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The Konoha 12 consists of Team 7 plus three other squads of genin. The group forms the central cast of ''Naruto'' and is noted for being the most gifted class to come along in several years. The three other teams in the Konoha 12 are Team 8, Team 10, and Team Guy [[Fanon|(sometimes called Team 9).]] Teams 7, 8, and 10 were together referred to as "The Rookie 9" during the Chunin Exams Arc.

 

== In General ==

* [[Freudian Trio]]:

** Ego: Hinata, Shikamaru, Tenten

** Blue: Shino, Shikamaru, Neji

** Red: Kiba, Ino/Chouji, Rock Lee

 

== Team 8 ==

=== Kiba Inuzuka ===

 

 

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He treats Hinata like a younger sister, fights with his ultra-serious partner Shino and, after initially mocking him, considers Naruto one of his closest friends.

* [[Food Pills]]: Before the time-skip Kiba and Akamaru had to rely on the use of chakra boosting Food Pills to efficiently use their ninjutsu.

* [[Fusion Dance]]: With Akamaru to turn into a [[Canis Major|giant two headed dog]].

* [[Pretty in Mink|Handsome In Mink]]: Wears a fur coat in Part I.

* [[Hell-Bent for Leather]]: In Part II.

* [[Idiot Hero]]

* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Very strong and very fast. His only problem is his [[Idiot Hero|Naruto]]-like behavior.

* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Much less than Kakashi or Sasuke, but he still has a dedicated female fandom.

* [[The Nose Knows]]: His most useful ability.

* [[This Is a Drill]]: Fang over Fang (Gatsuga) and Double Wolf Fang (Garouga).

* [[Unknown Rival]]: To Naruto. He still can't believe he [[Can't Catch Up]] to the dead last in his graduating class. Naruto, of course, has no clue about this.

 

=== Hinata Hyuga ===

 

 

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* [[Ascended Extra]]: In the anime, where she frequently stars in filler arcs.

* [[Badass Adorable]]: So very much!

* [[Big Eater]]: In the omake of the episode 95 of Shippuden. She wins an eater competition, eating ''46'' ramen bowls. ''In half an hour.'' [[Flat What|What.]]

* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: Regarding her feelings for Naruto until Chapter {{spoiler|437}}.

* [[Combination Attack]]: She and Neji are able to use one late in part 2.

* [[The Cutie]]: In part 1.

** She reaffirms it when she goes against {{spoiler|Pain}} fully knowing that she might not make it, since she wants to not only tell Naruto that she loves him, but to tell him that it's thanks to him that she's reached the place she is now.

* [[Evil Eye]]: The Byakugan who's powers include...

** [[Aura Vision]]

** [[Super Senses]]: 360 degree vision and telescopic view.

* [[Exotic Eye Designs]]: Byakugan users have pupil-less eyes.

** [[Prophet Eyes]]: As with every other member of the Hyuga Clan.

* [[Form-Fitting Wardrobe]]: Part 2.

* [[Good Is Not Dumb]]: In her fight with Neji during the Chuunin exams, he says [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|"You really are a naive and spoiled child of the Main House"]] for attempting to fight him, the prodigy of the Hyuuga Clan. However, she turns the tables on him by saying that [[Shut UP, Hannibal|he is the one]] [[Hypocrite|fighting fate]].

* [[Hidden Buxom]]: Most noticeable when Sakura is healing her during Six-tailed Naruto's fight with Pain, though the first instance might be the clothes she wore for the 3rd part of the Chunin exam.

* [[Hime Cut]]: Part 2.

* [[Hollywood Personality Disorders]]: Avoidant Personality Disorder. She's very shy and rather socially awkward.

* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: In some fillers but sadly subverted in chapter {{spoiler|437}} (although not in [[Adaptation Expansion|the anime version]]).

* [[Lonely Rich Kid]]

* [[Martial Pacifist]]: Dislikes fighting, but willing to go as far as she has to if she has no other choice.

* [[Ojou]]: As one of the two daughters of the Hyuga leader.

* [[Plucky Girl]]: Her defining characteristic.

* [[Pretty in Mink]]: Wears a fur coat in Part 1.

