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** also, Iruka, who recognizes that the reason for Naruto's post-graduation tomfoolery was identical to his own; growing up without parents, the goofball attitude was just a cry for attention.
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* MiseryBuildsCharacter: Naruto's horrible childhood is what causes him to be so empathic to the pains of others. However, it's noted several times that if wasn't for the kindness he received from Iruka and other close friends that he would have become a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds.
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** MagmaMan: Naruto gains [[spoiler:Lava Release from Son Goku, which he uses to create a Lava Release Rasenshuriken]].
** MagnetismManipulation: He gains [[spoiler:Magnet Release from Shukaku and uses it form a Magnet Release Rasengan]].
** MagnetismManipulation: He gains [[spoiler:Magnet Release from Shukaku and uses it form a Magnet Release Rasengan]].
** [[spoiler: He can also combine the Wind Style Rasengan with Sasuke's Amaterasu]]
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* MagmaMan: Naruto gains [[spoiler:Lava Release from Son Goku, which he uses to create a Lava Release Rasenshuriken]].
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* MagnetismManipulation: He gains [[spoiler:Magnet Release from Shukaku and uses it form a Magnet Release Rasengan]].
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%% * TakeAThirdOption: This trope more or less defines Naruto.Naruto, especially in that the 'choice' is typically, "Abandon your morals to succeed or be a failure keep them".
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* TheNicknamer: He often gives people nicknames based on some aspects of their personalities or appearances, either as insults, {{Affectionate Nickname}}s, or both, and often refers to them exclusively as such. To give a short list, Jiraiya is "Pervy Sage," Killer B is "Shades-Wearing Pops" or "Octopops," and Tsunade is "Grandma Tsunade" or simply "Grandma."
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* TheNicknamer: He often gives people nicknames based on some aspects of their personalities or appearances, either as insults, {{Affectionate Nickname}}s, or both, and often refers to them exclusively as such. To give a short list, Rock Lee is "Bushy Brow," Jiraiya is "Pervy Sage," Killer B is "Shades-Wearing Pops" or "Octopops," and Tsunade is "Grandma Tsunade" or simply "Grandma."
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* HollywoodAcid: [[spoiler: Creates an Acid Rasenshuriken after recieving Saiken's power.]]
* MagnetismManipulation: He gains [[spoiler:Magnet Release from Shukaku and uses it form a Magnet Release Rasengan]].
* PlayingWithFire: [[spoiler:Creates a Fire Style: Rasenshuriken using Matabi's power.]]
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* SelectiveMagnetism: He gains [[spoiler:Magnet Release from Shukaku and uses it form a Magnet Release Rasengan]].
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* BornWinner: Initially subverted in that his legacies didn't seem to help him one bit in Part I. A big theme then was how - despite starting from nothing - he was determined to choose his own destiny, make friends, and strive for success beating all odds where one slip up could've made him AxCrazy like Gaara, or antisocial and revenge crazy like Sasuke, or like any of his other ShadowArchetype villains. However, come part 2 he's revealed to be heir to no less than ''four'' super-powerful legacies, in addition to having the ability to tame a creature composed of pure malevolence that was sealed inside of him. Personally trained by some of the strongest ninjas alive, and the wisest Toad Sage. He's literally destined to ultimately succeed at anything he tries.
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* GogglesDoNothing: Before earning his Ninja headband. He was actually supposed to wear them for the whole series, but the headbands were invented because they were easier to draw. They then became a cultural motif and given to just about every character.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Naruto was supposed to be a GogglesDoNothing shonen hero, but the creator found the goggles too tough to draw consistently so he changed it to the ninja headband. The headbands would then be expanded to a cultural motif for the Ninja World and almost every character wears one.
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They didn\'t train him because they were his friend, they trained him because of how super special awesome the many and varied legacies Naruto inherited. That he managed to befriend them on top of that is just gravy.
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* BornWinner: Ultimately played with: his legacies didn't seem to help him one bit in Part I. A big theme then was how - despite starting from nothing - he was determined to choose his own destiny, make friends, and strive for success beating all odds where one slip up could've made him AxCrazy like Gaara, or antisocial and revenge crazy like Sasuke, or like any of his other ShadowArchetype villains. However, come part 2 he's revealed to be heir to no less than ''four'' super-powerful legacies, in addition to having the ability to tame a creature composed of pure malevolence that was sealed inside of him. Personally trained by some of the strongest ninjas alive, and the wisest Toad Sage. The overall theme seems to be that, although Naruto always had the ability to succeed, it wouldn't have mattered if he hadn't made the ''specific'' friends he did throughout his adventures.
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* BornWinner: Ultimately played with: Initially subverted in that his legacies didn't seem to help him one bit in Part I. A big theme then was how - despite starting from nothing - he was determined to choose his own destiny, make friends, and strive for success beating all odds where one slip up could've made him AxCrazy like Gaara, or antisocial and revenge crazy like Sasuke, or like any of his other ShadowArchetype villains. However, come part 2 he's revealed to be heir to no less than ''four'' super-powerful legacies, in addition to having the ability to tame a creature composed of pure malevolence that was sealed inside of him. Personally trained by some of the strongest ninjas alive, and the wisest Toad Sage. The overall theme seems He's literally destined to be that, although Naruto always had the ability to succeed, it wouldn't have mattered if ultimately succeed at anything he hadn't made the ''specific'' friends he did throughout his adventures.tries.
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Not exactly. He made friends with everyone who trained him. Jiraiya, the Toad Sage, Bee, etc. The entire lesson here is that he would have gotten nowhere or discovered his inner talents without them.
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* BornWinner: Initially subverted in that Ultimately played with: his legacies didn't seem to help him one bit in Part I. A big theme then was how - despite starting from nothing - he was determined to choose his own destiny, make friends, and strive for success beating all odds where one slip up could've made him AxCrazy like Gaara, or antisocial and revenge crazy like Sasuke, or like any of his other ShadowArchetype villains. However, come part 2 he's revealed to be heir to no less than ''four'' super-powerful legacies, in addition to having the ability to tame a creature composed of pure malevolence that was sealed inside of him. Personally trained by some of the strongest ninjas alive, and the wisest Toad Sage. He's literally destined The overall theme seems to ultimately succeed at anything be that, although Naruto always had the ability to succeed, it wouldn't have mattered if he tries.hadn't made the ''specific'' friends he did throughout his adventures.
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* BornWinner: Ultimately PlayedWith. A big theme then was how - despite starting from nothing - he was determined to choose his own destiny, make friends, and strive for success beating all odds where one slip up could've made him AxCrazy like Gaara, or antisocial and revenge crazy like Sasuke, or like any of his other ShadowArchetype villains. However, come part 2 he's revealed to be heir to no less than ''four'' super-powerful legacies, in addition to having the ability to tame a creature composed of pure malevolence that was sealed inside of him. Personally trained by some of the strongest ninjas alive, and the wisest Toad Sage. He's literally destined to ultimately succeed at anything he tries.
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* BornWinner: Ultimately PlayedWith.Initially subverted in that his legacies didn't seem to help him one bit in Part I. A big theme then was how - despite starting from nothing - he was determined to choose his own destiny, make friends, and strive for success beating all odds where one slip up could've made him AxCrazy like Gaara, or antisocial and revenge crazy like Sasuke, or like any of his other ShadowArchetype villains. However, come part 2 he's revealed to be heir to no less than ''four'' super-powerful legacies, in addition to having the ability to tame a creature composed of pure malevolence that was sealed inside of him. Personally trained by some of the strongest ninjas alive, and the wisest Toad Sage. He's literally destined to ultimately succeed at anything he tries.
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The fact that he started from nothing and his growth in Part 1 are already mentioned. Naruto didn\'t succeed because he had friends. His successes were handed to him on a silver platter at every turn. His friendships had nothing to do with any success he ever achieved.
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** However, he started out as nothing more than a lonely orphan who acted out as a prankster and was neglected by most of the village and was forced to play catchup in Part I because of a lack of proper training and upbringing. This was explored when [[spoiler: Naruto learned he was the reincarnation of the younger son of the Sage of Six Paths', Asura. Both didn't excel at anything and worked hard to get where they were and learned to make friends, allowing them to achieve their full potential.]] Ultimately, he was able to follow in his legacies only because he overcame the problems in his youth and not succumb to his inner darkness.
** However, he started out as nothing more than a lonely orphan who acted out as a prankster and was neglected by most of the village and was forced to play catchup in Part I because of a lack of proper training and upbringing. This was explored when [[spoiler: Naruto learned he was the reincarnation of the younger son of the Sage of Six Paths', Asura. Both didn't excel at anything and worked hard to get where they were and learned to make friends, allowing them to achieve their full potential.]] Ultimately, he was able to follow in his legacies only because he overcame the problems in his youth and not succumb to his inner darkness.
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* BornWinner: Ultimately PlayedWith. A big theme then was how - despite starting from nothing - he was determined to choose his own destiny, make friends, and strive for success beating all odds where one slip up could've made him AxCrazy like Gaara, or antisocial and revenge crazy like Sasuke, or like any of his other ShadowArchetype villains. However, come part 2 he's revealed to be heir to no less than ''four'' super-powerful legacies, in addition to having the ability to tame a creature composed of pure malevolence that was sealed inside of him. Personally trained by some of the strongest ninjas alive, and the wisest Toad Sage.
** However, he started out as nothing more than a lonely orphan who acted out as a prankster and was neglected by most of the village and was forcedSage. He's literally destined to play catchup in Part I because of a lack of proper training and upbringing. This was explored when [[spoiler: Naruto learned he was the reincarnation of the younger son of the Sage of Six Paths', Asura. Both didn't excel ultimately succeed at anything and worked hard to get where they were and learned to make friends, allowing them to achieve their full potential.]] Ultimately, he was able to follow in his legacies only because he overcame the problems in his youth and not succumb to his inner darkness. tries.
** However, he started out as nothing more than a lonely orphan who acted out as a prankster and was neglected by most of the village and was forced
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* BornWinner: Initially subverted in that his legacies didn't seem to help him one bit in Part I. A big theme then was how - despite starting from nothing - he was determined to choose his own destiny, make friends, and strive for success beating all odds where one slip up could've made him AxCrazy like Gaara, or antisocial and revenge crazy like Sasuke, or like any of his other ShadowArchetype villains. However, come part 2 he's revealed to be heir to no less than ''four'' super-powerful legacies, in addition to having the ability to tame a creature composed of pure malevolence that was sealed inside of him. Personally trained by some of the strongest ninjas alive, and the wisest Toad Sage. He's literally destined to ultimately succeed at anything he tries.
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* BornWinner: Initially subverted in that his legacies didn't seem to help him one bit in Part I.Ultimately PlayedWith. A big theme then was how - despite starting from nothing - he was determined to choose his own destiny, make friends, and strive for success beating all odds where one slip up could've made him AxCrazy like Gaara, or antisocial and revenge crazy like Sasuke, or like any of his other ShadowArchetype villains. However, come part 2 he's revealed to be heir to no less than ''four'' super-powerful legacies, in addition to having the ability to tame a creature composed of pure malevolence that was sealed inside of him. Personally trained by some of the strongest ninjas alive, and the wisest Toad Sage. He's literally destined Sage.
** However, he started out as nothing more than a lonely orphan who acted out as a prankster and was neglected by most of the village and was forced toultimately succeed play catchup in Part I because of a lack of proper training and upbringing. This was explored when [[spoiler: Naruto learned he was the reincarnation of the younger son of the Sage of Six Paths', Asura. Both didn't excel at anything and worked hard to get where they were and learned to make friends, allowing them to achieve their full potential.]] Ultimately, he tries.was able to follow in his legacies only because he overcame the problems in his youth and not succumb to his inner darkness.
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Naruto is included among the Konoha 11. The remaining members, plus Sai is 11 total. Sasuke was never a True Companion. Anyone who tries to kill you because you\'re standing the way of their blind quest for revenge can not possibly be such..
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* MessianicArchetype: Let's count his Messiah credentials... He is TheChosenOne by prophecy. His most [[TrueCompanions devoted followers]] number EXACTLY 12 (The Konoha 11 [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg ... and Sai]]) and he is betrayed by one of them (Sasuke). He's persecuted for most of his early life for being a [[SealedInaPersonShapedCan Jinch]][[PersonOfMassDestruction uuriki]]. [[spoiler:He's technically dead with Kurama extracted from him and is about to be revived to save the world]] and most especially [[spoiler:he is the reincarnation of the youngest son of the Sage of Six Paths, AKA the God of Shinobi, who was chosen as the Sage's successor]].
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* MessianicArchetype: Let's count his Messiah credentials... He is TheChosenOne by prophecy. His most He has [[TrueCompanions a number of devoted followers]] number EXACTLY 12 (The Konoha 11 [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg ... and Sai]]) and he is betrayed by one of them (Sasuke). followers.]] He's persecuted for most of his early life for being a [[SealedInaPersonShapedCan Jinch]][[PersonOfMassDestruction uuriki]].[[PersonOfMassDestruction Jinchuriki]]. [[spoiler:He's technically dead with Kurama extracted from him and is about to be revived to save the world]] and most especially [[spoiler:he is the reincarnation of the youngest son of the Sage of Six Paths, AKA the God of Shinobi, who was chosen as the Sage's successor]].
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* InformedAttribute: When Part II originally started, fans were skeptical over all the praise Naruto received for being stronger and smarter. After his two years of training with Jiraiya the only change to his moveset was a bigger rasengan. Almost as if Kishimoto noticed the discrepancy, Naruto started [[TookALevelInBadass taking a massive level in badass]] and hasn't looked back since.
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* MagneticHero: Definitely. Other characters often point out his uncanny ability to bring out the good in people.
** He also has the uncanny ability to boost the morale of his peers. This was revealed as early as the Chuunin Exams. His refusal to quit during the second stage inspired '''everyone else''' to stay in as well.
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* MagneticHero: Definitely. Other characters often point out his uncanny ability to bring out the good in people.
** He alsoThis has the uncanny ability been one of Naruto's most consistent and defining traits, tracing back to boost ''Land of Waves'' Arc. Naruto is capable of influencing friends and enemies alike and even boosting the morale of his peers. This was revealed as early as the Chuunin Exams. His refusal to quit during the second stage inspired '''everyone else''' to stay in as well.comrades by his presence. Several characters like Konohamaru, Hinata, Neji, and Gaara have all adopted his nindo.
** He also
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* MessianicArchetype: Let's count his Messiah credentials... He is TheChosenOne by prophecy. His most [[TrueCompanions devoted followers]] number EXACTLY 12 (The Konoha 11 [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg ... and Sai]]) and he is betrayed by one of them (Sasuke). He's persecuted for most of his early life for being a [[SealedInaPersonShapedCan Jinch]][[PersonOfMassDestruction uuriki]]. [[spoiler:He's technically dead with Kurama extracted from him and is about to be revived to save the world]] and most especially [[spoiler:he is the reincarnation of the youngest son of the Sage of Six Paths, AKA the God of Shinobi, who was chosen as the Sage's successor]].
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* HereditaryHairstyle: He has his father's spiky blond hair.
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* HereditaryHairstyle: He has his father's spiky blond hair.
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* TheHero: As if it wasn't obvious already.
** HeroWithBadPublicity: For most of his childhood, he was scorned by most of the village because of his being the host for the Nine-Tails. He slowly proves everyone wrong and is now the village hero.
** HeroWithBadPublicity: For most of his childhood, he was scorned by most of the village because of his being the host for the Nine-Tails. He slowly proves everyone wrong and is now the village hero.
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* HeroWithBadPublicity: For most of his childhood, he was scorned by most of the village because of his being the host for the Nine-Tails. He slowly proves everyone wrong and is now the village hero.
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* HeroWithBadPublicity: For most of his childhood, he was scorned by most of the village because of his being the host for the Nine-Tails. He slowly proves everyone wrong and is now the village hero.
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* AnimalBattleAura: His jinchuuriki chakra cloak.* AnimalMotifs: [[FantasticFoxes Foxes]] due to being the [[{{Kitsune}} Kurama's]] host, and [[FrogsAndToads toads]] due to his affiliation with the ones of Mount Myobokuzan. Also, he has a money pouch that's designed to look like a frog (which he calls 'Gama-chan' ('Little Froggy').
