B               <<< SPCVXA::DUA2:[NOTES$LIBRARY]X-ANIME-L.NOTE;1 >>>0                                  -< X-Anime-L >-P ================================================================================P Note 20.55          Anime-L Postings for 02/18/90 - 02/24/90            55 of 65P SPCVXA::ANIMEL "USENET News System <news@uvaarpa." 2249 lines  20-FEB-1990 10:557                           -< Synopsis for Dirty Pair >- P -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Path: uvaarpa!haven!wam!highway ( From: highway@wam.umd.edu (Tze-Chang Wu) Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime  Subject: Synopsis for Dirty Pair Summary: It's Not Our Fault!!!0 Message-ID: <1990Feb19.211918.24054@wam.umd.edu> Date: 19 Feb 90 21:19:18 GMT+ Sender: usenet@wam.umd.edu (USENET Posting) , Reply-To: highway@wam.umd.edu (Tze-Chang Wu)! Organization: 3WA Dispatch Center  Lines: 2237       !                                 #    A Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990 A "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         01 of 43       A =========================== DIRTY PAIR ==========================       8      The year is 2141 AD.  Man has achieved his dream of@ colonizing the stars.  However, the problems that plagued him on9 Earth have followed him there... overpopulation, resource   depletion, and especially crime.   @      With the larger-than-ever population of humanity it is even; more impossible for conventional law enforcement to control  illegal activities.    9      One private agency which has sprung up to supplement 6 conventional law enforcement is the World Welfare Work? Association or WWWA.  Their motto is, "I will solve any problem 	 for you."    8      Their two most famous employees, billed as "trouble> consultants," are named Kei and Yuri.  Although their officialA code name is "Lovely Angel," they are best known, to their dismay 	 as the...       &                             DIRTY PAIR      '                            INTRODUCTION    :      The Dirty Pair, Kei and Yuri - two scantily clad, but> well-armed girls - have been seeking danger and excitement for? over ten years in japanese novels, comics, and currently TV and A movies.  They are best known for the television series that aired ; in Japan during 1985 and 1986, the motion pictures and most A recently, the numerous original animation videos.  The history of 6 the characters date back much further to author Haruka? Takachiho's college days - and to a female wrestling team known  as the Beauty Pair.    >      The Dirty Pair first appeared as a series of stories that? ran in SF Magazine in Japan.  The stories later became a series A of novels released by two different publishers, demonstrating the ? popularity of the stories.  In 1984, Sunrise decided to animate ? the characters in a television series to be aired in 1985.  The @ Dirty Pair was the second project of Takachiho to be animated by) Sunrise, Inc.  The first was Crusher Joe.          A Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990 A "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         02 of 43       >      Takachiho was allowed to choose the animators for Crusher? Joe as he retained rights and control on the project.  However, < as he sold the right to Dirty Pair, he chose not to watch as? carefully over the production.  Complete control for Dirty Pair ? was given to Sunrise because as a weekly television show, there 8 was no way for one person to oversee the entire project.   :      Because of this there were bound to be changes in theA original story line of the books.  For example, in the Dirty Pair : stories Mughi is the last survivor of a planet of vicious,: predatory and very intelligent cat-like creatures that are@ capable of controlling magnetic waves with feeler-like antennae.< In the TV episodes, Mug(h)i (Military Utility Genetic Higher= Intelligence) became a creature specifically designed for the : Pair... although he didn't turn out quite as his designers? intended.  Mug(h)i becomes a comical, oversized caricature that & retains intelligence but is cute, too.   <      A more noticeable change is in the attitude of the Pair? towards the destruction that seems an inseparable part of their < nature.  In The Great Adventures of the Dirty Pair (KodanshaA English Library) Kei and Yuri don't seem to lose a moment's sleep > over dropping a space station on a populated area, but they goA into fits over messed hair and broken nails.  Quite a change from : the cute-but-still-accident-prone Pair in the TV episodes.   @      Contrary to popular belief, the Pair appeared in print long9 before the Crusher Joe movie, where they made their first = animated appearance.  It is also interesting to note that the A relationship between the Dirty Pair and Crusher Joe isn't limited > to existence in the same universe.  In another Takachiho novelA Crusher Joe's father, Dan, and Crusher Joe's partner (then a much A younger) Tallos team up with the Pair.  Tallos eventually marries < Kei and it is implied that Yuri may be Crusher Joe's mother.   @      Whatever the relationship, the Dirty Pair remain two of the> most popular characters in Japanese animation and it is likely: that they will continue to appear in some form or another.                              A Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990 A "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         03 of 43       A =================== DIRTY PAIR BIO-BACKGROUNDS ==================       &                             STATISTICS   #                                YURI    -           Planet of Birth     :         Yocha 6           Date of Birth       :         March 18, 21226           Age                 :         19 Earth years.           Height              :         168 cm-           Weight              :         55 kg =           Measurements        :         84 cm | 56 cm | 90 cm -           Hair                :         Black -           Eyes                :         Hazel +           Blood Type          :         A + @           Education           :         Planet Mezuil University4           Code Name           :         Lovely Angel,           Code Number         :         234K.           Civil Service #     :         101161      <      Yuri is the least outward of the Dirty Pair, though she> still is enraged when referred to by that name.  Yuri displays= more girlish attitudes than Kei, wearing dresses and spending - more time with her make-up and beauty creams.    ;      Yuri is a crack shot and also quite skilled in unarmed  combat.    @      Yuri is not seen dating as much as Kei, though she did have* a childhood sweetheart, named Billy Galet.   =      Yuri frequently reads the gossip magazines, and shares a ! different taste in much than Kei.    )      Yuri's favorite color is lime green.                                  A Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990 A "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         04 of 43       "                                KEI   -           Planet of Birth     :         Niogi 9           Date of Birth       :         November 27, 2122 6           Age                 :         19 Earth years.           Height              :         171 cm-           Weight              :         57 kg =           Measurements        :         85 cm | 57 cm | 91 cm +           Hair                :         Red -           Eyes                :         Brown +           Blood Type          :         A + @           Education           :         Planet Mezuil University4           Code Name           :         Lovely Angel,           Code Number         :         234K.           Civil Service #     :         101761      >      Kei is the more outward of the Dirty Pair.  Her fiery red@ hair matches her temper and woe betide the person whom faces her< wrath.  She is highly motivated and will often move forward,) sometimes regardless of the consequences.    ;      Kei is an expert shot and is highly skilled in unarmed  combat.    @      Kei apparently dates a number of men.  However, despite her4 evident charms, she has not managed to gain a steady
 relationship.=  =%      Kei favorite food is cheesecake.=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =  =     e  .           m     t  sA Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990TA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         05 of 43       A ==================== DIRTY PAIR EPISODE GUIDE ===================-  -&                             EPISODE #15              "We'll Teach You How to Kill a Computer"h  @?      Welcome to Damocles Tower, a sprawling, sparkling buildingS3 that is home sweet home to over five thousand happy!< resident...not the least of who are two certain female World3 Welfare Work Association (3WA) Trouble Consultants.T  s@      When "Brian," the tower's master computer, goes berserk theA Dirty Pair are called upon to put things right (although at first @ they are thought to be pro wrestlers!).  The girls soon devise a= plan to warp a shuttlecraft into the computer's brain housing ? from a space terminal orbiting above using their space cruiser, > the Lovely Angel, as a decoy.  This, thankfully, works but not( without the expected unexpected results.  g&                             EPISODE #23                "Do Lovely Angels Like Chest Hairs?"p  l>      After a brief series of incidents the owner of a fleet of@ star liners enlists the aid of the 3WA when his newest ship, the< Tenian, is threatened with destruction on its maiden flight.8 Suspecting a rival company the Dirty Pair are sent in as9 "bodyguards" for the liner and soon find themselves in anlA unwanted (although temporary) partnership with another agent, Mr. 
