Plot: Jianliang manages to devolve Terriermon after his evolution during his battle with Renamon and Ruki. However, he’s upset that Terriermon evolved against his wishes. When an old opponent of Jianliang and Terriermon, Gorimon, shows up with a score to settle, Jianliang will have to decide if making Terriermon evolve and fight is worth the risk.
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Title Change: A Tamer’s Test – Defeat Gorimon is changed to It Came from the Other Side.
Takato asks Jianliang if Terriermon has evolved in the past since he kinda implied it by believing Gargomon will devolve after standing on his head. In the dub. Takato asks if Rika would know how to do it.
Wait a damn second, now that I’m thinking about it, why can Digimon Tamers show Digimon cards on screen when Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh have to go to such lengths to edit anything even close to real merchandise out due to legal reasons? Those Digimon cards look insanely close to the ones in real life.
What the hell is Takato taking a bath in? Ecto Cooler?
Culumon originally comments on how much fun humans seem to have. In the dub, he says humans are very tamable since whole groups react to the sounds of bells, in reference to kids reacting to a school bell. In all honesty, though, he’s not wrong.
The card, Training Gibs, is changed to Training Grips. I guess because kids wouldn’t get the reference.
Hirokazu originally gives Takato the Training Gibs card because he already has a copy. In the dub, he acts like it’s a crappy card and gives it to Takato seemingly out of pity. Likewise, Takato originally wonders if the card is in any way related to evolution. In the dub, he laments over getting yet another useless card. Also, the specifics of what the card does, increases HP and attack power, is not conveyed in the dub.
Takato asks Jianliang if he believes the card is related to evolution, and Jianliang says he doesn’t know. In the dub, Takato says he thinks Kazu gives him cards like that in order to use it against him in games, and Henry says he gives him too much credit.
Dub wise, why is it a stupid time to ask questions like “What’s a digital field?” and “Why is it chasing us?” when they’re being chased by a digital field? Not like talking slows you down, and if you didn’t want him to ask what a digital field was why even mention what it is? Hell, in the time it took Henry and Terriermon to have that line exchange, they could’ve answered both of his questions. “It’s a field where Digimon move between the Digital World and the real world” and “I have no clue.”
……Just seemed rude is all…
Name Change: Gorimon is changed to Gorillamon. The Index screen is translated and changed to match this.
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Also, Gorimon’s attack is ‘Power Attack’? Boy, they better put up their Blocking Defense and maybe activate Fast Speed.
They censor Gorimon stepping on Guilmon’s head…..Really? That’s censor worthy?
Terriermon yells out to Jianliang that he was the one who wanted him to fight in the first place. In the dub, he asks Henry if he wants him to sit back and let him peel Guilmon like a banana. The sudden realization/memory is lost in the dub, plus it’s really jarring how much it looks like Terriermon is yelling in the dub, yet he’s not raising his voice at all.
Minor detail, but they specify in the original that the Digimon game that Jianliang gets is an American game. They leave this out of the dub, probably because it might seem awkward to say such a thing in English even though they have no problem saying the show takes place in Japan.
Boy the way this game looks sure does date this show.
Like the Index screen, the game’s screen is painted to mirror Gorimon’s English name.
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Jianliang calls Terriermon cute. In the dub, he says he’s small and smart just like him. Ego much, Henry?
In the original, the first thing Terriermon does when he’s hatched in the game is poop. In the dub, they edit this out and shift the frames to make it look like Terriermon’s dancing, and the dialogue from Jianliang is changed to reflect this. I have no clue why they changed this. Poop is far from a new thing in Digimon. Hell, there’s an actual Digimon made of poop! Who throws poop! And makes other people poop! And we’ve seen Digimon poop in the series plenty of times, like when Koromon did it in the first OVA/movie. I would say it’s because we see him pooping and hear a fart, but the previous example had that too. Not to mention that this poop is extremely pixelated and disappears from the screen in seconds after he does it. No clue why this needed to be removed.
They add a pushed screen transition before we see Henry and Terriermon fight Gorillamon, I suppose to alert the audience that they were shifting back to the flashback.
Henry takes a much bigger jump in logic than Jianliang does. In the original, Jianliang wonders how Gorimon seems to be leaving the game and entering the internet of its own volition. In the dub, Henry can’t shut off his computer and can’t close the game. He instantly jumps from ‘maybe my computer froze’ to ‘maybe Digimon have a world of their own beyond ours!’ Look, I know Henry’s right, but he had no reason to say such a thing. Who sees their computer bug out and be unable to shut it down through regular means, not including shutting off the power supply, and instantly believes it’s because the characters in the game have their own reality?
They add a split-screen transition after the shot within the computer and before we see Gorillamon again.
