History Fanfic / TheWormProtocol

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: DiscussedTrope between Ami and Adam as a joke about his sleep schedule and lack there of, specifically citing those inspired by [[ClassicalMovieVampire Bram]] [[Creator/BramStoker Stoker's]] {{Dracula}}, [[Creator/StephenieMeyer the]] [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Twilight]] [[TakeThat franchise]], and the hopping ChineseVampire. [[spoiler: And then of course we had already seen the undead demonic digital vampire Myotismon.]]

** The fire associated red headed Gankoomon [[CatchPhrase uses the phrase "Got it Memorized"]], doubling as a reference to [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Axel]] ''and'' [[Anime/DigimonDataSquad Marcus Damon]] by virtue of the two [[Creator/QuintonFlynn sharing a voice actor in the English dubs]] which [[ActorAllusion got the latter to say the phrase too]].

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: DiscussedTrope between Ami and Adam as a joke about his sleep schedule and lack there of, specifically citing those inspired by [[ClassicalMovieVampire Bram]] [[Creator/BramStoker Stoker's]] {{Dracula}}, [[Creator/StephenieMeyer the]] [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Twilight]] [[TakeThat franchise]], and the [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers hopping]] ChineseVampire. [[spoiler: And then of course we had already seen the undead demonic digital vampire Myotismon.]]

** The forums are also where [[spoiler: the name of the EvilTwin of Jesmon Noelle made's actual "name" came up, Jesmon Executor, as opposed to the FanNickname [[JustForPun Judasmon]] or just "Judas" like Rachel's dog.]]

** With how the crests and crowns of the Seven Demon Lords work [[spoiler: Leviathan being host to Leviamon]] can seem like one of these done JustForPun.

* HurtingHero: Gallantmon spends all his not-knight-business time in Shinjuku helping at a certain under-new-management bakery; the ruin left by Leviathan and the destruction it wrought on the Earth-Bet versions of his human family and friends from ''Tamers'' hit him ''hard''.

* HypocriticalHumor: In addition to be a favorite of [[JerkAss Gankoomon]] Dominik indulges in some when talking with Theo by saying Frenja and Menja had "[[Myth/NorseMythology Some asinine Norse names]]"... When he works for and ''partially named himself after'' his god known as "[[WorldTree Yggdrasil]]" and works with a Digimon based on Odin's steed (and [[HomosexualReproduction Loki's son]]) [[CoolHorse Sleipnir]]. Not to mention hearing Duftmon complain about how [[HairTriggerTemper easily]] [[MurderIsTheBestSolution frustrated]] [[ComplexityAddiction Accord]] gets with any "[[SuperOCD imperfections]]" which Jesmon internally lampshades but no one comments on.

** The forums are also where [[spoiler: the name of the EvilTwin of Jesmon Noelle made's actual "name" came up, Jesmon Executor, as opposed to the FanNickname [[JustForPun Judasmon]] or just [[NamesTheSame "Judas" like Rachel's dog]].]]

* WorldOfSnark: Every knight seems to fall into this at ''least'' around each other, Digimon's love of CasualDangerDialogue in the English dubs still shows in the human cast who survived, and the Worm 'verse wasn't exactly lacking in the DeadpanSnarker department either. So needless to say, OriginalCharacters who appear are also following suit.

* INeedAFreakingDrink: [[NotSoAboveItAll Dominik]], Oswald, Kaji, Gary, Magnus, and Adam's [[UpToEleven $400 collective response]] to [[PungeonMaster Victus]] meeting [[BirdsOfAFeather Mouse Protector]]. Max Anders/''Kaiser'' took the same route to the pair meeting, as Victus had been assaulting him with [[TooSpicyForYogSothoth racist puns]] earlier, but at a different bar.

* CastHerd: An easier way to break up the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters nature of the series can go as follows:

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: As mentioned all 13 of the Royal Knights serve as our "main" characters, though some get more focus than others at points, ''and'' each of them tend to get major human characters associated with their "arcs".

* {{Asexuality}}: Digimon naturally have no sex drives at all, since they don't reproduce that way. The main exception to this is [[SevenDeadlySins Lilithmon, the demon lord of Lust]]... And possibly [[DirtyOldMan Gankoomon]].

