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I'll never forget the sight of those two hair tufts! He was my role model from that day forward!! As a show of my own even greater dedication to peace, I went for... eight tufts!
Cathleen Bate on All Might in "Me and Myself"

Cathleen Bate (キャスリーン・ベイト Kyasurīn Beito?),[2] also known as Star and Stripe (スターアンドストライプ Sutā Ando Sutoraipu?), was the No. 1 Pro Hero of the United States of America.[3]

Appearance[]

Cathleen Bate was a tall woman with a well-muscled build. She had elegant facial features, narrow eyes, and long flowing blonde hair with eight distinct tufts swept backward and fashioned in a similar manner to the ones All Might possessed in his empowered form.

Her hero costume was a high-collared skin-tight bodysuit with shoulder pads, boots and gauntlets. Fitting to her home country and hero name, the upper torso was decorated in stripes, and her gauntlets and collar are studded with metal stars. Completing the outfit was a long, striped cape that resembles of the U.S. flag.

As a young girl, Cathleen had long brown hair, which was dyed blonde later on. She also wore glasses.

Gallery[]

Personality[]

Cathleen was very brash, choosing to immediately head out to Japan to aid the fight against All For One despite the United Nations not finalizing a decision on international hero aid.[4] She also appeared to be somewhat ignorant on villains outside her jurisdiction, not knowing if the villain appearing before her was All For One or not.[5]

She had a profound admiration for All Might, due to him saving her and her family years ago when he was studying abroad. She considered his two hair tufts to be a symbol of heroism and had her own hair styled in a similar manner with eight tufts, to symbolize her dedication of being a hero. Cathleen also admired his incredible strength, to the point where she always applied super strength to herself using her Quirk.

Cathleen was also shown to have an intense desire to protect others and seek justice, to the point where she was willing to ruin her own reputation and career for the sake of others. This was best seen when she all but demands the use of the Tiamat missiles to destroy Tomura Shigaraki despite the potential international fall out it could cause. Even when told she would lose her hero license, she didn't care as she could see how much of a threat Tomura was and that it was worth the risk.

From her desire to protect and admiration for All Might, Cathleen was extremely kind and selfless, willing to risk her life to save Japan from Tomura and All For One. However, Cathleen was shown to disregard the rules, making her reckless, with Timothy Agpar adding that her defiance for the rules is what made their nation shine the brightest.

In the past, Cathleen had a more insecure side while she was training to become a hero, as she lamented over her Quirk not being able to empower her to match or surpass All Might's strength, believing this was because she was a girl. Her feelings were reinvigorated however after she was encouraged by her teammates, saying that she doesn't have to try to be like All Might because she's great and strong enough as she is.

Because of this, she was also friendly and sisterly towards her squadron, referring to them as "brothers" and "bros". They are shown to reciprocate this closeness since the pilots in her squad referred to her by the nickname "Star". They also assured Cathleen that she could always rely on them in times of need, further demonstrating their great bond. Unfortunately, this was also what led to her demise, as she was unable to sacrifice her close ally, Ethan Drive, as a means to kill "Tomura" for good.

Even while on the verge of death however, Cathleen went a step further by sabotaging her own Quirk so it would revolt against "Tomura" and severely injure him from within. In the vestige world, Cathleen proceeded to beat and tear away at Tomura and All For One, telling the two villains that as long as those with the will to save others exist, they will never win. In her final moments, Cathleen smiled as she proceeded to crumble away, saluting her comrades as she thanked them for their support, and thanking All Might for inspiring her to become a hero.

Abilities[]

Overall Abilities: Cathleen was the No. 1 Hero in the United States, and regarded by All For One as "The strongest woman around." He also noted that she could easily shrug off cheap tricks and petty tactics. All For One even admitted that he'd planned to steal One For All before confronting Cathleen, demonstrating how much of a threat All For One acknowledged her as. Even more, her might was shown able to compete single-handedly against Tomura, while at 98% full power of wielding All For One. Notably, she was able to fly across the Pacific to Japan while standing on top of the plane she was riding, showing she had exceptional balance and endurance. All For One feared what would happen if she teamed up with Izuku Midoriya in combat against "Tomura". Admitting that even if Tomura's body had reached 100% completion, the duo would most certainly defeat him, forcing him to take "a massive gamble" in fighting her without One For All.[4][5]

Enhanced Durability: Even without New Order's protection, Cathleen still possessed impressive durability. She was able to withstand the explosion of the Tiamat missiles from a distance without her strength enhancement rule.

