History Characters / NarutoMadaraUchiha

* WorfHadTheFlu: He struggles against Naruto and Sasuke after they get their power-ups because he lacked his other eye, not to mention him being deprived of most of his Truth-Seeking Orbs during his fight with Guy. Once he got his eye back, Kakashi remarks how much more powerful Madara had become than before.

** 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.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: As if there weren't enough reasons to absolutely despise him in-universe, he's openly sexist and spends much of his fight with Tsunade bashing her.

--> '''Madara''': Obito Uchiha, with his Uchiha chakra, challenged Kakashi Hatake, sought the title of Hokage, and yearned for Rin Nohara. But because his power was a deception, he ended up losing ''everything''. This entire world is hell! Have you forgotten that!?

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: While he never managed to surpass Hashirama (that is until the Fourth War), it's revealed with his resurrection that Madara is this to basically the entire modern generation of Shinobi. He effortlessly takes on the 5 Kage, with the fight only lasting as long as it does due to limitations he placed on himself, such as not reusing certain techniques, and his desire to test the Kage for fun. Whereas Obito originally struggled to control the Juubi as its Container, Madara does so instantly ''and'' a more powerful version of the Juubi at that, since it had absorbed one half of Kurama. Obito also failed to defeat Naruto and Sasuke, but Madara puts both at the brink of death in a short span of time and they then needed to receive an EleventhHourSuperPower in order to combat him. The heroes don't even end up defeating him. He's just taken out of the picture due to Black Zetsu's betrayal, paving the way for Kaguya.

* ForgotAboutHisPowers: [[PlayingWithATrope Not ''forgotten'', so much as self-limited]]. Ever since his introduction, Madara has revealed to be able to use an incredible amount of techniques and jutsus, including, but not limited, to creating [[PlayingWithFire massive walls of fire]], using [[InstantArmor Susanoo]] in more than one form (the final form being a hundred-foot-tall one), using Rinnegan and its derivative techniques ([[EnergyAbsorption Chakra Absorption]], and a stronger variation of [[GravityMaster Shinra Tensei]]), summoning [[ColonyDrop meteors]], using massively powerful [[GreenThumb Wood Release techniques]], and the list goes on. Even when [[spoiler: he becomes the Ten-Tails Jinchuuriki, he focuses only on using the Truthseeker Orbs instead of any other techniques, even if it would help him in the fight (such as Susanoo, which is later shown to be ''even more powerful'' with the Tailed Beasts' combined chakra)]]. Yet he only uses each technique once or twice , simply so he can drag out the fights, and make things more interesting/fun for himself; even fighting against a WorthyOpponent - [[spoiler:namely an Eight Gates Might Guy]] - doesn't have him drop his self-rule.
* FounderOfTheKingdom: Co-founded the Leaf with Hashirama Senju and he is the one who ''gave'' the village the name "The Village Hidden in the Leaf". This is almost universally forgotten or voluntarily ignored by Naruto's time, given he tried to destroy the Leaf after leaving it.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: He became this to the Leaf village. Hashirama wanted to name him the first Hokage but Tobirama pointed out that everyone, even the Uchiha Clan, would rather Hashirama be Hokage. After that, Madara became even more hostile andto the point that he was effectively cast out of his own clan.

* GambitRoulette: [[spoiler:He was the true mastermind behind Rin's death, since all of the abductors were being mind-controlled by Madara and Rin herself had seal on her heart in order to she couldn't kill herself so Obito had to watch her be murdered not knowing she likely chose it. The entire thing was planned to destroy Obito's idealism and turn him evil. The fact that Rin committed suicide via Kakashi was a happy coincidence.]]

* GoMadFromTheRevelation: After failing to become Hokage, Madara dedicated his time to studying the Uchiha stone tablet and discovered that chakra was stolen from a god to stop human conflict but only made things worse. After concluding that mankind was cursed and any attempt at peace was futile, he decided to place humanity in a LotusEaterMachine to end all conflicts in the world.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: As a zombie, he could afford to let himself be hit and just instantly regenerate. Even as a human it doesn't matter, since he can get replacement parts from Zetsu. As the host of the Ten-Tails, his entire right side basically explodes and he regenerates it almost immediately.

