Digimon Adventure 02

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|} Digimon Adventure 02 (2000), also commonly written as Digimon 02/Digimon Zero Two, is a sequel to the previous season; three years later. With most of the original characters now in junior high school, the Digital World was supposedly secure and peaceful. However, a new evil has appeared in the form of the Digimon Emperor (Digimon Kaiser). This new villain is different — he’s a human just like the Digi-Destined. The Digimon Emperor has been enslaving all Digimon in sight with Black Rings and towers and, to make things worse, has somehow made Digivolution impossible. Three new children are chosen to save DigiWorld and, along with T.K and Kari, make up the new generation of Digi-Destined.

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Plot

[Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow.

A new generation of Digi-Destined, composed of three new children, as well as Kari and T.K., are given a new kind of digivice known as D3, which allows them to open a gate to be transported to the Digital World through any computer. Another advantage was Armor Digivolution, using a device called a Digi-Egg/Digimental (not related to the Digi-Egg that defines the earliest life stage of a Digimon) so their Digimon can evolve in the presence of Control Spires. They eventually stop the Digimon Emperor, Ken Ichijouji, thanks to the sacrifice of Wormmon, Ken's partner.

After his defeat, Ken repents his evil deeds and joins the Digi-Destined as they fight an evil Digimon named Arukenimon and her lackey Mummymon. Arukenimon has a unique power to turn the Control Spires into super-strong, artificial Digimon in her control. To fight this new threat, the gang learns of DNA Digivolution, enabling their Digimon to fuse with each other for more power. Eventallly, when the battle was brought to the Real World, the true mastermind, Yuiko Oikawa, makes himself known. This man extracts the Dark Spore inside Ken and implants it into other children who wish for the greatness the old, evil Ken had. Those spores develop into flowers that harvest the infected children's energy. Eventually, the Digi-Destined confront Oikawa, only to learn he's an extreme loner whose only friend in the world was Hiroki Hida, Cody's father. Hiroki and Oikawa used to play old video games when they were young, eventually becoming obsessed with the Digital World and dreaming of going there one day. In the end, an entity springs from this man's body, none other than the 'real' mastermind, Myotismon, now reborn as MaloMyotismon.

This season ended with the help of Digi-Destined from all over the world, using the light that existed inside each one of them and their wishes to return the Digital World into a nice place again. Oikawa, who is too weak to enter the Digital World, becomes its guardian as he passes away. After peace is restored, the boundary between the Digital and the Real World is broken down, giving every human a chance of having their very own Digimon companion.

Season two was also a highly regarded season. Ratings did slightly dip, but not largely enough to be of much consequence. Introducing three new faces helped build the storyline.

Although Episodes 44, 45, and 46 were originally shown on Fox Kids, however after Disney bought out Saban these episodes were removed from the ABC Family lineup, due to references that are similar to the events of the September 11th attacks. What should be known are the first two banned episodes are parts two and three of the three part Daemon Corps Saga and the third banned episode is WarGreymon's duel against BlackWarGreymon. There is currently no indication if these episodes will ever be aired again, though Pokémon episodes banned for similar reasons have begun to re-air, if sparingly.

Episodes

Digimon Adventure 02 aired 50 episodes on Fuji TV in Japan from April 2, 2000 to March 25, 2001, then later on Fox Kids in the United States from August 19, 2000 to May 19, 2001.

Characters

For more details on this topic, see List of human characters in the Digimon series#Digimon Adventure & Digimon 02.

Main characters

Character	Voice actor	Digimon	Voice actor

Takeru "T. K." Takaishi Takaishi Takeru (高石タケル)	Doug Erholtz (EN) Taisuke Yamamoto (JP)	Patamon	Laura Summer (EN) Miwa Matsumoto (JP)
An original DigiDestined from Digimon Adventure and is the younger brother of Matt.

Hikari "Kari" Kamiya Yagami Hikari (八神ヒカリ)	Lara Jill Miller (EN) Araki Kae (JP)	Gatomon Tailmon	Edie Mirman (EN) Yuka Tokumitsu (JP)
An original DigiDestined from Digimon Adventure and is the younger sister of Tai.

Davis Motomiya Motomiya Daisuke (本宮大輔)	Brian Donovan (EN) Reiko Kiuchi (JP)	Veemon V-mon	Derek Stephen Prince (EN) Junko Noda (JP)
The new leader of the DigiDestined. He is brave and stubborn, plays soccer. He also has a not-so-secret crush on Kari. He also admires Tai.

