History Fanfic / TheTickvsMyHeroAcademia

!The Tick Vs My Hero Academia provides examples of:

* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: Tsunotori Pony is portrayed as being originally from from The City, and has been a fan of the Tick since she was young.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: [[spoiler: Black Whip manifests itself during the Overhaul arc.]]

* AdaptationalNameChange: Midoriya doesn't pick Deku as his hero name, instead going with "Jack Rabbit".

** [[spoiler:Uraraka is bisexual, having a crush on Izuku (as in canon) before moving on to Tsunotori, after the former is revealed to be in a relationship with Mei.]]

** [[spoiler: Tsunotori follows his example when she becomes "Tree Leaper".]]

* AscendedExtra: Mineta, Tsunotori, and Mei all play larger roles than they do in-canon.
** Shinsou also plays a larger role, and is ultimately promoted into the Hero Course.

--->'''Kirishima:''' "Homina homina homina..."
--->'''Kaminari:''' "Oh no...HE'S HOT!"

** Spinner completes the culinary theming with his battlecry of "KNIFE!"

** Tick still has Speak, and is still convinced that Speak is a dog.

** Bakugou easily defeats Todoroki during the first matches of the U.A. Sports festival's tournament round.

* DreamingOfThingsToCome: DESTINY, as the Tick understands, it is depicted in this story as a hodgepodge of visions from the past and future that aim the Wild Blue Yonder where he will (eventually) be needed most.

** Mount Lady, Kamui Woods, Endeavor, Aizawa, Death Arms and Mei Hatsume pop up earlier than in canon, due to the Tick and Aphid's adventuring.
** The Wild Wild Pussycats pop up earlier, since Mineta selects them for his Work Study Week assignment.
** Wash pops up earlier, after Spinner and Dabi accidentally get into a fight with him.

* EvilOldFolks: The Terror, as per usual, who's ''130-years old'', and unlike All-For-One, doesn't have a longevity Quirk to keep him young.

* FollowTheLeader: InUniverse example. Aphid's popularity leads to several of Midoriya's classmates taking up vigilante identities, including Tsunotori, [[spoiler: Uraraka, Todoroki, Mineta, Kaminari, Kirishima, and Ashido]].

* FusionFic: The story merges the setting of ''The Tick'' (all versions), and ''My Hero Academia'', with the main focus being on the world of MHA, but with the events of ''The Tick's'' comic, cartoon and live-action series having happened as well. Among the changes include Quirks being part of ''The Tick's'' history as well, such as Chairface Chippendale and his henchmen being the result of Mutation Quirks rather than completely unexplained, The Terror being feared world-wide but largely thought to be dead by the start of the story, and Clark Oppenheimer (aka The Caped Wonder) being mentioned as the world's first superhero.
* GoldenSnitch: The Aphid Hunt. Any first year student who can figure out the identity of Aphid and support their argument get a major bonus:

** Midoriya, Iida and Todoroki still fight Stain.

** Likewise, Iida never figured out on his own.

** Chapter 9 has Tick call Izuku on his cell phone, with the ringtone being the theme song for the ''[[WesternAnimation/TheTick 1994 animated series]]''.

** [[spoiler:Bakugou, Ashido and Kirishima.]]

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: After Midoriya accidentally gets hurt during the Tick's "Villain Invitational" (he put an ad in a newspaper challenging any bad guy to come and face him), Tick immediately drops his usual LargeHam tendencies, becoming quiet and serious as he takes Midoriya to get treatment. Serves as a ContinuityNod to the original [[ComicBook/TheTick comic series]], where a similar scene unfolded after Oedipus (an ComicBook/{{Elektra}} expy) got hurt while she and Tick were fighting ninjas, though at least this time, Tick didn't have a nervous breakdown afterwards and go on a rampage like he did in the comic.

** Due to Izuku's status as a vigilante, the [[spoiler:Bakugou Rescue Squad includes Mineta, Kaminari, Uraraka and Ashido, as well as being done in their vigilante personas. Nedzu is also aware of this, and has unofficially backed it]].

* SecretKeeper: Aizawa, Nedzu, Mei, Shinso, Inko, [[spoiler: Kirishima, and Ashido]] all know Midoriya is Aphid.

** Inko reveals she'd known since pretty much the beginning, since the Tick came into their house to give Izuku TheCall and he's about as subtle as you'd expect a loud, massive BoisterousBruiser in bright blue spandex to be. Also, he broke into her house to deliver said call.

* SecretTestOfCharacter: Many of the AEGIS provisional hero license tests are these. Solving the problem may get you a good grade in one of the five focuses, but ''how'' you solve the problem can effect your grade in one or more of the others. And sometimes the primary focus of a given test isn't what it appears to be at first glance.

* SupremeChef: Lunch Rush and Breadmaster. In their cooking duel at Kitchen Stadium, they score [[spoiler:55 and 54 points on a 55 point scale, respectively, with Breadmaster being deducted one point not due to anything being wrong with his cooking, but because his taste in presentation was not in line with the current plating trends]].

