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In General
- Adaptational Heroism: The cast transplanted from Hellsing are all Heroes here, compared to their home series where they were Nazi's attempting to start World War III. This is explained In-Universe as the characters not partaking in the three-sided war between Hellsing, Millennium, and Iscariot, but rather being the descendants of those that did, said war taking place during the "Dark Age of Quirks". That being said, they are still quite eccentric, and some like Zorin Blitz are still notably Ax-Crazy, Zorin even regularly using her scythe on Schrodinger whenever he annoys her, they're just directing that towards Villains.
- Composite Character: The Hellsing characters primarily take from their canon depictions, but they also have bits from their Abridged counterparts too, such as Jan Valentine noted to look like he's barely stopping himself from acting like a Sir Swears-a-Lot in front of the students.
- Deliberate Values Dissonance: Quite a few differences between Millennium Academy and UA are pointed out when Class 1-A goes to the former for a foreign exchange program. For one thing, Millennium makes science classes a prerequisite for the Hero Course, while UA doesn't require science be taken at all. Millennium likewise forbids first years from applying for provisional licenses, and makes any student with them attend mandatory monthly therapy sessions, contrasted with UA allowing first years to apply even if uncommon, and therapy sessions being more voluntary.
Staff
"The Major" — Principal
- Adaptational Heroism: Played with. He's an infinitely better person by virtue of not being a Nazi or trying to start World War III, but he still is a lover of war, he just isn't itching to start one himself. Unlike the other Hellsing transplanted characters though, he was around during the Dark Age of Quirks and commanded the original Millennium Battalion, and did participate in World War III as a result, leaving it ambiguous if he is actually a Retired Monster.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: He may be a verifiable genius, but he is very eccentric. Not only is he considered the worst shot in the world, he has a love for Zeppelins, even keeping three of them on the academy campus.
- Cool Airship: He has a fondness for Zeppelins, and keeps three of them on the academy campus to use when needed. Last time they were deployed was the Dr. Necro incident, albeit there were four at the time, one got destroyed fighting the zombie army.
- Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy: He can't hit the broadside of a barn, whether its using a gun, his fists, or even playing golf. Zorin remarks that, last time he was on the firing range, he not only missed the targets, he missed the walls behind them.
- Long-Lived: He's the very same Major who lead the Millennium Battalion in World War III during the Dark Age of Quirks, making him well over a hundred years old and just as old as All For One. Yoichi points out that, if he's been around for that long, either All For One doesn't know about him or, more likely, he knows of him but is wisely keeping his distance.
"The Captain" — Vice Principal
- Affectionate Gesture to the Head: He often gives these to Kleiner whenever she seems especially stressed.
- Papa Wolf: It's not apparent to many not in the know, but Kleiner is his daughter, and his intimidating appearance is contrasted by how much he loves her. And woe betide anyone who might upset her in his presence.
- The Quiet One: He never really talks, which just adds to his intimidating visage for many.
Rip Van Winkle — Jägerin
- Dodgeball Is Hell: Parodied. Rip is one of the nicest among the staff, but her idea of an ice breaker for the UA students is to have all the students play "Dodgeball". Her version is more accurately "Dodge-Musket-Ball", as she loads her musket and fires a round at the students, then uses her Quirk to turn it into a Homing Projectile until they get hit by it. Even before realizing that was what her version entailed, the UA students all bolted anyway, having long been given PTSD from any kind of "Dodgeball" after being forced to train by playing it with Sorahiko — where he was the ball. Yes, even Durandal.
- Friendly Rivalry: In the spirit of their schools once being enemies during World War III, Rip has a friendly rivalry with Seras Victoria/"Police Girl" of Hellsing Academy and Heinkel Wulf/"Piaggio" of Iscariot Academy.
- Genki Girl: Rip is very cheerful and upbeat when acting as a teacher or off the clock, all of the 1-A students that had her for homeroom remarking how cheerful she was for someone with a "Vampire" class Quirk. According to one of the Millennium students, she's only ever not cheerful when she's fighting, in which case she becomes an insane Blood Knight.
