Wormmon (Adventure)

Wormmon is a Digimon creature from the Japanese Digimon media franchise that comprises anime, manga, toys, video games, trading card games and other media.

"Wormmon" is the name that all members of this particular Digimon species share. There are several different Wormmon that appear in various Digimon anime and manga series.

The most well-known appearance of Wormmon is in the Digimon Adventure 02 anime as the partner of Ken Ichijouji.

Appearance
Wormmon is a small green silk worm-like creature. Like a real insect, Wormmon possesses the ability to adhere to surfaces and is also able to generate silk from its mouth.

Interestingly, he seems to have a Dark Ring round him, though clearly based on his behaviour in the series it is just part of his design. Seeing the ring on Wormmon may have inspired Ken to create the Dark Rings.

Description
Wormmon is a main character in Digimon Adventure 02, and also appears in the movie Diaboromon Strikes Back.

Wormmon's story begun when a young Ken Ichijouji was sucked into the Digital World for the first time via his brother's computer. Ken, along with Ryo Akiyama, travelled together with their Digimon through the Digital World desert, where they battled and defeated Millenniummon. With its death, Millenniummon released the Dark Spores, one of which burrowed inside Ken's neck.

The next time Wormmon met Ken, the boy had assumed the guise of the Digimon Emperor. Although Ken, as the Digimon Emperor, treated Wormmon cruelly; Wormmon still chose to stand by him out of friendship and loyalty. During this part of the series, Wormmon mostly served as a comic relief character. However, when Kimeramon was finally created and went on a swathe of destruction across the Digital World, Wormmon finally decided to make a final attempt to save Ken by defying him. Wormmon led Davis and Veemon to the Digi-Egg of Miracles, which turned Veemon into Magnamon. Ken still refusing to give up and with Magnamon losing, Wormmon took drastic measures and surrendered all its life force to Magnamon. This gave Magnamon enough power to kill Kimeramon, but it cost Wormmon its life. This last noble act, however, was enough to finally make Ken realize his evil doings and resign from them.

Wormmon was reborn as a Digi-Egg in Primary Village and reunited with his partner Ken. Ken then vowed to fix the damage he had caused and discovered that he was had been used by Arukenimon to establish the Control Spires that she was now turning into dark digimon. To fight the monsters created from the towers, Wormmon achieved the power to Digivolve to his champion form - Stingmon. The two became official members of the team when Stingmon merged with ExVeemon to form Paildramon. With Azulongmon's power, Paildramon was later able to Digivolve further into Imperialdramon.

Of all the protagonist Digimon of Digimon Adventure 02, Wormmon is the only one to have the Virus attribute; in fact, Wormmon was the first known Virus type partner Digimon in the Digimon anime series. He is also the only one to be able to digivolve to the champion level when a control spire is present, though this ability is sporadic as he occasionally is affected by the spires just as other Digimon are. Also unlike the other protagonist Digimon in the series (not counting the ones from the original DigiDestined), Wormmon was able to enter the human world without reverting to his In-Training form.

Wormmon is Ken's partner during Digimon Adventure 02: Tag Tamers, and the Wormmon that Ryo Akiyama starts with in Digimon Adventure 02: D-1 Tamers is a reference to this Wormmon. Wormmon is also a playable character in the chapters of Digimon Tamers: Digimon Medley in which Ken is available, as well as a fighter in Digimon Battle Spirit and Digimon Tamers: Battle Spirit Ver. 1.5. He is also recruitable in Digimon Tamers: Brave Tamer, if Ryo Akiyama saves him and his partner.

Attacks 
 * Silk Thread: Shoots a thick strand of thread.
 * Sticky Net (ネバネバネット): Makes a net to immobilize enemies.

Other Forms
The name "Wormmon" refers to only the rookie form of this digimon. Throughout the series, Wormmon gains the ability to Digivolve into a number of more powerful forms (each with a different name). The rookie form, however, is its most common and preferred form.

He gains the ability to digivolve to Bucchiemon in The Road to Armor Evolution with the Digi-Egg of Kindness. In Digimon Tamers: Brave Tamer, he can also digivolve to his Ultimate and Mega forms of DinoBeemon and GranKuwagamon.

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Leafmon
Leafmon is the fresh form of Wormmon. Leafmon first appears in Digimon Adventure 02 episode 23, when Ken found him in Primary Village. He also appeared when Paildramon or Imperialdramon lose so much power that Wormmon and Veemon are no longer able to maintain their Rookie forms.

Leafmon is small and green, and has a long tail resembling a leaf. This is where the name "Leafmon" comes from. It has two small ears on its round head and a pink pacifier. Like most baby level Digimon, Leafmon has small black eyes and two round pink cheeks under its eyes.

Attacks 
 * Bubble Blow (Acid Bubbles): Fires bubbles from its mouth.



Minomon
Minomon is Wormmon's In-Training form. The name "Minomon" comes from the Japanese word "minomushi", which refers to the larval form of an insect called "minoga".

Minomon sometimes appears when Wormmon is forced to de-digivolve after a particularly difficult battle.

Attacks 
 * Pincone Attack (Pinecone): An attack that involves shooting pine cone projectiles at its enemies.


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Stingmon
Stingmon is Wormmon's natural champion form, which he first gained the ability to use off-screen. Stingmon first appeared when Arukenimon began her reign of terror by creating unliving Digimon out of Control Spires. At first, Stingmon and Ken worked alone to destroy these Digimon and the Control Spires, but eventually they teamed up with the other DigiDestined. Stingmon made its first appearance when one of the Control Spire Digimon, Thundermon, attacked Primary Village.

