In general:
- Pokémon meets Godzilla in the setting of The Matrix.
- Pokémon meets Super Robot Wars with a dash of Dragon Ball Z and Denkō Chōjin Gridman.
- ReBoot and Shin Megami Tensei meet Tamagotchi and Godzilla.
- Digimon Adventure = Digimon + Mobile Suit Gundam + Magic Knight Rayearth + The Chronicles of Narnia + Tamagotchi + Alice's Adventures in Wonderland + The Goonies + Lord of the Flies... FOR KIDS!
- Digimon Adventure 02 = Digimon Adventure + Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ + Denji Sentai Megaranger + Ultraman Dyna.
- Digimon Adventure tri. = Digimon Adventure + Digimon Tamers + Mobile Suit Gundam SEED + Shin Mazinger Zero + Ultra Q + Ultraman Leo + Kamen Rider Kuuga + Kamen Rider Gaim + Avengers: Age of Ultron + X-Men: Days of Future Past.
- Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna = Digimon Adventure tri. + Kamen Rider 1 + Ultraman Orb + Ultraman Taiga + Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny + Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann + DARLING in the FRANXX + Soulcalibur VI + Avengers: Endgame.
- Digimon Adventure: (2020) = Digimon Adventure + Kamen Rider: The First + Kamen Rider Zero-One + Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters + Ultraman X + SSSS.GRIDMAN + Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS.
- Digimon Tamers:
- Digimon meets Kamen Rider Agito meets Grand Theft Auto III (for the setting tone) meets Yu-Gi-Oh! and Casino Royale (for the cards motif) meets Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (for the general tone) meets Godzilla and Ultra Q (for the Kaiju-esque threats in latter part).
- Or Digimon meets Neon Genesis Evangelion. No, seriously. See here
. (To clarify: there are many references to Eva. It's mostly the general tone of it, however.) - Or Digimon meets Serial Experiments Lain meets Ultraman Gaia (for Kaiju-esque threats in later parts).
- Digimon Frontier: Digimon + Super Sentai + Cyborg 009 + Kamen Rider BLACK RX + Final Fantasy
- Digimon Data Squad:
- In general, Digimon Adventure meets Ultraseven mees After War Gundam X.
- First arc: Digimon meets Ultraseven meets Ultraman Gaia meets Kamen Rider 555 meets Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger meets Men in Black.
- Second arc: Digimon meets Ultraseven meets G Gundam meets Ultraman Nexus.
- Digimon Fusion:
- Digimon meets Romance of the Three Kingdoms meets Super Robot Wars.
- Digimon meets the first half of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
- Fire Emblem meets Getter Robo with Mons.
- Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time:
- Digimon meets Cardcaptor Sakura.
- Digimon meets Kamen Rider Decade meets Ultraman Zero meets the second half of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
- Digimon Universe: App Monsters is Digimon Tamers meets Digimon Fusion meets Ultraman X meets Kamen Rider 555 meets Virtual-ON meets Kagerou Project meets Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere meets Psycho-Pass.
- Digimon Ghost Game is Digimon Tamers meets Yo-kai Watch meets GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018 series) meets Kamen Rider Ghost.
- Digimon Survive = Digimon meets Shin Megami Tensei with a big heaping helping of Lord of the Flies.
Specific Characters
- Digimon Adventure:
- The Chosen Children/Digidestined, both original and remake versions, are the Burger King Kid's Club meets The Guardians meets any Pokémon Trainer + The Losers Club + any angsty teen from Degrassi.
