Gatomon (Adventure)

Gatomon is a Digimon in Digimon Adventure, Digimon Adventure 02, Digimon Adventure tri., and the manga who is partnered with Kari Kamiya. The Gatomon of Digimon Adventure also appears in several movies, manga, and video games set within the Digimon Adventure continuity.
==Appearance==
In the dub, she speaks in a soft, drawling voice. The Japanese version, however, has Gatomon in a much older voice to reflect her maturity as a Champion level Digimon. As Salamon, she acts more child-like, similar to a typical Rookie level Digimon, while as Gatomon she acts more like a teenager and as Angewomon she acts like an adult. However, in the Japanese version she behaves maturely even in her child level at times. This particular Gatomon also bears red X-shaped scars on her left paw and two scars on her right pawhttp://web.archive.org/web/20030430095502/http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/linedrawing/8-2.html under the yellow gloves from when beat her because he disliked her eyes.
==Fiction==
===Digimon Adventure===
Gatomon was created along with the rest of the DigiDestined's Digimon, as part of a project to help balance the good and evil in the Digital World. When she was still a connected to the Crest of Light and the , the attacked the facility where she is housed, and Gennai fled with the eggs in hand. During the escape, Gatomon's Digi-Egg fell and became separated from the rest of the Digimon. She later hatched into , and constantly waited for someone she was programmed to bond with. When she later digivolved into , she searched for that person instead of passively waiting, but found . He took her under his wing, but during that time he routinely abused her, causing her to forget what she had been doing. Salamon eventually naturally digivolved into Gatomon and became one of Myotismon's lieutenants in his army of Digimon. During this time, she gained a rival in one of his other minions, , as the two competed for their master's favor. Her only friend was , a friendly Digimon who Gatomon had once helped.
Gatomon first appears before the DigiDestined as a hyper-competent, malicious Digimon working for .
Gatomon accompanies Myotismon and his army in the assault on the Real World in the search of the Eighth Child, the predestined eighth member of the DigiDestined, who Myotismon was determined to destroy. Thanks to Wizardmon, Gatomon realizes that she was in fact the chosen partner Digimon for the eighth member, Kari Kamiya. However, Myotismon also discovers this and captured Gatomon and uses her to identify Kari. When Gatomon refused, Kari willingly gave herself up to stop the bloodshed, despite the protests of Gatomon and the other DigiDestined.
The DigiDestined and their Digimon, along with Wizardmon, fight Myotismon to save Kari. During the battle, Wizardmon sacrifices himself for Kari. Gatomon and her partner are devastated by Wizardmon's death, and this activated the Crest of Light, enabling Gatomon to digivolve to Angewomon to fight Myotismon. By absorbing the power of the other Digimon into one of her arrows, Angewomon apparently destroys Myotismon. However, Myotismon's spirit endures and he becomes . After the ensuing battle, Gatomon accompanies Kari and the other DigiDestined back to the Digital World to fight the Dark Masters.
===Digimon Adventure 02===
Four years later, a human calling himself the Digimon Emperor began conquering the Digital World and enslaving its Digimon. Gatomon is reunited with Kari, but had lost her tail ring while escaping a Unimon under the Emperor's control. Without the tail ring's holy power, Gatomon's strength was greatly reduced to roughly that of a Rookie-level Digimon.
Gennai eventually returns the missing Tail Ring to Gatomon, having found it at some point. He explains that the ring served as a means to contain the dark energy of the Digimon Emperor's fortress, and that the absence of the ring is also what enabled Gatomon to armor digivolve like the others, despite already being at the Champion level.
===Digimon Adventure tri.===
At some point following the defeat of MaloMyotismon, Kari and Gatomon are separated, with Gatomon returning to the Digital World. Four years after MaloMyotismon's defeat, Kari and Gatomon are reunited following the appearance of an infected Kuwagamon in the Real World. Once Kuwagamon is joined by two others, the Digidestined split up to deal with each one. Gatomon and Angemon take one of the Kuwagamon on, with Gatomon dealing the finishing blow to defeat it.
