"Sakura's Heart-Racing First Date" (さくらのドキドキ初デート, Sakura no Dokidoki Hatsu Dēto?) is the 3rd episode of the first season of Cardcaptor Sakura (anime). The Cardcaptors title for this episode is "Allies".
Summary[]
Sakura is happy to be asked out to the aquarium by her crush, her brother's best friend, Yukito. But a strange incident might ruin her perfect afternoon.
Plot[]
Sakura feeling Happy because of the Penguin show.
Sakura Kinomoto's class goes on a school trip to Tomoeda's aquarium. Sakura is thrilled with the penguin live show, but a mysterious whirlpool materializes in the tank and nearly drowns one of the penguins and the trainer. Sakura's brother, Touya, appears, working part-time as a feeder, and dives into the water, freeing the penguin and trainer. At home, Sakura makes pancakes whilst informing Kero of the situation. Kero is more interested in the pancakes but is still puzzled by the event. Touya comes back from work, forcing Kero to flee upstairs. Sakura becomes quite sheepish around Yukito and she asks him if he would like pancakes while he and Touya study. Sakura later delivers pancakes to Touya's room, Yukito claiming he got a feeling she was coming.
Sakura hugs Kero
The lovestruck Sakura goes to her room, where Kero suspects that the Watery card is behind it. After bringing a lovestruck Sakura to her senses, Kero explains about the four elemental cards, and tells Sakura that with the cards she currently has, she will need to come up with a strategy to capture Watery. Sakura contemplates potential plans, pondering how to capture water. After school, Tomoyo gives Sakura a pair of mobile phones developed by her mother's toy company, one for her and one for Kero, Tomoyo possessing a third phone herself. The girls go their separate ways, but Sakura becomes worried that she will fail as a Cardcaptor. She runs into Yukito, who offers to take her to a restaurant as thanks for the pancakes. Sakura thinks of this outing as a date, and returns home overjoyed, contacting Tomoyo with the good news.
The water flooding the aquarium
The next day, Sakura meets Yukito but is shocked when they go to the aquarium. Kero and Tomoyo follow them, intending to find Watery and film Sakura's first date respectively. Sakura is amazed by the aquarium, and Yukito takes her to the building's restaurant, where Touya now works as a waiter. The huge fish tank in the middle of the aquarium suddenly breaks, flooding the aquarium. Sakura is trapped underwater by the Watery, but Yukito finds an axe and breaks down a door, allowing the water to drain from the room and taking Watery with it. Touya rescues Sakura, taking her to the staircase where Tomoyo and Kero are. Kero suggests they capture Watery that night, but when Sakura asks why her friends are in the aquarium, they dodge the question. Yukito apologizes for not being able to get any shaved ice, inspiring Sakura on how to capture Watery.
Sakura after she captured THE WATERY card
That night, Sakura, Tomoyo, and Kero sneak into the aquarium. Sakura and Kero lure out Watery, and with Sakura's use of the Fly card, lead it down to the aquarium's freezer, where it is trapped with Windy and frozen solid. Sakura successfully captures Watery and is grateful to Yukito.
In the Cardcaptors dub, the plot about Sakura going on a date with Yukito is altered, with the two of them meeting by coincidence at the aquarium. Sakura's plan to capture Watery (referred to as "Water" in the dub) is trickier, Kero telling her she must create a combination with two cards to successfully capture Watery, although this plot point is not carried over in Sakura's eventual battle with the Earthy card.
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Quotes[]
- Sakura (After Touya ate her pancake)
You're so mean!
- (Starts hitting Touya)
You ate without asking! Those were the hot cakes I bought with my allowance!
- Kero
Come to think, you're right. There's no way you would drown, Sakura. You don't have much beyond your athletic abilities.
- Sakura
What do you mean, not much else? I won't give you hot cakes anymore, then!
- Kero (About Sakura and Yukito)
What, they're not even holding hands? Kids nowadays...
- Kid
Mr. Plush Toy!
- Kero
Young one...You'll get hurt if you mess with me.
- Kero
It's hard to capture things with no solid shape, like water. Watery is one of the higher magic spells Clow Cards too. The four basic elements of Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind are rather difficult to use. Furthermore, Watery is an offensive card, so it's got quite a temper.
- Kero
Someone almost drowned? Was it you, Sakura!?
- Sakura
No, Kero. You weren't really listening to me were you?
Trivia[]
Difference between the manga and anime[]
- The Watery attacks during the penguin show at Tomoeda Aquarium instead of Tomoeda Elementary's swimming pool.
- Sakura doesn't have a date in the manga.
Difference between Cardcaptor Sakura and Cardcaptors[]
- In Cardcaptor Sakura, during the scene Sakura and Kero were eating pancakes together, Kero was paying attention to Sakura describing what happened at the aquarium. In Cardcaptors, however, not so much.
- In Cardcaptor Sakura, after Touya/Tori takes a bite out of one of Sakura's pancakes and Sakura gets mad about it, we see a scene with Yukito showing up and they have a pleasant conversation, with Sakura swooning over him. She comes back to her room in her infatuation. In Cardcaptors, however, as soon as Sakura got mad at Tori for eating her pancakes, the scene cut off to a commercial break, and when the commercial break ended, jumped right into Sakura talking with Kero about the Clow Cards.
- In Cardcaptor Sakura, Sakura and Yukito went out on a date to the aquarium, where he intended to buy her a shaved ice cone in return for the pancake. In Cardcaptors, Sakura was going to the aquarium to investigate the water card, finds out that "Julian" was going there too, and they decide to get some ice cream.
- Cardcaptors added in flashbacks to Sakura obtaining the Windy card for the first time, and the times she captured the Fly and Shadow cards.
- In Cardcaptors, Kero was trying to test Sakura by telling her that she needs to use a combination of two of her first three cards, Windy, Fly, and Shadow, to capture the Water card. In Cardcaptors Sakura, she only had those options because they were the only cards that she had at that point.
"Leave it to Kero-chan!" Segment[]
The following costume was featured.
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