History Naruto / AnimeAndOthers

** UpToEleven in the new anime filler Chikara Arc.

* {{Filler}}: Before the TimeSkip, filler made up 38% of the entire series, including 85 episodes in a row. These mostly consisted of various examples of DefeatMeansFriendship, fights against blatant {{Filler Villain}}s and several one-shots of slapstick/potty humor, all with no plot relevance; by the end it was being described by fans as a form of torture. Initially Shippuuden has taken to spreading out the filler arcs, probably to keep this from happening ever again. There's also clearly been a shift from three-episode pointlessness to AdaptationExpansion :The Ninja Guardians arc featured an expanded backstory for a character who probably wasn't going to get another chance to have one; the Three Tails arc created a story arc of 22 episodes out of an event that took all of half an issue in the manga; and the Six-tails Unleashed had one of the jinchuriki as it's protagonist. Unfortunately this ended with the post-Pain's Invasion filler arcs which returned to the random formula, and were often told in {{Flashback}}s. Then it was taken UpToEleven during the Ten-Tails attack arc, that got almost as much filler shoved in in-between plotpoints of a single arc (that was already tediously long, even in the manga), as the above mentioned filler saga of Part 1. In the end, out of Shippuuden's 500 episodes, 203 or 41% were filler.

* UpToEleven[=/=]SerialEscalation: The Ougis of the Ultimate Ninja Series by Creator/CyberConnect2 have become infamous for this, and are definitely much more powerful than the manga or anime, going to near-Manga/DragonBall levels of destruction at times.

* {{Fanservice}}: Not too over-the-top, but excuses to put girls in all sorts of revealing outfits ''will'' be found and employed (summer endings regularly feature Sakura in a bikini; Hinata was shortly featured in a bunny christmas outfit, a SpyCatsuit and a {{Qipao}}).

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Shippuuden episode 82's mature and soulful examination of Shikamaru's character in the wake of Asuma's death was a temporary but dramatic departure in tone and style from the series norm. Partially the result of AdaptationExpansion, since what Shikamaru's doing is shown as a montage with no dialogue in the manga.

There are [[TropeOverdosed so many tropes]] in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' that we had to split its trope page. This one is for the tropes specific to other media than the manga itself, especially the anime.

** The fourteenth Shippuden ending Features Sakura prominently, and makes the show look like it's a romance. While the previous one is ''only'' Hinata and makes it [[MoodWhiplash look like]] a SliceOfLife!

Naruto/TropesAToK ([[BerserkButton/{{Naruto}} Berserk Button]], [[BigBrotherInstinct/{{Naruto}} Big Brother Instinct]], [[Bowdlerise/{{Naruto}} Bowdlerise]], [[BrokenAesop/{{Naruto}} Broken Aesop]], [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass/{{Naruto}} Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]], [[FamousLastWords/{{Naruto}} Famous Last Words]], [[Hypocrite/{{Naruto}} Hypocrite]], [[Jerkass/{{Naruto}} Jerkass]], [[JerkassHasAPoint/{{Naruto}} Jerkass Has a Point]]) | Naruto/TropesLToZ ([[NiceGuy/{{Naruto}} Nice Guy]], [[ShipTease/{{Naruto}} Ship Tease]], [[ShoutOut/{{Naruto}} Shout-Out]], [[TookALevelInKindness/{{Naruto}} Took a Level in Kindness]], [[WhamEpisode/{{Naruto}} Wham Episode]], [[WhamLine/{{Naruto}} Wham Line]]) | '''Anime and Others''']]]]-]

Naruto/TropesAToK ([[BerserkButton/{{Naruto}} Berserk Button]], [[BrokenAesop/{{Naruto}} Broken Aesop]], [[FamousLastWords/{{Naruto}} Famous Last Words]], [[Hypocrite/{{Naruto}} Hypocrite]]) | Naruto/TropesLToZ ([[ShipTease/{{Naruto}} Ship Tease]], [[ShoutOut/{{Naruto}} Shout-Out]], [[WhamEpisode/{{Naruto}} Wham Episode]]) | '''Anime and Others''']]]]-]

* ThemeTuneCameo: Variations on the ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daPo6q4FXDw Naruto Main Theme]]'' show up in all sorts of places during Part I (most obviously in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ5IFrz9qO4 Grief and Sorrow]]''), but the really astounding bit is the track ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED4ym_MMbqM Crushing]]'' from the second OST (original soundtrack) of Part II. It's by a completely different composer, yet...

