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* [[Action Girl]]: Hinata and Kurenai, most notably. As opposed to their canon variants, where... [[Faux Action Girl|neither of them ever do anything.]]
* [[An Aesop]]: Kurenai likes to turn various mishaps into inpromptu lessons for her genin, asking them what they can take away from the experience.
** [[Family -Unfriendly Aesop]]: Some of her lessons are quite harsh, such as teaching Naruto that some people will simply ''never'' accept him, regardless of what he does.
* [[A Father to His Men|A Mother To Her Genins]]: Kurenai.
* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: The effects of this on Naruto's everyday life are explored in more detail. Vendors who don't outright refuse him service instead overcharge him. He isn't allowed to open a bank account, and it's heavily implied he gained a reputation as a thief as well as a vandal from unscrupulous businessmen exploiting and exaggerating his prankster antics to dip into a fund set up by the Sandaime to pay for any damages done by him. Then there's the academy therapist that intentionally gave him ''horrible'' advice, and the med-nins who don't want to treat him...
* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Sakura initially shows some traits of this, which are actually in line with her canon personality at the beginning of the original series. Some of her actions in the initial chapters are so mean, that Naruto ends up [[Love Hurts|heartbroken]] and decides to stop pursuing his crush with her. {{spoiler|Later, during the Chunnin exams, she overhears a conversation between Naruto and Lee, where the former dissuades the latter of trying to win her affections, telling him she only has eyes for Sasuke and is not a very nice person to begin with. Sakura reflects on this and realizes that [[Heel Realization|he is right]]. From then on she tries to become more amiable towards other people. She also starts criticizing some of Sasuke's more [[What the Hell, Hero?|unsavory actions]] and even begins to question her crush on him.}}
* [[Alternate History]]: Kurenai is known to have a different history than in canon, Team 8 results from this.
* [[Aloof Big Brother|Aloof Big Cousin]]: Neji, as always.
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** 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.''
* [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]]: Sasuke.{{spoiler|.. for a while. He's actually somewhat grateful for Naruto [[Curb Stomp Battle|beating that out of him]].}}
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* [[Badass Adorable]]: Hinata.
* [[Badass Crew]]: It's even the title!
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: The Hokage, as usual. Also, [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|Jiraiya]].
* [[Badass Teacher]]: Kurenai, Iruka, Gai, Kakashi and Asuma. The first three also count as [[Cool Teacher|Cool Teachers]]. The other two are more of [[Sink or Swim Mentor|Sink or Swim Mentors]] though.
* [[Batman Gambit]]: Naruto uses one to {{spoiler|convince Tsunade of returning to Konoha}}. See the Awesome entry for more details.
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* [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]]: A double subversion of sorts. While in {{spoiler|the Forest of Death}}, Hinata's face is ''badly'' bruised. It remains that way for the rest of the chapter and at least a third of the next one {{spoiler|until a medic nin heals her.}}
* [[Berserk Button]]: Don't call Hinata weak in Naruto's company. Also, dare to seriously threaten or, worse, actually hurt his teammates. He will go Kyuubi on you.
** This is not as major as the above example, but as the [[Precision F -Strike]] demonstrates below, don't call Naruto a monster because, to Hinata, that's bullshit.
** Avoid any and all sexist remarks in Kurenai's presence. Also avoid being a dick to Naruto; she will scare the shit out of you.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Hinata is a victim of severe emotional abuse, with major self-esteem problems. She's gentle, kind, and refuses to speak ill of anyone, even her screwed up family. And if you threaten her teammates in her presence, she will ''smash in your face''.
* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: Iruka towards Naruto, obviously. Given that he was one of the few teachers in the academy who treated Naruto fairly, he is also one of the few male characters that [[Team Mom|Kurenai]] trusts.
* [[The Big Guy]]: Naruto, despite being the shortest member of the team, thanks to his nearly unending stamina, chakra and use of [[Zerg Rush|shadow clones]].
* [[Big Screwed -Up Family]]: The Hyuga in general, even more so than in canon. So far Hinata seems to be [[White Sheep|the only decent person]] out of all of them.
** Although, like in normal canon, Neji appears to be coming around recently.
** He {{spoiler|goes as far as to help Hinata hide from her father, which given that Hiashi is one ''nasty'' case of [[Abusive Parents|Abusive Parent]] is a pretty good deed.}}
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* [[Calling the Old Man Out|Calling The Old Men Out]]: Shino goes before his clan's elders after learning about the Kyuubi, and, as is said later in this entry, verbally tears them apart.
** Naruto does this on behalf of {{spoiler|Hinata to Neji.}}
** Kurenai does this on separate occassions to both the Third and Jiraiya regarding Naruto's poor upbringing and unfair treatment in the village. Unlike the other examples presented here, both [[Daddy Had a Good Reason For Abandoning You|had decent reasons and good intentions,]] [[It Seemed Like a Good Idea At The Time|eventually realized they made serious mistakes there]], [[ItsIt's All My Fault|and feel incredibly ashamed of how things turned out]].