When appears in the Real World and attacks , Gatomon and the other Champion Digimon attempt to fight it, but are vastly outclassed by the Holy Knight Digmon.
Along with the other DigiDestined, Kari brings Gatomon to a spa. Later on, Gatomon is present at the school festival where Dark Gennai, posing as the Digimon Emperor, appears and abducts Meicoomon. Gatomon is barred from pursuing the Digimon Emperor and can only watch as , and take on .
Following Meicoomon killing Leomon and escaping into a distortion, Gatomon and the other Digimon are quarantined in Izzy's server in an attempt to stop them from being infected themselves. Gatomon is present when Homeostasis possesses Kari and warns them that the Digital World will be rebooted to curb the infection, with the result of the Digimon also losing their memories. Meicoomon resurfaces in the Real World, and Gatomon aids the other Digimon in fighting her. When Meicoomon Digivolves into , Gatomon Digivolves into Angewomon. When Angemon, who has been infected, joins the fight, he goes berserk and the infection spreads to the other Digimon. Inside the Distortion, Angemon attacks Angewomon, who blocks and evades but does not fight back. She is then infected herself, and attacks both and . The Digital World reboots, restoring the Digimon to an uninfected state but making them lose their memories and reverting them to their In-Training forms.
Kari reintroduces herself to . Nyaromon carries Kari's whistle from when she was younger, and remarks that the scent of the whistle is similar to Kari's scent. Kari and Nyaromon start to bond again, and eventually, Nyaromon Digivolves to .
When confronted by Dark Gennai and a revived , Salamon stalls Machinedramon using her Puppy Howl. Their deepening bond allows Salamon to Digivolve to Gatomon once again when she, Tai, Matt, Agumon and Gabumon are faced with . 
After Dark Gennai forces Meicoomon to go berserk and Digivolve into Meicrackmon again, Kari and Gatomon take shelter in a cave during a storm - created by the Digital World's attempts to expel the DigiDestined. Kari and Gatomon are returned to the Real World along with the other Digidestined, where they are confronted by angry bystanders and found by Daigo Nishijima, who brings them to their school to avoid the media.
The following day, the DigiDestined encounter Meicrackmon again, who has gone totally berserk, unable to even recognise Meiko. Meicrackmon is attacked by , which forces Meicrackmon to Digivolve to . Aiding in the fight, Gatomon Digivolves to Angewomon. The Digidestined chase Raguelmon and Jesmon through a distortion to the Digital World, where they are joined by Alphamon, whose attack forces Angewomon to de-Digivolve to Nyaromon. Nyaromon and Kari can only watch as Tai falls down a crevice to his apparent death. Kari's resultant trauma forces Nyaromon to Dark digivolve to , who then fuses with Raguelmon to form . Kari's words to make everything 'disappear' cause Ordinemon to create a massive distortion and enter the Real World, causing massive power outages and distortions across the world.
===Digimon Xros Wars (manga)===
At a later point, Gatomon started to gather Wizardmon's data, which had been scattered through many worlds. Eventually, Gatomon ended up in the universe's .
Gatomon reappears in the Corridor Zone, accompanying the researcher as his assistant and bodyguard. While watching the Fusion Fighters' battle against Tactimon, she observes that bears a striking resemblance to and is very surprised when the Fusion Fighters drive back the Bagra Army. Later, she arrives in the Fusion Fighters's camp with Wizardmon and reveals that she has something to talk about with Mikey Kudo. The serve her and Wizardmon some cake. Once Mikey Kudo arrives, Gatomon spaces out as Wizardmon explains how to get to the Real World. Once in the Real World, Gatomon takes Mikey, Angie, and Jeremy to the top of an apartment complex. Wizardmon then transforms her into an human. After getting food, she goes with Angie and to watch Mikey's conversation with Tatsuya Sano. After the battle against , she returns to the Digital World with the rest of the Fusion Fighters.
