Digimon Tamers is the third television season of the Digimon anime franchise, first broadcast in Japan in 2001. It followed Takato Matsuki and his partner Guilmon in a more grounded story where Digimon entered the real world. Its evolution sequences, called Digivolution in the English dub, became a defining ritual of the show, marking growth and danger in battle. Clips of those cues later spread through fan edits, gaming videos and soundboards, where the short Tamers cue is now reused whenever someone wants an instant anime power up feeling.