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Team 8 (Fanfic)
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Team 8 is a For Want of a Nail Naruto Fan Fic written by S'TarKan (known in some places as Viridian or Evil Author Lord). The story begins with Kurenai observing the newest class of genins the afternoon before the teams are assigned, and making note of Hinata's crush on Naruto (among other things). This leads to her requesting that Naruto be placed on her team, replacing Kiba as part of Kurenai’s plans to create a team specializing in reconnaissance.This leads to a very different set of interactions than Naruto had in the canon series, including an original story replacing the "Wave Country" arc, among many others. With Naruto and Hinata on the same team, the fic is naturally a Naruto/Hinata pairing, but Shino and Kurenai also receive their fair share of attention, with Kurenai in particular receiving a more fleshed-out characterization than in canon. As the narrative continues, insidious details and distinctions from canon appear, indicating that the changes are more far-reaching and significant than they first appeared.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })The resulting story has gained quite a following; as of 2020, it is currently the most popular Naruto Fan Fic on FanFiction.Net, garnering over twenty thousand favorites.Team 8 was last updated on April 23, 2015. Since then it has not been updated due to the author being in long treatment for health problems. As of October 22, 2018, the author still has plans to continue. The author maintains a blog and an active forum where he posts occasional word count updates, and is also involved in several other projects, such as Harry Potter and the Nightmares of Futures Past.Of related interest is Snapped, a Team 8 AU also written by S'TarKan. | |
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Acceptable Breaks from Canon: Due to the author planning out the story in 2006, the story does not conform to later revelations (such as Itachi’s true allegiance). | |
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Anyone Can Die, even main characters like Kurenai. Plot Armor does not exist. | |
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Amazingly Embarrassing Parents | |
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Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Amusingly, Shino's mom deliberately invokes this trope when Naruto and Hinata visit the Aburame household for the first time. | |
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Heroic BSoD | |
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Heroic BSoD: Naruto starts to have one of these after he makes his first kill, but Hinata helps him snap out of it before he gets too angsty. | |
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Darker and Edgier | |
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Darker and Edgier: In a general sense, the altered history of the fic serves to make Naruto and Hinata's life struggles significantly worse, and both of them start out much more cynical and insecure than in canon. At separate points, they both even have suicidal thoughts. | |
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Boisterous Bruiser: Lee and Gai, of course. | |
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Big, Screwed-Up Family | |
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Also implied when Kurenai explains the situation with Hinata and her Big, Screwed-Up Family to Jiraya: She wouldn't put it past Hiashi to arrange Hinata's death, possibly via Make It Look Like an Accident; if that were to happen, Naruto (and most likely Shino) will retaliate, consequences be damned. | |
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Tempting Fate | |
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Tempting Fate: Good news, Kurenai, you won't have to take your own life to preserve your dignity. | |
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Badass Adorable | |
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Badass Adorable: Hinata is a petite, extremely meek girl who blushes whenever she receives a compliment (especially one from her crush), but she also can kick highly trained grown men's asses when sufficiently motivated and displays great skill in a variety of areas. | |
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Little Miss Badass | |
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Little Miss Badass: Hinata, regardless of what she thinks. Lady of War: And she's working up to this, as far as Naruto's concerned. | |
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"It" Is Dehumanizing | |
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"It" Is Dehumanizing: Shino does not take well to Naruto being referred to as an "it" by his clansmen. | |
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Graceful Loser | |
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Graceful Loser: Chouji takes his defeat at Shino's hands during the Chuunin Exam very well, even giving him a bag of chips when all is said and done. | |
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The Chick | |
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The Chick: Tenten and/or Sakura, whenever Team 7 and/or Team Gai act in tandem with Team 8. | |
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The Heart | |
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The Heart: Hinata has some traits of this. Despite her poor self-esteem issues (or maybe because of them), she is very gentle and kind, always willing to help other people. She tends to act as a conciliatory voice between the rather disparate personalities of her teammates. More importantly, she helps Naruto to overcome the Heroic B.S.O.D. mentioned below, she is the first person to point out to Shino that Naruto is actually a valuable teammate when the Aburame had initial doubts about his competence, and she even convinces Naruto of sparing Neji's life despite what he did to her. | |
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The McCoy | |
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The McCoy: Naruto is hotheaded and ruled mostly by his emotions. | |
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The Rival: Played with in the relationship between Team 8 and Team 7. Though they are not enemies in the proper sense, at the beginning of the story they can't stand each other (in part thanks to the already present animosity between Naruto and Sasuke). However, as the story progresses and especially after the events of the Forest of Death, the members of each team start to understand (and in some cases, even respect) the members of the other team. They aren’t yet on the friendliest of terms, but at least they are more civil towards each other. One has to wonder how things will proceed between them now that Naruto has said to Sasuke that Team 8 also plan to hunt down Itachi because of what he did to Kurenai. | |
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Poor Communication Kills | |
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Poor Communication Kills: Kurenai works very hard to avert this with her team. For instance, she tries to steer Naruto towards opening up more to his teammates, and works hard to get Shino to understand she's not favoring Naruto over the others by having him train with Gai's team. | |
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The Spock | |
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Shino, as the story goes along. Stoic, logical, quiet, at one point, not quite used to human contact outside of his family and will fuck you up proper if you hurt his friends. | |
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The Stoic | |
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The Stoic: Shino, of course. Not So Stoic: He yells for medics after Hinata's brutal beatdown by Neji. He soon followed that with the most fierce display of Tranquil Fury in the story. | |
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Pay Evil unto Evil | |
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Pay Evil unto Evil: At the end of their fight, Naruto grabs the already beaten and defenseless Neji by the collar of his shirt and claws at his face with the Kyuubi chakra. Although he does get called on it, most spectators of the fight think it was done in retaliation for Neji almost killing Hinata during the preliminaries, so they don't really make a ruckus about it. The trope is actually subverted when the real reasons behind Naruto's actions are revealed later. | |
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Reality Ensues | |
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Reality Ensues: Naruto is given weights to attach to his limbs to help him grow stronger. He decides to pile as many as he can onto him in an attempt to get stronger even faster...only to be weighed down by all of the added weight. He is taken aside and told to adjust the weights gradually, otherwise he would just hurt himself. Similarly, Hinata tries using the weights while in an exhausted state and collapses in exhaustion. Naruto tells her that she will just damage her muscles if she overexerts herself. After being coldly rejected by her many times, Naruto gives up on Sakura, and advises Lee to do the same. Lee listens to what he has to say. Furthermore, Sakura overhears this conversation and is shocked by what she heard. She initially tries rationalizing it by thinking that Naruto was being unfair and that she didn't want to ruin her chances with getting with Sasuke before remembering how she ''rejected'' the frequent date requests (i.e. hitting him) and realizing how it has been negatively impacting her relationships with others. Sasuke taunts Naruto by calling Hinata weak in an attempt to throw him off before their match in the preliminary round. Instead of being shaken by the taunt, it only pisses Naruto off, who proceeds to knock Sasuke out within the first five seconds of the fight. This also alienates Sasuke from the others, such as Sakura, who thought that he went way too far. Naruto is trapped by Shikaku during the Sand/Sound invasion. What does he do to break out of the grasp? Use his Chakra pulse technique, with the energy causing the paw to explode since it was being contained. The Third Hokage may have survived the Invasion, but he has lost an arm in the process. He has no choice but to step down. Tsunade points out that regrowing his arm would potentially kill him, since it requires a lot of energy, something the Third doesn't have much of anymore. Hinata, a relative underdog, still loses to her more experienced cousin, Neji. The Determinator is also deconstructed and seen as suicidal if one refuses to give up a futile conflict. Unlike Naruto and Hinata, who could spend many hours training together without anyone caring, Shino isn't as lucky and Can't Catch Up, since he has clan duties and a family at home waiting for him. Anyone Can Die, even main characters like Kurenai. Plot Armor does not exist. | |
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The Quiet One | |
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The Quiet One: Shino. Him surprising Naruto by speaking quickly becomes a Running Gag. | |
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Adaptational Villainy | |
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In particular, Itachi is said by the author to be a plain villain in this adaption, rather than being a Well-Intentioned Extremist as revealed later on in canon. | |
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Mostly Played Straight thus far. Kurenai and Team 8 are portrayed as chiefly heroic, while the figures hindering them, like Hiashi and various village council members are portrayed as rather malevolent and insidious. The change is wrought about due to the initial unrevealed nail, which supposedly gives them secret motivations, but the antagonists thus far are shown to be mostly unsympathetic in their actions. Most antagonistic characters who Took a Level in Kindness received a slice of Humble Pie first. | |
