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After [[Haruna Sakurada|Haruna]] and [[Naru Osaka|Naru]] fall prey to a new disease that causes permanent sleep, [[Usagi Tsukino|Usagi]] investigates the late-night radio show ''Midnight Zero''.
 
<br>''The North American dub title for this episode is '''Talk Radio'''.''
 
==Summary==
 
 
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| caption          = Haruna is delighted to hear her letter read out on ''Midnight Zero''.
 
| caption          = Haruna is delighted to hear her letter read out on ''Midnight Zero''.
 
| Name (Kana)      = 謎のねむり病、守れ乙女の恋する心
 
| Name (Kana)      = 謎のねむり病、守れ乙女の恋する心
| Name (Romanji)    = Nazo no Nemuribyou, Mamore Otome no Koisuru Kokoro
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| Name (Romaji)    = Nazo no Nemuribyou, Mamore Otome no Koisuru Kokoro
 
| Name (Translated) = Mysterious Sleeping Illness! Protect the Girls' Hearts in Love
 
| Name (Translated) = Mysterious Sleeping Illness! Protect the Girls' Hearts in Love
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| Name (Viz Dub)    = The Mysterious Sleeping Sickness: Protect the Girls in Love
 
| Number (Original) = 3
 
| Number (Original) = 3
 
| Director          = [[Kazuhisa Takenouchi]]  
 
| Director          = [[Kazuhisa Takenouchi]]  
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| Prev (Dub)        = [[A Moon Star Is Born]]
 
| Prev (Dub)        = [[A Moon Star Is Born]]
 
| Next (Dub)        = [[Slim City]]
 
| Next (Dub)        = [[Slim City]]
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}}After [[Haruna Sakurada|Haruna]] and [[Naru Osaka|Naru]] fall prey to a new disease that causes permanent sleep, [[Usagi Tsukino|Usagi]] investigates the late-night radio show ''Midnight Zero''.
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==Summary==
 
As [[Jadeite]] discusses his latest plan with [[Queen Beryl]], [[Usagi Tsukino|Usagi]] listens to a late night romantic talk show on the radio. A love letter from "Haruna" is read out, and Usagi wonders if it was from her teacher.
 
As [[Jadeite]] discusses his latest plan with [[Queen Beryl]], [[Usagi Tsukino|Usagi]] listens to a late night romantic talk show on the radio. A love letter from "Haruna" is read out, and Usagi wonders if it was from her teacher.
  
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Usagi is roused from her dreams of [[Tuxedo Mask]] by Luna. She finds herself in the nurse's office, where Naru is comatose. Luna decides that something suspicious is happening at FM No. 10.
 
Usagi is roused from her dreams of [[Tuxedo Mask]] by Luna. She finds herself in the nurse's office, where Naru is comatose. Luna decides that something suspicious is happening at FM No. 10.
  
In order to help her sneak in, Luna gives Usagi the [[disguise pen]]. Usagi transforms into a newscaster and enters the building. Jadeite has incapacitated the staff and is beginning ''Midnight Zero'' again. Usagi interrupts the program, warning the listeners to keep away from the flower brooches. Jadeite's assistant transforms into the [[Youma]] [[Flau]] and attacks, so Usagi transforms into [[Sailor Moon]]. Jadeite introduces himself, and sends the Youma after her. Sailor Moon destroys her and turns her attention to Jadeite. Unfortunately, he easily deflects her attacks, but leaves when Tuxedo Mask intervenes.
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In order to help her sneak in, Luna gives Usagi the [[Disguise Pen]]. Usagi transforms into a newscaster and enters the building. Jadeite has incapacitated the staff and is beginning ''Midnight Zero'' again. Usagi interrupts the program, warning the listeners to keep away from the flower brooches. Jadeite's assistant transforms into the [[Youma]] [[Flau]] and attacks, so Usagi transforms into [[Sailor Moon]]. Jadeite introduces himself, and sends the Youma after her. Sailor Moon destroys her and turns her attention to Jadeite. Unfortunately, he easily deflects her attacks, but leaves when Tuxedo Mask intervenes.
  
