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SkullGreymon, The sight of him makes other Digimon tremble! He is a fully digivolved Digimon whose explosive power causes him to constantly search for battle!
~ Tentomon explaining what SkullGreymon is.

SkullGreymon is an ultimate level virus Digimon from the Digimon franchise. It is the evil alter-ego/version of MetalGreymon. If a Greymon is mistreated, displays a particular lust for battle or other such sinister intentions, it will Digivolve into SkullGreymon.

Skullgreymon originally appeared in the Digimon Adventure series and its sequel. He is also a minor antagonist in Digimon Fusion and Digimon Ghost Game. SkullGreymon was voiced by Doug Erholtz in the English versions of Digimon Adventure 01 and Digimon Adventure 02, and by Michael Sorich in the English version of Digimon Fusion. Doug Erholtz also voiced Unimon and MetalSeadramon in Adventure 01, whilst Michael Sorich voiced Evil Greymon in Digimon Adventure 01. In the Japanese version of Digimon Ghost Game, SkullGreymon is voiced by Hisao Egawa, who voiced MetalPhantomon in same series, Machinedramon, Ogremon in both Digimon Adventure (1999 series) and Digimon Adventure: (2020 series).

Description[]

Appearance[]

Although referred to as SkullGreymon, the term "skull" is a prefix and reference to its entire body, which is completely made out of bone. The only organs upon Skullgreymon are his bright green eyes (which glow red under the effects of the Dark Rings) and a big red heart behind his ribcage. Attached to the behemoths back is a missile, shaped like an orange shark.

Personality[]

According to his profile, SkullGreymon lives only to destroy. This simple-minded creature is extremely aggressive and overly-destructive. It has no concept of compassion, friendship or mercy. Due to its limited intelligence, very few creatures in the Digital World are capable of taming a SkullGreymon, let alone reasoning with one. Even most Mega Level Digimon struggle to do so.

From the moment of its transformation, a SkullGreymon will adopt a very simple lifestyle. They will attack anything and anybody around them, be they friend or foe. The creature will continue to seek out new enemies and fight them to the death. If they are destroyed, the rampage will stop. Should they vanquish their enemies however, the SkullGreymon will simply move on to find a new opponents, starting the process all over again.

Biography[]

Digimon Adventure 01[]

SkullGreymon made his debut in Episode 16 of the original series. The episode was appropriately titled: The Arrival of SkullGreymon.

Having obtained the Crest of Courage in the previous episode, Tai Kamiya (who did not know his crests attribute at the time) was desperate to see his partner, Agumon, Digivolve beyond his Champion level of Greymon. He suspected (correctly) that an Ultimate level digimon could prove vital in the Digidestineds war against their latest nemesis: Etemon, who was himself an ultimate level Digimon.

Unfortunately, in his desperation to make Agumon/Greymon, Tai made the mistake of mistreating his partner. First, he stuffed his partner with lots of food, knowing that a Digimon needed to be well nourished when it digivolves. Unfortunately, Tai did it to the point where Agumon felt sick and could not eat any more. Later, when the group were exploring a set of ruins similar to the Roman colosseum to find Joe's crest, they unwittingly walked into a trap set up by Etemon. Agumon managed to avoid the trap, but was attacked by another Greymon who was working for Etemon. Due to Tai's overfeeding his partner, Greymon was unable to fight to the best of his abilities, allowing his fallen counterpart to toss him around like a ragdoll.

Fortunately, the kids were able to escape from their cage after Joe discovered that his crest was on the colosseum's floor. Unfortunately, despite Garurumon and Birdramon rushing to assist his partner, Tai believed that this was the perfect opportunity to get Greymon to evolve. As such, he deliberately put himself in harms way. Seeing the evil Greymon bearing down upon his companion and friends, Tai's Greymon became extremely mad. Sensing that this was the moment he had been waiting for, Tai expressed his belief in his partner and ordered him to Digivolve ...

A moment later, the Digidestined got his wish!

