I'm currently working on makeing a compilation of every instance when Minako misquotes a saying or when she uses an incorrect word in her sentences in the anime and manga and from which episode, movie, short or manga chapter it originates from and from which version and what the correct sayings or words are. I will need help with identifying some of the sayings Minako misquotes cause I'm either not sure on some of them or I have absolutely no idea what they really are if applicable. I also need help with verifying that the English subtitles for the Japanese dialogue is translated correctly, I've encountered discrepancys with this issue and found some scenes to have multiple different sayings for the subtitles. This list is incomplete and is a work in progress so stay tuned for updates. I haven't watched the entirety of all versions of the Sailor Moon animes or read all the mangas in their entirety either so please be patient. If I missed anything or if you want to provide any help then let me know and let me know how accurate this list is. The Japanese voiced episodes can have multiple translations for the the English subtitles for different home releases and streaming sites so I'm not sure what the correct sayings would be.
90s Anime
Sailor Moon Episode 38 – The Snow, The Mountains, Friendship and Monsters
Viz dub
By chance a meeting could be your destiny / ?
If it ends well all's well / All's well that ends well
Japanese version
Tubi
A meeting by chance / ?
A good horse keeps on running / ?
Sailor Moon Episode 39 – Paired With A Monster: Mako The Ice Skating Queen
Viz dub
Just ask and you shall be answered in the order in which you ask / Ask and it will be given to you
Japanese version
Tubi
Ask and you shall be answered / Ask and you shall receive
Sailor Moon R Episode 4/50 – Usagi's Crisis: The Tiara Stops Working
Viz dub
Good things come to those who stay / Good things come to those who wait
Japanese version
Tubi
Hand warmers come to those who wait / Good things come to those who wait
Sailor Moon R Episode 6/52 – The Targeted Kindergarteners: Venus to the Rescue
Viz dub
In spring no sheep's a sheep that mows no lawn / In spring one sleeps asleep that knows no dawn
Japanese version
Tubi
In spring one sleep a sheep that mows no lawn / In spring one sleeps asleep that knows no dawn
Sailor Moon R Episode 32/78 – Venus: Nurse Minako's Mayhem
Viz dub
Worth my salt / Worth my while (I guess I'm not worth my salt in cooking.)
Tomorrow is another flu / Tomorrow is another day
Wear the shoe on the other wild goose chase / Wear the shoe on the other foot (A combination of the sayings "Wear the shoe on the other foot" and "Wild goose chase")
Japanese version
Tubi
Worth my salt / Worth my while (I'm really not worth my salt at cooking.)
Tomorrow is another flu / Tomorrow is another day
Sailor Moon R Episode 33/79 – Artemis's Adventure: The Monster Animal Kingdom
Viz dub
Fortune favors the old / Fortune favors the bold
DiC dub
Nothing ventilated, nothing gained / Nothing ventured, nothing gained (This is the only instance when Minako makes a mistake in the DiC dub, every other instance when Minako makes a mistake in the Viz dub and Japanese version were omited most of the time or she doesn't make a mistake in the DiC dub.)
Sailor Moon S Episode 1/90 – Premonition of the Apocalypse: The Mysterious New Guardians Appear
Viz dub
There's no use crying over spoiled milk / There's no use crying over spilled milk
Japanese version
Tubi
You can't re-get it later??? / You can't regret it later???
Don't regret the fish eggs from before??? / No use crying over spilt milk??? (I've seen both of these in English subtitles, I have no idea which one is correct.
Cloverway dub
There's no use crying over misspelled silk / There's no use crying over spilled milk
Sailor Moon S Episode 3/Episode 92 – A Handsome Boy? Haruka Tenoh's Secret
Viz dub
Put off today what you can always do tomorrow / Never put off tomorrow what you can do today
Japanese version
Tubi
Slow danceing wins the race / Slow and steady wins the race
Sailor Moon S Episode 8/97 – The Labyrinth of Water: Ami Targeted
Viz dub
Don't count your eggs before they're chickens / Don't count your chickens before they hatch
Japanese version
Tubi
Something about a guy named Fukusuke returning or not??? / No use crying over spilt milk???
