History Fanfic / LockedInDigital

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:With Endeavor and Shouto paralyzed by Stain, with someone implied to be Dabi burning the air above the former so Endeavor can't use his Quirk, Stain is about to murder both of them - only for Izuku to fly in by ''riding a flying Nomu'', shoot down Dabi and then crash-land the Nomu almost on top of Stain, finish off the Nomu with his sword and telling Staint they are not done yet. InUniverse, this event is compared with All Might's debut.]]

* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Izuku is Quirkless, but after the year trapped in the simulation he has gained impressive skills that make him a better fighter than most of his classmates, and the experience also gave him a HealingFactor and SuperSenses.

* AdaptationalIntelligence: Shigaraki is smarter, having a more well-thought out plan for the USJ attack than he did in canon which allows him to at least partially succeed in his overall goals for the day and having better people skills so he could talk Stain into working with him.
* AdaptationalJerkass: While Mineta has never been the most heroic of 1A's students due to his perverted tendencies, there is an element of FantasticRacism added to him, as shown by his multiple attempts to pick on Izuku for his Quirklessness.

** Yaoyorozou: {{Downplayed example}}, but she becomes more confident, self-assured, and more flexible in battle because of her training with Izuku.

* AttractiveBentGender: Kyouka asks Izuku to dress as a cheerleader to get revenge on Mineta for trying to perv on her and Momo, the result of which makes Mineta pass out from a nose bleed. Izuku gets disguised as a girl again with Kyouka's help in order to get through the reporters before going to his internship, and pulls it off well enough that it fools Iida, who notes there's an attractive touch to him.

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Izuku has chosen to kill himself within the simulation when backed into a corner that he knows he can't escape or faced with a particularly sadistic monster (like Golden Freddy), to give himself a quicker death and forcefully restart the game.

* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: The fight between Stain and Izuku is this in Izuku's favor. Izuku had the advantage from the start with his superior fighting style and better weaponry, as compared to Stain's erratic and frenetic attacks and poor quality sword. Their fight ultimately ends with Izuku shattering Stain's sword and dealing a near-fatal blow, which Stain only survives because he manages to distract Izuku by throwing a knife at Iida and Native and runs away.]]

* DoorStopper: Over 200,000 words and counting.

** Both Bakugou and Shigaraki get some CharacterDevelopment thanks to watching Izuku fight for his life. For Bakugou, see the AdaptationPersonalityChange above; for Shigaraki, he loses some of his PsychopathicManchild tendencies and learns how to adapt his plans. As a result, [[spoiler: he asks for a specific Nomu to fight Izuku, doesn't underestimate the teen when they fight, breaks out some Tarturus prisoners in order to distract the non-All Might heroes from reaching the USJ, and despite the USJ failure, succeeds in his secondary goal of pulling Sugoh out of Tartarus.]]

*** [[spoiler: Yaoyoruzu defeats Tokoyami thanks to the training she went through with Izuku, although Tokoyami had also trained due to Izuku's advice.]]

** The UA staff and certain heroes and civilians (like Bakugou and Uraraka) know that Izuku is the "Simulation Survivor". Uraraka tells this to Yaoyoruzu after the USJ Incident and Miruko learns this fact from Edgeshot during the Sports Festival. In fact, the reason Izuku was given a chance to participate, despite his unstable nature, was to make sure that people will learn who he is on UA's terms as well as being able to show off.

** Izuku is capable of giving off a deathly aura that scares people as a result of his experience in the simulations.

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: Between ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', ''VideoGame/{{Slender}}'', ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys1'', ''VideoGame/{{Outlast}}'', ''VideoGame/AlienIsolation'', ''Videogame/Prey2017'', ''VideoGame/{{Bioshock}}'', ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI'', ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil1'', and ''VideoGame/DeadSpace''.

** While Nezu has no problem in allowing Izuku to attend U.A., he does request that Izuku regularly meet with a psychologist, on account of his deep-seated issues after what was pretty much a year in hell.

** It is not surprising that there are people who wonder why Izuku isn't in Tarturus when shown the violent BloodKnight side of him; even Izuku wonders the same.

* YearInsideHourOutside: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed example]], but from Izuku's point of view, the simulation lasted over a year, while to the outside world it was eight months.

* AttractiveBentGender: Kyouka asks Izuku to dress as a cheerleader to get revenge on Mineta for trying to perv on her and Momo, the result of which is enough to make Mineta pass out from a nose bleed. Izuku gets disguised as a girl again with Kyouka's help in order to get through the reporters before going to his internship, and pulls it off well enough that it fools Iida, who notes there's an attractive touch to him.

