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* [[Anyone Can Die]]: [[Word of God|S'TarKan officially claims this]] about his story, after he [[Killed Off for Real|killed off]] {{spoiler|Kurenai}}.
** Although, it shouldn't really come as a surprise to anyone paying attention to the themes of the characters' thoughts. A big, constant worry in the series is how death can come suddenly and unexpectedly, no matter who you are.
** Could also be a [[Shout -Out]] to the way {{spoiler|Caitlin Todd}} died in ''[[NCIS]]'', as far as the sequence of events goes: they both survive the first direct assault due to good planning, but are killed immediately during their recovery with a second salvo, both from a headshot.
* [[Armor-Piercing Question]]: When Hinata declares that she's worthless because her father said so, Kurenai asks whom she spends more time with (Naruto) and whether he'd agree with her father. Cue [[Flash Back]] to him saying "Hinata, you rock!" and one stunned-silent heiress.
** She's on the receiving end of another one just before the Tsunade Retrieval mission and {{spoiler|before Kurenai gets killed}}. "Hinata, you know what you did wrong, what good would it do to keep reminding you of it?" Innocuous enough, but considering what Hinata has been through her whole life, it ''made her entire world begin to unravel.''
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* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Lee and Gai, [[Large Ham|of course]].
* [[Book Dumb]]: [[Deconstructed Trope|Deconstructed.]] Naruto's horrible grades at the Academy came less from genuine ineptitude and more from many of the instructors (except [[Cool Teacher|Iruka]]) actively trying to sabotage his progress. Under Kurenai's mentorship, he improves enough to be a serious contender for chuunin within a few short months.
* [[Boom! Headshot!]]: {{spoiler|Kurenai's death.}}
* [[Break the Haughty]]: Sasuke and Neji. Time will tell if any other Hyuugas will get their turn.
* [[Brick Joke]]: At chapter 4, Naruto uses his chakra pulse (see [[Chekhov's Skill]] below) for the first time. It's casually mentioned that among the effects, the wives of some village elders lost the cosmetic genjutsu they used to look younger. More than 16 chapters later, {{spoiler|guess what happens when Naruto uses the pulse with Tsunade.}}
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** [[Word of God|The author did give some rather convincing arguments as to why]] {{spoiler|Sasuke}} lost, at the end of chapter 15.
* [[Cute Bruiser]]: All of Team 8 eventually, but [[Lightning Bruiser|Naruto]] takes the cake.
* [[Determinator]]: Brutally [[Deconstructed Trope|deconstructed]] during Hinata's fight with Neji. Like in canon, she refuses to give up and keeps standing up despite [[No -Holds -Barred Beatdown|how badly]] he is beating her. Unlike canon, where it was used to show character development on her part, in this story is used to show how badly her [[Big Screwed-Up Family|horrible family]] has messed her up. {{spoiler|After being emotionally abused and called a failure during most of her life, her sense of self-worth is completely warped. Simply put, she disregards her own safety and prefers to die than to be defeated and considered a failure once again. Kurenai later [[What the Hell, Hero?|calls her]] on this, asking her if she ever considered how her teammates would feel if she died. Hinata herself also views her loss as a complete and utter defeat, rather than proof of herself getting stronger}}
** [[Know When to Fold 'Em]]: Kurenai actually brings this up earlier when the team is just formed: don't keep fighting a losing battle that is, in the grand scheme of things, unimportant, especially if the only reason you're still fighting at all is [[Nobody Calls Me Chicken|pride]].
* [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?]]: Naruto, did you just break {{spoiler|Orochimaru}}'s nose?
* [[Disney Death]]: {{spoiler|Iruka. During the border patrol mission in chapter 7, Naruto and his team confront a trio of missing ninjas that kidnapped Konohamaru and Hanabi. Konohamaru tries to prevent Naruto from fighting them, telling him that they killed Iruka, which only contributes to Naruto's moment of [[Unstoppable Rage|unstoppable rage]]. Turns out later that Iruka was alive, just badly injured, and Naruto visits him in the hospital. This instance only makes it more poignant when another character [[Killed Off for Real|really dies]] later in the story.}}
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* [[Genki Girl]]: Hilariously, Shino's mom appears to be at least a partial example.
* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]: Kurenai knows a small-scale genjutsu that gives her eyes a subtle glow. She often uses it to unnerve people, especially if they push her [[Berserk Button|Berserk Buttons]].
* [[Good Parents]]: [[Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl|Shibi and Misato Aburame]].
