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| 8 | ->''"In the summer of that year, strange things happened all over Earth."'' |
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| 10 | ''Digimon Adventure'' (known as Season 1 of ''Digimon: Digital Monsters'' in English) is the first ever anime series in the ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' franchise, which started off as an AlternateUniverse to the first two ''Digimon'' manga, ''Manga/CMonDigimon'' and ''Manga/DigimonVTamer01''. The story began with an animated movie that was released on March 6, 1999, then continued with a television show of the same name (the more well-known entry). |
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| 12 | Seven ordinary kids are caught up in a strange snowstorm while attending summer camp and get sucked through a portal into the Digital World, a fantasy world populated by sentient monsters called Digimon. Armed with the mysterious "Digivices" and seven Digimon who are sworn to protect them, the kids try to survive in this new and exotic world until they can find a way home. |
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| 14 | Over time, the kids slowly come to understand their role as the "[[TheChosenMany Digidestined]]" (Chosen Children), fighting not only a number of hostile Digimon but their own fears, insecurities and character flaws. However, when the conflicts in the Digital World spill over into the Human World, the stakes are raised and the kids must decide what they are willing to sacrifice if they want to SaveBothWorlds. |
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| 16 | The English dub had reruns on Creator/{{Nicktoons}}, referred to by the network and Creator/SabanBrands as ''Digimon Adventures.''[[note]]potentially a blanket term for both ''Adventure'' and ''Adventure 02'', as the [[http://nicktoons.nick.com/shows/digimon/ Nicktoons site]] lists information for Adventure but uses images of the kids in outfits used in 02.[[/note]] Saban promoted ''Digimon Adventures'' through the official Digimon [[http://www.twitter.com/sabansdigimon Twitter,]] [[http://www.facebook.com/sabansdigimon Facebook,]] and [[http:///www.instagram.com/sabansdigimon Instagram]] accounts. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | The success of ''Digimon Adventure'' led to several sequels and adaptations: |
| 19 | |
| 20 | [[folder:Sequels]] |
| 21 | * ''[[Recap/DigimonAdventureMovieOurWarGame Digimon Adventure: Our War Game!]]'' (2000): A ShortFilm directed by Creator/MamoruHosoda that takes place on the spring break after ''Digimon Adventure''. The film was released as second part of ''Anime/DigimonTheMovie'' in North America with several edits and a rewritten story. |
| 22 | * ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' (2000): A direct television sequel featuring a new cast, with the original characters being DemotedToExtra. |
| 23 | ** ''[[Recap/DigimonAdventure02M1TranscendentEvolutionTheGoldenDigimentals Digimon Adventure 02: Digimon Hurricane Touchdown!! / Supreme Evolution!! The Gold Digimentals]]'' (2000): A two-part film. The film was released as third part of ''Anime/DigimonTheMovie'' in North America with several edits and a rewritten story. |
| 24 | ** ''[[Recap/DigimonAdventure02M2RevengeOfDiaboromon Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Diaboromon]]'' (2001): A ShortFilm that follows plotlines introduced in ''Our War Game!'' |
| 25 | * ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri'' (2015-2018): A six-part film series released for ''Digimon Adventure'''s 15th anniversary. |
| 26 | * ''Anime/DigimonAdventureLastEvolutionKizuna'' (2020): A film released for ''Digimon Adventure'''s 20th anniversary and a finale for the Adventure cast. |
| 27 | * ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02TheBeginning'' (2023): A sequel film set after 2 years after ''Last Evolution Kizuna'', focusing on the Adventure 02 cast. |
| 28 | [[/folder]] |
| 29 | |
| 30 | [[folder:Adaptations and Spin-offs]] |
| 31 | * ''Literature/DigimonAdventure'': A series of [[NoExportForYou Japan-only]] novels written by the series' scriptwriters. |
| 32 | * ''[[VideoGame/DigimonAdventurePSP Digimon Adventure]]'' (2013): A Platform/PlayStationPortable video game adaptation of the series, developed by Yuji Naka's studio, Prope,[[note]]This is not the first time Yuji Naka has been involved in the development of a licensed game; he got his start developing the Platform/SegaMasterSystem adaptation of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', which became ''Black Belt'' upon its localization.[[/note]] and features the events from every episode, all eight Chosen Children as playable characters, ''Our War Game'' as an additional chapter, as well as an unlockable bonus chapter featuring the main characters of the other Digimon anime series.[[note]][[GuestStarPartyMember Guest stars]] Daisuke Motomiya (''Anime/DigimonAdventure02''), Takato Matsuda (''Anime/DigimonTamers''), Takuya Kanbara (''Anime/DigimonFrontier''), Masaru Daimon (''Anime/DigimonDataSquad''), Taiki Kudou (''Anime/DigimonFusion'', and Tagiru Akashi (''Anime/DigimonXrosWarsTheYoungHuntersWhoLeaptThroughTime'') appeared, alongside their partners, and they are all playable party members.[[/note]] |
| 33 | * ''Anime/DigimonAdventure2020'': A ContinuityReboot of the original 1999 television series. |
| 34 | [[/folder]] |
| 35 | |
| 36 | See also: the [[Characters/DigimonAdventure character sheet]]. All tropes related to a single character should be added there instead of here. |
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| 38 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 39 | !!''Digimon Adventure'' provides examples of: |
| 40 | [[folder:Tropes # - B]] |
| 41 | * TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: Greymon and Garurumon's evolutions to Perfect level, as well as their warp-evolutions, use 3D animation. It looks... rather out of place, given that every other Digimon use traditional hand-drawn animation in their Perfect evolution sequences. This would later be repeated in ''Adventure 02'', ''Tamers'' and ''Savers'', with Paildramon/Imperialdramon, Guilmon and Terriermon's lines, and [=ShineGreymon=] and [=MirageGaogamon=]'s [[SuperMode Burst Modes]] respectively. |
| 42 | * TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The day the [=DigiDestined=] first end up in the Digital World is August 1st, 1999. The ''episode'' was aired in Japan on March 7th that same year. However, it ends up subverted as the episode where the date is revealed, "Home Away from Home", aired on that exact date, effectively catching the audience up with the characters in real time. |
| 43 | * AbandonedHospital: In the Dark Masters arc, Tai and Izzy find one while searching for medicine for Kari. |
| 44 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: Numemon and Sukamon are both [[InterspeciesRomance attracted to Mimi]] and ask her out on dates. |
| 45 | * AbridgedSeries: |
| 46 | ** From the makers of Geass Twist and Bleachers, there's an entertaining one [[https://www.youtube.com/user/DigimonCampersGuide here.]] |
| 47 | ** There's one from Creator/LittleKuriboh, Dark Side Incorporated and [=MasakoX=] [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNadfv2yJcK3d0tNB3W-9mbA0U99UV9oc here,]] though it sort of turned into an April fool's day joke. |
| 48 | ** An interesting variation is the Tokyopop translations of the manga adaptation. The manga adaptation compressed the story considerably, skipping over and rushing minor and sometimes not-so-minor events. With added humor by the English adapter, the manga gave the effect of an Abridged series. |
| 49 | ** From the makers of Webvideo/DigimonAdventureTriAbridged comes an abridged version of [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL853Lf5HtEQy-8VGx1ZTkwp89sEP6dCjr this.]] |
| 50 | * ActorAllusion: Sora hilariously {{Lampshade}}s herself in a NoFourthWall session in one of the drama [=CDs=], where she complains about sounding like an "old lady." Though 34 (the age of Creator/YukoMizutani when she voiced Sora) doesn't seem to be ''that'' old, it certainly qualifies as DawsonCasting. In addition to this, another drama track consists of a radio show recording [=DJ'd=] by Sora, which alludes to how Yuko Mizutani ran a radio show years back. |
| 51 | * AdultsAreUseless: Subverted. The children are generally the only ones who can save the world, but the parents are actually relatively important when the fight moves to the real world. They even trade a few blows with enemy Digimon when Myotismon holds them captive. Hiroaki Ishida gets bonus points for being more heavily involved in the plot for a few episodes. |
| 52 | * {{Aesoptinum}}: The Digivices and Crests activate whenever their respective holders learns a lesson corresponding to the latter. |
| 53 | * AlternativeForeignThemeSong: |
| 54 | ** Done by the American English dub "Digimon, Digital Monsters, Digimon are the champions!" |
| 55 | ** The Italian dub chose to create an original song rather than use the Japanese theme. |
| 56 | ** South Korea also chose to create an original song for the dubbing of the series proper. However, their dub of the movie "Children's War Game" averted this by using a translation of the Japanese theme. |
| 57 | * AllThereInTheManual: A ''lot'' of side information (details about the Chosen Children, about the Digital World, who Gennai and his old comrades were, etc.) was revealed in things like drama [=CDs=], character songs, novels and such. [[NoExportForYou The dub accordingly missed out on a lot]]. |
| 58 | * AndIMustScream: |
| 59 | ** In Episode 52, the [=DigiDestined=] and their Digimon (barring T.K., Kari, and Mimi) are turned into keychains from [[MonsterClown Piedmon]]. From the keychains' perspective, [[FridgeHorror they see, feel and hear nothing]]. |
| 60 | ** [[spoiler:This gets turned back at him when he is thrown into [=HolyAngemon's=] Heaven's Gate, a portal to subspace from which he can never escape. [[FateWorseThanDeath And Digimon are pretty much immortal, barring being killed outright]]. [[AssholeVictim Not to say Piedmon didn't deserve it]].]] |
| 61 | * AnimationBump: Episode 21 was directed by [[Anime/SummerWars Mamoru]] [[Anime/TheGirlWhoLeaptThroughTime Hosoda]], who made the first two Digimon films. The quality of the artwork was considered by many to be a huge improvement, but Hosoda only directed one episode due to creative differences between his style and the style of the series as a whole. This episode is in some ways comparable to the Dark Ocean episode in ''[[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 Adventure 02]]'', directed by [[Anime/DigimonTamers Chiaki]] [[Anime/SerialExperimentsLain Konaka]]. |
| 62 | * AnyoneCanDie: |
| 63 | ** During the Dark Masters arc, most of the allies the Chosen Children had made throughout the series are killed on screen. Andromon and Elecmon are one of the few survivors. |
| 64 | ** [[spoiler:Patamon]] dies in the same episode he evolves for the first time, though he is resurrected shortly after. |
| 65 | * ApocalypseHow: X-5. Apocalymon attempted to destroy both the digital and real worlds with an explosion which was contained by the Digivices. |
