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We're back to dive further into Tamers! In these episodes, we start to learn about Calumon and Rika, meet Impmon, round out champion digivolutions, and spend an episode trying to de-digivolve. We discuss the Calumon-Impmon dichotomy, digivolution mechanics, learning culture, and several gender issues.

Spoilers

Things Mentioned

Imagery Mentioned

Rika pineapple Rika pineapple 0:14:20
Shy Calumon Shy Calumon 0:50:38
Police conversation Police conversation 0:55:49
Park couples Park couples 0:56:01
Calumon dressed up Calumon dressed up 1:22:11
Rika kick Rika kick 1:25:58
Growlmon balcony Growlmon balcony 1:38:48
Poop bread Poop bread 2:15:06
Chocolate cornet Chocolate cornet 2:15:10

Characters Mentioned

Rinkmon Rinkmon 0:01:05
Guilmon Guilmon 0:03:43
Growlmon Growlmon 0:03:43
Renamon Renamon 0:04:13
Impmon Impmon 0:11:35
Rika Rika 0:12:21
Henry Henry 0:15:38
Terriermon Terriermon 0:16:15
Ms. Asaji Ms. Asaji 0:18:50
Calumon Calumon 0:22:49
DemiDevimon DemiDevimon 0:28:56
Ikuto Ikuto 0:30:27
Devidramon Devidramon 0:41:58
Takato Takato 0:49:27
Kyubimon Kyubimon 0:58:51
Jeri Jeri 1:13:41
Takato's Mom Takato's Mom 1:13:55
Takato's Dad Takato's Dad 1:13:55
Suzie Suzie 1:22:09
Gargomon Gargomon 1:27:47
Yamaki Yamaki 1:33:11
Riley Riley 1:40:14
Tally Tally 1:40:14
Yolei Yolei 1:40:32
Rika's Grandmom Rika's Grandmom 1:59:04

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Special Thanks

Our Calumon artwork is by the awesome Mary Cagle. If you want to check out more of her work—which, come on, you really should—she creates the webcomics Let’s Speak English, Kiwi Blitz, and Sleepless Domain. She’s also cubewatermelon on Tumblr and Twitter, where she posts lots of other cool drawings and fanart pieces.

The podcast is made possible with support from our awesome Patremon. If you want to support the show and get some cool rewards (like stickers, buttons, and early episodes), check out our Patreon campaign.

Our intro, outro, and transition music is the opening music of the Japanese version of Tamers, “The Biggest Dreamer” by Wada Kouji, which you can purchase and download from iTunes Japan or Amazon.co.jp.

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• Ep. 6: O Partner, Where Art Thou?
• Ep. 7: Now You See It, Now You Don't
• Ep. 8: A Question of Trust
• Ep. 9: Not As Seen on TV

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