Line #19 YMMV/DigimonAdventure02


1	* AccidentalInnuendo:
2	** Myotismon's line just before he emerges in his true form, where he says that he'll reveal himself, makes it sound like he's about to flash everyone.
3	** Earlier on in the series, from Episode 23, Ken talks about the conflict he had with Osamu (his older brother), he says "He didn't have to hit me, I just wanted to play with his toy."
4	* {{Adorkable}}:
5	** Ken displays traits of this once he joins the team as a contrast to his former Kaiser persona; he's incredibly awkward and somewhat socially inept, but it only makes him come off as more of a nice guy.
6	** Wormmon's childlike behavior and voice make him incredibly cute and endearing.
7	** Yolei is a cute, hyper, absent-minded Cloudcuckoolander, but a smart and loveable DitzyGenius nonetheless.
8	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
9	** The LoveTriangle between Davis, Kari, and T.K. weren't deeply explored outside of Davis' jealousy and envy of T.K. and his giant crush on Kari. While Hikari and Takeru were established to be close, their specific feelings were left untouched, leaving the whole LoveTriangle as an AmbiguousSituation. The DubText played up the romantic flavors of these relationships, with Kari making quips in ''Anime/DigimonTheMovie'' about deliberately making Davis jealous and about how much he misses her.
10	** In the show's writing, Davis' infamous crush on Kari and envy of T.K. were mostly just {{Running Gag}}s that fell by the wayside once Davis had Ken to pal around with, but did he actually move on, or did he continue to harbor unstated feelings? (The CD Drama ''Natsu e no Tobira'' confirms that Daisuke is carrying some angst over Hikari turning him down for a date and thus still has some interest in her.)
11	** The psychology of Ken and the Kaiser/Emperor is a favorite subject of the fanbase. How much of the Kaiser persona is Ken and how much of it is the Dark Spore? Exactly how thorough was Ken's conversion?
12	** There's also some for Sam, Ken's late older brother. How much family angst between the two happened was Sam's fault and how much was Ken's? How greatly was the Dark Spore distorting Ken's perceptions and memories?
13	** Dagomon is an EnsembleDarkhorse among the [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter Wasted Characters]], but has no actual role as a character, leading to much speculation. In fanfic, he frequently figures as a BigBad waiting for his chance to strike and desires to use Kari for his own purposes (which grew so common that many people forgot that Kari's kidnapping [[CommonKnowledge was in reality the plot of his rebellious minions]]).
14	** The show's second LoveTriangle, between Tai, Sora, and Matt, has also generated plenty, even among the creative staff. [[WordOfGod Original head writer]] Kakudou, who had always intended for Matt and Sora to marry, explicitly rejects any Taichi-Sora romance; other writers and even some of [[WordOfStPaul the voice actors]], however, seemed to favor Taichi-Sora. The Diablomon movies in particular ([[DependingOnTheWriter which lacked Kakudou's influence]]) are a hotbed of Taichi-Sora ShipTease. Also, there's the question of whether ''Taichi'' has feelings for Sora, highlighted when Sora brings cookies to Matt's concert; in the dub his romantic feelings are explicit, but in the Japanese original, he only has a wistful look and a comment from Agumon that he's become like an adult, which could be interpreted as gracefully deciding IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy.
15	* AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:[=BelialVamdemon=]]]. He makes one hell of a first impression by [[spoiler:horrifically torturing Archnemon then one-shotting Mummymon]], on top of being [[spoiler:a fan favorite villain from the original ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'']]. Problem is, he is put at a severe disadvantage the two times he is confronted by the kids. Firstly, he decides to fight them [[spoiler:in a dimension where their Digimon produce copies of themselves upon evolving, leaving him to face an army of every single evolved form the children had access to at the same time]]. Then, when he decides to take the fight to the Digital World, the Digidestined find out that he has a WeaksauceWeakness in the form of [[spoiler:giving hopes and dreams to the children that had been infected by his dark spores. The final battle can best be summed up like this: Random corrupted child proclaims, "I want to be (profession)!" or related, followed by one of [=BelialVamdemon=]'s limbs exploding. One could say that Imperialdramon Fighter Mode's Giga Death finishing off what remained of the villain was just overkill at that point]].
16	* ArcFatigue: [=BlackWarGreymon=]'s story arc has gotten flak due to not much being done for him in the way of characterization, as it consists of him destroying one Destiny [[note]]Holy in the original[[/note]] Stone after another while {{No Sell}}ing everything thrown his way by the main characters.
17	* AssPull:
18	** While the Dark Towers served as a handy excuse to prevent the original team from evolving naturally and allowed the show to focus on the new kids and their shiny new Armor evolutions, the HandWave keeping them on the sidelines post-Emperor was a blatant VoodooShark. To wit, ''02'' insisted the older kids had somehow surrendered the power of the crests to protect the digital world barrier after the Diablomon incident, which ignores the original ''Adventure'' indicating that the power of the crests was actually created by the children themselves and gives no reason as to how the kids could stop generating that power -- not to mention the bigger question of "Wasn't the portal to the digital world supposed to be closed forever?" This also raises a lot of questions regarding Ken's Crest of Kindness. Why did he get a crest when none of the others got to keep theirs? Why didn't he ever do anything with it? Since it had already been established that the armor digi-eggs don't have to line up with the crests, wouldn't it have been better for him to get a Digi-Egg of Kindness?
