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[[WMG:'''Beyond Birthday''']]

The villain in the {{prequel}} novel ''Death Note: LightNovel/AnotherNote: The Los Angeles BB Murder Case''.

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Tropes associated with Beyond:
* AffablyEvil: The friendly way in which he interacts with Naomi, and even when he's alone he's pretty chipper, for the most part. Also, the fact that he was (FromACertainPointOfView) "kind" enough to anesthetize his victims somehow, before killing and dismembering them in the grisly manners that he did. He also arranges for Blackberry Brown and Bluesharp Babysplit to be evacuated to a 5-star hotel (when a cheap motel would have been the norm).
* AlliterativeName
* AlwaysSecondBest: To both L and A.
* AxeCrazy
* BadassBookworm: He ''is'' from Wammy's House, after all.
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: He's counting on L reacting in a certain way.]]
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: [[spoiler:He kills people he sees are at the end of their lifespans.]]
** [[spoiler: A bit of FridgeLogic here. If you consider that only people with the Death Note are supposed to be able to change a person's destiny based on seeing their lifespan, those people would probably have died from Beyond himself, not from something else like he said to justify his actions. To be fair though, he couldn't have known that. Even more FridgeLogic when you think about the fact that if he hadn't had the Shinigami Eyes, he wouldn've have seen their lifespans, and wouldn't have decided to kill them, and their lifespans would have lasted longer. Their lifespans were shorter simply because he could see them.]]
* BetaTestBaddie
* BigBad: Of ''LightNovel/AnotherNote''.
* {{Bishounen}}: Is considered by fangirls to be this, because of his status as L's lookalike. Interesting in that it's not entirely clear ''exactly'' how he looked, and how much he did/didn't resemble L. Also interesting in that L (and by extension, B) is [[HollywoodHomely not considered pretty]] InUniverse.
* BloodierAndGorier
* ButtMonkey: Let's see, he's AlwaysSecondBest and there's the instance where he's ''[[AmusingInjuries stepped on]]'' by Naomi Misora. [[spoiler: Also there's the whole failing to achieve his goal of [[WhatTheHellHero "calling out L"]] with his EvilPlan thing-the poor guy couldn't even kill himself properly. [[CurbStompBattle And later while he's serving time in prison he's killed by Kira.]]]]
* CallingCard: The ''wara ningyo''.
* CanonForeigner: Does not actually appear in the series proper, but was absorbed into the canon of ''Manga/DeathNote''.
* CantCatchUp: [[spoiler: [[FreudianExcuse As hard as he worked to be the next L, L never saw him as an an equal, just a Backup.]]]]
* CarryABigStick: clubbed to death, knifed to death, beaten to death- he's not too picky as long as he carries out his objective of making his target dead.
** Also, he tests Naomi by attacking her with a bag filled with sand.
* CastOfSnowflakes: Played straight in the book. BB is only supposed to bear a vague resemblance to L.
** Averted in most fan-art, where he looks almost exactly like L.
* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: Is caught rifling through Quarter Queen's underwear drawer, for reasons unknown. It was ''probably'' to keep up the "unprivate detective" act, though Naomi thinks he's just being a pervert. (Partly because of a CrossCulturalKerfuffle involving the fetishization of women's underwear, and partly because she doesn't like Beyond in the first place.) That, or he was [[{{Troll}} intentionally trying to provoke a reaction from her]].
* TheChessmaster
* CloudCuckooLander
* ColdBloodedTorture
* CrazyPrepared
* CreateYourOwnVillain: Is angry with L, because he feels that L didn't care about the kids being groomed as his successors.
* CreepyMonotone
* CreepySouvenir: Takes Backyard Bottomslash's left arm away from the crime scene, probably to make said crime scene more confusing for L and/or whoever else might have been investigating. It's not known what he did with it. [[note]]Many fans assume he ate it, but this is not confirmed in-story.[[/note]]
* CriminalMindGames: Among other games and codes BB sends a CrosswordPuzzle indicating who he's going to kill next to the police.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: For his victims if the state of the corpses is anything to go by.
* CuteAndPsycho: Well he's a psycho and [[spoiler: he looks like L.]] [[http://locust-713.deviantart.com/art/BB-s-first-love-133948383]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast
* DarkIsNotEvil: Subverted. [[spoiler: He comes off as very creepy from his first appearance but due to MistakenIdentity the audience is made to think he's a good guy.]]
** DarkIsEvil
* DeadpanSnarker
