“I finally got a chance to be alone with Mamoru at the Virtual Reality Theater! So why did all of you have to show up and spoil it? It was just the two of us. Until dad, Shingo, Natsumi and even a Cardian butted in. I can't take it anymore! So In the Name of the Moon, I'll punish you!”
— Usagi Tsukino
(DiC Episode: "VR Madness")
Usagi goes to a virtual reality theme park with her dad and little brother. To her delight, Mamoru shows up as an attendee. But to her dismay, Natsumi and a Cardian show up to ruin her good time. But that's not even the worst part...
Tropes in this episode include:
- Absurdly Long Wait: The line to the theater is super long and roughly an hour wait.
- After Action Patch Up: Ikuko tends to her son and husband's injuries at the end of the episode.
- Alone Among the Couples: Usagi bitterly comments how most of the upcoming visitors are couples.
- Ant Assault: Helant is a monster woman with an ant theme.
- As You Know: Ail re-explains to En that if their Makaiju Tree withers and dies, then they will suffer the same fate.
- Augmented Reality: The Virtual Reality Theater allows attendees to wear helmets and laser guns to shoot enemies portrayed via holograms.
- Because You Were Nice to Me: Natsumi is so grateful for Mamoru defending her from the street punk that she offers to repay him with a date.
- Big Damn Heroes: With the Moonlight Knight restrained by the Cardian's tentacles and Sailor Moon unable to help due to her tiara, the Sailor Guardians show up to defeat the monster.
- The Cameo: One of the holographic monsters is Boxy the Boxing Priest.
- Clean Cut: The Desert Night Hero uses his dagger to get a clean cut of Helant's tentacles.
- Combination Attack: Venus and Jupiter combine their powers to destroy Helant.
- Downer Ending: Usagi is in emotional turmoil over her tiara not working along with Mamoru not being the Desert Night Hero and still not having his memories.
- Dude in Distress: Kenji, Shingo and Mamoru all fall victim to the Ant Cardian's tentacles.
- In the Name of the Moon: Shingo copies his big sister's iconic catchphrase and signature pose.
- Japanese Delinquents: Natsumi publicly rejects a bad boy who tries to hit on her while waiting in line.
- The Magic Goes Away: Moon Tiara Action suddenly fails when Sailor Moon tries to use it.
- Mind-Control Eyes: One of the theater attendees gets these after being hypnotized by Seijuro.
- Oh, Crap!: Sailor Moon gets this when her tiara stops working. And later when she realizes that Mamoru and the Moonlight Knight aren't the same person.
- Papa Wolf: Kenji really steps up to fight Helant when he sees her attacking his boy.Kenji: A parent's duty is always to protect the children he loves! Come and get me instead monster!
- Red Herring: The Moonlight Knight appears in the same room as Mamoru, meaning that he can't be the same dork in tacky pants.
- The Rival: Mamoru gets a rival in Seijuro as they try to compete with each other in the virtual zone.
- Shout-Out: Two of the monsters at the start of the ride resemble Godzilla and King Ghidorah.
- Tiger Versus Dragon: An image of a tiger and a dragon show up behind Mamoru and Seijuro respectively when they decide to initiate their rivalry.