* [[Shiny Midnight Black]]: Well, Indigo.

** [[Fragile Flower]]: Unfortunately, this is often [[Flanderized]] in both the anime and in fanfics where Hinata faints at the drop of a hat and can rival [[Porky Pig]] with her stuttering.

* [[Shy Blue-Haired Girl]]: Maybe one of the best examples.

* [[Shy Finger-Twiddling]]: She does this a ''lot'' when talking to Naruto. Still provides the page pic, which is taken from ''her first on-screen appearance in the series.''

* [[Supernatural Martial Arts]]: The Gentle Fist which provides examples of...

** [[Barrier Warrior]]: For Hinata the Protective Eight Trigrams 64 Palms (anime only).

** [[Elemental Punch]]: Of the [[Pure Energy]], [[Panthera Awesome|Lion]] [[Animal Battle Aura|Aura]] producing variety.

** [[Pressure Point]]

*** [[Sphere of Destruction]]

** [[Touch of Death]]

* [[Sweet Tooth]]: According to the [[All There in the Manual|databook]] her favorite food are cinnamon rolls and Zenzai (Sweet bean soup).

* [[Tomboyish Sidetails]]: In Part 1. Subverted, given Hinata is ''anything'' but tomboyish. It is rather used to show her innocence and shyness towards feminity and seduction. Compare with Ino and Sakura's [[Long Hair Is Feminine|long hair]], who were much more into seduction in Part 1.

* [[The Unfavourite]]: Her dad resented her for being gentle and shy, preferring her sister Hanabi as an heiress. They seem to be in better terms after the Chuunin Exam arc.

* [["Well Done, Son" Guy|"Well Done, Daughter" Girl]]: Wants to be acknowledged by her father. {{spoiler|Has managed it.}}

* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]

* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: Has all the physical traits and some of the psychological ones.

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Bonus point for being the only one with this [[Hair Colors]] in the all brunette Hyuuga clan.

 

=== Shino Aburame ===

 

 

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Member of Team 8. Shino's body is host to a large colony of chakra-eating insects, as is traditional in his clan. He commands these bugs in combat, in ways ranging from cool to creepy, and everything in between. He shows almost no emotion and hardly ever smiles; this, coupled with his insects, makes him an enigma among other shinobi, and some are visibly creeped out by him.

 

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* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Very ruthless and creative with his bugs during combat. During his fight with Zaku in the Chuunin Exams he offhandedly mentioned that he stuffed Zaku's arm tubes with bugs before the fight even began.

* [[The Comically Serious]]

* [[Creepy Good]]

* [[Creepy Monotone]]

* [[No Mouth]]: His mouth is almost always concealed.

* [[The Minion Master]]

** [[Friend to Bugs]]

* [[Running Gag]]: That he is never recognized because his entire body is covered. Also his insistence the mission to retrieve Sasuke was a failure was because he did not come along.

* [[Synchronized Swarming]]

* [[The Symbiote]]

 

=== Kurenai Yuhi ===

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Leader of Team 8.

 

In ''Shippuden'', she appears after the death of Asuma, where we learn that she's carrying his child.

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* [[Cherry Blossoms]]: Used in some of her genjutsu techniques.

* [[Cool Big Sis]]: To both her team and Shikamaru now.

*** [[Petal Power]]

* [[Out of Focus]]: Well, her team in particular, she has never been seen together with said team since Shippudden started. She seems to have defected to Team 10 given the number of times she has appeared with Shikamaru.

* [[Raven Hair, Ivory Skin]]

* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]

* [[Satellite Character]]

* [[Someone to Remember Him By]]: She got pregnant not long before Asuma bites the dust.

 

=== Shikamaru Nara ===

 

 

 

Member of Team 10. Naruto's resident snarky [[Teen Genius]] and the poster boy for [[Brilliant but Lazy]]. The first the viewers see of Shikamaru is a person who complains about receiving any work at all. This, combined with the fact that his test scores were almost as low as Naruto's, cause others to initially think that he's a failure and a loser... a perception that Shikamaru doesn't mind in the least. It's only later that Asuma reveals that yes, Shikamaru is perhaps the smartest person in world, [[Improbably High IQ|having scored over 200 on an I.Q. test disguised as a game so it wouldn't bore him.]]