* [[Can't Catch Up]]: Discussed by Shino and his parents when they learn of the [[Training From Hell|insane training regime]] that Naruto (and later Hinata) takes daily. In order to avert it, Shino gets training with a new fighting style and [[Nothing Up My Sleeve|some cool new weapons]].
* [[Chekhov's Classroom]]: Subverted. Kurenai teaches the squad a jutsu to charge one's fist with electricity, and informs them of how useful it is against an enemy wearing steel. In the following chapter when {{spoiler|the group is fighting 3 ninjas and one of them turn his skin into steel, you'd think Naruto would use this jutsu. Instead he uses the Kyuubi's power to punch a hole in the guy's chest.}}
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* [[Colossus Climb]]: The fight between Naruto and Gaara during the Sand/Sound invasion eventually involves this. {{spoiler|Given that he didn't sign the toad summoning scroll and can't call Gamabunta, when his opponent enters the Shukaku form, Naruto doesn't have any other option than [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|running over the Giant Tanuki Demon in order to reach Gaara and awaken him.]] Granted, he used the Nine tails's chakra to power himself up for the climb, but still...}}
* [[Competitive Balance]]:
** [[Glass Cannon]]: Hinata's eyes and reflexes make her quick to react to danger and any hit she lands with her Jyuuken has the potential to be a [[One -Hit Kill]]. However, her defenses and recovery time seems to be lower than the rest of Team 8.
** [[Jack of All Stats]]: Shino. He has no trouble at all keeping up with the rest of his team but lacks Naruto's stamina. He's physically stronger than Hinata, has a longer reach than both of them and recovers faster but he doesn't react as fast as she or Naruto do. Kurenai combines this and her [[Squishy Wizard|genjutsu moveset]] as the team's [[Kung Fu Wizard]].
** [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Thanks to the supplemental training in taijutsu he is taking with Gai and Rock Lee, Naruto has gradually turned into an example. This is especially evident during his fight with Gaara in the Chunin Exams. {{spoiler|He not only manages to outrun the other jinchuuriki's sand defenses, but hits him so hard that Gaara ends up with a concussion}}. And that's not taking into account the [[Super -Powered Evil Side|Kyuubi chakra]], which not only increases his speed even more, but also gives him enough strength [[Oh Crap|to punch through metal]].
* [[Complaining About Rescues They Don't Like]]: Hanabi does. Loudly. Obnoxiously. Ungratefully.
* [[Crazy Prepared]]: Naruto strangely enough. During the Forest of Death chunnin exam the characters kept mentioning how they had no idea why Naruto brought X item but it sure came in handy: e.g. he brought multiple collapsible tents by himself and other things.
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** Naruto, Shino, and Hinata were able to defeat an enemy Jonin early on partially because he specialized more in ''stealth'' than in fighting.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Naruto vs Sasuke. {{spoiler|One punch, right in the jaw, and Sasuke is '''OUT'''.}}
** Well, Sasuke had only {{spoiler|deliberately and with malice aforethought slammed down on Naruto's [[Berserk Button]] regarding Hinata, ''immediately after Naruto had just watched Neji beat her half to death''. [[What an Idiot!]].}}
** [[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.}}
* [[Drowning My Sorrows]]: How Kakashi coped with his own sensei dying.
* [[Dying Moment of Awesome]]: {{spoiler|Kurenai forces [[Mind Rape|Tsukuyomi]] to its logical conclusion, ''[[Badass|breaks it,]]'' and gets head-shotted for her trouble. [[Tear Jerker|We'll miss you, Kurenai.]] [[Manly Tears|*Sniff*]]}}
* [[Dynamic Entry]]: Shino kills a giant snake this way. [[Awesome Moment|Awesome.]]
* [[Elephant in The Living Room]]: Hinata's [[Big Screwed -Up Family]]. All of Team 8, the Third and Jiraiya know about it. Gai, Kakashi, Asuma and Iruka also seem to have an inkling. Not only can they not really talk about it publicly, but Hiashi has such powerful connections that he won't answer for his actions (something the Sandaime points out). They collectively decide to come up with plausible reasons for her not to be at her house or near her father.
** To a lesser extent, Naruto and Gaara being jinchuuriki.
* [[Enemy Mine]]: {{spoiler|Team 8 and Team 7 against Orochimaru, Naruto and the Kyuubi breaking the Cursed seal.}}
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* [[For Want of a Nail]]: The story’s premise. [[Word of God|According to the author]], the nail isn’t Kurenai requesting Naruto for Team 8, but [[Dark and Troubled Past|some unspecified event in her backstory that led to the deaths of her old teammates]], a recon oriented team, which means that when she is offered a chance to form a new recon team, she decides to scout the class rather than simply take the students based on written reports. The author also directly indicates that Hiashi is more nasty than he would be in canon, due to the changed course of history.
