History Anime / DigimonTamers

* BecauseDestinySaysSo: [[CutAndPasteTranslation In the English dub]], invoked by Jeri on becoming Leomon's partner.

* CutAndPasteTranslation: Quite a few in the American dub. See DubInducedPlotHole for serious examples.
** The [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Shaggai]] program was renamed to "Juggernaut" in the American dub.
** Dialogue concerning Rika and Renamon was changed to make them more suitable as love interests. For example, Terriermon sings about Guilmon and Renamon KissingInATree, and Ryo calls Rika "pumpkin".
** Similarly, Rika's dialogue with Takato became more flirty, as did Impmon's dialogue with Renamon.
** Interestingly, the bit where Henry and Takato ask Jeri if she's ever been in love was changed to them asking if she's sure Leomon's her partner and why.
** In the original Japanese, the [[spoiler: D-Reaper is said to be indestructible and presumably remains in its devolved form forever]]. In the American dub, Janyu states that it "disappears forever".
** Janyu's last line was changed from "It was the only way!" to "It'll be all right!". This turns Jen's head-shake and smile of forgiveness into one of resignation.

* RocketJump: Gargomon uses his vulcans to do a RocketJump to the top of a skyscraper, although this causes him to run out of ammo in ensuing fight..

* RocketJump: Gargomon uses his canons to do a RocketJump to the top of a skyscraper.

* {{Synchronization}}: The tamers experience the same exhaustion and pain that their perfect-level digimon do, and Takato notably felt it when Mihiramon took a nasty bite out of Growmon. During the Vikaralamon fight, Takato hits on the idea of invoking this in reverse to send [=MegaloGrowmon=] power, which he does successfully by screaming. Taken UpToEleven with the matrix ultimates, whose tamers not only feel the effort of their digimon but direct their movements from within by using their own arms and legs.

''Tamers'' got a sequel in the form of an Audio Drama CD called ''Digimon Tamers 2018: Days -Information and the Unordinary-'', showing the new threats on the rise! Taking place on the year mentioned in the title, organization NYX is formed, recruiting the main tamers but with Takato and Renamon missing from their respective sides.

''Tamers'' then got another sequel in the form of a live reading simply titled ''Digimon Tamers 2021'', featuring a new D-Reaper called Political Correctness that has the ability to censor everything from news to opinions.

* ParentalHypocrisy: Usually on display through Janyu, or, as WebVideo/JesuOtaku frequently puts it:
--> '''[=JesuOtaku=]''': Lying to your children/parents! ...It's a thing now.

* AdultFear: Your children putting themselves in danger of dying out of necessity. In the third act, this is hammered in especially hard when said children are revealed to be directly fighting a supposedly invincible monster.
** Taken UpToEleven in the scene where [[spoiler:Jeri's father ''drives a van'' into the D-Reaper in a futile attempt to save her]].

* ContinuityNod: Several cards Takato and Lee use to assist their partners are throwbacks to Anime/DigimonAdventure and its sequel. Examples include a power up that summons [=WarGreymon=]'s shield and a card that by all intents and purposes is the Digimental of Fate.

** While the dub was allowed to keep the shots of the Tamers within the Biomerged digimon, it caught the Japanese trying to GetCrapPastTheRadar during the evolution sequences and removed any signs of it.

''Tamers'' then got another sequel in the form of a live reading simply titled ''Digimon Tamers 2021'', featuring a new D-Reaper called Political Correctness that has the ability to censor everything from news to opinions. [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment No more need be said.]]

''Tamers'' then got another sequel in the form of a live reading simply titled ''Digimon Tamers 2021'', featuring a new D-Reaper called Political Correctness that has the ability to censor everything from news to opinions. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement No more need be said.]]

''Tamers'' then got another sequel in the form of a live reading simply titled ''Digimon Tamers 2021'', featuring a new D-Reaper called Political Correctness that has the ability to censor everything from news to opinions. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment No more need be said.]]

''Tamers'' then got another sequel in the form of a live reading simply titled ''Digimon Tamers 2021'', featuring a new D-Reaper called Political Correctness that has the ability to censor everything from news to opinions. [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext It's just as it sounds.]]

