Digimon Adventure Major Villains / Characters

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In General

Shadow Archetype: Each of the eight main villains contrasts, yet resembles one of the eight Chosen Children in some ways:
- Devimon is an inverse of Joe: as the oldest of the group, Joe sees himself responsible for everyone's safety, but he lacks the self-confidence to take effective charge over the Hot-Blooded Tai and Matt, despite never hesitating to put himself in harms way to protect the others. Devimon acts with bluster, despite being a Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond that is File Island (and Digimon stronger than him, such as Andromon exist even there), and his most dangerous weapons, the Black Gears allow him mind controll other Digimon to attack the kids without risking personally confronting them.
- Etemon is an exaggeration of Mimi’s worst traits: both of them have an It's All About Me attitude, exemplified in how similar Mimi taking controll over the Geckomon's castle using her singing was, to Etemon's ability to prevent or even reverse Digivolution with his singing. The difference is Mimi recognises her flaws, and grows out of it in the second half of the series, while Etemon, despite Digivolving to the Ultimate/Mega level, remains just as self-absorbed.
- Probably the most multilayered comparison is Myotismon as a Classic Villain to Tai's The Hero.
  - Personality wise: they are both rather prideful, but while Myotismon's arrogance is merely tempered, not erased by his cold cunning and pragmatism, Tai slowly lets go of his, as he gets humbled after each of his mistakes. Both of them are focused on their respective objectives, often at the detriment of their allies, but while Tai learns to slow down and be more considerate of others, Myotismon only ever grows more exploitative. Also while Tai never hesitates to personally take action, Myotismon prefers to manipulate from the shadows, letting his minions do the work.
  - Plot wise: similarly to how Tai fails to recognise the Eight Child in his little sister Kari, Myotismon failed to realise that the Eight Digimon, the one prophecised to defeat him, was Gatomon, one of his own lietunants. In the past Kari almost died once, because Tai took her out while she was sick, to play soccer with him. Myotismon somehow managed to leave permanent scars on Gatomon's paws, while he was torturing her when she was Salamon. They're also the ones to open the gate between the real and Digital Worlds for their respective groups, but while Myotismon searched for and kept the method to himself, the kids figured the puzzle out in a group effort.
  - In symbolism: Tai's Crest of Courage is a stylised Sun. As a vampire Myotismon is weakened by sunlight. Myotismon is also the first evil Digimon to Digivolve, as well as the one to introduce the Ultimate/Mega level in the series. Previously Tai and Agumon were always the first to unlock a new level. Tai is brown-eyed bruenette, while Myostismon is a blue-eyed blonde, similar to Tai’s rival/lancer Matt, and Angewomon, who’s partnered with Tai’s sister Kari.
MetalSeadramon may feign benevolence towards his subjects, but in reality he only cares for them as long as they are useful to him, in contrast to Sora’s genuinely caring Team Mom attitude, that she herself failed to recognise as her greatest strength.
Puppetmon is a dark mirror to Matt. Puppetmon lives alone in a huge mansion in the Forest region of Spiral Mountain, and the Digimon that live there with him, are mere captives he keeps to torment. Matt lives in a small apartment with his divorced Workaholic dad, and is afraid to let anyone close to him, despite wanting nothing more. Also where Matt falls for Cherrymon’s manipulation because of his own insecurities, Puppetmon destroys Cherrymon, when the latter genuinely tries to advise him, because he took offense to Cherrymon implying that the Children might defeat him yet.
Machinedramon is a cunning strategist, who proves to be an intellectual match to Izzy, the brains among the Chosen Children.
Piedmon is an entirely self-centred agent of chaos, and the realm he rules is devoid of light, making him the polar opposite of selfless-to-a-fault Child of Light Kari, who’s the only one of the kids who can hear Homeostasis (the one who seeks balance/order) and allow them to speak with the others through her.
Apocalymon is essentially a manifestation of despair and wasted potential. As the youngest of the Children T.K. has the most untapped potential, and carries the Crest of Hope. Also reflecting how Patamon’s evolved forms were saved the Best for Last, Apocalymon is the True Final Boss, who shows up after the kids defeat the last of the Dark Masters.

Devimon

Voiced by:

Japanese: Kaneto Shiozawa (Adventure and Adventure 02), Ryōtarō Okiayu (PSP game)
English: Tom Wyner
Spanish: Gerardo Reyero (Latin America), Rais David Báscones (Spain, Adventure) Rafael Calvo (Spain, Adventure 02)

The first major villain of the show, Devimon is a Fallen Angel Digimon who discovered the Black Gears and used them to take over File Island. In his first encounter with the DigiDestined, he's content to just separate them and allow those infected by the Black Gears to deal with them. When it comes time to get his hands dirty, he absorbs all the remaining Black Gears and his minion Ogremon, and quickly overpowers the Chosen Children. It takes Patamon Digivolving into Angemon for the first time to finally destroy him, although as he disintegrates he warns the heroes that are plenty of other, more dangerous villains out there. A bit later, it's revealed that he had hidden the Tags and Crests (objects that would allow the DigiDestined's partners to Digivolve further) on the nearby continent of Server.

His "ghost" reappears in the mysterious Dark Whirlpool in Adventure 02, and warns the Digimon Emperor not to trifle with the powers of darkness. Ignoring Devimon's words, the emperor captures his essence and uses it to add the finishing touch to his latest engine of destruction, Kimeramon. This proves to be a poor decision, as Devimon's evil corrupts the otherwise mindless Kimeramon, causing it to turn on the Digimon Emperor.

Arch-Enemy: Towards T.K.. Angemon pulling a temporary Heroic Sacrifice to defeat him is a memory that, as we learn in 02, has left some pretty significant personal traumas in the end and cemented his firm belief that Dark Is Evil and those that try to manipulate the powers of darkness must be stopped at all cost. T.K. seeing that Devimon is Not Quite Dead is very clearly a negative emotional trigger and its what pushes him into his surprisingly violent confrontation with The Digimon Emperor.
Arc Villain: For the File Island arc. He is the first major villain the children meet.
Bond Villain Stupidity: He had all the Chosen Children and their hungry, weakened Digimon at his mercy in his debut episode. And instead of finishing them all off right away, he takes the time to monologue to them about how they're the Chosen Children (mind you, they don't even know this yet) and have Leomon finish Tai off, despite possibly knowing that the Digivices have a purifying power. This results in Leomon temporarily breaking free of Devimon's control and interrupting Devimon mid-kill, which gives the Chosen an opportunity to regain their strength and regroup.
Chest Insignia: The Mark of Evil.
The Corrupter: Through his black gears or his Touch of Evil, he can turn any Digimon evil.
Creepily Long Arms: His arms reach almost the ground — and come with Creepy Long Fingers too!
Dark Is Evil: The creature is styled after the devil, is a Virus-type (which is a classification that encompasses the majority of the series' villains), and, to top it off, wears all black and has horns. Of course he would be evil.
Demonic Possession: Data collected from his wayward spirit is used by the Digimon Emperor to add the finishing touch to Kimeramon in 02. This ends about as well as you'd expect.
Devour the Dragon: He turns Ogremon into Black Gears and absorbs him to increase his power; atypically for this process, Ogremon survived and retained the ability to temporarily emerge from Devimon's body to aid his boss in fighting the DigiDestined. Ironically, of the two of them, Ogremon survived thanks to getting blasted out of Devimon in the fight before Devimon was killed.
Die Laughing: After mocking what he feels to be Angemon's Senseless Sacrifice, he manages one last Evil Laugh before he's gone.
Disc-One Final Boss: Is set up as the series villain, even in the opening. In truth, he doesn't live past episode 13 out of 54. And he's very much aware of this.
Evil Counterpart: To Angemon, although given that he is introduced much earlier, it would be rather that Angemon is his Good Counterpart.
Evil Is Deathly Cold: In 02, both Wormon and Armadillomon notice that the air suddenly became a lot colder they closer Ken got to Devimon. While Ken is his pre Heel–Face Turn usual charming self and Cody is bemused by his partner’s assertion, its strongly hinted that the sheer evil Devimon exudes is being felt by both Digimons.
Eviler than Thou: The Digimon Emperor did not know who he was messing with when he included Devimon’s data inside Chimeramon. Not only does his lingering spirit (at least in the English Dub) proceeds to taunt Ken in a Mind Rape kind of way, but its all but stated that it’s his influence inside Chimeramon what makes the monstrosity behave as Ax-Crazy as it does.
Face Death with Dignity: In a major case of Irony considering he was of the weakest of the Arc Villains by a wide margin, Devimon dies with a lot more dignity than his felllow Big Bads, going out gleefuly laughing at his enemy instead of having a Villainous Breakdown. In 02, as Ken is absorbing what's left of his data to add it to Chimeramon Devimon just darkly warns Ken about the danger of playing with darkness and when Ken demands Devimon to explain himself, the fading Digimon just chuckles ominously.
Fallen Angel: Officially, in the game, he was originally a shining Angemon-species Digimon. He became a fallen angel when he was won over to the Dark Side and fell to the Dark Area.
Flat Character: Doesn't have much characterization other than being an evil Digimon that corrupts other Digimon. His successors would have much more defined personalities.
Good Wings, Evil Wings: Leathery bat wings with many holes and tears through them, reflecting his evil and demonic nature.
Half the Man He Used to Be: Only his upper-half reappears in 02.
Harbinger of Impending Doom: To the Digimon Emperor in 02, whom he warns against the effects that meddling with dark powers will have.
Hellbent For Leather: His body is clad in jet-black cloth.
Horned Humanoid: He has two long, flat horns.
Image Song: Has one in the form of "Dark Wing". It starts off as dark and imposing as you'd expect for a major villain, before suddenly turning upbeat and boastful during the chorus.
Knight of Cerebus: Whilst he didn't seal the series in this territory (Myotismon holds that honor) Devimon's introduction was when the series changed from stand-alone episodes about the kids figuring out how the Digital World works to a Myth Arc being established and the more serialized storytelling later. Even the English dub plays him seriously.
Make My Monster Grow: The result of him using the Black Gears on himself and Leomon.
Master of Illusion: In his debut episode, he was able to create a very realistic illusion of a hotel, complete with food and baths that evidently all looked, felt, and tasted real. Neither the DigiDestined nor their Digimon saw through the deception until he sprung his trap.
My Death Is Just the Beginning: He says this to Angemon, stating that more and more dangerous villains will come to threaten as the heroes, as they are both dying.
Names to Run Away from Really Fast: He's named after the Devil, what more is there to say?
Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: Devimon is aware that he is not very powerful compared to many digimon that live on the mainland, but being on a small island where even the strongest are only champion level, he appears as the most powerful threat.
Not So Stoic: The end of "Dark Wing" has him screaming out the song's last lyrics, before dissolving into insane laughter.
No Ontological Inertia: Averted when it comes to his Black Gears. Even after his demise, the DigiDestined still encounter two Digimon corrupted by fully functional gears.
Obviously Evil: His devilish name and design make it pretty clear that this guy's not on the side of good.
Orcus on His Throne: Instead of killing the DigiDestined, which he could have easily done at several points, he instead just stayed on Mount Infinity, brooding. He doesn't bother facing them himself until they've reassembled.
Our Demons Are Different: His name and design are derived from the mythological Devil.
Our Ghosts Are Different: It appears in the Dark Whirlpool in 02.
Red and Black and Evil All Over: Again, styled after the devil, is a Virus-type, has menacing red eyes and wears black.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: His eyes are nothing but two red slits.
Starter Villain: And is actually aware of it. He admits in his dying words that he's just a small fish in a big pond of evil Digimon.
The Stoic: Rarely raises his voice above a cold drawl. At least in the show proper...
Tattooed Crook: Lots of skulls.
Threshold Guardians: Defeating him really brings the kids together as a team for the first time, not to mention allowing them to leave File Island.
Torso with a View: Angemon blasts a hole right through his chest with a Hand of Fate.
Too Many Belts: Just look at him!
Villain Song: "Dark Wing". And the official German soundtrack even has a rap mix about Devimon. It's awesome.
Winged Humanoid: As much as a devil like him could be.

