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* TheFourGods: Qinglongmon/Azulongmon the Azure Dragon, Zhuqiaomon the Vermillion Phoenix, Xuanwumon/Ebonwumon the Black Turtle, and Baihumon the White Tiger. Azulongmon appears in ''Adventure 02'', while the others are only mentioned. All four star in ''Tamers''. There's actually a fifth "god," [[http://wikimon.net/Fanglongmon Huanglongmon/Fanglongmon]] the Yellow Dragon (see the trope page). Supplementary materials present as the boss of the other four. Oddly, or perhaps not, Xros Wars [[spoiler: has him as a villain, TheDragon of TheDragon of TheBigBad, little more than a MonsterOfTheWeek who exists to get amalgamated into that mini-arc's primary antagonist.]]
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* FantasyPantheon: Given the FantasyKitchenSink, this crops up here and there. Mostly this trope gets play in the interactions between major groups of [[PhysicalGod nigh mythic]] Digimon.
** CouncilOfAngels: Seraphimon, Cherubimon, and Ophanimon guard over God's Law, Wisdom, and Love, respectively, and each is said to manifest a trait of Lucemon; together they form the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Three Great Angels]].
** TheFourGods: The Four Holy Beasts, or [[DigimonTamers Digimon Sovereigns]], each of whom guards a quadrant of the Digital World. They consist of Qinglongmon/Azulongmon the AzureDragon, Dragon (East), Zhuqiaomon the Vermillion Phoenix, Phoenix (South), Xuanwumon/Ebonwumon the Black Turtle, Turtle (North), and Baihumon the White Tiger. Tiger (West). Azulongmon appears in ''Adventure 02'', while the others are only mentioned. All referred to as the ''Harmonious Ones''; all four star in ''Tamers''. There's actually According to the {{Metaplot}}, they serve a fifth "god," ''fifth'' Sovereign, [[http://wikimon.net/Fanglongmon Huanglongmon/Fanglongmon]] the Yellow Dragon (see (Center), who was sealed beneath the trope page). Supplementary materials present as earth while warring with Lucemon.[[hottip:*:Huanglongmon appears in DigimonXrosWars, though he was demoted to being NumberTwo to TheDragon, existing to get absorbed into another monster.]]
*** EasternZodiac: The Sovereigns are in turn served by a group of twelve Digimon called theboss of the other four. Oddly, or perhaps not, Xros Wars [[spoiler: Devas. When they first premiere in Tamers, they are driven partially to wreak vengeance on humans (fitting, since Yamaki has him as been going around and destroying them) and kidnap Culumon. The {{Metaplot}} again serves to give them a villain, TheDragon of TheDragon of TheBigBad, little more than a MonsterOfTheWeek who exists to get amalgamated context by sub-dividing them into that mini-arc's groups of three, one per each sovereign, and organized according to the elemental arrangement described on the actual trope page. Xuanwumon is served by Vikaralamon, Vajramon, and Kumbhiramon (Pig, Ox, and Rat); Baihumon is served by Caturamon, Sinduramon, and Makuramon (Dog, Rooster, and Monkey); Zhuqiaomon is served by Pajramon, Sandiramon, and Indaramon (Sheep, Snake, and Horse); and Quinglongmon is served by Andiramon, Mihiramon, and Majiramon (Rabbit, Tiger, and Dragon). Each Deva is said to exhibit a singular primary antagonist.]]trait (which may or may not hint at the personality of their master).
*** SevenDeadlySins: The Seven Great Demon Lords, in possible answer to the [[CouncilOfAngels Three Great Angels]], all come with their own crest resembling their identifying sin and names likely taken from the ArsGoetia; Lilithmon - Lust, Beelzebumon - Gluttony, Leviamon - Envy, Demon - Wrath, Barbamon - Avarice, Belphemon - Sloth, Lucemon - Pride (fittingly, he leads the group). Each member has appeared individually here and there throughout Digimon canon, though the {{Metaplot}} links them and tells of stronger digimon that they're connected to. There exist at least two ''Super'' Demon Lords, the first being Lucemon Satan Mode and the second being ''Ogudomon'', whose appearance derives from the [[TheBible First Beast of Revelation]] and is named for the [[EgyptianMythology Ogdoad]], who may or may not be their leader as Huanglongmon was to the Sovereigns (i.e. Huanglongmon and Ogudomon are both summoned in the card game by fusing any two members of their "subordinate" groups).
** WorldTree: The very host computer of the Digital World is called ''Yggdrasil''. A good rule of thumb is that if the Yggdrasil is present, it will be an antagonistic force, though whether ''malevolent'' or not is up for grabs. In a nod to NorseMythology, Yggdrasil in the Digimon Chronicle seeks to create three servers named for the Norns that tended its namesake.
** [[KingArthur Knights of the Round Table]]: The Royal Knights are a selection of thirteen Digimon (as of June 2012, the last two of whom have not been officially revealed) that belong to an order founded by Imperialdramon [[ThePaladin Paladin Mode]]. While this order was founded for ostensibly benevolent reasons, it was quickly subordinated to Yggdrasil, who uses them for purposes of network security. Most of them have a bad case of MyMasterRightOrWrong, unfortunately, though at least two of them, [[TheHeart Dukemon]] and [[TheHero Alphamon]] are unambiguously heroic. Imperialdramon [=PM=] is not an actual member of the order; ostensibly they hold to his ideals
** [[DragonsUpTheYinYang Four Dragon Kings]]: The Four Great Dragons, based in the mythos of the dragon spirits of the four seas that surrounded China. This group consists of Quinglongmon (yes, doing double-duty) for the East Sea, Megidramon for the North Sea, Goddramon for the West Sea (he is mentioned to be the most powerful of the four), and Holydramon for the South Sea. This group was one of the oldest and first to be codified in the {{Metaplot}}, but has gotten the absolute least mileage out of any of them.
** The Dark Masters technically fit here, though they haven't gotten much play since DigimonAdventure. A group of four villainous Digimon (Apocalymon's "children") that were powerful enough to defeat and seal away the Sovereigns. As a quick trip to the WMG section for Adventure relates, given their basis in the virus-type Megas from the virtual pets, some speculate that Pukumon should have been part of the group rather than [=MetalSeadramon=], though the latter was chosen as a superior alternative, since a Weapons Platform [[NauticalFolklore Sea Serpent]] is more visually impressive than a thuggish blowfish. (To do him credit, Pukumon got a part in one of the DigimonAdventure02 CD Dramas).
** The [[ElementalEmbodiment Warrior Ten]] are a collection of Digimon who were able to defeat and seal Lucemon in the backstory to DigimonFrontier. They ended up dividing their powers into "Human" and "Beast" spirits and scattered them throughout the world. Five of the Human Spirits were given their own lives by [[FallenAngel Cherubimon Vice]], while the others fell to human hosts. (The spirits with the humans seem to have their own "lives" as well, and it may be the case that the ones Cherubimon drew out were corrupted to his will).
** [[GreekMythology Twelve Olympians]]: Another not-fully-released group, the "Olympus Twelve" group of Digimon consists of a selection of powerful digimon based in, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin you probably already got it]]. These digimon have yet to act as a centralized organization, though individuals may crop up [[DigimonSavers here]] and [[DigimonXrosWars there]].
** {{God}}: Rather than one specific deity, there are two figures that have been described with the name "God"; Huanglongmon and Yggdrasil. With a number of FallenAngel Digimon having "rebelled" against God, it is... uncertain against whom they march. Likely Yggdrasil, since he's generally behind the more world-cleansing plots.
** [[{{Buddhism}} Shakamon]] is an interesting case. Supposedly the "closest" to Yggdrasil, Shakamon (based on the Buddha) is responsible for the Eastern Digital World's protection... and its ordeals, both of which are because of its love for the Digimon. It is said to be meaningless to fight Shakamon, who will subvert and disperse any "evil" intent.
** CouncilOfAngels: Seraphimon, Cherubimon, and Ophanimon guard over God's Law, Wisdom, and Love, respectively, and each is said to manifest a trait of Lucemon; together they form the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Three Great Angels]].
** TheFourGods: The Four Holy Beasts, or [[DigimonTamers Digimon Sovereigns]], each of whom guards a quadrant of the Digital World. They consist of Qinglongmon/Azulongmon the Azure
*** EasternZodiac: The Sovereigns are in turn served by a group of twelve Digimon called the
*** SevenDeadlySins: The Seven Great Demon Lords, in possible answer to the [[CouncilOfAngels Three Great Angels]], all come with their own crest resembling their identifying sin and names likely taken from the ArsGoetia; Lilithmon - Lust, Beelzebumon - Gluttony, Leviamon - Envy, Demon - Wrath, Barbamon - Avarice, Belphemon - Sloth, Lucemon - Pride (fittingly, he leads the group). Each member has appeared individually here and there throughout Digimon canon, though the {{Metaplot}} links them and tells of stronger digimon that they're connected to. There exist at least two ''Super'' Demon Lords, the first being Lucemon Satan Mode and the second being ''Ogudomon'', whose appearance derives from the [[TheBible First Beast of Revelation]] and is named for the [[EgyptianMythology Ogdoad]], who may or may not be their leader as Huanglongmon was to the Sovereigns (i.e. Huanglongmon and Ogudomon are both summoned in the card game by fusing any two members of their "subordinate" groups).
** WorldTree: The very host computer of the Digital World is called ''Yggdrasil''. A good rule of thumb is that if the Yggdrasil is present, it will be an antagonistic force, though whether ''malevolent'' or not is up for grabs. In a nod to NorseMythology, Yggdrasil in the Digimon Chronicle seeks to create three servers named for the Norns that tended its namesake.
** [[KingArthur Knights of the Round Table]]: The Royal Knights are a selection of thirteen Digimon (as of June 2012, the last two of whom have not been officially revealed) that belong to an order founded by Imperialdramon [[ThePaladin Paladin Mode]]. While this order was founded for ostensibly benevolent reasons, it was quickly subordinated to Yggdrasil, who uses them for purposes of network security. Most of them have a bad case of MyMasterRightOrWrong, unfortunately, though at least two of them, [[TheHeart Dukemon]] and [[TheHero Alphamon]] are unambiguously heroic. Imperialdramon [=PM=] is not an actual member of the order; ostensibly they hold to his ideals
** [[DragonsUpTheYinYang Four Dragon Kings]]: The Four Great Dragons, based in the mythos of the dragon spirits of the four seas that surrounded China. This group consists of Quinglongmon (yes, doing double-duty) for the East Sea, Megidramon for the North Sea, Goddramon for the West Sea (he is mentioned to be the most powerful of the four), and Holydramon for the South Sea. This group was one of the oldest and first to be codified in the {{Metaplot}}, but has gotten the absolute least mileage out of any of them.
** The Dark Masters technically fit here, though they haven't gotten much play since DigimonAdventure. A group of four villainous Digimon (Apocalymon's "children") that were powerful enough to defeat and seal away the Sovereigns. As a quick trip to the WMG section for Adventure relates, given their basis in the virus-type Megas from the virtual pets, some speculate that Pukumon should have been part of the group rather than [=MetalSeadramon=], though the latter was chosen as a superior alternative, since a Weapons Platform [[NauticalFolklore Sea Serpent]] is more visually impressive than a thuggish blowfish. (To do him credit, Pukumon got a part in one of the DigimonAdventure02 CD Dramas).
** The [[ElementalEmbodiment Warrior Ten]] are a collection of Digimon who were able to defeat and seal Lucemon in the backstory to DigimonFrontier. They ended up dividing their powers into "Human" and "Beast" spirits and scattered them throughout the world. Five of the Human Spirits were given their own lives by [[FallenAngel Cherubimon Vice]], while the others fell to human hosts. (The spirits with the humans seem to have their own "lives" as well, and it may be the case that the ones Cherubimon drew out were corrupted to his will).
** [[GreekMythology Twelve Olympians]]: Another not-fully-released group, the "Olympus Twelve" group of Digimon consists of a selection of powerful digimon based in, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin you probably already got it]]. These digimon have yet to act as a centralized organization, though individuals may crop up [[DigimonSavers here]] and [[DigimonXrosWars there]].
** {{God}}: Rather than one specific deity, there are two figures that have been described with the name "God"; Huanglongmon and Yggdrasil. With a number of FallenAngel Digimon having "rebelled" against God, it is... uncertain against whom they march. Likely Yggdrasil, since he's generally behind the more world-cleansing plots.
** [[{{Buddhism}} Shakamon]] is an interesting case. Supposedly the "closest" to Yggdrasil, Shakamon (based on the Buddha) is responsible for the Eastern Digital World's protection... and its ordeals, both of which are because of its love for the Digimon. It is said to be meaningless to fight Shakamon, who will subvert and disperse any "evil" intent.
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** Beelzemon: Blast Mode. An eight-foot tall [[HellBentForLeather leather-wearing]] WingedHumanoid with a ''[[BigFuckingGun gigantic]]'' ArmCannon, three eyes, claws, fangs, a tail, and two black wings. Mega Level. Is also one of the Seven Great Demon Lords, [[NobleDemon but is the least evil of the lot]], and was one of the good guys in the third season of ''Tamers''.
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** Beelzemon: Blast Mode. An eight-foot tall [[HellBentForLeather leather-wearing]] WingedHumanoid with a ''[[BigFuckingGun gigantic]]'' ArmCannon, three eyes, claws, fangs, a tail, and two four black wings. Mega Level. Is also one of the Seven Great Demon Lords, [[NobleDemon but is the least evil of the lot]], and was one of the good guys in the third season of ''Tamers''.
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** Beelzemon: Blast Mode. An eight-foot tall [[HellBentForLeather leather-wearing]] WingedHumanoid with a [[BigFuckingGun ''gigantic'']] ArmCannon, three eyes, claws, fangs, a tail, and two black wings. Mega Level. Is also one of the Seven Great Demon Lords, [[NobleDemon but is the least evil of the lot]], and was one of the good guys in the third season of ''Tamers''.
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** Beelzemon: Blast Mode. An eight-foot tall [[HellBentForLeather leather-wearing]] WingedHumanoid with a [[BigFuckingGun ''gigantic'']] ''[[BigFuckingGun gigantic]]'' ArmCannon, three eyes, claws, fangs, a tail, and two black wings. Mega Level. Is also one of the Seven Great Demon Lords, [[NobleDemon but is the least evil of the lot]], and was one of the good guys in the third season of ''Tamers''.
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** Beelzemon: Blast Mode. An eight-foot tall [[HellBentForLeather leather-wearing]] WingedHumanoid with a ''gigantic'' ArmCannon, three eyes, claws, fangs, a tail, and two black wings. Mega Level. Is also one of the Seven Great Demon Lords, [[NobleDemon but is the least evil of the lot]], and was one of the good guys in the third season of ''Tamers''.
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** Beelzemon: Blast Mode. An eight-foot tall [[HellBentForLeather leather-wearing]] WingedHumanoid with a ''gigantic'' [[BigFuckingGun ''gigantic'']] ArmCannon, three eyes, claws, fangs, a tail, and two black wings. Mega Level. Is also one of the Seven Great Demon Lords, [[NobleDemon but is the least evil of the lot]], and was one of the good guys in the third season of ''Tamers''.
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** '''Beelzemon''', good ''Lord'', [[TheAtoner Beel]][[ItsAllMyFault ze]][[RedemptionEqualsDeath mon]]. See the trope page for details.
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* CriticalFailure: WarGreymon's Dramon Killers can cause this. They're especially effective against draconic digimon. WarGreymon himself is a "dragon man" however, and is constantly at risk of serious, self inflicted injury as a result.
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** Beelzemon: Blast Mode. An eight-foot tall [[HellBentForLeather leather-wearing]] WingedHumanoid with a [[BFG ''gigantic'']] ArmCannon, three eyes, and two black wings. Mega Level. Is also one of the Seven Great Demon Lords, [[NobleDemon but is the least evil of the lot]], and was one of the good guys in the third season of ''Tamers''.
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** Beelzemon: Blast Mode. An eight-foot tall [[HellBentForLeather leather-wearing]] WingedHumanoid with a [[BFG ''gigantic'']] ''gigantic'' ArmCannon, three eyes, claws, fangs, a tail, and two black wings. Mega Level. Is also one of the Seven Great Demon Lords, [[NobleDemon but is the least evil of the lot]], and was one of the good guys in the third season of ''Tamers''.
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** Beelzemon: Blast Mode. An eight-foot tall [[HellBentForLeather leather-wearing]] WingedHumanoid with a [[BFG ''gigantic'']] ArmCannon, three eyes, and two black wings. Mega Level. Is also one of the Seven Great Demon Lords, [[NobleDemon but is the least evil of the lot]], and was one of the good guys in the third season of ''Tamers''.
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** Bagramon, a Demon Lord Digimon that was once an angel digimon that rebelled against god for his injustice, and cast out as a result of his failed rebellion. Can Become [=DarknessBagramon=] with eight massive black wings, and is probably the strongest on this list. A demonic inversion of ArchangelGabriel.
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** Bagramon, a Demon Lord Digimon that was once an angel digimon that rebelled against god for his injustice, and cast out as a result of his failed rebellion. Can Become [=DarknessBagramon=] with eight massive black wings, and is probably the strongest on this list.wings. A demonic inversion of ArchangelGabriel.
