The characters of ''Fanfic/Team8'' bear many similarities to their counterparts in ''Characters/{{Naruto}}'', but the altered story has also changed them in various ways.

'''Spoilers below.'''
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!Team 8
[[folder:General]]
* AscendedExtra: The other members due to Naruto taking Kiba and Akamaru’s spot on the team.
* BadassCrew: Easily the most badass in the story including: A master of genjutsu, a formidable literal one-man army jinchuriki, a highly skilled Hyūga, and a kikachu expert with skill in genjutsu.
* BerserkButton: They are all fiercely protective of each other.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Kurenai brings Naruto on the team to specifically avert this trope.
* DysfunctionJunction: Shino is the only member who doesn't have a DarkAndTroubledPast.
* ElephantInTheLivingRoom: Hinata's family, Naruto being a demon-container.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Naruto is Sanguine, Kurenai is Choleric, and Shino is Melancholic. Hinata tends to be Phlegmatic in relation to others, but Melancholic with herself.
* TookALevelInBadass: All members are much stronger here than they were in canon.
* TrueCompanions: They are all this, each one fiercely protective of the other and would fight the whole world just to protect their own.
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[[folder:Kurenai Yuuhi]]
* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In hindsight, the information given are different from what canon has given, in particular when she was a Genin herself.
* AuthorAvatar: Described as the author's "mouthpiece." [[spoiler:Of course, that doesn't mean he won't kill her off]].
* BadassTeacher: She turns Naruto from a barely competent academy graduate to a Chuunin hopeful. Her successes with Hinata and Shino aren't quite as obvious but are still quite notable.
** CoolTeacher: Her students and Tenten look up to her.
* BerserkButton: Several: Sexism, chauvinism, [[MamaBear those who are horrible to and look down on her students]] and Hiashi Hyuuga.
* BrokenBird: Her sarcasm helps her cope with her past. And boy does she need the coping.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Her best friends and teacher were brutally murdered, she just barely escaped the same treatment and she finds out that the whole hellish affair was orchestrated by a high ranking member of her village.]]
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:She is the second of the canon heroes to die. The first was Tazuna]].
* DecoyProtagonist: Prior to [[spoiler:her death]], if not for the fact that Naruto and Hinata are displayed as the two main characters, you could be forgiven for thinking that Kurenai is TheHero of this story. Much of the altered backstory and the changes the proverbial nail has wrought are thanks to her mentoring of Team 8, after all.
* TheInsomniac: Ever since the incident in her past, she's had difficulty sleeping and reads for half the night. And she's also (somewhat justifiably) quite paranoid.
* IronLady: Kurenai is tough as nails and doesn't suffer fools well.
* MamaBear: Would put the safety of her team above that of the village. Not joyfully, mind you, but still.
* MasterOfIllusion: Like in the original work, but that said, it really shows when [[spoiler:she breaks Tsukuyomi, a supposedly unbreakable Genjutsu for anyone not named Sasuke]].
* AMotherToHerMen
* NeckSnap: Kills a Sound ninja this way at the start of the invasion, with the help of genjutsu.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Is KilledOffForReal by Itachi in chapter 20]].
* SoProudOfYou: To her team.
* SoleSurvivor: Of the assassination of her old team.
* TeamMom: To the point of being a ParentalSubstitute for both Hinata and Naruto.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: Minor, but Kurenai is awfully quick to assume Naruto is being sexist on more than one occasion, and awfully nonchalant about her ability to "play to the male egos" of experienced fellow Jonin, for someone who claims to hate sexism so much.
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[[folder:Naruto Uzumaki]]
* AchievementsInIgnorance: Infusing shadow clones with personalities? Makes sense, why shouldn't he?
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Far much more than in canon, with people denying him service, sabotaging his reputation, and even trying to kill him. It gets to the point that [[MamaBear it infuriates Kurenai]] because of how dumb it is.
* AntiMagic: His Chakra Pulse works like an EMP and can cancel large-scale genjutsu.
* BerserkButton: If you know what's good for you, don't you DARE hurt his friends.
* BlowYouAway: As in canon, his affinity is revealed to be for Wind Release, and Jiraiya immediately starts teaching him Great Breakthrough.
* BookDumb: He never becomes a genius but Kurenai works hard to remedy this.
** SmarterThanYouLook: Manages to fool Kurenai once with his Transformation technique and is very good at the IndyPloy.
* CharacterDevelopment: Kurenai's teachings and acknowledgment and the bonds he forms with his teammates cause him to grow more thoughtful and introspective than in canon, and very caring and protective of his friends.
* CuteBruiser: Becomes a LightningBruiser thanks to Gai's taijutsu training and the Kyuubi's chakra and can now punch through metal if he's focused and angry enough.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: In addition to his canon troubles, people tried to kill Naruto as a toddler (usually around the first of each month), the hospital staff hate him and shopkeepers and store owners regularly try to screw him over.
* TheHero: The story follows him.
* HeroicBSOD:
** After his first kill. Hinata and Kurenai snap him out of it.
** [[spoiler:Again after Kurenai's death. Shino, Hinata, Jiraiya, Iruka and Konohamaru bring him back around.]]
* HighlyVisibleNinja: He eventually buys several dark green uniforms and a grey scarf to counteract this.
* HotBlooded: Downplayed, as the harsher treatment he's received has made him more bitter and demoralized. Additionally, he is faced with a number of problems that he cannot simply punch away, which leads him (with guidance from Kurenai) to become more pensive. However, he still tends to put on a brave smile in the midst of his trials, and given an obstacle, a test, or an irritation, he'll pour everything he has into handling it. And he has his loud moments.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: As in canon, Naruto and Hinata are this to each other. Both suffer from severe self-image issues, Naruto due to the [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer village]] that considers him a [[IAmAMonster monster]], and Hinata due to her abusive family that considers her a failure. Naruto's cheerful determination inspires Hinata and he praises her for her strength and kindness. Hinata shows kindness and encouragement to Naruto in his moments of despair.
