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alpaca-clouds · 24 days ago

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Some things about the BEYOND PV

So, let's quickly (well, you know how "quick" I am in these) talk about Digimon Adventure BEYOND, aka the PV that they dropped at the Digimon Con yesterday. Before I talk about anything else, let's quickly address again what this is and what it isn't.

This is not a trailer. This is a PV meant to release and stand on its own. According to @ayukaze's translations of the website, this is basically based on some stuff that once upon a time was planned to tie into the final episode of 02 but in the end did not make it into the actual show. Though, obviously there is some fanservice in regards to the stuff that released since then going on with possible cameos of both Meiko and Rui.

But general, yeah, it is not really surprising that some of what we see does not line up with events from tri., Kizuna and The Beginning, because if what the site says is true, and right now there is no reason to doubt it, this is based on stuff that was written or at least pitched long before tri., Kizuna and The Beginning were written or even thought of.

Now, again, this is not a trailer for either a Trailer or OVA. Though, let's be fully honest: If fandom eats this up, chances are that Toei & Bandai might milk the Digimon Adventure cow a bit more and make this into a movie or OVA or something else. I mean, let's face it. Even with this just being a darn PV, they probably are going to make some merchandise of the designs of the adult kids in this video. lol

This being based on ideas thrown around in 2000 also explains why there are some call backs to some stuff that has been brought up in 02 and never mentioned again.

Before I am starting with overanalyzing this thing, let me quickly once more invite everyone to the Digimon Rewatch Discord Server. A general SFW Digimon Discord Server - mainly for a community rewatch, but you can also just join to discuss the show and games.

But let's go through some of the stuff we can see here, and what we can tell from it.

We start with the intro calling back to the epilogue of 02 with Takeru's novels and him writing. I did a translation of this writing of his yesterday. No guarantees of the correctness, my Japanese sucks ass. But I let a friend check it, so I guess it is not totally wrong.

“It's okay, you don't need to worry about it from now on [...] The Digimon next to you is [...] [...] is the Digimon behind me. [...] They look completely different, and [...] [...] me and you have partner Digimon. [...] I heard that you can't go back to your family [...] [...] and that you've been going through a tough time. But it's okay now. [...] I'll take you to a place where you can live safely. [...] [...] They'll be here soon. [...] They're really reliable people. [...] They've saved the world from danger many times before [...] I'm not much older than you, but [...] do you know the country of Japan? I'm from there. [...]

This is where the video cuts over to Kuwagamon flying away while a car is on the road.

With the Kuwagamon we hear some thanks to "Yuri", which will obviously is a reference to the Russian Chosen Child Yuri, whose partner is Kuwagamon.

If you look at the license plate of the car this also confirms that we are in Russia right now and this is happening in Russia. (And yes, the license plate is an easter egg: DM 2581B - Digimon 2025-8-1 Beyond. No, do not expect them to release anything related to this on August 1st. It is just because we have the year 2025 and August 1st is Odaiba Memorial.)

Referencing the translation by @ayukaze again, there was apparently this idea that with more and more Chosen Children appearing, some militaries would try to forcefully recruit those kids and their Digimon. And it makes sense in this regard that the dialogue above is Iori talking to the kid he and possibly Yuri and maybe the other Russian chosen have just rescued.

It is kinda ironic, if this idea had been around forever, given how rosy the actual epilogue let the entire "everyone has a Digimon partner" thing seem. Because, yeah, I absolutely do agree with this idea. The militaries trying to recruit those kids who might or might not end up with a nuclear missile shooting dinosaur makes a hella lot of sense. lol

The kid in question has a Kyaromon as their partner. The kid seems to be probably between like 10 and 13 years old - it is kinda hard to say in this artstyle. Just as the gender is not quite clear, though given they do not have eyelashes, I guess they might be a boy.

Kyaromon obviously would not have featured in the anime in 2000 or 2001 (when that last episode aired) given it was only introduced in 2005.

While they are driving, Taichi and Yamato talk. Apparently Yamato got himself an international driver's license, and also calls out Taichi for still not being good with English. Mind you, this is something I will still give 02 credit for back in the day: While with some of the kids the language issue did not come up (especially in America, where they just handwaved the issue with "Oh, Mimi taught everyone Japanese") they generally addressed the issue of cooperating with folks who speak another language. That was neat.

Taichi also mentions that he has recently learning some French from Yamato's grandpa. Which is a nice callback. Though if I am understanding the way Yamato speaks in his reply correctly, it sounds as if said grandpa has very recently passed away.

They then get attacked by a Digimon - Yatagaramon to be exact. Yatagaramon like Kyaromon was introduced in the Digimon Accel in 2005, so yeah, it also would not have been around back then. But I guess in general those enemy Digimon are quite exchangable. I guess if something like this would have featured in 02, it would have been Airdramon, which was kinda 02's go-to Digimon for "random flying Digimon to fight" lol

Something I found cute though, as Taichi pulls out a smartphone for Iori to open a portal to the Digital World, the phone has the Pinable Logo on it.

For context: Back when Adventure was written, it was really super hard in Japan to bring in actual brands into anime and manga. That was also why you would regularly see "WcDonalds" in anime, as they could not just use "McDonalds". So Koshiro has technically a MAC, but they could not use the Apple brand. So they turned it into a pineapple. Which is adorable and a nice callpack with the iPhone here.

Obviously I am going to argue that very likely this smartphone would not have featured either in a possible version in the last episode, given that they probably did not see the smartphone coming.

Though I really enjoyed this little thing, given that just days ago I had been talking to a friend on whether or not it would be possible to open the Digital Gate from a modern smartphone or not.

What follows is Iori and the Russian Chosen child disappearing into the Digital World, while Agumon and Gabumon evolve into Greymon and Garurumon. Not much to say here, other than that I really liked how they designed the evolution sequence here. It is neat. :D

From there we cut a bit more.

We have this scene with Takeru and Shuu who seem to be meeting in the real world somewhere. I base this on the fact that the Digital World in this trailer once more uses this kinda aquarell look that they had been using for it in the Adventure/02 series.

I am honestly kinda psyched to see Shuu here (as well as later on Shin and Daisuke's sister Jun), given that I always was a big fan of the siblings and families in the series.

As some of you might know: Back in the day there was one of the Drama CDs that also featured Shuu, Jun, as well as Miyako's sister Chizuru and Momoe meeting their partners. Which obviously then was fully ignored by tri., Kizuna and The Beginning. Yes, I get that I am probably one of like three people who cared about those characters, but man, I really would have loved to see their partners. xD

They are also turning around in this scene to a figure that might be Lui? Though given again that Lui definitely was not thought off back when 02 aired, this obviously would not have been a part of that episode.

It obviously could also be another character, given we only see the legs.

We have then some shots of Koshiro in a labcoat with "Izumi Labs" written on it clearly doing some research that also involves Kabuterimon firing an attack into some technical thingie.

The only thing I really can say here is that him having his own lab makes me wonder about the epilogue, where it seemed he was working for some international organization. Though I absolutely see Koshiro having his own research lab.

Still: no idea how this is connected to anything else we see going on.

We also see Jyou on Ikkakumon putting on his Doctor's coat, which makes me think he gets ready to take care of some other kid or maybe some Digimon. Notably this seems to be happening in the real world as well - as once more there is not this "aquarell" effect either.

And also notable: There is a rope around Ikkakumon's horn, meaning they seem to be transporting something across the water.

Again, given the lack of context - and knowing the context only exists probably in some notes that Kakudo has taken many, many years ago (clearly being more organized about his notes than Konaka, mind you, but that is a story for another day)... Ah, it is frustrating, eh?

We also see Mimi and Sora with Togemon and Birdramon - both clearly in the Digital World given here we see the aquarelly dots in the background.

I have seen a lot of posts since this was dropped yesterday noting how both look a whole lot more like their Adventure and 02 designs than they did in either tri., Kizuna or The Beginning. Which makes a whole lot of sense though if you think that this was originally based on something that might have featured in 02.

Though it also makes a whole lot of sense that it did ultimately not feature in 02, given that 02 was struggling for time and budget at times, and asking the animators and designers to design some "20-somethings designs" for the characters additionally to the epilogue designs for like one episode worth of content or something would probably have send someone over the edge.

There is however one thing I do note.

Mind you, I have currently a post scheduled for the Tuesday after next where I am ranting about that accursed epilogue. And part of the rant is also me going into the girls being reduced to their feminity.

Now, one of my big beefs with Kakudo has always been his tendency to defend the decisions for certain... traditionalist aspects both in regards to the epilogue and generally some of the writing in Adventure/02. And he will obviously again and again maintain that the epilogue had always planned and was always planned and is always considered and Kizuna and The Beginning totally did not contradict the epilogue whatsoever, which makes me just roll my eyes - because obviously it does.

Like, I do not doubt that certain aspects of the epilogue were being thrown around all along and it was talked about during the making of Adventure, but not for a minute I am going to buy that every single aspect of it was planned all along.

And one thing here that is noticable and has been called out by quite a few folks: Sora is a lot more tomboyish again, while basically everything since tri. worked very hard to make her more a girls' girl, given that is where she eventually ends up in the epilogue. Which makes me do a bit of a doubletake here.

Then we have this shot of Mimi and Togemon facing a cloud of black somethings (I mean this is Adventure-verse where "Black XYZ" was a very usual plot device to make Digimon go evil, so there is definitely that) in the Digital World. Though something I find a whole lot more interesting is the apparently falling tree-thingie in the background.

This made me instantly go "Yggdrasil". Which is ironic, because Yggdrasil was only added to the Digimon lore in 2003.

This might just be a freakishly large tree in the weird Digital World. But the association is still there.

And then we have a scene that possibly features Arachnemon in a hospital where seemingly both Shin and Jun are working by the looks of it. It is not quite clear if the nurse is Jun, but it definitely looks like her, I gotta say. Especially given that the red hair color was not particularly common in Digimon.

And again: I love Jun. She is annoying, but in a cute way. She is just this typical teenage girl, but in a way that I actually found quite amusing.

Then we have this shot of Sora and Birdramon again in the Digital World fighting seemingly again against "Black Somethings" - though here it is a bit easier to see that those things seem to be some sort of hexagons. Does this mean anything? Nope, for now it doesn't, but yeah, seems to be hexagons.

Also we see some large thingies behind the clouds, that also might be really big trees? I don't know. Just wanted to note that.

Then there is this scene of Taichi, Agumon, Yamato and Gabumon jumping into the light. Which... Uhm...

Okay, frankly, I have no clue what is going on there. But something clearly is going on.

First association obviously is kinda the Internet scene from Bokura no Wargame, as it featured the shadows being quite similar, but that is just a very typical design for very harsh shadows in animation, so... yeah, that might be nothing. *shrug*

Certainly mysterious. Which is great for a standalone PV that is not a trailer for anything... lol

Then there is this shot of some folks standing around in the Digital World. Those folks clearly are international children. We do see some familiar faces among them, too. Most notably Yuehon, Mina, a boy that might be Yuri, and a guy who at least has the same scarf as Steve. Not sure about the others. (Kinda sad we do not see Chicos or Catherine.)

Those Chosen stand in front of a hill or something on which we see then Daisuke and Ken in their adult designs. (No screenshots for them due to tumblr limiting the amount of pictures I can post.)

It is noticable that while V-mon and Wormmon are with Daisuke and Ken, the international Chosen... uhm... Young Adults are without their partners it seems.

Then we get this shot of Hikari and Miyako flying on Nefermon and Horusmon in the Digital World, which clearly is a callback to the 02 Opening - of which we have a couple of call backs happening in the next few seconds. lol

The two of them are dragging also some sort of line or something along, which we see more off in the next shot.

They seem to be opening up some sort of portal - though the weird thing about this shot most certainly is that there is like several Horusmon. Sure, like, there can be, but... This does seem weird, right?

I mean, we have seen the Digimon multiplying in the finale of 02 of course - and who knows what kind of portal they are opening... But yeah.

Given that we see a similar effect to this portal with Koshiro and Kabuterimon in the lab sequence before, I am somehow assuming this is related to Koshiro's research, but... Again, we do not have a whole lot of context for any of this.

And then we get the really weird stuff. We see Daisuke rising along in a clear callback to the opening of 02 again on Lighdramon. However, it is not just Lighdramon, but also Boarmon (Armadimon's evolution with the Digimebtal of Courage), Elephamon (Armadimon's evolution with the Digimebtal of Miracles out of all things), Goatmon (Tailmon and the Digimebtal of Hope), Lynxmon (Tailmon and the Digimebtal of Courage), and Bullmon (Wormmon and the Digimebtal of Hope).

Most notably: While in the coming two shots we see more Armor Digimon, these have only the common through line of "they are all named [animal]mon" lol This is a really weird collection.

Then we have Ken and Puchiemon (who was tradionally Wormmon and the Digimetal of Kindness) with some more Armor Digimon: Pipismon (Patamon and the Digimental of Love), Searchmon (Wormmon and the Digimetal of Knowledge), Harpiemon (Hawkmon and the Digimental of Light), Thunderbirmon (a really weird one because it was not part of the original Armor Digimon but released only when Frontier came out, so it is either Gottsumon or Impmon and the Digimental of Friendship), Flybeemon (Hawkmon and the Digimental of Knowledge), Pteranomon (Armadimon and the Digimental of Love) and Honeybeemon (V-mon and the Digimental of Knowledge).

(If you wanna hear something sad: I knew most of these without looking them up. Thank you brain, for holding onto this information for 25 years. I guarantee you, it was more important than French.)

And lastly we see Iori and Submarimon surrounded by even more Armor Digimon: Orcamon (Hawkmon and the Digimental of Reliability), Manbomon (Patamon and the Digimental of Light), Depthmon (V-mon and the Digimental of Reliability), Mantaraymon (Patamon and the Digimental of Reliability), Seahomon (Armadimon and the Digimental of Light), Tylomon (Tailmon and the Digimental of Reliability), and finally Archelomon (Wormmon and the Digimental of Reliability).

Why are there so many of the Armor Digimon?

I have no clue in hell. Especially as sometimes Armor evolutions of the same Digimon can be seen in these shots. Sure, most of these Armor Digimon can also be another Digimon either as an adult evolution, or an another one using the same Digimental... But it is still hella weird.

But then again, we never saw the Digimentals being used in anything that took place post the end of 02, so... Yeah, there is that, I guess.

We also have these shots of Hikari closing this door on Meiko before being attacked by a dark cloud that then gets dispearsed by Tailmon. Note that this clearly takes place in the Digital World once more, given that we see the splotches of aquarel in here.

Again: Whenever this was originally conceived Meiko clearly was not part of it. But yeah, whatever. xD

And we also have this shot of Takeru and Patamon going into what certainly looks like the Dark Ocean - another thing that we have not heard from since it was a concept fully underexplored by 02. Which certainly is a choice here.

Lastly we have a shot of Imperialdramon Dragon Mode flying over a dark forest towards a castle, that clearly is a callback to the Imperialdramon evolution sequence, where we see exactly the same thing happen. The castle looks a bit different, sure, but to be fair, the evolution sequence is a 3D thing that has aged horribly on the basis of being 3D created in the year of our lord 2000.

From this we basically zoom out into this shot of the goggles, where we see the goggles of Taichi/Daisuke, Takato, Takuya, Taiki and Taiki/Tagiru (in Hunters). Which probably does not really mean much other than being some symbolism that this is also something that lay beyond the ending of 02, I guess.

All in all, as I said: This is a standalone short film so to speak, not a trailer. However, let's face it, there was at least some thought to hope that folks would be begging to get the full story now in the hope to milk the DIgimon Adventure cow further dry.

And I mean, like many people I am kinda sick of everything being about Digimon Adventure and stuff - though I will also say, that I am actually kinda relieved we did not get a whole lot of post-canon DIgimon Tamers stuff. And be it just because I have my own very established headcanon for that.

Still, even being sick of Adventure getting more and more stuff... I kinda would watch a movie or OVA of this, I gotta say. Preferably an OVA, I think.

Especially as this has a lot of the stuff that I wanted to see in tri., Kizuna and The Beginning and never did: More of the international kids, Shuu, Shin and Jun (possibly also Momoe and Chizuru), and some more evolutions than just again and again Omegamon and Imperialdramon.

So yeah, if they should decide to turn this into something real... I would probably not hate it.

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tobiasdrake · 1 month ago

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Digimon Adventure 02 OVA: Hurricane Touchdown & Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals, Part 1

Previously on Digimon Adventure: Mimi took her new friend Michael on an outing to the Digital World where she surprised him with his past trauma. There, she took her kouhai Miyako under her wing, helped her embrace being boy-crazy, and then immediately took her cute boy and went home.

Alternate synopsis shamelessly stolen from Team Four Star: Yolei got asked out on a date! Unfortunately, due to it being non-canon, she was not allowed to go on it.

Here we go with Part 1 of... I don't know how many parts this will be. 3-4, probably.

Anyways, we are looking at the two-part OVA special "Hurricane Touchdown" and "Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals", as well as the third part of Digimon: The Movie that adapted it.

We open on a young blond boy romping and playing in a field of flowers.

Boy: (English) Come on! I'm ready!

A pair of Baby Digimon, one brown and one green, follow after him. They bound in and out of the flowers.

Boy: (English) Heeheeheehee! Come on!

The green Digimon keeps pace with him as he plays, but the brown one falls behind. The brown Digimon falls into the flowers and does not re-emerge, while the boy and the green Digimon carry on ahead.

A vortex of wind slowly begins to build in that one spot of the flower field. Before long, the boy notices that the brown Digimon has gone missing. He turns around, seeing the vortex.

Boy: Chocomon?

No answer comes. The winds continue to swirl for several seconds. Then, suddenly, they dissipate. The boy, now panicking, calls out for his missing friend.

Boy: CHOCOMON!!!

Over in the dub, they've been building up this boy Willis for fifty minutes of runtime, through adaptations of the original OVA and Our War Game. In the dub, we're coming straight out of the fight with Diaboromon, which Willis pitched in to help with in place of some of the international children.

The dub adds text to the screen placing our location in Colorado, USA. Kari leads us in with an explanation of the awkward jump from the failed nuking of Japan to Willis jumping and hooting in a flower field.

Kari (V.O.): When Willis saw what happened on the internet, he was as happy as the rest of us! So were the twins Terriermon and Kokomon. They figured that would be the end of it. (Kokomon falls behind; vortex swirls) Kari (V.O.): But they were wrong... It was just the beginning. Willis: Huh? ...KOKOMON!!! Kari (V.O.): Willis was about to face the Digi-Battle of his life, but he was all alone.

I feel like Chocomon's English name should be spelled Cocoamon but the wiki assures me that it's spelled Kokomon. Okay.

Incidentally, the other baby is Gummymon. Chocomon and Gummymon. There's a theme there. The dub uses the name Terriermon, which is this Digimon's Child/Rookie form.

They aren't alone; The original is going to have the boy using their Baby names post-evolution later. But. Like. You gotta pick one. Either they're Chocomon and Gummymon or they're Lopmon and Terriermon. Mixing and matching is weird.

The original OVA was given text setting it eight years ago, with Our War Game receiving text putting it four years ago. This lines up with the four-year timeskip that the dub of the show established. As we leave Willis here in the field, another timeskip transition takes hold and brings us to "Present Day".

Here, the credits kick up, silently showing us what the Chosen Children are up to in the present day while their theme song Target plays.

The new kids are enjoying a day at the beach. Due to what I assume is an error, V-mon is in his Child form. Poromon lounges in a beach chair while Daisuke and Miyako play volleyball with Upamon.

Miyako manages to shoot Upamon over Daisuke's head, forcing him to dive to hit Upamon back. He makes the shot but wipes himself out. Miyako has to scramble to react and ends up accidentally bopping Upamon the wrong direction.

Iori, standing on the sideline, attempts to join in and knocks Upamon even further away from the playing area. Upamon goes bouncing down the beach, forcing everyone to drop what they're doing and chase after. Except Miyako, who waves goodbye as the rest take off running.

This is followed by individual shots of the new kids enjoying their vacation.

We find Daisuke with his head lying on his arms, looking bothered or upset. Chibimon, now correctly in his Baby form, watches him with concern. But when a crab scuttles past and stops to greet them, both boys cheer up and watch the crab go.

Miyako sunbathes in a beach chair. Poromon flutters up next to her, having retrieved a pair of sunglasses. He adjusts them goofily and then stares up at the sun.

Iori works on a sand castle, while Upamon bounces next to him offering emotional support. Iori carefully and meticulously sculpts his creation, which he's also gathered seashells to decorate.