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* AnimalBattleAura: His jinchuuriki chakra cloak.cloak.
* AnimalMotifs: [[FantasticFoxes Foxes]] due to being the [[{{Kitsune}} Kurama's]] host, and [[FrogsAndToads toads]] due to his affiliation with the ones of Mount Myobokuzan. Also, he has a money pouch that's designed to look like a frog (which he calls 'Gama-chan' ('Little Froggy').
* AnimalMotifs: [[FantasticFoxes Foxes]] due to being the [[{{Kitsune}} Kurama's]] host, and [[FrogsAndToads toads]] due to his affiliation with the ones of Mount Myobokuzan. Also, he has a money pouch that's designed to look like a frog (which he calls 'Gama-chan' ('Little Froggy').
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** Interestingly, the final arc seems to be subverting this trope, as it shows that the main reason for Naruto's "chosen" status is that, while he shares so many of the traits of the previous generations, he has the unique capacity to overcome the hardships and limitations that hobbled them and succeed where they failed.
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** Interestingly, the final arc seems Though there are some subversions, as Naruto being a BornWinner and literally destined to be subverting this trope, as it shows that the main reason for Naruto's "chosen" status is that, while succeed means he shares so many of the traits of the previous generations, he has the unique capacity to can overcome the hardships and limitations that hobbled them plagued his predecessors and succeed where they failed.
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* NoRespectGuy: Early in the show, he was being disrespected, ignored and mocked by most people. Many people even talked behind his back.
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*** [[spoiler:And Hashirama was Asura's previous chakra incarnation and successor to his will, so another JustifiedTrope.]]
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** Interestingly, the final arc seems to be subverting this trope, as it shows that the main reason for Naruto's "chosen" status is that, while he shares so many of the traits of the previous generations, he has the unique capacity to overcome the hardships and limitations that hobbled them and succeed where they failed.
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* IHatePastMe: [[ This video]] depicts the Naruto of Part I interacting with the Naruto of Part II. Though it's not exactly hate, Part II-era Naruto finds himself wondering if his goofy and childish Part I self was really what he used to be like.
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* IHatePastMe: [[ [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk83YtPFXqE This video]] depicts the Naruto of Part I interacting with the Naruto of Part II. Though it's not exactly hate, Part II-era Naruto finds himself wondering if his goofy and childish Part I self was really what he used to be like.
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* TakeAThirdOption: [[RunningGag This trope more or less defines Naruto]].
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* AnimalMotifs: [[FantasticFoxes Foxes]] due to being the [[{{Kitsune}} Kurama's]] host, and [[FrogsAndToads toads]] due to his affiliation with the ones of Mount Myobokuzan. Also, he has a money pouch that's designed to look like a frog (which he calls 'Gama-chan' ('Little Froggy').
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* AnimalBattleAura: His jinchuuriki chakra cloak.* AnimalMotifs: [[FantasticFoxes Foxes]] due to being the [[{{Kitsune}} Kurama's]] host, and [[FrogsAndToads toads]] due to his affiliation with the ones of Mount Myobokuzan. Also, he has a money pouch that's designed to look like a frog (which he calls 'Gama-chan' ('Little Froggy').
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** BadassBoast: He always boasts before he engages in fight. [[TookALevelInBadass It inevitably became this]].
** BadassLongCoat: When Naruto returned from learning [[spoiler:[[SuperMode Sage Mode]] to fight Pain]], he was sporting one of these, but quickly lost it. He regains one [[spoiler: with an elaborate, seal-decorated coat of chakra when, together with Kurama/Nine-Tails, they finally pulled off their Biju Transformation.]]
** BadassLongCoat: When Naruto returned from learning [[spoiler:[[SuperMode Sage Mode]] to fight Pain]], he was sporting one of these, but quickly lost it. He regains one [[spoiler: with an elaborate, seal-decorated coat of chakra when, together with Kurama/Nine-Tails, they finally pulled off their Biju Transformation.]]
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* BornWinner: Ultimately PlayedWith.
** Heir to no less than three super-powerful legacies, in addition to having the ability to tame a creature composed of pure malevolence that was sealed inside of him. Personally trained by some of the strongest ninjas alive, and the wisest Toad Sage. More accolades keep getting piled on as time goes on.
** However, subverted in that his legacies didn't seem to help him one bit in Part I. A big theme then was how - despite starting from nothing - he was determined to choose his own destiny, make friends, and strive for success beating all odds where one slip up could've made him AxCrazy like Gaara, or antisocial and revenge crazy like Sasuke, or like any of his other ShadowCounterPart villains.
** Heir to no less than three super-powerful legacies, in addition to having the ability to tame a creature composed of pure malevolence that was sealed inside of him. Personally trained by some of the strongest ninjas alive, and the wisest Toad Sage. More accolades keep getting piled on as time goes on.
** However, subverted in that his legacies didn't seem to help him one bit in Part I. A big theme then was how - despite starting from nothing - he was determined to choose his own destiny, make friends, and strive for success beating all odds where one slip up could've made him AxCrazy like Gaara, or antisocial and revenge crazy like Sasuke, or like any of his other ShadowCounterPart villains.
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* BornWinner: Ultimately PlayedWith.
** HeirInitially subverted in that his legacies didn't seem to help him one bit in Part I. A big theme then was how - despite starting from nothing - he was determined to choose his own destiny, make friends, and strive for success beating all odds where one slip up could've made him AxCrazy like Gaara, or antisocial and revenge crazy like Sasuke, or like any of his other ShadowArchetype villains. However, come part 2 he's revealed to be heir to no less than three ''four'' super-powerful legacies, in addition to having the ability to tame a creature composed of pure malevolence that was sealed inside of him. Personally trained by some of the strongest ninjas alive, and the wisest Toad Sage. More accolades keep getting piled on as time goes on.
** However, subverted in that his legacies didn't seemHe's literally destined to help him one bit in Part I. A big theme then was how - despite starting from nothing - ultimately succeed at anything he was determined to choose his own destiny, make friends, and strive for success beating all odds where one slip up could've made him AxCrazy like Gaara, or antisocial and revenge crazy like Sasuke, or like any of his other ShadowCounterPart villains.tries.
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* FluffyTamer:A literal case as he He [[spoiler: manages to befriend all of the tailed beasts including Kurama, the Nine Tailed Fox.]]
* FluffyTamer:
* GoldenSuperMode: One of his plethora of transformations, after [[spoiler: befriending Yang Kurama]], which allows him to use the kyuubi's power while staying in control. [[spoiler:After awakening his power as the reincarnation of Asura he gains what seemingly is a perfected mode of this, complete with the Truth-Seeking Orbs that both Obito and Madara use as the hosts of the Ten Tails.]]
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** {{Technicolor Ninja|s}}: Despite the Orange, Naruto has shown a great proficiency for stealth when he cares about using it. Admittedly, this isn't very often.
** [[spoiler: One the other hand, he recently gained the ability to turn into full-tailed beast form. You can't be much more highly visible than turning into a kaiju-sized fox demon.]]
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* IHatePastMe: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk83YtPFXqE This video]] depicts the Naruto of Part I interacting with the Naruto of Part II. Though it's not exactly hate, Part II-era Naruto finds himself wondering if his goofy and childish Part I self was really what he used to be like.
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* IHatePastMe: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk83YtPFXqE [[ This video]] depicts the Naruto of Part I interacting with the Naruto of Part II. Though it's not exactly hate, Part II-era Naruto finds himself wondering if his goofy and childish Part I self was really what he used to be like.
* InHarmonyWithNature: Sage Mode requires this.
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* LegacyCharacter: Considering that he's named after Jiraiya's main character in his best book, [[spoiler: and that Naruto's training was considered his greatest achievement before his death]] this definitely qualifies.
* PowerUpFullColorChange: His whole body turns gold/yellow with black markings here and there when using all of the Kyuubi's chakra.
* SuperEmpowering: [[spoiler:Naruto can use the Chakra Transfer technique to give his allies his AnimalBattleAura, which he can also independently control to protect them from attacks they couldn't otherwise defend against]].
* SuperHealing: [[spoiler: Linked to SuperEmpowering, Naruto is able to heal people with his shrouds even if they are on the brink of death.]]
* SuperHealing: [[spoiler: Linked to SuperEmpowering, Naruto is able to heal people with his shrouds even if they are on the brink of death.]]
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** AnimalBattleAura: His jinchuuriki chakra cloak.
** EnlightenmentSuperPower: Sage Mode.
** {{Flight}}: [[spoiler:Comes with the powers of Asura.]]
** GoldenSuperMode: One of his plethora of transformations, after [[spoiler: befriending Yang Kurama]], which allows him to use the kyuubi's power while staying in control. [[spoiler:After awakening his power as the reincarnation of Asura he gains what seemingly is a perfected mode of this, complete with the Truth-Seeking Orbs that both Obito and Madara use as the hosts of the Ten Tails.]]
*** PowerUpFullColorChange: His whole body turns gold/yellow with black markings here and there.
** InHarmonyWithNature: Sage Mode requires this.
** SuperEmpowering: [[spoiler:Naruto can use the Chakra Transfer technique to give his allies his AnimalBattleAura, which he can also independently control to protect them from attacks they couldn't otherwise defend against]].
** SuperHealing: [[spoiler: Linked to SuperEmpowering, Naruto is able to heal people with his shrouds even if they are on the brink of death.]]
** SuperPoweredEvilSide: Any chakra cloak tail form past two qualifies, as he starts acting more on instinct.
** EnlightenmentSuperPower: Sage Mode.
** {{Flight}}: [[spoiler:Comes with the powers of Asura.]]
** GoldenSuperMode: One of his plethora of transformations, after [[spoiler: befriending Yang Kurama]], which allows him to use the kyuubi's power while staying in control. [[spoiler:After awakening his power as the reincarnation of Asura he gains what seemingly is a perfected mode of this, complete with the Truth-Seeking Orbs that both Obito and Madara use as the hosts of the Ten Tails.]]
*** PowerUpFullColorChange: His whole body turns gold/yellow with black markings here and there.
** InHarmonyWithNature: Sage Mode requires this.
** SuperEmpowering: [[spoiler:Naruto can use the Chakra Transfer technique to give his allies his AnimalBattleAura, which he can also independently control to protect them from attacks they couldn't otherwise defend against]].
** SuperHealing: [[spoiler: Linked to SuperEmpowering, Naruto is able to heal people with his shrouds even if they are on the brink of death.]]
** SuperPoweredEvilSide: Any chakra cloak tail form past two qualifies, as he starts acting more on instinct.
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** EnlightenmentSuperPower: Sage Mode.
** {{Flight}}: [[spoiler:Comes with the powers of Asura.]]
** GoldenSuperMode: One of his plethora of transformations, after [[spoiler: befriending Yang Kurama]], which allows him to use the kyuubi's power while staying in control. [[spoiler:After awakening his power as the reincarnation of Asura he gains what seemingly is a perfected mode of this, complete with the Truth-Seeking Orbs that both Obito and Madara use as the hosts of the Ten Tails.]]
*** PowerUpFullColorChange: His whole body turns gold/yellow with black markings here and there.
** InHarmonyWithNature: Sage Mode requires this.
** SuperEmpowering: [[spoiler:Naruto can use the Chakra Transfer technique to give his allies his AnimalBattleAura, which he can also independently control to protect them from attacks they couldn't otherwise defend against]].
** SuperHealing: [[spoiler: Linked to SuperEmpowering, Naruto is able to heal people with his shrouds even if they are on the brink of death.]]
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* SympathyForTheDevil: Naruto loathes Obito for his StrawNihilist views. Yet as he works to finally separate Obito from the tailed beasts, all of the Uchiha's emotions and memories come flooding in with them. Naruto experiences visions of the Uchiha's past, his dreams of becoming Hokage, his mourning Rin's death, [[TearJerker and is genuinely moved to tears over Obito's loss]].
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* SympathyForTheDevil: Naruto loathes Obito for his StrawNihilist views. Yet as he works to finally separate Obito from the tailed beasts, all of the Uchiha's emotions and memories come flooding in with them. Naruto experiences visions of the Uchiha's past, his dreams of becoming Hokage, his mourning Rin's death, [[TearJerker and is genuinely moved to tears over Obito's loss]].loss.
* {{Technicolor Ninja|s}}: Despite the Orange, Naruto has shown a great proficiency for stealth when he cares about using it. Not that stealth has ever been necessary for anyone in the series.
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* TookALevelInBadass: Several times. Achieving Sage mode and [[spoiler:harnessing the Nine-Tails chakra]] are the most notable occassions. His progress before the timeskip is practically nothing by comparison. To basically sum it up: [[spoiler:he has the full cooperation and power of the most powerful tailed beast short of the original, Sage Mode which gives him SuperStrength and toughness outside of that, the ability to power-up anyone he touches, and has chakra so incredibly strong it can be felt all the way to ''Konoha''. Plus, he can combine said Tailed Beast's power with Sage Mode to become even more powerful.]] If it weren't for [[IntangibleMan his]] [[CameBackStrong current]] [[GodOfEvil opponents]], this would be a clear case of StoryBreakerPower (though, for the Sasuke/Naruto fight which is practically inevitable, it'll be interesting to see how Sasuke will manage to level that playing field). [[spoiler: Each of them is revealed af the reincarnation of one of the Sage's sons, with Naruto gaining the ability to use the Sage's senjutsu abilities and Sasuke awakening what seem to be the eyes of the Ten Tails itself.]]
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* TookALevelInBadass: Several times. Achieving Sage mode and [[spoiler:harnessing the Nine-Tails chakra]] are the most notable occassions.occasions. His progress before the timeskip is practically nothing by comparison. To basically sum it up: [[spoiler:he has the full cooperation and power of the most powerful tailed beast short of the original, Sage Mode which gives him SuperStrength and toughness outside of that, the ability to power-up anyone he touches, and has chakra so incredibly strong it can be felt all the way to ''Konoha''. Plus, he can combine said Tailed Beast's power with Sage Mode to become even more powerful.]] If it weren't for [[IntangibleMan his]] [[CameBackStrong current]] [[GodOfEvil opponents]], this would be a clear case of StoryBreakerPower (though, for the Sasuke/Naruto fight which is practically inevitable, it'll be interesting to see how Sasuke will manage to level that playing field). [[spoiler: Each of them is revealed af the reincarnation of one of the Sage's sons, with Naruto gaining the ability to use the Sage's senjutsu abilities and Sasuke awakening what seem to be the eyes of the Ten Tails itself.]]
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** [[spoiler: And when Black Zetsu mocks Obito's death after he has redeemed himself, Naruto responds by ripping Black Zetsu...and Kaguya's arm off Kaguya's body and hitting Kaguya with all nine tailed beasts' power.]]
** [[spoiler: And when Black Zetsu mocks Obito's death after he has redeemed himself, Naruto responds by ripping Black Zetsu...and Kaguya's arm off Kaguya's body and hitting Kaguya with all nine tailed beasts' power.]]
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!!Naruto Uzumaki
-->''I never go back on my word. That is my way of the Ninja.''
->Voiced by: Creator/JunkoTakeuchi (JP), Maile Flanagan (EN), Isabel Martiñón (Latin America), Javier Balas (Spain)
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The main character. TheHero. [[CharacterTitle In case you couldn't tell.]] He starts off as the stock Shonen anime Hero out to prove his worth to the villagers [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer who've shunned and hated him]] by becoming the Hokage [[note]]Village Leader[[/note]] of Konoha. When he was just an infant, the Fourth Hokage [[SealedEvilInACan sealed the evil Nine-Tailed Fox demon]] inside his body. He goes from being viewed as nothing but the demon itself to a full-fledged ninja once he saves his sensei Iruka from the evil Mizuki. He [[CharacterDevelopment gradually matures from his]] IdiotHero demeanor over the course of the series, and by the time ''Shippuden'' rolls in, he's older and wiser, not to mention ''stronger than ever.''
->His hobbies are pulling pranks and watering plants.
->Favorite phrase: "a large serving of miso ramen with roasted pork fillet"
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* TheAce: Grows into it. By the time the [[spoiler:Fourth Great Shinobi War starts up]], he is the only living person capable of fighting [[spoiler:the undead, constantly regenerating, and nigh-unbeatable Madara Uchiha on equal terms. Not only that, he's proven himself to be the strongest ninja in the world.]].
