A list of tropes relating to characters in Tales of the Dekuverse. For tropes relating to characters in the canon manga, see here.
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My Hero Academia
In General
- Adaptational Angst Upgrade: In this version of My Hero Academia (both Earth-626 and Earth-68421), nearly all of the characters suffer from trauma that arises out of domestic issues (bullying, discrimination, tragedy, etc.) that influence their personalities up to the current story. One of the Central Themes of the story is the characters learning to move past that and think more heavily about what kind of person they want to be in the future and improve the flaws of Hero Society.
- Adaptational Seriousness: Whatever comedic quirky personality traits that the characters displayed in the original canon manga have a fair bit of drama when the story reveals the individual's past.
- Alternate Self: In general, Earth-626 (MHA Watches Death Battle) and Earth-68421 (Welcome to the MCU) are just two of the infinite versions of the canon My Hero Academia setting.
- Character Exaggeration: Justified. Some parts of the characters' personalities are greatly been given more focus such as Izuku's analytical skills and angst over past trauma, Katuski's former bullying and need for atonement, etc. It makes sense given that they're Darker and Edgier alternative counterparts to their canonical selves.
- Mythology Gag: The reality of the MHA Watches Death Battle cast's earth is designated as "Earth-626" by the viewing device. Quite similar to Mainstream Marvel Comics.
Izuku Midoriya
Izuku Midoriya
The Hero Protagonist of the Canon series and 9th User of One for All.
- Abandon the Disabled: When he was diagnosed as Quirkless, his father divorced Inko not soon after.
- Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Izuku's Dark and Troubled Past gets more expanded in the fic, and is much darker in nature and Played for Drama. His Disappeared Dad divorced his mother right after being diagnosed as Quirkless, was severely bullied, humilated, and discriminated against in both elementary and middle school to the point of torture; including but not limited to, assault and battery by Bakugou and many other students playing "follow the leader" on a near-daily basis that would end with him laying on the ground beaten, bloodied, and vomiting (along with Bakugou illegally using his Quirk to permanently scarred his body) in addition to verbal insults, gets manipulated into thinking that a girl in Aldera had feelings for him only to be in for a nasty prank, and apathetic faculty members who either turn a blind eye and deaf ear to his suffering or actively/impassively encouraging it. He's also far more prone to Heroic Self-Deprecation whenever his worth as a hero is indirectly called into question along with having a hidden darker and spiteful side of him regarding those who tormented him in the past.
- Adaptational Karma: Inverted. The viewings of both MHA watches Death Battle and Welcome to the MCU give Izuku's previous beliefs of a Quirkless Hero validation.
- Adaptational Ugliness: He has permanent and lingering scars littered across his body from Bakugou's Barbaric Bully tendencies in the past.
- All-Loving Hero: Reconstructed. He'll always save those in need regardless of who they are or what they've done to him or others in the past, but as realistically shown in Welcome to the MCU, Izuku is not above lingering resentment and trauma from experiencing such deplorable actions, especially with most of the abuse inflicted from a former friend. Yet, with an encouraging speech from All Might, Izuku continues to hold steadfast to his forgiving and caring nature and intends to resolve his issues with Bakugo in the future.
- Ascended Fanboy: Izuku was a big fan of All Might while growing up, and was picked to be his successor when All Might witnessed his attempted rescue of Katsuki despite his lack of power.
- Berserk Button:
- Do not show any signs of perverted tendencies to the girls who are crushing on him or their alternate selves.
- Never, ever say anything bad about his mother. He is an Extremely Protective Child and won't hesitate to threaten even All Might if he has to.
- Beware the Nice Ones: He's a Nice Guy cinnamon roll unless you make him angry. Then you get someone who Bakugou and even All Might who won't want to cross.
- Birds of a Feather: He and Shoto both faced horrific abuse from a loved one with a fire-based Quirk and gained extreme self-esteem issues.
