Digimon Adventure 02/Characters

Daisuke Motomiya (Davis Motomiya)
"We can't stop now, we'll never get a chance like this again!"

Daisuke is the designated leader of the new Digidestined/Chosen Children; brash, cheerful, and energetic. He's also Taichi's Expy, to the point of wearing the former's trademark goggles. Although he's very much an underdog at first, he's about the only cast member who doesn't have mild-to-serious psychological issues. This emotional stability ends up being his greatest asset. He has a hopeless crush on Hikari, but gradually idolizes her less as time goes on.

"Voiced by: Reiko Kiuchi (JP), Brian Donovan (EN)"


 * Aint Too Proud to Beg: "Please, master, spare my friends. Please, master, spare my worthless friends." (Not his words)
 * Pose of Supplication
 * All Love Is Unrequited: Has a huge crush on Hikari, but she never responds. Kinda disappears by the time Ken joins.
 * Annoying Older Sibling: Played with. Jun and Daisuke both care about each other, but continually get on each other's nerves. This is partly because they're a lot alike.
 * Badass Normal: He does toss away a Roachmon/Gokimon that attacks him.
 * Big Eater: Par for the leaders, although V-mon eats even more.
 * Big Never: When he tackles Ken
 * Butt Monkey
 * Character Shilling: Daisuke gets shilled several time over the course of the season for his growth in character despite having little to no character growth.
 * Cross Dressing Voices: Japanese and Chinese version only.
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Defeat Means Friendship
 * Determinator:
 * Dragon Rider: Lighdramon can't fly, but XV-mon, Paildramon, and Imperialdramon all can. Lighdramon makes up for it by being lightning quick.
 * Executive Meddling: Owes his very existence to this.
 * And his lack of Character Development.
 * Expy: To Taichi.
 * Flat Character
 * Get a Hold of Yourself Man: To Ken.
 * Goggles Do Nothing: Had them even before Taichi gave him his own!
 * Hey You: Refers to Takeru as "omae" in the original due to jealousy of his relationship with Hikari; in the dub, this is rendered through Davis constantly messing up the initials of TK's name.
 * Hidden Depths: Averted according to Word of God.
 * Hopeless Suitor: Former Trope Namer.
 * The Hero
 * Rebel Leader: They're fighting an empire, after all.
 * Hot Blooded: Until Masaru came along, he was easily the most so of any Digimon protagonist.
 * Hotblooded Sideburns: He's got 'em.
 * Hot Paint Job: His Digiworld jacket, pictured above.
 * Japanese Pronouns: Ore
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold
 * Keet
 * Kneel Before Zod
 * Loves Me Not
 * The Messiah
 * Even more notable in that, as this DeviantArt points out, of all the animated goggle boys (up to Savers, at least), Daisuke is the only lead Tamer who managed to go a whole season without evolving his Digimon partner via dark emotions.
 * Naive Newcomer
 * The Power of Friendship
 * Red Oni Blue Oni: The red to Takeru, then later Ken's blue.
 * Rookie Red Ranger
 * Personality Powers
 * Screw Learning I Have Phlebotinum: The Crest of Kindness and subsequently the Digi-Egg/Digimental of Miracles that allowed Daisuke to "see Ken's true heart", well before the other children learn to trust Ken.
 * Spot Light Stealing Squad: Justified at first; however, it become more obvious when the other Chosen Children gain access to Ultimate/Perfect-level Digimon.
 * Static Character: According to Word of God, Daisuke was made this way in order to be a foil of Ken, and the writers were barred from developing his character and so kept him out of situations that would force his development. Averted in the Digimon V-Tamer 01 manga.
 * Shonen Hair
 * Triang Relations: Type 3 or 4 (debatable)
 * You Are Not Alone: Leads to a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming.

Miyako Inoue (Yolei Inoue)
"Perfecto!"

Miyako is a curious and hyper girl who seems to thoroughly enjoy exploring the Digital World, and has a knack for being technologically savvy. Has two big sisters and a big brother that she feels hog the spotlight (wait, that sounds familiar). Notably, she is the only known Chosen Children to have a Digimon of the opposite gender.

"Voiced by: Rio Natsuki (JP), Tifanie Christun (EN)"


 * Action Girl: As much as anybody in Adventure ever is. Fear her skateboard attack! Well...actually, don't, but she gets points for trying.
 * Big Shut Up --> The Reason You Suck Speech: In episode 17, Digitamamon spends the entire episode acting like a jerk. She lets him have it, earning her second digiegg in the process.
 * Catch Phrase: "Bingo!" in Japanese, "Perfecto!" in the dub.
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Ditzy Genius
 * Don't Say Such Stupid Things: She's the one who gives these speeches to Ken and Hikari.
 * Early Bird Cameo: Makes a brief appearance in Our War Game.
 * Genki Girl
 * Get a Hold of Yourself Man: To Hikari and Ken on separate occasions.
 * Housewife/Hot Mom: In the Distant Finale. She and Ken share the most children.
 * Japanese Pronouns: Atashi
 * Meaningful Name: One of her first lines when introducing herself is that the kanji in her name is also the "Kyo" in "Kyoto." Foreshadowing for the field trip she takes during the BlackWarGreymon arc?
 * Meganekko
 * The Power of Love
 * Punny Name: Related to the above: the Japanese name for the episode in which Miyako visits Kyoto is Kyō no Miyako wa Kyō no Miyako, translated on That Other Wiki as "Today Miyako is in Kyoto."
 * Reluctant Warrior:
 * Romantic Two Girl Friendship: she and Hikari have two or three whiffs of the trope, specially in the episode that had them (and Ken) in the Sea of Darkness. (Between this and her attitude with Mimi, she's very easy fodder for Les Yay.)
 * Lavender Haired Girl
 * Talking to Herself: Her dub actress also does Biyomon!
 * The Smart Girl
 * Alternatively, she can be The Big Girl.
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: Tomboy to Hikari's Girly Girl (even though she isn't particularly tomboyish herself).
 * Yamato Nadeshiko: Has an Image Song about how she, deep down, wants to at least partially embody the archetype.

