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* {{Expy}}: Of [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader.]] Wears scary black armor and wields a red sword? Check. TheDragon to another villain? Check. [[spoiler:Related to one of the protagonists and pulls a HeelFaceTurn because of that connection? Checkmate.]]
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* FanDisservice: Ranamon as Calmaramon. Even her fan clubs became disgusted after witnessing her transformation, causing them to resign from said clubs.
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* PsychoRangers: They are the anime's equivalent of a rival team to the resident {{Sentai}}.
* QuirkyMinibossSquad: They are the recurring threats for the first half of the anime. However, quirky that is, they are ''incredibly serious threats'' who can easily crush the legendary warriors in most of their encounters.
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* PsychoRangers: They are the anime's equivalent of a rival team to the resident {{Sentai}}.
* QuirkyMinibossSquad: They are the recurring threats for the first half of the anime. However, quirky that is, they are ''incredibly serious threats'' who can easily crush the legendary warriors in most of their encounters.
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* {{Gonk}}: Exaggerated In-Universe for her Beast Spirit. She is not painful to look as long as you ignore everything from the waist down, unless you're into that sort of thing, but Calamaramon's looks are more mature and sharp. Ranamon's fan-club liked her for her cute idol-like beauty and consider her as good as a {{Gonk}}.
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* FatalFlaw: She places all value on appearances, barely caring to improve her selfish and cruel personality. As such, most of her fanclub is composed of Digimon as shallow as she is, so they either end abandoning her when she gets her Beast Spirit and shows her ugly side (like the Toucanmon), and the one group of fans that still side with her even after seeing Calmaramon (the Honeybeemon) quickly ditch her and defect to Izumi/Zoe (whom Ranamon was fighting at the time) not only because she’s pretty, but because she’s also a kind person who cares for others selflessly, unlike Ranamon.
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* BewareTheSillyOnes: Arbormon is an odd, weird individual who lives in his own world and most of the times gives advices to live a good daily life for no particular reason ([[BreakingTheFourthWall to the audience, of all people]]), but despite that forgetting he’s one of the Evil Legendary Warriors is a bad idea. In his default form he’s a competent fighter, but as Petaldramon he becomes a true powerhouse and during the final fight the main characters have against him is necessary for the five of them to fight him at the same time in their Beast Spirits in order to defeat him.
* BizarreTasteInFood: He’s shown to enjoy the taste of the noodles of the [[LethalChef Delumon/Deramon]] that lives in the Forest Terminal, something other Digimon like Bokomon and Neemon found disgusting.
* BizarreTasteInFood: He’s shown to enjoy the taste of the noodles of the [[LethalChef Delumon/Deramon]] that lives in the Forest Terminal, something other Digimon like Bokomon and Neemon found disgusting.
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* PokeThePoodle: In one infamous case, he once terrorized a Burgermon village in order to get to eat all the hamburgers he wanted. While he’s still portrayed as a force to reckon with, his role and behavior there is more fitting of some low tier villain than to one of the Ten Legendary Warriors.
* PokeThePoodle: In one infamous case, he once terrorized a Burgermon village in order to get to eat all the hamburgers he wanted. While he’s still portrayed as a force to reckon with, his role and behavior there is more fitting of some low tier villain than to one of the Ten Legendary Warriors.
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A small, ugly gnome-like creature. He was the first of the evil Warriors the children meet and also the first to fall. His Spirits are the reincarnations of [=AncientVolcamon=], Warrior of Earth.
His two evolutions are as follows:
** '''Human Hybrid''': Grumblemon ''(Grottomon)'', an ogre Digimon. His default form.
** '''Beast Hybrid''': Gigasmon, a mineral Digimon. He's supposed to be a certain type of mythological giant called a Gigas.
->Voiced by: Tomohiro Nishimura (JP), Creator/DerekStephenPrince (EN), Creator/JuanCarlosLozano (Spain), Ángel Aragón (Latin America), Ivo Roberto (Brazil)
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* CombatPragmatist: Grumblemon is easily the best tactician of any of his gang, only topped by Mercurymon. He's not afraid to use his Beast Spirit to turn the fight to his advantage, bring backup, hide underground or run away when he's clearly outmatched. He even immobilizes Koji once when the latter tries to use his own Beast Spirit.
* CurbStompBattle: Fights with him either end with him dishing these out or being on the receiving end, the former when facing the Legendary Warriors before they got their Beast Spirits, and the latter occurring afterwards.
* DePower: Loses his beast spirit to Takuya and doesn't get it back.
* DishingOutDirt: He's the Legendary Warrior of Earth.
* DropTheHammer: His WeaponOfChoice is a hammer, and in one instance he breaks out [[DualWielding another.]]
* DumbMuscle: Subverted. He looks like this at first, especially because he likes to drop the hammer and has a hulking Beast Spirit, but outside of Mercurymon he's the only one of the evil Legendary Warriors who displays ability to plan rather than charging into a fight.
%%* FacialMarkings: Red ones.
* FastTunnelling: Being the Legendary Warrior of Earth, his affinity is in the underground, able to tunnel through it quickly in both of his spirit forms.
%%* HeelFaceTurn: [[DeathEqualsRedemption Post-death.]]
* HeroKiller: Was able to steal both the spirits of Ice and Wind from the heroes, leaving Zoe and Tommy powerless for a while.
%%* HulkSpeak: Especially when he slide evolves to Gigasmon.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: He'll run away if the battle's turned in his enemies' favor.
* MookMaker: He can create an apparently endless supply of Golemon, which he doesn't need his Beast Spirit for.
* OurGiantsAreBigger: Gigasmon is based off a Gigas, but he isn't really that big. He is quite physically imposing, however.
%%* OurGnomesAreWeirder: Grumblemon.
* QuirkyMinibossSquad: With Ranamon, Arbormon and Mercurymon. He was also esentially an one-man version of this before the rest were introduced.
%%* RedemptionEarnsLife: In the last episode.
* SinisterSchnoz: Both his forms have a large GagNose.
* SmugSnake: Doesn't take the Legendary Warriors for a threat, which ends up costing him his Beast Spirit.
* SpinAttack: Gigasmon's Quagmire Twister attack.
* StarterVillain: The first main enemy to be dispatched. Previously, the kids encountered unrelated Digimon doing their own thing.
* SummonMagic: He has summoned Golemon during two battles. The first time, he only calls one. He has a small army of them with him the second time.
* VillainForgotToLevelGrind: Of a sort. When he first appeared, Grumblemon was easily able to trump all five of the Legendary Warriors, especially when he gained his Beast Spirit, as Gigasmon made it an Ultimate level fighting relatively inexperienced champions. But after the Digidestined all got their Beast Spirits, it quickly became apparent that he was no match for them anymore, especially for either [=KendoGarurumon=] or [=BurningGreymon=].
* VillainousBreakdown: When J.P. gets his beast spirit, Grumblemon has himself a bit of a moment.
