History Fanfic / Zero2ARevision

* AbortedArc: The hyped up ''Zero 2: Past Journeys'', i.e another promised mega fiction that conveys Shaun's entire journey from start to finish, has never been released even up to this day. Whether the author simply gave up or due to outside business is not known. The same goes for the other concepts that were never released such as Dragomon and Gravemon making their move, side stories relating to the Digidestined, etc.

* DeconstructionFic: The entire fan fiction deconstructs the entire concept of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' as well as the MaryStu OriginalCharacter.
* DemonicPossession: When Piedmon is sent to a wormhole in chapter 40, he got body snatched and possessed by an unknown Digimon [[spoiler: revealed later to be Myotismon]]. This is also Gravemon's ability to possess the other Digimon [[spoiler: and humans]] and make them more powerful than before.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1584078/1/Zero-2-A-Revision Zero 2: A Revision]]'' is a FixFic of the original Digimon 02 created by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/74952/Ultra-Sonic-007 Ultra Sonic 007]] that deconstructs the premise of [[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 Digimon 02]].

--> '''Digidestined's parents'': (After seeing them badly scarred) OH MY GOD! WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?!

* PoweredArmors: This fan fiction introduces Holy Armors for Shaun, Davis, TK, and Kari which enhances their physical abilities and allows the Digidestined to fight alongside their own Digimons.

* TheSoulless: Darkheart in his first appearance is nothing more than a mindless servant of
Umbradevimon before Demon implanted Dark Spores within him giving Darkheart a sadistic and cruel personality who enjoys inflicting torment towards the Digidestined.

* VillanousBreakdown:

* TheSoulless: Darkheart in his first appearance is nothing more than a mindless servant of Umbradevimon before Demon implanted Dark Spores within him giving Darkheart a sadistic and cruel personality who enjoys inflicting torment towards the Digidestined.

* ChekhovsGunman: During the Digimon emperor arc, Dragomon mentions that there are three other threats that he must also deal with. Those three are revealed to be [[spoiler: Umbradevimon, Demon, and Myotismon]].

* AnArmAndALeg: Izzy's mother loses her left arm due to an attack from Bakemon.

** Plenty of characters got a larger role but Dragomon is a notable example as his role increased from a mere voiceless silhouette in the ocean that leads to nowhere to the EvilCounterpart of Kari that acts as a CombatCommentator of sorts, often commenting on the events that follow, [[OrcusOnHisThrone waiting until he has the time to strike]], although he does save Kari from Darkheart's torture. Even the very fact that he appears in his own Dark Ocean episode is also this trope.

*** The Power Of Miracles: Davis's crest, carved painfully into his chest by the messenger of the Guardian Beasts.

** Because the Digimon movies sans the [[DigimonAdventurePilot original]] are treated as non-canon by the author, Diaboromon and Wallace never appear in this continuity.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1584078/1/Zero-2-A-Revision Zero 2: A Revision]]'' is a rewrite of the original Digimon 02 created by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/74952/Ultra-Sonic-007 Ultra Sonic 007]] that attempts to revise the premise of [[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 Digimon 02]].

* AdaptedOut: The Dark Spore children such as Noriko got removed in the continuity while the inter-continental Digidestined and their Digimons got replaced with other characters [[spoiler: such as Oikawa and Blackwargreymon, and Daichi and Impmon]].

** Plenty of characters got a larger role but Dragomon is a notable example as his role increased from a mere voiceless silhouette in the ocean that leads to nowhere to an antagonist that acts as a CombatCommentator of sorts, often commenting on the events that follow, [[OrcusOnHisThrone waiting until he has the time to strike]], although he does save Kari from Darkheart's torture.

* OriginalCharacter: In addition to Shaun and his Digimon (Agumon), there is also Joshua Kido, the entire Forbidden city Digimon, Gravemon, Darkheart, Nega, Teela Yamaki, Miranda Akiyama, the local Odaiba policemen, Darkheart, the Flan Digimon, and also a number of other minor characters. Later sequels would introduce even more characters to the story.

* Doorstopper: By the time it is finally finished, this fan fiction contains 583,698 words. Without any use of padding whatsoever.

* AnArmAndALeg: Izzy's mother loses her left arm due to an attack from Gravemon.

* GreatOffscreenWar: 4 years before the start of the series, a massive war broke out between Ryo Akiyama, the four sovereigns and [[spoiler: Shaun and his parter]] against Zeedmilleniummon. The battle is so fierce that an entire continent has been created based on this entire confrontation. [[spoiler: Another even earlier war is the battle between Huanglongmon and Lucemon, Demon, Dragomon, and Apocalymon and their armies]].

