History Fanfic / ParagonsOfVirtueAndGlory

* MutuallyFictional: [[spoiler:An InUniverse example. While at first, it's just the subject of a few jokes, like Sun having the same name as the Monkey King, later chapters make it increasingly clear that a number of individuals from Remnant have clear parallels to myths, legends, and fairy tales from Earth, while heroes and villains from Earth (even All For One and his brother) have parallels in comic books and the like on Remnant. Aizawa is worried that the full knowledge of the parallels that he and the others have discovered could cause an existential crisis in the students, and worries about Jaune and Pyrrha due to their parallels not having happy endings.]]

*** [[spoiler:Although the teachers recognize the strategic value of that spray as a counterattack to Mineta's Quirk, Aizawa points out that this was an abuse of a classmate's trust and also what would happen if that spray fell into the wrong hands, would it leave Mineta defenseless against criminals, therefore Glynda and Aizawa make it clear that they will confiscate the aerosol samples that teams RWBY and JPNR possess.]]

* BenevolentConspiracy: Just like in the main RWBY canon, Ozpin runs this to protect humanity from the Grimm and other evil forces that are on the horizon. Known members of the conspiracy thus far include Ozpin, Glynda, Ironwood, Theodore, and Qrow. [[spoiler:Same can be said for All Might, Izuku and Katsuki keeping One for All and its history a secret, until Izuku's Quirk evolves and his Semblance awakens, leading to said secret being revealed to everyone in the main cast.]]

* ChekhovsGun: In Chapter 5, Mineta mentions he treats his clothes with a special chemical so his hairballs won't get stuck on it, and Yaoyorozu begins to work on trying to recreate it. [[spoiler:In Chapter 20, it's revealed she got it working, and gave a can to Teams RWBY and JNPR as a "just-in-case" situation - and Team RWBY uses it in their exhibition match against Team STRM to NoSell Mineta's Quirk.]]

* MutuallyFictional: [[spoiler:While at first, it's just the subject of a few jokes, like Sun having the same name as the Monkey King, later chapters make it increasingly clear that a number of individuals from Remnant have clear parallels to myths, legends, and fairy tales from Earth, while heroes and villains from Earth (even All For One and his brother) have parallels in comic books and the like on Remnant. Aizawa is worried that the full knowledge of the parallels that he and the others have discovered could cause an existential crisis in the students, and worries about Jaune and Pyrrha due to their parallels not having happy endings.]]

* MagicAIsMagicA: Both the worlds of ''My Hero Academia'' and ''RWBY'' have their own inherent power systems, Quirks and Aura/Magic respectively, as neither world has access to the others. That isn't to say they can't ''affect'' the other though, as students of 1-A, Aizawa, and All Might all have their Auras unlocked, Ozpin in particular unlocking Izuku's. This causes Izuku to have a ''massive'' Aura reserve however, as One For All carries imprints of the souls of its previous eight users, and Aura is the manifestation of the soul, giving Izuku ''nine times'' as much Aura as a normal person. [[spoiler:Meanwhile, Ironwood intends to study Quirks with the hope of giving copies of them to his soldiers.]]

* MegaCorp: The Schnee Dust Company dominates the Dust industry. It's so big that it has its own security force and a fleet of airships. Mines all over the world belong to the SDC, and everyone who buys Dust buys SDC Dust. Under Nick's leadership, it built up a reputation for honesty, integrity, and quality. Under Jacques' leadership, those aspects are losing their shine; while the company's become even more powerful under him, it's on the back of poor working conditions and a reputation for cut-throat business practices. It used to be run in an ethical way, but became much more exploitative of its workers after Jacques Schnee took over such as forcing them to work in unsafe conditions and its mistreatment of Faunus workers. Among its victims were Ilia Amitola's parents, who died in a mining accident, and Adam Taurus, who has his face branded with the company logo, which eventually led to both of them joining the White Fang.

* TheSpartanWay: As in the original RWBY, Initiation at Beacon starts with launching prospective students into a dense forest full of bloodthirsty monsters.
** In one, the initiation follows a similar theme, only that the aspiring students of the heroes' course must face several robots of different levels of danger in a scenario that simulates a city, something that the students and teachers agree on is that Nezu must never find out about Beacon's initiation method.

* WeirdMoon: The Remmant's moon is partially shattered, causing bits to be scattered but held in orbit by the moon's remaining gravity. It's seeing this that finally nails home to Aizawa and later the students that they are no longer on Earth.

