Fan:Digimon (2021 film)

Digimon is a fanon live-action film idea created by CAJH. It is the first installment of the fanfictional film series idea. The story of the film is inspired by several elements from 1999 Adventure and 2020 Adventure: continuities as well as few recurring elements from Digimon mythologies.

The main story points and ideas of Digimon were released to the Digimon Wiki in March 10, 2021. The "Digimon 2021 Fan Fiction Film Series Story Idea Group" is also actively recruiting other people to suggest their own ideas for a potential full script.

Planned intro

 * The film begins with Huckmon's lecture about information technology and its meaning in today's society, with "Boléro" (but shortened and partially remixed version of it) being heard in the background. People walking on streets, working in offices, and using smartphones, laptops, and other devices, are shown. Even a world formed by the Network is shown. But the intro ends when small little disturbances start appearing on devices, caused by mysterious green eggs in the Network. Then, the ending of "Boléro" can be heard and the title of the film appears.

Planned story elements

 * A Japanese American boy Taichi Yagami who lives in Queens, New York, and goes to summer camp with his neighbour Connor Smith and childhood friend Sonya Tarkovsky.
 * Connor has his own tablet computer, and he is in extremely good terms with his parents Mason and Kate. But only few days before the camp overheard his parents reveal that he is not their biological son.
 * A rich girl named Mimi Thwaites is also sent to the summer camp by her grandfather Gordon to learn to appreciate more normal lifestyle instead of expensive trips to overseas.
 * Joe Kent is also reluctant to go the camp, because he believes he should study and make his parents proud, but his brother Jim convinces him to try to have some fun sometimes.
 * The staff of the camp includes Mr. Fountaine, Taichi's and Sonya's former teacher, and Taichi does not like him.
 * During the camp, Connor finds out that the digital devices are acting strangely in New York, causing problems.
 * Then, the five children from the camp end up inside the Network through Connor's tablet computer, which later appears there too.
 * Matt Jephson is a quarter-British boy who lives alone with his father Harry. He accidentally ends up in the Network around the same time as Taichi, Connor, Sonya, Mimi, and Joe in the summer camp.
 * The six Digivices appear in their hands and each of them shows map of the Network and six mysterious points. With this map, they locate Koromon, Tsunomon, Pyokomon, Mochimon, Tanemon and Pukamon, who have waited for them for a while.
 * The children also encounter holographic images of several bigger Digimon, but also swarms of three different forms of Algomon (the very Digimon who hatched from those green eggs) causing the electrical disturbances of digital devices by eating data.
 * Koromon, Tsunomon, Pyokomon, Mochimon, Tanemon, and Pukamon evolve into Agumon, Gabumon, Piyomon, Tentomon, Palmon, and Gomamon to fight against the Algomon.
 * But there are too many and one Algomon is too powerful for them to be defeated, after which the children run into a portal that takes them to the Digital World.
 * Taichi's younger sister Hikari had a fever, so she was remaining in home with her parents Yuko and Susumu when Taichi went to the camp. But she starts to feel better and see mysterious visions while watching television.
 * A young boy named Tyler Whitaker, who lives alone with his mother Nancy, meets a boy named Will Dunham who just moved from Colorado and seems to have known about the existence of the Digimon for a while. They both see the same visions from television that Hikari does. Will, however, is unwilling to tell the whole story behind his own past with the Digimon.
 * In the Digital World, the children encounter real versions of most of the Digimon whose holographic bodies they saw in the Network. These Digimon are influenced by a mysterious Infection which contains sources of same digital abnormality that is causing the Algomon to appear in the Network. The Infection also distorts time and space, allowing its victims to partially appear in the Network.
 * The children face many different opponents and learn to evolve Agumon and Gabumon learn to evolve to Greymon and Garurumon to fight them.
 * After these battles, the children arrive Source City, the capital of the File Island.
 * One humorous scene is that in a restaurant, the waiter Digimon ask for Japanese yen while the children only have American dollars.
 * In the real world, a mysterious creature convinces Tyler, Hikari, and Will to go the Digital World as well. Will is revealed to have his own Digivice and a Partner Digimon named Chocomon.
 * The six children meet Leomon, a wandering Digimon who defends several parts of the File Island.
 * Leomon is opposed by Orgemon, a rival Digimon who wants to defeat him.
 * Piyomon and Kabuterimon learn to evolve into Birdramon and Kabuterimon when Source City is invaded by the Infected Digimon.
 * After the battle, the mysterious creature promises Orgemon a power to defeat Leomon, if he agrees to succumb to the Infection.
