HAPPY SUNDAY, notification beauties! This one might be spicy huh, remember it's just MY opinion haha love you xo
@Raximus3000 Жыл бұрын
9:54 The attack that Magnamon used to beat Chimeramon was like that.
@Nebby-ie4rl Жыл бұрын
Happy Sunday
@TheTakato122 Жыл бұрын
Rana is also the Latin word for frog and is used in scientific names for frogs such as Rana nigromaculata the scientific name for the black-spotted frog which is were we get TonosamaGekomon from.
@etabiansosin Жыл бұрын
I would've gone with Bolgbeetlemon.
@etabiansosin Жыл бұрын
Holeyangemon: Priest Mode should be dubbed Priestangemon.
@Pridam Жыл бұрын
I absolutely love the irony that Omegamon/Omnimon was the first Royal Knight to debut, while Alphamon debuted MUCH later
@Karn_EX Жыл бұрын
Haha right?
@Pridam Жыл бұрын
@@Karn_EX I do think it's a good call to exempt Omegamon from the list because of COURSE he will be brought up haha
@samlewis6487 Жыл бұрын
And then there's the other greek letter digimon. Betamon. He is... not as cool as the other two, but I still love him
@xbot02 Жыл бұрын
@@samlewis6487 don't forget Deltamon and Gammamon. And I can totally see Betamon getting bullied, then coming back with Alpha and Omega, who just obliterate whoever did the bullying
@oompa1274 Жыл бұрын
@@xbot02 Deltamon was bullying Betamon and gammamon got the Omegamon to stop it then Deltamon got Alphamon to come after Omegamon
@Pridam Жыл бұрын
I like the English dub Mammothmon over Mammon, because Mammon is the demon who represents greed in the Seven Deadly Sins, and Mammothmon is well...a giant mammoth
@Karn_EX Жыл бұрын
Oh good shout!
@Pridam Жыл бұрын
@@Karn_EX Thank you! I just thought the original name never made sense because Mammothmon's original name is the EXACT spelling for Mammon
@obnoxiosefe2180 Жыл бұрын
I know that from helluva boss
@Dusxio Жыл бұрын
Yeah, honestly when I first saw the name Mammon I thought he'd have some connection to the Demon Lords, but then it was just a big mammoth. Not Inaccurate, but still disappointing XD
@vampireraze Жыл бұрын
Wait, so digimon just missed the opportunity to name their demon lord of greed his actual name to name a mammoth 🤣 that’s kinda funny. (Don’t get me wrong barbamon is a great name)
@monarchschwoop52 Жыл бұрын
As someone whose family speaks Spanish, hearing “gatomon” when I was little actually made me pretty happy. Ig it was nice to see cultural representation when I didn’t even know what that was yet
@Karn_EX Жыл бұрын
That's wonderful!
@LazyTallGuy Жыл бұрын
Funny I was gonna add a similar commet as I grew up with the Spanish dub as well ( will forever hate what they did with Tai's voice )
@TheTakato122 Жыл бұрын
To go with Gatomon is Lobomon.
@omnimon1996 Жыл бұрын
I always appreciated Gatomon since that helped me learn my first Spanish word! ^^
@blind0wl123 Жыл бұрын
Same dude, I saw digimon growing up and gatomon was my favorite because of that
@insanityworks4ussu4skrowyt34 Жыл бұрын
An added benefit for Raidramon over Lighdramon is the fact that Raidramon sounds similar to "ride" and Davis has used Raidramon as fast transport so it feel better in that regard as well.
@lianaverwood9810 Жыл бұрын
Anybody else think having the Name pronounced as *LIE-Dramon* would be _worse_ than *RAY-Dramon/RAI-Dramon* for _a Protagonist's_ Digimon?
@Pikatwig16 Жыл бұрын
I sort of prefer Beetlemon. Beetmon, to me, sounds like either a Digimon based on a beet or a music Digimon.
@Bolvar4dragon Жыл бұрын
I was gonna say Beetmon could've been written out as Beetomon which might've given it the sound of a foreign pronunciation of beetle, but apparently the name in Japanese is Blitzmon. Kana checks out. Burittsumon. That kinda works with the lightning connotation, but I agree Beetlemon isn't bad.
@conspiracypanda1200 Жыл бұрын
When I saw Beetmon for the first time my brain autocorrected to Beatmon and now I associate Beetlemon with drum solos and electric guitars.
@criticalpoizon Жыл бұрын
Maybe an unpopular opinion but: Beelzemon > Beelzebumon
@PissedGrunty Жыл бұрын
Beelzemon flows better for an English speaker. I wouldn't even count it for this list, but I suppose Armadillomon is here, so yeah, I agree.
@bradtobin839 Жыл бұрын
OR Beastmon instead of Bastemon, or Biyomon instead of Piyomon.
@conspiracypanda1200 Жыл бұрын
@@PissedGruntyechnically, Armamon would also fit as a short form of Armadillomon and still fit the concept.
@yumijandro7761 Жыл бұрын
I disagree, just cause of the inspiration of it and I think it sounds better
@AutumnWoodham Жыл бұрын
@@bradtobin839 A rare occasion where I actually prefer the japanese name because of the obvert connection to Bastet rather than just "Beast Monster" which could be applied to 95% of all digimon
@LuckyFox07 Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite dub names has always been EmperorGreymon. I like KaiserGreymon a lot too, but when I was a kid EmperorGreymon just sounded so cool and powerful.
@dajohnniesanders6997 Жыл бұрын
They are just the same word just in different language
@yumijandro7761 Жыл бұрын
Imo, it sounds so much more powerful and better in german
@dajohnniesanders6997 Жыл бұрын
@@yumijandro7761 I agree I like the German word for emperor much better
@stevensiegert Жыл бұрын
As a German I can live with both, but I'm used to KaiserGreymon.
@menorasendaiba6404 Жыл бұрын
in japanese pop culture, german is the language of gods even Hiroyuki Sawano agreed
@lykolada Жыл бұрын
Gatomon actually made it to the mexican dub. Fun fact: In spanish that also makes it a boy. A female cat would be "Gata".
@AgustinHaacker1026 Жыл бұрын
Gato and all "masculine" words in spanish double as neutral and become male on context.