A few months later, she is present in Jupiter Zone for the final battle against the Bagra Army. While is battling the two surviving Head Officers, Gatomon is in the Bagra Pandaemonium with Wizardmon, , , and the looking for leads that could connect Bagramon to the Two-Headed Dragon. Gatomon is then present for 's absorption of . Once is created, Gatomon and the others attempt to flee. Realizing that they can't escape ZeedMilleniummon's attack, Wizardmon pushes Gatomon and the others away using his "Blink Breeze" and takes the blunt force of ZeedMilleniummon's "Time Destroyer." As Gatomon is blown away, she screams Wizardmon's name as she watches her friend die yet again. then reveals to Gatomon that "Time Destroyer" doesn't kill the target, but rather sends it through space-time. Gatomon then regains her composure and is determined to collect his data again, even if it takes hundreds of more years.
After ZeedMilleniummon's forced Xros Open, Gatomon evolves into Angewomon and then Fuses into in order to destroy . Once the battle is over, she leaves the rest of the Fusion Fighters determined to find Wizardmon and give him water again.
===Video Games===
Gatomon is recruitable in Digimon Adventure: Anode/Cathode Tamer and Digimon Tamers: Brave Tamer by saving Kari, is a fighter in Digimon Tamers: Battle Spirit Ver. 1.5, and can be used in whatever chapter Kari participates in Digimon Tamers: Digimon Medley, though she has a Rookie's stats. In Digimon Digital Card Battle, Gatomon is the Battle Master of Sky City's Battle Arena.
Attacks
*Lightning Paw (Neko Punch, lit. "Cat Punch"): A lightning-fast punch
*Cat's Eye Hypnotism (Cat's Eye): An attack that allows Gatomon to confuse and/or paralyze the opponent.
*Neko Kick (lit. "Cat Kick"): A lightning-fast kick
==Other appearances==
===Digimon Tamers: Digimon Medley===
===Digimon Tamers: Battle Spirit Ver 1.5===
===Digimon Xros Wars: Super Digica Taisen===
===Digimon All-Star Rumble===
===Digimon Masters===
Gatomon appears in Digimon Masters as part of the June 2019 Odaiba update, which follows the events from Digimon Adventure in which tries to find the Eight Digidestined.
===Digimon New Century===
Gatomon plays the same role as in the anime.
==Other Forms==
===YukimiBotamon's Digi-Egg===
YukimiBotamon's Digi-Egg was held by the Agents alongside Kari's Digivice and Tag, the Crest of Light, and the other Digi-Eggs, Digivices, Tags, and Crests, but when Piedmon attacked their base and stole the tags and crests, Gennai took the Digi-Eggs and Digivices and escaped in a Mekanorimon. However, while flying over Server Continent en route to File Island, he accidentally dropped Gatomon's Digi-Egg and Kari's Digivice, forcing YukimiBotamon to grow up alone.
===YukimiBotamon===
YukimiBotamon is Gatomon's Fresh form.
In the manhua adaptation to Digimon Adventure 02 by Yuen Wong Yu, YukimiBotamon appears as Gatomon's dedigivolution.
YukimiBotamon is Gatomon's Fresh Digivolution in Digimon Tamers: Brave Tamer, degenerating to her when her YP depletes. Her default technique is "Diamond Dust".
Attacks
*Diamond Dust: Spits out a breath of freezing cold air.
===Nyaromon===
Nyaromon is Gatomon's In-Training form. During Gatomon's flashback Nyaromon is shown sitting in a tree, waiting for someone she is programmed to bond with. This someone would be Kari, as Gatomon would later find.
Due to the reboot, Nyaromon and the other DigiDestined Digimon are reverted to their In-Training forms with their memories erased. Nyaromon bonded with Kari due to Her recognizing Kari's scent which is the same as the whistle. She soon digivolve offscreen into Salamon.
