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The fifth series of ''[[Digimon]]'', coming [[Sequel Gap|four years]] after its predecessor ''[[Digimon Frontier]]'', and aimed at a slightly older demographic: those who watched its predecessors as kids. The cast is considerably older than usual, the story is [[Darker and Edgier]] (if nowhere near to the extent of ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'' or ''[[Digimon X Evolution]]''), and the animation style is the most mature-looking and least stylized of the franchise.
Set in a world where the barrier between the Digital World and Human World is starting to fall apart, the ''Digital Accident Tactics Squad'', or ''D.A.T.S.'', protects Tokyo from emergent Digimon while using Digimon partners themselves. During the escape of a lone Agumon, 14-year-old street fighter [[Idiot Hero|Marcus Daimon]] gets involved with the organization. He is partnered with fellow agents [[The Chick|Yoshi Fujieda]] and [[The Lancer|Thomas H. Norstein]], and they are tasked with subduing Digimon emerged into the real world and preventing the havoc they would cause. Soon, however, things gradually begin to become far more complicated than any of them expected, as the Digital World shows signs of fighting back against mankind.
''Savers'' consists of equal parts shaking up the formula and adhering to it more than ''Frontier''. Adults have Digimon partners, Digivices are manufactured by humans, Marcus [[Goggles Do Nothing|doesn't wear goggles]] and the effective [[Big Bad]] is a human acting of their own accord. On the other hand, it's a return to the standard [[Bond Creatures]] setup broken by ''Frontier'', [[Series Mascot|Agumon]] returns as the lead partner, and DATS must still [[Save Both Worlds]] before it's too late.
It was dubbed in the US as ''Digimon: Data Squad'', breaking from the former practice of lumping everything together as ''Digimon: Digital Monsters''. After another [[Sequel Gap]], it was followed up with ''[[Digimon Xros Wars]]''.
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* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: In episode 10, Kristy is embarrassed by Marcus' behavior and makes some specific wishes that end up with him getting hurt. Shortly afterwards, a [[Literal Genie]] of a Digimon makes them happen. One of her wishes was that Marcus should get squished by an oil tanker.
* [[Bishonen Line]]: Digimon Savers is in love with this. Agumon, Gaomon, Lalamon and Falcomon all have humanoid Ultimate/Mega stages. Most of the supporting DATS Digimon, Kamemon and the two Chessmon, manage to pull this off, though they only reach the Perfect/Ultimate level. Even Gizumon pulls one.
** That's just the Digimon shown evolving onscreen. Most of the Royal Knights, two of the three Hyper Bio-Hybrids and BantyoLeomon all have [[Bishonen Line|Bishonen lines]] in the expanded universe materials.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: {{spoiler|Par for course, all Digimon return home and leave their friends behind after the final [[Big Bad]] is beaten. However, at least in this case, Marcus gets to stay with his by going along and has his happy ending. And since the Digimon ''chose'' to go this time, there's nothing saying the split up is for good and Marcus' intention is to make the Digital World good for humans and Digimon, so it's not as bittersweet as most.}}
* [[Bowdlerization]]: In the dub, the BomberNanimon/Citramon episode. Unsurprisingly, this was the result of [[Executive Meddling]]. If Jeff Nimoy had not done this, Disney was going to cut the episode. However, some actually enjoy this change out of its [[Refuge in Audacity|sheer audacity]].
* [[Bridge Bunnies]]
* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: Thomas is half Austrian.
* [[Calling the Old Man Out]]: Thomas has to do this to his father.
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* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: The first battle against Merukimon could not be considered anything else but this (but [[Failure Is the Only Option|that's what happens]] when you have three Champions trying to beat one Mega. A later battle with the three as Ultimates against the same Mega...goes exactly as well.)
** GeoGreymon in the first ten or so episodes.
** Not to mention {{spoiler|1=ShineGreymon Burst Mode vs. Kurata/Belphemon. Given Kurata's [[Dirty Coward|character]], this one is very satisfying.}}
** {{spoiler|The first encounter against the Royal Knights.}}
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: This is to ''[[Digimon Frontier]]'' in every possible way.
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* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Because Marcus's dad went into the Digital World in order to retrieve Keenan, and then {{spoiler|1=had his body possessed by Yggdrasil while his soul went into BantyoLeomon.}}
* [[Distant Finale]]: less controversial than [[Digimon Adventure 02|another]] [[Distant Finale]] in the series.
* [[Double Knockout]]: Marcus and Agumon
* [[Dub Induced Plot Hole]]: The dub still has the group refer to themselves as D.A.T.S., even though the team in the dub is called the ''Digimon Data Squad'' (or D.D.S.) instead of the ''Digital Accident Tactics Squad''.
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: Marcus's first scene involves punching a Digimon in the face. This becomes something of a pattern.
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* [[Heroic Resolve]]: The DNA Charge translates this into Digimon strength, so when Marcus, Thomas, Yoshi and Keenan master it, it enables Agumon, Gaomon, Lalamon and Falcomon to digivolve to the Mega level. An even more powerful and controlled version manifests as the Burst Mode, which is harder to achieve ([[Deadly Upgrade|as Marcus found out to his horror]]) but results in Digimon far more powerful than even the Mega level.
