History Fanfic / CheatCodeSupportStrategist

* AccidentalInnuendo: InUniverse. Izuku is amused by Mei's... particular way of talking about making support gear.

* AdaptationalBadass: [[spoiler:Mineta is a cowardly pervert in canon, but here he is a skilled villain known as Trapper and his perverted side is just an act. He was able to single-handedly take down Stain.]]

-->'''Shiguro:''' Um... being quirkless doesn't make you any less terrifying, Midoriya.

* CasanovaWannabe: ''Weaponized'' by [[spoiler:[[TheMole Mineta.]] Everybody sees him as coward that only cares about getting ladies, which comes to his advantage when nobody bats an eye at him investigating Mei and her possible connection to Cheat Code.]]

* ForWantOfANail:
** Izuku does not receive One for All from All Might. Whilst [[InSpiteOfANail this does not prevent him from going to U.A.]], this does end up pushing him into Support.
** Izuku sat on the rooftop for a few minutes after his meeting with All Might to process the fact that his Pro-Hero dream is over. As a result, Izuku didn't come across Bakugo being attacked by the Sludge Villain and the Pro-Heroes who were at the scene and All-Might managed to save Bakugo without Izuku having to rush in to try to save him first. Izuku didn't even know about the whole incident until he arrived home.
** Izuku watching the USJ when the villains attack allows him to warn the teachers the moment it begins, and taking control of its defensive measures lets him help the students fight the villains off. His actions also cause Shigaraki to kill the technopath jamming the signal, giving Aizawa a clue about his Quirk, and with the students being led around the plaza, Shigaraki tries to kill Aizawa instead of Tsuyu.
** In the second round of the Sports Festival, [[spoiler:the destruction of the 10 million headband ensures that Team Todoroki does not make it to the final round while Team Monoma does.]]
** [[spoiler:Hitoshi ends up winning the Sports Festival after defeating Bakugo, giving him a chance to transfer to the Hero Course. He's also adopted by Eraserhead and Present Mic.]]
** Due to their impressive performance in the Sports Festival, Izuku and Mei are offered an internship from [[spoiler:''I-Island''.]]
** Ochako's tenacity and strength during her match against Bakugou impresses All Might enough that [[spoiler:he offers her One For All.]]
** Without Izuku there to save him, [[spoiler:Iida's encounter with Stain ends with him getting his arm so wrecked that it has to be amputated]].
** Tensei decides to [[spoiler:use support equipment to continue being a Pro Hero, with the long-term goal of fighting alongside his brother]]. To this end, he [[spoiler:starts attending U.A. again, sitting in on classes.]]
** With the aid of Trapper, All For One [[spoiler:takes Stain's Quirk and passes it to Spinner, who continues killing 'false heroes' in his idol's name.]]
** Due to Izuku [[spoiler:locating Kurogiri's signal at the training camp, U.A. brings both hero classes back to campus, which also gives them the opportunity to question Shouto about Shigaraki.]]
** [[spoiler:Shigaraki eavesdrops into All for One discussing his GrandTheftMe plans, so he decides to defect to U.A..]]
*** As a consequence, [[spoiler:the League of Villains is forced to attack U.A., which plays wreck with their plans as the students are able to use the school's layout to fight the villains on even terms.]]

* HiddenDepths: Mineta isn't just a pervert, [[spoiler:or a pervert at all: he's playing a role to cover for being [[TheMole All For One's spy]].]]

---> '''Mina:''' Honestly, I feel kinda bad for beating you. Bakubro said you were quirkless, so this is kinda a bad match-up for you, huh?

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Thanks to Izuku, Hitoshi finds out he can modify people's memories with his Quirk. While the extent isn't yet known, Hitoshi has made Bakugou forget about him, made Mei think he had green hair (until she saw him again) and got Tokage's team not to notice they had lost their headband in the Cavalry Battle.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler: Closer to obfuscating perversion, with [[TheMole Mineta]] using his reputation as a CasanovaWannabe in order to fly under the radar at U.A..]]

