History Characters / NarutoMadaraUchiha

* HijackingCthulhu: In direct contrast to Obito, Madara effortlessly manages to tame the Ten-Tails after becoming its jinchuuriki because [[EvilIsEasy they both want the same thing]].

** Madara is subjected to this [[spoiler:by Black Zetsu, who uses his body as a vessel for Kaguya Ōtsutsuki until the Ten Tailed Beast is separated from Madara, returning him to his original form]].

* CombatHandFan: Uses a ''gunbai''.

* SemiDivine: After combining the chakra of Asura and Indra by implanting Hashirama's cells within himself, Madara becomes the first person since the [[PhysicalGod Sage of the Six Paths]] to wield the Rinnegan. He had them transferred to Nagato before he died of old age. As the Rinnegan were originally his, he's able to use the powers granted by them far better than either Nagato or Obito. After being fully resurrected, he regains his Rinnegan and ditches the 'Semi' part of this trope by becoming the Jinchuriki of the Ten-Tails.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Madara Uchiha, one of the co-founders of Konohagakure, is steadily revealed as one of the biggest reasons for why the whole plot of the series happened in the first place. It is shown in flashbacks that he sabatoged peace talks with other villages out of spite towards Hashirama, making him partially responsible for the troubled state of the Ninja World, is even the one who originally came up with the [[AssimilationPlot Eye of the Moon Plan]], and having arranged the death of Rin Nohara to corrupt and mold Obito into his disciple, is the cause of Obito's transofrmation into Tobi. Through Obito, Madara is indirectly responsible for almost every bad deed to happen within the context of Akatsuki's actions, Kirigakure's era as the Bloody Mist, the Nine-Tails attack on Konoha, and the tarnished reputation of the Uchiha Clan, indirectly fueling the misery and sorrow that Sasuke and Itachi would have to endure.

* DrivenByEnvy: a portion of his motivations are more or less implicitly stated to be a combination of jealousy, arrogance, and stubbornness [[spoiler: (though, by virtue of being an [[LoveMakesYouEvil Uchiha]], that's still not the full truth)]].

* DidntThinkThisThrough: He apparently never thought about the fact that Obito had virtually no motivation for resurrecting him and intended to hijack the Moon's Eye Plan for himself. The seal he placed on Obito's heart prevented him from becoming the Ten Tails' jinchūriki, but (as happened during Obito's fight against Kakashi) could be removed (although considering Obito had to trick Kakashi and get ''stabbed in the heart'' to remove it, he was probably confident Obito would be hard-pressed to do so and live long enough to make it matter). He also never considered the possibility of Nagato dying before being able to use to resurrect him with the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique.

* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler:[[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], at least compared to other examples in the series, but Madara is still very much reduced to this by the end. As the GreaterScopeVillain to Obito, Madara is indirectly responisible for all of his atrocities, and despite getting completely overshadowed by his ancestor Princess Kaguya he still receives the lion's share of the blame for the Fourth Shinobi War [[Manga/{{Boruto}} years after its conclusion]]. Upon being revived he joined Obito as one of the two biggest threats in the war as he soundly curb-stomped the Five Kage and most of the Alliance. By all rights, even after Obito betrayed him he should have been the BigBad proper once he was fully-revived and sealed the Ten Tails into himself. However, soon after he activates the Infinite Tsukuyomi he's betrayed by his EnigmaticMinion Black Zetsu, with his body being used as a vessel for the revival of Kaguya. He isn't even dignified with a final face-off against Naruto and Sasuke.]]

* BeyondTheImpossible: Rules regarding chakra, Biju, and other supernatural elments of the setting tend to be more "guidelines" for him. For this reason, among others, he is regarded as one of the two most fearsome ninja to ever live. Here is a list: 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).

* EyeScream:
** After Madara resurrects himself, his edo-tensei-created eyes crumble away leaving only empty sockets.
** In the manga, his true Rinnegan eyes are torn apart as part of his body transforming into Kaguya's. In the anime his eyes remain intact, though its still implied the transformation leaves him blind.
* FaceOfAThug: In events set in Konoha's early history, there is a scene where he is walking with Hashirama, and he scares small children just by looking at them; he wasn't glaring or anything, just a natural, neutral, stare. Later, when discussing the Hokage Monument, Hashirama jokes that the artist will have to make Madara's face more handesome.

* FallenHero: He was once an idealistic shinobi that wanted to protect the ninja world and make sure that no one else would die. That love turned into hatred after a everything kept going wrong.

** In contrast to Akatsuki taking three days to extract a single Tailed Beast from their jinchuuriki, Madara was able to seal ''all nine'' of them away both effortlessly and instantaneously. It can be justified by the fact that the Tailed Beasts have already physically manifested when they fought Madara, making it easier for the Uchiha to seal them away.

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

* CurbStompBattle: Aside from the flashbacks, this is often the result whenever he gets into a fight, with those battles being on his favor. Regardless if it's the five Kages, Tailed beasts, Hashirama, Tobirama, Sasuke, Naruto, or ''all of them combined''.