- Taichi Yagami/Tai Kamiya = Amuro Ray + Brand Walsh + Richie Tozier + Hikaru Shidou + Bob + Kenta Date
- Yamato Ishida/Matt = Char Aznable + Bill Denbrough + Umi Ryuuzaki + Shun Namiki
- Sora Takenouchi = Beverly Marsh + Hikaru Shidou + Chisato Jougasaki
- Koushirou Izumi/Izzy = Richard "Data" Wang + Fuu Hououji + Dorothy Ann Hudson + Tim Wright
- Mimi Tachikawa = Andy Carmichael + Umi Ryuuzaki + Miku Imamura
- Jou Kido/Joe = Eddie Kaspbrak + Stan Uris + Fuu Hououji + Kouichirou Endou
- Takeru Takaishi/T.K. = Mike Hanlon + George Elmer Denbrough
- Hikari Yagami/Kari Kamiya = Lalah Sune + Mikey Walsh + Aerith Gainsborough + Rinoa Heartilly
- Agumon = Charmander + Gomora (as Greymon and MetalGreymon) + Super Saiyans (as WarGreymon)
- Biyomon = Pidgey + Chocobo + Zu
- Palmon = Oddish + Cactuar (as Togemon) + Tinkerbell (as Lilymon)
- Patamon = Pikachu + Mokona + Kero + Yue + Kakugo (as Angemon) + Seraphimon
- Tailmon/Gatomon = Mew + Spinel Sun + Ruby Moon + Princess Zelda (as Angewomon) + Falkor (as Magnadramon) + Ophanimon
- Gennai = Professor Oak + Clef + Clow Reed + Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Devimon = Devilman + Harara + Femto
- Etemon = Henry Bowers + Jake Fratelli
- Vamdemon/Myotismon = Dracula + Ganondorf + Baron de Ghost + Megabyte
- Piedmon = Pennywise + Biznella + Spell Master Pierre
- Machinedramon = Dr. Wheelo + Moo + Majuu Dytanix
- Apocalymon = Debonair + Grand Witch Grandiene
- Negamon = Apocalymon + Father + Pride + XANA
- Digimon Adventure 02:
- Daisuke Motomiya/Davis = Taichi Yagami + Yamato Ishida + Naoto Sho + Ippei Baba
- Miyako Inoue/Yolei = Sora Takenouchi + Mimi Tachikawa + Yuka Inoue
- Iori Hida/Cody = Koushirou Izumi + Jou Kido + Yuka Inoue
- Ken Ichijouji = Yamato Ishida + Jou Kido + Neo Saiba + Takeshi Todo
- Veemon = Agumon + Zeromaru
- Hawkmon = Biyomon + Palmon + Sasuke (as Shurimon)
- Armadillomon = Gomamon + Tentomon + Sandshrew
- Wormmon = Gabumon + Tentomon + Kamen Rider 1 (as Stingmon)
- Yukio Oikawa = Giovanni + Doctor Hinelar + Staff Officer Kihachi Gondo
- Arukenimon = Jessie + Shibolena + Khan Digifer
- Mummymon = James + Yugande
- BlackWarGreymon = WarGreymon + Mewtwo + Tiga Dark + Gregore + Terranoid
- Digimon Tamers:
- Takato Matsuda/Matsuki = Taichi Yagami + Daisuke Motomiya + Shinji Ikari + Gamu Takayama + Shouichi Tsugami
- For less anime-savvy folk, he's Tails + a younger Scott Pilgrim + any Pokémon Trainer.