Iori Hida (Cody Hida)
Iori is the youngest and most reserved of the new team, rather quiet and standoffish compared to the others. He seems to practice a zen-like religion, keeping him fairly stoic throughout. He is also a kendoist, and relies on his wise, yet quirky, grandfather for advice.

"Voiced by: Megumi Urawa (JP), Philece Sampler (EN)"

"WILL YOU ALL STOP TALKING?"
 * The Big Guy
 * Alternatively, he can be The Smart Guy.
 * Big Shut Up: The other kids have a slight tendency to ignore him, because they're older and tend to assume that their plans are better.


 * Cross Dressing Voices
 * Dead Person Conversation
 * Disappeared Dad
 * Foil: Iori is the youngest in his group, and occasionally gets brushed off, like Takeru before him. However, Iori is far more serious, and is inclined toward skepticism.
 * Green Eyes
 * Which is slightly ironic given there was an uproar about his appearance being stereotyped. Last time I checked, Green Eyes were a western phenotype.
 * Heir to The Dojo
 * Japanese Pronouns: Boku
 * Kid Samurai
 * Reluctant Warrior: The most extreme case on the roster.
 * Shorter Means Smarter
 * Talking the Monster To Death:
 * Talking to Himself: Megumi Urawa voiced his partner Armadillomon, while Philece Sampler is a much less extreme case with Mimi.
 * Tsurime Eyes
 * Will Not Tell a Lie: Which causes him quite the trouble in an episode.
 * Wise Beyond Their Years: Most of the time, you wouldn't even think he's really just in third grade.
 * Wise Beyond Their Years: Most of the time, you wouldn't even think he's really just in third grade.

Takeru Takaishi (Takeru"T.K."Takaishi)
Having grown up a little, Takeru serves as the warm, friendly Lancer of the new Chosen team. Nonetheless, he is a bit more cynical and a bit shellshocked from his previous adventures. Together, he and Hikari often explain how the Digital World works to the new kids.

"Voiced by: Taisuke Yamamoto (JP), Doug Erholtz (EN)"


 * Berserk Button: "THE POWERS OF DARKNESS!"
 * Beware the Nice Ones: Good-natured and kind at first glance, mention The Dark Side and he does a 180. Expect a This Is Unforgivable or two.
 * Took a Level In Badass: Compare his characterization in 02 with his characterization in Adventure. And even back then, the kid tried hard to do things on his own. Which made Yamato almost flip.
 * Tranquil Fury
 * Blood Upgrade
 * But Not Too Foreign: Revealed to be part French during the World Tour
 * Creepy Child: When his Berserk Button is activated.
 * Cross Dressing Voices: Chinese and Indonesian dub version only. In these versions, he is voiced by a female.
 * Dead Sidekick
 * Good Is Not Nice: He is normally friendly and soft-spoken. Towards an enemy that's pissed him off, however, he can be quite violent and unforgiving.
 * He Is All Grown Up
 * Holy Hand Grenade
 * I Should Write a Book About This: In the Distant Finale, Takeru became a novelist and wrote about their adventures.
 * Japanese Pronouns: Boku
 * The Lancer: For about the first half of the series. Demoted later.
 * The Heart: Pretty much became this after Ken took over.
 * Narrator All Along
 * New Transfer Student: He moves to the school Hikari and most of the new Chosen go to in episode 1.
 * Nice Hat: His nearly ever-present fisherman-style hat.
 * Not Himself: When his Berserk Button is pressed.
 * Older and Wiser
 * Red Oni Blue Oni: The blue to Daisuke's red until Ken joins.
 * Tareme Eyes

Hikari Yagami (Hikari"Kari"Kamiya)
Even though she has grown up, Hikari remains sweet and gentle, having tempered her innocence with wisdom. However, she still has issues that come back to haunt her, usually when she least expects it.

"Voiced by: Kae Araki (JP), Lara Jill Miller (EN)"