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Also, it's best not to compare it to ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}''. [[GannonBanned You will regret it for the rest of your life]].[[hottip:*:For the sake of clarification: the similarities between the two pretty much end at their status as {{shonen}} {{mons}} franchises which debuted at roughly the same time; beyond that, they are ''vastly'' different beasts in every respect. Of course, the Pokémon {{Fan|dumb}}fanbase doesn't seem to realise that; [[HateDumb it's actually rather one-sided, though, as a rather sizable portion of the ''Digimon'' base also enjoys ''Pokémon''.]]
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** Digimon has lots of ParadiseLost shout outs. Deathmon is named after the demon Death, Lucemon and Barbamon has, respectively, an attack named Paradise Lost and Purgatory Lost. Beyond it, both Barbamon and Belial Vamdemon reference the city of Pandemonium in their attacks.
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The franchise's first adaptation was a one-shot manga called ''[[Manga/CMonDigimon C'mon Digimon]]'', released in 1997 shortly before the original virtual pet and centered around the competitive nature of the devices. [[TropeCodifier The first appearance of]] the [[{{Cyberspace}} Digital World]], [[GogglesDoNothing goggles]] and numerous other mechanics prevalent in the franchise came a year later in ''{{Manga/Digimon V-Tamer 01}}'', a serial manga [[LongRunners which continued well into 2002]]. Around the same time it received its first game called ''Digital Monster Ver. S: Digimon Tamers'', a scaled-up version of the virtual pets for the SegaSaturn.
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The franchise's first adaptation was a one-shot manga called ''[[Manga/CMonDigimon C'mon Digimon]]'', released in 1997 shortly before the original virtual pet and centered around the competitive nature of the devices. [[TropeCodifier The first appearance of]] the [[{{Cyberspace}} Digital World]], [[GogglesDoNothing goggles]] and numerous other mechanics prevalent in the franchise came a year later in ''{{Manga/Digimon V-Tamer 01}}'', a serial manga [[LongRunners which continued well into 2002]]. Around the same time it received its first game called ''Digital Monster Ver. S: Digimon Tamers'', a scaled-up version of the virtual pets for the SegaSaturn.
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Following the original virtual pet, a massive variety of video games crossing numerous genres have been released for the [=PlayStation, PlayStation=] 2, WonderSwan, GameBoyAdvance, and NintendoDS. The games starring CanonImmigrant [[DigimonTamers Ryo Akiyama]], being WonderSwan games, were never released in the west. The games include the ''Digimon World'' series, consisting of ''DigimonWorld'', ''DigimonWorld2'' and ''DigimonWorld3'' for the [=PlayStation=], and ''DigimonWorldDS'' and ''[[DigimonWorldDawnDusk Digimon World Dawn]]'' and ''[[DigimonWorldDawnDusk Dusk]]'' for the DS.
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Following the original virtual pet, a massive variety of video games crossing numerous genres have been released for the [=PlayStation, PlayStation=] 2, WonderSwan, GameBoyAdvance, and NintendoDS. The games starring CanonImmigrant [[DigimonTamers Ryo Akiyama]], being WonderSwan games, were never released in the west. The games include the ''Digimon World'' series, consisting of ''DigimonWorld'', ''DigimonWorld2'' and ''DigimonWorld3'' for the [=PlayStation=], and ''DigimonWorldDS'' and ''[[DigimonWorldDawnDusk Digimon World Dawn]]'' and ''[[DigimonWorldDawnDusk Dusk]]'' for the DS.
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''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'' ([[http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/digimon/ pronounced ''Cross Wars'']]) premiered July 2010 on TV Asahi. It harkens back to the the animation style of ''Adventure'' and generally contains quite a few throwbacks to it, though its basic set-up is significantly different. A trio of humans lead their Digimon armies in a great war against TheEmpire with the intention of reunifying the shattered Digital World. Running alongside it was a manga adaptation, also named ''Manga/DigimonXrosWars'', which experiences several unique changes and deviations from the plot of the anime.
''Anime/DigimonXrosWarsTheYoungHuntersLeapingThroughTime'' is the seventh series, a direct sequel to its predecessor for the first time in a decade. Whereas ''Xros Wars'' was definitely a throwback to ''Adventure'', ''Young Hunters'' is decidedly reminiscent of ''Tamers'' in its feel and presentation. It's also partially a CrisisCrossover in celebration of the franchise's fifteenth anniversary, with the cast of the preceding five series playing a role in its events.
''Anime/DigimonXrosWarsTheYoungHuntersLeapingThroughTime'' is the seventh series, a direct sequel to its predecessor for the first time in a decade. Whereas ''Xros Wars'' was definitely a throwback to ''Adventure'', ''Young Hunters'' is decidedly reminiscent of ''Tamers'' in its feel and presentation. It's also partially a CrisisCrossover in celebration of the franchise's fifteenth anniversary, with the cast of the preceding five series playing a role in its events.
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''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'' ([[http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/digimon/ pronounced ''Cross Wars'']]) premiered July 2010 on TV Asahi. It harkens back to the the animation style of ''Adventure'' and generally contains quite a few throwbacks to it, though its basic set-up is significantly different. A trio of humans lead their Digimon armies in a great war against TheEmpire with the intention of reunifying the shattered Digital World. Running alongside it was a manga adaptation, also named ''Manga/DigimonXrosWars'', which experiences several unique changes and deviations from the plot of the anime.
anime. It is the longest of all seasons with three arcs noted by their different subtitles ''DigimonXrosWarsTheEvilDeathGeneralsAndTheSevenKingdoms'' and finally ''Anime/DigimonXrosWarsTheYoungHuntersLeapingThroughTime'' is the seventh series, a direct sequel which many fans mistakenly believe to be its predecessor for the first time in a decade. Whereas ''Xros Wars'' was definitely a throwback to ''Adventure'', ''Young Hunters'' is decidedly reminiscent of ''Tamers'' in its feel and presentation. It's also partially a CrisisCrossover in celebration of the franchise's fifteenth anniversary, with the cast of the preceding five series playing a role in its events.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Although ''Tamers'' is by far the most infamous for it, really, all three of the early seasons managed a ''lot'' of this, doubly so for their time. HighOctaneNightmareFuel on CharacterDevelopment on HeroicBSOD, all with no ResetButton... in a lot of ways, it's astounding the shows were even aired at all.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Although ''Tamers'' is by far the most infamous for it, really, all three of the early seasons managed a ''lot'' of this, doubly so for their time. HighOctaneNightmareFuel NightmareFuel on CharacterDevelopment on HeroicBSOD, all with no ResetButton... in a lot of ways, it's astounding the shows were even aired at all.
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* LivingDollCollector: Piemon. Oh god, ''[[HighOctaneNightmareFuel Piemon]]''.
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* LivingDollCollector: Piemon. Oh god, ''[[HighOctaneNightmareFuel Piemon]]''.
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* YourSizeMayVary: A lot of larger digimon are prone to being inconsistently depicted across the various mediums. Especially partner digimon, who will often carry their partners on their head or shoulders; [[DigimonAdventure02 Imperialdramon Fighter Mode]] and [[DigimonTamers SaintGalgomon]] are kings of this, being to other huge partner digimon as they are to their original humans.
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** A lot of digimon in the expanded universe (and their attacks) suffer from being written in mostly katakana, which leaves interpretation up in the air. Most of the time, a simple solution can be found, but in some cases, a [[GratuitousForeignLanguage foreign attack name]] will slip under the radar due to being obscure[[hottip:*:Fandubbers can be forgiven for calling [[DigimonVTamer01 AlforceVeedramon's]] attack the Tense Great Shield; how many of you know what ''tensegrity'' is in the first place?]] or due to the aforementioned NostalgiaFilter[[hottip:*:More than a few were surprised when Sukamon's official english name came out as ''Scummon''.]].
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** A lot of digimon in the expanded universe (and their attacks) suffer from being written in mostly katakana, which leaves interpretation up in the air. Most of the time, a simple solution can be found, but in some cases, a [[GratuitousForeignLanguage foreign attack name]] will slip under the radar due to being obscure[[hottip:*:Fandubbers can be forgiven for calling [[DigimonVTamer01 [[Manga/{{DigimonV-Tamer01}} AlforceVeedramon's]] attack the Tense Great Shield; how many of you know what ''tensegrity'' is in the first place?]] or due to the aforementioned NostalgiaFilter[[hottip:*:More than a few were surprised when Sukamon's official english name came out as ''Scummon''.]].
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** [[{{Digimon V-Tamer 01}} Leo didn't die]], but ''V Tamer 01'' was never released internationally and predates the running gag anyway.
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** [[{{Digimon [[Manga/{{Digimon V-Tamer 01}} Leo didn't die]], but ''V Tamer 01'' was never released internationally and predates the running gag anyway.
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** There's multiple "gods" throughout the mythology of the series, from TheFourGods to Yggdrasil himself. ENIAC from ''Brave Tamer'' might actually count too, considering its resemblance to [[DigimonXEvolution one particular incarnation]] of Yggdrasil, and ENIAC appeared before Yggdrasil was even conceived.
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** There's multiple "gods" throughout the mythology of the series, from TheFourGods to Yggdrasil himself. ENIAC from ''Brave Tamer'' might actually count too, considering its resemblance to [[DigimonXEvolution [[Anime/DigimonXEvolution one particular incarnation]] of Yggdrasil, and ENIAC appeared before Yggdrasil was even conceived.
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''Anime/DigimonSavers'' came out in 2006, targeted toward the people that had watched ''Digimon'' as kids and the basic set-up seems to be a throwback to ''Tamers''; in tone it's somewhat darker and ''extremely'' HotBlooded. The dub was named ''Digimon Data Squad''. Running around the same time was another manga, ''DigimonNext'', which employed similar mechanics, the same Digivices and the same partner Digimon, but was more like any of the predecessors of ''Savers'' in theme and presentation.
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''Anime/DigimonSavers'' came out in 2006, targeted toward the people that had watched ''Digimon'' as kids and the basic set-up seems to be a throwback to ''Tamers''; in tone it's somewhat darker and ''extremely'' HotBlooded. The dub was named ''Digimon Data Squad''. Running around the same time was another manga, ''DigimonNext'', ''Manga/DigimonNext'', which employed similar mechanics, the same Digivices and the same partner Digimon, but was more like any of the predecessors of ''Savers'' in theme and presentation.
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From then onwards, the anime series were set in {{Alternate Continuit|y}}ies, later established by [[DigimonWonderSwanSeries a series of WonderSwan games]] to be loosely connected as a {{multiverse}}; these games demonstrate this with a CanonImmigrant [[VideoGame/DigimonAnodeCathodeTamer Ryo Akiyama]], who originated in the ''Adventure'' universe and came to live in the ''Tamers'' universe.
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From then onwards, the anime series were set in {{Alternate Continuit|y}}ies, later established by [[DigimonWonderSwanSeries a series of WonderSwan games]] to be loosely connected as a {{multiverse}}; these games demonstrate this with a CanonImmigrant [[VideoGame/DigimonAnodeCathodeTamer [[VideoGame/DigimonAdventureAnodeCathodeTamer Ryo Akiyama]], who originated in the ''Adventure'' universe and came to live in the ''Tamers'' universe.
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Anime
* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' (1999-2000)
* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' (2000-2001)
* ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' (2001-2002)
* ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' (2002-2003)
* ''Anime/DigimonSavers'' (aka ''Digimon Data Squad''; 2006-2007)
* ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'' (2010-2011)
* ''Anime/DigimonXrosWarsTheYoungHuntersLeapingThroughTime'' (2011-2012)
]
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Manga
* ''Manga/CMonDigimon'' (1997)
* ''Manga/{{Digimon V-Tamer 01}}'' (1998-2003)
* ''Manga/DigimonChronicle'' (2004)
* ''{{Digimon D-Cyber}}'' (2005)
* ''Manga/DigimonNext'' (2006-2008)
* ''Manga/DigimonXrosWars'' (2010-2012)
]
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CG movie
* ''Anime/DigimonXEvolution'' (2005)
]
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Console/PC video games
* ''Digital Monster Ver. S: Digimon Tamers'' (1998)
* ''DigimonWorld'' (1999)
* ''DigimonCardBattle''(2000)
* ''DigimonWorld2'' (2000)
* ''DigimonRumbleArena'' (1 and 2, 2001-2004)
* ''DigimonWorld3'' (aka ''Digimon World 2003'' in Europe; 2002)
* ''DigimonBattle'' (a Korean MMO now in English, 2002-2010)
* ''DigimonWorld4'' (2005)
* ''DigimonWorldDataSquad'' (2006)
* ''DigimonMasters'' (the sequel to ''Digimon Battle'', released in English in 2011)
]
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Handheld video games
* ''DigimonWonderSwanSeries'' (page for the four games with synopsis)
** ''VideoGame/DigimonAdventureAnodeCathodeTamer'' (1999)
** ''VideoGame/DigimonAdventure02TagTamers'' (2000)
** ''{{VideoGame/Digimon Adventure 02 D-1 Tamers}}'' (2000)
** ''VideoGame/DigimonTamersBraveTamer'' (2001)
* ''DigimonBattleSpirit (1, 1.5 and 2)'' (2001-2003)
* ''DigimonWorldDS'' (2006)
* ''DigimonWorldDawnDusk'' (2007)
* ''DigimonWorldChampionship'' (2008)
* ''DigimonStoryLostEvolution'' (2010)
* ''DigimonSuperXrosWars'' (Red and Blue, 2011)
* ''DigimonWorldReDigitize'' (due 2012)
]
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Other Official Media
* Multiple ''{{TabletopGame/Digimon}}'' trading card games
]
Base entry for the '''''Digimon''''' SeriesFranchise, a {{Bandai}} franchise centred on {{bond creature|s}} {{mons}} from {{cyberspace}} spread across numerous {{alternate continuit|y}}ies in multiple media including seven anime series, four manga, and countless video games. All of it originated from the ''Digimon'' virtual pet, conceived as the SpearCounterpart of ''{{Tamagotchi}}'' in an effort to broaden the latter's appeal to boys.
The franchise's first adaptation was a one-shot manga called ''[[Manga/CMonDigimon C'mon Digimon]]'', released in 1997 shortly before the original virtual pet and centered around the competitive nature of the devices. [[TropeCodifier The first appearance of]] the [[{{Cyberspace}} Digital World]], [[GogglesDoNothing goggles]] and numerous other mechanics prevalent in the franchise came a year later in ''{{Manga/Digimon V-Tamer 01}}'', a serial manga [[LongRunners which continued well into 2002]]. Around the same time it received its first game called ''Digital Monster Ver. S: Digimon Tamers'', a scaled-up version of the virtual pets for the SegaSaturn.
In 1999, ToeiAnimation was given the task of adapt the rapidly-growing franchise into an anime series. It could have just been yet another cheap and quickly-forgotten toy anime adaptation in a sea of hundreds of the things, and that could have been the end of it... and yet, it ''wasn't''. The result was ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', and despite being a relatively low-budget production, it was lucky enough to have an excellent writing team and to feature a cast of thoroughly fleshed-out and dynamic characters. The premise was that seven children were TrappedInAnotherWorld -- in this case, {{Cyberspace}} -- where each met and [[BondCreature was partnered with]] a Digimon. As in the virtual pets, each Digimon would grow stronger and gain the ability to evolve (the American dub used "digivolve") into stronger forms, as their human partners learned important [[AnAesop lessons about themselves]] and dealt with the ''[[HeroicRROD serious]]'' consequences of ignoring those lessons.
Following it was a sequel: ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' {{Time Skip}}ped forward three years, where the original children had grown up and become entrenched in the demands of life, and so the torch was passed to a completely new group of children -- including the two youngest from ''Adventure'' and their newly-met partner Digimon, dealing with the rise of a new threat in the Digital World, this time [[AndYouThoughtItWasAGame human]].
From then onwards, the anime series were set in {{Alternate Continuit|y}}ies, later established by [[DigimonWonderSwanSeries a series of WonderSwan games]] to be loosely connected as a {{multiverse}}; these games demonstrate this with a CanonImmigrant [[DigimonAnodeCathodeTamer Ryo Akiyama]], who originated in the ''Adventure'' universe and came to live in the ''Tamers'' universe.
''Anime/DigimonTamers'' was much [[DarkerAndEdgier darker]], [[GenreDeconstruction deconstructive and psychological]] in tone than before, comparable to ''SerialExperimentsLain'' (they share [[ChiakiKonaka a head writer]]) or ''NeonGenesisEvangelion''. The setting is very meta: the Digimon card game, video games, and anime are just those in the ''Tamers'' universe, until strange turns of events lead to Digimon actively coming into the human world. It's the first show not to give particular prominence to the Digital World (only coming into it in the last half of the series), with its focus firmly on the human drama in the real world interspersing with the consequences of having Digimon around.
''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' abandoned the concept of humans partnering with Digimon, and had them able to [[VoluntaryShapeshifting turn into]] Digimon. Otherwise, it seems to be a throwback to ''Adventure'': a bunch of kids lost in another dimension and they can't get home until they save it, and happily, they manage to sort out their various problems along the way.
Following ''Frontier'', the anime experienced a SequelGap of three years, but the franchise's merchandise kept up alone with several waves of virtual pets (and, oddly enough, an entirely new English card game[[hottip:*:this is odd because card game aside, the franchise pretty much ceased to exist in the west in this time period]]) released during this time, introducing plenty of new Digimon. There was also a CGI MadeForTVMovie, ''Anime/DigimonXEvolution'', in 2005, which remains the only major ''Digimon'' production to feature no human characters whatsoever and to focus exclusively on the Digimon.
