History Anime / DigimonFrontier

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* AllegedLookalikes: Being brothers, Koji and Koichi naturally have some sort of resemblance to one another, yet characters seem to marvel at them sharing an appearance. However, to the viewer, much like with Kagome and Kikyo in ''Manga/InuYasha'', they don't particularly resemble one another beyond the things other characters have in common due to having the same art style (in other words, one could probably give another character the same hair color as the brothers and they'd look no different.) ''Maybe'' Koichi's totally different skintone could be from him spending more time in the sun than Koji. (It leads up to their being revealed as each other's long-lost twin. Fraternal twins ''do'' exist, but again, we get "they look exactly alike!" OnceAnEpisode.)

* LoveTriangle: Zoe is at the center of what amounts to a love-polygon involving her peers. Officially, Junpei has a blatant crush on her and she comes very close to confessing an attraction to Takuya[[note]]In turn, he mentions he likes her, though his reaction to his own statement creates ambiguity over whether he meant it in a romantic context or just flubbed a statement of LoveYouAndEverybody. He later has a dream involving them on a date, though.[[/note]], and there's some ambiguous ShipTease with Koji during the first half of the season.

* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler:Lucemon]], who was sealed in the Dark Area millenia ago. Also [=Icedevimon=], who had to be imprisoned by Cherubimon because he was too powerful to destroy outright.

%%* AllYourPowersCombined: Susanoomon. Sephirotmon is an example on the villain's side.

%%** [[spoiler:Kouichi before he's purified.]]
%%** Tommy[=/=]Kumamon in "Welcome to My Nightmare".

%%* CoolTrain: The Trailmon, or at least some of them, like Buffalo and Worm.

%%* {{Cyberspace}}: Digital World
%%* DarkIsNotEvil: Kouichi, [[spoiler:post-HeelFaceTurn.]]

%%* DesignatedGirlFight: Izumi and Ranamon.

%%* FillerVillain: [[CheatersNeverProsper ShadowWereGarurumon]] and Doggymon.
* FireIceLightning: When the 10 Ancient Warrior entrust their spirits to the Three Great Angels, Orphanimon was entrusted with three of them under these elements.

%%* KnightOfCerebus: Things get serious whenever Duskmon shows up.

%%* PrecisionGuidedBoomerang: Sepikmon.

%%* SaveBothWorlds
%%* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler:Lucemon]]. Also [=Icedevimon=].

%%* SolomonDivorce: [[spoiler: Kouji and Kouichi]]

* [[ThreePlusTwo Two Plus Four]]: [[spoiler:Takuya and Kouji's final forms required everyone else to give up their ability to transform.]]
** This can really be said of the team after Takuya and Kouji gain the ability to fusion evolve and the others don't.

* WackyRacing: "Trailmon vs. Trailmon". The villains of the episode are [[ShoutOut a cheater and his cackling cartoon dog]].
** The dub even referenced the TropeNamer by giving Doggymon a fair approximation of [[WesternAnimation/WackyRaces Muttley's]] laugh.

* {{Expy}}: Expies of many of the previous series' Digimon (in various evolutionary levels) appear here.
** The main characters also bear notable similarities to the ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' cast. To be more exact:
*** Takuya is an obvious Taichi/Tai expy, and his evolutions bear many striking similarities to Greymon, including [=EmperorGreymon=], who is basically a [=WarGreymon=] on roids.
*** Kouji is an expy of Yamato/Matt, and his evolutions likewise resemble Garurumon's (especially Garmmon/[=KendoGarurumon=]).
*** Zoe/Izumi combines traits of Mimi and Sora together. While Kazemon bears similarities to Lillymon, Zephyrmon appears to be more along the lines of a Biyomon evolution.
*** Tommy/Tomoki is an expy of Takeru/TK, although his evolutions are closer to resembling Gomamon's and Terriermon's. Notably, his Beast Spirit received a DubNameChange to Kor''ikakumon''.
*** JP/Junpei is a mix of Koshiro/Izzy and Jo/Joe, or at least sort of. His evolutions are similar to the Kabuterimon line, particularly with his Beast Spirit's DubNameChange to [=MetalKabuterimon=].
*** Koichi is pretty similar to Ken (making him to only throwback to someone out of the original ''Adventure'') and his evolutions are similar to [[SacrificialLion Leomon]]; his Beast Spirit's original name was even [=KaiserLeomon=].
*** and finally, [[spoiler:Susanoomon is an obvious Omegamon/Omnimon expy]].
** There is also [=IceDevimon=]'s impression... of Creator/ChristopherWalken.
** [=ShadowWereGarurumon=] and Dogmon are basically [[WesternAnimation/WackyRaces Dick Dastardly and Muttley]] in the dub.
** In the dub, Creator/RichardEpcar voices [=SuperStarmon=] with the same [[Music/ElvisPresley Elvis]] impersonation he gave [[Anime/DigimonAdventure Etemon]].

