Gatomon (Adventure:)

Gatomon is 's Partner in Digimon Adventure:. At some point she was captured by the Dark Digimon and corrupted into , but is later defeated by and reverts back to Gatomon.
==Appearance==
==Description==
==Fiction==
===Digimon Adventure:===
As , she played an important role in the ancient battle against . After most of the other Digimon in the Army of Light were destroyed, and Ophanimon DNA Digivolved and into who, empowered by the souls of all of the fallen Digimon, destroyed ZeedMillenniummon.
Afterwards, Ophanimon died and was reborn as a Digi-Egg. She was captured by the who corrupted Gatomon's Digi-Egg. The egg then hatched and became SkullKnightmon who served and the forces of .
Despite the corruption by Millenniummon's followers, Gatomon's soul still existed inside of SkullKnightmon. Her feathers later appeared to to help cause the DNA Digivolution of Omnimon once more.
After being taken inside of SkullKnightmon, Kari found and awakened Gatomon's soul. and broke into to save Kari, freeing both Kari and Gatomon. AxeKnightmon then reverted into her true form of Gatomon who became Kari's partner.
Attacks
*Neko Punch: A lightning-fast punch
*Cat's Eye
*Neko Kick
*Neko Scratch
==Other Forms==
===Nyaromon's Digi-Egg===
's is white and is covered in yellow circles.
===Nyaromon===
Nyaromon is Gatomon's In-Training form.
In the Digivice: Virtual Pet, Nyaromon can digivolve to .
===Salamon===
Salamon is Gatomon's Rookie form.
In the Digivice: Virtual Pet, Salamon digivolves from and can digivolve to Gatomon.
===Angewomon===
Angewomon is Gatomon's true Ultimate form.
During the battle with MarineDevimon, when Gatomon almost dark digivolves to AxeKnightmon due to the dark miasma, Kari reaches out to Gatomon, promising that she can call her again whenever she is scared again. Gatomon overcomes her fear and manages to digivolves into Angewomon who defeats MarineDevimon.
During the battle with , Gatomon digivolves to Angewomon and infuses 's hammer with one of her Holy Arrows, giving Zudomon and the power to purify Jagomon and break him out of his berserker state.
During Kari's attempt to help Petaldramon against Entmon, Gatomon digivolves to Angewomon and empowers Petaldramon, giving him the strength to sacrifice himself, turning both Petaldramon and Entmon into a new forest.
In the Digivice: Virtual Pet, Angewomon digivolves from Gatomon and can digivolve to and .
Attacks
*Heaven's Charm
*Holy Arrow
*Saint Air
===Ophanimon===
Ophanimon is one of Gatomon's Mega forms. It is one of the seven Celestial Digimon, as well as one of the .
In the past, Ophanimon was one of the seven leaders of the Army of Light that fought against the Army of Darkness. The only survivors were six Digi-Eggs, implied to belong to , , , , , and . After Phoenixmon, Rosemon, Vikemon and HerculesKabuterimon were destroyed, Seraphimon and Ophanimon made WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon DNA Digivolve into empowered with the souls of the fallen warriors so he could defeat , the ultimate weapon of the Dark Digimon. Unlike Seraphimon, Ophanimon did not survive the injuries that she had sustained in the battle and she died and was reborn as a Digi-Egg that the got their hands on and corrupted.
A brief manifestation of Ophanimon is seen when Angewomon purifies SkullBaluchimon and Soulmon, turning them into Digi-Eggs.
While facing , Angewomon and MagnaAngemon digivolve into Ophanimon and Seraphimon who destroy Ghoulmon and with him, all of the .
Angewomon digivolves to Ophanimon again to destroy the and to face off against .
In the Digivice: Virtual Pet, can digivolve to Ophanimon.
Attacks
*Eden's Javelin
===Magnadramon===
Magnadramon is one of Gatomon's Mega forms.
 and digivolve to Magnadramon and to defeat , though Millenniummon digivolves to after dying. The two Dragons, alongside the rest of the friends the DigiDestined made on their journey, then power up 's Terra Force so that it is able to destroy ZeedMillenniummon once and for all.
After digivolving to Magnadramon and all of the power that she used up against Millenniummon, Gatomon is subsequently too tired to digivolve to face Burpmon and has to rest and recover for awhile. She eventually recovers after spending some time relaxing in the hot springs.
In the Digivice: Virtual Pet, can digivolve to Magnadramon.
Attacks
*Holy Flame
*Apocalypse
==SkullKnightmon Forms==
===SkullKnightmon===
SkullKnightmon is Gatomon's corrupted Champion form, who can Mode Change to Naginata Mode and Arrow Mode. It serves under both and . It has DarkMaildramon as its steed.