* [[spoiler: DeathSeeker]]: [[spoiler: B had planned it so he would be the final victim.]]
* DeceptiveDisciple: [[spoiler: No student at Wammy's House ever put so much effort into ''[[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor BEING]]'' [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor L]]...]]
* DefiantToTheEnd: "I have never once been submissive [[UpToEleven even to a traffic light.]]"
* [[spoiler: DetectiveMole: Naomi Misora is very impressed by Ryuuzaki's uncanny ability to [[CriminalMindGames decipher BB's codes.]]]]
* DepravedHomosexual: Based on his description of himself as "an aggressive ''top''."
** Or possibly DepravedBisexual (we don't get to see enough of him to know for sure.)
* TheDeterminator [=/=] DeterminedDefeatist: [[spoiler: [[FreudianExcuse Because of his Eyes B knows that everything dies, everything falls apart]] [[VillainousValour but he presses on anyway.]] He also already knows that his death alone won't be enough to make L ''notice'' but creating a puzzle he can't solve will.]]
* {{Deuteragonist}}: To Naomi
* DissonantSerenity: Does this a lot.
* DoesNotLikeShoes
* DrivesLikeCrazy: "I have never even been submissive to a traffic signal!"
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette
* EmbarrassingNickname: [[BerserkButton Backup]]
* EvilCounterpart: To L. Indeed B goes out of his way to ''be'' this. [[ShadowArchetype Also to Mello]] ([[ScareEmStraight L shares B's story with Mello]] perhaps because he is afraid that that Mello [[TurnOutLikeHisFather would turn out like his predecessor]]) and [[EvilerThanThou Light]] (though Kira [[AMillionIsAStatistic kills far more people]]; B is more sadistic and his brand of villainy is more [[ColdBloodedTorture immediately terrifying]] and has a much more ''[[ItsPersonal personal]]'' touch.)
* EvilIsPetty: The entire thing is basically a [[MemeticMutation "Notice me, Senpai!"]] gambit.
* EvilLaugh: If Shinigami could breed you'd think he was related to Ryuk - he has his laugh.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Presumably, given L's voice from the series proper. We are never told what BB's voice actually sounds like, however.
* EvilTwin: To L, though he might not be (indeed, probably is not) a ''literal'' twin.
* EyeScream
* FanBoy: he's an {{Otaku}} as well as being L's deranged fanboy.
* TheFatalist: It comes with knowing when [[spoiler: everyone is going to die.]]
* {{Fingore}}
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: 1) [[CursedWithAwesome B was ''born'' with the Shinigami eyes]] and apparently knows how to read the lifespan numbers so he has "seen" death all around him all his life. 2) B was never seen as an individual with his own merits-[[WellDoneSonGuy just L's Backup]].]]
* FullBodyDisguise: [[spoiler: Used when "testing" Naomi Misora.]]
* AGlassOfChianti: Or rather A Jar Of Strawberry Jam used to the same effect (is it jam or is it blood?) with the added bonus that some fans [[UglyCute find it cute.]]
* [[spoiler: GoodScarsEvilScars: Is left with horrific burns after the "suicide" part of his MurderSuicide plot doesn't go according to plan.]]
* {{Gorn}}
* TheHyena: He practices his EvilLaugh.
* KarmaHoudini: Possibly, at least at the beginning, because it is hinted that BB ''may'' have killed people other than the 3 from the LABB case in the past.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: Drugged all of his victims first.
* IdenticalStranger: Looks like L (though to what degree is debatable, given his status as a MasterOfDisguise). They may or may not be related to one another or know each other personally.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: In fanworks and {{Cosplay}}, particularly works where he'll be appearing alongside of L, BB is often given a [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience black shirt]] (either with or without [[BloodIsTheNewBlack blood splatters]]), or a white shirt with blood all over it, and sometimes neater hair, even though canonically he wears [[ManInWhite a clean white shirt]] to match L. This is presumably to distinguish BB from L in a way aside from the former's red eyes as opposed to L's grey ones.
* ImAHumanitarian: According to {{Fanon}}, anyway. WordOfDante has it that BB consumed blood and/or flesh from some or all of his victims, though this is not explicitly mentioned in the novel.
* InsaneEqualsViolent
* IJustWantToBeYou: Copies L, to the point where it's not clear which are B's own personality traits and which he's doing to imitate L.
* [[spoiler: InterruptedSuicide]]
* IrritationIsTheSincerestFormOfFlattery
* [[spoiler: TheKillerBecomesTheKilled: [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Hmmm... he seems to have died in prison of a sudden heart attack.]]]]
** [[spoiler: CurbStompBattle]]: As [[spoiler: Mello]] points out, "how humiliating for him"...
* KnifeNut
