Calumon (Tamers)

Calumon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise. Calumon is in some ways the mascot of Digimon Tamers. Its Japanese name is Culumon.

Description
Calumon acts differently in different languages. In the English version, Calumon's immature antics and over-expressed emotions leave little doubt about the fact that its role is not of a fighter. However he is still shown to be kind and brave. The German and Japenese versions show that although he is not a fighter, he is very brave, kind, and mature. He is also very good at making other feel better as best shown near the end of the series. In Digimon Tamers, Calumon is the only Digimon on the protagonist's side who had no official tamer, although he does seem to have a special bond with Jeri as he was able to sense her presence when she was trapped inside of the Kernel Sphere. He then led Beelzemon in a rescue mission to save her, and helped her immensely when he finally snapped her out of her depression and protected her from the Chaos with a forcefield during the final battle. He may have become her new partner after the events of the D-Reaper Saga of Digimon Tamers. In the beginning of the series, Calumon thinks of the Real World as a game and the humans as other digimon. His ears, usually short, can be expanded, usually when Calumon is happy or excited, to the size shown in the picture to allow him to "fly". His forehead bears the symbol which is the polar opposite of the Digi-Hazard. It is called the "Zero Unit." It is from the Zero Unit symbol that Calumon releases his power to catalyze Digivolution. In the Arabic dub, Calumon does not have the symbol on his forehead, possibly for religious reasons.

Digivolution
Calumon is a unique digimon who does not Digivolve, and cannot be Digi-Modified. However, he seemed to use a "Crystal Matrix" when Growlmon first became WarGrowlmon, suggesting that Calumon powers Digivolutions. Another instance of this ability is when he was very excited in the Digital World. This created a trail of shining light that digivolved some Woodmon into Cherrymon. In the episode Janyu's Ark Calumon is shown he is the light of digivolution, knowing that he sent out a wave of digivolution and so every digimon digivolved to mega level.

In the series Digimon Tamers, the Digimon Sovereigns reveal that Calumon originated as the element of Digivolution - the realized version of the "Digi-Entelechies" (Digi-Entelechia). In order to hide this power from the evil D-Reaper, they turned the power into the form of a Digimon. In the end of the series, the Sovereigns restore this power to the Digital World, but allow Calumon to continue to live as an ordinary Digimon. Calumon plays a pivotol role in the last few episodes of the series detecting Jeri's presence and launching a rescue mission for her with Impmon for back-up. Thanks to Beelzemon Blast Mode (Impmon digivolved to fight off some D-Reaper Agents) he gets into the Kernel Sphere where Jeri is and does his best to snap her out of her depression. He ultimatly succedes getting her to fight back against the D-Reaper and to realize that there is something worth living for. After she cracks the Kernel Sphere with her D-Ark, freeing them but letting the Chaos Mass in, he somehow protects them with a forcefield and gets them outside the Sphere. The two are eventually resuced by Takato with help from Guilmon. He is forced to return to the Digital World with the other Digimon at the end and says his goodbyes to a grateful Jeri.

In the Japanese version, Calumon had a habit of saying "culu". This was removed from the English Version, and some fans believe this is was to avoid any associations with Pokémon (who typically say their names frequently). However, in South-East Asia's version of the English dub (done in Singapore) Calumon keeps the habit, though it is said as "calu" instead. In some South American countries such as Brazil for an example, Calumon is called "Culumon" like in the Japanese version and says "culu" during dialogue.

Calumon is voiced by Brianne Siddall (English) & Tomoko Kaneda (Japan).

Calumon appears in Battle of Adventurers and Runaway Locomon, but does not play a major role in either of them. He's there for the final battle in Battle of Adventurers and somewhat saves the day by causing Growlmon, Gargomon and Kyubimon to digivolve to WarGrowlmon, Raipidmon and Taomon because he got scared of Gulfmon which allowed them to finally destroy him with their Trinity Burst attack. In Runaway Locomon he serves food at Rika's party flying around carrying a tiny dish with food to the others.

Attacks
 * Shining Digivolution: A non-offensive technique that causes other Digimon to digivolve.

Merchandise
There are numerous products based on Calumon. These include plush toys, posters, even a Tamagotchi-like game where players need to look after their own pet Calumon.

Calumon also has two albums, Asobo Culuculu and Culu Culu Culumon! sung by Tomoko Kaneda, and a third one I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas which was never commercially released.