* TheMcCoy: Much more given to emotion than Shino and Hinata, though not as much as his canon self.
* ObliviousToLove: Deconstructed. Hinata's shyness and his childhood means he doesn't notice the signs. Kurenai spells it out for him [[spoiler:[[DeadManWriting in a letter.]]]]
* PowerIncontinence: Tends to put a lot of chakra into his ninjutsu which can backfire if the jutsu doesn't really need that much. Eventually begins supercharging them anyway to use them on multiple targets.
* {{Protectorate}}: Team 8 and Konoha are this for Naruto and he takes his duty seriously.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Shino's Blue and the ''Blue'' to Lee's Red.
* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:To Orochimaru.]]
* SummonMagic: Gains the [[spoiler:Turtle contract.]]
* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: In canon, Naruto was a member of Team 7. Here, he's instead a member of Team 8 by switching places with Kiba and Akamaru.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: The academy's psychiatrist was no help, leading to Kurenai stepping in.
* TrainingFromHell: He begins training with Gai and Lee to improve his taijutsu, eventually going 3 times a day during the Chuunin preliminaries.
* UnstoppableRage: The first time he uses the Kyuubi's chakra.
* WarriorTherapist: Just like in canon, notably against Neji and Gaara. Later on, during [[spoiler:his fight with Tsunade, he uses her two serious issues (her age and gambling habits) to ''win'' his bet with her and earn her promise to return to Konoha.]]
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Shadow Clone Jutsu, is there anything you can't do?
* WideEyedIdealist: Significantly less so than in canon, since he does hope to become Hokage to disprove everyone who ever persecuted him.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Hinata. [[spoiler:Until chapter 24.]]
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The possibility of Naruto becoming one of these is discussed. Itachi is attempting to break Kurenai's mind with his Dojutsu by making her live and relive the killing of herself and her team by a mob. She breaks it by forcing the illusion to faithfully recreate Naruto's likely reaction if he were to see Hinata killed: releasing the Kyuubi of his own will and letting it destroy the village.
* ZergRush: He's able to take down an enemy jonin with a large amount of clones.
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[[folder:Hinata Hyuuga]]
* AbusiveParents: Hiashi is even worse than in canon, like when he deprives her of sleep the night before the first C-ranked mission.
* AdaptationalBadass[=/=]AdaptationalWimp: Her training and friendship with her team have made her stronger and more capable and determined than at the equivalent points in canon. Moreover, she starts to develop a [[BewareTheNiceOnes fiercely protective side]] early on. However, she is filled with self-hatred and lacking in confidence because of her family's harsher treatment and beration of her. She perceives any of her achievements as trivial compared to her "failure" as a member of the Hyuuga clan. This is all highlighted in her fight with Neji; Neji's withering speech completely fails to even faze Hinata, and Hinata puts up an even better fight than in canon, [[spoiler:but she is so desperate to not be a failure that her determination turns suicidal; she'd rather die than lose.]] It's only after Kurenai points out how harmful her [[spoiler:suicidal]] motives in her fight with Neji were, and after Naruto reassures her in the hospital, that her confidence starts to grow considerably.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Her family is even more antagonistic towards her than in canon.
* BadassAdorable: She's very cute, but a very competent shinobi who shouldn't be underestimated.
** LittleMissBadass: She's a preteen but she's still deadly.
* BerserkButton[=/=]BewareTheNiceOnes: If you hurt her teammates or her little sister, she will smash your face.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: Her father, sister and cousin all seem to hate her and while the rest of the clan might not, they aren't much help.
* BigSisterInstinct: Not that Hanabi cares.
* CharacterDevelopment:
** When Shino theorizes that Naruto may have been ostracized for something that wasn't his fault, Hinata starts to develop a [[BewareTheNiceOnes fiercely protective side.]] Later on, Shino realizes that her friendship with Naruto is strengthening this assertiveness further.
** After Kurenai criticizes her [[spoiler:suicidal motives in her fight with Neji]], and Naruto comforts her in the hospital, Hinata starts to appreciate how much her friends value and care for her, and gradually sees herself as more than a failure in her abusive family.
* CuteBruiser: Eventually learns some Hard Fist techniques.
* DeathGlare: Of all people, Hinata pulls one of these when Sakura insults Naruto. Having the [[MonochromaticEyes Byakugan]] certainly helps.
* DeathSeeker: Years of abuse from her father have made Hinata this. As Kurenai later points out, Hinata would rather die than disappoint someone.
* {{Determinator}}: Noted as one of Hinata's strengths and weaknesses. Her father's abuse hasn't stopped her from trying to be a better ninja and impress him (among others), [[DeconstructedTrope but it warps her self-image to the point that almost anything is better than being a failure.]]
* {{Deuteragonist}}: The story revolves around her arguably as much as Naruto, though the latter has had a more active role thus far.
* GlassCannon: Almost as fast as Naruto, is a superior hand-to-hand specialist, [[OneHitKill doesn't need nearly as much strength to hurt people]] but she has lower defenses over all.
* HealingHands: [[spoiler:Learns the Mystical Palm Technique under Tsunade and Shizune.]]
* TheHeart: She always tries to get people to work together and for Naruto to have faith in himself.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Sees no worth in herself. Those around her are very slowly changing this.
* HonorBeforeReason: Why she refused to surrender during her duel against Neji despite the fact she had clearly done all she could in the fight.
* TheKirk: This helps her calm down Naruto and rouse Shino to action.
