that's the main reason his business is struggling.
  • While it makes him a hypocrite since he's doing the same thing despite being older, Shinichi often stating how the Detective Boys shouldn't get involved in cases does have merit: They are actual children with no experience while Shinichi is way more skilled despite his young age, either his real one or as "Conan".
  • Shinichi's initial anger at Haibara is understandable given how she worked for the Organization that put him into his current predicament and it was her drug that caused him to shrink.
  • A non-canon example in an anime OVA. A middle school Shinichi was right that magic didn't exist in the world but he shouldn't have gotten so angry at Ran for giving her opinion on the said case.
  • He gives a pointed "The Reason You Suck" Speech to his soccer idol, Ray Curtis, on how he has zero excuse for doing illicit drugs and then committing murder to cover it up. Ray accepts the point and lets himself be taken into custody.
  • While he didn't like it, Shinichi made a point that he couldn't let Genta's father go simply because he was his friend's father, since he could've been the murderer. He even points this out to Takagi who can't help but agree.
  • He quickly tells the Big Bad in a non-canon movie that "no plan is perfect". And that is certainly true.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Shinichi is incredibly arrogant, horribly insensitive, and has a "high and mighty" attitude; he also has a strong sense of justice, loves his friend and family deeply (Ran especially), and values human life.
• Just a Kid: As Conan the adults don't listen to him in cases, but it's justified since he is a kid. Shinichi initially got this treatment in his first detective case by Inspector Megure, after he solved the said case, no one questioned his skills.
• Kid Detective: He is a 17-year old de-aged down to seven. Since everyone thinks he's seven, he has to find ways of cluing adults in disguised as being a nosy seven-year-old. Conan even provides the page image!
• Lady and Knight: The Knight to Ran's Lady. While she is a fairly strong Action Girl, there's an arc involving her as a princess in a School Play that exploits the "princess and knight" symbolism to the hilt with her and him (her mutual childhood love interest and The Hero), who is mostly stuck in a child's body (as the titular Conan) but is temporarily back to his real physical age during said arc. Additionally, during Lupin III vs. Detective Conan, Ran daydreams of herself as a princess and Shinichi as her knight.
• Like Parent, Like Child: Shinichi has traits from both of his parents.
  • From his father, Shinichi gained his love (if incessant) of reading, idolization of Sherlock Holmes, and being an insufferable genius.
  • From his mother, Shinichi got her flair for the dramatics and love of being in the spotlight.
• Limited Wardrobe: In the earlier part of the series, Conan nearly exclusively wore a blue suit, a white shirt, and a red bowtie. Later he was seen with a better variety of clothes.
• Line-of-Sight Name: Shinichi came up the name Conan Edogawa by seeing books of mysteries by Arthur Conan Doyle and Edogawa Rampo.
• Living a Double Life: After being force fed a poison that was meant to kill him, Shinichi transformed back into a 7-year-old. In order to protect his loved one while investigating the Black Organization, Shinichi took on the alias "Conan Edogawa". He keeps in contact with Ran via a private phone line.
• Living Emotional Crutch: Just being away from him causes Ran great emotional turmoil.
• Locked Out of the Loop:
  • Shinichi doesn't know that ironically, due to all his secret keeping from Ran, he's potentially locked himself out of learning about Ran's own encounter(s) with the Black Organization, because she has no reason to tell "Conan" about them. Shinichi has no idea that Ran has encountered Vermouth and saved Haibara from her, even 500+ chapters after it occurred. The fact that Haibara herself is invested in keeping Ran out of anything to do with the Black Organization only adds to this, as she deliberately lied to Shinichi about who saved her that night. Ran not knowing Conan's identity also prevents them from confiding in each other or pooling together information they might have in other areas, and thus can extend the time it takes for important realizations to come to light. Additionally, Shinichi had to hold back from pursuing Black Organization members several times in the presence of Ran and her martial arts skill would come in very handy when being confronted with a solo Black Organization members.
  • In general, Shinichi is often left partially in the dark about some things related to the Organization because Haibara tends to withhold information from him. In part, this is due to the fact she doesn't want him to be reckless with the information, but also because she has extremely strong paranoias about information being spread.
• Long-Distance Relationship: A variant with Ran. She thinks that he has run off to investigate some kind of case, but in truth he's Conan, aged down thanks to plot.
• Lonely Rich Kid: After his parents moved to the US. That said, this does not induce I Just Want to Have Friends but rather enforced his otaku image.
• Lovable Jock: Downplayed. Shinichi used to play soccer in his middle school's team but stopped after entering high school to focus more on being a detective. And while he's nowhere near Jerk Jock, his attitude can be a real turn off. He's still a good guy.
• Love at First Sight: The "Ran GIRL, Shinichi BOY" flashback revealed that Shinichi started to love Ran when he first saw her smile when they met in pre-school; he even lampshades it at the end.
  Conan: (in his mind) Ran probably doesn’t know it but ever since our first meeting… Your smiling face stole my heart.
• Love Confession: Ever since he learned that Ran reciprocated his feelings, Shinichi has made it his goal to fully confess his feelings for her.
  • After temporarily returning back to his original body in the "Desperate Revival" arc, he tried but a series of unforeseen circumstances happened. See his Interrupted Declaration of Love section above for more details.
  • In the non-canon fourth movie, he confessed to an amnesiac Ran while running away from the culprit because she asked him why he would go so far to protect her. Initially he's shocked, but then smiles, grabs her hand to escape the criminal, and makes his confession. Unfortunately, when Ran gains back her memories, she believes that the reason Conan said that was to restore her memory, explaining that Eri had earlier stated Kogoro made the exact same confession to her.
    Conan: (to Ran) Because I love you. I love you. More than anyone else in this world.
  • He was finally able to do so in the (canon) "Holmes Revelation" arc, see his Anguished Declaration of Love section for more details.
• Love Makes You Stupid: While Shinichi has continually gotten more careful over safeguarding his Secret Identity, he will always risk it whenever it comes to Ran.
• Meaningful Name:
  • "Shinichi" is a pun on "one truth"; it's one of his catch phrases and since he's a detective, he seeks to discover the one truth behind a crime.
  • "Conan" is the middle name of the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle, which is befitting for someone who is a big fan of the fictional detective.
  • "Conan" is Celtic for "wise" which is befitting for a Teen Genius (former Child Prodigy) Amateur Sleuth.
• Meitantei: Why, the Japanese title is Meitantei Conan.
• The Mind Is a Plaything of the Body: Averted. Despite now having the body of a child, he still has the mind of an adult. He even lampshades this in the anime.
• Mindlink Mates: With Ran — they appear to share a close empathic link due to their strong feelings for each other, making them almost impossibly aware of when the other is in extreme danger, and often able to sense the other's worried thoughts.
• Minor Living Alone: He used to do this, living in the Kudo family's Big Fancy House and taking care of it since his parents live in the USA. After he's shrunk, however, under the Conan Edogawa he goes live with his would-be girlfriend and her Private Defective father.
• Mistaken for Cheating: Despite not being in an official relationship, there are moments when Ran thinks (i.e., a client coming in saying she was Shinichi's girlfriend, which was an obvious lie) that Shinichi has committed an infidelity with another woman.
• Mistaken for Murderer: During the "The Murderer is Shinichi Kudo" case, the criminal got plastic surgery to look like Shinichi in order to frame him for murder.
• Morality Pet: Along with Ran, he is this to Vermouth from the Black Organization. After Shinichi helped Ran save Vermouth's life in New York while she was disguised as a serial killer, she nicknames him "Cool guy". Later in the series, after Conan successfully interfered with Vermouth's plan of killing Haibara, then almost forced her to surrender and take him to find the boss, she gives him another nickname - "Silver bullet" - as she believes that he has the potential to destroy the Black Organization, because he could touch her heart. Generally, Vermouth tries to protect Shinichi when she is able to, even if it means foiling her objectives or even risking her own life. Vermouth has stated that Shinichi and Ran are the only two treasures she has in the world.
• My Greatest Failure: The Moonlight Sonata case. The only notable case where Conan FAILED to stop the suicide of a Sympathetic Murderer.
• Mystery Magnet: Poor kid can't go anywhere without a murder happening. Occasionally lampshaded—the police inspector, upon realizing that Detective Mouri just HAPPENED to be near when the crime occurred, has a tendency to raise his eyebrow and vocalize his incredulity. Sadly, he never seems to follow up on this.
• Nerves of Steel: Either as Conan or Shinichi, this guy has got guts.
• New Powers as the Plot Demands: He always has previously unmentioned special skills in Non Serial Movies, conveniently explained away by "my dad taught me at Hawai'i."
• New Transfer Student: Subverted. He actually gets transferred back to Teitan Elementary... because the last time he attended was seven years prior to the series. Also subverted in the anime, when the scene where he was transferred was in the stinger.
• Nosebleed: Conan gets some of these during Accidental Pervert situations, basically always because of Ran.
• No Social Skills: Despite his skilled deduction reasoning, Shinichi has a habit of lacking social tact, a put-off by many of his peers, and even teachers.
• Not Now, Kiddo: Nobody ever listens to kids. Early on, Conan has to use Professor Agasa's voice-changing necktie just to tell the police to look under a table. It has been averted slightly as time goes by in that most of the police inspectors eventually learn to pay attention to Conan's observations—and some even recognize the kid's innate intelligence rather than thinking he is just accidentally inspiring them.
• Not So Above It All: He has picked up some of Kogoro's most annoying habits. Hilariously seen in the "Masami Hirota" case: when the stranger that Ran caught took off his sunglasses, they started laughing in exactly the same way and at the same time. On the other hand, he once started a'hootin' and a'hollerin' when his favorite soccer team won a big game, prompting Haibara to snark that "the Master Sleuth was just a jumpy little boy when it came to soccer."
• Obfuscating Stupidity: Conan repeatedly makes a very awkward use of this to disguise his investigations and artificial Eureka Moments. This usually consists of Conan making a very adult speech or explanation, followed by everyone looking strangely at him, followed by Conan hastily saying in deliberately-cute mode, "At least, that's what I saw on TV!" In general, he gets away with it more because he looks like a child than his questionable acting skills.
• Oblivious to Love: A minor example and is zig-zagged to an extent; in a strange reversal of his usual eye for small details, Conan usually completely fails to notice the few occasions when Ai expresses her jealousy of his relationship with Ran. However, the exact feelings she has for Conan, outside of considering him a friend and confidant, is yet to be known, especially given her mixed signals.
• Official Couple: It took about 250 chapters for Ran to respond to his Love Confession, but they have become a couple at the end of chapter 1004. He's still de-aged, but they have accepted each other as boyfriend and girlfriend.
• Older Alter Ego: Inverted. After being forced to consume the APTX pill, Shinichi de-aged into his seven-year-old body and later one dubs his younger alter-ego as "Conan Edogawa".
• Older Than He Looks: Main premise of the series, to an extreme case. Zig-Zagged because he's supposed to look his age but that darn pesky de-aging poison rewinding him physically back 10 years...
• One Degree of Separation: To a crazy degree:
  • Despite Kaito and Shinichi meeting by complete coincidence as Kid and Conan with no knowledge of any personal connection, Kaito's father was Shinichi's mother's mentor and Shinichi's father's rival and best friend, and in the Magic Kaito anime adaptation, Shinichi's surrogate uncle, Agasa, is heavily implied to be the long-time friend of Jii, Kaito's surrogate grandfather, and the supplier of the gear Jii gives Kaito to help with his heists.
  • Despite Shinichi's encounter with the Black Org being pure bad luck and Haibara's seeking him out for protection being completely unrelated to who Shinichi actually is, the assassin sent after Haibara is the best friend of Shinichi's mother, a friendship she made during her mentorship under Kaito's father.
    • Said Black Org assassin, while working undercover as a serial killer two years prior to the start of the series, encountered and had her life saved by Shinichi and Ran by complete coincidence all the while the latter two were completely ignorant of her ties to Shinichi's family or the existence of the Black Org.
  • And after saving that "serial killer," they encounter Akai Shuichi, the FBI agent who would later partner with Shinichi after the latter, again entirely by coincidence, gets himself involved with the Black Org. As it turns out, Shinichi randomly met the entire Akai family (sans the father) when he was on a family beach trip as a child, and became Shuichi's little sister's inspiration to be a detective.
  • Haibara, whom the informant and tailcoat that the assassin-who-is-his-mom's-friend is hunting? By complete coincidence, she's Akai Shuichi's cousin. Which adds... implications to the fact that Akai was introduced as an ex-BO mole who'd gotten in by dating Haibara's sister.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business:
  • During "The 3 'K's of Osaka", Conan makes little to no effort in trying to deduce the possible ways that the three suspects could've committed the murder. This is mostly due to one of them, Ray Curtis (a soccer star), being his biggest idol. Not only is it lampshaded by Heiji, but also marks some Character Development for Shinichi/Conan.
    Heiji: You know, Kudo...You're acting strange. In the past, you've always gone after suspects until their alibi was proven beyond a doubt.
  • Tying into the above, while Conan is often barely able to conceal how smart he is, he does make an effort to use excuses for his observations and knowledge (i.e. Taught by Television, told by "Shinichi", etc.), while using a cutesy, high-pitched voice. So, when he figures out that his soccer idol is behind the murder of the above mentioned case, he not only reveals to Ray Curtis how the latter committed his crime but also in front of him with no pretense of him getting the information elsewhere. Without Kogoro acting as his usual dummy or anyone else present. And, he does his deduction in his usual speaking voice. That just means the case has just gotten personal.
  • Despite doing an often horrible job at keeping his Secret Identity a secret, Shinichi doesn't try to do it on purpose though. So, if he deliberately reveals his true name and age, then it's because of a big deal. Either because he was comforting a dying Akemi Miyano or warning Eisuke that he couldn't take Ran away to America.
• Otaku: Em, some of classmates would rather call him suiri-otaku (mystery geek), especially Sonoko. Ran also tends to use it as an insult when's irritated with his supposed preoccupation with difficult cases causing his prolonged absence.
• Photographic Memory: Shinichi/Conan can remember everything in crystal detail.
• Playing Both Sides: Conan's Batman Gambits sometimes gain an element of this, especially as he grows more accustomed to the dynamics of intelligence wars against crime syndicates. Conan faked Akai's death by predicting the actions of the Black Org down to the smallest variable and tricking them into believing that they successfully shot and killed Akai at point-blank range, in order to trick the FBI into trying to confirm the identity of the corpse using confirmation evidence Conan and Akai had planted earlier, in order to trick the Tokyo Metropolitican Police Department's homicide division to cluelessly analyze the "evidence" without context and confirm for the FBI that Akai was the corpse, in order to ensure that the aforementioned Black Org actually believes it, creating a self-affirming feedback loop of evidence as both sides see the others' reaction as confirmation of the death.
• Playing Card Motifs: The second non-canon movie has Ran compare Shinichi to the Ace playing card because she always believes he can save the day.
• Pride: Shinichi has always been a prideful individual, always thinking he was right and having the utmost confidence in anything he did. Unfortunately, this trait is what caused the premise of the show (see Idiot Ball) and is a main reason why he confronts criminals older and stronger than him even though he's in a child's body.
• Primary-Color Champion: As Conan, his Iconic Outfit consists of a blue jacket, red tie, and white undershirt.
• Princely Young Man: Since Shinichi is the son of two very famous entertainers (a former prize actress and a famous mystery novel author) and lives in a Big Fancy House on top of being an Amateur Sleuth and a Lonely Rich Kid, he can be said to be an Ice King type at the start. Then he gets shrunk, as Conan he goes to live with his middle-class "not-girlfriend" and her Private Defective father, and the story properly begins...
• Private Detective: Thanks to him being a Mystery Magnet, Shinichi solved any type case handed to him, mostly murder.
• Properly Paranoid: During the flashback scene of "Memories from Sakura Class", Shinichi was a kindergarten newcomer who met Ran in his first day and grew increasingly suspicious of their teacher constantly looking out for her. His mother Yukiko mistook him for being jealous, but Yusaku goes in-depth of the investigation to discover that Ran's kindergarten teacher had planned to kidnap her to replace his daughter, who had since ran away to Hokkaido after a nasty fight. Shinichi's instinct saved Ran from her kidnapping, nobody except him, Yusaku, Megure and Kogoro knew the truth.
• Purely Aesthetic Glasses: Conan has big round glasses for the aesthetic affect of looking less like himself; he's been de-aged into a child and is living day-to-day with a Childhood Friend whom he does not want to recognize him, and Shinichi never wore glasses. He's Clark Kenting, but he doesn't have the luxury of changing back and forth at will. They also make him look cuter, which he exploits. He also gets some cool features built into them as time passes, chiefly that they contain the monitor system for his little electronic trackers.
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Tend to give these to the murderers who really piss him off.
• Red Baron:
