Fusion Confusion

thumb|225px|left|Episode recap for "Fusion Confusion" '''Paildramon and Okuwamon continue fighting. Ken puts his crest of kindness into a slot in the base, but it does not do anything. Paildramon destroys the base entirely, and Izzy explains DNA Digivolving and the story of how the original DigiDestined gave up the powers of their Crests, which is why their Digimon can't Digivolve to Ultimate level anymore. '''

Summary
Rushing into the base while Paildramon battles Okuwamon, they reach the center of the base and Ken puts his Crest in. But the reactor isn’t stabilized! They follow the pipes into the reactor where they find a stream of darkness. The base is about to explode when Paildramon rushes in and disposes of the base, and the base with it. Then Izzy explains to them how DNA Digivolving works and it took place before and why the older kids' Digimon can’t Digivolve to Ultimate any more.

Stat
Original air date: (Jap)10/08/2000	     (Eng)02/03/2001

Digivolutions
Major characters:- Davis Motomiya, Chibomon (DemiVeemon, ExVeemon, Paildramon), Ken Ichijouji, Leafmon (Stingmon, Paildramon), T.K. Takaishi, Patamon, Yolei Inoue, Hawkmon, Kari Kamiya, Gatomon, Cody Hida, Armadillomon, Arukenimon, Izzy Izumi, Tentomon.

Flashback characters:- Tai Kamiya, Agumon (Greymon, MetalGreymon, WarGreymon, Omnimon), Matt Ishida, Gabumon (Garurumon, WereGarurumon, MetalGarurumon, Omnimon), Sora Takenouchi, Biyomon (Birdramon, Garudamon), Izzy Izumi, Tentomon (Kabuterimon, MegaKabuterimon), Mimi Tachikawa, Palmon (Togemon, Lillymon), Joe Kido, Gomamon (Ikakkumon, Zudomon), T.K. Takaishi, Patamon (Angemon, MagnaAngemon), Kari Kamiya, Gatomon (Gatomon, Angewomon), Gennai

Minor characters:- Okuwamon.

Animation errors
Paildramon's name was mispelled as "Paildoramon" in the Japanese dub.

Dubbing changes

 * In the original, Cody does not accuse Ken of being behind the warping. Instead, he states that the crest was indeed helpful, and stopped the reactor meltdown. Similarly, Arukenimon does not try to turn the DigiDestined against each other; she taunts them that the warping is due to the runaway dark power in the base, and that they can't do anything about it.

Digimon references

 * In the flashback where the original team met their digimon again, Kari can be seen wearing the whistle she gave to Gatomon at the end of the first season. This may explain its absence in the first episode in that Gatomon returned it to her.

Miscellaneous trivia

 * Paildramon announces the episode title in the Japanese episode.
 * The kids, with the exception of Davis, all seem to be wearing their old clothes.