* CurbStompBattle: The Royal Knights arc can be described as follows: 1) The Royal Knights target an area to absorb its data. 2) The heroes try to stop them. 3) The heroes [[spoiler: lose. Badly.]] 4) Wash, rinse, repeat [[spoiler:until Lucemon is freed.]] The series will NeverLiveItDown.

** The first couple of encounters with Duskmon go like this, too. The first time was because the heroes didn't know what to expect and the second was because Takuya just charged in recklessly.

* DiscOneFinalBoss: Cherubimon.

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** [[spoiler: If we count the legendary warrior spirits, then they actually ''do'' have Digimon partners. Cue the waterworks.]]

** Creator/MonaMarshall ([[Anime/DigimonAdventure Izzy]]) is the BigBad and [[Anime/DigimonSavers not for the last time either]]!
** Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn was given the opportunity to play a larger role than just a digivice shouting "Digivolution" (or "Matrix Digivolution", like she also did in ''Tamers''), leading her to voice Ophanimon.

* CavalryBetrayal: Villainous variation. Arbormon thinks Duskmon is there to lend him support. [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness He is wrong.]]

%%* CombinationAttack: How the team beats Sakakkumon.

* DubInducedPlotHole: The dub adds some lines that say that Koji has problems getting along with his stepmother because "it hurt so much when Mom died", with the distinct implication that he was there to see it. As later episodes prove, this is clearly incorrect because [[spoiler:not only is she not dead, but also if he had been around to ever see his biological mother he would have remembered Koichi, and it's established clearly that the two did not know each other existed]]. Particularly egregious about this is that the living proof of this contradiction ([[spoiler:Koichi]]) appears in the ''very same episode''.

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[[caption-width-right:250:Franchise/PowerRangers, Digimon-Style.]]

** The Italian dub composed a new theme song for its dub.

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The English dub uses a completely new theme song, and while it's different from the Japanese version, it brings a whole different feel from the theme song that was used for the previous seasons.

[[caption-width-right:250:PowerRangers, Digimon-Style.]]

** CampGay [=LordKnightmon=] became the dub's female Crusadermon. Some [[TropesAreTools actually like that]].

** By their actual story roles Takuya and his forms are a {{Red Oni|BlueOni}} [[The Leader Leader]]. Koji is such a great [[RedOniBlueOni BlueOni]] AloofAlly [[TheLancer Lancer]] that he spends the earliest part of the series on his own. Zoe and her wind spirits are TheChick, providing an unfortunate combination of MsFanservice and FauxActionGirl. JP and his thunder spirits are TheBigGuy as physically the largest and most powerful fighters. Tommy is the TagalongKid that the others look out for until he matures enough to take care of himself. Bokomon is TheSmartGuy who cites the lore of the digital world and directs the adventure. Neemon is a PluckyComicRelief CloudCuckooLander.

!!''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' contains examples of:

* AlasPoorVillain
** [[spoiler:Cherubimon doesn't die until we've already learned that he's not responsible for what happened to him. He was corrupted by forces outside his control]]

** Izumi/Fairymon shows some pity towards Ranamon before she defeats her because Ranamon was only nasty due to how pained and empty she was inside, so she hopes purification can heal her ("This digivice will purify your broken heart!") [[LostInTranslation The dub unfortunately removes this]], making Zoe/Kazemon [[MoralDissonance just happy to be rid of her]]...which [[BrokenAesop kind of goes against that particular episode's message.]]

* BatmanGambit: Mercuremon pulls off an impressive one roughly halfway through the series, during the Sakkakumon arc. May also qualify for XanatosGambit, because [[spoiler: if the kids get killed inside Sakkakumon, he wins. If they win, he still does... what he ended up doing.]]

