History Anime / DigimonXrosWars

** [[spoiler:And Baalmon. HeGotBetter though...and then sacrificed himself again thirty-four episodes later.]]

* ArtEvolution: A lot of work has been put into the shading of the characters - far more than in previous series, making the characters look flat in comparison. In fact, though the characters have been drawn a lot like ''Adventure'' and ''Frontier'' characters, the animatino, colouring and shading looks more like TheMelancholyOfHaruhiSuzumiya with bits of TengenToppaGurrenLagann thrown in - just look at the [[spoiler: Evolution, Double Xros and Great Xros]] sequences. Heck, any of the digimon in the Generals' armies display this perfectly.

** [[spoiler: Shoutmon X7 Superior Mode is [[UpToEleven The Digimon]]. Given that hundreds, if not ''thousands'' of Digimon joined the Final Xros, it's likely that Shoutmon X7 Superior is the ''strongest Digimon to ever exist.'']]
** [[spoiler: To put this in perspective, X7 Superior Mode contains, amoung other things, two members of the Royal Knights[[hottip:*:Omegamon and Examon]], three members of the Olympus Twelve[[hottip:*: Mervamon, Apollomon and Marsmon - possibly four if the revived Neptunemon is in there]] and two of the Demon Lords[[hottip:*: Beelzebumon and Leviamon- possibly three or four if the revived Lucemon or Lilithmon are in there]]! This alone would be enough to bring him far but it's still only a small portion of him!]]

* DefrostingIceQueen: [[spoiler:Akari did this to Nene.]]

* HoYay: As traditional it's already starting to hint at TheHero[=/=]TheLancer (but as usual, it's probably not serious).
** ...Or not. The character map at the beginning of episode 7 shows Kiriha staring at a drawing of Taiki with the caption "My Taiki", making this an [[AscendedMeme Ascended Meme]]. In the same image, there's also a music note floating over his head.
*** And preview of episode 25 has [[http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/1264/xroswarsb39.jpg this]] gem. My Taiki, indeed.
** Blastmon and Tactimon enjoy some nice bromance... or so Blastmon thinks. He also enjoys being loved by male Digimon like Scorpiomon, Cyberdramon and even Bagramon!
*** In one later episode, he hits on Beelzebumon, calling him "sexy." In the middle of battle.
** Dorulumon shares a...rather obvious blush for Cutemon's begging face in episode 27

* LesYay: With Nene and Akari in Chapter 6 of the manga.
** They also had some moments in episode 23, [[spoiler:what with Akari being the one to [[DefrostingIceQueen defrost]] Nene.]]
** One could make a case of Nene and [[spoiler:Mervamon]] as well.

* NotSoDifferent: Akari spent most of the time annoyed at Taiki's efforts to help Nene, but after hearing Nene's anguished cry in episode 19, Akari realizes that Nene's desire to return home is just as strong as her own.

* '''BeyondTheImpossible''': We're talking SuperRobotGenre levels of impossible with this series.
** [[spoiler: Shoutmon X7 Superior Mode is BeyondTheImpossible: [[UpToEleven The Digimon]]. Given that hundreds, if not ''thousands'' of Digimon joined the Final Xros, it's likely that Shoutmon X7 Superior is the ''strongest Digimon to ever exist.'']]
** [[spoiler: To put this in perspective, X7 Superior Mode contains, amoung other things, two members of the Royal Knights[[hottip:*:Omegamon and Examon]], three members of the Olympus Twelve[[hottip:*: Mervamon, Apollomon and Marsmon - possibly four if the revived Neptunemon is in there]] and two of the Demon Lords[[hottip:*: Beelzebumon and Leviamon- possibly three or four if the revived Lucemon or Lilithmon are in there]]! This alone would be enough to bring him far BeyondTheImpossible, but it's still only a small portion of him!]]

