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* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In ''Survive'', they were not born from the internet, but rather always existed alongside humanity. People actually worship and conjure them back in fedual Japan through mystical rituals and {{Human Sacrifice}}s. Humans just weren't able to perceive them properly until technology advanced to where it is now in the modern day. This also plays into why they are called Kemonogami and not Digimon as they are not strictly digital beings. [[spoiler:At least not until the Moral and Truthful endings that they are called Digimon.]]
* CantLiveWithoutYou: If their human partner dies, they do too (and as shown in the Moral Route [[spoiler:they're only reborn as eggs in rare circumstances]]). [[spoiler:Kunemon always suffers this fate outside of the Truthful Route, and one of either Syakomon (in the Harmony Route) or Floramon (in the Wrathful Route) can suffer this fate too, as their partners are taken and killed by the Kenzoku. As shown with the Sovereigns in the Truthful route, however, a sufficiently powerful Kemonogami can allow both itself and their human partner's ghost to live on for hundreds of years.]]
* ADayInTheLimelight: A deliberate choice by the game's producer to give a spotlight to underrepresented Digimon species. Barring [[SeriesMascot Agumon]], [[Anime/DigimonDataSquad Falcomon]] ([[EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference albeit with a different design]]), [[Anime/DigimonTamers Renamon]], [[Anime/DigimonAdventure Gabumon]], and maybe [[Anime/DigimonTamers Lopmon]], all of them (and by extension, several of their evolutions) are Digimon who haven't particularly had a large presence in ''Digimon'' media, from the anime to the video games.
* EvilDetectingDog: They're able to sense the presence of malicious monsters, though even they aren't able to make-out where they are or how dangerous they are. In the case of Arukenimon or [[spoiler:Haru]], they can't detect them at all. [[spoiler:Not even when they're posing as humans.]]
* IChooseToStay: In the Moral route, Agumon and the other monsters [[spoiler:choose to remain in the Kemonogami World instead of leaving with Takuma and the others, believing the Human World isn't ready for their kind yet]].
* LiteralSplitPersonality: According to the [[spoiler:Four Sovereigns and their partners]], Partner Kemonogami are actually [[spoiler:an extra part of a human's soul manifested as a Digimon]].
* MeaningfulName: In ''Survive'', Digimon are called "Kemonogami", meaning Beast Gods. Considering they were actual spirits conjured in the distant past and their incredible powers (most notably in their Ultimate or Mega forms), the name is quite appropriate.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Par the course for most Digimon installments. They all love their human partners dearly and inexplicably feel compelled to support and follow them. Even if they are insulted or treated harshly. Although, their unconditional devotion can have limits...
* NotUsingTheZWord: In ''Survive'', Agumon and the others are not called Digimon, simply referred to as monsters, creatures, or "Kemonogami" as people in the region took to calling them. It is well-justified considering in here they are more like [[spoiler:supernatural beings worshiped as Gods by ancient people and their existence predates Feudal Japan. They only gain their proper name in the Moral and Truthful routes, either named as such by the Professor or the general public.]]
* RedemptionDemotion: Subverted. [[spoiler:After completing the Harmonious and Wrathful routes, Dracmon and Labramon can evolve into Boltboutamon and Plutomon respectively on NewGamePlus as alternate Mega evolutions. They also have the potential to be much stronger than their boss counterparts since their stats increase in conjunction with their Level Ups.]]
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Within their turns for battle, the partner Kemonogami are all able to attempt to converse with wild monsters during Free Battles. Doing so can either get the monster in question to join the party, get incensed and power themselves up, or run away from the battle altogether. And after any of that, one can still move, attack, use an item, Digivolve, etc.
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[[folder:Agumon]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/ChikaSakamoto
Takuma's partner. His evolutions are as follows:
* '''Baby / In-Training''': Koromon
* '''Child / Rookie''': Agumon
* '''Adult / Champion''': Greymon / Tuskmon / Tyrannomon
* '''Perfect / Ultimate''': [=MetalGreymon=] / Megadramon / Triceramon
* '''Ultimate / Mega''': [=WarGreymon=] / Machinedramon / Dinorexmon / Fanglongmon
* '''Super-Ultimate''': Omegamon
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* AbsurdlySharpClaws: More pronounced than any other Agumon in Digimon media at present. In-game, his claws are notably longer than prior depictions and he often resorts to using them in his Rookie form for combat or situations that require slicing. At one point, he asks to see Takuma's phone, only for his partner to deny his request on account of Agumon potentially stabbing through the device. This trait is also the basis of his passive, aptly named Sharp Claws, which raises his base [=PHYS ATK=].
* AdaptationalHeroism: Not Agumon himself, but his virus evolutions (Tuskmon, Megadramon and Machinedramon) have often been depicted as villainous Digimon in past series (with Machinedramon famously being one of the [[Anime/DigimonAdventure Dark Masters]]), whereas here, not only are they depicted as heroic Digimon, but they also still retain Agumon's personality.
* AdaptedOut: Played with; although [=SkullGreymon=] can be recruited in a Free Battle, Agumon cannot evolve into [=SkullGreymon=] despite its popular portrayal as a Dark Evolution for Agumon and its associated evolutions.
* AirplaneArms: [=WarGreymon=] moves around by folding his hand backwards and running.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Omegamon might be Agumon's strongest evolution bar [[spoiler:Fanglongmon]] and he ''proves'' it by possessing incredible speed and movement range, Supreme Cannon, an ''insanely'' powerful long special attack enough to obliterate anything in a few hits, and impeccable bulk. Unfortunately, he [[spoiler:awakens this form only near the end of the Moral Route]] and you can only use it if you also have Gabumon deployed at the same time. In particular it's [[spoiler:looking ''specifically'' for the professor/Akiharu's Gabumon, which isn't even available in the Wrathful and Harmonious Routes and in both Truthful and subsequent Moral runs, won't join until the very end. You likely can't use it at all for most of your playthroughs.]] Supreme Cannon is also held back by its extreme SP cost of 100.
* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' call him, his friends, or other Kemonogami "monsters." They are not monsters and he will correct you every time.
* BreakingOldTrends: ''Survive'' is the first instance of an Agumon being able to digivolve into Tuskmon, as well as the first partner Agumon that's able to digivolve into Tyrannomon.
* DarkIsNotEvil: The Wrathful Evolution line, tying into AdaptationalHeroism. Tuskmon, Megadramon and Machinedramon are some of the meanest and most violent monsters around, but since its Agumon evolving into said forms, they're only a threat to the monsters hounding Takuma and his friends.
* DishingOutDirt: His Triceramon form primarily inflicts earth-type damage. Tuskmon and Dinorexmon's basic attacks also inflict earth damage.
* TheDitz: Agumon is not the brightest of Digimon, but is always well-meaning and friendly. This quite often ends up with some variation of a statement about envying how happy-go-lucky he is, [[InsultBackfire him laughing bashfully about it]], and being told they're not complimenting him.
* ForcedSleep: Both Triceramon and Dinorexmon's attacks have a chance to inflict Sleep, the former via his signature move and the latter via his passive.
* FusionDance: He can become Omegamon by fusing with [[spoiler:the professor's]] Gabumon.
* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Omegamon is a FusionDance between [=WarGreymon=] and [=MetalGarurumon=], but this game is unique that it takes this to the literal conclusion. You can't even use it here unless you have the ''partner versions'' of these monsters deployed at the same time.
* GlassCannon: PlayedWith. His Wrathful forms except Machinedramon are classified as Attack units, but there's nothing glassy about them. They're fairly bulky as far as Champions or Ultimates go.
* GoldColoredSuperiority: [[spoiler:As Fanglongmon after completing the Truthful route.]] Owing to its status as a [[spoiler:Digimon Sovereign, Fanglongmon]] is bar none Agumon's most powerful evolution. Its also a BraggingRightsReward, since it would only be useful in the Mugen Recollection battles.
* InsistentTerminology: While several of the partner Kemonogami will ask the children not to refer to them as "monsters," Agumon does it the most consistently. He, along with the others, never offer a correct alternative though aside from the species names themselves, as ''Survive'' does not use the term "Digimon."
* JackOfAllStats: Classified as an All-Rounder. This applies to his entire Moral line up to his Mega level.
* {{Knockback}}: Tuskmon's Slamming Tusk and Triceramon's Tri-Horn Attack have a chance to push the affected target by one tile.
* LongRangeFighter: His Machinedramon form is classified as Special.
* MasterOfAll: Both [[spoiler:Omegamon and Fanglongmon]] forms are classified as All-Powerful, the latter more so than the former, as he resists all elements, uses NonElemental attacks (and his signature move debuffs all stats of the affected by two ranks), {{No Sell}}s all status conditions and debuffs, and doesn't require [[spoiler:the professor's Gabumon]] to use.
* MightyGlacier: Machinedramon and Dinorexmon have absolutely pitiful movement ranges (And Machinedramon is fairly slow for a Mega), but they make it up for having hard-hitting Area-of-Effect attacks that cover multiple foes in huge areas. [=WarGreymon=], in the other hand outright ditches their drawbacks and is instead a flat-out LightningBruiser.
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Agumon does this to ''himself'' when confronting [[spoiler:a fake Floramon that attacks Saki]].
-->[[spoiler:'''Fake Floramon''']]: "Augh! Your friends are here, too?!"\\
'''Agumon''': "And me too!"
* NoSell: As [=WarGreymon=], he is completely immune to the Sleep status. His [[spoiler:Fanglongmon]] form, meanwhile, prevents all {{Status Effect}}s and debuffs inflicted on him.
* PhraseCatcher: As noted above, Agumon is quite regularly subjected to the phrase "That wasn't a compliment".
* PlayingWithFire: Both his basic attack and Pepper Breath skill inflict fire damage. Most of his evolutions have fire-based attacks too, and some have passives that boost fire damage or resistance.
* ProtagonistPowerUpPrivileges: Unlike the other Partner Kemonogami who have one or two alternate evolutions, Agumon has ''seven'' outside his Greymon evolution line, unlocking each form based on Takuma's karma. He's also the only Partner Kemonogami guaranteed to reach Mega level before any of the others do. As an extra bonus, he is also the ''only'' Partner Kemonogami who can [[spoiler:evolve into the Super-Ultimate level by DNA Evolving into Omegamon with Gabumon, and unlocks the similarly "All-Powerful" type Mega level Fanglongmon after finishing the Truthful route]].
* RegeneratingHealth: Triceramon's Robust Armor passive allows him to recover some HP at the start of his turn.
* SchrodingersPlayerCharacter: Of the gameplay variant. Agumon's Evolution line depends on Takuma's Karma. A Harmonious Takuma gives Agumon access to Tyrannomon, Triceramon, and Dinorexmon, whereas Wrath has Agumon evolve into Tuskmon, Megadramon, and Machinedramon. Moral Takuma allows Agumon to evolve into the classic line of Greymon, [=MetalGreymon=], and [=WarGreymon=]. It's also possible for Agumon to switch Evolution lines mid-story if Takuma's Karma changes as well.
* ShutUpHannibal: Agumon tells off enemies this way if they try to verbally break Takuma's spirit. [[spoiler:In the Moral Route, he also gives this to the Master, rebuking him by saying that the other world ''should'' be destroyed if the cost of preserving it is the deaths of countless children.]]
* SplitPersonalitySwitchTrigger: His standard form as Agumon is always the same lovable dimwit regardless of Takuma's personality, but the various evolutions he can become change his personality and are influenced by Takuma's karma. Each of these forms has unique voice lines and dialogue when Takuma uses the Talk command. A Harmonious, cooperation-minded Takuma for example produces Tyrannomon, a jolly BoisterousBruiser, while Tuskmon born from a Wrathful Takuma is much more aggressive and more of a BloodKnight.
* StoneWall: His Harmonious forms except Dinorexmon are classified as Defense units. Both of them even have the passives to match, with Tyrannomon's only boosting [=PHYS DEF=] and Triceramon's boosting both physical and special.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Takuma. While most monsters are usually this no matter the abuse slung their way, Agumon is by far the most devout to his partner and wants to ensure Takuma's safety no matter what.
* WouldRatherSuffer: [[spoiler:On the Moral route, the human children and their Kemonogami partners learn that the Master has been kidnapping and sacrificing human children out of a misguided belief that doing so is necessary to preserve the Kemonogami's world. Agumon says he'd rather have his world not exist if murdering children is the price of maintaining it.]]
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[[folder:Falcomon]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Hiromu Miyazaki
Minoru's partner. His evolutions are as follows:
* '''Child / Rookie''': Falcomon
* '''Adult / Champion''': Diatrymon
* '''Perfect / Ultimate''': Crowmon
* '''Ultimate / Mega''': Varodurumon / Zhuqiaomon
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* AntiquatedLinguistics: He has very old fashioned, knightly speech patterns. In fact, he talks very much like Hawkmon does from ''Digimon Adventure 02.''
* AttackAnimal: Feeling that he's being treated as one is an aspect of his eventual falling out with Minoru, as Falcomon is embittered that Minoru no longer considers him worthy of his trust and companionship but is still fine with relying on his strength for protection.
* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Falcomon's appearance here is likely to throw fans of ''[[Anime/DigimonDataSquad Data Squad]]'' for a loop since ''Survive'' uses his original appearance rather than his redesign in the former series, which, excluding this game, has otherwise entirely replaced the original design as the main design for the species. This also applies to his Ultimate form, Crowmon, who also uses its original design rather than the redesign from ''Data Squad''.
* FragileSpeedster: For the first several chapters (if not the entire game), he'll most likely be the fastest one on the field when in battle; his speed only increases with evolution. He's also able to cover a great distance with that speed, given his amount of movement spaces and verticality. That said, he can't takes hits nearly as well as say, Agumon or Labramon.
* ItsNotYouItsMe: During his BreakUpMakeUpScenario with Minoru in Part 6, he declares his intent to leave his partner in spite of Minoru's profuse apologies. But when Minoru becomes downtrodden believing that Falcomon was unwilling to forgive him, he denies the claim. [[spoiler:It later comes to light that the real reason Falcomon wanted to get away from Minoru was because witnessing what happened to Shuuji and Lopmon shook his faith in himself as much as any of the children, and the thought of turning into a beast and harming the person most precious to him was too much to bear.]] This is more or less the same in [[spoiler:the Truthful Route, though there Falcomon is also somewhat pissed that Minoru thought the fake version of him was more convincing]].
* TheLancer: Whenever the monsters converse among themselves, Falcomon tends to take this position to Agumon's TheLeader, offering the pragmatic and sensible viewpoint to Agumon's cheerful optimism; Shuuji even sees him and Agumon as the strongest combatants in the party.
* OddCouple: Falcomon is extremely serious and straight laced, which is almost the polar opposite to his goofball partner.
* ToothyBird: And they're big canines at that. They're also evident in most of his evolutions.
* WingsDoNothing: Unlike the more famous ninja-theme redesign, this version of Falcomon is flightless. According to his data entry however, he is capable of gliding.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: While he'll hassle Minoru day and night for his goofing around, he stops Minoru's self-deprecation and claims that he doesn't have what it takes to be anyone's hero in its tracks every time; and reaffirms that he can see the real courage Minoru possesses to keep trying even when he stumbles.
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[[folder:Labramon]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/YukiyoFujii
Aoi's partner. Her evolutions are as follows:
* '''Child / Rookie''': Labramon
* '''Adult / Champion''': Dobermon
* '''Perfect / Ultimate''': Cerberusmon
* '''Ultimate / Mega''': Plutomon / Anubismon / Baihumon
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Applies to her Ultimate level, Cerberusmon, who is often an evil minion in most media, such as ''Frontier'' and ''Adventure:''.
* BishonenLine: Her Rookie, Champion, and Ultimate are all progressively more demonic looking {{Hellhound}}s. However, her final form, Anubismon, is much more humanoid. [[spoiler:As is Plutomon]]. Inverted, however, [[spoiler:on the Truthful Route, as Baihumon is both a giant white tiger and also her most powerful form.]]
* CombatMedic: While monsters can equip healing techniques to use, special mention goes to Labramon as she can naturally heal others with Cure Liqueur in battle (notably, before the first Cure skill can be obtained.)
* DarkIsNotEvil: Dobermon and Cerberusmon, despite clear {{Hellhound}} inspirations in their design and dark attribute attacks, are purely good Vaccine type monsters brought forth by Aoi's desire for the power to protect everyone or destroy their enemies before they can even attempt to bring harm to others respectively. [[spoiler:This extends to Plutomon once it becomes available for Labramon to evolve into on NewGamePlus.]]
