Usagi vs. Rei: Nightmare in Dream Land

Template:Infobox anime“Usagi vs. Rei: Nightmare in Dream Land” is the 11th episode of the first season of the anime, and the 11th episode overall. It first aired in Japan on May 23, 1992. The DiC English dub title for this episode is "Nightmare in Dreamland", and it first aired in North America on September 20, 1995.

Summary

The Sailor Guardians go to the Dream Land amusement park, where visitors have reportedly gone missing. The team splits into two groups: Usagi and Rei and Ami and Luna. But, much to Rei's frustration, Usagi is more focused on playing than finding the missing people.

Plot

Usagi and Rei are often getting into arguments. They, along with Ami, decide to go to the Dream Land amusement park, but it appears that people are disappearing from it. They suspect the Dark Kingdom is behind it.

Sure enough, Jadeite is the one behind it, setting up a trap for the Sailor Guardians. Queen Beryl is angry that there are now three Sailor Senshi fighting against them, and threatens to severely punish Jadeite if he fails with this plan. She has also told Jadeite that if destroying the Sailor Guardians is too much for him, she can give Jadeite's job to someone else. Jadeite is disguised as a worker at Dream Land.

Usagi goes on the merry go round while she, Ami, Rei, and Luna are investigating Dream Land. They see a mechanical lion remote-controlled by the Dream Princess. Rei gets weird vibes from the Dream Princess. They decide to split up. Ami partners up with Luna, while Usagi and Rei are stuck with each other. Once left alone, they only get into more arguments. The begin fighting over whether a little boy should ride a remote-controlled bear (nearly tearing him to pieces in the process, until his mother stops them).

While riding on a train, Usagi and Rei see Mamoru, who calls Usagi "Bunhead" again, and Rei says that is the perfect name for her. Ami and Luna are at a party at the Dream Factory, where the Dream Princess who was summoned by Jadeite — uses her breath to put them all to sleep, and drains their energy through an apple. Usagi and Rei transform into Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars and enter the Dream Factory, where they confront the Dream Princess. She transports them to a dream world, where she gives Sailor Moon a wreath, but Sailor Mars takes it at the last second (just as Dream Princess is about to put it on Sailor Moon's head) and it turns into a snake, which bites Sailor Mars, starting to turn her to stone, but with by using Akuryo Taisan, she is able to stops the attack.

The Dream Princess transforms into her true form, a youma named Murido. She puts them in another dream where they are on a merry-go-round with Tuxedo Mask, and plans to put the apple curse on them as they are off-guard, but the real Tuxedo Kamen appears and knocks the apple out of her hand, returning them to the real world. Ami wakes up and transforms into Sailor Mercury. She uses Bubble Spray to confuse Murido, and Sailor Mars places a scroll on her face. Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars combine their Moon Tiara Action and Fire Soul attacks to destroy the princess. Jadeite is not pleased with this as now he has to report the princess' destruction to Queen Beryl.

Though they are now able to enjoy Dream Land, Rei starts calling Usagi "Bunhead".

Changes

Changes From the Manga

• This episode is a filler. None of the events took place in the manga.
• Rei/Sailor Mars never had any attraction towards Tuxedo Mask.

Dub Changes

• In the English dub of this episode, the background music used in the scene where the Dream Princess's headless body was spinning around like a music box was "Brahms' Lullaby".

First Appearances

• Characters
• Items
• Transformation phrases
• Attacks

Trivia

• Dreamland appeared for a second time in episode 32.
• This episode included the first of the three instances in which Moon Tiara Action was combined with another Sailor Senshi's attack; the other two instances occurred in episode 21 and episode 24.
• The date on the newspaper article read "5/23/92," which was the same date this episode aired in Japan.
• Wapiko from Goldfish Warning! was visible amidst the children playing with mechanical animals at Dreamland.

Gallery

Usagi becomes irritated by Mamoru and Rei's comments about her hair