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Digimon Adventure 02x18 - Pursuing the Kaiser's Base / Run Yolei Run

Previously on Digimon Adventure: The veteran Chosen Children sat the new kids down and finally convinced them to binge the first series on Crunchyroll. Meanwhile, Wizarmon returned from the grave to deliver a dire message to Tailmon and also terrorize Yamato's dad for funsies.

Narrator: After hearing Wizarmon's warning, the children began scouting the Digital World.

As we join the Chosen Children, we find they've split up to cover more ground. Daisuke's gone with Taichi and Hikari, naturally. Miyako's with Yamato and Takeru. And Iori's making terrible mistakes.

Iori: AHHHHHHHH!!!

While mountain-climbing, Iori loses his footing and slides on his front down the mountainside. Koushiro suddenly grabs his arm, stopping his descent. Armadimon comes up behind him, grabbing his hips and slowly walking Iori up to a stable position.

Koushiro: Are you okay, Iori-kun? Iori: Y-Yes, I'm okay. Koushiro: We're almost to the top. Let's get it done.

Suddenly, Tentomon appears at the top, having gone ahead to scout the area.

Tentomon: KOUSHIRO-HAN!!! COME QUICK!!! Koushiro: What is it, Tentomon?

Tentomon does not answer him. He makes the boys climb the rest of the mountain to find out like an asshole.

In the dub, I don't usually comment on the recaps but I do want to note that Kari opens her recap of the previous episode with:

Kari: We had a really cool reunion to celebrate the anniversary of our first trip to the Digital World.

Which is correct but noteworthy in that the previous episode was insistent that it's the anniversary of Myotismon's defeat. After spending all last episode getting it wrong, Kari suddenly gets it right in the new episode script. Consistency!

In any case, on to the actual episode. To replace the narrator, the kids in the scenes set the stage diegetically.

Tai: We have to find the Digimon Emperor! I hope the others are having more luck than us. (Cut to Team Matt) T.K.: I don't see anything! Matt: I wonder how Cody's doing. (Smash cut to Cody falling) Cody: AHHHHHH!!! (Izzy catches him) Izzy: You okay, Cody? Cody: Oh... Yes, thanks to you. Izzy: You can make it. We're almost at the top. Just don't look down. Tentomon: You two get up here right away! You won't believe it! Izzy: We'll be right there, Tentomon! (They climb the mountain) Cody: I don't believe it! Tentomon: I told you.

I'm always a fan of diegetic dialogue over flat narration. Though we do lose the direct connection between this manhunt for the Kaiser and Wizarmon's warning last episode. This is Part 2 of a multi-parter, but the dub opens clean like this is just another day in the Digital World adventures.

Iori is the first to make it to the top. Peering over the mountain of haphazardly buried trolleys, he spies what Tentomon was talking about.

Iori: Koushiro-san, over there!

As Koushiro makes it to the top, a sudden gust of wind hits them. Iori and Koushiro ride out the gust and then Koushiro sees it for himself: A field of Dark Towers as far as the eye can see, surrounding an odd-looking structure.

Koushiro: There's.... Iori: ...so many Dark Towers!

Not only that, but a small army of Tuskmon are gathered below as well.

Inside the base, a huge doorway opens and releases various Kuwagamon and DarkTyranomon. They attack the Tuskmon, turning the Dark Tower field into a sea of carnage.

Iori: How cruel.... Armadimon: They came out of that weird place-dagyaa. Koushiro: It's just a theory, but that may be the Digimon Kaiser's base.

Seems likely, yeah.

In the dub:

Cody: I'm seeing things! I think.... (Wind gust) Armadillomon: Dig this! Izzy: Wow, look at all those. Cody: There's hundreds of Control Spires! (The door opens and releases the Kuwagamon and DarkTyrannomon) Izzy: And hundreds of evil Digimon slaves too. (The Kuwagamon and DarkTyrannomon attack the Tuskmon) Cody: Those poor Digimon! Armadillomon: It seems to me the DarkTyrannomon are coming out of that strange dome. Izzy: I'll bet you that's where the Digimon Emperor's headquarters are.

Fuck the Kuwagamon, I guess.

Suddenly, with jaws firmly around the neck of a Tuskmon, one DarkTyranomon looks up and sees Koushiro and Iori on the mountain.

Koushiro: Oh no! They saw us!

Koushiro checks his Digivice, but it's giving off an error message in red DigiCode lettering.

Koushiro: No good. Evolution isn't possible here.

Suddenly, a Kuwagamon flies up the hill, hovering menacingly above them.

Group: Nyaaagh! Armadimon: I'll handle this while you run for it! Iori: Please do. DIGIMENTAL UP!!!

One evolution sequence later, Koushiro and Iori are sledding down the hill on a broken off metal slab. Did Digmon peel that off one of the trolleys? Tentomon follows behind while Digmon stays back to hold off Kuwagamon.

Kuwagamon slams straight into Digmon. Digmon catches the attack, hold them back and grappling with drills at full spin.

Digmon: Nnnngh-DAGYAA!!!

Less than two minutes in and we already have our first Armor Evolution. This is gonna be a busy episode.

In the dub:

Izzy: Uh-oh! We'd better take cover. (Izzy checks Digivice) Izzy: I hope we don't need your help, Tentomon. There's no way you can Digivolve with all these Control Spires. Maybe they haven't spotted us yet. (Kuwagamon appears) Armadillomon: I knew I should have brought my giant flyswatter! Cody: Get him, Digmon! DIGI-ARMOR ENERGIZE!!! (Digmon Armor Digivolves) (Izzy and Cody escape on a sled while Kuwagamon grapples with Digmon) Digmon: May I have this dance?

Lots of quipping in this opening sequence.

Despite reacting to DarkTyrannomon spotting them, Izzy seems unaware that they've been made until Kuwagamon appears.

Once they're far enough away, Koushiro pulls out his Digivice again.

Koushiro: This should be far enough--

A great shadow suddenly passes over them. The Digimon Kaiser is here, riding on the back of a Devidramon.

Kaiser: Huhuhuhuhu, long time no see.... Iori: Digimon Kaiser! Kaiser: What are you doing here? Iori: I have no intention of answering that question! Tentomon: Koushiro-han! Koushiro: Right! Tentomon: TENTOMON SHINKAAAAAA!!! Kabuterimon: KABUTE--

The Kaiser holds out the Dark Digivice. A pulse from it suppresses Tentomon's evolution.

Tentomon: I can't evolve! Kaiser: Ahahahahahahaha! Did you forget that you can't evolve when under the Dark Digivice's power?

Probably, yeah. You've been coasting on using the Dark Towers to suppress evolution for so long that it's easy to forget that they're just relays for the true source of the suppression.

Suddenly, the hillside beneath them gives out. The sled, occupants and all, fall into a cavern dug out by Digmon.

Iori: Digmon! Digmon: Looks like I made it in time.

Digmon tunnels them a great distance away from the mountain, the Dark Towers, and the Kaiser before surfacing in a nearby forest.

Iori: You saved us. Thank you. Tentomon: Koushiro-han!

Digmon reverts back to Armadimon from there. This time, Tentomon's able to go through his evolution unimpeded. Kabuterimon breaches the canopy. With Koushiro and Iori on his back, Kabuterimon retreats into the distance.

Kaiser: So that's Kabuterimon. I've got some useful data now. Huhuhuhu... HAHAHAHAHA!!!

All according to plan. Apparently.

They don't really explain what he means by this. But if his systems work like Koushiro's Digimon Analyzer then he needs to personally encounter a Digimon before he can upload their data from his Digivice. So by coming in and having this brief encounter with Kabuterimon, he'd now have access to Kabuterimon's data as a Digimon species.

In the dub:

Izzy: My D-3's going wild--WHOA!!! (Devidramon appears) Emperor: Hahahahahahahaha! Going somewhere? Cody: The Digimon Emperor! Emperor: So nice of you to drop in on my headquarters. It saves me the trouble of hunting you down. Tentomon: I've got to at least try to Digivolve! Izzy: Go! Tentomon: TENTOMON DIGIVOLVE TO... oh, forget it. (Emperor suppresses the Digivolution) Tentomon: I can't Digivolve! Emperor: Hahahahahahaha! How many times do I have to tell you people, you're sitting in the No Digivolving Section! (Suddenly the ground gives way) Cody: Thanks, Digmon. Digmon: Do I know how to dig a hole or what? (Digmon takes them far away) Digmon: Okay, we're in the clear. Cody: There are no Control Spires here! Izzy: Tentomon! Tentomon: I'll give it another shot! (Kabuterimon Digivolves and escapes with Izzy and Cody) Emperor: So that's Kabuterimon. I think I'll add him to my collection! Ngahahahahahaha!

