Line #36 UsefulNotes/SarutobiSasuke


1	Perhaps the figure whose very name is affiliated with the word "{{ninja}}", Sarutobi Sasuke was a character featured in children's tales beginning in the early 1900s. The name Sasuke has become a stock name for ninjas in the same way that [[TheJeeves Jeeves]] is a stock name for butlers.
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3	He is generally believed to be a fictional creation of the UsefulNotes/MeijiRestoration based on the historical ninja Kozuki Sasuke, though some argue for his actual existence. He is commonly listed as one of the Sanada Ten Braves, a legendary group of ten ninja that supposedly assisted Sanada Nobushige (more widely known as UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura) at the battles of Osaka Castle during the Sengoku Period, and he is one of the best known amongst the Ten Braves. Since then, he has been featured in many anime and manga series, and various fictional ninja have been named after him.
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5	Sarutobi means "jumping monkey" -- Sasuke is frequently portrayed as being very quick and agile, especially in the trees, and in some versions of his story is described as having been [[RaisedByWolves raised by wild monkeys]].
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7	Compare UsefulNotes/YagyuJubei, UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo, UsefulNotes/FuumaKotaro, UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga and UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi.
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12	* As expected in a {{Ninja}} series, ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' features his legacy in both Sasuke Uchiha and the entire Sarutobi clan (most notably the Third Hokage and his son and grandson).
13	** It's later revealed that, in-universe, Sasuke Uchiha was named after the Third's father, who was indeed named Sasuke Sarutobi.
14	* ''Manga/SamuraiDeeperKyo'', which features historical characters like UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga, UsefulNotes/TokugawaIeyasu, and UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura, has him as a secondary character and strongest member of the Sanada 10 Braves. He's a creepy white-haired kid who fights with a sword able to channel lightning. [[spoiler: He's also an ArtificialHuman made by the Mibu Clan in an attempt to stave off their deadly disease.]]
15	* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': The Kuno family's ninja is also named Sasuke, but he's hilariously useless.
16	* In ''Manga/NinjaNonsense'', all of the ninjas are named Sasuke.
17	* The main protagonist of the manga ''Manga/BehindMaster'' is Sarutobi Sasuke.
18	* Was the protagonist of the anime ''Anime/MangaSarutobiSasuke'', later edited into a feature-length, English-language movie called ''Film/NinjaTheWonderBoy''.
19	* Part of the ensemble cast of ''Manga/Brave10'' where he is depicted as TheBeastmaster, with his usual [[TheLeader leadership]] position going to Saizo Kirigakure instead.
20	* The hero of the early Creator/ToeiAnimation film ''Anime/ShonenSarutobiSasuke'' (released in the US by Creator/{{MGM}} as ''Magic Boy'')
21	* A 60s' anime called simply ''Sasuke'' has as main character a young ninja with the same name.
22	* Sasuke Delta Gundam from ''Anime/SDGundamWorldHeroes'' is based off of him. Interestingly, in this series he's the retainer of Nobunaga Gundam Epyon, whereas UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga is a person who's never been affiliated with Sarutobi Sasuke before this.
23	* In ''Manga/JoujuuSenjinMushibugyou'', a revenant Sarutobi is the first member of Yukimura's Ten Crucifix Insects to make his appearence as a short but deadly housefly man able to rip people apart with his clawed forearms and drink their fluids with an obscenely oversized trunk. He's able to split himself into clones and, rather than being a young and handsome ninja, he's actually a short bald man with a scalp scar, huge eyebrows and muttonchops.
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27	* Ninja Red, Sasuke, from ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger'' is a descendant of his. (Sarutobi himself shows up early on, and is noticeably underwhelmed by his descendant.)
28	* The stunt show ''Series/NinjaWarrior'' is known as ''Sasuke'' in Japan.
29	* ''Series/KamenRiderSaber'' alludes to him with the ninja-themed Kamen Rider Kenzan's primary TransformationTrinket; the ''Sarutobi Ninjaden'' Wonder Ridebook.
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32	* He makes an appearance in the Sasuke Samurai series of cards in ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'', which are themselves based on ''Goemon'' below.
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35	* Sarutobi Sasuke is a playable character from the ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' series, where he's a talented and reliable but rather snarky individual who serves UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura.
36	* One character in the ''VideoGame/GanbareGoemon'' series is named Sasuke, a ''kunai''-throwing clockwork ninja.
37	* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' has a number of weapons named after him.
38	* ''VideoGame/SuikodenII'' has a ninja boy named Sasuke as one of its many [[OptionalPartyMember party members]].
39	* ''VideoGame/PuzzleAndDragons'' features Sasuke among a pantheon of famous ninja, under the name (in his ultimate evolution), "Gusting Prodigy, Sasuke". He is the wood-element ninja, presumably reflecting his common association with monkeys and trees, with the Attacker and Devil types. As with the others, his active ability changes orbs of the opposing colour (water in his case) to his own.
40	* Sasuke makes his debut in ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' a la {{Spinoff}} ''Spirit of Sanada'' as a young {{Ninja}} that uses [[BladeBelowTheShoulder twin arm blades]]. However, he doesn't bear his surname Sarutobi: he's simply called Sasuke as ''Spirit of Sanada'' treats his origins as an apprentice of UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo before serving Yukimura.
41	* At the end of the DownloadableContent for ''VideoGame/{{Nioh}}'' called "Dragon of the North", the BigBad escapes to align with Yukimura; Sasuke is seen as TheCameo. In the next [=DLC=] "Defiant Honor", Sasuke participates in the Siege of Osaka protecting Yukimura, using tonfas [[MixAndMatchWeapon fitted with]] [[StuffBlowingUp explosive launchers]].
42	* In ''VisualNovel/IkemenSengoku'', Sasuke Sarutobi is actually a modern-day astrophysics student who got sent back in time to Sengoku-era Japan and learned how to become a ninja under Kenshin Uesugi's tutelage. His last name actually isn't Sarutobi, but he adopted it so that he could slip into the role of the famed ninja and avoid majorly disrupting the timeline.

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