We wrap up the first major arc of Tamers as Rika and Renamon go on a break and get back together, Henry lets Terriermon fight, and Yamaki unboxes his new toy for next arc. We discuss the nature of relationships between Digimon and their tamers, the show’s presentation of maturity, and improvements to gender dynamics.

Spoilers

• 0:15:53: Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 3 (30 seconds—until 0:16:25)
• 0:25:10: Next arc of Tamers (20 seconds—until 0:25:30)

Things Mentioned

• 0:15:25: Avatar: The Last Airbender [en.wikipedia.org]
• 0:18:50: Gargomon episode (3: “To Fight or Not to Fight”) [digimon.wikia.com]
• 0:18:57: Dokugumon episode (6: “O Partner, Where Art Thou?”) [digimon.wikia.com]
• 0:35:06: FoxKids commercials [youtube.com]
• 0:58:23: The Hunger Games [en.wikipedia.org]
• 1:09:22: JesuOtaku and The Egad’s tamers videos [reddit.com]
• 1:23:54: Yurikuma Arashi [en.wikipedia.org]
• 1:27:58: Article about fiction shaping understanding of reality [aidanmoher.com]
• 1:43:34: Konaka’s notes about Rika’s missing father [konaka.com]
• 1:48:31: Wolf Children [en.wikipedia.org]
• 1:48:31: Mamoru Hosoda [en.wikipedia.org]
• 1:57:47: Shaggai [en.wikipedia.org]
• 1:57:52: Yuggoth [en.wikipedia.org]
• 2:01:51: Ouran High School Host Club [en.wikipedia.org]
• 2:10:16: “Infectious” by Tobu [youtube.com]
• 2:10:16: Tobu [youtube.com]
• 2:10:55: Undertale [en.wikipedia.org]
• 2:11:42: Earthbound [en.wikipedia.org]
• 2:11:48: Homestuck [en.wikipedia.org]
• 2:13:04: Lance N’ Masques [en.wikipedia.org]
• 2:13:23: One Punch Man [en.wikipedia.org]
• 2:14:30: Kamen Rider [en.wikipedia.org]
• 2:14:51: Hearthstone [en.wikipedia.org]
• 2:14:58: Warcraft [en.wikipedia.org]
• 2:14:58: Starcraft [en.wikipedia.org]
• 2:14:58: Blizzard Entertainment [en.wikipedia.org]
• 2:15:27: Digimon Digital Card Battle [digimon.wikia.com]
• 2:27:53: “Wild Ones” by FIo Rida [youtube.com]
• 2:31:39: Ouran High School Host Club [en.wikipedia.org]
• 2:33:15: Twelve Angry Men [en.wikipedia.org]
• 2:33:26: 12 Monkeys [en.wikipedia.org]

Imagery Mentioned

Stabbing Harpymon 1:28:48

Creeper IceDevimon 1:31:28

Terriermon dressed up 1:34:43

Bear dress 1:44:36

Standing on billboards 2:00:37

Geography Mentioned

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building 2:00:00 (source)

Characters Mentioned

IceDevimon 0:03:11 (source)

Pumpkinmon 0:03:11 (source)

Gotsumon 0:03:11 (source)

Henry 0:06:19 (source)

Yamaki 0:10:49

Jeri 0:11:29 (source)

Takato 0:16:30 (source)

Gargomon 0:17:42 (source)

MetalGreymon 0:26:41 (source)

Impmon 0:27:42 (source)

Riley 0:27:58

Tally 0:27:58

Guilmon 0:30:07 (source)

Terriermon 0:32:06 (source)

Rika 0:32:51 (source)

Renamon 0:32:51 (source)

Musyamon 0:34:31 (source)

Devimon 0:38:22 (source)

Kari 0:43:56 (source)

DarkLizardmon 0:45:05 (source)

Kyubimon 0:47:16 (source)

Calumon 1:18:40 (source)

Sora 1:28:24 (source)

Yolei 1:28:44 (source)

Harpymon 1:28:50 (source)

Mimi 1:29:49 (source)

Yoshino 1:30:23 (source)

TK 1:37:58 (source)

Hawkmon 1:40:26 (source)

Gatomon 1:40:26 (source)

Lynxmon 1:40:39 (source)

Swanmon 1:40:43 (source)

Maildramon 1:40:59 (source)

Allomon 1:41:06 (source)

Rinkmon 1:41:55 (source)

Rika's Mom 1:42:37

Rika's Grandmom 1:42:37

Suzie 1:52:54 (source)

Leomon 1:57:17 (source)

Kazu 1:59:25 (source)

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•	Ep. 10:	The Icemon Cometh
•	Ep. 11:	Much Ado About Musyamon
•	Ep. 12:	Divided They Stand
•	Ep. 13:	Juggernaut

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