** A particularly fun one is Taiki's first battle upon returning to the Digital World in Dragon Land, quite possibly ''the'' best fight scene the franchise has ever seen. Seeing [=OmegaShoutmon=] [[FoeTossingCharge tear his way through hundreds of Digimon]] with nothing but his feet and a FlashStep, shrug off the concentrated fire blasts of most of said army at once, then burst through the ground, ''lift a fucking '''[[OlympusMons Huang]][[{{Kaiju}} long]][[TheFourGods mon]]''' into the air '''[[BeyondTheImpossible and throw him at everyone else like he weighs absolutely nothing]]''''' is [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome just plain incredible]]. On the other hand, said curb-stomping comes to an end when Dorbickmon shows up, but still...

** Taken to [[BeyondTheImpossible ridiculous levels]] is G[[hottip:*:reatest]]Cutemon in which he obliterates an entire legion of Gravimon's army.

** Tyutyumon and Damemon bear particular resemblence to Chuumon and Sukamon. Except, you know, not nearly so [[RalphWiggum Wiggum-ish]].

* GasMaskMooks: The Bagra Army's Troopmon. Strangely enough they look like [[TeamFortress2 Pyro]].

It was apparently very successful in its Japanese airing despite falling prey to several unfortunate timeslot shenanigans (there are reports that its merchandise ended up selling really well, more so than any ''Digimon'' iteration in years), as for the first time in nearly a decade, there wasn't a SequelGap between it and the seventh series, which for only the second time ever was a direct sequel. ''DigimonXrosWarsTheYoungHuntersLeapingThroughTime'' premiered a week after the conclusion of ''Xros Wars'', and is currently ongoing. At this time there is no official word on whether a dubbed version is forthcoming, but ToeiAnimation has filed a trademark for "''Digimon Fusion Battles''" with the US Patent and Trademark Office, and there are reports that demographic tests of the show have been conducted, so it's possible.

* YourDefeatMeansIObtainYourPowers: Most of the Bagra commanders are able to do this.

Xros Heart proved its worth and was successful in its quest, collecting all the Code Crowns and causing the Zones to reunite. However, Bagramon intervened and cast Taiki, Akari, Zenjiro and Shoutmon back to the real world, conquering the Digital World while they were gone and transforming it into a twisted empire of his designs. When Taiki and Shoutmon returned to the Digital World at the beginning of the second half of the series (''Digimon Xros Wars: The Evil Death Generals and the Seven Kingdoms''), they found themselves tasked with taking on this rearranged digital empire and defeating the Seven Death Generals, its brutal governors. Kiriha and Nene allied with Taiki in his campaign, and their combined strength, tactical prowess and bonds of friendship proved to be more than a match for Bagramon's forces.

Xros Heart proved its worth and was successful in its quest, collecting all the Code Crowns and causing the Zones to reunite. However, Bagramon intervened and cast Taiki, Akari, Zenjiro and Shoutmon back to the real world, conquering the Digital World while they were gone and transforming it into a twisted empire of his designs. When Taiki and Shoutmon returned to the Digital World, they found themselves tasked with taking on this rearranged digital empire and defeating the Seven Death Generals, its brutal governors. Kiriha and Nene allied with Taiki in his campaign, and their combined strength, tactical prowess and bonds of friendship proved to be more than a match for Bagramon's forces.

** [[spoiler:Tactimon vs [=OmegaShoutmon=]. Tactimon gives it his all, but can't even land a single hit on him. Even his ultimate attack is blocked with ''ease'' and leaves him wide open for [=OmegaShoutmon's=] Beat Slash attack.]]
** [[spoiler:Shoutmon X7 Superior Mode vs. Mega Darkness Bagramon, in the most epic way possible. That is all.]]

--> '''Bastemon''': When I see that Digimon, I somehow feel... Very cruel!

* AllThereInTheManual: The Digimon Dictionary refers to Xros forms as composites. In Math, composites are made by using the value of one function for a variable in another, and this could explain the difference between Xros and the previous season's jogress/DNA Digivolve.

* AnyoneCanDie: The second season is made of this. If you are a Digimon and not one of the central partner Digimon, your chances of living through the whole show are rather slim.