- Born Unlucky: He was born Quirkless (the fantastical equivalent of being physically disabled), leading to his father divorcing his mother, and faced horrifical discrimination from his former best friend, peers, and teachers for over a decade before things started for the better on his fateful meeting with All Might. Fittingly, this carries over to some of his alternate counterparts:
- In MHA watches Death Battle, some of his counterparts were either, betrayed by a close ally (i.e. Kratos and Spawn), grew up in abusive households and/or had an abusive parent (i.e. Luke Skywalker and Harry Potter), is permanently dead (i.e. Daisy the Rabbit, Liu Kang, and Zack Fair), or suffers from very similar circumstances (i.e. Spider-Man).
- In Welcome to the MCU, his MCU counterpart, Izuku Rogers aka. Captain America has a Dark and Troubled Past similar to his own before their journeys began in a twist of fate.
- Building Swing: He implements this in chapter 27 of MHA Watches Death Battle by using Black Whip after witnessing his multiversal counterpart, Spider-Man, in action during the "Batman vs Spider-Man" segment.
- The Chosen One: Moreso in the fic, where Izuku has the designated "Main Protagonist" status in his home universe and the endless similar ones, along with the cosmic intervention from an unknown celestial and multidimensional deity (Zayden). This gets lampshaded by everyone else throughout MHA Watches Death Battle
- Clueless Chick-Magnet: Is oblivious to the affections of his female classmates and companions.
- Cosmic Plaything: He certainly thinks so of himself, as seen in Welcome to the MCU, and many others soon follow when knowing his Dark and Troubled Past and discovering his "Main Protagonist" status in MHA Watches Death Battle.
- Determinator: To the point where it's practically a Quirk in its own right, even surpassing Bakugou and All Might given his Dark and Troubled Past.
- Even the Loving Hero Has Hated Ones: Despite Izuku's kindness and willingness to give others a second chance, even he has his limits when it comes to genuinely evil people like All For One and the multiversal villains shown in Tales of the Dekuverse.
- Justified and downplayed in a realistic way with Bakugou. As both fics show, Izuku secretly still has lingering hatred toward him for his past betrayal and vicious bullying for over a decade, and it's very understandable since Bakugou, aside from peer pressure, was never forced by others into committing those actions. Never mind the fact that Katsuki was practically family to Izuku and when it came down to it in the past, Bakugou would choose to stand by for a bunch of strangers who would constantly flatter him and would have no problems throwing him under the bus if he stops being useful to them rather than a kind-hearted boy who would always try to do the right thing for others even in the worst of times. However, this will slowly be subverted once he and Katsuki truly reconcile down the line.
- Fan of the Underdog: Justified due to Izuku's status as one, as Tales of the Dekuverse has him showed great respect and Tears of Joy witnessing the accomplishments of Badass Normal heroes and ones who suffered greatly to get where they are now.
- Fantastic Ableism: Which overlaps with Fantastic Racism. He was a victim of discrimination for being the only Quirkless individual while growing up, leading him to be treated like a useless subhuman by his peers and teachers, with any form of bullying and harassment committed by them to be explicitly and implicitly encouraged.
- Heroic Neutral: At times in MHA Watches Death Battle, Midoriya would remain neutral in the voting of which fighter will win due to personal reasons, such as Batman vs Spider-Man and Batman vs Captain America, or if he had to keep Eri and Kouta from seeing more mature-rated battles.
- Karmic Jackpot: Not only did he gain a Quirk to validate his dreams after years of ridicule, bullying, and discrimination in the canon series, but the viewings also give validation to his previous beliefs of Quirkless Heroes through Batman in MHA Watches Death Battle and Hawkeye and Black Widow in Welcome to the MCU.
- Momma's Boy: He's very, very close to his mother, and is especially protective of her after his father's divorce, leading to a set of Trauma Conga Line.
- Nice Guy: Just like his canon counterpart. To drive it home; MHA Watches Death Battle has most of his multiversal counterparts being either Ideal Heroes or positive and inspiring figures that bring out the best in others while in Welcome to the MCU, his MCU counterpart is Captain America.
- Oblivious to Love: Has a harem in the form of his female classmates as well as Nejire, Setsuna, Hatsume, and Melissa. He has no idea all of them are crushing on him. At the same time, he does show a sort of jealousy and possessiveness in regards to them and their counterparts so it seems he's oblivious to his feelings as well.
- Parental Substitute: To Eri. She adores him and sees him as her "Papa" and he happily tries to fulfill the role for her.
