"We can't stop now, we'll never get a chance like this again!"
Daisuke is the designated leader of the new Digidestined/Chosen Children; brash, cheerful, and energetic. He's also Taichi's Expy, to the point of wearing the former's trademark goggles. Although he's very much an underdogat first, he's about the only cast member who doesn't have mild-to-serious psychological issues. This emotional stability ends up being his greatest asset. He has a hopeless crush on Hikari, but gradually idolizes her less as time goes on. In the conclusion of 02, he becomes a noodle cart owner.
All Love Is Unrequited: Has a huge crush on Hikari, but she never responds. Kinda disappears by the time Ken joins.
Annoying Older Sibling: Played with. Jun and Daisuke both care about each other, but continually get on each other's nerves. This is partly because they're a lot alike.
Badass Normal: He does toss away a Roachmon/Gokimon that attacks him.
Big Eater: Par for the leaders, although V-mon eats even more.
Big "NEVER!": When he tackles Ken in the digital world.
Character Shilling: Daisuke gets shilled several time over the course of the season for his growth in character despite having little to no character growth.
Determinator: Even though even he realizes how futile it is to fight BelialVamdemon, he and ExVeemon are determined to fight until the last anyway. Take note that while they were at it, the other Chosen Children were paralyzed by fear and caught in BelialVamdemon's Lotus-Eater Machine, which Daisuke resisted through sheer determination and desire to end BelialVamdemon.
Dragon Rider: Lighdramon can't fly, but XV-mon, Paildramon, and Imperialdramon all can. Lighdramon makes up for it by being lightning quick.
Hey, You!: Refers to Takeru as "omae" in the original due to jealousy of his relationship with Hikari; in the dub, this is rendered through Davis constantly messing up the initials of TK's name.
Even more notable in that, as this DeviantArt points out, of all the animated goggle boys (up to Savers, at least), Daisuke is the only lead Tamer who managed to go a whole season without evolving his Digimon partner via dark emotions.
Screw Learning, I Have Phlebotinum!: The Crest of Kindness and subsequently the Digi-Egg/Digimental of Miracles that allowed Daisuke to "see Ken's true heart", well before the other children learn to trust Ken.
Spotlight-Stealing Squad: Justified at first; however, it become more obvious when the other Chosen Children gain access to Ultimate/Perfect-level Digimon.
Static Character: According to Word Of God, Daisuke was made this way in order to be a foil of Ken, and the writers were barred from developing his character and so kept him out of situations that would force his development. Averted in the Digimon V-Tamer 01 manga.
Miyako is a curious and hyper girl who seems to thoroughly enjoy exploring the Digital World, and has a knack for being technologically savvy. Has two big sisters and a big brother that she feels hog the spotlight (wait, that sounds familiar). Notably, she is the only known Chosen Children to have a Digimon of the opposite gender. In the conclusion of 02, she marries Ken and becomes a house wife.
Action Girl: As much as anybody in Adventure ever is. Fear her skateboard attack! Well...actually, don't, but she gets points for trying.
Big "Shut Up!" —> "The Reason You Suck" Speech: In episode 17, Digitamamon spends the entire episode acting like a jerk. She lets him have it, earning her second digiegg in the process.
Catch Phrase: "Bingo!" in Japanese, "Perfecto!" in the dub.
Meaningful Name: One of her first lines when introducing herself is that the kanji in her name is also the "Kyo" in "Kyoto." Foreshadowing for the field trip she takes during the BlackWarGreymon arc?
Punny Name: Related to the above: the Japanese name for the episode in which Miyako visits Kyoto is Kyō no Miyako wa Kyō no Miyako, translated on That Other Wiki as "Today Miyako is in Kyoto."
Romantic Two-Girl Friendship: she and Hikari have two or three whiffs of the trope, specially in the episode that had them (and Ken) in the Sea of Darkness. (Between this and her attitude with Mimi, she's very easy fodder for Les Yay.)
Iori is the youngest and most reserved of the new team, rather quiet and standoffish compared to the others. He seems to practice a zen-like religion, keeping him fairly stoic throughout. He is also a kendoist, and relies on his wise, yet quirky, grandfather for advice. In the conclusion of 02, he becomes a defense attorney.
Foil: Iori is the youngest in his group, and occasionally gets brushed off, like Takeru before him. However, Iori is far more serious, and is inclined toward skepticism.
