Naruto/Characters/Hidden Sand Village: Difference between revisions

* [[Blood Knight]]: Before his [[Heel Face Turn]].

* [[Blood Upgrade]]: ''"[[Oh Crap|It's my BLOOOD!]]"''.

* {{spoiler|[[Calling the Old Man Out]]: What he's doing to his revived father now in the manga.}}

* [[Character Development]]: Arguably the most extreme example in the series. He went from an [[Ax Crazy]] murderer with no apparent empathy to a well-intentioned but still unsure of himself [[A Child Shall Lead Them|young Kazekage]], to a [[Wise Beyond Their Years|Wise Beyond His Years]] [[Reasonable Authority Figure]] who truly cares about others. Unlike Shikamaru's, his character development was very much caused by his contact with Naruto.

* [[Exotic Eye Designs]]: Pupil-less. Turquoise iris.

* [[Faceless Eye]]: His Third Eye technique which is a disembodied eye he shares a field of vision with and he typically uses for spying.

* [[Guardian Entity]]: Orginally Shukaku, was this for Gaara, protecting him from harm. {{spoiler|after Shukaku's removal it is revealed that his mother Karura is the true will behind his defensive ability. This is reflected in the forms of Gaara's techniques as after the reveal his attacks and shields are in the form of his mother's image}}

* [[Goth]]: Certainly looks the part, and starts off as the Lone Psycho Goth, then becomes more like a Gloomy Goth after his [[Heel Face Turn]].

* [[Irony]]: Of the [[Tear Jerker|heartbreaking]] / [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|heartwarming]] variety. {{spoiler|It turns out it really was his mother protecting him with the sand.}}

* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Notably averted; his outfit changes in each of his major appearances, and he also has the black outfit he wears to Chiyo's funeral and his Kage robes, making six outfits outside of flashbacks.

* [[Manly Tears]]: Sheds a [[Single Tear|single one]] after concluding that {{spoiler|Sasuke won't listen to him and that he must kill him}}.

** And later on, he breaks down in tears when {{spoiler|his father tells him his mother ''did'' love him after all.}}

* [[Berserk Button]]: Being underestimated, and after the [[Time Skip]], anyone insulting his brother.

* [[Bodyguarding a Badass]]: He and Temari act as Gaara's bodyguards during the Kage Summit.

* [[Exotic Weapon Supremacy]]

* [[Facial Markings]]: Has used three or four different patterns. They are all inspired from traditionnal makeups used by Japanese puppeteer, as is his outfit.

* [[Flechette Storm]]: When fighting Sasori in the anime,Kankuro attempts a combination attack between Karasu and Kuroari that launches a storm of poisoned senbon at the target while they're surrounded by poisonous gas. {{spoiler|1=After reappearing at the Kage Summit with Sasori's body, he's upgraded to kunai that have bombs attached to them resulting in a [[Stuff Blowing Up|massive]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfeJ0iU6W38&feature=related explosion]}}.

* [[Impaled With Extreme Prejudice]]: His ''Machine One-Shot'' technique: after trapping the enemy inside Black Ant, he impales them with blades hidden in Crow's bodyparts.

* [[It Was a Gift]]: {{spoiler|Sasori passes on the puppets of his parents to Kankuro after their rematch. It's especially noticeable as those two puppets have now been owned by all three puppeteers in the series}}.

* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]

* [[Knight Templar Big Brother]]: In Shippuuden, after Gaara's [[Heel Face Turn]], he can be quite impulsive when Gaara is threatened or harmed.

* [[Marionette Master]]: His attire is based on real-life Marionette puppeteer.

* [[The McCoy]]

** [[Razor Wind]]

* [[Bodyguarding a Badass]]: She and Kankuro act as Gaara's bodyguards during the Kage Summit.

* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: She's a tough lady, as you can tell by her [[Romi Park|seiyu]] alone. But thanks to becoming more of a [[Cool Big Sis]] to Kankuro and Gaara, and a [[Ship Tease]] with Shikamaru, she has significantly mellowed out compared to how much of a bitch she was at the start of the series.

* [[Exotic Weapon Supremacy]]

* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend|He Is Not My Boyfriend]]: with Shikamaru.

* [[Lady of War]]

* [[Magic Skirt]]: In part 1.

* [[Not a Date]]: With Shikamaru

* [[She's Got Legs]]

* [[Tsundere]]: "She is even scarier than my mom," in the words of Shikamaru Nara.

 

 

* [[Elite Army]]:The Ten Puppets of Chikamatsu are essentially this, having been enough to take out a fortress and destroy a large number of [[Zerg Rush|Sasori's puppets]] through teamwork and formations.

* [[Flechette Storm]]: She can use chakra strings to launch a torrent of kunai without throwing them.

* [[Weapons That Suck|Jutsu That Suck]]: Her Sanpou Kyukai technique is this creating a crushing vortex that atomizes whoever is caught in it.

* [[Kung Fu Wizard]]: You'd think focusing on fighting with things that you keep a distance from yourself would leave you rather inexperienced with hand-to-hand combat, but her taijutsu was enough that she actually help off Naruto and several of his clones([[Glass Cannon|though she does lack stamina]]).

* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: Both of his sons strongly resemble him despite looking quite different themselves.

* [[What Were You Thinking?]]?: So you thought that ordering {{spoiler|Yashamaru}} to kill and {{spoiler|mentally torture}} Gaara to see if the already instable boy was able to have a grip on his beast was a good idea? [[What an Idiot!]]!