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18	''Here be spoilers. Anything that has not been aired on the free version[[note]]one week after the paid version[[/note]] of [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/library/Naruto_Shippuden Crunchyroll]] should be spoiler-tagged.''
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20	!!Kakashi Hatake
21	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KazuhikoInoue (JP), Creator/KenichiSuzumura (Sukea), Creator/MutsumiTamura (child; Anime/NarutoShippudenTheMovieTheLostTower onward), Creator/DaveWittenberg (main series), Creator/KyleHebert (''Manga/RockLeesSpringtimeOfYouth'') (EN), [[Creator/AlfonsoObregonInclan Alfonso Obregón-Inclán]] (Latin America), Juan Antonio Arroyo (Spain), Lionel Bourguet (French, 1st voice), Jean-Michel Vovk (French, 2nd voice), Franck Dacquin (French, first three ''Shippuden'' movies)
22	!!!'''Debut:''' ''Naruto'' Chapter 3 (Manga), ''Naruto'' Episode 3 (Anime)
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24	[[quoteright:235:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/naruto_kakashi.png]]
25	[[caption-width-right:235:[[labelnote:Click here to see him in ''The Last'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kakashi___the_last.png[[/labelnote]]]]
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27	->''[[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight In the ninja world, those who break the rules are scum, that's true, but those who abandon their comrades are worse than scum]].''
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29	Kakashi Hatake is a sneaky, snarky ninja who serves as sensei of Team 7, and also as TheBigGuy and TheSmartGuy. Prior to Team 7, he had failed ''every single'' applicant who had come before him. He's one of the strongest ninja in Konoha, and is never seen without his dirty pornographic novel/manga.
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31	Kakashi, for reasons that are at first unknown, has a Sharingan in his left eye, despite not being of the Uchiha (In a Gaiden {{prequel}} story, the eye was revealed to have been transplanted from his deceased friend Obito Uchiha, one of Sasuke's relatives). Kakashi has mastered its use about as well as a non-Uchiha can, picking up the epithet "Copy Ninja." He knows dozens of techniques, and has even unlocked a Mangekyo Sharingan that differs from Itachi, although using it puts enormous strain on his body. His only unique jutsu is the Chidori (and its upgraded form, Raikiri), a technique that consists of covering one of his full hands in his lightning-natured chakra, which allows him to cut/stab any target with a single blow.
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33	In ''Shippuden'', Naruto and Sakura's development causes Kakashi to serve less as a mentor and more as a comrade. He still teaches Naruto, though, eventually helping him create a more powerful variant of the Rasengan.
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35	In the Fourth Shinobi World War, he serves as the leader of the Third Division. Later he proved instrumental in the fight against his former comrade Obito, Madara, and the [[TheManBehindTheMan true mastermind behind the war, Kaguya]]. After war's end, Kakashi becomes the Sixth Hokage and by putting his own neck on the line uses his new influence along with Naruto's testimony and the agreement of the other kages to in effect put Sasuke on probation rather than imprisoning or executing him for his crimes. [[Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie Two years later, despite having lost his Sharingan at the end of the war, Kakashi proves himself a great leader by helping citizens on earth stay alive during the course of the movie]]. He also invented a replacement for the now impractical to use Chidori, a jutsu just as powerful but not as fast, called Purple Lightning.
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37	By the time the epilogue rolls by, Kakashi goes into comfortable retirement while [[PassingTheTorch passing on the mantle of Hokage to his student, Naruto]]. He still remains on semi-active duty as a ninja as well, helping out and investigating behind the scenes.
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39	->His hobby is reading (Icha Icha series).
40	->Favorite word: "Teamwork"
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45	* EleventhHourSuperpower: After Obito dies, he's able to grant Kakashi his full Mangekyo Sharingan. This grants Kakashi the use of Obito's IntangibleMan powers, Perfect Susanoo, and the ability to imbue all of his attacks with Kamui so they can PortalCut if they connect. And because Obito was also host to the Ten-Tails, he gets Rikudo's power as part of the deal so his attacks aren't instantly absorbed. [[AwesomeButTemporary He loses this power when Obito finally passes on due to no longer channeling Obito's spirit, as he had already lost his Sharingan to Madara before.]]
46	* TheAce: He is very likely the most talented shinobi ever produced by the Leaf without any special [[SuperpowerfulGenetics Bloodline Limit]], moving through the ninja ranks even more quickly than prodigies like Itachi. Tsunade and Jiraiya agree that Kakashi is next in line for Hokage as though an afterthought, and he becomes the Sixth Hokage soon after the Fourth Great Ninja War.
47	* AchillesHeel: Kakashi, while he has an all around awesome skill-set, has massive stamina issues. This is exacerbated by his Sharingan, both from the fact that he can't turn it off and so it leeches away his chakra even when he has it covered and because actively using it is far more draining for him than it would be for an Uchiha. While his stamina does improve over the years, this is partially offset by him learning jutsu that require even more chakra, namely Kamui. Several of his major battles in the series result in him getting bed-ridden for over-expending his energy.
48	* AfterlifeAntechamber: Ended up in one when he used up the last of his chakra to save Choji from Pain. He got revived but before this happened he had enough time to meet with his long dead father Sakumo, whose regrets had kept him in the same chamber ever since his suicide, and make peace with him. This allowed his father's spirit to finally move on to the afterlife and reunite with his long dead wife.
49	* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: That first flashback of him killing Rin turned out to be very misleading. She actually wanted him to do it, but he point-blank refused despite the Mist's plans for her. She took matters into her own hands and jumped in front of his attack.
50	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter:
51	** He was it for Obito in their childhood... over and over and over...
52	** He also was this for Guy that in turn caused their FriendlyRivalry.
53	* AndIMustScream: He was the first in-series victim of the Mangekyo Sharingan's [[MindRape Tsukuyomi]] seen, in which Itachi crucified him and stabbed him repeatedly without letting him die. For what felt like three days. Without stopping...
54	* ArrogantKungFuGuy: As a kid, he was obsessed with following the rules and living like an obedient toy soldier. Anyone who didn't train themselves to be an ideal ninja was out of step with the rest and a disgrace. It was brought on by a fear that deviating from the shinobi code would lead to ostracism, since his father Sakumo chose to put his comrade's lives above a mission. The Leaf ninja felt betrayed, because it is their master goal to ensure a success of a mission at all costs. Sakumo was chided ''viciously'' by his peers, even those he had saved, and DrivenToSuicide. Kakashi feared the same might happen to him. After Obito brought him to his senses and warned him it would pretty much strip him of his humanity to live like this, he broke out of it.
55	* AssShove: His [[MundaneMadeAwesome One Thousand Years of Death]] is nothing more than an over-glorified Kanchō, a Japanese prank common among children. That doesn't discredit its effectiveness.
56	* AuraVision: One of the most standard abilities of the Sharingan is to see Chakra.
57	* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Pretty good at figuring out the skills of dangerous opponents such as [[PsychoForHire Zabuza]], [[SoulJar Kakuzu]], [[AGodAmI Pain]] and [[IntangibleMan Tobi]]. Considered to be the best at it by Guy and Naruto.
58	* BackFromTheDead: Gets killed and later revived by Pain.
59	* BackToBackBadasses: With Guy. They trust each other implicitly and are familiar with each other's fighting styles, making them a very dangerous combination on the battlefield.