* LadyOfWar: Heading that way. [[spoiler:Her grace and precision when she fights is the first thing Naruto mentions when talking about finding her attractive.]]
* TheLancer: Strikes a heavy contrast with Naruto.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: As in canon, Naruto and Hinata are this to each other. Both suffer from severe self-image issues, Naruto due to the [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer village]] that considers him a [[IAmAMonster monster]], and Hinata due to her abusive family that considers her a failure. Naruto's cheerful determination inspires Hinata and he praises her for her strength and kindness. Hinata shows kindness and encouragement to Naruto in his moments of despair.
* MakingASplash: From Kurenai, she learns Suiton: Condensation, a jutsu which gathers water in the humidity of the surrounding air and ground. Her chakra is later revealed to be water-natured.
* TheMedic: She plays this role for her teammates at times, and even admitted that she made her medicinal cream herself. [[spoiler:Later on, she takes on six months of service under Tsunade.]]
* {{Ojou}}: As the former heiress of one of Konoha's greatest clans, Hinata is very proper, graceful, and knowledgeable of manners and etiquette.
* ShrinkingViolet: As usual, but her even more abusive family and being on the same team as her crush exacerbates the problem.
* SilkHidingSteel: Not quite yet, but she's starting to show some signs of this.
* SupremeChef: This canon trait is given more emphasis. She can even prepare wild game, and Naruto claims her cooking is even better than Ichiraku's.
* TeamChef: Both Naruto and Shino praise her cooking, and the three agree that she'll take on the role of cooking when necessary.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Hurting Naruto is her BerserkButton and the ShipTease between them is tremendous.
* WellDoneDaughterGirl: To her father. [[spoiler:Eventually {{Deconstructed}}; she is so desperate to meet the harsh standards set by her father and family that she sees little to no value in anything else she accomplishes. It's only after Kurenai points out how self-destructive this mentality is that Hinata starts to consider the possibility that her father could, in fact, be wrong about her.]]
* WhiteSheep: Of the Hyuuga clan.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Naruto. [[spoiler:Until chapter 24.]]
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[[folder:Shino Aburame]]
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Not nearly as bad as Naruto or Hinata, but Shino's bugs are noted to disturb others, and the Aburame are encouraged to keep to themselves.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: How he figures out Naruto's jinchuuriki status, Hinata's feelings towards Naruto, and how he fights Kiba, Chouji, and Kankuro.
* TheBeastMaster: Natch.
* BerserkButton: Attacking his teammates and teacher.
* BewareTheQuietOnes: Possibly the quietest person in the story but just as dangerous as the rest of his team.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Is eldest of the 3 genin and is very enraged by threats to the others' safety.
* CallingTheOldManOut: After learning the truth about Naruto, Shino tears his clan apart over their treatment of his teammate and influencing Shino's opinion about him.
* DefrostingIceKing: While he was, at worst, neutral to Naruto at the beginning of the story, Shino didn't think highly of his skills and temperament. This changes in short order after Naruto proves himself.
* {{Foil}}: More intellectual and methodical that his emotionally-driven teammates, and has a happy family life, while Naruto is an orphan and Hinata's family is abusive.
* GuileHero: On the occasions he does speak, Shino tends to verbally harpoon people he dislikes and get them to do what he wants.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: Was a lot more skilled than he let on when the team was first formed and eventually stopped hiding it.
* JackOfAllStats: Not as strong or as tough as Naruto, not as fast as Hinata but well-rounded enough that it's rarely a problem. Though to people outside his team, he's a LightningBruiser. Sasuke has trouble keeping up with his foot speed.
* ManaBurn: What he frequently uses his bugs to do to his opponents.
* NothingUpMySleeve: His kamas.
* OddFriendship: He and Naruto make for a strange pair of friends but friends nonetheless.
* OnlySaneMan: The only well-adjusted member of Team 8.
* TheQuietOne: Prefers observing people and only commenting when he has something to say.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Naruto's Red.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: Tags everyone he knows with one of his bugs, making him the number choice to find a missing colleague.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: To the point that Naruto sometimes needs a translator to understand what he says.
* SinisterScythe: His mother eventually teaches him how to dual-wield a pair of kama.
* TheSmartGuy: Is the TeenGenius of his clan, loves big words, [[GuileHero can work a crowd if he has to]] and is very observant and calculating.
* SpecsOfAwesome: His specs just make him look even more awesome.
* TheSpock: The most logical member of Team 8.
* TheStoic: By normal standards, Shino is not given to emotion and generally keeps to himself.
** NotSoStoic[=/=]SugarAndIcePersonality: By Aburame standards? He's a ball of passion, caring and fury towards those who hurt his friends.
* TranquilFury: Shino is quiet but menacing when angered.
* TwitchyEye: The primary way of gauging his moods is to watch his eyebrows.
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!Team 7
[[folder:General]]
* BreakTheHaughty: The failure of the Wave Country mission was hard on the entire team, as is what they go through in the Chunin Exams, including them being eliminated by the end of the first round.
* DemotedToExtra: With the exception of Kiba and Akamaru partially due to the team swap.
* ForWantOfANail: The Nail being Kiba and Akamaru are on the Team instead of Naruto.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Kiba and Akamaru are Sanguine, Sasuke is Choleric, Sakura is Melancholic and Kakashi is Phlegmatic.
* TheRival: To Team 8. Not enemies but as a rule, they can't stand each other much.
* TookALevelInKindness: As a result of their interactions with Team 8 and a little BreakTheHaughty, most of the members become more affable.
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[[folder:Kakashi Hatake]]
* BreakTheHaughty: Not as bad as his students but Kakashi finds out they aren't quite as strong as he thinks they are.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Subverted over time, as the author has him cut back on his eccentric behavior as he is forced to train his team seriously.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Because Naruto's on Team 8 in the story, we rarely get to see the Badass. And his eccentricity is dialed back as he starts taking training his students seriously.
