Digital Symbiosis

Digital Symbiosis
Takato Matsuda/Takato Matsuki and Guilmon (Digimon Tamers) using Matrix Evolution/Biomerge Digivolution to become Gallantmon.
Power/Ability to:	Gain powers by hosting digital beings in one's body.

The power to gain powers by hosting digital/data-based beings in one's body. Variation of Symbiosis. Not to be confused with Digital Soul or Organism-Artificial Intelligence Synergy.

Also Called

• Artificial Intelligence/AI Fusion/Symbiosis
• Byte/Data Fusion/Symbiosis
• Digital Fusion
• Computer Program Fusion/Symbiosis
• Software Fusion/Symbiosis

Capabilities

The user can gain powers by hosting digital/data-based beings in one's body. These can include sentient computer programs (A.I.'s), destructive computer viruses/malware or even living data bytes. The connection may or may not render the host into a digital being, but it still offers a number of special data and technological powers. As with other forms of Symbiosis, it can come with a price.

Applications

• Artificial Intelligence Physiology
• Cyberspace Manipulation
• Data Manipulation
  • Computer Virus Manipulation
  • Data Conversion
  • Digital Energy Manipulation
    • Digital Constructs
    • Digital Power Link
      • Digital Empowerment
  • Digital Interaction
    • Self Data Manipulation
  • Download
  • Scanning
• Electronic Communication
• Sentient Program Physiology
  • Computer Virus Physiology
  • Digital Form
• Technology Manipulation
  • Computer Interaction

Associations

• Cyber Mode
• Digital Evolution
  • Digital Soul
• Symbiosis
  • Continuum Symbiosis
  • Mechanical Symbiosis

Limitations

• Data Absorption/Erasure/Digital Negation
• The digital entity may completely take over the host's mind and/or body (Possession).
• If organic, the host's body may reject the symbiosis after extended periods of time.
• May be dangerous to the user.
• A powerful digital entity may harm or even destroy the host's body.
• Copious amounts of data may overwhelm the host's mind.

Known Users

• Yui Kasuga (Corrector Yui)
• Danny Fenton/Danny Phantom (Danny Phantom); with his online avatar
• Victor Stone/Cyborg (DC Comics); with Grid
• Tamers (Digimon Tamers); with Digimon via Matrix Evolution/Biomerge Digivolution
  • Lee Jianliang/Henry Wong; with Terriermon
  • Rika Makino/Rika Nonaka; with Renamon
  • Ryo Akiyama; with Cyberdramon
  • Takato Matsuda/Takato Matsuki; with Guilmon
• Arata Sanada (Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth)
• Kyoko Kuremi (Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth); with Alphamon
• Rie Kishibe (Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth); with Crusadermon
• Yuuko Kamishiro (Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth); as Eater Eden
• Erika Mishima (Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth: Hacker’s Memory); as Hudiemon
• Dexter Douglas/Freakazoid! (Freakazoid!)
• Gridman's hosts (Gridman the Hyper Agent)
  • Naoto Sho
  • Hikari Kaizaki (Diaclone VS. Gridman)
  • Yuta Hibiki (SSSS.GRIDMAN)
• Takeshi Todo (Gridman the Hyper Agent); with Gridman Sigma
• Yasuho Hirose (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 8: JoJolion); with Paisley Park
• Kurosaki Reiji/Kamen Rider G Den-O (Kamen Rider Den-O/Kamen Rider Decade); with Eve, formerly
• Chase/Kamen Rider Protodrive/Mashin Chaser/Kamen Rider Chaser (Kamen Rider Drive); with Krim Steinbelt, formerly
• Heart/Kamen Rider Heart (Kamen Rider Drive); with Krim Steinbelt, temporarily
• Shinnosuke Tomari/Kamen Rider Drive (Kamen Rider Drive); with Krim Steinbelt
• X (Mega Man X/Zero); with Cyber Peacock
• Omega (Mega Man Zero); with Dark Elf
• Cross Fusion users (Mega Man NT Warrior); with Net Navi
• URL (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes)
• Chad Wilson/Merry Powell/Circuit Breaker (Whateley Academy); with Mai

Gallery

When Danny Fenton/Danny Phantom (Danny Phantom) used the Fenton Helmet to overshadow his video game avatar to enter in the video game, he also merged himself with the avatar and his powers with power-ups in the video game Doomed.

Victor Stone/Cyborg (DC Comics) utilized the program Grid for his own uses before it acquired sentience and evil.

Lee Jianliang/Henry Wong and Terriermon (Digimon Tamers) using Matrix Evolution/Biomerge Digivolution to become...

...SaintGalgomon/MegaGargomon.

Rika Makino/Rika Nonaka and Renamon (Digimon Tamers) using Matrix Evolution/Biomerge Digivolution to become...

...Sakuyamon.

Ryo Akiyama and Cyberdramon (Digimon Tamers) using Matrix Evolution/Biomerge Digivolution to become...

...Justimon.

Due to the intervention of Akemi Suedo, Arata Sanada (Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth) fused with an Eater, gaining the ability to strengthen himself by absorbing data from other digital entities...

...eventually evolving into Eater Adam after absorbing enough data.

After her mental data was eaten by an Eater, Kyoko Kuremi's (Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth) body was possessed by Alphamon.

After her mental data was eaten by an Eater, Rie Kishibe's (Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth) body was possessed by Crusadermon.

Yuuko Kamishiro (Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth) was forcibly fused with Eaters, becoming Eater Eve.

At the climax of the game, Erika Mishima (Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth: Hacker's Memory) fused with Wormmon, becoming Hudiemon.

Dexter Douglas/Freakazoid! (Freakazoid!)

Naoto Sho (Gridman the Hyper Agent) was the first host of Gridman who could transform into the Hyper Agent.

Yuta Hibiki (SSSS.GRIDMAN) is the third host of Gridman.

Yasuho Hirose's (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 8: JoJolion) Stand, Paisley Park

X (Mega Man X) acquires Aiming Laser from combining with Cyber Peacock's programming.