History Characters / MyHeroAcademiaMetaLiberationArmy

%%* LongLostRelative: As it turns out, he's from a branch family of the Himura clan, making him a distant relative of Rei Todoroki and, by extension, her children.

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: He is the Todoroki children's cousin on their mother's side.]]

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: He is the Todoroki childrens' cousin on their mother's side.]]

* LongLostRelative: As it turns out, he's from a branch family of the Himura clan, making him a distant relative of Rei Todoroki and, by extension, her children.

* MyGreatestFailure: He's apparently only failed ''once'' in his life, and he ''refuses'' to fail again.

* InsistentTerminology: Unlike the rest of the world, they use the term Meta Ability instead of Quirk. This is a holdover from the group's original formation during the early period after superpowers first appeared, when superpowers were called Meta abilities and their users were referred to as Metas. The Government started using the term Quirk as they began establishing the various laws regulating the usage of powers and it stuck as the main name for superpowers since.

* InsistentTerminology: Unlike other characters, they refer to Quirks as "Meta Abilities" or "Super Powers" on a member to member basis.

* SmallNameBigEgo: [[spoiler:He tries convincing Hawks that he outranks him in the Paranormal Liberation Front, having been there longer and also being older than him. Skeptic is quick to remind him that Hawks' status as the number two hero is much more valuable to the PLF then Slidin' Go is.]]

* FatalFlaw: Skeptic [[BerserkButton absolutely cannot tolerate]] even the ''thought'' of failing at anything- and thus, neglects to actually ''learn'' from failure in favor of [[NeverMyFault attempting to rationalize away setbacks as someone else's responsibility or out of his hands]]. [[spoiler: Even though he still seethes about the time Feel Good Inc. was hacked as [[MyGreatestFailure the "only failure in his life,"]] he still [[SmugSnake gleefully boasts about his genius during the final battle]] and puts all his effort into bringing down U.A. and [[WouldHurtACivilian exposing the evacuation centers]]. When La Brava hacks him ''[[HistoryRepeats again]]'' while he's distracted, she [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech outright mocks]] the fact that his coding habits haven't changed in the past few ''years''- even though the last hack had caused a huge financial hit to his company!]]

* SmugSnake: During the Final War arc, [[spoiler:he relishes in being a major threat to the heroes by hacking into their systems and doing dangerous acts such as uncovering the civilians hidden away in strongholds and threatening to drop the floating UA island out of the sky, but [[OhCrap freaks out]] in Chapter 377 when he finds out that La Brava is also hacking into his hideout.]]

** his biggest one comes when [[spoiler:La Brava hacks his systems and reveals she was the one to hack Feel Good Inc.'s systems years ago. He has a complete FreakOut when she trolls him with dancing cats, reminding him of how she replaced all of Feel Good Inc.'s ads with the same thing. He tries to run, once more refusing and ranting that they've not won yet...only to run smack dab into a group of heroes arriving at his front door.]]

* OhCrap: He understandably has this reaction when he learns [[spoiler:La Brava was waiting for him to explose himself by hacking the heroes' systems in order to hack him ''back''.]]

* NamedByTheAdaptation: Inverted in the anime regarding her company Shoowaysha Publishing, which goes unnamed there likely due to the presence of voice-acting would've made the BitingTheHandHumor joke ''too'' obvious.

* TooPowerfulToLive: A rare minion example. Curious' Quirk allows her to turn anything and anyone into a bomb, making her deadliest member of the MLA top brass behind Re-Destro. [[spoiler:That is the reason she is the only of his liutenants to be KilledOfForReal by the end of the Meta Liberation Army arc.]]

* EvilGenius

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokazuSugita (Japanese), Creator/BenDiskin (Season 5) Creator/AnthonyBowling (Season 6 onwards) (English)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokazuSugita (Japanese), Creator/BenDiskin (English, Season 5 only) Creator/AnthonyBowling (English, Season 6 onwards)

* BearHug: Gives one to Bakugo and Todoroki as congratulations for beating their first villain. Bakugo was not pleased.
* DumbassHasAPoint: Sure, [[spoiler:Hawks, as the #2 Hero, is more useful to the PLF than he is by a longshot, and him acting otherwise is foolish]], but Slidin' Go has still been a part of the organization longer, so it's not stupid to assume that he'd outrank [[spoiler:Hawks]], who's only been a member for a couple of weeks at that point.

* LanternJawOfJustice: Subverted. He has a prominent jaw, which initially fits his 'upright hero' image. However, he turns out to be a member of the villainous MLA.

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: His design is reminiscent of western cartoons like WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy, WesternAnimation/AmericanDad, and really anything Creator/SethMacFarlane has made.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: On the receiving from Skeptic [[spoiler:after he tries to boss around Hawks by bluntly reminding him that Hawks is vastly more resourceful and useful to the PLF than he is.]]

* {{Foil}}: To Spinner. Both are villains, but Trumpet is a charismatic politician with a transmitter Quirk, placing him at the top of the social latter, while Spinner is a Hikikomori with a heteromorphic Quirk, placing him at the bottom. Both are {{Support Party Member}}s, but while Trumpet uses his Quirk to [[StatusBuff buff]] his subordinates from a distance, Spinner uses his [[FightsLikeANormal combat abilities]] and [[TheDeterminator sheer willpower]] to act as physical support. Finally, both are followers who have clung to another person's dream. But while Spinner fully accepts this part of himself and is okay with it, Trumpet thoroughly denies that the two of them share this quality.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokazuSugita (Japanese), Creator/BenDiskin (English, Season 5 only)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokazuSugita (Japanese), Creator/BenDiskin (English)