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** 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...

** Scabbard and Tenten's abilities as "fakers."

** Naruto's Rasenshuriken is taken [[Up to Eleven]] in practicality, even for its canon counterpart because of {{spoiler|the Seventh Sense, meaning Naruto can theoretically sling them indefinitely instead of just twice,}} and Naruto's further intense training, meaning only one shadow clone is required instead of two.

** 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.

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

** Utilizing the ever-hungry Samehada as a homing beacon to Kisame, thanks to the ever-handy Seventh Sense.

* [[Awful Truth]]: Any of the Oogakari's pasts, plus their relapses. Yes, {{spoiler|even Shadow.}}

** Hinata figures this out by herself with help from Shikamaru and <s>spying</s> <s>stalking</s> '''observing'''.

*** '''Twice.'''

*** And {{spoiler|one of those times had them take on the Sanbi with the assistence of the toads, ending in a triple collaboration technique between Naruto, Sasuke and Gamabunta which deals the finishing blow in the fight.}}

* [[Badass]]: It goes without saying that there needs to be a big fat list for how much badass the author has bestowed onto so many characters.

** [[World of Badass]]

*** Don't mess with Anko or Hina either.

** Using the Seventh Sense's capability to create voids on living things is very heavily implied to be this for Ghost, on par with the former example. So much so that he threatens to abandon Naruto if the boy ever does such a thing.

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Waltz. Do not threaten [[Friend to All Children|children around him.]]

** Hinata also gets this treatment once {{spoiler|Ghost trains her alongside Naruto early on,}} primarily directed at the Hyuuga Main Branch.

* [[Black Eyes of Evil|Black Eyes of AWESOME]]: One characteristic of Ghost's eyes.

* [[Blackmail Is Such an Ugly Word]]: Subverted in that blackmail is such a '''beautiful''' word for certain members of the Rookie 12, particularly Naruto and Sasuke.

** After practically destroying his first set in the Main Branch Coup arc, Naruto gained a second set from Scabbard right before they fought {{spoiler|four Akatsuki members and the Sanbi}} during the Moon Country arc. The blades are far larger, especially during critical/epic moments, and can channel both wind and earth chakra.

* [[Blood Knight]]: If he weren't an OC, Crypt may as well be the trope namer for glaring reasons.

** He loves fighting more than anything else, so much that he's become extremely capable of slaughtering his opponents in a straight jacket while wielding a demonic scythe in his MOUTH.

** Ghost takes several assasination jobs getting rid of high-profile slavers that were never done in the previous timeline. This causes Gato to get nervous and hire ninja from Kusa to protect him. While in Wave the Kusa nin run into Naruto and figure out that he is the son of the fourth Hokage. After returning one of the Kusa nin accidentally reveals Naruto's lineage to people from Iwa while drunk. This results in Kurotsuchi, Onoki, and Roshi being in Konoha during the chunnin exams to see if the rumors are true. When they get back Kurotsuchi tells a kill Namikaze faction which results in Han and several other prisoners escaping from Iwa. This then leads to Naruto and company getting attacked on their way home from Moon country. As a result of the battle Neji loses his eye and Naruto's status as Namikaze's son and his status as the Kyuubi's container are revealed to everyone. How much further the butterfly effect will extend from there is unkown.

* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: Done straight and subverted on many, many occasions. Naruto and Sakura's strategies both revolve around their opponents not knowing exactly what they're doing until it's much, much too late. Even when members of the Rookie 12 call out their attacks, their opponents have little to no chance to evade or counter since they're so damn fast. Particularly Hinata.

** Lampshaded in the {{spoiler|Land of Snow arc}} when Naruto renames the movie upgrade to his Rasengan. Admittedly, it sounds '''much cooler.'''

** No longer an issue for Rock Lee. His [[Training From Hell]] has made him so swift that he can deliver double-digit numbers of crippling blows to his opponents in the time it takes to let out a "Konoha Senpu." And this is BEFORE he opens any [[Deadly Upgrade|Celestial Gates.]]

* [[Compensating for Something]]: Sasuke points out that Tenten would be accused of this is she were a man.

{{quote| "Why does EVERYONE SAY THAT?"}}

* [[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.

*** Quite well-hidden if you don't read her character profile. It's conveyed in two blink-and-you'll-miss-it-moments: {{spoiler|A passing reference to Shikamaru's powers and Shikaku's inquiry regarding Oogakari intent to start families.}}

** The author takes Naruto's younger childhood down this road in spades when Naruto remembers a few years of his life {{spoiler|wandering malnourished and homeless, even encountering drunks and rapists in alleys. Thankfully, none of the latter got close to catching him, but still...}}

** Kidomaru early, by {{spoiler|Naruto and his Rasenshuriken}}

** A whole truckload of {{spoiler|Main Branch Hyuuga, if the events of the failed coup are any indication.}}

* [[Deconstruction Fic]].

* [[Dissonant Serenity]]: Hinata could possibly rival [[Bleach|Unohana]].