19	** During the battle against [=SkullSatamon=], a plot point is made the original Digimon need to devolve and then return to the Digital World because they can't stay in the real world for too long. Not only is this absolutely bollocks, because the original Digimon ''did'' stay longer than that in the real world during the previous season, but no explanation whatsoever is given as to why this never happened to the ''new'' Digimon who have been living nearly 24/7 outside of the Digital World. It feels like an extremely contrived way to rob the original Digimon of what little spotlight they had left.
20	* AudienceAlienatingEnding: The DistantFinale was not well-received by the fanbase. For starters, [[spoiler:the epilogue came out of nowhere and stated that nearly everyone on earth now has a Digimon of their own]]. Another issue fans have with the ending is the career choices and pairings that the cast ended up with. One example is [[spoiler:Sora ending up with Matt instead of Tai (Despite that [[Anime/DigimonAdventure the original series]] and ''Our War Game'' seemed to lean towards Tai x Sora more). Speaking of Matt, the ending revealed that he became an astronaut, even though that the series had him being an aspiring rock-star]]. And lastly, the series ends with several plotlines being left unresolved.
21	* BadassDecay:
22	** Remember Angemon, who was so powerful in the first season that he didn't start making regular appearances until everyone else had reached the Ultimate level? Well now he exists to [[TheWorfEffect get Worfed]] and DNA Digivolve with Ankylomon, and even when they fight against Digimon he should have a clear-cut advantage over (the Daemon corps) he doesn't fare any better. [=MagnaAngemon=] initially avoids this trope at first. He actually puts up a good fight against [=BlackWarGreymon=] when no other Digimon up to that point could scratch him, and only lost because BWG managed to cut off his power source. He then gets hit with this trope when he only appears to give his power to Imperialdramon to help fight [=SkullSatamon=] even though [=SkullSatamon=] is a Digimon that [=MagnaAngemon=] should have had no trouble walking all over, especially considering [[HolyBurnsEvil what he's going up against]].[[note]][=SkullSatamon=] was initially introduced as a Mega level in ''[[VideoGame/DigimonAdventureAnodeCathodeTamer Anode Tamer]]'', and the script was likely completed before the Digimon was permanently changed to being an Ultimate. This is likely why he was able to handle the Ultimate level Digimon and Imperialdramon Dragon Mode so easily despite his level. Even then, [=MagnaAngemon=] was able to deliver a CurbStompBattle to Piedmon, a Mega who also happens to be a BigBad, so the trope would still be in play even if [=SkullSatamon=] was a Mega.[[/note]]
23	** Magnamon. When he first appears in ''Anime/DigimonTheMovie'' he and his associate Rapidmon can go toe-to-toe with a [[OlympusMons very powerful Mega]]. Seraphimon and Magnadramon (two legendary and very powerful Mega Digimon in their own right) appeared [[DemotedToExtra just so]] Davis and Willis could have the Golden Digimentals to golden armor digivolve their Digimon. However, when Magnamon appears in the series he struggles to defeat Chimeramon (who was originally meant to be Mega-level, but later material insists on treating him as only an Ultimate).
24	** Omnimon, who wiped out an army of Diaboromon in his first apperance, can't handle a swarm of Kuramon during his appearance in ''Diaboromon Strikes Back''. Not only is Kuramon Diaboromon's weaker, [[EvolutionPowerup unevolved form]], there were fewer Kuramon than there were Diaboromon, the entire scene makes no sense unless you look at it as the writers fumbling to bring out [[MerchandiseDriven a brand new form]]. On the other hand, Omnimon made a beeline for Diablomon and succeeded in the goal of dispatching the main threat... only to belatedly realize how Diablomon's new plan actually revolved around the Kuramon.
25	** Mummymon. In his debut appearance, he managed to hold his own against ''all'' the new Digi-Destined long enough for him and Arukenimon to escape. Later on, he couldn't take down ''one'' of them by himself even when he was at a higher level.
26	** Arukenimon herself got hit with this. She spends several episodes being built up as the new big threat, is shown having the power to create extremely powerful fake Digimon out of control spires and when she first reveals herself as an Ultimate-level Digimon she puts up a good fight (which you'd expect from an Ultimate level fighting mostly a group of Champion-strength opponents). And then the kids get their second wind and Arukenimon immediately becomes comic relief and stays that way.
27	* BaseBreakingCharacter: Almost every new member of the main cast.
28	** Davis was and still is one of the most polarizing members of the new cast. Being a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute to Tai and turning the previously unchallenged Takari ship into a LoveTriangle (in which he's the underdog) managed to earn him a boatload of attention, positive and negative alike.
29	** Yolei - funny or just annoying?
30	** Cody - interesting or just boring?
31	** Jun, primarily for the crime of taking an interest in Matt and later becoming his LoonyFan.
32	** Even the villains aren't safe. Depending on who you ask, Arukenimon and Mummymon are either a pair of hilarious sympathetic villains, or they're two of the most annoying, useless villains this side of [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Team Rocket]].
