Line #3 Anime/DigimonXEvolution


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3	''Digital Monster X-Evolution'', or ''Digimon X-Evolution'', is a stand alone film, completely unrelated to any ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' anime, instead being loosely inspired by [[AllThereInTheManual the Digimon Chronicle storyline]]. It is notable for being the first ''Digimon'' '''anything''' without any humans (the later ''VideoGame/DigimonWorld4'' also didn't have any humans, and it used sequences from this movie for its intro).
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5	This movie further differs from the rest of ''Digimon'' in that it was done [[AllCGICartoon completely in CGI]] (done by Imagi Animation Studios of ''WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}}'') and [[NoExportForYou has never been dubbed into English]], possibly relating to either [[AmericansHateTingle how it was produced at a point when the franchise was in limbo in the western world]], or [[DarkerAndEdgier for its heightened level of violence]].
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7	The Digital World has become overpopulated and Yggdrasil, the super computer in charge of overseeing the Digital World, has essentially run out of bandwidth. He thus takes his Royal Knights and a select few of the Digimon to a new, more easily processable Digital World, and then unleashes the X-virus to destroy all life on the original Digital World. However, several Digimon that were left behind develop the X-Antibody, an immunity against the virus. This antibody not only makes them immune to the virus, but also changed the Digimon who possessed it into more powerful forms, becoming X-Antibody Digimon.
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9	After the virus runs its course, the X-Antibody Digimon manage to find their way to the new Digital World, kicking off a [[FantasticRacism racial divide]] between them and the original Digimon chosen by Yggdrasil, who soon orders his Royal Knights to destroy them. The movie then focuses around Omegamon, Dukemon and Magnamon, three of the thirteen Royal Knights, as they try and come to terms with the orders given to them by Yggdrasil.
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11	As these events occur, the plot follows a young X-Antibody Digimon named [=DORUmon=] as he wanders the new Digital World, stumbling into conflicts between the X-Antibody resistance and the Royal Knights. In doing so, he comes to care for and protect a young Tokomon, and also embark on a quest to discover his true heritage.
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13	!!Tropes present in ''Digimon X-Evolution'':
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15	* AdaptedOut: Alphamon's Ouryuken blade is normally formed from Ouryumon, but the latter isn't mentioned at all in the film.
16	* AllThereInTheManual: If you didn't know a Mushmon was a Mushmon or a Tyranomon was a Tyranomon, you'd need to look those up yourself - unlike any other Digimon movie or show, names are almost never called out, nor are there handy subtitles or cue cards telling you who's who. Hell, it's difficult to find the name of ''the main character''![[labelnote:*]]Until he evolves to Alphamon, [=DORUmon=]'s name is mentioned only once or twice, and only by the Royal Knights when [=DORUmon=] himself is nowhere in sight.[[/labelnote]]
17	* ApocalypseHow: ''Twice''. Once in the backstory, when Yggdrasil created a new world, brought one percent of living Digimon over to it, and then unleashed a virus into the old world in order to [[DepopulationBomb solve overpopulation]]. Then once again [[spoiler:at the climax, when Yggdrasil's attempt to destroy the world is co-opted by the heroes.]]
18	* ArtShift: Unlike all the other Digimon series, this movie uses CGI animation instead of the normal hand drawn style.
19	* BackFromTheDead: Several characters come back from the dead, usually getting a new X-Antibody. And [[UnexplainedRecovery usually coming back unexplained.]]
20	* BadassArmFold: Dukemon is usually in this pose when outside of combat.
21	* BadassCape: Omegamon, Dukemon, and Alphamon all have these.
22	* BashBrothers: [=WarGreymon=] X and [=MetalGarurumon=] X
23	* {{BFS}}:
24	** Alphamon, full stop. Almost crosses into ImprobableWeaponUser as his sword looks more like an ax... that's as tall as he is.
25	** Dukemon X gets one, as well. It doubles over with LaserBlade.