 * Action Girl: Less so than Miyako, but still one when it counts.
 * Big Brother Worship: She isn't as reliant on him as she was in Adventure, but she still thinks of him very highly and measures her own worth relative to his.
 * The Chick
 * Distaff Counterpart: To Takeru.
 * Including their Digimon, that come as a pair of angels.
 * Hair Decorations
 * Fingerless Gloves: Pink ones that go halfway up her bicep.
 * Get a Hold of Yourself Man: To Miyako, even she's shocked at how uncharacteristic this is for her.
 * Gotta Get Your Head Together: She spends a good chunk of her Dark Ocean panic attack in this position.
 * Holy Hand Grenade
 * Holy Child: The people after her aren't necessarily all that interested in killing her, this time around, mind you.
 * I Will Protect Her: How Takeru feels concerning her. However, it should be noted that she is capable of taking care of herself... most of the time.
 * Miyako kinda takes up that role later on though.
 * Japanese Pronouns: Atashi
 * Light Is Good
 * Meaningful Name
 * The Messiah: Deconstructed now, since she can barely handle it now and even has more than one Heroic BSOD that Takeru and Miyako have to pull her out from.
 * Mysterious Waif: She's borderline telepathic, and soon it backfires on her.
 * Naive Everygirl: Again deconstructed, since she suffers quite painful consequences.
 * Ocean Madness
 * Older and Wiser
 * Plucky Girl
 * Romantic Two Girl Friendship: she and Miyako have two or three whiffs of the trope, specially in the episode that had them (and Ken) in the Sea of Darkness.
 * She Is All Grown Up
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: Girly Girl to Miyako's Tomboy.
 * Who You Gonna Call: Spoken word for word by her (not Gatomon) as a Shout Out when Wizardmon's ghost haunts the Fuji TV Station in episode 17 (towards bottom of page).

Ken Ichijouji, Part 1 (Digimon Emperor/Digimon Kaiser)
"Of course, I am the only perfect human being."

A mysterious, human villain (a first for the series) who's taken over the Digital World and is causing random destruction and terror, using Dark Spires to prevent evolution and Dark Rings to mind-control Digimon.

"Voiced by: Romi Park (JP), Derek Stephen Prince (EN)"


 * A God Am I
 * Attack Pattern Alpha
 * And You Thought It Was a Game: He does his evil deeds under the delusion that the Digital World is a large-scale computer game.
 * Broken Ace: Type I.
 * Card Carrying Villain
 * Casting a Shadow
 * Child Prodigy
 * Evil Genius
 * Evil Laugh
 * Evil Overlord
 * Evil Sounds Deep: In the Japanese.
 * Face Heel Turn: He started off as one of the two heroes in the Tag Tamer games, where he made a Diving Save in order to prevent Ryo from getting hit with Milleniumon's Dark Spores.
 * Stable Time Loop: Milleniumon is a time traveller who consists of a fusion between Kimeramon and Machinedramon. And who created Kimeramon...?
 * Continuity Snarl: Milleniumon first appears in a Digimon Adventure tie-in, where he is identified as a fusion of Kimeramon and Mugendramon. How and why he showed up before Kimeramon ever existed is still being debated.
 * Forgets to Eat: It's a sign that he's reformed somewhat when he actually starts eating the food his mother makes and sitting at the dining table with his family again.
 * Good Eyes Evil Eyes
 * Gratuitous German
 * Hikikomori: On the surface -- to his parents, at least.
 * Hey Its That Voice: Edward Elric and Toshiro Hitsugaya or Uryuu Ishida and Vexen depending on which side of the Pacific you're referring to.
 * Inferiority Superiority Complex: It comes out as early as episode nine that his haughtiness is actually a defense mechanism he uses against a crippling lack of self-esteem.
 * Kick the Dog: Literally, in one case.
 * Kneel Before Zod
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * Mask Power
 * Ominous Multiple Screens
 * Red Oni Blue Oni: The blue to Daisuke's red.
 * The Sadistic Choice: Tries once to force Davis to choose which of his captured friends should be eaten by a huge Digimon. He resorts to offering himself as a sacrificial lamb since he can't choose. Then it's all revealed to be a trap.
 * Scary Shiny Glasses
 * Smug Snake: Deconstructed via Inferiority Superiority Complex.
 * That Man Is Dead
 * Used to Be A Sweet Kid
 * Video Game Cruelty Potential: Taken to a pretty dangerous extreme.
 * Villainous Breakdown: AND HOW!
 * Villainous BSOD: What follows.
 * Villain Song: Ken's Image Song, "Only One", is done in the Emperor's persona
 * You Meddling Kids: Well, look who's talking!

Ken Ichijouji, part 2 (post-Digimon Emperor/Kaiser)
"I know I can never be forgiven for what I've done...I'll atone for my own sins."

Ken after realizing the Digital World isn't a video game, and having to face up to all the evil stuff he's done. Ridden with guilt and sorrow, he works hard to try and clean up his act, but perhaps will never completely get over it. Thankfully, Davis and Wormmon seem pretty determined to help him reform.


