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* FailureGambit: Team Seven's performance on each of the D-rank missions gets them banned from ever taking any of them again. Kakashi declares that they'll just have to move on to C-rank missions. They hold the record for most consecutive failed D-rank missions, which they consider an accomplishment seeing as it took a lot more effort and creativity to fail spectacularly at chores.



* ForgedMessage: Sasuke uses his Sharingan to forge a suicide note from Danzou and to later forge a will from Gatou.
* HandWave:
** A physically eleven-year-old Sasuke manages to sneak in and poison Danzou and the two Village Elders. It's apparently a combination of poor security and him being extremely skilled due to being from the future.
** Madara shows up and is defeated off-screen up in the Hokage box while the genin are down in the arena with no explanation other than that he was defeated.



* ItAmusedMe: The reason that Team Seven does anything.

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* ItAmusedMe: The reason that Team Seven does anything.anything in their day-to-day lives.


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* OnlySaneMan: Tenten is considered by herself and Temari to be the only sane Konoha ninja among the cast.


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* PuttingAHandOverHisMouth: Kakashi does this to stop Naruto from drunkenly revealing that they're from the future.
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* HumanShield: Naruto puts Sasuke between himself and Sakura when she gets mad at him.

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* HumanShield: Naruto puts Sasuke between himself and Sakura when she gets mad at him.him for "jinxing" her into fighting Neji. He does the same when Temari gets mad at him in the finals box.
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* ThousandYardStare: PlayedForLaughs when Obito recalls the mysterious squirrel attack.

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* AllTherapistsAreMuggles: The reason why ninjas rarely have therapy.


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* AllTherapistsAreMuggles: The reason why ninjas rarely have therapy.
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-->--'''Kakashi Hatake, discussing 'Therapy Jutsu''''

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-->--'''Kakashi Hatake, Hatake''', discussing 'Therapy Jutsu''''
"Therapy Jutsu"

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''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5409165/1/Its_For_a_Good_Cause_I_Swear It's For a Good Cause, I Swear!]]'' is a Naruto fanfiction by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/674180/Sarah1281 Sarah1281]] (also the author of OhGodNotAgain).

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''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5409165/1/Its_For_a_Good_Cause_I_Swear It's For a Good Cause, I Swear!]]'' is a Naruto fanfiction ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' FanFic by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/674180/Sarah1281 Sarah1281]] (also the author of OhGodNotAgain).
FanFic/OhGodNotAgain).



* AllTherapistsAreMuggles: To why ninjas rarely have therapy.
* AllIsWellThatEndsWell: When Sasuke came back in time, he murdered the Elders and Danzo by poisoning their tea, then forging a suicide note for Danzo. This...doesn't really have any repercussions. If anything, it made things better because it allows Minato to appoint a much better council.
** The Third Hokage's death. While the village undoubtedly mourned his death that day, they eventually moved on. The only side effect is that Kakashi has to deal with accusations of murder from his own team.

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* AffectionateParody: The author describes the story as a parody of the ''Naruto'' series.
* AllTherapistsAreMuggles: To The reason why ninjas rarely have therapy.
* AllIsWellThatEndsWell: AllIsWellThatEndsWell:
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When Sasuke came comes back in time, he murdered murders the Elders and Danzo by poisoning their tea, then forging a suicide note for Danzo. This... doesn't really have any repercussions. If anything, it made makes things better because it allows Minato to appoint a much better council.
** The Third Hokage's death. While Though the village undoubtedly mourned his death that day, they eventually moved on. The only side effect side-effect is that Kakashi has to deal with accusations of murder from his own team.



* BeigeProse: Sadly the {{Fight Scene}}s are like this, but the [[WorldOfSnark dialogue]] makes up for it.

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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The conditions for meeting the Chuunin Exam's minimum sanity requirement are: not spontaneously killing allies, no maniacal laughter, not having personal issues that habitually get in the way of your fights, and not being more youthful than Might Guy.
* BeigeProse: Sadly Sadly, the {{Fight Scene}}s are like this, but the [[WorldOfSnark dialogue]] makes up for it.