{{quote| Onoki: "Ugh. What the hell happened…?"<br />

Kurotsuchi: "[[Gender Bender|Two traps]] [[Older Alter Ego|and a girl]] who is way too young to start seduction training…" }}

* [[Doorstopper]]: The current average is just under 15,000 <s>words</s> units-of-awesome per chapter, and the story's got a ''loooooong'' way to go before catching up to the manga.

{{quote| Chapter 50: Oh dear god, I've made 50 of these chapters and I'm still nowhere near the time skip…}}

** Ghost confronts Naruto with this outright after {{spoiler|the kid inadvertently allows Hinata to tail them to their training spot.}} Sufficiently chastised, the young shinobi has taken this trope firmly to heart. And he hasn't let anyone down since.

** Since Ghost's "Black Phoenix," {{spoiler|practically '''every''' character with a hint of sympathy in their backstory has been given a legitimate shot at this.}}

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

* [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]]: Played with in that multiple elemental affinities are taught to the students, particularly to cover weaknesses, but subverted when awe-inspiring elemental combination jutsu can simply plow through single-elemental attacks, only being countered by better or more powerful combos.

* [[Evasive Fight Thread Episode]]: The one example being the Oogakari {{spoiler|facing off against their respective Curse Sealed opponents in the Chunin Exam Arena.}} Given, the outcome is never really in doubt, considering the actual power gap, but at least ONE of the outmatched warriors, {{spoiler|Longclaw}}, definitely survived that confrontation. The [[Fan Girl|one fighting Scabbard?]] Weeeeeell, not so much.

** Ch. 62 gave us a small summary of what happened from the survivor.

** Since then Naruto's gained {{spoiler|a [[Teen Genius|top-notch tactical mind]] only surpassed by Shikamaru, a far more expansive repertoire of ninjutsu and taijutsu, his [[Impossibly Cool Weapon|Fox Talons]], twin elemental affinities, and the gamebreaking [[Awesome Yet Practical|Seventh Sense]]}}

** Hinata's mistreatment at the hands of the Main Branch effectively did this to her, and Ghost has no qualms about sticking this fact in the clan's face. She's now up there with Naruto, Rock Lee, and Sasuke in terms of sheer [[Badass]].

** Heck, the Oogakari's [[Training From Hell]] has been removing the rust from every possible nook and cranny for every single protagonist. Rock Lee and Tenten especially.

** Dosu inadvertently does this to Naruto by taking a single swing at Kabuto. Granted, being a [[Peggy Sue]] may have had something to do with it, but it doesn't take away from the intimidation effect it has on the surrounding Chunin hopefuls that aren't part of the Rookie 12.

* [[Eye Scream]]: Waltz and the {{spoiler|Main Branch Hyuuga that threatens the Academy students.}}

** Much later, a grim and bloody Waltz chucked Naruto all the way from the Academy to the Hyuuga clan compound {{spoiler|in order to save Hinata and Hiashi from the escaped Main Branch prisoners.}}

* [[Faux Affably Evil]]: Kisame. This version is certainly more rude and his bloodlust is more obvious that the mainstream one, but he still maintains his normal good humor and geniality

** As of Chapter 67, it's not just blades anymore.

* [[Flash Step]]: Ghost combines these with unbelievable stealth and the usage of tingling bells {{spoiler|to slaughter an entire team of Oto Jonin after both of his arms had been dislocated in a battle with Manda, saving Tsume's life in the process}}

* [[Foe-Tossing Charge]]: For [[Awesome Yet Practical]] [[Made of Explodium|reasons]], this is no longer possible against Naruto and his shadow clones.

** Chouji's new [[Hyper-Destructive Bouncing Ball|Earth Style: Blunt Inner Mirror]] allows him to take his Meat Tank's [[Foe-Tossing Charge]] [[Up to Eleven]], especially if he turns it into a Spiked Meat Tank with '''Hari Jizo'''.

** 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.

** Kisame's Samehada works against him twice because of the Seventh Sense, {{spoiler|and the most recent occasion nearly got him and Itachi pummeled by Gamabunta, even when the Uchiha had masked their chakra signatures.}}

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

* [[High-Pressure Blood]]: Purposefully self-applied by Ghost in a demonstration to Neji and Hinata, much to their bewilderment.

* [[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.

* [[Humans Are Bastards]]: The Civilian part of Konoha's council, the former Hyuuga elders, and some civilians themselves.

** The Oogakari sans Scabbard have no qualms about hopping into volcanoes to escape SCIENCE.

* [[Impossibly Cool Weapon]]: God's Tear, Waltz's sword. {{spoiler|Literally a tear of God forged into a sword which only capable of cutting that which is cannot be cut and nothing more. Severed Orochimaru's control over his Edo Tensei Hokage puppets.}}

*** The Fox Talons 2.0, now with multiple elements to channel and a supercharged attack that can rip through a Biju's assault.

** Zabuza's Great Beheader has gone from regenerative to holding a ridiculous amount of water, conducting elemental chakra to jack up its killing power, '''and''' regenerative.

* [[Large and In Charge]]: Waltz Oogakari as far as Konoha knows; he's the most mature and he towers over even IBIKI. Subverted in that judgment is technically Ghost's final say, and the rest of the clan are technically retainers and servants of Shadow and Zuzushi, who are pretty much the smallest 99% of the time..

