Evolution/Anime

Appearances

Anime

Digimon Adventure original continuity

In Digimon Adventure, Digimon Adventure 02, Digimon Adventure tri., and Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna, the ability to evolve is mostly tied to both the strength of the bond between the Chosen Child and their Digimon, and to the maturity and psychological growth of the Chosen Children themselves. For example:

• The Crests that are required for Super Evolution embody a trait that each child displayed when they were younger, and unlocking Super Evolution requires bringing out the best of those qualities in themselves for the right reasons, rather than misusing them.
• The ability to Jogress requires that each pair of Chosen Children "synchronize" with each other, and truly understand their thoughts and feelings.
• Takenouchi Sora, Izumi Kōshirō, Tachikawa Mimi, Kido Jo, Takaishi Takeru, and Yagami Hikari's attainment of Ultimate Evolution is linked to a cryptic message in Digimoji that is emailed to Kōshirō from an unknown address in the Digital World:

To seek true power... Know the darkness... And make it through...

真なる力を求めるには… 暗黒を知り… 超えてゆけ…

As the message hints, each of them is tested by a personal crisis that puts their philosophies and what they hold dear in jeopardy, and after learning from and navigating the experience, they become able to Ultimate Evolve their partner Digimon.

• Agumon -Yuki no Kizuna- and Gabumon -Yujo no Kizuna- are the result of the deep bond that the two Digimon share with Yagami Taichi and Ishida Yamato.

Evolution can also be triggered, especially for the first time, when a Chosen Child is in danger. Their partner Digimon will evolve to protect them. The Chosen Children become aware of this, and on one occasion Yagami Taichi unsuccessfully tries to exploit this to force Greymon to Super Evolve.

Higher levels of evolution also often require some sort of intervention by some other force. For instance, the Chosen Children initially require physical Crests to unlock Super Evolution. Agumon and Gabumon need to be shot with arrows of hope and light by Angemon and Angewomon to fulfill a prophecy and unlock their Ultimate forms, and it takes one of Qinglongmon's Digicores to grant Paildramon the ability to evolve to Imperialdramon: Dragon Mode, and to enable the original eight partner Digimon to Super Evolve again after surrendering their Crest power.

Evolving requires a great amount of energy, so if a Digimon does not have the energy left to do so, the evolution will fail. Higher levels require higher amounts of energy; as a result, when partner Digimon Super Evolve to Perfect or higher, it is common for them to devolve to their Baby II forms when they are finished, and when they Jogress to Perfect or higher, they usally revert to their Baby I forms. The exception is Tailmon, who usually just devolves back to Tailmon and only devolves to Plotmon after Jogressing or other significant expenditures of her power, or Nyaromon on two exceptionally taxing occasions. She attributes this to her having greater self-discipline than the other partner Digimon. The energy requirements also mean that generally, the Digimon cannot evolve if they are hungry, and that they must rest to recover the energy needed to evolve the next time.

It is possible for a partner Digimon to be attacked while evolving, which causes the evolution to fail.

Several independent Digimon also undergo evolution in the various series:

• As foretold in a prophecy, Vamdemon is resurrected in the evolved form of Venom Vamdemon following his initial defeat by Angewomon in August 1999.
  Three years later, on December 31, 2002, Vamdemon's spirit (possessing Oikawa Yukio) evolves again into Belial Vamdemon after he consumes the Dark Seeds implanted in several children.
• After his defeat by Yagami Taichi and Metal Greymon, Etemon is eventually reborn as Metal Etemon.
• Leomon gains the ability to Warp Evolve into Saber Leomon due to his repeated exposure to the light of the Chosen Children's Digivices. However, he has poor control over his evolution and cannot maintain the Saber Leomon form for long.
• A Kuramon that hatches on the Internet evolves by eating data and causing havoc worldwide, going through the forms of Tsumemon, Keramon, Infermon (skipping the Adult level), and Diablomon. That Diablomon is later reborn, and the many Kuramon that it spawns all fuse together in the real world to evolve into Armagemon.
• Hackmon is able to freely evolve into JESmon and devolve back into Hackmon.