Cloverway dub
Many bands/lands/hands take light work / Many hands make light work
Sailor Moon S Episode 11/100 – I Want To Quit Being A Sailor Guardian: Minako's Dilemma
Viz dub
When you stare at love the love also stares back at you / If you stare into the abyss the abyss stares back at you (Quote by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche)
Japanese version
Tubi
One who sees love will be seen by love / (Quote by philosopher ???)
Cloverway dub
Teen love is a wonderful thing / Hindsight is a wonderful thing / Appreciation is a wonderful thing (Quotes by poets William Blake and Voltaire respectively, it's unknown which quote is the intended quote Minako misquotes.)
Sailor Moon S Episode 14/103 – The Arrival of a Tiny Pretty Guardian
Viz dub
Even with 4 feet a donkey may stumble / Even with 4 feet a horse may stumble
Japanese version
Tubi
Anyone can get a bellyache / Anyone can make a mistake
Cloverway dub
If at first you really bomb then try and try again / If at first you don't succeed then try and try again
Sailor Moon SuperS Episode 6/133 – Artemis is Cheating? Enter the Mysterious Kitten
Viz dub
When the cat's away the mice will just get caught by a different cat / When the cat's away the mice will play
Sailor Moon SuperS Episode 7/134 – Mako's Friendship: The Girls Who Admired Pegasus
Viz dub
Don't judge a friend, they might know a celebrity / Don't judge a book by its cover???
Japanese version
Tubi
Everyone needs famous people / Everyone needs friends
Cloverway dub
A friend in need is a friend in lead / A friend in need is a friend indeed
Sailor Moon SuperS Episode 14/141 – Storm of Love: Minako's Grand Two-Timing Plan
Viz dub
There's nothing like eating your cake and still having it / You can't have your cake and eat it too
2 birds in the bush is better than no birds / A bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush.
Japanese version
Tubi
She who chases two hares gets both / ???
Cloverway dub
When it rains, it snores / When it rains, it pours
Caught between a rock and a lard face / Caught between a rock and a hard place
Sailor Moon SuperS Episode 32/159 – Chibi-Usa's Little Rhapsody of Love
Viz dub
Horsebutt / Jackass (Hey Ami, it sounds to me like this guy's a real horsebutt.)
Japanese version
Tubi
Horse / Donkey (Long like a horse.)
Cloverway dub
Donkeyface / Horseface (Big trouble, the kid's already old enough to shave, or else he's a donkeyface.)
Sailor Moon SuperS Episode 33/160 – Dream to Be an Adult: The Amazoness' Confusion
Viz dub
Act now, sink later / Act now, think later
Japanese version
Tubi
It's easyer to ask for gifts than persimmons / It's easyer to ask permission than forgiveness
Cloverway dub
Things are harder than you make them seem / Things are often easier than they seem
Sailor Moon Sailor Stars Episode 8/174 – A School Storm: The Transfer Students Are Idols
Viz dub
Being absent from class makes the heart grow fonder / Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Japanese version
Tubi
Strangled / Connected (Whenever they want to see each other, they are strangled.)
Sailor Moon Sailor Stars Episode 11/177 – A Star of Dreams and Wishes: Taiki's Transformation
Viz dub
The early bird is mightyer than the sword / The early bird gets the worm (A combination of the sayings "The early bird gets the worm" and "The pen is mightyer than the sword")
Japanese version
Tubi
If you dig out the gold you'll make a safe hit / First come, first serve
Gold diggers dig out the gold / First come, first serve
Sailor Moon Sailor Stars Episode 24/190 – Truth Revealed: The Star Lights' Past
Viz dub
DNA / CIA (My vast network of sources would put the DNA to shame.)
Japanese version
Tubi
DNA / CIA (My network even makes the DNA blush.) (My information network would surprise even the DNA.)
Sailor Moon Sailor Stars Episode 27/193 – The Stolen Silver Crystal: Princess Kakyu Appears
Viz dub
A good model makes the dress / Clothes make the man
Sailor Moon S The Movie
Viz dub
Early bird has to eat worms / The early bird gets the worm
Sailor Moon SuperS The Movie
Viz dub
Some chocolate a day keeps the doctor away / An apple a day keeps the doctor away
Japanese version
Tubi
It's not easy to shut one's mouth / ???