* WakeUpCallBoss: He's way harder to handle than the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters of the Week]] that the heroes faced before and he manages to [[BroughtDownToNormal steal Zoe and Tommy's spirits]]. The rest of the QuirkyMinibossSquad are quite a bit stronger than he is.
* YouNoTakeCandle: Speaks this way at least in the English dub.
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[[folder:Arbormon]]
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A wooden cyborg Digimon. He was one of the Evil Legendary Warriors that fought the Chosen Children. For a time he gave the children trouble with his beast spirit, but was eventually brought down via teamwork. His Spirits are the reincarnations of [=AncientTroiamon=], Warrior of Wood.
His two evolutions are as follows:
** '''Human Hybrid''': Arbormon, a cyborg Digimon. His default form.
** '''Beast Hybrid''': Petaldramon, a plant Digimon. A large living plant that resembles a dragon.
->Voiced by: Creator/KenjiNomura (JP), Creator/RichardCansino (EN), Creator/PepeCarabias (Spain), Guillermo Rojas (Latin America), Cássius Romero (Brazil)
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* BlowYouAway: Petaldramon's Leaf Cyclone attack releases a gust of leaves from his nose.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Arbormon does this a lot at random moments. One moment, he's plotting to kill the warriors, and the next moment, he's reminding the little kids watching the show to brush their teeth before going to bed.
* BreathWeapon: Petaldramon's Leaf Cyclone is unusual in that he releases it through his nose.
* TheBrute: He is the most physically imposing of the QuirkyMiniBossSquad, only equalled by Grumblemon, while lacking the intelligence of his colleagues.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: In the Japanese version and dubs based on it, about 50% of his dialogue is non-sequitur platitudes about living well, like, "When you wake up in the morning, be sure to wash your teeth!" and "Be considerate of your neighbors by keeping your voice down." When he's on-screen, these are often delivered [[BreakingTheFourthWall directly to the camera.]] Often even right after talking sensible dialogue or when others try and talk with him.
* CombatTentacles: A variation. As Petaldramon, he can jab his tail into the ground and make roots shoot up around his enemies.
* DePower: He loses his Beast Spirit, [[spoiler: resulting in Duskmon killing him]].
* DumbMuscle: He's the least intellectual of all his gang, being lazy and a bit dim-witted, but is strong enough to go toe-to-toe with multiple Warriors. His final appearance has him giving all ''five'' of the heroes a hard battle as Petaldramon.
* ExtendableArms: His ''Roundhouse Punt''[=/=]''Machine-Gun Dance'' attack, which allows him to repeatedly attack from a distance.
* GreenThumb: The Legendary Warrior of Wood.
%%* HeelFaceTurn: [[DeathEqualsRedemption Post-death.]]
* LaughablyEvil: ZigzaggedTrope, but overall he's the least competent of all the Dark Legendary Warriors. In one episode, he devotes all his nefarious energies to [[PokeThePoodle kidnapping a Burgermon chef and forcing him to make better hamburgers]] and in general tends to talk to the audience with life advice at random intervals (in the original version and dubs mainly based on it). In another, however, he [[KickTheDog cheerfully kills four Pipismon and absorbs their fractal codes]].
* NonSequitur: His fourth-wall breaking quotes often come across as this for everyone else in-universe, both Datamon and Grumblemon even outright state that they have no idea what's he even trying to convey across or what he's thinking about in the first place.
* OverlyLongTongue: He's shown to have one as Petaldramon during his final appearance as a villain, using it to grab things, including [[MsFanservice Zephyrmon]].
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%% * RedemptionEarnsLife: In the last episode.
* RoundhouseKick: His main attack, aided by [[ExtendableArms extendable legs]].
* TongueTrauma: [=KendoGarurumon=] strikes at his tongue to free Zephyrmon.
* VerbalTic: Nearly every sentence he says ends with "right?"
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Duskmon's reason for [[spoiler:killing him off,]] stating he was useless after [[spoiler:his Beast Spirit was taken.]]
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[[folder:Ranamon]]
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A cute, mermaid-like Digimon. She was one of the evil Legendary Warriors that the Chosen Children faced. She developed an intense hatred of Zoe, borne out of jealousy. Her Spirits are the reincarnations of [=AncientMermaimon=], Warrior of Water.
Her two evolutions are as follows:
** '''Human Hybrid''': Ranamon, a fairy Digimon. Her default form.
** '''Beast Hybrid''': Calmaramon, an aquatic Digimon. A mildly less attractive woman sprouting out of an upside down squid.
->Voiced by: Creator/HaruhiTerada (JP), Peggy O'Neal (EN), Creator/CarolinaTak (Spain), Adriana Rodríguez (Latin America), Priscilla Concepción (Brazil)
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* AcidAttack: Her Acid Ink attack has her spit acid at her foes.
* AlphaBitch: Carries herself like one, being a vain, beauty-obsessed female with a cadre of admirers who becomes a rival to one of the female leads.
* ArchEnemy: To Izumi/Zoe, who she believes is a threat to her popularity and beauty. In the end, Zoe defeats her.
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* CuteMonsterGirl: Her first form is this which is what garners a fan club. It nosedives fast when she shifts into her Beast Spirit.
* DarkActionGirl: Evil, {{Jerkass}} and also more than capable of holding her own in a fight.
* DesignatedGirlFight: She is the only enemy that Izumi/Zoe defeats by herself and actually scans.
* EvilCounterpart: To Zoe. Ranamon is vain and selfish. She manipulates others and basks in people adoring her for her beauty and ignores her faults. Whereas Zoe lives for others and when confronted with her weaknesses, acknowledges them and strives to be better.
* EvilLaugh: Calmaramon has a rather hammy and over the top one in the Japanese version.
* {{Fanservice}}: She's MsFanservice in her default form, a cute, fairy-like humanoid.
* FanDisservice: Ranamon as Calmaramon. Even her fan clubs became disgusted after witnessing her transformation, causing them to resign from said clubs.
* {{Gonk}}: Exaggerated In-Universe for her Beast Spirit. She is not painful to look as long as you ignore everything from the waist down, unless you're into that sort of thing, but Calamaramon's looks are more mature and sharp. Ranamon's fan-club liked her for her cute idol-like beauty and consider her as good as a {{Gonk}}.
* GreenEyedMonster: She's jealous of Zoe because the Spirits of Wind are cuter than her, especially after she obtains her Beast Spirit.
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* {{Irony}}: She easily won the heart of every male Digimon she came across, except the one she actually has feelings for.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: She pretty much [[TheVamp relies on this]] to get her (male) minions to do what she wants.
* MakingASplash: She can control water, rain and clouds.
* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: She has legs in her default form, and her upper body is fused with a squid as Calmaramon.
* PerkyFemaleMinion: Among the below mentioned QuirkyMinibossSquad.
* QuirkyMinibossSquad: With Grumblemon, Arbormon and Mercurymon.