 * Anti Hero: Type II
 * The Atoner: Deconstructed Trope to a degree, as he's got a latent death wish and keeps feeling guilty even after sealing Daemon in the Dark Ocean.
 * Be Careful What You Wish For: As a child Ken, jealous of his older brother and angry that he always got special attention because he was a Child Prodigy, wished for Osamu to disappear.  This set the stage for all of the events to follow.
 * Big Brother Bully: Sam. He found Ken playing with the Digivice that he thought was his, and exploded at him. Much of it was Sam snapping under pressure to succeed. On the whole, though, Sam was a good big brother.
 * Break the Haughty: That's what causes his Heel Face Turn, actually.
 * Broken Ace: Type II.
 * Chick Magnet: Female Muggles are all over him.
 * Hilariously lampshaded in the Michi e no Armour Shinka drama, where Ken is signing autographs and Wormmon is telling his fans to stand file in a single line. Yes, the whole thing is crack.
 * Even funnier is when Daisuke tries to imitate his Emperor persona in order to get more fans, but they all boo at him, saying Ken is cooler. And then after the kids solve a conflict, the girls there thank him...only to go back to fangirling Ken right after.
 * Child Prodigy
 * Dead Person Conversation
 * Dead Sidekick: Wormmon.
 * Death Seeker: His dream in the Lotus Eater Machine? Watching himself get beaten to death, as the Kaiser, by the Digimon he's hurt. The poor kid's only eleven.
 * Blood On These Hands
 * Out Damned Spot
 * Earn Your Happy Ending
 * Expository Hairstyle Change: As the Digimon Kaizer, his hair is two-toned and spiked, nearly identical to his dead, genius brother's. After his Face Heel Turn, his hair is more bluish, chin-length, and straight.
 * Freak Out: As a product of his Break the Haughty.
 * Future Badass: In the Distant Finale he's become a Badass Longcoat detective (or a police officer in the Japanese version), fighting crime with Wormmon.
 * Get a Hold of Yourself Man: On the receiving edge of two, courtesy of Miyako and Daisuke.
 * Heel Face Turn
 * Heel Realization
 * Heroic BSOD
 * Ineffectual Loner: Subverted in that he is successful in knocking down Dark Towers with Stingmon after being reformed, but is far more effectual once he becomes part of the Nakama
 * I Wished You Were Dead: His brother, Osamu/Sam.
 * Japanese Pronouns: Boku
 * The Lancer: Replaces Takeru once he joins the team. After he paired up with Davis as DNA partners the series have never looked back. Just look at any pictures of the team or of the Lancers of the Digimon franchise, official or otherwise.
 * Laser Guided Amnesia: Strongly implied to be the case with his memories of the Tag Tamer games. When the memories begin to surface as dreams, SkullSatamon remarks that he's "starting to remember".
 * More Than Mind Control: Subverted, since he was cognizant of what he was doing.
 * My God What Have I Done: Twice.
 * Red Oni Blue Oni: The blue to Daisuke's red, replacing Takeru once he joins the team.
 * Shy Blue Haired Guy
 * Sixth Ranger
 * School Uniforms Are the New Black: He wears his gray Tamachi school uniform in both worlds.
 * Talking to Himself: In the dub, Ken and Veemon are both voiced by Derek Stephen Prince, and in the original Japanese, Romi Park voiced both him and his brother Osamu.
 * In the Swedish dub, both Ken and Matt are voiced by Leo Hallerstam. Which proves amusing in the World Tour Episode.
 * The Unfavorite: As a child, the butt of this trope before his brother's death.
 * Tsurime Eyes
 * Used to Be A Sweet Kid
 * When He Smiles
 * With My Hands Tied

Supporting Cast
For more info about the original generation characters, check the Digimon Adventure characters page.

Taichi Yagami (Taichi "Tai" Kamiya)
"Voiced by: Toshiko Fujita (JP), Joshua Seth (EN)"


 * Big Good
 * Heroic BSOD: When Agumon gets kidnapped.
 * Sempai Kohai: To Daisuke
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend: though he never made a big deal about it

Yamato Ishida (Yamato "Matt" Ishida)
"Voiced by: Yuuto Kazama (JP), Michael Reisz (EN)"


 * The Cast Showoff: Guess who becomes the frontman for a band in 02? He also has a CD single and drama CD to himself.
 * Relationship Upgrade: With.

Sora Takenouchi
"Voiced by: Yuko Mizutani (JP), Colleen O Shaughnessey (EN)"


 * Chickification: Played with. In Digimon Adventure, she was feisty and strong, and took pride in doing things by herself and not needing to be rescued. In Adventure 02, she love to get hit with the Distress Ball (see below). It's not complete, though, as she still has her moments when she's shown to be a capable fighter, as when she's fighting alongside the Russian DigiDestined, though even there she and Miyako needed to be rescued..
 * Distress Ball: The former poster girl for this trope.
 * Girliness Upgrade: Used to love soccer and despised her mom's plan for her to study flower-arranging. By Adventure 02, has traded soccer for tennis and has gladly taken up flower-arranging. She also has longer hair and dresses more girly.
 * Relationship Upgrade: With.

Koushirou Izumi (Koushirou "Izzy" Izumi)
"Voiced by: Umi Tenjin (JP), Mona Marshall (EN)"


 * Sempai Kohai: He's Miyako's sempai in the Computer Club.
 * Mission Control: On occasion. In all seriousness though, he probably remains the most involved of the old team helping from the real world with his computer.
 * Teen Genius

Mimi Tachikawa
"Voiced by: Ai Maeda (JP), Philece Sampler (EN)"


 * Cool Big Sis
 * Dye Hard
 * The Messiah: Continuing on from Adventure. Here, she even lets a brainwashed Digimon beat her up because she refused to let him hurt others.
 * Rose Haired Girl
 * Unlimited Wardrobe: Has the most costume and hair-style changes out of all the other characters in this season.
 * What Could Have Been: Early character design sketches showed a lot more alternate outfits Mimi would have. Thankfully, some of them didn't make it into the final draft, and the most unfortunate we got was the one with the Funny Afro.

Joe/Jou Kido
"Voiced by: Masami Kikuchi (JP), Michael Lindsay (EN)"


 * Expository Hairstyle Change: Lets his hair grow between Adventure and 02.

June Motomiya (Jun Motomiya)
Jun is Daisuke's older sister. She doesn't figure much into the plot, but has a large crush on Yamato.

