History Characters / NarutoMadaraUchiha

---> '''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!?

* 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 average shinobi into a Kage level fighter.

--> '''Madara''': Now then, Onoki... [[WhamLine What will you do about the second one?]]
--> [Second meteorite falls on top of the first one]

-->'''Madara''': ''"You can't defeat power with will."''

-->'''Naruto''': What happened to all the others!?!
-->'''Madara''': Who knows. They're probably... not okay. *cut to a shot of the Kage all lying in pools of their own blood*

-->'''Madara''': Hashirama "Wood Style" Senju... the future First Hokage, the man who stood at the top of the ninja world and the person that I respected most.

* CameBackWrong: It's revealed that he was once one of the many reincarnations of Indra, one of the two sons of The Sage of Six Paths, along with Hashirama who was reincarnated from Asura. However, when he is brought back into flesh and blood in modern day Indra's soul had already moved onto Sasuke, with even the Sage stating Madara was no longer the exact same man as he was when he left the world. This trope is really just a matter-of-fact, as it doesn't really seem to play into Madara or his motives in the modern age. Muddying this trope is that the reincarnation of Indra and Ashura is treated more as their chakra/souls piggybacking on other souls rather than actually becoming new people (Naruto likening it to being possessed by a ghost, and recognizing the "one" on Sasuke as an independent being from Sasuke).

* EvilIsBigger: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. Madara is somewhat taller than Naruto or Sasuke (the three are, respectively, 179 cm, 166 cm, and 168 cm), but on the other hand, he is noticeably more muscular than either when the shirts come off, with their weight reflecting this (71.3 kg, 50.9 kg, and 52.2 kg respectively).

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:He extracted Kurama from Naruto in order to become the Juubi jinchuuriki, putting him on the verge of death. After Kaguya regurgitates him, he dies shortly after due to no longer having the tailed beasts within him.]]

He then proceeds to [[NoSell kick everyone's ass]], which includes all nine Tailed Beasts, Naruto, Sasuke, Hashirama, Tobirama, etc. After sealing away all nine beasts in a matter of seconds, he then rids every obstacle in his path and becomes the new and current Jinchuuriki of the Ten-Tails. Despite several miracles happening one after the other (Gai putting up a decent fight with [[OneWingedAngel all Eight Gates released]], Obito turning on him, and Naruto and Sasuke receiving the Sage of the Six Paths power to be on equal footing with him), Madara reaches his goal and activates Infinite Tsukuyomi. But later he gets a betrayal from Black Zetsu, who then [[GrandTheftMe forces his body to undergo a transformation]] into the far stronger and far more dangerous [[DiabolusExNihilo Kaguya Ōtsutsuki]]. After her defeat, Madara is returned to normal, all powers stripped from his body and dies peacefully shortly afterward, sharing a sad and final farewell with his former friend Hashirama.

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* EvilOldFolks: When he was alive, though ancient and decrepit, he was still plotting to capture all over the world in LotusEaterMachine and become a PhysicalGod.

* WorldsStrongestMan: Considered this during his era alongside Hashirama, though since his resurrection, he has integrated his DNA into his body, making him one of the most powerful shinobi to walk the earth, to the point that he needs the Five Kages to face him at all. Even then, they weren't enough when he starts to get a ''little'' serious. [[spoiler: Even before all of this, he was already an incredibly powerful shinobi, since he was the {{reincarnation}} of Indra Ōtsutsuki, the older son of the Sage of Six Paths]].
** 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).
** Naruto was able to match him while he was an Edo Tensei, going blow for blow with him and Madara even regarded him as a serious threat. However, when he is fully resurrected, Madara takes on Naruto and Killer Bee in their tailed beast modes backed by Gaara and all other Tailed Beasts together before swiftly defeating them with a LivingShadow cast after regaining just his left Rinnegan. [[FromBadToWorse He then revives the Ten-Tails and becomes it's third and far more complete Jinchuuriki.]]
** [[spoiler: He is then matched by Guy using his Eight Gate backed up by Minato, Kakashi and Gaara. Then he is put on the defensive by Naruto and Sasuke each wielding half of the Sage of Six Paths' power. When he more or less matches and even becoming stronger than them by absorbing the God Tree, recovering his left Rinnegan, and awakening the Rinne-Sharingan, he gets undone by Black Zetsu to revive the much more powerful Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.]]

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* CameBackStrong: A villainous example. He was [[TheUndead resurrected]] in a younger form, in 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.