33	** [=BlackWarGreymon=] is either a badass and a compelling tragic antagonist, or an overly emo [[Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie Mewtwo]] knock-off whose presence [[SpotlightStealingSquad wore out its welcome]] and who needed to dial back on the {{Wangst}}.
34	* BizarroEpisode: The episode "His Master's Voice" -- a Lovecraftian episode in an otherwise non-CosmicHorror setting.
35	* BrokenBase:
36	** The quality of this series in general. Quite simply, the fanbase cannot absolutely decide how it feels about ''02''. Near the time it initially aired, it was extremely popular and was considered by some to be an EvenBetterSequel to the original, but outcry over the DistantFinale, the fact it was followed by the CultClassic ''Anime/DigimonTamers'', and general retrospective analysis of its writing quality caused general opinion of it to plummet. Then, in the wake of some of the later series (particularly ''Anime/DigimonXrosWarsTheYoungHuntersWhoLeaptThroughTime'', the protagonist of which ended up being often compared to Daisuke), some opinion of it improved to a perception that it wasn't the ''worst'' Digimon series out there. Due to the series' divisive status, whether it's any good depends entirely on the person you ask and their own personal opinion on the series.
37	** Sora's GirlinessUpgrade. Either you see it as a sign of maturity and acceptance with her mother or you dislike it as she becomes flanderized into a generic girly girl and loses her unique Tomboy personality. [[ValuesDissonance This applies more to the Western fandom.]]
38	** Angewomon, whose classic Mega form is [[DragonsUpTheYinYang Holydramon]] (seen in ''[[NonSerialMovie Hurricane Touchdown]]'' and ''VideoGame/DigimonRumbleArena''), evolves into [[Anime/DigimonFrontier Ophanimon]] in ''VideoGame/DigimonBattleSpirit 1.5'' and in the ''Digimon Adventure'' PSP game. Fans are split as to whether this change makes Gatomon's evo-line [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks boring]], or even how consistent it is. The Ophanimon fans refer to the fact that she and Angewomon are both Angel digimon, while the Holydramon fans mention how the Holy Dragon is [[RuleOfSymbolism coming full-circle]] (Salamon and Gatomon are both ''Holy Beast'' Digimon), and that traditionally, high-ranking angels (Seraphs, Ophans and Cherubs) were strange-looking to human eyes, making it counter-intuitive to exclude Holydramon on that basis. [[note]]It should be noted that the video games are Bandai products, not Toei, so despite the fact they're technically official products their canonicity is suspect.[[/note]]
39	* CommonKnowledge: Dagomon is widely regarded by the fandom as being responsible for Kari's kidnapping to the Dark Ocean, but it was actually the Deep Ones that summoned her and tried to mate with her. Likewise, the idea that he had an AbortedArc at all.
40	* CompleteMonster: [[YMMV/DigimonAdventure Myotismon]]... or rather ''Malo''Myotismon as he is known in this season. See that page for details.
41	* ContestedSequel: Probably the best way to describe the series. On the one hand, the [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot writing issues]] and [[BaseBreakingCharacter character issues]] receive a large amount of flak within the fanbase. On the other hand, it does still have its fair share of fans. If ranking site statistics are to be believed, this series usually places about third or fourth in series' popularity, making it relatively CriticProof. As stated in BrokenBase, it largely depends on who you ask.
42	* DieForOurShip: And the intense [[ShipToShipCombat ship wars]] continue on to this day.
43	** If you didn't ship Yolei with Ken, you were expected to hate her. [[spoiler:Even worse when she ''did'' get him.]]
44	** In their heyday, the Dakari vs. Takari fights were the worst. Generally in fanfics, the character the author didn't prefer would get RonTheDeathEater Treatment.
45	** In an odd reverse example, [[Creator/DakariKingMykan one of the biggest Dakari supporters]] would write fics where, if Davis didn't get Kari, he would eventually die and T.K. and Kari would be miserable. So the one that's being shipped is the one that's dying for not getting his girl.
46	** Back in the early 2000s, Sora won the award for being possibly the biggest [[TheScrappy Scrappy]] of all the characters when she and ''Matt'' hooked up, as the biggest shipping factions at the time (Tai/Matt, Tai/Sora, and Matt/Mimi) basically ganged up on her.
47	** Matt himself got this treatment from angered Tai/Sora fans.
48	--->''Get Crest of Friendship. [[MemeticMutation Steal best friend's childhood sweetheart years later]].''
49	* EngagingChevrons: TransformationSequence with 9 evolutions for 6 Digimon; going through the digiportal.
50	* EnsembleDarkhorse: Natsu ("Nacchan") from the CD drama ''Natsu e no Tobira'' (''Door to Summer'') has become very popular within the fandom, even more then half of the main cast, and that might be perhaps because of TheWoobie status she has as well the interactions she has with Daisuke, who becomes more of a fleshed out and sympathetic character in the CD drama.
51	* EpilepticTrees: [[spoiler:In the penultimate episode, [=MaloMyotismon=] traps the [=DigiDestined=] inside a LotusEaterMachine which lets them see their greatest desire, but Davis breaks the group out as ''his'' greatest desire is to defeat [=MaloMyotismon=] once & for all. A common theory amongst those who absolutely hate the events following this is that Davis ''doesn't'' break the group free of the illusions, and he's merely seeing his greatest desire & [=MaloMyotismon=] has really won, unbeknownst to the viewer.]]
