Difference between revisions of "Usagi Learns a Lesson! The Road to Stardom is Tough"

From WikiMoon
Jump to: navigation, search
Line 34: Line 34:
 
==Episode trivia==
 
==Episode trivia==
 
* Naru's act, first with Usagi and later with Umino, involves performing ''[[Moonlight Densetsu]]''.
 
* Naru's act, first with Usagi and later with Umino, involves performing ''[[Moonlight Densetsu]]''.
* [[Mikan Shiratori]]'s first name means "Oranges."
+
* [[Mikan Shiratori]]'s first name means "Tangerine."
 
* The dub episode featured an insert song, called ''[[I Wanna Be a Star]]''.
 
* The dub episode featured an insert song, called ''[[I Wanna Be a Star]]''.
 
* Mikan's name was changed to "Saffron" in the [[Sailor Moon in North America|North American dub]].
 
* Mikan's name was changed to "Saffron" in the [[Sailor Moon in North America|North American dub]].

Revision as of 09:53, 9 December 2006

Usagi, Naru and Umino aim to become celebrities, just as Jadeite initiates a plan to enslave people with dreams of fame.
The North American dub title for this episode is So You Want to be a Superstar.

Summary

Episode Data
ep7.jpg
Umino gets into character for his female impersonation act.
Original Episode
Name (Kanji/kana): うさぎ反省! スターの道はきびしい
Name (Romaji): {{{Name (Romaji)}}}
Name (Translated): Usagi Learns a Lesson! The Road to Stardom is Tough
Name (Viz Dub): {{{Name (Viz Dub)}}}
Episode Number: 7
Director: Takao Yoshizawa
Writer: Shigeru Yanagawa
Animation Director: Katsuji Matsumoto
Air Date: 25th of April, 1992
Previous Episode: Protect the Melody of Love! Usagi is a Cupid
Next Episode: Is the Genius Girl a Youma? Brainwashing School of Terror
First English Dub Episode
Name: So You Want to be a Superstar
Number: 4
Company: DiC
Air Date: 14th of September, 1995
Previous Episode: Slim City
Next Episode: Computer School Blues


While Usagi, Naru and Umino discuss the local celebrity Mikan Shiratori, Jadeite is spying on her. Naru decides she and Usagi should follow in Mikan's footsteps and become celebrities, but quickly fall out and decide to become rivals instead. Unfortunately, Usagi is soon stuck for ideas and is reduced to attempting a comedy act with Luna. Naru enlists Umino for her singing act, and dresses him as a girl.

Mikan is showering when she is attacked by a Youma, Derella. It freezes her and steals her identity. The following day the fake Mikan assists Jadeite with the 'Cinderella Caravan', an audition for new celebrities. They send out a beam, hypnotising everyone nearby into wanting to take part. At school, Naru says she will be auditioning, and Usagi is desperate to beat her. However, Luna refuses to be part of Usagi's act, reminding her that she has more important things to be concerned with. Usagi is upset- even more so when she bumps into her nemesis.

At the Cinderella Caravan, all of the acts pass... even Naru and Umino. With the prospect of performing in front of an audience, Usagi's fixated classmates begin to behave like stars, and soon start to squabble. Usagi and Luna are suspicious of their behaviour, and suspect something sinsiter is behind the Cinderella Caravan.

Usagi and Luna sneak into the Shan Shan Plaza before the show, but find there is no audience. The Mikan clone creates a fake audience, and the hypnotised wannabes all begin to perform their acts at the same time. The 'pass' stamps on their hands start to absorb their energy, and Usagi watches as they gradually faint. The fake Mikan spots her, and seeing her Youma form, Usagi runs away. Realising that Naru and the others are in danger, she transforms into Sailor Moon.

When she returns, everyone is unconscious. She challenges the fake Mikan, who chases her around the theatre and encases her in slime that sets around hr. Fortuantely, Tuxedo Mask throws a rose that shatters the substance, allowing Sailor Moon to break free and destroy the Youma. Everyone, including the real Mikan, wakes up, and Luna manages to (almost) get an apology from Usagi for her goofing off.

Episode trivia

Cast

Previous episode:
6
Season
Sailor Moon
Next episode:
8