- Protagonist Title: While Tales of the Dekuverse does focus on multiple characters like the canon manga, it's still clear that Izuku's status is the most important due to his "Main Protagonist" status in the nexus of The Multiverse, as explained by the machine in MHA Watches Death Battle.
- Secret-Keeper: Bakugou sees his past treatment of Izuku as a Dark Secret to keep hidden and Izuku does his best to help it stay hidden. Izuku's motivation is that Bakugou isn't a Barbaric Bully anymore after his Character Development and knows that if the past does come out it will ruin Bakugou's chances as a hero and he doesn't feel it fair to do so given that he is no longer the same person that told Izuku to "take a swan dive off the roof".
- Spider-Man Send-Up: According to Horikoshi, Spider-Man is his favorite American superhero, and it isn't a surprise that Izuku's character, personality, struggles, powerset, and paragon status are inspired by the web-head and his many other iterations. In MHA Watches Death Battle, it's only fitting that Izuku's multiversal counterpart is Spider-Man himself, alongside him and everyone else who's in the know of his past and One For All, acknowledging the similarities in-universe.
Katsuki Bakugou
Katsuki Bakugou
The Anti-Heroic Deuteragonist of the canon series and The Rival of Izuku Midoriya.
- Adaptational Jerkass: Downplayed, justified, and deconstructed. In the canon manga, Katsuki started as The Bully with the worst thing he had ever done to Izuku on-screen was telling him to go kill himself (which
Word of God even says that that moment was an Early-Installment Weirdness) and he's not above violence in his bullying (but to what extent is unknown). Here, as a result of the setting being more Darker and Edgier and the Fantastic Ableism of Quirkless people being much more explicit, Katsuki's bullying of Izuku is far nastier; a near daily basis of physical beatings and even went so far as to scar Izuku's body with his Explosion Quirk (which Katsuki also committed illegal Quirk use), as well as having no problems with lying to authority figures about his bullying, even to Inko (who Katsuki view as an Honorary Aunt), giving him some minor Bitch in Sheep's Clothing/Manipulative Bastard aspect. While his previous nasty behavior towards Izuku has improved dramatically with needed Character Development like in canon, his past sins also give him a really bad case of Heroic Self-Deprecation (as well as the viewings subtly calling it out as well as his other beliefs) with his need for atonement becoming a crux in his personality. - Adaptational Karma: His barbaric bullying of Izuku in the past and more unsavory actions and Might Makes Right beliefs get indirectly called out through the viewings in Tales of the Dekuverse, especially when it adds to his already guilty conscience. If that wasn't enough, he also gets his pride wounded upon learning that in the grand scheme of The Multiverse, he's one of the "extras" where Izuku is the designated "Main Protagonist".
- The Atoner: The crux of his character in Tales of the Dekuverse, moreso than in canon, as the weight of his actions towards Izuku in the past and during their first year in U.A. started to sink in after much Character Development. Along with his past sins catching up to him with the Foregone Conclusion of his Dark Secret being revealed.
- Beyond Redemption: In Tales of the Dekuverse, he sees himself as this since he believes that no matter how much he tries to make up for his actions by helping Izuku in the present time, he will never be absolved for his past betrayal and as a petty and vicious bully.
- Born Lucky: He's born into wealth, lucked out with his Quirk, talented in academics, athletics, and anything he puts his mind to, and was the Big Jerk on Campus during elementary and middle school. Fittingly, some of his multiversal counterparts in MHA Watches Death Battle are incredibly powerful fighters, and his MCU counterpart in Welcome to the MCU is Iron Man.
- Bullying the Disabled: Played for Drama and horror in his past as a Barbaric Bully towards the then Quirkless Izuku.
- But for Me, It Was Tuesday: Deconstructed and Played for Drama. When Katsuki reflects on his former bullying of Izuku, he's disturbed by how "normal" it was to the point that even he can't recount how much suffering he inflicted on him and it only adds to his Guilt Complex.
- Cold-Blooded Torture: Downplayed, but his past bullying of Izuku is described to be borderline torture as the fic sheds more light on what transpired compared to canon.
