Lopmon

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Lopmon (ロップモン)

Voice actor(s):	Aoi Tada (Japanese), Michelle Ruff (English)
Partner(s):	Suzie Wong
Digivolution
In-Training	Kokomon
Rookie	Lopmon
Ultimate	Antylamon (Deva)

This article refers to the Lopmon featured in Digimon Tamers. For the Lopmon in other anime series or media, see Lopmon.

Lopmon is a Rookie Level Animal Digimon. He is the "twin sibling" of Terriermon, despite having different colors and more horns.

It is noticed that Wendigomon, Antylamon(Virus), and Cherubimon(Virus) are all the result of a virus that corrupted Kokomon in the movie The Golden Digimentals that caused him to mutate (digivolve) into the three corrupted forms.

1 Appearance
2 Description
3 Other forms
- 3.1 Kokomon
- 3.2 Antylamon
4 Gender uncertainties
5 References

[edit] Appearance

Lopmon resembles a rabbit, while his "twin sibling" - Terriermon is a dog with rabbit's ears. While Terriermon is an over-confident sort and tends to make sarcastic remarks, Lopmon is shy and polite. Lopmon spoke in an antiquated dialect in the Japanese version that lacked gender-differing pronouns.

[edit] Description

In the American version, Lopmon was changed to and written as female. This was based on the fact that his Japanese voice actor was female, and due to the fact that Lopmon used genderless pronouns (due to the dialect assigned to the character). By the time the truth was discovered, it was too late to change it back.

Lopmon is the Digimon partner of Suzie, Henry's little sister. But prior to their meeting, Lopmon was Antylamon of the Devas, whose job was as guardian of the south gate leading to Zhuqiaomon's palace. When Suzie first met Antylamon, she was somewhat of a bothersome to him, pestering him with questions and such, but after spending some time together, they developed a special bond. When Antylamon's fellow deva, Makuramon, appeared and tried to harm Suzie, Antylamon drove him away. As punishment, Zhuqiaomon reverted him to Lopmon for protecting a human, and he became a partner to Suzie.

When the Tamers confronted Zhuqiaomon, Lopmon pleaded with Zhuqiaomon not to kill them. Regardless, he unleashed a blast of flame on Lopmon although in the end she was saved by WarGrowlmon. Lopmon, like the other Tamer Digimon, went to the Real World and Suzie taught him a few lessons in speaking correctly. When the D-Reaper appeared, Lopmon regained his ability to digivolve to Antylamon to help out.

Attacks

Blazing Ice: Lopmon leaps into the air and quickly shoots small icy crystalline bolts from her mouth that can harm her enemies as well as freeze them.
Lop Twister (Petit Twister): Spins to form a tornado that she can impact with or throw.

Twin Attacks

Double Typhoon: Team attack with Terriermon, combining their whirlwind attacks.

[edit] Other forms

The name "Lopmon" refers only to the Rookie form of this Digimon. Throughout the series, Lopmon gains the ability to Digivolve into a number of more powerful forms, each with a different name and special attack. However, the Rookie level is her preferred form and the one she spends most of his time in.

[edit] Kokomon

Kokomon (チョコモン Chocomon)

When the D-Reaper was defeated, Lopmon De-Digivolved to Kokomon and was forced to return to the Digital World.

Attacks

Koko Crusher (Double Bubble): Kokomon fires off a stream of bubbles.

[edit] Antylamon

Antylamon (アンティラモン)

Antylamon was originally one of the Devas, whose job was as guardian of the south gate leading to Zhuqiaomon's palace. When she met Suzie, Antylamon grew to care about the girl & drove fellow Deva Makuramon away. As punishment, Zhuqiaomon reverted her to Lopmon, making her a partner to Suzie.

During the D-Reaper's attack in the Real World, Suzie used the Queen Device card to make Lopmon regained the ability to digivolve to Antylamon to help out the Tamers.

Attacks

Bunny Blades (宝斧 lit. Treasure Axe): Her paws glow with pink light before becoming large crescent moon shaped blades. When her paws are in this state he is able to throw blades of pink light energy as well as slice and dice his enemies in close physical combat.
Ashipatoravana (アシパトラヴァナ): Revolves like a tornado and slashes the enemy with the "Treasure Axe".

[edit] Gender uncertainties

In the Japanese version of Digimon Tamers, Antylamon (and her Rookie form, Lopmon) speaks with an antiquated dialect which uses gender-neutral pronouns, leaving viewers unable to discern if he was male or female (with a leaning towards the latter as a result of his female voice actress) until a much later episode, when his partner, Suzie, referred to him as male. However, in the dubbed incarnation of this series, Antylamon is treated as female.