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** Ever since Naruto nabbed his own motif, he has adopted an eternal fear of The Hunt.

*** Since Chapter 67, it's been revealed that Naruto also has a "Full Mini Fox" form a la Pilot Manga, that he's keeping in reserve for a REALLY rainy day with Hinata, so to speak.

{{quote| "I told you I would have made a better Kage… sensei…"<br />

"You evil little bastard!" }}

** So much so that the Oogakari were very briefly put into consideration for succession to Hokage before the idea was discarded due to their status as the <s>Big</s> <s>Bigger</s> [[Big Good|Bigger-ER Good]]. Not to mention what such a succession would actually ENTAIL for Konohagakure.

** The main reason why the Rookies default to Naruto's and Hinata's leadership, especially the former. This is demonstrated on an instinctive level when Naruto {{spoiler|fights his way through the storm during the Moon Country Arc with the Seventh Sense and sheer force of will.}}

** A slightly lesser atomic but nonetheless noticeable one from Naruto when he realizes {{spoiler|he's fighting '''Rock Lee''' in the preliminaries of the Chunin Exam's third stage.}}

** And then after rodeo riding {{spoiler|Manda}}, Ghost gives us...

{{quote| Kuromaru sweatdropped. "You landed on your shoulder, didn't you?"<br />

"…FFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUU…" }}

* [[Attack Attack Attack]]: Triumphantly subverted when Naruto's prior reasoning with Sasuke and common sense prevail.

** {{spoiler|Sasuke arrives with his Blaze Edge and 3-Tomoe Sharingan and places Naruto's safety before his own enmity towards his brother. The two team up against Itachi and Kisame using hand signals, teamwork, and coordinated jutsu to facilitate a tactical retreat, giving the latter a much tougher time of it. The battle still is a [[Advancing Boss of Doom|foregone conclusion]] against Sasuke and Naruto, but the fact that two 13 year old genin managed to push Kisame so far is nothing short of amazing.}}

** If {{spoiler|the results of Crypt's genetic tampering}} is any indication, Rock Lee's Primary Lotus and at least a few more of his Celestial Gates. Also, Lee's Silent Killing Technique.

** Naruto's shadow clone's abuse of the Underground Projection Fish technique. Made even more practical by majority vote, when the clones and the original chose to refer to it as the "Fish" technique.

** Chouji's Blunt Inner Mirror and Pulse Quake.

** Anko's {{spoiler|Napalm Vipers and Anaconda Bomb}}.

** Anything the Oogakari can do in combat.

** Naruto taking a page out of {{spoiler|Itachi's}} book as far as his [[Made of Explodium|shadow clones]] are concerned.

** The Oogakari tell them that {{spoiler|they will become sociopaths eventually to deal with the stress of the upcoming war.}}

* [[Back From the Dead]]: A given, considering the fic's [[Reset Button]] attributes, but particularly important because {{spoiler|1=those who actually died or were on the verge of death were given one of Ghost's special chain links for each of those times. These chain links restore memories from the past/future. Naruto got FIVE.}}

** Sasuke and Sakura invoke this when {{spoiler|protecting a civilian family while engaging three Oto Jonin and KABUTO.}}

** Naruto and Sasuke teaming against just about anyone in this fic, but most prominently versus ''' {{spoiler|Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshikage.}}'''

* [[Bi the Way]] / [[Casual Kink]]: "Woo, kinky sex time!"

** Hana, the Alpha-in-line, enjoys getting whipped like an Omega.

** Hinata, of all people, gets a nosebleed at the prospect of messing around with a female Naruto.

** Sakura, at the thought of Yaoi between {{spoiler|Neji and Naruto}}

* [[Breath Weapon]]: Shadow and Zuzushi. The former uses hers to pummel an unfortunate Jirobo during her [[Curb Stomp Battle]] against the remainder of the Sound Four. The latter uses it to wipe out ten second-stage Curse Seal Oto shinobi with a single strike and to blow massive chunks out of Manda.

* [[Broken Aesop]]: DEFINITELY do as the Oogakari say, not as they do. And sometimes, NOT EVEN THEN. Goes <s>double</s> <s>triple</s> <s>quad-</s> '''[[Overly Long Gag|QUINTUPLE]]''' for Crypt.

