History Fanfic / DetectiveMidoriya

* ChildProdigy: Well teenage prodigy. Now that Izuku is no longer in a toxic school environment with encouragement from authority figures, he manages to clear his first year of high school in a week. A college professor all but blackmails his college to let Izuku get into his Quirk Analysis class, and by Chapter 7 he's EMT certified [[note]]Which is the most realistic as EMT certification in the US is only 120-150 hours of training and a test.[[/note]] and a provisional Police Officer. At the age of 15.

* ForWantOfANail:
** Izuku manages to predict when three Villains are going to make an appearance after a long time quiet, which leads to them being caught. And since they're caught, that means All Might doesn't use up his limited time in his Hero Form. Which means he's on site at the USJ when the League attacks, which results in much fewer injuries than in canon.
** Due to [[spoiler:Izuku being undercover in the Shie Hassaikai, the raid goes much better. For starters he manages to swap out the permanent Quirk erasing bullets with the temporary ones.]]
** Izuku's status as the Quirkless Police Officer that took down Stain [[spoiler:kicked off a Quirkless pride movement.]]

--> '''Mori:''' Aren't we supposed to have some semblance of dignity? And you, we belong here. You don't. Family. Only.

* ReassignedToAntarctica: Officer Mori was sent to Izuku's station in hopes that Detective Tsukauchi can get him to shape up.

* RunningGag: Izuku keeps getting stabbed in the leg.

* WhatTheHellHero:
** All over the place. A lot of people want to beat the crap out of All Might for discouraging Izuku from being a hero, not that they know it's actually All Might. [[spoiler: Inko eventually reveals the truth, and that she knew all along, after Izuku is near-fatally shot TakingTheBullet for All Might.]]

* AbusiveParents: Just like in canon, Endeavor is this towards Todoroki. [[spoiler:Midoriya is actually to trying help Todoroki with this. He does manage to do so.]]

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Sir Nighteye laughs so hard he nearly cries when he finds out that [[spoiler: Izuku managed to defeat the Leader of the League of Villains with a Chinese Finger Trap.]]
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Many of Midoriya's relationships has changed in the story.

* AfterActionPatchup: Izuku winds up being a part of the police response to the USJ attack as he's EMT certified. He notices Todoroki's abuse scars, and manages to wrap up Ochako's sprained ankle well enough that Recovery Girl is impressed

* BrokenPedestal: Izuku's opinion towards All Might, to the point of selling all his All Might merchandise and feeling anxiety whenever he see the man in person while on duty, terrified that the Hero will recognize him and destroy this dream too.

* CowboyCop: Zigzagged. Izuku only has one formal reprimand on his file, which was a lost of police equipment when a Villain ate his fanny pack when he threw it at him in desperation. But the Police Academy really dislikes him because he seems to encourage trainees to do similar antics and they have to remind the trainees that Izuku has much better Quirk analysis skills then them.

* FamedInStory: By the time the story catches up to the first chapter, Izuku is well known for his actions.

** Izuku manages to predict when three Villains are going to make an appearance after a long time quiet, which leads to them being caught. And since they're caught, that means All Might doesn't use up his limited time in his Hero Form. Which means he's on site at the USJ when the League attacks, which results in much less injuries than in canon.
** Due to [[spoiler:Izuku being undercover in the Shie Hassaikai, the raid goes much better. For starters he manages to swap out the permenant Quirk erasing bullets with the temporary ones.]]

** [[spoiler:Shoto has been informally adopted by the Midoriya's after he managed to emancipate himself. And Eri was formally adopted by Inko.]]

** Izuku still winds up at the training camp, but as a field medic.

** Shoto still thinks that Izuku is the secret love child of someone he has a close relationship to. This time it's Detective Tsukauchi.
* {{Jerkass}}: The story has a pantry of unpleasant characters. The cakes goes to Officer Mori for doing paperwork while Izuku is running screaming from a kidnapper while carrying the victim.

* MistakenForAnImposter: Sir Nighteye's first encounter with Izuku is to accuse him of impersonating a cop due to his age. After a frost serving of humble pie at the Police Station, Sir Nighteye apologizes.

** In-universe Izuku's tendency to run away screaming with a kid to save them has been called the Midoriya Snatch ‘n Sprint. On screen he saved Eri, Kouta, Kimiko. Off-screen he saved another 50 kids doing it.

* UrbanLegend: As a result of "Deku" never showing his face in full and using makeup to alter his looks for each mission, Izuku alter ego becomes an almost-mythical figure to the criminal underground. Characters refer to him as a cryptid on several occasions.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Both Midoriya and Bakugo were childhood friends like in canon. But after Bakugo had developed his Quirk, he began to bully Midoriya merciless.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: [[spoiler: Inko gives one to All Might in the hospital after learning Midoriya took a bullet for him before ripping into him for destroying Izuku's dream to be a hero.]]

You can read the fanfic [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13189455/1/Detective-Midoriya here]] and the [=AO3=] link [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/17549252/chapters/41354681 here]].