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It Never Gets Any Easier | |
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It Never Gets Any Easier: On the eve of Kurenai's funeral, Naruto asks Jiraiya if losing people close to you eventually becomes easier. | |
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Chekhov's Gun | |
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Played straight later in combination with the Chekhov's Gun of Naruto's electroshock alarm clock. Naruto uses the technique to wake Gaara and end his demon's rampage. | |
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Dead Man Writing | |
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Dead Man Writing: Kurenai in her letters in Chapter 22. | |
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Only Sane Man | |
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Only Sane Man: Shino is the only member of the team who's not maladjusted in any way that matters. The more humorous variant is also employed, with Naruto of all people being cast on the role whenever he interacts with Lee and/or Gai. | |
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No-Holds-Barred Beatdown | |
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No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Despite Hinata's increased training and confidence, Neji still beats her within an inch of her life in the Chuunin Exam preliminaries. In payback for the above, although it's not a complete Curb-Stomp Battle, Naruto brutalises Neji when they meet in the finals, finishing up by ripping Neji's face open when he's already virtually unconscious. To a lesser extent, Naruto's first sparring sessions with Lee and Gai, with the latter having Naruto describe it as 'knowing what a pachinko ball feels like'. | |
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Out, Damned Spot! | |
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Out, Damned Spot!: Naruto is seen scrubbing his hands practically raw when coping with killing his first enemy and thinking he's a monster. | |
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Mythology Gag | |
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Mythology Gag: Hinata faints when Naruto returns from training with Jiraiya. Of course, this time it is less because she is a Shrinking Violet and more because she sees him naked in the shower via the Byakugan. | |
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Elephant in the Living Room | |
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Elephant in the Living Room: Hinata's Big, Screwed-Up Family. All of Team 8, the Third and Jiraiya know about it. Gai, Kakashi, Asuma and Iruka also seem to have an inkling. Not only can they not really talk about it publicly, but Hiashi has such powerful connections that he won't answer for his actions (something the Sandaime points out). They collectively decide to come up with plausible reasons for her not to be at her house or near her father. To a lesser extent, Naruto and Gaara being jinchuuriki. | |
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Literary Allusion Title | |
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The title of chapter 11, "My Dinner with Aburame," is a Literary Allusion Title to My Dinner with Andre. | |
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Oblivious to Love | |
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Oblivious to Love: Naruto to Hinata, even more so than in canon. It's remarked on and justified several times, but considering they spend every day together here, it's astonishing. Even Shino lampshades it. Justified by both Naruto's stunted emotional development keeping him from noticing the subtle cues and Hinata's lack of self-worth and shyness keeping her from being more forward. Kurenai finally spits it out for Naruto in her letter to him in chapter 22. | |
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Life-or-Limb Decision | |
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Life-or-Limb Decision: The battle between Orochimaru and the Third Hokage ends with both forced to remove an arm, the former to avoid being frozen solid and the latter to stop the spread of poison. | |
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Guile Hero | |
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Guile Hero: In his spare time, Shino seems to be becoming one. Naruto even lampshades it: Naruto himself has shades of this, such as manipulating Tsunade into returning to Konoha. | |
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LampshadeHanging | |
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Lampshade Hanging: On Highly Visible Ninja. | |
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Break the Haughty | |
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Break the Haughty: Sasuke and Neji. Time will tell if any other Hyūgas will get their turn. | |
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Violently Protective Girlfriend | |
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Violently Protective Girlfriend: Hinata may not be his girlfriend but one way to get her to stop fretting over her own flaws is to endanger Naruto in any way. | |
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Trap Master | |
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Trap Master: Shino notes that Sakura appears to have a talent for setting up effective traps. | |
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Glass Cannon | |
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Glass Cannon: Hinata's eyes and reflexes make her quick to react to danger and any hit she lands with her Jyuuken has the potential to be a One-Hit Kill. However, her defenses and recovery time seems to be lower than the rest of Team 8. | |
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Self-Fulfilling Prophecy | |
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Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Kurenai tells the Sandaime it'd be a miracle if the way the villagers have treated Naruto doesn't result in this. | |
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Even Evil Has Standards | |
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Even Evil Has Standards: For all his Blood Knight tendencies, Kisame seemed pretty shocked and disturbed when Itachi acted against their assigned orders and killed Kurenai in cold blood. | |
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Stuff Blowing Up | |
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Stuff Blowing Up: Naruto gets all starry-eyed over the explosive tags sold by Tenten's father. He's also ecstatic upon discovering that trees can explode, despite being caught in the blast radius because he was the one who made it blow up with an overcharged electric attack. Kurenai, by contrast, is not pleased. | |
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Shipper on Deck | |
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Shipper on Deck: There's Kurenai, Shino, Ayame, Sakura, and Jiraiya, all for NaruHina. It says something when even the local Eldritch Abomination thinks they're a decent enough match. (Although, its exact words are "Perhaps you'd make good breeding stock.") | |
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Kick the Son of a Bitch | |
Team 8 (Fanfic) / int_32768814 | comment |
While is still in the air whether or not Sasuke will go the same path as in canon, some of his actions can be interpreted as either one of these tropes. Namely, his killing of one of the Sound team in the Forest of Death after receiving the cursed seal from Orochimaru, and his mocking of Hinata to Naruto's face during the preliminaries. | |
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HalfTruth | |
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Half-Truth: Shino's comment about what flowers would be appropriate for Neji's funeral is construed as a public death threat. It could be, but what he was talking about was Neji's funeral after Naruto rips him limb from limb. This is also how Hinata managed to evade her father's questioning in regards to what Naruto did during the fight with the three Iwa shinobi after returning from the border patrol. | |
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KickTheDog | |
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Sasuke taunts Naruto by calling Hinata weak in an attempt to throw him off before their match in the preliminary round. Instead of being shaken by the taunt, it only pisses Naruto off, who proceeds to knock Sasuke out within the first five seconds of the fight. This also alienates Sasuke from the others, such as Sakura, who thought that he went way too far. | |
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I Hit You, You Hit The Ground | |
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I Hit You, You Hit the Ground: Chuunin Exam preliminary battles. Naruto hits Sasuke out of the Chuunin Exam. Sasuke hits the ground with a broken jaw. | |
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Love Epiphany | |
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Love Epiphany: Hinata realizes that what she feels for Naruto is not merely admiration or a crush while watching over him after the battle with Orochimaru in the Forest of Death. | |
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Batman Gambit | |
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Batman Gambit: In Chapter 4, Kurenai relates this trope to practices of misdirection and deception, explaining to her students that one is more likely to fall for a deception if the deceptee already believes the scenario to be even remotely possible. In Chapter 18, Hinata uses a variant of this on Temari. Due to Temari's dismissive, superior attitude, and her only impression of Hinata being her losing badly to her cousin, she expectedly underestimated Hinata, and so fell for a simple clone technique. In Chapter 21, Naruto uses one to convince Tsunade to return to Konoha. | |
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The Smart Guy | |
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The Smart Guy: Shino. He, among other things, figures out Naruto is the Nine-tails Jinchuuriki all by himself. Kiba and Sasuke also refer to Sakura as “the brain” of their team. | |
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Properly Paranoid | |
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Properly Paranoid: When she hears about the stipulation for the tenth question of the Chuunin Examnote That anyone who fails to get it right will be prohibited from taking the test ever again., Hinata suspects it was put in there specifically to sabotage Naruto's progress as a ninja. It wasn't, but she is correct in assuming that people in high places are plotting against Naruto. | |
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Humans Are Bastards | |
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Humans Are Bastards/Humans Are Flawed: One of the running themes. Kurenai teaches Naruto that ignorance and cowardice will never be totally removed from the hearts of men, and some people will never accept him even if he becomes Hokage. That said, Naruto has nevertheless been able to change the minds of several in the village thus far, as Hiruzen had hoped. | |
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Curb-Stomp Battle | |
Team 8 (Fanfic) / int_3d699462 | comment |
In payback for the above, although it's not a complete Curb-Stomp Battle, Naruto brutalises Neji when they meet in the finals, finishing up by ripping Neji's face open when he's already virtually unconscious. | |