Yolei Inoue Inoue Miyako (井ノ上京)	Tifanie Christun (EN) Rio Natsuki (JP)	Hawkmon	Neil Kaplan (EN), Kôichi Tôchika (JP)
A new DigiDestined who is a big boy flirt. She is headstrong and sometimes stubborn. She is most often seen arguing with Davis.

Cody Hida Hida Iori (火田伊織)	Philece Sampler (EN) Megumi Urawa (JP)	Armadillomon Armadimon	Robert Axelrod (EN) Megumi Urawa (JP)
He is the youngest in the second season, but despite that he is very mature and thinks things through.

Ken Ichijouji Ichijōji Ken (一乗寺賢)	Derek Stephen Prince (EN) Romi Paku (JP)	Wormmon	Paul St. Peter (EN) Naozumi Takahashi (JP)
At first he was infected by the Dark Spore and driven mad, becoming the Digimon Emperor. He tried to conquer the Digital World, thinking it was a video game. Later he joins the group as the 6th DigiDestined.

Old Guard

Since Digimon Adventure 02 is a continuation of Digimon Adventure it includes characters from that series as well. More about them are listed here. Though burdened by their newfound responsiblities, the previous DigiDestined team provides a helping hand once in a while.

Taichi "Tai" Kamiya (Yagami Taichi): He was the leader of the previous DigiDestined and Kari's big brother. He attends Junior High. He gave Davis, who idolized him, his goggles to replace Davis' pair that were wrecked in a battle.

Yamato "Matt" Ishida (Ishida Yamato): T.K.'s big brother, he attends Junior High. He has his own band, the Teenage Wolves.

Koushiro "Izzy" Izumi (Izumi Kōshirō): Very smart and a logical thinker, he helps the new team more than the others of the old guard.

Sora Takenouchi (Takenouchi Sora): Attending Junior High, she joins the tennis team. She has a crush on Matt.

Mimi Tachikawa (Tachikawa Mimi): Currently lives in New York and visits the others any chance she gets via airplane or DigiPort.

Joe Kido (Kido Jō): Due to his studying, Joe attends a private school. He's now studying for a high school entrance exam and uses his free time to help the others when possible.

Villains

Digimon Emperor (1-21) -- Reverted back to Ken and joined the DigiDestined after being defeated.
Dragomon (13) -- King of the Dark Ocean. Never developed a storyline.
Kimeramon (19-21) -- Created from the parts of numerous Digimon by The Digimon Emperor. Destroyed by Magnamon.
Wendigomon - Antylamon - Cherubimon (1st Movie) -- Corrupted partner of Willis. Defeated by Magnamon and Rapidmon.
Arukenimon (24-48) -- One of Oikawa's henchmen. Destroyed by MaloMyotismon.
Mummymon (29-48) -- One of Oikawa's henchmen. Destroyed by MaloMyotismon.
Yukio Oikawa (38-50) -- Possesed by Myotismon. After Myotismon left him he died and restored the Digital World with his spirit.
Daemon (43-45) -- Wanted the Dark Spore in Ken. They trapped him in the World of Darkness.
MaloMyotismon (48-50) -- Myotismon's most powerful form. Destroyed by Imperialdramon Fighter Mode.
Pukumon (CD Drama 1)
Kuramon - Diaboromon/Armageddemon (2nd Movie) -- Returned after being destroyed by Omnimon. Destroyed by Imperialdramon Paladin Mode.

Family of the DigiDestined

These characters were introduced in this season:

Jun Motomiya: Daisuke's older sister. She and Daisuke argue repeatedly but are still close. She also chases after Yamato through most of the first half of the second season, trying to get a date with him. After she finally realizes that he doesn't like her, she quickly forms a crush on Shin.
Momoe, Chizuru, Mantarou: Miyako's siblings, two sisters and one brother. Because there are four of them in one family, they have to fight for attention.
Hiroki Hida: Iori's deceased father. He was a police officer who died in the line of duty.
Chikara Hida: Iori's grandfather. He served as a father in Hiroki's absence. He also taught Iori, Kendo. He has a strange obsession with Prune juice.
Sam Ichijouji (Osamu): Ken's deceased older brother. When Ken was little, Osamu was an Grade A student and got most of the attention. One day Ken wished he would go away because he was jealous. That same day Sam was hit by a car and died.
Haruhiko Takenouchi: Sora's father, a folklore college professor who was at Kyoto during the summer of 1999. Learning of the adventure his daughter when though, Haruiko began to research on the digital world with Shin, Jou's oldest brother, who is one of his students. Miyako met both of them during her class trip to Kyoto, and Haruhiko explained some of his theories to her.
Jim Kido (Shin)In the japanese version, Joe has two brothers, Shuu(seen in Digimon Adventure), and Shin. However, in the English dub, both brothers became one, Jim Kido. - Joe's brother, a college student at Kyoto. He met Yolei when she is visiting Kyoto with her class. He also drove her and the others to where they needed to be when Daemon was attacking on Christmas day.

