Wizardmon

Today we review a couple of weirdo magic-users, starting with the heroic Wizardmon! He's really quite a bit cooler than our typical image of a wizard, with a pretty kickass outfit loaded with zippers and stitches and a couple of skulls for good measure. If you've closely followed these reviews, you may notice the inside of his cape bears the same sort of pattern as Phantomon, and the little reaper is even one of Wizardmon's possible evolutions! I also like how the end of his staff is a golden tamagotchi, and according to his bio, the "sorcery" he practices is just "higher level programming code!" I love the idea of digital creatures manipulating code as "magic."

Wizardmon is perhaps best known for his role in Digimon Adventure, as the best friend of Gatomon and another minion of Myotismon working against their evil master. This particular Wizardmon was also a total drunk, but the English version, not wanting children to accidentally hear that beer exists, opted to dub Wizardmon's alcoholism as an addiction to drinking "hot sauce" straight from the bottle, which, like many dub decisions, is honestly much funnier.

Also of note? Wizardmon's true face isn't as human as it might look at first glance, but a sort of noseless, ghostly scarecrow! ...With a rat tail. Not ALL of his fashion decisions are perfect.

Digivolves from

 * 1) Impmon

Digivolves to

 * 1) Phantomon