* AdaptationDyeJob: His chakra color, and therefore the color of his Rasengan as well, was changed from yellow in the manga to blue in the anime.
* {{Adorkable}}: He's socially awkward, and early on, most of his boasts came off more as cute/laughable than intimidating.
* AintTooProudToBeg: Begging the Raikage not to kill Sasuke, which earned him a rough beating. [[spoiler:Later called back by Raikage upon seeing that Hashirama pulled the exact same stunt]]
* AllLovingHero: Deconstructed to some extent a few chapters after his fight with Pain, but soon quickly reconstructed.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: A huge theme in the first part and his backstory. It gradually fades away through the course of the story, because he proves everyone wrong.
* AlmightyJanitor: Out of all of his friends, Naruto is still technically a genin. A genin that is a literal OneManArmy, whose personal favorite technique is the logical conclusion of tossing a million razors into a whirlwind and sealing it into one big HappyFunBall, and can [[SummonBiggerFish pull multiple several-story-tall weapon-using toads from another realm]], but still a genin.
* AllYourPowersCombined: Naruto now possesses [[spoiler:the powers of all nine Tailed Beasts]].
* AlternateIdentityAmnesia: Whenever he unleashes four or more tails of the Kyuubi's chakra. He completely forgets what happened during those rampages.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Frequently flip-flops with Sasuke on who's on the receiving end of this.
* AnimalMotifs: [[FantasticFoxes Foxes]] due to being the [[{{Kitsune}} Kurama's]] host, and [[FrogsAndToads toads]] due to his affiliation with the ones of Mount Myobokuzan. Also, he has a money pouch that's designed to look like a frog (which he calls 'Gama-chan' ('Little Froggy').
* AppealToPopularity: Believes that if people have different opinions only the most commonly held opinion should be considered.
--> '''Naruto''': When people have different opinions, you should apply the majority vote.
** The {{Irony}} of an Übermensch who has consistently refused to follow the common ideals of ninja behaviour saying this seems to be completed missed by him.
* AttentionWhore: In the very early days of the manga, and most definitely in the academy.
* AttractiveBentGender: ''Weaponised'' with the Sexy and Harem jutsus, which transform him into a busty, naked female version of himself.
* AwesomeButImpractical:
** Using alot of the Kurama's power, which causes him to enter the Version 2 chakra cloak. It grants him immense power to the extent that he can go one on one with Orochimaru, one of the Sannin, with four tails, and Pain, the nominal leader of the Akatsuki, with six. However it also reduces his lifespan the more he uses it, and it turns him into a mindless killing machine who can't tell friend from foe. [[spoiler: No longer an issue due to taming Kurama and learning how to control his chakra.]]
** His Rasenshuriken move, at first. The technique takes a lot of chakra to use even for Naruto, and causes cellular damage to the arm he's using when it goes off, which isn't easily healed and could have crippled him, however the move's quite literally capable of [[NoKillLikeOverkill Overkill]] (just ask Kakuzu). Once Naruto masters Sage Mode, this trope is [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] somewhat, as he uses natural energy both to power the jutsu and to throw it, alleviating both issues at the same time (though he can only use two before he depletes his store of natural energy. [[spoiler: Kurama Chakra Mode eliminates the chakra issue entirely.]]
* {{Badass}}: In part 1 he's a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass more than anything, but come Shippuuden he´s developed into a weapons-grade full-fledged badass.
** His CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass nature is even [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in Rock Lee's spin off series.
--> '''Tenten:''' He's kind of a dimwit, and a scatter brain, and a little clumsy, and a butthead, and cheap, and perverted, and greedy, [[LongList and egotistical, and oblivious, and a dork]], but you can't let your guard down!
** BadassBoast: He always boasts before he engages in fight. [[TookALevelInBadass It inevitably became this]].
** BadassLongCoat: When Naruto returned from learning [[spoiler:[[SuperMode Sage Mode]] to fight Pain]], he was sporting one of these, but quickly lost it. He regains one [[spoiler: with an elaborate, seal-decorated coat of chakra when, together with Kurama/Nine-Tails, they finally pulled off their Biju Transformation.]]
* BattleAura: One in the form of the [[AnimalBattleAura Biju cloak]], and the other while using his [[SuperMode Sage Mode]] abilities. He can punch people with both.
* BeneathTheMask: [[spoiler: Beneath Naruto's mischievous IdiotHero facade was a lonely, resentful child starved for attention and hovering dangerously close to a FaceHeelTurn. The acknowledgement he got from Iruka, and later Team 7 and the rest of Konoha helped him get better, but Naruto constantly finds parallels between himself, [[AxCrazy Gaara]], and [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Sasuke]].]]
* BerserkButton: It's highly recommended to NEVER hurt his friends, LoveInterest, mentors, or ParentalSubstitute. Also highly not recommended to disrespect the Hokage title even if you happen to be the strongest man in the world.
--> '''Naruto''': ... and don't talk shit about my old man who DID become Hokage!
* BigBrotherMentor: He's this to Konohamaru, who looks up to him more than anyone. Iruka is this to Naruto himself.
* BigDamnHeroes: Several times throughout the course of the series. Most of the time played straight, but the most spectacular one [[spoiler: his rescue of Tsunade and the Leaf Village from Pain]] is actually a DoubleSubversion. [[spoiler: Pain had already killed multiple significant characters and obliterated the vast majority of the village landscape]] before Naruto arrives. But he manages to convince him to make a HeelFaceTurn, [[spoiler: [[RedemptionEqualsDeath so Nagato promptly sacrifices his own life to revive everyone he'd killed]]]].
** [[spoiler: Gets another one after taming Kurama. Just as Tobi's Biju are about to blast Kakashi and Gai with their [[WaveMotionGun Bijudama]] he flicks them all the way just by sheer speed.]]
** [[spoiler: Gets one when Obito becomes the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki. He saves both Sasuke and Minato before they can react from being consumed by the seal.]]
** [[spoiler: Saves Gai from being immediately killed after he kicks a huge hole in Madara using Night Guy, kicks away Madara's counter attack contemptuously and gives Gai enough time to hold on for the last words with his team.]]
* BigEater: He eats a lot, but never seems to gain any weight from his overeating.
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* BigGood: He's become the rallying point for the entire Ninja Alliance by the time of the Ten-Tails' revival. [[spoiler:As of the latest chapters, an argument could be made that he is sharing the role with Sasuke.]]
* BlackEyesOfEvil: [[spoiler: Dark Naruto]], who's a manifestation of [[spoiler:the darkness in Naruto's heart]], complete with a [[PerpetualSmiler constant]] SlasherSmile and eyes that are completely black.
** In the anime they add RedEyesTakeWarning.
* BlankWhiteEyes: Played For Drama whenever he uses his [[ClippedWingAngel the Version 2 chakra cloak]] before [[spoiler: befriending the Nine Tails]].
* BlowYouAway[=/=]RazorWind: The main nature of his chakra is "Wind", and he puts it to good use with ''Futon''(Wind Style)'': Rasen Shuriken'', which basically creates a crapload of tiny little blades that cut every cell in your body.
** [[spoiler: After gaining all nine Tailed Beasts inside him, he can use both Kurama's and Shukaku's wind techniques]].
* BodyguardCrush: Inverted - if he has to protect a girl in a filler arc or movie, said girl has a good chance of developing feelings for him whether he catches on or not.
* BoisterousWeakling: He was this [[BrattyHalfPint as a child and at the very beginning of the series]], boasting that he would become Hokage while failing to perform the most basic techniques.
* BookDumb: He comes up with winning strategies for his squad, yet placed dead last in the exams.
** [[spoiler:This continues well into the series. During the war he came up a plan to save the entire army from being nuked using shadow clones, but he had to be told how it worked after the fact. To put it simply; he knew it would work but did not know how.]]
* BoringButPractical: Naruto's signature move, the shadow clone jutsu, allows him to create multiple physical copies of himself. On paper, it sounds considerably less flashy than majority of the other jutsu's in the series. That said, it's actually proven to be a SwissArmySuperpower.
* BornWinner: Ultimately PlayedWith.
** Heir to no less than three super-powerful legacies, in addition to having the ability to tame a creature composed of pure malevolence that was sealed inside of him. Personally trained by some of the strongest ninjas alive, and the wisest Toad Sage. More accolades keep getting piled on as time goes on.
** However, subverted in that his legacies didn't seem to help him one bit in Part I. A big theme then was how - despite starting from nothing - he was determined to choose his own destiny, make friends, and strive for success beating all odds where one slip up could've made him AxCrazy like Gaara, or antisocial and revenge crazy like Sasuke, or like any of his other ShadowCounterPart villains.
* BrattyHalfPint: In the beginning.
* BrokenHero: Between [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer his past]], [[FaceHeelTurn Sasuke]] and [[BreakThemByTalking Pain]]...
* BrokenMessiah: Temporarily had this [[AngstComa spectacularly]] happen to him during the Iron Country/Kage Summit arc.
* ButtMonkey: At the start of the series, but generally this has faded.
* CallingTheOldManOut: [[spoiler: When he [[DeadPersonConversation first meets his father]], the first thing he does is punch Minato in the stomach (albeit after smiling at the revelation and getting privacy from the Kyubi) before demanding to know why he sealed the Nine-Tails inside of him in the first place, tearfully recalling [[TraumaCongaLine everything]] that happened to him as a result before managing to calm himself.]]
* ChainOfPeople: Naruto replicates to pull this off ''by himself'' occasionally.
* CharacterTitle: Duh.
* ChickMagnet: Not so much in the manga, but he usually manages to get at least one more girl to fall in love with him in each filler arc of the anime.
* TheChosenOne: According to Jiraiya, [[spoiler:Naruto is the one child of an ancient prophecy destined to save the world and not Nagato (aka Pain) or Minato as Jiraiya always thought. Though it's later hinted that they're ''all'' TheChosenOne. Might as well be just Naruto, though, since the other two are dead. Further as the son of the Fourth Hokage, godson of one of the legendary Sannin, having the absurd chakra reserves of the Uzumaki clan, being host of the most powerful tailed beast, and the reincarnation of the Sage of Six Paths son, and by proxy the successor to the First Hokage.]]
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: [[spoiler:Naruto has it bad during the Ninja War arc, where he insists on breaking out of hiding because he can't bear to sit back while his friends die to protect him, and pretty much takes the task of winning the war on himself, sending clones to help every division and protecting his fellow shinobi left, right and centre]].
* ClippedWingAngel: When Naruto uses the Version 2 chakra cloak - which happened automatically at four tails - he is insanely powerful, but it allows the Nine Tails to assume control of his body and shortens his lifespan.
* CooldownHug: Gives one to Dark Naruto in their second meeting.
* CombinationAttack: Has one with Yamato which combines his Wind Style Rasengan with Yamato's Water Style Tearing Torrent.
* ConfusionFu: Naruto is the number one ninja at surprising people.
* CosmicPlaything: He had the most powerful demon in the world sealed in him as an infant, grew up a neglected orphan not knowing why the entire village shunned him, finally made some friends only for his best friend to FaceHeelTurn and try to kill him. He has an organization of super powered psychos out to get him. He can't use too much of the demon's power without it killing him or driving him mad. While things have slowly been getting better, one can't help but still feel for the guy at times.
* CovertPervert: Despite his habit of calling out adults he considers 'perverts' (especially Jiraiya) pre-timeskip and taking advantage of them with his Sexy Jutsu, Naruto seems to be NotSoDifferent from Jiraiya after all. Case in point while they are relaxing at a hot spring Naruto's first thought - after screaming at Sai for making TeenyWeenie jokes - is to peep on Sakura. Yamato tells him a funny story about how Tsunade caught Jiraiya trying to peep on her at a bath... and beat him to the brink of death.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: As pointed out by Tenten in the CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass example above.
* CursedWithAwesome: Having the Nine-Tails sealed into his belly. It makes everyone hate him but the trade off is access to the biju's chakra in addition to rapidly developing his personal chakra reserves to the point where he has more raw power than most jonin before the story even begins. [[spoiler: It's revealed later to be BlessedWithSuck as his father choose to stash the beast in his son so Naruto could fight Tobi and hoped it would be a blessing both tactically and socially.]]
* DeathGlare: Give this to [[spoiler:The Nine Tails in chapter 538]] and even it was afraid.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Something of an inversion, [[spoiler: [[MadeOfDiamond The Third Raikage]] resurrected by Edo Tensei was shilled as being an incredibly strong one man army (literally) that beat the Eight Tails in a fight. The man tanked Naruto's strongest attack and was only defeated when Naruto recreated the way he got his scar; by having him run himself through with his own technique.]] Played straight in his battle with Pain.
* {{Determinator}}: Naruto does not give up ever. He doesn't go back on his word. He won't die until he becomes Hokage. And he'll never stop until he brings back Sasuke.
** This really shows through when Naruto sends Shadow Clones to go to all fronts of the Fourth Ninja War and help out everyone. One of his particular clones fought against the Edo!Kage [[spoiler:and Madara Uchiha himself]]. Bear in mind a simple attack is supposed to disperse a Shadow Clone, and numerous times, this clone mentioned how he really felt like just fading away, but he ''kept'' fighting to try and protect everyone.
* DistractedByTheSexy: His Sexy Jutsu is meant to distract people by getting them sexually aroused. It's so powerful that it works on talented ninja like Hiruzen(third hokage) in chapter 1 and Sakura(twice). Hell, [[spoiler:not even Kaguya, the [[PhysicalGod goddess]] of the Narutoverse could resist it. She even had a smile on her face.]]
* DitzyGenius: Has very little in the way of common sense, but has shown himself to be both surprisingly perceptive of others, likely due to only being able to watch others as a child, and extremely proficient when it comes to making strategies, especially under the heat of battle.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Towards Sakura. Initially before his CharacterDevelopment.
* DoppelgangerAttack[=/=]MesACrowd: One of his two trademark techniques.
* DuelingMessiahs: Exemplified in his fight with Pain. Naruto aims for peace. Pain also did, but by creating a horrific jutsu that would scar everyone into peace.
* DumbBlonde: Naruto isn't the sharpest kunai in the pouch especially when it comes to social graces or booksmarts, but to his credit he can be a cunning battle tactician.
* TheEmpath: [[spoiler:Naruto gains the ability to sense negative emotions while using the Nine-Tailed Fox's chakra after he defeated it]].
* [[EtTuBrute Et Tu, Sasuke?]]: Definitely his reaction when the latter said that he is leaving his friends for the matter of getting stronger.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: His SignatureMove, the [[EnergyBall Rasengan]], and all its variants. The tenth anniversary game one-ups this by making an InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons version! It's even in [[MeaningfulName his name!]]
* EvilIsNotAToy: In the beginning of part 2, Naruto continued to rely on the Kurama's chakra as a result of desperately wanting to save Gaara and Sasuke. He ended up hurting Sakara and Yamato had to have a sit down talk with him about which power he really should rely on.
* ExoticEyeDesigns: [[spoiler: Gains one in his one of his many power ups, a cross between "Biju mode" and Sage Mode, which resembles a cross in his eyes.]]
* FacialMarkings: Whisker like marks on his cheeks, result of [[spoiler:[[AnimalisticAbomination F]][[PureMagicBeing o]][[{{Kitsune}} x]] inside his mother]].
* FamilyHonor: [[spoiler: Played with. He deeply admired and respected the Fourth Hokage long before he ever found out that the Fourth was his father.]]
* {{Fartillery}}: Though unintentional, he gets the better of Kiba during the Chunin Exams by farting in his face. Given Kiba's [[SuperSenses super-sensitive nose]], it works like a charm.
* TheFinalTemptation: [[spoiler:Obito offers him this after killing Neji, and Naruto nearly takes it until Hinata [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan slaps it out of him]].]]
* FireForgedFriends: With Sakura.
* FlashStep: Once he has tamed the Nine Tails, becoming fast enough to outpace the ''Raikage'', and to a lesser extent with Sage Mode, where he intercepted Asura Pain mid-attack and shredded him with a Rasengan before anyone else could react.
* FluffyTamer: A literal case as he [[spoiler: manages to befriend all of the tailed beasts including Kurama, the Nine Tailed Fox.]]
