The Eighth Digivice

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"The Eighth Digivice" レアモン! 東京湾襲撃 (Raremon! Tōkyōwan Shūgeki) "Raremon! Surprise Attack on Tokyo Bay"
Production company	(Ja:) Fuji Television (En:) Saban Entertainment
Airdate	(Ja:) October 10, 1999 (En:) December 18, 1999
Written by	(Ja:) Hiro Masaki (En:) Rebecca Forstadt, John Ludin
Directed by	(Ja:) Hiroki Shibata
Chief Anim. Director	Yoshitaka Yajima
Art	Yukiko Iijima
Animation studio	Toei Animation
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When one of Myotismon's henchmen is spotted late at night, Izzy is the only one left awake to stop him causing trouble, and ends up tracking a signal from the eighth Digivice.

thumb|250px|left|Episode recap for The Eighth Digivice.

Synopsis

In his secret location, somewhere in Tokyo, Myotismon is angered to hear that the kids have already defeated two of his henchmen. Meanwhile, Tai is on his way home, and wonders if Kari might be the eighth child. When he arrives home, he shows her his digivice, and is dissapointed to hear that she doesn't have one. But it turns out that the pet cat, Miko, has in fact taken the eighth digivice, and ends up travelling with it in a lorry to another location. Thanks to a message from Gennai on his laptop, Izzy and Tentomon are tracking down another one of Myotismon's henchmen, and find Raremon. As a battle ensues, Izzy gets a signal from the eighth digivice (which Miko has abandoned), and decides to follow it by himself. However, DemiDevimon is also following a signal from his copy of the eighth crest, and finds Izzy. Kabuterimon, fresh from defeating Raremon, comes to the rescue, while the eighth digivice is carried away by a crow.

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.)

Humans	In-Training	Rookie	Champion	Ultimate	Other
Taichi "Tai" Kamiya (3) Hikari "Kari" Kamiya (6) Susumu Kamiya (7) (Tai & Kari's father) Yuuko Kamiya (8) (Tai & Kari's mother) Yoshie Izumi (9) (Izzy's adoptive mother) Koushiro "Izzy" Izumi (10) Masami Izumi (12) (Izzy's adoptive father) Sora Takenouchi (14) Yamato "Matt" Ishida (16)	Koromon (3) Yokomon (14) Tsunomon (16)	DemiDevimon (2) Tentomon (11)	Raremon (13) Kabuterimon (18)	Myotismon (1)	Miko (5) (The Kamiyas' cat)

Digimon Analyser

Raremon
		Champion Virus
		Undead Digimon
		Special Move Sludge
Tentomon: "Raremon smells like rotting fish, looks like the inside of a trash-can, and is someone you never want to meet in a very dark alley."

Digivolutions

(Number indicates order of occurrence.)

	Tentomon			1	Kabuterimon

Quotes

Susumu (Tai & Kari's father): "She has to stay in the hospital for a day, and she's hoppin' mad 'cause it cuts into her dancing lesson."
Kari: "That's Grandma!"

—Kari's grandmother is obviously the fighting type.

"Your mom is a really kind lady, and, if you don't mind me saying so, she's not bad looking for a human."

—Tentomon quickly takes a liking to Izzy's mom.

Other notes

Dubbing changes

• DemiDevimon's Demi Dart attack, which he tries to use in the original episode against Izzy, is cut out of the English dub.
  

Real-world references

• We see Tai and Izzy arrive in their home district of Odaiba, where most of the upcoming episodes will take place until Myotismon's defeat.
  

Miscellaneous trivia

• Izzy announces the episode title in the Japanese episode.
• This episode features the Kamiyas' cat, Miko, who hasn't been seen since the first Digimon movie.
• Izzy's adoption is revealed this episode. It was previously hinted in the episode Kabuterimon's Electro Shocker, though not confirmed.
• Tai suspects that his sister might be the eighth child, but he changes his mind when she doesn't recall having ever seen a digivice.