His crest began to glow only to suddenly turn black. A dark cloud formed overhead, pouring dark energy into Greymon. The dinosaur was enveloped in fire and then, much to Tai's elation he Digivolved into his Ultimate level. Tai was initially elated, but as the transformation concluded he, along with his fellow Digidestined, their partners, the enemy Greymon and Etemon looked on in horror as they beheld just what Greymon had become. Standing on the edge of the arena was a gigantic undead creature, which looked like something out of a nightmare. Tentomon quickly identified the creature as a SkullGreymon, a Virus type Digimon feared by everybody that encountered it.

As Izzy realised that something must have gone wrong with the evolution process and Tai stared in horror at his partners new form, SkullGreymon quickly demonstrated that Tentomon's information about him was not exaggerated!

Now towering over his opponent, SkullGreymon glared down at Etemon's Greymon. Quickly realising that he could not defeat such a monstrous creature, the second Greymon tried to flee, but SkullGreymon refused to let him escape. With two steps, he caught up to his former opponent and with a simple swipe of his hand, sent the smaller dinosaur flying face-first into the giant television screen that Etemon had set up over the arena. Without any prompting from Tai or the others, SkullGreymon obliterated both the screen and the monkey's minion with his Dark Shot attack. Even though their enemy of the day had been vanquished, SkullGreymon did not stop there. Turning about, the evil Digimon set his sight upon a new set of victims; his partner and fellow Digimon!

Despite Tai's plea's, SkullGreymon tried to stomp on him, forcing Tai to flee. Seeing that he was genuinely trying to kill Tai, Garuramon and Birdramon bravely launched themselves at SkullGreymon, distracting him and allowing Tai the opportunity to rejoin the others. Tentomon then Digivolved into Kabuterimon, but even with an additional monster on their side, SkullGreymon was unphased. Picking up the cage that had previously held the Digidestined, he launched it at the humans and rookie level Digimon forcing the group to scatter. Left with no choice, Birdramon, Garurumon and Kabuterimon were forced to genuinely attack their former friend. They launched their most powerful attacks against him (Meteor Wing, Howling Blaster and Electro Shocker respectively) but the fireballs and the electrical attack had no effect. With two swipes of his hands, SkullGreymon retaliated, knocking Birdramon and Kabterimon out of the air, before sending Garurmon skidding across the floor.

With the three Champions defeated, SkullGreymon ascended to the top of the colosseum, smashing through the walls with minimal effort. Jumping out of the arena, the undead dinosaur tore across the city, causing massive destruction as he raced towards the desert in a bid to continue his rampage elsewhere. Fortunately, the Digital World would be spared from his furry. With a roar of pain, SkullGreymon stopped dead in his tracks, as a dark mist began to rise off of him. The pursuing children and their Digimon quickly realised that SkullGreymon must have exhausted himself. Mercifully, this theory was proven correct when a golden light enveloped SkullGreymon and he reverted back to Koromon.

Fortunately, with this loss of his power, Koromon also came back to his senses. Needless to say, he was exteremely traumatised and remorseful for what he had done. Biyomon, Gabumon and Tentomon assured their companion that they did not blame him and Tai told him not to blame himself. Taking responsibility for his actions, Tai admitted that this was all his fault for being so reckless. Seeing his remorse, Koromon and the others forgave him and the group quickly left the area to search for new crests.

Despite forgiving one another, this experience was a huge wake up call for the Digidestined. It showed the humans and Digimon alike that the mental state and actions of a DigiDestined affected the way his/her partner Digivolved. They would later learn that each of the crests represented a certain attribute, one that the human needed to display in order to unlock their Digimon's true Ultimate form. It was therefore their responsibility to use that power both sensibly and wisely. Tai would eventually learn from Sora that the attribute he had been entrusted with was Courage. After reflecting on this Tai realised that the reason Greymon became SkullGreymon was because instead of Courage, he has exhibited feelings of fear, helplessness and selfishness. Thus, he was careful to never behave so recklessly ever again.

