DIGIMON TAMERS EPISODE GUIDE



1."The Birth of Gillmon - The Digimon I Though Of"*
Description: Culumon is chased and appears in the real world. Meanwhile, Takato is a normal, obedient boy in grade 5 of elementary school. Going around the school is the Digimon craze and Takato is no exception. Takato and his friends play the Digimon card game and they all enjoy it. One morning, after Takato and his friends played the game, fate dealed Takato a mysterious card… a blue card. A blue card that up to now has never been seen. The doors of adventure open for Takato as soon as he swipes this blue card through his card reader. Takato is surprised when his card reader sparks, but runs off to class. Since he has to sit the hallway, and Digimon is on his mind, Takato decides to sketch his own Digimon character. All day, all Takato can think about is what happened earlier. While stuck in detention, Takato runs in Juri and her puppet scares him. As soon as he can, Takato runs back to where he keeps his cards. When he opens his tin, he finds his card reader glowing. It falls to the ground and transforms into a D-arc. Takato takes a look at it, but soon returns home and goes up to his room. Going through his cards, Takato comes up with the idea to try and scan his Gillmon drawing into his D-Arc. It doesn't work, so Takato leaves it on his desk. As he is about to go downstairs, he notices that the D-Arc is reading and scanning his notebook all by itself. Next thing Takato knows, a digiegg has appeared on his D-Arc. Takato is thrilled at this. That night, Takato sees Ruki and Renamon battle Lynxmon. His eyes open wide at the battle he witnesses. He wonders if it was all a dream. Meanwhile, Culumon wanders around the city. The next day, Takato tries to tell his friends, but they don't believe him. When he is left alone, he takes out his D-Arc to find the egg on the screen broken. Panic fills Takato's body as he begins to hit buttons. After awhile, he finds a radar like screen that points him towards the center of town. A beam of light appears, and as it does, Gillmon begins to travel to the real world. Thanks to destiny, Takato's own digimon sketch is now his very own digimon partner… Gillmon! The next act of the story has just begun…



2."You're My Friend - Terriermon Appears"*
Description: After watching Gillmon blast a wall, Takato's frightened of Gillmon and what he's going to do. Instead of attacking, like Takato feared, Gillmon just smiles innocently. Takato is revealed and thrilled to have Gillmon as a friend. The pair soon faces a problem, as concealing Gillmon is a hard job. They manage though using a cardboard box, but are almost stopped by Takato's parents. The next day, Takato takes some food from his parents for himself and Gillmon. Leaving Gillmon out of sight with some food, Takato heads off to school. Little does he know that a box with a tail is following him. *giggles* Searching for Takato, Gillmon wanders around on school grounds. When he runs into a teacher in the hallway, the teacher panics and pulls the fire alarm. This alerts Takato and he goes to investigate. On the way, he realizes the school has been turned upside down. Takato goes into a panic trying to find his digimon partner. Can Takato find Gillmon? And who is this boy who understands the digimon? Is he a friend or foe?



3."Renamon vs Gillmon - The Life of a Digimon is to Fight"*
Description: Thanks to Gillmon, the school is in a state of panic. This damaged the young Tamer Takato's confidence. But now that Takato and Gillmon are reunited, their friendship has grown. Gillmon receives a sudden attack and is blown into a wire fence. It was Renamon, the digimon partner of the girl Ruki. They decide to declare battle on Takato and Gillmon. Renamon attacks, but Takato does not wish to fight. It looks like the new friends are in trouble, when Lee interferes. Ruki strongly believes that digimon only exist to fight. Lee tells her that digimon are much more than that! He tells her that digimon are friends. Takato is scared of losing Gillmon while worrying about the two opposing ideas. Do digimon only exist to fight? Could the confrontation between Renamon and Gillmon be avoided? And what's going to happen to Terriermon for interfering in the battle? A big step is about to be taken!



4."Trail Of The Tamers - Defeat Gorrillamon"*
Description: Ruki declared battle on Takato one-sidedly. Lee's becomes involved and Terriermon digivolves to Gargomon. The fight is stopped by a shocking development. Gargomon is firing bullets at random everywhere, destroying everything around. Lee tries his best to stop his partner, but cannot seem to get through. Even worse, Gargomon turns his attacks on Ruki. Gillmon manages to save Ruki. Lee is upset and worried. Afterward, Takato and Lee try to figure out why Terriermon was able to evolve and figure it was a reject evolution. That evolution nightmare was still on everyone's minds. The next day, Takato meets up with Lee. Suddenly, a strange fog appears behind them. Frightened, Takato, Lee and their partners run away. However, the fog continues to follow them. After Takato moves in another direction, it becomes clear that the mysterious fog is after Lee. The fog manages to catch up to them, and a digimon appears before Lee and Terriermon. It's Gorillamon and all he wants to do is fight. Gorillamon attacks, but since Terriermon and Lee are worried, they are afraid to fight at full force. Can Lee and Terriermon get over this desperate crisis? What past event occurred between them? And how did Lee become a Tamer?