"Voiced by: Kazusa Morai (JP), Peggy O Neal (EN)"


 * Adult Child: Is 17 years old but acts very childishly sometimes, particularly when it comes to romance.
 * Anime Hair
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Fan Girl: First Yamato, then Shuu.
 * Genki Girl
 * Girl Next Door
 * I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: The hate from Yamato/Sora shippers is doubly ridiculous, since she actually gave up on Yamato willingly as soon as she saw him with Sora and showed no bad feelings towards them, aside of just moping around a bit like almost any teenage girl would. If Taichi was the chosen one, she would likely behave the same way - and maybe even more, considering that Taichi is Daisuke's Big Brother Mentor of sorts.
 * Official Couple: With Jou's middle brother Shuu. It's All There in the Manual according to the Michi e no Armor Shinka! audio drama, she even goes to meet Shuu's parents before a Valentine's date.
 * Shorttank
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: The tomboy to Momoe, the eldest of Miyako's two sisters.

Willis (Wallace)
"Voiced by: Nami Miyahara (JP), Bob Glouberman (EN)"


 * The All American Boy: His physical design has shades of this, especially when he wears his overalls as a child.
 * Blue Eyes
 * Body Horror: Oh, God, yes. Wendigomon unleashes laser cannons from its torso flesh, but its Cherubimon that takes the cake with his rotting ears, rotting frill, and flesh that tears like paper (not mentioning, of course, that he bleeds black snow). The sheer wrongness of how Cherubimon works is as much of a threat as Cherubimon itself.
 * Character Development
 * Cross Dressing Voices: True in Japan, averted in the dub.
 * Dub Name Change: From Wallace to Willis. Mystifyingly, as Wallace is already an English name and he's from America.
 * Early Bird Cameo: Is one of the major opponent tamers in D-1 Tamers, which occurs before the series proper. Chew on that, Continuity.
 * When Hurricane Touchdown was absorbed into Digimon The Movie, Willis ended up absorbing the Info Dump roles of two of Koushirou's foreign friends..
 * Eldritch Abomination: Cherubimon Vice.
 * Everythings Better With Bunnies: Both of Willis' digimon have some decidedly rabbit-like traits (Terriermon and his Evolution Line have contributed to the fandom-term "rabbit-dog" for both variants); Subverted quite powerfully in that one of them grows up to be Wendigomon, and then Cherubimon Vice.
 * Free Range Children: The boy hitch-hikes from New York to Colorado, which is how he meets Davis, Yolei, and Cody.
 * Friendless Background: Out of fear that Kokomon would attack anyone too close to him.
 * I Work Alone: In the beginning.
 * Mommas Boy: He's shown going out of his way to call his mother frequently in the Japanese version.
 * Phenotype Stereotype
 * Ship Tease: With Hikari and Miyako. Possibly Daisuke.
 * Surprisingly Good English: Book Ends the movie with it, though he self-identifies as "Warus".
 * Hey Its That Voice: Once you hear the near-perfect English, compare it to Momo-chan.
 * This Is Your Brain On Evil/The Corruption: In the prologue, Kokomon is spirited away by some ill-defined force; when he returns, he's bigger, nastier, more violent, and consumed with a fixation on playing with Willis. Since he's vaguely aware Willis has grown up, he decides to get a hold of every kid he can find with the same model of digivice.
 * With every evolution, he loses more and more hold on his actual self and becomes more and more of a perversion of childish innocence; its Mega form (identified in external materials as Cherubimon - Vice) is a Giant Monster Clown Rabbit with a really freaky laugh.
 * Cherubimon is at that point basically an avatar of whatever force kidnapped Kokomon. When Hikari first sees Wendigomon, she describes it as a "crying digimon". When she first sees Cherubimon Vice, she realizes that the crying digimon is completely absent.
 * What Could Have Been: On the first version of Fox Kids' movie website, Willis' name was left as "Wallace." Updated versions replaced his name with "Willis", seemingly indicating that the movie was initially going to keep his original name.

Veemon (V-mon)
Daisuke's partner, a blue dragon-ish wisecracker who quickly becomes best buds with his partner.

His digivolutions are as follows:
 * Fresh: Chibomon (Chicomon), a blue blob.
 * In-Training: DemiVeemon (Chibimon), a miniature (and cuter) version of Veemon. Blows bubbles.
 * Rookie: Veemon, his default form.
 * Armors:
 * Courage: Flamedramon (Fladramon), a larger Veemon with red fire armor.
 * Friendship: Raidramon (Lighdramon), a larger Veemon on all fours with black electric armor.
 * Miracles: Magnamon, a larger Veemon with golden armor.
 * Champion: ExVeemon (XV-mon). A giant bulked-up Veemon with wings.
 * Ultimate (DNA): Paildramon, essentially ExVeemon with Stingmon's armor with hip-mounted machine guns.
 * Mega (DNA): Imperialdramon, a big black dragon with red wings.
 * Imperialdramon Fighter Mode, a humanoid version of Imperialdramon.
 * Imperialdramon Paladin Mode, basically an all-white Fighter Mode with a BFS.