* WhamLine: "This is Principal Nedzu, and I would like to start off this fine school year with a special announcement. It appears that one of our freshman year students is a bit of a celebrity. You'll know them as the vigilante called Aphid. Now, as we do respect his or her privacy, we will not be announcing who they are, but we would like them to know that we are well aware that they are attending UA this year. That is all."

* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: Todoroki, Jirou, and Yaoyorozu believed that whomever was actually Aphid wouldn't be so stupid as to be enrolled in the Hero Course.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: After Midoriya accidentally gets hurt during the Tick's "Villain Invitational" (he put an ad in a newspaper challenging any bad guy to come and face him), Tick immediately drops his usual LargeHam tendencies, becoming quiet and serious as he takes Midoriya to get treatment. Serves as a ContinuityNod to the original [[ComicBook/TheTick comic series]], where a similar scene unfolded after Oedipus (an ComicBook/Elektra expy) got hurt while she and Tick were fighting ninjas, though at least this time, Tick didn't have a nervous breakdown afterwards and go on a rampage like he did in the comic.

** likewise, Iida never figured out on his own.

* KickTheSonOfABitch:
** [[spoiler:The Terror uses All-For-One as the test subject for his Quirk extractor.]]
** [[spoiler: By the end of the Overhaul arc, Overhaul ends up losing everything and becomes the guinea pig for The Terror's Nomu serum.]]

* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Chairface freely gives these to heroes and villains that he doesn't respect.

* SpottingTheThread:
** Aizawa figures out who Aphid is because [[spoiler:Midoriya wears the shoes from his Aphid costume to the U.A. entrance exam]].

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Hisashi is killed during a villain attack, back when Izuku was a young boy.]]
* DemotedToExtra: To a degree. [[spoiler:Iida is kicked out of the Hero program and forced into the General Studies department due to the Stain incident and his Trigger usage. He latter gets back into the program.]]

* ForWantOfANail: Tick's involving himself in the plot has altered some recurring plot elements of MHA:
** Because of the extra training Izuku got from Tick, his body was in better condition when All-Might picked him as a protégé, resulting in him passing All-Might's test and receiving One-for-All earlier, as well as having more time to work out the basics before the UA entrance exam, making him more able to use his power without destroying his own body. His knowing Mei before enrolling at U.A. means that he is able to request an upgraded costume that can help him handle the strain of One-for-All earlier, reducing the damage he does to himself in (non-emergency) situations.
** Tick hitting it off with All-Might and helping with the Nomu fight at U.S.J. means that All-Might didn't push himself past his limit then, so the rate at which his powers are fading is decreased. [[spoiler:He still burns out the last of his reserves of One-for-All while fighting against All-For-One, but this makes his final Smash much more impressive.]]
** Due to Stain's influence, Spinner and Dabi do not join the League of Villains, instead going off on their own vigilante careers. As a result, they end up fighting against the Vanguard Action Squad; their interference results in the attack being a complete failure, and no one is kidnapped [[spoiler: at the camp]].
** Due to Izuku's status as a vigilante, the [[spoiler:Bakugou Rescue Squad includes Mineta, Kaminari, Uraraka and Ashido, as well as being done in their vigilante personas. Nedzu is also aware of this, and has unofficially backed it]].
** [[spoiler:The presence of the Terror in Japan gives him a chance to kidnap the defeated All-For-One, right in front of All-Might. As such, the public believes All-For-One is finally dead, while the heroes know things are going to get worse.]]
** [[spoiler: Without All-For-One in Tartarus, security is lax enough for Dabi and Spinner to break Stain out.]]
** Todoroki passes the provisional license exam.
** [[spoiler:The Overhaul arc goes off the rails as Tick ends up forcing Sir Nighteye to change his plans for the attack on the Shie Hassaikai. As a result, the organization is dismantled, with virtually no losses or collateral damage.]]

''The Tick Vs...My Hero Academia'' is a ''WesternAnimation/TheTick''/''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' FusionFic written by [=Bejammin2000=], in an alternate universe where Tick elects to move to Japan in order to help a young man achieve his dream of becoming a hero....In his own unique way.

* TheAce: Midoriya does significantly better than in canon, coming in first during the Entrance Exam and Sports Festival, as well as maintaining his position as Class President.
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Hisashi was [[spoiler:killed in front of a young Izuku during a villain attack, leaving the boy traumatized. Bakugou's bullying and insults only make things worse.]]
* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: Tsunotori Pony is from The City and has been a fan of the Tick since she was young.
* AdaptationDistillation: The setting combines elements of the various Tick adaptations:
** Characters that are supposed to be expies of each other (Caped Wonder/Superian, Die Fledermaus/Batmanuel) exist together.
** AEGIS from the Amazon series exists in this setting.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: [[spoiler: Black Whip manifest itself during the Overhaul arc.]]

