Matt Ishida
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Yamato "Matt" Ishida (石田 ヤマト Ishida Yamato in the Japanese version) is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02. In the English dub he is referred to by his Americanized nickname of "Matt".
Matt starts out as a secretive loner whose Digimon partner is Gabumon. His younger brother, T.K. Takaishi, is one of the eight digidestined. He is very protective of T.K., and often times acts harshly when he (T.K.) is in trouble. In the English language dub, the two were said to be half-brothers at the beginning of the series, but that was a dialogue mistake, as it was proven during the Myotismon saga that T.K.'s mom is also Matt's mom, and his father was Matt's dad. He is the bearer of the Crest of Friendship. Matt was voiced by Yuuto Kazama (Japan) and Michael Reisz (US).
Prelude to Digimon Adventure
He witnessed the Greymon/Parrotmon fight.Matt's parents divorced before the events of Digimon Adventure. His father took him while his mother took his brother, T.K. He and his father moved to Odaiba, where his father works at the Fuji TV Network, Inc. building.
Digimon Adventure
Matt served an odd role during the first season. He was one of the best friends of the group leader Tai, but he was also his major rival, which led to a large internal conflict throughout the show and climaxed at the end of the season. It was mainly over whether or not Tai a better older brother to T.K. than he was, and whether he was a better person than Matt. Matt was much more protective and concerned about the group as a whole, causing more conflict compared to Tai's head-first strategy.
He is the holder of the Crest of Friendship (友情の紋章 yūjō no monshō), which activated when Joe risked his life to save T.K. from a Veggiemon and was then being strangled by it. Matt remembered how he had berated Joe earlier for constantly making mistakes and keeping them both stuck working in a diner to pay off the bill for Joe's meal, especially his accusation that Joe was making these mistakes on purpose. Realizing that, he also realized that he could not win his battles alone (a revelation that was finalized in his mind much later in the series) and needed the help of everyone, including Joe.
He has one encounter with his mother, which did not go well. Although T.K. was ecstatic to have his whole family together (if only for a minute), Matt refused to say much more than "Hi Mom" to her. This encounter revealed lingering resentments in him that continue even after he returns to the Digital World. Upon returning to the Digital World, he becomes angry when he thinks T.K. no longer needs him and decides to leave the group for a while. He returns briefly to save the group from Puppetmon before disappearing again. Towards the end of the series, he falls into a pit of darkness and is forced to realize that his parents divorce broke his heart and made him resort to solitude. He refused to let anyone see him cry, which made him turn away from his friends. Gabumon gets him to understand that everything would be alright and that he is valuable. Matt then rejoins the party just in time for the final battle.
Our War Game
When Diaboromon begins his rampage over the Internet, Matt is at his grandmother's place. He and T.K. rush to town and enter a barbershop, the only place that has a computer, and connect to the Internet. With Tai and Agumon and help from Izzy, they both battle Diaboromon. T.K. is by his side, as is Gabumon as MetalGarurumon. He and Tai enter the Internet unintentionally and with the help of all of the kids over the net, WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon are able to DNA Digivolve into the Royal Knight Omnimon. Omnimon is able to defeat Diaboromon and Matt and Tai return back home.Between Digimon Adventure and Digimon 02
In May 2000, Matt arrived in the Digital World and gave up his Crest power to free the Sovereigns. As a result, Gabumon lost the power to become WereGarurumon and MetalGarurumon.
On the Original Story Music and CD Drama, track 7 "Bass wo Hiki Nagara" looks at Yamato theme as well as a short story of the creation of Yamato's band. It listens to Yamato trying to decide which genre of music should they do "Rock, Hard Metal..." and also a name for the band. Yamato wanted to name it after Gabumon and after going though all the evolutions of his digimon partner could not finding a correct one. So he decides as Gabumon has wolf-type digievloutions the band will be "The Teenage Wolves".
It also reveals that Yamato's father in his youth also used to be in a band, before he went onto being a TV reporter
Digimon 02
Matt became the vocalist and bass player for a rock band, the Teenage Wolves. He was very popular and girls were always running up to him wanting his autograph. One of his biggest fans was the older sister of Davis, June Motomiya. Some liked this comical relief for this series. But near the finale, Matt developed a relationship with Sora and there are also signs that show this ;for example when Matt says that he should be jealous of Yuri because Sora kept talking about how Yuri was going to take her and Yolei out for lunch. At one point when Tai felt he had let down Agumon, Matt punched him in the face to try and get him to snap out of it. Unlike in the previous season; Tai said "He needed it." The relationship between Tai and Matt on the whole had changed: while they were still rivals they had much more of a mutual respect for each other.
Michi E No Armor Shinka
During a plan to distract Boltmon via tap-dancing, Matt finally declared his feelings for Sora.Diaboromon Strikes Back
Matt and Tai defeat Diaboromon/Armageddemon, with Gabumon and Agumon digivolving together to form Omnimon. He was still good friends with Tai and the rest of the DigiDestined. There was a picture of him and Sora when they were still dating but, apparently, they had a little spat. However, as a joke in the movie, he annoyed Tai when he told Izzy she was at her Tennis Club meet by saying, "Can't you remember your own girlfriend's appointments?"Series finale epilogue
By the year 2027, Matt has become an astronaut and is married to Sora. He and Gabumon became the first human and Digimon to land on Mars (even though they were supposed to go the moon). He has one daughter, a blonde who resembles him, with a Yokomon; and a son with red hair who resembles more closely his wife, with a Tsunomon.Trivia
- Matt and T.K.'s given names, Yamato and Takeru, are likely a reference to Yamato Takeru, a figure from Japanese history.
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| Main characters: | Tai | Matt | Sora | Izzy | Mimi | Joe | T.K. | Kari | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digimon: | Agumon | Gabumon | Biyomon | Tentomon | Palmon | Gomamon | Patamon | Gatomon | |||
| Villains: | Devimon | Etemon | Myotismon | Dark Masters | |||
| Other Characters: | Gennai | Leomon | Ogremon | Wizardmon | |||
| See also: | [[Digimon: Digital Monsters (anime)]] | Digimon | |||
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