History Characters / DetectiveConanMainCharacters

* BigDamnKiss: [[spoiler:At the end of chapter 1004, Ran gives Shinichi a kiss on his cheek as an answer to his love confession. In public.]]

* ActionGirl: She's got a good record for getting herself out of scrapes with criminals, being a national karate champion.
* ActionGirlfriend: {{Subverted|Trope}}. She is Shinichi's LoveInterest ''and'' an ActionGirl but he's stuck as Conan and therefore, whenever she goes MamaBear on anyone that threatens him, she doesn't know she's actually defending her "not"-boyfriend.

* BoobsOfSteel: She's quite the ActionGirl, and possesses rather large breasts. [[GagBoobs Which once in a while are the subject of visual gags.]]

* GoodIsNotSoft: Yeah, Ran's [[NiceGirl one of the kindest and compassionate people that you'll know in anime]] and [[AllLovingHero she won't hesitate to help anyone, friend or foe]]. That doesn't mean she can't [[ActionGirl dish out a deserved physical punishment]].

* LadyAndKnight: The Lady to Shinichi's Knight. While Ran is a fairly strong ActionGirl, there's an arc involving her as a princess in a SchoolPlay that exploits the "princess and knight" symbolism to the hilt with her and her mutual childhood love interest [[TheHero Shinichi]], who is mostly stuck in a child's body (as the titular Conan) but [[spoiler: is temporarily back to his real physical age during said arc.]] Additionally, during ''Anime/LupinIIIVsDetectiveConan'', [[http://sandman4869.tumblr.com/post/104826108824/rans-daydream-from-lupin-the-3rd-vs-detective Ran daydreams of herself as a princess]] [[http://sandman4869.tumblr.com/post/104829226459/rans-daydream-from-lupin-the-3rd-vs-detective and Shinichi as her knight]].

* ActionGirl: Not nearly to the extent of Ran or Masumi, but when the occasion calls for her to do something cool, she doesn't shy away from it. Even in her shrunken state, she's been shown to trip and drop men who weigh five times as much as her, and [[spoiler: when forced to revert to her true age to save the Shounen Tanteidan from a burning cabin, she effortlessly destroyed the door with an axe.]]

* ThouShaltNotKill: Best summed with this quote that was one of her many [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Crowning Moments Of Awesome]]:

** Haibara is a big fan of Big Osaka in general and of the player Ryusuke Higo in particular.

* BigSisterWorship: Haibara truly loved her sister. And was devastated by her death.
* BreakoutCharacter: Introduced more later in the manga, Ai has become one of most important characters in the series with more screentime. She is also very loved by fans thanks to her personality and the ShipTease with Conan. It's saying something that she consistently outrank the other female lead Ran in popularity poll.

* {{Foil}}: To Shinichi Kudo aka Conan Edogawa. Both are highly intelligent APTX victims with a FriendlessBackground with some personal tie to the Black Organization, have given themselves a [[AnimalMotifs shark motif]]. Shinichi 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, Shinichi 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 BadassBoast; Shiho is a reclusive, self-depricating 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 tried 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 unflattering style.

* FriendlessBackground: Her sister was the only person close to her before she was shrunk and met Agasa, Conan and the Detective Boys. One of the reasons why she's much less eager to change back than Conan.

* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: One of the reason she's not willing to change back that soon.

* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Even more averted than Conan, as the drug only regressed her physically and she makes no attempt to act the DeliberatelyCuteChild like Conan does.

** She may not be as much of a [[spoiler: Satou and Takagi]] shipper as the Detective Boys, but she doesn't mind getting together.

--->"To [[spoiler: Inspector Shiratori]], [[spoiler: Kobayashi-sensei]] is his [[BecauseDestinySaysSo "girl of destiny"]] [...] It's irritating. [[CannotSpitItOut To fail to express his feelings straightforwardly, leaving his girl in the dark...]] a typical dorama moron"

* StrongFamilyResemblance: Which was also a subtle {{foreshadowing}}. When Ai was wearing an eyelash, Conan noticed her resemblance to [[spoiler:'Mysterious Child' from Sera's phone]]. Later on, it turns out that [[spoiler:the 'child' is the shrunk Mary Sera, heavily implied to be Ai and Akemi's relative from their mother Elena's side.]]

