History YMMV / DigimonAdventureTri

* DesignatedHero: The [=DigiDestined=]. With the exception of Izzy, none of them put any effort in trying to stop an ''ongoing'' Digimon rampage and rather spend time doing bonding activities, moping around or [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs doing activities while they mope]]. When Mimi actually tries to stop a rampaging Ogremon, it's less out of trying to stop people from getting hurt, and more out of an attempt to [[SkewedPriorities improve the Digimon's PR with humans]]. Their baffling refusal to acknowledge the ''02'' kids ''at all'' doesn't win them any favours, especially when they treat destroying an infected Imperialdramon ordered by a (fake) Ken as a happy victory (with no thought about where it came from). It's only until the end of the ''third'' movie that they try to do something proactive, but only so that they could find their missing partners. They fall back into their old habits in ''Coexistence'' where they would sit around to tell ghost stories even though a Digimon invasion is going on ''right outside''. When it's very clear that Meicoomon is a world-wiping abomination that is beyond saving, the group is still more concerned and determined in saving her despite the fact that ''even if she would be saved, the damage is done, and there is nothing that guarantees she won't infect anyone anymore''. At one point, even Meiko herself wants the Digidestined to kill Meicoomon, but several of these like Kari flat-out expressed that they don't care. They only decide to kill her once there's no more options, making Homeostasis look like a TheExtremistWasRight because it's just trying to do what the Digidestined did at the end. All in all, the [=DigiDestined=] can come off as self-centred jerks who only try to do something if the problem [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality concerns them]], and were never thoughtful of others.
* DesignatedVillain: The Chosen Children oppose Homeostasis in Part 5 because it wants Meicoomon killed to restore world harmony and they are intent on saving Meicoomon and handing her alive to Meiko rather than seeing their friend slain. The problem is that Homeostasis's solution is actually ''correct''. It's very clear that Meicoomon is going to devastate the world if left completely unchecked and it will happen again as long as she's left alive, and the [=DigiDestined=] are just {{Jerkass}}es over it (that they outright ignore Meiko's pleas to slay her rather than keeping her alive). The [=DigiDestined=]'s defense for keeping Meicoomon is also very weak, only summing up as she should be reunited with Meiko as a partner. At the very end, they also kill Meicoomon-as-Ordinemon and do exactly what Homeostasis is trying to do, rendering their opposition against Homeostasis moot.

** Hikari is able to reach out to Gatomon with a little friendly dream magic from Wizardmon. Except that there should be no reason for Wizardmon to be involved; despite his death in the Real World, Gatomon should not remember him after the Reboot.

** Meiko and Meicoomon don't get much screentime as [=DigiDestined=] and Partner. The only time where they ever spent time together is in "Determination" which is mostly a SliceOfLife episode that unwittingly results in her infecting all of the other [=DigiDestined=]'s Digmon, and by the end of Episode 4 where she briefly reunites, the Mysterious Man shows up, gets Meicoomon back for his plan and Meicoomon solidifies herself as the main antagonist. The potential could be easily used to introduce Meicoomon and Meiko as a temporary (or permanent) ally against more dangerous threats like Yggdrasil and the Mysterious Man instead of Homeostasis shutting Drasil down, but it's all wasted on portraying Meicoomon as an episodic antagonist and Meiko being a victim of the week that's sandwiched between what should otherwise be a traumatic situation worsened by a group of {{Designated Hero}}es that couldn't care less if the world ends.

** Hikari is able to reach out to Gatomon with a little friendly dream magic from Wizardmon. Except that there should be no reason for Wizardmon to be involved; despite his death in the Real World, Gatomon should still not remember him after the Reboot.

** Hikari is able to reach out to Gatomon with a little friendly dream magic from Wizardmon. Except that there should be no reason for Wizardmon to be involved; despite his death in the Real World, the Reboot should still have revived him with no memories of his time with Gatomon.

** Meicoomon being [[spoiler:a reborn Apocalymon, given it has no actual impact on her characterization amd seems to only be there for the sake of wanton shock value (likely to point out saving Meicoomon is a lost cause, not that the [=DigiDestined=] won't stop trying under the expense of everyone else). Since the only person who was told about it is Daigo and this fact (presumably) died with him, it could easily have been removed with absolutely no change to her role in the plot whatsoever.]]