''Anime/DigimonSavers'' came out in 2006, targeted toward the people that had watched ''Digimon'' as kids and the basic set-up seems to be a throwback to ''Tamers''; in tone it's somewhat darker and ''extremely'' HotBlooded. The dub was named ''Digimon Data Squad''. Running around the same time was another manga, ''DigimonNext'', which employed similar mechanics, the same Digivices and the same partner Digimon, but was more like any of the predecessors of ''Savers'' in theme and presentation.
''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'' ([[http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/digimon/ pronounced ''Cross Wars'']]) premiered July 2010 on TV Asahi. It harkens back to the the animation style of ''Adventure'' and generally contains quite a few throwbacks to it, though its basic set-up is significantly different. A trio of humans lead their Digimon armies in a great war against TheEmpire with the intention of reunifying the shattered Digital World. Running alongside it was a manga adaptation, also named ''Manga/DigimonXrosWars'', which experiences several unique changes and deviations from the plot of the anime.
''Anime/DigimonXrosWarsTheYoungHuntersLeapingThroughTime'' is the seventh series, a direct sequel to its predecessor for the first time in a decade. Whereas ''Xros Wars'' was definitely a throwback to ''Adventure'', ''Young Hunters'' is decidedly reminiscent of ''Tamers'' in its feel and presentation. It's also partially a CrisisCrossover in celebration of the franchise's fifteenth anniversary, with the cast of the preceding five series playing a role in its events.
From China, there are (much compressed) manhua adaptations of the first four anime, as well as the unique ''{{Digimon D-Cyber}}'', and in America, DarkHorseComics did an adaptation of the first few episodes of ''DigimonAdventure''.
Following the original virtual pet, a massive variety of video games crossing numerous genres have been released for the [=PlayStation, PlayStation=] 2, WonderSwan, GameBoyAdvance, and NintendoDS. The games starring CanonImmigrant [[DigimonTamers Ryo Akiyama]], being WonderSwan games, were never released in the west. The games include the ''Digimon World'' series, consisting of ''DigimonWorld'', ''DigimonWorld2'' and ''DigimonWorld3'' for the [=PlayStation=], and ''DigimonWorldDS'' and ''[[DigimonWorldDawnDusk Digimon World Dawn]]'' and ''[[DigimonWorldDawnDusk Dusk]]'' for the DS.
Also, it's best not to compare it to ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}''. [[GannonBanned You will regret it for the rest of your life]].[[hottip:*:For the sake of clarification: the similarities between the two pretty much end at their status as {{shonen}} {{mons}} franchises which debuted at roughly the same time; beyond that, they are ''vastly'' different beasts in every respect. [[FanDumb Of course, the Pokémon]] [[HateDumb fanbase doesn't seem to realise that]]; it's actually rather one-sided, though, as a rather sizable portion of the ''Digimon'' base also enjoys ''Pokémon''.]]
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!!These series provides examples of:
* TheAce: Ryo Akiyama
* AdultsAreUseless
** Leave the saving-two-worlds to the kids. For the most part, all their parents did was sit at home waiting for them to come back (when they even knew the kids were gone). Sometimes, [[ScreeningTheCall they even tried to stop the kids from doing their Chosen Child duties,]] leading to the kids' occasionally having to lie and go behind their backs. A few adults -- like Matt and T.K.'s dad, Sora's mom, etc. -- did help out but in minor ways.
** Mostly averted in ''Anime/DigimonTamers''. Not only did Yamaki and the Wild Bunch know more about Digimon than the Tamers did, but they were actively involved in the Tamers' challenges, from traveling to and from the Digital World to [[spoiler:leading the fight against the D-Reaper]]. In fact, [[spoiler:it was a modified version of Yamaki's Juggernaut program, installed in Terriermon, that ultimately defeated the D-Reaper.]]
** Also mostly averted in ''Anime/DigimonSavers''. Captain Sampson, while staying in the commanding officer position a lot, bails the heroes out ''three times''. That old man who gave Marcus his Digivice, helps out at times and gives him sage advice? That would be Commander Yushima, who [[spoiler:bails the heroes out twice, and gives assistance during some fights later on.]] Marcus's open-minded mother, Sarah, gives refuge to the heroes [[spoiler:after they become fugitives from the Confidentiality Ministry thanks to Kurata]]. Keenan's parents [[spoiler:help the heroes get to the Digital World to chase after Kurata]]. And, finally, there's Marcus's father Spencer, who is ''one of the most badass characters in the series'', only rivaled by ''his own son''. [[spoiler:And his partner [=BanchoLeomon=], whom allows Spencer to share his body.]]
** One of the ''leads'', Yoshi, is technically an adult at [[YoungerThanTheyLook 18 years of age]].
* AllMythsAreTrue: The franchise's very big [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters pool]] of monsters takes here and there, from the Classical Gods, to Judeo-Christian angelology, to the Four Great River Dragons, to even the AkashicRecords.
* AllThereInTheManual: A significant portion of the mythology of the series must be pieced together from the anime, video games, and manga.
* AlphabeticalThemeNaming: With the exception of Masaru/Marcus, all the main Chosen Children's names have begun with "ta" (た) or "da" (だ, derived from "ta"): '''Ta'''ichi, '''Da'''isuke, '''Ta'''kato, '''Ta'''kuya, '''Ta'''iki, and '''Ta'''giru. Masaru gets included if you say all the names begin with a syllable ending in "a." Daisuke's dub name Davis doesn't fit the theme because it would be transliterated into katakana as '''''DE'''IBISU''. Of course, Davis also had to compete with T.K., or '''Ta'''keru.\\\
Masaru is a twist on the theme, same as his series in general: the kanji for his name is the same as the 'dai' in 'Daisuke,' but it's pronounced differently depending on whether it stands by itself or is part of a compound word. Not to mention his surname is '''Da'''imon ('''Da'''mon, in the dub).
* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: In the English version, an action-oriented rap song is used for the first three seasons, an epic chant for ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'', and a rock song for ''Anime/DigimonSavers''.
* AnimeThemeSong: Almost all of them are by Kouji Wada, while Ai Maeda was responsible for all the {{Ending Theme}}s from ''Adventure'' through ''Frontier''.
* AnotherDimension: "The Digital World" as described by the human kids.
* AwesomeButImpractical
** The whole Ultimate (Mega) level was this. In its debut in the Digimon pendulums it required the Jogress of three separate Digimon, or a perfect care record in the case of some vaccine attributes. Sometimes the resulting Digimon may be weaker than the Digimon it used to be, such as when [=MetalGreymon=] to Wargreymon. In the Adventure universe, Ultimate evolution was only possible through the intervention of the Digital Worlds gods or the malign influence of something like the dark network. Doing so causes the digital world to become more unstable and vulnerable to attack.
** In-Universe, to a certain extent. Megas go through so much energy that they functionally shorten their lifespan.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Wishing for a Digimon is nice, until it gets loose in your school. On several occasions, characters try to force a digivolution, and it [[GoneHorriblyRight goes horribly right.]]
* BeyondTheImpossible: The Ultimate/Mega level was presented as this when it first debuted in ''Adventure'', as at the time Perfect/Ultimate was considered fully-evolved.
* BigBad: Apocalymon was revealed to be reason for all the evil in the Digital world in ''Adventure''. ''02'' had [[HijackedByGanon Vamdemon]] return as the cause of everything that happened in ''02''. ''Frontier'' had Lucemon. ''Savers'' is an odd case -- while Kurata dies long before the final episode, his [[CompleteMonster destructive actions]] are causing the entire endgame mess; Yggdrasil is only acting. ''Xros Wars'' has Bagramon. The Wonderswan series had Milleniumon, [[spoiler:who, in releasing Apocalymon into the Adventure Universe, basically set the whole chain of events in motion for the first two seasons.]]
* BishonenLine: Many prominent Digimon, both good and evil, are humanoid in their more powerful forms. Some go back and forth.
** Angemon of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' is a variation, not in that he's the end of an evolutionary line, but in that he's the last and most powerful Champion the team gets.
* BittersweetEnding: Nearly every series ends with [[spoiler:the final BigBad defeated and peace restored, but the Digimon having to return to the Digital World and leave their beloved partners behind. ''DigimonAdventure02'' is the only one with a completely happy ending. How much hope there is they'll meet them again varies from series to series.]]
* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: An upside-down pyramid building. The Digital World in general has no need to conform to the laws of physics or logic.
* BodySnatcher: The Royal Knights in the Pendulum X. They infect the digimon that can defeat them via their [[HeartDrive Master Tags]], allowing them to become more powerful by [[BodySurf possessing a succession of increasingly more powerful digimon]].
* BodySurf: How the Royal Knights increase their power.
* BornAgainImmortality: With the exception of ''Tamers'' and ''Xros Wars'', all Digimon have Type IV. When killed, they normally turn into digi-eggs and are reborn (though it varies as to if they remember their past life or not, even within the same season). Myotismon from ''Adventure'' had a different type in that his soul just kept coming back in a stronger body till it was destroyed. A plot point in ''Savers'' was that [[CompleteMonster Kurata]] found a way to rob Digimon of this, making him able to kill them off for good. In ''Xros Wars'', they remain dead unless someone resurrects them or they can maintain a form of memory.
* BroughtDownToBadass: Several of the Perfect level, then the highest [[EvolutionaryLevels evolution level]], Digimon introduced in the obscure ''Digital Monster'' were retooled as Adults in subsequent materials. These include Ebidramon, Minotarumon and Mechanorimon. Of course, they're still plenty dangerous.
* BroughtDowntoNormal: Syakomon, like the examples above, also originated in Version S and got this treatment. Unfortunately, since he was small and cute, not unlike an aquatic Mamemon, he was reassigned to the [[EvolutionaryLevels Child level]].
* ByThePowerOfGreyskull
* CallingYourAttacks: A series staple. ''Tamers'' features the humans doing this as well as the Digimon with the Card Slash feature. ''Savers'' actually had to have the BridgeBunnies call their partners' attacks, as they were [[TheVoiceless mute]]. In the Japanese version, it's [[AvertedTrope averted]] in all the movies except the ''Frontier'' one; no-one calls attacks at all in them.
* CanonImmigrant: Ryo Akiyama. He makes a few cameos in ''Our War Game'' and ''02'', and is a SixthRanger in ''Tamers'', but he originated as the star of a series of WonderSwan games.
* CantCatchUp: OnceASeason, the cast is divided into tiers this way. In the original version of Adventure, Tentomon has the presence of mind to lampshade this immediately.
* CashCowFranchise
* CharacterDevelopment: Par for the course with the protagonists.
* CharacterFocus: Remarkably done with all main humans. Usually ends with a new evolution.
* ChestBlaster
* CombinedEnergyAttack
** InNameOnly; Wargreymon's "Terra Force" and Black Wargreymon's "Terra Destroyer". WordOfGod is that these attacks actually do have the energy of an entire planet, but they obviously don't require draining energy from any external sources.
** Black Wargreymon was even able to spam his attack! There are draining moves in ''X-evolution'' but they still don't drain much.
* ConservationOfNinjutsu: [[PlayingWith/ConservationOfNinjutsu Played With]]; The anime (and movies) mostly averts, subverts and inverts the trope, especially when played for drama, while Xros Wars plays it straight.
* CosmicKeystone
* CurbstompBattle: Normally, the first appearance of the new BigBad or enemy of a higher level than the characters presently have is accompanied by one of these. Likewise, the first fight of most of the characters new digivolutions are this as well.
* CuteMonsterGirl: Sometimes played straight, sometimes averted, with both "sexy" and "monstrous" female Digimon.
* {{Cyberspace}}: The Digital World.
* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' most definitely, and ''Anime/DigimonSavers''.
* DeadlyUpgrade: Dark Evolution. It's rationalized as a perfectly legitimate potential evolution variation under natural circumstances, but in Digimon partnered to humans, it's an aberration caused by very negative emotions on the human's part.
* DimensionLord: Both good and evil examples.
* DiskOneFinalBoss: In nearly every season. A good rule of thumb is never assume the ''first'' BigBad is the final one.
** Subverted in ''Xros Wars'', where Bagramon is still considered the final threat. [[spoiler: Bagramon is actually a rather impressive ''triple'' subversion. He remains the main villain until close to the end of the series, and as he's fighting the heroes he suddenly gets backstabbed by his brother-slash-Dragon [=DarkKnightmon=] who forces a Xros between the two. Next episode, Bagramon reveals he saw it coming a mile away and kills his brother in a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind, taking back control and continuing on as the BigBad til the end.]]
* DontTryThisAtHome: Downplayed. The dubbers used changes in voice casting and dialogue to add at least one year, sometimes two, onto the ages of several characters. This advances most of them into puberty, in an attempt to make them less impressionable.
* DubText:
** AdBreakDoubleTake
** CasualDangerDialogue
** HitFlash
** FrothyMugsOfWater
* DyingAsYourself
* EarWings: Patamon, Terriermon, Lopmon, and Culumon.
* EldritchAbomination: Some Digimon qualify as this, like Apocalymon, Millenniummon, and especially [[http://shiningevo.ultimatedigimon.com/encyclopedia/images/ultimate_chaosmon.jpg UltimateKhaosmon]].
* EnemyScan
* EmotionEater: All of the Digimon outside of the videogames feed on human emotion as the canon explanation to where a Digimon gets power from its human. This is inherent to all of the anime and most of the manga, but made most explicit in DigimonSavers. In a bit of a subversion, the humans whose emotions are eaten typically aren't harmed by this process alone (though Digimon will often kidnap or exploit humans for their feelings) -- but Digimon can be poisoned if they get fed an emotion that doesn't agree with their nature (hence: Dark Evolution).
* EvolutionaryLevels: A big thing in the franchise; although with the six levels being threated as stages of growth it's probably closer to MetamorphosisMonster. Usually also doubles as PowerLevels though there are some misleading cases where a Digimon is stronger or weaker than its evolution level would suggest. Notably, ''Xros Wars'' mostly abandoned the system.
* ExpositoryThemeTune
** ''"Change into digital champions to save the digital world..."''
** Applies to the English dub of the first three seasons only -- and Tamers changed that line to "Change into digital champions to save '''and defend the''' world", because they didn't actually go to the digital world until late in the season. Frontier and Data Squad have completely new theme tunes, and Xros Wars hasn't been dubbed yet.
* {{Expy}}
** The leaders of every incarnation's team resemble each other in appearance, and most of them have similar typical shonen hero personalities. And just about all of them have a Digimon partner who has [[PlayingWithFire fire elemental]] attacks (Agumon, Flamedramon, Guilmon, Agnimon, etc.)
*** [[Anime/DigimonTamers Takato]] is an exception, being much more subdued and quite a bit more obviously introspective.
** And then you have TheLancer, who will be known for having a blue theme going around them (blue eyes, blue hair, or blue Digimon) as well as sibling issues. Expect them to have dog-themed partners, as well (or canine in general, since Renamon was a fox).
*** Played with a twist in ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'', as the lancer role is split up between TheRival (with the aloof attitude and blue theme) and the internal lancer of the Digimon ensemble (a BigBadassWolf).
** Guilmon is a quite obvious expy of Agumon. Both are fire-breathing dinosaurs which become larger versions of themselves, said larger version becomes a cyborg, and finally a more humanoid warrior version. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that Takato designed Guilmon himself and was a fan of whatever Digimon series existed in their universe, which presumably also featured an Agumon as the leader's partner -- his thought process in designing Guilmon was literally "Agumon, but better".
** Meanwhile, Shoutmon has a combination of various main Digimon design, while having his own personality of a hot-headed character normally found on human leads.
** Veedramon was an expy of the original adaptation's Greymon before, [[ArtEvolution their current appearance became standard]]. Veemon is one of Veedramon.
* TheFourGods: Qinglongmon/Azulongmon the Azure Dragon, Zhuqiaomon the Vermillion Phoenix, Xuanwumon/Ebonwumon the Black Turtle, and Baihumon the White Tiger. Azulongmon appears in ''Adventure 02'', while the others are only mentioned. All four star in ''Tamers''. There's actually a fifth "god," [[http://wikimon.net/Fanglongmon Huanglongmon/Fanglongmon]] the Yellow Dragon (see the trope page). Supplementary materials present as the boss of the other four. Oddly, or perhaps not, Xros Wars [[spoiler: has him as a villain, TheDragon of TheDragon of TheBigBad, little more than a MonsterOfTheWeek who exists to get amalgamated into that mini-arc's primary antagonist.]]
* HumansAreSpecial: Some how, maybe because their networks created or expedited the Digital World, Humans have a huge influence over the Digimon from evolutions to raising eggs it seems that [[MugglesDoItBetter Humans Do It Better]] then most Digimon can do it on their own.
* GagDub: Similar to how ''Anime/SamuraiPizzaCats'' was dubbed, but the dub generally avoided this during the especially serious moments.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Although ''Tamers'' is by far the most infamous for it, really, all three of the early seasons managed a ''lot'' of this, doubly so for their time. HighOctaneNightmareFuel on CharacterDevelopment on HeroicBSOD, all with no ResetButton... in a lot of ways, it's astounding the shows were even aired at all.
* GiantSpider: Dokugumon (with six legs and classified as an insect) and Arukenimon (semi humanoid).
* {{God}}
** Alluded to, anyway, in the EU. The Three Celestial Digimon featured in ''Frontier'' hold the Law, Knowledge, and Love of God. They also defend the "Kernel", the center of the Digital World where the God of the Digital World (who may be Fanglongmon or Yggdrasil) rests.