Sora is in the dojo practicing the family art of ikebana, a style of flower arranging. It was established in the first series that her mother is iemoto, the grandmaster of a particular school of ikebana. A major point of contention revolved around Sora wanting to play soccer instead of learning the family art.

Three years after making amends with her mother and learning to appreciate each other better, it seems Sora has taken to ikebana more. While also playing sports too.

Koushiro, meanwhile, is at his computer. No explanation is required.

The opening draws attention to both of their Digivices. Sora's placed hers in the middle of her flower arrangement, while Koushiro's is setting beside the mousepad while he clicks.

Jou is at cram school, getting a drink from a vending machine. Taichi's on the soccer field dribbling a ball. And Yamato's practicing with his guitar.

No attention is drawn to their Digivices, which are not seen.

The dub carves this opening up to play the scenes in a different order. They also trim them down since they need to squeeze an hour-length pair of OVAs into the last thirty minutes of a movie.

The dub starts with Tai's soccer practice.

Kari (V.O.): These days, the team's a bit older but some things never change. Tai's still obsessed with soccer.

Then they go to Sora's flower arrangement..

Kari (V.O.): And Sora's still waiting for him to call!

Sora will remember this.

Sora's part suffers a bit from the trimming. In the original, after she finishes her arrangement, she spends a few seconds inspecting what she's made. She starts out with a pleased smile on her face, but then after she starts looking at it more closely, her expression changes to a disappointed frown. The dub only shows her initial smile and then cuts away before she even begins inspecting.

Next is Izzy.

Kari (V.O.): Izzy's idea of a fun night is upgrading his computer.

The shot of Izzy's Digivice beside his mousepad is cut.

Then Matt.

Kari (V.O.): And Matt's trying to make it as a rockstar! His stage name is The DigiDestined Formerly Known as Matt.

Followed by the new kids playing volleyball with Upamon's face. Fuck Joe, I guess.

Kari (V.O.): Even though the older kids don't have as much time for the Digi-World, there are new DigiDestined kids to pick up the slack!

The volleyball game cuts away before the shot that Daisuke has to dive for.

Next, we go to Cody making the sand castle.

Kari (V.O.): That's Cody, a real sensitive little kid. And that's his Digimon Upamon!

Then Yolei sunbathing.

Kari (V.O.): Yolei and Poromon can match wits with the best of them, as well as tan lines.

Then finally Davis.

Kari (V.O.): And there's Davis and DemiVeemon. Hehe, yeah, I know Davis looks a lot like my brother Tai. They even have the same personality: Obnoxious.

Rude. We did just come from Our War Game where Tai wasn't exactly on his best behavior so that part's fair, but Davis has done nothing in this movie. They just want you to know right off the bat that, according to Kari, he sucks too.

Then we finally cut back to the volleyball game just in time to see Cody, Veemon, and Davis frantically race offscreen while Yolei waves them off. It is not clear what just happened or where they're going; It's presented as just another shot of general beach goofing around.

This isn't too bad as a lead-in to the story. Though I will also remind everyone that the timestamp is fifty minutes into an hour and a half movie. Hot gluing together four OVAs set at three different points in time absolutely murders the pacing.

Finally, as the music dies down, we find Takeru and Hikari in America with Mimi, who's taken the pink out of her hair but kept the stars and style. They're at a set of pay phones, which they've plugged Mimi's laptop into by a cable.

Going over photos of their vacation on her laptop, they have shots of a huge cathedral, the Statue of Liberty, a gigantic hanging bridge, and one cut shot of Takeru and Hikari looking unapologetically Ship Teasey.

Mimi loads them all up into an email and sends them to "[email protected]". The subject header is "New York" in katakana but the text in the body is too small to make out the more complicated kanji.

Mimi: There we go! Takeru: Daisuke-kun's going to be furious when he sees these photos. Mimi: And sent!

One in particular, yes! Can we take this as confirmation that you two are, in fact, an official ship? Hm? No comment? Okay.

In the dub:

Kari (V.O.): While those three were having a good time at the beach, I was in New York with T.K. Partly to visit Mimi and partly to make Davis jealous.

Dub Kari is merciless. Takeru just took a moment's amusement from realizing how Daisuke was going to take those photos; Kari suggests that upsetting Davis is a premeditated objective of the trip.

The only photo we see here is the couple photo between the pair.

T.K.: Smile!

They have a zoomed in closeup of that picture so you can't see the outer edges of Mimi's computer, then cut Mimi out and skip way ahead. Fuck Joe and Mimi, I guess.

(That could honestly be the subtitle for the entire first series dub.)

From here, the dub cuts and pastes shots from all over both Takeru and Hikari's scene with Mimi and their next scene following her disappearance in order to carve out all of the stuff with the vanishing Chosen Children.

Just after Mimi sends the photos out, Hikari suddenly flinches.

Hikari: Ah! Tailmon: What's wrong, Hikari? Takeru: (concerned) Hikari-chan? Hikari: ...there's a crying Digimon. Mimi: ...Hikari-chan? Hikari: (voice breaking) They're weeping and searching for something....

Suddenly, Mimi's Digivice clipped to her waistband starts beeping erratically. She looks down just in time to see winds surging out of it screen and wrapping around her. She drops her laptop, which dangles from the pay phone by the cable.

Takeru: What the--!? Mimi: EH!?!?

The winds encircle Mimi and, with no explanation, she disappears into the computer.

Moving back to Japan, a soccer ball falls onto the field, no longer attended to by its player. Those same ominous winds swirl in the air where Taichi once stood.

Another member of Yamato's band arrives, hearing his guitar strumming.

Player: You're early, Yamato.

But when he enters, there's only Yamato's guitar on the ground and the swirling of the wind.

Sora's ikebana piece sits abandoned beside an empty pillow as the wind swirls.

Koushiro's computer chair, now vacant an occupant, rolls to the side of the desk while the wind swirls.

Sitting in a studying cubicle at his cram school, Jou notices his Digivice beeping. He picks it up to inspect it, only to notice the sudden emergence of the winds. His papers fall to the floor as the wind takes him, and he vanishes from the world.

After an offputting bit of early 2000s CGI brings us back to the U.S., we catch up with that blond boy from the opening. Standing alone in the empty street of a city famous for its unrelenting traffic, the boy watches as unseen forces wreak havoc on the street around him. Momentary attention is drawn to a Digivice clipped to his waistband.

A mailbox crumples. A streelight shorts out. Then a stray sheet of paper gets caught on the chainlink fence beside him and, when the wind blows it away, a massive Digimon on the other side is revealed. The creature has an eerie purple glow about them.

Boy: Chocomon....

Chocomon, now an Adult Digimon, is not very pleased to see him. Or the other Digimon, Gummymon, now grown into their Child level by the boy's side.

The film keeps calling them Gummymon and Chocomon so, real quick:

Gummymon's current form is Terriermon, a Child-stage Vaccine-attribute Beast Digimon. Chocomon's form is Wendimon, an Adult-stage Virus-attribute Beastman Digimon; It's named for a cannibalistic predator of Algonquian legend. Both of these Digimon were invented for the movie.

Chocomon grabs the fence and crushes it down out of the way. Recognizing the danger, Gummymon leaps at Chocomon. By the time Chocomon makes it across, roaring in fury, Gummymon is right up in their face. Gummymon bites down hard on Chocomon's ear, swinging around their head and pulling their attention back down the alley from whence they came.

Chocomon swipes at Gummymon, dislodging them from their ear and sending them tumbling helplessly up into the air.

Boy: GUMMYMON!!!

Then Chocomon spikes them like a volleyball, smacking Gummymon down the alley towards the dead end in the back.

As the fight continues down the alley, the boy with the Digivice climbs over the destroyed fence to follow after them.

Before they can hit the wall, Gummymon's floppy ears expand into parachutes, catching inertia in the air and halting their momentum. They drop down to a standing position, back against the wall.

Opening their mouth, Gummymon charges up a green ball of energy, then lets it rip and fires at Chocomon. As Chocomon stomps down the alley, Gummymon's shot hits them squarely in the chest. Chocomon lets out a pained grunt, momentarily halted in their advance.

But it's only for a moment. Chocomon resumes their advance.

Gummymon hits them with another shot, but Chocomon powers through it and reaches for Gummymon. Gummymon bounds into the air, hurdling Chocomon and gaining height.

Chocomon stretches suddenly, revealing ten guns embedded in their pecs. (Sun's out, guns out?) They unload everything. Each gun takes a second to recharge before firing again, but with ten firing in sequence, one on either side going off at any given moment, they quickly fill the sky with energy bullets.

Gummymon zigs and zags through Chocomon's rain of fire. However, one shot strikes a water tower that they dart too close to, and they're caught in the ensuing blast.

Recovering in midair, Gummymon returns fire with another shot from their mouth. Their attack hits Chocomon square in the face, causing the massive creature to flinch and let out another cry of pain. Enraged, Chocomon runs up the wall to close distance with Gummymon and we finally cut away from their fight.

Across town, Takeru and Hikari are still reeling from Mimi's sudden vanishing. Her computer dangles from the cable connecting it to the pay phones. An error message displays on the screen over Mimi's unsent email.

Hikari: (confused) ...did the Digital World take Mimi-san? (Takeru picks up the laptop) Takeru: No, this seems different. It could be a different world.

This would be why the movie had to come out after the Dagomon episode. This wouldn't make sense if we hadn't just established the ability to digitize into other worlds besides the standard Digital World.

Takeru: Setting that aside, I'm curious about the crying Digimon you mentioned.

Tailmon looks up at Hikari, also curious.

Hikari: Right before Mimi-san disappeared, I could sense a crying Digimon. They seemed lonely... Ah!

Hikari looks up just in time to see part of a street sign on the corner suddenly crumple.

Hikari: They're nearby!

She is obviously talking about Chocomon. Something about Chocomon is triggering Hikari's heightened sensitivity to weird Digimon shit.

Here, the dub finally swoops back in. After Kari and T.K. take that coupley picture of the two of them on vacation, we go straight to Mimi's computer dangling from the cord with error message displayed. No explanation is offered for why they're letting their computer dangle like that.

T.K.: Not again! Kari: It didn't go through? T.K.: No! Kari: What's wrong with it?

Shot in the dark, maybe it doesn't like hanging by a cord for no reason. Do not treat your computer like this. What a terrible way to adapt this scene.

(T.K. picks up the laptop) T.K.: Hmm... I don't know. It says all lines are busy. There must be some kind of electrical surge. Kari: So what do you think we should do now, T.K.? Gatomon: How about lunch? Kari: Hey, did you guys hear that? T.K.: Did we hear what? Kari: ...I'm getting a feeling there's something really strange out there but I'm not quite sure what it is, yet. It needs our help, though. (gasp) (Street sign crumples; Winds howl) Kari: I hate it when I'm right.

Kari's sensitivity to weird Digimon shit goes off here as well, though "something strange but IDK what" isn't quite as descriptive as "a lonely, crying Digimon".

They're a lot more chill in this version, which makes sense because they didn't just watch Mimi get dragged unwillingly from reality. Who knows where she is or what she's up to right now.

From here, the dub then goes back and plays the preceding scene with Chocomon's attack.

Kari (V.O.): It turned out that the person who needed our help was Willis. (Kokomon appears behind a fence) Willis: Kokomon, this has to stop! Kokomon: (snarling) GO BACK. Willis: Huh? What do you mean, back? Back to what? Kokomon: DESTROY!!! (Kokomon breaks through the fence and Terriermon attacks) Willis: No! (Kokomon knocks Terriermon off of their ear) Willis: Terriermon! (Terriermon lands at the end of the alley) Terriermon: BUNNY BLAST!!!

Terriermon calls the first shot into the advancing Kokomon but not the second. At the same time, as the fight begins, the dub plays the insert song Strange over the action. The original fight is quiet, with only an eerie instrumental tune playing and no called attacks.

The vibe for the original is basically "What the hell is happening right now?" While the vibe for the dub is kickass action scene HOORAH.

(Terriermon bounds over Kokomon to escape their arms) Kokomon: KOKO CRUSHER!!!

Again, the wiki assures me that this is how it is spelled but I feel like Cocoa Crusher would make more sense.

(Terriermon dodges rapid-fire bullets but gets hit with splash damage from a missed shot) Terriermon: (recovering) BUNNY BLAST!!!

Yep, they call the last one too. It's just the second shot that they don't.

I haven't had a chance to bring up the Redub because it's been pretty beat-for-beat with the original up to this point. But I feel it's worth noting that the Redub follows suit with the Movie in using the name Terriermon. The Redub also keeps the Movie's calling of these attacks, and even adds in the second "BUNNY BLAST" for the shot that the Movie forgot to call.

The Redub's script for Takeru and Hikari's scene is also different.

Kari: Did she... go to the Digital World? T.K.: No, it didn't feel quite like that. This is... something else. Do you think maybe there's some chance that the crying Digimon you heard has anything to do with it? Kari: It's possible... And if that's the case, maybe it did this to try and get our attention. It needs our help.... Ah! (Street sign crumples) Kari: It's nearby!

The Redub has Kari extrapolate from the crying Digimon's despair that these abductions are a cry for attention. This seems to be combining Hikari empathetically sensing the Digimon's loneliness and desperation with Movie Kari proclaiming that something weird is out there and needs their help.

We return to the fight between Gummymon and Chocomon, who are not those Digimon anymore but those are the names we are presently using. Chocomon climbs up between buildings, finding a good spot to stick themself in. They open their mouth and the air distorts as if preparing a shot of their own.

Cut to the blond boy, who climbs a ladder onto the roof to try and reach them. He arrives just in time to see Gummymon sent hurtling towards the ground, with Chocomon leaping after. Gummymon lands in another alley, while Chocomon reaches out and slows their fall by dragging their hands along the buildings to either side.

Meanwhile, Hikari and Takeru are on the move. Hikari sprints through the streets, dangling Tailmon by a precarious one handed grip. Tailmon flops and flails helplessly in the air while Hikari, undeterred, races onward.

The Redub adds Gatomon comically wailing in protest over the way she's being manhandled. XD

With Patamon perched on his back, Takeru has a harder time keeping pace. He runs slowly and has difficulty controlling his direction, struggling to balance with Patamon's added weight. But he makes his way after Hikari nonetheless.

The dub continues straight into this part of the fight from the previous, cluing them together into a single extended combat sequence.

(Willis climbs ladder) Willis: Terriermon! (Kokomon sends Terriermon hurtling down into the alley below; Cut to T.K. and Kari) Kari: Hurry, T.K.! It's over this way! T.K.: (struggling with balance) Whoa!

Neither version confirms whether Chocomon shot some kind of mouth blast at Gummymon or not, as the dub doesn't call the attack and the original isn't calling any attacks right now. The dub does have some throwaway dialogue to put over the mostly silent original footage, however. Together with the roaring guitar of the insert song, it captures a very different vibe.

Struck by Chocomon, Gummymon's back slams into the stone wall of the building behind them. They fall onto the alley's brick pathway.

Landing on their feet, Gummymon tries to stay upright. But after a short struggle, they collapse onto their back, gasping for breath. Chocomon advances, lumbering towards them.

The blond boy finally catches up to them. Just as Chocomon reaches for Gummymon, the boy throws himself in front of Gummymon and yells.

Boy: (English) CHOCOMON, DON'T!!!

At that moment, Hikari and Takeru pass by the other side of a chain link fence. Hikari goes straight past, failing to notice the lumbering creature on the other side. But Takeru spots them.

Takeru: It's a DIgimon! Hikari-chan, was it this Digimon?

Hikari doubles back to see what Takeru's looking at.

Hikari: That's the crying Digimon.

Inside the fence, the boy appeals to Chocomon.

Boy: (English) Chocomon... It's me, Wallace.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HIS NAME WAS NEVER WILLIS

His name is ウォレス Woresu, which is how Wallace gets converted into Japanese. Willis would be ウィリス Wirisu. Not only does Willis have nothing to do with the original OVA or Our War Game but, in fact, there is no character named Willis at all. It's a mistranslation.

But don't feel bad because Japan fucks it up too. Courtesy of 'r' and 'l' sounds sharing the same letter, they pronounce his name "War-iss". It's super noticeable. In fact, Wallace's actor does such a good job sounding like a native English-speaker that he honestly had me wondering right up until War-iss.

Both versions take a shot at Wallace that end up missing the mark. This boy has no correct name.

As for the Redub, they stand by the original English names and so also use Willis.

Staring down Wallace, Chocomon hesitates. Slowly, they take a couple steps back. Wallace reaches for them, but the winds swirl around Chocomon and they retreat from this reality.

In the dub:

(Willis gets between Kokomon and Terriermon) Willis: KOKOMON, STOP!!! (T.K. and Kari go past; T.K. stops) T.K.: Huh!? A Digimon! (Kari doubles back) Kari: ...I'm not sure it is a Digimon. Willis: Alright, tell me: What do you want!? Kokomon: GO. BACK. (Kokomon vanishes)

Kokomon is still spinning those ominous words, "Go back". Willis is much more confrontational than Wallace is with Chocomon. And Kari fields the theory that Kokomon might not be a Digimon.

Which. I mean. It looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, but this would hardly be the first instance of a Not-Actually-Digimon Digimon. At this point, we have Apocalymon, Diablomon, those eldritch Hangyomon, and probably Cthulhu-Dagomon. Digimon are a race of creatures but are also the template for other forms of digital life as well.

Wallace watches Chocomon disappear, stunned. Unaware of the two onlookers, Takeru and Hikari, watching the same thing.

Takeru: It vanished....

Takeru shakes off his momentary confusion and calls out to Wallace.

Takeru: HEY, YOU!!! Hikari: Onii-chan! Takeru: Eh?

Halfway through clambering over the fence, Takeru stops suddenly and looks back at Hikari.

Hikari: I just heard my brother's voice. Takeru: Taichi-san's...? (firmly) Those guys have to be connected to this.

Takeru struggles to hoist himself up the fence. For his part, having no idea why he's suddenly being shouted at in Japanese by strange foreigners, Wallace grabs up Gummymon and runs for it.

Patamon: I'll follow him, Takeru!

With Patamon on Wallace's tail, Takeru relaxes and descends the fence. He turns his attention to a worried Hikari.

Takeru: Hikari-chan.... Hikari: Something is awakening....

OMINOUS, THANKS.

In the dub:

T.K.: He vanished... HEY, KID!!! Willis: Huh? Kari: COME HERE!!!

Both Takeru trying to climb over the fence and Hikari suddenly hearing Taichi's voice are cut. We go straight from T.K. and Kari yelling at Willis to him grabbing Terriermon and running.

Willis: Don't follow me! You're in danger! Patamon: Leave it to me, I'll find out where he's going! (Patamon pursues Willis) T.K.: What does he mean, we're in danger!? Kari: All I know is, he needs help!

They do their best to sell this but Kari's face looks absolutely terrified and confused which doesn't connect well to the dialogue she's given.

The Redub follows the original script closely until the last two lines from Takeru and Hikari.

T.K.: Something weird's happening. Kari: You're right. I'm scared.

Kari's new line connects better with her freaked out expression than in the Movie dub but she's still denied the delivery of her spooky-ass line.

Meanwhile, in a strange and eldritch reality, the six abducted Chosen Children float slowly to a hard surface beneath them, where their bodies ragdoll. They seem to have difficulty moving deliberately, and they speak without using their mouths. It's as if they're suspended in water.

Taichi: This place... Where are we? Yamato: It's too dark... I can't see.... Koushiro: I can't move.... Jou: ...and it's so cold.... Mimi: Why are we here? Sora: How do we get out? Koushiro: I don't know.

The veterans sit in silence for a moment. Contemplating their predicament. Then Yamato speaks up.

Yamato: Be careful, Takeru. Taichi: Be careful, Hikari.

This scene offers no answers and many more questions. @_@ What is happening to the older Chosen Children?

The dub skips this scene entirely. The Redub plays it exactly as the original script but it has Taichi say "Be safe, Hikari" to avoid repetition. In the original, they both wish their siblings 気を付けろ kiwotsukero.

Catching back up with Wallace, Patamon stalks him from the sky while he calls home on a pay phone.

Wallace: (Japanese) Mama went shopping? (English) Will you tell Mom-Ami that I'm going to the Summer Memory? No, Summer Memory. ...it's okay, I'm going to call you back again. Okay? I'm gonna call you back. Bye.

I'm pretty sure he meant to say "Will you tell Mom, Ami, that I'm going" but he merges them together so they sound like "Mamemi". Probably should have written the line like, "Ami, will you tell Mom that I'm going...."

The Redub, incidentally, does exactly that.

Once his call is finished, Wallace hangs up. He tucks Gummymon away in his backpack and descends into the New York subway system, where Patamon won't be able to follow.

Patamon: ...Summer Memory....

Patamon takes that information and flies away.