  • As Shinichi, he is commonly referred to as "The Detective of the East", "the Heisei Holmes", and/or "The Savior of the Police Force" because of how his amazing deduction prowess help solve seemingly close-and-shut and/or impossible cases.
  • As Conan, he earned the nickname "Kid Killer" because he is the only one to be a match for the Phantom Thief Kaitou Kid.
• Red Is Heroic: His signature red bowtie as Conan and he's the hero.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The calm, somewhat more standoffish Blue Oni to Heiji's rash, Hot-Blooded Red Oni.
• Relationship Upgrade: As of file 1006, he and Ran are officially a couple.
• The Reliable One: As Ran describes, "he's someone you can rely on in a pinch".
• Rescue Romance: With Ran — they've mutually helped and rescued each other (even if Shinichi is in his Conan form almost all the time) several times - often a great risk to themselves. Lampshaded once when Ran's drugged and almost forcibly drowned at some point, then Conan rushes in to help her; thanks to the drug and lack of oxygen she sees Conan as Shinichi, and before passing out she smiles and says "Don't worry, I'm okay... Shinichi came to save me..."
• Save the Villain: Adopted this mindset after the "Moonlight Sonata Murder" case, as he states to Heiji:
  Conan: A detective who corners a culprit with their reasoning... and drives them to suicide in front of himself is no different than a murderer.
• Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: With Ran, especially when they were younger and when they aren't bickering, he's the aloof, stoic Savvy Guy to Ran's emotional, chipper Energetic Girl.
• Scary Shiny Glasses: Conan's glasses often go shiny when he's thinking hard, plotting, or experiencing a flash of inspiration. Or when he's busy scaring the pants off of bad guys.
• Secret Identity: He FAILS to keep it well while still succeeding in keeping it. Specifically, as advised by Dr. Agasa, Conan Edogawa must hide the fact that Kudo Shinichi survived poisoning by the Organization in order to protect the safety of friends, family, and loved ones.
  • Except, all things considered, he seems to be doing a pretty lousy job of it, as Conan is unable to keep himself from appearing too clever for his own good. Not only does he (as Shinichi) regularly telephone Ran, but he also telephones Inspector Megure (as Shinichi) from time to time to drop clues (but makes sure the police officers know not to tell anybody about his involvement). It seems to be a fairly open secret as of episode 250 that Kudo is in frequent contact with the Mouri Detective Agency. During the "Desperate Revival" arc, while under the influence of a temporary apotoxin antidote, he even appeared as his teenaged self before an entire auditorium full of high school students. But it was all right, because afterward they all promised not to tell anybody. (Yeah right.)
  • Certainly, other clever people take notice. When even Ran is able to figure out that Conan is Shinichi (several times over the course of the series), that can be a problem. (And it doesn't help matters that Heiji is prone to calling Conan "Kudo" even when in the presence of others.) In "Trembling Metropolitan Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages" (when Takagi and Conan are trapped in an elevator with a bomb and believe they're going to die) even Takagi asks Conan "who [he] really [is]". If you cannot even keep your secret from Takagi, you FAIL at protecting your secret identity.
  • Moreover, every time a case with Kid comes up, Conan is treated by the media as Kid's nemesis, effectively making him a celebrity. This would likely be detrimental to keeping a secret identity given that he looks exactly like a young Shinichi Kudo and the Organization is already suspicious of everything surrounding Kogoro—but luckily for him, any of his accomplishments and fame are completely forgotten in any chapter not starring Kid, only to come back next time the thief shows up.
  • The fact that Conan's identity remains secret from the Black Organization is probably attributable more to luck (and scripted immunity) than skill. The members of the Black Organization who have uncovered the truth about Conan's and/or Ai's shrinkage either had their own reasons for not divulging it to the rest of the group (Vermouth, Kir, Irish in The Raven Chaser or were killed before they could do so (Pisco). The one other member of the group who might be intelligent enough to figure it out, Gin, is handicapped in that he makes a point of not remembering the people he's killed; he probably forgot who Kudo Shinichi was five minutes after feeding him the poison. Also, Conan has somehow managed not to directly catch his eye.
  • Recently even Shinichi's mother, while otherwise helpful to her son in keeping his identity secure, has been caught accidentally slipping and calling him 'Shin-Conan-kun' in front of various people who don't know - and it has not slipped everyone's notice. Including that of FBI agent Jodie Starling.
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: The Sensitive Guy to Heiji's Manly Man. Zig-Zagged somewhat: Shinichi isn't a very sensitive person as far as his own emotions go, but knows when to keep his head cool and in a romantic sense, figured out his feelings for Ran first; a rarity in Shonen protagonists. He also is fairly good at deducing what other people are feeling when he makes an effort to observe them. Heiji on the other hand is more emotionally driven due to his Hot-Blooded nature, but he's also noticeably more thick when it comes to appreciating someone's feelings.
• Sexier Alter Ego: Downplayed. Shinichi is a Tall, Dark, and Handsome Chick Magnet, thus he was already "sexy", his younger alter-ego is more along the line of "cute".
• Sherlock Homage: Lampshaded. Many of his interests come from Holmes.
• Sherlock Scan: Like his idol, Shinichi is able to deduce a person's career, hobbies, last meal, etc. by simply glancing at them. He proves this to Ran in the first chapter/episode to a random woman. This skill comes in handy in the next chapter/episode when he is shrunken to a child and goes to Agasa for help, but the scientist, understandably, doesn't believe the kid is actually Shinichi Kudo. It's only after the shrunken detective deduces what Agasa was doing prior to meeting one another, by glancing at the state of the professor's clothing, that Agasa finally believes him.
• Shipper on Deck: While he tends to be snarky about Love Tropes themselves, if he truly believes that a hook-up will make the persons involved happy, he will do what he can for them.
  • It's rather blatant when he helps Takagi to meet Satou right on time before she agrees to marry Shiratori.
  • He gives a knowing, sly smirk to Agasa (along with the rest of the Detective Boys) after the Professor's meeting with his First Love, Fusae Campbell-Kinoshita.
  • He tells Shiratori that he will help him catch a certain culprit so he can recover Kobayashi-sensei's affections.
  • Despite his teasing, Conan/Shinichi genuinely thinks Kazuha and Heiji would make a great couple.
• Shorter Means Smarter: Look at his height compared to the other Detective Boys, and remember that he has the mind of a 17-year-old Teen Genius.
• The Short Guy with Glasses: Conan is the shortest member of the regular cast, shorter than Ayumi. And while it's inconsistent, when there are flashbacks to when he actually was a child, Shinichi is shown to at times be slightly shorter than Ran. Subverted with Shinichi as a teenager; he is of normal height for his age.
• Significant Birth Date: Shinichi's birthday is 4th of May, the day when Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Moriarty supposedly fell off the Reichenbach Falls.
• Significant Double Casting: He shares the same Japanese voice actor as Kaito Kuroba/Kaitou Kid.
• Single-Target Sexuality: Shinichi has been in love with Ran since they were kids and he shows absolutely no romantic or sexual attraction to anyone else.
• Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Gender-inverted. While he loved Ran from the moment they met as preschool children, he also loves her compassion, friendliness, heroism, and bravery.
• Skewed Priorities: Downplayed. Shinichi is fully aware that the Black Organization discovering him alive will cause his loved ones to be a target and goes to great lengths to conceal his identity. However, he has also risked said identity by not having some basic common sense (see Ditzy Genius section above) and trying to persuade Haibara to give him the temporary antidote so he can confess his love to Ran.
• Smart People Wear Glasses: As Conan; he hasn't lost his amazing deductive prowess. However, as Shinichi, he is already very smart even if he doesn't wear glasses.
• Specs of Awesome: As Conan Edogawa, the awesomeness is furthered strengthened by the abilities that his glasses possess.
• Star-Crossed Lovers: With Ran. While their feelings have been kinda wavering for quite the while, as time passes they have grown stronger - but Shinichi is trapped in the body of a little boy (the titular Conan) and cannot openly tell Ran who he is, lest she and his friends will be targeted by the same evil organization that shrunk him. In the meantime poor Ran waits for Shinichi's return...
• Stock Shōnen Hero: Inverted. Shinichi is practically an antithesis of the trope — Unlike how most Shonen anime are set in world with varying levels of fantastical elements, Shinichi's world is completely normal. His hair is an improbable one, but not considered spiky; by the beginning of the series, he was already a skilled detective; he's a certified Teen Genius (former Child Prodigy) who loves to read, especially mystery books; he realized his feelings for his love interest first before she did; he almost always keeps a cool head, even coming across as cold; and is an example of a Weak, but Skilled Shonen protagonist.
• The Stoic: Downplayed. Shinichi wasn't an entirely stoic person, but until he became "Conan", he never pulled pranks or laughed as much before the fateful event.
• Straight Man and Wise Guy: The serious, deadpan Straight Man to Heiji's light-hearted, jokester Wise Guy. If Shinichi is feeling particularly playful or humourous around Hattori, he usually expresses it in the form of subtle trolling.
• Strong as They Need to Be: Most of the time, Conan's Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes enhance his kicking strength enough to crack windows and knock people out when he kicks a soccer ball at them. In the movies, he has sent speeding cars spinning down the highway, launched himself hundreds of feet into the air after bungee jumping off a building with his Elasticity Suspenders, and kicked soccer balls hard enough to break the sound barrier. This is somewhat justified by the implication that the shoes have numbered settings that increase in strength and that Conan usually only uses the lowest settings against people: in the chapter the shoes are introduced, Conan tries out the third setting during a grade school soccer game and accidentally tears the tree behind the goal in two, terrifying the child goalie in the process. Thereafter Conan presumably uses the weaker settings unless more strength is required.
• Strong Family Resemblance: A younger, mustache-less version of his father.
• Strong Girl, Smart Guy: With Ran. While Shinichi is a Teen Genius detective who can solve supposed impossible crimes, she's a karate champion whose strength borders on Charles Atlas Superpower.
• Sugar-and-Ice Personality: Especially as Shinichi, but either way he's reserved and can come across as cold due to his Insufferable Genius and Deadpan Snarker nature. But, he's also brave and willing to do anything for anyone in danger, especially when Ran is involved.
• Surrounded by Idiots: Oi, oi. Lowered eyebrows optional.
• Tagalong Kid: Zigzagged. Technically, he's a young adult trapped in a child's body, but is seen as this by the older adults. But whenever he's on the case, he's the one leading them to finding out clues to the potential culprit... all before solving the case at the end.
• Tall, Dark, and Handsome: When Shinichi he's tall (5'8.5"), a Chick Magnet (although, young girls like Ayumi still find him cute as "Conan"), and he has jet-black hair.
• Tall, Dark, and Snarky: As Shinichi, besides being Tall, Dark, and Handsome, he was also known for witty and dry remarks. His sarcasm is still there as "Conan".
• Taught by Television: Invoked. Whenever he's asked by someone how he knows so much, he will respond that he saw it on TV.
• Teen Genius: Limited similarity to Sherlock Holmes' field of knowledge; he certainly knew all that knowledge for all his cases, but he was not shown to be that good academically.
• Thanks for the Mammary: As much as he is an Accidental Pervert as Conan, he accidentally did this to Kazuha, of all people.
• Thinking Tic: Whenever dealing with a particularly difficult case, Shinichi/Conan juggles a soccer ball to think better. In scenes where he doesn't have one, he often holds his chin with his thumb and forefinger.
• Thou Shalt Not Kill: He found Narumi Asai's suicide in the Moonlight Sonata case to be his greatest failure. This causes him to change his methods so that he can prevent future culprits from killing themselves. He also passes this creed on to Hattori.
• Too Clever by Half: A recurring flaw with him. He's extremely smart and is aware of it, but as Ran (correctly) pointed out, he would get himself into trouble from getting involved in too many dangerous cases. And while some of his plans to catch the Black Organization have panned out some progress to varying degrees, he's also endangered his and his loved ones' lives by thinking he can outsmart a group of highly trained, intelligent (possibly moreso than Shinichi) assassins who lack basic morals. He has learned to be more cautious to some degree, but is still somewhat reckless.
• Trademark Favorite Food:
  • Grew a liking to lemon pie in middle school because his middle school senpai, Asami Uchida, would always give him a piece of the dessert cake to see if she was getting better at making them.
  • He seems to really like curry.
• Tricked-Out Shoes: Which that deliver an electric current through his legs. This greatly enhances his kicking ability.
• The Trickster: Interestingly, Shinichi is developing more into this kind of character as he adapts more and more to covert operations and learns from his mistakes. Whereas his straightforward detective work in the early series often led to leads blowing up in his face—as was the case for the Mintendo Bombing, the failed software trade-off trap, the near-miss with Pisco and Gin at the Haido City Hotel, and the Night Baron virus—his Batman Gambits to counteract the Black Org become increasingly complex and manipulative as he gains the influence and experience to enact complex schemes and deceptions. The Mystery Train incident is a notable example, as is The Scarlet Return arc: in the latter, Shinichi manages to play both enemies and allies off each other perfectly in a complex weave of manipulations, deceiving them both the same.
• Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: Downplayed. When he was an actual child, Shinichi apparently watched movies/shows that had morgues in them.
• Tsundere: Not as bad as Heiji, but Shinichi tends go back and forth between showing his love for Ran to teasing her mercilessly.
• Twice Shy: With Ran. Even after he became aware of her feelings for him as Conan, when he returns to his original body, he gets too scared to properly confess...until the London arc. And after the said arc, it takes Ran a long time to give an answer.
• Uncanny Family Resemblance: Invoked. When Ran once again suspects that Conan and Shinichi are the same person because of how much they look alike, Yukiko "explains" that it's because "Conan" is a distant relative of hers, specifically "the nephew of the grandfather of the cousin of the daughter of the brother of her uncle".
• Undying Loyalty: To every single one of his loved ones, especially to Ran.
  Ran: "He's someone you can rely on in a pinch."
• Uptown Guy: He is the son of a world famous novelist and equally world famous actress, and lived (or used to live) in a Big Fancy House. Ran, the girl he loves, lives in a smaller home (double as her dad's detective agency) with her (former) struggling detective father who is estranged from his lawyer wife (Ran's mother).
• Voice Changeling: An example of someone using a device, instead of having the skill. After being shrunk into a child and because he still wants to help solve cases while avoiding attention, Shinichi uses Agasa's Voice-Changing Bowtie; by turning the dial on the back Conan is able to imitate all kinds of voices that he hears.
• Violently Protective Girlfriend: Gender Inverted. He'll get pissed if someone takes a romantic interest in Ran... but if you look at her the wrong way... be careful.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: With Heiji Hattori, the two consider each others as rivals and sometimes uses an ongoing case as a competition to determine who is the greatest detective. However outside that, both Conan and Heiji had been looking out on each others' back and the latter even try to help covering for the former as Shinichi. In addition, most of the cases they got to be involved together, it took deductions from both of them in order to expose the criminal together.
• Vocal Dissonance: While acting as Conan, he uses a high-pitched sing-song voice as you'd expect from a child. When speaking as Shinichi or when in deep thought, his voice drops a few octaves to be much coarser and closer to his teenage voice.
• Wacky Marriage Proposal: Zigzagged. When he was able to briefly return to his original body in the Desperate Revival arc, Shinichi took Ran out to a restaurant and was about to confess his feelings before a case happened. And before he could confess, his body started to shrink. When he meets up with Ran again as Conan, she wonder why Shinichi took her to such an establishment, and Conan blushes while remembering that his father proposed to his mother in the same restaurant after brilliantly solving a murder that happened in front of her. It's heavily implied that had the murder case not happened, Shinichi would've proposed to Ran instead of confessing his feelings.
• Wacky Parent, Serious Child: Downplayed. His parents are more light-hearted than he is, and Shinichi/Conan doesn't hide the fact that he sometimes finds them to be annoying or exasperating. However, they do know when to get serious.
• Weak, but Skilled: As Shinichi, while he's got a fairly powerful kick due to his love of soccer, he's consistently portrayed as being physically weaker than his female best friend and lifelong crush Ran. As Conan, he doesn't have a lot of upper OR lower body strength because he's the size of a 6-year-old child, but he hasn't lost his great intellect. Now, he just has to rely on a number of ways to solve the case since no one will listen to a kid: Outsmart the culprit(s), use some of the gadgets Agasa made for him to take out said culprit(s) and/or help solve the case, or use a nearby adult to solve a case by giving hints. The last one is his most frequent tactic.
• What the Hell, Hero?: In "SOS! Messages from Ayumi", Agasa warns Conan (though it extends to Ai too) that no matter how smart he is, the public sees him as a pre-school kid, especially since he went in to Ayumi's apartment to rescue her without considering a plan to get inside in case it goes bad.
• Wise Beyond His Years: Frequently commented on how smart he is as Conan. And even in his years as a kindergartener or an elementary student, Shinichi was already a boy whose curiosity in riddles balanced out with his wits.
• Worthy Opponent: He and Kaito Kuroba/Kaitou Kid have a huge amount of respect for each other's abilities.
• Would Hit a Girl: He's not hesitant about kicking his power-enhanced soccer balls to a woman's face. Of course, most of the time, these women are trying to either kill him or someone else.

