Team Guy

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Team Guy was a team led by Might Guy and was formed a year before the other main Konoha teams of the series. They specialise in close-quarters combat with all of its members using some sort of physical attacks. Guy waited a year before entering them in the Chunin Exams, though none of his apprentices were promoted at that time.

Later, between the events of Parts I and II, Rock Lee and Tenten became chūnin while Neji Hyuga surpassed his teammates and rose to the ranks of jounin. However during the events of the Fourth Shinobi World War, Neji was among those killed in the line of duty, and later Guy suffered a permanent injury which forced him to retire after the end of the war, leaving only Lee and Tenten remaining in active duty.

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General

All provide examples of:

Armed Females, Unarmed Males: Tenten is the only female member of the team and the only one who relies entirely on weapons.
Balance, Speed, Strength Trio:
- Initially, Neji would serve as the balance as he was the leader of the team, the only one to make it to the finals of the Chuunin exams, and the first to become a jounin. Lee would be the speed (just watch his fight against Gaara for evidence). Tenten would be the strength relying on weaponry...maybe a bit too much as it cost her against Temari.
- Following Neji's passing, Tenten can be seen as the balance as she was always less hyperactive than Guy and Lee. Lee would still be the speed and Guy would assume the role of strength (especially when he fought Madara).
Breakout Character:
- Neji (the 'Sasuke Type') was a villain in the Chuunin exams to both Naruto and Hinata. Neji came back to prominence close to the finale however with his Heroic Sacrifice, being the only one of the 12 to die and not be revived in the story, and he is honored by Naruto and Hinata in the naming of their son, Boruto i.e. "bolt" (Neji is Japanese for "screw").
- Rock Lee (the 'Naruto Type') had an ongoing arc about his recovery from his fight with Gaara, culminating in being a Big Damn Heroes during the Sasuke Retrieval arc.
- Finally, the teacher, Guy, is the second most prominent Konoha jounin, after Kakashi. He gets many fights devoted to him and is one of the few characters who have never lost a fight against someone.
- The team as a whole is popular enough that they got a spin-off series of their own, Rock Lee's Springtime of Youth, which expands on their personality (particularly Tenten).
Deus Exit Machina: They are away on a mission when Pain attacks the village. Given their capabilities, and especially what Guy demonstrates during the subsequent Fourth War arc, this was likely done to preserve the Curb-Stomp Battle nature of Pain's invasion.
Fantasy Counterpart Culture: Team Guy has something of a Chinese motif. Both Lee and Guy are obvious Bruce Lee Clones. Tenten dresses like an Anime Chinese Girl, complete with odango hair. Finally, Neji's Gentle Fist is inspired by a type of Chinese martial arts known as the Baguazhang, particularly its use of Eight Trigrams; the Chinese yin-yang symbol is also present in his clan's jutsu.
Fighter, Mage, Thief: Lee's the Fighter who fights solely with taijutsu, with his only non-taijutsu ability being used to enhance this. Neji's the Mage for approximately the same reason as Hinata, and Tenten is the Thief who relies on attacking from a distance and can't take a hit to save her life.
Geodesic Cast: A loud guy and a quiet guy (relative to each other), a girl, and an adult in charge. All teams of the Konoha 12 mirror the template set by Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi, respectively. This extends to most groups in the entire Ninja World, not just Naruto's friends.
Hard Work Hardly Works: With the exception of Might Guy himself, they all fall into this trope. While all three are hard workers, their usefulness pales in comparison to those with enough durability and power to make their efforts pointless. Neji has a mixed win/loss record, Lee and Tenten however don't have any wins against people who aren't C-List Fodder.
Super Mode: Naruto gives all of the Konoha 12 (except the deceased Neji) his Animal Battle Aura via his Chakra Transfer technique and later he gives his peers even more power, allowing them to manifest his Badass Longcoat Battle Aura to deal the final blow to Obito.
True Companions: All of the teams of the Konoha 12, plus Team 7. Emphasized more in the fillers.

Rock Lee

Voiced by: Yoichi Masukawa (JP), Brian Donovan (EN), Fernando Cabrera (Spain), Carlos Díaz (Latin America), Jean-Pierre Denuit (French)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 36 (Manga), Naruto Episode 21 (Anime)

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I want to show I can be a splendid ninja as well even if I do not have ninjutsu or genjutsu... I want to prove it to the whole world!

In his early childhood, Rock Lee was frequently picked on by his peers because of his inability to use ninjutsu or genjutsu. He believed himself to be worthless and to have no chance at becoming a ninja at all. Then, he met Might Guy, who convinced him to train exclusively in taijutsu (physical combat), at which he became a master.

Rock Lee's first appearance in the series is one where he challenges Sasuke. After flawlessly brushing aside Naruto's counter-challenge, he proceeded to just-as-easily beat down Sasuke, before Might Guy stops him just short of a dangerous technique. Later, he tries to save Sakura from the attacking Sound Ninja in the Forest of Death, but was defeated and this helped trigger Sakura's inner change.

His has the most heartbreaking battle in the Chunin Exams. He is matched up against the psychotic Gaara of the Desert, who has never once bled or even successfully been hit with an attack. Though he puts up an extremely good fight, the strain from his overuse of the Eight Chakra Gates allows Gaara to crush Lee's arm and leg; Gaara probably would have killed Lee too, if not for Guy's interference during the exam, and Naruto's and Shikamaru's later in the hospital. This injury keeps him out of action for a long time, and is initially thought to be career-ending — it is not until much later that we see him undergoing surgery performed by Tsunade, and even later that he returns to action.

His first fight after his surgery is against Kimimaro of the Sound Five (during the Sasuke Recovery Mission arc), who he begins fighting to give Naruto time to catch up to Sasuke. Though he again puts up a good fight, his injuries still have not recovered enough to allow him his full strength. Fortunately, Gaara shows up and saves him.

Rock Lee is as fast as the human body can tolerate, and is a master of the Strong Fist school of martial arts. He also possesses the forbidden ability to open the Eight Chakra Gates, which removes the body's limits and makes him even more overwhelming, but with high risks and physical costs.

Rock Lee has a very low tolerance for alcohol, becoming a savage master of Drunken Boxing after just one sip.

In Part II, he appears in the first major arc, backing Team Kakashi up as they try to rescue Gaara from the hands of the Akatsuki. He does not do much, but he does beat a clone of himself. When the Shinobi Alliance formed divisions to fight against Akatsuki, he was placed in the Third Division under Kakashi and alongside his teacher Guy and Sakura.

By war's end, Rock Lee moves past his affections for Sakura and marries another woman. He is later seen in the epilogue taking up the mantle of his former teacher Guy in spouting the "Spirit of Youth" with his son, Metal Lee.

Additionally, he is the star of his own children's spinoff series, Rock Lee's Springtime of Youth.

His hobbies are his and Might Guy's intense taijutsu training regimes.

Favorite words: "Endeavour" (努力, doryoku), "Guts" (根性, konjō), and "Love" (愛, ai).