* ButterflyEffect: The Yondaime Hokage lives, the Sandaime Hokage dies, and Itachi stays in the village. All of this results in Orochimaru still being the Akatsuki which also results with them being a part of the Invasion. This leads to their downfall, and Ame gets a peace agreement with Konoha.

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* ButterflyEffect: The Yondaime (Fourth) Hokage lives, the Sandaime (Third) Hokage dies, and Itachi stays in the village. All of this results in Orochimaru still being in the Akatsuki which also results with in them being a part of the Invasion. This leads to their downfall, and Ame the Hidden Rain gets a peace agreement with Konoha.



* CurbStompBattle: Sasuke vs Orochimaru. One Tsukuyomi. That's all it took.



* DefeatEqualsFriendship:The whole principle of "therapy no jutsu".
* DraggedIntoDrag: ''Sort of.'' Sasuke doesn't think his curse form looks anything like it.

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* DefeatEqualsFriendship:The whole principle DeathByAdaptation: Kakaashi told the Third Hokage Minato's plan to sacrifice himself to seal the Nine-Tails, so Hiruzen decided to take Minato's place.
* DefeatEqualsFriendship: Half the premise
of "therapy no jutsu".
"Therapy Jutsu."
* DraggedIntoDrag: ''Sort of.'' Naruto calls Sasuke's curse mark form his "drag form," but Sasuke doesn't think his curse form it looks anything like it. that.
* FightScene: In the Chuunin Exam finals.
* HumanShield: Naruto puts Sasuke between himself and Sakura when she gets mad at him.



* NoodleIncident:
** Kakashi and Obito were apparently on a mission where they were attacked by an overwhelming legion of squirrels.
** Sasuke and Kakashi being late to the Chuunin Exam finals in the original timeline was because of a bizarre situation they got into on the way there. Sasuke says, "That poor tree..." and refuses to say anything more on the matter.



* PeggySue
* RevengeBeforeReason: Sasuke has a bad habit of doing this which the others constantly bring up to his annoyance.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: They have to stop Sasuke from going off on one when he finds out that Madara's in the area.
* RunningGag: Several including Naruto's puppet phobia, the list of people Gaara can't kill, Sasuke thinking Sakura is useless, the minimum sanity requirement, and Sasuke being suspected of swearing vengeance against anything that moves.
** "You killed the Third Hokage?!"
** SQUIRRELS!
* SeriousBusiness: Team Seven has to pass this Chuunin Exam or they'll be forced to train with Gai.
* ShipperOnDeck: Kiba to everyone but mostly Sasuke and Naruto.

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* PeggySue
PeggySue: Kakashi, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura arrive in the past in that order.
* PhlebotinumOverload: Yoroi's special ability is to absorb chakra. Naruto has an insane amount of chakra. When they face off, Naruto just stands there and lets Yoroi absorb his chakra until Yoroi passes out from chakra overload.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Sasuke has a bad habit of doing this this, which the others constantly [[RunningGag constantly]] bring up up, to his annoyance.annoyance. They have to stop Sasuke from going off on one when he finds out that Madara's in the area.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: They have to stop RunningGag: This being a humorous story, there are several.
** [[TalkTheMonsterToDeath "Therapy Jutsu"]] is a recognized technique. Besides Naruto, Obito is also quite good at it.
** Naruto's puppet phobia, which he spread to, at least, Chouji.
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Sasuke from going off on one when he finds out that Madara's calling Sakura useless.
** Naruto asks Gaara not to kill his friends
in the area.Chuunin Exam, and Gaara asks for a list. People being on the list or not is a source of jokes later on.
** The Chuunin Exam has a minimum sanity requirement.
** Mentioning Sasuke's revenge tendencies.
** "You killed the Third [Hokage]?!"
** Ninjas should look out for [[NoodleIncident squirrel attacks]].
* SeriousBusiness: Team Seven has to pass this Chuunin Exam or they'll be forced to train with Gai for a year.

