Japanese Title: The Hardened King of the Seas! Metal Seadramon
The Chosen Children find themselves at the beach where Agumon evolved into Greymon for the first time, while the Dark Masters spy on them. MetalSeadramon, as the sea is his domain, decides to attack them and destroy them quickly...
While the Chosen wonder why they're at File Island again, they're quickly attacked by the same Shellmon who had triggered Agumon's evolution to Greymon... only for it to be defeated in short order. Taichi reasons that this must mean that their Digimon must be a lot more powerful than they were before, and the Chosen resolve to continue becoming stronger.
What looks like a beach hut appears near them, and while Koushirou initially suspects it to be just a mirage, the temptation of food proves too strong and the kids run in with the exception of Mimi and Jou, who get caught up outside after Mimi trips over. Of course, the place turns out to be a trap, and the kids are trapped in and attacked by an Anomalocarimonnote . Mimi and Jou peek into the "beach hut" and find the kids passed out and drained of energy at the hands of Anomalocarimon.
While Mimi and Jou hide, MetalSeadramon appears, rewards Anomalocarimon, and checks inside the hut to find two of the Chosen missing. He orders Anomalocarimon to pursue the other two Chosen, and he proceeds to do so. Gomamon and Palmon use some nearby seafood to gather the energy needed to evolve, evolve to Ikkakumon and Togemon and then super-evolve to Zudomon and Lilimon, and defeat Anomalocarimon. They arrive back at the beach hut in time to save the other Chosen and manage to escape.
Jou tells Taichi that Ikkakumon and Togemon had to evolve before they were capable of defeating Anomalocarimon, and Taichi realizes that Piccolomon was right and their Digimon need something before they can defeat the Dark Masters. MetalSeadramon attacks and the Chosen and Zudomon attempt to flee by crossing the water, but MetalSeadramon gains on them. Fortunately, they're saved by Whamon, who takes them into his mouth to protect them and dives to the bottom of the sea...
Tropes
- Big Damn Heroes: Just as the kids are about to be overtaken and killed by MetalSeadramon, Whamon arrives, distracts him and takes them away to safety.
- Bond Villain Stupidity: Played with. MetalSeadramon has Anomalocarimon trap and KO the Chosen in a house disguised as a beach shack only to find Mimi and Jou missing. Despite this, he waits for his henchman to return with them before attempting to roast everyone else, enabling Mimi and Jou to save their friends from being fried just in time.
- Cliffhanger: The dub of the episode ends just before Whamon saves the kids, ending with them cornered by MetalSeadramon.
- Death Flight: Anomalocarimon's death at the hands of MetalSeadramon is a variant of this.
- Death Trap: Anomalocarimon tries to attract the Chosen Children to one.
- Kill It with Fire: MetalSeadramon tries to do this with the Chosen Children, and in turn, they leave Anomalocarimon in the fake beach shack to suffer that fate. Ultimately this episode provides an aversion, as Anomalocarimon manages to escape the burning shack (not that he lives for long after that, though).
- Spanner in the Works: Jou and Mimi are this to Anomalocarimon, as both are able to save their friends and defeat Anomalocarimon. It's worth mentioning that Anomalocarimon's initial plan failed by pure chance: he would have been able to have all the Chosen Children inside the hut if Jou hadn't stepped on Mimi's shoe and if the two of them had not stayed behind while Mimi put it back on.
- Suddenly Voiced: While Shellmon could only utter "Shell..." in his previous appearance, now he can talk in full-fledged sentences.
- Villain Forgot to Level Grind: Shellmon, despite having been powerful enough to tank anything the other Digimon could throw at him when fighting them in his debut episode and requiring Agumon to become Greymon to defeat — and even then he gave Greymon a run for his money — is defeated quickly and easily when attacked by Biyomon, Tentomon and Palmon, showing how much stronger the kids' Digimon have gotten over the course of the series.
- You Have Failed Me: When MetalSeadramon realizes that Anomalocarimon has lost to the kids and allowed them to escape, he angrily executes him for his failure.MetalSeadramon: You have failed me, and I will not forgive... failure!