5."Kurukkuruuun - Let's Play With Culumon"*
Description: The reason why Lee kept refusing the evolution was because of the reckless events that occurred as well as other events in the past. Thanks to a strong attack from Terriermon, and a card slash from Lee, Gorillamon was defeated. Takato learned something important about how two people can get over a crisis without any evolutions, but by working together. A mysterious event just took place at Takato's school. Mysterious lime lines have been drawn all over the schoolyard. The event's unknown cause has led some kids to make up ghost stories. Also, rumors are flying around that Gillmon's appearance and the lines are no coincidence. Watching a game, Culumon dreams of being able to play soccer. However, Takato discovers the criminal and it turns out to be a little digimon… Culumon. Takato consults with Lee to find a suitable partner for the little digimon. They look at the plus and minus sides of the people around them and consider all the candidates. Culumon wants to play. Can they find a suitable partner? And what is the reason for Culumon being in the real world?



6."The Meaning Of The Tamer - Renamon's Evolution"*
Description: Takato does not agree with Ruki about how Digimon are treated like tools to help out at the dangerous points. Takato attempts to talk to Ruki, but Ruki is not about to listen. Ruki's teacher calls her mother for a parent-teacher meeting. Her mother leaves work and is very disappointed in her daughter. The next day at school, a digital fog appears. Ruki rushes to it. However, arriving at the scene with the enemy digimon, Ruki finds she's over her head and requires the help of the other Tamers. Lee and Takato see the fog and come running to her aid. Ruki becomes frustrated in battle and wishes Renamon to evolve. Even when told repetitively, Renamon does not evolve. If Renamon did, Ruki could have won without others help. This irritates Ruki even more. Now Ruki and Renamon wander around the town at night waiting for a new enemy to face so that Renamon will be able to evolve. They find a strange digimon that claims to have no partner. The mystery behind the partner's existence is blocked. What is the mystery behind the Tamers? Who is this dark digimon? And what will Ruki do without Renamon at her side?



7."Gillmon's Crisis - Venture in my Town"*
Description: Now that Ruki and Renamon begin to understand each other, Renamon is able to evolve into Kyuubimon. Takato and Gillmon set out to find Ruki and talk with her. He finds her at the two are able to chat at her house. Afterwards, Gillmon suddenly begins to disappear and Takato is fearful. Takato panics and goes to Lee and Ruki. The digimon's fate has been written. Those born from data, return to data. Takato, Lee and Ruki go in search of Gillmon and find a portal into a strange dimension. Inside, they find that they are floating. Takato spots Gillmon, and gets to him just in time. What's behind all this? Who are the people monitoring their actions? And what's the real purpose of the Tamer?



8."Gillmon's Evolution - The Large Decisive Battle in West Shinjuku"*
Description: All three cooperated and were able to get Gillmon back. In class, instead of doing arithmetic, Takato draws Gillmon's evolved form. He calls it... Growlmon! That night, Takato and Gillmon go to the park where Takato leaves him with some food. Takato unexpectedly runs into a police officer. Later, Impmon appears and converses with Gillmon. He leaves and wanders around the park. Impmon spots Devidramon in a fog shield. Impmon mocks him, then accidentally releases him. Devidramon is now on the loose! Gillmon meets up with Takato and the battle begins. Devidramon pins Gillmon against the wall. It seems as if all hope is lost until Takato's D-arc begins to glow and Gillmon is able to evolve into Growlmon! With Growlmon on their side, can they defeat Devidramon? Why is a mysterious organization watching the battle? And where are all these digimon coming from?



9."Returning to Gillmon - Growlmon's Disturbance"*
Description: Takato is happy that Gillmon was able to evolve into Growlmon, but for some reason, Growlmon has not de-evolved and continues to stay Growlmon. Growlmon's gigantic figure troubles Takato. If Growlmon returns to Takato's house, he'll be discovered for sure. Takato tries to think of a way to get Growlmon to return to his original form. It's possible to get Growlmon to return to the form of Gillmon, but how? Why isn't Growlmon's evolution wearing off?




*Japanese Translation, name/summary will change