The dub takes its first commercial break here.

(sigh) Izzy. Does not. Have a D-3.

The dub seems confused about why Tentomon couldn't Digivolve. In the original, Koushiro notes that they're out of the Dark Towers' radius. Then Tentomon tries and even gets as far as Kabuterimon delivering the closing line of the evolution sequence before the Kaiser abruptly shuts him down.

In the dub, there is no mention of being out-of-range from the Control Spires; They replaced it with that D-3 line. Tentomon insists on trying to Digivolve anyway even though he admits that it's fruitless, then gives up before we see the pulse from the Dark Digivice. Only after they reach the forest with Digmon is it said that we're out-of-range now.

So was it the Control Spires that suppressed his Digivolution, and the pulse from the Dark Digivice was superfluous?

Also, the Kaiser/Emperor's plan is not to capture Kabuterimon. He has something else in mind. He just needed data on Kabuterimon, which connects to the data gathering he was doing on Monochromon and Airdramon earlier.

Returning through the Digital Gate, Iori and Koushiro join the other two groups in Koushiro's bedroom.

Taichi: Good work. Koushiro: And my mom? Taichi: We're fine. Doesn't look like she's home yet. Koushiro: (relieved) We made it in time.

Koushiro and Yamato turn to the computer. Koushiro types feverishly throughout the background of the scene.

Taichi: So, how'd it go? Iori: There were a ton of Dark Towers all over the place! Miyako: I knew it!

Due to an error in either animation or editing, despite asking the question, Taichi abruptly stops caring between shots. We go to closeup on Miyako for her exclamation and when we return to the wider angle, he's scooted his chair over to see what Koushiro and Yamato are doing. The junior team continue to discuss things amongst themselves.

Daisuke: They were all over our area too. Takeru: They were like telephone poles. Iori: On top of that, we found it: The Kaiser's base!

Here, Taichi teleports back to his original position between shots. He's suddenly in front of and listening intently to Iori again. Then, as Iori turns to set Upamon down with the rest of the Digimon, Taichi slides his chair forward so he can see what Yamato and Koushiro are doing.

Hikari: His base? Iori: Yes!

Well, they'd found his base once before during the whole MetalGreymon ordeal. But it seems to be in a different location now. Wonder why that might be.

It occurs to me that Koushiro and Iori were the last ones out of the Digital World. It's a really good thing we made it in time. As awkward as it would be for Kae to come home and Koushiro's not here, it would be even harder to explain if she came home to everyone but Koushiro here.

In the dub:

Tai: That's everyone. Izzy: Is my mom here? Tai: No. We were lucky. We all made it back before she got home. Izzy: That was close. Tai: So what did you guys find in your area? Cody: The whole place was covered with a bunch of Control Spires. Yolei: I knew it! Davis: There must have been a Control Spire convention in town. T.K.: Tell me about it; There were hundreds of them! Cody: We found something else too: The Digimon Emperor's base! Kari: His base? Cody: Yeah!

Solid. Davis's quip is the best thus far in the episode.

Turning our attention to what the veterans are doing at the computer, Tentomon on the other side says a quick goodbye.

Tentomon: In that case, I'll keep scouting the enemy. Koushiro: If you would, please.

The Digital Gate closes and Koushiro tabs over, then rotates the monitor to show the junior team.

Koushiro: Would everyone please take a look at this? Group: Huh? Koushiro: First off, this is the area Daisuke-kun's group went to.

On the computer, he has the map of the Digital World. Previously, the squares would be a scattering of white, gray, and black cells. The Kaiser was expanding his territory in every direction.

Here, however, there's a line of black cells in an otherwise white field.

Koushiro: This is where Takeru-kun's group went.

It's another mostly white field with lines of black across it.

Koushiro: And this is where my group went.

A third white field with a black line through it.

Koushiro: And when you connect them together....

The completed picture shows... something. Some sort of sigil or drawing being made by the string of Dark Towers that the Kaiser is erecting.

Takeru: That's.... Miyako: It's like a huge slug passed through! Poromon: These areas are being taken over systematically! Patamon: Our Digital World! Chibimon: (fuming) That scumbag Kaiser! Upamon: He's finally getting serious with his conquest-dagyaa! Tailmon: "Time is running out." Hikari: "All of you must hurry." Could this be what Wizarmon was talking about? Takeru: It must be.

I wouldn't really call what's on those screens a systematic conquest. Looks more like he's trying to draw the transmutation circle that will make the whole Digital World into a Philosopher's Stone or something.

As an aside, the teams were Team Daisuke and Team Takeru? XD Wow, fuck Taichi, Hikari, and Yamato, I guess.

In the dub:

Tentomon: I'll keep my eyes on things here and report back if there's any trouble. Izzy: Right. (Tentomon logs off and Izzy pulls up the map) Izzy: Alright, everybody should take a look at this. Group: Huh!? Izzy: First, look at the area that Davis and his group explored. (Map) Izzy: Next is the area that T.K.'s group was in. (Map) Izzy: Finally, here's where my group was. (Map) Izzy: If we connect them together-- Davis: It's a circus clown! I love this game! Izzy: (annoyed) No, Davis. It's a path. Poromon: He's taking over all the areas! Talk about nesting! Patamon: There'll be nothing left of our world! DemiVeemon: Not to mention our friends! Upamon: That's it! Now I'm really starting to get upset! Gatomon: If we could only destroy that base.... Kari: Wait a minute. That's it! If we destroy the Emperor's headquarters then the Control Spires will be useless. T.K.: That makes a lot of sense.

Izzy still disrespects Tai, Kari, and Matt in this version and the Digimon still interpret the map poorly.

Miyako comparing it to a slug trail gets swapped out for another opportunity to dunk on Davis. This, however, still conveys the point that it is, for reasons unknown, a line.

For the second time, they erase a connection to the preceding episode with Wizardmon.

Daisuke: If that's the case, why are we wasting time here? We found the Kaiser's base! Let's go smash it right now! Right, Chibimon? Chibimon: YEAH!!! Takeru: Wait just a second. If we're going to attack the Kaiser's base, we need to make a plan. Daisuke: Sorry, you're right. I was just expressing how I felt about it. Miyako: This isn't going to be like the other times, is it? Takeru: That's right. We probably won't be able to make a day trip out of it like before. Miyako: (surprised) Ah? Yeah, you're right. We won't be able to attack the base if we're having to worry about making it home on time. Hikari: That's right. We don't come home until the Kaiser is defeated. We have to prepare ourselves for that. Miyako: Prepare ourselves....

The camera closes in on Miyako's nervous face. While she struggles with her feelings, the conversation continues around her.

Iori: I'm prepared, but if I don't make it home for dinner, my mother will worry. Daisuke: Eh, just make up a lie to tell her. Say you're staying at a friend's house or something. Hikari: (disappointed) Would you do that, Daisuke-kun? Daisuke: (backpedaling) I-It was just an example....

Hikari is not going to like what the plan ends up being. It's basically the same as what Daisuke suggested.

In the dub:

Davis: So, why are we sitting around here like a bunch of yahoos? I say we go to the Digital World, find his base, and rip it up like a bad check! Right, DemiVeemon? DemiVeemon: Right! T.K.: What do you want to do? Walk up there and say, "Excuse me, do you mind if we take a couple of minutes to tear down this building?" Davis: Well... Alright, I suppose we have to come up with some sort of plan. Yolei: He's right, but it's going to take a lot of thinking. T.K.: I agree. And I also think it's going to take longer than one day to accomplish. Yolei: Huh? I suppose if we all had to be back by a certain time, we wouldn't be able to concentrate on destroying the base. Kari: Right. Then we all have to agree on one thing: We don't return until the base is destroyed. Yolei: Huh!? You mean.... Cody: I don't know. If I'm not there for my mom's tuna casserole, she'll know something's wrong. I haven't missed one in two years! Davis: Just make up some excuse to tell her. Something like that you got picked by the army for a secret mission to Mars. Kari: If you told your parents that, they'd actually believe you? Davis: Of course not. They don't believe anything I say.

We don't need to "find his base", Davis. We've found it. We're talking about the attack now. Pay attention.