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Part 1 has her suffering from an injury she received while defending Aoi prior to reaching the school. This prompts the kids to find first aid with which to heal her with, despite Labramon being able to heal herself and others in combat with her signature technique Cure Liqueur.
* GenderFlip: [[spoiler:Every previous version of Baihumon and Plutomon has been male, but Labramon as those two are female.]]
* GoodCounterpart: Her Mega Evolution form Anubismon is this to [[spoiler:Plutomon, her Dark Evolution]]. Both forms represent Aoi's desire to protect her friends at all cost, but unlike [[spoiler:Plutomon]], Anubismon is derived from Aoi's positive feelings.
* HeroicDog: A canine Digimon, who is also partnered to one of the protagonists.
* LegacyCharacter: [[spoiler:On the Turthful Route, she becomes the second Baihumon after being empowered by the previous one.]]
* MyRulesAreNotYourRules: Cerberusmon's Hell's Watchdog ability not only negates the game's positional bonuses for attacking from the sides or back against her, but allows her to occasionally guard even after attacking or using items which are normally mutually exclusive actions.
* NobodyTouchesTheHair: She isn't a fan of having her tail touched or petted; she even gives ''Aoi'' of all people a reluctant time before eventually agreeing to her request to do.
* PantheraAwesome: [[spoiler:On the Truthful Route, she gains the ability to become Baihumon, the White Tiger Sovereign.]]
* PowerGivesYouWings: When she reaches her Mega form Anubismon, she gains a pair of huge wings and the ability to fly.
* PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep: Her usual voice is high-pitched and cutesy, but changes to this as Cerberusmon, Anubimon, [[spoiler:and Baihumon]].
* SorryToInterrupt: [[spoiler:In a late game cutscene, Labramon walks over on Takuma and Aoi having a bit of a tender moment and gives a bit of a playful tease upon seeing the two blushing, but does apologize about it.]]
* TechnicolorFire: Cerberusmon's Mad Dog Fire attack produces a cone of bright green fire.
* YesMan: Her lips are firmly glued to Aoi's butt, and anytime Aoi offers an opinion you can expect Labramon to chime in about how smart and correct she is. [[spoiler:As the Kemonogami are reflections of their human partners, Labramon's cheerleader nature may be indicative of Aoi's own desire to have more self-confidence, as this trait wanes after Aoi has to step into a leadership role and builds that confidence.]]
* YinYangBomb: Her Mega Anubismon has the power of both light and darkness with an ability that boosts the power of them both.
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[[folder:Lopmon (Unmarked Spoilers)]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/survivelopmon.png]]
-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/NaomiOzora
Shuuji's partner. His evolutions are as follows:
* '''Child / Rookie''': Lopmon
* '''Adult / Champion''': Wendigomon / Turuiemon
* '''Perfect / Ultimate''': Antylamon
* '''Ultimate / Mega''': Cherubimon
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* AdaptationalBadass: Wendigomon isn't a slouch, but in the movie, it's barely outmatched by both Flamedramon and Gargomon, before retreating. Here, upon dark evolving, Wendigomon single handedly defeats [=MegaSeadramon=] in one hit, despite being a Level lower than the latter, something the rest of the group has trouble dealing, as their partners were still Champions at that point.
* AdaptationalHeroism: In ''Adventure 02'', Wendigomon was an enemy and a very dangerous one for the Digidestined. On the Truthful route, Lopmon can evolve into Wendigomon with zero repercussions and is fully on Shuuji's side.
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Cherubibmon's Heaven's Judgement summons a bolt of holy lightning from the sky on enemies with a good chance of inflicting confusion.
* BreakingOldTrends: Cherubimon's major past appearances have had him be a major villain and be restricted to his Vice form, and no heroic version has ever actually gotten past Ultimate. Lopmon as Cherubimon is both strictly heroic and uses the Virtue form instead.
* TheDogBitesBack: Things between Lopmon and Shuuji finally reach a head at the climax of Part 5. Between Shuuji's issues and abuse towards him, Lopmon undergoes a Dark Evolution and turns into Wendigomon, wiping the floor with [=MegaSeadramon=] before proceeding to horrifically eat Shuuji alive.
* FightingFromTheInside: Lopmon and Shuuji are still quite aware of themselves underneath Wendigomon, all of their dialog while being attributed in textboxes to Wendigomon displays Lopmon's portrait and Agumon and Takuma attribute it to Lopmon and Shuuji respectively. [[AndIMustScream Unfortunately, aside from begging for help and death they are unable to assert any control]].
-->'''Wendigomon''': IT HURRRTS...I'M SCAAARED...I DON'T WANNA DO THIIIS...\\
'''Wendigomon''': WHAT'S...WRONG WITH ME? WHAT SHOULD I HAVE DONE...?\\
'''Wendigomon''': I DON'T HAVE...ANY RIGHT TO LIVE. I SHOULD JUST DISAPPEAR...
* FragileFlower: Poor Lopmon is always on the verge of tears; as a species, Lopmon are prone to crying. Then the interactions he has with Shuuji, particularly his nasty verbal and eventual physical abuse, certainly do not help. In the Truthful route, he grows out of this with Shuuji's own change of heart, becoming more willing to speak up.
* FusionDance: After eating Shuuji, Wendigomon's speech is apparently coming not from it but both Lopmon and Shuuji as one within it.
* GoneHorriblyRight: At the apex of his mental and emotional breakdown, and after lamenting for several chapters how weak Lopmon is compared to Agumon or Falcomon, Shuuji resorts to physically beating and verbally berating him to force him to evolve. Technically, it does work. Lopmon undergoes a Dark Evolution into Wendigomon. This allows him to easily one-shot [=MegaSeadramon=], who had been giving the party a hard time. But immediately afterwards, he targets Shuuji and proceeds to viciously eat him alive.
* LightIsGood: His final form, Cherubimon, is a holy beast Digimon, and he is fully on the side of Shuuji and the othe kids when it is unlocked. He notably uses his white colored Virtue form rather than the dark purple Vice form previous Cherubimon have used.
* LiteralMetaphor: The partner Kemonogami serve as reflections of their human partner's hearts, and Shuuji's abusive behavior toward Lopmon is a metaphorical depiction of his own self loathing which culminates in self harm.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: As Cherubimon Virtue, he's one of the Three Celestial Digimon/Three Archangels. In this case, he's a giant holy rabbit that embodies wisdom.
* RedemptionDemotion: Wendigomon suffers this in the Truthful route. While his stats might grow to be higher than his form as a boss by levelling up or using stat items, he's only a Champion level Digimon, so he'll be replaced by his higher natural forms by that point. Averted for Lopmon as a whole, as the he gets ''far'' more powerful in the Truthful route than he ever did in the Routes were he Dark Digivolves and becomes an antagonist.
* TheLoad: Shuuji sees Lopmon, and by extension himself, this way and becomes increasingly frustrated by the duo's inability to contribute in battle like the others.
* NoSell: Cherubimon is immune to the Sealed status condition completely.
* ShrinkingViolet: He has a timid and insecure nature, as even when he's interacting with Takuma alone he's still very nervous and shy. In the Truthful route, he grows out of it and becomes more confident due to Shuuji's own change of heart.
* TookALevelInBadass: In the Truthful route, Shuuji has a change of heart and properly bonds with Lopmon, resulting in him not only naturally reaching his Champion form, but able to reach his Ultimate and Megas.
* TookALevelInCheerfulness: In the Truthful route, Lopmon's personality becomes less timid and more outspoken and confident, reflecting Shuuji's own change of heart concerning their partnership.
* WalkingSpoiler: It's impossible to talk about Lopmon without either mentioning the nightmarish torture he has to endure in Part 5 or his involvement in the Truthful Route.
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[[folder:Floramon]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/ShinoShimoji
Saki's partner. Her evolutions are as follows:
* '''Child / Rookie''': Floramon
* '''Adult / Champion''': Vegiemon
* '''Perfect / Ultimate''': Blossomon
* '''Ultimate / Mega''': Ceresmon Medium / Ebonwumon
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* AdaptationalBadass: Ceresmon Medium is supposedly a non-combatant form of the free Ceresmon. Here, she's fully capable of fighting on her own and is a wholly different beast compared to her free form.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Her Champion level evolution, Vegiemon, is usually used as a fodder baddie of the week in other Digimon media. Further still in the original v-pets Vegiemon was actually a failure evolution that the player got for taking poor care of their Digimon, alongside the likes of Numemon and Sukamon. The same also goes for her Ultimate level Blossomon, who is often a MonsterOfTheWeek in most media.
* BishonenLine: Starting as a fairly cute humanoid flower, she becomes distinctly [[GonkyFemme unattractive]] and [[BotanicalAbomination monstrous]] in her Champion and Ultimate forms. Her Ceresmon Medium Mega form is a beautiful almost completely human looking woman falling in line with the sort of transformation Saki had hoped for earlier to the point Floramon's partner starts ogling her when given the chance. Inverted on the[[spoiler:Truthful Route, when she gains Ebonwumon, a giant two headed turtle with a tree on its back, as an alternate Mega, which is also her strongest form.]]
* BotanicalAbomination: Blossomon is basically a flower hydra, with all of its smaller "heads" being little more than a flowers with a mouth lined with razor sharp teeth. The main head is only slightly better as it has an actual, [[FaceOfAThug rather unfriendly looking]], face.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Downplayed, but in the early parts of the game, Saki clearly prefers Lopmon which makes Floramon very jealous and clingy of her until their group makes it too the school.
* CombatMedic: After reaching her Mega form, she replaces Labramon as the group healer with a more offensive slant. Ceresmon Medium's passive ability renders her immune to all status abnormalities while also encouraging equipping her with healing skills like Aura, as it makes them restore not only HP but SP as well to keep the team from needing to drop back to their Rookie state. Her unique attack, Karpos Hule, poisons enemies while draining HP to sustain herself.
* DungFu: Vegiemon's Poop Toss attack.
* GenderFlip: [[spoiler:Ebonwumon is traditionally male, but Floramon can become Ebonwumon on the Truthful Route, making her the first time Ebonwumon has been a Mega.]]
* GonkyFemme: Her Champion level is ''Vegiemon,'' an otherwise unflattering looking plant monster with a gnarly mouth and a veiny bottom; this is in stark contrast to other plant-based evolutions often seen with the likes of Palmon or Lalamon. To top it all off, her signature attack explicitly involves throwing ''poop'' at her opponents.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: She makes its quite clear that her priority is ''Saki'' after she formally joins the group, which notably goes against the collective mentality the children and their partners had up until that point. Anything or anyone else can wait. She does get better and more considerate of her peers as the story goes on, though.
* OlympusMons: As Ceresmon Medium, who for extra points is a member of the Olympos XII, the Illiad server's Royal Knight equivalent who are based on the Greek and Roman gods. [[spoiler:She also becomes Ebonwumon on the Truthful Route, one of the four Sovereigns based off TheFourGods.]]
* PowerUpLetdown: InUniverse. Blossomon is this of the cosmetic variety for Saki. The power is definitely welcome, but she was really hoping for something cute, or at the very least not creepy, after getting Vegiemon. While slightly better than Vegiemon, no poop is involved after all, Blossomon is [[BlatantLies still just barely outside her expectations]].
* ProtagonistPowerUpPrivileges: Floramon is the only Kemonogami in the game who can evolve into Ceresmon Medium, i.e. Ceresmon's "core". Others like Palmon can only evolve into the Digimon's "body".
* RuleOfSymbolism: Vegiemon being her Adult stage reflects Saki's fear of not living till adulthood - as Vegiemon is a sickly form of [[PaletteSwap Red Vegimon]] (said to be the true form of the species) that didn't reach full maturity.
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[[folder:Kunemon]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/RyoheiArai
Ryo's partner. His evolutions are as follows:
* '''Child / Rookie''': Kunemon
* '''Adult / Champion''': Flymon
* '''Perfect / Ultimate''': [=JewelBeemon=]
* '''Ultimate / Mega''': [=BanchoStingmon=]
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Both Kunemon and his Champion evolution Flymon, who are often evil minions in most Digimon media.
* BishonenLine: He starts as a giant caterpillar before evolving into a giant wasp. His Ultimate and Mega evolutions meanwhile are humanoid insects [=JewelBeemon=] and [=BanchoStingmon=] respectively.
* BlushSticker: When praised or having something good said about it; sometimes Kunemon will visably blush.
* DivingSave: [[spoiler:In a NewGamePlus run, if Takuma has raised Ryo's affinity enough Kunemon will make it to the valley in time to tackle Ryo before he's taken by the fog, snapping him out of his funk, saving his life and earning some gratitude on Ryo's part for the first time.]]
* IntelligibleUnintelligible: He's the only partner monster that can't speak, but he can make animal sounds that Agumon can sometimes translate for the humans. [[spoiler:This continues as Flymon, but it's averted come [=JewelBeemon=] onwards who can talk. Ryo gets frustrated when the evolution wears off by the time Takuma arrives and he can't prove it. During part 5, Ryo could tell his real Kunemon apart from the impostors since he could only understand him while the rest are unintelligible.]]
* LiteralMetaphor: [[spoiler:Because Kemonogami partners reflect their human partner's heart, Kunemon's inability to be understood and his determination to reach his human partner that constantly rejects him reflects Ryo's own struggles with communicating meaningfully with others. Fittingly, both [=JewelBeemon=] and [=BanchoStingmon=] are able to talk, but he's only able to evolve in the Truthful route where Ryo is able to bond with both Kunemon and the others.]]
* MagikarpPower: Kunemon is difficult to use in the first playthrough largely because his low movement range means he will be struggling to even reach the action before the rest of the party cleans house, on top of lack of access to the Talk command or Evolution. [[spoiler:Come NewGamePlus he will need some grinding to catch up to the other partners, but his new flight movement and Ryo's powerful Talk buffs can turn him into a wrecking ball.]]
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Despite Ryo's neglect, Kunemon never gives up on trying to reach out to him. After [[spoiler:Ryo's death and Kunemon's subsequent vanishing]] talking to Falcomon during the next free time will gain you what was meant to a gift from Kunemon to Ryo.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Because of his inability to speak normally with only Agumon and Ryo capable of understanding him, Kunemon lacks the amount of characterization and traits the other partners show off [[spoiler:and ultimately vanishes at the end of Part 3 after Ryo dies. This is averted in the Truthful route, where Kunemon's character is explored since Ryo is still around and is more open to both his partner and the others]].
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[[folder:Dracmon]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Cota Nemoto
Kaito's partner. His evolutions are as follows:
* '''Child / Rookie''': Dracmon
* '''Adult / Champion''': Sangloupmon
* '''Perfect / Ultimate''': Myotismon
* '''Ultimate / Mega''': Beelzemon / Boltboutamon
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Applies to the entire line as a whole.
** A Dracmon in ''[[Anime/DigimonXrosWarsTheYoungHuntersWhoLeaptThroughTime Xros Wars Hunter Boys]]'' was used by a rival character instead of one of the heroes while in ''[[Anime/DigimonGhostGame Ghost Game]]'' another was a MonsterOfTheWeek who pulled an ISurrenderSuckers before being [[spoiler:brought BackForTheDead.]]
** Sangloupmon, his Adult level evolution, acted as CoDragons with Matadormon to Myotismon in ''[[Anime/DigimonGhostGame Ghost Game]]''. Here, Dracmon can Digivolve to Sangloupmon from the start when he and Kaito join the party.
** His Ultimate level evolution, Myotismon, features in previous Digimon works as a major ArcVillain in ''[[Anime/DigimonAdventure Adventure]]'', the FinalBoss of ''[[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 02]]'' and a MonsterOfTheWeek in ''[[Anime/DigimonGhostGame Ghost Game]]'' planning to raise a an army of vampires and rule the human world. Here, he's presented as the triumphant result of Kaito's inner growth.
** His Mega Evolution, Beelzemon, came about in ''[[Anime/DigimonTamers Tamers]]'' when [[spoiler:[[HarmlessVillain Impmon]], made a BargainWithHeaven and became DrunkOnTheDarkSide, culminating in the death of Leomon before beaten by Gallantmon and becoming TheAtoner later on]] (said role was interestingly [[spoiler:shifted to ''Renamon'' in this game, whose free versions can also evolve into the Leomon line).]] Here, Beelzemon is on the heroes side from the get go, being a result of Kaito wanting to have the power to protect everything that his sister cherishes.
* AdaptedOut: His traditional Ultimate and Mega-level forms Matadormon and [=GrandDracumon=] are not featured in ''Survive'', with the latter being replaced by [[spoiler:Boltboutamon]] as an alternate Mega evolution.
* BadassBoast: After evolving into Beelzemon, he tells his opponents to understand that there's no chance of them winning. As [[spoiler:Boltboutamon]], he tells them to get ready for their defeat.