| 66 | * ArtisticAge: The PilotMovie, set 4 years before the start of the series, featured a 7-year old Tai and a 4-year old Kari. Due to the drastic style difference (chubby bodies, ''very'' small hands and feet) both looked much younger. This wasn't helped by the fact that Kari was seen in a high chair and barely had any dialogue, being portrayed more like a toddler. It could be justified by the fact that the series hadn't established its characters yet, so Kari might have been intended to be a toddler in the movie before the show set her present age to 8, retroactively making her 4 in the film. |
| 67 | * ArtShift: The real world is drawn in a different art style to the Digital World. |
| 68 | * ArtifactOfHope: The Tags and Crests are a set of pendants made as companion pieces for the Digidestined's digivices to allow their corresponding digimon to digivolve into their Ultimate forms (or in Agumon and Gabumon's case, warp-digivolve to Mega-level). Each crest is associated with their corresponding destined's [[EmbodimentOfVirtue best quality]] (Courage, Friendship, Love, Sincerity, Knowledge, Reliability, Hope and Light), drawing power when they display these qualities. |
| 69 | * AttackAttackRetreatRetreat: Some of Piedmon's Vilemon army eagerly chase after some Gekomon in the final battle... then are seen being chased themselves by the bigger Digimon also taking part in the battle. |
| 70 | * BalloonBelly: It happens to Tai and Agumon whenever they [[BigEater gorge themselves]], which is fairly often. |
| 71 | * BarelyChangedDubName: The English dub keeps the characters' names intact, however they're OnlyKnownByTheirNickname. So Hikari is called "Kari", Taichi is "Tai", Yamato is "Matt", Takeru is "T.K.", and Koushiro is "Izzy" (his surname being "Izumi"). |
| 72 | * BathtubScene: Mimi is carried off by a group of Koromon and the group runs after her. Tai finds her taking a bath and gets things thrown at his face for his trouble. |
| 73 | * BellyMouth: [=VenomMyotismon=] develops a second face in his lower abdomen, and this proves to be his weak spot. |
| 74 | * BigBadDuumvirate: Heavily implied several times in the show, and even confirmed in the novelization, that all the villains are part of one same evil organization, with Devimon, Etemon and Vamdemon being the CoDragons to the Dark Masters, who themselves are CoDragons to Apocalymon. |
| 75 | * BitingTheHandHumor: Near the end of the Vamdemon/Myotismon arc, the studio of Fuji TV, which broadcasts the series in Japan, gets trashed. In the fight against [=VenomVamdemon=]/[=VenomMyotismon=], the globe in its construction even gets weaponized as Wargreymon kicks it against the evil Digimon's crotch like a soccer ball. |
| 76 | * BittersweetEnding: The kids save both of the worlds from Apocalymon and the Digital World reformats so it can start over in peace with the absence of the evil Digimon, but they have to leave the Digital World and their Digimon friends behind, seemingly forever. Fortunately, ''Our War Game'' and the ''[[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 next show]]'' fix this. |
| 77 | * BlackBugRoom: Matt, and a little later, Sora, find themselves in one when they succumb to their respective despair. |
| 78 | * BlandNameProduct: |
| 79 | ** Mimi stole, among other things, an off-brand Swiss Army knife from her father. |
| 80 | ** Koushiro carries a ''Pineapple'' laptop. |
| 81 | * {{Bookends}}: The kids spend their last day in the digital world in the place where they spent their first night. |
| 82 | * BornFromPlants: When Togemon, a giant catus, digivolves to Lilymon, a plant fairy, the TransformationSequence shows a rose blooming and releasing Lilymon. |
| 83 | * BrainMonster: Vademon has a huge exposed brain, seeing that he's an alien Digimon. |
| 84 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: Everyone infected with a Black Gear gets this by default, but two examples stand out above the others: |
| 85 | ** Leomon was stuffed with ''multiple'' black gears, causing him to grow, turn grey and become even more AxCrazy. |
| 86 | ** Meramon suddenly feels all the fire burning on his body when infected. When you mix a sudden case of the evils with feeling like your entire body is on fire (which it is), it turns him AxCrazy. |
| 87 | * BrutalBrawl: The battle between Angewomon and [=LadyDevimon=] devolves into this, with the two rivals exchanging punches, kicks, and slaps. It culminates with [=LadyDevimon=] knocking Angewomon out of the sky with a brutal RoundHouseKick |
| 88 | * ButNotTooForeign: The German dub renames the boroughs of Tokyo in Adventure and 02, into generic German borough names such as "West End"(Odaiba) "City" (Stadtmitte)=(shinjuku) and Vorstadt (suburbs),"Unterstadt" etc. |
| 89 | * ButtMonkey: Mostly Joe, although Izzy, Mimi, and T.K. have their moments. |
| 90 | [[/folder]] |
| 91 | [[folder:Tropes C - D]] |
| 92 | * TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Tai didn't exactly go out of his way to get back to the digital world after beating Etemon at first. |
| 93 | * CactusCushion: Palmon's Champion form is Togemon, a giant walking cactus with boxing gloves. Her first attack demonstrated in the anime is [[SpikeShooter Needle Spray]], which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. |
| 94 | * CatFight: Both the original series at its sequel features famous cat fights between Angewomon and [=LadyDevimon=]. Although both are among the most powerful Ultimate Digimon in the series whose signature moves are ranged attacks that blasts enemies with their respective holy and dark powers, their fights take the form of a [[BitchSlap slapping]], [[ByTheHair hair-pulling]] cat fights. Ordinary [[HolyBurnsEvil type advantages]] also seem suspended for these fights, with [[ScissorsCutsRock [=LadyDevimon=] narrowly but consistently overpowering Angewomon]], forcing Angewomon's allies to save her. [[GirlOnGirlIsHot The boys are infatuated with the fight]], while Hikari cheers on Angewomon like a soccer mom. |
| 95 | --> '''Angewomon''': (''slapping [=LadyDevimon=]'') "It's on, bitch!"\ |
| 96 | '''[=LadyDevimon=]''': (''slapping Angewomon back'') "What's wrong with you?" |
| 97 | * CallingYourAttacks: Every Digimon does this, in GratuitousEnglish even. Becomes ridiculous when they somehow manage to pronounce the attacks' names and spit out a projectile at the same time. |
| 98 | * CampfireCharacterExploration: Played with. Because they're in such a large group, characters tend to wander ''away'' from the campfire to get their character development -- Matt to play his harmonica, Joe to climb a mountain, etc. |
| 99 | * CaptureAndReplicate: Datamon captures Sora and soon afterwards makes a copy of her to use against Etemon thinking Biyomon will fight for him. |
| 100 | * CarFu: Attempted by Mimi's father against a [=DarkTyrannomon=]... in a golf cart. It doesn't work. |
| 101 | * CassandraTruth: [=DemiDevimon=]'s influence causes this with T.K. and Tokomon, and later, Joe and Matt. |
| 102 | %%* CasualDangerDialogue: In the English version. |
| 103 | * CentralTheme: Each crest is governed by these. The most obscure are Knowledge (wisdom, curiosity, knowledge, critical thinking, awareness of and engagement in immediate surroundings, using the aforementioned to help others) and Light (the advancement of all that is good and right). |
| 104 | * ChariotPulledByCats: |
| 105 | ** Etemon, the BigBad of the second arc, goes around in a trailer pulled by a styracosaur-like Monochromon. |
| 106 | ** Myotismon, the third arc's BigBad, rides in a carriage pulled by a Devidramon, a [[DragonsAreDemonic demonic dragon]]. |
| 107 | %%* CheerfulChild: T.K. and Kari. |
| 108 | * TheChessmaster: |
| 109 | ** Myotismon is frequently one step ahead of the children, and even manages to overcome his own daytime weaknesses by plunging their home city into permanent fog. |
| 110 | ** Machinedramon, who uses Izzy's laptop connection to pinpoint his and Tai's location, and thus to direct his forces to them. |
| 111 | * ClipItsWings: Angewomon gets impaled on the wall by her wings, courtesy of Piedmon. Puppetization followed soon after. |
| 112 | * ColdOpen: |
| 113 | ** The original version of the finale holds the title card until after Apocalymon's death. |
| 114 | ** The dub's last two episodes premiered in America as a pair; Fox Kids bridged them by skipping the intro to the finale. [=VenomMyotismon's=] episodes got the same treatment, so "The Battle for Earth" also has a cold open. |
| 115 | * ColourCodedCharacters: All the Digidestined have colors that correspond to them, based on their Crests. |
| 116 | %%* CombinedEnergyAttack: Three times! |
| 117 | * CoolBigSis: Patamon thinks of Biyomon like this, asking himself "[[WhatWouldXDo What would Biyomon do]]?" when he and T.K. are stranded. [[GiantFlyer Her solution]], of course, wouldn't have done Patamon any good at the time. |
| 118 | * CrapsaccharineWorld: Toy Town under Black Gear Monzaemon, and Machinedramon's domain. |
| 119 | * CueTheSun: After defeating Piedmon, the sun shines over his bleak domain... for about a minute. Then Apocalymon shows up, and the skies turn grey again. |
| 120 | * CurbStompBattle |
| 121 | ** Omnimon vs. a ''million Diaboromon''. And it's not Omnimon who's on the losing end. |
| 122 | ** Garudamon and Garurumon were on the receiving end of one when they first fought Snimon and Tuskmon. |
| 123 | ** The first episode of the Dark Masters arc has the Digidestined's Digimons getting utterly curb-stomped by the Dark Masters themselves. It takes ''two'' [[HeroicSacrifice heroic sacrifices]] from two of their allies in the past that they managed to even escape with their lives. |
| 124 | ** Pretty much every battle, really. Just about every episode has the protagonists' Digimon hopelessly outmatched against the MonsterOfTheWeek until they Digivolve fully, at which point they effortlessly obliterate the bad guys. |
| 125 | %%* {{Cyberspace}} |
| 126 | * DarkIsNotEvil: Towards the end, Gennai makes a point about how Virus-attribute Digimon aren't necessarily evil. It's seen most prominently in the Gekomon and Otamamon [[spoiler:and later Ogremon.]] |
| 127 | * DeadlyUpgrade: When Greymon was pressured into evolving by Taichi, he changed into the dark [=SkullGreymon=], a mindless monster. When it evolved "naturally", he became his true Perfect form, [=MetalGreymon=]. |
| 128 | * DeadSidekick: T.K. witnesses Angemon's death, but Angemon later [[DeathIsCheap comes back to life]]. |
| 129 | %%* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Piedmon's section of Spiral Mountain. |
| 130 | * DemonicVampires: Myotismon is a vampire-like Digimon whose Mega form is a giant [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black]] [[WingedHumanoid winged demon]]. Fittingly, his Japanese name, Vamdemon, is a combination of the words vampire and demon. |
| 131 | * DeusExMachina: The Digivices and Crests. They're supposed to make the Digimon be able to digivolve but they come with a load more nifty tricks that are never elaborated on. |
