Biyomon Gets Firepower

As strange flying gears begin to appear in the region, a Yokomon village comes under attack by a nearby Meramon, and Biyomon is determined to stop him.

thumb|225px|left|Episode recap for Biyomon Gets Firepower.

Synopsis
The DigiDestined kids are walking in "the forest of irrelevant road signs", (dubbed by Matt) when they notice a strange gear flying around. The gear then crashes into a volcano. Then the kids decide to follow some telephone poles to see if they lead anywhere. The kids are lost in the heat, when they notice that the poles have no connecting wires, and Tai notices a village with water far ahead. When Tai and the others reach the village, they find out that it is a Yokomon village. The Yokomon ask Sora's Biyomon when and how she digivolved, and Sora realizes that their Digimon digivolve for them. The DigiDestined are happy to hear that the Yokomon have invited them to have dinner with them, also they have a water fountain in their village and it comes from a spring on Mt. Mihirashi. But suddenly, the water stops running and flames start erupting from the fountain. The go and check the lake to see if there's any water in there but the lake dried out too. Tai tries to get water from the well but flames start erupting from there also. Tai then looks through his telescope to see that a Meramon is sliding down the mountainside, coming to the village. The children decide that they should all take shelter in the boat that is in the dried up lake. While Sora is helping the Yokomon get in the boat she notices that Biyomon is staying behind to fight Meramon alone, Sora runs to her as Biyomon is hit by Meramon's flame attack. Biyomon then cries out that she must protect Sora and digivovles in to Birdramon. She uses her Meteor Wing attack on Meramon and the black gear in Meramon is destroyed. Birdramon dedigivolves back to Biyomon and the bond between Biyomon and Sora is stronger than ever. On the lighter side their cooked dinner turns out to be Bird seeds, the children eat it anyway and look forward to the new day.

Digivolutions
(Number indicates order of occurrence.)

Quotes
"I've taken a soil sample, measured the barometric pressure and analyzed the relative humidity." "And what did you find out?" "It's really, really hot."
 * —Izzy & Sora, respectively, whilst walking across the desert.

Dubbing changes

 * The original dialogue for this episode is very different to the English dub, and revolves a lot more around Sora and Biyomon. For example, Sora is originally shown getting annoyed with Biyomon because she talks too much and is always hanging around her, and Tentomon dubs Biyomon as a very optimistic Digimon. Sora was also shown to believe that it was impossible for Biyomon to digivolve.
 * At the moment when Joe tells the group that their all doomed in the English dub, and Tentomon whispers to Izzy behind his back, Joe was originally insisting that there were people living nearby (a recurring theme in the Japanese episodes), and Tentomon tells Izzy, in response, that there are only Digimon.

Miscellaneous trivia

 * Birdramon announces the episode title in the Japanese episode.
 * The appearance of the Yokomon in this episode (Biyomon's In-Training form) shows for the first time that there can be more than one Digimon of the same species.
 * This is the group's first encounter of the black gears, and their first battle with a Digimon controlled by a black gear.
 * In this episode, Birdramon's Meteor Wing attack looks slightly different to later episodes. Normally, the flames from her wings would appear after the wings open. Though, on this occasion, the wings open, glitter for a moment, and then close, before the flames appear.