52	* EvilIsCool:
53	** The Digimon Kaiser, to the point some fans actually prefer him over regular Ken.
54	** [=BlackWarGreymon=] as well, for those who didn't find him overly emo.
55	** Arukenimon and Mummymon are incredibly popular in Spain; they often overshadow Digimon Kaiser in the memory of those who watched ''02'' as children. The great job of Raquel Martín and Rafael Calvo at voicing them has part of the merit.
56	** Daemon and his TerribleTrio; not only did they prove to be an effective KnightOfCerebus in contrast to Arukenimon and Mummymon's IneffectualSympatheticVillain status and Oikawa's NonActionBigBad, with his Corps causing near causalities and Daemon being powerful enough to be needed to be sealed away in order to have him not interfere with the plot due to how powerful he turned out to be. It's to the point that he was seen as a much preferable FinalBoss candidate than [[spoiler:[=MaloMyotismon=]]] turned out to be.
57	* FandomRivalry: With ''[[Anime/DigimonTamers Tamers]]'' fans. ''02'' fans consider ''Tamers'' to be unfun and wangsty and wish it was a continuation, ''Tamers'' fans consider ''02'' to be insultingly childish and consider it being the end of its continuity to be just desserts.
58	* {{Fanon}}:
59	** If you'd listen to the fans talk, you'd believe Dagomon is a PhysicalGod EldritchAbomination that could give Apocalymon and Armaggemon a run for their money; there's a certain desire to ignore that ol' Squidface is just an Ultimate/Perfect-level Digimon. The ominous way it was introduced in the already unsettling "His Master's Voice" episode doesn't help and its relationship to the postmodernly popular Franchise/CthulhuMythos don't help.
60	** While none of the Digidestined's future children have names, the majority of fans agree that Ken named his first son [[DeadGuyJunior Osamu/Sam]].
61	* FanonDiscontinuity:
62	** As noted above in BrokenBase, this mostly applies to the final battle and the epilogue. But mostly the epilogue. Just TRY to find a fanfic that takes place after Season 2 that doesn't ignore it and the part about everyone getting a Digimon.
63	** Those who blatantly dislike ''02'' even went as far as to deny the entire show's existence (although this is not a popular option in fanfics, at least about the ''02'' characters).
64	* FanDislikedExplanation:
65	** Fans were not happy with the explanation given for why the old Digimon could no longer reach Ultimate for multiple reasons, especially since it was just a blatant example of the show nerfing the older kids to allow the newer kids to stay relevant. Especially since it only theoretically works if you ignore the ''VideoGame/DigimonWonderswanSeries''.
66	** Gennai's commentary on Gatomon's tail ring at the end of the series is an equally blatant excuse for completely forgetting and failing to incorporate it back into the series after she lost it in the first episode.
67	** To a lesser extent, the Dark Seeds part of Ken's backstory. A number of fans feel that his story would have been better had Ken simply snapped under a combination of being TheUnfavorite in his family, the trauma over his older brother's death and the overall stressful life he was living.
68	* FanPreferredCouple:
69	** While Ken and Miyako wound up married in the finale, most fans shipped Ken with Daisuke instead, since they have very little in-show support other than her having a massive crush on him (only mentioned before she learned his identity) that he never indicated he noticed. The relationship between Ken and Daisuke is much more developed and more intense, being chock full of HoYay even when Ken was the Digimon Kaiser. In comparison, Ken has little-to-no meaningful interactions with any of the main cast besides Daisuke, which only reinforces the shipping notions. In fact, on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn the pairing outranks all others from the whole franchise.
70	** While Sora/Yamato is canon (and personally favored by the original director of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure''), many fans still prefer [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Taichi/Sora]], and you'll be more likely to find fan work and doujinshi for that pairing. Even a few of the Japanese voice actors have stated their preference for Taichi/Sora and expressed surprise that Sora ended up with Yamato instead.
71	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: While ''02'' is far from being everybody's favourite season in Spain, there is very little of the global BrokenBase about the series in that country, with most people there regarding it relatively well. (Though there are reasons to explains this: ''02'' was brought in on the tail of ''Adventure'' and benefitted a lot from the latter's original promotional campaign, to the point that most Spaniards who grew up with ''Adventure'' and ''02'' consider them one and the same by default.) However, this can be more noted in the EvilIsCool field -- while Arukenimon and Mummymon are usually seen as rather mediocre baddies, in Spain they are counted among the most memorable villains of the entire franchise.
72	* HamAndCheese: Creator/BobPapenbrook as Daemon. The man took a villain who originally had no personality to speak of and made him a Disney villain. It's every bit as awesome as it sounds.
73	* HilariousInHindsight:
74	** The D-Terminal, the kids' messaging item that comes with their Digivice, looks ''a lot'' like the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS.
75	** Imperialdramon's "Positron Laser" attack. In 2008, scientists actually discover a way to produce antimatter (namely positrons) in large quantities by using a laser.