* [[Large Ham]]: '''Ghost.''' Naruto too.

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

* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: Neji can apparently use Gentle Fist to do this, at least to short-term memory.

** Naruto's title, "The Feral Gale," thanks to the Seventh Sense.

* [[Medium Awareness]]: Guess.

* [[Mind Fuck]]: It's not nice to find out [[Squick|that your parents have done the nasty in your head.]]

* [[Mismatched Eyes]]: Kakashi, of course. {{spoiler|Naruto gives Neji one of his eyes to compensate for him losing it because of him.}}

** Naruto's nickname, {{spoiler|The Feral Gale}} is definitely shaping up to be one of these.

** While not, yet mentioned directly in the fic, but in the fluff, {{spoiler|Ghost's name as The God of None}} is one name that Naruto knows, and is understandably afraid of it since it only involves something that would give the ''Ookagari'' pause.

* [[Ninja Log]]: '''''[[Running Gag|WORSHIP IT!!!]]'''''

** '''AMEN!'''

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

** Dragon Demon Goddess... Thing.

* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: The Oogakari might as well be called walking Nukes.

** Naruto has his Exploding Shadow Clones and Rasenshuriken, and that's without using the Kyuubi.

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

* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]: Scabbard, when pissed off, delivers a beautiful one.

* [[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}}.

* [[Puppy Dog Eyes]]: Mastered by Hinata before the beginning of the Chunin Exams. [[Epileptic Trees|Arguably her second set of incredibly broken Doujutsu.]]

** 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.

* [[Self-Insert Fic]]: In a meta sense. Basically, Ghost and his family are self-inserting themselves into the ''[[Naruto]]'' universe, which they read as fiction in their "home" universe.

* [[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.

* [[Ship Tease]]: {{spoiler|Lee and Kin}}

** Shadow also doesn't seem to have much restraint when her furry fetish is involved.

* [[Shout-Out]]: The Oogakari pretty much break the fourth wall and drop references no one in Konoha gets at will, such as Ghost laughing himself silly over Sasuke being a "natural Sith Lord."

** Ghost's mind-melting massages are probably a [[Shout-Out]] to the [[Peggy Sue]] fic ''Chunin Exam Day.''

* [[Sinister Scythe]]: Crypt's eponymous Third Fang. See [[Vampiric Draining]] below.

** However, they do seal {{spoiler|the surviving members of the Sound Five}} to guard a project of theirs. If they run off, it will kill them.

* [[Snot Bubble]]: Ghost and the rest of his family will drop off to sleep at whim, as indicated by this trope.

** Kurotsuchi is serving as one. {{spoiler|She's tipped off a "kill Namikaze's son" faction about Naruto which has also indirectly led to the jinchuuriki Han escaping from prison, since he hates the Yellow Flash with a passion. This puts him out of reach of Oogakari's protection.}}

** Chapter 65 has the literally-[[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever|biggest]] one yet, when {{spoiler|the clandestine conversation between Naruto & Sasuke and Itachi is interrupted by the arrival of the feral and very angry Three-Tailed Beast, woken up by the battle between Kisame and some Mist Hunter-Nin}}.

** {{spoiler|The Sound Five sans Kidomaru. Kimimaro's alive, kicking, and officially disease-free. So is Hayate for that matter.}}

** {{spoiler|Itachi has been slated to have his disease removed by Tsunade in the foreseeable future, and Nagato and Konan seem to be headed this way as well.}}

*** A done deal, thanks to {{spoiler|some special pocky delivered by Kushina during the Land of Iron swordsmanship tourney. The Uchiha prodigy certainly didn't enjoy the side effects, however...}}

** Naruto's Fox Talons, particularly if cross-functionality with the Rasengan is taken into account.

** Temari's new Bo Staff/War Fan, Ramidreju.

** Naruto invokes this HIMSELF during the {{spoiler|Hyuuga Coup arc}} when he {{spoiler|floods his tenketsu with a dangerous level of Kyuubi chakra, creates hundreds of shadow clones, substitutes and rescues all of the hostages, and detonates all of his clones at once... but forgets to remove himself from the blast in the process.}}

** Ghost to a lesser extent, but primarily as part of being a [[Large Ham]].

* [[Talking Is a Free Action]]: Quite averted in the Chunin Exam arc, at the very least. The one-on-one battles are so overwhelmingly high-paced that not even '''thinking''' is considered a free action at times.

*** Caution. Crossfire may include sexually active Chimera.

* [[Warrior Therapist]]: Any of the Oogakari can definitely count as this. Particularly Ghost.

** Ghost's average life expectancy is actually a few hours, if you count his relapses.

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

* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: Naruto technically be at the mental age and maturity to move past this, but he always happens to be mightily pleased when he manages to impress even Ghost. Subverted the vast remainder of the time in that Ghost does things

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

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Ghost and Waltz are not very forgiving of Hiruzen, Kakashi, or Jiraiya (and to a much lesser extent Tsunade) for failing to take better care of Naruto and for failing to tell him about his parents. [[Easily Forgiven|Naruto is much more forgiving about it in comparison.]]

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