History Recap / DigimonAdventureE20EvolutionToPerfectMetalGreymon

The kids ponder over how to save Sora, and Yamato theorizes that Nanomon may release her if they defeat Etemon, while Mimi is nervous because they [[CurbStompBattle keep losing to Etemon]]. Takeru tells the Digimon to eat well, since they may have to fight at any time. Taichi is feeling guilt over hesitating when he could have saved Sora.

Koushirou reveals through his analysis that Nanomon, Sora, and Piyomon are actually in another part of the pyramid, and haven't gone far at all. The kids resolve to do whatever it takes to rescue her.

Sora wakes up StrappedToAnOperatingTable by Nanomon, with Piyomon tied to a nearby wall. Nanomon reveals that he wishes to use Piyomon to defeat Etemon, and that he has a way to evolve Piyomon without Sora's support. Sora watches in fear as Nanomon makes a clone of Sora on another operating table, saying that since none of the kids have been able to use their Crests yet, he'll make a copy of Sora to control it for him, revealing that he has Sora's Crest.

The kids make a plan: Yamato, Jou, and their Digimon will act as decoys, while Taichi, Koushirou, Agumon, and Tentomon go in to save Sora. Koushirou tells Taichi that one of the walls is electrified, like the one from earlier, which brings up Taichi's fear but also hardens his resolve to save Sora. With this, Ikkakumon starts the attack on Etemon and Yamato, Garurumon, Jou, and Ikkakumon quickly retreat, but the attack incenses Etemon, who decides to finish them off.

Nanomon notices the pyramid shaking and realizes the Chosen Children have entered, and the Gazimon also catch onto them.

Mimi, worried about Jou and the others, chases after them with Togemon, leaving Takeru and Tokomon behind. As she does so, Etemon approaches Jou and Ikkakumon, but are given support by Yamato and Garurumon followed by Mimi and Togemon. Unfortunately, they are all quickly dispatched by Etemon who then he uses his devolving ability again. They are saved when the Gazimon inform Etemon that the children have infiltrated the pyramid, and Takeru and Tokomon helps the others make an escape with the distraction. Etemon leaves the children for now, reasoning that they're too weak to fight anyway.

Taichi, Koushirou, Agumon, and Tentomon are cornered by Etemon, who demands to know where Nanomon is. Tentomon evolves to Kabuterimon and Koushirou tells Taichi that they'll hold Etemon back, so Taichi should go find Sora. Taichi does so and finds the electric passageway, and is forced to face his fear.

-->'''Taichi''': There's something very precious to me on the other side of this wall.\\
'''Agumon''': Sora?\\
'''Taichi''': Yeah. But that's not all. I feel like there's something else very precious over there that I'd lost yesterday.\\
'''Agumon''': Taichi... you can do it, Taichi! Bring out your courage!

Taichi passes his hand through the wall -- and the Crest on his neck glows. Behind them, the injured body of Kabuterimon falls, and Taichi realizes he doesn’t have much time left, so he has Agumon evolve to Greymon, who holds Etemon off.

Taichi passes completely through the wall and runs into Nanomon, standing next to Sora... except it's not Sora, it's the clone; the real Sora is still strapped to the table. Taichi steals back Sora's Digivice and Tag (now loaded with her Crest), but Nanomon drops Sora through a hole before he can give it to her. Fortunately, Taichi catches her before she falls completely, and Taichi sees a tangle of black cables Nanomon explains to be the source of Etemon's Dark Network within the pit -- anything that falls into it is lost forever. Nanomon tries to force Sora down, and demands the Digivice and Crest back in exchange for Sora’s life. Taichi doesn't buy it, and gives Sora her Digivice and Crest, allowing Piyomon to evolve to Birdramon.

They escape Nanomon's room, with the helpful side effect of electrocuting Etemon in the electric wall. Taichi and Sora meet up with Koushirou, while outside Jou, Mimi, Yamato, and Takeru approach the pyramid and reach them.

Nanomon destroys the Sora clone and attempts to [[TakingYouWithMe drag himself and Etemon into the dark pit]], but upon failing that releases a virus into the pit that will cause it to drag the powers of darkness into itself and amass into a ball that will destroy everything. The dark ball absorbs the pyramid, Nanomon, and all of Etemon's forces, but rather inconveniently leaves Etemon alive and fused into the top of the ball. Etemon proceeds to attack them and destroy every retreat area the kids have left.