"Voiced by: Junko Noda (JP), Derek Stephen Prince (EN)"


 * Bare Your Midriff: Flamedramon
 * Chest Blaster: Imperialdramon Fighter Mode and ExVeemon.
 * Cross Dressing Voices: Japanese version only.
 * Elemental Powers
 * Light Em Up: Magnamon
 * Playing With Fire: Flamedramon
 * Shock and Awe: Raidramon
 * Expy: of Veedramon
 * Golden Super Mode: Magnamon
 * Hot Paint Job: Flamedramon
 * Muscle Fanservice
 * Non Fatal Explosion: Magnamon, when he uses his Magna Explosion attack. At worst, he will just De-digivolve to a lower level, being drained of most of his energy.
 * Our Dragons Are Different
 * Steve Blum: Flamedramon, Raidramon, and Magnamon.
 * Talking to Himself
 * Temporary Bulk Change: Exveemon
 * Tempting Fate: He wished to fly? Here come Exveemon!
 * Transforming Mecha: Imperialdramon's Mode Change from Dragon to Fighter would do Transformers proud.
 * XV Sign

Hawkmon
Miyako's partner, a gentlemanly hawk-like Digimon who is about the only known case of a Digimon partner the opposite gender of their Digidestined. A little more down-to-earth than Yolei, but that doesn't stop him showing off.

His digivolutions are as follows:
 * Fresh: Pururumon, a pink blob with a beak.
 * In-Training: Poromon, a tiny pink ball with wings and a feather. Blows bubbles.
 * Rookie: Hawkmon, his default form.
 * Armors:
 * Love: Halsemon (Holsmon), a gryphon that uses the digimental as face and back plating.
 * Sincerity: Shurimon, a plant-themed Ninja.
 * Champion: Aquilamon, a big red eagle with horns.
 * Ultimate (DNA): Silphymon, a white & red warrior with Hawkmon's feathers, Gatomon's ears, and a metal visor.

"Voiced by: Koichi Tochika (JP), Neil Kaplan (EN)"


 * Accessory Wearing Cartoon Animal: A belt around his head
 * Big Badass Bird of Prey: His further evolutions, particularly Aquilamon.
 * Bishonen Line: Silphymon
 * Elemental Powers
 * Blow You Away: Halsemon
 * Green Thumb: Shurimon
 * Fan Service: Silphymon. It's uncertain whether it's a guy or not, but that doesn't stop the fangirls.
 * Polly Wants a Microphone
 * Quintessential British Gentleman: In the dub. He is more of a samurai in the Japanese.
 * Spell My Name With an S: "Halsemon" is an attempted Anglicization of "Holsmon", where "Hols" is an attempted Anglicization of "Horusmon."

Armadillomon (Armadimon)
Iori's partner, a burrowing Digimon with a gennern accent in the dub. He has a very grounded, folksy personality to contrast Iori's calmness.


 * Fresh: Tsubumon, a yellow ball with a feather.
 * In-Training: Upamon, a tiny yellow ball with "gills" on the sides of his head. Blows bubbles.
 * Rookie: Armadillomon, his default form.
 * Armors:
 * Knowledge: Digmon, a big yellow beetle that shoots drills.
 * Reliability: Submarimon, a submarine with a chainsaw nose.
 * Champion: Ankylomon, an ankylosaurus.
 * Ultimate (DNA): Shakkoumon, a white and gold angel/clay doll combination.

"Voiced by: Megumi Urawa (JP), Robert Axelrod (EN)"


 * Atlantis Is Boring: His Submarimon form, while cool, gets very little use...
 * Cross Dressing Voices: Japanese version only.
 * Elemental Powers
 * Dishing Out Dirt: Digmon
 * Making a Splash: Submarimon
 * Epic Flail: Ankylomon's tail.
 * Kansai Regional Accent: Nagoya-ben
 * Accent Adaptation: Changed to a Western accent in the dub.
 * Rolling Attack: Armadillomon's Diamond Shell attack.
 * Spikes of Doom: Ankylomon, who is covered with spiked plates, spiked cinctures, and a spiked "helmet". His tail is also packed with them.
 * Talking to Himself: Both him and his partner are voiced by Megumi Urawa. She even sings a duet with herself!
 * This Is a Drill
 * Verbal Tic: "-dagya"

Wormmon
First seen as the Digimon Emperor's minion, a caterpillar-like Digimon who eventually rebels to help the Digidestined defeat him. Doesn't do too much after Ken's Heel Face Turn, but evolves into Stingmon and is awesome.


 * Fresh: Leafmon, a green blob with a leaf.
 * In-Training: Minomon, Wormmon's head attached to a pinecone. Blows bubbles.
 * Rookie: Wormmon, his default form.
 * Champion: Stingmon. A green bug themed warrior.
 * Ultimate (DNA): Paildramon, essentially ExVeemon with Stingmon's armor with hip-mounted machine guns.
 * Mega (DNA): Imperialdramon, a big black dragon with red wings.
 * Imperialdramon Fighter Mode, a humanoid version of Imperialdramon.
 * Imperialdramon Paladin Mode, basically an all-white Fighter Mode with a BFS.