* RunningGag: Several including Naruto's puppet phobia, the list of people Gaara can't kill, Sasuke thinking Sakura is useless, the minimum sanity requirement, and Sasuke being suspected of swearing vengeance against anything that moves.
** "You killed the Third Hokage?!"
** SQUIRRELS!
* SeriousBusiness: Team Seven has to pass this Chuunin Exam or they'll be forced to train with Gai.
* ShipperOnDeck: Kiba to everyone everyone, but mostly to Sasuke and Naruto.



* SparedByAdaptation: Quite a few really. Obito, Rin, Hizashi, Minato, Zabuza, and Haku are just a few of them.

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* SparedByAdaptation: SideBet: Kakashi, Naruto, and Sasuke bet on what day Sakura would come back to in the past, and on her reaction to hearing that Kakashi's meddling led to the Third Hokage's death. Naruto and Sasuke bet on whether Minato would have the exact same reaction they and Sakura did.
* SparedByTheAdaptation:
Quite a few really.few. Obito, Rin, Hizashi, Minato, Zabuza, and Haku are just a few of them.



* ThereAreNoTherapists: Subverted. There are plenty of therapists but they're all civilians so most of what the ninjas would need therapists for is classified and the rest would be too much for a civilian to handle.
** Also played with. [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Therapy Jutsu]].

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* ThereAreNoTherapists: Subverted. Played with. There are plenty of therapists therapists, but they're all civilians civilians, so most of what the ninjas would need therapists for is classified and the rest would be too much for a civilian to handle.
** Also played with.
handle. The closest ninja equivalent is [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Therapy Jutsu]].



-->'''Orochimaru''': What…why aren't they putting up the barrier?

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-->'''Orochimaru''': What…why What... why aren't they putting up the barrier?
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''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5409165/1/Its_For_a_Good_Cause_I_Swear It's For a Good Cause, I Swear!]]'' is a Naruto fanfiction by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/674180/Sarah1281 Sarah1281]].

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''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5409165/1/Its_For_a_Good_Cause_I_Swear It's For a Good Cause, I Swear!]]'' is a Naruto fanfiction by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/674180/Sarah1281 Sarah1281]].
Sarah1281]] (also the author of OhGodNotAgain).
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* PapaWolf: Minato. Obito remarks that Minato would kill the rival genin himself rather than let them do any permanent damage to Naruto.
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* ShoutOut: A bunch. For example:
-->'''Sasuke:''' [[Film/ThePrincessBride My name is Uchiha Sasuke. You killed my family. Prepare to die.]]
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* BeigeProse: Sadly the {{Fight Scene}}s are like this, but the [[WorldOfSnark dialogue]] makes up for it.


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* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Yep. Used and abused.
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* DeadpanSnarker / WorldOfSnark: Yep. It reads like an {{MST}}ing at more than one point.
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* AllsWellThatEndsWell: When Sasuke came back in time, he murdered the Elders and Danzo by poisoning their tea, then forging a suicide note for Danzo. This...doesn't really have any repercussions. If anything, it made things better because it allows Minato to appoint a much better council.

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* AllsWellThatEndsWell: AllIsWellThatEndsWell: When Sasuke came back in time, he murdered the Elders and Danzo by poisoning their tea, then forging a suicide note for Danzo. This...doesn't really have any repercussions. If anything, it made things better because it allows Minato to appoint a much better council.
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* DefeatEqualsFriendship:The whole principle of "therapy no jutsu".
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-->{{beat}}-->''{{beat}}''
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-->'''Orochimaru''': I may not have the ideal battleground but I still don't want any interference. Now, my Sound Four, put up the barrier!
{{beat}}
-->'''Orochimaru''': What…why aren't they putting up the barrier?
-->'''Kakashi''': Itachi killed them ten minutes ago.
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->'' After receiving a time travel jutsu as payment for a mission, the original four members of Team 7 each get a chance to go back to one event in their life and change it. Surely they will use such an awesome power responsibly...right? Don't count on it.''

