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** Chiyo, [[Never Mess with Granny|at age 73]], fought off a majorly powerful villain (with a bit of help from [[Took a Level in Badass|Sakura]], but she did most of the work).
** The Fifth Mizukage, Mei Terumi, was there when Sasuke decided it would be a great idea to barge in uninvited into a major diplomatic event attended by some of the most powerful ninjas in the world. Though he's no pushover, when her turn to confront him came she bashed his face in with no difficulty.
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** Konan [[Let's Get Dangerous|put up a surprisingly good showing]] in her last fight. She had a very good strategy and even forced her opponent to resort to a [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]]. {{spoiler|Pity that in this series horrible, debilitating self-damage is only a setback if you're Rock Lee.}}
** Sakura, Ino, Hinata, Tenten, and Tsunade seem to [[Zig-Zagging Trope|ZigZag]] between this and [[Faux Action Girl]], though the latter is easily the most capable [[Action Girl]] due to being the oldest, strongest, and wisest.
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** Meanwhile, Hinata has confessed her undying love for him and nearly died for his sake in the process. The proper response to this is either a [[Love Epiphany]] or a [[Let's Just Be Friends]] speech, but Naruto's apparently not in the mood for either, so he just never bothers to give it another thought. There's plenty of [[Internet Backdraft]] to go around regarding the simple question of ''why''.
** In part one, Rock Lee saw Sakura and fell in [[Love At First Sight]]. Almost immediately, he was proclaiming his love to her and going to extreme lengths to catch her attention. He was so in love with her, in fact, that he jumped at the chance to prove that he was being serious about being willing to risk his life for hers. And in part two...there's nothing. They've barely spoken or interacted, and when they have, there are no real signs that he's as hopelessly devoted to her as he used to be. So...did he get over her? Did he just give up? Is he still pining for her? Unfortunately, it's unlikely that this plot point will be picked up again. However, while the main series seems to have forgotten about this ship, the spin-off ''[[Rock Lee's Springtime of Youth]]'' shows that [[Dogged Nice Guy|Lee's still trying and failing to win her over.]]
* [[Anguished Declaration of Love]]: From practically everyone to practically everyone else, especially in Shippuuden
* [[Animalistic Abomination]]: The Tailed Beasts are all dangerous monsters made of primal Chakra, and look like massive and unholy versions of otherwise ordinary animals: the Eight-Tails resembles a skinless ox with octopus tentacles; the Yonbi, or Four-Tails, looks like a monkey; and the Nine-Tails is naturally a demonic-looking fox. Most have been sealed inside of human hosts in hopes of keeping the unruly beasts under control, but this often results in the hosts going insane, or else having control of their bodies ripped away by the beasts possessing them - that is, if they're not [[Humanoid Abomination|warped beyond recognition]] either way. All Tailed Beasts have names given to them by the Rikudo Sennin himself: Shukaku, Son Goku, and Kurama (the Kyubi) are the only ones known. And according to the Hachibi, {{spoiler|[[It Can Think|they are capable of emotion]]}}.
* [[Animal Motifs]]: It's a veritable zoo in there!
** [[Generation Xerox|Jiraiya and Naruto -> Toads ; Tsunade and Sakura -> Slugs ; Sasuke and Orochimaru -> Snakes]]. Much later: Sasuke -> Hawks - [[New Powers as the Plot Demands|New Animal Motifs As The Plot Demands]].
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** Itachi has another one, given is first name means "weasel"
** Temari -> [[wikipedia:Kamaitachi|Weasels]]
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* [[Armor-Piercing Question]]: Pain asks Naruto: "Well, what's ''your'' solution?". Naruto loses all his enthusiasm to fight because he doesn't know the answer.
** Gaara asks the council of Kages when they all threw themselves away, having a particular impact on the Tsuchikage, who had been most dismissive of him.
* [[Army of the Ages]]: The Fourth Ninja War arc {{spoiler|features heavy use of a resurrection jutsu that brings back a wide range of ninja that had been previously killed. Even past villains the protagonists had faced}}.
* [[Art Attacker]]: Something of a theme
* [[Art Evolution]]: Could be [[Justified]] as puberty and aging for most characters, but the artwork in both manga and anime has changed quite a lot since the early chapters. It's become apparent in the newest chapters. Ten year old characters look different than before. {{spoiler|There have been complaints on Haku's even more bishie look and, apparently, makeup}}.
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* [[Ascended Extra]]: Shikamaru. The rest of the Konoha 11 also often receive central roles in filler arcs.
* [[Ass Shove]]: The "1,000 Years of Death" technique.
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** Pain, Akatsuki's leader, had never lost a battle before fighting Naruto. {{spoiler|Subverted, given he isn't the true leader}}.
** {{spoiler|Tobi}} is also one of the most powerful shinobi known.
* [[Averse Adept]]: In a story where most characters are trained in the lethal arts and more often than not are glorified [[Child Soldiers]] and [[Professional Killer]]s, there are individuals like Haku and Itachi who don't like killing despite (or arguably because) they are exceptionally good at it.
* [[Awesome Yet Practical]]: The exploding tags that everybody carries. They're high yield explosives that can be attached to any surface, meaning they can be used both as projectiles and land mines, and are apparently so easy to obtain that most ninja carry several dozen of them at a time. They also have the best showing of any ninja tool in the series, being responsible for Naruto defeating Gaara's Half-Complete Ichibi form, Shikamaru defeating Hidan, Hanzou permanently maiming Nagato, and {{spoiler|Konan blowing up half of the [[Big Bad]]'s body.}}
* [[Awful Truth]]: The reason [[First Episode Spoiler|why the villagers hate Naruto]] is that he's [[Sealed Inside a Person-Shaped Can|the can]] of [[Eldritch Abomination|the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox]] which killed many of them and destroyed a good part of the Leaf Village.
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** Sasuke was far happier thinking his brother killed his entire family because he thought the clan limited his growth in power. Let that sink in for a second.
** Inverted with Neji, who finds out that the truth is far less awful than he thought; Hiashi just [[Poor Communication Kills|kept it from him]] until he thought Neji was ready to hear it and wouldn't blow it off as more lies and manipulation (which he nearly did anyway).
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* [[Empathic Weapon]]: Kisame's Samehada is one of these, along with being a [[Shapeshifter Weapon]] and a [[Living Weapon]].
** The Gedou Mazou has shades of this. It's hinted that it needs to synchronize with a powerful person in a deep state of hatred/anger to actually do anything.
* [[Enemy Switch-Out]]: The substitution technique can be used as this, but is generally useless because after all most battles are one-on-one and fights happens on open fields. Kakashi however uses the technique in the Introduction Arc to switch places with a Naruto clone, making Naruto mistake his own clone for Kakashi using another jutsu, of transformation, to look like him, and causing a brawl between real Naruto and his clones as it turns out that one was not Kakashi.
* [[Enemy Without]]: Used as a gimmick for one of Naruto's many training sessions.
* [[Everybody's Dead, Dave|Everybody's Dead, Sasuke]]: The aftermath of the slaughtering of the Uchiha clan.
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* [[Eye Scream]]: Several plot points involve characters who want to, or actually try to, steal eyes that grant special powers, like the Sharingan or Byakugan. Thank goodness for the [[Gory Discretion Shot]]!
* [[Eyes Are Mental]] / [[Eyes Never Lie]]: The look in Naruto's eyes is enough for {{spoiler|Hinata to recognize that he is really himself and not a Zetsu Clone}}, something which a unit full of sensor-types failed to do. A few panels later {{spoiler|Naruto tells her that she's stronger than she thinks she is, and it's "all in her eyes"}}.
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