* RedemptionEarnsLife: In the last episode.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: She's a villain and both her forms have red eyes. [[spoiler: Slightly averted in that she's corrupted and still has the red eyes when she's purified and revived.]]
* SouthernBelle: In the dub.
* SpinAttack: She has one as Calmaramon known as Titanic Charge. It fails (read: [[EpicFail carries her over the horizon]]) the first couple times she uses it. She eventually succeeds.
* SuperSpit: As Calmaramon, she spits HollywoodAcid.
* TickleTorture: She uses this on Tommy and Zoe to force them into giving up their spirits.
* TheVamp: Of the cute variety.
* VillainForgotToLevelGrind: Subverted. As she was the only one (apart from Duskmon) without a Beast Spirit at the start of the story, Ranamon was forced to train a lot until she eventually mastered it and proved herself to be a formidable foe at the Dark Continent.
* WaterIsWomanly: Ranamon is the Legendary Warrior of Water, being one of the only two females among the Ten Legendary Warriors, and is very vain, liking to flaunt her beauty. As Calmaramon she's seen as much uglier and shows her true colors as selfish and cruel, fitting with water's negative association with being moody and temperamental.
* WitchWithACapitalB: Gets called this by Takuya in episode 16.
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[[folder:Mercurymon (Mercuremon)]]
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An odd looking humanoid Digimon with a mirror for a face and similar mirrors for wrist guards. He was ostensibly the leader of the evil Legendary Warriors, and he was certainly the most effective (outside of Duskmon). He seemed to hold a minor grudge against Takuya, but not to the extent that Ranamon held for Zoe. He supposedly represents steel, but that is a clear case of InNameOnly, as most of his attacks involve mirrors (steel mirrors, though). His Spirits are the reincarnations of [=AncientWisetmon=], Warrior of Steel.
His three evolutions are as follows:
** '''Human Hybrid''': Mercurymon ''(Mercuremon)'', a mutant Digimon. His default form.
** '''Beast Hybrid''': Sakkakumon ''(Sephirotmon)'', a mutant Digimon. A weird looking creature that resembles a living sephirot. Inside each of his spheres exists a different elemental based dimension.
** '''Mega''' [=ShadowSeraphimon=] ''([=BlackSeraphimon=])'', a fallen angel Digimon. A demonic Seraphimon.
->Voiced by: Creator/YasunoriMasutani (JP), Creator/DaranNorris (EN), Creator/JoseMariaCarrero (Spain), Mario Hernández (Latin America), César Marchetti (Brazil)
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* AllYourPowersCombined: Sakkakumon has all of the powers of the heroes' Hybrids.
* AmbiguousSituation: Somehow, he can exist as Mercurymon and Sephirotmon at the same time, remaining alive until both of them are defeated. Agunimon does ask how is this even possible, but Mercurymon claims the answer would be too much of a MindScrew for him to understand.
* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: Mercurymon has a tendency to [[HoistByHisOwnPetard reflect his enemies' attacks back at them]] with his mirrored shields. [[spoiler: He even managed to defeat Seraphimon this way]].
* CastingAShadow: As [=ShadowSeraphimon=], at least nominally.
* CatchAndReturn: Dark Reflection. It has to be this since the reflected attacks are absorbed by his mirrors before being sent back.
* TheChessmaster: His schemes involve using both the villains and the heroes against each other, placing himself in a position where he can easily win after they've done all the work for him. He steals Seraphimon's data without telling anyone in order to power himself up, then traps the heroes inside of his Beast form so that even if Mercurymon is defeated, his XanatosGambit allows Sakkakumon to attain the powers of everyone who fought inside of him, making him seemingly invincible. Too bad he didn't count on the heroes using a CombinationAttack to defeat him.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: He largely sat back and let Grumblemon, Ranamon and Arbormon do most of the grunt work -Duskmon even calls him out on it in one episode- and was planning to betray his master and keep Seraphimon's data to himself. He even manipulates Ranamon as part of his [[ThePlan plan]], not caring whether she survived or not.
* CombatAestheticist: How he ultimately sees his plans.
* ComplexityAddiction: A FatalFlaw. [[http://digimon.firstagent.net/2013/04/frontier-episode-29-darkness-before-dawn.html This blog]] puts it out perfectly.
--> ... more focused on the spectacle of his victory than seeking out the most certain path to it. It's showing off, plain and simple...
* DeadpanSnarker: Going with his hammy dialogue.
* DramaPreservingHandicap: The resources he has at his fingertips are honestly impressive, with his Beast Spirit being basically a system of inter-connected pocket dimensions which he can control, yet those are compensated by Mercurymon's proneness to toy too much with his enemies and compose artistic scenes rather than fighting smart.
* EvilBrit: In the dub, he speaks in a Shakespearean dialect.
* EvilGenius: Easily the most competent villain in the series.
* ExtraOreDinary: His element is the metal, although it doesn’t really show except by the fact that his weapons are metal mirrors. His Beast Spirit form can manipulate a terrain made of metal inside his spheres as a GeniusLoci, although this also extends to other elements not related to metal.
* EyeBeams: Composed of the heroes' attacks. Only applies to Sakkakumon, since Mercurymon is faceless.
* EyelessFace: As Sakkakumon, the sphere with his mouth doesn't have any of his eyes. The mirror on Mercurymon's head also technically counts since it has his mouth on it.
* FatalFlaw: While a great planner, he often cares more for the artistic aspect of his plans and can become too arrogant in key moments.
* GeniusLoci: As Sakkakumon, he can control his [[PocketDimension internal environments]] as well as the corridors between them.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[DeathEqualsRedemption Post-death.]]
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Exaggerated, as he downright offs the BigGood of the series.]] He also completely ''owns'' Takuya in combat not once but twice, and was headed for victory [[spoiler:when Seraphimon's egg bestowed a miracle on his enemy]].
* LargeHam: He speaks like he learned English from a Shakespeare play.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Kills Seraphimon and takes the angel's power for himself. [[spoiler: Seraphimon's egg gives Takuya the power to become Ardhamon, who kills Mercurymon in turn]].
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: See CatchAndReturn above.
* MagicMirror: Mercurymon can actually move between any polished surfaces within his Sakkakumon form, all of which are in the topmost area. Otherwise, he can use his mirror shields to teleport.
* ManipulativeBastard: He schemes the most out of the villains, using his beast form to act as a mental labyrinth to the heroes and trying to use that to break them down. He even uses his own allies in this scheme and doesn't really seem to care when they all bite it in the process of trying to defeat the heroes. This even fits into the [[spoiler:motif of [=AncientWisemon=], the legendary warrior he inherited his power from, which is based on Komei, a famous tactician from the ''Three Kingdoms'' known for his schemes.]]
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Despite his powers had been shown as entirely counter-offensive, he shows a real attack during his brief rebirth, firing a green beam from one of his shields. Sakkakumon is also made of this trope.