 * The children reach the Holy Ruins guarded by Centauromon, where should be a hidden pillar that leads to the Cloud Continent, which floats in the sky away from the planet's surface.
 * The light of the Digivices frees Huckmon who was turned to turn many years ago. He explains the few details of the history of the Digital World and that the children are the Chosen Ones, sent to fight the new evil that is starting to threaten the Digital World. The flashbacks show the Baby Level forms of the Partner Digimon: Botamon, Punimon, Nyokimon, Bubbmon, Yuramon, and Pichimon. And the spheric map of the Digital World showing the File Island, the Folder Continent, the Cloud Continent, the Server Continent, the WWW Continent, and the Trash Hole.
 * The mysterious creature, who summoned Tyler, Hikari, and Will to the Network, is the conductor of the Algomon Invasion of the Network as well as the Dark Infection of the File Island. He was using the Infection to brainwash the inhabitants of the Island and the Algomon to send data from the Network to the Digital World.
 * A Perfect Level Algomon to catches Tyler, Hikari, Will, and Chocomon, and uses Chocomon to locate two Holy Digi-Eggs hidden in the Network long ago.
 * Will finally reveals how he met Chocomon when it was just Cocomon four years ago, but never visited the Digital World himself, only hearing stories from Chocomon who somehow remembers parts of her past life.
 * The final battle is fought on a pillar that connects the File Island, the Cloud Continent, and the Network to each other.
 * Palmon and Gomamon learn to evolve into Togemon and Ikkakumon, and they join others in their fight against multiple Adult Level Algomon and multiple Adult Level Infected Digimon.
 * Defeating the Perfect Level Algomon requires the six Chosen Digimon to work together to even wound him, but then it evolves into Ultimate Level Algomon who degenerates the Partner Digimon back to their Child Level forms.
 * Will and Chocomon are being threatened, but Tyler and Hikari step in to protect them. After that, the Holy Digi-Eggs start glowing, and holograms of Seraphimon and Ophanimon appear. They purify the Infection and force the Ultimate Level Algomon to degenerate back to its Perfect Level form. The purified Digimon, along with Leomon and Centauromon, join in the battle against the Algomon. Orgemon, however, feels ashamed and escapes.
 * The light of the Holy Digi-Eggs restores the Partner Digimon with the power to evolve to their Adult Level forms and combine their powers to destroy the Perfect Level Algomon.
 * The holograms of Seraphimon and Ophanimon disappear, the eggs hatch into Poyomon and YukiBotamon, and Digivices appear into the hands of Tyler and Hikari.
 * Most of the data stolen by the Algomon is returned to the Network, but then the mysterous creature reveals himself as PicoDevimon and absorbs some of the data to evolve himself into Devimon (whose body remains shrouded by black fog).
 * Devimon had survived the previous wars of the Digital World as PicoDevimon, hiding in the Cloud Continent, studying the power of Infection, and learning to awaken old Algomon eggs in the Network, all for his plan to regain his lost powers. The distortions in time and space caused by the Infection were part of Devimon's other plan: to find a way to open a gateway to the real world.
 * Devimon forcivly sends Poyomon and YukiBotamon to the different parts of the Digital World, and he sends the Chosen Ones back to the real world.
 * The Partner Digimon, however, remain in the Network, and manage to contact the Chosen Ones with help of Chocomon who has evolved into Lopmon.
 * After the summer vacation ends, Connor finally manages to find a way to return to the Digital World, with help of an email from Huckmon. The Chosen Ones decide to start to fully explore the File Island and the Cloud Continent to find Poyomon and YukiBotamon and locate Devimon's castle.
 * During their first return to the Digital World, they are secretly monitored by Devimon with the help of the Soundbirdmon. The black fog disappearing and revealing Devimon's full body.
 * Most common themes are:
 * Taichi believing that they need to act and that they need to keep exploring the Digital World despite the dangers to the real world.
 * Matt believing that they should avoid dangers, not force anyone to fight the enemy, and use their heads to find solutions.
 * Connor struggling between his curiosity over computers and his relationship towards his parents and new friends.
 * Joe trying convinces others to listen to him, but only ending up being called weird. In the end, he comes to that one does not need to be the leader or have good grades at school to be a reliable and responsible person.
 * Sonya being annoyed by Piyomon's friendliness towards her at first but learning to deeply care about her in the end.
 * Mimi starting to appreciate helping and cooperating with others rather than being selfish.
 * Will learning to be more open about himself with others.
 * Ages of the Chosen Ones:
 * Taichi, Matt and Sonya are 12 years old.
 * Connor, Mimi, and Will are 11 years old.
 * Joe is 13 years old.
 * Tyler and Hikari are 9 years old.

Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance. Bolded characters are fought by the protagonist(s), and italicized characters feature non-explicitly, e.g. voice, silhouette, image.)

Development
While discussing with CLTwins15 about potential story ideas that were left out of Cinematic Sagas and the Digiversum, CAJH made a decision to make a third film series idea. He also planned that this time the story would start with main characters being 11 years old, two years younger than the main characters of the Cinematic Sagas or Digiversum. And no government organizations or private companies are involved. CAJH also hoped that he could have multiple people join his "Digimon 2021 Fan Fiction Film Series Story Idea Group" to help develop this fan fiction. The project, however, proceeded without CLTwins15 due to creative differences.

The previous film series ideas had also started before real-life anime film Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna as well as the Digimon Adventure:, reboot of the Adventure continuity, premiered. And CAJH wished to adapt some of the new villains to these new stories. Although CAJH liked the stories he wrote, he came to consider that Cinematic Sagas was too dependent of adapting existing stories and that the idea of the Digiversum as a shared universe didn't sound like something a real filmmaker would be very likely to do. And he also admired the idea of Adventure: making the threats of the Digital World affect the real world through technological problems rather than disrupting the interdimensional balance.

CAJH was also interested of the approach used by Harry Potter films and Marvel Cinematic Universe's Spider-Man films of having each sequel take one school year later than its predecessor.

Imagined soundtrack

 * "Boléro" (Digimon 2021 Ver.): intro music
 * "Butter-Fly" (Digimon 2021 Ver.): the first end credit song
 * "Brave Heart" (several instrumental versions): evolution theme
 * "Sacred Bond" (Digimon 2021 Ver.): Holy Power theme
 * "Chosen": an entirely new song as the second end credit song+

+ = No lyrics or tune exists yet, but it they would, they should sound like a song from a superhero film.

Trivia

 * Just like Cinematic Sagas film idea Digimon: First Adventure, Devimon appears the first villain faced by the Chosen Ones. But in this continuity, Devimon starts as a background villain, with much more important role being planned for the sequel.
 * Unlike Digimon: First Adventure and first Digimon main film of the Digiversum, the main characters do not gain any human allies from technology companies or government agencies right in the beginning.
 * The initial plan was to have the characters start their journey same age as their anim counterparts, but the difference between educational system of the United States and Japan and their role in character descriptions forced CAJH to change his plans.

Sequel
The next installment, titled Digimon: Light and Dark, will focus on the Chosen Ones actively fighting against Devimon and searching for Tyler's and Hikari's lost Partner Digimon who are reincarnations of the Holy Archangels.