** Sometimes Stain the Hero Killer deliberately spares the life of his victims. On such occasions he sees to it that they can't be a pro-hero anymore For example, Tenya Iida's beloved brother Tensei.
** The reason why All Might passed the One for All to Izuku is that he got one years ago; as said below, he can't fully use them or he'll either be severely injured or even die

* MagicAIsMagicA: Both the worlds of ''My Hero Academia'' and ''RWBY'' have their own inherent power systems, Quirks and Aura/Magic respectively, as neither world has access to the others. That isn't to say they can't ''affect'' the other though, as students of 1-A, Aizawa, and All Might all have their Auras unlocked, Ozpin in particular unlocking Izuku's. This causes Izuku to have a ''massive'' Aura reserve however, as One For All carries imprints of the souls of its previous eight users, and Aura is the manifestation of the soul, giving Izuku ''nine times'' as much Aura as a normal person.

* MegaCorp: The Schnee Dust Company dominates the Dust industry. It's so big that it has its own security force and a fleet of airships. Mines all over the world belong to the SDC, and everyone who buys Dust buys SDC Dust. Under Nick's leadership, it built up a reputation for honesty, integrity, and quality. Under Jacques' leadership, those aspects are losing their shine; while the company's become even more powerful under him, it's on the back of poor working conditions and a reputation for cut-throat business practices. It used to be run in an ethical way, but became much more exploitative of its workers after Jacques Schnee took over such as forcing them to work in unsafe conditions and its mistreatment of Faunus workers. Among its victims were Illia Amitola's parents, who died in a mining accident, and Adam Taurus, who has his face branded with the company logo, which eventually led to both of them joining the White Fang.

* SuperSpeed: Iida's Engine Quirk lets him move much faster than any other student barring Ruby, who wins thanks to her Semblance. Her data statistics even label her speed as 6/5.

** In one, the initiation follows a similar theme, only that the aspiring students of the heroes course must face several robots of different levels of danger in a scenario that simulates a city, something that the students and teachers agree on is that Nezu must never find out about Beacon's initiation method.

** Jaune glows white during the Aura Ability Assessment Test. While no one makes much of it, [[spoiler:it's how Aura Amp shows]].

* AccidentalInnuendo: When Ochako sees the Amity Colosseum, she exclaims "It's so huge!". Mineta pinches his mouth to avoid making the obvious answer.

%%Kindly refrain from adding information pertaining either My Hero Academia or RWBY unless it is mentioned explicitly in this story.

** A series of flashbacks showing Weiss's past in Chapters 7 and 8 show Winter, Willow, Jacques, Whitley and Klein before their own debuts in later volumes.

** Both General Ironwood, and Pietro Polendina arrive in Vale, well ahead of their canonical appearances.
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Aizawa calls his equivalent of the Quirk Assessment Test for Beacon's students "Aura Ability Assessment Test". [[LampshadeHanging Some of his students wonder if he did it just to make it sound like a triple A battery.]]
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Yang has started to realize that Katsuki, Pyrrha, Izuku, and Aizawa are much stronger and {{combat pragmatist}}s than she is. While at Signal, Yang was the best fighter at the school, but at Beacon she's only in the top ten and even then, only of the freshman class. This is leading her to rethink her fighting style much earlier than in the show.

%%* ArtifactOfPower: Relics are this combined with the characteristics of AncientArtifact and ArtifactofDoom, because it are divine artifacts left by the Gods before leaving Remnant being capable of performing feats beyond mortal means because each one contains a GenieInABottle with RealityWarper powers.

** Mercury's legs are cybernetic from the knees down. How he lost his original legs has yet to be revealed, although his origins episode with Cinder and Emerald heavily suggests he had them amputated and replaced after he killed his abusive father, since it was shown that his legs were seriously injured and he could barely stand on them, the aura also has limits to how much it can heal because it only accelerates the natural healing processes therefore it cannot regenerate lost limbs.

* AwfulTruth: Like in the original time line, Ozpin considers Salem's immortality to be this and something he has to keep secret or else his followers would lose hope and desert him.
* BenevolentConspiracy: Just like in the main RWBY canon, Ozpin runs this to protect humanity from the Grimm and other evil forces that are on the horizon. Known members of the conspiracy thus far include Ozpin, Glynda, Ironwood, Theodore and Qrow. [[spoiler:Same can be said for All Might, Izuku and Katsuki keeping One for All and its history a secret, until Izuku's Quirk evolves and his Semblance awakens, leading to said secret being revealed to everyone in the main cast.]]