We lose some subtle details in the dub here. Miyako stumbles over the word 覚悟 kakugo that Hikari just used, which means determination, resolve, preparedness. It means having the will to do a thing even though you don't want to or are afraid to do it.

We're going into the deep and that's terrifying. The idea of throwing down with Ken in one epic final battle where everything is on the line and no one gets to retreat again is terrifying, but that's the moment we've arrived at. And Miyako's not sure she's ready.

Yolei is feeling that same nervousness, but it's just a throwaway line.

Similarly, when Daisuke suggests that Iori make up a lie, Hikari gets offended by the proposal. She is... probably the most goody two-shoes of the entire cast of both series. The dub replaces that with a joke; The punchline is that Davis lies often and badly to his family with predictable results.

Koushiro: Our Digimon won't be able to evolve with all these Dark Towers around. Yamato: Even if we went to the Digital World, would we be able to help? Taichi: Nah, but we can help by not going with them. So...

Taichi kicks away from Koushiro's desk and rolls his chair across the room.

Taichi: Camping! We're all going camping. Hikari: Camping? Takeru: So we pretend we're going camping and then go to the Digital World? Taichi: Exactly. But it might cause problems if your parents tried to call you at the campsite, so the rest of us will actually go camping. Yamato: So we're going to provide their alibi? Taichi: What do you think? A great idea, huh?

Yes, but also not appreciably different from what Daisuke said; Just more thought out. So I don't know why Hikari isn't giving Taichi the stink-eye too. Nepotism, I guess.

In the dub:

Izzy: With all these Control Spires in the Digital World, there's no way our Digimon will ever be able to Digivolve. Matt: That means that us older kids would be useless if we go to the Digital World with you guys. Tai: That's true, Matt. But there are other ways we can help out without actually going with them. (Tai rolls across the room) Tai: Like camping! While you guys go to the Digital World, the rest of us will go on a camping trip. Kari: Huh? T.K.: How does it help us if we're fighting the Digimon Emperor while you're roasting marshmallows!? Tai: It's simple. We'll tell all our parents that we're going camping but if they call the campgrounds and no one's there, we'll get in trouble. So the older kids will go camping for real and cover you. Matt: Great idea, Tai. Plus, we get to go camping! Tai: (amused) Tough job, but someone's got to do it!

The dub explains Tai's plan perfectly. My one beef is that T.K. is a lot slower on the uptake than Takeru and gets really snippy about it too.

Suddenly, Izumi Kae knocks on the door in the middle of the team meeting, reinforcing the point made last episode about the perils of doing this shit at home. The team scrambles to look natural.

It does not go well.

Koushiro: Uh... Come in! Kae: (entering) Welcome, everyone.

She enters to a hell of a sight. Hikari and Daisuke are swing dancing or some shit, Miyako is arm-wrestling Takeru while Iori referees, Koushiro scooped all of the "stuffed animals" off his bed for reasons unknown, and Taichi and Yamato are molesting a globe. They are definitely up to something and possibly on drugs.

Koushiro: Welcome home. Group: (customary) OJAMASHIMASU!!! Kae: What were you guys talking about? Group: Uhhhhh....

Everyone slowly looks at Koushiro to bullshit them out of this.

Koushiro: You see... We were all talking about going camping! Kae: Aw, that's great! But who's going to chaperone you?

Fuck. We didn't have time to plan for reasonable questions. Just straight-up forgot that when children disappear for extended periods of time, they are expected to bring an adult with them.

Pulling the globe away from Taichi, Yamato jumps in the middle and lies like a dog.

Yamato: My dad's taking us. Taichi: (whispers) Is that okay with him, Yamato? Yamato: (whispers) Maybe?

Boy, it's a good thing we already had the episode where we taught Iori it's okay to lie or else he would be a problem right now.

In the dub:

Izzy: Uh... come in...? (Kae enters to the weirdest sight) Kae: Oh, you're home! Hello. Izzy: H-hi there, Mom. Group: Hello, Mrs. Izumi! Kae: Hi, kids! What are you doing inside on such a nice day? Group: Uhhhhhh.... Izzy: Well... We were discussing going on a camping trip for our next vacation. Kae: Oh! That sounds like fun, but you're going to need a chaperone. Who's the adult that's going with you? Izzy: Uhhhhh.... Matt: Oh, don't worry! My dad will go with us! He loves traveling the world. Tai: (whispers) Are you sure? Matt: (whispers) No, but it sounded good.

What does traveling the world have to do with going camping? Izzy and Matt are overcomplicating this lie.

That night, Yamato and Takeru visit the Fuji station to break the news to Hiroaki. We arrive with an establishing shot that I honestly think is a photo of the real-life FCG Building at night.

Hiroaki: I'm the camp chaperone!? Yamato: Please? I already promised everyone... And didn't you say you had a lot of paid vacation time saved up?

Hiroaki pulls at his tie and grumbles noncommittally. He doesn't have a rebuttal but he's not happy about it. While Hiroaki's stumbling over that, Takeru keeps pushing.

Takeru: Hey, I bet you got a nice bonus, huh?

Cut back to the exterior shot of the FCG Building to comically emphasize the volume of Hiroaki's shouting.

Hiroaki: YOU WANT ME TO BUY A COMPUTER TOO!?!?

Never have children, folks. XD

In the dub:

Hiroaki: What!? You want me to go camping with you? Matt: Please, Dad! I already promised the others you would do it! Just think of it! Being out in the wilderness among all the snakes and the wolves and the grizzly bears; It'll be fun! (Hiroaki tugs his collar and makes nervous noises) T.K.: Hey, Dad? Tell us again about the time you were chased by a grizzly bear. (Exterior shot of FCG Building) Hiroaki: Don't you kids have homework?

Matt does a terrible job of pitching the camping trip to Hiroaki and they drop Takeru's computer request for a lower-key punchline.

In his room, Daisuke's packing for the camping trip. Jun brings him a tray with food and an orange drink on it. Setting it down on the floor and standing up, Jun has question.

Jun: Hey, so.... Daisuke: Why do I have a bad feeling about this? Jun: So you're going camping? Daisuke: Yeah. Jun: (excited) With Takeru-kun and the others? Daisuke: (reluctantly) Yeah...? Jun: (ecstatic) So that means Yamato-kun is going with you!? Daisuke: (annoyed) Yes! Jun: Ahhh... then in that case-- Daisuke: (realizing) Agh, that's so rude! Can't you leave me alone? Jun: Oh, come on!

Out in the living room, the door to Daisuke's room opens and he shoves Jun out of it. The tray of snacks and drink she was bringing him goes unexplained, but I think she was trying to butter him up. Implicitly, Jun was circling the topic of coming with Daisuke on his camping trip so she could hang out with Yamato.

Out in the living room, their mom is watching a news report.

Reporter: We go now to an interview with the parents of Ichijouji Ken, the child prodigy whose whereabouts remain unknown.

Inside the Ichijouji apartment, Ken's mother cries while his father speaks to the reporters.

Father: Our boy will come back. I believe he's alive somewhere out there.

Upon realizing what was on the TV, Daisuke has stopped pushing Jun and now watches the interview with rapt attention.

Jun: What's with you all of a sudden? Ken's Mother: (crying) Our boy, Ken-chan, is such a kind person....

The interview footage transitions us to Takeru's apartment. He shuts off the TV, then slumps in his chair and sighs.

In the dub, Davis is a lot more hostile to Jun's questioning.

Jun: What are you doing? Davis: None of your business! Jun: Looks like you're packing for a camping trip. Davis: It's your imagination! Jun: Are T.K. and the others going? Davis: I can't remember! Jun: So then... Is Matt going camping too? Davis: Matt moved to another country. Jun: Well, if you're going and everyone else is going and... Matt's going... Can I go too? Davis: Sure, you can go! (Davis shoves Jun out of the room) Davis: Go away!

Daisuke grew increasingly irate over the course of the questioning and then snapped when he realized what the purpose was. Davis is already at "Oh my god, fuck off" from the start.

Reporter: Police still have no clue as to the whereabouts of Boy Genius Ken Ichijouji who mysteriously disappeared some time ago. Ken's Father: If anyone's seen my son, please contact the police right away. Jun: That kid's still lost? Ken's Mother: I hope he's not alone somewhere, cold and hungry. Oh, he's helpless without me! (T.K. turns off the TV) T.K.: Boy, if they only knew!

Jun here has a throwaway line in place of the original, which was calling attention to Daisuke's change of demeanor.

