History Characters / MyHeroAcademiaDabi

** This ultimately [[HoistByHisOwnPetard bites him in the ass]], regarding his backup plan of using Toga to unleash Jin's Sad Man's parade. Since Toga's [[PsychoactivePowers powers]] require her to unequivocally, ''truly'' [[ThePowerOfLove love the target she's copying]] in order to duplicate their Quirks as well, this restriction also applies to the duplicates she creates of the League members, Dabi himself included, meaning she can [[PowerUpLetDown only create an endless horde of clones]] without also replicating the various [[StoryBreakerPower powers the League possesses]] like Jin could, handicapping Dabi's fallback plan. Her inability to replicate Dabi in particular implies that Toga knows on some level that Dabi was intentionally manipulating her anguish over Jin's passing for his own goals, even if she appreciated [[DestroyTheAbusiveHome his method of encouraging her]].

* FateWorseThanDeath: Not only his revenge against Endeavor eventually failed, but also he is in cripple state, who would face likely to live behind the bars until he dies.

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* HowtheMightyHaveFallen: In Chapter 390, Dabi only responds that he hates him and his family in skeletal state with losing sanity.

* Laser-GuidedKarma: Dabi tried to take as much as he could from whatever Endeavor tried to protect, but his efforts were all for nothing, and he becomes the skeletal state.

* HowMightyHaveFallen: In Chapter 390, Dabi only responds that he hates him and his family in skeletal state with losing sanity.

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* MaskOfSanity: Compared to the other members of the League of Villains like the manchild Shigaraki or the literal blood lust of Toga, he comes across as much more level-headed and rational. But by the time of the Paranormal Liberation War arc, his mask starts to crack and he shows off a much more openly violent and psychotic side of himself, complete with plenty of nightmare faces. In Chapter 283, he looks absolutely ecstatic about the massive death and destruction caused by Gigantomachia. It is especially noticeable that the rest of the League look either solemn or are just trying to hang on. By this point, even Shigaraki has toned down his manchild tendencies and become calmer and more collected. Even Twice before his death was much more serious than when he first debuted. By the time Toya finally encounters Shoto and Endeavor and reveals his true identity, the mask has completely fallen apart, showing just how insane he really is.

* AllForNothing: He tried to take as much as he can from whatever Endeavor tries to protect, but eventually failed.

** Dabi {{Invoked}} a SuperpowerMeltdown in the final battle, which results in him not only turning into a living inferno, but turning him into a FantasticNuke that will threaten to destroy everything in a 5 kilometer radius of himself.

** As shown in the Todoroki family flashback Toya's sanity started to fracture once it became clear that he couldn't become Endeavor's desired successor and his father decided to have more children to try and find one with a greater Quirk with no setbacks, despite already ingraining his own dream and ambitions onto Toya. This led to Toya almost attacking a baby Shoto in a fit of passion and, once Endeavor started to train Shoto away from the others, Toya tried to continue his training by himself in the vain hope that it would impress his father and convince him that he could still be his successor. The final straw came when Endeavor didn't show up to watch him train on top of Sekoto Peak which caused him such emotional turmoil that his flames went out of control and burned him alive. It was at that point that Toya Todoroki died and the psychotic Dabi was born.

* SatanicArchetype: Once an aspiring hopeful hero, Toya became an AntagonisticOffspring that seeks to destroy his father and all his siblings out of [[GreenEyedMonster envy]] for being seemingly forgotten by them much like Lucifer grew to hate humanity for being seemingly replaced as his Father's new favorite "creation" (a derrogatory term Dabi also likes to use to dehumanize Shoto). His survival after being nearly killed by own flames is credit to his [[ThePowerOfHate sheer hatred]], [[TheResenter resentment]] and [[{{Revenge}} desire for revenge]] against those he believed have betrayed him. [[RedRightHand His scars]] give him an appearance reminiscent of death, which he gained from his StartOfDarkness, akin to how Satan became deformed upon falling from grace. Dabi is also a sadistic monster that prides himself with the cruelty of his actions and the misery he causes to those around him. Finally, [[PlayingWithFire his flames]] are extremely powerful and [[LightIsNotGood while they burn brightly, they only bring death and destruction along the way]]. Best shown during his final battle against Shoto, where he reduces Hosu to a scorched hellscape, and his appearance becomes straight up demonic in the process.