| 132 | ** Against Devimon, the digivices served to give more power to Angemon even though he was established later on as being a very powerful Digimon. One would think he could get the job done by himself. |
| 133 | ** Against Venommyotismon, when the chosen children were defeated, the Crests suddenly acted up and physically restrained the giant when their own Digimon couldn't do that... |
| 134 | ** Against Apocalymon, he threatened both worlds with some suicide attack, the digivices ended up forming some barrier to contain him. |
| 135 | ** Mimi's Crest glowing breaks [=Demidevimon=]'s hypnotism attack. |
| 136 | ** There is also the episode where Kari gains some power that releases a light to give Digimon more strength. Agumon used this light to warp digivolve and defeat Machinedramon. |
| 137 | %%* DevourTheDragon: Devimon to Ogremon temporarily, and [=VenomMyotismon=] to [=DemiDevimon=] permanently. |
| 138 | * DiabolicalMastermind: Devimon, Myotismon, and Piedmon. In the film, Diaborumon [Diablomon] - [[MeaningfulName appropriately enough]] - trumps them all. |
| 139 | * DiabolusExNihilo: Apocalymon. Absolutely '''''no''''' hint that he even existed until the last three episodes, then bam they're fighting him. This was partially induced by ExecutiveMeddling; the plan was to have a proper lead-up to him and explain his connection to the Dark Masters. |
| 140 | * DidntWantAnAdventure: A good chunk of both Mimi and Joe's complaints are about being stuck with this responsibility. |
| 141 | * DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: The song Mimi sung to wake [=ShogunGekomon=] in the original was the first ending theme, "I Wish". Mimi was also voiced by Ai Maeda, [[TheCastShowoff the song's artist]], so they just had to use the prerecorded audio until he woke up. |
| 142 | * DinosaursAreDragons: The Agumon line, though none of the forms had the "dra" syllable that marks it having some aspect of dragons. |
| 143 | ** Ironically, [=WarGreymon=], his Mega form, has a pair of claws called the Dramon Destroyers that are extremely effective at [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin destroying Dramon.]] |
| 144 | * DisasterDemocracy: Taichi is voted leader at Vamdemon's castle and slowly grows into this role. |
| 145 | * DiscoSucks: In the English dub, when Myotismon is chewing out [=DemiDevimon=] for screwing up yet again, the minion replies "Everybody makes mistakes! Remember disco?" |
| 146 | * DistressBall: [=WarGreymon=] participates in every fight with the Dark Masters. He spends portions of some fights firmly clenched between teeth, manipulated by an opponent, paralyzed by hunger or transmogrified into a key-chain. His allies have to rush to his rescue due to his rushing into fights, sometimes with a tragic outcome. |
| 147 | * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The Dark Caves don't really connect to much else in the plot or enable the characters trapped in them to connect with many others (particularly in Sora's case, as with Matt, there was at least a clearer cause and effect, and Gabumon was there to keep him company and talk him through things), but they work very well as a general metaphor for depression, which often doesn't, have a clear cause and effect. Not to mention that apart from being dark, the caves are scary, lonely places which each seem to not have an exit at one point. |
| 148 | * ADogNamedPerro: Gatomon in the English dub is an example of this, as Gato means cat in Spanish. Likewise many other Digimon, including Kabuterimon (kabuto is beetle in Japanese), Angemon (angel), Tyrannomon (Tyrannosaurus rex), Andromon (android), and Leomon (leo being lion in Latin). The mon part in all Digimon names just means monster. |
| 149 | * DramaPreservingHandicap: Arguably applies to Patamon in particular; Angemon and [=MagnaAngemon=] are each so powerful that they basically turned the tide single-handedly against the major villains of Devimon and Piedmon, so Angemon's first victory reduced him to Tokomon and Angemon kept getting knocked out during later fights so that he wouldn't be able to reach that stage again and turn the tables too soon. |
| 150 | * DressedLikeADominatrix: Devimon and his DistaffCounterpart [=LadyDevimon=] dress in a latex black costume adorned with belts and chains. The latter is a more obvious example than the former, as it's also [[{{Stripperiffic}} torn in strategic places]]. |
| 151 | * DroppedABridgeOnHim: Many ally Digimon in the Dark Masters arc, sacrificing themselves to give the children a chance. |
| 152 | * DubNameChange: Many. Some notable ones: |
| 153 | ** Chosen Children -> [=DigiDestined=] |
| 154 | ** The Spanish Latin American dub keeps the term Chosen Children intact. |
| 155 | ** Evolve -> Digivolve (EnforcedTrope to avoid confusion with ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Pokémon]]'') |
| 156 | ** The names of the evolution steps: Baby I, Baby II, Child, Adult, Perfect, Ultimate > Baby, In-Training, Rookie, Champion, Ultimate, Mega. |
| 157 | ** Piyomon -> Biyomon |
| 158 | ** Plotmon -> Salamon |
| 159 | ** Tailmon -> Gatomon |
| 160 | ** Vamdemon -> Myotismon (and by extension, [=VenomVamdemon=] and [=BelialVamdemon=]-> [=VenomMyotismon=] and [=MaloMyotismon=]) |
| 161 | ** [=AtlurKabuterimon=] -> [=MegaKabuterimon=] |
| 162 | ** Pinocchimon -> Puppetmon |
| 163 | ** Mugendramon -> Machinedramon |
| 164 | ** Death Meramon -> Skull Meramon |
| 165 | ** [=HolyAngemon=] -> [=MagnaAngemon=] |
| 166 | ** Piemon. In the dub he's spelled "Piedmon" Pied is Old English for 'of Two Colours', like the black and white split of Piedmon's face. However the dub change is most likely a reference to The Pied Piper of Hamelin, |
| 167 | ** From the Movie we have. |
| 168 | *** Diablomon -> Diaboromon |
| 169 | *** Omegamon -> Omnimon |
| 170 | * DubInducedPlotHole: |
| 171 | ** Izzy knowing what a Digivice is before Centarumon telling him about it. Matt's father knowing who Gabumon was, during the Real World Arc, which lead to many speculations that Matt's dad was a Digidestined. There's also Mimi's throwaway comment about her little brother early on in the series, prior to the clarification that she's actually an only child. The important ones are corrected or ignored when the situation arises. |
| 172 | ** Sora explains what each crest symbolizes to the Digidestined after overhearing [=DemiDevimon=]. Tai acts surprised to hear he has the Crest of Courage, despite referring to that crest as such multiple times in many episodes. It's clear the writers intended this to be a big reveal but forgot they'd already mentioned the names of the crests before. |
| 173 | ** The Digimon Adventure pilot movie was released in Japan before the first episode of the series was ever broadcast, but that wasn't the case with the English version, so English-speaking audiences didn't have the same timely access to information provided by the movie, such as when the kids got their first look at Digimon or the fact that Tai has a little sister. |
| 174 | ** That one strange time when Tai briefly goes back to the real world and gets a message from Izzy back in the Digital World. A later episode repeats this same scene from Izzy's perspective -- but the English dub made ''no effort'' to keep Izzy's dialogue consistent, meaning it plays out like a completely different scene. There's also some confusion as to who called who, as the dub makes it seem that Izzy's laptop called Tai on its own, somehow. |
| 175 | * DubPronunciationChange: In the original Japanese dub, Angemon's name is pronounced "ain-jeh-mon", but in the English dub, his name either has the original pronunciation or is said like "ahn-jeh-mon" [[InconsistentDub depending on the episode]]. And in the German dub, his name is pronounced "ahn-geh-mon". |
| 176 | * DubText: Matt and T.K. being half brothers. Hmm, no wonder the parents divorced and their mom kept T.K.. The dub later abandoned this and reverted them to being proper brothers. |
| 177 | ** In the Latin-American Spanish dub, they refer to each other as brothers but their parents are divorced, and the mother keeps T.K., but calling your half brother 'brother' in Spanish is a sign of fraternity. |
| 178 | * DullSurprise: The Finnish dub, during the first half of the series. Everybody sounds terrible. So terrible in fact, that parents filed complaints to the channel that aired it. It was the final nail on the company's coffin, and it shut down soon afterwards. [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1T_TLBZxY4U Observe]]. Fortunately, it got a proper dub later down the line. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAPcwAOxbBo The opening]] demonstrates the change dramatically. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZYXxJgaTSg Compare with the previous one]]. |
| 179 | * DungFu: The original had Numemon tossing its own feces as an attack, but the creators changed it to "sludge" in the English dub. |
| 180 | [[/folder]] |
| 181 | [[folder:Tropes E - F]] |
| 182 | * EliteMooks: Snimon and Tuskmon. Snimon is able to take down Garudamon despite only being an adult level while Tuskmon throws Garurumon around like a rag-doll, forcing Kari to give herself up to Vamdemon. The second time they clash with three of the Chosen Children who engage the two as a distraction. [=WereGarurumon=] opens with a sucker punch to both Digimon, which they both shrug off. This time around, Garudamon handles Tuskmon on her own, leaving Zudomon and [=WereGarurumon=] to fight the more powerful Snimon. Even after being outnumbered by three Digimon each an evolution level higher, they still manage to keep the three Digimon and their children tied down long enough for the other children to climb to the top of the Fuji TV Station before they are incapacitated. |
| 183 | * EmpathicWeapon: The {{Mons}} themselves. They each have a bond with one of the Digidestined, and their power to Digivolve comes from sharing their partners' emotional energy. |
| 184 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: |
| 185 | ** We're first introduced to the main characters at summer camp and their reactions to the sudden snow sets up their personalities - Tai excitedly runs out first and wanting a tobagan race, T.K. happily running out to build a snowman, Matt urging his little brother to be careful, Sora lamenting that she didn't bring a jacket, Joe worrying about what ailment he'll pick up, Mimi cheerily mentioning that she should have brought her pink furry socks and Izzy staying inside with his computer. |
| 186 | ** Etemon is introduced as a LaughablyEvil yet NotSoHarmlessVillain. He is revealed as an adult-size monkey puppet with a very goofy popstar personality and it's hard to take him seriously. Then later in the same episode, he is able to De-Power the Chosen Children's Digimon Partners with ThePowerOfRock and destroys a village, and he does both things while being several kilometres away from them. And at the end of the episode, it is shown that his network cables are spread over the entire Server Continent, showing that he has much more power and control over the continent than you would have imagined. |
| 187 | * EverybodyCries: During the final part of the final episode, we see the Digi-destined and their Digimon cry, one scene at a time, as they both say farewell and the children return to the real world. |