- Our Vampires Are Different: Rather than an actual Vampire like in her home series, she has a "Vampire" Quirk, a class of Quirk that requires blood to function.
Schrodinger
- Adapted Out: Since they're not Nazi's here, his outfit lacks the Swastika armband.
- Adaptational Species Change: Rather than being a quantum mechanic given physical form, he's human here, with his quantum superposition abilities acting as his Quirk, "Schrodinger's Cat".
- Death Is Cheap: Thanks to "Schrodinger's Cat", he can't really die so long as he is unobserved, which comes in handy considering Zorin has a habit of cutting him in half whenever he pisses her off.
- Weaksauce Weakness: An unfortunate side effect of his Quirk is that, much like it's basis in quantum superposition, he can't truly do something since that would require establishing his place in existence. While he can warp to and from practically anyway, even inside Izumi's mindscape where the Vestiges reside, he can't truly be anything more than a messenger since to do otherwise would means he no longer a "possibility" but a "certainty". He brings this up when Kudo asks why he doesn't just leave a bomb next to All For One if he knows where he is, Izumi correctly ascertaining that Schrodinger can't since to place the bomb would require he be there, but he can't truly be "there" if he is "nowhere and everywhere".
Zorin Blitz
- Adaptational Nice Guy: Highly downplayed. She may be a German Pro-Hero here, but she's still Ax-Crazy with a penchant for trying to stab whatever annoys her. The only thing really making her better than canon is that she's not a Nazi, and has some level of empathy, even if it manifests as Tough Love.
- I Am a Monster: She knows damn well how insane she is, and how she is not the kind of person who should be mothering a child, especially not someone like Kleiner. So while she may try to toughen her up and visits her regularly, she largely leaves parenting and directly training Kleiner to The Captain.
- Token Evil Teammate: She's practically a Nominal Hero and the only member of the Millennium staff to not undergo Adaptational Heroism.
- Tough Love: She's a firm believer in being harsh now so as to benefit her charges in the long run, with this being most prominent regarding her daughter: Kleiner. She's the only member of the staff to have issue with Kleiner being a Shrinking Violet, and would prefer the rest of the staff stop accommodating her so she can "toughen up", a stark contrast from Kleiner's father, The Captain, treats her.
Students
Kleiner — Wolf
- Beware the Mind Reader: Technically speaking, "Phantom Wolf" is a psionic Quirk since she is inducing illusions on those she sees, and it has a secondary function that lets her read minds, though she doesn't particularly like using the latter ability. Izumi actually worries about that aspect in particular since, while she likes Kleiner, she has way too many valuable secrets in her mind that Kleiner could learn.
- Beware the Nice Ones: She's normally a very shy and gentle young girl, but the moment she learns what Kai did to Eri, she is pissed, declaring her intent to maul him to death, both Harald and Astrid admitting they've never seen her get that pissed before. It doesn't help that she has a very powerful kick, being able to knock the head off a robot in one strike like it was nothing, and was the winner of Millenium's Sports Festival two years in a row. Something Class 1-A learns very well when she proceeds to manhandle all of them, even Izumi and Ochaco, singlehandedly during a training match.
- Birds of a Feather: She's essentially a much shyer and German Izumi, the two quickly hitting it off after properly meeting, Kleiner talking with Izumi being the most animated anyone from Millenium Academy has ever seen her.
- Combo Platter Powers: Her Quirk, "Phantom Wolf", is a mix between that of her parents. Her primary use of it, creating illusionary wolves and psionic abilities, stems from her mother, Zorin Blitz. Her lesser used powers, namely due to being Afraid of Their Own Strength, are the same werewolf abilities her father, The Captain, possesses, including strength comparable to 40% of "One For All" and the ability to turn into a mist like form.
- Cuteness Proximity: The non-German characters at the I-Expo instantly succumb to this upon seeing Kleiner, the rest of 1-A following suit when they meet her while staying in Germany. Considering she's even shorter than Izumi, has a similar personality to her but even more shy, carries around a large wolf plushie, and that her Hero Costume is essentially a wolf onesie, it's not hard to see why they all find her absolutely adorable.
