History Fanfic / ApotheosisMHA

* TheBusCameBack: Toshinori Yagi, Katsuki Bakugou, and Grand Torino make their reappearance in Chapter 48, and the Shield family, David and Melissa, make their debut, learning about Project Prometheus... [[OhCrap and that Izuku is coming to I-Island to attend the upcoming expo.]]

* KickTheSonOfABitch: On the other hand, his [[spoiler:de-powering]] of Weather Dominator was entirely necessary. The man was using his Quirk to create weather events to report on and extorting agriculturists by threatening to ruin their businesses if they didn't give him a cut of their profits.
** [[spoiler:Given Endeavor's unrepentant family abusing behavior and constant collateral damages from his cases, depowering the man doesn't exactly come across as a sin, as well as when this is repeated to Overhaul.]]

* KnightTemplar: Once Izuku is given [[spoiler:the legal ability to do something about "false heroes" it quickly becomes clear that they have to meet ''very'' stringent criteria to not wind up in his sights. He veers into AllCrimesAreEqual territory which can mean he's either practicing KickTheDog or KickTheSonOfABitch depending on who he's applying his methods to and once he does decide someone's on his list there's not much chance of him rethinking anything.]]

* AdaptationalWimp: The Infinity Stones, and thus, by extension, the Infinity Gauntlet. While the Stones Izuku created are powerful as far as ''My Hero Academia'' goes, being the crystalized forms of six different amalgamations of Quirks, they're still not the physical manifestations of ThePowersThatBe that make up the very fabric of existence like they are in the comics and the movies. Hence, using the Gauntlet with all six stones will not allow Izuku do something on an omnipresent scale, [[ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet like wipe out half]] [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar of all life in the universe]].

* NeverHurtAnInnocent: Thus far in the story, Izuku has yet to kill a single person (the most he can be charged with in that regard is accessory to murder) and actively avoids civilian casualties. During his second fight with All Might, he only starts going all out when he realizes the heroes have evacuated all the civilians in the immediate area.

** [[spoiler:Ochako and Shoto.]] In canon, both are Hero Course students intent on becoming legitimate heroes, and while they have their own personal hangups, they remain on the straight and narrow the entire time. Here? [[spoiler:After she's made into TheScapegoat, Ochako fully subscribes to Izuku's ideals and becomes one of his leading agents, whereas Shoto is convinced to join him after Izuku brings Endeavor down.]] The two both believe Izuku can legitimately change the world, and are [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans willing to entertain his less than savory methods if need be.]]

** [[spoiler:Mt. Lady and Uwabami.]] In canon, while one was a GlorySeeker and the other an AttentionWhore, both ultimately still cared about the good they did, and ''were'' genuine heroes. Even the former had legitimate reasons for [[spoiler:her]] GlorySeeker tendencies -- thanks to all the collateral damage [[spoiler:she]] causes in [[spoiler:her]] villain fights, [[spoiler:her]] agency is constantly in the red. Here, they're decried as celebrities pretending to be heroes by Izuku and are two of his first victims in his attempts to rebuild Hero Society. Izuku's assertion of them is then validated when he offers the two the chance to get back their Quirks provided they act more altruistic like he desires, only for the two instead try to start a smear campaign against him after he {{depower}}ed them.

* AllCrimesAreEqual: Once Izuku has the power to finally do something about "false heroes" he tends to punish them all the same way: [[spoiler: publicly humiliating them and [[DePower taking their quirks.]] All Might? Crushed Izuku's dreams with no consideration to how his words could've hurt him. Punishment: DePower. Endeavor? Abused his family for his own ambitions, used his power to cover up the harm to his family and normal citizens. Punishment: DePower. Weather Dominator? Used his powers to run an extortion racket and destroyed the livelihoods of those who refused to pay. Punishment: DePower. Uwabami and Mount Lady? [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Focused too much on attaining fame and attention than their hero careers.]] Punishment: DePower.]]
* AffablyEvil[=/=]FauxAffablyEvil: Zig-zagged; Depending on the situation or to who he is speaking to, Izuku can sound like a genuinely pleasant person to be around with or someone who wears a mask of politeness that hides his cold, calculating mind.
* AllForNothing: U.A.'s decides to expel [[spoiler:[[TheScapegoat Uraraka]]]] rather than [[JerkAss Bakugou]], the latter being deemed one step closer into becoming a villain. It backfires massively as Uraraka willingly joins Izuku Midoriya as one of his Knights of Balance and Bakugou's continued assault against the villain not only causes him to be branded as a criminal but results in U.A. losing public and government trusts.
* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:Whetever or not Mei Hatsume has made a legitimate FaceHeelTurn or not has let to be clarified. She is never shown to state her loyalty towards Izuku and, despite working directly under him, the story frames her recruitment into the HRD as more of her taking a job than becoming a personal soldier. While she does head the development of Nemesis and provides gear for the Knights, both of these are for purely good purposes, as Nemesis and the gear, at least so far, have been exclusively used for public heroism. There is a lot of circumstantial evidence that suggests that she is devout towards Izuku's cause and most of heroes are convinced that she made a full FaceHeelTurn, but until it is directly confirmed Hatsume's loyalties remain a mystery.]]

** Stain. While Stain's actions in canon have had widespread consequences that effect the story up to this day, the man himself was only a primary villain for one arc and, aside from the occasional cameo, he has let to make any other significant appearance in the main story.[[note]] [[spoiler:He has, however, played a large role in the [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaVigilantesMainCharacters Illegals spinoff]] and the Final War Saga.]][[/note]] Not only does Stain make it pass the Hosu Arc here, [[spoiler: he eventually becomes Izuku's third-in-command, and, out of the villain's side of the Knights of Balance, he by far has the most focus.]]
** Ochako and Tenya. While both are main characters in canon, they have been pushed into the background since the Final Exams arc and, unlike fellow main characters Izuku, Bakugo, and Shoto, [[OutOfFocus they have let to receive any significant focus since]]. Here, however, both of them consistently play important roles, with them at first acting as some of the primary {{hero antagonist}}s against Izuku, and later [[spoiler:with them joining Izuku, [[FaceHeelTurn Ochako]] taking the position of Izuku's [[TheDragon dragon]] and ImpliedLoveInterest, and [[FakeDefector Tenya]] becoming TheMole within the Hero Regulation Department]]. All of this gives both characters consistent story presence and focus that they haven't received in canon.

** Izuku went from a hero {{fanboy}} who idolized All Might to a supervillain that despises the current hero society, and All Might in particular.