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Took a Level in Kindness | |
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Took a Level in Kindness: Sakura overhears Naruto talking to Lee about how mean she is, as opposed to Sasuke calling her annoying, and resolves to become a better person. Like in canon, Neji also does a Heel–Face Turn after fighting Naruto, and receiving a far more savage beatdown. | |
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Make It Look Like an Accident | |
Team 8 (Fanfic) / int_3f0b2f50 | comment |
Make It Look Like an Accident: Kurenai believes this is what happened to her original team. The details are expounded on chapter 22. | |
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Ungrateful Bastard | |
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Ungrateful Bitch: Hinata puts herself through the wringer to rescue Hanabi, her younger sister, from a trio of missing nins that kidnapped her. Hanabi is not impressed. | |
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Zerg Rush | |
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Zerg Rush: Naruto's standard tactic, as usual. Special mention goes to the final stretch in the Forest of Death, the team realizes that there are probably several traps and opponents between them and the castle and stealth may not get them far. But then Naruto realizes, "We don't have to conceal that we were here, we just have to make it impossible for anyone to pick us out before we reach the finish line." Cue Kage Bunshin. In the Sound and Sand invasion, Naruto spends 30 Kage Bunshin to disable a Sound jonin. | |
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Stupid Sacrifice | |
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Stupid Sacrifice: Haku gleefully throws his body in front of Orochimaru's blade to protect the Hokage rather than try to block it or throw it off course. It gets subverted because the Third Hokage won't have any of it. | |
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Tranquil Fury | |
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Tranquil Fury: Shino after Neji cruelly demolishes Hinata in the Chuunin Exam preliminaries: Also this, after Naruto returns the favor to Neji in the finals: His reaction to the WHAM event in Chapter 20, while said in a cold but level tone, is enough to send chills down an eavesdropping Sasuke's spine. Before the confrontation of his clan's elders, he tells his father just what he thinks of the air of passive-aggression and hatred toward Naruto; it's described as the Aburame equivalent of screaming himself hoarse and setting all their houses on fire. Hinata also invokes this in Snapped. Didn't do her as much good as it does for Shino, but it was still pretty awesome. | |
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold | |
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Similar to canon, Kiba can be very brash, arrogant and belligerent. He nevertheless is loyal to his teammates and cares about them, despite the ocassional squabbles. | |
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Let's Fight Like Gentlemen | |
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Let's Fight Like Gentlemen: The battle between Shino and Chouji during the Chunnin exams is impeccably civil. | |
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Local Hangout | |
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Local Hangout: Ichiraku Ramen. Kurenai sometimes takes the team to Moritake's (her favorite restaurant) when she wants to talk about something serious. | |
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Death by Adaptation | |
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Death by Adaptation: At present, Tazuna and Kurenai. | |
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Badass Teacher | |
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Badass Teacher: Kurenai, Iruka, Gai, Kakashi, and Asuma. The first three also count as Cool Teachers, whereas the other two are more of Sink-or-Swim Mentors. | |
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Gory Discretion Shot | |
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Gory Discretion Shot: Invoked multiple times in chapter 18, as the story cuts from one fight scene to another just as one character is about to get mauled by his opponent and subverted just as often, as the character about to be injured reveals to still not be out of the fight. | |
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Twitchy Eye | |
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Twitchy Eyebrow: The primary way of gauging Shino's mood is the position of his eyebrows. | |
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All of the Other Reindeer | |
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All of the Other Reindeer: The effects of this on Naruto's everyday life are taken Up to Eleven. Vendors who don't outright refuse him service instead overcharge him. He isn't allowed to open a bank account until his jonin-sensei intervenes and threatens the manager, and it's heavily implied he gained a reputation as a thief as well as a vandal from unscrupulous businessmen exploiting and exaggerating his prankster antics in order to dip into a fund set up to pay for any damages done by him. Then there's the academy therapist that intentionally gave him horrible advice, and the med-nins who don't want to treat him... | |
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The Big Guy | |
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The Big Guy: Naruto, despite being the shortest member of the team, thanks to his nearly unending stamina, chakra and use of shadow clones. His stated role in the team is muscle to hold off any attackers while the rest of the team escape. Also Rock Lee and/or Kiba, whenever they are around Team 8. | |
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Crazy-Prepared | |
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Crazy-Prepared: Naruto, strangely enough. During the Forest of Death chunnin exam the characters keep mentioning how they have no idea why Naruto brought X item but it sure came in handy; e.g., he brings multiple collapsible tents by himself, among other things. This is Hinata's influence. One way her poor self-esteem manifests is that she always makes sure she has any item that she might foreseeably need, within reason. Naruto notices this tendency (after he throws up during a training session, Hinata offers him a clean cloth and cup of tea from her thermos) and decides he should emulate it. Being Naruto, of course, he doesn't worry about the 'within reason' part. | |
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Drowning My Sorrows | |
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Drowning My Sorrows: How Kakashi coped with his sensei dying. Even worse is that he offhandedly mentions no one really noticed, since it was right after the Kyuubi's attack. Keep in mind that Kakashi would have been fourteen. | |
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Book Dumb | |
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Book Dumb: Deconstructed. Naruto's horrible grades at the Academy came less from genuine ineptitude and more from many of the instructors (except Iruka) actively trying to sabotage his progress. Under Kurenai's mentorship, he improves enough to be a serious contender for chuunin within a few short months. | |
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Flashback | |
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When Hinata declares that she's worthless because her father said so, Kurenai asks whom she spends more time with (Naruto) and whether he'd agree with her father. Cue Flashback to him saying "Hinata, you rock!" and one stunned-silent heiress. | |
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Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated | |
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Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated: Sarutobi. Said almost literally. | |
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Gratuitous Japanese | |
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Gratuitous Japanese: A lot of it. Common expressions include "Ano", "Gomen," and "Arigato." The author gradually cuts back on this, and stops using these terms altogether by chapter 15. | |
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Let's Get Dangerous! | |
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Let's Get Dangerous!: A non-combat variation occurs when Jiraiya drops his pervert facade after Kurenai asks him to take her seriously. In combat, any time Hinata, Lee, or Naruto decide to ditch their weights, duck. | |
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Power Incontinence | |
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In chapters 4 and 6, Kurenai is shown teaching some simple jutsu to her students. Given his enormous chakra reserves and poor chakra control, Naruto ends up supercharging the jutsu leading to hilarious effects. It turns out the supercharged versions become very useful later, particularly during the Chuunin exam and Orochimaru's invasion. The most relevant include: | |
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Achievements in Ignorance | |
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Achievements in Ignorance: You're not supposed to be able to infuse shadow clones with a full personality, but no-one told Naruto. Not surprising since (in this alternate universe) Naruto's education is implied to have been sabotaged. | |
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Enemy Mine | |
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Enemy Mine: Team 8 and Team 7 against Orochimaru, Naruto and the Kyuubi breaking the Cursed seal. | |
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Government Conspiracy | |
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Government Conspiracy: There is one going on inside the Leaf Village between the Hyūga Clan and many members of the Village Council, with the ringleaders seemingly being Hiashi and Danzo. Although their exact goals and motivations have not been clarified yet, it is heavily implied that they ordered the murder of Kurenai's former team and had been actively promoting hate against Naruto inside the village. Some characters, including the Hokage and Kurenai, are aware of its existence but have been unable to bring it down through legal means. | |
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Turtle Power | |
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Turtle Power: Gai offers Naruto the turtle summoning contract and Naruto accepts. | |
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Pragmatic Villainy | |
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Pragmatic Villainy: Orochimaru refuses to attack the team in chapter 21 as fighting them and two sannin with only one arm would be too difficult. He still laments being unable to corrupt Tsunade though. | |
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Spanner in the Works | |
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Spanner in the Works: Naruto becomes this in chapter 17 and 18. During the invasion to Konoha, Kurenai orders Naruto to use his chakra pulse (see Chekhov's Skill above) to remove the genjutsu that Kabuto put on the stadium. Naruto creates such a giant pulse that it covers the entire village with impressive results: By pure accident, the pulse ends up not only dispelling the genjutsu but making Orochimaru's plan fall to pieces. The nature of this trope is even pointed out by S'TarKan in his Author's Notes regarding said chapter. | |
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Bloody Hilarious | |