Note: With the exception of Cody's father, and T.K. and Kari's parents, no parents of the Digimon Adventure 02 DigiDestined were named.

Digital World

In this series of Digimon it is revealed that this iteration of the Digital World also runs parallel with two other dimensions - One, a kaleidoscopic world of colour and shape, composed of an energy that is capable of turning thought into reality, while the other is a dark and foreboding world of evil, characterized by it's grim, expansive ocean called the World of Darkness, theorized to be capable of bringing beings' dark thoughts to life.

Three years after the events in Digimon Adventure, Yukio Oikawa, a human who had learned of the Digital World when he was a boy, made attempts to enter the Digital World to live out his unfulfilled childhood dreams. Unbeknownst to him, he was possessed by the spirit of Myotismon, who was manipulating his actions. Oikawa created Arukenimon and Mummymon and sent them into the Digital World, where they manipulated the young Ken Ichijouji into becoming the Digimon Emperor. As the Emperor, Ken set up his Control Spires - the design of which had come from the enigmatic World of Darkness and had apparently been implanted in Ken's head by someone, possibly Oikawa, or by the Dark Spore already within Ken - all around the Digital World. The Spire disrupted the fabric of reality, creating spatial warps and weakening the dimensional boundaries. Oikawa hoped he could use this disruption to enter the Digital World, but the actions of the new DigiDestined who were destroying the Control Spires and prevented this from happening. Next, Arukenimon and Mummymon created BlackWarGreymon, who set about destroying the powerful Destiny Stones, which completely threw the balance of the Digital World out of order. However, the DigiDestined were able to free Azulongmon from the prison the Dark Masters had put him in years before, and he stopped BlackWarGreymon from destroying the last stone.

Oikawa's final scheme to enter the Digital World was a grand one. Arukenimon opened all the Digi-Ports, allowing wild Digimon to come to Earth, and the DigiDestined had to travel all over the world to round them up. While they were gone from Japan, Arukenimon and Mummymon began kidnapping children. When the DigiDestined returned, they discovered that Daemon and his henchmen MarineDevimon, LadyDevimon, and SkullSatamon had come to Earth in search of Ken and the Dark Spore within him, but Oikawa managed to copy the Spore first, before Daemon could get his hands on him. Daemon was repelled into the World of Darkness as Oikawa implanted the Spores into the kidnapped children. His hope was for the Spores to convert the children’s innocence (which lets the, enter the Digital World by using this energy) so that he could use to traverse the dimensional barrier. However, Myotismon had other plans, and brought Oikawa to another dimension which was a world of dreams and nightmares where he began to absorb the powers of the Spores into himself and became MaloMyotismon. After MaloMyotismon's defeat, Oikawa used the dream dimension to fulfill his own desire. His body was transformed into energy in the form of a flock of butterflies, which spread across the Digital World, restoring peace and harmony.

Movies

Digimon: The Movie, released in the US and Canada territory by Fox Kids in October 2000, consists of the union of the first three Japanese movies (first two parts from Digimon Adventure, the 3rd part from Adventure 02). Those stories are based in the universe introduced in the first two seasons of the TV series.

Digimon Hurricane Touchdown/Supreme Evolution! The Golden Digimentals

The last story involves the next generation of Digi-destined children after they travel from Japan to the U.S.A. and meet up with Wallace (Willis in English version), helping him to stop the menace of an enigmatic threat. As a kid, Wallace was given two twin Digimon, one of which, Kokomon, mysteriously disappeared without a trace, returning later as the ruthless Wendigomon. T.K. and Kari are the first ones to encounter Wendigomon in New York while they are visiting Mimi; he kidnaps Mimi (she disappears before T.K. and Kari's eyes along with the rest of the older Digi-Destined and all were placed in another dimension where were being de-aged by Wendigomon). Wallace eventually explains his connection to Wendigomon and that Wendigomon wants to see Willis again, which was why the Digimon kidnapped the older Digi-Destined -- because they, like he, have Digivices.

But when Willis refused to go with Wendigomon after it swiped Terriermon away, the monster evolved to Antylamon, and then Cherubimon, de-aging Willis and the younger Digi-Destined as well. Willis figures out that his Digimon's urge for things to go back to the way there were litterally meant to make Wallace a kid again. After the battle is over, Cherubimon is defeated and the older Digi-Destined reappear at the points they disappeared from. In the end, Willis discovers that his Digimon was still alive after the fight, ready to be reborn from a Digi-egg.