Ran Mōri

Ran Mōri

Age: 16 (Anime) 17 (Manga)

Debut: File 1-The Heisei Holmes (Manga), Episode 1- Roller Coaster Murder Case (Anime)

Voiced by: Wakana Yamazaki

"It’s true that it’s just a medal made from shells. But to me, it’s a personal treasure."

Japanese Live-Action Actresses: Tomoka Kurokawa, Shiori Kutsuna

English Voice Actresses: Colleen Clinkenbeard (Funimation)/ Cristina Vee (TMS/Bang Zoom)

Spanish Voice Actresses: Erika Araujo-Robledo and Angelines Santana (first Latin American Spanish dub), Mayra Arellano (movies 1, 2 and 18 onwards plus first Lupin III crossover and Magic Kaito 1412, Latin American Spanish dub) Jessica Toledo (third Latin American Spanish dub), Berta Cortés (first European Spanish dub), Diana de Guzmán (second European Spanish dub, first part), Carolina Tak (second European Spanish dub, second part and movies), Nuria Trifol (third European Spanish dub)

"What an idiot. You mean you can’t tell? Aren’t you a detective? A detective should be able to deduce how I feel! You idiot!"

Shinichi's childhood friend and love-interest. When Shinichi shrinks and takes on the name Edogawa Conan, she takes on the big sister role and looks out for Conan like if he was any other little kid. Ran also wishes for her parents to get back together and tries but fails time and time again at forcing a set-up between the two.

She also happens to be well-trained in karate at the expense of anyone trying to take advantage of her.

Mandatory name note: The entire name came from Maurice Leblanc, creator of Arsène Lupin, through the Japanese reading Mooritsu Ruburan.

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• Aborted Declaration of Love: Ran attempted to confess to Shinichi in the aftermath of the Furinkazan murder mystery. She calls him up and is about to confess but is to embarrassed to admit it.
• The Ace: Ran is a karate champion, an excellent cook, gets good grades, popular with the opposite sex, and is a well liked person.
• Action Girlfriend: Subverted. She is Shinichi's Love Interest but he's stuck as Conan and therefore, whenever she goes Mama Bear on anyone that threatens him, she doesn't know she's actually defending her "not"-boyfriend.
• Affectionate Nickname: "Angel" by Vermouth due to saving the latter's life in New York.
• Age Lift: Downplayed. The difference isn't too extreme but still noticeable. In the manga, Ran is 16; in the anime, Ran's age is increased by a year.
• All-Loving Heroine: Ran is a genuinely Nice Girl, who has enough compassion for murderers (well, some), and will never hesitate to save someone's life. Criminal or not.
• Almost Kiss: In canon, when she and Shinich almost kiss during the theatre play; she does score a kiss in the non-Canonical Movies. In the current chapters, she does give him a kiss on the cheek.
• Anguished Declaration of Love: Ran gives one to Shinichi in the eigth non-canon movie, "The Magician of the Silver Sky", as she chews him out on how confident he is about how he will protect and guide her through landing the plane but is never physically there for her except as a phone call. And after a few rough moments from the plane, she confesses her love to him. However, while Shinichi (as Conan) does hear her confession, she thinks that she was talking to Kaito Kid, and refuses to reveal what she said to the former when he asks.
  Ran: What is this? You're acting all confident...Do you even know? That the lives of all the passengers are in my hands?! Don't act so confident about it! When I really need you, you're never here...All I get is a phone call! Even when you finally make it back, you're gone again in the next instant...Every time...Every single time. You're always leave me behind, all alone... What do you take me for?! I...I love you...Shinichi.
• Animal Motifs: Haibara states Ran would be similar to a dolphin. A description that matches Ran perfectly due to her approachable nature, cuteness, and loyalty.
• Anime Hair: Ran's most distinctive feature is a large lock of hair many fans refer to as her "horn". Several pieces of fan-art have rendered her near-unrecognizable by forgoing it. And of course, it keeps magically changing sides depending on which direction she's facing. Taken to new levels in The Culprit Hanzawa where it's almost twice as big and instead sticks straight upwards from the top of her head like an antenna, earning her the nickname "Unicorn Girl" from Hanzawa.
• Badass Adorable: Adorable all the time and can always kick ass.
• Badass in Distress: More in The Movies. In Captured in Her Eyes, after spending almost the while movie as a quiet Ophelia afflicted Trauma-Induced Amnesia, as soon as she recovered her memories she beat the shit out of the Big Bad, who caused it by shooting Sato almost to death in front of her.
• Barbie Doll Anatomy: Ran in some of the OP and ED animations-shown nude either in full body (without anything showing), or implied by showing a close-up with bare shoulders. Presumably intended to imply Ran's vulnerability from being kept apart from Shinichi for so long.
• Bare-Fisted Monk: She's skilled in Karate, and can beat down larger people easily.
• Because You Were Nice to Me: Her friendship with Shinichi began after he defended her from bullies when they were children.
• Belligerent Sexual Tension: With Shinichi. They tend to argue from time-to-time, but they have romantic feelings for one another.
• Berserk Button: Ran gets quite peeved when she thinks that Shinichi may be committing infidelity (even though they're not in a relationship prior to 1005).
• Beware the Nice Ones: Ran is one of the kindest, bravest, and selfless characters in the WHOLE franchise. You don't want to make her use her karate skills on you.
• The Big Damn Kiss: At the end of chapter 1004, Ran gives Shinichi a kiss on his cheek as an answer to his love confession. In public.
• Big Sister Instinct: Don't try to kill Conan with her in the vicinity.
• Birds of a Feather:
  • Despite outwardly different personalities, she and Shinichi share many traits — Both have a deep respect for life, a penchant for rushing to help someone in need, are the the aces in their respective field(s), remain calm in dangerous situations, and have a deep loyalty to their friends and family. The two of them are also incredibly stubborn in their ways, have a strong sense of justice, play a sport they enjoy (Ran – karate, Shinichi – soccer), play an instrument (Ran – piano, Shinichi – violin). On an amusing note, both have Improbable Hairstyles (see individual sections for explanation) and a family situation of some kind (Ran’s parents are separated and Shinichi’s parents moved to Los Angeles when he was 14). Also, both also have a number of admirers of the opposite sex.
  • With Kazuha — Practitioners of a martial art (karate for Ran, aikido for Kazuha), afraid of the supernatural, love of children, are Dude Magnets but only have eyes for their childhood best friend. And even though they can be exasperated by their love interest's detective work and occasional jerkish side, both think that whenever their "not" boyfriends solving cases look cool when doing so and admire them for their better qualities as well. Also, both of their fathers are connected to some kind of detective/police work.
• Boob-Based Gag: Her large breasts are the subject of visual gags, usually involving her accidentally subjecting Shinichi to Marshmallow Hell or Funbag Airbag moments.
• Born Lucky: Ran has absurdly good fortunes playing luck-based games like Poker or Mahjong. First seen when she goes into a mahjong parlor where her father Kogoro is gambling, very upset because he took Conan with him... then she gets interested in the game itself... and in the next scene she has fleeced her dad and his companions out of all their "prizes". (And then the owner of said parlor, who doubled as a loan shark, appears dead...) Another case started with her aiming to win the second prize in a raffle, which was a family trip to the beach. Conan was all "I don't think you'll win"... Cue to the next panel, with Ran happily telling Kogoro about the trip she won and a terrified-looking Conan next to her.
• Broken Pedestal: With assistance from Shinichi/Conan, Ran exposes the murder culprit in the "Ski Lodge Murder" case is her former elementary school teacher, Akiko Yonehara; this also meant that her teacher was also the one who attempted to strangle Sonoko. At the end of the deduction, she cries while hugging Conan in despair.
• Buxom Beauty Standard: Shinichi can't help but be attracted to her buxom figure, especially when she subjects him to Marshmallow Hell when she hugs him in his child form.
• Cannot Spit It Out: Even though Ran is in love with Shinichi, she has repeatedly failed to convey her feelings because she suddenly becomes self-conscious.
• Character Development: In earlier stories, she would become violently suspicious if she thought Shinichi was philandering, although more recently his confessions (in the "Holmes' Revelation" Arc) have led her to trust his intentions.
• Characterization Marches On: Early-manga Ran is noticeably more Hot-Blooded and petty than her later All-Loving Hero characterization; in the "Art Museum Murder Case", Conan/Shinichi implies she regularly busts out karate moves on furniture when she doesn't get her way.
  • Speaking of - "The Art Museum Murder Case" has her going out of her way to pursue rumors of a haunted suit of armor. Exactly one volume later, she's so terrified of ghosts and monsters that she instantly freezes on seeing the mountain-villa mummy.
• Charles Atlas Superpower: Through nothing but the karate practice she leads at school while otherwise leading a normal girl's life, Ran Mouri can take out a small army of hired thugs and knock out armed criminals. She can apparently even do the bullet thing, at least in one of the movies. Don't think about it too hard. It could also be a slight case of It Runs in the Family. At least homeschooling has been mentioned, and both Kogoro and Eri know their Judo pretty well.
• Chef of Iron: Frequently noted to be an amazing cook and is a karate champion.
• Chickification: Invoked in the Tori Man Mugging case. She begins to stop fighting criminals she encountered because of a love fortune that advised her to avoid "unfeminine" activities. Deconstructed in the same case because her new-found meekness caused far more problems for the case than it could have been otherwise. Subverted in the very end when the criminal reads her true fortune (that was swapped out by Sonoko) to advise Ran to just Be Yourself, because a guy will detect if she is being someone else, and her feelings will be answered. She then proceeds to soundly kick the criminal's ass.
• Childhood Friend Romance: With Shinichi. They've known each other since pre-school and are each other's canonical love interest.
• Childhood Friends: Ran has known both Shinichi and Sonoko since they were four. Her relationship with the former grew beyond friendship.
• Children Raise You: For Kogoro, her Manchild father. She acts more like his mother or wife than his daughter.
• Chronic Hero Syndrome: Ties in nicely with her Nice Girl personality and All Loving Heroine philosophy.
• Clingy Jealous Girl: Ran is a very sweet and kind Nice Girl who borders on All-Loving Heroine... unless she's given a reason to be jealous of a girl getting close to Shinichi. Then she gets very jealous. Thankfully, her niceness tends to shine back through.
• Clueless Dude Magnet: Ran is typically unaware of her own attractiveness, and usually remains oblivious when men try to flirt with her, often to Sonoko's exasperation, who believes her wait for Shinichi to be hopeless.
• Cool Big Sis: Acts like a kind, fun, and protective older sister figure to Conan, Ai, and the Detective Boys.
• Covert Pervert: The sisterly (sometimes motherly) and friendly Ran often has some...interesting thoughts whenever she thinks Shinichi may be involved with another woman. This is more evident in the manga, where at one point, she imagined Shinichi with another woman...in what seems to be after they had sex.
• Cultured Badass: Ran appreciates the fine arts and has been noted to have a great singing voice. She can also play the piano.
• Cute Bruiser: Plays karate on the national level. Dere-dominant Tsundere. For proof: there's an episode where Ran (Assisted by Makoto, Sonoko's Genius Bruiser boyfriend) took out 50-60 gang members, many armed with katanas. It took 12 minutes, and not a hair was out of place.
• Daddy's Girl: Kogoro may exasperate Ran with his constant drinking, womanizing, and over all laziness, but if you call him a lousy detective or take away his business, she'll do this. On the other hand, Kogoro is overprotective towards her and one of the best ways to make him act competent is to look at his little girl in anything similar to a wrong way.
• Damsel out of Distress: Her waifish figure and cute face make Ran a frequent target of criminals seeking some kind of human shield. Scenes like this one prove why this is a terrible idea.
• Demoted to Extra: In the 20th movie, Ran only has a handful of screen-time moments. A sharp contrast to how much she appeared in the previous movies.
• Deuteragonist: To Shinichi/Conan's protagonist.
• Dub Name Change: Rachel Moore.
• Dude Magnet: Like her "detective boyfriend", Ran has received a very high amount of attraction from the opposite sex men and so far one girl being attracted to her.
  • In many of the cases she's involved in, at least one man has tried to flirt with her.
  • There's Shinichi, who she only has eyes for. In fact, Shinichi has loved her from the moment they met in pre-school.
  • During the "Sonoko's Dangerous Summer Story" case, Sonoko comments on how most of the men that came to them and Conan only came because they wanted to flirt with Ran.
  • Eisuke Hondou fell for Ran the first moment he met her and wanted to take her to America with him.
  • Okita, Heiji's kendo rival, hits on her the first time they meet. The guy has actually a serious crush on another girl, though.
  • Kaitou Kid at one point tried to kiss (and grope) her in a non-canonical movie.
  • In a non-canon OVA, Dr. Araide apparently asked for her hand in marriage, but it turned out to be Conan's dream.
• Establishing Character Moment: Within a page or two of her introduction in the very first chapter, we see her crack a concrete pole with a single punch. Ran Mouri is ridiculously strong. Ok, duly noted.
• Even the Girls Want Her: If we take Sera's "she's just my type" and Sonoko's Ambiguously Bi moments seriously.
• First Love: To Shinichi, he has been in love with since they were both four.
• Flower Motifs:
  • In "The Nocturne of Red Murderous Intent Part 2", Conan brings Ran a bouquet of blossoms, specifically peach blossoms; peach blossoms represent happiness of love. It's also related with longevity, when reading the kanji for “hundred” 百 (momo) the same way as the one for "Peach tree" 桃 (momo). It could also mean everlasting love, and since it's a spring flower, it's also associated with weddings.
  • Ran's name is spelled with the character for orchid (蘭), a fact several of the endings have referenced.
• Friend to All Children: She's a nice person in general, but especially the Detective Boys all like her very much. Ai is a little more skittish at first, being somewhat jealous of and intimidated by her popularity; she later warms up to her too when at some point she reminded her of the recently murdered Akemi. There really doesn't seem to be a child in the world that she could not get along with.
• Genius Bruiser: Downplayed. There's more emphasis placed on her amazing karate skills than her smarts. However, in the moments where she does solve a case, Ran displays a very good memory for history, and has used her knowledge to contribute to an investigation cases more than once.
• Girly Bruiser: Karate champ, strong willed and, wears many types of dresses.
• Girly Girl with a Tomboy Streak: Ran often wears girly dresses or skirts, is a Supreme Chef, likes cute things, loves the fine arts, is a sucker for romance, and is an emotionally sensitive person. She's also a world-renowned karate expert and can be Hot-Blooded in certain situations.
• Good Is Not Soft: Yeah, Ran's one of the kindest and compassionate people that you'll know in anime and she won't hesitate to help anyone, friend or foe. That doesn't mean she can't dish out a deserved physical punishment.
• Hairstyle Inertia: Ran's "horn" has been a part of her hairstyle since childhood.
• Head-Turning Beauty: Men often pick her up instead of Sonoko. To the chagrin of the latter.
• Heartbroken Badass: Whenever she discusses how Shinichi's absence troubles her. Doesn't help that she cries when she does.
• Heterosexual Life-Partners:
  • Has been friends with Sonoko since childhood and have always been loyal best friends who can confide in one another about their problems.
  • Ran later develops one with Kazuha — They have become close friends since their second time they met and seem to regard each other as confidantes, since they are in similar romantic situations; and when Shinichi/Conan and Heiji are on cases together, Ran and Kazuha almost always spend the time together.
• Hidden Depths: Ran has a very good memory and attention to detail, having used her both to contribute to a case investigation more than once. This led her to be the only character that isn't specifically stated to be a genius or is tied with the Black Organization to be suspicious of Conan's real identity. The only reason she didn't figure out is because he spent extra effort to hide and deceive her and because she is too trusting of both Shinichi and Conan.
• Hot-Blooded: Thanks to her Tsundere tendencies or when her loved ones are threaten.
• Hyper-Awareness: Ran has shown very alert senses in darkness, able to notice an attacker with a weapon and strike to protect herself.
• Identical Stranger:
  • Ran is said to look a lot like a younger version of Ai's dead older sister Akemi, to the point that Ai was reluctant to get close to Ran because she was still reeling from her terrible loss... but once Ran saved Ai's life, she became almost desperately protective of Ran as a result. It even gets lampshaded when Ai once stares at Ran and pretty much sees her as Akemi.
  • During the "The Twenty Year Old Murderous Intent: The Symphony Serial Murder Case" case, two people notice Ran baring a striking physical and character resemblance to the deceased Yoshimi Samezaki; those two people are the deceased's father (Toji Samezaki) and fiance when she was alive (Minoru Ebina).
  • In the DC vs. Lupin III special, with Crown Princess Mira, a troubled young girl who's caught in a conspiracy after the death of her mother, Queen Sakura, and her heir Prince Gill.
  • Despite she mistakes Kaitou Kuroba for Shinichi, nobody seems to notice the similarity between her and Aoko Nakamori.
• I Know Karate: Either she or someone else will mention that she is a karate champion.
• I Know You Know I Know: Know Shinichi very well, as the two times Kaito Kid disguised himself as him (in movie 14 and movie 23 respectively.) she knew he isn't the real Shinichi. The first one it's because he tried to grab her butt. While the second one she knew it because she never heard Shinichi called her dad "Oji-san/Mister". Something Shinichi does all the times when he's Conan.
• Informed Ability: Apparently Ran is a good singer, but she has yet to actually sing.
• It Was with You All Along: Ran is constantly looking for her childhood friend Shinichi, who is with her all along as a little boy named Conan Edogawa. Conan himself lampshades this at one point. Ran still doesn't realize this fact up to the present manga chapter.
• I Will Wait for You: To avoid making Shinichi choose between her and his important case (really an excuse because Shinichi has turned into Conan and can't return), she has decided to wait for him to finish it, trusting his promise that he will come back despite their separation causing Ran a lot of emotional pain.
• Kiai: She always does that before or when she attacks. It is shown a couple of time that she needs to focus her energy first before performing a move that requires a lot of power. Her kiais are rather low-pitched.
• Kick Chick: Most of her karate techniques she uses are kicks.
• Lady and Knight: The Lady to Shinichi's Knight. While Ran is fairly strong, there's an arc involving her as a princess in a School Play that exploits the "princess and knight" symbolism to the hilt with her and her mutual childhood love interest Shinichi, who is mostly stuck in a child's body (as the titular Conan) but is temporarily back to his real physical age during said arc. Additionally, during Lupin III vs. Detective Conan, Ran daydreams of herself as a princess and Shinichi as her knight.
• Lightning Bruiser: Despite her slender frame, Ran has considerable raw strength for her frame, as seen from prying open powerless elevator door. She is also shown to be remarkably fast, able to quickly react to and knock away falling pipes and likewise dodge a bullet up-close while on guard. Her strikes have also shown similar speed, able to swat down a bee with a single kick.
• Living Emotional Crutch:
  • Ran is this to Shinichi. The thought of her showing interest in other guys makes him almost childishly jealous and it's mostly Played for Laughs. At worst, whenever Ran has disappeared/been attacked/been wounded/believed to be dead, Conan has either fallen into Heroic BSODs and, at least once, has been dangerously close to crossing the Despair Event Horizon. The best evidence comes from the sixth non-canon movie, Conan basically gave up all hope of getting out of the virtual game, when Ran sacrificed her life to save him from Jack the Ripper. And in both canon and non-canon material, Shinichi has often referred to Ran as his "most precious person in the world".
  • Ran grows to become this to Haibara. At first, Haibara avoided her because it was her usual attitude and Ran's strong resemblance to her dead sister. However, after spending some time together and Ran saving Haibara from being killed by Vermouth, Haibara now takes a special interest in protecting her from the Black Organization.
• The Load: If her martial skills are not requested, generally she doesn't contribute much to the resolution of the cases. However, she often drops Conan/Shinichi some hints that help him to solve cases, even when she is unaware of the nature of those hints.
• Locked Out of the Loop: Out of everyone, Shinichi is most adamant about keeping his identity as "Conan Edogawa" and the Black Organization a secret from Ran as much as possible.
• Long-Distance Relationship: A variant with Shinichi. She thinks that he has run off to investigate some kind of case, but in truth he's Conan, aged down thanks to plot.
• Lovable Jock: One of the best on her karate team and is one of the sweetest characters in the series.
• Love Epiphany: The "Shinichi Kudo's New York" case reveals that Ran first realized her love Shinichi was after they both saved a serial killer at the time (who was Vermouth) in disguise. When the disguised killer asked why they would do something like that, Shinichi responds that while he can't understand why people kill, there doesn't have to be a reason to save a life. Thanks to Shinichi's answer Ran realizes that the earlier murder wasn't her fault... and when she finally wakes up from her dreams, she remembers how that night was the night she realized her feelings for Shinichi and how important he is to her.
• Love Interest: She is Shinichi's Love Interest and she's the only person he has romantic feelings to.
• Loves My Alter Ego: Inverted. She loves Shinichi (the original person), but she also deeply cares for Conan (new identity).
• Meaningful Name: Also doubling as Punny Name. Ran likes to rush wherever she goes, believing her name to be like the "Run" word from English. She even said to Shinichi that, "My name is Ran! I was born to run!"
• Mindlink Mates: With Shinichi — they appear to share a close empathic link due to their strong feelings for each other, making them almost impossibly aware of when the other is in extreme danger, and often able to sense the other's worried thoughts.
• Morality Pet:
  • Along with Shinichi, she is this to Vermouth from the Black Organization. After Ran saved Vermouth's life in New York City, Vermouth nicknames Ran "Angel". Earlier, Vermouth, as her Sharon Vineyard role, complained that her life was a series of misfortunes and, "No angel has smiled upon me, not even once." Even though Vermouth in disguise prepared to kill Ran later, Ran stopped Vermouth from taking a fatal fall. Vermouth was touched by this act of kindness. Much later in the story when Ran shielded Haibara from gunfire with her body, Vermouth refused to shoot Ran or allow her to be shot, instead firing around her in an attempt to frighten Ran into releasing Haibara. Vermouth has stated that Ran and Shinichi are the only two treasures she has in the world.
  • Downplayed in regards to Shinichi. He isn't a a psychopath or even a straight up jerk, but one reason for his lack of close friends was because his arrogant personality was a negative turn-off to many of his classmates and even teachers, making it hard to befriend him. Ran was the only exception.
  • Eventually becomes one to Haibara after she saved the latter from being killed Vermouth. Since then, Haibara has taken a special interest in protecting Ran from Black Organization.
• Muscles Are Meaningless: She has a curvy, normal build for a teenage girl. She can also hurl men who are twice her height and/or triple her weight and punch small craters in brick walls with a cheerful smile on her face.
• Nerves of Steel: She has remained bold, steady, confident and calm in many situations that would usually cause others to remain frozen in fear, such as being threatened by a gun or surrounded by flames.
• Nice Girl: Ran's greatest personality trait is that she genuinely cares for those she loves. She is also patient, kind, and nurturing.
• No Sense of Direction: The story sporadically establishes that she easily gets lost, though this tends to go up and down depending on what the plot of the week calls for.
• Official Couple: She accepts Shinichi's as her boyfriend at the end of chapter 1004 and doesn't hide her feelings for him anymore.
• One-Woman Army: During one case, Ran was able to successfully take out 50-60 gang members...who had katanas.
• Only Friend: Before turning into Conan, Shinichi's primary friend was Ran.
• Out of Focus: Her role in plots regarding the Organization was diminished increasingly as time when on and introducing many more characters. Compare and contrast her involvement in arcs that involve Vermouth and the later Organization arcs.
• Passionate Sports Girl: The source of her Action Girlness. And she takes her karate very seriously.
• Plucky Girl: Tearful and sensitive as she can be, it's not easy to make her give up.
• Protectorate: Shinichi/Conan will always make sure that no harm comes to Ran.
• Punny Name:
  • Ran is nicknamed "Ranmaru" by her rival and good friend, Hina Wada based on "Mori Ranmaru"—a famous samurai affiliated with Oda Nobunaga.
  • Ran says she's born to run because of her name.^note In Japanese, the English word "Run" is pronounced "Ran", and Ran does not make a reference to the simple past form of that word.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The calmer, sensitive Blue Oni to Kazuha's Hot-Blooded, temperamental Red Oni.
• Relationship Upgrade: As of file 1006, she and Shinichi are officially a couple.
• Replacement Goldfish: To Ai, since Ran greatly resembles her dead sister.
• Rescue Romance: With Shinichi — they've mutually helped and rescued each other (even if Shinichi is in his Conan form almost all the time) several times - often a great risk to themselves. Lampshaded once when Ran's drugged and almost forcibly drowned at some point, then Conan rushes in to help her; thanks to the drug and lack of oxygen she sees Conan as Shinichi, and before passing out she smiles and says "Don't worry, I'm okay... Shinichi came to save me..."
• Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: With Shinichi, especially when they were younger and when they aren't bickering, she's the emotional, chipper Energetic Girl to Shinichi's aloof, stoic Savvy Guy.
• Screaming Woman: See The Load, above - if a case-of-the-week doesn't need someone beaten up (and it usually doesn't), her main role is to scream loudly and dramatically upon seeing the inevitable corpse, and maybe dial the cops afterward.
• Secret Secret-Keeper: An incident involving blood transfusions implies she might know that Conan is Shinichi. The whole Desperate Revival plan has to be created to make her believe otherwise.
• Shipper on Deck:
  • Ran wishes for her parents to get back together.
  • She supports Heiji and Kazuha becoming a couple.
  • She ships Sonoko and Makoto.
  • Ran seems to think that Conan and Ai would be cute together.
• Single-Target Sexuality: Even though it took her slightly longer than Shinichi, Ran has only ever had eyes for him.
• Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Some people have wondered why Ran would like a guy like Shinichi... Well, in a private discussion with Conan (aka Shinichi himself), Ran stated that while he may have an unpleasant personality, he's also brave and someone you can rely on in a pinch. In fact, Ran first realized she was in love with him when he helped save a Serial Killer from falling to his death. When asked by the said killer why he [Shinichi] would even consider doing such an act, Shinichi responded with: "People kill each other and I don't understand, but for saving a life, is a logical reason necessary?"
  Ran: (to Conan) Ever since he [Shinichi] was little he was a jerk, always full of himself, and a mystery otaku. But whenever you need him, he's dependable and brave and cool. I really like Shinichi!
• Star-Crossed Lovers: With Shinichi. While their feelings have been kinda wavering for quite the while, as time passes they have grown stronger - but Shinichi is trapped in the body of a little boy (the titular Conan) and cannot openly tell Ran who he is, lest she and his friends will be targeted by the same evil organization that shrunk him. In the meantime poor Ran waits for Shinichi's return...
• Strong Family Resemblance: Ran gets her physical looks from her mother, with the only thing she got from her father was her dark-brown hair.
• Strong Girl, Smart Guy: With Shinichi. While Ran is karate champion whose strength borders on Charles Atlas Superpower, he's a Teen Genius detective who can solve supposed impossible crimes.
• Supreme Chef: Ran is a Karate expert and has been repeatedly told she's a great cook.
• Tender Tears: Lampshaded by Shuuichi Akai.
  Akai: You are crying again... You are always crying.
• Thou Shalt Not Kill: Best summed with this quote:
  "Courage is a word of justice. It means the quality of mind that enables one to face apprehension with confidence and resolution. It is not right to use it as an excuse to kill someone."
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: One may think she's the tomboy to Sonoko's girly girl, but Ran is more complex than that. Sonoko is less physically active and more boy-crazy/fashionista than Ran, but is also more outspoken and straightforward than her (unless Ran's in tsuntsun mode). In fact, their friendship started when Sonoko protected Ran when they were children!
• Tsundere: She's default Type B or deredere (gentler). Just don't piss her off.
• Twice Shy: With Shinichi. Even after he became aware of her feelings for him as Conan, when he returns to his original body, he gets too scared to properly confess...until the London arc. And after the said arc, it takes her about 250 chapters to give him an answer.
• Undying Loyalty: She'll never turn her back on her loved ones. Especially Shinichi, who she has the utmost faith in, believing he can save her or anyone from needless violence.
• Violently Protective Girlfriend: Subverted. She and Shinichi are each other's love interest, but aren't technically together, since Shinichi has turned into Conan. Every time Ran gets protective of him, it's more like Big Sister Instinct and/or Mama Bear.
  • The Whole Episode Flashback to Shinichi's first "official" case (the airplane murder) had a small (but very fondly remembered by shippers) bit where she offers to beat up a particularly obnoxious naysayer to Shinichi's theories.^note Sadly, this was mostly a liberty on the fansubbers' part; in the original Japanese, her offer is a much more low-key "anything I can do to help?"
• Wacky Parent, Serious Child: The Cute Bruiser Serious Child to Kogoro's Manchild Wacky Parent.
• The Watson: Shinichi has a tendency to call her "Watson" and she tends to play this role in flashbacks.
• Weaksauce Weakness: Ran gets easily sick when reading in a car.
• What Does She See in Him?: Others, especially Sonoko, can't understand why Ran would like mystery otaku like Shinichi. Ran answers this question when talking to "Conan" that despite his flaws, Shinichi has many other admirable qualities she loves, such as his bravery and reliability. Also, in a private conversation with Kazuha, Ran admits that despite calling Shinichi a "mystery geek" to his face, she actually thinks he looks cool when he solves a case.
• What Would X Do?: Whenever Ran is faced with a particularly difficult situation she would often question what would Shinichi do if he was in the same predicament.
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: She has a fear of ghosts. Not because they're supernatural per se, though, but because they're intangible—meaning her martial arts will have absolutely no effect. A culprit assumes that she's afraid of anything remotely scarely, only for Ran to reply that she's afraid of ghosts, not of idiots and then beats the shit out of him.
• Wise Beyond Her Years: Ran is very self-sufficient for her age, since her father is often drunk, slovenly, and fiscally irresponsible. She handles many of the Mouri household's financial affairs and all the cooking and housework.
• You Remind Me of X: Both Shuichi and Haibara have noted how Ran is very similar to Akemi in both appearance and personality.