* DisappointedInYou: Has this reaction when all three of his students fail the Chunin Exams before the finals.
* LetsGetDangerous: When he gives his team their orders during the invasion, they realize that this is the ANBU Captain in him speaking.
* ShameIfSomethingHappened: Takes this route to stop Hiashi from making a scene at [[spoiler:Kurenai's funeral]], outright stating that he knows a dozen ways to overpower eye-based bloodlines that he could hand over to the ninja academy.
* SinkOrSwimMentor: Deconstructed. In the original series, this method worked somewhat well for the most part as Naruto's position in the team pushed Sasuke and later on inspired Sakura, along with his attitude as TheDeterminator. However, in the fanfic, Kiba takes Naruto's place and thus, the dynamics are changed to where the weaknesses are more glaring and as such, his students don't do nearly as well in the Exams. Eventually they demand more involved teaching.
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[[folder:Sasuke Uchiha]]
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: The Top Rookie of his class and legitimately powerful though not nearly as much as he thinks.
* BreakTheHaughty: In an attempt to get Naruto to fully fight him, he goads him with a comment regarding Hinata. Cue [[CurbStompBattle defeat by a single punch]] by a thoroughly enraged Naruto.
** HumblePie: He notes that he's been coasting since graduation after Naruto hands him his ass and decides to get serious about training.
* IneffectualLoner: He’s callous and cold, but uses that to hide how lonely he really is.
* KickTheDog: Callously insulting Hinata, who was almost killed in her match, to Naruto's face.
* PetTheDog: His pride and revenge aside, he doesn't want anyone to be hurt by Itachi.
* SuperPoweredEvilSide: Thanks to Orochimaru's Curse Seal.
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[[folder:Sakura Haruno]]
* AcademicAlphaBitch: She maintains her haughty attitude since she never underwent the CharacterDevelopment with Naruto by this point. However, hearing Naruto dissuade Rock Lee from pursuing her breaks her out of this mentality.
* BreakTheHaughty[=/=]JerkassRealization: Naruto telling Lee to not ask her out causes her to realize that, with the exception of Sasuke, she treats people badly.
* CharacterDevelopment: Begins moving away from her Tsundere tendencies, tries to rebuild her friendship with Ino, and begins taking a sincere, non-fangirl look at her attraction to Sasuke.
* HiddenDepths: Shino is surprised at her demonstration of intelligence and tactical skill.
* TheSmartGirl: Of her team and recognized as such.
* TrapMaster: Has a talent for making them.
* {{Tsundere}}: Deconstructed. Yeah she tends to be rough to most people (or at least Naruto), but this does give off bad impressions often and indeed, Naruto dissuading Rock Lee from pursuing her makes her realize she is not as nice as she thought she was.
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[[folder:Kiba Inuzuka and Akamaru]]
* ActionPet: Akamaru.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Gets an entire omake to himself in the aftermath of the Wave Country mission.
* BreakTheHaughty: Not nearly as bad as everyone else but Kiba underestimates Shino during the Exams. Shino kicks his and Akamaru's asses.
* HotBlooded: Especially compared to the rest of Team 7.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Kiba can be obnoxious but he cares deeply about and is loyal to his Team.
* TheNoseKnows: Naturally. He takes his role as [[ScarilyCompetentTracker the Team's tracker]] very seriously.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Sasuke's Blue.
* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: In canon, Kiba and Akamaru were members of Team 8. Here, they're instead members of Team 7 by switching places with Naruto.
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!Team Gai
[[folder:General]]
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: While only one of its genin is unable to use chakra, all members use more comparatively mundane methods to defeat opponents that fostered by constant practice i.e. Gai and Lee punch people really well, Neji pokes people really well and Tenten stabs people really well.
* FriendlyRival: To Team 8, with the exception of Neji.
* WhatTheHellHero: The rest of the team is not at all pleased with what Neji did to Hinata, and make it clear to him in varying ways, and to varying degrees.
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[[folder:Might Gai]]
* BadassTeacher: Not just to his Team but also to Naruto and Hinata.
* BoisterousBruiser: It wouldn't be Gai if he wasn't loud and dynamic.
* CoolTeacher: Rock Lee, Tenten, Naruto and Hinata all adore him.
* LargeHam: He wouldn't be Gai without the hamminess.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Heavily implied to play up his hamminess if it will allow him to get away with something.
* PapaWolf: [[spoiler:Intervenes during Lee's fight against Gaara much sooner than in canon.]]
* TeamDad: To his team and to a degree Naruto.
* TrainingFromHell: Reflex training under him means being Tenten's target practice (blunted kunai, thankfully).
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[[folder:Rock Lee]]
* BadassNormal: He lacks the jutsu capabilities of his teammates but makes up for it in sheer skill.
* BashBrothers: He helps Naruto train in taijutsu and both enjoy themselves immensely.
* BoisterousBruiser: Louder than even naruto, and just as eager to battle if not even more so.
* ForWantOfANail[=/=]InSpiteOfANail: He’s paired against Gaara in the Chūnin Exams preliminaries here in canon, but thanks to Team 8's reconnaissance, he's not crippled by him thanks to Guy’s early intervention.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to ''Naruto's'' Blue.
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[[folder:Neji Hyuuga]]
* AloofBigBrother: Cousin, to Hinata.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: His messed up family practically made him what he is now.
* BreakTheHaughty: Naruto ''[[NotWhatItLooksLike apparently]]'' mauls Neji during their match in the Chuunin finals.
* CainAndAbel: Nearly kills Hinata during their Prelim fight.
* TheFatalist: Believes SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids and losers will always be losers.