76	** In the dub of the episode where the Dark Spiral was created, Wormmon offered to be the test subject for it and Ken dismissively shot the idea down while quipping about Wormmon turning into some sort of a butterfly. [[spoiler:In the game ''VideoGame/DigimonStoryCyberSleuthHackersMemory'', a Wormmon actually does turn into a butterfly-themed Digimon.]]
77	** During the montage of worldwide Digimon appearances in episode 39, the footage shows monsters appearing at the Nazca Lines. [[Anime/{{Yu Gi Oh 5Ds}} Interesting idea.]]
78	** Ten years later, it's hard to watch the Jogress Evolution scenes with their strong romantic undertones without thinking of [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Gems fusing]].
79	* InformedWrongness: While you can rightfully accuse Davis of rash judgment when the team first discovers Control Spires in "Iron Vegiemon" with his guns-blazing approach, the solution the group instead hits upon is an odd example of Informed ''Rightness'' when Matt decides to go with equally rash tactics that rely entirely on TheGuardsMustBeCrazy. The show takes Matt's side and none of the guards take notice of the fake Dark Rings (which even Patamon thinks is dumb) until the prisoners ''launch an uprising''.
80	* IronWoobie: Ken, for his persistence in knocking down Dark Towers, even while fully expecting the rest of the team to continue hating him, and his concern for the Dark Seed kids, who followed Oikawa of their own volition.
81	* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: [[ContestedSequel While other series are quite controversial on their own terms]], ''02'' is (mostly) disliked for being too reliant on ''[[Anime/DigimonAdventure Adventure]]'' unlike other sequels in the future (though EarlyInstallmentWeirdness might be in effect here) and [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot many wasted and/or badly written plots]]. The fact that ''[[Anime/DigimonTamers Tamers]]'' came right [[SurprisinglyImprovedSequel after it]] didn't help.
82	* JerkassWoobie:
83	** Oikawa. He's a disturbing bastard, but his life story is so damn ''sad''.
84	** It would be easier to sympathize with [=BlackWarGreymon=]'s existentialist crisis if he weren't so bent on destroying the world for the sake of finding a WorthyOpponent in Azulongmon.
85	** Arukenimon and Mummymon, to an extent. Though they constantly make trouble for the digidestined, seeing them [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain humiliated routinely]] (especially Mummymon) can garner a certain amount of sympathy. Not to mention, when one thinks about it, in their own way, they have a similar existential dilemma to [=BlackWarGreymon=] (something he himself pointed out). Lastly their extremely nasty [[NightmareFuel death scene]] is likely to evoke sympathy even from detractors.
86	* JustHereForGodzilla: Even those who don't like the series still loves the TransformationSequence of XV-mon and Stingmon into Paildramon, especially in the original Japanese version. The synchronization of the ThemeMusicPowerUp with the [[GunsAkimbo two]] [[MoreDakka hip-mounted guns firing]] is so badass as it is awesome!
87	* MemeticMutation: "Original Digimon do not steal", after some fans noticed that Kaiser-Ken's creation of what he insisted was his "original Digimon" was similar to behavior of many people on Website/DeviantArt.
88	* MindGameShip: The Emperor's iconic SadisticChoice -- which one of Davis' friends will he save from being eaten? This scene is basically responsible for the entire Kaiser/Daisuke fandom.
89	-->'''Ken:''' Seeing you squirm is ''so'' delicious.
90	* MisBlamed: English dub writers and voice directors Jeff Nimoy and Bob Bucholtz were blamed by several for the added jokes and tone killing dub changes. However, many of these changes were the result of ExecutiveMeddling by Creator/FoxKids and Nimoy and Bucholtz actually left the show near the final arc due to being fed up with the meddling.
91	* {{Narm}}:
92	** Ken's literal KickTheDog moment, which suffers from a laughable sense of physics.
93	** The Big Bad's dub name. [[spoiler:"Malo" is the Spanish word for bad. "Myotis" is a genus of bat. The Big Bad's final form is "[=BadBatmon=]".]] It's slightly less Narmy if you look at [[spoiler:Malo's original Latin root, Malus, which means wicked or evil when used in context]].
94	** [[spoiler:The fact that he was essentially defeated by having his physical form literally [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath disappearing by the Dark Spore children talking about their hopes and dreams]] didn't do him any favors.]]
95	** Due to NeverSayDie being in effect, hearing the characters constantly go on about "destroying" evil Digimon was quite narmy.
96	** Fox Kids had a "Digi-Bowl" segment in 2001 in an attempt to crossover with the Super Bowl and had [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeagueQuarterbacks Terry Bradshaw]] commenting on the show's clips and interacting with Hikari in dubbed-over clips. To say it was cringy is vastly an understatement, and it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwX2GPfIibY has to be seen to be believed]]. Fox Kids would do another Digi-Bowl segment the following year with ''Anime/DigimonTamers'', embarrassingly enough.
97	* NarmCharm:
98	** While the series does have its' fair share of detractors, due to the various writing issues (as this page will tell you), there are still many who enjoy the series, largely due to maintaining the entertaining dialogue, fun plots, cool Digivolutions, and deep moments the first series was known for.