* PocketDimension: He has ten of them as Sakkakumon.
* PowerCopying: Sakkakumon, which has the power to record and copy any attacks used inside him.
* QuirkyMinibossSquad: With Grumblemon, Ranamon and Arbormon.
* RedemptionEarnsLife: In the last episode.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Sakkakumon has even more of them than Duskmon.
* SmugSnake: He's ultimately not as competent as a villain as he thinks he is. [[spoiler: During his last fight with the Chosen Children, when he had them on the ropes, he opted to toy with them for his amusement. This proved his downfall, albeit through a way he couldn't reasonably have anticipated.]]
* TheStarscream: He kept Seraphimon's fractal code to himself, hoping to exploit its celestial power. But since Cherubimon noticed this, and let him keep it anyway, it is unlikely he would have posed much of a threat even if he hadn't been beaten by Aldamon. The creepy church is Chokhmah, symbolizing divine wisdom, intuitiveness and insight. The church and Seraphimon's presence fit into this picture.
* SuperpowerLottery: Although he's not the best fighter in the corrupted Legendary Warriors at a personal level, his set of abilities are quite staggering, starting by a Human Spirit able to use his opponent's power against them and ending with a Beast Spirit that is basically a living anime arc, and he's also uniquely able of existing in both forms as separate bodies.
* {{Troll}}: He seems to enjoy annoying Ranamon.
* UnholyNuke: [=ShadowSeraphimon=]'s Strike of the Seven Dark Stars, which the Japanese version calls "Seven Hells".
* VillainousBreakdown:
** Hhas one after Takuya gains the ability to fusion evolve.
** Also has one as Sakkakumon after he finds the Digidestined combined attacks can hurt him, and makes some vain attempts at boasting that he'll still win despite being scarred stiff. Takuya even lampshades this calling his bluff.
* WombLevel: The corridors between Sakkakumon's internal environments look organic.
* XanatosGambit: At one point he trapped the Chosen Children inside his Beast Spirit form while smaller copies of himself fought them directly. Defeating these copies made his Beast Spirit immune to the attacks used to defeat them so it didn't matter to him whether he won or lost, even his defeat as [=ShadowSeraphimon=] working to his benefit. [[spoiler: It goes wrong when they start mixing attacks which he had never seen.]] This oversight falls under the "all ''reasonable'' outcomes" variant because not even the chosen children knew they could do this at the time.
* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: This was added in the dub; for example, he addresses others as "thee" and "thou", and refers to Ranamon as "m'lady". It fits pretty well with his overly dramatic personality, actually.
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[[folder:Duskmon]]
[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Duskmon_t_1633.png]]
A mysterious evil Legendary Warrior and the most powerful servant of Cherubimon, holding the Spirits of Darkness. Extremely powerful, and nearly managed to obliterate the kids, forcing everyone to reconsider their strategy and causing Takuya to [[HeroicBSOD heavily consider bailing out]] before he regains his resolve. Seems to have taken upon himself a rivalry with Koji, as Koji wields the spirits of Light, his direct opposite. His Spirits are the corrupted reincarnations of [=AncientSphinxmon=], Warrior of Darkness.
His evolutions are as follows:
* '''Corrupted Human Hybrid''' Duskmon, a demon man Digimon. Resembles a large man wearing vaguely draconic skeletal armor covered in eyes.
* '''Corrupted Beast Hybrid''' Velgemon ''(Velgmon)'', a giant bird Digimon. A giant monstrous bird with draconic features and a third eye.
->Voiced by: Creator/KenichiSuzumura (JP), Creator/CrispinFreeman (EN), Creator/PepeCarabias (Spain), Rodrigo Miranda (Latin America), Wendel Bezerra (Brazil)
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* BeamSpam: Duskmon's Deadly Gaze attack fires nine beams, seven from the eyes on his armor and two from his hands.
* TheBerserker: When Cherubimon gives him his Beast Spirit, he also manipulates Duskmon into a rage. This ends up backfiring as he cannot control Velgemon.
* BlackKnight: He looks to be wearing armor and is largely black in color.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Retractable ones.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: By Cherubimon.
* CastingAShadow: He's the Legendary Warrior of Darkness.
* DarkIsEvil: He's the Legendary Warrior of Darkness and is quite evil.
* DarthVaderClone: Wears scary black armor and wields a red sword? Check. TheDragon to another villain? Check. [[spoiler:Related to one of the protagonists and pulls a HeelFaceTurn because of that connection? Checkmate.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Before meeting the heroes, he makes a few snipes at the other corrupted warriors.
* TheDragon: To Cherubimon.
%%* DualWielding
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Calls Mercurymon out on the latter's plan to betray Cherubimon and keep Seraphimon's data for himself, as well as his sitting back while having the remaining villains do the work. It doesn't stop him from [[spoiler:killing Arbormon,]] however.
* EvilCounterpart: Starts out as this to Koji [[spoiler:in more ways than one]].
* ExtraEyes: Duskmon's armor, obviously. Velgemon also has a third eye in the middle of his head.
* EyeBeams:
** His Deadly Gaze attack. Doubles as a BeamSpam, though his last battle with [=BeoWulfmon=] also shows him firing a single one out of the eye on his chest at point-blank range.
** Velgemon's Dark Vortex attack fires a beam out of his central eye.
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: He has them all over his armor. They can look around independently of his normal eyes, so they seem to be functional for extra creepiness.
* FacialMarkings: He has markings under each eye.
* GratuitousEnglish: Velgmon's attacks have English names in the Japanese version.
* GratuitousGerman: His attacks have German names in the Japanese version, though Velgemon's don't.
* ImageSong: The only villain for ''Frontier'' to get an image song: "Blader". [[spoiler:He probably gets one because he ends up a lot more important as the series progresses.]]
* KnightOfCerebus: The show takes a more serious tone after he becomes an active threat.
* LukeIAmYourFather: Delivers this to Koji in battle [[spoiler:after his memories of Koji are restored but his hatred incited by Cherubimon]].
* MindProbe: While fighting Koji inside Sakkakumon, he reads Koji's memories to determine what the connection is between them.
* MoreThanMindControl: While initially he was just [[spoiler:fully brainwashed,]] by the time he gets his memories from Ophanimon back Cherubimon has to resort to this by [[spoiler:stirring up Koichi's latent hatred and jealousy.]]
* NoNonsenseNemesis: Until he starts wondering about his connection to Koji.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Duskmon is a Demon Man Digimon, and he certainly looks the part.
* QuirkyMinibossSquad: Averted. He doesn't mess around like the other four corrupted Warriors and is much stronger than any of the other nine Warriors. He also has a very serious personality compared to the others and doesn't take part in their schemes.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: His color scheme reflects his name, and he's easily the most brutal of the QuirkyMinibossSquad.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Both his regular eyes and the ones on his armor.
