Memes / Naruto

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This wiki's gonna have the number one meme list for Naruto and Naruto Shippuden! Believe it!

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• The meme. [[labelnote:Explanation]]The explanation behind the meme.[[/labelnote]] ^Explanation Like this.

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• SASUKE, I'LL SAVE YOU! ^Explanation Naruto's continuous attempts to force Sasuke to come back to the Leaf Village, despite the fact he clearly doesn't want to, have been interpreted by fans as overly annoying, even because it's actually what the overall plot consists of.
• The series' Uchiha clan as being masters of "the Art of Run," a ninja technique that looks suspiciously like running away from your opponents. The meme originated because the ambiguous villain Itachi Uchiha of the clan has on numerous occasions begun a battle and then left the scene after exchanging only a few blows with the series's heroes.
  • In addition, it has been common to mark members of the villain group Akatsuki for death once they take off their cloaks (Konan being the sole exception as she never removed her cloak).
• Sharingan: the ultimate hax.
• Tobi is a good boy!
  • Which was altered by some later to Tobi is a bad boy!.
  • "Who in the HELL is Tobi?! ToMaTo?!" ^Explanation Recent chapters reveal that THE ORIGINAL Madara Uchiha is revived by Edo Tensei, raising questions on WHO IS THE GUY IN THE MASK? ^{More Explanation} ToMaTo is a nickname for this guy who could possibly be one of these characters: Tobi, Madara, ObiTo. As of this reveal it is very unlikely to be Madara or Obito as he has two eyes. However... ^{Even More Explanation} Then Chapter 599 revealed that Tobi is Obito.
  • Tobi is (Insert random name for crack theories here)^Explanation Yes, at least with Obito or Kagami you can see where they're coming from. But you can now find theories for Rin or even Pakkun. It doesn't even have to be in show anymore. You can find theories about Tobi being Aizen or Barack Obama now.
  • And thanks to The Reveal, this quote has an another version: Tobi was a good boy!
  • And in Chapter 603, apparently the "Tobi is a good boy!" meme got a shout-out!
• Good, Naruto, you look kinda cool!
  • Now we have: Good, Sasuke, You look kinda cool.◊
  • Sasuke can see you!◊
  • In the Japanese fandom, there's a whole trend of memes based on QUALITY faces made by characters and a lot of other random things in the series. Starring Kankurou, Sasuke, Itachi, Tobi, those dudes from Kumo, the hawk...
• His name is Sas-UKE, thank you.
  • Sasuke has duck-butt hair.
  • SAUCE GAY!
  • Duck-butt Mc Crazy.
  • "Raven Butthead" - Referring to Sasuke's, at times, jerkass-ish behavior and hairstyle that looks like a duck's butt.
  • The Sauce.^Explanation Originated with people mockingly calling him Sauce-kay, as a result of mispronunciation of his name. Given how full of himself Sasuke can be at his worst, this mutated into "The Sauce" as his role increased.
  • Dr. Snakes.^Explanation During the Itachi and Sasuke vs Kabuto fight (with Kabuto having modified himself with Orochimaru's DNA to gain snake powers), Sasuke mentioned that he'd become a snake expert when preparing to deal with Orochimaru. The initial fan scanslation of the chapter translated this as "Dr. Snakes", which fans found hilarious.
• Who could forget the helpful Kabuto and his catchy ninja info cards song?
  • Some backstory: a user on YouTube named "KingNecroPope" (now just going by "The Pope") was watching the episode in which Kabuto explained his Ninja Info Cards, and when the BGM matched his lines, it caused him to burst out laughing. He then created the video "MY NINJA INFO CARDS", which was a short YouTube Poop featuring Kabuto repeating the line with the BGM's beat playing in the background to make it sound like a continuous song. Once it got a little popular, "KajetoKun", the one who made "It's over 9000" such a massive hit, discovered the video and asked Pope if he could make his own version, which he allowed. The resulting remix is what most people know of, as it has accumulated over a million views.
• Dynamic Entry!
  • Specially this one!
  • And the Raikage's "Dynamic Exit".
• My Zabuza sword cannot be beat!
  • Shuriken! Launch! ...cuts through rice paper.
• And don't forget our dear Orochimaru, AKA Voldemaru. Jackson. Get the pedophile away from our boys.
• It's been something of a meme that anyone covering an eye has a Sharingan (or more rarely a Byakugan or Rinnegan) unless proven otherwise. This also comes with the revelation that "covering an eye" describes like 20% of the cast.