99	** [=BlackWarGreymon=]'s fight against [=WarGreymon=]. It is as awesome as it is unnecessary. It really doesn't make sense for Azulongmon to give Agumon the power to become [=WarGreymon=] just to fight [=BlackWarGreymon=], but the fans would ''not'' have been satisfied if they did not see the two [=WarGreymon=] go at it.
100	** The "Digi-Bowl" segment again. If you don't take it too seriously, it has a certain goofy charm to it. It's not everyday you see Terry Bradshaw interacting with Digimon.
101	* NightmareRetardant:
102	** Wendigomon's flavor text serves to Double-Subvert this; basically, the spaciotemporal mind screw is Wendigomon's own powers. It was, however, the virus that made it an EldritchAbomination.
103	** Arukenimon's true form is as terrifying as one would expect from a queen of spiders, and she makes a good first impression. However, the reveal also marks the start of [[VillainDecay her decay into a comic relief villain paired with the goofier Mummymon]], which took away a lot of the menace that she had when she was disguised as a mysterious silver-haired lady.
104	* OneTrueThreesome: After the shipping wars cooled down (which took at least half a decade), there sprung up a few sub-genres exploring the LoveTriangle between Taichi, Sora, and Yamato on the one hand and Takeru, Hikari, and Daisuke on the other.
105	* PlatonicWritingRomanticReading:
106	** An episode had Yolei and Mimi [[HoYay growing really close]]. The implication was supposed to be that Yolei saw Mimi as a CoolBigSis, but the BigLippedAlligatorMoment ImagineSpot of them drawn in a flowery [[ShoujoDemographic shoujo]] style hugging each other is rather... Yeah.
107	** A rather famous example with the ''Adventure'' "LoveTriangle", a combination of this trope and DependingOnTheWriter. Hiroyuki Kakudou always intended for Taichi and Sora to be JustFriends, and for Sora to fall in love with Yamato as a way of subverting the cliché that the main boy and girl had to end up with each other, so there was never any LoveTriangle originally. This was also the plan for ''02'' until ''[[Recap/DigimonAdventureMovieOurWarGame Our War Game!]]'' complicated things. Basically, Mamoru Hosoda was unaware of the intended OfficialCouple and made a fight hinging on BelligerentSexualTension a major plot point in the ''Our War Game!'' movie. When Sora began dating Yamato in ''02'', many people were confused at the sudden change in love interest, even the voice actors. The contrast between the director's vision and the writers' and actors' impression under which they operated resulted in the RelationshipUpgrade between Sora and Yamato looked totally random and StrangledByTheRedString.
108	* PopularityPolynomial: Perception of this series' quality has zig-zagged radically. Initially, it was seen as a strong continuation of the beloved original, only to later be seen as a painful example of {{Sequelitis}} and mismanagement of the franchise, and then eventually was seen as [[SoOkayItsAverage an all right sequel]] you could like openly without earning weird looks. The later state of the franchise and productions that followed had a big role in ''02'''s fluctuating popularity.
109	* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/RomiPark as Ken/The Digimon Emperor, three years before her breakout role as Edward Elric in ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003''.
110	* ReplacementScrappy:
111	** Davis, for being rather abrasive and people finding his crush on Kari annoying, but it also compounds with him being a shameless SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute of Tai.
112	** You will find very few people who prefer Silphymon and Shakkoumon over Angewomon and [=MagnaAngemon=], respectively. Similarly, Pegasusmon is way less liked than Angemon.
113	* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap:
114	** Many fans who hated Mimi in the original series warmed up to her more mature, strong-willed personality in this series.
115	** Davis being Ken's biggest supporter after the latter's HeelFaceTurn made him win the love of many fans who previously disliked him.
116	* RonTheDeathEater:
117	** ''Davis freakin' Motomiya.'' Back in the day when the [[ShipToShipCombat Ship Wars]] were in full swing, you couldn't turn around without seeing some Takari fanfic where he was written either as a jealous psychopath or so stupid it's a wonder he could tie his shoes, never mind be a Digi-Destined.
118	** On the other hand, there's an entire genre of fics where the other Digidestined (most frequently Yolei, T.K., and Kari) are derailed into jerks who talk badly about Davis behind his back, thus giving him a reason to leave the group.
119	** [[Creator/DakariKingMykan One well-known shipper]] would often write stories where Davis becomes embittered by the group's treatment of him, as well as T.K. and Kari seemingly being in a relationship, and ends up leaving the team for good by the end of it unless he either gets Kari, or dies. In other words, combining the two examples above: the Digidestined examples intentionally, and the Davis ones unintentionally.
120	** Even Ken and '''Wormmon''' of all characters got this treatment on occasion back in the day, with some fanfics portraying them as ''homicidal''.
121	* SacredCow: It is ''very'' rare to find a negative opinion of "His Master's Voice" (or, frankly, anything involving [[Creator/ChiakiKonaka Konaka]]) [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff in the West]] mostly due to that conversation being dominated by [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecraft]] enthusiasts, ''Tamers'' fans, and Takari shippers.
