History WesternAnimation / DiGataDefenders

* AmnesiacVillainJoinsTheHeroes: Happens with [[spoiler: Brackus]] in season 2. [[spoiler: Once he regains his memories he immediately starts scheming to take over RaDos.]]

* Intangibility: The Phase Stone allows one to walk through walls as if they weren't there.

** Season 2 introduces Kor-Yinan, who was cursed with undeath by the Wizards of Yan for attempting to sell humanity out to the Ethos.

* AccidentalFusion: Happens between[[spoiler: Seth and Kragus]] late in season one. The merge causes [[spoiler: Seth's]] right arm, chest, neck, and cheek to be covered in stony armor and gives him super strength. They are eventually separated by [[spoiler: the Megalith.]]

* TheMole: Brakkus in Season 2.

* UnexplainedRecovery: It is unexplained how [[spoiler Brackus]] escaped the Dark Realm.

NighInvulnerability: Malco has this [[NoSell no-selling]] minor spells and surviving both the [[SuperSpecialMove "Warrior Henge" and the Nova Stone]].

** This stops in season 2, and Rion becomes the sole Chosen One.

* RedheadedHero: Eric and Kara, though the latter is more strawberry-blonde.

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* TheAtoner: Brackus tries to be this. [[spoiler: It doesn't work.]]

** There's also [[spoiler: Kara's demise in season two]]. The Defenders are attacked by a monster from another dimension, and [[spoiler: Kara]] uses an extremely powerful spell to defeat it. Unfortunately, the energy required is too great and ends up destroying the poor girl's physical body. Though the scene itself isn't graphic, [[spoiler: Kara]] screams in agony throughout. Oh, and she's only twelve years old.

* GoldfishPoopGang: Malco and Flinch. The former is actually pretty strong, but [[DumbMuscle isn't too smart]]...[[spoiler: Unless [[GrandTheftMe he gets possessed]], however]].

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Kara's death in the season two episode "The Di-Gata Redemption."]]
* HumanAliens: [[spoiler: the people of Ra Dos]]

* IAmLegion: [[spoiler: Ethos!Malco refers to himself as we, since he's being controlled by three Ethos at once.]]

** Speaking of Ogama-Gor, it's an [[OrderVersusChaos orderly]] ShiningCity [[spoiler: that's actually ruled by a fascist government]] in a chaotic CrapsackWorld. Visitors can only enter for up to 24 hours at a time. [[VideoGame/{{Fallout2}} Vault City]] much?

%%* AmbiguouslyBrown: Mel.
%%* AncientConspiracy
%%* {{Animesque}}

%%* AppliedPhlebotinum
%%* TheAtoner: Brackus tries to be this. [[spoiler: It doesn't work.]]
%%* BadassAdorable: Kara's small, but don't underestimate her.

%%* BigBad: Lord Nazmul and the Megalith (Season 1) and later, The Ethos (Season 2).

%%* BigEater: Seth.
%%* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Rion, Seth, and Eric, respectively.

%%* BountyHunter: [[LizardFolk Snare]].
%%* BrattyHalfPint: Rion
%%* ButtMonkey: Erik, somewhat.
%%** On the villains' side, Flinch.
%%* TheChosenOne: The Defenders, of course.
%%** This stops in season 2, and Rion becomes the sole Chosen One.
%%* TheCutie: Kara.
%%* DarkActionGirl: Lady K'Tahsh.
%%** DarkMagicalGirl
%%* DarkLordOnLifeSupport: Lord Nazmul.
%%* DarkerAndEdgier: Season 2, although season 1 wasn't exactly lighthearted either.

%%* DeadpanSnarker: Eric, especially at Seth's expense. Mel too. Even Kara has her moments.

%%* GadgeteerGenius Erik, just Erik. Techno-geek is an apt nickname.

%%* HandsomeLech
%%* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Kara's death in the season two episode "The Di-Gata Redemption."]]
%%* HumanAliens: [[spoiler: the people of Ra Dos]]
%%* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame ("Hunter and the Hunted")
%%* ImNotAHeroIm: Seth has many of these moments.
%%** See also HeroicSelfDeprecation.