** He mocks Obito and tells him that he's too arrogant for thinking that he could manipulate other people without being manipulated himself. However Madara himself thinks that he sees through everything, has a perfect plan, etc. [[TheManBehindTheMan Black Zetsu]] laughs at him because of this, revealing to him that he was just a pawn, the same as Obito.

* LivingShadow: His "Limbo: Hengoku" technique creates an invisible, immaterial doppelganger for a limited time. The doppelganger is every bit as dangerous as Madara himself, being capable of sending all nine Tailed Beasts flying, and is immune to everything except Sage attacks. He gets ''four'' of them when he regains his other Rinnegan. Only Sasuke's Sage-granted Rinnengan eye can actually see the copies, though Naruto can sense their presence.

* AttentionWhore: The Eye of the Moon Plan is as much as an excuse for him to show off his power as much as it is for him to giving everyone their ideal dream worlds. He constantly engages in needless battles or spectacles whereas he had every opportunity to finish his lifelong plan.

* BreakingLecture: Gives one to Obito during their first meeting. Then tries another one as [[spoiler:Obito reemerges from his the possession of Black Zetsu in order to question him]].

* CameBackStrong: A villainous example. He was [[TheUndead resurrected]] in a younger form, close to the prime of his life, but he kept the modifications that he made to his body ([[GreenThumb Mokuton]], [[LivingBattery Hashirama's DNA]], and [[GameBreaker the Rinnegan!]]) after he faked his death at the Valley of the End. Combined with the fact that he now has [[CompleteImmortality infinite chakra and an immortal body]], he can now spam his [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Dangerous Forbidden Techniques]] without worrying about it affecting his stamina or lifespan. The only drawback is that his new body is still technically dead and can't be used as a host for the Ten-Tailed Beast, meaning he can't actually enact his own plan on his own. He is then fully resurrected in the flesh, which apparently let him use the full power of his modified body to give pause to nine tailed beasts combined. It is likely with his modifications he was stronger than Hashirama and definitely stronger when he became the Ten Tails Jinchuuriki.

* TheChessmaster: Moved the pieces into place prior to tasking Obito with implementing their plan. This included summoning the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path from the moon, producing the Zetsus (accidentally), transplanting his Rinnegan eyes into Nagato, planning Rin's death and Obito's subsequent FaceHeelTurn, and imparting Obito with the knowledge needed to implement the plan. But ultimately subverted since most of what he was planning failed and when he was resurrected during war, he became OpportunisticBastard.

* CombatCompliment: Seems to love issuing these.

* CombatSadomasochist: Absolutely loves powerful opponents capable of putting a heavy dent in him and returning the favour. [[spoiler: [[SerialEscalation Escalated]] with his reactions throughout tanking Might Gai's 8th Gate techniques.]]

* TheCorrupter: [[spoiler:He rescues Obito only to turn him into the Tobi we all know and loathe.]]
* CurbStompBattle: Aside from the flashbacks, this is the result whenever he gets into a fight. Regardless if it's the five Kages, Tailed beasts, Hashirama, Tobirama, Sasuke, Naruto, or ''all of them combined''.

* SmugSnake: While he is certainly enough powerful and skilled compared with conventional representatives this trope he, all the same, is fully suitable as this. He considers himself the greatest [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] and ManipulativeBastard when in fact a large part of his plan relied on [[DragonInChief Obito]] who ultimately took control of his plan and going to use it for himself. If not [[TheManBehindtheMan Black Zetsu]], Madara would never have appeared at war. But even his appearance at the war does not change the situation much since his back-up plan was OutGambitted by Obito who became the Jinchuuriki of the Ten-Tails. But even then Madara claims that he has everything under control when all that he does is wait until the Alliance does everything for him.