* BigBadEnsemble: Though many of the villains are part of Cherubimon's and Lucemon's armies, there are many that are independent. Snimon, IceDevimon, and Saggitarimon have no association to either of the main antagonists, outside of IceDevimon being Cherubimon's prisoner, and one of the Minomon being a spy for the Wind Factory and reporting to Grumblemon.

* BishonenLine: deliberately invoked, at least in reverse, with the new evolution system. (Which is immediately spun into a RunningGag for Ranamon.) Takuya and Kouji in particular cross ''back'' over the line at Mega/Ultimate level.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Par for course, though has to be the least bitter ending of the bunch, as the heroes don't have Digimon partners to have torn from them. They still have to leave the Digital World and all their friends there behind, however.]]

* BookEnds: Though it didn't end up being the last season, ''Frontier'' appeared to be for a while. In the last episode, Susanoomon declares "AND SO, IT ENDS!" just before dealing the final blow, which parallels the dub name for the first episode of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure''. Furthermore, the last shot of the episode has the caption "The End," rather than "To Be Continued" as it had for all the episodes of the show's US run.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy:

** [[spoiler:Most of the digimon the Digidestined fight due to Lucemon's corrupting influences/viruses, most notably his direct corruption and mind control over Cherubimon).]]

* BreatherEpisode: The Man in the Moon is You, comes right after the defeat of Cherubimon and the first battle with the royal knights and right before the last arc of the series. This episode mostly consists of comic antics as the Digidestined try to escape the moon and get back to the digital world. Notable events include Metalkabuterimon shooting Agunimon out of the cannon on his head.

** Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn, was given the opportunity to play a larger role than just a digivice shouting "Digivolution" (or "Matrix Digivolution", like she also did in ''Tamers''), leading her to voice Ophanimon.

* TheCorruption: A pervasive dark force emanating from Cherubimon causes otherwise good digimon to become mischievous at best, positively evil at worst.
* TheCorrupter: Cherubimon to most of the antagonistic Digimon. ´[[spoiler:Ironically, he himself has been corrupted by Lucemon]].
* CrackPairing: An InUniverse example: Lordknightmon openly ships Kouji and Koichi. Junpei rightfully calls him a freak for this.

* DubNameChange: While every dub of Digimon has this happen, this show's dub use of the trope was just plain ridiculous in how much was changed. An example of this is that almost all of the children's Digimon forms name were changed, sometimes pointlessly so (Wolfmon became Lobomon in the dub, for instance).

*** Zoe/ Izumi combines traits of Mimi and Sora together. While Kazemon bears similarities to Lillymon, Zephyrmon appears to be more along the lines of a Biyomon evolution.

** There is also [=Icedevimon=]'s impression... of Creator/ChristopherWalken.

* FantasyKitchenSink: While Tamers really started the push to start bringing mythology in, incorporating the Four Gods and the Chinese Zodiac, Frontier turned west for its Digimon. Takuya's various Hybrids are derived from Hindu mythology; Garmmon is Garmr, the guardian of [[TheUnderworld Hel]] alongside Hrelsvelgr (who you might know as [[{{Foreshadowing}} Velgrmon]]); Shutumon is based on a Sumerian god of wind (and illness and pestilence); Blizzarmon is very likely a Norse [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker Berserker]] (short version: legendary bear-coat warriors); and Bolgmon is named for the proto-Celtic god of lightning, though the Digimon's actually associated with AncientEgypt and scarabs.

** At one point after [[spoiler:Kouichi joins the team]] the entire group gets hit with an attack so hard it reveals the fractal code of their Spirits, [[spoiler:except for Kouichi who although as hurt as the others never has his Spirits exposed. Guess who is the only person there not ''fully'' in the Digital World?]]

* GroundPunch: Beetlemon occasionally did this when using his Thunder Fist attack, while other times, he would just use it directly against an enemy.
** Gigasmon also did this to try to attack attack Agunimon. The resulting shockwave didn't have quite enough range to land a hit.

