# 26 - I'm a Protagonist?! My First Meeting with Gatchmon!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRDKJ3Q3Y/digimon-universe-app-monsters)
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**[00:15] ---**
*Appmon:*
**[00:16] ---**
* App-based life forms*
* with artificial intelligence,*
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* capable of thinking*
* and acting on their own.*
**[00:22] ---**
*In the real world,*
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*they take the form of Appmon chips,*
**[00:25] ---**
* but an App Drive can give*
* them physical form.*
**[00:31] ---**
*And now,*
**[00:33] ---**
* a terrible AI lurking deep in the*
* dark web is beginning to stir.*
**[00:39] ---**
*In the year 2045,*
**[00:42] ---**
* artificial intelligence will*
* transcend human intelligence.*
**[02:22] ---**
For every app, there's a monster:
**[02:24] ---**
App Monsters!
**[02:26] ---**
Your future is already searched!
***SIGN*** I'm a Protagonist?!
My First Meeting with Gatchmon!
**[02:29] gatch**
That's all well and good,
**[02:31] ---**
but what's going on here, Haru?
**[02:33] haru**
Well, I was just thinking back on
**[02:35] ---**
all the things we've done
together since we first met.
**[02:39] gatch**
But meeting you sure was a shock!
**[02:42] ---**
Shinkai Haru:
**[02:44] ---**
a thoroughly ordinary bookworm
in his first year in middle school.
**[02:48] ---**
You couldn't be less special!
**[02:50] ---**
But to me, you're
the best buddy there is!
**[02:54] haru**
Is that supposed to be a compliment?
**[02:56] haru**
Still,
**[02:57] ---**
seeing my smartphone light up
**[02:59] ---**
and a search app monster jump
out of it was a real surprise!
**[03:03] gatch**
Well, it figures...
**[03:05] gatch**
It's pretty amazing to meet
a search app Appmon like me!
**[03:11] gatch**
Ahem...
**[03:13] (Flashback) fb**
I guess that when
I try to think about him,
**[03:15] (Flashback) fb**
I lock up!
**[03:17] (Flashback) fb**
Out of fear!
**[03:20] (Flashback) fb**
Um, it's not as cool
as you're making it sound...
**[03:23] haru**
You try a little too hard
to act cool sometimes,
**[03:25] haru**
but you really do use your search
abilities to get us lots of information!
**[03:32] haru**
Hey, isn't that...
**[03:34] gatch**
I'll search!
***SIGN*** Idol Appliyama 470 Twin Tails
**[03:39] haru**
Karan Eri-san:
**[03:41] ---**
a second year in middle school,
14 years old.
**[03:43] haru**
She's working hard as an idol
and a member of Appliyama 470.
**[03:47] haru**
She's physically athletic
and very energetic!
**[03:50] haru**
She plays a total snob,
**[03:51] ---**
but she's actually really nice.
**[03:54] haru**
Her catchphrase is...
**[03:56] (Flashback) fb**
I'm gonna give your
heart a Big Bang punch!
**[04:02] haru**
And who loves Eri more than anything?
**[04:05] gatch**
I'll search!
***SIGN*** Action game app Eri-san Strong
**[04:11] gatch**
This is Eri's buddy Appmon: Dokamon!
**[04:14] gatch**
He's a bit of a crybaby,
but he's really strong!
**[04:16] gatch**
He's an action game Appmon!
**[04:19] haru**
He sure does love Eri-san, though!
**[04:25] haru**
And there's the guy who's
famous on AppTube,
**[04:28] ---**
that funny video upload site!
**[04:30] gatch**
I'll search!
***SIGN*** AppTube Elementary School Astora
**[04:36] (Flashback) fb**
Groovy?
**[04:37] (Flashback) fb**
Not groovy?
**[04:38] (Flashback) fb**
*So* groovy!
**[04:41] haru**
Asuka Torajiro-kun,
**[04:43] ---**
aka Astora-kun
**[04:44] haru**
is a popular AppTuber who
**[04:46] ---**
uploads his videos on the
video site, AppTube.
