History Fanfic / TruePotential

* NotSoSimilar: When Anko calls out Suien for killing one of his own henchmen, Suien points out that Anko was also trying to kill him and that like him, he didn't care about the henchman's life. Anko 's rebuttal is that he was her enemy and his goals opposed hers, but he was Suien's subordinate who shared the same goals, and Suien only killed him out of pure sadism.

* TrainingFromHell: Anko is quite fond of this. Most of the time, her students are completely exhausted by the end. Naruto, [[spoiler:when he gets his own genin team]], emulates her in his own way.

** Ibiki as well becomes this for [[spoiler:Naruto's Genin]] when he becomes their temporary sensei, putting on a terrifying display and scaring them to death. However, he himself admits he did it just for his own amusement, and in practice he actually averts this trope.

** After Sasori and Deidara bring [[spoiler:Kabuto]] to the hideout in the Land of the Rivers [[labelnote:note]]the one where Shukaku was extracted from Gaara at the beginning of ''Shippūden''[[/labelnote]], the latter replies with "Really? A rock blocking a secret entrance? That sounds like something out of a kid's manga".

** After Sasori and Deidara bring [[spoiler:Kabuto]] to the hideout in the Land of the Rivers [[labelnote:note]]the one where Shukaku was extracted from Gaara at the beginning of ''Shippūden''[[/labelnote]], the former replies with "Really? A rock blocking a secret entrance? That sounds like something out of a kid's manga".

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: After Sasori and Deidara bring [[spoiler: Kabuto]] to the hideout in the Land of the Rivers [[labelnote:note]]The one where Shukaku was extracted from Gaara at the beginning of Shippūden[[/labelnote]], the former replies with "Really? A rock blocking a secret entrance? That sounds like something out of a kid's manga".

** When Lee and Gai are doing one of their trademark over-the-top emotional moment, a little girl sees them and feels like she's seeing not only [[AgainstTheSunset a sunset despite the fact it's currently the afternoon]], but also a cliff and waves. She concludes that she's hallucinating and decides to head towards her home as fast as she can.

** During [[TheHerosBirthday his 14th birthday]], [[spoiler:Naruto has a conversation with Han, who decides to draw and tells his fellow jinchūriki to find better companionship in one of his friends, such as Hinata. He then winks at Naruto, who blushes and nervously says he doesn't think about that kind of stuff. This is followed by Han replying that he merely implied that the Konoha ninja might enjoy her company more given that they are in a relationship and that anything Naruto thought the Iwa shinobi was implying was something that the young Uzumaki thought to himself. He then says "There's actually a psychology student about such thought-", causing Naruto to stand up and say "Okay, I'm leaving!"]]

* RunningGag: During the final part of the Konoha Chūnin Exams, there's Ibiki constantly being annoyed every time Anko is loudly cheering for one of her students.

* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: Anybody dumb or naive enough to treat Naruto to ramen will find themselves with one of these.
* ShoutOutThemeNaming: Konohamaru can summon a monkey named Okorizaru (that's [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Primeape's]] Japanese name), and has two Bojutsu moves called "Close Combat" and "Rock Smash".

* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Invoked by Naruto and Anko during their fight against [[spoiler:Kabuto, as while he's rambling about his past of being a Root agent, the two are gathering Natural Energy to enter Sage Mode]].

* WhyWontYouDie: Raiga screams "WHY AREN'T YOU DYING YET?" to Anko during their fight.

* EnmityWithAnObject: In Chapter 6 , the narration refers to paperwork as Hiruzen Sarutobi's "number one nemesis of his entire life".

* [[spoiler:Oyashiro]] dies during said event as well, while he's still alive in canon.

* EmbarrassingNickname: Anko's nicknames for her genin, "Whiskers" (Naruto), "Stutters-chan" (Hinata), and "Lazy Ass" (Shikamaru).

