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Episode Name Origins
Most of the dub episode names are jokes, puns and plays on sayings and clichés, so this page is my effort to compile their origins. If you know some that I didn't include, please tell me by emailing [ja at ryux dot net] or PMing me on the forums. Thanks to rikacreator for a heap of contributions to this page, and to Matt_Ishida for his bunch, and Silverdash. And to my brother for his rather dubious ideas....
Digimon Adventure (Season 1)
- 01 And So It Begins
- 02 Birth of Greymon
- 03 Garurumon
- 04 Biyomon Gets Firepower
- 05 Kabuterimon's Electro Shocker - simply from the attack name
- 06 Togemon in Toytown
- 07 Ikkakumon's Harpoon Torpedo - again, simply from the attack name
- 08 Evil Shows His Face
- 09 Subzero-Ice Punch
- 10 A Clue from the DigiPast - "a clue from the distant past"
- 11 Dancing Digimon
- 12 DigiBaby Boom - the "baby boom" of the post-war years
- 13 Legend of the Digidestined
- 14 Departure for a New Continent
- 15 Dark Network of Etemon
- 16 Arrival of SkullGreymon
- 17 Crest of Sincerity
- 18 Piximon Cometh - the iceman cometh
- 19 Prisoner of the Pyramid
- 20 Earthquake of MetalGreymon
- 21 Home Away From Home - a common saying
- 22 Forget About It!
- 23 WereGarurumon's Diner
- 24 No Questions, Please
- 25 Princess Karaoke - reference to Hayao Miyazaki's film Princess Mononoke
- 26 Sora's Crest of Love
- 27 Gateway to Home
- 28 It's All in the Cards
- 29 Return to Highton View Terrace
- 30 Almost Home Free - in hide-and-seek, "home free"
- 31 Eighth Digivice
- 32 Gatomon Comes Calling
- 33 Out on the Town
- 34 Eighth Child Revealed
- 35 Flower Power - a common description of the "hippy" movement
- 36 City Under Siege
- 37 Wizardmon's Gift
- 38 Prophecy
- 39 Battle for Earth
- 40 Enter the Dark Masters
- 41 Sea-Sick and Tired - "sick and tired"
- 42 Under Pressure - possibly the Queen song?
- 43 Playing Games
- 44 Trash Day
- 45 Ultimate Clash
- 46 Etemon's Comeback Tour
- 47 Ogremon's Honor
- 48 My Sister's Keeper - "am I my brother's keeper?" passed into common usage from the Bible (Genesis 4:9), where Cain responds in this way after killing his brother, when God asks him where his brother is
- 49 Crest of Light
- 50 Joe's Battle
- 51 Crest of Friendship
- 52 Piedmon's Last Jest
- 53 Now Apocalymon - Apocalypse Now
- 54 Fate of Two Worlds
Digimon 02 (Season 2)
- 01 Enter Flamedramon
- 02 The Digi-Team Complete
- 03 A New Digitude - "New Attitude" is a song by Patti LaBelle
- 04 Iron Vegiemon - Reference to the Japanese cooking show Iron Chef
- 05 Old Reliable
- 06 Family Picnic
- 07 Guardian Angel
- 08 Ken's Secret
- 09 The Emperor's New Home - possibly a reference to the fairytale The Emperor's New Clothes
- 10 The Captive Digimon
- 11 Storm of Friendship
- 12 The Good, the Bad, and the Digi - "the good, the bad and the ugly"
- 13 His Master's Voice - this is the full name of music chain/label HMV
- 14 Samurai of Sincerity
- 15 Big Trouble in Little Edo - Kurt Russell movie Big Trouble in Little China
- 16 20, 000 Digi-Leagues Under the Sea - Verne's novel 20 000 Leagues Under The Sea
- 17 Ghost of a Chance - cliché meaning a very small chance
- 18 Run Yolei Run - movie Run Lola Run
- 19 An Old Enemy Returns
- 20 Darkness Before Dawn - "the darkest hour is just before the dawn"
- 21 Crest of Kindness
- 22 Davis Cries Wolfman - reference to the story The Boy Who Cried Wolf
- 23 Genesis of Evil
- 24 If I Only Had a Tailhammer - Wizard of Oz song If I Only Had A Brain (Scarecrow)
- 25 Spirit Needle - merely an attack reference?