- Dark Secret: Bakugou sees his bullying of Izuku in the past like this. A big part of the drama of the viewings is that he's worried that he will be exposed for his past misdeeds given revelations in the students' lives start coming about from them. Given the Foregone Conclusion of his and Midoriya's past being revealed through the viewings, along with how all of their classmates' intolerance of bullying, he's right to be afraid.
- Explosion Propulsion: He can use the explosions from his hands to launch himself into the air. This allows him to outpace the competition during the 5 person race at the start of chapter 27 in MHA Watches Death Battle.
- Friend-or-Idol Decision: Something that would constantly haunt him after his Character Development in both fics to the point of seeing himself as Beyond Redemption; taking the side of what essentially was sycophantic and opportunistic students and teachers who would throw him under the bus if he's no longer useful or in times of crisis over a true, family childhood friend who would stick by his side even in the worst of times. What's worse is that regardless of the peer pressure, no one forced Katsuki into making this decision.
- Having a Blast: His Quirk, Explosion, allows him to create explosions that he can use for offensive, defensive, and support purposes.
- Hidden Depths: Despite his Hair-Trigger Temper Bakugou does have a softer side for a few things.
- Izuku's mother Inko is his Honorary Aunt and he holds her in high regard. It's implied that he's more attached to Inko as an Honorary Aunt than Izuku is to Mitsuki given how Bakugou tends to use "Auntie" when referring to her whereas Izuku leans more toward calling Mitsuki "Aunt". The fact that he spent over a decade bullying Izuku in many ways while lying to Inko (a clear case of "having his cake and eating it too") only adds more weight to his guilty conscience.
- Even he isn't immune to Cuteness Proximity where Eri is concerned and also tries to get the others to behave themselves around her, in his hot-tempered way.
- Hypocrite: A self-invoked one that is constantly lampshaded in his inner monologue whenever he (rightly) gets upset upon witnessing Izuku's multiversal counterparts being openly mistreated by others. It only adds to his growing regret and guilt over how he had relentlessly bullied Izuku for over a decade and lied about it to his Honorary Aunt.
- I Hate Past Me: Ohoho yeah. Bakugou despises the Barbaric Bully he used to be and is filled to the brim with self-hatred and guilt over his past actions. Even going so far as to brutally call his past self an "arrogant piece of shit" to Ibara in secret in Welcome to the MCU! Phase 2! It's to a plot point in Tales of the Dekuverse, where he has a crippling doubt of whether he could truly change for the better.
- Karma Houdini Warranty: Deconstructed. Make no mistake, while Katsuki is trying to improve himself and atone for his past bullying of Izuku (along with the fact that the staff and student body of Aldera Middle School has the lion's share of enabling and encouraging his worst aspects and shielding him from consequences), it doesn't excuse the fact that he still made the choice to bully Izuku in nearly all sorts of nasty ways for extremely petty reasons and whatever he told himself to justify it for over a decade. Never mind getting away with it thanks to a combination of the systematic discrimination of Quickless people, being shielded socially by opportunistic and bigoted faculty members, and deceiving more reasonable authority figures, even his victim's mother, who he admits to having a soft spot for despite hating her son at that time. The deconstruction of this plays in with one of the Driving Questions of the fics' Foregone Conclusion of his Dark Secret being revealed, as by this point in time, Katsuki has already made leaps into his Character Development for the better, though he's still arrogant and demeaning (but played in a Vitriolic Best Buds way); is it fair for him to still be punished in the place of his Pre-Character Development self and how proportional it can be before it gets disproportionate?
- Karmic Butt-Monkey: Perhaps fittingly, he gets this status in Tales of the Dekuverse. For MHA Watches Death Battle, Katuski's multiversal counterparts get the short end of the stick for slapstick, which can be played either comically or dramatically. All while also having a poor record of victories compared to Izuku's multiversal counterparts and learning that Izuku has a greater connection throughout The Multiverse and is the designated "Main Protagonist" of their universe. For Welcome to the MCU, his MCU counterpart is Katsuki Stark. Just like Tony Stark, Katsuki Stark's attempts at atonement are constantly met with suffering and humiliation, along with a bad tendency to accumulate long-term consequences due to past sins and trying to atone for said past sins to the point of a Running Gag. That's also not getting into the fact that in both fics, the chances of his Dark Secret being revealed is not a matter of "if", but when.