Types of Evolution in the Digimon Adventure original continuity
Type	Description	Digimon's Call	Example	First Appearance
Evolution 「進化」 (Dub: Digivolution)	A Digimon evolves into a Digimon of the next Evolution Stage. (e.g. Baby I to Baby II, Baby II to Child, Child to Adult)	「(x)、進化…！ (y)！」 ("(x), evolve...! (y)!") (Dub: "(x) digivolve to...! (y)!")	1 2 3 Palmon → Togemon (Digimon Adventure) Palmon → Togemon (Digimon Adventure tri.) Agumon → Greymon (Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna)	Digimon Adventure: "Adrift?! The Island of Adventure!"
Dark Evolution 「暗黒進化」 (Dub: Dark Digivolution)	Main article: Dark Evolution A Digimon evolves into a powerful but malicious and uncontrollable form due to a negative or dark influence (e.g. intense negative emotions or abusive tactics from their Chosen Child, the negative feelings of the Digimon themself, being forced to by the Digimon Kaiser using an Evil Ring or Evil Spiral).	(N/A)	1 2 Greymon + Crest of Courage → Skull Greymon (Digimon Adventure) Nyaromon → Ofanimon: Falldown Mode (Digimon Adventure tri.)	Digimon Adventure: "Dark Evolution! Skull Greymon"
Super Evolution 「超進化」 (Dub: Digivolution)	An Adult Digimon evolves into a Perfect Digimon, using the activated power of a Crest (either a physical Crest in a Tag, or the essence of it that resides in the Chosen Child). Digivice changes: The Digivice enters an activated state, where it changes color to (usually) match the Chosen Child's Crest. In the case of the D-3, it instead changes some coloured parts to white.	「(x)、超進化…！ (y)！」 ("(x), Super Evolve...! (y)!") (Dub: "(x) digivolve to...! (y)!")	1 2 3 Kabuterimon + Crest of Knowledge → Atlur Kabuterimon (Digimon Adventure) Kabuterimon + Crest of Knowledge → Atlur Kabuterimon (Digimon Adventure tri.) Greymon + Crest of Courage → Metal Greymon (Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna)	Digimon Adventure: "Perfect Evolution! Metal Greymon"
Warp Evolution 「ワープ進化」 (Dub: Warp Digivolution)	A Digimon evolves directly into an Ultimate Digimon, skipping at least one Evolution Stage (e.g. Child to Ultimate, Adult to Ultimate). Digivice changes: The Digivice enters an activated state, where it changes color to (usually) match the Chosen Child's Crest.	「(x)、ワープ進化…！ (y)！」 ("(x), Warp Evolve...! (y)!") (Dub: "(x) Warp Digivolve to...! (y)!")	1 2 Gabumon → Metal Garurumon (Digimon Adventure) Angemon → Seraphimon (Digimon Adventure 02: Vol. 2: Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals)	Digimon Adventure: "Revival! The Devil Venom Vamdemon"
Fusion 「合体」 (Dub: DNA Digivolution)	Two Digimon of any Evolution Stage, most commonly Ultimate, combine into a stronger Ultimate Digimon. This combined Digimon is controlled by the consciousnesses of both component Digimon, who act as one. Digivice changes: The Digivice enters an activated state, where it changes color to match the Chosen Child's Crest.	(N/A)	1 2 3 War Greymon + Metal Garurumon → Omegamon (Digimon Adventure: Our War Game!) War Greymon + Metal Garurumon → Omegamon (Digimon Adventure tri.) Agumon + Gabumon → Omegamon (Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna)	Digimon Adventure: Our War Game!
Armor Evolution 「アーマー進化」 (Dub: Armor Digivolution)	A Child or de-powered Adult Digimon evolves into an Armor Digimon, using a Digimental. Chosen Child's evolution command: 「デジメンタル・アップ！」 ("Digimental up!"; Dub: "Digi-Armor energize!")	「(x)、アーマー進化…！ (epithet), (y)！」 ("(x), Armor Evolve...! (epithet), (y)!") (Dub: "(x) Armor Digivolve to...! (y), (epithet)!")	Hawkmon + Digimental of Purity → Shurimon (Digimon Adventure 02)	Digimon Adventure 02: "The Inheritor of Courage"
Ultimate Evolution 「究極進化」 (Dub: Mega Digivolution)	A Perfect Digimon evolves into an Ultimate Digimon.	「(x)、究極進化…！ (y)！」 ("(x), Ultimate Evolve...! (y)!") (Dub: "(x) Mega Digivolve to...! (y)!")	1 2 3 Angewomon → Holydramon (Digimon Adventure 02: Vol. 2: Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals) Paildramon → Imperialdramon (Digimon Adventure 02) Angewomon → Holydramon (Digimon Adventure tri.)	Digimon Adventure 02: Vol. 2: Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals
Jogress Evolution 「ジョグレス」 (Dub: DNA Digivolution)	Two Adult Digimon combine into a Perfect Digimon. This combined Digimon is controlled by the consciousnesses of both component Digimon, who act as one. Digivice changes: Both D-3s or Smartphone Digivices enter an activated state where they both change into an identical color scheme that features colors associated with both participating Chosen Children.	「(x)！ (y)！ ジョグレス進化…！ (z)！」 ("(x)! (y)! Jogress Evolve...! (z)!") (Dub: "(x)! (y)! DNA Digivolve to...! (z)!")	Ankylomon + Angemon → Shakkoumon (Digimon Adventure 02)	Digimon Adventure 02: "Jogress Evolution, Two Hearts become One"
Mode Change 「モードチェンジ」 (Dub: Mode Change)	A Digimon shifts into an alternate mode of the same species.	「(x)、モードチェンジ…！ (y)！」 ("(x), Mode Change...! (y)!") (Dub: "(x) Mode Change to...! (y)!")	Imperialdramon → Imperialdramon: Fighter Mode (Digimon Adventure 02)	Digimon Adventure: "Invasion of the Demon Army"
Mutation 「変異」 (Dub: Mutation)	Meicoomon (or one of her previously mutated forms) undergoes an aberrant evolution into an uncontrollable and extremely destructive Digimon of the next Evolution Stage due to some provocation, such as fear for herself or Mochizuki Meiko. Digivice changes: None, although Meiko's Digivice had previously entered a unique "activated" state upon Meicoomon entering her Saltation state	(N/A)	Meicrackmon: Vicious Mode → Raguelmon (Digimon Adventure tri.)	Digimon Adventure tri.: "Confession"
Last Evolution 「最後の進化」 (Dub: Final Digivolution)	A Child Digimon evolves into a powerful "Kizuna" Ultimate variant of itself. Digivice changes: The Digivice changes color to a bright orange, and cracks that glow in the color of the Chosen Child's Crest form all over it. The cracks are permanent, although they stop glowing after the Digimon has devolved.	(N/A)	Agumon → Agumon -Yuki no Kizuna- and Gabumon → Gabumon -Yujo no Kizuna- (Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna)	Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna

Digimon Tamers

In Digimon Tamers, the source of all evolution is the Digi-Entelechy, or "light of evolution". The existence of the Digi-Entelechy is what enables Digimon to evolve. Before the start of the series, the Digi-Entelechy is transformed into Culumon by the Digignomes in accordance with the wishes of Qinglongmon, who wanted to prevent any evolution from occurring to avoid provoking the D-Reaper. As a result, normally no Digimon evolve at all, but sometimes Culumon accidentally causes evolutions to occur around him just by emotionally reacting to events around him (sadness, curiosity, etc.)

As the series progresses, the Tamers become able to trigger evolutions at will by Slashing certain cards. They use the "Super Evolution Plug-In S" card (St-100) to evolve their Digimon to the Adult level, and Blue Cards to evolve them to the Perfect Level. Sometimes, when they do this, it is shown that the slashing of the card has triggered Culumon into using his powers on the partner Digimon.