* MemeticMolester: The Mysterious Man becomes this come ''Loss'', due to the infamous scene where he licks Sora and get's touchy-feely with Meiko.

* DesignatedHero: The [=DigiDestined=]. With the exception of Izzy, none of them put any effort in trying to stop an ''ongoing'' Digimon rampage and rather spend time doing bonding activities, moping around or [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs doing activities while they mope]]. When Mimi actually tries to stop a rampaging Ogremon, it's less out of trying to stop people from getting hurt, and more out of an attempt to [[SkewedPriorities improve the Digimon's PR with humans]]. Their baffling refusal to acknowledge the ''02'' kids ''at all'' doesn't win them any favours at all, especially when they treat destroying an infected Imperialdramon ordered by a (fake) Ken as a happy victory (with no thought about where did it come from). It's only until the end of the ''third'' movie that they try to do something proactive, but only so that they could find their missing partners. They fall back into their old habits in ''Coexistence'' where they would sit around to tell ghost stories even though a Digimon invasion is going on ''right outside''. When it's very clear that Meicoomon is a world-wiping abomination that is beyond saving, the group is still more concerned and determined in saving her despite the fact that ''even if she would be saved, the damage is done, and there is nothing that guarantees she won't infect anyone anymore''. At one point, even Meiko herself wants the Digidestined to kill Meicoomon, but several of these like Kari flat-out expressed that they don't care. They only decide to kill her once there's no more options, making Homeostasis look like a TheExtremistWasRight because it's just trying to do what the Digidestined did at the end. All in all, the [=DigiDestined=] can come off as self-centred jerks who only try to do something if the problem [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality concerns them]], and were never thoughtful of others.

* CrackPairing: Taichi/Mimi despite any canonical romantic subtext between them, has a noticeable following with some fanvids of them and they even dubbed as [[PortManteauCoupleName Michi.]]
* DesignatedHero: The [=DigiDestined=]. With the exception of Izzy, none of them put any effort in trying to stop an ''ongoing'' Digimon rampage and rather spend time doing bonding activities, moping around or [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs doing activities while they mope]]. When Mimi actually tries to stop a rampaging Ogremon, it's less out of trying to stop people from getting hurt, and more out of an attempt to [[SkewedPriorities improve the Digimon's PR with humans]]. Their baffling refusal to acknowledge the ''02'' kids ''at all'' don't win them any favours at all, especially when they treat destroying an infected Imperialdramon ordered by a (fake) Ken as a happy victory (with no thought about where did it come from). It's only until the end of the ''third'' movie that they try to do something proactive, but only so that they could find their missing partners. They fall back into their old habits in ''Coexistence'' where they would sit around to tell ghost stories even though a Digimon invasion is going on ''right outside''. When it's very clear that Meicoomon is a world-wiping abomination that is beyond saving, the group is still more concerned and determined in saving her despite the fact that ''even if she would be saved, the damage is done, and there is nothing that guarantees she won't infect anyone anymore''. At one point, even Meiko herself wants the Digidestined to kill Meicoomon, but several of these like Kari flat-out expressed that they don't care. They only decide to kill her once there's no more options, making Homeostasis look like a TheExtremistWasRight because it's just trying to do what the Digidestined did at the end. All in all, the [=DigiDestined=] can come off as self-centred jerks who only try to do something if the problem [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality concerns them]], and were never thoughtful of others.

** Meicoomon being [[spoiler:a reborn Apocalymon, given it has no actual impact on her characterization amd seems to only be there for the sake of wanton shock value (likely to point out saving Meicoomon is a lost cause, not that the [=DigiDestined=] won't stop trying under the expense of everyone else). Since the only person who was told about it is Daigo, it could easily have been removed with absolutely no change to her role in the plot whatsoever.]]

** Meicoomon being [[spoiler:a reborn Apocalymon, given it has no actual impact on her characterization, or how the other characters react to her (since the only person told this fact is Daigo), and could easily have been removed with absolutely no change to her role in the plot whatsoever.]]

