Digimon: The Movie Was A Fever Dream

0:00 need to speak to them right away okay I'll tell them kids uh I can't take this all right what's going on everybody welcome back to the channel now I hope y'all are in the mood for a movie because we're about to revisit probably the wildest fever dream from my childhood the event you've been waiting for Digimon the movie with new digital Monsters you can only see in theat now if hearing that name reawaken something inside of you you're probably thinking oh yeah did you that was the one Pokémon ripoff right calm down guys guys it's okay they they didn't mean it all right they they don't know any better it goes without saying everyone knows Pokemon is like this wild cultural phenomenon whether it was for the games or the toys or the anime the trading cards the manga

0:46 the perfume that they released don't you want to smell like the very best like no one ever was now obviously there have been plenty of properties that have ripped off Pokémon to varying levels I would argue the most infamous one was Digimon you know they're the same thing cuz they both have man in the name that's usually as far as it gets for most people I think a lot of it is just the base theme of like kids having an animal themed companion and then training them to fight but in my opinion I think that's where the comparisons end at least for the shows these were like two completely different things like for me personally as a kid and an adult I liked the Digimon show way more sue me I think the show had a way more compelling plot that involved the kids having to save both the human world and the digital world I also think the way that Digimon trayed the relationships between the kids and their Digimon was a lot

1:32 cooler and if you're not here for any of that the evolutions in Digimon are way cooler like in Pokémon your rabbit just turns into a bigger rabbit and there's nothing else to it but in Digimon your rabbit will turn into a bigger rabbit with pants and a gun oh your little dog turned into a big dog that's cool my little dog turned into a cat then that cat turns into an angel just a human woman dressed like an angel who I'm going to be totally normal about when she appears in the movie movie sir sir grab me that specimen but sir we don't even know what it is GRA me that and while I definitely had my Pokemon phases throughout my life I was also a really big fan of Digimon as a kid you can imagine the sheer joy that little Zach felt when he got the Digimon movie

2:18 on VHS for the first time I remember it amongst all of my like Power Rangers and Star Wars and uh like Tom and Jerry VHS tapes I had I don't even really have a joke for that I just want you to know what kind of kid I was now over the years it went by largely unremembered in my brain just like swimming across all the useless knowledge I have like the fact that an almond is technically a member of the Peach family why do I know that why did I tell you that I really don't know anyways the Digimon movie came back on my radar because of this clip that was going around on Twitter real natural in the kitchen just like me so do I have enough of this stuff beats me it's the first time I've used flour to make a cake I made beef jerky shakes I'm glad someone appreciates my recipes and I don't know what what it is but I had to watch the movie right then and there it took a while but I tracked it

3:04 down in a way that was perfectly legal after watching it let me tell you it is so much fun but it is such a mess it's like an outof body experience that occasionally like slams you back into reality for starters before we even get into the movie itself it starts with an episode of Angela Anaconda where they go see the Digimon movie [Music] H we are about to have the best view of the best movie in the best seat ever now I'm like 98% sure this was just to Pat out the runtime for reasons we're going to get to in a second but it's like they just pulled a random kid show at the time out of a hat and that's the one they commissioned to do this now I was like three when this movie came out so I can't speak on Angela anaconda's popularity at the time but I can't

3:49 imagine a kid going to see the Digimon movie and seeing this before it and being happy about it what Angela Anaconda oh my gosh dude no way I how did they make it better you know what I mean like it's crazy I don't even think anybody said the name Angela Anaconda out loud since like probably 2005 or so I'm saying it so many times to like help them out Angela Anaconda B evolves to angelon fck now that that was definitely a tough watch you know I really hope this didn't cause a divorce or anything I think it's very telling that we're getting a remaster of the movie soon and they clarified very specifically that

4:36 this would not be a part of it there's probably like a copyright issue with it that they can't do it but I'd like to think it's just because it was terrible oh yeah and then there's also the theme song for the movie which is the digi rap I don't think I can play it because of copyright but I think the song was like my Sleeper Agent Awakening now getting into the movie itself it's split into three parts that seem to really not have a lot to do with each other basically being very Loosely tied together with the English dub which probably doesn't sound like the best idea when you're trying to make a movie and you're probably wondering why they'd make a movie that isn't really connected in any way well the first thing I got to tell you is I really like the way you did your hair today it looks really nice why am I trying to rise somebody up in a digimon video not probably not the way

