Princess Karaoke

Season 1, Episode 25

summary written by Rachel

The episode starts with Tai and Joe pedaling in Matt's swan boat. Tai and Joe get angry at their digimon for not helping them pedal. They threaten to dump them overboard so that it would be easier to make the boat move. They land on the shore and a huge oriental style castle towers above them. Tai gets a signal from his digivice to confirm that Mimi is inside the castle. They climb a huge staircase to the front gate.
Inside, lots of Gekomon and Otamamon are running around. One Gekomon says that they're delivering the triple hot fudge sundae for the princess. The second one says that they were delivering the princess' bacon and chili cheesburger with a super-sized milkshake. Yet another mistook them for delivering a green salad to the princess. The first Otamamon mistakes the digidestined for delivering a polka-dot party dress. Then another Otamamon tells the first one that the princess now wants pink leather pants with matching boots and accessories.
Then the princess appears. It's Mimi, wearing a tiara on her head instead of her hat, a pink dress with pink ribbons on it, and she carries a fan. She thinks it's a surprise. Tai says that she's being spoiled and Mimi tells Tai and Joe to call her princess, not Mimi.
In the forest, DemiDevimon is communicating with Myotismon through a portal. Myotismon asks if the plan at the castle is working. DemiDevimon says that it couldn't be better because the Gekomon are spoiling her and she eating it up so her Crest of Sincerity would be useless.
In a fancy bedroom, Tai and Joe with their digimon meet Mimi again. They tell her to leave and she won't go. Mimi says she wouldn't leave because she's a princess here and it's like having a birthday every day. Palmon calls from outside and the boys beg her to talk some sense into Mimi until they see that she's wearing an exact replica of Mimi's dress. The boys are very dissapointed and they say they're not going to move until Mimi comes to her senses. She calls for the Gekomon and they take them and dump them outside to castle. Tai wonders aloud what she could have done to make the Gekomon wait on her hand and foot.
In answer, the Gekomon take them to a much smaller building. They show them ShogunGekomon, their master. They tell the boys that he's sleeping. They tell his story. He's been that way for 300 years. He entered into a singing contest and he lost. He felt so bad that he fell asleep. It is said that only a voice as beautiful as the one who beat him could wake him up. Then, a strange little diigmon told us where we could find a girl with a pretty voice (DemiDevimon). Then we see a flashback where Mimi sings a song.

I wanna sing a song
A song that'll wake you up
And when you hear my voice
You'll call me a sweet buttercup
Mmm.....

She forgets the words to the song and the Gekomon treat her to a huge dinner, thinking that maybe that would help her remember the words. Sometime later, Mimi gives another shot.

I wanna sing a song
A song that'll wake you up
And when you hear my voice
You'll call me mmm.....

She says that she needs a disco ball and some spotlights, hair, makeup, and costumes. The flashback ends and the Gekomon tell them that it was now one excuse after another. Then, Palmon walks in. The boys try to reason with her and they get through to her, just barely. Tai comes up with an idea. He'll sing and see if he can wake up Jumbo.

I'm gonna sing a song
A song that'll wake you up
I'm gonna belt it out
Shogunmon is gonna get up
Hey, wake up!

Joe takes a shot at it, but he doesn't do any better.

I'm attempting to sing a song
A song that'll awaken you and aid all the Gekomon who are loyal to your world view and the idea of you being in charge
I'm attemting to sing a song
A song that'll awaken you and aid all the Gekomon and...

Agumon gives it a shot, with Gomamon backing him up.

I croon this song to you
A tune from now until June
When you hear us singing
You'll call us singing foghorns
We just wanna wake you up
So don't close your ears
Or you can sleep for years...

Joe says it's no use.
The scene changes to Mimi's boudoir. Outside, the boys have a recording device, planning to tape Mimi's song and bring it to Shogunmon. Inside, Palmon is urging Mimi to sing into the karaoke set. The music starts up and just when she's about to sing, she notices the cord going outside and she see's Gomamon's tail and the tops of the boy's heads through the window. She screams into the microphone, making Tai drop the headphones he's wearing.
In the palace dungeons, Mimi is locking Tai, Joe, Agumon, Gomamon, and Palmon in a cell. Palmon calls Mimi a spoiled brat and Mimi leaves without a thought. We see the shadow of Sora through the window.
It's nightime and Mimi's in bed, tossing and turning with a nightmare. Devimon and Etemon are advancing toward Mimi and she calls the Gekomon and Otamamon to stop them. They refuse and Mimi tells them that she won't sing for them and they say big deal. Then she sees Tai and Joe and they back away. Only Palmon is left and she backs away.
Mimi wakes up just as they are about to pounce on her. She sees Sora by her bedside and Sora tells her that she knows what to do to make things right. Sora leaves and Mimi's Crest of Sincerity starts to glow.
In the prison cell, everybody is asleep. The Gekomon wake them up to take them to the smaller building where Shogunmon is. They see Mimi back in her regular clothes with her hat, purse and regular gloves. She asks for everyone's forgiveness and that if they could, she'd be honored to sing for them one more time. They forgive her, and she starts to sing.

I wanna sing a song
A song to bring Shogunmon around-uwound
When he hears my voice
I hope he likes the sound
He has to listen
Listen to my sincere heart
I learned that friends are friends even when they're apart
I asked my friends to forgive me from the bottom of my heart
If it's my choice his eyes will open wide
And the Gekomon will be cheering
Cheering with pride...

Mimi is stopped by ShogunGekomon getting up. The Digimon Analyzer introduces him as ShogunGekomon, but the Gekomon call him Shogunmon. He gets mad because somebody had woken him up from a nice long nap. Everyone runs away from him as he smashes the building. Some rocks fall towards Mimi and Palmon digivolves to Togemon and stops the rocks. She grabs the microphone, which is still on, and yell toward him that he ought to thank her because she sent him out of his nap.
Instead of thanking her, he attacks. Ikkakumon uses his Harpoon Torpedo and Greymon uses his Nova Blast. Shogunmon starts singing (very badly) and the two attacks self destruct. He jumps towards them and Greymon digivolves to MetalGreymon. His Giga Blaster goes through each of ShogunGekomon's horns and he blows up.
They start getting ready to go and Mimi asks if she could take some of her princess clothes with her and the boys start groaning. At Myotismon's castle, DemiDevimon is being punished by Myotismon. He is hanging above the fire from a chain and Myotismon is watching. We still don't see Myotismon's face, it's only a silhouette.