Abhorrent Admirer: He was briefly a male example towards Sakura, with Sakura dodging his blown kisses, until he earned her respect by defending her from the Sound ninjas.
Adaptational Badass: Fillers and Movies are kind to him, giving him the occasional win.
Adapted Out: His character is absent in the first production of "Live Spectacle Naruto", though the 2016 re-run was later revised to include him.
All of the Other Reindeer: Due to being unable to use ninjutsu or genjutsu, Lee was treated like an outsider by everyone else. That is, until he met Might Guy.
Always Second Best: The main reason for his tendency to fall under The Worf Effect, as mentioned below. He's not weak, far from it — he just ends up fighting people who are stronger than he is. He mentions this in his backstory by pointing out that despite all his work to try and beat Neji, Hard Work Hardly Works.
Ass-Kicking Pose: LOVES these.
Badass Adorable: Can be quite sensitive and dorky at times.
Badass Normal: In ninja standards at least. Lee is the only ninja cadet who is unable to perform any ninjutsu or genjutsu, forcing him to rely solely on taijutsu.
Bare-Fisted Monk: Specializes in martial arts, having been taught by arguably the single greatest taijutsu practitioner alive.
Battle Aura: Both with his Gates and with Naruto's passing on a chakra cloak to him. His power increase to the point where he can blitz Madara and kick him in half!
Beware the Nice Ones: Rock Lee is one of the most well-mannered and polite characters, but he's also a master of martial arts, being able to defeat characters like Sasuke Uchiha very easily.
Big Ol' Eyebrows: Nicknamed "Centipede Brows" by Naruto.^noteBushy Brows in the dub
Birds of a Feather: He gets along well with Naruto due to their mutual bull-headed recklessness and lonely childhoods that were full of ridicule.
Blood Knight: Lee isn't a hardcore example of this but he does love a good fight every now and then. This mostly him wanting to test his abilities to get stronger.
Breakout Character: Rock Lee gained so much popularity, he starred in his own side-manga.
Bruce Lee Clone: Down to sharing a birthday with the late martial arts master.
Bunny-Ears Lawyer: A Love Freak with Big Ol' Eyebrows but is a taijutsu master.
Can't Hold His Liquor: The smallest sip of alcohol will send Lee into a drunken frenzy of kung fu. It's actually enough to make him a match for Kimimaro, the most powerful of the Sound Four, holding out long enough for Gaara to arrive as backup.
Character Tics: Like his teacher, Lee has a tendency to do thumbs ups, Manly Poses, and Youthful Grins.
Charles Atlas Super Power: Lee practically embodies this trope, even by ninja standards. Not having the ability to control chakra, he constantly trains with insane exercises like always wearing leg weights that appear to have the same mass as a small house. Each.
Close-Range Combatant: His specialization of taijutsu, particularly the Strong Fist, makes him this.
Combination Attack:
- Has one with Guy where they attack with a powerful jump kick from each side of an enemy.
- Has one with Neji combining his Primary Lotus with Neji's Revolving Heaven.
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He's an obscenely awkward, overly polite, goofy looking weirdo who can't do any ninjutsu or genjutsu. Despite this, he is without a doubt the most physically capable member of the Konoha Twelve by far. He was able to defeat Sasuke from his first appearance, not to mention how determined he was in his fight with Gaara. Even if he was defeated, he still pushed him harder than any other characters were able to do. He also proved that he could be one of the strongest ninjas without using any ninjutsu or genjutsu. Let's not also overlook when Lee kicked Madara Uchiha in half after being lent the chakra of the Nine-Tailed Fox.
Curb-Stomp Battle: While his losses later on aren't exactly Curb Stomp Battles, his introduction fights with Naruto and Sasuke certainly were. (He was the curbstomper.)
Dangerous Forbidden Technique: The Eight Inner Gates (as referenced in the page quote) is a technique that grants exponentially greater strength as each Gate is opened, but with increasing strain on the user's body; Rock Lee was almost permanently crippled by using five of them. If all eight are opened, the user becomes physically stronger than any human could be for a few minutes, though the cost of this is dying shortly after.
A Day in the Limelight: He co-starred in the third movie, having accompanied Naruto, Sakura, and Kakashi to the Crescent Moon Kingdom to make up for Sasuke's departure. He then got his own gag series, Rock Lee's Springtime of Youth.
Deadly Upgrade: The Chakra Gates.
Defeat Means Friendship: Actually reversed, it's Rock Lee who beats Naruto in his first encounter, but when Naruto picks up on Lee's Training from Hell and ends up developing a respect for him.
Determinator: Lee doesn't know how to give up. Deconstructed as he took his determination so far that he nearly destroyed himself after his fight with Gaara. He spends much time after that in depression over his injuries saddened because for once he is unable to control the outcome of a risky surgery required to heal him. The whole experience taught him to control his habit of over doing it.
Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: While powered up by Naruto's Nine-Tails chakra, he landed a hit that actually bisected Madara.
Dogged Nice Guy: He acts like this towards Sakura in Part I. He somehow manages to combine both types of this trope by being very grandiose in his tokens of affection, but doesn't seem to mind just being friends with her.
Drunken Master: Even alcoholic chocolate can induce this in Lee.
Dub Name Change: His Signature Move, "Front Lotus" in Japanese, is changed to "Primary Lotus" in the English Dub. Likewise, his Dangerous Forbidden Technique "Reverse Lotus" is changed to "Hidden Lotus".
Dynamic Entry: Like his sensei.
Emotional Bruiser: He's one of the strongest taijutsu users and the most emotional.
Exotic Eye Designs: Huge black irises.
Explosive Overclocking: How the Eight Gates works. By releasing the natural limiters on the body, Lee is able to bring out his full physical potential, making him exponentially faster and stronger. However, these limiters also protect the body from wear and tear, leading to an almost inevitable Heroic RRoD if he isn't able to finish his opponent fast enough.
Funny Bruce Lee Noises: He makes a lot of noises when he fights. Somewhat understandable given how Lee was inspired by Bruce Lee.
Game Face: After opening the Third Gate, his skin turns bright red from the blood rushing through his body while his eyes turn completely white.
Generation Xerox: Intentional. He modeled himself after Guy after Guy became his teacher. In the Epilogue, he's training with his son, Metal Lee, who looks nearly identical to him.
Handwraps of Awesome: Not just for protecting hands but also for binding his enemy for his Spinning Piledriver.
Hard Work Hardly Works: While considerably powerful, one of the strongest in his age group, and leagues above where he was originally, his accomplishments pretty much just serve to further emphasize, and utterly pale in comparison to the power-ups that all of the series' strongest characters either have inherently, or are just randomly given.
High Hopes, Zero Talent: He can't do two-thirds of what a ninja is required to do and while he can perform incredible taijutsu technique, those relies on Deadly Upgrade or has the drawback of leaving him completely worn out if he can't finish his opponent fast enough.
Hopeless Suitor: Towards Sakura, though it's far more pronounced in the spinoff.
Hot-Blooded: Both in personality and in fighting style, he acts with all the fire and passion of YOUTH!
Hurricane Kick: His Leaf Whirlwind and Hurricane techniques.
I Am Not Left-Handed: Most obviously during his first fight with Gaara. No one actually believes ditching a few weights will make a difference — until said weights hit the floor hard enough to shake the entire arena.
Kakashi: (deadpan) Guy, you are too much.
Imposed Handicap Training: By training with his weights on all the time he is invoking this trope.
Instant Knots: Lee's Initial Lotus jutsu starts by binding the enemy with his Hand Wraps Of Awesome.
Lee: The lotus of Konoha blooms twice.
Japanese Politeness: In a world of characters who typically do not even bother with proper honorifics, Lee is one of the few who addresses everyone properly and politely.
Large Ham: Especially when he and Guy are in the same scene.
Guy: Ha! But there's a big difference between knowing and being absolutely certain.
Lee: Wise words, Guy Sensei! So simple and yet so full of profound meaning!
Last-Name Basis: Lee is always called by his surname rather then his given name and his name is always given in Western order.
Launcher Move: His Leaf Rising Wind technique.
Lightning Bruiser: He uses his speed to great advantage against Sasuke, noting that Sasuke's Sharingan is useless if his body cannot keep up with Lee's speed. After dropping his weights, he moved too fast for Gaara or his Sand Shield to track.
Love Freak: Lee and Guy are some of the kindest and most polite people in the setting and are easily brought to tears and preach the way of Youth.
Magically Inept Fighter: Being unable to use ninjutsu or genjutsu, Rock Lee makes up for it with his great skill in taijutsu.
Manly Tears: In instances such as when he hugs Guy or when he finds Neji's dead body.
Martial Pacifist: Lee would rather avoid unnecessary fighting, if possible.
Meaningful Name: While the Lee part of his name is an obvious reference to Bruce Lee, his first name is a more subtle reference. The reason why his first name is Rock is because Bruce is pronounced the same way as blues in Japanese and his son Metal continues this theme as they are all three genre of music.
Meteor Move: His Lotus techniques.
Nice Guy: Friendly and nice to everyone. He even has a "nice guy' pose.
Nonstandard Character Design: He's downright cartoonish looking compared to other characters. Significantly Downplayed when using the Eight Gates, where his face becomes more intense and closer to other characters in design.
Panty Thief: In the Non-Serial Movie Naruto the Movie: Road to Ninja.
Red Baron: The self-named "Konoha's Beautiful Green Wild Beast" (木ノ葉の美しき碧い野獣, Konoha no Utsukushiki Aoi Yajū) ^note
The Rival: Early on, he seems to form rivalries easily. He has a long going attempt to surpass Neji, and later Sasuke, over the differences in natural talent versus his own hard work ethic. He also seems to adopt a more friendly rivalry with Naruto, seeing them both as hard working types who are striving for similar goals.
Lee: Among strong people exists genius types and hard-working types. If your Sharingan is a genius-type from the Uchiha blood, I am simply a hard-working type who has mastered only taijutsu.
Speed Blitz: Once he takes off his weights and/or opens one or more on the Eight Gates he starts doing this.
Spinning Piledriver: His signature Primary Lotus.
Spinoff: Rock Lee's Springtime of Youth.
Spirited Competitor: Like his teacher, Might Guy, Rock Lee is always ready to test his skills in a friendly fight.
Super-Strength: Lee is stronger enough to smash giant boulders and when he activates his Eight Gates powers he enhances this beyond human measure.
Super-Speed: He's so fast that not even Gaara's automatic defense sand can react quick enough to defend against Lee. This is not even getting into the Eight Gates where he's so fast that no one, not even Neji with his Byakugan, can keep up with him.
Swiss-Army Weapon: In the movie, his new weights are composed of several metal bars that he can assemble into a staff, Nunchaku and a Chain Whip.
This Loser Is You: The author stated that both him and Sakura were meant to symbolize human weakness.
Trademark Favorite Food: Rock Lee is inordinately fond of spicy curry.
Unconscious Objector: The end of his fight with Gaara.
Underestimating Badassery: Especially in Part I. Everyone assumed because of his weird clothing, odd mannerisms, and being unable to perform either ninjutsu or genjutsu, he was The Load of his team. How wrong they were.
Unskilled, but Strong: Lee can be either this or Weak, but Skilled; he's someone who uses physical prowess to make up for a lack of ninjustu skill.
Weak, but Skilled: Lee can be either this or Unskilled, but Strong; he's weak as a ninja with no jutsu whatsoever who makes up for it with taijutsu mastery.
"Well Done, Son" Guy: Lee seeks the approval of his sensei Might Guy.
Wise Beyond His Years: Rock Lee is so wise and mature in comparison to the other Konoha 12 that Masashi Kishimoto says he's the only one that doesn't need anymore Character Development.
Worf Effect: Rock Lee's fights typically serve the purpose of hyping up his enemy. This is because he is a powerful character who makes other powerful characters go all out, even if he ultimately ends up losing.
- He curb-stomped Sasuke and Naruto in his debut to demonstrate the power of his pure taijutsu, but doesn't win a solo-fight after that (unless one counts the time he beat a copy of himself during the Rescue Gaara arc). In fact, both Naruto and Sasuke would go on to emulate his Leaf Hurricane in their own fights (Naruto's Rendan and Lion's Barrage) respectively, because Lee's ability impressed them.
- He fights the Sound trio in the Chunin exams, and does well against them. He ends up in trouble because Sound ninjutsu is tricky and he was fighting three users of it. So Sasuke's Curse Mark level 1 looks all the more impressive afterward.
- He fights Gaara, and is the first person to make Gaara fight seriously. This demonstrates that Gaara is more than a Powers Do the Fighting sort of character, which sets up the fight between Naruto and Gaara.
- He fights Kimimaro, the leader of Orochimaru's elite Five, and does well enough to keep him occupied so Naruto can go on ahead. As Worf Had the Flu demonstrates, he wasn't even at his best at the time.
Worf Had the Flu: Fought Kimimaro very soon after surgery (then again so was Kimimaro). Whether he would have been able to defeat him at his 100% is another matter.
Worthy Opponent:
- It's revealed that Neji grew to respect him in a flashback that takes place at the time of the Third Hokage's funeral.
- To Gaara too. Rock Lee challenges and defeats the Kazekage in the final chapter of Rock Lee's Springtime of Youth.
Would Hit a Girl: Doesn't think twice about kicking Kin with Leaf Hurricane when she tries to kill Sakura. He also kicks Temari when he learns that she almost killed Tenten, althought Temari blocked the kick with her fan.

Neji Hyuga

Child voice: Keiko Nemoto (JP), Wendee Lee (EN), Jorge Saudinós (Spain), Brandon Santini (Latin America)
Older voice: Koichi Tochika (JP), Steve Staley (EN), Jorge Saudinós (Spain), José Gilberto Vilchis (Latin America), Xavier Percy (French)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 36 (Manga), Naruto Episode 21 (Anime)

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All this time, I've been called a genius, so I cannot lose. I can't let down those who believe in me!

