History Main / DivergingEvolutionaryPhases

*** Charcadet has two evolutions based on what kind of armor its given. it will evolve into Armarouge if given Auspicious Armor or it will evolve into Ceruledge if given Malicious Armor.

** "Armor Digivolution" is when a Digimon digivolves with the power of a Digi-Egg. This was considered a lost form of digivolution that Digimon used in the past before they eventually learned how to do it without the need of armor. In ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'', the Digimon Emperor's Dark Spires block Digimons' ability to Digivolve normally; Veemon, Armadillomon, Hawkmon, Patamon, and Gatomon gain the ability to Armor-Digivolve when their Digidestined partners discover the Digi-eggs. Over the course of the season, the Digidestined would end up finding multiple Digi-Eggs that allowed their Digimon partners to achieve multiple Armor forms, with the only exceptions are, Patamon and Gatomon, who both only gained one Armor form and SixthRanger, Wormmon, who never gained any Armor forms. Veemon becomes Flamedramon and Raidramon, Hawkmon becomes Halsemon and Shurimon, and Armadillomon becomes Digmon and Submarimon. Veemon is also the only Digimon that was able to utilize the unique Golden Digi-Egg to achieve a third Armor form, Magnamon.

* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': While most Digimon have set evolutionary lines, there are times when a digimon will undergo alternate forms of digivolution when certain conditions are met.

** "Armor Digivolution" is when a Digimon digivolves with the power of a Digi-Egg. This was considered a lost form of digivolution that Digimon would use before they eventually learned how to do it on their own. In ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'', the Digimon Emperor's Dark Spires block Digimons' ability to Digivolve normally; Veemon, Armadillomon, Hawkmon, Patamon, and Gatomon gain the ability to Armor-Digivolve when their Digidestined partners discover the Digi-eggs and with the exception of Patamon and Gatomon, each manages to find two digi-eggs and gain two Armor forms. Veemon becomes Flamedramon and Raidramon, Hawkmon becomes Halsemon and Shurimon, and Armadillomon becomes Digmon and Submarimon.
** DNA Digivolution is [[FusionDance when two or more different Digimon Digivolve together into a single, more powerful form]].

** "Dark Digivolution" happens when a Digimon is coerced into digivolving while under intense negative emotions (either their own or their human partner's), resulting in the digimon digivolving into a Virus-type variation of their usual digivolved form.
*** In ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', Greymon digivolves into [=SkullGreymon=] after Tai tries forcing Agumon into digivolving on command (first by overfeeding him, then by deliberately putting himself in danger). In ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'', the Digimon Emperor tries forcing Agumon (who's under the control of a Dark Ring) to digivolve, he becomes [=SkullGreymon=] again. He then later manages to force Agumon to digivolve into [=MetalGreymon's Virus Mode=] while under a perfected Dark Spiral.
*** In ''Anime/DigimonTamers'', Takato is overcome with grief and rage after Beelzemon kills Leomon. Picking up on his tamer's negative energy, a feral Guilmon warp digivolves into Megidramon, a DraconicAbomination whose very existence destabilizes the Digital World.
** "Armor Digivolution" is when a Digimon digivolves with the power of a Digi-Egg. This was considered a lost form of digivolution that Digimon would use before they eventually learned how to do it on their own. In ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'', the Digimon Emperor's Dark Spires block Digimons' ability to Digivolve normally; Veemon, Armadillomon, Hawkmon, Patamon, and Gatomon gain the ability to Armor-Digivolve when their Digidestined partners discover the Digi-eggs.

** Wurmple is a Bug-type Pokémon that can evolve into one of two cocoon-like Pokemon, Silcoon and Cascoon (which one it evolves to is dependent on a hidden personality value). These two Pokemon then evolve into the butterfly-esque Beautifly and the moth-like Dustox, respectively.

** Wurmple, the Worm Pokémon, is a Bug-type Pokémon that can evolve into one of two cocoon-like Pokemon, Silcoon and Cascoon (which one it evolves to is dependent on a hidden personality value). These two Pokemon then evolve into the butterfly-esque Beautifly or the moth-like Dustox, respectively.

** Cosmoem is unique not only for being one of the few Legendary Pokémon that evolve, but also for being the only Legendary Pokémon with a branching evolution. It's also unique in being the only Pokémon whose evolution is dependent on what version of the game it's in. In Sun, Ultra Sun, Sword, and Scarlet it will evolve into Solgaleo, while in Moon, Ultra Moon, Shield, and Violet it will evolve into Lunala.

*** Applin evolves into either Flapple, Appletun, or Dipplin depending on what type of apple it's fed.

** Eevee, the "Evolution Pokémon", is the TropeCodifier when it comes to {{Mon}}. Eevee is a Normal-type Pokemon resembling a brown fox that is famous for having a great many different options for what it can evolve into utilizing different methods. Such options include evolution stones ([[MakingASplash Vaporeon]], [[ShockAndAwe Jolteon]], and [[PlayingWithFire Flareon]]), leveling up with high friendship during the day or night ([[PsychicPowers Espeon]] and [[CastingAShadow Umbreon]]), leveling up in a specific location ([[GreenThumb Leafeon]] and [[AnIcePerson Glaceon]]), and leveling up with high friendship while knowing a specific type move ([[OurFairiesAreDifferent Sylveon]]). Eevee also has a temporary SuperMode called Gigantamax Eevee.

** Many Pokémon evolve by being exposed to items, such as evolution stones, or traded while holding a specific item. Then there are some Pokémon that have multiple branching evolutions depending on which item is given to it and/or what item it has while being traded. Examples include:

** Applin evolves into either Flapple, Appletun, or Dipplin depending on what type of apple it's fed.
** Poliwhirl has two item-based evolutions. It will evolve into Poliwrath if given a Water Stone or it will evolve into Politoed if traded while holding a King's Rock.
** Nincada is unique in that it has a simultaneous evolution into two evolved forms, but with the catch that one of them only appears under specific circumstances when evolving into the other. When Nincada evolves into Ninjask at level 20, its other evolved form, Shedinja, will only appear if the player has an empty slot in their party and an extra Poke Ball in their inventory. If these conditions are not met, then Shedinja cannot be obtained at all.

*** Going even further, there are some Pokémon where only one gender can evolve to the final form and the other cannot evolve at all. A good example is Vespiquen, which can only evolve from female Combee, while male Combee cannot evolve period.
*** Burmy is an interesting example in which both genders have an exclusive evolution that the other cannot evolve to. All female Burmy evolve into Wormadam, while all male Burmy evolve into Mothim. In addition, Wormadam also has a different secondary type depending on the cloak that female Burmy has when she evolves, whereas Mothim always has the same typing regardless of male Burmy's cloak. The plant cloak makes Wormadam Bug/Grass, the Sandy cloak makes her Bug/Ground, and the Trash cloak makes her Bug/Steel.

*** Going even further, there are some Pokémon where only one gender can evolve to the final form and the other cannot evolve at all. A good example is Vespiqueen, which can only evolve from female Combee, while male Combee cannot evolve period.