''Tamers'' also focuses more on the real world than its predecessors, with the ''Digimon'' franchise as a whole a [[ShowWithinAShow Franchise within a Show]] that the main cast are fans of. Much as you'd imagine as a result of its alternate canon, ''Tamers'' was [[BrokenBase the first of many causes of dissent among many fans]]. Though ''Tamers'' is one of the most popular ''Digimon'' series among the fanbase, it certainly has its detractors who consider the ''Adventure'' canon to be the superior works. Even so, it still stands alongside its predecessors as one of the most popular installments in the franchise—if one were to ask on a ''Digimon'' board about peoples' favorite ''Digimon'' series, the bulk of answers are almost guaranteed to be either ''Tamers'' or ''Adventure''.

* {{Deconstruction}}: Zigzagged. While ''Tamers'' is a deconstruction in the sense of a work in which each of a work's internal elements are tweaked or have their sense altered (see DeconstructorFleet below), ''Tamers'' does ''not'' fit the TvTropes definition of the trope, which is a work in which nothing in the RuleOfIndex is at play--''Tamers'' has multiple examples of the RuleOfSymbolism.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: One early episode had Takato taking Guilmon out in public just to see what the reaction would be. The kids thought it was awesome, [[WeirdnessCensor the adults passed it off as animatronic or cosplay.]]

* {{Deconstruction}}: Zigzagged. While ''Tamers'' is a deconstruction in the sense of a work in which each of a work's internal elements are tweaked or have their sense altered (see DeconstructorFleet below), ''Tamers'' does ''not'' fit the TvTropes definition of the trope, which is a work in which nothing in the RulesOfIndex is at play--''Tamers'' has multiple examples of the RuleOfSymbolism.

* NoBiologicalSex: During the final arc, Rumiko asks Renamon whether she's a boy or a girl, and Renamon claims that 'digimon aren't divided into gender', which has most commonly be interpreted to mean this trope. The statement requires some interpretation, as there are digimon like Jijimon and Babamon[[note]]"Jiji" and "baba" are taken from the Japanese ''kanji'' for "old man" and "old woman".[[/note]] who live as husband and wife.

* NoBiologicalSex: All of the Digimon, although the more human-looking ones often have gender identities.
** Renamon explicitly says that 'digimon aren't divided into gender', although in the dub they all have preferred pronouns. Likely this is just referencing that digimon are beings made of data and don't sexually reproduce.

* NoAntagonist: For the first 13 episodes. One of the reasons this series is unusual; the protagonists initial struggle is in how to deal with the fact that Digimon are real, and this may have been one of the reasons why the start is widely considered to be slow. Yamaki doesn't get more active in the plot until near the end of this arc, and even then he's outsmarted by the Devas.

* ProtagonistPowerUpPrivileges: Played with. Takato, Henry and Rika, as the main trio, have their Digimon reach Mega level. The highly promoted SixthRanger Ryo also gets to reach the level, but Takato and Guilmon are the only ones whose Biomerge gets a SuperMode. ThoseTwoGuys member Kenta's [=MarineAngemon=] is a Mega by default, though not good for fighting. The Digimon of the other outliers, Jeri, Kazu and Suzie, never reach Mega.