* ParentsAsPeople: Izuku admits that Inko was very much this, when he and Melissa discuss their experiences about how they were treated for being quirkless. [[spoiler:Even when told her son was instrumental to defeating large villain attacks at U.A., Inko completely misses the proof of Izuku's capabilities and only seems to comprehend him as a fragile victim who needs others to save him. She cares about her son deeply, but the limited view she has of him means the two part on strained terms.]]
* PeoplePuppets: Izuku's most likely theory for how Hitoshi's Quirk works, as it can't force people to use higher brain functions, like speaking, and while Izuku failed to do a backflip under Hitoshi's control, Hitoshi ''also'' doesn't know how to do one either.

** Further experimenting with his Quirk reveals that he ''can'' make people give him information that he doesn't already know, but it takes a lot more concentration. Practicing this aspect of his Quirk on Ochako has him [[spoiler:accidentaly make her reveal that she has a crush on him]].
* PlayfulHacker: Izuku tries, unsuccessfully, to hack into U.A.'s servers when he first arrives and later tries to hack them (again, unsuccessfully) during the practical part of his entrance exam. During the USJ attack, he's able to jury rig a signal to get past the Quirk preventing the alarms from sounding, and takes control over the USJ's disaster zones.
** Later, at the Obstacle Course, Izuku successfully hacks into one of the robot's systems, and rides it all the way up to the minefield.

* RulesLawyer: Izuku and Mei help Hitoshi to figure out the exact specifications of his Quirk. The last on a list of orders Izuku has Hitoshi issue him is to perform a backflip, something that's theoretically possible but that Izuku doesn't know how to do. After Izuku fails, they learn Hitoshi doesn't know how to perform a backflip either, so they insist on further testing to see which person's brain is being accessed for said information.

* ShipperOnDeck: Mina is greatly on team Ochako/Hitoshi, and later becomes one for team Izuku/Mei as well upon realizing that the two Support students aren't already together..

** Mineta falls for Hitoshi's "offer" to give him Mei's number and jumps out of Shoji's cover, allowing Hitoshi to punch him, take control of him and take his headband.
* TrueCompanions: Izuku, Mei and Hitoshi greatly care for each other. Besides keeping each other "more or less" sane and minding their well-being, when Hitoshi tells them he is worried he was taken to custody by Eraserhead and his husband out of fear he might go villainous, Izuku and Mei are livid and barge into Nedzu's office.

* UnwinnableTrainingSimulation: For Izuku's practical Support entrance exam, Nedzu has Izuku attempt to hack U.A.'s servers. Izuku is devastated when he's unable to succeed, but then feels better when Mei points out that since the school's cybersecurity is top-notch and impossible to be hacked by any random hacker, it's very likely that Nedzu's test was to see how Izuku dealt with problems he couldn't solve. Izuku's acceptance letter in the following chapter confirms this, with Power Loader admitting that if Izuku had been successful, he would be ''extremely'' worried about the quality of U.A.'s cybersecurity.

* VillainousLegacy: [[spoiler:Spinner is given Stain's Quirk by All for One and takes up his mantle (and katana) as the new Hero Killer. His own Quirk even mutates slightly to compensate the change.]]

* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Izuku claims this fairly frequently regarding his partnership with Mei. Naturally of course, EveryoneCanSeeIt.
* ShipperOnDeck: Mina is greatly on team Ochako/Hitoshi, and later becomes one for team Izuku/Mei as well.

* SpiritualAntithesis: To ''Fanfic/MastermindStrategistForHire'', another fanfic by the same author. While both involve a Quirkless Izuku Midoriya putting his [[AwesomenessByAnalysis analytical skills]] to use to help others, ''Mastermind'' involves Izuku using them to produce plans for other Villains, as [[VillainProtagonist the titular Mastermind]], whilst ''Cheat Code'' involves him attending U.A.'s Support course in order to help other Heroes.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: During her internship, Mei barely reacts to [[spoiler:Ochako randomly teleporting right beside her.]]

