History Characters / NarutoItachiUchiha

* BatmanGambit: Attempts one. His plan was based on the fact that people will do something that he expects from them for example like Sasuke will want to transplant his eyes to himself if he learns the truth about him or Naruto will find Sasuke before he will manage to do a lot of trouble in order to activate eye Shisui which brainwash Sasuke into protecting Konoha. And let's just say that everything went not quite according to plan.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Itachi is a decent person, respectful guy and likes to end his fights as quickly and painlessly as possible, but push him too far at your peril. For Yashiro Uchiha, a coward who manipulated the entire Uchiha rebellion conflict, helped get Shisui killed and did it all without having to take responsibility himself? Itachi lets him realize how utterly screwed it is before torturing him in Tsukuyomi to utterly shatter his mind before beheading him.

* BlessedWithSuck: Using the Mangekyō Sharingan required vast amounts of chakra. If he used these techniques too often in a short span of time, Itachi would become so fatigued that he would deactivate his Sharingan altogether. Every time he used his Mangekyō Sharingan his eyesight deteriorated, a process that would progressively worsen. Early uses of the Mangekyō would only cause his eyes to bleed, but by the end of his life he reached the point where he was nearly blind, most things looking to him like mere blurs. He does not suffer these shortcomings after being resurrected via edo tensei, thanks to the infinite chakra and regeneration the edo tensei body grants him, and thus can use all his Mangekyō techniques without problems.

* AntagonistAbilities: MindRape (3 days in 3 seconds) and InstantArmor with an AbsurdlySharpBlade and an impregnable {{Deflector Shield|s}}

* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: Besides Kakashi, he is the only character to give Might Guy any dignity, warning that Guy isn't to be underestimated. As accomplishments in Part II (One-shotting Kisame while not trying to kill him, and blasting back Madara's significantly more powerful Susano'o) show, not only was Itachi correct, it's all but stated Might Guy is the strongest ninja in the village, and considering the previously mentioned accomplishments, had things continued, he had a reasonably good chance of beating them both even if backup didn't show.

** How he compares to Jiraiya is unclear. On the one hand, he flees rather than fight Jiraiya, but it's mostly Kisame who is fearful and says he's on a whole different level than he is, but also stating that while ''he'' has no chance of defeating him, he's pretty sure Itachi does. Itachi does say that he and Jiraiya could mutually kill each other, and it should also be noted that he could have very well been easily faking his fear towards Jiraiya, as it's make clear that he has zero intentions on capturing Naruto. He even challenges Jiraiya back when he said he wouldn't hand over Naruto, and only retreated after using Tsukuyomi, a technique that's very draining to him, which suggests he was confident he would be capable of contending with Jiraiya.

* BadassBookworm: The Itachi Shinden novels reveal him as one. As a child, in between his training, academy classes and as a genin he studied all sorts of material from books such as the history of ninja starting from the Sage of Six Paths, politics of other shinobi lands, ninja techniques, kekkei genkei, tailed beasts, natual energy fundamentals, etc. He didn't need to cheat on the first chunin exam and thought it was easy. [[FridgeBrilliance Itachi having studied so much in his youth explains why was knowledgeable on Konoha's founding and of Madara Uchiha, and also how he was familiar with Kabuto's sage jutsu.]]

* BadassBaritone: It's worth noting however, that [[Creator/CrispinFreeman his voice in the english dub]] [[VocalEvolution eventually evolved into this]] rather than starting out this way, which can make sense as Itachi would be technically be growing older himself.

* VocalEvolution: In the dub at least. Initially, his voice sounded softer, higher, and practically emotionless. Come ''Shippuden'', however, his register took on a [[BadassBaritone noticeably deeper but more ominous and contemplative]] tinge.

* BigGood: In Part 1, he is this in hindsight along with Jiraiya, after Hiruzen dies. Much like Jiraiya is implied to be able to defeat most Akatsuki duos, Itachi is the stronger of the Akatsuki duos, and the threat of Itachi switching sides is one reason Tobi doesn't attack Konoha.

* BigGood: In Part 1, he is this in hindsight along with Jiraiya, after Hiruzen dies. Much like Jiraiya is implied to be able to defeat most Akatsuki duos, Itachi is the stronger of the Akatsuki duos

* StrongerSibling: To Sasuke by a large margin. The gap between them during Part I ultimately motivated Sasuke into defecting Konoha to Oto due to his belief that Orochimaru can make Sasuke be the stronger of the duo. Even though Sasuke does surpass him, it's only after he gets Itachi's eyes. Sasuke is still seen as the weaker of the two after mastering his Mangekyou, and goes blind much faster than Itachi did. If Itachi had Sasuke's eyes, got used to them, and faced his brother, he'd likely still be the stronger of the two.

* StrongerSibling: To Sasuke by a large margin. The gap between them during Part I ultimately motivated Sasuke into defecting Konoha to Oto due to his belief that Orochimaru can make Sasuke be the stronger of the duo.

* TheMole: Joined Akatsuki to keep an eye on their activities.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: For the most part, Itachi is calm and stoic, with occasional cracks in the facade, such as faked psychosis, or gentle kindness. This extends towards his enemies, with the exception of Orochimaru. When Orochimaru declares that he fully intends to take over Sasuke's body for good after being released from Sasuke's Cursed Seal, Itachi flashes him a look of raw, unbridled hatred and wastes no time [[AndIMustScream sealing him in the Totsuka blade.]]

