THE FANATIC'S GUIDE TO

"Out of the Blue"

English Version Written by Steve Blum

First Appearances: Dolphin, Curly, Daisy, Babel
Guest Starring: Indramon

Impmon calls Indramon a "blue bonehead," which is all well and good, except Indramon is purple. The previous episode even called him a "purple pony."

When the Juggernaut is activated, it merely generates blue energy beams - the flaming sky effect and portal that appear the other times the Juggernaut is activated don't appear. Perhaps this is due to it only working at 40% power, or because it appears to be solely focused on Indramon.

Do Takato, Kazu and Kenta simply not notice "Makura" walking about a foot behind them, or something?

When Makuramon makes a grab for Takato's D-Power, and then scowls, for some reason his face seems a lot more "human" (making his disguise seem a lot more effective, see screenshot). I'm not entirely sure why, but his eyes seem to be a bit closer together, and his mouth is a smaller size, plus he's actually cracking a proper facial expression, instead of his usual blank stare.

Recognise the dude in black who talks to Yamaki? You should, it's the same Man in Black that spoke to Janyu Wong in "Juggernaut."

What, exactly, is wrong with Calumon this episode? When Takato, Kazu and Kenta go to the tunnel under the park, where the Digimon have spent the night, he sounds weak and tired, and has to be carried around for the rest of the episode by Jeri. But we never saw him be injured, so, what, did he just not get enough sleep?

When Indramon's Digital Field appears over the city, everyone steps through the doorway of Guilmon's hideaway to look. From left to right, they stand: Henry, Takato, Kazu, Rika and Kenta, with Terriermon at the bottom. But after we get a shot of the Digital Field, and cut back to the group at a closer angle, they're now standing: Kazu, Takato, Kenta, Henry, Guilmon and Rika. Terriermon could still be there, but we can't see the bottom of the screen.

The Horn of Desolation is now firing on it's own, without needing to be blown, as it did in the previous episode.

The footage of Pyro Blaster and Dragon Wheel are not stock footage, but are newly animated for this episode, as often happens. However, these pieces of animation are sampled and re-used several times in this battle, and they're not the only things. Pyro Blaster and Dragon Wheel are the first to be re-used, as Takato and Rika slash Strength and Hyper Speed Modify Cards.

After he is hit with the Dragon Wheel, there's a close shot of Indramon's head as his hair is blown about. This is re-used from moments earlier when Gargomon Bunny Pummelled the Horn of Desolation, sans the green glow (see screenshot).

I only just realised this rather large thing when making my notes - all the Monster Makers consistently pronounce Janyu Wong's codename, Tao, as "tow" (as in "towel," see "Digital Beauty") in both this episode and others. But the word is pronounced "dow."

This has always bugged me - why is the Indian Monster Maker named Curly? Her real name, as we'll later see, is Rai Aishuwarya, so it couldn't have been derived from that, and she doesn't have curly hair - not even during the Monster Makers early days, as flashbacks attest - so *why is she called Curly*?

I could well ask the same question about Tao, Dolphin, Babel and Daisy, of course, as it's not evident why ANY of these Monster Makers have these codenames - but Curly sounds like a name you'd base on a physical thing, while the rest of them seem more like metaphysical jazz (eg: he didn't get named Dolphin for having fins and a blowhole...).

Yamaki informs the Monster Makers that "the Digimon have an omnipotent master," the Sovereign, that "gave them their life, and their power." The Ol' Mak-Daddy needs to phrase that better, as it seems he's referring to ALL Digimon EVER, when it only actually applies to the Devas. However, it's exceedingly likely that Yamaki doesn't actually know what he's talking about, and actually DOES think that the Sovereign created all Digimon.

The Monster Makers apparently share that belief, though, as Janyu wonders what kind of power that the Sovereign must posses to turn their artificial lifeforms into living, breathing creatures - but whatever it was that came to them, it wasn't the Sovereign, as Zhuqiaomon and the other three Sovereign weren't created until years later. Of course, there's no real reason for them to think Yamaki's wrong at this point. My original entry for this blooper was based on a misinterpretation and misremembrance of the scene, and Red Eyes helpfully pointed out to me that this evolution was Shibumi's doing, which is a fact (thanks to Red Eyes for that Yamaki explanation in the above entry, too!).

The second barrage of missiles that the helicopter fires on Indramon is footage of the first barrage re-used.

When the Horn of Desolation turns on the helicopters, the footage of Pyro Blaster from this episode is re-used again.

The footage of Indramon swinging his leg to hit all three Champions is re-used from his fight with Impmon earlier.

The next blast from the Horn of Desolation is re-used footage from earlier, when it fired after Indramon was hit with the second Dragon Wheel.

After the horn fires, the background painting of the road bridge cracking is re-used from earlier, when Indramon swatted Gargomon down, flipped this time.

After Rika slashes her card, the footage of Dragon Wheel striking Indramon is re-used from earlier in the fight, and it's an especially lazy piece of reuse, because the Horn of Desolation, which is supposed to be floating in the air at this point, is still on Indramon's back in this piece of footage.

The explosion that follows Takato's Energy Digi-Modification is re-used from earlier from after Indramon was hit with the first Pyro Blaster.

After Growlmon Digivolves, the footage of the cracked road bridge is used again, flipped back to its original state, but this time without the uncracked image preceding it.

The footage of the Horn of Desolation descending as WarGrowlmon charges is re-used from earlier in this battle when it detached from his back and prepared to fire the first time.

After he destroys Indramon, WarGrowlmon's roar of victory is re-used and flipped from a minute or two beforehand after Growlmon Digivolved into him. It wound appear they've even re-used the background painting along with it! Check out the comparison screenshot above, observe the lamppost (the quality of these two sources differed, so the clouds are a bit squished and fudged, but work with me here). Damn, the animation team on this episode was lazy!