** To an extent; Due to the Tick's influence, Stain doesn't kill his targets and just mutilates them. He is however more deranged since he also tries to adopt Tick's nonsensical speaking patterns.
** As a result of becoming Stain's disciples, Dabi and Spinner aren't part of the League of Villains and go as far as to fight against them during the Forest Training Camp arc.
** Superian is a more dry-cut superhero with only a bit of his buffoonery being foisted on Caped Wonder who was the one who [[spoiler:jumped the gun on declaring The Terror deceased after one of their battles.]]
** Mineta, thanks to being saved by Izuku (and thus viewing him as a personal hero) and Izuku telling him a short story about Captain Celebrity, is far less perverted in this story. While he still has urges, he's far more restrained in his actions and doesn't sexually assault or peep on people anymore.
* AdaptationalNameChange: Midoriya doesn't pick Deku as his hero name, instead going with Jack Rabbit.
** Smaller one, but Tsunotori's hero name in canon is Rocketti. While here, her hero name is Rodeo.

** [[spoiler: Uraraka is bisexual, having a crush on Izuku (as in canon) before moving on to Tsunotori after the former is revealed to be in a relationship with Mei.]]

** [[spoiler: Bakugou also is Bisexual.]]

** [[spoiler: Ashido is an Alien hiding on earth, who passes off her species' natural abilities as a Quirk.]]

* AdaptationOriginConnection: [[spoiler: Nedzu is implied to be an escaped creation of The Terror, and a carrier of the original virus that bestowed Quirks to humanity.]]
* AdjacentToThisCompleteBreakfast: While being held captive, [[spoiler:Bakugo]]'s diet consists of Gramma Brownie's Chocolate Chunker Wunker Bunkers, a fictional breakfast cereal whose first three ingredients are various types of sugar.
* AffablyEvil: The Terror. He gives Eri candy ([[EvilIsPetty Licorice flavored]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous candy]]), and [[spoiler: tells All Might to enjoy retirement now that he's lost his Quirk - right before pointing a gun at him. Fortunately he's interrupted before he can pull the trigger]].
* AgeLift: Due to the story taking place some time after the Tick cartoon/comic, Brainchild is 14 rather than the child he was in the series.

* AmericaSavesTheDay: Deconstructed. Caped Wonder inspired the One for All legacy, but his nemesis, The Terror inspired All for One to escalate his criminal operations in turn. And while some of the Japanese hero community would be fine asking either Superian or his counterpart to swoop in and start laying down the law with their more obviously potent powers, it would be terrible international optics to have the country so reliant on foreign entities. Also, while Tick's presence is largely a positive one, it also leads to his RoguesGallery being brought overseas by the League of Villains to deal with him.

** Midoriya's hero alias is Jack Rabbit, while his Vigilante name is Aphid.
** [[spoiler: Tsunotori follows his example when she becomes Tree Leaper.]]

** Midoriya tends to not believe half of the Tick's more fantastical stories such as the time he met Santa Claus. To be entirely, perfectly fair to Midoriya, The Tick is legitimately insane.
** Kamui Woods is more skeptical about Tick being able to hold his breath for an inhuman length of time, rather than the fact Tick battled a sentient Dolphin with a fish magnet.

* AscendedExtra: Mineta, Tsunotori, and Mei all play larger roles than in canon.

** Mirko takes a more prominent role, as part of the group attacking Chairface's Doujinshi operation, joins the Hideout Raid Team, serves as Midoriya's internship mentor and [[spoiler: takes part in the fight against Overhaul.]]

** Darkly subverted with All for One who was [[spoiler:inspired by The Terror to be a supervillain only to be enslaved by said inspiration after his defeat at All Might's hands.]]
* AttractiveBentGender: 1-A does a host club + maid café for the Cultural Festival (Mineta's idea of course), and because of the gender disparity some boys are selected to do the maid café instead, Shoto included. When he makes his debut, the rest of 1-A is left slack-jawed at the results. He ends up being the café's star attraction.

--->'''Kaminari:''' "Oh no... HE'S HOT!"
* BackInTheSaddle: [[spoiler: With his youth restored and All for One in his possession, The Terror is ready to get back into the villainy business.]]

** Midoriya as Aphid is able to keep up with the Tick thanks to gadgets and training. He becomes an EmpoweredBadassNormal once he gets One for All.

* BeyondTheImpossible: Tick has shrugged off Endeavor's Hellfire, [[spoiler:Shigaraki's TouchOfDeath]], and blows from the Noumu meant to kill All Might. [[spoiler: All for One makes Tick ''bleed''.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Tick arrives to save Midoriya, Ashido and Kirishima from All for One. Once Tick is on the Ropes, All Might appears to join the fight.]]

* BoringButPractical: Chairface and the Triggermen's operation in support of the League of Villains is to...! Dominate the market of bootleg hero and villain merchandise, including fan comics both erotic and normal. When Shigaraki mocks them for not doing big, flashy crimes and just being peddlers of smut and garbage, Chairface points out that that's the entire point- it's a line of crime and income that heroes don't especially care about or would look petty trying to shut down. Shigaraki starts agreeing to the point when he hears that it rakes in ten million yen a month.

