History Characters / NarutoObitoUchiha

* WouldHitAGirl: Hit? He killed Konan with a pipe from behind, and that's not even getting into the details of the flashback when he killed Hiruzen's wife and then attempted to have the Nine-Tails kill Kushina, a mother weakened by pregnancy and maintaining the seal by mauling her to death. Thankfully, Minato [[BigDamnHeroes showed up just in time]].

* BrokenAesop: As noted in {{Irony}} below everything about Obito is potentially one gigantic BrokenAesop on par with Rock Lee.

*** Potentially not the case as [[spoiler: Madara was still stuck to the Gedo Mazo, and could eventually find another pupil. And even if he didn't and passed on, the Moon's Eye Plan was originally Black Zetsu's idea, who had been manipulating the reincarnations of Asura and Indra, as well as the whole Shinobi World, for millennia, and would likely do so for future generations.]]

** Even before then, he still had some of this going even after it was revealed he wasn't Madara, as with his ComboPlatterPowers of [[IntangibleMan Kamui]], [[GreenThumb Wood Style]], [[PhysicalGod Six Jinchuuriki with the ability to become Tailed Beasts]], [[HealingFactor Hashirama cells]] and [[MagicalEye a Rinnegan]], he was among the most formidable fighters in the series. Barring the revived Madara, Hashirama, Minato[[note]]Due to the seal on his body[[/note]], and maybe Itachi[[note]]his Amaterasu appears to be able to bypass Kamui, meaning he would only need two shots of it to kill Obito even if he used Izanagi[[/note]], nobody had a hope against him in a 1 one 1 fight.

The man controlling Akatsuki from the shadows and TheHeavy of the ''Naruto''.

* BigBadWannabe: Very much downplayed compared to other examples of this trope, but in the end [[spoiler: he still ends up being a pawn to Madara, and he loses his life fighting Kaguya, the ultimate and true BigBad of the series]].

* GutturalGrowler: In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBl_tFFXvok English dub of Storm 3]].

* GogglesDoSomething: He wore goggles in his childhood to protect his eyes.

** Though it should be noted that [[spoiler:Obito actually knew about this control Madara placed on him. He had no intention to resurrect him as he was going to take control of the Moon’s Eye Plan. He would have succeeded if not for [[TheManBehindtheMan Black Zetsu]] resurrecting Madara through Kabuto. Even then, he goaded Kakashi into stabbing him in the heart to get rid of Madara's control and become the Ten Tails Jinchuuriki.]]

* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Obito really was late all the time because of stuff like that in childhood. He even showed up late to the Chuunin exams because he stopped to help an old lady with her bags.

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** To a lesser extent, his [[Space Master Kamui]] can also be considered one. It allows him to transport parts of his body into his own private dimension whenever he's about to get hit, allowing the opponent's attack to just phase harmlessly through him and making it damn near impossible to even hit him. Naturally, the only people shown to get around this are Minato who has his own broken space-time ninjutsu, Konan who spent years studying this ability and coming up with a way to counter it, and Kakashi who's also able to use Kamui.

* BlackSheep: He was this during his childhood for his clan because he was an untalented idiot coming from one of the most feared and powerful clans in the ninja world or because he didn't display the usual attitude of ItsAllAboutMe that is rampant among the clan.

* {{Expy}}: A masked villain trained by both one of the greatest heroes and villains of the mythos, who is a puppet for the true power(s) of the organization he works for, who is among the best warriors alive, was a hero in the past, became a villain because of events in the past (and continues to be one for decades to escape his past, to the point of adopting a new identity entirely), and wavers back to good when he is confronted directly by his past. Obito/Tobi, or [[Franchise/StarWars Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader]]?

* DiscardAndDraw: Subverted, he sacrificed his unused Sharingan eye and replaced it with a much more powerful Rinnegan eye.

The man controlling Akatsuki from the shadows.

Tobi is also the main antagonist of ''Anime/NarutoTheMovieRoadToNinja''.

** Even before [[spoiler: becoming a jinchuuriki]] Obito was extremely powerful. His Mangekyo Sharingan comes with the [[VillainTeleportation Kamui]] ability which allows him to teleport himself and other things into a pocket dimension and from there anywhere in the world. He can use this for up to 5 minutes to allow himself to [[{{Intangibility}} phase]] through all kinds of attacks and matter. His chakra levels are ''vast'', due in large part to the Hashirama cells coursing through his body, and he uses this to his advantage to bust out very taxing techniques one after another. Even with his HealingFactor, his durability is insane as he can go on without a heart for an indeterminate amount of time. Altogether, this makes Obito Uchiha one of the most dangerous combatants in the series. The only characters who have some way to beat him are Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage, and Kakashi Hatake, who can counter his Kamui.

* DumbassHasAPoint: In his childhood when he was not too smart, Rin was captured by enemies, the [[InsufferableGenius Kakashi]] suggests that the enemy will make use of Rin's medic-nin skills to heal their wounded (as an argument against going to save her) while Obito suggests that the enemy won't think to use her that way and will interrogate her for information on their mission (as an argument for going to save her). Obito turns out to be right.

* UnskilledButStrong: Obito was never the most skilled ninja but what he did to make up for it was to use higher scaled powers and his SuperStrength when empowered by the Sharingan. As a child when he went berserk and brutally massacred the Hidden Mist Ninjas it truly shows his lack of control with his unyielding power as he uses brute force and extremely powerful ninjutsu, this is stated why Madara picked Obito because of his power. Later on as his persona of Tobi he becomes WeakButSkilled and is more technical with his jutsus but still retains all of his strength in the Fourth Great Ninja Warrior. As the [[PhysicalGod Ten Tails Jinchuriki]] he takes this even further and prefers raw power rather than technique.

** He manages to become the strongest Shinobi on the planet since the Sage of Six Paths by [[spoiler:becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki. All of the former Hokage, including Hashirama himself acknowledged that Obito has become stronger than any of them. Even Madara Uchiha became cautious of him, admitting that Obito's new power could throw a wrench in his plans. The only reason he lost to Naruto and Sasuke was due to his internal conflict, if it weren’t for that he would have been unstoppable]].

* XanatosSpeedChess: While at first sight it would look like he planned everything that has happened in the series, he is in fact very accomplished in cutting his losses and creating new plans out of his ass as the situation demands. Hell, around 5% of the things happening during Fourth Shinobi World War were in his initial plans and he was still at the top of his game. The biggest thorn in his side was when Kabuto brought the real Madara Uchiha onto the battlefield, forcing Obito to improvise without his DeadPersonImpersonation while the Shinobo Alliance ''and'' Madara were bearing down on him, and he ''still'' managed to become the Ten Tails Jinchuuriki right under everyone's noses. The only time his plan becomes unsalvageable (at least until Madara hijacked it for himself) is when Naruto finally defeats him directly.

* TheDreaded: Tobi {{invoke|dTrope}}s when masquerading as Madara, inspiring fear and dread toward anyone he encounters and giving the presentation of his threats and ambitions much more weight. It works well enough for the Five Great Villages to form an alliance when Tobi makes a declaration of war and even when his true identity is thrown into question and is revealed to be Obito, everyone still treats him with extreme caution and wariness. [[spoiler:And when Obito becomes the Ten Tails' jinchuriki, his fear factor exceeds even Madara's, with every active combatant of the opposite side shifting their priorities to deal with him at any cost.]]