** Dabi {{Invokes}} a SuperpowerMeltdown in the final battle, which results in him not only turning into a living inferno, but turning him into a FantasticNuke that will threaten to destroy everything in a 5 kilometer radius of himself.

* PsychopathicManchild: Downplayed. Dabi is stoic and calm and barely ever engages in bloodshed for his own amusement. However, if he's provoked and given the chance, he will murder people just because they made him mad. He also seems to enjoy when his plans come to fruition at the cost of others, such as when he widely smiles at the destruction of the city during the Paranormal Liberation War. Chapter 350 reveals that he was in a coma from 13 to 16-17, and he doesn't seem to have mentally developed much past age 13. His increasingly manic behavior after revealing his true identity isn't unlike of a child throwing a tantrum for his father's attention. By the time he finally confronts him, compressing his flames within himself to self-invoke a SuperpowerMeltdown results in his fires rising to a level wherein they start to even burn Endeavour through his heat resistance, and the self-same heat starts eating into Dabi's brain at last, resulting in him [[EmotionalRegression falling back into a child-like mentality]], seeing his attacks on his father as him demonstrating what he can do with his Quirk even as it blows his decaying body to pieces and calling out to Natsuo to come play with him.

** By the present, he's fully thrown away any such hang-ups he might have had towards his teenage sibling Shouto, being eager to personally kill him out of all his family members before his intended fatal battle with Endeavour.

* UnstablePoweredWoman: A gender-inversion of the trope but Toya fits this trope by the final war as he is a mentally Unstable man who is a danger to anyone around him through the use of using himself as a self destructive nuke that will cremate everything within 5 kilometers.

* DidntSeeThatComing: Dabi planned on an emergency fallback plan to preserve Twice's Sad Man's Parade by taking a sample of his blood for [[PowerCopying Toga]] to use. However, Toga's ability to replicate Quirks is dependent on her truly loving the target, which isn't an issue for Toga copying [[TrueCompanions Jin's]] power, but means [[PowerUpLetDown she cannot replicate the power of any League members besides him]] when she creates doubles of them, Dabi included. In essence, by [[AloofAlly not treating her as a true ally]], Dabi undercut the damage Toga could unleash with this move.

* ThePowerOfHate: Dabi has dedicated his life to destroying Endeavor's heroic legacy out of pure hatred for the hero, and considering his backstory it's not hard to see why. Garaki reveals Dabi should've died years ago, but his undying hatred is ''so intense'' that it's actively keeping Dabi alive.

* PersonOfMassDestruction: His Quirk is equally dangerous to everyone in the environment as it is to Dabi himself. During the battle with the Meta Liberation Army, Twice actually briefly considers cloning a small army of Dabi's, but then realizes that the result of that would be everyone dying before Gigantomachia even arrives. When Toga ''does'' try to do exactly that during the FinalBattle, thankfully, Dabi's [[AloofAlly attitude]] meant that she couldn't replicate his flames along with the physical copies, because she needs to [[ThePowerOfLove truly love a target to copy their Quirks]] as well.

* SatanicArchetype: Once an aspiring hopeful hero, Toya became an AntagonisticOffspring that seeks to destroy his father and all his siblings out [[GreenEyedMonster envy]] for being seemingly forgotten by them much like Lucifer grew to hate humanity for being seemingly replaced as his Father's new favorite "creation" (a derrogatory term Dabi also likes to use to dehumanize Shoto). His survival after being nearly killed by own flames is credit to his [[ThePowerOfHate sheer hatred]], [[TheResenter resentment]] and [[{{Revenge}} desire for revenge]] against those he believed have betrayed him. [[RedRightHand His scars]] give him an appearance reminiscent of death, which he gained from his StartOfDarkness, akin to how Satan became deformed upon falling from grace. Dabi is also a sadistic monster that prides himself with the cruelty of his actions and the misery he causes to those around him. Finally, [[PlayingWithFire his flames]] are extremely powerful and [[LightIsNotGood while they burn brightly, they only bring death and destruction along the way]]. Best shown during his final battle against Shoto, where he reduces Hosu to a scorched hellscape, and his appearance becomes straight up demonic in the process.

