History Characters / NarutoGaara

** He watches with a concerned expression as Hinata gets severely injured by Neji after the latter cruelly voices his scorn for her and her perceived inability to live up to the standards of the main house of the Hyuga clan. He even appears to be slightly twitching in pain and sorrow at one point while watching Hinata struggling in the match. It's very likely that he saw his past self in Hinata as he too was targeted due to predispositions that he never asked for.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: When he stops Kankuro from fighting Team 7 and the academy students, he flat out calls Kankuro an embarrassment to their village, implicitly for picking a fight with younger children, some who aren't even ninja yet.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Gaara shows no interest in the fangirls he gains following the TimeSkip and has a HoYay filled relationship with Naruto. In particular in Chapter 678 when everyone is trapped inside Infinite Tsukuyomi, most of them dreamed about being with their LoveInterest. Gaara dreamed about his family and Naruto. Also, Gaara's [[https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Gaara#Personality page]] on the Naruto Wiki gives us this gem under his personality section:
--> Gaara eventually formed a close friendship with Naruto, viewing the Kohoha ninja as his first true friend, and became very loyal to his decisions, and protective over him as a companion. Gaara also came to view meeting Naruto as the greatest event of his life and believed any price, even the painful life of a jinchūriki was worth the experience. Gaara even forgave Shukaku for his miserable childhood, claiming that it was only because of such a life that he was able to meet Naruto.

* GutturalGrowler: Especially when voiced by Creator/LiamOBrien in the English dub.

* DarkMagicalGirl: {{Gender Inverted|Trope}}. He's a lonely antagonistic {{foil}} for Naruto who becomes a good guy and a friend after his defeat in Part I.

* OedipusComplex: Especially before his HeelFaceTurn, after he still has some mild signs but his hatred for his father waned but is counterbalanced by [[spoiler: his sand shield resembling his (nude) mother.]]

->"What is this?... it's so warm and... wet...
->''(A single drop of blood falls)''
-> ''(Screams)'' BLOOD!! IT'S MY BLOOOOOD!!!!!"

* GoodIsNotNice: In the Sasuke Retrieval arc, Gaara genuinely aims to make amends, but he initially is still cold to the idea of someone who’d give their life for others, believing that they might not even care about them after all.

* GoodIsNotNice: Played with in the Sasuke Retrival arc. Gaara genuinely aims to make amends, but he initially is still cold to the idea of someone who’d give their life for others, believing that they might not even care about them after all.

* BadassBaritone: Had a deep voice since Part I, especially in the English version.

* NoSocialSkills: Thanks to having a similar childhood, is not much better than Naruto -- in fact, he might be even worse. ''[[LightNovel/NarutoHiden Gaara Hiden]]'' reveals he was completely unaware of [[EveryoneCanSeeIt Shikamaru and Temari's sexual tension]] (something that even [[ObliviousToLove Naruto]] noticed), and thus was the only one surprised when they got together. Further interactions with his [[spoiler:fiancée]] reveal that as great a leader as he is, Gaara has little-to-no idea on how to interact with other people on a more familiar level (besides his family).

** ''LightNovel/GaaraHidenASandstormMirage'' shows that the thought of [[spoiler:marriage]] is enough to make his sweat-drop and lose the ability to form coherent sentences.

* WhatWouldXDo: When he's having trouble, he often wonders what would Naruto do in his place. After failing to convince Sasuke to abandon his quest for revenge, he asks himself what would Naruto have done differently. In ''LightNovel/GaaraHidenASandstormMirage'', he resorts to one of Naruto's tactics when he's trying to start a conversation with Hakuto.

* SquishyWizard: Uses elemental jutsu and Shukaku's power, but almost never uses taijutsu because he never really ''has'' to. (So he isn't proficient at it.) It's downplayed in that he carries around an enormous jug of sand on his back, so he definitely isn't physically weak. He just doesn't fight with taijutsu.

* AssassinOutclassin: Gaara has overcome several attempts on his life starting from when he was six years old. His father the Fourth Kazekage alone sent 6 assassins after Gaara because he deemed the danger Gaara posed to the village to be too great, the first assassin being Gaara’s own uncle Yashamaru.
** One memorable case was when Dosu tried to kill him, it did Not end well for the Sound genin.
** Gaara continued dealing with assassins when he became Kazekage, especially evident in the anime where his own village, still fearing him, repeatedly tried to do him in, or in ''Gaara Hiden'', where Gaara dealt with two attempts on his life from dangerous opponents.
** Sadly this trope was averted when he fought Deidara though.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Partly why he became Kazekage was because he was just so talented as a shinobi.

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* GutturalGrowler: Taken UpToEleven by Creator/LiamOBrien in the English dub.

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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: He started out as this. He's lucky Naruto is a WarriorTherapist.

* TheSpock: To Temari's [[TheKirk Kirk]] and Kankuro's [[TheMcCoy McCoy]]. Gaara is more rational and like to think about what's best for everyone.

* TheStoic: He never loses his cool.

* CreepyMonotone: Gaara has a very emotionless way of speaking that makes him come across as being creepy.