* BullyingADragon: Monoma tries pulling his usual garbage, this time on Izuku. Already fed up and annoyed by the public's hypocrisy and disdain and the media's portrayal of him, Izuku gives Monoma a point-blank DeathGlare that completely cows the latter into submission.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: The simulation Izuku was trapped in was designed to strengthen and improve his body every time he was hurt or killed, and he's now over three times stronger and faster, and with better endurance and reflexes than a normal person. Principal Nedzu wonders if he can even be called "human" anymore after the changes he's undergone. WordOfGod says that he's still ''technically'' human, his capabilities falling just within the theoretical levels of what should be biologically possible.

** During the USJ, Izuku is grouped with Yaoyorozu and Jirou; this team up causes the two girls to decide to train with him later to get stronger. Tsuyu was grouped with Todoroki, while Mineta and Uraraka were grouped with Bakugou.

** 1-B has a better showing then in canon, with a few taking the 16 slots from some 1-A students with different characters from 1-B going further than canon.

** Thanks to Shigaraki's CharacterDevelopment, [[spoiler: his meeting with Stain goes better: They form an alliance with Shigaraki being a distraction for Stain's Hero hunting, while also pointing the Hero Killer towards Endeavour to be his next target.]]

* VeinOVision: [[spoiler:Shigaraki]]'s new eye seemingly works like this, allowing him to see blood flow, muscle movement, and even electric currents.

** Fatgum's personal chef is two at once: a deeply-tanned, red-haired man named [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Shirou]] [[Anime/ShokugekiNoSoma Yukihira]].

* AdaptationalIntelligence: Shigaraki is smarter, having a more well-thought out plan for the USJ attack than he did in canon and having better people skills so he could talk Stain into working with him.

* FightsLikeANormal: This trope is the basis of Izuku tearing apart Mineta's argument that Quirkless people can't be heroes. Aizawa's Quirk is to nullify other Quirks; he forces his opponents to fight on his terms, as if everyone is Quirkless, where Aizawa's training is superior. Sir Nighteye's Quirk is the power to see the future; this does not help him fight – it's his training and experience that lets him fight equally with villains. Momo's Quirk lets her produce equipment which she then uses to fight; at no point does she use her Quirk in direct combat. And Izuku's own skills are similar to and superior to Momo's in using equipment to fight.

** Bakugou: His canon {{Jerkass}} and ItsAllAboutMe tendencies are greatly reduced, thanks to witnessing Izuku's simulation run. Seeing his Quirkless "childhood friend" fight for his life while getting stronger and cleverer forces Bakugou to have a HeelRealization and acknowledge Izuku's strength, to the point where he will unconsciously look for Izuku's approval when he does something well. He also took the initiative to attend therapy and learn better self-control.

* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In canon, Izuku has a mentor relationship with All Might due to inheriting One for All, and his friends are Iida, Ochako, Todoroki, and Tsuyu. In the fic, Izuku and All Might never met until the Number One hero starts teaching. All Might is actually unnerved by the teen despite having some knowledge about what happened to him. Izuku also unnerves Iida and Tsuyu, has a light acquaintanceship with Ochako, and Todoroki somewhat ignores him, his rivalry with Izuku instead taken up by Bakugou. Izuku is instead friends with Koda, Yaoyorozu, Jirou, and to a lesser extent Hatsume, while his relationship with Bakugo is complicated but based more on mutual respect and understanding than anything.
* AlienGeometries: Koji's explanation as to why he dislikes bugs: it's not that he's afraid of them, rather it's that the very ways that they think and communicate are very difficult to understand.

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Canon!Izuku is already shown to be a very skilled analyst, being able to quickly deduce strengths and weaknesses of Quirks and fighting styles. Here, this skill has been further honed by his simulation run, to the point he can find minute details and come to accurate or near-accurate conclusions. For example, he immediately figured out that All Might has a GameBreakingInjury on his torso that was received between 2 to 8 years ago, and pinpointed Yaoyorozou's self-esteem issues, both based on their body language.

* FantasticRacism: Izuku is discriminated against by the public in general and certain high-profile people like Endeavor because he is Quirkless, however technically the term can even apply to him when he has a HealingFactor.

** Izuku meets Mei Hatsume earlier than canon and she becomes his personal weapons and costume support engineer.

** Because he pegged him as a rival earlier, Todoroki tells Bakugou about his family life instead of Izuku.

*** Izuku vs. Tokage: [[spoiler: Izuku easily wins.]]
*** Uraraka vs Fukidashi: [[spoiler: Uraraka easily wins.]]

*** Bakugo vs Shinso: [[spoiler: Bakugo wins due to temporarily deafening himself and physically fighting him. He also gives Shinso TheReasonYouSuckSpeech about the both of them.]]