Even though the others forgave them, Tai and Agumon were left traumatised by the experience. Horrified by how SkullGreymon had so eagerly attacked his friends and worried that the process may have left lasting damage upon Agumons alternative forms, the human and Digimon alike temporarily became weary of Digivolution. Agumon couldn't even bring himself to transform into the Champion level Greymon, fearing that he might go on a rampage again and hurt his friends once again. It was only thanks to some training from Pixiemon that the pair were able to overcome these doubts and start fighting once more. Later, in the final battle against Etemon, Tai was able to unlock Greymons true Ultimate form, MetalGreymon. After that, the pair put the incident with SkullGreymon behind them for good.

Digimon Adventure 02[]

When the Digimon Emperor took control of Greymon with a Dark Ring, he tried to force Greymon to Digivolve into MetalGreymon, but instead, he Dark Digivolves into SkullGreymon once again. SkullGreymon defeated the new DigiDestined with just mere hits, however he managed to defeat one Meramon, some Airdramon, a big group of DarkTyrannomon and destroyed a Control Spire with his Dark Shot. The Emperor took him back to his base in an attempt to trigger the correct Digivolution several times until he managed to get Greymon to become an evil version of MetalGreymon by using a Dark Spiral (created of 3 Dark Rings joined together).

Digimon Fusion[]

SkullGreymon was one of members of the Midnight Army, as one of the AxeKnightmon's minions. He attacks the Fusion Fighters and fights MetalGreymon. After he was defeated, he and SkullSatamon was absorbed by AxeKnightmon to gain their powers. It is unknown what happened to SkullGreymon when AxeKnightmon left the scene in the Dust Zone. It can be assumed that SkullGreymon and SkullSatamon were presumed destroyed.

Digimon Ghost Game[]

SkullGreymon is the main antagonist of episode 22, it appeared as Kiyoshiro, Ruli, Jellymon and Angoramon's nightmare after they were fallen asleep by Pillomon's nightmare bubbles. Although SkullGreymon was supposed to be defeated by TeslaJellymon, but was then revived as a new form, with its missile attached to its head. The main protagonists then wakes up Pillomon to end the nightmare.

Profile[]

SkullGreymon

SkullGreymon

A skeleton-based Digimon from which his entire body is nothing but bone. A SkullGreymon is formed when a Digimon spends too much important time fighting, eventually preferring to live only through his or her fighting instinct even after his or her death. SkullGreymon has no intellect at all but plenty of fighting instinct, and his entire existence alone poses a threat for other Digimon. His special attack is "Ground Zero", which launches an organic missile from his spinal cord.

Attacks[]

  • Dark Shot (Ground Zero in Japanese version)
  • Double Dark Shot (Ground Zero Revision in Japanese version)
  • Curse Breath
  • Skull Destroy
  • Death Nail
  • Oblivion Bird

Quotes[]

Tai: Greymon, I've believe in you, you can do it, Greymon, Digivolve! [Tai's crest and Digivice begin to glow to a dark red orbit during Greymon's Dark Digivolve, but a dark woolpool comes out in orange beam absorbing into Greymon and Greymon begins to dark digivolves to SkullGreymon instead much to Tai's confusion and much to the 01 DigiDestined's shock and horror].
Sora: What in the world?!
Matt: What do you think that is?!
Tentomon: Oh my, is that what i think it is?
Sora: What do you call that thing?
Tentomon: [via Digimon Analyser] SkullGreymon, The sight of him makes other Digimon tremble! He is a fully digivolved Digimon whose explosive power causes him to constantly search for battle.
Izzy: This could be very bad, there's been some mistake and he's digivolved into a horrible monster.
Tai: This is Greymon's digivolved form? [Tai begins to run away but SkullGreymon easily defeats the evil Greymon who almost runs away and throws him towards Etemon's jumbotron TV much to Etemon's shock and attacks and kills him with his Dark Shot attack nearly destroying the Colosseum] Listen to me, SkullGreymon, If you've really the Digivolved form of Greymon, then you can't hurt me!
~ SkullGreymon's introduction much to the 01 DigiDestined's shock in horror.
We got away from Etemon, but not for long. I wanted us to be ready, and knowing the crests and tags can create a digivolve, I tried to give as much energy to Agumon as he could take, but things didn't go so well. Etemon attacked us with an evil Greymon, and when mine tried to fight, he was just too full of food. That's when I made a mistake, I forced him to digivolve again. He turned into SkullGreymon and defeated the evil Greymon, but then he turned on us, Thankfully he ran out of energy and returned to a Koromon stage, I'll never do that again.
~ Tai's precious recap in episode 17 "The Crest of Sincerity" explaining about what happened and what he did was wrong.
[a dark ringed SkullGreymon appears towards the 02 DigiDestined much to their shock and Kari gasps in shock over it] T.K.: Oh no! It's SkullGreymon! [via Digimon Analyser] The only thing more terrifying than his looks are his fighting skills, especially his Dark Shot attack.
Ken: SkullGreymon??? [SkullGreymon drops off by taking off the AirDramons that flying him around and drops down to the ground]
~ SkullGreymon reappears in the 02 during the episode "The Emperor's New Home".
Rot and decay…
~ SkullGreymon’s only lines in Digimon Ghost Game