"Voiced by: Naozumi Takahashi (JP), Paul St Peter (EN)"


 * Adorkable: His behavior and especially voice make him incredibly cute and endearing.
 * Battle Butler: His dub voice gave this image even more.
 * Bumbling Sidekick: At first, he gets no respect.
 * Big Creepy Crawlies: Stingmon
 * Chest Blaster: Imperialdramon Fighter Mode
 * Dark Is Not Evil / My Species Doth Protest Too Much: The first of the Virus digimon characters to be a good guy rather than a Card Carrying Villain.
 * Love Martyr
 * Morality Pet
 * The Promise
 * The Quiet One: As Stingmon, at least.
 * Satellite Character
 * Took a Level In Badass: Initially a Butt Monkey, but when he's able to evolve into Stingmon, who in his 2nd fight was eventually matched Rockmon/Golemmon, who had taken on the rest of the main digimon and curbstomped them.
 * Took a Level In Badass: Initially a Butt Monkey, but when he's able to evolve into Stingmon, who in his 2nd fight was eventually matched Rockmon/Golemmon, who had taken on the rest of the main digimon and curbstomped them.

Patamon
He's back with Takeru and has probably changed less than his partner has, which causes a bit of angst. Rarely if ever becomes Angemon.

His new Digivolutions this season are:
 * Armor:
 * Hope: Pegasusmon (Pegasmon), a golden-armored winged horse.
 * Ultimate (DNA): Shakkoumon, a white and gold angel/clay doll combination.
 * Mega: Seraphimon (movie only), a blue armored angel with ten wings.

"Voiced by: Miwa Matsumoto (JP), Laura Summer (EN)"


 * Head Pet
 * Light Em Up: as Angemon and Magna Angemon
 * Light Is Good
 * Ridiculously Cute Critter: But not quite as much as before.
 * The Worf Effect: This time around, Angemon had a tendency to get this. Meanwhile, Seraphimon's debut in the film pretty much kickstarted his recurring tendency to be this in Digimon canon as a whole.

Gatomon (Tailmon)
Back and a little more friendly now, although she's had a power downgrade after losing her tail-ring. Without it, she's only as powerful as a rookie.

Her new Digivolutions this season are:
 * Armor:
 * Light: Nefertimon, a flying cat with Egyptian-themed armor.
 * Ultimate (DNA): Silphymon, a white & red warrior with Hawkmon's feathers, Gatomon's ears, and a metal visor.
 * Mega: Magnadramon (Holydramon), a giant pink cat/angel/dragon.

"Voiced by: Yuka Tokumitsu (JP), Edie Mirman (EN)"


 * Bag of Spilling: Loses her tail/holy ring in the first episode, which leads to her being a Champion digimon with the power of a Rookie.
 * Cat Fight: Angewomon vs. Lady Devimon, round 2!
 * Cute Kitten
 * Fan Service: Once again, Angewomon, and to a lesser extent, Silphymon.
 * The Smurfette Principle: Of the Digimon half of the team.

Yukio Oikawa
Who'd have thunk there's not one but two human villains in this season?

"Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa (JP), Jamieson Price (EN)"


 * The Chessmaster:
 * Freudian Excuse:.
 * Looks Like Cesare
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * More Than Mind Control: His preferred methods.
 * Talking to Himself: In both the Latin-American and Japanese dubs.
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * More Than Mind Control: His preferred methods.
 * Talking to Himself: In both the Latin-American and Japanese dubs.
 * Talking to Himself: In both the Latin-American and Japanese dubs.

Arukenimon (Archnemon) & Mummymon
After the Digimon Emperor's defeat, these two mysterious villains start appearing in the Digital World and causing trouble. Both are humanoid, although Arukenimon resembles a spider and Mummymon, well, a mummy. Arukenimon has the power to turn the remaining Dark Spires into evil Digimon, but otherwise they're not really that powerful, and tend to hide from the Chosen Children.

"Arukenimon is voiced by: Wakana Yamazaki (JP), Mari Devon (EN)

Mummymon is voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa (JP), Kirk Thornton (EN)"


 * Affably Evil: Mummymon, who always aims to act like a gentleman.
 * BFG: Mummymon carries a huge gun.
 * Crouching Moron Hidden Badass: Mummymon. One second, a bumbling fool. The next second, a total asskicker who can tear three Ultimate-level Digimon apart.
 * Disc One Final Boss: Arukenimon.
 * Dub Induced Plot Hole: The kids know Arukenimon's name before she reveals herself to be a Digimon.
 * Giant Spider: Arukenimon's real form.
 * Hartman Hips: Arukenimon's humanoid form.
 * Joker Immunity: Given that the Digidestined gained the propensity to kill these two not long after their debuts, they lasted very long especially given the significant threat they posed. The two made sure they wouldn't confront the kids directly. Hey, they gotta get Genre Savvy sooner or later.
 * Mike Nelson Destroyer of Worlds: Try to destroy the universe despise being counter intuitive to there plans.
 * Minion Shipping
 * Mook Maker: Arukenimon can use her hair to turn the Control Spires that Ken made into fake Digimon. They're pretty powerful as well, but essentially mindless monsters completely devoted to whatever she orders them to do (though BlackWarGreymon somehow got a mind of his own). However, because of this, the kids have no moral qualms about destroying them because they're not sentient or even alive.
 * Mummy: Mummymon, of course...
 * Musical Assassin: Arukenimon once used a flute to control insect Digimon.
 * Not So Harmless Villain: They're actually dangerous if they put more hearts into their missions, especially Mummymon.
 * One Winged Angel: Both spend most time in forms that can pass for human at a glance.
 * Those Two Bad Guys: Elements of this.
 * One Winged Angel: Both spend most time in forms that can pass for human at a glance.
 * Those Two Bad Guys: Elements of this.