Etemon

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^{Click here to see him as MetalEtemon}

Voiced by:

Japanese: Yasunori Masutani
English: Richard Epcar
Spanish: José Luis Reza (Latin America), Juan Carlos Lozano (Spain), Francisco Andrés Valdivia (Spain, as MetalEtemon)

The second major villain, an anthropomorphic monkey whom the DigiDestined encounter on the mainland. He controls a Dark Network across the desert that amplifies his power and allows him to command many other Digimon, and proves to be surprisingly much harder to defeat than Devimon (and stay defeated).

His Digivolutions are as follows:

Ultimate: Etemon, his default form.
Ultimate: Etemon Chaos, Etemon fused with the Dark Network.
Mega: MetalEtemon, basically a silver metal Etemon made out of hardest substance known to Digimon.

Arc Villain: For the Server Continent Arc. He becomes the first Ultimate level enemy for the children.
Ass Kicks You: This is one of the attacks he uses as MetalEtemon against SaberLeomon.
Assimilation Backfire: Datamon intended to destroy him by having be absorbed by the core of his own Dark Network. Instead, Etemon ended up merging with it and becoming Etemon Chaos.
Bad Boss: Acts like a total jerk to all of his Gazimon lackeys.
Beware the Silly Ones: He's a monkey-like Elvis Impersonator...and yet he's stronger than the demonic Devimon the DigiDestined just took down. Most of the arc is spent either running or hiding from him as the DigiDestined look for their crests. A few of his earlier scenes have him knocking multiple Champion level Digimon like they're nothing, all at the same time. Even as MetalEtemon, he's shown to be a formidable foe; going toe-to-toe with the Dark Master Puppetmon and holding his own against Zudomon and SaberLeomon, essentially fighting an Ultimate-level Digimon and Mega-level Digimon at the same time.
Body Horror: Fusing with the Dark Network had Etemon Chaos bulk up his body rather grotesquely. Look closely, and you'll even see the network's cables attached to his chest in a very similar manner to the ultimate villain of the show, Apocalymon.
Came Back Strong: First as Etemon Chaos, a powerful Ultimate level cyborg Digimon, then as MetalEtemon, a Mega level Digimon with a metal body.
Came Back Wrong: Despite his sizable powerup as MetalEtemon, he also seems far dumber under this form, either out of overconfidence or because the experience took a toll on his sanity, if not both. He claims to come for revenge against the Chosen Children, but he lets them escape temporally in favor of brawling with Puppetmon and seems utterly unable to take seriously either fight, playing around constantly and landing his only killshot because Mimi inadvertently allowed it.
Casting a Shadow: Etemon's Dark Spirits, Etemon Chaos' Dark Spirits Chaos and MetalEtemon's Dark Spirits Deluxe.
Chrome Champion: As MetalEtemon. Curiously enough, his body is made of a rare metal called Chrome Digizoid.
Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: While Devimon was cautious and weary of the DigiDestined enough that he focused on separating them while increasing his power, Etemon shows no fear and spends his arc directly chasing after the kids.
Cool Shades: He wears a set. Seems to be a species trait.
Curb-Stomp Battle: Every fight against him his arc has him dishing out one until he faced by MetalGreymon.
Cyborg: Etemon Chaos has the head and upper body of Etemon, however his lower body is just a mass of Dark Network cables.
Dark Is Evil: The Dark Network and his attacks Dark Spirits and Dark Spirits Chaos, a ball of energy made of darkness.
Death by Adaptation: His comeback as MetalEtemon is excised from the novelization.
Elvis Impersonator: In the English dub.
Evil Is Hammy: Is introduced yelling about what a super-star he is into a microphone. He really loves to chew the scenery when he breaks down and is a Bad Boss.
Evil Versus Evil: Against Datamon. As MetalEtemon, he gets into a brief fight with Puppetmon.
Fartillery: One of his attacks as MetalEtemon. (Though it's censored in some dubs.)
Handy Feet: He once catches Togemon's needles with his toes.
Hero Killer: Due mostly due to being an Ultimate level Digimon while the heroes only had access to Champion level at the time. His Concert Crush being able to de-digivolve Digimon is another good reason.
- Fulfills the 'Killer' part when as MetalEtemon he mortally wounds SaberLeomon.
- See also Not-So-Harmless Villain.
Hypocritical Humor: Hey, Etemon, you shouldn't complain about your minion being too loud when you're the one talking into a microphone.
Image Song: "Love Serenade".
Implacable Man: Zigzagged. The heroes were no match for him for most of his arc, until MetalGreymon showed up and easily defeated him. Downplayed in his second appearance as MetalEtemon, he's much stronger but loses when Zudomon (An Ultimate) cracks him with his hammer (which is made from the same Chrome Digizoid material as his metal body), allowing SaberLeomon to kill him by striking this weak spot.
Kick the Dog: Beating Datamon and forcing him to maintain his Dark Network. It comes back to bite him later.
Laughably Evil: If you couldn't tell just by looking at him. In stark contrast to most of the villains in the season, he is a strongly comical villain whose monkey-like appearance, inflated ego and obsession with singing make him more ridiculous than frightening. That said, this doesn't mean he isn't a genuine threat.
Lightning Bruiser: Quite agile and strong enough to toss Digimon around like ragdolls.
Maniac Monkeys: Unlike the other villains, he doesn't even bother to hide his ruthlessness through a gentlemanly manner.
Mood Whiplash: Comes right after the demonic and frightening Devimon and before the cruel and sadistic Myotismon.
Musical Assassin: His "LOVE SERENADE!" attack, which taps into the Dark Network to force Digimon to regress to weaker forms.
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: By suddenly reappearing, he threw off Puppetmon by relentlessly antagonizing him and killing Leomon ended up driving Mimi to gather resolve to gather allies to oppose the Dark Masters.
Nigh-Invulnerable: Even before becoming MetalEtemon his ability to survive damage was unreal. He effortlessly shrugged off attacks from the gang's Digimon, being electrocuted had no lasting effects on him, and even being sucked into a black hole wasn't exactly fatal to him. And it gets taken even further when he becomes MetalEtemon. Though it's partially justified in that he was an Ultimate Level Digimon.
Not Quite Dead: Gets sucked into a black hole but survives and comes back as MetalEtemon.
Not-So-Harmless Villain:
- Despite his comical appearance, he's an Ultimate Level Digimon, while Devimon was only a Champion. He curb-stomps the kids' Champion-level Digimon with ease, has the rare power to de-digivolve Digimon, and becomes a reality-warper called Etemon Chaos when he merges with the Dark Network, all of which makes him surprisingly dangerous.
- When he returns during the Dark Masters arc as the Mega Level MetalEtemon, at first he seems like nothing other than a filler villain. Only to go toe-to-toe with one of the main antagonists of the arc, then he kills Leomon.
One-Winged Angel: When he fused with the Dark Network, he became much more muscular with a giant mass of network cables below now called Etemon Chaos.
Orcus on His Throne: Straight, though he tries to avert it. He wished to crush the DigiDestined the moment they reached the continent, but they landed on a different place. For the next episodes, he doesn't engage the protagonists because he is either too far away or because his cable network is malfunctioning so he has no idea where they are. The moment he finds them, he went straight to the kill.
Power Echoes: When he merges with the core of his Dark Network, becoming Etemon Chaos, his voice gains a resonation. This is only in the original language and not carried over to the English dub.
The Power of Rock: His "Concert Crush" ("Love Serenade") technique, which allows him to de-evolve other Digimon.
Power Makes Your Voice Deep: The Latin American Spanish dub tones down Etemon's voice pitch when he comes back as MetalEtemon.
Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Filled with anger over his defeat at the hands of MetalGreymon, the only thing in mind during his stay in the World of Darkness was revenge towards the Digi-Destined. That hatred and anger prompted to become MetalEtemon and chased Joe and Mimi incessantly.
Shock and Awe: His Dark Spirits Deluxe attack as MetalEtemon appears in the form of a bolt of black lightning.
Silly Simian: His design is based off monkeys and he is the goofiest and most humorous of this show's villains, even if he shouldn't be taken lightly.
Sissy Villain: Established to be one in the Japanese version (and especially the novelization, with his pettiness), but it didn't quite carry over to the dub.
Smug Snake: He's a legitimate threat, but his over-inflated ego takes hold of his common sense.
Sphere of Destruction: His "Dark Network" ("Dark Spirits") attack, which comes in the form of an orb of green destructive energy.
Status-Buff Dispel: His "Concert Crush" reverses digivolution. It's unknown if this only works against Champions, as he never really got the chance to use it against another Ultimate.
Super-Strength: Though this is common among Digimon, he's quite strong, capable of tossing around larger Digimon like ragdolls.
Takes One to Kill One: MetalEtemon is done in when Zudomon's Hammer (made of the same Chrome Digizoid material as his body) cracks his body to create a weakspot, allowing SaberLeomon to kill him.
This Cannot Be!: When Zudomon tells him that his Vulcan's Hammer is made of Chrome Digizoid, the same metal which MetalEtemon is comprised of.
This Is Unforgivable!: He gets a reaction like this when, not only do the Digi-Destined children escape from their prison he set for them, but Joe collects the Crest of Reliability.
Took a Level in Badass: Though rather comedic in his villainy, he is a stronger opponent than Devimon was, especially when he becomes Etemon Chaos after he merges with the Dark Network.
- He takes another one when he returns as MetalEtemon, fighting Puppetmon to a standstill and it taking the combined efforts of Zudomon and SaberLeomon to kill him, and the latter was fatally injured in the fight.
Villain Song: Weaponized thanks to his "Concert Crush" attack. On the official soundtrack, "Love Serenade".
Villains Want Mercy: In the dub, just before MetalGreymon fired his "Giga Blaster", Etemon begged him not to finish him off, claiming he was too important to be destroyed.
We Have Reserves: He has a LOT of minions so he doesn't care if any of them die.

