Explaining Digimon: ETEMON DIGIVOLUTION LINE! [Digimon Conversation #65] 

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The OGs remember Sukamon being Etemon's champion form.

I think the puppet digimon come from ancient troyamon, wood used to be used to make toys and wood is used to make paper, a lot of the puppet digimon are toy themed or art themed so i think that could mean they have some relation to ancheint troyamon

Etemon is more famous for being the Elvis Impersonator from Digimon Adventure 1 Story Arc 2. Sure he does come back later on in the Adventure 1 series but at that point he was corrupted by the Black Chords around him. I always saw Etemon as being one of the more entertaining villains with a memorable voice in the 90s English Dub.

Just a personal theory, what if Puppet Digimon are by products of human Data? Chessmons, Toy Agumons, which are human games and toys. Pumpkinmon and Noble Pumpkinmon are Halloween themed. Sistermons which are Nuns essentially. Pinocchimon and Cho-Hakkaimon who are from human stories of Pinocchio and Journey to the West. There's a Digimon called Tobucatmon whose based off of a Jet!

I loved that Etemon quest in digimon cyber sleuth.

I would guess that Puppet digimon came from the Ancient Spirit of Wood. He is a giant Trojan Horse so being a "built" digimon kind of fits the theme. He could have created puppetmon who went on to create "friends." That being said I think the source of puppet digimon power is the fact that most if not all of them are being piloted by a digimon on the inside. If I recall correctly in Digimon World you were able to evolve Numamon into Monzaemon by Numamon crawling into a giant teddy bear.

I feel that puppet digimon are created by mixing data. Like a patchwork quilt data from different digimon are used to create them and from that they have a variety of different abilities and forms.

I know this has nothing to do with this video but... I came up with a adult fanmon/fan-made digimon Assasinmon, a forced digivolution of either Monodramon or Gumdramon, who looks like a half-dragon half-robot Digimon his limbs including tail have been replaced with metalic parts that can stretch and form to Assasinmon liking, for example it can turn his tail (which tip has a form like that of volcanicdramon) turn into a spear using his ability to adapt perfectly to his surroundings and enemies, it mostly wears a long white rope leaving only his metalic feet visible, it also has a "uncoverd form" where his rope is removed to reveal his metallic lower body and jaw he also has a set of two huge bat-like wings that are mostly rapped around his body while in his "undercover-form" he also has a sniper named "Ereaser" Since he has no "original" limbs anymore he uses the data of other Digimon by reusing it after absorbing *(DL-upload)* (DL = Digital lifeform) he can also use one ability of the Digimon he absorbed but only for 24 hours another Attack is *(bulls shot)* where he fires his "Ereaser" with perfect accuracy from a long distance The third attack is called *(sting tail)* where he pieces the Digimon's digi core with his tail and then turns his tail into a hook to pull it out He has two digivolution lines depending on his form he is in, if he is in his "undercover-form" he digivolves into Bombermon While in his "uncovered-form" he will digivolve into Fumamon and then into Gaioumon/Samudramon Since he was trained to be the perfect assassin after he was forced to evolve he became almost emotionless and quiet, only speaking when giving a mission and asking about the target

Etamon has always been a favorite of mine, mostly because of the Anime, but still, awesome, good general move set. Definitely one of the best well-balanced Digimon there is.

Been waiting for this one and you did not disappoint

I always thought Etemon was just wearing monkey pajamas, since I used to wear them as a baby, lol.

I recently started playing digimon World and was looking for some digievolutions on youtube and now my feed is full with digimon videos and your channel. what an interesting rabbit hole I got myself into here. I just have to learn more! Totally going to watch your other videos. :D

Damn it I didn't even know I wanted to know this until the algorithm brought me this gem of a video

Puppet type digimon is really mysterious. Its origin might be actually a big coincidence... Puppet type digimon might be 3rd party accident, where they discovered that digimon can be changed or created. Since every puppet digimon looks like they have their "true form" under the puppet costume. Maybe it was the same 3rd party that then created machinedramon and Chimeramon and puppet digimons were accident which they turned into experiment.

