Season 1 Episode Guide

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AND SO IT BEGINS... (Episode 1)
Seven kids at summer camp are mysteriously transported to another reality, where they are befriended by a group of strange creatures who call themselves "Digimon," digital monsters. The seven companion Digimon prove to be more than good company when they transform into larger digital monsters and fight as a team to defend the kids from a giant red beetle Digimon.

THE BIRTH OF GREYMON (Episode 2)
While running to escape from the evil Kuwagamon, the kids are knocked off a cliff. As they plunge to a river far below, Gomamon has the fish in the river break their fall, saving everyone. On a beach near the river, the kids discover a series of phone booths, but the phones inside just spout gibberish. While they're investigating, they're attacked by Shellmon, an evil Digimon. To save Tai, Agumon digivolves to Greymon and defeats Shellmon. The kids and their Digimon friends decide to search for whoever built the phone booths.

GARURUMON (Episode 3)
The kids and their Digimon counterparts run into an angry Monochromon, who is fighting with a look-alike trying to take over his territory. The kids get away and discover a deserted bus by a lake, where they camp for the night. But the bus is parked on top of a giant Digimon called Seadramon. The kids fall into the water and the Digimon try to fend off the monster. Gabumon digivolves to Garurumon and defeats Seadramon.

BIYOMON GETS FIREPOWER (Episode 4)
The kids follow telephone lines to the village of Yokomon at the foot of Mt. Miharashi, a volcano guarded by the flaming Meramon. When Meramon is hit by a flying Black Gear, he becomes violent and attacks the village. The Digimon try to stop him, but their powers are useless against his fireballs. Biyomon, realizing that Sora is in danger, digivolves to the firebird Birdramon and drives the Black Gear out of Meramon, bringing him under control.

KABUTERIMON'S ELECTRO SHOCKER (Episode 5)
The kids come upon an odd factory that manufactures useless machinery but also produces power. They find Andromon trapped in the factory, and he attacks them when they free him. Agumon and Gabumon evolve into Greymon and Garurumon to fight Andromon, but they're defeated. Tentomon digivolves to Kabuterimon and attacks Andromon's wounded leg, dislodging a Black Gear. Restored to his normal, good self, Andromon directs the kids to a tunnel that leads out of the factory.

TOGEMON IN TOY TOWN (Episode 6)
Following an underground passage, the kids are attacked by a group of sewer-dwelling Numemon. They escape, only to end up in Toy Town, where they are captured by a giant Teddy Bear Digimon, Monzaemon. The Numemon, one of whom has a crush on Mimi, come to their rescue, and when Palmon digivolves to the giant cactus form of Togemon, they defeat Monzaemon, who had been controlled by one of the evil Black Gears.

IKKAKUMON'S HARPOON TORPEDO (Episode 7)
The kids are trying to decide whether they should climb a mountain to get a view of the island, but while they argue, Joe decides to climb it by himself. He is followed by Gomamon, and they're attacked by Unimon, who is controlled by a Black Gear. Sora, Tai and Birdramon show up to help them, but when Birdramon is knocked out, Gomamon digivolves to Ikkakumon and destroys the Black Gear. Unimon flies off, and the kids climb to the top of the mountain and see that there are no other islands in sight.

EVIL SHOWS HIS FACE (Episode 8)
Leomon, a powerful Good Digimon, is struck by a Black Gear, making him a slave to Devimon, the ruler of the Bad Digimon. Devimon orders Leomon and Ogremon, a mighty Bad Digimon, to attack the "DigiDestined"-the kids. The the kids and their Digimon hold them off long enough to escape and hide in a luxury hotel, but the hotel turns out to be a trick of Devimon's, and the exhausted group is again attacked. The kids are saved when Sora's Digivice transforms Leomon back to his good nature, and he detains Ogremon while they escape.

SUBZERO ICE PUNCH (Episode 9)
Tai and Agumon become marooned in Freeze Land, where they encounter the snowman Yukidarumon, who is controlled by a Black Gear. When Agumon and Tai free Yukidarumon, he leads them to another frozen island, where they find Matt and Gabumon. As Matt and Tai try to decide what to do next, they're attacked by another Black Gear-controlled creature, Mojamon. Their Digimon digivolve to Greymon and Garurumon and destroy the Black Gear. With the threat ended, the group notices that Infinite Mountain is drawing near again.

A CLUE FROM THE DIGI-PAST (Episode 10)
Mimi and Palmon are accosted by Sukamon and Chuumon, two Digimon who want to kiss Mimi. Fleeing, they come across Izzy and Tentomon. While Izzy tries to decipher the hieroglyphs in some jungle ruins, Mimi and Tentomon wander off and are attacked by Centarumon, a Black Gear-possessed Digimon. Izzy arrives and restores Centarumon to his good self, and Centarumon tells them that their Digivices resemble a legendary mystical weapon against evil. Leomon arrives to attack the kids, but they escape with Centarumon's help.

