THE FANATIC'S GUIDE TO

"Back to Nature, Back to Battle"

"THE SAGA OF THE DEVAS," Part Two

English Version Written by Seth Walther

Guest Starring: Sinduramon

• This episode is the first time Takato refers to Miss Asaji by her first name, calling her "Miss Nami."

• The kids who help sneak Guilmon onto the bus are Kazu, Kenta, Jeremy and the nameless Michael-a-like (see screenshot, though Mikey-boy is obscured behind Miss Asaji). But neither Jeremy nor the other boy were among the kids who met Guilmon in the previous episode. Of course, it's no great stretch of the imagination to assume they met him at a later time. That said, I wouldn't think that the entire rest of the class (and Henry's class, and whatever other classes were on the trip) would have met him, so it's a bit of a crazy move just bringing him on the bus in plain view of everyone except Miss Asaji.

• Did you notice that Kenta's rendition of "Michael Rowed the Boat Ashore" doesn't include the "Hallelujahs"? Religious censorship a-go-go.

• I find it hard to believe that Kenta's singing, all the children yelling and shouting, and Guilmon dancing around doesn't wake Miss Asaji up. Maybe she popped a few sleeping pills - you could honestly see her doing that, couldn't you?

• As Takato, Henry and the Digimon head back to camp after the kids see Sinduramon, Takato switches back to calling Miss Asaji, "Miss Asaji," and again pronounces it "Esaji."

• So... Sinduramon is a chicken that feeds off electricity. Well, I've heard of a BATTERY HEN, but this is ridiculous! Nyuuuuk-nyuk-nyuk-nyuk! I'm sorry, but I've been waiting nearly six months for a chance to use that joke. :)

• Maybe they just don't know any better, but if I were Guilmon, Terriermon or Calumon, I'd shut my mouth while I was underwater.

• Since we know that Impmon actually doesn't mind hanging around the Tamers and their Digimon, despite what he says, the fact that he's followed them to the woods isn't too surprising (he ain't just there by coincidence). My question is, did he just walk? That seems like an awful lot of effort for Impmon to put into... well, anything.

• From the angle that begins with Impmon saying, "You Tamers keep your Digimon on a real short leash," his extra-dark colour scheme strikes back. This is one of the clearest frontal views we ever get of it, and it was the first time I actually really noticed it when first watching the series.

• When the Digimon splash water at Impmon, Terriermon is missing his eyebrows (see screenshot).

• When Guilmon, Terriermon and Calumon are slammed back into the rock wall, they don't slump down, they just sort of... hang there.

• When Guilmon's eyes go from "normal" to "crazy," rather than having it happen when he's blinking, this episode has his eyes simply fade from one to the other.

• What is the DEAL with the owl? Why does Sinduramon need to possess/hypnotise it? He can talk, so why does he need the owl to talk for him? Perhaps he considers the Tamers so far beneath him that he shouldn't even bother addressing them directly.

• We switch back to calling Miss Asaji "Miss Nami" again when Kenta relates how she told them about the blackouts in Tokyo.

• When Henry remembers what the owl said, the line "He who drinks of the light of man and expands himself," is changed to "The Deva who drinks..." etc.

• When Takato, Henry and Calumon are on the bus, in the background another passenger can be heard mumbling, "Yeah, yeah, definitely, definitely lost my ticket, yeah." This is a reference to Dustin Hoffman's character in the movie "Rain Man," who spoke in the same manner. Undoubtedly, though, the target audience first thought of Runt, the canine character from "Animaniacs" (voice of Frank Welker), who also parodied Hoffman's character by using the speech pattern. And they try to tell us cartoons are just for kids! ;)

• Note how Henry singles himself out as the one to blame for the situation. We don't see this trait much, but it'll reappear in a very important context later on, in "No Mon Is an Island," when Henry isolates himself again.

• When Gargomon opens fire on Sinduramon, the Gargo Laser IS apparently hitting the rooster, but no impact blasts are animated.

• After Growlmon is brought to his knees by a Positron Pulse, and Sinduramon flies back up, we get a close up of his head before he flies forward again. In this close up, the whole area around his collar his coloured orange, like his scarf, but the inner portion of this area should be purple, like the rest of his body.