Myotismon (Vamdemon)

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^{Click here to see him as VenomMyotismon}

Voiced by:

Japanese: Ryūzaburō Ōtomo (Adventure), Toshiyuki Morikawa (Adventure 02)
English: Richard Epcar, Dan Woren (first appearance)
Spanish: Roberto Mendiola (Latin America), Francisco Andrés Valdivia (Spain), José María Carrero (Spain, as VenomMyotismon's crotch monster)

The third villain, who proves far more dangerous than the others and has designs on both the real world and the Digital World. A rather classic vampire who can even pass off as a human.

His Digivolutions are as follows:

Ultimate: Myotismon (Vamdemon), his default form.
Mega: VenomMyotismon (VenomVamdemon), an utterly enormous humanoid devil with limited intelligence, buglike design overtones...and a crotch monster.

For tropes related to MaloMyotismon in Digimon Adventure 02, go here.

Almighty Idiot: As VenomMyotismon, he has lost all of his intelligence and degenerated into a mindless beast consumed with hunger and wrath.
Arc Villain: For the Eighth Child Arc. His arc lasted longer than any other villain.
Arch-Enemy: To Kari and Gatomon, as he came to Japan to hunt the former and kill her, and the cruel abuse he had given the latter back when she used to work for him.
Attack Its Weak Point: The face on VenomMyotismon's crotch is his weak point and striking him there is the only way to kill him.
Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: Upon digivolving into VenomMyotistmon, he turns into a gigantic Kaiju-like vampiric monster.
Bad Boss: Far worse than Etemon. He overall treats his followers as nothing more than expendable and severely punishes his minions if they fail him. It is more than likely that, just like Gatomon, most of his soldiers endured years of abuse. Even if someone is completely loyal and competent, Myotismon will certainly kill them to gain power or simply because they are no longer useful. The only minion of his who survived working for him was Gatomon, and that is because she pulled a Heel–Face Turn.
Baritone of Strength: Has a strong, deep voice and more so in either of his mega forms.
Barrage of Bats: As a Digimon styled after a vampire, he can cast a swarm of bats against his opponents, in an attack called "Night Raid" or "Grisly Wing".
Beast of the Apocalypse: VenomMyotismon is likened to it, as his appearance is foreshadowed by a prophecy that mentions the Number of the Beast.
"When the clock strikes the number of the beast, the undead Digimon king will reveal his true form as the beast."
Big Bad: Of Adventure 02.
Blood Lust: In the Digital World he normally feeds on data, but his time in the human world has unfortunately given him a taste for human blood...
Bloody Murder: His "Crimson Lightning" attack, which is called "Bloody Stream" in the original anime, produces whips of red energy to attack his opponents with.
Body Horror: When WereGarurumon slices VenomMyotismon's forehead, he sprouts meat tentacles out from the wound.
Came Back Strong: Each time he's seemingly killed off, he ends up brought back to life in an even more powerful form. Following his first death at the hands of Angewomon, his bats feed on his minions' data and restore him as VenomMyostismon. After his subsequent defeat, his spirit lives on and possesses Oikawa, setting in motion the events of 02, which would culminate in his return as MaloMyotismon.
Came Back Wrong: VenomMyotismon is much stronger than Myotismon was before, but he's lost his intelligence and reason. Thus what little he can say anymore amounts to roaring how hungry he is, no longer being The Chessmaster.
The Chessmaster: During his arc and especially Adventure 02, where he turned out to be behind all the events of the entire series. Part of the tradeoff of becoming VenomMyotismon is subverting this trope, as he's lost his intelligence and reason in exchange for sheer power and is completely consumed by his wrath and pride.
Classical Movie Vampire: He's a vampire who wears a cape with a very high collar, has a slicked hairstyle and is very suave and elegant, especially compared to other Adventure villains.
Cloak of Defense: He sometimes uses his cape to block attacks.
Combo Platter Powers: He shows a great asset of powers, much more than any other Digimon, such as ability to reflect or nullify attacks, create a mist that envelops an huge area and even pass through walls.
Create Your Own Hero: The Sequel Series will reveal he did this when he decided to find the Eighth Child by taking a bunch of children prisoner and screening them one by one. It was this encounter with Digimon that would make the boy who would cause his final defeat become a Chosen Child.
Dark Is Evil: A classic vampire demon and one of the most evil villains in the entire franchise.
Daywalking Vampire: Though he's not as powerful during the daytime, sunlight doesn't actually harm him. He typically gets around it by surrounding himself with fog.
Deader than Dead: The Digi-Destined finally kill him off for good by blowing up his soul.
Devour the Dragon: Literally. He eats DemiDevimon alive as VenomMyotismon to get a small boost in power during his fight with the DigiDestined.
Establishing Character Moment: The episode that finally revealed him on-screen had him fight against the Chosen Children, with Birdramon evolving into Garudamon, who didn't defeat Myotismon and instead fled with the others. Similar to Devimon before him, this served to set him up as a powerful Arc Villain who was too powerful to be defeated by single Digimon that's the same level as himself.
Faux Affably Evil: He's not above quipping during his confrontations with the DigiDestined, even pretending he didn't know who they were once he makes his way to the Human World in order to show what he really thought of them after playing them like fiddles. He's also a murderous tyrant in the running for being the vilest villain in the entire show.
Hero Killer: The most notable one in the series, consistently defeating the heroes' high-level evolutions and killing Wizardmon, which marks the first irreversible death on the heroes' side.
Hoist by His Own Petard: His obsession with killing off the eighth DigiDestined caused him to end up reuniting her with her partner, producing the very Digimon who ended up spelling his demise.
Kick the Dog: Really, his entire existence is one long string of these, constantly torturing his own minions when they fail him or killing them whenever they cease to become useful. Gatomon went through the brunt of it every time she looked at him funny. Since she was a puppylike Salamon during a good chunk of that time, this also makes the trope quite literal.
Knight of Cerebus: He was toying with the heroes for most of his arc, frequently had them on the ropes, and introduced Anyone Can Die into the series by being the first to murder sympathetic characters (which were his own minions). Things only get darker until the series' conclusion.
Laser-Guided Karma: Killing Wizardmon resulted in Gatomon, whom he tormented for years, digivolving into Angewomon and killing his first form.
Motive Rant: Angemon and Angewomon offer him one last chance at redemption by asking him if he didn't feel any guilt for murdering Wizardmon and wreaking havoc on the human world. His response is to angrily proclaim that it's his destiny to rule both worlds.
Myotismon: "I don't have to explain myself to the likes of you! It is my destiny to plunge this world into darkness and become king of the Digital World, and no angel or Digimon has the power to stop me!"
New Powers as the Plot Demands: Like his foil Wizardmon, he keeps getting new attacks. Firstly, he is shown to have the ability to summon a swarm of bloodthirsty bats and conjure a red streak, which fit perfectly with his vampire theme. This is then followed by Telekinesis, a stare that freezes attacks in place, a scream that paralyzes enemies, and the ability to come Back from the Dead and possess humans. This winds up being Played for Drama when it turns out this extends to being the first Digimon in the series shown to have a form beyond Ultimate.
Nice Job Breaking It, Herod: He hunts for the Eighth Child knowing that they are able to kill him.
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: He went to Japan to find the Eighth Child, bringing both the Crest and the Eighth Digimon (without her knowing) with him. Basically he gave to the Eighth Child exactly what she needed to defeat him.
