History Characters / CaseClosedTheBlackOrganization

See [[Characters/CaseClosedShihoMiyano here]] for more information on her.

See Characters/CaseClosedShuichiAkai.

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See [[Characters/CaseClosedReiFuruya here]] for more information on him.

[[center: [-[[Characters/CaseClosed Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/CaseClosedShinichiKudo Conan Edogawa/Shin’ichi Kudō]] | [[Characters/CaseClosedKogoroMori Kogorō Mōri]] | [[Characters/CaseClosedShihoMiyano Ai Haibara/Shiho Miyano]] | [[Characters/CaseClosedMainCharacters Main Characters]] | [[[Characters/CaseClosedHeijiHattori Heiji Hattori]] | [[Characters/CaseClosedCoreRecurringCharacters Core Recurring Characters]] | [[Characters/CaseClosedTokyoPoliceOfficers Tokyo Police Officers]] | [[Characters/CaseClosedPoliceOfficersOutsideOfTokyoAndOsaka Police Officers Outside Of Tokyo And Osaka]] | [[Characters/CaseClosedOsakanPersonalities Osakans]] | '''The Black Organization''' | [[Characters/CaseClosedShuichiAkai Shūichi Akai]] | [[Characters/CaseClosedEaglelandLawEnforcement Eagleland Law Enforcement]] | [[Characters/CaseClosedMajorRecurringCharacters Major Recurring Characters]] | [[Characters/CaseClosedOtherRecurringCharacters Other Recurring Characters]] | [[Characters/CaseClosedRecurringAnimals Animals]] | [[Characters/CaseClosedOneSceneWonders One Scene Wonders]] | [[Characters/CaseClosedPeopleFromNotableCases People From Notable Cases]]]]-]

[[center: [-[[Characters/CaseClosed Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/CaseClosedShinichiKudo Conan Edogawa/Shin’ichi Kudō]] | [[Characters/CaseClosedKogoroMori Kogorō Mōri]] | [[Characters/CaseClosedHeijiHattori Heiji Hattori]] | [[Characters/CaseClosedShihoMiyano Ai Haibara/Shiho Miyano]] | [[Characters/CaseClosedMainCharacters Main Characters]] | [[Characters/CaseClosedReiFuruya Tōru Amuro]] | [[Characters/CaseClosedCoreRecurringCharacters Core Recurring Characters]] | [[Characters/CaseClosedTokyoPoliceOfficers Tokyo Police Officers]] | [[Characters/CaseClosedPoliceOfficersOutsideOfTokyoAndOsaka Police Officers Outside Of Tokyo And Osaka]] | [[Characters/CaseClosedOsakanPersonalities Osakans]] | '''The Black Organization''' | [[Characters/CaseClosedShuichiAkai Shūichi Akai]] | [[Characters/CaseClosedEaglelandLawEnforcement Eagleland Law Enforcement]] | [[Characters/CaseClosedMajorRecurringCharacters Major Recurring Characters]] | [[Characters/CaseClosedOtherRecurringCharacters Other Recurring Characters]] | [[Characters/CaseClosedRecurringAnimals Animals]] | [[Characters/CaseClosedOneSceneWonders One Scene Wonders]] | [[Characters/CaseClosedPeopleFromNotableCases People From Notable Cases]]]]-]

* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:Gin leaves him behind to blow up along with the Black Iron Submarine after the All-Ages Identification program he's been pursuing is deemed worthless by Rum.]] [[spoiler:This is probably more that he openly told Gin he has something that will humiliate him in the organization.]]

* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:Gin leaves him behind to blow up along with the Black Iron Submarine after the All-Ages Identification program he's been pursuing is deemed worthless by Rum.]]

* MultiEthnicName: {{Justified|Trope}}. Since Elena had married her Japanese husband, she took his last name as well. [[spoiler:And even before marrying Atsushi, she had a Japanese parent, meaning she likely had one at birth.]]

* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:Gin leaves him behind to blow up along the Black Iron Submarine after the All-Ages Identification program he's been pursuing is deemed worthless by Rum.]]

[[folder:Grace/[[spoiler:Pinga]]]]

A greedy man who tries to kick others down to get to the top. He infiltrates the Pacific Buoy as the Frenchwoman Grace[[spoiler: before Conan exposes his true identity]].

* DisguisedInDrag: As Grace.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He may be polite as Grace, but it doesn't excuse his act poisoning the victims aboard the Black Iron Submarine. [[spoiler:He immediately drops the act after being exposed as Pinga.]]

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Gin is the most dangerous agent of the Organization we have seen so far and also appears to be one of the highest-ranked, as most other members are shown to defer to him and he can threaten even Vermouth without repercussions.

** [[spoiler:Again in his first appearance, suspect of the week Tsunetaka Harashima wants to go home and watch ''[[https://64.media.tumblr.com/2a7361db3525bae7c684c7e4f93d8816/tumblr_inline_ojmr38vD721rwx3xw_500.png Kamen Yaiba]]'' [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/2a7361db3525bae7c684c7e4f93d8816/tumblr_inline_ojmr38vD721rwx3xw_500.png because the evil organization's second-in-command]] is making an appearance]].

* TreacheryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Wakita gets pretty creepy when on the topic of being deceived or hoodwinked. In File 1027, he compares traitors to [[SnakeOilSalesman cheating fish-sellers]]. This turns from disturbing to outright terrifying once [[spoiler:Wakita turns out to be Rum, since this means he knows Amuro fed him false information about Shinichi's death and isn't happy about it. Worse, it is hinted that he knows Amuro is a PSB mole]].

* AsianBuckTeeth: Has some pretty ugly ones [[spoiler:as false teeth]].
* BaldOfEvil: In some of his descriptions he is described as completely bald, [[spoiler:which is proven in his true appearance. As Wakita he wears a black wig]].

* BerserkButton: Insulting or badmouthing Kogoro in any way. Wakita will completely ''snap'' at anyone who does so. [[spoiler:Rum's impatience helps sell the act convincingly]].

* TheDrifter: Wakita mentions that he never stays in one place for very long. [[spoiler:This is so he can be anywhere the Organization needs him to be at any given time, then disappear just as quickly without attracting scrutiny]].

* EmbarrassingNickname: More specifically, embarrassing [[spoiler:alias as [[InvokedTrope invoked]] by Vodka, who regards the alias he took (a rearrangement of his CatchPhrase) as a "silly name", something which apparently piques the suspicions of Conan and Akai. The only person reliably able to connect Vodka's statement with Rum's identity would be Amuro, since he has a message from Rum with that exact catchphrase]].

* EyepatchOfPower: He wears an eyepatch on his injured left eye. [[spoiler:The real Rum doesn't wear an eyepatch, while as Wakita he wears medical gauze to conceal his false eye]].
* EyeScream: He claims that he's got an injury in his left eye, thus he is not allowed to wield a knife until it is healed. [[spoiler:His true appearance reveals that he actually has a false eye]].

* TheFaceless: As with any mystery suspect in ''Conan'', Rum is nothing more a black silhouette for most of the Rum Arc. His last scene as a silhouette is in the back of a car speaking to Gin on the phone until the scene cuts back from Shinichi's house to show [[spoiler:Wakita putting on his disguise]].
* FanBoy: Of Kogoro, and gets very angry at anybody insults or demeans the man in any way. [[spoiler:This is just a convenient excuse to get close to Kogoro and investigate him, and there doesn't seem to be any proof that Wakita's devotion to Kogoro is sincere as Rum]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Plenty of early clues hint at Wakita's true identity of [[spoiler:Rum, along with Kuroda and Wakasa who are {{Red Herring}}s]].
** [[spoiler:In his first appearance (File 975), Wakita says the regular waiter he replaced had an unfortunate accident, likely arranged by the Organization]].

** [[spoiler:Unlike Kuroda and Wakasa, Wakita's injuries are on the left eye instead of the right eye]].
** [[spoiler:Despite saying that it will heal in his debut, Wakita is still wearing gauze over his eye in the Nagano Snowy Mountains case, claiming that he rubbed his eye too much for it to heal. File 1066 reveals that this is to hide his prosthetic left eye which would have been a dead giveaway]].
* {{Gonk}}: His buckteeth, little mustache and his eyepatch don't make him look attractive. [[spoiler:The fact that those just form his disguise doesn't change anything, since his real appearance only looks slightly less ugly]].
* GoodHairEvilHair: This trope doesn't come into play until [[spoiler:Wakita is revealed as Rum, in which case his toothbrush mustache resembles Hitler's. The evil part is a given as the second in command of a criminal organization]].

* LightIsNotGood: Dresses in white chef's attire [[spoiler:as Wakita and is very nice to Kogoro and company even if his fanboy tendencies go a bit far at times. Completely flipped on its head when he is revealed to be Rum and going after Kogoro and Bourbon (since he suspects the latter's duplicity)]].

* OlderThanHeLooks: [[spoiler:Looks his alleged age of 56 as Wakita, but is completely bald and with white hair without his wig and mustache. It's apparently enough to pass as a senior citizen in Camel's flashback]].
* PunnyName: His name is an anagram of Rum's CatchPhrase "Toki wa kane nari", [[spoiler:revealed to be an alias since Wakita truly is Rum]].
* RedRightHand: Rum's is a glass eye [[spoiler:he conceals behind medical gauze as Wakita]]. When not wearing his disguise, it appears as a featureless white orb in his left eye socket.

