“I don't understand Mamo-chan. I thought we promised we'd love each other forever. So how can you be telling me now out of the blue that you want to break up with me? Hey! Can't you see I'm devastated here! Show some respect you stupid monster! In the Name of the Moon, I'll punish you!”
— Usagi Tsukino
(DiC Episode: "The Cosmetic Caper")
Just when life couldn't get more chaotic and stressful for Usagi, Mamoru decides to end their relationship declaring that he no longer wants to be with her. As she processes her heartbreak, Rubeus and Berthier begin preparations for their next mission that involves rewriting Tokyo's future for the worse.
Tropes in this episode include:
- All for Nothing: Berthier hopes to invoke this with her beauty products as the girls who buy her makeup and cosmetics to preserve their beauty will be cursed with acne, wrinkles and gray hair.
- Almost Kiss: Usagi and Mamoru try to kiss each other at the start of the episode but are interrupted by Luna.
- Break-Up/Make-Up Scenario: The beginning of the infamous "break-up" arc starts with Mamoru demanding a break up due to having "no love" for Usagi.
- Call-Back: Kenji mentions having met Mamoru before. Which he did in the virtual reality theater episode.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: Usagi does not take kindly to Chibi-usa getting to hog Mamoru's attention.
- Cruel to Be Kind: Mamoru believes he's being this by acting cold-hearted to Usagi while forcing the break up.
- Evil Plan: Rubeus explains to Berthier how they'll change the future by targeting locations that would one day become Crystal Tokyo's "Crystal Points". Their job will be to contaminate each of those locations with Dark Power thus ensuring that their future counterparts cannot maintain the barriers that protect Crystal Tokyo leaving them susceptible for annihilation.
- Fight Unscene: The scene cuts to the outside of the beauty store when Berthier pops in and attacks the employees.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Atsugessho gets hit in the face with her acid perfume after Tuxedo Mask uses his cane to deflect it.
- Hope Spot: Sailor Moon hopes that Mamoru was lying about not loving her based on how he rescued her from the Droid attack. But Tuxedo Mask iterates that loving her and saving her are two different matters and they remain broken up.
- Hypno Fool: Luna-P turns into an umbrella so it's master can hypnotize the Tsukino family (minus Usagi and Luna) into believing that she's their cousin.
- In-Series Nickname: Usagi, along with Mamoru, decide to refer to the petite estranger as "Chibi-usa".
- Internal Reveal: Luna overhears Atsugessho declaring their plan to destroy the future city.
- Ironic Echo: Usagi apologizes to her mom saying that she can't bring Mamoru to her house to visit like she promised her earlier.
- Makeup Weapon: Atsugessho resembles a living cosmetic sale and she uses her perfume and powder puff to attack Sailor Moon and Luna.
- Meet the In-Laws: Mamoru unintentionally meets Usagi's family after returning Chibi-usa home. Shingo thinks he's too handsome to be Usagi's boyfriend, Kenji demands to learn everything about him and Ikuko approves of Usagi's tastes and asks her to bring him home next time.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Thanks to Atsugessho being too forceful and aggressive on Usagi, all the other costumers leave out of embarrassment.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Despite having nothing but animosity towards Usagi, even Chibi-usa is saddened after witnessing Mamoru break up with her like a jerk.
- Precocious Crush: Chibi-usa develops a crush on Mamoru and declares that she wants him to be her boyfriend.
- "Ray of Hope" Ending: In a sense. Despite having been left by Mamoru, Usagi vows to herself that she'll make herself stronger so she can win back his heart.
- Reduced to Dust: After being hit by Moon Princess Halation, the Droid's body breaks and turns into dust.
- The Reveal: Chibi-usa was able to worm her way into the family by hypnotizing them with Luna-P's help.
- Running Away to Cry: Usagi manages to walk out of Mamoru's apartment and then finds an empty phone booth to cry in.
- Screw Destiny: Mamoru tries to argue that he doesn't want to be in a romance with Usagi just because their past incarnations were.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: With Kenji flipping out over his daughter having a boyfriend, Mamoru decides it'd be best to get back to his jogging and quickly heads out the gate.
- Shut Up, Hannibal!: Usagi says this to Atsugessho (who's disguised as a the makeup owner) by claiming that Mamoru would never value her more just for using extra makeup like any common man.
- Spanner in the Works: Thanks to Luna snapping out of the trance on her own, she's able to save Usagi from Chibi-usa's hypnotism by biting her.
- Tear Off Your Face: The Droid loses her entire face except for her mouth. She has to resort to Face Doodling to get her sight back.
- Trying Not to Cry: After venturing to Mamoru's apartment just for him to confirm his breakup demand, Usagi does her best to hold back from crying during their conversation.