** [[spoiler: Almost literally everyone got revived in the final episode, notably Shoutmon, Damemon, Beelzemon, Deckerdramon, Apollomon and Olegmon.]]

* BoisterousBruiser: Shoutmon. Unique in that he's this season's equivalent of a Child Level (And just as mature).

* ChannelHop: From Fuji TV, longtime home of the ''Digimon'' franchise, to TV Asahi. Possibly justified because of [[DragonballKai what was currently occupying the traditional timeslot.]]

** In the show as a whole however, this is largely averted for the first time in Digimon. All of the evolution scenes are CGI-free, when in previous series there was always at least some evolution scenes done in CG.

* DeathIsCheap: [[spoiler: Baalmon again. He [[TakingTheBullet takes the full force of [=HiMugendramon's=] attack]] and gets a really dramatic death-scene... Then he [[{{Reincarnation}} gets reborn.]] As [[TookALevelInBadass Beelzebumon]]. ''Less than a minute after his death.'' In other words, his death had absolutely no negative effects ''whatsoever''.]] Note that with the exception of above, death is quite common in this season. However, it is revealed in episode 29 that [[spoiler:death is not permanent for any digimon, as their souls endure even when their data is deleted. It always takes some special circumstances to restore them to life, such as Baalmon's upgrade to Beelzebumon or [=MadLeomon=]'s extremely belated reincarnation as Leomon in Episode 29. [=AncienctVolcamon=] and Neptunemon are also revived then, and it assumed that other zone bosses, such as [=GranLocomon=], were also revived and turned good.]]
** It gets worse in the second arc. Episode 50's preview indicates [[spoiler:all the Death Generals are coming back]], and descriptions for future episodes suggest they may even [[spoiler:switch sides]]. And while [[spoiler:Deckerdramon and Beelzebumon]] made epic [[HeroicSacrifice heroic sacrifices]], Kiriha commented that he wants to get the Code Crown so he can revive [[spoiler:Deckerdramon]], which implies they can still be brought back. As for [[spoiler:Damemon]], who dies in episode 49, he must get revived at some point since he's [[spoiler:in the next season/arc with Yuu]].

** [[spoiler:Then played straight in Episode 30 when Shoutmon finally got the ability to evolve into [=OmegaShoutmon=]. Note that evolution in this series is treated more like age rather than a power-up, and that [=OmegaShoutmon=] is Shoutmon's "future-self accessed temporarily with the help of Akari and Zenjiro".]]
* ExcitedEpisodeTitle: All of them, so far!

** Sparrowmon is shaped like a [[{{Pokemon}} Latios]]([[ViewerGenderConfusion coloured like a shiny Latias]]) whose attack set seems to include [[{{Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds}} Stardust Mirage]]...
** As far as previous seasons are concerned, Baalmon may count as a [[CompositeCharacter Composite]] {{Expy}}, sharing traits with [[DigimonAdventure Wizardmon]] [[spoiler:including his TakingTheBullet moment]], as well as with [[DigimonTamers Beelzemon]] [[spoiler:to the point that his reincarnation turns him into an updated version of him]].

** [[spoiler:Tyutyumon and Damemon]] bear particular resemblence to Chuumon and Sukamon. Except, you know, not nearly so [[RalphWiggum Wiggum-ish]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Most interestingly, certain major plot events are foreshadowed in the lyrics of the insert songs- for example, "We Are Xros Heart" uses the term "Great Xros" in its lyrics. [[spoiler: Naturally, this is [[ByThePowerOfGreyskull the phrase shouted to form Shoutmon X7]].]]