Devolution is also significantly harder in Tamers. Unlike in other series, where a partner Digimon is likely to devolve as soon as the action is over, it is common for the Tamers' partner Digimon to remain in their evolved forms (mainly Adult) for hours at a time afterward with no way to force themselves to devolve, even if their Tamer is no longer present. Lee Jianliang theorizes that it is entirely possible for their Digimon to remain evolved indefinitely, but that after a while it becomes too hard to maintain an evolved form, so they devolve into a more stable form.

Initially, it is impossible for a Digimon to maintain an evolved form while inside the D-Reaper Zone. Mizuno Gorou develops the Red Card algorithm to counteract this by altering the wavelengths of Digimon to be closer to those of the D-Reaper itself.

Several independent Digimon evolve in the series. This is usually caused by Culumon's power.

• A Dark Tyranomon in the Digital World evolves into Metal Tyranomon and destroys a Maildramon that was chasing Culumon. The cause of this evolution is unknown, although it coincides with this exact evolution and fight outcome occurring in a Digital Monster Card Game match played between Matsuda Takato and Shiota Hirokazu.
• A Wild One Goblimon who Realizes in Shinjuku evolves into Fugamon when Culumon unintentionally activates some of its power.
• Impmon evolves into Beelzebumon for the first time when he makes a deal with Caturamon to be endowed with Zhuqiaomon's power, in exchange for eliminating the Tamers and their Partner Digimon. The next time that Impmon takes this form, he does it through the power of his rekindled bond with his Tamers, Ai and Makoto.
• While playing with some Digignomes, Culumon unintentionally causes three Woodmon to evolve into Jyureimon.
• Culumon unintentionally causes hundreds of Chrysalimon who are fighting Beelzebumon to fuse into one giant Infermon.
• With the assistance of the Digignomes, Culumon intentionally uses its Shining Evolution to cause many Digimon around the Digital World to evolve to the Ultimate level to help fight the D-Reaper. These Digimon include three Diablomon (from the fusion of hundreds of Chrysalimon), a Metal Seadramon, a Mugendramon, a Gran Kuwagamon, a Griffomon, at least five Pukumon, a Hououmon, a Boltmon, a Plesiomon, and a Marin Angemon (who becomes Kitagawa Kenta's partner Digimon).

Types of Evolution in Digimon Tamers
Type	Description	Digimon's Call	Example	First Appearance
Evolution 「進化」/「エボリューション」 (Dub: Digivolution)	A Child Digimon evolves into an Adult Digimon, using Culumon's power.	「(x)、進化…！ (y)！」 ("(x), evolve...! (y)!") (Dub: "(x) digivolve to...! (y)!")	Terriermon → Galgomon	Digimon Tamers: "Renamon vs Guilmon! Battle is a Digimon's Life"
Matrix Evolution 「マトリックスエボリューション」 (Dub: Matrix Digivolution)	A Child or Adult Digimon evolves into a Perfect Digimon, using Culumon's power via a Blue Card.	「(x)、進化…！ (y)！」 ("(x), evolve...! (y)!") (Dub: "(x) Matrix Digivolve to...! (y)!")	Growmon → Megalo Growmon	Digimon Tamers: "Stand Up Tamer! The Super Evolved Megalo Growmon"
Dark Evolution 「暗黒進化」 (Dub: Dark Digivolution)	Main article: Dark Evolution A Digimon evolves into a powerful but uncontrollable form due to the intense anger and negativity of their Tamer. This also triggers Culumon into using his power, but in an unpleasant way.	(N/A)	Megalo Growmon → Megidramon	Digimon Tamers: "The Kindhearted Hero Leomon Dies!"
Matrix Evolution 「マトリックスエボリューション」 (Dub: Biomerge Digivolution)	A Child or Perfect Digimon evolves into an Ultimate Digimon by fusing with their Tamer. Tamer's evolution command: 「マトリックスエボリューション！」 ("Matrix Evolution!"; Dub: "Biomerge activate!")	「(x)、進化…！ (y)！」 ("(x), evolve...! (y)!") (Dub: "(x) Biomerge to...! (y)!")	Makino Ruki + Renamon → Sakuyamon	Digimon Tamers: "The Name's Dukemon! The True Ultimate Evolution"
Mode Change 「モードチェンジ」	A Digimon shifts into a more powerful mode of the same species, typically as a result of drawing power from another item or entity.	「(y)！」 ("(y)!") (Dub: (TBA))	Dukemon + ZERO-ARMS: Grani → Dukemon: Crimson Mode	Digimon Tamers: "Connected Hearts: The Revival of Beelzebumon"

Digimon Frontier

Digimon Frontier focuses on the use of the twenty Legendary Spirits to undergo Spirit Evolution into Hybrid Digimon. Both human Chosen Children and ordinary Digimon are capable of Spirit Evolution. The series focuses on six human Chosen Children who use Spirits.

Digimon are also capable of using the Spirits to become Hybrid Digimon, and this occurs on several occasions:

• Cherubimon created four of the five Evil Warriors (Mercuremon, Ranamon, Grottemon, and Arbormon) by bonding Spirits to Digimon. He also tried to bond the Spirits of Darkness to various Digimon, but none of these attempts succeeded; the broken data remains of these Digimon inhabit the dungeons of Cherubimon's castle at the Rose Morning Star.
  • On one occasion, Mercuremon also fuses with the scanned data of Seraphimon to evolve into Black Seraphimon, in a process that he announces as "Advent of the Fallen Angel" 「堕天使降臨」.
• A Shamamon finds the Beast Spirit of Fire in the temple where he works as a fortune teller, and is involuntarily bonded to it and evolves into Vritramon. He runs wild until Takuya (as Agnimon) subdues and purifies him and takes the Beast Spirit.