5:22 to do it but there is an actual reason for that now word on the street is the Digimon people wanted their own movie after the Pokémon movie came out and like destroyed the US box office like $85 million destroyed it like the highest grossing anime film of all time until the Demon Slayer movie came out a couple years ago and yeah now when you hear somebody say they want to make a movie to compete with Pokemon they sound out of their minds being the time it was I don't think it's that crazy that they saw what the Pokemon movie did and said oh dude yeah easy like this that's no problem we can do that but there was one big reason why they couldn't Digimon didn't actually have a movie see Pokemon lucked out by already having an entire feature film there that they could just adapt and throw into the US theaters which I don't really think they did a good job adapting but you know they at least were able to that's for a whole

6:09 other video Digimon on the other hand only had three short films that took place in completely different timelines serving completely different purposes for the series and apparently the writers even only wanted to do like the first two and leave out the third saying it would be a difficult piece to fit into the puzzle and that even if it could be done they don't think it should be done so they debated what the ups at sabon who were famously so lovely to work with and they found out that they were contractually obligated to make all three into a single featurelength film and let's just say they did not do Pokemon numbers at the box office and let's also say that this movie led to disputes with sabon and the Screen Actors Guild but I'll get into that a little bit later now the first part is a prequel short film about Ty and Ki having their very first encounter with Digimon it's very straightforward and I

6:55 don't think even needs much of an explanation but now as the introduction for a featurelength movie it starts with this narration from Ki which gives you this wild info dump out of nowhere within seconds you learn about the digital world Digimon the digi destined Digi egg and then she tells you about this kid named Willis who you're going to hear a lot about even though you're not going to see him until like the end of the movie see Willis is a very important part in like the third part of the movie but he never existed in the first two so they like rewrite the dub to find ways to include him and that's Willis in America this kid I met on the internet emailed me his name is Willis and he lives in Colorado which I guess is still better than him just showing up randomly and them trying to like act like he was there the whole time who am I it's me Willis we're all friends we all go on these crazy adventures

7:42 together none of this is being made up by the American Writers at all now I will say one thing that kept me thoroughly entertained were the jokes that I think the dub added did you see that no I was sleeping but you're driving why are you looking at that bus please don't blow it up I know my mom says they're always late but they can't help it another unintentional piece of comedy in this movie is the soundtrack stop kissing my yeah I completely forgot that happened I couldn't stop laughing when I heard it and if you think the soundtrack is wild now just you wait but other than that it's just kind of whatever there's only one Digimon battle in this but it's very reminiscent of like the Kaiju Godzilla style fights it's not even that it's really all that bad it's just not something I would choose to watch if I

8:28 had a choice but this movie did not give me a choice and I have to live with that every single day all right well now that that's out of the way let's get on to the good part well it's about the egg huh the egg is already hatched oh oh not that egg H now this part was adapted from the short film our war game and it is easily my favorite part of the entire movie I know before I was saying the English dub was funny but here it's a [ __ ] Masterpiece if this thing is so dangerous maybe we should call someone important like the principal or Bill Gates or someone don't listen Okay that's one box of chocolate your total comes to 1,100 huh yeah that's what it says that must be really good chocolate paper plastic you might even say that Nicholas

9:14 Cage wants to steal it because I think it's a national treasure now one part of the movie I remember hating as a kid was Tai's mom but like rewatching it now it was such a pleasant surprise phones have gone dead worldwide if your telephone is dead please call your phone company well at least my sister can't call me three times a day like back then I was so annoyed by her but now I'm like a little bit in love with her I think you can hate me all you want I'm just speaking my truth you know Ty your your dad doesn't really seem to be around a lot is there is there a reason for that is she doing okay all I'm saying is I know how to cook pretty well if you and your mom ever need it and the soundtrack gets so much better here can't believe she's not going to read my letter you try and tell a girl you're sorry in your computer shut [Music] your forget what I said this is the best movie ever so the plot for this one is

10:01 that a digimon hatches on the internet and then gets infected by a virus and they have to stop him because he's like messing up the phone lines he's eating internet data he's the USA just launched two nuclear missiles that was a big that was a big step hey a missile is heading for us right now we need to take cover look I'll go in a second my phone's not working I'm trying to get logged back into my quibby now this one's more action-packed than the last one was and I loved every second of it there were moments that like genuinely had me hyped up like once war gmon and metal guron get out there I was on the edge of my seat even the battle and like the finale of this part is so cool I don't want to spoil it for you I just want you to like go see it for yourself sometime it also