26	* BigDamnHeroes: Several of them.
27	** [=MetalGarurumon=] X [[spoiler: came back from the dead]] for his moment. This movie is filled with badasses.
28	** [[spoiler: Special points to Dukemon X's one from nowhere, vaporising a swarm of [=Death-X-DORUGreymon=] with his Final Elysium.]]
29	* CallingYourAttacks: As with any self-respecting Digimon series.
30	* CameBackStrong: [[spoiler: Dukemon zig-zags this trope. Technically, he didn't die, since his body disappeared, but the X-Antibody that he obtained gave him a massive power boost upon his return.]]
31	* CentralTheme: Living creatures' will to survive. Not even [[spoiler:[[PhysicalGod Yggdrasil]]]] is immune.
32	* ChildrenAreInnocent: Pretty much the entire point of Tokomon.
33	* CurbStompBattle: When Omegamon and Alphamon go to confront [[spoiler: Yggdrasil]], they get attacked by one of his monsters. Omegamon attacks head on, and gets his ass handed to him for awhile. Cue Alphamon jumping in and defeating the thing in less then ten seconds.
34	** Omegamon versus everything else is one.
35	** One battle with Omegamon consists of [=DORUmon=] and Tokomon repeatedly getting smacked back into a tree.
36	* DepopulationBomb: The X-Program, which killed every digimon who didn't either develop an antibody or preemptively evacuate into the new world.
37	* DownInTheDumps: [=DORUmon=] ends up unconscious in a trash dump after Yggdrasil finishes [[spoiler:copying his code.]] Luckily, a group of refugees who have been getting by via scavenging from the dump chance across and rescue him.
38	* TheDreaded: Omegamon's mere appearance is enough to kick off panicked stampedes. Not that running helps.
39	* EarnYourHappyEnding: Alphamon had to [[spoiler: kill himself and allow Omegamon to delete ''everything'']] in order to achieve the happy ending.
40	* EleventhHourSuperpower:
41	** [[spoiler: Dorumon]] doesn't digivolve to Alphamon until the last ten minutes.
42	** Also, [[spoiler: Omegamon gets the X-Antibody and becomes Omegamon X, becoming ''much'' stronger]].
43	* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Brought to you courtesy of [[spoiler:Yggdrasil]].
44	* EnemyWithout: Alphamon realizes during his fight with [[spoiler:[=Death-X-mon=]]], that they are connected. So what does he do? He [[spoiler: impales Yggdrasil and himself on his sword, effectively killing them both]].
45	* EverythingFades: Aversion. Here the dead leave their bodies behind. [[spoiler: [[NotQuiteDead This is really important.]]]]
46	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: [[ResetButton ALL DELETE.]]
47	* GoodSamaritan: Wizarmon finds an unconscious [=DORUgamon=], fittingly enough, among trash after he was thrown out of Yggdrasil's room like trash. Despite the Mummymon warning him against this and despite never meeting [=DORUgamon=] before, Wizarmon takes him in to recover and helps him escape when their hideout is jeopardized.
48	%%* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Omegamon.]]
49	* HeroicSacrifice:
50	** [[spoiler:Alphamon]] performs one in order to defeat [[spoiler:[=Death-X-mon=]]]. This is also how [[spoiler: Omegamon]] gets his X-Antibody.
51	** [[spoiler: [=MetalGarurumon X=] pulls this off to save Tokomon, giving him his X-Antibody.]]
52	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Magnamon states that Yggdrasil created Dorumon for experimentation purposes. [[spoiler: Guess who ends up screwing Yggdrasil's plans over?]]
53	* TheJuggernaut: Omegamon spends most of the movie being a completely unstoppable force, executing Yggdrasil's will. Even while working together Wargreymon X and Metalgarurumon X, the strongest fighters on the "rebel" side, are severely outmatched against him.