 Nova Greb.  o:      Fortunately the culprits are swiftly weeded out and a; bombing attempt is thwarted... but not before the  Tenian'sh7 automatic control system is disrupted.  Yuri, using herk> navigation skills, lands the liner in relative safety with the aid of Greb.  R&                             EPISODE #39          "Don't Fall in Love... Love is Russian Roulette"n  y=      Kei and Yuri take a working vacation to a popular resorti< planet to repossess a stolen gem from the keep of a big-time? syndicate crime lord known as King.  After landing King.  In aneA attempt to lure his interest, Yuri throws a high-stakes card games= in his favor and loses 30,000 of 3WA's credits in a matter ofT; moments.  Unfortunately Yuri's plan doesn't work.  It does,o@ however, attract a mysterious and handsome man named Sydney, who@ helps the two past King's security system.  After much commotion: they get away with the gem and soon discover Sydney's true colors.tA Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990uA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         06 of 43S  i&                             EPISODE #48          "Pursuit Has the Smell of Cheesecake and Death"  w?      Guillaume de Malatesta XIII is a cat, a pedigreed Persian.c< This feline is the subject of a highly successful top-secret7 government experiment involving heightened strength ando@ perception, and has an almost unnatural appetite for cheesecake.= As out story opens the creature has just escaped from its labr6 holding cell.  A fat reward is offered for its return.  w>      Enter Kei and Yuri.  Enter the syndicate.  Finally, enter= Ran and Jerry, known as "The Elegance," two classy pro femaley8 wrestlers who presumably moonlight for the government on> occasion.  A hectic scramble ensues as they all search for the spoiled super-cat.  u&                             EPISODE #5-                      "Cleardos Dokkun Dokkun"r?   (Dokkun dokkun is the Japanese sound effect for a heartbeat.)o   =      With the Lovely Angel unavailable, the Pair are flying aa@ rental craft when they receive a sudden communication announcing@ their "execution."  The ship is thrown about by a powerful force< and a large unknown object is glimpsed.  After this rattlingA incident, the girls fly on to the planet Popos to wind down.  Butg; it proves to be far from relaxing when they are attacked byu? flying battle mecha.  The two manage to escape and fly off into = space in the rented ship.  They encounter the strange unknowne@ force again and the large object is revealed as a gigantic space? fortress.  The brain behind all this is the unseen Dr. CleardosK@ -- an ex-convict taken into custody in a previous criminal case.A Apparently freed, the doctor wants to take revenge upon the Dirtye Pair.a  b=      Entering the huge station, Kei and Yuri booby-trap Nanmo-: with a self-destructing device and aim him for the central> computer system of the fortress.  The resulting blast destroys6 much of the station and takes the lives of all inside.   &                             EPISODE #60                  "Lot of Danger, Lot of Dummies"   ;      The Lovely Angel is now back in action and the Pair isr> recruited to convey a prism crystal to its proper destination.@ Things become difficult as a group of space pirates known as the= Devil Syndicate want to get their hands on the prism as well.C  h  J  sA Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990 A "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         07 of 43   e   <      Kei and Yuri run into the cutthroats and are shocked to> discover that their leader, the roguish Kaiya, is one of Kei'sA old boyfriends.  After a lot of space battle action the gals giveu= the pirates what they want...sort of.  The container box that=> that held the prism is sent to the Devil fleet but the crystal? has been removed and stored by the Pair.  In its place the gals < left a nicely sized explosive.  This little surprise package wipes out the fleet.  t4      Things get tense again near the end, as a small< misunderstanding between the Pair, the owner of the gem, and? Gooley results in the impression that the prism was left insidek< the box with the bomb!  Fortunately, things work out for the best.    &                             EPISODE #7:        "Love is Everything, Betting Their Lives on Escape"  o>      An impressive wedding ceremony is underway as Crikey, the@ teenage son of resort magnate Gold Jeff, is led against his will; to the alter by seven future brides (all hand-picked by his ? father).  The mysterious and beautiful Joanka suddenly makes an = appearance and kidnaps the lad.  Upon receiving a ransom Gold > Jeff calls 3WA.  All is not as it seems, for Crikey and Joanka@ are in love and are actually plotting to revenge themselves upon@ Crikey's scheming, dictorial father by bilking him of a few cool@ billions.  In the meantime (in a decidedly odd story twist), the= young lovers win an all expensive-paid vacation to "fabulous"o: Grebus Island for being the umpteenth customers to enter a< fast-food restaurant.  They determines to makes Grebus their pickup site.   @      Enter Kei and Yuri, whom have been hired to make the ransom? drop.  However, Gold Jeff has secretly installed a mind control > device in the handle of the money case, which forces Joanka toA proclaim that she only used Crikey to get the dough and has never = truly cared for him.  Fortunately, true love gives Joanka the A strength to overcome the device's control and she flings away the = case, money and all, and thus forces Gold Jeff's hand.  It is < revealed that Gold Jeff has known about the young couple all= along and objects deeply to their relationship on the groundsc= that Joanka in his former employee and was once (he claims) a @ man.  There is a brief skirmish, and Gold Jeff make off with the star-crossed lovers.        d  tA Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990mA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         08 of 43       A      The Pair, seeing Gold Jeff for the man he is, are furious atK? having been used and decide to come to the couple's aid.  Alas,t< they arrive at Gold Jeff's base too late to save Joanka from> being launched in a rocket on a fifty-year course through deep@ space.  At sublight speeds, only a year or so will pass for her,A but Crikey will grow old and grey...   The girls have no recoursen= other than to assist Crikey to takeoff after his beloved in as= similar vessel.  Filled with remorse for his wicked deeds and < with the love of his son Gold Jeff breaks loose from the 3WAA agents' grasp and launches himself after Crikey and Joanka in yet ? another projectile, leave poor Kei and Yuri to wonder about the" meaning of it all.   &                             EPISODE #86            "Gotta Do It!  Love is a Woman's Detonator"   A      Yuri receives a message from her childhood sweetheart, Billyc? Galet.  It seems Billy is being held captive in a remote prisonrA complex, Poison Building, and forced to work on a secret project. + Kei and Yuri prepare to come to the rescue.t   <      The Pair sneak into the prison and launch a devastating? guerrilla attack.  Kei plants explosive charges and prepares ane= escape vessel for the prisoners and Yuri sets out to free the / prisoners -- all the while searching for Billy.t   9      Kei finds out that poor Billy has long been dead anda> mercifully tells Yuri that Billy got away on the escape vesselA saying that he would come back for her sometime on a future date.l7 The Pair stay behind to deal with the remaining forces.h  x&                             EPISODE #9<       "Hire Us!  It's Better to Get Good-Looking Bodyguards"  L@      The planet Plastone is a world combining current technology@ with the lifestyle of the Old West.  Plastone's criminal element= is confused as two rival syndicates are fighting for control. , The Pair are sent in to destroy both groups.  e>      Disgusting themselves as competing gunfighters (Kei wears< the traditional cowboy outfit, while Yuri goes for the Clint= Eastwood look) the gals split up and join the two syndicates.t  c  r        f   A Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990 A "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         09 of 43k  a@      The Pair succeed in their mission by destroying a large ore< deposit that could have ensured the superiority of the group2 possessing it.  As per Dirty Pair custom, a slightA underestimation is made:  in the resulting chain reaction, planet 8 Plastone is reduced to rubble!  Fortunately, most of theA population gets away, sparing the Pair from a charge of genocide.e  t&                            EPISODE #103               "What!  We're the Brutal Kidnappers?"0  f@      Assassins have targeted young Prince Heace of planet Caspia@ for death.  Gifted with the incredible IQ of 250, young Heace is> destined to be future ruler of Caspia...provided the assassins= fail in their plans.  Kei and Yuri are assigned to escort ando protect him.  '>      As events progress the Pair flee into the desert with theA prince and there discover that they've lost their earrings, which A prevents them from contacting Mughi and Nanmo abord Lovely Angel. A Battles break out between the three, the police, an assassin, andi& some of the prince's subjects.   Whew!  e>      By the time it's over, all involved except the prince are@ tossed into the prison.  The Pair are accused of his kidnapping!A -- but they have by now recovered their earrings and as they beep./ and flash, the Lovely Angel hovers overhead....d  o&                            EPISODE #116             "Ho Ho Ho, Dresses and Men are Better New"  nA      Things go badly for the Pair in this episode.  It starts oute@ well as they finally get some vacation time and a chance to date? some neglected boyfriends.  However, it seems that all the boyse9 have previous obligations!  They decide to spend the time > together visiting a pleasant shopping mall, but there they areA mistaken for two criminals-at-large by the police!  They Pair endb# up running into the criminal later.l  a>      To make matters worse, a bunch of little kids are amusing> themselves by playing around Lovely Angel.  Chased by the copsA the Pair are forced to take the children inside.  Of course, they @ are charged with kidnapping...not to mention that the kids drive Kei and Yuri crazy.d  .  u     p  e  oA Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990hA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         10 of 43   p  T@      After all is settled the girls blast off to a homely little9 world where, via a short short note and personal photo, ah> handsome young named Francis has invited them to a party.  But@ when the Pair arrive, all dressed up, what they find waiting for? them is Gooley and a bunch of old fogeys.  They girls have beent@ tricked into attending a dull dinner for Gooley's birthday!  The? photo of "Francis," incidentally, is a shapshot of Gooley taken  in college.s   &                            EPISODE #12<       "The Little Dictator!  The Curse of the Touchy Secret"   A      A genetically mutated mouse name Algernon is the newest formm= of security system developed by 3WA scientists.  Possessed ofa< increased intelligence and the ability to speak, this little8 fellow has unfortunately escaped and must be recaptured.   ?      Algernon and his love, Chitchi have made other plans.  Them? two plan galactic conquest using the 3WA building as their base ? of operations.  Aided by millions of their fellow rodents, they = seem unstoppable and all Kei and Yuri can say is, "Aw, rats!"t  c>      Fortunately, the scientists develop a chemical to reverse: the development of the rodents' intelligence.  It works on; Chitchi.  Algernon, crushed by his loss, commits suicide bya* jumping from the window of an upper floor.  l&                            EPISODE #13:        "What's This?  Our Fair Sin is Getting Dolon Dolon"%                              [slimey]e  x>      Last episode involved ridding the city of small problems;8 this episode involves things much bigger.  Huge monsters< resembling slugs have invaded the city sewer systems and are4 munching on various things, including sewer workers.  s=      The Pair are assigned to handle the problem, much to thet> delight of the Damocles Tower superintendent.  