They also changed Ken's mother's line. Wizarmon told us last episode that "Kindness will release a golden radiance." There is important foreshadowing then in Ken's mother now describing him as kind. There is a bitter irony in the DIgimon Kaiser being described as kind, but also an important element of "Wait... did she just say the word...?"

The dub just plays up the irony while erasing, for the third time, a connection to Wizarmon's monologue.

Late at night in her room, Miyako can't sleep. Poromon's sleeping soundly in a basket but Miyako sits up, struggling to quiet her mind. She's haunted by the discussion from earlier today.

Takeru (V.O.): That's right. We probably won't be able to make a day trip out of it like before. Hikari (V.O.): That's right. We don't come home until the Kaiser is defeated. We have to prepare ourselves for that. Miyako: That's right... This adventure won't be like the ones we've been on up until now.

Steeling herself, she raises her first into the air.

Miyako: You're prepared for this, Miyako!

Linguistic note: A pretty straightforward translation of "覚悟はいい Kakugo wa ii" would be "I'm ready/You're ready/Are you ready?" This is because 覚悟 kakugo is the word for emotional readiness or preparedness to face something you don't want to face.

In this context, it's important to note that Miyako again uses that same word Hikari said earlier, which she's been stuck on.

Poromon: (rouses) Hmm? Are you still awake? If you don't get to sleep soon, you're going to have a rough time tomorrow. (rolls over and goes back to sleep) Miyako: Yeah... Good night.

Miyako lays back down, resting her head on her pillow and muttering to herself.

Miyako: I have to work hard... I have to work hard... I have to work hard....

Here we get into the nuance of 頑張る ganbaru again. Using effort to persevere through adversity. Despite insisting to herself that she has 覚悟 kakugo, she is now effectively reprimanding herself to pull her weight in the task ahead.

Miyako has committed herself, pushed aside her trepidation and is taking this super seriously... to the point that she is probably overcompensating.

In the dub, the flashbacks actually quote their respective lines correctly. A rarity for the dub.

T.K. (V.O.): I also think it's going to take longer than one day to accomplish. Kari (V.O.): Right. Then we all have to agree on one thing: We don't return until the base is destroyed. Yolei: Alright. Even though I'm gonna be gone a long time and I'll miss my soap operas.... (Yolei raises fist) Yolei: I AM TOTALLY UP FOR THIS!!! Poromon: (rouses) You're not supposed to be up at all. We went to bed hours ago! Some of us are trying to sleep! GOOD NIGHT!!! HMPH!!! Yolei: Yeah... good night.... (Yolei lays down) Yolei: Go Yolei, Go Yolei, Go! Go Yolei, Go Yolei, Go!

Yolei isn't so conflicted in the dub.

Poromon snaps at Yolei for waking him instead of expressing concern for Miyako for still being awake. It's a pretty funny moment, though.

The next day, the junior team meets up in Yamato's room. Koushiro has unpacked the computer they made Hiroaki buy and is busy setting it up. Taichi reads what seems to be a notebook over in the corner, where he won't touch any of the sensitive electronics.

Miyako frantically paces the room, shaking and shouting with frenetic energy.

Miyako: (English) DIGITAL WORLD GO GO!!! DIGIMON KAISER, WE'RE COMING FOR YOU!!! Patamon: What's with her? Poromon: She's been like that since she got up.

Coming to the middle of the room, Miyako starts throwing punches followed by a high kick at thin air. Then she turns around and punches her way back across the room. Everybody ignores her.

Koushiro: The computer's all set up. Miyako: (English) BINGO!!! Go go let's go!

She is absolutely overcompensating.

While the entire junior team who were I guess chilling offscreen gather around the PC, Yamato pops into the room to check on everyone.

Takeru: Well, looks like we're off. Yamato: Alright. We'll take care of this side. Taichi: Be careful out there. Hikari: Okay. Miyako: Then let's get going! DIGITAL GATE, OPEN!!! CHOSEN CHILDREN, LET'S ROLL!!!

Miyako opens the Digital Gate and the junior team passes through to the other side.

In the dub:

Yolei: DIGIMON EMPEROR, PREPARE TO GO DOWN!!! WE'RE GONNA TEACH THAT EVIL GENIUS A LESSON HE'LL NEVER FORGET!!! Patamon: She's excited to go.... Poromon: I know! She's been like this all night! (Yolei starts throwing punches at thin air) Yolei: HI-YAAAA!!! YAYAYAYAYA!!! Izzy: Hey, Yolei, save some for the Digimon Emperor! (Junior team marches to the computer while Matt enters) Yolei: LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, AND HALT!!! T.K.: SIR, YES SIR!!! Matt: You got a lot to learn about women, T.K. Tai: Be safe. Kari: Right. Yolei: ALRIGHT!!! TIME TO GO!!! LET THE BATTLE BEGIN!!! DIGI-PORT OPEN!!! YEEHAW!!!

They capture the vibe of Yolei's frenetic energy perfectly. I'm not sure what Matt's crack at T.K. was supposed to be about, though. Just because it's a Stock Punchline, that doesn't mean you don't need to make it make sense in context.

They remove a bit of expository dialogue - That Koushiro's finished setting up the computer and that the team's splitting up - for the sake of having some fun with Yolei's hyperactivity. But Koushiro's bit can be gleaned from context while Takeru and Yamato just restate what we already know the plan to be. This isn't critical exposition.

This one's just a simple case of Dramatic Dialogue vs Jokey Dialogue. Though Tai and Kari's little moment makes it in unaltered.

Once the younger kids are deployed, Taichi, Yamato, and Koushiro leave the apartment to meet Hiroaki in his van out front. The boys climb in.

Hiroaki: Are we heading out? Yamato: Yep. Taichi: Thanks for taking us! Koushiro: Thank you! Hiroaki: Well, let's get going, then.

Yamato gets in the car last, with the camera shot low so the car door obscures the sidewalk. As Yamato closes the door, Jun is revealed behind it like a slasher movie monster. She has a packed backpack and everything.

Jun: YAMATO-KUUUUUUN!!! GOOD MORNIIIIIING!!! Group: Huh? Taichi: (angrily whispers) What's going on here? No one told me about this. Yamato: (whispers) Me neither. Taichi: (whispers) Whatever, just go do something about it!

Yamato gets out of the car and approaches Jun on the sidewalk.

Yamato: H-Hey.... Jun: I heard you were going camping so I came too! Yamato: (fake laughing) Oh, I-I see.... Koushiro: (whispering) Yamato-san's going to be furious with Daisuke-kun again, huh? Taichi: (whispering) It's not easy being a hunk.

There's a tricky one. モテる Moteru means someone who is romantically popular with the opposite sex, regardless of whether they are trying to be or not. It doesn't assert any values as to whether they're actively seducing the opposite sex or are just super-attractive; All that matters to the term is that the opposite sex fawns over them for one reason or another.

What's important is that Taichi admitted that Yamato's a snack for the high school-age ladies, and Sora will remember this.

In the dub:

Hiroaki: You rugged camping men all set to go? Hehehehe.... Tai: Yep! Thanks for taking us. Izzy: Yeah! Hiroaki: Well, I guess we should get going! Matt: Right! (Matt closes his door, revealing Jun) Jun: HI THERE MAAAAAATT!!! I'M READYYYYYY!!! Group: Huh!? Tai: Isn't that Davis's sister? What's she doing here? Matt: (whispers) I have no idea. Tai: (whispers) Well, see what you can do to get rid of her, okay? Matt: (whispers) Right. (Matt exits the vehicle) Matt: H-Hey, Jun, what's going on? Jun: I thought this camping trip would be a perfect romantic getaway for us. Matt: O-Oh, I see.... Izzy: (whispers) Lucky Matt. Girls must chase him allllll day! Tai: (whispers) I know exactly how he feels!

Tai does not. Joe will have a girlfriend before he does.

Dub Jun says the quiet part out loud.

While Yamato's trying to figure out what the hell he can say to make this situation stop happening, Jun notices something they really would have liked if she didn't notice.

Jun: Huh? Where are Daisuke and the others? Yamato: Oh... Th-They already left in a different car!

Taichi and Koushiro try to keep straight faces but lose the struggle and break down in a gigging fit.

Yamato: The car belongs to one of my dad's coworkers. Jun: Awww... okay, then. Yamato: So, um... I need to ask for a favor. Jun: (ecstatic, swooning) Eh!? What is it!? Yamato: Could you turn around and count to ten? Ah, and I would like for you to close your eyes too. Jun: (swooning) Hehe... Okay! (turns around, covers eyes) One... Two....

