Season 1 Episode Summaries
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Usagi Tsukino is a typical underachieving teenager who likes to eat junk food, play video games and goof off. This all changes when she meets Luna, a talking cat with a mysterious cresent moon on her forehead. Luna gives Usagi a magical broach and reveals that Usagi is really the chosen warrior, Sailor Moon! In her first battle with a monster, Sailor Moon becomes scared and turns to run away, but the mysterious Tuxedo Mask arrives and tells her to trust her abilities and fight. With that encouragement, Sailor Moon manages to defeat the monster and save the day!
Notes: First use of "Moon Prism Power Makeup" and the "Moon Tiara Action" attack
EPISODE 2: Punish Them! The House of Fortune is the Monster Mansion
Fortune tellers are the new craze. When Umino reveals to Naru that he has a crush on Usagi, she tells him to seek the advice of a fortune teller. Unfortunately, the fortune teller is really a monster who possesses Umino and turns him into a rowdy teen. Jadeite collects the energy from all of the rebellious youths that the monster has possessed. Sailor Moon discovers the plan and vaporizes the monster fortune teller with her tiara.
EPISODE 3: Mysterious Sleeping Illness, Protect the Girls' Hearts in Love
Jadeite hosts a radio talk show called "The Love Line." People who write in with their love letters receive a flower that sucks energy from them. Usagi investigates the station and uses the Luna pen to transform herself into a beautiful announcer. She discovers the dupe and returns everyone to normal.
Notes: First use of the Luna Pen and its disguise power.
EPISODE 4: Usagi Will Teach You How to Lose Weight!
Usagi gains a couple of pounds and starts to obsess about her weight. Jadeite starts a health club to drain energy out of people. Usagi and her friends sign up after seeing how much weight Ms. Haruna has lost. Usagi discovers the tanks in the basement which are sucking the life energy out of her friends. She transforms into Sailor Moon and foils Jadeite's plan.
EPISODE 5: A Monster's Scent! Chanela Steals Love
Usagi tries to get Luna accepted into her family as a pet, but Shingo objects because he is deathly afraid of cats. Instead, he goes to the pet store and gets a Chanela, a furry animal with a bewitching scent. The shop is really an operation of the Dark Kingdom, who is using the animals to drain energy from their owners. Sailor Moon discovers this and goes to the shop to battle the monster and heal the possessed children. Shingo finally agrees to be nice to Luna at Sailor Moon's behest.
Notes: First use of the "Moon Tiara Stardust" attack
EPISODE 6: Protect The Melody of Love! Usagi is a Cupid
Jadeite's new plan is to collect energy from people by using subliminal music. A young musician named Yusuke accidently gets one of the tapes and is chased by a monster who wants it back. He runs into Usagi as she's on the way to the arcade. Usagi senses something fishy with the whole affair and disguises herself as a rocker and enters the club where Yusuke is playing. She then follows Yusuke to a recording studio where the monster attacks with a powerful sound wave. Sailor Moon manages to destroy both the tape and the monster.
EPISODE 7: Usagi Learns a Lesson! The Road to Stardom is Tough
Usagi and Naru get the idea that they can become superstars after seeing a poster for the idol singer Mikan. They try to rehearse together, but they end up fighting and split ways. Usagi tries to make a music video with Luna, and Naru tries to create an act with Umino (whom she dresses up in drag). Meanwhile, Jadeite sends a monster to freeze Mikan and take her place. The fake Mikan leads a crowd of admirers on stage and steals their energy. Sailor Moon challenges the monster, but then gets frozen when she tries to run away. Tuxedo Mask shows up just in time and frees her so that she can finally destroy the monster.
EPISODE 8: Is the Genius Girl a Monster? Brainwashing School of Terror
Usagi makes friends with Ami, the smartest girl in school. Usagi and Luna suspect that Ami is a monster after they discover a brain-washing program on a disk that Ami accidently leaves behind when she rushes off to her cram school. Usagi disguises herself as a nurse and barges into the school. The teacher becomes a monster and tries to steal Ami's energy. A symbol starts to glow on Ami's forehead and Luna realizes that Ami is one of the missing Sailor Warriors. Luna gives her a pen and tells her to transform into Sailor Mercury! Together Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury easily defeat the monster and free the possessed students.
Notes: First use of "Mercury Power Makeup" and Mercury's "Bubble Spray" Attack
EPISODE 9: Usagi's Misfortune! Watch Out for the Rushing Clocks
Jadeite sets up a new store that sells enchanted clocks. He collects the energy from people that are rushing around at a frantic pace due to the cursed clocks. Usagi realizes that there is something wrong with the clocks, so she and Ami go to the shop to challenge the monster. The two Sailor Warriors follow the monster into another dimension. Mercury uses her new mini-supercomputer and VR goggles to locate the monster. They both get trapped by the monster, however, until Tuxedo Mask arrives and frees them. Together they defeat the monster and everything returns to normal.
Notes: First use of Mercury's mini computer and VR goggles
EPISODE 10: Cursed Buses! Fire Warrior Mars Appears
Ami and Usagi visit a Shinto shrine and discover that entire buses are vanishing into the sky. Usagi disguises herself as a stewardess and enters a bus, but leaves Ami behind. The bus is transported into another dimension. Shinto priestess Rei suspects that the new helper is the source of the evil. Jadeite then appears and sends her into the other dimension as well. A symbol on Rei's head glows when she is under attack from the monster. Luna realizes that Rei is one of the missing Sailor Warriors and tells her to transform into Sailor Mars! The two Warriors defeat the monster together, but are left trapped in the other dimension until Tuxedo Mask appears driving a bus and takes them home. Rei gets a crush on him.
Notes: First use of "Mars Power Makeup" and Mars' "Fire Soul" attack
