Recaps

Zhou Zhu tested Wizardmon’s combat skills and learned that his Champion-level body gave him speed and strength but few effective attacks. Elsewhere, Devimon sent out Black Gears, Tai continued through the snow with Agumon, and Elecmon confronted T.K. at the Village of Beginnings.

• Zhou Zhu realized he lacked special moves and decided to practice Wizardmon’s skills and fighting style.
• Devimon sent Black Gears across File Island while Leomon remained under his control.
• Tai and Agumon struggled through a snowy wilderness, and Tai resolved to keep going for his friends and Kari.
• Zhou Zhu dodged Wizardmon’s Thunder Cloud and tackled him, finding that his copied Tackle caused little damage.
• Elecmon returned to the Village of Beginnings and ordered T.K. to put down a newly hatched baby; T.K. explained that he had meant to help care for it.

T.K. and Patamon found Elecmon, who told them Zhou Zhu had last been at Andromon’s Factory a week earlier and warned them about aggressive Digimon. They stayed to help care for the babies, but controlled Leomon later spotted them and charged in to eliminate the DigiDestined.

• T.K. and Patamon asked Elecmon to take them to Zhou Zhu, but Elecmon said he had last seen him at Andromon’s Factory a week earlier.
• Elecmon warned T.K. and Patamon that normally kind Digimon had become aggressive, and they recognized that the Black Gears were responsible.
• T.K. and Patamon decided to stay at Elecmon’s home and wait for Tai, Matt, and the others to find them.
• Elecmon persuaded T.K. and Patamon to help care for the baby Digimon, and they spent the next few days doing chores.
• Controlled Leomon spotted T.K. and Patamon, drew the King of Beasts Sword, and charged down the mountain to eliminate the DigiDestined.

Devimon sent a Black Gear-controlled Leomon and Ogremon to attack Elecmon, T.K., and the babies, and the other DigiDestined arrived to help. Leomon grew stronger after Devimon added more Black Gears, knocking down Garurumon and Greymon as Wizardmon and the others joined the fight.

• T.K. carried the babies to cover while Patamon joined Elecmon to fight Leomon, but Leomon shattered Patamon's Air Shot and blocked Elecmon's Shining Thunder with his sword.
• Ogremon ambushed Elecmon with Supreme Fist and knocked him out, leaving Patamon to face both Champion Digimon.
• Matt arrived with Garurumon and intercepted Ogremon's attack, while Tai arrived with Greymon and struck Leomon with Super Flame.
• Devimon sent more Black Gears into Leomon, who grew stronger and knocked Garurumon down with Beast King Fist.
• Zhou Zhu arrived with Wizardmon, whom he identified as Candlemon's Champion form, but Leomon knocked Greymon down and then attacked Wizardmon.
• Wizardmon used Magic Game to evade Leomon's attack, and Kabuterimon arrived carrying Izzy and Mimi.

Tai and Matt used their Digivices to free Leomon from the Black Gears, and Leomon told the group about the DigiDestined legend. The group learned that Zhou Zhu had no Digivice because Wizardmon was his friend, not his partner.

• Izzy explained that the Digivices could dispel darkness, and Tai used his to drive Black Gears out of Leomon.
• Matt raised his Digivice too, while Kabuterimon kept Ogremon from interrupting; Leomon returned to normal and Ogremon withdrew.
• At the Village of Beginnings, Leomon told Tai and the others that a prophecy said chosen children from another world would save the Digital World.
• Matt questioned whether Zhou Zhu was a DigiDestined because he had no Digivice, and Leomon admitted he did not know why Zhou Zhu had come.
• Elecmon explained that Wizardmon had been a Village of Beginnings baby who stayed with Zhou Zhu as a friend, not as his partner.

Tai and the others set out for Infinity Mountain to confront Devimon, while Devimon absorbed Ogremon and the Black Gears to grow into a giant. As Devimon stopped the group from digivolving, Zhou Zhu realized Wizardmon was close to evolving but might not be able to help in time.

