most "infamous" rookie

[Lord Patamon]

Heck, I think Patamon should be more notorious- not as himself, but with his ability to digivolve into kickass angel digimon made him my favorite ever rookie when I was a child, because I favored power over presentation. X3 Now I'd go for the more aesthetic Veemon. I dunno. He's just cute, has reasonably attractive digivolve forms (if you're into that sort of thing- or if you're me.) and- and- he's a dragon! XD

*Points at Psycho Backslasher an yells* Traitor!! You changed Patamon for a dragon digimon!

lol! had to do that XD

Anyhow I agree with Psycho Backslasher on that Patamon should be more notorious, I mean even as a rookie he did had his moments like saving TK in 01 from ending crashing at the bottom of the waterfall and saving Veemon from get crushed by Virus MetalGreymon (Storm of Friendship episode), and don't forget the fight with Elecmon, he didn't felt intimidated by Elecmon, he fought him and gave him a pretty good fight till TK stopped them and even so, on the Tug-O-War game Patamon showed he isn't that weak, I mean sending Elecmon flying by just pulling the rope with his teeth sure is an achievement for such small digimon ^^

Patamon was a digimon that kept trying not matter if the odds were against him :)

I think that is not just power what can make a digimon well known or respected, it is also his or her will force, how he or she doesn't gives up, etc. Power isn't all. ^^