* {{Hypocrite}}: For all his apparent fatalism, Neji tries very hard to be anything other than just another Branch Family member, even though it's clearly his caste in life and thus what he is supposed to be.
* {{Jerkass}}: Rude, arrogant, fatalistic and violent towards Hinata. He certainly earned his beat down with his actions.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Does this to Hinata in the Prelim. [[LaserGuidedKarma Has this done to him in the Finals.]]
* TookALevelInKindness: After fighting Naruto and getting some sense and humility beaten into him.
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[[folder:Tenten]]
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Described as having this and certainly an ace when it comes to weapons.
* InSpiteOfANail: Still loses to Temari because her skill set hasn't changed much from canon and it's just a bad match against Temari's.
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Looks up to Kurenai for being a competent female jonin.
* MultiMeleeMaster: Can accurately use shuriken, kunai, swords, spears, maces and several other weapons.
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!Team 10
[[folder:General]]
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Does rather well during the Chuunin Exams, to many's surprise.
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[[folder:Asuma Sarutobi]]
* BerserkButton: While Kakashi dances around the issue a bit, Asuma tells Hiashi point blank that if [[spoiler:he interrupts Kurenai's funeral to reprimand Hinata]], [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown he will not hesitate to beat the tar out of him.]]
* SinkOrSwimMentor: Similar to Kakashi. The difference being his team actually does relatively well during the Chuunin Exams. Kurenai does note his tendency to trust that Shikamaru, Ino and Choji will be able to do fine just because of their legacy of their families working together, though it does work out.
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[[folder:Shikamaru Nara]]
* BrilliantButLazy: It's the former TropeNamer, for crying out loud. [[spoiler:He actually manages to win his prelim match without moving from his starting stance, but gives it up, realizing Temari is up to something.]]
* CastingAShadow: His Shadow jutsu.
* MinoredInAssKicking: As usual, in the event you can actually motivate Shikamaru to really fight, he's surprisingly scrappy in combat.
* TeenGenius: The best strategist in the village after his father and [[spoiler:like Shino, it was only a matter of time before he figured out what Naruto really was.]]
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[[folder:Choji Akimichi]]
* {{Acrofatic}}: Shows surprising flexibility when it comes to moving around.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Has a much better showing in-story than he does in canon. [[spoiler:He fights Shino in the Semifinals of the Exams and mostly loses due to Shino's bugs being able to attack from long distances.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Shikamaru.
* NiceGuy: Doesn't hold grudges, is chagrined when he possibly permanently hurts an opponent and he and Shino have a honorable fight during the Exams.
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[[folder:Ino Yamanaka]]
* TheRival: To Sakura. Sakura herself is trying to go back to their being simply friends.
* SatelliteCharacter: Rarely shows up in-story without being accompanied by either a member of her team, Sakura or a mention of Sasuke.
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!Kurenai's old team
The other three members of Kurenai's team before their deaths on a mission 10 years ago. For Kurenai, see Team 8.
%%[[folder:General]]
%%* LocalHangout: Moritake's Restaurant, where Kurenai later takes Team 8.
%%* OriginalCharacter: Never existed in the source.
%%* PosthumousCharacter: All three of them, besides Kurenai.
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[[folder:Kobaru]]
Kurenai's teacher.

* BadassTeacher: Kurenai had to get it somewhere.
* TheBigGuy: The team's jonin, so a tough guy by nature, but he's also described as looking like "a boulder that had grown legs and gone for a walk."
* GeniusBruiser: Quite good at taijutsu, but believes that it's not his only weapon.
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[[folder:Nomaru Inuzuka]]
One of Kurenai's teammates, and a close friend.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Described as "brave, loyal, brash and a little conceited," and Kurenai believes that if he had been able to mature, he would have been a credit to his clan.
* OffWithHisHead: Decapitated during the ambush.
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[[folder:Mattai Fukuda]]
A member of Kurenai's team who [[spoiler:somehow acquired the Byakugan]].

* CountryMouse: From a village outside Konoha.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Stabbed with three swords during the fatal ambush.
* LoveInterest: Kurenai wonders if she was in love with him.
* ParentalAbandonment: His parents were killed by bandits, and he was taken in by Konoha. As such, [[spoiler:no one knows how he got the Byakugan]].
* WalkingSpoiler: Of all Kurenai's teammates, he's the one who most directly ties into the events surrounding their deaths.
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!Hyuuga Clan
For Hinata and Neji, see Team 8 and Team Gai.
[[folder:General]]
* AdaptationalVillainy: They are shown to be far more snobbish and sinister than in canon.
* AristocratsAreEvil: Most of them, especially the main branch, are quite stuck up and haughty.
* WhiteSheep: Hinata and her mother.
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[[folder:Hiashi Hyuuga]]
* AbusiveParents: Horrifyingly dismissive of Hinata and [[OffingTheOffspring possibly trying to get her killed.]]
* AdaptationalVillainy: Holy crap, Hiashi's a prick. According to the author, this portrayal has a root cause related to the [[ForWantOfANail original nail]], and speculation regarding why he is the way that he is in this story is something that has been speculated on by the Viridian Forum members for years.
** He is incredibly and unreasonably harsh on Hinata. Kurenai describes him as "systematically destroying the girl's sense of worth."
** Unlike in canon, where he treats Neji with sympathy and regret, he instead plans to punish him for his loss to Naruto.
** [[spoiler:Kurenai suggests that he is part of a conspiracy that resulted in the death of her old team, and is obsessed with a "monopoly" on the Hyuuga bloodline.]]
* ArchnemesisDad: To Hinata.
* AristocratsAreEvil: An aristocrat who is certainly vile.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: Hanabi is the only member of his family who doesn't appear to fear him in any way.