* IncestSubtext: PlayedForLaughs in episode 41 when Lordknightmom imagines Koichi and Koiji thanking each other while surrounded by LoveBubbles. He calls it "beautiful" while the the other chosen children call him a weirdo.
* InconsistentDub: ''Frontier'' marks the point where Bandai of America simply stopped caring about keeping ''Digimon'' consistent. None of the dub supporting material's information about [[CallingYourAttacks attacks]] is even remotely consistent with the dub itself for Digimon introduced in ''Frontier'', and even several names are way off![[note]]most egregiously Cherubimon/Kerpymon, Ranamon/Lanamon, Sakkakumon/Sephirothmon, Crusadermon/[=LordKnightmon=][[/note]] The dubbed show itself certainly isn't devoid of problems - it had a chronic habit of mismatching attack names with the correct attack, though it at least had the decency to keep names straight. It's also worth noting that the first episode of the dub had "spirit evolution" called "digivolution," which is the only time the series calls it that.
** Taken to ridiculous levels in the manga [[note]]technically {{manhua}}, as it was originally published in UsefulNotes/HongKong, not Japan[[/note]] adaptation; Takuya and Koji's Fusion forms are called by their Beast Hybrids' names (in Koji's case, interchangeably by the English and Japanese ones), [=MagnaGarurumon]= is called [=KendoGarurumon=], and their attacks are horribly misnamed...it's pretty obvious the translators and adaptors hadn't watched the dub. For a particualarly egregous example, Baromon is referred to as "Baolongshou," a literal transliteration of his name from Chinese.

** One non-speaking cameo featured a Gatomon who was accompanied by a Wizardmon. [[TearJerker/DigimonAdventure Thanks for opening up old wounds, ''Frontier''!]]

** The Royal Knights could very well be the poster child for this trope. During their nine episodes long arc, they spend all of their appearances beating the tar out of the heroes and succeeding their plans, without any real setback. They are only defeated after reaching their final goal.

* {{Kiai}}: ''Everything'' involved shitloads of yelling, especially later forms of Spirit Evolution (giving the impression that the process was in fact quite painful). It got to the point where so much yelling was required that MichaelReisz (Takuya) point-blank ''refused'' to voice [=EmperorGreymon=] for fear of permanently damaging his voice; Creator/DaveWittenberg instead filled in there - where, ironically, almost no shouting was involved.
* [[KidHero Kid Heroes]]:The heroes are pre-teens, with the oldest being 12 years old.

** Ice Devimon seems to fall under this quite nicely. Justified as his seiyuu is none other than Creator/NorioWakamoto. The dub does this as well by having the VA emulate Creator/ChristopherWalken.

* {{Leitmotif}}: All of the human characters have one in the Japanese version, titled "Theme of (character's representative element)". They're actually re-arranged instrumental versions of the characters' respective [[ImageSong Image Song]]s (with the exception of [[spoiler:Kouichi]], whose Theme of Darkness is a rearrange of Kouji's Theme of Light).
* LethalChef: Takuya and Koji in the Kitchen Battle episode, their burgers range from stacking every kind of meat imaginable into a patty, to piling seafood up inside the same bun, to, well basically anything that makes everyone at the restaurant feel sick.

** And [[spoiler:the Royal Knights]]

* LoveTriangle: Zoe is at the center of what amounts to a love-polygon involving her peers. Officially, Junpei has a blatant crush on her and she comes very close to confessing an attraction to Takuya[[note]]In turn, he mentions he likes her, though his reaction to his own statement creates ambiguity over whether he meant it in a romantic context or just flubbed a statement of LikeYouAndEverybody. He later has a dream involving them on a date, though.[[/note]], and there's some ambiguous ShipTease with Koji during the first half of the season.

* MayTheFarceBeWithYou:
** Not a parody exactly, but Koichi's story has many parallels with Anakin's in Revenge of the Sith. Such as being manipulated by a powerful politician who meddled in the Dark Side, having a new identity alongside a black intimidating armor, and his one relative (who we found via a surprising reveal) being the one who brings him towards the "light".