* DarkIsNotEvil: He's an imp-themed monster who uses techniques such as "Eye of Nightmares" and whose type is known for pulling pranks, but this one is genuinely on Kaito's side and eager to help. This also applies to his Ultimate and Mega evolutions, both of whom were antagonists in their home series ''[[Anime/DigimonAdventure Adventure]]'' and ''[[Anime/DigimonTamers Tamers]]'' respectively.
* DeathOfPersonality: [[spoiler:Kaito is told his fusion with Piedmon will still have Dracmon in the driver's seat, but once the others manage to talk some sense into him the Piedmon persona forcibly takes the wheel to continue where Kaito was about to leave off, revealing that Kaito's powerful hatred was the only thing allowing Dracmon to have any influence on the body.]]
* EvilSoundsDeep: Downplayed. [[spoiler:When Boltboutamon is unlocked as a proper evolution for Dracmon after completing the Harmonious route, Dracmon as Boltboutamon's voice drops a few octaves, sounding more menacing in contrast to Beelzemon who retains Dracmon's cheery tone. Justified as Boltboutamon, in contrast to Beelzemon, was born from Kaito's wrath after losing Miu to the fog.]]
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: His eyes are located on his hands. As other members of his species have demonstrated in other Digimon series, they're also detachable and he can regrow them.
* FusionDance: [[spoiler:In the Harmonious route, a grief-driven Kaito desires the power to destroy the alternate world and orders Dracmon to fuse with Piedmon, resulting in Boltboutamon.]]
* GoodCounterpart: His Mega evolution Beelzemon is this to [[spoiler:his alternate Mega form Boltboutamon. Whereas Boltboutamon is the result of Kaito's rage at the Kemonogami and Human World for robbing Miu of her life and happiness respectively,]] Beelzemon is the result of Kaito wanting the power to protect everything his sister cherishes.
* TheLancer: Serves as one within his partnership with Kaito. Dracmon is cunning, collected and knows how to read people, perfectly covering all of the HotBlooded Kaito's weaknesses.
* MythologyGag: His alternate Mega Evolution Boltboutamon's description in the Library section states it was created as a result of [[spoiler:Myotismon absorbing Piedmon into itself and the former evolving as a result]], referencing its debut in ''VideoGame/DigimonWorldNextOrder''.
* NoodleIncident: He joins the party already able to evolve to his Champion stage (a feat that usually requires some kind of explicit connection between the children and their partners), with no indication of how he and Kaito achieved said power.
* PreSacrificeFinalGoodbye: [[spoiler:He's shrewd enough to not buy Piedmon's claims that he will be the one in control of their fusion, and takes a moment to say goodbye to Kaito in his own way beforehand.]]
-->'''Dracmon''': "Hey, Kaito... we were like brothers, yeah?"\\
'''Kaito''': "...Yeah."
* UndyingLoyalty: Like Agumon, he's incredibly loyal to Kaito despite what their banter says otherwise. [[spoiler:It's deconstructed in that Dracmon is so loyal he only half-heartedly tries to stop Kaito during his downward spiral in the Harmonious route and barely puts up any resistance to Kaito ordering him to fuse with Piedmon despite warning Kaito not to trust the evil monster.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: He and Kaito smack talk each other more than any other pair, which Takuma inwardly worries early on is another instance of the partnerships within the group turning sour. But its quickly established that this is just how the two express themselves and both see it as friendly banter.
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[[folder:Syakomon]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Asami Takano
Miu's partner. Her evolutions are as follows:
* '''Child / Rookie''': Syakomon
* '''Adult / Champion''': Shellmon
* '''Perfect / Ultimate''': Mermaimon
* '''Ultimate / Mega''': [=MarinAngemon=] / Azulongmon
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* BadassAdorable: As Syakomon, she's Ugly Cute as far as Miu is concerned. As [=MarineAngemon=], she's a Mega-level monster that can kick serious ass and is utterly adorable.
* BishonenLine: DoubleSubverted. She goes from the unseemly and monstrous Shellmon to the humanoid and pretty Mermaimon, complete with [[JigglePhysics Jiggle Physics upon evolution.]] Then Merimaimon evolves...into the cute, blob-like sea angel fairy [=MarineAngemon=] [[spoiler:or the giant eastern dragon Azulongmon]].
* BrutalHonesty: Contrasting Miu, who tends to have a hard time coming forward with her true feelings and wraps herself up in protective layers of creepy occult girl acts, Syakomon is straightforward and blunt to a fault.
* FriendlyPirate: Her Ultimate form, Mermaimon, is a pirate-themed mermaid siren. She even attacks with an anchor.
* GenderFlip: [[spoiler:Azulongmon has always been male, but Syakomon gains Azulongmon as an alternate Mega on the Truthful Route, making her the first one to be female.]]
* HeroOfAnotherStory: According to her and Miu, [[spoiler:she was the reason Miu was able to escape Arukenimon's clutches after Kaito briefly left her alone to scout out the cause of the nearby giant footsteps. Considering how she couldn't Digivolve to Shellmon at that time either, and how dreaded Arukenimon is as an opponent, Takuma can't help but be impressed at the revelation]].
* IntelligibleUnintelligible: As [=MarineAngemon=], Syakomon can only speak in chirps. Miu can't understand her while she's in that form, but Dracmon can and translates for her.
* LiteralMetaphor: Upon becoming Mermaimon for the first time, she points out herself that her new form represents the strength of heart Miu has gained to come out of her shell.
* PerplexingPearlProduction: Her '''Black Pearl''' attack is this.
* PowerUpLetdown: Mermaimon's stats dramatically favor SP ATK, yet, unlike her previous forms, she has only physical attacks by default. This requires the use of her equipment slots for magical attacks instead of further stat boosts or improved resistances. To add insult to injury, her PHYS ATK stat is barely any higher than Shellmon's and her HP and PHYS DEF stats are actually ''lower'' while still costing more SP to maintain the form. The largest natural advantage she has over Shellmon is in her flying movement type, allowing her to cross gaps that would otherwise need to be moved around. As a trade-off though, this makes Mermaimon an excellent user of elemental skill items -- which often are {{Status Infliction Attack}}s.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Both her official American (Syakomon) and Japanese (Shakomon) names are acceptable romanizations of シャコモン.
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[[folder:The Ninth Partner ('''UNMARKED SPOILERS''')]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MasamiSuzuki
Renamon, Miyuki's partner. After the events of the prologue, she is strangely nowhere to be found alongside Gabumon. In reality, she's been posing as "Haru" to provide Miyuki some form of emotional stability after the latter's soul was taken from her. She's very cold and aggressive even in her Haru guise, and will reach great heights for Miyuki's sake.
Her evolutions are as follows:
* '''Child / Rookie''': Renamon
* '''Adult / Champion''': Kyubimon
* '''Perfect / Ultimate''': Taomon
* '''Ultimate / Mega''': Sakuyamon
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* AdaptationalJerkass: The Renamon from ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' might be an aloof and battle-hardy individual like her, but she's firmly on the side of good. This one is more on the morally gray end of the spectrum and acts more like Beelzemon from the same anime and has no qualms attempting to kill the kids to save Miyuki.
* AmbiguousGender: The game can vary on what pronouns characters use for Renamon given how often she chooses to present as the masculine Haru even after the reveal, and Renamon are most commonly presented as female anyway, particularly when they evolve into [[LadyOfWar Sakuyamon]].
* BackFromTheDead: She dies from her injuries in the Moral route, but thanks to Miyuki's strong emotions, she's reincarnated as an egg. In Part 12, Miyuki's emotions once again come through for her and returns.
* BadassAndChildDuo: Renamon is the Badass and Miyuki is the Child here, having protected the latter from hostile monsters at least six thousand years. It tells when she joins the party, Renamon has all of her forms available on default.
* BecomingTheMask: Downplayed. She's been using Haru's form so long that she feels more comfortable appearing as him than herself at times, but more notably in Japanese you hear that she's taken to calling Miyuki "Onee-san" or "big sister" like Haru would even when she drops the illusion, rather than just using her partner's given name.
* BerserkButton:
** Do not try to hurt Miyuki or nab her away. Just don't unless you want to sign your death warrant. Trying to reason with her over her attempts to save Miyuki isn't a good idea, either. She'll get incredibly pissed off.
** It doesn't piss her off as much as when someone gets in her way on saving Miyuki, but in her Haru guise she still doesn't like it when someone treats her like a defenseless kid.
* ClingyJealousGirl: A lot of Renamon's interaction with the party boils down to this, especially when it comes to the Professor. She hates the Professor, actually an older Akiharu Minase, for "abandoning" Miyuki and thinks she's more qualified to be with her because she spent god knows how many years with her partner in the other world acting as a sort of socio-emotional support.
* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: The Taomon boss fought at the end of each route's Part 10 is significantly stronger than the ones roaming in Free or Shadow Battles, or yours if you have one. She hits around as hard as Piedmon on default and has heightened resistances so she will take way more hits than usual to beat.
* DealWithTheDevil: An example where it's both this and a BargainWithHeaven, considering [[DragonsAreDivine what the Master was]]. She strikes a bargain with The Master at Part 10's beginning out of desperation, where she would provide the remaining children as sacrifices in exchange for Miyuki's freedom. She later learns that the Master never had any intention of fulfilling his end of the deal after the group talks her down.
* DefeatMeansPlayable: She's available after you defeat her in the penultimate hostile encounter in each Part 10. She doesn't join you against Ebonwumon in the Truthful Route, though.
* EasilyForgiven: Zigzagged. Aside from a minor outburst from Kaito regarding clarification on one of Renamon's actions, no one ultimately holds any animosity towards her for all her prior behavior - namely trying to kill the group several times over by taking them in as sacrifices for The Master. Even the emotional and mental trauma she inflicted on an already unstable Aoi is let go, though she does repeatedly apologize for it. In the Harmony Route, however, Kaito refuses to consider forgiving her since Renamon unintentionally button-mashed his BerserkButton harsher than she intended to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere and he leaves the party out of disgust]].
* EveryoneHasStandards: Even if Renamon intended to weaken the children with horrible illusions for the sake of getting Miyuki back by showing their worst fears, even she herself thought it was too overboard when she made some already unstable and grief-ridden people into pitiless monsters in the Wrathful and Harmonious Routes.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Her line has a heavy ReligiousBruiser and Onmyōdō motive and her final form is Sakuyamon, a priestess monster who excorcises evil. Her free form, Sakuyamon: Miko Mode is also a literal {{Miko}} who specializes in exorcising evil spirits. In the Truthful Route, it's revealed Miyuki descended from an ''actual'' priestess of the Kemonogami faith, whose soul is the one who finally excorcises the Master out from his deep hatred.
* FoulFox: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. She's cold and hostile to anyone bar Miyuki, but it's in Part 10 that she pulls off a FaceHeelTurn and becomes the ArcVillain for that chapter. Her methods of trying to lure the kids to their deaths aren't pleasant either, especially in the Truthful Route where she cuts out all the psychological torture and goes straight into trying to kill the professor. She however, does pull off a genuine HeelFaceTurn after that, and is genuinely horrified when Aoi or Kaito degenerate into insane monsters because of her actions.
* GoneHorriblyRight: In the Harmonious version of Chapter 10, Renamon in her Haru guise baits Kaito into the Library under the premise of making him stronger so he could exact revenge against the Master. It's a lie and she wants to weaken his spirit so he can be used as a sacrifice to get Miyuki's body back, but because of her, Kaito sacrifices Dracumon to Piedmon to create Boltboutamon, a monstrosity capable of exacting the revenge he wanted, something that Kaito himself lampshaded. It's all fun and games until Piedmon takes over, kills Kaito, the Minases and by extension Renamon herself. Make him stronger, all right...
* GreenEyedMonster: She's floored and dismayed by the fact that Miyuki reacted to the Professor's words and not hers while being possessed by the Master, increasing her already intense animosity towards him.
* HeroicSacrifice: On the Moral route, Renamon jumps in front of the Professor to take a blow from the Master-possessed Miyuki. This results in Renamon's death, but Miyuki's strong emotions at Renamon's death are what finally free her from The Master's possession for good. Then, Renamon's "light" combines with Miyuki's tears to form an egg, allowing Renamon to return right after the next cutscene.
* HughMann: Downplayed. She dons her Haru disguise for most of the time, but it's clear that no matter what she doesn't try to hide her real personality, a cold and aloof fighter who only opens up to Miyuki. Takuma and Minoru first encounter with "Haru" has "him" turning into some gastly figure to freak them out, and at certain intervals she even outright shows up in her true form before showing up somewhere else in her Haru guise. Yet, everyone ''still'' believes that she was some innocent kid before the hostile encounter of Chapter 10.
* {{Irony}}: In ''Anime/DigimonTamers'', Beelzemon (the Mega form of Kaito's partner) did a BargainWithHeaven and went into a PowerHigh that results in Leomon killed and his Tamer Jeri traumatized until the series finale. In the Harmonious Route, Renamon ends Kaito's sanity and turns him into an insane monster that has to be put down. Her free variant can also evolve into monsters of the Leomon line.
* LightEmUp: Her attacks as Renamon and Sakuyamon are light attacks. Given your only other reliable Light partner, Lopmon-as-Cherubimon is not even available out of the Truthful Route (and will be destroyed in all other outcomes), she's likely your most reliable light damage source if you're not keen on recruiting Free Monsters or equipping your party members with skills.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: She disguises herself as an illusion of Haru to act as this for Miyuki in order to provide her socio-emotional support.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Renamon's desire to protect Miyuki at all costs puts her at odds with the Professor and the other children at times. In Part 10, she briefly defects to the Master's side for Miyuki's sake.
* MasterOfIllusion: And ''how.'' For nearly fifty human years, she maintained an illusion of a young Haru for the socio-emotional benefits of her mentally fractured partner Miyuki. She's also capable of weaponizing the ability, given the harsh illusions she subjected the party to during the events of Part 10.
* MoralityPet: She's cold or hostile to pretty much anyone else, but Miyuki is the only person Renamon is consistently nice to, up until the endgame where she opens up to the rest of the party as well.
* MyNameIsQuestionMarks: In the Prologue, before the Kemonogami are properly introduced, her dialogue portrait and battle sprite are shadowed out and her name is replaced with "???". Her name is also "???" when Takuma and Agumon first meet her out of her disguise in Chapter 5.
* OddCouple: Miyuki is a very kind and sweet girl with a touch of iron under her, yet her partner Renamon is a morally grey and hardened monster who has no qualms flat-out backstabbing others for Miyuki's well-being.
* PetTheDog:
** As Haru, she was largely indifferent to the children in the beginning chapters, especially to Ryo. However, she does deign to save him from falling to his death at the climax of Part 3; while he still sustains injuries, her actions prevent the incident from being fatal.
** Renamon makes it a point to apologize profusely for everything she put Aoi through in Part 10 during the Wrathful Route since Aoi was steadily growing unstable at that point.
* ProtagonistPowerUpPrivileges: Downplayed. Renamon is the SixthRanger that sticks for one or two chapters before being killed off before the final battle in the Wrathful and Harmonious routes, but her Mega Evolution Sakuyamon is much stronger and more combat-oriented than the Sakuyamon her Free counterpart evolves into. Justified in that according to [=Free!Sakuyamon=]'s description, she's in Maid Mode, which as a Miko/Shrine Maiden is support-oriented and focuses more on exorcising evil than actively engaging in combat.
* RecognitionFailure: Subverted. Renamon is the only being around who treats possessed Miyuki as the Master instead of Miyuki herself. This is unlike other characters who treats her as Miyuki and pleads her to return to her senses, even if the Master sometimes flat-out tells them that he has taken control of her body while possessing her.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After Miyuki is kidnapped by Arukenimon in Part 7, "Haru" yells at the kids and Professor for their failure to protect her before running off ahead of them. When they catch up, Renamon has killed enough Dokugumon standing between her and Arukenimon that everyone's phone cameras detect glitches nearly everywhere.
* SixthRanger: Following the events of Part 10, she officially joins the group in an explicit capacity and on friendly terms; as such, players can use her in battle and Digivolve her at will. In Wrathful and Harmonious, she's a GuestStarPartyMember where she's unceremoniously killed off after Miyuki is absorbed by the Master and Boltboutamon respectively, though unlike Lopmon and Kunemon in early chapters, considering how late she joins, you're going to have her available for the rest of the game up until exactly before the final encounter.
* StealthHiBye: Takuma and Agumon first meets her out of disguise in Chapter 5, but she ran away quick and they meet Miyuki and Haru in the next room. It's implied that she was fighting some monsters who took her form to trick Miyuki before they meet up with Takuma, who just beat up several monsters disguised as their partners on the way.