They add in Gorillamon yelling, throwing a beam at Terriermon, and Henry and Takato talking, Gorillamon using his beam attack, and Gorillamon slamming down a beam again towards Terriermon, but omit him slamming Guilmon into a beam and grabbing Terriermon by the ear to swing him in circles above his head.
Another pushed screen transition after Henry’s closeup.
They, again, remove Terriermon getting swung around by his ear.
In between shots of Terriermon being flung up and falling back down, they put in another shot from earlier of Gorillamon grabbing Guilmon.
They also remove the shot of Terriermon on the ground and splitscreen transition back to the flashback.
You could argue that it’s not necessary for the Tamers to say ‘card slash/digimodify’ and what the card they’re using is when in real Digimon battles besides for the sake of the audience, but it seems 100x more pointless seeing Lee/Henry do it on his computer in his room. Though, maybe that’s just a kid being excited about his game…..I know I’ve done that before when I was deep in my Digimon days. I actually made a Gen III Digivice out of cardboard and made a spot in the side to slash the cards so I could do that.
The Boost Chip card is changed to Power.
They add a flash when Terriermon headbutts Gorillamon.
Alvandale’s Arrow, the card, is changed to Targeting. So much creativity going on in this episode.
The card Stamina Seed is changed to simply Stamina.
Wait, a Stamina card made Terriermon evolve the first time?….How does that work?
Ya know, I can understand why Jianliang/Henry is reluctant to let Terriermon evolve. He’s kinda a psycho when he’s Gargomon – at least at this point. He’s laughing while shooting up Gorimon like he’s getting paid for it. And, like in Pokemon sometimes, what dictates what happens when a Digimon evolves? For the most part, unless an evolution is corrupted like with SkullGreymon, most Digimon are basically the same, personality-wise, when they evolve. Yet some change and others go nuts.
Upper left hand corner wipe transition after Gargomon goes crazy in the flashback.
They remove Gorimon kicking Terriermon in lieu of yet another recycled shot; this time of Terriermon flying through the air.
Between Guilmon setting Terriermon on the ground and Gorimon pointing his cannon at them is an inserted shot of Gorillamon running towards them.
After the commercial break, they replay the scene of Terriermon being caught by Guilmon and Gorillamon approaching, but this time they don’t add in the inserted shot and Gorillamon doesn’t say ‘Playtime’s over’.
Devil’s Chip is changed to Power….wait, again?
Fade transition for the flashback this time.
I never really thought about it before, but the manner in which the Tamers get their Digimon is another thing that this season has over the other seasons. In Adventure 01 and 02, the Digimon were just given to the Chosen Children because, well, they were chosen for such a thing. Yes, they developed close relationships with the Digimon over time, but in Tamers, they were given the Digimon because they already shared a strong bond.
With Takato, Guilmon was literally created as Takato’s dream Digimon. With Jianliang and Terriermon, he was a game character that Jianliang felt especially connected towards and one he felt guilty over for hurting him and turning him into a crazed fighting machine. He desperately wanted to protect Terriermon for real so he was given to him. With Renamon and Ruki, they both shared a strong desire to become the best and strongest pair of Tamer and Digimon in the world. While their goals and points of view may have changed, their desires coincided with one another and they developed a true bond because of it. While I won’t downplay most of the eventual relationships between the other Chosen Children and their Digimon, the ones in Tamers just feel deeper and stronger.
Takato: “You and Terriermon are a great combination!”
Henry: “Yeah, I guess we are. Thanks Takato.”
Terriermon: “What are you thanking him for? He didn’t do anything.”
He’s thanking him for the compliment, Terriermon….not that hard to understand.
Davis: “Did Gorillamon’s data really go to the other side? Do bananas really taste good with peanut butter? Find out on the next Digimon; Digital Monsters!” You find out the answer to neither of those questions next time, Davis, but of course it did and of course they do.
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Overall, this episode was really good. We’re given a legitimate and realistic reason behind Jianliang’s apprehension to letting Terriermon evolve, though I still don’t get why he goes insane when he evolves. We also get the backstory behind Jianliang and Terriermon’s first meeting. The resolution wasn’t predictable in Jianliang realizing that evolution was necessary to take down tough opponents as, in the end, he didn’t make Terriermon evolve in order to beat Gorimon. He used his wit and ingenuity to take Gorimon down, even though a legit attack was needed to finish him off. Jianliang didn’t concede on his stance, but he also didn’t decide to sit back and do nothing while Guilmon and Terriermon were attacked, as that kinda defeats the purpose of partially doing this for the sake of protecting Terriermon. He’ll eventually get into the real battle scene, but it’s a work in progress for Jianliang.
Next time……Culumon centric episode…..hooray.
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