History Naruto / TropesLToZ

** Asuma and Kurenai.
** Shikamaru and Temari.

* ShutUpHannibal: Standard answer to [[BreakThemByTalking a lecturing antagonist]].

* SlaveBrand: The Hyuga clan's branch family mark.

** Naruto has a particularly special mundane use for his clones, Clones when dismissed will automatically pass on any learned knowledge to the user, as Kakashi demonstrates by taking a Naruto clone away and telling it a number, when dismissed Naruto knows the number, while this is a useful skill in itself, it is limited to how many clones a user can produce, with most being able to summon maybe 3-4 clones at a time, Naruto can summon hundreds, which means he can learn massive amounts of knowledge at once, allowing him to mostly avoid the slow path of learning abilities, by having his clones all do the same task as him, and then dismissing them, he can learn techniques faster than most can, be that as it may, it is still hampered by Narutos slow learning pace, if a more "competant" ninja had this ability they would become GameBreaker level ninjas.

* MesACrowd: The various Clone Jutsu: Shadow, Water, Lightning, etc. Also seen to a smaller scale with Replacement and Substitution Jutsu. Then you have Zetsu, whose white half can be cultivated like a plant. The BigBad grows [[UptoEleven one-hundred-thousand]] copies of him to fight in the fourth ninja world war.

** Upon releasing [[DeadlyUpgrade the Fifth Gate]] in his fight against Gaara, Rock Lee kicks the Multihit Meteor variant UpToEleven. He kicks Gaara into the air, jumps behind him and kicks him towards the ground, and then jumps in front of him and hits him ''back into the air'', commencing the game of pinball. Things get rather uncomfortable for Gaara thereafter.

** Taken UpToEleven in the epilogue: [[spoiler:Naruto is seen typing on a high-tech laptop and Konoha has expanded into a massive modern-looking SkyscraperCity, but they still use swords, shuriken, and kunai as weapons.]]

* SerpentOfImmortality: The series's original prime villain, Orochimaru, has a decidedly serpentine motif (he's named after a mythical character who is in turn named after a hydra-like monster), with matching snakelike face, and the ability to summon a giant snake. He got these attributes in his search for a technique to bestow immortality. The degree of similarity with [[Literature/HarryPotter Voldemort]] is staggering, and both are examples of this trope meeting ReptilesAreAbhorrent. He also uses a technique that resurrects and controls dead shinobi to fight for him as undead zombies. Kabuto, who absorbs Orochimaru's powers, looks even more serpentine and takes the Reanimation jutsu UpToEleven.

** Even with his ''love life''. One would think that when a girl [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove sincerely confesses her love to you]], you either accept the confession or reject it. Naruto resorts to the third option of ''[[SelectiveObliviousness initially forgetting it]]'', and it's only until [[Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie two years later]] that he ''finally'' remembers it, [[LoveRevelationEpiphany realizes his love for her]], and becomes [[EveryoneCanSeeIt incredibly unsubtle with his feelings]]. Later on, with a different girl and a [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim different love confession]], he resorts to the ''[[UpToEleven fourth]]'' option of saying, "You're lying. You don't even mean it." In that case, though, it really ''was'' [[FalseConfession a meaningless love confession]], so he had every right to [[WhatTheHellHero call that girl out for lying]] and then [[ShipSinking reject her outright]]. [[JustifiedTrope However]], at the point when both confessions happened, things were intense and he still had trouble understanding how [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove romantic love]] towards him is even possible, considering how [[DarkAndTroubledPast his complicated life]] plagued him with insecurities.

** [[{{Kitsune}} Kurama]] is noticeably the slimmest tailed beast, to the point he occasionally looks emaciated due to thin arms and a visible ribcage, but he's also the strongest beast of all (barring the Ten Tails) with vast chakra reserves and the ability to level mountains with the whip of a single tail.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: According to the [[http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Special:BrowseData/Characters Naruto wiki]], there are at least 930 characters from all the various media.

* OvershadowedByAwesome: Too many characters to tell. Despite relatively consistent competence, Tsunade suffers from this chronically, as does her disciple Sakura (''despite'' being a designated main character and an ExtraordinarilyEmpoweredGirl). In-universe, Obito admits outright to Minato that he feels overshadowed by Kakashi's superior ability.

** Sakura and Hinata are another female Red Oni[=/=]Blue Oni pair. Whereas Hinata is a {{Shy Blue Haired|Girl}} NiceGirl who can barely talk to Naruto [[CharacterDevelopment until Part II]], Sakura is a HotBlooded rose-haired {{Tsundere}} who is ready to inflict [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale unnecessary damage]] on Naruto. By Part II, even their fighting styles became total opposites to each other's: they both use chakra, but Sakura is using it to increase the strength of her punches to [[SuperStrength monstrous levels]], making her a CuteBruiser, whereas Hinata is using the PressurePoint-based Gentle Fist-style of the Hyuga clan, making her a LadyOfWar. Furthermore, as a result of their respective personalities and body figures, Sakura has ACupAngst whereas Hinata is [[HiddenBuxom hiding her buxom figure in baggy clothes]]. Also, according to the anime, Sakura is a LethalChef whereas Hinata is a [[SupremeChef supreme one]]. %%- Do not add AmusingInjuries. Most would agree that Sakura hitting Naruto, especially for no reason, is decidedly not funny. People who have been beaten up by someone in real life will not find it funny, so Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment is enforced as a result.

