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"Home Away From Home"
コロモン東京大激突!
(Koromon Tōkyō Daigekitotsu!)
"Koromon, the Great Clash in Tokyo!"
Production
company
(Ja:) Fuji Television
(En:) Saban Entertainment
Airdate (Ja:) August 1, 1999
(En:) October 16, 1999
Written by (Ja:) Reiko Yoshida
(En:) Dayna Barron, J.M. Morris
Directed by (Ja:) Mamoru Hosoda
Chief Anim.
Director
Setsuko Nobuzane
Art Tetsuhiro Shimizu
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Toei Animation
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Tai cannot believe his luck when he and Koromon appear in real world, so he heads home to investigate, only to discover that he must somehow get back to the digital world.

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DA ep21 recap

Episode recap for Home Away From Home.

Synopsis[]

After defeating Etemon, Tai and the now de-digivolved Koromon find themselves back in the real world. Even so, Tai has trouble believing that he has finally returned. They arrive in a park Tai remembers from childhood, and he realizes he is in his hometown, noting the familiar landmarks. They ask a little girl if she is real or digital, but just end up making her cry. Koromon then begins attracting attention from people in the park, so they quickly leave.

Tai gets excited when he realizes that he will finally be heading home. They arrive at the front door of his apartment and hesitantly go inside. Tai expects to see his parents, but soon realizes they're out of town. He raids the fridge and notices the calendar on the door. Though it has been weeks in the Digital World, in the real world it's the same day Tai left for camp. He comes to the conclusion that the time rift took them back in time (when really it is because very little time has passed in the real world during his absence).

His younger sister Kari, who somehow instantly recognizes Koromon, appears from her room and claims she's seen him before. Tai is confused by this and thinks she might be sick. He then calls the other DigiDestined to see if they are home too, but finds they are still stuck in the Digiworld. Tai makes eggs for everyone and sees a news report about freak weather patterns around the globe. He thinks he's seeing Digimon on the screen, and Kari quickly assures him he is not the only one seeing them. Tai's Digivice begins acting up, and Izzy's face appears on a nearby computer screen. Izzy warns Tai not to come back to the Digital World, saying he is better off where he is. Before Tai can get things straight, Izzy disappears, leaving Tai without a clue about what to do.

Time passes, and Kari tells Koromon that he may never return home. Tai realizes that the Digiworld's problems are slipping through the dimensions and affecting the real world. He wants to help, but doesn't know how to return to the Digiworld. He is about to lose his temper when the ground shakes, and they see Tyrannomon outside, firing at a nearby building. Tai decides to follow these mysteriously appearing Digimon in hopes of finding the dimensional rift back to the Digiworld. He sees Drimogemon, who soon fades away, and then Ogremon who Koromon tries to fight. Kari chases after Tai and they both tell Koromon he has to Digivolve. However, Koromon is unable because Tai's Digivice isn't responding. Kari and Tai's determination eventually activates the Digivice, allowing Koromon to Digivolve. When he does, a rift opens in the sky. Agumon attacks Ogremon, knocking him into the rift. Agumon is sucked in next. Tai makes to follow, but Kari stops him, begging him not to leave her behind. She comes to realize that Tai has to go and holds his hand until the rift pulls him away. Little do they know, an eighth Digivice is sitting in their apartment, waiting for its owner.

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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.)

Humans In-Training Rookie Champion

Digimon Analyser[]

No Digimon are analysed in this episode.

Digivolutions[]

(Number indicates order of occurrence.)

Koromon 1 Agumon
Koromon b Arrow R Agumon b


Quotes[]

"Tai, can I make a little suggestion? Open the door!"

Koromon urges Tai to stop hesitating outside his apartment.

Koromon: "Maybe they went to DigiWorld!"
Tai: "That's not funny!"

Tai and Koromon find that the rest of the Kamiyas are not home.

"What did I just say? I'm confusing myself!"

Tai thinking too much about the relationship between the real world and the Digital World.

"Tai does bug me sometimes, but he is the coolest big brother in the world."

Kari on her relationship with her brother.