* TookALevelInIdealism: Her time as "Ai Haibara" has made her more optimistic and open to Conan's idealistic pursuit of justice.
* TookALevelInKindness: Her time as "Ai Haibara" has softened her personality.

* WackyParentSeriousChild: With Agasa as a ParentalSubstitute, 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.

* OutOfFocus: 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 recent Organization arcs.

* OutOfFocus: Her role in plots regarding the Organization was diminished increasingly as time when on. Compare and contrast her involvement in arcs that involve Vermouth and the recent Organization arcs.

* BreakoutCharacter: Introduced more later in the manga, Ai has become one of most important characters in the series with more screentime. She is also very loved by fans thanks to her personality and the ShipTease with Conan.

* HiddenDepths / SmarterThanYouLook: 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.

* HiddenDepths / SmarterThanYouLook: 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

* HiddenDepths: Ran has a very good memory and attention to detail, having used her both to contribute to a case investigation more than once.

* DoesNotWearShoes: Whenever she returns in her original body, she barely has enough luck to find any clothes, but she practically never finds shoes she could fit in, leaving her barefoot. The first time she shrunk, she lost her shoes and wandered around barefoot until Agasa found her.

* GoingCommando: It's never mentioned, but whenever Ai returns as Shiho, she usually has enough luck to find any clothes to not end up going around naked. The chance of her finding underwear is almost zero. One time she took the clothes from a female corpse, but it's unlikely that Shiho would take a corpse's underwear, given her character and given the time she needs to make effective use of her body to escape from danger.

* AffectionateNickname: "Angel" by Vermouth.

* AlmostKiss: In canon; she does score a kiss in the non-Canonical Movies.

* BadassInDistress: More in {{The Movie}}s. In ''Captured in Her Eyes'', [[spoiler: after spending almost the while movie as a quiet [[TheOphelia Ophelia]] afflicted TraumaInducedAmnesia, as soon as she recovered her memories she beat the ''shit'' out of the BigBad, who caused it by shooting Sato almost to death in front of her.]]

** [[KendoTeamCaptain Okita]], Heiji's kendo rival, hits on her the first time they meet.

** Ran is said to look a lot like a younger version of [[spoiler: Ai's [[CynicismCatalyst dead older sister Akemi]] ]], to the point that [[spoiler: Ai was reluctant to get close to Ran because she was still reeling from her terrible loss... but once [[AllLovingHero Ran]] saved Ai's life, [[MoralityPet she became almost desperately protective of Ran]] [[BecauseYouwereNiceToMe as a result]].]] It even gets lampshaded when [[spoiler: Ai]] once stares at Ran and pretty much sees her as [[spoiler: Akemi.]]

** In the ''DC vs. Lupin III'' special, with [[spoiler: 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.]]

* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: Know Shinchi very well, as the last time Kaito disguised himself as him she knew he is fake. [[spoiler: He tried to grab her butt.]]

* TheLoad: If her martial skills are not requested, generally she doesn't contribute much to the resolution of the cases.

** Eventually becomes one to [[TheCynic Haibara]] after she [[spoiler:saved the latter from being killed Vermouth. Since then, Haibara has taken a special interest in protecting Ran from Black Organization.]]

* PunnyName: Ran is nicknamed "Ranmaru" by her rival and good friend, [[Characters/DetectiveConanOtherRecurringCharacters Hina Wada]] based on "Mori Ranmaru"--a famous samurai affiliated with UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga.

* RelationshipUpgrade: As of file 1006, [[spoiler:she and Shinichi are officially a couple.]]

* SecretSecretKeeper: [[spoiler: An incident involving blood transfusions implies she might know that Conan is Shinichi]].

* TwiceShy: 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, Ran has yet to give him an answer.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: 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.

* AlcoholicParent: Frequently gets intoxicated and it's played for both drama ''and'' comedy. [[PlayedForDrama 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 [[ChildrenRaiseYou Ran is the one who keeps the house in order]] and, in at least one case, he's seen [[DrowningMySorrows straight-up drinking his sorrows away]] because he can't handle [[spoiler: that a kind girl he used to know [[BrokenPedestal is the most likely culprit]].]] In the [[PlayedForLaughs "comedy" part]], he's seen dancing or sleeping drunkenly with his tie around his forehead and is more of a ButtMonkey than usual.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: In the movies, Kogoro 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.