Neji is hailed as one of the foremost prodigies of his time — indeed, he is perhaps the greatest practitioner of the Hyuga's fighting style that there is. If he weren't a member of the branch family, he'd probably be heading up the clan someday. However, his pedigree combined with his knowledge of past events fills him with a seething hatred of the main family.

In the Hyuga clan, there is a branch family and a main family. The branch family exists to serve the main family and tend to their needs. When a branch member is young, a seal is placed on their forehead to keep them from trying to kill the main family (also, it will prevent any foreign ninja from operating on their body and learning the Byakugan's secrets).

When Neji was young, his uncle Hiashi — Hinata's father — killed an intruder who aimed to capture Hinata. Since said intruder had some prestige in his home country, said country began calling for the head of his killer. The uncle was certain that they would attempt to steal the Byakugan's secret, but Neji's father Hizashi went in his place — first, since he had the seal, and second, to defy his clan's tradition and fight against his fate. Neji didn't know about the last part for a long time, though, and for years he resented everyone in the Hyuga clan.

Neji's life experience, at first, makes him something of a Straw Nihilist, as he constantly mentions that fighting fate is useless. Interestingly enough, this doesn't stop him from fighting his fate. He clobbers his cousin Hinata in the Chunin Exams, and is matched against Naruto in the first round of the finals. While he expects an easy win, Naruto quickly proves more resilient than he thought, ultimately defeating him. After Naruto's victory, he convinces Neji that fate can successfully be fought, marking a positive change in his character.

He later shows up in the Sasuke Recovery Mission arc, as part of the team led by Shikamaru. He engages Kidomaru of the Sound Four, who fights him using ranged attacks. He takes some serious, life-threatening damage in the process, but he manages to win.

Neji is a close-range specialist. He uses the Byakugan, which gives the user nearly-360-degree vision and the ability to see the flow of chakra in the human body, to hit pressure points, blocking off his opponent's access to their chakra. He can also create an impenetrable shield of chakra by rotating quickly; this is normally a technique reserved for the main house, but Neji reverse-engineered it.

In Part II, he is the only member of the Konoha 11 to get promoted to jounin, a further testament to his skill. He later tags along with his team to back up Team Kakashi in the Kazekage Rescue Mission arc. In the Fourth Shinobi World War, he is part of the Second Division, considered to be the Shinobi Alliance's up-close fighting division, along with Hinata, Karui, and Kurotsuchi.

Tragically, Neji loses his life during the war in trying to protect Naruto and Hinata but he dies understanding why his father did what he did and ultimately becomes a martyr for the Shinobi alliance in not giving up. His name goes on to influence the naming of Naruto and Hinata's first child, Boruto, with his grave being visited occasionally by the Uzumaki family.

His hobby was meditation.

Favorite phrase: "Flying leap" which refers to making rapid progress in something.