* BigBadEnsemble: He’s one of the main antagonists of the series as a whole, along with Obito (his DragonInChief who tried to hijack the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and was [[TheHeavy directly responsible for a majority of the events in the series]]) and [[spoiler:Kaguya (the GreaterScopeVillain of the series and indirectly responsible for everything through her [[TheDragon Dragon]], Black Zetsu).]]

* EyeScream: After Madara resurrects himself, his eyes crumble away leaving only empty sockets.

* UndyingLoyalty: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. He was fanatically loyal to the Uchihas, to the point of stealing/asking for his brothers' eyes so he could face Hashirama in their War. This extended to also fanatically fighting for the Uchiha dignity to the point of being banished from his Clan and the Village that he helped create. Needless to say, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge he didn't take the news well]].

* UndignifiedDeath: As brutal as the series can be, [[spoiler:rotting away]] after being [[spoiler:regurgitated]] still couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

* VisionaryVillain: He says he has a clear goal and plan to achieve the utopia which he envisions, though how much is a genuine desire to make a utopia for everyone or [[ItsAllAboutMe to become an almighty god and finally one-up Hashirama]] is debatable.

He then proceeds to [[NoSell kick everyone's ass]], which includes all nine Tailed Beasts, Naruto, Sasuke, Hashirama, Tobirama, etc. After sealing away all nine beasts in a matter of seconds, he then rids every obstacle in his path and becomes the new and current Jinchuuriki of the Ten-Tails. Despite several miracles happening one after the other (Gai putting up a decent fight with [[OneWingedAngel all Eight Gates released]], Obito turning on him, and Naruto and Sasuke receiving the Sage of the Six Paths power to be on equal footing with him), Madara reaches his goal and activates Infinite Tsukuyomi. But later he gets a betrayal from Black Zetsu then [[GrandTheftMe forces his body to undergo a transformation]] into the far stronger and far more dangerous [[DiabolusExNihilo Kaguya Ōtsutsuki]]. After her defeat, Madara is returned to normal, all powers stripped from his body and dies peacefully shortly afterward, sharing a sad and final farewell with his former friend Hashirama.

* ItsAllAboutMe: As per the usual for Uchihas, which, considering he was once their Head and among the most influential in their history (founding Konoha alongside Hashirama) means he set the standard for them during the time of the Hidden Villages. First, he was mad because his clan wanted to stop fighting the Senju clan ([[SunkCostFallacy because he believed that it would render the sacrifices of countless Uchiha - including his own brother senseless]]). Then after he agreed to a truce he threw ''a tantrum'' because ''he'' didn't get to be Hokage (because he believed that if the First Hokage was Hashirama, it would mean that the Second would be Tobirama and the Uchiha clan would come to an end). Then he was displeased that the Uchiha clan did not listen to his warning and decided to ''forget about them''. Then he decided to read a secret tablet about the history of the world revealing that [[AwfulTruth the war-torn world they lived in had always been that way]] and that even an attempt of his ancestor to use the power of God to put an end to all wars didn't work. After this, Madara in his turn ''himself'' decided to [[GenreBlindness try to get the power of God and use it to put an end to all wars]] because he apparently believed that ''he'' will succeed where his predecessor failed. Herewith he decided to completely ignore the security and life of ''all'' those who stand in his way, including his best friend, his own clan, his own village and in principle all people living on the planet. All in all, his whole Infinite Tsukuyomi plan is a thin excuse for an ego trip. Madara gets to show off being the strongest being in existence while also getting to be the Messiah of the world and ruler of it.

* SmugSnake: While he is certainly powerful and skilled compared with conventional representatives of 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 used it for himself. If not for [[TheManBehindtheMan Black Zetsu]], Madara would never have appeared in the war. But even his appearance in 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. Even then Madara claims that he has everything under control when all that he does is wait until the Alliance does everything for him.

* UsedToBeASweetKid: One of the figures who would become part of the [[BigBadDuumvirate]] was once a dorky child who was so sensitive to his surroundings that he couldn't pee if someone was nearby and became frantically apologetic if he hurt someone's feelings.

* 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.

* PeacefulInDeath: [[spoiler:For all the shit he's pulled, he ends up dying this way, EasilyForgiven by his former friend Hashirama, who gives him a few last words of comfort.]]

** TheDreaded, ShroudedInMyth, WorldsStrongestMan villain... spent the last few years of his life squatting in a cave, depending on Zetsu for life support, obsessing over the misery his own shortcomings brought upon him and concluding [[NeverMyFault the entire world was to blame]]. Obito's not too impressed with him when they first meet, and Zetsu appears to consider his creator a loser despite doing his bidding; White Zetsu points out to Obito behind Madara's back that the Moon's Eye plan is mostly based on Madara's own {{Wangst}}, not a desire for peace.