* IncrediblyLamePun: Notably, a [[HurricaneOfPuns storm of these]] was how Xros Heart [[spoiler:got Karatenmon to give up the Code Crown he guarded.]] And who rattled off this storm? [[spoiler:[[DefrostingIceQueen Nene.]]]]
* IneffectualLoner: For the first time in the entire ''Digimon'' run... averted. Yep, what fans usually nickname the "lone wolf" is absent this time (Zenjiro doesn't even come ''close'' this season). Kiriha would be closest, but he's a villain, and nobody would call him a ''loner'' per se. Dorulumon may have been similar to this at the beginning, but even then he was a PapaWolf to Cutemon, and has since become used to working with the rest of Xros Heart.

* InternalHomage[=/=]MythologyGag: A kind of cross-season LaserGuidedKarma version. [[spoiler:Baalmon is an {{Expy}} of Beelzebumon, and Lilithmon kills him by stabbing him in the stomach with her claws. How did the [[DigimonTamers original Beelzebumon]] kill Leomon? By stabbing him in the stomach with his claws. It is undeniably intentional after Baalmon is reincarnated as Beelzebumon.]]
** Pinocchimon giving Taiki the [=MetalGarurumon=] Digimemory after being taught trust and friendship. Ironic because [=MetalGarurumon=] killed Pinocchimon in ''DigimonAdventure'', who as he was dying still couldn't comprehend those concepts.
** In the very first episode, some of the Digimon in Taiki's dream sequence are [[DigimonAdventure Agumon]], [[DigimonAdventure02 Veemon]], [[DigimonTamers Guilmon]], and [[DigimonFrontier Agnimon]].
* ItOnlyWorksOnce: Digimemories...or once a Zone. That said, only one or two digimemories have been reused, probably to allow maximum exposure of new ones for CallBack value.
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:Pinocchimon has [[DigimonAdventure MetalGarurumon]]'s [=DigiMemory=]. It's one heck of a meta-level irony!]]

** Taken to [[BeyondTheImpossible ridiculous levels]] is G[[hottip:*: Greatest]]-Cutemon in which he [[spoiler: obliterates an entire legion of Gravimon's army.]]

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters

* MagicMushroom: In the manga, [=MachLeomon=] ends up using a literal example of this trope.
** Hilariously enough, an old Digimon Card Art renders [[http://cards.wtw-x.net/carddass/OP02-019/ a similar thing to Leomon]].

* MechaExpansionPack: Other Digimon's abilities can bolster that the series headliners' when they Digi Xros with them, such as [[DropTheHammer Golemon for [=MailBirdramon=]]], [[SuperNotDrowningSkills [=ChibiKamemon=] for Shoutmon X2]], [[CoolSword Knightmon]] [[CapedMecha and the]] [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe [=PawnChessmon=] for]] [[KnightInShiningArmor Shoutmon X4]], and [[SwordBeam Wisemon for both Mervamon and Knightmon]].

* MisguidedMissile: [[spoiler: Neptunemon's spear, which doesn't stop until it hits it's target. In the end X4 jumps behind him and [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Neptunemon gets hit.]]]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Yeah, let's get the guy who's literally named after the Judeo-Christian Satan elected as president of a key area! What could possibly go wrong? Did we mention he was the BigBad of [[DigimonFrontier Season 4]]? After they elect him leader, Lucemon immediately reveals his true, evil form and starts doing destructive, evil things that take two more episodes to sort out.]]
** [[spoiler: to be fair, the Digimon probably don't know of things like Lucifer]]

* OnTheNextEpisodeOfCatchPhrase: You can't turn your back on the next episode either!

* PinocchioNose: Pinocchimon, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTinobviously]].

* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler: Deckerdramon]] joins Kiriha's team because he has the strongest love out of all the kids there.

** He shows up again in #26, so he's still shifting in whenever the plot calls for x4B [[spoiler: or x5B, for that matter]]. Nene & Sparrowmon are pretty much commuting to work at this point, though they show up in episodes 27 and 28 as well as important to the episode's plot.
** As of episode 30, it seems this is Akari and Zenjiro's fate.
** [[spoiler:As of the end of the first season, it seems like this will happen to everyone except Taiki, Shoutmon, Yuu, and Damemon. Most likely because the second series takes place in an alternate digital world]].
*** [[spoiler:Actually revealed in episode #2 that the core Digimon of Xros Heart (Shoutmon, Balistamon, Starmon and the Pickmon, Cutemon, and Dorulumon) return]].