Kogorō Mōri

Kogorō Mōri

Age: 37-38

Debut: File 2-Company President's Daughter Case (Manga), Episode 1- Roller Coaster Murder Case (Anime)

Voiced by: Akira Kamiya (1996-2009), Rikiya Koyama (2009-present)

"Just forget him. ‘Cause there aren’t any good guys that’re detectives anyway."

Japanese Live-Action Actor: Takanori Jinnai

English Voice Actors: R. Bruce Elliot (Funimation), Xander Mobus (TMS/Bang Zoom)''

Spanish Voice Actors:Juan Zadala, Carlos Carrillo and Roberto Alexander (first Latin American Spanish dub); Víctor Covarrubias (movies 1 and 2 and 18 onwards plus first Lupinthe Third crossover, Latin American Spanish dub) Sergio Schmied (third Latin American Spanish dub), Luis Espinosa (first European Spanish dub and second part of the second one), Ángel Amorós (second European Spanish dub, second part and movies)

"You're right. I don't understand. No matter what the reason is. l could never understand what drives people to kill. I don’t want to understand.""

Ran's father and estranged husband to Eri Kisaki.

He runs a private detective agency, but was mostly out of a job due to his constant drinking, gambling, womanizing and being described as a joke regarding the cases he actually takes. That all changes after up-and-coming Amateur Sleuth Shin’ichi shrinks and needs a scrapegoat to solve the cases for him; bringing to life the Sleeping Kogorō (眠りの小五郎 Nemuri no Kogorō), which Kogorō later becomes famous for and allows him to take more and more noteworthy cases. Though, he's still heavy on the drinking, gambling and womanizing.

He also happens to be a big fan of the Idol Singer, Yōko Okino.

Mandatory naming note: "Kogorō" came from Kogorō Akechi, the Great Detective in Rampo Edogawa's novels. . The kanji for "Mōri" (毛利) comes from daimyo Mōri Motonari.