A thematic note: The name of the place he's going to, Summer Memory? It's a reference to the word 懐かし natsukashi. A homonym for 懐 natsu is 夏 natsu, which means summer. That's where the summer comes from.

And what is a summer memory? It's... well, a memory of summers past. Of fun and life and warmth in the sun. Things that bring you joy to look back on fondly.

It's 懐かし natsukashi... which means nostalgia.

The place we are going to is Nostalgia. Just go ahead and tuck that little nugget away.

In the dub:

Willis: Hi, mom. Our summer camp is going backpacking in Colorado. We're leaving in-- Recording: Please deposit $2 for the next thirty seconds. Willis: AHHH I'LL CALL YOU WHEN I GET THERE!!! (Willis hangs up) Willis: Whew! Come on, Terriermon. We have to find transportation. (determined) I can't keep running from him. We're going back. Patamon: Colorado? Why there?

Well, I'd imagine he's lying through his teeth. He said he's going there with his summer camp. So I wouldn't trust a word of it. Nonetheless, that's going to be our navigational guidance moving forward.

From here, the dub splices in a scene from much later in the movie, of Hikari and Takeru on a train. Kari has "her" laptop open in her lap.

Kari: I'm sending an email to Davis and the others. I told them to meet up with us. T.K.: Huh? Kari: We could really use their help and I'm sure he misses me. T.K.: (annoyed groan)

Probably. Didn't Kari say that making Davis jealous was half the point of the trip in the first place?

Cut to the beach trip in Japan, where the junior team have learned their lesson! ...they're playing volleyball with Poromon instead.

Daisuke hears his D-Terminal ringing. With an eager blush, he runs and dives onto the blanket that their stuff is on, snatching up the D-Terminal and popping it open.

Daisuke: It's from Hikari-chan!

His face falls when he sees the message, however. While he stares at it sullenly, the rest of the team takes notice and comes over to check on him.

Chibimon: What is it, Daisuke? Miyako: What's wrong? Daisuke: (reading) "Please save my brother." Miyako: Eh? Daisuke: What's that supposed to mean?

Leaving their beach vacation behind, the junior team boards a plane. During the long flight, they discuss the situation.

Daisuke: It's not just Taichi-san. But Yamato-san and Koushiro-san are gone too. I can't believe it.... (cheerful) In any case, Hikari-chan asked for my help, so of course I'm going!

Boy, it's a good thing Chocomon glitched out Mimi's computer and stopped those pictures from being sent. XD Daisuke would be way more surly about this if we'd successfully pissed him off.

In the dub:

Davis: Hmm? THE D-TERMINAL!!! (Davis dives and snatches it up) Davis: (reading) New kid with Digimon? (Davis suddenly frowns; The others come to check on him) DemiVeemon: Yay, a new friend! Davis: She wants us to meet them in Colorado. Yolei & Cody: Huh!? Davis: Well, how does she expect us to get to America!? We don't have the money!

Yeah, that was bugging me too.

As Davis just said, they don't have the money. The shot of them taking the plane as well as the subsequent scene are carved out and moved further ahead in the episode.

As the junior team arrives in the U.S., their next task is to secure further transportation.

Iori: I'm impressed you thought of using frequent flier miles Miyako-san. Miyako: Ehehe, of course!

The loanword マイレージ maireeji here refers to frequent flier miles. This is how the junior team was able to make an international flight. But they didn't have enough to reach their destination, so now they're stranded somewhere in the United States.

New plan: Hitchhiking! Standing by the roadside, Daisuke sticks his thumb out and calls to passing vehicles.

Daisuke: HEEEEEY!!!

They opt to make signs to hold. Miyako's is turned too far to the side to be legible, but Iori's simply reads "With Monster" in English.

Daisuke: (amused) They aren't going to stop if you say we're with monsters!

Cut to the junior team in the back of a bright red sports car erratically swerving left and right in its lane.

Driver: (English) GREAT MONSTERS!!! GRRRREAT!!! Daisuke: He said these are great toys. Iori: (skeptical) Did he really? Miyako: (whining) This old guy is weird!

Still speeding and swerving on the highway, the man turns around to look at the kids and gives them a thumbs up.

Driver: (English) Japanese cars are really great! Daisuke: He said that Japanese cars are really great. Iori: I think he should watch the road when driving! Driver: (English) YEEEEEEEEHAWWWWWWWWW!!!

This absolutely madman returns his eyes to the road and starts violently swerving harder, crossing back and forth into the lanes to either side.

Daisuke: Watch the road! The road! Driver: (English) Made in Japan is really great! Iori: This was a bad idea.

Neither Daisuke nor Miyako has been sexually harassed by an adult yet so this is still going better than the veterans' attempt at hitchhiking.

Even in the Redub, the crazy driver is a difficult scene to handle because they can't present the Japanese vs. English language barrier. But they still manage to nail the vibe by laying on what a thick redneck accent this guy has. It's nearly impossible to make out what he's saying.

Driver: Those're some fancy doggone toys ya got there! Davis: I guess this guy is just the lunatic we needed! Cody: Yeah, I suppose! Yolei: Maybe we shouldn't have gotten in the car! (Driver turns around and gives the kids a thumbs up) Driver: (unintelligible; sounds like "You kids've broke the van; Now I've sold my car") Davis: Yeah, that's great, Mister! Cody: I-I-I really wish you'd face forward while you're driving! Driver: YEEHAW!!! (Swerving intensifies) Davis: NOT TOO FAST!!! WE'RE GONNA CRASH!!! Driver: Don't worry about the car! I've got insurance! Cody: ...I'm more worried about us.

This is a fantastic adaptation to get around the language factor while still conveying what a ridiculous caricature of an American this guy is.

Meanwhile, Wallace makes his cross-country trip by stowing away inside a boxcar. They pass a railroad crossing, where a blonde woman is inexplicably waiting outside of her truck.

Wallace peeks through the doors, watching the world pass by. Gummymon speaks up and they converse in Japanese. Gummymon also pronounces Wallace correctly now that he's saying it in Japanese. It comes out as "Wa-le-su".

Gummymon: I'm tired, Wallace. Wallace: ... Gummymon: Are we going to the flower field, Wallace? Wallace: ... Gummymon: Talk to me, Wallace!

Wallace stands up and walks away from the slightly open doors. He goes further into the boxcar to where he's left his backpack discarded against the wall.

Gummymon: What's up? Wallace: (defensive) What's up with you?

Wallace sits down next to his backpack and stares off at the wall.

Wallace: That could have been Chocomon. You shouldn't have attacked. Gummymon: They meant it. They were seriously trying to get to you, Wallace. I knew that. So I wanted to protect you. Wallace: Maybe they'd understand if we talked things out. You shouldn't have attacked.

Gummymon and Wallace ride the train in silence for a moment, while Wallace organizes his thoughts.

Gummymon: But they... There was something dreadful running through their head. Wallace: I don't want to hear that.

Gummymon walks slowly over to Wallace and sits down by his side.

Gummymon: Okay. Then I won't say it again. Wallace: ... Gummymon: Your mom must be worried about you by now. Wallace: I'll call her later.

There's a palpable tension between Wallace and Gummymon. Though it's hard to honestly disagree with Gummymon's assertion, the situation is... unclear. Wallace makes a good point too. Maybe they could have talked to Chocomon.

I mean, if Chocomon really was just trying to hurt him, why would they stop when he put himself in front of Gummymon?

Leaving the train behind, Wallace and Gummymon make their way on foot. Trekking through the scorching heat of the Colorado plains, Gummymon makes the trip much harder.

Gummymon: Hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot-- Wallace: Could you be quie--ah!

As Wallace stops to gently scold Gummymon, Gummymon keeps walking in an overheated funk right through Wallace's legs. They trip Wallace, causing him to fall backwards over Gummymon and land on his shoulders.

Gummymon: Hot... hot....

Gummymon stops a short ways ahead, realizing they're leaving Wallace behind. While Wallace picks himself off the ground, Gummymon replies.

Gummymon: We shouldn't have gotten off the train... and just to call your mom, too. Wallace: So what? Who cares. Gummymon: ...

You can cut the tension between them with a knife.

Wallace: Hey, if that really was Chocomon, then they're sure to come to the flower field, right? If so, then what should I say to them? Gummymon: ...Chocomon couldn't stand the heat.

That completely unhelpful answer kills the conversation. Wallace and Gummymon stand there in silence for a moment. Then Wallace gives up and walks onward.

Gummymon hangs back and watches Wallace go. Then, suddenly re-energized, Gummymon jogs after. They leap into the air, catching air with their ears.

Gummymon: (singsong) Wall~ace!

Gummymon lands on Wallace's head. He loses his balance for a moment and struggles to reclaim it while Gummymon finds a comfortable nesting spot to drape themself

Wallace: What are you doing? Gummymon: Being a hat! I will be your hat.

Gummymon spreads their ear-wings which I think is meant to create shade but honestly just seems like the inertia will make walking harder. Wallace stumbles forward, still trying to figure out his balance with his new passenger.

Wallace: You're heavy.... Gummymon: Nah, it's fine.

They learned how to be so dismissive from watching you, Wallace.

Alright, dub time. Willis and Gummymon's tense emotional conversation in the train is cut. We go straight from the junior team trying to figure out how to get to the U.S. to Willis and Terriermon walking along the roadside.

Terriermon is, however, just as whiny as Gummymon.

Terriermon: Willis, do we have to go to Colorado? Willis: You heard what Kokomon said: "Go back." That's where it all started. Terriermon: But why do we have to walk? My soles are worn out and I don't even wear shoes! Willis: Terriermon, listen: We-- WAUGH!!! (Terriermon trips Willis) Terriermon: Oops. Come on, Willis; Can't we just call for someone to give us a ride? (Willis gets up) Willis: I'm sorry, pal. You know Kokomon's getting more violent. He makes anyone close to us disappear.

They trim out the conversation between Willis getting up and Willis walking away silently. He stands up and gets right back to walking.

Willis: I'll find us a ride. Now, let's get out of this sun; It's too hot. Terriermon: Wait! (Terriermon jumps up onto Willis's head) Willis: Uh... What exactly do you think you're doing? Terriermon: This way, I don't have to walk and you can stay in the shade. (Terriermon spreads their ears to create shade) Willis: Oh! Well, that's better. I don't suppose you could turn into a glass of lemonade too, could ya?

Zero tension about fighting Kokomon, which makes sense because Kokomon's been rewritten to be a long-established menace that's haunted Willis for years. There's none of the ambiguity of "But what did Chocomon actually want?"

This is actually a pretty significant shift. In the original, Wallace comes up with the idea of going to the flower field on his own. He has no idea what Chocomon wants, but he wants Chocomon back. So he sets out to return to the place where he lost Chocomon, deciding for himself that Chocomon must be waiting for him in the long-lost land of nostalgia. He's projecting his own desires and feelings onto the ambiguous visage of a monster that attacked him.

In the dub, Kokomon does want him to go to the flower field and says as much. Willis is just doing what he was told.

The Redub plays it like this:

Terriermon: It's hot, it's hot, it's hot, it's hot, it's hot, it's hot, it's hot.... Willis: Stop being a baby--WHOAAAA!!! (Terriermon trips Willis) Terriermon: Ugh... We really shouldn't have gotten off the train midway. This really isn't worth it just to find a phone to call your mom. Willis: You told me to, so pipe down. Look, I know it's going to be a tough journey, but if that is Kokomon, I'm sure he'll remember that flower field. So we're going. We have to try and get through to him. Terriermon: You said not to talk to you about it. Willis: ... (Willis starts walking away; Terriermon hops up onto his head) Terriermon: HEYYYYYY!!! Willis: Um... What exactly do you think you're doing? Terriermon: Well, you see... I'm a hat! So I'll be your hat and keep you cool, Willis. Hehe! (Terriermon spreads his ears to create shade) Willis: ...you just don't want to walk. Terriermon: Can't it be both?

Some noteworthy changes here. The big thing is that Willis is a lot more confident about their goal than Wallace is. Wallace is just winging it and is unsure even about what he's trying to do, while Willis seems to have a clear plan.

Willis also makes the valid point that Terriermon was the one who brought up calling his mom to begin with, and Terriermon in turn makes the valid point that Willis is bringing up subject matter he snapped at Terriermon on the train for.

From here, we cut over to Takeru and Hikari making their way by Amtrak train.

Takeru's got both Patamon and Tailmon on his lap. That frees up Hikari to use Mimi's laptop, which she's plugged into a cell phone.

Hikari: Daisuke-kun and the others are getting on a plane. Takeru: Eh? Hikari: They passed Denver. Takeru: (exasperated sigh)

This is the scene that the dub pulled and used to have Kari contact Davis earlier, with Takeru's sigh being used for T.K.'s irritated groan.

The navigational instructions are a little unclear. This is the first of two uses of Denver as a landmark for reaching Summer Memory. I understand from reading other people's takes on the movie that this is a bit of a running gag; this it the first of two instances where Daisuke's crew try to reach Denver and miss.

But they're not going to Denver. They're going to the fictional place of Summer Memory. This line from Hikari is the first anyone's spoken of Denver. And after the second time they miss, no one ever speaks of Denver again. At no point is Denver ever visited, nor does anyone ever declare an intention to go to Denver or offer any reason why they would. Denver's only involvement is that the kids pass it twice.

So it's weird. The best I can piece together is that Daisuke, Miyako, and Iori were supposed to meet Takeru and Hikari at Denver International Airport, one of the largest airports in the world which is conveniently in Colorado. But Miyako's frequent flier miles ran out before they could get there and so they had to hitchhike to Colorado. That's when they started missing Denver.

But if that's the case then it's in dire need of better explanation.

Takeru and Hikari ride in silence until, suddenly, a bright pink light shines out of Hikari's D-3.

Hikari: Ah!? My D-3!?

Takeru stands up suddenly. His arms no longer full of Digimon so I guess he fucking dropped them. The pink light fills the train, isolating it from reality. Nothing exists outside its windows but a vast pink void. Then all of the passengers around them warp and bend, distorting in space before fizzling from existence entirely.

(The way Chocomon attacks the Children through their Digivices is the scariest fucking thing the series has done yet. There are few things in a story more horrifying than being betrayed by the MacGuffins that the protagonists have come to depend on.)

The Redub covers Takeru and Hikari's conversation this way:

Kari: Davis and the others are heading for the Denver Airport right now, but.... T.K.: Huh? Kari: Sounds like they missed their exit. T.K.: (sigh)

The redub directly says that they're going to DIA, but still doesn't offer an explanation for why and leaves it for the viewer to figure out for themselves.

Anyways. This thing is attacking now.

From outside the train, it comes. Despite the train still moving forward at incredible speeds, the creature that Chocomon has become lumbers forward towards the window as if the train were stationary on the same ground as them.

As the beast approaches, Hikari's and Takeru's D-3s both suddenly shine once more. Chocomon roars violently, but before anything further can happen, the brakes on the train suddenly activate.

Instantly, reality reasserts itself and the pink realm vanishes. The sudden brake throws Takeru off his feet, sending him tumbling down the aisle. Hikari's thrown over the chair in front of her, struggling to get herself down.

After a bit of effort, Hikari manages to balance her weight on her arms on the seat in front of herself, then lower herself into a sitting position. Takeru gets up and retrieves his hat, which fell to the floor in the tumble. Then, suddenly, he notices that they're alone.

Takeru: Ah! They're gone!

The other passengers never came back.

Hikari runs to the front of their car and throws open the doors to the next compartment. It, too, is entirely vacant.

Hikari: All of the passengers are gone!

But for Takeru and Hikari, there is nobody left on the train, which has itself come to a dead stop atop a bridge.

The dub's already used the first part of this scene, so they start with Kari's Digivice glowing.

Kari: Look, my Digivice! T.K.: Whoa! (A pink void asserts itself over reality) T.K.: What's happening to the train!? I don't think this is the entertainment portion of the trip. (Kokomon appears outside the train and lumbers forward) T.K.: It's that Digimon we saw in New York! Kokomon: DON'T INTERFERE!!! (Suddenly, the train screeches to a halt; Kari and T.K. have to scramble to get back upright) Kari: Ugh... there's definitely something different about this Digimon. (T.K. reaches for his hat, then realizes) T.K.: ...we're not moving. Where are we? Kari: Don't interfere? I don't think that Digimon wants us to get to Colorado.

Once again, the movie cuts out the part where Chocomon keeps abducting people. They cut the shot of the passengers disappearing from the train as well as the subsequent discovery that they're still gone.

Instead of trying to take Takeru and Hikari and being mysteriously thwarted, Kokomon showed up to kill T.K. and Kari's train, leaving them stranded.

Leaving Takeru and Hikari's stopped train, it's time to check back in with the junior team and see how their plane ride is going.

We find them shortly after disembarking. A plane marked Denver Transport Inc. takes flight while the junior team waves and shouts their gratitude.

Iori: GOODBYE, MISTER DENVER!!! Miyako: (English) BYE-BYE!!! Daisuke: (English) THANK YOU!!! Iori: (English) THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

The plane has dropped them off in some rural farming area somewhere in the asscrack of the American Midwest. Iori and Miyako look over a map to get their bearings.

Daisuke: Where are we? Iori: We're about 500 km past Denver. Daisuke: What the hell!? Miyako: We got here pretty quick, though! ^_^;; Daisuke: AGH!!! How much longer until I see Hikari-chan!?!?

Daisuke runs up to the road and screams in frustration.

Daisuke: HIKARI-CHAN, WAIT FOR MEEEEEEEEE!!!

Suddenly, a passing truck screeches to a halt, as if stopping because Daisuke yelled at it. XD

I feel him. I have no idea where they are but 500 km past Denver is insanely far. The subtitle there says "from Denver" but the word is 過ぎた sugita, which means to exceed or elapse or expire. We are 500 km beyond Denver. We left Denver behind 500 km ago. Amazing that nobody noticed given that Denver is a huge metropolitan city.

So, that means we are no longer in Colorado. There is no direction you can go 500 km from Denver and not end up in a different state. Assuming they were coming from the west, they'd be in Kansas somewhere?

As I said before, the Denver plot point is confusing and poorly explained. I think what's supposed to have happened here is that they got on the plane with "Denver Transport Inc." to try and go to Denver, but Denver was actually just the dude's name. They thought this was a flight to Denver, but it was actually Mister Denver giving them a flight to... somewhere.

Whatever the case, it doesn't matter because Denver will never be spoken of again. This is the end of the Denver subplot.

For the dub's part, it's time to bring the junior team east, starting with the good plane.

Davis: Alright, Yolei. Explain to me one more time why we have to stop in three different cities! Yolei: We're using my uncle's frequent flier miles and certain restrictions apply.

They cut the hitchhiking and go straight to the junior team riding in a madman's sports swerving sports car.

Davis: And why do we have to take this particular taxi company? Yolei: I have an uncle who lives here in Houston and he has an account with them. Cody: It's not really that bad! Yolei: At least it's free! (Driver takes eyes off the road to give the kids a thumbs up) Driver: Whaddya say, guys? Wanna hear some music? Davis: Sure, why not? Cody: We'd prefer something on the slow and easy side, if you have it. Driver: SUUUUUUUUUURE!!!

The driver turns on a country banjo song and sings along with the notes.

Driver: Do do doodoo doodoodoo do do! I'm pretty good, huh?

This guy's inexplicably nuts in both versions but it's a lot funnier in the original, where Daisuke's trying to translate his nonsense and the kids are completely exasperated with him.

Then we get to the Denver Transport Inc. drop-off.

Yolei: Goodbye, Uncle Fred! Thanks for the lift! Goodbyyyyyye! (The DigiDestined get their bearings) Davis: Yolei, your uncle's a lousy pilot. Cody: According to the map, we're about 60 miles from where we're supposed to meet Kari. Davis: And how are we supposed to get there!? Yolei: I have an uncle who owns some horses around here.... ^_^;; Davis: NO!!! (Davis runs to the road) Davis: No more uncles, no more horses, no more trains, no more planes! IT'S GOTTA STOOOOOOP!!!

The gag of Daisuke "stopping the truck" is retained perfectly.

The dub version is a lot more clear about the Denver thing. Instead of citing Denver as a landmark, Cody expressly says that they're off-track from "where we're supposed to meet Kari". That's probably why they were supposed to go to Denver in the original but nobody ever says anything like that.

The dub also cuts down the distance and shit-talks "Uncle Fred's" piloting for good measure. Which he deserves because there's no reason the original offers for why Mr. Denver took them to Kansas or wherever. 500 km is not a mistake; That's deliberate sabotage. I guess he's just an asshole? This subplot is so weird and confusing.

As for the Redub, they stay on script until after the kids say goodbye to Mister Denver, then handle the 500 km issue this way.

