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Guilmon Comes Alive

Summary written by Stan....Julie bows to Stan chanting..."I am not worthy"..(~_^)

The episode begins with a small creature (Calumon) being chased by a much larger one (in fact, Maildramon). Just as Maildramon catches up with Calumon, a DarkTyrannomon slams into Maildramon.

As Calumon watches the two fight, a giant explosion sends the tiny one flying. The last thing Calumon sees before leaving the Digital realm is that the DarkTyrannomon has turned into MetalTyrannomon. Shortly thereafter, Calumon finds itself in the real world.

Meanwhile, Takato is playing Digimon cards with his buddy Kazu just before school. Takato has just digivolved his DarkTyrannomon into a MetalTyrannomon, defeating Kazu's Maildramon. Kazu suddenly bolts, reminding Takato that class is about to start. In his haste to catch up, Takato knocks his card collection over. While quickly picking them up, he stumbles across a Blue Card. Like any kid, he swipes it through his Card Fighter Ex, then runs to school.

However, Takato is late once again, and is forced to stand outside his class in the hallway. While there, he begins to doodle his own Rookie Digimon. An accidental crass comment to the teacher keeps him in during recess, where he names the Rookie--Guilmon. At that moment, one of Takato's classmates (Jeri) comes up--a puppet-wielding girl. Her manner of admonishing Takato through her puppet is very...well...odd. A ways away, in the twin towers, lurk some very unsavory characters. Two (Riley and Tally) track Digimon down on large screens while the third (Yamaki), obviously the boss, plays with his lighter.

After school, a storm begins to form on the horizon. Takato rushes to get his card collection, and is startled to see his cards' box glowing. He takes out his Card Fighter Ex and watches as it turns into a D-Power. Calumon, meanwhile, sighs unhappily, wishing for someone to play with. Takato, excited by his discovery, races home, theorizing all the way. The Card Fighter changed, it was now something that was not a part of his world, so it must be something Digimon-related. Takato decides he must be a DigiDestined, or as they are now called in Season 3, a Tamer. He swipes Guilmon's picture, and it proceeds to get stuck. The D-Power then swipes Guilmon, and several other pages of Takato's notebook. A DigiEgg appears on the screen of the D-Power. Late that night, the storm breaks, and Takato falls asleep, his D-Power in his hand.

He then "dreams" of a fight between a Lynxmon and Renamon, Rika's (another Tamer) Digimon. Guilmon stares from inside his egg as the fight quickly becomes one sided, Renamon the victor. The next morning, Takato tries to convince his friends of what happened, but they write it off as a crazy dream (and Takato as a bed-wetter, to boot). Takato is then startled to discover his DigiEgg has hatched. The D-Power now plays as a compass, telling Takato where to find Guilmon. The Twin Tower bad guys are now aware of Guilmon.

When a bright beam of light shoots into the sky, Rika and Henry (another Tamer) are aware of him, too. After romping through dark alleys and odiferous sewers, Takato comes upon a construction site, where the bright beam is shining. An explosion rocks the area, then turns to smoke. The smoke begins to fade, revealing...a living, breathing Guilmon! Takato is beyond excited to see his Digimon come to life, until Guilmon spots a rat. Digimon eyes rodent, then blasts it into smithereens. Takato is now terrified, until a very gentle Guilmon nuzzles him and convinces him he won't hurt the boy.

Summary written by Stan....Julie bows to Stan chanting..."I am not worthy"..(~_^)

With his primary excitement over, Takato is now faced with a problem--how to take care of Guilmon. He sneaks the big Digimon home in a box, his parents suspicious, but none the wiser. Late that night, in Twin Towers, the Digimon trackers find another Digimon, a Goblimon (Goburimon) about to break into the real world. At the same time, Calumon stumbles across a dating couple, and tries to be friendly, with little success. Rika and Renamon are quick to find the Goblimon, and proceed to fight him. Calumon runs to watch; Goblimon suddenly turns into Fugamon. At Takato's house, Guilmon wakes up, growling, sensing Goblimon's digivolve. Rika, a strict trainer, has Renamon attack Fugamon none the less. Renamon is successful with the help of Rika's Hyper Boost card, but Rika belittles Renamon for making Rika aid her in the battle.