** Meiko and Meicoomon don't get much screentime as DigiDestined and Partner, let alone seeing them fight together. The two appear at the end of the first movie, where Meiko reveals she's a DigiDestined. The second movie mostly has the kids and Digimon having fun, until Meicoomon is briefly kidnapped and after being returned, she and Meiko go their separate ways, where Meicoomon eventually becomes corrupted and gets rebooted alongside the other Digimon and the Digital World. When the DigiDestined reunite with their Digimon, Meiko and Meicoomon's reunion is short-lived before she Digivolves into Meicrackmon and becomes the primary antagonist for the remainder of the movie series. Much of the series has the two either being apart or not fighting side-by-side against dangerous foes, like the other Digi-Destined.

* OlderThanTheyThink: This isn't the first official work to give the other Digi-Destined's Digimon Mega evolutions: Tailmon and Patamon's Megas originally premiered in the ''02'''s NonSerialMovie, while all the team's Digimon were able to reach Mega in both the ''VideoGame/DigimonWonderswanSeries'' games and various V-pet handhelds. Following that, ''Digimon Battle Spirit 1.5'' swapped in Ophanimon for Holydramon as Tailmon's Mega and the PSP video game adaptation of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' likewise replaced Gomamon's original Mega, Plesiomon, with Vikemon. ''tri.'' follows the model of the PSP Game, apparently keeping Ophanimon and Vikemon; for the curious, the digivolutions from the PSP game [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx3AoqinpX4 can be viewed here.]]

* UnintentionallySympathetic: The ''02'' kids may not be popular but they're still good people, and seeing them trapped in the Digital World for who knows how long, [[ForgottenFallenFriend forgotten]] by [[WithFriendsLikeThese their friends]], is a needlessly cruel fate.

* FranchiseOriginalSin: One of the major cases of BrokenBase for the fandom revolves around Meiko and Meicoomon's inclusion, and whether or not they are a SpotlightStealingSquad. Meiko and Meicoomon are not the first case of this, though, rather they are preceded by Hikari[[note]]In ''Adventure'' she was Taichi's MysteriousWaif sister with a super-powerful Crest and unexplained SuperEmpowering abilities[[/note]], Wallace[[note]]{{Deuteragonist}} of the 02 movie ''Hurricane Touchdown''[[/note]], Ryo[[note]]Protagonist of the Wonderswan Games and SixthRanger for Anime/DigimonTamers[[/note]], and Koichi[[note]]SixthRanger for Anime/DigimonFrontier[[/note]]. All five of them come into their respective entries well after the initial cast is already established[[note]]Hikari joined the cast at the tail end of their trip back to Earth, Wallace was introduced in a (initially) NonSerialMovie and later returned in a Drama CD, Ryo joined past the half-way mark of Tamers, Koichi joined past the half-way mark for Frontier, and Meiko was introduced in the Third Installment of Adventure[[/note]], gain focus for themselves for a substantial portion of the series while there[[note]]Hikari's TheChosenOne status and super-powerful Digimon partner makes her Vamdemon's target, Wallace's DarkAndTroubledPast is the driving force of his movie, Ryo is celebrated as a great tamer and the only one who learns Matrix Evolution outside of the Main Trio, Koichi's remorse for his actions as Duskmon and existential crisis over possibly being dead last up until his actual death at the hands of [[BigBad Lucemon]] in the penultimate episode, and Meiko's development from a shy and meek girl to someone able to stand up for herself and make necessary decisions being one of the recurring subplots of tri.[[/note]], suffer grief over incidents [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone pertaining to their Digimon]] that are beyond their control[[note]]Hikari's guilt for not being there for Tailmon allowing her to be abused by Vamdemon, Wallace's second partner Kokomon having a FaceHeelTurn and kidnapping most of the 01 destined, Ryo's true partner being the destructive Millenieumon and being the cause of the problems for the Wonderswan Games, Koichi's actions while acting as Duskmon, and Meiko's partner being the reincarnation of the original BigBad Apocalymon[[/note]], and are welcomed into the group with open arms[[note]]Being Tai's sister, Hikari happily joins the team, Wallace is considered a full fledged destined and friend by the movies end, Ryo is welcomed by the other tamers including Rika, Kouichi is openly accepted by the other Legendary Warriors after being freed, and Meiko is considered one of the main destined by the others[[/note]]. Reasons for this vary from considering Meiko to be a SpotlightStealingSquad for the main cast, considering Meiko to be a SpotlightStealingSquad for the 02 cast, or considering Meiko's character arc to be underwhelming.