Conventional Digimon evolution still exists in the series, although it is downplayed and the concept of Evolution Stages is not mentioned. Several independent Digimon characters undergo evolution:

• After being hit by Minamoto Kouji, a Pagumon evolves into Raremon to take revenge.
• A Candmon evolves into Wizarmon after one of its allies was frozen by Himi Tomoki as Chackmon. It devolves into Candmon after being defeated and purified by Kanbara Takuya as Agnimon.
• The Three Mushmon Brothers evolve together into a single Woodmon after they're beaten by Orimoto Izumi as Fairimon. They return to Mushmon after being defeated and purified by Wolfmon.
• A Tunomon from the Digimon elementary school is able to evolve into Gabumon at will. However, because evolving scared its classmates, it refused to do so, and stayed on its Tunomon form, only evolving to save Izumi from drowning and then to save its classmate, Caprimon, from getting killed by a log swept by a strong current. After the latter event, the others stop fearing Gabumon, and Tunomon decides to keep evolving until it becomes as strong as the Warrior Ten, though it still stays as Tunomon rather than Gabumon.
• A Gottsumon who had befriended Kouji evolves into Insekimon so that he can help Kouji (as Magna Garurumon) fight Lord Knightmon. He devolves back to Gottsumon when Lord Knightmon severely injures him.
• Murmukusmon is able to Slide Evolve between the forms of Darcmon, Hippogriffomon, and Murmukusmon at will. In the Digital Monster 25th Anniversary Book –Digimon Device & Dot History– artbook, it was stated that Slide Evolution is when a Digimon evolves to another Digimon species of the same level (unlike Mode Change, which is the same type of Digimon - e.g. Metal Greymon (Vaccine) Mode Changing to Metal Greymon: Alterous Mode). Darcmon, Hippogriffomon, and Murmukusmon are all different levels which goes against this claim - though it's worth nothing that Frontier doesn't use levels in the first place.

Both conventional evolution and Spirit Evolution are often depicted with the motif of a cocoon of Digicode forming around the evolving individual.

Types of Evolution in Digimon Frontier
Type	Description	Chosen Child's Call	Example	First Appearance
Spirit Evolution 「スピリットエボリューション」 (Dub: Spirit Evolution)	A Chosen Child or Digimon evolves into a Human Form Hybrid Digimon, or Beast Form Hybrid, by bonding with one Legendary Spirit.	「スピリット…　エボリューション！ (y)！」 ("Spirit... Evolution! (y)!") (Dub: "Execute! Spirit Evolution! (y)!")	Orimoto Izumi + Human Spirit of Wind → Fairimon	Digimon Frontier: "The Legendary Warrior! Agnimon of Flame"
Evolution 「進化」 (Dub: Digivolution)	A Digimon evolves into a stronger species of Digimon.	(Varies)	Gottsumon → Insekimon	Digimon Frontier: "Wolfmon of Light, The Underground Labyrinth Battle!"
Slide Evolution 「スライドエボリューション」 (Dub: Slide Evolution)	a) A Hybrid Digimon who possesses another Legendary Spirit of the same element as their current form activates that Spirit to evolve into the corresponding Hybrid Digimon without reverting to their base form. b) A non-Hybrid Digimon who has access to multiple forms transitions into another form.	「(x)、スピリットエボリューション！ (y)！」 ("(x), Slide Evolution! (y)!") (Dub: (TBA))	Löwemon + Beast Spirit of Darkness → Kaiser Leomon	a) Digimon Frontier: "The Five Legendary Warriors VS The New Warrior!" b) Digimon Frontier: Revival of the Ancient Digimon!!
Double Spirit Evolution 「ダブルスライドエボリューション」 (Dub: Fusion Evolution)	A Chosen Child who possesses two Legendary Spirits of the same element evolves into Fusion Form Hybrid Digimon by bonding with both Spirits. The ability to Double Spirit Evolve is granted by Seraphimon's Digitama.	「ダブルスピリット…　エボリューション！ (y)！」 ("Double Spirit... Evolution! (y)!") (Dub: "Execute! Fusion Evolution! (y)!")	Minamoto Kouji + (Human Spirit of Light + Beast Spirit of Light) → Beowolfmon	Digimon Frontier: "Double Spirit Miracle! Beowolfmon is Born"
Hyper Spirit Evolution 「ハイパースピリットエボリューション」 (Dub: Unified Spirit Evolution)	A Chosen Child evolves into a Transcendent Form Hybrid Digimon by bonding with ten Legendary Spirits in certain combinations. The ability to Hyper Spirit Evolve is restricted to Chosen Children who own New D-Scanners.	「ハイパースピリット…　エボリューション！ (y)！」 ("Hyper Spirit... Evolution! (y)!") (Dub: "Unity execute! Unified Spirit Evolution! (y)!")	Kanbara Takuya + (Human Spirit of Fire + Beast Spirit of Fire + Human Spirit of Wind + Beast Spirit of Wind + Human Spirit of Ice + Beast Spirit of Ice + Human Spirit of Earth + Beast Spirit of Earth + Human Spirit of Wood + Beast Spirit of Wood) → Kaiser Greymon	Digimon Frontier: "Spirits Become One! Takuya and Kouji's Ultimate Evolution!"
Ancient Spirit Evolution 「エンチェントスピリットエボリューション」 (Dub: Ancient Spirit Evolution)	One or more Chosen Children, or an already-evolved Hybrid Digimon, evolves into Susanoomon by bonding together with all twenty Legendary Spirits.	「エンチェントスピリット…　エボリューション！ スサノオモン！」 ("Ancient Spirit... Evolution! Susanoomon!") (Dub: "Execute! Ancient Spirit Evolution! Susanoomon!")	(Kanbara Takuya + Minamoto Kouji + Shibayama Junpei + Orimoto Izumi + Himi Tomoki + All 20 Legendary Spirits) → Susanoomon	Digimon Frontier: "Light and Darkness are One! Kouichi's Last Wish"

Digimon Savers

A key theme of Digimon Savers is the influence of human emotions on Digimon. Digisoul is a power that comes from human emotion, and Digimon respond to that power. Tamers must learn to focus their emotions and Digisoul, and direct it toward a clear purpose, in order to evolve their partner Digimon. Evolution is initiated by manifesting their Digisoul as an aura around themselves, and then charging it into their Digivice iC.