• Matt dismissed Zhou Zhu and argued with Tai and Elecmon about Wizardmon's role, while Zhou Zhu silently resolved to remember Matt's remarks.
• Tai led the group toward Infinity Mountain, and Leomon joined them; Sora and Joe traveled there separately with Birdramon and Ikkakumon.
• Devimon killed Ogremon with Death Claw, turning him into Black Gears, then drew the scattered Black Gears into himself.
• Sora saw the Black Gears gathering around Infinity Mountain, and Birdramon sensed the darkness as Sora and Joe hurried onward.
• Devimon burst through the palace and confronted Tai and the others as a giant; he interrupted their preparations to digivolve.
• Zhou Zhu sensed that Wizardmon was close to digivolving but doubted he could evolve in time to help against Devimon.

Devimon overwhelmed the DigiDestined and their Digimon, leaving T.K. and Patamon exposed. Patamon protected T.K. and finally digivolved into Angemon, confronting Devimon as the battle turned.

• Sora and Joe arrived with Ikkakumon and Birdramon, giving the DigiDestined time to break free and digivolve.
• Devimon easily defeated Greymon, Garurumon, Cactuar, Kabuterimon, Wizardmon, and Leomon, while Ogremon emerged from Devimon's body and struck Leomon.
• Devimon targeted T.K. and Patamon, and the other Digimon tried to hold him back before he flung them all aside.
• Patamon repeatedly attacked Devimon to protect T.K., then flew in front of Devimon's hand and was engulfed by it.
• Patamon digivolved into Angemon, and Angemon commanded the darkness to disappear.

Angemon defeated Devimon with the combined power of the DigiDestined’s Digivices, then vanished and left T.K. a Digi-Egg. With Devimon gone but stronger darkness still looming, the children remained stranded on File Island as Gennai appeared before them.

• Angemon drew power from the DigiDestined’s Digivices, defeated Devimon with Hand of Fate, and vanished alongside him, leaving T.K. a Digi-Egg.
• The children learned that Angemon could be reborn from the Digi-Egg, while File Island’s scattered pieces began returning to the main island.
• Ogremon fled when Leomon confronted him, and the DigiDestined realized defeating Devimon had not taken them home.
• The ground split open, and a strange device brought Gennai before the DigiDestined.
• Tai asked Gennai who he was while Zhou Zhu watched cautiously, worrying about Gennai and Homeostasis’s plans.

Gennai appeared in Devimon’s lair, explained that he lived in the Digital World, and asked the DigiDestined to travel to the Server Continent to defeat a stronger enemy. He left them a map and said their Digimon would need Crests and Digivolution Tags to reach higher forms, while the group still had no answers about returning home.

• Matt questioned whether Gennai was working with Devimon, and Gennai said he was on their side.
• Gennai told the DigiDestined he came from the Server Continent and did not know who brought them to the Digital World or how they could return.
• Gennai asked the group to reach the Server Continent and defeat an enemy stronger than Devimon, explaining that their Digimon would need to digivolve further.
• Gennai showed them a Digivolution Tag and said the Crests were scattered across the Server Continent while Devimon had likely hidden the Tags.
• Gennai sent a map to Izzy’s computer, then disappeared, and the group decided to get down the mountain first.

The children debated whether to leave File Island for Server Continent, then agreed to set out together. The next morning they began cutting trees for their journey, and Leomon arrived with several Digimon friends to help.

• Tai urged the children to head for Server Continent, while Joe and Matt argued that they should stay on File Island and Izzy worried about crossing the sea.
• T.K., the other children, and their Digimon partners supported leaving, and Joe eventually agreed to go with them.
• The next morning, the children and their Digimon began felling trees to prepare for the trip.
• Leomon offered help and arrived with Mojyamon, Centarumon, and Elecmon.
• Monzaemon, Frigimon, and Meramon also appeared to help the group.

After helping the children build a raft, Leomon said goodbye as they sailed out to sea. Whamon swallowed the raft and the DigiDestined, who discovered a Black Gear embedded in his stomach as the raft began dissolving.

