History Recap / DigimonAdventureMovieOurWarGame

The movie is directed by Mamoru Hosoda and is notable for having a very similar plot to his later work, ''SummerWars'', right down to the core plot, story beats, and even artistic direction. As such, many fans consider ''Our War Game'' to effectively be a prototype to ''Summer Wars''.

'''Note:''' This movie was eventually adapted into the second part of the dub's ''[[Film/DigimonTheMovie Digimon: The Movie]]'' ("Four Years Later"), and many parts of the movie were cut out in order to accommodate for three movies being cut and repasted into one.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Agumon and Gabumon are preparing to transfer themselves to the Internet, Tailmon can be seen walking into a wall.

This movie takes place in August 2000 (one year after ''[[DigimonAdventure Adventure]]''), and is firmly entrenched in canon as it's often referred to in ''[[DigimonAdventure02 Adventure 02]]'' as a major plot point.

* {{Expy}}: Diablomon is one of [[DigimonWonderswanSeries Millenniummon]]: Both have disproportionate strength for their levels and some kind of connection to time. Even their body-structures are similar; Millenniumon's lower set of arms, and legs is largely identical to Diablomon's, and both have armored heads, with wild hair. [[FridgeBrilliance Given how much else he's done, Millenniumon may well have originally caused the viral egg, and influenced it to develop in his own image.]]

While Taichi and Koushirou rush over to use Taichi’s father’s computer, Taichi’s mother offers them oolong tea, which Koushirou drinks a full cup of. Taichi’s father’s computer is connected to the internet via an ISDN, and when they load it up, they find that the Digimon has evolved yet again (Keramon), this time into its Child form. Both of them know that they have to defeat the Digimon soon but don’t know how to do it, and Taichi laments that he wishes Agumon were there...only for Agumon, Gennai, and the other Chosen Children’s Digimon to appear on the computer.

* TheOperatorsMustBeCrazy: The dubbed version has the operator get progressively more and more irritated at Tai as he continues trying to call everyone. The original just has the beep of a busy signal.

In the morning, Taichi writes an email to Sora apologizing for some incident that had recently happened and asks her not to be angry anymore. Taichi is so unnerved that he accidentally spells his name wrong at first[[hottip:* :signs the letter with“Love” instead of “From”]]. Hikari barges in, startling Taichi and causing him to accidentally add a HeartSymbol after it[[hottip:* :revert it back to "Love"]], but before he can change it he’s too distracted by Hikari showing him the present she’s going to give to a friend for her birthday. Feeling a little trollish, Taichi plays at trying to steal the present, but Hikari returns the favor by sending Taichi’s email - complete with heart symbol - before he can even react. As Hikari leaves the house, Taichi’s computer tells him that his mail has been rejected, and Taichi complains that Sora doesn’t want to receive emails from him before collapsing in anger.

Taichi bis interrupted by Koushirou appearing at the door, ranting that a Digimon egg has hatched. Koushirou enters the house and shows Taichi a jellyfish-like Digimon (Kuramon), who’s left a message saying “hello!!”. Koushirou explains that the egg was made up of a ton of computer bugs’ fragments, having retrieved the information from an American friend who had analyzed the egg shell[[hottip:* :a mysterious boy named Willis]].

They then find another email, this time from the Digimon: “[[BrokenRecord hellohellohellohellohellohellohello...]]” Koushirou sees the email address that it was sent from and realizes that the Digimon is in the NTT system. Desperate, Taichi tries to call Hikari again, but she still won’t leave her party because she’s winning a game of Old Maid. He’s unable to call anyone else after that, because every attempt he makes results in a busy signal. One of the calls he makes results in a text-to-speech reading out the Digimon’s email[[hottip:* :the voice of the Digimon asking for the “programmer”]], and Taichi realizes that the situation’s getting progressively more problematic as the Digimon hacks the phone switches and repeatedly calls all the phone numbers in the world in an attempt to bring the system down[[hottip:* :as he searches for someone]]. With the phone lines down, the Internet connection cuts off, and Taichi and Koushirou find themselves in an even more desperate situation.

