History YMMV / RockLeesSpringtimeOfYouth

** In one of Lee's skits in Episode 35-B he suggests that Hinata gives Naruto a handmade scarf as a gift but Tenten dismisses the idea. [[RedStringOfFate A red scarf]] is one of the key events that actually [[spoiler:help begin their romantic relationship]] in ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie''. Even better--the red scarf was [[RealitySubtext based on the one Kishimoto's wife knitted for him once]].

--> '''Sai''' (stunned): Th... This is indeed the beautiful blue beast of Konoha!"

* ReplacementScrappy: Many ''{{Manga/Bleach}}'' fans are mad that it replaced the anime. Ironically ''Bleach'' was [[MisBlamed pulled both because it was dwindling in popularity and the anime had caught up to the manga.]]

* TakeThatScrappy: Sasuke gets one in Chapter 25. [[spoiler: Him being the FinalBoss of the anime series who is defeated, without any redemption.]]
* TearJerker: Chapter 33. It's more like a somewhat sad moment than a full-blown TearJerker, but due to some EasyAmnesia, the only thing that Sasuke and Itachi can recall is how they used to be good brothers before everything went to hell...and they promptly act like such. While hilarity still ensues, Lee notes that Sasuke and Itachi are genuinely having fun and Neji notes that maybe if things had been a little different, perhaps they could be like this all the time. Apparently even a gag manga like ''this'' could not make light about such a tragic backstory, as there's just a shot of Tenten, Neji and Lee quietly looking on at what could have been.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Once again the Akatsuki they would have made for more interesting (and hilarious yet highly dangerous) recurring antagonists. an In-Universe example would have to be Captain Yamato poor guy rarely has any Lines and is relegated to cameos in the background.

** Episode 25-A, when Team Guy notices that the middle character on Gaara's forehead has changed from “Love” to “Romance”. Lee deduces that the person who Gaara has a crush on is... Neji, the former falling for him while he was once again DraggedIntoDrag by Lee.

** Lee in one episode tries to kiss Gaara, and at the end of the episode says he will “Wait for Gaara forever!”

* IdiotPlot:
** Even for the sake of comedy taken into note, Chapter 35's problem would have been easily resolved if Tsunade had just done a shadow clone jutsu so she could " be in two places at one time". And even if she wanted someone to take her place, as her "lesson" with Sakura shows, Tenten was probably the ''worst'' person she could have chose to replace her.
** Orochimaru gives up against Tenten after being hit with ''paper fans''. And he had just pointed out that Tsunade not being in the village and everyone else being kept at bay by Tenten's orders would be the perfect time for him to strike.
* LesYay:
** Tenten wins the "Mr. Leaf" contest despite being female. Even though Tsunade explains why (she protected Tsunade from the other contestants when they got a bit too HotBlooded), it's unavoidable. Tenten's HeroWorshipper tendencies regarding Tsunade don't help either.
** The ''Love Bugs'' drama in Episode 42-A, where Hinata plays a schoolgirl who has a romance with a boy that saves her from gangsters... and ''Tenten'' is the one who acts as the boy.
** When the girls all visit an onsen together, dialogue from off-screen suggests that Tenten admires Hinata's breasts, while Ino at some point grabs Sakura's breasts.

* OlderThanTheyThink: Anyone could be forgiven for assuming this series invented Tenten's role as the DeadpanSnarker "straight man" (as she calls herself in the series). Or that this series got a shout out when she made similar snarky remarks in a scene during the Ninja War arc of the manga. ArchiveBinge the first anime and Shippuden however, and you'll find plenty of instances of Tenten making snarky remarks (when she's actually featured) at the expense of the other hammier characters around her.

* SpiritualSuccessor: The episode "A Full-Powered Wedding Gift" from the Naruto: Shippuden anime structurally plays out like a chapter/episode of Rock Lee's Springtime of Youth. Even [[spoiler:the ghost of Neji]] makes an appearance.