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Bloody Hilarious: Talking through a broken nose is a laugh riot. Right, Orochimaru? | |
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I Take Offense to That Last One | |
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I Take Offense to That Last One!: When Shino deconstructs Naruto's personality traits and deduces that he's the host of the nine-tailed fox demon, the thing that really gets under Naruto's skin is that Shino's bugs fed off his chakra until they were full and Naruto didn't even notice. Naruto even goes so far as to declare that he's cheating. | |
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Bunny-Ears Lawyer | |
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Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Kurenai believes that as ninja become more experienced, they also become more eccentric to deal with the stress. Might Guy is the poster boy for this theory, but Kakashi and Jiraiya also fit. | |
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Sinister Scythe | |
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Sinister Scythe: Misato dual wields a pair of kama and eventually, so does Shino. | |
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Death Glare | |
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Narrowly subverted during Kurenai's funeral. Naruto becomes an emotionally distraught mess, so Hinata rushes to his side without thinking (or even acknowledging the Death Glare her father is giving her). This pisses off Hiashi. Shino then comforts the grieving Naruto. This pisses off Hiashi further. He's about to haul away an also-grieving Hinata when Asuma and Kakashi appear on either side of him; their reaction to Hiashi's intentions is summed up as 'One step further and I will Chidori you right in the face, then teach the entire village how to Chidori you right in the face'. | |
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Hair-Trigger Temper | |
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Hair-Trigger Temper: Excluding Hinata, the Main House Hyūgas always seem to be pissed off about something. | |
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He Knows Too Much | |
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He Knows Too Much: Kurenai is killed because she has just figured out and proven how to beat Itachi's Tsukuyomi. Overlaps with Dying Moment of Awesome. Hinted at among the Hyūga nobles watching the Chuunin Exam finals when Naruto blows open his own chakra points during his fight with Neji. It hasn't come to anything yet. | |
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Four-Temperament Ensemble | |
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Four-Temperament Ensemble: Naruto is sanguine, Kurenai is choleric, Hinata is melancholic and Shino is phlegmatic. | |
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Author Avatar | |
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Author Avatar: Kurenai is considered as such, and the author suggests that she's his "mouthpiece". | |
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Dying Moment of Awesome | |
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Kurenai is killed because she has just figured out and proven how to beat Itachi's Tsukuyomi. Overlaps with Dying Moment of Awesome. | |
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Battle in the Center of the Mind | |
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Battle in the Center of the Mind: Kurenai overcomes Tsukuyomi by working with the genjutsu rather than against it. | |
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Hot-Blooded | |
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Also, Lee and Naruto, in a rare case of Naruto being the blue oni. | |
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Big Brother Instinct | |
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Big Brother Instinct: A Big Sister Instinct is shown at least twice in the story with the older sister jumping into the fray to protect a younger sibling: The first time is when Hinata moves to rescue Hanabi from a group of kidnappers; in a later arc, Temari fights desperately to get to Gaara to defend him during the Sand/Sound invasion. Kurenai points out to Hinata that Naruto fully intends to avenge her fight against Neji in the Chuunin Exam Finals and that Shino would gladly pick up the slack if Naruto should fail. | |
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Serious Business | |
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Serious Business: The protocol of respect and proper behavior in the Hyūga clan. Hiashi is even willing to separate Hinata from a distraught Naruto during Kurenai's funeral just so he doesn't look bad. Thankfully, Kakashi and Asuma won't have any of this, and let him know quite clearly. Threateningly. | |
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Mentor Occupational Hazard | |
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Mentor Occupational Hazard: Kurenai, except that she's not an old man. | |
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I Am a Monster | |
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I Am a Monster: One of the major reasons behind Naruto's Heroic B.S.O.D. mentioned above. Given that he was using the demon's chakra at that moment and it made him enjoy his opponent's fear while he strangled the man, he starts to believe and worry he's turning into the fox. Hinata and Kurenai help him to put things in perspective. Eventually, both Neji and Sakura realize that they could stand to be better and nicer people, similar to their canon counterparts. | |
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Unstoppable Rage | |
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Unstoppable Rage: Naruto using the Nine-tails chakra for the first time. Also implied when Kurenai explains the situation with Hinata and her Big, Screwed-Up Family to Jiraya: She wouldn't put it past Hiashi to arrange Hinata's death, possibly via Make It Look Like an Accident; if that were to happen, Naruto (and most likely Shino) will retaliate, consequences be damned. Kurenai also turns an illusory Naruto's unstoppable rage against Itachi in the middle of his Tsukiyomi to escape it, using the knowledge that if anyone ever murdered her and his friends - especially Hinata - in front of him, Naruto would fully unleash the Kyuubi without a moment's hesitation or regret. | |
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Disney Death | |
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Disney Death: During the border patrol mission in chapter 7, Naruto and his team confront a trio of missing ninjas that kidnapped Konohamaru and Hanabi. Konohamaru tries to prevent Naruto from fighting them, telling him that they killed Iruka, which only contributes to Naruto's moment of Unstoppable Rage. Turns out later that Iruka was alive, just badly injured, and Naruto visits him in the hospital. | |
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Aloof Big Brother | |
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Aloof Big Brother: Neji is Hinata's aloof cousin and older brother-figure, as always. | |
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Adaptational Angst Upgrade | |
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Adaptational Angst Upgrade: The altered history of the fic makes Naruto and Hinata's life struggles significantly worse. The villagers are far more antagonistic to Naruto and there is even hinted to be a conspiracy against him, and Hinata's parental abuse is far worse. Consequently, both of them start out much more cynical and insecure than in canon. At separate points, they both even have suicidal thoughts. | |
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Spared by the Adaptation | |
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Spared by the Adaptation: At present, Haku, Hayate and Hiruzen Sarutobi. | |
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Played for Laughs | |
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Played for Laughs when Kiba and Naruto get into a tussle right after fighting the Sound Genin in the Forest of Death. | |
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Protectorate | |
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Protectorate: Kurenai selects Naruto for the role of the heavy hitter of the team in order to protect his teammates in case something goes awry during a recon mission. Given that Hinata and Shino turn out to be his very first real friends, Naruto takes that obligation to heart. | |
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Team Chef | |
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Team Chef: Hinata. Overlaps with Supreme Chef and Chef of Iron, Type 1. | |
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Passing the Torch | |
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Passing the Torch: In chapter 22 Gai presents Naruto with the turtle summoning contract and Naruto accepts. | |
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She Is Not My Girlfriend | |
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She Is Not My Girlfriend: Used (sometimes word for word) by Naruto whenever Jiraiya teases him about his relationship with Hinata. | |
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My Significance Sense Is Tingling | |
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My Significance Sense Is Tingling: Spoofed in chapter 14. Naruto and Kurenai have a very serious talk regarding the Kyuubi. Given the seriousness of the matter involved, Naruto decides for once in his life to be silent. Cut to a scene of Iruka suddenly getting shivers, reacting as if a major violation of the Universe's laws was happening. | |
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For Want of a Nail | |
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For Want of a Nail: The story’s premise. According to the author, the nail isn’t Kurenai requesting Naruto for Team 8, but some unspecified event in her backstory that led to the deaths of her old teammates, a recon-oriented team, which means that when she is offered a chance to form a new recon team, she decides to scout the class rather than simply take the students based on written reports. The author also directly indicates that Hiashi is more nasty than he would be in canon, due to the changed course of history. | |
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Black-and-White Morality | |
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Black-and-White Morality: Mostly Played Straight thus far. Kurenai and Team 8 are portrayed as chiefly heroic, while the figures hindering them, like Hiashi and various village council members are portrayed as rather malevolent and insidious. The change is wrought about due to the initial unrevealed nail, which supposedly gives them secret motivations, but the antagonists thus far are shown to be mostly unsympathetic in their actions. Most antagonistic characters who Took a Level in Kindness received a slice of Humble Pie first. Averted with the Sand Siblings. Gaara has identical characterization to his canon counterpart, and is redeemed in more or less the same manner. His siblings, especially Temari, are shown to be caring and concerned for him, and mostly fight to protect him. In particular, Itachi is said by the author to be a plain villain in this adaption, rather than being a Well-Intentioned Extremist as revealed later on in canon. | |
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Armor-Piercing Question | |