- 26 United We Stand - "united we stand, divided we fall"
- 27 Fusion Confusion
- 28 Insect Master's Trap
- 29 Arukenimon's Tangled Web
- 30 Ultimate Anti-Hero
- 31 Opposites Attract
- 32 If I Only Had a Heart - again, If I Only Had A Brain from The Wizard of Oz (they must have been getting fairly desperate, they used the same thing twice in nine episodes)
- 33 A Chance Encounter
- 34 Destiny in Doubt
- 35 Cody Takes a Stand
- 36 Stone Soup
- 37 Kyoto Dragon
- 38 A Very Digi Christmas
- 39 Dramon Power
- 40 Digimon World Tour: Part 1
- 41 Digimon World Tour: Part 2
- 42 Digimon World Tour: Part 3
- 43 Invasion of the Daemon Corps
- 44 Dark Sun, Dark Seed
- 45 The Dark Gate
- 46 Duel of the WarGreymon
- 47 BlackWarGreymon's Destiny
- 48 Oikawa's Shame
- 49 The Last Temptation of the Digidestined - The Last Temptation of Christ is a Martin Scorsese film
- 50 A Million Points of Light - "a thousand points of light" is a quote from a State of the Union speech by George Bush Sr.: "We have within our reach the promise of renewed America. We can find meaning and reward by serving some purpose higher than ourselves—a shining purpose, the illumination of a thousand points of light. It is expressed by all who know the irresistible force of a child's hand, of a friend who stands by you and stays there—a volunteer's generous gesture, an idea that is simply right."
Digimon Tamers (Season 3)
- 01 Guilmon Comes Alive
- 02 Digimon, Digimon Everywhere - "Water, water everywhere" is an oft-quoted line of Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner
- 03 To Fight or Not to Fight - "To be or not to be" is an oft-quoted line of Shakespeare's Hamlet
- 04 It Came from the Other Side
- 05 Dream a Little Dream - a well known song
- 06 O, Partner, Where Art Thou? - O Brother, Where Art Thou a movie
- 07 Now You See It, Now You Don't - a common saying - where was its origin?
- 08 A Question of Trust
- 09 Not As Seen On TV - "as seen on TV" is commonly seen in stores or catalogues
- 10 The Icemon Cometh - "the iceman cometh"
- 11 Much Ado About Musyamon - Much Ado About Nothing is the title of one of Shakespeare's plays
- 12 Divided They Stand - as in 02-26, a reference to the saying "united we stand, divided we fall"
- 13 Juggernaut
- 14 Grow Mon Grow
- 15 Snakes, Trains and Digimon - movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles
- 16 Back to Nature, Back to Battle
- 17 Duel with the Deva
- 18 Digital Beauty
- 19 Impmon's Last Stand - book Custard's Last Stand
- 20 Out of the Blue
- 21 Jeri's Quest
- 22 The Boar Wars - the Boer Wars were fought in South Africa between the British Empire and the local farmers, around the turn of the 20th century
- 23 A World Apart
- 24 The Journey Begins
- 25 Brave New Digital World
- 26 Kazu and Kenta's Excellent Adventure - a Keanu Reeves film is Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
- 27 Motorcycle Madness
- 28 Blame it on Ryo - movie starring Michael Caine, Blame it on Rio
- 29 Goliath
- 30 An Imperfect Storm - movie The Perfect Storm
- 31 Kazu's Upgrade
- 32 Shibumi Speaks
- 33 Rabbit Transit - rapid transit
- 34 Lionheart
- 35 Give a Little Bit - the name of a Supertramp song
- 36 The Battle Within
- 37 No Mon is an Island - "no man is an island" is an oft-quoted line from 17th-century author John Donne.