THE DANCING DIGIMON (Episode 11)
Adrift at sea, Joe and Gomamon are attacked by Ogremon, but Gomamon digivolves to Ikkakumon and defeats him. Soon after the fight, the two are rescued from their sinking craft by Sora and Biyomon, who pull them back to shore. Travelling on, the four come upon a church service. The pastor leading the service and his parishioners are ghosts called Bakemon. Gomamon and Biyomon digivolve to Ikkakumon and Birdramon to fight the Bakemon, and with the help of some quick thinking by Joe, they defeat him. With the threat ended, the two kids and their Digimon go off in search of their friends.

DIGIBABY BOOM (Episode 12)
T.K. and Patamon, still separated from the others, arrive at Primary Village, which is full of bright colors, fun shapes and lots of Baby Digimon. Elecmon, caretaker of the Baby Digimon and Digieggs, shows up and fights with Patamon. When the babies start crying, though, T.K. convinces the Digimon to settle their differences in a tug of war, which Patamon wins. As a result of the duel, T.K., Patamon and Elecmon learn the value of joining together and sense that when their hearts are as one, the shattered File Island will return to normal. Devimon, of course, has other plans for the kids and the Digital World…

THE LEGEND OF THE DIGIDESTINED (Episode 13)
T.K. and Patamon are attacked by Leomon and Ogremon. The rest of the kids arrive and use their Digivices-devices that destroy Black Gears-on Leomon, returning him to his good self. Leomon tells the kids of the legend of the "DigiDestined," who will bring peace to the island. The kids realize they might be able to return home if they destroy Devimon, so they go after him. When it becomes clear that the Digimon aren't powerful enough to defeat Devimon, even in their digivolved states, Patamon digivolves to Angemon. He uses all his power to destroy Devimon and devolves into a Digiegg.

DEPARTURE FOR A NEW CONTINENT (Episode 14)
Gennai asks the kids to come to the continent of Server to defeat his enemies. He tells them that if they can find certain tags and crests that Devimon hid, their Digimon will be able to digivolve to the next level. The kids and their Digimon sail a raft to Server, but they're swallowed by Whamon en route. They remove a Black Gear from Whamon's stomach, and in return he takes them to where Devimon hid the tags. The kids and their Digimon defeat Drimogemon, remove his Black Gear, and recover the tags.

THE DARK NETWORK OF ETEMON (Episode 15)
The kids arrive at Server and encounter a village inhabited by Pagumon, tricksters who, with the help of the Gazimon, have imprisoned the real inhabitants of the village, the Koromon. The kids rescue the Koromon and the Pagumon leave, but Etemon and his Dark Network appear and destroy the village. When the Digimon try to digivolve to fight him, Etemon stops them with his rock 'n' roll Concert Crush. The kids and their Digimon are forced to flee into a cave, where Tai finds the Crest of Courage.

THE ARRIVAL OF SKULLGREYMON (Episode 16)
Izzy explains that to digivolve, the Digimon need two things: their human partner must be in danger, and they must have a lot of energy. Since he's the only kid with a crest, Tai stuffs Agumon with food so he'll have the energy to digivolve to his ultimate form if it's needed. Joe's tag leads the group to a Coliseum where his crest should be, but Etemon sends an evil Greymon to attack them. Agumon digivolves to a new form, SkullGreymon, a savage killing machine. SkullGreymon defeats evil Greymon, then turns on the other Digimon before he runs out of energy and digivolves back to Koromon. Joe finds his crest.

THE CREST OF SINCERITY (Episode 17)
The kids and their Digimon are walking through a barren desert when Gennai appears to tell them that they must take care of their Digimon or they won't digivolve properly. Suddenly, a huge cruise ship appears. Everyone boards it, but it turns out it's piloted by Cockatrimon, one of Etemon's henchmen. He captures the boys and turns their Digimon to stone, then corners the girls. Birdramon and Togemon fight him off, freeing the boys and their Digimon, and everyone flees, but Cockatrimon chases them in his ship. Then a giant cactus appears and destroys the ship. Mimi finds her crest, the Crest of Sincerity.

THE PIXIMON COMETH (Episode 18)
The kids and their Digimon are still walking through the desert in search of crests when they're attacked by Kuwagamon. Agumon, troubled by his experience as SkullGreymon, is afraid to digivolve, and things look bad until Piximon, a famous trainer of Digimon, appears and saves them. Piximon takes them to his home and trains the Digimon. Tyranomon, one of Etemon's henchmen, attacks, and the value of Piximon's training is proven when Agumon digivolves to Greymon and defeats the ferocious monster. Matt and Izzy find their crests.

THE PRISONER OF THE PYRAMID (Episode 19)
Answering an e-mail plea for help, the kids learn the secret of the DigiWorld-it's actually a computer program, and everything in it (including the kids) are just data given form. This knowledge makes Tai feel invulnerable-his real body is safe in the real world. The kids find the source of the e-mail, Datamon, a robot who's been held prisoner by Etemon for years. The kids free Datamon, but he turns on them and kidnaps Sora and Biyomon before fleeing. Tai starts to go after them, but he hesitates when Izzy warns him that any damage he takes in the DigiWorld will affect his real body. Datamon escapes with Sora and Biyomon.

