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Usagi's Disaster: Beware of the Clock of Confusion

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Jadeite harvests human energy by selling clocks that speed up time, filling Tokyo with panicked, rushing people. When Usagi and her mother buy the cursed cat-shaped clocks, Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury must chase the youma Ramua through a warped pocket of time.

Season Number: 1
Japanese Airdate: May 9, 1992
Us Airdate: September 15, 1995
Director: Karume Kosaka
Writer: Katsuyuki Sumizawa
Next Episode: The Cursed Bus: Enter Mars, the Guardian of Fire
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Summary

Jadeite reasons that people burn energy fastest when stressed and pressed for time, so he charges a batch of store clocks with dark power to make Tokyo frantic. Usagi covets a Luna-shaped clock she cannot afford, only to discover her mother has bought the very same one for the house. Once the clocks switch on at night, the whole city grows impossibly impatient, and it falls to Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury to trace the source into a distorted pocket of time.

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Key Events

By morning, classmates and commuters act as though hours have vanished, cutting school short and crashing cars in their rush. Luna delivers a mini-supercomputer to Ami and reveals the clocks all came from one new shop, staffed by Jadeite's youma Ramua. After a bus wreck, Ami and Luna brief Usagi, who transforms and pursues Ramua into a time warp with Mercury close behind.

The youma ages Sailor Moon backward into a child and freezes the pair before they can strike. Tuxedo Mask, already inside the shop, hurls a rose at the main clock anchoring the warp and shatters the spell. Mercury's Shabon Spray sets up Sailor Moon's Moon Tiara Action, which destroys Ramua and dissolves the entire store, leaving the two girls standing where it stood.

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Notes

This is one of only two episodes to feature just Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury, the other being the prior installment that introduced Mercury. It debuts her Visor and Super Computer. Ami's screen flashes a RoboCop tribute reading "serve the public trust, protect the innocent, uphold the law," though the original misspells "innocent" as "innolent," a slip DiC quietly corrected. The DiC dub also removes the shot of the youma cutting Usagi's cheek, and the shopping trip is set in Tokyo's Harajuku district.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How does Jadeite use ordinary clocks to harvest energy in this episode?

Jadeite charges a batch of store clocks with dark power to make everyone in Tokyo dangerously impatient and rushed, since people burn energy fastest when stressed for time.

What device does Luna give Ami in this episode?

Luna delivers a mini-supercomputer to Ami in this episode, which debuts here alongside Ami's Visor.

What happens to Sailor Moon inside the time warp in this episode?

The youma Ramua ages Sailor Moon backward into a child and freezes her and Mercury before they can strike back.

How is the youma Ramua ultimately defeated?

Tuxedo Mask shatters the warp's anchoring clock with a thrown rose, and Mercury's Shabon Spray sets up Sailor Moon's Moon Tiara Action, which destroys Ramua and dissolves the entire shop.

Which two Sailor Guardians are the only ones featured in this episode?

This episode features only Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury, one of just two episodes in the series to include only the two of them.

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