- 38 Azulongmon Explains All
- 39 Song of Sakuyamon
- 40 Janyu's Ark - a reference to Noah's Ark
- 41 Homeward Bound
- 42 Reunion
- 43 Beelzemon's Big Day
- 44 The Messenger
- 45 The D-Reaper's Disguise
- 46 When is a Mon Justimon? - "when is a man just a man?"
- 47 His Kingdom for a Horse - refers to a well-known story: "my kingdom for a horse"
- 48 Shadow of the Beast King
- 49 Reaper Feast
- 50 Jeri Fights Back
- 51 Such Sweet Sorrow - "Parting is such sweet sorrow", a quote from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
Digimon Frontier (Season 4)
- 01 All Aboard - something you'd hear at a train station
- 02 Lobomon: Warrior of Light
- 03 Kumamon Baby, Light My Fire - "come on baby, light my fire", a line from the Doors song Light My Fire
- 04 Kazemon Kicks It
- 05 Ladies and Gentlemen: The Beetlemon
- 06 A Molehill out of a Mountain - a switcharound of the cliché "to make a mountain out of a molehill", meaning to exaggerate; emerged mid-18th century
- 07 Island of Misfit Boys - possibly a reference to Lord of the Flies?
- 08 The Odd One Out
- 09 Welcome to my Nightmare
- 10 Can't Keep a Grumblemon Down - "can't keep a good man down"
- 11 A Hunka Hunka BurningGreymon - Elvis song A Hunka Hunka Burning Love
- 12 Fear and Loathing in Los Arboles - novel "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"
- 13 Better an Egg than an Eggshell
- 14 No Whamon - "no way"
- 15 Beastie Girl - possible reference to New York rappers the Beastie Boys?
- 16 The Swiss Family Digimon - The Swiss Family Robinson
- 17 Bizarre Bazaar - a play on similar-sounding words
- 18 Trailmon vs. Trailmon
- 19 You Want Fries With That? - fast-food outlet catchcry
- 20 From Dawn to Duskmon - Robert Rodriguez movie From Dusk to Dawn
- 21 Darkest Before Duskmon
- 22 Home Again, Takuya Returns
- 23 Sockit Takuya - "sock it to ya"
- 24 Alone but Never Alone - possibly a reference to Home Alone
- 25 The Dark Heart of Friendship
- 26 Zoe's Unbelievable Adventure
- 27 Stuck in Sakkakumon with You - song Stuck In The Middle With You by Stealer's Wheel
- 28 Darkness Before the Dawn - "the darkest hour is just before the dawn"
- 29 Phantasmagoric Sakkakumon
- 30 O, Brother, Who Art Thou? - - O Brother, Where Art Thou a movie
- 31 Workin' on the Train Gang - possibly a reference to the song Workin' on the Railroad, or to a "chain gang"
- 32 My Brother in Spirit
- 33 Ne'er the Twins Shall Meet - "ne'er the twain shall meet"
- 34 Operation: Free Ophanimon
- 35 Takuya and Koji's Evolution Revolution
- 36 Ice Ice Baby - song by Vanilla Ice
- 37 Cherubimania
- 38 It Can't Be! Lucemon Reappears
- 39 The Man in the Moon Is You
- 40 The Bully Pulpit
- 41 Jerks and the Beanstalk - fairytale Jack and the Beanstalk
- 42 Glean Eggs and Scram - Dr. Seuss book Green Eggs and Ham
- 43 Bad to the Bones - "bad to the bone" is a cliché meaning bad right through, no speck of good
- 44 Now You See It, Now You Don't - see 03-07
- 45 All Aboard the Tag Team Express
- 46 To Make The World Go Away - Make The World Go Away, a song by Elvis Presley
- 47 When Knights Fall... - "when night falls"
- 48 The Brothers Yin and Yang
- 49 Lucemon on the Loose - a play on the sounds of words?
- 50 End of the Line