10:48 has that like really innocent early 2000s depiction of the internet like when the internet actually seemed fun and not like a desolate landscape where all of our dreams have gone to die subscribe to the channel by the way now if this was an act an acurate what the oh my God can you tell I've not slept in like 2 days now if this was an accurate depiction of the internet there' be so many popup ads before they could even get to the internet itself then when they finally get through it just like redirects them to a shitty porn site and then somewhere in there there's like a brand deal or something no I don't have one that's where I would have put a brand deal you know if if I had one but i' don't have one yet be pretty cool if I do sometime but I also love this part of

11:33 the movie where Ty is trying to get the team back together to fight diaab Boron but nobody's answering for different reasons but K's excus is that she's at a birthday party you don't understand a magician's coming over later and I already volunteered to be sought in half your home is about to be hit by a missile this should be instilled in you this happened to you as like a baby like Matt and TK were in the middle of nowhere and they found a computer to use to join the fight for shame Ki also I don't know why but every time I say car I really want to say Kyrie should I make a Kingdom Hearts video one day it would be like 12 hours long but you know so all in all part two was a lot of fun I think next time I watch this I'm just going to pretend this was like a 20-minute OVA with nothing before or after it just so I can enjoy it to its fullest potential you know even trying to tie it together to the larger narrative wasn't enough to like make me hate it so thank you so much for not

12:20 [ __ ] this one up I really appreciate it now that we watch the good one it's time to pay Oscar the Grouch a visit cuz we're going to the garbage and I quote I hated this movie hated hated hated hated hated this movie hated it hated every simpering stupid vacant audience insulting moment of it unquote so now we've gotten to the part of the movie that the writers did not want to include in this but were contractually obligated to and again said that even if it could be done they didn't think it should be done and after watching this I have to admit they were absolutely right so this is where we finally meet Willis and his Digimon terriermon who I love so much I would give my life for him he is such a precious Soul he's honestly too good for this movie I think that's why Digimon Tamers used him again his agent just got a way better contract this time around

13:06 and he got a shot at Redemption so the plot for this one is that Willis's other Digimon cookon gets infected by the same virus that infected diaboromon because in this story they made it to where Willis actually created the virus that created diaboromon yeah I don't how a 5-year-old did I I don't know just Just Go With It okay this movie also takes place in the present day so now we're following the protagonist from season 2 which feels really weird for a movie to shift the focus like that now Tai is one of the main protagonists of the movie and gets like a lot of emotional focus and then when you get to this part they're just like oh sorry he's out he's a you know old decrepit 13-year-old boy what hers finding out is that originally the like OG Digi Destin had a way bigger part in the story and the original plot for this they like all disappeared and were being abducted by cocomon which I

13:53 think would have been really cool to include and like at least keep them in the movie somehow you could have said that it was like revenge for what happened with diaab Borman that they went after them I don't know just something to like not have to make the zombified movie even more chopped up at least Ki and TK from the last one are here but they really don't have a lot to do with the plot overall they get stranded on a train and you just don't hear from them for a while which is weird considering both of their Digimon become angels and can literally fly and it's also weird that they have Ki be the narrator for this movie just because she's the only character in all three parts which is really weird because he's only like a main character for the first one and then you don't even see her for much of the other two I also want to mention that this new Trio gets to America by Yoli having a weird amount of uncles in the US Yoli your uncles all lowy piling uhoh wow in America they

14:39 have Digimon by the truckload Cody that is the only Digimon you have seen in America so far like I'm sorry I'm being mean to a fictional child but like come on oh and after a fight with cookon Davis and Willis are stranded and they get back to Willis's house thanks to a digimon couldn't you have done that before hey Digimon hey Digimon Yoli even has like a bird Digimon I know you can't fly a digimon across the world but you still could have used one less Uncle to help out here I also find it weird that Willis is refusing to tell them why cookon is attacking them and tells them to leave even though he invited them to his house you guys have to go you're in danger but you want to come inside my mom just got me an Xbox now there were a couple funny parts in the dub like patamon hating Colorado for some reason we're going back Colorado why there you know I thought patamon being a rat was a design choice but I think he's a [ __ ]

15:25 NC don't you snitch [ __ ] and there's this part where Davis learns about Willis's backstory that's the saddest story I ever heard I'm the one with the problem not you get over it okay the final battle is kind of cool where they all have to fight cocon even Ki and TK come back for that part and Ki brings Andel on damn what is that bro we find out the reason that anamon and anaman are here get ready for this we find out that they have to dig evolve to their mega forms because they're the keepers of the golden Digi eggs so that way vmon and terriermon can golden armor dig evolve and have the power to defeat