* BeyondRedemption: ZigZagged. Depending on who you are taking to, Izuku is either a TragicVillain who needs to be put in prison for what he has done but can still be redeemed (All Might and Mirio), or a completely evil villain who is far passed the point of redemption who deserves to rot in Tartarus for his crimes (Gran Torino and Katsuki).
* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler:After Izuku's rise to power, it becomes very clear very quickly that the League of Villains have no chance in hell to even come close to matching Izuku's influence, power, and popularity. Chapter 25 makes the League's postion as this very clear. Izuku states, in no uncertain terms, that the only reason the League continues to exist is because of how grateful Izuku is towards All For One, and that if he wanted to, the League would be brought down with ease. To further rub salt in the wound, Dabi and Toga end up defecting to Izuku's side, depriving Shigaraki of two important members.]]
* BreakTheHaughty: Bakugou in no short order has his ego taken apart;

** Once the rest of class 1A hears about his past bullying, they all refuse to associate with him any further, blaming him in part for Izuku's rise, with Kirishima, his only friend, giving him a DisappointedInYou speech and breaks off their friendship.

* ButForMeItWasTuesday: The day All Might crushes his dreams dramatically altered the course of Izuku's life to drove him to villainy to take the power to change society. To All Might, Izuku was just a kid that's working to destroy everything All Might has worked for as a result of [[CondescendingCompassion well-meaning]] [[BrutalHonesty but poor advice]]. All for One calls All Might out for crushing Izuku's dream without any consideration, and Izuku point blank asks if All Might would have ever apologized to him had Izuku not become a dangerous villain and if All Might thought about him even once after their first meeting. All Might only reacts by looking away in shame, knowing that Izuku is right

* CondescendingCompassion: While All Might is a good hero, he believes that people with no quirks or impractical quirks should leave the dangerous heroing to people who won the SuperpowerLottery. Which sounds practical on paper... hadn't All Might completely forgotten the institutional discrimination and social ostracization people with no quirks or impractical quirks face. Combined that All Might is publicly famous for saying that anybody could be a hero, it makes him a huge hypocrite.

* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: [[spoiler:In the official manga, Native ends up being one of the many casualties of the Paranormal Liberation War. Here, he gets killed by Stain during the attack on Hosu, Izuku not caring about him enough to save him due to Native being a low level hero.]]

* FakeUltimateHero: Izuku accuses All Might of being one, and makes very compelling arguments. Ultimately, however, it's zig-zagged; while All Might ''is'' the greatest hero in the world, the ShowyInvincibleHero image he projects is something not even he can live up to, and that's make his faults and failures all the more noticeable.

** [[spoiler:This is no less true once Midoriya takes over. While he does solve many of these issues, this doesn't change the fact that the system is now being ran by a villain who actively, and secretly, breaks the law in order to maintain an iron grip over society, while also have the legal authority to bring the hammer down on anyone he so chooses.]]

* FantasticRacism: Part of Izuku's FreudianExcuse. His goal to restructure hero society (as seen in WellIntentionedExtremist below) is partially motivated by a desire to eliminate racism against the Quirkless like himself and those who have weak Quirks.
** Izuku then reveals that it's most likely racism that deters the Quirkless from joining hero schools despite there being a law that ''allegedly'' now allows Quirkless to join.

** See HopeSpot. Earlier that same chapter, Izuku revealed to Ochako that he will ''never'' take off the Infinity Gauntlet, going as far as install a hydration and cleaning mechanism inside so his arm won't suffer some debilitating medical infection due to poor hygiene. Knowing all that, [[spoiler:why would he create a device specifically to counter the gauntlet?]]

* FriendlyEnemy: Despite having every reason to hate him, Mirio Togata is extremely kind towards Izuku, both making a genuine attempt to befriend the boy and believing that he can redeem him. Izuku, in term, eventually warms up to Mirio and seems to somewhat return the friendship, albeit in a more professional manner.

** [[spoiler:In a way that somewhat mirrors Izuku's and Mirio's friendship, Ochako is shown to have a decently good relationship with Nejire Hado. The Culture Festival also confirmed that Ochako is still friends with her former classmates in spite of her loyalty to Izuku.]]

** Momo uses her Quirk to build a replica of the Infinity Gauntlet with the intent on using the Soul Stone against Izuku. Except... it doesn't work.
** Nedzu recieves info about an anti-Gauntlet weapon Izuku created in case the Infinity Gauntlet was ever taken from him and used against him. The entire staff is elated, and they immediately plot to steal it during a schedule sit-down interview he has the next day, using Tenya Iida as the thief. The operation goes off without a hitch [[spoiler:until Tenya actually lays hands on the device. He's immediately captured, and it turns out the whole thing was a trap from the beginning. The interview was taped the previous day, and the device isn't even real.]]

** Related to the above, the events leading up to the Shie Hassaikai raid happen very similarly to canon, in spite of [[spoiler:the presence of the HRD, the public losing faith in heroes, and Izuku and Ochako being apart of the HRD and not interning under Sir Nighteye and Ryukyu respectively.]]

* InvincibleVillain: After completing the Infinity Gauntlet, Izuku becomes this. With All Might's power decreasing by the day [[spoiler:thanks to Izuku stealing One For All]] and All For One rotting in prison, there is literally no one in the world that has any hope of stopping him in an outright fight.

* ItsAllMyFault: Averted. While All Might does accept the blame for Izuku's FaceHeelTurn, he also knows that he was merely the straw that broke the camel's back, the last in a long line of people that have put Izuku down over the years. That being said, he does feel guilt for what he's done and it foils his attempts to bring Izuku in.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Even after seeing the good that Izuku could do with his ambitions, All Might still opposes him because he can tell that Izuku's stubborn determination and near endless power will cause him to take a leap off the deep end if things don't go his way. [[spoiler: This is ultimately proven completely correct when Izuku horrifically murders Overhaul, seemingly confirming that Izuku is only going to get worse as times goes on and will eventually become a full villain.]]
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Bakugou got away with horrifically bullying Izuku out of racism for years and it doesn't even hinder his chances into getting into U.A. Bakugou illegally attempted to fight Izuku, an at large supervillain without a license, destroys Ochako's legitimate investigation and gets his ass handed to him. Bakugou doesn't even get punished for it while the innocent [[spoiler:Ochako]] is expelled. Unbeknowst to Bakugou, the incident has U.A. investigate his past and find out about his unpunished bullying and his part of making Izuku a villain. When Bakugou attempts to attack Izuku when [[spoiler:the latter is a government official with the power to screw U.A. over]], they have enough. Aizawa bluntly tells Bakugou he's not special, he's not cut to be a hero and they should have expelled him instead of [[spoiler:Ochako]]. Aizawa tells Bakugou they will no longer tolerate his attitude, he's to report to mandatory counseling and will be facing punishment with the promise of expulsion he acts out of line.