Yamato races back to the car and throws himself into the passenger seat.

Yamato: Dad! Floor it! Hiroaki: Are you sure? That girl-- Yamato: Yes! Jun: Six... Seven... Eight... Nine... Ten!

Jun uncovers her eyes just in time to see Hiroaki's van speed away into the distance.

Jun: Huh!? HEY, YAMATO-KUUUUUUN!!!

Abandoning Jun here with her (honestly self-inflicted) broken heart, this seems like a good spot to take a commercial break. Sorry, Jun, but you're coming off a little bit stalkerish. Especially since I know you didn't get Yamato's address from Daisuke.

In the dub:

Jun: By the way, where's Davis and the others? Matt: O-Oh, those guys... They went ahead of us in another car. (Tai and Izzy start giggling) Matt: A friend of my dad's has a really big minivan. Jun: Hmm... Where do I sit? Matt: Uhhhhhh... First, I have a present to give you. Jun: HUH!?!? ME!?!? Matt: Yeah, but it's in the car and I didn't get a chance to wrap it. So close your eyes and count to ten and I'll be right back with your present, okay? Jun: (giggling fit) Okay, Matt! One... Two.... (Matt jumps in the car) Matt: O-Okay, Dad, step on it. Jun: Three! Hiroaki: You want to... leave her here...? Jun: Four! Matt: Yep. Jun: Five! Hiroaki: You have a lot to learn about women, Matt. Jun: Six! Seven! Matt: Hmm, where did I hear that before? Jun: Eight! Nine! Ten! (Car drives away) Jun: Huh? Matt!? Where's my present!?

The dub also takes their second commercial break here.

Here is the answer for that awkward "You have a lot to learn about women". It was the setup for this follow-up gag. This utterance makes more sense but it's still a weak punchline.

I like that they have Jun's countdown continue through the entire scene. In the original, we can't hear her after Yamato gets in the car. This can make sense since they're in a vehicle, but Hiroaki's window is down; He rolls it up once they start driving. So it also makes sense that her voice would carry.

Returning from commercial, we join the team climbing the mountain of random trolleys, retracing Koushiro and Iori's footsteps.

Iori: It's up there! Everyone, please be careful.

While Iori gives the team a clear warning from his own personal experience, Miyako recklessly scrambles up the mountain at a feverish pace behind him. Hawkmon chases after her.

Hawkmon: Miyako-san! What did he just say, Miyako-san!?

Tentomon comes over the hill with bad news.

Tentomon: This is bad, guys! The Kaiser's base is gone! Takeru: What...?

Miyako is already at the top, but the other four children and their Digimon complete the climb at a reasonable, steady pace. Once they're at the top, they look out across the field of Dark Towers. Not only are all the Digimon gone, but sure enough, the entire structure of the Kaiser's base has vanished and left behind a gigantic hole. Armadimon confirms.

Armadimon: That weird building used to be where that hole is-dagyaa.

We came for a siege and found a mystery instead.

In the dub:

Cody: The Digimon Emperor's base is up here! Follow me! (Yolei recklessly scales the mountain behind Cody while he talks) Hawkmon: Yolei! This isn't a track meet! Tentomon: I hate to be a fly in your soup, but the Emperor's base is gone! T.K.: Huh? It can't be! Kari: Let's have a look! (The others climb the mountain) Cody: His base was right here! Davis: Maybe it was a mobile home. Armadillomon: Since he was leaving, he could have done the polite thing and taken those Control Spires with him.

It's always weird to me when the Jokey Ha Ha version removes jokes. The comical juxtaposition of Miyako frantically scrambling up the cliff in the same shot that Iori's telling everyone to be careful is swapped out for a Hawkmon making a quip.

But on the plus side, Davis's quip isn't exactly wrong and Armadillomon makes a valid point about the Emperor's rudeness. XD

It's at this moment that Tailmon notices that something else has disappeared too.

Tailmon: Huh? Where's Miyako? Hikari: THERE!!!

Hikari points down the hill, where Miyako is recklessly skidding down the mountainside to reach the bottom dangerously fast.

Miyako: YAHOOOOOO!!! Hawkmon: WAIT!!! PLEASE WAIT FOR US!!!

No deal, Buzzkillmon! Miyako's on a mission! She has something to prove! Mostly to herself!

The other children can't help but watch, be wildered, as Miyako hurls herself down a cliff. But eventually they all make it down and inspect the hole.

Daisuke: You're sure it was here? Iori: No question about it. But why is this big hole here now? Takeru: The whole base just up and vanished? Hikari: Vanished? But that... Patamon: What do we do? Takeru: Whatever we do, it's too late to turn back now. Daisuke: We search! I'm confident that we can find the Kaiser's base and destroy it.

It's a curve ball to be sure, but Takeru and Daisuke are still intent on forging ahead somehow.

In the dub:

Gatomon: Has anyone seen Yolei? Kari: Look down there. (Yolei's skidding down the mountain) Yolei: WHEEEEEE!!! Hawkmon: Yolei, can we take the scenic route!? (Reaction shot then everyone descends) Davis: Are you sure you saw it? Maybe it was a garage. Cody: (annoyed) You mean a mirage? Davis: No, I meant a place where the Digimon Emperor keeps his car. T.K.: How can a whole building simply disappear into thin air? Kari: Maybe Ken's friends with a really good magician. Patamon: What do we do? T.K.: We keep on looking. We promised not to leave until the base is destroyed! Davis: Leave it to me! I'll find his headquarters. All we have to do is follow the building tracks in the dirt!

Kari spotting Yolei lacks the sense of alarm and urgency that it should have. Similarly, Hawkmon's heart is in the right place with his quip but it's a little too casual. Both of them fail to really spotlight the complete absurdity of Yolei's method of descent, which should be perfect fodder for comical over-the-top reactions.

The scene then devolves into just... straight-up Davis slander. His two lines become two consecutive gags about what a dumb, useless clown he is.

At least throw the quips Yolei's direction. The centerpiece of this entire "big hole" scene is her ludicrous behavior. Why aren't we dunking on her?

Speaking of, Miyako has an idea.

Miyako: THE SKY!!!

Realizing they have left Miyako unsupervised, the team turns around to see her fucking scrambling up the side of a Dark Tower.

Group: Wha--!? Hawkmon: M-Miyako-san.... Miyako: YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES

Miyako reaches the top, perches on the Tower's point, and points dramatically into the sky.

Miyako: KAZOOM!!! It flew off into the sky! Hawkmon: That's enough, Miyako-san! Please come down from there! It's dangerous! Miyako: Wait a second....

Sharp cut to Tentomon cowering from Miyako's fierce interrogation.

Tentomon: Eeeeeegh.... Miyako: The jig is up! Time to come clean and CONFESS!!! WHERE IS THE KAISER'S BASE!?!? Hawkmon: ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND, MIYAKO-SAN!?!?

Yep, she's lost it. She is now fucking accusing Tentomon of treachery. Miyako dramatically spins around and thrusts her pointer finger out while declaring:

Miyako: The culprit... IS YOU!!!

I don't know if "犯人はお前か Han'nin wa... OMAE KA!!!" is, like, a stock phrase for detective stories. But it wouldn't surprise me if it is. It feels like she's referencing something. Though it could also be Ace Attorney; The first game came out a year prior.

Either way, smash cut to Hawkmon repeatedly bowing and apologizing profusely for Miyako's behavior.

Hawkmon: I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Miyako-san is just trying to contribute in her own way.... Tentomon: I'm not too upset about it... But she's doing something else now. Hawkmon: Eh?

What new shit is Miyako about to get on? We'll get to that in a moment. For now, the dub.

Yolei: UP HERE!!! Davis: Huh? (Yolei is climbing a Control Spire!?) Group: HUH!?!? Hawkmon: Yolei seems to be losing it!

Yolei does not say anything while she climbs; She just breathes heavily.

Yolei: I know what happened! The entire building just flew right up into the SKYYYYYY!!! Hawkmon: Ridiculous! If that happened, someone would have seen it. Yolei: That's right! (Cut to Tentomon interrogation) Yolei: It was you! Tentomon: ME!?!? Yolei: You were guarding this area the entire time we were gone! Now tell us what you saw OR ELSE!!! Hawkmon: Stop yelling at Tentomon, Yolei! He tried! (Dramatic point) Yolei: Well he should have TRIED HARDERRRRRR!!! (Cut to Hawkmon apologizing) Hawkmon: I'm terribly sorry, Tentomon. Yolei really doesn't mean any of this. She's been under a lot of strain lately. Tentomon: Well, must she yell at me!? Can't she take a yoga class or something? ...what's she doing now? Hawkmon: I'm not going to ask her as long as she has that hammer in her hand.

