Jewely and Naoko's Birthday Celebration 2014 - Day 3

Episode 78 (Season 2/Sailor Moon R)
"Venus Minako's Nurse Mayhem" (Dub: "No Thanks, Nurse Venus!")

Original Air Date: December 18th, 1993 (Dub: December 7th, 1998)
Cast:
Sailor Moon/Usagi-Kotono Mitsuishi (Dub: Terri Hawkes)
Sailor Mercury/Ami-Aya Hisakawa (Dub: Karen Bernstein)
Sailor Mars/Rei-Michie Tomizawa (Dub: Emilie Barlow)
Sailor Jupiter/Makoto-Emi Shinohara (Dub: Susan Roman)
Sailor Venus/Minako-Rika Fukami (Dub: Stephanie Morgenstern)
Tuxedo Mask/Mamoru-Tohru Furuya (Dub:Toby Proctor)
ChibiUsa-Kae Araki (Dub: Tracey Hoyt)
Luna-Keiko Han (Dub:Jill Frappier)
Artemis-Yasuhiro Takato (Dub:Ron Rubin)
Mama Ikuko Tsukino-Sanae Takagi (Dub: Barbara Radecki)
Papa Kenji Tsukino-Yuuji Machi (Dub: David Huband)
Shingo Tsukino-Chiyoko Kawashima (Dub: Julie Lemieux)
Esmeraude-Mami Koyama (Dub:Kirsten Bishop)
Droid Pharmakon-Yuka Ohno (Dub: Loretta Jafelice)

Rei is sick and talking to Makoto on the phone. Makoto and Ami are also sick and Minako had come over to look after them. Unfortunately, she ended up destroying their rooms and making them feel worse.

When Minako arrives at Rei's, she makes her some soup, but when Rei tries it, it is way too spicy.

Minako then goes to change her sheets but spills the soup all over Rei. She tries to put some music on for Rei, but the stereo blares out heavy metal. Minako tries to turn the volume down by pressing all the buttons, causing the stereo to explode. Rei kicks her out.

At Usagi's house, Usagi's whole family, minus ChibiUsa, has the flu. ChibiUsa tries to help out with the laundry, but it doesn't go too well for her. Minako arrives and promises to help with the household duties. ChibiUsa becomes her assistant and they both start to make Usagi feel worse by messing up her house, breaking her bedroom window, etc..

Usagi asks Minako why she wants to help her so much. Minako responds by saying that Usagi always makes everyone smile, and no it's her turn to make Usagi smile. This cheers Usagi up.

Minako and ChibiUsa then leave to pick up medicine for the family.

When they arrive at the hospital, they can't find anyone on staff. ChibiUsa goes down a hallway and finds Esmeraude with her droid in human form talking about their plan to infect everyone in Tokyo with the flu. When they see ChibiUsa, they move to inject her but ChibiUsa begins to scream. Her screaming activates her Moon Beam which calls out to the Sailor senshi. They all get out of bed to come to her rescue.

Minako transforms into Sailor Venus and attacks the enemy with "Crescent Beam" and "Venus Love-Me Chain" but ends up trapped by needles and projectiles.

Fortunately for her and ChibiUsa, the Sailor senshi arrive. Sailor Mercury uses "Shabon Spray" which makes a fog to confuse the Droid. Sailor Mars attacks with "Burning Mandala" then tells Sailor Moon to finish it off.

Sailor Moon is still weak from the flu and collapses. Tuxedo Mask arrives and tells her that he believes in her. Hearing his words of encouragement, Sailor Moon rises and attacks with "Moon Princess Halation". This destroys the Droid and disintegrates the Dark Wedge.

Later that week, while everyone else recovers from the flu, Minako and Artemis catch it. Usagi offers the same quality services as Minako did, probably even worse than Minako's quality. Minako smiles and appreciates Usagi's help no matter how bad it is.

I love this episode because I identify with Minako's desire to help. I'm not always good at what I do, but I do it with the best intentions.

A performance of "Romance" by Minako, Usagi and Ami:

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~Jewely