History Characters / NarutoMadaraUchiha

* BigBad: He becomes this when he escapes out of Edo Tensei's control and forms a BigBadDuumvirate with Obito. [[BigBadWannabe Later he leaves on second plan]] when Obito becomes the jinchuuriki of the Ten-Tails but after Obito's defeat, he takes the role of the main villain until he's upstaged by Kaguya.

* BigBadWannabe: Despite his role as GreaterScopeVillain, he was reduced to this in the end. Up until that point, he was one of the two biggest threats in the war, soundly curb-stomping the Five Kage and most of the Alliance. Even after Obito betrayed him and briefly took control of the plan by becoming the Jinchuuriki for the Ten-Tails, Madara still posed a huge problem (although and in a lesser degree than Obito on that moment). By all rights, he should have been the BigBad once he was fully-revived and sealed the Ten Tails into himself. However, soon after he activates the Infinite Tsukuyomi, he's immediately betrayed by his EnigmaticMinion, Black Zetsu, with his body being used as a vessel for the revival of his ancestor, Princess Kaguya. He isn't even dignified with a final face-off against Naruto and Sasuke.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Madara is one of the reasons for the whole plot of the series, being the one who began the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan along with weaponizing Bijuu, corrupting the Hidden Mist village, manipulating and twisting Obito into his successor. Madara is indirectly responsible for almost every bad deed to happen within the context of Akatsuki's actions and also being responsible for the Uchiha Clan having a tarnished reputation, indirectly fueling his descendants future.

* EvilCounterpart: One might examine Madara's character and find he is this to Itachi. Both were born into their clans as prodigies, both were in constant competition with their brothers and both loved their younger brothers very deeply. Hashirama claims that Madara loved his brother Izuna even more than Itachi loved Sasuke, and it's revealed that Izuna's death pushed Madara over the edge. In terms of jutsu, Itachi's plan to use Kotoamatsukami to brainwash Sasuke is NotSoDifferent from Madara's Infinite Tsukuyomi, in that it sacrifices free will to achieve peace and cooperation. Later on, Itachi's use of Izanami acts as a Foil to Infinite Tsukuyomi by making the victim accept their true self rather than an ideal dream. Their main difference is in their ideologies; both are extreme, but also polar opposites; Madara is a BloodKnight who believes war is inevitable, and Itachi is a ShellShockedVeteran who sought to avert war at any cost.

* StoryBreakerPower: To make a very very long story very very short, he has basically every power that Sasuke, Pain and Hashirama ever had, all turned UpToEleven. By his own admission, [[OnlyTheAuthorCanSaveThemNow Kishimoto]] has no idea how to beat Madara at this point.
** According to [[AwesomeByAnalysis Shikaku, he's immune to everything except physical attacks.]] And as he went toe to toe with Eight Gates Gai and survived Gai's ultimately ultimate super final attack (albeit heavily injured), he's clearly not too worried about physical attacks either.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Madara is one of the reasons for the whole plot of the series, being the one who began the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan along with weaponizing Bijuu, corrupting the Hidden Mist village,manipulating and twisting Obito into his successor. Madara is indirectly responsible for almost every bad deed to happen within the context of Akatsuki's actions and also being responsible for the Uchiha Clan having a tarnished reputation, indirectly fueling his descendants future.

* AGodAmI: when he becomes the new Ten Tails Jinchuriki his powers skyrocketed to new heights. During his time as the Jinchuriki of the Ten-tails, he absorbs the God tree, gained both of his Rinnegan, awakened the Rinne-Sharingan and finally, he activated the Infinite Tsukuyomi, making him a god level threat. [[spoiler:That is until Kaguya appears and becomes the new BigBad.]]

* GreaterScopeVillain: Madara is one of the reasons for the whole plot of the series, being the one who began the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan along with manipulating and twisting Obito into his successor. Madara is indirectly responsible for almost every bad deed to happen within the context of Akatsuki's actions and also being responsible for the Uchiha Clan having a tarnished reputation, indirectly fueling his descendants future.

** His short second life is even worse for him. He defeats Hashirama and Tobirama, becomes the Ten-Tails Jinchuuriki, enacts the Infinite Tsukuyomi, has essentially turned into the most powerful being on the planet...only to get promptly betrayed and backstabbed by a supposedly-loyal minion, his body taken over and converted into a vessel for his PhysicalGoddess ancestor, and ultimately dies stripped of all the powers he worked so hard to obtain and knowing everything he did was AllForNothing. His only consolidation is Hashirama's pity.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Say what you will about Madara and his intentions, but Madara truly loved his little brother, Izuna. As long as Madara had Izuna alive, he was reasonable and kind, and only wanted to protect the one younger brother he had left. It was only after Tobirama killed Izuna that Madara started to go off the deep end — and he made sure to let Tobirama feel this during the Fourth Shinobi World War.