* GenderBender: "Oiroke No Jutsu", translated "Sexy Jutsu". He can even combine it with the Shadow Clone just to create the Harem jutsu.
* GenerationXerox: Jiraiya, a member of the Legendary Sannin and Naruto's godfather-mentor, has more on one occasion remarked that Naruto resembles and is surely able to surpass his former student the Fourth Hokage, [[spoiler:who is Naruto's father]], and even himself (in terms of awesome and pervertedness).
** Not to mention [[spoiler:his mother being the previous Jinchuuriki of Kurama]].
** In addition to that, it turns out he's also quite similar to [[spoiler:the Shodai Hokage, Hashirama Senju, who is a distant relation]] and also [[spoiler:Ashura, AKA the Senju ancestor, youngest son of the Sage of Six Paths and said Sage's chosen successor. Though that last one is [[JustifiedTrope justified]] as Naruto is Asura's chakra reincarnation and the successor to his will..]]
*** [[spoiler:And Hashirama was Asura's previous chakra incarnation and successor to his will, so another JustifiedTrope.]]
* GeniusDitz: He may normally be an idiot, but the plans and strategies he comes up at the span of seconds while under pressure are definitely to be admired. It has gotten to the point it is lampshaded at various points in part II.
* GreenEyedMonster: Was this towards Sasuke in Part 1. Jealous of Sasuke's skill and reputation. Especially jealous that Sasuke was the one that Sakura loved and not him.
** In Part 2, during the war and [[spoiler:Sasuke's apparent HeelFaceTurn]], he seems to be feeling jealous towards his old rival once again. Sakura is obviously still in love with him. [[spoiler:When Sasuke and Naruto both save her from the Ten-tails, she immediately turns to Sasuke to thank him. Naruto comments that he saved her too but no further comments were said on the matter.]]
* GuileHero: More-so in Part II, Naruto comes up with a number of surprisingly good schemes for a supposed IdiotHero.
* GutturalGrowler: Often gains a growly voice when using the Nine-Tails' chakra.
* HealingFactor: Thanks to the Kyuubi, he can even regrow a lung that had been impaled by Chidori. Subverted when he uses too much of the Fox's power. The Fox's chakra both damages and heals him, slowly reducing his lifespan.
* HealingHands: Well, more like [[spoiler: Healing Hand (his right hand) after he receives his new powers from the Sage of Six Paths. Just a simple touch and he is able to re-ignite Gai's chakra and save his life after Gai opened all Eight Gates to fight Madara. Also as impressive was in Chapter 675, where again with a simple touch he was able to recreate Kakashi's left eye after it was stolen by Madara.]]
** [[spoiler: His new HealingHands have limits though. He was unable to completely restore Obito, with Sakura explicitly saying Obito was still dying despite his best efforts, and he was unable to save Obito from Kaguya's Ash-Killing Bone technique. Which means its possible Guy will still succumb to his wounds from the Eighth Gate.]]
* HeartwarmingOrphan: An orphan who has the tendency to make friends out of his enemies.
* HellishPupils: Vertical slits when using the the Fox's chakra.
* TheHero: As if it wasn't obvious already.
** HeroWithBadPublicity: For most of his childhood, he was scorned by most of the village because of his being the host for the Nine-Tails. He slowly proves everyone wrong and is now the village hero.
* HereditaryHairstyle: He has his father's spiky blond hair.
* HeroesWantRedHeads: The girl he has a crush on has pink hair, he loves [[spoiler: his mother's red hair]] and at least a couple of the {{Filler}} [[GirlOfTheWeek girls]] he's [[ShipTease Ship Teased]] with have red hair.
* HeroicBSOD: Naruto usually handles himself outstandingly well, but some things that happen are enough to drive even him into a state of gaping, awestruck desperation. So far it's happened three times. The first was completely justified and long overdue; the second came when he learned that Sasuke, who he had dedicated six years of his life to rescuing, had been [[spoiler: declared Public Enemy No. 1 and marked for death by every ninja village,including the Hidden Leaf]]. The third was brought on by [[spoiler: the death of Neji. It nearly had Naruto plunged into the DespairEventHorizon, until Hinata gave him the GetAHoldOfYourselfMan + RousingSpeech combo]].
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Beats the shit out of himself if he feels he's being "useless". Actually, the more powerful he gets, the more he seems prone to this, perhaps because he used to suck earlier in his lifetime, or to keep balance in his characterization (boasting loser -> doubting hero).
** He claims that he's "not that good of a ninja" after [[spoiler:defeating five out of six of Pain's bodies, when few could even defeat one]], and before [[spoiler:defeating the last and most powerful one]]. Granted, his opponent [[WorfHadTheFlu was tired and and had used most of his chakra]] in fighting the villagers and [[spoiler:nuking the city]], but still...
* HeroicVow: The promise he made to Sakura to bring back Sasuke at the end of part 1. Later on Deconstructed, as Naruto grew more desperate to keep this promise and Sakura tried to unburden him from it.
** There's also the vow he made to beat Neji for Hinata which he successfully managed.
* HeroicWillpower: He broke free of [[spoiler:Black Zetsu]] through sheer force of will. Sasuke, who was also caught, was powerless against it.
* HesBack: Several times (after his 3 years training with Jiraiya, then after he fails to bring back Sasuke again, and after [[spoiler:Jiraiya]]'s death).
* HiddenDepths: Enough to be poster boy on the trope page.
* HighlyVisibleNinja: '''Lifetime achievement award'''. And it seems it's a hereditary trait between his mother's red and father's yellow, he favors orange.
** {{Technicolor Ninja|s}}: Despite the Orange, Naruto has shown a great proficiency for stealth when he cares about using it. Admittedly, this isn't very often.
** [[spoiler: One the other hand, he recently gained the ability to turn into full-tailed beast form. You can't be much more highly visible than turning into a kaiju-sized fox demon.]]
* HoldingHands: Does this with Hinata [[spoiler: after she saves him from the DespairEventHorizon]] and in order to give her some of his and Kurama's chakra.
* HonorBeforeReason: His whole reason for trying to help Sasuke can be summed up as this.
* HotBlooded: When he was a kid he'd more or less charge straight into battle screaming and spamming shadow clones. He's more level headed in part II, but still has his moments. The only identifier Itachi gives to Sasori and Deidara is "the one who will start yelling at you." They get pissed at the lack of information, but it works perfectly.
* HourOfPower: [[spoiler: His newest SuperMode only allows him 10 minutes at most to fight, though it does seem to last slightly longer after each subsequent use.]]
* HurtingHero: Which he hides behind a smile and a upbeat cheerful attitude.
* HypocriticalHumour: He constantly calls out adults he considers perverted, while he himself is a bit of a CovertPervert.
* IAmWho: [[spoiler:He is the reincarnation of the younger son of the Sage of Six Paths.]]
* IAmYourOpponent: Says it word-for-word against [[spoiler:Tobi]] after the [[spoiler:Impure World Resurrection is deactivated]]
* ICantBelieveImSayingThis: Said word for word in Chapter 551.
-->'''''Naruto:''' I can't believe I'm saying this, but thanks for the save, [[spoiler:Itachi]]!''
* IdiotHero: He's the protagonist and a moderate BookDumb. Not insufferably stupid, just overly simple, cheerful and carefree at times when it would be better to act serious, thoughtful, and focused. His lack of social graces and tendency to sound ill-informed cause him to look like a nimrod, but you gotta be fair enough to spare him the total idiot billing.
** Tobirama states though, that he's an even bigger one than his brother.
* IGaveMyWord: He ''never'' goes back on his promises; it's his Shinobi Way.
* IGotBigger: [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb61881/naruto/images/thumb/b/b2/Konoha_11_Part_I.jpg/660px-0%2C848%2C0%2C463-Konoha_11_Part_I.jpg Before the timeskip, he was the second smallest of the Konoha 12]]. Afterwards, he ended up being taller than Sakura and as tall as Sasuke.
** We got a 'growth chart' of Naruto over the course of the series during the 590-600 chapters. From the beginning to the end of Part II Naruto grew at least three or four more inches.
** [[spoiler: Naruto will get another growth spurt for The Last, reaching a solid 5 feet 7 inches.]]
* IHatePastMe: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk83YtPFXqE This video]] depicts the Naruto of Part I interacting with the Naruto of Part II. Though it's not exactly hate, Part II-era Naruto finds himself wondering if his goofy and childish Part I self was really what he used to be like.
* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: [[spoiler:Naruto's full Bijuu form causes a coat made of chakra to form around him.]]
* InnocentBlueEyes: Inherited them [[spoiler:from his father, the Fourth Hokage]]. They symbolize his youth, naive personality and inexperience.
* InsecureLoveInterest: Seems to display this trope to an extent. While not having a romantic relationship with Sakura, he states to Sai that he could not tell her how he feels if he couldn't keep his promise to her, so he seemingly implies he's unworthy of her.
** [[spoiler: According to Kiba, he's insecure around Hinata too, hence why he always puts on a cool act around her.]]
* InSeriesNickname: As a kid, he had on more than one occasion been called the "Number One Hyperactive Knucklehead Ninja" by Kakashi, which caught on here and there.
* InTheBlood: Several things.
** His natural ability to learn-by-doing, which is one of the few things he inherited from this father.
** His lack of academic prowess, his energetic personality, his short temper, and his VerbalTic, "Dattebayo!/Believe it!", all of which he inherited from his mother.
** The Uzumaki-clan natural chakra affinity, strong life energy, and excellent physical health, all of which is necessary to perform the ninjitsu he masters throughout the series.
* ItsPersonal: The Pain Arc. From killing his beloved sensei, to blowing up his village, to (temporarily) killing his ''other'' sensei, and then trying to pull a NotSoDifferent comparison between Naruto and himself, by the time Naruto actually sees Pain for the first time, he wants him so, ''SO'' dead.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: His promise to bring back Sasuke for Sakura is rooted there. Though he also has [[TrueCompanions personal motives]] as well, and they overtake through the course of the story.
* JaggedMouth: Develops one in in his [[ClippedWingAngel Version 2]] Jinchuuriki Shroud, which leads to the Kyuubi taking over. [[spoiler: His Tailed Beast Mode also has this, being a chakra construct in the shape of the Nine-Tailed Fox.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Can be fairly blunt and quite willing to tell people when he thinks less than highly of them, but is very willing to help when needed.
* {{Keet}}: Naruto is very energetic and very loud.
* KirkSummation: His reply to Pain's MotiveRant.
* KnuckleCracking: Over and over. More than any mortal knuckle could really take.
* TheLeader: [[spoiler: Through CharacterDevelopment, Naruto has achieved this status by leading the entire Ninja World on the ground against Akatsuki. First against the Edo Kage menace, then against the White Zetsus, then against Obito, then against Obito and Madara, and finally against Obito, Madara, and the Ten-Tails. Due to his abilities, his power get people to follow him, and his gigantic [[TheHeart heart]] he had led the world against the most powerful threat long enough for the [[BigDamnHeroes Hokages and Sasuke]] to arrive.]]
** [[spoiler: While Sasuke starts to panic and begins to just try to rescue himself, Naruto, and Jugo, Naruto keeps his calm after reentering Biju Mode and activates all the chakra cloaks he left on the Alliance. After that, Minato teleports everyone out since all their chakra is linked. Even Sasuke is a bit...down when he realizes what Naruto did and has become, since Sasuke could only save three people...Naruto saved ''everyone''.]]
** [[spoiler: Tobirama even remarks that Naruto could become a better Hokage than his brother Hashirama.]]
** [[spoiler: Due to Ino transmitting his thoughts, feelings, and heart through the Alliance, he is able to rally them once again to fight Obito and the Shinju. Something ''Hashirama'' couldn't do.]]
** [[spoiler: Exemplified in chapter 651 when due to Naruto's leadership and bond with his friends, he's able to to defeat Obito despite Obito using the sword that the Rikudo Sennin used. And finally his leadership enabled the Alliance to utterly defeat Obito and free all the Biju in 654.]]
** [[spoiler: While Sasuke is the 'Team Leader' after Mugen Tsukuyomi, Naruto is making the plans and strategies against Kaguya, all of which have been successful.]]
* LeakedExperience: This is how Naruto's "train with a [[MesACrowd hundred doppelgangers]]" InstantExpert method works. He gains all the experience(s) of the clones when they're dismissed, like a reverse [[{{Pokemon}} EXP Share]].
* LeeroyJenkins: Often charges in on his own, and gets called out for it by Yamato, Kakashi and Sakura in the [[{{Filler}} Three-Tails arc]]. This is even explicitly [[DefiedTrope the reason why]] he was hidden what was going on [[spoiler:at the beginning of the War Arc.]] Of course, due to the fact that his clones enable him to watch his opponent's technique as many times as he needs to, it's to his advantage to be one.
** [[spoiler: Ironically, he was the only person who ''wasn't'' this trope when everyone went to try to stop Madara from resurrecting. Sasuke and Minato both charged in without a plan, and only Naruto realized that Obito was playing everyone, even Madara, for fools. If everyone had just listened...they'd have had just a killable Madara to deal with, instead of a unkillable Madara + Ten-Tails Jinchuriki Obito on the other side.]]
* LegacyCharacter: Considering that he's named after Jiraiya's main character in his best book, [[spoiler: and that Naruto's training was considered his greatest achievement before his death]] this definitely qualifies.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daPo6q4FXDw In part 1.]]
* LightningBruiser: He qualifies as this when using the Fox's power, and also when in [[SuperMode Sage Mode]]. He can even outmatch the Raikage's speed, who was previously ''fastest in the world''.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Appearance and ability wise. Personality wise he takes most after his ''mother''.
* LikeParentLikeSpouse: [[spoiler:Minato]] is shown thinking that Sakura reminds him of Naruto's mother Kushina.
* LimaSyndrome: [[spoiler:Learning about the circumstances surrounding the Kyuubi being sealed inside him unlocked some sort of [[TheEmpath empathic powers]] which allows him to feel sympathy for the Kyuubi.]]
* LivingBattery: [[spoiler:To the point where he can supercharge the entire alliance with their own [[SuperMode Super Modes]].]]
* LivingWeapon: Although he was first introduced as a living prison, [[spoiler: Minato later outright stated he was made]] a Jinchuriki [[spoiler: for the purpose of combating The Masked Man]].
* LookWhatICanDoNow: Naruto uses this as his quasi standard way to progress. In fact, he does it ''in the first episode/volume'' when he first busts out what will later become his signature move.
* LoveMartyr: Counts as a platonic example for Sasuke.
* LukeIAmYourFather: His dad is the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze. Not that it wasn't [[TheUntwist incredibly obvious all along]].
** [[spoiler: His spiritual 'dad' is the Sage of Six Paths as he is the reincarnation of one of his sons. This also makes him Sasuke's spiritual brother, which may have been foreshadowed by him referring to his relationship with Sasuke as 'like having a brother' during their fight in Part I.]]
* MadeOfIron: the Kyuubi boosts his body's natural regeneration to superhuman levels, but damn does he take some serious hits. He was stabbed through both hands, arms and legs by Pain yet shows no signs of scar tissue.
* MagmaMan: Naruto gains [[spoiler:Lava Release from Son Goku, which he uses to create a Lava Release Rasenshuriken]].
* MagneticHero: Definitely. Other characters often point out his uncanny ability to bring out the good in people.
** He also has the uncanny ability to boost the morale of his peers. This was revealed as early as the Chuunin Exams. His refusal to quit during the second stage inspired '''everyone else''' to stay in as well.
* MeaningfulName: Naruto can either mean "maelstrom" or [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narutomaki a type of fish cake]] ramen topping with a spiky starburst and spiral in the middle which obviously inspired his look. Uzumaki either means "spiral" or "whirlpool." Both names tie in well with his energetic personality and his signature move, the rasengan ("spiral sphere"), and narutomaki is meant to resemble the whirlpools in the Naruto Strait, which may have inspired [[spoiler:his mother's home village of Uzushiogakure, the Village Hidden in the Whirling Tides]].
* MentorsNewHope: Jiraiya considers training Naruto the one thing he definitely got right in his life.
* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: Courtesy of AllOfTheOtherReindeer and the rumors about him becoming a demon going on a rampage against the village.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: When using [[OneWingedAngel large, uncontrolled quantities of the Kyuubi's chakra]].