No Ontological Inertia: His shroud of fog and the spell he cast to put the people he captured to sleep end when VenomMyotismon is destroyed. The fact that his fog didn't disappear after his first defeat was a hint that he was Not Quite Dead.
Not Quite Dead: The children thought Angewomon's attack along with the energy of her fellow Digimon was enough to finish him for real. It wasn't. The vampire used an ancient apocalyptic prophecy to Digivolve into VenomMyotismon. Then they defeated him in that form and thought he was gone for good then. It wasn't until three years later that they learn that one didn't take either.
Number of the Beast: His revival as VenomMyotismon triggers on "the hour of the Beast", six minutes and six seconds after six AM (06:06:06).
Oh, Crap!:
- He is shown panicking both times Patamon evolves to confront him, as he is aware that Angemon's attacks have holy properties, which puts him at a severe disadvantage.
- Got a big one when he sees Kari being thrown her Digivice. Considering that a lot of his actions were centered around preventing this from happening, it's justified.
Myotismon: Not her! No!
One-Winged Angel: After being killed the first time, he comes back to life as VenomMyotismon.
Our Zombies Are Different: VenomMyotismon is less Myotismon completely back to life, rather his intelligence and sense of reason are gone. While he can still speak, he's not remotely close to the cunning vampire he was previously.
Our Vampires Are Different: A Japanese vampire who summons bats and uses his blood as a whip. He also turns into a giant, Satanic-looking demon when initially defeated.
Playing with Fire: VenomMyotismon's Inferno.
Power Makes Your Voice Deep/ Resized Vocals: His already deep, menacing voice becomes more so as Vemon or Malo Myotismon
Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated: Following his defeat as VenomMyotismon, the DigiDestined thought he was gone for good. It wasn't until the finale of 02 that it's revealed he actually survived his fight with the DigiDestined and had resided inside Oikawa for the past three years.
Resurrective Immortality: Similar to most Digimon, but his case deserves special mention because he just isn't reborn as a Digi-Egg. Instead, his soul just kept coming back to life in a stronger form, first as VenomMyostismon and then in Adventure 02 as MaloMyotismon. It takes having his soul blown up by the combined light of every Digi-Destined on Earth to make him stay dead for good.
Vampiric Feeding: In order to build up enough strength to fight the DigiDestined in the human world, Myotismon preyed upon women, leaving them with cases of anemia.
Weakened by the Light: Like an actual vampire, Myotismon is weakened by sunlight. He can only come out in the open at night or if the weather blocks the sun. Similarly, he is also weak to light-based attacks. Such attacks even from Digimon weaker than him will leave him reeling, which makes Angemon particularly useful against him and also makes Angewomon the perfect choice to finish off his initial form.
Weather Manipulation: Like a rather famous vampire, he likes conjuring fog to aid his Evil Plans.
Whip of Dominance: One of his signature attacks is the Bloody Stream/Crimson Lightning, where he conjures a whip made of blood to strike or grab enemies, fitting with his character being a sadistic Vampire Monarch who's very oppressive and cruel towards his own minions.
Why Won't You Die?: The DigiDestined had to destroy him three times (twice on Digimon Adventure and once on 02) for him to be truly dead.
With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: As VenomMyotismon, he goes from his Take Over the World plans to just being a rampaging monster whose only thought is feeding and destroying everything in sight. He gets better as MaloMyotismon, however.
Would Hit a Girl: He gave Gatomon scars all over her hands simply because he didn't like the way she looked at him.
Would Hurt a Child: He was fully prepared to kill Kari with one of his attacks if Wizardmon hadn't made his Heroic Sacrifice.
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Very willing to kill off his minions.

The Dark Masters

The Dark Masters In General

Piedmon: Those bit players are frozen with stage fright, hopelessly waiting for the moment they'll be saved. And yet, there's an unseen twist in the plot.
MetalSeadramon: I say we cut to the punchline and go straight for the action!
Puppetmon: Oh please, that would be boring. I want to play this drama to the hilt! Let's pull out all the stops and give them what they paid for.
Piedmon: I'm in complete agreement, a quick victory would be a letdown.
Machinedramon: *eyes flash*
Piedmon: The DigiDestined will be on Spiral Mountain soon. We must rehearse before they get here. It will be the final performance! MetalSeadramon, Puppetmon and Machinedramon, I present to you the downfall of the DigiDestined!

While the DigiDestined were on Earth combating Myotismon, these four Mega-level baddies (MetalSeadramon, Puppetmon, Machinedramon and Piedmon) conquered the Digital World with their armies, and reshaped most of it into Spiral Mountain.

Shared tropes:

Alien Geometries: Spiral Mountain is quite literally sucking the landscapes of the Digital World into a rotated mountain.
Back from the Dead: Metal Seadramon and Mugendramon/Machinedramon seem to return in Digimon Adventure tri., Loss, but they are voiceless and mindless, working under Gennai.
Big Bad Ensemble: While they are a team, they have very little onscreen interaction (in the novelization, they're only together when they're creating the Spiral Mountain), and don't seem to care all that much for each other, preferring to work alone, and not even being a bit perturbed when the DigiDestined start taking out members of the group. Tellingly, for all the times he's taunted for not having any real friends, Puppetmon doesn't once try to claim that the other Masters are his friends.
Dark Is Evil: "Dark" Masters. With the exception of MetalSeadramon, three of them are of the Virus attribute.
Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: In the novelization, their first appearance has each member sealing away one of the Four Holy Beasts/Digimon Sovereigns. How they managed to get the upper hand against such powerful creatures is not shown, and a particularly egregious example is that Piemon is the one to seal Qinglongmon/Azulongmon.
The Dreaded: Some returning characters even doubt that they can be defeated.
Enter Eponymous: "Enter the Dark Masters".
Four Is Death: They're the bad guys of the final arc, and come in a group of four. None are pleasant in the slightest. Two of them feature in the fourth installment of Digimon Adventure Tri.
Horsemen of the Apocalypse: They are Apocalymon's heralds, created as by products of his chaos, possibly explaining how they were able to seal the Sovereigns.
Hostile Terraforming: After conquering the Digital World, they warp it into Spiral Mountain to make controlling territories more convenient for them. One of the biggest consequences of this is that Primary Village was destroyed, depriving any Digimon from reviving.
Kill All Humans: Implied in the original Japanese version and all dubs mainly based on it that this is their main goal, as they discuss in their introduction scene how to deal with the humans back on Earth. Metalseadramon comments that they should wipe them all out in one go, while Puppetmon suggest that they should use the different space-time continuum to take them out one by one, which he then comments that it's something Machinedramon would've done.
Knight of Cerebus: While Myotismon caused the series to take a serious turn, they take it even further, have already conquered the Digital World, nearly kill the DigiDestined in their first fight, and along the way kill several other minor characters.
No Ontological Inertia: Whenever a member of the gang was killed, their portion of Spiral Mountain evaporated.
Patchwork World: Spiral Mountain is made up of the Ocean, a forest, a collection of cities and a Dark World.
Sorting Algorithm of Evil: Piedmon is the strongest of them, and the last to be faced.
Take Over the World: And by the time we see them, they've already succeeded. And it's hinted in the original Japanese version that they planned to do the same to the real world.