In the battle between , , , and , the crossfire caused her and five other digimon to revert to their In-Training forms. after the battle, Kari's fear of losing Her brother, caused Nyaromon to black out and Dark Digivolve to Ophanimon Falldown Mode.
After kills Ordinemon, it reverts to the eight In-Training Digimon, including Nyaromon.
Attacks
*Tail Whip (Fox Tail): Smacks enemies with her tail.
*Bubble Blow: Nyaromon fires bubbles from her mouth.
===Salamon===
Salamon is Gatomon's Rookie form. According to an interview with the English dub producer, Terri-Lei O'Malley, Salamon was named after her pet cat. Salamon tends to appear when Gatomon is too exhausted after a fight to maintain the Champion form. She appears for the first time in Digimon Adventure in a flashback about how Gatomon met . In Digimon Adventure 02, Salamon appears again when Silphymon De-Digivolves. In Digimon Adventure tri., after digivolving from Nyaromon, Salamon's bond with Kari grows closer than ever to the point she was really worried when Kari was unconscious after Machinedramon's attack. Later during the battle against MetalSeadramon, a huge debris of Ice headed towards the two prompting Salamon to digivolve to Gatomon to saved them both, much to Kari's relief.
Strangely, Salamon's appearance and attacks are based on a dog, while a majority of her other forms have features of a cat.
Attacks
*Puppy Howling: Completely paralyzes the opponent with a super-high pitched howl.
===Nefertimon===
Nefertimon, the "Angel of Light" (or "the Light of Smiles" in the original Japanese), is the form that Gatomon takes when she Armor Digivolves using the Digi-Egg of Light.
Gatomon first became Nefertimon on the day the Digi-Egg of Light was found. Gatomon, Kari Kamiya, Takeru "T.K." Takaishi, and Cody Hida had ended up in a cave after escaping some Dark-Ringed Tyrannomon. Kari managed to obtain the Digi-Egg and unleashed its power, allowing Gatomon to Armor Digivolve to Nefertimon.
After Ken renounced his evil persona, Nefertimon remained as Gatomon's only digivolved form as Kari using the power from the Crest of Light to free the Harmonious Ones made her unable to digivolve into Ultimate until she and the other older Digi-Destined Digimon had their powers restored by one of Azulongmon's DigiCores. Afterward, Nerfertimon was primarily used for transportation as it was easier for Kari to ride on her than Angewomon.
Nefertimon made her last appearance in the Digimon Adventure 02 finale when the cast was transported to a dimension where (according to Gennai) "wishes can become reality". Here, Gatomon was able to digivolve into Angewomon and Nefertimon at once.
Nefertimon is Gatomon's Armor Digivolution in Digimon Tamers: Digimon Medley and can be used in Digimon Tamers: Brave Tamer by equipping Gatomon with the Nefertimon card.
Gatomon can also Armor digivolve to Nefertimon with the Digi-Egg of Light in the virtual pet D-3.
Attacks
*Rosetta Stone: A pink beam of light erupts from Nefertimon's necklace, and stone slabs shoot forth from it.
*Queen's Paw (Nile Jewelry): Gems are fired from Nefertimon's paws. In the English dub, this is sometimes called Rosetta Stone.
*Cat's Eye Beam (Curse of Queen): Beams of light fire from Nefertimon's headdress.
*Golden Noose (Sanctuary Bind): Nefertimon partners with Pegasusmon to bind enemies with a rope of golden light.
===Butterflymon===
Butterflymon is Gatomon's armor digivolved form through the Digi-Egg of Knowledge.
Gatomon can also Armor digivolve to Butterflymon with the Digi-Egg of Knowledge in the virtual pet D-3.
===Tylomon===
Tylomon is the Armor Digivolved form of Gatomon through the Digi-Egg of Reliability.