*** [[spoiler: Todoroki vs Izuku: Izuku wins handily while brutally [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tearing apart Todoroki's justifications for always handicapping himself]].]]
** Some students pick different mentors for the internship week: Izuku chooses Miruko, Kyouka picks Edgeshot and Momo goes for Fat Gum.

* InSpiteOfANail: Stain still attacks Native in spite of [[spoiler:being encouraged to target Endeavor]].

* MeaningfulName: Izuku picks [[spoiler: "the Crucible Hero, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Revenant]]"]] as his [[CodeName Hero Name]]. Crosses over into BilingualBonus and GeniusBonus, as the Author's Notes show that kanji used for [[spoiler:"crucible"]] is ''tatara'' (鑪), the clay smelting tub used in Japanese swordsmithing to create high-quality sword-steel for forging. [[spoiler: The name Revenant itself, referring to a corpse that has returned from death to get vengeance on the one who wronged them, is a variation on the term "[[VideoGame/DarkSouls Undead]]", which is the only one he really feels he earned after deciding not to Link the Fire.]]

* OneManArmy: During his internship, Izuku single-handedly ''destroys'' a gang while inducing pants-shitting terror in them all.

** During an instance at ''Prey'' where Izuku's opening a vent, the chat queues multiple themes from ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'' and ''Film/MissionImpossible''. Then, when he gets a shotgun, someone queus in Nightcore's ''Angel with a Shotgun''.

* WillfullyWeak: In the third round of the Sports Festival, Izuku fights with a huge and bulky sword which weighs nearly ''seven kilograms'' (almost fifteen and a half pounds), because forcing himself to focus on controlling the weapon will stop him from getting carried away and seriously hurting someone. [[spoiler: In his final match with Todoroki, he finally [[IAmNotLeftHanded stops holding back]], pulls out his real sword, and proceeds to [[CurbStompBattle utterly thrash his opponent]].]]

* AwesomenessIsAForce:
** Izuku is capable of giving off a deathly aura that scares people as a result of his experience in the simulations.
** [[spoiler:It turns out anyone can learn that deathly-aura skill, since Shigaraki uses it to intimidate Sugou]].

** During an instance at ''Prey'' where Izuku's opening a vent, the chat queues multiple instances of ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'''s and ''Film/MissionImpossible'''s themes. Then, when he gets a shotgun, someone queus in Nightcore's ''Angel with a Shotgun''.

* ForWantOfANail: The nail in question is Midoriya Izuku being kidnapped, digitized, and uploaded into a simulation before his canon encounter with the Sludge Villian. This sets everything on a different path:

** Both Bakugou and Shigaraki get some CharacterDevelopment thanks to watching Izuku fight for his life. For Bakugou, see the AdaptationPersonalityChange above; for Shigaraki, he loses some of his PsychopathicManchild tendencies and learns how to adapt his plans. As a result, [[spoiler: he asks for a specific Nomu to fight Izuku, doesn't underestimate the teen when they fight, breaks out some Tarturus prisoners in order to distract the non-All Might heroes from reaching the USJ, and despite the USJ failure, succeeds in his secondary goal of taking Sugoh from Tarturus.]]

* LateArrivalSpoiler: Many spoilers from the games Izuku plays are present, such as [[spoiler: The Walrider]] from ''VideoGame/{{Outlast}}'' or [[spoiler: Solaire's corruption]] from ''{{VideoGame/Dark Souls}}.''

* RaceAgainstTheClock: After completing his fourth game, Izuku is able to contact the outside world. An I-Island scientist reveals to him that his run is being broadcast for the world to see, [[spoiler: and that he has a little over a year to beat the nine games before the server he has been digitized into overheats and destroys itself, killing Izuku with it. He has been in the simulator for a little over four months, meaning about seven months remain till the deadline.]]

* WillfullyWeak: In the third round of the Sports Festival, Izuku fights with a huge and bulky sword which weighs nearly ''seven kilograms'' (almost fifteen and a half pounds), because forcing himself to focus on controlling the weapon will stop him from getting carried away and seriously hurting someone. [[spoiler: In his finals match with Todoroki, he finally [[IAmNotLeftHanded stops holding back]], pulls out his real sword, and proceeds to [[CurbStompBattle utterly thrash his opponent]].]]

* NotSoDifferent: Miruko takes an interest in Izuku due to their similar repressed BloodKnight tendencies.

* ActionPet: Koda ends up getting a lot of Animal Companions that he uses for hero-stuff.
** Kuro, the first and a hawk who joins Koda because the bird is interested in Izuku, can be used for scouting and tracking.

* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Being sealed in a virtual program for nearly a year to play nine horror games in a row while dying repeatedly doesn't give Izuku the best mental health when he finally comes back.