* DragonInChief: With Nagato sealed away, Itachi breaking free, and Mu mere moments from being defeated, Kabuto brings him out as a trump card and technically Madara was his TheDragon. But later Madara shown that he knew the hand signs to perform the Edo Tensei jutsu and, though Kabuto was defeated before finding this out, this meant that he could take control of his body at anytime he chose, and could even refuse to be un-summoned. In other words, he only let Kabuto ''think'' he was his Dragon.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: According to Hashirama Madara truly loved his little brother, Izuna and Madara bonded over their love for their respective little brothers. He only wanted to protect the one younger brother he had left. It was after Tobirama killed Izuna that Madara became more unhinged and started to go off the deep end — and he made sure to let Tobirama feel this during the Fourth Shinobi World War.

* EvilIsEasy: He effortlessly absorbs the Ten Tails, because he and the beast's goal are the same, stripping mankind of freewill. The Sage of Six Paths had to battle the monster, and Obito as well was being torn apart, since part of him subconsciously regretted the Eye of the Moon Plan. [[spoiler:Not that it saves him when Black Zetsu backstabs him and the Ten Tails' will completely overpowers his and [[TransformationOfThePossessed reshapes his body]], his role as their UnwittingPawn now complete.]]

* EvilPlan: [[spoiler: After his (supposedly) final battle with Harashima in the Valley of the End, he concocted a plan decades in the making to enforce his ideal of eternal peace upon the world. It involved a lot of schemeing, murder, kidnapping and corruption of a minor, not to mention the co-opting of someone else's organization into a club for S-Ranked Missing Ninja. The Fourth Great Shinobi war was fought over it. All to bring together all the Biju, re-create the Ten Tails and Divine Tree so he could trap everyone in a LotusEaterMachine.]]

* EyeScream:
** After Madara resurrects himself, his edo-tensei-created eyes crumble away leaving only empty sockets.
** In the manga, his true Rinnegan eyes are torn apart as part of his body transforming into Kaguya's. In the anime his eyes remain intact, though its still implied the transformation leaves him blind.

* MadeOfIron: Madara literally became a human ping-pong ball for the Tailed Beasts when he charged headfirst into the fray, was hit with some of the strongest attacks seen in the series (Five-Tails horn attack that wounded the ''Eight-Tails'', Six-Tails' ''pool of acid'', etc.) - each attack getting stronger since the One through Seven Tailed Beast hit him one after the other - which finally culminated in ALL the tailed beasts smashing ''through'' his Senjutsu powered Complete ''Susanoo'' with their respective tails, and while they do destroy the Susanoo the only thing they get for their trouble as far as damaging the man himself is a slightly battered Madara missing a arm, which he quickly replaces and rapidly heals. The whole time, Madara expresses disdain for them, only expressing anger when Gaara and Shukaku nearly manage to ''seal'' him after Gaara turned him into a Person Puppet.

* UndignifiedDeath: As brutal as the series can be, [[spoiler:rotting away]] after being [[spoiler:regurgitated]] still couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. That said, [[spoiler:his actual actual death scene and his attitude as he lays dying are surprisingly dignified]]--it even included somber ost in the background.

* VillainBall: He catches it when trying to get his second eye back. When Madara wants to retrieve his Rinnegan from Black Zetsu, Obito does not allow him to do so. Instead of, y'know, trying to take his eye immediately because any sensible man at that time could see that Obito was ''not'' his friend since Obito '''himself''' had said that he never considered Madara an ally and also betrayed him when he became the Ten-Tails Jinchuuriki. Also, Madara has forced Obito to resurrect him through a Jutsu which kills the user and any sensible person would understand that Obito would be displeased by this. Madara is not one of these people. He tried to convince him to give the Rinnegan voluntarily and then he was surprised that Obito went against him. And later when Obito and Naruto teleported into another dimension, he [[BloodKnight spent all his time fighting with Guy]] rather than trying to retrieve his eye and preventing Obito from resurrecting Naruto.

** [[spoiler: After Naruto and Sasuke receive new powers from the Sage of Six Paths, he knows fighting them without his other Rinnegan would be a bad idea.]]

* BadassBaritone: In the Japanese and English versions he has a very deep voice to compliment his power.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Once his master plan in finally underway, he's [[spoiler: abruptly replaced by Kaguya, who HijackedByGanon him.]]

** 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--though it's YMMV if this counts due to the chronology of his character; there's no guarantee that the old Madara that had found Obito will really care for his clan in the same way that his past self did.

* ColonyDrop: Can summon asteroids to flatten his opponents. Onoki stopped one just in time, but Madara simply called down a second. As the Ten Tails' Jinchuuriki, he was able to summon even larger asteroids using Chibaku Tensei.

** 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 brought upon him and concluding the entire world was to blame. Obito's not too impressed with him when they first meet, and Zetsu appears to consider his creator (which was eventually revealed to be a lie) a loser despite doing his bidding; White Zetsu says 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.

* VillainousBreakdown: He takes it pretty badly when [[spoiler:Black Zetsu betrays him and reveals he contains ''Kaguya's'' will instead of his own.]] He only gets a few seconds to express it, but given his usual unflappable behavior, it's pretty notable.

