YMMV / Digimon Fusion

• Angst? What Angst?: Taiki and Zenjirou don't seem too upset about being stuck in an entirely different world away from everything they hold dear. Akari, on the other hand...
• Anti-Climax Boss:
  • Kongoumon. Despite having an entire swarm of GranKuwagamon in his disposal, he was Curb Stomped by Beelzebumon, just one DigiXros with Starmon and he one-shotted every enemy in the army, including this guy. Kiriha also defeated him easily, to the point the episode didn't even bother showing the battle.
  • DarknessBagramon also suffered from this in the finale. Not because he was weak like Kongoumon, but due to Taiki using the unified Code Crown to combine every Digimon in the world into one being. Unsurprisingly, he goes down in one attack.
• Anvilicious: While always something of a mainstay in the series, this season really ratchets up the Loners Are Freaks and Power of Friendship themes. Some would say to annoying levels. Taiki constantly preaches the values of friendship and the villains all pretty much have lack of friends as their main flaw. Other characters get in on it too.
• Ass Pull:
  • In episode 25, out of nowhere, Shoutmon X4K suddenly starts having a problem with maintaining his DigiXros, despite being perfectly able to do so numerous times before. It wouldn't have been such a problem if this issue was presented earlier, way before Shoutmon was able to achieve X5.
  • During an episode in the second season, Taiki has Ballistamon create fake dolls of his team to fool one of the Death Generals into thinking he killed them. This power had never been used or mentioned before, nor has it been ever mentioned or used thereafter.
• Complete Monster:
  • Season 1: Tactimon is the leader of Lord Bagra's armies, and his honor code is based solely on his standards of perfection rather than true honor and decency. Not only is he responsible for rounding up several good Digimon into labor camps, including Cutemon's parents, but he was prepared to torture Mikey, a child, to death, as opposed to the quick, painless execution he could have ordered, and later tries to kill him with a beam cannon blast. As if that wasn't bad enough, he's a full follower of the We Have Reserves mantra and has no compunctions about sacrificing his own subordinates for the sake of maintaining his supposedly perfect battle record, a practice that disgusted Dorulumon enough to defect from his side. Towards the end, he uses the negative energy of many Digimon in order to turn their data into dark spirits that he absorbs into his sword in order to boost his own power and ends up taking the life of Grademon without an iota of remorse. Once he got out into the real world, he proceeded to lay waste to the entire area in hopes of getting his enemies killed and taking away what they value. Shortly afterwards, he attempts to murder Angie and Jeremy with his bare hands. When it comes time for him to do battle with his enemies, all Tactimon can truly feel is pure excitement over the thrill of combat and bloodshed.
  • Season 2:
    • NeoMyotismon/NeoVamdemon is an Expy of Adventure's Myotismon and one of Lord Bagra's Seven Death Generals. The ruler of Vampire Land, he was characterized by an undying thirst for power. He possesses familiar spirits known as Evilvils that seek out the life energy of Digimon and give it to him. Not only does he fuse both his minions and his enemies into himself, but he absorbs a great number of innocent Lopmon living in his domain in order to gain immortality from their hidden power. During his battle with the Fusion Fighters, he attempts to absorb Christopher's (Kiriha's) partner, Metal Greymon, into himself as well, forcing Metal Greymon into an And I Must Scream situation.
    • Gravimon, ruler of Canyon Land, is another of the Death Generals. He uses his own core as a way to take Christopher hostage, and then reveals himself as a sadist who uses his cables to torture Christopher and probe his mind. He revels in the following Mind Rape, mercilessly playing off of Christopher's psyche until Christopher becomes broken enough to join him and obey his wishes. This set in motion the events that resulted in, among other things, the tragic death of Deckerdramon, which he ensured by dropping a large gravity attack on top of him. When fighting against the Fusion Fighters, Gravimon tries to physically crush both the kids and their Digimon in his grasp before trying to manipulate Christopher again with a Sadistic Choice- he'd inserted his core into Mikey's body, causing Mikey to endure agonizing pain in the process, and tells Christopher that the only way to destroy both the core and him is to kill Mikey. When Christopher refuses and surrenders instead, Gravimon deems his trust in his friends to be weakness.
• Crack Pairing: Any ship between a human and a Digimon, though most notable are Taiki/Shoutmon and Nene/Sparrowmon.
• Critical Dissonance: Judging for several critics's reviews, one could think this series was a sound success in general. While critics liked the show and it did had a relatively strong merchandising presence, Xros Wars harvested the lowest ratings in the entire Digimon franchise.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: Lunamon, to the extent that shipping him/her and Shoutmon is fairly common.
• Epileptic Trees: Taichi appearing in the X Arena game as a boss, who DigiXrosses WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon into Omegamon. This never had any impact on the series, but it's very easy to see why the trees kicked in. And given that he showed up in Hunters for a few episodes, it wasn't completely unfounded either.