Takeru tries to get Patamon to evolve as well, but before he can do so, the Digimon evolves to his Ultimate form (Diablomon[[hottip:* :Diaboromon]]) and takes Patamon out. Angered, Yamato and Taichi have [=MetalGarurumon=] and [=WarGreymon=] attack all-out while Tentomon takes Patamon to safety, but the Digimon is too fast for the two Ultimate-level Digimon to leave a mark on him. Koushirou ends up having drunk a little too much oolong tea and leaves for the bathroom, and while Koushirou’s out, Taichi ends up smacking the computer while watching the battle, causing it to bluescreen. Taichi, no longer connected to the Internet, is unable to hear Yamato yelling that [=WarGreymon=]’s stopped moving.

They arrive to an area swarming with copies of the Digimon, with the number duplicating every second. With all of the copies constantly duplicating and attacking at once, and with all of the emails of support from the children all over the world slowing down [=WarGreymon=] and [=MetalGarurumon=], the two of them are quickly incapacitated. In desperation, Taichi reaches towards the screen and finds himself going right through it and into the Internet space. He reaches for [=WarGreymon=] as Yamato likewise enters and reaches for [=MetalGarurumon=]. Taichi yells to [=WarGreymon=], saying that he’s here and won’t let [=WarGreymon=] fight alone. Taichi’s words and the emails from the spectators surrounding them cause [=WarGreymon=] and [=MetalGarurumon=] to regain strength, and the power of the emotions coming through all of the emails allows them to [[FusionDance combine]] into Omegamon[[hottip:* :Omnimon]].

* ChekhovsGunman: All three of the initial Chosen Children of ''Adventure 02'', appears as children who send emails to Koushirou while witnessing the incident. In essence, this is their Greymon vs. Parrotmon.

'''Note:''' This movie was eventually adapted into the second part of the dub's ''[[DigimonTheMovie Digimon: The Movie]]'' ("Four Years Later"), and many parts of the movie were cut out in order to accommodate for three movies being cut and repasted into one.

'''Note:''' This movie was eventually adapted into the second part of the dub's ''Digimon: The Movie'' ("Four Years Later"), and many parts of the movie were cut out in order to accommodate for three movies being cut and repasted into one.

* ChekhovsGunman: Miyako Inoue, one of the Chosen Children of ''Adventure 02'', appears as one of the children who sends some emails to Koushirou while witnessing the incident.

* NamesTheSame: The girl having a birthday party in the movie is named Noriko, who’s not to be confused with a minor character who has a semi-significant role in the later episodes of ''Adventure 02''.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Miyako Inoue, one of the Chosen Children of ''Adventure 02'', appears as one of the children who sends some emails to Koushirou while witnessing the incident.

Taichi bis interrupted by Koushirou appearing at the door, ranting that a Digimon egg has hatched. Koushirou enters the house and shows Taichi a jellyfish-like Digimon, who’s left a message saying “hello!!”. Koushirou explains that the egg was made up of a ton of computer bugs’ fragments, having retrieved the information from an American friend who had analyzed the egg shell[[hottip:* :a mysterious boy named Willis]].

While Taichi and Koushirou rush over to use Taichi’s father’s computer, Taichi’s mother offers them oolong tea, which Koushirou drinks a full cup of. Taichi’s father’s computer is connected to the internet via an ISDN, and when they load it up, they find that the Digimon has evolved yet again, this time into its Child form. Both of them know that they have to defeat the Digimon soon but don’t know how to do it, and Taichi laments that he wishes Agumon were there...only for Agumon, Gennai, and the other Chosen Children’s Digimon to appear on the computer.

