Portable Bento Box Fax

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| **Portable Bento Box Fax** | |
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| Japanese name: | 弁当型携帯FAX(ファックス) |
| Romaji name: | Bentō-gata Keitai Fakkusu |
| Created by: | [Professor Agasa](/wiki/Hiroshi_Agasa "Hiroshi Agasa") |
| Used by: | [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") |
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| First appearance: | Manga: [Volume 7 - File 9](/wiki/Volume_7 "Volume 7")   Anime: [Episode 10](/wiki/Pro_Soccer_Player_Blackmail_Case "Pro Soccer Player Blackmail Case") |
| Appearances: | Chapters: (/wiki/Portable_Bento_Box_Fax_Appearances "Portable Bento Box Fax Appearances") Episodes: (/wiki/Portable_Bento_Box_Fax_Appearances "Portable Bento Box Fax Appearances") Episodes: (/wiki/Portable_Bento_Box_Fax_Appearances "Portable Bento Box Fax Appearances") |
The **Portable Bento Box Fax** (弁当型携帯FAX(ファックス) ,*Bentō-gata Keitai Fakkusu*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is the fifth gadget created by [Professor Agasa](/wiki/Hiroshi_Agasa "Hiroshi Agasa") for [Conan](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa").
## Contents
* [1 Description](#Description)
* [2 Possibly a discontinued gadget](#Possibly_a_discontinued_gadget)
* [3 Quotes about the gadget](#Quotes_about_the_gadget)
* [4 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [5 See also](#See_also)
## Description[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Portable_Bento_Box_Fax&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Description")]
Agasa disguised a portable fax machine as a bento lunchbox. So far, this item has only been used in the episode it was introduced. Pressing the [umeboshi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umeboshi "wikipedia:Umeboshi") in the rice causes the fax to open. The rest of the food is real. It is capable of calling.
## Possibly a discontinued gadget[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Portable_Bento_Box_Fax&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Possibly a discontinued gadget")]
With email being more popular and smartphones, there is a possibility that we may no longer see gadget in the *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")* franchise. In Japan emailing is used instead of SMS and two year line rental contracts being more popular, this gadget in the real world seems unnecessary. If you consider the *Detective Conan* franchises adhesiveness to the changes in the technology world and the ways it is incorporated in the story, then there is a minute possibility of ever seeing this gadget in the storyline ever again.
## Quotes about the gadget[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Portable_Bento_Box_Fax&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Quotes about the gadget")]
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| “ | How is this a new gadget? You just put a fax machine in a bento. | „ |
| — Conan to Professor Agasa | | |
## Trivia[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Portable_Bento_Box_Fax&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Trivia")]
Although the fax machine is only used in one case it has been frequently featured among other gadgets created by Professor Agasa during the movie prologues.