- Guilmon = Agumon + Charmander + Godzilla + EVA Unit-01
- Ruki Makino/Rika Nonaka = Yamato Ishida + Sora Takenouchi + Takeru Takaishi (02) + Asuka Langley Soryu + Hiroya Fujimiya + Ryo Ashihara
- Renamon = Leona Heidern + Yoko Kurama + EVA Unit-02
- Li Jianliang/Henry Wong = Koushirou Izumi + Jou Kido + Iori Hida + Ken Ichijouji + Wallace + Makoto Hikawa
- Mitsuo Yamaki = Gendo Ikari + Bright Noa + Quattro Bajeena + Kent Mansley
- Takato Matsuda/Matsuki = Taichi Yagami + Daisuke Motomiya + Shinji Ikari + Gamu Takayama + Shouichi Tsugami
- Digimon Frontier:
- Takuya Kanbara = Taichi Yagami + Greymon + Ken the Eagle + Shinji Kido + Rocky DeSantos
- Kouji Minamoto = Yamato Ishida + Garurumon + Ruki Makino + Joe the Condor + Takeshi Shirogane + Kohtaro Minami + Ren Akiyama + Adam Park
- Izumi Orimoto/Zoey = Sora Takenouchi + Lillymon + Miyako Inoue + Jun the Swan + Yui Kanzaki + Miho Kirishima + Kimberly Ann Heart + Sirene (as Zephyrmon)
- Tomoki Hida/Tommy = Takeru Takaishi + Ikkakumon + Zudomon + Jinpei the Swallow + Keitaro Kikuchi + Justin Stewart
- Junpei Shibayama/J.P. = Jou Kido + Kabuterimon + Ryu the Owl + Daisuke Okubo + Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier
- Kouichi Kimura = Leomon + Takeru Takaishi (02) + Ken Ichijouji + Ryou Shirogane + Nobuhiko Akizuki + Tommy Oliver
- Seraphimon = Patamon + Gennai + MagnaAngemon (V-Tamer 01) + Doga + Father of Ultra
- Ophanimon = Salamon + Angewomon + Emeraude + Unei + Mother of Ultra
- Cherubimon = Wendigomon + Lopmon + Zagato + Master Moo + Dark King Zylpheeza + Xande
- Lucemon = Satan + Frieza + Rau Le Creuset + King Genesis + Shiro Kanzaki + Takeshi Asakura + Jun Shibaura + Kamen Rider Odin + Dragon Prince Salamandes + Cloud of Darkness
- Dynasmon = Dodoria + Garland + Kain Highwind
- Crusadermon = Zarbon + Garland
- Digimon Data Squad:
- Masaru Daimon/Marcus Damon = Taichi Yagami + Daisuke Motomiya + Judau Ashta + Garrod Ran + Kira Yamato + Judai Yuki
- BanchoLeomon = Leomon (Tamers) + Jamil Neate + Mu La Flaga + Jotaro Kujo
- Akihiro Kurata = Analogman + Ulube Ishikawa + Muruta Azrael + Telence T. D'Arby + J. Geil + Hideomi Kuromatsu + Takeshi Asakura + Masashi Sudo + Jun Shibaura + Masahiko Minami + Professor Hojo
- Digimon Fusion:
- Nene Amano: Mimi Tachikawa + Ruki Makino + Juri Katou
- Yuu Amano/Ewan: Takeru Takaishi + Ken Ichijouji
- The main Digimon trio of Digimon Fusion are the cast of Getter Robo turned into Digimon.
- Shoutmon: Agumon + Omnimon + Etemon + Magnamon
- Ballistamon: Tentomon + MetalKabuterimon
- Dorulumon: Yamato Ishida + Garulumon + Tiger
- Damemon: Sukamon + Stingmon + Shurimon (as Tuwarmon)
- Digimon Universe: App Monsters:
- Haru Shinkai = Takato Matsuda + Tomoki Himi + Yukiteru Amano + Akane Tsunemori + Daigo Madoka + Nemo + Hikaru Raido
- Eri Karan = Ruki Makino + Izumi Orimoto + Akari Hinomoto + Airu Suzaki + Dan Moroboshi + Hunter Knight Tsurugi
- Asuka "Astra" Torajiro = Ken Ichijouji + Lee Jianliang + Junpei Shibayama + Tagiru Akashi + Simon Orestes Cohen + Shin Matsudo
- Rei Katsura = Lee Jianliang + Kouji Minamoto + Kouichi Kimura + Shinya Kogami + Hiroya Fujimiya + Tsukasa Kadoya + Kaito Kumon + Jin Takayama + Jin Kazama + Sho
- Yujin Oozora = Ichiro + Juri Katou + Android 01 + Haro + Shocker Riders
- Leviathan = Yggdrasil + Radical Destruction Bringer + Great Leader + Dark Zagi + Dark Lugiel + Abyssal Dision + Kirito Kamui + The Sibyl System