* DeconstructorFleet: It's not just DarkerAndEdgier, it deconstructs many of the tropes present in {{Mons}} and {{Kaiju}} works, as well as the Digimon franchise in general.
** In most {{Mons}} works, no one considers sanctioning the possession, let alone the ''use'' of monsters to fight proxy battles, especially ''[[ImprobableAge by children]]''. It's... different in ''Digimon Tamers'', being more in line to the early {{Kaiju}} films. (Think ''Film/{{Gojira}}''.)
** The first series in the franchise to depict Digivolutions [[PainfulTransformation as physically tolling]] to the {{Mon}}s.
** Yamaki is the first adult to discover that children are controlling Digimon. His initial reaction is that of horror and repulsion out of the assumption that they only see it as a game. [[JerkassHasAPoint He's not too wrong]].
** When Impmon jumps on cars stopped at a red light, the police arrive and raise their guns at him. The SDF[[note]]Self-Defense Forces, Japan's post-war "non-military" force.[[/note]] is called in for bigger Digimon and the [[spoiler:D-Reaper]].
** Rika initially sees Digimon valuable only for their combat prowess, no different from the card game, and struggles to get Renamon to Digivolve by LevelGrinding. Not only is she ''not'' the first to Digivolve her partner (that would be Henry), the first thing the new Champion does is destroy a parking garage and [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace nearly shoot her in the face]].[[note]]Oh, Galgomon ''shoots'', alright. He just misses. By inches.[[/note]]
** The main characters' parents (and teacher) understandably freak out when they discover their children have been fighting the monsters ruining Tokyo with other monsters, and are planning to venture into an uncharted world populated almost entirely by said monsters.
** The main appeal of {{Mons}} are their combat abilities. In this respect, digimon are perfect, having been designed solely for battle and not for things like [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Chansey taking care of eggs]]. ''Digimon Tamers'' doesn't hold anything back when it shows how dangerous real {{Mons}} and {{Kaiju}} would be.
** You know what should have been citywide devastation in the first two seasons, how the streets and buildings usually ended up unharmed (apart from the Fuji TV station...)? Well, the show has ''no qualms'' with that, showing and the lasting damage to buildings and entire blocks in far greater detail that Adventure ever did.
** A [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy culture]] and [[BloodKnight mindset]] based on [[ToBeAMaster being a master]] of combat is depicted as unhealthy, to say the least.
** Terriermon needs to have a good fight every now and then. He starts knocking against windows like a fly when he senses strong Digimon outside, and if it's been a while since his last, he [[TheBerserker completely loses it]] when he finally does get to fight. He makes a point to frequently remind Henry (an avowed pacifist, no lest) that he's ''not'' human, and needs to fight.
** Impmon is a pint-sized DeconstructorFleet: [[AllAnimalsAreDogs His backstory]] with [[ABoyandhisX two bratty kids]] was ''not'' funny. He starts out as a ButtMonkey and HarmlessVillain, but shows [[DespairEventHorizon how frustrating]] it would be to live that kind of existence, and[[spoiler:[[DealWiththeDevil how far]] he was willing to go to [[IJustWanttobeBadass become strong]]. He also demonstrates what a serious problem can occur when someone gains access to the power to go FromNobodyToNightmare instantly, and dealing with [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone the consequences]]]] in the aftermath once he's finally snapped out of his PowerHigh.
** Ryo left the Real World for the Digital World for a year solely because Cyberdramon's pugnacious tendencies and quest for a worthy opponent made him extremely dangerous and impossible to control in the Real World.
* {{Defictionalization}}: While for the most part, the cards that the Tamers use in the anime correspond to actual cards in the Japanese card game, there are some original ones. Those cards were then released in an anime-based booster for the card game.
** Also, the actual Digimon in-universe. Played not entirely straight in that this continuity's Digital World does not exist as a direct result of the fiction.

* SadlyMythtaken: Renamon's Ultimate(Japanese)[=/=]Mega(English), Sakuyamon, is named for Konohanasakuya-hime, the cherry blossom princess which keeps Mount Fuji from erupting. Sakuyamon takes the form of a humanoid clad in fox themed garments that makes use of Onmyodo magic, neither of which Konohanasakuya-hime was associated with.

* {{Synchronization}}: Bio-Merging again.

* BadassLongcoat: Rika's EstabishingCharacterMoment in Takato's dream famously features her in a trenchcoat. She's never actually seen in this coat when Takato is conscious.

** If you accept the producer's claims that the Ryo of Tamers is also the protagonist of the DigimonWonderswanSeries, you'll need to be familiar with that series to understand Ryo (and even then you'd need to know about it to get the MythologyGag).

* AllThereInTheManual: Ryo only makes sense as a character if you play the games in which he stars. Also, the epilogue, from the CD dramas. Furthermore, Chiaki Konaka's website explains virtually everything that went on over the course of the series. Then there's Chiaki Konaka's short story, ''Anime/DigimonTamers 1984'', a quick little bit about the team that created the Digimon.

* BadassLongcoat: Rika. Trinity from ''Film/TheMatrix'' was an early inspiration, according to Chiaki Konaka.