* RelationshipWritingFumble: Between [[KissingCousins Neji and Hinata]] of all the characters, as it's clearly implied quite often that Neji has more than familial affection for Hinata. Although that was quite likely being intentionally PlayedForLaughs.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Some of the antics in the series may be harder to enjoy, considering what happens to some of the characters after the serious turn [[Manga/{{Naruto}} the main series]] took.
* HarsherInHindsight: [[spoiler: While Neji did predicted that Naruto and Hinata will tie the knot in the future, what he didn't know was that he will not make it to the wedding as he died two years prior to the wedding]].

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The Akatsuki Plotline from late into the Anime isn't resolved in the slightest only ending on the implications that they'll return again in the future.

** PlayedForLaughs when Sai asks whether Lee has a penis and Lee promptly answers that he does and drops his pants.

** After Hinata beats Hanabi in Chapter 34, Hiashi praises the both of them, and says that the Hyuga's future is bright. [[spoiler:At the end of the main series, [[OfficialCouple Hinata married Naruto]] and [[BabiesEverAfter they had two children]], continuing the Hyuga clan]].
*** Naruto[[note]]In Lee's body[[/note]] telling Neji that he'd fix up the Hyuga once he becomes Hokage.

** The Akatsuki so much so that fans were eagerly awaiting the day that their SD spin-off will get announced Too bad they never showed up again.

** In Episode 35-B everyone gets codenames at one point. Kiba and Akamaru get Mittens and Boots, which are clearly cat-related names. When Tenten points that out to them, Kiba says "We don't discriminate in our home." At the end of the main series, [[spoiler:Kiba is in a relationship with Tamaki, the cat-obsessed girl from the Uchiha Secret Hideout]].

** In an early episode, Lee, Neji and Tenten [[ItMakesSenseInContext dress up as if they were a family]]. Neji and Tenten are the children, Lee is the mother. While Guy isn't present at this point, it's implied by their conversation that he's supposed to be the father.

** Even for the sake of comedy taken into note, chapter 35's problem would have been easily resolved if Tsunade had just done a shadow clone jutsu so she could " be in two places at one time". And even if she wanted someone to take her place, as her "lesson" with Sakura shows, Tenten was probably the ''worst'' person she could have chose to replace her.

* EarWorm:
** The ED, Twinkle*Twinkle.
** Also, the OP (both versions[[note]]There's also an English version without Hironobu Kageyama, and just Animetal USA.[[/note]]), and the second ED for that matter[[note]]"Lee, Lee, Lee, Lee, Rock Lee! Ninjutsu muri, demo shinobi!..."[[/note]]...

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: The Akatsuki Plotline from late into the Anime isn't resolved in the slightest only ending on the implications that they'll return again in the future.

** TenTen telling Lee and Neji what she thinks girls look for in a guy, as by the end of the main series [[spoiler:she is one of the only members of the Rookie 12 (or 13 if you include Sai) who isn't romantically paired up with another character.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Once again the Akatsuki they would have made for more interesting (and hilarious yet highly dangerous) RecurringAntagonists. an In-Universe example would have to be Captain Yamato poor guy rarely has any Lines and is relegated to cameos in the background.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Once again the Akatsuki they would've made for more interesting(and hilarious yet highly Dangerous) Recurring Antagonists. an In-Universe example would have to be Captain Yamato poor guy rarely has any Lines and is relegated to cameos in the background.

* TearJerker: Chapter 33. It's more like a somewhat sad moment than a full-blown TearJerker, but due to some EasyAmnesia, the only thing that Sasuke and Itachi can recall is how they used to be good brothers before everything went to hell...and they promptly act like such. While hilarity still ensues, Lee notes that Sasuke and Itachi are genuinely having fun and Neji notes that maybe if things had been a little different, perhaps they could be like this all the time. Apparently even a gag manga like ''this'' couldn't make light about such a tragic backstory, as there's just a shot of Tenten, Neji and Lee quietly looking on at what could have been.
* They Wasted a perfectly good plot: The Akatsuki Two-parter doesn't feature Sasuke showing up.
* They wasted a perfectly good Character: Once again the Akatsuki they would've made for more interesting(and hilarious yet highly Dangerous) Recurring Antagonists. an In-Universe example would have to be Captain Yamato poor guy rarely has any Lines and is relegated to cameos in the background.

* Whathappenedtothemouse?: The Akatsuki Plotline from late into the Anime isn't resolved in the slightest only ending on the implications that they'll return again in the future.