• Fan Nickname: Tactimon has been called by the fans as Tac-chan as often as Blastmon calls him that.
• Growing the Beard: The first season is somewhat pokey and dull, but the show begins springing to life with the introduction of AxeKnightmon, and the beard is fully grown with the introduction of Yuu in season 2.
• Harsher in Hindsight: Tactimon attacks Tokyo and at one point his sword attack causes a great wave of water to smash into some buildings, with Jeremy shouting that he could destroy the city like this. Shortly after this episode aired in Japan, the great 2011 tsunami and earthquake transpired.
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • Angie's English dub voice actress Colleen O'Shaughnessey previously voiced Sora in the original Digimon Adventure and its sequels, her Japanese voice actress Ryōko Shiraishi voicing Sora in the remake.
  • Shoutmon is voiced in the English version by Ben Diskin, who later voices Agumon in Digimon Adventure: (2020). Both characters are voiced in original Japanese version by Chika Sakamoto.
• Ho Yay:
  • The character map at the beginning of episode 7 shows Kiriha staring at a drawing of Taiki with the caption "My Taiki", making this an Ascended Meme. In the same image, there's also a music note floating over his head.
  • The manga follows on this too, having Kiriha call Taiki his "beloved" (much to everyone else's surprise). He immediatly says it was just a joke, but...
  • Blastmon and Tactimon enjoy some nice bromance... or so Blastmon thinks. He also enjoys being loved by male Digimon like Scorpiomon, Cyberdramon and even Bagramon!
    • In one later episode, he hits on Beelzebumon, calling him "sexy." In the middle of battle.
  • Dorulumon shares a...rather obvious blush for Cutemon's begging face in episode 27
  • With Nene and Akari in Chapter 6 of the manga.
  • They also had some moments in episode 23, what with Akari becoming good friends with Nene and actually being the one to defrost her.
  • One could make a case of Nene and Mervamon as well.
  • And Nene and Sparrowmon, at least in the dub.
• I Knew It!:
  • Some have speculated (including an entry in this show's WMG page) that Digimon Fusion would air on Nickelodeon.
  • OmegaShoutmon being renamed OmniShoutmon for the dub, following how Omegamon became Omnimon.
  • Some people correctly guessed that NeoVamdemon would be renamed NeoMyotismon in the dub, consistent with past localizations.
• Launcher of a Thousand Ships: Everyone seems to be obsessed with Taiki.
• Like You Would Really Do It: Yeah, like you would actually kill Shoutmon with that sting, Flymon! He didn’t, and while Shoutmon felt excruciating pain and almost died, Whamon gave him his ambergris, avoiding it.
• Magnificent Bastard:
  • From the Fusion anime:
    • AxeKnightmon is an enigmatic member of the Midnight Army led by Nene Amano. In reality, he manipulated Nene by holding her younger brother Ewan hostage, making him the true leader. Once he regains complete control of the Darkness Loader, his own invention, he assimilates the Midnight Army into the Bagra Empire, headed by his older brother Lord Bagra, so he could be one more step closer to victory. Creator of DigiFuse and originator of the D5 plan, AxeKnightmon runs every single side for his own gain, culminating in using the unified Fusion Fighters as decoys to distract Bagramon in the climax before stabbing him in the back and absorbing him to begin his conquest. Holding himself with an air of gentlemanly confidence even as he schemes, AxeKnightmon cemented himself as one of the most memorable strategists in the war.
    • Lord Bagramon is The Emperor of the Bagra Empire and General of the selfsame army who desires to erase the imperfections of the worlds. Commanding the Seven Death Generals and their minions, he placed everyone in such a position where, in victory or defeat, he would acquire the negative energy necessary to start D5 in hopes of remaking both the Human and Digital World In Their Own Image. Older brother of AxeKnightmon, he suspected his sibling's treachery since the very beginning but played along even after being backstabbed. Congratulating and critiquing AxeKnightmon in the same sentence, Lord Bagra reclaims his title as the ultimate enemy by turning the absorption around from the inside out and remanifesting as DarknessBagramon. Giving the Fusion Fighters one of the hardest-earned victories in the franchise, Lord Bagramon proved his dreaded strength.
  • From the Xros Wars manga:
    • Bagramon is the leader of the Bagra Army. Brother of the "dark" digimon SkullKnightmon, Bagramon used to be a angel digimon working for the digital deity Homeostasis. Rebelling against Homeostasis because of her plan to have digimon branded as heroic or villainous, in a system that would result in his brother's death, Bagramon is defeated and exiled. Finding the remains of the digital deity Ygdrassil, Bagramon uses them to empower himself and begin his conquest, creating the Xros Loader and the powerful artificial Digimon Tactimon. He then rebels again with the loyalty of dark digimons, defeating the Royal Knights and breaking the digital world. Manipulating his brother using two minions and some humans, Bragramon intends to judge humans and digimons based on who wins between them. When his brother "wins" while losing his sanity, Bagramon cries for him before using him to recreate Zeed Milleniunmon, intending to use it to euthanize both the digital and human worlds and save them from decay. When he is proven wrong by the heroes, Bagramon cheers for them and dies saving his brother, encouraging him to be better. Inspiring loyalty in his followers, Bagramon truly wishes for a better future.