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->'' After receiving a time travel jutsu as payment for a mission, the original four members of Team 7 each get a chance to go ->''"It's where you're fighting someone, they suddenly flash back to one event in their life tragic childhood, realize that they were being an idiot and why, and change it. Surely they will use such an awesome power responsibly...right? Don't count on it.''
the course of their life."''
-->--'''Kakashi Hatake, discussing 'Therapy Jutsu''''
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* AllTherapistsAreMuggle: To why ninjas rarely have therapy.

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* AllTherapistsAreMuggle: AllTherapistsAreMuggles: To why ninjas rarely have therapy.
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*AllTherapistsAreMuggle: To why ninjas rarely have therapy.
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**SQUIRRELS!
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* HoYay: At least according to Kiba, much to everyone else's confusion. Apparently Naruto's obsession with bringing Sasuke back rubbed him the wrong way...
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** The Uchiha Clan Massacre. Sure, the entire clan is dead (again), with the exception of [[SparedByAdaption Obito]], but thanks to Naruto posing as Orochimaru and having the entire massacre blamed on him, Itachi never has to leave the village and Alternate!Sasuke has had most of his sanity spared...until Future!Sasuke came back and merged with him, taking control over his body.

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** The Uchiha Clan Massacre. Sure, the entire clan is dead (again), with the exception of [[SparedByAdaption [[SparedByAdaptation Obito]], but thanks to Naruto posing as Orochimaru and having the entire massacre blamed on him, Itachi never has to leave the village and Alternate!Sasuke has had most of his sanity spared...until Future!Sasuke came back and merged with him, taking control over his body.



* SparedByAdaption: Quite a few really. Obito, Rin, Hizashi, Minato, Zabuza, and Haku are just a few of them.

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* SparedByAdaption: SparedByAdaptation: Quite a few really. Obito, Rin, Hizashi, Minato, Zabuza, and Haku are just a few of them.

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* AllsWellThatEndsWell: When Sasuke came back in time, he murdered the Elders and Danzo by poisoning their tea, then forging a suicide note for Danzo. This...doesn't really have any repercussions. If anything, it made things better because it allows Minato to appoint a much better council.

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* AllsWellThatEndsWell: When Sasuke came back in time, he murdered the Elders and Danzo by poisoning their tea, then forging a suicide note for Danzo. This...doesn't really have any repercussions. If anything, it made things better because it allows Minato to appoint a much better council. council.
** The Third Hokage's death. While the village undoubtedly mourned his death that day, they eventually moved on. The only side effect is that Kakashi has to deal with accusations of murder from his own team.
** The Uchiha Clan Massacre. Sure, the entire clan is dead (again), with the exception of [[SparedByAdaption Obito]], but thanks to Naruto posing as Orochimaru and having the entire massacre blamed on him, Itachi never has to leave the village and Alternate!Sasuke has had most of his sanity spared...until Future!Sasuke came back and merged with him, taking control over his body.
** The actual time traveling. The Team never had any epiphany to actually tell anybody that they were time travelers, because things were going so well, and eventually only confessed when Naruto slipped and used Sage Mode during the Invasion. Even then, they only told Minato, Jiraiya, Tsunade, Itachi, and Anko.



* CurbStompBattle: Sasuke vs Orochimaru. One Tsukuyomi. That's all it took.



* ShipperOnDeck: Kiba to everyone but mostly Sasuke and Naruto.

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* ShipperOnDeck: Kiba to everyone but mostly Sasuke and Naruto. Naruto.
* SparedByAdaption: Quite a few really. Obito, Rin, Hizashi, Minato, Zabuza, and Haku are just a few of them.

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* AllsWellThatEndsWell: When Sasuke came back in time, he murdered the Elders and Danzo by poisoning their tea, then forging a suicide note for Danzo. This...doesn't really have any repercussions. If anything, it made things better because it allows Minato to appoint a much better council.



* ButterflyEffect: The Yondaime Hokage lives, the Sandaime Hokage dies, and Itachi stays in the village. All of this results in Orochimaru still being the Akatsuki which also results with them being a part of the Invasion. This leads to their downfall, and Ame gets a peace agreement with Konoha.