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: Fortunately - or perhaps unfortunately - for Cherubimon, [[spoiler:the wanderer who he picked up and brainwashed just ''happened'' to be Koji's twin brother]]...It's unusual in that [[spoiler:we don't know Koichi exists until after the fact]].
* ScaryImpracticalArmor: If he has hands under those huge skull gauntlets, he probably can't use them. That said, he can apparently see with the extra eyes.
* StoryBreakerPower: He was playing around with a power equivalent to Advanced Hybrid-level Digimon when the kids had barely gotten used to their Beast Spirits. And even when Koji and Takuya got their Advanced Hybrid forms, he still outclassed them as Velgemon to the point that they barely won by working together.
* SuperPoweredEvilSide: An inversion. While he is the evil version of [[spoiler:Lowemon,]] and is in fact very strong, [[spoiler:Lowemon]] himself is stronger still.
* TechnicolorBlade: Red, in keeping with his color scheme.
* TokenHuman: His real identity is actually a transformed boy who being brainwashed and manipulated by Cherubimon who also related with one of main character.
* ToothyBird: Velgemon.
* UnholyNuke: Velgemon's Dark Obliteration attack. It will either cause the affected area to violently explode or simply cease to exist.
* TheWorfBarrage: Nothing the heroes do when they first meet him can even scratch him. He even shrugs off a CombinationAttack.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Delivers this to [[spoiler:Arbormon after he loses his Beast Spirit]].
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[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Grumblemon_9353.jpg]]
A small, ugly gnome-like creature. He was the first of the evil Warriors the children meet and also the first to fall. His Spirits are the reincarnations of [=AncientVolcamon=], Warrior of Earth.
His two evolutions are as follows:
** '''Human Hybrid''': Grumblemon ''(Grottomon)'', an ogre Digimon. His default form.
** '''Beast Hybrid''': Gigasmon, a mineral Digimon. He's supposed to be a certain type of mythological giant called a Gigas.
->Voiced by: Tomohiro Nishimura (JP), Creator/DerekStephenPrince (EN), Creator/JuanCarlosLozano (Spain), Ángel Aragón (Latin America), Ivo Roberto (Brazil)
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* CombatPragmatist: Grumblemon is easily the best tactician of any of his gang, only topped by Mercurymon. He's not afraid to use his Beast Spirit to turn the fight to his advantage, bring backup, hide underground or run away when he's clearly outmatched. He even immobilizes Koji once when the latter tries to use his own Beast Spirit.
* CurbStompBattle: Fights with him either end with him dishing these out or being on the receiving end, the former when facing the Legendary Warriors before they got their Beast Spirits, and the latter occurring afterwards.
* DePower: Loses his beast spirit to Takuya and doesn't get it back.
* DishingOutDirt: He's the Legendary Warrior of Earth.
* DropTheHammer: His WeaponOfChoice is a hammer, and in one instance he breaks out [[DualWielding another.]]
* DumbMuscle: Subverted. He looks like this at first, especially because he likes to drop the hammer and has a hulking Beast Spirit, but outside of Mercurymon he's the only one of the evil Legendary Warriors who displays ability to plan rather than charging into a fight.
%%* FacialMarkings: Red ones.
* FastTunnelling: Being the Legendary Warrior of Earth, his affinity is in the underground, able to tunnel through it quickly in both of his spirit forms.
%%* HeelFaceTurn: [[DeathEqualsRedemption Post-death.]]
* HeroKiller: Was able to steal both the spirits of Ice and Wind from the heroes, leaving Zoe and Tommy powerless for a while.
%%* HulkSpeak: Especially when he slide evolves to Gigasmon.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: He'll run away if the battle's turned in his enemies' favor.
* MookMaker: He can create an apparently endless supply of Golemon, which he doesn't need his Beast Spirit for.
* OurGiantsAreBigger: Gigasmon is based off a Gigas, but he isn't really that big. He is quite physically imposing, however.
%%* OurGnomesAreWeirder: Grumblemon.
* QuirkyMinibossSquad: With Ranamon, Arbormon and Mercurymon. He was also esentially an one-man version of this before the rest were introduced.
%%* RedemptionEarnsLife: In the last episode.
* SinisterSchnoz: Both his forms have a large GagNose.
* SmugSnake: Doesn't take the Legendary Warriors for a threat, which ends up costing him his Beast Spirit.
* SpinAttack: Gigasmon's Quagmire Twister attack.
* StarterVillain: The first main enemy to be dispatched. Previously, the kids encountered unrelated Digimon doing their own thing.
* SummonMagic: He has summoned Golemon during two battles. The first time, he only calls one. He has a small army of them with him the second time.
* VillainForgotToLevelGrind: Of a sort. When he first appeared, Grumblemon was easily able to trump all five of the Legendary Warriors, especially when he gained his Beast Spirit, as Gigasmon made it an Ultimate level fighting relatively inexperienced champions. But after the Digidestined all got their Beast Spirits, it quickly became apparent that he was no match for them anymore, especially for either [=KendoGarurumon=] or [=BurningGreymon=].
* VillainousBreakdown: When J.P. gets his beast spirit, Grumblemon has himself a bit of a moment.
* WakeUpCallBoss: He's way harder to handle than the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters of the Week]] that the heroes faced before and he manages to [[BroughtDownToNormal steal Zoe and Tommy's spirits]]. The rest of the QuirkyMinibossSquad are quite a bit stronger than he is.
* YouNoTakeCandle: Speaks this way at least in the English dub.
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[[folder:Arbormon]]
[[quoteright:203:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Arbormon_9062.jpg]]
A wooden cyborg Digimon. He was one of the Evil Legendary Warriors that fought the Chosen Children. For a time he gave the children trouble with his beast spirit, but was eventually brought down via teamwork. His Spirits are the reincarnations of [=AncientTroiamon=], Warrior of Wood.
His two evolutions are as follows:
** '''Human Hybrid''': Arbormon, a cyborg Digimon. His default form.
** '''Beast Hybrid''': Petaldramon, a plant Digimon. A large living plant that resembles a dragon.
->Voiced by: Creator/KenjiNomura (JP), Creator/RichardCansino (EN), Creator/PepeCarabias (Spain), Guillermo Rojas (Latin America), Cássius Romero (Brazil)
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* BlowYouAway: Petaldramon's Leaf Cyclone attack releases a gust of leaves from his nose.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Arbormon does this a lot at random moments. One moment, he's plotting to kill the warriors, and the next moment, he's reminding the little kids watching the show to brush their teeth before going to bed.
* BreathWeapon: Petaldramon's Leaf Cyclone is unusual in that he releases it through his nose.
* TheBrute: He is the most physically imposing of the QuirkyMiniBossSquad, only equalled by Grumblemon, while lacking the intelligence of his colleagues.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: In the Japanese version and dubs based on it, about 50% of his dialogue is non-sequitur platitudes about living well, like, "When you wake up in the morning, be sure to wash your teeth!" and "Be considerate of your neighbors by keeping your voice down." When he's on-screen, these are often delivered [[BreakingTheFourthWall directly to the camera.]] Often even right after talking sensible dialogue or when others try and talk with him.