@Bardic_KnowledgeАй бұрын
Additional Fun Fact: Gatomon's English voice was almost a man, but then the voice directors learned about Angewomon and rushed to change it.
@minicle426 Жыл бұрын
Interestingly. The name Metalkabuterimon can be found in Bolgmon's original concept artwork.
@Karn_EX Жыл бұрын
Oh hell yeah, that makes me feel better about the pick haha
@DigiWarriorCallum Жыл бұрын
Remember Gokuwmon and Gokumon? One looked like Sun Wokong, the other a gold robot grim reaper. They had to change the latter described one to Reapermon, a name i prefer since its less confusing.
@Karn_EX Жыл бұрын
That's a great one, good pick!
@minicle426 Жыл бұрын
Weirdly as a result I thought it was tied to the D-Reaper.🤔
@kamikaze5528 Жыл бұрын
That's because Gokumon came first and the name is a reference to hell (jigoku). Gokuwmon came later, referencing Son Wukong, so even its japanese name had to change Gokumon is ゴクモン Gokuwmon is ゴクウモン Notice the ウ character in the later, that's the W in the romanization. There is an argument for calling it Sonwukongmon or something like that, but, oh, well.
@helixsol7171 Жыл бұрын
@@kamikaze5528 Then why not refer to "Gokumon" as "Jigokumon" instead? That would've saved them so much confusion in the future.
@NovaSaber Жыл бұрын
Gokumon's English name was Reapermon before Gokuwmon existed, so avoiding confusion wasn't actually the reason for the change.
@TheWolle96 Жыл бұрын
Id like to say a dub name I prefer. Machinedramon. Sure the "Dramon" part is in there regardless of sub or dub but "Mugendramon" which translates to infinity doesn't really invoke machine imagery when I think of it. Infinity is more something symbolic or esoteric to me like space.
@Karn_EX Жыл бұрын
It's super weird cause I kinda agree! I really, really like Mugendramon and it makes a TON of sense/has a great sense of scale to it but I do actually like Machinedramon? It's less grandiose but I think sums him up well. As long as it's not pronounced Machine-draymon 😅
@LostStarCelestial Жыл бұрын
Mugendramon sounds like something chaosdramon couls have been called ngl
@empireyouth5791 Жыл бұрын
I won hundred percent agree with machinedramon sounding like a better name then mugendramon, and in terms of sounding I actually prefer it to mugendramon but working conceptually it gets complicated because both names have solid foundation mugendramon because his core has infinite power so adding infinity to his name makes sense to reflect that he’ll never run out of power But Machinedramon also invokes just whole mechanical machine like he is to the point of having other cyborg digimon parts making him up. Heck one can argue the name is meant to invoke how much of his humanity (or digimon equivalent) he has given up when compared to other cyborg like Digimon because compared to all of them he is the most “machine”
@Bezaliel13 Жыл бұрын
@@Karn_EX What if it was fully translated to "InfinityDramon?" No relation to NeoArchAngemon's Infinimon. semi-jk
@minicle426 Жыл бұрын
Noticably. It's also the first Mega Digimon.
@kyrosnag Жыл бұрын
not just the names of the digimon themselves but attack names a lot of the time i think have way better dub names, like “gate of destiny” over “heaven’s gate” or “needle spray” over “prickly bang bang” i personally think work way better
@Karn_EX Жыл бұрын
1000%, I have a separate two videos planned for attack names haha
@minicle426 Жыл бұрын
I like how Gate of Destiny's initials spell out 'GOD'.
@pattonramming1988 Жыл бұрын
You mean chika chika bang bang
@nellewoodruff6337 Жыл бұрын
@@minicle426 That's neat
@yumijandro7761 Жыл бұрын
Ultimate sacrifice is a weird change for an attack called dead or alive which pretty much is a 50/50 chance of dying
@masaru2509 Жыл бұрын
I imagine they started pushing Lighdramon as future proofing. If the TCG adds Appmon someday they'll spare themselves from another "BurningGreymon is NOT a Greymon" situation
@Karn_EX Жыл бұрын
Yeah that's my theory too
@nine_tails137 Жыл бұрын
The fact that Raidramon's name is derives from Rai(meaning Thunder) just sounds cooler that Lighdramon.
@ne0w01f3 Жыл бұрын
Iv always been a fan of the name raidramon. Besides invoke the thunder god/thunder dragon feel. the Raid part of the name the way Karn says it also invokes speed and quick damage..kinda makes me think of jets and sonic booms as well
@newelljoseph5060 Жыл бұрын
I always found it kinda interesting that in Frontiers, they changed some of the Digimon names from an English or non-Japanese sounding name to a Japanese name; Kazemon worked because it was the spirit of wind and wind in Japanese is Kaze, which to me sounds more like paying homage to the country of origin instead of just keeping it Fairimon
@Oturan20 Жыл бұрын
And Agunimon is basically the way the Japanese say Agnimon, and how you'd spell it in Romanji.
@cartorrin Жыл бұрын
Wendigomon, Deputymon, Myotismon, MagnaAngemon, and Raidramon!!! I verbally exclaimed “Thank you!” This entire video for me is the Leonardo DiCaprio pointing gif!
@mangamanzx Жыл бұрын
Honestly a better name than MagnaAngemon would be ArchAngemon because a step up from an angel is an archangel and a step up from an archangel would be a Seraph, which is the next evolution of the line Seraphimon Angemon -> Archangemon-> Seraphimon sounds like such a natural progression.
@shadowforce4 Жыл бұрын
100% agree with this list. Also the original dub is what introduced me to Digimon too.
@loleo123 Жыл бұрын
I'm a big fan of Kazemon personally! I like how aggressive it sounds. Also, I think a lot of "dubism" names are to make the names more marketable in the west. A lot of the Japanese names doesn't roll off the tongue very well. Like Armadimon, Vamdemon, even Omegamon to some extent. So it's basically easier for an english audience to remember the names, thus remembering the digimon, THUS gaining more sales from the toys. You see Pokemon doing this all the time. I mean the Pokemon Company even has a Western Marketing team to come up with international names, so it would be easier to market. Digimon doesn't.
@mdudegamer Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I prefer Kazemon because her name's associated with the wind, rather than the generic "fairy". Also hard agree on Myotismon rolling off the tongue better.