* [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower The Power Of Kindness]]: Ken's Crest of Kindness that is obtained during chapter 22 after reconcilement with his parents.

* TransformingIsAFreeAction: For some reason whenever Darkheart is about to transform into his next stage, all the Digidestined can do is either wait for him to finish or immediately flee from him despite the fact that they could just attack him in the middle of the transformation.

* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Thanks to Gennai's Great Seal, both the Digidestined and Umbradevimon's forces are trapped in the Digital World. [[spoiler: Until Davis obtains the Crest of Miracles]].

* [[TheCaretaker The Power Of Caring]]: Yolei's crest power, found inside the Flan Digimon Azulmon.

* DrunkWithPower: Grandkuwagamon after using his dimension slash experienced a sudden change in personality, from a stoic silent Digimon to a power-hungry Digimon who desires to use his time-warping abilities to his fullest before Piedmon decides to wipe his personality.

** WeakenedByTheLight: Kari's armor of Light allows her to repel everything associated with darkness using her own [[HolyPower power of light]].

* [[HumbleHero The Power Of Humility]]: Cody's crest which involves using the weakest Digimon to destroy the barrier.

* AscendedExtra: Plenty of characters got a larger role but Dragomon is a notable example as his role increased from a mere voiceless silhouette in the ocean that leads to nowhere to an antagonist that acts as a CombatCommentator of sorts, often commenting on the events that follow, [[OrcusOnHisThrone waiting until he has the time to strike]], although he does save Kari from Darkheart's torture. The same also applies to Demon as he goes from a [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere space flea]] that has little to no reason for invading the real world to a full-fledged EvilOverlord who is stated to be the third villain. [[spoiler: In fact, he is also directly responsible for kickstarting the plot of the story due to massacring all of the Digidestined in the original timeline]].

* AttackItsWeakPoint: The only way to kill a Flan Digimon is to shoot its brain. Attacking all other body parts will just cause it to repel it away.

* NighInvurnerability: The Flan Digimons, despite being ultimate-levels, are extremely resilient as not even an attack from a Mega like (Wargreymon) are incapable of harming them. The only way to kill them is to destroy its own brain.

** Much like the original, [[spoiler: Myotismon]] evolves into [[spoiler: Belialmyotismon]] during his first and final battle against the Digidestined except that this time, instead of being defeated by [[spoiler: preaching their hopes and dreams]], he is deafeated by the fusion of Davis and the rest of the Digidestined. [[spoiler: Belialmyotismon]] evolves even further when he ultilizes the power of [[spoiler: Huanglongmon, the creator of the Digital sovereigns]] essentially becoming even stronger than Zeedmilleniummon.
** A more literal example is Darkheart's fifth threshold transforming from a giant dragon to a literal dark angel.

-->Kari: I've always been the damsel in distress; I've always relied on everyone...but no one's ever relied on me...and I'm tired of it. I'm the Child of Light. I'm the last Digidestined left. And for the sake of both worlds...for the sake of everyone I love and care for...I won't fail. I've always had faith in my friends...and I still do. Even in you...Davis Motomiya.

* DarkerAndEdgier: When [[LighterAndSofter compared]] to the [[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 original universe]]. For starters, the Digimon Emperor is fully willing to use nukes and torture other Digimons for his own amusement. But by the Umbradevimon arc, the story took a nosedive in darkness as multitudes of [[KnightOfCerebus villains that are more threatening and competent than their previous incarnations]] appear and often putting the Digidestined at their own ropes. There are also multiple number of character deaths from [[spoiler: Davis's parents, Cody's grandfather, (Agumon), and finally Shaun]]. In addition, it is later revealed that [[spoiler: Shaun]] is actually from the [[Anime/DigimonAdventure original universe]] who accidentally released Demon from prison killing off the rest of the Digidestined. His time travel to the past radically changed the whole plot of Anime/DigimonAdventure to what we currently saw in the story.

* EvilOverlord: Both Dragomon and Demon rule the Dark World. While the former rule the seas in the form of Cthulhu city, the latter rule the land in the form of Archfiend castle. However Myotismon reveals that there were 2 more Dark lords that formerly rule the Dark World, Lucemon and Apocalymon. The former got killed after he attempts to duel Dragomon to the death after gaining his chaos mode while the latter gets sealed by the Original Digidestined before dying for good by the first generation Digidestined.