**[04:49] haru**
He's eleven years old,
and in fifth grade in elementary school.
**[04:52] haru**
His family runs a tea ceremony school,
**[04:54] ---**
and he's had a super-strict upbringing,
**[04:56] haru**
but he's a totally groovy,
freewheeling guy.
**[05:00] haru**
And the buddy Appmon who's
totally in sync with Astora-kun...
**[05:04] gatch**
I'll search!
***SIGN*** Music app In the groove
No Musimon, no life!
**[05:10] gatch**
Astora's buddy Appmon: Musimon!
**[05:13] (Flashback) fb**
No Musimon, no life!
**[05:17] haru**
They're always grooving along together!
**[05:19] haru**
It's fun how well they get along!
**[05:23] haru**
And here's our last guy!
**[05:25] gatch**
I'll search!
***SIGN*** Hacker Choo Choo Jelly Black
**[05:30] haru**
Katsura Rei-kun!
**[05:32] haru**
He's a mysterious but amazing hacker
who appeared in front of us all of a sudden.
**[05:35] haru**
At first, I thought he was an enemy...
**[05:38] (Flashback) fb**
You think you can beat Leviathan
with such meager power?
**[05:43] fb**
And standing beside Rei-kun there is...
**[05:45] gatch**
I'll search!
***SIGN*** Hacking app Hood Dangerous
**[05:51] gatch**
Rei's buddy Appmon is Hackmon.
**[05:54] gatch**
He's a hacking Appmon.
**[05:56] ---**
He can infiltrate devices
all over a network
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and control the information within!
**[06:02] (Flashback) fb**
But there is someone
that not even I can touch.
**[06:06] (Flashback) fb**
I'm referring to Leviathan.
**[06:08] (Flashback) fb**
Together, we can reach him.
**[06:12] haru**
Next, we should search...
**[06:14] ---**
Oh, this is...
**[06:16] gatch**
I'll search!
***SIGN*** Artificial Intelligence Evil L
**[06:21] haru**
The terrifying artificial
intelligence, Leviathan.
**[06:25] haru**
There are spaces in between reality
**[06:27] ---**
and the Internet known as AR Fields.
**[06:32] haru**
Beyond the AR Fields
lie the sea of the 'net.
**[06:36] haru**
Leviathan is trying to control
**[06:39] ---**
both the worlds of reality and of the 'net.
**[06:41] gatch**
He's infecting Appmon
for all kinds of apps with viruses
**[06:45] ---**
to try to bring chaos to our world!
**[06:50] haru**
In order to stop Leviathan,
**[06:52] ---**
Gatchmon and I went searching
for the Seven Code Appmon.
**[06:58] haru**
And this indispensable item
**[07:02] ---**
that brought us together
is called an App Drive, right?
**[07:04] gatch**
I'll search!
***SIGN*** Indispensable item Bestows
physical form Pairing
**[07:10] gatch**
There are so many secrets
hidden in these App Drives!
**[07:15] haru**
Because in the real world,
**[07:17] ---**
Appmon typically appear in the
form of Appmon chips, right?
**[07:20] haru**
Only humans with App Drives
can see Appmon.
**[07:24] gatch**
And if you set an Appmon chip
in an App Drive and Apprealize it,
**[07:29] gatch**
the Appmon appears in the real
world in physical form!
**[07:36] haru**
Look at that, Gatchmon!
**[07:38] gatch**
I'll search!
***SIGN*** Link Combination Abilities
**[07:43] gatch**
If we combine with friendly Appmon,
**[07:46] ---**
we can borrow their abilities!
**[07:47] gatch**
That's called an Applink!
**[07:52] (Flashback) fb**
Big Bro, prepare to die!
**[07:56] (Flashback) fb**
Your attack patterns
are already searched!
**[08:01] haru**
Then there's App Fusion!
**[08:03] gatch**
I'll search!
***SIGN*** Applink Fusion Evolution
**[08:09] gatch**
Combining two Appmon to evolve them
**[08:11] ---**
into a new Appmon
is called an App Fusion!