* WrongAssumption: PlayedForDrama. After [[WhamEpisode Chapter 44]], most of the cast operates under the assumption that [[spoiler:Uraraka was kidnapped.]] The reality of the situation turns out to be much different from what they expect.

** Arguably when Hitoshi figures out how to brainwash[[Spoiler:Dark Shadow]] the process later comes up [[Spoiler:when he meets Spinner with Stain's quirk]]

** Mei goes from being an occasional ComicRelief character who appears whenever the hero students need something from the support course to being Izuku's first friend ([[PromotedToLoveInterest and eventual love interest]]).

* {{Corpsing}}:

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Because Izuku is the only one who applied for the Intelligence and Analytics course, Powerloader puts him in 1-F with the invention students, in addition to taking private lessons with Principal Nedzu, so he can still share a classroom with other students.
** Power Loader points out that while they asked Izuku to hack U.A., they didn't expect him to succeed. U.A. is one of the top hero schools in the nation, after all, and keeps lots of sensitive data on heroes' strengths and weaknesses, and thus has incredibly robust cybersecurity. They would have been ''horrified'' if he had succeeded, since it meant their state-of-the-art system could be broken into by a fourteen-year-old.
** When Shigaraki and Kurogiri suggest tracking Izuku's interference, the {{technopath}} villain explains that even if he ''could'' track the signal, which he can't because that's not how his Quirk works, all he'd get would be an IP address rather than a physical location.

[[caption-width-right:350:Art by Beehave Children.]]
After All Might gives Izuku a much-needed reality check, he has to find a new dream. When he learns that the support course at UA offers an emphasis on Intelligence and Analytics, it sounds like the perfect new passion for him to throw himself into. Who knew? Maybe ''Hero Analysis for the Future'' was never meant for his future as a hero, but for his future ''helping'' heroes...

** Hitoshi's foster parents are emotionally abusive. His foster mother is blatantly terrified of him (and is stated to be afraid of everything) while his foster father is constantly suspicious and accuses him of lying. They don't even let him talk while he's in the house. Then, [[spoiler:after he wins the Sports Festival,]] they force him to write ''apology letters'' and ''reveal how his power works''. Needless to say, the moment a better option shows up Hitoshi takes it running.
** Endeavor, as per canon. After the Sports Festival, [[spoiler:he's glad Shouto lost because it would teach him a lesson, and when Shouto calls him out and presses his BerserkButton, he stops the car and forces Shouto out mid-way to their home]]. He follows that up by yelling at him for being caught petting a cat during his internship, since that doesn't fit the image HE wants his successor to have, and [[spoiler:kicking him out of the house again]].

-->'''Izuku''': Most girls have to actually ''meet'' a guy before creating his children.

* AdaptationalBadass: [[spoiler: Mineta is a cowardly pervert in canon, but here he is a skilled villain known as Trapper and his perverted side is just an act. He was able to single-handedly take down Stain.]]
** [[spoiler: Spinner is much more of a threat than in canon, having Stain’s quirk. His kill count is even higher than Stain’s.]]

* AdaptationalHeroism: [[spoiler: Shigaraki wants to quit being a villain and follow his dream of being a video game streamer. He eventually assists the heroes.]]

** [[spoiler: Rather than being the least villainous member of the League of Villains, Spinner is the second Hero Killer with a high kill count.]]

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Endeavor insists that Shouto doesn't need to be ''relatable'', he just needs to be the ''best'', Shouto asks "Are you only saying that because you never accomplished either one?"

-->'''Shiguro''': Um... being quirkless doesn’t make you any less terrifying, Midoriya.
** This is the argument Nedzu uses in the final chapter to convince Izuku [[spoiler: to become a hero]].

* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:Todoroki's refusal to use his father's flames costs him the Cavalry Battle, as he was unable to keep Dark Shadow from stealing his points at the last second]].

* CasanovaWannabe: ''Weaponized'' by [[spoiler: [[TheMole Mineta]]. Everybody sees him as coward that only cares about getting ladies, which comes to his advantage when nobody bats an eye at him investigating Mei and her possible connection to Cheat Code.]]

