Trailmon
Trailmon is a
Digimon from the Digimon series. They serve as transportion in Digimon Frontier. They resemble trains and have the ability to connect the real world to the Digital World. There are several types of Trailmon who differ vastly in appearance; however there are sometimes more than one Trailmon of each type, as shown when the DigiDestined encounter an old Angler. All of the Trailmon (except Ball the Trailmon who has no dialogue) are played by
Dave Wittenberg.
Worm the Trailmon
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Color: brown with four yellow eyes
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Japanese voice actor: Yanagisawa Eiji*
Name origin: Worm slightly resembles a sort of caterpillar.
Worm carried all of the Chosen Children except
Kouji Minamoto (who rode on Angler instead) to the Digital World for the first time.
Angler the Trailmon
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Color: light blue with one red eye
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Japanese voice actor: Kamibeppu Hitoshi(1st one),
Daisuke Ishikawa (3rd)
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Name origin: An
angler is a type of fish with a phospherescent appendage growing out of its head to lure its prey to it. This appendage looks exactly like the light sticking out of Angler's head.
Angler is the train that took Kouji to the Digital World. He is quite fond of chocolate.
NOTE: Dave Wittenberg plays him in the style of Heimlich the Caterpillar from
A Bug's Life.
Mole the Trailmon
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Color: pink with two green eyes
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Japanese voice actor:Paku Romi*
Name origin: He resembles a mole.
Mole is the only Trailmon that won't carry passengers because he is very ticklish. However, he does let
Zoe Orimoto ride him during a race among the Trailmon.
NOTE: Dave Wittenberg plays him in the style of
Droopy Dog.
Franken the Trailmon
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Color: red with two green eyes
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Japanese voice actor:Nagano Yoshikazu*
Name origin: frankenstien
Franken carries Kouji around the Digital World. He likes to sleep.
Raccoon Dog the Trailmon
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Color: light green with two red eyes
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Japanese voice actor:*
Name origin: A
raccoon dog, also known as
tanuki, is an Asian animal that's related to the dog family, but has a mask like a raccoon. The light green Trailmon also has a mask like this.
Raccoon Dog first appears in the Trailmon race.
Kettle the Trailmon
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Color:yellow with two blue eyes
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Japanese voice actor:Sakaguchi Daisuke*
Name origin: kettle
Kettle helps the DigiDestined - and
Seraphimon's egg - escape from the evil human-spirit Digimon. However,
Grumblemon and
Arbormon spy on him and trace his route back to the DigiDestined.
Buffalo the Trailmon
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Color: dusky purple with one green eye and three yellow horns
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Japanese voice actor: Tomoyuki Shimura*
Name origin: His two side horns look like a buffalo's.
He laughs a lot and nearly runs over the DigiDestined in episode five - however they take a ride on him later, in episode 17. He bullies Worm during the race.
Dark the Trailmon
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Color: black with one red eye
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Japanese voice actor: Kouji Ishii*
Name origin: He is dark in color, and he runs from the Dark Terminal to the Digital World.
NOTE: Dave Wittenberg plays him in the style of Hal 9000 from
2001: A Space Odyssey.
Ball the Trailmon
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Color: lime green with one blue eye
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Name origin: He's shaped like a ball.
The DigiDestined are shown riding Ball in the beginning of the movie
Revival of the Ancient Digimon/Island of the Lost Digimon, and he is the first Trailmon to appear on a battle card (#Bo-99t). His attacks are Cool Running and Break Spark, and he can evolve from
Hagurumon,
ToyAgumon, or
Solarmon.
Trailmon C-89
Trailmon C-89 appears in Digimon Next.