** The reason why the Prime Minister is willing to put [[spoiler:Izuku]] in a position of power because [[spoiler:he]] is far too dangerous to be on the villains' side and the only person that can keep the villains in line.
* KickTheDog: Izuku allowing low ranking hero Native to be murdered by Stain is one of the first major signs of Izuku walking a darker path.

* KickThemWhileTheyreDown: Outright defied by U.A., though with later reluctance. [[spoiler:As Aizawa explains to Katsuki, the real reason they didn't expel him after the fight at the junkyard is because they figured the severe beating he received was punishment enough. Aizawa then tells him that he now regrets the decision, because Katsuki completely failed to learn from it, and lays down an ultimatum to force him to shape up.]]
* KnightTemplar: Once Izuku is given [[spoiler:the legal ability to do something about "false heroes" it quickly becomes clear that they have to meet ''very'' stringent criteria to not wind up in his sights. He veers into AllCrimesAreEqual territory that can mean he's either practicing KickTheDog or KickTheSonOfABitch depending on who he's applying his methods to and once he does decide someone's on his list there's not much chance of him rethinking anything.]]

* MisplacedRetribution: [[spoiler:Ochako's expulsion has shades of this. She's the only one to be hit with such a punishment even though other students were involved, the actual plan that led to it was Kirishima's idea, and Bakugou's involvement was outright illegal as he lacked a provisional license. It's implied that the government's efforts at damage control are responsible for this and that the U.A. staff would have been more even handed if it weren't for external interference. Aizawa later admits that this was pretty much the case, noting that Bakugou should have been punished properly for his actions and that Ochako would have been left alone if it was just the school that had decided her discipline. This ultimately bites U.A. in the ass when Ochako becomes Izuku's [[TheDragon second-in-command]].]]

* RejectedApology: All Might makes multiple desperate apologies to Midoriya over the course of the story. Midoriya rejects all of them, viewing them either shallow, condescending, or missing the point of his actions.
* {{Revenge}}: This is perhaps the biggest reason why many of the more morally-inclined heroes do not support Izuku. While he does have genuinely altruistic reasons for his crusade, the illegal, violent and oftentimes cruel methods he employs to achieve his goals also make it clear that he also wants revenge on the society that rejected and discriminated against him. [[spoiler:Tenya exemplifies and lampshades this before joining Izuku as a mole for U.A. -- while he agrees with Izuku on many of the problems with the hero industry, he simply can't approve of the methods Izuku is using to correct them, because he knows Izuku is partially motivated by revenge rather than necessity when using them.]]

* ShipTease: Izuku and Ochako share a lot from the moment they meet. Ochako immediately develops a crush on him upon their first meeting, and when he's exposed, she seeks him out only so she could talk him out of his goals. Izuku, in turn, has a clear soft spot for her, and deliberately avoids harming her when they finally face off in battle, privately admitting to himself that the thought of hurting her leaves a bad taste in his mouth. He even goes as far as to heal a head injury she suffered ''while still fighting her and her friends''. Compare this to Himiko, his other potential "love interest", who he barely tolerates, only doing so because of how useful she is.

** [[spoiler:Of Izuku's subordinates, Ochako Uraraka and Shoto Todoroki also count. Both of them were inspiring heroes to be that ended up suffering under the corruption of the hero system in direct ways, Uraraka being unjustly expelled from U.A. and Todoroki living under an abusive pro hero father. These circumstances lead them to believe that Izuku's cause is fully just and the right one, leading to them joining the villain and giving him their undying support in spite of seeing the worst in him. The fact that they are still becoming public heroes shows that, ultimately, they are completely misguided teenagers who suffered due to circumstance.]]

* UnderestimatingBadassery: Despite regarding Izuku as a major threat, the government refuses to send in their more powerful heroes and instead decides to have the U.A. staff handle it (one of whom, admittedly, is All Might). This backfires them, because even with All Might it isn't enough; Izuku ultimately wins and escapes, and after that he's too powerful for ''anyone'' to stop.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[spoiler:One of the reasons as to why the heroes are fighting an uphill battle against Midoriya is that, once he is able to do something to change the corrupt system, he instantly becomes an icon and savior to the millions of people that suffered as he did. His ability to tear down and point out the perpetuated lies within the system and make changes to improve Japan for the better only adds to this more and more, with those who didn't suffer coming to his side and supporting him. By the time Midoriya has his supposed final battle against All Might, public opinion is near unanimously on his side, guaranteeing that anyone who attempts to take him down will be [[HeroWithBadPublicity ostracized by the public]].]]

* VisionaryVillain: Izuku again. His entire motive is to reform hero society and excise the corruption and gatekeeping within it as it currently stands. He became a villain in order to force it to happen by giving them an enemy who is working from within the system and thus is acting with legitimate authority while not pretending to be anything other than a villain. Either he accomplishes his goal on his own, or they surprise him and enact the reforms on their own volition.
* WasItReallyWorthIt: [[spoiler:Nezu, after seeing Izuku destroy All Might's reputation, directly tells Izuku that he hopes he is satisfied. Izuku responses that he is.]]

** Nezu's in particularly is poignant, because he never directly calls All Might out. Instead, he points out that all of Izuku's accomplishments and brilliance, including the creation of the Infinity Gauntlet, outright prove that All Might was wrong and that Izuku would've made a wonderful hero. Considering Nezu's own Quirk only boosts his intelligence, you get the feeling that he was identifying with Izuku on some level.
** Sir Nighteye gives a minor one. He's offended that All Might would think that their prior disagreements equaled him wanting All Might dead and gone. He also questions as to why he was left out of the efforts against Midoriya, citing that his CombatClairvoyance would have been a very useful asset.

** [[spoiler:Several People ''attempt'' to do this towards Izuku, most notably Momo asking Izuku what will happen to him when all of the bad people in his perfect world are gone, and Aizawa asking Izuku, who was criticizing U.A. for prioritizing quirks over personalities, if him recruiting Ochako, Tenya, and Shoto is any different than U.A. giving Katsuki a second chance biased on his quirk, as they are powerful quirk users like him. Unfortunately, Izuku shuts them down rather quickly.]]