| 188 | * EverythingIsOnline: Justified in that the Digital World arises from the Earth's various communications systems, so Digimon could theoretically affect all electronic systems (the PilotMovie shows strong interference with electronics whenever a Digimon evolves or emerges). On the other hand, there's ''Our War Game''. Diablomon was explicitly stated to exist on the Internet... so what are Ferris wheels, nuclear missiles, and supermarket scanners doing hooked up to the Internet? ''In 2000?!'' |
| 189 | * EvilBrit: The only character to speak with a non-American accent is the BigBad of the fourth arc, Piedmon, who appears to spend most of his time doing a whimsical Creator/TimCurry impression. |
| 190 | * EvilVersusEvil: [=MetalEtemon=] vs. Puppetmon in the Dark Masters Arc, notable in that it's among the few times two {{Big Bad}}s fought each other. |
| 191 | %%** Etemon vs. Datamon on more then one occasion. |
| 192 | * ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: [=WarGreymon's=] Dramon Killer claws are extremely effective at...well, destroying Dramon type Digimon. |
| 193 | ** The Hiding Tree from the first episode. It's used for hiding. |
| 194 | * ExtremelyShortTimespan: Thanks to [[YearInsideHourOutside Day Inside, Minute Outside]], even though the Digi-Destined feel like they've been adventuring for months, the whole series actually only takes place over a few days in real time. |
| 195 | * ExecutionByExposure: In "The Crest of Sincerity", Cockatorimon captures most of the Digidestined and places them on netting under the harsh desert sun. |
| 196 | * EyeCatch: Features scenes of the Digimon appearing and digivolving which make it mildly spoileriffic for the first arc. |
| 197 | * FaceNodAction: After seeing Myotismon negate [=MetalGreymon=]'s attack, then four more at once, T.K. and Patamon jointly agree to enter the battle (and have Patamon digivolve to Angemon for only the third time). |
| 198 | ** A couple of the boys do this when they decide Piximon's home dimension is worth entering. |
| 199 | * FakeKillScare: When Kari surrenders to Myotismon, he asks the already-captured Gatomon if she really is the eighth [=DigiDestined=] so he can kill her. Given that she's Kari's partner, Gatomon tries to protect Kari by pretending she's never met her before. With a snap of Myotismon's fingers, Kari screams and Gatomon blurts out her name in horror, only to find [=DemiDevimon=] is just tugging on Kari's hair. |
| 200 | * FamilyFriendlyFirearms: In the dub, Pinocchimon/Puppetmon's gun is removed. This goes so far that when he reaches for bullets to reload, the shot cuts off and he says (from offscreen) that he's itching his legs. |
| 201 | * FieldPowerEffect: Gomamon's "Marching Fishes" attack can't do anything if he's not near water, but when he's in or near it, it can help him to transport his friends. |
| 202 | * FiveSecondForeshadowing: In episode 21, immediately after Tai enters his home, he takes his shoes off. Next to them are two larger pairs, and a smaller pair of pink sandals. It's only a few minutes later we're introduced to Kari. |
| 203 | * {{Flashback}}: Brief flashbacks are used to show events that help explain the kids' behavior in the present. Episode 45 has a longer one that lasts a few scenes and kids light on how they and their Digimon came to be a team. |
| 204 | * TheFinalTemptation: This hits Tai pretty hard when [[spoiler:he and Koromon birefly go to Tokyo]]. The poor kid first goes all SchrodingersButterfly and then [[spoiler:remembers the comforts of home, not to mention he's actually a kid who has a kid's life ahead of him and his family's company]]. The icing in the cake is [[spoiler:Kari holding his hand when he gets the chance of going back]]. |
| 205 | * FoodPorn: The Digidestined are constantly discussing food. They either mention times when they wish they could have something and bring up how amazing it would be. Or if they have a chance to feast on food you can expect to hear how satisfying the experience is. |
| 206 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: |
| 207 | ** In the episode "Evil Shows His Face" the kids walk into a mansion and T.K. comments on the beauty of an angel painting. Patamon asks what an angel is, which T.K. then explains. Guess who later evolves into an angel. This also references something explained in [[AllThereInTheManual expanded universe materials]] about Devimon - he's a fallen Angemon. [[spoiler:There are also 8 beds in the mansion, foreshadowing the 8th child long before she was even hinted at.]] |
| 208 | ** At the end of Episode 1, the narrator in the Japanese version says: "it was the beginning of the longest, and shortest, summer vacation they had ever had", foreshadowing the fact that time flows differently in the Digimon world. |
| 209 | ** In Episode 2, "Garurumon", when they encounter the trolley car Tai suggests that it might be their way home. |
| 210 | ** Once the Digital World appears in the sky, there are reaction shots from New York City, Paris, and Moscow. Each city is featured in an episode of the Digimon World Tour. |
| 211 | ** Each of the original seven Digidestined are seen displaying their respective crest qualities when their partner digimon first take on their champion forms. Almost all of their crests represent a trait that, in battle, lend themselves to courage in some form, so it's easy to miss if you're not looking for it, but going down the list... |
| 212 | *** Tai went right up to Shellmon and jabbed at his foot with an improvised javelin. |
| 213 | *** Matt dove into the lake from shore to get to the other kids on the island (mostly for T.K.'s sake, but still). |
| 214 | *** Sora herded the many Yokomon down into the old ship, making sure they were all safe before following. |
| 215 | *** Izzy hacked into Tentomon's digital DNA. |
| 216 | *** Mimi got tired of hiding her bad mood. |
| 217 | *** Joe leaped right onto Unimon to try and save the younger kids by pulling out the black gear manually. |
| 218 | *** T.K. was a kid who didn't really have the sense to run when he should've, but may have been holding out hope and it worked in his favor that one time. |
| 219 | ** In the end of episode 17 a cactus saves the team by shielding them from Kokatorimon's ship. After he blew up with it, the the top of the cactus starts glowing. When the glow fades, the cactus grows a beautiful pink lily. Inside it, lies the Crest of Sincerity. This foreshadows that Palmon's ultimate Digivolution may not be in that bad taste. |
| 220 | * FriendlessnessInsult: T.K. uses this as a tactic against Puppetmon to escape his castle, claiming he is bored because he hasn't seen any friends of his Puppetmon's around, which likely means the Dark Master doesn't have any. |
| 221 | * FrothyMugsOfWater: Instances of tricking a Digimon to drink alcoholic beverages by changing it to Soda Pop in the English dub. |
| 222 | * FurAgainstFang: [=WereGarurumon=] vs. Myotismon in episode 33. Notably, [=WereGarurumon=] was shown to be the only partner Digimon able to evenly handle Myotismon in single combat at the time, a further nod to this trope. |
| 223 | [[/folder]] |
| 224 | [[folder:Tropes G - H]] |
| 225 | * GagDub: |
| 226 | ** The Saban dub is this, there were times when it acted silly - but it did definitely know how to be heartbreakingly serious when it had to be, not to mention its general aversion of NeverSayDie, and it generally took itself more seriously as the show went on. The dub was dubbed by the same company who worked on ''Anime/SamuraiPizzaCats'' so all the added humor in the dub shouldn't come off as very surprising. |
| 227 | ** Played straight with the dub of the first OVA: even aside from it being accompanied with [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVAs]] for later seasons, already causing info overlap ("Why is the show about kids that were in high school at the end of the movie?"), the somber, quiet tone inspired by the original Godzilla movies is completely removed, making it feel more like an extended battle for the actual series, complete with Digimon calling their attacks. |
| 228 | * GameBreaker: In-universe. That's basically what happens whenever someone with advanced tech knowledge enters the digital world. Izzy isn't able to enter full god mode on the Digiworld, but this allows him to use some shortcuts like access some hidden information about towns, analyze Digimon and use a loophole to make his digimon evolve. |
| 229 | %%* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Gabumon does this to Matt near the end by biting him. |
| 230 | %%* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition. |
| 231 | * GondorCallsForAid: What Mimi and Joe end up deciding to do throughout the Dark Masters arc. Come the final battle with Piedmon, almost all of the children's surviving allies show up to participate in taking down Piedmon's army of Vilemon. |
| 232 | * GratuitousEnglish: ''Adventure'' set the trend for the franchise absolutely loving this trope. Almost every [[CallingYourAttacks attack name]] seen, and all of them for the main character Digimon and {{Big Bad}}s. ''Adventure'' also set the trend for spurts of English sporadically appearing throughout the opening, closing, insert and evolution themes throughout the franchise, and most song names are also GratuitousEnglish. |
| 233 | * GravityScrew: Spiral Mountain. It's not commented upon, but the kids are clearly walking along the side the whole way up, without ever noticing it. As the Dark Masters die, the entire mountain manages to hold itself up despite large chunks disappearing. |
| 234 | * GroinAttack: Believe it or not, one of the [[BigBad Big Bads]] is ''killed'' by one of these. [[spoiler:To be more fair to Vamdemon, the attack was at a imp creature representing his real form that happened to be located in his crotch]]. |
| 235 | * GuiltInducedNightmare: In "Princess Karaoke", Mimi has [[AcquiredSituationalNarcissism become stuck-up as a result of all the praise she's been given]] for her BeautifulSingingVoice, alienating her friends as a result. She has a nightmare that she's being stalked by Devimon and Etemon and her friends abandon her for her actions. Even ''Palmon'' refuses to help her. Sora (in her DreamWithinADream) [[LampshadeHanging lampshades this]], saying that her dream was trying to teach her the error of her ways. When Mimi wakes up for real, [[JerkassRealization she realizes how much of a spoiled brat she's become.]] |
| 236 | * HandingOverTheCrapSack: In a metaphorical sense, Apocalymon. He states that he was created from the discarded data of digimon who couldn't digivolve and simply vanished. He even states this trope in his own words. |
| 237 | -->'''Apocalymon:''' "Why do you get to laugh while I'm forced to cry? Why do you get to taste the best life has to offer while all I do is choke on its leftovers!? Answer me this: why do you all get the pizza, while I get the crust?!!" |
| 238 | -->'''Mimi:''' Oooh, I can't take all the metaphors!!!" |
| 239 | %%* HeelFaceTurn: Gatomon and Ogremon. |
| 240 | * HeroicBSOD: This happens with pretty much all of the kids, Matt and Sora probably taking it the worst. |
