Digimon Tamers premiered in Japan in 2001 as the third Digimon television series, following Takato Matsuda and his partner Guilmon in a more grounded, technology focused story. Its Matrix Evolution sequence became one of the show's defining set pieces, marking the moment a Tamer and Digimon combine to reach a stronger form. As clips from the series circulated on forums, video edits and soundboards in the 2000s, the short blast was lifted on its own and reused as a universal cue for dramatic anime transformations and power ups.