- Must Make Amends: Although he initially believes that he has no hope of ever being redeemed for his past sins, he still intends to make it up to Izuku in the present time no matter what.
- Suspiciously Clean Criminal Record: As his and Izuku's past are slowly unraveled through the viewings and the obvious tension being shown, the U.A. staff took a look over Bakugou's school records and noticed how "clean" it was despite his obvious anger issues and perchance for violence in contrast to Midoriya's records, which are littered with plenty of black marks despite his timid and nice personality. To say the least, this only confirms their already strong suspicion of Katsuki's past as a cruel bully. And among other things...
- Treachery Is a Special Kind of Evil: A notable case seen in the "Kratos vs Spawn" segment of MHA Watches Death Battle. While Bakugou's Barbaric Bully tendencies against Izuku were certainly bad, it's the betrayal that Izuku felt from the torment that left leftover hatred and bitterness for the explosive teen. This is even lampshaded by Bakugou himself in chapter 38 of the same fic, seeing himself as Beyond Redemption because of this.
- What You Are in the Dark: As he reveals his past to Ibara in Welcome to the MCU! Phase 2! (but not about Izuku), he always knew that deep down, the other teachers and students from both elementary and middle school are nothing more than sycophants and groupies with empty compliments for practically everything he does, yet, he cares for it so much that he would do anything to keep the attention on him, even it means bullying others and justifying it in his head as "I Did What I Had to Do by putting them in their place" when it was nothing more than him being an "insecure and petty piece of shit".
All Might
All Might
The former #1 Pro Hero in Japan and The Mentor to Izuku Midoriya. He was also the 8th wielder of One for All before passing it on to Izuku.
- Broken Ace: He was the #1 Pro Hero of Japan and is Loved by All, but the fame of heroism, and later the hardships of it took a toll on his idealism which is rekindled on his fateful meeting with Izuku.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: He's got blond hair and is an overall Nice Guy.
- I Hate Past Me: While he had sympathetic reasons for his Cruel to Be Kind words to Izuku in their first meeting, he later regrets them upon seeing the importance of non-powered, Badass Normal superheroes in the viewings like Batman in MHA Watches Death Battle and Hawkeye and Black Widow in Welcome to the MCU and how they managed to accomplish feats that make them on par with their superpowered peers. Resolving to make it up to his pupil in addition to his poor teaching methods that led to Izuku's Dented Iron in his first year at U.A.
- Locked Out of the Loop: While he eventually starts to wise up of Bakugou's past as a cruel, Barbaric Bully, he's not entirely aware of just how bad he was, which Katsuki internally narrates in chapter 38 of MHA Watches Death Battle that if he did know, he would never speak or look at him again.
- The Mentor: To Izuku, and by extension to Class 1-A.
- Must Make Amends: In both fics, he would do this for Izuku for the bad teaching methods that led to him being a Dented Iron in his first year alone. Also in MHA Watches Death Battle, for his Cruel to Be Kind words to Izuku in their first meeting after seeing the possibility of a Badass Normal Hero being considered one of the "greatest heroes" of The Multiverse through the appearance of Batman.
- Not So Above It All: In Tales of the Dekuverse, it's revealed that not even he was above letting the fame of being the Number 1 Pro Hero of Japan get to his head to the point of losing sight of why he became a hero in the first place. This flaw gets him the crippling scar from One for All in their first battle and is hypocritical by telling Izuku that he can't be a hero without a Quirk when they first met.
Shoto Todoroki
Shoto Todoroki
The youngest son of former #2 Pro Hero Endeavour and a student in Class 1-A.
- Adaptational Relationship Overhaul: Compared to the canon manga, his friendship with Izuku is played up to be closer, to the point of being brothers in all but name and risking their lives for one another.
- Best Friend: To Izuku Midoriya, moreso than Bakugou. This even applies to their multiversal counterparts in both MHA Watches Death Battle and Welcome to the MCU, such as Cloud Strife and Shoto Barnes respectively.
- Birds of a Feather: He and Izuku both faced horrific abuse from a loved one with a fire-based Quirk and gained extreme self-esteem issues.
- Heroic Neutral: Seemingly does this in Batman vs Spider-Man, but it's unknown why exactly.