* CombatTentacles: A variation. As Petaldramon, he can jab his tail into the ground and make roots shoot up around his enemies.
* DePower: He loses his Beast Spirit, [[spoiler: resulting in Duskmon killing him]].
* DumbMuscle: He's the least intellectual of all his gang, being lazy and a bit dim-witted, but is strong enough to go toe-to-toe with multiple Warriors. His final appearance has him giving all ''five'' of the heroes a hard battle as Petaldramon.
* ExtendableArms: His ''Roundhouse Punt''[=/=]''Machine-Gun Dance'' attack, which allows him to repeatedly attack from a distance.
* GreenThumb: The Legendary Warrior of Wood.
%%* HeelFaceTurn: [[DeathEqualsRedemption Post-death.]]
* LaughablyEvil: ZigzaggedTrope, but overall he's the least competent of all the Dark Legendary Warriors. In one episode, he devotes all his nefarious energies to [[PokeThePoodle kidnapping a Burgermon chef and forcing him to make better hamburgers]] and in general tends to talk to the audience with life advice at random intervals (in the original version and dubs mainly based on it). In another, however, he [[KickTheDog cheerfully kills four Pipismon and absorbs their fractal codes]].
* NonSequitur: His fourth-wall breaking quotes often come across as this for everyone else in-universe, both Datamon and Grumblemon even outright state that they have no idea what's he even trying to convey across or what he's thinking about in the first place.
* OverlyLongTongue: He's shown to have one as Petaldramon during his final appearance as a villain, using it to grab things, including [[MsFanservice Zephyrmon]].
%% * QuirkyMinibossSquad: With Grumblemon, Ranamon and Mercurymon.
%% * RedemptionEarnsLife: In the last episode.
* RoundhouseKick: His main attack, aided by [[ExtendableArms extendable legs]].
* TongueTrauma: [=KendoGarurumon=] strikes at his tongue to free Zephyrmon.
* VerbalTic: Nearly every sentence he says ends with "right?"
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Duskmon's reason for [[spoiler:killing him off,]] stating he was useless after [[spoiler:his Beast Spirit was taken.]]
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[[folder:Ranamon]]
[[quoteright:181:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Ranamon_2886.jpg]]
A cute, mermaid-like Digimon. She was one of the evil Legendary Warriors that the Chosen Children faced. She developed an intense hatred of Zoe, borne out of jealousy. Her Spirits are the reincarnations of [=AncientMermaimon=], Warrior of Water.
Her two evolutions are as follows:
** '''Human Hybrid''': Ranamon, a fairy Digimon. Her default form.
** '''Beast Hybrid''': Calmaramon, an aquatic Digimon. A mildly less attractive woman sprouting out of an upside down squid.
->Voiced by: Creator/HaruhiTerada (JP), Peggy O'Neal (EN), Creator/CarolinaTak (Spain), Adriana Rodríguez (Latin America), Priscilla Concepción (Brazil)
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* AcidAttack: Her Acid Ink attack has her spit acid at her foes.
* AlphaBitch: Carries herself like one, being a vain, beauty-obsessed female with a cadre of admirers who becomes a rival to one of the female leads.
* ArchEnemy: To Izumi/Zoe, who she believes is a threat to her popularity and beauty. In the end, Zoe defeats her.
%% * BishonenLine: Parodied.
%% * CatFight: Most of her fights with Zoe/Kazemon.
* CuteMonsterGirl: Her first form is this which is what garners a fan club. It nosedives fast when she shifts into her Beast Spirit.
* DarkActionGirl: Evil, {{Jerkass}} and also more than capable of holding her own in a fight.
* DesignatedGirlFight: She is the only enemy that Izumi/Zoe defeats by herself and actually scans.
* EvilCounterpart: To Zoe. Ranamon is vain and selfish. She manipulates others and basks in people adoring her for her beauty and ignores her faults. Whereas Zoe lives for others and when confronted with her weaknesses, acknowledges them and strives to be better.
* EvilLaugh: Calmaramon has a rather hammy and over the top one in the Japanese version.
* {{Fanservice}}: She's MsFanservice in her default form, a cute, fairy-like humanoid.
* FanDisservice: Ranamon as Calmaramon. Even her fan clubs became disgusted after witnessing her transformation, causing them to resign from said clubs.
* {{Gonk}}: Exaggerated In-Universe for her Beast Spirit. She is not painful to look as long as you ignore everything from the waist down, unless you're into that sort of thing, but Calamaramon's looks are more mature and sharp. Ranamon's fan-club liked her for her cute idol-like beauty and consider her as good as a {{Gonk}}.
* GreenEyedMonster: She's jealous of Zoe because the Spirits of Wind are cuter than her, especially after she obtains her Beast Spirit.
%% * HeelFaceTurn: [[DeathEqualsRedemption Post-death.]]
* {{Irony}}: She easily won the heart of every male Digimon she came across, except the one she actually has feelings for.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: She pretty much [[TheVamp relies on this]] to get her (male) minions to do what she wants.
* MakingASplash: She can control water, rain and clouds.
* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: She has legs in her default form, and her upper body is fused with a squid as Calmaramon.
* PerkyFemaleMinion: Among the below mentioned QuirkyMinibossSquad.
* QuirkyMinibossSquad: With Grumblemon, Arbormon and Mercurymon.
* RedemptionEarnsLife: In the last episode.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: She's a villain and both her forms have red eyes. [[spoiler: Slightly averted in that she's corrupted and still has the red eyes when she's purified and revived.]]
* SouthernBelle: In the dub.
* SpinAttack: She has one as Calmaramon known as Titanic Charge. It fails (read: [[EpicFail carries her over the horizon]]) the first couple times she uses it. She eventually succeeds.
* SuperSpit: As Calmaramon, she spits HollywoodAcid.
* TickleTorture: She uses this on Tommy and Zoe to force them into giving up their spirits.
* TheVamp: Of the cute variety.
* VillainForgotToLevelGrind: Subverted. As she was the only one (apart from Duskmon) without a Beast Spirit at the start of the story, Ranamon was forced to train a lot until she eventually mastered it and proved herself to be a formidable foe at the Dark Continent.
* WaterIsWomanly: Ranamon is the Legendary Warrior of Water, being one of the only two females among the Ten Legendary Warriors, and is very vain, liking to flaunt her beauty. As Calmaramon she's seen as much uglier and shows her true colors as selfish and cruel, fitting with water's negative association with being moody and temperamental.
* WitchWithACapitalB: Gets called this by Takuya in episode 16.
