Ep. 53: The DigiDestined face Apocalymon after their Crests are shattered and they are deleted into data space.
Aired on March 19, 2000

Despite defeating the Dark Masters, the Digital World faces total destruction from Apocalymon, the true mastermind born from rejected Digimon data. He reveals his hatred for the DigiDestined, replicates past attacks, and regresses their partners to their usual forms. Using Devimon's Dark Claw, he shatters the Crests and deletes the children and Digimon into the data space. There, their partners encourage them with shared memories, revealing that true Crest power resides within them. Empowered by this realization, the DigiDestined digivolve their partners into their strongest forms and return to the Digital World to confront Apocalymon once more.
Episodes
- Ep. 49 · Kari reunites with allies and uses her crest to empower Digimon against WaruMonzaemon and Machinedramon.
- Ep. 50 · The Digidestined confront Piedmon and LadyDevimon while Joe and Mimi find Elecmon.
- Ep. 51 · Matt and Sora confront inner darkness while Matt and Tai's friendship heals WarGreymon.
- Ep. 52 · Piedmon reveals a keychain ability, but Angemon digivolves to MagnaAngemon to defeat him.
- Ep. 53 · The DigiDestined face Apocalymon after their Crests are shattered and they are deleted into data space.
- Ep. 54 · The DigiDestined face Apocalymon's final attack and prepare to return home