Changes: The Eighth Digivice

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.

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Episode recap for *The Eighth Digivice*.

Synopsis

In his secret location, somewhere in Tokyo, Myotismon is angered to hear from DemiDevimon that the kids have already defeated two of his henchmen, Mammothmon and Gesomon.

Meanwhile, Tai is on his way home, when he begins to wonder if his little sister Kari might be the eighth child, because she also witnessed the events at Highton View Terrace four years ago, just like the other DigiDestined. Kari's parents arrive home and when she goes to greet them, the family cat Miko is curiously sniffing the Digivice under her bed. When Tai arrives home, he is very happy to see his parents, much to their surprise, and quite emotional, too.

Izzy returns home and lets Tentomon into his apartment through his bedroom window, so his mom doesn't see. Confident his parents will never understand their situation, Izzy goes to get a lock to keep his parents from entering his bedroom. He then has a flashback of overhearing his parents discussing whether or not it's time to reveal to him that he was adopted. Izzy takes his dinner to his room to share with Tentomon, while Tai does the same with Koromon.

Tai asks Kari if she has seen a Digivice. When she says no, Tai shows her his. It turns out that Miko has in fact taken the eighth Digivice, and is travelling with it in a lorry to another location. The Digivice starts reacting when the truck goes over a bridge. A silhouetted Digimon is seen with one of Myotismon's Crests, which is glowing. DemiDevimon is also nearby with one of the copied Crests, and it's glowing, too.

Later that night, Izzy is checking out some modifications Gennai made to his computer when he finds a map of Tokyo with an alert message from Gennai saying that an unidentified Digimon is lurking in Tokyo Bay and he's the only one of the Digidestined who's still awake. Alarmed, he wakes a sleeping Tentomon.

After Izzy calls the other Digidestined at home to confirm that they're all asleep, He and Tentomon quickly whip up a disguise for the latter and take a cab down to the bay and begin tracking down another one of Myotismon's henchmen. They find Raremon, the creature from the water. As a battle ensues, Izzy gets a signal from the eighth Digivice, and decides to follow it by himself. However, DemiDevimon is also following a signal from the Digivice, which Miko abandons, and finds Izzy. Kabuterimon, fresh from defeating Raremon in an intense battle, comes to the rescue just in time, while the eighth Digivice is carried away by a crow.

Izzy returns home to his quite worried parents and overhears them talking. They are concerned that he has changed since he returned home from camp, and are worried he is hiding something. Meanwhile, Tai gets a signal from the eighth Digivice, when it is really just the crow flying overhead with it.

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 (4) Kari Kamiya (5) Yuuko Kamiya (7) Susumu Kamiya (8) Kae Izumi (9) Mizuki's mother (10) Mizuki (11) Mizuki's brother (12) Koushiro "Izzy" Izumi (13) Masami Izumi (17) Sora Takenouchi (24) Yamato "Matt" Ishida (26)	Koromon (3) Yokomon (24) Tsunomon (26)	DemiDevimon (2) Tentomon (14) Chuumon (22)	Ikkakumon (15) Gesomon (15) Raremon (18) Frigimon (19) Numemon (21) Kabuterimon (28)	Myotismon (1) Monzaemon (20)	Miko (6) Gennai (23)

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	2	Tentomon

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 short in 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.
Raremon's appearance and attack on a dance club imitate Hedorah from the Godzilla film Godzilla vs. Hedorah. In the original version, Raremon also sounds a lot like Hedorah.

Miscellaneous trivia

Izzy announces the episode title in the Japanese episode.
Izzy's adoption is revealed this episode. It was previously hinted in the episode Kabuterimon's Electro Shocker, though not confirmed.

