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* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: Due to the characterization not being explicit (in order to give a more realistic feel), there are wild differences between interpretation among the fans. For example, in the ending scene Jenrya (Henry) nods to his dad to tell him that he forgave him {{spoiler|for having the Digimon partners forcibly separated from the Tamers}}, while many fans thought he had done exactly the opposite.

* [[Angst? What Angst?]]: Ryo is pretty cheery, considering that he is forced to whip his Digimon partner to stop him from attacking everything in sight and that because of him he had to travel through the [[Walking the Earth|digital world, without seeing any other human being,]] for at least a ''year''.

* [[Base Breaker]]: ''Jeri.''

* [[Broken Base]]: Fans of ''Adventure'' were not too pleased about ''Tamers'' (or the ''Digimon'' anime franchise as a whole) taking place in a different universe, with the events of ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'' being rendered as an in-universe television show in the dub of ''Digimon Tamers''.

* [[Complete Monster]]: You could put the J-Reaper down here. It's certainly creepy, and omnicidal. Plus what it did to Jeri.

** The ENTIRETY of the D-Reaper is this. Or more precisely, the D-Reaper from the Digital World was really just [[Punch Clock Villain|performing its' function]] [[Obliviously Evil|but in a destructive way.]] The split D-Reaper that emerges in the ''real world'', however, which includes J-Reaper and all the agents that follow it, is cold, calculating and intelligent, using Jeri's feelings to come to the conclusion that all humanity is worthless and must be purged. And it attempts to do so in ''insane'' and ''sadistic'' ways. It cares nothing for all life, not even it's own artificial existance, making it truly [[The Heartless|heartless.]]

* [[Crosses the Line Twice]]: Impmon vs. Indramon, combined with [[This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself]]

** Beelzemon when {{spoiler|he killed Leomon, with it being literally the second time in the anime franchise that Leomon died.}}

* [[Fanon]]: Ai and Makoto are not twins (Ai is clearly older than Makoto), but good luck finding a different reference to them.

* [[Fanon Discontinuity]]: As mentioned elsewhere, the CD drama which {{spoiler|retconned the second movie}}. The fans, however, gleefully ignore it.

* [[Fan Nickname]]: "J-Reaper" for ADR-01

* [[Growing the Beard]]: If the first ''episode'' didn't at least show some impressive stubble for a ''Digimon'' anime, then the appearance of the Devas should have been when the full beard grew out...and then [[Wham! Episode|Beelzemon's appearance]] should have been when the beard [[Up to Eleven|hit the floor]].

* [[Harsher in Hindsight]]: In-universe example. {{spoiler|Takato used to cry a lot in the first episodes because he was really afraid of losing Guilmon. Cue the last episode.}}

* [[He Really Can Act]] - [[Steve Blum]], who is Yamaki, Guilmon, ''and'' Kenta here. At the time it was widely believed that the Yamaki voice - his standard, also heard in [[The Big O]] as Roger Smith - was all he could do. Add a little growl, you get his [[Marvel Ultimate Alliance|Wolv]][[Wolverine and the X-Men|erine]]. Add a little ''more'' growl, you get [[Digimon Adventure O 2|BlackWarGreymon]]. But then he does Standard Blum Guy (Yamaki), the ''dorky'' Kenta, and the very unique childlike-but-low-pitched voice of Guilmon and makes none of them sound anything alike, to the point that admit it - you had no idea he did all three before you read it.

* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: Televisions and computers use the same [[Chromatic Arrangement]]. In 2010, Sharp added yellow into that protocol.

** Jeri's re-living of when her mother died.

** Everything that happened to Jeri after {{spoiler|Leomon died}} is pretty creepy.

* [[Memetic Molester]]: IceDevimon

* [[Memetic Sex God|Memetic Sex Goddess]]: "Everyone is [[Furry Fandom|furry]] for Renamon."

** For instance it just had unfortunate timing - 2001 was pretty much the peak of the ''[[Pokémon]]'' phenomenon.

** Then there was the fact that before the time that ''Tamers'' had come out it was decided that it would be the last series dubbed by Saban before who then gave the rights to Disney.

* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: Rika started out as a girl who wouldn't trust anyone and used her digimon partner solely for battle, paying no heed to Renamon's feelings. By the end of the series she'd developed and matured into a strong-willed, confident person. How is this unfortunate? Look at it this way: she started off as a loner who simply didn't care, and ended up as, basically, a [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] to Ryou. So, she used to be someone who tried to never depend on anyone, and became... someone who just ended up depending on people - that's all she did in the final fight - give up her power so that the man could put it to better use.

** Actually, she is never subservient (as the Yamato Nadeshiko troupe seems to imply) in the series; she just becomes more caring (which is not flaw, or at least I think so) without losing her strong will or confidence (keep in mind that her earlier confidence was entirely unjustified, since she hadn't actually felt in mortal peril as she did in episode 3). Besides, I would like to point out that all of them had been fighting for a while and were completely exhausted (Jenrya/Henry had even run out of ammunition), so giving up her power was really a last resort/desperation attack meant to give as much damage as possible without allowing the Cable Reaper to regenerate. Finally, note that said action, the one that was supposed to prove that woman should let a man handle things was utterly '''ineffective''' so it just served to prove that she had ''gained'' the ability to trust others. However, the above trope is a bit subjective so fundamentally it is up for the viewer to decide.

* [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?]]: A major factor as to why most children watching it feel pretty alienated by it, especially when you put this show in comparison to ''[[Digimon Adventure]]''.

* [[The Woobie]]: Jeri/Juri...goodness. Even some members of Jeri's Hatedom (Due to her high-pitched voice, Dub ''and'' Sub) wanted to hug her after all the stuff she endures.

** Renamon is often depicted as a [[Stoic Woobie]] in [[Fan Fiction]] that is at least partially set prior to Rika's [[Defrosting Ice Queen|defrosting]].

** DarkLizardmon in the episode Juggernaut. She just wanted to find a human partner... Instead, she got [[Tear Jerker|tortured to death]].

 

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