60	* BadassBoast: ''"The "Copy Ninja" Kakashi, the man who copied one thousand techniques… is about to go on a rampage!"''
61	* BadassBookworm: Naruto calls him "as smart as [[ImprobablyHighIQ Shikamaru]]", which, combined with his status as the most elite ninjutsu specialist in the Hidden Leaf, would make him this easily. {{Inverted\|Trope}} with his actual choice of literature -- Jiraiya's erotic novels.
62	%%* BadassTeacher: His students certainly think so.
63	%%* BadassTransplant: His [[MagicalEye Sharingan]](s).
64	* BattleAura: Gains one when Naruto gives him the refined, combined chakra that he and Kurama made, resulting in a Version 1 cloak. He commented that it's even stronger than the dose that Kurama had given him originally, which increased his power threefold.
65	* BeneathTheMask: Figuratively and literally.
66	** During the Third Great Ninja War, he was very arrogant and condescending, even to his sensei when he became a captain, and often belittled Obito when he fell behind or spoke up. But deep down, beneath the condescending exterior, when confronted by Obito about abandoning Rin, Kakashi pauses for a moment and thinks back on his father’s suicide, and warns Obito about what happens to those who don’t follow the Shinobi code. Despite his outward condescension towards him, Kakashi didn’t want Obito to face the same stigma his father suffered.
67	** As an adult, particularly as a squad leader, he seems a rather quirky, peculiar, tardy teacher who’s usually late to meeting with his squad, but ultimately proves to be a loyal and protective leader. His tardiness and excuses of being late is later revealed to be a cover up for him paying his tributes to his late friend, and former rival, Obito.
68	* {{BFS}}: Wields Zabuza's Executioner Blade for a short while in the 4th world war against the other Seven Swordsmen.
69	* BigDamnHeroes: He has a habit of joining fights by showing up out of nowhere to save his comrades.
70	* BlessedWithSuck: Because he isn't an Uchiha, he can't deactivate the Sharingan and it rapidly drains his chakra whenever he uses it, leaving him bedridden after extended use; he keeps the eye covered when he doesn't need it in order to prevent this. The Mangekyō Sharingan drains a considerable amount of chakra when performed. The eye's usage also places a great strain on Kakashi, wearing him down and causing deterioration of his eye's vision until eventually his eye went blind during the Fourth Shinobi World War.
71	* BoringYetPractical: His fighting style tends to be this, which is part of why he's overshadowed so much. His summons are a perfect example. Most ninja call up a giant animal to fight for them; Kakashi has a pack of hunting hounds.
72	* BreakTheHaughty: Happens in ''Kakashi Gaiden'', when he gets the worst dose of cold reality you could believe.
73	* BrokenAce: So broken that his emotional damage is arguably almost completely responsible for the events OF THE ENTIRE MANGA. In-universe, Kakashi admits he is this to Sasuke in an attempt to convince Sasuke that revenge isn't everything and that living with the pain of his losses, while difficult, is possible. [[ForegoneConclusion It doesn't work]]. Later, Kakashi tells Obito and Minato that losing Obito, Rin, and Minato all within the span of a year all but completely broke him, going on to state that there was nothing stopping him from completely sinking into despair except for the fact that Obito had entrusted his Sharingan to him. Given the amount of characters that's turned to darker paths for similar reasons, it's a bit of an eye-opener as to how close Kakashi could have been to completely losing himself as well.
74	* BrokenPedestal: His childhood friend Obito Uchiha, who he originally thought was dead, and who was also the source of most of his ideals as an adult [[EvilFormerFriend is now one of his greatest enemies]].
75	* BroughtDownToBadass: He loses his Sharingan to Madara and gets his normal eye restored by Naruto's new healing powers right after. Of course, he is still a highly trained ninja, but that means he can no longer use any of his Sharingan abilities or even his Raikiri properly. Obito's spirit later gives both his eyes the Mangekyo Sharingan, but this wears off after Kaguya's defeat.
76	* BunnyEarsLawyer: The first of many, many examples among the characters. See also AssShove, LovableSexManiac.
77	* CanineCompanion: The Ninja Hounds that he uses as a tracking unit.
78	* TheCaptain: Of Squad 7.
79	* CaretakerReversal: For most of their lives, it's been Guy attempting to take care of Kakashi, both in regards to his physical and mental well-being. However, after [[CareerEndingInjury permanently injuring his right leg]] against Madara, it's shown in ''Kakashi Hiden'' that a large part of Kakashi's life is now spent at Guy's side, happily helping his crippled friend adapt to being confined to a wheelchair.
80	* CelibateHero: By the end of the series, Kakashi remains single.
81	* CerebusRetcon: His habits of coming late and making lame excuses are revealed to be his way to honor his deceased friend Obito.
82	* CharacterDevelopment: Kakashi lived most of his life in an attempt to emulate and memorialize his childhood friend. He adopted an entirely new personality and mannerisms, his pathological lateness is even attributed to him spending three hours straight at the Memorial Stone every single day, staring at Obito's name. This continued until during the Fourth Shinobi World War when he learned that Obito had become the BigBad. This information almost broke him, but it was also the event that contributed to him finally finding closure and gave him the will to live his own life.
83	* CharacterTics: His happy eye-arch.
84	* ChildProdigy: Youngest Genin and Chunin graduated at 5 and 6.
85	* CombatClairvoyance: With the Sharingan, Kakashi can accurately reproduce any movement he sees (his own physical skill permitting) and take in a heightened amount of visual information.
86	* TheComicallySerious: Often his nonchalance is used in humor, especially to contrast [[HotBlooded Guy]].
87	* CoolKidAndLoserFriendship: Shown to have this from early childhood with Guy. While Kakashi was naturally gifted and admired all throughout their Academy and teenaged years, Guy was viewed as the weird loser who couldn't do anything beyond taijutsu.
88	* CoolTeacher: Team 7 was the first team that he ever passed, because they're the first one to catch his lesson on putting each other's safety ahead of the mission.
89	* CovertPervert: He's obsessed with the "Icha Icha" series of adult novels, and gets embarrassed when asked to read certain passages to others. Naruto once got the drop on him by pretending to spoiler one book's ending.
90	* CurbStompBattle: Delivers one to Team 7 during the bell test. Sasuke is the only one who makes him put a semblance of effort, but even then, Kakashi beats him without much trouble.
91	* CurbStompCushion: Generally gets hit with this trope, despite being subjected to TheWorfEffect rather frequently. Whenever Kakashi confronts members of the Akatsuki, he does much better than most could do, but is still ultimately overwhelmed. He has the skill, intelligence and just enough speed and power to keep up with them, even the likes of Itachi and Pain, and more than held his own against Kakuzu, Deidara and Hidan, but he doesn't. He ''might'' have been able to beat the weaker members mentioned, especially via Kamui, but all of his conclusive 1V1 fights after Zabuza end with him losing or tagging out with/being joined by someone else, such as Naruto. Out of them, this trope is best demonstrated with his fight with Itachi. The Copy Ninja actually holds his own when Itachi isn't using his Mangekyou Sharingan powers, even impressing Itachi to a degree, but once Itachi uses Tsukuyomi, Kakashi (although managing to survive) is rendered comatose.