Wise Beyond Their Years: Most of the time, you wouldn't even think he's really just in third grade.
Takeru Takaishi (Takeru"T.K."Takaishi)
Having grown up a little, Takeru serves as the warm, friendly Lancer of the new Chosen team. Nonetheless, he is a bit more cynical and a bit shellshocked from his previous adventures. Together, he and Hikari often explain how the Digital World works to the new kids. In the conclusion of 02, he becomes an author. He was also Narrator All Along for the 02 series.
Took a Level in Badass: Compare his characterization in 02 with his characterization in Adventure. And even back then, the kid tried hard to do things on his own. Which made Yamato almost flip.
Even though she has grown up, Hikari remains sweet and gentle, having tempered her innocence with wisdom. However, she still has issues that come back to haunt her, usually when she least expects it. In the conclusion of 02, she becomes a kindergarten teacher.
Action Girl: Less so than Miyako, but still one when it counts.
Big Brother Worship: She isn't as reliant on him as she was in Adventure, but she still thinks of him very highly and measures her own worth relative to his.
The Messiah: Deconstructed now, since she can barely handle it now and even has more than one Heroic BSOD that Takeru and Miyako have to pull her out from.
Mysterious Waif: She's borderline telepathic, and soon it backfires on her.
Naïve Everygirl: Again deconstructed, since she suffers quite painful consequences.
Romantic Two-Girl Friendship: she and Miyako have two or three whiffs of the trope, specially in the episode that had them (and Ken) in the Sea of Darkness.
Who You Gonna Call?: Spoken word for word by her (not Gatomon) as a Shout Out when Wizardmon's ghost haunts the Fuji TV Station in episode 17 (towards bottom of page).
Ken Ichijouji, Part 1 (Digimon Emperor/Digimon Kaiser)
"Of course, I am the only perfect human being."
A mysterious, human villain (a first for the series) who's taken over the Digital World and is causing random destruction and terror, using Dark Spires to prevent evolution and Dark Rings to mind-control Digimon.
Stable Time Loop: Milleniumon is a time traveller who consists of a fusion between Kimeramon and Machinedramon. And who created Kimeramon...?
Continuity Snarl: Milleniumon first appears in a Digimon Adventure tie-in, where he is identified as a fusion of Kimeramon and Mugendramon. How and why he showed up before Kimeramon ever existed is still being debated.
Forgets To Eat: It's a sign that he's reformed somewhat when he actually starts eating the food his mother makes and sitting at the dining table with his family again.
Inferiority Superiority Complex: It comes out as early as episode nine that his haughtiness is actually a defense mechanism he uses against a crippling lack of self-esteem.
The Sadistic Choice: Tries once to force Davis to choose which of his captured friends should be eaten by a huge Digimon. He resorts to offering himself as a sacrificial lamb since he can't choose. Then it's all revealed to be a trap.
Ken Ichijouji, part 2 (post-Digimon Emperor/Kaiser)
"I know I can never be forgiven for what I've done...I'll atone for my own sins."
Ken after realizing the Digital World isn't a video game, and having to face up to all the evil stuff he's done. Ridden with guilt and sorrow, he works hard to try and clean up his act, but perhaps will never completely get over it. Thankfully, Davis and Wormmon seem pretty determined to help him reform. In the conclusion of 02, he marries Miyako and becomes a detective.
The Atoner: Deconstructed Trope to a degree, as he's got a latent death wish and keeps feeling guilty even after sealing Daemon in the Dark Ocean.
Be Careful What You Wish For: As a child Ken, jealous of his older brother and angry that he always got special attention because he was a Child Prodigy, wished for Osamu to disappear. He got a hit by a car shortly afterward. This set the stage for all of the events to follow.
Big Brother Bully: Sam. He found Ken playing with the Digivice that he thought was his, and exploded at him. Much of it was Sam snapping under pressure to succeed. On the whole, though, Sam was a good big brother.
Hilariously lampshaded in the Michi e no Armour Shinka drama, where Ken is signing autographs and Wormmon is telling his fans to stand file in a single line. Yes, the whole thing is crack.
Even funnier is when Daisuke tries to imitate his Emperor persona in order to get more fans, but they all boo at him, saying Ken is cooler. And then after the kids solve a conflict, the girls there thank him...only to go back to fangirling Ken right after.