Tylomon is the Battle Master of Sky City's Extra Arena, which features Gatomon's digivolutions.
She uses the "Swirling Light" Deck.
Gatomon can also Armor digivolve to Tylomon with the Digi-Egg of Reliability in the virtual pet D-3.
===Other Armor forms===
In the virtual pet D-3, Gatomon can Armor digivolve with each of the other Digi-Eggs.
File:Lynxmon D-3 JP.png|Lynxmon (w/ Digi-Egg of Courage)
File:Rabbitmon D-3 JP.png|Rabbitmon (w/ Digi-Egg of Friendship)
File:Swanmon D-3 JP.png|Swanmon (w/ Digi-Egg of Love)
File:Kabukimon D-3 JP.png|Kabukimon (w/ Digi-Egg of Sincerity)
File:Oryxmon D-3 JP.png|Oryxmon (w/ Digi-Egg of Hope)
File:Opossummon D-3 JP.png|Opossummon (w/ Digi-Egg of Kindness)
File:Maildramon D-3 JP.png|Maildramon (w/ Digi-Egg of Miracles)
===Angewomon===
Angewomon is Gatomon's natural Ultimate form. Angewomon debuted during the final battle against in Digimon Adventure. The sacrifice of and Kari's mourning activated the Crest of Light, allowing Gatomon to Digivolve into Angewomon. She then used her "Heaven's Charm" and "Celestial Arrow" to defeat him. Angewomon also gains a bow where she and Angemon shoot a single arrow on both Tai and Matt to attain both of their partner Digimon in Mega forms via Warp Digivolve. Angewomon was also a powerful ally in the fight against , the and . She also got into a cat fight with her rival .
After Kari used the power from the Crest of Light to free the , Gatomon lost the power to become Angewomon at will; but while battling one of the Digimon Emperor's Airdramon by the Dark Ocean, she was able to digivolve to Angewomon due to an unexpected power boost, letting her save Kari and T.K. and restoring the to their true forms.. Later on, a full three years after giving up her power, Gatomon and the other older DigiDestined Digimon had their powers restored by one of 's DigiCores, allowing Gatomon to once again assume her Ultimate form. She was with during the World Tour in Hong Kong. When and his troops were in the Real World, appeared and Angewomon got into another catfight with her. She gave her last ounce of energy to so he could defeat .
When the DigiDestined follow Oikawa into the World of dreams, Gatomon is able to digivolve into Angewomon, as well as all of her other forms, at the same time. Angewomon helps attack the newly revealed , but vanishes when the Digimon follow the demon lord through a dimensional rip into the Digital World.
Angewomon later fights one of 's clones when they try to break back into the Real World. 
During the battle to stop from triggering the reboot, Gatomon digivolves into Angewomon to help the other partner Digimon who are already engaged in the battle. During the battle, she was forced to defend herself from an infected Angemon who savagely pursues her. Later, she too succumbed to the infection and begins to attack both MetalGreymon and Kabuterimon. Eventually, she managed to fight off the infection long enough so she and her fellow Digimon can enter the Distortion before the reboot occurs. Angewomon appears during the battle to stop the more berserk Meicrackmon along with the other partner Digimon (in their Ultimate level), but was taken down in one hit. As the battles continues inside the Digital World, appears to clash as well and the repercussions of his attacks causes Angewomon to revert back to Nyaromon. 
Angewomon briefly appears during Gatomon's digivolution into Magnadramon. 
Gatomon digivolves into Angewomon during the final battle with . However, a strike from BigUkkomon causes her to dedigivolve back into Gatomon who quickly DNA digivolves with Aquilamon into instead. 
When the Watchmaker summons the heroes of the past to the Fusion universe to help take down , Angewomon shows up with and to assist in the DigiQuartz.
Angewomon is Gatomon's Ultimate form in Digimon Tamers: Brave Tamer and Digimon Tamers: Digimon Medley, though in the latter it has the stats of a Champion.