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• 100% Heroism Rating: Over time, The “Sleeping Kogorō” becomes a name that inspires hope for the downtrodden and fear in the hearts of criminals.
• Accidental Hero: In the Kogorō Caught in a Dilemma case, after getting an upset stomach due to eating Ran’s two days expired butter sandwich, Kogorō rushes to bathroom. Unfortunately he realizes too late that they are out of toilet paper. Not wanting to embarrass himself in front of Yōko Okino, who came over with a case, he sends a coded message to Conan. When Conan, Tōru Amuro and Kanenori Wakita see the message, it gives the "Eureka!" Moment they need to solve a difficult case. This is immediately Lampshaded by the narrator when he initially sends the message.
  Narrator: "At this moment, little did Kogorō know that…this decision would be the key to solving a difficult case."
• Accidental Misnaming: Inspector Jūgo Yokomizo often mistakenly calls him Smoking Kogorō (煙の小五郎 Kemuri no Kogorō) because of his heavy smoking habits.
• Action Dad: Kogorō is master in judo and the father of the deuteragonist, Ran. While he’s normally comical, he pulls his weight when he needs to.
• A Day in the Limelight: Downplayed. In Movie 9, Kogorō gets the usual screentime he gets in the movies, but he is ultimately the one to unmask the true culprit, even before Conan. Numerous other episodes and chapters give him the spotlight.
• Adults Are Useless: Well, considering that Shin’ichi/Conan and other teen detectives are in general more competent and active than everyone. To be fair, he often comes to conclusions a real life detective would think, given the extremely elaborate nature of these cases. His Fatal Flaw is the fact that he's impatient and rather shortsighted - he wants to finish every case as fast as possible. When it comes to apprehending known criminals, he's shown to be far more competent. If the case is personal for him in any way though, he's suddenly a lot more competent.
• Aesop Amnesia: Despite seeing how Conan's hints help in solving cases and how Heiji is actually a competent detective, Kogorō still thinks both of them are nuisances to an investigation.
• Affectionate Nickname: Kogorō is referred to as Poirō-san (Poirot + Kogorō) by Sera, Kogorō-chan by Ruri Ujo, and Otchan by Heiji, Kazuha and Conan in the latter’s thoughts.
• Alcoholic Parent: Frequently gets intoxicated and it's played for both drama and comedy. In the "Drama" part he does have a good perception in solving cases at times, but most of the time, he just wastes time drinking (to the point Ran is the one who keeps the house in order and, in at least one case, he's seen straight-up drinking his sorrows away because he can't handle that a kind girl he used to know is the most likely culprit. In the "comedy" part, he's seen dancing or sleeping drunkenly with his tie around his forehead and is more of a Butt-Monkey than usual.
• Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: To Ran, and to Conan in a Parental Substitute way. He's a clumsy, womanizing father who's main vices include alcohol and gambling. She once chewed him out for taking Conan to a mahjong parlor behind her back.
• Amicable Exes: Downplayed. He and Eri are still married, just currently separated and living apart. The “Amicable” part is also a stretch…
• Attention Whore: Kogorō loves the attention being a famous detective brings him and definitely wants as much as possible.
• Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: Has many such moments with his estranged wife, Eri. Pretty much whenever they meet, they spend the entire time nagging each other, but these episodes usually end with a clear indicator that they still care for each other.
• Badass Driver: Despite relying on rental cars, Kogorō is an adept driver. This illustrated well in Opening 53, ZERO kara Hajimete.
• Badass Family: The Mōri family are all distinguished members of society and are all accomplished martial artists.
• Badass in a Nice Suit: While he doesn’t always act like one, one cannot forget that Kogorō is always well-dressed and a formidable judoka.
• Badass Longcoat: Kogorō wears a trench coat over his suit when the weather gets cold or he is in a place with a frigid climate.
• Badass on Paper: Kogorō’s record paints him as a criminal’s worst nightmare. An unbeatable detective with no trick out of his knowledge. Downplayed as he is most just a womanizing drunk but when It's Personal, his competence skyrockets.
• Badass Teacher: Before the series began, Kogorō was able to teach Judo to Ran and Eri. Ran relies on her karate skills, though.
• Badass Unintentional: In Episode 16, The Antique Collector Murder Case Detective Kogorō Mōri is knocked out by Conan's Stun-Gun Wristwatch and reviewing the case when the killer, Yuji Suwa rushes him, and slashes down, stopping just short of his head. Suwa bows his head and praises Kogorō for not even flinching.
• Bare-Fisted Monk: He was the best member of a Judo club, and first shows off his skill at the end of Kogorō’s Class Reunion Murder Case.
• Believing Their Own Lies: Kogorō comes to rationalize being unconscious and waking up to finding his cases solved over time. He concludes that he uses his brain too much until he's unconscious and let his "other self" solve the case. He also mentions the weird pick sensation on his neck before everything happens.
• Belligerent Sexual Tension: With Eri. They are a married couple and argue to hide the fact that they want to live with one another again.
• Beneath the Mask: It's shown only a few times, but it shows. While on the surface he looks like a womanizing, drinking jerk, he's actually a Sad Clown who feels like he's a horrible father to Ran and he deeply regrets being away from Eri for so long.
• Berserk Button: Kogorō is already quick to anger but three things completely set him off.
  • Conan “interfering” with investigations and active crime scenes really pisses Kogorō off. This is really the only he comedically hits Conan, unlike Sonoko who has occasionally picked on him just for a laugh.
  • Screwing with Ran or Eri makes him get completely serious, unfortunately for those who make that mistake.
  • Anyone double-crossing, tricking, lying, or downright betraying him; finding out that Kazushi Nakamichi, one of his True Companions from college was not only a murderer, but that he had killed Yumi Horikoshi another member of his group of friends had Kogorō completely fuming like few times it has happened in the whole manga.
• Beware the Silly Ones: Yeah, he's a shameless flirt, embarrassing father, and too many other flaws to count. He's also a master judoka and doesn't take either betrayals/lies and/or threats against his loved ones well.
• Big Ego, Hidden Depths: Beneath Kogorō’s enormous and inflated ego is a man who doubts himself as a father and is lonely from the absence of his wife.
• Big, Thin, Short Trio: Out of the main trio, Kogorō is the Big (in height), Ran is Thin and Conan is the Short.
• Born Lucky: In a sense. Kogorō was an accomplished police officer and is currently a celebrity private detective with a beautiful equally successful lawyer wife and a strong an adorable daughter. He and his wife are currently separated and his daughter constantly is on his case.
• Brilliant, but Lazy: To a certain degree. He's actually quite capable as a detective, but he usually just wants the case to be over and done with, so he assumes his first theory is right and refuses to believe otherwise until proven wrong. His main problem is that he usually does not bother to closely examine all the evidence, so he never finds those crucial details pointing to the culprit. Even when Conan hands him these details, he's too lazy to think things through completely or examine every possible solution before making an accusation.
• Bumbling Dad: To Ran and Conan. Basically a loser, but his care towards his daughter Ran is utterly remarkable.
• Butt-Monkey: If something funny, humiliating or painful is going to happen to a character, the first-rate candidate is Kogorō. He shrugs it off.
• Cannot Spit It Out: Even though he desperately misses having Eri home, he'll never admit it. The one time he did actually ask her to come back home, she pretended she was listening to a tape, citing her reasons "he wasn't ready yet".
• Can't Act Perverted Toward a Love Interest: Kogorō will flirt with every cute girl and beauty except Eri, or anyone who looks like her, much to Sonoko's wonder. He also sometimes becomes cooler and more perceptive when he meets someone that reminds him of her.
• Can't Live with Them, Can't Live Without Them: With his estranged wife, Eri. At one point, Kogorō even outright states that he cannot bear being separated from Eri and asks her to come back, but she pretends she didn't hear him because she's not ready yet.
• Casanova Wannabe: Has a habit of hitting on pretty women with no luck. However, this only goes as far as flirting and it's heavily implied he does this as a self-defense mechanism to protect him and Eri from anymore emotional pain.
• Celeb Crush: Kogorō is a massive fan of Yōko Okino. He always watches her television appearances, buys her goods and supports her as much as he can. His infatuation with the Idol Singer has even drawn the ire of his wife.
• Character Tics: SubvertedTrope. When he goes into "Sleeping Kogorō" mode he makes a weird noise and looks down to the ground before beginning his deduction. In reality, it has less to do with being an inborn habit but Conan using a tranquilizer on him.
• Charles Atlas Superpower: Kogorō’s skills as a judoka isn’t on the level as his daughter Ran’s karate but it is definitely stronger than average. He was on the judo team while he was at Beika University. He was the strongest on the team and can still toss large men with ease.
• Chick Magnet: His rise as a famous detective has many women fawning over him. He definitely enjoys the attention but never really acts on it because he is spoken for.
• Childhood Friend Romance: With Eri. They have known each other since elementary school and are now married, if estranged.
• Children Raise You: Kogorō Mōri is clearly being looked after by his 17-year-old daughter Ran. However, since he tends to suffer from Aesop Amnesia, his Character Development is inconsistent and he's still rather inebriated, irresponsible, and incompetent.
• Chivalrous Pervert: Kogorō really loves women but he isn’t interested in teenagers, wouldn’t cheat on his wife or break the law.
• Clueless Detective: He's a tad too tunnel-visioned, so he usually jumps to the most obvious deduction, frequently the one the culprit wanted the investigators to believe. Because he's got a severe case of tunnel vision, he never bothers to look for further evidence or question his conclusions after that, which is why he almost never finds the correct solution.
• Cool Uncle: Kogorō serves as this to Conan in a sense and the numerous teenagers he ends up hanging out with. He bounces off of them in unique ways and a lot of funny moments come from their interactions.
• Crazy Jealous Guy: An old high school friend even stated that Kogorō would glare at any guy who looked at Eri.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Something (usually a personal matter) might cause Kogorō’s to actually focus all his attention on a case, revealing him to actually be a very capable detective on his own. This is most evident when it comes to apprehending known criminals, or if someone presses his Berserk Button...
• The Cynic: In cases, he usually goes with the most straightforward way the criminal committed the crime, hardly accepting any other theories. Downplayed in that this is less of a bitter attitude and more of a mixture or impatience, arrogance and incompetence.
• Defective Detective: Kogorō’s horribly bad with money, is often seen drinking or gambling and can't fix his relationships with his estranged wife. Before Conan helped him gain some success as a detective, he was completely down on his luck, but even now he clearly has issues. Alternately Played for Laughs or Drama.
• Delinquent Hair: Since his childhood, Kogorō’s hair has been styled as a little pompadour. Nowadays, his moustache takes focus from his hair away, which makes his hairstyle less noticeable.
• Demoted to Extra: Not really him but every time Kogorō would appear, Conan would knock him unconscious and present his clues to everyone. As the series progresses, this happens less and less.
• Doting Parent: For all his (numerous) faults, Kogorō is a loving father towards Ran and the parent we both see the most as well as interact with their child the most.
• The Dreaded: The mention of his Red Baron is greeted by shock from strangers and secret fear from culprits.
• Dub Name Change: Richard Moore.
• Dumb Muscle: Downplayed. The one thing Kogorō can do right is his judo. But even though he can be quite the incompetent detective, it's more out of impatience than actual stupidity since he does so flashes of being on the same deduction level as Shin’ichi when there's a personal case to him in which he applies himself.
• Everyone Has Standards: Kogorō is a kind of mean and almost sleazy guy but he has principles he stands by.
  • In the first non-canon movie, ''The Time-Bombed Skyscraper'', Kogorō is pissed when he believes that Shin’ichi left Conan alone with a phone (connected to the criminal), when the said kid could've been in grave danger.
  • He also thought Director General Heizō Hattori hitting his son Heiji in The Osaka Double Mystery - The Naniwa Swordsman and Toyotomi's Castle was going too far and really objected to how he manipulated said son into getting the criminals to reveal themselves.
  • Despite his lecherous behaviors post-separation, Eri never stated that he cheated on her during their marriage and their marriage fell apart because of Poor Communication Kills.
• Expository Hairstyle Change: In middle school, Kogorō’s hair was spikier and unkempt. However, upon high school and the current storyline, his hair is now slicked back.
• The Face: Whenever he is with anyone, including mostly more skilled detectives like Heiji, Kogorō is always the most recognizable and serves as an ambassador of sorts for the group.
• Fair Cop: Fair Ex-Cop. His eyes and his mustache are contentious, but Kogorō bas a sharp jaw and is very well built for his age.
• Fake Ultimate Hero: Many episodes features this, as Conan's deductions are revealed in the voice of the unconscious Kogorō Mōri, building the man's reputation as a detective (despite the fact that Mōri is a mediocre detective at best).
• Famed In-Story: By the end of the first season, he has gotten a reputation as a meitantei (on the strength of Conan's behind-the-scenes work) and is often recognized by face or name by those around him. Frequently, when Kogorō’s name and/or vocation enters conversation, it will provoke reactions of shock in the (not-yet-known-to-be-a) murderer (and/or others with something to hide). Although Kogorō almost never notices, Conan usually does—and this is often his first clue that something is amiss.
• Fanboy: Of Idol Singer Yōko Okino.
• Fatal Flaw: A lot of murderers could've gotten away with their crime(s) because of Mōri’s frequency to want to close the case as fast as he could.
• '50s Hair: Kogorō’s hair is constantly slicked back and is styled in a pompadour way.
• Foil: To Shin’ichi Kudō aka Conan Edogawa. Both are arrogant, famous detectives. Shin’ichi is a talented detective who is "missing", but despite his great intellect, he has trouble with understanding people's feelings. Kogorō is a clueless detective who only becomes a truly good one when a case is an important to him, but has shown a better sense of interpersonal relationships than Shin’ichi.
• Frame-Up: Kogorō has been framed for murder more than once
  • Unable to defeat her colleague and rival Eri, Ritsuko Usui decides to lock herself and a passed out Kogorō in her room as one of her tactics to ruin Eri's career by having "the queen" suspect that her husband has been cheating on her. An unexpected turn of events occurs when Usui is strangled by Norifumi Saku with Kogorō being the only one found sleeping inside the locked crime scene. He is then suspected to have committed the murder.
  • In Film 22, The movie’s Inciting Incident a restaurant bombing, is pinned on Kogorō. This was revealed to have been done by Rei Furuya for many reasons.
• Freudian Trio: The series premiere Power Trio is formed of three characters.
  • Ran is the Id. While Conan tends to be brasher, running into active crime scenes on a regular basis, Ran is more compassionate and superstitious.
  • Conan is the Superego. He has moments of sympathy, but is rather cold towards many situations and is almost entirely unaffected by the numerous deaths he has witnessed.
  • Finally, Kogorō is the Ego. He’s a lot meaner than his daughter but quicker to empathize than Conan is some scenarios.
• The Gambling Addict: He often makes bets on horse races or plays pachinko or mahjong. He ends up losing most of the time.
• Genius Ditz: When he applies himself, Kogorō can solve numerous difficult cases.
• Genre Blind: He keeps lecturing and often outright disciplines Conan for putting his nose into important cases on his own, even though his help is what mostly always helps Kogorō and police notice the most important details and clues.
• Good Parents: In spite of his numerous other flaws, Kogorō is a protective and present father to Ran.
• Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: Kogorō is a frequent chain smoker and his smoking is brought up several times in cases.
• Great Detective: Zigzagged. Ar first it seems that Kogorō is an inept detective (and that is for the most part), often trying to quickly solve a case with the fastest resolution (i.e., suicide), leaving Conan to solve the case and (usually) use Kogorō as a dummy. Therefore, his fame as the "Great Detective Sleeping Kogorō" is mostly thanks to Conan. However, in a few cases that are personal to him, he's show a surprising sense of deduction that is may be on par with Shin’ichi’s.
  • However, the filler character Heihachiro Shiota was known as the "Legendary Great Detective" and was Kogorō’s teacher.
• Greed: Played for Laughs. People have often gotten Kogorō to do something with the promise of money.
• Hardboiled Detective: Despite smoking like one, Kogorō isn’t this trope at all. He fashions himself as one though.
• Heartbroken Badass: Despite denying it, Eri leaving him and still not coming back, deeply hurts him.
• Hey, You!: Kogorō often does not bother to remember people’s names, especially if they are younger than him. For example he most calls Conan “Brat” or “Boy”, Heiji is “Osakan brat” or “Detective Boy” and Sera is “Tomboy-ish Girl”.
• Hidden Depths: Kogorō has numerous traits that his usual buffoonish demeanor would convince one otherwise.
  • Kogorō often demonstrates he has a better sense of interpersonal relationships than Shin’ichi does.
  • Despite his frequent moronic and hasty analyses, Kogorō is actually pretty smart when he applies himself.
  • He wrote a screenplay so capable, Yōko Okino agreed to star in it.
  • Kogorō is actually so good at card games it annoys Conan.
• High-School Sweethearts: Kogorō’ has this relationship with Eri — They have a Childhood Friend Romance which included going to the same high school together before marrying at the age of 20.
• Hollywood Police Driving Academy: Kogorō is a capable driver as well as an ex-cop, but being a Mystery Magnet and having another one for a ward means that his rental cars usually end up wrecked.
• His Own Worst Enemy: Just like Eri, what is preventing the two from reuniting is his ego, pettinesses and various vices.
• Honorary Uncle: Kogorō is this to Ran’s numerous young friends, who mostly call him (おじさん, Ojisan), (おっちゃん, Otchan) (Conan in his head, Heiji, Kazuha) and Ojisama (Sonoko) which are all ways to call some “Uncle” which is interchangeable with “Mister” in Japanese.
• Iconic Outfit: Kogorō is instantly recognizable by his trademark muted gray/deep blue/purple suit and tie.
• Idiot Hero: Very close, but it's more of him being impatient and cynical.
• Improbable Aiming Skills: In the Wild Police Story spinoff, chapter 2 Hachizō Onizuka says to Rei Furuya that there is a genius senior who got full points in his first shooting test and hit the bulls-eye with all 20 bullets, states that he quits the force and was running a detective agency in Beika after, with Kogorō appearing briefly.
• Inspector Lestrade: Kogorō Mōri can be this when he's not a Clueless Detective — usually this is when he's around but Megure isn't.
• Iron Butt-Monkey: Kogorō takes his numerous Amusing Injuries in stride.
  • In The Lost Ship in the Sky, Kogorō is electrocuted, punched and falls into a pit thanks to the Kid defense system. Said comedic scene is used to set up the film’s climax.
• Jerkass Has a Point: Kogorō cartoonishly hits a physically young Conan and chides a teenage Heiji for cracking the case themselves, which may not be warranted but understanable. From his point-of-view, a child is actively including himself in gruesome cases that require an experienced adult to handle. Also, he and Heiji often enter a crime scene without official supervising, which may destroy important evidences.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Womanizer? Check. Alcoholic? Check. Giant ego? Double check. Loves his daughter and wife (even if he's estranged with the latter)? Check. Cares for Conan just as much as he would if he were his son? Check. Has a strong sense of justice? You bet he does.
• Lantern Jaw of Justice: Kogorō has noticeably square bound jaw. He also is a popular private detective and a former police officer.
• Large Ham: Kogorō has some tendancies toward this, flipping between angry and joy while always retaining the volume.
  • Not just Mōri, but all of Akirya Kamiya's roles, from Kinnikuman to Koiketsu Zorori. And while Rikiya Koyama can play subdued roles (excluding some like Death from Soul Eater), when he takes over as Kogorō he can be as hammy as Kamiya in the role.
• Let's Get Dangerous!: Whenever a case is personal to him, he becomes much more adept at mystery solving.
• Limited Wardrobe: In contrast to a lot of the rest of the cast, Kogorō is seldom seen outside his muted blue or grey suit and necktie.
• Locked Out of the Loop: Like a large majority of the cast, Kogorō is not involved in the Black Organization plot. He has no real idea who they are or what they do.
• Lovable Sex Maniac: Kogorō’s lecherous nature often leaves him open to easy manipulation by Ran or Conan (and occasionally clients, murderers, or murder victims), and also usually torpedoes every one of Ran's attempts to get him and Eri to reconcile. He never actually seems to take it any farther than ogling or, at most, platonic dating with the objects of his temporary affection. (He also maintains a persistent crush on idol Okino Yōko.) Given that Kogorō’s lechery seems more talk than action, and he was presumably monogamous with Eri until they parted after Kogorō had to shoot Eri in the leg to save her life when she was caught in a Hostage Situation in a flashback in ''The Fourteeth Target'', this may just be his way of distancing himself from Eri to keep either one of them from being hurt again.
• Manchild: Kogorō is one of the series foremost examples. He other becomes grumpy when things do not go his way and overexcited when they do. Often Ran is more mature than him, but that flies right out the window when the “supernatural” is involved.
• Manly Facial Hair: In the present, Kogorō has a short mustache that emphasizes his masculinity.
• Minored In Ass Kicking: Unlike his karateka daughter Ran, Kogorō’s judo skills are secondary. They are still very formidable and are more than a match for culprits.
• The Masochism Tango: Kogorō and Eri have a constant back and froth whenever they meet, seem to refuse to get along, to poor Ran’s chagrin but ultimately deeply love one another.
• Mr. Vice Guy: He has a lot of vices and frequently indulges them, but he's still fundamentally a decent guy. Oddly enough, Kogorō’s original voice actor Akira Kamiya had plenty of experience playing a Lovable Sex Maniac, as he was also the voice actor for City Hunter Ryo Saeba. (In another character's thought balloon in one of the OAVs, Kogorō even used Saeba's Catchphrase "mokkori".)
• Mystery Magnet: He might not be on Conan’s level, but Kogorō is one in his own right, even being summoned by criminals for an alibi or to challenge him. This is hilariously Lampshaded by, Takagi and Shiratori in Movie 9.
  Takagi: "But by the way …high in mountains or deep in the sea, cases are always chasing you."
  Shiratori: "Is your next step up Space? Do you need a rocket to launch?"
• Named After Someone Famous: The name "Kogorō Mōri" came from two mystery-related sources. "Kogorō" came from "Kogorō Akechi", the detective created by Edogawa Rampo while Mōri came from Maurice Leblanc. The kanji for "Mōri" (E#I]) also comes from daimyo Mōri Motonari.
  • Coincidentally, his drama actor, Takanori Jinnai, has played Kogorō Akechi in many TV movies.
• Nice Mean And In Between: Ran is the Nice as she is the most caring towards strangers. Kogorō is the Mean. He’s selfish, perverted and cocky but is ultimately a very good man. Conan is the In-Between. He puts on a front of a Cheerful Child around adults, but snarks at everyone and everything almost all the time.
• Odd Friendship: Kogorō surprisingly forms this dynamic with Haibara. The latter hires him when their two Celeb Crushes are rumored to be secretly dating. The duo takes this very seriously and investigate together alongside Conan.
• Old Cop, Young Cop:During his tenure as a police officer, Kogorō was the Young Cop to Inspectors Yuminaga and Megure’s Old Cop.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Anytime Kogorō stops acting like a comedic, womanizing clown is when a case has gotten serious.
• Out of Focus: Kogorō still mostly has the same screentime he always does, but “Sleeping Kogorō’s” Deduction Show is almost a thing of the past.
• Overshadowed by Awesome: When he’s not being serious (which is often) Kogorō is outpaced in intelligence by fellow detectives which leads them to underestimate him.
• Papa Wolf: Do not threaten Ran or Conan when he's around, as this is one of the FEW ways to make him act 100% competent. Don't say we didn't warn you, thieves.
• Parent-Child Team: It’s rare, but when Kogorō and Ran team up in combat, they are a unbeatable team.
• Parental Favoritism: Downplayed. We know that Conan is not a child, but Kogorō blatantly favors his daughter over his ward.
• Parental Substitute: Kogorō acts as one to “Conan” but in reality the boy already has two loving parents. He does show a Papa Wolf side should Conan be in danger.
• Parents as People: While he does care for Ran, Kogorō is still an immature man with issues he has yet to work out.
• Parents in Distress: Kogorō has had to be bailed out of trouble more than once by his Action Girl daughter and his Kid Detective (sorta) protegé. i.e, in a filler case Conan once uses his Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes to kick a rock towards a Dark Action Girl who has Kogorō in a makeshift gallows, forcing her to release him.
  • In Film 22, The movie’s Inciting Incident a restaurant bombing, is pinned on Kogorō. Ran in particular is very distressed by this situation, especially after he is arrested.
• The Patriarch: Despite his personality, Kogorō is the head of the Mōri family. Ran and Eri snark at him for everything but they ultimately defer to him in a crisis.
• Pet the Dog: For all of his many vices, Kogorō Mōri adores his daughter Ran. You either mess with her or Conan, you’re about to be on the receiving end of his powerful judo throws.
• Plucky Comic Relief: To lighten the mood in certain situations, Kogorō does/says something stupid or suffers Amusing Injuries.
• The Power of Family: This is what brings out the best in Kogorō, personality-wise and detective-wise.
• Power Trio: He, Ran and Conan form the main triumvirate of the Detective Conan franchise.
• Private Eye Monologue: Parodied. Both The Forgotten Cell Phone and Kogorō in the Bar feature Kogorō making monologues to the audience in this manner.
• Private Detective: Most of the detective characters in this series are Amateur Sleuths, Kogorō is one of the few who makes his living as a detective. Before Conan moved in, he wasn't exactly successful at it, however.
• Promoted Fanboy: An In-Universe example. Upon solving a case for her and becoming increasingly famous as a detective, he befriended her and frequently received merchandise and invitations to various events from Yōko. He even got to make a guest appearance in her cooking show and would have starred in another show hosted by her if it hadn't got the axe.
• Pungeon Master: Kogorō loves his funny word play almost as much as Professor Agasa does in the movies. When an opportunity to make a pun presents itself, Kogorō does not pass it up.
• Real Men Wear Pink: He's a HUGE fan of Yōko Okino. Kogorō listens to her music, attends her lives and buy all of her merchandise, even the expensive ones.
• Red Baron: "Sleeping Kogorō." This of course refers to the effect of Conan's sedation dart, but is also a Shout-Out to Katsura Kogorō (aka Kido Takayoshi), who was also known as the "Fleeing Kogorō."
• Retired Badass: Kogorō was formerly a police officer, working in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Division One with Inspector Megure. . He also worked for some time under Inspector Yuminaga in the arson division.
• Sad Clown: It's heavily implied that Kogorō’s constant flirting (which is PlayedForLaughs) with other women is just a way to deal with the pain of not being with Eri.
• Scrap Heap Hero: The story begins with Kogorō as a washed up detective with a failing business. Thanks to Conan, he becomes famous across Japan as the Great Detective the “Sleeping Kogorō”.
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: While his obsession with Yōko Okino isn’t masculine at all, due to his aggressive behavior and impulsive personality, Kogorō is the Manly Man to most other men in the series, particularly Conan and Takagi.
• Signature Move: Kogorō’s favorite way to disable fleeing or attack suspects is to use the ippon seoi-nage, a one-arm shoulder throw.
• Shared Family Quirks: He and Ran both have Childhood Friend Romances with two people, can be very impulses and get violent when angered.
• Shared Signature Move: He and Eri utilize the ippon seoi-nage to dispatch their foes. He was the one who taught her and Ran judo.
• Sharp-Dressed Man: While he likes to slouch around unkempt in his apartment when alone, he can change into an exquisite suit within seconds when a client or a beautiful woman shows up at his doorstep. As his fame as a detective increases, he adopts this appearance permanently.
• Shipper on Deck: Downplayed but Kogorō has teased Takagi and Sato about their relationship.
• Shipping Torpedo: Downplayed. Kogorō doesn't actively try to wane Ran's love for Shin’ichi, but he has often advised her to give up on him.
• Single-Target Sexuality: Don't let his flirting with other women fool you. That's only to mask his despair from being separated from his beloved wife, Eri.
• Skilled, but Naive: Kogorō is actually very good at coming to normal conclusions for detective work. Conan during a missing person case (Cactus's Flower Murder Case) concludes that he can leave this to him, meaning for the regular work of locating a person by license plate number, he does the proper detective work. However, Kogorō almost never comes to the conclusions Conan makes, trusting the obvious evidence over the real story.
• Small Name, Big Ego: Initially he is this and even looks down on Shin’ichi, but eventually his name becomes a household one and matches his ego.
• Small Role, Big Impact: Kogorō indirectly lead to Shin’ichi and Ran first meeting each other, by accidentally breaking Ran's cherry blossom-shaped daycare tag. She tried to make one made of paper and Shin’ichi asked her for one for himself to cheer her up.
• Smith of the Yard: Later on, Kogorō Mōri begins attaining the same reputation; everywhere he goes random civilians recognize him (note The one exception being the "Moonlight Sonata Murder Case", which is used to demonstrate what an out-of-the-way island the murder is taking place on), and he's been impersonated at least twice.
• Smart Ball: Depending on your point of view, Kogorō could also be said to catch this ball a few times over the course of the series whenever he actually manages to get a deduction right. Well-seen in the end of the "Scuba Diving Murder Case", and in the episode where he fell asleep on the train. (He actually had it solved - the only reason Conan had to step in was because he fell unconscious.) His most shining moment, however comes in "The Unseen Suspect", where he flat-out gets something right that Conan got wrong (granted, Conan smuggled in a few hints about the actual murder method, but he never foresaw that two of the suspects were father and daughter. Kogorō did).
• Smoking Is Cool: Kogorō is a heavy smoker, and is usually seen with a cigarette in his mouth; he even tries to invoke this image a few times when showing off. And while he may be a buffoon at times, Kogorō is capable of being a threat when pushed and has often showed to have the deductive skills like The Protagonist when he applies himself.
• Split Personality: This is how Kogorō later rationalizes “Sleeping Kogorō” to himself.
• The Team Benefactor: Kogorō is a more mundane and downplayed example. He’s an adult and a lot of time is in the company of adolescents so finances usually fall on him.
• Theme Naming: Like a lot of other characters Kogorō’s name is derived from mystery-related sources.
• Thou Shalt Not Kill: Said almost word for word when he delivers an awesome "The Reason You Suck" Speech to his college friend Kazushi Nakamichi who killed their friend Yumi Horikoshi.
  Kogorō: "You're right. I don't understand. No matter what the reason is. l could never understand what drives people to kill. I don’t want to understand."
• Tranquil Fury: Kogorō does have a serious side which only emerges when the case has personal importance to him, such as when Eri and Ran are involved. When this happens, Kogorō’s entire personality and demeanor changes and he begins acting professionally, demonstrating improved deductive skills and cunning.
• Tritagonist: Behind Conan and Ran, Kogorō is the character with the third most important to the story.
• Two Guys and a Girl: Kogorō, Ran and Conan form the series’s main trio and especially early on most cases involve these three.
• The Ugly Guy's Hot Daughter: Downplayed: Especially for his age and lifestyle, Kogorō doesn’t look bad at all. However, his daughter clearly took mostly after his wife.
• Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Kogorō is not really ugly, but facially, he is portrayed as more cartoonish than Eri.
• Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist: He regularly comedically punched, kicked, and harshly berated Conan for interfering with active murder investigations who despite actually being 17, is in the body of a 7-year-old.
• Wacky Parent, Serious Child: Downplayed. Kogorō is mostly the Wacky Parent with his perverted antics and mostly goofy demeanor, but a lot of the time he can be more rational and levelheaded than Ran, especially when the “supernatural” is involved in her case.
• We Named the Monkey "Jack": Eri has a cat called Goro. It takes even Shin’ichi/Conan a while to realize that there is just one syllable difference. And since they separated before the series began, but she acquired Goro way later, it's also clear who was named after whom.
• Wide Eyes and Shrunken Irises: This is how Kogorō’s normal eyes and usually depicted, in contrast to a lot of the cast.
• What You Are in the Dark: Despite his arrogant personality, Kogorō has a strong sense of justice and care for human life like when one of his friends, Kazushi Nakamichi, murdered another friend, Yumi Horikoshi, Nakamichi told Kogorō "You don't understand anything", which Kogorō replied as "You're right. I don't understand. No matter what the reason is. l could never understand what drives people to kill. I don’t want to understand.". He also stopped criminals from committing suicide or murdering someone.
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: In the movies and filler cases, Kogorō’s suffers from a mild acrophobia (fear of heights) and is quite uncomfortable in high settings where he has the chance to see how high up he is. He does not have this fear in the manga.
• Would Hit a Girl: He handily subdues Akiyoshi with his trademark maneuver Ippon seoi-nage in Movie 9.
• Wouldn't Hit a Girl: In the Non-Serial Movie Detective Conan Film 09: Strategy Above The Depths Kogorō initially refuses to lay a hand on Minako Akiyoshi, even as she is beating him. That changes when Conan arrives on the scene.
• Would Hurt a Child: Played for Laughs. In the earlier chapters/episodes, he would yell at, throw, and even punch Conan for simply opening his mouth. He even went as far as placing his fist on Conan's head and saying "Killing move... DRILL PUNCH!" and delivering the noogie from hell.
• Wrong Genre Savvy: His deduction of the case usually runs on Occam's Razor, taking things at face value and excluding unnecessarily complicated theories. In a real world or a mystery fiction more grounded on realism, he may have a point. Unfortunately, he lives in a shōnen world where such outrageous incidents are a norm, which is why he's written as a Clueless Detective.