* ClingyJealousGirl: Toga is one as usual, but her attention is turned to [[spoiler: Brainchild]] instead.

* ClosetKey: Apparently neither [[spoiler: Uraraka or Tsunotori]] had experienced any attraction to their own gender before they met each other.

* ContinuityNod

** When complaining about Japan's lack of Ninjas, Tick mentions the events of ''The Night of A Million Zillion Ninja''.
** [[spoiler: The Aliens sent to kidnap Ashido are the Heys.]]

** [[spoiler: When Arthur and Carmalita arrive to visit the Tick, Midoriya mistakes them for Heys.]]
** Tick still has Speak and is still convinced Speak is a dog.
* TheConsigliere: Chairface Chippendale has taken this role for Shigaraki, particularly after [[spoiler:the fall of All For One and Shigaraki taking over leadership of the League of Villains]]. The story regularly uses the term to describe his role.
* CookingDuel: Lunch Rush and Todoroki vs The Breadmaster and Buttery Pat. [[spoiler: Lunch Rush and Todoroki win.]]

** Bakugou easily defeats Todoroki during the first rounds of the U.A. Sports festival's tournament round.

** Chairface curbstomps [[spoiler: Bakugou while he's unable to use his Quirk.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Hisashi's death leaves the Midoriya Household a broken mess: Izuku ends up as a [=PTSD=] mess, while Inko is DrivenToDrink, though she's currently sober.]] Later, when Izuku meets up with Bakugou again in Middle School, Midoriya is subjected to being bullied due to his Quirklessness.
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Hisashi is killed during a villain attack, when Izuku is a young boy.]]
* DemotedToExtra: To a degree. [[spoiler: Iida is kicked out of the Hero program and forced into the General Studies department due to the Stain incident and his Trigger usage. He latter gets back into the program.]]

** Uraraka and Tsunotori's discussion about [[spoiler: Uraraka joining Tsunotori as a vigilante]].
** Midoriya outing himself as a vigilante to All Might.
* TheDreaded: The Terror has been active as a villain for so long, and committed so many horrible deeds, that fear of him is a ''cultural norm''. ''Everyone'' is afraid of him, because if they haven't ''seen'' one of his plots happen, they've heard a story or a dozen (including his murder of Tenya's great-grandfather). [[ManipulativeBastard Naturally, he abuses this reputation as much as possible.]]
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: DESTINY as the Tick understands it is depicted in this story as a hodgepodge of visions from the past and future that aim the Wild Blue Yonder where he will (eventually) be needed most.

** Mount Lady, Kamui Woods, Endeavor, Aizawa, Death Arms and Mei Hatsume pop up earlier than canon due to the Tick and Aphid's adventuring.
** The Wild Wild Pussycats pop up earlier since Mineta selects them for his Work Study Week.
** Wash pops up earlier after Spinner and Dabi accidentally get into a fight with him.
** Mirko appears as part of Mount Lady's team of heroes that are going after Chairface's Operation.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even most ''villains'' are scared of The Terror.
* EvilIsPetty: During the meeting between Overhaul and The Terror, The Terror [[PetTheDog gives Eri some candy]]. [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous It's licorice flavored.]]
* EvilOldFolks: The Terror, as per usual, who's ''130-years old'', and unlike All For One, doesn't have a longevity Quirk to keep him young.

* {{Expy}}: Jack Knife, the villain responsible for [[spoiler: Hisashi's death]], is one for [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]].

* FollowTheLeader: InUniverse example. Aphid's popularity leads to several of Midoriya's classmates taking up Vigilante identities, including Tsunotori, [[spoiler: Uraraka, Todoroki, Mineta, Kaminari, Kirishima, and Ashido.]]

** Because of the extra training Izuku got from Tick, his body was in better condition when All Might picked him as a protege, resulting in him passing All Might's test and receiving One for All earlier and having more time to work out the basics before the UA entrance exam, making him more able to use his power without destroying his own body. His knowing Mei before enrolling at UA means that he is able to request an upgraded costume that can help him handle the strain of One for All earlier, reducing the damage he does to himself in (non-emergency) situations.
** Tick hitting it off with All Might and helping with the Nomu fight at USJ means that All Might didn't push himself past his limit then, so the rate at which his powers are fading is decreased. [[spoiler:He still burns out the last of his reserves of One for All while fighting against All for One, but this makes his final Smash much more impressive.]]
** Due to Stain's influences, Spinner and Dabi do not join the League of Villains, instead going off on their own vigilante careers. As a result, they end up fighting against the Vanguard Action Squad. Their interference results in the attack being a complete failure and no one is kidnapped [[spoiler: at camp.]]
** Due to Izuku's status as a vigilante, the [[spoiler: Bakugou Rescue Squad includes Mineta, Kaminari, Uraraka and Ashido, as well as is done in their vigilante personas. Nedzu is also aware of this and has unofficially backed it.]]
** [[spoiler: The Presence of The Terror in Japan gives him a chance to kidnap the defeated All for One from right in front of All Might. As such, the public believes All for One is finally dead, while the Heroes know things are going to get worse.]]
** [[spoiler: Without All for One in Tartarus, security is lax enough for Dabi and Spinner to break out and free Stain.]]
** Todoroki passes the Provisional license exam.
** [[spoiler: The Overhaul arc goes off the rails as Tick ends up forcing Sir Nighteye to change his plans for the attack on the Shie Hassaikai. As a result, the organization is dismantled with virtually no losses or collateral damage.]]
* FountainOfYouth: [[spoiler: The Terror uses Eri to de-age him to the youthful age of 90.]]
* FusionFic: The story merges the setting of The Tick (all versions), and My Hero Academia, with the main focus being on the world of MHA, but with the events of The Tick comic, cartoon and live-action series having happened as well. Among the changes includes Quirks being part of The Ticks history as well, such as Chairface Chippendale and his henchmen being the result of Mutation Quirks rather than completely unexplained, The Terror being feared world-wide but is largely thought to be dead by the start of the story, and Clark Oppenheimer AKA The Caped Wonder being mentioned as the world's first superhero.