* {{Mons}}: Subverted. In a clear departure from franchise tradition, the human cast ''transforms'' into Digimon, rather than having partners fight on their behalf, lending the show a HenshinHero aesthetic.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: This is done in episode 12. After Takuya grabs Tommy as BurningGreymon, Tommy cries on his eye, and then Takuya notices he was about to hurt him. He then throws a tantrum, destroying rocks before turning back into Takuya, crying. He becomes lost in thought about how his actions could have destroyed everyone and that he shouldn't have been declared a Digidstined.
* MythologyGag: Towards the end of the series, TheHero and TheLancer are able to obtain a Greymon form that uses the KillItWithFire approach and a Garurumon form that's loaded with enough weapons for a MacrossMissileMassacre, respectively. [[spoiler: This is taken to its logical conclusion in the last couple episodes, where they combine into a single Digimon that has the Greymon head on its left wrist, and the Garurumon head on its right wrist.]] Totally a MythologyGag to Anime/DigimonAdventure.

* OverlyLongTongue: Chameleomon in episode 19 and Petaldramon in episode 20 both use their tounges to pull Kazemon and Zephyrmon, repectively.

* ThePsychoRangers: The Dark Legendary Warriors, [[spoiler: at least until they're purified and freed of Cherubimon/Lucemon's control, and ultimately end up going on to be instrumental in defeating Lucemon.]] Their overall BigBad is Cherubimon. TheDragon is Duskmon, [[spoiler: a corrupted [[LukeIAmYourFather relative of one of the heroes]]]] and the most powerful and mature member. The EvilGenius is Mercurymon, who talks in PurpleProse as he plots to take over the team himself. TheBrutes are Arbormon and Grumblemon who are both pretty much DumbMuscle. Grumblemon also acted as the WakeUpCallBoss to let you know things are getting serious. DarkChick is Ranamon who is vain and belittling, and pretty much only around for a DesignatedGirlFight with Zoe.

* QuirkyMinibossSquad: As [[PsychoRangers above]].

* RedemptionDemotion: After being freed of Cherubimon's mind control and given a pair of proper spirits, Kouichi routinely gets his ass kicked by enemies. This is justified as his victories took place on the continent of Darkness which gave him a field power bonus and his later fights where in a place of great light. Nevertheless, he is rendered useless in combat by Takuya and Kouji's later evolutions but so are the others.

* ResetButton: [[spoiler:The Digital World gets restored after Susanoomon finishes royally pwning Lucemon Satan Mode (the dragon and the Lucemon Larva it's protecting. Also, Kouichi's death (see DeadToBeginWith above) also gets reversed when the rest of the Digidestined get sent back to the time when they left, and they hurry to the hospital where Kouichi is dying, before they save him and their digivices turn back into mobile phones.]] This is is part of the Digivices. Returning the data taken by the {{Monster of the Week}} and seeing the area restored stops happening ''really'' early on, but after their final victory, the entire world gets the treatment.
* RuleOfSymbolism: There's alot of pretty clever symbolism present in Sakakkumon, pointed out by [[http://digimon.firstagent.net/2013/04/frontier-episode-24-alone-but-never.html this blog]]. It works pretty well with Mercurymon's SmugSnake hamminess. He's a pretty smart guy and he likes to rub your face in it at every opportunity, and what better way than religious motifs to make him seem deeper than he really is.

** The Darkness Area where Koji and Duskmon duke it out is Tiferet. It means “adornment” and represents balance. Light and dark, giving and receiving, wisdom and emotion all come together here, the sphere that connects to all but one of the others. That could explain its “light on the outside, dark on the inside” portrayal.
** The Ice Area where Takuya battles Ice Leomon is Gevurah, meaning Strength. It's the judgment sphere, where even a usual good guy like Leomon has to face Takuya's wrath.
** The Earth Area JP finds himself in is called Yesod, meaning “foundation.” Basically, it does the dirty work of collecting the energies from other spheres and making something tangible out of them. JP having to balance himself and his shadow in order to discern reality would be the symbolism here, as does making earth the dominant element.

* SacrificialLion: Even if he isn't a Leomon, Kouichi's forms are lions and thus he is still considered to carry on the tradition. In Japan, [=JagerLowemon=]'s name is [=KaiserLeomon=]; while he was not in this form when he died, this is typically counted as yet another victim claimed by the Leomon curse. Also, [=IceLeomon=], a MonsterOfTheWeek; Agunimon suspected that he was being [[MindControl controlled]] by Sakkakumon and thus had to destroy him. However, as no digi-egg was left behind, it seems likely that he was not a real Digimon to begin with ([[spoiler: much like the Mercurymon they fought at the end of that arc proved to be, as the real Mercurymon was himself ''Sakkakumon'' and had a lot of fight left in him.]])