* MrFanservice: Lots of [[ShirtlessScene Shirtless Scenes]] in Part II. He spent whole arcs shirtless under oil- and waterfalls.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: [[spoiler:After taking control of the fox's power he summon many Chakra arms, each with a Rasengan on it..]]
* MyGreatestFailure: Not being able to save either Sasuke or Gaara comes off as this, especially in the TearJerker where he thinks he is useless for not being able to save either, especially seeing at it is his first major mission after three years training to defeat the Akatsuki and bring Sasuke back.
* NaughtyIsGood: His debut scene involves him pulling an elaborate prank involving FaceDoodling on the statues of the Hokage.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:He is personally thanked by Madara for stripping Obito of the tailed beasts, thus weakening him enough to regain control over him and bring about the evil Uchiha's revival.]]
* TheNicknamer: He often gives people nicknames based on some aspects of their personalities or appearances, either as insults, {{Affectionate Nickname}}s, or both, and often refers to them exclusively as such. To give a short list, Jiraiya is "Pervy Sage," Killer B is "Shades-Wearing Pops" or "Octopops," and Tsunade is "Grandma Tsunade" or simply "Grandma."
* NomDeMom: His last name comes from his mom Kushina Uzumaki in order to hide his ties with his father [[spoiler: Minato Namikaze, the fourth hokage.]]
* ObliviousToLove: Deconstructed. He grew up only being shunned and hated by the village, so he simply cannot recognize genuine affection towards him. He didn't understand Hinata's feelings towards him. When she offers him some medicine or an opportunity to cheat on a written exam, he finds it awkward (justified while Naruto thinks to himself Hinata is way too kind to sabotage him, he thinks Kiba might be putting her up to it).
* OneManArmy: He is TheCavalry by the time the Fourth War comes!
-->"I'm going to hit all the battle fronts at the same time and turn the tide!"
* OnlyMostlyDead: [[spoiler: After Kurama is extracted from him, Naruto's body starts shutting down. Sakura runs out of chakra trying to heal him and when his heart stops she is forced to ''manually'' pump it while giving him mouth-to-mouth to keep him alive.]]
* OrangeBlueContrast and RedOniBlueOni: In the anime, his chakra is blue, while the Kyuubi's is orange, turning [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red-and-black]] when he uses too much of the Kyuubi's power. He could originally only draw on the Kyuubi's chakra with extreme emotion, hence he was much calmer while using his own chakra.
** Also, Naruto=Red and Sasuke=Blue. Used very literally in the Shippouden opening and end themes.
* PainfulTransformation: His conversion to the four-tailed jinchuriki state involves his skin getting burned off by the Nine-Tails' chakra, with his blood coating his body along with the chakra field. When Yamato forcibly changes him back, he literally has no skin and screams in agony before passing out.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Like all biju and their hosts, Naruto is often described in a way analogous to a nuclear weapon.
* PowerFloats: [[spoiler: Chapter 680 reveals that Naruto can fly.]]
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: "''You give up... on me giving up!''"
* PowersDoTheFighting: Naruto's chakra shroud has a mind of its own, and can launch its own attacks separate from his own.
* RealMenWearPink: One of his favourite hobbies is gardening. No really.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: During the Land of Waves arc, he calls out Zabuza for his indifference to Gato's desecration of Haku's body, tearfully recanting what Haku had told him about how much he cared for Zabuza and the fact that he had just sacrificed his life to save him. Zabuza is genuinely moved to tears and proceeds to kill Gato himself.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: When using the Kyuubi's power and [[spoiler:Dark Naruto]].
* {{Reincarnation}}: Naruto has [[spoiler: Ashura's chakra reincarnated into him. Unlike [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar]] reincarnation, however, he doesn't have access to Ashura's mind, soul, and experience, thus isn't a literal reincarnation.]]
* RefugeInAudacity: In the battle against what is practically the [[spoiler:''God'' of Ninjutsu]], Naruto decides that it's good time to pull out his new technique: [[spoiler:the Sexy ''Reverse'' Harem no Jutsu]]. The fact that it even came close to working against such an opponent is an amazing feat in itself.
* RevealingSkill: After gaining [[spoiler:Ashura's powers]], Naruto gains this weakness in his shadow clone technique. While all of them are still functionally identical, [[spoiler:the real Naruto has the truth-seeking orbs floating behind him]].
** Subverted, [[spoiler:he can move the truth-seeking orbs near any clone within the orbs' range.]]
* RunningOnAllFours: Naruto each time the Bijuu cloak appears.
* ScaryFlashlightFace: Pulls it off several times in the "what's under Kakashi's mask?" episode. Each time earns him a good thwack upside the head from Sakura.
* ScrewDestiny: What he tells Neji after he defeats him in the Chunin exam, and pretty much anyone else who views him as a hopeless cause destined for failure.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Naruto has little respect for rules on a good day, and when those rules become a hindrance he ignores them entirely.
* SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: He's the aforementioned Person, with a demon fox sealed within him.
* SecretLegacy: He is this to his father the Fourth Hokage.
* SelectiveMagnetism: He gains [[spoiler:Magnet Release from Shukaku and uses it form a Magnet Release Rasengan]].
* ShapingYourAttacks: His [[SpontaneousWeaponCreation Rasen]][[FumaShuriken shuriken]].
* SharedFamilyQuirks: According to Tsunade, although Naruto inherited his hair color from his father, [[spoiler:the Fourth Hokage]], his personality, favorite food, and even VerbalTic all come from his mother Kushina, including his unconventional battle-tactics ''and'' love of pranks.
* ShonenHair: Spiky blond hair for a shounen protagonist.
* SignatureMove:
** Shadow Clones and later Rasengan.
** The FumaShuriken seems to be acknowledged as Naruto's signature weapon in console games, despite the fact that he's only used it twice: once in Part I as part of a combo attack with Sasuke (where he disguised himself as the shuriken) and once in Part II (where he transformed his ''clone'' into one).
* SkilledButNaive: While quite strong, he's incredibly naive about the way the world works, and his desires to prevent anyone else from dying and to unite the entire ninja would would be completely impossible if not for WriterOnBoard.
* SpannerInTheWorks: To the point where [[spoiler:Tobi]] actually calls him out on this trope.
* SpiritedCompetitor: He was willing to pick a fight with his rival every chance he could get.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Towards Sasuke.
* StealthMentor: In a strange way, Naruto was this to [[spoiler:Itachi. Naruto declaring how he made it as far as he did with the help of his comrades and friends makes Itachi realize what true strength means, and how wrong he was to rely only on himself. His speech to Naruto about a belief only in yourself makes you arrogant and leads to failure? That was describing himself and his own failure.]]
* StepfordSmiler: Naruto will tend to mask his pain with a smile, such as when he promises Sakura to bring back Sasuke for her before and after the retrieval mission. Before the Chunin exams finals, he admitted to Hinata that he viewed himself as a loser and tried to act cool and brash to cope with this. In Part II, Pain [[spoiler:put him on the ropes by breaking him down with words, getting him to second guess his own actions]].
* StrongFamilyResemblance: He looks so identical to his father [[spoiler:Minato]] that [[spoiler:no one was suprised by the time of TheReveal]].
* SuperMode: Sage Mode and later stages of using the Kyuubi's chakra.
** AnimalBattleAura: His jinchuuriki chakra cloak.
** EnlightenmentSuperPower: Sage Mode.
** {{Flight}}: [[spoiler:Comes with the powers of Asura.]]
** GoldenSuperMode: One of his plethora of transformations, after [[spoiler: befriending Yang Kurama]], which allows him to use the kyuubi's power while staying in control. [[spoiler:After awakening his power as the reincarnation of Asura he gains what seemingly is a perfected mode of this, complete with the Truth-Seeking Orbs that both Obito and Madara use as the hosts of the Ten Tails.]]
*** PowerUpFullColorChange: His whole body turns gold/yellow with black markings here and there.
** InHarmonyWithNature: Sage Mode requires this.
** SuperEmpowering: [[spoiler:Naruto can use the Chakra Transfer technique to give his allies his AnimalBattleAura, which he can also independently control to protect them from attacks they couldn't otherwise defend against]].
** SuperHealing: [[spoiler: Linked to SuperEmpowering, Naruto is able to heal people with his shrouds even if they are on the brink of death.]]
** SuperPoweredEvilSide: Any chakra cloak tail form past two qualifies, as he starts acting more on instinct.
* SurpassedTheTeacher: He perfected sage mode, which Jiraiya wasn't able to do.
** He also surpassed Kakashi, because the latter wasn't able to add element manipulation to the rasengan--which is why Kakashi made chidori. Even the Fourth Hokage had been unable to add his elemental manipulation to the Rasengan.
* SwissArmySuperpower: Naruto's Shadow Clone Jutsu. The standard ability is it allows Naruto to create physical clones of himself. These clones can act as human shields, speed up his training, allows him to spam rasengans, and can be combined with his taijutsu techniques.
* SympathyForTheDevil: Naruto loathes Obito for his StrawNihilist views. Yet as he works to finally separate Obito from the tailed beasts, all of the Uchiha's emotions and memories come flooding in with them. Naruto experiences visions of the Uchiha's past, his dreams of becoming Hokage, his mourning Rin's death, [[TearJerker and is genuinely moved to tears over Obito's loss]].
* TakeAThirdOption: [[RunningGag This trope more or less defines Naruto]].
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Naruto convinces Pain and Konan to pull a HeelFaceTurn with words, [[spoiler: and later tries to do the same to Obito as well.]] Critics cynically refer to this as "Talk no Jutsu".
* TheTease: Sexy Jutsu turns him into a naked female version of himself.
* TeenyWeenie: According to Sai.
* ThousandYardStare: He has these shown after he finds out that [[spoiler:Jiraiya]] is dead.
* ThroatLight: Gets a white one when using the Kyuubi's power in the anime.
* TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential: Every time Naruto learns a new skill, it's quickly rendered insufficient and it's back to training. Rinse and repeat.
* ToBeAMaster: He doesn't just want to be the Hokage (the best ninja in Konoha). He wants to be the ''greatest'' Hokage, better than all before him.
* TookALevelInBadass: Several times. Achieving Sage mode and [[spoiler:harnessing the Nine-Tails chakra]] are the most notable occassions. His progress before the timeskip is practically nothing by comparison. To basically sum it up: [[spoiler:he has the full cooperation and power of the most powerful tailed beast short of the original, Sage Mode which gives him SuperStrength and toughness outside of that, the ability to power-up anyone he touches, and has chakra so incredibly strong it can be felt all the way to ''Konoha''. Plus, he can combine said Tailed Beast's power with Sage Mode to become even more powerful.]] If it weren't for [[IntangibleMan his]] [[CameBackStrong current]] [[GodOfEvil opponents]], this would be a clear case of StoryBreakerPower (though, for the Sasuke/Naruto fight which is practically inevitable, it'll be interesting to see how Sasuke will manage to level that playing field). [[spoiler: Each of them is revealed af the reincarnation of one of the Sage's sons, with Naruto gaining the ability to use the Sage's senjutsu abilities and Sasuke awakening what seem to be the eyes of the Ten Tails itself.]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He absolutely ''adores'' ramen and all of its various flavors; it's pretty much the only thing he really eats.
* TrainingFromHell: His training to learn the Rasen-Shuriken involved using a jillion Shadow clones to master his chakra control. He fainted more than a couple of times.
* TraumaCongaLine: Sasuke, Jiraiya [[spoiler: and his parents]] are pretty much why he's so messed up.
* TheTrickster: At first.
* {{Ubermensch}}: In-universe. Since the first arc he has stated that he rejects the ordinary ninja way and will follow his own. It's constantly reaffirmed throughout the series.
* UndyingLoyalty: Despite how far Sasuke has fallen, Naruto refuses to give up hope that he can be saved, though he is nonetheless resolved to fight and kill Sasuke if there's no other way.
** This a major part of Naruto's character. If someone become a friend of his, Naruto will be obsessed in rescuing them. As shown in the Kazekage rescue arc, he did everything to save Gaara. When he realized that Gaara died and Deidara got away, Naruto was so enraged; he turn to his two tails form. And the last time he met Gaara face to face, was Gaara trying to murder him, Sasuke and Sakura.
** It was especially shown in the Invasion of Pain arc. It was an of arc of Pain pushing nearly every last one of Naruto's berserk buttons. [[spoiler:He bombed Konoha, killed Kakashi and nearly killed Hinata and especially killing Jiraiya. Naruto in the end refused to kill Nagato. He was loyal enough to Jiraiya that he refused to trample on Jiraiya's beliefs, even if he had some trouble believing them himself.]]
* UnskilledButStrong: Jiraiya describes him as this during the chunin exams. Thanks to his high levels of Chakra, Naruto doesn't need to worry about the fine control his peers do and can more readily rely on raw power ninjutsu. This is played in contrast to Neji's WeakButSkilled. Later, Shadow Clone training helps convert raw power into skill, but he's still prone to muscle his way through jutsus that require loose chakra control. [[spoiler: At least until he learns Sage Mode, which is enough to fight Pain on equal terms using an energy even more difficult than Chakra]].
** Ebisu also points out that he and Sasuke are this way in chakra control compared to Sakura. Sakura has by far the least chakra of the three, but the ability to use it the best. Naruto and Sasuke have far more chakra, but end up spending far more of it on their jutsus, to lesser effect, because their control issues.
* UnstoppableRage: Thrice. In part 1 when he believed Sasuke had been killed, in part 2 against Orochimaru and when Pain [[spoiler:seemingly kills Hinata]].
** [[spoiler: After Obito kills thousands more shinobi that Naruto was actively protecting and nearly kills Shikamaru, Naruto's rage brings tears to his eyes and he is even able to ''damage'' Obito in his black sphere!]]
* VerbalTic: "''Dattebayo''/Believe It!" He uses it as a comma, for gods sake. "The sky's blue, Believe It!" Curiously, when the English dub has to acknowledge his verbal tic once more, in ''Storm 3'' for instance, it's translated instead as "Ya know?"
** InheritanceOfAcquiredTraits: [[spoiler: His mother has almost the exact same VerbalTic ("Dattebane" to his "Dattebayo"), which he couldn't have possibly picked up from her, as he'd been born no more than an hour before she died]].
* WarriorTherapist: [[{{Irony}} Especially against Neji and Gaara]].
* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Sasuke. Big time.
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Naruto had a phase of this with his Kage Bunshin and Rasengan, but he seems to have grown out of it (this probably hangs on fans' minds because this is the point he was at when the plot of the anime took a 80-episode {{Filler}} break, so we got to see these milked for much, much more than they were worth).
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Delivered one when he fought Gaara.
-->'''Naruto:''' It's almost unbearable, isn't it? The feeling of being all alone. I know that feeling; I've been there in that dark and lonely place, but now there are others... other people who mean a lot to me. I care more about them than I do myself, and I won't let anyone hurt them. That's why I won't ever give up. I will stop you even if I have to kill you!\\
'''Gaara:''' But why... why would you do this for anyone but yourself?\\
'''Naruto:''' Because they saved me from myself. They rescued me from my loneliness; they were the first to accept me for who I am. They're my friends.
* WorldsStrongestMan: A number of people have attributed this to him. He's been claimed to have surpassed the Fourth several times over and [[spoiler: Tobirama directly compares Naruto to Hashirama upon witnessing his mastery of Sage Mode, and later admits that Naruto may eventually become a greater Hokage than his brother was. After obtaining Rikudo Senjutsu, Kakashi states he surpassed all Hokage and is matching and overwhelming [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Kaguya Otutsuki]] blow for blow]].
* YuriFan: Shown by Konohamaru's Girl on Girl Justu.
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!!Naruto Uzumaki
-->''I never go back on my word. That is my way of the Ninja.''
->Voiced by: Creator/JunkoTakeuchi (JP), Maile Flanagan (EN), Isabel Martiñón (Latin America), Javier Balas (Spain)
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The main character. TheHero. [[CharacterTitle In case you couldn't tell.]] He starts off as the stock Shonen anime Hero out to prove his worth to the villagers [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer who've shunned and hated him]] by becoming the Hokage [[note]]Village Leader[[/note]] of Konoha. When he was just an infant, the Fourth Hokage [[SealedEvilInACan sealed the evil Nine-Tailed Fox demon]] inside his body. He goes from being viewed as nothing but the demon itself to a full-fledged ninja once he saves his sensei Iruka from the evil Mizuki. He [[CharacterDevelopment gradually matures from his]] IdiotHero demeanor over the course of the series, and by the time ''Shippuden'' rolls in, he's older and wiser, not to mention ''stronger than ever.''