| 241 | ** Another very noteworthy one being near the end of the Etemon arc, when Tai [[spoiler:learns that he is not invincible, simply because he exists in that world as a digital proxy of himself.]] He gets over it eventually, and awesome ensues when his crest awakens after an emotional 180 degree turn. |
| 242 | * HeroicResolve: Happens a lot, but probably the most noteworthy is in the final fight with [[spoiler:Apocalymon. He digitizes the children and their Digimon after destroying their crests. Their combined HeroicResolve allows them to use the traits the crests represent without needing the physical representation.]] |
| 243 | * HeroicSacrifice: A ''LOT'' of Digimon during the Dark Masters arc end up performing these for the children. |
| 244 | ** [[spoiler:In ''Anime/DigimonTheMovie'', the Greymon Tai and Kari met sacrifices himself to destroy Parrotmon and save them]] |
| 245 | * HotSpringsEpisode: In episode 8. It turns out to be an illusion of Devimon's creation. |
| 246 | [[/folder]] |
| 247 | [[folder:Tropes I - L]] |
| 248 | * IChooseToStay: Subverted. Once the adventure is over, the kids ''don't'' want to go. However, they are ultimately forced to, because either they return to their homes or the digital world will see them as an anomaly and delete them. |
| 249 | * IdiotHero: Tai. He soon learns to not be so brash and hard-headed. |
| 250 | * ImmortalityField: This continuity established that Digimon that died in the [[{{Cyberspace}} DigiWorld]] would eventually resurrect in the "Village of Beginnings" as Digi-Eggs. If a Digimon dies in the real world, however, they stay dead, like [[spoiler:Gotsumon, Pumpkinmon, and Wizardmon]]. |
| 251 | ** Somehow, this is apparently inverted for Myotismon, who died in the real world and came back. Then died again, and came back again in the [[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 next series]]. In fact, he's only KilledOffForReal in the Digital World. |
| 252 | ** By the time of ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri'', Leomon had returned after dying in the first series, only for him to die in the real world. [[spoiler:However, the [[CosmicRetcon Reboot]] of the [=DigiWorld=] allowed permanently deceased Digimon to be reborn]]. |
| 253 | * IndignantSlap: During a flashback in "My Sister's Keeper", a younger Tai brings Kari (who has a cold) to the park to play soccer with him. She ends being hospitalized when this cold turns out to be pneumonia, and his mother slaps him across the face for being so reckless.[[note]]The English dub gets rid of the slapping scene, but still implies she's done it because there's still a big red hand mark on his cheek.[[/note]] |
| 254 | * IneffectualSympatheticVillain: A few: Ogremon during the Devimon arc (he later does a HeelFaceTurn), Etemon whenever he lost, and [=DemiDevimon=] who kept falling foul of Myotismon's displeasure. Puppetmon also has shades of this owing to his LonersAreFreaks and IJustWantToHaveFriends problems, but it's overridden by how frequently he decides to KickTheDog for the most pathetic of reasons. |
| 255 | * JustEatHim: [=MetalSeadramon=] attempts to do this to [=WarGreymon=]. He would have succeeded, had it not been for [[HeroicSacrifice Whamon]]. |
| 256 | * KickTheDog: |
| 257 | ** Myotismon has a lot of these moments, especially in the Eighth Child arc. When he's taken an entire district of Tokyo captive, he decides to separate the children from the adults in order to locate the eighth child, relishing the mere thought of their cries. And prior to all that, he enslaves and torments the puppy-like Salamon. |
| 258 | ** Etemon and the Dark Masters have their moments; Etemon keeps hitting and bullying his Gazimon followers; the Dark Masters attack the Gekomon and Otamamon 'for the fun of it'. |
| 259 | * KilledOffForReal: Since when Digimon die their data merely gets reconfigured and they start life over again, they technically can't really die. However this only applies to when they're in the Digital World, so any Digimon who dies in the Real World, most notably Gostumon, Pumpkinmon, and Wizardmon, stay dead. |
| 260 | ** Though apparently this rule doesn't apply to Myotismon, who dies in the real world and comes back. Then dies again, and comes back again in the next series. In fact, he's only killed off for good in the Digital World. |
| 261 | * KillSteal: Happens to [=MegaKabuterimon=] while fighting Puppetmon. [=MegaKabuterimon=] had already freed [=WarGreymon=] from Puppetmon's control, blown away his bullet hammer and injured him to a fair degree; all with a single well placed [[LightningCanDoAnything bolt of lightning]]. Puppetmon's forced to animate his mansion as a distraction and run away, until he runs into [=MetalGarurumon=] and Matt, whom he finds he's no longer capable of manipulating. He's promptly taken out by the the duo after [[TooDumbtoLive furiously charging at them while injured with only the wooden cross on his back as an improvised weapon, better known as the Puppet Pummel/Flying Cross Cutter which is only effective when thrown like a boomerang.]] |
| 262 | * LargeHam: Apocalymon. ''Especially'' in the dub. |
| 263 | -->[[IncomingHam I AM THE ULTIMATE EVIL, COMPLETE WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER.]] |
| 264 | ** And let's not forget Etemon, who in the dub has an awesomely hammy Elvis-voice provided by Creator/RichardEpcar. The German voice actor for Etemon, Tom Deininger, is '''yelling''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OweeEHuUmVs almost every single line.]] |
| 265 | * LastBreathBullet: Saber Leomon does this to finish off Metal Etemon after taking a fatal blow for Mimi. |
| 266 | * LightFireJuxtaposition: Downplayed in this continuity. Those related to the Crest of Courage are leaders who tend to have fire-powered Digimon partners (Tai, Davis/Daisuke), while the Crest of Light and Digimon with light-related powers are separate. Most notably, Courage-wielder Tai and Light-wielder Kari/Hikari are siblings, and their crest designs look remarkably similar. |
| 267 | * LightningBruiser: Gatomon is incredibly agile ''and'' strong, which lets her take on 5 of the partner Digimon at once with little effort, despite being about ten times smaller than any of them. [[JustifiedTrope She's a Champion-level Digimon and the ring on her tail is an]] AmplifierArtifact. |
| 268 | ** It's worth noting that none of the Digimon she struck were incapacitated by her; They all were strong enough to fight off the several Devidramon that were sent to fight the chosen children after the fact. |
| 269 | ** She [[RedemptionDemotion loses this status]] after her {{Heel Face Turn}}. |
| 270 | * LimitedWardrobe: Justified at first since they're stuck in another world. Not so justified when they temporarily return to earth for about three days and don't ever change clothes aside from pajamas (and even then Mimi is the only one shown to be in different clothes for any adequate amount of time. |
| 271 | * LosingTheTeamSpirit: Tai's disappearance after the defeat of Etemon has this effect on the Chosen Children. The heroes eventually go their separate ways and fail to accomplish anything significant for almost three months. |
| 272 | [[/folder]] |
| 273 | [[folder:Tropes M - O]] |
| 274 | * MacGuffinSuperPerson: Hikari / Kari. Hunted by [[spoiler:Myotismon]] because she's [[spoiler:the eighth digidestined and the holder of the Crest of Light]]. Heck, one of her image songs is even called "Holy Light." |
| 275 | * MacrossMissileMassacre: [=MetalGarurumon=]'s Grace Cross Freezer attack fires every single missile it has from countless hidden stashes across his body. |
| 276 | * ManipulativeBastard: [=DemiDevimon=] and Cherrymon. And Myotismon too, though unfortunately most of his manipulations had to be carried out by [=DemiDevimon=]; while he did do a decent job at first, he was too inept to make his machinations last long. |
| 277 | * MeaningfulName: Sora means "sky", and Sora's partner is a bird-like Digimon. Hikari[Kari] means "light" and she has the Crest of Light. |
| 278 | * MechanicalLifeforms: While the Digimon are more akin to EnergyBeings, being made up of data, this trope is briefly discussed in the second episode, when Izzy asks why they're called "Digital Monsters". |
| 279 | -->'''Izzy:''' I only ask because your composition isn't at all machine-like. |
| 280 | -->'''Tentomon:''' Oh, really? *charges Super Shocker* |
| 281 | * {{Mentors}}: A metric ton of them. Ironically, only Gennai survives the series. |
| 282 | * {{Metaphorgotten}}: Episode 50's dub: "The bases are loaded, two out, and we need a slam dunk." |
| 283 | * AMillionIsAStatistic: ''Our War Game''. [[spoiler:Around a million Diaborumon, and the last one standing after Omnimon [[CurbStompBattle demolished them all]] just happens to be the actual target.]] |
| 284 | * MissedHimByThatMuch: As the kids are eating in a restaurant, Joe and Izzy are outside and rush towards it, just narrowly avoiding getting seen by [=SkullMeramon=] thanks to two people moving a painting that blocks its view. |
| 285 | %%* MonsterOfTheWeek: [[{{Mons}} Lite]]rally. |
| 286 | * MonsAsCharacterization: The Chosen Children are partnered with a type of Digimon. Some of them are the exact opposite of their personalities, but others are pretty much the same as their human counterparts. One example: Matt/Yamato's partner is Gabumon, who digivolves into Garurumon, a large blue furred wolf. This represents Matt's lone wolf nature. |
| 287 | * MonTech: Digivices are used by the Digidestined to channel their emotions so their Digimon partners can Digivolve. They can evolve to Champion independently, but being supported by their Crests and the bond with the Digimon allows them to Digivole to Ultimate and then Mega. |
| 288 | * MoodWhiplash: |
| 289 | ** The Etemon arc. Etemon, a monkey-like Digimon who acts like an Elvis Impersonator, is sandwiched between the demonic Devimon and the even more demonic Myotismon. Yes, he was no doubt dangerous, but he wasn't nearly as terrifying as the villain before or after him. |
| 290 | ** This also happens a lot during the Dark Masters arc, mainly because it's the show at its darkest and thus occasional bouts of comic relief become something of a necessity. For example, the first episode after their introduction, which ends with Piximon sacrificing himself to save them, has them dealing with Scorpiomon, who is a complete schmuck of a goon paid in clams. |
| 291 | %%* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Tokomon |
| 292 | * MoreThanMindControl: Matt, especially after talking to Cherrymon. He doesn't so much take control of his mind as much as manipulate him emotionally. |
| 293 | ** Vademon doesn't brainwash Izzy, but he takes his curiosity, convincing Izzy to just accept information presented to him and not seek answers for himself. It basically makes him into a doormat, as he doesn't question Vademon when he tells him to give up his digivice and crest. |
| 294 | * MusclesAreMeaningless: A digimon's power is based more heavily on its evolution stage than anything else, which doesn't necessarily correspond to size. Ultimate-level digimon like Etemon can toss around multiple larger champion-level digimon without issue. |