* TheStoic: His expression next to never changes, and he rarely says much more than "meh" in response to the brutalities occurring at his hands.
* 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 up a notch. By his own admission, Kishimoto has no idea how to beat Madara until he created an even larger threat. According to [[AwesomenessByAnalysis 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.

** Has great natural talent and the skill to use them efficiently. He has the Sharingan to copy almost any technique flawlessly and the Rinnegan, which allows the user to master all five Elements as well as any technique within a very short time. He also has massive chakra reserves to fuel his techniques, so much so that he is called the "Tailless Tailed Beast".
** For most of his life, he was relatively WeakButSkilled when fighting Hashirama, using his wit and versatility in order to match his stronger rival. As children, Hashirama knocked him down in a duel, but Madara still managed to get a good hit in with a rock that he threw into the air earlier. During their duel at the Valley of the End, Madara was still overall weaker, but used Genjutsu and Susanoo on Kurama in order to close the power gap. The weak part goes away once Madara implants Hashirama's cells, is revived in his prime, and becomes the Ten-Tails' Jinchuuriki.

** He loses his immortality when he's revived, and by extension the unlimited chakra, but gains the ability to heal near-instantaneously like Tsunade, can absorb chakra to replenish his levels, and can now use SAGE MODE. Besides that last bit, really, what's changed?

** [[spoiler:Madara's resurrection in the Fourth Shinobi World War was also a case of this. Obito never intended to resurrect him as he aimed to take control of the Moon's Eye Plan. He would have succeeded if not for Kabuto resurrecting Madara with the Edo Tensei. It's ultimately revealed that Black Zetsu was the one who led Kabuto to the location of Madara’s corpse as part of his plan to bring back Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.]]

** He was so powerful, he was able to [[spoiler:trounce the Five Kages]] with such ease. The man is pretty much the third strongest shinobi of all time, right after the Sage of the Six Paths (who was a PhysicalGod) and Hashirama Senju (and indeed likely stronger than Hashirama thanks to all the extra powers he gained as an edo tensei).

** Let's face it -- not even Nagato or Tobi could possibly hope to [[spoiler:trounce the Five Kages]] with such ease. The man is pretty much the third strongest shinobi of all time, right after the Sage of the Six Paths (who was a PhysicalGod) and Hashirama Senju (and indeed likely stronger than Hashirama thanks to all the extra powers he gained as an edo tensei).

* 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 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]].

* CombatSadomasochist: Absolutely loves powerful opponents capable of putting a heavy dent in him and returning the favour. [[spoiler: [[UpToEleven Taken up to eleven]] with his reactions throughout tanking Might Gai's 8th Gate techniques.]]

* OneWingedAngel: The absorption of the Juubi into the Ten-tails Jinchuuriki and becoming the equivalent of the ''Sage of the Six Paths''. [[UpToEleven As if he wasn't bad enough already.]]

* 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, Kishimoto has no idea how to beat Madara until he created an even larger threat. According to [[AwesomenessByAnalysis 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.

* WorldsBestWarrior: Superb Taijutsu, Awesome Ninjutsu, Epic Genjutsu, Senjutsu, Kenjutsu and Bukijutsu skills all cranked UpToEleven. Madara is the [[MasterOfAll master of them all]].

* TheBadGuyWins: Madara wins the Shinobi World War by finally casting the Infinite Tsukuyomi, which was his goal all along. It turns into a MeaninglessVillainVictory because almost immediately after this, his body is taken over by [[PhysicalGod Kaguya.]] This replacement is what allows the good guys to win later.

