Jewely and Naoko's Birthday Celebration 2014 - Day 11

Episode 45 (Season 1/Sailor Moon Classic)
"Sailor Warriors Die! The Tragic Final Battle" (Dub: There were so many scenes cut from the last 2 episodes that the NA version was able to make just one episode called "Day of Destiny")

Original Air Date: February 20th, 1993 (Dub: November 3rd, 1995)
Cast:
Sailor Moon/Usagi-Kae Araki (Dub: Terri Hawkes)
Sailor Mercury/Ami-Aya Hisakawa (Dub: Karen Bernstein)
Sailor Mars/Rei-Michie Tomizawa (Dub: Katie Griffin)
Sailor Jupiter/Makoto-Emi Shinohara (Dub: Susan Roman)
Sailor Venus/Minako-Rika Fukami (Dub: Stephanie Morgenstern)
Tuxedo Mask/Endymion/Mamoru-Tohru Furuya (Dub: Toby Proctor)
Queen Beryl-Keiko Han (Dub:Naz Edwards)
Luna-Keiko Han (Dub: Jill Frappier)
Artemis-Yasuhiro Takato (Dub: Ron Rubin)
DD Girls-Naoko Nakamura, Asako Satou (Dub: Tracey Hoyt, Mary Long, Tracey Moore,Barbara Radecki, Nadine Rabinovitch)
Mama Ikuko Tsukino-Sanae Takagi (Dub: Barbara Radecki)
Papa Kenji Tsukino-Yuuji Machi (Dub: David Huband)
Shingo Tsukino-Chiyoko Kawashima (Dub: Julie Lemieux)

The episode begins with Usagi cooking for her family. They are all scared to try the meal she made. She insists that it will be delicious, but takes one bite and it's too spicy.

At the Hikawa Shrine, everyone is gathered, ready to leave to face Queen Beryl. Usagi asks Rei if she got to kiss Yuichiro goodbye. This annoys Rei, but opens a discussion about how everyone would like to have a romance when they return. (even Ami)
They all transform into their Sailor forms.The girls join hands and are told to use Sailor Teleport by Luna and Artemis.
They arrive at the cold D-Point, where the Dark Kingdom's hideout is. Sailor Moon is freezing while Sailor Mercury is trying to locate any signs of the hideout.

In front of them, they see Tuxedo Mask hanging, tied up, and asking for help from Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon rushes to save him, but is stopped by the other senshi. They tell her that it could be a trick. Tuxedo Mask then has vines come out of his chest to attack them and they realize it's not him, but a DD girl.
The vision appears again and foolishly starts to rush to his aid again. Sailor Jupiter starts to attack, but the illusion turns into Motoki and she stops. She is then captured by the DD girls.
She tells Sailor Moon and the other senshi to go on and she will deal with them. They don't move, but watch as she attacks the DD girls with "Supreme Thunder". Sailor Moon rushes up to Sailor Jupiter to help her. Jupiter is trapped in ice, powerless. Sailor Moon tells her that she needs to come down while starting to cry. Jupiter tells her that she needs to cheer up. Sailor Moon says that Jupiter lied when she said she would come home and have a romance. She says "the King of Hell will yank out your tongue". Jupiter dies, leaving Sailor Moon screaming that she can't die.

The other senshi try to get Sailor Moon back together. Sailor Moon says they should just give up and go home. Sailor Mercury slaps her across the face and tells her not to let Jupiter die in vain.
The DD girls show up again, and Sailor Mercury sends the other girls ahead since their powers are stronger and they can protect Usagi.
Sailor Mercury sees an illusion of Ryo Urawa, and is a little happy that she gets to see this illusion too. She is then attacked. She counters it with "Shabon Spray" and surrounds herself for protection. She is confronted by one of the DD girls. Sailor Mercury uses her mini computer to smash the crown on the girl's head, which allows her to perform illusions. Sailor Mercury then dies.

Sailor Moon senses Mercury's death and collapses on the ground, crying. Venus and Mars are saddened, but they tell Sailor Moon she can't fall apart when these things happen.
Sailor Venus sees that Sailor Moon is about to be attacked and pushes her out of the way. Venus is grabbed by the DD girls' vines. Sailor Moon says that she will just hand over the Silver Crystal. Sailor Venus shouts that she will never forgive her if she does that. Venus is dragged underground with the enemy. She uses "Crescent Beam" and destroys a DD girl, but she is also killed.

Sailor Moon and Mars are the only ones left. They are approached by the remaining DD girls, and Sailor Mars says it's her turn to face them. Sailor Moon tries to stop her, but Mars tells her that she needs to live so she can face Beryl. Sailor Moon fights 3 of them, only one comes out alive, but drags Mars' battered body up and talks to Sailor Moon. Sailor Mars has not been all the way defeated yet, and grabs the girl's vine arm. The DD girl looks at her in horror, and Mars cries out "Fire Soul" which then destroys her. Sailor Mars lays on the ice, lifeless.

Sailor Moon is not crying this time, she is too sad. 
She is seen crouching on the ground with a broken heart. She then feels the spirits of her comrades telling her to be brave and keep going. Sailor Moon then resolves to not cry anymore and face Queen Beryl with all the strength she has.

I love this episode because it was a new discovery for me when I watched the Japanese version. There is so much emotion between the senshi. It is an episode that truly displays how much Sailor Moon cares about every one of her friends.