* TokenEvilTeammate: She's not exactly evil, but even when compared to Gabumon she's still very cold and condescending to anyone not named Miyuki, and has no issues cooperating with the Master and attempt to kill the kids to get Miyuki out from his control. She only warms up for real after each route's Chapter 10 where you'll always fight her.
* TookALevelInJerkass: She's ''way'' nastier in the Truthful version of Part 10 as opposed to the usual version of that Part. Instead of luring some of the children into the Library area and tormenting them with illusions, she instead baits them into the shrine and goes instantly into business. She also acts way more deranged than usual and gives the professor a beating, threatening to make him the sacrifice rather than the children. Justified considering the Master already took a massive setback with the party already thwarting him at the amusement park and is making his last stand.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Renamon's actions in Part 10 come back to bite her in the ass on the Wrathful and Harmonious routes. She just wanted to pick off the most vulnerable people for the Master as ransom for Miyuki, but what she didn't expect is she drove them so insane they become ''world-wiping monsters''. In Harmonious, Kaito leaves the party out of disgust since her illusions preyed on his feelings of guilt towards Miu's death, which leaves him open for Piedmon to take advantage of afterward. In Wrathful, she helps accelerate Aoi's downward spiral to the point the poor girl ''snaps'' after Piedmon fatally wounds her and Labramon.
* VocalDissonance: In several points after Haru is exposed as Renamon, she speaks in her ''own'' voice rather than Haru's voice while in her disguised form.
* WalkingSpoiler: Knowing that the Haru we believed we knew was a monster taking his form as a child, and that Miyuki's Kemonogami was alongside her from the get-go is definitely of this trope.
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[[folder:The Tenth Partner ('''MAJOR SPOILERS''')]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MayumiYamaguchi
Gabumon, Akiharu Minase's partner. After the events of the prologue, he's nowhere to be found alongside Miyuki's partner Renamon. In truth, under the belief that Haru abandoned him, he joined Piedmon's gang to hunt down and kill other Partner monsters for a certain amount of time. Not playable out of the Moral and Truthful Routes.
His evolutions are as follows:
* '''Child / Rookie''': Gabumon
* '''Adult / Champion''': Garurumon
* '''Perfect / Ultimate''': [=WereGarurumon=]
* '''Ultimate / Mega''': [=MetalGarurumon=]
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* AnIcePerson: As [=MetalGarurumon=], he uses Ice, or more accurately, water attacks and is the only partner with reliable water output. (While Miu's Syakomon is otensibly a water-oriented monster, her Ultimate and Mega forms don't even have reliable water attacks unless you give her a water skill.)
* EleventhHourRanger: He's not joining until around the second half of Part 11 in Moral or the boss encounter in the same Part of Truthful, making the 11th hour part of the trope almost literal. He never joins in Wrathful and Harmonious either, meaning that the window you're actually going to use him (or indirectly, Omegamon) is very slim.
* FusionDance: In Part 11 of the Moral route, he and Agumon undergo a DNA Evolution thanks to Takuma and the Professor's resolve to save Miyuki at all costs, forming Omegamon in the process. Afterwards, if you have him deployed alongside Takuma's Agumon in a battle, you can evolve Agumon into Omegamon under the price of him being temporarily consumed.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: In his artwork with Haru, he's shown as Garurumon, whereas in the game after he joins the party, he's always in his Rookie form.
* GuestStarPartyMember: With Renamon in the prologue. He shows up again in Part 7 as [=WereGarurumon=] and in Part 11 of Truthful as Garurumon.
* HeelFaceTurn: In the Moral route, he returns to the Professor's side after Akiharu makes it clear he will ''not'' abandon Gabumon again, nor did he ever mean to do so in the first place, mending their broken bond. He also joins the party in the Truthful route, though his bond with Akiharu is still somewhat strained at first.
* {{Irony}}: In ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', Puppetmon's arc was where Taichi and Yamato fought and the resulting aftermath caused the group to fracture. Here, a Puppetmon plays a role in Garurumon and the Professor aka Akiharu repairing their broken bond and Garurumon's first evolution into [=MetalGarurumon=].
* {{Tsundere}}: In contrast to how he rekindles his bond with Akiharu in the Moral route and is more open with his partner, this is how Gabumon interacts with the Professor in the Truthful Route. This partially has to do with the circumstances of their reunion; in Moral, the Professor refuses to abandon Garurumon to be killed by Puppetmon and the latter realizes Akiharu did not abandon him. The Truthful route has the Professor acting more aggressively in trying to get Garurumon to listen, though the latter does come around eventually.
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!!The Sovereigns (UNMARKED SPOILERS)
Powerful beings that are only encountered in the Truthful Route.
[[folder:In General]]
* AntiDebuff: All of them are immune to being debuffed or being hit with a status condition, regardless if they are on your side or not, making them extremely useful in status-laden, drawn out fights.
* BarrierMaiden: They've been keeping the Master locked away inside the Shrine, forcing the latter to rely on minions to do his dirty work. The seals have weakened over time, hence why the Master is able to possess Miyuki in the first place.
* BigGood: They're the closest there is to one in ''Survive'' as they're the ones ensuring the Master is sealed away in the Kemonogami World.
* TheBusCameBack: As far as major appearances go, they haven't been seen since ''Anime/DigimonTamers''.
* DefeatMeansPlayable: In the Truthful Route, Agumon, Falcomon, Labramon, Floramon, and Syakomon are each granted the power to evolve into one of the Sovereigns' forms after defeating the original in combat. Agumon only gains access to Fanglongmon in NewGamePlus, however.
* TheFourGods: As usual, they're among the top dogs of the monster totem pole, with Fanglongmon being the one in charge.
* KilledOffScreen: It's implied that out of the Truthful Route, the Master's minions killed at least Baihumon (and likely Ebonwumon and Azulongmon too) so the seals put on him break and he can exact revenge to the human world. Based on how the Master gets beaten before he can compromise the abandoned school however, it's likely that Zhuqiaomon always survives to the end.
* NoSell: All of them are completely immune to status debuffs and stat drops. Combined with their [[PurposefullyOverpowered incredibly jacked-up stats and ridiculously powerful moves]], they're the strongest units you can obtain in the game.
* PurposefullyOverpowered: All of the Sovereign Monsters your partner monsters can evolve into are incredibly powerful and can go even stronger than their boss versions with help from Training Items. They have absurdly high stats, incredibly potent attacks that almost always guarantee a status condition or a potent stat drop, and are completely immune to status conditions, making it so there's no easy way out from them.
* PrecursorHeroes: They and their human partners did a lot to shape the setting in ages past.
* SealedGoodInACan: They are keeping The Master trapped and can't leave their own chambers as a result.
* SoNearYetSoFar: Their hiding places are very close to areas the heroes come to know well, but they only notice their presence in the secret route.
* WalkingSpoiler: To give you an idea of how important they are, any and all information you learn about them and what they tell you about the Master only occur in the Truthful route.
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[[folder:Baihumon]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KosukeTanabe
The Sovereign defending the west, where the Amusement Park resides in. Saving him prevents the Amusement Park from being erased.
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* BigGuyFatalitySyndrome: Said to be the youngest and the strongest of the Sovereigns, but going from how the Master always targets the Amusement Park where he's hiding first and that's one of the few places that are explicitly destroyed in any non-Truthful route, he'll always end up dead before other sovereigns are killed off.
* BloodKnight: His reaction to losing to the group? Declare that he's having fun and offer to fight them again.
* KilledOffscreen: It's implied that the Master kills him in all non-Truthful Routes, since the former always destroys the Amusement Park he's defending during their Part 9.
* DishingOutDirt: His signiature attack, Kongou, is an earth-based attack with a wide range area of effect like [=MetalGarurumon=] and comes with the potential to lower enemy speed. Considering speed matters a ''lot'' in this game because it outright affects your ability to hit foes, the debuffs he creates is welcome.
* PantheraAwesome: He's a large and powerful tiger-like Kemonogami.
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[[folder:Ebonwumon]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/VolcanoOta
The Sovereign defending the Second Island of the South. In the Truthful Route, the Master cocerces Renamon to attack him in exchange of Miyuki.
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* ConfusionFu: His signiature attack, Mugen can confuse and damage all foes around him.
* {{Nerf}}: The stage boss version of Ebonwumon has a special version of Mugen that is single target. Yours or the Mugen Recollection version in the other hand, has the full area of effect. The story reason is that he wasn't quite in full strength, but the reason in terms of gameplay might be because a mandatory story boss having an un-redirectable attack that can also cause all of your monsters to annihilate each other would be too difficult.
* WorfHadTheFlu: It's stated that he's been worn down by the numerous Kenzoku the Master sent in.
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[[folder:Zhuqiaomon]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IkutoKanemasa
The Sovereign of the South who defends the abandoned school. He resides under the Gym and brainwashes the party's partner Kemonogami.
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* HumansAreBastards: Of all the Four Sovereign Monsters, he hates humans the most. Watching Fanglongmon be turned into a horrid monster because of Haruchika was bad enough, but his partner and the others' refusal to kill Haruchika made him furious, making him think that the humans only saw Kemonogami as tools.
* MindControl: Zhuqiaomon can mind control monsters to turn against their human partners. Thankfully, this does not last long.
* MythologyGag: The last time a Zhuqiaomon appeared in ''Digimon'' media was in ''Anime/DigimonTamers'', where he held the same HumansAreBastards attitude (though for different reasons).
* ThePhoenix: He's a phoenix-like Kemonogami.
* PlayingWithFire: His Unique Skill is an area of effect fire attack capable of some nasty debuffs.
* SoleSurvivor: Granted that the Abandoned School is one of the few places where the Master never successfully destroys, Zhuqiaomon is guaranteed to evade the Master's wrath and live another day.
* VillainHasAPoint: The reason for Zhuqiaomon's animosity towards the group is that the the Sovereign Children refused to kill Haruchika, instead sealing him away with the Sovereigns as his wardens. This decision resulted in Haruchika and his Kenzoku killing untold amounts of monsters and children over the years, meaning if they ''had'' just finished him off, a lot of damage would've been averted. Zhuqiaomon's words also imply he ''wasn't'' willing in being made part of the Master's seal, which gives him more reason to be angry.
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[[folder:Azulongmon]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YasunoriMasutani
The Sovereign of the East who defends the Waterway. He trials the professor to fight him alone with his Gabumon.
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* ChainedByFashion: He has several chains wrapped around his body per his species.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: He's a serpentine eastern dragon that appears to be composed mainly of lightning.
* ShockAndAwe: His signiature attack, Sourai, allows him to deal a sizable amount of wind damage and has a huge chance of paralyzing opponents.
* ThresholdGuardians: Tests the professor by challenging him into a battle and forbids any other human and their Digimon partners from challening him. Gameplay-wise, it means you can only use Gabumon and three Free Monsters against him. To make things worse, if you don't have a Moral Route clear record (or you didn't grind his levels or train his stats there) before this, Gabumon will be stuck at around half his level and can be defeated easily, and his defeat results in a game over.
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[[folder:Fanglongmon]]
[[quoteright:349:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/huanglongmon_battle_survive.png]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HidekatsuShibata
The leader of the Four God Beasts and one of the most powerful monsters in existence. His partner is Haruchika Minase, Haru and Miyuki's ancestor from hundreds of years ago. He has been since fused with him as the Master.
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* BraggingRightsReward: He's available as an evolution for Agumon after completing the Truthful Route. In other words, you can only use him after beating the game at least twice.
* FaceHeelTurn: Courtesy of his partner, who's hate towards his sister forced him to undergo a Dark Evolution and become the Master, and later into Fanglongmon Ruin Mode. He returns to normal following his defeat.
* GoldColoredSuperiority: He's a gold dragon-like monster and by far the strongest of the five, owing to his status as the Digimon {{Expy}} of Huanglong.
* TheLeader: He's the leader of the Sovereigns. As the Master, he's also technically the leader of the group of monsters that were taking children to be sacrificed to him.
* OlympusMons: He's the TopGod among the Four Sovereign Beasts, based on TheFourGods. While he's officially only considered a Mega, as this version can be obtained without fusing the other gods, the game treats him akin to the Super-Ultimate level Omegamon and places him a stage beyond all of Agumon's other Mega evolutions. Even when possessing Miyuki and unable to use his full power he well earns this distinction.
* NonElemental: Fanglongmon's default attacks deal non-elemental damage. This, when combined with his abnormally high stats and the absolutely debilitating debuffs he places with his Taikyoku attack, allows him to steamroll entire fields no problem and leave anything not killed instantly lamed.
* PurposefullyOverpowered: As a post-game BraggingRightsReward, his partner version is the single strongest thing in the game you can use, bar none. He has all-around insane stats, high movement range, impeccable bulk and an attack that instantly cripples anything that it doesn't outright decimate. And to top it all off, he can't even be debuffed or hit with a status condition and you can deploy him at any time during the game. His only weakness is his special attack costing 100SP to use, but it's nothing a Nature's Bounty Crystal can't fix.
* TrueFinalBoss: Fanglongmon Ruin Mode is the Truthful route's, and thus the entire game's, final opponent.
* TruerToTheText: Fanglongmon was more of an AdvertisedExtra amongst the Holy Beasts despite ostensibly their leader, his only other "major" role being in ''Anime/DigimonFusion'' where he was just a steed for the StarterVillain of its second season. In here, he's appropriately as powerful as his description suggests and is given a major role as the sovereign of the Kemonogami world.
* TheUnfought: Zigzagged. In the main story, Fanglongmon is never fought except in the Truthful route, and even then the party fights his Dark Evolution forms as the Master and Fanglongmon Ruin Mode. He's only fought in his baseline form in [[BrutalBonusLevel Mugen Recollection]] alongside the other Sovereigns.
* UnusableEnemyEquipment: Fanglongmon Ruin Mode doesn't actually learn Mukyoku. The attack is actually from a skill item exclusively equipped to him.
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!!Amusement Park Monsters
[[folder:Jijimon]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/648px_jijimon_survive.jpg]]
-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/BinShimada
A monster resembling an old man who was the caretaker of the monsters living in the Amusement Park. Once Miu ended up there, he temporarily resigns his position for Miu's LARP so he could take a break from his duties and he was comfortable to have her around his quarters.
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* AffectionateNickname: Refers to Miu as her Rowdiness when she is acting as queen, as he knows she isn't actually a sorceress queen but finds her fun to be around.
* CoolOldGuy: What, the "Jiji" ('old man' in Japanese) didn't give it away? While its hard to tell exactly how old he is, he's been around long enough to know the existence of the Kemonogami World's "caretaker". He's also in charge of a small gathering of young monsters in the Dream Land amusement park, and allowed Miu to become "Queen" after her antics entertain the younglings.
* HeroicSacrifice: On the Moral route, Jijimon [[spoiler:takes a hit aimed at Takuma and is stabbed for it. He urges the children and their monsters to flee while he holds the Kenzoku back.]] Thanks to him [[spoiler:the whole party is able to make out alive and sane, and Takuma quickly regains composure and resolves to save Miyuki and end the Master.]]
* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:Jijimon blames himself for what happened to Miu and Saki after they're dragged into the fog by the Kenzoku in the Harmonious and Wrathful routes respectfully, wishing he could have done something to prevent it. In the Moral route, that's exactly what he does, which allows the whole cast to come out with their life and sanity intact.]]
* MrExposition: Explains the existence of the Kenzoku and gives the main characters the earliest hints about the existence of the Master well before his introduction.
* PromotedToPlayable: Averted. Unlike other monster [=NPCs=] in this game, you can't get a Jijimon of your own.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Biyomon, Patamon, and Palmon]]
A trio of dim-witted monsters who live in the Amusement Park. Miu tricked them to serve her through her "magical tricks".
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* BullyingADragon: No sooner do Takuma and the others arrive at Dream Land do they pick a fight at the orders of their "Queen". Were it not for Aoi reigning in Kaito, odds are they would have gotten more than a lot more than a few bruises.
* DoomedHometown: Bar the Truthful Route, [[spoiler:the Dream Land amusement park will always be swallowed up by the fog.]]
* GoldfishPoopGang: They appear repeatedly throughout part 4 to mildly annoy the heroes and then retreat. Everyone in the group regard them more as nuisances than enemies, which speaks volumes considering other Rookie level monsters like Gotsumon and Gazimon are taken as legitimate threats.
* UndyingLoyalty: To their "Queen". Even after learning she's not actually who she says she is, the trio as well as the rest of the amusement park monsters love her dearly.