Dead Sidekick: Wormmon. Although he gets better shortly.
Death Seeker: His dream in the Lotus-Eater Machine? Watching himself get beaten to death, as the Kaiser, by the Digimon he's hurt. The poor kid's only eleven.
Expository Hairstyle Change: As the Digimon Kaizer, his hair is two-toned and spiked, nearly identical to his dead, genius brother's. After his Face Heel Turn, his hair is more bluish, chin-length, and straight.
Ineffectual Loner: Subverted in that he is successful in knocking down Dark Towers with Stingmon after being reformed, but is far more effectual once he becomes part of the Nakama
The Lancer: Replaces Takeru once he joins the team. After he paired up with Davis as DNA partners the series have never looked back. Just look at any pictures of the team or of the Lancers of the Digimon franchise, official or otherwise.
Laser-Guided Amnesia: Strongly implied to be the case with his memories of the Tag Tamer games. When the memories begin to surface as dreams, SkullSatamon remarks that he's "starting to remember".
School Uniforms are the New Black: He wears his gray Tamachi school uniform in both worlds. He even wears it under his Digimon Kaizer outfit, which may or may not reflect his priorities and the expectations placed upon him.
Talking to Himself: In the dub, Ken and Veemon are both voiced by Derek Stephen Prince, and in the original Japanese, Romi Park voiced both him and his brother Osamu.
In the Swedish dub, both Ken and Matt are voiced by Leo Hallerstam. Which proves amusing in the World Tour Episode.
The Unfavorite: As a child, the butt of this trope before his brother's death.
Chickification: Played with. In Digimon Adventure, she was feisty and strong, and took pride in doing things by herself and not needing to be rescued. In Adventure 02, she love to get hit with the Distress Ball (see below). It's not complete, though, as she still has her moments when she's shown to be a capable fighter, as when she's fighting alongside the Russian DigiDestined, though even there she and Miyako needed to be rescued..
Distress Ball: The former poster girl for this trope.
Girliness Upgrade: Used to love soccer and despised her mom's plan for her to study flower-arranging. By Adventure 02, has traded soccer for tennis and has gladly taken up flower-arranging. She also has longer hair and dresses more girly. By the epilogue, this is complete with Sora becoming a fashion designer.
Sempai Kohai: He's Miyako's sempai in the Computer Club.
Mission Control: On occasion. In all seriousness though, he probably remains the most involved of the old team helping from the real world with his computer.
Unlimited Wardrobe: Has the most costume and hair-style changes out of all the other characters in this season.
What Could Have Been: Early character design sketches showed a lot more alternate outfits Mimi would have. Thankfully, some of them didn't make it into the final draft, and the most unfortunate we got was the one with the Funny Afro.
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: The hate from Yamato/Sora shippers is doubly ridiculous, since she actually gave up on Yamato willingly as soon as she saw him with Sora and showed no bad feelings towards them, aside of just moping around a bit like almost any teenage girl would. If Taichi was the chosen one, she would likely behave the same way - and maybe even more, considering that Taichi is Daisuke's Big Brother Mentor of sorts.
Official Couple: With Jou's middle brother Shuu. It's All There in the Manual according to the Michi e no Armor Shinka! audio drama, she even goes to meet Shuu's parents before a Valentine's date.
What Could Have Been: On the first version of Fox Kids' movie website, Willis' name was left as "Wallace." Updated versions replaced his name with "Willis", seemingly indicating that the movie was initially going to keep his original name.
Main Digimon
Veemon (V-mon)
Daisuke's partner, a blue dragon-ish wisecracker who quickly becomes best buds with his partner.His digivolutions are as follows:
Fresh: Chibomon (Chicomon), a blue blob.
In-Training: DemiVeemon (Chibimon), a miniature (and cuter) version of Veemon. Blows bubbles.
Rookie: Veemon, his default form.
Armors:
Courage: Flamedramon (Fladramon), a larger Veemon with red fire armor.
Friendship: Raidramon (Lighdramon), a larger Veemon on all fours with black electric armor.
Miracles: Magnamon, a larger Veemon with golden armor.
Champion: ExVeemon (XV-mon). A giant bulked-up Veemon with wings.
Ultimate (DNA): Paildramon, essentially ExVeemon with Stingmon's armor with hip-mounted machine guns.
Mega (DNA): Imperialdramon, a big black dragon with red wings.