* LaughablyEvil
* ListOfTransgressions: Murder, impersonating law enforcement, fraud, grand theft auto...
* LooksLikeCesare
* LoonyFan
* MadMathematician
* [[spoiler: ManOnFire]]
* ManipulativeBastard
* MasterOfDisguise: [[IrritationIsTheSincerestFormOfFlattery As part of his creepy obsession with L.]]
* MurderersAreRapists: In {{Fanon}}, at least. In the novel itself, there is no mention of BB raping any of the people he killed.
* MysteriousPast
* [[spoiler: {{Namedar}}: He was born with the Shinigami eyes.]]
* NamedLikeMyName: [[spoiler: "Ryuuzaki" copied the copycat when choosing an alias.]]
* NeatFreak: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as he needs to meticulously clean his victims' houses to avoid leaving any trace evidence behind.
** Amusingly in most FanArt he's depicted as [[BloodIsTheNewBlack splattered in blood]] to show that it is [[EvilCounterpart Beyond]] and not L.
* NietzscheWannabe
* NightmareFetishist
* {{Ninja}}: Although not actually described as being one, his way of doing things certainly evokes the image of a ninja.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: [[spoiler: L's [[EvilTwin evil doppelganger]][=/=][[TykeBomb Wammy's Kid]][=/=]SerialKiller[=/=]born with [[{{Namedar}} Shinigami eyes.]]]] He's not a typical DN [[OriginalCharacter OC]] MarySue but a ''very scary'' BigBad.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace
* NoSocialSkills
* ObfuscatingStupidity
* OCStandIn: He is a very mysterious figure in canon, and like Matt, much of his characterization comes from {{Fanon}}.
* OralFixation
* {{Otaku}}: [[spoiler: He leaves a clue in an ''Manga/AkazukinChaCha'' manga collection.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Like everyone else from Wammy's, he's an orphan.
* PrimalStance: See "Running on all fours."
* [[spoiler: AProtagonistIsRyu: Goes by the pseudonym Rue Ryuuzaki]]
* RealMenWearPink: Wears makeup, and eats sweets. Also gushes over a manga geared towards young girls.
** Also, he nails ''wara ningyo'' dolls into a wall, much in the way they would be traditionally nailed to a tree in a Shinto shrine. That activity, however, was ''traditionally'' performed by a woman.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* TheResenter
* ReturningToTheScene: [[spoiler: More like Never Left The Scene...]] [[BatmanGambit but it's all part of the plan.]]
* TheRival
* RunningOnAllFours: He frequently crawls around in a freaky way.
* [[spoiler: SelfImmolation]]
* {{Seme}}: Self-described as "an aggressive top".
* SerialKiller: It's hinted that the 3 from the novel are just his ''known'' victims. Keep in mind, too, that the time between his leaving of Wammy's House and the events of the novel only span about 3 months.
* ShoutOut: Spends ''an entire paragraph'' gushing over ''Manga/AkazukinChaCha''!
* TheSociopath
* [[spoiler: SuspectExistenceFailure: That was the plan, anyway.]]
* [[StringyHairedGhostGirl Stringy Haired Ghost Guy]]: He has this look.
* SuckSessor
* SuperpowerfulGenetics: [[spoiler: [[HalfHumanHybrid So]][[CursedWithAwesome me]][[LamarckWasRight how]] he was ''born'' with the Shinigami eyes.]]
* SuperOCD: To the point where he ''unscrews lightbulbs and cleans the sockets''.
* SweetTooth: B must surpass L at everything, even sugar consumption. "It's sweet dirt."
* TeenGenius
* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: Can see everyone's real names and lifespans (except his own, which is part of why [[spoiler:his suicide attempt failed]]) due to being born with the Shinigami Eyes, and has spent most of his life [[DoomMagnet "surrounded by death" as a result]]. Combine that with the stresses of the L program, and it's no wonder he's so maladjusted.
* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: When he's introduced [[spoiler: he comes crawling out from under a bed.]]
* ThirteenIsUnlucky
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Strawberry jam.
* TykeBomb: Was being trained as this back at Wammy's.
* TheUnfettered: [[spoiler: He will do whatever it takes to get L's attention.]]
* VoodooDoll: Or rather wara ningyo left at every crime scene.
* VillainousCrush: B both loves and loathes his senpai, L.
* VillainProtagonist
* WellDoneSonGuy: [[spoiler: He just wants L to notice him!]]
* WhiteCollarCrime: Purchased a storefront and warehouse to live in, by pretending to be affiliated with a business that was no longer ''in'' business. Also made use of stolen identities and credit cards.
* WildHair
* WorthyOpponent: Judges Naomi to be this after he tests her by attacking her on the street.
* WouldHitAGirl: Two of his victims are women (actually, one is a teenage girl), and he assaults Naomi as a test.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: one of B's victims was 14 year old Quarter Queen.]]