* ChekhovsGun: Hitoshi tricking everyone into thinking the condition to trigger his Brainwashing Quirk is different from the real one lets him trap [[spoiler:Mineta]] when the League attacks U.A.

* ComicalOverreacting: When Mei complains to Izuku about the teachers being cruel at UA, he worries about them being like the teachers at Aldera... for about five seconds, before Mei reveals that she's complaining about not being allowed lab access on the first day without supervision (something completely sensible, given that she caused at least three explosions during her entrance exam).

** During the Cavalry Battle, Izuku, Mei and Ochako shake with silent laughter after Hitoshi manages to use his Quirk to make Tokage's team not notice she has just lost her headband.

** One-off character Slugger is killed by Stain shortly after [[spoiler:Mineta lures him into an alley, to use him to bait Stain]].

** [[spoiler:Shigaraki, Spinner and Mineta kill Death Arms, Kamui Woods and Mt. Lady.]]
** [[spoiler: Mineta and All for One end up dying at the hands of Spinner/Stain.]]

* DidntThinkThisThrough: All Might assumed that [[spoiler:One for All would give Uraraka SuperStrength much like his own]]. Instead, he's caught completely off guard by [[spoiler:it enhancing her Quirk to the point she starts teleporting randomly]], making it significantly harder for him to keep his secrets ''secret''.
* DisabledInTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: Iida's arm gets amputated after his fight with Stain.]]

-->'''Izuku:''' “Mei, um, this is my mom. Mom, this is Mei-chan.”
-->'''Mei:''' “It’s awesome to meet you, Midoriya-san. Your son and I are gonna make so many beautiful babies together!”
-->'''Inko:''' ''{{Beat}} ''
* DramaticIrony: [[spoiler: After seeing Todoroki’s stream with Shigaraki, Aizawa and Hitoshi are convinced that Todoroki is a mole. The actual mole is Mineta.]]

* EccentricMentor: Izuku decides to take an extra credit assignment to help Hitoshi get into the hero course from Gen Ed. Naturally, [[MadScientist Mei]] joins him in his endeavor.

** Izuku does not receive One for All from All Might. Whilst [[InSpiteOfANail this does not prevent him from going to UA]], this does end up pushing him into Support.
** Izuku sat on the rooftop for a few minutes after his meeting with All Might to process the fact that his Pro-Hero dream is over. As a result, Izuku didn’t come across Bakugo being attacked by the Sludge Villain and the Pro-Heroes who were at the scene and All-Might managed to save Bakugo without Izuku having to rush in to try to save him first. Izuku didn’t even know about the whole incident until he arrived home.

** In the second round of the Sports Festival, [[spoiler:the destruction of the 10 million headband ensures that Team Todoroki does not make it to the final round while Team Monoma does]].

** Due to their impressive performance in the Sports Festival, Izuku and Mei are offered an internship from [[spoiler:''I-Island'']].
** Ochako's tenacity and strength during her match against Bakugou impresses All Might enough that [[spoiler:he offers her One For All]].

** Tensei decides to [[spoiler:use support equipment to continue being a Pro Hero, with the long-term goal of fighting alongside his brother]]. To this end, he [[spoiler:starts attending U.A. again, sitting in on classes]].
** With the aid of Trapper, All For One [[spoiler:takes Stain's Quirk and passes it to Spinner, who continues killing 'false heroes' in his idol's name]].

** [[spoiler:Shigaraki eavesdrops into All for One discussing his GrandTheftMe plans, so he decides to defect to U.A.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: While speculating on the nature of Ochako's Quirk, it's suggested that [[spoiler:if one of the people she's 'anchored' herself to goes through a major physical change, it will disrupt her ability to teleport to them]]. A few chapters later, this theory gains more traction when [[spoiler:Tenya's arm has to be amputated, and she teleports to the hospital right ''before'' it's removed, then is unable to teleport to his side afterwards]].
* FriendlyEnemy: Surprisingly, [[spoiler:Shigaraki, who becomes VitriolicBestBuds with Todoroki as they play together and stream their gaming]].
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Shigaraki betrays the villains for the heroes, as he wants to quit being a villain and become a streamer.]]
* HiddenDepths: Mineta isn't just a pervert, [[spoiler:or a pervert at all: he's playing a role to cover for being [[TheMole All For One's spy]]]].