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[[folder:Mercurymon (Mercuremon)]]
[[quoteright:231:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Mercurymon_4327.jpg]]
An odd looking humanoid Digimon with a mirror for a face and similar mirrors for wrist guards. He was ostensibly the leader of the evil Legendary Warriors, and he was certainly the most effective (outside of Duskmon). He seemed to hold a minor grudge against Takuya, but not to the extent that Ranamon held for Zoe. He supposedly represents steel, but that is a clear case of InNameOnly, as most of his attacks involve mirrors (steel mirrors, though). His Spirits are the reincarnations of [=AncientWisetmon=], Warrior of Steel.
His three evolutions are as follows:
** '''Human Hybrid''': Mercurymon ''(Mercuremon)'', a mutant Digimon. His default form.
** '''Beast Hybrid''': Sakkakumon ''(Sephirotmon)'', a mutant Digimon. A weird looking creature that resembles a living sephirot. Inside each of his spheres exists a different elemental based dimension.
** '''Mega''' [=ShadowSeraphimon=] ''([=BlackSeraphimon=])'', a fallen angel Digimon. A demonic Seraphimon.
->Voiced by: Creator/YasunoriMasutani (JP), Creator/DaranNorris (EN), Creator/JoseMariaCarrero (Spain), Mario Hernández (Latin America), César Marchetti (Brazil)
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* AllYourPowersCombined: Sakkakumon has all of the powers of the heroes' Hybrids.
* AmbiguousSituation: Somehow, he can exist as Mercurymon and Sephirotmon at the same time, remaining alive until both of them are defeated. Agunimon does ask how is this even possible, but Mercurymon claims the answer would be too much of a MindScrew for him to understand.
* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: Mercurymon has a tendency to [[HoistByHisOwnPetard reflect his enemies' attacks back at them]] with his mirrored shields. [[spoiler: He even managed to defeat Seraphimon this way]].
* CastingAShadow: As [=ShadowSeraphimon=], at least nominally.
* CatchAndReturn: Dark Reflection. It has to be this since the reflected attacks are absorbed by his mirrors before being sent back.
* TheChessmaster: His schemes involve using both the villains and the heroes against each other, placing himself in a position where he can easily win after they've done all the work for him. He steals Seraphimon's data without telling anyone in order to power himself up, then traps the heroes inside of his Beast form so that even if Mercurymon is defeated, his XanatosGambit allows Sakkakumon to attain the powers of everyone who fought inside of him, making him seemingly invincible. Too bad he didn't count on the heroes using a CombinationAttack to defeat him.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: He largely sat back and let Grumblemon, Ranamon and Arbormon do most of the grunt work -Duskmon even calls him out on it in one episode- and was planning to betray his master and keep Seraphimon's data to himself. He even manipulates Ranamon as part of his [[ThePlan plan]], not caring whether she survived or not.
* CombatAestheticist: How he ultimately sees his plans.
* ComplexityAddiction: A FatalFlaw. [[http://digimon.firstagent.net/2013/04/frontier-episode-29-darkness-before-dawn.html This blog]] puts it out perfectly.
--> ... more focused on the spectacle of his victory than seeking out the most certain path to it. It's showing off, plain and simple...
* DeadpanSnarker: Going with his hammy dialogue.
* DramaPreservingHandicap: The resources he has at his fingertips are honestly impressive, with his Beast Spirit being basically a system of inter-connected pocket dimensions which he can control, yet those are compensated by Mercurymon's proneness to toy too much with his enemies and compose artistic scenes rather than fighting smart.
* EvilBrit: In the dub, he speaks in a Shakespearean dialect.
* EvilGenius: Easily the most competent villain in the series.
* ExtraOreDinary: His element is the metal, although it doesn’t really show except by the fact that his weapons are metal mirrors. His Beast Spirit form can manipulate a terrain made of metal inside his spheres as a GeniusLoci, although this also extends to other elements not related to metal.
* EyeBeams: Composed of the heroes' attacks. Only applies to Sakkakumon, since Mercurymon is faceless.
* EyelessFace: As Sakkakumon, the sphere with his mouth doesn't have any of his eyes. The mirror on Mercurymon's head also technically counts since it has his mouth on it.
* FatalFlaw: While a great planner, he often cares more for the artistic aspect of his plans and can become too arrogant in key moments.
* GeniusLoci: As Sakkakumon, he can control his [[PocketDimension internal environments]] as well as the corridors between them.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[DeathEqualsRedemption Post-death.]]
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Exaggerated, as he downright offs the BigGood of the series.]] He also completely ''owns'' Takuya in combat not once but twice, and was headed for victory [[spoiler:when Seraphimon's egg bestowed a miracle on his enemy]].
* LargeHam: He speaks like he learned English from a Shakespeare play.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Kills Seraphimon and takes the angel's power for himself. [[spoiler: Seraphimon's egg gives Takuya the power to become Ardhamon, who kills Mercurymon in turn]].
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: See CatchAndReturn above.
* MagicMirror: Mercurymon can actually move between any polished surfaces within his Sakkakumon form, all of which are in the topmost area. Otherwise, he can use his mirror shields to teleport.
* ManipulativeBastard: He schemes the most out of the villains, using his beast form to act as a mental labyrinth to the heroes and trying to use that to break them down. He even uses his own allies in this scheme and doesn't really seem to care when they all bite it in the process of trying to defeat the heroes. This even fits into the [[spoiler:motif of [=AncientWisemon=], the legendary warrior he inherited his power from, which is based on Komei, a famous tactician from the ''Three Kingdoms'' known for his schemes.]]
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Despite his powers had been shown as entirely counter-offensive, he shows a real attack during his brief rebirth, firing a green beam from one of his shields. Sakkakumon is also made of this trope.
* PocketDimension: He has ten of them as Sakkakumon.
* PowerCopying: Sakkakumon, which has the power to record and copy any attacks used inside him.
* QuirkyMinibossSquad: With Grumblemon, Ranamon and Arbormon.
* RedemptionEarnsLife: In the last episode.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Sakkakumon has even more of them than Duskmon.
* SmugSnake: He's ultimately not as competent as a villain as he thinks he is. [[spoiler: During his last fight with the Chosen Children, when he had them on the ropes, he opted to toy with them for his amusement. This proved his downfall, albeit through a way he couldn't reasonably have anticipated.]]
* TheStarscream: He kept Seraphimon's fractal code to himself, hoping to exploit its celestial power. But since Cherubimon noticed this, and let him keep it anyway, it is unlikely he would have posed much of a threat even if he hadn't been beaten by Aldamon. The creepy church is Chokhmah, symbolizing divine wisdom, intuitiveness and insight. The church and Seraphimon's presence fit into this picture.
* SuperpowerLottery: Although he's not the best fighter in the corrupted Legendary Warriors at a personal level, his set of abilities are quite staggering, starting by a Human Spirit able to use his opponent's power against them and ending with a Beast Spirit that is basically a living anime arc, and he's also uniquely able of existing in both forms as separate bodies.