[[WMG:'''A''']]

A student at Wammy's House in the {{prequel}} novel ''Death Note: LightNovel/AnotherNote: The Los Angeles BB Murder Case''.

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Tropes associated with A:
* [[spoiler: DeathByOriginStory]]
* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide]]
* MadMathematician
* MoralityPet: [[spoiler: Possibly for B.]]
** MoralityChain: [[spoiler: Again possibly for B.]]
* OCStandIn
* TheRival: [[spoiler: Of B and L since they were are all competing for the title.]]
* TykeBomb
* [[spoiler: WeHardlyKnewYe]]
* WellDoneSonGuy

[[WMG:'''Naomi Misora''']]
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->Voiced by: Creator/NaokoMatsui (JP), Creator/TabithaStGermain (EN), Creator/NicoleOliver (English dub of live-action films)

Raye Penber's fiancee and former FBIAgent who worked under L in the L.A.B.B. murder case.

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Tropes associated with Naomi:
* ActionGirl: Of the DanceBattler variety, since she's well-versed in UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}} [[spoiler: and trains L in it.]]
* AloneWithThePsycho: Twice!
* AloofDarkHairedGirl
* AscendedExtra: Both in the prequel novel and in the live-action movies.
* BadassBiker
* BettyAndVeronica: Though it's [[GenderBender gender swapped]] with Beyond Birthday as the Veronica and Raye Penber as the Betty.
* BikerBabe
* BornUnlucky: Her "luck" rating is 1/10. Ouch.
* UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}}: She was actually the one who taught L this martial arts.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Official color seems to be blue.
* FairCop
* FinalGirl: [[spoiler: Of ''LightNovel/AnotherNote'' [[SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome but not in the main story.]]]]
* HellBentForLeather
* JustAKid: She's had... trouble with this. In the novel, it explains that [[spoiler:[[BackStory she had a traumatic experience]] [[ShootTheDog with having faced down a gang member that was no more than a child.]] Then there's Light the mass murdering high school student...]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: At the F.B.I. she was known as "Misora Massacre" for her Badassery.
* OCStandIn
* ProperlyParanoid: Has a GutFeeling about BB [[spoiler: that turns out to be correct.]] The same happens in the series proper with [[spoiler: Light.]]
* RealWomenDontWearDresses: WordOfGod says that she dislikes skirts.
* ReadingYourRights: Tells B he doesn't have the right to an attorney, trial, etc., because she is so distraught over him having [[spoiler: bludgeoned a 13-year-old girl to death.]] (Although in actuality, the law where B was arrested guarantees those to everyone, regardless of whether they are facing charges for heinous crimes like B's, or more...mundane ones.)
* RightInFrontOfMe: In ''LightNovel/AnotherNote'' when L asks her if [[spoiler: [[EvilTwin “Ryuuzaki”]]]] was cool:
-->'''Naomi:''' No, absolutely not. He was creepy and pathetic, and so suspicious that if I weren't on leave, I'd move to arrest him the moment I laid eyes on him. If we divided everyone in the world into those that would be better off dead and those that wouldn't, there's no doubt in my mind that he'd be the former. [[SuicideAsComedy Such a complete freak that it amazes me he hasn't killed himself.]]
* TheStoic: Her emotional strength rating is a full 10/10.
* {{Tsundere}}: This is {{Lampshaded}} in ''LightNovel/AnotherNote''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: She was originally supposed to have a larger role in the main series, but the author couldn't think of a way to have her be relevant to the plot without her immediately blowing Light's cover, so she was turned into [[spoiler:a SacrificialLion]] instead.