* RepeatCut: In episode 1. "Digi Xros! Digi Xros! [[RuleOfThree Digi Xros!]]"

* RunningGag: During the recaps, there's always a "Relationship map" that shows the three hero armies and the Bagra Army doing whatever they did last episode, exaggerated to the point of hilarity (IE: Episode 7, which follows Kiriha trying to recruit Taiki, has him sitting in a corner, looking at a drawing of Taiki with the words "Mine" on it with love hearts). This leads to a mini CrowningMomentOfFunny when a rescue attempt leads to the damsel in distress in question being shown as being tug-of-warred by her hair.

* SealedGoodInACan: Turns out that [[spoiler:the Digimemories are actually a group of heroic Digimon who tried and failed to stop the Digital World from breaking up and were sealed in them as a result. Omegamon explains this from within his own Digimemory.]]

* ShapeShifting: In chapter twelve of the manga adaptation, the main Digimon of Xros Heart is forced to take on human forms after being sent into the human world. While Shoutmon, Dorulumon, Cutemon, Ballistamon, Gatomon, and Wizardmon take on human forms, Starmon and the Pickmons take the form of a duck and ducklings, respectively.

* SillyLoveSongs: The music in the ''LOVE-LOVE DANCE'', much to the embarrassment of Beelzemon, Dorulumon, Cutemon, Deputymon, and a lone [=PawnChessmon=].

** [[spoiler: Bagramon even his final form via Shoutmon X7 Superior Mode.]]

* SummonMagic: The Digimemories are basically this. The evolution level of the Digimon seems to reflect the strength of the summon.
** Leviamon, [[OlympusMons the Demon Lord of Envy]] - '''[[MakingASplash Rostrum]]'''. Creates a circular whirlpool that traps Ebidramon before firing a [[BreathWeapon an energy blast]]. Also acts as ATasteOfPower.
** [=MarineAngemon=] - '''[[MassHypnosis Ocean's Love]]'''. Distracts a bunch of Seadramon and even Neptunemon using their charm.
** Agumon - '''[[RuleOfThree Triple]] [[{{Fireballs}} Baby Flame]]'''. summons three Agumon (as opposed to one) to counter [=AncientVolcamon=]'s magma attack, allowing [=ShoutmonX4=] to recover.
** Garurumon - '''[[BreathWeapon Fox Fire]]'''. A breath attack from Garurumon that creates a flash, allowing Dorulumon to escape.
** [=HolyAngemon=] - '''[[WeaponsThatSuck Heaven's Gate]]'''. Creates a vacuum portal that sucks the Scorpimon and Vilemon and teleports them in a different place.
** Guilmon - '''[[EverythingIsBetterWithSpinning Rock n' Roll Breaker]]'''. Drills to a wall to allow Taiki and [[spoiler:Baalmon]] passage while beneath the ruins.
** Patamon - '''[[BubblyClouds Air Gust]]'''. Shoots off solid yet fluffy clouds, acting like stairs to allow [=ShoutmonX4=] to "walk in air".
** [=MetalGarurumon=] - '''[[AnIcePerson Cocytus Breath]]'''. Breaths a freezing breath that freezes a bunch of Tankmon and turns them into ice, before shattering into pieces.
** Darkdramon - '''[[BladeOnAStick Giga Stick Lance]]'''. Stabs [[OlympusMons Arkadimon]] with his LaserBlade, allowing [=ShoutmonX5=] to be freed from his grip.
*** Used again in episode 30 [[spoiler:fighting Tactimon. It fails]].
** Impmon - '''[[DeflectorShields Pillar of]]''' '''[[KillItWithFire Fire]]'''. Protects the team with a wall of flame which lets attacks through. Gaioumon (his animation debut, despite being a [[EliteMooks lackey]]) destroys the flame barrier sadly.
** Tailmon - '''[[ScratchDamage Neko Scratch]]'''. Used to create an opening in the cave as the lava rises up to the main characters.