* JustHereForGodzilla: Due to the issues with the series, there are many who only stayed with it or watched it to see the other digidestined's partners finally get their Mega forms or if they would ''finally'' mention the 02 cast. Or, with the release of ''Loss'', if they would unveil the rest of the five original Chosen Children and tell their entire story.

* OlderThanTheyThink: This isn't the first official work to give the other Digi-Destined's Digimon Mega evolutions: Tailmon and Patamon's Megas originally premiered in the 02's NonSerialMovie, while all the team's Digimon were able to reach Mega in both the ''VideoGame/DigimonWonderswanSeries'' games and various V-pet handhelds. Following that, ''Digimon Battle Spirit 1.5'' swapped in Ophanimon for Holydramon as Tailmon's Mega and the PSP video game adaptation of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' likewise replaced Gomamon's original Mega, Plesiomon, with Vikemon. ''tri.'' follows the model of the PSP Game, apparently keeping Ophanimon and Vikemon; for the curious, the digivolutions from the PSP game [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx3AoqinpX4 can be viewed here.]]

** Despite being the BigBad of ''Reunion'' and a major antagonist throughout the series, Alphamon has little characterization outside of serving Yggdrasil. He's TheVoiceless, so no reason is ever given for his AdaptationalVillainy, and anything involving him is left up in the air, namely his battle with the 02 kids. His [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse sudden disappearance]] once Ordinemon shows up without any idea about him leaves him feeling less like a character and more like an obstacle.

** The disappearance of the 02 kids. There's [[{{Filler}} plenty of room]] for emotion involving it and the 01 kids worrying for their friends who haven't been seen in months... but the first two films don't address this ''at all'', even when one of them shows up in their face with a BrainwashedAndCrazy version of his Digimon (it isn't actually them, but an impostor... which makes you wonder why they'd even bother with the disguise). It takes until the ''third'' movie, halfway through, for the Adventure kids to make ''some'' effort... but not much. Even many who ''didn't'' like them find this a waste.
** The decision to explore the largely speculated original five Chosen Children and the origin of the four Digimon Sovereigns as the plot of ''tri.'' has been very well received and considered one of the main draws of the anime, as well as the reason why many of its detractors followed the series despite its faults. However, this also gets the opposite reaction because it highlights precisely all the flaws of the format, making people realize and lament how this plot could have given birth to an unanimously awesome {{Prequel}} series had it been played better.
** The defeat of [=BelialVamdemon=] in the climax of 02 being canon due to WordOfGod meant that the barrier between the worlds are gone. One viewer [[https://www.reddit.com/r/digimon/comments/8h2b2a/digimon_adventure_tri_part_6_is_a_strong_finish/dyhdjal/ stated]] that ''tri.'' could have been the Interquel to 02's DistantFinale that would answer how humans and Digimon could coexist through the efforts of the Digidestined. Their involvement in current human history throughout the years would had been a bigger deconstruction than canon since it involves the whole world and explores the possible interactions and relations between other humans and Digimon. Instead, the main plot boils down to: [[RecycledPlot Yggdrasil is a villain (again), save the unknowing human world from the Monsters of the Digital World (again) while the ending of 02 seemingly went back to the same kind of status quo seen at the beginning of 01 and 02 where the two worlds were segregated (again).]]

* UnintentionallySympathetic: The 02 kids may not be popular but they're still good people, and seeing them trapped in the Digital World for who knows how long, [[ForgottenFallenFriend forgotten]] by [[WithFriendsLikeThese their friends]], is a needlessly cruel fate.

* MoralEventHorizon: The Mysterious Man crossed it in Part 2 when he murders the Digieggs while disguised as Ken.

* SeasonalRot: ''Loss'' was seen as a downgrade in both animation quality and story-writing compared to the previous movie ''Confession''. Many fans took issue with Sora's character development and her conflict with Biyomon being contrived, as well as how many questions remained unanswered while having more plot points dumped into the mix.