This fellow has= carried a strong grudge against the girls since they bent his = building back in Episode 1.  Now he would like nothing better A than for Kei and Yuri to meet their premature end.  After severalt@ unsuccessful solutions the Pair decide to put the creatures intoA deep freeze.  Despite the appearance of the enormous Mother Slug,k this is accomplished.e  v     a  mA Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990nA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         11 of 43n  r  y&                            EPISODE #14?   "The Vault or the Election?  The Convention Hides the Killer"d  o@      The mysterious Pandora Vault, located inside 3WA HQ, is the6 next hit planned for Phil, an expert vault breaker.  A> transvestite, Phil enters the vault by disguising himself as a female employee.  p=      The Pair are aware of his plans and arrive on the scene.k< Kei, trapping Phil inside the vault, is unfortunately lockedA inside with him.  The two learn firsthand why the vault is calledc: Pandora:  as its computer-controlled defense system senses? intruders, the air is pumped full of hallucinogens!  Meanwhile,eA Yuri and Nanmo try to free Kei and Phil and simultaneously defuseh2 a bomb that Phil has placed on Pandora's entrance.  s=      After this trial, Kei and Yuri take their revenge on theb? politician Gilda, who had hired Phil to break into the vault ini an attempt to discredit 3WA.  k&                            EPISODE #15<       "Dig Here Nyan Nyan, The Reward Comes in the Very End"   :        (Nyan nyan is the Japanese sound effect for a cat.)  S7      Kei and Yuri encounter an old man, Joe, an IndianaI< Jones-type adventurer with a taste for roses and garlic.  He> seeks a vast fortune hidden away in an ancient Temple of Doom. The Pair go along on the hunt.  d?      All kinds of traps await them within the place, as well as @ Miss Clementine, who wants to gain the treasure any way she can.  oA      The three find no treasure per se but Joe retrieves some oldy< parchment which was worth a lot more than it appears to.  He@ collects a cool 170 million credits which he chooses not to tellA the Pair about.  Naturally, this ticks them off.  But he makes upr@ for it in the end by sending them a truck filled waist-high with roses.  o      Kei and Yuri are content.     n  s  m  f  t  CA Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990rA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         12 of 43       &                            EPISODE #168           "Leave It to Us!  The WWWA is a Wonderful Job"  f7      Seventeen-year-old Sakurako is head of the Yorozyal= Conglomerate.  Her position can be likened to that of a royalu< princess, since at this time corporations act something like@ monarchies.  The childish Sakurako is targeted for assassination> by a rival corporation.  Enter Kei and Yuri as her bodyguards.  l?      This job proves less than easy.  Sakurako decides she needn? no protection and runs off, leave a big "BYE BYE" note scrawledgA on her mirror.  Kei must take on the role of Sakurako to keep thed8 bad guys from realizing that Sakurako is 1) gone, and 2)3 unprotected.  Yuri goes off in pursuit of the girl.r  m@      Yuri and Sakurako encounter all kinds of villains; snipers,@ fighter planes, motorcycle hoodlums.  Their survival is criticalA -- otherwise Kei will have to assume Sakurako's role for the restT of her life!  e&                            EPISODE #170                  "Come Out, Come Out, Assassin!"  m?      One fearsome, stormy night somewhere in Elenore City a 3WArA agent is murdered in an almost forgotten alleyway.  When his bodyD8 is later found by authorities there is no doubt that hisA executioner was the infamous superspy known as Sanderrick.  It iso> believed that Sanderrick has booked a flight on the star liner= Babel 107, but finding him may prove difficult as none of the < handful of passengers are quite what they seem, Kei and Yuri> notwithstanding.  Kei poses as a nun on sabbatical, while Yuri  goes undercover as a stewardess.  oA      Events move quickly.  One of the passengers seals the ship'sg9 emergency shuttle;  Kei and Yuri discover the flight crews> murdered; and worst of all, the navigational computer has been? rigged to send the ship plunging into a black hole.  To further : complicate matters, the stolen shuttle explodes only a few
 parsecs away.   I  E  0              a   A Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990uA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         13 of 43d  e   &                            EPISODE #18<      "Excuse Us, the Running Trouble, Violent Breakthroughs"  n;      The Pair travel to the planet Slum (no kidding), where'> they're been hired to capture and transport a young confidence; artist named B.J. under protective custody to Slum's police ? headquarters.  While mysteriously being hunted by gangsters andyA police alike, Kei and Yuri discover that the head of the criminals@ organization is none other than the police commissioner himself!  eA      It's a no-holds-barred fight for survival as the Angels mustsA capture they quarry and bring hims in one piece to HQ in time foro the hearing!   A ======================= DIRTY PAIR EXCERPT ======================h  .>      When the infamous Dirty Pair hit these shores in October,4 they'll be looking a little different to anime fans.   A      The mini-series scripted by Toren Smith and Adam Warren, andy> drawn by Adam Warren, will feature brand-new character designs and costumes for Kei and Yuri.   @      "Sunrise was very supportive of our plan to publish a Dirty> Pair comic, but we decided at the last minute that both of our? needs would be better served if Studio Proteus came up with the = original designs," said David Lewis of Studio Proteus.  "AdamT@ Warren came up with several designs based on the descriptions as> given in the original novels, and Takachiho (the writer) chose his favorites."k  h?      The four-issue mini-series will pit the Dirty Pair against.A an unscrupulous manufacturer of biochemical warfare agents, in an < effort to recover the kidnapped computer-encoded personality< construct of the manufacturer's main business rival.  In the@ process, they have to battle genetically-engineered "warbeasts",: military assault androids, and unexpectedly, themselves...  oA      If the mini-series is well received, Warren and Smith intendv< to continue the series.  "I'm looking forward to getting the= Dirty Pair into more trouble than they ever dreamed of," saysl: Adam with a smile.  Publication will be handled by Eclipse0 Comics, once the necessary contracts are signed.  nA =================================================================          A Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990eA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         14 of 43l  n  i&                            EPISODE #19?   "Let Love Dispel the Returned Hatreds and the Hatred of Love"e  dA      As the story opens the Angels complete a successful sabotagedA run on a large munitions plant operated by Gillos, commander of aaA mercenary outfit.  A swift chase culminates in a climactic aerialA< battle.  Gillos' fighter is shot down and the girls' fighter@ engine shorts out during a high dive.  Kei and Yuri escape death= by employing their flight packs but in true Dirty Pair style,s: their plummeting fighter crashes into the dining room of a: seaside manor.  Tragically, one fatality results from this= terrible event -- the girlfriend of the manor's young lord, a = lovely, winsome, granite statue which wore a blonde wig and a @ blue dress.  It seems that Lord Leamon is allergic to real women: and becomes catatonic if even touched, in any way, by one.  i8      At any rate, 3WA soon thereafter sends the girls toA apologize and to offer their services in exchange for the damage.i? Little does anyone know that Gillos has survived the crash.  Hee> stakes out the manor from a battle sub somewhere off shore and slowly moves in...  h&                            EPISODE #20@   "The Pursuit of Blues is the BGM [Background Music] of Murder"  yA      In a dramatic change-of-pace episode, Kei and Yuri voyage tob@ the volcanic planet Saradin to track down a killer known only asA Blues.  They soon meet with resistance in their efforts when theye@ come to blows with a biker gang in a saloon.  At first, it seems@ the Pair is vastly outnumbered... until a mysterious and valiant# stranger comes to their aid, Blues.J  a6      He reluctantly surrenders himself to the two (KeiA handcuffing herself to him) but warns them that he will not leave4? the planet until he has carried out his mission:  to avenge thed7 death of his mother.  Saradin, it seems, is the base ofW> operations of the Colonel Sanders-esque Melpott, known as "The; Ice Cream King," founder and chief executive officer of thel< galaxy's largest premium ice cream factory.  Once a year his> company sponsors a beauty pageant, "The Creamy Gal," to select> its next spokesperson and poster girl.  many years ago, Blues'A mother Jan was a Creamy gal.  While fending off Melpott's amorousl< advances she was "accidentally" hurled into a lake of molten lava.i  e     a  iA Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990fA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         15 of 43A  r  i<      Blues intends the same fate for Melpott.  he intends to@ heave him into the lava lake from the monorail he currently uses; as a publicity tour for the pageant.  On top of this, Blues ? informs the Pair that the indidious Melpott is planning a major ? insurance swindle, plotting to destroy a company-owned hotel by " causing the eruption of a volcano.  o&                            EPISODE #214              "You're Kidding!  463 People Disappear"  e;      The first half of the only two-part show in the series > begins with a mystery.  A passenger star cruiser has landed on> schedule at Elenore City Starport but the control center can't: seem to hail the pilot or crew.  An emergency team sent to@ investigate finds the cruiser completely empty of all passengers= and flight crew;  it was apparently landed by remote control.t> But how?  By whom?  And what happened to all the people?  EddyA Ross, an accident inspector for the travel company that charterede? the cruiser, calls in the Pair to aid his investigation.  Theirr7 efforts are hampered by Eddy's ex-wife, Shannon, who isi; desperately conducting her own search -- one of the missingu; passengers happened to be the Ross' five-year-old daughter! @ Meanwhile, Yuri meets Arthur, the Ross' twelve-year-old son, and? forms a warm, big-sisterly friendship with him.  Kei displays au3 pronounced appetite for cute, innocent, young boys!t   &                            EPISODE #221                 "We Did It!  463 People Reappear"   e:      At last episode's end it was learned that the cruiser< passengers had been taken hostage, for ransom, by Crocker, a? disgruntled ex-business partner of Eddy Ross.  Still unknown isdA how the capture was accomplished and where the passengers are nowe? being held.  Aided by Arthur and Mughi the Pair and Shannon set A out to find the missing.  The first stop is the planet's orbiting ? space station, where Eddy Ross has gone to negotiate the ransom = demands, a meeting which turns out to be nothing more than ani ambush.n   &                            EPISODE #236             "Uncertainty...?  Our Magnificent Revenge"  o6 In a near-catastrophic encounter at a maximum security> condominium the Pair fail in their efforts to trap Mahogany, a= balding, obese narcotics supplier and entrepreneur with heavyC@ underworld connections, who has somehow maintained a clean slate with the authorities.f  dA Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990aA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         16 of 43k  s  o=      Kei and Yuri accidentally become separated after a meleep? with Mahogany's private security force.  Yuri is wounded in herhA right arm, bleed profusely, and quickly loses consciousness.  She > wakes in the care of a handsome blond stranger named Daniel, a? man who has reasons of his own to oppose the infamous Mahogany.   r>      Yuri and Daniel reunite with Kei and set up a scam;  Yuri@ poses as an Asian princess who must sell her estate and holdings< for tax reasons, while Kei reveals herself to be a veritableA master of disguise.  