@loleo123 Жыл бұрын
@@mdudegamer True, but I think they chose Fairymon since Fairies are closely related to "Ancient Mythology", so Thematically, it does work. Just the name is more bland than unbuttered dry bread.
@stevensiegert Жыл бұрын
I grew up with the German dub and we used most of the Eng. dub names, had few of our own names and also used Jap. names that weren't used in the Eng. dub. As an example, for me it's Yatagaramon not Crowmon. Our "own" dub names are just minor changes to existing names. What comes to my mind are Biomon instead of Piyomon/Biyomon and Revolvermon instead of Revolmon/Deputymon.
@DMaster8686 Жыл бұрын
That's because pokemon names aren't in english in the original, so they get translated and add a bit of flavor to market it better in the west. Digimon names are already in english, there is zero reasons to change anything because the original were absolutely fine.
@KressioGames Жыл бұрын
Even here in Argentina (Speaking spanish country.) We have a few dubisms...One that comes to mind is "Beelzemon Modo Explosivo" which would be something like "Beelzemon Explosive Mode"
@carlosfedericogimenez5081 Жыл бұрын
and a few years later burst mode got translated to modo explosivo as well
@KressioGames Жыл бұрын
@@carlosfedericogimenez5081 also that
@heitor4832 Жыл бұрын
Same in Brazil. But Beelzemon is called Beelzebumon
@yumijandro7761 Жыл бұрын
It would be burst mode, same as the ones in Savers. Blast mode should be "modo rafaga" the change for burst mode was pretty common I think
@carlosfedericogimenez5081 Жыл бұрын
@@yumijandro7761 except that blast is more commonly translated as "estallido" wich is sinonymus with "explosion", where explosivo comes form, wich i guess is where the mix up came from. Also "rafaga" is more commonly translated from burst funnyly enough
@inkmaster5480 Жыл бұрын
Agree with all of these picks, especially Raidramon. Lighdramon sounds like Liedramon, like it's an evil liar instead of having lightning powers. I'm also a fan of Garbagemon and Roachmon over Gerbemon and Gokimon. "Gerbemon" just makes me think of Gerber baby food, while Garbagemon actually sounds like what it is. And while I understand that "Gokimon" comes from the Japanese word for cockroach, Roachmon just feels much more evocative to me.
@CrimsonMoonM Жыл бұрын
The only reason why I keep championing the name Vamdemon is because I think BelialVamdemon is such a kickass name. The creators straight up named one of the villains in a children's show after Lucifer's first follower! Even his creepy familiars have a demonic theme going on in their names (though I don't think their names were ever spoken aloud in the show).
@simonsonian8977 Жыл бұрын
Another thing I think was a good change was Mimi and Joe's crests. Purity and Sincerity have very different cultural connotation in America than in Japan. Purity is often used to objectify women in America, as it usually refers to virginity, so saying this 10 year old girl's most important trait is her purity is...not great. Meanwhile, sincerity often refers to being true to what you promised and fulfilling your duties in Japan, while in America it is most often used to talk about someone's honesty and being true to themselves. So...yeah
@TheTakato122 Жыл бұрын
The thing is both Crest have a dozen translations in Japanese.
@Mordecai.Harris Жыл бұрын
I think awhile ago people on reddit we’re talking about something similar and how Mimi’s Crest of Purity is more akin to a Crest of Resolve/Determination
@ThatFruityGuy Жыл бұрын
What about Joes crest?
@Birthday888 Жыл бұрын
@@ThatFruityGuy Joe's crest was the Crest of Sincerity in Japanese, which got localized into the Crest of Reliability in the West. It was also called the Crest of Honesty in the official Toei subs for Adventure 02.
@Birthday888 Жыл бұрын
I think a better translation of Mimi's crest would've been the Crest of Kindness, since Honesty (The better translation of Joe's Crest) is much more fitting for Joe and Mimi's crest is supposed be about her moral purity. Being "pure of heart" as it were. Sincerity doesn't really convey that as well compared to Kindness, which is how Mimi's purity manifests in her actions.
@Tylerbolical Жыл бұрын
I’ll take it one step further and say I think Myotismon’s attacks in the dub have better names too. I think Grisly wing is better than night raid, and crimson lightning is better than bloody stream
@annceres1204 Жыл бұрын
Bloody stream just sounds gross tbh
@BJGvideos Жыл бұрын
@@annceres1204yeah it reminds me of periods and that's not something I want to be thinking about
@annceres1204 Жыл бұрын
@@BJGvideos same
@slavishentity67058 ай бұрын
But bloody stream is a JoJo reference
@Jmon7007 Жыл бұрын
I love learning the origins of names, so I definitely understand a lot of the sub names but growing up with the dub those will always be how I know most digimon.
@Karn_EX Жыл бұрын
Totally, same here!
@Zoroark73 Жыл бұрын
For me, the name I prefer for a Digimon is Persiamon. Bastetmon is solid, referencing the Egyptian Goddess Bastet, but as an English speaker I’m used to hearing Beastmon which is incredibly generic. Literally any Digimon could be called Beastmon 🙄 Persiamon references the Persian Cat and Persia which is known for their Belly Dancers both of which Persiamon is. (a cat, it’s more of a Leopard) And it also ties in nicely to its evolution’s English name of Laylamon which comes from a Persion love story (and I’m used to Digimon Fusion 😅) I’ll take Basetmon/Persiamon interchangeably, but it’s better than Beastmon by a long shot.
@sapphirewriter8349 Жыл бұрын
I agree with Myotismon and Gatomon for sure! Myotismon sounds more majestic, regel and powerful something that he always strives to be. Vamdemon is just well there...Gatomon I understood right from the get go and I didn't know Spanish. I also like Puppetmon a little better than Pinocchimon I get it. The fairytale but at the same time, do we need to get hit over the head that he's based on that story with the name? Plus, Puppetmon sounds more of his own thing, even if he does lie and his nose grows (least in Xros Wars). Both are fine interchangeable names though.
@spherejaw8531 Жыл бұрын
I grew up watching an English dub of Digimon where they retained all the things from the JP dub (OP and ED, Digimon names, tone, music, etc.), but NGL I prefer calling the Digimon Levels as Rookie, Champion, Ultimate, and Mega rather than Child, Adult, Perfect, and Ultimate
@pieguy5323 Жыл бұрын
I can’t trust anyone who doesn’t like the name Monmon!