** In origins Alphamon was noted to essentially make his Anime/{{Doraemon}} {{Expy}} rookie form Dorumon even ''more'' so by accidently dying himself neon blue.

* CompositeCharacter: The Royal Knights have memories of their [[Anime/DigimonSavers Savers]], [[Anime/DigimonXEvolution X-Evolution]], and [[VideoGame/DigimonStoryCyberSleuth Cyber Sleuth]] incarnations. Gallantmon and [=UlforceVeedramon=] also have extra memories. Gallantmon has memories of Tamers and Ulforce has those of V-Tamer.

* DiabolusExMachina: This version of Earth Bet ''just'' so happened to have had a large variety of [[IdenticalStranger equivalents]] to past [[{{Franchise/Digimon}} Digimon tamers]], regardless of whether or not they even shared a universe before and Worm lampshading the unlikelihood of parallel selves existing like this at all due to the sheer odds against it, who had strong connections to various incarnations of the Royal Knights... So ''[[HopeSpot most]]'' of them explicitly [[KilledOffForReal ended up dying in horrific ways]] during {{Literature/Worm}}'s canonical destruction of Japan and the fall out from it to hurt said knights and further set them against this new world they have been forced to live in.

** In universe Yggdrasil made Gallantmon and Sleipmon's human forms based on their [[Anime/DigimonTamers respective]] [[Anime/DigimonSavers partners]].

** The fire associated red headed Gankoomon [[CatchPhrase uses the phrase "Got it Memorized"]], doubling as a reference to [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Axel]] ''and'' [[Anime/DigimonSavers Marcus Damon]] by virtue of the two [[Creator/QuintonFlynn sharing a voice actor in the English dubs]] which [[ActorAllusion got the latter to say the phrase too]].

* IAintGotTimeToBleed: It's a rule of the Royal Knights to never publicly show how much pain your in. Rule 25 in fact.

* {{Adorkable}}: Shawn/Jesmon in his human disguise. He's still this somewhat normally, its just harder for those who don't know him well to tell.

''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/the-worm-protocol-digimon-worm-crossover.363246/ The Worm Protocol]]'' is a Digimon/Worm Fanfic by [=Godzillaslayer101=]. A FF.net version can be found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11605738/1/The-Worm-Protocol here]] while the "Royal Knights Origins" which makes up their backstories has an Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn version [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/5918512/chapters/13619560 here]]. Sadly, the later two have not been updated since sometime near January, 2016; though the story has continued on [=SpaceBattles=].

This is a what-if scenario involving the Digimon Multiverse. {{Yggdrasil}} is still expanding and to prevent the events of X-Evolution from happening again, decides to send pieces of itself out into the greater multiverse. The story follows one such copy as it finds out that it wound up in the ''bad'' part of the multiverse when a [[Literature/{{Worm}} Golden being]], of the same level of existence but much older, assaults and puts it into... basically a coma. From there the story focuses on "Daddy's Gifts," 13 Mega Level digimon given to each clone to guard them as they set up the Digital world and help protect it afterwards. The Royal Knights.

* BargainWithHeaven: [[spoiler: Magnamon]] does this with the [=DigiGnomes=] who are something between a Djinni and a PhysicalGod.

** The fire associated red headed Gankoomon [[CatchPhrase uses the phrase "Got it Memorized"]], doubling as a reference to [[VideoGame/KingdomHearts Axel]] ''and'' [[Anime/DigimonSavers Marcus Damon]] by virtue of the two [[Creator/QuintonFlynn sharing a voice actor in the English dubs]] which [[ActorAllusion got the latter to say the phrase too]].

*** UlForceVeedramon: Living with his "younger Brother" on one of the outer layers for a currently unspecified reason.

-->'''Vanessa''': Is this about the monster?
-->'''Yggdrasil''': [[AC:HIS NAME IS ALPHAMON, AND HE IS MY BELOVED BEGINNING. WATCH YOUR TONGUE.]]

** Another series of ShoutOuts come from the Chapter titles. They almost always reference another form of media be it a song, movie, or book.

-->'''Examon (Speaking)''':None of my shots in the Service of the Royal Knights has ever been more than 2,500 kilometers.
-->'''Omnimon (Thinking)''': ''The longer ones he took '''before''' we convinced him to come down.''