Taichi charges forward with Greymon, declaring that he won't run away anymore. His Crest glows, and Greymon says he can feel the power of Taichi’s courage -- super-evolving[[note]]digivolving[[/note]] Greymon into [=MetalGreymon=]. Fueled by the power of Taichi's courage, [=MetalGreymon=] finishes off Etemon [[CurbStompBattle in one attack]].

The resulting explosion drags [=MetalGreymon=] and Taichi into a mysterious void, leaving the stunned others wondering where they went...

...while Taichi and Koromon find themselves standing in the middle of a street back in Japan...
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!!Tropes:
* BadBoss: Etemon continues to show disregard for his forces when he launches a Dark Spirit attack at them to get them out of the way so he could take on the Chosen Children personally.
* ExactlyWhatIAimedAt: When Nanomon fires his Plug Bomb attack into the pit, Etemon mocks him for his aim. Nanomon then retorts that the Plug Bomb attack contained a computer virus that would transform the dark pit into a ball that would absorb all the evil energy around.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: In their first battle, Etemon permanently robbed Nanomon of all his memories prior to said fight. With no way to resume his life prior to his imprisonment, Nanomon dedicates himself solely to getting revenge on Etemon no matter what.
* OneHitKill: All it takes is one Giga Destroyer from [=MetalGreymon=] to take down Etemon.
* OneWingedAngel: A unique variation. Etemon gets control of his Dark Network's core after merging with it and becomes more powerful than ever in the process, his Dark Spirits attack warping the very reality of where it hits. Fortunately, it's still not enough to stand up to [=MetalGreymon=].
* TakingYouWithMe: Nanomon causes the floor in his room to drop away and leave both him and Etemon to fall into the core beneath it, sacrificing himself to take his enemy down. [[SenselessSacrifice It doesn't work, in the end]] -- rather than being absorbed into the Dark Network, [[AssimilationBackfire Etemon absorbs]] ''[[AssimilationBackfire it]]'' [[AssimilationBackfire instead and becomes more powerful than ever]] as Etemon Chaos.
* ThirdPartyStopsAttack: After de-evolving Garurumon, Ikkakumon, and Togemon, Etemon was about to finish them, Yamato, Jou, and Mimi off with one last Dark Spirit when one of his Gazimon minions informs him that Taichi and Koushirou had infiltrated the pyramid, giving Takeru an opening to help them escape.
* TrappedBehindEnemyLines: One of Etemon's Dark Spirit attacks destroys the Sphinx connected to the PortalNetwork back to safety, thus preventing the Chosen Children from escaping.
* WeNeedADistraction: Ikkakumon and Garurumon launch an attack on Etemon's forces to draw them away from the pyramid so that Taichi and Koushirou can enter the pyramid. Unfortunately, it works too well and draws out Etemon himself. They end up getting one of their own when a Gazimon calls out to Etemon before he can finish them off, allowing them to escape.
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* TakingYouWithMe: Nanomon causes the floor in his room to drop away and leave both him and Etemon to fall into the core beneath it, sacrificing himself to take his enemy down. [[SenselessSacrifice It doesn't work, in the end]] -- rather than being absorbed into the Dark Network, [[AssimilationBackfire Etemon absorbs]] ''[[AssimilationBackfire it]]'' [[AssimilationBackfire instead and becomes more powerful than ever]].

Mimi, worried about Jou and the others, chases after them with Togemon, leaving Takeru and Tokomon behind. As she does so, Etemon approaches Jou and Ikkakumon, but are given support by Mimi and Togemon. Unfortunately, they are quickly dispatched by Etemon when he uses his devolving ability again. They are saved when the Gazimon inform Etemon that the children have infiltrated the pyramid, and Takeru and Tokomon helps the others make an escape with the distraction. Etemon leaves the children for now, reasoning that they're too weak to fight anyway.

* ExactlyWhatIAimedAt: When Datamon fires his Plug Bomb attack into the pit, Etemon mocks him for his aim. Nanomon then retorts that the Plug Bomb attack contained a computer virus that would transform the dark pit into a ball that would absorb all the evil energy around.