@Karn_EX Жыл бұрын
Haha Monmon is too cute!
@Soledat2500 Жыл бұрын
Fun fact in the Tagalog dub of Digimon, we mostly use the sub version but we sometimes use the dub. For example, in Adventure we used the sub names of the children (like Taichi and Yamato) and the digimon (like Tailmon, HolyAngemon and Vamdemon) but in 02 we suddenly switched to some dub names of the digimon (like Gatomon, MagnaAngemon and Myotismon). For Tamers everyone had their sub names but we used the dub names of Henry and Rika as for Frontier the beast spirits had the dub names along with Fairymon being Kazemon while everyone else just has the sub version. For savers we for some reason used the dub opening. I don't why we did this it sure confused me as a kid, maybe because some of these names just sounds better.
@someteennamedcharles203511 ай бұрын
There's a Tagalog dub of Tamers and Frontier? Where can I find it?
@Soledat250011 ай бұрын
@@someteennamedcharles2035I don't know it I would like to know too. The entirety of the Digimon franchise Tagalog dubbed (along with the Yugioh franchise) used to be aired on the Hero channel in the Philippines before they pulled the plug.
@marksaterapi1389 Жыл бұрын
Cool video. And lovely to see the dub names getting some love. For me, my favorite dub name over sub name is Machinedramon. Like, I like Mugendramon cause it means “Infinity Dragon”, tying it with the Infinity Cannon attack and it’s like ‘Infinite potential’ as a machine that constantly learns, but Machinedramon not only rolls off the tongue better, but sounds so fierce and terrifying. Also, it explains what it is: a ‘Machine Dragon’. Machinedramon is one of my favourite megas in Digimon, and one of my favorites in general. I’ll always call it Machinedramon till the day I fall.
@nebulabran3443 Жыл бұрын
Imagine not being able to say "Armadillomon Armor Digivolve too" in his voice. Just rolls off the tongue so well
@usdutchkitty Жыл бұрын
Every pick is perfect, 100% agree with ya! Almost like when fans can make fan ideas that are on par or better than the creators, sometimes localizations do this almost on accident!
@Karn_EX Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! I wanted it to be suuuuuper clear this is just how I feel about these names and not objective but I'm glad you agree with my picks!
@toumabyakuya Жыл бұрын
I disagree, I don't think the dub is always right. There can be changes that were made for the worst.
@usdutchkitty Жыл бұрын
@@toumabyakuya like Bastemon to “Beastmon”? I agree. I know there is a huge attempt on censorship of gods and religions when it is more pointed out. Didn’t help with Bastemon or Minveramon’s designs as well. How whatever company has the localization rights wants to do with it, their marketing, “we have to reach the broadest audience” can absolutely hinder names and designs.
@leesongweaverlipscomb5425 Жыл бұрын
Hey Karn, have you ever done a video on if Kari, tk, Ken, yolei, Davis, and Cody's armor digivolutions were to DNA digivolve? For example, flamedramon fuses with bucchiemon, Haldeman with nefertimon, etc.
@Monkeyfuzz Жыл бұрын
Agreed on all of them, especially Gatomon, Monmon and Raidramon. On a side note I really want a full curated evo line for Monmon. Maybe one day they will give me one.
@thequagestclodsire Жыл бұрын
Another great video by reverb hole! I also really like Lobomon better than Wolfmon because Lobomon just sounds more interesting. Also, do you plan on doing a video about digimon attack names that you prefer the dub version of?
@scientistservant Жыл бұрын
As a Digimon sub purist when it comes to non-censorship and a serious story and themes, I still very much adore many of the dub names for the Digimon! I did grow up with the English dub and have a love-hate relationship with the movie to this very day lol ALSO a Digimon dub name I'm surprised wasn't on the list was Beelzemon! Also felt it rolled off the tongue better than Beelzebumon.
@thedigiknow Жыл бұрын
Metalkabuterimon goes so much harder than Bolgmon! "Wendigomon to the polls"LOL
@diaborodevil3161 Жыл бұрын
My favorite dubism is wolfmon to lobomon just because lobomon sounds better more interesting to me and it evokes more loner vibes which fits early koji better
@rayhayes7701 Жыл бұрын
Agreed heavily. I hate Lobomon’s Japanese name. It feels and sounds lazy to me.
@joshuapomeroy8618 Жыл бұрын
I know this video is about Digimon name changes, but I really like how they gave the human characters in Digimon Adventure nicknames instead of outright changing them. (Tai and Kari’s last name not withstanding.)
@Ardent_Sylph Жыл бұрын
I'm a huge Pokemon and Digimom fan, but for the longest time I didn't know that the names of the characters and pokemon/digimon were often changed when dubbed over. It never occurred to me to actually look it up online as. It took borrowing a Japanese dictionary in middle school and listening to the Japanese subs of Digimon of KZbin to put two-and-two together. No surprise, I liked the original names of most characters. Tailmon was actually one I did not like, I preferred Gatomon much better.
@orion_starchaser Жыл бұрын
What's interesting to me is that in America, the Digimon community is pretty divided between the original and dub names while the Pokémon community exclusively uses dub names. I wonder why that is.
@Jeezes718 Жыл бұрын
I slightly disagree with myotis solely because myotis is a FRUIT bat, if they were gonna change his name a more appropriate name would have been desmodus, the vampire bat.
@Karn_EX Жыл бұрын
Haha that's a good point!
@vigilantgamesllc Жыл бұрын
Dude, I was just thinking the other day you should make this exact video, haha. A reverse one about the worst dub renames would be great too. Good fun.
@duskra1647 Жыл бұрын
I think the point of Tailmon is because of the Holy Ring it has on its tail, showing that it is a Holy Digimon. But you can say that other Digimon don't focus on body parts for that, so the change is understandable. I try using the Japanese names more since I watch in Japanese, but some names are just stuck in my head. Really cool video, and it makes me wonder why other Digimon aren't translated, like Digitamamon (even in French for me). Who, as a kid, knew that tamago meant "egg" in japanese? One for me, maybe because of nostaligia, would be Pheonixmon > Hououmon. I just thinks it sounds better.
@arrogantgodjealous Жыл бұрын
I'd like to make a case for Piedmon. His Japanese name being Piemon being a reference to a pierrot (something most probably had to search to find out what that meant) was a bit of a stretch, while adding that d to the name made it sound like a reference to getting hit in the face with a pie, something clowns are well known to do often.
