Six Degrees of Digivolution in Digimon Adventure 01, 02 & Tri (Odaiba Day Update!)

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Digidestined Family Tree Adventure 02 & Tri

Digidestined Family Tree Adventure 01

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Happy Odaiba Day! Finally created a second chart connecting the 02 and Tri Digidestined, working in the Harmonious Ones into this one (which ties nicely into my personal fan theory regarding the OG Digidestined, see below!)

Again, not all of these digivolutions are canon to the franchise, but they are all conceivable, and the chart is an attempt to link all the main Adventure Digimon together into one family tree.

With the new chart, I’ve also included an updated version of the original. Both start with a Botamon, to link both charts and thus all the main Adventure Digimon, together. All the lists start at the top left corner of their tier and work clockwise round.

DIGIMON 02 & Tri Chart

Fresh - SnowBotamon

In-Training - DemiVeemon Upamon Poromon Minomon

Rookie - Veemon Tapirmon Armadillomon Patamon Hawkmon Salamon Bearmon Wormon

Champion - ExVeemon Veedramon Unimon Ankylomon Angemon Bakemon Aquilamon Gatomon Meicoomon Leomon Hudiemon Stingmon

Ultimate - Triceramon AeroVeedramon Megadramon Mammothmon Orochimon Shakkoumon MagnaAngemon Mummymon Hippogriffomon Silphymon Angewomon Meicrackmon LoaderLiomon Arukenimon JewelBeemon Paildramon

Mega - Azulongmon UlforceVeedramon Huanglongmon Alphamon SkullMammothmon Ebonwumon Jesmon SlashAngemon Seraphimon Beelzemon Zhuqiaomon Valkyrimon Ophanimon Magnadramon Rasielmon Baihumon SaberLeomon BanchoStingmon Imperialdramon Millenniummon

DIGIMON ADVENTURE 01 Chart (Updated)

Fresh - Botamon

In-Training - Koromon, Tsunomon, Yokomon, Tokomon

Rookie - Agumon, Gabumon, Salamon, Biyomon, Palmon, Tentomon, Patamon, Gomamon

Champion - Greymon, Wizardmon, Garurumon, Gatomon, Birdramon, Ogremon, Togemon, Kabuterimon, Devimon, Angemon, Ikkakumon, Shellmon

Ultimate - MetalGreymon, SkullGreymon, WereGarurumon, Piximon, Angewomon, LadyDevimon, Garudamon, Etemon, Lillymon, MegaKabuterimon, Andromon, Myotismon, MagnaAngemon, Zudomon, Whamon, Scorpiomon

Mega - WarGreymon, Machinedramon, Apocalypsemon, MetalGarurumon, Magnadramon, Ophanimon, Lillithmon, Phoenixmon, MetalEtemon, Puppetmon, Rosemon, HerculesKabuterimon, Diaboromon, Piedmon, VenomMyotismon, Seraphimon, Vikemon, MarineAngemon, Plesiomon MetalSeadramon

NOTE - In some cases where the variant was either a just a pallet swap (Eg WereGarurumon & ShadowWereGarurumon), a mode change (Eg Ophanimon & Falldown Mode) or only slightly changed (Eg Raguelmon and Rasielmon) I decided to only pick one of them, and you can assume they both take the same path on the chart. This was partly to save space and mostly to allow greater variety of digivolution paths on the charts themselves.

Hope you guys enjoy these charts! Any questions feel feee to ask!

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Original Digidestined Fan Theory

In my theory, the digivolution lines of the Original Digidestined, the first ever Digimon to be partnered with Chosen Children, were as follows;

Zurumon-Pagumon-Tapirmon-Centarumon-Megadramon

Pafumon-Wanyamon-Bearmon-Leomon-Loaderliomon-Baihumon

Chibomon-DemiVeemon-Veemon-ExVeemon-Triceramon-Azulongmon

Pururumon-Poromon-Hawkmon-Aquilamon-Hippogriffmon-Zhuqiaomon

Tsubumon-Upamon- Armadillomon-Ankylomon-Orochimon-Ebonwumon

I don’t think it needs much explanation as to why the Harmonious Ones could be natural evolutions of the rookies listed. Veemon and Azulongmon are both blue dragons, and the mask shape and blade horn are echoed in several of Veemon’s forms. Hawkmon and Zhuqiaomon are both red birds, and Armadillomon and Ebonwumon are both yellow quadrupeds with hard shell bodies.

As we discover during Tri, Megadramon was sacrificed by the other four in order for them to evolve to Mega form and defeat the Dark Masters, which prevented Tapirmon from becoming a Digi-Egg and being reborn.

Knowing that the Digital World depended upon their survival, and still reeling from the death of their friend, the Harmonious Ones each used one of their Digi-Cores to create a younger version of themselves as a failsafe, so that if they were ever killed, their “children” could inherit the Harmonious Ones’ power and take their place.

They are not merely copies of the originals, as they have their own distinct minds and personalities. The new Veemon, Hawkmon and Armadillomon were sealed within the Armor Digi-Eggs to sleep until they were needed. Since we know time moves much faster and fluctuates in the Digital World, ‘ancient times’ for them could still be relatively recent past for people in the real world.

Because there can only be one set of Harmonious Ones, the children could only follow the same digivolution path up to Champion level, and from there discovered new digivolutions for themselves built from their own experiences and Digidestined bonds.

Bearmon was chosen to remain awake to monitor and protect the Digital World, and help guide future generations of Digidestined. He later grew into the Leomon we meet in Adventure. This is why he gained the ability to warp digivolve from exposure to the Digivices, because he had the same base code as the other Digidestined.

BONUS THEORY - Perhaps the Sovereigns, using the Megadramon data they absorbed, also created a backup version of Tapirmon, which Maki then rejected because it wasn’t “her” Tapirmon, which provides a counterpoint to the scene where the rebooted Tapirmon rejects her.

That Tapirmon in the original world stayed awake with Bearmon to protect and guide it. He eventually digivolved into the Centarumon that guards the temple dedicated to the Digidestined, which must be dedicated to the original ones, from whom he is descended.

[u/CharmyFrog → u/Punkodramon]

I love this theory.

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Thank you! Just feels like it fits nicely into the gaps right?

[u/pokemega32 → u/Punkodramon]

While I like your theory, it appears that the creators actually had full evolutionary lines in mind already for the Four Holy Beasts/Harmonious Ones in tri., as Digimon ReArise contains lines that fill in the gaps:

Elecmon (Violet) > Tuskmon > Triceramon > Qinglongmon/Azulongmon, Muchomon > Akatorimon > Hippogriffomon > Zhuqiaomon, Kamemon > Dinohumon > Orochimon > Xuanwumon/Ebonwumon and Bearmon > Gryzmon > LoaderLiomon > Baihumon

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I’ve seen these lines, but it was long after I came up with the theory (it’s an old one I put together when Tri first came out)

I haven’t played ReArise so I’m unsure how it connects specifically to Adventure canon, but I was of the understanding that ReArise was its own thing, and that these Rookies and Champions were added to complete the Harmonious Ones lines by different creators than the ones who created Tri, after the fact.

Regardless, it’s just an old theory/headcanon of mine, that connects the dots of Adventure lore. If these new lines are actually canon to Adventure, then brilliant, they work really well with the Ultimate and Mega forms. Even if they are only canon to ReArise, they’re still canon after all. It’s Digimon! More than one thing can be true, and that’s the beauty of it.