Tentomon (Adventure)

Tentomon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise. He is an Insectoid Digimon, in the form of a Ladybug, the partner of Izzy. He is often known as a knowledgeable professor of the Digital World. He is a nature-lover who loves flowers and trees. He spoke with a Kansai-ben accent in the Japanese version and was voiced by Takahiro Sakurai. In the US version, he was voiced by Jeff Nimoy.

Appearance
Tentomon has six legs in total, each with at least 1 large claw on the end. His back is covered in a red, dome-shaped shell which protects some very insect-like wings. Coming out of his head are two orange antennae, and they meet between his large green eyes. His claws on his legs look rather like feet, and they meet very close together.

Description
In Digimon Adventure Motimon permanently Digivolved to Tentomon to protect Izzy from Kuwagamon and later to Kabuterimon when the Black Gear-infected Andromon attacked them. Since then, he was Izzy's partner, admiring the boy greatly for his curiosity. When Tai went missing after the final battle with Etemon, however, things looked bleak for a while as Izzy was brainwashed by Vademon though Tentomon helped him to snap out of it. Izzy's pondering on how to defeat Vademon enabled Kabuterimon to Digivolve to MegaKabuterimon, who became a needed ally in the battles against Myotismon, the Dark Masters, and Apocalymon. But before they went their separate ways, Izzy thanked Tentomon for being a good friend.

In March 2000, 8 months after their adventure, Tentomon was dispatched onto the Internet by Gennai to help fight Keramon. But even as Kabuterimon, he and Greymon were no match when Keramon Digivolved to Infermon (he skipped the Champion Level) and blasted them before they could also Digivolve into Ultimate. They were then joined in pursuing Infermon by Gabumon and Patamon, but when Infermon Digivolved into Diaboromon and attacked Patamon, Tentomon was caught by his Cable Crusher attack and knocked out of the fight.

In May 2000, Izzy arrived in the Digital World and gave up his Crest power to free the Sovereigns. As a result, Tentomon lost the power to become MegaKabuterimon. Two years later, when the Digimon Emperor was conquering the Digital World, Tentomon was the most frequent of the old generation Digimon to help the new gang out. He helped in the search for Agumon when he was captured by the Digimon Emperor. He also helped to free all the Digimon held prisoner in the Emperor's base around the time Kimeramon was released and, with Agumon and Gabumon, distracted the monster to give the DigiDestined time to get inside to confront Ken.

Tentomon also overheard the conversation Arukenimon and Mummymon had about the Stones of Destiny and informed the DigiDestined. He came to the Real World on Christmas Eve, and on Christmas Day he helped to gather the Digimon who appeared world-wide along with Control Spires, receiving a power boost from one of the DigiCores of Azulongmon, restoring his ability to Digivolve to Ultimate. But the next day, during the battle with SkullSatamon of the Daemon Corps, the strain of being in the Real World got to Tentomon so he and the others had to return but not before sacrificing the energy to go Ultimate to power up Imperialdramon to Fighter Mode. He was later seen sealing the Hikarigota Gate and in the final battle against MaloMyotismon.

On March 2003, when Diaboromon resurfaced after his assumed death, Tentomon aided in coordinating the DigiDestined's plan of action, primarily keeping track of the numerous emergences of Kuramon in the Real World.

Attacks As seen in the anime his special attack was:
 * Super Shocker : Fires a rod of electricity from his antenna, electrocuting the enemy.

Other forms
The name "Tentomon" refers only to the Rookie form of this Digimon. Throughout the series, Tentomon gains the ability to Digivolve into a number of more powerful forms, each with a different name and special attack. However, the Rookie level is his preferred one and the one he spends most of his time in.

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Pabumon
Pabumon appears in Digimon Adventure when Vademon took away Izzy's curiosity and Crest, which caused Tentomon to gradually lose power until it De-Digivolved to Motimon, and then to Pabumon.

Attacks
 * Bubble Blow



Motimon
Izzy met Motimon when he first came to the Digital World. Motimon is seen again when Izzy losses his crest to Vademon.

Attacks
 * Bubble Blow


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Kabuterimon
Kabuterimon first appeared when he freed Andromon from the power of the Black Gear (thus being the first chosen Digimon to defeat an Ultimate in battle). He was also involved with battles against Devimon and Etemon. Izzy later gained the Crest of Knowledge allowing Kabuterimon to digivolve to MegaKabuterimon and defeat Vademon. Kabuterimon also appeared during the battles against Myotismon and the Dark Masters (some of the time he was in the form of MegaKabuterimon).

Tentomon digivolved into Kabuterimon in order to defeat Keramon. Keramon soon digivolved into Infermon, skipping the champion stage. Neither him nor Greymon or their respective partners were aware of this, and only realized after several attempts at attacking him had amounted to nothing. Afterwards, Infermon took a cheap shot, attacking him while he was left defenseless digivolving into MegaKabuterimon for a half second, turning him back into Tentomon, badly injured.

Attacks
 * Electro Shocker



MegaKabuterimon
Mega Kabuterimon first debuted when Izzy and Kabuterimon faced Vademon. Izzy's pondering on how to get out of the situation caused his crest to glow and Kabuterimon to Digivolve into MegaKabuterimon, who managed to defeat Vademon. MegaKabuterimon was involved in several battles with Myotismon's henchmen and was involved in the final battle with the villain himself, where he took him head on himself before failing like MetalGreymon and WereGarurumon. MegaKabuterimon was also a needed ally in the fight against the Dark Masters and Apocalymon.

Attacks
 * Horn Buster

Notes and References
Tentomon Tentomon テントモン