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** Magnamon in the broader fiction is an incredibly powerful digimon, comparable to Megas on the level of the Royal Knights. In the main series, while much stronger than the other armor digimon, Magnamon is somewhere around the power level of an Ultimate, with Kimeramon dominating much of their fight. In the first special however, Rapidmon and Magnamon together are strong enough to damage the Mega-Level Cherubimon, who took out Seraphimon and Magnadramon in moments.

** Imperaldramon has the dubious distinction of not having a single unassisted victory against another Mega-level. He tied with Blackwargreymon with Wargreymon's aid; was only able to push back Daemon with Shakkoumon and Silphymon helping, and needed Malomyotismon weakned to the point of being a disembodied spirit to defeat him. Dragon Mode lost to an Ultimate-level in SkullSatamon; who may have been a strong Ultimate; but Shakkoumon and Silphymon were able to defeat members of the Daemon Corps solo. This woeful record even continues beyond 02; with Omnimon's power being needed to defeat Armageddemon; and Imperaldramon not only losing to Rosemon and Vikemon in Tri; but not even being able to [[RunningGag kill a LEOMON.]] Even in his apperance in Hunters; he needed help pinning his targets in place to land Giga Death.
* AmbiguousRobots: Imperialdramon is officially classified as an ancient dragon, but appears to be a Mecha, or at least a cyborg. This goes for his mode changes as well.

* {{BFG}}: The Giga Crusher, which shoots so called Dark Matter. While it is quite powerful on its own, it pales in comparison to....

* BreathWeapon: Imperialdramon's FinishingMove is comprised of him spitting out a supermassive quantity of dark matter that creates an InstantDeathRadius reaching a few hundred meters. It's name? [[Music/{{Megadeth}} Mega Death]].

** '''[[MakingASplash Reliability]]''': Submarimon, a submarine with a [[ChainsawGood chainsaw nose]]. Strongly resembles a narwhal

** Dragon Mode lost to an Ultimate-level in Skull Satamon. While Skull Satamon may have been a strong Ultimate; so were LadyDevimon and MarineDevimon; who were equal in rank in the Daemon Corps; who Silphymon and Shakkoumon defeated. It's actually arguably if Dragon Mode is weaker than the other Jogress Ultimates...

'''English:''' Neil Kaplan (Hawkmon and above, ''02''), Creator/SteveBlum (Poromon and below), Christopher Swindle (''Last Evolution Kizuna'')\\

* {{Adorkable}}: His behavior and especially voice make him incredibly cute and endearing.

'''English:''' Creator/PaulStPeter (Wormmon and above), Creator/WendeeLee (Minomon and below)\\

'''English:''' Creator/RobertAxelrod (Armadillomon and regular evolutions, ''02''), Tom Fahn (armor evolutions), Dave Mallow (Upamon and below), Creator/RobbieDaymond (''Last Evolution Kizuna'')\\

'''English:''' Neil Kaplan (Hawkmon and above), Creator/SteveBlum (Poromon and below), Christopher Swindle (''Last Evolution Kizuna'')\\

'''English:''' Creator/RobertAxelrod (Armadillomon and regular evolutions), Tom Fahn (armor evolutions), Dave Mallow (Upamon and below), Creator/RobbieDaymond (''Last Evolution Kizuna'')\\

* AdaptationalWimp: Played straight and played with throughout the series. Magnamon in the broader fiction is an incredibly powerful digimon, comparable to Megas on the level of the Royal Knights. In the main series, while much stronger than the other armor digimon, Magnamon is somewhere around the power level of an Ultimate, with Kimeramon dominating much of their fight. In the first special however, Rapidmon and Magnamon together are strong enough to damage the Mega-Level Cherubimon, who took out Seraphimon and Magnadramon in moments. Imperialdramon is referenced in the dub as being 3 times stronger than normal Megas but this dialogue isn't present in the original Japanese. It is played straight with Dragon Mode. In most fiction he's a reasonably powerful Mega, whereas in the series he's noticably weaker than Fighter Mode (who's normal form is comparable to the [=WarGreymon=] and whose infected version is overpowered by Rosemon and Vikemon), which would make him among the weakest partner Megas in the franchise.

'''English:''' Neil Kaplan (Hawkmon and above), Creator/SteveBlum (Poromon and below)\\

'''English:''' Creator/RobertAxelrod (Armadillomon and regular evolutions), Tom Fahn (armor evolutions) Dave Mallow (Upamon and below)\\

* AdaptationalWimp: Played straight and played with throughout the series. Magnamon in the broader fiction is an incredibly powerful digimon, comparable to Megas on the level of the Royal Knights. In the main series, while much stronger than the other armor digimon, Magnamon is somewhere around the power level of an Ultimate, with Kimeramon dominating much of their fight. In the first special however, Rapidmon and Magnamon together are strong enough to damage the Mega-Level Cherubimon, who took out Seraphimon and Magnadramon in moments. Imperialdramon is referenced in the dub as being 3 times stronger than normal Megas but this dialogue isn't present in the original Japanese. It is played straight with Dragon Mode. In most fiction he's a reasonably powerful Mega, whereas in the series he's noticably weaker than Fighter Mode (who's normal form is comparable to the WarGreymon and whose infected version is overpowered by Rosemon and Vikemon), which would make him among the weakest partner Megas in the franchise.