** There's multiple "gods" throughout the mythology of the series, from TheFourGods to Yggdrasil himself. ENIAC from ''Brave Tamer'' might actually count too, considering its resemblance to [[DigimonXEvolution one particular incarnation]] of Yggdrasil, and ENIAC appeared before Yggdrasil was even conceived.
* GogglesDoNothing: Aside from [[Anime/DigimonSavers Marcus]], every team's leader wears a pair on their head. Only Takato makes frequent use of them. In ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'', it is somehow seen as a symbol of the leader, as when Taiki is unable to lead, Zenjirou temporarily puts it on. Daisuke/Davis does at one point say "Maybe I should put on my goggles!" He doesn't.
* GratuitousEnglish: Almost all attacks are in English.
** GratuitousGerman: ...or German.
** GratuitousForeignLanguage ...or some other language; Zoe/Izumi/Kazemon/Fairymon's attacks are in Italian.
* HeartDrive: The Master Tag to the Royal Knights. You can acquire these in the Pendulum X V-Pets by defeating their corresponding Royal Knights. If you give it your digimon Congratulations! [[NiceJobBreakingItHero You just gave Yggdrasil a more powerful Royal Knight]] [[PlayerPunch to hunt down illegal digimon with]].
* HeelFaceTurn: This is traditional for every season and is expected in the sixth. The Heel Face Turner may also become Sixth Ranger if human. Usually involves MoreThanMindControl.
** ''Adventure'': [[spoiler:Gatomon/Tailmon, Wizardmon/Wizarmon, Orgemon]]
** ''Adventure 02'': [[spoiler:Ken]]
** ''Tamers'': Rika, [[spoiler: Impmon]]
** ''Frontier'': [[spoiler:Kouichi]]
** ''Savers'': [[spoiler:Keenan, Craniummon]]
** ''Xros Wars'': [[spoiler:Baalmon (revived as Beelzebumon), Grademon, Nene, Kiriha, Yuu]]
* HumbleGoal: Davis just wants to run a noodle cart. He gets to in the future.
* HypnoticEyes: Gatomon's Cat's Eye Hypnotism move gives her these.
* IdiotHero: Several, the goggleheads in particular.
** Taiki and Taichi subverts it, being strategists. Although the latter of DigimonAdventure fame has to [[CharacteDevelopment grow into it]]
** Takato averts it, being a down-to-earth AudienceSurrogate.
* ImageSong: And how.
* TheImp: [=PicoDevimon=] in ''Adventure''; Impmon, of course, in ''Tamers''.
* InTheEndYouAreOnYourOwn: In ''Adventure'' and ''Frontier'', to the point where in ''Frontier'' there was pretty much no-one else left alive in the Digital World. Averted in ''02'', ''Tamers'', and ''Savers'' -- in those cases they had the extensive support of all the world's Chosen, Yamaki and the Wild Bunch, and the Royal Knights respectively. In ''Xros Wars'' the main kids never get help outside, but they do have armies of Digimon to use.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Tactimon's could supposedly cause much destruction, if he ever unsheathed it. Next Zambamon practically calls the trope by name
* KillerRabbit: Many Digimon are cute but deadly.
* KingOfBeasts: Leomon. His signature movie is actually called "Fist Of the Beast King"
* TheLancer: There's one in every team, who generally doesn't get along with the leader and they normally have [[HairOfGold blond hair]] (the exceptions are [[Anime/DigimonTamers Henry]] and [[Anime/DigimonFrontier Koji]], both have [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue hair]].
** Henry is even more of an exception, as he and Takato genuinely get along.
* LivingDollCollector: Piemon. Oh god, ''[[HighOctaneNightmareFuel Piemon]]''.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The first episode of the first season throws 22 characters at you. Fourteen are constantly seen throughout the series. All show up again at least once. It doesn't help that they get a new name each time they digivolve. Taking the franchise as a whole, there are over ''one thousand Digimon species.''
* LoyalPhlebotinum
* LullDestruction: The dub usually inserts new dialogue to make the show more understandable for kids or to insert an added joke.
* MakeAWish
* MagikarpPower
** Numemon has one, and ONLY one use: evolving into [[GameBreaker Monzaemon]] in the original virtual pets. That is to say, unless you find throwing poop useful...
** Also Patamon, who's a RidiculouslyCuteCritter even by Rookie level standards but evolves into Angemon, one of the strongest Champions.
* MarathonRunning: When a marathon on FoxKids wasn't ''PowerRangers'', it was ''Digimon''.
* MartialArtsDoNotWorkThatWay: The entire franchise consistently averts it, which is surprising considering that this is intended for kids and has plenty of fighting, even between humans.
* MerchandiseDriven: Digimon is first and formost a toy franchise, so much so that having good toy sales can save your season from being canned [[Anime/DigimonXrosWars even if it has low ratings]].
* MechanicalMonster: A good 185 or so of them comprise the Metal Empire "family". Specific Digimon species of this nature are usually classed as "Cyborg" or "Machine" type Digimon.
* MotorMouth: What happens when you have thirty seconds to explain [[PreviouslyOn what happened in thirty minutes]], although this counts as DubText.
* MultiversalConqueror: Several of the villians, who have set their sights on conquering both worlds.
* MustMakeAmends
** Ken Ichijoji, in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'', after discovering that the Digital world is not just an artificial construct in which he can play out his anger and issues concerning his brother's death. This method essentially turns him from the BigBad to TheWoobie.
** In one of the Digimon movies, the little American boy had one of his Digimon go rogue; he had been chasing it all over the US in an attempt to fix it. Even after the other kids show up, he is initially insistent that because it is his Digimon, he needs to make it right, himself.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Usually played straight, as with [[DigimonAdventure Gabumon]], [[DigimonAdventure02 Wormmon]], [[DigimonTamers Renamon]], [[DigimonFrontier Duskmon]], [[DigimonSavers Gaomon]], and [[DigimonXrosWars most of Kiriha's army]] (in fact, everyone but Dracomon, who just stays inside of Kiriha's Xros Loader and pleads for him to stop, and Deckerdramon, who actually turns on him and attempts to remind him of the 'strong love' he once felt). HeelFaceTurn may include a subversion of this. Once Gatomon realizes that her place is with Kari, all of her dialogue with Myotismon amounts to "screw you." Though she was also helped by Myotismon being a sadistic monster.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: Digimon normally disappear into data upon death, though depending on which canon is in question, they might also leave [[BornAgainImmortality a Digi-egg]] behind.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Far too many times to list politely, [[http://digipedia.db-destiny.net/misc/trivia.htm#2 here]]'s a list.
* NonindicativeName
** Why are the ones that look like bees called Flymon?
** Then there's [=DinoBeemon=], [=JewelBeemon=], [=HoneyBeemon=], [=FlyBeemon=], [=CannonBeemon=], and [=FanBeemon=], which are, in order, A bug/dragon mishmash, a humanoid insect knight, a bee-fairy, a humanoid dragonfly, a [[MobileSuitGundam Dendrobium Orchis]], and finally something something more or less resembling a bee.
* NotQuiteDead: While used less often than reincarnation as the series went on, seeing one burst into data isn't always a sure sign that they are deleted, sometimes they reform back together. We're shown the point of view of someone in this state at least once.
* NuclearWeaponsTaboo
** Played straight or averted with [[GameBreaker SkullGreymon's attack]], dependent on your region. In the English dub, the move is called Dark Shot. In the original version, it's called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_zero Ground Zero]]. [[GameBreaker Which makes SkullGreymon a mindless, semi-invulnerable creature bent on mass destruction]] ''[[GameBreaker with a nuclear missile attached to its back]].''
** The movie ''Our'' (or ''[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Children's]]'') ''Wargame'' averts it spectacularly, by featuring the main villain lauching an ICBM, carrying a '''''nuke''''' at the children, that are in Odaiba, ''Tokyo''. This was as shown in Japan, and came from an anime made for kids.[[hottip:impact: Nukes are triggered mid air to maximise the destruction, and are specifically designed to ''not'' trigger due to impact.]] Luckily for them, Greymon's missiles don't act like real nukes.
* OhCrap
** Myotismon has this reaction when he sees Kari get her hands on her Digivice. The original version uses the "oh, no!" variant of this trope.
** Takato and Henry have one when [[spoiler: they spot [[HeelFaceTurn a Deva]] hanging out with Henry's sister.]]
** MassOhCrap is a very common trope.
** Priceless one when Kurata [[spoiler:sees a ''very'' ticked off [=ShineGreymon=] Burst Mode heading right for him. Most of his faces after Burst Mode is reached qualify as well.]]
** Subverted by Gravimon upon seeing [[spoiler:[=Shoutmon X7=]]]. What does he do after seeing a huge, golden Digimon that is quite powerful that his army behind him got obliterated? He ''smiles evilly''.
* OnceASeason: Try to find one season without a main character who is either overprotective of their sibling or has some sort of complex. Try it.
** Alternatively, try find a season in which a main character doesn't have an [[HiddenDepths unexpected, traumatic past]]: [[spoiler: [[DigimonAdventure Tai Yagami]], [[DigimonAdventure02 Ken Ichijouji]], [[DigimonTamers Jeri Katou]], [[DigimonFrontier Koichi Minamoto]], [[DigimonSavers Thomas H. Norstain]], [[DigimonXrosWars Kiriha Aonoma]].]]
** [[spoiler:Leomon dies. Even in the seasons he's not explicitly in, a character who dies shares his name in some evolution.]]
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: List, to simplify things.
** Angemon, WingedHumanoid with a face mask and six wings. Champion Level. (Evolves from [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Patamon]]).
** Angewomon, WingedHumanoid, and Angemon's DistaffCounterpart with a face mask and eight wings. Ultimate Level. (Evolves from Gatomon, either via the Crest of Light or jogress with a flying Digimon -- usually Hawkmon, but Biyomon was used in older incarnations).
** [=MagnaAngemon=] (Holy Angemon in Japan), with enhanced armor, a sword and eight wings. Ultimate Level. (Evolves from Angemon).
** Seraphimon, wholly armor-clad WingedHumanoid with ten wings. Mega Level, classed as a Great Angel. (Warp evolves from Angemon. [[TheWorfEffect Once-shot]] to make way for Magnamon and Rapidmon in the third movie).
** [=MagnaDramon=] ([=HolyDramon=] in Japan), a holy dragon Digimon with ten wings. Mega Level, classed as one of the Four Great Dragons (based on the Dragon King of the South Sea in Chinese Mythology). (Warp evolves from Gatomon. [[TheWorfEffect Once-shot]] to make way for Magnamon and Rapidmon in the third movie).
** Cherubimon (sometimes translated phonetically as Kerpymon). A massive, anthropomorphic rabbit with a jester's frill that has a particularly bad habit of turning evil. When good, sweet and cheerful SweetDreamsFuel with winglike ears (each with a Holy Ring). When bad, fearsome and malicious NightmareFuel with a dash of MonsterClown and has ringless ears that are rotting through. Mega Level, classed as a Great Angel. Evolves from Lopmon (Antylamon specifically). ([[RuleOfThree Once-shot]] Seraphimon and [=MagnaDramon=] only to be defeated by Magnamon and Rapidmon).
** Pid(do)mon ("Pid" as in Cu-Pid), a PaletteSwap of Angemon with only two wings. Champion Level.
** [=MarineAngemon=]: A RidiculouslyCuteCritter in the form of a Sea Angel (as in, not technically an "Angel" angel, but still wields ThePowerOfLove). The Holy Ring around its neck is said to secure its decapitated body. Mega Level. One of several final evolutions for Gomamon.
** Gallantmon: Crimson Mode. Can be easily described as turning Gallantmon UpToEleven with ten wings. Not a straight example, but in some incarnations appears as a jogress of [[ThePaladin Gallantmon]] and [[CelestialParagonsAndArchangels Seraphimon]]. Usually appears when Gallantmon combines with [[NorseMythology Grani]]. Mega+ Level.
** Ophanimon. WingedHumanoid, and Seraphimon's DistaffCounterpart, though [[BareYourMidriff with less armor]]. Has ten wings and wields a dual-end lance not unlike Gallantmon Crimson Mode's. When fused with the Chrono Core, the wings and lance consist of flames. Mega Level, classed as a Great Angel. (Supplanted [=MagnaDramon=] as Angewomon's proper evolution). Now has a [[KnightTemplar Falldown Mode]], like Lucemon, though not evil, ''per se''. The Ophanimon in DigimonWorld4 is ''[[GenderSwap male]]''.
** Lucemon, WingedHumanoid in the form of a [[{{Keet}} young boy]] with various markings all over his body. [[UpToEleven Has twelve wings]], which is all the more notable in that he is officially classed as ''Rookie level''. Has two Mode Changes (which count as Mega Level), [[FallenAngel Falldown Mode]], and [[{{Satan}} Satan Mode]] ({{Bowdlerize}}d into Chaos and Shadowlord, respectively), though Satan Mode contains Lucemon Larva Mode in the orb it holds, which is called Gehenna (English speakers know Gehenna as Hell). Notable, Lucemon was said to be corrupted by [[OurVampiresAreDifferent [=GranDracmon=]]], which would make the Vampire King more evil than the Digimon {{Satan}}. Also got short shrift in DigimonXrosWars, where he serves as [[EvilIsSexy Lillithmon's]] underling. The three Great Angels are said to each be a manifestation of one of his aspects.
** Darcmon, named for [[JoanOfArc Jeanne d'Arc]]. A low-ranking angel that usually appears in the angelic vanguard, sometimes called the "Goddess of the Battlefield". One appeared in the DigimonFrontier movie, leading the human faction warring with the beast faction. [[spoiler: Revealed to be Murmuxmon, who was also masquerading as Hippogriffmon, the leader of the beast faction -- he was attempting to generate enough hatred to generate Ornithmon.]]
** [=Guardi/SlashAngemon=], an alternate evolution of [=MagnaAngemon=] with bladed armor and wings. While not a Great Angel, is equivalent to the "Power" choir of angels. (See main trope entry).
** [=ClavisAngemon=], an alternate evolution of [=MagnaAngemon=] with a more defensive bent in mind. Armed with a [[GratuitousLatin key sword]] and has stylized wings. Fills in the "Virtue" choir of angel.
** Dominimon, an alternate evolution of [=MagnaAngemon=] featured in ''Digimon V Tamer 01''. Little distinguishes it beyond being [=MagnaAngemon=] turned UpToEleven. Corresponds to the Dominion choir of angels.
** Bagramon, a Demon Lord Digimon that was once an angel digimon that rebelled against god for his injustice, and cast out as a result of his failed rebellion. Can Become [=DarknessBagramon=] with eight massive black wings, and is probably the strongest on this list. A demonic inversion of ArchangelGabriel.
* ThePaladin
** The Royal Knights are ostensibly a collection of these, though most often come with a bad rash of MyMasterRightOrWrong.
** Dukemon and Alphamon are straight examples, along with Imperialdramon Paladin Mode (who was not an actual member, but rather the founder of the order).
* ParentsAsPeople: Lots of examples of parents making a decision with the best intentions, but being horribly, ''horribly'' wrong -- or even just reacting to something badly-yet-understandably-so.
* PersonalSpaceInvader: In the pilot film, the first Koromon that Kari and Tai meet wraps his ear... tentacle... things around their heads and kisses them repeatedly about twice each.
* PlanarChampion: The various Digidestined/Digimon Tamers.
* PostCyberpunk: Digimon is an extreme example. Everyone, including the Hacker are good guys, they're trying to save society, and are trying to improve themselves.
* PowerCreepPowerSeep
** Happenes to some of the digimon designed for the the earlier video game adaptations when the Ultimate(Mega) level was introduced with the Pendulum style v-pets. Notable examples of Power Creep include Saberleomon, Mugendramon (Machinedramon), and [=MetalEtemon=] who were all designed to be Perfects. On the seep side of things we have Ebidramon, Mechanorimon and Syakomon, former perfects who were bumped down to adult and child respectively. The Pendulum series did this a lot, with four of the five having examples of this.
** Happens again when a line of V-pets came out with Super Ultimate/Level Seven. Thankfully it was mostly ignored by the rest of the franchise that time.
** Prevalent in the card games. Numerical values creeped higher and higher with every new expansion in the Hyper Colosseum game. By it's last expansion, Adult level digimon had surpassed the Ultimate levels in the first few sets.
** Some non-standard PowerLevels themselves are prone to this, namely [[DigimonAdventure02 Armors]] and [[DigimonFrontier Hybrids]]. (DigimonXrosWars looks at your PowerLevels and [[SuperRobot laughs]]). To take the armor example, a generally good rule of thumb is that the vast majority of armors have a mean power range between Champion and Ultimate, whereas the Golden Digi-Eggs (Miracles and [[NonSerialMovie Destiny]]) range from Ultimate to Mega. In the card game, however, Magnamon is treated roughly equivalent to a Champion due to the nature of the game mechanics (a specific type of evolution getting you a Mega-equivalent from a Rookie would certainly skew the game); in the games, he can generally be counted on to rumble with other Ultimates; and in his [[DigimonSavers Royal Knights]] incarnation, he's on par with Mega.
* PowerGlows: Isn't it pretty?
* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: [[RebusBubble PowerLevels + Constant battling = Troperiffic]]
* PurelyAestheticGender: Despite the fact that Digimon may look male (such as [[{{Monster Clown}} Piedmon]]) or female (such as Ladydevimon), because they are all made of data, they simply appear as they do. No Digimon actually has a "true" gender, though this is a general rule that is kept in the card games and various video games. The animated series apply it more as Digimon lack true sexual division, but may identify as a gender. ''Frontier'' seems to avert the trope entirely and ''Xros Wars'' averts it unmistakably.