[[/folder]]
!!Partner Monsters
[[folder:As a whole]]
* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In ''Survive'', they were not born from the internet, but rather always existed alongside humanity. People actually worship and conjure them back in fedual Japan through mystical rituals and {{Human Sacrifice}}s. Humans just weren't able to perceive them properly until technology advanced to where it is now in the modern day. This also plays into why they are called Kemonogami and not Digimon as they are not strictly digital beings. [[spoiler:At least not until the Moral and Truthful endings that they are called Digimon.]]
* CantLiveWithoutYou: If their human partner dies, they do too (and as shown in the Moral Route [[spoiler:they're only reborn as eggs in rare circumstances]]). [[spoiler:Kunemon always suffers this fate outside of the Truthful Route, and one of either Syakomon (in the Harmony Route) or Floramon (in the Wrathful Route) can suffer this fate too, as their partners are taken and killed by the Kenzoku. As shown with the Sovereigns in the Truthful route, however, a sufficiently powerful Kemonogami can allow both itself and their human partner's ghost to live on for hundreds of years.]]
* ADayInTheLimelight: A deliberate choice by the game's producer to give a spotlight to underrepresented Digimon species. Barring [[SeriesMascot Agumon]], [[Anime/DigimonDataSquad Falcomon]] ([[EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference albeit with a different design]]), [[Anime/DigimonTamers Renamon]], [[Anime/DigimonAdventure Gabumon]], and maybe [[Anime/DigimonTamers Lopmon]], all of them (and by extension, several of their evolutions) are Digimon who haven't particularly had a large presence in ''Digimon'' media, from the anime to the video games.
* EvilDetectingDog: They're able to sense the presence of malicious monsters, though even they aren't able to make-out where they are or how dangerous they are. In the case of Arukenimon or [[spoiler:Haru]], they can't detect them at all. [[spoiler:Not even when they're posing as humans.]]
* IChooseToStay: In the Moral route, Agumon and the other monsters [[spoiler:choose to remain in the Kemonogami World instead of leaving with Takuma and the others, believing the Human World isn't ready for their kind yet]].
* LiteralSplitPersonality: According to the [[spoiler:Four Sovereigns and their partners]], Partner Kemonogami are actually [[spoiler:an extra part of a human's soul manifested as a Digimon]].
* MeaningfulName: In ''Survive'', Digimon are called "Kemonogami", meaning Beast Gods. Considering they were actual spirits conjured in the distant past and their incredible powers (most notably in their Ultimate or Mega forms), the name is quite appropriate.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Par the course for most Digimon installments. They all love their human partners dearly and inexplicably feel compelled to support and follow them. Even if they are insulted or treated harshly. Although, their unconditional devotion can have limits...
* NotUsingTheZWord: In ''Survive'', Agumon and the others are not called Digimon, simply referred to as monsters, creatures, or "Kemonogami" as people in the region took to calling them. It is well-justified considering in here they are more like [[spoiler:supernatural beings worshiped as Gods by ancient people and their existence predates Feudal Japan. They only gain their proper name in the Moral and Truthful routes, either named as such by the Professor or the general public.]]
* RedemptionDemotion: Subverted. [[spoiler:After completing the Harmonious and Wrathful routes, Dracmon and Labramon can evolve into Boltboutamon and Plutomon respectively on NewGamePlus as alternate Mega evolutions. They also have the potential to be much stronger than their boss counterparts since their stats increase in conjunction with their Level Ups.]]
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Within their turns for battle, the partner Kemonogami are all able to attempt to converse with wild monsters during Free Battles. Doing so can either get the monster in question to join the party, get incensed and power themselves up, or run away from the battle altogether. And after any of that, one can still move, attack, use an item, Digivolve, etc.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Agumon]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/surviveagumon.png]]
-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/ChikaSakamoto
Takuma's partner. His evolutions are as follows:
* '''Baby / In-Training''': Koromon
* '''Child / Rookie''': Agumon
* '''Adult / Champion''': Greymon / Tuskmon / Tyrannomon
* '''Perfect / Ultimate''': [=MetalGreymon=] / Megadramon / Triceramon
* '''Ultimate / Mega''': [=WarGreymon=] / Machinedramon / Dinorexmon / Fanglongmon
* '''Super-Ultimate''': Omegamon
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* AbsurdlySharpClaws: More pronounced than any other Agumon in Digimon media at present. In-game, his claws are notably longer than prior depictions and he often resorts to using them in his Rookie form for combat or situations that require slicing. At one point, he asks to see Takuma's phone, only for his partner to deny his request on account of Agumon potentially stabbing through the device. This trait is also the basis of his passive, aptly named Sharp Claws, which raises his base [=PHYS ATK=].
* AdaptationalHeroism: Not Agumon himself, but his virus evolutions (Tuskmon, Megadramon and Machinedramon) have often been depicted as villainous Digimon in past series (with Machinedramon famously being one of the [[Anime/DigimonAdventure Dark Masters]]), whereas here, not only are they depicted as heroic Digimon, but they also still retain Agumon's personality.
* AdaptedOut: Played with; although [=SkullGreymon=] can be recruited in a Free Battle, Agumon cannot evolve into [=SkullGreymon=] despite its popular portrayal as a Dark Evolution for Agumon and its associated evolutions.
* AirplaneArms: [=WarGreymon=] moves around by folding his hand backwards and running.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Omegamon might be Agumon's strongest evolution bar [[spoiler:Fanglongmon]] and he ''proves'' it by possessing incredible speed and movement range, Supreme Cannon, an ''insanely'' powerful long special attack enough to obliterate anything in a few hits, and impeccable bulk. Unfortunately, he [[spoiler:awakens this form only near the end of the Moral Route]] and you can only use it if you also have Gabumon deployed at the same time. In particular it's [[spoiler:looking ''specifically'' for the professor/Akiharu's Gabumon, which isn't even available in the Wrathful and Harmonious Routes and in both Truthful and subsequent Moral runs, won't join until the very end. You likely can't use it at all for most of your playthroughs.]] Supreme Cannon is also held back by its extreme SP cost of 100.
* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' call him, his friends, or other Kemonogami "monsters." They are not monsters and he will correct you every time.
* BreakingOldTrends: ''Survive'' is the first instance of an Agumon being able to digivolve into Tuskmon, as well as the first partner Agumon that's able to digivolve into Tyrannomon.
* DarkIsNotEvil: The Wrathful Evolution line, tying into AdaptationalHeroism. Tuskmon, Megadramon and Machinedramon are some of the meanest and most violent monsters around, but since its Agumon evolving into said forms, they're only a threat to the monsters hounding Takuma and his friends.
* DishingOutDirt: His Triceramon form primarily inflicts earth-type damage. Tuskmon and Dinorexmon's basic attacks also inflict earth damage.
* TheDitz: Agumon is not the brightest of Digimon, but is always well-meaning and friendly. This quite often ends up with some variation of a statement about envying how happy-go-lucky he is, [[InsultBackfire him laughing bashfully about it]], and being told they're not complimenting him.
* ForcedSleep: Both Triceramon and Dinorexmon's attacks have a chance to inflict Sleep, the former via his signature move and the latter via his passive.
* FusionDance: He can become Omegamon by fusing with [[spoiler:the professor's]] Gabumon.
* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Omegamon is a FusionDance between [=WarGreymon=] and [=MetalGarurumon=], but this game is unique that it takes this to the literal conclusion. You can't even use it here unless you have the ''partner versions'' of these monsters deployed at the same time.
* GlassCannon: PlayedWith. His Wrathful forms except Machinedramon are classified as Attack units, but there's nothing glassy about them. They're fairly bulky as far as Champions or Ultimates go.
* GoldColoredSuperiority: [[spoiler:As Fanglongmon after completing the Truthful route.]] Owing to its status as a [[spoiler:Digimon Sovereign, Fanglongmon]] is bar none Agumon's most powerful evolution. Its also a BraggingRightsReward, since it would only be useful in the Mugen Recollection battles.
* InsistentTerminology: While several of the partner Kemonogami will ask the children not to refer to them as "monsters," Agumon does it the most consistently. He, along with the others, never offer a correct alternative though aside from the species names themselves, as ''Survive'' does not use the term "Digimon."
* JackOfAllStats: Classified as an All-Rounder. This applies to his entire Moral line up to his Mega level.
* {{Knockback}}: Tuskmon's Slamming Tusk and Triceramon's Tri-Horn Attack have a chance to push the affected target by one tile.
* LongRangeFighter: His Machinedramon form is classified as Special.
* MasterOfAll: Both [[spoiler:Omegamon and Fanglongmon]] forms are classified as All-Powerful, the latter more so than the former, as he resists all elements, uses NonElemental attacks (and his signature move debuffs all stats of the affected by two ranks), {{No Sell}}s all status conditions and debuffs, and doesn't require [[spoiler:the professor's Gabumon]] to use.
* MightyGlacier: Machinedramon and Dinorexmon have absolutely pitiful movement ranges (And Machinedramon is fairly slow for a Mega), but they make it up for having hard-hitting Area-of-Effect attacks that cover multiple foes in huge areas. [=WarGreymon=], in the other hand outright ditches their drawbacks and is instead a flat-out LightningBruiser.
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Agumon does this to ''himself'' when confronting [[spoiler:a fake Floramon that attacks Saki]].
-->[[spoiler:'''Fake Floramon''']]: "Augh! Your friends are here, too?!"\\
'''Agumon''': "And me too!"
* NoSell: As [=WarGreymon=], he is completely immune to the Sleep status. His [[spoiler:Fanglongmon]] form, meanwhile, prevents all {{Status Effect}}s and debuffs inflicted on him.
* PhraseCatcher: As noted above, Agumon is quite regularly subjected to the phrase "That wasn't a compliment".
* PlayingWithFire: Both his basic attack and Pepper Breath skill inflict fire damage. Most of his evolutions have fire-based attacks too, and some have passives that boost fire damage or resistance.
* ProtagonistPowerUpPrivileges: Unlike the other Partner Kemonogami who have one or two alternate evolutions, Agumon has ''seven'' outside his Greymon evolution line, unlocking each form based on Takuma's karma. He's also the only Partner Kemonogami guaranteed to reach Mega level before any of the others do. As an extra bonus, he is also the ''only'' Partner Kemonogami who can [[spoiler:evolve into the Super-Ultimate level by DNA Evolving into Omegamon with Gabumon, and unlocks the similarly "All-Powerful" type Mega level Fanglongmon after finishing the Truthful route]].
* RegeneratingHealth: Triceramon's Robust Armor passive allows him to recover some HP at the start of his turn.
* SchrodingersPlayerCharacter: Of the gameplay variant. Agumon's Evolution line depends on Takuma's Karma. A Harmonious Takuma gives Agumon access to Tyrannomon, Triceramon, and Dinorexmon, whereas Wrath has Agumon evolve into Tuskmon, Megadramon, and Machinedramon. Moral Takuma allows Agumon to evolve into the classic line of Greymon, [=MetalGreymon=], and [=WarGreymon=]. It's also possible for Agumon to switch Evolution lines mid-story if Takuma's Karma changes as well.
* ShutUpHannibal: Agumon tells off enemies this way if they try to verbally break Takuma's spirit. [[spoiler:In the Moral Route, he also gives this to the Master, rebuking him by saying that the other world ''should'' be destroyed if the cost of preserving it is the deaths of countless children.]]
* SplitPersonalitySwitchTrigger: His standard form as Agumon is always the same lovable dimwit regardless of Takuma's personality, but the various evolutions he can become change his personality and are influenced by Takuma's karma. Each of these forms has unique voice lines and dialogue when Takuma uses the Talk command. A Harmonious, cooperation-minded Takuma for example produces Tyrannomon, a jolly BoisterousBruiser, while Tuskmon born from a Wrathful Takuma is much more aggressive and more of a BloodKnight.
* StoneWall: His Harmonious forms except Dinorexmon are classified as Defense units. Both of them even have the passives to match, with Tyrannomon's only boosting [=PHYS DEF=] and Triceramon's boosting both physical and special.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Takuma. While most monsters are usually this no matter the abuse slung their way, Agumon is by far the most devout to his partner and wants to ensure Takuma's safety no matter what.
* WouldRatherSuffer: [[spoiler:On the Moral route, the human children and their Kemonogami partners learn that the Master has been kidnapping and sacrificing human children out of a misguided belief that doing so is necessary to preserve the Kemonogami's world. Agumon says he'd rather have his world not exist if murdering children is the price of maintaining it.]]
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[[folder:Falcomon]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Hiromu Miyazaki
Minoru's partner. His evolutions are as follows:
* '''Child / Rookie''': Falcomon
* '''Adult / Champion''': Diatrymon
* '''Perfect / Ultimate''': Crowmon
* '''Ultimate / Mega''': Varodurumon / Zhuqiaomon
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* AntiquatedLinguistics: He has very old fashioned, knightly speech patterns. In fact, he talks very much like Hawkmon does from ''Digimon Adventure 02.''
* AttackAnimal: Feeling that he's being treated as one is an aspect of his eventual falling out with Minoru, as Falcomon is embittered that Minoru no longer considers him worthy of his trust and companionship but is still fine with relying on his strength for protection.
* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Falcomon's appearance here is likely to throw fans of ''[[Anime/DigimonDataSquad Data Squad]]'' for a loop since ''Survive'' uses his original appearance rather than his redesign in the former series, which, excluding this game, has otherwise entirely replaced the original design as the main design for the species. This also applies to his Ultimate form, Crowmon, who also uses its original design rather than the redesign from ''Data Squad''.
* FragileSpeedster: For the first several chapters (if not the entire game), he'll most likely be the fastest one on the field when in battle; his speed only increases with evolution. He's also able to cover a great distance with that speed, given his amount of movement spaces and verticality. That said, he can't takes hits nearly as well as say, Agumon or Labramon.
* ItsNotYouItsMe: During his BreakUpMakeUpScenario with Minoru in Part 6, he declares his intent to leave his partner in spite of Minoru's profuse apologies. But when Minoru becomes downtrodden believing that Falcomon was unwilling to forgive him, he denies the claim. [[spoiler:It later comes to light that the real reason Falcomon wanted to get away from Minoru was because witnessing what happened to Shuuji and Lopmon shook his faith in himself as much as any of the children, and the thought of turning into a beast and harming the person most precious to him was too much to bear.]] This is more or less the same in [[spoiler:the Truthful Route, though there Falcomon is also somewhat pissed that Minoru thought the fake version of him was more convincing]].
* TheLancer: Whenever the monsters converse among themselves, Falcomon tends to take this position to Agumon's TheLeader, offering the pragmatic and sensible viewpoint to Agumon's cheerful optimism; Shuuji even sees him and Agumon as the strongest combatants in the party.
* OddCouple: Falcomon is extremely serious and straight laced, which is almost the polar opposite to his goofball partner.
* ToothyBird: And they're big canines at that. They're also evident in most of his evolutions.
* WingsDoNothing: Unlike the more famous ninja-theme redesign, this version of Falcomon is flightless. According to his data entry however, he is capable of gliding.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: While he'll hassle Minoru day and night for his goofing around, he stops Minoru's self-deprecation and claims that he doesn't have what it takes to be anyone's hero in its tracks every time; and reaffirms that he can see the real courage Minoru possesses to keep trying even when he stumbles.
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[[folder:Labramon]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/YukiyoFujii
Aoi's partner. Her evolutions are as follows:
* '''Child / Rookie''': Labramon
* '''Adult / Champion''': Dobermon
* '''Perfect / Ultimate''': Cerberusmon
* '''Ultimate / Mega''': Plutomon / Anubismon / Baihumon
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Applies to her Ultimate level, Cerberusmon, who is often an evil minion in most media, such as ''Frontier'' and ''Adventure:''.
* BishonenLine: Her Rookie, Champion, and Ultimate are all progressively more demonic looking {{Hellhound}}s. However, her final form, Anubismon, is much more humanoid. [[spoiler:As is Plutomon]]. Inverted, however, [[spoiler:on the Truthful Route, as Baihumon is both a giant white tiger and also her most powerful form.]]
* CombatMedic: While monsters can equip healing techniques to use, special mention goes to Labramon as she can naturally heal others with Cure Liqueur in battle (notably, before the first Cure skill can be obtained.)
* DarkIsNotEvil: Dobermon and Cerberusmon, despite clear {{Hellhound}} inspirations in their design and dark attribute attacks, are purely good Vaccine type monsters brought forth by Aoi's desire for the power to protect everyone or destroy their enemies before they can even attempt to bring harm to others respectively. [[spoiler:This extends to Plutomon once it becomes available for Labramon to evolve into on NewGamePlus.]]