16:15 cocoon oh and if you remember when I said that the soundtrack for this movie had a surprise it's at the end of this one only Sometimes They Come Back singing a different [Music] tune hey now oh yeah say what you will about the Digimon movie but it had Allstar first and I'm always going to stand by that I do want to mention how crazy it is that they used this footage for that scene like in the original version of this this was a really awful moment it's basically Kon having this like psychotic break and that dancing is just them flipping out because in the original movie will spent the the whole time convinced that he could save ckon and not have to kill

17:01 him but this part is Will as having to like sadly accept that cemon is just gone and they just have to get rid of him it's like such an emotional scene and we just used it for the Shrek song now the action in this one is okay but I don't think it's as like fun or dynamic as the last one was which I don't think it really would have needed to be if you had included the other 30 minutes of plot that you cut out like you cut out a lot of cool stuff that could have added to the depth and you know made the action not seem is necessary and also kept the same characters involved in the entire movie instead of like throwing them in the garbage along with Oscar the Grouch but you know what do I know other than almonds are a member of the Peach family it also does that classic thing that kid shows would do with like a guest character I'm going to miss you guys I think we'll see each other again I sure

17:47 hope so and then you're never going to see this kid ever again in anything we see another terriermon and Digimon Tamers which is fine by me teron don't touch him I know teron what did I just tell you I didn't actually touch him you know I'm starting to realize now that might be why Tamers is like my favorite season of Digimon and it's just actually good I might watch Tamer soon this video is not going to get made probably I think it goes without saying part three is nowhere near as fun as the first two together were you know putting the first two together I think you could have actually made a really cool story and then like having to shoehorn this whole thing into it kind of ruined the whole vibe dude you just [ __ ] Ted Bundi the vibe dude yeah what the [ __ ] dude what is your problem you're Bundy ofes right I don't really blame the writers as much for this

18:33 considering saon forced them to do it which I found out led to one of the rider Jeff Nemo's eventual departure from the company altogether and then also led to sabon clashing with the screen actor's guild the argument was that sabon wasn't paying them a lot and also wasn't going to give them residuals because it was a dubbed work but sag argued that since it deviated so much from the original plots of all the movies put together that it was technically an original work I don't know how that turned out but considering saon lost Power Rangers twice I'm guessing not well so all in all while it didn't reach Pokémon levels of success and it definitely wasn't like the greatest thing I've ever watched I still had so much fun watching it maybe it's the Nostalgia talking but I had a lot of fun with the good parts and was laughing hysterically at all the bad parts it's just got that perfect amount of 2000s Nostalgia with the soundtrack and the

19:18 dialogue that you can look back and laugh at yeah even when it's not great it's impossible to have a bad time when you watch it if you never got to experience this movie for yourself I highly recommend it whether you're a newcomer to Digimon or you've been a fan for a long time and haven't seen it or maybe you don't know anything about Digimon it just wasn't something to laugh at maybe dust off the old VHS tape you maybe dig through the stack of CDs you still have at your parents house I did mention earlier this movie is getting a re-release from discotech media they're remastering the original movie and they're redubbing the three original movies as their own separate thing on top of that they're going to be fully unedited with their original plot lines intact which I'm really looking forward to and I'm honestly wanting to get as soon as they announce the release date which they haven't as of this video I'll keep an eye out I guess so I give Digimon the movie six of Tai's mom's beef jerky shakes out of 10 or three of

20:05 her spinach cookies out of five oh thank you all so much for watching the video today I had a lot of ideas for videos swirling around on my head while I was recovering from being sick but I really wanted to make one that I'd actually have fun doing and not be miserable the entire time I just hope youall had fun watching it the way that I had fun making it so make sure you leave a like on this video and comment down below if you enjoyed it also make sure you subscribe to the channel and ring the bell so you never miss an upload from me sub driving also fulfills my dream of getting the terriermon plush because I want it so bad and maybe an angelon figurine but that's that's further down the line you know don't ask any more questions anyways thank you all again for watching stay safe out there and I'll see you next time peace out everyone overnight spending time with somebody I don't know I want to stay for a while I want to move your way all the

20:51 roof my C all of these snakes in the wild I'm about to lose my brain so me cool going say me the Dig dudes will dig rule with