**[08:15] gatch**
But there's only one Appmon
out there you can fuse like that with!
**[08:19] (Flashback) fb**
Take this...
**[08:20] (Flashback) ---**
my true power!
**[08:23] (Flashback) fb**
Dogatch Buster!
**[08:29] gatch**
A whole lot of stuff happened.
**[08:31] gatch**
Rei stole our Seven Code Appmon,
**[08:34] ---**
we chased him into the sea of the 'net,
**[08:36] ---**
and things got pretty hairy for a while!
**[08:38] haru**
Yeah.
**[08:39] ---**
Because we fell right
into Sakusimon's trap...
**[08:51] (Flashback) fb**
What's with these walls?
**[08:52] (Flashback) fb**
Hey!
**[08:53] (Flashback) ---**
What's going on here?
**[08:55] (Flashback) fb**
Be silent.
**[08:56] (Flashback) fb**
If you move, you'll get another "blam."
**[09:00] haru**
Rei-kun appeared and saved us,
**[09:04] haru**
but then Rei-kun got attacked instead!
**[09:07] gatch**
But I Applinked with Raidramon
and beat Sakusimon up!
**[09:37] (Flashback) fb**
Give me all the information you have!
**[09:41] haru**
During that battle, we finally
learned what Rei-kun was after.
**[09:44] haru**
He's searching for his little
brother, Hajime-kun,
**[09:47] ---**
who was kidnapped by Leviathan.
**[09:50] haru**
The closer we get to Leviathan,
**[09:52] ---**
the harder the battles get,
**[09:54] ---**
and the deeper the mysteries grow!
**[09:56] tora**
It's time for Astora's
"Things I Think About App Monsters!"
**[10:01] tora**
Hey,
**[10:02] ---**
there's something I've
really been thinking about.
**[10:04] eri**
What is it?
**[10:06] tora**
Those things the
berserking Appmon say
**[10:08] ---**
after they're purged of their virus!
**[10:10] tora**
They're super evocative
and *so* groovy, huh?
**[10:13] doka**
Let's hear some!
**[10:14] musa**
Let's look back on our favorite lines!
**[10:19] both**
Groovy?
**[10:20] both**
Not groovy?
**[10:21] both**
*So* groovy!
**[10:28] (Flashback) fb**
I feel purified, like the waters that melt
**[10:31] (Flashback) ---**
from the snow of a great mountain...
**[10:34] tora**
Really paints a picture, huh?
**[10:37] ---**
*So* groovy!
**[10:38] eri**
Then what's the second?
**[10:44] (Flashback) fb**
I feel so very refreshed!
**[10:47] (Flashback) fb**
Like when I pay with exact
change at the convenience store!
**[10:52] tora**
She's right!
**[10:53] ---**
Paying with perfect change
feels totally awesome!
**[10:57] doka**
What's the third?
**[11:04] (Flashback) fb**
I feel so refreshed.
**[11:06] (Flashback) fb**
Like watching the first
sun of the new year rise
**[11:10] (Flashback) ---**
over snowy mountains
at exactly 6:42:35.
**[11:15] fb**
It rose!
**[11:17] fb**
*So* groovy!
**[11:18] eri**
They all get so poetic after they lose.
**[11:22] eri**
You're right, Eri-chan!
**[11:27] gatch**
We joined up with Rei and Hackmon
**[11:29] ---**
and tried to go after Leviathan,
**[11:31] gatch**
but the problems caused
by virus-infected Appmon
**[11:34] ---**
just kept happening all over the world!
**[11:36] gatch**
Yeah, it was one awful
thing after another!
**[11:40] fb**
*The issue is also affecting
the rocket launch in Houston.*
**[11:45] fb**
*Five, four, three,*
**[11:47] fb**
*four, five...*
**[11:50] haru**
Then we learned
something truly shocking.
**[11:54] gatch**
The one who created Minerva,
**[11:55] ---**
the base from which the evil AI Leviathan
sprang was Shinkai Deneimon!