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Part 1 has her suffering from an injury she received while defending Aoi prior to reaching the school. This prompts the kids to find first aid with which to heal her with, despite Labramon being able to heal herself and others in combat with her signature technique Cure Liqueur.
* GenderFlip: [[spoiler:Every previous version of Baihumon and Plutomon has been male, but Labramon as those two are female.]]
* GoodCounterpart: Her Mega Evolution form Anubismon is this to [[spoiler:Plutomon, her Dark Evolution]]. Both forms represent Aoi's desire to protect her friends at all cost, but unlike [[spoiler:Plutomon]], Anubismon is derived from Aoi's positive feelings.
* HeroicDog: A canine Digimon, who is also partnered to one of the protagonists.
* LegacyCharacter: [[spoiler:On the Turthful Route, she becomes the second Baihumon after being empowered by the previous one.]]
* MyRulesAreNotYourRules: Cerberusmon's Hell's Watchdog ability not only negates the game's positional bonuses for attacking from the sides or back against her, but allows her to occasionally guard even after attacking or using items which are normally mutually exclusive actions.
* NobodyTouchesTheHair: She isn't a fan of having her tail touched or petted; she even gives ''Aoi'' of all people a reluctant time before eventually agreeing to her request to do.
* PantheraAwesome: [[spoiler:On the Truthful Route, she gains the ability to become Baihumon, the White Tiger Sovereign.]]
* PowerGivesYouWings: When she reaches her Mega form Anubismon, she gains a pair of huge wings and the ability to fly.
* PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep: Her usual voice is high-pitched and cutesy, but changes to this as Cerberusmon, Anubimon, [[spoiler:and Baihumon]].
* SorryToInterrupt: [[spoiler:In a late game cutscene, Labramon walks over on Takuma and Aoi having a bit of a tender moment and gives a bit of a playful tease upon seeing the two blushing, but does apologize about it.]]
* TechnicolorFire: Cerberusmon's Mad Dog Fire attack produces a cone of bright green fire.
* YesMan: Her lips are firmly glued to Aoi's butt, and anytime Aoi offers an opinion you can expect Labramon to chime in about how smart and correct she is. [[spoiler:As the Kemonogami are reflections of their human partners, Labramon's cheerleader nature may be indicative of Aoi's own desire to have more self-confidence, as this trait wanes after Aoi has to step into a leadership role and builds that confidence.]]
* YinYangBomb: Her Mega Anubismon has the power of both light and darkness with an ability that boosts the power of them both.
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[[folder:Lopmon (Unmarked Spoilers)]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/NaomiOzora
Shuuji's partner. His evolutions are as follows:
* '''Child / Rookie''': Lopmon
* '''Adult / Champion''': Wendigomon / Turuiemon
* '''Perfect / Ultimate''': Antylamon
* '''Ultimate / Mega''': Cherubimon
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* AdaptationalBadass: Wendigomon isn't a slouch, but in the movie, it's barely outmatched by both Flamedramon and Gargomon, before retreating. Here, upon dark evolving, Wendigomon single handedly defeats [=MegaSeadramon=] in one hit, despite being a Level lower than the latter, something the rest of the group has trouble dealing, as their partners were still Champions at that point.
* AdaptationalHeroism: In ''Adventure 02'', Wendigomon was an enemy and a very dangerous one for the Digidestined. On the Truthful route, Lopmon can evolve into Wendigomon with zero repercussions and is fully on Shuuji's side.
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Cherubibmon's Heaven's Judgement summons a bolt of holy lightning from the sky on enemies with a good chance of inflicting confusion.
* BreakingOldTrends: Cherubimon's major past appearances have had him be a major villain and be restricted to his Vice form, and no heroic version has ever actually gotten past Ultimate. Lopmon as Cherubimon is both strictly heroic and uses the Virtue form instead.
* TheDogBitesBack: Things between Lopmon and Shuuji finally reach a head at the climax of Part 5. Between Shuuji's issues and abuse towards him, Lopmon undergoes a Dark Evolution and turns into Wendigomon, wiping the floor with [=MegaSeadramon=] before proceeding to horrifically eat Shuuji alive.
* FightingFromTheInside: Lopmon and Shuuji are still quite aware of themselves underneath Wendigomon, all of their dialog while being attributed in textboxes to Wendigomon displays Lopmon's portrait and Agumon and Takuma attribute it to Lopmon and Shuuji respectively. [[AndIMustScream Unfortunately, aside from begging for help and death they are unable to assert any control]].
-->'''Wendigomon''': IT HURRRTS...I'M SCAAARED...I DON'T WANNA DO THIIIS...\\
'''Wendigomon''': WHAT'S...WRONG WITH ME? WHAT SHOULD I HAVE DONE...?\\
'''Wendigomon''': I DON'T HAVE...ANY RIGHT TO LIVE. I SHOULD JUST DISAPPEAR...
* FragileFlower: Poor Lopmon is always on the verge of tears; as a species, Lopmon are prone to crying. Then the interactions he has with Shuuji, particularly his nasty verbal and eventual physical abuse, certainly do not help. In the Truthful route, he grows out of this with Shuuji's own change of heart, becoming more willing to speak up.
* FusionDance: After eating Shuuji, Wendigomon's speech is apparently coming not from it but both Lopmon and Shuuji as one within it.
* GoneHorriblyRight: At the apex of his mental and emotional breakdown, and after lamenting for several chapters how weak Lopmon is compared to Agumon or Falcomon, Shuuji resorts to physically beating and verbally berating him to force him to evolve. Technically, it does work. Lopmon undergoes a Dark Evolution into Wendigomon. This allows him to easily one-shot [=MegaSeadramon=], who had been giving the party a hard time. But immediately afterwards, he targets Shuuji and proceeds to viciously eat him alive.
* LightIsGood: His final form, Cherubimon, is a holy beast Digimon, and he is fully on the side of Shuuji and the othe kids when it is unlocked. He notably uses his white colored Virtue form rather than the dark purple Vice form previous Cherubimon have used.
* LiteralMetaphor: The partner Kemonogami serve as reflections of their human partner's hearts, and Shuuji's abusive behavior toward Lopmon is a metaphorical depiction of his own self loathing which culminates in self harm.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: As Cherubimon Virtue, he's one of the Three Celestial Digimon/Three Archangels. In this case, he's a giant holy rabbit that embodies wisdom.
* RedemptionDemotion: Wendigomon suffers this in the Truthful route. While his stats might grow to be higher than his form as a boss by levelling up or using stat items, he's only a Champion level Digimon, so he'll be replaced by his higher natural forms by that point. Averted for Lopmon as a whole, as the he gets ''far'' more powerful in the Truthful route than he ever did in the Routes were he Dark Digivolves and becomes an antagonist.
* TheLoad: Shuuji sees Lopmon, and by extension himself, this way and becomes increasingly frustrated by the duo's inability to contribute in battle like the others.
* NoSell: Cherubimon is immune to the Sealed status condition completely.
* ShrinkingViolet: He has a timid and insecure nature, as even when he's interacting with Takuma alone he's still very nervous and shy. In the Truthful route, he grows out of it and becomes more confident due to Shuuji's own change of heart.
* TookALevelInBadass: In the Truthful route, Shuuji has a change of heart and properly bonds with Lopmon, resulting in him not only naturally reaching his Champion form, but able to reach his Ultimate and Megas.
* TookALevelInCheerfulness: In the Truthful route, Lopmon's personality becomes less timid and more outspoken and confident, reflecting Shuuji's own change of heart concerning their partnership.
* WalkingSpoiler: It's impossible to talk about Lopmon without either mentioning the nightmarish torture he has to endure in Part 5 or his involvement in the Truthful Route.
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[[folder:Floramon]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/ShinoShimoji
Saki's partner. Her evolutions are as follows:
* '''Child / Rookie''': Floramon
* '''Adult / Champion''': Vegiemon
* '''Perfect / Ultimate''': Blossomon
* '''Ultimate / Mega''': Ceresmon Medium / Ebonwumon
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* AdaptationalBadass: Ceresmon Medium is supposedly a non-combatant form of the free Ceresmon. Here, she's fully capable of fighting on her own and is a wholly different beast compared to her free form.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Her Champion level evolution, Vegiemon, is usually used as a fodder baddie of the week in other Digimon media. Further still in the original v-pets Vegiemon was actually a failure evolution that the player got for taking poor care of their Digimon, alongside the likes of Numemon and Sukamon. The same also goes for her Ultimate level Blossomon, who is often a MonsterOfTheWeek in most media.
* BishonenLine: Starting as a fairly cute humanoid flower, she becomes distinctly [[GonkyFemme unattractive]] and [[BotanicalAbomination monstrous]] in her Champion and Ultimate forms. Her Ceresmon Medium Mega form is a beautiful almost completely human looking woman falling in line with the sort of transformation Saki had hoped for earlier to the point Floramon's partner starts ogling her when given the chance. Inverted on the[[spoiler:Truthful Route, when she gains Ebonwumon, a giant two headed turtle with a tree on its back, as an alternate Mega, which is also her strongest form.]]
* BotanicalAbomination: Blossomon is basically a flower hydra, with all of its smaller "heads" being little more than a flowers with a mouth lined with razor sharp teeth. The main head is only slightly better as it has an actual, [[FaceOfAThug rather unfriendly looking]], face.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Downplayed, but in the early parts of the game, Saki clearly prefers Lopmon which makes Floramon very jealous and clingy of her until their group makes it too the school.
* CombatMedic: After reaching her Mega form, she replaces Labramon as the group healer with a more offensive slant. Ceresmon Medium's passive ability renders her immune to all status abnormalities while also encouraging equipping her with healing skills like Aura, as it makes them restore not only HP but SP as well to keep the team from needing to drop back to their Rookie state. Her unique attack, Karpos Hule, poisons enemies while draining HP to sustain herself.
* DungFu: Vegiemon's Poop Toss attack.
* GenderFlip: [[spoiler:Ebonwumon is traditionally male, but Floramon can become Ebonwumon on the Truthful Route, making her the first time Ebonwumon has been a Mega.]]
* GonkyFemme: Her Champion level is ''Vegiemon,'' an otherwise unflattering looking plant monster with a gnarly mouth and a veiny bottom; this is in stark contrast to other plant-based evolutions often seen with the likes of Palmon or Lalamon. To top it all off, her signature attack explicitly involves throwing ''poop'' at her opponents.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: She makes its quite clear that her priority is ''Saki'' after she formally joins the group, which notably goes against the collective mentality the children and their partners had up until that point. Anything or anyone else can wait. She does get better and more considerate of her peers as the story goes on, though.
* OlympusMons: As Ceresmon Medium, who for extra points is a member of the Olympos XII, the Illiad server's Royal Knight equivalent who are based on the Greek and Roman gods. [[spoiler:She also becomes Ebonwumon on the Truthful Route, one of the four Sovereigns based off TheFourGods.]]
* PowerUpLetdown: InUniverse. Blossomon is this of the cosmetic variety for Saki. The power is definitely welcome, but she was really hoping for something cute, or at the very least not creepy, after getting Vegiemon. While slightly better than Vegiemon, no poop is involved after all, Blossomon is [[BlatantLies still just barely outside her expectations]].
* ProtagonistPowerUpPrivileges: Floramon is the only Kemonogami in the game who can evolve into Ceresmon Medium, i.e. Ceresmon's "core". Others like Palmon can only evolve into the Digimon's "body".
* RuleOfSymbolism: Vegiemon being her Adult stage reflects Saki's fear of not living till adulthood - as Vegiemon is a sickly form of [[PaletteSwap Red Vegimon]] (said to be the true form of the species) that didn't reach full maturity.
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[[folder:Kunemon]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/RyoheiArai
Ryo's partner. His evolutions are as follows:
* '''Child / Rookie''': Kunemon
* '''Adult / Champion''': Flymon
* '''Perfect / Ultimate''': [=JewelBeemon=]
* '''Ultimate / Mega''': [=BanchoStingmon=]
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Both Kunemon and his Champion evolution Flymon, who are often evil minions in most Digimon media.
* BishonenLine: He starts as a giant caterpillar before evolving into a giant wasp. His Ultimate and Mega evolutions meanwhile are humanoid insects [=JewelBeemon=] and [=BanchoStingmon=] respectively.
* BlushSticker: When praised or having something good said about it; sometimes Kunemon will visably blush.
* DivingSave: [[spoiler:In a NewGamePlus run, if Takuma has raised Ryo's affinity enough Kunemon will make it to the valley in time to tackle Ryo before he's taken by the fog, snapping him out of his funk, saving his life and earning some gratitude on Ryo's part for the first time.]]
* IntelligibleUnintelligible: He's the only partner monster that can't speak, but he can make animal sounds that Agumon can sometimes translate for the humans. [[spoiler:This continues as Flymon, but it's averted come [=JewelBeemon=] onwards who can talk. Ryo gets frustrated when the evolution wears off by the time Takuma arrives and he can't prove it. During part 5, Ryo could tell his real Kunemon apart from the impostors since he could only understand him while the rest are unintelligible.]]
* LiteralMetaphor: [[spoiler:Because Kemonogami partners reflect their human partner's heart, Kunemon's inability to be understood and his determination to reach his human partner that constantly rejects him reflects Ryo's own struggles with communicating meaningfully with others. Fittingly, both [=JewelBeemon=] and [=BanchoStingmon=] are able to talk, but he's only able to evolve in the Truthful route where Ryo is able to bond with both Kunemon and the others.]]
* MagikarpPower: Kunemon is difficult to use in the first playthrough largely because his low movement range means he will be struggling to even reach the action before the rest of the party cleans house, on top of lack of access to the Talk command or Evolution. [[spoiler:Come NewGamePlus he will need some grinding to catch up to the other partners, but his new flight movement and Ryo's powerful Talk buffs can turn him into a wrecking ball.]]
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Despite Ryo's neglect, Kunemon never gives up on trying to reach out to him. After [[spoiler:Ryo's death and Kunemon's subsequent vanishing]] talking to Falcomon during the next free time will gain you what was meant to a gift from Kunemon to Ryo.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Because of his inability to speak normally with only Agumon and Ryo capable of understanding him, Kunemon lacks the amount of characterization and traits the other partners show off [[spoiler:and ultimately vanishes at the end of Part 3 after Ryo dies. This is averted in the Truthful route, where Kunemon's character is explored since Ryo is still around and is more open to both his partner and the others]].
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[[folder:Dracmon]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Cota Nemoto
Kaito's partner. His evolutions are as follows:
* '''Child / Rookie''': Dracmon
* '''Adult / Champion''': Sangloupmon
* '''Perfect / Ultimate''': Myotismon
* '''Ultimate / Mega''': Beelzemon / Boltboutamon
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Applies to the entire line as a whole.
** A Dracmon in ''[[Anime/DigimonXrosWarsTheYoungHuntersWhoLeaptThroughTime Xros Wars Hunter Boys]]'' was used by a rival character instead of one of the heroes while in ''[[Anime/DigimonGhostGame Ghost Game]]'' another was a MonsterOfTheWeek who pulled an ISurrenderSuckers before being [[spoiler:brought BackForTheDead.]]
** Sangloupmon, his Adult level evolution, acted as CoDragons with Matadormon to Myotismon in ''[[Anime/DigimonGhostGame Ghost Game]]''. Here, Dracmon can Digivolve to Sangloupmon from the start when he and Kaito join the party.
** His Ultimate level evolution, Myotismon, features in previous Digimon works as a major ArcVillain in ''[[Anime/DigimonAdventure Adventure]]'', the FinalBoss of ''[[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 02]]'' and a MonsterOfTheWeek in ''[[Anime/DigimonGhostGame Ghost Game]]'' planning to raise a an army of vampires and rule the human world. Here, he's presented as the triumphant result of Kaito's inner growth.
** His Mega Evolution, Beelzemon, came about in ''[[Anime/DigimonTamers Tamers]]'' when [[spoiler:[[HarmlessVillain Impmon]], made a BargainWithHeaven and became DrunkOnTheDarkSide, culminating in the death of Leomon before beaten by Gallantmon and becoming TheAtoner later on]] (said role was interestingly [[spoiler:shifted to ''Renamon'' in this game, whose free versions can also evolve into the Leomon line).]] Here, Beelzemon is on the heroes side from the get go, being a result of Kaito wanting to have the power to protect everything that his sister cherishes.
* AdaptedOut: His traditional Ultimate and Mega-level forms Matadormon and [=GrandDracumon=] are not featured in ''Survive'', with the latter being replaced by [[spoiler:Boltboutamon]] as an alternate Mega evolution.
* BadassBoast: After evolving into Beelzemon, he tells his opponents to understand that there's no chance of them winning. As [[spoiler:Boltboutamon]], he tells them to get ready for their defeat.