Here is a clip from the 1993 "Gaiden Dark Kingdom Fukkatsu Hen" musical where the senshi battle the Dark Kingdom:

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~Jewely

Jewely and Naoko's Birthday Celebration 2014 - Day 5

Episode 149 (Season 4/ Sailor Moon SuperS)
"Mirror of Dreams! Amazon's Final Stage" (Dub: Eternal Dreams)

Original Air Date: October 21st, 1995 (Dub: October 25th, 2000)
Cast:
Sailor Moon/Usagi-Kotono Mitsuishi (Dub: Linda Ballantyne)
Sailor Mercury/Ami-Aya Hisakawa (Dub: Liza Balkan)
Sailor Mars/Rei-Michie Tomizawa (Dub: Katie Griffin)
Sailor Jupiter/Makoto-Emi Shinohara (Dub: Susan Roman)
Sailor Venus/Minako-Rika Fukami (Dub: Emilie Barlow)
Tuxedo Mask/Mamoru-Tohru Furuya (Dub: Vincent Corazza)
Sailor ChibiMoon/ChibiUsa-Kae Araki (Dub: Stephanie "Sugar" Beard)
Mama Ikuko Tsukino-Sanae Takagi (Dub: Barbara Radecki)
Pegasus-Taiki Matsuno (Dub: Robert Bockstael)
Fish Eye-Akira Ishida (Dub:Deborah Drakeford)
Tiger's Eye-Ryoutarou Okiayu (Dub: Jason Barr)
Hawk's Eye-Toshio Furukawa (Dub: Benji Plener)
Zirconia- Hisako Kyouda (Dub: Rowan Tichenor)

Usagi does not know Fish Eye's identing, but has invited him (who is a cross-dresser, so everyone thinks of him as a girl) into her room since she found him out in the rain. While they are talking, Fish Eye figures out that Usagi is Sailor Moon.
Usagi's mother, Ikuko calls upstairs and asks Usagi to run an errand. Usagi excuses herself and says she will return shortly so that her and Fish Eye can talk about Mamoru. (Fish Eye is interested in Mamoru just fyi)
When she leaves, Fish Eye sees ChibiUsa walking upstairs to her room. Curious, he follows her and over hears her talking to Pegasus through the Stallion Reve. He teleports back to Zirconia, Hawk's Eye, and Tiger's Eye and tells them that he's found the person who has Pegasus in their dreams.

Before revealing who the person is, he asks Zirconia if their spell would be made permanent and they would be able to have dreams like normal humans.
Zirconia reaches out his hand attacks Fish Eye. Tiger's Eye begs Zirconia to stop, so he does. He tells them that he's already figured out who Fish Eye was talking about; Usagi. Fish Eye says that he's got it wrong but Zirconia doesn't listen and sends Hawk's Eye to target Usagi.

Tiger's Eye and Fish Eye teleport to follow him.
Zirconia looks up at 4 mysterious girls (the Amazonness Quartet), and tells them that the Amazon Trio is no longer useful to the Dead Moon Circus. PallaPalla releases a blue ball that rolls and teleports after the trio.
Usagi and the girls are looking for Fish Eye (still not knowing who he really is) They decide to split up.
Usagi goes by herself and is approached by Hawk's Eye who hits on her for a moment then reveals his identity. He straps her to the usual platform and summons her dream mirror.
Before he can look into her dreams, Fish Eye and Tiger's Eye appear. Fish Eye tells him to stop cause he's got the wrong person and that she's Sailor Moon.
This makes Hawk's Eye more curious, and he decides to look into her dream mirror. He's stopped by the arrival of PallaPalla's Lemres.
The Lemres inspects the dream mirror and doesn't find Pegasus. He then attacks the trio saying that he is following Zirconia's orders.
He fires a spade energy blast that spins around and shatters Usagi's dream mirror. Usagi is then collapsed on the ground, unconscious.
Fish Eye remembers how Usagi had been so full of dreams and is heartbroken that she has now lost them. The Lemres fires at her but he is too dumbstruck to notice.
Hawk's Eye jumps in front of him and takes the attack right in the chest. He fights back with a fire attack, but it does nothing to the Lemres.

Fish Eye tells Tiger's Eye that they should revive Sailor Moon so she can defeat the Lemres. They use the magic energy orb that had transformed them into humans from animals to repair Usagi's dream mirror. Fish Eye teleports ChibiUsa to them.

Tiger's Eye attacks the Lemres with his whip while Fish Eye tells Usagi and ChibiUsa to transform. They transform as the magic orb shatters. Fish Eye and Tiger's Eye collapse and Usagi realizes that Fish Eye is the "girl" she had up in her room.

Super Sailor ChibiMoon summons Pegasus with "Twinkle Yell" then Sailor Moon attacks with "Moon Gorgeous Meditation"
Super Sailor Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus arrive as the trio revert back to being animals.

Pegasus uses his magic to transform them back into human and creates them their own dream mirrors. They awaken and realize they can now have real dreams. They then transform into balls of light and fly away with Pegasus who tells the senshi not to worry about them.

Pegasus leads the trio to a mysterious crystal forest and tells them that they can live there. He hopes that soon life will return to the forest.

I love this episode because it reminds me of how important it is to have dreams. Never stop dreaming, no matter what your circumstances are.

I couldn't find any good clips from this episode to post here. : ( But I did find the awesome song that the Amazon Trio sings in the SuperS musical:

xoxo
~Jewely