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Armor-Piercing Question: When Hinata declares that she's worthless because her father said so, Kurenai asks whom she spends more time with (Naruto) and whether he'd agree with her father. Cue Flashback to him saying "Hinata, you rock!" and one stunned-silent heiress. She's on the receiving end of another one just before the Tsunade Retrieval mission and before Kurenai gets killed. "Hinata, you know what you did wrong, what good would it do to keep reminding yourself of it?" Innocuous enough, but considering what Hinata has been through her whole life, it made her entire world begin to unravel. | |
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Bullying a Dragon | |
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Bullying a Dragon: Some of the villagers towards Naruto. Sasuke can be forgiven for this, before the Chunin exams. After the Forest of Death, he no longer has an excuse. | |
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Tsundere | |
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After being coldly rejected by her many times, Naruto gives up on Sakura, and advises Lee to do the same. Lee listens to what he has to say. Furthermore, Sakura overhears this conversation and is shocked by what she heard. She initially tries rationalizing it by thinking that Naruto was being unfair and that she didn't want to ruin her chances with getting with Sasuke before remembering how she ''rejected'' the frequent date requests (i.e. hitting him) and realizing how it has been negatively impacting her relationships with others. | |
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Humble Pie | |
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Humble Pie: Naruto serves it up to both Sasuke and Neji. | |
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Red Oni, Blue Oni | |
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Red Oni, Blue Oni: Naruto and Shino, respectively. Also, Lee and Naruto, in a rare case of Naruto being the blue oni. | |
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Badass Crew | |
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Badass Crew: Team Eight. | |
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Mind Rape | |
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Mind Rape: Genjutsu in general, with Tsukuyomi being the crowner. | |
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Designated Girl Fight | |
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Designated Girl Fight: In addition to the two from the preliminaries, Hinata versus Temari during the Sand/Sound invasion stands out, in part because most of the previous group battles involving Team 8 to this point have been against fully male teams (so Hinata and Kurenai tend to fight men more often than not) and in part because of the intensity of the fight, as both combatants are desperately trying to defend someone. | |
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Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl | |
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Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: Shino's parents have this dynamic. | |
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Wham Episode | |
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Wham Episode: Chapter 20. Not only does Itachi arrive in search of Naruto, but he kills Kurenai in the process. | |
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Colossus Climb | |
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Colossus Climb: The fight between Naruto and Gaara during the Sand/Sound invasion eventually involves this. Given that he didn't sign the toad summoning scroll and can't call Gamabunta, when his opponent enters the Shukaku form, Naruto doesn't have any other option than to run up the giant tanuki demon in order to reach Gaara and awaken him. | |
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Meaningful Funeral | |
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Meaningful Funeral: Kurenai receives one in chapter 21. | |
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Laser-Guided Karma | |
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Laser-Guided Karma: An interesting case in which there's good karma and bad karma dosings involved. The majority of Konoha shuns Naruto for being the host of the Nine-Tailed Fox and as a result, the betting odds for the Chuunin Exams have their ratio heavily skewed against Naruto. When Naruto starts winning every fight that comes his way, all of the townsfolk that shunned him are screwed out of a lot of money and Iruka, who always believed in Naruto from the beginning and always bet on him, gets not only a fortune in bet earnings but also the chance to bankrupt a lot of Hyūga clansmen. | |
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Can't Catch Up | |
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Unlike Naruto and Hinata, who could spend many hours training together without anyone caring, Shino isn't as lucky and Can't Catch Up, since he has clan duties and a family at home waiting for him. | |
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Dynamic Entry | |
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Dynamic Entry: Might Guy & Rock Lee still have a habit of doing this. Shino kills a giant snake this way. | |
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Layman's Terms | |
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Layman's Terms: Naruto tends to be confused by Shino’s speech patterns, requiring someone (usually Kurenai) to translate for him. Eventually, an exasperated Shino starts doing the translation himself. | |
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There Are No Therapists | |
Team 8 (Fanfic) / int_96fbeaf | comment |
There Are No Therapists: The one that's actually mentioned turns out to be an asshole, making this a moot point. Kurenai, on the other hand, makes an adequate stand-in. | |
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Sleep Cute | |
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Sleep Cute: Happens accidentally with Naruto and Hinata; Hinata can't keep her eyes open and nods off, her head against Naruto's shoulder, while Naruto is too panicked to move an inch because of this. It actually makes Shino laugh. Happens again in the Forest of Death, when Hinata falls asleep on Naruto's shoulder after he's left comatose during the fight with Orochimaru. | |
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Master of Illusion | |
Team 8 (Fanfic) / int_985d6d7f | comment |
Master of Illusion: Kurenai, of course. Unlike the manga, she's shown actually being able to kick ass with it. To the point of being able to dispel the Tsukuyomi while under its effects. | |
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Head Desk | |
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Head Desk: Genma starts banging his head against a wall when he realizes his efforts to prevent a genin from receiving outside help in the first test of the Chuunin Exam actually helped the genin cheat. | |
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Not So Different | |
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Not So Different: Shino invokes this in a positive way during his confrontation with the rest of his clan: Played for Laughs when Kiba and Naruto get into a tussle right after fighting the Sound Genin in the Forest of Death. Naruto has a moment like this at the end of his fight with Gaara, but not only in relation to the similarity between him and his opponent, but also in the similarity between Gaara and Hinata. Basically, Naruto realizes both Gaara and Hinata were raised to believe their existence was worthless and meaningless. This revelation upsets him so much that he vows to fix it. An external observation, but Kurenai realize after a couple hours with Naruto that he has just as many self-esteem issues as Hinata. The revelation leaves her quite aggravated. | |
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Crippling Overspecialization | |
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Crippling Overspecialization: Team 8 was originally assembled to specialize in reconnaissance. Kurenai, however, chooses to switch Naruto in place of Kiba to defy this trope. Naruto, Shino, and Hinata are able to defeat an enemy jonin early on partially because he specialized more in stealth than in fighting. | |
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Took a Level in Badass | |
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Took a Level in Badass: The entirety of Team 8. All three of them are way above where they were in canon at this point in the story. | |
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Eye Scream | |
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Eye Scream: Shino kills a giant snake by stabbing through its eyes to its brain. | |
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Good Parents | |
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Good Parents: Shibi and Misato Aburame. | |
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It Gets Easier | |
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Back in the academy, a psychiatrist spoke individually to each of the students, saying the first time they kill someone while on a mission is the most difficult by far—except for Naruto, whom he coldly dismisses as a monster who will probably enjoy killing. This comes back to bite him in the ass hard when ANBU Black Ops show up and take him away for interrogation. | |
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…And That Little Girl Was Me | |
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...And That Little Girl Was Me: Discussed. Kurenai tells a story about a girl who, as a Chunin, defeated a more experienced Jonin. When Shino's reply makes the assumption that the girl in the story was her, Kurenai reminds him that she didn't explicitly say so. Though, as Shino then points out, it's hard to believe that she would recall so many exact details about the fight if it had happened to someone else, which Kurenai acknowledges. | |
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Mood Whiplash | |
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Mood Whiplash: In Chapter 11, following their dinner with the Aburame Clan and Shibi apologizing to Naruto on behalf of their clan, Naruto and Hinata play a game of tag that leads to their first encounter with Gaara. | |
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Chekhov's Classroom | |
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Chekhov's Classroom: Subverted. Kurenai teaches the squad a jutsu to charge one's fist with electricity, and informs them of how useful it is against an enemy wearing steel. In the following chapter when the group are fighting three ninjas and one of them turns his skin into steel, you'd think Naruto would use this jutsu; instead, the Kyuubi's power is triggered and Naruto punches a hole through the guy's steel chest. Played straight later in combination with the Chekhov's Gun of Naruto's electroshock alarm clock. Naruto uses the technique to wake Gaara and end his demon's rampage. Back in the academy, a psychiatrist spoke individually to each of the students, saying the first time they kill someone while on a mission is the most difficult by far—except for Naruto, whom he coldly dismisses as a monster who will probably enjoy killing. This comes back to bite him in the ass hard when ANBU Black Ops show up and take him away for interrogation. Kurenai's explanation of how to realize one is in a genjutsu involves searching out discrepencies. This is how she manages to break Itachi's Tsukuyomi. | |
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Happiness in Slavery | |
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Happiness in Slavery: Hinata is more than willing to be Tsunade's personal assistant for six months if it means Tsunade will return to the village to help Naruto and so that Hinata won't have to go back to her Big, Screwed-Up Family. | |
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StationsOfTheCanon | |