Davis: Okay, so now what? Cody: Well, we ended up about 500 km north of Denver. Davis: Augh, we went the wrong way!? Yolei: We got this far pretty fast though, so... perfecto? ^_^;; Davis: Graaaagh when do I get to see Kari!? I'M SICK OF WAITING!!! (Davis runs up to the road) Davis: NO MORE PLANES!!! IT'S GOTTA STOOOOOOP!!!

The redub liked the "No more planes, horses, trains, etc." bit so much that they reference it in Davis's outburst.

The Redub's version is super clear about what's going on here. Are we trying to get to Denver, specifically? Not really, we're going to Summer Memory which has no clear location. But it doesn't matter. Denver is used as a landmark in such a way as to tell us where we are but imply no intent.

What matters is that wherever we are trying to go, we went in the opposite direction. Davis says as much, making the frustration clear and easy to understand.

Daisuke's outburst seemingly brings a passing truck screeching to a halt, so that's convenient. We have our next ride.

Daisuke: Huh? Iori: It actually stopped. Daisuke: That's the power of love! WOOHOO!!!

The Chosen Children hurry around to the side of the truck... only to see its doors slide open and for an entirely different hitchhiker to climb into the back.

Daisuke: Ah!? Miyako: Huh, I guess they weren't stopping for us. Daisuke: I'll go ask if they'll take us too!

It was not, in fact, the power of love but that doesn't mean we can't capitalize on it. This is a job for the Team Extrovert. After a very brief and dialogue-free conversation played in fast-forward, Daisuke turns to Miyako and Iori.

Daisuke: We're good to go! Hop in!

Chibimon hops up into Daisuke's arms, and he deposits his Digimon into the truck.

Daisuke: Up you go!

Then Daisuke climbs in behind him, with Miyako and Iori following after.

Daisuke: Hurry up, guys!

Once everyone's loaded in, they shut the door. The truck lets out a honk to let its unsecured passengers know it's about to start moving, then starts out onto the road once more.

In the dub:

Driver: Did someone say "Stop"? Cody: Come on, guys! This is our chance! (Door opens and someone climbs in) Yolei: Well, at least my way, we weren't stowaways. Cody: Climb in! It's perfect! Davis: Let me handle this. (Davis runs to the front of the truck) Davis: Yes, ma'am. I did say "Stop". I'm starting my own truck stop and I was testing it out! It seems to work fine; You stopped! Thanks! Yolei: (whispering) Let's go! (Davis goes to the side and Chibimon jumps into his arms) Davis: (whispering) Come on! (Everyone boards and they shut the door)

Since we just said we don't want to use "Yolei's relative" as an excuse again, the dub avoids having these children hitchhike this time by having them instead stow away in an unsuspecting driver's vehicle. I guess that's better?

Also, the way it's written, I think we're supposed to think the kid climbing into the truck is Cody. He yells "Climb in, it's perfect!" right as we cut to the kid climbing in. The other hitchhiker goes completely unacknowledged.

But they are about to meet that kid, so IDK.

Once the truck gets moving, Daisuke can't help himself but go socialize with their fellow hitchhiker. Who is this boy? The answer will probably not surprise you, but you may have some trouble nonetheless if I ask you to guess his name.

Daisuke crawls to the back of the truck with Chibimon jogging along beside him. There, he finds Wallace and a still, unmoving stuffy by his side.

Daisuke: I'm here to bother you!

お邪魔します Ojamashimasu is a customary Japanese greeting said when entering someone else's home. It's rooted in the word 邪魔 jama, which means a nuisance or obstacle. As customary phrase, this sounds a lot harsher than it necessarily may be. There's a world of contextual difference between "I'm sorry to disturb you while you're working on something important" and "I'm here to be a nuisance like a cat curling up in your lap and batting your things out of your hands."

The truck is obviously not Wallace's, but we are crashing his hitchhiking ride, so it makes sense in this context. We are, in a sense, invading Wallace's space.

But he says it playfully, and so Daisuke may mean it literally; He's crawling to the back with intent to bother Wallace.

Chibimon approaches Wallace's stuffed animal, inspecting it carefully. Daisuke, upon realizing that Chibimon is not doing a very good job of being a stuffed animal right now, bops him on the head.

Daisuke: The hell are you doing!?

Behind him, Miyako and Iori have a firm grip on their "stuffed animals". But Chibimon is behaving in public, the little rascal.

Daisuke: (sheepishly) I'm sorry, this is my cat--

Suddenly, having confirmed his suspicions, Chibimon whips around and points at Wallace's stuffed animal.

Chibimon: Daisuke! DIGIMOOOOOON!!! Daisuke: Huh?

Daisuke looks at Gummymon for a moment. Then his eyes light up and he stands up in the truck.

Daisuke: (thrilled) AHHH!!! Miyako: Then this kid is.... Iori: ...that boy that Takeru-san and the others were talking about!

They've been communicating exclusively with Hikari so I feel like it's rude to call her Takeru-san-tachi. Women get no respect.

As a small note: Directionally, if we're so far past Denver coming from the west that we're in Kansas right now, running into Wallace on the road kinda makes sense?

I mean, it's still a 1-in-a-million plot contrivance. But he's coming from New York and Daisuke's crew are coming from Japan. Their paths wouldn't intersect normally; Colorado is between those places. There is a 0% chance of us being on the same truck as him if we're coming from the west and he's coming from the east.

But since Mr. Denver's shenanigans put us so far east of Denver....

In the dub:

Davis: Hey, pal! You must've had the same idea we did. (Chibimon goes over and inspects the "stuffed animal") Davis: Hey, would you cut it out? That's rude.

When Davis bops Chibimon, there's a comical "sproink".

Davis: Uh, sorry about that. He's... young. (DemiVeemon points at Terriermon) DemiVeemon: Davis, guess what! He's a Digimon! Davis: A what? Terriermon: Uh-oh. (Davis stands up suddenly) Davis: WHOA!!! Yolei: Hey, he's right! Cody: Wow! In America, they have Digimon by the truckload!

Cody really had to stretch for that quip.

Davis doesn't even try to pretend that the thing Willis is looking at is not a live monster, but still gets startled by the discovery that Willis has one of his own.

The Redub follows the script perfectly but it does have Cody refer to Willis as the boy that "T.K. and Kari" were talking about. At least Kari's mentioned this way. But T.K. still gets top billing despite them only talking to Kari. This is what privilege looks like.

The Children disembark the truck at some point and continue their conversation.

Wallace: I had no idea there were Digimon in Japan too!

He smiles at Gummymon, who's getting acquainted with the Babies.

Gummymon: Oh wow, it's a whole nakama!

Iori sits apart from them, writing a new hitchhiking sign. He looks up to comment on Wallace.

Iori: He's friendlier than we expected, huh? Daisuke: Still, don't let your guard down. Miyako: You speak Japanese? Wallace: I had a Japanese girlfriend once. Gummymon: Wallace worked really hard to study Japanese.

And I guess he really liked the language because he and Gummymon speak Japanese to each other whenever they're alone.

Miyako: So, you guys weren't responsible for dragging Taichi-san and the others into that other world...?

Miyako is thinking aloud more than she's asking a question. Which is good, because Wallace doesn't answer. He's distracted by something else.

Wallace: My name is Wallace. You said yours is Miyako? Your long hair is beautiful.

Miyako blushes, disrupting her train of thought. Daisuke, irritated, walks between them to break it up.

Daisuke: Don't go saying things like that. Wallace: (smugly) It's good manners to compliment women. Daisuke: (vibrates angrily and turns to the others) THE HELL IS THIS GUY'S DEAL!?!?

He's a... what would be the children's equivalent of a ladies man? A young ladies boy?

...

He's a little charmer. I don't know what's complicated about that, Daisuke.

Between Michael and Wallace, it's interesting to me that Daisuke keeps getting upset about Miyako flirting with boys or being flirted with by boys. If he were just grossed out by romance 'cause he's a kid, that'd be one thing, but that's obviously not it given how he acts towards Hikari.

So. Like. IDK. It's weird that you're so possessive of Miyako, Daisuke.

Do people ship these two? Because I feel like people should ship these two.

In the dub:

Willis: Our Digimon like each other. Terriermon: ...and the guy says, "I was TALKING to the doc!" Digimon: Hahahaha!

Cody, Davis, and Yolei's lines are all cut. We go straight back to Willis.

Willis: Ha! You know, this is kinda nice being around others for a change. Terriermon: Yeah, for as long as I can remember, it's just been me and Willis all alone. Yolei: But having a Digimon makes you a DigiDestined. We're all part of a team; Why are you alone? Willis: ...well, let's just say I have my reasons. Anyway, it's nice meeting someone as cute as you. (Yolei blushes; Davis cuts in between them) Davis: Yeah, yeah. Back off there, Blondy. Willis: Haha what's the matter with you, Davis? Did I say something wrong? (Davis whirls on the others) Davis: LOOK, WE FOUND THIS KID, NOW WHAT DO WE DO!?!?

Willis and Terriermon's lines are a bit different due to the altered context behind Kokomon, who's been hunting him for years. But he still manages to flirt with Yolei.

In the Redub:

Willis: I never knew there were Digimon in Japan too! But, I guess it makes sense. Terriermon: Wow, you guys are Digimon just like me! Cody: Nice to find another DigiDestined way out here. Davis: Maybe, but I don't trust him. Yolei: What are the odds you'd understand us? Willis: Oh, well, I had a girlfriend from Japan once. You know how it is, right? Terriermon: Willis worked really hard and studied the language until he was basically fluent! Yolei: So it probably wasn't you guys who made Tai and all the other original DigiDestined disappear, was it? Willis: My name's Willis. And... you said your name's Yolei, didn't you? I love your hair. It's real pretty. (Yolei blushes; Davis cuts in between them) Davis: Yeah, yeah. Back off there, Blondy. Willis: What's the matter with you, Davis? Did I say something wrong? (Davis whirls on the others) Davis: LOOK, WE FOUND THIS KID, NOW WHAT DO WE DO!?!?

This section features a little from column A and a little from column B. The last three lines are pretty much directly from the movie.

Cody's line has basically nothing to do with his original, which was about how "surprisingly friendly" Willis is. New Dub Team might have found the line confusing? If you're just taking it in context with their previous scene meeting him, it's an odd thing to say.

But Iori means that in the context of "We are hunting a boy and Digimon who are connected with all our friends disappearing." They've been operating on the expectation that Wallace is a new enemy, which is also why Daisuke's so suspicious of him. They're expecting this guy to be, like, the American Ichijouji Ken.

Also, I love the addition of, "You know how it is, right?" to Willis's girlfriend line. Plays up the playboy aspect of his character.

Iori: Wallace-san, where did you meet Gummymon? Wallace: There was this egg that came out of my mom's computer. My mom's addicted to online shopping.

Gummymon is playing with the Babies; They levitate in the air, holding Upamon with one of their ears and Poromon with the other, and trying to balance while floating around. Wallace watches, amused by their antics.

Miyako: Have you never been to the Digital World? Wallace: Digital World? What is that? Miyako: (surprised) It's, uh....

Miyako struggles to figure out how to answer that. Wallace greets her indecision with a warm smile.

Wallace: (tenderly) Your serious face is gorgeous too... Miyako....

Daisuke jumps in between them again.

Daisuke: What the hell are you thinking!?

Iori finishes his sign and holds it up by the side of the road.

Iori: Do you know anything about that other Digimon, Wallace-san?

At the mention of Chocomon, Gummymon falters. They trip in the air, losing their grip and sending Upamon and Poromon tumbling across the ground.

Wallace: I didn't know they were kidnapping children that were partnered with Digimon. Daisuke: So you do know something! You're gonna tell us everything, you little shit!

Just then, Iori gets success. We finally see his sign for the first time and it simply reads "summer memory". A pickup truck slows to a stop to pick the children up. This conversation's going to have to be shelved for later.

An interesting note about Wallace: An egg emerging from his mom's computer? That's unlike the experience that anyone has ever had with becoming a Chosen Child.

...except one. Yeah, the movie stitching these three OVAs together and trying to string a narrative out of them wasn't entirely misguided. Wallace didn't experience one of the big Digimon battles and then get his data scanned or whatever. He got his Digitama the same way Hikari got hers.

The implication here is that when the Original Five Chosen Children were having it out in the first battle with Apocalymon and the seams between realities were breaking down, Gummymon's Digitama came through the same way Koromon's did. But while Hikari's Greymon and Parrotmon were both reclaimed by the Digital World at the end of their explosive and attention-grabbing fight, Gummymon and Chocomon never were.

Well... something did happen to Chocomon. But that was something else.

The dub continues directly from Davis's outburst.

Davis: LOOK, WE FOUND THIS KID, NOW WHAT DO WE DO!?!? Cody: He's just angry because he was hoping to meet up with Kari by now. Davis: Grrrrrr! Willis: Well, my family's vacation home is just a couple of towns away from here. You guys can wait for them there if you want to. (Terriermon plays with the DIgimon) Yolei: I'd better email Kari and T.K. to tell them where to meet us. Willis: Where are they coming from? Yolei: From New York. Willis: Oh! The kids behind the fence! That girl was cute too.... (Davis jumps in between Yolei and Willis) Davis: THAT'S IT, LOVERBOY; LEAVE KARI OUT OF THIS!!! (Terriermon, concerned, suddenly fumbles the Digimon) Willis: I'm sorry. Listen, Davis, I wasn't trying to step on anybody's toes. Maybe I should just make a phone call and get us a lift to my house. Terriermon: (groan)

Once again, we have impending hitchhiking that we need to explain away. For that purpose, the movie slices in an upcoming scene of Willis using a roadside pay phone while Davis impatiently paces around him.

Willis: Hi, I'd like to order a large pizza for delivery with mushroom, sausage, pepperoni, pineapple, canadian bacon, anchovies, and green peppers. Davis: That sounds delicious, Willis, but aren't you going to have anything? Terriermon: If Davis eats it all?

Terriermon suddenly inhales enough to inflate his body and make him look rotund.

Chibimon: Haha! Hahahahahaha! Davis: There's not an ounce of fat below my neck! Willis: Now, you're gonna deliver that pizza to my house, right? Well, would you mind doing me a favor and pick us up on the way? Davis: Tell him to forget the whole thing; I'm in the mood for Chinese. Willis: SHUT UP!!! (realizes; to the phone) Oh, no, I said line up. We'll line up on the side of the road with a sign so we're easy to spot.

After he hangs up, they then insert the shot they cut earlier of Iori working on the sign.

Cody: I see you've done this before.

Then cut back to the later footage of Daisuke and Wallace at the phone with their Partners.

Willis: They'll be here in two minutes or it's free. Terriermon: Willis, you're smart! Davis: Well, it was mostly my idea.... Willis: Great! Then you're buying the pizza! Davis: HUH!?!?

XD Well played, Willis. That got me. Though I'm not sure Davis has any USD on him so this might be Digitamamon all over again. Maybe we can call Michael.

Now that we've successfully erased the hitchhiking, Cody goes to the road and holds up his sign for the truck to pull up.

Driver: PIZZA!!! Yolei: Guys, come on! Let's go!

I was thinking about this with the last truck that. Like. Hitchhiking is bad so... you should break into someone's vehicle and hitch a ride in secret? That's better? Avoid contact with strangers; Do crime instead.

And now I guess you shouldn't trust strangers but the pizza guy is okay? I guess you don't count as a stranger if you're presently engaging in capitalism?

Man, the logical loops of "Can't show children hitchhiking" are getting complicated. We are obeying the letter of No Hitchhiking but not the spirit.

Then we have the Redub.

Cody: Hey, Willis? I'm curious about something. Where did you meet Terriermon? Willis: Oh, an egg came out of my mom's computer when I was really little. My mom's really into online shopping but I always thought it was a little weird. Yolei: Have you... ever been to the Digital world, then? Willis: The Digital World? Never heard of it.

They follow the script initially, but when Willis says he doesn't know about the Digital World, he has a coy and playful tone in his voice that suggests he's lying.

The original Japanese line, "What is that?" is delivered in a tender and affectionate tone; He's clearly more interested in Miyako than in what she's saying, and I think the Redub was trying to recapture that vibe. But instead his line is "Never heard of it", and his tone comes out as more of a winking "What, me? Rob the bank? Why, I've never even heard of that bank, officer."

Yolei: Hm? Really? Willis: Wow. Even confused, you look beautiful... Miss Yolei...

Oh god, that was super awkward. Got some real Milady energy off that one. Which is what they're going for so... mission complete, but I think I need to take a shower after that.

Davis: QUIT IT!!! THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS CONVERSATION'S ABOUT!!! Cody: About that Digimon that T.K. and Kari saw... Do you happen to know what it is? Willis: ...I do know him, yeah. But this is the first time I've ever heard about him kidnapping anybody! That doesn't sound like him at all! Davis: So you do know something about this! You better spill the beans right now!

In the original, Wallace stops at proclaiming his ignorance of what Chocomon's been doing. He doesn't know what's going on with Chocomon. He's trying to solve Chocomon's enigmatic behavior too, and this is an alarming piece to add to the puzzle.

Redub Willis goes a step further and defends Kokomon from the accusation. Which is farther than Wallace goes, but not that much farther; He did defend Chocomon/Kokomon to Gummymon on the train. He's thinking with his heart, not with his head.

The arrival of the car puts an abrupt end to Wallace's interrogation.

Wallace: I'm in a hurry! Daisuke: Yeah, and we're in a hurry to rescue Taichi-san and the others!

While Daisuke and Wallace argue about this, Miyako runs to the front of the car and silently negotiates their passage. Then she and Iori climb in the back of the truck.

Miyako: Hurry up, Daisuke! We'll talk about this in the car! Come on, hurry!

He does not. Daisuke leans casually against the back of the truck while Wallace gently picks up Gummymon.

Daisuke: Why are you even hitchhiking in a place like this? Weren't you on your way to Summer Memory? Gummymon: It's because we got off the train to call mom. Wallace: (embarrassed) Gummymon! Gummymon: (tongue blep) Daisuke: Your mom!? Seriously, your mom!? Ahahaha!

Daisuke is so entertained by this, he bounces, hitting the back of the truck with his back. Loudly slamming a vehicle is generally understood to be a signal to the driver that he's good to go. Driver doesn't question it and takes off with Miyako and Iori, leaving Daisuke and Wallace behind.

No longer supported by the vehicle, Daisuke loses his balance and falls hard on his back for instant karma.

Miyako: (cheerful) DAISUKE!!! WE'LL BE WAITING FOR YOU AT SUMMER MEMORY!!! Iori: PLEASE DON'T TAKE TOO LONG!!!

The driver, assuming he was supposed to do this, also honks out a farewell. Then the car disappears over the next hill and they're gone.

Gummymon: Wallace, we could still make it if we run. Wallace: Yeah, but I'd feel bad about abandoning Daisuke. Daisuke: T_T Fuck! Hikari-chan is further than ever....

Yeah, Wallace is right. Daisuke is too pitiful to leave by himself.

In the dub, they're still arguing about the pizza.

Davis: Why do I have to be the one who pays for it!? Willis: Hey, it's your pie; You buy. Don't open your big mouth unless it's to eat pizza. (Yolei and Cody get in while Davis stupidly does not) Davis: Alright, if I'm paying for it, I get the first half. And I get the second half too! Willis & Gummymon: Huh!? (Davis accidentally knocks the back of the truck) Davis: Now that that's settled, I guess we're ready to go! Hahaha! (The car speeds off) Yolei: Hahaha! We'll tell you how the pizza tasted! Davis: Ohhhhh boy. That driver thinks he's getting a tip? FORGET IT!!!

Obviously, none of this extended pizza gag has anything to do with the original scene.

And with this scene, the Redub is right back on track and matching the original script 1:1.

This is where we'll leave off for Part 1. The plan was for the two groups to reunite into one and instead we've further divided into three. Great work, team! We'll have this solved before you know it.

#digimon #digimon adventure 02 #revisiting digimon #revisiting digimon adventure 02

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digitalgate02 · 3 months ago

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BTW, regarding this post re: the digivices in that Beyond crowdfunding art -- I'd like to point out that 02TB did not mean they couldn't make the digivices ever again, but that they weren't more needed to form bonds with a digimon and a human partner.

The movie puts a whole emphasis that at some point of the timeline, the digivices gained this role to mean you're a Chosen Child with a digimon partner, when the actual role they played was to be a tool and assist the human partner to raise their digimon.

yes, like the Crests. And we all know what happens in Adventure episode 53 & 54, right?? -- The kids realize that the power of the Crests were always inside themselves. So the tags only existed with the purpose to guide them to achieve that power by themselves.

