The Great Detective Turned Small

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| Title: | The Great Detective Turned Small |
| Japanese title: | 小さくなった名探偵   (Chiisakunatta Meitantei) |
| Original release: | January 12th, 1994 |
| Shōnen Sunday issue: | #6/1994 |
| Volume: | (/wiki/Volume_1 "Volume 1") |
| Pages: | 27 |
| Anime adaptation: | Episode 2: [Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case](/wiki/Company_President%27s_Daughter_Kidnapping_Case "Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case")   TV Special 6: [Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small](/wiki/Episode_One:_The_Great_Detective_Turned_Small "Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small") |
| **Viz Media version** | |
| English title: | The Great Detective Turned Small |
| English release: | September 7, 2004 |
**The Great Detective Turned Small (小さくなった名探偵 ,*Chiisakunatta Meitantei*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))** is the second chapter of the [manga](/wiki/Manga "Manga") of *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")*. It was written and drawn by [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama") and first released in [Shōnen Sunday](/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dnen_Sunday "Shōnen Sunday") #6/1994 on January 12th, 1994 and later on reprinted as part of [Volume 1](/wiki/Volume_1 "Volume 1") on June 18th, 1994. It was also collected together with [chapter 1](/wiki/Chapter_1 "Chapter 1") in the compilation book [Detective Conan vs The Black Organization 1](/wiki/Detective_Conan_vs_The_Black_Organization_1 "Detective Conan vs The Black Organization 1") with the subtitle of "VS. Gin and Vodka".
## Contents
* [1 Characters](#Characters)
+ [1.1 Introduced](#Introduced)
+ [1.2 Featured](#Featured)
* [2 Settings](#Settings)
+ [2.1 Introduced](#Introduced_2)
+ [2.2 Featured](#Featured_2)
* [3 Plot](#Plot)
* [4 Continuity](#Continuity)
+ [4.1 Referencing](#Referencing)
+ [4.2 Referenced in](#Referenced_in)
* [5 Errors](#Errors)
* [6 Cameos](#Cameos)
* [7 Crossovers](#Crossovers)
+ [7.1 *Magic Kaito*](#Magic_Kaito)
* [8 Shōnen Sunday Q&A](#Sh.C5.8Dnen_Sunday_Q.26A)
* [9 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [10 Adaptations](#Adaptations)
* [11 See also](#See_also)
* [12 References](#References)
## Characters[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Great_Detective_Turned_Small&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Characters")]
Main article: [Characters](/wiki/Characters "Characters")
### Introduced[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Great_Detective_Turned_Small&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Introduced")]
In order of introduction:
- | [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri") | |
| --- | --- |
|  | * 38 years old * Ran's father * Detective * Proper introduction |
- | [Hiroshi Agasa](/wiki/Hiroshi_Agasa "Hiroshi Agasa") | |
| --- | --- |
|  | * 52 years old * Inventor * Shinichi's neighbor |
- | [Shinichi's father](/wiki/Yusaku_Kudo "Yusaku Kudo") | |
| --- | --- |
|  | * 37-38 years old * Famous mystery novelist * Unnamed mention |
- | [Shinichi's mother](/wiki/Yukiko_Kudo "Yukiko Kudo") | |
| --- | --- |
|  | * 37 years old * Famous actress * Unnamed mention |
- | [Ran's mother](/wiki/Eri_Kisaki "Eri Kisaki") | |
| --- | --- |
|  | * 37 years old[](#cite_note-eri_age-1) * Kogoro's wife * Unnamed mention |
### Featured[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Great_Detective_Turned_Small&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Featured")]
In order of appearance:
Characters
[Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")
[Security Guard A](/wiki/Unnamed_law_enforcers#Security_Guard_A_.28Episode_1.29 "Unnamed law enforcers")
[Security Guard B](/wiki/Unnamed_law_enforcers#Security_Guard_B_.28Episode_1.29 "Unnamed law enforcers")
[Gin (Mention/panel background)](/wiki/Gin "Gin")
[Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")
[Shinichi Kudo (Mention/panel background)](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo")
[Vodka (Mention/panel background)](/wiki/Vodka "Vodka")
## Settings[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Great_Detective_Turned_Small&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Settings")]
Main article: [Setting](/wiki/Setting "Setting")
### Introduced[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Great_Detective_Turned_Small&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Introduced")]
In order of introduction:
* [Mouri Detective Agency](/wiki/Mouri_Detective_Agency "Mouri Detective Agency")
* [Tropical Land](/wiki/Tropical_Land "Tropical Land") Medical Room
* [Kudo Residence](/wiki/Kudo_Residence "Kudo Residence")
* [Café Poirot](/wiki/Caf%C3%A9_Poirot "Café Poirot") (Background)
* [Yayoi](/wiki/Yayoi "Yayoi") (Mentioned)
+ [Tani Residence](/wiki/index.php?title=Tani_Residence&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tani Residence (page does not exist)") (Mentioned)
### Featured[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Great_Detective_Turned_Small&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Featured")]
In order of appearance:
* [Tropical Land](/wiki/Tropical_Land "Tropical Land")
## Plot[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Great_Detective_Turned_Small&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Plot")]
Ran sees Conan for the first time.