| 295 | * MusicalisInterruptus: Everywhere. A notable example is during Vamdemon's debut. When Ikkakumon launched his Harpoon Vulcan at Vamdemon, Brave Heart stops abruptly as Vamdemon gets covered in [[SmokeShield smoke]], then reappears unharmed. |
| 296 | * MusicalPastiche: In the the Japanese version, it reused a musical piece from ''Anime/SailorMoon'', another Toei production; the music composer for both shows was none other than the late Takanori Arisawa. Compare the two: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POrdFe8nfg0 at 2:35 for the Sailor Moon version]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuHpfU5LxtE&feature=player_embedded click here for the Digimon version]]. They're almost exactly the same. |
| 297 | ** The dub version uses the soundtrack from Saban's ''Series/MaskedRider''. |
| 298 | * MysteriousWaif: Kari has aspects of this in her first appearance. |
| 299 | * NamedByTheDub: In the episode where the kids hitchhike to get across Tokyo, the guy who picks them up originally went unnamed. In the dub, due to him [[RelatedInTheAdaptation now being Sora’s cousin rather than a random stranger]], she can be heard saying “Hi Duane” after he stops. |
| 300 | * {{Narrator}}: |
| 301 | ** Creator/HiroakiHirata narrates the original Japanese version. |
| 302 | ** For part of the English dub at least, the main cast in the role of PreviouslyOn. |
| 303 | * NasalWeapon: One of the attacks of [[FightingClown Puppetmon]] is ''Drill Nose''. It should be noted that it was used just once, during the most ridiculous fight involving this character...and he got a fart to the face as a result. |
| 304 | * NaturalDisasterCascade: The main human characters' transportation to Digimon Island was preceded by freak climate shifts which caused the rainforest to dry out, murky waters to flood other areas, and normally-sweltering cities to experience freezing temperatures in the summer; and finally, a massive blizzard strikes the camp where the kids are staying (again, in the summer) before they're transported. |
| 305 | * NeverSayDie: In the dub, it's inconsistent depending on the episode; in general it did a decent job at averting it, with a few glaring exceptions: |
| 306 | ** When Myotismon claimed to "banish Pumpkinmon and Gotsumon to a dungeon in the Digital World" for disobedience. |
| 307 | ** He also claimed to have "sent the Darktyrannomon back to the Digital World" after Lilymon managed to pacify the Digimon. |
| 308 | ** When Machinedramon destroys [=WaruMonzaemon=] for failing, the dub gives [=WaruMonzaemon=] the line "You blasted my paw!" as we see the paw disintegrate -- implying that Machinedramon only vaporized one limb and not the whole Digimon. |
| 309 | %%* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Regarding Myotismon's revival. [[LampshadeHanging Joe brings it up.]] |
| 310 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: Nice job bringing Gatomon to her chosen partner and giving her the motivation to evolve into the one Digimon ''predestined to kill you'', Myotismon. |
| 311 | * NighttimeBathroomPhobia: In episode 8, Agumon has Tai walk with him to the bathroom shortly after they're supposed to go to bed, and Tai is rather annoyed by this. The English dub changes the dialogue between them, however, and Agumon joins Tai just in case something dangerous happens, but Tai accuses him of being the one who's afraid to use the bathroom in the dark after he enters a stall. |
| 312 | * NobodyPoops: Averted with the Digimon, in spectacular fashion. Numemon, Sukamon, and Garbagemon use their poop as ''their main attack''. However the dub changes this to sludge. The only exception is they keep Koromon pooping in a car in one episode, though they didn't really have a choice since it was kind of a plot point. |
| 313 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: A vast majority of the non-main Digimon's English voices are based off of actors from the heyday of the voice actors' various childhoods, so this doubles as a ParentalBonus. |
| 314 | * NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Agumon is the victim of one of these from two Gazimon when the gang visits a Koromon village and finds the ''real'' villagers. |
| 315 | ** All four Dark Masters do this to the group in their first appearance. Later, Piedmon dishes an even nastier beatdown to [=WarGreymon=] before reinforcements arrive. |
| 316 | * NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech: A few of them, but the most notable is at the finale. [[spoiler:The Digidestined and their Digimon, all left powerless after being digitized by [[BigBad Apocalymon]], refuse to quit and manage to activate the power of their Crests that they had inside them the entire time. They give a group one of these before digivolving their Digimon, reassembling themselves, and taking Apocalymon apart.]] |
| 317 | * NoOntologicalInertia: Applied to the Digimon TakenForGranite in episode 17 of Digimon Adventure, even though the character was not even dead. |
| 318 | ** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] by Devimon's black gears, which the kids incorrectly assume all disappear after Devimon's defeat. |
| 319 | * NoPowerNoColor: Lillymon, whose body is normally colored different shades of pink and green, is struck by Vamdemon' Dead Scream attack, which turns her grey and causes her to fall to the ground unconscious. |
| 320 | %%* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Etemon, Monzaemon, sometimes [=DemiDevimon=], and ''maybe'' Digitamamon and Datamon [[PintsizedPowerhouse depending on how harmless you thought they looked anyway]]. |
| 321 | * NuclearWeaponsTaboo: Averted in ''Our War Game,'' where the main battle is a race against the clock to keep a nuke from detonating in Tokyo Bay. |
| 322 | ** ArtisticLicenseNuclearPhysics was also averted here. After [[spoiler:Diablomon is defeated]], the ICBM he launched harmlessly crashed into Tokyo Bay. In his [[http://digipedia.db-destiny.net/fanatics_guide/fanatics_movie.htm ''Fanatic's Guide to Digimon'']] Chris [=McFeely=] was puzzled why the nuke doesn't go off. Latter, a fan cleared it up, stating that [[TruthInTelevision nuclear bombs don't blow up because of impact]]. |
| 323 | ** [=SkullGreymon's=] Ground Zero (dubbed as Dark Shot), when he fires his missile and creates widespread devastation. |
| 324 | * OnceMoreWithClarity: Episode 45 revisits The Greymon-Parrotmon battle from the PilotMovie, placing it in the context of why the [=DigiDestined=] were chosen for their task and how were equipped for it. |
| 325 | * OneLastFieldTrip: After the final battle, the Digimon and their partners have a couple of hours to spend together. Gabumon asks to hear Matt play his harmonica, while Tentomon spends time with Izzy and his computer. |
| 326 | * OnTheNextEpisodeOfCatchPhrase: "Now the adventure evolves" in the original, and "...on the next ''Digimon: Digital Monsters''" in the dub. |
| 327 | * TheOperatorsMustBeCrazy: |
| 328 | ** In one of the movies, when Tai is desperate to reach any of the other kids, but the phone lines have all been tied up by Infermon, a computer virus, he reaches a phone operator over and over who keeps telling him that the lines are busy in an increasingly frazzled tone until finally screaming at him "Did you hear me?! IT'S BUSY!" |
| 329 | ** After the kids first reached the Digital World, they ran into a bunch of pay phones and, overjoyed, desperately tried to call their homes. Unfortunately, when they tried, all they got were a variety of non-sequiturs from the operators up to and including a weather forecast that included "a slight chance of ice cream." |
| 330 | * OurVampiresAreDifferent: Myotismon, though he also carries several stereotypical traits [[spoiler:like coming back from the dead]]. |
| 331 | * OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: [=WereGarurumon=], though he doesn't really display any of the attributes commonly associated with werewolves, other than being a humanoid wolf and howling at the moon in his digivolution sequence. |
| 332 | [[/folder]] |
| 333 | [[folder:Tropes P - R]] |
| 334 | * PerformerGuise: One episode had Agumon and Palmon infiltrate Etemon's base, posing as [=PunkAgumon=] and [=RaggaePalmon=] respectively. |
| 335 | * PilotMovie: It was also called ''Digimon Adventure''. Oddly enough, it was released the day before the first episode aired. It was dubbed as part one of ''Anime/DigimonTheMovie'', so the dub's debut didn't come until partway through the dub broadcast of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02''. |
| 336 | * PimpedOutDress: Mimi's [[PrincessesPreferPink princess]] dress. |
| 337 | * PortalSlam: Episode 27 ends with Tai pounding on a portal door after it was literally slammed in his face. |
| 338 | * PostEpisodeTrailer: done with episodes of the original Japanese version of the show, with the tagline "Now the adventure evolves". |
| 339 | * PottyEmergency: Izzy gets this in the movie, and Agumon has to go in the episode when they were in the illusion mansion. |
| 340 | * PottyFailure: When T.K. and Patamon were in Primary Village, one of the baby Digimon has an accident. In one episode Koromon is in the car and poops himself, and in another episode he eats too many eggs and has an accident offscreen. |
| 341 | * ThePowerOfFriendship: Matt's crest was even called '''Friendship''', so it's very specifically fueled by this. In a more general instance, it's part of what fuels the evolution of the partner Digimon. |
| 342 | * ThePowerOfLove: Sora's crest. |
| 343 | * PowerOfTrust: Joe's crest of reliability/honesty. Since Joe's crest in Japanese translates more to "faith", then it counts. |
| 344 | * PrecisionFStrike: In the Swedish dub, Mat's father swears. |
| 345 | * PreviouslyOn: Rotated between characters in the American dub; separate narrator elsewhere. |
| 346 | * PrincessesPreferPink: Mimi (and Palmon) wears a pink dress when she is posing as a princess for a Gekomon kingdom. She generally wears a pink hat anyways. |
| 347 | %%* ThePromise |
| 348 | %%* PsychologicalTormentZone |
| 349 | * PublicDomainSoundtrack: The ''Adventure'' movies prominently feature Maurice Ravel's ''Bolero''. |
| 350 | * RapidFireComedy: The dub movie (especially the "Our War Game" segment) had loads and loads of surprisingly clever tongue-in-cheek and audio/visual gags. The dub of the main series also tended to do this. |
| 351 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Possibly, as time is much slower in the Digital World than the Real one. This has led to some dispute to over how old the Partner Digimon really are - They could be years to centuries old. |
| 352 | * RecycledSoundtrack: The Saban dub reused the score from ''Series/MaskedRider''. |
| 353 | * RedemptionDemotion: That LightningBruiser status that Gatomon enjoyed as a villain? Disappears rather quickly once she turns good. Then again, by that point, Champion-level opponents were increasingly rare, aside from the Bakemon during the end of the Myotismon arc (who were so weak as to serve as mass CannonFodder). |