She poses as a bartender, a newscaster and a > stockbroker, all male, in order to convince Mahogany to investA his entire ill-gotten fortune in a fictitious asteroid gold mine.u> This almost works but at the last moment Daniel becomes greedy@ and double-crosses the girls, trying to make off with all of the> money.  He doesn't succeed but even so, Daniel takes it all in stride.d  )&                            EPISODE #24=      "Are You Serious?  The Apartment is a Dangerous Address"c  eA      It's another dark and stormy night as the Dirty Pair pose as ? new tenants in a luxury condominium in order to investigate thet< brutal murders of several female residents.  Things soon get> interesting as, one by one, a group of salesmen show up at the? Lovely Angels' door, peddling their wares... and one of them isr the killer.n  i&                            EPISODE #25(                          (Special Video)9         "What?!  The Boy in the Mansion is a Terminator!"y  i6      Someone is out to ruin the Elenore City Bank (and; secondarily, the economy) by flooding the money supply withe< counterfeit credit bills.  The chief suspect is Jobs Garu, aA retired master forger who now runs an inn on scenic Tamaru IslandY with his wife, Milenu.   @      Gooley is reluctant to assign the Pair to this case but his; right hand man, Calico, intercedes on the girls' behalf andb? persuades him they're the ones for the job.  Gooley relents ands< tries to contact the two but it seems only Kei is available.@ Yuri is out on a particularly unsuccessful date.  Gooley decided2 to provide Kei with a temporary partner -- Calico.  a  i  .      A Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990nA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         17 of 43f  t   A      It turns out that Calico in action is more trigger-happy ande< casually destructive than both Kei and Yuri combined and his? reckless quickly gets him and Kei involved in a fire-fight witht< the island's automated security.  They are soon captured and: immobilized.  Kei learns that the motivation behind Garu's? actions is vengeance;  Garu's son Max died in an accident whiler= being hounded by the bank's overly zealous collection agents.   mA      Meanwhile, Yuri has ditched her beau and returned home wheres> she receives a frantic call from Gooley.  She sets out for the> "odd couple."  Once at the island Yuri has no trouble entering: the inn undetected until she meets up with... Max Garu?  A? scuffle and a few rounds of ammunition prove that her assailanti5 is not a member of the undead, but rather an android.i  l=      After much mayhem the Pair determine that the actions of A Jobs and Milenu Garu against the Elenore City Bank were justifiedr? and that the Garus meant no harm to anyone else.  They persuade @ (read:  blackmail) Calico to allow the elderly couple to escape.  l&                            EPISODE #26(                          (Special Video)?    "Seriously?  The God Cannon is a Beauty's Keyword to Escape"    @      A 3WA weapons research facility has been constructed within9 what is considered a dormant volcano.  While on a routinei> inspection tour of the new mountain institute, Gooley brutally< discovers firsthand that the facility has been seized by the< insanely ambitious security chief Captain Marcus.  Gooley is@ immediately taken prisoner and held for ransom.  The terms:  one> hundred=billion credits in 24 hours or Marcus will kill Gooley7 and wreak untold destruction upon Elenore City with the 1 institute's most terrible weapon, the God Cannon.o  h<      Kei and Yuri learn of this and are ready to dash to theA rescue but shockingly, they find themselves forbidden to take any A action whatsoever!  They protest and threaten action anyway, upone@ which they are stripped of their agent status and their ship andA weapons are confiscated.  With great determination and skill (andiA a certain amount of immodesty on Kei's the institute, find Gooley $ and vanquish the mad Captain Marcus!  o;      Well, not quite.  It seems that in his last moments ofsA consciousness Marcus sealed off all available exits and initiated A the self-destruction of the institute's reactors, which by itselfn: wouldn't have caused that much damage, but... there's this volcano, and...   wA Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990oA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         18 of 43o     rA ======================= DIRTY PAIR UPDATE =======================a  i=      Two fabulous female special agents on a collision coursee@ with adventure and mayhem, that's the Dirty Pair.  A dynamic duo> of capable young women, aptly code-named the Lovely Angels, on; their way to solve your planetary or galactic problems witha irresistible force.e  nA      The Dirty Pair have been on the scene for over ten years andt< have entries in the television, motion picture, and original animation video (OAV) markets   J>      Affair of Nolandia, the Pair's first OAV, was released in> December of 1985.  The video features new character design for> the Pair's spaceship, the Lovely Angel.  The OAV is written by9 original author Haruka Takachiho and incorporates more ofn> Takachiho's original ideas;  the girls' clairvoyant powers andA infamous bloody card (neither of which appeared in the televisiony> series) are a visible feature in the OAV.  Masaharu Okuwaki is the director   :      Unfortunately, Affair of Nolandia received a lukewarm? reception from fans, many of who were dissatisfied with the news@ character designs.  It was not until the release of Project EdenA (also known as the Dirty Pair Movie) that the Dirty Pair achieved   the popularity they enjoy today.  o@      Project Eden, an 80-minute feature from Matsutake Film, was: released in March of 1987.  The film is directed by Koichi> Mashita and features character designs by Tsukasa Dokite.  The, screenplay is written by Hakuhiro Hoshiyama.  a=      Riding on the popularity the Pair has achieved since ther> days of the television series, VAP Video released a ten-volume? OAV series beginning in December of 1987, with one two-episode, > 50-minute installment released each month thereafter.  Tsukasa9 Dokite is once again the character designer, and KatsuakiY Tanidabu is the director.   lA      Bandai has announced plans to release a 60-minute Dirty Pairm? video in January, 1990.  It is said that character designs will  not be changed.    =      Just when you thought it was safe to go back into space.P  l  e  e   A Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990aA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         19 of 43t     b+                     YURI                KEIi   - Planet of Birth :   Yocha               Niogip9   Date of Birth :   March 18, 2122      November 27, 2122t8             Age :   19 (Earth years)    19 (Earth years).          Height :   168 cm              171 cm-          Weight :   55 kg               57 kgn0    Measurements :   84-56-90            85-57-91+            Hair :   Black               Red -            Eyes :   Hazel               Browna+      Blood Type :   A +                 A +n5       Education :   Planet Mezuil       Planet Mezuilm2                     University          University4       Code Name :   Lovely Angel        Lovely Angel,     Code Number :   234K                234K. Civil Service # :   101161              101761  i#                                YURI    :      Like any good team, the Dirty Pair is composed of twoA distinctly different personalities.  Yuri displays a more girlishY; demeanor than the tomboyish Kei, affecting frilly, femininen? attire and an "approachable" attitude.  Surprisingly, she datesb@ less often.  Long ago she had a childhood sweetheart named Billy> galet.  Of the two, Yuri is less outgoing, although she can be= provoked by the name "Dirty Pair" as easily as Kei.  She is a ) crack shot and skilled in unarmed combat.p  s@      Yuri reads gossip magazines frequently.  Her favorite color is lime-green.   "                                KEI  e?      Without doubt, Kei is the more outgoing of the Dirty Pair.w? her fiery red hair matches her temper; she is usually the firsta? to vote for action -- any action -- and has little patience foro) people who aren't as energetic as she is.e  s;      Like Yuri, Kei is an expert shot and highly skilled in < unarmed combat.  Both Kei and Yuri depend on their skills as@ sharpshooters to save the day... sometimes they depend too much,5 using firepower where tactics might perhaps be wiser.p  m=      Kei believes one can never try too hard when it comes too? dating.  her obnoxiousness in pursuit of "handsomes" has landedd? the Pair in hot water more than once.  However, despite a briefe? involvement with the thief Carson D. Carson (Project Eden), sher' has yet to enjoy a steady relationship.gA Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990nA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         20 of 43   (  c&      Kei's favorite food is cheesecake     s*                         Affair of Nolandia/                    Dirty Pair OAV Released 1985l  t>      A sinister, deep voice encourages the young Misuni to use> her power.  As she begins to concentrate, a spacecraft landing8 far away on another planet carrying the fleeing research@ scientist Dr. Hakuji Kishida pitches wildly, trying to match the@ twisting images of runway that Misuni has created with her mind.8 The craft disintegrates on impact into a ball of flaming	 wreckage.e  t@      Aboard their spacecraft Kei and Yuri watch the recording of@ the crash and contemplate the destroyed craft's origin point and? their next place of assignment -- the mining planet Ukball.  As.@ Yuri reaches over to give Kei a hand up from her chair, the Pair: slips into a strange pastoral vision of a blue lake and anA unusual-looking young girl who turns to them as the vision fades.   m@      They regain consciousness and Kei asks, "What was that?"  A/ dumbfounded Yuri replies, "Uh... clairvoyance?"    >      Back on Ukball, Connie Brighton answers her door assuming= that it's Misuni.  As she unbolts the door she is pushed back A across the room and is brutally murdered by a huge man wielding ad large energy weapon.  eA      The Pair has landed the same evening on Ukball, and although @ Kei wants to go out in pursuit of male flesh, their attention is8 drawn by a wailing ambulance.  At the scene Kei and Yuri@ recognize Connie Brighton as the woman they were to meet to take custody of Misuni.  u7      The two are escorted at gun point to the local law : enforcement official, Samara Gallon, who informs them in a? none-too-friendly way that the young girl they seek has earliera> stolen a small spacecraft and escaped to the south side of the@ planet to the only other habitable area on the world, the forest of Nolandia.  t7      The girls follow their lead and upon nearing their = destination lose control of the ship and crash in the forest. < They continue on hover cycles and find the stolen horizontalA take-off plane in a vertical position, as if it were placed there " by a giant hand amongst the trees.  hA Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990WA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         21 of 43G  e  r@      Mughi, the Pair's constant companion, notices a rustling in? the bushes and flushes out a unicorn, which begins to walk back % into the forest as it begins to rain.   s@      Kei has a nightmare vision of an incredible nature in which> reality and illusion are indiscernible.  When she awakens, she@ finds all sorts of strange dead flora and fauna, just as she had8 seen in her vision, and is unsure whom she should trust.  t;      That evening, back aboard the ship, Yuri's analysis oft< collected forest matter samples offers some strange results.> There appears to be the existence of two kinds of mirror-image; matter that should not exist according to modern scientificiA knowledge.  Yuri hypothesizes that some kind of genetic tamperingi has been taking place.   @      The following morning, the duo discovers what appears to be@ evidence of a bloody battle between the strange forest creatures> and men in armored battle suits as witnessed in Kei's previous9 vision.  It appears Misuni had the creatures ward off thed	 invaders.d  g?      They follow the unicorn they had seen before by its bloody A footprints which lead to a strange and ancient set of ruins.  