** Stain. While Stain's actions in canon have had widespread consequences that effect the story up to this day, the man himself was only a primary villain for one arc and, aside from the occasional cameo, he has let to make any other significant appearance in the main story.[[note]] [[spoiler:He has, however, played a large role in the [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaVigilantesMainCharacters Illegals spinoff]],]][[/note]] Not only does Stain make it pass the Hosu Arc here, [[spoiler: he eventually becomes Izuku's third-in-command, and, out of the villain's side of the Knights of Balance, he by far has the most focus.]]

* CelebertyCameo: Stan Lee makes an appearance in Chapter 24 running a clothes store.

* CondescendingCompassion: While All Might is a good hero, he believes that people with no quirks or impractical quirks should leave the dangerous heroing to people who won the SuperpowerLottery. Which sounds practical on paper...hadn't All Might completely forgotten the institutional discrimination and social ostracization people with no quirks or impractical quirks face. Combined that All Might is publicly famous for saying that anybody could be a hero, it makes him a huge hypocrite.

* DeathByAdaptation: [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaVigilantesMainCharacters Christopher Skyline (a.k.a. Captain Celebrity)]] suffers this fate when Izuku and Stain lures him into a trap in Chapter 9.

* DemotedToExtra: This appears to be the fate of the minor members of Class 1-A (a.k.a., whoever didn't participate in the Raxas Junkyard Battle) and the minor members of the League of Villains (a.k.a., anyone not named Dabi, Toga, Kurogiri, or Muscular). In canon, both groups are consistent background characters who occasionally receive focus, especially the League. Here, both groups are downgraded to only making passing cameos, and they at most receive the occasional line and appearance. Mina, Twice, and Mr.Compress are the only members of these groups that have received any focus, and it's ultimately minor for all three.

* DoomedMoralVictor: All Might clearly regrets his well meaning but ill-timed advice to Midoriya, and sympathizes with him upon hearing his MotiveRant. The guilt he feels, however, costs him and society greatly, as it prevents him from fully going all out against the boy, (Seeing him as a boy who desperately needs help and not a true villain,) in their battles they’ve had currently. Midoriya even lampshades that had All Might done so, he and the other heroes could have stopped him easily even before his power became exponentially greater.

** Even after being exposed as a villain, Ochako clearly still cared about ([[ImpliedLoveInterest if not loved]]) Izuku and wished to redeem him. [[spoiler:Ultimately, these lingering feelings are part of what drives her to his side after her expulsion from U.A..]]

* {{Foil}}: Izuku is one to Stain. Both hate how the current hero society focuses less on the safety and protection of innocents and more on the fame and glory heroics provide. The difference is that Stain believes there is still one true hero left in the world, All Might, and holds him up on an nigh-unbreakable pedestal. Izuku used to idolize All Might as much as, if not more, than Stain, but their first meeting completely shattered his perfect image of his former hero, and now he considers All Might to be the personification of everything that's wrong with hero society.

* FriendlyEnemy: Despite having every reason to hate him, Mirio Togato is extremely kind towards Izuku, both making a genuine attempt to befriend the boy and believing that he can redeem him. Izuku, in term, eventually warms up to Mirio and seems to somewhat return the friendship, albeit in a more professional manner.
** A common way to gain Izuku's respect and kindness, even if you are on the opposite side of him, is to show values of a true hero. As a result, Izuku is shown to have nothing but respect for the likes of Ochako, Todoroki ([[spoiler: When they were on different sides, at least.]]), Iida, Kirishima, Momo, Tsuyu, Mirio, and Best Jeanist.

** [[spoiler:Recruits the expelled student to his cause, giving him a spy with insight into U.A..]]

* GodzillaThreshold: The aptly named "Deus Ex Machina protocol" is one for the heroes. [[spoiler:Essentially, it lifts all of the combat restrictions placed on Midoriya, allowing the boy the power to do and fight whoever he needs to to grant the heroes victory. It's only to be used if either a situation has escalated out of control, or if the threat a particular villain poses is too great.]]

** In Chapter 46, [[spoiler:just as Mitsuki is relieved that she's somehow able to convince Izuku to give her son a lighter sentence for his crimes rather than facing imprisonment, Izuku reveals he'll just removes Katsuki's quirk as the next best option.]]

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Bakugou got away with horrifically bullying Izuku out of racism for years and it doesn't even hinder his chances into getting into U.A. Bakugou illegally attempted to fight Izuku, an at large supervillain without a license, destroys Ochako's legitimate investigation and gets his ass handed to him. Bakugou doesn't even get punished for it while the innocent [[spoiler:Ochako]] is expelled. Unbeknowst to Bakugou, the incident has U.A. investigate his past and find out about his unpunished bullying and his part of making Izuku a villain. When Bakugou attempts to attack Izuku when [[spoiler:the latter is a government official with the power to screw U.A. over]], they have enough. Aizawa bluntly tells Bakugou he's not special, he's not cut to be a hero and they should have expelled him instead of [[spoiler:Ochako.]] Aizawa tells Bakugou they will no longer tolerate his attitude, he's to report to mandatory counseling and will be facing punishment with the promise of expulsion he acts out of line.

** The reason why the Prime Minister is willing to put [[spoiler: Izuku]] in a position of power because [[spoiler: he]] is far too dangerous to be on the villains' side and the only person that can keep the villains in line.

* KickThemWhileTheyreDown: Outright defied by U.A., though with later reluctance. [[spoiler:As Aizawa explains to Katsuki, the real reason they didn't expel him after the fight at the junkyard is because they figured the severe beating he received was punishment enough. Aizawa then tells him that he now regrets the decision, because Katsuki completely failed to learn from it, and lays down an ultimatum to force him to shape up]].
* KnightTemplar: Once Izuku is given [[spoiler: the legal ability to do something about "false heroes" it quickly becomes clear that they have to meet ''very'' stringent criteria to not wind up in his sights. He veers into AllCrimesAreEqual territory that can mean he's either practicing KickTheDog or KickTheSonOfABitch depending on who he's applying his methods to and once he does decide someone's on his list there's not much chance of him rethinking anything.]]

* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: [[spoiler:U.A. wrongfully expels Ochako for getting herself and her classmates involved in a battle against the newly empowered and dangerous Apotheosis despite her classmates involvement being their own fault and Ochako having the legal right and license to investigate potential leads. This pushes Ochako to Izuku's arms as with a bit of nudging Ochako realizes how badly she was wronged while they let Bakugou who did far worse off.]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Tenya joins Izuku's Knights of Balance with the intention of spying on him for U.A.. It's yet to be seen if he'll be caught and/or make a FaceHeelTurn.]]
* MortonsFork: [[spoiler: All Might's fight with Izuku at Coruscant stadium is filled with this.]]
** [[spoiler: Izuku wins, and All Might is depowered, possibly killed or arrested, and imprisoned for assaulting a government official, leaving the boy completely unopposed.]]
** [[spoiler:All Might wins, but it will cost him the remainder of his strength, leaving Japan without its greatest hero and easy prey for villains, never mind Izuku ending up a martyr for the quirkless and impractical quirk users. Additionally (although unsaid), it's implied that if All Might removes Izuku's infinity gauntlet, the device's continual existence will be the ultimate tantalizing prize for an uprising public and villains to either steal or attempt to replicate.]]

** Several of Class 1-A manage to entrap Midoriya and hold him down while trying to remove the Infinity Gauntlet. [[spoiler:And all it takes is Midoriya to needle Bakugou, causing the explosive user to completely ruin the plan, allowing Midoriya to escape, beat them all down, and claim the Soul Stone.]]

* PortalCut: One of the first things he does with the Space Stone is use it to [[spoiler:cut Muscular's arm off.]]

* RageBreakingPoint: After Aizawa finds out about One for All in Chapter 23, he gives All Might a scathing TheReasonYouSuckSpeech accusing him of being [[NotSoDifferentRemark Not So Different]] from All for One in that he decided Izuku wasn't worthy of being a hero based on his quirklessness. He then admits that although his job as a teacher at U.A. entails the same behaviour he accuses All Might of, [[AtLeastIAdmitIt he at least gives his students a chance to prove themselves]].

** Some of the locations are named after planets from ''Franchise/StarWars''.

* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: Izuku tortures [[spoiler:Overhaul]] to death with [[spoiler: his own quirk, which had been stolen by Izuku during the Shie Hassaikai raid, by destroying and rebuilding him a hundred times]]. When they plead for him to stop, Izuku tells them that if [[spoiler: Eri]] can suffer it without even whimpering, then they should be able to put up with it as well.

* VillainTakesAnInterest: Izuku takes an interest in Ochako, Shoto, and Tenya (his canon friends) for their Quirks and attitudes toward heroism. [[spoiler:So far, Ochako and Shoto have joined him willingly but for Tenya, he chooses to join as an undercover agent for U.A..]]

* WasItReallyWorthIt: [[spoiler:Nezu, after seeing Izuku destroy All Mights reputation, directly tells Izuku that he hopes he is satisfied. Izuku responses that he is.]]

* YouCantThwartStageOne: [[spoiler:In spite of the efforts of the heroes, Izuku achieves every short term goal he had created in order to take over and fix society. He completes his Infinity Gauntlet, gains a powerful government position that essentially makes him the boss of the heroes, creates the HRD, and destroys All Might's legacy and position as the Symbol of Peace. Izuku has nearly achieved a full victory, leaving the heroes that oppose him scrambling to find ways to defeat him for good.]]

** In Chapter 46, [[spoiler:just as Mitsuki is relieved that she's somehow able to convince Izuku to give her son a lighter sentence rather than facing imprisonment, Izuku reveals he'll just removes Katsuki's quirk as the next best option.]]

** In Chapter 46, [[spoiler:just as Mitsuki is relieved that she's somehow able to convince Izuku to not imprison her son, Izuku reveals he'll just removes Bakugou's quirk as the next best option.]]

** In Chapter 46, [[spoiler:just as Mitsuki is relieved that she's able to convince Izuku from imprisoning and/or executing her son, Izuku nonchalantly reveals his intentions to her about his want to remove Bakugou's quirk.]]

* TheCameo: Stan Lee makes an appearance in Chapter 24 running a clothes store.

Not to be confused with the [[Literature/ApotheosisSwann} book series]] or the [[Roleplay/ApotheosisAedificatorisInAbsentia roleplaying game]].

Not to be confused with the [[Literature/{{Apotheosis}} book series]] or the [[Roleplay/ApotheosisAedificatorisInAbsentiaRoleplay roleplaying game]].

Not to be confused with the [[Literature/{{Apotheosis}} book series]] or the [[Roleplay/ApotheosisAedificatorisInAbsentiaRoleplay/{{Apotheosis}} roleplaying game]].

** [[spoiler:Said children in his community service also idolize Izuku, which infuriates Bakugou to no end, but as he's now on a tight lease, he cannot contradict them.]]

** During his rise to power, multiple characters, the most persistent being All Might, offer Izuku the chance to quietly surrender and stop whatever he is doing. Izuku ends up rejecting them every time, both believing that his cause is necessary and viewing their offers as condescending and nothing more than [[BerserkButton misplaced pity]]. Not even All Might telling the boy that he could still become a hero(mind you, this is after the boy actively helped the League of Villains, caused a ton of property damage, and injured multiple heroes) made him back down.

Not to be confused with the [[Literature/{{Apotheosis}} book series]] or the [[Roleplay/{{Apotheosis}} roleplaying game]].

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Being fifteen, the government and the heroes are reluctant to take Izuku seriously, even after he proves himself to be a threat comparable to All for One. One reviewer points out that the heroes could easily neutralize Izuku by cutting off the arm that has the gauntlet on it; the author, however, retorts that no decent person, let alone hero, would want to mutilate a minor, no matter how dangerous he is.
** After Izuku exposes Katsuki's past as a bully (specifically, ''his'' bully) to Class 1-A, absolutely ''none'' of them want anything to do with him anymore, including Kirishima. Many of them hold him responsible for Izuku's descent into villainy, while those who want to give him the benefit of the doubt are scared of doing so because they suspect he'll be violent with them for disapproving of his past actions.

** [[spoiler:Several People ''attempt'' to do this towards Izuku, most notably Momo asking Izuku what will happen to him when all of the bad people in his perfect world are gone, and Aizawa asking Izuku, who was criticizing U.A for prioritizing quirks over personalities, if him recruiting Ochako, Tenya, and Shoto is any different than U.A giving Katsuki a second chance biased on his quirk, as they are powerful quirk users like him. Unfortunately, Izuku shuts them down rather quickly.]]

