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* [[All Myths Are True]]: The franchise's very big [[Loads and Loads of Characters|pool]] of monsters takes here and there, from the Classical Gods, to Judeo-Christian angelology, to the Four Great River Dragons, to even the [[Akashic Records]].
* [[All There in the Manual]]: A significant portion of the mythology of the series must be pieced together from the anime, video games, and manga.
* [[Alphabetical Theme Naming]]: With the exception of Masaru/Marcus, all the main Chosen Children's names have begun with "ta" (た) or "da" (だ, derived from "ta"): '''Ta'''ichi, '''Da'''isuke, '''Ta'''kato, '''Ta'''kuya, '''Ta'''iki, and '''Ta'''giru. Masaru gets included if you say all the names begin with a syllable ending in "a." Daisuke's dub name Davis doesn't fit the theme because it would be transliterated into katakana as '''''DE'''IBISU''. Of course, Davis also had to compete with T.K., or '''Ta'''keru.
* [[Alternative Foreign Theme Song]]: In the English version, an action-oriented rap song is used for the first three seasons, an epic chant for ''[[Digimon Frontier]]'', and a rock song for ''[[Digimon Savers]]''.
* [[Anime Theme Song]]: Almost all of them are by Kouji Wada, while Ai Maeda was responsible for all the [[Ending Theme|Ending Themes]] from ''Adventure'' through ''Frontier''.
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* [[Punch-Punch-Punch Uh-Oh]]: [[Rebus Bubble|PowerLevels + Constant battling = Troperiffic]]
* [[Purely Aesthetic Gender]]: Despite the fact that Digimon may look male (such as [[Monster Clown|Piedmon]]) or female (such as Ladydevimon), because they are all made of data, they simply appear as they do. No Digimon actually has a "true" gender, though this is a general rule that is kept in the card games and various video games. The animated series apply it more as Digimon lack true sexual division, but may identify as a gender. ''Frontier'' seems to avert the trope entirely and ''Xros Wars'' averts it unmistakably.
* [[Random Power Ranking]]: There's no real consistency between the various digimon properties when it comes to how strong any particular digimon species is. One day they may be considered the strongest digimon in existence, the next they may be used as cannon fodder for the new designs.
* [[Rank Inflation]]
** Originally the evolution went through Baby I > Baby II > Child > Adult > Perfect Stages. The Ultimate stage was added later in the franchise with the introduction of the Pendulum V-Pets and Jogress evolution. V-Tamer added another level after that; the Super-Ultimate, but this hasn't really stuck.
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* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Not necessarily a spelling issue, but there are usually inconsistencies even on this very wiki over whether to use the English dub names or the original Japanese names -- mainly because while there is quite a lot of [[Nostalgia Filter]] over growing up with the dub despite (or because of) the occasional [[Cut and Paste Translation]], the Japanese version has recently amassed a large fanbase, and both are widely accepted in their own right. It is generally optimal for fandom members to familiarize themselves with both sets of terms for minimum confusion. It doesn't help that some of the English names are plagued by [[Engrish]]; for instance "LoadKnightmon" (seen in ''Savers''), whose correct name would be "LordKnightmon" or "RhodoKnightmon" (a pun on "rhodonite"). It ''also'' doesn't help that multiple names are used even in English, like when the dub of ''Frontier'' named this very same Digimon as "Crusadermon".
** A lot of digimon in the expanded universe (and their attacks) suffer from being written in mostly katakana, which leaves interpretation up in the air. Most of the time, a simple solution can be found, but in some cases, a [[Gratuitous Foreign Language|foreign attack name]] will slip under the radar due to being obscure<ref>Fandubbers can be forgiven for calling [[Digimon V-Tamer 01|AlforceVeedramon's]] attack the Tense Great Shield; how many of you know what ''tensegrity'' is in the first place?</ref> or due to the aforementioned [[Nostalgia Filter]]<ref>More than a few were surprised when Sukamon's official english name came out as ''Scummon''.</ref>.
* [[Starfish Aliens]]: The Digimon themselves. Sure, they tend to have mostly human behaviors, but they're pretty unusual: They're data-based (as opposed to matter), each subspecies have radically different and varying forms, and even each individual have different forms through their life! They also change said forms instantly, changing in shape and size in seconds (and without regard to biology). Even stranger is that Digimon seem to lack individual names. In fact, most Digimon of the same subspecies are almost indistinguishable from each other. The Digignomes and the D-Reaper also count.
* [[Stationary Wings]]: Applies to most winged Digimon.
* [[Stock Footage]]: In addition to each partner Digimon's individual [[Transformation Sequence]], virtually every major Digimon's attacks rely on stock footage.
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