@orion_starchaser Жыл бұрын
Pierrot is a French word for clown, while Pied is a reference to the Pied Piper. Personally I like Piedmon more because of that reference. It makes him sound more powerful and menacing.
@ryuuronin9852 Жыл бұрын
ArchAngemon probably should have been Magna/Holy's name either way.
@olivierdubreuil-gagnon2201 Жыл бұрын
I’m only getting back into Digimon after… Almost two decades of not following up on the media. Lots of cool Digimon I find really cool and wanna get more into! And most of that is thanks to videos from you and a friend of mine also on the platform! So thanks!
@Karn_EX Жыл бұрын
Welcome back!
@olivierdubreuil-gagnon2201 Жыл бұрын
@@Karn_EX Thanks! If I may ask, what would you recommend as a good entry for Digimon for someone trying to get back in? So far I got the Cyber Sleuth dual games on Switch that I love and Digimon World Dusk (and despite what Jaiden might say I am LOVING it so far!)
@Maswartz226 Жыл бұрын
Personally I use MagnaAngemon for the sword one and HolyAngemon for the priest
@Karn_EX Жыл бұрын
100%, same here
@AutumnWoodham Жыл бұрын
My first introduction to priest mode was thinking it was a completely different digimon because it was "HolyAngemon" and I had no idea that was just MagnaAngemon's japanese name.
@andrewsheiman8574 Жыл бұрын
I literally said to myself once I saw the video, "Raidramon better be on here". THANK YOU
@angelheart1701 Жыл бұрын
For me, the winner is far and away Daemon. That's an awesome name for a mega demon digimon! Unlike what he got in the original: Creepymon.
@dramonmaster222 Жыл бұрын
Proof that sometimes Dub changes aren't always bad.
@SophieSquid11 ай бұрын
Part of why I also like monmon, while possibly not intentional, it makes me think of super monkey ball, cause a lot of those characters use repeated otomotopia names like AiAi, MeeMee, GonGon, etc.
@chuumon95 Жыл бұрын
Here is my list for Top 20 Digimon who should've kept their original names: 01. Cockatrimon 02. Vamdemon 03. Plesiomon 04. Darkrizamon 05. Chrysalimon 06. Armadimon 07. Omegamon 08. BomberNanimon 09. Wolfmon 10. Fairymon 11. KaiserLeomon 12. BlackWereGarurumon 13. Marsmon 14. Spinomon 15. DarkKnightmon I could only come up with 15. Only doing Digimon that have made official appearances in the anime.
@Absolhunter251 Жыл бұрын
Omg! These are the names I know and remember then the sub. I prefer the dub! I grew up with these names, English names are my favorite! Monmon hit my heart strings! My man, thank you for this video!
@Maswartz226 Жыл бұрын
Bolgmon always made me think it was a reference to the Borg somehow.
@Karn_EX Жыл бұрын
It may be a mixed reference!
@AngelPerez-tu1nk Жыл бұрын
I do admit I have some stromg feelings on the subject. I will die on the hill that Omegamon is the better name (specially with Alphamon don't break that dynamic) but I will concede that many western names have stuck with me, particularly I also prefer Gallantmon, but personally I prefer Diaboromon over Diablomon. You get the gist of the name and as someone who grew up with Latin Dubs (Which are the SUPERIOR ones bite me) I have bias.
@minicle426 Жыл бұрын
Bite you where? :P
@AngelPerez-tu1nk Жыл бұрын
@@minicle426 Smartass
@mrdisaster5880 Жыл бұрын
I think omegamon is more suitable because he is alphamon’s rival and second in command alpha and omega and he isn’t omnipotent so omnimon doesn’t make lots of sense.
@acehealer421210 ай бұрын
Gallantmon is my favorite Digimon. Dukemon is a perfectly good name for a knight Digimon, but like you said, I hear “duke” and I think of like. Greed and snobbishness. “Gallantmon” does a great job of conveying his personality. I am also quite fond of the name Lobomon (who is called Wolfmon in Japanese). It pleases me when Spanish words are used in creature names.
@Casvaleon Жыл бұрын
always thought Raidramon was short for Rain Dragon. like his whole thing was being a living storm. learned something new today
@shadowmarauder6033 Жыл бұрын
As a spanish speaker, I loved that Gatomon used a spanish word.
@esecretlangel91306 ай бұрын
When I was a kid, I never thought about what the characters were called.
@Loafidaisy Жыл бұрын
I've seen Armadimon so few times that I just thought people were misspelling Armadillomon, what the
@TheRealPunkachu Жыл бұрын
What frustrates me about Bolgmon is that if the dub name was ‘Borgmon’ we could’ve had ‘Beetlemon’ evolve into ‘Borgmon’ which would totally work with the super sentai sub-theme of that line.
@Just_B0red Жыл бұрын
Nice list, personally I'd like to mention Samurdramon > Gaioumon Gaiou is supposedly for "Triumphant King". But he never gave off that vibe
@nine_tails137 Жыл бұрын
I'm the same actually. Samudramon I always assumed was derived from Samurai and Dragon, which sounds way more badass IMO.
@eeveefennecfox Жыл бұрын
why did they go with the name tailmon? I would've went with nekomon,I'm glad we got gatomon as her english name though,it's so adorable
@gozillatheape2461 Жыл бұрын
Another thing that makes Raidramon work better to me is that it also sounds like the word “ride”, and Davis literally RIDES on it as transportation!
@irayathecool Жыл бұрын
you could say i'm *shocked* to learn Raidramon isn't also the japanese name
@bigbeetle468 Жыл бұрын
One dubism that I much prefer is Beelzemon vs Beelzebumon. It’s a small change, but the lack of that “bu” makes it roll off the tongue a lot nicer. It might sound nicer in Japanese, but for the English dub, Beelzemon is a lot better.
@izimri Жыл бұрын
Mitosismon sounds interesting and kind if scary at the same time. Just imagine its abilities
@shadowsoul720 Жыл бұрын
I completely agree with your number one pick. So glad it was on this list. Gotta say, Kumamon (DW3) is what I miss the most, right next to a favourite #1 pick of yours.