* CallingYourAttack: Discussed. While both groups call out attacks, the Hunters tend to do so for co-ordination with prepared manoeuvres where everyone knows their role, while Class 1-A are yet to have the canon lesson with Mt Lady about why Pro-Heroes call out their attacks. While the Hunters advise not yelling out their moves for the stakeout at the docks, a few still do so out of habit. But Team RWBY and JNPR do still think the names are cool, with both Nora and Yang coming up with ideas for ultimate moves, even if they only call them out in their heads.

* ChallengeSeeker: One of the reasons that Pyrrha came to Beacon was that there were no fighters at Haven that could beat her and she was hoping to find fighters that would test her skills. She is overjoyed to find out that Momo, Deku and Katsuki are strong enough to give her the first real challenge she's had in years.

* Career-EndingInjury: This is actually a very real danger that all heroes and hunters face.
** Sometimes Stain the Hero-Killer deliberately spares the life of his victims. On such occasions he sees to it that they can't be a pro-hero any more For example, Tenya Iida's beloved brother Tensei.

** Aizawa challenges CRDL to a four on one fight against him, and when they accept, he proceeds to demonstrate why you don't underestimate a Pro.
* CutenessProximity: Gale is a Faunus girl around Eri's age that all of the students in Class A, along with Teams RWBY and JNPR, can't help but fawn over. Even Bakugo takes a liking to her, finding the nicknames she gives the others to be funny, and loving the fact that she calls him by his original hero name choice, "King Explosion Murder". Weiss (who has a marked dislike of Faunus in general) even name drops the trope when talking about Gale.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Some chapters pay special focus on particular members of the cast, such as Yaoyorozu and Pyrrha, Koda and Ojiro. The latter has a HeroOfAnotherStory adventure alongside Sun Wukong.
* DeathWorld: Outside of four heavily protected Kingdoms and a number of smaller locations blessed with strong natural barriers, Remnant is a world where Humans and Faunus struggle to survive against the dominance of the Creatures of Grimm. As monstrous beings that are attracted to negative emotion, Grimm appear to be consumed by the need to destroy people and their creations. Trained by elite Academies, only Huntsmen possess the combat skills, enhanced Aura and trained Semblances to fight back, so it's their job to protect humanity and Faunus from the Grimm. If people can't defend themselves, they hire those that can, and all transport -- from ocean ships to airships -- are armed with guns. Even those who survive the Grimm will have bandits to contend with, whose raids inevitably create heightened spikes of negativity that attract even more Grimm.
** When the heroes discover that Remmant is more dangerous than Earth due to the large Grimm populations spread across the world, they decide that everyone must unlock their auras to have a better chance of surviving on Remmant.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: A ''lot'' of clashing values occur as a result of the settings of the two series being very different from one another. ''My Hero Academia'' is set on Earth in a [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture somewhat futuristic Japan]], and while having slightly more individualistic beliefs than modern day Japan, is still one based on Eastern values like collectivism, rule following, respect for authority, privacy, and functions on what is largely BlackAndWhiteMorality.[[labelnote:*]]The series ''does'' slowly shift to a more GreyAndGrayMorality later, but at the point in time the fic occurs, this has yet to happen.[[/labelnote]] ''RWBY'', while set on the fantasy world of Remnant, largely adheres to more Western values like individualism, prioritizing what is right over the rules or privacy, calling out what is seen as wrong, and functions largely on GreyAndGrayMorality.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Junior likes dogs, and repeatedly told one of his men 'no' when approached about a dog fighting racket. When he finds out that they started one anyway and ran it behind his back, he is livid, and willing to co-operate with Yang and the heroes in order to clean house, shutting the operation down.

* ExtranormalInstitute: Beacon Academy is the most prestigious of the four Huntsmen Academies. Students are admitted by being flung into a forest full of bloodthirsty monsters with orders to eliminate everything in their way after retrieving an artifact. Should they pass, they then have to handle Port's inundating speeches and monster-filled live exercises, survive sparring with lethal weaponry, and listen in on lightning-quick history lectures. Then there's the criminals seeking to undermine the world's peace and stability.
* FairyTaleMotifs[=/=]MythicalMotifs: As per RWBY canon, virtually all of the most important characters that make Remnant their home are inspired by (in at least some way) by a character/plotline from a fairy tale, myth or famous story throughout Earth history.