Savers also features a high number of independent Digimon, usually enemies, who evolve. Many of these are Digimon who have infiltrated the real world and are feeding on the negative emotions of humans, whose dark wishes they are often trying to fulfill.

• A Kunemon uses Takashi's resentment at having to look after the chickens at Daimon Chika's school to evolve into Flymon.
• Agumon's Baby Burner attack accidentally causes three Petit Meramon to fuse together and evolve into Meramon.
• A Drimogemon evolves into Digmon in the Digital World.
• An Elecmon that has fed on power lines evolves into a black Garurumon.
• A Keramon that was manipulating chart data for Hanamura Neon evolves into Chrysalimon when Neon is enraged.
• When Mercurimon tries to force Piyomon to forget about Chika, he evolves into Aquilamon and runs wild. He evolves again into Garudamon in his mad desperation to find Chika. Later, after being reborn, Piyomon's bond with Chika allows him to evolve into Garudamon again.
• Mercurymon's servant, Gottsumon, is able to evolve into his "true form", Insekimon.

Types of Evolution in Digimon Savers
Type	Description	Digimon's Call	Example	First Appearance
Evolution 「進化」 (Dub: Evolution/Digivolution)	A Child Digimon evolves into an Adult Digimon, using some Digisoul. Tamer's evolution command: 「デジソウル、チャージ！」 ("Digisoul, charge!"; Dub: "DNA, charge!")	「(x)、進化…！ (y)！」 ("(x), evolve...! (y)!") (Dub: "(x) digivolve to...! (y)!")	Falcomon → Peckmon	Digimon Savers: "I am Masaru! Cockatrimon Strikes"
Perfect Evolution 「完全進化」 (Dub: Perfect Evolution/Ultimate Digivolution)	A Child or Adult Digimon evolves into a Perfect Digimon, using a "full charge" of Digisoul. Tamer's evolution command: 「デジソウル、フル・チャージ！」 ("Digisoul, full charge!"; Dub: "DNA, full charge!")	「(x)、進化…！ (y)！」 ("(x), evolve...! (y)!") (Dub: "(x) digivolve to...! (y)!")	Sunflowmon → Lilamon	Digimon Savers: "Masaru's New Power, Evolve! Rize Greymon"
Ultimate Evolution 「究極進化」 (Dub: Ultimate Evolution/Mega Digivolution)	A Child Digimon evolves into an Ultimate Digimon, using an "overdrive" of Digisoul. Tamer's evolution command: 「デジソウル、チャージ！　オーバードライブ！」 ("Digisoul, charge! Overdrive!"; Dub: "DNA, charge! Overdrive!")	「(x)、進化…！ (y)！」 ("(x), evolve...! (y)!") (Dub: "(x) Double Warp Digivolve to...! (y)!")	Gaomon → Mirage Gaogamon	Digimon Savers: "Resurrected Digivices, A New Shining Light"
Dark Evolution 「暗黒進化」 (Dub: Dark Digivolution)	Main article: Dark Evolution A Digimon evolves into a powerful but uncontrollable form due to the intense anger and negativity of their Tamer.	(N/A)	Shine Greymon → Shine Greymon: Ruin Mode	Digimon Savers: "The Day of Parting, The Strongest Enemy - Thoma!"
Burst Evolution 「バースト進化」 (Dub: Burst Evolution/Burst Digivolution)	An Ultimate Digimon evolves into a Burst Mode Ultimate Digimon, using a massive quantity of Digisoul. Tamer's evolution command: 「チャージ！デジソウル・バースト！」 ("Charge! Digisoul Burst!"; Dub: "Charge! DNA... Burst Mode!")	「(x)：バーストモード！」 ("(y): Burst Mode!") (Dub: "(y): Burst Mode!")	Shine Greymon → Shine Greymon: Burst Mode	Digimon Savers The Movie: Ultimate Power! Activate Burst Mode!!
Pseudo-Evolution 「擬似進化」 (Dub: (TBA))	An artificial Adult Digimon evolves into a Perfect Digimon using artificial Digisoul.	(N/A)	Gizmon: AT → Gizmon: XT	Digimon Savers: "Smash Kurata's Ambition, Yatagaramon takes Flight"
Hyper Bio Evolution 「ハイパーバイオエボリューション」 (Dub: Bio Hybrid Digivolution)	A human whose DNA has been infused with the data of an Armor Digimon evolves into that Bio-Hybrid Digimon.	「ハイパーバイオエボリューション！ (y)！」 ("Hyper Bio Evolution! (y)!") (Dub: "Bio Hybrid DNA, Charge! (y)!")	Kouki → Bio Thunderbirmon	Digimon Savers: "Pursue Kurata, The Digimon Extermination Scheme Begins!"
Hyper Bio Extra Evolution 「ハイパーバイオエキスツラエボリューション」 (Dub: (TBA))	A human whose DNA has been infused with the data of an Ultimate Digimon evolves into that Bio-Hybrid Digimon.	「ハイパーバイオエキスツラエボリューション！ (y)！」 ("Hyper Bio Extra Evolution! (y)!") (Dub: "Bio Hybrid DNA, Full Charge! (y)!")	Nanami → Bio Lotusmon	Digimon Savers: "Genius Showdown! Thoma VS Nanami"

Digimon Xros Wars

The primary focus of Digimon Xros Wars is on its main gimmick of DigiXrossing, where humans use Xros Loaders to temporarily combine their Digimon allies. The series features DigiXros combinations of more and more Digimon as it goes on. Later in the series, it is common for both Super Evolutions and DigiXrossing to be used together to create even stronger composite Digimon.

Antagonist access to DigiXrossing is mostly limited to Forced DigiXrossing, where a Darkness Loader is used to force a DigiXros to occur regardless of whether any of the constituent Digimon want it. Before the Darkness Loader is introduced, antagonists absorb other Digimon.