122	* TheScrappy: You won't find many people who'll defend Shakkoumon. They mainly cite his strange design[[note]]He's based off of a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogū Dogu]] statue[[/note]] and how he looks nothing like Ankylomon or Angemon despite being a fusion of the two as their main reasons for not liking him, often calling him a "teapot", among other things. The fact that he's a replacement of the extremely popular [=MagnaAngemon=] as Angemon's new Ultimate form (sort of) did little to win over the fans. This isn't helped by the fact that, unlike Paildramon and Silphymon, there was no plot-related prompt for Shakkoumon to happen, he simply did because Takeru and Iori decided to try.
123	* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The first anime was for all intents and purposes a survival story wherin the main characters had to face deep personal challenges to earn their roles whilst surviving the harsh wildness with no idea of how or why they were there to begin with. In contrast, the sequel has the main cast firmly situated in the real world with regular trips to the Digital World only to return home safely by the days end, while also having mentors in the form of the original cast who are fully aware of everything going on. Fans have often compared the sequel's story to "an after-school activity", feeling the new characters have a much easier time by comparison without any of the intrigue the original series had.
124	* {{Shipping}}: With two significant {{Love Triangle}}s and HoYay beyond that, it runs rampant in the fandom. Just check this page. We could run an entire page based on the couples and issues that went through in the making.
125	* {{Squick}}: In the original version, the King of the Dark Ocean's minions weren't trying to get Kari to destroy their EvilOverlord. They were trying to bring Kari to them so that they could [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction mate]] with her. She reacts more or less exactly like you would.
126	* StrangledByTheRedString: Despite the show's LoveTriangle elements, the {{Official Couple}}s of this season were really more production accidents than intentionally written.
127	** The infamous LoveTriangle between Tai, Matt, and Sora, which continues to [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/matt-x-sorasorato-threads enrage to this day]]. Head writer Hiroyuki Kakudou had always intended for Sora and Matt to be the OfficialCouple, as he hated cliche pairings of the main male and female characters, but his efforts to add {{Foreshadowing}} for the couple became a case of PlatonicWritingRomanticReading (especially when he forced the issue with the ChristmasEpisode) because he apparently failed to share his plans with ''anyone else'':
128	** Mamoru Hosoda, who directed the ''Our War Game!'' movie, had absolutely no idea and wrote a subplot of light BelligerentSexualTension between Tai and Sora.
129	** Even the original voice actors themselves were surprised about Sora and Yamato.
130	--->'''Creator/MayumiYamaguchi (Gabumon):''' Honestly, Sora! If you’d spent just a few minutes to ask [Gabumon] for advice, I would have said, "Sora, don't do this to yourself. [[FanPreferredCouple It's Taichi you should go for]]."
131	--->'''Creator/YuutoKazama (Yamato):''' It's tough work taking care of Yamato, you're saying?
132	** [[spoiler:Ken and Miyako don't fare much better. Yes, she'd expressed a shallow interest in his aesthetic looks earlier, but for the rest of the season until the DistantFinale (where the two are married with kids) they seem to at most develop into a respectful-friend basis, with no hints of romance at all]]. [[http://digitalscratch.pmsinfirm.org/?p=822#08 The actual reason they were married in the show was because their voice actors got along so well with each other.]]
133	* StrawmanHasAPoint: Davis tries to convince the team that Ken has changed and have him on the team. While the other kids (especially T.K.) do feel that he has changed, they felt that it was too soon to trust the person that they have been fighting for months on end. It would've been a better-made point if he hadn't spent so much time [[ScrewLearningIHavePhlebotinum talking about the Crest of Kindness]], though.
134	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter:
135	** [=BlackWarGreymon=]'s overall story and search for purpose is one of the few genuinely interesting plots, but it's also largely unconnected and its resolution is a SenselessSacrifice.
136	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
137	** In the expanded universe, there are eleven [[TransformationTrinket Digimentals]], or [[DubNameChange Armor Digi-Eggs]], for the Digidestined to use (out of a technical total of ''fifteen''), making for ''[[ExaggeratedTrope over sixty]]'' Armor Digivolutions accessible[[note]]Each of the main six "ancient species" Digimon -- V-mon, Hawkmon, Armadimon, Patamon, Tailmon, and Wormmon -- can use the Digimentals of Courage, Friendship, Love, Purity/Sincerity, Knowledge, Faith/Reliability, Hope, Light, Kindness, and Miracles to evolve into a unique Armor Digimon, while V-mon and Terriermon can also use the Digimental of Fate to evolve[[/note]]. ''Michi e no Armor Shinka'' established that the children could, in fact, swap Digimentals (when they do so on accident), and the unique forms can be used in the D-3 toy that was released at the time. In the actual series, the Digidestined only ever use their specific Digimentals, highly likely to slim down the amount of ensuing {{Transformation Sequence}}s. Later shows take advantage of the extra fifty-something Digimon by having them show up as their own Digimon (that Lynxmon Rika fights in the first episode? Give Tailmon the Digimental of Courage). The MerchandiseDriven elements also likely played a part--Armor Digimon were in part a toy gimmick (the Digimentals were a pile of armor parts that could peg onto a toy of the Digimon) and they only bothered to make toys of the ones that appeared in the show ([[ToylessToylineCharacter bar Nefertimon]]), which also seem to have been the ones designed as toys first. Add to this is the fact the armors faded into irrelevance once natural Digivolution was possible, which many feel was a waste.