While there, he engages Tayuya, a member of the Sound Four. He almost dies at her hands, but is saved by Temari. Later, after the mission is a failure, he considers quitting, but after some encouragement by his father, decides to stay the course. Through the filler arcs and his early actions in Shippuden, it's shown that he has decided to, if not step it up, then to at least shoulder some responsibility.

 

 

In ''Shippuden'', he shows up in the first episode [[Ship Tease|(with Temari, no less)]]. He later becomes an [[Ascended Extra]] and stars in his own arc. He first joins the newly-formed Niju Shotai (Akatsuki Hunters) with Asuma. There, he's forced to watch as Hidan, a member of Akatsuki, kills his sensei. This provokes him to chase down and engage Hidan - which he does, culminating in his [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] after he defeats Hidan with surprising little effort. After he returns, he decides that he's going to become a harder worker to honor Asuma's memory. He also was recruited by Tsunade to decode Jiraiya's final communication to the village. {{spoiler|Later he becomes acting general in Gaara's place of the Fourth Division with his friend Choji and (possible) love interest Temari serving under him}}.

** {{spoiler|Subverted after Asuma's death.}}

* [[Catch Phrase]]: "How troublesome." ("What a drag." in the English dub.)

* [[The Chessmaster]]: Both literally and allegorically.

* [[Crazy Prepared]]: He planned the entire fight with Kakuzu and Hidan before it happened and setup a hole to bury Hidan days in advance.

** [[Shadow Pin]]

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[He's Back]]: After Asuma's death.

* [[Generation Xerox]]: Like the other members of his team, he shares many similarities to his father Shikaku in looks, dress and ability, in addition to the fact that both he and his father are/were part of an Ino-Shika-Cho trio, a dynamic that goes back ''16 generations''.

* [[Knife Nut]]: Takes Asuma's Chakra Blade's after his death which he uses for his [[Shadow Pin]] move. He also has a tanto he attempted to behead Hidan with.

* [[The Leader]]

* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Clueless that Shiho has a huge crush on him or that Temari may like him.

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: the blue to Chouji's red.

* [[Shadow Pin]]: The Nara clan signature technique.

* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: Regarding Temari.

** [[Smart People Play Chess]]: Well Shogi anyway.

* [[The Strategist]]

* [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]]: He claims that its against his moral code to strike a lady. Unfortunately, he has also had the misfortune of having female opponents for ''all of his major battles'' during the first series. However, his style of fighting at that time didn't involve directly hitting to begin with. He exploits a loophole within his own moral code when Tayuya goes [[One-Winged Angel]], allowing himself to attack her directly because she's no longer a human girl.

* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: Loves using these in his strategies. For example using {{spoiler|Hidan's power}} against him. If this opponent didn't use it then his entire fighting style would fall apart, but if he ''did'' it would make his ally vulnerable.

 

=== Choji Akimichi ===

 

 

 

Member of Team 10. Choji is Shikamaru's best friend, and the two hang out together frequently. He's also ''fat'', but this is likely due to the fact that his clan's specialty is a jutsu that converts calories to chakra. He's constantly seen eating to shore up his chakra reserves. But he ''[[Berserk Button|hates]]'' being called "fat" (he prefers "chubby" or "[[I Am Big Boned|big boned]]"), so don't call him that.

In battle, Choji relies on the Body Expansion Technique, which causes his body to both balloon in size and roll into a boulder shape. He then rolls around and tries to crush his enemies. He's later shown using variants on this move, such as the Partial Body Expansion, where he'll just expand his arms.

 

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* [[Acrofatic]]: He might be on the heavy side, but he's still a ''ninja''.

* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: Nowhere as much as Naruto, but he still was picked on for his size until Shikamaru stood up for him and he became a member of Team 10.

* [[Animal Motifs]]: Butterflies. See below.

* [[Badass Long Hair]]: After the timeskip.

* [[Balloon Belly]]: Worked into his fighting style.

* [[Brains and Brawn]]: With Shikamaru. He's the Brawn.

