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* NeverLiveItDown: Though Naruto is a bit more good-natured about it, both he and Shikamaru view their mission involving [[spoiler: having to pose as male strippers]] as a professional low point.
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* EmbarrassingNickname: Naruto and Shikamaru's [[spoiler: stripper aliases]] of "Sergio Butterscotch" and "Shade Jackson", respectively, are definitely these.
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* NeverLiveItDown: Though Naruto is a bit more good-natured about it, both he and Shikamaru view their mission involving [[spoiler: having to pose as male strippers]] as a professional low point.
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* ShoutOut: Has several.
** Orochimaru has a tendency to paraphrase [[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged abridged Frieza]] quotes.
** In listing his qualifications to be [[spoiler: godfather of Asuna and Kurenai's baby]], Naruto includes that his [[Film/Anchorman2TheLegendContinues "apartment smells of rich mahogany"]].
** While herding cattle, Naruto yells out [[Film/HotRod "I drink green tea every goddamn day! I pray to Kami every Sunday! Ya'll bring out the demons in me!"]]
** Orochimaru has a tendency to paraphrase [[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged abridged Frieza]] quotes.
** In listing his qualifications to be [[spoiler: godfather of Asuna and Kurenai's baby]], Naruto includes that his [[Film/Anchorman2TheLegendContinues "apartment smells of rich mahogany"]].
** While herding cattle, Naruto yells out [[Film/HotRod "I drink green tea every goddamn day! I pray to Kami every Sunday! Ya'll bring out the demons in me!"]]
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* WhipItGood: In the Naruto/Tenten rematch during the Chunin Exams she brandishes a whip after quickly being surrounded at the outset of the battle. Naruto's clones are ''not'' pleased.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking:
** While the Team 10 youngsters tend to have the more important battles story-wise, whenever ass needs to be kicked in earnest on their missions prior to the timeskip, it's usually Asuma doing the heavy lifting. And he does it well.
** Hiruzen Sarutobi. He's not known as the professor for nothing.
** Jiraiya proved quite pointedly why he was considered Kage-level [[spoiler: by preparing to destroy the entirety of Iwagakure when Naruto and Sasuke were kidnapped. He mentions having destroyed Hidden Villages before.]]
** While the Team 10 youngsters tend to have the more important battles story-wise, whenever ass needs to be kicked in earnest on their missions prior to the timeskip, it's usually Asuma doing the heavy lifting. And he does it well.
** Hiruzen Sarutobi. He's not known as the professor for nothing.
** Jiraiya proved quite pointedly why he was considered Kage-level [[spoiler: by preparing to destroy the entirety of Iwagakure when Naruto and Sasuke were kidnapped. He mentions having destroyed Hidden Villages before.]]
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* RankScalesWithAsskicking:
** While the Team 10 youngsters tend to have the more important battles story-wise, whenever ass needs to be kicked in earnest on their missions prior to the timeskip, it's usually Asuma doing the heavy lifting. And he does it well.
** Hiruzen Sarutobi. He's not known as the professor for nothing.
** Jiraiya proved quite pointedly why he was considered Kage-level [[spoiler: by preparing to destroy the entirety of Iwagakure when Naruto and Sasuke were kidnapped. He mentions having destroyed Hidden Villages before.]]
** While the Team 10 youngsters tend to have the more important battles story-wise, whenever ass needs to be kicked in earnest on their missions prior to the timeskip, it's usually Asuma doing the heavy lifting. And he does it well.
** Hiruzen Sarutobi. He's not known as the professor for nothing.
** Jiraiya proved quite pointedly why he was considered Kage-level [[spoiler: by preparing to destroy the entirety of Iwagakure when Naruto and Sasuke were kidnapped. He mentions having destroyed Hidden Villages before.]]
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Averted AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: A variation with Gai's team after the Chunin Exam. Despite being the weakest of the team, Tenten is the only one promoted due to fighting smarter than either of her teammates.
