References to Digimon in popular culture

References to the Digimon franchise are sometimes seen in various media, very often alongside some form of reference or comparison to the franchise.

List of references

 * , : is introduced to a Japanese card game called "Battle Ball", a parody of . One of the kids playing it mentions that it "makes Digimon look like Pokémon"
 *  #7: After teases  about him being ranked as the "World's Sexiest Mutant" and her coming in two places behind  on a website, she replies by saying "Do I look like I care about an online poll by a million Japanese teenagers? They probably just thought you were the new Digimon or something anyway."
 * Let's Talk About Sex, Henry: After hearing about Henry witnessing the on Jimmy's bed, Eddie asks "On the  sheets?" to which Claudia sarcastically replies "No, Eddie - the Digimon sheets"
 * Mr. Roboto: As a result of Sean arc welding a robot for Jimmy's science fair, Claudia, as part of her attempt to tone down the robot to make it seem more realistic that Jimmy constructed it, covers the welding points with Digimon stickers. Sean, astonished by seeing the other robot entries at the fair, all of which were more enhanced, reacts by saying "Rip off the damn Digimon stickers!"
 * Mr. Roboto: As a result of Sean arc welding a robot for Jimmy's science fair, Claudia, as part of her attempt to tone down the robot to make it seem more realistic that Jimmy constructed it, covers the welding points with Digimon stickers. Sean, astonished by seeing the other robot entries at the fair, all of which were more enhanced, reacts by saying "Rip off the damn Digimon stickers!"


 * #4332: $800: "Bandai introduced this society of monsters in cards & toys to compete with Pokemon"
 * #4848: $1600: "Put your cards on the table when you tell us Digimon stands for these strange creatures"
 * #4848: $1600: "Put your cards on the table when you tell us Digimon stands for these strange creatures"


 * , Crash : is infected with a computer virus, and  and  enter his body in order to get rid of it. The virus they encounter inside his body strongly resembles Keramon's depiction in Digimon Adventure: Our War Game
 *  #3: Some toys on a shelf in Hazmat's room bear striking resemblance to V-mon and Bakemon. A toy attached to a wall in the same room looks similar to Archelomon
 * , Search and Estroy: steals Mr. Estroy's plans for a Poké-Digi Tank.
 * , Fairy, Fairy, Quite Contrary: During a discussion over something cool to say while leaping out of a car just before it blows up, Mondo suggests "Rats! I left my Digimon: The Movie CD in there!"
 * , Menma the Hero : While Naruko and Tetsudou are searching through her manga and game collection to find, they come across "Dojimon"
 * , Nanozim: In the audio commentary for the episode, when Melissa Fahn is about to be introduced, several of the cast, including the creator of the show, begin shouting: "Digi-Modify!"
 * : Many similarities to Digimon Adventure: Our War Game
 * : In a commercial, is talking with boxer  about the differences between Digimon and Pokémon while toasting a bagel.
 * ': An edition of the comic published in newspapers such as the ' (December 16, 2007) was sponsored by "Diggymon", displaying a paleontologist who strongly resembles Takato who says "Diggymon, digging for monsters!"
 * , Pokémon Park: As and  escape from "Pokémon Park", a spoof of , Misty mentions that they should just be glad they weren't on  Island, explaining that it is "pretty much the same, only more complicated and less fun". Ash then replies by saying "Oh, you mean like Digimon Island".