Bastemon is a Beastkin Digimon. It loves to be showy and has a sly personality, and its specialty is using its charmingly sparkling eyes and the jewels worn all over its body to bewitch the opponent, allowing it to manipulate them as it desires. Generally, if one becomes the victim of Bastemon's glamour, they are completely eviscerated. Although it excels in nimbleness with its flexible movements, it is also powerful despite its appearance, and the claws on its hands are sharp enough to cut even a rock to pieces. It is said to be at loggerheads with Nefertimon, who is an avatar of light.[4]
Attacks
- Witch Warp[5] (Helter Skelter): Beguiles the opponent with the bewitching charms of its belly dance. In Digimon World 3, this attack causes Digimon to de-digivolve back into their Rookie stage.
- Mind Fogger[6] (Vampire Dance): Gets close to the opponent while dancing, then sucks out all the blood in their body, down to the last drop.
- Vampire Jewel (きゅうけつアメジスト, Kyūketsu Amejisuto?, lit. "Vampire Amethyst")
Design
Bastemon resembles a humanoid nekomata dressed in a form of Egyptian badlah. Its therianthrope design and Egyptian aesthetic are inspired by Bastet, an Egyptian cat-headed goddess, and its "Mind Fogger" and "Vampire Jewel" attacks may be inspired by the Vampire Cat of Nabeshima.
Bastemon has light brown skin with fur like a bengal cat, purple eyes, and long, braided red hair collected in a hair ornament tipped with a large diamond. Its arms are long and gangly, and both its arm and leg paws have lengthy, magenta claws. It wears a lavender yashmak, red crescent-shaped pasties, leopard-print şalvar, and a henna mehndi on its bare midriff. In
St-628: Bastemon, Bastemon's fur instead resembles a black Abyssinian cat.
Bastemon wears a large assortment of jewelry, including a simple gold diadem with a crimson jewel, gold disc earrings, a carnelian necklace, a gold hinged bracelet with an azure jewel around its upper arm, many gold bangles around its forearms, ankles, and tails, many gold and crimson-jeweled signet rings on each finger and toe, gold bands with crimson jewels around its forefeet, ornate gold finger stalls, gold girdles, and a gold Cleopatra belt.
In episodes 10 through 14 of Digimon Fusion, Bastemon's pasties are replaced with a yellow bandeau. In episode 22 onward, this bandeau is colored red, and in the Digimon Fusion Collectible Card Game, Digimon Fusion Fighters, and Digimon New Century, the red bandeau is given a gold trim.
Etymologies
- Bastemon (バステモン)
Official romanization given by the Digimon Reference Book and used in Japanese and some American English media.
- Bastet. Mythological Egyptian cat goddess of protection.
- Persiamon
Name used in Digimon World 3 and American English media.
- Persia. Probably refers to both the country of Persia and the Persian longhair breed.
- Beastmon
Name used in Digimon Fusion and American English media.
Fiction
Digimon Fusion
A statue of what seems to be a masculine Beastmon appears in Bastia Castle. Ice To See You, Angie!
Digimon Fusion Fighters
Digimon Ghost Game
Bastemon controls an army of cats. It was defeated by Thetismon after drinking some of her blood that was laced with catnip, which put her into a drunken stupor. Bakeneko
Digimon World 3
Persiamon is Asuka's Game Master's final Digimon. Persiamon is a threat because of its ability to attack hits 4 times, its "Helter Skelter" technique which de-digivolves your partner Digimon to its Rookie level, whilst "Vampire Jewel" absorbs MP. Persiamon has massive amounts of HP; however it takes much higher damage from Fire techniques.
It drops Charm Gas but cannot be stolen from.
In Digimon World 2003, after defeating Galacticmon, the Zhu Que Leader has a Persiamon as her second Digimon.
Digimon Story: Super Xros Wars Blue and Red
Beastmon DigiFuses from Gatomon, Lekismon, and Wendigomon, and can DigiFuse to Dianamon with Crescemon and Taomon, and to GranDracmon with Matadormon, Sangloupmon, Dracmon, and Lucemon Chaos Mode.
Digimon Masters
Bastemon digivolves from Mikemon and Witchmon and can digivolve to Lilithmon (Mikemon) or Barbamon (Witchmon).
Digimon Heroes!
Bastemon digivolves from Nefertimon.
Digimon Soul Chaser
Bastemon digivolves from Mikemon.
Digimon New Century
Bastemon digivolves from Witchmon and can digivolve to Babamon.
Notes and references
- ↑ Bastemon's Beastkin type is localized as the Beast type in Digimon Fusion, "Ice To See You, Angie!" [11]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Digimon Masters
- ↑ Digimon Fusion, "Final Fusion - The Fight For Earth!" [54]
- ↑ Digimon Reference Book: Bastemon
- ↑ This attack retains its original name of "Helter Skelter" in Digimon World 3 and Digimon Masters.
- ↑ This attack retains its original name of "Vampire Dance" in Digimon Masters