* DarkIsNotEvil: He's an imp-themed monster who uses techniques such as "Eye of Nightmares" and whose type is known for pulling pranks, but this one is genuinely on Kaito's side and eager to help. This also applies to his Ultimate and Mega evolutions, both of whom were antagonists in their home series ''[[Anime/DigimonAdventure Adventure]]'' and ''[[Anime/DigimonTamers Tamers]]'' respectively.
* DeathOfPersonality: [[spoiler:Kaito is told his fusion with Piedmon will still have Dracmon in the driver's seat, but once the others manage to talk some sense into him the Piedmon persona forcibly takes the wheel to continue where Kaito was about to leave off, revealing that Kaito's powerful hatred was the only thing allowing Dracmon to have any influence on the body.]]
* EvilSoundsDeep: Downplayed. [[spoiler:When Boltboutamon is unlocked as a proper evolution for Dracmon after completing the Harmonious route, Dracmon as Boltboutamon's voice drops a few octaves, sounding more menacing in contrast to Beelzemon who retains Dracmon's cheery tone. Justified as Boltboutamon, in contrast to Beelzemon, was born from Kaito's wrath after losing Miu to the fog.]]
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: His eyes are located on his hands. As other members of his species have demonstrated in other Digimon series, they're also detachable and he can regrow them.
* FusionDance: [[spoiler:In the Harmonious route, a grief-driven Kaito desires the power to destroy the alternate world and orders Dracmon to fuse with Piedmon, resulting in Boltboutamon.]]
* GoodCounterpart: His Mega evolution Beelzemon is this to [[spoiler:his alternate Mega form Boltboutamon. Whereas Boltboutamon is the result of Kaito's rage at the Kemonogami and Human World for robbing Miu of her life and happiness respectively,]] Beelzemon is the result of Kaito wanting the power to protect everything his sister cherishes.
* TheLancer: Serves as one within his partnership with Kaito. Dracmon is cunning, collected and knows how to read people, perfectly covering all of the HotBlooded Kaito's weaknesses.
* MythologyGag: His alternate Mega Evolution Boltboutamon's description in the Library section states it was created as a result of [[spoiler:Myotismon absorbing Piedmon into itself and the former evolving as a result]], referencing its debut in ''VideoGame/DigimonWorldNextOrder''.
* NoodleIncident: He joins the party already able to evolve to his Champion stage (a feat that usually requires some kind of explicit connection between the children and their partners), with no indication of how he and Kaito achieved said power.
* PreSacrificeFinalGoodbye: [[spoiler:He's shrewd enough to not buy Piedmon's claims that he will be the one in control of their fusion, and takes a moment to say goodbye to Kaito in his own way beforehand.]]
-->'''Dracmon''': "Hey, Kaito... we were like brothers, yeah?"\\
'''Kaito''': "...Yeah."
* UndyingLoyalty: Like Agumon, he's incredibly loyal to Kaito despite what their banter says otherwise. [[spoiler:It's deconstructed in that Dracmon is so loyal he only half-heartedly tries to stop Kaito during his downward spiral in the Harmonious route and barely puts up any resistance to Kaito ordering him to fuse with Piedmon despite warning Kaito not to trust the evil monster.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: He and Kaito smack talk each other more than any other pair, which Takuma inwardly worries early on is another instance of the partnerships within the group turning sour. But its quickly established that this is just how the two express themselves and both see it as friendly banter.
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[[folder:Syakomon]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Asami Takano
Miu's partner. Her evolutions are as follows:
* '''Child / Rookie''': Syakomon
* '''Adult / Champion''': Shellmon
* '''Perfect / Ultimate''': Mermaimon
* '''Ultimate / Mega''': [=MarinAngemon=] / Azulongmon
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* BadassAdorable: As Syakomon, she's Ugly Cute as far as Miu is concerned. As [=MarineAngemon=], she's a Mega-level monster that can kick serious ass and is utterly adorable.
* BishonenLine: DoubleSubverted. She goes from the unseemly and monstrous Shellmon to the humanoid and pretty Mermaimon, complete with [[JigglePhysics Jiggle Physics upon evolution.]] Then Merimaimon evolves...into the cute, blob-like sea angel fairy [=MarineAngemon=] [[spoiler:or the giant eastern dragon Azulongmon]].
* BrutalHonesty: Contrasting Miu, who tends to have a hard time coming forward with her true feelings and wraps herself up in protective layers of creepy occult girl acts, Syakomon is straightforward and blunt to a fault.
* FriendlyPirate: Her Ultimate form, Mermaimon, is a pirate-themed mermaid siren. She even attacks with an anchor.
* GenderFlip: [[spoiler:Azulongmon has always been male, but Syakomon gains Azulongmon as an alternate Mega on the Truthful Route, making her the first one to be female.]]
* HeroOfAnotherStory: According to her and Miu, [[spoiler:she was the reason Miu was able to escape Arukenimon's clutches after Kaito briefly left her alone to scout out the cause of the nearby giant footsteps. Considering how she couldn't Digivolve to Shellmon at that time either, and how dreaded Arukenimon is as an opponent, Takuma can't help but be impressed at the revelation]].
* IntelligibleUnintelligible: As [=MarineAngemon=], Syakomon can only speak in chirps. Miu can't understand her while she's in that form, but Dracmon can and translates for her.
* LiteralMetaphor: Upon becoming Mermaimon for the first time, she points out herself that her new form represents the strength of heart Miu has gained to come out of her shell.
* PerplexingPearlProduction: Her '''Black Pearl''' attack is this.
* PowerUpLetdown: Mermaimon's stats dramatically favor SP ATK, yet, unlike her previous forms, she has only physical attacks by default. This requires the use of her equipment slots for magical attacks instead of further stat boosts or improved resistances. To add insult to injury, her PHYS ATK stat is barely any higher than Shellmon's and her HP and PHYS DEF stats are actually ''lower'' while still costing more SP to maintain the form. The largest natural advantage she has over Shellmon is in her flying movement type, allowing her to cross gaps that would otherwise need to be moved around. As a trade-off though, this makes Mermaimon an excellent user of elemental skill items -- which often are {{Status Infliction Attack}}s.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Both her official American (Syakomon) and Japanese (Shakomon) names are acceptable romanizations of シャコモン.
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[[folder:The Ninth Partner ('''UNMARKED SPOILERS''')]]
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-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MasamiSuzuki
Renamon, Miyuki's partner. After the events of the prologue, she is strangely nowhere to be found alongside Gabumon. In reality, she's been posing as "Haru" to provide Miyuki some form of emotional stability after the latter's soul was taken from her. She's very cold and aggressive even in her Haru guise, and will reach great heights for Miyuki's sake.
Her evolutions are as follows:
* '''Child / Rookie''': Renamon
* '''Adult / Champion''': Kyubimon
* '''Perfect / Ultimate''': Taomon
* '''Ultimate / Mega''': Sakuyamon
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* AdaptationalJerkass: The Renamon from ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' might be an aloof and battle-hardy individual like her, but she's firmly on the side of good. This one is more on the morally gray end of the spectrum and acts more like Beelzemon from the same anime and has no qualms attempting to kill the kids to save Miyuki.
* AmbiguousGender: The game can vary on what pronouns characters use for Renamon given how often she chooses to present as the masculine Haru even after the reveal, and Renamon are most commonly presented as female anyway, particularly when they evolve into [[LadyOfWar Sakuyamon]].
* BackFromTheDead: She dies from her injuries in the Moral route, but thanks to Miyuki's strong emotions, she's reincarnated as an egg. In Part 12, Miyuki's emotions once again come through for her and returns.
* BadassAndChildDuo: Renamon is the Badass and Miyuki is the Child here, having protected the latter from hostile monsters at least six thousand years. It tells when she joins the party, Renamon has all of her forms available on default.
* BecomingTheMask: Downplayed. She's been using Haru's form so long that she feels more comfortable appearing as him than herself at times, but more notably in Japanese you hear that she's taken to calling Miyuki "Onee-san" or "big sister" like Haru would even when she drops the illusion, rather than just using her partner's given name.
* BerserkButton:
** Do not try to hurt Miyuki or nab her away. Just don't unless you want to sign your death warrant. Trying to reason with her over her attempts to save Miyuki isn't a good idea, either. She'll get incredibly pissed off.
** It doesn't piss her off as much as when someone gets in her way on saving Miyuki, but in her Haru guise she still doesn't like it when someone treats her like a defenseless kid.
* ClingyJealousGirl: A lot of Renamon's interaction with the party boils down to this, especially when it comes to the Professor. She hates the Professor, actually an older Akiharu Minase, for "abandoning" Miyuki and thinks she's more qualified to be with her because she spent god knows how many years with her partner in the other world acting as a sort of socio-emotional support.
* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: The Taomon boss fought at the end of each route's Part 10 is significantly stronger than the ones roaming in Free or Shadow Battles, or yours if you have one. She hits around as hard as Piedmon on default and has heightened resistances so she will take way more hits than usual to beat.
* DealWithTheDevil: An example where it's both this and a BargainWithHeaven, considering [[DragonsAreDivine what the Master was]]. She strikes a bargain with The Master at Part 10's beginning out of desperation, where she would provide the remaining children as sacrifices in exchange for Miyuki's freedom. She later learns that the Master never had any intention of fulfilling his end of the deal after the group talks her down.
* DefeatMeansPlayable: She's available after you defeat her in the penultimate hostile encounter in each Part 10. She doesn't join you against Ebonwumon in the Truthful Route, though.
* EasilyForgiven: Zigzagged. Aside from a minor outburst from Kaito regarding clarification on one of Renamon's actions, no one ultimately holds any animosity towards her for all her prior behavior - namely trying to kill the group several times over by taking them in as sacrifices for The Master. Even the emotional and mental trauma she inflicted on an already unstable Aoi is let go, though she does repeatedly apologize for it. In the Harmony Route, however, Kaito refuses to consider forgiving her since Renamon unintentionally button-mashed his BerserkButton harsher than she intended to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere and he leaves the party out of disgust]].
* EveryoneHasStandards: Even if Renamon intended to weaken the children with horrible illusions for the sake of getting Miyuki back by showing their worst fears, even she herself thought it was too overboard when she made some already unstable and grief-ridden people into pitiless monsters in the Wrathful and Harmonious Routes.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Her line has a heavy ReligiousBruiser and Onmyōdō motive and her final form is Sakuyamon, a priestess monster who excorcises evil. Her free form, Sakuyamon: Miko Mode is also a literal {{Miko}} who specializes in exorcising evil spirits. In the Truthful Route, it's revealed Miyuki descended from an ''actual'' priestess of the Kemonogami faith, whose soul is the one who finally excorcises the Master out from his deep hatred.
* FoulFox: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. She's cold and hostile to anyone bar Miyuki, but it's in Part 10 that she pulls off a FaceHeelTurn and becomes the ArcVillain for that chapter. Her methods of trying to lure the kids to their deaths aren't pleasant either, especially in the Truthful Route where she cuts out all the psychological torture and goes straight into trying to kill the professor. She however, does pull off a genuine HeelFaceTurn after that, and is genuinely horrified when Aoi or Kaito degenerate into insane monsters because of her actions.
* GoneHorriblyRight: In the Harmonious version of Chapter 10, Renamon in her Haru guise baits Kaito into the Library under the premise of making him stronger so he could exact revenge against the Master. It's a lie and she wants to weaken his spirit so he can be used as a sacrifice to get Miyuki's body back, but because of her, Kaito sacrifices Dracumon to Piedmon to create Boltboutamon, a monstrosity capable of exacting the revenge he wanted, something that Kaito himself lampshaded. It's all fun and games until Piedmon takes over, kills Kaito, the Minases and by extension Renamon herself. Make him stronger, all right...
* GreenEyedMonster: She's floored and dismayed by the fact that Miyuki reacted to the Professor's words and not hers while being possessed by the Master, increasing her already intense animosity towards him.
* HeroicSacrifice: On the Moral route, Renamon jumps in front of the Professor to take a blow from the Master-possessed Miyuki. This results in Renamon's death, but Miyuki's strong emotions at Renamon's death are what finally free her from The Master's possession for good. Then, Renamon's "light" combines with Miyuki's tears to form an egg, allowing Renamon to return right after the next cutscene.
* HughMann: Downplayed. She dons her Haru disguise for most of the time, but it's clear that no matter what she doesn't try to hide her real personality, a cold and aloof fighter who only opens up to Miyuki. Takuma and Minoru first encounter with "Haru" has "him" turning into some gastly figure to freak them out, and at certain intervals she even outright shows up in her true form before showing up somewhere else in her Haru guise. Yet, everyone ''still'' believes that she was some innocent kid before the hostile encounter of Chapter 10.
* {{Irony}}: In ''Anime/DigimonTamers'', Beelzemon (the Mega form of Kaito's partner) did a BargainWithHeaven and went into a PowerHigh that results in Leomon killed and his Tamer Jeri traumatized until the series finale. In the Harmonious Route, Renamon ends Kaito's sanity and turns him into an insane monster that has to be put down. Her free variant can also evolve into monsters of the Leomon line.
* LightEmUp: Her attacks as Renamon and Sakuyamon are light attacks. Given your only other reliable Light partner, Lopmon-as-Cherubimon is not even available out of the Truthful Route (and will be destroyed in all other outcomes), she's likely your most reliable light damage source if you're not keen on recruiting Free Monsters or equipping your party members with skills.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: She disguises herself as an illusion of Haru to act as this for Miyuki in order to provide her socio-emotional support.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Renamon's desire to protect Miyuki at all costs puts her at odds with the Professor and the other children at times. In Part 10, she briefly defects to the Master's side for Miyuki's sake.
* MasterOfIllusion: And ''how.'' For nearly fifty human years, she maintained an illusion of a young Haru for the socio-emotional benefits of her mentally fractured partner Miyuki. She's also capable of weaponizing the ability, given the harsh illusions she subjected the party to during the events of Part 10.
* MoralityPet: She's cold or hostile to pretty much anyone else, but Miyuki is the only person Renamon is consistently nice to, up until the endgame where she opens up to the rest of the party as well.
* MyNameIsQuestionMarks: In the Prologue, before the Kemonogami are properly introduced, her dialogue portrait and battle sprite are shadowed out and her name is replaced with "???". Her name is also "???" when Takuma and Agumon first meet her out of her disguise in Chapter 5.
* OddCouple: Miyuki is a very kind and sweet girl with a touch of iron under her, yet her partner Renamon is a morally grey and hardened monster who has no qualms flat-out backstabbing others for Miyuki's well-being.
* PetTheDog:
** As Haru, she was largely indifferent to the children in the beginning chapters, especially to Ryo. However, she does deign to save him from falling to his death at the climax of Part 3; while he still sustains injuries, her actions prevent the incident from being fatal.
** Renamon makes it a point to apologize profusely for everything she put Aoi through in Part 10 during the Wrathful Route since Aoi was steadily growing unstable at that point.
* ProtagonistPowerUpPrivileges: Downplayed. Renamon is the SixthRanger that sticks for one or two chapters before being killed off before the final battle in the Wrathful and Harmonious routes, but her Mega Evolution Sakuyamon is much stronger and more combat-oriented than the Sakuyamon her Free counterpart evolves into. Justified in that according to [=Free!Sakuyamon=]'s description, she's in Maid Mode, which as a Miko/Shrine Maiden is support-oriented and focuses more on exorcising evil than actively engaging in combat.
* RecognitionFailure: Subverted. Renamon is the only being around who treats possessed Miyuki as the Master instead of Miyuki herself. This is unlike other characters who treats her as Miyuki and pleads her to return to her senses, even if the Master sometimes flat-out tells them that he has taken control of her body while possessing her.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After Miyuki is kidnapped by Arukenimon in Part 7, "Haru" yells at the kids and Professor for their failure to protect her before running off ahead of them. When they catch up, Renamon has killed enough Dokugumon standing between her and Arukenimon that everyone's phone cameras detect glitches nearly everywhere.
* SixthRanger: Following the events of Part 10, she officially joins the group in an explicit capacity and on friendly terms; as such, players can use her in battle and Digivolve her at will. In Wrathful and Harmonious, she's a GuestStarPartyMember where she's unceremoniously killed off after Miyuki is absorbed by the Master and Boltboutamon respectively, though unlike Lopmon and Kunemon in early chapters, considering how late she joins, you're going to have her available for the rest of the game up until exactly before the final encounter.
* StealthHiBye: Takuma and Agumon first meets her out of disguise in Chapter 5, but she ran away quick and they meet Miyuki and Haru in the next room. It's implied that she was fighting some monsters who took her form to trick Miyuki before they meet up with Takuma, who just beat up several monsters disguised as their partners on the way.