* WhamLine: After Gallantmon deals with an undergroup of Yakuza, the final scene with a subordinate reporting to The Oyabun has this bombshell of a line.

-->'''[=UlForce=]''': [[spoiler:Saint]] knows where Yggdrasil is.

* INeedAFreakingDrink: [[NotSoAboveItAll Dominik]], Oswald, Kaji, Gary, Magnus, and Adam's [[UpToEleven $400 collective response]] to [[PungeonMaster Victus]] meeting [[BirdsOfAFeather Mouse Protector]]. Max Anders/''Kaiser'' took the same route to the pair meeting, as Victus had been assaulting him with [[TooSpicyForYogSogoth racist puns]] earlier, but at a different bar.

* MythologyGag: As expected of their status as {{Composite Character}}s, there are little jokes about their other incarnations such as Alphamon's coffee addiction (along with other jokes from Cyber Sleuth), Ulforce referencing Taichi and Zeromaru from V-Tamer after hacking XBox Live.

** Literal one in Arc 13. [[Literature/HistoriaBrittonum Examon, who's form is based off of Y Ddraig Goch, kills an opponent who took the form of a White Dragon at Dinas Emrys]]. He then stops Ulforce from quipping about [[CelticMythology beer or pigs]] before falling unconscious.

* RecordNeedleScratch: Explicitly mentioned by Ulforce when he realizes that [[spoiler:Sliepmon just let slip that he was given a marrage proposal]].

** Another series of shoutouts come from the Chapter titles. They almost always reference another form of media be it a song, movie, or book.

* TrainingFromHell: What Gankoomon subjected Hackmon to. [[spoiler: He still does it to Jesmon and later acts as a partial basis for the training Alphamon sets up for Nicolas and Vanessa.]]

* WellIntentionedExtremist: As in Worm some villains are still these or like to think of themselves as such, notable examples being Accord and Coil. Accord's case is "tame" enough that despite his track record Duftmon is willing to work with him to enact his plan to end world hunger, but Coil's excuses for doing what he does falls apart as soon as the Knights set up in Brockton Bay. When he ''still'' tries to play this card in his defense Gankoomon wastes no time setting him straight.
* WhiteMansBurden: Basically what all of the "tenants" of the angel's amount to is the digimon equivalent of this. All Vaccines naturally outrank Data, which is why the latter needs them to act as their [[CondescendingCompassion "respectful" Guardians]], and [[FantasticRacism Virus types]] are only acceptable if they agree to enter a form of slavery where despite having "angel" status if they go against a Vaccine's orders (or their supervisor is killed) they are put to death.
* WorldOfSnark: Every knight seems to fall into this at ''least'' around each other, Digimon's love of CasualDangerDialogue in the English dubs still shows in the human cast who survived, and the Worm 'verse wasn't exactly lacking in the DeadpanSnarker department either so needless to say OriginalCharacters who appear are also following suit.

This is a what-if scenario involving the Digimon Multiverse. {{Yggdrasil}} is still expanding and to prevent the events of X-Evolution from happening again, decides to send pieces of itself out into the greater multiverse. The story follows one such copy as it finds out that it wound up in the ''bad'' part of the multiverse when a [[WebOriginal/{{Worm}} Golden being]], of the same level of existence but much older, assaults and puts it into... basically a coma. From there the story focuses on "Daddy's Gifts," 13 Mega Level digimon given to each clone to guard them as they set up the Digital world and help protect it afterwards. The Royal Knights.

* DiabolusExMachina: This version of Earth Bet ''just'' so happened to have had a large variety of [[IdenticalStranger equivalents]] to past [[{{Franchise/Digimon}} Digimon tamers]], regardless of whether or not they even shared a universe before and Worm lampshading the unlikelihood of parallel selves existing like this at all due to the sheer odds against it, who had strong connections to various incarnations of the Royal Knights... So ''[[HopeSpot most]]'' of them explicitly [[KilledOffForReal ended up dying in horrific ways]] during {{WebOriginal/Worm}}'s canonical destruction of Japan and the fall out from it to hurt said knights and further set them against this new world they have been forced to live in.

* AngelsDemonsAndSquid: The three biggest players in Yggdrasil's first world generally ended up like this.