Wallace

ウォレス, *Woresu*

## Media

### Chronological Appearance

1. Digimon Adventure 02: Part I: Digimon Hurricane Touchdown!! Part II: Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals
2. Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna

### Voice Actor

Miyahara Nami

**Wallace** (ウォレス, *Woresu*) is an American Chosen Child, who is partnered with both Gummymon and Chocomon.

## Appearance

Wallace is a boy with blue eyes and short blond hair. He wears a light-gray long-sleeved shirt under a short-sleeved open purple shirt with grey lines at the collar and sleeve hams. He also wears grey shorts, white socks, and purple sneakers with grey laces and soles. He carries a blue backpack when traveling.

## Personality

Wallace is a slightly arrogant boy who tends to bottle up his feelings. However, he is clearly a kindhearted person who cares for his friends and Digimon. He is a bit of a flirt and learned Japanese from his Japanese girlfriend.

## History

In 1995, while living in Summer Memory, a Digitama came out of Wallace's mother's computer. When it hatched Wallace met his twin partner Digimon, Gummymon and Chocomon, and became a Chosen Child. During their time together, Wallace played with his partners and took care of them when they were hurt. One day, Wallace and his Digimon were playing in a field of flowers. While Wallace and Gummymon's backs were turned, a sudden gust of wind blew through, and Chocomon disappeared into it. All Wallace saw was the gust dissipating, as he cried out for Chocomon. In the following years, Wallace moved with his mother to New York City, where he had a Japanese girlfriend and worked hard to learn Japanese. During that time, Wallace never got over Chocomon's disappearance, and even hated himself for failing to save him.

## Digimon Adventure 02

### Digimon Hurricane Touchdown!!

In the Summer of 2002 in New York City, as gusts of wind disturb the area, Chocomon (who is now in the form of Wendimon) appears before Wallace. He breaks through a fence and moves as if to attack Wallace. Gummymon (who has since evolved into Terriermon) moves in to attempt to defend Wallace, but his attacks have no evident impact. Wallace throws himself between Gummymon and Chocomon and attempts to convince Chocomon to stop. Wallace tries to reach out to Chocomon, but Chocomon reacts with a pained expression and disappears into the wind again. Just then, Takeru tries to get Wallace's attention, but Wallace and Gummymon run away. Wallace then uses a payphone to call a relative, in which he asks the relative to tell his mother that he is headed for Summer Memory in Colorado.

Wallace and Gummymon begin their journey to Summer Memory. When they take a hitchhike in a cargo train car, Gummymon asks him if they are going back to the flower field. With Wallace avoiding the question, the two start arguing; Wallace says that although Chocomon is not the same, Gummymon shouldn't have attacked him, but Gummymon answers that Chocomon was seriously trying to harm Wallace, so he had to protect him. Wallace still argued that they could have reasoned with him before attacking. When Wallace is not willing to hear that the real Chocomon is gone, Gummymon gives up, saying his mother must be worried, and Wallace says he'll call her later. Later, the two walk by a gas station, as Gummymon keeps complaining about the heat. When Wallace tells him to keep quiet and walk, Gummymon absentmindedly walks at him, tripping Wallace. After getting up, Wallace wonders out loud about Chocomon and what he should say to him would he really come to the flower field, to which Gummymon notes that he also didn't like the heat. When Wallace keeps walking, Gummymon floats and lands on his head, using his big ears as a "hat", shading Wallace from the sun.

Wallace and Gummymon later stop a truck and take a hitchhike in the back, but then Motomiya Daisuke, Inoue Miyako and Hida Iori board as well. Daisuke tries to introduce himself when Chibimon points out that he also has a Digimon with him, and the children identify him as the boy they are seeking. They become acquainted during and after the truck ride, and Wallace voices his surprise learning there are Digimon in Japan as well and explains he learned Japanese from his old girlfriend. As they speak, Wallace compliments Miyako's hair, annoying Daisuke with his smooth talking. While trying to answer the children's questions about Chocomon and their friends' disappearance, Iori manages calls over a pickup truck, but due to Daisuke and Wallace's bickering, the driver speeds off with Miyako and Iori, inadvertently leaving Daisuke and Wallace behind.