%%* AnIcePerson: Mel casts ice-based spells.
%%%%* LivingBattery: [[spoiler:The whole plot of "Escape from Ogama-Gor" centers around capturing people to turn them into this]].
%%* LovableRogue: Adam
%%* MagicAIsMagicA: Use of the Sigils and their upper level, the Power Sigils.

%%* TheMole: Brakkus in Season 2.
%%* MouthyKid: Rion.

%%* PlayingWithFire: Several of Eric's spells involve fire.
%%* RagTagBunchOfMisfits: The Defenders.
%%* RedheadedHero: Eric and Kara, though the latter is more strawberry-blonde.

%%* TallDarkAndHandsome: Seth.

%%* TrueCompanions
%%* {{Tsundere}}: Mel can be this at times.

%%* WillTheyOrWontThey?: Mel with both Seth and Adam.

%%%%* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Especially in the second season.

%%* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Kara can be this to Eric at times, and she occasionally bugs Seth and Mel too.

%%** This stops in season 2, and Rion becomes the sole Chosen One

%%* DarkActionGirl: Lady K'Tahsh

%%* DreadfulMusician: Mel loves music, but she's a terrible singer.

%%* ImNotAHeroIm: Seth has many of these moments
%%** see also HeroicSelfDeprecation

%%* ManySpiritsInsideOfOne: [[spoiler:Three different Ethos possess Malco at once.]]

%%* MouthyKid: Rion
%%* MysticalWhiteHair: Mel has light blue hair, as mentioned below in YouGottaHaveBlueHair, but it is so pale that it sometimes appears completely white.
%%** Rion has hair so blonde it's almost silver.

%%* TwoGirlsToATeam: Mel and Kara [[spoiler:until Kara's sacrifice in season two]].

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Mel's hair is a pale, icy blue, bordering on white in certain scenes.

''Di-Gata Defenders'' premiered on Creator/{{Teletoon}} in Canada in 2006. New episodes of the show were broadcast from August, 2006 to September, 2008, with a total of 52 episodes over two seasons. The show also aired on Creator/{{Fox}} in the United States, as part of [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4KidsTV]]

* GrandTheftMe: Nazmal attempts this on Kara. [[spoiler:...and successfully takes over Malco, though it doesn't last.]] The Ethos can do this too.

* OurLichesAreDifferent: Lord Nazmal is effectively a lich, held together by [[{{Magitek}} magical technology]] and [[GrandTheftMe seeking a new body]] before his current one falls apart.

As they travel the realm of [=RaDos=], the four young Stone Casters will make friends and allies (such as rogue and fellow Stone Caster Adam) while also encountering enemies. Most dire of the latter category however is the newly-resuscitated Order of Infinis, now under the leadership of Nazmul's successor Brackus, who seeks to destroy the children of the Di-Gata Defenders and continue his master's work in using the Megalith. And for the new generation of Di-Gata Defenders, knowing just who is friend or foe is vital if these young heroes are to succeed in their mission to save their world.

* AfterTheEnd: [[spoiler:It's revealed near the end of season 1 that the Megalith has actually been sealed by more than group of Defenders in the past, but the containment spell devastated [=RaDos=] each time, eventually resulting in the mostly-barren wasteland seen in the show's present.]]

* AfterTheEnd: [[spoiler:It's revealed near the end of season 1 that the Megalith has actually been sealed by other Defenders in the past, but the containment spell devastated [=RaDos=] each time, eventually resulting in the mostly-barren wasteland seen in the show's present.]]

* AfterTheEnd: [[spoiler:It's revealed near the end of season 1 that the Megalith has actually been sealed by other Defenders in the past, but the containment spell devastated the world's civilization each time, eventually resulting the mostly-barren wasteland seen in the show's present.]]

* BewareTheNiceOnes: although they each have their flaws, the defenders are all good-hearted and genuinely heroic kids. But pissing any of them off is a bad idea.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Kara can be this to Eric at times, and she occasionally bugs Seth and Mel too.

* TheAtoner: Brackus tries to be this. [[spoiler: It doesn't work.]]

* FiveManBand:
** Seth: TheHero and operates as a TeamDad,
** Adam: TheLancer
** Melosa: TheChick and a pretty awesome MagicalGirl,
** Erik: TheBigGuy and a GadgeteerGenius,
** Kara: Erik's little sister and his LivingEmotionalCrutch. She also doubles as a CuteBruiser.
** Rion: BrattyHalfPint with a SuperpoweredEvilSide, as well as the SixthRanger

Nelvana started uploading episodes onto Youtube through their Cartoon Power Up channel in 2021. [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiih4uqcEp-013SVsFqvE9uqvmBq9wCyE See them here]]!

