Home Away From Home

Tai cannot believe his luck when he and Koromon appear in real world, so he heads home to investigate, only to discover that he must somehow get back to the digital world.

thumb|225px|left|Episode recap for Home away from Home.

Synopsis
After defeating Etemon, Tai and and the now de-digivolved Koromon find themselves back in the normal world, but Tai can't quite believe it. Anyhow, he heads home to investigate, finding his younger sister Kari, who somehow instantly recognises Koromon, claiming she's seen him before. As Tai begins to settle back into his home world, he sees a news report about freak weather around the globe, and thinks he's seeing Digimon on the screen. Kari quickly assures him he is not just seeing things, and at that moment, Tai's digivice starts acting up. Izzy's face is then seen on a nearby computer screen, warning Tai not to come back to the digital world. Before Tai can get things straight, Izzy disappears, and Tai is left without a clue of what to do. Time passes, and just before Tai loses his temper, the ground shakes, and Tyrannomon is seen outside, firing at a nearby building. Tai decides to follow these mysteriously appearing Digimon, and during a fight if what seemed to be Ogremon, Koromon digivolves, causing a rift to open in the sky. Tai and Agumon are pulled into the rift back into digiworld, leaving Kari behind.

Digimon Analyser
No Digimon were analysed in this episode.

Continuity errors

 * While narrating, Tai says that the "day they landed in the digital world" was August 1, 1999. However, in the first episode, he says the events are happening, "in the middle of July" - probably an error in the English dubbing.
 * In the dub, Tai wrongly refers to the ferris wheel outside his home as a satellite dish.

Animation errors

 * There are many errors in how local landmarks are displayed about Tai's apartment building. For example, the ferris wheel is shown directly outside Tai's balcony window, though in reality, there are a number of large buildings blocking that view. It could be argued that the ferris wheel isn't even in that direction.

Dubbing changes

 * Tai never originally took the subway home as is implied in the English dub. He actually appears in the real world much closer to home.
 * When Tai yells at Koromon after entering the apartment, this is originally because Koromon points out how small it is, whilst in the English dub, it's because Koromon suggests that Tai's family went to the digital world.

Digimon references

 * Kari knows Koromon's name because of the events that unfolded in Highton View Terrace (i.e. Hikarigaoka) about four years ago, where she met a different Koromon. Though Kari recognises Koromon, she and the rest of the group have no memory of what happened back then, until they are reminded in the episode Return to Highton View Terrace, and in more detail in The Ultimate Clash. Actually, Kari is only shown meeting Koromon in the movie entitled Digimon Adventure.
 * Izzy's transmission is shown to be coming from Vademon's universe in the later episode, No Questions, Please.

Real-world references

 * In this episode, we see Tai in his home district of Odaiba, Tokyo.
 * The scenery in this episode is all real and found in Odaiba (bearing in mind that these places have probably changed over the years).
 * One of the food containers in the fridge reads "Kroft", imitating the food manufacturer Kraft.
 * The can that Tai and Koromon drink from reads "Caco-Cola", imitating the popular soft drink Coca-Cola.

Miscellaneous trivia

 * Tai announces the episode title in the Japanese episode.
 * The animation in this episode is the same style as that of the Digimon movies and differs from the series' regular style.
 * Kari makes her series debut in this episode.
 * Some of the markings on the calendar, with translation:
 * August 1st (Sunday) - キャンプ (camp)
 * August 5th and 12th (Thursday) - プール (swimming pool)
 * August 26th (Thursday) - 登枝日 (Tree Climbing Day)
 * According to a clock in the apartment, Tai arrived back home soon after midday.
 * Tai tells Kari that he learned to cook the egg recipe from Matt. Although this wasn't shown in previous episodes, this is supported by Matt's claim in a later episode, WereGarurumon's Diner, that he's a good cook.