92	* CynicismCatalyst: Kakashi became obsessed with the shinobi code and began placing the mission above his teammates after his father committed suicide, having become ostracized and falling into despair for failing a mission to save his comrades.
93	* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Kakashi had two forbidden techniques: Raikiri, an enhanced Chidori; and Kamui, which [[OneHitKill sucks anything he looks at into another dimension]]. Both are limited by chakra capacity. He figured out how to increase his chakra capacity (and taught Sasuke how as well).
94	* ADayInTheLimelight:
95	** {{Subverted\|Trope}} with ''Kakashi Gaiden''. It appeared to be this when it came out, going into his backstory and explaining his personality and Sharingan. Looking at the series as a whole, it's clearly ''really'' about establishing Obito, who would go on to have a massive impact on the plot.
96	** He gets two proper ones in a filler arc called ''ANBU Kakashi Arc'', which depicts his past between killing Rin and the start of the main series, and the light novel ''Literature/KakashiHidenLightningInTheIcySky''.
97	* DeadpanSnarker: Always has a straight face. One would imagine the mask probably helps in this department.
98	-->'''Kakashi:''' Naruto, you can't ''kill'' the client. That's not how it works.
99	* DespairEventHorizon:
100	** It's indicated in the anime filler that covers his time in ANBU during and after the Kyuubi attack that Kakashi was dangerously close to this after the death of his sensei, leaving him the last living member of his team (to his knowledge). It's never outright stated, but it's implied the reason why Kakashi wasn't a big part of Naruto's life until he became a genin was because he was so mentally anguished that he couldn't be trusted around small children, even if they were his sensei's son. He was barely able to take care of ''himself''; there's no way he would've been able to handle a baby Jinchuuriki. It took a lot of time and support for him to move past this, and it wasn't until Team 7 that he really began to heal.
101	** As is becoming clear that Tobi is Obito, he's been slowly getting there again. [[HopeCrusher Obito]] in turn, in every way helps but thankfully, Guy and Naruto snap him out of it.
102	* DiscardAndDraw: After the Fourth Great Ninja War, using the Chidori became impractical for Kakashi with him no longer having the Sharingan to circumvent the tunnel vision issue that comes with the technique. As a result, Kakashi develops the weaker but less chakra- and body-intensive Purple Lightning as a replacement.
103	* DishingOutDirt: He can use Earth Release to move underground for sneak attacks or produce walls to defend himself or block enemies.
104	* DontCallMeSir: After becoming the Hokage, he often has to remind others to address him without "Lord."
105	* DuelToTheDeath: His fight with Obito was supposed to be the ItsPersonal version. Unfortunately, Obito purposefully invoked this in order to have Kakashi get rid of the "no-suicide" seal on his heart.
106	* EarnYourHappyEnding: This guy really deserved a Happy Ending after everything that happened to him. To sum up, he lost his parents, became jaded, then one by one his teammates and sensei, enlisted in the ANBU to see some of his teammates die, watched his Junior in the ANBU turn 'evil'. Then, when finally things were becoming right for him, his student turned to evil to exact vengeance, the student's brother (his Junior in ANBU) crippling him for weeks (making him unable to save his student), freaking DYING in the invasion of his village (he got better),seeing the vengeance filled student turn mad and a raging psychopath bent on killing them and the village, seeing his allies and respected enemies mindlessly controlled by a maniac, fighting the BigBad to realise he was actually his childhood friend thought to be dead, fatally stabbing him, going blind in an eye, seeing his childhood friend die again for real, witnessing Sasuke's revolution and the subsequent fight. After that, he became the village 's leader for several years, helped the student redeem himself for good, fulfilling his childhood friends' and [[ParentalSubstitute Parental Figure's]] dreams, enforcing peace in the world. After it, he went into a peaceful retirement as a guiding force behind the new generation, inspiring thousands. Happy Ending doesn't even begin to describe what it meant for him.
107	* EvenTheGuysWantHim: The few females ''and'' males who have seen him unmasked are, well, ''very'' impressed.
108	* EverybodysDeadDave: His backstory can be summed up in this one trope. When Sasuke threatens to kill someone close to him so Kakashi can understand his pain, Kakashi replies that [[HarmfulToMinors everyone he cares about is already dead]].
109	* ExcuseMeWhileIMultitask: Given a sufficiently inexperienced opponent, he can fight with one hand and read pornographic novels (namely, the ''Icha Icha'' series written by Jiraiya) with the other. He is quite happy to demonstrate this ability.
110	* ExoticEyeDesigns: His [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110803152736/naruto/images/e/e0/Mangeky%C5%8D_Sharingan_Kakashi.svg Mangekyo Sharingan]].
111	* EyepatchOfPower: Normally covers his left eye with his [[MartialArtsHeadband headband]]. Underneath is his Sharingan. He hides it because unlike an Uchiha, Kakashi is incapable of turning it off at will. Only when facing a strong opponent does he uncover it.
112	* EyeScream: He lost his eye after taking a slash for Obito. His Sharingan is ripped out by Madara, who jams it into his own empty socket. Thankfully, Naruto uses the chakra gifted to him by the Sage of the Six Paths to give him a new eye.
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115	* FailureHero: How he sees himself after watching his childhood team die and failing to talk Sasuke out of defecting.
116	* {{Foreshadowing}}: At the beginning of ''Shippuden'', Kakashi shows that he learned a new technique called Kamui which allows Mangekyou Sharingan users to teleport something or anyone into another dimension. But we also learn that to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan the user needs to kill/see the death of an important person in their life. Also, Kakashi mentions in one moment that he couldn't keep the promise that he gave Obito to protect Rin. So, how could Kakashi awaken his Mangekyou Sharingan? After Tobi's identity is revealed we learn that Kakashi's Sharingan became a Mangekyō Sharingan long before the events of ''Shippuden'', when he, with his own hands, killed Rin, that also became a trauma that simultaneously caused the Mangekyō to awaken in Obito.
117	* ForgottenPhlebotinum:
118	** Kakashi's had the Mangekyo Sharingan for nearly twenty years. Sure would've been handy against Orochimaru or Itachi. Granted, he fell unconscious the moment he unlocked it and didn't encounter another Mangekyo Sharingan user until he fought Itachi, so he might not have even realized he had one until then at the earliest. Even if he did realize, the use of the normal Sharingan drains a lot of chakra (he was out of commission for a few days after the first battle with Zabuza) and the Mangekyo Sharingan requires ''even more'' chakra, so it's possible that he hadn't yet the stamina required to use it.
119	** Additionally, given Kakashi's mental state after the incident, he was in no hurry to reflect or meditate on Rin's death. The guy was on the verge of working himself to death for years after Rin died. He didn't have the Uchiha Stone to tell him of the eye's power either. That was probably a good thing, since the stone was a trap to trick disgruntled Sharingan users into treachery. Had Kakashi discovered the stone and the eye's powers, Black Zetsu could have had a field day trying to manipulate the emotionally unstable guy (not that Obito would have allowed it).
120	* FourStarBadass: As General of the Third Division.
121	* FourTemperamentEnsemble:Phlegmatic: Introverted, thoughtful, insightful and contemplative.