The manic energy is present but a lot weaker here. Rather than being at his wit's end and just begging Miyako to stop, Hawkmon earnestly engages with Yolei's bullshit. Yolei, in turn, listens to and engages with what Hawkmon is saying where Miyako is fully on her shit and beyond all reason.

Even her accusation of Tentomon is dialed back. Yolei accuses Tentomon of being negligent in his scouting duties, whereas Miyako goes whole hog and accuses him of betraying them to the Digimon Kaiser. She outright says that he did it. Tentomon made the base disappear. Somehow.

You get a much stronger sense that she has lost her goddamn mind with Miyako than with Yolei.

So... what's she doing now?

Miyako has somehow managed to locate a hammer, a piton, and a rope. She nails the rope into the ground at the edge of the hole, then turns back and salutes the team. Then, as if she were a soldier in an army, she declares:

Miyako: This is Inoue Miyako! I am descending to begin my investigation of the Digimon Kaiser's underground empire! Await my report! Hawkmon: M-Miyako-san! Group: (collective exasperated sigh)

So I guess that's a thing now. Allegedly.

When Miyako starts climbing down the rope, Hawkmon flies into the hole to try one last time to stop... all of this.

Hawkmon: Would you please stop this already? Let's just go back to the others and-- Miyako: Shut up! This adventure is nothing like the usual adventures we go on! Hawkmon: You're not even listening to me! Miyako/Hawkmon: I'M PREPARED FOR THIS!!! / WOULD YOU PLEASE LISTEN TO ME!?!?

All this screaming at each other in the hole awakens something down below. A lone Dokugumon tunnels up from the earth at the bottom of the hole, spotting Miyako and Hawkmon.

Dokugumon is an Adult-stage Virus-attribute Insect Digimon. We had a nasty run-in with one of them in Vamdemon's castle in the first series. After Vamdemon's forces departed for Japan, they were left behind to guard the Gate.

Narrator: Dokugumon! An Insect Digimon whose entire body has been parasitized by computer viruses. Their special attack is a fearsome poison attack called Stinger Poration!

That's still an awkward attack name, especially since it involves neither stingers nor poration.

In the dub:

Yolei: Troops, I'm off to scout the Digimon Emperor's underground empire! I'll report back soon with good news! Hawkmon: Yolei, wait for me! Group: (collective exasperated sigh) (Yolei descends into the hole; Hawkmon follows) Hawkmon: Yolei, what are you doing!? Are you losing your mind!? What has gotten into you lately!? Hawkmon/Yolei: Not to mention that this rock climbing escapade of yours is extremely dangerous! You'll (unintelligible) in more ways than one! / Leave me alone, Hawkmon! This adventure is different! I'm a highly motivated woman and I can achieve any goal I set my sights on! (Dokugumon emerges) Hawkmon: (rundown) Oh no! It's the dreaded Dokugumon! He's an Insect-type Digimon whose special attack is Poison Thread. You don't want to get caught up in his web!

Here, they capture the vibe of Hawkmon and Yolei screaming at each other, with the pair talking over each other so hard that I honestly can't make out part of Hawkmon's rant.

Hawkmon, at least, finally does sound like he's at his wit's end with all this. There is a tonal difference; He's accusatory and condescending where the original Hawkmon is desperate and pleading.

But Yolei just devolves into hurling generic feminism at Hawkmon where Miyako expressly connects her behavior to the insecurity that was haunting her earlier. She is drunk on 覚悟 kakugo and overcompensating. Yolei basically just yells "I'm a go-getter and you gotta deal with it!" at him.

The sight of Dokugumon suddenly breaks Miyako of her false bravado. Hanging from the rope, she quivers with fear, then screams at the top of her lungs.

Miyako: AHHHHHH!!!

Correct response. She is a fish in a barrel right now, so of course Dokugumon takes their shot. They open their mouth and fire their Stinger Poration, a spray of toxic purple gunk from their mouth.

Hawkmon: LOOK OUT!!!

Hawkmon shoves Miyako aside, getting hit full force by the poison instead.

Miyako: HAWKMOOOOOON!!!

Hawkmon goes limp in the air. Miyako swings back the other way before he can fall and catches him. The physics of that don't really work but it's fine. He had a Wile E. Coyote moment.

In the dub, Dokugumon calls their attack.

Yolei: AHHHHHH!!! Dokugumon: POISON THREAD!!! Hawkmon: YOLEI!!! (Hawkmon shoves Yolei out of the way and gets hit himself) Yolei: HAWKMOOOOOON!!!

It's not a thread either. It's a spray. But it is poison, so the dub is 1 for 2 against the original's 0.

Miyako's scream brings the rest of the team running to the cliff's edge.

Daisuke: What's going on, Miyako? Iori: Miyako-san!

Reaching the edge, they see Dokugumon surging forward down at the bottom of the hole.

V-mon: Daisuke! Daisuke: Yeah! DIGIMENTAL UP!!!

Armoring up, Fladramon throws himself into the hole with a furious battle roar.

Fladramon: HROOOOOOARGH!!!

Dokugumon reaches the cliffside and scurries up it, gunning for Miyako and Hawkmon. At the top, four children and three Digimon pull the rope to get Miyako back to safety. Miyako hangs from the rope by one hand while cradling her unconscious Digimon in the other.

Miyako: Hawkmon! Hawkmon! Hawkmon! Hawkmon! Hawkmon! HANG IN THERE!!!

In the dub:

T.K.: Hawkmon, Yolei, get out of there! (The children arrive at the cliff's edge) Veemon: Davis! Davis: Right! DIGI-ARMOR ENERGIZE!!! (Flamedramon Armor Digivolves) (Flamedramon silently rockets into the hole) Yolei: Hawkmon! Speak to me! Tentomon: Pull, everyone! Pull! Yolei: Hawkmon, hang on!

Daisuke's "What's going on?" makes a bit more sense than T.K.'s "Get out of there" as a thing to say before they've reached the edge of the cliff and seen what's happening. Though you could say that T.K., knowing the Digital World as he does, made some accurate inferences from the bloodcurdling scream that just emerged from the hole. He might not need context for that.

The biggest difference between versions is that Fladramon roaring like a Super Saiyan when he rockets towards Dokugumon is missing from the dub.

While the children pull Miyako up, Fladramon closes distance and unloads on Dokugumon.

Fladramon: KNUCKLE FIRE!!!

An unrelenting volley of fireblasts strike Dokugumon's face and body, driving them off the wall. They fall back into the hole, landing hard on their back.

Fladramon: FIRE ROCKET!!!

Wreathing himself in fire, Fladramon rockets straight down into Dokugumon's gut at the bottom and detonates.

At the top, the kids pull Miyako and Hawkmon over the side. Miyako jostles Hawkmon, trying to rouse him.

Miyako: Hawkmon! Hawkmon!

The blast wave erupts from the hole in a towering column of fire. With her back to the flames, Miyako lifts up Hawkmon and dramatically cries out:

Miyako: HAWKMOOOOOON!!!

Down at the bottom of the hole, Dokugumon's Evil Spiral comes off from the overwhelming force and disintegrates. A freed Dokugumon scurries away. Fladramon looks up at the cliff's edge, turning his attention topside.

Fladramon: ...Hawkmon....

Hawkmon. T_T

In the dub:

Flamedramon: FIRE ROCKET!!! (Flamedramon pummels Dokugumon and forces them off the wall) Flamedramon: FIRE ROCKET!!! (Flamedramon shoots down and explodes) Kari: We got you, Yolei. (The kids pull Yolei and Hawkmon over the side) Yolei: Hawkmon! Hawkmon! Hawkmon! (Blast wave column of fire) Yolei: HAWKMOOOOOON!!! Flamedramon: You're busted! (Dark Spiral disintegrates) Flamedramon: ...hmm....

Also Hawkmon. T_T

Despite having Flaming Fist as an alternate English attack to call, the dub calls both Knuckle Fire and Fire Rocket as Fire Rocket.

Also, in this version, Flamedramon gloats and only offers a nonverbal murmur of concern for Hawkmon.

V-mon returns to the top, where the others have laid out a large leaf for a bed that Hawkmon can rest on. They're all gathered around Hawkmon, except Miyako who's nowhere to be seen.