The Ace: Became a Reconstruction because he learned from Naruto's example of a failure being able to succeed, he acknowledged that a genius shouldn't be slowed down either.
Achilles' Heel: As a Hyūga, Neji possessed the Byakugan which gave him a near-360° penetrative field of vision. A small blind-spot exists behind his third upper-thoracic vertebrae — a weakness he was well aware of and trained extensively to overcome, to no avail. Instead, he took extra precautions to compensate for it by emitting chakra around the area, giving him a way to sense any approaching attacks and slowing them enough to give him time to respond.
Adaptation Dye-Job: In the manga, everyone in the Hyuga clan has large pupil-less white eyes^note"Byakugan" literally means "white eye", which are depicted as pale lavender in the anime.
Adaptational Nice Guy: In the anime he was a complete jerk, at least before his character development, but the filler makes sure to add moments of friendship with Rock Lee, which were not in the original work.
Aloof Big Brother: Well, he's (technically) her cousin^note, but he otherwise fulfills this trope to Hinata, formerly being cold and distant and highly critical of her abilities. However, it wears off after his Heel–Face Turn. Now, he's only criticizing her abilities to help her get stronger.
Always Someone Better: In regards to Lee, he is an insurmountable obstacle.
Animal Motifs: Neji has a strong symbolism with birds, first displayed by comparing his situation to being like a bird trapped in a cage. The symbolism continues while training his eyes; he counts birds and always misses a single one until he reaches a revelation, admitting that Naruto's words saved him from himself, and is finally able to count the entire flock. Later when he dies, a single bird is seen flying away freely but is then struck down by the same attack that killed him. The symbolism culminates in his death's hardening the resolve of Naruto, who out of the ashes of despair creates a giant phoenix Animal Battle Aura to carry the army to attack the Ten Tails.
The Atoner: The main reason he's so protective of Hinata after his Heel–Face Turn is that he wants to make up for severely beating her during the Chunin Exam arc, and previous, less extreme behavior.
Aura Vision: Using the Byakugan he can see chakra. He directly witnessed Naruto using the Nine Tails chakra and became familiar with the chakra boost of Orochimaru's Curse Mark users (Sasuke and Kidomaru).
Awesomeness by Analysis: As a member of the Hyūga's branch house, Neji was originally forbidden to learn many of the clan's strongest jutsu. Being so gifted, he had in spite of this being able to learn how to perform these techniques from observation. His uncle, Hiashi, was deeply impressed that Neji learned how to perform both of these abilities on his own and came to believe Hizashi, and by extension, Neji should have been the successor of the Main Branch.
Badass Arm-Fold: It is seen from him very often because he is very confident in his own skill and hard-edged towards others.
Because Destiny Says So: Being raised as a branch member of the Hyuga clan and given a curse mark to establish inferiority, he was led to believe his role in life was determined without his choice. He pushed this belief onto others, labeling those he deemed "failures" until Naruto defeated him and proved a failure can succeed as well, and even Neji himself.
Neji: People are judged by their true nature. It is the way of the world. That is why we have an elite, and that is why we have outcasts. We can change our physical appearance and improve our skills with training and study, but ultimately, we are judged by what we cannot change. What can't be changed must be endured. We are who we are, and we must live with it.
Berserk Button: Pre-Character Development, being accused of hypocrisy involving his beliefs of fate. He almost killed his cousin for it and goes into a Motive Rant when Naruto does it. It would seem more like he resents accepting his own fate so much that he takes it out on others trying to make sure they can't fight their own either. He later gets over it.
Beware the Nice Ones: After being defeated by Naruto, Neji becomes much more respectful, kind and empathetic. His Byakugan can still bring his opponents down.
Big Brother Instinct: After his fight with Naruto, and reconciling with his uncle, he discards his resentment towards Hinata. It is replaced by kindness, and a desire to look after her. It is fitting given he promised his father he would always protect her.
Big Brother Mentor: Neji becomes this to Hinata and becomes an aid to her training, eventually teaching her the Sixty-Four Palms.
Blaming the Victim: Neji holds Hinata responsible for causing the death of his father, despite the fact that she didn't asked to be a victim of the Cloud's plan to get a hold of the Byakugan nor was she responsible for the Cloud's ridiculous demand for Hiashi's head which results in Hizashi choosing to take his place on his own violation.
Brainy Brunette: He's highly intelligent, figuring out the Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven Gentle Fist technique all on his own.
Breaking Speech: Tries this on Hinata and Naruto, saying there is no point in struggling against what you were born to do; both of them turn it back on him by pointing out that he is doing exactly that.
Break the Haughty: Being defeated by the once-in-universe poster child of "failure" completely changed his views about life (which, to be fair, he wasn't himself completely convinced of deep inside).
Broken Ace: He is called a genius whose kekkei-genkai is the strongest of all of his clan and the Konoha 12, and even Kakashi says that his fighting ability is initially beyond Sasuke's, but his painful past and feelings of confinement constantly weigh down upon his heart. Then he loses to Naruto and learns the truth of his father's death leading him into a brighter future.
Broken Bird: A rare male example. His father was sacrificed in his uncle's place, he grew up hating and resenting the main family for all they had done (and hadn't done, in the case of saving his father) and thus became a haughty, stoic bastard who had to take a beating from the aforementioned Naruto to see the truth (plus a lecture from Genma).
Genma Shiranui: When captured birds grow wiser, they try to open the cage with their beaks. They don't give up, because they want to fly again.
The Bully: Initially started out as this, with his hostile attitude toward his cousin Hinata and his teammate Lee. He's straightened out and becomes a Nice Guy after Naruto defeats him in the Chunin Exams.
Cain and Abel: Even though they are technically cousins instead of siblings, Neji fills the role of Cain to Hinata's Abel. He is full of resentment for the way the branch family of the clan is treated, particularly his own father, and beat Hinata within an inch of her life during the Chunin Exam. When the jounin stepped in at that last inch, he shouted that they always sided with the main-line clan members.
Character Development: After being defeated by Naruto, Neji begin to let go of his claims that "you can't escape destiny" and starts to actively work on fighting his own.
Chaste Hero: This was established when Ino tried to charm him with her beauty in order to convince him not to take Team Asuma's scroll. It only which led to Neji telling her to get lost and walking away. Furthermore, he is one of the few characters to never be romantically interested in someone, or have someone be romantically interested in him.
Close-Range Combatant: His specialization in the Gentle Fist arts generally means he’s this.
Combination Attack: He and Hinata can combine their Hand Blast to double its power.
The Comically Serious: After his Heel–Face Turn, he frequently acts as a straight man foil to Guy & Lee's insane enthusiasm, however sometimes Neji proves to be Not So Above It All leaving Tenten as the Only Sane Woman.
The Cynic: At first, he is more than willing to remind anyone of their place in the world judging those he deems weak and doesn't think positively of his own future due to the cursed mark he lives with, even though he desperately fights against it. Naruto proves his way of belief wrong and turns him in the opposite direction.
Death by Irony: After spending his life trying to escape the fate of the Branch family to serve the main family, he's Impaled with Extreme Prejudice by branches to save the main family. Much like his father he remarks he didn't do this out of duty to his superiors, but out of love for his family.
Defeat Means Friendship: He comes to respect everyone around him after his defeat from Naruto. No longer discouraging anyone and acknowledging belief in oneself. In particular, he respects Naruto mostly because Naruto inevitably saved him from a path of darkness.
Disappeared Dad: Hizashi, who actually decided to die willingly for the sake of his village and to fight against his destiny.
Dragged into Drag: Courtesy of Rock Lee's skits in the spinoff, Rock Lee's Springtime of Youth.
Easily Forgiven: Despite trying to kill Hinata during the Chunin Exams, only Naruto and Kurenai are angered over his actions, and even then any hard feelings towards him dissolve pretty much immediately after Naruto defeats Neji.
Exotic Eye Designs: Byakugan users have pupil-less white eyes.
The Fatalist: He was this initially, believing no one can fight the fate they were born with (not that it stopped him from trying).
Finger Poke of Doom: The focus of the Gentle Fist style, striking pressure points to disable and even kill the opponent.
Foil
- To Lee, a talented shinobi who doesn't believe it possible to defy fate. When Guy asks him what his dream is, he declines to give an answer, and Lee offers to answer before he's called on.
- To Sasuke Uchiha in Part I as well. Both are the talented prodigy of their clan and generation. They both are the Broken Ace as well. Naruto is able to save Neji from the Darkness whereas Sasuke continued down his path to Darkness.
Freudian Excuse: Much of his hatred for the main house and belief in destiny is the result of his belief that they were responsible for his father's death. Once he realizes the truth, he revises these beliefs.
Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: Despite sympathizing with him, Naruto is also quick to call Neji out on the fact that he is not the only one who had it bad and that it gives him no right to put down others.
Gag Penis: Implied to have this in the spin off show, much to the despair of Lee and Naruto.
Generation Xerox: He, like his father, also dies protecting a main family member, who in turn was prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice for something else (Hiashi was prepared to die to avert a war with the Cloud Village, and Hinata was prepared to give her life to save Naruto).
The Gift: Even within the Hyuga he was born with the greatest natural talent for his clan's kekkei genkai. He's also the first member of the Konoha 11 to become a jounin. His chakra allows him to hurt people just by using two fingers. His fight against Kidomaru especially proved how persistent he can be.
Go Out with a Smile: He dies smiling, satisfied that he was able to protect Hinata and Naruto, the latter he feels indebted to as he changed his fatalistic views.
Hand Blast: The Empty Palm technique which is a palm thrust which launches a long-ranged wave of invisible chakra.
Heel–Face Turn: After losing to Naruto, he becomes a kinder person because his fatalism was figuratively shattered by Naruto's uppercut. He goes from bullying Hinata to seeking rare herbs so she can recover from an injury fast enough for a Not a Date with Naruto.
Heir to the Dojo: Inverted. Neji is exactly this type of character (gifted, hard-working, focused, etc.) but he is explicitly not allowed to inherit the Hyuga clan. Before his Heel–Face Turn, much of his bitterness stems (indirectly) from this.
Heroic Resolve: Double Subverted, it appears he may give up against Kidomaru but taking a lesson from Naruto, he was still able to fight on and eventually defeat Kidōmaru, because he remembered what Naruto had said to him about a genius like himself being capable against the odds.
Heroic Sacrifice: He dies protecting Hinata (who was protecting Naruto) from an incoming wood projectile in the battle against the Ten-Tails.
Honorary Uncle: Hinata and Naruto's daughter, Himawari, refers to Neji, who is her cousin, ^note first cousin once removed to be exact as Uncle.
Hypocrite: Pre-Character Development, he is firmly convinced that You Can't Fight Fate, yet he fights like hell against his own. Thanks to Naruto and Hinata, he snaps out of it.
Hypocrite Has a Point: While Naruto did break him out of his hypocritical world view, Neji is ultimately right according to the logic of the series (depending on how one interprets it). Naruto in particular is not only sealed with the Nine Tails, but is the latest to host the chakra incarnation of one of the Sage of Six Paths sons, and Neji ultimately dies protecting the upper branch (Hinata) while also protecting Naruto. That being said, many previous incarnations of Naruto and Sasuke tried to fight fate and lost (they are always destined to fight). On top of that, many hosts of Kurama failed to befriend the beast with only Naruto succeeding. In addition, Neji didn't have to sacrifice himself. He could've let Hinata die and no one would have blamed him. He did it because he wanted to.
Icy Blue Eyes: He's stoic and has pale, piercing eyes.
I Die Free: As he dies, the Caged Bird Seal, symbol of his servitude to the main family of the Hyuga clan, fades away.
Ignorant of Their Own Ignorance: He has a very strong belief in the inevitability of fate, the futility of fighting against it, and his own position as the most powerful genin in, well, the world it seems. The fact that he's preaching to Naruto of all people about bearing a burden he never asked for or deserved just proves how little he really understands about life outside of his clan's wealthy compound.
Inferiority Superiority Complex: Before his Heel–Face Turn, Neji used to be very cynical and egotistical, but at the same time, he just wanted to be acknowledged by the Hyuga clan.
Insufferable Genius: He was this back in the Chunin Exams.
Jerkass: Prior to his Heel–Face Turn, he looked down on those he saw as weaker than him, which was basically every other genin-level ninja. Before that, the nicest thing we saw him do was offer Hinata a chance to surrender before their match; during said match, he tries to outright murder Hinata and is only stopped from doing so by the adults in charge, and then accuses them of favoritism.