The next morning, Takato sneaks both food and Guilmon out of his house. He leaves Guilmon in a nearby alley, telling the bored Digimon that after school, the two of them would play together. Guilmon is instantly lonely and terribly bored. Takato, meanwhile, is telling his friends once again about his Digimon, and how he is going to be a Tamer. Once again, no one believes him. During gym class, Takato spots a moving box--the same box he used to sneak Guilmon out of his house. Guilmon wanders the school in his box, trying to find Takato. It all comes to a head when Guilmon bumps into the principal, then proceeds to reveal his Digi-self. The principal instantly freaks out, and presses the fire alarm. Guilmon chooses this time to raid the cafeteria. In the midst of the crowd gathering around the frightened principal is Henry and Terriermon.

Takato races through the crowd, sees the empty box, and runs off to find Guilmon. After hearing about the cafeteria raid, Takato tries to find Guilmon, blaming the Digimon for running away. He bumps into Henry and Terriermon, a Tamer and his Digimon. Takato gets upset when Terriermon playfully jokes about Takato's bad ability to take care of his Digimon. Takato runs off, doubting his ability, wondering if he was meant to find Guilmon. He keeps searching for Guilmon, and finds him, where a joyful reunion ensues.

Takato tells Guilmon they will have to work harder at being a good team, and they go to the park to find Guilmon a better hiding place. Guilmon is suddenly upset by something, then gets walloped by Renamon. Takato glances at the tree where Renamon leapt from and recognizes the girl in the tree as the girl in his dream. Rika scoffs at Guilmon's inability to fight, and Takato is suddenly gripped by the fear that he may lose Guilmon in his first Tamer fight.

Summary written by Stan....Julie bows to Stan chanting..."I am not worthy"..(~_^)

A dazed Guilmon attempts to recover from Renamon's kick, as Rika challenges Takato. He tries to talk Rika out of it, and she dismisses him as pathetic, ordering Renamon to finish Guilmon off. Renamon attacks with Diamond Storm, and Guilmon counters with Pyro Sphere. The two go at it "hammer and tongs" while Rika tries (and fails) to get info on Guilmon.

Disgusted (and somewhat surprised), Rika takes a card out, and... "DigiModify!! Armor Activate!!" This modifies Renamon to have a cannon arm and end the fight. Takato pleads with Guilmon to stop fighting, and he listens--causing Renamon to miss him with her cannon. She aims once more, but stops as she sees how happy Guilmon is with his Tamer. Nonetheless, she still attempts to attack--but is stopped by Henry and Terriermon. Henry gently berates Rika for using Renamon as a fighting machine; Rika simply stalks away, Renamon following her.

In Guilmon's park shed home, the two boys introduce themselves, then each head for home. At his parents' bakery, Takato runs into Jeri, who tells him she decided not to rat him out for skipping school. In the downtown city, Rika walks, Renamon keeping watch over her. At Henry's house, Terriermon promises his Tamer not to digivolve, no matter what. Takato walks into Guilmon's shed and is shocked to see Guilmon made it bigger by digging. On the streets, Rika is recognized as the Digimon Queen, the champion of last year's card tournament. Rika ignores this, fretting over the fact that, if she is so good, then why has Renamon not digivolved?

The next morning, Takato watches Kazu beat Kanta at the Card game by using Modify cards. That's when Takato understands why Modify cards are so special. Meanwhile, a Twin Tower team is sent out to investigate one of the previous Digimon battle sites. The boss, still flicking his lighter, finds a card on the ground. After school, Kazu decides he'll become the best card game player ever, even better than the Digimon Queen. Takato asks about her, and soon learns Kazu and Kanta are talking about Rika. Jeri overhears their discussion about fighting, and says it's ridiculous. As Takato walks home, he sees governmental looking vans and wonders what they are looking for. He thinks they are looking for Guilmon and is instantly in a panic, more so when he can't find Guilmon in the park shed. Terrified, Takato looks everywhere--only to learn Guilmon was playing hide and go seek with him.

Hit by a sudden brainstorm, Takato passes Guilmon off as a man in a costume, and strolls downtown with him. Everything goes well until Guilmon smells Renamon in a nearby car garage. He races there, where Rika awaits, challenging Takato again. As Guilmon and Renamon fight again, Henry breaks in once more. Rika is deaf to the boys' implores to stop fighting. Terriermon, meanwhile, wanders right into the middle of the fight; a shocked Renamon accidentally attacks him, and Terriermon digivolves to Gargomon.

Rika scoffs at the new Champion, but not for long, as the trigger happy bunny tears the place apart. A distraught Calumon sags on a car, wondering why Gargomon is acting this way. Renamon has her paws full trying to keep Rika safe, who is blind to the danger--until Gargomon's guns are pointed right at her. Guilmon slams Gargomon against a wall, leaving a terrified Rika leaning against a post. She begins to wonder if digivolving is such a good idea.