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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.'''
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 ==Synopsis==
+In his secret location, somewhere in [[Tokyo]], {{c|Myotismon|a}} is angered to hear from {{c|DemiDevimon|a}} that the kids have already defeated two of his henchmen, {{c|Mammothmon|a}} and {{c|Gesomon|a}}.
-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.
+Meanwhile, [[Taichi "Tai" Kamiya|Tai]] is on his way home, when he begins to wonder if his little sister [[Kari Kamiya|Kari]] might be the eighth child, because she also witnessed the events at [[Highton View Terrace]] four years ago, just like the other {{c|DigiDestined|a}}. Kari's parents arrive home and when she goes to greet them, the family cat [[Miko]] is curiously sniffing the {{c|Digivice|a}} under her bed. When Tai arrives home, he is very happy to see his parents, much to their surprise, and quite emotional, too.
+[[Koushiro "Izzy" Izumi|Izzy]] returns home and lets {{c|Tentomon|a}} into his apartment through his bedroom window, so his mom doesn't see. Confident his parents will never understand their situation, Izzy goes to get a lock to keep his parents from entering his bedroom. He then has a flashback of overhearing his parents discussing whether or not it's time to reveal to him that he was adopted. Izzy takes his dinner to his room to share with Tentomon, while Tai does the same with {{c|Koromon|a}}.
+Tai asks Kari if she has seen a Digivice. When she says no, Tai shows her his. It turns out that Miko has in fact taken the eighth Digivice, and is travelling with it in a lorry to another location. The Digivice starts reacting when the truck goes over a bridge. A silhouetted Digimon is seen with one of Myotismon's [[Crests]], which is glowing. DemiDevimon is also nearby with one of the copied Crests, and it's glowing, too.
+Later that night, Izzy is checking out some modifications [[Gennai]] made to his computer when he finds a map of Tokyo with an alert message from Gennai saying that an unidentified Digimon is lurking in Tokyo Bay and he's the only one of the Digidestined who's still awake. Alarmed, he wakes a sleeping {{c|Tentomon|a}}.
+After Izzy calls the other Digidestined at home to confirm that they're all asleep, He and Tentomon quickly whip up a disguise for the latter and take a cab down to the bay and begin tracking down another one of Myotismon's henchmen. They find {{c|Raremon|a}}, the creature from the water. As a battle ensues, Izzy gets a signal from the eighth Digivice, and decides to follow it by himself. However, {{c|DemiDevimon|a}} is also following a signal from the Digivice, which Miko abandons, and finds Izzy. {{c|Kabuterimon|a}}, fresh from defeating Raremon in an intense battle, comes to the rescue just in time, while the eighth Digivice is carried away by a crow.
+Izzy returns home to his quite worried parents and overhears them talking. They are concerned that he has changed since he returned home from camp, and are worried he is hiding something. Meanwhile, Tai gets a signal from the eighth Digivice, when it is really just the crow flying overhead with it.
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-*[[Taichi "Tai" Kamiya]] (3)
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+*[[Kari Kamiya]] (5)
+*[[Yuuko Kamiya]] (7)
-*[[List of characters in Digimon Adventure#Families|Susumu Kamiya]] (7) (''Tai & Kari's father'')
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+*[[Kae Izumi]] (9)
-*[[List of characters in Digimon Adventure#Families|Yoshie Izumi]] (9) (''Izzy's adoptive mother'')
-*[[Koushiro "Izzy" Izumi]] (10)
+*''Mizuki's mother'' (10)
+*''Mizuki'' (11)
-*[[List of characters in Digimon Adventure#Families|Masami Izumi]] (12) (''Izzy's adoptive father'')
+*''Mizuki's brother'' (12)
-*[[Sora Takenouchi]] (14)
-*[[Yamato "Matt" Ishida]] (16)
+*[[Koushiro "Izzy" Izumi]] (13)
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 ==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."''<br>'''Kari:''' ''"That's Grandma!"''
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+:—'''Kari'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s grandmother is obviously the fighting type.
-"Onward, Powdered Sugar!  Let's discontinue this big, naughty, battle toy once and for all!"
-:—'''Professor Princess''' to her Little Pony
+''"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==
+{{episodenotes
-{{Episodenotes
 |CONTINUITY ERRORS=
 |ANIMATION ERRORS=
 |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.
+*DemiDevimon's Demi Dart attack, which he tries to use in the original episode against Izzy, is cut short in the English dub.
 |DIGIMON REFERENCES=
 |REAL-WORLD REFERENCES=
-*We see Tai and Izzy arrive in their home district of [[wikipedia:Odaiba|Odaiba]], where most of the upcoming episodes will take place until Myotismon's defeat.
+*We see Tai and Izzy arrive in their home district of {{w|Odaiba}}, where most of the upcoming episodes will take place until Myotismon's defeat.
+*Raremon's appearance and attack on a dance club imitate {{w|Hedorah}} from the {{w|Godzilla}} film ''{{w|Godzilla vs. Hedorah}}''. In the original version, Raremon also sounds a lot like Hedorah.
 |MISCELLANEOUS TRIVIA=
 *Izzy announces the episode title in the Japanese episode.
+*Izzy's adoption is revealed this episode. It was previously hinted in the episode ''[[Kabuterimon's Electro Shocker]]'', though not confirmed.
-*This episode features the Kamiyas' cat, Miko, who hasn't been since the [[Digimon Adventure (Movie)|first]] Digimon movie.
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