If I had a Tail Hammer

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"If I had a Tail Hammer" 大地の装甲アンキロモン (Daichi no Sōkō Ankiromon) "Armored Ankylomon of the Earth"
Production company	(Ja:) Fuji Television (En:) Saban Entertainment
Airdate	(Ja:) September 17, 2000 (En:) December 9, 2000
Written by	(Ja:) Reiko Yoshida (En:) Michael Sorich, Jeff Nimoy, Bob Buchholz
Directed by	(Ja:) Takahiro Imamura
Chief Anim. Director	Toshio Deguchi
Art	Yukiko Iijima
Animation studio	Toei Animation
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The DigiDestined are hard at work rebuilding one of the many devastated towns of the Digital World, until a nearby control spire, thought to be inactive, starts causing problems for the group.

Synopsis

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Ken finds a strange woman in his room, but she refused to tell him who she is. Meanwhile the DigiDestined continue their cleanup. Davis realizes, Veemon can‘t digivolve. Kari and T.K. sneak off to see if their Digimon can digivolve but they can't. They wonder if the Control Spires are active again. Cody and Digmon are underground when Thundermon attacks them. Armadillomon digivolve to Ankylomon and emerges from beneath the ground. Then a mysterious Digimon destroys Thundermon and lands next to Ken. He disappears. Mysteriously, the control spire they discovered had vanished.

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance. Bolded characters are fought by the protagonist(s), and italicized characters feature non-explicitly, e.g. voice, silhouette, image.)

Digimon Analyser

DIGITALMONSTER -Thundermon- ｻﾝﾀﾞｰﾎﾞｰﾙﾓﾝ Champion Mutant Digimon Special Move Thunder Bolt Digmon: "It's Thundermon. He's a highly charged Digimon who's electrifying. But what's shocking about this pint-sized powerhouse is that he packs a ten million volt wallop."

DIGITALMONSTER -Ankylomon- アンキロモン Champion Armored Dragon Digimon Special Move Megaton Press, Tail Hammer Ankylomon: "I'm Ankylomon, a Champion Digimon. My whole body is covered in super-strength steel. I flatten evil-doers with my Megaton Press attack, and the iron balls that shoot from my Tail Hammer will definitely put a dent in any enemy's plans."

Digivolutions

(Number indicates order of occurrence.)

ExVeemon			1	Veemon			6	DemiVeemon			9	Veemon

Halsemon			1	Hawkmon			7	Poromon			10	Hawkmon			12	Halsemon			18	Hawkmon

Digmon			1	Armadillomon			8	Upamon			11	Armadillomon			12	Digmon			14	Armadillomon			15	Ankylomon			18	Armadillomon

Pegasusmon 1 Patamon Nefertimon 1 Gatomon

Minomon 16 Stingmon 17 Wormmon

Quotes

T.K.: "Boy, that jerk really left the Digital World in a big mess, didn't he?"
Davis: "Hey, listen, it's not my fault. I'm doing the best I can."
T.K.: "I meant Ken, not you, Davis."

— Davis misunderstands T.K. as they continue to help rebuild the DigiWorld.

Davis: "Some teachers are just nitpickers about such little things."
Yolei: "What was it this time?"
Davis: "I was accidentally playing soccer indoors, and somehow a window broke. Boy, Mr. Reynolds is sure is a grouch."
Cody: "Not again."
T.K.: "It's the fourth time. But hey, who's counting, right?"
Kari: "Really?"
Davis: "Huh? I thought it was at least six!"

— Davis' excuse for being late is no surprise to the DigiDestined.

Davis: "They're a major pain!"
Kari: "Aw, they're cute."
Davis: "Oh, they're so sweet."
Veemon: "That's not what you said a second ago."

—Veemon calls Davis out on his sudden change of mind about the Punimon.

"WHY CAN'T I DIGIVOLVE?! TELL ME WHY! Okay, I'm done."

— Veemon's failure to digivolve causes him to do a very good imitation of Mimi.

"I thought the Control Spires had been knocked out of commission when Ken left, but this makes me think they just might be active again."

— T.K. comes to a logical conclusion as to why the Digimon suddenly can't digivolve.

"Ken's back?! And Wormmon can digivolve?!"

— T.K. says what everyone's thinking.

Ken: "Are you all right, Wormmon?"
Wormmon: "Well, I've been better. I let her get away."
Ken: "Don't worry, my friend. We'll have another chance."
Wormmon: "You're right, Ken. Next time, I won't miss."

— Ken and Wormmon discuss their reason for being in the DigiWorld.

Other notes

Continuity errors

• In the English dub, the exact same product that Cody's grandfather now calls liquid yogurt was previously called prune juice in the episode Old Reliable.

• Gatomon attempts to digivolve into Angewomon in this episode, although the digimon lost the ability to digivolve into their ultimate forms between seasons 1 and 2.
  

Dubbing changes

• The town that the group are rebuilding is labelled as Primary Village in the English dub, whilst in the original episode, the town's name isn't given at all.
• The product Cody's grandfather had in the original version was "chu jelly".
  

Real-world references

• The episode title is a variation on the title of the folk song, If I Had a Hammer.
  

Miscellaneous trivia

• Cody announces the episode title in the Japanese episode.
• Upamon is be able to use chopsticks despite not having hands.