Ai Haibara/Shiho Miyano

Ai Haibara / Shiho Miyano / Sherry

Age: 18 (as Shiho) 6-7 (as Haibara)

Debut: File 16-A Devil-Like Woman(in a silhouette) File 176-"The New Student…" (Manga), Episode 129-The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case (Anime)

Voiced by: Megumi Hayashibara

"Creation reflects the inner state of the creator."

Japanese Live-Action Actresses: Kyoka Shibata ( Ai Haibara), Yu Kashii (Shiho Miyano)

English Voice Actresses: Brina Palencia (Funimation) / Erica Mendez (TMS/Bang Zoom) / Xanthe Huynh (Macias Group)

Spanish Voice Actresses:Carmen Amadori and María Luisa Benech (third Latin American Spanish dub), Cecilia Gómez (movie 18 onwards, Latin American Spanish dub), Silvia Sarmentera (second European Spanish dub and movies)

"You can't complain about time going by……. If anyone tries to change it.…. Life will punish them."

A young girl whose true identity is Shiho Miyano, aka "Sherry" of the Black Organisation. She is the genius biochemist who created the APTX-4869 drug that turned Shin’ichi into a seven-year old boy. After she is imprisoned by the Black Organisation for being related to the traitor, Akemi Miyano, Shiho attempted suicide with a dose of APTX-4869 but was instead de-aged as well. Using her newly-shrunken body to escape and go into hiding as "Ai Haibara", Shiho is taken in by Shin’ichi's next door neighbour and longtime friend Professor Hiroshi Agasa and uses her condition to live out the innocent childhood she never had. She joins the Detective Boys as a way to make amends for her past crimes, and works on an APTX-4869 antidote for Shin’ichi.

Mandatory naming note: Haibara came from Cordelia Gray; Haibara literally meant Grayfield. Ai came from flipping the V in V.I. Warshawski— the kanji usually associated with the sound "Ai" means love, but she took the alternative for "sorrow." "Shiho" (志保) means "will and sail", her surname is "Miyano" (宮野) means "shrine field". Sherry is Detective Shunsaku Kudō's (from Tantei Monogatari (Detective Tales)) favorite liquor.