 
The following morning, everyone wakes up, cured of the sickness. Usagi tries to write a genuine love letter to Tuxedo Mask, but is foiled by the curiosity of Naru and Haruna.
 
The following morning, everyone wakes up, cured of the sickness. Usagi tries to write a genuine love letter to Tuxedo Mask, but is foiled by the curiosity of Naru and Haruna.
  
==Next episode preview==
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==Episode trivia==
'''Usagi''': Aaagh! <br>
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* This episode marked the first use of the [[Disguise Pen]], and the first direct confrontation between [[Sailor Moon]] and [[Jadeite]]. It was also the first time that Sailor Moon used the "-sama" suffix to refer to [[Tuxedo Mask]].
'''Luna''': What's up, Usagi?<br>
 
'''Usagi''': I've gained weight again!<br>
 
'''Luna''': What do you have in your hand?<br>
 
'''Usagi''': Well... a meat bun. It tastes great!<br>
 
'''Luna''': Usagi...<br>
 
'''Usagi''': Don't worry. I'll start going to the fitness club.<br>
 
'''Luna''': A fitness club? Sounds fishy...<br>
 
'''Usagi''': ''Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon'': "[[Usagi Will Teach You! How to Lose Weight]]." The moonlight carries a message of love.
 
  
==Episode trivia==
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* The image of [[Naru Osaka|Naru]] sleeping was reused in the [[Sailor Moon Games|video game]] ''[[Sailor Moon La Luna Splende (Nintendo DS)|Sailor Moon La Luna Splende]]''.
* This episode marked the first use of the [[Disguise Pen]], and the first direct confrontation between [[Sailor Moon]] and [[Jadeite]].
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* [[FM No. 10]] showed up again in [[Torn Between Duty and Friendship! Confrontation Between Sailor Senshi|episode 189]].
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* As Sailor Moon glared at [[Jadeite]] after he stopped her [[tiara]] in mid-flight, her right hand was skin-colored instead of covered with a glove.
  
* This was the second episode of the [[Sailor Moon in North America#English Dub|English dub]].
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* In the [[Sailor Moon in North America#English Dub|first English dub]], [[Usagi Tsukino|Serena]] used the Disguise Pen to turn into a "sophisticated talent agent" instead of a radio announcer.
  
* The [[Sailor Says]] segment of this episode included footage from [[Punish Them! The House of Fortune is the Youma Mansion|episode 2]], even though that episode was excluded from the English dub. It also included footage from [[Steal Mamoru's Kiss! An's Snow White Strategy|episode 50]], make it the only time footage from [[Sailor Moon R]] appeared in a [[Sailor Says]] segment during the first season.
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* The [[Sailor Says]] segment attached to the original English-dubbed version of this episode was notable for several reasons:
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** The scene showing Sailor Moon with hearts in her eyes was cut from the English dub, but it appeared in the segment.
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** The segment used footage from [[Punish Them! The House of Fortune is the Youma Mansion|episode 2]], despite the fact that it never appeared in the English dub.  
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** The segment also included footage from [[Steal Mamoru's Kiss! An's Snow White Strategy|episode 56]], showing footage of [[An]] a long time before she was introduced in the original version. This was the only Sailor Says segment from the [[Sailor Moon (first season)|first season]] to include footage from [[Sailor Moon R]].
  
 
==Cast==
 
==Cast==
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| next = [[Usagi Will Teach You! How to Lose Weight|4]]}}
  
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Episode Data
ep3.jpg
Haruna is delighted to hear her letter read out on Midnight Zero.
Original Episode
Name (Kanji/kana): 謎のねむり病、守れ乙女の恋する心
Name (Romaji): Nazo no Nemuribyou, Mamore Otome no Koisuru Kokoro
Name (Translated): Mysterious Sleeping Illness! Protect the Girls' Hearts in Love
Name (Viz Dub): The Mysterious Sleeping Sickness: Protect the Girls in Love
Episode Number: 3
Director: Kazuhisa Takenouchi
Writer: Katsuyuki Sumizawa
Animation Director: Kunihiko Natsume
Air Date: March 21, 1992
Previous Episode: Punish Them! The House of Fortune is the Youma Mansion
Next Episode: Usagi Will Teach You! How to Lose Weight
First English Dub Episode
Name: Talk Radio
Number: 2
Company: DiC
Air Date: September 12, 1995
Previous Episode: A Moon Star Is Born
Next Episode: Slim City

After Haruna and Naru fall prey to a new disease that causes permanent sleep, Usagi investigates the late-night radio show Midnight Zero.