Unlike its earlier form Wormmon, Stingmon is a formidable fighter (far-surpassing the DigiDestined armored Digimon) with a cool and collected personality.

Stingmon is Wormmon's Champion form in Digimon Tamers: Brave Tamer and Digimon Medley.

Attacks 
 * Spiking Strike (Spiking Finish): The spikes on Stingmon's shoulders stand up and a pink energy spike on his forearm activates. Stingmon uses this spike to impale his enemies.
 * Insect Lord (Bug Ki): Stingmon releases a swarm of insects that have stingers on their abdomens, and attacks the enemy.
 * Stinging Spiking Strike

Paildramon
Paildramon is an Ultimate level digimon who is the DNA Digivolved form of Stingmon and ExVeemon (Veemon's champion form), combining the features and attributes of an Insectoid type Digimon with that of an Dragon type. Some of its recognizable parts are ExVeemon's wings, lower legs, and tail; and Stingmon's hands and body, or it looks like ExVeemon wearing Stingmon as body armor.

Wormmon and Veemon are the first of the second generation DigiDestined Digimon to achieve DNA Digivolution. When Ken's former base threatened to explode, Arukenimon attempted to stop the DigiDestined with an Okuwamon she had created. Ken had been willing to throw away his life to undo the damage he caused, but Davis managed to convince him to get over what he did in the past and keep living. At that instant, when the hearts of Davis and Ken were beating as one, ExVeemon and Stingmon were able to merge and form Paildramon.

Paildramon was strong enough to destroy Okuwamon and stop the detonation of Ken's base. For a while, Paildramon was the only ultimate digimon on the DigiDestined's team, and was a valuable ally in their fight against Arukenimon, Mummymon, but was later completed out-matched by BlackWarGreymon.

Paildramon is Wormmon's DNA Ultimate in Digimon Tamers: Digimon Medley and can be formed during battle in Digimon Tamers: Brave Tamer by equipping both Stingmon and ExVeemon with Calumon cards.

Attacks 
 * Desperado Blaster: Fires energy bullets from the weapons on his hips.
 * Cable Catcher (Esgreamer): Fires off its claws and binds his enemy like wires.
 * Sting Strike : Attacks with the spikes on its arms. Hitting the enemy hard


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Imperialdramon
Imperialdramon is a mega level digimon who is the Digivolved form of Paildramon. Around Christmas time, Veemon and Wormmon were given power from one of the DigiCores of Azulongmon. This allowed them, as Paildramon, to Digivolve further into Imperialdramon. Imperialdramon's enormous power allowed it to help send digimon who had been appearing in the Real World back to the Digimon World.

Imperialdramon was also responsible for transporting the DigiDestined around the world so they could help the DigiDestined of other countries. It was through Imperialdramon that MaloMyotismon was finally destroyed at the very end of Digimon Adventure 02, by having every DigiDestined send power to him so he could finish him off with his Giga Crusher.

Imperialdramon is Wormmon's DNA Mega in Digimon Tamers: Digimon Medley.

Attacks 
 * Positron Laser: Fires a huge laser blast from the cannon on its back.
 * Mega Crusher (Mega Death): Fires a powerful blast from its mouth.



Imperialdramon Fighter Mode
Imperialdramon Fighter Mode is an alternate form of Imperialdramon. The Fighter Mode gives Imperialdramon a more human shape and more precise control over its immense power.

This form was first achieved in Episode 43 of Digimon Adventure 02. When the evil Digimon Daemon and its Daemon Corps appeared, Imperialdramon was frozen by SkullSatamon. To free Imperialdramon, the Digimon of the older DigiDestined De-Digivolved from their Ultimate forms and gave their remaining power to Imperialdramon, triggering the Mode Change.

Imperialdramon Fighter Mode was powerful enough to kill SkullSatamon, fight Daemon (but was still no-match for him) and help WarGreymon defeat BlackWarGreymon.

Imperialdramon Fighter Mode is Wormmon's DNA Mega in Digimon Tamers: Digimon Medley as well as the form Wormmon digivolves to in Digimon Battle Spirit and Digimon Tamers: Battle Spirit Ver. 1.5.

Attacks 
 * Positron Laser: Fires a huge purple laser from the cannon on its arm.
 * Giga Crusher (Giga Death): Transforms the cannon on its arm into a bigger canon held by both arms which fires a powerful purple blast on its enemy. Alternately it can fire the same attack when the dragon mouth on its chest opens up to fire a white spherical attack.


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Imperialdramon Paladin Mode
Imperialdramon Paladin Mode is an even more powerful alternate form of Imperialdramon, achieved after Omnimon gave Imperialdramon Fighter Mode his power.

Imperialdramon Paladin Mode appears in the digimon movie Diablomon Strikes Back, or Revenge of Diaboromon (English version). Imperialdramon Fighter Mode had been fighting Armageddemon using its Giga Crusher attack. However, it was not strong enough, and ended up injured in Armageddemon's counterattack. Omnimon, who had already been badly injured by Armageddemon, gave his remaining energy to Imperialdramon. Omnimon's arms separated from its main body to become Agumon and Gabumon again, while its main body became the Omni Sword. Imperialdramon Fighter Mode, wielding this sword, turned into Imperialdramon Paladin Mode and defeated Armageddemon.

Attacks 
 * Omni Sword (Omega Blade): Strikes its opponents with its Holy Blade. The Sword contains Omnimon's power.


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