* {{Foil}}: It's noted that Yang and Bakugo are quite similar (arrogant BloodKnight blondes with a penchant for close quarters combat and a love of explosions), but that their different circumstances mean that the characters are a lot more different than what it looks at first glance.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When the group encounters Sun at the docks, Izuku has a flash of a bald guy with a bandoleer, and his right arm flares in pain. [[spoiler:Two chapters later, Izuku unlocks Blackwhip during the fight with White Fang.]]

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: While they can easily bond with the students of 1-A, the Hunters don't particularly like Bakugo thanks to his perpetual foul-mood and poor temper, not helped by their thinking he's [[MistakenForRacist a racist]] and TheBully. He's successfully managed to gain the ire of Blake, Yang, and Yatsuhashi in particular.

* FunctionalMagic: Aura is effectively "weaponized" Soul Power, and its understanding is surprisingly well-understood and intricate in terms of Remnant scholarship.

* HypocriticalHumor: When Jaune says he's too busy with school work and training to even bother considering to ask Weiss out again, Izuku asks if he isn't working himself too hard - which prompts Weiss to point out that Izuku is only second to Todoroki on how much training he does.

** By time everyone gets back to Earth and he talks with Tsukauchi and Nezu, Izuku reveals that ''all'' of 1-A and Aizawa have been told about the existence of One For All, as they all agreed to there being no more secrets between them. [[spoiler:The secret gets partially uncovered when Izuku not only gets Blackwhip, but also unlocks his Semblance, causing him to create a projection of Daigoro Banjo. Izuku decides to fully reveal it in the aftermath, with all of 1-A, Aizawa, Ozpin, Goodwitch, and teams RWBY and JNPR being let in on the secret.]]

* MegaCorp: The Schnee Dust Company dominates the Dust industry. It's so big that it has its own security force and fleet of airships. Mines all over the world belong to the SDC, and everyone who buys Dust, buys SDC Dust. Under Nick's leadership, it built up a reputation for honesty, integrity and quality. Under Jacques' leadership, those aspects are losing their shine; while the company's become even more powerful under him, it's on the back of poor working conditions and a reputation for cut-throat business practices. It used to be run in an ethical way, but became much more exploitative of its workers after Jacques Schnee took over such as forcing them to work in unsafe conditions and its mistreatment of Faunus workers. Among its victims were Illia Amitola's parents, who died in a mining accident, and Adam Taurus, who has his face branded with the company logo, which eventually led to both of them joining the White Fang.
* MistakenForRacist: Bakugo maintains his habit of being TheNicknamer rather than bothering to remember the names of anyone he doesn't respect (which is pretty much everyone). Problem is, since he usually defaults to a physical trait, his nicknames get him considered a racist by the people of Remnant, Blake reacting negatively to when he calls Mina "raccoon eyes". This reaches a boiling point when on patrol with Yatsuhashi and Velvet, as his attitude combined with calling Velvet "bunny ears" causes Yatsuhashi to confront him, and forces Velvet to call off the patrol, with Glynda and Aizawa putting Bakugo on three days house arrest as punishment.

* NotSoSimilar: Aizawa, Yagi and the students of 1-A are learning that the professions of Huntsman and Hero are very similar but also have key differences, one being that Heroes are taught that killing an opponent is an option of last resort, while Huntsmen and Huntresses are taught to kill Grimm on sight, and are more willing to use lethal force when dealing with human foes.

* SchizoTech: Remnant's reliance on Dust and the ForeverWar with the Grimm has resulted in them having a very eclectic technology base. On one hand, Remnant doesn't have artificial satellites since Dust doesn't work in outer space, but their weaponry in general is insanely advanced, consisting of different forms of {{Swiss Army Weapon}}s that easily implement various forms of traditionally obsolete weapons into their design while also using Dust to punch far above their normal weight class. Additionally, Remnant also has access to humanoid combat robots, at least one HumongousMecha, floating battleships and tilt-jet aircraft.

*** In the ''Paragons of Chibi'' sidestory ''It was just a suggestion!'', Ruby attempts to do BedtimeBrainwashing on Bakugo so he will become Izuku's BFF, the same way she did with Weiss in "Super Besties".