** Any Hero Course student gets an automatic passing grade
** Any Business or Support Course student gets a letter of recommendation from all their teachers
** Any General Course student gets automatically bumped up to the Hero course.

** On the other hand, accusing the wrong person of being Aphid (or even guessing the right person without adequate proof) is a one grade penalty. Aphid gets the same punishment if they give themselves up.
** [[spoiler: Team Midoriya ultimately wins, with Midoriya, Uraraka, Mineta, Kendou, and Kaminari getting a passing grade for the semester, Mei getting her letter of recommendation, and Shinsou being moved into the Hero Course, although he was already in the process of doing so.]]

* HiddenInPlainSight: According to [[spoiler: Mina]], a lot of aliens like to vacation on Earth because they can just say that their unusual appearances and/or powers are the result of a Quirk.

** Eraserhead binds Tick with his scarf, only to find that this just means that he'd tied himself to an indestructible opponent with super strength.
** [[spoiler: Overhaul ends up getting shot with one of his quirk destroying bullets.]]

** Due to the interference of the Dabi and Spinner, the Vanguard Action Squad is unsuccessful in kidnapping anyone at the training camp. [[spoiler: Then Chairface kidnaps Bakugou from his house.]]
** All Might finally defeats All for One... [[spoiler: and then The Terror comes and kidnaps the defeated All for One, planning to use him for his own plans.]]
* HourOfPower: [[spoiler: The Terror eventually managed to use All For One to produce artificial Quirk serums, but they currently only last for 24 hours at a time]].
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: When Inko decides she wants to talk to the Tick about his relationship with Izuku, he initially decides to act ignorant... which unfortunately fails.

* InexplicablyAwesome: As usual, The Tick's powers and background are deliberately mysterious, even moreso that his FlyingBrick abilities are explicitly not Quirks. He does have a Quirk, though- [[spoiler: it makes him not grow facial hair.]]

** the USJ attack still occurs.
** Midoriya still goes to Gran Torino for his week long work experience.
** Midoriya, Iida and Todoroki still fight with Stain.

** [[spoiler: Bakugou still gets kidnapped by the villains.]]
** All Might still burns out the last remnants of One for All in his battled against All for One.
* InsistentTerminology: Nedzu isn't telling the Bakugou Rescue Squad to be vigilantes, It's an officially sanctioned undercover field experience extra-credit assignment.

** [[spoiler: The Terror uses All for One as the test subject for his Quirk extractor.]]

* KnightOfCerebus: After [[spoiler:All for One thrashes]] the Tick on live television to the point that [[spoiler:he makes him bleed and noticeably bruise]], things take a more dramatic turn for the Wild Blue Yonder and his would-be sidekick.
* LethalChef: Yaoyorozu's Mother. Todoroki kept one of the cookies she made [[spoiler:and it is vital in taking down Breadmaster for good.]]
* LegionOfDoom: In order to deal with the Tick, the League of Villains opts to recruit some of the Tick's enemies from The City (Chairface, Breadmaster, Brainchild and Barry Hubris).

** As Aphid, one of Izuku's ongoing struggles is to prevent the Wild Blue Yonder from doing this, especially since Izuku doesn't want The Tick to become wanted for trying to fight good guys. He's already in trouble for Vigilantism, but ''real'' heat could be very problematic.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Kaminari was the only [[spoiler: remaining]] member of Team Midoriya who didn't figure out that Midoriya was Aphid on his own.

** [[spoiler: All Might initially kept Midoriya out of the loop about All For One being captured by The Terror]].

** Stain becomes one for the Tick in addition to his canon obsession with All Might.
** As a fan/Disciple of Stain, Spinner also becomes one for the Tick.
* MemeticMutation: InUniverse, the Tick saying " He's not even smiling! What's a hero that can't smile?" during his fight with Endeavor has apparently become this. Shoto even has a bootleg t-shirt with it.