@MasterArchfiend Жыл бұрын
I tend to use the dub names that I am first introduced to over the sub names for the most part. Part of it is just nostalgia, but also because I tend to find the dub names to just sound better or are easier for me to pronounce. My linguistic skills were so bad as a kid that the schools that I went to actually made me see a speech therapist, so growing up names that just roll off of the tongue were what stuck and honestly some dub/sub name differences are so minor that arguing that one is better than the other is like arguing which fish in a pond is the most wet. Digimon like Gotsumon which is Gottsumon in Japanese, just don’t need that extra letter. Also, if SlashAngemon was too violent of a name, then GuardiAngemon was an already established name that is at least better fitting than SlushAngemon. Slush does not fit an Angel made of blades at all and the person behind that decision must have quite the unique mind, to put it as politely as possible because I can’t wrap my head around the possible jumps they took to get there and I have a reputation of having my mind make some pretty strange leaps.
@Franklojpg Жыл бұрын
As a Latino, the best localization thing is the intro, is an absolute banger in dub I love it to this day
@Bezaliel13 Жыл бұрын
2 cents; Gatomon has her Holy Ring on the tail while her paw gloves came from SaberLeomon data. I actually wondered if Magnamon was originally "Holymon" _for a sec_ because of Magna- twice being used to dub Holy-. Guess any "Magna-" support, for Magnamon, MagnamonGarurumon, and MagnaKidmon, would need "execept MagnaAngemon and Magnadramon." jk
@M3mello Жыл бұрын
I can't get behind Gatomon, I guess because gato is a male cat, and Kari's presents as female, but then Gatamon would just be much worse. I do actually prefer BlackGatomon to BlackTailmon if that makes sense. And I think it would make a good group name, like, the Gatomon Trio or something, for Tailmon, BlackGatomon and Mikemon. Also, Raidramon made a lot of sense for me growing up because of "raio", the portuguese word for lightning or ray. If at least the Japanese name were LightningDramon it would fit somehow better than LighDramon, which just sounds like Light Dramon.
@espurrseyes42 Жыл бұрын
Same thing I told the others: Gatomon is the name of the species this particular one is a part of. It's not HER name. When it comes to groups consisting of multiple genders, or singular lifeforms where the gender can vary, the male variation is used as the gender-neutral. "A cat" in general is "Un Gato", and "The cats", provided at least 1 in the group is male, is "Los Gatos". Gato for Gatomon is correct regardless of the fact that Kari's Gatomon is female. Because the species that is Gatomon, which is what the name refers to, can be either gender.
@lordofninjas1 Жыл бұрын
Great idea for a video. I agree with all the ones you pointed out. I too am someone who was introduced to Digimon through the English dub here in America, so I tend to call the Digimon by their English names rather than their Japanese names. In going through a list of Digimon on the Digimon Wiki to look at both English and Japanese names, I found a few that I would add if I were making this list: •Leopardmon/Duftmon. Leopardmon makes way more sense to me for it, both because it has a Leopard transformation, but also because it looks like a sort of Sentai-esque Leopard guy. Not to mention Duft sounds like the Japanese name is calling it names (Daft, Duff/Duffer etc.) •Kumamon/Chackmon. Kumamon makes way more sense to me because it's a bear, and Kuma is Japanese for bear. Chack makes it sound like it's a being made of chalk or that they want to throw it (chuck) and such. Plus, what even is a chack? •Kentaurosmon/Sleipmon. This one isn't super egregious, both make sense because of Centaurs and Sleipnir, but because many more are familiar with what a Centaur is it would be better to call it that, especially since some may think Sleip is too close to Sleep or whatever. •Penguinmon/Penmon. I see what they were going for with this, but Penmon makes it sound like an object Digimon, like a sentient pen, whereas Penguin makes it much clearer what it is. •Puppetmon/Pinochimon. Another one that isn't bad, as both names make sense. I just picked it because Pinochi sounds a bit too close to Pokemon. •Rabbitmon/Bitmon. Bitmon makes it sound like it's a computerized being, like something more in the lane of Porygon from Pokemon or Datamon or whatever, whereas Rabbitmon makes it much clearer what it is. •Salamon/Plotmon. Plotmon makes it sound like it's evil or like it's planning to do something bad or whatever (plotting/making a plot), and it's design doesn't agree with that. If not that, it make it seem like it's some kind of like storyteller or whatever (plot of a story). Salamon doesn't really make much sense either (what is a Sala?) but it at least works better than Plot. •Viximon/Pokomon. Pokomon again sounds way too close to Pokemon. Viximon makes sense because it's a chibi or teeny tiny vixen (or fox).