Xros Wars does not use the concept of Evolution Stages. Instead, evolution is characterized as a permanent growth into new forms that Digimon undergo as they age, which takes a very long time. Unlike other Digimon series, evolution as a power available to the human cast and their partner Digimon is entirely absent from the series until "A New Journey!! The Great Tokyo Showdown!!", where Super Evolutions are introduced as the ability to skip over all of the time that is normally needed to evolve and immediately become the mature form that the Digimon will have in the future. As a result, each partner Digimon only has one conventional evolved form (not counting Mode Changes).

During the first season of Xros Wars, some Digimon transform into new, more powerful forms. These are not treated by the story as conventional evolutions, but rather as being caused by special circumstances, although both examples are considered normal evolution in both prior and subsequent material.

• After being mortally wounded and donning the goddess's mask, Baalmon is resurrected as Beelzebumon.
• Once he reveals his true allegiance to the Bagra Army and Lilithmon, Lucemon takes his true form, Lucemon: Falldown Mode. After being defeated in this form, the evil energy of the dark sky temple overwhelms him and he becomes Lucemon: Satan Mode.

During the Digimon Xros Wars: The Evil Death Generals and the Seven Kingdoms season, only the partner Digimon of the protagonists evolve.

In the Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time season, some independent Digimon evolve as well, mostly those created by Quartzmon. Despite the lack of human element to them, other than the first one, they are still called Super Evolutions in-series:

• Knight Chessmon absorbs the greed from Hiroya after pushing him towards becoming more and more obsessed with victory, turning from White to Black before Super Evolving into Rook Chessmon. Unlike other Super Evolutions, this one appears to be permanent, as it keeps the form after Amano Yuu captures it.
• A Tsumemon created by Quartzmon evolves into Keramon, Chrysalimon, Infermon and finally Diablomon during several fights against the Digimon Hunters, making it the only Digimon seen in the series to evolve multiple times.
• Several Vamdemon created by Quartzmon evolve into Belial Vamdemon, with three of them instead becoming giant Venom Vamdemon.

The guest characters from prior Digimon series who appear in Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time all follow the same rules and mechanisms for evolution from their respective original series.

Types of Evolution in Digimon Xros Wars
Type	Description	Digimon's Call	Example	First Appearance
Absorption 「吸収」 (Dub: (TBA))	One lead Digimon forcibly absorbs and consumes one or more other Digimon, killing them all in exchange for taking a new form in which it acquires temporary new weapons, equipment, and powers from them.	(N/A)	Mad Leomon + Mammon + Chikurimon + Troopmon → Mad Leomon: Armed Mode	Digimon Xros Wars: "Taiki, Go to Another World!"
DigiXros 「デジクロス」 (Dub: DigiFuse)	Main article: DigiXros One lead Digimon temporarily combines with one or more other Digimon/DigiXros Units to create a composite Digimon, at the command of one Xros Loader user. Special variants: Double Xros (performed by two Xros Loader users), Great Xros (performed by three or more Xros Loader users), Final Xros (performed using the Code Crown), Forced DigiXros (performed using a Darkness Loader, overriding the wills of the consituent Digimon if necessary)	「デジクロス！ (z)！」 ("DigiXros! (z)!") (Dub: "DigiFuse! (z)!")	Cutemon × Dondokomon × (Knightmon × Pawn Chessmons) × Bastemon × Chibi Kamemon × Jijimon → G-Cutemon	Digimon Xros Wars: "Taiki, Go to Another World!"
Super Evolution 「超進化」 (Dub: Digivolution)	A Digimon evolves into the form that they will have in the future.	The Evil Death Generals and the Seven Kingdoms: 「(x)、超進化…！ (y)！」 ("(x), Super Evolve...! (y)!") (Dub: "(x) digivolve to...! (y)!") The Young Hunters who Leapt through Time: 「超進化！ (y)！」 ("Super Evolve! (y)!")	Shoutmon → Omega Shoutmon	Digimon Xros Wars: "A New Journey!! The Great Tokyo Showdown!!"
Mode Change 「モードチェンジ」	A Digimon shifts into a more powerful mode of the same species.	(N/A)	Arresterdramon → Arresterdramon: Superior Mode	Digimon Xros Wars: "The Golden Insect! The Mystery of Metallife Kuwagamon"
Component Digimon listed in bold are the lead Digimon of the respective absorption/DigiXros. Component Digimon listed in (parentheses) are treated as a single DigiXros Unit for the purposes of the respective DigiXros.

Digimon Universe Appli Monsters

Digimon Universe Appli Monsters has its own version of Evolution Stages, called "Grades", but unlike other Digimon series, there is not quite any directly "evolving" a single Appmon into a single new form. Instead, all progression to higher Grades revolves around two compatible Appmon (or their Appmon Chips) undergoing AppGattai to combine together.

Unlocking a Buddy Appmon's higher-Grade form via AppGattai creates an Appmon Chip of that form, and as the series progresses, that chip (when activated, for instance in an Appmon Band) can be used to Appliarise the Buddy Appmon directly into that form instead of having to AppGattai them again. This basically works how evolution works in other Digimon series.

When an Ultimate AppGattai/Appliarise is performed with a regular Appli Drive, the ability of the Appmon to remain in their Ultimate form is limited to 60 seconds, and a countdown is displayed on the screen of the Appli Drive. The Appli Drive DUO removes this limitation.

If a Buddy Appmon is exhausted, they are unable to take their Ultimate Grade form until they have rested and recovered the energy needed to do so.

Several independent Appmon, primarily villains, undergo AppGattai or are Appliarised:

• Cameramon uses Shotmon's Appmon Chip to AppGattai into Scorpmon.
• Mienumon uses Sakusimon's Appmon Chip to AppGattai into Warudamon.
• The completed Seven Code PAD uses Shinkai Haru's Appli Drive to Appliarise Dantemon.

A single Digimon appeared in the series: Agumon. It follows conventional Digimon evolution rules to undergo Warp Evolution, instead of Appmon rules.