** All Might tells Midoriya they need to talk about his relationships. All Might is talking about Midoriya's relationship with Mei, but Midoriya misunderstands and accidentally outs himself as a vigilante.
** Bakugou misunderstands Ashido and Kirishima feeling towards him, assuming that they're in love with each other.

* MythologyGag
** Izuku's new backstory is [[spoiler:lifted wholesale from Arthur's [[Series/TheTick2016 Amazon backstory.]]]]
** [[spoiler: The Rejuvenated Terror wears the same costume as his Amazon counterpart.]]
** Chapter 9 has Tick call Izuku in his cell phone, with the ringtone being the theme song for the WesternAnimation/TheTick animated series.

** The USJ Nomu: Mr. Lipz

** All for One: Potato Head

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: [[spoiler: the Villain that killed Hisashi took part in the USJ attack. Once Midoriya runs into him, Midoriya beats him to a pulp and nearly kills him.]]
* NoSell: Being the TropeNamer of NighInvulnerability means that The Tick is very problematic to fight.
** Endeavor's Fire doesn't affect the Tick.
** [[spoiler: Shigaraki's TouchOfDeath doesn't affect Tick. It still causes pain and makes his face numb, but it fails to disintegrate Tick or even cause visible damage.]]
** Since the Tick's powers aren't derived from a Quirk, Aizawa's [[PowerNullifier Quirk erasing ability]] has no effect on him.

** [[spoiler: Uraraka and Tsunotori.]]
** [[spoiler: Bakugou, Ashido and Kirishima.]]

** [[spoiler: Ashido, Midoriya and Kirishima come face to face with All for One.]]
** [[spoiler: All for One makes Tick ''bleed''.]]
** [[spoiler: The Terror kidnaps the defeated All for One, right in front of All Might's nose.]]
** [[spoiler: Dabi and Spinner free Stain and prepare to go after a new target: Endeavor.]]

** Mount Lady's reaction to learning about the H-Doujinshis starring her. Kamui Woods is a bit more indifferent, while Death Arms tells them to get used to it.
** Midoriya's initial reaction to discovering a [[ScrewYourself Aphid/Jack Rabbit]] H-Doujinshi.
* OlderAndWiser: While still fairly loony, the Tick is noticeably more perceptive than he usually is, having grown a bit wiser from his various American adventures with Arthur. Most notably, he understands that Midoriya is just a smart kid and when [[spoiler:he's invited to live in his house]], he pointedly ''doesn't'' start wrecking his furniture in search of his "secret lair."

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: After Midoriya accidentally gets hurt during The Tick's "Villain Invitational" (he put an ad in a newspaper challenging any bad guy to come and face him), Tick immediately drops his usual LargeHam tendencies, becoming quiet and serious as he takes Midoriya to get treatment. Serves as a ContinuityNod to the original [[ComicBook/TheTick comic series]], where a similar scene unfolded after Oedipus (an Elektra expy) got hurt while she and Tick were fighting ninjas, though at least this time, Tick didn't have a nervous breakdown afterwards and went on a rampage like he did in the comic.

* OutsideContextProblem: The Tick proves to be a rather...disruptive entity on the settting.

* PaperThinDisguise: Tick's "Nick Placeholder" disguise fools no one at the UA Sports Festival. They still pretend otherwise since Tick isn't causing trouble, and most of them wouldn't stand a chance against Tick in a one-on-one fight anyway. Further, as long as he's pretending to be "Nick," he's not causing actual problems.

** Chairface's evil plans in Japan involve cornering the H-Doujinshi market, the unlicensed hero merchandising market and other profitable but low-profile ventures. This gives him low expenses, decent profit, and the only heroes who can be bothered to act against him are those who have been embarrassed by their starring role in some of his doujins (most notably Mount Lady and Kamui Woods).
*** This ultimately backfires with Midnight: Chairface's H-doujinshi's make enough of an impact on the sales of Midnight's Official H-Manga series that she joins Tick and the others in taking down Chairface's operation.
** Chairface uses this to point out the difference between criminals (wants to accumulate wealth and infamy) and villains (devoted to an ideal or goal).
** Chairface also mentions that in a battle between The Terror and Caped Wonder, [[spoiler: the Triggermen supported Caped Wonder, solely because if The Terror got his way, it would completely ruin society and ruin their plans to get rich.]]

* PublicServiceAnnouncement: After All Might's retirement, Japan revises its hero policies, and with it U.A's curriculum. Aizawa shows 1A an educational film to introduce the "AEGIS Five Focuses of the Civic Minded Hero" to them, and it's so old that Recovery Girl watched it when she was a freshman at U.A (it even cites that 20% of humanity has a Quirk).
* PungeonMaster

* ReassignedToAntarctica: While Tick is now in Japan on his own accord, America functionally treats his situation as this since their official stance on him to Endeavor is a paper with "NO GIVE BACKSIES" printed on it, meaning that deporting him is not an option. [[spoiler:Arthur and Carmelita visit to check up on Tick and let him know that his "reassignment" will be undone against his wishes, by force if necessary.]]
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: [[spoiler:After the Heys fail to kidnap her, Ashido's Uncle arrives on earth to do it himself.]]

