Matt

Matt (マット, Matto), real name Mail Jeevas (pronounced Mile) (マイル・ジバス, Mairu Jibasu), Matt has only appeared in roughly twelve panels of the manga, and little over 5 minutes in the anime, yet he still beats Light in Deviant popularity polls. Matt is intelligent, being known as third place at Wammy's. He was not a successor to L, but is an accomplice with the Kira case, acting as Mello's back up. He is shown as having a dry sense of humor; his line, "Since when were the Japanese allowed to have such big guns?" while surrounded by guns pointed at him became his most popular line and quote. His specialty is technology.

Plot
Matt is first seen in the manga as Mello's accomplice in spying on Misa Amane, and later, Mogi and Aizawa. After letting his guard down, he lost track of them and eventually follows Mello to Japan in their pursuit. He is only seen again during Takada's kidnapping, where he distracts her bodyguards with a smoke gun, allowing Mello to kidnap her. After some time, he gets cornered by the bodyguards and is shot multiple times after surrendering. In the anime he hid a gun inside the back of his shirt which he tried to take out. A total of twenty four bullets went into his body. The bodyguards later state that they never intended on bringing him in alive because of their belief and loyalty to Kira, claiming that Matt wouldn't reveal anything about the kidnapping and that death was the only punishment for Matt's crimes. Mello later sees the news of his death broadcast on TV, and apologizes for having gotten Matt killed.

Later in the manga, a TV broadcast reports that his identity is unknown, and that the bodyguards were forced to shoot because he was showing a dangerous and aggressive behaviour, even though he surrendered peacefully.

Trivia

 * Matt is the only one of the best known Wammy Boys that Linda didn't draw.
 * Matt is also one of the few characters in Death Note to admit out loud that Misa is "cute", but this only happens in the manga during the time he was instructed to keep an eye on her.
 * In the anime and manga, Matt is left handed.
 * He resembles the facial features of Matsuda and Geovanni
 * Matt, Wedy, Demegawa and Ukita are the only characters in the series shown to smoke. (Note: the scene in which Ukita smokes wasn't shown in the anime)
 * Matt used his last breath to take a puff of his cigarette.
 * In the anime, Matt's car is a red 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454 ; the epitome of an American sports car.
 * In the manga, Mello is shown driving the car with Matt next to him. Its possible that the car is property of Mello.
 * Matt and Near are similar in many ways (anti-social, calm, apathetic, etc). Mello might not be hostile towards Matt because he doesn't fuel his inferiority complex.
 * Despite being a minor character with few appearances, Matt is one of the most popular characters of the series.
 * Matt was made so Mello wouldn't be lonely.
 * In the manga, Matt's hideout was littered with junk food and a box of cereal.
 * Matt's appearence slightly resembles Light Yagami. His hair style is nearly the same length, and his eyes resemble that of Light's. This is shown before he dies when his eyes were seen through his goggles.
 * When Matt was first shown in the manga, many fans thought of him with red hair, although in the anime, it is green.

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