2. LOST for Kids
File Island and Devimon Pt. 1
Podigious: A Digimon Adventure 2020 Podcast · Jeff Ruberg, Ashley McDonnell, Ash Sofman, and Andrew Sofman
April 7, 20141h 12m
Show Notes
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.
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Special Thanks
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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Sections
- 0:00:00: Intro
- 0:00:38: Feedback
- 0:02:06: Recap
- 0:05:27: Gender
- 0:15:31: Group Dynamics
- 0:20:47: Animation
- 0:23:55: Localization
- 0:31:16: Fighting Approaches
- 0:37:45: Growth
- 0:39:53: Humor and Tone
- 0:46:46: Weirdness
- 0:52:04: Killing Digimon
- 0:55:54: Stupid Behavior
- 1:00:35: Introduction to Digimon
- 1:03:39: Ridiculous Dialogue
- 1:10:49: Outro
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”
Spoilers
- 0:44:40: (2 minutes—until 0:46:42)
- 0:55:05: (45 seconds—until 0:55:50)
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