- Daddy's Girl: She tends to calm down whenever The Captain gives her an Affectionate Gesture to the Head, his presence in general being a calming influence on her.
- Fan-Created Offspring: She's the daughter of both The Captain and Zorin Blitz from Hellsing.
- Like Parent, Unlike Child: Kleiner's parentage comes across as a shock to many due to just how unlike her parents she is. Her father is Millennium's Vice-Principal, "The Captain", a silent but terrifying man whose very presence intimidates others. Her mother is Zorin Blitz, an Ax-Crazy Nominal Hero with a penchant for slicing whatever annoys her in two. Kleiner meanwhile is a Shrinking Violet considered cuteness incarnate and best described as a German Izumi.
- Noble Wolf: In addition to her absolute love for wolves, her Hero name and outfit are directly based on wolves, and her Quirk "Phantom Wolf" allows her to summon a legion of ethereal wolves to overwhelm her opponents.
- Shrinking Violet: She's near cripplingly shy around others, the only people she's particularly comfortable around being The Captain, some of her classmates, and Izumi after the I-Expo, the latter largely thanks to bonding with Izumi over being Birds of a Feather. Otherwise she has a perpetual stutter and hides behind her wolf plushy, requiring she use one of her phantoms to talk for her. Her being so shy is a point of contention amidst the staff of the academy, particularly with Zorin. While The Captain, Rip, and Schrodinger are willing to accommodate her and let her go at her own pace, Zorin would rather force her into the deep end so as to "toughen" her up.
- Spanner in the Works: She ends up derailing the attempt to invade I-Island by virtue of having stepped outside for some fresh air when Wolfram took the rest of the guests hostage, allowing her to meet up with the late arriving Izumi, Ochaco, Durandal, and Melissa, and aid them in going to save David, her Quirk allowing her, Ochaco, and Durandal to hold off the majority of the ex-RAFT agents on their own.
- Summon Magic: Downplayed. Her Quirk "Phantom Wolf" lets her essentially summon a legion of ethereal wolves to attack and overwhelm her foes, but using it requires she be in range of them. Her Super Move, "Wolf Tsunami", summons wave upon wave of wolves of all shapes and sizes. From most peoples perspectives however, she's not actually summoning the wolves, since only she and whoever she's targeting can see them, nor can machinery pick up their presence, though they are there, as she can ride them.
Agatha Heterodyne
- Achievements in Ignorance: According to Deus ex, she once managed to make a device that has the power to level an entire training ground on accident. He is still baffled on how someone can make something that powerful by complete accident.Deus ex: By accident! How do you do that?
- Adaptational Species Change: Implied and Downplayed. In her home series, she was a "Spark", which were largely human but still treated distinctly from "non-Sparks", classifying them closer to a human subspecies. Here, she's implied to be a normal human.
- The Dreaded: Twofold. She's already an example because she's heiress to the Heterodyne family, feared around the world for being a family of mad scientists with little morals, but she's doubly so to the students and staff of Millennium Academy, Deus ex Machina in particular, due to her propensity for insane experiments. Momo and Durandal share their fear after learning Mei's befriended her and she's a Heterodyne, the rest of the class needing explained why that's a bad thing, before everyone from 1-A, sans Fumikage after learning the Heterodyne's managed to summon a literal demon, become afraid too.
- Job Song: Downplayed, as Mei first meets her humming rather than singing as she was doing an experiment, specifically a heterodyning tune that was both beautiful and unnatural.
- Mad Scientist: Crazy enough to rival even Mei, with the bonus of having an insane tone and love for tinkering/experimenting on her robotic minions. If she could, she'd gladly install a Death Ray into her machines, but has to settle for a repulsor blast due to the school forbidding her from making anything lethal. It's for this reason Deus ex Machina was afraid of her meeting Mei, a fear that proved justified when they do meet and prove to be Birds of a Feather.