@marissablackwing Жыл бұрын
Hm...I agree with one or two these, but not all. And because that's not helpful on its own, and I've thought and researched way too much digimon stuff over the years, lemme get wordy here: Duft means scent, but this is an easy agreement from me - Leopardmon sounds way better, even if it does make the Leopard Mode sound a bit reduntant. So. 'Chack'mon. This one is a little messy. See, in Japan, there's technically two names for everything - the version written in kana that matches Japanese pronunciation, and the 'official' romanized name. This 'official' version is *usually* either close to the pronunciation or matches the intent of it changed to me more English-y, but sometimes they, uh, miss the mark a bit. (That's how we get stuff like Halsemon/Holsmon or Arukenimon/Archnemon - so close! - instead of Horusmon and Arachnemon that was clearly intended. And the infamous Picklemon, ridiculously still official, instead of Piccolomon as actually pronounced in Japan.) Chack should really be Chaku, shortened from a word for ice accumulation. Kumamon, on the other hand, has ALSO gone back and forth for both this Digimon and Bearmon. While Bearmon is already in English, the usage of Kumamon isn't exactly surprising for it, yeah? Honestly, all of this probably would have gone better if they had just stuck with the development names, either Shirokumon (from Shirokuma, 'polar bear') or Polarmon. I definitely prefer Sleipmon - besides matching the design better, we already have Centarumon (which is an entirely different rant I won't get into now). No need to double up on an even more corrupted version of centaur when it already has a more appropriate name. Penmon...I have mixed feelings on this one. On the one hand, I don't disagree with you. One the other hand, the 'guin' part of Penguinmon doesn't flow very well in the 'mon' part. Maybe just dropping the n to make Penguimon would be better, less of a hard stop. The more I think on it, the better that sounds. Probably don't go so far as to hit Pengumon though, as it brings to mind other unrelated characters. Puppetmon - hard disagree on the 'Pokemon' reasoning there, Pinochimon really isn't that close and I don't think that's a good reason even if it was, but I do think Puppetmon flows much better in English even if you lose a little of the reference. Rabbitmon/Bitmon? Yeah, no arguments on that one. Bitmon is just a cheap 'it's a digital being' without much to back it up, Rabbitmon is better here. Bitmon does flow better, but I don't think it's quite enough to overcome the loss of clarity this time. Salamon/Plotmon - so the story goes that when the anime was being dubbed, they came up with the dub name for Plotmon before ever having a picture of it, much less an explanation of the original, assumed it was probably catlike and named it after one of the producer's cats. Of course, as it turns out, it was a dog...that's also where the name comes from, the Plott Hound. It's also thought that it might be a corruption of Prototype, what with Japanese pronunciation, though that seems less certain and less likely given the specifics of the kana. I'd probably add the other t to make it Plottmon and keep that, personally, but if the story is true about where the dub name came from it's not like the dubbing team had modern info to go off of. Viximon/Pokomon - again, I don't really agree with your 'it sounds a little like Pokemon, and that's instantly bad' sort of reasoning. People will make comparisons anyways or they won't, and anything short of a Digimon actually named Pokemon isn't going to make much of a difference or be that confusing unless taken quite a bit out of context, in which case nothing matters and you can't prevent it. It's closer this time, but Poko is still different, with its own meaning. That said, unlike the reason, I don't feel too strongly about these names in particular. I like the cuter sound of 'poko' for a stage II baby a little more myself, but they both work fine. While I do have problems with some of the attitudes there, as far as actual articles, Wikimon is a great reference. They have etymology sections on the names, so it's good anytime you're wondering 'what does that MEAN' in the future.
@lordofninjas1 Жыл бұрын
@@marissablackwing just want to start off by talking about the end of your comment, I'm well aware of the etymology sections of the pages and such, and I even looked at them before making the comments. My "what does this mean" was more meant sarcastically and rhetorically, in other words I wasn't actually looking for an answer to them. I also wasn't using Wikimon, I was using digimon fandom or Digimon Wikia or whatever you want to call it. That said, I have had issues with attitudes and such on various wikis as well and do tend to just use them for info mostly now anyways. Yeah, Leopardmon Leopard Mode is a bit redundant, but it does work better. I'm more or less aware of how romanizations and such work. I didn't entirely pick up on the Halsemon being Horusmon thing (it still doesn't feel right, but it's whatever, I would have just gone with Horusmon). Polarmon or Polarbearmon or some version thereof would have worked for Kumamon. If they wanted to keep the name Japanese sounding perhaps they could have gone with Yukikumamon or Yukumamon or something like that. I'm not saying Sleipmon isn't more or less appropriate for the Digimon, I agree, it works better with the design. the angle I'm coming at this with is if you have the choice to name something after Sleipnir or Centaurs for an English speaking audience you should realize that the audience would be more familiar with what a Centaur is as opposed to what Sleipnir is, and that Sleip is close to already existing English words like Sleep and Sleigh and such, and that may cause confusion with the audience about what the name is actually meant to be and whether or not something else was meant instead of what was actually meant. I don't have as much of an issue with Penguinmon as you seem to, but I wouldn't be opposed to something like Penguimon or maybe even something like Pengmon (though I believe Peng is also something different in Chinese/Japanese). Pinochimon is closer to Pokemon than you're giving it credit for, it's essentially just Pokemon with an extra "in" put in between. Also yes, as I mentioned in my OP I'm well aware of the Pinocchio connections and such. I also agree Puppetmon does work better though. Yeah, IDK why the Japanese name for Rabbitmon just didn't go with like Usagimon or Bunnymon or Bunbunmon or something like that. As stated earlier I did read the etymology section of Salamons page, so I am aware of all that you mentioned. What I was getting at is no one really knows what a Plott Hound is at least not in the US, so there isn't that connection there and plot means something different in English (as stated in my OP), so that probably helped in the confusion as well. It should have just been like Puppymon or Doggymon or whatever. Also, maybe it's the Pokemon fan in me, but it does bother me a bit that a Puppy evolves into a Cat. With Pokomon it's not a "it sounds like Pokemon and so it's instantly bad" like you assume, I'm a huge Pokemon fan, have been since Gen 1 and the cards and the Anime and such, so anything even sounding close to Pokemon isn't bad. What I was getting at with that is that again, much like I mentioned with Kentaurosmon in this comment, playing to the audience works better in this case, with Pokomon sounding close to Pokemon it confuses the audience into thinking it's some kind of Pokemon or Pokemon Parody in the Digimon world or whatever and then have them be disappointed when its not. Plus again with many names I mentioned an English speaker would be like "what's a Poko?" Whereas Viximon makes much more sense to an English speaker "ok it sounds cutesy so it's probably a small creature and a Vixen is a fox (both in animal and in sexual connotations), so it's probably a cute baby fox, and would you look at that it is".
@lordofninjas1 Жыл бұрын
@@Chimeragui while that's true, you aren't acknowledging my argument, that by calling it Penmon (or Daipenmon) it makes it sound like it's a sentient writing utensil instead of Penguin. Also, I think it's called Daipenmon in both English and Japanese because as far as I know it hasn't yet shown up in English media and as such hasn't been given an English name, so they are using the name Daipenmon for it as a placeholder until it gets an actual English name, which I assume would be something like Popsiclepenguinmon or something similar.
@barbaraferreira6724 Жыл бұрын
As a Portuguese person I was so happy to have a Digimon called Gatomon that happened to be my favorite when I was a kid hahahaha Only as a teenager I found out that was not her " real name" but well. I think that same about Holyangemon, even tho OCEANSEADRAMON would be GREAT FOR THE MEMES!
@whohangedmyname Жыл бұрын
Another word that Myotismon evokes is miasma , the kind of word people use for mist in horrors stories :D
@odistabettor Жыл бұрын
Def agree with most of these, and the others I just haven't considered much before. Honestly, I'm good with most digimon's names, but I will always prefer the sound of there being a vowel before the -mon.