After being discovered by the security guards in his shrunken form and mistaking him for a child, [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo") escapes the [Tropical Land](/wiki/Tropical_Land "Tropical Land")'s medical room to get back to his own home. After a troublesome way back to [his house](/wiki/Kudo_Residence "Kudo Residence"), he meets his family's neighbour and old friend Professor [Hiroshi Agasa](/wiki/Hiroshi_Agasa "Hiroshi Agasa"), whom he quickly convinces about his real identity. Unfortunately, [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri") also arrives shortly after, looking for Shinichi out of concern since he's missing since their date at the amusement park. Agasa and Shinichi invent the persona of [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") for his new appearance, moving him in with Ran and her father, [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri"), in the [Mouri Detective Agency](/wiki/Mouri_Detective_Agency "Mouri Detective Agency").
After arriving there, Kogoro literally crashes into them, telling about the first case he got in a long time - which catches Conan's interest, since a person clad in black is said to be the culprit...
## Continuity[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Great_Detective_Turned_Small&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Continuity")]
Main article: [Continuity](/wiki/Continuity "Continuity")
* Waning Crescent Moon 🌘
* This chapter is the first time [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo")'s current age is confirmed as 16.[](#cite_note-2)
### Referencing[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Great_Detective_Turned_Small&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: Referencing")]
* **[The Heisei Holmes](/wiki/The_Heisei_Holmes "The Heisei Holmes") (Manga: (/wiki/Volume_1#File_001_-_The_Heisei_Holmes "Volume 1")):** This chapter is a direct continuation of chapter 1 and set during the same evening/night.
### Referenced in[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Great_Detective_Turned_Small&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: Referenced in")]
* **An Unfamiliar Visitor (Manga: (/wiki/Volume_5#File_049_-_An_Unfamiliar_Visitor "Volume 5"))** [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri") indirectly refers to this chapter when she asks [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") about his parents, since it's been "a long time" since they went overseas and left him in [Japan](/wiki/Japan "Japan"), according to his backstory he gave back then.
* **An Infatuated Heart (Manga: (/wiki/Volume_26#File_254_-_An_Infatuated_Heart "Volume 26")):** At the end of the case, Conan thinks about what Professor [Hiroshi Agasa](/wiki/Hiroshi_Agasa "Hiroshi Agasa") told him at his home in this chapter, about not letting anyone know who he truly is, while pondering about whether he should tell Ran anyway.
## Errors[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Great_Detective_Turned_Small&action=edit&section=11 "Edit section: Errors")]
Main article: [Oversights in Detective Conan](/wiki/Oversights_in_Detective_Conan "Oversights in Detective Conan")
* [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo") got knocked unconscious right in front of the concrete foundation of the ferris wheel by [Gin](/wiki/Gin "Gin") and still wakes up in his [shrunken form](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") in front of it when found by the security guards at the end of chapter 1, but at the beginning of this chapter, directly continuing that moment, he's found in the middle of a meadow, with the silhouette of the ferris wheel visible in the far distance.
## Cameos[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Great_Detective_Turned_Small&action=edit&section=12 "Edit section: Cameos")]
* The [Tani family](/wiki/index.php?title=Tani_family&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tani family (page does not exist)")'s name is taken from [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama")'s assistant [Yutaka Tani](/wiki/Yutaka_Tani "Yutaka Tani").
## Crossovers[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Great_Detective_Turned_Small&action=edit&section=13 "Edit section: Crossovers")]
*Magic Kaito* Vol. 1 in the bookshelf behind Conan.
Main article: [Crossover](/wiki/Crossover "Crossover")
### *Magic Kaito*[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Great_Detective_Turned_Small&action=edit&section=14 "Edit section: Magic Kaito")]
Main article: [Magic Kaito](/wiki/Magic_Kaito "Magic Kaito")
* First appearance of the [Kudo residence](/wiki/Kudo_residence "Kudo residence"), which probably was based on the same model (or a very similar one) to the [mansion](/wiki/Akako_Koizumi%27s_Residence "Akako Koizumi's Residence") of [Akako Koizumi](/wiki/Akako_Koizumi "Akako Koizumi") from *Magic Kaito*. Even [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama") himself joked about this in the Omake of [Magic Kaito Volume 5](/wiki/Magic_Kaito_Volume_5 "Magic Kaito Volume 5"), showing them to be the one and the same "filming location".