* TokenEvilTeammate: She's not exactly evil, but even when compared to Gabumon she's still very cold and condescending to anyone not named Miyuki, and has no issues cooperating with the Master and attempt to kill the kids to get Miyuki out from his control. She only warms up for real after each route's Chapter 10 where you'll always fight her.
* TookALevelInJerkass: She's ''way'' nastier in the Truthful version of Part 10 as opposed to the usual version of that Part. Instead of luring some of the children into the Library area and tormenting them with illusions, she instead baits them into the shrine and goes instantly into business. She also acts way more deranged than usual and gives the professor a beating, threatening to make him the sacrifice rather than the children. Justified considering the Master already took a massive setback with the party already thwarting him at the amusement park and is making his last stand.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Renamon's actions in Part 10 come back to bite her in the ass on the Wrathful and Harmonious routes. She just wanted to pick off the most vulnerable people for the Master as ransom for Miyuki, but what she didn't expect is she drove them so insane they become ''world-wiping monsters''. In Harmonious, Kaito leaves the party out of disgust since her illusions preyed on his feelings of guilt towards Miu's death, which leaves him open for Piedmon to take advantage of afterward. In Wrathful, she helps accelerate Aoi's downward spiral to the point the poor girl ''snaps'' after Piedmon fatally wounds her and Labramon.
* VocalDissonance: In several points after Haru is exposed as Renamon, she speaks in her ''own'' voice rather than Haru's voice while in her disguised form.
* WalkingSpoiler: Knowing that the Haru we believed we knew was a monster taking his form as a child, and that Miyuki's Kemonogami was alongside her from the get-go is definitely of this trope.
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[[folder:The Tenth Partner ('''MAJOR SPOILERS''')]]
[[quoteright:245:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gabumon2_survive.png]]
-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MayumiYamaguchi
Gabumon, Akiharu Minase's partner. After the events of the prologue, he's nowhere to be found alongside Miyuki's partner Renamon. In truth, under the belief that Haru abandoned him, he joined Piedmon's gang to hunt down and kill other Partner monsters for a certain amount of time. Not playable out of the Moral and Truthful Routes.
His evolutions are as follows:
* '''Child / Rookie''': Gabumon
* '''Adult / Champion''': Garurumon
* '''Perfect / Ultimate''': [=WereGarurumon=]
* '''Ultimate / Mega''': [=MetalGarurumon=]
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* AnIcePerson: As [=MetalGarurumon=], he uses Ice, or more accurately, water attacks and is the only partner with reliable water output. (While Miu's Syakomon is otensibly a water-oriented monster, her Ultimate and Mega forms don't even have reliable water attacks unless you give her a water skill.)
* EleventhHourRanger: He's not joining until around the second half of Part 11 in Moral or the boss encounter in the same Part of Truthful, making the 11th hour part of the trope almost literal. He never joins in Wrathful and Harmonious either, meaning that the window you're actually going to use him (or indirectly, Omegamon) is very slim.
* FusionDance: In Part 11 of the Moral route, he and Agumon undergo a DNA Evolution thanks to Takuma and the Professor's resolve to save Miyuki at all costs, forming Omegamon in the process. Afterwards, if you have him deployed alongside Takuma's Agumon in a battle, you can evolve Agumon into Omegamon under the price of him being temporarily consumed.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: In his artwork with Haru, he's shown as Garurumon, whereas in the game after he joins the party, he's always in his Rookie form.
* GuestStarPartyMember: With Renamon in the prologue. He shows up again in Part 7 as [=WereGarurumon=] and in Part 11 of Truthful as Garurumon.
* HeelFaceTurn: In the Moral route, he returns to the Professor's side after Akiharu makes it clear he will ''not'' abandon Gabumon again, nor did he ever mean to do so in the first place, mending their broken bond. He also joins the party in the Truthful route, though his bond with Akiharu is still somewhat strained at first.
* {{Irony}}: In ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', Puppetmon's arc was where Taichi and Yamato fought and the resulting aftermath caused the group to fracture. Here, a Puppetmon plays a role in Garurumon and the Professor aka Akiharu repairing their broken bond and Garurumon's first evolution into [=MetalGarurumon=].
* {{Tsundere}}: In contrast to how he rekindles his bond with Akiharu in the Moral route and is more open with his partner, this is how Gabumon interacts with the Professor in the Truthful Route. This partially has to do with the circumstances of their reunion; in Moral, the Professor refuses to abandon Garurumon to be killed by Puppetmon and the latter realizes Akiharu did not abandon him. The Truthful route has the Professor acting more aggressively in trying to get Garurumon to listen, though the latter does come around eventually.
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!!The Sovereigns (UNMARKED SPOILERS)
Powerful beings that are only encountered in the Truthful Route.
[[folder:In General]]
* AntiDebuff: All of them are immune to being debuffed or being hit with a status condition, regardless if they are on your side or not, making them extremely useful in status-laden, drawn out fights.
* BarrierMaiden: They've been keeping the Master locked away inside the Shrine, forcing the latter to rely on minions to do his dirty work. The seals have weakened over time, hence why the Master is able to possess Miyuki in the first place.
* BigGood: They're the closest there is to one in ''Survive'' as they're the ones ensuring the Master is sealed away in the Kemonogami World.
* TheBusCameBack: As far as major appearances go, they haven't been seen since ''Anime/DigimonTamers''.
* DefeatMeansPlayable: In the Truthful Route, Agumon, Falcomon, Labramon, Floramon, and Syakomon are each granted the power to evolve into one of the Sovereigns' forms after defeating the original in combat. Agumon only gains access to Fanglongmon in NewGamePlus, however.
* TheFourGods: As usual, they're among the top dogs of the monster totem pole, with Fanglongmon being the one in charge.
* KilledOffScreen: It's implied that out of the Truthful Route, the Master's minions killed at least Baihumon (and likely Ebonwumon and Azulongmon too) so the seals put on him break and he can exact revenge to the human world. Based on how the Master gets beaten before he can compromise the abandoned school however, it's likely that Zhuqiaomon always survives to the end.
* NoSell: All of them are completely immune to status debuffs and stat drops. Combined with their [[PurposefullyOverpowered incredibly jacked-up stats and ridiculously powerful moves]], they're the strongest units you can obtain in the game.
* PurposefullyOverpowered: All of the Sovereign Monsters your partner monsters can evolve into are incredibly powerful and can go even stronger than their boss versions with help from Training Items. They have absurdly high stats, incredibly potent attacks that almost always guarantee a status condition or a potent stat drop, and are completely immune to status conditions, making it so there's no easy way out from them.
* PrecursorHeroes: They and their human partners did a lot to shape the setting in ages past.
* SealedGoodInACan: They are keeping The Master trapped and can't leave their own chambers as a result.
* SoNearYetSoFar: Their hiding places are very close to areas the heroes come to know well, but they only notice their presence in the secret route.
* WalkingSpoiler: To give you an idea of how important they are, any and all information you learn about them and what they tell you about the Master only occur in the Truthful route.
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[[folder:Baihumon]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KosukeTanabe
The Sovereign defending the west, where the Amusement Park resides in. Saving him prevents the Amusement Park from being erased.
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* BigGuyFatalitySyndrome: Said to be the youngest and the strongest of the Sovereigns, but going from how the Master always targets the Amusement Park where he's hiding first and that's one of the few places that are explicitly destroyed in any non-Truthful route, he'll always end up dead before other sovereigns are killed off.
* BloodKnight: His reaction to losing to the group? Declare that he's having fun and offer to fight them again.
* KilledOffscreen: It's implied that the Master kills him in all non-Truthful Routes, since the former always destroys the Amusement Park he's defending during their Part 9.
* DishingOutDirt: His signiature attack, Kongou, is an earth-based attack with a wide range area of effect like [=MetalGarurumon=] and comes with the potential to lower enemy speed. Considering speed matters a ''lot'' in this game because it outright affects your ability to hit foes, the debuffs he creates is welcome.
* PantheraAwesome: He's a large and powerful tiger-like Kemonogami.
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[[folder:Ebonwumon]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/VolcanoOta
The Sovereign defending the Second Island of the South. In the Truthful Route, the Master cocerces Renamon to attack him in exchange of Miyuki.
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* ConfusionFu: His signiature attack, Mugen can confuse and damage all foes around him.
* {{Nerf}}: The stage boss version of Ebonwumon has a special version of Mugen that is single target. Yours or the Mugen Recollection version in the other hand, has the full area of effect. The story reason is that he wasn't quite in full strength, but the reason in terms of gameplay might be because a mandatory story boss having an un-redirectable attack that can also cause all of your monsters to annihilate each other would be too difficult.
* WorfHadTheFlu: It's stated that he's been worn down by the numerous Kenzoku the Master sent in.
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[[folder:Zhuqiaomon]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IkutoKanemasa
The Sovereign of the South who defends the abandoned school. He resides under the Gym and brainwashes the party's partner Kemonogami.
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* HumansAreBastards: Of all the Four Sovereign Monsters, he hates humans the most. Watching Fanglongmon be turned into a horrid monster because of Haruchika was bad enough, but his partner and the others' refusal to kill Haruchika made him furious, making him think that the humans only saw Kemonogami as tools.
* MindControl: Zhuqiaomon can mind control monsters to turn against their human partners. Thankfully, this does not last long.
* MythologyGag: The last time a Zhuqiaomon appeared in ''Digimon'' media was in ''Anime/DigimonTamers'', where he held the same HumansAreBastards attitude (though for different reasons).
* ThePhoenix: He's a phoenix-like Kemonogami.
* PlayingWithFire: His Unique Skill is an area of effect fire attack capable of some nasty debuffs.
* SoleSurvivor: Granted that the Abandoned School is one of the few places where the Master never successfully destroys, Zhuqiaomon is guaranteed to evade the Master's wrath and live another day.
* VillainHasAPoint: The reason for Zhuqiaomon's animosity towards the group is that the the Sovereign Children refused to kill Haruchika, instead sealing him away with the Sovereigns as his wardens. This decision resulted in Haruchika and his Kenzoku killing untold amounts of monsters and children over the years, meaning if they ''had'' just finished him off, a lot of damage would've been averted. Zhuqiaomon's words also imply he ''wasn't'' willing in being made part of the Master's seal, which gives him more reason to be angry.
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[[folder:Azulongmon]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YasunoriMasutani
The Sovereign of the East who defends the Waterway. He trials the professor to fight him alone with his Gabumon.
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* ChainedByFashion: He has several chains wrapped around his body per his species.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: He's a serpentine eastern dragon that appears to be composed mainly of lightning.
* ShockAndAwe: His signiature attack, Sourai, allows him to deal a sizable amount of wind damage and has a huge chance of paralyzing opponents.
* ThresholdGuardians: Tests the professor by challenging him into a battle and forbids any other human and their Digimon partners from challening him. Gameplay-wise, it means you can only use Gabumon and three Free Monsters against him. To make things worse, if you don't have a Moral Route clear record (or you didn't grind his levels or train his stats there) before this, Gabumon will be stuck at around half his level and can be defeated easily, and his defeat results in a game over.
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[[folder:Fanglongmon]]
[[quoteright:349:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/huanglongmon_battle_survive.png]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HidekatsuShibata
The leader of the Four God Beasts and one of the most powerful monsters in existence. His partner is Haruchika Minase, Haru and Miyuki's ancestor from hundreds of years ago. He has been since fused with him as the Master.
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* BraggingRightsReward: He's available as an evolution for Agumon after completing the Truthful Route. In other words, you can only use him after beating the game at least twice.
* FaceHeelTurn: Courtesy of his partner, who's hate towards his sister forced him to undergo a Dark Evolution and become the Master, and later into Fanglongmon Ruin Mode. He returns to normal following his defeat.
* GoldColoredSuperiority: He's a gold dragon-like monster and by far the strongest of the five, owing to his status as the Digimon {{Expy}} of Huanglong.
* TheLeader: He's the leader of the Sovereigns. As the Master, he's also technically the leader of the group of monsters that were taking children to be sacrificed to him.
* OlympusMons: He's the TopGod among the Four Sovereign Beasts, based on TheFourGods. While he's officially only considered a Mega, as this version can be obtained without fusing the other gods, the game treats him akin to the Super-Ultimate level Omegamon and places him a stage beyond all of Agumon's other Mega evolutions. Even when possessing Miyuki and unable to use his full power he well earns this distinction.
* NonElemental: Fanglongmon's default attacks deal non-elemental damage. This, when combined with his abnormally high stats and the absolutely debilitating debuffs he places with his Taikyoku attack, allows him to steamroll entire fields no problem and leave anything not killed instantly lamed.
* PurposefullyOverpowered: As a post-game BraggingRightsReward, his partner version is the single strongest thing in the game you can use, bar none. He has all-around insane stats, high movement range, impeccable bulk and an attack that instantly cripples anything that it doesn't outright decimate. And to top it all off, he can't even be debuffed or hit with a status condition and you can deploy him at any time during the game. His only weakness is his special attack costing 100SP to use, but it's nothing a Nature's Bounty Crystal can't fix.
* TrueFinalBoss: Fanglongmon Ruin Mode is the Truthful route's, and thus the entire game's, final opponent.
* TruerToTheText: Fanglongmon was more of an AdvertisedExtra amongst the Holy Beasts despite ostensibly their leader, his only other "major" role being in ''Anime/DigimonFusion'' where he was just a steed for the StarterVillain of its second season. In here, he's appropriately as powerful as his description suggests and is given a major role as the sovereign of the Kemonogami world.
* TheUnfought: Zigzagged. In the main story, Fanglongmon is never fought except in the Truthful route, and even then the party fights his Dark Evolution forms as the Master and Fanglongmon Ruin Mode. He's only fought in his baseline form in [[BrutalBonusLevel Mugen Recollection]] alongside the other Sovereigns.
* UnusableEnemyEquipment: Fanglongmon Ruin Mode doesn't actually learn Mukyoku. The attack is actually from a skill item exclusively equipped to him.
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!!Amusement Park Monsters
[[folder:Jijimon]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/648px_jijimon_survive.jpg]]
-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/BinShimada
A monster resembling an old man who was the caretaker of the monsters living in the Amusement Park. Once Miu ended up there, he temporarily resigns his position for Miu's LARP so he could take a break from his duties and he was comfortable to have her around his quarters.
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* AffectionateNickname: Refers to Miu as her Rowdiness when she is acting as queen, as he knows she isn't actually a sorceress queen but finds her fun to be around.
* CoolOldGuy: What, the "Jiji" ('old man' in Japanese) didn't give it away? While its hard to tell exactly how old he is, he's been around long enough to know the existence of the Kemonogami World's "caretaker". He's also in charge of a small gathering of young monsters in the Dream Land amusement park, and allowed Miu to become "Queen" after her antics entertain the younglings.
* HeroicSacrifice: On the Moral route, Jijimon [[spoiler:takes a hit aimed at Takuma and is stabbed for it. He urges the children and their monsters to flee while he holds the Kenzoku back.]] Thanks to him [[spoiler:the whole party is able to make out alive and sane, and Takuma quickly regains composure and resolves to save Miyuki and end the Master.]]
* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:Jijimon blames himself for what happened to Miu and Saki after they're dragged into the fog by the Kenzoku in the Harmonious and Wrathful routes respectfully, wishing he could have done something to prevent it. In the Moral route, that's exactly what he does, which allows the whole cast to come out with their life and sanity intact.]]
* MrExposition: Explains the existence of the Kenzoku and gives the main characters the earliest hints about the existence of the Master well before his introduction.
* PromotedToPlayable: Averted. Unlike other monster [=NPCs=] in this game, you can't get a Jijimon of your own.
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[[folder:Biyomon, Patamon, and Palmon]]
A trio of dim-witted monsters who live in the Amusement Park. Miu tricked them to serve her through her "magical tricks".
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* BullyingADragon: No sooner do Takuma and the others arrive at Dream Land do they pick a fight at the orders of their "Queen". Were it not for Aoi reigning in Kaito, odds are they would have gotten more than a lot more than a few bruises.
* DoomedHometown: Bar the Truthful Route, [[spoiler:the Dream Land amusement park will always be swallowed up by the fog.]]
* GoldfishPoopGang: They appear repeatedly throughout part 4 to mildly annoy the heroes and then retreat. Everyone in the group regard them more as nuisances than enemies, which speaks volumes considering other Rookie level monsters like Gotsumon and Gazimon are taken as legitimate threats.
* UndyingLoyalty: To their "Queen". Even after learning she's not actually who she says she is, the trio as well as the rest of the amusement park monsters love her dearly.
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