History Headscratchers / DigimonFrontier

*** Yamato and Takeru still had some interaction, at least (and although the dub called them half-brothers once, that was a goof probably based on a mistranslation; they were clearly portrayed as full brothers even in English).

*** [[BerserkButton "Not a bad person?"]] I've only see the dub so if the Japanese version makes him more sympathetic than I'm missing something but seriously not telling your kid "YOUR MOTHER IS ALIVE ALONG WITH YOUR TWIN BROTHER" is very fucked up. Lying to Koji left him an emotional tramautized to the point he had trouble connecting with people; not just his mother but friends also. Also he denied Koji the oppertunity to know his maternal grandmother. Takuya and Tommy's parents went out of their way to either spoil or nurture their children correctly; they made sure they were happy and good people. Spoiling Tommy might not have been a good choice because it made him a soft and co-dependant child but it's clear they still love him. And both Koji's parents are to blame for bad parenting; the choices they made tramautized both their sons, especially Koichi, who WAS LEFT SO EMOTIONALLY VALNURABLE he let darkness consume him! Koji's birth mother is weak but puts on a brave face. Dad? Koji's father tried to comfort his son about his biological mother and step-mother issues but Koji wouldn't hear it. His response: Can you at least be nice to her for my sake?" WTF, he could have pointed out how nice his new step mother is or something but it sounds like he's more concerned for himself. Maybe he's not a bad person but he's in the run for "worst dad" of the Digimon franchise.

*** [[BerserkButton "Not a bad person?"]] I've only see the dub so if the Japanese version makes him more sympathetic than I'm missing something but seriously not telling your kid "YOUR MOTHER IS ALIVE ALONG WITH YOUR TWIN BROTHER" is very fucked up. Lying to Koji left him an emotional tramautized to the point he had trouble connecting with people; not just his mother but friends also. Also he denied Koji the oppertunity to know his maternal grandmother. Takuya and Tommy's parents went out of their way to either spoil or nurture their children correctly; they made sure they were happy and good people. Spoiling Tommy might not have been a bad choice because it made him a soft and co-dependant child but it's clear they still love him. And both Koji's parents are to blame for bad parenting; the choices they made tramautized both their sons, especially Koichi, who WAS LEFT SO EMOTIONALLY VALNURABLE he left darkness consume him! Koji's birth mother is weak but puts on a brave face. Dad? Koji's father tried to comfort his son about his biological mother and step-mother issues but Koji wouldn't hear it. His response: Can you at least be nice to her for my sake?" WTF, he could have pointed out how nice his new step mother is or something but it sounds like he's more concerned for himself. Maybe he's not a bad person but he's in the run for "worst dad" of the Digimon franchise.

*** I have to seriously question that, at least with a few of them. Burning Greymon and Velgemon can both fly whereas their Human forms cannot, which would mean that they are quite a bit slower. Also, KendoGarurumon (and, If i'm not mistaken, KaiserLeomon) has wheels on his feet and can go ''much'' faster than his human counterpart. And Zephyrmon is basically just a heavily upgraded Kazemon. MetalKabutermon is however still clearly slower than his human form. Ranamon, Grumblemon, Arbormon, and Kumamon could go either way, and Sakkakumon has a completely different schtick entirely

** It's too bad, because Michael Reisz's rendition of the character in Tamers was ''so freaking awesome'' with that smooth voice combined with the things he got to say. The Frontier version got the same kind of epic lines, so I wish we'd gotten to hear them in the old "please, take me here and now" voice instead of a silly one that totally de-{{Badass}}-ified the character. Especially with their normal use of homage casting - I mean, doesn't every MonsterOfTheWeek Meramon ''ever'' get the same VA?

** The answer is that, no, that Gallantmon is not a member of the Royal Knights; he or she is almost certainly a run-of-the-mill mon who happened to evolve into that species. Every anime has its own examples of mons who resemble but aren't the group members. Gatomon and Guilmon aren't members of the Four Great Dragons, just as Patamon and Lopmon aren't the Celestials.

* Did the Dukemon in Akiba Market have any idea what his fellow Royal Knights were doing? Did they kill him off-screen? Or is he not in that group at all in the Frontier universe?

* Kind of a strange question, but how exactly do the Trailmon and Locomon exist in the same franchise, if not the same series/seasons/whatever? It's just a bit confusing that two Digimon (Locomon and GranLocomon) have adapted for standard gauge rails from Earth and several others have specialized in a single, possibly gyroscope-balanced one rail system?