** [[spoiler: Tsunotori has Rodeo as her Official Hero name and Tree Leaper as a vigilante.]]
** [[spoiler: Uraraka has Uravity as her Official Hero name and Dive Bomber as a vigilante.]]
** [[spoiler: Kaminari has Chargebolt as his Official Hero Name and Railgun as a vigilante.]]
** [[spoiler: Mineta has Grape Juice as his Official Hero Name and Dark Wine as a vigilante.]]
** [[spoiler: Ashido has Pinky as her Official Hero name and Alien Queen as a vigilante.]]
** [[spoiler: Kirishima has Red Riot as his Official Hero name and Black Diamond as a vigilante.]]

** [[spoiler: Mineta, Kendou, and Uraraka]] also figure it out. As part of the winning team, [[spoiler: Kaminari]] also learns the truth.
** After Bakugou's kidnapping, [[spoiler: Todoroki and Iida]] are brought into the know.
** Inko reveals she knew since pretty much the beginning, since the Tick came into their house to give Izuku TheCall and he's about as subtle as you'd expect a loud, massive BoisterousBruiser in bright blue spandex to be. Also he broke into her house to deliver said call.
** Some of the UA upperclassmen (including Mirio and the other members of the Big Three) also figure it out, but never say anything openly as they aren't eligible to compete in the Great Aphid Hunt.

** [[spoiler: While in captivity, Bakugou]] is fed [[WebAnimation/BrainDump Gramma Brownie's Chocolate Chunker Wunker Bunkers]].
** [[spoiler: Kirishima's Vigilante identity]] might be a reference to the {{Music/KISS}} song of the same name.
** During the AEGIS Hero Licensing Program, Bakugou has to return a wallet to [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants a man with a starfish Mutation Quirk named Pat Hoshi]].
** A [[WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill nearly-incomprehensible mumbling man]] pops up as part of the AEGIS Licensing Program.

** [[spoiler: Tensei isn't crippled by Stain, merely disfigured.]]

** [[spoiler: Sir Nighteye isn't killed during the Overhaul arc and Mirio is never shot with the quirk destroying bullet.]]

** Aizawa figures out who Aphid is because [[spoiler: Midoriya wears the shoes from his Aphid costume to the U.A. Entrance Exam.]]
* StableTimeLoop: [[spoiler: A Trigger-enhanced Iida being saved in the alley by Todoroki from the future.]]
* SupermanSubstitute: As well as All Might and Captain Celebrity, both [[Series/TheTick2016 the Superian]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheTick Clark Oppenheimer]] exist in this setting (the former being a Quirk user and the latter being an alien) despite the former being an Expy of the latter.
* SupremeChef: Lunch Rush and Breadmaster. In their cooking duel at Kitchen Stadium, they score [[spoiler: 55 and 54 points on a 55 point scale, respectively, with Breadmaster being deducted one point not due to anything wrong with his cooking, but because his taste in presentation was not in line with the current plating trends.]]
* {{Troll}}: The Brainchild/Charlie, who likes riling up Tomura on purpose, and [[spoiler: after Tomura stops reacting]] he moves on to mocking Mei online.
* UnfazedEveryman: Izuku meets up with the time-travelling inventors kidnapped by the Mother of Invention, who invented their own time machine to keep in touch and act as time-travelling heroes alongside [[spoiler: an older Mei from the future]]. Izuku barely rates this as one of the ten weirdest things he has seen since meeting The Tick.
* WhamLine: "This is Principal Nedzu and I would like to start off this fine school year with a special announcement. It appears that one of our freshman year students is a bit of a celebrity. You'll know them as the Vigilante called Aphid. Now, as we do respect his or her privacy, we will not be announcing who they are, but we would like them to know that we are well aware that they are attending UA this year. That is all."

** [[spoiler: The Tick's Quirk is... the ability to not grow facial hair.]]

** Chairface and his gang in general are now just people with really bizarre Mutation-type Quirks. The only two members who have Quirks that are actually useful for combat is The Deadly Nose (his nose is a pair of functional gun barrels), and Dean (a massive juggernaut with Super Strength who for some reason has a butterfly screw for a head). The rest of them have quirks that don't really do much. For starters, The Man Who Looks Like Peter Lorre has a quirk that, well, ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, and Chairface himself has a wooden chair for a head.
** When the MLA tries to sway Chairface to their cause, he quite bluntly points out that "Ability to use his superpower anywhere at any time," isn't ''quite'' the grand-slam argument when talking to a person whose power is "My head is a chair."
* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: Todoroki, Jirou, and Yaoyorozu believed whomever was actually Aphid wouldn't be so stupid as to be enrolled in the Hero Course.
* WickedCultured: Kurogiri ''really'' appreciates Breadmaster's craft, to the point of turning the Villains' bar hideout into a Gastropub.