Kei"= and Yuri follow the prints to the edge of a familiar lake and=9 watch as Misuni appears to hug her horned friend and then A vanishes, allowing the injured animal to sink beneath the waters.   h@      The girls then begin to coax Misuni into coming and playing5 with them as they noisily engage in hide and seek and > water-skiing.  In the meantime, Samara Gallon is dispatched to; stop the Pair from making any further progress with Misuni.t  s;      Kei and Yuri finally lure the frightened Misuni out of ? hiding by leaving two lumpy dolls for her to play with.  Misuni @ comes out of hiding and when questioned about going home becomes- enraged and begins to use her psionic powers.e  e>      Misuni is struck down immediately by an energy blast from? above by a small craft carrying Samara Gallon and the bodyguardo> of the mining company executive, Director Olan.  The bodyguard< claims they shot the girl in defense of the Pair and quicklyA retreats back to the city with both Misuni's limp body and Samarak gallon in tow.   ?      The Lovely Angel streaks into the stratosphere, apparentlye5 ending the Pair's involvement in the Nolandia Affair.h  eA Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990nA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         22 of 43   h  o<      Later, Kei and Yuri break through the Director's office7 window, catching Olan and his bodyguard by surprise and1> confronting them with evidence of the two previous murders andA the grotesque genetic manipulation responsible for Misuni and theh+ unnatural creatures in the Nolandia forest.r   @      Samara bursts in at an inopportune moment, allowing Olan toA escape and Jules is shaken off Kei's tail by being pushed out the @ office window, only to show up on her trail after she and Samara< have found Misuni and usurped Olan's power with a minor coup d'etat.,  d@      Yuri chases Olan to the Ukball spaceport where a spacecraft? awaits his timely escape.  Both Kei and Yuri's chases come to a9@ head as Kei finally wipes out the cybernetic bodyguard and Yuri,? with a heavy revenge tack for all the innocents Olan has killed A during her pursuit, blows up his large craft with one well-placed1 rifle blast.  I?      Misuni, discovered alive during the coup, has awakened and ? with the help or her bio-engineered friends makes quick work ofo? the large mining city as the girls streak skyward pondering the = significances of the adventure-filled assignment and the vast # paperwork looming on their horizon.H  h   '                            Project Edeni/                   Dirty Pair Film Released 1987t   ?      The woman -- a gorgeous blonde in a dress slit to the hip, A feat squeezed into a pair of fire-engine red heels.  The locationo: -- a luxurious vacation resort ring, scene of a WWWA stingA operation.  The substance -- the most precious in the universe... ? Vizorium, a rare metal that powers the hyperdrive engines vitalA) to maintaining interstellar civilization.   3?      The operation proceeds smoothly until yuri misses her cue, = encouraging the Vizorium thieves to overtake the woman in ther? dress... Kei, whose eyes widen momentarily as she catches sightY> of an escaping thief.  Yuri finally arrives and the pair makes% short work of the remaining criminal.a  a?      Unfortunately, they don't pay attention to the bomb in then@ Vizorium case.  it begins to detonate, sparking a chain reaction= that begins the destruction of the entire, heavily populated, 5 resort.  The Pair watches from their craft, dismayed.h  a%                             * * * * * A Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990mA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         23 of 43d  t  eA      Kei and Yuri are sent on a brand-new assignment:  settle theh@ economic dispute between the rival factions of Edia and Urudasu,@ both connected with the mining of Vizorium on the Planet Agarna,> both suspicious of the other.  Several Urudasu experimentation: plants have been destroyed and Edia is being blamed.  Edia0 contacts the WWWA and asks for its intervention.  .@      In the ravaged experimentation plant the Pair discusses the? recent events with the production manager, who explains his own A theories behind the attack.  Unfortunately, the pair accidentallyf= renders the last remaining plant completely inoperable.  Yuri + later complains about the dirt in her hair.t  t?      After a brief scare with a mirror, they discover a bathtube> and waste no time in undressing and jumping in.  Kei meets her? mystery thief once more, and this time she's covered in bubbles  rather than a cocktail gown.   <      She introduces him to Yuri as Carson D. Carson, a pettyA thief with a specialty in rare metals.  After a ingot of Vizoriume@ falls from his pocket Carson has a difficult time convincing Kei< and Yuri that he is not responsible for the Urudasu attacks.  Yuri handcuffs him just in case.  l<      As Kei bends down to pick up the ingot a monster's hand= reaches up from below.  Clad only in rags the Pair and CarsonaA battle several of the horrific creatures and make a narrow escapen$ with the aircar they parked earlier.  eA      The Pair strips Carson of his clothes and fashions makeshift A garments for themselves.  Carson laughs at their ignorance of thed= case's finer details, but is quickly persuaded at gunpoint toA share his knowledge.  g8      Carson tells them about the mad scientist Professor> Wattsman, who is responsible for the monsters and the Vizorium> attacks.  The Pair grudgingly agrees to work together with him for the length of the mission.  "@      After landing the aircar they come across an electrical ion; belt which Carson cleverly circumvents.  Yuri notices Kei's = growing attraction to Carson and shows her annoyance.  Carsonh@ disappears into the distance and the Pair is left trying to find a way to follow him.  w>      The trio is re-united by accidentally knocking him to the@ ground.  Yuri jokingly cautions Kei not to fall in love with him as they leave him behind.wA Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990hA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         24 of 43      e=      Yuri and Kei watch the Professor and his mad experimentsf? unnoticed from above and are almost startled into dropping intoa> the crazed Professor's lap by the sudden appearance of Carson.  r?      The trio eventually falls to the ground but only after ther7 Professor has left the scene.  Kei and Carson engage int@ fisticuffs over a minor misunderstanding and fall even deeper in@ love.  Carson attempts to leave the Pair so they can all fulfill? their mission, but the ground suddenly dissolves under them andaA the three are dropped into a nightmare setting of the Professor'sh  genetically engineered monsters.  rA      The Professor notices the battle and runs screaming down the @ hall to his control room.  Yuri is separated from Kei and Carson by an explosion.  s>      Later, Kei dreams of herself and Carson and wakes to findA both of them imprisoned.  Soon they're pulled into separate areas > for analysis.  The Professor begins to speculate about samples9 and about Project E.D.E.N. (Environmental Displacement bybA Evolutionary Necessity).  Elsewhere in the complex, Yuri searchesn for Kei.   ?      The Professor's butler, Bruno, passes Carson's eyes with asA wine of unequaled quality.  Carson flashes back to a time when het" attempted to steal that very wine.  s>      Kei realizes that the reason Carson stayed in the complexA was to recover the wine, General de Gaulle, bottled in 1945.  Theo= wine's vintage is said to grant victory to whoever drinks it.oA Kei berates him for such a foolish choice but Carson feels he hasg< no choice but to recover it, as he can't bear the thought of someone stealing from him.  g>      Yuri manages to escape her predicament and ends up in the same area as Kei and Carson.  p<      Mughi sends in a remote-controlled pod which knocks the> captives loose and disrupts the Professor's plans.  They sieze= weapons and combat-armor systems from the pod and begin their * final battle against the unholy creatures.   A      Carson breaks away from the Pair and follows Bruno who stille@ has the prized wine in his possession.  The two face off, Carson@ with a razor-sharp knife and Bruno with a paralyzer stick.  They? are evenly matched until Carson looks away for a moment.  Brunos@ delivers a killing blow to Carson.  Kei witnesses the injury and cries out, rushing to his side. A Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990uA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         25 of 43       =      They exchange tender words.  Carson spots a new group of ? monsters following and urges Kei and Yuri to leave.  Kei leavesoA her combat armor with Carson for his final stand, and reluctantlys departs.   <      He faces his death bravely; standing tall he drinks the> General de Gaulle and says, "Good wine and a good woman... too% good for a small-time thief like me."h  a>      Yuri activates the systems of her combat armor to provide; the getaway to the Lovely Angel.  On the way they encounter 8 Professor Wattsman and Bruno.  Kei is tempted to end the? miserable life of the deranged scientist.  Ignoring his pitiful 9 pleas she severs the computer's connections to the planetu% instead, causing massive disruptions.    ?      Kei look miserably into the aftermath and mourns Carson...r4 and see the silhouette of a man near death but alive@ nevertheless--Carson!  Kei, Yuri and Carson leave with Bruno and the Professor tied together.  e@      The empty wine bottle is tossed carelessly over the side of8 the aircar and unfortunately manages to collide with theA paralyzer stick that was implanted in the ground as a memoriam tok@ Carson.  It sparks a chain reaction all over the planet, causing: the death of everyone there as the Professor's horrors are& released upon the population at large.  p9      The aircar flies into the horizon with the Professorr@ exclaiming, "It's the dawn of a new race!  It's the beginning of Eden!  Bruno, next... space!"e  i      "Again, Professor?"  c  d  a  a  Y  ,  i  a  a  r  n  t         A Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990rA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         26 of 43o  e  l+                       Dirty Pair OAV's 1-10t0                   Dirty Pair OAV's Released 1989.                    Synopses by Yumiko Yamamoto   A =================================================================n  t&                            EPISODE ONE/                    "We hate persistent people!"P1                 The Prisoners' Troublesome Revolte  d<      Planet Palos -- a mostly uninhabitable place due to the8 constantly violent atmospheric conditions except for one@ stabilized piece of land, floating on a cushion of air, which is? utilized as a maximum-security prison, currently the scene of as massive breakout.   i?      At World Welfare Work Association (WWWA) headquarters, Keio? complains that it's her turn to do paperwork while Yuri, in Dr.p= Kueblestein's laboratory, flirts with his lab assistant.  Thei= Doctor asks, "How did my last invention work?  It should haves caused a big explosion."  h=      "It exploded, all right -- on us!"  The Doctor sighs andn@ hands her a new invention, a ring-laser able to cut through p to two meters of steel.  t8      The Pair is called upon to rescue the warden of the: maximum-security prison who has been taken hostage.  It is; imperative that he be rescued as he is a key witness for anP upcoming trial.t  r@      The Lovely Angel docks with a marine battlecruiser orbitingA the Planet Palos.  The Pair attends a debriefing session with theI? space marines, who are mounting an attack upon the planet, even 2 though they will conduct an independent operation.  n=      Kei and Yuri "surf" to the prison upon the turbulent air < currents.  The marines provide an unintentional diversion by; performing a frontal assault.  The Pair easily infiltrates,r@ locates and secures the warden but before they can remove him to> safety he escapes their custody, bent upon revenge against the@ prisoners, who have marred his hertofore-clean retirement slate.  s5      Locked in the control room the warden begins thee? extermination of the prisoners using various automated security A systems.  