V-mon: Is Hawkmon okay? Daisuke: Yeah, he's managing.... Tailmon: We've treated his wounds for now, but.... Hikari: He'll need to rest here until he comes to.

Deeper in the forest, Miyako is on her knees and facing away from the rest of the group so they can't see her face. But her body is shaking and she can be heard sobbing.

Miyako: (crying) Hawkmon.... Hikari: (concerned) Miyako-san....

Hikari stands up and clutches the strings of her camera as if she's about to say something, but the words won't come. She falls silent. Then, after a few seconds, Miyako breaks the silence.

Miyako: Guys... Hikari: Ah? Miyako: I'm going to stay here and take care of Hawkmon.

She turns around to face everyone and speaks earnestly.

Miyako: So the rest of you should go track down the Kaiser's base! Daisuke: But-- Miyako: Please... I don't want to cause you anymore trouble....

Miyako stands there, letting them see the tears pouring down her face.

In the dub:

Veemon: How's Hawkmon doing? Davis: I think he'll be alright. We wrapped him up in bandages. Now we just have to keep him safe until he heals. He sure was brave saving Yolei like that!

You didn't see that happen, Davis.

Yolei: (crying) Hawkmon! Kari: Yolei...? (Kari can't find the words. A couple seconds pass.) Kari: Huh?

In the original, Hikari looks up suddenly when Miyako says "Guys...." The dub doesn't have that line, so Kari instead reacts to a psychic premonition that Yolei's about to say something.

Yolei: I'll stay here and take care of Hawkmon, okay? You guys... go out and find the Emperor's headquarters. Davis: But-- Yolei: I don't want to cause trouble for anyone else! Please just go!

This part's perfect.

The kids stare at Miyako in uncertain silence. Takeru speaks up, gently accepting Miyako's words.

Takeru: I understand. We'll do that.

At Takeru's agreement, Miyako stops crying.

Daisuke: You're right. We'll go. Iori: Yes. Hikari: I'm... staying here. Miyako: Hikari-chan.... Hikari: Another Digimon might show up, right? So we'll be bodyguards. Right, Tailmon? Tailmon: You can count on me.

Pleased with this arrangement, Miyako smiles and nods while Takeru lays down the plan.

Takeru: Got it. Then, if anything happens, we can keep in contact by email. Our locations are in the D-3. If we can't find the base by sunset, we'll come right back here. Iori: Well, we're leaving then. Daisuke: Be careful out here. Hikari: You too, Daisuke-kun! V-mon: Alright, let's get this done! Group: YEAH!!!

Hikari waves goodbye as the boys depart, leaving her alone with Miyako.

In the dub:

T.K.: Alright, then. We'll see you later. Yolei: Huh!? (Yolei stops crying) Davis: He's right. Let's go. Cody: Right! Kari: (sigh) I'll stay here. Yolei: You will? Kari: More of the Digimon Emperor's slaves might attack so we'd better have Gatomon around as a bodyguard. Gatomon: Good point. (Yolei smiles and nods) T.K.: Alright, if anything happens, we can always email each other. And you'll always know where we are through the D-3s. If we haven't found the base by nightfall, we'll come back here, okay? Kari: Okay. Cody: See you later! Davis: Be careful. Kari: Yeah, you too! Veemon: Oh, don't worry about us. We've got Davis! What could possibly go wrong? Kari: Ahahahaha!

They follow the script almost to the letter until the very end, then slot in an opportunity to shit on Davis. He had nothing to do with that catastrophe! He helped!

Once the others are gone, it's time for Hikari's true motive for hanging back: A heart-to-heart with Miyako.

Hikari: Miyako-san.... Miyako: Yes? Hikari: If this is about what I said yesterday... I'm sorry. Miyako: Huh? Hikari: When I said we need to prepare ourselves. Miyako: (smiling) No, it wasn't your fault. Don't worry about it. Hikari: (smiling) Yeah? Well, I'm sorry anyway.

It was kind of Hikari's fault because she provided the spark that lit Miyako's fire here. But there's more to it than just that, which Miyako will get to in subsequent scenes with Hawkmon. She doesn't blame Hikari for putting 覚悟 kakugo in her head. She has her finger pointed squarely at someone else.

It's Davis. This is Davis's fault. We can't go anywhere with that guy.

While Miyako and Hikari share this moment, Tailmon suddenly excuses herself so Hikari and Miyako can be alone.

Tailmon: Uh... Since this is a forest, there's probably some herbs that can help with the poison. I'll go look for some!

...I guess Tailmon ships it? IDK what that was about. I dunno, she probably means this sincerely and I'm just reading too much into her awkward "Uh..." at the start.

In the dub:

Kari: Hey, Yolei? Yolei: What? Kari: Well, I know you're trying to do what's right and win this battle and everything but you're going about it the wrong way. Yolei: Huh? Kari: I tried the same thing one time but I was wrong too. Yolei: (smiling) We have to work together as a team. Right, Kari? Kari: (smiling) Mhm! Now you get it. Gatomon: Well, I'm glad we got that straightened out. Now I'm gonna see if I can find some herbs to help Hawkmon.

Gatomon does not ship it. She's a diehard Takari much more sincere-sounding in her reason for leaving in the dub.

I'm gonna have to call "Citation Needed" on a time when Kari has ever gone in half-cocked full of piss and vinegar and then started throwing her weight around and making everything worse.

She... might mean when she surrendered herself to Phantomon but that was... very different. She wasn't just making reckless bad choices out of false bravado, and also Matt and Sora would have died if she hadn't. Matt was actively being killed at the time. She wasn't wrong; She was out of better options.

And that is the closest thing I can think of for what she could possibly be talking about here. She's always been a team player.

In any case, this is where the dub decided to go with this instead of the 覚悟 kakugo thing. Kari scolds Yolei for being bad at teamwork. Their takeaway from all that hyperactive madness a moment ago is that Yolei should have been more cooperative.

That hasn't really been a problem for her before. But it is now, and she's learned a valuable lesson from it.

Elsewhere, the rest of the team follow the trail of Dark Towers through the forest.

Iori: There's Dark Towers here too. Tentomon: Like we thought, these were built recently. Takeru: In any case, let's keep going. We might find the Kaiser's base this way.

A large oblong shadow creeps out over a vast cliffside far behind them, along with some sort of low mechanical rumbling sound. Iori hears that and turns around, spotting the shadow.

Iori: Huh? Armadimon: Iori? What's wrong-dagyaa? Iori: Eh... You see.... Armadimon, just now over there....

Armadimon briefly distracts him, pulling his eyes off the shadow. When he turns around to look and points at it, it's gone. Shadow's playing peekaboo.

Iori: Huh...? Daisuke: Hey, Iori! Hurry up! You almost got left behind! Iori: Ah, right, I'm on my way!

Leaving the mystery of the shadow behind, Iori jogs to catch up to the others.

In the dub:

Cody: There's a lot of Control Spires around here.... Tentomon: I know! I'm getting tired of all this construction in my beautiful forest! T.K.: Don't worry. When we're through here, this place will be good as new!

The dub gets the sound effect right! The low rumbling sound is there in both versions, giving Cody his proper impetus to react to. In fact, it's even louder in the dub; It's easy to miss it in the original.

Cody: Huh? Armadillomon: Hey, Cody? What's wrong? Cody: I'm not sure. I saw something. I don't know what it was but it came from over there. Some kind of a shadow. Davis: Hey! Cody! This isn't a tour! Come on! Cody: Oh, sorry. I'm coming!

A couple changes here. The dub trades the exposition on the forest Towers for a NIMBY quip.

Iori is startled when he turns back around to show Armadimon and the shadow isn't there anymore, but Cody seems to have anticipated that it'd have vanished. Which is a fair thing to anticipate as it was already halfway across the cliffside when he took his eyes off it.

Inside the Kaiser's Control Room, he's left Wormmon to work on the secret project.

This is an odd choice since, last time we saw them, the Kaiser told Wormmon that this project is none of his business. I... guess he changed his mind?

In any case, Wormmon sifts through data of various Digimon on the screen. First Snimon then Ebidramon and then Gokimon. Arriving at Garurumon, he isolates the legs and removes the rest of the body.

The Kaiser enters the control room.

Kaiser: I've located the Dark Whirlpool. Wormmon: We're almost finished.

The Kaiser takes over at the keyboard, bringing up the freshly acquired data from Kabuterimon. From this Digimon, he takes the head.