* EasilyForgiven: As he lays dying, he and Hashirama have a talk like they are old friends in spite of the fact that previously not only did he attack the first Hokage but also attempted to destroy Konoha all because he isn't declared Hokage.

* CassandraTruth: He sensed the distrust around him by the newly formed village, especially by Tobirama, and even his own clan. While he took Hashirama's nomination as the First Hokage in stride, he dismissed the notion that he could ever succeed Hashirama as Hokage, stating that it would likely go to Tobirama instead, and that then "The Senju will subjugate the Uchiha like a lowly servant". Well he was right eventually, [[SelfFulfillingProphecy although not to say that this is not his fault]].

* BreakingLecture: Gives one to Obito during their first meeting.

* ArrogantKungFuGuy: UpToEleven. In a series filled to the brim with Arrogant Kung Fu guys, he's the most arrogant of them all. In fact, he was once TheLeader of a clan of particularly arrogant Kung Fu guys, and [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating and was essentially kicked out cause he was too arrogant]]. It should be said that he [[SmugSuper easily lives up to it in terms of power]].

* BaitAndSwitchBoss: Zig-Zagging trope. Everything in the series pointed to Madara as the BigBad, until it's revealed that he was the unidentified corpse that was revived by Kabuto. Then we find out that he's still the guy ultimately responsible for Tobi and his plan, so he is still the BigBad. However later, Tobi hijacked Madara's master plan, promoting himself to the role of BigBad and lowering Madara. But after the defeat Tobi, Madara right back resumed being the BigBad until as Black Zetsu stabbed him from behind and started to take over his body the, revealing that Black Zetsu is a manifestation of Kaguya's will, and that he and the still kicking Kaguya are actually the true Masterminds.

* BaitAndSwitchBoss: Zig-Zagging trope. Everything in the series pointed to Madara as the BigBad, until it's revealed that he was the unidentified corpse that was revived by Kabuto. Then we find out that he's still the guy ultimately responsible for Tobi and his plan, so he is still the BigBad. However later, Tobi hijacked Madara's master plan, promoting himself to the role of BigBad and lowering Madara. But after the defeat Tobi, Madara right back resumed being the BigBad until as Black Zetsu stabbed him from behind and started to take over his body the, revealing that Black Zetsu is a manifestation of Kaguya's will, and that he and the still kicking Kaguya are actually the true BigBad.

* AGodAmI: when he becomes the new Ten Tails Jinchuriki his powers skyrocketed to new heights. During his time as the Jinchuriki of the Ten-tails, he absorbs the God tree, gained both of his Rinnegan and finally gained the Rinne-Sharingan while he activated the Infinite Tsukuyomi, making him a god level threat. [[spoiler:That is until Kaguya appears and becomes the new BigBad.]]

* AGodAmI: when he becomes the new Ten Tails Jinchuriki his powers skyrocketed to new heights. During his time as the Jinchuriki of the Ten-tails, he absorbs the God tree, gained both of his Rinnegan and finally gained the Rinne-Sharingan while he activated the Infinite Tsukuyomi, making him a god level threat.

* AGodAmI: when he because the new Ten Tails Jinchuriki his powers skyrocketed to new heights. During his time as a Jinchuriki he absorbs the God tree, gained both of his Rinnegan and finally gained the Rinne-Sharingan while he activated the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

* KeystoneSuperpower:
** The Sharingan of the Uchiha Clan has only two abilities. One of the abilities "Eye of Insight" grants the ability to copy any technique among other things.
** Rinnegan can allow the user to use all five elements which is considered an exceptionally rare ability as well as the power to learn any technique in a [[InstantExpert short time]].

* AGodAmI: His true goal of Infinite Tsukuyomi - With the most powerful chakra after taking away everyone else, he'll rule over everyone and 'force peace' onto them.

* WouldntHurtAChild: Played with. Onoki asks him why didn't he display this much power when he last fought him; he replies with "Which adult would go serious on a child?" though this seems to be more Madara being condescending than serious.

* {{Jerkass}}: Even before his HeelFaceTurn, Kurama claimed that [[EvilerThanThou Madara's chakra is more sinister than his own]], and when he recognized Madara's presence in the war, he immediately pulled an EnemyMine with Naruto. Madara is pretty much the biggest dick in the entire series, and that says ''a lot.''

* RemovedAchillesHeel: Madara manages to overcome the deterioration brought by using his Mangekyo Sharingan by replacing them with Izuna’s Mangekyo.

* {{Jerkass}}: Even before his HeelFaceTurn, Kurama claimed that [[EvilerThanThou Madara's chakra is more sinister than his own]], and when he recognized Madara's presence in the war, he immediately pulled an EnemyMine with Naruto. Uchiha Madara is pretty much the biggest dick in the entire series, and that says ''a lot.''