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''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6557238/1/Better-Left-Unsaid Better Left Unsaid]]'' is a ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' AlternateUniverseFic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2218705/Kenchi618 Kenchi618]], based on the premise that Mizuki didn't get the chance to tell Naruto he was the Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi.
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''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6557238/1/Better-Left-Unsaid Better Left Unsaid]]'' is a ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' AlternateUniverseFic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2218705/Kenchi618 Kenchi618]], Creator/Kenchi618, based on the premise that Mizuki didn't get the chance to tell Naruto he was the Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi.
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* MacheteMayhem: Naruto's WeaponOfChoice.
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* DiesDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: A good number of characters end up dying in new ways.
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* DeadlyGas: [[spoiler: The secondary effect of Naruto's Ash Rasengan, creating a cloud of burning ash around and inside of the target.]]
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* DiesDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: A good number of characters end up dying in new ways.
** [[spoiler: Kimimaro gets stabbed in the back by Naruto's wind-augmented machete, opening up his body for a clone to use Giga Impact, effectively turning his torso into a blender.]]
** [[spoiler: Sasori has his puppets struck down by Orochimaru using an overpowered wind jutsu to create an instantaneous whirlwind, before Kusanagi destroys his core.]]
** [[spoiler: Itachi gets killed by a combination of Sasuke's Chidori and Naruto's Ash technique exploding and spreading [[HellFire Amaterasu]] ''all over the city''.]]
** [[spoiler: Kisame is killed by being stuck point-blank in the middle of the aforementioned Amaterasu explosion.]]
** [[spoiler: Kakuzu gets torn apart by Naruto using Four-Tails mode, destroying one of his arms and preventing him from using jutsu, before getting hit by the Ash Rasengan, destroying his original heart. Naruto finishes him off after that.]]
** [[spoiler: Kimimaro gets stabbed in the back by Naruto's wind-augmented machete, opening up his body for a clone to use Giga Impact, effectively turning his torso into a blender.]]
** [[spoiler: Sasori has his puppets struck down by Orochimaru using an overpowered wind jutsu to create an instantaneous whirlwind, before Kusanagi destroys his core.]]
** [[spoiler: Itachi gets killed by a combination of Sasuke's Chidori and Naruto's Ash technique exploding and spreading [[HellFire Amaterasu]] ''all over the city''.]]
** [[spoiler: Kisame is killed by being stuck point-blank in the middle of the aforementioned Amaterasu explosion.]]
** [[spoiler: Kakuzu gets torn apart by Naruto using Four-Tails mode, destroying one of his arms and preventing him from using jutsu, before getting hit by the Ash Rasengan, destroying his original heart. Naruto finishes him off after that.]]
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* VillainNoLongerIdle: [[spoiler: The difficulties faced by Akatsuki cause Tobi and Nagato to start taking care of the issues themselves, with Tobi capturing Gaara and Nagato trying to take down Orochimaru.]]
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** [[spoiler: Jiraya tracks down Orochimaru and is able to fight him on equal footing, even with the Sanbi, through the Sage Mask he got from Naruto. After Tsunade appears to assist, Jiraya finishes off the missing-nin through the use of the Toad Confrontation Chant and the Stone Swords of Mount Myouboku.]]
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Orochimaru is this to the Akatsuki after [[spoiler: becoming the Sanbi jinchuuriki, forcing them to go after him to claim the biju, and later having to wait for the Three-Tails to reform after Jiraya and Tsuande kill him.]]
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* AGodAmI: Pain thinks this of himself, which irks Orochimaru to no end. [[spoiler: After body-snatching the Sanbi container, Orochimaru also thinks this of himself.]]
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Dosu Kinuta, Kimimaro, Iruka, Sound Four, Kamizuru Clan, Darui, Omoi, Sasori, Fuu (ROOT), Torune, Danzo, Kisame, and Itachi]] out of canon characters so far in the story.