Attacks
*Celestial Arrow (Holy Arrow): Shoots a holy arrow made of thunder whose powerful lightning-strike is also known as "Heaven's Punishment".
*Heaven's Charm: Crushes the opponent with a deadly cross of holy light which is packed with beauty and affection, and demonstrates its strongest efficacy against the evil powers of Digimon.
*Heaven's Charm (Saint Air): Wraps her allies in holy light, recovering them from abnormal conditions and restoring some of their stamina.
*Lift Your Spirits (Holy Kick)
*Divine Kick (Holy Attack)
*Angel Dash (Holy Dash)
*Flying Kick
*Super Jump
*Angel Wings (Angel Wing)
*Heel of Justice (Holy Charge Kick)
*Heaven's Charm (Holy Charm)
===Silphymon===
===Magnadramon===
Magnadramon is Gatomon's primary Mega form, a serpentine dragon with ten wings, a lion-like muzzle and two horns. The name "Magnadramon" is derived from the words Magna meaning "large" or "great" and Dra for "".
Magnadramon appears in the Digimon Adventure 02 movie The Golden Digimentals. In this movie, Angewomon fights the evil Digimon . Magnadramon is one of the keepers of the Golden Digi-Eggs, the other being Seraphimon. During the battle, Angewomon and Angemon Warp Digivolve into their Mega forms to release the Golden Digi-Eggs. After releasing them, the two Megas coudn't stay in this form and had to dedigivolve into Gatomon and Patamon.
After regaining her memories along with being extracted from Ordinemon thanks to , Gatomon happily reunites with Kari. Regardless, Ordinemon continues to rampage in the real world and still needs to be stopped. With Tai's return, Kari tells him that she doesn't want to kill Meicoomon and says that there is a light and darkness in everything. Still, she understands what needs to be done which allows Gatomon to digivolve into her Mega form of Magnadramon. Magnadramon joins the battle and manages to disorient Ordinemon in the process. Eventually, she merges with the other partner Digimon into to form who quickly kills . She then reverts back into Nyaromon.
Magnadramon is Gatomon's Mega form in Digimon Rumble Arena and Digimon Tamers: Brave Tamer.
Attacks
*Fire Tornado (Holy Flame): Strikes the opponent with the light energy of all justice.
===Ophanimon===
Ophanimon is Gatomon's alternate Mega form.
Gatomon digivolves to Ophanimon when she touches Calumon. As a Digivolution, she has enhanced attack and speed while being immune to damage but can only be used for a fixed period of time. She attacks with her Eden's Javelin and can shoot Sefirot Crystals from the ground or air.
When revives , Kari and Gatomon show up to help Kari's brother Taichi "Tai" Kamiya fight, which causes Gatomon to warp-digivolve to Ophanimon.
*'s Javelin: Attacks with her javelin.
* Crystal: Manifests and fires a crystal.
*'s Air: an all-purpose healing ability.
===Ophanimon Falldown Mode===
Ophanimon Falldown Mode is an alternate Mega form of Gatomon.
When Tai falls into a hole and the assumes he's dead, Kari's shock causes to dark digivolve to Ophanimon Falldown Mode. Shortly after, she fuses with into .
===Ordinemon===
===Examon===
===Omnimon Merciful Mode===
===Shoutmon X7F Superior Mode===
===Human form===
This is the form Gatomon assumes under Wizardmon's magic to move about in the Human World incognito. She looks like a girl on her late teens, with blue eyes, and white hair with purple tuft and a long braid with a purple tuft in the end, the tufts are similar to her tail and ears. She wears sunglasses over her head, a cream-colored sleeveless shirt, a pendant, blue jeans with only the left pant leg, a belt, white and purple pointy shoes, and a long white glove on her left arm. Notably, her hair style and pendant are similar to Kari's and her asymmetrical clothing resembles Angewomon's.
==Notes and references==
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