The Best Episodes of Digimon: Digital Monsters Season 1

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7.5/10(503 votes)
#1 - And So It Begins...
S1:E13/7/1999
While at camp, Tai, Matt, Sora, Izzy, Mimi, Joe, and T.K. come across seven Digivices and are transported to a strange Digital World where they make friends with creatures called Digimon who claim to be their chosen partners.
Director:Hiroyuki Kakudou
Writer:Satoru Nishizono
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Director:Hiroyuki Kakudou
Writer:Satoru Nishizono
7.4/10(375 votes)
#2 - The Birth of Greymon
S1:E23/14/1999
The kids come across a beach with numerous phone booths, but none of them seem to work.
Director:Hiroyuki Kakudou
Writer:Satoru Nishizono
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Director:Hiroyuki Kakudou
Writer:Satoru Nishizono
7.5/10(336 votes)
#3 - Garurumon
S1:E33/21/1999
The kids run away from a Monochromon battle. They come across a trolley car on a small island and decide to spend the night in it, until they are attacked by a Seadramon.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Reiko Yoshida
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Writer:Reiko Yoshida
7.9/10(322 votes)
#4 - Fireman's Ball
S1:E43/28/1999
The kids come to a Yokomon village to rest for the evening until a Meramon attacks.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Genki Yoshimura
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Writer:Genki Yoshimura
8.2/10(317 votes)
#5 - Kabuterimon's Electro Shocker
S1:E54/4/1999
The kids stumble upon a factory where they find an Andromon in trouble.
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8.2/10(308 votes)
#6 - Togemon in Toy Town
S1:E64/11/1999
While escaping the Numemon who attacked the group in the sewers on their way out of the factory, the kids are split up and Mimi ends up in Toy Town.
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8.3/10(297 votes)
#7 - Ikkakumon's Harpoon Torpedo
S1:E74/18/1999
Tai and Matt argue whether they should climb Infinity Mountain. Joe and Gomamon decide to climb the mountain by themselves. While on the mountain, they are attacked by a Unimon.
Director:Harume Kosaka
Writer:Akatsuki Yamatoya
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Director:Harume Kosaka
Writer:Akatsuki Yamatoya
8.2/10(302 votes)
#8 - Evil Shows His Face
S1:E84/25/1999
The kids meet the ruler of File Island, Devimon, the controller of the Black Gears.
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7.6/10(292 votes)
#9 - Subzero Ice Punch!
S1:E95/2/1999
Tai and Agumon land on a snow-covered island and are forced to defeat a Frigimon.
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9.0/10(271 votes)
#10 - A Clue from the Digi-Past
S1:E105/9/1999
Mimi and Palmon escape Sukamon and Chuumon and cross over to the next island where Izzy and Tentomon landed, but end up getting lost in a labyrinth and attacked by Centarumon.
Director:Unknown
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8.8/10(269 votes)
#11 - The Dancing Digimon
S1:E115/16/1999
After an encounter with Ogremon at sea, Joe and Gomamon find themselves on an island with Sora and Biyomon before they are captured by a cult of ghost-based Digimon named Bakemon intent on eating them.
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8.8/10(267 votes)
#12 - DigiBaby Boom
S1:E125/23/1999
T.K. and Patamon arrive in Primary Village, the place where all Digimon are born. When the baby Digimon start to cry, T.K. and Patamon are confronted by Primary Village's caretaker, Elecmon, which they settle with a tug-of-war match.
Director:Unknown
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8.5/10(317 votes)
#13 - The Legend of the Digidestined
S1:E135/30/1999
T.K. is attacked in Primary Village by Leomon and Ogremon, until Tai, Matt, Izzy, Mimi, and their Digimon arrive to his rescue, where they use their Digivices to free Leomon from the Black Gears. Leomon later explains the legend of the "DigiDestined", a group of children from another world who will save the Digital World from evil forces.
Director:Unknown
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9.5/10(257 votes)
#14 - Departure for a New Continent
S1:E146/6/1999
Gennai urges the group to travel to Server to defeat another enemy. Gennai also tells about Crests that will allow Digimon to digivolve further. The kids build a raft and leave File Island and are taken by Whamon to where the Crests are hidden.