** During the fight at the docks, Yang trash talks some White Fang members with dialogue pulled from one of the WebVideo/DragonballZAbridged movies. Kaminari [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it by calling it [[Creator/TeamFourStar four star]] wordplay.

** The Vale police mentions how Wyndglade and Team BEAS caught a gang of thieves in the corner of [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII Liberty]] and [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas Andreas]].

* SignificantWardrobeShift: After arriving in Remnant, Momo and Hagakure get new costumes which covers up more of their bodies. For Momo she changes into a crop top with shorts that cover more of her chest but leave her middle and back bare. Hagakure, due to her costume just being gloves and boots, gets a mask and tinted goggles to show her face, a reversible cloak for camouflage, a sleeveless top, and leggings.

* SpaceFillingEmpire: Subverted with the Kingdoms of Remnant. While each of them claims ownership over large swathes of the surface of their planet, the Grimm make it so that most of the Kingdoms consist of uninhabited WildWilderness interrupted by assorted city-states.

** The Big Bad of Earth, All for One's quirk is able to take, steal, mix, give, amplify and force others to use their quirks, virtually making him almost invincible besides the implications that he is also partially immortal. Among that, there are the side effects of stocking all quirks he ever stole, being able to use various quirks at the same time to enhance their effects, including if he has more than one of the same quirk, and forcing others to activate their quirks which seems to make people fall in a state similar to a coma.

** All Might was this before his injury. His Quirk pretty much put him on the same level as Superman. Izuku will be even worse when he finally masters his Quirk, because not only will he be physically stronger than All Might ever was, he'll also have all six Quirks of his predecessors at his disposal, and those Quirks will also be further empowered by One For All.

** Beacon Academy is one of the four Huntsmen Academies dedicated to train students on how to use their weapons, Aura, and Semblances to hunt Grimm and protect people.

* SuperSenses: As one's skill over their Aura grows, their sight, hearing, and other tactile senses are enhanced, significantly aiding them in combat (i.e., allowing a Huntsmen to easily fire their weapon with the skill of a professional marksman even in unfavorable, murky weather). Additionally, Faunus with animal traits that augment certain senses have said senses operate on a superhuman level (i.e., a cat Faunus with an additional set of cat ears has superhuman hearing and is far more adept in picking out individual sounds than even the most highly skilled human tracker).

** The Heroes become baffled at Remnant's overreliance in one unique energy source, as opposed to Earth, where alternative energy sources have been developed.

* TraumaCongaLine: {{Downplayed}} for Koda. He and his classmates are now lost in another reality without warning, and during their first encounter with Grimm, he is the first person to be injured, and the only person who can understand what the Grimm are saying. He does choose not to let his fear stop him being a good hero, and is supported by his classmates. [[spoiler:When at the docks, he is horrified when Adam Taurus kills the birds and bats he had summoned to help. By the end of Chapter 11, he is openly mourning their loss, and Chapter 17 is all about him trying to regain his mental strength.]]

** Due to Team MOAT being with Team RWBY at the docks, Sun is actually caught thanks to Tokoyami and Tsuyu, allowing him to explain why he stowed away on the boat. This in turn allows the others outside of Blake to form a connection with him early on, Weiss even coming to have a slightly more favorable impression of him after her own bit of self-reflection. Conversely, it also means he gets a tongue lashing from Glynda and the stink eye from Aizawa, an extra warning to not cause any trouble or rule breaking.

* WrongContextMagic: Quirks are genetic superpowers that can be made stronger through physical training, but generally function within a very limited framework. The semblances are something of a soul-based powers, growing more versatile the more their focuses on their mental growth.

* MutuallyFictional: [[spoiler:While at first it's just the subject of a few jokes, like Sun having the same name as the Monkey King, later chapters make it increasingly clear that a number of individuals from Remnant have clear parallels to myths, legends, and fairy tales from Earth, while heroes and villains from Earth (even All For One and his brother) have parallels in comic books and the like on Remnant. Aizawa is worried that the full knowledge of the parallels that he and the others have discovered could cause an existential crisis in the students, and worries about Jaune and Pyrrha due to their parallels not having happy endings.]]

* ColourfulThemeNaming: The vast majority of characters in Remnant are named after a color or something associated with a color after the Great War nearly destroyed all artistic expression. If it isn't in their given names, their surnames will provide a color reference or team's name. Class 1-A adopts colourful team names when they move into Beacon, specifically, MOAT (moat), BEAS (bees), MMAT (matte), STRM (storm), and MJKK (magic).

