The Darkness Before Dawn

'''Kimeramon soundly defeats the DigiDestined. Wormmon leads Davis and Veemon to the power source of the base. It turns out to be a golden Digi-egg, which Davis uses to golden armor digivolve Veemon to Magnamon. '''

thumb|225px|left|Episode recap for "The Darkness Before Dawn"

Synopsis
Setting Ken’s Base on fire, and distracting Ken, the Digidestined enter the base, in search of the Control Room. Kimeramon showed up with some Bakamon. Ken realizes his evil ways and goes alone to the control center to think about it. Wormmon leads Davis and Veemon to the control center. The power source reacts to Davis and it turns out to be the Digi-Egg of Miracles! Davis uses it, allowing Veemon to Golden Armor Digivolve to....Magnamon!

Featured Characters
Major characters:- Ken Ichijouji, Wormmon, Davis Motomiya, Veemon (Raidramon, T.K. Takaishi, Patamon (Pegasusmon, Kari Kamiya, Gatomon (Nefertimon), Yolei Inoue, Hawkmon (Halsemon), Cody Hida, Armadillomon (Digmon), Kimeramon.

Minor characters:- Tai Kamiya, Agumon, Matt Ishida, Gabumon, Izzy Izumi, Tentomon, Bakemon.

Digimon Analyser
No Analyser in this episode.

Animation errors

 * Scenes of destruction from Chimeramon not shown in the beginning of the episodes (dub edit) are shown later on in flashbacks.

Dubbing changes

 * Several scenes of Chimeramon destroying towns and killing digimon were removed due to 9/11 concerns.

Real-World References

 * When comparing the engine room to something out of science fiction, Davis says, "Yeah, and I'm the hotshot pilot who rescues Princess Kari from the bad space guys!" This is a reference to Star Wars, specifically Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia.

Miscellaneous Trivia

 * Davis announces the episode title in the Japanese episode.