  • This also applies to persons from other anime.
  • After Danzo's took his arm out, it seems it doesn't even need to be an eye, it's just anyone covering any part of their body.
    • Sharingarm.
    • With optional Shouldai
    • SHARING IS CARING.
• SASORI, MY MAN!
• Itachi also wants you to know that you lack hatred.
  • And Sai wants Naruto to know that he lacks penis.
    • And that even your dog is smarter than you.
    • And that he likes ugly bitches like you.
    • And also, don't put him in the same group as that gutless little homo (Sasuke).
• Sasuke's rape faces achieved memetic status fairly quickly.
  • Itachi's Not So Stoic facial expression from chapter 386. >8D
  • As well as: "You Sasuke! You will become my new light!"
  • Now we can add Madara's terrifying Slasher Smile from 628. This is one screwed-up family.
• From chapter 469: Naruto hates people who lie to themselves!
  • As well as: A woman's heart is as fickle as the autumn sky.
• Gaara's Minor Injury Overreaction: BLOOOOD! IT'S MY BLOOOOOD!
• Naruto's Verbal Tic where he says "dattebayo" at the end of his sentences. Not to mention "Believe it!"
  • Adding examples? What a drag/how troublesome.
  • SHANNARO! * hulk smash*
  • Deidara says "Un".
  • Maa, what about Kakashi?
  • You forgot Hidan's, seriously?!
• THOUSAND YEARS OF DEATH/PAIN (In the real world, it is called Kancho)!
• Uchihahaha!
  • Really, any Not So Stoic moment from the Uchiha is met with an "OH EXPLOITABLE!"
  • Sasuke's Laughing Mad face in chapter 483.
• NINJA TANK (from fake spoilers saying that in Chapter 465, Madara and Zetsu turn up to Sasuke's rescue with a tank containing Itachi's Eyes. You can figure out why).
• The "Fag Eagle".
• Aoba of the Door. ^Explanation Aoba Yamashiro is a Recurring Extra who accidentally catalyzes Sasuke's defection by barging in through the door and telling everyone that Itachi returned to the village. He eventually demonstrated crow abilities similar to Itachi's, which led to things like "Hidan and Kakuzu were actually running in terror from Aoba of the Door's Murder of Crows no Jutsu" and "Aoba of the Door outclasses Itachi".
• Those Two Guys From Naruto.^Explanation The defining trait of Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki is that they're (obviously) Those Two Guys. They're affectionately known as "those two guys from Naruto" in some fanbases. This title even extends to some others like Genma, who are called "that other guy from Naruto but not those two guys from Naruto," Aoba and Raido ("those other two guys from Naruto but not that guy, and not those two guys") or even Ebisu, who's affectionately known as "that guy from Naruto but not those two guys, not those other two guys and not that one guy".
• Plot-no-jutsu! (the fandom's term for New Powers as the Plot Demands, especially when it comes to the Sharingan)
  • And people will tell you that Naruto is an expert at the Jesus-no-jutsu/Talk-no-jutsu/Therapy-no-jutsu.
• Naruto's reaction◊ to being forced to swallow a seal frog in chapter 491 quickly became a meme soon after the chapter was released.
• JITENSHA! JITENSHA! JITENSHA! ^Explanation From the 13th ending song of Shippuden, which put a catchy yet repetitive song featuring a character, up to and including the episode that ended with severe Mood Whiplash and that character being beaten rather soundly.
  • Koide! Koide! Koide!
• Konan's name is similarly spelled to Conan. This generated several jokes by substituting names that have Conan in them with Konan:
  • Konan the Barbarian/Konan the Librarian
  • Konan O' Brien
  • Detective Konan
• Shippuden episode 167 was◊ Looney◊ Tunes◊.
  • It's like watching Naruto on acid.
  • My pain is far◊ greater than yours!◊
  • Rock Cock!◊
  • Pain The Hedgehog.
  • The Off-Model animation shot of Naruto throwing the rhino◊.
• "It's true you were special but I am more special than you!"
  • Sasuke, you're special, alright.
• Much of chapter 500 quickly became a meme shortly after it was released. For example:
  • "Fourth Hokage...Minato. Back away from the jinchuuriki or your son dies at the ripe old age of one minute."
• Then there's the Running Gag among the fandom that the series itself should be called "Sasuke", in reference to the fact that it recently seems like Sasuke, not Naruto himself, is the main character.
• What's behind Kakashi's mask?
  • Another mask!
    • What the Hell kind of ending is THAT?!
  • Behold! Kakashi's true face!