The Pair is determined to recover the warden before thep; arrival of the marines, who can only complicate their task.    A Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990nA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         27 of 43r  h   A      Kei attempts to blast down the door with her bazooka.  "Musto8 be two meters thick," she says.  Yuri recalls the deadlyA ring-laser upon her finger and obliterates the prison door, along A with a goodly portion of the control room.  The warden is knockedt9 unconscious by the force of the blast and is successfully ' transported away from the main complex.j   <      In a transport cart, Kei, Yuri and the warden are beingA pursued by a persistent prisoner also bent on revenge.  As Kei isd? unable to eliminate him Yuri decides to use the ring-laser oncer= more.  It misfires and causes a gigantic boulder to drop fromP their pursuer.  f<      Recover and foolishly standing upright in the cart, theA warden is knocked flat by a low overhead ceiling beam.  He slumpsu back into the cart.d   7      "At least we're taking him back alive." notes Kei.   m  o&                            EPISODE TWO+                       "Don't involve us..." /                    The Ultimate Halloween Party   k<      It's Halloween night en Elenore City.  Several gangs inA various outlandish costumes are planning crimes, unable to resisti) the fortunate convenience of the holiday.e  e?      Kei and Yuri look down upon the celebration in the streetsoA from a rooftop stakeout.  Kei is complaining of having to work ond; a holiday when they spot their target moving past them in ai	 hovercar.o  n9      They fire up their flightpacks, pursue and board thel? suspect's car.  Several shots are fired and cause the vehicle'si= control to be damaged, nose-diving the craft into the ground.   lA      From the crash site the Pair contacts Manager Gooley.  He is ; incensed at their careless handling of the situation and ise/ especially concerned about the vehicle's cargo.g  t<      "What cargo?" they ask, bewildered.  Gooley goes into a> frenzy and tells them that the suspect was heisting top-secretA military hardware and that they had better check into the matter.t  i  c  s  eA Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990tA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         28 of 43t  e  oA      Kei and Yuri return to the site of the crash.  They notice aa= large hole in the side of the craft that appears to have beenmA made from the inside.  The Pair informed that the cargo consistedi? of an experimental piece of military hardware, a Tactical RoboteA Weapon, and must have been self-activate by the crash.  The robotl: is currently unfinished and lack the artificial skin whichA creates an illusion of humanity.  Ideally it is designed to blendr8 with a native population and gather information in enemy? territory before initiating its lethally dangerous combat mode.l; The robot will transform exactly one hour after activation.e  oA      With all the costumed revelry going on in the city the robota: has no difficulty in avoiding undue notice.  When the pair> locates it Yuri tries to persuade it to come along peacefully.A Kei mocks her for conversing with a machine and fires missiles atd> it from her bazooka.  The robot, undamaged, manages to escape.  iA      The robot leads Kei and Yuri on a merry chase throughout theo> city, incidentally foiling the various attempted crimes of theA costumed crooks.  As they finally manage to corner the robot atopr@ a building and prepare for a final assault the clock strikes the> hour -- and the Tactical Robot Weapon enters its superlatively? equipped combat mode.  Fireworks from the Halloween celebration ? are initiated simultaneously, masking the events atop the roof.    =      In their attempts to destroy the robot the Pair destroys > several buildings in the environs.  The crowd cheers, thinking> the commotion a part of the celebration. The pair runs of ammo> without so much as scratching the robot.  An unknown number of1 innocent civilians are killed in the destruction.r  m?      As a last resort Yuri secures a huge launch tube and packs A it with the fireworks stored around them.  The robot is destroyedi+ in a blaze of glory as the crowd goes wild.9   @      Kei and Yuri enjoy a drink after a hard day's work and idly; wonder if the boss will be angry.  "We did destroy a lot ofw things," remarks Yuri.  i;      "At least we got the job done," says Kei.  As the PairaA prepares to enjoy the remainder of Halloween night, a paddy wagon 9 filled with the outlandishly attired criminals speeds by.t4 "Alice" (heading for a prison Wonderland) cries out:  a      "I hate Halloween!"  m  h   A Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990 A "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         29 of 43n     r'                           EPISODE THREEe4              "We're not afraid of the wrath of God!"+                        The Challenge of Gode  m<      Kei and Yuri arrive at Planet Hazaal to investigate theA mysterious destruction of the city of New Haven and the deaths ofu= the employees of the Jason Hughes Company who were mining thea; rare ore, Manium.  Kei complains about their modest clothesB@ they're obliged to wear because of the planet's strict religion.  e;      Kei doubts aloud the validity of the god and draws theu> attention of everyone in the terminal.  Yuri pulls her hastily> aside and cautions her to watch her tongue, as everyone on the+ planet is religiously loyal to its one god.   t>      Outside the terminal they notice that there are no rental@ vehicles and wonder how they're going to get to New Haven.  Yuri: manages to secure a ride with a good-looking young man who? explains the basic nature of the religion and admits his doubtsi about the recent changes.    @      The man's neck snaps as his head makes a 270x turn, sending< the crimson spray of blood through the cab of the truck.  An= ominous voice is heard over the truck's radio which warns the ? "blasphemous females" to leave the land as the driverless truck : plummets over a cliff.  The Pair escapes by means of theirA armlet/grappling hooks.  Kei laments the death of such a handsome=& man and they walk the rest of the way.   =      They investigate the ruins of the city and wonder at thes> means of devastation.  Wouldn't it be more likely, they think,= that a god would send a storm of fire, or a great flood?  Theo: Pair runs closer to the sound of chanting and observes the9 torture of a Jason Hughes Company survivor, whom the Pair  rescues.  l>      The priest conducting the ritual shears a nearby building@ with power summoned by a prayer.  The Pair eventually manages toA stop the priest and soon, Yuri deduces that his power came from aw0 transparent, radio-controlled razor-like object.  w8      They return to the wounded man and discover rods of> orichalcum (memory-metal) implanted in his body, which enabled@ the priest to invoke the spectacular "acts of God" seen earlier.A The man tells the Pair that evidence proving the god false can bew? found in the space citadel orbiting the planet.  To Kei's greate? dismay the man dies.  She stands angrily and says, "We're goinge3 to go arrest this god!  No one kills my handsomes!"yA Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990 A "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         30 of 43t  d   ?      The pair works their way into the shuttle traveling to thea> space citadel.  The god reveals himself to the selected priest; and announces the presence of two blasphemers.  The stunneduA audience beholds the pair in their "naked" uniforms as Yuri tellso  the god that he is under arrest.  l9      The god encloses the pair in a transparent containere= floating high above the ground and threatens to destroy them.eA Kei fires upon him, breaking his concentration, which causes them  to drop to the ground.  r<      The god chases them to a narrow catwalk above an energy< storage center.  Playing a hunch, the Pair opens fire on the@ batteries below.  The god begins to weaken.  The outer casing of7 the god disintegrates, exposing the human brain inside.y  m?      Kei contacts Mughi and tells him to bring the Lovely Angel ? for a pickup.  The god cries, "I am undying!" and explodes.  As @ the ship pulls away from the citadel Kei congratulates Mughi and; Yuri remarks that the destruction wasn't too bad this time. < Mughi points to the chaos on the surface and they remember a2 weather satellite destroyed on a previous mission.   >      "Wasn't it a storm that lasted seven months and wiped out the entire population?"s  n:      At WWWA headquarters, Gooley reaches for the antacid.      '                            EPISODE FOUR .                     "So what if they're kids!"0                   Wargames Equal a Firing Squad?  nA      Planet Amega -- location of an energy research station whichs= has just been hijacked by children of high-ranking officials.f5 The Dirty Pair is called in to resolve the situation.r  tA      Kei wants to know why the WWWA is being involved in the casep? of children.  It's because the station contains the Dimensionalk? Vibration Destruction Cannon, explains Gooley, and if activatedT9 it will destroy the planet and most of the nearby galaxy.         e  t  t  a  wA Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990 A "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         31 of 43o  s  i=      The Pair arrives at the station confident and unworried.Y> How much trouble can a few kids be?  They're surprised to find? out just how much trouble as they're greeted with machine guns, @ bazookas and automate defense systems.  The Pair is also treated8 to the young boys' warm welcome as they're ridiculed and? insulted.  They leader, Mike, tells Kei that she's not going to'( get any boyfriends if she keeps yelling.  a>      "I don't have any boyfriends because I choose not to have any!"n  r4      "Oh, is that what it is?" says Yuri innocently.  t8      The captured administrator, by now decorated like aA Christmas Tree, warns the boys their parents won't let this go ong forever.  r<      "I know," says Mike.  "This is the Dimensional Vibrator: Destruction Cannon!  As long as we hold this, the militaryA wouldn't dare attack us!"  The forces outside the station ask for 6 their demands.  They boys begin to shout them over the> loudspeaker, including a request for round-the-clock animation> shows on TV.  They advise the military to go up to their rooms and go to sleep.  h?      Kei and Yuri enter the sewers beneath the station and maked@ their way toward the control room.  The boys spot their approach& and send guardian robots to intercept.  t?      The smallest boy walks too close to the administrator, whou> has managed to free himself, and is taken hostage.  The little< boy escapes by biting the man's ear and fires once at him in< warning but soon loses control of the gun and begins to fire? wildly throughout the room, accidentally activating the Cannon.t  s=      In the sewers the Pair is cornered by robots and escapes > into the waters.  They later emerge closer to the control room> and receive a message that the problem has been solved and the> mission aborted.  Kei unsatisfied, tells Mughi to tap into the military channels.  nA      The administrator, who has escaped, is ordering the militaryd> snipers to kill the kids if necessary to stop the Cannon.  Kei? decides to continue the mission, hoping mainly to get even witho= them for their disrespect.  The Pair has one half-hour beforea it's too late.  r  tA Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990sA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         32 of 43y  q  p>      A firefight between Kei and Yuri and the boys begins with< the Pair gaining control.  They try to make the boys realize> what's happening but they refuse to believe in the potentially lethal consequences.  t;      "It's not a wargame anymore!" says Kei urgently.  Miket> accuses the Pair of setting up a trick.  Kei snaps at them and< calls him a fool.  "If you can't believe the word of a woman; who's putting her body on the line, then stop being a man!"u  s>      Mike confronts Kei and asks if they are really in danger.; Kei lets him know the answer and then delivers an uppercut, ? knocking Mike unconscious.  "I'll tell you one more thing," shee= says, "boys grow up into men by being tricked by women."  kei  laughs, feeling much better.  s=      As the administrator calls in the final assault the pair A calls that the crisis has been averted and the Destruction Cannong/ deactivated.  "Please call us again!" says Kei.a  r:      Lovely Angel returns home while the Pair bandage each other's wounds.:  a'                            EPISODE FIVEi,                       And Then No One Played  1<      The scene opens at casino station Shangri La.  The main= attraction is a game involving meteors launched onto a nearby ? star, Xanadu, while gamblers guess which sector the meteor will < land in.  A Chinese man smiles arrogantly and gathers in his piles of chips.t  zA      A WWWA video screen features this man smashing boulders witha: his bare hands.  Li Sui Ryu is a worthy agent, in Gooley's? opinion, by the fact that he's never submitted a single bill tot be paid.   <      Out of 157 cases, all of them have been solved and he's  never had to resort to firearms.  u@      Kei wonders how he got hooked on Meteor.  It seems Ryu went= to Shangri La to investigate a case and never came back.  ThetA Pair's orders are to travel to Shangri La and return Ryu from the  tables.e  d:      In space outside the casino, the Pair hides behind an( asteroid connecting a control mechanism.  oA Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990dA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         33 of 43n  d  s?      Back at the Lovely Angel, Kei makes plans to mingle on the 7 casino floor while Yuri searches for evidence.  At WWWA ? Headquarters, Gooley paces his office and wonders if everythings< will go all right.  A secretary delivers a stack of invoices  while Gooley cringes and curses.  e>      At the tables, the dealer explains the rules.  Kei places< her bet and the computer selects the numbers on the asteroidA grid.  She suffers a few initial losses and is observed by casinoe> security personnel via hidden camera.  The size of her bets is noted by the owner.'  t9      Yuri skulks among the lower levels of the casino and 4 complains that Kei always gets the good assignments.   >      Upstairs, Kei gleefully offers to loan Ryu chips from her> by-now massive winnings.  Yuri, downstairs, breaks into a room@ and finds a storage  room with an unusual substance in a beaker.  a<      Kei loses pleasure in her chips when Yuri one-ups Kei's< splashy entrance.  Yuri mentions the compound she discovered> downstairs -- axonohydroria -- as Kei formulates a hypothesis.  n@      Yuri directs Kei's attention to the casino owner and former? bio-genetics researcher, Dr. Borkov, who created the artificial" lifeform axonohydroria..  h?      At the tables, Kei implements a plan to rack up stupendous @ wins using the remote control device they had installed earlier.@ Yuri shoots Kei poisonous glances while Ryu orders the casino to* bring him all of his accumulated winnings.  e?      "Can I be the dealer?" Kei asks.  Yuri suggests they raisey9 the stakes to on e game, ten million credits each player.    >      Their table has an audience.  Kei launches the asteroids.  t?      "Zero!"  The second asteroid impacts in the back, changings< the number to a double zero... dealer takes all.  Kei smiles
 winsomely.   @      "She cheated!"  Yuri accuses Kei of using hyper waves which; cause the amoeba-like axonohydroria lifeform to change into ? energy and detonate the asteroid before it impacts on the star,u Xanadu's, surface.  t=      The owner, overhearing Yuri's incriminating accusations,c* quiets her with a gun pointed at her back.A Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990gA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         34 of 43e  .  h;      "They've figured us out, Borkov!" Kei cries, launchingg3 herself at the astonished figure.  "We're through!"i  nA      Kei and Yuri are escorted from the casino by security guards @ as a scream of fury sounds from Ryu.  Using the boulder-smashing= technique seen earlier, Ryu strikes the gaming console as thes Pair begins their attack.t  o=      Enraged, Ryu scores of casino employees. The mass drivert< begins to misfire, launching asteroids at a nearby inhabited: planet.  The majority of the planet is destroyed under the
 onslaught.  h       And then ... no one played.  W  h&                            EPISODE SIX*                         "Are you serious?"2                 The Seaside Surprise Wedding Panic  s?      On the way to an investigation on the island of Sargilcor,a@ Kei and Yuri enjoy the comforts of the large luxury liner.  YuriA rebuffs the advances of a forward young man, who offers to escort + her on her "studies" of the island's ruins.    :      Kei and Yuri's assignment is to find a counterfeiting@ factory suspected to be run by the Castino family and to recover? a stolen computer disk containing currency minting information.iA There has been no word from an agent who recently infiltrated the  island.e  t@      Yuri climbs a fence after being denied admittance and finds= a marker left in the graveyard by the special agent.  Several ; guards threaten her but the young man previously met on thei? luxury liner, Kyaline Castino, intervenes and later escorts her  on a tour of the island.  u;      Daline, Kyaline's older brother and heir to the family ; "business," orders a background check on this newest woman.e  d>      Kei is working undercover at a bar and spots Yuri walking= dreamily with Kyaline.  At an outdoor cafe, Kyaline tells here> that the reason no outsiders are allowed in the church is that8 his father built it to hide his fortune after his death.  "     t   A Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990aA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         35 of 43p  n  w=      Kei interrupts, disguised as a flower peddler, and drags"@ Yuri away for a hissed conference.  "Dating and working?  That's? not fair!"  Yuri tells Kei the target is the church and with an # airy goodbye, walks to meet Kyalinee  d@      Does Yuri mind that he's a gangster?  he asks during a rompA on the beach.  Yuri says it doesn't matter and whispers something  to him before they kiss.  r@      At WWWA Headquarters, Gooley receives an emergency dispatch< from kei, urging everyone to attend Yuri's upcoming wedding.A Madame Barr, a veteran trouble consultant, advises him to preparec for trouble.  eA      Back on Sargilcor ... Don, the head of the family, discusseseA Yuri.  If she really is what Daline thinks she is, she's bound toy= reveal herself by the time of the wedding.  Kyaline agrees ton' take care of her himself if this is so.i   ?      Kei greets the WWWA entourage, cautioning Gooley that they  may be overheard.e  t@      Yuri formally thanks Madame Barr and Gooley for taking care> of her up to now.  Dr. Kueblestein rushes in and presents Yuri with a special flower corsage.  d=      Kei, dressed as a nun, clubs a watching security monitoroA with a giant wooden cross.  In one of the many viewscreens beforee9 her she notices a suspicious building and infiltrates thee> counterfeiting factory as Yuri begins her walk down the aisle.  h<      Kei pounds outside a stained glass window to get Yuri'sA attention and crashes through.  Yuri is covered by gunmen as theyr accuse her of being a spy.   >      Before Yuri can answer Kueblestein activates her corsage;> under the cover of smoke, the entire WWWA party flees outside.  a?      Kueblestein throws several grenades at the pursuing gunmen @ while Madame Bar throws one of the infamous "bloody cards."  Kei= returns the disk to Gooley but refuses to leave without Yuri.s: Gooley expresses a newfound admiration for the Dirty Pair.   A      Kei shoots the gun from Daline's hand as he urges Kyaline tol= finish Yuri.  Yuri asks Kyaline to shoot her if he doubts her ! sincerity.  Kyaline cannot shoot.   !   A Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990 A "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         36 of 43i  M   9      There are only three minutes left until the buildingb> explodes.  Gangsters pile out of the church as an escape craftA rises above with Kyaline, Yuri and Kei.  The church explodes inton flame.  t-      "Won't you come with me?" Yuri asks him.d  d=      "No," he says, "I can't betray my family any more than I - already have."  He parachutes from the plane.w  e?      "What did you say to him when he said, 'I believe what you  said to me'?" Kei asks.          "It's a secret."N  n.      "But were you serious?" Yuri only smiles.  n  a'                           EPISODE SEVENi.                     Revenge of the Muscle Lady:        "Is a woman's stubbornness the flower of the ring?"  d=      The lights flash on the two combatants during an illegal @ caged wrestling match -- Kei, in the green tights, and Mad Bull,@ a muscle-bound behemoth.  None of Kei's usual moves work against? Mad Bull, who entangles her in the heavy chains surrounding thel ring.t   9      Gooley briefs Kei and Yuri on something called "Hards< Muscle," or "Hustle" for short, a new drug which unnaturally> stimulates accelerated muscle development and causes psychotic> behavior as a side effect.  A former WWWA trainee, Sandra Guts? (remembered by Kei and Yuri as "Sandra the Bully"), is the headl> of the syndicate that manufactures the drug.  The Dirty Pair's7 assignment is to locate and destroy the Hustle factory.   r@      Back to the ring and Kei hanging in chains.  Yuri urges Kei> over her earring-communicator to use her shock ring.  Mad Bull> falls over, unconscious, as Yuri exclaims in glee ... the only3 one in the audience happy to see Mad Bull's defeat.   W@      Kei waits in a bar for a contract and speaks in a low voice; to Yuri over the communicator.  Sandra Guts watches her viao7 hidden camera and orders the relocation of the factory.a  s  h  e  rA Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990tA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         37 of 43      o?      The bartender offers Kei a free glass of Hustle and advicez@ on how to make even more money as a wrestler.  Kei, blindfolded,@ willingly goes with several syndicate members as Yuri follows at7 distance from her surveillance point across the street.y  f>      Kei opens her eyes in a wrestling ring, Sandra descending from above.r  s=      "Welcome to our party, Kei!" Sandra says.  "Since you'rec= here, we're going to spend a lot of time with you."  Sandra'su* initial attack knocks Kei across the ring.  o?      "It's a trap!" Kei tells Yuri over the communicator.  Yuri A runs headlong from the automated defense systems, crashes through @ a rooftop window, and disables the guards watching the match via monitor.  dA      "Why don't you kill me now," Kei says, "if you can."  Sandra = promises to let Kei rest easy after making an example of her.m   6      Yuri uses a gas canister to render several guardsA unconscious and discovers that the factory has transformed into a 