Ami's First Love
Viz dub
Love is too short so buy some heels girls / Life is too short so fall in love girls
Japanese version
Tubi
Life's short and love's a battle / Life's short, love while you can
Sailor V Manga
Chapter 10
Miss Dream English translation
Heroin / Heroine (Fashion Building Heroin)
Chapter 15
Miss Dream English translation
There's no fire without volcanoes / There's no smoke without fire
90s Anime
Sailor Moon Episode 38 – The Snow, The Mountains, Friendship and Monsters
Viz dub
By chance a meeting could be your destiny / ?
If it ends well all's well / All's well that ends well
Japanese version
Tubi
A meeting by chance / ?
A good horse keeps on running / ?
Sailor Moon Episode 39 – Paired With A Monster: Mako The Ice Skating Queen
Viz dub
Just ask and you shall be answered in the order in which you ask / Ask and it will be given to you
Japanese version
Tubi
Ask and you shall be answered / Ask and you shall receive
Sailor Moon R Episode 4/50 – Usagi's Crisis: The Tiara Stops Working
Viz dub
Good things come to those who stay / Good things come to those who wait
Japanese version
Tubi
Hand warmers come to those who wait / Good things come to those who wait
Sailor Moon R Episode 6/52 – The Targeted Kindergarteners: Venus to the Rescue
Viz dub
In spring no sheep's a sheep that mows no lawn / In spring one sleeps asleep that knows no dawn
Japanese version
Tubi
In spring one sleep a sheep that mows no lawn / In spring one sleeps asleep that knows no dawn
Sailor Moon R Episode 32/78 – Venus: Nurse Minako's Mayhem
Viz dub
Worth my salt / Worth my while (I guess I'm not worth my salt in cooking.)
Tomorrow is another flu / Tomorrow is another day
Wear the shoe on the other wild goose chase / Wear the shoe on the other foot (A combination of the sayings "Wear the shoe on the other foot" and "Wild goose chase")
Japanese version
Tubi
Worth my salt / Worth my while (I'm really not worth my salt at cooking.)
Tomorrow is another flu / Tomorrow is another day
Sailor Moon R Episode 33/79 – Artemis's Adventure: The Monster Animal Kingdom
Viz dub
Fortune favors the old / Fortune favors the bold
DiC dub
Nothing ventilated, nothing gained / Nothing ventured, nothing gained (This is the only instance when Minako makes a mistake in the DiC dub, every other instance when Minako makes a mistake in the Viz dub and Japanese version were omited most of the time or she doesn't make a mistake in the DiC dub.)
Sailor Moon S Episode 1/90 – Premonition of the Apocalypse: The Mysterious New Guardians Appear
Viz dub
There's no use crying over spoiled milk / There's no use crying over spilled milk
Japanese version
Tubi
You can't re-get it later??? / You can't regret it later???
Don't regret the fish eggs from before??? / No use crying over spilt milk??? (I've seen both of these in English subtitles, I have no idea which one is correct.
Cloverway dub
There's no use crying over misspelled silk / There's no use crying over spilled milk
Sailor Moon S Episode 3/Episode 92 – A Handsome Boy? Haruka Tenoh's Secret
Viz dub
Put off today what you can always do tomorrow / Never put off tomorrow what you can do today
Japanese version
Tubi
Slow danceing wins the race / Slow and steady wins the race
Sailor Moon S Episode 8/97 – The Labyrinth of Water: Ami Targeted
Viz dub
Don't count your eggs before they're chickens / Don't count your chickens before they hatch
Japanese version
Tubi
Something about a guy named Fukusuke returning or not??? / No use crying over spilt milk???
Cloverway dub
Many bands/lands/hands take light work / Many hands make light work
Sailor Moon S Episode 11/100 – I Want To Quit Being A Sailor Guardian: Minako's Dilemma
Viz dub
When you stare at love the love also stares back at you / If you stare into the abyss the abyss stares back at you (Quote by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche)
Japanese version
Tubi
One who sees love will be seen by love / (Quote by philosopher ???)