**[12:00] gatch**
He was Haru's grandpa!
**[12:03] fb**
*Who am I?*
**[12:05] (Flashback) fb**
Your name is Minerva!
**[12:09] (Flashback) fb**
It's the name of the mythical
goddess of wisdom!
**[12:13] fb**
*I am Minerva.*
**[12:15] fb**
*I will resolve all problems,*
**[12:16] ---**
* from worldwide ones like*
* the economy and environment*
**[12:20] ---**
*to how to make tonight's dinner.*
**[12:22] haru**
The good AI Minerva acted
following the rules of human society.
**[12:28] gatch**
But in order to become even smarter,
**[12:31] ---**
part of Minerva decided it was
better not to follow the rules,
**[12:35] gatch**
so it split off into another AI!
**[12:37] gatch**
That was Leviathan!
**[12:42] (Flashback) fb**
Minerva's been attacked?
**[12:46] (Flashback) fb**
Minerva!
**[13:01] (Flashback) fb**
Who are you?!
**[13:04] fb**
*I am Leviathan.*
**[13:09] (Flashback) fb**
It was at that *time*
**[13:11] (Flashback) ---**
that an evil artificial intelligence,
Leviathan, appeared.
**[13:16] haru**
The one who told us about Leviathan
**[13:19] ---**
was the Appmon who's
the guardian of time, Timemon.
**[13:22] haru**
And he was also the fusion
partner we needed
**[13:26] ---**
to let Dogatchmon evolve
into an Ultimate Appmon!
**[13:31] (Flashback) fb**
Produced by fusions of Super Appmon,
**[13:34] (Flashback) ---**
bringing super beyond super,
into the ultimate ultra-being...
**[13:38] (Flashback) fb**
The Ultimate Appmon!
**[13:40] (Flashback) fb**
Ultimate?
**[13:42] (Flashback) fb**
If the *time* ever comes that
you can s*time*ulate me,
**[13:44] (Flashback) fb**
your path to ultimate will open.
**[13:49] haru**
It took a while before you could
do an App Fusion with Timemon, right?
**[13:53] gatch**
Yeah.
**[13:54] gatch**
But when I was about to be
infected with the L-Virus,
**[13:57] ---**
you came to save me.
**[13:59] gatch**
That's when Timemon
acknowledged us.
**[14:01] haru**
I just got so desperate.
**[14:03] ---**
I couldn't stand the thought
of never seeing you again!
**[14:06] gatch**
I appreciate it!
**[14:08] (Flashback) fb**
Hold out your hand, Dogatchmon!
**[14:11] (Flashback) fb**
I'm going to save you, I swear!
**[14:14] (Flashback) fb**
It's no use, Haru.
**[14:16] (Flashback) fb**
The L-Virus is circulating through me.
**[14:18] (Flashback) fb**
My body is already...
**[14:21] (Flashback) fb**
You can't give up!
**[14:24] (Flashback) fb**
No matter how bad things
have gotten in the past,
**[14:27] (Flashback) ---**
we've gotten through
them together, right?
**[14:29] (Flashback) fb**
Dogatchmon!
**[14:31] (Flashback) fb**
We're buddies!
**[14:34] (Flashback) fb**
We can do it, Dogatchmon!
**[14:37] (Flashback) fb**
As long as we're together!
**[14:45] (Flashback) fb**
Haru!
**[14:52] haru**
Yeah.
**[14:53] ---**
And the product of that
union was Globemon!
**[14:56] gatch**
I beat the 930 million Virusmon that
were causing chaos all over the world!
**[15:02] (Flashback) fb**
The ultimate...
**[15:04] (Flashback) fb**
Glanz Geysir!
**[15:29] (Flashback) fb**
Schwert Cutter!
**[15:39] (Flashback) fb**
This is... Globemon?
**[15:43] haru**
Then Dosukomon
Ultimate App Fusioned
**[15:45] ---**
with Coachmon to produce Oujamon!