*** Hinata nearly gasps before Anko does a rant against the Hyuga clan for two reasons: 1. Anko called Hinata by her real name instead of her nickname; 2. She asked for permission to say what's on her mind, even though she's the kind of person who wouldn't ask for permission in the first place.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Whenever Anko calls her students by their real names instead of their nicknames, it's a sign that she's being serious.
** Hinata nearly gasps before Anko does a rant against the Hyuga clan for two reasons: 1. Anko called Hinata by her real name instead of her nickname; 2. She asked for permission to say what's on her mind, even though she's the kind of person who wouldn't ask for permission in the first place.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8396246/1/True-Potential True Potential]]'' is a ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' FanFic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1335522/DryBonesKing DryBonesKing]]. It's a ForWantOfANail fic, with the PointOfDivergence being that Naruto becomes friends with Hinata and Shikamaru during the Academy. Shikamaru's father Shikaku notices this and suggests to the Sandaime Hokage to place the three together as a genin team, to which the Hokage eventually accepts. Their sensei is the rather unusual choice of Anko. The story slowly spirals outward from there, with many marked changes from the original canon.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: During the Kiri Invasion arc, Hinata is forced to work with Ao, a rebel shinobi who had taken a Byakugan eye from an Hyuga he killed in the previous war. Ao thinks of her as a self-righteous hypocrite since Hinata wouldn't care if that Hyuga killed Ao instead, while Hinata sees him as representing the entire reason for the Hyuga clan's division.

** Downplayed with Yugito, who likes to make puns (usually cat related) from time to time, but nowhere near as often as Kanji.

** Also, how Naruto reacts when Yugito (The Two Tailed Cat host) makes a cat pun. She takes offense when Naruto negatively compares it to Killer B's rapping.

** Shikamaru has one with [[spoiler:Kurotsuchi]]. At one point he expressed a little jealousy over Naruto and Hinata being able to see each other every day.
** Dosu also enters one with [[spoiler:Misora after Kiri-Civil-War.]] He is noticable miffed about not beeing selected for the Kumo-Invasion, thus missing the chance to meet her.

** [[FantasticRacism Karitoriki]] is Kirigakure's [[FinalSolution "Bloodline Hunter/Executioner"]]. In his first appearance, in chapter 45, he executes 5 people who happened to have bloodlines.

** Hinata nervously asks Naruto "W-Would y-you like to go s-somewhere together to eat o-or something?" However, [[ObliviousToLove Naruto]] misunderstands what she's saying and thinks she wants the two of them plus Shikamaru to spend time together, much to her disappointment. Noticing Hinata's reaction, [[ShipperOnDeck Shikamaru]] tells them he can't come given that he has to go home for some clan stuff (which ''[[SubvertedTrope isn't]]'' [[INeedToGoIronMyDog an excuse he just made up]]), thus allowing Naruto and Hinata to spend some time just the two of them.

*** Later on, [[spoiler: during Naruto's conversation with Yagura, they're interrupted by the arrival of Mei. The latter and Yagura have a BigDamnReunion where they hug each other and have TearsOfJoy. Smiling at that moment, Naruto decides to walk out of the room as he feels they need their time.]]

* AdaptationExpansion:
** Darui's backstory is expanded upon during [[spoiler: Team Anko's first C-Rank, when they run into [[OriginalCharacter Nasumareta]] - a member of the Akatsuki, Kakuzu's former partner, and Darui's older brother. According to him, Hidden Cloud kidnapped their mother for her Storm Release, and used her in a breeding program to obtain shinobis with that kekkei genkai. While Darui was young enough to not really be impacted by it and would later go on to become the Raikage's right-hand man, Nasumareta was old enough that he swore revenge on the Hidden Cloud.]]

* {{Anticlimax}}: [[spoiler:[[TheJuggernaut Kimimaro]]]] is unceremoniously killed off by Kabuto while in a coma, having never even encountered the heroes.
** Somewhat Justified post-TimeSkip: Kabuto [[spoiler:gives Kimimaro's body to Sasori for use as a puppet and as a peace offering]].

*** Yagura functions as the BigBad of the Kiri Invasion arc (albeit with Tobi as the ManBehindTheMan). He shows exactly why he's the [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking Mizukage]], taking on Naruto, Mei and Utakata at the same time.[[spoiler:After being freed from the mind-control, he accepts being declared dead so that Kiri can heal]].

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Chapter 57 shows why Homura and Koharu held their positions as the Hokage's advisors as long as they did, as despite their old age and not having been in active service for some time, they have proven to be able to hold their own against Team 3 during a training session.

** In chapter 140, it's mentioned that all the rebel Genin who took part in the Kirigakure Civil War were given a field promotion to Chunin (and some to Jonin) as a reward once the war was won. Upon hearing this, Naruto says that remaining a Genin after helping win a war would suck a lot. This is clearly a jab at how Naruto was never given a promotion despite all his amazing deeds through the series.

* TakeThat: It's subtle, but chapter 95 gives one to the [[{{Fanon}} idea of Naruto actively being physically abused by Konoha's citizens during his academy days]], with the Root agent Kido saying that only a fool would willingly assault Konoha's only jinchūriki.