* On the page [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo") announces his new identity as "[Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")", on the bookshelf behind him on the right-hand side, is a book lying on its side. The book in question is actually [Magic Kaito Volume 1](/wiki/Magic_Kaito_Volume_1 "Magic Kaito Volume 1").
## Shōnen Sunday Q&A[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Great_Detective_Turned_Small&action=edit&section=15 "Edit section: Shōnen Sunday Q&A")]
Main article: [Questions given by the Shonen Sunday magazine](/wiki/Questions_given_by_the_Shonen_Sunday_magazine "Questions given by the Shonen Sunday magazine")
Every issue of the [Shōnen Sunday](/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dnen_Sunday "Shōnen Sunday") features a question asked by the magazine to the manga artists featured in it. The one accompanying this chapter was:
**The hobby that ([Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama")) is currently obsessed about is,**
Since I'm moving soon, I'm obsessed about packing.
(Translation by justwantanaccount)
## Trivia[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Great_Detective_Turned_Small&action=edit&section=16 "Edit section: Trivia")]
* According to [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama") himself, Professor [Hiroshi Agasa](/wiki/Hiroshi_Agasa "Hiroshi Agasa") was inspired by [Professor Ochanomizu](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Ochanomizu "wikipedia:Professor Ochanomizu") from *[Astro Boy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro_Boy "wikipedia:Astro Boy")*.[](#cite_note-3)
* Some of the books in the [Kudo residence](/wiki/Kudo_residence "Kudo residence"):
+ At least three volumes (or copies) of "[Ranpo Edogawa](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edogawa_Ranpo "wikipedia:Edogawa Ranpo"): Collected Works"
+ At least volume 1 - 9 of "[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle "wikipedia:Arthur Conan Doyle"): His Best Cases"
- These seem to be the books Shinichi uses to create his new name.
+ "Murder in London"
+ "The golden[Concealed]" (maybe "[The Golden Pince-Nez](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Golden_Pince-Nez "wikipedia:The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez")" from the [Sherlock Holmes](/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes "Sherlock Holmes") canon)
+ "The Price of Love"
+ "Mystery" (probably just the name of the genre on the spine of the book)
+ "WHO[Concealed]"
+ "The Story of DEA[Concealed]" (maybe "DEAD", "DEATH" or a reference book about the [DEA](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_Enforcement_Administration "wikipedia:Drug Enforcement Administration"))
+ John Wang: "The Gallow of Honour"
+ "The Perfect Murder"
+ [P. D. James](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._D._James "wikipedia:P. D. James"): "[Black Tower](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Tower "wikipedia:The Black Tower")"
+ [Lewis Carroll](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Carroll "wikipedia:Lewis Carroll"): "[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland "wikipedia:Alice's Adventures in Wonderland")"
+ Something by A. C. Gardner without decipherable title - maybe he actually meant [J. C. Gardner](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gardner_(American_writer) "wikipedia:John Gardner (American writer)") or [J. E. Gardner](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gardner_(British_writer) "wikipedia:John Gardner (British writer)"), who wrote the *[James Bond](/wiki/James_Bond "James Bond")* continuations
+ "[True Crimes - The Unsolved Cases](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_crime "wikipedia:True crime")"
+ "Dangerous Company"
+ "Mystery From Overseas - Deadly Conference"
+ Sam Andrews: "Alibi"
+ Something by Tsuzuki Michio (known for *[Black Tight Killers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Tight_Killers "wikipedia:Black Tight Killers")*, besides other stories)
+ [Robert Louis Stevenson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Louis_Stevenson "wikipedia:Robert Louis Stevenson"): "[Dr. JIKIL and HIDE](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Case_of_Dr_Jekyll_and_Mr_Hyde "wikipedia:Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde")"(sic)
+ "The Corpse[Concealed]"
+ "Case[Concealed]"
+ "Gordon: Short Stories"
+ [Lyman Frank Baum](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Frank_Baum "wikipedia:L. Frank Baum"): "(The) [Road to Oz](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_to_Oz "wikipedia:The Road to Oz")"
+ [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama"): "[Magic Kaito Volume 1](/wiki/Magic_Kaito_Volume_1 "Magic Kaito Volume 1")"
## Adaptations[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Great_Detective_Turned_Small&action=edit&section=17 "Edit section: Adaptations")]
Main article: [Anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime")
* **[Anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime") Episode 2:** [Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case](/wiki/Company_President%27s_Daughter_Kidnapping_Case "Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case")
* **[TV Special](/wiki/TV_Specials#Detective_Conan "TV Specials") 6:** [Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small](/wiki/Episode_One:_The_Great_Detective_Turned_Small "Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small")