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• Acting Your Intellectual Age: Since Haibara usually doesn't put any effort in deliberately acting like a child, she appears to be this to in-universe bystanders.
  • One exception: In the "Older Brother Kidnapping Case" (Chapter 176-8), Inspector Megure questions how Ai knew how to use a gun. She cries and pretends that she was so scared she impulsively tried to fire the gun. Later, she is shown not to have been even a little scared.
• Adaptation Dye-Job: From roughly episodes 542 to 767, Haibara’s brown hair gets an extremely notable red sheen that just disappears after said aforementioned episodes.
• Adaptation Origin Connection: Opening 41- "Nazo" had a scene in which Shiho saw Shin’ichi and Ran walk down a sidewalk as she was driven past. The Truer to the Text Detective Conan: Episode "One"- The Great Detective Turned Small adds this scene in.
• Adorably Precocious Child: Since she's really 18-years-old, Haibara often appears quite mature in front of people.
• Affectionate Gesture to the Head: Receives one from soccer star Ryūsuke Higo after she helps clear his name. She is very grateful.
• Affectionate Nickname: Haibara is referred to as Ai-“chan" by Ayumi, Ran, her own seiyuu Megumi Hayashibara and others.
  • Shūichi disguised as Subaru calls her “Princess”.
• All of the Other Reindeer: Got her education in America, where she was picked on for her Japanese features.
• Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: Haibara fits this archetype especially at first, having a haughty and sarcastic demeanor and naturally wavy auburn hair.
• Aloof Leader, Affable Subordinate: Inverted with Conan. While Conan is amiable and friendly towards the Detective Boys, Haibara behaves much more cooly towards them, especially Mitsuhiko and Genta.
• Animal Motifs: At one point, she compared herself to sharks in an unflattering manner.
• Archenemy: Haibara has not one, but two and they are both her former associates from the Black Organization.
  • Gin has an abnormal attachment for Shiho Miyano and seems to enjoy hunting for her, while she seems to fear and hate him. They appear to know each other well despite being in different parts of the Organization. Gin can identify Shiho from a single auburn hair.
  • Shiho fears Vermouth more than other Black Organization members except perhaps Gin. Vermouth appears to dislike the research the Miyanos engaged in, calling it foolish. Vermouth resents the Miyanos in general, but it is unclear if she hates Shiho specifically. At the conclusion of the Bell Tree Express arc, it seems that Vermouth finally gave up pursuing her for good, so whatever Vermouth's hatred towards her is outweighed by her respect for Shinichi and friendship with Yukiko.
• The Atoner: Ai now works to find the antidote for the poisonous drug she created and to take down the Black Organization.
• Because You Were Nice to Me:
  • A combination of Shin’ichi/Conan's Declaration of Protection, the natural friendliness of the Detective Boys, and Professor Agasa's fatherly nature allowed Ai to break out of her shell little by little.
  • After Ran saves her from Vermouth, Ai thinks of Ran as a Living Emotional Crutch and Morality Pet.
• Berserk Button: Played for Laughs. She always jump straight to the conclusion someone is cheating and would get herself work up over the accusation.
• Better to Die than Be Killed: She attempted this when she was locked up for betraying The Syndicate, rather than facing execution. She took a poisonous drug she created, but instead of dying she suffered its ''other'' effect, which shrank her to the size of a eight-year old little girl. Because of that, she was able to escape and... you know the idea.
• Big Sister Instinct: She is quite protective over the Detective Boys, especially Ayumi. She is shown to frequently shield Ayumi from danger, something she doesn't do for the other Detective Boys.
• Big Sister Worship: Haibara truly loved her sister, and was devastated by her death.
  • In the movie Countdown to Heaven, she kept calling Akemi's number at her apartment just to hear her voice, fully aware that the Black Organization might wiretap and trace to her location. It took extreme measure from Conan to make Haibara abandon this thought.
• Brainy Brunette: Haibara is quickly distinguished by her auburn hair (to the point some characters call her “That/The Brown-Haired Girl”), and is a genius chemist.
• Breakout Character: Introduced later in the manga, Ai has become one of most important characters in the series with more screentime. She is beloved by fans thanks to her personality and the Ship Tease with Conan. She consistently outranks Ran, the female lead, in popularity polls.
• Broken Ace: She was one of the top scientists in her field...too bad it was with the Black Organization. Besides that, Haibara was bullied while studying in America, raised in the Black Organization, only heard bad things about both parents and hardly saw her beloved sister.
• Broken Bird: Her choice of a pseudonym underscores this. As said before, the kanji for "Ai" doesn't mean "love", but "sorrow".
• Brooding Boy, Gentle Girl: Gender-Inverted with Conan. Haibara is troubled and aloof by her past, while Conan gently tries to make her get out of her shell, in his own way.
• Bungled Suicide: Twice over. After the death of her sister and her refusal to cooperate with the Black Organization anymore, Haibara is forced into a little room pending her execution. She takes her own poison to end her life, but ends up shrinking into a child. In the "Mysterious Passenger" case, Haibara becomes so afraid that the Detective Boys, Conan, and Agasa will be killed because of her that she decides to commit suicide, deliberately staying behind in the bus which is about to explode. She is rescued by Conan.
  • In the Non-Serial Movie, Detective Conan Film 05: Countdown To Heaven Haibara begins to bond with the Detective Boys, Haibara begins to realize that she herself is no longer all alone or full of sorrow, and is willing to sacrifice herself to allow them to live. She also witnesses both Genta and Mitsuhiko's bravery of not wanting to leave her behind from the time bombed tower, with the former forcefully carrying her to the escape car despite her intention to countdown the time bomb until the end, and the latter holds on to her when she is thrown off the car due to the blaze from the explosion.
• But Not Too Foreign: Shiho's mother Elena Miyano née Sera was British while her father Atsushi was Japanese.
• Celeb Crush: Haibara has a massive crush on soccer player Ryusuke Higo that was eventually Flanderized into an obsession.
  • She freaks out when she thinks he might be secretly dating Yōko Okino, deleting all of the songs she owned of the latter and teamed up with Kogorō to find out the truth. Higo thanks her for finding crucial evidence and gives an Affectionate Gesture to the Head before playfully admitting he wished Haibara could take Takahiro’s place on the team. The story ends with Haibara happily rushes everyone to go play soccer much to Conan’s chagrin.
  • Later, Higo touches a cell phone strap of himself Haibara owns. She becomes completely despondent when she loses it and initially is upset with the condition it is in when the Detective Boys return it to her but calms down when she sees how hard they worked.
  • Conan even calls her “Haibara the Higo super fan” in episode 926’s Previously on….
• Character Development: Over the course of the series, Haibara loses her suicidal thoughts and slowly stops running away from the Black Organization. She also is much more prone to being in comedic scenes such as when she teamed up with Kogorō when they thought Yōko Okino and Ryusuke Higo where together, going into a Heroic BSoD when she lost her Higo souvenir and when she refers to herself as “Love affair researcher” in Chapter 1091, after yet another misunderstanding. Her seiyuu Megumi Hayashibara even commented on the first scenario mentioned.
  Megumi Hayashibara: In episodes 822-823 (“The suspects are a devoted couple”), she went to great extremes… Yes! (laughs) She did support Higo, but to think she’d butt into the issue of (his) girlfriend… Her scene in which she syncs with Uncle (Kogorō). I was like “Huh? What’s gotten into her?” (laughs). I was “Ai-chan can now make these faces”. It’s perplexing but I’m also happy at it. Even if she’s told “you’re pretty nervous”, I guess she’d reply “that’s not the case”. But it’s not like the issues with the organization have been solved, so she can’t lower the guard!
  • One of the most prominent examples is chapter 817 in which she took an APTX-4869 antidote to break out and rescue herself and the Detective Boys from a burning cabin, which was the catalyst of the Black Organization found out she is still alive and the catalyst of the Bell Tree Express arc, something the old Haibara would probably deemed as foolish.
• Chekhov's Gunman: Shiho's silhouette appeared in chapter 16, when Akemi mentioned her younger sister during her last conversation with Gin. Ai makes then a proper appearance exactly 160 chapters later.
• The Chessmaster: The stint in Volume 26 of the manga established that.
• Child Prodigy: When Shūichi Akai joined the Organization as an undercover agent, Ai was just thirteen years old. At that time, she was already important enough to the Organization as a scientist that getting close to her gave Akai the connections and influence he needed to successfully infiltrate their inner ranks.
• Chronic Hero Syndrome: Ai claims that she, unlike Conan, is not interested in abstract concepts such as 'justice'. However, Gin predicts that once she has heard about a murder the Organization has planned, she WILL show up to try and stop it. He's right.
• Clandestine Chemist: Not by choice. After her chemist parents died, Haibara was groomed to take their place in the Black Organization.
• Code Name: Hers was "Sherry", which indicates that she used to be a rather important member of the Black Organization. Since she was the first female member introduced to have a code name, the naming pattern between male and female members was also established with her introduction. In the episode ONE special, we also learn that members of the Black Organization sign with their code names rather than with their real names.
• Cool Big Sis: Haibara mostly acts as this to the Detective Boys, Ayumi in particular, who are less than half her age.
• Cowardly Lion: Only in one specific scenario. Haibara is scared out of her mind by the Black Organization, Gin and Vermouth in particular. When the chips are down, she can usually be counted on to come through. She was inspired to grow out of this mindset by Ayumi of all people.
• Cower Power: When Haibara is frightened, such as when she senses someone from the Organization close by, she will grab onto and hide behind someone. Most often this is Conan or Professor Agasa. The "Red, White, Yellow" case featured her grabbing Mitsuhiko so hard she accidentally hurt him and the "The Jet-Black Mystery Train " had her clinging tightly to Ran.
• Creepy Child: Conan is much better at coming across as a normal kid than she is, which is saying something. In her first appearance, she terrified a gang leader by picking up the woman's gun and shooting her at point blank range, intentionally missing only by a short margin.
• Crush Blush: Her cheeks flushed after being praised by idol Higo.
• Cuteness Proximity: Animals bring out the "sugar" of her Sugar-and-Ice Personality.
• The Cynic: Being raised in the dark and mysterious Black Organization really took a toll on Haibara's sense of hope, justice, and innocence.
• Cynic–Idealist Duo: After her life up to this point, Haibara has grown a defeated and jaded outlook. Meanwhile Conan has a optimistic point of view and believes that corner a suspect with a deduction that leads to their suicide is no better than murder.
• Damsel in Distress: Occasionally, for example when Conan has to save her from Pisco, Gin and Vodka.
• Dark and Troubled Past: Haibara was born to two scientists for the Black Organization. Shiho studied abroad where she was bullied for being half-Japanese. When they died, she and her older sister were drafted into the BO. Akemi became a robber while Shiho ended up putting together the drug her parents made. After Akemi betrayed the organization and died, the drug Haibara made was to be used as a poison against her wishes and she was sentenced to death. Driven to Suicide, Haibara swallowed the poison, but it had other effects…
• Death Seeker: Believing that it's only a matter of time for The Syndicate to find her and kill everyone she's associated with, she willingly remains in a bus that has a bomb about to go off because she doesn't want to put those around her in danger. Conan pulls her out in the nick of time. In a later volume, she surrenders herself to Vermouth in exchange for her promise that no one else will be harmed, but is rescued again.
• Defector from Decadence: Haibara absconded from the Black Organization after they disobeyed her wishes from her family’s poison and murdered her sister.
• Defrosting Ice Queen: Cynical by nature and experience, Haibara preferred to keep everyone around her at arm's length at first and was extremely reluctant to show her face at public events. It takes time for Agasa, Ran and the Detective Boys to get through to her, but she gradually becomes friendlier towards them and more willing to take measures to keep them safe from harm.
• Detect Evil: She's able to pick up "the smell" of Black Organization, reacting with terror if any member are in proximity, though not always.
• Determinator: Played for Laughs, when she tells Conan that she spent the entire night finding and killing a cockroach in Agasa's house.
• Disappeared Dad: Haibara’s father Atsushi Miyano died in a fire shortly after Haibara was born. Pisco deemed the fire an accident.
• Dub Name Change: Anita Hailey (Viz Media); Vi Graythorn (Funimation)
• Eating Lunch Alone: She claimed she was that when she was in school. Not surprising.
• Energetic and Soft-Spoken Duo: Haibara is calm, and terse while Ayumi is bubbly and full of life.
• Extremely Protective Child: Haibara has this dynamic with her adoptive father, Agasa. In "Ikkaku Rock's Disappearing Fish", Haibara loses her cool when Conan leaves Agasa with a murder suspect.
• Face Your Fears: Despite her terror of them, Haibara is forced to stand up to them in certain ways at some times.
• Family of Choice: While she gives him some grief, Haibara is very happy with her current situation being Agasa’s adopted daughter.
• Fangirl:
  • In fashion, she likes the products from Prada and Fusae Campbell.
  • Haibara is a big fan of Big Osaka in general and of the player Ryusuke Higo in particular, so much so that in his later appearances, she actually acts more like the child she appears to be and not the de-aged scientist she really is.
• The Fashionista: Haibara is highly interested in her appearance, almost exclusively reading fashion magazines and seemingly never wearing the same outfit twice. She also sometimes demands expensive purses or other fashion items in return for favors.
• Find the Cure!: After swallowing the APTX pill, getting shrunk, escaping the syndicate, and meeting fellow APTX victim, Conan, Haibara has made it priority to find a cure to reverse back to their true ages.
• Foil:
  • To Shin’ichi Kudō aka Conan Edogawa. Both are highly intelligent APTX victims with a Friendless Background with some personal tie to the Black Organization, have given themselves a shark motif. Shin’ichi is an attention-seeking, over-confident teen detective who was raised by an eccentric, but loving family, and was forced to take the APTX drug as he was a witness to a crime, and is desperate for a cure. And while he didn't have a lot of close friends (sans Ran) due to his blunt nature, he was still popular due to his athleticism, detective work, and natural charm. Due to his own arrogance, Shin’ichi initially would recklessly follow any lead he could find before learning to be more cautious after some pretty close calls. As for him comparing himself, or detectives, as sharks, it was like a Badass Boast; Shiho is a reclusive, self-deprecating teen scientist whose parents died when she was young and she was hardly able to see her sister, leaving her to be raised by the cold and unfeeling Black Organization members, and she willingly took the APTX drug to commit suicide after she learned of her sister's death, and is not in a hurry to change back. The reason for her friendless childhood was because many of peers would make fun of her biracial features. Due to her fear, Shiho initially would try to commit suicide instead of being caught but realizes she can't keep running from them. When she compared herself to a shark, it was in an unflattering style.
  • She also took on this role to Ran. Both are women who excel in their field (Ran as karate champion and Haibara as a biochemist) and has a close relationship with Shin’ichi / Conan. While Ran is friendly, charismatic, insecure about her feeling and Locked Out of the Loop, Haibara is cold, confident, calculating and is intimately involved with the Black Organization. She took note of this and explicitly compare Ran to a dolphin that is loved by the ocean (Shin’ichi) while she is a shark fleeing from the bottom of the ocean who can't compete with the dolphin. Conan even starts to keep secrets out of worries for her safety like he did with Ran.
• Forced into Evil: Once her parents died, Haibara joining the Black Organization was not exactly optional.
• Foreshadowing: In the 5th anime opening "Truth ~A Great Detective of Love~", Ai Haibara's portrait and name are shown in a similar way to Heiji Hattori's and Kaito Kid's, implying that she will be added to the cast as either an ally or at least a friendly rival to Conan.
• Fountain of Youth: The APTX-4869 drug regressed Shiho's body by around ten years, causing the Teen Genius to live in a first grader's body, who would be known as "Ai Haibara". On the other hand, APTX-4869 is employed as a poison and is generally successful.
• Friendless Background: Her sister was the only person close to her before she was shrunk and met Agasa, Conan and the Detective Boys. It's one of the reasons why she's much less eager to change back than Conan.
• The Friends Who Never Hang: Haibara has very, very minimal interactions with any major cast member who is not Conan, Agasa, the Detective Boys, Gin or Vermouth. She recently opens up more to Ran after she was concern for Haibara when the latter was sick with dehydration and shielded her from Vermouth.
  • This is Lampshaded in Detective Conan Film 10: The Private Eyes Requiem when Kazuha admits they do not really know one another.
    • Which is a shame as Megumi Hayashibara and Yuko Miyamura are also costars in another popular franchise.
• Friend to All Living Things: Haibara is a huge animal lover and said animals take an instant liking to her.
• Girly Girl And Tomboy: Visually, both Haibara and Ayumi dress and act femininely. However, like Mitsuhiko and Genta, Ayumi is shown to be an avid fan of Kamen Yaiba, Gomera, soccer and video games, all things mostly geared towards boys. Haibara, being in the same friend group, ends up interacting with those things right alongside her, but is only really interested in soccer. She also shown to be an avid enjoyer of other feminine activities like matchmaking and discussing people's love life, fashion and cooking, and is a biochemist - a field traditionally associated with femininity.
• Glasses-and-Ponytail Coverup: Invoked. In episodes 176-178, Reunion with the Black Organization, Conan gives Haibara to disguise her face from a possible enemy. For some reason.
  Conan: You know, your identity will never be revealed if you wear those. Even Clark Kent would be surprised too.
  Haibara: Then you, who took off his glasses, would be Superman?
  Conan: Except I can’t fly.
• Gleeful and Grumpy Pairing: Haibara’s cool nature contrasts with the Detective Boys’s upbeat temperament, Ayumi in particular.
• Gossipy Hens: She recently develops an interest in other people's love life (whom she doesn't have a crush on like Conan or Higo), with numerous attempt to matchmaking the people in the Tokyo police department and being angry and annoyed when she suspects them of cheating.
• Got Volunteered: After the death of her parents Haibara’s admittance to the Black Organization was not exactly consensual.
• Guile Heroine: Justified. She was raised in an organization that specializes in manipulation. Thankfully, she uses it for good intentions.
• Happily Adopted: After escaping the Black Organization, she was taken in by Professor Agasa and became his surrogate daughter.
• Happily Failed Suicide: Ultimately. Despite attempting suicide two times, Haibara is luckily in a better place than she’s ever been in.
• Heartwarming Orphan: After her immediate family dies, Haibara is taken in by Agasa and under his care gets to live out the childhood she never could with the Detective Boys.
• Heel–Face Turn: Before she appears, no less. Though it's questionable how much of a bad guy she was in the first place, as she might not have had much choice in working for the Organization, seeing how both her parents were members and the Organization was not willing to let someone with her potential slip away.
• Heroic BSoD: Haibara experiences several of these when major shenanigans involving athlete Ryusuke Higo take place, such as the incident described under "Not So Above It All" below.
