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| "Dark Sun, Dark Spore" 暗黒デジモンとの死闘
(Ankoku Digimon to no Shitō) "Fight to the Death with the Dark Digimon" | ||||||||
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(Ja:) Fuji Television (En:) Saban Entertainment | |||||||
| Airdate | (Ja:) February 11, 2001 (En:) April 28, 2001 | |||||||
| Written by | (Ja:) Hiro Masaki (En:) Rebecca Forstadt | |||||||
| Directed by | (Ja:) Noriyo Sasaki | |||||||
| Chief Anim. Director |
Yukio Ebisawa | |||||||
| Art | Tetsuhiro Shimizu | |||||||
| Animation studio |
Toei Animation | |||||||
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Ken comes face to face with his kidnapper, while Davis and the others are hot on the trail. Though, Daemon's servants aren't far behind, and the DigiDestined are soon caught up in a fight to the death.
 DA02 ep44 Recap (LQ) Episode recap for Dark Sun, Dark Spore. |
Synopsis[]
After Ken is taken away by Arukenimon, the others follow her truck to retrieve him. However, even with support from Joe's brother Jim, they're unable to pursue him due to a railroad crossing that has a series of trains rush through it in rapid succession, buying the bad guys more and more time to escape while frustrating Jim and the others as they are forced to wait until it's safe to cross the tracks.
Meanwhile, Yolei and Kari are battling LadyDevimon when she takes a teenage boy hostage as a human shield to prevent Silphymon from attacking her, causing a furious Yolei to strike her from behind with the guy's skateboard to free him and call her out for her cruelty. Unphased, LadyDevimon decides to kill Yolei, forcing Silphymon to execute the demonic Digimon just as she's about to skewer the girl. While Jim, Cody, and T.K. attempt to evacuate a hospital, Shakkoumon is also forced to execute MarineDevimon when he lashes out at the hospital and nearly strikes Cody. Both Yolei and Cody are horrified that their Digimon killed another digimon, but Kari and T.K. respectfully insist that they did the right thing to prevent any fatalities. Meanwhile, Ken learns more about his past, Oikawa, and the Dark Spores, while also learning that the "kidnapped" kids chose to follow Oikawa. Oikawa makes copies of Ken's spore and transfers it to the kids to increase their intelligence and athleticism. Oikawa's truck is still being pursued by Davis, but suddenly Daemon appears in front of the truck.
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Featured characters[]
(Numbers indicate order of appearance. Bolded characters are fought by the protagonist(s), and italicized characters feature non-explicitly, e.g. voice, silhouette, image.)
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Digimon Analyser[]
No Digimon are analysed in this episode.
Digivolutions[]
(Number indicates order of occurrence.)
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Quotes[]
Veemon: What is this, Grand Central Station?! Enough with the trains already!
Everyone else: Give us a break! Give us a break!
- —The team loses their patience at the railroad tracks.
Mummymon: Wait! I think I hear something. Can you hear it too?
Arukenimon: No. Is it Daemon!?
Mummymon: The stars are gossiping to each other.
Arukenimon: Huh?
Mummymon: They're saying they know a cute couple of Digimon that will make beautiful music together. Perhaps they're trying to tell us something. What do you think?
Arukenimon: Ugh! Did you say cute!? I hate cute!
Mummymon: I think it's a sign! C'mon, gimme a big smooch and let's celebrate!
Arukenimon: Cram it, Bandage Breath!
Mummymon: I'm the guy for you! You just don't know it yet! The stars said so!
Arukenimon: Let me give you some advice. Give up star gazing and don't be such a numbskull.
Mummymon: Okay, why don't you just tell me what it is you're looking for, and I'll be that. You don't like cute. You don't like stars. Would you like a puppy?
Arukenimon: Ugh! Why don't you become invisible?
Mummymon: Arukenimon!
- —Mummymon isn't going to make a cut as an astrologer.
Yolei: Stop that! What's the matter with you!? He is just an innocent kid! That's called fighting dirty! Coward!
Kari: Watch it, Yolei! Be careful!
LadyDevimon: You think I'm a coward? You humans are so pathetic... with your honor and your compassion. I'll show you honor... I'll win!!
- —LadyDevimon's twisted sense of honor
Yolei: Oh, no...
Silphymon: You have to understand, I didn't have a choice. You were in great danger.
Yolei: You vaporized her... She's...finished. I made a mistake.
- —Yolei traumatized by Silphymon, who was forced to kill LadyDevimon to save her life.
Other notes[]
Animation errors
- In the English dub, when Cody and T.K. arrive at the hospital with Joe's brother, T.K.'s mouth moves but no speech is heard (he is heard speaking in the original).
Dubbing changes
- In the Japanese version, Silphymon asks the teens to flee, using Gatomon's voice first and Aquilamon's polite voice later. The English and Latin American dubs have him speaking with both voices in unison.
Digimon references
- Davis informs Wormmon that Kari and Tai first encountered Digimon at Highton View Terrace, referencing the events of the film Digimon Adventure.
Miscellaneous trivia
- Yolei announces the episode title in the Japanese episode.