Goggles

Aviator goggles (ゴーグル Gōguru) are a traditional symbol for the lead human protagonist of Digimon stories, who are often nicknamed "goggle boys". Almost every lead protagonist from each Digimon and Appmon anime series wears goggles (Daimon Masaru from Digimon Savers is the only exception), and so does every manga protagonist and the majority of video game protagonists. Most of the time, the goggles are purely a fashion item that they wear on the forehead and are not used by the wearer as eye protection.

Other common traits that "goggle boys" share, especially in the anime and manga, are that they are the leaders of a team of Tamers or Chosen Children, their names start with the phoneme ta (た) or da (だ), they are associated with warm colors like red and orange, and they are partnered with Digimon who are dragon- or reptile-type and/or have fire attacks. In the anime and manga, only males have worn goggles so far, and the only "goggle girls" currently appear only in video games.

Some species of Digimon and Appmon also have goggles of their own. These species are usually either heroic dragon- or reptile-type Digimon who, like "goggle boys", have goggles purely for aesthetic reasons, or they are militaristic in theme and wear their goggles for practical purposes.

Yagami Taichi wears a pair of goggles around his neck. He briefly uses them as a weapon by throwing them at Botamon while it is under the bed, to try to scare it out.

Taichi wears a pair of goggles, together with a headband, throughout the series and in Our War Game!

At the start of the series, Motomiya Daisuke wears a pair of goggles of his own in imitation of Taichi, whom he idolizes. These goggles are destroyed by an Evil Ring-possessed Monochromon in "The Inheritor of Courage", and at the end of the episode, Taichi gives Daisuke his goggles as a symbolic passing of the torch to the leader of a new generation of Chosen Children. Daisuke wears Taichi's goggles for the rest of the series.

Ichijouji Ken's Digimon Kaiser outfit also features a pair of thick tinted goggles that he wears over his eyes. He throws these goggles away when he is defeated in "Goodbye, Ken..." and they dissolve into data.

In the epilogue in "Our Digital World", Daisuke's son wears a pair of goggles which resemble Taichi and Daisuke's. At this point, neither Taichi nor Daisuke are wearing goggles.

In "Reunion", Izumi Kōshirō provides Taichi with a new set of enhanced goggles that visualize distortions, allowing him to track where Infected Digimon are about to appear. When he is not using them, Taichi usually wears these goggles around his neck instead of on his forehead.

In "Loss", when Taichi disappears in Jesmon's attack, only his goggles are left behind. Ishida Yamato begins wearing them in Taichi's place, as a symbol of how Taichi would want the group to keep going. When Taichi returns to the group in "Our Future", Yamato returns the goggles to him.

A pair of goggles are part of the Mysterious Man's Digimon Kaiser disguise. These goggles are smaller and significantly different than the original Kaiser goggles, but they are still darkly tinted.

Two flashbacks in "Loss" reveal that Nishijima Daigo also used to wear a pair of goggles when he was a child, during his adventure in the Digital World with Himekawa Maki and the other original Chosen Children. The goggles were knocked off his head in his team's final battle with the Dark Masters. He no longer wears them as an adult.

At the start of the film, Taichi wears another new set of goggles that Kōshirō has enhanced with a targeting heads-up display. However, they are still a work in progress, and an error with their display nearly causes Taichi and Agumon to be unnecessarily hit by Parrotmon, so he stops using them. Later, he gets a pair of regular goggles out of storage along with his old Digivice and starts wearing them again until after the final battle with Eosmon.

Daisuke no longer wears any goggles.

In "You are my Friend - Introducing Terriermon!", Matsuda Takato adopts a pair of goggles that he had found when he declares that he is Guilmon's Tamer, and continues to wear them for the rest of the series.

Unlike other anime series, Takato regularly uses his goggles to protect his eyes against hazards like the fog of Digital Fields in the real world and data storms in the Digital World. His friends, Makino Ruki and Lee Jianliang, use sunglasses for this.

Kanbara Takuya wears a pair of goggles on top of his hat.

Kudou Taiki wears a pair of goggles. He has a habit of snapping his fingers on his goggles whenever he has an idea for a tactic in battle.

In "Xros Heart, Burn!", Tsurugi Zenjirou temporarily wears Taiki's goggles while, after Taiki has been incapacitated by exhaustion, he temporarily commands Xros Heart in the last battle of Lake Zone.

Taiki wears a new pair of goggles for most of the season. Akashi Tagiru wears another pair of goggles of his own in imitation of Taiki, claiming that he needs them if he is going to surpass Taiki and become a "superstar".

In "A Heart-throbbing Horror Experience! The Spirit Hunter Roars!!", Hinomoto Akari wears Taiki's goggles while Taiki rests after winning the city basketball championsihp.

In "Burn Up, Tagiru! The Glorious Digimon Hunt", Astamon destroys Tagiru's goggles when it betrays the group. Taiki, who had been injured badly by Astamon, gives Tagiru his goggles when he asks Tagiru to fill in for him as the one to wield the Brave Snatcher.

Shinkai Haru wears a pair of goggles throughout the series. In "I Will Have You in Costume! Cameramon's Halloween Scandal!", he briefly puts them over his eyes when he tries to blend in with a crowd of people in costume to avoid detection by Cameramon, but takes them off when he realizes that there are cameras everywhere so there is no point.

Yagami Taichi wears a pair of goggles, together with a headband, throughout the series.

All the fake Yagami Taichis created by Algomon wear goggles.

Yagami Taichi wears a pair of goggles, together with a headband, throughout the series. "Goggles..." reveals that the goggles are a gift from his grandfather, who had them as a memento of a deceased pilot friend. When Taichi was young, his grandfather gave the goggles to him as a symbol of the courage to act to protect one's friends, like his pilot friend used to do, after Taichi witnessed a friend being bullied. From "Butter-fly" onward, Taichi sometimes wears these goggles over his eyes when he is flying on Zeromaru (as Aero V-dramon).

Doumoto Kouta wears a pair of goggles.

Lóng Zhìguāng wears a pair of goggles.

Tatsuno Tsurugi wears a pair of goggles.

Kudou Taiki wears a pair of goggles.

Doumoto Kouta wears a pair of goggles.

Akira wears a pair of goggles.

Atsushi wears a pair of goggles.

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Both player avatar options, Koh and Sayo, wear goggles.

Both player avatar options, Shū and Kizuna, wear goggles.

The protagonist wears goggles.

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Taiga and Shinomiya Rina both wear goggles.

Both player avatar options, Aiba Takumi and Aiba Ami, wear a pair of goggles that serve as their Digivice. The game's pause menu is the Digivice's interface.

When Lord Knightmon traps Takumi/Ami in Chapter 17, "Recollection", their goggles are left behind and found by their allies. Shiramine Nokia temporarily uses the goggles for the duration of Chapter 18, "Lost, Lost Memories", but she does not actually wear them and her access to its Digivice functions is restricted. She can command Takumi/Ami's Digimon, but cannot use their DigiLine chat or Hacking Skills. She returns the goggles to Takumi/Ami when they reappear for their final fight with Lord Knightmon.

Kamishiro Yuuko also has a pair of goggles that she wears around her left arm.

Both player avatar options, Takuto and Shiki, wear goggles.

Both player avatar options, Kazuki and Itsuki, wear goggles.

Amazawa Keisuke wears a pair of goggles.

The protagonist wears goggles.

Sakamoto Satoru wears goggles.

Momotsuka Takuma wears a pair of goggles.