* BigBad: Madara Uchiha, one of the co-founders of Konohagakure, is revealed to be the one who came up with the [[AssimilationPlot Eye of the Moon Plan]], a plan to put all humans on the planet under the [[LotusEaterMachine Infinite Tsukuyomi]]. However, Madara died long before the series began, and has to rely on his the boy he manipulated into becoming his protege, [[DragonWithAnAgenda Obito Uchiha]], to carry out the plan in his stead and revive him at the proper moment. While Obito intends to [[TheStarscream hijack the plan for himself]] and leave his master six feet under, Madara is revived by Kabuto and joins his former apprentice in a BigBadDuumvirate, finally becoming the Jinchuriki of the Ten-Tails after Obito undergoes a HeelFaceTurn. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, when he finally performs the Infinite Tsukuyomi, he's backstabbed by his seemingly loyal minion Black Zetsu, who reveals himself to be the will of [[GreaterScopeVillain Kaguya Otsutsuki]]. Black Zetsu then revives Kaguya, who replaces Madara as the villain for the rest of the final arc.]]

** His short second life is even worse for him. He defeats Hashirama and Tobirama (though in their Edo, thus weaker forms), 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.

*** Partially subverted now that it's known Madara manipulated Obito in order to enact his plan from the beginning by setting up Rin's death.

* EvilMentor: To Tobi/Obito. And a damn superb one at that too, not only corrupting him into a twisted villain but turning him from a lousy shinobi into a Kage level fighter.

* HatedByAll: By the end of the series, he's flat-out the most hated individual in shinobi history. Even his own protege Tobi/Obito hated him, [[spoiler:and that was before Obito found out that Madara deliberately engineered Obito's StartOfDarkness by arranging Rin's death]]. Not even Naruto made an effort to try and redeem him. By the end, the only people who still care for him at all are Izuna (who died before Madara committed his worst crimes and [[MoralityChain whose death is why Madara turned out the way he did]]) and Hashirama, who gave up redeeming him after the severity of Madara's crimes became too much, [[spoiler:eventually settling on forgiving Madara while the latter was on his deathbed]].

* ForgotAboutHisPowers: [[PlayingWithATrope Not ''forgotten'', so much as self-limited]]. Ever since his introduction, Madara has revealed to be able to use an incredible amount of techniques and jutsus, including, but not limited, to creating [[PlayingWithFire massive walls of fire]], using [[InstantArmor Susanoo]] in more than one form (the final form being a hundred-foot-tall one), using Rinnegan and its derivative techniques ([[EnergyAbsorption Chakra Absorption]], and a stronger variation of [[GravityMaster Shinra Tensei]]), summoning [[ColonyDrop meteors]], using massively powerful [[GreenThumb Wood Release techniques]], and the list goes on. Even when [[spoiler: he becomes the Ten-Tails Jinchuuriki, he focuses only on using the Truthseeker Orbs instead of any other techniques, even if it would help him in the fight (such as Susanoo, which is later shown to be ''even more powerful'' with the Tailed Beasts' combined chakra)]]. Yet he only uses each technique oonce or twice , simply so he can drag out the fights, and make things more interesting/fun for himself; even fighting against a WorthyOpponent - [[spoiler:namely an Eight Gates Might Guy]] - doesn't have him drop his self-rule.

** After activating the Infinite Tsukuyomi he states that Naruto has no right to intervene in people's lives. It sounds very hypocritical coming from a man who intervenes in many people's lives by forcibly taking away their free will and putting them under control of an everlasting illusion, especially compared to Naruto who helps people for purely alturistic reasons.

** He holds a lost of resentment towards Tobirama and the Senju clan for the death of his family, but he's never acknowledges how his family did the same to theirs, and even rejected a peace offer that would have saved his brother Izuna's life.

* FreudianExcuse:
He lost all of his brothers in war against the Senju Clan. Even after all of this, he eventually agrees to a truce, only for his clan to later turn around and choose Hashirama as leader of the village over him. Then he reads a secret tablet about the history of the world, revealing that the war-torn world they lived in had always been that way and that even someone's successful attempt to steal and use a godlike power to end war didn't work. At this point he decides that the current world isn't worth caring about and pursues an AssimilationPlot.