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Stations of the Canon: Although there are major differences from canon (including the removal of the Land of Waves arc), the fanfic still has many significant events and arcs from Part 1, such as the Chuunin Exams, the Invasion of Konoha, and the Search for Tsunade (albeit distinctly modified). However, the story is to go down the road towards ultimate defiance; the initial nail in question is set well before the anime opens, and will eventually causes the narrative to part with established canon altogether. Granted, this is largely because the fic itself was fully outlined before posting, and so contradicts many subsequent plot points and revelations made in canon. | |
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Ascended Extra | |
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Ascended Extra: Kurenai. In the original manga, she's given little characterization and mostly just serves as the one in charge of Team 8. Here, she's a major character with a troubled history who serves as both The Mentor and Team Mom to her students, especially Naruto and Hinata. | |
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Obfuscating Stupidity | |
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Obfuscating Stupidity: Played with by Maito Gai, of all people: although his speeches about the Power of Youth and generally overreacting to anything are part of his character, he is fully aware that people tend to daze off when he's making those speeches and is not above using it to his advantage. | |
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Not So Stoic | |
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Not So Stoic: He yells for medics after Hinata's brutal beatdown by Neji. He soon followed that with the most fierce display of Tranquil Fury in the story. | |
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Like a Son to Me | |
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Like a Son to Me: Kurenai says she would be proud to call Hinata her daughter. In her will. | |
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Odd Friendship | |
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Odd Friendship: Naruto and Shino eventually become good friends despite how different their personalities are. Naruto and Lee may count as an example too. | |
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Big Brother Mentor | |
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Big Brother Mentor: Iruka towards Naruto, obviously. Given that he is one of the few teachers in the academy who treated Naruto fairly, he is also one of the few male characters that Kurenai trusts. | |
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Jack of All Stats | |
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Jack-of-All-Stats: Shino. He has no trouble at all keeping up with the rest of his team but lacks Naruto's stamina. He's physically stronger than Hinata, has a longer reach than both of them and recovers faster but he doesn't react as fast as she or Naruto do. Kurenai combines this and her genjutsu moveset as the team's Kung-Fu Wizard. | |
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Nothing Up My Sleeve | |
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Nothing Up My Sleeve: Shino's kamas are hidden in his sleeves. | |
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Chekhov's Skill | |
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Chekhov's Skill: In chapters 4 and 6, Kurenai is shown teaching some simple jutsu to her students. Given his enormous chakra reserves and poor chakra control, Naruto ends up supercharging the jutsu leading to hilarious effects. It turns out the supercharged versions become very useful later, particularly during the Chuunin exam and Orochimaru's invasion. The most relevant include: A condensation jutsu used to gather little amounts of water from the surrounding atmosphere in order to accomplish menial tasks (like refilling a canteen). By supercharging it, Naruto creates a giant torrent of water that he uses to decimate Gaara's sand shield during their fight in chapter 17. A brief chakra pulse used to cancel genjutsu; generally a short-range tactic, it's limited by the amount of chakra put into it. By supercharging it, Naruto creates the equivalent of a chakra EMP capable of covering the entire village and disrupting all kind of techniques beside genjutsu. In chapter 17, Naruto uses it to cancel the genjutsu that Kabuto puts on the stadium during the invasion to the village, but the pulse is so big it ends messing up other jutsu in the area, particularly those neccesary for Orochimaru's plans. | |
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Oh, Crap! | |
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Oh, Crap!: Shino, upon learning that Jiraiya has offered Naruto the summoning contract for toads. Because of his reaction, Naruto does not sign the contract. Only time will tell how this will affect his future battles. Temari is terrified for Gaara's life during this version of his fight with Naruto in the forest outside the village. | |
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Dead Fic | |
Team 8 (Fanfic) / int_ad363f77 | comment |
Dead Fic: Has not been updated since April 2015, though updates on the author's website indicate it is still being worked on. As of October 22, 2018, the author still has plans to continue. | |
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Pyrrhic Victory | |
Team 8 (Fanfic) / int_ad9fbc1e | comment |
Pyrrhic Victory: In Chapter 20 Kurenai does the impossible and succeeds in dispelling Itachi's Tsukuyomi. The fact that she was able to pull such an act results in Itachi killing her on the spot. A more humorous example happens in the next chapter, which is appropriately named for this trope. Tsunade does manage to beat Naruto in their duel. But she lost the bet that she would do so with only one finger when she opted to wring his neck. | |
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Abusive Parents | |
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An external observation, but Kurenai realize after a couple hours with Naruto that he has just as many self-esteem issues as Hinata. The revelation leaves her quite aggravated. | |
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Loophole Abuse | |
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Loophole Abuse: Misato, Shino's mother, knows a secret fighting style involving kama which she was instructed to not teach to anyone outside the Hidden Mist Village. Since Shino was actually born there, she sees no harm in passing it down to him. | |
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Heal the Cutie | |
Team 8 (Fanfic) / int_b28ee15a | comment |
Heal the Cutie: The fic takes what happened to Naruto and Hinata in canon, puts it at the forefront, and takes it Up to Eleven. Naruto is shown to be significantly insecure about the Nine-Tails and the treatment from the villagers, while Hinata is borderline suicidal in her aspirations. Kurenai realizes that putting the two together on a team could set them both on a path to healing, and so she takes on Naruto. The fic then largely follows their journey together to heal and grow past their difficulties. | |
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Genki Girl | |
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Genki Girl: Hilariously, Shino's mom appears to be at least a partial example. | |
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Moral Myopia | |
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Moral Myopia: During their battle at the Chuunin Exam, Kiba and Akamaru use Gatsuuga on Shino... and when Kiba sees his partner was wounded? | |
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Take That! | |
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Take That!: There's one against Sasuke and Sakura when Naruto is contemplating Hinata and Shino learning his secret shortly after their first mission outside the village. Sakura didn't learn about Kurama until after the timeskip, while Sasuke acknowledged Kurama's presence during their fight at the end of Part I. A more obvious one happens in Chapter 8, after Naruto has killed two people in the previous battle. | |
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Left for Dead | |
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Left for Dead: Iruka, with Konohamaru fully believing he was dead. | |
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Glowing Eyes of Doom | |
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Glowing Eyes of Doom: Kurenai knows a small-scale genjutsu that gives her eyes a subtle glow. She often uses it to unnerve people, especially if they push her Berserk Buttons. | |
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Knife Nut | |
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Knife Nut: ALL ninja love kunai, but Kurenai seems to somehow always have one in her hand when she's angry. | |
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Precision F-Strike | |
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Precision F-Strike: During the above-listed Heroic B.S.O.D., Naruto recounts the advice he received from an academy psychologist regarding making his first kill. Hinata does not take this well. Although his language is generally coarser, Naruto drops his first actual F bomb on Neji in chapter 19 (although it may be more of an F mine, since it's in the middle of a prepared speech). | |
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Berserk Button | |
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Berserk Button: Don't call Hinata weak in Naruto's company. Also, daring to seriously threaten or, worse, actually hurt his teammates will result in Naruto using the Kyuubi's chakra. After she learns why the villagers hate Naruto, Hinata starts getting angry when she sees evidence of Naruto's mistreatment in the village. Avoid any and all sexist remarks in Kurenai's presence. Also avoid being a dick to Naruto; she will scare the shit out of you. | |
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Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu? | |
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Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?: Naruto, did you just break Orochimaru's nose? And did one of your clones get popped shortly afterward trying to give Sabaku no Gaara a noogie? | |
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These Hands Have Killed | |
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These Hands Have Killed: Naruto after his first kill. Hinata and Kurenai snap him out of it. | |
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YouGotSpunk | |
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You Got Spunk: The Kyuubi says this to Hinata. Really. | |
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Happily Married | |
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According to Misato, Shibi is as well. | |
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When All You Have Is a Hammer… | |
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Naruto's standard tactic, as usual. Special mention goes to the final stretch in the Forest of Death, the team realizes that there are probably several traps and opponents between them and the castle and stealth may not get them far. But then Naruto realizes, "We don't have to conceal that we were here, we just have to make it impossible for anyone to pick us out before we reach the finish line." Cue Kage Bunshin. | |
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Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy | |
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Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: Part of Sasuke's characterization due to Naruto not being on Team 7. After getting a One-Hit KO from Naruto, he seems to tone that down somewhat. | |