• Hero-Worshipper: Haibara specifically likes Higo because he abandoned a "black organization" (Noir Tokyo) after the team had betrayed him and had remained an outcast in public opinion for a time, very much like herself.
• Hidden Heart of Gold: Justifies many of her more altruistic acts with pragmatic, self-serving motives.
• Hopeless Suitor: It's strongly implied she has romantic feelings for Shin’ichi/Conan, but given how open he is with his love for and only for Ran, she most likely keeps her feelings to herself.
• Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Children in Detective Conan are all Pint Sized Kids, but next to Professor Agasa, Haibara really looks short.
• Iconic Sequel Character: She's one of the most prominent characters in the manga and anime and extremely relevant to the plot, but takes several chapters/episodes to appear. In the manga she's absent until the 18th volume, while in the anime she doesn't appear until the 129th episode, late into the fifth season.
• I Have Many Names: Haibara is known as Shiho Miyano, Sherry, Ai Haibara and an assortment of nicknames.
• I Just Want to Be Normal: One reason why she is in no hurry to get back her old body and become "Shiho Miyano" again is because she has a happier, more normal life as "Ai Haibara".
• Improbable Age: Reconstruction. She led the Organization's poison lab before she was shrunk— that was when she was 18. She does not enjoy the Intelligence Equals Isolation part of her past life, in addition to being separated from Akemi. She took this chance to re-live the childhood that she deprived when she was young and feels like that— this is why she's not in an urge to take the antidote herself.
• Intelligence Equals Isolation: One of the reasons she's not willing to change back that soon.
• Intergenerational Friendship: To everyone else they seem like age mates, but Haibara is more than twice Ayumi, Genta and Mitsuhiko’s age.
• Interrupted Suicide: Haibara was willingly to stay on the bus with the bombs, but Conan had other ideas.
• It Amused Me: Haibara used Heiji’s confession to Kazuha as a ring tone for a while because she thought it was funny.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Haibara has a jaded demeanor, standoffish-like nature, and dry sarcasm. Despite all that, she can be kind and caring, though usually more to animals than people.
• Just Friends: Mitsuhiko eventually grows an attraction towards Haibara, especially at first. Haibara sees him as a friend, but cannot return his affections due to the age.
• Kidnapped Scientist: Haibara became Sherry of the Black Organization mostly against her will.
• Labcoat of Science and Medicine: When she performs chemistry, she dons a labcoat. This is contrasted with Agasa who wears his much more frequently.
• Lady and Knight: A platonic version with Shūichi Akai with her as the Lady. When the already adult Akai gave a Declaration of Protection to her while masquerading as Subaru Okiya, he explicitly compared her to a princess and himself to a knight that would protect her. Ai is much younger than Akai and is Older Than They Look thanks to a Fountain of Youth, and she is the sister of his The Lost Lenore dead girlfriend Akemi, who is implied to have asked him to protect Ai before being murdered, as well as because they are related, confirmed by a 2016 Singapore Q&A where it was revealed that Shūichi and Akemi (Shiho's sister) were cousins.
• The Lancer: In the Detective Boys, Haibara serves this role to Conan’s The Leader. She contrasts his leadership style and takes charge in his absence.
• Last-Name Basis: She was this at school, which unsettles Ayumi. Ayumi later gets permission to call her by her first name, but not the other Detective Boys.
• Light Feminine and Dark Feminine: Ayumi is childish, affectionate and curious. Meanwhile Haibara is mysterious, curt and sarcastic.
• Like Brother and Sister: Haibara acts as an wise yet unapproachable elder sister to Mitsuhiko and Genta. In Conan’s case, she is the sarcastic and know-it-all big sister he never wanted nor asked for.
• Little Miss Badass: Despite being Older Than She Looks, she is absolutely one. How often do you see an apparent first-grader calmly leveling a handgun at someone?
• Little Miss Snarker: She mainly snarks Conan. She does this to Agasa as well, at least where his eating habits are concerned. When she tells Conan that she is living with Agasa, she jokes that "he is no longer of this world", freaking Conan out. What she really means is that he's basically on the internet (this is during the era of dial-up) and can't be contacted.
• Little Professor Dialog: This how Haibara comes off as to those not in the know, especially because she usually does not pretend to be a child.
• Locked Out of the Loop: Conan regularly keeps her clear of his investigations into the Black Organization when he can help it. This has backfired, such as when Haibara's sudden appearance during the first encounter with Vermouth derailed Conan's plan. It worked more in their favor in the The Jet-Black Mystery Train arc, where it made sure Haibara didn't take any actions that would rouse enemy suspicion before it was time to bring her into the plan.
• Loner-Turned-Friend: The Detective Boys' friendship eventually turns her into this. When she was first introduced, she would often stay off to the side of whatever activity the Detective Boys were doing while later arcs, such as the Sweet and Cold Delivery Service arc, open with her playing soccer with them, and even mentally Calling Your Attacks as she's about to do one of Higo's moves.
• Luminescent Blush: After being thanked by Higo and getting patted on the head Haibara sports a huge one that has to be seen to be believed◊.
• Mama Bear: More of Cool Big Sis Bear but when the Detective Boys and herself are locked in a burning cabin, Haibara takes an antidote for her condition, returning to being 18 before breaking down an escape with an axe.
• Martyr Without a Cause: In contrast to Conan, who is quick to risk his life to protect others from danger, Haibara is quick to sacrifice it. Early in her involvement she intended to stay aboard a bus rigged to explode, viewing herself as a danger to her new friends. Character Development gets her past much of this, but it still forms enough of her personality that both Vermouth and Conan count on it aboard The Jet-Black Mystery Train to predict her behavior. They correctly deduce that she would find some place private to take a temporary antidote so that when (not if) she died it would not be in her child form and prevent the Detective Boys from kicking up a fuss that might inadvertently catch the Organization's eye.
• Master of the Mixed Message: As it stands, it's a mystery whether Haibara has romantic feelings for Shin’ichi/Conan or not. In "The Stadium Indiscriminate Threatening Case" (Manga Chapters 189-191), Conan jokingly guesses that she was an elderly woman due to her cold, grumpy nature. At the end, she flirtatiously tells him that she is only 18 and "the perfect age for you." When Conan expresses confusion, she laughs and tells him that she was joking, although not about her age. She is apparently jealousy of Ran (Shin’ichi/Conan's only Love Interest), but it could be that she doesn't want to spent time with someone who strongly resembled her dead sister.
• The Mind Is a Plaything of the Body: Even more averted than Conan, as the drug only regressed her physically and she makes no attempt to play the Deliberately Cute Child card like Conan does.
• Missing Mom: Haibara’s mother "Hell Angel" Elena Miyano died in a fire shortly after Haibara was born, so Haibara never really got to meet her. She does leave voice tapes for her daughter, though.
• Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: Shiho was unhappy that the Black Organization was using the incomplete APTX 4869 for murder, as she believed that was not the drug's intended purpose. When Shiho learned of Akemi's death, but was given no explanation, she decided to boycott her research until the Black Organization gave her an explanation.
• New Transfer Student: How she made her official introduction as "the first transfer student since Conan arrived".
• Non-Action Snarker: In a series where most women are at least adept at some form of martial arts, she stands out as having very little means of self-defense. She is a pretty crack shot with guns, especially pistols, but she just doesn't get many opportunities to use them.
  • This is underscored in Movie 6 during the Bar Brawl. All the protagonists get involved in the fight-all except Haibara.
• No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup: Downplayed. Despite their efforts to destroy it, Haibara was able to find and recreate her parent’s research, but after being ousted from the Black Organization, the poison has seemingly not been recreated since.
• Not a Morning Person: She yawns a lot in the morning due to regularly pulling all-nighters in the lab.
• Not So Above It All: Despite being serious, Ai does have the odd moment of silliness. Soccer player Ryosuke Higo in particular brings this out in her. Haibara claims she simply admires him, but her actions are much more like those of a young lovestruck girl. In Chapters 925-927, Ai is extremely jealous when she learns that Higo might be dating the singer Yoko Okino. When both Yoko and Higo are suspects in a murder case, she insists that Higo's excuse of losing his phone is plausible and claims that she often misplaces her items (Conan notes that the meticulous Ai never loses anything). Ai calls Yoko's excuse of not having charged her phone suspicious. When he is proven innocent, Higo thanks Ai for collecting evidence to help him and jokes about hiring her to play with him on the soccer team. Ecstatic, Ai regularly practices soccer, even though Conan notes with exasperation that a girl can't join the men's national soccer team, no matter how good she is. Professor Agasa has said Haibara's attitude regarding Higo reminds him that there is still a normal girl under that cold exterior.
• "Not So Different" Remark: Conan points Haibara's similarity with Higo: They both left a "black" organization for the sake of their sibling and is labeled a traitor that is hated by everyone. While she outwardly rejected that comparison, this turned her into a fan of Higo.
• Not So Stoic: In "University Professor Murder Case" (Manga Chapter 179-181), Ai cries in front of Conan. She witnessed Conan's amazing detective abilities, and she questions why he couldn't save her sister from being killed by the Black Organization.
• Odd Friendship: When Haibara and Kogorō believe that their idols are having an affair, Haibara hires Kogorō to get on the case and the two get along surprisingly well. Even Haibara’s seiyuu was surprised by this team up.
• Older Alter Ego: Inverted. Like Conan, she's really 18-year-old Shiho Miyano shrunken into an 8-year-old via the APTX pill. As such, "Ai Haibara" is her younger alter-ego.
• Older Than She Looks: Shrunk in the same manner as Shin’ichi, down to a 6-year-old's body. Played for Laughs when Conan first asks her real age. She flatly states 84, throwing Conan for a loop. She only kept up the joke for one panel, but it was worth it to see Conan's surprise and bafflement.
• Omnidisciplinary Scientist: Despite only trained as a biochemist, she is shown to have knowledge of physics and advance medical information such as subdural hematoma, osteology (to the point that she can deduce the decaying processing of a human body and even named bones from the top of her head) and in the 25th movie, she has extensive knowledge of MRI machine.
• One of the Kids: Eventually Haibara sees the Detective Boys as her friends despite the age gag and begrudgingly begins to enjoy some of their hobbies.
• Only Known by Their Nickname: Every single character calls ger by her alias Ai Haibara, even those who know her true name, like Conan and Agasa. The three exceptions are Akemi, Elena and Pisco. She seems to actively Enforced this trope as she associated her real name with a very dark time of her life and is currently experiencing the childhood she never had.
• Orphan's Ordeal: Haibara ended up going through a lot, losing both her parents so young and her older sister later, but ultimately ended up in a loving home with many friends.
• Paper-Thin Disguise: When hiding from people, usually the Black Organization, Haibara is prone to wearing a hat, despite the fact that Shiho Miyano is dead and the Men in Black have no idea APTX 4869 can turn a person into a child.
• Parental Favoritism: Well Cool Big Sis Favoritism at least. Haibara, in contrast to Conan who mostly treats them the same, is shown to blatantly favor Ayumi over Mitsuhiko and Genta and even lets her call her “Ai-chan”. It is telling that Ayumi is the only person showed up in her dream (not any of the Detective Boys, not even Conan or professor Agasa) in chapter 240 and 241.
• Parental Substitute: After finding her unconscious in front of Shin’ichi’s house, Agasa ends of unofficially adopting her. She bosses him around quite a bit but very much cares for his well-being.
• Parent-Child Team: Agasa and Haibara and both scientists. When they occasionally work in tandem, the results are astonishing.
• Pint-Sized Kid: Like every other child in Detective Conan Genta, Haibara barely comes up to adults’s knees.
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Even in her shrunken state, she's been shown to trip and drop men who weigh five times as much as her, and when forced to revert to her true age to save the Shounen Tanteidan/The Detective Boys from a burning cabin, she effortlessly destroyed the door with an axe.
• Precocious Crush: This is what her attraction to Higo probably appears to be to people who are Locked Out of the Loop but in reality they are the same age.
• Protectorate: In the past, Shūichi Akai made a promise to his girlfriend Akemi Miyano to protect her young sister Shiho. Unbeknownst to all three, they all are blood relatives.
• The Quiet One: Haibara tends to be quiet, though this may be due to her caution to keep herself hidden from the Black Organization.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Haibara is the Blue Oni to seemingly every single other character she interacts with at any given point in time.
• Reluctant Mad Scientist: Even though she reassembled the poison her parents made, Haibara did not want it to be used for murder. Unfortunately, it wasn’t her call.
• Rememberthe New Guy: Comes off like this in the English dubbed movies, as her debut episode wasn't dubbed officially by Funimation.
• Rude Hero, Nice Sidekick: Inverted with Conan. While Conan is honestly more of a Deadpan Snarker than Haibara is, he always contains it to his thoughs. To other people he is friendly and helpful Nice Hero. Haibara supports him, while looking on down on everyone, making her the Rude Sidekick.
• Rules of Orphan Economics: Lucky for her, she is a well-off orphan and her adoptive father owns a rather large home. Not as big as his neighbors the Kudōs, though.
• Science Foils: Haibara has this dynamic with her Parental Substitute Agasa. Haibara is a chemist. She was able to put together her parent’s destroyed research of APTX 4869 and even create numerous (temporary) antidotes for it. Agasa on the other hand is a engineer. He creates all of Conan’s tech and a couple of others used in this series. Black Organization intelligence agent Bourbon holds his work in high regard.
  Bourbon: Your neighbor invents devices that could put Mi6 to shame.
• Secret Identity: Her real name is Shiho Miyano.
• Secret-Keeper: One of the few people who knows that Conan is Shinichi, she also hid this from The Syndicate while she was still a member because she thought him an interesting subject to watch.
• Secret Legacy: Haibara’s full family is revealed to the audience in File 1049 when Vermouth mocks Mary Sera about being forced to take the poison her sister, Elena Miyano made. This makes Mary her aunt and Shūichi, Shūkichi and Masumi her cousins.
• Sexier Alter Ego: Downplayed. As Shihio, she was already considered "sexy", while her younger ego is more along the lines of "cute".
• A Shared Suffering: She has confessed to Conan that having him around in the same situation as her is why she can stand being an eight-year-old.
• Shipper on Deck:
  • She gives a knowing, sly smirk to Agasa (along with the rest of the Detective Boys) after the Professor's meeting with his First Love, Fusae Campbell-Kinoshita.
  • She may not be as much of a Satou and Takagi shipper as the Detective Boys, but she doesn't mind them getting together.
  • In her own way she was very interested in the deals of Kobayashi and Shiratori.
  Haibara: “Kobayashi-sensei is his "girl of destiny" [...] It's irritating. To fail to express his feelings straightforwardly, leaving his girl in the dark... a typical drama moron.”
  • She appears to be a Heiji/Kazuha shipper given she used Heiji's confession to Kazuha as a ringtone for a while.
• Sins of Our Fathers: And mother. Vermouth has a notable desire to see Haibara dead; the closest she's come to an explanation is that the fault should be blamed on Haibara's parents, Atsushi and Elena, for their 'foolish research' and the fact that Haibara continued it after their deaths.
• Sixth Ranger: Haibara is the final member of the Detective Boys to join the group, doing so much later than Conan.
• Sole Surviving Scientist: Haibara seems to be the only major scientist the Black Organization had and so far has not been replaced since her defection.
• Stepford Snarker: Her Little Miss Snarker persona masks some DEEP issues, starting with the murder of her beloved older sister Akemi, and the constant fear of being found by the The Syndicate.
• Sugar-and-Ice Personality: When freshly escaped from the Black Organization, she was cynical and pushed others away. Haibara has since defrosted by embracing her new child life and has established strong relationships with Conan, the Detective Boys, Agasa, and Ran.
• Team Mom: Despite her reserved appearance, she is this for the Detective Boys, ESPECIALLY when the Professor tags along.
  • In particular while she is much cooler towards them, she is less prone to Anger Born of Worry moments than Conan.
• Teen Genius: She is a biochemical genius, taking up her parents' research work on APTX-4869 for the Black Organization by the age of thirteen after going to school in America. Haibara has also demonstrated knowledge of medicine, recognizing the symptoms of Shiratori's subdural hematoma. Using knowledge of osteology, she also is able to deduce a long decayed woman's ambulatory condition.
• Took a Level in Cheerfulness: Her time as "Ai Haibara" has made her a happier person, though she still keeps her witty sarcasm.
• Took a Level in Idealism: Likewise, over time she has become more optimistic and open to Conan's idealistic pursuit of justice...
• Took a Level in Kindness: ...as well as softening her personality the more time she spends with her friends.
• Trademark Favorite Food: In the OVA Detective Conan OVA 11 A Secret Order From London, Haibara reveals to Ayumi that she likes peanut butter and blueberry jelly sandwiches, from her schooldays in America. She has also mentioned that she only make it with "American peanut butter and jelly exclusively sold in international grocery store". However, since Agasa caught her eating one of these sandwiches, especially since Haibara was on her part constantly pestering him into eating low-calorie foods only, she had to abandon that habit for a while.
• Tragic Keepsake: The tapes her deceased mother left for her.
• Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: Haibara always displays this, due to her refusal to act like a child. In particular, she fired a loaded gun at an enemy then missed on purpose to scare her.
• True Companions: Haibara eventually gtows to have this dynamic with Conan, Agasa and the Detective Boys, with those people filling the void her immediate family left.
• Tsundere: Following her outrage towards being Locked Out of the Loop during the Mystery Train arc, Professor Agasa suggested she might an example of this, though Conan claims that she fails the "dere" part.
• Tyke Bomb: Since birth, Shiho was groomed to join the Black Organization and become Sherry. While Akemi lived a normal life, Shiho was sent to America as a small child to go to school and was set up to finish her parents' research on APTX 4869. Despite the difficult social situation, Shiho was an academic prodigy, and by the age of thirteen she was working as a highly ranked scientist for the Black Organization.
• Uncanny Family Resemblance: Which was also a subtle foreshadowing. When Ai was wearing an eyelash, Conan noticed her resemblance to the 'Mysterious Child' from Sera's phone. Later on, it turns out that the 'child' is the shrunk Mary Sera, Ai and Akemi's aunt from their mother Elena's side.
• Unknown Relative: File 1049 reveals that Mary Sera is her aunt, making her a blood relative to the Akai Family.
• Unlimited Wardrobe: Like a lot of other major characters Haibara lacks an Iconic Outfit and seems to wear new clothes in every appearance.
  • Also a Justified Trope as Haibara has the makings of The Fashionista and is constantly reading fashion magazines.
• Wacky Parent, Serious Child: With Agasa as a Parental Substitute, he and Haibara have this dynamic. She increasingly nags about his unhealthy diet and she is the one who cleans the house and does the laundry. Kogorō jokingly notes in ''Countdown to Heaven'' that she acts a lot like Agasa's wife.
• Wise Beyond Her Years: The Detective Boys always refer to her as "mature and cool".