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8.7/10(260 votes)
#15 - The Dark Network of Etemon
S1:E156/13/1999
The kids arrive in a Koromon village where they are confronted by Etemon. He uses his Dark Network to prevent the Digimon from digivolving and then traps the group inside a cave where they discover their first Crest, Tai's Crest of Courage.
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8.7/10(270 votes)
#16 - The Arrival of Skullgreymon
S1:E166/20/1999
While traveling in the desert the group is trapped by Etemon in a coliseum.
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8.5/10(257 votes)
#17 - The Crest of Sincerity
S1:E176/27/1999
After getting lost in the desert, the group is taken aboard a ship traveling in the desert, headed by Kokatorimon. Kokatorimon captures all the boys and petrifies their partners. Biyomon and Palmon Digivolve and defeat him, and his ship crashes into a giant cactus. Mimi finds the Crest of Sincerity on top of the cactus.
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8.7/10(248 votes)
#18 - The Piximon Cometh
S1:E187/4/1999
When the group is attacked, Tai and Agumon are hesitant to fight since Digivolving into SkullGreymon. Piximon rescues and trains the DigiDestined at his facility, where Tai and Agumon are stranded in a cave as the others do manual labor. At night, Matt and Izzy sneak away to find the Crest of Friendship and the Crest of Knowledge. However, they are detected by the Dark Network as Etemon sends a Tyrannomon after them. Tai and Agumon regain the courage to fight, leaving to Agumon Digivolve into Greymon and defeating Tyrannomon.
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8.8/10(252 votes)
#19 - The Prisoner of the Pyramid
S1:E197/11/1999
After Izzy receives an e-mail from Datamon, who asks them to rescue him from Etemon's pyramid in exchange for Sora's Crest, T.K. finds the Crest of Hope. Tai, Sora, Izzy, and Joe infiltrate the pyramid, with Tai being overconfident that the Digital World is a virtual reality. However, once Datamon is freed, he kidnaps Sora and Biyomon. Tai becomes too frightened to pursue Datamon after Izzy warns him that they could die.
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9.0/10(290 votes)
#20 - The Earthquake of Metalgreymon
S1:E207/25/1999
While the rest of the DigiDestined distract Etemon's forces, Tai and Izzy infiltrate the pyramid to save Sora, where Datamon plans on cloning her to use her Crest and Biyomon to enact revenge on Etemon. Tai musters his courage and saves Sora while Datamon activates the Dark Network to absorb data, including Etemon. Etemon, fused with the Dark Network, fights the DigiDestined, but Tai's Crest allows Greymon to Digivolve into MetalGreymon. When Etemon is defeated, a portal swallows him while Tai and Koromon are sent to Tokyo.
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9.2/10(322 votes)
#21 - Home Away from Home
S1:E218/1/1999
Tai and Koromon arrive home, where they meet Tai's younger sister, Kari, and also learn that not much time has passed since they were in the Digital World. Later, Tai gets a message from Izzy telling him not to return, and he discovers that Digimon are appearing in the Real World. He concludes that they must return to the Digital World and help their friends. After Koromon Digivolves to Agumon to battle an Ogremon, a portal opens and transports both of them back to the Digital World.
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8.8/10(241 votes)
#22 - Forget About It!
S1:E228/8/1999
Tai and Agumon return to the Digital World to find Tokomon, who reveals that everyone has split up to find them after weeks since their disappearance. Meanwhile, DemiDevimon causes a rift between T.K. and Tokomon and secretly plans on feeding T.K. amnesic mushrooms. Agumon exposes DemiDevimon, and Tokomon Digivolves into Patamon to drive DemiDevimon away.
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8.2/10(250 votes)
#23 - WereGarurumon's Diner
S1:E238/15/1999
Matt, Gabumon, Joe, and Gomamon are forced to work at Digitamamon's diner to pay off a meal.
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8.2/10(248 votes)
#24 - No Questions, Please
S1:E248/22/1999
Izzy is trapped in Vademon's pocket dimension and robbed of his curiosity. DemiDevimon attempts to buy Izzy's Crest from Vademon and, in the confusion, Izzy recovers his Crest and his curiosity.
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8.0/10(241 votes)
#25 - Princess Karaoke
S1:E258/29/1999
Joe and Tai find Mimi being treated like a princess at a palace. Sora convinces her to sing and awaken ShogunGekomom, but ShogunGekomom attacks the kids.
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