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It’s the battle of a century, the showdown you’ve been waiting for, the clash you’ve been crying over, the skirmish not for the squeamish, the crisis of consequence, the conflict to commemorate, the epic classic of biker versus feudal monarchy!

We’re joined by Jacob Hope Chapman of Anime News Network to break down these cheery episodes. We discuss the impact of Leomon’s death (and how it differs in the original Japanese version), Beelzemon’s character arc, and how Megidramon compares to SkullGreymon.

Chapters

  • 0:00:00: Intro
  • 0:03:17: General Impressions
  • 0:17:10: Scene Walkthrough
  • 1:12:38: FoxKids Ads
  • 1:17:18: Megidramon vs. Skullgreymon
  • 1:22:08: RDD
  • 1:25:37: Plugs
  • 1:33:50: Outro

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Things Mentioned

Imagery Mentioned

Sitting on Growlmon Sitting on Growlmon
Leomon stopping Beelzemon Leomon stopping Beelzemon
Guilmon eyes Guilmon eyes
Growlmon eyes Growlmon eyes
WarGrowlmon eyes WarGrowlmon eyes
Megidramon eyes Megidramon eyes
Digivice crumbling Digivice crumbling
Jeri digivice static Jeri digivice static
Digimon PTA Digimon PTA
Makuramon head crush Makuramon head crush
Copypasta Guilmon Copypasta Guilmon
Lain body parts Lain body parts
Golden digivice Golden digivice
Paildramon D3 Paildramon D3
Megidramon acid drool Megidramon acid drool
Beelzemon laugh Beelzemon laugh
Cyber Sleuth Beelzemon bike Cyber Sleuth Beelzemon bike

Characters Mentioned

Impmon Impmon
Leomon Leomon
Takato Takato
Beelzemon Beelzemon
Ai & Mako Ai & Mako
Yamaki Yamaki
Megidramon Megidramon
Rika Rika
Kyubimon Kyubimon
Growlmon Growlmon
WarGrowlmon WarGrowlmon
Orochimon Orochimon
Jeri Jeri
IceLeomon IceLeomon
JagerLoweemon (KaiserLeomon) JagerLoweemon (KaiserLeomon)
SaberLeomon SaberLeomon
Chuumon Chuumon
Whamon Whamon
Ogremon Ogremon
Caturamon Caturamon
Henry's Mom Henry's Mom
Janyu Janyu
Makuramon Makuramon
Lopmon Lopmon
Vikaralamon Vikaralamon
Guardromon Guardromon
Gallantmon Gallantmon
SkullGreymon SkullGreymon
Tai Tai

(Show image attributions)

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Special Thanks

Our Impmon artwork is by VeemonTamer on Twitter, where she tweets about Super Smash Bros, Digimon, and art. You can find her portfolio here to see all her other cool art (including lots more Digimon stuff).

The podcast is made possible with support from our awesome Patremon. If you want to support the show and get some cool rewards (like stickers, buttons, and early episodes), check out our Patreon campaign.

Our intro, outro, and transition music is the opening music of the Japanese version of Tamers, “The Biggest Dreamer” by Wada Kouji, which you can purchase and download from iTunes Japan or Amazon.co.jp.

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• Ep. 35: Give a Little Bit
• Ep. 36: The Battle Within

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