401. Smells Like Pre-Teen Spirit

It’s time for our first stop in our Frontier journey with the intro human spirits arc! Kids get spirits, Digimon get saved, kids are mean to each other, trains get ridden, and more! You can find the full show notes for this episode and leave comments at https://podigious.com/401/.

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It’s time for our first stop in our Frontier journey with the intro human spirits arc! Kids get spirits, Digimon get saved, kids are mean to each other, trains get ridden, and more!

In this episode, Jeff looks into Frontier’s troubling parallels to the white savior narrative, Asher examines the kids’ communication failures, and we talk a lot about our impressions of the new cast. Plus the introduction of our new game show segment: Coastal Clash!

Today’s the last day to get our season 3 Calumon and Impmon shirts! Check them out on Teespring: [Calumon] [Impmon]

You can find the full show notes for this episode at https://podigious.com/401/.

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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

0:04:53: General Impressions

0:26:24: Coastal Clash

0:36:10: DigiDestined & DigiDestiny

1:00:50: Can You Talk the Talk?

1:16:39: Human Savior Narrative

1:30:30: iTunes Review

1:32:42: Unanswered Questions

1:40:07: Ridiculous Dialogue Draft

1:46:15: Terminal Judgment

1:56:46: Recommendation Articulation

1:59:29: Outro

Episodes Covered


Ep. 1: “All Aboard”

Ep. 2: “Lobomon: Warrior of Light”

Ep. 3: “Kumamon Baby, Light My Fire”

Ep. 4: “Kazemon Kicks It”

Ep. 5: “Ladies and Gentlemen: The Beetlemon”

Ep. 6: “A Molehill Out of a Mountain”

Ep. 7: “Island of Misfit Boys”

Ep. 8: “Odd One Out”

Ep. 9: “Welcome to My Nightmare”

Things Mentioned





Steve Blum







System Restore review of episode 6







Yuri!! on ICE

(Crunchyroll)





Keijo!!!!!!!!

(Crunchyroll)





White Savior Narrative Wikipedia article







One Piece







The Hunger Games







“Here’s What a White Savior Is (And Why It’s the Opposite of Helpful)”







Ms. Male Character - Tropes vs Women in Video Games







Xiaolin Showdown

Recommendation Articulation




Jeff:
Whatever Happened to Pizza at McDonald’s







Asher:
Shimanami Tasogare







Andrew:
Interviews with Monster Girls