304. Enter the Matrix

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We’re back to Tamers after a long diversion into Tri country!

We jump into the beginning of the Devas arc as Takato learns to believe in the heart of the blue cards, Rika sits through a boring play, and the school goes on a camping trip to receive a sermon from a Southern televangelist Deva-possessed owl.

We discuss dub overdramatization, the series’ relationship with adults, digivolution growing pains and growing up, and the self-fulfilling prophecy of declaring Digimon dangerous because they fight back after being declared dangerous.

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Sections

• 0:00:00: Intro
• 0:02:30: General
• 0:24:40: Silly Adults
• 0:38:16: Growing Pains
• 0:52:28: Pew Pew Pew
• 1:04:10: Unanswered Questions
• 1:09:11: RDD
• 1:18:03: Terminal Judgment
• 1:21:34: Plugs
• 1:30:36: Outro

Episodes Covered

• Ep. 14: “Grow Mon Grow”
• Ep. 15: “Snakes, Trains, and Digimon”
• Ep. 16: “Back to Nature, Back to Battle”

Things Mentioned

• 0:06:45: Kitsune
• 0:08:42: Deva (Buddhism)
• 0:14:28: Steven Blum
• 0:18:15: Rock-a-Doodle
• 0:31:19: Harry Potter
• 0:32:18: Arthur
• 0:43:16: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
• 0:47:35: The Vision of Escaflowne
• 0:54:31: Woobie trope
• 1:01:58: Tokyo subway sarin gas attack
• 1:02:13: Penguindrum
• 1:22:55: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (Crunchyroll)
• 1:26:22: Kuroko’s Basketball (Crunchyroll)
• 1:40:42: Cyberchase
• 1:40:42: Liberty’s Kids
• 1:40:42: The Magic School Bus
• 1:44:27: The Vision of Escaflowne
• 1:46:14: Evil redhead trope
• 1:47:02: Death Note (Hulu)
• 1:48:34: LOST

Plugs

• Jeff: Shaman King (manga) (viz)
• Asher: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (anime) (Crunchyroll)
• Ashely: Haikyu (anime) (Crunchyroll)