Imperialdramon Fighter Mode, a humanoid version of Imperialdramon.
Non Fatal Explosion: Magnamon, when he uses his Magna Explosion attack. At worst, he will just De-digivolve to a lower level, being drained of most of his energy.
Miyako's partner, a gentlemanly hawk-like Digimon who is about the only known case of a Digimon partner the opposite gender of their Digidestined. A little more down-to-earth than Yolei, but that doesn't stop him showing off.His digivolutions are as follows:
Fresh: Pururumon, a pink blob with a beak.
In-Training: Poromon, a tiny pink ball with wings and a feather. Blows bubbles.
Rookie: Hawkmon, his default form.
Armors:
Love: Halsemon (Holsmon), Hawkmon with metallic wings and four legs.
First seen as the Digimon Emperor's minion, a caterpillar-like Digimon who eventually rebels to help the Digidestined defeat him. Doesn't do too much after Ken's Heel Face Turn, but evolves into Stingmon and is awesome.
Fresh: Leafmon, a green blob with a leaf.
In-Training: Minomon, Wormmon's head attached to a pinecone. Blows bubbles.
Rookie: Wormmon, his default form.
Champion: Stingmon. A green bug themed warrior.
Ultimate (DNA): Paildramon, essentially ExVeemon with Stingmon's armor with hip-mounted machine guns.
Mega (DNA): Imperialdramon, a big black dragon with red wings.
Imperialdramon Fighter Mode, a humanoid version of Imperialdramon.
Imperialdramon Paladin Mode, basically an all-white Fighter Mode with a BFS.
Took a Level in Badass: Initially a Butt Monkey, but when he's able to evolve into Stingmon, who in his 2nd fight was eventually matched Rockmon/Golemmon, who had taken on the rest of the main digimon and curbstomped them.
Patamon
He's back with Takeru and has probably changed less than his partner has, which causes a bit of angst. Rarely if ever becomes Angemon.His new Digivolutions this season are:
Armor:
Hope: Pegasusmon (Pegasmon), a golden-armored winged horse.
Ultimate (DNA): Shakkoumon, a white and gold angel/clay doll combination.
Mega: Seraphimon (movie only), a blue armored angel with ten wings.
The Worf Effect: This time around, Angemon had a tendency to get this. Meanwhile, Seraphimon's debut in the film pretty much kickstarted his recurring tendency to be this in Digimon canon as a whole.
Gatomon (Tailmon)
Back and a little more friendly now, although she's had a power downgrade after losing her tail-ring. Without it, she's only as powerful as a rookie.Her new Digivolutions this season are:
Armor:
Light: Nefertimon, a flying cat with Egyptian-themed armor.
Ultimate (DNA): Silphymon, a white & red warrior with Hawkmon's feathers, Gatomon's ears, and a metal visor.
Who'd have thunk there's not one but two human villains in this season? As a child, he and his best friend, Iori's father, made contact with the Digital World through their video games. After Iori's father died, Oikawa became obsessed with visiting the Digital World of their dreams—making it only as his dying wish.
Freudian Excuse: He was already a withdrawn person, but at least he had Iori's father to hang out with. When he died, he was distraught and very lonely and began to obsess on going to the Digital World which they discovered, by any means. Even allowing a malevolent Digimon to take over his body.
World-Healing Wave: Lets loose one of these with his dying breath, converting himself into energy and undoing the damage MaloMyotismon had caused to the Digital World. More justifed than most since he used a world already said to be capable of making your dreams become a reality to make it happen.
Arukenimon (Archnemon) & Mummymon
After the Digimon Emperor's defeat, these two mysterious villains start appearing in the Digital World and causing trouble. Both are humanoid, although Arukenimon resembles a spider and Mummymon, well, a mummy. Arukenimon has the power to turn the remaining Dark Spires into evil Digimon, but otherwise they're not really that powerful, and tend to hide from the Chosen Children.
Arukenimon is voiced by: Wakana Yamazaki (JP), Mari Devon (EN)
Affably Evil: Mummymon, who always aims to act like a gentleman.
BFG: Mummymon carries a huge gun.
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Mummymon. One second, a bumbling fool. The next second, a total asskicker who can tear three Ultimate-level Digimon apart.