BlackWarGreymon
Created from a hundred Dark Spires as the ultimate evil Digimon, he is a dark clone of the final evolution of Agumon. He is hell-bent on destroying the Cosmic Keystones of the Digital World. But is he really as bad as he appears?

"Voiced by: Nobuyuki Hiyama (JP), Steve Blum (EN)"


 * Anti Villain: Type II
 * Beta Test Baddie
 * Blood Knight
 * Born As an Adult
 * Desperately Looking for A Purpose In Life
 * The Determinator
 * The Dragon: He was supposed to be this for Arukenimon, but he abandoned her immediately. The fact that his following actions during that arc matched Arukenimon's plans was pure coincidence; he was never loyal to her.
 * Evil Sounds Deep
 * Evil Twin: To Agumon, if not 'genetically'.
 * Hero Killer
 * Man of Kryptonite: To the Digigods and the digital world.
 * Palette Swap
 * Tin Man
 * Villainous Valor: Shakkoumon shows up and is the firs thing to really start to hurt him, and despite taking a beating from him and Paildramon and Silphymon, he still gets back up, and promptly curbstomps all three of them.
 * What Measure is a Non Digimon: Arukenimon's creations before and after him had no free will or intelligence and were basically bent on doing whatever she told them to do. Thus the Digidestined had no problems destroying them. BlackWarGreymon somehow ended up gaining free will due to the number of control spires used to make him, leaving everyone unsure of what to do about him, even he wondered if he was really alive or not.
 * Villainous Valor: Shakkoumon shows up and is the firs thing to really start to hurt him, and despite taking a beating from him and Paildramon and Silphymon, he still gets back up, and promptly curbstomps all three of them.
 * What Measure is a Non Digimon: Arukenimon's creations before and after him had no free will or intelligence and were basically bent on doing whatever she told them to do. Thus the Digidestined had no problems destroying them. BlackWarGreymon somehow ended up gaining free will due to the number of control spires used to make him, leaving everyone unsure of what to do about him, even he wondered if he was really alive or not.

His new Digivolutions this season are:
 * Mega: )'', a white form with both robotic and animalistic visual overtones, giant glider-wings, and according to Davis, a letter-opener on his face.

"Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa (JP), Richard Epcar (EN)"


 * Big Bad
 * The Chessmaster
 * Dark Is Evil
 * Deader Than Dead: His spirit was destroyed in the final battle...by being blown up with the light of millions of Digivices... shot out of a darkmatter cannon.
 * Final Exam Finale: This battle is a Series Fauxnale for the show, but it's a Grand Finale for this continuity. It makes sense that every available form above the rookie level would be called upon. Better yet, they go into battle together!
 * For the Evulz: Pretty much the reason for what he did to Arukenimon and Mummymon.
 * Hijacked By Ganon: who wasn't even the most powerful. However, at least this time it was foreshadowed by BlackWarGreymon sensing him inside his host.
 * Lotus Eater Machine: Employs one against the Digidestined in the final battle. It breaks down because Davis... well, was Davis.
 * Manipulative Bastard: He sure knows how to play people. Just look what happens to Oikawa, Ken and BlackWarGreymon as well the Dark Spore kids.
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast: Belial is a figure in Judeo-Christian demonology, sometimes identified with Satan.
 * Slasher Smile: Once he became he got those, fitting his ugly nature.
 * Talking the Monster To Death: And how!
 * Weakened By the Light
 * Weakened By the Light
 * Weakened By the Light

Daemon
A villain who led a small group of demonic Digimon that terrorized the town while attempt to retrieve Dark Spores from Oikawa and then is removed from the plot and into the Dark Ocean soon after, he is most notably a Knight of Cerebus who is high above in the Digimon Sorting Algorithm of Evil, that he is had to be sealed away. Which is shame that because he was one of the few who knows the purpose of the spores and the Dark Ocean in general.
 * Knight of Cerebus: Justified as the person who wrote the script for his influence in the plot, would go on to write Digimon Tamers; which is infamous for going Darker and Edgier in the franchise.
 * The Faceless
 * Humanoid Abomination
 * Kill It With Fire: His preferred method of fighting.
 * Large Ham: Dub only.
 * Expy:of the original Daemon from Digimon V-Tamer 01
 * Meaningful Name: Daemon is an actual name for a creature related to a demon.
 * And his original name WAS Demon.

Millenniummon
An exceedingly powerful digimon with that is more or less responsible for the majority of the events in the series. Never seen in the actual show (save for a brief cameo), but he created the Dark Spores and corrupted Ken with them, triggering Ken's Start of Darkness.


 * All There in the Manual: His own origin story and how it ties into the Adventure universe; specifically, he was the one that released Apocalymon back in Adventure and kicked off that story, and started this one when he self-destructed after Ken and Ryo Akiyama (yes, THAT one) defeated him in the Wonderswan games, scattering the Dark Spores everywhere and implanting Ken with one.
 * Bigger Bad: Responsible for everything that goes wrong in the Adventure universe. Only shows up for a 3 second cameo.
 * Biological Mashup: Created from a Kimeramon and Machinedramon (The Dark Master from the previous season)
 * Foe Yay: With Ryo. Averted with Ken
 * Eldritch Abomination
 * The Cameo
 * Ultimate Evil
 * Time Master: As his name implies, Mille was able to freely travel through time and his attacks deal with manipulating space/time. This is how he was able to release Apocalymon to begin with.