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Dosu Kinuta, Kimimaro, Iruka, Sound Four, Kamizuru Clan, Darui, Omoi, Sasori, Fuu (ROOT), Torune, Danzo, Kisame, Itachi, Kakuzu, and Itachi]] Orochimaru]] out of canon characters so far in the story.
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* AntiMagic: The Chakra Disabling Seal. It's described as "the great equalizer" by Jiraya, since it prevents any chakra from being used beyond its natural movement within the body. [[spoiler: It's used by Naruto to block Fuu's [[NoSell jinchuuriki powers]] during the Chunin Exams, and later by Hiruzen to land the killing blow on Danzo without having to care about Izanagi.]]
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* CurbStompCushion: [[spoiler: Deidara's able to pretty easily take out Fuu and Sasuke, but they're able to make him get serious, and they ultimately survive the encounter, even without having been able to land a single hit on the mad bomber.]]
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: The reason why Sasuke hadn't been promoted to Jonin by the time of the timeskip is that he has an unfortunate tendency to fall prey to this trope, sticking to poorly-thought-out courses of action should they have something to do with his vendetta.
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* CombatPragmatist: Team 10's most well-known trait. As they say, they're the premier team at running, hiding, and using dirty tricks. It helps that if they ''weren't'', they'd likely be dead by now.
* CombinationAttack: It's a hallmark of good teamwork amongst shinobi when they can pull this off... or it's just very good luck.
** Sasuke and Choji create one that consists of setting Choji on fire to increase his power.
** Team 10 is well-known for doing at least half a dozen combo attacks in any battle.
** Naruto and Itachi accidentally perform one during an EnemyMine situation against Kimimaro, with Itachi's fire jutsu setting Naruto's toad oil alight to trap Kimimaro in a sticky inferno.
* CombinationAttack: It's a hallmark of good teamwork amongst shinobi when they can pull this off... or it's just very good luck.
** Sasuke and Choji create one that consists of setting Choji on fire to increase his power.
** Team 10 is well-known for doing at least half a dozen combo attacks in any battle.
** Naruto and Itachi accidentally perform one during an EnemyMine situation against Kimimaro, with Itachi's fire jutsu setting Naruto's toad oil alight to trap Kimimaro in a sticky inferno.
* FriendlyEnemy: Itachi effectively lives and breathes this trope around Naruto, being bizarrely casual around the jinchuuriki.
* TheHeavy: Lee serves as this for Team 9 during their Chunin Exam fight against Team 10, besting Ino and forcing Shikamaru to surrender by breaking open the Eight Gates. With Ino's poison and Shikamaru's stalling, however, he's weakened enough for Naruto to easily beat him and then sweep Team 9 right ''back'', netting Asuma's team the win.
* InstantHumiliationJustAddYouTube: Asuma pauses his gloating and hip-thrusting into Gai's face after his team wins the match when Kakashi points out that he's in front of two children... and on-camera.
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* NoSell: Fuu can No Sell thanks to her jinchuuriki powers, but her powers work in proportion with how threatened she feels. If she isn't afraid of how strong an attack can be, she won't be protected. Whereas if she is overly fearful of an attack that is weaker than she thinks it will be it does absolutely nothing. No attack has directly overpowered this ability in the story yet.
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* NoSell: Fuu can nullify attacks thanks to her jinchuuriki powers, but her powers work in proportion with how threatened she feels. If she isn't afraid of how strong an attack can be, she won't be protected. Whereas if she is overly fearful of an attack that is weaker than she thinks it will be it does absolutely nothing. No attack has directly overpowered this ability in the story yet.
* NotSoAboveItAll: For however stoic any of the Konoha nin are, they're still able to get silly from time to time.
** Shino is only barely able to keep his laughter in when Naruto's telling him about [[NoodleIncident him and Shikamaru becoming male strippers during a mission]].