122	* FriendlyRivalry: Proud owner of the ''ultimate'' rivalry with Might Guy, lasting from their early childhood, up into adulthood, and still very, very intense as they go over the hill, showing absolutely ''NO'' signs of slowing down. Also, it should be noted that Guy and Kakashi's rivalry is one of the only positive rivalry relationships in the series (and is really the only positive relationship Kakashi has these days). Every other rivalry usually makes the losing part very bitter, or their friendship dissolves. This includes Naruto/Sasuke, Hashirama/Madara, and Sarutobi/Danzo. Even if Naruto and Sasuke eventually rekindled their friendship, it does not detract from how much pain and how long it took to get to that point.
123	* GenerationXerox:
124	** He was mentioned to greatly resemble his father Sakumo Hatake, Konoha's White Fang, which made his enemies tremble in fear of him even when he was just about thirteen years of age, mistaking him for his father. Cut to many years after when he is already known as ''Kakashi of the Sharingan'' and you know the awesome is InTheBlood.
125	*** Another unfortunate parallel he had to his father are their [[DespairEventHorizon suicidal tendencies]]. Sakumo was DrivenToSuicide after he was scorned for failing a major mission in order to save his comrades; Kakashi was nearly driven to the same after he lost every other member of his original team in the span of a single year, who also happened to be the closest he had to family after Sakumo's death. ''Unlike'' Sakumo, Kakashi still had one person in his life to support him: his best friend Might Guy, who managed to keep him off the ledge long enough to rebuild a stronger support system with Team 7 years later. It's because of Team 7 (and more specifically Naruto) that Kakashi is able to break out of his worst bout of depression yet after learning Obito is the BigBad Tobi.
126	** Further xerox-ing lays credibility that since the Third Hokage taught the original Sannin of Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade, and that since the villagers see him as temporary Hokage when Tsunade was in her coma, Kakashi is a generation Xerox of Sarutobi, the Third Hokage.
127	** He's also a generation xerox of Jiraiya. He lost his teacher, lost his student (to the dark side), his closest childhood friend turned into one of the most reviled criminals in history and was indirectly responsible for their teacher's death, and has a near pathological HeroicSelfDeprecation as well.
128	** And he is ''also'' one to Minato as well, especially considering that his team is basically a GenerationXerox of Minato's team. One of them went evil because LoveMakesYouEvil (Obito and Sasuke), one of them stayed with Konoha (Naruto and Kakashi), and one was a skilled medic-nin (Rin and Sakura). He also ends up as Hokage, completing the similarities.
129	* GoodScarsEvilScars: Kakashi has a scar over his left eye, but it is usually covered by his forehead protector. It is the result of an injury to his eye that led to an eye transplant.
130	* GuileHero: In his first fight with Zabuza he hypnotized him using the Sharingan to perform a water jutsu he already knew, defeated him by using it first, then had Zabuza believe he could see the future.
131	* {{Henohenomoheji}}: Seen on Kakashi's decoy scarecrow in Episode 101 ("Gotta See! Gotta Know! Kakashi-Sensei's True Face!"), when Team 7 attempts to unveil Kakashi's true face. It's also featured on the backs of his 9 ''ninken'' (Ninja Hounds/Dogs) Summoning group.
132	* {{Hellhound}}: Not literally, but he has a strong [[AnimalMotif dog motif]] and during his time as the Inu (Dog) Ambu he plunged himself into darkness and was the most vicious and cruel member of the organisation, by far, he was even [[FameThroughInfamy famous for it]].
133	* HeroesLoveDogs: Kakashi is able to summon a pack of ninja hounds of various breeds.
134	* HeroicRROD: This happens to him a lot in Part I -- at one point, the others are surprised when he doesn't need a hospital trip after a fight. He can handle the Sharingan somewhat better in ''Shippuden'', but still needs to watch his reserves carefully.
135	* HeroicSelfDeprecation: He literally calls himself trash when talking to Obito. After losing his original team in a span of a year, Kakashi was on the verge of the DespairEventHorizon, and it took a lot of time and support to move on from their deaths. Team 7 helped, but after Sasuke's departure, Kakashi's guilt reared its head. Learning that his childhood friend Obito, his idol and hero, the person who Kakashi has modeled his entire life after, is responsible for nearly every tragedy that has befallen him over the years, starting with their teacher's death, all but broke him completely -- the amount of self-hatred he felt after that revelation was almost insurmountable.
136	* HeterosexualLifePartners: He is pretty much this with Guy, whom he trusts the most.
137	* HiddenDepths: From Naruto's point of view, he has this generally cheerful, constantly tardy teacher who is a FlatCharacter, someone he doesn't really think or worry about all that much. However, during the fight with Obito, it turns out that that same tardy, cheery guy who's been protecting Naruto all these years is indirectly responsible for creating the main villain of the story, and he has one of the worst background stories of all the characters in the series. And that's pretty impressive, considering this is a Shonen manga, in which generally everyone and their grandmother has a sob story.
138	* HypnoticEyes: With the Sharingan, Kakashi can perform what is generically called Sharingan Genjutsu. In his first fight against Zabuza, he was able to influence Zabuza's actions to make him believe Kakashi was seeing the future and casted jutsu that Zabazu was attempting before Zabuza did the jutsu himself.
139	* ILetGwenStacyDie: Specifically, ''he killed Rin himself''... because she chose to jump in the way of his Raikiri rather than be a TrojanHorse.
140	* ImprobableAge: Graduated from the Academy and became a Genin at the age of 5 and became Chunin a year later.
141	* InformedAbility:
142	** Kakashi is a legendary ninja who has supposedly copied over a thousand jutsu. Nearly all of his opponents have talked about how dangerous he is when they first face him. We almost ''never'' get to see him go all out, and when he does get to battle he's usually forced to use up chakra protecting his peers. The worst example is probably when he took on the remaining zombified Seven Swordsmen of the Mist. It was implied to be an absolute CurbStompBattle in his favour, [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome but it happened entirely off-panel]]. {{Averted\|Trope}} in the anime, which takes advantage of AdaptationExpansion. The fights are just as badass as you'd expect them to be.
143	** In addition, Kakashi the Copy-Ninja has yet to ever actually ''copy'' any jutsu on-screen. In the Land of Waves, Zabuza -- and subsequently many fans -- believed that he had somehow copied and reversed his Water jutsu at the exact moment Zabuza himself was using it, perhaps even ''before'', but by the next battle Zabuza has realised that Kakashi simply used his Sharingan to implant ideas of what jutsu to use in Zabuza's mind, to freak him out, meaning every Water jutsu Zabuza used was already in Kakashi's arsenal. He ''might'' have copied Kakuzu's Iron Skin jutsu but if he has, he has yet to demonstrate it.
144	* InhumanEyeConcealers: Kakashi's left eye has a red iris and is adorned with tomoe symbols, which denotes he has a Sharingan, a unique genetic anomaly that grants him amazing abilities, but cannot be turned off and leaves him exhausted if used for too long. As a result, he always covers it with his forehead protector, only revealing his abnormal eye to surprise his opponents in battle.
145	* InstantArmor: Due to Obito passing on his chakra and dual Mangekyō, Kakashi can manifest Susanoo, specifically its "Complete Body" form. It can be used for flight, defend others with its large size, and even have the intangibility of Kamui extended to it. In terms of weaponry, it has a sword like all Susanoo do, but it also can throw Kamui Shuriken in order to warp away whatever they are thrown at.