Wallace then calls his worried mother again and tries to calm her, as Daisuke keeps teasing him about it. After finishing his call, Wallace's Digivice starts reacting as gusts of wind kick up, and Chocomon appears. Daisuke and Chibimon immediately move to engage him. Chibimon evolves into Fladramon and attacks Chocomon, as Wallace and Gummymon watch in awe. When Fladramon devolves to V-mon, Wallace throws himself between the two and attempts to ask Chocomon for answers about the abducted Chosen Children. Chocomon does not respond, and when Wallace tries to reach out to him by reminding him of who he is, Chocomon rejects that he is Wallace, demands to know where the "real" Wallace is, and attacks him.

Gummymon pushes Wallace out of the way of Chocomon's attack and evolves for the first time. Gummymon unleashes a barrage of attacks on Chocomon but ceases at Wallace's request. Chocomon vanishes back into the wind, and as he fades away, Wallace tells him that he will be waiting for him at the flower field at Summer Memory. Daisuke repeatedly presses Wallace for answers about Chocomon, but Wallace refuses to answer his questions. After watching the Digimon and Daisuke playing around with Gummymon's ability to glide, Wallace aims to get another hitchhike. Noticing the road was destroyed in the battle, V-mon evolves into Lighdramon, and gives them a ride for the rest of the way to Summer Memory.

### Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals

At Summer Memory, Wallace and Daisuke reunite with Miyako and Iori but find that Takeru and Hikari still have not arrived. The three children once again attempt to press Wallace about Chocomon, but he remains reluctant to give them answers and starts walking away as Gummymon explains that Chocomon wishes to be reunited with the young Wallace that he remembers. Wallace continues to brush them off and insists on getting to the flower field, believing that doing so will bring back Chocomon's old self. The group takes one last hitchhike on a truck full of farm animals to the flower field. When they arrive, they camp out in the woods near the flower field overnight and Wallace wanders off by himself, only to be joined by Daisuke. When Daisuke confronts Wallace with his theory that Chocomon is Wallace's partner Digimon, he finally admits everything and tells him his story. Wallace's confession that he blames himself for Chocomon's disappearance, makes Daisuke break down and cry over the possibility of needing to kill Chocomon to save the Chosen Children. Wallace insists that his idea for the flower field might prevent that, and return Chocomon to normal. Gummymon approaches them as they speak, and both he and Daisuke declare that they will help Wallace.

The next morning, the children and their Digimon are waiting at the flower field when Chocomon appears before Wallace. Wallace attempts to make a connection and establish his identity and invites Chocomon to play with him as they used to. At first, it seems that Chocomon is appeased, but as voices of doubt sound in his mind, he attempts to seize Wallace. When Gummymon intervenes to protect Wallace, Chocomon slaps him out of the way and enters a frenzy, insisting that it "wants to go back". Wallace's attempts to convince Chocomon that the past is the past and there is no going back enrage Chocomon, and he evolves into his Perfect form. As Wallace is determined to stop Chocomon, the partner Digimon evolve as well and engage Chocomon in a protracted battle, but Chocomon appears to be too strong.

Chocomon submerges itself in the lake and emerges in his Ultimate form, changing the environment around the children to reflect his own frozen heart with floating blobs of darkness. With one attack, the partner Digimon revert back to their Child forms and are thrown into the mountainside. When Wallace asks him to stop, Chocomon suddenly reappears behind Wallace and attempts to approach him. As the partner Digimon return to the Chosen Children's side, Gummymon unsuccessfully attempts to protect Wallace from Chocomon. Wallace condemns Chocomon, saying he is not the Chocomon that he once knew, but the force that took him away. When Wallace expresses his determination to fight and defeat Chocomon, in order to get him back, the Chosen Children rally with Wallace and express their determination to stand with him.

The Child-level partner Digimon assail Chocomon, but end up captured by him. Luckily, they are saved by Angemon and Angewomon, who arrive together with Takeru and Hikari to reinforce the group. Though Angemon and Angewomon's attacks appear to inflict immense damage onto Chocomon, he disintegrates into a cloud of "dark snow" that spreads around the environment and twists and modifies it, dyeing the sky black. Angemon and Angewomon close in on Chocomon and project holy auras in an attempt to hold him back, as the children begin de-age into their 4-year-old selves by his power, returning Wallace in particular to his age and appearance on the day that Chocomon first disappeared. Angemon and Angewomon evolve into their Ultimate forms, but before they can act, Chocomon strikes them down. As they revert back to their base forms, they release the Digimentals of Miracles and Fate, which descend into Daisuke and Wallace's hands. Following Daisuke's instructions, the two activate the Digimentals, helping V-mon and Gummymon to Armor Evolve.