* FatalFlaw: [[SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers Cynicism]]. A lot of problems caused by Madara's actions, and problems he himself faces, are because of his cynical outlook of the world. Madara constantly talks about how much life sucks, and that there will always be losers as long as there are winners. Many people InUniverse and out see right through this and view him for what he truly is: A self-pitying SoreLoser whining about how life as treated him, but is too stuck-up to admit that most of his problems are self-inflicted

* ForgotAboutHisPowers: [[PlayingWithATrope Not ''forgotten'', so much as self-limited]]. Ever since his introduction, Madara has revealed to be able to use an incredible amount of techniques and jutsus, including, but not limited, to creating [[PlayingWithFire massive walls of fire]], using [[InstantArmor Susanoo]] in more than one form (the final form being a hundred-foot-tall one), using Rinnegan and its derivative techniques ([[EnergyAbsorption Chakra Absorption]], and a stronger variation of [[GravityMaster Shinra Tensei]]), summoning [[ColonyDrop meteors]], using massively powerful [[GreenThumb Wood Release techniques]], and the list goes on. Even when [[spoiler: he becomes the Ten-Tails Jinchuuriki, he focuses only on using the Truthseeker Orbs instead of any other techniques, even if it would help him in the fight (such as Susanoo, which is later shown to be ''even more powerful'' with the Tailed Beasts' combined chakra)]]. Yet he only uses each technique once... simply so he can drag out the fights, and make things more interesting/fun for himself; even fighting against a WorthyOpponent - [[spoiler:namely an Eight Gates Might Guy]] - doesn't have him drop his self-rule.

* FreudianExcuse: He lost all of his brothers in war against the Senju Clan. Even after all of this, he eventually agrees to a truce, only for his clan to later turn around and choose Hashirama as leader of the village over him. Then he reads a secret tablet about the history of the world, revealing that the war-torn world they lived in had always been that way and that even someone's successful attempt to steal and use a godlike power to end war didn't work. At this point he decides that the current world isn't worth caring about and pursues an AssimilationPlot.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: He became this to the Leaf village. Hashirama wanted to name him the first Hokage but Tobirama pointed out that everyone, even the Uchiha Clan, would rather Hashirama be Hokage. After that, Madara became even more hostile and beligerent to the point that he was effectively cast out of his own clan.

** He calls chakra a source of endless suffering and says that his ultimate goal is to save humanity by creating a dream world without chakra. But apparently Madara does not see any problem with making himself in this new world the sole owner of the chakra which he so despises.

** After activating the Infinite Tsukuyomi he states that Naruto has no right to intervene in people's lives. It sounds very hypocritical coming from a man who intervenes in many people's lives by forcibly taking away their free will and putting them under control of an everlasting illusion.

** Is angered by Tobirama killing his brother on the battlefield but refuses to feel responsible for the deaths of Tobirama's baby brothers at the hands of Uchiha shinobi.
** Refuses to understand that Izuna was killed in a battle he had the power to put a stop to. If Madara had accepted Hashirama's offer of peace sooner, Izuna and many other Uchiha and Senju could have survived.
** Even though the death of his brother as a result of a battle wound deeply affected Madara, he demands Hashirama slay his own brother, not minding if his friend goes through the same loss.
** Despite initially claiming he cares about his clan, he played a role in their massacre by brainwashing and abusing Obito and passing his hatred to him.

* BeyondTheImpossible: He dies of old age but thanks to Kabuto, he is revived at a younger age. He pulls out very large meteors out of thin air. He is able to terminate the contract with Edo Tensei, despite the fact that even the original creator this jutsu does not know how to do it. He summons a Susanoo with ''no eyes''. He even extracted the Bijuu in mere minutes despite the fact that previously was necessary 9 members of the Akatsuki and 3 days to extract at least one. He proceeds to casually turn himself into the Ten-Tails Jinchuuriki without even going through an AlmightyIdiot phase like Obito and also use Kamui as the ten tailed beast container despite the original wielder being incapable of doing such a thing (this last one is a bit ambiguous, as it was specifically the intangible aspect of Kamui wherein parts of the user are briefly put into another dimension that Obito was unable to use as a jinchuruki, and Madara never uses this, instead using the similar but separate ability of transporting his entire body into the Kamui dimension).