Summary

As Jadeite discusses his latest plan with Queen Beryl, Usagi listens to a late night romantic talk show on the radio. A love letter from "Haruna" is read out, and Usagi wonders if it was from her teacher.

The next day, Usagi's father reads about a new illness that sends people into a permanent sleep. Usagi, meanwhile, is late for school again, but still arrives before Ms. Haruna. When Ms. Haruna does arrive, she is tired and quickly falls asleep in the classroom.

Luna, out walking, encounters Motoki. An ambulance drives past and goes to the school to pick up Ms. Haruna, who is still asleep. Naru wonders if she is suffering from the new disease, while Usagi decides she would quite enjoy sleeping forever.

At FM No. 10, the local radio station, more letters arrive for Midnight Zero, a program which the management insists does not exist. A suspicious employee offers to take care of the letters. Usagi and Naru, meanwhile, discuss the show and the fact that they can't send love letters, since neither has a boyfriend. Naru suggests writing to a future boyfriend, an idea which Usagi likes. She then bumps into her nemesis, who Naru thinks is handsome. Usagi heartily disagrees.

Finding little inspiration for her love letter, Usagi decides to seek advice from Midnight Zero's presenter, "J Dite." However, the security guard at FM No. 10 assures her that there is no such program. That night, Usagi hears the program just as always - although, as Luna points out, it does not appear in the radio listings. The program is actually being presented by Jadeite, who reads out Naru's letter.

The next day, Naru receives the program's trademark flower brooch, which is identical to the one Haruna was wearing. But Naru falls asleep as soon as she puts it on, and Usagi also falls asleep when she tries to wake her.

Usagi is roused from her dreams of Tuxedo Mask by Luna. She finds herself in the nurse's office, where Naru is comatose. Luna decides that something suspicious is happening at FM No. 10.

In order to help her sneak in, Luna gives Usagi the Disguise Pen. Usagi transforms into a newscaster and enters the building. Jadeite has incapacitated the staff and is beginning Midnight Zero again. Usagi interrupts the program, warning the listeners to keep away from the flower brooches. Jadeite's assistant transforms into the Youma Flau and attacks, so Usagi transforms into Sailor Moon. Jadeite introduces himself, and sends the Youma after her. Sailor Moon destroys her and turns her attention to Jadeite. Unfortunately, he easily deflects her attacks, but leaves when Tuxedo Mask intervenes.

The following morning, everyone wakes up, cured of the sickness. Usagi tries to write a genuine love letter to Tuxedo Mask, but is foiled by the curiosity of Naru and Haruna.

Episode trivia

  • This episode marked the first use of the Disguise Pen, and the first direct confrontation between Sailor Moon and Jadeite. It was also the first time that Sailor Moon used the "-sama" suffix to refer to Tuxedo Mask.
  • As Sailor Moon glared at Jadeite after he stopped her tiara in mid-flight, her right hand was skin-colored instead of covered with a glove.
  • In the first English dub, Serena used the Disguise Pen to turn into a "sophisticated talent agent" instead of a radio announcer.
  • The Sailor Says segment attached to the original English-dubbed version of this episode was notable for several reasons:
    • The scene showing Sailor Moon with hearts in her eyes was cut from the English dub, but it appeared in the segment.
    • The segment used footage from episode 2, despite the fact that it never appeared in the English dub.
    • The segment also included footage from episode 56, showing footage of An a long time before she was introduced in the original version. This was the only Sailor Says segment from the first season to include footage from Sailor Moon R.

Cast


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