* BishonenLine: Darkheart's transformation goes from Normal mode which a corrupted Davis form, the Fighter mode which is still humanoid but slightly bigger, the Hunter mode which resembles a giant centaur about 5 meter tall, to the Dark Dragon mode which resembles a giant 60 meter dragon but when he assumes to his fifth and last seen form; the Dark Angel, he reverts back to human size but now becomes an extremely powerful angellic warrior. [[spoiler: A hypothetical six threshold, the Eternal Scourge mode still retains his human-sized body albeit it is a merely condensed form. His true form is a formless black face of hatred and destruction]].

** Chapter 7 introduces the Flan Digimon Palidomon with the others of its kind being introduced in chapter 29. They are based on the Flan enemies in [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2 Final Fantasy X-2]]
** The infamous and controversial Chapter 18 features Franchise/{{Terminator}} armies as well as [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Alienmon]] constructed by the Digital emperor during his first apprearance to the Digital world.

* DemonicPossession: When Piedmon is sent to a wormhole in chapter 40, he got body snatched and possessed by an unknown Digimon [[spoiler: revealed later to be Myotismon]]. This is also Gravemon's ability to possess the other Digimon [[spoiler: and humans]] and make them more powerful than before.

* DragonTheirFeet: Puppetmon becomes the sole survivor of the Dark Masters after Umbradevimon banished Piedmon's soul before finally dying for good after Darkheart kills him.

** TomboyGirlAndGirlyGirl: Teela is the tomboy girl to Miranda's girly girl.

* NamingConventions: To differentiate between the two Agumons that both Shaun and Tai have, one Agumon is written in brackets like (Agumon).

* NighInvurneability: The Flan Digimons, despite being ultimate-levels, are extremely resilient as not even an attack from a Mega like (Wargreymon) are incapable of harming them. The only way to kill them is to destroy its own brain.

* TheStarscream: Piedmon wants to rebel against Umbradevimon's rule with the help of [[EmptyShell Grandkuwagamon]] and the shadow mallet constructed from the remains of the four dark masters (Umbradevimon is fully aware of this fact). Darkheart later becomes a much more successful example as he goes to absorb the Digidestined in order to become the [[CardCarryingVillain "Greatest villain of all time"]].

* TakingTheBullet: Blackwargreymon decides to sacrifice himself from Skullsatamon's attack towards Davis, feeling a wave of satisfaction after doing this. This is also how Cody's father died, as he take the bullet for the American ambasaddor.

* VillainousRescue: Using the power of Grandkuwagamon's dimension slash, Umbradevimon managed to save Piedmon and Puppetmon in the past from imminent death (Umbradevimon states that he cannot save the other dark masters due to their conspicous deaths). Dragomon later saves Kari from Darkheart torture as he needs her alive for his own plans to work.

* ZergRush: How Umbradevimon plans to invade the world; by utilising 1 million black gear controlled Digimons of varying levels. Predictably his forces got easily defeated by both Demon and Gravemon. In fact, he is the first of the three invaders to fall.

* BishonenLine: Darkheart's transformation goes from a mere human, the Fighter mode which is still humanoid but slightly bigger, the Hunter mode which resembles a giant centaur about 5 meter tall, to the Dark Dragon mode which resembles a giant 60 meter dragon but when he assumes to his final form; the Dark Angel, he reverts back to human size but now becomes an extremely powerful angellic warrior.

* {{Hypocrite}}: A [[BaseBreaker debatable and controversial]] example occurs during chapter 18 when Shaun calls Davis out for abandoning TK just so that he could have Kari all for himself. On one hand, Shaun abandon Cody because he has outright saw that there is no hope of trying to rescue him although thankfully, Cody managed to armor digivolve his Armodrillomon into Submarimon and survive, on the other hand, Shaun has no outright confirmation that TK might still be alive and that Davis abandon him because he has no choice. A less controversial and certainly more accepting however is when [[spoiler: Belialmyotismon]] pleads for mercy from [[spoiler: Huanglongmon]] only for [[spoiler: Huanglongmon to call him an outright hypocrite as he has abuse his powers for his own selfish purpose]].

* OneWingedAngel: Much like the original, [[spoiler: Myotismon]] evolves into [[spoiler: Belialmyotismon]] during his first and final battle against the Digidestined except that this time, instead of being defeated by [[spoiler: preaching their hopes and dreams]], he is deafeated by the fusion of Davis and the rest of the Digidestined. [[spoiler: Belialmyotismon]] evolves even further when he ultilizes the power of [[spoiler: Huanglongmon, the creator of the Digital sovereigns]] essentially becoming even stronger than Zeedmilleniummon. A more literal example is Darkheart's fifth threshold transforming from a giant dragon to a literal dark angel.