** Stain. While Stain's actions in canon have had widespread consequences that effect the story up to this day, the man himself was only a primary villain for one arc and, aside from the occasional cameo, he has let to make any other significant appearance in the main story. [[note]] [[spoiler:He has, however, played a large role in the [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaVigilantesMainCharacters Illegals spinoff,]]]][[/note]] Not only does Stain make it pass the Hosu Arc here, [[spoiler: he eventually becomes Izuku's third-in-command, and, out of the villain's side of the Knights of Balance, he by far has the most focus.]]
** Ochako and Tenya. While both are main characters in canon, they have been pushed into the background since the Final Exams arc and, unlike fellow main characters Izuku, Bakugo, and Shoto, [[OutOfFocus they have let to receive any significant focus since.]] Here, however, both of them consistently play important roles, with them at first acting as some of the primary {{hero antagonist}}s against Izuku, and later [[spoiler:with them joining Izuku, [[FaceHeelTurn Ochako]] taking the position of Izuku's [[TheDragon dragon]] and ImpliedLoveInterest, and [[FakeDefector Tenya]] becoming TheMole within the Hero Regulation Department.]] All of this gives both characters consistent story presence and focus that they haven't received in canon.

* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:By Chapter 22, Izuku has already effectively won. He has a powerful government position presiding over the Hero Industry, his Infinity Gauntlet is fully complete, making him essentially unbeatable, and he's exposes All Might's secret to the world, destroying his ability to spread hope as the Symbol of Peace]].

** [[spoiler:Izuku manages to steal One for All and coalesce it into the Power Stone, using All Might's blood and Tomura's blood. When he learns this, All Might is shocked and horrified, as not even All for One had managed that feat in the last two hundred years]].
** [[spoiler:Izuku later uses All for One's DNA to do the same with his Quirk and create the Soul Stone]].

** Tensei Iida was offered an exoskeleton that would help him regain the ability to walk. However, the technology is expensive even for his family, and the Commission rejected his request for financial aid -- because it wasn't advanced enough to allow him be a hero again. They would then later use that money to pay off business owners after the aforementioned Endeavor caused massive amounts of collateral damage during a villain fight. [[spoiler:That one is enough for Tenya to throw in his lot with Izuku, albeit as a mole for UA]].

* DeathByAdaptation: [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaVigilantesMainCharacters Christopher Skyline (AKA Captain Celebrity)]] suffers this fate when Izuku and Stain lures him into a trap in Chapter 9.
** [[spoiler: Kai "Overhaul" Chisaki is killed by Izuku after the battle against the Shie Hassaikai, and is in fact the first person Izuku kills over the course of the story.]]
* DemotedToExtra: This appears to be the fate of the minor members of Class 1-A (AKA, whoever didn't participate in the Raxas Junkyard Battle) and the minor members of the League of Villains (AKA, anyone not named Dabi, Toga, Kurogiri, or Muscular). In canon, both groups are consistent background characters who occasionally receive focus, especially the League. Here, both groups are downgraded to only making passing cameos, and they at most receive the occasional line and appearance. Mina, Twice, and Mr.Compress are the only members of these groups that have received any focus, and it's ultimately minor for all three.
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: [[spoiler: In the official manga, Native ends up being one of the many casualties of the Paranormal Liberation War. Here, he gets killed by Stain during the attack on Hosu, Izuku not caring about him enough to save him due to Native being a low level hero.]]

* DoubleStandard: A DiscussedTrope that comes up [[spoiler:in regards to Ochako's expulsion from U.A.]] when Izuku meets up with Ochako following his being revealed as a villain. [[spoiler: He points out how unfair it is that Ochako (who has a provisional license that allowed her to go on patrol and was investigating a possible lead about a dangerous villain) was punished so severely while Bakugou (who lacks a license giving him permission to take action and knowingly charged off to get involved a battle with a villain) winds up a KarmaHoudini for his stunt. Izuku believes it's because of how powerful Bakugou's Quirk is while Ochako's comparatively less potent Quirk left her as an ideal scapegoat for U.A. to expel. The truth is actually a little more palatable: they expelled Ochako instead of Katsuki because they figured the injuries he received for his decision were punishment enough, and only went through with expelling Ochako because of government pressure. They (or at least Aizawa) even came to regret not punishing Katsuki further because he failed to learn from the experience and his attitude remained unchanged]].

** Even after being exposed as a villain, Ochako clearly still cared about ([[ImpliedLoveInterest if not loved]]) Izuku and wished to redeem him. [[spoiler:Ultimately, these lingering feelings are part of what drives her to his side after her expulsion from U.A.]]

** [[spoiler:Shoto decides to take Izuku up on his offer after Endeavor's fall from grace]].
** [[spoiler: {{Downplayed}} somewhat by [[AmbiguousSituation it being a tad more ambiguous than Ochako and Shoto]], but Mei Hatsume takes up Izuku's offer to work for him in chapter 26.]]

** [[spoiler: In a way that somewhat mirrors Izuku's and Mirio's friendship, Ochako is shown to have a decently good relationship with Nejire Hado. The Culture Festival also confirmed that Ochako is still friends with her former classmates in spite of her loyalty to Izuku.]]
* FromBadToWorse: Once Izuku starts forming the Infinity Gauntlet, the luck of the heroes' goes down the crapper. Izuku's plans start to come to fruition, and he, in quick succession:

** [[spoiler:''Steals'' One for All (something thought to be impossible)]].
** [[spoiler:Forms his version of the Soul Stone using All for One, which will allow him to steal every other Quirk in existence]].
** Beats the hell out of several U.A. students to get the Soul Stone, hospitalizing one and [[spoiler:causing another to be expelled]].
** [[spoiler:Recruits the expelled student to his cause, giving him a spy with insight into U.A.]]

** [[spoiler:And finally, publicly shames the Number Two hero Endeavor, first by having his new and improved Titan robots subdue him, then, after he's captured, firing him on live television and taking his Quirk from him]].

* HeelRealization: It's slow in coming, but Bakugo is beginning to realize that [[spoiler:his actions are partially responsible for Izuku turning out the way he did]].
* HeroAntagonist: [[spoiler: Up to Chapter 32,]] the main heroes who directly opposed Izuku were [[BigGood All Might]] and [[ArchEnemy Katsuki Bakugo]]. [[spoiler: From chapter 33 onwards, this role has shifted to [[TheFatalist Sir Nighteye]] and [[{{Intangibility}} Mirio Togata]], due to the former two being PutOnABus.]]

** Momo uses her Quirk to build a replica of the Infinity Gauntlet with the intent on using the Soul Stone against Izuku. Except.... it doesn't work.
** Nedzu recieves info about an anti-Gauntlet weapon Izuku created in case the Infinity Gauntlet was ever taken from him and used against him. The entire staff is elated, and they immediately plot to steal it during a schedule sit-down interview he has the next day, using Tenya Iida as the thief. The operation goes off without a hitch [[spoiler:until Tenya actually lays hands on the device. He's immediately captured, and it turns out the whole thing was a trap from the beginning. The interview was taped the previous day, and the device isn't even real]].