** Neji is ''incredibly'' amused by Naruto's plan to teach Konohamaru and Hanabi the exact same jutsu before their Chunin Exams.
** Sasuke is in awe and thanks Fuu ''profusely'' after she [[OffhandBackhand backhands Naruto into a mountain]].
* NotSoAboveItAll: For however stoic any of the Konoha nin are, they're still able to get silly from time to time.
** Shino is only barely able to keep his laughter in when Naruto's telling him about [[NoodleIncident him and Shikamaru becoming male strippers during a mission]].
** Neji is ''incredibly'' amused by Naruto's plan to teach Konohamaru and Hanabi the exact same jutsu before their Chunin Exams.
** Sasuke is in awe and thanks Fuu ''profusely'' after she [[OffhandBackhand backhands Naruto into a mountain]].
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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: Some of Naruto's seals have the end result of permanently sealing away enemies inside of an airless void, including a post-mortem seal that he can apply to enemies while replacing with them. He's able to defeat Ukon and Sakon with this ability.]]
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* DuelToTheDeath: [[spoiler: Hiruzen lures Danzo into one with him with the decision that whichever one of them left the duel alive would be the Hokage. While Danzo's able to survive multiple killing blows with [[RealityWarper Izanagi]] and use Hiruzen's techniques against him with the Sharingan, he ultimately falls to the God of Shinobi.]]
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* FireForgedFriends: [[spoiler: After talking to each other about the events of Darui and Omoi's death, sharing a fist bump, and [[BreadMilkEggsSquick beating up a dozen ROOT agents together]], Naruto and Killer Bee are no longer hostile to each other, and Bee's begun hanging around Konoha.]]
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* HonorBeforeReason: [[spoiler: Even though Bee's much stronger than Naruto, he's still chomping at the bit to fight the Eight-Tails' container after getting called out. He's able to get alone with Bee using a Henge and the knowledge of the changing shifts for watching Bee... before [[FireForgedFriends the two of them team up to fight off the dozen ROOT agents tailing them]].]]
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** [[spoiler: Orochimaru vs Sasori. With his own abundance of skills and the sheer power he now commands as the jinchuuriki of the Sanbi, Orochimaru was easily able to nullify everything Sasori threw at him all while giving a monologue about the King of Snakes, before striking him and his puppets down with a massive summoned whirlwind and finishing him off with Kusanagi.]]
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* TookALevelInBadass: All of the students after the timeskip, Naruto and Shikamaru in particular after their tenure as two of the 12 Guardian Shinobi.
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* TookALevelInBadass: All of the students after the timeskip, time skip, Naruto and Shikamaru in particular after their tenure as two of the 12 Guardian Shinobi.Shinobi.
** [[spoiler: Not that he wasn't already badass enough, but Orochimaru effectively put himself head and shoulders above just about everyone in the ''world'' after taking Yukimaru as his host and becoming the Sanbi's host, showing off his new power by delivering a CurbStompBattle to Sasori.]]
** [[spoiler: Not that he wasn't already badass enough, but Orochimaru effectively put himself head and shoulders above just about everyone in the ''world'' after taking Yukimaru as his host and becoming the Sanbi's host, showing off his new power by delivering a CurbStompBattle to Sasori.]]
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* AshesToAshes: Asuma can do this with his Fire Release: Ash Burning. [[spoiler: During the timeskip, Naruto makes his own Ash jutsu, combining his cigarette ash with Toad Oil to create a sticky, superheated, combustable smoke. This includes designing an ash version of the Clone jutsu and the Rasengan.]]
* DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler: Darui is surprised when [[BerserkButton attacking Ino to distract Naruto]] ends up with him face-to-face with the Kyuubi jinchuriki in four-tails mode.]]
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* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Sasuke and Fuu share one of these after seeing how both lose to Deidara in embarrassing ways.
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* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Sasuke and Fuu share one of these after seeing how both lose lost to Deidara in embarrassing ways.ways.
