THE FANATIC'S GUIDE TO

"Not As Seen on TV"

English Version Written by Seth Walther

As bloopers go, this first one is probably one of the biggest in the series. At the end of the previous episode, "A Question of Trust," Takato, Henry, Terriermon, Rika and Renamon were all standing together. But as this episode begins, Henry, Terriermon, Rika and Renamon have all vanished! They appear again later in the episode, but with no explanation of where they went. Animator/writer not paying attention, methinks...

Similarly, the road bridge which Growlmon crashed through at the end of the previous episode is now apparently undamaged. Makes me think the animators who did this episode didn't communicate very closely with the group that did the previous one...

Takato wonders if "De-Digivolve" is even a word. Well, as anyone who has watch the previous two seasons can tell you - yes, it is. And Takato has seen the series, so this is something he should know. Heck, the very title of the episode is a reference to the television show.

The shape of the little 'balcony' outside Takato's window is different from "Guilmon Comes Alive." In that episode, it was only as wide as the window, and very, very thin - but here, it's wider than the window, and spacious enough for Growlmon to squeeze onto it. Also, the bottom of the window was at Takato's waist height in "Guilmon Comes Alive," but now it's down near his knees. And finally, the window was not nearly as close to the edge of the wall as it is in this episode.

When Impmon remarks, "So, you wanna play rough?" he's got the extra-dark colour scheme that we first saw in "A Question of Trust."

When Impmon says, "You could use some exercise, big boy!" he's extra-dark again.

The scene of Takato shovelling bread into his pockets is re-used from the longer piece of footage of him doing more of the same in "Digimon, Digimon Everywhere."

Takato professes to have "walked up and down that tunnel so many times he wore a groove in the floor." But according to "Now You See It, Now You Don't," the tunnel goes all the way to the next town. Takato would have walked quite a few miles if he'd gone up and down it's length multiple times - and it's a school day, so he wouldn't have had time to.

When Terriermon sees the kids climbing over Growlmon, the markings on Growlmon's black stripes are not coloured their usual orange colour, instead being a slightly darker colour than the stripes themselves (see screenshot).

When Terriermon runs into the schoolyard, he turns to the right, and immediately can be heard to start talking. But when he, Henry and Takato come running out, they appear at the far end of the yard, rather than the point where Terriermon turned off.

And speaking of this - it's the middle of a school day! How are they getting away with ditching so easily?

In Growlmon's flashback, when Impmon says "Now see here, I'm not gonna fight you if you're gonna fight back!" the mouth of the smiley face on his stomach is coloured yellow instead of white.

A second later, as he runs off, shouting "Lousy pineapple-head!" he's extra-dark once more.

Renamon's making some really sinister animal-type growls in this episode. I don't know what to make of this, just pointing it out cause it's kinda weird...

After Henry says "No, it's making the paint run off!" parts of Growlmon's red skin are visible. But in the next shot, as Takato hugs him, they're gone.

Why doesn't any of this wet running paint come off on Takato, given that he's rubbing up against Growlmon?