Indomitable Will: Cathleen held a remarkably strong willpower, one that could rival that of All Might himself. Even when faced with death by Tomura's Decay, she still managed to oppose him through her vestige, battering Tomura and All For One within the vestige world and destroying multiple of the former's Quirk Factors, leaving Tomura in an injured state.[2] Long after her demise and the destruction of her Quirk, it is revealed that Cathleen left a mental scar within Tomura and that an ember of her will continues to haunt him, further demonstrating her incredible tenacity and strength of will.[6]

Former Quirk[]

Star and Stripe uses New Order to remove the air

Star and Stripe using New Order to manipulate the air.

New Order (新秩序 (ニューオーダー) Nyū Ōdā?): Cathleen's Quirk allowed her to set a rule onto her surroundings, allowing her to manipulate and bestow new properties onto herself and the world around her. In order to activate her Quirk, she had to first make physical contact with the target and speak its name, then explain the rule she wished to impose. She could only impose two rules at any given time.[7]

She could give herself additional abilities, as well as manipulate the condition of her opponent's body. While there seemed to be no limit to how much she was able to impede someone, even to the point of killing them, there was a limit on how much she could increase one's power, so she could not give herself infinite strength.[1]

She could even use her power on incorporeal things, like the air and laser beams, which she was able to shape into constructs, even very powerful gigantic ones. However, she could not arbitrarily affect a target she hadn't touched through clever wording; for example, after touching the air, she wasn't able to make it so that a person who touches the air around them will die.

In order for her Quirk to function against a living target, the person in question must possess a subconscious link to the identity that Cathleen perceives them to possess. When using New Order against non-living entities that lack a sense of self however, Cathleen's one-sided understanding of them is enough to enforce a rule.

There are three known scenarios that render New Order ineffective:

  1. New Order may be consciously nullified if her target has a fluid sense of individuality. This target may choose to superimpose one of its multiple identities into the field of Bate's conscious awareness thus, nullifying the impact of her Quirk.
  2. New Order may be inadvertently nullified if a target does not understand itself to have an individuated sense of identity. Without a subconscious link to an individual sense of being, the target begins to question its own sense of being resulting in a state of subconscious flux (aka identity crisis). This scenario enabled Tomura Shigaraki to escape physical death.
  3. New Order cannot amplify the user's power beyond its natural limit, meaning that if the user's body has reached the limit of how powerful it can become, the Quirk will be unable to save them. This was seen when New Order was unable to save Cathleen from Tomura's Decay, with the Quirk only being able to delay it at best.

Note that a user of New Order may impose an identity they possess upon the Quirk. The will of a former user may convey with the Quirk's transfer to a new user. The Quirk can influence physical and non-physical realities.

This Quirk was stolen by "Tomura" shortly before Cathleen's death. However, due to her imposing a rule on New Order that it would revolt against other Quirks, the villain was unable to make any use of it and caused him to explode from within as it attacked his other Quirks, even destroying some of them. As a result of this, New Order self-destructed along with Cathleen's vestige, with the Quirk itself now ceasing to be.[8]

  • Enhanced Physical Prowess: Using one of the two rules that she can impose, Cathleen usually kept herself in a constant state of enhanced physical ability. Strength, speed, agility, reflexes, etc.; which, while not at All Might's level, are all still considered to be impressively high. In more desperate situations however, Cathleen would disengage her constantly activated rule of enhanced physical ability. This allowed her to perform Ultimate Moves with two rules of New Order, but subsequently made her weaker and more vulnerable.

Ultimate Moves[]

  • Fist Bump to the Earth

    Fist Bump to the Earth.