54	* JustFollowingOrders: The Royal Knights only act as Yggdrasil tells them to. Metalgarurumon X tries to defend them with this argument at first, but Wargreymon X points out that the choice to follow those orders is still their own.
55	* KarmaHoudini: Omegamon not only never faces any consequences for exterminating thousands of Digimon under the orders of Yggdrasil, but [[spoiler: he also gets stronger with the help of the X-Antibody.]] Sure he was just following orders, he actually believed that X-Digimon were dangerous, [[spoiler: he makes a HeelFaceTurn and contributes to defeating Yggdrasil at the end,]] but his complicity with Yggdrasil's genocidal plan is evident.
56	* KilledOffForReal: Anyone infected with the X-Program who doesn't develop an X-Antibody and accordingly evolve to their X variant. Also, Leomon. [[RunningGag Again]].
57	* KudzuPlot: Can get pretty confusing due to a lot of things never being fully explained, if at all.
58	* LaResistance: Led by Wargreymon X and Metalgarurumon X.
59	* LightIsNotGood: The Royal Knights are light themed antagonists (with Dukemon being an exception [[spoiler:and later Omegamon]]).
60	* MacrossMissileMassacre: Metalgarurumon X as his namesake would imply. Specifically his Garuru Burst attack.
61	* MoralEventHorizon: InUniverse, Metalgarurumon X considers Omegamon's beatdown of [=DORUmon=] and Tokomon to be this for the Royal Knights. Before that, he thought it was possible for the refugees to reason with the Knights, who historically have been the Digital World's protectors.
62	* MyMasterRightOrWrong:
63	** Omegamon is devoted to Yggdrasil and thus carries out its orders, despite feeling heavily conflicted on some of his actions. His loyalty comes from his belief that all of Yggdrasil's decisions, no matter how arcane or inscrutable in the moment, always contribute to the Digital World's prosperity in the long run. [[spoiler: Hence his defection when he learns that Yggdrasil intends to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy the world]].]]
64	** Magnamon, the only Royal Knight to [[spoiler:not defect after learning the full scope of Project Ark.]]
65	* NoFlowInCGI: Though they did give Omegamon and Dukemon their signature {{badass cape}}s, they're awkwardly animated to a fairly visible extent. Similarly, [=DORUmon=]'s fur.
66	* [[spoiler:OmnicidalManiac]]: [[spoiler:Yggdrasil pulls out all the stops in the climax.]]
67	* OneManArmy:
68	** Omegamon wiping out literally hundreds of Triceramon.
69	** Also Wargreymon X, [[spoiler: Dukemon X, and Metalgarurumon X]] all manage to take down dozens of [=Death-X-DoruGreymon=] by themselves. [[spoiler:Dukemon X]] all but straight up calls themselves this, telling everyone else to evacuate because they alone will be enough to hold the line against the entire enemy force.
70	* OverpopulationCrisis: The impetus behind Project Ark.
71	* ThePlague: The X-Program, designed to delete 99% of all Digimon in the Digital World.
72	* RageAgainstTheReflection: [=DORUmon=] has a little of this [[spoiler: after he's evolved to [=DORUGreymon=];]] shockingly similar, [[CloneAngst and with good reason, to the [=Death-X-DORUGreymon=] attacking the rebel Digimon.]]
73	* RedOniBlueOni: Wargreymon X is much more aggressive towards the Royal Knights and is more willing to fight them. Metalgarurumon X on the other hand still isn't sure that the Royal Knights are really their enemies, and is usually more calm.
74	* RedShirtArmy: The Tyranomon and Triceramon X that Omegamon [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill annihilates]], and the Mushmon during the battle with the [=Death-X-DORUGreymon=].
75	* ResetButton: [[spoiler:Yggdrasil's]] plans involve hitting the entire Digital World's reset button.[[spoiler: Omegamon X ultimately hits the button himself during his final assault on Yggdrasil.]]
