. : In The Television Show : .

Impmon's origin began on "Digimon Tamers." As soon as you see him, you can tell that he's a bratty, wise-cracking type, and it was a definitely a departure from the heroes from the previous seasons of Digimon. As the show went along, Impmon was going to be one of the main enemies until the midpoint of the series. (Fury and Myself refer to him as the "Tough Sweetheart" because of this. Hee hee.)All of this serves to illustrate how powerfully Impmon was to affect the storyline. However, from the beginning the writers found that they could not release Impmon's full potential and attractive charm as an enemy that is powerful from the start. Some of the early main visuals (advertising posters, etc) make Impmon appear to be a sinister, demonic, powerful figure, but as you can see from the series, they chose not to take that route. Impmon is a digimon who wants to become powerful. This is a natural urge in a digimon. However, Impmon is still childish in many ways, and he did not have a happy relationship with his partners. The strength that Impmon longs for is, as a result, a very dangerous thing. In order to digivolve into his Ultimate form, the powerful Beelzemon, Impmon makes a "deal with the devil," symbolically selling his soul to the Deva. I suppose that's where his "evil side" came in. Mr. Motoki Yoshimura wrote the first episode that Impmon appears in. Mr. Yoshimura had a great deal of experience writing such villains as Puppetmon, and he gave Impmon his sarcastic, acerbic, yet not-entirely-unloveable voice. Everything after that-- particularly the relationship between Impmon and his two young partners, his agreement with the Deva, his digivolution, his depression, and finally his digivolution to Blast Mode in a desperate attempt to save Jeri -- these were all penned by Mr. Maekawa. Many of these episodes were also directed by Mr. Maekawa and Mr. Shibata. At first, it was sheer coincidence that Mr. Maekawa was in charge of so many episodes featuring Impmon. But after the mid-point of the series, Mr. Maekawa was constantly cognizant of what was happening, and adjusted the script-writing rotation and series direction so that Mr. Maekawa would be writing Impmon. Mr. Hiroki Takahashi was cast for the role of Impmon in the Japanese version. Since Impmon would eventually digivolve into Beelzemon, it was decided that there should be a male actor from the start. (If you were wondering how some of the smaller, cuter villians have such a high pitch voice, now you know!) Just as hoped, Mr. Takahashi played both Impmon and Beelzemon with great skill. . : Special Thanks to Konaka.com
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. : Within The Role Play : .

As with Digimon Tamers, Impmon plays a very signifigant and effecting part in the role play. So much, in fact, he is practically the star of it. Though most of the storyline has changed, his past was completely kept. That part is mostly noticable when he upsets someone or feels guilty. (Before Draco & I had viewed all of the Digimon Tamers episodes to find out what happened in the end, Impmon would consistently have flashbacks of his tamers pulling on his arms.) This is also shown in an episode in which AncientGreymon was making all the characters see their nightmares happening right before their eyes. Impmon's was being haunted by Indaramon. (If I forgot to mention such an important detail, Indaramon is basically the cause of all of Impmon's depression, aside from his partners when they were taking him for granted.)Later on, Impmon seems to be helpful to the rest of the characters, rather than an annoying little brat in their way. Impmon tends to quarrel most with Jolteon, but they're still friends.

++Romantic Interests?++

I beg, I PLEAD no flames ! ><; It's just a game, really. Well, Impmon has been with my main character, Luna, for a bit now... When's it gonna be my turn ?! ><;

Me: *80 years old* Any day now...

0_o; Err, eh. Yeah. ^^; There's a lot of very weird stuff that goes along with this relationship, but you'll prolly find out more about the mushy stuff on Luna's page, since I know Impmon prolly wouldn't like me to talk about it on his. (Except... Luna's page isn't made yet. *ker-cough*) ^^; Until then!

. : Under Construction : .

I do not own Impmon or any other Digimon characters.

Impmon (c) Digimon Tamers, Digimon, Sensation Animation, Bandai