* CaptainErsatz: The infamous and controversial Chapter 18 features Terminator armies as well as Alienmon constructed by the Digital emperor during his first apprearance to the Digital world. There is also the Forbidden palace armies and the Gravemon that have a lot of influence from the Franchise/{{Halo}} universe as the covenant and the flood.

* LargeAndInCharge: Being fused with the data of Chimeramon, Umbradevimon towers over his other fellow mega henchmens.

* NightmareSequence: Each Digidestined suffers from different nightmares depending on their own worst fears thanks to [[spoiler: Belialmyotismon's gaze of despair]]. Interestingly, the tone between each dream sequences range from [[MoodWhiplash genuinely terrifying to hilarious nightmares]] from Kari's encounter with Dragomon to Mimi being bethroted with Chumon and Sukamon and being drenched with [[{Bowlderization} "sludge"]]

* OriginalCharacter: In addition to Shaun and his Digimon (Agumon), there is also Joshua Kido, the entire Forbidden city Digimon, Gravemon, Darkheart, Nega, Teela Yamaki, Miranda Akiyama, the local Odaiba policemen, Darkheart, the flan Digimon, and also a number of other minor characters. Later sequels would introduce even more characters to the story.

** HealingFactor: TK's armor of Hope allows him to heal the other Digimon.
** WeakenedByTheLight: Kari's armor of Light allows her to repel everything associated with darkness.

* TheStarscream: Piedmon wants to rebel against Umbradevimon's rule with the help of [[EmptyShell Grandkuwagamon]] and the shadow mallet constructed from the remains of the four dark masters. Darkheart later becomes a much more successful example as he goes to absorb the Digidestined in order to become the [[CardCarryingVillain "Greatest villain of all time"]].

** Izzy: Loss of all computer knowledge

* BloodierAndGorier: While the entire fan fiction is more gruesome than the source fiction, chapter 18 is a lot gorier than all the other chapters.

* HotSpringsEpisode: Chapter 27 features the entire Digidestined spending some time in the hot springs as a CallBack to the [[Anime/DigimonAdventure first original series]], with the same scenarios of Gomammon attempting poke into the girls side of the spa and Joe being ShowerShy. Added with the Veemon, Hawkmon and Armadrillomon entering the girls spa oblivious to the consequences and Gatomon kicking Gomamon as revenge.

* MamaBear: Aside from being mostly [[LethalChef terrible at cooking]] Yuuko Kamiya is very protective of her children to the point of immediately strangling Gennai upon realising that [[spoiler: the Digidestined are trapped in the Digital World]].

* DarkerAndEdgier: When compared to the [[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 original universe]]. For starters, the Digimon Emperor is fully willing to use nukes and torture other Digimons for his own amusement. But by the Umbradevimon arc, the story took a nosedive in darkness as multitudes of [[KnightOfCerebus villains that are more threatening and competent than their previous incarnations]] appear and often putting the Digidestined at their own ropes. There are also multiple number of character deaths from [[spoiler: Davis's parents, Cody's grandfather, (Agumon), and finally Shaun]]. In addition, it is later revealed that [[spoiler: Shaun]] is actually from the [[Anime/DigimonAdventure original universe]] who accidentally released Demon from prison killing off the rest of the Digidestined. His time travel to the past radically changed the whole plot of Anime/DigimonAdventure to what we currently saw in the story.

*** TheDragon: Gryphonmon.
*** TheBrute: Grandkuwagamon, replaced by Arukenimon follow his mind erasure.

*** TheDragon: Deathmon.
*** TheBrute: Skullsatamon, replaced by Marinedevimon following his death.

** TheHero: Hiroaki Ishida, the parent that is most involved parent in the Odaiba fog 4 years ago

** TheBigGuy: Hiroki Hida

** TheChick: Miranda Akiyama.

* HotSpringsEpisode: Chapter 27 features the entire Digidestined spending some time in the hot springs as a CallBack to the [[Anime/DigimonAdventure first original series]], with the same scenarios of Gomammon attempting poke into the girls side of the spa and Joe being ShowerShy.