Other notes[]

Continuity errors

  • In the dub, Tai wrongly refers to the ferris wheel outside his home as a satellite dish.
  • In the English dub episode, Kari says that Tai never cooked and Tai agrees with her, stating that Matt had taught him how to cook, but in the first movie Digimon Adventure, Tai was shown cooking for his little sister while their mom was out of the house.

Animation errors

  • Liberties were taken with the location of local landmarks. Tai's apartment building appears to be based on a set of real buildings that exist just to the North of Odaiba-kaihinkōen Station, however the show moves them a few hundred metres to the south to allow the Fuji Television building to be visible from the North-facing entry balcony, and the big Ferris Wheel (near the TeamLab Borderless museum today) to be visible to the East from the apartment windows. In reality, this spot contains the DiverCity complex, where the Gundam Base is. There are no apartments actually here.
  • As Tai starts rising into the vortex, no voice acting plays, even though his mouth moves.

Dubbing changes

  • Tai never originally took the subway home as is implied in the English dub. He actually appears in the real world much closer to home.
  • In the English dub, the nameplate on Tai's apartment is changed from the original "Yagami" to his dub last name of "Kamiya".
  • When Tai yells at Koromon after entering the apartment, this is originally because Koromon points out how small it is, whilst in the English dub, it's because Koromon suggests that Tai's family went to the Digital World.
  • In the original Tai didn't want to go back to the Digital World, but Koromon did.
  • In the original Koromon didn't have a problem digivolving, while in the dub, Koromon said that he couldn't digivolve no matter how much food he ate.
  • In the original, instead of Tai talking about how much time didn't pass he thought about if the Digital World was real or a dream.
  • In the original, Kari told Koromon that she used to wet the bed when she was younger and that Tai decided to take the blame for it. In the dub, this story is changed to her falling into a pig pen during a field trip and Tai jumping in with her to make it look like she meant to do that.

Digimon references

  • Kari knows Koromon's name because of the events that unfolded in Highton View Terrace (i.e. Hikarigaoka) about four years ago, where she met Koromon for the first time. Though Kari recognises Koromon, she and the rest of the group have no memory of what happened back then, until they are reminded in the episode Return to Highton View Terrace, and in more detail in The Ultimate Clash. Actually, Kari is only shown meeting Koromon in the movie entitled Digimon Adventure.
  • Izzy's transmission is shown to be coming from Vademon's universe in the later episode, No Questions, Please.

Real-world references

  • In this episode, we see Tai in his home district of Odaiba, Tokyo.
  • The scenery in this episode is all real and found in Odaiba (bearing in mind that these places have probably changed over the years).
  • Tai and Koromon find themselves in Symbol Promenade Park, and views of the Telecom Center Building, Time24 Building, and the Teleport Bridge are all prominently featured. In real life, the bridge (behind the crying girl) is too far away from the other buildings for all to be seen from the same spot.
  • Tyranomon appears in the waters between Odaiba Beach and the Rainbow Bridge.
  • The vortex and the end of the episode appears between buildings 2 and 4 of the Searea Sanbangai apartments.
  • One of the food containers in the fridge reads "Kroft", imitating the food manufacturer Kraft.
  • The can that Tai and Koromon drink from reads "Caco-Cola", imitating the popular soft drink Coca-Cola.

Miscellaneous trivia

  • Tai announces the episode title in the Japanese episode.
  • The episode aired in Japan on the same date that it took place, August 1st.
  • The animation in this episode is the same style as that of the Digimon movies and differs from the series' regular style.
  • Kari makes her series debut in this episode.
  • Some of the markings on the calendar, with translation:
    • August 1st (Sunday)—キャンプ (camp)
    • August 5th and 12th (Thursday)—プール (swimming pool)
    • August 26th (Thursday)—登枝日 (Tree Climbing Day)
  • According to a clock in the apartment, Tai arrived back home soon after midday.
  • Tai tells Kari that he learned to cook the egg recipe from Matt. Although this wasn't shown in previous episodes, this is supported by Matt's claim in a later episode, WereGarurumon's Diner, that he's a good cook.
  • Major foreshadowing is done in this episode, as the eighth Digivice appears in Tai and Kari's apartment at the end of the episode accompanied by narration stating that Kari would soon find her own way into the Digital World.
  • While Tai was talking to Kari about the Digimon on the TV, the TV screen shows a picture of a real world baboon.
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