Kaiser: Just a little more... Huhuhu.... Wormmon: (worried) ...Ken-chan....

Wormmon fears where this is going.

In the dub, Wormmon talks to himself while working.

(Snimon) Wormmon: Next. (Ebidramon) Wormmon: Next. (Roachmon) Wormmon: Next. (Garurumon) Wormmon: Aha! (Wormmon isolates the legs) Emperor: I told you to be finished with that part an hour ago! Wormmon: Sorry, Master. I had to finish the dishes. (Emperor takes over and isolates Kabuterimon's head) Emperor: Heads, I win! Ehehehehehehe.... Wormmon: ...we lose.

The dub takes its third commercial break here. No mention is made of the Dark Whirlpool, which we will be visiting next episode.

Back in the forest, Miyako and Hikari tend to Hawkmon. They've swapped out the leaf bed for Miyako's lap and wait for him to recover. Slowly, he finally opens his eyes.

Hawkmon: M...Miyako-san? Miyako: Hawkmon! You're awake! Hikari: What a relief. Miyako: I'm sorry, Hawkmon..... Hawkmon: (weakly) Please... don't trouble yourself....

Hikari excuses herself to go find Tailmon and let them be alone. In the woods, she runs into Tailmon, who has indeed collected the herbs she promised.

Hikari: Ah! Tailmon: I found it! Here's the antidote. Hikari: Great! But... Let's hold off for a moment.

See, that one makes sense. Letting Miyako and Hawkmon have a quiet moment together while Hawkmon slowly dies of poison makes a lot more sense than the awkward moment Tailmon seemed to have a moment ago.

In the dub:

Hawkmon: ...where am I? Yolei: You're safe now. I'll take care of you. Kari: Just relax! Yolei: Hawkmon, what can I do to apologize? Hawkmon: Just... get off my tail.... (Kari excuses herself) Kari: Oh! Gatomon: I found catnip. It cures it all! Kari: Ehehe, okay. But let's give them a minute.

Jokier but basically the same.

Alone with Hawkmon, Miyako comes clean about her behavior.

Miyako: When I realized this was going to be the decisive battle with the Digimon Kaiser, I was so nervous that I just couldn't take it anymore. I guess I was trying too hard to be like the others. Hawkmon: Ahahaha.... Miyako: It was my fault that you got hurt. Once my switch is turned on, I can't really seem to stop myself. I'm sorry I'm not fit to be your Partner. Hawkmon: There's nothing to worry about. This is just the way you are, Miyako-san.

Hawkmon sits up from Miyako's lap so he can say what he needs to say in no uncertain terms. Upright, with his eyes closed and not looking at her, with a certain sense of dignity and samurai nobility.

Hawkmon: I like the way you are, Miyako-san. Miyako: (smiling, but voice cracking) Thank you! I know I'm clumsy and scatterbrained and prone to panic, but I'm glad we met! Hawkmon: As am I.

And then dignity goes right out the window when Miyako wraps him up in her arms and hugs him so tight we can hear his bones pop.

Hawkmon: Ack!

Hawkmon grunts and flails his wings more out of pain than protest. Then we wrap their talk up with a silent shot of Hikari and Tailmon quietly eavesdropping on the sweet scene.

In the dub:

Yolei: You see, I thought this was my chance to prove to myself that I was as strong as everyone else. I didn't realize that taking matters into my own hands could wind up hurting someone, especially you. I was too stubborn! Hawkmon: Ahahahahahahahaha! Yolei: Hawkmon, what happened to you today is all my fault. It's like, when my mind gets set on something, I just can't stop until I'm finished! I'll understand if you want to find someone else to be your Partner from now on. Hawkmon: You're missing the point, Yolei. Those qualities you describe are what makes you who you are. Yolei: Huh!? (Hawkmon sits up) Hawkmon: Yolei, I like you exactly the way you are. Yolei: Thank you! I promise to stubbornly attack my problem with being stubborn and I'll never do anything to hurt you again! Hawkmon: That's a relief. (painful hug) Hawkmon: (strained) You can start now!

The dub hits the overcompensating point and the "Yolei is just like this" point, while also sliding in the teamwork bit too.

I think they just wanted her to have a tangible lesson that she learns and changes from since the resolution between her and Hawkmon is "¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Miyako should keep right on Miyako-ing." So they wrote that scolding from Kari earlier to be the episode's actual "Moral of the Story" moment. Then, here, they riff on the emotional resolution from the original script; Though they still give the dramatic reconciliation its moment all the same.

Nightfall. The sun went down a long time ago and the woods are dark, though the boys haven't returned yet.

Hawkmon has made a full recovery. With Miyako watching him, he stretches his body and sings to test his vocal cords.

Hawkmon: (singing) Lalalalala Laaaaaa~! (speaking) Those herbs worked great! I feel perfectly fine now. (to Tailmon) Thank you. Tailmon: You're welcome.

Suddenly, that low rumbling sound that Iori heard earlier fills the woods.

Hikari: What's that sound?

The girls climb the mountain of random trolleys and climb out onto one of the cars so they can get a better look. In the distance, they see some sort of structure moving slowly through the air, all lit up with lights.

Miyako: What is that!? Tailmon: That's... It can only be the Digimon Kaiser's base! Hikari: You were right! It did fly off into the sky!

Hawkmon joins them on the car, unwrapping his bandages as he walks so the wind will carry them off dramatically like the samurai dork that he is.

Hawkmon: Miyako-san... Bingo, am I right? Miyako: (nods) Mhm.

The Kaiser's base has finally been located.

Inside, the Kaiser enters his control room once more.

Kaiser: Huhuhuhu... It's about to be born. My Original Digimon....

On the screen, an ominous silhouette appears. We close here on the image of the monster that the Kaiser is about to create.

For clarity, he calls this creature an "Original Digimon" in English. The phrase is オリジナルデジモン Orijinaru Dejimon. It probably doesn't need to be said but he means "original" as in this is a brand new creation that he is making, and not that this is somehow the Digimon Partner he had when he first became a Chosen Child.

It is an original creation he is making and not... his original Digimon. English! Also what he's calling "original" is clearly derivative. He's cutting and pasting pieces of already existing Digimon together. That's a fanfic. You made a fanfic Digimon, Ken.

In the dub, Hawkmon gives himself encouragement in place of singing.

Hawkmon: And one and two and one and two, flap those wings! (to Yolei) It's amazing. I haven't felt this good in years! And all because of catnip! Who knew!? (To Gatomon) Thanks, Gatomon. Gatomon: Go on... No, really, go on. I want to hear more. (Rumbling sound) Kari: Do you guys hear that noise? (Cut to mountaintop) Yolei: Let's climb out here where we can get a better look. Kari: What is that? Gatomon: It can only be one thing. It has to be the Digimon Emperor's base! Hawkmon: Yolei, I'm sorry we doubted you earlier. You were right. It is flying. Yolei: (nods) Mmm....

Solid. My one nitpick is that Yolei says "Let's climb out here" but she climbs out third. Kari and Gatomon are ahead of her, and that's a line that should be delivered by whoever's in front.

Emperor: Huhuhuhuhu... He's almost completed. My ultimate program.... Narrator: What sort of evil Digimon is the Emperor going to unleash on the DigiDestined? Find out on the next Digimon: Digital Monsters!

The Emperor sidesteps the confusion of "My original Digimon" by instead calling it his "ultimate program". Which is honestly perfect phrasing because his creation is a Perfect Digimon, or Ultimate in the dub. So I don't know if they did that on purpose but either way, nicely punned.

I'm honestly not sure if the Kaiser/Emperor even knows that the Ultimate/Mega stage exists. It would make sense if he doesn't. Those Digimon are ultra-rare and mythical.

Assessment: Not a lot happened this episode on the Digital World side of things. We found the base, unfound the base, and spent the rest of the episode trying to find it again. Lot of wheel-spinning as the plot takes a backseat to Miyako expressing herself and her emotional journey.

In a sense, this episode feels a little like Miyako overcompensating for the SkullGreymon incident, when she lost her nerve. Last time the situation ramped up, she was too scared to come back for a while. Here, she tries to get into gear and goes too hard. She needs to find a happy medium for when things get serious.

But regardless of where she falls, the one thing that's certain is that Hawkmon is with her no matter what.

And also Yamato has a stalker now. So that's fun. Celebrity life, amirite?

I think next episode is going to have the scene. One of my all-time favorite moments in the entire series. Looking forward to that.

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