[[WMG: '''L''']]

* DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm: Naomi's sarcastic remarks at the beginning apparently go over his head
* TheGlomp: Glomps Naomi at the end, his way of thanking her for her efforts
* GoodCounterpart: To BB
* {{Hikikomori}}: Justified by Mello on the grounds that L's life was always in danger, [[TheChainsOfCommanding due to his line of work.]]
* ItsPersonal: Why he chose to get involved; ordinarily, he only takes on cases where there are more than 10 victims and/or more than $10 million at stake
* LooksLikeCesare
* MarriedToTheJob
* MessyHair
* PunchClockHero
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: As a reward to Naomi, he not only pays her generously, but he pulls some strings to save her career at the FBI
* TykeBomb: Was being trained to be this at Wammy's
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection

[[WMG: '''Mello''']]

* AlwaysSecondBest: Why he sympathizes with BB
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Narrator}}
** LemonyNarrator: Decides it will be more fun to adopt this style, instead of remaining clinical and objective, on the grounds that he thinks it's likely that someone ''other'' than Near will read it.
** PosthumousNarration: Possibly. It depends on whether you view his comments on having 'lost' as meaning he's already been killed by Takada, or meaning that he concluded that he'd as good as lost once Hal told him about Near's final plan, leading to his desperation gambit of kidnapping Takada.
** UnreliableNarrator: He is ''very'' biased in favor of L, and states openly that he sympathizes with BB. Also, keep in mind that he's relaying a story that he's heard from someone else who wasn't actually there for most of it and heard the details from someone who was. So Mello is filling in ''a lot'' of blanks he couldn't possibly know, and speculating on what the people involved were thinking or doing.
* MotorMouth: Can be a bit long-winded
* ShoutOut: Gives one to [[Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye Holden Caulfield.]]
* TheStoryteller: His narration style is more akin to a live storytelling
* TakeThat: Takes a few potshots at both Near and the audience

->Voiced by: Creator/NaokoMatsui (JP), TabithaStGermain (EN), Creator/NicoleOliver (English dub of live-action films)

* ShoutOut: Gives one to [[TheCatcherInTheRye Holden Caulfield.]]

** PosthumousNarration: He lets the audience know that he has already died, and what his real name is.

* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: Can see everyone's real names and lifespans (except, presumably, his own) due to being born with the Shinigami Eyes, and has spent most of his life [[DoomMagnet "surrounded by death" as a result]]. Combine that with the stresses of the L program, and it's no wonder he's so maladjusted.

* IdenticalTwinIDTag: In fanworks and {{Cosplay}}, particularly works where he'll be appearing alongside of L, BB is often given a [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience black shirt]] (either with or without [[BloodIsTheNewBlack blood splatters]]), or a white shirt with blood all over it, and sometimes neater hair, even though canonically he wears [[ManInWhite a clean white shirt]] to match L. This is presumably to distinguish BB from L.

* WomanInBlack

* {{Badass}}
** BadassBiker

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: At the F.B.I. she was known as "Misora Massacre" for her {{Badass}}ery.

* AffablyEvil: The friendly way in which he interacts with Naomi, and even when he's alone he's pretty chipper, for the most part. Also, the fact that he was (FromACertainPointOfView) "kind" enough to anesthetize his victims somehow, before killing and dismembering them in the grisly manners that he did.

* TakeThat: Takes a few potshots at both Near and the audience

* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: Is caught rifling through Quarter Queen's underwear drawer, for reasons unknown. It was ''probably'' to keep up the "unprivate detective" act, though Naomi thinks he's just being a pervert. (Partly because of a CrossCulturalKerfuffle involving the fetishization of women's underwear, and partly because she doesn't like Beyond in the first place.)

* SerialKiller: It's hinted that the 3 from the novel are just his ''known'' victims.

** UnreliableNarrator: He is ''very'' biased in favor of L, and states openly that he sympathizes with BB.

* RealMenWearPink: Wears makeup, and eats sweets.

* {{Bishounen}}: Is considered by fangirls to be this, because of his status as L's lookalike. Interesting in that it's not entirely clear ''exactly'' how he looked, and how much he did/didn't resemble L.