146	* InstantExpert: When Kakashi uses the Susanoo, he's also able to do so effortlessly on the first try.
147	* InsufferableGenius: Kakashi started out as this, mainly toward Obito. He insists on taking point against an enemy ninja to try out his new jutsu, Chidori, destroying almost all the ninja's clones and almost taking down the ninja, but being limited by the jutsu's tunnel vision, and having to be saved by his teacher. Kakashi gets better by the end of ''Kakashi Gaiden'', and by the start of the series, is a relatively modest individual who bears regret for his decisions.
148	* ItsAllMyFault: For Sasuke's defection and everything it led to, particularity to the rift it cause with Team 7 and Sasuke becoming a bitter enemy of Konoha.
149	* TheLeader: Even though his students outclass him strength-wise during the Fourth Shinobi World War, Kakashi remains their leader. Sasuke [[LeaderWannabe tries to take over]], but his strategies against Kaguya fail miserably. Kakashi comes up with an alternative plan in minutes, making use of his students' skills as well as his own, and it instantly succeeds. Afterwards, even the Sage of the Sixth Paths compliments his leadership ability. Unsurprisingly, Kakashi ends up becoming the sixth Hokage.
150	* LivingEmotionalCrutch: To Obito. Despite his claims that he no longer cared for Kakashi after Rin's death, Obito's ideal reality was one where Kakashi was able to live up to the ideals he passed on to him. Though he didn't admit it, Obito was clearly troubled by how broken his childhood friend had become after his "death", and it served as even further motivation to go forward with the AssimilationPlot. At the other end of the spectrum, Might Guy is his, being the his best friend and the one person who kept him from going over edge for years until he became the teacher for Team 7.
151	* LoonyFriendsImproveYourPersonality: Guy is the one person Kakashi has never been able to keep at arm's length, [[NotSoAboveItAll and it shows]]. Their ridiculous FriendlyRivalry aside, Guy is often shown to bring out the best in Kakashi, and is the main reason why he never fell into a complete downward spiral [[DrivenToSuicide like his father Sakumo had]].
152	* LooseLips: Accidentally leaked the classified information of Naruto's birth, unaware that Obito was listening in, or that he was even alive, at a visit to Rin's grave.
153	* LovableSexManiac: He's a big fan of Jiraiya's erotic book series. He also has the habit of giggling in a perverted manner while reading them.
154	* MadeOfIron: In the AndIMustScream ordeal above, what Kakashi perceived as approximately one minute and forty-eight seconds (counting the time indicator from "I will stab you with a sword for 72 hours" to "71 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds remaining" was only one second. Meaning that the "three days" Kakashi experienced was, to him, closer to about '''one hundred and eight''' days. Even he was released from the genjutsu, he doesn't immediately pass out. He stays conscious long enough to realize how little time actually passed, and to hear Kisame express surprise that Kakashi is ''still alive''. Psychologically MadeOfIron? You bet your ass.
155	* MagicalEye: Kakashi received his Sharingan in his left eye during the Third Shinobi World War from Obito Uchiha, a replacement for the left eye he'd lost shortly beforehand. The Sharingan has become his most identifying feature in the years since then, such that he is widely known as "Kakashi of the Sharingan". Kakashi loses his Sharingan during the Fourth Shinobi World War to Madara Uchiha. When Obito dies with both his Sharingan, his spirit briefly returns from the afterlife and transfers them into Kakashi, granting him temporary use of the dōjutsu's full power.
156	* MakingASplash: He can use Water Release without a nearby water source, being able to produce massive torrents, water dragons, water clones or defensive walls.
157	* MaskPower:
158	** NEVER seen without it. The only time his face was uncovered, it wasn't shown onscreen. An anime filler episode revolves around Team 7 trying to see under Kakashi's mask. When they finally get him to remove it in front of them, underneath is... [[TheUnreveal another mask]].
159	** On some covers he doesn't have it, but then his face is usually covered by his book or hand.
160	** Also, according to Pakkun, he hates being photographed without it.
161	** When he becomes Hokage, his face on the mountain still has the mask.
162	** His face was '''finally''' [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160408050650if_/http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20150501163510/naruto/images/c/ca/Kakashi%27s_TRUE_FACE.png revealed]] in an art book released exclusively at an art exhibition for the series in Tokyo, and later [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GibOH_OqNT4 was officially seen]] in ''Shippuden'' Episode 469. [[spoiler:He has a beauty mark under his mouth on the left-hand side of his face, and [[StrongFamilyResemblance he DOES look a lot like his dead father]]]].
163	* MeaningfulName: Kakashi means "scarecrow," and Hatake means "farmland or field." Both are an obvious reference to his tall and lean appearance. This also ties to his use of a {{Henohenomoheji}} logo on his summoned dogs and decoys. There's also the fact that real life ninjas often disguised themselves as poor farmers. Gets into ThemeNaming when you consider his Dad's name could come from the word Sakumotsu, which translates to "Crops."
164	* MentorOccupationalHazard: {{Subverted\|Trope}}, he ''did'' die during Pain's invasion, but was revived immediately and then survived to the end.
165	* MoralityAdjustment: Thanks to Obito, he changes from a by-the-book and cold-hearted (if loyal) ChildSoldier who'd leave a friend to die in a heartbeat if he thought it'd be better for the village, into a man who is known for never leaving anyone behind, no matter the costs.
166	* MrExposition: In the first arc he spends a fair amount of time expositing on chakra and jutsus. Justified as he's teaching these concepts to his students.
167	* MultilayerFacade: Kakashi is a literal case: he wears ''another mask'' under his mask.
168	* MyGreatestFailure: Tends to dwell on this, especially regarding Obito, losing track of time at the Memorial Stone by ''reminding himself of how he has failed.'' And then there's the issue of his ''second'' team...
169	* NiceGuy: He is one of the nicest characters in the manga/anime.
170	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: He inadvertently caused the Kyuubi incident by blabbing that Kurama's Jinchuuriki was gonna have a baby in front of Rin's grave, not realizing Obito was there as well.
171	* NobodyCallsMeChicken: Almost word-for-word. Kakashi was completely uninterested in Obito's challenge to see who could complete the most of Team Minato's missions in the village until Obito called him a chicken.
172	* NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech: He makes two, one before and one during his final duel with Obito, although the latter is an internal monologue. They both signify his acknowledgement of the fact that his former friend must now be treated no differently than any other enemy.
173	--> '''Kakashi:'''"In the ninja world, those who break the rules are trash. However, those who abandon their comrades are worse than trash. And the ones who abandon their friends' feelings are even worse than that. I won't get rid of your past feelings... even if it's you refusing them."\
174	\
175	''Naruto...You will never lose your way. You're stronger than me, and you're unique in many ways. As for me, this is all I can do for now. I'll do what I must... In order to protect the old Obito, I must...'''kill the current one!''' ''
176	* NoMouth: Keeps his mouth concealed behind a mask at all times. Played with in the best filler of the anime.
177	* NonchalantDodge: When giving the infamous bell test to the newly formed Team 7 he casually dodges all of Naruto and Sasuke's attacks, without even having to put down or even stop reading his book. Even provides the page picture for that trope.
178	* TheNoseKnows: He is said to have a very good sense of smell. And he has a pack of trained canines.