* [[Hero with Bad Publicity]]: Marcus, Thomas, and Yoshi are accused of treason after the incident in the Infinite Ice Ridge. They and other DATS members later come under fire once public opinion about the danger posed by Digimon clashes with their opinion of the same. Marcus at one point has to point out to his mom that they are technically criminals.
* [[Hoist By His Own Pertard]]: Remember those devices that allowed Kurata to handily jump between the worlds? Yeah apparently abusing them causes damage to their locations,so he sucks a few up while merged with Belphemon and continues to destroy the space continuity,and then when he's defeated,he blows up the last thing stopping the Digital World from colliding into Earth,but dies with it.
* [[Homage]]/[[Internal Homage]]
** Agumon. Most blatantly. In addition, GeoGreymon, RizeGreymon, and ShineGreymon are all based off of the original Agumon's evolved forms, and have attacks that invoke similar themes.
** To ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'': Marcus hides Agumon in a box, much like Takato did with Guilmon. Made [[Woolseyism|even funnier in the dub]], as Agumon and Takato are both voiced by [[Brian Beacock]].
*** Also to ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'', in the Japanese original, the voice actor of Dukemon is the exact same to the one from ''Tamers''.
** Citramon, originally BomberNanimon, became an homage to Don Patch of ''[[
** Possibly to ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'': {{spoiler|Koromon hatches...and immediately latches onto Marcus' face. Just like in the original [[Pilot Movie]].}}
** Definitely to the actual series of ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'', and as the most obvious one: {{spoiler|As the villain of the penultimate arc is finally defeated, the Digital World appears in the sky, leading to the appearance of the true villain and the final arc. Complete with a montage across the world of people looking at the Digital World, and with a scene of one of the main characters saving a falling plane. Pretty much the only differences are that this time, the Digital World is actually, physically there in the sky...and that it first appears in episode 38, not 39.}}
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* [[Jumped At the Call]]: Marcus, once he realizes what he can do in DATS to further his fighting ambitions.
* [[Just Following Orders]]: MirageGaogamon claims this when fighting his allies. Crowmon/Yatagaramon tells him his master is wrong, but [[Berserk Button|this only enrages him]].
* [[Karma Houdini]]: Popstar Neon, who had been using a Keramon to hack the internet to make it seem like his song was hitting the charts when it wasn't, ends his episode with just a mindwipe with no legal rammifications, despite knowingly committing internet fraud on a global scale. Sure, he won't remember doing it, but that doesn't stop the fact his music career gets a huge jumpstart that he didn't deserve.
* [[Killed Off for Real]]: Digimon conventionally revert back to a Digi-egg upon being defeated or otherwise killed. They can then be reborn, and in rare cases retain memories from their past lives. However, the Gizumon species (and possibly Kurata's foot soldiers) are equipped with weapons that can permanently delete a Digimon's data, either by destroying them without a Digi-egg appearing or by causing their newly-formed Digi-egg to self-destruct.
* [[Killer Robot]] / [[Mecha Mook]]: The Gizumon, Gizumon AT and Gizumon XT have no emotions and are programmed to do what they are told, i.e. to kill Digimon. They all carry a [[Death Ray]], a laser which obliterates the data of any Digimon unfortunate enough to get hit by it.
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* [[Palette Swap]]: {{spoiler|Gotsumon digivolves to Meteormon, who is basically the same digimon with a white color scheme. He gets way more powerful though. Yoshino lampshades this in the dub.}}
* [[Parasol Parachute]]: Used by Nanami in episode 31.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]
* [[Phlebotinum Rebel]]: [[Zig Zagged Trope]] in Belphemon's case -- during the battle, Kurata sporadically gains and loses control over Belphemon Rage Mode's consciousness. The result is that a [[Demon Lords and Archdevils|Demon Lord]] that once nearly caused [[The End of the World as We Know It]] in the Digital World and a [[Complete Monster]] with an [[Omnicidal Maniac]] agenda try to gain control of the same body.
* [[The Power of Friendship]]: An integral part of the [[Empathic Weapon]] nature of Digimon is that they fight at their strongest when the bonds between Digimon and human partners are strongest. It is also the inspiration for fighting the biggest battles, when the team must make a collaborative effort.
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* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: Belphemon's Digi-egg was discovered and captured by Kurata during his second visit to the Digital World. He took it back and incubated it until it hatched into Belphemon Sleep Mode, and then fed Belphemon digital energy until he could use it as leverage.
* [[Self-Disposing Villain]]: Kurata's death is an example of this. He might yet have survived if he hadn't [[Taking You with Me|activated the bomb]].
* [[Sequel Gap]]: The series followed the 3 year gap caused by the poor performance of Digimon Frontier. It's own poor performance resulted in another 3 year gap for the franchise.
* [[Shining Goodness]]: The Burst Mode.
* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Marcus and Thomas several times, usually in their...
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