Cloverway dub
Teen love is a wonderful thing / Hindsight is a wonderful thing / Appreciation is a wonderful thing (Quotes by poets William Blake and Voltaire respectively, it's unknown which quote is the intended quote Minako misquotes.)
Sailor Moon S Episode 14/103 – The Arrival of a Tiny Pretty Guardian
Viz dub
Even with 4 feet a donkey may stumble / Even with 4 feet a horse may stumble
Japanese version
Tubi
Anyone can get a bellyache / Anyone can make a mistake
Cloverway dub
If at first you really bomb then try and try again / If at first you don't succeed then try and try again
Sailor Moon SuperS Episode 6/133 – Artemis is Cheating? Enter the Mysterious Kitten
Viz dub
When the cat's away the mice will just get caught by a different cat / When the cat's away the mice will play
Sailor Moon SuperS Episode 7/134 – Mako's Friendship: The Girls Who Admired Pegasus
Viz dub
Don't judge a friend, they might know a celebrity / Don't judge a book by its cover???
Japanese version
Tubi
Everyone needs famous people / Everyone needs friends
Cloverway dub
A friend in need is a friend in lead / A friend in need is a friend indeed
Sailor Moon SuperS Episode 14/141 – Storm of Love: Minako's Grand Two-Timing Plan
Viz dub
There's nothing like eating your cake and still having it / You can't have your cake and eat it too
2 birds in the bush is better than no birds / A bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush.
Japanese version
Tubi
She who chases two hares gets both / ???
Cloverway dub
When it rains, it snores / When it rains, it pours
Caught between a rock and a lard face / Caught between a rock and a hard place
Sailor Moon SuperS Episode 32/159 – Chibi-Usa's Little Rhapsody of Love
Viz dub
Horsebutt / Jackass (Hey Ami, it sounds to me like this guy's a real horsebutt.)
Japanese version
Tubi
Horse / Donkey (Long like a horse.)
Cloverway dub
Donkeyface / Horseface (Big trouble, the kid's already old enough to shave, or else he's a donkeyface.)
Sailor Moon SuperS Episode 33/160 – Dream to Be an Adult: The Amazoness' Confusion
Viz dub
Act now, sink later / Act now, think later
Japanese version
Tubi
It's easyer to ask for gifts than persimmons / It's easyer to ask permission than forgiveness
Cloverway dub
Things are harder than you make them seem / Things are often easier than they seem
Sailor Moon Sailor Stars Episode 8/174 – A School Storm: The Transfer Students Are Idols
Viz dub
Being absent from class makes the heart grow fonder / Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Japanese version
Tubi
Strangled / Connected (Whenever they want to see each other, they are strangled.)
Sailor Moon Sailor Stars Episode 11/177 – A Star of Dreams and Wishes: Taiki's Transformation
Viz dub
The early bird is mightyer than the sword / The early bird gets the worm (A combination of the sayings "The early bird gets the worm" and "The pen is mightyer than the sword")
Japanese version
Tubi
If you dig out the gold you'll make a safe hit / First come, first serve
Gold diggers dig out the gold / First come, first serve
Sailor Moon Sailor Stars Episode 24/190 – Truth Revealed: The Star Lights' Past
Viz dub
DNA / CIA (My vast network of sources would put the DNA to shame.)
Japanese version
Tubi
DNA / CIA (My network even makes the DNA blush.) (My information network would surprise even the DNA.)
Sailor Moon Sailor Stars Episode 27/193 – The Stolen Silver Crystal: Princess Kakyu Appears
Viz dub
A good model makes the dress / Clothes make the man
Sailor Moon S The Movie
Viz dub
Early bird has to eat worms / The early bird gets the worm
Sailor Moon SuperS The Movie
Viz dub
Some chocolate a day keeps the doctor away / An apple a day keeps the doctor away
Japanese version
Tubi
It's not easy to shut one's mouth / ???
Ami's First Love
Viz dub
Love is too short so buy some heels girls / Life is too short so fall in love girls
Japanese version
Tubi
Life's short and love's a battle / Life's short, love while you can
Sailor V Manga
Chapter 10
Miss Dream English translation
Heroin / Heroine (Fashion Building Heroin)
Chapter 15
Miss Dream English translation
There's no fire without volcanoes / There's no smoke without fire
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