179	* NotSoAboveItAll:
180	** Despite being serious and even aloof at times, he still takes part in Guy's silly rivalry matches; when Guy introduced himself, he stated that they've had 99 matches so far. The anime [[AdaptationExpansion features this more prominently]], like the time he and Guy were keeping score while fighting off Sound ninja[[note]]Guy was winning[[/note]]. Then, there's ''Shippuden'' Episode 219...
181	** In "The Real True Face" manga omake, he disguised himself as a bumbling ex-ANBU and "helped" Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura find a unmasked photograph of him. He had so much fun trolling them, he decided to do it again. Still, he noted he couldn't keep fooling them forever; just a couple more times...'
182	** Despite seeming casual and above the antics of say, Jiraiya, it turns out Kakashi is actually reading "Make-Out Tactics, which is heavily implied to be very smutty. So yeah, he's essentially spending his time reading softcore porn.
183	* ObfuscatingStupidity: We first meet Kakashi as a goofy teacher who falls for one of Naruto's unbelievably idiotic pranks, but he soon reveals himself to be badass. His enemies do know he's dangerous, and treat him as such, but he's FAR more dangerous than most of them have been led to believe.
184	* ObsoleteMentor: [[AvertedTrope Averts]] this, despite being [[TheWorfEffect Worfed]] sometimes. He specifically mentions in one arc that he's still young and improving. In the fight against [[BigBad Tobi/Obito]] he's particularly important. He's not a PersonOfMassDestruction like the main cast, but his shrewdness is still one of his greatest assets.
185	* OddFriendship: Kakashi and Guy are polar opposites in almost every way, but they also have one of the healthiest and most enduring friendships of the whole series.
186	* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Kakashi vs The Seven Swordsmen of the Mist. Kakashi won apparently, but he misplaced Zabuza's sword.
187	* OlderThanHeLooks: By the time of ''Boruto'' he is somewhere between 44 and 46 years old, but aside from a few extra lines around his eyes he looks much the same as he did in his late 20s. He's aged remarkably well considering all the trauma he's endured in his life. In one episode Boruto even compares him to Tsunade when he sees from a old photo how little he's changed.
188	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Being the flake he usually acts like, seeing him almost too mad to speak after Guy reveals he taught Lee the [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Hidden Lotus]] clues the audience in that things are about to get serious. It also highlights Kakashi's unusual hatred of the Eight Gates Technique, which is essentially a [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique suicide attack]] that kills its user when fully utilized, as shown when Guy opens the Eighth Gate against Madara.
189	* OvershadowedByAwesome: While certainly a versatile, experienced and highly competent fighter, his battles have been somewhat a letdown compared to say Akatsuki, Orochimaru or the Kages. He also suffers a lot of TheWorfEffect against this opponents, even more than Sasuke. A fairly common complaint is that he's hyped to be stronger than he is, [[AllThereInTheManual especially in the databooks, where he's hyped to be one of the most formidable shinobi alive]]. To his credit, however, those who Worf him tend to have attained a similar, if not greater ShroudedInMyth status.
190	* ParentalAbandonment: His father Sakumo committed suicide when Kakashi was six-years-old and his mother died before then.
191	* ParentalSubstitute:
192	** To a lesser degree, Kakashi might also count as one to Naruto. He made sure Naruto ate vegetables pre-TimeSkip, and post-TimeSkip the two develop a close bond and are highly protective of each other. Given that Naruto ends up becoming Kakashi's successor as Hokage and it's implied that even after that Kakashi still helps him out and advises him, it's safe to say their friendship/familial bond is still going strong after all those years.
193	** Since Naruto's father is generally seen by Fanon as Kakashi's parental substitute, it might be more accurate to say Naruto and Kakashi have a brotherly bond.
194	* PetTheDog: When a young Guy revealed to Kakashi that he was beginning to [[BrokenPedestal doubt his father's philosophies]] about youth and passion, Kakashi said that he believed Duy was an amazing ninja, largely because of his [[{{Determinator}} immense persistence]] and belief in never giving up on your dreams.
195	** Even more heartwarming when you consider that Kakashi himself is an orphan because of his father's suicide. To a child like Kakashi, it wasn't Duy's ninja abilities that made him amazing, but his [[GoodParents unwavering dedication and love for his son]]. Yes, Duy may have been the "Eternal Genin", but he also mastered the [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Eight Gates Technique]] and was ''always'' there for Guy, no matter what people said about him.
196	* PortalCut: Kakashi's Mangekyou Sharingan is able to use a long-range version of Kamui, which can transport targets anywhere in the user's line of sight. The target is surrounded with a barrier space, the location and size of which can be specified at will, and when the user concentrates on the target within, the space at the barrier's centre distorts and draws everything within into another dimension.
197	* PowerCopying: Over the years, due in large part to his Sharingan, he gained a vast arsenal; reputed to have copied over a thousand jutsu and which led to his moniker as "Copy Ninja Kakashi".
198	* PrettyBoy:
199	** We finally find out why Teuchi and Ayame reacted the way they did. Even Sakura, who was still in her Sasuke-obsessed phase at the time, called him handsome (of course, she didn't know it was him).
200	** His face is the one [[spoiler:Pakkun]] had suggested in the "Kakashi's Real Face is Finally Unveiled" manga omake, except without the [[spoiler:Guy-like sparkling toothy grin]]. That's probably what made the ninken think "That wasn't it at all."
201	* ThePromise: Kakashi promised Obito that he would look after Rin. It would seem he failed. And the NotQuiteDead Obito witnesses that Kakashi actually killing Rin, contributing to his change into Tobi.
202	* PsychosomaticSuperpowerOutage: Suffers from this during the ANBU filler arc. He can't use the Chidori/Raikiri with his mental trauma of killing Rin acting up everytime he tries to use it. Of course, considering what we've seen over the course of the series, he gets better.
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204	[[folder:R-Y]]
205	* RedBaron: Kakashi has two famous nicknames first being Kakashi of the Sharingan, second being The Copy Ninja.
206	* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Might Guy and Obito's Reds.
207	* RequiredSecondaryPowers: When creating the Chidori, it’s revealed that using it (and later the Lightning Cutter) creates a tunnel vision, which can be negated by the Sharingan's enhanced eyesight. As such, the technique is useless to those without the dojutsu. As a result, [[spoiler:when his got permanently removed, Kakashi made a point to create Lightning Release: Purple Electricity, which works on similar principles of the Chidori/Lightning Cutter but without the tunnel vision side effect]].
208	* RetiredBadass: Kakashi easily managed to get an upper hand without the Sharingan against Boruto and his classmates during their genin exams.
209	* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: "In the ninja world, those who break the rules are scum, that's true, but those who abandon their friends are worse than scum."
210	* SelfDuplication: Part of Kakashi's usual approach to combat is to rely on the Body Replacement Technique and clone techniques (such as shadow clones, water clones and lightning clones), thereby keeping himself out of harm's way while he observes an opponent and their abilities.
211	* ShapingYourAttacks: His Running Beast ability.