* TakingYouWithMe: Datamon causes the floor in his room to drop away and leave both him and Etemon to fall into the core beneath it, sacrificing himself to take his enemy down. It doesn't work, in the end -- rather than being absorbed into the Dark Network, Etemon absorbs ''it'' instead and becomes more powerful than ever.

The kids ponder over how to save Sora, and Yamato theorizes that Nanomon may release her if they defeat Etemon, while Mimi is nervous because they [[CurbStompBattle keep losing indiscriminately to Etemon]]. Takeru tells the Digimon to eat well, since they may have to fight at any time. Taichi is feeling guilt over hesitating when he could have saved Sora.

Koushirou reveals through his analysis that Nanomon, Sora, and Piyomon are actually in another part of the pyramid, and haven’t gone far at all. The kids resolve to do whatever it takes to rescue her.

Sora wakes up StrappedToAnOperatingTable by Nanomon, with Piyomon tied to a nearby wall. Nanomon reveals that he wishes to use Piyomon to defeat Etemon, and that he has a way to evolve Piyomon without Sora’s support. Sora watches in fear as Nanomon makes a clone of Sora on another operating table, saying that since none of the kids have been able to use their Crests yet, he’ll make a copy of Sora to control it for him, revealing that he has Sora’s Crest.

The kids make a plan: Yamato, Jou, and their Digimon will act as decoys, while Taichi, Koushirou, Agumon, and Tentomon go in to save Sora. Koushirou tells Taichi that one of the walls is electrified, like the one from earlier, which brings up Taichi’s fear but also hardens his resolve to save Sora. With this, Ikkakumon starts the attack on Etemon and Yamato, Garurumon, Jou, and Ikkakumon quickly retreat, but the attack incenses Etemon, who decides to finish them off.

Mimi, worried about Jou and the others, chases after them with Togemon, leaving Takeru and Tokomon behind. As she does so, Etemon approaches Jou and Ikkakumon, but are given support by Mimi and Togemon. Unfortunately, they are quickly dispatched by Etemon when he uses his devolving ability again. They are saved when the Gazimon inform Etemon that the children have infiltrated the pyramid, and Takeru and Tokomon helps the others make an escape with the distraction. Etemon leaves the children for now, reasoning that they’re too weak to fight anyway.

Taichi, Koushirou, Agumon, and Tentomon are cornered by Etemon, who demands to know where Nanomon is. Tentomon evolves to Kabuterimon and Koushirou tells Taichi that they’ll hold Etemon back, so Taichi should go find Sora. Taichi does so and finds the electric passageway, and is forced to face his fear.

-->'''Taichi''': There’s something very precious to me on the other side of this wall.
-->'''Agumon''': Sora?
-->'''Taichi''': Yeah. But that’s not all. I feel like there’s something else very precious over there that I’d lost yesterday.
-->'''Agumon''': Taichi...you can do it, Taichi! Bring out your courage!

Taichi passes his hand through the wall - and the Crest on his neck glows. Behind them, the injured body of Kabuterimon falls, and Taichi realizes he doesn’t have much time left, so he has Agumon evolve to Greymon, who holds Etemon off.

Taichi passes completely through the wall and runs into Nanomon, standing next to Sora...except it’s not Sora, it’s the clone; the real Sora is still strapped to the table. Taichi steals back Sora’s Digivice and Tag (now loaded with her Crest), but Nanomon drops Sora through a hole before he can give it to her. Fortunately, Taichi catches her before she falls completely, and Taichi sees what Nanomon explains to be the source of Etemon’s Dark Network within the pit. Nanomon tries to force Sora down, and demands the Digivice and Crest back in exchange for Sora’s life. Taichi doesn’t buy it, and gives Sora her Digivice and Crest, allowing Piyomon to evolve to Birdramon.

They escape Nanomon’s room, with the helpful side effect of electrocuting Etemon in the electric wall. Taichi and Sora meet up with Koushirou, while outside Jou, Mimi, Yamato, and Takeru approach the pyramid and reach them.