| 354 | * {{Reincarnation}}: Although Angemon sacrifices himself to defeat Devimon, since destroyed Digimon turn back into eggs, he gets reborn. |
| 355 | * TheReveal: The second-to-last episode mentions that the kids aren't the first Digidestined. |
| 356 | * RewatchBonus: Watching the Search for the Eighth Child Arc the first time is very different than watching it after learning in ''02'' that there are (or at least soon will be) actually thousands of Chosen Children around the world, including 4 in Japan and one of them right under Vamdemon's nose. After watching ''02'', we know that Vamdemon is completely unaware just how futile his quest to prevent the Chosen Children from growing stronger and expanding their team actually is, and it's ironic how much energy the heroes put into finding one more member because they're unaware of just how many future teammates are around them. This adds a layer of irony and even humor to both sides' goals and missions that wasn't there the first time around. |
| 357 | * TheMole: Wizardmon -- a good guy posing as an evil servant of Vamdemon/Myotismon. |
| 358 | * RightMakesMight: Justified by the [=DigiDestined=]'s [[{{Aesoptinum}} Crests]] -- doing the right thing or exhibiting virtues makes you mightier. |
| 359 | %%* RoadApples |
| 360 | * RoboticAssemblyLines: Early on in their adventure, the children happen upon a factory with a robotic assembly line constructing unusual looking metal apparatuses. The weird thing is, later on down the line, the machines disassemble the things they had just built. |
| 361 | * RunningGag: When the girls burst into BerserkerTears, the guys don't know how to handle it. |
| 362 | [[/folder]] |
| 363 | [[folder:Tropes S - T]] |
| 364 | * SaveBothWorlds: The goal of the heroes; the phrase was used in just about every commercial when the show first aired in the U.S. |
| 365 | * ScaredOfWhatsBehindYou: A group of Numemon attack Mimi and Palmon, then when Palmon turns to fight, the Numamon run away. Unfortunately, the pair soon realize the Numemon were actually afraid the Monzaemon behind them. |
| 366 | * SchmuckBanquet: An odd version, in the form of a cruise ship sailing through a desert (ItMakesSenseInContext). |
| 367 | * ShipTease: The Japanese version is largely devoid of any romance with the exception of some Joe/Mimi due to WordOfGod thinking the characters were too young to focus on something like that. The English dub puts in quite a lot of Tai/Sora, Joe/Mimi and to a lesser extent, T.K./Kari. There's even a little Matt/Mimi. |
| 368 | * ShipperOnDeck: In the dub, Piedmon apparently ships T.K. and Kari even though they're only 8. "Looks like you two are falling for each other". |
| 369 | %%* ShortFilm |
| 370 | * TheShortGuyWithGlasses: Izzy, only without the glasses. Although concept art for Izzy showed that his design was originally going to have glasses. Ironically, the one with the glasses is actually the tallest member of the group (Joe). |
| 371 | * ShoutOut: Myotismon is a humanoid, suave vampire with a [[ChaosArchitecture exceedingly bizarre castle]], legions of dark minions (including a GrimReaper expy as a lieutenant) and a [[OneWingedAngel second, much more monstrous form he assumes after being beaten at first]]. [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Sound Familiar?]] |
| 372 | ** ''Our War Game'' has two kids fighting against a killer Digimon against the clock because the said mon, which is essentially a sentient computer program, is planning to fire nukes that it got access to by hacking the military. [[Film/WarGames Even the name gives a clue to a certain 80's movie]]. |
| 373 | ** A large smog-based Digimon rising from the bay and attacking a night club? [[Film/GodzillaVsHedorah Sounds rather familiar.]] |
| 374 | ** One dub title is called "Princess Karaoke," a reference to ''Anime/PrincessMononoke''. |
| 375 | ** In the dub, Piedmon is voiced in the style of Tim Curry. It's a reference to [[Literature/{{It}} another monster clown]], played by Curry in an television adaption. |
| 376 | ** The three Gerbemon/Garbagemon who attack the crew in Puppetmon's forest do a [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Jet Stream Atttack]], complete with Lilimon using one as a springboard. |
| 377 | * ShowerShy: In episode 8, when the Digidestined visit a hotel and take a bath (was it the first bath they'd had since summer camp!?), Joe is too shy to join the other boys. In the uncensored original, Matt and Tai try to force him to come in. |
| 378 | * SingleStrokeBattle: |
| 379 | ** An awful lot of battles usually end the minute a partner reaches the Ultimate level. |
| 380 | ** Wargreymon vs. Machinedramon. [[spoiler:Wargreymon depowers back into Koromon, with a cut appearing on his face. Machinedramon turns around to gloat, then falls apart into cleanly cut thirds before disintegrating.]] |
| 381 | * SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness: More so in the movie than the series (and much more so in the dub than the original, though it had its moments), it gets particularly jarring when an extremely emotional or suspense scene occurs, and one of the characters makes a joke that a fifth grader would think of. |
| 382 | * SolomonDivorce: Matt and T.K.'s parents divorced, with Matt going with their father and T.K. going with their mother. |
| 383 | * SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: The kids never meet an enemy who is more than one evolutionary level above the highest-evolved Digimon in the party. |
| 384 | * SpoiledBrat: Mimi in ep.25, less so in other episodes. [[CharacterDevelopment She gets better though after this.]] |
| 385 | * SpoilerOpening: Depending which station you were watching it on, the dub ending credits gave away the Ultimate level Digivolutions and the fact there was going to be another kid. Also, the champion/adult digivolutions, though all things considered only Angemon was really ever intended as much of a mystery or surprise. |
| 386 | ** A rather curious one in the second Finnish dub opening; the lyrics go along the lines ''"We don't feel fear at all, since our bravery took down The Dark Masters afterall."'' despite it starting when the kids are still dealing with Vamdemon/Myotismon. |
| 387 | * SpoilerTitle: ''Every'' episode that has an evolution in it will announce who is evolving in what right from the title. If not, it announces which enemy will appear. The only exceptions are [[spoiler:[=WarGreymon=] and [=MetalGarurumon=]]], but even those are spoiled by the second ending. |
| 388 | * StoryArc: There are neatly four 13-episode arcs (also categorized by their locations) in the show followed by a 2-episode finale. |
| 389 | ** The File Island/Digivice Arc (1-13) featuring Devimon. |
| 390 | ** The Server Continent/Crests Arc (14-26) featuring Etemon, his aftermath, and the rise of Myotismon. |
| 391 | ** The Real World/Eight Child Arc (27-39) featuring Myotismon's campaign in the real world. |
| 392 | ** The Spiral Mountain/Dark Masters Arc (40-52) featuring the Dark Masters. |
| 393 | ** FinalBossNewDimension/Two-part Finale (53-54) with the children facing Apocalymon. |
| 394 | * StoryBreakerPower: Patamon's ability to evolve to his Perfect form is only unlocked in the third to last episode, for a very good reason: [=HolyAngemon=]'s SignatureMove opens a portal that sucks in any malicious Digimon in the vicinity and traps them in another dimension, from which there is no escape. |
| 395 | * StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Sora when she's a captive of Datamon. Piyomon is bolted to a wall in a CrucifiedHeroShot. |
| 396 | * SuperEmpowering: Humans are this to their partner Digimon, which is the entire point of the partnership. Kari occasionally becomes a more generalized version of this, occasionally exuding sufficiently powerful light to strengthen weakened Digimon and allow the team's Digimon to evolve to their strongest forms at the time. Of course, she only uses it in one episode. |
| 397 | * SuperPoweredMooks: Snimon, a Champion-level Digimon, is able to bring down Garudamon, an Ultimate, with a single swipe. He also shrugs off blows from [=WereGarurumon=] with little ill effect and is able to hold a much larger and further evolved Zudomon for a considerable period of time. |
| 398 | * SwordAndGun: Omnimon. On his left [=WarGreymon=]-shaped arm, he has the [[{{BFS}} Transcendent Sword]]. On his right [=MetalGarurumon=]-shaped arm, he has the [[{{BFG}} Supreme Cannon]]. |
| 399 | * TakeMyHand: Taichi saves Sora from falling into a huge hole by grabbing her arm. |
| 400 | * TakenForGranite: Kokatorimon's SignatureMove is the "Petra Fire", which transforms its victims into statues. He does this to defeat all ally Digimon, except Palmon and Piyomon. |
| 401 | * TakingYouWithMe: |
| 402 | ** [[spoiler:Apocalymon]] was willing to kill himself and destroy everything and everyone in the process. |
| 403 | ** Datamon tries this with Etemon. It works, but Etemon binds with the imploding data and is reborn as [=MetalEtemon=]. |
| 404 | %%* TeamSpirit |
| 405 | * ThatWasntARequest: In the English dub, Myotismon tells Kari to hand over her newly acquired AppliedPhlebotinum: |
| 406 | -->'''Kari:''' No!\ |
| 407 | '''Myotismon:''' That's not a request! |
| 408 | * ThemeMusicPowerup: The Japanese version plays this in reverse--if there's a power up going on and "Brave Heart" is ''not'' playing, something is about to go wrong. The TransformationSequence becomes [[HellIsThatNoise almost eerie]] without the music, especially when ''Our War Game'' did it. |
| 409 | * ThemeNaming: Brothers Yamato and Takeru [Matt and T.K.] are, in combination, a reference to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamato_Takeru Yamato Takeru]], a legendary Japanese prince. |
| 410 | ** The TomboyAndGirlyGirl duo's names might be a reference to "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soramimi Soramimi.]]" |
| 411 | %%* ThisIsADrill: Iron Drill Spin |
| 412 | * ThroughAFaceFullofFur: In the episode, "Ogremon's Honor" (or in the original dub, "Oh Wind! Oh Light! Saber Leomon"), Puppetmon becomes blue from being blasted by the chill of Metal Garurumon's Metal Wolf Claw attack. |
| 413 | * ToiletHumor: Everywhere in the original, and cutting back on it was one of the things the dub really improved, if not carried out the best way. Can't be helped when there's golden poop Digimon, can it? Also, poor Koromon justified his level's English name "[[PottyFailure In-Training]]" at least twice. |
| 414 | * TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: Justified in the case of Myotismon's invasion, since he was aware that that's where the eighth child was likely to be. |
| 415 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Sora is the tomboy and Mimi is the girly girl. |
| 416 | * TooInjuredToSave: In one episode [=MetalEtemon=] attacks [[spoiler:Mimi directly, but she is saved by Leomon who takes the hit, he survives and they defeat [=MetalEtemon=]. But then Joe tries to bandage and heal him, only to admit that is useless. Leomon has enough time to wish the kids good luck, and to apologize to Ogremon, [[WorthyOpponent his old "enemy"]], that they cannot settle who is stronger.]] |