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Canon | |
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Though several of the Chuunin Exam matches are different, some match-ups are the same as in canon: Tenten vs. Temari, Hinata vs. Neji, Sakura vs. Ino, and Lee vs. Gaara in the prelims, and Naruto vs. Neji and Temari vs. Shikamaru in the finals. The actions in many of this match-ups change due to the altered circumstances, however... On the other hand, Shikamaru's finals match goes much the same as in canon, and still ends with him taking advantage of holes in the ground that Naruto made earlier even if the cause of the holes is different. | |
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True Companions | |
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True Companions: One of the core elements of the story is seeing the members of the eponymous team turn into this as time goes on. Especially in the case of Naruto and Hinata, as the team eventually becomes their main solace, due to their horrible childhoods and the team being the closest thing they have to a real family. | |
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Boom, Headshot! | |
Team 8 (Fanfic) / int_c3585f4a | comment |
Boom, Headshot!: One character is killed by a kunai to the forehead. | |
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You Are Better Than You Think You Are | |
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You Are Better Than You Think You Are: Most of the interactions that Kurenai has with Hinata are aimed at Hinata realizing that, regardless of what her father or her family thinks of her, she does have worth. | |
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Shout-Out | |
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Shout-Out: Lines from The Matrix and Star Wars are occasionally added almost word for word. These are not quotations by the characters, of course, but nice little stealth references. The title of chapter 11, "My Dinner with Aburame," is a Literary Allusion Title to My Dinner with Andre. A significant one to The Terminator during Naruto's fight with Neji: It's worth noting that Gai refers to the boss of the turtle summons as the Friend of All Children. Also, the high-level turtle summons referred to as The Four on account of their refusal to be summoned separate from each other and their "occidental names that are ridiculous and difficult to pronounce". All of the turtle summons appear to be shout outs. So far, aside from the above mentioned Friend of All Children and the Four, we've seen Squirtle, Genji, and Clothahump. | |
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Iron Lady | |
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Iron Lady: As a jounin and team leader, Kurenai carries herself as one. She has to, given the chauvinistic mentality of some of the people around her (like a weapon shopkeeper in one of the first chapters). | |
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Self-Deprecation | |
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Self-Deprecation: Naruto demonstrates being more than willing to sometimes crack a joke at his own expense. More often than not, this ends up having a Dude, Not Funny! effect on his teammates. | |
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Killed Off for Real | |
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Killed Off for Real: Kurenai. | |
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Roaring Rampage of Revenge | |
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Shino's comment about what flowers would be appropriate for Neji's funeral is construed as a public death threat. It could be, but what he was talking about was Neji's funeral after Naruto rips him limb from limb. | |
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Broken Bird | |
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Broken Bird: Kurenai. It’s shown and remarked how much she was affected by the death of her teammates as well as other unsavory events in her past. As a result, her outlook on life can be quite cynical and pessimistic at times. However, in a subversion of how the trope usually plays when it comes to mentorship roles, she acts quite sympathetic and encouraging towards her students (although she still can be very stern when needed), and proves to be quite a good teacher and team leader despite her personal issues. | |
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That Came Out Wrong | |
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That Came Out Wrong: In chapter 3, Naruto tries to compliment Hinata on how she's worried about doing her fair share of the work a D-rank mission where they do housework for an injured homeowner and not avoiding it altogether like he believes other girls would. With each word out of his mouth, he fails harder, and harder, and harder. | |
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PlayedForDrama | |
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Played for Drama. Hiashi Hyūga very plainly speaks of Hinata's weakness and uselessness to Kurenai when he entrusts her to train her as a ninja. Hinata is standing a few feet away when he does. | |
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In Spite of a Nail | |
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In Spite of a Nail: Though several of the Chuunin Exam matches are different, some match-ups are the same as in canon: Tenten vs. Temari, Hinata vs. Neji, Sakura vs. Ino, and Lee vs. Gaara in the prelims, and Naruto vs. Neji and Temari vs. Shikamaru in the finals. The actions in many of this match-ups change due to the altered circumstances, however... On the other hand, Shikamaru's finals match goes much the same as in canon, and still ends with him taking advantage of holes in the ground that Naruto made earlier even if the cause of the holes is different. Even though Sarutobi doesn't die in the invasion in the altered timeline, Jiraiya still gets sent to bring back Tsunade and takes Naruto with him. Even though Itachi and Kisame's confrontation with the jounin goes differently and Sasuke isn't visiting Kakashi in the hospital, Sasuke still overhears that Itachi stopped by, goes after him, and inadvertently saves Naruto by distracting Itachi. | |
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What the Hell, Hero? | |
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What the Hell, Hero?: Kurenai to Hinata, regarding her suicidal motives in her fight with Neji, believing that she didn't care how her team would react if she died. | |
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You Are Not Alone | |
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You Are Not Alone: Naruto has this revelation during Kurenai's funeral. After bottling up his emotions for most of the day, he finally breaks down and starts crying. It doesn't pass much time before Hinata and Shino appear at his side to comfort him. | |
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Training from Hell | |
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Training from Hell: Naruto starts working out with Guy and Lee to improve his taijutsu skills. Later in full effect when Naruto trains with them 3 times a day while Hinata is in hospital after the Preliminaries. Especially when Gai himself spars with Naruto. Eventually, Team 7 demands this from Kakashi in light of Team 8's successes. | |
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Friendship Moment | |
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Friendship Moment: Hinata calming Naruto down after his first kill, Shino verbally tearing into his family for their treatment of Naruto, Naruto visiting Hinata in the hospital and Hinata and Shino comforting Naruto when he goes to pieces at Kurenai's funeral. Naruto has one earlier, when he muses on how badly Hinata got hurt, and the stray thought of "no one does this to my friends" completely unhorses him. | |
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Screw the Rules, I Have Connections! | |
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Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!: As head of the Hyūga, Hiashi has and exploits this. | |
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Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You | |
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Kurenai does this on separate occassions to both the Third and Jiraiya regarding Naruto's poor upbringing and unfair treatment in the village, saying that the law keeping the Fox's existence secret from everyone, Naruto himself, does more harm than good. Unlike the other examples presented here, both had decent reasons and good intentions, eventually realized they made serious mistakes there, and feel incredibly ashamed of how things turned out. | |
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I'm Standing Right Here | |
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I'm Standing Right Here: Played for Drama. Hiashi Hyūga very plainly speaks of Hinata's weakness and uselessness to Kurenai when he entrusts her to train her as a ninja. Hinata is standing a few feet away when he does. Downplayed later on when Hiashi is badmouthing Hinata to Tsunade, with Hinata in the next room - and very much able to hear them. As soon as he's gone, Tsunade calls him an idiot. | |
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Try Not to Die | |
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Try Not to Die: Anko's standard encouragement for the Forest of Death section of the Chuunin exam. Naruto receives this advice from the Kyuubi before it uses its chakra to dispel the seal Orochimaru placed on him. | |
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Sixth Ranger | |
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Sixth Ranger: Neji and/or Sasuke have a similar role when Team 7 and/or Team Gai act in tandem with Team 8, given how distant and aloof they act towards their teammates. | |
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Action Girl | |
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Action Girl: Hinata and Kurenai, most notably. | |
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Did I Just Say That Out Loud? | |
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Did I Just Say That Out Loud?: Naruto's "unfortunate metaphors" would be this to anyone else. | |
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Pre-Asskicking One-Liner | |
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Pre-Asskicking One-Liner: | |
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Lightning Bruiser | |
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Lightning Bruiser: Thanks to the supplemental training in taijutsu he is taking with Gai and Rock Lee, Naruto gradually turns into an example. This is especially evident during his fight with Gaara in the Chunin Exams. He not only manages to outrun the other jinchuuriki's sand defenses, but hits him so hard that Gaara ends up with a concussion. And that's not taking into account the Kyuubi chakra, which not only increases his speed even more, but also gives him enough strength to punch through metal. | |
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Ship Tease | |
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Ship Tease: Obviously, there is a fair amount of it between Naruto and Hinata, but Shikamaru/Temari and Iruka/Kurenai also receive a few scenes of this. | |
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Chekhov's Gunman | |