THE EARTHQUAKE OF METALGREYMON (Episode 20)
The kids go after Datamon, who has kidnapped Sora and Biyomon. While the others provide a diversion, Tai and Agumon enter his pyramid, where he's trying to make a copy of Sora. Tai and Sora are able to get away when Etemon and his forces burst in to attack Datamon. Datamon tries to drop Etemon into a black pit, but he, the pyramid, and Etemon's forces are dragged in, too. Etemon manages to escape and prepares to attack the kids. Fortunately, Greymon successfully digivolves to his ultimate form, Metalgreymon, and is powerful enough to defeat Etemon. But as he does so, he and Tai are dragged into the black pit-a dimensional rift.

HOME AWAY FROM HOME (Episode 21)
Tai and Koromon are pulled through the rift and find themselves back on Earth. Tai goes home and visits his little sister, Kari, who seems to be aware of the DigiWorld. He also discovers that evil Digimon are taking advantage of the rift and creating chaos on Earth. Koromon digivolves to Agumon in order to battle the dreaded Ogremon and then returns to the DigiWorld to help his friends. Although Tai wishes he could stay with Kari, he follows Agumon back, too.

FORGET ABOUT IT! (Episode 22)
Tai and Agumon return to the DigiWorld, where they look for their friends. They find Tokomon, who tells them that the other kids split up to look for them. He and T.K. met up with a new Digimon, Demidevimon, who seemed to be a friend but caused the two to have an angry fight and go their separate ways. Tai, Agumon and Tokomon find T.K. and Demidevimon, and Tai tries to get T.K. and Tokomon to make up. Demidevimon senses he's losing his influence over T.K. and tries to get the others to eat some mushrooms of forgetfulness, but they're warned off by a mysterious female voice (Sora). Realizing that Demidevimon isn't a true friend, Tokomon digivolves to Patamon and drives hi m off.

WEREGARURUMON'S DINER (Episode 23)
Matt and Gabumon find Joe slaving away in the kitchen of Vegiemon to pay for his meal. But a series of mishaps keeps Joe even deeper in debt. Joe doesn't know that DemiDevimon has ordered Vegiemon to keep Joe working there forever! Just in time, Tai and T.K. arrive and reveal DemiDevimon as an evil Digimon. A battle ensues, with Joe sacrificing himself to save T.K. as Gabumon digivolves first to Garurumon, then to WereGarurumon. The evil Digimons are defeated as the boys resume their search for Mimi and the others.

NO QUESTIONS, PLEASE (Episode 24)
Searching for Gennai, Izzy and Tentomon find themselves trapped and suddenly fall beneath the surface into a bottomless pit. Vademon tricks Izzy into giving up his curiosity and his worldly possessions and brings Izzy's Tag and Crest to DemiDevimon. Tentomon feels that he is losing Izzy and de-digivolves into Motimon, who helps Izzy retrieve his Tag and Crest as well as his curiosity, then Motimon digivolves to MegaKabuterimon, who defeats Vademon. Izzy and Tentomon are thrust back to the surface where they find Matt, T.K., Tsumonon and Patamon.

PRINCESS KARAOKE (Episode 25)
Tai, Joe and their Digimon companions track Mimi to a gigantic fortress where she's being treated like a princess by frog-like beings called Gekomon. The Gekomon are convinced that only Mimi's singing can awaken their master, ShogunGekomon. Mimi strings them along, never quite awakening the sleeping giant. When Tai and Joe call her a spoiled brat she has them all thrown into a dungeon. Finally, in a nightmare, Mimi sees what she's become. She begs everyone's forgiveness and awakens ShogunGekomon, a destructive behemoth who was better left in a coma. It takes an appearance by Metal Greymon to put the brute back to sleep.

SORA'S CREST OF LOVE (Episode 26)
The reunited children find a very emotional Sora, who explains that DemiDevimon told her that her Crest of Love would never glow because she never had love in her life. When DemiDevimon sees all the children together, he and Myotismon attack. However, since Sora realizes her mother did love her, and was only trying to protect her, her Crest begins to glow. Birdramon digivolves to Garudamon and defeats Myotismon. But before the children get too comfortable, the voice of Myotismon tells them they are about to meet their doom!

THE GATEWAY TO GET HOME (Episode 27)
Gennai tells the kids about an eighth "digidestined" child, who is currently living in Japan. Planning the capture of that child, Myotismon has discovered a gate in the castle that will allow him to pass into the human world. Demidevimon pulls together some troops, as the kids manage to search the castle for the gate. When the troops appear the Digimon digivolve and scare them away before they are able to get through the gate. A ferocious Digimon named Devidramon attacks and Greymon digivolves into Metal Greymon and destroys Devidramon. Gatomon closes the gate before the kids can get through it.
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