* [[Government Conspiracy]]: {{spoiler|There is one going on inside the Leaf Village between the Hyuuga Clan and many members of the Village Council, with the ring leaders seemingly being Hiashi and Danzo. While their exact goals and motivations have not been clarified yet, is heavily implied that they ordered the murder of Kurenai's former team and had been actively promoting hate against Naruto inside the village. Some characters, including the Hokage and Kurenai are aware of its existence, but have been unable of bringing it down through legal means.}}
* [[Gratuitous Japanese]]
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* [[Happily Married]]: Appears to be the case for Shino's parents, despite or perhaps due to being [[Different As Night and Day]].
* [[Happiness in Slavery]]: {{spoiler|Hinata is more than willing to be Tsunade's personal assistant for six months if it means Tsunade will return to the village to help Naruto and so that Hinata won't have to go back to her [[Big Screwed-Up Family]].}}
* [[The Heart]]: Hinata has some traits of this. Despite her poor self esteem issues (or maybe [[Deconstruction|because]] of them), she is very gentle and kind, always willing to help other people. She tends to act as a conciliatory voice between the [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|rather disparate personalities]] of her teammates. More importantly, she helps Naruto to overcome the [[Heroic BSOD]] mentioned above, she is the first person to point out to Shino that Naruto is actually a valuable teammate when the Aburame had initial doubts about his competence, {{spoiler|and she even convinces Naruto of sparing Neji's life despite what [[No -Holds -Barred Beatdown|he did]] to her.}}
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Naruto starts to have one of these after he makes his first kill, but Hinata helps him snap out of it before he gets too angsty.
** After hearing from Itachi and Kisame that {{spoiler|Kurenai was [[Boom! Headshot!|killed]]}} Naruto [[Heroic BSOD|BSOD's]] so hard that {{spoiler|Kyuubi temporarily takes over ''completely''.}}
* [[Heroic Self-Deprecation]]: Hinata is especially plagued with feelings of self-doubt and inferiority, in large part thanks to her [[Abusive Parents|abusive father]].
** Occasionally, Naruto does this as well.
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{{quote| '''Kiba:''' [[You Bastard]]! You hurt Akamaru!}}
* [[Mundane Utility]]: Shadow clones. Good for supply gathering, gardening, and making take-out runs. Of course, this was sort of a given, as Naruto's first solution to any problem seems to be [[Zerg Rush|'throw a bunch of clones at it']].
* [[My Significance Sense Is Tingling]]: Spoofed in chapter 14. Naruto and Kurenai have a very serious talk {{spoiler|regarding the Kyuubi.}} Given the seriousness of the matter involved, [[Hot -Blooded|Naruto]] decides for once in his life to be silent. Cut to a scene of Iruka suddenly getting shivers, reacting as if a major violation of the Universe laws was happening.
* [[Nakama]]: One of the most heartwarming elements of the story is seeing the members of the eponymous team turning into this as time goes on. Specially in the case of [[All the Other Reindeer|Naruto]] and [[Abusive Parents|Hinata]], as the team eventually becomes their main solace given their horrible childhood and the closest thing they have to a real family.
* [[Never Mess With Granny]]: Hi, Tsunade!
* [[No -Holds -Barred Beatdown]]: Despite Hinata's increased training and confidence, Neji still beats her within an inch of her life in the Chuunin Exam preliminaries.
** In payback for the above, although it's not a complete [[Curb Stomp Battle]], Naruto ''brutalises'' Neji when they meet in the finals, {{spoiler|finishing up by ''ripping Neji's face open'' when he's already virtually unconscious.}}
{{quote| '''Sakura:''' I never thought Naruto could be so... brutal.}}
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* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Naruto to Hinata, [[Up to Eleven|even more so than in canon]]. It's remarked on and justified several times, but considering they spend every day together here, it's ''astonishing''. Even Shino [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] it.
** Then again, Naruto really has no experience with love so he treats her as a friend and ignores some signals because of that. And Hinata's family is more dysfunctional than in canon, so she really is [[Shrinking Violet|too shy to seriously try]], and her [[Woobie|low self-esteem]] didn't help any.
* [[Odd Friendship]]: [[The McCoy|Naruto]] and [[The Spock|Shino]] eventually become good friends despite [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|how different]] [[Hot -Blooded|their]] [[The Stoic|personalities]] are. Naruto and [[Boisterous Bruiser|Lee]] may count as an example too.