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Trivia[]

  • SkullGreymon did not/could not talk during his debut appearance, only growl menacingly. In Digimon Adventure 02, however, SkullGreymon could talk, although his vocabulary was limited to his name and attacks. In Digimon Ghost Game Skullgreymon only ever uttered three words "Rot and decay".
  • The events of The Arrival of SkullGreymon were later incorporated into the Digimon novel entitled Mimi's Crest Of Sincerity. In the book, SkullGreymon's eliminated Etemon's Greymon in a significantly darker manner. Immediately after becoming an ultimate level digimon, SkullGreymon jumped onto his counterpart, literally crushing the other Greymon and reducing it to paste.
  • SkullGreymon is technically the first Ultimate level Digimon to be partnered to a Digidestined.
  • Greymon's forced transformation into an evil Digimon started a trend within the Digimon franchise. In most of the subsequent story lines, at least one of the Digidestined, usually the leader would, unintentionally, force their partner to transform into an evil alter-ego of their true Ultimate/Mega level form. Just like SkullGreymon, these Digimon would go on a violent rampage, putting everybody around them in mortal danger.
    • It also started a small trend amongst Digimon fanfiction writers. There are a few fan written stories where the rest of the Digidestined, either through their own volition or the influence of a villainous digimon, proceed to kick Tai out of the group once his partner has reverted back to Koromon. This is usually due to how badly Tai treated his partner and for putting their lives in danger through his wreckless actions. Koromon's fate varies between the stories, as the humans accept that unlike Tai, the little Digimon didn't do what he did intentionally. In most cases, however, Koromon chooses to stay with Tai and willingly departs with him. Usually, the other Digidestined and their partners soon regret kicking the duo out and they eventually manage to reconcile.
  • Even though he was a one-shot villain, SkullGreymon is arguably one of the most dangerous and successful enemies that the Adventure and 02 Digidestined ever faced. In each series, SkullGreymon won both of the battles he participated in, single-handedly defeating every enemy sent against him. These included several Champion Level minions of the Digimon Emperor, whose powers were enhanced by the Dark Rings, the Digidestined's Digimon and in the case of the 02 generation, Armor-Digimon (who incorporated the power of Mega-Level Digimon). In both cases, SkullGreymon's rampage only ended once his energy ran out, forcing him to revert back to either his In-Training or Rookie forms. This makes Skullgremon one of the very few opponents that the original Digidestined failed to defeat. He is also one of only two Digimon that the Emperor, even at the height of his power, could not control, the other being Kimeramon.
  • SkullGreymon's Mega forms can be either BlackWarGreymon, ChaosBlackWarGreymon, Machinedramon or in the Cyber Sleuth games ShineGreyMon.
  • SkullGreymon's Champion forms can be either Greymon, BlackGreymon (instead of MetalGreymon Virus), Tyrannomon, or DarkTyrannomon.
  • SkullGreymon did not appear in the Digimon Adventure 2020 reboot series. Just like in the original show, however, Tai's partner did undergo a dark evolution. In this story, Tai's Metalgreymon, after seeing his partner get eaten and apparently killed by DanDevimon partially digivolved into Machinedramon. As stated above, Machinedramon is a mega level digimon that SkullGreymon can digivolve into.

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