Gabumon

Group: Reptile - Level:  Rookie  - Type:  Data  - Attack Techniques: Blue Blaster, Horn Attack Gabumon  Digivolves  from  Tsunomon, and is the  Digimon  partner of  Matt  of the  DigiDestined. Like Matt, Gabumon is mellow and "cool." He is a reptile-type Digimon, but he wears a coat of fur apparently taken from his Digivolved form of  Garurumon. He only takes it off in extreme circumstances, and never lets anyone see his real face. Despite his gentle disposition, Gabumon's Blue Blaster attack - where he shoots a burst of blue flame from his mouth - is a powerful force. Gabumon first Digivolved to his  Champion  form of Garurumon to protect Matt from  Seadramon. When the kids were separated by Devimon, Matt and Gabumon found themselves in an icy region of  File Island. Matt insisted on looking for  T.K., and almost suffered exposure. Gabumon saved him by taking off his fur coat and using it to keep him warm. Tai  and  Agumon  then showed up with Frigimon, and helped the duo defeat the  Black Gear -infected  Mojyamon. He Digivolved to Garurumon again to fight Devimon alongside the other Digimon. After Matt found his  Crest, the  Crest of Friendship , the group split up following Tai's disappearance after the battle with  Etemon. Matt and Gabumon found themselves working in  Digitamamon 's diner with  Joe  and  Gomamon. Matt's anger at Joe - caused by accidents perpetrated by  DemiDevimon  - prevented his Crest from glowing, but when Tai returned, it's glow did too, and Garurumon Digivolved to  WereGarurumon. Gabumon went back to the real world with Matt and the other kids to battle  Myotismon. Gabumon (who had apparently gained more control over his Digivolutions by this point, as he would only revert to his Rookie stage after becoming an  Ultimate ) became friends with Matt's father, who was surprisingly blasé about the existence of Digimon. In the final battle with  VenomMyotismon, Gabumon Digivolved to  MetalGarurumon  for the first time. Gabumon went back to the  DigiWorld  with the others to battle the  Dark Masters. While the kids were caught up in a battle with  Puppetmon  and his Garbagemon, Gabumon followed a morose Matt into the forest. Matt had begun to doubt that he had any purpose as part of the team, and was tricked into fighting Tai by  Cherrymon, another of Puppetmon's minions. Gabumon promised that he'd stand by Matt, no matter what - and wound up fighting  WarGreymon ! The fight was stopped, but Matt decided to temporarily leave the group. Gabumon accompanied him, and continuously tried to tell him that he was an important part of the team, but Matt didn't listen. Gabumon helped free Matt from a mysterious darkness that was feeding off his depression, and they then rejoined the team, to battle and defeat  Piedmon  and  Apocalymon. Eight months later, Gabumon joined in the battle against  Infermon  on the Internet. He Digivolved to MetalGarurumon, and he and WarGreymon battled the villain, but they were defeated when he Digivolved into his own Mega form of  Diaboromon. WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon tracked him down, but were defeated again by the huge number of copies he had made of himself. Re-energised by e-mails from all over the world, the two heroic Digimon fused together into  Omnimon, and destroyed Diaboromon. In May 2000, Gabumon lost the ability to Digivolve to Ultimate when Matt and the other kids gave up the powers of their Crests to seal the DigiWorld off from evil. Four years later, when the  Digimon Emperor  was in the process of conquering the DigiWorld, Gabumon was captured and held at a small village called Santa Caria. He escaped, but was thrown over a cliff by  RedVegiemon. He managed to alert Matt and the new DigiDestined to the situation, and helped them get into the village, so they could destroy the  Control Spire  there. With the Spire gone, Gabumon was able to Digivolve into Garurumon to finish the battle. A little later, when  MetalGreymon  fell under the power of one of the Emperor's  Dark Spirals, Garurumon was called in again to help battle him. Some time after that, Gabumon showed up again, along with Agumon and  Tentomon  to set the Emperor's base aflame, providing enough of a distraction to allow the new DigiDestined entry. Gabumon did not show up for quite a while after this - he next appeared when the DigiDestined were trying to stop  BlackWarGreymon  from destroying the Destiny Stones. He alerted the kids to one of the Stones' location, and relayed a message from Agumon about BlackWarGreymon's soul-searching. Shortly after that, Gabumon the other original Digimon were brought into the real world to celebrate Christmas with their partners, beginning with one of Matt's concerts. However, Digimon began to appear in the real world, and a group of them attacked the concert, meaning Gabumon and the others had to Digivolve to take them out, with some help from the new kids' Digimon. Gennai then arrived in the real world, and gave all the original Digimon a power boost from  Azulongmon 's Digi-Core, restoring their lost ability to Digivolve to Ultimate. Gabumon then went with  Matt ,  Ken  and  Wormmon  to Mexico to round up wild Digimon there. They met with a young DigiDestined girl named  Rosa, and Gabumon became  WereGarurumon  for the first time in a long time to help  Stingmon , and  Monochromon  (the Digivolved form of Rosa's  Gotsumon ) round up the Digimon and send them back to the DigiWorld. Gabumon returned to  Odaiba  and Digivolved to Ultimate to help the other Ultimate battle  SkullSatamon, one of the minions of  Daemon , an evil Digimon who had come to the real world in search of the  Dark Spore. The Ultimates were defeated, and sacrificed their ability to Digivolve once again in order to power up Imperialdramon, allowing him to  Mode Change  to his Fighter Mode and destroy SkullSatamon. A little later, Gabumon and the other Digimon were seen assembling tiles over the  Highton View Terrace  gateway in the DigiWorld, attempting to seal it. When BlackWarGreymon sacrificed his life, he energised the gate, and locked it, preventing entry into the DigiWorld. Gabumon reappeared in the DigiWorld when  MaloMyotismon  was attempting to infect both it and Earth with pure darkness. He, along with all the other Digimon, and all the Digimon of the world's DigiDestined acted as beacons, drawing their DigiDestined partners into the DigiWorld, where the power of their dreams destroyed MaloMyotismon for good. Three months later, when it was discovered that Diaboromon had survived the battle four years beforehand, Agumon, Gabumon, Tai and Matt ventured into the Internet once more to confront him. Agumon and Gabumon became Omnimon, and destroyed Diaboromon with help from  Angemon  and  Angewomon, but he lived on as millions of  Kuramon , who entered the real world and became  Armageddemon. Omnimon was no match for Armageddemon, and after being defeated, separated back into Agumon and Gabumon as his energy transformed nto a holy ring, which became the Omega Sword and transformed  Imperialdramon  to his Paladin Mode, enabling him to defeat Armageddemon. It appears that the Digimon's ability to Digivolve to Ultimate and beyond has been restored by the time of this movie, given that Gabumon and Agumon could form Omnimon, and that Gatomon can become Angewomon. Twenty-five years later, the gate to the DigiWorld remains open, and Gabumon is still at Matt's side. Rather unbelievably, they have become astronauts, and were part of the first manned - and monned! - mission to Mars. Gabumon first appears in ''"And so it begins..." ''His voice is supplied by Kirk Thornton, except in  "Revenge of Diaboromon,"  where Jeff Nimoy fills the role. Name: From the Japanese word, "gabugabu," meaning guzzling.