| 417 | * TotallyRadical: Numerous utterances of "Dude" and the like are sprinkled throughout the dub; understandable given [[TheNineties when it was dubbed]]. In the fifth episode, for example, Greymon tells Tai that he's okay after being slammed into a canyon wall with "I'm stylin', dude!" |
| 418 | * ToyDisguise: When the kids where on a train, a baby started bothering on Yokomon and she yelled at the baby. Sora then tried to pass it off as ventriloquism, so everyone simply assumed she was a doll. |
| 419 | * TrainStationGoodbye: The season finale. Though, it's more of a train ''crossing'' goodbye. |
| 420 | %%* TrappedInAnotherWorld |
| 421 | * TransformationIsAFreeAction: Harshly averted in ''Our War Game'', where Greymon and Kabuterimon started Digivolving when [[TheSmartGuy Izzy]] realized that [[BigBad Infermon]] had skipped the Champion Level when it evolved. Before they could become [=MetalGreymon=] and [=MegaKabuterimon=], they were attacked and turned back into Agumon and Tentomon. |
| 422 | * TrashTheSet: By the end of the Myotismon arc a good portion of Tokyo is in ruins, especially the iconic Fuji TV station [[BitingTheHandHumor which broadcast the series in Japan]]. |
| 423 | * TreeBuchet: Episode 17 sports a particularly surreal example featuring a cruise liner and a giant cactus. |
| 424 | * {{Troll}}: Arguably Diaborumon in the original. He didn't seem to have any real motive beyond feeding himself, and seems to have just been doing it all for shits and giggles; it doesn't help that the only vocalization he makes in the entire film is a high-pitched giggle. The dub instead opts to give him something of a FreudianExcuse. |
| 425 | * TVGenius: Izzy got this in the dub; in the original, it was more along the lines of him being merely very good at solving puzzles and handling computers. |
| 426 | %%* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Often, when the group is split up. |
| 427 | [[/folder]] |
| 428 | [[folder:Tropes U - Z]] |
| 429 | * UnusuallyUninterestingSight: *giant Digimon fighting in Japan* Passerby: must be film. |
| 430 | * UpgradeArtifact: The children's' Crests, which allow their Digimon to evolve to the Ultimate level. |
| 431 | * VampiresSleepInCoffins: Myotismon/Vamdemon, a vampire Digimon ArcVillain, sleeps in a coffin in his castle. After his forces have invaded Tokyo, it's shown that he's taken his coffin along with him for the ride. |
| 432 | * VileVillainLaughableLackey: |
| 433 | ** [=DemiDevimon=] fills this role for Myotismon. While he keeps the Chosen Children/Digidestined separated while Tai is away, as soon as he comes back, [=DemiDevimon=] begins comically failing and getting punished by Myotismon for his failings. |
| 434 | ** The two Hagurumon working for [[RoboticPsychopath Machinedramon]] fit this bill too; Machinedramon has incredible firepower and is willing to devastate his own city to get to the heroes. His gear-like minions cower before that plan, even though they aren't even the targets! |
| 435 | * VillainForgotToLevelGrind: All four Dark Masters show that each one is extremely dangerous in their first appearance, with Piedmon alone taking out the combined forces of [=WarGreymon=] and [=MetalGarurumon=], both also of the Mega level. But later on, the Digidestined had gotten stronger and more experienced through fighting their forces and while the Dark Masters are still a huge threat, they're not as big a one that they used to be and three of them are dispatched by [=WarGreymon=] or [=MetalGarurumon=], both now very experienced. This is particularly clear with Piedmon, who they couldn't even touch in their first fight. Fast forward to when they meet him again, and most of the partner Digimon - including those only able to evolve as far as Ultimate - are able to put up a good fight with Piedmon, and he had to resort to turning them into keychains to avoid losing. Once they bypass that trick, he's ''[[FateWorseThanDeath gone]]''. |
| 436 | ** Another notable example is Shellmon. When he is first faced it takes Greymon to eventually beat him, but during the Dark Masters arc when he's faced again the Digimon soundly defeat him without evolving. |
| 437 | * WakeUpCallBoss: Most first appearances of the new BigBad serve for this, normally because they're a stage above the heroes at the time. Special mention goes to ''Enter The Dark Masters'', which is pretty much an entire episode devoted to the Dark Masters beating the stuffing out of the Digidestined. |
| 438 | * WalkingAwayShot: in "Subzero Ice Punch" with Gabumon out looking for T.K. |
| 439 | * WhamEpisode: Quite a few: |
| 440 | ** Episode 8: [[spoiler:Devimon reveals himself to the cast, splitting them across multiple islands after luring them into a mansion.]] |
| 441 | ** Episode 13: [[spoiler:Patamon evolves into Angemon in the nick of time, defeating Devimon, but at the cost of his own life and his data is reconfigured back into a Digiegg.]] |
| 442 | ** Episode 20: [[spoiler:After defeating Etemon (and achieving the heroes' first Perfect/Ultimate evolution), Tai and Koromon are warped through a portal back to Tokyo.]] |
| 443 | ** Episode 21 and 22: [[spoiler:Tai enjoys his time in Tokyo but finds out the distortion caused by their last fight is influencing their world and causing multiple disasters all over the planet he then returns. After which, he finds out he's been gone for almost two months in the digital world and the others split up to find him, and during which the new BigBad has been in the process of stealing their crest and deceiving them to keep them from using said crest.]] |
| 444 | ** Episode 27: [[spoiler:The kids discover that there is an 8th child, Myotismon opens a portal to Earth, moving through with his forces, and the heroes are too late to get to him before the portal closes.]] |
| 445 | ** Episode 34: [[spoiler:Tai discovers his sister is the eight Digidestined, while Myotismon finds out that Gatomon is the destined Digimon, kidnapping her and (temporarily) killing Wizardmon.]] |
| 446 | ** Episode 40: [[spoiler:The cast finds out that the Digital World has been taken over by four extremely powerful, malevolent Digimon, who easily defeat the heroes, causing Piximon to perform a HeroicSacrifice to save them.]] |
| 447 | * WhamShot: At the end of episode 21, after Tai and Agumon return to the Digital World, the scene changes to the Kamiya household, where another Digivice is sitting on the coffee table. |
| 448 | * WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: Dub only. Myotismon condemns Gotsumon and Pumpkin to his dungeon. Not kill, condemn. T.K. and Matt never think twice of trying to save them when they get back to the Digital World. In the original version, they weren't so lucky, but for the dub, it comes off as this trope. |
| 449 | * WhatTheHellHero: Tai in Episode 19. [[spoiler:After Izzy comes up with the idea they are all just data in the Digital World, Tai mistakenly assumes that this makes him unkillable in the Digital World and decides to treat it more like some game. Everyone is displeased with this display, the most noticeable of them being Sora who questions his every reckless action during the episode. Thankfully he snaps out of it, unfortunately this comes after a brief HeroicBSOD when he realizes he could have easily died due to this recklessness.]] |
| 450 | ** An even bigger example of this for Tai is a few episodes earlier where he get cocky being the only one that has a crest and forces Agumon to eat a lot of food and pushes him around [[JerkAss threatening to find a new Digimon and being generally rude to the other kids.]] And then putting himself in danger in an attempt to induce Greymon's digivolution to Ultimate. Fortunately he learns some humility when his actions corrupt Greymon's Digivolution, resulting in the rogue and destructive Skullgreymon and Tai gets some character development in learning the real meaning of courage. |
| 451 | * WhiteGloves: Five of the Digidestined (Tai, Matt, Izzy, Sora and Mimi) wear gloves, but only Tai's are white. |
| 452 | * WokenUpAtAnUngodlyHour: In "Evil Shows His Face", the guys are spending the night in a mansion. Agumon wakes Tai up shortly after he's fallen asleep [[NighttimeBathroomPhobia to take him to the men's room]]. Tai's a bit grumpy, especially since Agumon's taking a long time in there. |
| 453 | * WordSaladHumor: Mishearings of the lyrics of "I Wish" during the karaoke scene in the Japanese version of episode 25, special mention goes to Joe's, which translates to "When I wish on eels in China, with fried potatoes in the wind, I can see no other option but to cool my sweat off". |
| 454 | * WorldGoneMad: The Digital World was a screwed up place ''before'' it became Spiral Mountain. |
| 455 | * WouldHurtAChild: Most evil Digimon have no qualms about hurting the heroes, despite the fact that they're children. However, some evil Digimon get a LOT more kicks out of this than others... |
| 456 | * YearInsideHourOutside: [[spoiler:Until the finale]], a day in the digital world is equal to a minute in the real world. |
| 457 | * YouHaveFailedMe: |
| 458 | ** Myotismon executes Pumpkinmon, Gotsumon and [=DarkTyrannomon=] for failing to kill the [=DigiDestined=]. |
| 459 | ** [=MetalSeadramon=] drops Scorpiomon from a great height for letting the kids escape right under his nose. |
| 460 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: |
| 461 | ** Myotismon does this to [[spoiler:[=DemiDevimon=] just to gain an extra bit of power as [=VenomMyotismon=]]]. |
| 462 | ** Machinedramon and ''especially'' Puppetmon are guilty, the latter often doing it for entirely selfish reasons and especially where it's downright inconvenient for him. [[spoiler:In the end, that's what does him in.]] |
| 463 | * YourMindMakesItReal: An instance of this involving an electrified gate causes Tai to suffer from a HeroicBSOD over the possibility of dying, with ''horrible'' timing. |
| 464 | * YouShallNotPass: Piximon tries to hold back the Dark Masters to let the kids escape. [[spoiler:He dies.]] |
| 465 | ** After Piedmon turns [=WarGreymon=] and [=MetalGarurumon=] into keychains, the fight against him become one long series of ineffectual {{YouShallNotPass}}es, with everyone trying to hold him off to let T.K. and Kari escape. [[spoiler:[[BigDamnHeroes Then MagnaAngemon turns up.]]]] |
| 466 | ** Biyomon gets a far more successful one against Meramon in the fourth episode to let the Yokomon and her friends get to safety. While she doesn't fare too well at first, her determination results in her successfully evolving to Birdramon for the first time to defeat him. |
| 467 | * YourSizeMayVary: Although pretty much every Digimon, and especially all of the main Digimon, experience these issues from time to time, the worst offender is probably Greymon and his evolutions, which could be anywhere from 20ft tall to the size of a skyscraper. |
| 468 | ** [=MegaKabuterimon=] could be a pretty big offender too. He's one of the Digidestined's biggest Digimon, bigger even than [=MetalGreymon=] and usually looking to be at least 40-50 feet tall. Then in some scenes, he's only about 2-3 times the size of Angewomon, who's just a bit taller than a human. |
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