Nanomon destroys the Sora clone and attempts to [[TakingYouWithMe drag himself and Etemon into the dark pit]], but upon failing that releases a virus into the pit that will cause it to drag the powers of darkness into itself and amass into a ball that will destroy everything. The dark ball absorbs the pyramid, Nanomon, and all of Etemon’s forces, but rather inconveniently leaves Etemon alive in the top of the ball. Etemon proceeds to attack them and destroy every retreat area they have left.

Taichi charges forward with Greymon, declaring that he won’t run away anymore. His Crest glows, and Greymon says he can feel the power of Taichi’s courage - super-evolving[[note]]digivolving[[/note]] Greymon into [=MetalGreymon=]. Fueled by the power of Taichi’s courage, [=MetalGreymon=] finishes off Etemon [[CurbStompBattle in one attack]].

* ExactlyWhatIAimedAt: When Nanomon fires his Plug Bomb attack into the pit, Etemon mocks him for his aim. Nanomon then retorts that the Plug Bomb attack contained a computer virus that would transform the dark pit into a ball that would absorb all the evil energy around.

* OneWingedAngel: A unique variation. Upon merging with the core of his dark network, Etemon gets control of it, and becomes more powerful than ever in the process, his Dark Spirits attack warping the very reality of where it hits. Fortunately, it's still not enough to stand up to [=MetalGreymon=].
* WeNeedADistraction: Ikkakumon and Garurumon launch an attack on Etemon's forces to draw them away from the pyramid so that Taichi and Koushirou can enter the pyramid. Unfortunately, it works too well and draws out Etemon himself. They end up getting one of their own when a Gazimon calls out to Etemon before he can finish them off, allowing them to escape.

* ExactlyWhatIAimedAt: When Nanomon fires his Plug Bomb attack into the pit, Etemon mocks him for his aim. Nanomon then retorts that the Plug Bomb attack contained a computer virus that would transform the dark pit into a ball that would absorb on the evil energy around.

* WeNeedADistraction: Ikkakumon and Garurumon launch an attack on Etemon's forces to draw them away from the pyramid so that Taichi and Koushirou can enter the pyramid. Unfortunately, it works too well and draws out Etemon himself. They end up getting one of their own when a Gazimon calls out to Etemon before he can finish them off. allowing them to escape.

* WeNeedADistraction: Ikkakumon and Garurumon launch an attack on Etemon's forces to draw them away from the pyramid so that Taichi and Koushirou can enter the pyramid. Unfortunately, it works too well and draws out Etemon himself.

!!Tropes

Taichi passes completely through the wall and runs into Nanomon, standing next to Sora...except it’s not Sora, it’s the clone; the real Sora is still strapped to the table. Taichi steals back Sora’s Digivice and Tag (now loaded with her Crest), but Nanomon drops Sora through a hole before he can give it to her. Fortunately, Taichi catches her before she falls completely, and Taichi sees what Nanomon explains to be the source of Etemon’s Dark Network within the pit. Etemon tries to force Sora down, and demands the Digivice and Crest back in exchange for Sora’s life. Taichi doesn’t buy it, and gives Sora her Digivice and Crest, allowing Piyomon to evolve to Birdramon.

Etemon destroys the Sora clone and attempts to [[TakingYouWithMe drag himself and Etemon into the dark pit]], but upon failing that releases a virus into the pit that will cause it to drag the powers of darkness into itself and amass into a ball that will destroy everything. The dark ball absorbs the pyramid, Nanomon, and all of Etemon’s forces, but rather inconveniently leaves Etemon alive in the top of the ball. Etemon proceeds to attack them and destroy every retreat area they have left.

Sora wakes up StrappedToAnOperatingTable by Nanomon, with Piyomon tied to a nearby wall. Nanomon reveals that he wishes to use Piyomon to defeat Etemon, and that he has a way to evolve Piyomon without Sora’s support. Sora watches in fear as Etemon makes a clone of Sora on another operating table, saying that since none of the kids have been able to use their Crests yet, he’ll make a copy of Sora to control it for him, revealing that he has Sora’s Crest.

Taichi charges forward with Greymon, declaring that he won’t run away anymore. His Crest glows, and Greymon says he can feel the power of Taichi’s courage - super-evolving[[hottip:* :digivolving]] Greymon into [=MetalGreymon=]. Fueled by the power of Taichi’s courage, [=MetalGreymon=] finishes off Etemon [[CurbStompBattle in one attack]].