8. The Vampire Strikes Back

We continue our discussion of Digimon Adventure by covering the rest of the Tokyo section of the Myotismon arc. We discuss relationships, reactions to death, and representations of family and gender.

Spoilers

• 0:23:16: Adventure 02 (1 minute—until 0:24:06)
• 1:05:00: Adventure 02 (15 seconds—until 1:05:18)

Episodes Covered

• Ep. 35: “Flower Power”
• Ep. 36: “City Under Siege”
• Ep. 37: “Wizardmon's Gift”
• Ep. 38: “Prophecy”
• Ep. 39: “The Battle for Earth”

Things Mentioned

• 0:16:02: Odaiba Map
• 0:18:09: Claes Oldenburg · All Claes Oldenburg Sculptures
• 0:21:00: 2020 Olympics
• 0:22:06: Mawaru Penguindrum
• 0:26:38: Soul Eater
• 0:26:40: Kingdom Hearts
• 0:28:12: Beetle Sumo Wrestling
• 0:28:33: “The Insect Master's Trap” (Digimon Adventure 02 ep 28)
• 1:11:49: Kaiju
• 1:11:58: Godzilla (2014 film)
• 1:20:38: Sorato blog post
• 1:22:58: Our War Game
• 1:31:50: Gatomon AMV
• 1:41:38: YuGiOh Abridged
• 1:41:51: YuGiOh Abridged “You Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance”
• 1:45:43: A Song of Ice & Fire
• 1:52:16: Xehanort Wiki

Feedback Mentioned

• 0:24:29: [WtW] CrazyAristocracy's comment about biological determinism
• 1:13:31: [WtW] Chakmon's comment about gay characters
• 1:20:29: [/r/digimon] dotyawning's comment about Sorato blog post

Geography Mentioned

Odaiba 0:14:04 (source)

Tokyo Big Sight 0:17:16 (source)

Ariake 0:17:28 (source)

Koutou Ward 0:17:34 (source)

Saw, Sawing 0:18:04 (source)

Clothespin 0:18:25 (source)

Paint Torch 0:18:27 (source)

Three-way Plug 0:18:28 (source)

Split Button 0:18:30 (source)

Cupid's Span 0:18:32 (source)

Fuji TV Building 0:19:15 (source)

Aqua City 0:19:42 (source)

Odaiba at Night 0:20:40 (source)

Scenes Mentioned

Izzy's Parents' Look 0:11:50

Giant Saw 0:17:47

[Penguindrum] Background Characters 0:22:09 (source)

Bakemon Costume 0:42:10

Holding Hands 1:14:16

Wizardmon's Face 1:25:13

Soccer Balls EVERYWHERE 1:36:36

Characters Mentioned

Kari 0:09:19 (source)

Izzy 0:10:39 (source)

Tentomon 0:11:08 (source)

Jim 0:12:47 (source)

Kabuterimon 0:24:57 (source)

Birdramon 0:24:58 (source)

Togemon 0:25:37 (source)

Lillymon 0:25:38 (source)

Biyomon 0:25:45 (source)

Wizardmon 0:26:04 (source)

Kuwagamon 0:27:30 (source)

Myotismon 0:29:02 (source)

VenomMyotismon 0:29:08 (source)

The Beast's True Form 0:29:18 (source)

Yokomon 0:30:06 (source)

Matt 0:32:29 (source)

Kari 0:33:05 (source)

TK 0:36:02 (source)

Devimon 0:36:04 (source)

Matt 0:37:59 (source)

Mimi's Dad 0:40:28

Bakemon 0:42:18 (source)

Matt's Dad 0:43:09 (source)

Jim 0:45:04 (source)

Joe 0:46:28 (source)

Matt 0:49:16 (source)

Tai 0:49:16 (source)

Sora 0:55:52 (source)

Sora's Mom 0:55:53

Sora's Dad 0:58:13 (source)

Bakemon 0:59:39 (source)

Matt 1:00:41 (source)

TK 1:00:42 (source)

Matt's Dad 1:00:45 (source)

TK's Mom 1:00:48 (source)

Izzy 1:06:29 (source)

Izzy's Parents 1:06:30

Mimi's Parents 1:08:49

Mimi 1:08:51 (source)

Joe 1:10:36 (source)

Jim 1:10:38 (source)

Matt 1:15:18 (source)

Tai 1:14:22 (source)

Mimi 1:17:56 (source)

Sora 1:17:56 (source)

Wizardmon 1:24:52 (source)

Zudomon 1:26:48 (source)

Gatomon 1:28:44 (source)

Kari 1:29:15 (source)

Zudomon 1:37:46 (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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