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Chekhov's Gunman: Haku. In chapter 9, Team 7 (which includes Kiba in place of Naruto) explains the result of their mission in Wave Country. It's mentioned that Haku survived the fight with Zabuza and was brought back to Konoha with them. In chapter 12, Sakura is surprised to see Naruto escorted by a Chuunin proctor to the bathroom. Finally, in chapter 18, that same proctor is revealed to be Haku, who helps the Sandaime in the battle against Orochimaru, heavily affecting the outcome of the fight. | |
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A Rare Sentence | |
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A Rare Sentence: Lampshaded in that it was something he never thought he would say: | |
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Decoy Protagonist | |
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Decoy Protagonist: Prior to Chapter 20, if not for the fact that Naruto and Hinata are displayed as the two main characters, you could be forgiven for thinking that Kurenai is The Hero of this story. Much of the altered backstory and the changes the proverbial nail has wrought are thanks to her mentoring of Team 8, after all. | |
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Mama Bear | |
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Mama Bear: Kurenai is mildly disturbed to realize that she would put the safety of Naruto, Hinata and Shino above the village, if it came down to that. Exemplified in her talk with Jiraiya, which can best be summed up as: "Don't you DARE corrupt my kids." | |
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Know When to Fold 'Em | |
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Know When to Fold 'Em: Kurenai actually brings this up earlier when the team is just formed: don't keep fighting a losing battle that is, in the grand scheme of things, unimportant, especially if the only reason you're still fighting at all is pride. | |
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Sugar-and-Ice Personality | |
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Sugar-and-Ice Personality: Shino, as the story goes along. Stoic, logical, quiet, at one point, not quite used to human contact outside of his family and will fuck you up proper if you hurt his friends. According to Misato, Shibi is as well. | |
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Silk Hiding Steel | |
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Silk Hiding Steel: Hinata has too many self-esteem issues to truly qualify, but she is slowly getting there. Besides her many moments of combat prowess, the best example might be when she is interrogated by Hiashi about Naruto using the Kyuubi’s chakra during the border patrol mission. Despite being utterly terrified of her father, Hinata deduces he wants that information for nefarious purposes, so she decides, much to her own surprise, to not reveal anything, claiming she didn’t see what happened. The deception works and a frustrated Hiashi dismisses her. | |
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The Hero | |
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The Hero: Naruto is the main protagonist force, protecting his comrades and fighting bad guys. | |
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Calling the Old Man Out | |
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Calling The Old Men Out: Shino goes before his clan's elders after learning about the Kyuubi, and, as is said later in this entry, verbally tears them apart. Naruto does this on behalf of Hinata to Neji. Kurenai does this on separate occassions to both the Third and Jiraiya regarding Naruto's poor upbringing and unfair treatment in the village, saying that the law keeping the Fox's existence secret from everyone, Naruto himself, does more harm than good. Unlike the other examples presented here, both had decent reasons and good intentions, eventually realized they made serious mistakes there, and feel incredibly ashamed of how things turned out. | |
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Expy | |
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Expy: Shino seems to be based on Spock. Misato and Shibi Aburame share traits with Spock's parents as well. | |
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Determinator | |
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Determinator: Deconstructed during Hinata's fight with Neji, where instead of showing how determined she is toward living up to her and Naruto's ninja way, Kurenai instead interprets Hinata's actions (i.e., fighting doggedly) as a failed suicide attempt, followed by a scene in the hospital where Hinata denounces her own existence and confirms Kurenai's suspicions. Know When to Fold 'Em: Kurenai actually brings this up earlier when the team is just formed: don't keep fighting a losing battle that is, in the grand scheme of things, unimportant, especially if the only reason you're still fighting at all is pride. | |
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The Kirk | |
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The Kirk: Hinata is a moderating influence between her teammates. | |
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Deconstruction Fic | |
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Deconstruction Fic: The entire story deconstructs many aspects, plot points, and characterizations of Naruto as a whole. Naruto's status as a pariah is the result of something more serious than a case of All the Other Reindeer. The teaching methods of a Sink-or-Swim Mentor like Kakashi are shown to be vastly inferior when compared to the more involved methods of Kurenai and Gai. The abuse Hinata has to deal with at home (albeit much more severe than in canon) has horribly warped her sense of self-worth to the point where she would rather die in a pointless duel than lose and be considered a failure again. Even Naruto's canon style of dress is critiqued. | |
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Freudian Trio | |
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Freudian Trio: Team 8's genin members make up a Freudian Trio. The McCoy: Naruto is hotheaded and ruled mostly by his emotions. The Kirk: Hinata is a moderating influence between her teammates. The Spock: Shino runs entirely on logic and disparages people who base their decisions on emotion. | |
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Exact Words | |
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Exact Words: Strangling someone isn't the same as beating them with one finger. | |
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Jerkass | |
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Jerkass: As mentioned before, most members of the Hyūga clan fall into this, including Neji, Hanabi and especially Hiashi. The members of Team 7 are initially portrayed as this as well. | |
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Heroic Self-Deprecation | |
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Heroic Self-Deprecation: Hinata is especially plagued with feelings of self-doubt and inferiority, in large part thanks to her abusive father. Occasionally, Naruto does this as well. | |
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Complaining About Rescues They Don't Like | |
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Complaining About Rescues They Don't Like: Hanabi does. Loudly. Obnoxiously. Ungratefully. | |
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Mundane Utility | |
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Mundane Utility: Shadow clones. Good for supply gathering, gardening, and making take-out runs. Of course, this was sort of a given, as Naruto's first solution to any problem seems to be 'throw a bunch of clones at it'. | |
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Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness | |
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Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Shino. Taken Up to Eleven by his father, Shibi. | |
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Identical Stranger | |
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Identical Stranger: Naruto bears a passing resemblance to the dead son of an innkeeper. | |
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Cute Bruiser | |
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Cute Bruiser: All of Team 8 eventually, but Naruto takes the cake. | |
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BigSisterInstinct | |
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Temari realizing that for once, she's not terrified of Gaara; she's terrified for Gaara. | |
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Childhood Brain Damage | |
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Childhood Brain Damage: Kurenai wonders if Gai was repeatedly dropped as a baby to explain his eccentric personality. She ultimately decides that a more realistic explanation is that the stronger a jonin is, the weirder they are (and worries that she will end up the same). | |
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RunningGag | |
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Running Gag: "Lee!!" "Gai-sensei!!" Naruto's ruminations on spoiled milk. Although he's only done it twice, Naruto's slightly disturbing but surprisingly accurate metaphors. Kunai appearing in Kurenai's hand when she gets angry. | |
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Team Dad | |
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Team Dad: The Hokage, especially to Naruto. | |
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Team Mom | |
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Team Mom: As the Jonin instructor of Team 8, Kurenai naturally fills this role, and she's the closest thing to a mother figure that Naruto and Hinata have. Guess how Naruto reacts after she's murdered? | |
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Beware the Nice Ones | |
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Beware the Nice Ones: Hinata is a victim of severe emotional abuse, with major self-esteem problems. She's gentle, kind, and refuses to speak ill of anyone, even her screwed up family. And if you threaten her teammates in her presence, she will smash in your face. Naruto claws Neji's face open for what he did to Hinata. Gets an immediate lampshade from Sakura. | |
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Brick Joke: At chapter 4, Naruto uses his chakra pulse (see Chekhov's Skill below) for the first time. It's casually mentioned that among the effects, the wives of some village elders lost the cosmetic genjutsu they used to look younger. More than 16 chapters later, guess what happens when Naruto uses the pulse with Tsunade. | |
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Lady of War | |
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Lady of War: And she's working up to this, as far as Naruto's concerned. | |
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Beauty Is Never Tarnished | |
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Beauty Is Never Tarnished: Averted. While in the Forest of Death, Hinata's face is badly bruised. It remains that way for the rest of the chapter and at least a third of the next one until she gets healed. | |
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Diving Save | |
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Diving Save: Naruto side-tackles Kiba out of the way and Hinata snatches up Akamaru before the two rescuees would be struck or maybe eaten by a giant snake. | |
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Pet the Dog | |
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Pet the Dog: Sasuke actually gets one in Chapter 20, by clearly stating he doesn't want to let Itachi kill anyone else if he can help it. Temari realizing that for once, she's not terrified of Gaara; she's terrified for Gaara. | |
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