%%* AdultFear: Like canon, the story has this.

* NoodleIncident: Izuku earned his first formal reprimand after a villain ate his (third) [[EmbarrassingNickname SaveMyFannyPack]].

* NoodleIncident: Izuku earned his first formal reprimand after a villain ate his (third) [[EmbarassingNickname SaveMyFannyPack]].

* NoodleIncident: Izuku earned his first formal reprimand after a villain ate his (third) [[EmbarassingNickname Save My Fanny Pack]].

* NoodleIncident: Izuku earned his first formal reprimand after a villain ate his (third) Save My Fanny Pack.

* RefugeInAudacity: Once Izuku [[spoiler: wakes up from a coma induced due to the gunshot wound he received in the prologue]], the League of Villains come to check up on him. While the other villains at least attempt to be stealthy, Dabi just walks to Izuku's [[spoiler: hospital]] room in his usual outfit. He doesn't get noticed.

* NotSoDifferent: As Shigaraki says, both he and Midoriya were mistreated by society and ignored by the heroes. Shigaraki even offers a WeCanRuleTogether to Midoriya, offer him a Quirk if the latter agrees. [[spoiler:Of course Midoriya would refuse, though he admits to Tsukauchi he was very tempted for a moment, and Shigaraki holds out belief that Midoriya will eventually join him.]]

* GoKartingWithBowser: Izuku and the League of Villains actually have a formal agreement for Izuku to play poker with them. Pretty much they don't do anything that would force him to have to arrest them.

** [[spoiler:Shoto has been informally adopted by the Midorya's after he managed to emancipate himself. And Eri was formally adopted by Inko.]]

%%* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:All Might has this reaction when Midoriya took the bullet for him in the prologue.]]
* NotSoDifferent: As Shigaraki says, both he and Midoriya were mistreated by society and ignored by the heroes. Shigaraki even offers a WeCanRuleTogether to Midoriya, offer him a Quirk if the latter agrees. [[spoiler:Of course Midoriya would refuse.]]

** The Police Station going thrifty on party favors for celebrations. Izuku's party for him becoming a Proper Police Officer has a cake with a discount sticker that says [[MetaphoricallyTrue "Happy Retirement"]]. When he becomes a Detective the banner at his party says "It's a Girl" with Detective written over Girl.

** All over the place. A lot of people want to beat the crap out of All Might for discouraging Izuku from being a hero, not that they know it's actually All Might.

* BefriendingTheEnemy: Midoriya manages to befriend the League of Villains during his captivity.

* TheAce: Izuku. Youngest Police Officer and Youngest Police Detective in Japan, EMT certified, Quirk Analysis skills that outmatches veterans with actual analysis quirks, and has three college degrees by the time he is 18.

* CowboyCop: Zigzagged. Izuku only has one formal reprimand on his file, which was a lost of police equipment when a Villain ate his fanny pack when he threw it at him in desperation. But the Police Academy really dislikes him because he seems to encourage trainees to do similar antics and they have to remind the trainees that Izuku has much better quirk analysis skills then them.

* DownerBeginning: The story starts off with [[spoiler: All-Might forgetting his own Hero lessons in a moment of panic, and Izuku takes a bullet for him. The first chapter ends with him bleeding out and falling unconscious from the blood loss as All Might has a breakdown.]]

** Due to [[spoiler: Izuku being undercover in the Shie Hassaikai, the raid goes much better. For starters he manages to swap out the permenant quirk erasing bullets with the temporary ones.]]
** Izuku's status as the Quirkless Police Officer that took down Stain [[spoiler: kicked off a Quirkless pride movement.]]

* HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler: Shoto has been informally adopted by the Midorya's after he managed to emancipate himself. And Eri was formally adopted by Inko.]]

* HowWeGotHere: The first chapter tells the readers about how Midoriya became a detective. [[spoiler: After getting shot.]]

** Ochako still uses her quirk to save Izuku from a fall. But instead of UA it's at the mall when Class 1-A is shopping for the training camp.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Officer Mori has a couple of moments like this. [[spoiler: Immediately stepping up to donate blood to Izuku while they're both en route to the hospital is one moment.]]

* LethalJokeItem: Inverted. It's a Lifesaving joke item. Izuku manages to [[spoiler: save his life by trapping two of Tomura Shigaraki's fingers in a Chinese finger trap.]]
** Later on he manages to neutralize a Villain's quirk with a gallon of lemonade.

* PayingForTheActionScene: Izuku overpays some kids for the pitcher of lemonade he grabbed from them to neutralize a Villain's quirk.

* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:Izuku takes a bullet meant for All-Might in the first chapter.]]

* WhatTheHellHero: All over the place. A lot of people want to beat the crap out of All-Might for discouraging Izuku from being a hero, not that they know it's actually All-Might.
** [[spoiler: Sir Nighteye gets ripped into for his plan during the Shie Hassaikai raid. Doubly so for not telling the Heroes they had an undercover officer embedded in the organization. Izuku has to fight Lemillion while escaping with Eri.]]