* {{Troll}}: He seems to enjoy annoying Ranamon.
* UnholyNuke: [=ShadowSeraphimon=]'s Strike of the Seven Dark Stars, which the Japanese version calls "Seven Hells".
* VillainousBreakdown:
** Hhas one after Takuya gains the ability to fusion evolve.
** Also has one as Sakkakumon after he finds the Digidestined combined attacks can hurt him, and makes some vain attempts at boasting that he'll still win despite being scarred stiff. Takuya even lampshades this calling his bluff.
* WombLevel: The corridors between Sakkakumon's internal environments look organic.
* XanatosGambit: At one point he trapped the Chosen Children inside his Beast Spirit form while smaller copies of himself fought them directly. Defeating these copies made his Beast Spirit immune to the attacks used to defeat them so it didn't matter to him whether he won or lost, even his defeat as [=ShadowSeraphimon=] working to his benefit. [[spoiler: It goes wrong when they start mixing attacks which he had never seen.]] This oversight falls under the "all ''reasonable'' outcomes" variant because not even the chosen children knew they could do this at the time.
* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: This was added in the dub; for example, he addresses others as "thee" and "thou", and refers to Ranamon as "m'lady". It fits pretty well with his overly dramatic personality, actually.
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[[folder:Duskmon]]
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A mysterious evil Legendary Warrior and the most powerful servant of Cherubimon, holding the Spirits of Darkness. Extremely powerful, and nearly managed to obliterate the kids, forcing everyone to reconsider their strategy and causing Takuya to [[HeroicBSOD heavily consider bailing out]] before he regains his resolve. Seems to have taken upon himself a rivalry with Koji, as Koji wields the spirits of Light, his direct opposite. His Spirits are the corrupted reincarnations of [=AncientSphinxmon=], Warrior of Darkness.
His evolutions are as follows:
* '''Corrupted Human Hybrid''' Duskmon, a demon man Digimon. Resembles a large man wearing vaguely draconic skeletal armor covered in eyes.
* '''Corrupted Beast Hybrid''' Velgemon ''(Velgmon)'', a giant bird Digimon. A giant monstrous bird with draconic features and a third eye.
->Voiced by: Creator/KenichiSuzumura (JP), Creator/CrispinFreeman (EN), Creator/PepeCarabias (Spain), Rodrigo Miranda (Latin America), Wendel Bezerra (Brazil)
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* BeamSpam: Duskmon's Deadly Gaze attack fires nine beams, seven from the eyes on his armor and two from his hands.
* TheBerserker: When Cherubimon gives him his Beast Spirit, he also manipulates Duskmon into a rage. This ends up backfiring as he cannot control Velgemon.
* BlackKnight: He looks to be wearing armor and is largely black in color.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Retractable ones.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: By Cherubimon.
* CastingAShadow: He's the Legendary Warrior of Darkness.
* DarkIsEvil: He's the Legendary Warrior of Darkness and is quite evil.
* DarthVaderClone: Wears scary black armor and wields a red sword? Check. TheDragon to another villain? Check. [[spoiler:Related to one of the protagonists and pulls a HeelFaceTurn because of that connection? Checkmate.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Before meeting the heroes, he makes a few snipes at the other corrupted warriors.
* TheDragon: To Cherubimon.
%%* DualWielding
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Calls Mercurymon out on the latter's plan to betray Cherubimon and keep Seraphimon's data for himself, as well as his sitting back while having the remaining villains do the work. It doesn't stop him from [[spoiler:killing Arbormon,]] however.
* EvilCounterpart: Starts out as this to Koji [[spoiler:in more ways than one]].
* ExtraEyes: Duskmon's armor, obviously. Velgemon also has a third eye in the middle of his head.
* EyeBeams:
** His Deadly Gaze attack. Doubles as a BeamSpam, though his last battle with [=BeoWulfmon=] also shows him firing a single one out of the eye on his chest at point-blank range.
** Velgemon's Dark Vortex attack fires a beam out of his central eye.
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: He has them all over his armor. They can look around independently of his normal eyes, so they seem to be functional for extra creepiness.
* FacialMarkings: He has markings under each eye.
* GratuitousEnglish: Velgmon's attacks have English names in the Japanese version.
* GratuitousGerman: His attacks have German names in the Japanese version, though Velgemon's don't.
* ImageSong: The only villain for ''Frontier'' to get an image song: "Blader". [[spoiler:He probably gets one because he ends up a lot more important as the series progresses.]]
* KnightOfCerebus: The show takes a more serious tone after he becomes an active threat.
* LukeIAmYourFather: Delivers this to Koji in battle [[spoiler:after his memories of Koji are restored but his hatred incited by Cherubimon]].
* MindProbe: While fighting Koji inside Sakkakumon, he reads Koji's memories to determine what the connection is between them.
* MoreThanMindControl: While initially he was just [[spoiler:fully brainwashed,]] by the time he gets his memories from Ophanimon back Cherubimon has to resort to this by [[spoiler:stirring up Koichi's latent hatred and jealousy.]]
* NoNonsenseNemesis: Until he starts wondering about his connection to Koji.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Duskmon is a Demon Man Digimon, and he certainly looks the part.
* QuirkyMinibossSquad: Averted. He doesn't mess around like the other four corrupted Warriors and is much stronger than any of the other nine Warriors. He also has a very serious personality compared to the others and doesn't take part in their schemes.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: His color scheme reflects his name, and he's easily the most brutal of the QuirkyMinibossSquad.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Both his regular eyes and the ones on his armor.
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: Fortunately - or perhaps unfortunately - for Cherubimon, [[spoiler:the wanderer who he picked up and brainwashed just ''happened'' to be Koji's twin brother]]...It's unusual in that [[spoiler:we don't know Koichi exists until after the fact]].
* ScaryImpracticalArmor: If he has hands under those huge skull gauntlets, he probably can't use them. That said, he can apparently see with the extra eyes.
* StoryBreakerPower: He was playing around with a power equivalent to Advanced Hybrid-level Digimon when the kids had barely gotten used to their Beast Spirits. And even when Koji and Takuya got their Advanced Hybrid forms, he still outclassed them as Velgemon to the point that they barely won by working together.
* SuperPoweredEvilSide: An inversion. While he is the evil version of [[spoiler:Lowemon,]] and is in fact very strong, [[spoiler:Lowemon]] himself is stronger still.
* TechnicolorBlade: Red, in keeping with his color scheme.
* TokenHuman: His real identity is actually a transformed boy who being brainwashed and manipulated by Cherubimon who also related with one of main character.
* ToothyBird: Velgemon.
* UnholyNuke: Velgemon's Dark Obliteration attack. It will either cause the affected area to violently explode or simply cease to exist.
* TheWorfBarrage: Nothing the heroes do when they first meet him can even scratch him. He even shrugs off a CombinationAttack.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Delivers this to [[spoiler:Arbormon after he loses his Beast Spirit]].
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