->His hobbies are pulling pranks and watering plants.
->Favorite phrase: "a large serving of miso ramen with roasted pork fillet"
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* TheAce: Grows into it. By the time the [[spoiler:Fourth Great Shinobi War starts up]], he is the only living person capable of fighting [[spoiler:the undead, constantly regenerating, and nigh-unbeatable Madara Uchiha on equal terms. Not only that, he's proven himself to be the strongest ninja in the world.]].
* AdaptationDyeJob: His chakra color, and therefore the color of his Rasengan as well, was changed from yellow in the manga to blue in the anime.
* {{Adorkable}}: He's socially awkward, and early on, most of his boasts came off more as cute/laughable than intimidating.
* AintTooProudToBeg: Begging the Raikage not to kill Sasuke, which earned him a rough beating. [[spoiler:Later called back by Raikage upon seeing that Hashirama pulled the exact same stunt]]
* AllLovingHero: Deconstructed to some extent a few chapters after his fight with Pain, but soon quickly reconstructed.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: A huge theme in the first part and his backstory. It gradually fades away through the course of the story, because he proves everyone wrong.
* AlmightyJanitor: Out of all of his friends, Naruto is still technically a genin. A genin that is a literal OneManArmy, whose personal favorite technique is the logical conclusion of tossing a million razors into a whirlwind and sealing it into one big HappyFunBall, and can [[SummonBiggerFish pull multiple several-story-tall weapon-using toads from another realm]], but still a genin.
* AllYourPowersCombined: Naruto now possesses [[spoiler:the powers of all nine Tailed Beasts]].
* AlternateIdentityAmnesia: Whenever he unleashes four or more tails of the Kyuubi's chakra. He completely forgets what happened during those rampages.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Frequently flip-flops with Sasuke on who's on the receiving end of this.
* AnimalMotifs: [[FantasticFoxes Foxes]] due to being the [[{{Kitsune}} Kurama's]] host, and [[FrogsAndToads toads]] due to his affiliation with the ones of Mount Myobokuzan. Also, he has a money pouch that's designed to look like a frog (which he calls 'Gama-chan' ('Little Froggy').
* AppealToPopularity: Believes that if people have different opinions only the most commonly held opinion should be considered.
--> '''Naruto''': When people have different opinions, you should apply the majority vote.
** The {{Irony}} of an Übermensch who has consistently refused to follow the common ideals of ninja behaviour saying this seems to be completed missed by him.
* AttentionWhore: In the very early days of the manga, and most definitely in the academy.
* AttractiveBentGender: ''Weaponised'' with the Sexy and Harem jutsus, which transform him into a busty, naked female version of himself.
* AwesomeButImpractical:
** Using alot of the Kurama's power, which causes him to enter the Version 2 chakra cloak. It grants him immense power to the extent that he can go one on one with Orochimaru, one of the Sannin, with four tails, and Pain, the nominal leader of the Akatsuki, with six. However it also reduces his lifespan the more he uses it, and it turns him into a mindless killing machine who can't tell friend from foe. [[spoiler: No longer an issue due to taming Kurama and learning how to control his chakra.]]
** His Rasenshuriken move, at first. The technique takes a lot of chakra to use even for Naruto, and causes cellular damage to the arm he's using when it goes off, which isn't easily healed and could have crippled him, however the move's quite literally capable of [[NoKillLikeOverkill Overkill]] (just ask Kakuzu). Once Naruto masters Sage Mode, this trope is [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] somewhat, as he uses natural energy both to power the jutsu and to throw it, alleviating both issues at the same time (though he can only use two before he depletes his store of natural energy. [[spoiler: Kurama Chakra Mode eliminates the chakra issue entirely.]]
* {{Badass}}: In part 1 he's a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass more than anything, but come Shippuuden he´s developed into a weapons-grade full-fledged badass.
** His CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass nature is even [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in Rock Lee's spin off series.
--> '''Tenten:''' He's kind of a dimwit, and a scatter brain, and a little clumsy, and a butthead, and cheap, and perverted, and greedy, [[LongList and egotistical, and oblivious, and a dork]], but you can't let your guard down!
** BadassBoast: He always boasts before he engages in fight. [[TookALevelInBadass It inevitably became this]].
** BadassLongCoat: When Naruto returned from learning [[spoiler:[[SuperMode Sage Mode]] to fight Pain]], he was sporting one of these, but quickly lost it. He regains one [[spoiler: with an elaborate, seal-decorated coat of chakra when, together with Kurama/Nine-Tails, they finally pulled off their Biju Transformation.]]
* BattleAura: One in the form of the [[AnimalBattleAura Biju cloak]], and the other while using his [[SuperMode Sage Mode]] abilities. He can punch people with both.
* BeneathTheMask: [[spoiler: Beneath Naruto's mischievous IdiotHero facade was a lonely, resentful child starved for attention and hovering dangerously close to a FaceHeelTurn. The acknowledgement he got from Iruka, and later Team 7 and the rest of Konoha helped him get better, but Naruto constantly finds parallels between himself, [[AxCrazy Gaara]], and [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Sasuke]].]]
* BerserkButton: It's highly recommended to NEVER hurt his friends, LoveInterest, mentors, or ParentalSubstitute. Also highly not recommended to disrespect the Hokage title even if you happen to be the strongest man in the world.
--> '''Naruto''': ... and don't talk shit about my old man who DID become Hokage!
* BigBrotherMentor: He's this to Konohamaru, who looks up to him more than anyone. Iruka is this to Naruto himself.
* BigDamnHeroes: Several times throughout the course of the series. Most of the time played straight, but the most spectacular one [[spoiler: his rescue of Tsunade and the Leaf Village from Pain]] is actually a DoubleSubversion. [[spoiler: Pain had already killed multiple significant characters and obliterated the vast majority of the village landscape]] before Naruto arrives. But he manages to convince him to make a HeelFaceTurn, [[spoiler: [[RedemptionEqualsDeath so Nagato promptly sacrifices his own life to revive everyone he'd killed]]]].
** [[spoiler: Gets another one after taming Kurama. Just as Tobi's Biju are about to blast Kakashi and Gai with their [[WaveMotionGun Bijudama]] he flicks them all the way just by sheer speed.]]
** [[spoiler: Gets one when Obito becomes the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki. He saves both Sasuke and Minato before they can react from being consumed by the seal.]]
** [[spoiler: Saves Gai from being immediately killed after he kicks a huge hole in Madara using Night Guy, kicks away Madara's counter attack contemptuously and gives Gai enough time to hold on for the last words with his team.]]
* BigEater: He eats a lot, but never seems to gain any weight from his overeating.
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* BigGood: He's become the rallying point for the entire Ninja Alliance by the time of the Ten-Tails' revival. [[spoiler:As of the latest chapters, an argument could be made that he is sharing the role with Sasuke.]]
* BlackEyesOfEvil: [[spoiler: Dark Naruto]], who's a manifestation of [[spoiler:the darkness in Naruto's heart]], complete with a [[PerpetualSmiler constant]] SlasherSmile and eyes that are completely black.
** In the anime they add RedEyesTakeWarning.
* BlankWhiteEyes: Played For Drama whenever he uses his [[ClippedWingAngel the Version 2 chakra cloak]] before [[spoiler: befriending the Nine Tails]].
* BlowYouAway[=/=]RazorWind: The main nature of his chakra is "Wind", and he puts it to good use with ''Futon''(Wind Style)'': Rasen Shuriken'', which basically creates a crapload of tiny little blades that cut every cell in your body.
** [[spoiler: After gaining all nine Tailed Beasts inside him, he can use both Kurama's and Shukaku's wind techniques]].
* BodyguardCrush: Inverted - if he has to protect a girl in a filler arc or movie, said girl has a good chance of developing feelings for him whether he catches on or not.
* BoisterousWeakling: He was this [[BrattyHalfPint as a child and at the very beginning of the series]], boasting that he would become Hokage while failing to perform the most basic techniques.
* BookDumb: He comes up with winning strategies for his squad, yet placed dead last in the exams.
** [[spoiler:This continues well into the series. During the war he came up a plan to save the entire army from being nuked using shadow clones, but he had to be told how it worked after the fact. To put it simply; he knew it would work but did not know how.]]
* BoringButPractical: Naruto's signature move, the shadow clone jutsu, allows him to create multiple physical copies of himself. On paper, it sounds considerably less flashy than majority of the other jutsu's in the series. That said, it's actually proven to be a SwissArmySuperpower.
* BornWinner: Ultimately PlayedWith.
** Heir to no less than three super-powerful legacies, in addition to having the ability to tame a creature composed of pure malevolence that was sealed inside of him. Personally trained by some of the strongest ninjas alive, and the wisest Toad Sage. More accolades keep getting piled on as time goes on.
** However, subverted in that his legacies didn't seem to help him one bit in Part I. A big theme then was how - despite starting from nothing - he was determined to choose his own destiny, make friends, and strive for success beating all odds where one slip up could've made him AxCrazy like Gaara, or antisocial and revenge crazy like Sasuke, or like any of his other ShadowCounterPart villains.
* BrattyHalfPint: In the beginning.
* BrokenHero: Between [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer his past]], [[FaceHeelTurn Sasuke]] and [[BreakThemByTalking Pain]]...
* BrokenMessiah: Temporarily had this [[AngstComa spectacularly]] happen to him during the Iron Country/Kage Summit arc.
* ButtMonkey: At the start of the series, but generally this has faded.
* CallingTheOldManOut: [[spoiler: When he [[DeadPersonConversation first meets his father]], the first thing he does is punch Minato in the stomach (albeit after smiling at the revelation and getting privacy from the Kyubi) before demanding to know why he sealed the Nine-Tails inside of him in the first place, tearfully recalling [[TraumaCongaLine everything]] that happened to him as a result before managing to calm himself.]]
* ChainOfPeople: Naruto replicates to pull this off ''by himself'' occasionally.
* CharacterTitle: Duh.
* ChickMagnet: Not so much in the manga, but he usually manages to get at least one more girl to fall in love with him in each filler arc of the anime.
* TheChosenOne: According to Jiraiya, [[spoiler:Naruto is the one child of an ancient prophecy destined to save the world and not Nagato (aka Pain) or Minato as Jiraiya always thought. Though it's later hinted that they're ''all'' TheChosenOne. Might as well be just Naruto, though, since the other two are dead. Further as the son of the Fourth Hokage, godson of one of the legendary Sannin, having the absurd chakra reserves of the Uzumaki clan, being host of the most powerful tailed beast, and the reincarnation of the Sage of Six Paths son, and by proxy the successor to the First Hokage.]]
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: [[spoiler:Naruto has it bad during the Ninja War arc, where he insists on breaking out of hiding because he can't bear to sit back while his friends die to protect him, and pretty much takes the task of winning the war on himself, sending clones to help every division and protecting his fellow shinobi left, right and centre]].
* ClippedWingAngel: When Naruto uses the Version 2 chakra cloak - which happened automatically at four tails - he is insanely powerful, but it allows the Nine Tails to assume control of his body and shortens his lifespan.
* CooldownHug: Gives one to Dark Naruto in their second meeting.
* CombinationAttack: Has one with Yamato which combines his Wind Style Rasengan with Yamato's Water Style Tearing Torrent.
* ConfusionFu: Naruto is the number one ninja at surprising people.
* CosmicPlaything: He had the most powerful demon in the world sealed in him as an infant, grew up a neglected orphan not knowing why the entire village shunned him, finally made some friends only for his best friend to FaceHeelTurn and try to kill him. He has an organization of super powered psychos out to get him. He can't use too much of the demon's power without it killing him or driving him mad. While things have slowly been getting better, one can't help but still feel for the guy at times.
* CovertPervert: Despite his habit of calling out adults he considers 'perverts' (especially Jiraiya) pre-timeskip and taking advantage of them with his Sexy Jutsu, Naruto seems to be NotSoDifferent from Jiraiya after all. Case in point while they are relaxing at a hot spring Naruto's first thought - after screaming at Sai for making TeenyWeenie jokes - is to peep on Sakura. Yamato tells him a funny story about how Tsunade caught Jiraiya trying to peep on her at a bath... and beat him to the brink of death.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: As pointed out by Tenten in the CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass example above.
* CursedWithAwesome: Having the Nine-Tails sealed into his belly. It makes everyone hate him but the trade off is access to the biju's chakra in addition to rapidly developing his personal chakra reserves to the point where he has more raw power than most jonin before the story even begins. [[spoiler: It's revealed later to be BlessedWithSuck as his father choose to stash the beast in his son so Naruto could fight Tobi and hoped it would be a blessing both tactically and socially.]]
* DeathGlare: Give this to [[spoiler:The Nine Tails in chapter 538]] and even it was afraid.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Something of an inversion, [[spoiler: [[MadeOfDiamond The Third Raikage]] resurrected by Edo Tensei was shilled as being an incredibly strong one man army (literally) that beat the Eight Tails in a fight. The man tanked Naruto's strongest attack and was only defeated when Naruto recreated the way he got his scar; by having him run himself through with his own technique.]] Played straight in his battle with Pain.
* {{Determinator}}: Naruto does not give up ever. He doesn't go back on his word. He won't die until he becomes Hokage. And he'll never stop until he brings back Sasuke.
** This really shows through when Naruto sends Shadow Clones to go to all fronts of the Fourth Ninja War and help out everyone. One of his particular clones fought against the Edo!Kage [[spoiler:and Madara Uchiha himself]]. Bear in mind a simple attack is supposed to disperse a Shadow Clone, and numerous times, this clone mentioned how he really felt like just fading away, but he ''kept'' fighting to try and protect everyone.
* DistractedByTheSexy: His Sexy Jutsu is meant to distract people by getting them sexually aroused. It's so powerful that it works on talented ninja like Hiruzen(third hokage) in chapter 1 and Sakura(twice). Hell, [[spoiler:not even Kaguya, the [[PhysicalGod goddess]] of the Narutoverse could resist it. She even had a smile on her face.]]
* DitzyGenius: Has very little in the way of common sense, but has shown himself to be both surprisingly perceptive of others, likely due to only being able to watch others as a child, and extremely proficient when it comes to making strategies, especially under the heat of battle.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Towards Sakura. Initially before his CharacterDevelopment.
* DoppelgangerAttack[=/=]MesACrowd: One of his two trademark techniques.
* DuelingMessiahs: Exemplified in his fight with Pain. Naruto aims for peace. Pain also did, but by creating a horrific jutsu that would scar everyone into peace.
* DumbBlonde: Naruto isn't the sharpest kunai in the pouch especially when it comes to social graces or booksmarts, but to his credit he can be a cunning battle tactician.
* TheEmpath: [[spoiler:Naruto gains the ability to sense negative emotions while using the Nine-Tailed Fox's chakra after he defeated it]].
* [[EtTuBrute Et Tu, Sasuke?]]: Definitely his reaction when the latter said that he is leaving his friends for the matter of getting stronger.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: His SignatureMove, the [[EnergyBall Rasengan]], and all its variants. The tenth anniversary game one-ups this by making an InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons version! It's even in [[MeaningfulName his name!]]
* EvilIsNotAToy: In the beginning of part 2, Naruto continued to rely on the Kurama's chakra as a result of desperately wanting to save Gaara and Sasuke. He ended up hurting Sakara and Yamato had to have a sit down talk with him about which power he really should rely on.
* ExoticEyeDesigns: [[spoiler: Gains one in his one of his many power ups, a cross between "Biju mode" and Sage Mode, which resembles a cross in his eyes.]]
* FacialMarkings: Whisker like marks on his cheeks, result of [[spoiler:[[AnimalisticAbomination F]][[PureMagicBeing o]][[{{Kitsune}} x]] inside his mother]].
* FamilyHonor: [[spoiler: Played with. He deeply admired and respected the Fourth Hokage long before he ever found out that the Fourth was his father.]]
* {{Fartillery}}: Though unintentional, he gets the better of Kiba during the Chunin Exams by farting in his face. Given Kiba's [[SuperSenses super-sensitive nose]], it works like a charm.