** Despite a very positive initial response, ''tri.'' soon alienated much of the audience due to what can be perceived as derivative and uninspired plot threads[[note]]The less popular ''[[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 02]]'' cast apparently suffering a BusCrash in the prologue, the partner Digimon losing their memories, Yggdrasil [[RecycledPlot once again]] enacting a war upon humanity, etc.[[/note]], poor handling of the characters' personalities and motivations [[note]]An enormous amount of focus on the divisive Meiko to the detriment of the beloved original characters, the original characters themselves acting like self-entitled jerks, Dark Gennai creepily assaulting Sora, and {{Flanderization}} in Agumon's case[[/note]], absolutely egregious beginner's writing flaws [[note]]Ignoring MagicAIsMagicA whenever convenient, characters getting guilt-free cards over selfish actions that benefit nobody and the post-''Confession'' script often ''forgets'' there was a reboot to begin with[[/note]], and an excessive amount of {{Padding}}. The final film, in which several plot points are either dealt with off-screen or left unresolved, only contributed to make many watchers refuse to accept the saga as part of the main continuity.

** Despite a very positive initial response, ''tri.'' soon alienated much of the audience due to what can be perceived as derivative and uninspired plot threads[[note]]The less popular ''[[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 02]]'' cast apparently suffering a BusCrash in the prologue, the partner Digimon losing their memories, Yggdrasil [[RecycledPlot once again]] enacting a war upon humanity, etc.[[/note]], poor handling of the characters' personalities and motivations [[note]]An enormous amount of focus on the divisive Meiko to the detriment of the beloved original characters, the original characters themselves acting like self-entitled jerks, Dark Gennai creepily assaulting Sora, and {{Flanderization}} in Agumon's case[[/note]], absolutely egregious beginner's writing flaws [[note]]Ignoring MagicAIsMagicA whenever convenient, characters getting guilt-free cards over selfish actions that benefit nobody and the script often ''forgets'' there was a rrboot to begin with[[/note]], and an excessive amount of {{Padding}}. The final film, in which several plot points are either dealt with off-screen or left unresolved, only contributed to make many watchers refuse to accept the saga as part of the main continuity.

** Despite a very positive initial response, ''tri.'' soon alienated much of the audience due to what can be perceived as derivative and uninspired plot threads[[note]]The less popular ''[[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 02]]'' cast apparently suffering a BusCrash in the prologue, TheMentor turning evil, the partner Digimon losing their memories, Yggdrasil [[RecycledPlot once again]] enacting a war upon humanity, etc.[[/note]], poor handling of the characters' personalities and motivations [[note]]An enormous amount of focus on the divisive Meiko to the detriment of the beloved original characters, Dark Gennai creepily assaulting Sora, and {{Flanderization}} in Agumon's case[[/note]], and an excessive amount of {{Padding}}. The final film, in which several plot points are either dealt with off-screen or left unresolved, only contributed to make many watchers refuse to accept the saga as part of the main continuity.

** In ''Loss'', when the [=DigiDestined=] are separated by the Mysterious Man and Machinedramon, they regroup by transversing through distortions suddenly occurring all over the Digital World. This is never elaborated upon and doesn't happen in anywhere else, and most Distortions forbid entry after a while or lead to random places.

* ContestedSequel: While the increased CharacterFocus on the original cast of ''Adventure'', the exploration of the long speculated-on "original Digidestined" the climatic battle scenes for the most part and the [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic well-received remasters of the original soundtracks]], many criticized the series' long-winded pacing, [[CluelessMystery poor handling (or lack thereof)]] of plot threads, making the original [=DigiDestined=] seem more incompetent and like a bunch of uncaring assholes, extremely incoherent and haphazard writing that wouldn't be out of place in the newbie's fanfic, and an inconclusive ending.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The scene in ''Loss'' where, as Sora is having some angst issues and Taichi and Yamato try to help her, Agumon floats by on a log, asleep, forcing Tai to leap into the river and pull him off. No explanation is given for how Agumon wound up on the log in the first place, it does nothing to move the story along, and the next time Agumon appears he's back with the other Digimon again, leaving the moment to be never spoken off again.