* HoYay: At least according to Kiba, much to everyone else's confusion.

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* HoYay: At least according to Kiba, much to everyone else's confusion. Apparently Naruto's obsession with bringing Sasuke back rubbed him the wrong way...



** Also played with. [[ItMakesAsMuchSenseInContext Therapy Jutsu]].

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** Also played with. [[ItMakesAsMuchSenseInContext [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Therapy Jutsu]].

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* ThereAreNoTherapists: Subverted. There are plenty of therapists but they're all civilians so most of what the ninjas would need therapists for is classified and the rest would be too much for a civilian to handle.

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* ThereAreNoTherapists: Subverted. There are plenty of therapists but they're all civilians so most of what the ninjas would need therapists for is classified and the rest would be too much for a civilian to handle. handle.
** Also played with. [[ItMakesAsMuchSenseInContext Therapy Jutsu]].
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** "You killed the Third Hokage?!"

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* CuttingtheKnot: Instead of destroying all of Kakuzu's hearts again, they decide to just take out his brain since he only has ''one'' of those.

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* CuttingtheKnot: CuttingTheKnot: Instead of destroying all of Kakuzu's hearts again, they decide to just take out his brain since he only has ''one'' of those.



* RoaringRampageofRevenge: They have to stop Sasuke from going off on one when he finds out that Madara's in the area.

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* RoaringRampageofRevenge: RoaringRampageOfRevenge: They have to stop Sasuke from going off on one when he finds out that Madara's in the area.



* YouAreTooLate: Orochimaru spends so much time arguing with Minato and Kakashi that by the time he calls on his minions to put up the barrier, Itachi has already quietly killed them.

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* YouAreTooLate: Orochimaru spends so much time arguing with Minato and Kakashi that by the time he calls on his minions to put up the barrier, Itachi has already quietly killed them.them.

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->'' After receiving a time travel jutsu as payment for a mission, the original four members of Team 7 each get a chance to go back to one event in their life and change it. Surely they will use such an awesome power responsibly...right? Don't count on it.''

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5409165/1/Its_For_a_Good_Cause_I_Swear It's For a Good Cause, I Swear!]]'' is a Naruto fanfiction by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/674180/Sarah1281 Sarah1281]].

After the events of the series, Team Seven [[PeggySue send themselves back in time]] to [[SetRightWhatOnceWasWrong change a moment from their past]]. Of course, once that's done they've still got the rest of their lives to live out and are determined to make them as interesting and convenient as possible.

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!!This fanfic provides examples of:

* BlatantLies: Naruto blames the Uchiha massacre on Orochimaru. It ''works.''
* CuttingtheKnot: Instead of destroying all of Kakuzu's hearts again, they decide to just take out his brain since he only has ''one'' of those.
*DraggedIntoDrag: ''Sort of.'' Sasuke doesn't think his curse form looks anything like it.
*HoYay: At least according to Kiba, much to everyone else's confusion.
* ItAmusedMe: The reason that Team Seven does anything.
* PeggySue
* RevengeBeforeReason: Sasuke has a bad habit of doing this which the others constantly bring up to his annoyance.
* RoaringRampageofRevenge: They have to stop Sasuke from going off on one when he finds out that Madara's in the area.
* RunningGag: Several including Naruto's puppet phobia, the list of people Gaara can't kill, Sasuke thinking Sakura is useless, the minimum sanity requirement, and Sasuke being suspected of swearing vengeance against anything that moves.
* SeriousBusiness: Team Seven has to pass this Chuunin Exam or they'll be forced to train with Gai.
* ShipperOnDeck: Kiba to everyone but mostly Sasuke and Naruto.
*ThereAreNoTherapists: Subverted. There are plenty of therapists but they're all civilians so most of what the ninjas would need therapists for is classified and the rest would be too much for a civilian to handle.
*YouAreTooLate: Orochimaru spends so much time arguing with Minato and Kakashi that by the time he calls on his minions to put up the barrier, Itachi has already quietly killed them.

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