76	* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: The Andromon who ratted out the gathering of Digimon to the Royal Knights is killed by Omnimon. Omnimon later attempts to do the same for [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn Dukemon]], but Dukemon was expecting it and already had unspecified countermeasures in place]].
77	* RunningGag: ''X-Evolution'' sets an internal record for [[TheyKilledKenny the fastest Leomon death]] in any ''Digimon'' continuity - it offs a Leomon in ''the first three minutes''. This one doesn't even get physically hurt to cause the death.
78	* SacrificialLamb: Leomon dies, [[ForegoneConclusion again]]. His death in the very first scene makes him a Lamb instead of his usual Sacrificial Lion.
79	* SendInTheClones: Yggdrasil's army of [[spoiler: [=Death-X-DORUGreymons=]]].
80	* ShoutOut: Well, some are pretty obvious, others not so much, and there are plenty of [[MythologyGag internal Digimon ones]].
81	** That the two rebel leaders happen to be [[Anime/DigimonAdventure the two Digimon who traditionally comprise Omegamon]] can't be a coincidence.
82	** Any Digimon who previously appeared in the anime had their original voice actor.
83	** Wargreymon X's Poseidon Force looks suspiciously similar to the [[Franchise/DragonBall Spirit Bomb]].
84	* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: The only way Alphamon was able to defeat Death-X-mon/Dexmon.]]
85	* ThanatosGambit: [[spoiler: Dukemon, who fights Omegamon and purposely allows himself to be killed. This achieves three goals: making Omegamon doubt his master openly for the first time and giving Dukemon the opportunity to investigate Yggdrasil's actions and get himself an upgrade (the X-antibody) in order to be revived.]] "There's something I wanted to check" indeed, since its gambit was so awesome it included coming back from the dead in a way which wasn't predicted by the overseers of the Digital World (Yggdrasil and the Royal Knights).
86	* ThirdPersonPerson: I, Dukemon, spoke like this. Just like he did in the original ''Anime/DigimonTamers'', making it a ShoutOut, too.
87	* TookALevelInBadass: Literally. Compare and contrast Dorumon: Child Level and TheWoobie -- and his evolution, Alphamon: Ultimate Level and badass.
88	* WellIntentionedExtremist: Magnamon. All he wants to do is her/his job; unfortunately, that means siding with [[spoiler:Yggdrasil]] in destroying/resetting the world. Same could go for Omegamon, since he believes that Digimon with an X-Antibody are corrupted monsters bent on destroying everything ([[AlternateCharacterInterpretation may]][[JustFollowingOrders be]]). Guess who destroys the most: [[spoiler:Omegamon in his final action in the movie, hitting the ResetButton with his All Delete attack and accordingly wiping out everyone still alive, himself included...]]
89	* WhatTheHellHero: Metalgarurumon X to Omegamon upon seeing his handiwork with [=DORUmon=] and Tokomon.
90	--> '''Metalgarurumon X''': Is this the justice of the Royal Knights?!
91	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's never explained what happened with Wargreymon X, Metalgarurumon X, or Magnamon after Yggdrasil's defeat.
92	* TheWorfEffect:
93	** It appears to be set up twice for Alphamon but it [[SubvertedTrope turns out]] his greater success in battle compared to the established Digimon may not have anything to do with his strength, nor that of the enemy's.
94	** Omegamon gets hit by this hard towards the end, mainly to show off how [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter badass Alphamon is.]] But again, it is possible that this is a SubvertedTrope as well for the same reason as the above.
95	* WouldHurtAChild:
96	** In their second encounter, Omegamon spends a good amount of time clubbing Tokomon to death.
97	** Magnamon is not above threatening Tokomon's life [[spoiler:in order to draw [=DORUmon=] out.]]
98	* YouShallNotPass: [[spoiler: [=MetalGarurumon X=]]] holds the line against the army of [=Death-X-DORUGreymons=] after his return.

Context Anime / DigimonXEvolution