The Digimon evolves again, and Koushirou tells them not to worry since he’s only an Adult form Digimon, like Greymon and Kabuterimon. However, as the Digimon proves to be much stronger than one would expect from an Adult-level Digimon, Koushirou realizes that the Digimon evolved not once but twice, and is a Perfect-level. Now knowing that he’s much more of a threat, Agumon and Kabuterimon super-evolve to [=MetalGreymon=] and [=AtlurKabuterimon=]...except that the Digimon manages to violate the rule of TransformationIsAFreeAction and attacks them mid-evolution, reverting them to their Child forms and escaping. As Taichi and Koushirou let Agumon and Tentomon get some rest, Koushirou gets some emails from children of different countries commenting on the battle, and Taichi and Koushirou realize that their actions are being watched all over the world.

Takeru tries to get Patamon to evolve as well, but before he can do so, the Digimon evolves to his Ultimate form and takes Patamon out. Angered, Yamato and Taichi have [=MetalGarurumon=] and [=WarGreymon=] attack all-out while Tentomon takes Patamon to safety, but the Digimon is too fast for the two Ultimate-level Digimon to leave a mark on him. Koushirou ends up having drunk a little too much oolong tea and leaves for the bathroom, and while Koushirou’s out, Taichi ends up smacking the computer while watching the battle, causing it to bluescreen. Taichi, no longer connected to the Internet, is unable to hear Yamato yelling that [=WarGreymon=]’s stopped moving.

* {{Expy}}: Diablomon is one of [[DigimonWonderswanSeries Millenniummon]]: Both have disproportionate strength for their levels and some kind of connection to time. Even their body-structures are similar; Millenniumon's lower set of arms, and legs is largely identical to Diaboromon's, and both have armored heads, with wild hair. [[FridgeBrilliance Given how much else he's done, Millenniumon may well have originally caused the viral egg, and influenced it to develop in his own image.]]

The missile lands without exploding safely in the waters near Odaiba. While Taichi and Koushirou stare at the scene in exhaustion, Sora checks her email to find the email from Taichi, and as the wave from the giant splash the missile’s made washes up in the background, she cheerfully proclaims Taichi to be an idiot.

In the morning, Taichi writes an email to Sora apologizing for some incident that had recently happened and asks her not to be angry anymore. Taichi is so unnerved that he accidentally spells his name wrong at first[[hottip:* :signs the letter with“Love” instead of “From”]]. Hikari barges in, startling Taichi and causing him to accidentally add a HeartSymbol after it, but before he can change it he’s too distracted by Hikari showing him the present she’s going to give to a friend for her birthday. Feeling a little trollish, Taichi plays at trying to steal the present, but Hikari returns the favor by sending Taichi’s email - complete with heart symbol - before he can even react. As Hikari leaves the house, Taichi’s computer tells him that his mail has been rejected, and Taichi complains that Sora doesn’t want to receive emails from him before collapsing in anger.

* {{Expy{{: Diablomon is one of [[DigimonWonderswanSeries Millenniummon]]: Both have disproportionate strength for their levels and some kind of connection to time. Even their body-structures are similar; Millenniumon's lower set of arms, and legs is largely identical to Diaboromon's, and both have armored heads, with wild hair. [[FridgeBrilliance Given how much else he's done, Millenniumon may well have originally caused the viral egg, and influenced it to develop in his own image.]]

* Expy: Diablomon is one of [[DigimonWonderswanSeries Millenniummon]]: Both have disproportionate strength for their levels and some kind of connection to time. Even their body-structures are similar; Millenniumon's lower set of arms, and legs is largely identical to Diaboromon's, and both have armored heads, with wild hair. [[FridgeBrilliance Given how much else he's done, Millenniumon may well have originally caused the viral egg, and influenced it to develop in his own image.]]

* Expy: Diaboromon is one of [[DigimonWonderswanSeries Millenniummon]]: Both have disproportionate strength for their levels and some kind of connection to time. Even their body-structures are similar; Millenniumon's lower set of arms, and legs is largely identical to Diaboromon's, and both have armored heads, with wild hair.
** [[FridgeBrilliance Given how much else he's done, Millenniumon may well have originally caused the virus, and influenced it to develop in his own image.]]

