The plot moves pretty quickly, but unlike the similar Chronicle before it, D-cyber reads like a coherent narrative and not a random collection of events taken from the backs to different toy boxes.
Digimon D-Cyber provides examples of the following tropes:
- Can't Catch Up: Teru Raku and Masuken Kana are shown to be more skilled tamers than Hikaru but Teru doesn't manage to evolve his Agumon as high as the other two regardless.
- Charged Attack: A tamer can increase the power of his Digimon's attack by "pendulum shaking" their digivices.
- Deadly Upgrade: Invoked by Masuken against Hikaru, who believes the different form of his Digimon would be easier to defeat. He did not exactly get what he bargained for.
- Dem Bones: Skullbaluchimon
- Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: Downplayed: The kids can create energy barriers that can shield them from monster attacks and Hikaru isn't afraid to punch out monsters, managing to calm down Dexdorugoramon by hitting him. A human can't really defeat a Champion or higher level monster on their own though, the energy spheres are better used powering up their partners.
- Empowered Badass Normal: Hikaru can beat up people with super powers before he gets them himself.
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Every Digimon but two of the three remaining Royal Knights, Duke and the Omega of Power.
- Facial Markings: Teru has a star on his face.
- Get A Hold Of Yourself Man: Hikaru's response to his friend's high on Metalphanotmon's power is to punch them.
- Goggles Do Nothing: Hikaru Ryuuji, continuing the tradition started by Digimon Adventure, seems to have no real reason to have his headgear.
- Hotblooded: Hikaru
- Idiot Hero: Hikaru, thankfully Teru and Masuken are much smarter.
- Mon Tech: D-Cybers are flip-style cell phone-shaped Digivices that, if shaken correctly, allow a Tamer's Digimon to perform a powerful attack.
- Multiarmed And Dangerous: Kuwagamon, again. This one happens to be a police officer.
- Nobody Calls Me "Chicken"!: Teru
- Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Mametyramon, though smaller than most rookies, is an ultimate level monster, so he's pretty powerful.
- Psychic Powers: A benefit of being mind controlled by Metal Phantomon is that the kids get these kinds of powers.
- Sealed Good in a Can: A girl named Kyoshi also gets stuck in the Digicore.
- Stronger Sibling: Megaseadramon has a stronger brother in Gigaseadramon.
- The Assimilator: Dexmon
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: Kuwagamon only wants to punish Hikaru for not cleaning up after his Digimon. The Omega Of Power tries to kill Hikaru because he is strengthening Dexdorugoramon, who he would otherwise easily defeat.
- You Don't Look Like You: Every Digimon that doesn't naturally have an X-antibody will not look like they do in all the other series.