** [[spoiler: [=MadLeomon=] tries this in episode 3. He's destroyed before he goes boom.]]

* TimeSkip: [[spoiler: Since time flows faster in the Digital World this happens to all the characters left behind there.]]

* TheUndead: The Raremon residing beneath Sweets Zone, who were [[spoiler: villagers that had their data taken out]]. All they can say is "''Data!''" [[spoiler:Thankfully, they returned once Breakdramon has been defeated]].

* WholePlotReference: Episode 5 isn't the first time [[spoiler: [[DigimonAdventure Digimon characters have gone looking for a Plot Coupon inside the belly of a Whamon.]]]] Not to mention having many similarities to an arc in the ''V-Tamer'' manga as well.
** The Vampire Land arc is a reference to the Myotismon arc in ''DigimonAdventure'', complete with an {{Expy}} of the man himself, [=NeoVamdemon=].

** [[spoiler:[=NeoVamdemon=] attempts to pull the same trick Myotismon pulled in ''DigimonAdventure02.'' Beelzemon had other ideas.]]

''Digimon Xros Wars'' (pronounced "Cross Wars") is the sixth anime series in the ''{{Digimon}}'' franchise, coming three years after the end of ''[[DigimonSavers Savers]]''. In many respects, it seems to be throwing back to its predecessors - the animation is reminiscent of the ''DigimonAdventure'' style, ChikaSakamoto returns to voice lead partner Shoutmon, a Greymon plays a significant role ''again'', and [[MemeticOutfit the goggles]] are back - and yet in so many ways the series is significantly set apart from earlier ''Digimon'' iterations in concept.

It was apparently very successful in its Japanese airing despite falling prey to several unfortunate timeslot shenanigans (there are reports that its merchandise ended up selling really well, more so than any ''Digimon'' iteration in years), as for the first time in nearly a decade, there wasn't a SequelGap between it and the seventh series, which for only the second time ever was a direct sequel. ''DigimonXrosWarsTheYoungHuntersLeapingThroughTime'' premiered a week after the conclusion of ''Xros Wars'', and is currently ongoing.

* FusionDance: Similar to ''DigimonAdventure02'', this season's Children or generals seem to have the ability to "[=DigiXros=]" Digimon (merge them) using the new Digivice, The Xros Loader. Digimon from the Bagra Army do the same, except that the fusion is forced and the non-main components are destroyed and absorbed.

** How much [[HotBlooded fiery passion]] can [[TheHero Shoutmon]] summon? What [[BatmanGambit cunning scheme]] will [[TheStrategist Taiki]] employ? How many [[ShoutOut Shout Outs]] to previous ''Digimon'' series, SuperRobotGenre shows, and other works will be made? How many Digimon can be combined into one [[CombiningMecha [=DigiXros=]]]?

** Any Digimon related to Lions die... as per usual. MadLeomon is killed off in Ep 3 [Later revived as a Normal Leomon, who actually does not die, as he can be seen for a moment in the final episode]. Apollomon, another anthropomorphic lion, dies TWICE, both times viva Heroic Sacrifice, in true Leomon fashion.

* ScaledUp: [=MadLeomon=] tried this by merging with Orochimon in episode 2.
* ScreamingWarrior: Shoutmon does this, though it's justified because his name is ''Shout''mon.

* YourDefeatMeansIGetYourPowers: Most of the Bagra commanders are able to do this.

* MegaManning: Most of the Bagra commanders are able to do this.

** Any Digimon related to Lions die... as per usual. MadLeomon is killed off in Ep 3 [Later revived as a Normal Leomon, who, given what happened afterwards, and what Leomon are known for, was probobly killed off-screen or re-converted]. Apollomon, another anthropomorphic lion, dies TWICE, both times viva Heroic Sacrifice, in true Leomon fashion.