138	** Ryo, of [[VideoGame/DigimonWonderSwanSeries Wonderswan]] and ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' fame, technically has three games in-between ''Digimon Adventure'' and ''Adventure 02'', one of which involves Ken and two of which have him partnered with V-mon, but none of which have any serious lasting impact on the world of ''02''.[[note]]With apologies to the Digimon Kaiser, who is, frankly, incidental to the impact Milleniummon should've had.[[/note]] For some more specific ideas, how does V-mon feel about Daisuke being his ''second'' partner after two campaigns with Ryo, and vice versa? What are Wormmon's thoughts on the scenario (only Ken has amnesia, after all)? And even if we know about V-mon and Wormmon, how about Hawkmon and Armadimon? They were sealed in Digimentals like V-mon was; do they have any history with him? [[note]]In ''[[VideoGame/DigimonAdventure02TagTamers Tag Tamers]]'', Ryo receives eggs that hatch and grow into Hawkmon and Armadimon, respectively. Are these the same Digimon?[[/note]] [[note]]In ''[[VideoGame/DigimonTamersBraveTamer Brave Tamer]]'', Hawkmon comments that Ryo feels vaguely familiar, though he's not sure why. Of course, considering the array of different [[TimeyWimeyBall Timey-Wimey Balls]] that were ongoing over the course of that game on- and off-screen, this doesn't necessarily mean anything by itself.[[/note]]
139	** Ken has little to no meaningful interaction with the elder [=DigiDestined=] after his HeelFaceTurn despite that he endangered their lives and their partners just as much as he did the younger kids' and has a lot in common with many of them. There's no indication Ken ever learns that Mimi once enslaved a castle full of Digimon, that Tai also once [[AndYouThoughtItWasAGame assumed the whole Digital World was just a video game and nothing he did there could matter]], or that Yamato also once [[RivalTurnedEvil turned evil]], not even when he and Yamato are assigned to go to Mexico together. He's never seen apologizing to Tai for brainwashing his partner or to Joe for torturing Gomamon. The most he gets is a single genius-to-genius conversation with Izzy, and that's only in the English dub (the conversation is basically neutral exposition in the original). The wasted potential for relationship exploration is just endless.
140	* UnfortunateCharacterDesign: Endigomon/Wendigomon's face makes him look like something from a [[{{Blackface}} Minstrel Show]].
141	* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Taking place in 2002, personal computers are expensive commodities that are not ubiquitous in every home, as the new Digidestined require access to their school's computer lab to access the Digital World for a sizeable part of the series, and Yamato/Matt's father balks at being asked to buy one. One might have one in a home office, but they were still a serious investment. As home personal computers got cheaper and more common, it's easy to forget that access to the internet was once more difficult.
142	* UnpopularPopularCharacter: The dubbed version had a lot of funny moments that poked fun at Davis' arrogant personality. [[MisBlamed Despite what you might think]], he was still as much of a ButtMonkey in the original, though. Despite the jokes made at his expense and the fact that a lot of the other characters don’t take him seriously, he still has a large fan base.
143	* ValuesDissonance:
144	** Sora's ''02'' GirlinessUpgrade is somewhat controversial. For Japanese fans, they openly welcomed it and saw it as a sign of maturity. [[AmericansHateTingle Western fans were more upset about it]] and felt that she lost a unique part of her personality. The Western dub played a role in this because of its AlternativeCharacterInterpretation, as the script and Sora's character descriptions played up her {{Tomboy}} nature more. Furthermore, another layer to the dissonance is driven by Sora's character arc being about her obligations to her family's business, and her epilogue career choice being intended as a middle ground between her own desires and paying respect to her family's business, something that was lost in translation in the American Dub.
145	** Also, Miyako/Yolei, the technician and computer scientist of the team, ending up as a housewife in the epilogue has been criticized in the Western fandom, as it enforces StayInTheKitchen stereotypes despite her being one of the group's most valuable members. In Japan, however, [[QuittingToGetMarried women are expected to retire from work once they get married]] to raise children at home.[[note]]There's even a word for it in Japanese: "kotobuki taisha."[[/note]] In fact, Miyako/Yolei even has an ImageSong where she is excited to become a YamatoNadeshiko and dreams of being a housewife. However, compared to when the show first came out, more women in Japan are eager to continue working after pregnancy, showing that this idealogy in itself is becoming outdated. That being said, it's more implied in the Japanese version that Miyako was on ''maternity leave'' due to having her third child, something that would require her to be away from her job for a while until she could get things settled.
146	* VindicatedByHistory: ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri'' also being a ContestedSequel despite, or because of, PanderingToTheBase (including a TakeThatScrappy treatment of ''02'' that many think went too far) has caused ''02'', which did [[TheyChangedItSoItSucks the opposite]], to be viewed more favorably. Nowadays, it can be said ''02'' [[ContestedSequel is more divisive than outright disliked]]. Even the widely reviled DistantFinale epilogue of the series has found more acceptance (if only a little bit) in the wake of ''Anime/DigimonAdventureLastEvolutionKizuna'' and either how polarizing its ending was, or how it helped build further towards said epilogue (And how the epilogue builds towards the film itself) depending on who you ask.
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