• Leomon used Beast King Fist to help build the raft, and T.K.'s Digi-Egg hatched into Yuramon.
• Tai and the others thanked Leomon and sailed away from shore.
• A huge wave struck the raft, and Whamon appeared before the children and swallowed them.
• The children landed in Whamon's stomach, where green digestive liquid began dissolving their raft.
• Sora spotted a Black Gear in Whamon's stomach, and Agumon realized it was making Whamon vicious.

Tai purified the Black Gear inside Whamon, while Zhou Zhu gained more data and knocked Matt unconscious after Matt attacked him. Whamon expelled the children from his blowhole, apologized, and agreed to take them toward the Server Continent, a journey he said would take five days.

• Palmon restrained the Black Gear with poisonous vines, and Tai purified it with his Digivice as Zhou Zhu gained another 140,000 data.
• Matt challenged Zhou Zhu over his mocking remark, but Zhou Zhu dodged his punch and knocked him unconscious.
• Whamon expelled the children and their raft through his blowhole, and Gabumon helped the revived Matt onto a piece of wood.
• Whamon apologized for his rough treatment and said the Black Gear had caused him to lose control.
• Tai asked Whamon how far the Server Continent was, and Whamon said the trip would take five days.

Whamon took the children toward Server Continent and revealed where Devimon had hidden something in an underwater cave. After Wizardmon digivolved into Wisemon, the group found a convenience store in the cave and encountered Drimogemon guarding the hidden Tags.

• Whamon offered to take the children to Server Continent, and Wizardmon digivolved into Wisemon along the way.
• Whamon told Tai that he had seen Devimon hide something in the sea and led the group to an underwater cave.
• Tai and the others entered the cave and found a brightly lit convenience store.
• Drimogemon emerged from the ground, showed a Black Gear, and ordered the children to leave the area by Devimon's command.
• Zhou Zhu sent Wisemon to deal with Drimogemon while Tai and the others prepared to search for the Tags.

Wisemon defeated Drimogemon, allowing Zhou Zhu and the others to find and distribute the Tags before continuing across the sea. After five days aboard Whamon, the group reached the Server Continent, where Tai went ashore first and called for everyone to follow, while Mimi hesitated because she feared heights.

• Wisemon rushed ahead and knocked Drimogemon unconscious with a single Core Dart, while Tai and Matt marveled at his strength.
• The group searched Drimogemon's tunnels, and Yuramon found the box of seven Tags; Izzy suspected the Digivices limited the other Digimon's power.
• The group distributed the Tags and continued toward the Server Continent aboard Whamon.
• On the fifth day at sea, Tai spotted land and woke the others, who celebrated their arrival despite Joe and Mimi mishearing his announcement.
• Tai climbed ashore and called for everyone to follow, but Mimi remained on Whamon because she was afraid of heights.

The children reached a forest village expecting to find Koromon, but discovered it was inhabited by Bukamon instead. After Mimi and Palmon ran into the village, the Bukamon seized Mimi and carried her away, leaving the others startled.

• Whamon sent the children ashore, and Zhou Zhu caught Mimi when she nearly fell.
• Palmon told Mimi that a Koromon village lay ahead, and the group set off across the wasteland.
• Agumon scented Koromon and led the group to a forest, where they found a village.
• Agumon sensed something was wrong, but Mimi and Palmon ran into the village before he could explain.
• Palmon identified the village Digimon as Bukamon, and the Bukamon lifted Mimi and ran off with her.

Tai and the others searched for Mimi after she was taken by Bukamon, but Zhou Zhu realized she was probably bathing and stopped Tai from barging in. Sora confirmed Mimi was safe, and the group debated which Digimon could join the bath before Zhou Zhu explained how to distinguish male and female Digimon.