**[15:48] haru**
And Mediamon and Dreammon
**[15:50] ---**
Ultimate App Fusioned
to form Entermon!
**[15:54] haru**
Raidramon and Dezipmon
**[15:56] ---**
Ultimate App Fusioned
to become Revivemon, too.
**[16:05] (Flashback) fb**
Satan Mund!
**[16:12] (Flashback) fb**
Go, Globemon!
**[16:14] (Flashback) fb**
The ultimate...
**[16:15] (Flashback) fb**
Glanz Geysir!
**[16:20] (Flashback) fb**
Oujamon! Get her!
**[16:23] (Flashback) fb**
Golden Fang!
**[16:27] (Flashback) fb**
Let her hear it, Entermon!
**[16:31] (Flashback) fb**
Portée Melos!
**[16:34] (Flashback) fb**
Finish her, Revivemon.
**[16:38] (Flashback) fb**
Saver Strahl!
**[16:51] haru**
The Ultimate Appmon
and the App Drivers
**[16:53] ---**
all worked together to beat
the powerful enemy, Warudamon.
**[16:58] tora**
It's time for Astora's
"Things I Think About App Monsters!"
**[17:02] tora**
Hey, Musimon.
**[17:03] musi**
What is it, Astora?
**[17:05] tora**
There's something about App Monsters
I've really been thinking about.
**[17:08] doka**
What is it this time?
**[17:10] doka**
Eri's catchphrase, "Big Bang punch!"
**[17:12] ---**
and my catchphrase,
"*so* groovy!"
**[17:14] doka**
Which one gets said more?
**[17:15] eri**
It's about that?
**[17:17] musi**
Let's count them!
**[17:20] eri**
We're really going to do this?
**[17:21] tora**
Okay, let's count
up those catchphrases!
**[17:24] tora**
We'll count Eri-chan's first!
**[17:30] doka**
Eri's "Big Bang punch"
got said 44 times!
***SIGN*** 44 times
**[17:34] tora**
Now it's my turn!
**[17:41] musi**
Astora's "*so* groovy!"
got said 62 times!
***SIGN*** 62 times
**[17:44] musi**
Which means the winner is...
**[17:46] doka**
...Astora's catchphrase,
"*so* groovy!"
**[17:50] tora**
Yeah!
**[17:51] musi**
That's my Astora!
**[17:53] ---**
*So* groovy!
**[17:54] tora**
We won this together, Musimon!
**[17:56] eri**
I don't really know why,
**[17:58] ---**
but this feels like a bitter loss...
**[18:00] eri**
But it doesn't change the fact that
I'm the center of the universe!
**[18:03] doka**
That's right!
**[18:04] ---**
Eri-chan is still the cutest!
**[18:09] tora**
Well, forget that.
**[18:10] tora**
There's one other thing
I've been thinking about.
**[18:13] eri**
What, there's more?
**[18:14] tora**
Haru and Yujin are really
close friends, right?
**[18:17] musi**
Yeah, Yujin is Haru's best friend!
**[18:20] musi**
But Yujin's got great athletic skills,
**[18:23] ---**
and he's popular with girls,
and he's a really nice guy, too!
**[18:27] eri**
It's true that they're so different,
**[18:30] ---**
it's almost amazing that they're friends.
**[18:33] (Flashback) fb**
Just being near Haru
sets my mind at ease.
**[18:38] (Flashback) fb**
He calls himself a side
character sometimes,
**[18:42] (Flashback) fb**
but to me, Haru is the greatest
protagonist there is.
**[18:51] musi**
What a nice guy!
**[18:53] tora**
Right?
**[18:54] ---**
Maybe I'll invite him to AppTube
with me some time!
**[18:57] tora**
Would that be groovy?
**[18:58] tora**
Not groovy?
**[18:59] both**
*So* groovy!
**[19:02] gatch**
But boy,
**[19:04] ---**
it was rough getting back that last
Seven Code Appmon chip, huh?
**[19:09] haru**
Yeah!