** During their 1-on-1 match, Izuku [[spoiler:turns Mina's own acid against her by setting it on fire to force her out of the ring]].
** All for One [[spoiler:giving Stain's Quirk to Spinner]] backfires when [[spoiler:Spinner finds out the truth about Stain's death and turns on All for One]].

** Averted with the unnamed tech villain from the USJ attack, who logically points out that even if he could somehow “trace” Cheat Code’s signal, it’d only give an IP Address, not a location a teleporter could use.
* IResembleThatRemark: When Aizawa gives Class 1-A Izuku's abbreviated analysis of their Quirks, Bakugo promptly blows up his packet and throws the remains out of the window because it said he had [[HairTriggerTemper impulsivity issues]]. [[TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat Aizawa pulls out a copy, saying that Izuku knew that would happen]].

* InnocentlyInsensitive: PlayedForDrama. Kirishima assumes that Bakugou and Midoriya are friends, unknowingly pressing his BerserkButton until Katsuki snaps and [[spoiler:beats the shit out of him during their match]].

* KnowWhenToFoldThem: Izuku [[spoiler:steps backward out of bounds the second his match against Bakugou begins to avoid getting the beating he knew Bakugou would give him, as well as deny Bakugou the satisfaction of actually earning his victory]].

** Bakugou has to be tied up to keep from attacking others at the Sports Festival podium, [[spoiler:but this time it's because he cannot stand losing to Hitoshi]].
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: Mineta suspects that Izuku is Cheat Code and tries to kidnap him by laying a trap on his usual route home. Not only did this fail, since Izuku didn't go home that day, but Mineta's actions also allowed Izuku to pick up on Kurogiri's signature when he's teleporting using the same program he made for Ochako, so he now has a way to track the villain.]]

* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler: Closer to obfuscating perversion, with [[TheMole Mineta]] using his reputation as a CasanovaWannabe in order to fly under the radar at U.A.]]
* OddFriendship: Todoroki seems to be developing one with [[spoiler: Shigaraki of all people]], to the point that they stream gameplay together.
* OhCrap: Todoroki is "sitting" in a back alley with a number of cats that have decided he makes a good bed... [[spoiler:when ''Shigaraki'' shows up and finds him. Fortunately, he leaves soon after without causing trouble]].

* ParentsAsPeople: Izuku admits that Inko was very much this, when he and Melissa discuss their experiences about how they were treated for being quirkless. [[spoiler:Even when told her son was instrumental to defeating large villain attacks at UA, Inko completely misses the proof of Izuku's capabilities and only seems to comprehend him as a fragile victim who needs others to save him. She cares about her son deeply, but the limited view she has of him means the two part on strained terms.]]

** Further experimenting with his Quirk reveals that he ''can'' make people give him information that he doesn't already know, but it takes a lot more concentration. Practicing this aspect of his Quirk on Ochako has him [[spoiler: accidentaly make her reveal that she has a crush on him]].
* PlayfulHacker: Izuku tries, unsuccessfully, to hack into UA's servers when he first arrives and later tries to hack them (again, unsuccessfully) during the practical part of his entrance exam. During the USJ attack, he's able to jury rig a signal to get past the Quirk preventing the alarms from sounding, and takes control over the USJ's disaster zones.

* PyrrhicVictory: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]. [[spoiler: The moment the match between Izuku and Katsuki starts, Izuku walks out of bounds, depriving Katsuki of the fight Izuku 'owes' him, making his victory meaningless.]]