Came for the Digimon content. Stayed for the unintentional ASMR

For me when I think puppet I think of the thing controlling it. The puppeteer. Maybe the puppet type was made by evil digimon that were desperate for minions so they made a mindless puppet that they can control as the perfect minion. But over time as the puppet gained more and more data. It eventually become smart enough to think for itself an then there we go. That's how I think the puppet type was made. Heck since some of them look like living outfits. You can say that they can be controlled by others easily if someone were to wear them like a suit.

Just finished Digimon World DS with a Metal Etemon being my stronger mon! New subscriber!

Nice video

I was SO hyped of getting Etemon in DigimonStory:Cyber Sleuth game and Metal Etemon Is fun Digimon to punch weaker ones away,

Etemon, the best dancer and singer of the digital world and beyond

I want to recommend looking at the Digivolution of Junkmon next being that it’s another puppet Digimon that becomes a cyborg Digimon

thank ya, thank ya very much

Ladies and gentlemen, etemon has left the building.

I like Gazimon as a Rookie for Etemon

Also the Sistermon Blanc and Ciel/Noir are puppet type as well, but they act more like regular girls or protectors of Jesmon/huckmon, very strange...

one of my fav digimons he is sooo strong in any game he is in

Didn't you say Ogremon had multiple evolution lines that can digivolve into Etemon?

been binging these videos while at work and loving how much I'm learning about a series I grew up on. Would you consider doing a video on burgermon? or even sukamon?

THE KING OF DIGIMON LIVES!!!

This one has been a long time in the making

Aren't the puppet digimon from the wizard world where gallantmon and wizardmon come from ? I remember watching a video about this theory

I think some digimon incorporated the data from media of the real life person promoting Digimon in a monkey suit and digivolved into Etemon. Kinda like Gabumon wearing a Garurumon pelt then digivolving into one.

MAAAAN you snap off HARD! Glad to see a fellow dark skinned digidestined rock it HARD. Keep killin it bro.

Ngl, 4 seconds in I subbed. a black digituber, sign me tf up 😌

ChuuChuumon would probably be his ideal rookie

Puppet and Mutant Digimon are my favorites 😁

My theory is puppet type Digimon do not have a direct correlation to any of the ancient warriors, this is because they are directly connected to something outside of the digital world, the human world. This is because so many of them are such anomalies they have no connecting thread yet all are classified under the same type which means that the puppet type is a catchall term for Digimon that don't fall into any of the other categories. Let's take a look at one notable Trio of puppet type Digimon, the sistermons, each of them have two forms their standard form and their awakened form in which the hat that each of them wears lowers over their eyes and they take on a more aggressive fighting style. Now this could be because the actual Digimon is the Hat and the bodies are nothing more than dolls, but I prefer the ideal that the sistermons are a symbiosis (similar to Bulbasaur and the bulb on its back) and the awakened forms are just the sistermons unleashing their true power while taking on a more aggressive mood.

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for one, we actually know when is inside Monzemon, for it is explained by Digimon World 1. It is canonically a Numemon inside, but more importantly this actually gives a hint to the puppet digimon themselves, because they are a origin of themselves, because many of them are either controlled by an inner controller or are wearing a costume therefore it's their base digimon that determines their origin. This would also explain their unpredictability because they changed themselves to adapt, which was to enhance their survival or status.

It always astounded me the first time I got an idea of what Etemon digivolves from... I got a copy of Digimon Battle Spirit on GBA back in 2005. One of the unlockable characters, Sukamon, divolves into Etemon! Always made me laugh. Though he was one of my favorite fighters from that game. I still have a hard time thinking of this as the canonically "proper" digivolve line. Of course, there have been some really weird digivolve lines that make even less sense.

Cant wait for kingetemon in bt13 next month

Puppet type digimon couldn't be from Ancient Troiamon. You don't see any similarities between Woodmon or Jyuriemon with Etemon or Monzeamon. It's possible that puppet type digimon was created by humans and their influence on the digital world.