• Palmon and the others searched Koromon's village for Mimi after Bukamon carried her off.
• The children followed Mimi's scream into a house and found her hat, bag, Digivice, and clothes.
• Zhou Zhu stopped Tai from rushing behind a curtain and reasoned that Mimi was likely taking a bath.
• Sora checked the bathroom and found Mimi relaxing in the bath, then reported that she was safe.
• Sora and Biyomon prepared to bathe, while Sora and Izzy refused to let Tentomon join them.
• Zhou Zhu told Izzy that Digimon's sexes could be distinguished by appearance, though the differences were less obvious at the Rookie level.

After Yuramon evolved into DemiDevimon, malicious Bukamon abducted him while the DigiDestined slept. Gazimon learned that DemiDevimon was with human children and sent one of their number to alert King Etemon.

• Zhou Zhu persuaded Tai not to follow Izzy and the others, and the children rested in a Bukamon village that night.
• Agumon insisted he had smelled Koromon despite the village being full of Bukamon, while the Bukamon served the children food and entertainment.
• Yuramon evolved into DemiDevimon as T.K. fed him, and the children celebrated his evolution.
• Several Bukamon abducted DemiDevimon while the DigiDestined slept, then mocked him for evolving and being with the human children.
• Three Gazimon arrived, learned DemiDevimon was with humans, and locked him in an iron cage.
• The lead Gazimon left two others to keep watch and hurried off to report the news to King Etemon.

Etemon learned that the DigiDestined had landed at Bukamon village and set off alone to attack them. Meanwhile, Agumon followed Koromon’s scent to a hidden cave, where he discovered DemiDevimon imprisoned in an iron cage.

• Gazimon returned to Etemon’s base and reported that the DigiDestined were at Bukamon village instead of their expected landing site.
• Etemon abandoned his ambush plan and drove toward the village on his tanker, refusing Gazimon’s suggestion to bring more troops.
• Tai, Biyomon, and the others searched the village for the missing DemiDevimon while Bukamon gave them false information about where he might be.
• Agumon followed Koromon’s scent to a waterfall and entered a cave hidden behind it.
• Agumon found DemiDevimon locked in an iron cage, and DemiDevimon pleaded with him for help.

Agumon discovered DemiDevimon and the Koromon imprisoned beneath the waterfall, then fought two Gazimon while trying to free them. As Tai and the others investigated the strange mist and a lone Botamon, they began to suspect the Bukamon had deceived them.

• Agumon learned that the Bukamon had taken over the Koromon village and found DemiDevimon and the Koromon locked in cages beneath the waterfall.
• Two Gazimon attacked Agumon and said the DigiDestined were to be handed over to Etemon.
• Tai and the others worried about DemiDevimon’s disappearance, then noticed mist rising near the waterfall.
• Agumon attacked the waterfall with Pepper Breath, filling the area with steam as he fought the Gazimon.
• The Bukamon tried to stop Tai and the others from investigating, but Mimi found a Botamon and Tai recalled Agumon’s earlier suspicion about the village.

Tai rescued Agumon and DemiDevimon from the Gazimon, and Agumon digivolved into Greymon to defeat them. Etemon then attacked the village, and his Love Beam forced Garurumon and Greymon back into Rookie forms as Wisemon prepared to intervene.

• Tai reached the cave and used his Digivice to help Agumon digivolve into Greymon.
• Greymon blasted the two Gazimon into the river with Super Flame, and the children freed DemiDevimon and the Koromon.
• Etemon appeared with a sound system and threatened to destroy the village before bombarding it with Dark Spirit Ball.
• Garurumon digivolved and attacked Etemon, but Etemon countered with Love Beam and caused Garurumon and Greymon to revert to Rookie forms.
• Wisemon wondered whether he could defeat Etemon and prepared to step in.

The children realized Zhou Zhu and Wisemon were their best chance against Etemon, but Zhou Zhu first beat Matt for provoking him. Wisemon then attacked Etemon outside the cave, leaving the two Perfect Digimon poised to fight.

• Agumon lost his ability to use his power, and the children realized they could not face Etemon without evolving further.
• Matt and the others remembered that Zhou Zhu had Wisemon, a Perfect Digimon, but Matt angered Zhou Zhu by demanding help.
• Zhou Zhu beat Matt until Joe persuaded him to stop and focus on protecting Koromon village.
• Zhou Zhu shifted most of his attention into Wisemon and sent him out to fight Etemon.
• Wisemon caught Etemon by surprise with Storm Flame, knocking him down, then waited for him to get back up.