• Itachi's crowjob.◊
  • Chapter 491 had the frogjob.◊
• X-no-jutsu. (Substitute any noun or verb with X)
• Itachi's "foolish little brother" speech.
• Haha... moo
• Balansasuke
• Chapter 476: Naruto hyperventilating and fainting.
• Chapter 513: Armadillo Penis.
• Things inside Naruto, in chronological order: that whore...
  • Ashura
  • His father and mother
  • The Nine Tailed Fox aka Kurama
  • Yamato's seed (for tracking using Wood Release, but still...)
  • Sasuke
  • Itachi('s crow)
    • Shisui
  • Gerotora
  • His "evil" side
  • Killer Bee
  • Pein('s chakra) The way it's spelled doesn't help.
    Naruto: Pein's chakra's... inside me...
  • Every other Biju's chakra (so 9 beasts total).
  • Sakura's hand
  • The Sage of Six Paths
  • Dark Kurama
  • Asura's chakra
• Zetsu's enthusiastic HALLOOO from episode 201.
• "X confirmed for Final Villain"^Explanation Who exactly is going to be the final enemy of the series has been the source of heavy speculation and debate for a very long time, and thus the source of more than a few jokes.
• Any time Might Guy and Rock Lee have a bonding moment, an unbreakable genjutsu involving a sunset and a crashing wave is created and the image is placed in your mind for as long as you live. This technique is FAR WORSE THAN FREAKING TSUKUYOMI!!!
• Meta-example, the 'Naruto is a gateway anime' copypasta. It's to the point that it became one of the banners in 4chan.
• When Itachi finally dies, his face smacks into the wall as he falls to the ground. This has pretty much become a meme of "Itachi Style: Facewall" when something is completely ridiculous.
• One joke for the huge amount of Ho Yay between Sasuke and Naruto is that Sasuke is SasuGAY for Naruto.
• "The easy way to get through a girls' heart? Chidori!"
• Chapter 599 brings us these golds:
  • GETS FRIENDZONED, -insert whatever Tobi did here- ^Explanation A meme born because of an assumption that the entire reason Obito had his Face–Heel Turn and became Tobi was because he loved Rin, who was already in love with Kakashi. In other words, Rin only thought Obito as her best friend, hence friendzoned..
  • like the "Tobi is (Insert random name for crack theories here)" meme mentioned above, replacing Obito's face with someone else's on the panels where Obito's face is shown quickly becomes a meme on its own (especially on Tumblr). Be it the real Madara, Naruto, Goku, Aizen, and the list goes on...
• Chapter 600:
  • "YOU HAD ONE JOB KAKASHI!" or variations of this quote. ^Explanation Due to the fact that Kakashi failed to protect Rin (which was pretty much the only job Obito entrusted to him), Obito became Tobi, and now the entire world is a war fighting for their free will because of it.
  • Answering every question with "Because you let Rin die." ^Explanation Rin's death was apparently what caused Obito to become Tobi. People see this as a weak excuse, or at least until the manga reveals the exact manner of how she dies, if anything to make sure it isn't as weak as it seems to be.
• Chapter 619:
  • Silence! ^Explanation  An again resurrected Tobirama orders to the legendary Hashirama.
  • Uchihas are biologically emos. ^Explanation  Tobirama's explanation of why they tend to become Ax-Crazy .
• Chapter 624/625
  • Everything is Tobirama's fault! ^Explanation  Tobirama mortally wounded Izuna Uchiha, whose death was said to be Madara's Start of Darkness. Some readers see "his open bigotry towards the Uchihas behind Konoha's political circles prevented Madara from becoming Hokage and drove him to absolute paranoia. Couple that with his later policies that ultimately led to the Uchiha clan massacre and the origins of all Uchiha antagonists can be traced back to this guy". However, other readers note that no one other than Hashirama and Madara wanted Madara for Hokage, as both Madara and Tobirama explained to Hashirama. Tobirama even stated it in the privacy of his own home, though Madara was eavesdropping outside. Tobirama also gave the Uchiha the run of the police force, and a plot of land like every other known clan in the village. Tobirama being blamed for everything regardless of logic is thus the joke.
  • And also, let's not forget that he was the one who invented Edo Tensei.
• Chapter 628: Madara's epic rape face, the forums practically exploded with it, mainly because it was so out of character for Madara and the fact that it's genuinely terrifying.
  • Now with a Sakura version!◊
    • Hinata version also available.◊
• Chapter 631:
  • ANYONE for Hokage.