* WarFic: The entire fan fiction goes much more bloodier than the actual series. It gives us questions of what would happen if the Digital Emperor was more sociopathic and had [[NukeEm nuclear weapons]], if Demon attacked the Real World with a ''real'' invasion army, if Devimon does more than being a part of Chimeramon and fused with its remains to become a powerful mega, if the {{Expy}} of the [[NightmareFuel Flood]] the Gravemon from the ''{{Halo}}'' universe decided to pay a visit and infects the entire citizens of Odaiba desiring to assimilate the others into the "dead", if Devimon corrupts Davis to become Darkheart and becomes an unstoppable [[TheJuggernaut juggernaut]] that comes the closest to defeating the Digidestined. If [[spoiler: [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Belialmyotismon]] had the power of a [[AGodAmI God]]]] and so on.

* TheWorfEffect: Myotismon defeated an uncloaked Demon using a simple soul banishment which shocks the entire Digidestined.

* ZergRush: How Umbradevimon plans to invade the world; by utilising 1 million possessed Digimons of varying levels. Predictably his forces got easily defeated by both Demon and Gravemon. In fact, he is the first of the three invaders to fall.

* DarkerAndEdgier: For starters, the Digimon Emperor is fully willing to use nukes and torture other Digimons for his own amusement. But by the Umbradevimon arc, the story took a nosedive in darkness as multitudes of [[KnightOfCerebus villains that are more threatening and competent than their previous incarnations]] appear and often putting the Digidestined at their own ropes. There are also multiple number of character deaths from [[spoiler: Davis's parents, Cody's grandfather, (Agumon), and finally Shaun]]. In addition, it is later revealed that [[spoiler: Shaun]] is actually from the [[Anime/DigimonAdventure original universe]] who accidentally released Demon from prison killing off the rest of the Digidestined. His time travel to the past radically changed the whole plot of Anime/DigimonAdventure to what we currently saw in the story.

* NukeEm: The Emperor's "surprise" to the controlled residents as well as Shaun himself in Little Edo is to throw ''frickin'' a nuclear warhead towards the location.

* OriginalCharacter: In addition to Shaun and his Digimon (Agumon), there is also Joshua Kido, the entire Forbiden city Digimon, Gravemon, Darkheart, Nega, Teela Yamaki, Miranda Akiyama, the local Odaiba policemen, Aetherdramon, Goliamon, Metalangemon, Darkheart, the flan Digimon, and also a number of other minor characters.

* PowerLimiter: Demon's cloak acts as a suppressor for his power in order to prevent torching other minions around him and to achieve control over his powers.

* {{Retcon}}: [[spoiler: Despite the fact Shaun states that he came from the original timeline, the Digidestined couples are radically different than what is perceived in the original DistantFinale sans Kenyako (Ken and Yolei). While the canon incarnation's timeline has Sora and Matt marry each other and the other Digidestined choosing other couples, Shaun's original timeline has Taiora (Tai and Sora) of which he is the second son to, Daikari (Davis and Kari), and Mimato (Mimi and Matt) as the OfficialCouple. Obviously other than the Tai and Sora that [[FreudianSlip he blurted out]], he kept all of the other mentions of this in the dark to prevent issues of pre-destined love]].

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Demon appeared in order to kidnap Ken for his [[spoiler: Dark spores]], despite Umbradevimon managing to overwhelm the entire Digidestined, he is immediately afraid of Demon and runs away like a chicken. [[spoiler: This is because as is later revealed, his strength depends on the Digidestined's Digimons and he knew he would not stand a chance against him if the Digidestined reverts back to normal]].

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Both Oikawa and Blackwargreymon managed to survive the entire confrontation with the evil Digimons although Blackwargreymon reincarnates from a control spire Digimon into a full-fledged one. Incidentally Blackwargreymon is Oikawa's new Digimon partner.

* TheUnfought: The mind part of Gravemon is never fought by the Digidestined. [[spoiler: Demon unleashed his full power and destroyed him before the Digidestineds are able to fight him]].

* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler: Belialmyotismon]] attemps to plead for mercy from the creator of the guardian beasts. [[spoiler: Huanglongmon]] is not amused and instead to be cast down to the deepest pits of the dark world.

* SuperSpeed: This is what Sonoccomon's ability relies upon.

* YourWorstNightmare: [[spoiler: Belialmyotismon]] delivers the Digidestined's own worst fears which is the complete opposite of Malomyotismon who delivers the Digidestined [[LotusEaterMachine their deepest desires]]. Shaun eventually snaps them out of it. The nightmares that each of the Digidestined receives are elaborated below:
** Tai:
** Sora:
** Matt:
** Mimi:
** Joe:
** Izzy:
** TK:
** Kari:
** Ken:
** Yolei:
** Cody:
** Davis:

* BaitAndSwithBoss: Demon's reign of terror is cut short by Piedmon, who is later revealed to be [[spoiler: Myotismon]] inside him.

* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Blackwargreymon tends to angst about his whole purpose of being created by Arukenimon. He finally found his purpose as he [[TakingTheBullet took an attack from Skullsatamon meant for Davis]]. [[spoiler: As a reward for this, he is eventually reborn into a natural being, arriving just in time to give Kari the time to finish off Darkheart once and for all]].

* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler: Belialmyotismon]] pleads for mercy from the creator of the guardian beasts only for him instead to be cast down to the deepest pits of the dark world.

* WarFic: The entire fan fiction goes much more bloodier than the actual series. It gives us questions of what would happen if the Digital Emperor was more sociopathic and had [[NukeEm nuclear weapons]], if Demon attacked the Real World with a ''real'' invasion army, if Devimon does more than being a part of Chimeramon and fused with its remains to become a powerful mega, if the {{Expy}} of the [[NightmareFuel Flood]] the Gravemon from the ''{{Halo}}'' universe decided to pay a visit and infects the entire citizens of Odaiba, if Devimon corrupts Davis to become Darkheart and becomes an unstoppable [[TheJuggernaut juggernaut]] that comes the closest to defeating the Digidestined. If [[spoiler: [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Belialmyotismon]] had the power of a [[AGodAmI God]]]] and so on.

* YourWorstNightmare: [[spoiler: Belialmyotismon]] delivers the Digidestined's own worst fears which is the complete opposite of Malomyotismon who delivers the Digidestined [[LotusEaterMachine their deepest desires]]. Shaun eventually snaps them out of it. The nightmares that each of the Digidestined receives are elaborated below.

* HijackedByGanon: Demon's reign of terror is cut short by Piedmon, who is later revealed to be [[spoiler: Myotismon]] inside him.

* JustDesserts: How do Alienmon meet its end, by being devoured and chewed upon by Whamon thanks to Cody's assistance.

* KnightOfCerebus: Despite the fact that the villains often always put the Digidestined on the ropes, there is always a feeling of hope that the Digidestined will eventually triumph over the dark forces. [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Darkheart]] aka Davis's corrupted form however, is an entirely different beast as his true entrance to the Digidestined involves him destroying the entire Primary Village as well as overpowering and tortures the entire Digidestined [[ForTheEvulz because he can]], absorbing them one-by-one with the heroes unable to do anything other than run away from him to stop his continuous pursuit to become the greatest villain of all time.

* TakingYouWithMe: Whenever a villain realizes that they are about to die, they often try to take at least a single Digidestined with them. Arukenimon for Shaun, Skullsatamon for Tai and Sora, and Darkheart for Shaun when he thinks that he will be sucked to the Gates of Extinction.

* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler: Belialmyotismon]] pleads for mercy from the creator of the digital sovereign only for him instead to be cast down to the deepest pits of the dark world.

* YourWorstNightmare: [[spoiler: Belialmyotismon]] delivers the Digidestined's own worst fears which is the complete opposite of Malomyotismon who delivers the Digidestined [[LotusEaterMachine their deepest desires]]. Shaun eventually snaps them out of it.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: The first instance of this is when Izzy criticize the author for looking down on his map. Another notable instance is when Jim Kido criticise the author for ripping off King Kong when Jun is being kidnapped.

* DarkerAndEdgier: For starters, the Digimon Emperor is fully willing to use nukes and torture other Digimons for his own amusement. But by the Umbradevimon arc, the story took a nosedive in darkness as multitudes of [[KnightOfCerebus genuinely threatening and competent villains]] appear and often putting the Digidestined at their own ropes. There are also multiple number of character deaths from [[spoiler: Davis's parents, Cody's grandfather, (Agumon), and finally Shaun]]. In addition, it is later revealed that [[spoiler: Shaun]] is actually from the [[Anime/DigimonAdventure original universe]] who accidentally released Demon from prison killing off the rest of the Digidestined. His time travel to the past radically changed the whole plot of Anime/DigimonAdventure to what we currently saw in the story.

* KnightOfCerebus: While the introduction of each and every major villain always made the tone darker starting with the introduction of Umbradevimon and his dark obelisks, it is only when Darkheart is introduced to the scene massacring the entire primary village and intents on absorbing the entire Digidestined does the story turns to one of the bleakest situation in the whole series.