If you remember well... Taichi and Hikari in the very first movie of the franchise had no digivices when they had contact with a Botamon who evolved into Koromon and then Agumon and once more to Greymon. Yes, there was like NO DIGIVICE depicted or mentioned before. The math count starts indeed with Rui because he had a digivice when he met Ukkomon for the first time.

⚠ I'd ask for pardon for the tri. fans, but while I don't believe in a legit complete retcon, I do believe the OVA staff misinterpreted the lore -- The "first" Five Chosen depicted in Adv'99 last episodes and also briefly mentioned in the novels cannot be the origins of the Chosen Children or else the whole digi-partnership math rule would make no sense. To explain it, let's just point out that the math rule must start with ONE individual in 1996 and then the year by year that number will DOUBLE. If you had like, FIVE kids at the start, the doubling math per year will also go out of the control -- and thus the Epilogue (2028) would have, like... 5 times the actual number (which is already 8.589.934,592 Chosen Children around the world, so this number times 5 would be... 42.949.672,960 people partnered in the world, i think?). However, i'd like to believe they're the Chosen Children from 1998 and they are the first human group to go to the Digital World. Therefore if there's a change in order to keep Maki and Daigo as part of the main lore, they are not in high positions as the Data Bureau or too older in 2005. And I'd like to prefer to ignore pt5 & pt6 because I don't like their deaths sorry, they're important to me... 😭

ANYWAY, i'd prefer to believe the digivices in Beyond are figurative. Perhaps in the same shape as Adv'99 ep 53-54 showed the Crest like this to rep the power inside their hearts:

And it would've been cool if every time the Chosen had to evolve their partners, something like this but in the shape of a digivice could appear in their hands or chest idk...

I'd prefer to believe the digivices are now the smartphones... They're so cool gdi...!!

look at how cool those are!! Can we PLEASE keep them...

#ni's digitheories #digifood for thought #digimon adventure 02 the beginning #digimon adventure beyond #02tb spoilers #digimon

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remember-digimon · 11 months ago

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Good ol' reliable Joe!

When I first watched Digimon back in the 2000s, Joe was the character I related to the least. Now, as a big grown up in my late 30s, I finally understand what Joe is all about.

At first glance, Joe is anxiety incarnate. In the dub, he gets the 'nerd' trope that Izzy avoided for the most part. Joe is always allergic to things, worried about the slightest danger, and constantly trying to be the voice of reason. His 'voice of reason' however is more 'voice of general complaints and worry.'

If I recall correctly, in the original Japanese, Joe is like this because he's the oldest, at 12 years old. He feels it's his responsibility to make sure everyone is safe since he's the upperclassmen in this situation. In the dub, he's just a worrywort.

Joe takes on responsibility that he could easily delegate to other kids. In the episode where Gomamon evolves into Ikkakumon, Joe tries to break up an argument between Tai and Matt about climbing a mountain, only managing to get drawn into the argument himself. Later, he decides that he should climb up the mountain on his own as a compromise. He doesn't even bring Gomamon with him; Gomamon tags along anyway, of course, but initially Joe intended to go by himself.

He shows initiative, that's for sure. At least when the pressure is on. Others have noted that Tai, Sora, and Joe are the action-takers while Matt and Izzy act more defensively with Mimi, Tk, and later, Kari in mind. I like this thought, especially for Joe. He is often stumbling into danger out of his need to be the 'adult' of the group, feeling responsible for everyone's safety.

One thing we should discuss is his crest. I want to go more in depth on the crests on a different post, but here I think we need to talk about Joe's crest being changed for the dub. Originally it was the crest of faith.

Honestly, I do think reliability fits Joe a lot better. It is awkward for that to be a trait of a child (Remember, their crests were developed back during the original Digimon Adventure OVA, when Greymon fights Parrotmon). But I do think he exemplifies being reliable, because it's the right thing to do.

Conversely, Joe doesn't really expect others to help him. He wants to be relied on, but doesn't want to rely on others. He saves TK from drowning in the bay without thinking of his own safety.

Joe is also the studious member of the group. At one point, while they're temporarily back in Odaiba, Joe takes a practice test and fails it. This causes him a lot of anxiety. It feeds into the situation at home, which is another point I'll get into shortly.

In Our War Game, Joe is unreachable because he's taking an entrance exam. He's in a panic the whole time, showing how important it is that he does well. No doubt he's one of those cram school kids.

As for his family, we do meet his older brother Jim, but not his parents. In fact, Joe's parents are the only ones we don't meet out of the original 8. We do hear a lot about his dad, though, who has high expectations of his sons. Mr Kido wants both of his sons to be doctors like him, and on his terms, too. Jim says he wants to go to less developed countries to practice medicine, and that their father doesn't approve.

Jim also doesn't seem to have much faith in Joe becoming a doctor due to his high anxiety, and the fact that he faints at the sight of blood. Joe seems apprehensive about it himself, even though he does eventually go into med school and become a doctor.

To me, Joe's story is one of perseverance. When he's working off his debt in the diner, he fully expects to work there until it's paid off and is genuinely surprised that Matt would offer to help. When his test scores fall, he resolves to work harder. Even though he doesn't like the idea much at first he does eventually become a doctor. I can see how the original script would give him the crest of faith with all that in mind, but I still think reliability fits him better. He doesn't just have faith that things will work out, he's proactive in making sure they work out. Even if he's a little clumsy about it.

#joe kido #jyou kido #digimon #digimon adventure #character analysis

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seventeenlovesthree · 9 months ago

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Quick thoughts on the "January 5th 2025" announcement...

"Taichi, see you again."

Now, this is a quote we have heard in several contexts before. Taichi and Agumon were - similarly to the majority of the older Chosen Children - separated from each other quite a few times after all. Between 1999 and 2002, again between 2003 and 2005... And finally in 2010, with their current status being unknown... So what does that announcement mean?

Will we get something 02 related? Since this scene above literally functions as a bridge between the events of 1999 and 2002... A re-animation/a remake? Something that'd make The Beginning fit into the timeline better, mayhaps? Personally, I don't think that'd be the best/most likely choice for a direction to go into for the franchise (especially since Kizuna and The Beginning did tell us to finally move forward and not back again), but it IS a possibility to consider. I believe there are enough iterations of the Adventure story (anime, manhua, PSP game, novel), and every version has its own little spin on the universe, but who knows.

The screenshot chosen for the announcement were Oikawa's butterflies - which appeared right at the end of 02, leading right into the epilogue, 25 years in the future... Does that mean we will get something (pre) epilogue-related? Something to bridge the time between Kizuna (2010) and said epilogue (2028)? Will Taichi and Agumon actually see each other again for good?

Since January 5th is a Sunday - and the anime episodes for Digimon usually aired on Sundays -, it does seem like it could be some sort of animation. An anime, a special/OVA/movie, a mini-series... But Toei has thrown us for a loop before. The Beginning was supposed to be a mini-series too after all... So it may also turn out to be something completely different, a manga, an audio drama...

#my two cents #digimon adventure #january 5th 2025 #personally i just want another stageplay but shhhhh

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love-for-yamato-and-sora · 1 year ago

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This matter was very hotly discussed on Japanese Twitter at the time, and almost everyone said that the final evolution was written about Sorato. What happened? Of these two scenes, one is from the OVA and the other is from the movie version. In other words, it is very possible that Mimi told Yamato and Sora what happened, but Mimi has contact with Taichi, so why not tell Taichi? And Taichi really doesn’t know about Sora, because it’s very simple, Mimi knows about Yamato and Sora. In fact, these two scenes were discussed by Japanese fans on Japanese Twitter at the time, saying that the last evolution was officially written as Yamato and Sora. I remember what they wrote was something like this. Sora didn’t contact anyone and was always at home until Mimi contacted Yamato and learned about the situation. Mimi contacted Yamato and told Yamato about Sora and asked Yamato to contact Sora. Later Yamato found out about Sora. After the situation, the most likely thing is that they will break up, because Sora wants to be an ordinary woman, Yamato does not want to break up, and told Sora: "He will continue to wait for Sora, no matter how many years, he will wait for her to think about it." During this period, Yamato had been waiting for Sora. Although there were other women around him who confessed to him, they had not dated him (because at that time, the official had said that Yamato was not allowed to have other female friends.) Then they kept waiting until they grew up. Others also found their boyfriends and girlfriends and got the jobs they wanted. Sora also successfully became a kimono fashion designer, and Yamato also became an astronaut. Yamato also tried during this period. He dated other women, but failed, because the only one he loved in his heart was Sora. Yamato went to find Sora again, and the two came together again. The ending is the finale on digimon adventure 02.

After reading it, what do you think? You should be lucky that I still remember the stories they told.

#digimon adventure #sora takenouchi #yamato ishida #sorato

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slutpoppers · 9 months ago

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Taichi vs Botamon, leads to beautiful scenery.

Digimon Adventure OVA (1999)

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chaifootsteps · 8 months ago

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You’ve mentioned Wolf Children before, Chai, and I don’t think I ever asked you about Hosoda’s other movies before. Have you seen any others and if you have, what do you like about them? Did you know he directed the Digimon Adventure OVAs?

I did not know that! The only other thing of his I've seen is Summer Wars, and I fell asleep halfway through it because I was jet lagged.

#scientistservant #actual blog post

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cerealforkart · 2 years ago

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The two greatest movies in the world are Digimon: The Movie and Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna. This is not a joke. I Love these movies.

Digimon: The Movie is the crowning jewel of classic anime dubs, if you think dubs like these are the reason dubs are bad you’re wrong and also probably boring, it’s unhinged from the story very obviously being three OVAs/movies haphazardly stitched together into a half-coherent plot to the buckwild soundtrack, I’ve never shown this movie to someone who hasn’t been Sent by the abrupt cut to One Week by the Barenaked Ladies they truly don’t make them like this anymore it’s such a treat every single time.

Last Evolution Kizuna is the most gut-punching coming of age movie for people who are adults but don’t feel like “real” adults and “idk, maybe I’ll go for a master’s degree just because I have no other ideas for what to do with my life,” it’s the closest any media’s gotten to making me cry in years, no sound cue has Bodied me harder than when Matt plays the harmonica at the end of the movie, I know series aging with the audience doesn’t always work but good lord that movie looked me in the eye and saw into my heart.

I just love Digimon man...

#digimon #been going back to anime I watched when I was younger #checking if I had good taste as I child #for the most part I did!#although obviously I watched kizuna as an adult #when agumon/gabumon ask what will you do tomorrow?#I don't know what it is about that line that hits #but it does #anyways #I love digimon movies they're so good for totally different reasons #noodly

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scientistservant · 1 year ago

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Thanks for tagging me @ladystormcrow!

10 comfort movies, in no particular order:

Nightmare Before Christmas

Secret of NIMH

Jungle Book (1967)

Sonic The Hedgehog OVA

The Dark Crystal

Digimon: Our War Game (and all the other Digimon OVAs that made up the english dub movie)

Anastasia

Adventures in Babysitting (1987)

9 (2009)

Princess Bride

I tag: @worldssilliestserpent @chaifootsteps @s3tok41b4 @profictiontheatre

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alpaca-clouds · 1 year ago

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Digimon Adventure 02 THE BEGINNING | Some thoughts on the retcons

It is still kinda magical to me. Today is the official release of Digimon Adventure 02 The Beginning and me, in Germany, actually could see it on releaseday in cinema, instead of waiting like a year for it to make its way to either BluRay or ovr to Germany in general.

So, yeah, I just came back from Cinema and... I sure have thoughts.

Like in general: It was a very fine movie. Not great. But good enough. Felt more like an OVA, to be honest, and be it just because of the very short runtime. But... It was the first time since 2001 that I saw a Digimon movie in cinema. And did I start crying on the opening credits? You bet I did.

But... That's not what I wanna talk about. I wanna talk about the retcons.

Because boy, did the movie retcon a lot of stuff. I mean, technically it retconned basically the entire Adventure-verse base lore, the reason for the Chosen Children and of course the epilogue.

Also it completely retconned Digimon Adventure tri. - which, let's be honest, was probably the best call on their end.

Let me talk under the cut, just to make sure nobody gets spoiled who does not want to get spoiled.

So, the movie basically retcons the entire thing about the first chosen children (aka the stuff that tri. basically is build around), by... mostly ignoring they existed or at least moving them much, much closer to the events of Digimon Adventure, than what tri. had imagined.

Now the entire reason for the chosen children existing is, that one child made a wish in 1996, the wish leading to the events of the very first movie - and that of course leading to everything else within the timeline.

The child of course is the "first chosen child" the movie is about, Rui. This child per chance - or maybe in an attempt of the universe to create balance (more about that in a moment) - got partnered with Ukkumon, a Digimon that is at least implied to be linked to the Homeostasis. At least Ukkumon can make strong wishes into a reality. And Rui wishes to have friends who are like him. And because he is partnered with a Digimon, Ukkumon makes it that other children get partnered with Digimon, so that there are more children like Rui.

And, yeah, that one wish leads to everything else, to more and more children being paired with Digimon partners - until eventually every person on the world has a Digimon partner (which is what the epilogue said after all).

Now, I find the story with Rui interesting under the idea of balance.

Because... Well, the homeostasis is always kinda ill defined and runs into the same problems like Star Wars (like, yeah, Anakin brought balance to the force, just not in the way the Jedi expected). The show itself barely explains it, the novels go a bit more into it, then tri. is very chaotic about it and... that was it.

But in a way the situation with Rui seems to be very much about balance. Because you have this child, who is poor, whose father is comatose, who gets beaten and abused by a clearly overworked mother. And this child, who really has anything imaginable thrown at him, he gets his wishes fulfilled. Which weirdly enough brings a bit more balance into the world, right?

It is an interesting concept to use the homeostasis for. Way more interesting than "dark vs light".

Weirdly enough it also kinda fits very well with the idea behind the Adventure children, who were back then created around the idea of "children struggling with real world problems". While nobody is abused like Rui, they are mostly very much struggling. So, yeah, they are a lot like Rui in that regard.

It is also kinda funny. Digimon Adventure 02 went very strong originally (especially in the finale) on the "the digital world as a vehicle to fulfill wishes", which this again also takes up. And in a weird way the epilogue also took up in a ridiculous way. With the kids not only fulfilling their dreams, but doing it to a frankly stupid amount. Like, they do not only do what they wanted to do as kids, they are literally the most successful at it (except Miyako, who does not get a dream, she just gets to produce babies, ugh).

This also gets toned down here. While for the most part the chosen career paths are still mostly the same (with the big exception of Miyako) to what we saw in the epilogue, they are no longer "the best" in it. Daisuke just makes ramen, he does not need to have a worldwide ramen franchise, you know?

But yeah. There is of course the big one. In the epilogue every human has a Digimon partner. And... Well, Digimon Adventure 02 released in Germany in 2001. While I already knew the ending from the Japanese run (because I got first access to the internet, just two weeks before Digimon Tamers released in Japan), I do very much remember coming home from school on 9/11, wanting to watch Digimon and... well, 9/11 being on every single TV channel. So, one of my first thoughts even as a child was: "Wait, everyone gets a Digimon? Even the terrorists?" And I also wondered about the people, who do not want a Digimon.

Which very much is what this movie lands on, when they face the possibility of every person getting a Digimon partner.

Weirdly enough my adult self, 20 years later, is a lot less world weary, than my 12yo self. Because as an adult seeing this part of the epilogue retconned, I cannot help but wonder: "But maybe it would have been good, if everyone had a partner? Maybe it would have helped heal people?" But that might just be my idealism talking there.

So, yeah. It is a bit bittersweet to see this ending, that very much feels like a definite ending. (And really, I hope it is. Like, I know Digimon Adventure prints money, but maybe... just... let's move on?)

I don't know. I have a lot of complicated feelings right now about this, I have to say.

Just needed to ramble about this, I feel.

#digimon #digimon adventure 02 #digimon adventure 02 the beginning #rambling #retcon #daisuke motomiya #ken ichijouji #miyako inoue #iori hida #hikari yagami #takeru takaishi

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tobiasdrake · 1 month ago

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Digimon Adventure 02 OVA: Hurricane Touchdown & Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals, Part 2

Previously on Digimon Adventure: All of the veterans except Hikari and Takeru were abducted and taken to nowhere. The junior team enacted a master plan of getting so lost that they ended up in nowhere and it sort of worked because they met nowhere's best pal.

Now, before we continue with Daisuke and Wallace, let's check in on the old Adventure team and see how they're dealing with being suspended in limbo.

Uh, not well. They are not doing well. In fact, they're rocking some... let's say nostalgic looks right now.

Taichi is the first to regain consciousness. He stumbles towards Yamato, still struggling to even move his body.

Taichi: ...everyone....

The others open their eyes and see what's happening to all of them.

Koushiro: (gasp) Jou: Taichi!? Taichi: You're getting younger.... Mimi: Taichi-san... How old are you now?

Taichi looks at his hands. Then his eyes shoot open and he gasps, suddenly realizing it's happening to him as well.

As usual, the dub skips scenes relating to the abductions.

From here, we cut back to Wallace and Daisuke, who are now stranded on the roadside with only each other for support.

Staring at a road sign, Gummymon realizes something.

Gummymon: Wallace... We're going the wrong way....

Wallace isn't paying attention, however, because he's on a roadside pay phone with his mom.

Wallace: No, you're wrong, Mama! Just listen to me! Gummymon: (more forceful) Hey, Wallace!

The road sign Gummymon's looking at, horrifyingly, identifies this stretch of road as I-90 in South Dakota.

So... we can probably assume that the children were not in Kansas when they overshot Denver by 500 km. Nebraska is more likely. It's a pretty straight shot from east to west down I-76 to reach Colorado.

...but it doesn't pass anywhere close to South Dakota. In fact, we are now at minimum 630 km from Denver. We keep getting farther away. Probably should stop hitching rides without checking which direction the car is moving down the road.

You know, I'm starting to think we should not allow preteens to hitchhike cross-country unsupervised. This may have been an awful plan.

Gummymon: Wallace never listens to a word I say. But he's also really careless. Chibimon: Daisuke's a big, clumsy oaf! Gummymon: Then Wallace is just like Daisuke! Wallace: (on phone) Mama, I'm fine. You don't need to worry about me. It'll make you lose weight, and you're thin enough as it is. Daisuke: Would you hurry up? We need to get after Miyako and the others. Gummymon: Wallace's mom is THIIIIIIS BIIIIIIG!!!

Gummymon inhales and puffs themself up like a balloon.

Chibimon: Ahahahahahaha! Daisuke: Hehe, that not thin at all! Wallace: I'm not running away from home! I'm just taking this trip as a rite of passage into maturity, Mama. Daisuke: "Mama!" "Mama!" Yeah, real mature of you. Wallace: (to Daisuke) SHUT UP!!! ...ah! (to phone) Oh, no, I wasn't saying that to you, Mama. I'm hanging up now.

Wallace hangs up the phone.

Gummymon: Wallace's mom is scary. Chibimon: That's rough. Wallace: You're such a blabbermouth. Gummymon: And you're not? Daisuke: You're so pitiful! Wallace: People in Japan must not value their families much. Daisuke: WHAT!?!?

Hey, man, I was just making this personal. No need to get racist about it.

I don't know why Wallace and his mom have this conversation in Japanese. Wallace studied the language because of a girlfriend he had, so why is his mom also so fluent that they have private conversations in the language? Earlier, when he was on the phone with whoever Ami is, they were speaking in English.

Was Wallace lying about having a Japanese girlfriend to try and look cool in front of the Japanese kids? ...mm, that's a possibility.

In the dub, this scene is what they carved up to add the pizza delivery phone call to the movie. Gummymon's fatphobic joke about Wallace's mom in particular being recontextualized into a joke about what Davis will look like after eating too much pizza.

In the Redub:

Terriermon: Hey, Willis? I think we're going the wrong way. Willis: (on the phone) That's not it, Mom. Just listen to me for a second! Terriermon: (more forceful) Hey, Willis! Listen! (Willis doesn't respond) Terriermon: Willis thinks that he's always right but I'm actually the brains of this operation. Without me, he'd be totally lost. DemiVeemon: I can relate. Davis can't live without me! Terriermon: Sounds like they're alike, then! That's kind of sad.

The original connects "Wallace, listen!" to "Wallace never listens to me". The context from Gummymon's failure to get Wallace's attention to Gummymon venting about said failure is clear. In the Redub, he abruptly stops trying and then brags to DemiVeemon about the only semi-related topic of how smart he is.

Willis: No, Mom! Please don't get upset! You don't have to worry about me so much! You've already lost so much weight, you can't afford to skip dinner! Davis: Are you done yet!? We've gotta catch up to Yolei and Cody! And this isn't helping! Terriermon: Willis's mom looks like THIIIIIIS!!! (Terriermon inflates himself) DemiVeemon: Ahahahahahaha! Davis: Huh, sounds like she can afford to skip dinner.