* SatanicArchetype: Once an aspiring hero hopeful, Toya became an AntagonisticOffspring that seeks to destroy his father and all his siblings out [[GreenEyedMonster envy]] for being seemingly forgotten by them much like Lucifer grew to hate humanity for seemingly replace as his Father's new favorite "creation" (a derrogatory term Dabi also likes to use to dehumanize to Shoto). His survival after being nearly killed by own flames is credit to his [[ThePowerOfHate sheer hatred]], [[TheResenter resentment]] and [[{{Revenge}} desire for revenge]] against those he believe betrayed him. [[RedRightHand His scars]] give him appearance reminiscent of death, which he gained from his StartOfDarkness, akin to how Satan became deformed upon falling from grace. Dabi is also a sadistic monster that prides himself with the cruelty of his actions and the misery he causes to those around him. Finally, [[PlayingWithFire his flames]] are extremely powerful and [[LightIsNotGood while they burn bright, they only bring death and destruction along the way]]. Best shown during his final battle against Shoto, where reduces Hosu to scorched hellscape land, and his appearance becomes straight up demonic in the process.

* {{Expy}}:
** Of [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderPrincessAzula Azula]]. Both are powerful blue flame wielders, AxCrazy sociopaths, [[CainAndAbel who hate their brothers]] (who also have a nasty scar under their left eyes) and have serious issues with their fathers. Azula however has her mother as the core of her deep-seated issues, while with Dabi it's his father.
** He's also this of [[Characters/Persona5GoroAkechi Goro Akechi]]. Both boys are consumed by a desire for revenge against their father, and have descended into madness because of it to the point of committing mass murder and ruin their fathers' reputation to paint them as a tainted figure in the eyes of the public. The difference being that Akechi failed in his revenge plot while Dabi succeeded.

* ArchEnemy: Fancies himself Endeavor's, as he's gleefully dedicated to ruining his father and eventually kill him. His animosity also extends to his little brother Shoto, whom he sees only as Endeavor's "puppet" -- and moreover, one whose personality is too weak-willed to achieve their father's dream of surpassing All Might, even with the 'perfect' natural body for their flame powers and a learning environment to actively cultivate them in, things Toya himself never truly had and which drives his animosity towards the 'masterpiece' for wasting all his potential despite being the one Endeavor hoped would 'replace' Toya, in his perception. When his [[EmotionalRegression mentality is degrading]] as the result of his SelfHarm starting to damage his brain, Toya has a vision of his happy family life, with himself minus his distinctive burn scars, but said vision pointedly doesn't include Shoto amongst his loving family surrounding him, showing that he considers him exclusive to any reality where he can be happy in.

** His final gambit, to {{Invoke}} a SuperpowerMeltdown that will level everything in 5 kilometers of himself, will take out his entire family as he desires, but as it's perfectly placed to hit both UA and the evacuation shelters while dead center in the battle in Gunga, doing so would also kill the majority of his surviving allies along with them. Dabi intentionally planned it showing how little he cares for the League.

* PersonOfMassDestruction: His Quirk is equally dangerous to everyone in the environment as it is to Dabi himself. During the battle with the Meta Liberation Army, Twice actually briefly considers cloning a small army of Dabi's, but then realizes that the result of that would be everyone dying before Gigantomachia even arrives. When Toga ''does'' try to do exactly that during the FinalBattle, thankfully, Dabi's [[AoofAlly attitude]] meant that she couldn't replicate his flames along with the physical copies, because she needs to [[ThePowerOfLove truly love a target to copy their Quirks]] as well.