** [[spoiler:In the end, Izuku still receives One for All. Though, in this case, it wasn't "receive" so much as ''steal'']].

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Bakugou got away with horrifically bullying Izuku out of racism for years and it doesn't even hinder his chances into getting into U.A. Bakugou illegally attempted to fight Izuku, an at large supervillain without a license, destroys Ochako's legitimate investigation and gets his ass handed to him. Bakugou doesn't even get punished for it while the innocent [[spoiler:Ochako]] is expelled. Unbeknowst to Bakugou, the incident has U.A investigate his past and find out about his unpunished bullying and his part of making Izuku a villain. When Bakugou attempts to attack Izuku when [[spoiler:the latter is a government official with the power to screw U.A over,]] they have enough. Aizawa bluntly tells Bakugou he's not special, he's not cut to be a hero and they should have expelled him instead of [[spoiler:Ochako.]] Aizawa tells Bakugou they will no longer tolerate his attitude, he's to report to mandatory counseling and will be facing punishment with the promise of expulsion he acts out of line.
* KeepingTheEnemyClose:
** [[spoiler:This is the ''real'' reason why Katsuki was spared expulsion, at least for Nedzu. His Quirk and bad temperament made him a risk for villainy, which is why they expelled Ochako in his place -- which backfired when she made a FaceHeelTurn anyway]].
** This is also implied to be the reason why the Hero Commission covered for Endeavor so much. On top of his great work rate (more completed cases than ''All Might''), his obsession with being the best could translate to villainy if they ended his hero career. Combined with his destructive Quirk and All Might's declining power and rising age, a FaceHeelTurn would be a recipe for disaster. [[spoiler:Izuku only managed to avoid that by taking Endeavor's Quirk]].

** Izuku's [[spoiler:firing and de-powering]] of Uwabami and Mt. Lady comes off as this. While the two [[spoiler:women]] ''are'' {{Attention Whore}}s, there's nothing inherently wrong about that and at least they still did their jobs without outright abusing their positions. While some punishment and retraining/counseling was certainly warranted, [[spoiler:taking their Quirks and kicking them out of the hero system was going too far]].

** [[spoiler: Given Endeavor's unrepentant family abusing behavior and constant collateral damages from his cases, depowering the man doesn't exactly come across as a sin, as well as when this is repeated to Overhaul.]]

* MechaMooks: Izuku's Titan robots fill this role, coming in many variants for specified roles
* MisplacedRetribution: [[spoiler: Ochako's expulsion has shades of this. She's the only one to be hit with such a punishment even though other students were involved, the actual plan that led to it was Kirishima's idea, and Bakugou's involvement was outright illegal as he lacked a provisional license. It's implied that the government's efforts at damage control are responsible for this and that the U.A. staff would have been more even handed if it weren't for external interference. Aizawa later admits that this was pretty much the case, noting that Bakugou should have been punished properly for his actions and that Ochako would have been left alone if it was just the school that had decided her discipline. This ultimately bites U.A. in the ass when Ochako becomes Izuku's [[TheDragon second-in-command]].]]
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: [[spoiler:UA wrongfully expels Ochako for getting herself and her classmates involved in a battle against the newly empowered and dangerous Apotheosis despite her classmates involvement being their own fault and Ochako having the legal right and license to investigate potential leads. This pushes Ochako to Izuku's arms as with a bit of nudging Ochako realizes how badly she was wronged while they let Bakugou who did far worse off.]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Tenya joins Izuku's Knights of Balance with the intention of spying on him for UA. It's yet to be seen if he'll be caught and/or make a FaceHeelTurn]].

** [[spoiler: All Might wins, but it will cost him the remainder of his strength, leaving Japan without its greatest hero and easy prey for villains, never mind Izuku ending up a martyr for the quirkless and impractical quirk users. Additionally, (although unsaid), it's implied that if All Might removes Izuku's infinity gauntlet, the device's continual existence will be the ultimate tantalizing prize for an uprising public and villains to either steal or attempt to replicate.]]

** [[spoiler:The government puts pressure on U.A. to be harsher on their students to counteract the bad publicity they're getting from Izuku's antics. This leads to Ochako's expulsion -- which makes her susceptible to Izuku's manipulations]].

* PortalCut: One of the first things he does with the Space Stone is use it to [[spoiler: cut Muscular's arm off]].

* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:All Might, Bakugou, and Gran Torino all exit the story in chapter 33 after being branded as villains by Izuku and escaping to I-Island. Per WordOfGod, this is the last we will see of them for awhile.]]

** Izuku gives several to All Might and Katsuki. [[spoiler:He also gives another to Endeavor after revoking his hero license and taking away his Quirk]].

** Proving that he isn't ''completely'' ignoring the discrepancy in the severity of their crimes, Izuku offered [[spoiler:Uwabami and Mt. Lady a chance to regain their Quirks and rejoin the hero industry]]. All they had to do was prove that they had learned their lesson by donating to charities and helping out citizens with volunteer work. He even put them in touch with one such organization that cared for troubled Quirkless kids. Do they take him up on his offer? No. [[spoiler:Instead, they pay off the media to slander him instead]].

* {{Revenge}}: This is perhaps the biggest reason why many of the more morally-inclined heroes do not support Izuku. While he does have genuinely altruistic reasons for his crusade, the illegal, violent and oftentimes cruel methods he employs to achieve his goals also make it clear that he also wants revenge on the society that rejected and discriminated against him. [[spoiler:Tenya exemplifies and lampshades this before joining Izuku as a mole for UA -- while he agrees with Izuku on many of the problems with the hero industry, he simply can't approve of the methods Izuku is using to correct them, because he knows Izuku is partially motivated by revenge rather than necessity when using them]].

** There are several from ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' from battle at the junkyard is a big reference to the Battle of Titan to Izuku quoting Thanos along with the infamous finger snap(albeit nerfed, see AdaptationalWimp above.)

