Cathleen Bate

Cathleen Bate, also known as Star and Stripe, was the No. 1 Pro Hero of the United States of America. 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. 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. 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. 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'd lose her hero license, she didn't care as she could see how much of a threat Tomura was and that it's 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, going as far as to use the last of her strength to use her Quirk to destroy "Tomura" from within. 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 that 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.