Not only did they bring back the fatphobia joke, but they arguably made it worse.

Willis: I'm not running away from home, okay? I'm just coming into my own as an adult by going on a journey of self-discovery. Davis: What kind of adult goes "Mommy!" "Mommy!" all the time? Willis: (to Davis) SHUT UP!!! ...ah! (to phone) No, Mom! I swear I wasn't saying that to you! I... I...'m going to hang up now. (Willis hangs up) Terriermon: Willis's mom is really scary. DemiVeemon: That's rough, buddy. Willis: You are such a little brat. Terriermon: Yeah, I try. Davis: LAME!!! Willis: Listen, Davis, just because your mom doesn't like you-- Davis: EXCUSE ME!?!?

Removed: One racism. Willis keeps it on the level of personal attacks and doesn't disparage the whole nation of Japan over this.

Added: One Sokka reference opportunistically squeezed in where it wouldn't adversely affect the context of the line.

Before Daisuke and Wallace's argument can go further, the wind suddenly picks up. Wallace's Digivice beeps erratically.

Daisuke: What's happening? Chibimon: Daisuke!

Chibimon comes running up to Daisuke.

Suddenly, a giant footprint appears, flattering a section of the grass. The highway sign bends 90 degrees and the beast that Chocomon has become manifests out of thin air.

Chocomon: (roar) Wallace: Chocomon...?

Chocomon and Wallace stare each other down for a moment. Neither moving. Neither saying a word.

And then Daisuke jumps in the middle of it.

Daisuke: That must be the Digimon that showed up in New York!

Chibimon evolves to V-mon on the spot to push back this monster.

The movie dub catches back up here. Since they used the phone call for the pizza scene, we go straight from the car taking off to the sudden rustling of the wind. Kokomon attacks immediately after the boys are left on their own.

This results in a supremely awkward cut. Willis bends down to pick up Terriermon just before the car leaves them behind, but then the next shot has Terriermon standing alone in the grass as the wind blows past him.

(Wind picks up) Terriermon: Huh? Davis: What is it? DemiVeemon: Davis! (Chocomon appears) Kokomon: DESTROY!!! Willis: ...Kokomon.... Davis: You know this Digimon!? DemiVeemon, quick! Digivolve!

Daisuke already confirmed that Wallace has some connection to Chocomon but that got wiped out by the pizza conversation, so this is the first Davis is hearing of it.

Kokomon is still saying explicitly threatening things. I'm sorry, is Willis supposed to GO BACK or are you trying to DESTROY him? These are mutually exclusive. Or at least, they may seem so on the surface. (They're actually more connected than may initially appear.)

The Redub removes "DESTROY" and "You know this Digimon?" but it sticks with the movie's last line for Davis.

Davis: DemiVeemon, quick! Digivolve!

Only the original script has Daisuke expressly connect the dots between Chocomon's appearance and the mysterious New York Digimon they're after. Though one can assume he does it in the other two versions two; There's not much else that Chocomon could be.

Reacting to V-mon's challenge, Chocomon tenses up. V-mon slams his V-mon Head attack into Chocomon's gut. Chocomon flinches from the hit, visibly hurt by it.

Chocomon takes a swipe at V-mon. V-mon deftly flips up and away from Chocomon's paw. He lands on Chocomon's back, then bounds up into the sky before Chocomon. Chocomon helplessly swipes at him again as he goes, but V-mon is well out of reach by then.

Daisuke: Go, V-mon! DIGIMENTAL UP!!!

This is already going extraordinarily well, but Daisuke decides to power up further just to clinch it.

In the dub:

Veemon: VEE HEADBUTT!!! (Veemon lands his attack and then gets out of the way.) Davis: How 'bout a little teamwork!?

Veemon calls his attack. V-mon just does it without saying the words.

Here, the movie suddenly cuts in footage from way later in the film, after the fight is finished. Out of absolutely nowhere, Veemon comes running over carrying Terriermon overhead. He jumps into the air, letting Terriermon's ear-wings lift them both. Davis runs excitedly beneath the pair.

Davis: Pick me up! We'll attack him from the air!

Then they cut in a shot of Chocomon looking up into the air, followed by Wallace cringing.

Willis: WATCH OUT FOR THAT SIGN!!!

Terriermon, Veemon, and Davis slam into the sign so hard that Veemon drops back into DemiVeemon, but the movie hopes you don't notice that.

Davis: ...time... for Plan B....

At that point, Veemon Armor Digivolves but without Davis calling out the stock "DIGI-ARMOR ENERGIZE" line.

In the Redub:

Veemon: VEE HEADBUTT!!! (Veemon lands his attack and then gets out of the way) Davis: One more, Veemon! DIGI. ARMOR... ENERGIZE!!!

Veemon also calls his attack in the Redub. Davis's actor sounds weird and awkward trying to deliver the power-up line. That may be because "DIGI-ARMOR ENERGIZE!!!" is probably a stock voice line that they replay with the footage rather than re-recording each episode. So any deviation from the normal delivery is immediately noticeable.

Some of the other stock lines that got rerecorded like "FLAMEDRAMON, THE FIRE OF COURAGE!!!" sound similarly off. These actors are trying to recapture roles from twenty years ago; They're close, but they're never going to be able to perfectly match what they sounded like then.

Wallace and Gummymon watch, wide-eyed and stunned, as V-mon armors up into Fladramon.

Daisuke: GO, FLADRAMON!!! Fladramon: KNUCKLE FIRE!!!

Daisuke grabs Wallace by the arm and pulls him down a hill for cover as Fladramon lets out a volley of fireballs. His shots pummel Chocomon, exploding all around them and consuming them in the blast.

It's a good thing the highway's so empty. Can you imagine driving by and seeing this? I'm never going to fucking South Dakota again.

In the dub:

Davis: FLAMEDRAMON, ATTACK!!! Flamedramon: FIRE ROCKET!!!

The dub cuts the shots of Fladramon's fireballs striking and engulfing Chocomon. Flamedramon fires, Kokomon shoots, and then there's a brief closeup of the burning flames; The only shot that obscures Chocomon within them.

This also results in repositioning Davis pulling Willis down the hill until after Flamedramon's shots have already implicitly struck the target.

Inside the void, the captured veterans are continuing to de-age. The abyss suddenly shifts to a violent red.

Taichi: What's happening now!? Sora: It's getting angry! Jou: Yes, I did feel an intense surge of rage.... Yamato: ...but from who?

Mimi contributes nothing to this conversation; She just sits and quivers with tears in her eyes. But we cut to her anyway for a moment before departing the void because putting Mimi onscreen is always correct.

The dub cuts this scene.

We return to the fight in progress just in time for Fladramon to hurl Chocomon through a billboard. Daisuke, Wallace, and Gummymon run to keep up with the fight. While Chocomon's picking themself back up, Daisuke seizes the opportunity to interrogate them.

Daisuke: HEY!!! WHAT DID YOU DO TO TAICHI-SAN AND THE OTHERS!?!?

Chocomon does not answer.

Floating in the air, Fladramon dive-bombs towards Chocomon (oddly not using Fire Rocket while doing so). Suddenly, Chocomon's right arm extends. They shoot their arm up, grabbing Fladramon by his left gauntlet and hoisting him back up into the air. Then they slam Fladramon down hard on his back.

Following up, Chocomon leaps into a stomp. Fladramon rolls over his shoulder and out of the way just before Chocomon comes crashing down. Buying a moment of breathing space, Fladramon flies back up into the sky above.

But Chocomon isn't going to let him breathe. Revealing their midsection guns, they fill the sky with bullets. Fladramon evades the streams of gunfire where he can, but before long a shot hits him in the midsection. Before he can recover from that, another shot hits him in the throat.

Daisuke: HANG IN THERE, FLADRAMON!!!

But it's too late. Fladramon crashes into the ground and, vanquished, reverts to V-mon.

In the dub, cutting the preceding scene coupled with the repositioning of Davis and Willis's action makes for a very awkward and uncomfortable cut here. We cut straight from Davis pulling Willis down a grassy hill to Davis and Willis running up a grassy hill so quickly that it feels like it's part of the same action, but... the two actions are contradictory.

(Kokomon crashes through the billboard) Davis: ONE SMALL DETAIL!!! Who is that? AND WHY IS HE ATTACKING US!?!? (Flamedramon dive-bombs Kokomon) Kokomon: CABLE CRUSHER!!! (Kokomon slams Flamedramon on the ground and then misses a stomp) Kokomon: KOKO CRUSHER!!! (Kokomon shoots Flamedramon down)

So the extendable arm attack is Cable Crusher. Makes sense.

Poor Davis. Without the context of the abductions, this really must seem like it's happening out of absolutely nowhere.

The Redub has Kokomon call the rapid-fire shots as Koko Crusher again, but removes the calling of Cable Crusher.

Wallace: STOP IT!!!

As Chocomon lumbers towards the defeated V-mon, Wallace runs down the hill and puts himself between them, just as he did for Gummymon in New York.

Wallace: (gently) You need to stop too, Kokomon.

Gummymon hurries to Wallace's side.

Gummymon: This is dangerous, Wallace.... Wallace: Where did you take the Japanese children? Why would you even do that? Chocomon: ... (low murmur) Gummymon: There's no use, Wallace. They aren't the Chocomon that you remember. Chocomon: (low growl) Wallace: Chocomon, you remember me, right? I'm Wallace. Chocomon: ...Wallace... Wa-- No... You're not Wallace... WHERE IS WALLACE!?!?

Enraged, Chocomon extends their arm and swings it. Gummymon shoves Wallace out of the way before Chocomon smashes the ground where he'd been standing. Even so, Wallace gets back up and keeps trying.

Wallace: Don't you recognize me, Chocomon? Chocomon.... Gummymon: Wallace!

Chocomon's done talking. They stomp forward towards Wallace, their hostility unmistakable. Except by Wallace.

In the dub:

(Willis comes running) Willis: KOKOMON!!! (Willis gets in front of Veemon) Willis: Kokomon, I'm doing what you want! I'm going back. Kokomon: GO BACK... TO... THE... BEGINNING!!! (Kokomon attacks; Terriermon shoves Willis out of the way)

Here, they splice in a shot of Daisuke yelling.

Davis: WILLIS, USE YOUR DIGIVICE!!!

And then a shot of Wallace's Digivice activating that goes after Gummymon's line in the original. After that, Terriermon gets to deliver his line.

Terriermon: I feel strange!

They trimmed down the dialogue between Willis and Kokomon quite a bit.

Also, in this version, I guess Willis provoked Terriermon's evolution on purpose? In the original, he's stunned and confused by what's happening right here.

In the Redub:

(Willis comes running) Willis: PLEASE STOP IT!!! (Willis gets in front of Veemon) Willis: Hey, Kokomon? Please stop. Terriermon: Willis, you have to move; It's dangerous. Willis: Why did you kidnap Davis's friends? Why are you doing this? Please just tell me what you want. Kokomon: ... (low murmur) Terriermon: It's no use, Willis. This thing isn't the Kokomon that we knew anymore. Kokomon: (low growl) Willis: Kokomon, you know who I am, don't you? It's me, Willis! Kokomon: ...Willis...? No... YOU'RE... NOT... WILLIS!!! (Kokomon attacks; Terriermon shoves Willis out of the way) Willis: No... we were so close. Kokomon, it's me! Terriermon: I'll protect you!

In the original, Wallace comes running up yelling "Stop it" and then turns to Chocomon and says "You stop too". He's telling them both to stop. He's berating both Chocomon and V-mon, just like he berated Gummymon on the train. He still can't accept the thought of fighting Chocomon.

That nuance is lost in the Redub, where the "too" is removed so it just sounds like he's trying to talk Kokomon down.

"The Japanese children" are now "Davis's friends" which is still accurate but it's interesting that they removed another direct reference to the characters being from Japan. Maybe they thought it was too impersonal?

Determined to defend Wallace whether he likes it or not, Gummymon leaps into the air. Borrowing power from Wallace's Digivice, they evolve into their Adult form.

Galgomon is an Adult-stage Vaccine-attribute Beastman Digimon. They're named after the galgo español, a breed of Spanish greyhound. I don't know why an evolutionary line of bunny Digimon are named after dogs but there it is.

The official English name is Gargomon due to standard R/L translation confusion.

Wallace: You evolved....

Gummymon lands on both feet from their evolution and bunny-hops. Chocomon extends their left arm to grab them. Gummymon spins in the air to evade, closes distance, and wallops Chocomon on the top of their head with one of those heavy miniguns on Gummymon's arms. They follow up with a left hook that sends Chocomon sailing through another billboard.

Before Chocomon can get up, Gummymon flies through the hole in the billboard and unloads on them with both barrels.

Both the movie dub and Redub adds in the standard "Terriermon Digivolve to... GARGOMON!!!" exclamation. There is no such exclamation in the original. All forms of Gummymon are Gummymon for thematic reasons.

In the dub, Willis's line is:

Willis: Huh? He's got pants now!

While the Redub has it as:

Willis: ...how did... you...?

When Gargomon bops Chocomon, both dubs call the attack as "BUNNY PUMMEL!!!" Then when they start firing with their guns, it's "GARGO PELLETS!!!" The original has no called attacks here.

Now with Chocomon on the backfoot, Wallace intervenes again.

Wallace: STOOOOOOP!!!

The smoke around Chocomon clears and they stand up again, facing Wallace.

Wallace: Chocomon....

The winds swirl around Chocomon and they begin to vanish once more.

Wallace: Chocomon, I'll wait for you in that flower field! (English) I'LL BE WAITING FOR YOU!!!

Chocomon lets out a low grumble. Then the winds take them and they vanish from the world once more.

Wallace: (thinking) I'll be waiting.

As the winds recede, we end this scene on one last shot of Gummimon, both guns pointed where Chocomon was standing. Threatening, but letting Wallace's appeal play out.

The dub trims out most of this, having just a brief exchange between Kokomon and Willis.

Kokomon: GO. BACK. Willis: What for? Kokomon: GO... BACK....

Willis remains confused about why Kokomon is herding him back to Colorado, while I remain confused about why Kokomon's attacking him if he's doing what Kokomon wants.

The Redub follows the script here pretty closely. The outburst of "I'LL BE WAITING FOR YOU!!!" doesn't hit quite as hard without the language switch but there's nothing they can really do about that.

Inside the void, the furious red abyss recedes back into the eerie black abyss once more.

Taichi: It's changing again!

Taichi sits down and his hand falls on grass.

Taichi: Huh?

The void shifts further, becoming a field of flowers under a blue sky.

Jou: A blue sky? Sora: It smells like summer! Mimi: You're right! I can feel the sun and smell the grass! Taichi: What's going on here!? Koushiro: Perhaps this world is inside of someone's heart?

Leave it to Koushiro to hit the nail on the head. The veterans don't even know that Chocomon is a thing that exists but they're putting the pieces together all the same.

In the Redub:

Tai: Now what's going on!? (The world shifts) Joe: A flower field? Sora: It smells like summertime! Mimi: You're right! I can even feel the sun overhead! Tai: How is that possible!? Izzy: Maybe... we're inside of someone's memory?

The Redub's a little more on-the-nose, with Joe directly calling out the flower field right after Wallace said "I'll meet you at the flower field" and then Izzy saying outright that this is a memory. The conclusion is correct but the original kids beat around the bush while the redub kids say it directly.

Though, in typical Izzy fashion, he's not quite as smart as Koushiro. He isn't wrong for once, but he only focuses on the individual memory they're standing in. Koushiro goes the full mile and explains the entire little pocket reality they're trapped inside of. It's basically Chocomon's mindspace.

Back at the highway, Daisuke and Wallace unpack what just happened.

Daisuke: Why did you interfere? That was pretty reckless of you, jumping out in front of a bakemono like that. Wallace: It's none of your business. Daisuke: You said that thing's called Chocomon? Wallace: I'm in a hurry; I don't have time to answer your questions.

Wallace is stonewalling Daisuke, but Daisuke makes an interesting accusation against Chocomon here. He calls Chocomon a bakemono, a shapeshifting creature that takes on the form of people, animals, or objects in order to deceive unsuspecting victims.

That's a bold accusation, especially coupled with things Gummymon has been saying like how this isn't the Chocomon we knew. I'm not sure if Daisuke even realizes what he's suggesting with that. He probably just picked the word to be snotty. But it's certainly interesting.

Suddenly, V-mon comes running, holding Gummymon up above his head.

V-mon: Daisuke! Daisuke: Huh? What are you up to?

V-mon jumps and Gummymon spreads their wings, catching air and lifting both Digimon high. They float on the breeze, circling overhead. Daisuke, excited, chases after them.

Daisuke: Ahaha! That looks like fun! Take me up too! Wallace: Watch out, Gummymon! Gummymon: It's fine, Wallace! It's fine!

Gummymon isn't listening, so Wallace tries Daisuke.

Wallace: You should watch out too. Daisuke: (chasing them) LET ME TRY!!!

The trio keep going until the wind blows Gummymon and V-mon straight into a billboard. They slam into it so hard that it knocks V-mon back into Chibimon. Down below, Daisuke hits the same billboard. All three are KO'd.

Daisuke: ...didn't watch... where I was going....

Daisuke dangles, embedded in the sign for a moment, before dropping back onto the ground.

For the dub, this is the scene they transplanted for the "Let's have some teamwork" bit during the fight.

Wallace: Well... I did warn you. Daisuke: (dazed) ...put more effort into it next time.... Chibimon: I'm back to Chibimon.... Gummymon: Wallace never speaks clearly....

The team has taken a democratic vote and majority rules that it's Wallace's fault that the rest of them are stupid.

Wallace: Be quiet, Gummymon! Oh, and... are you okay? Gummymon: (dismissive) Yeah, yeah, it's fine.

Daisuke gets up, stumbling forward and gripping his bloody nose.

Daisuke: Well, I'm not fine....

Then he suddenly realizes he's admitting that in front of Wallace, so he overcompensates and flexes his arms. Wallace turns away and blows him off, but offers a half-hearted:

Wallace: Japanese children are built tough, huh?

Then, as he walks away, he adds:

Wallace: So you can evolve like that too, Gummymon....

But his tone is distant and somber. He's not happy about this discovery.

In the dub, we go straight from Kokomon vanishing again to Davis stumbling around holding his battered face.

Davis: He put up a good fight, but... (Davis suddenly flexes) Davis: (high-pitched squeaky voice) We won! Willis: We didn't win anything, Davis.

Heavily recontextualized but I don't think anyone's surprised that shot of Chibimon, Gummymon, and Daisuke bruised and bloodied didn't make it into the movie.

In the Redub:

Willis: Ugh, what did I just tell you? Davis: (sarcastic) Sor-ree, I couldn't hear you! DemiVeemon: Ouchie, my face hurts.... Terriermon: Willis, you nag more than your mom does! Willis: Oh, be quiet. Anyway... are you okay? Terriermon: I'm... peachy. (Davis gets up and stumbles forward) Davis: Augh, this really hurts.... (Davis suddenly notices Willis and flexes) Willis: (sarcastic) Oh, yeah. Now I'm totally convinced. (Willis walks away) Willis: And Terriermon... I didn't expect him to change like that....

In the original, Daisuke and Gummymon specifically blame Wallace for not doing a better job of warning them away from the sign. As if there are a myriad of ways to take the phrase "Watch out!" They're shifting the blame for their own overenthusiastic mistakes.

In the Redub, Davis and Terriermon are just... sort of mean. Hell, Terriermon's remark seems to indicate that Willis shouldn't have warned them off.

Wallace: Now, back to hitchhiking! Let's hurry up and find a car-- Gummymon: Wallace!

While Wallace is trying to flee from this conversation, Gummymon sharply calls out to him. He stops, looking back.

Gummymon: There probably won't be any cars with the road torn up like that.

Gummymon directs Wallace's attention to the highway, which is now covered in smoking craters from the fighting that just occurred. Wallace stares at the highway, lost in thought.

Gummymon runs up beside Wallace, reaching up and grasping his hand.

Wallace: Hn? Gummymon: (sizing Wallace up) If only you were a little smaller... Then you could fly with me!

Daisuke watches this exchange in silence. The gears turning in his head.

In the dub, Willis is still talking about Kokomon.

Willis: He won't stop until I give him what he wants. Davis: Well, what does he want? Maybe I can help. Willis: Don't ask anymore questions! It's for your own good! The less you know, the better! Terriermon: Willis, wait! (Terriermon runs up and takes Willis's hand) Terriermon: We're a team now. It's okay to tell them the truth. Davis: ...huh?

