History Fanfic / EscapeFromTheHokagesHat

** The author notes this about what Kakashi's teaching style while other characters poke holes in why it doesn't work:

* DudeNotFunny: In universe The jokes about how much of a dense dork or "dead-last" Naruto is, stop being used by characters as it is insulting to him and also not true.

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: The advisers council in Konoha manage to cause more problems. Lampshaded as Tsunade notes that Konoha should be a military dictatorship instead of her having to worry about what the council thinks. It's shown the other villages never have to deal with this trope making proving her point.

* ChekovsGun: Kimimaro's body. Mentioned during an impromptu debriefing by Naruto and found and stored for later by Tsunade. It gets forgotten for an entire arc but [[spoiler: Tsunade and Shizune later get to dissect it and learn more about the curse seal. Which then makes what they learned from the autopsy help them find a "cure" for Isaribi.]]
* ChekovsSkill: Naruto spends the first two arcs incapacitated and forced to work on his tactics, diplomacy and control. Does this pay off immensely [[spoiler: during his fight with the Chameleon summon and later during the assault on Amachi's base.]]

* BrokenBird: Hinata shows signs of emotional abuse, the knowledge of the other seals placed has (in some way) emotionally crushed Naruto and Isaribi already went through something similar to Naruto [[spoiler: but the "cure" Tsunade gives her makes one wonder she made the right choice in taking it.]]

* DudeNotFunny: The jokes about how much of a dense dork or "dead-last" Naruto is, stop being used by characters as it is insulting to him and also not true.

* GambitPileup: We have Tsunade's plan which kicks off the fic in the hopes of of either removing the advisers council from power or to prepare Naruto to take care of himself if he still gets banished. Jiraiya running damage control in Konoha for Tsunade's return. The council trying to turn the Hokage into a puppet ruler. The Daimyo supporting the council thinking it's the right thing to do at the moment. Orochimaru doing his best to ruin Tsunade's plan. [[spoiler: Oh, and a ROOT team sent to kill Naruto]].

* ImNotLeftHanded: An enemy ninja mocks Hinata when he [[AwesomeByAnalysis picks apart her fighting styles weakness]]. Hinata responds with [[spoiler: by using Tsunade's strength technique, along with her speed, to quickly and utterly decimate him.]]

* GetOutOfJailFreeCard: The council was willing to compromise on Sasuke's imprisonment because [[spoiler: they have the threat of Itachi hanging over their heads should anything bad happen to Sasuke.]]

* ItGetsEasier/ItNeverGetsEasier: Discussed when Naruto comforts Hinata after her first kill. While they do go back and forth with Hinata worried she'll get a taste for killing and Naruto saying it helps to dull your emotions when you kill, Naruto does tell her killing does come up in their line of work but reminds her she only killed to protect and that the context of a kill is important in learning to deal with it.

** The author notes this about what Kakashi's teaching style:
--> "If you take the basics of ninja balance into account, he clearly pigeonholes each into a specific sub-set without giving much in the ways of supplementary training."

* ShipperOnDeck: Tsunade and Shizune ship Naruto and Hinata. Although they tend to push Hinata to make the first move.
* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: It's all right to grieve but at some point you'll have to learn to grow up and stop wallowing in self-pity. Just because [[WellIntentionedExtremist you mean well, it doesn't make what you're doing right.]] Idealism can, at times, cause problems if not kept in check.

* GambitPileup: We have Tsunade's plan which kicks off the fic in the hopes of of either removing the advisers council from power or to prepare Naruto to take care of himself if he still gets banished. Jiraiya running damage control in Konoha for Tsunade's return. The council trying to turn the Hokage into a puppet ruler. The Daimyo supporting the council thinking it's the right thing to do at the moment. [[spoiler: Oh, and a ROOT team sent to kill Naruto]].

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: As the Daimyo later reveals [[spoiler: The Third Hokage is the reason he had to use the advisers council as his regents. As he puts it, the Third was thought to have been too old and weary for being Hokage and his waiting too long to name the next Hokage. The Daimyo's council then argued that he should be more involved in how Konoha is run at least until they recover from the Sound/Suna invasion. Thus the council who hope to usurp power from Tsunade now have the power of the Daimyo to call on.]]

** Konohamaru, Udon and Moegi end up stalking and embarrassing many of Naruto's detractors. With the Sexy Jutsu.

* GuiltComplex: Sakura and Ino develop a minor case of this.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Tsunade, Jiraiya and the Daimyo. Although in the Daimyo's case he ends up unfortunately helping the council.

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: How the council gets away with threatening Tsunade with Naruto's banishment. [[spoiler: Tsunade however later notes during their travels, that Naruto is slowly shaping up to do this since he's known and trusted by various Daimyo around the Elemental Countries.]]

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Tenten subtly gives one to Kakashi

* RonTheDeathEater: Averted very hard. Sakura, Kakashi and Sasuke's character are treated with dignity. Sasuke goes to jail but that's because he was about to defect to a known enemy of Konoha. Sakura actually feels guilty for Naruto getting hurt bringing Sasuke back, actually acknowledges that what Sasuke did was wrong and starts trying to be a better person to everyone. While Kakashi is called out for being a "negligent teacher", he at least gets a chance to defend himself and actually cares for '''all''' of Team 7 and is just shown to have a minor yet justified case of SkewedPriorities.
* OnlySaneMan: Onoki for Iwa. The rest of Iwa is still bitter and resentful of Konoha after the war. He's just trying to keep the place running and rebuilding his forces as he fully admits [[GracefulLoser they lost to a better opponent]] and he can't blame the Fourth for protecting his home.

* RonTheDeathEater: Averted very hard. Sakura, Kakashi and Sasuke's character are treated with dignity. Sasuke goes to jail but that's because he was about to defect to a known enemy of Konoha. Sakura actually feels guilty for Naruto getting hurt bringing Sasuke back, actually acknowledges that what Sasuke did was wrong and starts trying to be a better person to everyone. While Kakashi is called out for being a "negligent teacher", he at least gets a chance to defend himself and actually cares for '''all''' of Team 7 and is just shown to have a minor yet justified case of SkewedPriorities.

** The stock "Naruto gets banished" fic gets this considering the reason the council want to banish him is different and far more complex rather than being done out of hate. Also Tsunade immediately acts against the council when they inform her of Naruto being banished.

--> '''Hinata:''' "Y-y-yes."

* DeconstructionFic: The ''[[FanNickname "evil council of doom"]]'' is shown to just be {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s doing what they think is best for Konoha and it's people.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4991314/1/Escape-from-the-Hokage-s-Hat Escape from the Hokage's Hat]]'' is an AlternateUniverseFic ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'' fic written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1897487/anothvortex anothvortex]]. According to the sumary, the fic happens some time after Naruto recaptures Sasuke after he defects from Konaha but is forced out of the village, taking with him some unexpected allies.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Tenten subtly gives one to Kakashi

* ParentaSubstitute: Tsunade to all three of her students (Shizune, Naruto and Hinata). While Shizune is a fairly well adjusted adult, she spends most of her time helping Naruto and Hinata with their own personal issues.