** The characters from ''My Hero Academia'' attend U.A., considered Japan's best hero academy and one of the best in the world.

* TerminallyDependentSociety: All of the Remnant world's technology runs off a single type of AppliedPhlebotinum: Dust, magic-like elemental crystals that do everything from power everyday machines to enhancing ammunition. This causes any disturbance to Dust production to be felt everywhere. The Heroes become baffled at Remnant's overreliance in one unique energy source, as opposed to Earth, where alternative energy sources have been developed.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: As this fic takes place during the second half of Volume 1 of ''RWBY'', Taiyang and Zwei appear before their respective debuts in Volumes 3 and 2 when the former is brought to Beacon by Ozpin to be Gale's guardian.

* ArtifactofPower: Relics are this combined with the characteristics of AncientArtifact and ArtifactofDoom, because it are divine artifacts left by the Gods before leaving Remnant being capable of performing feats beyond mortal means because each one contains a GenieinaBottle with RealityWarper powers. , as the relic of creation capable of creating infinite energy to levitate the city of Atlas indefinitely, but if the 4 relics are reunited they would summon the gods back to Remmant to pass their judgment on the fate of the world.

* ColourfulThemeNaming: The vast majority of characters in Remnant are named after a color or something associated with a color after the Great War nearly destroyed all artistic expression. If it isn't in their given names, their surnames will provide a color reference or team's name. Class 1-A adopts colourful team names when they move into Beacon, specifically, MOAT (moat) BEAS (bees) MMAT (matte) STRM (storm) and MJKK (magic).

* DynamicEntry: Izuku enters the fight with Adam with a powerful kick [[spoiler:combined with Blackwhip]].

* ExtraordinaryWorldOrdinaryProblems: Even when almost everyone has special powers and Impossibly Cool Weapons to deal with hordes of monsters intent on wiping out humanity, people still have to deal with ordinary problems like burglaries, high school, and navigating their social lives.

* FloatingContinent: The city of Atlas levitates on a massive plot of land over the city of Mantle on Solitas. Publicly, the city is floating thanks to an advanced application of Gravity Dust, but in reality, Ozpin's predecessor used the Staff of Creation to generate limitless power to let Atlas float in the sky so as to give the Kingdom of Mantle a source of aspiration & hope after their humiliating defeat in the Great War.

** By time everyone gets back to Earth and he talks with Tsukauchi and Nezu, Izuku reveals that ''all'' of 1-A and Aizawa have been told about the existence of One For All, as they all agreed to there being no more secrets between them. [[spoiler:The secret gets partially uncovered when Izuku not only gets Blackwhip, but also unlocks his Semblance, causing him to create a projection of Daigoro Banjo. Izuku decides to fully reveal it in the aftermath.]] In the aftermath, the secret is revealed to the 1-A students and Aizawa, in addition to Team RWBY, Team JNPR, Sun, Ozpin, Glynda, and Oobleck.
** {{Downplayed|Trope}} as they lack the context still, but when Ozpin unlocks Izuku's Aura, Ozpin learns of One For All and the origins behind it, while Izuku learns of Ozpin's past incarnations as Ozma.

* JetPack: Ochako gets one named Apollo, which uses Combustion and Gravity Dust to propel its user, although it's downplayed as it only works for bursts of three seconds.

* ShipTease: There's quite a bit between the cast. Aside from the canon ship teases like Izuku & Ochako, Kyoka & Denki, Nora & Ren, or Yang and Blake, Jaune receives ship tease from both Pyrrha and Momo, while Weiss appears to be gaining interest in Shoto.

** Gale, the young dog-like Faunus Class 1-A rescues from a herd of Grimm, is named after Dorothy from ''Literature/TheWizardOfOz'', and her dog features are clearly based off of Toto. Her Quirk[=/=]Semblance to bring people from other worlds may also be a reference to the twister that brought Dorothy to Oz. [[spoiler:All Might actually [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall points this out]] when he learns that a Remnant comic book has two heroes he personally knows as main characters.]]