* RandomPowerRanking: There's no real consistency between the various digimon properties when it comes to how strong any particular digimon species is. One day they may be considered the strongest digimon in existence, the next they may be used as cannon fodder for the new designs.\\\
Evolution levels also suffer from this. Several digimon may exist as two or more different levels simultaneously. For example, Whamon is an Adult on File Island, but a Perfect on Folder due to their increased strength and larger size. In theory this means any given digimon species may exist on all evolution levels simultaneously just by increasing or decreasing it's power or size. [[ContinuitySnarl Curiously, Adventure Whamon(File Island) was drawn larger than V-Tamer Whamon(Folder).]]
* RankInflation
** Originally the evolution went through Baby I > Baby II > Child > Adult > Perfect Stages. The Ultimate stage was added later in the franchise with the introduction of the Pendulum V-Pets and Jogress evolution. V-Tamer added another level after that; the Super-Ultimate, but this hasn't really stuck.
** Some translations (including English) refer to the levels as Baby > In-Training > Rookie > Champion > Ultimate > Mega; so when the sixth level was added it caused confusion as to what people meant when they said "Ultimate". (JP level 6 or US level 5?)
** The above tends to be inverted quite often in the video games. It's pretty common for Ultimates and Super Ultimates to be merged with the Perfect level for the sake of better gameplay.
* RealPlaceBackground: A tradition for the franchise, and a defining aesthetic look. No matter how different the Digital World may be, the "Real World" will be extremely faithful to the actual place bar some artistic liberties. Notable examples range from TV Asashi's building in ''Digimon Adventure'', the '''country of Japan''' in ''Digimon Tamers'', the Shibuya district in ''Digimon Frontier'', and the Odaiba Bay in both ''Digimon Savers'' and ''Digimon Xros Wars''.
* RetCon: Overlapping with AllThereInTheManual: the CD dramas included little things like Mimi being present for 9/11, his brother Shuu being the person Jou was on the phone with in the PilotMovie, and Miyako's "YamatoNadeshiko Panic!" song, but it also completely threw out the second ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' movie, by [[spoiler:not having the Tamers reunite with their partners. Or did they? Later, perhaps? We don't know.]]) According to the drama CD, it seems they don't, or at least, not through the method hinted at by the end of the actual show.
* {{Reincarnation}}
** All seasons except for ''Tamers'' have a village where previously killed Digimon are reborn. What would happen to a human who dies in the Digital World isn't certain.
** And then they manage to turn it around and take it into NightmareFuel territory at least once: [[spoiler: We dunno what would happen if a human would die in the digital world, but we sure as hell know what happens to a digimon who dies in the ''real'' one -- they remain a half-conscious, mostly-spectral wraith for the rest of time with no hope of rebirth. Poor, poor Wizardmon...]]
** [[spoiler: On the other hand, none of the digimons killed in the real world, except Wizardmon and Myotismon return as ghosts.]]
** Tamers' third act was more or less instigated by its aversion of this trope.
** One of the things that makes Kurata in the fifth season so despicable is the use of weapons that make this impossible, effectively making any victim of his Gizmon KilledOffForReal.
** ''[[Anime/DigimonXrosWars Xros Wars]]'' plays this trope straight with [[spoiler:Baalmon, who is reincarnated as Beelzebumon, as well as some others]], but otherwise Digimon stay dead[[spoiler:without the code crown.]]
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Most Digimon in the early stages, though there are a few exceptions with later forms being adorable.
** Kenta's little pink partner is [=MarineAngemon=], a ''Mega'' level!
** And now ''Xros Wars'' has a Digimon actually named Cutemon.
* RousseauWasRight: Played straight in ''02'' (with [[VideogameCrueltyPotential Ken]] and [[MindControl Oikawa]]), ''Tamers'' ([[WellIntentionedExtremist Yamaki]]), and ''Xros Wars'' ([[CreepyChild Yuu]]); averted in ''Adventure'' and ''Frontier'' (no human villains), and averted '''''hard''''' in ''Savers'' ('''DAMN YOU''', [[CompleteMonster AKIHIRO KURATA]]!!!).
* SacrificialLion: If your name is Leomon or has "Leo" in it or you're related to Leomon, you're probably doomed.
* SapientCetaceans: Dolphmon possesses advanced intelligence, but its form of thought is too complex for a normal person to understand.
* {{Satan}}
** The Devil's two popular personas of Satan and Lucifer are divided among two different digimon: Lucemon, who originally appears as a beautiful angel before gradually degrading into a dragon of the apocalypse, and Daemon, a demonic-looking digimon whose monstrous form is usually hidden in its cloak. Both are members of the Seven Great Demon Lords and Lucemon is the leader of the entire group.
** Subverted with Beelzebumon. While he's an example by name and also one of Seven Great Demon Lords, he's the only such character with a moral compass. In most of his appearances, he's either a hero from the beginning or starts as a villain but eventually does a HeelFaceTurn. ''Xros Wars'' averts this trope completely and makes him a '''''holy warrior'''''.
** Each Season has its Satan
*** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' has Devimon (basic classic devil) and Myotismon (The Beast).
*** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' has Daemon, who is the official Satan of digimon, and [=MaloMyotismon=] (Belial).
*** ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' has Beelzemon (Beelzebub) but he's not evil, but the D-reaper posesses many Satanic qualities (lies and manipulates, wants to end the world).
*** ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' has Lucemon, who is Lucifer, Falldown mode (who is lucifer in the process of falling) and Satan Mode (The Dragon)
*** ''Anime/DigimonSavers'' has Belphemon, who is Belphegor.
*** ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'' has Lucemon and Beelzemon again, as well as Lilithmon, another demon lord.
* SatelliteCharacter: Partner Digimon tend to fall into this depending on the canon in question or how many other human characters there are around at the time; the partners in ''Adventure'' arguably fell into it the most. Best averted in ''Xros Wars'', where Digimon are most often treated as independent characters within each army. The few that remain are [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerations.]]
* SevenDeadlySins: The Seven Great Demon Lords, each representing a specific sin.
* ShoutOut: Yes, Gennai does sound like [[Franchise/StarWars Jedi]]. Yes, he does look like Obi-Wan. Yes, he looks like Ewan [=MacGregor=] in season 2. Yes, he is TheObiWan.
* ShownTheirWork: Moved [[{{Trivia/Digimon}} here.]]
* SixthRanger: Like HeelFaceTurn, a tradition.
** ''Adventure'': [[spoiler:Kari/Hikari]]
** ''Adventure 02'': [[spoiler:Ken]]
** ''Tamers'': Anyone who's not Takato, Rika, or Henry; [[spoiler: Ryo is the straightest example]]
** ''Frontier'': [[spoiler:Kouichi]]
** ''Savers': [[spoiler:Keenan]]
** ''Xros Wars'': [[spoiler:Kiriha and Nene]]
* SleepModeSize: Partner digimon usually spend their off hours in Rookie level form.
** Played straight with Demon Lord [[AxCrazy Belphemon]], whose main form [[http://dma.wtw-x.net/DMA/DigimonStands/Toei/Belphemon.jpg Rage Mode]] only shows up once every thousand years. For the rest of that time, he looks... [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter well]]... [[http://dma.wtw-x.net/DMA/DigimonStands/Toei/BelphemonSleepMode.jpg take a look.]] Though Belphemon actually subverts it by still being pretty huge in this form.
* SlidingScaleOfAnimeObscurity: Roughly around the zero mark. Behind ''Manga/DragonBall'', ''Manga/SailorMoon'', and ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'', this may be the most well known anime in America.
* SmashCut: A common way to transition to digivolution in the heat of battle.
* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: [[TheObiWan Gennai]]: "[villain name here] was not the true enemy!"
* SpecialGuest: Terry Bradshaw. Yes, the NFL's Terry Bradshaw. He used to host a Digithon (digimon marathon) on FoxKids. Not only that, it was a ''Super Bowl'' themed marathon, in which Bradshaw would provide commentary in-between episodes.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Not necessarily a spelling issue, but there are usually inconsistencies even on this very wiki over whether to use the English dub names or the original Japanese names -- mainly because while there is quite a lot of NostalgiaFilter over growing up with the dub despite (or because of) the occasional CutAndPasteTranslation, the Japanese version has recently amassed a large fanbase, and both are widely accepted in their own right. It is generally optimal for fandom members to familiarize themselves with both sets of terms for minimum confusion. It doesn't help that some of the English names are plagued by {{Engrish}}; for instance "[=LoadKnightmon=]" (seen in ''Savers''), whose correct name would be "[=LordKnightmon=]" or "[=RhodoKnightmon=]" (a pun on "rhodonite"). It ''also'' doesn't help that multiple names are used even in English, like when the dub of ''Frontier'' named this very same Digimon as "Crusadermon".
* StarfishAliens: The Digimon themselves. Sure, they tend to have mostly human behaviors, but they're pretty unusual: They're data-based (as opposed to matter), each subspecies have radically different and varying forms, and even each individual have different forms through their life! They also change said forms instantly, changing in shape and size in seconds (and without regard to biology). Even stranger is that Digimon seem to lack individual names. In fact, most Digimon of the same subspecies are almost indistinguishable from each other. The Digignomes and the D-Reaper also count.\\\
Inverted, in that from the point of view of the Digimon, humans are StarfishAliens. When Sora explains that on Earth there are hundred of kids, Biyomon visualizes hundreds and hundred of Soras. Later, Patamon states how weird humans are to Digimon.
* StationaryWings: Applies to most winged Digimon.
* StockFootage: In addition to each partner Digimon's individual TransformationSequence, virtually every major Digimon's attacks rely on stock footage.
* {{Synchronization}}: Most apparent in ''Tamers'', where the damage that Digimon take will occasionally visibly affect and push around the Digimon's partner.
* TacticalRockPaperScissors: Concerning the Digimon attributes: Vaccine beats Virus, Virus beats Data and Data beats Vaccine.
* TheyKilledKenny
** Leomon always dies, preferably by HeroicSacrifice, and it's always played for tragedy. ''Digimon Frontier'' escapes this by having the heroes kill a Panja/[=IceLeomon=] instead, and ''Digimon Savers'' lulls the viewer into a false sense of security by killing a [=SaberLeomon=] about a quarter of the way in, [[spoiler:only to throw [[SinkOrSwimMentor BanchouLeomon]] onto the viewer later...]] ''The very first scene'' of ''X-Evolution'' is of Leomon dying!
** Exception: ''Frontier'' has [[spoiler:Kouichi]], whose Digimon forms were lion-themed, and [[DubNameChange in Japan]] his Beast form's name was [=KaiserLeomon=]. Then again, [[spoiler:he didn't quite die, either, although it seemed that way.]]
** ''Xros Wars''' very first enemy of any significance is [=MadLeomon=], and he gets killed off in episode 3. [[spoiler:Subverted later on that he gets revived as Leomon]].
** Oh look, we have another humanoid lion named Apollomon! He has the noblest of intentions! [[spoiler:His JekyllAndHyde sickness pretty much confirms him being killed]].
** Funny enough, he did not die in ''02'', namely because nobody noticed him. Those with a sharp eye will notice that, when many Digimon show up during the final battle with the Big Bad, a Leomon is amongst them. He has literally like just two seconds of screentime, but hey, it's the one time he does not die.
** [[{{Digimon V-Tamer 01}} Leo didn't die]], but ''V Tamer 01'' was never released internationally and predates the running gag anyway.
* TheEnd: Keeping the pattern of title cards at the end of episodes, ''Xros Wars'' ended with a card that said "owari" (おわり).
* ThisIsADrill: Digmon, Drimogemon, [=LoaderLiomon=], Breakdramon, and Dorulumon all exhibit this trope.
* TiredOfRunning: All of the male leads have a moment like this.
* TitleThemeTune: Used in the English version for the first three seasons. Though presumably due to legal wrangling, it hasn't been used since ''Tamers''.
* ToBeContinued: Let's just go ahead and say that the dub abused this trope. ''Xros Wars'', the Japanese version, abused it, too.
* TransformationSequence: And how.
** TransformationNameAnnouncement
** StockFootage
** TransformationIsAFreeAction: Normally, but Infermon averts it to great effect in the first movie. This is actually quite interesting because we get to see what a Digimon looks like while it's transforming, "outside" of the sequence. We get an even better view in the ''Savers'' movie -- When Agumon digivolves to [=ShineGreymon=], it looks like a series of progressively bigger digieggs which eventually hatch to him.
* TruthInTelevision: There is no such thing as joint parental custody in Japan. This adds subtext to the lives of several characters:
** Takeru and Yamato probably spent more time apart than foreign audiences might think, which helps to explain Yamato's angst.
** If Mr. Minamoto never had custody of Koichi, it was that much easier to pretend that his ex-wife was dead.
* UniverseConcordance
** [[http://digipedia.db-destiny.net/ The Digimon Encyclopedia]] by Chris [=McFeely=], which covered all of Adventures to Tamers, and part of Frontier. It was the main source of Digimon for fans before the advent of Wikia.
** And officially, the [[http://digimon.net/cat-digimon-dictionary/index.html Digimon Dictionary]], that is, if you can read Japanese.
* VoiceOfTheLegion
* WarElephants: Mammothmon are usually used in this fashion.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: A prevalent theme, especially when there are human villains involved
* WhatTheHellDad: Any parent.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Several members of the main cast(s) seem remarkably mature or intelligent for their ages.
** Kari especially, to the point that some accusations of [[MarySue Sue-hood]] have been thrown at her over the years.
** Rika/Ruki seems to be this at first glance in ''Tamers''. [[spoiler:Naturally, this gets ''horrifically'' subverted.]]
** Taiki too, who is quite a different goggle-head boy.
* WorldGoneMad: The Digital World varies from series to series, but all agree that it is bizarre even under the most peaceful circumstances.
* XtremeKoolLetterz: The sixth season is called ''Xros Wars''. Justified, in that this is taken from "Xaos", the greek spelling of Chaos. The "X" is pronounced like a "K" or "C". Pronouncing the western character "X" as "cross" seems to be becoming a specifically-Japanese trope. It ''is'' two lines "crossed" but still.
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See each series page for series-specific tropes.
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Anime
* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' (1999-2000)
* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' (2000-2001)
* ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' (2001-2002)
* ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' (2002-2003)
* ''Anime/DigimonSavers'' (aka ''Digimon Data Squad''; 2006-2007)
* ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'' (2010-2011)
* ''Anime/DigimonXrosWarsTheYoungHuntersLeapingThroughTime'' (2011-2012)
]
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Manga
* ''Manga/CMonDigimon'' (1997)
* ''Manga/{{Digimon V-Tamer 01}}'' (1998-2003)
* ''Manga/DigimonChronicle'' (2004)
* ''{{Digimon D-Cyber}}'' (2005)
* ''Manga/DigimonNext'' (2006-2008)
* ''Manga/DigimonXrosWars'' (2010-2012)
]
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CG movie
* ''Anime/DigimonXEvolution'' (2005)
]
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Console/PC video games
* ''Digital Monster Ver. S: Digimon Tamers'' (1998)
* ''DigimonWorld'' (1999)
* ''DigimonCardBattle''(2000)
* ''DigimonWorld2'' (2000)
* ''DigimonRumbleArena'' (1 and 2, 2001-2004)
* ''DigimonWorld3'' (aka ''Digimon World 2003'' in Europe; 2002)
* ''DigimonBattle'' (a Korean MMO now in English, 2002-2010)
* ''DigimonWorld4'' (2005)
* ''DigimonWorldDataSquad'' (2006)
* ''DigimonMasters'' (the sequel to ''Digimon Battle'', released in English in 2011)
]
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Handheld video games
* ''DigimonWonderSwanSeries'' (page for the four games with synopsis)
** ''VideoGame/DigimonAdventureAnodeCathodeTamer'' (1999)
** ''VideoGame/DigimonAdventure02TagTamers'' (2000)
** ''{{VideoGame/Digimon Adventure 02 D-1 Tamers}}'' (2000)
** ''VideoGame/DigimonTamersBraveTamer'' (2001)
* ''DigimonBattleSpirit (1, 1.5 and 2)'' (2001-2003)
* ''DigimonWorldDS'' (2006)
* ''DigimonWorldDawnDusk'' (2007)
* ''DigimonWorldChampionship'' (2008)
* ''DigimonStoryLostEvolution'' (2010)
* ''DigimonSuperXrosWars'' (Red and Blue, 2011)
* ''DigimonWorldReDigitize'' (due 2012)
]
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Other Official Media
* Multiple ''{{TabletopGame/Digimon}}'' trading card games
]
Base entry for the '''''Digimon''''' SeriesFranchise, a {{Bandai}} franchise centred on {{bond creature|s}} {{mons}} from {{cyberspace}} spread across numerous {{alternate continuit|y}}ies in multiple media including seven anime series, four manga, and countless video games. All of it originated from the ''Digimon'' virtual pet, conceived as the SpearCounterpart of ''{{Tamagotchi}}'' in an effort to broaden the latter's appeal to boys.
The franchise's first adaptation was a one-shot manga called ''[[Manga/CMonDigimon C'mon Digimon]]'', released in 1997 shortly before the original virtual pet and centered around the competitive nature of the devices. [[TropeCodifier The first appearance of]] the [[{{Cyberspace}} Digital World]], [[GogglesDoNothing goggles]] and numerous other mechanics prevalent in the franchise came a year later in ''{{Manga/Digimon V-Tamer 01}}'', a serial manga [[LongRunners which continued well into 2002]]. Around the same time it received its first game called ''Digital Monster Ver. S: Digimon Tamers'', a scaled-up version of the virtual pets for the SegaSaturn.