Kurenai: [thinking while looking at Hinata] Oh no, she's going into cardiac arrest... [gives Neji a Death Glare] Was he really trying to kill her?
Neji: [smirking smugly] I wouldn't waste time glaring at me when you really should be taking care of her.
Jerkass Realization: After the fight with Naruto, he becomes much nicer due to realizing how wrong he was.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Completely averted in the original manga, but in the filler, there are Flashbacks in which Neji has moments of friendship with Rock Lee, even before his development as a character.
Jerkass to One: Crueler to One, pre-Character Development. While Neji regarded most of the Leaf ninja he knows with indifference or mild disdain, he utterly despised Hinata to the extent he tried to murder her during the Chunin Exams. This relates to the internal politics of his clan, in which Hinata was the heiress to the head family, and Neji is a branch family member kept in line by a Curse Mark (which the main family members can activate, causing the bearer excruciating pain or killing them). Neji also blames Hinata for Neji's father's death, since Hinata's father killed a foreign ninja who tried to kidnap Hinata, and Neji's father was killed and passed off as Hinata's father. He mellows out after discovering his father actually chose to stand in for Hinata's to protect his brother, his hatred of Hinata being replaced with Big Brother Instinct.
Killed Off for Real: The only one of Naruto's closest inner circle to die in the Fourth Shinobi World War. To drive the point home, the marking of the branch family disappears from his forehead, which only happens when a Hyuga dies.
Kubrick Stare: Does this quite often, which led to some characters saying that he is scary.
The Leader: Levelheaded type for Team Guy internally, and the first of them (and the whole Konoha 12) to make jounin. Despite this Lee is obviously Guy's favorite student and protege, and Shikamaru or a Team 7 member will call the shots when the 12 get together.
Long-Haired Pretty Boy: He has long hair that he wears loosely tied. In Part II, two strands frame his face.
Lovable Sex Maniac: In the alternate universe of the Non-Serial Movie Naruto the Movie: Road to Ninja.
Made of Iron: He is tough in ways that don't involve ninjutsu. Kidomaru had to enter the second state of his curse seal after piercing Neji in the back with several kunai didn't work. Then Neji was able to take two arrows right through his body and still defeat Kidomaru. Strangely subverted in his fight against Naruto, where all it takes is one Chakra filled uppercut to take him out of the fight.
Magical Eye: As a Hyūga, Neji possessed the Byakugan. While a common dōjutsu in his clan, Neji's was noted to be especially powerful by both his father and uncle.
Misplaced Retribution: Despite Hinata having absolutely no say in the Hyuga Clan's cruel Branch system, Neji takes full advantage of the Chuunin exam's rules to take all of his baggage out on her.
Missing Mom: Whoever Neji's mother is remains a complete mystery. She never appears, and is never mentioned. Everything about his past is focused on his father.
Moral Myopia: During the Chunin Exams, he has the gall to accuse the adults of favoritism when they intervene during his match with Hinata, conveniently ignoring the fact that they only intervened because he was trying to kill Hinata in a rage even though she was already badly wounded and unable to defend herself from him anymore.
My Sister Is Off-Limits: In Rock Lee's Springtime of Youth, He constantly kicks and sends Naruto flying every time he comes near Hinata. He also furiously tells her that he would never accept her and Naruto together, because it's an infamy to him.
- Turns into Irony when Kishimoto confirms that his death actually brought Naruto and Hinata closer together after the War, and they even named their firstborn in honour of him.
Nice Guy: After getting beaten by Naruto, Neji becomes this; Neji decides that fate is not inescapable but that, rather, one's destiny is what one makes of it; he feels indebted to Naruto for releasing him from his prior "darkness". The destiny Neji ends up selecting for himself is to become strong enough to never lose again. In pursuit of this goal he trains with his teammates, whose own dreams he becomes supportive of, and later with members of the main house, who he gradually starts mending relations with. This interaction with others causes him to become kind once again, and over time his desire to get stronger becomes as much a motivation to never lose as it is to protect his friends and family. In particular, he embraces his responsibility as a member of a branch house to keep Hinata safe.
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: During his fight with Hinata in the Chunin Exams, he doesn't pull any punches and continues to pummel her even after sealing all of her chakra points, effectively making it impossible for her to win at that point. He actually has to be stopped from killing her outright in a fit of rage.
Noble Demon: During the Chunin Exams, Neji was an insulting, evil guy who annihilated people for their dreams. However, he still cared about his teammates and even chewed out Team Dosu for attempting to kill one of their own while under Ino's Mind Transfer Jutsu.
Not So Above It All: Especially in Rock Lee's Springtime of Youth.
Not So Stoic: Back in the Chunin Exams, he lost his temper when Hinata stated that he was wrong. He becomes more of The Stoic after turning good, though.
No Swastikas: His Swastika-shaped seal was edited into a simple X-cross in the anime.
Odd Name Out: Unlike his immediate family, except his grandfather and aunt who aren’t named, Neji’s name doesn’t translate to sun, light, or fire. His is also not alliterative.
Pet the Dog: Even at his most jerkish, Neji still respected Lee in his own cold aloof way. He was about to rescue him after his fight with the Sound genins when Sasuke woke up to curb stomp Zaku.
Power Palms: In Part II, Neji began using the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm to attack targets outside his physical range or push away incoming attacks.
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner: Often says "You're in range," before unleashing a devastating hand-to-hand attack.
Precious Photo: A photo of him is held by Hanabi at Naruto and Hinata's wedding in the ending credits of The Last and the anime adaptation of Konoha Hiden.
Present Absence: Even close to two decades after his death, he is still very much loved and mourned by his friends and family. Hinata asks him to watch over her during her wedding to Naruto, Hanabi carries a picture of him during said wedding, Naruto and Hinata name their son (the main character of the Sequel Series) after him, and the epilogue sees Hinata visiting his grave with her daughter Himawari.
Pressure Point: The Gentle Fist style his clan uses focuses on striking these very quickly.
Prophet Eyes: Inherent to all members of the Hyuga clan are the blank white and purple eyes that can see everything.
Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs: His offensive jutsu specialty was the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, with which he attacked multiple targets at once, either an opponent's chakra points to seal his opponents' chakra flow or an incoming volley of projectiles.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Gives one to Lee, saying that his graduating from the academy despite not being able to use ninjutsu or genjutsu is not special, but merely unusual. Also, Hinata and Naruto regarding, in his eyes, their senseless attempts of trying to prove themselves. Naruto is the one to really convince him otherwise.
Neji: These eyes of mine show me many things. One thing they've shown me… people's limitations are set, fixed, and unchangeable. Only a fool wastes his time trying to become something he can never be! The only destiny that everyone shares… is death.
The Resenter: For nine years of his life, Neji resented the Hyuga's main family for the freedom they stole from him and the death of his father. He especially resented Hinata for being weaker than him yet holding a higher position within the clan.
Restraining Bolt: As a child, he had a Curse Seal placed on his forehead by the main house of the Hyuga clan due to being a branch house member. The seal served to keep him obedient to the main house and seal his Byakugan should he die. He was extremely resentful of having the mark and grew bitter as a child because he thought the seal decided his destiny. Until he was defeated by Naruto and learned to decide his own destiny just as his father did.
Sacrificial Lion: Obito killing him shows just how serious he's getting.
Screw Destiny: Towards Kidomaru at the end of their fight.
Neji: No one can determine… another's destiny.
Shipper on Deck: Subtly pushes Naruto and Hinata together and even lectures Naruto before his death that his life belongs not only to himself but to Hinata as well. This, however, is turned on its head in the Gag Series spinoff Rock Lee's Springtime of Youth where he is a Knight Templar Big Brother with a hint of a crush which is of course Played for Laughs.
Sibling Rivalry: Between him and Hinata in Part I, and before Neji got his Character Development, he sought to demonstrate his superiority over her as a means of rebellion against his clan. Though he was in the lesser branch of the clan, he was the better fighter, and thus more worthy of the higher status she was born with.
Smug Snake: In the beginning, he coldly beats Hinata and informs her, Naruto, and Lee that they're failures and they can't change fate.
Spectacular Spinning: His main defensive jutsu was the Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven. This technique utilises the chakra control gained through Gentle Fist training to release a huge amount of chakra from all the chakra points on the user's body. It is also a defensive maneuver to compensate for the Byakugan's blind spot as the released chakra blocks any possible attack. After releasing chakra from every point of the body, Neji then spins rapidly, both creating a rotating shield of chakra and tossing away any nearby attackers. The jutsu is also capable of reflecting an opponent's chakra against them.
The Stoic: He becomes even more composed after his Heel–Face Turn because he has lost the anger that previously defined him.
Sufficiently Analyzed Magic: Neji's signature techniques, the Sixty-Four Palms and Revolving Heaven, are Secret Arts passed down only to the leader of the family and the main house respectively, but Neji reverse-engineered them and began to teach them to Hinata.
Super-Reflexes: Combined with his Revolving Heaven jutsu using chakra he has an impenetrable form of defense.
Super-Senses: Among other abilities, the Byakugan allows nearly 360-degree vision and telescopic view. He was able to increase his Byakugan's telescopic range over time: whereas he could only see things 50 meters away in Part I, by Part II he could see things from at least 800 meters.
Supernatural Martial Arts: Using the Hyūga's signature Gentle Fist fighting style, he could attack an opponent's chakra system directly, constricting or cutting off their chakra flow from only minimal contact. Because the chakra pathway system is closely intertwined with many of the body's major organs, debilitating and even fatal damage can be done just as easily. While Gentle Fist strikes are by default difficult to defend against, Neji's speed, precision, and general taijutsu prowess made him especially formidable at close range, requiring opponents to keep their distance if they hoped to compete with him. Even at a distance, Neji's Byakugan and keen reflexes made him difficult to hit.
Superpowerful Genetics: The Byakugan, which seems to be the most dominant of all bloodlines seen so far extending to every member of the Hyuga clan.
Taking the Bullet: He shielded Hinata and Naruto with his own body, losing his life in the process.
Took a Level in Badass: After fighting Naruto, Neji stops giving up on his goals because of his belief in destiny, and becomes a dedicated, hard-working person.
Took a Level in Idealism: He adopted Naruto's Screw Destiny philosophy, believing that anyone has the power to change fate.
Took a Level in Kindness: Neji lets go of his misdirected animosity of Hinata and became something of a big brother to her.
True Sight: The Byakugan is capable of seeing through illusion as well as other visually disabling jutsu like the Hidden Mist technique.
Troubled, but Cute: A Bishōnen with a deceased father that turned him rather cold, and ruthless. But gets nicer thanks to Naruto.
Used to Be a Sweet Kid: Before his father's death, Neji was quite the happy child and immediately became fond of Hinata.
Vein-o-Vision: The byakugan lets the user see the chakra network, the better to strike pressure points therein.
Warrior Therapist: Perfectly fitted this trope before his Heel–Face Turn. He nearly had Hinata give up before their match by simply pointing out her nervous body language.
Wise Beyond Their Years: Most notably in Part I. Maintains a very composed and stoic disposition and it is here where we learn of his vivid awareness of fate and destiny and his avid belief in that no one can escape theirs until his defeat by Naruto, revising his life philosophy to believe that, while people may never truly escape their predetermined fates, those who strive for their dreams are strong.
Would Hit a Girl: He tried to kill Hinata in their battle.
X-Ray Vision: The Byakugan allows the user to see into and through their target's clothes, skin, flesh, etc, allowing for better pinpointing of chakra nodes.
You Are Better Than You Think You Are: Naruto's words to him, "You can do it too, because unlike me, you're not a failure."
You Can't Fight Fate:
- Believes this until his Heel–Face Turn, although Naruto argues that if he truly accepted his destiny, he wouldn't have tried to kill Hinata.
Neji: The curse represents a mark of the bird in a cage… It is… the symbol of being tied down to an inescapable destiny.
- After his Heel–Face Turn, he's not entirely sure if someone's path can be changed, but those who try and pursue their own dreams are strong.
  Neji: Even if my enemy is far stronger, even if my body should fail me, I cannot lose, there is a reason I cannot lose… …I was always known as a genius so I cannot lose. Especially for the sake of those who believed I was a genius being my weak and powerless self.
You Killed My Father: The main reason for his animosity towards the main house.