The American compilation of this and the two previous movies claims that Willis 'created' Diaboromon in an attempt to create a continuous storyline; in reality, the third movie is not even considered canon to the show's plotline. The compilation also cuts the de-aging of the older children and battles from the third movie in order to shorten the film. Also for the dubbed version of the third movie all the images that were shown of the older Digi-Destined at the beginning of the dubbed film were actually what they were doing when they disappeared.

Revenge of Diaboromon

In this movie that takes place three months after MaloMyotismon's defeat, the DigiDestined go up against Diaboromon again. Tai and Matt head back to the Internet to deal with him with Omnimon, while the younger DigiDestined go to deal with the rampage of a swarm of Kuramon (Diaboromon's Fresh form). With the help of Angemon and Angewomon (with T.K. and Kari), Omnimon was able to destroy Diaboromon again . . . but it turned out to be a trap, as his destruction allowed many more Kuramon to go to the Real World. Things go out of control when the Kuramon in the Real World merge to create a Mega level called Armageddemon, an alternate Mega in Diaboromon's evolutionary line. It is so powerful that neither Omnimon nor Imperialdramon were able to defeat it on their own. In the end, Omnimon gives his energy to Imperialdramon Fighter Mode, powering him up to Paladin Mode. Using his Omega Blade attack, ImperialDramon is able to strike down Armageddemon, splitting him back up into the Kuramon. With the help of the energy from the Digi-Destined Digivices and the cell phones from the other kids of Japan, the Omega Blade is powered up, allowing all of the Kuramon to be destroyed for good. This is notable for being the only movie that has Ken in it.

Spoilers end here.

CD Dramas

Michi e no Armor Shinka

Takes place on Valentine's Day, 2003. The audio drama starts with Davis trying to change his image so girls will like him by imitating various Digidestined. Kari, Mimi, and Sora are kidnapped by Boltmon who justs wants a heart. Pukumon had taken advantage of this in order to destroy the DigiDestined. Ken's Pucchiemon reasons with Boltmon, and the kids subsequently fight the mastermind, Pukumon. Joe knocks into them, and they drop and mix up their D-Terminals. This causes them to use the wrong Digieggs and Digivolution into new Armor Digimon, who beat Pukumon. Overall, the story serves not just to provide light humor but also to reveal info on certain plotholes left by the series, such as Matt confessing his love for Sora.

The title of the audio drama means "The Unknown Armor Evolutions".

Natsu e no Tobira

Taking place in the summer of 2003, Davis and DemiVeemon meet up with Mimi, Willis, and Gumimon in New York City. However, without warning, the entire city falls under a strange winter and becomes deserted. The kids hear a voice and see fireflies before meeting a nameless girl, whom Davis names "Nat-chan" from the Japanese word for "summer". Nat-chan displays feelings for Davis, but the group does not know that she is really a giant clawed Digimon, who makes her transformation by using the "fireflies", which are revealed to be data chips. Davis realises Nat-chan was lonely and just wanted a Digidestined partner. Unfortunately, Nat-chan dies and comes back as a Digitama, but back in their own dimension, the kids will not be able to find Nat-chan's true partner.

Willis and Mimi indicate that the sudden winter was created from Davis' heart, which was unhappy after losing the district soccer competition and his unrequited love for Kari.

The name of this audio drama means "The Door to Summer", meaning the portal back to their own world, and recalled by Mimi from what appears to be the book The Door into Summer during the drama.

Credits

Cast (Japanese version)

Asako Dodo - Ms. Ichijouji
Masafumi Kimura - Mr. Ichijouji
Kazuchi Murai - Jun Motomiya
Nami Miyahara - Wallace (Movie 3)
Mamiko Noto - Chocomon (Movie 3)
Rumi Shishido - Lopmon (Movie 3)
Aoi Tada - Terriermon (Movie 3)

Cast (English version)

Wendee Lee - Ms. Ichijouji
Frank Catalano - Mr. Ichijouji
Peggy O'Neal - Jun Motomiya
R. Martin Klein - Gabumon (Movie 4), Omnimon (Movie 4)
Lex Lang - Rapidmon (Movie 3), Omnimon (Movie 4)
Dave Mallow - Seraphimon (Movie 3)
Paul St. Peter - Wendigomon (Movie 3), Armageddemon (Movie 4)
Jason Spisak - Tai (Movie 4)

Staff (series)

Director: Hiroyuki Kakudou
Original Concept: Akiyoshi Hongo
Series Composition: Jun Maekawa, Motoki Yoshimura
Writers: Chiaki J. Konaka (13)

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