** After the final battle Naruto is granted the rank of Jonin by the Hokage. He is then given a boatload of reading and study material to complete before he is offically ready assume his new rank.

* PairTheSpares: In an odd, non-romantic example, Sakura and Tsunade. It feels like the former asked the latter to train her so [[GenerationXerox every Sannin could have a member of Team 7 as their student]]. But while Jiraiya and Orochimaru had plenty of reasons to train Naruto and Sasuke, respectively, there's no good reason as for why Tsunade would agree to train Sakura, since not only is Tsunade a very busy woman, being both the Hokage and the village's foremost Medic-nin; Part I Sakura was a rather subpar ninja with no obvious strengths other than academics, meaning that Tsunade would have very little incentive to spend what little spare time she had training a ninja that hadn't shown much potential. On top of that, at no point before that moment did Sakura ever show any interest in learning Medical Jutsu or talent for it.

* TrueCompanions: The [[FanNickname Konoha 11]].

* QuietingTheUnquietDead: Edo Tensei is a technique developed by the Second Hokage where the user is able to resurrect a deceased individual in an indestructible body at the cost of a HumanSacrifice. The only ways to break the technique are to seal the target away or if they manage to find peace, at which point they can break free from it on their own.

%%** Affects Orochimaru in Part II, and clumsily justified.

%%** [[ZigZaggingTrope Cycling]] trope concerning Sasuke.

** Naruto's surname, Uzumaki, means "spiral" or "whirlpool". There's a famous whirlpool in Japan near the city of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naruto_whirlpool Naruto]] — and it's given its name to those spirally pink things you sometimes see on ramen, which is Naruto's favourite food. (They're called naruto kamaboko, and if you're wondering, they're made of processed fish.) The spiral motif is all over the manga, especially where Naruto himself is concerned. The Leaf Village symbol, the seal on Naruto's chest, his graffiti stylings... just look at the first page of the manga! Further compounding this is the fact that his signature attack is called "Rasengan", which means "Helix Circle". Given that Naruto can mean both 'Maelstrom' and 'Fishcake', his full name can be translated as Maelstrom Whirlpool. Fitting for someone whose ancestors came from a place called the Village Hidden Among The Whirling Tides in The Land Of Whirlpools.

** Despite being critical to the backstory of the series, Senju Clan doesn't appear to exist anymore by the events of the story and the reason why is never addressed or even hinted at.

** The Hokage lineage is probably the most well-known one: The First & Second Hokage > The Third Hokage > Jiraiya > The Fourth Hokage > Kakashi (The future Sixth Hokage) > Naruto (The future Seventh Hokage).

** The Hokage lineage is the most well-known one: The First & Second Hokage > The Third Hokage > Jiraiya > The Fourth Hokage > Kakashi > Naruto.

** The First & Second Hokage > The Third Hokage > Jiraiya > The Fourth Hokage > Kakashi > Naruto (provides the page's picture).

*** Summons in Naruto automatically return to where they came from eventually, so one can assume that's what happened to the second snake in the manga.

There are [[TropeOverdosed so many tropes]] in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' that we had to split its trope page. Please add character tropes directly to said character entry on one of ''Naruto'''s numerous [[Characters/{{Naruto}} characters sheets]], unless it is a key plot point or a remarkable recurring trope (e.g., on this page: NotSoStoic). This is to keep these pages from inflating artificially.

** Later, there was the written exam of the Chuunin Exam. The test consists of ten hard questions, with the final question being a secret until after the exam ends. During the first portion of the test, students have to attempt to stealthily cheat off of the others without being caught: if a student is caught cheating five times, they and their team will fail. The test's proctor explains before a "final question" is issued that if any student gets this question wrong, they and ''any remaining classmate present'' will fail the exam by default and be permanently barred from becoming a Chuunin. Any student may choose to leave before the question, however: doing so will cause their team to fail, but they will be permitted to retake the exam next year. In truth, all teams that choose to try to answer the final question pass automatically: the purpose of this "question" is to determine if they are willing to face the unknown for the sake of their teammates, as well as to weed out those who would betray their teammates for their own sake. Naruto inspired the class he's in enough to pass, refusing to run away. Another class in a filler arc fails after being accused of having the the potential of betrayal, preventing them from retaking the exam.

* TheUnreveal: [[{{Filler}} Episode 101]] of the original anime, in which Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura go into SeriousBusiness mode to try and see what Kakashi looks like underneath his mask. At the end they fail, and Naruto straight out asks him what's underneath. Kakashi pulls off his mask slowly... [[spoiler:only to reveal another mask underneath.]]
** For many, Tobi's true identity.

** The biggest example is the rivalry between the Uchiha and Senju clans. It started over an argument between two siblings on who was the rightful heir to the Sage of Six Paths, which evolved into a bitter rivalry between their descendants. Their clans would fight and each member killed by the other clan would only serve to fuel their need to fight one another.