* SpiritualAntithesis: To ''Fanfic/MastermindStrategistForHire'', another fanfic by the same author. While both involve a Quirkless Izuku Midoriya putting his [[AwesomenessByAnalysis analytical skills]] to use to help others, ''Mastermind'' involves Izuku using them to produce plans for other Villains, as [[VillainProtagonist the titular Mastermind]], whilst ''Cheat Code'' involves him attending UA's Support course in order to help other Heroes.

** Power Loader points out that while they asked Izuku to hack UA, they didn't expect him to succeed. UA is one of the top hero schools in the nation, after all, and keeps lots of sensitive data on heroes' strengths and weaknesses, and thus has incredibly robust cybersecurity. They would have been ''horrified'' if he had succeeded, since it meant their state-of-the-art system could be broken into by a fourteen-year-old.

* TakeThat: Slugger, whose sole appearance in canon saw him do nothing against the Sludge Villain, then try to stop Izuku from saving Bakugou, is mentioned as having a reputation for [[DirtyCoward leaving difficult fights to other heroes]]. Said reputation leads to him being killed by Stain, after [[spoiler:Mineta calls him in to lure Stain into a trap]].

* TimmyInAWell: Epurr pulls this off when she leads Shouto and Edgeshot to where [[spoiler:Tenya fought Stain]].

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: During her internship, Mei barely reacts to [[spoiler:Ochako randomly teleporting right beside her]].
* UnwinnableTrainingSimulation: For Izuku's practical Support entrance exam, Nedzu has Izuku attempt to hack UA's servers. Izuku is devastated when he's unable to succeed, but then feels better when Mei points out that since the school's cybersecurity is top-notch and impossible to be hacked by any random hacker, it's very likely that Nedzu's test was to see how Izuku dealt with problems he couldn't solve. Izuku's acceptance letter in the following chapter confirms this, with Power Loader admitting that if Izuku had been successful, he would be ''extremely'' worried about the quality of UA's cybersecurity.

-->'''Ochako:''' [[spoiler: Because [Mina]'s trying to set [Izuku and Mei] up. She was also trying to get us alone together because she knows I have a crush on you.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Aizawa chews out All Might after [[spoiler: Uraraka's accidental One for All-induced teleportation to I-Island]]:
-->"So you’re telling me that you not only gave my student an extra quirk without informing me, but that this impossible miracle quirk has painted a target on [[spoiler:her]] back a mile wide because it comes with a nemesis that runs the goddamn ''League of Villains!'' Oh, and considering that [[spoiler:she]] disappeared into thin air, they’re probably the ones who took [[spoiler:her]], especially since you didn’t even give [[spoiler:her]] any extra security after handing [[spoiler:her]] a giant ''I Am Here'' sign. Am I missing anything, All Might?”
* WrongAssumption: PlayedForDrama. After [[WhamEpisode Chapter 44]], most of the cast operates under the assumption that [[spoiler:Uraraka was kidnapped]]. The reality of the situation turns out to be much different from what they expect.

* AdultFear: Eraserhead finds himself fearing [[spoiler:Uraraka to be kidnapped by the League of Villains after her sudden disappearance at Gunhead's agency. [[DramaticIrony Unbeknownst to him]], her disappearance was due to her having accidentally teleported herself to I-Island.]]

-->'''Fanfic/ForTheWantOfANailSeries''': ''Fanfic/DekuIThinkHesSomePro'' | ''Fanfic/MastermindStrategistForHire'' | ''Fanfic/MastermindRiseOfAnarchy''[[note]]sequel to ''Strategist For Hire'' unrelated to the series[[/note]] | ''Fanfic/ViridianTheGreenGuide'' | '''Cheat Code: Support Strategist''' | ''Fanfic/ShadowsTheHorrorMovieHeroes''

* Catch22Dilemma: Todoroki initially decides to listen to Cheat Code's advice because Endeavor holds no value in support workers, only to want to ignore the advice after Cheat Code recommends Todoroki use his fire. Todoroki then realizes that by ignoring Cheat Code, he would be emulating his father, but if he listened to Cheat Code, he would be doing what his father wanted.