In 1999, ToeiAnimation was given the task of adapt the rapidly-growing franchise into an anime series. It could have just been yet another cheap and quickly-forgotten toy anime adaptation in a sea of hundreds of the things, and that could have been the end of it... and yet, it ''wasn't''. The result was ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', and despite being a relatively low-budget production, it was lucky enough to have an excellent writing team and to feature a cast of thoroughly fleshed-out and dynamic characters. The premise was that seven children were TrappedInAnotherWorld -- in this case, {{Cyberspace}} -- where each met and [[BondCreature was partnered with]] a Digimon. As in the virtual pets, each Digimon would grow stronger and gain the ability to evolve (the American dub used "digivolve") into stronger forms, as their human partners learned important [[AnAesop lessons about themselves]] and dealt with the ''[[HeroicRROD serious]]'' consequences of ignoring those lessons.
Following it was a sequel: ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' {{Time Skip}}ped forward three years, where the original children had grown up and become entrenched in the demands of life, and so the torch was passed to a completely new group of children -- including the two youngest from ''Adventure'' and their newly-met partner Digimon, dealing with the rise of a new threat in the Digital World, this time [[AndYouThoughtItWasAGame human]].
From then onwards, the anime series were set in {{Alternate Continuit|y}}ies, later established by [[DigimonWonderSwanSeries a series of WonderSwan games]] to be loosely connected as a {{multiverse}}; these games demonstrate this with a CanonImmigrant [[DigimonAnodeCathodeTamer Ryo Akiyama]], who originated in the ''Adventure'' universe and came to live in the ''Tamers'' universe.
''Anime/DigimonTamers'' was much [[DarkerAndEdgier darker]], [[GenreDeconstruction deconstructive and psychological]] in tone than before, comparable to ''SerialExperimentsLain'' (they share [[ChiakiKonaka a head writer]]) or ''NeonGenesisEvangelion''. The setting is very meta: the Digimon card game, video games, and anime are just those in the ''Tamers'' universe, until strange turns of events lead to Digimon actively coming into the human world. It's the first show not to give particular prominence to the Digital World (only coming into it in the last half of the series), with its focus firmly on the human drama in the real world interspersing with the consequences of having Digimon around.
''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' abandoned the concept of humans partnering with Digimon, and had them able to [[VoluntaryShapeshifting turn into]] Digimon. Otherwise, it seems to be a throwback to ''Adventure'': a bunch of kids lost in another dimension and they can't get home until they save it, and happily, they manage to sort out their various problems along the way.
Following ''Frontier'', the anime experienced a SequelGap of three years, but the franchise's merchandise kept up alone with several waves of virtual pets (and, oddly enough, an entirely new English card game[[hottip:*:this is odd because card game aside, the franchise pretty much ceased to exist in the west in this time period]]) released during this time, introducing plenty of new Digimon. There was also a CGI MadeForTVMovie, ''Anime/DigimonXEvolution'', in 2005, which remains the only major ''Digimon'' production to feature no human characters whatsoever and to focus exclusively on the Digimon.
''Anime/DigimonSavers'' came out in 2006, targeted toward the people that had watched ''Digimon'' as kids and the basic set-up seems to be a throwback to ''Tamers''; in tone it's somewhat darker and ''extremely'' HotBlooded. The dub was named ''Digimon Data Squad''. Running around the same time was another manga, ''DigimonNext'', which employed similar mechanics, the same Digivices and the same partner Digimon, but was more like any of the predecessors of ''Savers'' in theme and presentation.
''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'' ([[http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/digimon/ pronounced ''Cross Wars'']]) premiered July 2010 on TV Asahi. It harkens back to the the animation style of ''Adventure'' and generally contains quite a few throwbacks to it, though its basic set-up is significantly different. A trio of humans lead their Digimon armies in a great war against TheEmpire with the intention of reunifying the shattered Digital World. Running alongside it was a manga adaptation, also named ''Manga/DigimonXrosWars'', which experiences several unique changes and deviations from the plot of the anime.
''Anime/DigimonXrosWarsTheYoungHuntersLeapingThroughTime'' is the seventh series, a direct sequel to its predecessor for the first time in a decade. Whereas ''Xros Wars'' was definitely a throwback to ''Adventure'', ''Young Hunters'' is decidedly reminiscent of ''Tamers'' in its feel and presentation. It's also partially a CrisisCrossover in celebration of the franchise's fifteenth anniversary, with the cast of the preceding five series playing a role in its events.
From China, there are (much compressed) manhua adaptations of the first four anime, as well as the unique ''{{Digimon D-Cyber}}'', and in America, DarkHorseComics did an adaptation of the first few episodes of ''DigimonAdventure''.
Following the original virtual pet, a massive variety of video games crossing numerous genres have been released for the [=PlayStation, PlayStation=] 2, WonderSwan, GameBoyAdvance, and NintendoDS. The games starring CanonImmigrant [[DigimonTamers Ryo Akiyama]], being WonderSwan games, were never released in the west. The games include the ''Digimon World'' series, consisting of ''DigimonWorld'', ''DigimonWorld2'' and ''DigimonWorld3'' for the [=PlayStation=], and ''DigimonWorldDS'' and ''[[DigimonWorldDawnDusk Digimon World Dawn]]'' and ''[[DigimonWorldDawnDusk Dusk]]'' for the DS.
Also, it's best not to compare it to ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}''. [[GannonBanned You will regret it for the rest of your life]].[[hottip:*:For the sake of clarification: the similarities between the two pretty much end at their status as {{shonen}} {{mons}} franchises which debuted at roughly the same time; beyond that, they are ''vastly'' different beasts in every respect. [[FanDumb Of course, the Pokémon]] [[HateDumb fanbase doesn't seem to realise that]]; it's actually rather one-sided, though, as a rather sizable portion of the ''Digimon'' base also enjoys ''Pokémon''.]]
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!!These series provides examples of:
* TheAce: Ryo Akiyama
* AdultsAreUseless
** Leave the saving-two-worlds to the kids. For the most part, all their parents did was sit at home waiting for them to come back (when they even knew the kids were gone). Sometimes, [[ScreeningTheCall they even tried to stop the kids from doing their Chosen Child duties,]] leading to the kids' occasionally having to lie and go behind their backs. A few adults -- like Matt and T.K.'s dad, Sora's mom, etc. -- did help out but in minor ways.
** Mostly averted in ''Anime/DigimonTamers''. Not only did Yamaki and the Wild Bunch know more about Digimon than the Tamers did, but they were actively involved in the Tamers' challenges, from traveling to and from the Digital World to [[spoiler:leading the fight against the D-Reaper]]. In fact, [[spoiler:it was a modified version of Yamaki's Juggernaut program, installed in Terriermon, that ultimately defeated the D-Reaper.]]
** Also mostly averted in ''Anime/DigimonSavers''. Captain Sampson, while staying in the commanding officer position a lot, bails the heroes out ''three times''. That old man who gave Marcus his Digivice, helps out at times and gives him sage advice? That would be Commander Yushima, who [[spoiler:bails the heroes out twice, and gives assistance during some fights later on.]] Marcus's open-minded mother, Sarah, gives refuge to the heroes [[spoiler:after they become fugitives from the Confidentiality Ministry thanks to Kurata]]. Keenan's parents [[spoiler:help the heroes get to the Digital World to chase after Kurata]]. And, finally, there's Marcus's father Spencer, who is ''one of the most badass characters in the series'', only rivaled by ''his own son''. [[spoiler:And his partner [=BanchoLeomon=], whom allows Spencer to share his body.]]
** One of the ''leads'', Yoshi, is technically an adult at [[YoungerThanTheyLook 18 years of age]].
* AllMythsAreTrue: The franchise's very big [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters pool]] of monsters takes here and there, from the Classical Gods, to Judeo-Christian angelology, to the Four Great River Dragons, to even the AkashicRecords.
* AllThereInTheManual: A significant portion of the mythology of the series must be pieced together from the anime, video games, and manga.
* AlphabeticalThemeNaming: With the exception of Masaru/Marcus, all the main Chosen Children's names have begun with "ta" (た) or "da" (だ, derived from "ta"): '''Ta'''ichi, '''Da'''isuke, '''Ta'''kato, '''Ta'''kuya, '''Ta'''iki, and '''Ta'''giru. Masaru gets included if you say all the names begin with a syllable ending in "a." Daisuke's dub name Davis doesn't fit the theme because it would be transliterated into katakana as '''''DE'''IBISU''. Of course, Davis also had to compete with T.K., or '''Ta'''keru.\\\
Masaru is a twist on the theme, same as his series in general: the kanji for his name is the same as the 'dai' in 'Daisuke,' but it's pronounced differently depending on whether it stands by itself or is part of a compound word. Not to mention his surname is '''Da'''imon ('''Da'''mon, in the dub).
* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: In the English version, an action-oriented rap song is used for the first three seasons, an epic chant for ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'', and a rock song for ''Anime/DigimonSavers''.
* AnimeThemeSong: Almost all of them are by Kouji Wada, while Ai Maeda was responsible for all the {{Ending Theme}}s from ''Adventure'' through ''Frontier''.
* AnotherDimension: "The Digital World" as described by the human kids.
* AwesomeButImpractical
** The whole Ultimate (Mega) level was this. In its debut in the Digimon pendulums it required the Jogress of three separate Digimon, or a perfect care record in the case of some vaccine attributes. Sometimes the resulting Digimon may be weaker than the Digimon it used to be, such as when [=MetalGreymon=] to Wargreymon. In the Adventure universe, Ultimate evolution was only possible through the intervention of the Digital Worlds gods or the malign influence of something like the dark network. Doing so causes the digital world to become more unstable and vulnerable to attack.
** In-Universe, to a certain extent. Megas go through so much energy that they functionally shorten their lifespan.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Wishing for a Digimon is nice, until it gets loose in your school. On several occasions, characters try to force a digivolution, and it [[GoneHorriblyRight goes horribly right.]]
* BeyondTheImpossible: The Ultimate/Mega level was presented as this when it first debuted in ''Adventure'', as at the time Perfect/Ultimate was considered fully-evolved.
* BigBad: Apocalymon was revealed to be reason for all the evil in the Digital world in ''Adventure''. ''02'' had [[HijackedByGanon Vamdemon]] return as the cause of everything that happened in ''02''. ''Frontier'' had Lucemon. ''Savers'' is an odd case -- while Kurata dies long before the final episode, his [[CompleteMonster destructive actions]] are causing the entire endgame mess; Yggdrasil is only acting. ''Xros Wars'' has Bagramon. The Wonderswan series had Milleniumon, [[spoiler:who, in releasing Apocalymon into the Adventure Universe, basically set the whole chain of events in motion for the first two seasons.]]
* BishonenLine: Many prominent Digimon, both good and evil, are humanoid in their more powerful forms. Some go back and forth.
** Angemon of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' is a variation, not in that he's the end of an evolutionary line, but in that he's the last and most powerful Champion the team gets.
* BittersweetEnding: Nearly every series ends with [[spoiler:the final BigBad defeated and peace restored, but the Digimon having to return to the Digital World and leave their beloved partners behind. ''DigimonAdventure02'' is the only one with a completely happy ending. How much hope there is they'll meet them again varies from series to series.]]
* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: An upside-down pyramid building. The Digital World in general has no need to conform to the laws of physics or logic.
* BodySnatcher: The Royal Knights in the Pendulum X. They infect the digimon that can defeat them via their [[HeartDrive Master Tags]], allowing them to become more powerful by [[BodySurf possessing a succession of increasingly more powerful digimon]].
* BodySurf: How the Royal Knights increase their power.
* BornAgainImmortality: With the exception of ''Tamers'' and ''Xros Wars'', all Digimon have Type IV. When killed, they normally turn into digi-eggs and are reborn (though it varies as to if they remember their past life or not, even within the same season). Myotismon from ''Adventure'' had a different type in that his soul just kept coming back in a stronger body till it was destroyed. A plot point in ''Savers'' was that [[CompleteMonster Kurata]] found a way to rob Digimon of this, making him able to kill them off for good. In ''Xros Wars'', they remain dead unless someone resurrects them or they can maintain a form of memory.
* BroughtDownToBadass: Several of the Perfect level, then the highest [[EvolutionaryLevels evolution level]], Digimon introduced in the obscure ''Digital Monster'' were retooled as Adults in subsequent materials. These include Ebidramon, Minotarumon and Mechanorimon. Of course, they're still plenty dangerous.
* BroughtDowntoNormal: Syakomon, like the examples above, also originated in Version S and got this treatment. Unfortunately, since he was small and cute, not unlike an aquatic Mamemon, he was reassigned to the [[EvolutionaryLevels Child level]].
* ByThePowerOfGreyskull
* CallingYourAttacks: A series staple. ''Tamers'' features the humans doing this as well as the Digimon with the Card Slash feature. ''Savers'' actually had to have the BridgeBunnies call their partners' attacks, as they were [[TheVoiceless mute]]. In the Japanese version, it's [[AvertedTrope averted]] in all the movies except the ''Frontier'' one; no-one calls attacks at all in them.
* CanonImmigrant: Ryo Akiyama. He makes a few cameos in ''Our War Game'' and ''02'', and is a SixthRanger in ''Tamers'', but he originated as the star of a series of WonderSwan games.
* CantCatchUp: OnceASeason, the cast is divided into tiers this way. In the original version of Adventure, Tentomon has the presence of mind to lampshade this immediately.
* CashCowFranchise
* CharacterDevelopment: Par for the course with the protagonists.
* CharacterFocus: Remarkably done with all main humans. Usually ends with a new evolution.
* ChestBlaster
* CombinedEnergyAttack
** InNameOnly; Wargreymon's "Terra Force" and Black Wargreymon's "Terra Destroyer". WordOfGod is that these attacks actually do have the energy of an entire planet, but they obviously don't require draining energy from any external sources.
** Black Wargreymon was even able to spam his attack! There are draining moves in ''X-evolution'' but they still don't drain much.
* ConservationOfNinjutsu: [[PlayingWith/ConservationOfNinjutsu Played With]]; The anime (and movies) mostly averts, subverts and inverts the trope, especially when played for drama, while Xros Wars plays it straight.
* CosmicKeystone
* CurbstompBattle: Normally, the first appearance of the new BigBad or enemy of a higher level than the characters presently have is accompanied by one of these. Likewise, the first fight of most of the characters new digivolutions are this as well.
* CuteMonsterGirl: Sometimes played straight, sometimes averted, with both "sexy" and "monstrous" female Digimon.
* {{Cyberspace}}: The Digital World.
* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' most definitely, and ''Anime/DigimonSavers''.
* DeadlyUpgrade: Dark Evolution. It's rationalized as a perfectly legitimate potential evolution variation under natural circumstances, but in Digimon partnered to humans, it's an aberration caused by very negative emotions on the human's part.
* DimensionLord: Both good and evil examples.
* DiskOneFinalBoss: In nearly every season. A good rule of thumb is never assume the ''first'' BigBad is the final one.
** Subverted in ''Xros Wars'', where Bagramon is still considered the final threat. [[spoiler: Bagramon is actually a rather impressive ''triple'' subversion. He remains the main villain until close to the end of the series, and as he's fighting the heroes he suddenly gets backstabbed by his brother-slash-Dragon [=DarkKnightmon=] who forces a Xros between the two. Next episode, Bagramon reveals he saw it coming a mile away and kills his brother in a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind, taking back control and continuing on as the BigBad til the end.]]
* DontTryThisAtHome: Downplayed. The dubbers used changes in voice casting and dialogue to add at least one year, sometimes two, onto the ages of several characters. This advances most of them into puberty, in an attempt to make them less impressionable.
* DubText:
** AdBreakDoubleTake
** CasualDangerDialogue
** HitFlash
** FrothyMugsOfWater
* DyingAsYourself
* EarWings: Patamon, Terriermon, Lopmon, and Culumon.
* EldritchAbomination: Some Digimon qualify as this, like Apocalymon, Millenniummon, and especially [[http://shiningevo.ultimatedigimon.com/encyclopedia/images/ultimate_chaosmon.jpg UltimateKhaosmon]].
* EnemyScan
* EmotionEater: All of the Digimon outside of the videogames feed on human emotion as the canon explanation to where a Digimon gets power from its human. This is inherent to all of the anime and most of the manga, but made most explicit in DigimonSavers. In a bit of a subversion, the humans whose emotions are eaten typically aren't harmed by this process alone (though Digimon will often kidnap or exploit humans for their feelings) -- but Digimon can be poisoned if they get fed an emotion that doesn't agree with their nature (hence: Dark Evolution).
* EvolutionaryLevels: A big thing in the franchise; although with the six levels being threated as stages of growth it's probably closer to MetamorphosisMonster. Usually also doubles as PowerLevels though there are some misleading cases where a Digimon is stronger or weaker than its evolution level would suggest. Notably, ''Xros Wars'' mostly abandoned the system.
* ExpositoryThemeTune
** ''"Change into digital champions to save the digital world..."''
** Applies to the English dub of the first three seasons only -- and Tamers changed that line to "Change into digital champions to save '''and defend the''' world", because they didn't actually go to the digital world until late in the season. Frontier and Data Squad have completely new theme tunes, and Xros Wars hasn't been dubbed yet.