** He easily beats Orochimaru [[WorfHadTheFlu while Orochimaru's body was giving out]], but that said, Orochimaru doesn't try again, even with Edo Tensei, Kabuto or when he gets a new body.
** How he compares to Jiraiya is unclear. On the one hand, he flees rather than fight Jiraiya, but it's mostly Kisame who is fearful and says he's on a whole different level than he is, but also stating that while ''he'' has no chance of defeating him, he's pretty sure Itachi does.
** Obito/Tobi refrains from attacking the village directly while Itachi is alive. While they did make a pact to this, Obito has shown he has no problem lying to and betraying people, which suggests that he is at the very least wary of Itachi.
** There's no direct comparison between himself and Pain, but going back to Obito, it's safe to say that he at least regarded Itachi as a threat to Pain if he didn't attack after Orochimaru's invasion, as his team was already assembled and Konoha would've been vulnerable. However, it should be noted it took Itachi, Bee, and Naruto together to take Pain down even ''with'' his limited mobility and being hindered by Kabuto's control.

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Inverted like his partner. He is fully loyal only to Konoha and to his younger brother Sasuke. However, while he was a spy he managed to betray the Uchiha clan (along with the personal betrayal of his parents), Danzo (blackmailing him that if he will tries to do something with Sasuke, he will disclose information about the Konoha to other countries), and Akatsuki (as a double agent for Konoha). He also was later ready partially do it in regards to Sasuke, as he considered Sasuke's free will an acceptable sacrifice for good of the Konoha.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HideoIshikawa (JP), Creator/YukaTerasaki (JP, young), Creator/SkipStellrecht (EN, original), Creator/CrispinFreeman (EN, current) (main series), Creator/MichelleRuff (EN, young), Creator/RobbieDaymond (''Rock Lee and his Ninja Pals''), Roberto Cuenca Rodríguez Jr. (Spain), Héctor Emmanuel Gómez (Latin America), Creator/SimoneDAndrea (IT)

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: For the most part, Itachi is calm and stoic, with occasional cracks in the facade, such as faked psychosis, or gentle kindness. This extends towards his enemies, with the exception of Orochimaru. When Orochimaru suggests after being released that he fully intends to take over Sasuke's body for good, Itachi flashes him a look of raw, unbridled hatred and wastes no time [[AndIMustScream sealing him in the Totsuka blade.]]

** There's no direct comparison between himself and Pain, but going back to Obito, it's safe to say that he at least regarded Itachi as a threat to Pain if he didn't attack after Orochimaru's invasion, as his team was already assembled and Konoha would've been vulnerable. However, it should be noted it took Itachi, Bee, and Naruto together to take Pain down even ''with'' his limited mobility.

** There's no direct comparison between himself and Pain [[note]]However, it should be noted it took him, Bee and Naruto together to take him down even with his limited mobility[[/note]], but going back to Obito, it's safe to say that he at least regarded Itachi as a threat to Pain if he didn't attack after Orochimaru's invasion, as his team was already assembled and Konoha would've been vulnerable.

** There's no direct comparison between himself and Pain, but going back to Obito, it's safe to say that he at least regarded Itachi as a threat to Pain if he didn't attack after Orochimaru's invasion, as his team was already assembled and Konoha would've been vulnerable. However, it should be noted it took him, Bee and Naruto together to take him down even with his limited mobility.

** There's no direct comparison between himself and Pain, but going back to Obito, it's safe to say that he at least regarded Itachi as a threat to Pain if he didn't attack after Orochimaru's invasion, as his team was already assembled and Konoha would've been vulnerable.

* ForegoneConclusion: The Itachi Shinden arc introduces Izumi, the supposed girlfriend Tobi mentioned to Sasuke. We all know what is going to [[KillEmAll happen to her eventually]].

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Learning of how Sasuke has become hellbent on revenge on the Leaf village due to his own well meaning yet misguided actions towards him.

* WouldHitAGirl: Up to and including his own mother.
* WouldHurtAChild: His beatings and [[MindRape mind-rapes]] on Sasuke qualify him as this. Also Danzo implied that there were other children besides Sasuke in the clan, whom he too killed.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Itachi has NoSocialSkills, speaks in a monotone and occasionally stilted voice, almost never displays outward emotion, hyperfixates on training, and doesn't seem to understand social cues. Flashbacks to his childhood show that he was always like that, and his father even notes that he's "always been a little strange". Most of these traits are congruent with high-functioning autism.

** His obsession with keeping Sasuke away from the truth, as it spurs him to constantly deceive his younger brother. As a result, Sasuke is driven towards revenge against Konoha because Sasuke sees the village made his brother suffer, despite Itachi's desire for Sasuke to defend the village. Itachi attempts to correct this flaw by spending his final moment while reincarnated admitting the truth and his feelings to Sasuke, which does change Sasuke's goals enough to avoid destroying the village, but it leads Sasuke to think that the ninja world is flawed because of what it made Itachi do.

* BlessedWithSuck: Using the Mangekyō Sharingan required vast amounts of chakra. If he used these techniques too often in a short span of time, Itachi would become so fatigued that he would deactivate his Sharingan altogether. Every time he used his Mangekyō Sharingan his eyesight deteriorated, a process that would progressively worsen. Early uses of the Mangekyō would only cause his eyes to bleed, but by the end of his life he reached the point where he was nearly blind, most things looking to him like mere blurs. He does not suffer these shortcomings after his reincarnation and can use all his Mangekyō techniques without problems.