Calumon (Tamers)

In the Series


Calumon is the mascot Digimon of Season 3, its immature antics and overexpressed emotions leave little doubt that its role is not of a fighter character. Calumon is the only Digimon on the good side that had no tamer, it also cannot Digivolve or be 'Digi-Modified'. However, whilst in the material world, Calumon is the necessary component of Digivolution.

Later on in the series, the Sovereign Digimon reveal that Calumon originated as the element of Digivolution, but in order to hide the power from the evil D-Reaper, they made the power into the form of a Digimon. In the end of the series, the Sovereigns restore the power to the Digital World and allow Calumon to live its life as a Digimon.

Some Digimon fans think its habit of saying culu was removed in order to avoid more association with Pokemon (who says their names frequently) something which both sets of fans sometimes prefer.

In the Movies


Culumon is in Digimon's fifth and sixth movies in Japanese, it is not in any English movies as of yet. These movies, The Adventurer's Battle and The Runaway Digimon give Culumon a very small part to play, unlike the series where it is usually the centre of attention.

The Merchandise


The products based on Calumon are highly numerous and seem to be in high demand, not only are there the obvious plush toys and posters, but there is a Japanese pocket electronic Culumon game, where you look after your own pet Culumon, similar to a Tamagotchi.

Culumon has also released two singles, Asobo Culuculu and Culu Culu Culumon!. Each of these is a commercial song in Japan, sung by Kaneda Tomoko. There is a third Culumon song, which was never commercial but is highly prized amongst the people that have it, which is I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas.

My Sources / Further Information


http://www.culu.biz/html/culuslash/ - Alur3n's old site (no longer running heavily, left up for archivical purposes)

http://www.digimon.thenexxus.org/encyclopedia/ - The Digipedia by Megchan

http://www.househippo.org/culumon/ - King of Cute fansite