{{quote| Anko chuckled. "Haha. Oh Kurenai, you and your silly thinking thoughts."<br />

'''Naruto''' (after groin damage): "I will fight for the honor of my lost 10,000 potential half children things… and the battle shall be glorious!" }}

* [[Crazy Prepared]]: Scabbard might as well be the trope namer for this. His insane mental processing speeds mean that the time it takes for him to actually become tactically unbeatable can be as short as a few minutes, instead of weeks, months, or years. When he arrives in the Naruto universe, the Oogakari influence in Konoha goes from Ghost ad-libbing encounter after encounter to Scabbard establishing contingency plans for practically everything imaginable.

** Except being reverse-summoned by his team... on thin air instead of on a branch.

* [[Cutaway Gag]]: Very frequent, usually to a person intuitively reacting to a comment they weren't there to hear.

** Played to the hilt after Scabbard says "Science." [[Hilarity Ensues]].

** Naruto defying the forces of nature, blocking the massive storm at sea from affecting Prince Michiru's ship, rain, wind, and all. He even plows through a tidal wave to prevent Hikaru and Lee from getting swept overboard.

{{quote| Naruto [[Badass|"The hell I'm letting that happen..."]]}}

** Tenten pretty much states this when {{spoiler|Kushina makes the Kyuubi heel with her chains.}}

* [[Dirty Old Man]]: Hiruzen, Onoki, Roushi, and {{spoiler|'''Ghost.'''}}

* [[Elemental Powers]]: The males of the Oogakari clan have all four basic elements covered. Waltz = Water, Ghost = Wind, Crypt = Earth (and Blood). Scabbard adds Lightning & Metal, and all four have gained their powers based on Zuzushi's primal fire, though it doesn't manifest itself as straightforward [[Kill It With Fire]]. For example, Ghost's time powers come from burning space-time.

** Shadow herself covers [[Living Shadow]] powers. {{spoiler|And everything else.}}

** Naruto's match with {{spoiler|Sasuke}} in the Chunin Exams is made of this, with simple mastery of elemental manipulation giving way to barrages of double and even TRIPLE elemental ninjutsu combinations as attacks are turned back on their users.

** Subverted when Kisame {{spoiler|rips through Naruto's earth walls despite an obvious type advantage and being set on fire by Sasuke's Napalm Flow.}} Also stresses how each Akatsuki is essentially an [[Advancing Boss of Doom]] at this point in time, no matter HOW skilled anyone in the Rookie 12 becomes.

** Has the distinct possibility of being turned [[Up to Eleven]] for Naruto, particularly because {{spoiler|Ghost told Sarutobi that teaching the boy Hiraishin would be unnecessary.}}

** {{spoiler|Naruto vs Lee in the Chunin Exam preliminaries takes this to absurd levels, after the weights and gravity seals come off. And then we come to [[Beyond the Impossible|their aces...]]}}

* [[The Force Is Strong With This One]]: One aspect of Ghost and Naruto's Seventh Sense, and it's capable enough to notice {{spoiler|Itachi and Kisame in the Land of Iron}} without tipping the latter off.

** Taken even further when Naruto uses it in Sage Mode. It's been revealed that he can extend the Seventh Sense underwater and through the ground in this stage.

* [[Gratuitous Japanese]]: Mostly averted compared to most ''[[Naruto]]'' fics, but the common misuses of ''teme'' are all over the place.

* [[Ground Pound]]: Epically done by Chouji.

* [[Handicapped Badass]]: {{spoiler|Ghost}} is blind. Scabbard is missing a leg.

** Crypt is perpetually clad in a trench coat that doubles as a straight jacket. He is also the designated [[Blood Knight]].

* [[Henpecked Husband|Hen Pecked Boyfriend]]: {{spoiler|Naurto is officially Hinata's bitch.}}

** Aren't all males who are dating female ninja [[Henpecked Husband|Hen Pecked Boyfriends]]? I distinctly remember Neji musing on this.

** Naruto, Shikamaru, and the Oogakari have essentially been setting about actively averting this trope to prepare for Madara and the Akatsuki.

* [[Heroic Sociopath]]: Zabuza, Crypt and Shadow, all the way.

* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: The {{spoiler|first Three Hokage}} invoke this upon Orochimaru when {{spoiler|Waltz frees Hashirama and Tobirama from the Sannin's Impure World Resurrection. They tear through all of Orochimaru's defenses, including his Eight Branches Technique and his final snakelike body}}, setting Hiruzen up for a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].