* TheFinalTemptation: [[spoiler:Obito offers him this after killing Neji, and Naruto nearly takes it until Hinata [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan slaps it out of him]].]]
* FireForgedFriends: With Sakura.
* FlashStep: Once he has tamed the Nine Tails, becoming fast enough to outpace the ''Raikage'', and to a lesser extent with Sage Mode, where he intercepted Asura Pain mid-attack and shredded him with a Rasengan before anyone else could react.
* FluffyTamer: A literal case as he [[spoiler: manages to befriend all of the tailed beasts including Kurama, the Nine Tailed Fox.]]
* GenderBender: "Oiroke No Jutsu", translated "Sexy Jutsu". He can even combine it with the Shadow Clone just to create the Harem jutsu.
* GenerationXerox: Jiraiya, a member of the Legendary Sannin and Naruto's godfather-mentor, has more on one occasion remarked that Naruto resembles and is surely able to surpass his former student the Fourth Hokage, [[spoiler:who is Naruto's father]], and even himself (in terms of awesome and pervertedness).
** Not to mention [[spoiler:his mother being the previous Jinchuuriki of Kurama]].
** In addition to that, it turns out he's also quite similar to [[spoiler:the Shodai Hokage, Hashirama Senju, who is a distant relation]] and also [[spoiler:Ashura, AKA the Senju ancestor, youngest son of the Sage of Six Paths and said Sage's chosen successor. Though that last one is [[JustifiedTrope justified]] as Naruto is Asura's chakra reincarnation and the successor to his will..]]
*** [[spoiler:And Hashirama was Asura's previous chakra incarnation and successor to his will, so another JustifiedTrope.]]
* GeniusDitz: He may normally be an idiot, but the plans and strategies he comes up at the span of seconds while under pressure are definitely to be admired. It has gotten to the point it is lampshaded at various points in part II.
* GreenEyedMonster: Was this towards Sasuke in Part 1. Jealous of Sasuke's skill and reputation. Especially jealous that Sasuke was the one that Sakura loved and not him.
** In Part 2, during the war and [[spoiler:Sasuke's apparent HeelFaceTurn]], he seems to be feeling jealous towards his old rival once again. Sakura is obviously still in love with him. [[spoiler:When Sasuke and Naruto both save her from the Ten-tails, she immediately turns to Sasuke to thank him. Naruto comments that he saved her too but no further comments were said on the matter.]]
* GuileHero: More-so in Part II, Naruto comes up with a number of surprisingly good schemes for a supposed IdiotHero.
* GutturalGrowler: Often gains a growly voice when using the Nine-Tails' chakra.
* HealingFactor: Thanks to the Kyuubi, he can even regrow a lung that had been impaled by Chidori. Subverted when he uses too much of the Fox's power. The Fox's chakra both damages and heals him, slowly reducing his lifespan.
* HealingHands: Well, more like [[spoiler: Healing Hand (his right hand) after he receives his new powers from the Sage of Six Paths. Just a simple touch and he is able to re-ignite Gai's chakra and save his life after Gai opened all Eight Gates to fight Madara. Also as impressive was in Chapter 675, where again with a simple touch he was able to recreate Kakashi's left eye after it was stolen by Madara.]]
** [[spoiler: His new HealingHands have limits though. He was unable to completely restore Obito, with Sakura explicitly saying Obito was still dying despite his best efforts, and he was unable to save Obito from Kaguya's Ash-Killing Bone technique. Which means its possible Guy will still succumb to his wounds from the Eighth Gate.]]
* HeartwarmingOrphan: An orphan who has the tendency to make friends out of his enemies.
* HellishPupils: Vertical slits when using the the Fox's chakra.
* TheHero: As if it wasn't obvious already.
** HeroWithBadPublicity: For most of his childhood, he was scorned by most of the village because of his being the host for the Nine-Tails. He slowly proves everyone wrong and is now the village hero.
* HereditaryHairstyle: He has his father's spiky blond hair.
* HeroesWantRedHeads: The girl he has a crush on has pink hair, he loves [[spoiler: his mother's red hair]] and at least a couple of the {{Filler}} [[GirlOfTheWeek girls]] he's [[ShipTease Ship Teased]] with have red hair.
* HeroicBSOD: Naruto usually handles himself outstandingly well, but some things that happen are enough to drive even him into a state of gaping, awestruck desperation. So far it's happened three times. The first was completely justified and long overdue; the second came when he learned that Sasuke, who he had dedicated six years of his life to rescuing, had been [[spoiler: declared Public Enemy No. 1 and marked for death by every ninja village,including the Hidden Leaf]]. The third was brought on by [[spoiler: the death of Neji. It nearly had Naruto plunged into the DespairEventHorizon, until Hinata gave him the GetAHoldOfYourselfMan + RousingSpeech combo]].
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Beats the shit out of himself if he feels he's being "useless". Actually, the more powerful he gets, the more he seems prone to this, perhaps because he used to suck earlier in his lifetime, or to keep balance in his characterization (boasting loser -> doubting hero).
** He claims that he's "not that good of a ninja" after [[spoiler:defeating five out of six of Pain's bodies, when few could even defeat one]], and before [[spoiler:defeating the last and most powerful one]]. Granted, his opponent [[WorfHadTheFlu was tired and and had used most of his chakra]] in fighting the villagers and [[spoiler:nuking the city]], but still...
* HeroicVow: The promise he made to Sakura to bring back Sasuke at the end of part 1. Later on Deconstructed, as Naruto grew more desperate to keep this promise and Sakura tried to unburden him from it.
** There's also the vow he made to beat Neji for Hinata which he successfully managed.
* HeroicWillpower: He broke free of [[spoiler:Black Zetsu]] through sheer force of will. Sasuke, who was also caught, was powerless against it.
* HesBack: Several times (after his 3 years training with Jiraiya, then after he fails to bring back Sasuke again, and after [[spoiler:Jiraiya]]'s death).
* HiddenDepths: Enough to be poster boy on the trope page.
* HighlyVisibleNinja: '''Lifetime achievement award'''. And it seems it's a hereditary trait between his mother's red and father's yellow, he favors orange.
** {{Technicolor Ninja|s}}: Despite the Orange, Naruto has shown a great proficiency for stealth when he cares about using it. Admittedly, this isn't very often.
** [[spoiler: One the other hand, he recently gained the ability to turn into full-tailed beast form. You can't be much more highly visible than turning into a kaiju-sized fox demon.]]
* HoldingHands: Does this with Hinata [[spoiler: after she saves him from the DespairEventHorizon]] and in order to give her some of his and Kurama's chakra.
* HonorBeforeReason: His whole reason for trying to help Sasuke can be summed up as this.
* HotBlooded: When he was a kid he'd more or less charge straight into battle screaming and spamming shadow clones. He's more level headed in part II, but still has his moments. The only identifier Itachi gives to Sasori and Deidara is "the one who will start yelling at you." They get pissed at the lack of information, but it works perfectly.
* HourOfPower: [[spoiler: His newest SuperMode only allows him 10 minutes at most to fight, though it does seem to last slightly longer after each subsequent use.]]
* HurtingHero: Which he hides behind a smile and a upbeat cheerful attitude.
* HypocriticalHumour: He constantly calls out adults he considers perverted, while he himself is a bit of a CovertPervert.
* IAmWho: [[spoiler:He is the reincarnation of the younger son of the Sage of Six Paths.]]
* IAmYourOpponent: Says it word-for-word against [[spoiler:Tobi]] after the [[spoiler:Impure World Resurrection is deactivated]]
* ICantBelieveImSayingThis: Said word for word in Chapter 551.
-->'''''Naruto:''' I can't believe I'm saying this, but thanks for the save, [[spoiler:Itachi]]!''
* IdiotHero: He's the protagonist and a moderate BookDumb. Not insufferably stupid, just overly simple, cheerful and carefree at times when it would be better to act serious, thoughtful, and focused. His lack of social graces and tendency to sound ill-informed cause him to look like a nimrod, but you gotta be fair enough to spare him the total idiot billing.
** Tobirama states though, that he's an even bigger one than his brother.
* IGaveMyWord: He ''never'' goes back on his promises; it's his Shinobi Way.
* IGotBigger: [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb61881/naruto/images/thumb/b/b2/Konoha_11_Part_I.jpg/660px-0%2C848%2C0%2C463-Konoha_11_Part_I.jpg Before the timeskip, he was the second smallest of the Konoha 12]]. Afterwards, he ended up being taller than Sakura and as tall as Sasuke.
** We got a 'growth chart' of Naruto over the course of the series during the 590-600 chapters. From the beginning to the end of Part II Naruto grew at least three or four more inches.
** [[spoiler: Naruto will get another growth spurt for The Last, reaching a solid 5 feet 7 inches.]]
* IHatePastMe: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk83YtPFXqE This video]] depicts the Naruto of Part I interacting with the Naruto of Part II. Though it's not exactly hate, Part II-era Naruto finds himself wondering if his goofy and childish Part I self was really what he used to be like.
* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: [[spoiler:Naruto's full Bijuu form causes a coat made of chakra to form around him.]]
* InnocentBlueEyes: Inherited them [[spoiler:from his father, the Fourth Hokage]]. They symbolize his youth, naive personality and inexperience.
* InsecureLoveInterest: Seems to display this trope to an extent. While not having a romantic relationship with Sakura, he states to Sai that he could not tell her how he feels if he couldn't keep his promise to her, so he seemingly implies he's unworthy of her.
** [[spoiler: According to Kiba, he's insecure around Hinata too, hence why he always puts on a cool act around her.]]
* InSeriesNickname: As a kid, he had on more than one occasion been called the "Number One Hyperactive Knucklehead Ninja" by Kakashi, which caught on here and there.
* InTheBlood: Several things.
** His natural ability to learn-by-doing, which is one of the few things he inherited from this father.
** His lack of academic prowess, his energetic personality, his short temper, and his VerbalTic, "Dattebayo!/Believe it!", all of which he inherited from his mother.
** The Uzumaki-clan natural chakra affinity, strong life energy, and excellent physical health, all of which is necessary to perform the ninjitsu he masters throughout the series.
* ItsPersonal: The Pain Arc. From killing his beloved sensei, to blowing up his village, to (temporarily) killing his ''other'' sensei, and then trying to pull a NotSoDifferent comparison between Naruto and himself, by the time Naruto actually sees Pain for the first time, he wants him so, ''SO'' dead.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: His promise to bring back Sasuke for Sakura is rooted there. Though he also has [[TrueCompanions personal motives]] as well, and they overtake through the course of the story.
* JaggedMouth: Develops one in in his [[ClippedWingAngel Version 2]] Jinchuuriki Shroud, which leads to the Kyuubi taking over. [[spoiler: His Tailed Beast Mode also has this, being a chakra construct in the shape of the Nine-Tailed Fox.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Can be fairly blunt and quite willing to tell people when he thinks less than highly of them, but is very willing to help when needed.
* {{Keet}}: Naruto is very energetic and very loud.
* KirkSummation: His reply to Pain's MotiveRant.
* KnuckleCracking: Over and over. More than any mortal knuckle could really take.
* TheLeader: [[spoiler: Through CharacterDevelopment, Naruto has achieved this status by leading the entire Ninja World on the ground against Akatsuki. First against the Edo Kage menace, then against the White Zetsus, then against Obito, then against Obito and Madara, and finally against Obito, Madara, and the Ten-Tails. Due to his abilities, his power get people to follow him, and his gigantic [[TheHeart heart]] he had led the world against the most powerful threat long enough for the [[BigDamnHeroes Hokages and Sasuke]] to arrive.]]
** [[spoiler: While Sasuke starts to panic and begins to just try to rescue himself, Naruto, and Jugo, Naruto keeps his calm after reentering Biju Mode and activates all the chakra cloaks he left on the Alliance. After that, Minato teleports everyone out since all their chakra is linked. Even Sasuke is a bit...down when he realizes what Naruto did and has become, since Sasuke could only save three people...Naruto saved ''everyone''.]]
** [[spoiler: Tobirama even remarks that Naruto could become a better Hokage than his brother Hashirama.]]
** [[spoiler: Due to Ino transmitting his thoughts, feelings, and heart through the Alliance, he is able to rally them once again to fight Obito and the Shinju. Something ''Hashirama'' couldn't do.]]
** [[spoiler: Exemplified in chapter 651 when due to Naruto's leadership and bond with his friends, he's able to to defeat Obito despite Obito using the sword that the Rikudo Sennin used. And finally his leadership enabled the Alliance to utterly defeat Obito and free all the Biju in 654.]]
** [[spoiler: While Sasuke is the 'Team Leader' after Mugen Tsukuyomi, Naruto is making the plans and strategies against Kaguya, all of which have been successful.]]
* LeakedExperience: This is how Naruto's "train with a [[MesACrowd hundred doppelgangers]]" InstantExpert method works. He gains all the experience(s) of the clones when they're dismissed, like a reverse [[{{Pokemon}} EXP Share]].
* LeeroyJenkins: Often charges in on his own, and gets called out for it by Yamato, Kakashi and Sakura in the [[{{Filler}} Three-Tails arc]]. This is even explicitly [[DefiedTrope the reason why]] he was hidden what was going on [[spoiler:at the beginning of the War Arc.]] Of course, due to the fact that his clones enable him to watch his opponent's technique as many times as he needs to, it's to his advantage to be one.
** [[spoiler: Ironically, he was the only person who ''wasn't'' this trope when everyone went to try to stop Madara from resurrecting. Sasuke and Minato both charged in without a plan, and only Naruto realized that Obito was playing everyone, even Madara, for fools. If everyone had just listened...they'd have had just a killable Madara to deal with, instead of a unkillable Madara + Ten-Tails Jinchuriki Obito on the other side.]]
* LegacyCharacter: Considering that he's named after Jiraiya's main character in his best book, [[spoiler: and that Naruto's training was considered his greatest achievement before his death]] this definitely qualifies.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daPo6q4FXDw In part 1.]]
* LightningBruiser: He qualifies as this when using the Fox's power, and also when in [[SuperMode Sage Mode]]. He can even outmatch the Raikage's speed, who was previously ''fastest in the world''.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Appearance and ability wise. Personality wise he takes most after his ''mother''.
* LikeParentLikeSpouse: [[spoiler:Minato]] is shown thinking that Sakura reminds him of Naruto's mother Kushina.
* LimaSyndrome: [[spoiler:Learning about the circumstances surrounding the Kyuubi being sealed inside him unlocked some sort of [[TheEmpath empathic powers]] which allows him to feel sympathy for the Kyuubi.]]
* LivingBattery: [[spoiler:To the point where he can supercharge the entire alliance with their own [[SuperMode Super Modes]].]]
* LivingWeapon: Although he was first introduced as a living prison, [[spoiler: Minato later outright stated he was made]] a Jinchuriki [[spoiler: for the purpose of combating The Masked Man]].
* LookWhatICanDoNow: Naruto uses this as his quasi standard way to progress. In fact, he does it ''in the first episode/volume'' when he first busts out what will later become his signature move.
* LoveMartyr: Counts as a platonic example for Sasuke.
* LukeIAmYourFather: His dad is the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze. Not that it wasn't [[TheUntwist incredibly obvious all along]].
** [[spoiler: His spiritual 'dad' is the Sage of Six Paths as he is the reincarnation of one of his sons. This also makes him Sasuke's spiritual brother, which may have been foreshadowed by him referring to his relationship with Sasuke as 'like having a brother' during their fight in Part I.]]
* MadeOfIron: the Kyuubi boosts his body's natural regeneration to superhuman levels, but damn does he take some serious hits. He was stabbed through both hands, arms and legs by Pain yet shows no signs of scar tissue.
* MagmaMan: Naruto gains [[spoiler:Lava Release from Son Goku, which he uses to create a Lava Release Rasenshuriken]].
* MagneticHero: Definitely. Other characters often point out his uncanny ability to bring out the good in people.
** He also has the uncanny ability to boost the morale of his peers. This was revealed as early as the Chuunin Exams. His refusal to quit during the second stage inspired '''everyone else''' to stay in as well.