  • Hinata is unimpressed with Sasuke's anything. ^Explanation  Hinata's reaction to Sasuke's arrival is just a blank expression with Visible Silence and an exclamation mark, and she doesn't have any visible reaction to his declaration that he is going to become the Hokage. Add the fact that she is the only girl in her age group that didn't show any sort of attraction to Sasuke, and you get this joke.
• Senju DNA is the answer to everything!◊ ^Explanation  A phrase coined by a popular reviewer of manga on YouTube. As the story progresses, the extremely potent and viable DNA of Hashirama Senju (the first Hokage and legendary wielder of the Wood Release) starts to play an increasingly bigger role, to the point where anyone who means business is keen on obtaining some of it, for it is shown to enable characters to achieve unimaginable feats. The phenomenon spawned memes mainly around places such as the Naruto Forums, where members among others wondered whether it could cure AIDS.
• After Chapter 644 it has become quite a common joke in some forums to take a picture of something amazing, astonishing and the like and edit a picture of Tobirama under it with him saying "I created it!".
• Chapter 665: “I’m Madara, you’re Madara….we’re all Madara!” and “I’m the Sage of the Six Paths, you’re the Sage of the Six Paths, Naruto is the Sage of the Six Paths”…we’re all sages!” ^{Explanation (spoilers)} A Madara-turned-Six-Paths-Sage makes a convoluted explanation about Obito's impersonation. With predictable results.
• Tenten will be the hero of the story.^Explanation Considering she's the most minor character and probably the weakest among the Konoha 12 (especially in the manga), many fans joke that she will be the true hero, giving her Memetic Badass status
  • Similarly, Teuchi, the Ichiraku Ramen guy, is regarded as one, too.
    • Either that or he's actually the mastermind who has been manipulating all the other characters behind the scenes.
• SPOILERS! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!^Explanation Kakashi's over-the-top reaction to Naruto dropping spoilers about his favorite book series. Commonly used as a reaction face when someone carelessly drops spoilers in a discussion or post and it only became more and more applicable to Naruto as time went on
• Obito was the coolest guy.^Explanation Naruto says this shortly after Obito's sacrifice. Fans have quickly begun joking at how Naruto can see Obito, the man who caused the war and killed his parents, as a great guy. Others have used as an analogue to "Griffith did nothing wrong" meme.
  • STARTS A WAR, GETS THE GIRL! ^Explanation After the whole issue about starting a war over getting friendzoned, Obito ends up together with Rin in spite of all the atrocities he committed.
• Hyuuga Hiashi, Eugenics Master. ^Explanation Comes in the wake of the spoilers from The Last movie, as well as chapter 700, framing Hinata's dad Hiashi as a Magnificent Bastard running a Gambit Roulette with the sole purpose of hooking her up with Naruto, like he's playing Crusader Kings in-universe. It succeeds.
• Chapter 699: ...Yeah, sorry. ^Explanation The one panel when Sasuke just said those words after Kakashi explained on why he's unpunished for his crimes quickly gained popularity to other characters that have crossed the Moral Event Horizon, like Griffith.
• For How Long Was Kakashi Hokage ?? ^Explanation The fact that Kakashi basically spent One Page as Hokage- at least in the manga; the anime gives him a sizable tenure by delving into adaptations of the sequel novels while he's at the wheel, albeit brief.
  • He Lasted Longer the Last Time ^Explanation A joke people make due to the fact that Kakashi spent longer as Hokage on his previous stint (and he was cock-blocked back then)
• In the wake of the Distant Finale and the film The Last: Naruto the Movie: "NaruHina became canon!!!". ^Explanation The overall reaction of everyone who ever supported the Naruto/Hinata pairing.
  • Ditto for SasuSaku fans.
• This family is a nightmare. ^Explanation Obito's horrified Heel Realization that finally snaps him out of Madara's machinations gets accompanied by this massive Understatement of the decade that truly emphasized just how hellish even being a Uchiha can be in this series.
• Is there an anime character stronger than a Rinne Tensei Madara Uchiha with the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan and Rinnegan doujutsus (with the rikidou paths ability) equipped with his Gunbai and control of the juubi and Gedou Mazou, a complete Susano'o, with Hashirama Senju's DNA implanted in his chest so he can perform Mokuton kekkei genkai and yin-yang release ninjutsu as well as being extremely skilled in taijutsu and bukijutsu? ^Explanation  A copypasta about the various powers of Madara, all in Gratuitous Japanese. And this is the shortened version.