* MightyGlacier: As Shakkoumon, he (and Angemon) move rather slow compared to his other allies, but is able to dish out and sustain a large deal of pain; enough to turn the tide and critically harm Blackwargraymon while before his arrival the other Ultimates could not even scratch him.

* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Is the only main Digimon in the franchise who is the opposite gender of the partner.

* '''In-Training''': Minomon, Wormmon's head attached to a pinecone. Blows bubbles.

-->'''Wormmon:''' I hope you're finally proud of yourself. You've officially become worse than the monster you created. Whatever happened to that sweet kid I met a long time ago who had a dream of taking over the Digital World? Okay, so it was a sick and twisted dream, but we still had a lot of laughs together! What happened to the boy I was proud to call master? Of course, you MADE me call you that. You've changed, Ken. But it's not too late for you. For some reason, you started capturing Digimon and you turned them into your slaves instead of into your friends. I didn't agree, but I stuck by your side because I was your Digimon. And then, you started being cruel to me. The one who knows the true you. The others way know and fear you as the Digimon Emperor, but never forget I know the real you. I'll always think of you for your kindness, Ken. No matter what happens. One day I hope you'll realize that the real Ken isn't the Digimon Emperor, but the Ken that's my friend. And only a real friend would do this!

* AdaptiationalWimp: Played straight and played with throughout the series. Magnamon in the broader fiction is an incredibly powerful digimon, comparable to Megas on the level of the Royal Knights. In the main series, while much stronger than the other armor digimon, Magnamon is somewhere around the power level of an Ultimate, with Kimeramon dominating much of their fight. In the first special however, Rapidmon and Magnamon together are strong enough to damage the Mega-Level Cherubimon, who took out Seraphimon and Magnadramon in moments. Imperialdramon is referenced in the dub as being 3 times stronger than normal Megas but this dialogue isn't present in the original Japanese. It is played straight with Dragon Mode. In most fiction he's a reasonably powerful Mega, whereas in the series he's noticably weaker than Fighter Mode (who's normal form is comparable to the WarGreymon and whose infected version is overpowered by Rosemon and Vikemon), which would make him among the weakest partner Megas in the franchise.

* StoryBreakerPower: Paladin Mode is easily the most powerful hero digimon in the adventure anime, thanks mostly to the addition of Omnimon's power. He is able to defeat Armageddemon, who prior was only slightly damaged by Omnimon and completely unfazed by Imperialdramon, with a single stab.

* SuperForm: He's got two, actually. Imperialdramon is his mega form, which is normally a more traditional looking dragon, but he can shift into Fighter Mode to take a humanoid appearance. And then by combining powers with Omnimon, he can become Paladin Mode.

** In fact, he has no actual kills on a fellow mega level digimon (unless you count an incorporeal spirit who can't fight back), at least not until he becomes [[SuperForm Paladin Mode]] who is immune to this.

* AdaptationalWimp: In most other Digimon materials, Imperialdramon is an incredibly powerful Mega Digimon and a PhysicalGod, and that's without counting any of his mode changes, which are at least three times as powerful. In the anime, Imperialdramon is constantly saddled with TheWorfEffect and ends up being used for transport more than fighting. Even his Fighter Mode is only as strong as Wargreymon in power (see the fight against Blackwargreymon), and he didn't even get Fighter Mode until [=SkullSatamon=] (an Ultimate) got the drop on him and the rest of the team.
** In fact, Imperaldramon has never won against any Mega-level digimon, even with help, discounting his cameo in Hunters. Daemon was only using one hand and merely got pushed back; Blackwargreymon was a tie; and [=MaloMyotismon=] only lost because his power source [The Dark Spores] dried up so he lost his body. His only victories as Imperaldramon are against Ultimate-level digimon. [[spoiler: Tri continues this with him losing to Vikemon and Rosemon; two freshly digivolved Megas; despite him having years to get used to his form by this point, and he is weak enough that Leomon; a mere Champion; can launch an effective attack on him; and Gomamon; a Rookie can get up after being hit by him in Dragon Mode.]]

* PowerCreepPowerSeep: Imperialdramon's power level varies from material to material. In the actual anime, its vaguely defined, but in his fighter mode, he seems to be roughly around [=WarGreymon=] in power, with Dragon mode being somewhat weaker. In supplemental material, he's occasionally shown to be nearer to Omnimon's power level, but that clearly doesn't gel with his portrayal in the actual anime. This higher level of power is how he was portrayed in the finale of Young Hunters, being the one to fire a bit of a coup de grace.

* SuperForm: He's got two, actually. Imperialdramon is his mega form, which is normally a more traditional looking dragon, but he can shift into Fighter Mode to take a humanoid appearance. And then by combining powers with Omnimon, he can become Paladin Mode

* TheWorfEffect: Despite being established as a reasonably powerful mega (he even touts himself as "[[BlatantLies the most powerful digimon of all]]" in his dragon form), he spends most of his fights getting beaten into the ground to hype up his current opponent.

** He lost to Skullsatamon, an Ultimate, in Dragon Mode.

* AmbiguousRobots: Imp-erialdramon is officially classified as an ancient dragon, but appears to be a Mecha, or at least a cyborg. This goes for his mode changes as well.

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