** Yaoyorozou: Downplayed example, but she becomes more confident, self-assured, and more flexible in battle because of her training with Izuku.

** Izuku is already famous in certain circles, thanks to his simulation being broadcast, and thus some heroes already know who he is. Izuku himself does not want the limelight thanks to this, and thus was not at first interested in the festival.

** Todoroki tells Bakugou about his family life instead of Izuku.

*** [[spoiler: Kirishima vs Yaoyoruzu: Yaoyoruzu wins.]]

*** [[spoiler: Yaoyoruzu vs Izuku: [[ForegoneConclusion Izuku wins,]] but like the Uraraka fight, [[CurbStompCushion he is pushed despite his holding back.]]]]

** Several students pick different mentors for the internship week: Izuku chooses Miruko, Kyouka picks Edgeshot and Momo goes for Fat Gum.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Akihiko Sugoh is this since his kidnapping of Izuku derails the canon plot. He is also (in)directly responsible for giving three of the characters in the story (Izuku, Bakugou, and Shigaraki) CharacterDevelopment into cleverer people, for good or ill. He was captured and sent to Tarturus mere days after putting Izuku into the simulation, but is referenced in both the [[FlashbackBPlot Past]] and Present sections of the story. [[spoiler: Sugoh is bumped down to BigBad status, however, the moment he is freed from prison by the other main antagonist, Shigaraki, becoming part of the BigBadEnsemble with Shigaraki, All for One, and Kyudai.]]

** The readers and a majority of the cast are aware that Izuku's simulation run was being broadcast online all over Japan and maybe the world. Izuku had forgotten Sugoh said he would do so until after he finished his Fourth game, which unlocked the blog featuring posts talking about it. Izuku didn't take it well.

* MeaningfulName: Izuku picks [[spoiler: "the Crucible Hero, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Revenant]]"]] as his [[CodeName Hero Name]]. Crosses over into BilingualBonus and GeniusBonus, as the Author's Notes show that kanji used for [[spoiler:"crucible"]] is ''tatara'' (鑪), the clay smelting tub used in Japanese swordsmithing to create high-quality sword-steel for forging. The name Revenant itself, referring to a corpse that has returned from death to haunt the living, is a variation on the term "[[VideoGame/DarkSouls Undead]]", which is the only one he really feels he earned after deciding not to Link the Fire.

* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: Miruko]] takes an interest in Izuku due to their similar repressed BloodKnight tendencies.

* RaceAgainstTheClock: [[spoiler: After completing his fourth game, Izuku is able to contact the outside world. An I-Island scientist reveals to him that his run is being broadcast for the world to see and that he has a little over a year to beat the nine games before the server he has been digitized into overheats and destroys itself, killing Izuku with it. He has been in the simulator for a little over four months, meaning about seven months remain till the deadline.]]

* YearInsideHourOutside: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed example]], but from Izuku's point of view, the simulation lasted over a year while to the outside world, it was eight months.

* MeaningfulName: Izuku picks [[spoiler: "the Crucible Hero, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Revenant]]"]] as his [[CodeName Hero Name]]. Crosses over into BilingualBonus and GeniusBonus, as the Author's Notes show that kanji used for [[spoiler:"crucible"]] is ''tatara'' (鑪), the clay smelting tub used in Japanese swordsmithing to create high-quality sword-steel for forging.

* AttractiveBentGender: In order to get through the reporters before going to his internship, Izuku (with Kyouka's help) gets disguised as a girl. He pulls it off well enough that it fools Iida, who notes there's an attractive touch to him.

* {{Crossdresser}}: As part of getting back at Mineta for trying to trick them into wearing cheerleading uniforms, Jirou asks Izuku to dress as a cheerleader. He agrees, and actually [[AttractiveBentGender pulls it off really well]], much to Mineta's consternation. [[spoiler:Izuku dresses as a girl again as part of his disguise to get the reporters off his back]].

* BullyingADragon: spoiler:Monoma tries pulling his usual garbage, this time on Izuku. Already fed up and annoyed by the public's hypocrisy and disdain and the media's portrayal of him, Izuku gives Monoma a point-blank DeathGlare that completely cows the latter into submission.

* BullyingADragon: [[spoiler:Monoma tries pulling his usual garbage, this time on Izuku. Already fed up and annoyed by the public's hypocrisy and disdain and the media's portrayal of him, Izuku gives Monoma a point-blank DeathGlare that completely cows the latter into submission.]]

* DeathGlare: Izuku gives one to Monoma so potent that not only is the latter reduced to temporary catatonia, the rest of the cafeteria felt it even if it was not directed at them.

** Izuku spent his entire last year in middle school in the simulation. It takes the next two months for him to catch up in his studies while also trying to recover.