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Become a Prima: Usagi's Ballet

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Usagi trades daydreams for dance when she signs on for a ballet production. Trouble pirouettes in beside her: Fish Eye enrolls in the same class to hunt the instructor's dreams, leaving the clumsy heroine to somehow end up cast as the Moon herself.

Season Number: 4
Japanese Airdate: August 19, 1995
Us Airdate: October 19, 2000
Director: Harume Kosaka
Writer: Genki Yoshimura
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Summary

Usagi puts herself forward for a role in a ballet staging. Fish Eye slips into the very same class, using the cover to close in on the dance teacher. By the finish, Usagi finds herself performing as the Moon in the production, with the monster Kurumiwario supplying the danger.

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Key Events

Fish Eye of the Amazon Trio targets the ballet instructor's dreams, and the Lemures Kurumiwario emerges as the threat. Usagi lands the part of the Moon for the show's finale.

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Notes

During its routine, Kurumiwario spins through the grand fouetté en tournant a full thirty-two times, echoing a famously demanding stretch of real ballet. Ami's dance costume reuses the same tights that Naru Osaka wore across a handful of earlier episodes.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What episode is Usagi dancing in Sailor Moon?

"Become a Prima: Usagi's Ballet" is the episode where Usagi dances. She signs up for a ballet production and, by the end, is cast in the role of the Moon for the show's finale.

Why does Fish Eye join Usagi's ballet class?

Fish Eye of the Amazon Trio enrolls in the same ballet class as Usagi to get close to the dance instructor and steal her dreams.

What monster appears in "Become a Prima: Usagi's Ballet"?

The Lemures Kurumiwario serves as the episode's threat, emerging from the ballet instructor's targeted dreams.

What role does Usagi end up playing in the ballet?

Usagi lands the part of the Moon for the ballet production's grand finale.

What real ballet technique does Kurumiwario reference in this episode?

During its routine, Kurumiwario spins through the grand fouette en tournant a full thirty-two times, echoing a famously demanding feat from real ballet.

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