* VillainTeamUp: Overhaul and The Terror. [[spoiler: It ends badly for Overhaul.]]

* GutturalGrowler: [[spoiler: Mineta tries to do this to disguise his voice as a vigilante. Everyone thinks he sounds ridiculous.]]

* PublicServiceAnnouncement: After All Might's retirement, Japan revises its hero policies, and with it U.A's curriculum. Aizawa shows 1A an educational film to introduce the "AEGIS Five Focuses of the Civic Minded Hero" to them, and it's so old that Recovery Girl watched it when she was a freshman of U.A (it even cites that 20% of humanity has a Quirk).

* AmericaSavesTheDay: Deconstructed. Caped Wonder inspired the One for All legacy, but his nemesis, The Terror inspired All for One to escalate his criminal operations in turn. And while some of the Japanese hero community would be fine asking either Superian or his counterpart to swoop in and start laying down the law with their more obviously potent powers, it would be terrible international optics to have the country so reliant on foreign entities.

* AttractiveBentGender: 1-A does a host club + maid café for the Cultural Festival (Mineta's idea of course), and because of the gender disparity some boys are selected to do the maid café instead, Shoto included. When he makes his debut, the rest of 1-A is left slack-jawed at the results. He ends up being the café's star attraction

[[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive The Call not only knows where Izuku Midoriya Lives,]] it is willing to send the Tick to Call in a Carry Out Order for a Sandwich Platter of Justice. Now Izuku is on the path to become a hero just like All Might. Except for the minor legal technicality of being a wanted vigilante.

''The Tick Vs...My Hero Academia'' is a WesternAnimation/TheTick/Manga/MyHeroAcademia FusionFic written by [=Bejammin2000=], in an alternate universe where Tick elects to move to Japan in order to help a young man achieve his dream of becoming a hero....In his own unique way.

* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Mostly Type 2s.

* AttractiveBentGender: 1-A does a host club + maid café for the Cultural Festival (Mineta's idea of course), and because of the gender disparity some boys are selected to do the maid café instead, Shoto included. When he makes his debut, the rest of 1-A is left slack-jawed at the results. A very long line forms for him at the festival.

* AttractiveBentGender: 1-A does a host club + maid café for the Cultural Festival (Mineta's idea of course), and because of the gender disparity some boys are selected to do the maid cafe instead, Shoto included. When he makes his debut, the rest of 1-A is left slack-jawed at the results. A very long line forms for him at the festival.

* AffablyEvil: The Terror. He gives Eri candy ([[EvilIsPetty Licorice flavored]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous candy]]), and [[spoiler: tells All Might to enjoy retirement now that he's lost his Quirk]].

* BeyondTheImpossible:
** Tick has shrugged off Endeavor's Hellfire, [[spoiler:Shigaraki's TouchOfDeath]], and blows from the Noumu meant to kill All Might. [[spoiler: All for One makes Tick ''bleed''.]]

* CardCarryingVillain:
** The Terror just wants to cause destruction and chaos wherever he goes.

* InexplicablyAwesome: As usual, The Tick's powers and background are deliberately mysterious, even moreso that his FlyingBrick abilities are explicitly not Quirks.

* LetsYouAndHimFight: Tick believes in this during his first encounter with Eraserhead. He's right.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown:
** [[spoiler: the Villain that killed Hisashi took part in the USJ attack. Once Midoriya runs into him, Midoriya beats him to a pulp and nearly kills him.]]

* PaperThinDisguise: Tick's "Nick Placeholder" disguise fools no one at the UA Sports Festival. They still pretend otherwise since Tick isn't causing trouble, and most of them wouldn't stand a chance against Tick in a one-on-one fight anyway.

** Inko reveals she knew since pretty much the beginning, since the Tick came into their house to give Izuku TheCall and he's about as subtle as you'd expect a loud, massive BoisterousBruiser in bright blue spandex to be.

** Chairface and his gang in general are now just people with really bizarre Mutation-type Quirks. The only two members who have Quirks that are actually useful for combat is The Deadly Nose (his nose is a pair of functional gun barrels), and Dean (a massive juggernaut with Super Strength who for some reason has a butterfly screw for a head).

** Midoriya tends to not believe half of the Tick's more fantastical stories such as the time he met Santa Claus.

* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: Tick accidentally breaks Endeavor's nose and bruises a few of his ribs during their first meeting, because he insists when two superheroes first meet, they must fight, and Endeavor was trying to arrest him for vigilantism.

* Smaller one, but Tsunotori's hero name in canon is Rocketti. While here, her hero name is Rodeo.

* {{Fanon}}: Tsunotori's Canon hero name hasn't been revealed yet, but she is given the name "Rodeo" here.

[[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive The Call not only knows where Izuku Midoriya Lives,]] [[UpToEleven it is willing to send the Tick to Call in a Carry Out Order for a Sandwich Platter of Justice.]] Now Izuku is on the path to become a hero just like All Might. Except for the minor legal technicality of being a wanted vigilante.

* SparedByAdaptation: