501. Agumon & Knuckles

It’s raining DATS and dogs! Marcus punches things, Yoshino and Thomas try to do things but get upstaged by Marcus, and then Marcus and Thomas resolve their differences by mercilessly hunting and exterminating a harmless Digimon. You can find the full show notes for this episode and leave comments at https://podigious.com/501/.

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It’s raining DATS and dogs! Marcus punches things, Yoshino and Thomas try to do things but get upstaged by Marcus, and then Marcus and Thomas resolve their differences by mercilessly hunting and exterminating a harmless Digimon.

In this episode, we discuss our first impressions of the cast and debut the new Game Show Gattai segment, Jeff discusses the (promising and troubling) Digimon-Human societal dynamics of this season, Ashley is disappointed about Yoshino, and we put Marcus on trial.

Thanks for listening!

Episodes Covered: (digimon go to the polls to rate these episodes!)

Ep 1: “THERE ARE MONSTERS AMONG US!”
Ep 2: “Marcus’ Inner, Strength!”
Ep 3: “The Return of Thomas!”
Ep 4: “The New Team of Marcus and Thomas!”
Ep 5: “Digital World, Here We Come!”

Weekly Question: Is Marcus a good boy? (Email us a voicemail with your answer!)

◿ Intro [0:00:00]

◿ General Impressions [0:03:16]

Yoshino Fujieda
Thomas H. Norstein
Castle in the Sky
The Incomparable episode about Castle in the Sky

◿ Game Show Gattai [0:17:50]

Lightning #1: Who is the best of the main 3 DATS kids?
Lightning #2: Which is the best partner of the 3 main DATS kids?
Digi-Feud: Jeff vs. Asher

Digimon Savers reused one of the franchise’s most iconic characters as the main partner Digimon. If the next Digimon season wanted to cash in on love for a fan-favorite Digimon, which Digimon would they use?


Lightning #3: Which is the best Data Squad main champion/adult digivolution?
Lightning #4: Which is the better DATS computer operators?
Prediction Jurisdiction: Jeff vs. Ashley (Leomon / Spirit / DNA)

Marcus
Thomas
Yoshino

◿ Digimon Human Relations [0:32:11]

DATS
Hypnos
Drimogemon
Kumemon

◿ Gender [0:44:03]

Zoe Orimoto
Rika Nonaka
Yoshino Fujieda
Hitomi from Escaflowne
“Strong Female Character” trope
The problem with Strong Female Characters

◿ Trial of Marcus Damon [0:54:16]

Marcus Damon
Men in Black
Gurren Lagann
Dragon Ball Z
Mobile Fighter G Gundam
Old Man Digivice (spoilers)
Sarah Damon
Kristy Damon
Stand Your Ground vs. Retreat and De-escalation
Final Fantasy IX

◿ Unanswered Questions [1:04:30]

GIF: (Ep 5) Marcus pulling Thomas off a cliff
GIF: (Ep 1) Car flying near Yoshino

◿ Ridiculous Dialogue Draft [1:07:02]

◿ Terminal Judgment [1:10:13]

◿ Recommendation Articulation [1:13:44]

Ashley: Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
Asher: Deemo
Andrew: *The Magic School Bus Rides Again
Jeff: Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony

◿ Outro [1:17:44]

You can find the full show notes for this episode at https://podigious.com/501/.

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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

0:03:16: General Impressions

0:17:50: Game Show Gattai

0:32:11: Digimon Human Relations

0:44:03: Gender

0:54:16: Trial of Marcus Damon

1:04:30: Unanswered Questions

1:07:02: RDD

1:10:13: Terminal Judgment

1:13:44: Recommendation Articulation

1:17:44: Outro