The two Digimon bombard Chocomon with attacks and appear to inflict massive damage, but he appears behind them and swallows them. The Chosen Children and remaining partner Digimon rally, and the partner Digimon attempt to attack Chocomon one last time, but he effortlessly takes them all down. Daisuke and Wallace cry for their partners, and the two digimon attack Chocomon with all their power from the inside, purifying him. Wallace once again recognizes him as the real Chocomon, before he dissolves into light. As Wallace cries, Gummymon and V-mon glide back to the group, and the sight of Gummymon brings a smile to Wallace's face. The group, now all returned to their present-day ages, stands in silence in the flower field as Wallace mourns Chocomon. Daisuke reminds him that someday, Chocomon will be reborn and return to him.

Back in New York City, the group learns that the Chosen Children have all been safely returned to where they belong. The children say their farewells to Wallace. Wallace promises to someday visit them in Japan, but says that in the meantime he intends to keep traveling. Before leaving the group, he gives Miyako and Hikari a parting kiss on the cheek, infuriating Daisuke. Some time later, Wallace is back on the road with Gummymon. While he is on the phone with his mother, a Digitama appears in a nearby river and Wallace and Gummymon excitedly run after it.

### The Door to Summer

In the Summer of 2003, Tachikawa Mimi invites both Wallace and Daisuke for a vacation. While Daisuke is still mourning over his love life and loss from a soccer match, Wallace arrogantly scolds him to get over it. He and Gummymon reveal that Chocomon was not reborn yet, saddening Gummymon. When an unexpected winter falls, Wallace suspects that it may have been spawned from Daisuke's heart because of his foul mood. As soon as a girl named Nat-chan appears, Wallace is astounded that she prefers Daisuke over him. Nat-chan becomes jealous of Gummymon and Chibimon for having partners and soon reveals herself to be a Digimon. While Wallace tries to beg Daisuke to escape before Nat-chan attacks, to his amazement, Daisuke manages to heal Nat-chan. As soon as the winter dissolves, Wallace and the others attempt to find Nat-chan a partner, but they retire when the summer heat becomes too unbearable for them. When part of the group express their disgust for the heat, Wallace, annoyed, tells them to stop talking. Sometime later, Wallace and Gummymon are reunited with Chocomon who has hatched from his Digitama and took on his Child form.

## Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna

In 2010, Wallace is one of the Chosen Children with whom Izumi Kōshirō has lost contact, insinuating he is one of the comatose victims who have been trapped in Menoa Bellucci's Neverland. After the combined Eosmon's Mega form is destroyed, and the children are freed, Wallace is walking down a beach with Gummymon and Chocomon in their Child forms.

## Gallery

* Appearance
* Guides
* Promotional Art

Wallace, age 4.Wallace, age 11.

Wallace's profile in *Digimon Adventure 02 Official Encyclopedia III*.Wallace's profile in *Digimon Series Memorial Book Digimon Animation Chronicle*.Wallace in the 2015's Blu-ray pamphlet.

Wallace in *Digimon Adventure 02: Part I: Digimon Hurricane Touchdown!! Part II: Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals* poster.
## Trivia

* Wallace is an English male given-name, derived from the French word "waleis" meaning "foreigner, Celt, Welshman".
* He was renamed "Willis" in the English version.
* He keeps referring to his Digimon in their Baby II names, although having evolved beyond it.
* In the movie after credits (as well as in Last Evolution Kizuna) it was shown that Chocomon was eventually reborn, however in the Drama CD it was said that Chocomon did not come back. This insinuates that the events in the Drama CD happened before Chocomon hatched from his Digitama.
	+ Another interpretation of the Drama CD is that the winter was caused not just by Daisuke's feelings, but also by Wallace and Gummymon's sadness over Chocomon.

## References

1. ↑ Digimon Real Size Comparison on DigimonCard.dev
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Digimon Adventure 02: Part I: Digimon Hurricane Touchdown!! Part II: Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals
3. ↑ Digimon Adventure 02 Drama CD: The Door to Summer
4. ↑ Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna
5. ↑ Wikipedia:Wallace (given name)