* ColonyDrop: Can summon asteroids to flatten his opponents. Onoki stopped one just in time, but Madara simply called down a second.

* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: He can be seen as one to the TheManBehindTheMan and TheChessmaster. Madara has been built up as a looming figure whose actions had influence over other antagonists like Obito and Nagato. But as the story progresses and the full details of his endgame are revealed, it becomes abundantly clear that Madara's EvilPlan is one big GambitRoulette that relied on everything playing out exactly as he planned. The first is the implantation of his eyes into a young Nagato in hopes of using the boy to bring him back to life, but Nagato was, at the time, a little boy living in a war-torn country with no knowledge of his powers had he not met Jiraiya. Second was Madara's manipulation of Obito into becoming his proxy to ensure Nagato would resurrect him, never considering the possibility that Obito had no intention of bringing Madara back to life and sought to hijack the plan for his own ends, something that Obito succeeded in accomplishing even when Madara is brought back as an Edo Tensei zombie thanks to Kabuto. Madara then has to rely on his enemies into doing his dirty work, weakening Obito so that Black Zetsu could force him to bring Madara back to life. This comes to a head when [[spoiler:Black Zetsu betrays him, pointing in Madara's face that in the grand scheme of things, Madara was nothing more than a wannabe master planner who only got as far as he did through a combination of luck and Black Zetsu's behind-the-scenes manipulations.]]

** That said, he leans more towards being one to Sasuke, as he could very much be seen as a Sasuke who truly severed all of his bonds, as while the details vary a bit, both ended up leaving the village, turning against their best friend (before being defeated by him), losing their brother, and both end up being the second-strongest shinobi of their generation, and surpass all Uchiha before them. It's to the point that Hashirama chose to explain to Sasuke about what it means to be a shinobi out of concern that Sasuke might become the next Madara[[note]]While it's debatable if Sasuke ever surpassed Madara after he absorbed the Ten Tails, Orochimaru notes that after getting the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan (at which point, he was more or less equal in power to Itachi even before he started getting used to it, effects of the Mangekyou on Itachi notwithstanding), Sasuke would eventually surpass what Madara had reached in life, and he certainly did so after Hagoromo powered him up.[[/note]].

* 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). [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Hashirama, who is both taller and heavier (185.1 cm and 74 kg) than Madara.

** [[spoiler: Is further subjected to this when Naruto and Sasuke, each carrying half the power from the original Sage of the Six Path, drive him into a corner where he is forced to absorb the trunk of the Shinju and get his other Rinnegan back to keep up with them.]]

* BerserkButton:
** As a kid, he hated it when people stood behind him, especially as he urinated. Hashirama exploited this for lulz.
** Also, Hashirama, in general. In one flashback the mere mention of Hashirama's name enraged him.

** [[spoiler: On a more complicated case, his reaction to the revelations of Zetsu to him after his betrayal can also be considered a case of this. It was evident that he was not only angered by the betrayal but also horrified by the true endgoal of the plan that he followed through: the liberation of a godly being that will bring about ''the complete end the world.'' It was enough to bring him into a HeelRealization, internally asking his old friend where he had gone wrong in his path, to then ultimately admitting on his deathbed that he was mistaken/misguided and that Hashirama's path was the correct way.]]

** That said, he leans more towards being one to Sasuke, as he could very much be seen as a Sasuke who truly severed all of his bonds, as while the details vary a bit, both ended up leaving the village, turning against their best friend (before being defeated by him), losing their brother, and both end up being the second-strongest shinobi of their generation, and surpass all Uchiha before them[[note]]While it's debatable if Sasuke ever surpassed Madara after he absorbed the Ten Tails, Orochimaru notes that after getting the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan (at which point, he was more or less equal in power to Itachi even before he started getting used to it, effects of the Mangekyou on Itachi notwithstanding), Sasuke would eventually surpass what Madara had reached in life, and he certainly did so after Hagoromo powered him up.[[/note]].

** He's got the '''First Hokage's face''' ''on his chest''! In the past we get to see that he was able to live far beyond his supposed "death" at the Valley of the End by hooking himself up to a combination of the Gedo Mazo and what appears to be a gelatinous blob of the First Hokage's cells. This connection is represented by several pipe-like growths that protrude from his back and feed back into the statue.

%% Doesnt explain what the reaction is * BerserkButton:
%% ** As a kid, he hated it when people stood behind him, especially as he urinated. Hashirama exploited this for lulz.
%% ** Also, Hashirama, in general. In one flashback the mere mention of Hashirama's name enraged him.

* BerserkButton:
** As a kid, he hated it when people stood behind him, especially as he urinated. Hashirama exploited this for lulz.
** Also, Hashirama, in general. In one flashback the mere mention of Hashirama's name enraged him.

--> "If I'm the only one here, the extent to which the maps will need to be redrawn won't be too drastic."

* {{Jerkass}}: During the process of his HeelFaceTurn,particularly after his defection from the village, 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 asshole in the entire series, and that says ''a lot''.