    • More honorable than his anime counterpart, Tactimon is one of Bagramon's top generals and his best creation. Leading his armies in the fractured Digital World, Bagramon is the digimon that broke it during his fight against the powerful Royal Knight Omegamon. A ruthless yet effective general willing to fire against his own soldiers in harsh fights, Bagramon also prefers to not waste their lives in pointless battles. Manipulating Mach Leomon to his death to test the power of his rivals, Tactimon follows the heroes to test their power as well. During the final battle of the Bagra Army, Tactimon asks permission to use his full power and challenge the heroes in a harsh fight, showing his impressive unmatched skill and only being defeated by their determination and teamwork. Lethally wounded, congratulates them, happy at having find worthy opponents.
• Moral Event Horizon: See here.
• Paranoia Fuel: According to their Digimon profile, for every single Monitamon able to be seen in plain sight, there are 30 more hidden.
• Poor Man's Substitute: Blastmon's voice actor, Daisuke Kishio, sounds like he's trying to imitate Norio Wakamoto; it's actually impressive, considering how his voice comes quite close to Wakamoto's.
• Shocking Moments: The Manga Adaptation started just like the anime, then it quickly went its own way with the plot and has not looked back since then, steadily rising the quotient with its own departures from the anime plot. It then literally rocketed from chapter 16 onwards, starting with the battle against Lilithmon's army, to an even larger scale battle involving Machinedramons (the original version) and Kimeramons, to Tactimon unsheathing his BFS and beating up Shoutmon X7, to an even larger scale battle involving everyone's super evolutions, the Royal Knights, several Milleniumons and then ... Dark Knightmon snaps, leading to the appearance of Zeed Milleniummon. Had it been animated, the quotient would definitely be 1.
  • Shoutmon X7 Superior Mode is this in both the anime and the manga, literally being a fusion of every single Digimon in the entire Digital World besides the Big Bad's. Considering that the Digital World here is separated into different zones, all with there own set of outer space, it really makes the digital world that much bigger.
    • Every good Digimon fusing together into the abovementioned Shoutmon X7 Superior Mode to defeat Bagramon in the series finale.
• So Okay, It's Average: Despite its new concepts in setting and Digivolution, it doesn't really bring any new ideas to the franchise. Episodes are heavily Strictly Formula. Taiki himself is praised for his intelligence among past leads, but falls short in development and depth, while the villains are mostly generically evil devoid of much development, with only a few exceptions (namely Reapmon, Yuu, AxeKnightmon, Olegmon and Apollomon). That said, most would agree that the second season, especially it's back half, contains the series' strongest moments, particularly the Grand Finale.
• Squick:
  • Machinedramon's... face, after a part of its helmet plating has been removed. Now just imagine those supposed robot characters being cyborgs. On the other hand, that specific example is exclusive to Xros Wars, since the original Machinedramon was specifically a combination of machine parts.
  • Episode 49, we have both the deaths of Apollomon and Damemon in rapid succession.
• They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: As with virtually every series since the second, some fans have lambasted it for being different from its predecessors.
• Too Cool to Live: Grademon
• Ugly Cute: The Gaossmon in the Blue Flare army. They're basically walking mouths with dinosaur legs and tails, but somehow, they manage to be somewhat endearing.
• The Un-Twist: Come on, who was surprised when it was revealed that Lucemon was evil? IT'S FREAKING Lucemon! The most effective former Big Bad in Digimon history! He's named after Satan for crying out loud! Hell, basic religion knowledge will already help many older viewers figure out something is wrong with many digimon behaviors like Lucemon being good and Apollomon being considered evil.
• Viewer Gender Confusion:
  • Cutemon, Sparrowmon and Lunamon all look girly and have an effeminate tone in their voice and use boku. However, Cutemon has been confirmed to be a male (and is voiced by Ben Diskin in the dub). Lunamon and Sparrowmon are yet to be confirmed, but because they both use "boku", they are considered male.
  • The dub identifies Sparrowmon as female.
  • Lunamon has a thing for Shoutmon. So going by the pattern of this series, Lunamon might be a boy. However, Lunamon are traditionally female, so this Lunamon is either a Bokukko with a Precocious Crush or a young male digimon with a case of hero worship (or this is an example of Ho Yay).
  • Don't let the fashionable hot pink collar confuse you, Lilithmon calls Machinedramon a "good boy".

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