* [[Butterfly of Death and Rebirth]]: after Choji defeats Jirobo, allowing Naruto, Kiba and the rest of the retrieval team to continue on, he staggers to a tree and sags against it in a very moving death scene. Right after he collapses, a blue butterfly passes Shikamaru, who looks dismayed. Doubly significant in that Choji's name means 'butterfly', and that is the form that his [[Deadly Upgrade|supposedly fatal final attack]] takes: [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|glowing butterfly wings of chakra]].

* [[Deadly Upgrade]]: The soldier pills.

* [[Determinator]]

* [[Generation Xerox]]: Like the other members of his team, he shares a similar appearance to his father Chouza in both looks and ability.

* [[Gentle Giant]]: Kinda dim and always bottomless, but a really loyal and kind friend. {{spoiler|Unfortunately, his kindness gets him into trouble in the battle with Asuma.}}

* [[I Am Big Boned]]: Or just chubby (which heavily implies being overweight, but never tell him that). This is his argument against being called fat, though it's justified in Part II {{spoiler|especially after using his calorie control which shows he's got a [[Heroic Build]] under his fat}}.

* [[Kevlard]]

* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Choji" means "butterfly", and his [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] sees him gain butterfly wings made of chakra.

* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Excellent strength and stamina for his age group, but somewhat lackluster speed. Until he takes the final pill against Jirobo, that is.

* [[Power Gives You Wings]]: Butterfly wings to be precise, a mark of the Akimichi Clan. The first time he needs a [[Deadly Upgrade]]. Second time {{spoiler|he is able to do this without the use of pills}}, a symbol of coming of age.

* [[Power Perversion Potential]]: His main power is to expand his body parts... Need I say more?

* [[Prehensile Hair]]: He can make it long and sharp to enhance his [[Rolling Attack]].

* [[Rolling Attack]]: His signature move to which he transforms into a ball, upgraded into a razor ball during the Sasuke Retrieval Arc.

* [[Scarf of Asskicking]]: part 1.

* [[Sizeshifter]]

* [[Stout Strength]]

 

=== Ino Yamanaka ===

 

 

Member of Team 10 and the "Ino" in the Ino-Shika-Cho. Her family runs a florist shop, although her father is also a ninja; she is often seen working there between missions. Personality-wise, she's something of the temperamental type. She and Sakura used to be best friends, but after they learned they both had crushes on Sasuke ''and'' Sakura had developed quite an inferiority complex in regards to this and Ino herself, they decided to become bitter rivals. This rivalry lasted until they met in battle in the Chunin Exams, when, after some clever plotting on Ino's part and some grit and determination on Sakura's part, they tied, and their friendship was restored.

 

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* [[Animal Motifs]]: Boar

* [[Badass]]: Perhaps the most fiery and strong-willed girl in the series!

* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Though she stops after Part 1.

* [[Combat Medic]]

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Has her moments, particularly at Sakura's expense.

* [[Detached Sleeves]]

* [[Exotic Eye Designs]]: No pupils.

* [[Forgotten Childhood Friend]]: Sakura, but they got better.

* [[Grand Theft Me]]: Mind Transfer Jutsu.

* [[Hair Decoration]]: Ino had a hair slide when she was a child, and wears one again after the [[Time Skip]].

** [[Healing Hands]]

* [[Peek-a-Bangs]]

* [[People Puppets]]: The Mind Body Disturbance skill.

* [[Psychic Powers]]: [[Mind Manipulation|Mind Control]], [[Mind Probe]], [[Grand Theft Me|Possession]] and [[Telepathy]] are all part of her families special abilities.

* [[Rapunzel Hair]]

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The blue to Sakura's red.

* [[Sarashi]]: Pre-Timeskip.

* [[Stripperiffic]]: Much less post [[Time Skip]], despite actually showing more skin.

* [[Support Party Member]]: Ino admits her abilities are not suited for simple fights and works best in team situations.

=== Asuma [[Sarutobi Sasuke|Sarutobi]] ===

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Leader of Team 10, Asuma Sarutobi is the son of the Third Hokage. In his teen years, he had something of a falling-out with the old man and decided to travel abroad. He ended up in the guard of the Daimyo of the Fire Country, where he evidently accumulated a large bounty. Later, he returned to the town and became a Jonin.