* [[Oh Crap]]: {{spoiler|Shino, upon learning that Jiraiya offered Naruto the summoning contract for toads.}}
** {{spoiler|Because of his reaction (Shino was afraid that the toads may eat his bugs) Naruto does not sign the contract. Time will only tell how this will affect his future battles.}}
* [[Out, Damned Spot!]]
* [[Papa Wolf]]: Kurenai points out to Hinata that Naruto fully intends to avenge [[No -Holds -Barred Beatdown|her fight against Neji]] in the Chuunin Exam Finals and that ''[[The Stoic|Shino]]'' would gladly pick up the slack if Naruto should fail.
* [[Pay Evil Unto Evil]]: At the end of their fight, Naruto grabs the already beaten and defenseless {{spoiler|Neji }} by the collar of his shirt and [[Kick Them While They Are Down|claws at his face with the Kyuubi chakra]]. While [[What the Hell, Hero?|he does get called on it]], most spectators of the fight think it was done in retaliation for {{spoiler|Neji almost killing Hinata during the preliminaries}}, so they don't really make a ruckus about it. {{spoiler|The trope is actually [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] when the [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|real reasons]] behind Naruto's actions are revealed later.}}
* [[Pet the Dog]]: {{spoiler|Sasuke actually gets one in Chapter 20, by clearly stating he doesn't want to let Itachi kill anyone else if he can help it.}}
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* [[Reality Ensues]]: Naruto gives up on Sakura, Hinata is ''still'' beaten up by Neji, {{spoiler|Sarutobi loses an arm and Kurenai is killed after escaping Tsukuyomi.}}
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Naruto and Shino, respectively.
** Also, Lee and Naruto, in a rare case of ''[[Hot -Blooded|Naruto]]'' being the blue oni.
* [[Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated]]: {{spoiler|[[Badass Grandpa|Sarutobi.]]}} Said almost literally.
* [[The Rival]]: Played with in the relationship between Team 8 and Team 7. While they are not enemies in the proper sense, at the beginning of the story they ''can't'' stand each other (in part thanks to the already present animosity between Naruto and Sasuke). However, as the story progresses {{spoiler|and especially after the events of the Forest of Death}} the members of each team start to understand (and in some cases, even respect) the members of the other team. They aren’t still on the friendliest of terms, but at least they are more civil towards each other. {{spoiler|One has to wonder how things will proceed between them now that Naruto has said to Sasuke that Team 8 also plan to hunt down Itachi because of what he did to Kurenai}}.
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** Kunai appearing in Kurenai's hand when she gets angry.
* [[Sacrificial Lion]]: {{spoiler|Poor Kurenai.}}
* [[Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl]]: Shino's parents have this dynamic.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections]]: As head of the Hyuga, Hiashi has and exploits this.
* [[Self-Deprecation]]: Naruto demonstrates being more than willing to sometimes crack a joke at his own expense. More often than not, this ends up offending his teammates.
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* [[Shipper On Deck]]: There's [[Team Mom|Kurenai]], [[The Stoic|Shino]], [[Cool Big Sis|Ayame]], [[Took a Level In Kindness|Sakura]] and [[Dirty Old Man|Jiraiya]], all for [[OTP|NaruHina]].
** It says something when even {{spoiler|the local [[Eldritch Abomination]]}} thinks they're [[You Got Spunk|a decent enough match.]]
* [[Shout -Out]]: Lines from [[The Matrix]] and [[Star Wars]] are occasionally added almost word for word. These are not quotations by the characters, of course, but nice little stealth references.
** Also a significant one to [[The Terminator]] during Naruto's fight with Neji:
{{quote| "There is no fate but what we make."}}
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{{quote| '''Jiraiya''': It's ''that'' serious?}}
* [[Violently Protective Girlfriend]]: Hinata may not be his girlfriend but [[Heroic Self-Deprecation|one way to get her to stop fretting over her own flaws]] is to endanger Naruto in any way.
* [[Wham! Episode]]: Chapter 20.
* [[Wham! Line]]: Kurenai is discussing a widespread conspiracy regarding Naruto, deliberately hurting/sabotaging/etc. him and defying the will of the Hokage. The immediate response is seen as quickly making the connection, but Kurenai wasn't expecting it to come out of {{spoiler|Hinata}}'s mouth:
{{quote| '''{{spoiler|Hinata}}''': Is {{spoiler|my father}} involved?}}
** Another one in Chapter 15, when Naruto visits Hinata in the hospital, and Hinata's injuries have her at her [[Darkest Hour|lowest point]] (it's actually intended to help, but she doesn't quite see it as such and it comes off as a massive stunner):
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