* [[Hour of Power]]: Averted by Naruto when he combines {{spoiler|Sage Mode and the Seventh Sense to gather nature energy while he's moving.}} Add in the fact that Ghost has trained him to abuse the potential of his shadow clones even more than canon, and you may as well throw all time limits completely out the window.

** Sakura's Demonic Art Great Distortion Genjutsu completely throws off all of Tenten's senses during the Chunin Exams.

* [[It Got Worse]]: The main premise {{spoiler|of the swordsmanship tournament in the Land of Iron}} and the conflicts afterward.

* [[Karma Houdini]]: With the Oogakari here, this has been utterly and triumphantly subverted. The clan itself is certainly no exception. Even Shadow gets her fair share of pummeling.

* [[Killed Off for Real]]: So far the most notable person killed off is {{spoiler|Orochimaru.}}

** Ghost begging Iruka to teach him the Big Head technique embodies this trope. {{spoiler|He uses this technique in the Land of Waves for no other reason than this trope, with [[Epic Fail|predictably]] [[Hoist By His Own Petard|hilarious results]].}} Leads to a [[Brick Joke]] later on when Onoki and Roshi {{spoiler|go over the mission recap from Tazuna and chalk it up to the man's drunkenness.}}

** Scabbard plus a microphone equals this. Even on gear meant for tactical coordination.

* [[Law of Disproportionate Response]]: Each of the Rookie Twelve all have nervous breakdowns when something reminds them of their [[Training From Hell]], particularly Naruto and Chouji.

** Ghost: {{spoiler|Chinese food and acid-spitting girls.}}

** Anyone who squee's loudly and tries to glomp Scabbard will receive a gold star... posthumously.

** The DCD versus anything that's NOT the DCD.

** After the Land of Snow arc, Naruto's {{spoiler|had high-ranking shinobi recognize him by his desired nickname and has been placed in a very significant spot of the Bingo Books.}}

* [[No Sell]]: Any attempt by an in-universe character at intimidation or flat-out physical harm towards an Oogakari will have only one outcome: complete and utter failure. That is, unless one of them thinks it would be funny.

* [[The Nudifier]]: When Naruto was threatened by the villagers to forfeit his match against Hinata. Ghost then strips them of their clothing while the both of them continue on like nothing happened

* [[Obfuscating Insanity]]: The Oogakari and later Naruto make this a life philosophy.

* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: It's also a God and Demon for starters.

** Dragon Demon Goddess... Thing.

* [[Physical God]]: The Oogakari

** [[Beyond the Impossible]]

* [[Power Fist]]: Shino gains {{spoiler|a modified version of the Demon Brothers' gauntlets on top of the Oogakari's emphasis on training him in taijutsu. The result? An Aburame that is at a devastating advantage in close combat, as a single glancing hit can transmit numerous insects through the gauntlets. He can even turn his insects into medium-range high-velocity projectiles by propelling the bugs through vents in the gauntlets using small bursts of chakra.}}

** Shadow can do this... '''A Lot.'''

** One unique, post-exam example is {{spoiler|Kiba, Ino, and Sai}}. They're all still technically Genin, but during the {{spoiler|Main Branch Coup arc}}, they systematically cut their way through waves of Chunin and some Special Jonin [[Badass Normal|without any significant difficulty]].

** Ghost, Hana, and Anko, since quite early on to the present. Definitely going to stay that way.

{{quote| '''Scabbard''': [[Fate Stay Night|"So come Shadow of Blades… and pray you have enough weapons in stock…"]]}}

* [[Protagonist Journey to Villain]]: Averted. Sasuke's journey in this regard comes to a screeching halt by {{spoiler|The Land of Waves Arc}}, starts backpedaling shortly thereafter, and by {{spoiler|the Chunin Exams}}, has basically accelerated to a full-on sprint in the opposite direction {{spoiler|and that was BEFORE he went to Sarutobi for answers to questions Itachi gave him. NOW he is practically at war with Madara}}.

** They also go down in droves against really strong opponents like Orochimaru or {{spoiler|Hinata}}.

** And ESPECIALLY against {{spoiler|Kisame and Itachi}}, even when both of them are handicapped. [[Advancing Boss of Doom]] indeed...