* GovernmentConspiracy: Involved in two: [[spoiler:the murder of Mattai, a non-Hyuuga possessor of the Byakugan and another that concerns Naruto.]]
* HairTriggerTemper: There is scarcely a moment in the narrative where Hiashi is shown as not being angry for whatever reason.
* {{Hypocrite}}: It's implied that for all his preaching on emotional restraint and propriety, he's one of the worst-tempered characters in the story.
* {{Jerkass}}: Vicious toward everyone and has no problem with punishing his daughter for slights.
* KickTheDog: Several examples. A few of the more notable ones include:
** Forcing Hinata to train all night even though she tells him she has a mission the next day.
** Planning on punishing Neji for losing against Naruto.
** Complaining about how a "peasant" like [[spoiler:Kurenai's teammate Mattai]] ended up with a Byakugan, which ends up coming back to bite him when he tries to manipulate the person in question into joining the Branch Family.
* [[RichBitch Rich Bastard]]
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: His response to his vicious actions towards his kids.
* SelectiveObliviousness: Hinata is clearly more competent than Hiashi says she is, even if she can't take Neji in a fight yet he refuses to acknowledge even that.
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[[folder:Hanabi Hyuuga]]
* AdaptationalJerkass: Kind big sister worshiper in canon, here not so much.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: Her family in summary is extremely messed up and she is a product of it.
* BrattyHalfPint: Proud, whiny and self-important.
* EntitledBitch: Looks down on everyone except her father and completely takes it for granted that she will be protected. She actually says that Iruka shouldn't have tried to save her because he was clearly outclassed, ''despite the fact that'' '''''Iruka was trying to save HER.'''''
* {{Jerkass}}: To everyone minus her father, but acts this way especially Hinata.
* RichBitch: Shes wealthy and not afraid to act like she’s all that.
* SpoiledBrat: Acts like this towards everybody:
* UngratefulBitch: Hinata saves her life. Hanabi's not impressed because Hinata got hurt while doing it.
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[[folder:Hinata's Mother]]
* GoodParents: Hinata was truly happy when she was alive.
* NoNameGiven: Only referred to as mother in Hinata's thoughts.
* PosthumousCharacter: Died at some point years before the start of the fic.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: While Hinata is described as a mixture of her father and mother, Hanabi is described as being the very image of her mother.
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!Konoha
[[folder:Iruka Umino]]
* BadassTeacher: A skilled ninja who's very good at making more skilled ninjas.
* BigBrotherMentor: To Naruto.
* CoolTeacher: With the exception of Hanabi and maybe Sasuke, all of his students look back fondly on their lessons with him.
* GuileHero: Best seen in the Chuunin Exams arc, where he disguises himself and essentially cons several Hyuugas out of their money and investments. [[spoiler:He also, along with Kurenai and Sarutobi are trying to unravel the GovernmentConspiracy against Naruto.]]
* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Konohamaru says this of him when Iruka tries to intercept his and Hanabi's kidnappers. While injured badly, Iruka mostly received flesh wounds.
* RagsToRiches: Becomes quite wealthy after the Chuunin Exams, thanks to all of the bets he made and took on others' behalf.
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[[folder:Hiruzen Sarutobi]]
* HandicappedBadass: [[spoiler:Thanks to Haku's intervention, he escapes the fight with Orochimaru with his life and without his arm. [[SparedByTheAdaptation It's an acceptable sacrifice.]]]]
* BigGood: Of Konoha. [[spoiler:Eventually steps down when he's too injured to be physically effective.]]
* CoolOldGuy: Saved Haku from Orochimaru and was Narutos parental figure for most of his childhood.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Inadvertently allowed Naruto to be mistreated by the general populace as a result of the secrecy law.
** EasilyForgiven: Luckily, Naruto forgives him for it.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Sarutobi survives the fight with Orochimaru thanks to [[spoiler:Haku.]]
* TeamDad: To the village at large, but especially to Naruto.
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[[folder:Konohamaru Sarutobi]]
* BigBrotherWorship: Of Naruto. Konohamaru is perfectly willing to hang around and look up to the village pariah because he thinks Naruto's awesome.
* BrattyHalfPint: Not nearly as bad as Hanabi. The difference is when he does it, he tends to be louder.
* {{Foil}}: To Hanabi. Both are young aristocrats and bratty kids. But where Hanabi is a SpoiledBrat, Konohamaru is a more on the sweet side if a bit loud.
* WhamLine: Telling Naruto that his kidnappers killed Iruka. While it's somewhat subverted in that it later turns out that he's wrong, it does [[ItsPersonal make things personal for Naruto.]]
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[[folder:Moritake]]
A retired shinobi who lost much of his left leg to an explosive tag in a war with Iwagakure, and now runs a cafe.

* LocalHangout: Owns a small cafe that Kurenai and her team used to frequent. She later takes Team 8 there as well.
* OriginalCharacter: Doesn’t exist in canon.
* RetiredBadass: Was a shinobi before losing his left leg to an exploding tag.
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[[folder:Teuchi and Ayame]]
* CoolBigSis: Ayame acts as this for Hinata in chapter 5.
* LocalHangout: As in canon, they run Ramen Ichiraku.
* NiceGuy: Are some of the few kind people to Naruto.
* ShipperOnDeck: Teuchi briefly teases Naruto about Hinata.
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[[folder:Shibi and Misato Aburame]]
* ActionDad and ActionMom: Shibi is part of the search party that is sent to retrieve Hanabi and Konohamaru and Misato teaches Shino how to use scythes in battle.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Misato takes joy in playfully taunting her son in front of his friends.
* BadassFamily: With Shino.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Misato seems to associated with bright green; the color of her eyes and the color she was wearing when she met Naruto and Hinata.