I'd argue that based on sakkakumon and mercurymons ability to manipulate and apparate and that puppet type digimon are based on toys and inanimate objects, I'd argue that ancientwisemon would be the patron of puppet type

If you look at the 10 legendary Warriors for a origin then the wood spirit Ancient Troiamon as it looks like a wooden puppet horse as for the modern puppet mons as time went on and new materials were discovered or made new digimom would use them gaining new abilities and/or physical features that Ancient Troiamon didn't have like mobility but lost the gifts that Ancient Troiamon gave to the puppet mons.

Please correct me if i am wrong (as i am only guessing/assuming). most of the puppet mon look like toys, costumes & similar concepts (image at 2:35 points to this). due to a seemingly high amount of plush toy & costume for the puppet type mon, they may be a Frankenstein's monster situation (see the frightfur archetype in yugioh). and that ("franken mon" style) might point to the source of their power & skillset.

I assumed they would come from AncientWisemon, as metal empire is all about artificial and not natural stuff with cybernetics etc. Puppets are that too being stated that they also have costumes on them. And what did AncientWisemon passed it's powers to: mutant digimon, so unnatural and a bit of "we didn't know how to classify them" classification, just like puppet digimons

Can you explain Liollmon evolution line next

puppet Digimon seem to be based off of human data, from specific humans so they're all random in power but share common themes that represent human culture.

Have you done one with demidevimon and devidramon and myotismon and gulfmon and dobermon and fangmon and devimon and piedmon ?

All I'm saying, I hope Richard Epcar reprises Etemon. I love Elvis Presley Etemon.

I wonder if all puppetmon started as artificial Digimon

Is it possible that puppet digimon were created by sorcery? Much like how Pinocchio was brought to life by the magic of a wish; could puppet digimon by been born from sorcerer digimon since many of them practice magic?

I personally don't think Puppet-Digimon need to descend from one of the Ancient Warriors/have inherited a specific Warriors power. Considering they're "puppets", meaning there's either another Digimon inside there, using their body as a shell, or their entire body is controlled by someone else, them not having a set ancestor makes sense. I'm... also not sure if I'm on top of Etemons "Champion"-stage being Targetmon, like, sure, it makes sense for Targetmon to evolve to Etemon, on the other hand, Etemon definitely seems like the template Targetmon is based on, not the other way around, so it feels like they're related, but not like Etemon comes from Targetmon. I think the most popular line/the line that made the most sense before Targetmon came out was Etemon digivolving from Sukamon, in a manner similar to how Monzaemon is generally considered to be evolving from Numemon, which would then make Etemons Rookie Chuumon, under most circumstances. I'd say Nanimon is also another likely option.

This is quite ironic for me with today's events. The universe is really throwing monkeys my way. The dark network is deceptively powerful as it allows our very annoying Elvis impersonator to infiltrate and access the data of several areas while being nowhere near there. When it was concentrated, corrupted and rendered unstable by Datamon, and then popped by Metalgreymon the resulting explosion booted Tai and Augumon from the digital world. Though King Etamon reminds me of Dragon Ball's Hercule. All talk and showmanship but not much bite at least in comparison to other megas.

what if Pidemon is where all puppet Digimon get there abilities because pidemon becomes the Metal Lord digimon right its speculated

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Can toyagumon be his rookie? I mean he’s a toy n toys are basically dolls/puppets.

I think Etemon was very interesting and how in Digimon Adventures dub He was talking like Elvis Presley.

Isn't Etemon's primarily canonical line Chuumon and Sukamon?

It also seems Cho Hakkaimon is referencing the character of Zhu Bajae from Journey to the West, the English adaptation refers to him by the uninspired name of Pigsy, and part of his backstory is that he got drunk and sexually harassed the Chinese goddess of the Moon, Chanje, and then took on the form of a pig demon; what makes me think Cho Hakkaimon references that character isn't just the pig suit, but it does help, but also its weapon resembles Zhu Bajae's muck rake. And Etamon, with its Monkey-like appearance claiming to be the "king of Digimon," isn't too dissimilar to Sun Wukong from Journey, who in the English localizations is just called Monkey, who called himself the Monkey King and was actually born from a rock that was split by a bolt of lightning, so Etamon could actually reference Sun Wukong to some degree, but I am just saying that right now because I am not aware of any monkey or monkey-like Digimon that would be a better fit in that role. And Digimon, being a Japanese franchise, referencing literature like A Journey to the West, isn't uncommon; almost every Asian country has pulled on that one novel for centuries, almost as soon as it became popular in those areas.