* [[Everyone Can See It]]: His relationship with Kurenai.

* [[Former Teen Rebel]]

* [[Knife Nut]]: His [[Weapon of Choice]].

* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: The son of the Third Hokage.

* [[Not a Date]]: With Kurenai

* [[One Last Smoke]]: Before his death. In the manga, Shikamaru finishes it for him.

* [[Power Fist]]: His knives had one built in.

* [[Smoking Is Cool]]: Even in death. Temporarily stops when especially concerned or upset, though.

* [[Spell Blade]]: His main focus of [[Razor Wind]].

* [[Team Dad]]: To Shikamaru, Ino and Chouji. But especially to Shikamaru, who he acts as a second father to.

 

 

== Team Guy ==

=== Rock Lee ===

 

 

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* [[Adorkable]]

* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: Bullied for his inability to use chakra properly.

* [[Asskicking Pose]]: LOVES these.

* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]: Specializes in martial arts.

** [[Meteor Move]]: His Hidden Lotus technique.

** [[Spinning Piledriver]]: His signature Primary Lotus.

* [[Berserk Button]]: People criticizing or insulting Guy.

* [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]: Nicknamed "Bushy Brows" by Naruto.

* [[Charles Atlas Superpower]]

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]

* [[Deadly Upgrade]]: The Chakra Gates.

** [[Turns Red]]: Litterally

* [[Determinator]]: Maybe one of his biggest traits.

* [[Drunken Master]]: Even alcoholic chocolate can induce this in Lee.

* [[Dual Tonfas]]: Has them in the anime, but Kisame breaks them.

* [[Hard Work Hardly Works]]: See [[The Worf Effect]], but Guy notices that he's improved considerably from where he was originally, and he ''does'' have many abilities usually not achievable except to ninja far more experienced than him.

* [[Honorifics]]: Uses them on everyone except his teammates.

* [[Large Ham]]: ''Especially'' when he and Guy are in the same scene.

* [[Leeroy Jenkins]]: Tends to run in without thinking or waiting for his teammates, especially to save Sakura or if he has some idea.

* [[Manly Tears]]

* [[Martial Pacifist]]

* [[Unconscious Objector]]: The end of his fight with Gaara.

* [[This Loser Is You]]: The author stated that both him and Sakura were meant to symbolize human weakness.

* [[Worf Effect]]: Never won a fight (except against a doppelganger) since he almost (Might Guy cut it short) defeated Sasuke in his debut. Still manages to impress both characters and readers even when he loses. Hilariously enough, one reader submission to the Naruto fanbook in a section about people who are like Rock Lee says "''My friend always starts fights with people he can't beat and loses in under 30 seconds! He is Rock Lee!''"

 

=== Neji Hyuga ===

 

Older voice: [[Koichi Tochika]] (JP), [[Steve Staley]] (EN), Jorge Saudinós (Spain), Jose Gilberto Vilchis (Latin America) }}

 

Neji is hailed as one of the foremost prodigies of his time -- indeed, he is perhaps the greatest practitioner of the Hyuga's fighting style that there is. If he weren't a member of the branch family, he'd probably be heading up the clan someday. However, his pedigree combined with his knowledge of past events fills him with a seething hatred of the main family.

 

* [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]]: At first.

* [[Awesome By Analysis]]: Learned and mastered a technique that only the clan head and clan's heir are allowed to know ''on principle alone''. This is the equivalent of a slave teaching himself to read and then, say reading [[The Bible]] cover to cover.

* [[Bishonen]]

* [[Break the Haughty]]: Being defeated by the once in-universe poster child of "failure" completely changed his views about life (which, to be fair, he wasn't himself completely convinced of deep inside).

* [[Evil Eye]]: The Byakugan who's powers include...

** [[Aura Vision]]

** [[Super Senses]]: And other abilities such as 360 degree vision and telescopic view.

* [[The Fatalist]]: At first

* [[Freudian Excuse]]: Much of his hatred for the main house and belief in destiny is the result of his belief that they were responsible for his father's death. Once he realizes the truth, he revises these beliefs.

* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: Tries this on Hinata and Naruto about how there is no point in struggling against what you were born to do, [[Shut UP, Hannibal|both of whom turn it back on him by pointing that]] [[Not So Different|he ''is'' doing exactly that.]]

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: After losing to Naruto.

* [[Japanese Honorifics]]: Always refers to Hinata as Hinata-sama in the Japanese version.

* [[Jerkass]]: Especially to Hinata and Naruto, prior to his [[Heel Face Turn]]

** [[Pet the Dog]]: Even at his most jerkish, Neji still respected Lee in his own cold aloof way. He was about [[True Companions|to rescue him]] after his fight with the Sound genins when Sasuke woke up to [[Curb Stomp Battle|curb stomp]] Zaku.

* [[Kimono Is Traditional]]

** [[Badass Long Hair]]

* [[Man in White]]: Especially in part 2.

* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: He has many female fans.

* [[No Swastikas]]: His Swastika-shaped seal was edited into a simple X-cross in the anime.

* [[Prophet Eyes]]: Inherent to all members of the Hyuga Clan.

* [[Restraining Bolt]]: The cursed seal on his forehead.

* [[The Stoic]]: He becomes even more composed after his [[Heel Face Turn]].

* {{spoiler|[[Super Dickery]]}}: {{spoiler|Shock and horror! You've betrayed your friends and village? You're killing the medics on your own side? You've switched your allegiance over to the forces of darkness? Why, Neji, Why? / Week passes, new chapter comes out... Oh, [[Shapeshifting|it's a Zetsu clone]]}}.

* [[Supernatural Martial Arts]]: The Gentle Fist which provides examples of...

** [[The Paralyzer]]

** [[Pressure Point]]

** [[Touch of Death]]

* [[Superpowerful Genetics]]: The Byakugan, which seems to be the most dominant of all bloodlines seen so far extending to every member of the Hyuga Clan.

* [[Tall, Dark and Handsome|Tall, Dark, Handsome]] ''AND'' [[Tall, Dark and Snarky|Snarky]]

* [[Weak but Skilled]]: As far as physical strength goes, he's pretty average, but his mastery of the Byakugan makes him much more lethal than his strength indicates because with the Jyuuken style, strength is actually the least important attribute. The only reason why it would be necessary would be to improve raw speed and even then, raw muscle is not necessary. This is because the style is based on using chakra to attack the internal organs and it does not take any strength to use when even the slightest touch is enough.

* [[You Can't Fight Fate]]: Believes this until his [[Heel Face Turn]], although Naruto argues that if he truly accepted his destiny, he wouldn't have tried to kill Hinata.

 

=== Tenten ===

 

 

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The anime [[Filler]] attempts to develop Tenten more. She seems to have an attraction to [[Bishonen|pretty boys]] and falls for a few. Even one that later [[Bifauxnen|turned out to be a girl!]] She also forms a [[Platonic Life Partners|comedy team]] with Rock Lee during a number of filler appearances, always playing the [[Straight Man]].

 

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* [[Action Girl]]: Out of the Konoha 12 kunoichi, Tenten is the most competent combatant.

* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: The anime tries to give her more screentime.

* [[Chinese Girl]]

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[Fingerless Gloves]]

* [[Flat Character]]: While the anime has done [[Adaptation Expansion|more with her character]], she still remains the least developed of all the Konoha 12.

* [[Hyperspace Arsenal]]: Uses scrolls both big and small as a [[Bag of Holding]] for her many, many weapons.

** [[Summon to Hand]]

* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: Of the [[Informed Ability]] variety.

* [[More Dakka]]: Her entire strategy is to use her vast array of ninja weapons against opponents, and if they don't go down, she simply hasn't used enough at once. [[The Worf Barrage|The only time it has ever worked]] was the time she fought a clone of herself.