* Okay, about the movie, Island of Lost Digimon. AncientGreymon and AncientGarurumon sealed away Ornismon, and after the two are awoken from, what? Centuries? Millenia? Of dormancy, they take the bird down in literally two-three attacks. So if they were ''that'' powerful, why even bother with sealing Ornismon in the first place?

*** That explanation doesn't cover how Seraphimon is [[GlassCannon brittle enough to be knocked down by a single of his own attacks]], one that failed to defeat any of them despite the two-level difference; as was stated above, he sucks all kinds of ass.

** Because Mercurymon specializes in HoistByHisOwnPetard attacks. His gimmick revolves around reflecting attacks back at the attacker.

** Or maybe it's because of bad writing?

** well, if you think about it, villains tend to use their most powerful attack to finish of the opponent, probably to make sure they don't come back alive. Why would [[spoiler: lucemon]] be any different? So he was using more power than usual for his last attack so as to completely obliterate them and make them suffer in agony, which was why [[spoiler: Kouichi dies at the first hit, and also why he could do all that 'take my spirit' talk and stuff before being absorbed as data]]. As for Kouji, well, this is the first time he's handling another spirit which didn't choose him while in human form. It's very possible that his spirit was the control for the others during unity evolution. So he'd obviously have a extremely hard time controlling a spirit which wasn't chosen for him. Also, it's the opposite of his attribute, which is light. So they'd obviously be conflicting, and it might have been too hard for a human body/spirit/whatever to bear. And another thing: I'm pretty sure that they'd only started to act up after his [[spoiler: death]]. So maybe all the time he was holding the spirits while in human form, [[spoiler: Kouichi]] might have been holding back his spirits power.

** As for the combo of [[spoiler: Takuya and Kouji]], I think they needed a mental boost for it. It wasn't really personal for them till [[spoiler: Kouichi's death, where he basically tells them to save the world as his dying wish]]. That would pretty much make them have righteous anger as well as grief, allowing them a personal reason for beating the crap outta him. Anyway, they were pretty emotional. This made them try harder than before to beat [[spoileer: Lucemon]], which was exactly what was needed for going to the next level. Obviously, [[spoiler: it worked]].

** Because [[ButtMonkey Seraphimon sucks all kinds of ass.]]

** Because [[ButtMonkey Seraphimon sucks.]]

* The five rogue Legendary Warriors working for Cherubimon are at the equivalent of Champion level while in their human forms from what I understand. If so, then how is it that Mercurymon could be capable of reflecting back the attack of Seraphimon, a Mega-level Digimon, who should have easily been able to mop the floor of him and the other rogue Warriors when they attacked the castle at the Forest Terminal?

* The four rogue Legendary Warriors working for Cherubimon are at the equivalent of Champion level while in their human forms from what I understand. If so, then how is it that Mercurymon could be capable of reflecting back the attack of Seraphimon, a Mega-level Digimon, who should have easily been able to mop the floor of him and the other rogue Warriors when they attacked the castle at the Forest Terminal?

** It could be that animating the spirits was something only Cherubimon could do which is why Seraphimon and Ophanimon didn't do it. Alternately, they COULD do it, however they were unable to, what with Seraphimon having fallen into a deep sleep from which he couldnt wake up and Ophanimon being held captive by Cherubimon. Ophanimon may had been worried about animating the spirits herself since doing so would require bringing them to her and risking Cherubimon capturing and corrupting them himself so it was safer to keep them hidden where he couldnt track them.

** Presumably, there's some benefit to binding the Spirits to human[=/=]Digimon hosts, as Duskmon is the only one truly obedient to him; the four others had their own plans and interests. Alternately: The Ophanimon & Seraphimon / Cherubimon war had been raging far longer than we got to see, with the inclusion of the Spirits being a recent development.

* Why did Seraphimon and Ophanimon need to bother with hiding the spirits all over the digital world and then summoning humans to go on a scavenger hunt when he/she/they could have brought the spirits to life like Cherubimon did? And for that matter, why didn't Cherubimon do that with the spirit of darkness? He said that he couldn't find a suitable host for it to bond to, but Arbormon, Ranamon, Grumblemon and Mercurymon were all apparently animated by Cherubimon's power alone ''without'' hosts. Or else something would have been left behind when they lost their spirits, aside from an egg of themselves. A host doesn't seem to be necessary when you can apparently cheat it using archangel magic. The only real explanation I can think of is because plot.