This movie takes place in August 2000 (one year after ''[[DigimonAdventure Adventure]]'', and is firmly entrenched in canon as it's often referred to in ''[[DigimonAdventure02 Adventure 02]]'' as a major plot point.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Miyako Inoue, one of the Chosen Children of ''[[DigimonAdventure02 Adventure 02]]'', appears as one of the children who sends some emails to Koushirou while witnessing the incident.

** The original has the slightly less awesome but still pretty impressive “Go…!”

As Taichi looks through the fridge and complains that Hikari gets to go to a birthday party and have cake, his mother offers to make cake for him. Taichi begins to collect the ingredients but is interrupted by Koushirou appearing at the door, ranting that a Digimon egg has hatched. Koushirou enters the house and shows Taichi a jellyfish-like Digimon, who’s left a message saying “hello!!”. Koushirou explains that the egg was made up of a ton of computer bugs’ fragments, having retrieved the information from an American friend who had analyzed the egg shell[[hottip:* :a mysterious boy named Willis]].

Sora checks her email and receives nothing. Angered, she slams her laptop shut, clutches a hairclip, and declares Taichi to be an idiot. Meanwhile, the ferris wheel in Odaiba begins to spin at an unreasonable speed...

When Taichi and Koushirou successfully re-connect to the Internet, they find that the Digimon has somehow made it all the way over to America. Images of the Digimon’s face begin to appear all over screens in America and on airplane flight panels, and Taichi wonders if there’s anything they can do. Fortunately, they’re contacted by Yamato and Takeru, who’ve found a computer in a small barber’s shop. As Koushirou slurps down oolong tea, Gabumon and Patamon join Agumon and Tentomon in going off to fight the Digimon, and Yamato and Taichi have Gabumon and Agumon warp evolve to [=MetalGarurumon=] and [=WarGreymon=] as the children all over the world continue to watch.

When Koushirou and Taichi re-connect to the Internet, they find the battleground all torn up and [=WarGreymon=] and [=MetalGarurumon=] unconscious. Taichi, in anguish, expresses frustration that he can’t be there with [=WarGreymon=], and picks up a fight with Koushirou when he begins reading emails from the international spectator children.

The mysterious Digimon holds up a clock and sends a message: “Who has the clock?” The Digimon then begins to clone himself into multiple copies and a timer appears on the screen with ten minutes, ticking downwards towards zero. Koushirou adds some horrible news to the mix: a friend in Taiwan who’d hacked into the Pentagon had found that a military base in America has sent a missile due to a “bug” in the launch system. Taichi and Koushirou realize that the Digimon is responsible for this, and that the clock is a countdown to when the missile hits - and, since the missile is powerful and fast enough to hit anywhere in the world, they can’t stop it in the air.

The missile lands without exploding safely in the waters near Odaiba, while Taichi’s mother finds that the cake - which was baked in an entirely computer-controlled oven - has been ruined. While Taichi and Koushirou stare at the scene in exhaustion, Sora checks her email to find the email from Taichi, and as the wave from the giant splash the missile’s made washes up in the background, she cheerfully proclaims Taichi to be an idiot.

As Taichi and Koushirou rush over to use Taichi’s father’s computer, Taichi’s mother offers them oolong tea, which Koushirou drinks a full cup of. Taichi’s father’s computer is connected to the internet via an ISDN, and when they load it up, they find that the Digimon has evolved yet again, this time into its Child form. Both of them know that they have to defeat the Digimon soon but don’t know how to do it, and Taichi laments that he wishes Agumon were there...only for Agumon, Gennai, and the other Chosen Children’s Digimon to appear on the computer.

The movie is directed by Mamoru Hosoda, and is notable for having a very similar plot to his later work, ''SummerWars'', right down to the core plot, story beats, and even artistic direction. As such, many fans consider ''Our War Game'' to effectively be a prototype to ''Summer Wars''.