* StrawmanNewsMedia: [[spoiler:After Izuku takes their Quirks and kicks them out of the hero industry, Mt. Lady and Uwabami pay off several reporters to slander him for his actions. Unfortunately for them, Izuku saw it coming and had Stain take pictures of their actions, one of which he showed during a sit-down interview with a reporter they paid off]].
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Being fifteen, the government and the heroes are reluctant to take Izuku seriously, even after he proves himself to be a threat comparable to All for One. One reviewer points out that the heroes could easily neutralize Izuku by cutting off the arm that has the gauntlet on it; the author, however, retorts that no decent person, let alone hero, would want to mutilate a minor, no matter how dangerous he is.
** After Izuku exposes Katsuki's past as a bully (specifically, ''his'' bully) to Class 1-A, absolutely ''none'' of them want anything to do with him anymore, including Kirishima. Many of them hold him responsible for Izuku's descent into villainy, while those who want to give him the benefit of the doubt are scared of doing so because they suspect he'll be violent with them for disapproving of his past actions.

--> '''Kouta:''' What happened to him?
--> '''Izuku:''' He broke, he completely shattered, until there was nothing left of the old him. Then he rebuilt himself, piece by piece, into something new.
* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: Izuku tortures [[spoiler: Overhaul]] to death with [[spoiler: his own quirk, which had been stolen by Izuku during the Shie Hassaikai raid, by destroying and rebuilding him a hundred times]]. When they plead for him to stop, Izuku tells them that if [[spoiler: Eri]] can suffer it without even whimpering, then they should be able to put up with it as well.

** [[spoiler:Of Izuku's subordinates, Ochako Uraraka and Shoto Todoroki also count. Both of them were inspiring heroes to be that ended up suffering under the corruption of the hero system in direct ways, Uraraka being unjustly expelled from U.A and Todoroki living under an abusive pro hero father. These circumstances lead them to believe that Izuku's cause is fully just and the right one, leading to them joining the villain and giving him their undying support in spite of seeing the worst in him. The fact that they are still becoming public heroes shows that, ultimately, they are completely misguided teenagers who suffered due to circumstance.]]

--> '''All For One:''' If my hands were free I'd applaud you.

* VillainProtagonist: Izuku, of course. [[spoiler:Joined by Ochako in Chapter 21 and Shoto in chapter 25]].
* VillainTakesAnInterest: Izuku takes an interest in Ochako, Shoto, and Tenya (his canon friends) for their Quirks and attitudes toward heroism. [[spoiler:So far, Ochako and Shoto have joined him willingly but for Tenya, he chooses to join as an undercover agent for U.A.]].

** Natsuo Todoroki takes no small amount of glee [[spoiler: rubbing it in Endeavor's face that he's technically now the "failure" now that he's lost his quirk.]]

* YouCantThwartStageOne: [[spoiler:In spite of the efforts of the heroes, Izuku achieves every short term goal he had created in order to take over and fix society. He completes his Infinity Gauntlet, gains a powerful government position that essentially makes him the boss of the heroes, creates the HRD, and destroys All Might's legacy and position as the Symbol of Peace. Izuku has nearly achieved a full victory, leaving the heroes that oppose him scrambling to find ways to defeat him for good.]]

** Nezu believes that with Izuku now in a government position, he will be heavily monitored for any suspicious activities. Izuku, on the other hand, is ten steps ahead of them, and secretly manipulates all of the heroes to be painted as the villains. Now it's U.A. who is under serious investigation and Izuku warns Nezu that if he and the teachers ever step out of line, he'll show no mercy.

* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:U.A. unjustly expels Ochako rather than the likes of Bakugou; Ochako has the license to have legal right in participating in hero matters while Bakugou did not, making his actions illegal. Thus, Ochako sided with Izuku Midoriya as one of his Knights of Balance and Bakugou's assault against Midoriya results in Bakugou be labeled as a villain, consequently damaging U.A.'s reputation.]]

* XanatosGambit: It would have been a simple revenge story if Izuku Midoriya finally gains power to kill All Might. But nope, the villain has a grander plan.
** Exposing All Might to the world of his quirkless nature, invoking outrage among the quirkless and non-pratical quirk users.
** Then using his connections with the League of Villains and various criminal groups to direct their attacks onto the heroes and key targets, including a Pro-Hero rally that was meant to restore the public faith on All Might.
** With the villains now more active, Izuku secretly takes them out while the people who witness these events are made to believe that random citizens are standing up to defend themselves.
** Izuku frames Cementoss by using his powers to scare a mob of protestors away, damaging U.A.'s reputation.
** Capturing the Prime Minister and the President of the Hero Public Safety commision, exposing the latter's cover-ups to the former, planting doubt on their reliance on All Might's strength and taking over the Titan robots they wanted to use. The Prime Minister quickly gives in to Izuku's demands and make him a government official.
** Finally, Izuku manipulates Endeavor to attack him, allowing the Titans to intervene and defeat him. Izuku robs Endeavor's quirk, showing the world that any hero were to try and stop him will be labeled as a criminal and the punishments will be severe.

* WrongContextMagic: If the "magic" refers to quirks. The Infinity Gauntlet and its capability's are something that absolutely nobody, (but Izuku) ever thought of, nor can really figure out to combat.

** [[spoiler: All Might wins, but it will cost him the remainder of his strength, leaving Japan without its greatest hero and easy prey for villains, never mind Izuku ending up a martyr for the quirkiness and impractical quirk users. Additionally, (although unsaid), it's implied that if All Might removes Izuku's infinity gauntlet, the device's continual existence will be the ultimate tantalizing prize for an uprising public and villains to either steal or attempt to replicate.]]

** Some of the locations are named after planets from Franchise/StarWars
** The name of the Prime Minister is Creator/AkiraToriyama
** One of Izuku's first creations is a scouter-like device from Anime/DragonBallZ
** There are several from Film/AvengersInfinityWar from battle at the junkyard is a big reference to the Battle of Titan to Izuku quoting Thanos along with the infamous finger snap(albeit nerfed, see AdaptationalWimp above.)

** In Chapter 32, All Might's attempts to stage a coup on Izuku is exactly how the Jedi Order attempts to apprehend Palpatine in Film/RevengeOfTheSith. Even Izuku's response to the threat is also how Palpatine reacts in the film.

* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:With Izuku and the heroes after chapter 22. {{Justified}}, as Izuku gaining a position in the government and heading his own branch of heroes requires him to work with the same people who are trying to bring him down.]]

** All Might, in one last attempt to steer the boy away from villainy, questions Izuku if his current actions, particularly robbing people of their Quirks are truly just. Izuku throws one right back at All Might, inquiring to the hero if he approves Endeavor's horrible abuse towards his family and All Might's deception to the world. While All Might tries to justify his own actions, he didn't defend Endeavor's; Even All Might thinks what Endeavor did is wrong and deserves punishment, just probably not the whole quirk-stealing thing.