Wisemon confronted Etemon and defeated him in a fierce fight, then learned that Etemon had been monitoring the DigiDestined. Etemon revealed that he had received intelligence about them, leaving Wisemon questioning how he had learned their route so quickly.

• Wisemon challenged Etemon and countered his attacks with magic and greatsword strikes.
• Etemon tried to keep Wisemon at a distance with repeated Dark Spirit Balls, but Wisemon dodged them and struck him down.
• Wisemon told Etemon that he was the partner Digimon of one of the children Etemon was hunting.
• Etemon protested that his intelligence said the children's partners could only reach Champion level.
• Wisemon questioned why Etemon was targeting the DigiDestined and how he had learned their destination so quickly.

Tai found the Crest and it slotted into his Tag, but Agumon showed no sign of being able to evolve. Wisemon returned after driving Etemon off and urged everyone to leave before Etemon could pursue them.

• Wisemon threatened Etemon until Etemon used Monochromon and Dark Spirit Balls to escape into the desert sand.
• Tai found a Crest hidden in the cave wall, and it automatically slotted into his Tag.
• Joe wondered if the Crest would let Agumon evolve to Perfect, but Agumon said he only felt hungry.
• Zhou Zhu recognized Wisemon's armored footsteps and calmed the group as Wisemon approached.
• Wisemon said he had only driven Etemon off temporarily and told everyone to leave the area.

Tai tried to make Agumon digivolve by feeding him, while Joe’s Tag began flashing and led the group toward a huge arena. The children entered the arena as Etemon considered seeking help against Wisemon.

• Tai kept feeding an overstuffed Agumon in hopes of making him digivolve, despite Izzy and Zhou Zhu warning him to stop.
• Joe’s Tag flashed, and Tai spotted a huge building nearby that he believed might hold Joe’s Crest.
• Joe ran toward the building, tripped over a cable buried in the desert, and Gomamon followed him.
• Etemon saw the children’s signal at his base and weighed asking Nanomon or Myotismon for help against Wisemon.
• The children entered the arena.

Joe and the others found his Crest beneath the soccer field after Zhou Zhu stopped them from leaving, and they continued across the desert. When the group noticed Zhou Zhu was not tired or sweating, he credited Dragon Country Kung Fu, prompting Izzy to wonder if Japanese Bushido could achieve the same effect.

• Zhou Zhu realized Etemon had stayed away because Wisemon had tested his strength, and he urged the others to search the field’s walls before leaving.
• Tai recalled finding his Crest in a wall, so Joe and the others searched again and found Joe’s Crest beneath the paving slabs by the goal.
• Joe celebrated that Gomamon could now digivolve to Perfect, and the children set off across the desert.
• Tai and Mimi noticed Zhou Zhu was not sweating despite the heat and long walk, and he attributed it to Dragon Country Kung Fu.
• Mimi compared Zhou Zhu to Bruce Lee, while Izzy wondered whether Japanese Bushido could give him similar abilities.

Tai asked Zhou Zhu to teach him Kung Fu but lost interest when he learned how long it took, and the group encountered Gennai, who began explaining how to use the Tags and Crests before his image was cut off. Elsewhere, Gennai concluded that the Digivice had enabled Wizardmon and Leomon to reach the Perfect level.

• Tai asked Zhou Zhu to teach him Kung Fu, but declined after hearing it took years of practice and formal training.
• Joe led the group toward a giant cactus, which vanished as a mirage when they approached.
• Gennai appeared and told Tai that the Tags and Crests would not work unless used properly, while studying Wisemon and wondering how he had reached the Perfect level.
• An unknown force cut off Gennai's image before he could explain how to make Digimon digivolve.
• Gennai reviewed footage of Candlemon and Leomon and concluded that the Digivice had enabled their digivolutions to the Perfect level.