* [[Multi Ranged Master]]: Specifically for throwing weapons, if she can hurl it she will. Including but not limited to [[Knife Nut|kunai, knives]], [[Flechette Storm|shuriken]], [[Fuma Shuriken]], [[Chain Pain|Kusari]][[Sinister Scythe|-gama]], [[Throw Down the Bomblet|spiked grenades]], needles and even weapons [[Improbable Use of a Weapon|not meant for throwing]] like [[Epic Flail|flails]] and [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works|swords]].

* [[Only One Name]]: The only one of the Konoha 11 never to be given a last name.

* [[Plucky Girl]]

** Got a background story of sorts in ''Shippuden'''s Episode 237 where she was inspired to become a replica of Lady Tsunade, but this fell apart and she became a weapons specialist instead.

* [[Straight Man|Straight Woman]]/[[Only Sane Woman]]: Tends to complain about the logic behind Guy and Lee's bizarre training methods.

 

=== Might Guy ===

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Leader of Team Guy, [[Gratuitous English|Might Guy]] is the epitome of hard work. Through blood, sweat and tears, he became one of the strongest ninja there was in Konoha, becoming a rival of Kakashi in the process. He serves as both Kakashi's opposite and his [[Unknown Rival]]. Like his student, he's a [[Bruce Lee Clone|pastiche of Bruce Lee]].

In the first series, Guy shows up sparingly, usually protecting Lee or stopping him from beating someone up. He does however save Kakashi, Asuma, and Kurenai from Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki, the former of the Akatsuki duo identifying him as one of the most dangerous ninja in Konoha.

 

 

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* [[Badass]]: Holy shit. He is one of the most badass characters in the series. So far, he has never lost a fight.

* [[Badass Teacher]]

* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]

** [[Animal Battle Aura]]: His [[Panthera Awesome|Afternoon Tiger]] technique takes this trope and runs with it.

** [[Hurricane Kick]]

** [[Pure Awesomeness]]

** [[Funny Bruce Lee Noises]]

* [[Captain Obvious]]: He makes such observations that Kisame's sword is his weapon and there is something strange about Gaara's gourd.

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Constantly going on about the power of youth and getting ignored by his "lifelong rival" Kakashi. Most of the time, people are either creeped out by him or laughing at him, because he's just that ridiculous. At the same time, he's also the foremost taijutsu user of Konoha, can use at least [[Deadly Upgrade|seven gates]] without suffering anything more than a severe winding, and trained ''Rock Lee'' into a badass. In fact, he is the only living character who hasn't lost a fight on screen.

* [[Double Jump]]: Might Guy demonstrated the ability to do this by summoning a tortoise mid-air and using its shell as a springboard. In keeping with the law of physics, said tortoise was promptly hurtled toward the ground at immense speed.

** [[Epic Fail]]: Once tried to use it to attack Itachi when he infiltrated Kohona- only to show up moments after he had fled, booting an unsuspecting ''Jiraiya'' to the head. [[Hilarity Ensues]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDOZ_hyu7Lo Laugh it up.]

*** [[Oh Crap]]: The expression on his face afterwards is ''PRICELESS''.

* [[Exotic Eye Designs]]: Same as Lee, weirdly.

* [[Game Face]]: After opening the third gate.

* [[Generation Xerox]]: The reason he's very kind towards Lee.

* [[Gratuitous English]]: [[Dynamic Entry]] is just that in the original, and his ''name'' was transliterated from "Engrish" ("Maito Gai") to correct English.

* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: Can be ''very'' badass when he needs to.

* [[Lightning Bruiser]]

* [[Nice Guy]]: With this and all the other tropes, it's small wonder he and Lee are so close.

* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]: To Kakashi.

* [[Playing Against Type]]: In Latin America, he's voiced by ''[[Dragonball Z|Freeza]]'' of all people.

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Red to Kakashi's Blue.

* [[Rock-Paper-Scissors]]: Might Guy sees even this as [[Serious Business]], and believes that if he punishes himself for losing, he not only gains incentive to win the next time, but also becomes stronger in the process.

* [[Turtle Power]]: His summon is a ninja turtle. We've seen it only twice. [[Funny Moments|The second time is in mid-air.]]

* [[Unknown Rival]]: Kakashi pretends to not hear him when he talks about their being rivals. Ironically enough, he, albeit unintentionally, gives this treatment to Kisame.

 

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