Nelvana started uploading episodes onto Youtube through their Cartoon Power Up channel in 2021.

%%* ActionGirl: Mel and Kara, with the former being a wizard who can cast without the use of Di Gata Stones.

%%* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Kara can be this to Eric at times, and she occasionally bugs Seth and Mel too.

%%* TheAtoner: Brackus tries to be this. [[spoiler: It doesn't work.]]

%%* BewareTheNiceOnes: although they each have their flaws, the defenders are all good-hearted and genuinely heroic kids. But pissing any of them off is a bad idea.

* ActionGirl: Mel and Kara, with the former being a wizard who can cast without the use of Di Gata Stones.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Mel.

* {{Animesque}}
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Kara can be this to Eric at times, and she occasionally bugs Seth and Mel too.

* TheAtoner: Brackus tries to be this. [[spoiler: It doesn't work.]]
* BadassAdorable: Kara's small, but don't underestimate her.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: although they each have their flaws, the defenders are all good-hearted and genuinely heroic kids. But pissing any of them off is a bad idea.
* BigBad: Lord Nazmul and the Megalith (Season 1) and later, The Ethos (Season 2).

* BigEater: Seth.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Rion, Seth, and Eric, respectively.
* BodyHorror: The Ethos.
** Nazmul looks like he's been StrippedToTheBone and apparently has no limbs anymore.
* BountyHunter: [[LizardFolk Snare]].
* BrattyHalfPint: Rion
* ButtMonkey: Erik, somewhat.
** On the villains' side, Flinch.
* TheChosenOne: The Defenders, of course.
** This stops in season 2, and Rion becomes the sole Chosen One
* TheCutie: Kara.
* DarkActionGirl: Lady K'Tahsh
** DarkMagicalGirl
* DarkLordOnLifeSupport: Lord Nazmul.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Season 2, although season 1 wasn't exactly lighthearted either.

* DeadpanSnarker: Eric, especially at Seth's expense. Mel too. Even Kara has her moments.
* DreadfulMusician: Mel loves music, but she's a terrible singer.

* EnemyMine: Seth and Snare team up together to [[TitleDrop escape from Ogama-Gor]] despite the fact Snare fully and openly intended (and intends again) to capture the group.

* GadgeteerGenius Erik, just Erik. Techno-geek is an apt nickname.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Kara's death in the season two episode "The Di-Gata Redemption."]]
* HumanAliens: [[spoiler: the people of Ra Dos]]
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame ("Hunter and the Hunted")
* ImNotAHeroIm: Seth has many of these moments
** see also HeroicSelfDeprecation

* AnIcePerson: Mel casts ice-based spells.
* KilledOffForReal: The series doesn't shy away from onscreen deaths, even for main characters.
* LivingBattery: [[spoiler:The whole plot of "Escape from Ogama-Gor" centers around capturing people to turn them into this]].
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Especially in the second season.
* LovableRogue: Adam
* MagicAIsMagicA: Use of the Sigils and their upper level, the Power Sigils.

* ManySpiritsInsideOfOne: [[spoiler:Three different Ethos possess Malco at once.]]

* TheMole: Brakkus in Season 2.
* MouthyKid: Rion
* MysticalWhiteHair: Mel has light blue hair, as mentioned below in YouGottaHaveBlueHair, but it is so pale that it sometimes appears completely white.
** Rion has hair so blonde it's almost silver.

* PlayingWithFire: Several of Eric's spells involve fire.
* RagTagBunchOfMisfits: The Defenders.
* RedheadedHero: Eric and Kara, though the latter is more strawberry-blonde.

* TallDarkAndHandsome: Seth.

* TrueCompanions
* {{Tsundere}}: Mel can be this at times.
* TwoGirlsToATeam: Mel and Kara [[spoiler:until Kara's sacrifice in season two]].
* WillTheyOrWontThey?: Mel with both Seth and Adam.

* BadassBolas: Adam has a spell called "Black Bolas" which creates [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin black bolas to restrain the enemy]].