* ButNotTooForeign: Ai's mother Elena was British.

* HiddenEyes: When we see her adult form in flashbacks, her eyes are usually covered by BlindingBangs or otherwise hidden. [[spoiler: Not when she temporarily returns to her old body in the present story, though.]]

* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: One of the reason she's not willing to change back.

* OlderThanSheLooks: Shrunk in the same manner as Shinichi, down to a 6-year-old's body. PlayedForLaughs when Conan first asks her real age. She flatly states 84, throwing Conan for a loop. [[spoiler: She only kept up the joke for one panel, but it was worth it to see Conan's surprise and bafflement.]]

* OfficialCouple: [[Spoiler:She accepts Shinichi's as her boyfriend at the end of chapter 1004 and doesn't hide her feelings for him anymore.]]

* IronicName: The word ''ran'' in Japanese means [[IronicName "chaos/rebellion"]]. This is indirect contrast to the responsible, rule-abiding Ran Mouri.

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: To Ran, and to Conan in a ParentalSubstitute 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.

* AnimeHair: If it's not for her "horn", her hair would look perfectly normal. It keeps magically changing sides depending to which direction she's facing.

* AnimeHair: If it's not for her "horn", her hair would look perfectly normal. It magically keeps changing sides depending in which direction she's facing.

** Doesn't exactly mind [[spoiler: Satou and Takagi]] getting together.
** [[LittleMissSnarker In her own way]] she was pretty interested in the deals of [[spoiler: Kobayashi and Shiratori]].
--->"To [[spoiler: Inspector Shiratori]], [[spoiler: Kobayashi-sensei]] is his [[BecauseDestinySaysSo "girl of destiny"]] [...] It's irritating. [[CannotSpitItOut To fail to express his feelings straightforwardly, leaving his girl in the dark...]] a typical dorama moron" .
** She appears to be a Heiji/Kazuha shipper given she used [[spoiler:Heiji's confession to Kazuha as a ringtone for a while.]]
* SinsOfOurFathers: 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 for their 'foolish research' and the fact that Haibara continued it after their deaths.

* UncannyFamilyReseblance: Which was also a subtle {{foreshadowing}}. When Ai was wearing an eyelash, Conan noticed her resemblance to [[spoiler:'Mysterious Child' from Sera's phone. Later on, it turns out that the 'child' is Ai's aunt.]]

* IronicName: The word ''ran'' in Japanese means [[IronicName "chaos/rebellion."]] This is indirect contrast to the responsible, rule-abiding Ran Mouri.

* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: In the early seasons/volumes he regularly punched, kicked, and harshly berated Conan, who remember, despite actually being 17, is in the body of a 7 year old. Thankfully, this gag has largely disappeared in recent years.

* {{Foil}}: To Shinichi Kudo aka Conan Edogawa. Both are highly intelligent APTX victims with some personal tie to the Black Organization. Shinichi is an attention-seeking 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; Shiho is a reclusive 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 the two's CharacterDevelopment when dealing with Black Organization goes in opposite ways -- Shinichi would recklessly follow any lead he could find before learning to be more cautious while Shiho would have rather died than be caught before realizing she can't run away from them. Both of them have a FriendlessBackground to some extent, Shinichi was still popular due to his athleticism, detective work, and natural charm, while Shiho was unpopular in her youth because of her biracial features. In regards to their feelings on their current predicament, Shinichi is desperate for the antidote while Shiho isn't in a hurry. Also, both have [[AnimalMotifs compared themselves to sharks]], but while Shinichi's comparison was akin to a BadassBoast, Shiho's was more out of self-deprecation.

* FriendlessBackground: Her sister was the only person close to her before she was shrunk and met Agasa, Conan and the Detective Boys. One of the reasons why she's much less eager to change back than Conan.

* ImprobableAge: {{Reconstruct}}ed. She led the Organization's poison lab before she was shrunk-- that was when she was ''18''. She does not enjoy the IntelligenceEqualsIsolation 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.