Types of Evolution in Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters
Type	Description	Appli Drive's Call	Example	First Appearance
AppLink 「アプリンク」	Main article: Applink Two Appmon (one in the form of an Appmon Chip) are linked together into a conglomerate entity by an Appli Drive user. Sometimes, the subordinate Appmon forms weapons, armor or new abilities for the lead Appmon. Other times, the subordinate Appmon appears in a ghostly form floating behind the lead Appmon.	「アプリンク！」 ("AppLink!")	Gatchmon + Messemon → Gatchmon + Messemon	Digimon Universe Appli Monsters: "The Mysterious Navigator! I am Navimon!"
AppGattai 「アプ合体」	Two Appmon (one in the form of an Appmon Chip) are combined into one conglomorate form, either by an Appli Drive user, or by the volition of the active Appmon.	「３－２－１！ アプ合体！ (z)！」 ("3-2-1! AppGattai! (z)!")	Musimon + Recomon → Mediamon	Digimon Universe Appli Monsters: "The Mysterious Navigator! I am Navimon!"
Super Appliarise 「超アプリアライズ」	Main article: Appliarise A Buddy Appmon is directly Appliarised from the Appli Drive in their Super Grade form, using an activated Appmon Chip of that form (usually obtained after a previous successful AppGattai).	「超…！アプリアライズ！ (y)！」 ("Super...! Appliarise! (z)!")	Hackmon → Raidramon	Digimon Universe Appli Monsters: "The Appmons' Aspiration! The Legendary Seven Code Gathering!"
Ultimate Appliarise 「極アプリアライズ」	Main article: Appliarise A Buddy Appmon is directly Appliarised from the Appli Drive in their Ultimate Grade form, using an activated Appmon Chip of that form (usually obtained after a previous successful AppGattai).	「極…！アプリアライズ！ (y)！」 ("Ultimate...! Appliarise! (y)!")	Offmon → Shutmon	Digimon Universe Appli Monsters: "Return the Seven Code Appmon! Showdown - Ultimate VS Ultimate!"
God Appliarise 「神アプリアライズ」	Main article: Appliarise A Buddy Appmon is directly Appliarised from the Appli Drive in their God Grade form, using an activated Appmon Chip of that form. The Chip is generated from two Ultimate Grade Chips in the user's Seven Code Band.	「神…！アプリアライズ！ (y)！」 ("God...! Appliarise! (y)!")	Dokamon → Poseidomon	Digimon Universe Appli Monsters: "The Miraculous Final Evolution! The God Appmon Descend!"
Warp Evolution 「ワープ進化」	Agumon (a Child Digimon) evolves directly into War Greymon (an Ultimate Digimon), skipping the two intermediate Evolution Stages. Digimon's evolution call: 「アグモン、ワープ進化…！ ウォーグレイモン！」 ("Agumon, Warp Evolve...! War Greymon!")	(N/A)	Agumon → War Greymon	Digimon Universe Appli Monsters: "Legendary Battle!? Gatchmon VS Agumon!"

Digimon Adventure:

Evolution in Digimon Adventure: works similarly to how it does in the original Digimon Adventure. It is generally triggered by the Chosen Children by their emotional responses and willpower, especially as it relates to their Crest.

Unlike the original Adventure, Adventure: explores the idea of multiple routes of evolution for partner Digimon, as five of them have unlocked an second, alternate evolution to a given Evolution Stage. However, most of these evolutions have only been used once.

When an evolution is triggered, the outer central ring of the Digivice: will light up in a specific pattern that corresponds with the Evolution Stage that the Digimon is undergoing evolution into. It also lights up when their partner Digimon is gaining a temporary power boost from the Chosen Child's/their own determination and emotional drive. The lights are in the color of the Chosen Child's Crest.

During the final battle with Negamon, Yagami Taichi and Ishida Yamato's Omegamon also demonstrates the ability to replace its own Grey Sword and Garuru Cannon arms with the Garuru Sword and Grey Cannon arms of Omegamon Alter-S, shortly before it completely Mode Changes into a true Omegamon Alter-S.

Several independent Digimon have undergone evolutions, including many of the series' villains. A common source of evolution for enemy Digimon is black lightning.

• Some Baby II Algomon undergo evolutions into higher levels on several occasions, including one that evolves into the Ultimate-form Algomon. The one Algomon who is capable of speech evolves from Adult to Perfect in the first encounter with it, then into Ultimate during its last battle.
• One of the Eyesmon evolves into Orochimon, and then again into Nidhoggmon.
• Skull Knightmon Super Evolves into Dark Knightmon.
• Devimon evolves twice in his final fight with the Chosen Children: first into Neo Devimon using power taken from the Real World, and then into Done Devimon thanks to Dark Knightmon using the power of the dark crystal on him.
• A Parrotmon is evolved by black lightning into Crossmon.
• Three Bakemon are evolved by black lightning into Metal Fantomon. One of them then evolves even further into Gokumon.
• An Ebidramon is evolved by black lightning into Gusokumon.
• Potamon evolves into Jyagamon and goes into a rampage due to its sorrow at not being able to eat the fries of the haven for travelling Digimon anymore.
• A Tyumon from Gerbemon's garbage region evolves into Searchmon after Rare Raremon's defeat.
• Millenniumon is resurrected from its Moon=Millenniumon form when it fuses with an incomplete Chimairamon (itself evolved from Sephirothmon). When Goddramon and Holydramon destroy it, its soul survives and evolves into Zeed Millenniumon.
• Several Soundbirdmon fuse together to become Deathmon, which quickly switches from grey to black.
• Negamon undergoes several evolutions during its final battle with the Chosen Children: into an unnamed evolved state, and then simultaneously into Abbadomon and Abbadomon Core.