- Hybrid Power: His Quirk allows him to use fire and ice thanks to his parents.
- Redeeming Replacement: His close friendship with Deku is played up to be this for the latter compared to the broken one he had with Bakugou.
The Multiverse
In General
- Dimensional Traveler: Everyone is capable of physically entering another world through their own means (magical, technological, etc.), including the world My Hero Academia and its parallel ones.
- The Multiverse: It's pretty much self-explanatory.
- The Omnipotent: Considering the nature of the multiverse and the various watchers and dimensional travelers, they're more than capable of doing the impossible compared to the low-fantastical world of My Hero Academia.
- Our Gods Are Different: Many of the beings that are currently watching the cast of the My Hero Academia world can be viewed as deities or watchers of the multiverse, according to the device in MHA Watches Death Battle.
- The Watcher: Many of them watch the world of My Hero Academia from afar and its changes from the canon storyline.
Zayden StormVoid
Zayden StormVoid
A multidimensional being. He intervenes in similar universes of the My Hero Academia world to bring forth a great change to the storyline.
- Adaptational Jerkass: Played with in MHA watches Death Battle. In Welcome to the MCU, Zayden is, at worst, a well-intentioned if enigmatic entity who happens to be a troll, doing little to interfere with the viewings outside of remotely hacking F.R.I.D.A.Y. to make sure she doesn't accidentally reveal too much too early, and it's stated their overall end goal is to try and steer the timeline in a different direction than that of the PLF War. In MHA watches Death Battle however, they're a lot less overtly benevolent, regularly interfering with the viewers in the name of making things "entertaining" even at their expense, and making it no secret they will continue to do so despite any precautions the characters may take to avert it, causing the viewers to see them as a jerkass god. Chapter 37, however, has Zayden reveal to Kyoka, and the Sisterhood by proxy, that they can't deliberately hurt Izuku without effectively killing themself and damning their universe, if they even wanted to in the first place, and had no part in any of the girls' feelings for Izuku. Their goal is to improve, not harm, after all, and they can only do so if the world is heading towards a catastrophic fate like the PLF War. After hearing this from Kyoka, Setsuna is initially skeptical of said claim due to Izuku's behavior during "Kratos vs. Spawn" and their admission it occurred because It Amused Me, before realizing it was a case of being Cruel to Be Kind. While still a well-intentioned individual, MHA watches Death Battle has Zayden going about those intentions in a more roundabout, and somewhat harsher, method than in Welcome to the MCU.
- Author Avatar: He's essentially one for the author, Zayden
StormVoid. - Beware the Silly Ones: They may be a troll at times, but as a multidimensional being, he's pretty much The Omnipotent to the low-fantastical world of My Hero Academia, and can be very dangerous to any Jerkass, whether they be a hero or villain, who tries to harm the cast. Just ask Monoma after spending the entire Phase 1 of Welcome to the MCU slandering the Class 1-A students, Inko, and what he plans to "libel" against Midoriya and Bakugou by using edited photos of himself doing various pranks. note
- Cruel to Be Kind: Discussed. During the events of MHA watches Death Battle, Izuku begins experiencing headaches and demonstrating traits of Kratos and Spawn, Zayden admitting to being the one responsible while claiming they did so because It Amused Me. After they message Kyoka in Chapter 37 and claim they can't harm Izuku, Setsuna is skeptical about the said claim when Kyoka relays it to them since she was present when Zayden made said claim. That is until she looks at the events that spawned from said incident at a larger scale, as the said incident is what let her and Aizawa learn about One For All and caused her and Izuku to become friends, which led to the formation of the Sisterhood so they wouldn't have to fight over Izuku, which then led to Izuku beginning to recognize the feelings he has for them in turn. This causes Setsuna to realize that while Zayden's actions may have caused momentary pain, they were a roundabout means of trying to help Izuku.
- Fan of Underdog:
- Zayden makes no secret that they favor Izuku Midoriya, and makes this apparent at the beginning of Welcome to the MCU.
- Hilariously averted with Dan Hibiki, which every other Watcher laugh as well.