* {{Expy}}
** The leaders of every incarnation's team resemble each other in appearance, and most of them have similar typical shonen hero personalities. And just about all of them have a Digimon partner who has [[PlayingWithFire fire elemental]] attacks (Agumon, Flamedramon, Guilmon, Agnimon, etc.)
*** [[Anime/DigimonTamers Takato]] is an exception, being much more subdued and quite a bit more obviously introspective.
** And then you have TheLancer, who will be known for having a blue theme going around them (blue eyes, blue hair, or blue Digimon) as well as sibling issues. Expect them to have dog-themed partners, as well (or canine in general, since Renamon was a fox).
*** Played with a twist in ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'', as the lancer role is split up between TheRival (with the aloof attitude and blue theme) and the internal lancer of the Digimon ensemble (a BigBadassWolf).
** Guilmon is a quite obvious expy of Agumon. Both are fire-breathing dinosaurs which become larger versions of themselves, said larger version becomes a cyborg, and finally a more humanoid warrior version. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that Takato designed Guilmon himself and was a fan of whatever Digimon series existed in their universe, which presumably also featured an Agumon as the leader's partner -- his thought process in designing Guilmon was literally "Agumon, but better".
** Meanwhile, Shoutmon has a combination of various main Digimon design, while having his own personality of a hot-headed character normally found on human leads.
** Veedramon was an expy of the original adaptation's Greymon before, [[ArtEvolution their current appearance became standard]]. Veemon is one of Veedramon.
* TheFourGods: Qinglongmon/Azulongmon the Azure Dragon, Zhuqiaomon the Vermillion Phoenix, Xuanwumon/Ebonwumon the Black Turtle, and Baihumon the White Tiger. Azulongmon appears in ''Adventure 02'', while the others are only mentioned. All four star in ''Tamers''. There's actually a fifth "god," [[http://wikimon.net/Fanglongmon Huanglongmon/Fanglongmon]] the Yellow Dragon (see the trope page). Supplementary materials present as the boss of the other four. Oddly, or perhaps not, Xros Wars [[spoiler: has him as a villain, TheDragon of TheDragon of TheBigBad, little more than a MonsterOfTheWeek who exists to get amalgamated into that mini-arc's primary antagonist.]]
* HumansAreSpecial: Some how, maybe because their networks created or expedited the Digital World, Humans have a huge influence over the Digimon from evolutions to raising eggs it seems that [[MugglesDoItBetter Humans Do It Better]] then most Digimon can do it on their own.
* GagDub: Similar to how ''Anime/SamuraiPizzaCats'' was dubbed, but the dub generally avoided this during the especially serious moments.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Although ''Tamers'' is by far the most infamous for it, really, all three of the early seasons managed a ''lot'' of this, doubly so for their time. HighOctaneNightmareFuel on CharacterDevelopment on HeroicBSOD, all with no ResetButton... in a lot of ways, it's astounding the shows were even aired at all.
* GiantSpider: Dokugumon (with six legs and classified as an insect) and Arukenimon (semi humanoid).
* {{God}}
** Alluded to, anyway, in the EU. The Three Celestial Digimon featured in ''Frontier'' hold the Law, Knowledge, and Love of God. They also defend the "Kernel", the center of the Digital World where the God of the Digital World (who may be Fanglongmon or Yggdrasil) rests.
** There's multiple "gods" throughout the mythology of the series, from TheFourGods to Yggdrasil himself. ENIAC from ''Brave Tamer'' might actually count too, considering its resemblance to [[DigimonXEvolution one particular incarnation]] of Yggdrasil, and ENIAC appeared before Yggdrasil was even conceived.
* GogglesDoNothing: Aside from [[Anime/DigimonSavers Marcus]], every team's leader wears a pair on their head. Only Takato makes frequent use of them. In ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'', it is somehow seen as a symbol of the leader, as when Taiki is unable to lead, Zenjirou temporarily puts it on. Daisuke/Davis does at one point say "Maybe I should put on my goggles!" He doesn't.
* GratuitousEnglish: Almost all attacks are in English.
** GratuitousGerman: ...or German.
** GratuitousForeignLanguage ...or some other language; Zoe/Izumi/Kazemon/Fairymon's attacks are in Italian.
* HeartDrive: The Master Tag to the Royal Knights. You can acquire these in the Pendulum X V-Pets by defeating their corresponding Royal Knights. If you give it your digimon Congratulations! [[NiceJobBreakingItHero You just gave Yggdrasil a more powerful Royal Knight]] [[PlayerPunch to hunt down illegal digimon with]].
* HeelFaceTurn: This is traditional for every season and is expected in the sixth. The Heel Face Turner may also become Sixth Ranger if human. Usually involves MoreThanMindControl.
** ''Adventure'': [[spoiler:Gatomon/Tailmon, Wizardmon/Wizarmon, Orgemon]]
** ''Adventure 02'': [[spoiler:Ken]]
** ''Tamers'': Rika, [[spoiler: Impmon]]
** ''Frontier'': [[spoiler:Kouichi]]
** ''Savers'': [[spoiler:Keenan, Craniummon]]
** ''Xros Wars'': [[spoiler:Baalmon (revived as Beelzebumon), Grademon, Nene, Kiriha, Yuu]]
* HumbleGoal: Davis just wants to run a noodle cart. He gets to in the future.
* HypnoticEyes: Gatomon's Cat's Eye Hypnotism move gives her these.
* IdiotHero: Several, the goggleheads in particular.
** Taiki and Taichi subverts it, being strategists. Although the latter of DigimonAdventure fame has to [[CharacteDevelopment grow into it]]
** Takato averts it, being a down-to-earth AudienceSurrogate.
* ImageSong: And how.
* TheImp: [=PicoDevimon=] in ''Adventure''; Impmon, of course, in ''Tamers''.
* InTheEndYouAreOnYourOwn: In ''Adventure'' and ''Frontier'', to the point where in ''Frontier'' there was pretty much no-one else left alive in the Digital World. Averted in ''02'', ''Tamers'', and ''Savers'' -- in those cases they had the extensive support of all the world's Chosen, Yamaki and the Wild Bunch, and the Royal Knights respectively. In ''Xros Wars'' the main kids never get help outside, but they do have armies of Digimon to use.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Tactimon's could supposedly cause much destruction, if he ever unsheathed it. Next Zambamon practically calls the trope by name
* KillerRabbit: Many Digimon are cute but deadly.
* KingOfBeasts: Leomon. His signature movie is actually called "Fist Of the Beast King"
* TheLancer: There's one in every team, who generally doesn't get along with the leader and they normally have [[HairOfGold blond hair]] (the exceptions are [[Anime/DigimonTamers Henry]] and [[Anime/DigimonFrontier Koji]], both have [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue hair]].
** Henry is even more of an exception, as he and Takato genuinely get along.
* LivingDollCollector: Piemon. Oh god, ''[[HighOctaneNightmareFuel Piemon]]''.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The first episode of the first season throws 22 characters at you. Fourteen are constantly seen throughout the series. All show up again at least once. It doesn't help that they get a new name each time they digivolve. Taking the franchise as a whole, there are over ''one thousand Digimon species.''
* LoyalPhlebotinum
* LullDestruction: The dub usually inserts new dialogue to make the show more understandable for kids or to insert an added joke.
* MakeAWish
* MagikarpPower
** Numemon has one, and ONLY one use: evolving into [[GameBreaker Monzaemon]] in the original virtual pets. That is to say, unless you find throwing poop useful...
** Also Patamon, who's a RidiculouslyCuteCritter even by Rookie level standards but evolves into Angemon, one of the strongest Champions.
* MarathonRunning: When a marathon on FoxKids wasn't ''PowerRangers'', it was ''Digimon''.
* MartialArtsDoNotWorkThatWay: The entire franchise consistently averts it, which is surprising considering that this is intended for kids and has plenty of fighting, even between humans.
* MerchandiseDriven: Digimon is first and formost a toy franchise, so much so that having good toy sales can save your season from being canned [[Anime/DigimonXrosWars even if it has low ratings]].
* MechanicalMonster: A good 185 or so of them comprise the Metal Empire "family". Specific Digimon species of this nature are usually classed as "Cyborg" or "Machine" type Digimon.
* MotorMouth: What happens when you have thirty seconds to explain [[PreviouslyOn what happened in thirty minutes]], although this counts as DubText.
* MultiversalConqueror: Several of the villians, who have set their sights on conquering both worlds.
* MustMakeAmends
** Ken Ichijoji, in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'', after discovering that the Digital world is not just an artificial construct in which he can play out his anger and issues concerning his brother's death. This method essentially turns him from the BigBad to TheWoobie.
** In one of the Digimon movies, the little American boy had one of his Digimon go rogue; he had been chasing it all over the US in an attempt to fix it. Even after the other kids show up, he is initially insistent that because it is his Digimon, he needs to make it right, himself.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Usually played straight, as with [[DigimonAdventure Gabumon]], [[DigimonAdventure02 Wormmon]], [[DigimonTamers Renamon]], [[DigimonFrontier Duskmon]], [[DigimonSavers Gaomon]], and [[DigimonXrosWars most of Kiriha's army]] (in fact, everyone but Dracomon, who just stays inside of Kiriha's Xros Loader and pleads for him to stop, and Deckerdramon, who actually turns on him and attempts to remind him of the 'strong love' he once felt). HeelFaceTurn may include a subversion of this. Once Gatomon realizes that her place is with Kari, all of her dialogue with Myotismon amounts to "screw you." Though she was also helped by Myotismon being a sadistic monster.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: Digimon normally disappear into data upon death, though depending on which canon is in question, they might also leave [[BornAgainImmortality a Digi-egg]] behind.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Far too many times to list politely, [[http://digipedia.db-destiny.net/misc/trivia.htm#2 here]]'s a list.
* NonindicativeName
** Why are the ones that look like bees called Flymon?
** Then there's [=DinoBeemon=], [=JewelBeemon=], [=HoneyBeemon=], [=FlyBeemon=], [=CannonBeemon=], and [=FanBeemon=], which are, in order, A bug/dragon mishmash, a humanoid insect knight, a bee-fairy, a humanoid dragonfly, a [[MobileSuitGundam Dendrobium Orchis]], and finally something something more or less resembling a bee.
* NotQuiteDead: While used less often than reincarnation as the series went on, seeing one burst into data isn't always a sure sign that they are deleted, sometimes they reform back together. We're shown the point of view of someone in this state at least once.
* NuclearWeaponsTaboo
** Played straight or averted with [[GameBreaker SkullGreymon's attack]], dependent on your region. In the English dub, the move is called Dark Shot. In the original version, it's called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_zero Ground Zero]]. [[GameBreaker Which makes SkullGreymon a mindless, semi-invulnerable creature bent on mass destruction]] ''[[GameBreaker with a nuclear missile attached to its back]].''
** The movie ''Our'' (or ''[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Children's]]'') ''Wargame'' averts it spectacularly, by featuring the main villain lauching an ICBM, carrying a '''''nuke''''' at the children, that are in Odaiba, ''Tokyo''. This was as shown in Japan, and came from an anime made for kids.[[hottip:impact: Nukes are triggered mid air to maximise the destruction, and are specifically designed to ''not'' trigger due to impact.]] Luckily for them, Greymon's missiles don't act like real nukes.
* OhCrap
** Myotismon has this reaction when he sees Kari get her hands on her Digivice. The original version uses the "oh, no!" variant of this trope.
** Takato and Henry have one when [[spoiler: they spot [[HeelFaceTurn a Deva]] hanging out with Henry's sister.]]
** MassOhCrap is a very common trope.
** Priceless one when Kurata [[spoiler:sees a ''very'' ticked off [=ShineGreymon=] Burst Mode heading right for him. Most of his faces after Burst Mode is reached qualify as well.]]
** Subverted by Gravimon upon seeing [[spoiler:[=Shoutmon X7=]]]. What does he do after seeing a huge, golden Digimon that is quite powerful that his army behind him got obliterated? He ''smiles evilly''.
* OnceASeason: Try to find one season without a main character who is either overprotective of their sibling or has some sort of complex. Try it.
** Alternatively, try find a season in which a main character doesn't have an [[HiddenDepths unexpected, traumatic past]]: [[spoiler: [[DigimonAdventure Tai Yagami]], [[DigimonAdventure02 Ken Ichijouji]], [[DigimonTamers Jeri Katou]], [[DigimonFrontier Koichi Minamoto]], [[DigimonSavers Thomas H. Norstain]], [[DigimonXrosWars Kiriha Aonoma]].]]
** [[spoiler:Leomon dies. Even in the seasons he's not explicitly in, a character who dies shares his name in some evolution.]]
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: List, to simplify things.
** Angemon, WingedHumanoid with a face mask and six wings. Champion Level. (Evolves from [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Patamon]]).
** Angewomon, WingedHumanoid, and Angemon's DistaffCounterpart with a face mask and eight wings. Ultimate Level. (Evolves from Gatomon, either via the Crest of Light or jogress with a flying Digimon -- usually Hawkmon, but Biyomon was used in older incarnations).
** [=MagnaAngemon=] (Holy Angemon in Japan), with enhanced armor, a sword and eight wings. Ultimate Level. (Evolves from Angemon).
** Seraphimon, wholly armor-clad WingedHumanoid with ten wings. Mega Level, classed as a Great Angel. (Warp evolves from Angemon. [[TheWorfEffect Once-shot]] to make way for Magnamon and Rapidmon in the third movie).
** [=MagnaDramon=] ([=HolyDramon=] in Japan), a holy dragon Digimon with ten wings. Mega Level, classed as one of the Four Great Dragons (based on the Dragon King of the South Sea in Chinese Mythology). (Warp evolves from Gatomon. [[TheWorfEffect Once-shot]] to make way for Magnamon and Rapidmon in the third movie).
** Cherubimon (sometimes translated phonetically as Kerpymon). A massive, anthropomorphic rabbit with a jester's frill that has a particularly bad habit of turning evil. When good, sweet and cheerful SweetDreamsFuel with winglike ears (each with a Holy Ring). When bad, fearsome and malicious NightmareFuel with a dash of MonsterClown and has ringless ears that are rotting through. Mega Level, classed as a Great Angel. Evolves from Lopmon (Antylamon specifically). ([[RuleOfThree Once-shot]] Seraphimon and [=MagnaDramon=] only to be defeated by Magnamon and Rapidmon).
** Pid(do)mon ("Pid" as in Cu-Pid), a PaletteSwap of Angemon with only two wings. Champion Level.
** [=MarineAngemon=]: A RidiculouslyCuteCritter in the form of a Sea Angel (as in, not technically an "Angel" angel, but still wields ThePowerOfLove). The Holy Ring around its neck is said to secure its decapitated body. Mega Level. One of several final evolutions for Gomamon.
** Gallantmon: Crimson Mode. Can be easily described as turning Gallantmon UpToEleven with ten wings. Not a straight example, but in some incarnations appears as a jogress of [[ThePaladin Gallantmon]] and [[CelestialParagonsAndArchangels Seraphimon]]. Usually appears when Gallantmon combines with [[NorseMythology Grani]]. Mega+ Level.
** Ophanimon. WingedHumanoid, and Seraphimon's DistaffCounterpart, though [[BareYourMidriff with less armor]]. Has ten wings and wields a dual-end lance not unlike Gallantmon Crimson Mode's. When fused with the Chrono Core, the wings and lance consist of flames. Mega Level, classed as a Great Angel. (Supplanted [=MagnaDramon=] as Angewomon's proper evolution). Now has a [[KnightTemplar Falldown Mode]], like Lucemon, though not evil, ''per se''. The Ophanimon in DigimonWorld4 is ''[[GenderSwap male]]''.
** Lucemon, WingedHumanoid in the form of a [[{{Keet}} young boy]] with various markings all over his body. [[UpToEleven Has twelve wings]], which is all the more notable in that he is officially classed as ''Rookie level''. Has two Mode Changes (which count as Mega Level), [[FallenAngel Falldown Mode]], and [[{{Satan}} Satan Mode]] ({{Bowdlerize}}d into Chaos and Shadowlord, respectively), though Satan Mode contains Lucemon Larva Mode in the orb it holds, which is called Gehenna (English speakers know Gehenna as Hell). Notable, Lucemon was said to be corrupted by [[OurVampiresAreDifferent [=GranDracmon=]]], which would make the Vampire King more evil than the Digimon {{Satan}}. Also got short shrift in DigimonXrosWars, where he serves as [[EvilIsSexy Lillithmon's]] underling. The three Great Angels are said to each be a manifestation of one of his aspects.
** Darcmon, named for [[JoanOfArc Jeanne d'Arc]]. A low-ranking angel that usually appears in the angelic vanguard, sometimes called the "Goddess of the Battlefield". One appeared in the DigimonFrontier movie, leading the human faction warring with the beast faction. [[spoiler: Revealed to be Murmuxmon, who was also masquerading as Hippogriffmon, the leader of the beast faction -- he was attempting to generate enough hatred to generate Ornithmon.]]
** [=Guardi/SlashAngemon=], an alternate evolution of [=MagnaAngemon=] with bladed armor and wings. While not a Great Angel, is equivalent to the "Power" choir of angels. (See main trope entry).
** [=ClavisAngemon=], an alternate evolution of [=MagnaAngemon=] with a more defensive bent in mind. Armed with a [[GratuitousLatin key sword]] and has stylized wings. Fills in the "Virtue" choir of angel.