** Naruto and Shikamaru apparently agreed to this after they got roped into a NoodleIncident distraction job as male strippers during their tenure as Guardian Shinobi. Naruto still ends up telling the story to Shino, but, well... it's [[TheQuietOne Shino]].
** Naruto and Shikamaru apparently agreed to this after they got roped into a NoodleIncident distraction job as male strippers during their tenure as Guardian Shinobi. Naruto still ends up telling the story to Shino, but, well... it's [[TheQuietOne Shino]].
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* ForWantOfANail: This fic diverges from canon when Mizuki doesn't tell Naruto he's the Kyuubi.
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''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6557238/1/Better-Left-Unsaid Better Left Unsaid]]'' is a ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' FanFic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2218705/Kenchi618 Kenchi618]], based on the premise that Mizuki didn't get the chance to tell Naruto he was the Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi. The result is an exciting and fun divergence from ''Naruto'' canon.
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''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6557238/1/Better-Left-Unsaid Better Left Unsaid]]'' is a ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' FanFic AlternateUniverseFic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2218705/Kenchi618 Kenchi618]], based on the premise that Mizuki didn't get the chance to tell Naruto he was the Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi. The result is an exciting and fun divergence from ''Naruto'' canon.
Kyuubi.
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* AscendedExtra: Asuma, Shikamaru, and Ino get this a result of Naruto replacing Choji’s spot in Team 10.
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** [[spoiler: Zabuza is killed by Asuma instead of Kakashi during the Wave Arc because of a failed peacemaking attempt from Naruto.]]
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** [[spoiler: Dosu is set on fire by Sasuke during the Chunin Exams.]]
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** [[spoiler: Jiroubou of the Sound Four is unfortunate to be the one chosen to try and distract Kakashi while the Cursed Seal is being given to Sasuke. It does not end well for him.]]
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** [[spoiler: Guren accidentally kills Gato when Ino holds him hostage, despite his being her boss Orochimaru's [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness business partner.]]]]
** [[spoiler: Naruto kills Kimimaro, penetrating his Shikotsumyaku bone armor with a wind-imbued machete through the back. Ouch.]]
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** [[spoiler: Naruto sends Sakon and Ukon to another dimension via sealing. Yeah... they're probably dead.]]
** [[spoiler: Sasuke runs Kidomaru through with a long-range Chidori upgrade.]]
** [[spoiler: Sasori is Orochimaru's first victim after revealing his body-swap with new Three-Tails jinchuuriki Yukimaru.]]
** [[spoiler: Sasuke runs Kidomaru through with a long-range Chidori upgrade.]]
** [[spoiler: Sasori is Orochimaru's first victim after revealing his body-swap with new Three-Tails jinchuuriki Yukimaru.]]
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** [[spoiler: Hiruzen kills Danzo in a massive battle in the Forest of Death.]]
** [[spoiler: Naruto kills Kisame with a ''storm'' of flammable ash, ignited by half a city's worth of Amaterasu flames.]]
** [[spoiler: Naruto kills Kisame with a ''storm'' of flammable ash, ignited by half a city's worth of Amaterasu flames.]]
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* BonusMaterial: The author enjoys writing omakes in the form of miniature, unrelated story arcs at the end of chapters.
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* HilariousInHindsight: While Tenten leads Naruto through a weapon shop to show him a weapon in his price range, Naruto is glad when she passes a kusarigama without stopping, thinking that if he started using a blade at the end of a long chain, he would probably end up cutting his own head off at some point. Post time-skip, Naruto's weapon of choice is a machete attached to a long chain.
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* AntiClimaxBoss: When dealing with some cattle rustlers on a mission, Team 10 beats the first one with difficulty and need Asuma to defeat the second one. When facing the leader, who's been built up as the strongest of all of them with the most powerful jutsu, they learn his trump card is the shadow clone jutsu and making even twenty exhausts him while Naruto (even as tired as he is) easily summons a hundred of them.