    Fist Bump to the Earth (フィスト・バンプ・トゥ・ジ・アース Fisuto Banpu Tu Ji Āsu?): Cathleen solidifies the air into the shape of her body, but a thousand times larger. The giant air version of Cathleen is invisible and mimics the real one's movements.[1]
    • Keraunos (ケラウノス Keraunosu?): After creating the giant air construct of herself, Cathleen has the air fighter team fire lasers at it, which she collects and makes into a sword for her giant self.[1]
    • State-of-the-Art Hypersonic Intercontinental Cruise Punch ( (しん) (がた) (ごく) (ちょう) (おん) (そく) (たい) (りく) (かん) (じゅん) (こう) パンチ Shingata Gokuchōonsoku Tairiku-kan Junkō Panchi?): Cathleen grabs the Tiamat missiles with her giant air self and uses New Order to command the missiles to change trajectory, allowing her to swing them around and a unleash a giant air punch that releases a supermassive explosion.[1]

Equipment[]

Fighter Squadron: Cathleen had a number of X-66 fighter jets at her disposal which are piloted by her close allies. The jets are able to record data during mid-air battles and analyze bio-signatures and Quirks.[8]

Tiamat (ティアマト Tiamato?): Cathleen had been given special authority that allowed her to call on a series of state-of-the-art hypersonic intercontinental cruise missiles from the U.S. military.[1]

Battles & Events[]

Battles & Events

Chapter Appearances[]

Appearances
Paranormal Liberation War Arc
253. Shirakumo Absent
254. More of a Hero than Anyone Absent
255. Hero Hopeful Absent
256. The High, Deep Blue Sky Absent
257. Pass It Forward, to Whomever Absent
258. Friends Absent
259. A Quiet Beginning Absent
260. Life's Work Absent
261. High-Ends Absent
262. Mirko, the No. 5 Hero Absent
263. I Wanna Be with You Guys!! Absent
264. One's Justice Absent
265. Villains and Heroes Absent
266. Happy Life Absent
267. Flames Absent
268. Scramble! Absent
269. The Three of Us Absent
270. Inheritance Absent
271. Dark Cloud Absent
272. Good Morning! Absent
273. The Thrill of Destruction Absent
274. Search Absent
275. Encounter, Part 2 Absent
276. You Cheated...! Absent
277. Who...? Absent
278. Disaster Walker Absent
279. League of Villains vs. U.A. Students Absent
280. Red Riot, Part 3 Absent
281. Plus Ultra Absent
282. Footfall of Destruction Absent
283. 75 Absent
284. Deep Blue Battle Absent
285. Katsuki Bakugo Rising Absent
286. The Ones Within Us Absent
287. Mistake Absent
288. Save Takeo!! Absent
289. Miss Candid and Miss Shut-Away Absent
290. Dabi's Dance Absent
291. Thanks For Going Strong Absent
292. Threads of Hope Absent
293. Hero-Saturated Society Absent
294. Final Performance Absent
295. Tenacious Absent
296. Hellish Hell Absent
297. Tartarus Absent
298. Sounds of Collapse Absent
299. Like Those Tragic Tales Absent
300. The Hellish Todoroki Family, Part 2 Absent
301. The Wrong Way to Put Out a Fire, Part 1 Absent
302. The Wrong Way to Put Out a Fire, Part 2 Absent
303. Top Three Shadow
304. Izuku Midoriya and Toshinori Yagi Absent
305. Izuku Midoriya and Tomura Shigaraki Absent
306. The Final Act Begins Absent
Dark Hero Arc
307. Been a While!! Absent
308. Full Power!! Absent
309. Can't Be a Child Anymore Absent
310. Masters and Pupil Absent
311. Here We Go!! Absent
312. Hired Gun Absent
313. High-Speed Long-Range Mobile Cannon Absent
314. The Lovely Lady Nagant Absent
315. Platitudes Absent
316. Your Turn Absent
317. Scars, Blood, Filth Absent
318. Reckless Absent
319. Friend Absent
320. Deku vs. Class A Absent
321. From Class A to One For All Absent
322. Great Explosion Murder God Dynamight Absent
323. That Single Step Absent
324. A Young Woman's Declaration Absent
325. The Bonds of One For All Absent
326. Who Are You Really? Absent
327. Rest!! Absent
328. No Man Is an Island Debut
Star and Stripe Arc
329. In the Nick of Time, a Big-Time Maverick from the West! Appears
330. Me and Myself Appears
331. United States of America Appears
332. State-of-the-Art Hypersonic Intercontinental Cruise... Appears
333. Specter Death