Though on an official Japanese poll, Word Of God made a note that they, like all Digimon, got ressurected at Primary Village and lived in peace together afterwards. It doesn't make their deaths any less gruesome but yay, happy ending!
Joker Immunity: Given that the Digidestined gained the propensity to kill these two not long after their debuts, they lasted very long especially given the significant threat they posed. The two made sure they wouldn't confront the kids directly. Hey, they gotta get Genre Savvy sooner or later.
Mook Maker: Arukenimon can use her hair to turn the Control Spires that Ken made into fake Digimon. They're pretty powerful as well, but essentially mindless monsters completely devoted to whatever she orders them to do (though BlackWarGreymon somehow got a mind of his own). However, because of this, the kids have no moral qualms about destroying them because they're not sentient or even alive.
Created from a hundred Dark Spires as the ultimate evil Digimon, he is a dark clone of the final evolution of Agumon. He is hell-bent on destroying the Cosmic Keystones of the Digital World. But is he really as bad as he appears?
The Dragon: He was supposed to be this for Arukenimon, but he abandoned her immediately. The fact that his following actions during that arc matched Arukenimon's plans was pure coincidence; he was never loyal to her.
Villainous Valor: Shakkoumon shows up and is the firs thing to really start to hurt him, and despite taking a beating from him and Paildramon and Silphymon, he still gets back up, and promptly curbstomps all three of them.
What Measure is a Non Digimon: Arukenimon's creations before and after him had no free will or intelligence and were basically bent on doing whatever she told them to do. Thus the Digidestined had no problems destroying them. BlackWarGreymon somehow ended up gaining free will due to the number of control spires used to make him, leaving everyone unsure of what to do about him, even he wondered if he was really alive or not.
Myotismon (Vamdemon)
His spirit survived destruction at the hands of WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon last season, and he spent three years possessing Oikawa and working on his eventual return. He's even more malicious and determined than he was last time - the first thing he did upon resurrecting was torture and murder his minions to test his new power.His new Digivolutions this season are:
Deader than Dead: His spirit was destroyed in the final battle...by being blown up with the light of millions of Digivices... shot out of a darkmatter cannon.
Final Exam Finale: This battle is a Series Fauxnale for the show, but it's a Grand Finale for this continuity. It makes sense that every available form above the rookie level would be called upon. Better yet, they go into battle together!
For the Evulz: Pretty much the reason for what he did to Arukenimon and Mummymon.
Hijacked by Ganon: A villain from Adventure who wasn't even the most powerful. However, at least this time it was foreshadowed by BlackWarGreymon sensing him inside his host.
Lotus-Eater Machine: Employs one against the Digidestined in the final battle. It breaks down because Davis... well, was Davis.
Manipulative Bastard: He sure knows how to play people. Just look what happens to Oikawa, Ken and BlackWarGreymon as well the Dark Spore kids.
The Monster Behind The Man: He's the one who is behind the major events in the series; from the manipulations of Oikawa and Ken and the creations of Arukenimon and Mummymon to the wars of the Digital Emperor, the creations of the Dark Towers, the Dark Rings and Kimeramon and then the invasions of the real world, creation of BlackWarGreymon, the destructions of the Destiny Stones and the power upgrades of the Dark Spores.
Knight of Cerebus: Justified as the person who wrote the script for his influence in the plot, would go on to write Digimon Tamers; which is infamous for going Darker and Edgier in the franchise.
Meaningful Name: Daemon is an actual name for a creature related to a demon.
And his original name WAS Demon.
Millenniummon
An exceedingly powerful digimon with that is more or less responsible for the majority of the events in the series. Never seen in the actual show (save for a brief cameo), but he created the Dark Spores and corrupted Ken with them, triggering Ken's Startof Darkness.
All There in the Manual: His own origin story and how it ties into the Adventure universe; specifically, he was the one that released Apocalymon back in Adventure and kicked off that story, and started this one when he self-destructed after Ken and Ryo Akiyama (yes, THAT one) defeated him in the Wonderswan games, scattering the Dark Spores everywhere and implanting Ken with one.
Bigger Bad: Responsible for everything that goes wrong in the Adventure universe. Only shows up for a 3 second cameo.
Biological Mashup: Created from a Kimeramon and Machinedramon (The Dark Master from the previous season)
Time Master: As his name implies, Mille was able to freely travel through time and his attacks deal with manipulating space/time. This is how he was able to release Apocalymon to begin with.
