In the later Digimon series, Angewomon evolves into Magnadramon. Once again, this transformation totally upends the design, going from humanoid to a serpent-like dragon with a lion-like face ...

The giant bird Digimon also has nothing to do with the lion-theme Koichi possesses after he's freed from Cherubimon's control. Being based around the mechanics of different Digimon merging ...