** Shota Aizawa, homeroom teacher of Class 1-A, has the ability to prevent people from using their Quirks just by looking at them, and the only exceptions are mutation-style Quirks. Most of the major villains do not possess Quirks of that nature, so Aizawa would have the ability to render them powerless if he's present and not subject to interference. For example, during the fight with Overhaul, one of Overhaul's lackeys manages to hit Aizawa with his own Quirk, forcing Midoriya to fight Overhaul by himself.
%%** Eri's Quirk Rewind counts, as it gives her the ability to warp living creatures to a previous state of existence. When it first activated, she was able to erase her own father from existence. Her power, when effectively controlled, can take all the tension out of the story - she could restore All Might's power, Mirio's quirk, etc. For this reason, her Quirk is currently unstable and much weaker as a result of the harmful quirk enhancing drugs used on her. Plus, she's about 6 years old, so she lacks comprehension of how her quirk operates or how to turn it off. Even uncontrolled, her power was able to allow Midoriya to constantly use One For All at full power (albeit partially to prevent himself from being rewound out of existence), enabling him to easily defeat Overhaul.

* TraumaCongaLine: {{Downplayed}} for Koda. He and his classmates are now lost in another reality without warning, and during their first encounter with Grimm, he is the first person to be injured, and the only person who can understand what the Grimm are saying. He does choose not to let his fear stop him being a good hero, and is supported by his classmates. [[spoiler:When at the docks, he is horrified when Adam Taurus kills the birds and bats he had summoned to help. By the end of Chapter 11, he is openly mourning their loss.]]

* DeathWorld: Outside of four heavily protected Kingdoms and a number of smaller locations blessed with strong natural barriers, Remnant is a world where Humans and Faunus struggle to survive against the dominance of the Creatures of Grimm. As monstrous beings that are attracted to negative emotion, Grimm appear to be consumed by the need to destroy people and their creations. Trained by elite Academies, only Huntsmen possess the combat skills, enhanced Aura and trained Semblances to fight back, so it's their job to protect humanity and Faunus from the Grimm. If people can't defend themselves, they hire those that can, and all transport -- from ocean ships to airships -- are armed with guns. Even those who survive the Grimm will have bandits to contend with, whose raids inevitably create heightened spikes of negativity that attract even more Grimm.

* FairyTaleMotifs[=/=]MythicalMotifs: As per RWBY canon, virtually all of the most important characters that make Remnant their home are inspired by (in at least some way) by a character/plotline from a fairy tale, myth or famous story throughout Earth history.

* FictionalDisability: 20 percent of the human population in MHA's Earth is born Quirkless, meaning that they don't possess any kind of superpowers. For people like protagonist Izuku Midoriya, this can be humiliating and the source of scorn and bullying, especially since he wants to become a superhero more than anything. Luckily for him, his sheer heroic spirit and willingness to throw himself into danger for the sake of others inspired his idol All Might to pass down his unique Quirk to him.
* FloatingContinent: The city of Atlas levitates on a massive plot of land over the city of Mantle on Solitas. Publicly, the city is floating thanks to an advanced application of Gravity Dust, but in reality, Ozpin's predecessor used the Staff of Creation to generate limitless power to let Atlas float in the sky so as to give the Kingdom of Mantle a source of aspiration & hope after their humiliating defeat in the Great War.
* ForeverWar: The humans and Faunus of Remnant have had to fight against the Grimm for longer than recorded history just to ensure their continued survival.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: While they can easily bond with the students of 1-A, the Hunters don't particularly like Bakugo thanks to his perpetual foul-mood and poor temper, not helped by their thinking he's [[MistakenForRacist a racist]] and TheBully. He's successfully managed to gain the ire of Blake, Yang, and Yatsuhashi in particular.

* MagicAIsMagicA: Both the worlds of ''My Hero Academia'' and ''RWBY'' have their own inherent power systems, Quirks and Aura/Magic respectively, as neither world has access to the others. That isn't to say they can't ''affect'' the other though, as students of 1-A, Aizawa, and All Might all have their Auras unlocked, Ozpin in particular unlocking Izuku's. This causes Izuku to have a ''massive'' Aura reserve however, as One For All carries imprints of the souls of its previous eight users, and Aura is the manifestation of the soul, giving Izuku ''nine times'' as much Aura as a normal person.

* ArtifactofPower: Combined with AncientArtifact and ArtifactofDoom, the relics left by the Gods before leaving Remmant are artifacts of great magical power capable of feats beyond mortal means, such as the relic of creation capable of levitating the city of Atlas indefinitely, but if the 4 relics come together they are able to summon the gods back to Remmant to pass their judgment regarding the fate of the world