MetalSeadramon

Voiced by:

Japanese: Yuuto Kazama
English: Doug Erholtz
Spanish: César Soto (Latin America), Francisco Andrés Valdivia (Spain)
Swedish: Magnus Roosmann

"You're finished, you upstart DigiDestined! In a word, you're sunk!"

The first Dark Master, he rules over the aquatic portions of Spiral Mountain. A hothead eager to prove himself, he's a cyborg sea serpent with gold plating, and an energy cannon affixed to his snout.

Action Figure Speech: In the dub, he is often seen talking without his mouth moving.
Benevolent Boss: Downplayed. So long as you do your job right, he's actually a pretty good boss. Yes, he killed Scorpiomon, but only after the latter failed him rather severely, and he was very willing to reward him with his favorite food for doing his job correctly. However, compared to most of the other Digimon villains, he is a pretty benevolent boss. May border on Fridge Brilliance when you consider that unlike most evil Digimon in Adventure, MetalSeadramon is a Data type; not a Virus. Data-types are usually portrayed as Neutral.
Breath Weapon: Unlike other Seadramon, he breathes fire instead of ice.
The Brute: Of the Dark Masters. Unlike his teammates, MetalSeadramon has little interest for mind games or manipulations, and prefers to slay his opponents quick and fast.
Chrome Champion: His armor covers most of his body and it's made of the legendary metal Chrome Digizoid.
Combat Pragmatist: His strategy on how to take care of the DigiDestined; rather than toying with them and take risks, he prefers to fight them in his ocean so he will have his Home Field Advantage, and try to roast them while they are unconcious. Since the other Dark Masters are sadists playing around with the Villain Ball, he only got the chance during his few episodes. He even comes pretty close when he has Scorpiomon helping him, though because Joe and Mimi accidentally avoided his trap and beat Scorpiomon, his plan was thwarted.
Cruel and Unusual Death: WarGreymon drilled into his nose cannon, through his body, and out his tail, essentially gutting him from the inside out.
Cyborg: "No matter, wherever those kids try to hide, I'll find them. I rule this ocean with an iron hand, iron tail, and an iron everything, for that matter."
Death by Pragmatism: He is the only Dark Master who decides to not play with the DigiDestined and just kill them as soon as he can. So of course, he is the first of them to die.
Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors: Subtly played. As a Data type, he isn't vulnerable to the Vaccine type heroes and it shows where WarGreymon had to rely on his Dramon Destroyers since everything else used by the group had little effect.
Energy Weapon: River of Power.
Evil Is Hammy: In English.
Evil Sounds Deep: In Japanese.
Fangs Are Evil: An aggressive killer Digimon with fangs.
Flight: Either due to jets along his body, or Power Floats.
Flying Seafood Special: He's sea monster, yet he can fly.
Head Blast: He has a cannon on his snout.
Hero Killer: Is responsible for the deaths of Whamon and, in the novelization, SaberLeomon.
Home Field Advantage: Another thing that made him so difficult to fight was that the heroes were unfit to battle him in the vast ocean since only one of them could swim.
If It Swims, It Flies: A sea serpent that can move as easily in the air as he can in the water.
Just Eat Him: He attempts to do eat WarGreymon during their fight. Emphasis on "attempts to".
Kick the Dog: Killing Scorpiomon and Whamon.
Large and in Charge: Is one of the naturally biggest villain in the series.
Large Ham: Has his moments.
"Ha! Farewell, DigiDestined! It was a rare pleasure knowing you — MEDIUM RARE!"
Light Is Not Good: So far, he's the only purely villainous main antagonist whose attribute has been Data, a type usually attributed to good Digimon.
Nigh-Invulnerable: Again, he's almost entirely covered with Chrome Digizoid armor and being a Data-type means the DigiDestined partners' Vaccine-type attacks do little to no damage against him. It takes War Greymon being armed with Dramon-killers and attacking Metal Seadramon from the inside to ultimately take him out.
"What was that, a love tap? I'm made of Chrome Digizoid too, you know! You can't hurt me that easily!"
No-Nonsense Nemesis:
- He prefers not to play with his food, just cook it. This makes him stand out among his companions (especially Puppetmon and Piedmon) who prefer to play with their food, even if they have to hold the Villain Ball while doing it.
- This may be related to him being a Data-type. Data-types are usually portrayed as more Neutral than outright villianous, and overall MetalSeadramon more come across as a [albeit tyrannical] ruler of the ocean than a maniacal villian like his compatriots with little to no regard for their underlings or allies.
The Nose Knows: "Do you smell something? There's the scent of DigiDestined in the current. Either that, or there's a bad patch of seaweed around here..."
Only Sane Man: Out of the Big Bad Ensemble of Piedmon, Puppetmon, Machinedramon, and himself, he seems to be the only one who isn't a sadistic psychopath, though he is an impatient brute.
Our Dragons Are Different: As his name implies, he belongs to the -Dramon Digimon group, and looks more like a sea serpent.
Pragmatic Villainy: While generally brutish and hot-tempered, he's a pretty much a Benevolent Boss as long as you do your job right, rewarding Scorpiomon with clams (his favourite food) once the DigiDestined have been captured. Which is more than can be said for the other Dark Masters.
Sea Monster: The strongest of the Seadramon line.
Sinister Schnoz: This -dramon is a wears a metallic armor all over hsi body, with a prominent focus on its snout, from where he casts his "River of Power" attack.
Surfer Dude: Sounds like one in the English version.
This Is Unforgivable!: Bonus points for saying to Scorpiomon, "...and I will not forgive failure!" immediately after the You Have Failed Me.
Upgraded Boss: MetalSeadramon is the evolved form of MegaSeadramon, a Digimon Jou and Takeru faced during Vamdemon's arc, with the latter being the evolved form of Seadramon, one of the very first monsters of the week the Chosen Children fought, right in the third episode of the season. Out of the three Digimon of the Seadramon line the Chosen Children encounter, MetalSeadramon is also the only one that isn't defeated in the episode he debuted in.
Wave-Motion Gun: River of Power.
You Can Run, but You Can't Hide: "You DigiDestined fools! You can swim, but you can't hide!"
You Fool!: He loves saying this.
You Have Failed Me: To Scorpiomon, word for word.

Puppetmon

**Puppetmon (Pinnochimon)**

Voiced by:

Japanese: Etsuko Kozakura
English: David Lodge
Spanish: Emmanuel Rivas (Latin America), Blanca Rada (Spain)
Swedish:' Magnus Roosmann

"We'll have lots of fun! Now you hide, and I'll seek and destroy!"

The second Dark Master, he rules over the woodlands of Spiral Mountain. A creepy living marionette, he has the personality of a spoiled brat, and an explosive temper.