* DeathSeeker: Made explicit by the final confrontation with him. Despite his sheer hatred towards Endeavor being more than sufficient for All For One's plans for a [[GrandTheftMe vessel]], Garaki note that he ultimately had to pass Toya over as a potential body because the boy's self-destructive firepower and desire to kill himself to spite Endeavor made him unsuitable for his [[ImmortalitySeeker long-term goals]].

* AchillesHeel: Though {{Downplayed}}, it's showcased that his is his head. His damaged nervous system means he can keep moving and fighting despite the excessive SelfHarm he does to himself with his own flames, and becomes almost unstoppable when he reaches his PointOfNoReturn by the FinalBattle. However this is dependant on his mind and willpower being able to generate his fire, meaning attacks that rattle his consciousness stop him from being able to fight back despite his physical durability. Gran Torino is able to knock him unconscious with a single blow to the head during the Kamino Ward raid, leaving him unconscious for the entirely of the league's subsequent rescue by All For One. When he pushes his firepower to its maximum level when having his final fight with Shoto, despite his evident disregard of his own health, resulting in his flames steadily burning away his skin and [[BodyHorror exposing his muscles underneath]], he takes care to regulate the damage done to his upper head, allowing him to keep track of his targets even as his body steadily self-destructs, leaving him a danger even when he's reduced to a physical wreak that can barely even stand upright. This informs the symbolism of Dabi as a RevenantZombie, and how [[RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain the head is their classical weak point]]. He even metaphorically comes BackFromTheDead after losing initially to Shoto's [[FinishingMove Phosphor move]] because Shoto hit him in the chest rather than the head with it, akin to how Zombies can endure injuries fatal to living beings. This allowed him to retain his consciousness, understand the move's principle and adapt it for his own use.

* ArchEnemy: Fancies himself Endeavor's, as he's gleefully dedicated to ruining his father and eventually kill him. His animosity also extends to his little brother Shoto, whom he sees only as Endeavor's "puppet" -- and moreover, one whose personality is too weak-willed to achieve their father's dream of surpassing All Might, even with the 'perfect' natural body for their flame powers and a learning environment to actively cultivate them in, things Toya himself never truly had and which drives his animosity towards the 'masterpiece' for wasting all his potential despite being the one Endeavor hoped would 'replace' Toya, in his perception.

* Pyromaniac : His quirk allows him to generate hot blue flames that incinerate anything they come into contact with and it suits his personality as he uses any excuse to simply burn things even when it is a detriment to his safety or any allies around him. This is best shown when he burns down Toga's old home without caring if they are caught.

* {{Sadist}}: While his entire motive for being a villain is primarily to gain his vengeance on Endeavor, this does not mean Dabi didn't revel in roasting his victims alive with a deadly grin or psychologically tormenting others by disrupting the society into turning against heroes into despair. This is ultimately the reason why so many of those subjected to his {{Breaking Speech}}es eventually turn them back on him: for all Dabi may have some [[VillainHasAPoint legitimate points]], he's simply too ''gleeful'' at watching others suffering and willing to cause excessive collateral damage in enacting his cause to be the moral superior, even with his DarkAndTroubledPast. His open joy at such, once he fully discards his MaskOfSanity, makes him [[MirrorCharacter eerily similar]] to [[PsychopathicManchild All For One]] and his own sincere delight in [[HopeCrusher crushing heroes]].

* TheStarscream: An interesting example of someone who doesn't want to replace the current power figure. While Dabi never acted directly against Shigaraki prior or after his rise to power, [[AccompliceByInaction he also did nothing to prevent Hawks]], whom he was well aware of being a traitor, of spending months gathering information for the heroes to use against the PLF, as long as it helped achieve his revenge against Endeavor and destroy the public's faith on hero society. The end result was numerous PLF soldiers and lieutenants arrested and Twice dying, a blow that nearly collapsed the organization, all for the sake of his own agenda.

** He seems to also resemble his youngest brother in looks if it wasn't for his skin grafts.