** Dominimon, an alternate evolution of [=MagnaAngemon=] featured in ''Digimon V Tamer 01''. Little distinguishes it beyond being [=MagnaAngemon=] turned UpToEleven. Corresponds to the Dominion choir of angels.
** Bagramon, a Demon Lord Digimon that was once an angel digimon that rebelled against god for his injustice, and cast out as a result of his failed rebellion. Can Become [=DarknessBagramon=] with eight massive black wings, and is probably the strongest on this list. A demonic inversion of ArchangelGabriel.
* ThePaladin
** The Royal Knights are ostensibly a collection of these, though most often come with a bad rash of MyMasterRightOrWrong.
** Dukemon and Alphamon are straight examples, along with Imperialdramon Paladin Mode (who was not an actual member, but rather the founder of the order).
* ParentsAsPeople: Lots of examples of parents making a decision with the best intentions, but being horribly, ''horribly'' wrong -- or even just reacting to something badly-yet-understandably-so.
* PersonalSpaceInvader: In the pilot film, the first Koromon that Kari and Tai meet wraps his ear... tentacle... things around their heads and kisses them repeatedly about twice each.
* PlanarChampion: The various Digidestined/Digimon Tamers.
* PostCyberpunk: Digimon is an extreme example. Everyone, including the Hacker are good guys, they're trying to save society, and are trying to improve themselves.
* PowerCreepPowerSeep
** Happenes to some of the digimon designed for the the earlier video game adaptations when the Ultimate(Mega) level was introduced with the Pendulum style v-pets. Notable examples of Power Creep include Saberleomon, Mugendramon (Machinedramon), and [=MetalEtemon=] who were all designed to be Perfects. On the seep side of things we have Ebidramon, Mechanorimon and Syakomon, former perfects who were bumped down to adult and child respectively. The Pendulum series did this a lot, with four of the five having examples of this.
** Happens again when a line of V-pets came out with Super Ultimate/Level Seven. Thankfully it was mostly ignored by the rest of the franchise that time.
** Prevalent in the card games. Numerical values creeped higher and higher with every new expansion in the Hyper Colosseum game. By it's last expansion, Adult level digimon had surpassed the Ultimate levels in the first few sets.
** Some non-standard PowerLevels themselves are prone to this, namely [[DigimonAdventure02 Armors]] and [[DigimonFrontier Hybrids]]. (DigimonXrosWars looks at your PowerLevels and [[SuperRobot laughs]]). To take the armor example, a generally good rule of thumb is that the vast majority of armors have a mean power range between Champion and Ultimate, whereas the Golden Digi-Eggs (Miracles and [[NonSerialMovie Destiny]]) range from Ultimate to Mega. In the card game, however, Magnamon is treated roughly equivalent to a Champion due to the nature of the game mechanics (a specific type of evolution getting you a Mega-equivalent from a Rookie would certainly skew the game); in the games, he can generally be counted on to rumble with other Ultimates; and in his [[DigimonSavers Royal Knights]] incarnation, he's on par with Mega.
* PowerGlows: Isn't it pretty?
* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: [[RebusBubble PowerLevels + Constant battling = Troperiffic]]
* PurelyAestheticGender: Despite the fact that Digimon may look male (such as [[{{Monster Clown}} Piedmon]]) or female (such as Ladydevimon), because they are all made of data, they simply appear as they do. No Digimon actually has a "true" gender, though this is a general rule that is kept in the card games and various video games. The animated series apply it more as Digimon lack true sexual division, but may identify as a gender. ''Frontier'' seems to avert the trope entirely and ''Xros Wars'' averts it unmistakably.
* RandomPowerRanking: There's no real consistency between the various digimon properties when it comes to how strong any particular digimon species is. One day they may be considered the strongest digimon in existence, the next they may be used as cannon fodder for the new designs.\\\
Evolution levels also suffer from this. Several digimon may exist as two or more different levels simultaneously. For example, Whamon is an Adult on File Island, but a Perfect on Folder due to their increased strength and larger size. In theory this means any given digimon species may exist on all evolution levels simultaneously just by increasing or decreasing it's power or size. [[ContinuitySnarl Curiously, Adventure Whamon(File Island) was drawn larger than V-Tamer Whamon(Folder).]]
* RankInflation
** Originally the evolution went through Baby I > Baby II > Child > Adult > Perfect Stages. The Ultimate stage was added later in the franchise with the introduction of the Pendulum V-Pets and Jogress evolution. V-Tamer added another level after that; the Super-Ultimate, but this hasn't really stuck.
** Some translations (including English) refer to the levels as Baby > In-Training > Rookie > Champion > Ultimate > Mega; so when the sixth level was added it caused confusion as to what people meant when they said "Ultimate". (JP level 6 or US level 5?)
** The above tends to be inverted quite often in the video games. It's pretty common for Ultimates and Super Ultimates to be merged with the Perfect level for the sake of better gameplay.
* RealPlaceBackground: A tradition for the franchise, and a defining aesthetic look. No matter how different the Digital World may be, the "Real World" will be extremely faithful to the actual place bar some artistic liberties. Notable examples range from TV Asashi's building in ''Digimon Adventure'', the '''country of Japan''' in ''Digimon Tamers'', the Shibuya district in ''Digimon Frontier'', and the Odaiba Bay in both ''Digimon Savers'' and ''Digimon Xros Wars''.
* RetCon: Overlapping with AllThereInTheManual: the CD dramas included little things like Mimi being present for 9/11, his brother Shuu being the person Jou was on the phone with in the PilotMovie, and Miyako's "YamatoNadeshiko Panic!" song, but it also completely threw out the second ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' movie, by [[spoiler:not having the Tamers reunite with their partners. Or did they? Later, perhaps? We don't know.]]) According to the drama CD, it seems they don't, or at least, not through the method hinted at by the end of the actual show.
* {{Reincarnation}}
** All seasons except for ''Tamers'' have a village where previously killed Digimon are reborn. What would happen to a human who dies in the Digital World isn't certain.
** And then they manage to turn it around and take it into NightmareFuel territory at least once: [[spoiler: We dunno what would happen if a human would die in the digital world, but we sure as hell know what happens to a digimon who dies in the ''real'' one -- they remain a half-conscious, mostly-spectral wraith for the rest of time with no hope of rebirth. Poor, poor Wizardmon...]]
** [[spoiler: On the other hand, none of the digimons killed in the real world, except Wizardmon and Myotismon return as ghosts.]]
** Tamers' third act was more or less instigated by its aversion of this trope.
** One of the things that makes Kurata in the fifth season so despicable is the use of weapons that make this impossible, effectively making any victim of his Gizmon KilledOffForReal.
** ''[[Anime/DigimonXrosWars Xros Wars]]'' plays this trope straight with [[spoiler:Baalmon, who is reincarnated as Beelzebumon, as well as some others]], but otherwise Digimon stay dead[[spoiler:without the code crown.]]
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Most Digimon in the early stages, though there are a few exceptions with later forms being adorable.
** Kenta's little pink partner is [=MarineAngemon=], a ''Mega'' level!
** And now ''Xros Wars'' has a Digimon actually named Cutemon.
* RousseauWasRight: Played straight in ''02'' (with [[VideogameCrueltyPotential Ken]] and [[MindControl Oikawa]]), ''Tamers'' ([[WellIntentionedExtremist Yamaki]]), and ''Xros Wars'' ([[CreepyChild Yuu]]); averted in ''Adventure'' and ''Frontier'' (no human villains), and averted '''''hard''''' in ''Savers'' ('''DAMN YOU''', [[CompleteMonster AKIHIRO KURATA]]!!!).
* SacrificialLion: If your name is Leomon or has "Leo" in it or you're related to Leomon, you're probably doomed.
* SapientCetaceans: Dolphmon possesses advanced intelligence, but its form of thought is too complex for a normal person to understand.
* {{Satan}}
** The Devil's two popular personas of Satan and Lucifer are divided among two different digimon: Lucemon, who originally appears as a beautiful angel before gradually degrading into a dragon of the apocalypse, and Daemon, a demonic-looking digimon whose monstrous form is usually hidden in its cloak. Both are members of the Seven Great Demon Lords and Lucemon is the leader of the entire group.
** Subverted with Beelzebumon. While he's an example by name and also one of Seven Great Demon Lords, he's the only such character with a moral compass. In most of his appearances, he's either a hero from the beginning or starts as a villain but eventually does a HeelFaceTurn. ''Xros Wars'' averts this trope completely and makes him a '''''holy warrior'''''.
** Each Season has its Satan
*** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' has Devimon (basic classic devil) and Myotismon (The Beast).
*** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' has Daemon, who is the official Satan of digimon, and [=MaloMyotismon=] (Belial).
*** ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' has Beelzemon (Beelzebub) but he's not evil, but the D-reaper posesses many Satanic qualities (lies and manipulates, wants to end the world).
*** ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' has Lucemon, who is Lucifer, Falldown mode (who is lucifer in the process of falling) and Satan Mode (The Dragon)
*** ''Anime/DigimonSavers'' has Belphemon, who is Belphegor.
*** ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'' has Lucemon and Beelzemon again, as well as Lilithmon, another demon lord.
* SatelliteCharacter: Partner Digimon tend to fall into this depending on the canon in question or how many other human characters there are around at the time; the partners in ''Adventure'' arguably fell into it the most. Best averted in ''Xros Wars'', where Digimon are most often treated as independent characters within each army. The few that remain are [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerations.]]
* SevenDeadlySins: The Seven Great Demon Lords, each representing a specific sin.
* ShoutOut: Yes, Gennai does sound like [[Franchise/StarWars Jedi]]. Yes, he does look like Obi-Wan. Yes, he looks like Ewan [=MacGregor=] in season 2. Yes, he is TheObiWan.
* ShownTheirWork: Moved [[{{Trivia/Digimon}} here.]]
* SixthRanger: Like HeelFaceTurn, a tradition.
** ''Adventure'': [[spoiler:Kari/Hikari]]
** ''Adventure 02'': [[spoiler:Ken]]
** ''Tamers'': Anyone who's not Takato, Rika, or Henry; [[spoiler: Ryo is the straightest example]]
** ''Frontier'': [[spoiler:Kouichi]]
** ''Savers': [[spoiler:Keenan]]
** ''Xros Wars'': [[spoiler:Kiriha and Nene]]
* SleepModeSize: Partner digimon usually spend their off hours in Rookie level form.
** Played straight with Demon Lord [[AxCrazy Belphemon]], whose main form [[http://dma.wtw-x.net/DMA/DigimonStands/Toei/Belphemon.jpg Rage Mode]] only shows up once every thousand years. For the rest of that time, he looks... [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter well]]... [[http://dma.wtw-x.net/DMA/DigimonStands/Toei/BelphemonSleepMode.jpg take a look.]] Though Belphemon actually subverts it by still being pretty huge in this form.
* SlidingScaleOfAnimeObscurity: Roughly around the zero mark. Behind ''Manga/DragonBall'', ''Manga/SailorMoon'', and ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'', this may be the most well known anime in America.
* SmashCut: A common way to transition to digivolution in the heat of battle.
* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: [[TheObiWan Gennai]]: "[villain name here] was not the true enemy!"
* SpecialGuest: Terry Bradshaw. Yes, the NFL's Terry Bradshaw. He used to host a Digithon (digimon marathon) on FoxKids. Not only that, it was a ''Super Bowl'' themed marathon, in which Bradshaw would provide commentary in-between episodes.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Not necessarily a spelling issue, but there are usually inconsistencies even on this very wiki over whether to use the English dub names or the original Japanese names -- mainly because while there is quite a lot of NostalgiaFilter over growing up with the dub despite (or because of) the occasional CutAndPasteTranslation, the Japanese version has recently amassed a large fanbase, and both are widely accepted in their own right. It is generally optimal for fandom members to familiarize themselves with both sets of terms for minimum confusion. It doesn't help that some of the English names are plagued by {{Engrish}}; for instance "[=LoadKnightmon=]" (seen in ''Savers''), whose correct name would be "[=LordKnightmon=]" or "[=RhodoKnightmon=]" (a pun on "rhodonite"). It ''also'' doesn't help that multiple names are used even in English, like when the dub of ''Frontier'' named this very same Digimon as "Crusadermon".
* StarfishAliens: The Digimon themselves. Sure, they tend to have mostly human behaviors, but they're pretty unusual: They're data-based (as opposed to matter), each subspecies have radically different and varying forms, and even each individual have different forms through their life! They also change said forms instantly, changing in shape and size in seconds (and without regard to biology). Even stranger is that Digimon seem to lack individual names. In fact, most Digimon of the same subspecies are almost indistinguishable from each other. The Digignomes and the D-Reaper also count.\\\
Inverted, in that from the point of view of the Digimon, humans are StarfishAliens. When Sora explains that on Earth there are hundred of kids, Biyomon visualizes hundreds and hundred of Soras. Later, Patamon states how weird humans are to Digimon.
* StationaryWings: Applies to most winged Digimon.
* StockFootage: In addition to each partner Digimon's individual TransformationSequence, virtually every major Digimon's attacks rely on stock footage.
* {{Synchronization}}: Most apparent in ''Tamers'', where the damage that Digimon take will occasionally visibly affect and push around the Digimon's partner.
* TacticalRockPaperScissors: Concerning the Digimon attributes: Vaccine beats Virus, Virus beats Data and Data beats Vaccine.
* TheyKilledKenny
** Leomon always dies, preferably by HeroicSacrifice, and it's always played for tragedy. ''Digimon Frontier'' escapes this by having the heroes kill a Panja/[=IceLeomon=] instead, and ''Digimon Savers'' lulls the viewer into a false sense of security by killing a [=SaberLeomon=] about a quarter of the way in, [[spoiler:only to throw [[SinkOrSwimMentor BanchouLeomon]] onto the viewer later...]] ''The very first scene'' of ''X-Evolution'' is of Leomon dying!
** Exception: ''Frontier'' has [[spoiler:Kouichi]], whose Digimon forms were lion-themed, and [[DubNameChange in Japan]] his Beast form's name was [=KaiserLeomon=]. Then again, [[spoiler:he didn't quite die, either, although it seemed that way.]]
** ''Xros Wars''' very first enemy of any significance is [=MadLeomon=], and he gets killed off in episode 3. [[spoiler:Subverted later on that he gets revived as Leomon]].
** Oh look, we have another humanoid lion named Apollomon! He has the noblest of intentions! [[spoiler:His JekyllAndHyde sickness pretty much confirms him being killed]].
** Funny enough, he did not die in ''02'', namely because nobody noticed him. Those with a sharp eye will notice that, when many Digimon show up during the final battle with the Big Bad, a Leomon is amongst them. He has literally like just two seconds of screentime, but hey, it's the one time he does not die.
** [[{{Digimon V-Tamer 01}} Leo didn't die]], but ''V Tamer 01'' was never released internationally and predates the running gag anyway.
* TheEnd: Keeping the pattern of title cards at the end of episodes, ''Xros Wars'' ended with a card that said "owari" (おわり).
* ThisIsADrill: Digmon, Drimogemon, [=LoaderLiomon=], Breakdramon, and Dorulumon all exhibit this trope.
* TiredOfRunning: All of the male leads have a moment like this.
* TitleThemeTune: Used in the English version for the first three seasons. Though presumably due to legal wrangling, it hasn't been used since ''Tamers''.
* ToBeContinued: Let's just go ahead and say that the dub abused this trope. ''Xros Wars'', the Japanese version, abused it, too.
* TransformationSequence: And how.
** TransformationNameAnnouncement
** StockFootage
** TransformationIsAFreeAction: Normally, but Infermon averts it to great effect in the first movie. This is actually quite interesting because we get to see what a Digimon looks like while it's transforming, "outside" of the sequence. We get an even better view in the ''Savers'' movie -- When Agumon digivolves to [=ShineGreymon=], it looks like a series of progressively bigger digieggs which eventually hatch to him.
* TruthInTelevision: There is no such thing as joint parental custody in Japan. This adds subtext to the lives of several characters:
** Takeru and Yamato probably spent more time apart than foreign audiences might think, which helps to explain Yamato's angst.
** If Mr. Minamoto never had custody of Koichi, it was that much easier to pretend that his ex-wife was dead.
* UniverseConcordance
** [[http://digipedia.db-destiny.net/ The Digimon Encyclopedia]] by Chris [=McFeely=], which covered all of Adventures to Tamers, and part of Frontier. It was the main source of Digimon for fans before the advent of Wikia.
** And officially, the [[http://digimon.net/cat-digimon-dictionary/index.html Digimon Dictionary]], that is, if you can read Japanese.
* VoiceOfTheLegion
* WarElephants: Mammothmon are usually used in this fashion.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: A prevalent theme, especially when there are human villains involved
* WhatTheHellDad: Any parent.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Several members of the main cast(s) seem remarkably mature or intelligent for their ages.
** Kari especially, to the point that some accusations of [[MarySue Sue-hood]] have been thrown at her over the years.
** Rika/Ruki seems to be this at first glance in ''Tamers''. [[spoiler:Naturally, this gets ''horrifically'' subverted.]]
** Taiki too, who is quite a different goggle-head boy.
* WorldGoneMad: The Digital World varies from series to series, but all agree that it is bizarre even under the most peaceful circumstances.
* XtremeKoolLetterz: The sixth season is called ''Xros Wars''. Justified, in that this is taken from "Xaos", the greek spelling of Chaos. The "X" is pronounced like a "K" or "C". Pronouncing the western character "X" as "cross" seems to be becoming a specifically-Japanese trope. It ''is'' two lines "crossed" but still.
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See each series page for series-specific tropes.
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