Tenten

Voiced by: Yukari Tamura (JP), Danielle Judovits (EN)^note, Olga Velasco (Spain), Gaby Ugarte (Latin America, Part I), Leyla Rangel (Latin America, Part II), Élisabeth Guinand (French)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 36 (Manga), Naruto Episode 21 (Anime)

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^{Click here to see her pre-Timeskip appearance}

^{Click here to see her in The Last}

Amazing... The brilliance of the blade... the design. They're all beautiful! I want to take them all home!

Weapon specialist. Like her teammates, she is vaguely Chinese-themed. That's pretty much it.

The anime filler attempts to develop Tenten more. She seems to have an attraction to pretty boys and falls for a few. Even one that later turned out to be a girl! She also forms a comedy team with Rock Lee during a number of filler appearances, always playing the Straight Man.

In Part II, she goes with her team to help rescue Gaara. In the Fourth Shinobi World War, she was placed in the First Division under Darui and with Choza Akimichi.

After the events of the war and during the epilogue, Tenten goes on to own a Shinobi Weapons shop, though she's constantly lamenting how business is not doing well during peaceful times.

Her hobby is fortune-telling.

Favorite phrase: "A hundred shots, a hundred bull's-eyes" (百発百中, Hyappatsu Hyakuchū).

A-Cup Angst: In a Filler episode expanding on her past, she asks Guy what makes Tsunade legendary and he jokes that she is known for drinking and gambling. When both the local bar and the local gambling joint throw Tenten out for being underage, she yells that she will one day be legendary like Tsunade. The owner of the gambling joint states that Tsunade is known for her legendary chest. Cue Blue with Shock. Averted by the time of The Last as her chest size seems to have increased.
Adaptation Expansion: The anime tries to give her more screentime.
Adaptation Dye-Job: Tenten has black hair and steel-grey eyes in the manga — both of which are depicted as being dark brown in the anime.
Anime Chinese Girl: Not from China and lacks the stock Verbal Tic, but her design and voice are clearly this, featuring the odango hair buns and mandarin collar shirts. Being a ninja, she also has the martial arts.
Arms Dealer: She's opened a weapon shop in the epilogue. Unfortunately, to her chagrin, her business isn't improving because the world is "too peaceful".
Blade Enthusiast: Tenten carries thousands of knives and knife variants in her scroll which she summons and throws at high speed from midair.
Blade on a Rope: She used a kusarigama in her fight with Temari during the Chūnin Exams.
Boke and Tsukkomi Routine: The tsukkomi for her whole team (yes, even Neji) in Rock Lee's Springtime of Youth.
Butt-Monkey:
- There's a Running Gag of her being the most put-upon by Guy and Lee's insane self-imposed challenges. She was even forgotten in the first version of the High School AU ending only later being added sitting in the Corner of Woe forgotten in the final group shot.
- It appears this extends to in-universe, too. Being laidback in comparison to Guy and Lee isn't very fun when they're pushing you all the time, then you fight the one person who has your weakness in a bag and you seal the greatest and most legendary of weapons only for Madara's headband to pierce and destroy the scroll. Being Tenten just isn't fun.
- Remember also that the few cool moments she has were mostly added by the anime — making her even more of a Butt-Monkey in the manga. The one real fight she was in (outside of a brief cameo during the Shinobi War) was with Temari in the Chunin exams, and she was defeated off-screen in one panel! At least the anime showed the fight if only to show Tenten being wrecked.
Cool Big Sis: She acts as one towards the other girls, considering she's the oldest. A filler episode has Tenten hosting a girls night out to clear everyone's mind about the upcoming war as well as to cheer Hinata up.
Crazy-Prepared: The anime lets her have pretty much anything in her scrolls, such as an extremely long ladder, a large body of water, a fireball or even an entire ship. Justified since her fighting style enables her to store anything in her scrolls.
Curtains Match the Windows: Only in the anime — matching dark brown hair and eyes.
A Day in the Limelight: Despite being a minor secondary character, Tenten is the protagonist of the Dream World two-parter, in which she is the only character to realize she has been trapped in Madara's Infinite Tsukuyomi and desperately tries to figure out a way to escape the illusion.
Deadpan Snarker: Filling in for Neji when a less cynical response to Guy and Lee would be funnier.
Determinator: The majority of her central episode was spent in a flashback about how she wanted to become like Tsunade, and the lengths she was willing to go to were sort of...illegal.
Difficult, but Awesome: This trope comes into play with her use of Jidanda in the anime, a flail that, while devastating, is also twice her height, and made of solid metal. Jidanda is naturally so heavy that a normal shinobi, such as Tenten, can’t use it properly. She overcomes this by using strategic explosions to get it off the ground and attack opponents. Jidanda’s sheer size and spikes can do massive damage once it gets swung, but it also includes bombs as part of the construction, the blast of which the flail is durable enough to withstand.
Fangirl: Since her time as a student in the Academy, Tenten had a goal to become a legendary kunoichi like Tsunade, one of the Sannin, which she openly shared to others.
(To Guy) "I want to be a great and powerful ninja! To walk in the footsteps of the legendary kunoichi, Tsunade!"
Faux Action Girl: Out of the Konoha 12 kunoichi, Tenten is a rather decent combatant. She graduated from the academy, just like the rest, has her own fighting style and has good aim with her thrown weapons. She just gets clobbered to show her opponent's strength. In the case of Temari, at least, it was justified for being the worst possible match-up for Tenten; Temari was not only easily one of the strongest genin gathered, but also one that had all the right techniques to counter Tenten's strategy.
- Downplayed in the anime, which shows her being perfectly competent in filler stand-alone episodes where she is the focus character. During the Shinobi War arc, she even destroys two of Kakuzu's hearts because she found a legendary weapon that was dropped by a defeated enemy. ^note
- In the manga, the aforementioned fight with Temari is her only fight scene in the entire series, and she gets beaten off-screen in one panel. The anime at least tries to give her a Curb Stomp Cushion by actually showing the fight, albeit it just shows Tenten being literally blown away.
Flat Character: While the anime has done more with her character, she still remains the least developed of all the Konoha 12 to the point that she's the only one with One Name Only.
Flechette Storm: Her Twin Rising Dragons technique.
Girl with Psycho Weapon: Describes her fighting style as she doesn't use elemental attacks or hand-to-hand combat like most other shinobi. This is also seen in some of the games such as the Clash of Ninja and Ultimate Ninja Storm titles where her ultimates show a wide variety of weaponry.
Guys Smash, Girls Shoot: Textbook case with her and her team, because she is the only girl and also the only one to fight at long-range.
Hyper Space Arsenal: Uses scrolls both big and small as a Bag of Holding for her many, many weapons.
Improbable Aiming Skills: Of the Informed Ability variety, as most of what he see about her fighting style is not around accuracy or precision (see More Dakka below).
The Klutz: In the Non-Serial Movie Naruto the Movie: Road to Ninja, resulting in many Amusing Injuries.
Living Prop: Kishimoto states that she was made just to fill in a Token Female in Team Guy, but the author likes her look best of the four main females, so she gets used for crowd-filling a lot.
Meaningful Name: It's a possibility that her name insinuates "Ten out of Ten," a reference to her marksmanship. Ten-ten could also derive from one of the names for a Japanese ellipsis, meaning "mark-mark" referring to her use of targets with bukijutsu.
More Dakka: Her entire strategy is to use her vast array of ninja weapons against opponents, and if they don't go down, she simply hasn't used enough at once. The only times it has ever worked so far were the time she fought a clone of herself and the Zetsu army.
Multi-Melee Master: Skilled with weapons such as swords, staves, nunchaku and sansetsukon but her skills are primarily as a...
Multi-Ranged Master: Specifically for throwing weapons, if she can hurl it she will. Including but not limited to kunai, knives, shuriken, Fuma Shuriken, Kusari -gama, spiked grenades, needles and even weapons not meant for throwing like flails and swords.
Nice Girl: A very, very nice girl, more or less.
Only One Name: The only one of the Konoha 11 never to be given a last name.
Only Sane Woman: Tends to complain about the logic behind Guy and Lee's bizarre training methods, even more so than Neji who often times is Not So Above It All.
Out of Focus: Very little is known about her besides her fighting style and some of her reasons for why she does what she does, and she's often left out of events where all of the other Konoha 11 are involved. Special mention goes to the Ultimate Weapon arc, the last Filler arc of the original anime series, where she's the only one out of the Konoha 11 and their allies to not go on the mission.
Overshadowed by Awesome: Being a weapon specialist with a nearly unlimited arsenal just isn't that great in a world full of people who can breath fire, create clones of themselves or have Super-Strength.
Plucky Girl: One dominant aspect about Tenten is that she never gives up.
Satellite Character: We don't know her last name or anything about her background. She got a background story of sorts in Shippuden's Episode 237, where she was inspired to become a replica of Lady Tsunade, but this fell apart and she became a weapons specialist instead.
Tenten: I no longer wish to be like Lady Tsunade anymore. But I haven't given up my dream to become a legendary kunoichi.
Sprouting Ears: Of the cat variety after being kicked out of the bar and then the gambling den in Episode 237 of Shippuden, along with the obligatory *nya* and handlick.
The Stoic: She's the only one of Konoha 11 (along with Shino) who has never shown too much emotion during tough moments. Not even when her longtime team-mate Neji died. Unlike Shino however, this is because she once stated that she detests emotional frailty, both in herself and others.
Straight Man: She always plays this part in regards to Guy's and Lee's zany antics, and sometimes even towards Neji.
Tomboy with a Girly Streak: Tenten, despite her tomboyish demeanour, has also shown a feminine side, giggling and commenting to herself that Sasuke Uchiha is cute when he refused to tell his name to Neji. In the anime, she also commented to herself that the prince was just her type.
Took a Level in Badass: She used the banana fan several times without dying, which is a weapon that would kill normal people with one use.
Torpedo Tits: The aptly named Breast Hammer technique courtesy of Rock Lee in Rock Lee's Springtime of Youth.
True Blue Femininity: Combined with her blue pants, this trope is in full effect.
Tsundere: A Type B since she is usually a very friendly character, but occasionally loses her temper. Once she put a two-ton iron doll on Rock Lee because he was doing push-ups when she was trying to talk to him. Another time she stabbed him with a dozen knives because he ignored her in a swimsuit to look for Sakura.

Might Guy

Voiced by: Masashi Ebara (JP), Skip Stellrecht (main series), Matthew Mercer (Rock Lee's Springtime of Youth) (EN), Manuel Bellido (Spain), Gerardo Reyero (Latin America), Bruno Georis (French)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 38 (Manga), Naruto Episode 21 (Anime)

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The springtime of youth has yet to fade away! Don't lose hope! We may not always be able to accomplish all the things we wish for… but if we only do the things we want to do, we'll never start… The green days of Konoha are over. The time has come to become the red beast.

Leader of Team Guy, Might Guy is the epitome of hard work. Through blood, sweat and tears, he became one of the strongest ninja there was in Konoha, becoming a rival of Kakashi in the process. He serves as both Kakashi's opposite and his Unknown Rival. Like his student, he's a pastiche of Bruce Lee.

His number one student is Lee. While their interactions are often very... odd, to say the least, it's very clear that Guy cares deeply for his student, and views him as the son he never had. He taught him how to open the Eight Chakra Gates (which isn't exactly a cakewalk).

In the first series, Guy shows up during the Chunin Exams stopping Lee from using a forbidden jutsu on Sasuke. He later saves Lee from Gaara during their fight, and later saves Shikamaru and Naruto from Gaara. He saves Kakashi, Kurenai, and Asuma from Itachi and Kisame. He also later takes Sasuke to the hospital after his fight with Itachi. And he convinces Lee to get a risky operation that would allow him to return to active duty as a ninja.

In Part II, his team backs up Kakashi's team as they try to rescue Gaara. He fights a clone of Kisame — for some reason, he doesn't remember the Akatsuki member. He opens the Sixth Gate and kicks his ass. Later, while accompaning Naruto on a hidden island in Lightning Country, he goes up against the real Kisame (again), and defeats the missing-nin in one hit by opening the Seventh Gate. Even though he didn't completely recover from the fight, he was assigned to the Third Division for the war, under his rival Kakashi, and with his student Rock Lee and Sakura.

Guy proves himself influential later in giving Naruto and Sasuke the time they need to recover and power up by facing a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki Madara in his Eight Gates form, though the resultant battle cripples Guy for the rest of his life.

His hobbies are repeated side-steps, and hitting focus mitts.

Favorite phrase: "Overflowing youth!!"

