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The third anime series of the ''[[Digimon]]'' franchise, ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'' was the first installment to set itself in a different canon entirely, setting the standard procedure for the rest of the franchise to come. Gone were the characters and world of ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'', instead introducing a new cast, new mechanics for pretty much everything, and a very different interpretation of the Digital World. Its universe was intended to be much more grounded in reality than its predecessors, partly achieving this by using a version of the ''Digimon'' franchise as a [[Show Within a Show]]<ref>In the Japanese version, the [[Show Within a Show]] isn't ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'', but it is in the dub.</ref> of which the main cast are fans, and by giving [[Digimon (game)|the Hyper Colosseum card game]] an important role in mon-to-mon combat.

Its predecessor was ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'', and it was succeeded by ''[[Digimon Frontier]]'', which continued the trend of rebooting into a new universe and presented a radical shift in concept.

 

 

Compare ''[[Narutaru]]'' for a similarly brutal deconstruction of the [[Mons]] genre, and ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'', ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'', ''[[Bokurano]]'' and ''[[Serial Experiments Lain]]'' for similar [[Deconstructor Fleet]] anime series in other genres and ''[[Digimon Savers]]'' and ''[[Digimon X Evolution]]'' for other very dark Digimon shows.. Contrast... well, [[Digimon Adventure|the]] [[Digimon Adventure 02|rest]] [[Digimon Frontier|of]] [[Digimon V-Tamer 01|the]] ''[[Digimon Xros Wars|Digimon]]'' [[Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Leaping Through Time|franchise]].

* [[Adaptive Ability]]: D-Reaper

* [[Adults Are Useless]]: Less so than in its predecessors, the adults in Tamers made winning against the [[Big Bad]] ''possible'', but in the end it's only the kids that can and do all the fighting.

* [[Alice Allusion]]: Alice McCoy, the mysterious, possibly dead [[Deus Ex Machina]]. She's also a blonde goth-loli, for extra points. Writer Chiaki J. Konaka [[Serial Experiments Lain|favours]] this trope.

* [[All Deaths Final]]: The only ''Digimon'' continuity (except, maybe, the games) where '''nothing''' comes back from death. There isn't a Village of Beginnings. Also, Digignomes, Digimon, and humans (military, bystanders, car drivers) '''die''' both in the series and in the movies.

* [[Casting Gag]]: Nami Asaji, Takato's teacher, is voiced by [[Lara Jill Miller]], who voiced Kari Kamiya in the previous two series. Kari became a teacher when she grew up, and Ms. Asaji bears a striking resemblance to her.

* [[Cat Smile]]: Suzie, all the time. People unfamiliar with the trope think something's wrong with her because of it.

** "Aw, nuts!"

** "Walk all over him/her/it."

* [[Discontinuity Nod]]: As it says under [[Canon Discontinuity]], ''Message in the Packet'' retconned the movie. However, <ref>because the series head writer liked the ideas put forth in the second movie though he outright said that that wasn't the reason why Rika was so cold at the beginning of the series.</ref> there's a brief scene of Rika humming the same song she sings at the movie's climax.

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: When {{spoiler|Sakuyamon gives her powers to Justimon, she ends up stripped of all her clothing, and the sword on his arm grows to twice its size}}. Really subtle, guys.

** Renamon's gender. In the original, she started as a genderless Digimon. The "defining moment" for her, more or less, was a scene in episode 49 where Rika's mother told her she was definitely female and belonged in Rika's all-female family. The dub retained the essence of this scene, but it made little sense, as Renamon had been acting ''very'' feminine throughout the season.

** The dub staff [[Voices Are Mental|merged the voices]] of the Bio-merged Digimon and their partners, and their conversations can be heard clearly. However, the rest of the cast failed to recognize Ryo and Takato during their first battles as Megas. Oops!

{{quote|'''Dukemon / Gallantmon:''' [[Network|"We're mad as heck, and we're not going to take it anymore!"]]}}

** Beelzemon had a [[Precision F-Strike]] version in the same episode:

* [[Gratuitous English]]: Most of the Digimon shout out their attack names in English, with Renamon and all her (digi-)evolutions being the exception to this.

* [[Hair Color Dissonance]]: Brown-haired Jeri is sometimes mistaken for a redhead.

* [[Mechanical Monster]]: MegaloGrowmon (WarGrowlmon), Rapidmon, SaintGalgomon (MegaGargomon), Guardromon

* [[The Men in Black]]: The entire Hypnos organization.

* [[Mind Control Eyes]]: Jeri. Also Rika in the sixth movie.

* [[Mind Rape]]: {{spoiler|Boy, did poor Jeri suffer through this.}}

** {{spoiler|J-Reaper}} partially ''succeeds'' using her mind scan (obviously should be named mind rape) attack {{spoiler|on ''Takato'', just before deploying her wings in the park, in episode 45.}}

* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Despite the dark tone, the series can sometimes skip over into jokes, normally involving the characters [[Deadpan Snarker|snarking.]]

* [[Mukokuseki]]: Zigs and zags all over the place. Henry and his dad are drawn with obviously chinese features, but his sister has... purple hair. Kenta and Kazu look Japanese enough, and Takato is even passably - but there's no telling what Jeri and Rika are supposed to be. The adult secondary characters don't help swing it one way or another, either.

* [[Real Place Background]]: Not just the iconic Tokyo Metropolice Goverment Office Building, but many other locations from Digimon Tamers exist in real life Shinjuku, such as [http://www.konaka.com/alice6/tamers/loction/SJ_082.jpg Guilmon's hideout], [http://www.konaka.com/alice6/tamers/loction/SJ_107.jpg Henry's apartment building], [http://www.konaka.com/alice6/tamers/loction/SJ_059.jpg Takato and Henry's school], [http://www.konaka.com/alice6/tamers/loction/SJ_114.jpg The street Takato lives], and [http://www.konaka.com/alice6/tamers/loction/SJ_051.jpg the park Takato, Kazu and Kenta played in].

* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: When Beelzemon first appears, he has red eyes and is bent on eliminating the tamers and their digimon (though later gets green eyes after his about-face). Somewhat subverted with Takato; while he's generally the kindest and most innocent of the three main tamers, God help you if you -do- make him mad...

** Further [[Justified Trope|justified]] by the fact that Impmon {{spoiler|as Beelzemon}} was originally planned to become the [[Big Bad]] of the series.

* [[Redemption Demotion]]: When Antylamon turns against her master, the Sovereign, she de-digivolves to Lopmon. However, in the face of a mutual enemy, she is allowed her digivolution back. In the midst of getting over [[Honor Before Reason]], when Andromon becomes Kazu's partner, he de-digivolves to Guardromon.

* [[Starfish Aliens]]: Digimon have always been this, but Tamers introduces the D-Reaper and Digignomes.

* [[Stationary Wings]]: Judging from the visuals, it would seem that Digimon with flight abilities can accelerate air across their skins.

* [[Sure Why Not]]: Konaka gave this response when confronted with the fan theory that Alice is a ghost.

* [[Swirly Energy Thingy]]: One episode featured an anomaly of the Hypnos mainframe that manifested in a tunnel and abducted Guilmon, keeping him bound in web-like strands in a [[White Void Room|white void]] inside itself.

* [[This Is a Drill|This Is Digmon's Drill]]

* [[This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself]]: Renamon's reason for not helping Impmon fight Indramon

* [[Those Two Guys]]: Kazu and Kenta.

* [[Tokyo Tower]]: Actually it's Tokyo's ominously-designed city hall that's featured prominently throughout the series.

 

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