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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Appendices Cast - Attacks

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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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.