- It Amused Me: Their main reasoning for emotionally and mentally affecting Izuku in "MHA watches Death Battle", is that they wanted to make things more "entertaining". While that works for an Author Avatar, the notion terrifies the characters, since from their perspective, an interdimensional god decides to emotionally torment Izuku on a whim. However, Chapter 37 plays with this as he means no harm towards Izuku (or that would be a death sentence for him and the world he's currently watching), but to help improve his character.
- No-Sell: While Zayden can easily hack into and communicate with F.R.I.D.A.Y. in "Welcome to the MCU", the device Wiz and Boomstick sent in "MHA watches Death Battle" is preprogrammed to self-destruct if it detects any hints of hacking, preventing Zayden from exerting any influence over it, and needing to outright request leaving it messages to give to the characters. This just means Zayden has to exert their influence on the characters instead.
- The Omniscient: As its current watcher, Zayden knows the past, present, and future events of the My Hero Academia world.
- Reality Warper: Zayden is capable of affecting the reality of the My Hero Academia world and its inhabitants in any way possible. Whether it'll be teleporting people to different places or even outside of their native universe or can induce emotions that they wouldn't otherwise be capable of, or refuse to, on their own.
- Time Dissonance: As befitting his nature as an Author Avatar, Zayden's perspective of time is very different compared to the inhabitants of the My Hero Academia world. As shown in Chapter 37 of MHA Watches Death Battle, Zayden asks Kyoka if Twitter is now rebranded as "X" from their point-of-view.Context
The Council of Ricks
The Council of Ricks
A large group of alternative Rick Sanchez, who sought refuge from governments by becoming a government. They currently enforce the rules of how much information the devices can show to the natives of the My Hero Academia world.
- Adaptational Badass: In Rick and Morty, the Council of Ricks is only powerful and intelligent in the Central Finite Curve; an interdimensional wall built around The Multiverse that filters out any universes where Rick Sanchez isn't the World's Smartest Man. Here, they're much more mysterious and formidable due to collaborating with beings outside the Central Finite Curve like Zayden and an unnamed associate.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: At least from how they currently act in Tales of the Dekuverse.
- Alliance of Alternates: Every member is a Rick Sanchez from across the multiverse, creating a society meant to regulate each other’s activity to keep the rest of them safe and/or content.
- Beware the Silly Ones: They have a relatively silly title but make no mistake, they're just as dangerous to the multiverse in a given situation as seen in Rick and Morty. Especially when they approve of whatever Zayden has in mind for any Jerkass who tries to harm the heroes in any sort of way.
- The Fantastic Faux: They're based on the Council of Reeds from the Fantastic Four comics, which are composed of dozens of amoral versions of Mister Fantastic.
- The Omniscient Council of Vagueness: Unlike the show, the council is pretty much vague in both appearances and goals besides keeping the order in check of the viewings.
Wizard and Boomstick
Wizard and Boomstick
The co-hosts of DEATH BATTLE! and natives of Earth-420.
- Adaptational Angst Upgrade: In this continuity, they attracted the unwanted attention of their world's government who wanted to exploit their research and technology to create Super Soldiers. This leads them to erase all traces of their identities and information from the dimensional viewings on the internet and safeguard their life's work by sending the Death Battle simulations through a random universe (with additional safeguards in case whoever finds it tries to abuse the information), all before going into hiding and intending to claim the box back one day.
- Beware the Silly Ones: The two of them can be summed up as Mad Scientist and The Alcoholic respectively, but they can build world-changing technology that allows them to peer into the multiverse and portal gates that allow things to be transported to other dimensions. Even the box that contained the DEATH BATTLE videos had many safeguards added by them that prevent even Zayden, a multidimensional godlike being, from direct interference (i.e. hacking) lest it self-destructs.
- Spanner in the Works: Their attempts to safeguard the information of multiple worlds allow multidimensional beings like Zayden to intervene and take advantage of the situation to suit their own goals for a chosen world, as Wizard and Boomstick had no intentions of giving the information to anyone specifically and only hoped for the best that when any intelligent lifeform found the box, then they won't abuse it (along with the added safeguards if they do).
- You Can't Go Home Again: As a result of preventing their world's government from abusing their multiversal technology, Wizard and Boomstick destroyed all traces of their original identities and went on the run.