212	* ShellShockedVeteran: He lost his father to suicide, his childhood friend Obito (who gave him his left eye as a permanent memento and [[spoiler: later turns up alive and a villain responsible for much of the bad things that have occurred in the last sixteen years, including their teacher Minato's death]]) to an enemy attack, his teammate Rin (who ''he himself'' killed) to HeroicSacrifice, and his mentor Minato to the Kyuubi. As such, when Sasuke demanded to know how Kakashi would react if he killed everyone that Kakashi cared about, his reply was to simply [[StepfordSmiler smile]] and say that he had [[TearJerker already lost everyone precious to him.]]
213	** The reason Kakashi was always late for his training sessions with his genin team? [[CerebusRetcon Every morning he spends hours just standing in front of the Konoha memorial to dead shinobi to honor his comrades' memory.]] The anime goes in and does a masterful anime expansion of the immediate aftermath of Rin's HeroicSacrifice. Kakashi has Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, he keeps seeing Rin die by his hands, keeps having nightmares, becomes far, far more withdrawn, and he couldn't even ''use'' his Chidori anymore since he kept thinking of Rin. All at [[ImprobableAge 13-years-old]]. You have to wonder why Konoha doesn't have a grief counselor that Minato assigned to Kakashi.
214	** It's stated that during his time in [[EliteMooks ANBU]], Kakashi became so withdrawn and depressed that Guy literally begged the Third Hokage to either [[TrueCompanions allow Guy himself to join]] or release Kakashi from service altogether. It was only after his jounin instructor transfer and [[LivingEmotionalCrutch Guy's persistent friendship]] that Kakashi's mental health started to improve for the first time in years.
215	* ShipperOnDeck:
216	** He acts very supportive of Sakura's love for Sasuke:
217	*** He tries to persuade Sasuke to let go of his vengeance and think about Sakura's love for him
218	*** Later he remarks how Sakura's feelings for Sasuke had changed over time from a girlish crush into true love.
219	*** He makes an impassioned speech to Sasuke after he coldly [[KickTheDog knocked Sakura out with a genjutsu]], about how her love for him doesn't need to be justified.
220	*** In the ''Shippudden'' adaptation of ''[[Literature/NarutoHiden Sasuke Shinden: Book of Sunrise]]'', mentions that he's going to contact Sasuke to come to the Village, and winks to Sakura, which flusters her greatly.
221	** In ''Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4'', he forms a mission between Naruto, Sakura, and Hinata [[TheMatchmaker in the hopes that Naruto and Hinata would get together]].
222	* ShockAndAwe: Kakashi's natural affinity is for Lightning Release, which he will at times channel into [[AbsurdCuttingPower weaponry to increase its cutting power.]] When he was younger, he tried to infuse the Rasengan with his lightning nature, but the task proved too difficult. In its place he created the [[RazorSharpHand Chidori]], a collection of lightning chakra in the hand that can [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice pierce most targets that it is thrust into]] and is the only jutsu he didn't learn from copying; he once famously split a bolt of lightning with his Chidori, earning the name "Raikiri/Lightning Blade". The Chidori and Raikiri are very fast attacks, such that Kakashi can only use them safely with his Sharingan. Other lightning techniques include [[ShapingYourAttacks hounds manipulated to attack enemies]], [[SelfDuplication clones that paralyse on contact]] and chains to cut through multiple targets at once.
223	* ShroudedInMyth: See RedBaron. And just what the hell is behind that mask?
224	* ShutUpHannibal:
225	** Finally delivered one to Obito, pointing that he basically chose to ignore every feeling his friends could possibly have, quoting Obito himself. "And those who don't respect their comrades' memories...are the worst."
226	** He gives another to Sasuke, after he declares that Kakashi could only understand how he felt about Itachi if Sasuke went and killed everyone he loved. Kakashi simply replies that he can't do that, as everyone that qualifies is already dead.
227	* SignatureMove: Raikiri/Lightning Blade, similar to the Chidori only better.
228	* SinkOrSwimMentor: His bell test, which doubles as a SecretTestOfCharacter. Any group that obeys his order to not feed their teammate is failed on the spot. But if they disobey and help their teammate out, they pass.
229	* SoProudOfYou: His reaction to the original Team 7 landing in unison a decisive blow on Kaguya:
230	--> '''Kakashi:''' That was picture perfect. Right now, the way you all are together...I love you.
231	* SpaceMaster: His Mangekyo Sharingan's technique, Kamui, can warp objects into [[PocketDimension another dimension]]. He can now use Kamui to get to and from the other dimension at will.
232	* StevenUlyssesPerhero: In "The Real True Face" manga omake, he introduces his ex-[=ANBU=] photographer persona to Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura as "Sukea" [[note]]In japanese, there's no single "r" sound, only "ra", "re", "ri", "ro", "ru." So, the name "Shikaner" some translations give is grammatically impossible.[[/note]]. Now, Kakashi's name means "scarecrow"; in japanese, that is pronounced: ''sukeakuro'' -> '''''Sukea''''' ''Kuro''.
233	* TheStoic: Downplayed. While Kakashi does show a regular degree of emotion, he is considerably much more calm and reserved about it than other characters, especially when compared to Naruto or Might Guy.
234	* StrongAndSkilled: Becomes this after receiving Obito's chakra towards the end of the manga, being able to use his techniques with great power behind it and graduating from WeakButSkilled.
235	* StrongFamilyResemblance: Is confused for his father [[http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Sakumo_Hatake Sakumo]] on several occasions, even to the point where he is attacked by Chiyo because she's out for his father's blood! [[spoiler:When his face is uncovered, the resemblance is... ''confirmed'': he's basically a short-haired, 15-years-younger Sakumo]].
236	* SummonMagic: Kakashi has his own personal pack of ninja hounds. In the field, he can summon one or more of his ninja hounds to fetch things for him, restrain targets, or deliver messages. [[TheNoseKnows More commonly, he uses them for tracking, picking up trails that Kakashi, despite his own considerable tracking skills, can't detect, or seeking out targets he doesn't know where to look for.]]
237	* SuperMode:
238	** When Naruto shares Kurama's power with the Ninja Alliance he temporarily gains the ability to create a chakra cloak like Naruto has.
239	** He gets another one, this time a personal ability, that crosses with EleventhHourSuperpower: After Obito gives him both his Mangekyo Sharingan, he can use Susanoo immediately. And unlike other Susanoo users who have to develop it in stages, it manifests in its perfect form right from the get-go.
240	* SurvivorGuilt: Kakashi is the only survivor of Team Minato (or he thinks so) and clearly feels guilty for it. But mainly over he demonstrates this for the death of his childhood friend, Obito, whom he "talks to" when he visits the Memorial Stone.
241	* TeamDad: To Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke.
242	* TookALevelInBadass: It's more subtle than most of the cast, but think about it. The first time we see him go all-out using the Sharingan, summons, and a Raikiri is enough to tire him out. Post-TimeSkip, he's somehow got a Mangekyo that can send stuff through ''another dimension'', and against Kakuzu he's firing off Raikiri like cheap kunai and staying on his feet afterwards.
243	** By the time Boruto comes around, Kakashi has managed to progress to even greater heights; even developing a couple jutsus worthy of the Kage of old.
244	* TookALevelInCheerfulness: In Shippuden, Kakashi is notably more cheerful and less stoic than in Part 1.
245	* TookALevelInKindness: Obito's "death" made him realize how important it was to care for your comrades more.
