Dark Transformation

**Dark Transformation** (Japanese: **暗黒変身** *Ankoku heshin* or **ダーク変身** *Dāku heshin*), known to Digimon as **Dark Digivolution** (Japanese: **暗黒進化** *Ankoku shinka* or **ダーク進化** *Dāku shinka*; lit. ***Dark Evolution***), is a corrupt form of normal transformation/evolution that is typically triggered when a Magical Warrior or Digimon falls under some sort of negative influence. A Dark Digivolved Digimon is typically very powerful, but also dangerous, aggressive, and uncontrollable.

## Overview

A common theme with Dark Transformations/Digivolutions is the influence of emotion. Intense negative emotions, such as anger, hatred, hubristic recklessness, or despair, are what generally triggers Dark Transformations/Digivolutions. In moments where these emotions are so overwhelmingly powerful, a Magical Warrior may become corrupted and a Digimon may undergo Dark Digivolution due to their influence. There are also cases where some external force compels a Magical Warrior/Digimon to undergo Dark Transformation/Digivolution.

Generally, Digimon who are Dark Digivolved are totally uncontrollable and unresponsive to their partner. They are aggressive and indiscriminately destructive, if not genuinely evil.

It is also common for Angel Type Digimon to have demonic Fallen Angel or Demon Lord Type counterparts that they transform or evolve into when they "fall from Heaven" to the Dark Area, which in some cases is the result of them pursuing some negative emotional compulsion, such as anger, resentment, or self-righteous rebellion, that brings them in defiance of God's will. This resembles the basic idea of Dark Transformation/Digivolution.

### Known Dark Digivolutions

* Monzy (as Grizzlymon) can dark digivolve into WaruMonzaemon, and further into Callismon.
* Gato-chan once dark digivolved into LadyDevimon, but lost this ability overtime due to her resolve.
* Blacky (as BlackGreymon) can dark digivolve into SkullGreymon.
* Chloé's FanBeemon (as Waspmon) had previously dark digivolved into MetalPhantomon, and further into Reapermon. He lost this ability after his rebirth.
* Cerise's Pucchiemon dark digivolved into Meicrackmon: Vicious Mode, and further into Raguelmon. She lost this ability after her rebirth, and gained a new Tamer in TBC.

## History

### Kimberly's Adventures

At the end of "*Mayor Problems*," Chloé's anger causes FanBeemon to Dark Digivolve into **MetalPhantomon**. In the next episode, when his owner got Akumatized for what would be the final time, he tried lashing out at her, and not long after, he Digivolved into **Reapermon**. After a fight in the Digital World following Chloé's defeat, Reapermon was defeated by Gato-chan (as Angewomon) and Marinette's Tentomon (as MegaKabuterimon), and reverted to FanBeemon, but due to using so much power and used up all of his remaining energy, he dies in Chloé's arms and is reconfigured into a **DigiEgg**, much to her grief.

In "*Rin's Literal Nightmare Night*," distraught that Rin won't wake up, Glorysia ends up Dark Transforming into her evil self **Dark Melody**. Because her energy stemmed from Rin's nightmare during the episode, it is only when Rin finally manages to wake up to fight her that she is defeated.

In "*When Arceus Sends Someone to Hisui Without Revealing Why...*", after Clover inadvertently presses one of Caitlin's Berserk Buttons, the latter loses her cool and Dark Transforms into her evil self **Temptress**. As a result, the team blames the Miss Fortune Sisters for causing the Dark Transformation, but luckily, Juliana defeats her.

In "*Miku's Unexpected Mistake*," Miku is determined to try and make Blacky evolve, but she totally neglects Blacky's Berserk Button in the process. As Luka quickly observes, it is "the wrong way for a Digimon to evolve," which causes Blacky to Dark Evolve into **SkullGreymon** (while skipping the Champion stage). Blacky immediately runs wild, destroys a section of the Harmony SEKAI with a single Dark Shot, and causes major damage. He does not respond to any of the team's attempts to communicate with him, and easily overpowers them. Eventually, however, he regains control but quickly runs out of energy, causing him to self-destruct out of guilt.

In "*How NOT to Make a Vlog*," after getting into a fight with Jairex over what to do with the team's possible vlogging job, Annabelle Dark Transforms into her evil self. Because Luke and Molly witnessed the whole thing, they become traumatized and unable to fight, resulting in them not being able to transform until they quickly find out that their friends are defeated. In the end, Luke defeats the evil Annabelle all by himself, but because he used way too much magic power and forgot to get Molly to help him, it comes at the cost of his ability to fight for the next five episodes.

In "*One Bad Bugbear*," after Liam Dark Transforms into **Deathcutter** due to having been insulted by Cerise during a Digimon battle, Monzy, as Grizzlymon, Dark Digivolved into **WaruMonzaemon** and began to rampage around the Harmony SEKAI using Bear Claw repeatedly and later using Heartbreak Attack (to which everyone dodged). Later, after Deathcutter is reverted back to Liam, instead of De-Digivolving, he Digivolves into **Callismon** and went into an uncontrollable rampage that no one can stop - even leading to Juliana suffering from fatal wounds. He only calmed down after seeing what he did to Juliana, and reverted into Bearmon as a result. Luckily, Juliana survives due to Jeanne's Holy Light Healing, but she was left traumatized. A weak and exhausted Bearmon eventually dies due to his wounds and reverts to a DigiEgg, he later hatches in the following episode and was reborn as **Botamon**.

In "*When a Liar Takes Things Too Far*," when the heroes made Cerise angry and vowed to get revenge on them, she forced Pucchiemon and pushed her too hard, causing her to Dark Digivolve into **Meicrackmon: Vicious Mode**, and turn against her owner. Her anger and rampage got worse when she Digivolved into **Raguelmon**. She was eventually killed by a reckless Gato-chan when Cerise's Digivice became so tainted that it got disintegrated. She didn't get reborn until the fifth episode of Season 5.

## Trivia

* Akumazation can be considered somewhat similar to Dark Transformation.