* ShesAManInJapan: CampGay [=LordKnightmon=] became the dub's female Crusadermon. Some [[TropesAreTools actually like that]].
** In the German Dub, Seraphimon, Cherubimon and Lucemon became all female like Ophanimon. Oddly enough, since Ophanimon, Cherubimon and Seraphimon's Rookie level forms got voice actors from previous season who played the same digimon, Patamon is male.

* SpoilerOpening: The series' second Japanese ending is one of the franchise's most notable examples. It begun playing at the end of the episode revealing [[spoiler: Duskmon is a human]], and showed [[spoiler: Kouichi as a member of the group, his natural Darkness Human and Beast forms AND Takuya and Kouji's new D-Scan designs that were not introduced for another 8 episodes]]!
** Ironically,another opening averts this; most Digimon series had openings that, once a new member of the core cast was introduced, would change to show the new member, but Frontier's opening never changes even after [[spoiler:Kouichi joins]].

* TheTeam: The chosen children soldify as a team over the course of the series. During the Royal Knights arc when only Takuya andKoji are the ones fighting, the others still do their part.
** Appearance wise they look like a FiveManBand, (Takuya - TheLeader, Koji - TheLancer, Zoe - TheChick, JP - TheBigGuy, Tommy - TheSmartGuy) but by role, its not the case.
** By their actual story roles Takuya and his forms are a RedOni {{Leader}}. Koji is such a great BlueOni AloofAlly Lancer that he spends the earliest part of the series on his own. Zoe and her wind spirits are TheChick, providing an unfortunate combination of MsFanservice and FauxActionGirl. JP and his thunder spirits are TheBigGuy as physically the largest and most powerful fighters. Tommy is the TagalongKid that the others look out for until he matures enough to take care of himself. Bokomon is TheSmart guy who cites the lore of the digital world and directs the adventure. Neemon is a PluckyComicRelief CloudCuckooLander.

* ThemeTwinNaming: Kouichi and Kouji - literally "Light First" and "Light Second."

* ThoseWereOnlyTheirScouts: When the team finally faces off with the Cherubimon. He throws off their best attacks easily, and after giving each member of the team the opportunity to throw TheWorfBarrage at him so he can laugh it off, he smashes everyone with a single attack. Kouichi then gets his Digimon forms back, redesigned and stronger, and manages to defeat Cherubimon... only for the voice of Cherubimon to taunt him. That was just a much-weaker projection the real Cherubimon whipped up in order to try and talk Kouichi back to The Dark Side. The real thing will be waiting for them when they reach his lair.

** The Sakkukumon mini-arc has these for the rest of the characters, each using a given character's flaws against them.

* UnwittingPawn: A lot of characters turn out to be this during the Sakkakumon and Cherubimon arc. It's implied during Agnimon's fight with [=IceLeomon=] that even the enemies the kids face in Sakkakumon are being controlled or manipulated by Mercuremon.

* WackyRacing: "Trailmon vs. Trailmon." The villains of the episode are [[ShoutOut a cheater and his cackling cartoon dog]].

* MerchandiseDriven: Some criticized the series for appearing notably more so than the previous series. Aldamon and Beowolfmon are almost blatantly toy-manufacturer-friendly forms (take the Human Spirit, add the Beast Spirit as an extra layer of armor, and ''done'')[[note]]So too with [=AncientGreymon and AncientGarurumon=], having inverted designs of the two Digimon mentioned. The combined form of the Spirits of Darkness, Reichmon, would also count, but he [[ExpandedUniverse never actually appeared in-series]][[/note]]. Susanoomon, the final hero, was also a visible amalgamation of [=EmperorGreymon=] and [=MagnaGarurumon=] (much like [[{{Expy}} Omegamon]], [=WarGreymon=], and [=MetalGarurumon=]). Of course, considering ''Digimon'' always was based on a toyline to begin with and that the toy necessity otherwise had no effect on the series, the criticism isn't the most valid.

The fourth anime series in the ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' franchise, following ''Anime/DigimonTamers'', and is, in some ways, the antithesis of its predecessor. While it does have its share of dramatic, intense, and introspective moments, it is [[LighterAndSofter light-hearted, fun and often childish]].

* AloofAlly: Koji, at the start, is literally a lone wolf. But it doesn't last long.