 giant rocket.t  w@      Kei escapes from the ring after Yuri's alert and is pursued? by Sandra throughout the factory.  Sandra has a personal grudgel< against the Dirty Pair because she was dropped from the WWWA= training program during the final testing in favor of Kei andt@ Yuri.  She offers Kei a shot of Hustle to ease her pain and make? herself strong.  After Kei throws it in her face, Sandra knocks  Kei our a window.w  s@      Kei falls several hundred feet before catching herself with; a grappling device, but the abrupt stop dislocates her arm.   r=      Yuri tries to stop the factory from moving by planting ai? bomb but before she can set it she is temporarily blinded.  Keib> swings into action and works with Yuri to detonate the device;% Yuri holding and Kei guiding the gun.o   @      The rocket explodes, the muscle lady falling to land at Kei@ and Yuri's feet for one last match.  Some quick foot work tricks; Sandra into plunging through a window to fall to her death.f   =      "When she's under pressure, she loses sight of what's in  front of her," Kei says.  i   A Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990rA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         38 of 43o  s  h?      "There are many types of simple-minded people," Yuri says.y9 Kei loses her cool and chases Yuri off into the distance.d  d  t'                           EPISODE EIGHTo:        "The girl is an older woman!  Perfectly preserved!"(                          Sleeping Beauty   @      The luxury liner White Swan is suddenly attacked by unknown@ forces.  Before a harried man whisks a young girl from her cabin; she watches a tiny object fall from the stuffed doll she is 	 carrying.s   @      After the man places the girl into a cold sleep capsule, he@ is shot by an unseen man and falls to the deck.  The girl gasps,8 as if in recognition, before she is shot out into space.  i;      On their way back from a distant mission, Kei and yuriu> discover the capsule and return the girl to WWWA headquarters.A The girl, still a child, still clutching her doll, is a link to af< twenty-year-old mystery that even the famous Madame Barr was: unable to solve -- the sensational case of the White Swam.   9      Gooley order the Dirty Pair to reopen the case.  Kei ? whispers to Yuri that this is their chance to prove themselves.t  i:      Madame Barr's files reveal that during the White Swan? tragedy, 832 people were gassed to death, one was shot, and onetA was missing but now is found... the child, Tia.  Inscribed on thei> deck near the large blood stain left by Tia's father Professor Nea is the number 42731.  o@      Kei tries to coax Tia into telling her about that night but> Tia is uncommunicative.  Yuri and Kei bring Tia to talk to her7 now-closest relative, Bill Jones, president of the J.C.I Manufacturing Company.  o@      "Do you know me?"he asks her as she cringes from him.  "I'm@ your Uncle Bill!"  Kei tells him they'll have to get back to himA regarding his request for custody and takes Tia with her and YuriK back to the factory.  cA      On their way back, Kei and Yuri decide to go to the scene of @ the crime.  A surprise attack on their car almost knocks them of	 the road.a  i  o  'A Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990 A "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         39 of 43k     iA      Once aboard the White Swan, Tia heads confidently toward herr? old stateroom and retrieves a small microchip from underneath a < ledge.  After watching Tia insert the chip into her doll and> punch in a code to make it talk, the Pair uses Professor Nea's& dying massage to activate a recording.   =      "Papa!" Tia exclaims.  The trio heads back to the Lovelyi@ Angel while listening to Gray Nea voice his suspicions about his assistant Bill.e  e?      The White Swan rocks from an incoming attack that Mughi onr; the Lovely Angel was too busy napping to notice.  "Somebodyd1 doesn't want us to hear this message," Yuri says.    ?      Bill is confronted with the taped evidence and blanches asaA he recognizes his former employer's voice.  He lunges to take Tiah8 hostage, confesses to the murder of Tia's father and the> usurpation of the factory, and leads the Pair on a wild chase.? After fighting off several attacking robots, Kei and Yuri splite into separate directions.   i@      Kei confronts Bill and Tia on an elevated walkway suspended> over a vat of phosphorescent chemicals.  Bill disarms Kei, now? possessed by only her multi-purpose arm band.  At Kei's urging, < Tia comes to Kei using a acrobatic move Kei performed during3 their initial discussion of the White Swan tragedy.d  a@      Kei snaps her arm band like a whip and causes Bill's gun to> misfire, bringing down heavy piping and destroying the bridge.? Kei cling to one side with Tia in one arm as Bill tries to holdK= on to the edge of the bridge, but falls to his death.  As thed7 bridge collapses, Yuri uses a rope to save Kei and Tia.i   A      Back at WWWA headquarters, Gooley admits that his opinion of @ the Dirty Pair has improved... slightly.  Kei worries over Tia's? fate but Madame Barr says not to worry; she'll take care of Tiax herself.  s>      "I haven't grown old for nothing," she says with a smile.  a  e  u  a  K     e  u   A Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990sA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         40 of 43t      '                            EPISODE NINEa0                  Red Eyes are the Signal of Hell/                   "Pursue the Slaughter Squad!"    9      An eerie light shines from the infrared goggles of aY@ five-man commando team as they waste no time in infiltrating and= slaughtering an entire resistance camp.  One man makes a lastw? stand and fires, managing to injure one of the commandos before  he's gunned down by heavy fire.g   A      On the Pair's way to meet with the president at the nation'sd? capital, fatuously smiling old man steps out to greet Yuri, whoa ignores him.   A      "That's Matzoho, a lecherous weapons dealer.  It's dangerous ? to let you guard down around him."  When they turn their backs,e Matzoho gooses them, laughing.  g>      The president tells the Pair it's been thirty years since< the beginning of the war, and recent peace talks between hisA forces and the rebels' have been interrupted by attacks from fivel> mysterious commandos posing as the president's men.  The Dirty@ Pair is asked to locate the commandos to convince the rebel that peace is truly desired.   tA      Kei and Yuri set off into the rebels' territory and are soong; surrounded.  The rebel leader accepts their credentials andn2 provides them with a heavy escort into the jungle.  n?      "There's obviously a third party that doesn't what the wars to end," Yuri says.a  aA      In the jungle, a man clutching a family photo impacts on thet= hood of the escort vehicle and rolls to the side of the road.t& kei recognizes him as one of the five.  n<      As the man begins to talk the transport explodes behind; them.  Kei and yuri take the man with them as they flee the  pursuing four commandos.  r@      Kei uses the rear-mounted gun but can't damage the pursuing= tank.  The getaway vehicle's malfunctioning missiles suddenlye4 reactivate and launch, destroying the pursuing tank.   A      Back at the rebel headquarters, Matzoho sneaks up behind KeieA and gooses her again.  He tells Blast, the rebel leader, that his"4 order will be filled as soon as possible and leaves.   A Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990tA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         41 of 43   l  uA      Scans reveal that the captured commando is wired with a mindd= control device that makes him an automaton capable of obeyings@ only one order at a time.  The device is wired straight into the< brain and is impossible to remove, so Yuri is volunteered to6 rewire the device so the commando can bd interrogated.   =      The man's name is McMurphy, a soldier from the WaldtheimuA army, and he, like the other commandos, has been kidnapped.  "I'mk@ going to kill the man that did this," he says before collapsing.  r?      The commando team mount an assault against the rebel camp.u< Kei and Yuri move McMurphy to a bunker.  McMurphy tells them@ Matzoho is responsible for the creation of the commando team and? that he has sold weapon to both sides.  Matzoho, McMurphy says,a is a merchant of death.r  i@      "That filfthy old man can't be forgiven," Kei says.  Before= Kei or Yuri can act, McMurphy borrows two grenades from a boy % soldier and steps outside the bunker.   l;      "Our purpose is not to kill children!" he yells beforem> rushing two commandos into an explosive embrace.  Kei and Yuri run after him.   =      A commando rises on a hill before them and aims his gun.v= Kei trains her sight on him when Yuri suddenly senses someonee@ behind.  She whirls around and opens fire on the second commando" as Kei destroys the final soldier.  w+      "One more thing left to do," Kei says.n   A      In space, surrounded y a fleet of ships carrying his weapon,s? Matzoho gloats.  He abruptly stops laughing as he spots Kei anda= Yuri, heavily armed, coming into sight from behind the Lovely' Angel.  a<      McMurphy's family photo drifts free and well-lit in the ensuring explosion.p  o  i&                            EPISODE TEN/                    Bad Guys Need Not Say a Worde,                      "We're space truckers!"  HA      During what seems to be a routine run, two trucker notice an $ incoming signal on the radar screen.      A Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990sA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         42 of 43c     i<      They barely have time to realize what's going on before their ship explodes.   =      In the bay of an independent space station, Kei and Yurin@ introduce themselves to the company's owner as two new freelance? truckers.  The Pair can't be dissuaded from continuing with the > planned run even though there have been to date six deaths and@ four disappearances.  It seems that the Universal Company, their> rivals, are trying to force them out of the trucking business.  e;      Kei and Yuri set off on their own, suspecting that then; Universal Company wants the station for smuggling purposes.a9 Matthew and Jade, the owner, pull up alongside and try to " determine the Pair's true motives.   =      When the expected attack arrives, Matthew and Jade shiftg> from their rig to the Pair's and watch in amazement as Kei and' Yuri fend off the attack by themselves.T   >      At the local sector's police station, the chief of police? receives a call.  "Mr. President?  Who are they?  I understand.t I'll take care of it."   ?      Back at the Pair's rig, Jade confesses to killing a man in < self-defense during a fight fifteen years ago.  He's been an@ anonymous patron tot he deceased man's family since then, and in> only eleven hours, the statute of limitations will run out and2 jade will be free to leave his self-imposed exile.   @      The police contact them and demand they prepare for a cargo? inspection.  Kei and Yuri advise Jade to hide with mughi in theg* cargo hold while they hold off the police.  c@      Once aboard, the police plant illicit evidence and haul theA Pair and Matthew off to the police station.  Matthew informs them'@ that he recognized the personal craft of the Universal Company's
 president.   >      The Pair uses a ruse to overwhelm their guards and escapeA their cell as the company president discusses his smuggling plans > with the chief of police.  If all of the routes in this sector> can be controlled, the president says, there'll be no limit to their illegal activities..        "  a  TA Dirty Pair Synopsis                               21 January 1990nA "It's Not Our Fault" Productions                         43 of 43e     T7      "What --?"  The Pair steps into the room and afterr? announcing themselves as WWWA trouble consultants, accuses botho? the president and the chief of police of smuggling, murder, ands= other crimes.  One of the chief's men causes a disturbance byi= punching Matthew and when the Pair turns to look, both of theg accused made a break for it.  ':      Kei and Yuri give chase down separate corridors, both= pursued by armed police officers.  they meet at a junction tot= follow the president and the chief of police into a large bayi6 filled with even more armed and ready police officers.  v?      They dive for cover and soon run out of ammunition.  "Evens> if we tried to give up they wouldn't let us," Yuri says.  Jade= contacts Kei over her earring-communicator and announces he'si here to repay his debt to them.   n<      The entire trucking fleet launches various cargo at the@ police station.  In the commotion Kei and Yuri escape the secure: two large portable cannons and then run to the launch bay.  B>      Yuri prevents the president from boarding an escape craft? while Kei fires and explodes the chief of police's craft in thei launch tube.   =      Back at the space station, Matthew urges Jade to run and : hide from the two trouble consultants.  But it's too late.  a;      "Thanks to your cheering section, the chief didn't geto: away," Yuri says.  They refuse to arrest Jade, telling him> there's a ten-hour time adjustment after fifteen years between: local Barun and galactic calendars and he's now a free man  sA      The Pair congratulates themselves on doing a good deed untilt= Mughi points out their miscalculations: according to galactic ? law, the time limit should have been figured using the galactich calendar after all.          "Clumsy!" Kei yells.f   $      "What, do you want to go back?"  a:      "By the time we did, it really would be past the time limit?"n  e      "You idiot!"O