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

* WellIntentionedExtremist: PlayedWith. His ultimate goal is to replace the war-torn world with a more peaceful one. Though this could easily be interpreted as a flimsy excuse for what is actually an ego trip. That said, he does genuinely view himself as the savior of mankind, and was unaware of the [[LifeDrinker true purpose]] of the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

* WideEyedIdealist: A fairly dark example. His entire murderous scheme was based around the flimsy promises of what was essentially an in-universe ''fairy tale'' and one that had been [[spoiler:grossly tampered with to boot.]] And as elaborate as his plans were, he's chided for how they were all just attempts at taking shortcuts to true world peace and a refusal to accept his own failures.

** Considered Hashirama, considering how much he drones on and on about how everyone except him and Hashirama (and maybe Naruto) sucks.

* PsychopathicManchild: A Type C. He's incredibly powerful, the head of his clan, and the co-founder of the Hidden Leaf Village... But declaring war on the Village (and by proxy kicking off the plot) is nothing but him essentially throwing a temper-tantrum after eavesdropping on Hashirama and Tobirama Senju, in their own home, and hearing Tobirama express his opinion that the title of Hokage should be voted on by the Village Elders and Clan Heads instead of just being handed to Madara because Hashirama wants him to have it. Ironically, Madara probably could have been voted Hokage if he didn't have a history of behaving this way. He also treats his newfound power as host to the Ten-Tails as if he were a child with a new toy as well. When he's fighting Eighth Gate!Gai he starts behaving like a child asking him to show him the best of his ability. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Also, he is extremely cocky.]]

* DrivenByEnvy: His driving motivation is an combination of jealousy, arrogance, and stubbornness. While he and future 1st Hokage Hashirama Senju considered each other a WorthyOpponent while their families were at war, Madara went mad with envy when he ended up AlwaysSecondBest to Hashirama in the final days of the war and the early days of the Hidden Leaf Village their families founded together. Many of Madara's future actions can be chalked up directly to spite against his arch-rival's descendents; even nearly a century after the final battle between the two of them, Madara's ''still'' not over the fact that people chose to follow Hashirama's vision of the future instead of his own.

* 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, weaponized a tailed-beast, tried to take over the world, etc. all because he isn't declared Hokage.

** 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 [[MirrorCharacter not so different]] 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.
** He is also considered to be one to Hashirama Senju. Both of them were best friends turned enemies, they’re both the founders of the Hidden Leaf Village, they were both considered to be the most powerful shinobi of all time and like Naruto and Sasuke, they are both the reincarnations of Asura and Indra respectively. However while Hashirama wanted to bring peace to the Shinobi world by stopping the other clans from fighting each other through cooperation and support, Madara’s version of peace is achieving it through total domination and later creating the Eye of the Moon plan to rule the Shinobi world as a god, this is due to the fact that Madara went mad after reading the Uchiha stone tablet, betraying Hashirama and becoming sworn enemies with him. After their deaths both became renowned figures in shinobi history, with Hashirama being an AllLovingHero and Madara being HatedByAll.
** He's another one to both Naruto and Sasuke, being someone who essentially has both of their powersets without any of their redeeming qualities. In fact, his relentless drive to save the world through forcibly changing everyone's minds against their will is a sick perversion of Naruto's WarriorTherapist streak.

* EvilIsPetty: TheDreaded villain, feared even decades after his supposed death and ShroudedInMyth in backstory, 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 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.

* SoreLoser: A big part of the series is due to Madara not being able to cope with Hashirama beating him in everything. More smpathetically, it was also due to his inability to accept the deaths of his brothers.

* HatedByAll: By the end of the series, he's perhapsthe 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, though that can also be attributed to a general disconnect from and lack of knowledge of Madara's past. 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 the catalyst for 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:while still eventually settling on reconciling with Madara while the latter was on his (third) deathbed]]. Madara acknowledges this and doesn't seem to mind too much.

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* ResurrectionGambit: Madara planned to have Nagato bring him back to life with the Rinne Rebirth jutsu. While he ultimately ''did'' return, it did not happen the way he had intended; Nagato used Rinne Rebirth to bring back everyone he had killed during his assault on the Leaf Village. Instead, Kabuto ended up bringing him back during the Fourth Great Shinobi War with his Edo Tensei. Although Madara was able to regain control of himself in this form, it was not sufficient to become the Ten-Tails' jinchuuriki; he had to be properly resurrected in order to do that. Ultimately he truly came back to life by having Black Zetsu force Obito, who had taken the Rinnegan from Nagato's body, use Rinne Rebirth on him.