* EvilIsPetty: TheDreaded villain, ShroudedInMyth in backstory, strikingly powerful to the that point that OnlyTheAuthorCanSaveThemNow actually hits a WritersBlock... and yet, as a person beneath all that power and status, he's actually repulsive in a rather pathetic way. Madara is phenomenally self-centered and egotistical for a legend whose claim to fame is being AlwaysSecondBest to his rival Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage in Konoha's history; he reveals in a flashback that he was responsible for the poor diplomatic relations between Konoha and the Hidden Stone village when he sabotaged peace talks he was supposed to oversee purely to spite Hashirama's plan of making peace between the five great nations. And later not only did he attack the first Hokage but also attempted to destroy Konoha all because he isn't declared Hokage. He then dips into sexism during his posturing to try and intimidate the Kages, looking down on Tsunade's strength because she's a woman (though to his credit, he quickly recants his statement when she wrecks his Susano'o). When you realize the AssimilationPlot author is racing to thwart was cooked up by a spiteful, sexist warmonger out of no greater ambitions than as an ego trip, it allows Madara to rather spectacularly avert EvilIsCool.

* EvilSoundsDeep: Taken UpToEleven by Neil Kaplan in the dub.

* BigBad: Madara Uchiha, one of the co-founders of Konohagakure, is revealed to be the one who came up with the [[AssimilationPlot Eye of the Moon Plan]], a plan to put all humans on the planet under the [[LotusEaterMachine Infinite Tsukuyomi]]. However, Madara died long before the series began, and has to rely on his protege Obito Uchiha aka [[DragonWithAnAgenda Tobi]], a boy who Madara corrupted into being a villain, to carry out the plan in his stead and revive him at the proper moment. Obito however, intends on [[TheStarscream hijacking the plan for himself]] and leaving Madara six feet under. Fortunately for Madara, he is revied by Kabuto, making him able to resume his plan and become the Jinchuriki of the Ten-Tails, while Obito undergoes a HeelFaceTurn. [[spoiler:When he finally performs the Infinite Tsukuyomi, he get's backstabbed by his seemingly loyal minion Black Zetsu, who reveals himself to be the will of [[GreaterScopeVillain Kaguya Otsutsuki]]. Black Zetsu then revives Kaguya, who replaces Madara as the BigBad for the rest of the final arc.]]

* BigBad: Madara Uchiha, one of the co-founders of Konohagakure, is revealed to be the one who came up with the [[AssimilationPlot Eye of the Moon Plan]], a plan to put all humans on the planet under the [[LotusEaterMachine Infinite Tsukuyomi]]. However, Madara died long before the series began, and has to rely on his protege Obito Uchiha aka [[DragonWithAnAgenda Tobi]], a boy who Madara corrupted into being a villain, to carry out the plan in his stead and revive him at the proper moment. Obito however, intends on [[TheStarscream hijacking the plan for himself]] and leaving Madara six feet under. Fortunately for Madara, he is revied by Kabuto, making him able to resume his plan and become the Jinchuriki of the Ten-Tails, while Obito undergoes a HeelFaceTurn. When he finally performs the Infinite Tsukuyomi, he get's backstabbed by his seemingly loyal minion Black Zetsu, who reveals himself to be the will of [[GreaterScopeVillain Kaguya Otsutsuki]]. Black Zetsu then revives Kaguya, who replaces Madara as the BigBad for the rest of the final arc.

* BigBad: One of the biggest contenders for the title, being responsible for Obito's FaceHeelTurn and setting him on the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan. He's dead for most of the series, but eventually gets resurrected by Kabuto and forms a BigBadDuumvirate with Obito. He manages to take the BigBad position in full after Obito is defeated... [[spoiler:only to quickly be betrayed by Black Zetsu and upstaged by Kaguya.]]

* 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.]]

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Using Hashirama's cells, Madara can summon a wood dragon with a Gonzo-like nose.