Despite Terriermon's encouragement, Willis tells them nothing.

Daisuke and Wallace take a break under the Northwest Airlines billboard that still has everyone's faces embedded in it.

Daisuke: So, why are you going to that "Summer Memory" place? What's over there?

A good question. Wallace doesn't answer it.

While they talk, V-mon and Gummymon do a much safer version of their earlier flying trick, with V-mon simply running around on the ground and hoisting Gummymon above his head.

Gummymon: Yay! We're so high! V-mon: Sorry for making you crash earlier. Gummymon: Nah, it's okay!

Those two play while Daisuke and Wallace have their talk.

Daisuke: You told them you were going to meet them at a flower field? What did you mean by that?

Suddenly realizing what they're talking about, Gummymon flares his ear-wings and dismounts from V-mon so abruptly that it sends V-mon tumbling into the grass.

V-mon: (coughing up grass) Gummymon: I'm sorry, V-mon. V-mon: That's okay... That Digimon you call Chocomon... You know something about Chocomon, don't you? Gummymon: Chocomon is-- Wallace: Gummymon!

Nope. Gummymon isn't going to be silent. He runs over to Wallace and Daisuke.

Gummymon: Wallace, Chocomon is making the children they kidnapped regress. Daisuke: What does that mean? Gummymon: They're making the kids younger. Daisuke: And how do you know that? Gummymon: Because I'm....

Gummymon stops short of answering that, looking to Wallace. Wallace saying nothing.

We learn nothing of the connection between Gummymon and Chocomon here but we do find out why the children are de-aging. The answer is... unsettling.

The movie dub skips this scene entirely, since it pertains to the cut kidnapping subplot.

In the Redub:

Davis: So, why are you going to that Summer Memory place, anyway? Is there something there? Willis: ... (Veemon and Terriermon play) Terriermon: Yay! I'm flying! I'm flying! Veemon: Let's not crash into anything this time. Terriermon: You got it! Davis: During the fight, you told Kokomon to meet you at a flower field. What did you mean by that? Willis: ... (Terriermon suddenly dismounts and sends Veemon tumbling) Terriermon: Sorry, Veemon! Veemon: It's okay, I'm fine. But about that Digimon... you guys know something you're not telling us, right? Terriermon: The truth is-- Willis: (sternly) Terriermon. (Terriermon runs over to Davis and Willis) Terriermon: Willis, Kokomon is making the people he captured turn back into their past selves! Davis: What do you mean? Terriermon: He's slowly turning all of them back into children! Davis: Okay, but how do you know that? Terriermon: Well, because.... Willis: ...

The phrasing "He's turning them back into children" when they already are children is a little awkward. Americans have a lot of hangups, some gross, about acknowledging that teenagers are children.

Realizing he's not going to get more out of Wallace and Gummymon, Daisuke moves on. Time to reveal the epiphany he had a moment ago.

Daisuke: Anyways, we need to go to Summer Memory, right? V-mon: Leave it to me, Daisuke! Daisuke: DIGIMENTAL UP!!!

His new Armor Digimon Raidramon is rideable. Daisuke climbs up onto Raidramon's back and gestures for Wallace and Gummymon to join him.

Daisuke: Alright, climb up! Gummymon: WHOA!!! Wallace: ...that's not the same form we just saw....

Today, Wallace gets to learn about branching evolutions.

Wallace climbs up behind Daisuke while Gummymon clings to Raidramon's tail. Together, the boys take off across the American Midwest. It's so much fun that Wallace even smiles.

Daisuke: Hahaha! Wallace: This feels incredible! Gummymon: You're amazing, Raidramon!

Along the way, they pass a trio of boys, all running to keep up with the most amazing anecdote no one will ever believe.

Daisuke: Which way to Summer Memory?

Shockingly, the boys are able to answer that question and point the direction for him. Raidramon turns to follow that course.

Daisuke: You didn't wave. Wallace: I just.... Daisuke: Just what? Wallace: Everyone's looking at us.... But your Digimon's great. I didn't even know they could evolve like this. Daisuke: (flattered) Yeah.... Ehehehe! Wait for me, Hikari-chan!

The movie takes its commercial break here.

...something about what I just said doesn't sound right. No, this is actually where the first OVA, "Digimon Hurricane Touchdown", ends. During the theatrical release, this "movie" was a pair of OVAs released at one of Toei's Anime Fairs.

A lot of OVAs were made for these Anime Fairs. The myriad Dragon Ball movies, for instance, were created for the Toei Anime Fairs. Their purpose is to give an audience a glimpse of what they could be experiencing if they were watching the show this is derived from.

Basically a 45-60 minute commercial for an anime Toei is producing. A largely continuity-free showcase of all the reasons why this show is very cool and you should go check it out. This is also why OVAs are also of questionable canonicity, with different series having different answers to that question.

Hurricane Touchdown isn't actually a movie, but a pair of sequential OVAs. During their theatrical release at the Anime Fair, they were screened back-to-back but with another OVA for a Magical Girl series called Ojamajo Doremi sandwiched between them.

Since the movie dub cut Daisuke and Wallace's talk under the sign, they segue straight to Raidramon from Willis and Gummymon discussing Willis's silence at the broken highway.

Gummymon: We're a team now. It's okay to tell them the truth. Davis: Well, the truth is... We don't have a ride anymore. Veemon: No problem! I can handle that! Davis: DIGI-ARMOR ENERGIZE!!!

Keen-eyed viewers may be confused by the abrupt change in the color of the grass beneath Veemon's feet from green to yellow, but otherwise it cuts together pretty well. This is the moment Daisuke and V-mon came up with that idea so Davis and Veemon might as well just do it now.

Davis: WOOHOO!!! Did somebody call for a ride? Gummymon: That's cool! Willis: Couldn't you have done that before!? (Raidramon ferries the boys across the American Midwest. They pass some other boys running to keep up) Boys: Hey, can we get a ride too? Davis: Sorry! We're on a mission! Boys: Oh, cool! (The boys point the way and Raidramon turns) Davis: Yeah! Haha! Heehee!

They trim down a lot of Wallace and Gummymon's gushing over Raidramon. For some reason, they also change the dialogue where Daisuke asks the boys for directions, which makes it a little confusing when they start pointing and Raidramon goes that direction.

Though Willis does ask a very salient question with "Couldn't you have done that before!?"

How long were we hitchhiking, Daisuke?

How long did we have to hitchhike, Daisuke?

(To be fair, this is actually on Miyako, whose Digimon is similarly rideable. And also she's both older and smarter than Daisuke so if anyone in the group should know better.... Miyako is getting a D in senpai today.)

The Redub mixes and matches from the scripts here:

Davis: Well, tell me later. We've gotta get ourselves to that Summer Memory place, don't we? Veemon: No problem! I can handle that! Davis: DIGI-ARMOR ENERGIZE!!! (Raidramon Armor Digivolves) Davis: Ha! Did somebody call for a ride? Terriermon: That's cool! Willis: Couldn't you have done that before? (Raidramon takes off across the American Midwest) Davis: Hahaha! Willis: THIS IS AWESOME!!! Terriermon: You're the man, Raidramon! (They pass some kids running to keep up) Davis: Hey, kids! Which way to Colorado? (The kids point the way) Davis: You can praise me now. Willis: Davis.... Davis: What? Willis: You and your Digimon are really amazing. I never even knew Digimon could turn into so many wonderful forms. I've got some newfound respect for you. Davis: Hahaha, now that's more like it! KARI!!! WAIT FOR ME!!! I'M ON MY WAAAAAAY!!!

They use the Japanese script for the new scenes that weren't in the movie and the dub script for the "Did someone call for a ride/Couldn't you have done that before?" moment, then also use the original script for the running kids.

One change I really like is that they have Davis ask directions to Colorado, which honestly makes a lot more sense than asking directions to some obscure town three states over.

I also got a laugh out of "You're the man, Raidramon!" Nobody talks like that anymore, but we did way back when so it fits. You can feel them trying to make this feel like a time capsuled classic instead of a whole new dub made in 2024.

After the unrelated OVA wraps up its screening, we return for the second Digimon Adventure 02 OVA: "Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals". I do not know if there is a break in the screenings to go get popcorn or something. I have often wondered.

At long last, we arrive at Summer Memory. Unsurprisingly, Miyako and Iori beat Daisuke there through the magic of actually getting in the car and then moving in the correct direction rather than going north to South Dakota. Judging from Miyako's tone of voice, they've been waiting for a while.

Miyako: (anguished wailing) Are they here yet!? Iori: (answers before looking) Not yet-- (notices) Huh!? Upamon: What's that dagyaa!?

Iori and Upamon spot a dust trail moving in their direction. That can only mean one thing. The boys run out to meet him.

Iori: DAISUKE-SAAAAAAN!!! Miyako: Finally! Daisuke: SORRY WE'RE LATE!!!

You know, I can't help but wonder how having to wait between screenings influences the sensation of time passing. Where they left off is kind of perfect. You can imagine that Daisuke and Wallace were in transit for the whole time you were watching the other OVA or going to hang out with the rest of the fair or... whatever there is to do at a Toei Anime Fair.

Play video games and meet cool cosplayers? I don't know. I've only been to American anime conventions. I imagine they're probably similar but higher-budget and with even more cosplayers. I kinda picture the Toei Anime Fair as basically the Super Bowl of anime cons.

But you watch the other OVA or do whatever and then you come back when it's time for more Digimon, at which point Daisuke finally completes his journey. If you really were here just for Digimon, Miyako is empathizing with how you might be feeling when the second OVA airs.

The movie dub has no break here. It cuts straight from the ending to Hurricane Touchdown to the opening of Transcendent Evolution, though they trim out an establishing shot of Summer Memory sign as well as Iori and Upamon spotting Daisuke.

Upamon: It's a big gust of wind! Cody: No, it's Davis! Yolei: Same difference. Willis: HOW DO YOU STOP THIS THING!?!?

Willis is not having a good time, which matches with his very different body language and expression. I guess he's soured on the ride after... what realistically must have been several hours of transit to get to Colorado from South Dakota.

For the Redub... Okay, I need to talk about the break for a moment. When the first OVA ends in the original, a screen comes up with the title and we get:

Wallace: (English) To be continued! Miyako: In Japanese.... Child Chorus: To be continued!

And then the second OVA begins with the chorus of kids counting down in Japanese. At zero, the new title card pops up and they say:

Daisuke: Alright, let's get started! V-mon: Or, in English.... Wallace: (English) Let's start!

Not only does the Redub keep the title card split, but they even adapted that little bit there.

Willis: To be continued! Yolei: Or, in Japanese.... Child Chorus: まだまだ続く Madamada tsudzuku!

They do the countdown in English. And then we return to:

Davis: さあ始めるぜ! Saa hajimeru ze! Veemon: In English.... Willis: Alright, let's start!

They didn't even cheap out and use the original Japanese lines for the Japanese bit. Davis's さあ始めるぜ is audibly Davis's actor delivering the line in Japanese, not Daisuke's.

Then we come to Summer Memory with:

Yolei: (irritated) Where are they!? Cody: They're still not here... Wait, hold on! Upamon: It's a big gust of wind! Cody: No, it's Davis! Yolei: Same difference!

Again, they mix and match the Japanese script for the parts that the movie trimmed out but keep the "gust of wind" crack about Davis.

Which script do they use for Raidramon's approach? Davis's apology or Willis's complaining? The answer is no. Willis lets out an ill-sounding wail but neither character says a word.

Finally, it's time to take a look around Summer Memory.

Daisuke: This place is so rural.... Wallace: (dismissive) More than New York, sure. Gummymon: You don't need to be defensive, Wallace.

That's not fair, Wallace. Sure, it's not fair for Daisuke to compare this place to New York City, the #11 largest city on Earth. But that's not his only frame of reference. He's also comparing it to Tokyo, the #1 largest city on Earth.

It doesn't take long for Daisuke to find out the bad news.

Daisuke: WHAAAAAA--!?!? WHY ISN'T HIKARI-CHAN HERE YET!?!? Miyako: WHAT THE HELL!?!?

Daisuke's screaming is so loud and so abrupt, it startles Miyako into throwing Poromon into the air above her and sends Gummymon tumbling over the side of the bridge.

Iori: (amused) You're as boisterous as ever, Daisuke-san. Miyako: She contacted us by D-Terminal. Apparently, they ran into Chocomon on their way here. Iori: That encounter left the train inoperable, so now they're trying to get here by bus. Daisuke: (whining) But whyyyyyy...?

V-mon climbs onto the railing of the bridge behind Daisuke to help Gummymon climb back up. No one else gives a shit about their plight.

Miyako: That's not all. Iori: All of the people on the train vanished.

With a burst of strength, V-mon flips Gummymon into the air. Now having lost their hold on the bridge, Gummymon faceplants into the grass on the other side. V-mon follows shortly after, crashing down on the other side after having wiped himself out with that maneuver. Always fear the wrath of the Nat 1.

Wallace: The other people too...? Iori: Wallace-san, please tell us. What is that Digimon that you call Chocomon? Daisuke: Yeah, it's about time you filled us in. Miyako: Where did they take Taichi-san and the others? Wallace: ....

Pressured by the three Chosen Children, Wallace hesitates.

In the movie dub, they skip the talk about Summer Memory and go straight to business.

Yolei: So this Kokomon attacked you!? Ugh! I knew we shouldn't have split up the team! Terriermon: Where are your friends T.K. and Kari Yolei: Oh yeah. They're still not here yet. Davis: WHAAAAAAT!?!? WHAT DO YOU MEAN KARI'S NOT HERE YET!!! Yolei: WHOA!!!

The dub adds a water splashing sound to Terriermon's fall to make it funnier. Unfortunately, not only is Terriermon not wet in the subsequent animation but they didn't cut the shot of him and Veemon landing in the very solid grass at the end of their gag, so this doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

Cody: Good question. They really should have been here by now. Willis: If I know Kokomon, your friends aren't coming at all. Davis: THAT'S IT, PAL!!! Willis: Huh? Davis: (calmly) Enough secrets. Cody: You seem to know an awful lot about this monster. Davis: Spill it! How do you two know each other!? Yolei: And, more importantly, why is he only attacking you? Willis: Because... I created him.

You know, it occurs to me that we haven't actually established any stakes in the movie dub. Literally all we know about Kokomon is that he wants Willis to "go back to the beginning" and has probably malicious intentions for the kid. But this has no greater ramifications for anything outside of Willis's personal safety.

We're kinda just... coasting on the stakes from Our War Game since the movie dub's established Kokomon and Diaboromon as the same being. Which we, the audience, know but I don't think that's been explained to the junior team.

I'm not saying we shouldn't get involved in such a small-stakes personal narrative. Just that it occurs to me that Willis has been remarkably unhelpful to people whose only investment in this is keeping him, personally, from being bitten in half. Though he's made it pretty clear that it's because he doesn't want anyone to get hurt protecting him.

The Redub:

Davis: Wow, we're really out in the boonies! Willis: (irritated) Compared to New York, everywhere is. Gummymon: You don't have to get so defensive, Willis. Davis: WHAAAAAAT!?!? WHAT DO YOU MEAN KARI'S NOT HERE!?!? Yolei: (panicked wailing) Cody: Yeah, there's never a quiet moment when Davis is around. Yolei: They contacted me on my D-Terminal saying that Kokomon stalled them on the way here. Cody: They can't use the train anymore so they're taking a bus the rest of the way instead. Davis: This sucks! Yolei: And that's not all! Cody: Everyone who was on the train apparently disappeared! Willis: Now it's random bystanders...? Cody: Willis, please tell us. What exactly do you know about this Kokomon character? Davis: Isn't it about time you told us the truth? Yolei: At least tell us where all our friends were taken to.

They punch up the dialogue a bit for flavor, but it's all really good stuff.

Wallace flashes back on early childhood, remembering a time when Chocomon got injured.

Chocomon: (crying) Wallace, it huuuuuurts...!

Baby Wallace carries Chocomon to the bed and gets out a first aid kit. He ties a bandage around the injured appendage while Gummymon bounces around, concerned for Chocomon.

Gummymon: Are you okay, Chocomon? Chocomon: (crying) Gummymon: ...Chocomon? Chocomon: (cheering up) Mhm!

It's a moment that seems, on its surface, unrelated to the questions that Wallace is being asked. But it's what he thinks of when he thinks of Chocomon. This is who Chocomon is to him. It may not seem it on the surface, but this tender moment of love between Wallace, Gummymon, and Chocomon is the answer to all of their questions.

It was here, watching this for the first time in preparation for this breakdown, that the core theme of the film really clicked for me. All of the nostalgia, the summer memory, the yearning for better days, it all came crashing down on what the core conversation of this movie actually is.

Through the language of Chosen Children and Digimon and all of that... This movie is about the death of a child. It's about the effects that has on both that child's siblings and parents, represented by Gummymon and Wallace respectively.

It's about one moment of careless parenting that suddenly and without warning cost this family so much. About how Wallace's inability to move on from that tragedy has caused his relationship to the one he still has left to curdle, even though the love is still there. It's about the way that moment, that loss, continues to haunt him to this day. Made very real by the Wendimon that's literally haunting him.

Wallace is so paralyzed by his grief that he can't move forward, can't accept the passage of time. He can't accept that Chocomon is gone and that Gummymon isn't Gummymon anymore; Gummymon's older now, but Wallace can't let them be older because then reality becomes real and Chocomon is dead. So instead he clings to his Summer Memory and lets his grief eat away at his heart.

The movie dub skips right over this scene. They've completely changed the context of what Kokomon is so this might not make sense.

But the Redub plays it exactly as is.

Wallace doesn't answer the questions that the Chosen Children have for him. He turns around and walks away. Daisuke chases after him. Miyako and Iori, I guess, have fucked off to go do something else. Maybe they want to hit up the little shops for souvenirs.

Daisuke: HEY!!! Gummymon: They're probably searching for Wallace, relying on Digivices to pick their targets.

Chocomon's snatching up anyone with a Digivice. One of them has got to be Wallace, right?

This also explains why the veterans were taken but the junior team wasn't. Wallace doesn't have a D-3. Children with off-brand Digivices can be safely ignored.

Since Gummymon's spilling the beans, Daisuke stops and turns back to them. Wallace stops as well.

Gummymon: They want to find Wallace. But they're looking for a much younger Wallace. Daisuke: So that's why they're turning Taichi-san and the others into little kids? Wallace: ....

Daisuke directs his question to Wallace, but Wallace doesn't answer. Instead, his eyes linger on a water pump. He remembers Chocomon and Gummymon playing and giggling, bouncing the lever up and down. He remembers days of mirth and joy.

Daisuke: Just tell us already! Who is that Digimon to you? Wallace: ...I have to go. I'm going to the flower field. Once I do that, Chocomon will go back to being the Chocomon from before. Gummymon: Wallace....

Gummymon is not convinced that this will be so easy.

In the movie dub, since they skipped the flashback, the conversation continues straightaway.

Willis: Because... I created him. Davis: YOU MUST BE KIDDING!!! You can't just create a Digimon out of thin air!

(laughs in Arukenimon)

Willis: I told you too much already! Kokomon makes everyone who tries to help me disappear! Like I'll bet he did to your friends T.K. and Kari! Terriermon: Willis....

The dub cuts up the footage to have the emotional shots of Willis and Davis come first, and then ends the scene on the shot that opened it: Willis walking away while Davis chases after him.

Willis: I have to do this on my own. Davis: Great! I'll go with you!

They end this tense confrontation on a laugh line.

In the Redub:

Davis: HEY!!! Terriermon: Kokomon's probably using the Digivice as a guide to follow Willis back home. Davis: Huh? Terriermon: Kokomon misses Willis deep down. The younger Willis. The one he remembers. Davis: So then... Is that why he's turning all the others into kids? Willis: ... (Willis remembers Kokomon and Terriermon playing on the lever) Davis: ENOUGH SECRETS, MAN!!! Tell us how you and that Digimon are related! Willis: ...I have to go. I'm going to that flower field. Once I'm there, Kokomon will go back to the way he was; I'm sure he will. Terriermon: ...Willis....

Uh, no, that is incorrect. Kokomon is not using the Digivice as a guide to "follow Willis back home". He's using the Digivice as a guide to know which children might be Willis and abduct them. Kokomon doesn't know.

Going back to the flower field is entirely Willis's idea. That's his plan for making things like they were before. Kokomon's plan is kidnapping and de-aging DigiDestined kids until he hits the right one.

This is kind of an important moment in explaining what the plot of the movie has been up to this point and they forgot to explain that.