• Foolish.◊ ^Explanation  A screenshot of Orochimaru after knocking the Third Hokage onto his back; Orochimaru has his leg raised like a ballerina and the subtitle says "Foolish." Usually seen applied to other characters from different series.
• One of the Alternative Foreign Theme Song intros to the series has gained a So Bad, It's Good status from the fanbase. It features a 4kids-esque song with awkward lyrics and completely wrong pronounciations of the names ("Na-roo-toe", "Sah-soo-keh"). The lines "Sasuke, is really cool" and "Here I am with my ninja clan" are the most quoted.
• Tenten as a future villain. ^Explanation A joke that began because of Tenten's boredom in the final chapter due the peacefulness meaning fewer weapons sales. Fans decided that she would start a war just to up sales.
• "Weakness disgusts me".^Explanation A line said by Madara when fighting the five Kages, it's often used as a reaction image to situations such as "when your friend passes out after just two beers" or "your sibling's reaction when you can't eat a whole pizza".
• KANA-BOON's Silhouette which is used as an OP in Naruto Shippuden has for some reason become the second go to song for giving something that isn't anime an anime-style opening (besides Neon Genesis Evangelion) Filthy Frank might be partly to blame for this.
• Sasuke being choked. ^Explanation Someone made an edit of Itachi's debut scene of choking Sasuke and declaring that he's weak and lacking hatred into Sasuke being choked by someone else, in a similar manner to the Dog Petting and Monkey Haircut edits. It went viral rather quickly, helped with how much of a Base-Breaking Character Sasuke is, long after the series ended.
• Tenten's screentime.^note Fans love to poke fun at how Out of Focus Tenten is. It comes down in two flavors: Either as X got more screentime than Tenten; or as, whenever she appears in a fan video, saying that she got more screentime in that video than in the actual anime.
• The soundtrack piece titled "Sadness and Sorrow", has become this since it's been used as BGM for many "Dramatic reading" videos or to mock on something that's supposed to be sad or sentimental on YouTube.
• Cowboy Sasuke. ^Explanation Sasuke's theme in Shippuden, "Hyouhaku/Wandering", has a style akin to a Western-genre song, which led to a deluge of fanart featuring Sasuke as a cowboy. The fact that the official subtitles read "threatening country music" whenever the theme plays made the meme even more popular.
• #NejiWasRight^Explanation Neji initially believed that everything was predetermined, something Naruto disagreed with and convinced Neji to drop such a fatalistic worldview. However, many viewers came to see the latter revelations about Naruto's heritage as a confirmation of Neji's worldview. Not helped by the fact Naruto and Sasuke were always fated to be enemies as the current reincarnations of Hagoromo's sons.
• Isa kang dakilang Hokage^Explatation Tagalog word for "You are a great Hokage", originating from the Philippine dub of the series, used by Filipino fans spread outside the Naruto fandom to simultaneously praise and mock anyone who said to made an impossible feat, including even having a great success in dating in a short amount of time. Other variations include "Isa kang mahusay na hokage" (lit. you are a skillful Hokage) or "Hokage moves".
• "We can end this now, it's not too late." ^Explanation  Originally about Naruto attempting to reach Obito and stand down from performing Infinite Tsukoyomi, this has evolved into panels where Naruto tries to talk some sense into other villainous characters and trying to redeem them, such as Eren Yeager, Makima or Akainu with varying levels of success.
• Fire jutsu are useless ^Explanation Fans of the series have noted that despite theoretically being one of the deadliest elements, fire jutsu basically never do any notable harm to their target. Assuming the attack doesn't outright miss, whoever's hit by it will flatout ignore it. Notable examples include: Naruto being unharmed by a fire jutsu so hot that the rock he's laying on is glowing, the allegedly hot as the sun Amaterasu engulfing a samurai only for him to be unharmed once his armor is removed, and Konan overpowering Jiraiya's fire jutsu with paper.
• Naruto is a real politician. ^Explanation At the end of the series, Naruto and Kakashi admit to using up a lot of favors to get Sasuke pardoned for his crimes, something fans compared to real life politicians using their influence to protect friends or supporters from the consequences of their own actions.
• The swing. ^Explanation The standard representation in the series for Naruto's Friendless Background is a scene of him sitting on a Trauma Swing alone. The series flashes back to this moment constantly, with the anime using it basically every time it needs to pad out an episode with Naruto in it. This has sparked quite a few jokes about the show's overuse of it, with some claiming the swing is an actual character, even being a more relevant and featured character than [insert your preferred instance of They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character here].

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