Types of Evolution in Digimon Adventure:
Type	Description	Digimon's Call	Example	First Appearance
Evolution 「進化」	A Child Digimon evolves into either an Adult Digimon, or an Armor Digimon (level listed in the show as "???") that is treated as equivalent to Adult. Digivice: light-up sequence: Two lights spin around the ring at moderate speed.	「(x)、進化…！ (y)！」 ("(x), evolve...! (y)!")	Gabumon → Garurumon	Digimon Adventure:: "Tokyo Digital Crisis"
Fusion 「合体」	Two Digimon combine into a powerful Ultimate Digimon. Digivice: light-up sequence: Two lights of different colors, each matching the Crest color of the Chosen Child contributing their partner Digimon to the fusion, spin rapidly around the ring on both Digivices:. On the final occasion that fusion is performed, lights in the shape of Omegamon's head features also appear on the Digivices:.	(N/A)	Greymon + Garurumon → Omegamon	Digimon Adventure:: "War Game"
Super Evolution 「超進化」	An Adult Digimon evolves into a Perfect Digimon. Digivice: light-up sequence: Two lights pulse across either side from the bottom of the ring to the top, increasing in speed and frequency.	「(x)、超進化…！ (y)！」 ("(x), Super Evolve...! (y)!")	Greymon → Metal Greymon	Digimon Adventure:: "The Steel-Solid Super Evolution"
Mode Change 「モードチェンジ」	A Digimon transforms into an alternate mode of the same species.	(N/A)	Were Garurumon → Were Garurumon: Sagittarius Mode	Digimon Adventure:: "The Tide-turning Update"
Dark Evolution 「暗黒進化」	Main article: Dark Evolution A Digimon evolves into a powerful but malicious and uncontrollable form due to a negative or dark influence (e.g. intense negative feelings of the Digimon themself, the influence of miasma).	(N/A)	Metal Greymon: Alterous Mode → Mugendramon	Digimon Adventure:: "The Final Stage, Done Devimon"
Ultimate Evolution 「究極進化」	A Perfect Digimon evolves into an Ultimate Digimon. Digivice: light-up sequence: Two lights rotate around the ring at rapidly increasing speed until the entire ring is glowing.	「(x)、究極進化…！ (y)！」 ("(x), Ultimate Evolve...! (y)!")	Were Garurumon: Sagittarius Mode → Metal Garurumon	Digimon Adventure:: "The Ultimate, War Greymon"

Digimon Ghost Game

How evolution works in Digimon Ghost Game has not been explained yet, although Bokomon has speculated that evolution may be the result of the combination of the emotions of both a Digimon and their human partner. Evolution appears to be related to a Vitals gauge readout on the human partner's Digivice-V- or Digivice-VV-, which is displayed and shown filling when an evolution is about to occur.

Ghost Game explores the idea of multiple routes of evolutions for partner Digimon, albeit only for Amanokawa Hiro's Gammamon. He currently has access to four different conventional Adult forms which are used for different situations.

Hiro has observed that there is a time limit to how long a Perfect evolution can be maintained before the Digimon will revert to a lower level. When the time is nearly up and devolution from Perfect is imminent, the Vitals gauge readout will sound an alarm.

Several independent Digimon undergo evolutions:

• When Hiro's group breaks into Never-Ever Land to confront Petermon for abducting children and Digimon, Kazuma's two Hawkmon friends both evolve into Orcamon to protect Kazuma from Petermon. They inspire the other Digimon to evolve as well, including a Virus Elecmon (into Thunderballmon), a Gazimon (into Hanumon), a Bearmon (into Gryzmon), a Kamemon (into Gawappamon), and a Hagurumon (into Guardromon). The Orcamon stay evolved when they return to Tokyo.
• Ryudamon evolves into Ginryumon in order to save Gammamon upon learning that he had been kidnapped, in order to repay Gammamon for having previously saved him.
• Pucchie the Pucchiemon evolves into Meicrackmon: Vicious Mode after spending time with Fukatsu Riku.
• Kuzuhamon: Miko Mode Mode Changes into Kuzuhamon to fight Canoweissmon, who interrupted her purification ritual by saving Hiro.
• Lilithmon's servant, Cerberumon, Mode Changes into Werewolf Mode to fight Lamortmon and Thetismon.

Types of Evolution in Digimon Ghost Game
Type	Description	Digimon's Call	Example	First Appearance
Evolution 「進化」	A Child Digimon evolves into an Adult Digimon. Digivice-V-/-VV- readout: The Vitals gauge fills with yellow.	「(x)、進化…！ (y)！」 ("(x), evolve...! (y)!")	Gammamon → Betel Gammamon	Digimon Ghost Game: "The Mystery of the Museum"
Super Evolution 「超進化」	An Adult Digimon evolves into a Perfect Digimon. Digivice-V- readout: The Vitals gauge fills for a second time with a color that is personalized to the Digimon/user (red for Canoweissmon, purple for Thetismon and blue for Lamortmon).	「(x)、超進化…！ (y)！」 ("(x), Super Evolve...! (y)!")	Tesla Jellymon → Thetismon	Digimon Ghost Game: "The Crimson Banquet"
Warp Evolution 「ワープ進化」	A Child Digimon evolves directly into a Perfect Digimon, skipping the Adult stage. Digivice-VV- readout: Not seen	「(x)、ワープ進化…！ (y)！」 ("(x), Warp Evolve...! (y)!")	Angoramon → Lamortmon	Digimon Ghost Game: "Headless"
Ultimate Evolution 「究極進化」	A Perfect Digimon evolves into an Ultimate Digimon. Digivice-VV- readout: A rapidly flickering Vitals waveform, with very high peaks and troughs, is displayed.	「(x)、究極進化…！ (y)！」 ("(x), Ultimate Evolve...! (y)!")	Lamortmon → Diarbbitmon	Digimon Ghost Game: "Impurity"
Mode Change 「モードチェンジ」	A Digimon transforms into an alternate mode of the same species.	(N/A)	Cerberumon → Cerberumon: Werewolf Mode	Digimon Ghost Game: "Impurity"
Slide Evolution 「スライド・エボリューション」	A Digimon transforms into an alternate Digimon of the same level.	(N/A)	Betel Gammamon → Kaus Gammamon	Digimon Ghost Game: "The Devourer of All"

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