History Franchise / Digimon

** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02TheBeginning'' (movie, 2023)

* ''VideoGame/DigimonBattle'' (PC - 2002; 2010-2013 for NA; Relaunched as ''Digimon RPG'' in 2022 for NA only)

* ''Manga/DigimonDreamers'' (2021)

As far as manga goes, only the Chinese manhua have ever been officially translated to English. The video gaming side of the franchise faired far better though, but after 2008 and until 2014, they too began to fall under NoExportForYou; ''Digimon All-Star Rumble'' was an American-built game released to English-speaking territories in 2014, while ''VideoGame/DigimonStoryCyberSleuth'' was finally localized in 2016.

* ''Digimon Dreamers'' (2021)

* RedIsHeroic: Just about every lead in each anime installment is associated with red, either in their clothing or their Digimon partner, if not both at once. [[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 Davis]] is an aversion: he wears a blue jacket with flame decals on it, and his partner is Veemon, who is blue and stays that way for all of his evolutions (barring Flamedramon, who has fire-based armor).

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*** ''Digimon Adventure'' (PilotMovie; 1999)
*** ''Digimon Adventure: Our War Game!'' (movie, 2000)[[index]]

*** ''Digimon Adventure 02: Digimon Hurricane Touchdown!! / Supreme Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals'' (movie, 2000)[[index]]

*** ''Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Diaboromon'' (movie, 2001)[[index]]

** ''Digimon Tamers: Battle of Adventurers'' (movie, 2001)
** ''Digimon Tamers: Runaway Locomon'' (movie, 2002)[[index]]

** ''Digimon Frontier: Island of Lost Digimon'' (movie, 2002)[[index]]

* ''LightNovel/DigimonSeekers'', a novel series made to promote the franchise's 25th anniversary, set to begin serialization on April 3, 2023 with weekly chapter releases.

** Invoked in the Digimon Adventure novelizations, where it turns out the villains are all actually part of ''the same organization''.

* ''Digimon Seekers'', a novel series made to promote the franchise's 25th anniversary, set to begin serialization on April 3, 2023 with weekly chapter releases.

** Averted in ''Ghost Game'', as all three members acquire Mega forms with no extra Super Modes or fusions to tip the balance. (While Proximamon did exist in the TCG and in the Vita Bracelet toy as a fusion of Siriusmon and Arcturusmon, [=GulusGammamon=]'s Mega level, the fusion didn't make an appearance, as well as Arcturusmon.)

** Averted in Tamers where all three main heroes and Ryo can Bio-Merge to Mega, and where the first Super Mode goes to Beelzemon.

** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02TheBeginning'' (movie, release date TBA)

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* AllThereInTheManual: A significant portion of the mythology of the series must be pieced together from the anime, video games, and manga.

* SeriesMascot: Fox Kids used closeups of principle characters to advertise their shows, so they chose Tai, Davis, and Takato to represent the franchise. In more expansive terms, the Agumon line tends to act as the closest equivalent to [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]] for the ''Digimon'' franchise. The leads of each anime series usually have partners with at least one form inspired by the line.

** ''VideoGame/DigimonWorldNextOrder'' (PSV and [=PS4=] - 2016)[[/index]]

** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'': The TropeCodifier for the franchise, and the first to play it for drama. [[spoiler:The kids need to leave the Digital World lest they be trapped there indefinitely, meaning that they have to part with the friends they've made so deeply after a short time to say their goodbyes. Post-series supplemental material has them meet up a few times afterwards; eventually, ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' allows them to meet again. ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri'' forces another separation, but 02's DistantFinale makes it a ForegoneConclusion that they'll eventually be allowed to stay together.]]

* GogglesDoNothing: Aside from [[Anime/DigimonDataSquad Marcus]], every team's leader wears a pair on their head. Only Takato makes frequent use of them. In ''Anime/DigimonFusion'', 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.

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' and ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad''. ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri'' deserves special mention, as it features the original cast of Adventure but much older, and the work as a whole has a far more subdued and realistic tone than almost any other piece of Digimon media.

* AudienceShift: Although ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'' was the first significant work to be aimed at older audiences rather than just children, it was still intended to sell kids' toys and aired on children's network programming, and was thus created in the hopes of being a kids' show that teens and adults could get into. However, starting with ''VideoGame/DigimonWorldReDigitize'', ''Digimon'' entries took a notable shift away from the children's block to aim at the adults who grew up with ''Digimon'' instead, with ''VideoGame/DigimonStoryCyberSleuth'' (a game that was the first in the franchise to receive a CERO rating of B, meaning children were shut out of the game entirely), ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri'', ''VideoGame/DigimonWorldNextOrder'', and ''VideoGame/DigimonSurvive'' following suit. The staff for ''Cyber Sleuth'' indicated that this was because the franchise didn't sell with kids anymore. Since then, this has become a ZigZaggedTrope, as ''Digmon'' media after ''Anime/DigimonAdventureLastEvolutionKizuna''[[note]]Which some have interpreted as the franchise--or at least its anime adaptations--telling older fans to move on.[[/note]] seemingly shifted back into primarily trying to appeal to children, as shown with a newer card game getting released alongside [[Anime/DigimonAdventure2020 a reboot]] of ''Digimon Adventure''.

* ''Anime/DigimonGhostGame'' (TV series, 2021-ongoing)

** 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.

* Multiple [[TabletopGame/{{Digimon}} trading card games]].
** ''TabletopGame/DigimonCardGame''

* Multiple [[TabletopGame/{{Digimon}} trading card games]], with the most popular example being Hyper Colosseum.

* ''LightNovel/DigimonAdventure'' (2001) -- A retelling of the first series which also expands some of the lore.

Although the franchise was initially conceived as and is most known for being a children's franchise, it has been going through an AudienceShift as of late; dwindling sales of franchise media among children in TheNewTens have caused Bandai Namco and Toei Animation to shift their focus towards adults.

The franchise cultivates a sort of {{Multiverse}}; with a few exceptions (most famously the original ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' [[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 having two]] [[Anime/DigimonAdventureTri anime sequels]] and a [[Anime/DigimonAdventureLastEvolutionKizuna final movie]]) and barring the occasional IntercontinuityCrossover, each entry, even within the same media series, takes place in a different AlternateContinuity. Thus, although certain themes and elements such as the Digital World are franchise staples, the rules of the universe are subject to change depending on the work. The franchise itself is also subject to quite a large amount of WorldBuilding regarding the nature of Digimon and the Digital World, which may or may not be used in different ways. On a story level, the BondCreature premise leads to ThePowerOfFriendship being a common theme.

* RidiculouslySmallWings: Petitmon, Babydmon, and Dracomon have small wings for their bodies, but can fly nonetheless, with it being Handwaved as Petitmon and Babydmon being light enough and Dracomon only being capable of flight (and even then only for short times) under the influence of the X-Antibody.