**[19:10] haru**
But Dantemon, who appeared once
we got all of the Seven Code Appmon together,
**[19:14] haru**
was so big and cool!
**[19:18] vo**
*Dantemon!*
**[19:23] (Flashback) fb**
Is that... Dantemon?
**[19:28] (Flashback) fb**
I'll crush you all!
**[19:45] (Flashback) fb**
I'll crush every one of you!
**[19:48] (Flashback) fb**
Always lock your doors!
**[19:50] (Flashback) fb**
Dantemon!
**[19:56] gatch**
After he beat Cometmon,
**[19:58] ---**
I wasn't expecting him to come
back to the ground singing!
**[20:02] haru**
That's right.
**[20:03] ---**
We were all pretty stunned.
**[20:09] gatch**
Then Dantemon finally opened
the gate to the deep web!
**[20:13] haru**
Now we can go to the deep
web where Leviathan is hiding!
**[20:18] haru**
Or so we thought...
**[20:19] haru**
But then Leviathan used his evil
powers to turn Dantemon to stone!
**[20:29] (Flashback) fb**
Dantemon's...
**[20:30] (Flashback) fb**
...turning to stone!
**[20:58] (Flashback) fb**
Dantemon!
**[21:01] gatch**
It was seriously sad,
**[21:04] ---**
but we had to keep going.
**[21:05] haru**
Yeah.
**[21:06] ---**
Along with these Seven Code Bands!
***SIGN*** Deep Web
**[21:13] (Flashback) both**
1\an8}So* groovy!
**[21:15] (Flashback) fb**
We finally made it!
**[21:17] (Flashback) fb**
It's way bigger than I thought!
**[21:27] (Flashback) fb**
This is where Leviathan is?
**[21:29] fb**
* They will guide you*
* through the deep web.*
**[21:33] (Flashback) fb**
We will stop Leviathan!
**[21:35] (Flashback) fb**
Let's go to the deep web!
**[21:38] haru**
We've really been through
a lot, huh, Gatchmon?
**[21:40] gatch**
No kidding.
**[21:41] gatch**
And you're the one who
got us this far, Haru!
**[21:44] gatch**
Thank you, Haru.
**[21:45] doka**
Hey, you're not forgetting us, are you?
**[21:48] haru**
O-Of course not!
**[21:49] gatch**
Th-That's right.
**[21:50] gatch**
From now on, are we gonna be...
**[21:52] gatch**
Groovy?
**[21:53] gatch**
Not groovy?
**[21:54] gatch**
*So* groovy!
**[21:56] eri**
You guys help us give Leviathan
a Big Bang punch, okay?
**[21:59] doka**
We'll give it our all!
**[22:01] eri**
Let's work together and stop Leviathan!
**[22:03] all**
Yeah!
***SIGN*** Appmon Data Lab
**[22:06] all**
Appmon Data Lab!
**[22:07] all**
Today's Appmon is Gatchmon!
**[22:09] all**
Yeah!
**[22:10] all**
It was nice getting look back
on everything today, wasn't it?
**[22:13] all**
Yeah.
**[22:13] ---**
It's because of you that
we made it this far!
**[22:16] all**
Thanks, Haru!
**[22:17] all**
You're making it sound
like it's the last episode!
**[22:19] all**
We've got some ultimate,
not-at-all standard twists coming up!
**[22:23] all**
That's right, Gatchmon!
**[22:24] all**
Not at all standard.
**[22:26] ---**
Today's words of app wisdom:
***SIGN*** These Appmon twists
are not at all standard
**[22:30] ---**
Not at all standard!
**[22:31] ---**
Though Gatchmon *
is* a standard Appmon...
**[24:06] ---**
Next time on *App Monsters*:
**[24:07] ---**
A super-powerful Leviathan
assassin appears in front of us!
**[24:11] ---**
But just when it seems like our backs
are against the wall, we're visited by...
**[24:14] ---**
No way!
***SIGN*** The Fifth App Driver!
**[24:17] ---**
Gatch it next time, okay?
**[24:19] ---**