Wait? I assumed chewmon(that cringy pink mouse) was edamon rookie? Also as for king edamon i noticed he doesn't carry a doll on it belt anymore so what would that mean his personality as a whole?

Wasn’t King Etemon the main villain of a Digimon stage play and the needed Omegamon to beat him? He sounds pretty strong, stronger than Etemon and MetalEtemon.

Elvis monke

Given the name of 'Puppet' digimon, I think the implication would be they aren't natural unlike everything else with their connections to the ancient warriors. No one source for each one, they can be caused by corruptions in data, leaks from the human world's data, or just straight up created by other digimon. No matter what strange happenings is responsible for each specific digimon, I think it's not quite right to try to ascribe an all together natural source for puppets, nor a through line ability, because each one is made almost uniquely

Not having a proper rookie form means there's a missing link. :)

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What would king Etemon and metal Etemon become if they DNA digievolved with each other

Please tell me etemon doesn't rap....

Etemon claim to be King. Could be fun if he just all high an mighty walked up to a digimon like armamon and claim to be the King.

I always thought it digivolved from Monzaemon. It's just my opinion.

I mean Etemon is supposed to be a Sukamon in a costume.

I dont think monmon is either becusse isnt etamon somethin inside a monkey costume??

They would look artificial or stuffed animals early stuff material like a toy or a monkey suit you know stuff objects that look weird or somebody just that would be torn

I theorize that puppet digimon come from no ancient Digimon at all but rather from all ten. My theory is that the puppet class Digimon started out like any other Digimon but for one reason or another mutated for lack of better word. And I suspect that they mutated through the use of human made data. Monzemon is a teddy bear a toy, pumpkinmon look like something in the Halloween section. The pig costume looks like just that a costume surrounding a girl or apparently a former angle type Digimon. We know human programs can interfere or even change Digimon completely so I believe that these Digimon were once ordinary Digimon exposed to the data of humans. So in a sense you could view all the puppet digimon almost as costumes for a digicore or digimon living inside the shell of the puppet.

Puppet digimon came from trojan mon Just like grumble mon is the base earth spirit Digimon

Wait, everyone knows sukamon is the most recognised Champion form for Etemon. I know Sukamon is ugly and hardly anyone likes him, but it still is the Champion that is in a lot of games that can evolve in Etemon. But Digimon can basically evolve in any Digimon, so even Digimon like Greymon can become Etemon.

Aren't they called puppet digimon due to being manipulated/animated by something else or is manipulating or animating something else?

I think it would be obviouse that if you can't find a Child form for most of these puppet digimon and most puppet type with the exeption of the angle/pig all about dark shadowy things hiding inside stronger and stronger suits until Metaletamon fused his suit permenetly with the thing inside making himself an android. I think it would be safe to say whatever is inside is either a Child level who may be warped in some evolutions or an extreamly weak Adult level who grew stronger by putting on a suit. This would explain their inclination towards taking over things and moving around with unending confedence like people in Furry suits. They feel strong and bold in thier suits with their true forms hidden form sight. They also tend to be ignorent and childish in behavior regardless of power level or Evil behavior. Another reason to think it's a Child level or childish Adult level in a big monkey suit.

monkeys and gorillas are not of the same family, gorillas are primates, this is like saying weasels and cats are of the same family, they are more closely related than say, canines but still very different familes.

Man digimon is complex

I dont remember in the original card set that they had a lower level than ultimate for etamon. Then metal etamon was mega level. I go by the cards and more specifically the original cards for first gen characters

Puppet Digimon have the most distinctly artificial feel and several of them will evolve into or from Numemon so maybe they all come from garbage data.

let me give you a short answer: none of this makes sense, bandai has no respect for this franchise, and digimon that aren't the main character's partner digimon have a fruit salad for a digivolution line