* Why did Seraphimon and Ophanimon need to bother with hiding the spirits all over the digital world and then summoning humans to go on a scavenger hunt when he/she/they could have brought the spirits to life like Cherubimon did? And for that matter, why didn't Cherubimon do that with the spirit of darkness? He said that he couldn't find a suitable host for it to bond to, but Arbormon, Ranamon, Grumblemon and Mercurymon were all apparently animated by Cherubimon's power alone. A host doesn't seem to be necessary when you can apparently cheat it using archangel magic. The only real explanation I can think of is because plot.

* Why did Seraphimon and Ophanimon need to bother with hiding the spirits all over the digital world and then summoning humans to go on a scavenger hunt when he/she/they could have brought the spirits to life like Cherubimon did? And for that matter, why didn't Cherubimon do that with the spirit of darkness? He said that he couldn't find a suitable host for it to bond to, but Arbormon, Ranamon, Grumblemon and Mercurymon were all apparently animated by Cherubimon's power alone. A host doesn't seem to be necessary when you can apparently cheat it using archangel magic. The only decent explanation I can think of is because the plot needs humans with digivices to be present.

* Why did Seraphimon and Ophanimon need to bother with hiding the spirits all over the digital world and then summoning humans to go on a scavenger hunt when he/she/they could have brought the spirits to life like Cherubimon did? And for that matter, why didn't Cherubimon do that with the spirit of darkness? He said that he couldn't find a suitable host for it to bond to, but Arbormon, Ranamon, Grumblemon and Mercurymon were all apparently animated by Cherubimon's power alone. There was nothing left when all of those 4 had their spirits removed, hence why they died. It's as if a host isn't even necessary in the first place.

* Why did Seraphimon and Ophanimon need to bother with hiding the spirits all over the digital world and then summoning humans to go on a scavenger hunt when he/she/they could have brought the spirits to life like Cherubimon did? And for that matter, why didn't Cherubimon do that with the spirit of darkness? I'm just really confused about why a "host" is necessary when Arbormon, Ranamon, Grumblemon and Mercurymon were all apparently animated by Cherubimon's power.

* Okay, about the movie, Island of Lost Digimon. AncientGreymon and AncientGarurumon sealed away Ornismon, and after the two are awoken from, what? Centuries? Millenia? Of dormancy, they take the bird down in literally two-three attacks. So if they were ''that'' powerful, why even bother with sealing Ornismon in the first place?

*** How do you know her vest even has a zipper?

As for the key to defeating the big bad, they'd obviously need to combine all the spirits together. They had trouble beating his two extremely powerful minions with the unity evolution! So they didn't have enough power to defeat their boss at the time. Also, they needed to learn how to control the spirits or something. Practise makes perfect, after all, and they clearly needed it.
* As for the combo of [[spoiler: Takuya and Kouji]], I think they needed a mental boost for it. It wasn't really personal for them till [[spoiler: Kouichi's death, where he basically tells them to save the world as his dying wish]]. That would pretty much make them have righteous anger as well as grief, allowing them a personal reason for beating the crap outta him. Anyway, they were pretty emotional. This made them try harder than before to beat [[spoileer: Lucemon]], which was exactly what was needed for going to the next level. Obviously, [[spoiler: it worked]].

* well, if you think about it, villains tend to use their most powerful attack to finish of the opponent, probably to make sure they don't come back alive. Why would [[spoiler: lucemon]] be any different? So he was using more power than usual for his last attack so as to completely obliterate them and make them suffer in agony, which was why [[spoiler: Kouichi dies at the first hit, and also why he could do all that 'take my spirit' talk and stuff before being absorbed as data]]. As for Kouji, well, this is the first time he's handling another spirit which didn't choose him while in human form. It's very possible that his spirit was the control for the others during unity evolution. So he'd obviously have a extremely hard time controlling a spirit which wasn't chosen for him. Also, it's the opposite of his attribute, which is light. So they'd obviously be conflicting, and it might have been too hard for a human body/spirit/whatever to bear. And another thing: I'm pretty sure that they'd only started to act up after his [[spoiler: death]]. So maybe all the time he was holding the spirits while in human form, [[spoiler: Kouichi]] might have been holding back his spirits power.

As for the combo of [[spoiler: Takuya and Kouji]], I think they needed a mental boost for it. It wasn't really personal for them till [[spoiler: Kouichi's death, where he basically tells them to save the world as his dying wish]]. That would pretty much make them have righteous anger as well as grief, allowing them a personal reason for beating the crap outta him. Anyway, they were pretty emotional. This made them try harder than before to beat [[spoileer: Lucemon]], which was exactly what was needed for going to the next level. Obviously, [[spoiler: it worked]].