@KamenRiderDragoon Жыл бұрын
I personally believe the lighdramon change in the card could hopefully be when we get appmon cards there wouldnt be any confusion
@filipekc Жыл бұрын
I grew up with Tailmon, as we got on the Brazilian dub, and Gatomon just sounds so weird to me since Gato also means Cat in Portuguese lol
@gregkava1276 Жыл бұрын
its also nice having magnaangemon be that rather than just holy cause it fits nicely with it becoming slashangemon claviscangemon seraphim goldramon and even lovelyangemon like "the great" becomes so much because it has "great" potential
@KnightsofGaming2016 Жыл бұрын
Gotta agree with this list, especially since I've known some of these Digimon solely by their dub name: Gatomon, Deputymon, Myotismon, MagnaAngemon, and MetalKabuterimon. Not sure about Omnimon/Omegamon. I use both interchangeably and I love both of their names too. Can't decide which one is better 😂😅
@nine_tails137 Жыл бұрын
Sometimes it's the name origin that makes the name changes good or bad. Omnimon is derived from Omnipotent, meaning to have unlimited power/able to do anything. But then you've got the whole Alpha and Omega polar opposites origin with the original. So I'm divided on the two names.
@genbu23666 ай бұрын
It's a very little thing but one thing I like about Gallantmon over dukemon is that it also starts with a G like the rest of the Guilmon line (except megidramon) so it feels a little more consistent
@jakobthedragonboy Жыл бұрын
2:05 THANK YOU! I thought I was alone on the weirdness of a "duke" digimon versus the immediate awe of a "gallant" digimon fitting a royal knight better. Also, no joke I thought Raidramon was RAINdramon for the longest time because of the way they said it in the dub and when I heard it said again with the spelling it suddenly made WAY more sense.
@WeavyTheSomeone Жыл бұрын
I grew up with Raidramon and that's what I'm still calling it. Even if the card game calls it Lighdramon, it'll always be Raidramon for me. That said, I grew up with mostly English names, and because I'm so used to them, I tend to prioritise dub names whether people like it or not. People shouldn't be ridiculed just because they prefer dub names.
@goldmemberpb Жыл бұрын
I grew up watching this weird dub back in my home country. it was in english but all of the characters kept their japanese names. I distinctly remember Koromon calling Tai Taichi. it also kept butterfly as the opening. I also kept a notebook and wrote down all of the digimon names I have heard. I recall looking at that notebook years later and I was so confused when I got to Biyomon because I wrote it as Piyomon.
@pictonomii3295 Жыл бұрын
When you do the Top 10 Worst dub names list, 2 of my picks would be Gargomon and LoadKnightmon.
@MegaGigaPetarD Жыл бұрын
I prefer japanese names, but Gallantmon would always be my favorite dub name. It just sounds better than Dukemon.
@untitledhero7669 Жыл бұрын
hey karn been watching your channel for years. just wanted to say ty for being you. been having a rough time life wise so its always a lift up in my day seeing one of your new video drops. gives me a chance to get a break for a few moment and revisit something i love from my childhood. your videos are always amazing fun and often gets me thinking about didigmon like i did when i was kid trying to come up with who my digipartner would be. much love keep up the great work!
@Karn_EX Жыл бұрын
Aww wow, thank you so much for the kind words! I'm really sorry to hear life's been rough recently, I promise you it WILL get better and my silly little Digimon videos are gonna be here every week for as long as I possibly can to help that journey a little bit
@untitledhero7669 Жыл бұрын
@@Karn_EX you karn are amazing stay digital my friend!
@duskbringer4583 Жыл бұрын
Speaking of names that I prefer... This is more of an attack name, but I just prefer "Desperado Blaster" over Death Parade Blaster. ...Maybe top 10 Attack names with better dub names? One digimon name in dub I was not big fan of was "Beastmon". Not sure what was wrong with just Bastemon...
@timothyfrasier8218 Жыл бұрын
Another great video you should do a part 2 to this and I can't wait for the next video you do
@joshuab30398 ай бұрын
When I was a kid I always thought Raidramon's name was Raindramon, cause he always called himself "the Storm of Friendship".
@rukariorodenberger5463 Жыл бұрын
Very nicely done. While I tend to prefer many of the JP Digimon names over their dubbed counterparts, the named Digimon you featured in this video, are better suited with thir dubbed names. Thanks for posting. Cheers!
@Karn_EX Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@RogueJadeite Жыл бұрын
I had to pause because I agree a lot. There are some Digimon I like their Japanese names over dub. At the same time I like a lot of the dub names. You pretty much listed them. lol Love you're videos BTW.
@Karn_EX Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
@Kevin_turner Жыл бұрын
You should do one with just renaming ones you hate all together lol
@astromenuisix7346 Жыл бұрын
For Omegamon, it does not just represent "The Alpha and the Omega". It also represents that this creature is above all others. He is Over the MEGA level. At the time, he was the only Digimon that we encounter that was of a level above what we thought was the highest level that a Digimon could achieve. Plus, Omega is the last letter in the ancient Greek alphabet, which shows that it really is the last and highest form a Digimon could achieve. So, why not name it after that. Plus, the symbol of Omega kind looks like to heads fusing together why one of the legs being Wargreymon and the other being Metalgarurumon, which is exactly what digimon is so... yeah.
@toumabyakuya Жыл бұрын
Problem is that you are using a dubism (the last evolutionary stage being called Mega) to explain the Japanese name. In Japan the last stage is called Ultimate, so Digimon like Wargreymon and Metalgarurumon had already reached it, meaning that your explanation makes no sense.
@astromenuisix7346 Жыл бұрын
@@toumabyakuya I know. But, the rest of the argument stays the same. Plus, the dub was probably out or Japan knew what the english dub would called the ultimate level. So, maybe they used it in the name.
@toumabyakuya Жыл бұрын
@@astromenuisix7346 *"But, the rest of the argument stays the same."* True enough. *"Plus, the dub was probably out or Japan knew what the english dub would called the ultimate level."* I highly doubt they took a dubism into account for a Japanesse name.
@elemomnialpha Жыл бұрын
Today I found out that Raidramon isn't it's Japanese name like WHAT And I'm curious if Digimon has ever reused a localization like TorchMan from MegaMan
@Karn_EX Жыл бұрын
Haha right?
@CakeofRage Жыл бұрын
I'm dying over "mitosismon" and "wendiGOmon to the polls"