Alas, Poor Villain: He comes off rather pitiable in his final moments. In the original version and some dubs, he never heard Cherrymon's voice.
Puppetmon: Cherrymon...what is it that those kids have... that I don't?
Cherrymon's Voice: (English dub version only) Friends.
Ax-Crazy: Or Hammer Crazy.
Bad Boss: A VERY bad boss indeed, having a habit of killing off henchmen as punishment or just for fun.
Battle Boomerang: He uses his cross as one to kill a RedVegiemon.
Beware the Silly Ones: He's goofy, fun-loving...and pretty damn sadistic and cruel.
Brats with Slingshots: Uses a slingshot to knock over Joe's voodoo doll.
Bratty Half-Pint: The smallest and brattiest of the Dark Masters.
Carry a Big Stick: The wooden cross on his back can be detached and wielded as a weapon.
Comically Missing the Point:
MetalEtemon: I was just getting started, you oversized footstool!
Puppetmon: Who are you calling oversized?
Conveyor Belt o' Doom: The floor of his forest.
Creepy Child: A sadistic child-like Digimon who kills for fun is automatically this. It helps (or rather doesn't) that he has a natural Kubrick Stare caused by his hat.
Double Weapon: His hammer is also a gatling gun-like energy weapon.
Dying Alone: Puppetmon got killed by MetalGarurumon and died alone remembering Cherrymon's last words.
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: He cannot comprehend true friendship, thinking of friends as toys that he can play with and then throw away whenever he wants. Matt, as bearer of the Crest of Friendship, pointed this out when Puppetmon killed a RedVegiemon.
Evil Is Petty: The DigiDestined first meeting with him, along with him using his People Puppets to force their Digimon to hit each other, he also forced some of them to make silly poses. He also had a map and set of dolls he can use to send them to anywhere in his territory, and all he did with it was torment them in a comical fashion.
Evil Versus Evil: His brief scuffle with MetalEtemon in a very, very hilarious way.
Fashion-Victim Villain: Invoked. As pointed out by Mimi. "If you have to hit anybody, you should bop yourself for how you look in that stupid helmet!"
Faux Affably Evil: In a childlike sort of way.
Friendless Background: He has no friends.
Fuuma Shuriken: After Garudamon destroys his hammer, he uses the cross on his back as a weapon. He killed a RedVegiemon with it but could not overpower MetalGarurumon.
Giggling Villain: Taken to truly creepy levels in his image song.
Glass Cannon: As expected of a Mega, Puppetmon is powerful and a threat. As expected of a wooden puppet unlike MetalSeadramon and Machinedramon, he takes damage from even Ultimates rather easily.
Glowing Eyes of Doom: When he transformed his mansion into a Humongous Mecha.
Ham-to-Ham Combat: Him against MetalEtemon.
I'm Not Afraid of You: When surrounded by Angemon, Angewomon, MegaKabuterimon, Garudamon, and WarGreymon, he defiantly exclaims he's not afraid of them.
Image Song: "Haguruma Jikake no Mori" ("The Forest with Gear Mechanisms").
Kick the Dog: Being the nasty little kid he is, he loves to do this. It usually involves killing a minion because they ticked him off. Or because they're not longer useful to him. Or because he was bored.
Kill It with Ice: Met his end via MetalGarurumon's Metal Wolf Claw.
Kubrick Stare: Has a natural one caused by his hat (mentioned above) but has an even bigger one when he vows revenge on T.K.
Lack of Empathy: Implied, but not outright stated, to be why he enjoys torturing and killing his playmates. A sympathetic example in some ways, as he truly does want friends but this makes it impossible for him to have true ones.
Last Villain Stand: When he's cornered by MetalGarurumon, no longer has his hammer, and his strings don't affect MetalGarurumon, he charges at the Mega with his Cross Cutter, only to be defeated in one shot.
Living Toys: A sentient puppet.
Loners Are Freaks: A lot of his arc emphasizes his lack of true friends, despite his insistence that he has some. T.K. uses this to trick Puppetmon out of killing him.
Not-So-Harmless Villain: Pretty powerful, for something that looks like a child's toy. He's a Mega!
Noodle Incident: "This is more fun than the time I was fumigated for termites!"
Pass the Popcorn: Watching the fight between MetalGarurumon and WarGreymon, and Matt and Tai.
Perverse Puppet: A puppet-like Digimon who is also one of the Dark Masters and ruler of the forest zone of the Spiral Mountain.
Pintsized Powerhouse: He's about the same size as T.K. and can one-shot much larger Ultimate-level Digimon.
Psychopathic Manchild: Type C or E, or a combination of both. In the dub at least. Though he still had this vibe to some degree in the original (a Mega level technically is full-grown). It's revealing, for instance, that too often he has the DigiDestined in his power, but constantly delays killing them because he wants to have some sadistic fun first.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: His eyes are red and he's a sadist.
Rule of Symbolism: As he lies dying, his cross plants itself next to his body.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: How he ended the fight with MetalEtemon. He claimed he was boring and stunk at namecalling.
Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You: Does this twice with his revolver in the uncensored version.
Sinister Schnoz: A fitting allusion to his Japanese namesake Pinocchio.
Sinister Surveillance: In the first episode of his arc he uses a television with a remote control to spy on (and mess around with) the kids.
Stupid Evil: Kills off his henchmen and allies, and decides to play around with the DigiDestined instead of finishing them off when he has the chance. Though there were two instances where he thought about just killing them all immediately, but both times he was talked out of it by a minion (Kiwimon and Cherrymon, respectively).
This Is a Drill: Drill Nose.
Underestimating Badassery: Cherrymon tried to warn him that the DigiDestined were stronger than he believed, and there was a chance he might lose because they had something he didn't have (friends). Puppetmon ignores his warnings and destroys him, believing he was doubting his power. Cherrymon's words did come back to him, however, when he was losing the battle.
Villain: Exit, Stage Left: Too bad he ran into Matt and MetalGarurumon.
Voodoo Doll: He has some of the DigiDestined.
Weak, but Skilled: He's certainly the physically weakest of the Dark Masters. MetalGarurumon one-shots him, and when confronting WarGreymon in one-on-one combat, he was clearly on the losing end until he resorted to using his puppet strings. Note, he's still physically stronger than the Ultimate-level Digimon, its just in comparison to other Megas his physical attributes seem a bit lower.
What's He Got That I Ain't Got?!: Friends.
When All You Have Is a Hammer…: With no tricks left, he tried attacking MetalGarurumon with just his cross. It didn't end well.
White Gloves: Wears a pair over his hands. That or they are his hands.
You Fool!: "Fools! I'm never going to lose to you!"
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Killed Cherrymon, Mushroomon, Blossomon, and a RedVegiemon because he was either bored, or annoyed.

Machinedramon

**Machinedramon (Mugendramon)**

Voiced by:

Japanese: Hisao Egawa
English: Dave Guerrie (Adventure), Michael Sorich (tri.)
Spanish: Abel Rocha (Latin America), José María Carrero (Spain)
Swedish: Claes Ljungmark

"I'll try to make this as painful as I can."

The third Dark Master, he rules over the industrial areas of Spiral Mountain. Initially appearing to be just a mindless mechanical monstrosity, he turns out to be highly intelligent, and as cruel as he is efficient.

Ax-Crazy:
- Played straight in the dub; Despite his Creepy Monotone voice, he's no less unstable and insane than Puppetmon and Piedmon and some of his lines outright state he enjoys what he does. He also sometimes gets a little carried away. During the final battle with him, he started firing randomly in all directions despite the fact he'd already knocked out the Digimon attacking him, leveling a large part of the city.
  "Oh good, just what I was looking for — victims."
- The Japanese version downplays this, by portraying him as a cold hearted and efficient robot. Downplayed and not subverted because Puppetmon states Machinedramon would agree with him about killing humanity slowly and one at a time rather than the quick wholesale slaughter MetalSeadramon wanted. Machinedramon doesn't argue.
The Berserker: Once he starts shooting, its really hard for him to stop. Justified because his main weapons are the (in the original Japanese) Infinity Cannons, which he can fire endlessly if he so desires.
Bad Boss: He constantly belittles his lackeys, and destroys the incompetent WaruMonzaemon.
Beware the Quiet Ones: He's a Digimon of a few words, but is just as needlessly cruel and sadistic as the other Dark Masters.
BFG: He has a pair of them strapped to his back that are used for his Giga Cannon attack.
Black Eyes of Evil: On account of him not actually having any.
The Chessmaster: When he's not mindlessly destroying things, Machinedramon proves himself quite capable of outwitting Izzy and Tai.
City of Everywhere: His domain consists of buildings from every famous city: New York, Paris, Rome, you name it.
Creepy Monotone: Speaks very quietly despite his size.
Deadpan Snarker: Good lord! One of the biggest snarkers in the show. It frequently happens when his minions act stupid and considering that he's the least talkative of the Dark Masters, that's speaking volumes.
Delayed Reaction: WarGreymon dices him to pieces, but he doesn't realize it until he begins sliding apart.
Dub Name Change: From Mugendramon to Machinedramon.
Dynamic Entry: He likes bursting through things.
Evil Genius: Of the Dark Masters. Despite looking like a hulking brute, he is actually a great strategist and relies very much on computers and other technology.
Evil Laugh: It's very creepy.
Evil Sounds Deep: And raspy.
Extendable Arms: His Booster Claw attack extends his arm to strike.
Genius Bruiser: He's the largest of the Dark Masters with a massive amount of fire power, but also a skilled strategist.
Glowing Mechanical Eyes: In spite of his lack of eyes, sometimes his sockets flash.
Humongous Mecha: The second largest of the Dark Masters and taller than Zudomon.
Killer Robot: He is one of the Dark Masters and ruler of the mechanical/urban area of the Spiral Mountain. During his arc, he tries to kill the DigiDestined.
Large and in Charge: He's roughly a little taller than MetalGreymon.
Lightning Bruiser: Surprisingly fast for his size.
Literally Shattered Lives: WarGreymon sliced him to pieces in the blink of an eye. It happened so fast that he didn't have time to react to his defeat before he disintegrated.
Macross Missile Massacre: One of his attacks in the PSP game.
Made of Iron: Even as far as Digimon go, he's pretty darn durable. WarGreymon only managed to destroy him by using a weapon that is designed to kill Dramon-type Digimon, which unfortunately for Machinedramon, includes him.
Mechanical Lifeforms: He is a giant mechanical dragon.
Mix-and-Match Man: He is composed of Megadramon's helmet and right claw, MetalTyrannomon's jaw and chest circuits, two of MetalMamemon's Psycho Blasters, MetalGreymon's left claw and chest plates, and Andromon's shoulder pads. Wow.
No-Nonsense Nemesis: As sadistic as he was, Machinedramon did not hesitate to immediately start leveling the city once the children were masking their location.
Not Quite Dead: Unlike the other Dark Masters, his data survives long enough to merge with a Kimeramon to form Millenniumon. Note that despite being canon, it's never shown in the TV series and instead kicks off the plot of the Wonderswan game series starring Ryo.
Our Dragons Are Different: A large, wingless mechanical dragon. This also meant he was vulnerable to WarGreymon's weapons.
Out of the Inferno: Shrugging off Meteor Wing, Hand of Faith, Celestial Arrow, and Lightning Blade.
The Quiet One: He has no lines until the first episode of his arc, making it easy to mistake him for a mindless automaton. Once he starts talking though, you'll wish he'd stayed quiet.
Shoulder Cannon: His main weapons, a pair of Metalmamemon's Psycho Blasters which function as his Giga Cannon.
Single-Stroke Battle: On the losing end of one with WarGreymon.
Soft-Spoken Sadist: Never raises his voice beyond a cold, raspy whisper even when he's promising to kill someone in the most painful way he can. Puppetmon implies his preference for wiping out humanity is slow and sadistic, in contrast to the pragmatic MetalSeadramon who wants to just do it as quickly as possible and be done with it.
There Is No Kill Like Overkill: Annoyed when he loses the ability to track Tai and Izzy through Izzy's laptop, he orders his minions to just blow up everything. Even they think his scorched earth tactics are a bit much.
Walking Armory: He is a mechanical Digimon with heavy artillery glued to his body.
Villain Cred:
Piedmon: There's no escape from Machinedramon! He's designed for total annihilation! It's only a matter of time now before he catches them, and then the game is over.
Wave-Motion Gun: "Giga Cannona/Infinity Cannon." What was scary is that when Machinedramon opts for Beam Spam, it does more damage to the city than the rest of his army combined.
You Are Already Dead: He's subjected to this in his final confrontation with the DigiDestined.
Koromon: You missed what I did as WarGreymon. I sliced you like an onion.
You Have Failed Me: To his minion, WaruMonzaemon.
"I'm sorry, I should be more sympathetic to you after your grueling battle. Let me reward you for helping me locate the DigiDestined." (cut to the outside of the room, which explodes )