* MeaningfulName: Naruto can either mean "maelstrom" or [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narutomaki a type of fish cake]] ramen topping with a spiky starburst and spiral in the middle which obviously inspired his look. Uzumaki either means "spiral" or "whirlpool." Both names tie in well with his energetic personality and his signature move, the rasengan ("spiral sphere"), and narutomaki is meant to resemble the whirlpools in the Naruto Strait, which may have inspired [[spoiler:his mother's home village of Uzushiogakure, the Village Hidden in the Whirling Tides]].
* MentorsNewHope: Jiraiya considers training Naruto the one thing he definitely got right in his life.
* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: Courtesy of AllOfTheOtherReindeer and the rumors about him becoming a demon going on a rampage against the village.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: When using [[OneWingedAngel large, uncontrolled quantities of the Kyuubi's chakra]].
* MrFanservice: Lots of [[ShirtlessScene Shirtless Scenes]] in Part II. He spent whole arcs shirtless under oil- and waterfalls.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: [[spoiler:After taking control of the fox's power he summon many Chakra arms, each with a Rasengan on it..]]
* MyGreatestFailure: Not being able to save either Sasuke or Gaara comes off as this, especially in the TearJerker where he thinks he is useless for not being able to save either, especially seeing at it is his first major mission after three years training to defeat the Akatsuki and bring Sasuke back.
* NaughtyIsGood: His debut scene involves him pulling an elaborate prank involving FaceDoodling on the statues of the Hokage.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:He is personally thanked by Madara for stripping Obito of the tailed beasts, thus weakening him enough to regain control over him and bring about the evil Uchiha's revival.]]
* TheNicknamer: He often gives people nicknames based on some aspects of their personalities or appearances, either as insults, {{Affectionate Nickname}}s, or both, and often refers to them exclusively as such. To give a short list, Jiraiya is "Pervy Sage," Killer B is "Shades-Wearing Pops" or "Octopops," and Tsunade is "Grandma Tsunade" or simply "Grandma."
* NomDeMom: His last name comes from his mom Kushina Uzumaki in order to hide his ties with his father [[spoiler: Minato Namikaze, the fourth hokage.]]
* ObliviousToLove: Deconstructed. He grew up only being shunned and hated by the village, so he simply cannot recognize genuine affection towards him. He didn't understand Hinata's feelings towards him. When she offers him some medicine or an opportunity to cheat on a written exam, he finds it awkward (justified while Naruto thinks to himself Hinata is way too kind to sabotage him, he thinks Kiba might be putting her up to it).
* OneManArmy: He is TheCavalry by the time the Fourth War comes!
-->"I'm going to hit all the battle fronts at the same time and turn the tide!"
* OnlyMostlyDead: [[spoiler: After Kurama is extracted from him, Naruto's body starts shutting down. Sakura runs out of chakra trying to heal him and when his heart stops she is forced to ''manually'' pump it while giving him mouth-to-mouth to keep him alive.]]
* OrangeBlueContrast and RedOniBlueOni: In the anime, his chakra is blue, while the Kyuubi's is orange, turning [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red-and-black]] when he uses too much of the Kyuubi's power. He could originally only draw on the Kyuubi's chakra with extreme emotion, hence he was much calmer while using his own chakra.
** Also, Naruto=Red and Sasuke=Blue. Used very literally in the Shippouden opening and end themes.
* PainfulTransformation: His conversion to the four-tailed jinchuriki state involves his skin getting burned off by the Nine-Tails' chakra, with his blood coating his body along with the chakra field. When Yamato forcibly changes him back, he literally has no skin and screams in agony before passing out.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Like all biju and their hosts, Naruto is often described in a way analogous to a nuclear weapon.
* PowerFloats: [[spoiler: Chapter 680 reveals that Naruto can fly.]]
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: "''You give up... on me giving up!''"
* PowersDoTheFighting: Naruto's chakra shroud has a mind of its own, and can launch its own attacks separate from his own.
* RealMenWearPink: One of his favourite hobbies is gardening. No really.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: During the Land of Waves arc, he calls out Zabuza for his indifference to Gato's desecration of Haku's body, tearfully recanting what Haku had told him about how much he cared for Zabuza and the fact that he had just sacrificed his life to save him. Zabuza is genuinely moved to tears and proceeds to kill Gato himself.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: When using the Kyuubi's power and [[spoiler:Dark Naruto]].
* {{Reincarnation}}: Naruto has [[spoiler: Ashura's chakra reincarnated into him. Unlike [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar]] reincarnation, however, he doesn't have access to Ashura's mind, soul, and experience, thus isn't a literal reincarnation.]]
* RefugeInAudacity: In the battle against what is practically the [[spoiler:''God'' of Ninjutsu]], Naruto decides that it's good time to pull out his new technique: [[spoiler:the Sexy ''Reverse'' Harem no Jutsu]]. The fact that it even came close to working against such an opponent is an amazing feat in itself.
* RevealingSkill: After gaining [[spoiler:Ashura's powers]], Naruto gains this weakness in his shadow clone technique. While all of them are still functionally identical, [[spoiler:the real Naruto has the truth-seeking orbs floating behind him]].
** Subverted, [[spoiler:he can move the truth-seeking orbs near any clone within the orbs' range.]]
* RunningOnAllFours: Naruto each time the Bijuu cloak appears.
* ScaryFlashlightFace: Pulls it off several times in the "what's under Kakashi's mask?" episode. Each time earns him a good thwack upside the head from Sakura.
* ScrewDestiny: What he tells Neji after he defeats him in the Chunin exam, and pretty much anyone else who views him as a hopeless cause destined for failure.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Naruto has little respect for rules on a good day, and when those rules become a hindrance he ignores them entirely.
* SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: He's the aforementioned Person, with a demon fox sealed within him.
* SecretLegacy: He is this to his father the Fourth Hokage.
* SelectiveMagnetism: He gains [[spoiler:Magnet Release from Shukaku and uses it form a Magnet Release Rasengan]].
* ShapingYourAttacks: His [[SpontaneousWeaponCreation Rasen]][[FumaShuriken shuriken]].
* SharedFamilyQuirks: According to Tsunade, although Naruto inherited his hair color from his father, [[spoiler:the Fourth Hokage]], his personality, favorite food, and even VerbalTic all come from his mother Kushina, including his unconventional battle-tactics ''and'' love of pranks.
* ShonenHair: Spiky blond hair for a shounen protagonist.
* SignatureMove:
** Shadow Clones and later Rasengan.
** The FumaShuriken seems to be acknowledged as Naruto's signature weapon in console games, despite the fact that he's only used it twice: once in Part I as part of a combo attack with Sasuke (where he disguised himself as the shuriken) and once in Part II (where he transformed his ''clone'' into one).
* SkilledButNaive: While quite strong, he's incredibly naive about the way the world works, and his desires to prevent anyone else from dying and to unite the entire ninja would would be completely impossible if not for WriterOnBoard.
* SpannerInTheWorks: To the point where [[spoiler:Tobi]] actually calls him out on this trope.
* SpiritedCompetitor: He was willing to pick a fight with his rival every chance he could get.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Towards Sasuke.
* StealthMentor: In a strange way, Naruto was this to [[spoiler:Itachi. Naruto declaring how he made it as far as he did with the help of his comrades and friends makes Itachi realize what true strength means, and how wrong he was to rely only on himself. His speech to Naruto about a belief only in yourself makes you arrogant and leads to failure? That was describing himself and his own failure.]]
* StepfordSmiler: Naruto will tend to mask his pain with a smile, such as when he promises Sakura to bring back Sasuke for her before and after the retrieval mission. Before the Chunin exams finals, he admitted to Hinata that he viewed himself as a loser and tried to act cool and brash to cope with this. In Part II, Pain [[spoiler:put him on the ropes by breaking him down with words, getting him to second guess his own actions]].
* StrongFamilyResemblance: He looks so identical to his father [[spoiler:Minato]] that [[spoiler:no one was suprised by the time of TheReveal]].
* SuperMode: Sage Mode and later stages of using the Kyuubi's chakra.
** AnimalBattleAura: His jinchuuriki chakra cloak.
** EnlightenmentSuperPower: Sage Mode.
** {{Flight}}: [[spoiler:Comes with the powers of Asura.]]
** GoldenSuperMode: One of his plethora of transformations, after [[spoiler: befriending Yang Kurama]], which allows him to use the kyuubi's power while staying in control. [[spoiler:After awakening his power as the reincarnation of Asura he gains what seemingly is a perfected mode of this, complete with the Truth-Seeking Orbs that both Obito and Madara use as the hosts of the Ten Tails.]]
*** PowerUpFullColorChange: His whole body turns gold/yellow with black markings here and there.
** InHarmonyWithNature: Sage Mode requires this.
** SuperEmpowering: [[spoiler:Naruto can use the Chakra Transfer technique to give his allies his AnimalBattleAura, which he can also independently control to protect them from attacks they couldn't otherwise defend against]].
** SuperHealing: [[spoiler: Linked to SuperEmpowering, Naruto is able to heal people with his shrouds even if they are on the brink of death.]]
** SuperPoweredEvilSide: Any chakra cloak tail form past two qualifies, as he starts acting more on instinct.
* SurpassedTheTeacher: He perfected sage mode, which Jiraiya wasn't able to do.
** He also surpassed Kakashi, because the latter wasn't able to add element manipulation to the rasengan--which is why Kakashi made chidori. Even the Fourth Hokage had been unable to add his elemental manipulation to the Rasengan.
* SwissArmySuperpower: Naruto's Shadow Clone Jutsu. The standard ability is it allows Naruto to create physical clones of himself. These clones can act as human shields, speed up his training, allows him to spam rasengans, and can be combined with his taijutsu techniques.
* SympathyForTheDevil: Naruto loathes Obito for his StrawNihilist views. Yet as he works to finally separate Obito from the tailed beasts, all of the Uchiha's emotions and memories come flooding in with them. Naruto experiences visions of the Uchiha's past, his dreams of becoming Hokage, his mourning Rin's death, [[TearJerker and is genuinely moved to tears over Obito's loss]].
* TakeAThirdOption: [[RunningGag This trope more or less defines Naruto]].
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Naruto convinces Pain and Konan to pull a HeelFaceTurn with words, [[spoiler: and later tries to do the same to Obito as well.]] Critics cynically refer to this as "Talk no Jutsu".
* TheTease: Sexy Jutsu turns him into a naked female version of himself.
* TeenyWeenie: According to Sai.
* ThousandYardStare: He has these shown after he finds out that [[spoiler:Jiraiya]] is dead.
* ThroatLight: Gets a white one when using the Kyuubi's power in the anime.
* TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential: Every time Naruto learns a new skill, it's quickly rendered insufficient and it's back to training. Rinse and repeat.
* ToBeAMaster: He doesn't just want to be the Hokage (the best ninja in Konoha). He wants to be the ''greatest'' Hokage, better than all before him.
* TookALevelInBadass: Several times. Achieving Sage mode and [[spoiler:harnessing the Nine-Tails chakra]] are the most notable occassions. His progress before the timeskip is practically nothing by comparison. To basically sum it up: [[spoiler:he has the full cooperation and power of the most powerful tailed beast short of the original, Sage Mode which gives him SuperStrength and toughness outside of that, the ability to power-up anyone he touches, and has chakra so incredibly strong it can be felt all the way to ''Konoha''. Plus, he can combine said Tailed Beast's power with Sage Mode to become even more powerful.]] If it weren't for [[IntangibleMan his]] [[CameBackStrong current]] [[GodOfEvil opponents]], this would be a clear case of StoryBreakerPower (though, for the Sasuke/Naruto fight which is practically inevitable, it'll be interesting to see how Sasuke will manage to level that playing field). [[spoiler: Each of them is revealed af the reincarnation of one of the Sage's sons, with Naruto gaining the ability to use the Sage's senjutsu abilities and Sasuke awakening what seem to be the eyes of the Ten Tails itself.]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He absolutely ''adores'' ramen and all of its various flavors; it's pretty much the only thing he really eats.
* TrainingFromHell: His training to learn the Rasen-Shuriken involved using a jillion Shadow clones to master his chakra control. He fainted more than a couple of times.
* TraumaCongaLine: Sasuke, Jiraiya [[spoiler: and his parents]] are pretty much why he's so messed up.
* TheTrickster: At first.
* {{Ubermensch}}: In-universe. Since the first arc he has stated that he rejects the ordinary ninja way and will follow his own. It's constantly reaffirmed throughout the series.
* UndyingLoyalty: Despite how far Sasuke has fallen, Naruto refuses to give up hope that he can be saved, though he is nonetheless resolved to fight and kill Sasuke if there's no other way.
** This a major part of Naruto's character. If someone become a friend of his, Naruto will be obsessed in rescuing them. As shown in the Kazekage rescue arc, he did everything to save Gaara. When he realized that Gaara died and Deidara got away, Naruto was so enraged; he turn to his two tails form. And the last time he met Gaara face to face, was Gaara trying to murder him, Sasuke and Sakura.
** It was especially shown in the Invasion of Pain arc. It was an of arc of Pain pushing nearly every last one of Naruto's berserk buttons. [[spoiler:He bombed Konoha, killed Kakashi and nearly killed Hinata and especially killing Jiraiya. Naruto in the end refused to kill Nagato. He was loyal enough to Jiraiya that he refused to trample on Jiraiya's beliefs, even if he had some trouble believing them himself.]]
* UnskilledButStrong: Jiraiya describes him as this during the chunin exams. Thanks to his high levels of Chakra, Naruto doesn't need to worry about the fine control his peers do and can more readily rely on raw power ninjutsu. This is played in contrast to Neji's WeakButSkilled. Later, Shadow Clone training helps convert raw power into skill, but he's still prone to muscle his way through jutsus that require loose chakra control. [[spoiler: At least until he learns Sage Mode, which is enough to fight Pain on equal terms using an energy even more difficult than Chakra]].
** Ebisu also points out that he and Sasuke are this way in chakra control compared to Sakura. Sakura has by far the least chakra of the three, but the ability to use it the best. Naruto and Sasuke have far more chakra, but end up spending far more of it on their jutsus, to lesser effect, because their control issues.
* UnstoppableRage: Thrice. In part 1 when he believed Sasuke had been killed, in part 2 against Orochimaru and when Pain [[spoiler:seemingly kills Hinata]].
** [[spoiler: After Obito kills thousands more shinobi that Naruto was actively protecting and nearly kills Shikamaru, Naruto's rage brings tears to his eyes and he is even able to ''damage'' Obito in his black sphere!]]
* VerbalTic: "''Dattebayo''/Believe It!" He uses it as a comma, for gods sake. "The sky's blue, Believe It!" Curiously, when the English dub has to acknowledge his verbal tic once more, in ''Storm 3'' for instance, it's translated instead as "Ya know?"
** InheritanceOfAcquiredTraits: [[spoiler: His mother has almost the exact same VerbalTic ("Dattebane" to his "Dattebayo"), which he couldn't have possibly picked up from her, as he'd been born no more than an hour before she died]].
* WarriorTherapist: [[{{Irony}} Especially against Neji and Gaara]].
* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Sasuke. Big time.
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Naruto had a phase of this with his Kage Bunshin and Rasengan, but he seems to have grown out of it (this probably hangs on fans' minds because this is the point he was at when the plot of the anime took a 80-episode {{Filler}} break, so we got to see these milked for much, much more than they were worth).
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Delivered one when he fought Gaara.
-->'''Naruto:''' It's almost unbearable, isn't it? The feeling of being all alone. I know that feeling; I've been there in that dark and lonely place, but now there are others... other people who mean a lot to me. I care more about them than I do myself, and I won't let anyone hurt them. That's why I won't ever give up. I will stop you even if I have to kill you!\\
'''Gaara:''' But why... why would you do this for anyone but yourself?\\
'''Naruto:''' Because they saved me from myself. They rescued me from my loneliness; they were the first to accept me for who I am. They're my friends.
* WorldsStrongestMan: A number of people have attributed this to him. He's been claimed to have surpassed the Fourth several times over and [[spoiler: Tobirama directly compares Naruto to Hashirama upon witnessing his mastery of Sage Mode, and later admits that Naruto may eventually become a greater Hokage than his brother was. After obtaining Rikudo Senjutsu, Kakashi states he surpassed all Hokage and is matching and overwhelming [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Kaguya Otutsuki]] blow for blow]].
* YuriFan: Shown by Konohamaru's Girl on Girl Justu.
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