* ContestedSequel: While the increased CharacterFocus on the original cast of ''Adventure'', the exploration of the long speculated-on "original Digidestined" the climatic battle scenes for the most part and the [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic remasters of the original soundtracks]] were well-received, many criticized the series' long-winded pacing, [[CluelessMystery poor handling (or lack thereof)]] of plot threads, making the original [=DigiDestined=] seem more incompetent and like a bunch of uncaring assholes, extremely incoherent and haphazard writing that wouldn't be out of place in the newbie's fanfic, and an inconclusive ending.

* ContestedSequel: While the increased CharacterFocus on the original cast of ''Adventure'' and the exploration of the long speculated-on "original Digidestined" were well-received, many criticized the series' long-winded pacing, [[CluelessMystery poor handling (or lack thereof)]] of plot threads, making the original [=DigiDestined=] seem more incompetent and like a bunch of uncaring assholes, extremely incoherent and haphazard writing that wouldn't be out of place in the newbie's fanfic, and an inconclusive ending.

* ContestedSequel: While the increased CharacterFocus on the original cast of ''Adventure'' and the exploration of the long speculated-on "original Digidestined" were well-received, many criticized the series' long-winded pacing, [[CluelessMystery poor handling (or lack thereof)]] of plot threads involving the ''02'' characters, making the original [=DigiDestined=] seem more incompetent and like a bunch of uncaring assholes, extremely incoherent and haphazard writing that wouldn't be out of place in the newbie's fanfic, and an inconclusive ending.

* ContestedSequel: While the increased CharacterFocus on the original cast of ''Adventure'' and the exploration of the long speculated-on "original Digidestined" were well-received, many criticized the series' long-winded pacing, [[CluelessMystery poor handling (or lack thereof)]] of plot threads involving the ''02'' characters, making the original [=DigiDestined=] seem more incompetent and like a bunch of uncaring assholes, and inconclusive ending.

** The fight with Imperialdramon. Some like it, especially the fact Palmon and Gomamon's Megas have finally appeared, others feel not enough weight was put into the fact the Digidestined were fighting (and end up ''killing'') their BrainwashedAndCrazy friend. Granted, Wormmon and Veemon are Digimon and can respawn, but many feel there should've been much more reaction to and emotion to that event than there was instead of him just being treated like a MonsterOfTheWeek.

* DesignatedHero: The [=DigiDestined=]. With the exception of Izzy, none of them put any effort in trying to stop an ''ongoing'' Digimon rampage and rather spend time doing bonding activities, moping around or [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs doing activities while they mope]]. When Mimi actually tries to stop a rampaging Ogremon, it's less out of trying to stop people from getting hurt, and more out of an attempt to [[SkewedPriorities improve the Digimon's PR with humans]]. Their baffling refusal to acknowledge the ''02'' kids ''at all'' don't win them any favours at all, especially when they treat destroying a brainwashed Imperialdramon as a happy victory. It's only until the end of the ''third'' movie that they try to do something proactive, but only so that they could find their missing partners. They fall back into their old habits in ''Coexistence'' where they would sit around to tell ghost stories even though a Digimon invasion is going on ''right outside''. When it's very clear that Meicoomon is a world-wiping abomination that is beyond saving, the group is still more concerned and determined in saving her despite the fact that ''even if she would be saved, the damage is done, and there is nothing that doesn't guarantee she won't infect anyone anymore''. At one point, even Meiko herself wants the Digidestined to kill Meicoomon, but several of these like Kari flat-out expressed that they don't care. They only decide to kill her once there's no more options, making Homeostasis look like a TheExtremistWasRight because it's just trying to do what the Digidestined did at the end. All in all, the [=DigiDestined=] can come off as self-centred jerks who only try to do something if the problem [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality concerns them]], and were never thoughtful of others.

** The very thing that triggers Gatomon's Dark Evolution is very abrupt and bizzare, at the least. It's as simple as Taichi falling off a crevasse, nothing more. There's no search attempt and everyone just thinks he's dead, with Yamato outright announcing that he will [[TakeUpHisSword take his place]].