246	* TragicKeepsake: He kept his father's Tanto for a good bit, but his sharingan eye, which was transplanted into him from his "dead" childhood friend, Obito Uchiha is what really falls into this trope.
247	* TraumaCongaLine: First, his mother died before she turned thirty, then Kakashi witnessed his father's disgrace and subsequent suicide. Next, his teammate Obito "died" saving him and their other teammate Rin. Kakashi promised Obito that he would protect Rin but eventually ended up breaking that promise and [[HeroicSuicide killing her]]. And finally, he lost his sensei Minato, who along with Kushina was a ParentalSubstitute to Kakashi. Then, when he began to teach his own team, one of his students pulled a FaceHeelTurn and became a missing nin. And finally, it turned out that Obito wasn't NotQuiteDead after all, and had become the BigBad responsible for nearly everything that had happened in the manga. Yes...
248	* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: Kakashi's Sharingan became a [[DeadlyUpgrade Mangekyō Sharingan]] when Rin Nohara died, a trauma that simultaneously caused the Mangekyō to awaken in Obito.
249	* TrueCompanions: A firm believer in this concept.
250	* UnknownRival: Guy is a downplayed case of this to him. Kakashi will often ignore Guy talking about their rivalry and when it's his turn to pick the kind of match they will have he often picks things like playing Rock-Paper-Scissors over an actual contest. Guy is possibly Kakashi's closest friend and he deeply respects Guy's capabilities, he just finds the constant competition Guy insists on tiresome.
251	* TheUnreveal:
252	** He ''never'' takes the mask off and reveals his face though the series. The only time he did was in a filler episode and it was obscured before the audience or Team 7 could see it. In fact, said filler episode was focused entirely on Team 7's efforts to find out what's behind his mask. It's another mask. Even Kakashi's carving on the mountain of Hokage faces depicts him with a mask.
253	** The audience '''finally''' gets to see his face revealed in a special art book which was only distributed at a 2015 exhibition celebrating the series. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160408050650if_/http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20150501163510/naruto/images/c/ca/Kakashi%27s_TRUE_FACE.png It was worth the wait.]]
254	** The sketch above made its way into canon in Episode 469 of ''Shippuden''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GibOH_OqNT4 Again, it was VERY worth the wait.]]
255	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom:
256	** He abandoned his mission so that he could help Obito when they were kids, resulting in a crippled Obito ending up on Madara's doorstep setting off most of the plot. Though he believes that could've avoided as well if he had gone with him in the first place.
257	** He speaks about Naruto's birth at Rin's grave. Unfortunately, Obito happened to be watching.
258	* UnwittingPawn: He became one for Obito. The entire fight with Kakashi was planned by Obito in order to remove Madara's seal as it prevented him from becoming the Ten Tails Jinchuuriki and Kakashi did what Obito wanted from him: Hit him in the heart.
259	* VitriolicBestBuds:
260	** His rivalry with Guy is nominally one-sided and Guy is known to rant about Kakashi's "hip and cool" attitude, but there's no doubt the two are the closest of friends.
261	** Him and Obito were this as kids, with ''heavy'' emphasis on the vitriol. They could be worse than Naruto and Sasuke at times, but deep down they cared about each other, and Kakashi has spent his entire life trying to live up to Obito's wishes.
262	* WakeUpCallBoss: Kakashi is the first opponent Naruto faces that he doesn't effortlessly defeat. In fact, he hands him and the rest of Team 7 their collective asses.
263	* WeakButSkilled: Kakashi's individual skill and jutsu is not weak per se -- it's probably in the very top percentile of the shinobi world. However, against the ridiculously overpowered villains of the ''Shippuden'' series like the Akatsuki, Pain, and Tobi, Kakashi is forced to fall back on his natural wit and can be considered this -- especially considering his lack of chakra for spamming his SignatureMove.
264	* WellDoneSonGuy: Kakashi seeks the approval of his "dead" friend, Obito, to such an extent that Kakashi's entire life revolves around him. After Obito "died", Kakashi idealized him to the point that he adopted an entirely new personality and mannerisms to emulate and memorialize his childhood friend. His pathological lateness is even attributed to him spending three hours straight at the Memorial Stone ''every single day'', staring at Obito's name (and Rin's and his sensei's, but mainly Obito's). While his promise to be Obito's eyes is the only reason he bothers to continue living, that promise is why "Kakashi" and "functioning individual" are the farthest thing away from synonymous. So, rather understandably, Kakashi... did not take it well when he learned what ''really'' [[FaceHeelTurn happened]] [[LoveMakesYouEvil to]] [[BigBad Obito]].
265	* WeUsedToBeFriends: His childhood friend Obito is now a major contender in the contest to determine the most evil ninja of all time. Tune in tomorrow to find out the results!
266	* WiseBeyondHisYears: Kakashi graduated from the academy at ''five'', passed the chunin exam one year later, and became a jonin under special condition at 13.
267	* WishfulProjection: Kakashi is a strange case in which his projection was on someone who he thought was dead -- Obito, who is the one death he has never managed to move past. Somewhere down the line, Obito went from "deceased childhood friend whose last wishes I need to honor", to "idol whose memory and ideals I need to live up to". A lot of Kakashi's baggage stems from his over-idealization of Obito; some part of him genuinely believes that Obito ''always'' would've succeeded where he failed. Essentially, Kakashi is subconsciously projecting his prodigious abilities and "genius" reputation on to his childhood friend, forgetting that while Obito was a very kind and very admirable person, he was still ''human'', and the farthest thing away from perfect. Learning that Obito became the BigBad almost broke him, but it was also the event that contributed to him seeing Obito as a person again and finally being able to move on with his life.
268	* TheWorfEffect: His only major (i.e. not a curbstomp against someone he vastly outclasses) onscreen solo victory has been against Zabuza. After that he was mostly used to show how strong whatever enemy comes along is, often with him commenting about how much stronger than him they are. That said, he fares a lot better in team battles (against Akatsuki) contributing to victories over Deidara, Itachi (sort of -- it's complicated), Hidan/Kakuzu, and Tobi. Which makes quite a lot of sense when you remember "teamwork" is pretty much everything to the man. During the war he's implied to take out several of the resurrected Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist largely on his own, but most of it is offscreen and he still had backup. He also wins a solo fight against [[spoiler:Obito]], except Kakashi's victory turns out to have been planned on his opponent's part.
269	* WorthLivingFor: [[LivingIsMoreThanSurviving For a given value of "living"]]. After losing his original team and the most important people in his life, Kakashi was ''very'' close to being DrivenToSuicide. What drove him forward was his promise to Obito, and even that wasn't enough for him to be anything more than a completely and utterly devoted soldier to his village and comrades. It took the persistence of his adulthood best friend Guy and the Third Hokage kicking him out of ANBU for him to have anything remotely resembling an actual life again, and even then he was coasting on being an imitation of his deceased teammate. Team 7 did open him up even more, but all the tragedy involving ''that'' team caused him even more issues. [[spoiler:It wasn't until after Obito's ''second death'' did Kakashi finally find closure and the will to live his own life]].
270	* YouRemindMeOfX: Kakashi remarked in the third ''Shippuden'' movie ''Inheritors of the Will of Fire'' that Naruto's ethic of protecting his friends solemnly reminds him of his late comrade Obito Uchiha, whose spiky hair and determination Naruto mirrored perfectly.

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