** "Rainbow Chakra".

* {{Mondegreen}}: Exhibited by the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJJiEaFZgT0&t=0m04s original English, dub-exclusive]] AnimeThemeSong for the first two seasons ("Rise, Power!", composed by Jeremy Sweet and Ian Nickus). Just look at the comments for the video attempting to decipher the lyrics, which range from "Rice, chew your sock!" to "Rise, do your stuff!" to "Fries, too much salt!". The official lyrics apparently consist of "'''Rise, ''tsuyosa''!'''", with "tsuyosa" [[http://jisho.org/words?jap==strength&dict=edict&common=on&romaji=on meaning strength/power in Japanese.]]

* BeeAfraid: In a filler fight from Shippuden, Sakura accidentally dislodges an enormous hornet's nest from a mountain while attacking Kabuto. Oddly, the hornets ignore her and go straight for Kabuto, who, despite being startled, cuts them down before they can hurt him.

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: There seems to be a "Dragon Missile" technique for every element, which forms the element into a dragon shape appropriate to the element and then blasts the opponent. Turned UpToEleven with the tenth anniversary game [[MeaningfulName Ryujinki]], which compared to the main series, is ''entirely'' this. In the game, although the bosses being dragons and Naruto's new CoolSword are understandable given the theme, Naruto can use a ''[[RuleOfCool dragon-shaped Rasengan]]''.

** Part I filler introduces a minor village called “Hoshigakure”, with its leaders dubbing themselves as “Hoshikage” in hopes that they’d be recognized by the 5 Great countries. During the arc they were introduced, it was stated that they were founded roughly two hundred years before, which contradicts the later revelation that the first Hidden Village to be created was actually Konoha, with its founders being Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha.

** Part I filler introduces a minor village called “Hoshigakure”, with its leaders dubbing themselves as “Hoshikage” in hopes that they’d be recognized by the 5 Great countries. During the arc they were introduced, it was stated that they were founded roughly two hundred years before, which contradicts the later revelation that the first Hidden Village to be founded was actually Konoha, with its founders being Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha.

** Part I filler introduces a minor village called “Hoshigakure”, with its leaders dubbing themselves as “Hoshikage” in hopes that they’d be recognized by the 5 Great countries. During the arc they were introduced, it was stated that they were founded roughly two hundred years before, which contradicts the later revelation that the first Hidden Village was actually Konoha, with its founders being Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha.

** Part I filler introduces a minor village called “Hoshigakure”, with its leaders subbing themselves as “Hoshikage” in hopes that they’d be recognized by the 5 Great countries. During the arc they were introduced, it was stated that they were founded roughly two hundred years before, which contradicts the later revelation that the first Hidden Village was actually Konoha, with its founders being Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha.

** Part I filler introduces a minor village called “Hoshigakure”, with its leaders calling “Hoshikage” in hopes that they’d be recognized by the 5 Great countries. During the arc they were introduced, it was stated that they were founded roughly two hundred years before, which contradicts the later revelation that the first Hidden Village was actually Konoha, with its founders being Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha.

** During the Hidan and Kakuzu arc one of the omakes state that the Akatsuki have captured four tailed beasts already, not counting the two tail, and later in the same arc, after sealing the two tail, Pain states that they only have four tailed beasts left to acquire. This was accurate to the manga at the time, but the anime later added a new arc revolving around Utakata, the 6 tail host, who was originally one of the four beasts Akatsuki captured off screen in the manga, retroactively making both Tsunade and Pain's counts inaccurate.