334. Parting Gift Vision
U.A. Traitor Arc
335. Zygotes Mentioned
336. Villain Absent
337. A Disposable Life Absent
338. The Story of How We All Became Heroes, Part 1 Absent
339. The Story of How We All Became Heroes, Part 2 Absent
340. The Story of How We All Became Heroes, Part 3 Mentioned
341. The Story of How We All Became Heroes, Part -1 Absent
342. The Extreme Quiet Before the Storm Absent
Final War Arc
343. Let You Down Absent
344. Stars Absent
345. Division Absent
346. Super Hyper Unfair Broken Stage Flashback
347. Inflation Absent
348. Unrequited Absent
349. Battle Flame Absent
350. Bound to a Fiery Fate Absent
351. Two Flashfires Absent
352. Ultimate Moves Absent
353. Endeavor Absent
354. Oopsie Daisy!! Absent
355. Extras Absent
356. Regarding the Enemy Absent
357. Wounded Hero, Burning Bright and True!! Absent
358. The Guy Who's Made Some Progress Absent
359. Place of Learning Absent
360. Despite It All... Absent
361. Abnormal Happenings Absent
362. Light Fades to Rain Absent
363. Those Who Defend, Those Who Violate Absent
364. Why We Wield Power Flashback
365. No. 4 and No. 5 Absent
366. Full Moon Absent
367. Deku vs. All For One Mentioned
368. Rev Up, One For All Absent
369. A Chain of Events, Across the Ages Absent
370. HIStory Absent
371. Together with Shoji Absent
372. Naked Absent
373. Friends Absent
374. Butterfly Effect Absent
375. Chaotic Confusion Absent
376. On Knife's Edge Absent
377. The Chain Thus Far Absent
378. The Story of How We All Became Heroes, Part 4 Absent
379. Hopes Absent
380. A Skosh Absent
381. Dark Absent
382. Don't Let Him Go Absent
383. Meek Spirits Absent
384. It's a Small World Absent
385. The Impulses of Youth Absent
386. I AM HERE Absent
387. Congealing Absent
388. Toya Absent
389. Assurance and Prayers Absent
390. Shoto Todoroki Rising Absent
391. Rejecting the World Absent
392. Villain Name Absent
393. A Girl's Ego Absent
394. Ochaco Uraraka vs. Himiko Toga Absent
395. Built Upon the Joy of Others Absent
396. Battle Without A Quirk Absent
397. Trash Cleanup Absent
398. Toshinori Yagi: Rising/Origin Absent
399. Organic, Mingling Clusters of Light Absent
400. Beyond Limits Mentioned
401. The Lunatic Absent
402. The Tearful Days Absent
403. The End of an Era, and... the Beginning Mentioned
404. We Love You, All Might!! Absent
405. The Final Boss!! Absent
406. Get a Grip on Your Quirk!! Absent
407. An Exceptional Child Absent
408. The Eyes Tell All!! Absent
409. Quirk: Explosion!! Absent
410. Farewell, All For One!! Absent
411. History's Greatest Villain Absent
412. History's Maddest Hero Vision
413. Leaden Mass Vision
414. Overlay Absent
415. Rejection Absent
416. Wrench It Open, Izuku Midoriya!! Absent
417. Shimura Absent

Trivia[]

  • Cathleen's hero name, Star and Stripe, was based on a nickname for the flag of the United States of America ("Stars and Stripes"), after which her costume was designed.
  • Cathleen shared her birthday with Inko Midoriya, Wolfram, and Christopher Skyline.
    • Fittingly, as America's No. 1 Hero, Cathleen's birthday was on America's Independence Day, similarly to fellow American hero Captain Celebrity.
  • Cathleen's favorite thing were gummies.[9]

Quotes[]

  • (To Tomura Shigaraki and All For One) "As long as people stand up to save each other... someone will inherit that will of heroism. And make no mistake... they will strike you down."[8]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 My Hero Academia Manga: Chapter 331.
  2. 2.0 2.1 My Hero Academia Manga: Chapter 333.
  3. My Hero Academia Manga and Anime: Chapter 328 and Episode 138.
  4. 4.0 4.1 My Hero Academia Manga: Chapter 328.
  5. 5.0 5.1 My Hero Academia Manga: Chapter 329.
  6. My Hero Academia Manga: Chapter 413.
  7. My Hero Academia Manga: Chapter 330.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 My Hero Academia Manga: Chapter 334.
  9. My Hero Academia Manga: Vol. 34, Omake

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