* GoodParents: PlayedStraight, albeit [[SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl each in their own way]].
* MalignedMixedMarriage: The Aburame elders were not pleased with Shibi marrying Misato, a Mist ninja. This stopped when they realized Shino was a ChildProdigy.
* OppositesAttract: Played with; their temperaments are different, but Misato's just as fascinated by insects as Shibi is.
* OriginalCharacter: Misato.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Hinata intuits that they actually enjoy that one of them is a GenkiGirl and the other is TheStoic.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Shibi looks like a taller version of Shino, with the exception of maybe having brown eyes to his hazel.
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[[folder:The Chuunin proctor[[spoiler:/Haku]]]]
* AntiVillain: Originally. He's a hero now.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The Hokage gave him both purpose and shelter. He would now die for Sarutobi without a second's hesitation.
* BodyguardingABadass: His initial job is to watch over the exams. He gets a promotion to the Hokage's guard.
* ChekhovsGunman: Mentioned a few times during the Chuunin Exams. There's also the fact that Sakura does a double-take at him. [[spoiler:This is because he's Haku.]]
* CombatMedic
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Naruto [[spoiler:once again]] assumes he's a girl.
* HeelFaceTurn: Granted, it's [[spoiler:Haku so [[AntiVillain he wasn't a big Heel in the first place.]]]]
* AnIcePerson: His Hyoton powers.
* SpannerInTheWorks: To [[spoiler:Orochimaru. His BigDamnHeroes is the second thing that completely derails the EvilPlan.]]
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Zabuza is killed by Kakashi in the Land of Waves and Haku takes his vengeance against Gato and later surrenders. Team 7 brings him before the Hokage who chooses to recruit him instead.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Talking about him reveals one of the major ways in which the fic diverges from canon, as well as the fact that one of the people involved still has more of a role to play in the story.
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[[folder:Jiraiya]]
* AntiHero: Also AntiRoleModel.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: He's an incredible ninja. To Kurenai's unending anger, he's also an almost incorrigible pervert.
* DirtyOldMan: Of course.
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: When Kurenai demands to know why Jiraiya stayed out of Naruto's absolutely shitshow of a life despite being his godfather, Jiraiya points out that a child with connections to him ''would'' die, either by Jiraiya's enemies, or by Minato's ennemies putting two and two together about who Naruto is.
* ParentalSubstitute: Becomes one of the primary adult figures in Naruto's life [[spoiler:after Kurenai's death and honors her LastRequest to make him both a great ninja and not ''quite'' as perverted as he is]]. Makes sense because he's still Naruto's godfather.
* SadClown: Beneath his perversions and kabuki theatrics is a very world-weary man haunted by his numerous failures, including what happened to the Sannin. Kurenai winces when she inadvertently opens up some olds wounds and notes the serious and solemn demeanor he has beneath Jiraiya's usual antics.
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[[folder:Tsunade]]
* BrokenBird: The deaths of her loved ones still weigh on her conscience.
** BirdsOfAFeather: [[spoiler:Would have gotten along well with Kurenai, laments never having met her.]]
* CombatMedic: The best.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Is initially quite frosty to everyone but Shizune and is enraged by how blase Naruto is [[spoiler:concerning Hinata's apparent indentured servitude to her. Then she meets [[AbusiveParents Hiashi]] and [[ElephantInTheLivingRoom immediately understands the real plot.]]]] She does adjust though.
* DidntSeeThatComing: She never expected Hinata to immediately agree to [[spoiler:six months as her personal servant.]]
* TheGamblingAddict: Can never win when she's not in danger.
* HotBlooded: One of her faults. It allows Naruto to get one over her.
* NeverMessWithGranny: Is around Jiraiya's age and still capable of kicking ass.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Because of circumstances here, when revealed, she doesn't look ancient[[note]]Like how she appears after using Genesis Rebirth after fighting Orochimaru and Kabuto[[/note]], just clearly older than her genjutsu would suggest.
* TheStationsOfTheCanon: Played mostly straight. She's introduced because a new Hokage is needed.
* SternTeacher: To [[spoiler:Hinata]]. Though she already shows signs of being impressed.
* VainSorceress: Naruto uses this against her to [[BatmanGambit get her to Konoha.]]
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[[folder:Danzo]]
* CorruptPolitician: Noted to possess both political allies and access to blackmail.
* WeWillMeetAgain: Says "This isn't over" word-for-word after the Invasion of Konoha when [[spoiler:his attempt to take over as Hokage]] is thwarted.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: As in canon, Hiruzen describes him as doing whatever he thinks best for the village, regardless of the consequences.
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!Sound
[[folder:General]]
* {{Jerkass}}: The closest to nice is Kabuto, who's AffablyEvil.
* TheStationsOfTheCanon: The Sound and its ninja don't see too many changes from canon.
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[[folder:Orochimaru]]
* ComplexityAddiction: Noted by the author to be one of his flaws.
* DidntSeeThatComing: Naruto's Chakra Pulse and Haku's BigDamnHeroes ultimately force Orochimaru to leave Konoha with less than what he had when he arrived. He even loses his CoolSword {{Kusanagi}}]].
* HandicappedBadass: [[spoiler:Haku freezes his arm solid and Orochimaru is forced to smash it to pieces.]]
* IShallTauntYou: Loves to taunt his victims.
* ImpersonationGambit: Disguises himself as [[spoiler:a Grass genin, the Sound jonin teacher and later the Kazekage]] to gain access to the Exams.
* PragmaticVillainy: Complexity aside, Orochimaru is perfectly willing to sidestep a difficult fight, but only after being driven into a corner due to said fight.
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[[folder:Kabuto]]
* AffablyEvil: Very good at playing the polite and friendly BigBrotherMentor. Of course it's all an act.