** [[spoiler:Superintendent Hyoue Kuroda of the Nagano Police First Division fits the bill on account of his right eye having injuries. Moreover, Kuroda's unexpected transfer to Tokyo and apparent knowledge that Amuro is Bourbon deepens suspicions]].
** Later hints point to the [[spoiler:the possibility of Rum being a woman. Conan's new assistant homeroom teacher, Rumi Wakasa is [[SenseiChan an apparently clumsy and gentle woman]] who can't see from one eye and has a darker side [[ObfuscatingStupidity that she hides unless it's needed]]. She apparently has access to the list of APTX victims and is somehow connected to the murders of Kohji Haneda and Amanda Hughes]].
** [[spoiler:The newest Rum suspect, Kanenori Wakita, is a sushi chef at the local sushi restaurant next to Mouri Detective Agency with medical gauze covering his left eye[[note]]notably, the other two suspects are injured in the right eye[[/note]]. He has been a mystery lover since childhood and is a FanBoy of Kogoro, declaring himself to be Kogoro's number two apprentice (after Amuro). Not to mention that his name is an anagram of Rum's catchphrase]].
** [[spoiler:It is confirmed in File 1066 that he is indeed Rum and that "Kanenori Wakita" is just an alias, and further revealed that he was the old man from File 607 who 'accidentally' outed Akai as an FBI spy. It remains to be seen if he is the same person as Asaka]].
* SignificantAnagram: His name can be seen as a rearrangement of the quote "Toki wa kane nari" ("Time is money"), a message that Rum has sent to Bourbon at the end of File 1008. [[spoiler:As of File 1066, it turns out that this is no coincidence]].
* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: Bourbon has told Conan that Rum is known for his exceeding impatience, and that (if actually involved) it contributed to the botched way the murders of Kohji Haneda and Amanda Hughes were carried out. [[spoiler:Said flashback arc shows he left both Kohji and Amanda to die after poisoning them without staying to ensure their deaths, allowing for both to leave a DyingClue to connect their murders to the Black Organization and hide Asaka from him.]]

* KansaiRegionalAccent: His accent is so recognizable even by other characters than Conan.

* DarkChick: To the Organization, since she is a member with limited physical skills as far as the audience is aware but has strong emotions ''and'' just as strong emotional ties to some members.

* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: Bourbon has told Conan that Rum is known for his exceeding impatience, and that (if actually involved) it contributed to the botched way the murders of Kohji Haneda and Amanda Hughes were carried out.

* SchrodingersCast: The infamous anime fixup, as the anime adaptation of the relevant chapters (episode 12) changed the end to [[spoiler:made her not a {{mook}} of the Dark Organization and she was kept alive]], but since she ''needs'' to die [[spoiler:for Ai's {{backstory}} to continue]], an original episode (episode 128) was made before Ai's appearance at 129 so that she's [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]. Even more bizarrely, her second appearance makes ''no reference at all'' to the first one, and makes no mention of any meeting between Conan/the Mouris and her - in fact the Mouris don't even recognize her ''at all'', so it ends up that in the anime continuity there were ''two'' [[spoiler:Akemi Miyanos under the pseudonym of Masami Hirota around the Tokyo area.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Even after she got her memories back, she decided not to go back to the Black Organization because of her bonding with the Detective Boys, and sacrificed herself to save the kids and countless civilians in the Marine Park.]]

* NumberTwo: At first, Conan and Haibara thought she is Rum, the BO's second-in-command, but in reality her codename is Curaçao. This trope still applies as she's Rum's primary assistant.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The only people Vermouth truly cares about are [[spoiler:Shinichi/Conan and Ran. This stems from both of them [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe saving her life in New York two years ago]], even though Vermouth (in disguise) was going to kill them. Ever since then, Vermouth has done everything she can to protect them whenever one and/or both are in danger.]]
** [[spoiler:Also, Vermouth still seems to consider Yukiko her friend, their confrontation on the Jet-Black Mystery Train case is basically a long talk between them, albeit Vermouth points her gun at Yukiko at one point and after that, Vermouth leaves Yukiko unharmed despite Yukiko being knowing much more about her than before. And when realising she was OutGambitted by her and Shinichi/Conan, she calmly accepts her defeat and congratulates Yukiko.]]

* RetCon: Probably, since the ''Episode One'' TV special from 2017 shows Akemi's death... ''following the manga continuity''.
** As detailed in SchrodingersCast below, Episode 128 pretty much retconned the anime's original adaptation of the Billion Yen Robbery case.

* SchrodingersCast: The infamous anime fixup, as the anime adaptation of the relevant chapters (episode 12) changed the end to [[spoiler:made her not a {{mook}} of the Dark Organization and she was kept alive]], but since she ''needs'' to die [[spoiler:for Ai's {{backstory}} to continue]], an original episode (episode 128) was made before Ai's appearance at 129 so that she's [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]].

* FirstNameBasis: Yukiko is the only one to still call her by her real name, Sharon.

* TheDreaded: Everyone aware of them is afraid confronting them, and initially of black coats in general, and for a good reason. Not only it could spell death or worse to the entire cast if either Conan or Ai somehow catch their attention, they are way more competent than a VillainOfTheWeek and aren't above mass mrder just to get away from the police. Not to mention how little is generally known about them.