Always Second Best: In regards to Kakashi, who handed him his first major defeat when they took the Chunin Exams together, and regularly loses to him after that (in rock-paper-scissors). Subverted when he opens his Eighth Gate and Kakashi realises that his father's prediction about Guy surpassing him with miles and bounds came true.
"Really, it ended up exactly the way you thought, dad..."
Animal Battle Aura: His Afternoon Tiger technique takes this trope and runs with it. With the Eighth Gate, he gets Evening Elephant to add to that. And then the Night Guy. He also has a technique called Night Phoenix in some games which is a single, strong punch set on fire that takes the shape of a bird.
Ascended Extra: He was always the most prominent jounin after Kakashi, but while he gets A Day in the Limelight in the first arc of Part II, his big fights don't come until towards the end of the series.
Back-to-Back Badasses: With Kakashi. They trust each other implicitly and are familiar with each other's fighting styles, making them a very dangerous combination on the battlefield.
Badass Teacher: He's Team Guy's instructor and he's one of the strongest characters in the series. He's also Kakashi's rival.
Bare-Fisted Monk: He prefers to strictly uses his Strong Fist style in combat. He's only ever used a weapon once.
Beware the Silly Ones: Guy is eccentric and often seen by fans and other characters alike as being goofy. However, he is arguably one of the strongest characters in the series, and among Konohagakure's best shinobi. When Kisame Hoshigake is getting ready to face him in their first confrontation, Itachi warns the former not to underestimate him. In time, Kisame regards Guy as one of his strongest opponents and Madara Uchiha deems him the greatest taijutsu-user he has ever faced after Guy opens his Eighth Chakra Gate, remarking that the former nearly killed him (a feat no-one else in the alliance has come close to at that point).
Big Ol' Eyebrows: One of his most defining features is his large eyebrows. Lampshaded when Team 7 first meets him.
Naruto: He's got even bigger brows than Lee's! As if they had life of their own!
Blood Knight: Just look at how he stalked Kakashi as a child just because he wanted to fight him.
Boisterous Bruiser: Might Guy's main personality.
Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu: He opened all Eight Gates to strike a decisive blow against Madara, but he shatters his own leg in the process. He would have died, as that's what would normally happen if you open all Eight Gates, but Naruto managed to save him with his new-found healing abilities, though the leftover damage to his body was so severe that he was wheelchair bound for the rest of his life (though he eventually showed he could get out of it on his good leg for short periods), and had to keep wearing a cast on the kicking leg due to how much damage it had (it even having started to disintegrate before Naruto put a stop to it). That said, he can still break out the badass when he needs to, even though it hurts his leg to do so.
Bruce Lee Clone: Complete with nunchaku and Funny Bruce Lee Noises.
Bunny-Ears Lawyer: As quirky as his personality is, Guy ranks amongst the Leaf's most effective and dangerous Shinobi. Itachi of all people even warned Kisame not to underestimate him in a fight. This is proven repeatedly in Part II. Guy's strong enough to defeat Kisame all on his own, stun the Six-Tailed Slug Saiken while dissipating its corrosive mist, overwhelming Madara's Susano'o with Hirudora (Afternoon Tiger), going toe to toe with Jinchuuriki Madara (even though it did nothing, still), and finally opening the Eighth Gate and catching Madara off guard! Not just that, but by using Evening Elephant, he turns Madara into a ragdoll who can barely retaliate. And then there's Night Guy, which is so powerful it nearly kills Madara outright.
Captain Obvious:
- Subverted actually. During his fight with Kisame, he comments that Kisame only thinks that the sword he carries is his weapon. This is because the person he fought wasn't really Kisame, but a mook possessed by Kisame. This is also why he didn't recognize him.
- His comment on the gourd could also be a subversion, seeing as the gourd itself could turn into sand, something that completely changed the outcome of Rock Lee's battle with Gaara.
Career-Ending Injury: The Eighth Gate's toll is so great that even when Naruto manages to save him at the last possible moment, it can't repair the damage done to his leg, therefore leaving him confined to a wheelchair for life. Subverted in Kakashi Hiden, which shows that even a crippled Might Guy is more than a match for most ninja.
Celibate Hero: Guy never has a single romantic interest in the entire series.
Character Tics: Like his student, Lee has a tendency to do thumbs ups, Manly Poses, and Youthful Grins.
Charles Atlas Super Power: To emphasize: While most ninjas around him summon giant sharks, call lightning into their palm, or have all-seeing vision, Guy remains among the most powerful ninjas in the series and one of his most powerful moves is a punch. It is so hard that it compresses the air into a giant exploding tiger head. And it's not made of chakra at all. That's right, he shapes the air into the visage of a giant roaring tiger out of pure physical strength. Taken to utterly ridiculous levels when using the Eighth Gate technique Night Guy, which allows him to kick hard enough to distort space according to Madara.
Close-Range Combatant: Not for the same reason as Lee, as he is able to use ninjutsu, but chooses not to due to his close bond with his student. Though Guy has shown to be capable of using nunchucks.
The Cloud Cuckoo Lander Was Right: The two incidents mentioned in the Captain Obvious entry.
Combination Attack: He formed one with Lee.
Cool Kid-and-Loser Friendship: Kakashi was the cool, naturally gifted kid who everybody admired while Guy was the weird loser who couldn't do anything beyond taijutsu.
Cool Teacher: An awesome teacher to the students under him, who he absolutely treasures.
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Constantly going on about the power of youth and getting ignored by his "lifelong rival" Kakashi. Most of the time, people are either creeped out by him or laughing at him, because he's just that ridiculous. At the same time, he's also the foremost taijutsu user of Konoha, can use at least Seven Gates without suffering anything more than a severe winding, and trained Rock Lee into a badass. He's one of the strongest characters in the series to the point where even a smug asshole like Madara Uchiha acknowledged him as a Worthy Opponent, even though Madara was at the near pinnacle of his strength after becoming the Ten-Tails' Jinchuuriki, though still lacking his other Rinnegan eye. In fact, he doesn't lose a fight onscreen until near the end of the series (when he has to be saved from Madara, despite coming very close to killing him); the one time before this that he lost was in a flashback to his Chunin Exams match against Kakashi.
Dangerous Forbidden Technique: He's able to use the Eight Gates with less difficulty than Lee, but it's still indicated that the opening Eighth Gate will be fatal even to him.
Determinator: A major part of his ethos is that dedication to one's goal will allow them overcome whatever obstacles stand in their way. The anime shows that his version of Kakashi's Bell test is meant to evaluate the genins' guts. Team Guy passed when they persisted in trying to fight him after being beaten into the ground. Kakashi Hiden reveals that even after permanently breaking his leg in his battle against Madara, he's able to rehabilitate himself to the point that he can even get off his wheelchair and fight when need be, despite the pain it causes to his bad leg.
Disabled Badass: Even after permanently crippling himself in his fight with Madara, Kakashi Hiden shows that he's still one of Konoha's best combatants, even if not on quite the same level as before.
Double Jump: Might Guy demonstrated the ability to do this by summoning a tortoise mid-air and using its shell as a springboard. In keeping with the law of physics, said tortoise was promptly hurtled toward the ground at immense speed. Ningame was not happy about being used for this. With the Eighth Gate open, he's able to use the trope properly.
Dynamic Entry: The Trope Namer with his Dynamic Entry attack, which is a flying kick used as a surprise attack. Night Guy is Beyond the Impossible levels of this.
Elemental Punch: His Morning Peacock technique sets his punches on fire. Unlike most examples, he uses the friction. The above mentioned Night Phoenix also works like this, but is a single extremely powerful attack rather than Morning Peacock's Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs.
Emotional Bruiser: Guy can fight like nobody's business, but he's also prone to fits of immaturity and extreme emotion.
Epic Fail: Once tried to use Dynamic Entry to attack Itachi when he infiltrated Konoha — only to show up moments after he had fled, booting an unsuspecting Jiraiya to the head. Hilarity Ensues.
Exotic Eye Designs: Same as Lee, weirdly.
Feels No Pain: Subverted, then played straight. When using the Eighth Gate, he cracks one of his arms' bones just readying a punch for part of his Evening Elephant, remarking upon the unimaginable pain that comes with said Gate... only to immediately follow that up with the statement that he's acclimated to the pain after that, allowing him to power through it to beat Madara blue and yellow. Perhaps justified, because his blood was literally catching on fire as it boiled through his skin by that point. His nerves were probably cauterized already.
Fights Like a Normal: Unlike Rock Lee, Guy actually can use ninjutsu and genjutsu but he simply chooses not to as he is not good at them. He's a fantastic taijutsu specialist and considered one of the strongest people in the Leaf Village in spite of his self-imposed limitation.
Game Face: After opening the Third Gate.
Generation Xerox: Lee reminds Guy of his father, who — at least in the anime — was unable to use chakra.
Genius Bruiser: While his intellect isn't as good as say others like Kakashi and Shikamaru, he's a natural battle tactician and a pretty good strategist. There's a reason that even after becoming a jounin, Neji still takes orders from him.
Gratuitous English: Dynamic Entry is just that in the original, and his name was transliterated from "Engrish" ("Maito Gai") to correct English.
Handwraps of Awesome: During his youth, he wore bandages on his hands like Lee does.
Hard Work Hardly Works: Unlike Lee, Guy tends to perform much better against foes than his student, and even most Shinobi. He outperforms nearly every shinobi in the Fourth Shinobi World War by nearly killing Madara.
Heroic Build: If some of the Naruto omakes (like Shippuden 212) are to be believed, Guy is absolutely jacked under that jumpsuit.
Heroic RRoD: Rather literally, as the use of the Gates beyond two has red skin as a side effect. The Eighth Gate comes with bloody sweat that makes it look like his body is on fire, and if not for Naruto's Six Paths Yang Power healing him, he would have crumbled into dust as a result.
Heroic Sacrifice: Guy activates the Eighth Gate against Madara, paralleling his own father's use of it against the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist. Subverted by the last second when Naruto stops him from dying, though the leg used for Night Guy is permanently injured.
Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Kakashi. Despite their one-sided rivalry, it's easy to tell they are each other's best friends who'd support each other through anything. The anime further expands on this.
Hot-Blooded: He's extremely passionate about training and youth and his rivalry with Kakashi.
Guy: YOOOUTH!
Immune to Mind Control: Because of his rivalry with Kakashi, Guy has effectively trained himself to resist the Sharingan and most other genjutsu by avoiding eye contact and instead focusing on his opponent's feet.
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: It's revealed that Guy was the driving force behind Kakashi being released from ANBU. After watching his best friend become more emotionless and depressed, Guy begged the Third Hokage and Danzo to either allow Guy himself to join ANBU, or release Kakashi from it altogether. Both refused to allow Guy to join, stating that he was far too exuberant and kind-hearted to ever make it in ANBU, but ultimately agreed to discharge Kakashi and make him a jounin teacher instead.
Danzo: You lack darkness.
Large Ham: The most memorable of the series.
Guy: Yes! This is what youth is all about!
Let's Get Dangerous!: As carefree as this guy is, he knows when to get serious when the chips are down.
Lightning Bruiser: How a pure hand-to-hand specialist competes in a world of ninjutsu.
Living Emotional Crutch: After the death of his original team, Guy was the only positive relationship Kakashi had prior to the formation of Team 7. He was probably one of the only people preventing Kakashi from succumbing completely to his crippling self-loathing and falling into a complete downward spiral like his father Sakumo had.
Love Freak: Part of his obsession with the "Springtime of Youth."
Made of Iron: Even by elite shinobi standards, Guy can take an insane amount of damage and just keep chugging through a fight, usually to the horror of his opponents. His most infamous move — the Eight Gates — relies entirely on his body's ability to withstand catastrophic levels of chakra flow, and almost always leads to severe muscle, bone, and organ damage.
Manly Tears: Will stream tears at the drop of a hat if someone's "youthfulness" inspires him.
Martial Pacifist: Guy is an incredibly friendly person who enjoys helping others and giving grand speeches about the springtime of love and youth, but if you pose a direct threat to his home or friends, then he will break you.
Nice Guy: With this and all the other tropes, it's small wonder he and Lee are so close.
Non-Standard Character Design: Not quite as odd looking as Lee, but his huge eyebrows, large nose, and bowl cut make him stand out when alongside the main cast.
No Body Left Behind: It's stated this is normally the fate of those who open the Eighth Gate, the resulting overflow of energy and heat not just killing you but disintegrating your remains at the same time. Madara states he will do Guy the honor of dying by an attack from him before he crumbles "to ash," but Naruto's intervention keeps the crumbling from progressing on Guy past a bit of his foot.
No One Should Survive That!: Somehow survived opening the Eighth Gate, even though Naruto only healed his heart, without doing anything about the third degree burns over 100% of his body, the hypovolemic shock, or the shattered bones. Frankly, he should have been dead before Naruto arrived. Sadly, though, the damage was still too great to be completely repaired and he ends up in a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
Odd Friendship: Kakashi and Guy are polar opposites in almost every way, but they also have one of the healthiest and most enduring friendships of the whole series.
Papa Wolf: To Lee, Neji, and Tenten. His devotion to his students is unquestionable and he will destroy anyone who hurts them.
Parental Substitute: As their jounin teacher, he is a mentor to all three of his subordinates but to Lee most of all. He's not Lee's actual father but he might as well be considering how much Lee takes after him.
Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs: Morning Peacock is a standard use of this.
Red Baron: The Green Beast of Konoha. And to Naruto, Master Bushy-Brows.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: He's a very energetic and enthusiastic Red to Kakashi's more laid-back and go-with-the-flow Blue. Also applied to his genin team with Genma and Ebisu.
Rock–Paper–Scissors: Might Guy sees even this as Serious Business, and believes that if he punishes himself for losing, he not only gains incentive to win the next time, but also becomes stronger in the process.
Scars Are Forever: While Guy survives the experience, releasing all Eight Gates in his fight with Madara leaves him crippled.
Sherlock Scan: In a bizarre twist, Guy is this unintentionally. So much so that he looks stupid, forgetful, or insane for it. When he fights Kisame the second time, he doesn't recognize him. The reason becomes obvious only after the fight. It isn't actually Kisame. It's a person being possessed by him. Guy is an instinctual warrior. He can fight while being unconscious. When he fights genjutsu users, he instinctively watches only their feet. He recognizes opponents by how they hold themselves, how they move, by their posture, and their reaction times. While the Kisame he fought looked right, Guy's brain picked up on the subtle details that said it couldn't possibly be him. Interestingly, Guy couldn't even recognize that the puppet was in the form of Kisame, though that might have to do with the fact that he only really looked at Kisame's feet the first time they fought to avoid accidently looking into Itachi's eyes.
Signature Move: Pick any console fighting game or just about any game made by CyberConnect2, where you can control him. 99% of the time Guy will have Dynamic Entry on his moveset. It's easily the technique associated with him the most.
Skilled, but Naive: This is the reason why Guy, despite his strength, did not make it into the ANBU when he applied for a position in the organization. Guy lacked the "darkness" required for the job, best seen when he was appalled when Kakashi and Itachi mercilessly killed some enemy ninja from the Land of Woods.
Spell My Name With An S: Maito Gai? Might Guy? Guy Might?
Spirited Competitor: Always eager for a good fight or any sort of physical challenge, much to the chagrin of Kakashi.
Story-Breaker Power: The 8th Gate itself as it boosted Guy's power to the point where he was on par with Madara Uchiha after he revived fully back to life and gained his Rinnegan, sage mode, and the power of the Ten Tails. If not for the fact that this ltimately results in the user's death, Guy would've been able to easily end every threat that previously appeared in the story.
Team Dad: More to Lee than to Tenten and Neji, although this is mostly due to his insane antics, which the latter two try to avoid getting roped into whenever possible.
Strong and Skilled: Becomes the greatest taijutsu user of all time after mastering and opening the Eighth Inner Gate of Death.
Turns Red: Literally Battle Aura and all after using the Eighth Gate.
True Companions: To Kakashi Hatake. He and Kakashi are good friends, despite the former’s one-sided rivalry with the latter. Especially apparent in the later stages of the Fourth Shinobi World War, he and Kakashi are very close and trust each other immensely. Kakashi has stated that he hopes that Guy would serve as his right-hand man in the event that he is promoted to the position of Hokage, and in both flashbacks and the epilogue of the main series, they are seen spending lots of time together.
Underestimating Badassery: Make no mistake. Lee may lose a lot of his fights, but Guy is a whole other beast. His opponents often underestimate him, only to pay dearly for it. Itachi is the first person in the series to correctly realize there's much more to Guy than a glance suggests — something he's proven absolutely correct about.
Undying Loyalty: To Konoha, and especially his students considering he said he would die alongside Lee if his operation ended up killing him in Part I.
- Also to Kakashi. For over twenty years, Guy has been the one true constant in Kakashi's life, devotedly staying at his side even when Kakashi tried to push him away. When it becomes clear that Madara is going to kill his two most important people — Kakashi and Lee — Guy doesn't hesitate to throw open the Eighth Gate to protect them.
Unknown Rival: Kakashi pretends to not hear him when he talks about their being rivals. Ironically enough, he, albeit unintentionally, gives this treatment to Kisame. Kakashi finally acknowledges him as a rival during Guy's fight against Madara, and admits that Guy has far surpassed him in the same sentence.
Un-Sorcerer: Downplayed when compared to Lee. He has shown to be capable of using at least ninjutsu, as shown by being able to summon Ningame and supposedly knowing to use fire and lightning release, he strongly prefers using Taijutsu.
"Well Done, Son" Guy: He seeks the approval of his former teammate, best friend, and rival Kakashi. He gets it during Guy's fight against Madara.
Willfully Weak:
- Foregoes the use of ninjutsu and genjutsu techniques, including his turtle summons, in combat, purely to show support for Rock Lee's attempts to become a great ninja. And because Lee cannot use those techniques even if his life is in danger, Guy will not use them, no matter how dire the situation. The only non-taijutsu technique he uses is the Eight Gates, which really only serve to increase his physical abilities to make his taijutsu stronger, and which Rock Lee is capable of using as well.
- When he opens up the Seventh Gate against Kisame, he was holding back due to wanting to capture Kisame, not kill him, and yet he still beats the Akatsuki member in just one attack.
World's Strongest Man: As far as taijutsu goes, no one comes even close to him. Even a Story-Breaker Power user like Madara acknowledges it. This is notable as he is the only character to do any significant damage to him in a straight fight. While Naruto, Sasuke, Madara at full power, and Kaguya would surpass him by the end of the series, he's the only one who got as strong as he did on his own merits and without outside help.
Worthy Opponent:
- Even when he does so in exasperation, Kakashi does not mind the slightest playing along with Guy's many ridiculous challenges, recognizing himself that Guy is one of the village's strongest shinobi. He just thinks that their rivalry (and Guy's otherwise stupid methods of settling the score) is too stupid to devote his full attention to.
- Itachi considers him one. When Guy crashes his and Kisame's infiltration of the village, Itachi quickly warns that Guy is a dangerous foe. Later, when Team Guy is spotted approaching one of Akatsuki's hideouts, Itachi describes him as a man not to be underestimated.
- He is this to Kisame, a sentiment which Guy shared.
  Guy: He was a worthy opponent! A man who lived and died like a real shinobi! Kisame Hoshigaki! I'll remember that name for the rest of my life!
- When he fights Madara and unlocks the Eighth Gate, Madara says he hasn't been so excited since the fight with Hashirama... and says of all the opponents he's fought, nobody else comes anywhere near Guy's level of taijutsu skill.
Wrestler in All of Us: Night Guy is far and away the most powerful dropkick the Naruto world will ever see.