* BadassBookworm: Very smart and skilled at what he does but because more people are on to him in this fic, we don't get to see just how skilled yet.
* EvilAllAlong: Which Naruto suspects to thanks Kurenai's teachings.
* EvilGenius: One of Orochimarus brain assets.
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[[folder:The Sound Trio]]
* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:Sasuke kills Dosu with his bare hands, Zaku's arm is possibly permanently crippled by Naruto and Kin quickly surrenders rather than fight 6 angry genin nearly by herself.]]
* DarkActionGirl: Kin.
* FauxAffablyEvil: They act polite at first but it’s clearly an act.
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: Dosu via Sasuke and NeckSnap. Kin and Zaku are heavily implied to have been Orochimaru's sacrifices for the Impure World Resurrection technique.]]
* MuggingTheMonster: Their job is to test and possibly kill Sasuke and his team. [[spoiler:[[LateArrivalSpoiler They fail.]]]]
* SmugSnake: They're strong, yes but they're still genin.
* {{Unwitting Pawn}}s: Of Orochimaru.
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!Sand
[[folder:General]]
* ExoticWeaponSupremacy: A large jar of sentient sand, a giant folding fan and a puppet loaded with booby traps. The jonin-sensei attending the Chuunin Exams uses a sword made of RazorWind!
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[[folder:Gaara]]
* AxCrazy: Thinks it perfectly normal that he wants to kill everything.
* BloodKnight: And thus uses that he wants to kill everything to validate his own existence.
* DishingOutDirt: Naturally, his primary weapon is [[SandBlaster sand]].
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Not exactly "evil," of course, but he's completely flummoxed as to why Naruto didn't immediately kill him when given the opportunity.
* {{Foil}}: To Naruto, natch.
* GracefulLoser: He's more curious about [[spoiler:Naruto than pissed he didn't get to kill him.]]
* HiddenDepths: He's essentially a prince of the Sand Village and on the rare occasion he's not behaving like a stoic SerialKiller or an overzealous SerialKiller, he can present and conduct himself as one.
* LogicalWeakness: As it turns out, water has the effect of weighing sand down, making it slower to respond to oncoming threats. Furthermore, even encasing himself in a hard shell of sand won't save Gaara from drowning if he finds himself suddenly immersed in a mire. Thus, Naruto is able to beat his seemingly impenetrable defenses through simple water jutsus.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: He takes an immediate interest to Naruto on their first encounter due to their similar circumstances, and even goes so far as to delay leaving the Forest of Death for several days just so he can have a chance at killing him.
* PetTheDog[=/=]PragmaticVillainy: [[spoiler:The latter is when he formally surrenders to Naruto in chapter 18 because he realizes that just because Naruto doesn't want to kill him doesn't meant he can't and wouldn't if he feels he has to. The former comes in because his surrender means his siblings no longer have to fight and possibly be killed by Team 8 for his sake.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Sealed Shukaku in a can.
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Is completely confused by the thought that his siblings would fight Team 8 and Shikamaru to rescue him in spite of what he is and how he treats them.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: His messes up past lead him to become a monster.
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[[folder:Temari]]
* AntiVillain: Honestly isn't interested in fighting the Leaf Village but it's an order from [[ImpersonationGambit "her father"]].
* BigSisterInstinct: She may not like Gaara but she does love him, as Team 8 quickly realizes.
%%* CombatHandFan: =is a giant one.
* DarkActionGirl: Tenten fights her and loses. She also gets into a vicious battle with [[spoiler:Hinata. Temari loses.]]
** DesignatedGirlFight: Two of her three fights.
* WorthyOpponent: Considers [[spoiler:Hinata]] one.
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[[folder:Kankuro]]
* AntiVillain: Honestly isn't interested in fighting the Leaf Village but it's an order from [[ImpersonationGambit "his father"]].
* ChildHater: Doesn't like kids younger than he is.
** BigBrotherInstinct: Fights to save Gaara from Team 8 anyway and unlike Temari, faces 2-to-1 odds.
* DeadpanSnarker: Snarks people on whim.
* {{Jerkass}}: To Konahamaru.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Does care about his siblings and teacher.
%%* MarionetteMaster: His puppet Karasu.
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!Turtles
Might Gai's personal summon, [[spoiler:which he eventually passes on to Naruto.]]

[[folder:General]]
* AncestralWeapon: The summoning contract with them ''itself'' is considered this. In the distant past, a malevolent summoner attempted to order the turtles' leader to wipe out an entire clan. The nature of this act broke the contract, the turtles' leader killed the summoner and his army, and the contract was passed on to a child of the clan. It was then passed down over time, eventually to Might Gai, and then to Naruto.
* ProudScholarRace: They are described as a race that values wisdom above everything else.
* ShoutOut: The turtles each serve as a shout-out to various franchises. Gai mentions the [[{{Film/Gamera}} Friend of All Children]], and Naruto's first summon is a blue turtle named [[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} Squirtle]].
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[[folder:Genji]]
* TheConscience: Has a bit of this with Naruto, advising him regarding his desire for revenge. He also subtly condemns Jiraiya's perverted behavior, but also suggests that Naruto be thankful to have him as a godfather.
* NoodleIncident: Apparently, there was an incident involving his last summoner.
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[[folder:Kabuto]]
* FasterThanTheyLook: Despite being a turtle, he proves to be a swift, experienced sparring partner.
* NaginatasAreFeminine: {{Averted|Trope}}. He wields one and is unambiguously male.
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[[folder:Clothahump]]
* OldMaster: He is also known as 'The Old One,' and intends to teach various techniques to Naruto.
* ShoutOut: To ''Literature/{{Spellsinger}}''.
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