I think they got tripped up by the fact that the word 目印 mejirushi means landmark. Like. Okay. Kokomon is pursuing Willis and using the Digivice as a landmark. That sounds like he's, like, tracing the signal of Willis's Digivice in order to track wherever he goes.

But that is not what he's doing. That offers zero explanation for the abductions, and in his interactions with Willis it's been pretty clear that he does not recognize the boy.

目印 Mejirushi also means signs, markers, identifying features. Kokomon is not pursuing Willis using the Digivice as a landmark. He's searching for Willis using the Digivice as an identifying feature. This is a pretty significant cock-up to make in what has otherwise been a stellar dub.

Flashback to Wallace on a scooter, taking Gummymon and Chocomon down the road to the flower field.

Chocomon: Where are we going? Wallace: To play!

But the memory fades and we're back in the present, where Wallace and the junior team must traverse this same road.

Daisuke: Alright! Let's go too! Iori: And we're hitchhiking again.... Miyako: Well, until Hikari-chan and the others get here, we don't have any money. V-mon: Hey Daisuke! Does this mean we're riding with cows and pigs?

Oh, I see how it is. It's Takeru-kun-tachi when we're emailing Hikari back and forth to find out about the plot but when the team needs money, suddenly it's Hikari-chan-tachi. The disrespect.

Their latest ride crests the hill, revealed to be a pickup truck transporting unsecured live cows and pigs in the back. This seems like a terrible way to transport livestock.

Daisuke: Yup. Hey, Wallace, do you need to call your mom? Wallace: Do you see a phone booth anywhere?

Wallace's mom will go uncontacted, it seems.

The movie dub, unsurprisingly, skips this hitchhiking scene entirely.

In the Redub:

Chocomon: Where are we going? Willis: Don't worry about it! Gummymon: Let's go play! (Back to present) Davis: Okay, gang: We're following him! Cody: And how do you propose we do that? Yolei: We're broke until T.K. and Kari get here. Veemon: Hey, Davis! Willis is climbing in that truck with all the pigs! Does that mean we get to ride in there too? (Everyone catches a ride in the livestock truck) Davis: Hey, Mama's Boy, it's been a while. Don't you need to call your mom again? Willis: Yeah, probably. Also, shut up.

They made Davis way more aggro in the redub, presumably to match his behavior on the subject previously. In the original, Daisuke's starting to come around on Wallace. He doesn't deliver this line sympathetically, but he's neutral about it.

The Redub turns this into a verbal joust and removes the actual explanation for why Willis doesn't.

That night, the four children and their Digimon Partners camp out with little more than blankets by a lakeshore.

On the other side of the rock from Daisuke, Miyako, and Iori, Wallace stays up late into the night. He stares at the lake and watches the water ripple.

Gummymon: (half-asleep) ...why aren't you sleeping, Wallace? I'm... so tired... from today....

Gummymon cuddles up beside Wallace and passes out. Smiling down at the little guy, Wallace takes his half of the blanket and tucks Gummymon in. He affectionately pets their head for a moment. Then he stands up and leaves, slipping away from the group in the dead of night.

The movie dub cuts this scene too.

A voice calls out to Wallace from the dark.

Daisuke: Wait up.

Busted, Wallace stops. Daisuke emerges from between the trees.

Daisuke: Trying to go alone? Wallace: ... Daisuke: (solemnly) You know, I've been thinking. Could it be that Chocomon is your Digimon? Wallace: Ah! Daisuke: ... Wallace: ... Daisuke: It's true, isn't it? Wallace: Chocomon was born from the same Digitama as Gummymon. They're twin Digimon. Daisuke: Twin Digimon!? Wallace: Two identical Digimon, both born from the Digitama that came to me.

At last, the truth about Chocomon comes out.

The dub segues here directly out of Davis shouting "I'll come with you!" after Willis said he'd go it alone.

Davis: Willis, we've been walking for hours and you haven't said a word. Being a DigiDestined means you don't have to face things alone! Willis: ...hm.... Davis: What are you running away from? Willis: ...kay. Eight years ago, a Digi-Egg came out of my computer and it hatched into twin Digimon: Terriermon and Kokomon. I finally had someone to play with. My very own pets. And they talked, too! It was the best!

My kneejerk reaction is to be snotty about Willis calling them pets but actually they are literally Virtual Pets so objection withdrawn.

The mix-and-matching of Terriermon's Child name and Kokomon's Baby name is still making me want to throw things.

Wallace goes on, flashing back on that fateful day in the flower field.

Wallace (V.O.): They lived with me for a long time, which we kept secret from Mama. But one day, seven years ago, we were playing in the flower field when Chocomon suddenly vanished.

Back in the present, Daisuke questions the timing.

Daisuke: Seven years ago? That's around the same time that Taichi-san and the others saw their first Digimon at the Hikarigaoka apartment complex. This was happening around then? Wallace: I haven't stopped thinking about Chocomon ever since. Not even after we moved to New York. We were like family. Why did Chocomon become something like that? Do they hate me because I couldn't save them?

At long last, Wallace lays it all out there. The question that's been haunting him since the day he lost Chocomon.

The dub here brings back those flashbacks they skipped. Starting with Kokomon getting injured and Willis bandaging up the wound.

Willis (V.O.): They depended on me. Willis: You have to give it time to heal, okay? (Kokomon smiles)

Then they cut to the flashback of Gummymon and Chocomon playing on the water pump.

Willis (V.O.): Sometimes they would even do my chores for me.

Next is the flashback of Wallace taking the Babies to the flower field on his scooter.

Willis (V.O.): I thought it would be cool to have more of them, so I got the stupid idea of creating a Digi-Egg on the computer. That's when it all went bad. (End flashback) Willis: Before my Digi-Egg could hatch, it was attacked by a virus and it mutated into Diaboromon.

They insert a shot of Diaboromon concealing the little clock that became the centerpiece of Our War Game's climax. Then they go, at last, to this scene's flower field flashback.

Willis (V.O.): When Tai and the others destroyed him, I thought my bad dream was finally over. But the real nightmare was just beginning. The virus somehow tracked us down and dragged Kokomon away from me. I watched helplessly for four years as he slowly became this terrible monster.

Then they insert a short of Kokomon's snarling beast face before returning to Willis and Davis conversing.

Willis: And now he's obsessed with chasing me. Davis: I remember during the battle, he said to you, "Go back to the beginning." What did he mean? Willis: I think he wanted me to come back here, where it all started. But every time he tries to tell me why, the virus stops him. He just can't fight it! I know this won't end until he's destroyed but I can't do it! It's all my fault, not his!

The dub delivers its infodump here as well, finally explaining how Kokomon is connected to Diaboromon and in turn how Diaboromon is connected to Willis.

This also explains, in movie continuity, the odd behavior of Kokomon. Kokomon attacks, but Kokomon also wants Willis to do something. Why did Kokomon attack the second time if Willis was already doing what he wanted?

The answer is that Kokomon is being controlled by Diaboromon. It's Diaboromon puppetting Kokomon to attack, and it's Kokomon struggling to get out those messages. This... actually isn't too far off from the original OVA's explanation of this Chocomon entity

The original OVA doesn't really have a literal answer for what made Chocomon disappear that day. It sort of has an answer but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. So the dub slots in Diaboromon as the answer, as part of the patchwork quilt it's making out of the four OVAs it stitched together.

Daisuke: So... We've been fighting against your Digimon? AGAINST A CHERISHED FRIEND OF YOURS!?!? Wallace: ...

That revelation hits Daisuke hard. Wallace says nothing, but Daisuke continues.

Daisuke: That... can't... have been easy for you.... Wallace: ...

Daisuke walks over to a nearby tree and bashes his forehead into it.

Daisuke: I couldn't do that. If V-mon ever changed like that, even into something monstrous, I could never bring myself to take him down.

Leaning up against the tree, Daisuke begins to cry. He doesn't even notice the goggles sliding off of his head and falling into the grass.

Wallace: Daisuke.... Daisuke: But for the sake of Taichi-san and the others, we have to defeat your Chocomon. T_T What are we supposed to do now?

Daisuke doesn't think he's worthy of inheriting Friendship from Yamato but his empathy levels are off the charts right now.

The dub trims this down heavily. Daisuke suddenly starts walking towards the trees while sniffling.

Willis: What's the matter with you?

Then I guess he drops his goggles on purpose, because we see them hit the grass and then cut to him leaned up against the tree and crying.

Davis: T_T That's the saddest story I ever hea-a-a-ard....

That's it. That is all we're going to dwell on Davis's emotional reaction.

While Daisuke sobs against the tree, Wallace approaches him.

Wallace: You shouldn't cry about this. Daisuke: But....

Daisuke turns around and tries to wipe the tears from his eyes, but they won't stop. Wallace picks up Daisuke's goggles from the ground and holds them out to him.

Wallace: I'm sure that... If I could see them again... If we meet in the flower field, Chocomon might go back to being the Chocomon that I knew.

Now Daisuke's on the same page as Wallace with all of this. He smiles, his tears dried, and takes the goggles from Wallace before returning them to his head.

Daisuke: Yeah. You're right. I'm sure they will! Wallace: Then we won't have to fight them! And we can probably save your friends too! Daisuke: Yeah! We don't have to fight at all! Wallace: ...wait, why am I the one consoling you?

Valid question. Daisuke breezes right past it.

Daisuke: Yeah, I'm sure you're right. I can feel it! Wallace: You're so simplistic. Daisuke: Yeah, I'm easy to understand! Wallace: And you're proud of that!?

Fun note: Wallace's line here is 喜ぶな Yorokobu na, which literally translates as "Do not be happy!" But spoken aloud, it sounds very close to the English "You're a commoner!" which also fits well into the moment.

Daisuke: (confused) Aren't you supposed to be consoling me? Wallace: Nope, I'm done.

Wallace folds his arms behind his head and walks away, leaving Daisuke to follow after.

In the dub:

Willis: I'm the one with the problem, not you. (Willis picks up Davis's goggles and holds them out to him) Willis: Get over it. (Davis isn't crying anymore) Davis: Okay! (Davis puts on his goggles) Willis: Ha! That was fast! Davis: You know what? We're gonna help you. Willis: You will!? How are you gonna do that!? Davis: My friend, we're DigiDestined. We'll find the answer together as a team! Willis: I've never been on a team! Anything I should know? Davis: Yeah! I'm the only one that can kiss Kari. Willis: ...just a little one? Davis: Hey, don't even joke around about this, got it? (Willis folds his arms behind his head and walks away) Willis: I dunno. She and I really hit it off in New York.... Davis: I'm not kidding!

They breeze through the Davis's outpouring of empathy and emotion with a "Get over it". Thanks, I hate it.

The rest of the conversation is basically filler. Davis reiterates for the umpteenth time that the DigiDestined are a team and they solve things as a team, and then he and Willis trade barbs about who gets to kiss Kari. The answer may surprise you!

I haven't had much to say about the Redub's take on this scene since they play it all straight and it's good, but there is one thing I want to touch on after Davis says he can feel that this will work.

Davis: Listen, I'm sure it will work. I feel it in my heart, so it's gotta be true! Willis: You're a really straightforward guy, aren't you? Davis: That's why I'm the leader of my team! Willis: Heh, that wasn't a compliment! Davis: ...weren't you trying to cheer me up? Hey! Willis: No way, Crybaby! Haha!

I think they could have used a better word for Willis's insult. This is kind of a tricky one. Wallace calls Daisuke 単純なやつ tanjunna yatsu.

やつ Yatsu is a disrespectful way of referring to another person. It means "that person" but in a way that's kind of rude. Not super obscene; You could call someone やつ yatsu with the same energy of walking up to your bestie and going, "Hey, shithead, what's up?" But impolite in formal conversation.

単純 Tanjun means simple-minded. Blunt. Naive. Unable to grasp complicated subject matter.

Wallace is calling Daisuke a simple-minded dimwit, but in a way that Daisuke initially mistakes for a compliment because he is simple. He wears his heart on his sleeve and trusts his gut.

So the translation here needs to walk a delicate tightrope as something that sounds like an insult from Wallace's lips but a compliment to Daisuke's ears, and I don't think "straightforward" captures the intended insult part. I've never heard someone call another person "straightforward" as an insult.

Willis also calls Davis "Crybaby" here which is fair after Davis called him "Mama's Boy" earlier. The Redub is going for exactly the kind of mutually abrasive bro-ship that would lead to the "shithead" hypothetical I mentioned above.

Now that Daisuke and Wallace are on the same page, there's only one thing left to do: Get to that flower field. But first....

Daisuke: So... Don't tell me you need to do this alone, okay. Wallace: Mhm. Gummymon: He's right.

Gummymon steps out of the woods, still wrapped in the blanket Wallace left them in.

Gummymon: I'm going too, Wallace. Wallace: Gummymon? Gummymon: Don't leave me behind. Wallace: You two were always so close. I can't let you go if you're just going to fight them.

He's still blaming Gummymon for the violence that happens every time Chocomon shows up. That's why he tried to leave Gummymon behind. He's convinced that if he can just have five minutes alone with Chocomon, everything will be like it was before.

He wants that for him and for Gummymon too. But he can't make it happen if Gummymon's there.

And he can't accept that it still won't happen even if Gummymon's not.

Gummymon: Wallace-- Wallace: You know I'm right! Gummymon: I'll be fine. I want to come with you, Wallace. Daisuke: What will you do, Wallace?

Wallace considers Gummymon's appeal for a moment. Then, finally, his face softens.

Wallace: Let's go back. I'd like to see more of Miyako's sleeping face.

Daisuke's goggles crack from his intense, reflexive... jealousy? Possessiveness? IDK, it's still weird that he gets pissy about people flirting with Miyako when she's not the object of his affections.

Daisuke: (stomps foot) You can look at my sleeping face!

Wallace approaches Gummymon and kneels down, tying the front of Gummymon's blanket into a cloak.

Wallace: If you don't tie this properly, you might just catch a cold, Gummymon.

For this moment, love wins out over grief and desperation, and Wallace rejoins the party.

In the dub:

Terriermon: Willis? Willis: Huh? (Terriermon emerges from the woods) Terriermon: I don't mean to eavesdrop but I've got really big ears. I know you're going to face Kokomon tomorrow and I want to be right there next to you. Willis: No way! I couldn't live with myself if something were to happen to you! This is my mistake and I won't risk your safety to correct it! Terriermon: He's my brother. Willis: I don't care! Terriermon: Willis, I'm not your pet. I'm your friend! And friends are always there for each other. Willis: ... Davis: (stomps foot) Now that's what I'm talking about! Teamwork! (Willis goes to Terriermon and wraps up the blanket around him) Willis: Thanks, pal. Terriermon: Heehee!

This is a little more awkward in the movie dub because it's not clear what Willis's plan is. But then, even Willis doesn't know what his plan is. He's just following the bread crumbs from Kokomon.

So when Willis takes the position that Terriermon can't be allowed to fight him, I'm not really sure what the alternative is. I know what Wallace wants to do instead. It's a terrible idea, but it's clearly established. But Willis's plans are a giant question mark.

The Redub follows mostly along with the original script:

Davis: Just promise me you're not gonna try and go at it alone, okay? Willis: Mhm. Terriermon: He's right. (Terriermon emerges from the woods) Terriermon: I'm going with you too, Willis. Willis: Terriermon? Terriermon: Don't leave me behind. Willis: No way! You two were always so close; You're brothers, after all. I can't make you fight just because I failed to protect him! Terriermon: Willis, please-- Willis: Don't you understand!? Terriermon: Willis, I'm not your pet. I'm your friend! And friends are always there for each other. Davis: What will you do now? Willis: ...alright, let's head back. I want to see more of Yolei's pretty sleeping face. (Davis's goggles crack) Davis: (stomps foot) AUGH!!! DON'T RUIN THE MOMENT!!! (Willis goes to Terriermon and wraps up the blanket around him) Willis: You have to stay wrapped up tight or you'll catch a cold, okay?

Apparently they really liked that "I'm not your pet" line. Though without the movie's setup of Willis saying Terriermon and Kokomon were "My very own pets", it comes a little out of nowhere.

The next morning, at long last, the junior team and Wallace arrive at the flower field. As they stand there, waiting for Chocomon, Chocomon has plans of their own.

Inside the void, the de-aged Chosen Children suddenly hear a voice.

Chocomon: Wallace! Wallace! Taichi: What's that...? Chocomon: Wallace! Wallace!

An ethereal Chocomon, painted over in the sepia tones of a memory, appears in the void. Laughing and giggling, Chocomon bounces over to Koushiro.

Chocomon: Wallace! ...Wallace?

On closer inspection, Koushiro is not Wallace. So Chocomon hops over to the next child, Yamato.

Chocomon: Wallace! ...Wallace?

Rejected. On to Taichi. Chocomon bounces around Taichi, trying to get his attention.

Chocomon: Wallace! Wallace. Wallace. WALLACE!!! Taichi: Who are you? Chocomon: (pouting) They're all wrong. They're smaller now but they're still wrong.

Dejected, the memory of Chocomon bounds away into the void, leaving these children behind.

Since it pertains to the abductions, this scene does not happen in the movie dub.

As Chocomon's memory bounds away into the void, they suddenly take the shape and voice of the bestial Wendimon, walking dejectedly away. The void shifts and reality transforms, taking the shape of the flower field around it.

Wendimon: They're wrong. They're all wrong!

With those words, Chocomon suddenly appears in front of Wallace and the others in physical reality. In this form, Chocomon struggles to string together words through their beastly growl of a voice.

Wallace: Chocomon! Wendimon: W... Wallace... Wallace! Wallace: Chocomon, do you recognize me? Wendimon: W... Wa... Wallace.... Wallace: Come live with me, just like we did before. Wendimon: ...together.... Wallace: That's right! Wendimon: ...yeah...let's go back...to before....

Wendimon lumbers forward, towering over Wallace. Chocomon's tiny voice speaks.

Chocomon: Then come to me... It's cold... There's no one here....

Wendimon smiles, lets out a low rumbling growl, and then snatches at Wallace. But they miss, only because Gummymon gently pushes Wallace back out of the way.

In the movie dub... I actually hadn't noticed, but we've been hearing both voices for Kokomon speaking in tandem with each other since the first attack in New York.

Yolei and Cody are present for the flower field scene but it's less evident as to why. Willis went off alone but Davis insisted on following him, and then Terriermon caught up to them. But now Yolei, Cody, and the three Partners are here too with no explanation.

Kokomon: GO. BACK.... Willis: I did. I'm here. What else do you want!? Kokomon: De...STROY!!!

After Kokomon says that, the film cuts out a bunch of Wallace, Gummymon, and Chocomon's footage to skip straight to the next phase of the encounter.

The Redub starts the scene with both Wendimon and Kokomon speaking in tandem by default, similar to how the movie dub handles it. But then it breaks them up like the original does.

Wendimon: They're wrong. They're all wrong! (Wendimon emerges into reality) Willis: Kokomon.... Wendimon & Kokomon: W... Willis... It's... you.... Willis: Kokomon, do you recognize me now? Wendimon & Kokomon: Willis, it's... it's... you...! Willis: Let's go home together, like how things were. Wendimon & Kokomon: Together? Willis: Yes! Wendimon: Then let's go back to that time... Ehehehehe... Kokomon: Come back with me... where I am... it's cold... it's empty....

In the original, Chocomon only pipes up once it seems like Wallace is going to go with them. So the order of voices is a little different but the main points are there.

It probably goes without saying but Wallace should not go with them. Death is where Chocomon is. That is what Chocomon is describing when they say it's cold and empty there.

Wallace wants to turn back the clock and make everything the way they were before he lost Chocomon, and even eight years later, he's been unable to grow beyond his grief. Meanwhile, the ghost of Chocomon that's haunting him, the memory that won't let him go, wants Wallace and Chocomon to be together in death.

And the one thing that saves him in this moment, at the edge of that cliff, is the love of the one he's been neglecting.

Gummymon: Stop that, Chocomon! Wendimon: OUT OF THE WAY!!!

The Wendimon smacks Gummymon, sending him flying across the field. Wallace immediately turns and chases after Gummymon, who lands hard on their back and tumbles end over end.

Wendimon: HRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOARGH!!!

Wallace drops to his knees and grabs Gummymon, cradling the little guy in his arms.

Wallace: Chocomon! How could you do that to Gummymon!?

Finally, he sees. He realizes, at long last, who the aggressor here is.

Wendimon & Chocomon: (chanting) Go back! Go back! Go back! Go back! Go back! Go back! Go back!

As the creature chants, It begins to sway back and forth. The two voices scream the same words but they're discordant, speaking in different rhythms and paces, never aligned with one another.

This is not Wallace's dear friend trying to come back to him after all these years. This is just madness.

The movie dub is still skipping to the next part, which will begin in Part 3 of this liveblog.

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