2. LOST for Kids

We dive into our discussion of Digimon Adventure by covering the first part of the File Island arc, up to Devimon's introduction. We discuss gender dynamics, localization, growth, tone, weirdness, and evaluate the arc as an introduction to Digimon.

Spoilers

• 0:44:40: Adventure (2 minutes—until 0:46:42)
• 0:55:05: Adventure (45 seconds—until 0:55:50)

Episodes Covered

• Ep. 1: “And so it begins...”
• Ep. 2: “The Birth of Greymon”
• Ep. 3: “Garurumon”
• Ep. 4: “Biyomon Gets Firepower”
• Ep. 5: “Kabuterimon's Electro Shocker”
• Ep. 6: “Togemon in Toy Town”
• Ep. 7: “Ikkakumon's Harpoon Torpedo”
• Ep. 8: “Evil Shows His Face”

Things Mentioned

• 0:21:38: The Digimon Giflog
• 0:28:21: Was File Island a Stand-Alone Series? (With the Will)
• 0:32:03: Crests
• 0:35:53: Inuyasha
• 0:37:51: Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden (Pokemon Episode 51)
• 0:39:14: Video about Ash's Age
• 0:39:36: Pikachu & Pichu (Pokemon short)
• 0:44:02: Escaflowne
• 0:50:17: Our War Game!
• 0:56:34: Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Imagery Mentioned

Sora 0:05:40 (source)

Tai 0:06:58 (source)

Mimi 0:08:06 (source)

Asher's Dog 0:11:19

Togemon 0:12:50 (source)

Kari 0:13:09 (source)

Joe 0:17:38 (source)

Kuwagamon Animation 0:23:06

Greymon Grabbing 0:23:24

Taiki 0:25:24 (source)

Kiriha 0:25:47 (source)

Zenjirou 0:25:52 (source)

Kari 0:28:51 (source)

8th Bed 0:29:49

Apocalymon 0:40:07 (source)

Sukamon 0:44:45 (source)

Chuumon 0:44:45 (source)

Whamon 0:45:24 (source)

Wizardmon 0:45:36 (source)

Leomon 0:45:46 (source)

Seadramon 0:52:15 (source)

Shellmon 0:52:19 (source)

Kuwagamon 0:52:26 (source)

MegaSeadramon 0:53:45 (source)

MetalSeadramon 0:53:48 (source)

Michael 0:53:57 (source)

LadyDevimon 0:54:47 (source)

Cherrymon 0:54:51 (source)

Wizardmon 0:55:21 (source)

Tai's Map 1:04:45 (source)

Special Thanks

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Our intro music is “Here We Go” by Jason Gochin, and our transition and outro music is “I'm Going Digital” by Jasan Radford. Both are available on the soundtrack for Digimon: The Movie.

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