Piedmon

**Piedmon (Piemon)**

Voiced by:

Japanese: Chikao Ohtsuka
English: Derek Stephen Prince
Spanish: Benjamín Rivera (Latin America), Rais David Báscones (Spain)
Swedish: Claes Ljungmark

"How delightfully entertaining this is! I always get so excited before tragedy strikes!"

The final and strongest Dark Master and the leader of the quartet, he rules over the rest of Spiral Mountain, which consists of portions of the Digital World corrupted and rendered barren by darkness. A clown with vast magical abilities, his demeanor is not too different to The Joker.

Advancing Boss of Doom: He chases the group through his castle, gradually turning more and more of them into keychains until only T.K., Kari, and Patamon are left. He would have won had the three not taken a leap of faith off of a balcony, triggering Patamon's evolution into MagnaAngemon.
Asshole Victim: At the end of "Piedmon's Last Jest", he is thrust into MagnaAngemon's Gate of Destiny, effectively leaving him trapped in an endless void forever. Though considering that like Puppetmon and Machinedramon, that he is a sadistic, murderous, villainous tyrant who caused a lot of terror and pain in the Digital World he will not be missed.
Ax-Crazy: Not on Puppetmon's level, but still utterly psychopathic. In the novelization, the keychain schtick from the anime is excised, and he instead pulls a chainsaw on WarGreymon, then attempts to saw his legs off.
Best for Last: This actually backfired, since the DigiDestined got a lot stronger beating the other Dark Masters while Piedmon stayed the same.
Beware the Silly Ones: He might be a clown, but he's the one of the evilest of the Dark Masters.
The Blade Always Lands Pointy End In: Again, his Trump Sword attack. He managed to non-lethally pin Angewomon to a wall by throwing his swords at her wings.
Brief Accent Imitation: "Hello, my name is Izzy and I'm very smart, although I didn't know how to stop me and my friends from being made into keychains! - Ha, ha! I love a good puppet show!"
Circus of Fear: Part of his lair.
Cool Mask: he wears a half black, half white mask.
Cool Sword: Four of them, which he hurls at his opponent during his Trump Sword attack.
Curb-Stomp Battle: The first two fights with him. WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon both face him and get flattened in seconds. WarGreymon faces him alone at first after the other Dark Masters are defeated and even though he doesn't get one-shot, still proves no match for him on his own.
Dance Battler: His fighting style gives off this vibe.
Deliberately Monochrome: His domain is purposefully portrayed as such.
Diabolical Mastermind: He is the last Dark Master to be defeated.
Disc-One Final Boss: Seems to be the ultimate villain of the series, but he turns out to just be The Dragon to the true villain.
Dragged Off to Hell: His ultimate fate. Sucked into MagnaAngemon's Gate of Destiny attack, which depending on the translation sends its target to Subspace or literal actual Hell.
The Dragon: He's the first lieutenant of the God of Evil Apocalymon, as a result of the latter being revealed as The Man Behind the Man.
Evil Is Not Well-Lit: Leads the Dark Area of Spiral Mountain.
Evil Old Folks: In the original Japanese version (especially the novel), he talks in a speech style distinctive of old people.
Evil Sorceror: His attacks mirror magic tricks performed by jesters, and he is the last enemy faced by the Chosen Children before Apocalymon reveals itself.
Evil Sounds Raspy: In the Japanese version, he has a low, raspy-sounding voice.
Fate Worse than Death: Was thrown into MagnaAngemon's Gate of Destiny. While the show is rather vague on his true fate, other material says this move banishes its victim to subspace, where there is no escape. Considering Digimon are immortal barred being killed outright, this might cross over into And I Must Scream.
Faux Affably Evil: In the Japanese, he almost always talks in polite speech.
Forced Transformation: His special ability is a white cloth that turns his victims into keychains.
A Glass of Chianti: Comments how Machinedramon lacks of feelings and is the perfect killing machine while he gleefully enjoys a glass of wine.
Impossible Hourglass Figure: An unusual male example, though technically Digimon are sexless.
Large Ham: Mainly in the dub; he frequently talks about the war against the Digi-Destined as if it were a stage production. Not that it makes him any less terrifying.
Laughably Evil: He's a sadistic monster, sure, but even without the jokes in the dub, the way he toys with WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon (throwing magical circus tools on them) makes him look quite comical.
Lean and Mean: He's thin as a rail and one of the most cruel villains of the whole series.
Living Doll Collector: He turns almost everyone into keychains, and cracks jokes about how he's Gotta Catch Them All.
Monster Clown: His overall theme and appearance.
New Powers as the Plot Demands: His Clown Trick attack, which basically does whatever the plot needs it to.
No Celebrities Were Harmed: In the English dub, his voice is based on Tim Curry, specifically his performances in It and The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Nothing Up My Sleeve: The knife he used to kill Chuumon.
Oh, Crap!: The look on his face right before he's blasted into the Gate of Destiny by WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon.
Ominous Walk: "The guy's not exactly in a hurry, is he?"
Pass the Popcorn: Watching the DigiDestined battle the other Dark Masters.
Playing with Fire: One of his attacks consists of trapping his opponent in a ring of fire.
Practically Joker: He’s an Ax-Crazy Laughably Evil sadistic Monster Clown who’s pretty tough to beat.
Pungeon Master: He is a Monster Clown, after all.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: Red eyed and loves turning people into keychains.
Ring of Fire: Used one on MetalGarurumon.
Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies:
Piedmon: Once upon a time there were these Digi-Destined. And then Piedmon destroyed them all. The end.
Izzy: No offense to your storytelling skills, but I'd like it better if your ending were different.
Shipper on Deck: Towards T.K. and Kari, though he's mostly just doing it to taunt and menace them as opposed to actually rooting for them to get together.
Piedmon: Looks like you two are falling for each other!
Sinister Surveillance: His hi-tech telescope.
There Was a Door: While chasing T.K. and Kari, he obliterates a door instead of just opening it, apparently solely to make a dramatic entrance. In the dub, he even lampshades this:
"I must quit this, it costs me a fortune in new doors."
Throwing Your Sword Always Works: He throws his swords more often than actually fighting with them.
Villain Forgot to Level Grind: While all four Dark Masters get hit with this to some degree, he got it the worst. In his first appearence, he gives the two DigiDestined Megas a Curb-Stomp Battle, taking them both out in one hit. Then he saves himself for last and WarGreymon by himself manages to score several effective hits on him and together the same two Megas he took out in one hit before come close to beating him, forcing him to turn them into keychains to avoid getting beaten. To drive the point further home, even their Ultimate level Digimon are able to put up a decent fight with him by that point. It's not that he got weaker, he's just as strong as before but they got tougher fighting the other three Dark Masters and their forces, catching up with him.
Voluntary Shapeshifting: One of his powers, though he only displays it once, appearing to the DigiDestined as a non-Monster Clown.
Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him?: If he'd disposed of the group when he had most of them turned into keychains, he might have actually won.
Your Princess Is in Another Castle!: As the last of the Dark Masters, and also the strongest, you'd think he was the Final Boss of the show; even the DigiDestined themselves thought along these lines. However, he's merely The Dragon to the real main villain, Apocalymon.

Apocalymon

Voiced by:

Japanese: Chikao Ohtsuka
English: Paul St. Peter
Spanish: Jesse Conde (Latin America), Jorge Teixeira (Spain)

"Are you repulsed by my appearance?"

A monstrous being that exists in a dark void outside the Digital World, he is kept at bay by a barrier known as the Wall of Fire. The physical manifestation of the anger, envy, sorrow and resentment felt by early Digimon who died off due to their inability to adapt and Digivolve, his immense power spawned most of the evil forces in the Digital World, and is the cause of the time discrepancy between it and the Earth. He's called Apokarymon in the Japanese dub.