After the previous war against the Army of Darkness, had turned into a Digi-Egg, which was discovered and corrupted by the . The egg had then hatched and eventually became SkullKnightmon, who first served under Devimon in the Cloud Continent.
SkullKnightmon was sent along with Velgemon to ensure that Minotarumon, Bullmon, Bulbmon and the Troopmon would manage to deliver captured to Devimon. After Minotarumon's forces were destroyed and had sacrificed his powers to ensure Velgemon's death, SkullKnightmon took Angemon's Digi-Egg in order to deliver it to Devimon and be corrupted. SkullKnightmon personally fought , and T.K. when they arrived into Devimon's castle to take back Angemon's Digi-Egg. SkullKnightmon was overpowered by and , so it asked Devimon for more power. Devimon then used the Dark Crystal containing Moon=Millenniummon's spirit to digivolve SkullKnightmon into .
After the destruction of Devimon's Mega form and the 's arrival to the Eternal Continent, AxeKnightmon was forced to degenerate back into SkullKnightmon in the battle against Angemon. SkullKnightmon soon found Tai, and , and captured Kari. Under the instructions of the Vademon, SkullKnightmon took Kari to a ritual altar full larger Dark Crystals. SkullKnightmon was instructed to resonate with Kari and imprison her within its own armor to digivolve into AxeKnightmon once again and then sacrifice them both for resurrecting Millenniummon.
Despite SkullKnightmon's destruction, much like with , her consciousness still lingers within Gatomon as as a shadowy force.
As the DigiDestined send WarGreymon and the power to DNA digivolve into , a shadowy image of SkullKnightmon appears over along with appearing over Seraphimon to rescue their respective counterparts from . Devimon declares that he hears the voices resonating beyond the world and gathering hope, declaring that despite the destruction in sight, the light of hope glows bright, creating a miracle. Devimon declares that the whim of those who are shadows must also be the same before he and SkullKnightmon fade away.
In the Digivice: virtual pet, SkullKnightmon is defeated by the DigiDestined's Partner Digimon.
Attacks
*Spear Needle
*Breast-Eye Wink
===AxeKnightmon===
AxeKnightmon is Gatomon's corrupted Ultimate form, and is the digivolved form of . When it was decided that Gatomon would be transformed into a Dark Digimon, the development team decided to use AxeKnightmon because the Digimon Xros Figure Series: SkullKnightmon & DeadlyAxemon Set came with a Gatomon .デジモンウェブ公式(@digimonweb_net). "デジモンアドベンチャー：小話「テイルモンは闇のデジモンに姿を変えている」という設定を聞き「闇のデジモンは誰にしよう？」と考え、 『クロスウォーズ商品で、テイルモンのデジメモリがダークナイトモンの付属だった』ということで、ダークナイトモンが採用されたのでした #デジモン" February 8, 2021, 2:30 AM. Tweet.
While in the effort to stop , , and to grab back 's Digi-Egg, SkullKnightmon was cornered by and . SkullKnightmon asked for more power, so used the Dark Crystal containing 's spirit to digivolve SkullKnightmon into AxeKnightmon. AxeKnightmon survived the battle and the destruction of 's castle. After the destruction of Devimon's Ultimate form , AxeKnightmon retrieves the Dark Crystal and uses Moon=Millenniummon's power to digivolve NeoDevimon into .
After Dandevimon's destruction and the 's arrival to the Eternal Continent, AxeKnightmon attacked the DigiDestined in order to captue , but was stopped by and forced to degenrate back into SkullKnightmon.
SkullKnightmon digivolved into AxeKnightmon once again after capturing Kari and resonating with her as part of the ritual to sacrifice themselves for 's resurrection. The Dark Crystals of the ritual altar mad AxeKnightmon grow even larger and it also used its Undead Soldier technique to send several Vilemon spirits to attack the other DigiDestined. After growing large enough, AxeKnightmon's armor started to dissipate and its data to be sent to FAGA, a large Dark Crystal in the Sealed Grounds, where most of Millenniummon's essence resided. But Kari managed to find Gatomon's own spirit inside AxeKnightmon's armor and Tai and saved them before destroying AxeKnightmon. AxeKnightmon's destruction allowed Gatomon to regain her physical body.
After being exposed to the dark miasma while fighting MarineDevimon, Gatomon becomes surrounded by the shadow of AxeKnightmon, causing her to attack . However, Kari is able to break through to her partner, causing the miasma to disappear and Gatomon to digivolve into instead.
In the Digivice: virtual pet, AxeKnightmon is defeated by the DigiDestined's Partner Digimon.
Attacks
*Twin Spear
*Shoulder Blade
*Undead Soldier
==Merchandise==
===Shodo Angewomon===
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==Notes and references==
Category:Partner Digimon
Category:Characters in Digimon Adventure:
Category:Protagonists
Category:Antagonists