Characters / Naruto - Team Guy Members

Team Guy

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Rock Lee

Voiced by: Yoichi Masukawa (JP), Brian Donovan (EN), Fernando Cabrera (Spain), Carlos Díaz (Latin America), Jean-Pierre Denuit (French)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 36 (Manga), Naruto Episode 21 (Anime)

Neji Hyuga

Child voice: Keiko Nemoto (JP), Wendee Lee (EN), Jorge Saudinós (Spain), Brandon Santini (Latin America)
Older voice: Koichi Tochika (JP), Steve Staley (EN), Jorge Saudinós (Spain), José Gilberto Vilchis (Latin America), Xavier Percy (French)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 36 (Manga), Naruto Episode 21 (Anime)

Tenten

Voiced by: Yukari Tamura (JP), Danielle Judovits (EN)^note, Olga Velasco (Spain), Gaby Ugarte (Latin America, Part I), Leyla Rangel (Latin America, Part II), Élisabeth Guinand (French)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 36 (Manga), Naruto Episode 21 (Anime)

Might Guy

Voiced by: Masashi Ebara (JP), Skip Stellrecht (main series), Matthew Mercer (Rock Lee's Springtime of Youth) (EN), Manuel Bellido (Spain), Gerardo Reyero (Latin America), Bruno Georis (French)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 38 (Manga), Naruto Episode 21 (Anime)

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Rock Lee

Voiced by: Yoichi Masukawa (JP), Brian Donovan (EN), Fernando Cabrera (Spain), Carlos Díaz (Latin America), Jean-Pierre Denuit (French)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 36 (Manga), Naruto Episode 21 (Anime)

Neji Hyuga

Child voice: Keiko Nemoto (JP), Wendee Lee (EN), Jorge Saudinós (Spain), Brandon Santini (Latin America)Older voice: Koichi Tochika (JP), Steve Staley (EN), Jorge Saudinós (Spain), José Gilberto Vilchis (Latin America), Xavier Percy (French)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 36 (Manga), Naruto Episode 21 (Anime)

Tenten

Voiced by: Yukari Tamura (JP), Danielle Judovits (EN)note Laura Bailey doubles a line in The Will of Fire, Olga Velasco (Spain), Gaby Ugarte (Latin America, Part I), Leyla Rangel (Latin America, Part II), Élisabeth Guinand (French)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 36 (Manga), Naruto Episode 21 (Anime)

Might Guy

Voiced by: Masashi Ebara (JP), Skip Stellrecht (main series), Matthew Mercer (Rock Lee's Springtime of Youth) (EN), Manuel Bellido (Spain), Gerardo Reyero (Latin America), Bruno Georis (French)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 38 (Manga), Naruto Episode 21 (Anime)

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Child voice: Keiko Nemoto (JP), Wendee Lee (EN), Jorge Saudinós (Spain), Brandon Santini (Latin America)
Older voice: Koichi Tochika (JP), Steve Staley (EN), Jorge Saudinós (Spain), José Gilberto Vilchis (Latin America), Xavier Percy (French)

Voiced by: Yukari Tamura (JP), Danielle Judovits (EN)^note, Olga Velasco (Spain), Gaby Ugarte (Latin America, Part I), Leyla Rangel (Latin America, Part II), Élisabeth Guinand (French)