Alien Blood: When he sinks his claws inside his arms, green blood drips, causing some repulsion to everyone, especially Mimi.
All Your Powers Combined: Can use the attacks of every previous villain with his multiple arms.
Attack Its Weak Point: Its humanoid half appears to be this, but it's subverted when it is destroyed by Wargreymon and Metalgarurumon, as Apocalymon simply launches a suicide attack via explosion out of spite for being defeated.
Back from the Dead: Part 5 of Digimon Adventure tri. reveals that Meicoomon is his reincarnation.
Badass Cape: It appears to be a part of him.
Beast of the Apocalypse: Right down to its name. It wishes to end the world out of hatred and sorrow for its components dying trying to digievolve and not being able to be a part of it.
Big Bad: While he doesn't appears until the end, he's the origin of all evil in the Digiworld and several supplementary materials state that he is the creator of the Dark Masters and possibly Etemon, Myotismon and Devimon.
Body Horror: His torso is all veiny, with tubes.
Cloudcuckoolander: The English dub makes him even more unstable and insane than the original.
Cyborg: Has an organic, humanoid body fused with a mechanical device.
Dark Is Evil: Dressed completely in black, which is also the color of the device he rides in, and the literal embodiment of extinction.
Death by Irony: Or Failure by Irony. The final attack of the souls of Digimon who failed to Digivolve was stopped by the DigiDestineds' Digivices, the very thing that allows Digivolution.
Diabolus ex Nihilo: The only foreshadowing of his existence comes in the episode prior to his actual debut.
Dimension Lord: Apocalymon lives in a dimension parallel both to the Digital World and Earth. It wishes to plunge both realms into his own out of rage for being unable to be part of either.
Earth-Shattering Kaboom: Total Annihilation, a suicide attack which is implied to be powerful enough to destroy all dimensions...yet can be contained by a small barrier created by the Digivices.
Eldritch Abomination: His mere presence caused the Digital World to warp in space and time, and the Dark Masters to be spawned.
Enemy to All Living Things: Bears a huge grudge against the Digimon that managed to evolve, given that it is an amalgamation of the souls of those who failed to go through such process. It desires to make them all feel the pain that his components went through.
Evil Laugh: In his insanity he often laughs when preparing to hurt or kill his foes. The dub gives him another goofy one, which gets lampshaded.
"Wait a minute, what am I laughing at? I'm supposed to be depressed!"
Faux Affably Evil: In the few minutes of screentime it has, it manages to build itself as a tragic figure, given that it personifies the sorrow and despair of the Digimon that went extinct. Still an Omnicidal Maniac, though.
Femme Fatalons: Nevermind that he's pretty much male. Memorably, he dug them into his own shoulders to emphasise the point about the pain he endured to become what he is.
Final Boss: The final villain of Adventure 01.
Final-Exam Boss: He has all of the previous villains' abilities and his design has references to the main villains of each previous arc. He has claws and Creepily Long Arms like Devimon, a cape and fangs like Myotismon, his overall body type references Etemon Chaos and his mask has a similar shape to Piedmon. In the Japanese version he shares a voice actor with Piedmon.
Final Boss, New Dimension: Once Spiral Mountain disappears, the Digi-Destined are pulled into Apocalymon's own realm of darkness.
Glowing Eyes of Doom: When using Darkness Zone.
Greater-Scope Villain: Not so much as mentioned until the third-last episode, but he's responsible nonetheless for everything evil in the Adventure universe...as long as you disregard the supplementary material that establishes Millenniumon as an even bigger villain, that is.
Green-Eyed Monster: His motivation is that he envies those who get to enjoy life while he was stuck in a world of darkness, as well as Digimon who were able to successfully Digivolve while the Digimon whose data composes him died in the process.
Grew Beyond Their Programming: He's made up of bits and pieces of extinct Digimon. He's junk data that's attained sentience and form.
Healing Factor: His shoulders heal instantly after he rips them open.
Humanoid Abomination: A vaguely humanoid torso and head attached to a giant life support system, essentially. The destruction of the organic part kills Apocalymon, but not quickly enough to stop it from unleashing a final attack.
I'm a Humanitarian: In the novelization, he devours Piemon's data.
I Am Legion: Apocalymon was formed from Digimon who failed to evolve and refers to itself as "We" in the Japanese version and dubs primarily based on the original.
Large Ham: In both, but the dub really ups the level of ham.
"WHY DO YOU ALL GET TO EAT THE PIZZA, WHILE I GET THE CRUST!?"
Laughably Evil: The Japanese version treated Apocalymon as a disturbing and serious villain, but the English dub made his dialogue much goofier and removed most of the nuance and horror behind his origins, to the point of diminishing his impact as the final enemy in favor of goofy one-liners.
Lean and Mean: His humanoid upper body is very thin, with structures that resemble ribcages, possibly to reference the Digimon who died of famine.
Made of Evil: Made of negative emotions, but point stands, Apocalymon was born of the hatred, sorrow and resentment of countless Digimon that failed to digievolve and died in the proccess with their data subsequently deleted, their emotions persisted and eventually gave shape to Apocalymon who inherited the grudge against everything.
Macross Missile Massacre: His version of Datamon's Virus Grenade.
The Man Behind the Man: The final villain of the first series and the evil behind the Dark Masters.
Mind Hive: In addition to being the personification of countless dead Digimon's negative emotions, it's implied that he is also made up of their collective beings due to him referring to himself in the plural form rather than singular, and ghostly entities leak out of him as he dies. The dub's Large Ham interpretation of him can even be read as the myriad extinct Digimon that comprise him all jockeying for control of the gestalt monster they've become, leaving Apocalymon himself an unstable maniac who swings between different states of mind at the drop of a hat.
Mother of a Thousand Young: He spawned most of the evil in the Digital World.
Multi-Armed and Dangerous: Touch of Evil, which spawns dozens of Devimon claws.
Names to Run Away from Really Fast: His name includes a word meaning the end of the world. And if that weren't enough, he has an attack called "Total Annihilation".
Not Quite Dead: Obliterating his humanoid half just pissed him off, and made him decide to kill everything (including himself).
Omnicidal Maniac: As a result of his origins and the negative emotions overflowing on him that resent those who survived the digievolution proccess, Apocalymon desires nothing but to exterminate all life that was "unfairly" allowed to live while his components died and suffered.
The Power of Hate: Apocalymon was born from and runs on the hatred of Digimon who died out because they failed to evolve and were subsequently deleted.
Psycho Electro: He knocks everyone back with an electric blast, and radiates electricity.
Rhymes on a Dime: "I'll take these children and use their fear to make them digital and disappear!"
Sealed Evil in a Can: He's kept in his little pocket universe by the Wall of Fire.
Self-Harm: Apocalymon illustrates the pain of its existence by clawing its own shoulders and ripping them apart. As well as to showcase his regeneration.
Senseless Sacrifice: Thanks to the Digivices containing the blast, all his Total Annihilation attack did was destroy himself.
Silence, You Fool!: "Silence! Who's the one telling this story anyway, me or you?"
Sinister Geometry: His main body is attached to a dodecahedron.
Status-Buff Dispel: Apocalymon can reverse the evolution of the Chosen Children's Digimon. It then proceeds to destroy their physical crests, apparently cancelling their ability to evolve for good.
Suicidal Cosmic Temper Tantrum: After being overpowered by the Digi-Destined on top of his anguish, Apocalymon decides to wipe out everything with his Total Annihilation attack.
Take Over the World: "I will rule the world, and plunge it into darkness, so I won't have to be alone anymore in my misery!"
Taking You with Me: Attempted to take both worlds out with him by using Total Annihilation.
This Cannot Be!: His reaction to the DigiDestined reassembling themselves from data and allowing their Digimon to Digivolve to their final forms without their crests, thanks to Heroic Resolve.
Too Many Belts: Like Devimon, Apocalymon's humanoid arms are bound in brown leather belts.
True Final Boss: He arrives just after the Dark Masters were defeated, proving to be the real endgame.
Virtual-Reality Warper: Apocalymon's very existence warped the Digital World around him, an effect that expanded the longer he remained in existence.
Voice of the Legion: Subverted in the original Japanese version and dubs based primarily on it: his voice sounds relatively normal, however he uses "We" whenever he refers to himself, as he is supposed to be the combined feelings of Digimon that died off when they could not Digivolve.
Was Once a Man: The Arabic dub hints at him being a mad designer who insisted beyond reason that his revolutionary ideas were for the better. Imprisoned in the corrupted data zone, his will was so strong that he persevered, twisted into his present form and more determined than ever to apply his vision.
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: An amalgamation of all Digimon rejected from the evolutionary chain who were killed and their collective negative emotions. In the original versions he is notably genuinely sorrowful as he narrates how much he's suffered by existing and watching other Digimon live happy. Him being killed is as much a heroic victory as it is a Mercy Kill for him and the restless spirits that make him up.
Would Hit a Girl: Not only that, he goes for the three girls first, actually.
Would Hurt a Child: He goes for the kids first before their Digimon.
Year Inside, Hour Outside: His existence caused this for the Digital World and Earth.
Zipperiffic: It looks like his arms are attached to his body by some.

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