** Subverted in that Naruto's relationship with Sasuke is more like [[Not So Different|Purple Oni With A Slightly Redder Tint, Purple Oni With A Slightly Bluer Tint.]] The author's made the relationships among all of the in-universe characters a lot more dynamic than simple diametric opposition.

** Sasuke and Tenten could even be the Red and the Blue, respectively!

* [[Samus Is a Girl]]: Naruto has an obligatory instance of this when popular demand had Haku go Fem.

** Presumably a verrrry sarcastic moment of this by a tiny Zuzushi kicks off Shadow's latest angry, obscenity-filled rant.

{{quote| "The only questions that I don't want asked are the ones that ask if we should save our comrade's lives or not should they be in danger. The answer to it should be obvious and shouldn't be questioned in the first place." }}

** The Oogakari employ this quite a bit, the most notable example being {{spoiler|their reformation of the Hyuuga clan via a far superior alternative to the Caged Bird Seal.}}

** Heck, practically any relationship that springs up relating to the Rookie 12 for obvious reasons.

** Played deliberately straight when Sasuke asks Naruto about the whole relationship spiel regarding Hinata and Sakura. Naruto buckles down with the serious and tells his best friend that it would give the Akatsuki a horrific advantage in the coming conflict.

** Apparently, the Oogakari have a whole history with this particular antic, having visited the worlds of ''Bleach'', ''[[One Piece]]'', and ''[[Fate Stay Night]]'' before. Ironically, [[Take That|Shadow is mortified at the potential prospect of her existence as an OC in some god-awful fanfic]].

* [[Sherlock Scan]]: Ghost and Scabbard, PARTICULARLY the latter. Naruto is the first to pick this up (apart from the obvious example of Shikamaru) and even Kiba has gained a bit of this pre-timeskip.

** [[Rule of Funny|Shadow's Fuzzeh Senses]].

** See Crypt and [[Speak of the Devil]], above.

** {{spoiler|Kushina}} and the Kyuubi still share an undeniably antagonistic relationship, yet {{spoiler|Minato}} is now regarded respectfully by the living force of nature (albeit with a small remainder of resentment), and {{spoiler|the Fourth}} treats the Kyuubi as just another person to talk to.

* [[Swiss Army Weapon]]: Scabbard Oogakari '''is''' one, literally and figuratively.

* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: Ghost's violent digestive reaction to Chinese food.

* [[Weirdness Coupon]]: The Oogakari.

** Ghost diagnoses Hinata with this, and proper support from her family and friends helps her turn out a lot for the better.

** Add the fact that Hiruzen teased him about not noticing Hinata's feelings is actually [[Harsher in Hindsight]].

** Waltz, to an unfathomable degree, if his recollections and impossibly deep regret are any indication.

** The Oogakari are working to fix this for all the one-trick characters in Konoha in canon, most notably Tenten, Lee, Chouji, and Shikamaru. Neji, Kiba, and Ino get slightly left behind, though.

** Naruto is no longer anywhere remotely close to this, thanks to Ghost.

** Ghost, in particular, {{spoiler|devoted several centuries to the pursuit of finding someone or something capable of permanently killing him. Particularly after the passing of his last significant other.}}

* [[Weirdness Censor]]: Tenten speculates that this is part of the reason why Lee is so good at the Silent Killing technique.

** The Third also [[Lampshades]] the trope with respect to <s>political power</s> <s>paperwork</s> '''both''' by saying that he has ANBU set up to record Naruto's reactions for the first 6 months in office when the hat is finally passed to him.

* [[The Worf Barrage]]: The only techniques shown or implied to NOT be this against a select Oogakari are Haku's Tail of the Northern Dragon, Naruto's Rasenshuriken, and Lee's Celestial Gates.

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Scabbard Oogakari has green hair.

* [[You Have Failed Me]]: Averted after {{spoiler|members of the Akatsuki, FOUR of them, no less,}} report failure to {{spoiler|Nagato and Konan.}} They get off with a reprimand and new assignments, although {{spoiler|the leader of the Akatsuki}} was understandably shocked and angered by implied details in {{spoiler|Kakuzu's}} message.

** Crypt enthusiastically agrees with this opinion, much to [[Hannibal Lecture|Hinata's discomfort]].

* [[You Never Asked]]: Ghost and Scabbard

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