** Part of the fun of this fanfic comes from seeing all the divergences in the plotlines from canon that have resulted from this event. For example, {{spoiler|it's mentioned that the events of the Wave arc happened with a team 7 including Kiba in place of Naruto. As a direct result of that, Tazuna died but Haku survived. And as a direct result of ''that'' Sarutobi survived his fight with Orochimaru because Haku was there to back him up}}
* [[Four -Temperament Ensemble]]: Naruto is sanguine, Kurenai is choleric, Hinata is melancholic and Shino is phlegmatic.
* [[Fridge Logic]]: ''Invoked'' by Kurenai during her [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]. {{spoiler|Itachi traps Kurenai in Tsukuyomi and tortures her with her worst nightmare, an image of she and her team being torn apart by an angry mob. Kurenai defeats the illusion ''by making it more realistic'' and imagining [[Unstoppable Rage|what Naruto]] [[Super -Powered Evil Side|would do]] [[One -Winged Angel|if Konoha]] [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|killed his teammates]]}}.
* [[Friendship Moment]]: Hinata calming Naruto down after his first kill, Shino verbally tearing into his family for their treatment of Naruto, Naruto visiting Hinata in the hospital and {{spoiler|Hinata and Shino comforting Naruto when he goes to pieces at Kurenai's funeral.}}
** Naruto has one earlier, when he muses on how badly Hinata got hurt, and the stray thought of "no one does this to my friends" completely unhorses him.
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* [[Guile Hero]]: In his spare time, Shino seems to be becoming one. Naruto even lampshades it:
{{quote| ''"No one wins an argument against him!"''}}
* [[Hair -Trigger Temper]]: Excluding [[White Sheep|Hinata]], the Main House Hyuugas always seem to be pissed off about something.
* [[Half Truth]]: Shino's comment about what flowers would be appropriate for {{spoiler|Neji}}'s funeral is construed as a public death threat. It could be, but he was talking about was {{spoiler|Neji's funeral after [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|Naruto rips him limb from limb]].}}
* [[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.
* [[Humble Pie]]: Naruto serves it up to both Sasuke and Neji.
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* [[Iron Lady]]: As a jounin and team leader, Kurenai carries herself as one. She ''has'' to, given the chauvinistic mentality of some of the people around her (like a weapon shopkeeper in one of the first chapters).
* [[I Take Offense to That Last One]]: When Shino {{spoiler|deconstructs Naruto's personality traits and deduces that he's the host of the nine-tailed fox demon}}, the thing that really gets under Naruto's Skin is that {{spoiler|Shino's bugs fed off his chakra until they were full and Naruto didn't even notice}}. Naruto even goes so far as to declare that he's cheating.
* [[It Is Dehumanizing]]: Shino [[Shut UP, Hannibal|does not take well]] to [[Nakama|Naruto]] being referred to as an "it" by his clansmen.
* [[It Never Gets Any Easier]]: On the eve of {{spoiler|Kurenai's funeral}}, Naruto asks Jiraiya if losing people close to you eventually becomes easier. His response: ''"No, and if it ever does, I don’t want to know you"''. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] as he states that, while some people propose that the perfect ninja is the one that kills his emotions, doing so in the long term becomes detrimental and the ones that subscribe to that philosophy end [[Empty Shell|with no personality of their own]], or worse, [[Ax Crazy|eventually snap]] {{spoiler|like Itachi did}}.
* [[Jerkass]]: As mentioned before, most members of the Hyuuga clan fall into this, including Neji, Hanabi and ''especially'' Hiashi. The members of Team 7 are initially portrayed as this as well. {{spoiler|Turns out Kiba is more of a [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]], who genuinely cares for his teammates but is too brash, while Sakura [[Character Development|eventually realizes the bad elements of her personality]] [[Took a Level In Kindness|and vows to change]]. Recently, like in canon, Neji seems to start changing his ways after Naruto defeated him. It's still in the air whether Sasuke will turn like his canon counterpart or not, but so far his rather [[Curb Stomp Battle|humiliating defeat]] at Naruto's hands seems to be pointing him into a more positive direction.}}
* [[Kick the Dog]] / [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: While is still in the air whether or not Sasuke will go the same path as in canon, some of his actions can be interpreted as either one of these tropes. {{spoiler|Namely, [[Kick the Son of A Bitch|his killing of one of the Sound team]] in the Forest of Death after receiving the cursed seal from Orochimaru, and his [[Berserk Button|mocking of Hinata to Naruto's face]] during the preliminaries.}}
** Narrowly averted during {{spoiler|Kurenai's funeral; Naruto becomes an emotionally distraught mess, so Hinata rushes to his side without thinking (or even acknowledging the [[Death Glare]] her father was giving her). This pissed Hiashi off. Shino then comforts the grieving Naruto. This pisses Hiashi off further. He's about to haul an also-grieving Hinata off when Asuma and Kakashi [[Stealth Hi Bye|appear on either side of him]]; their reaction to Hiashi's intentions is summed up as 'One step further and I will Chidori you right in the face'.}}
* [[Killed Off for Real]]: {{spoiler|Kurenai}}.
* [[Knife Nut]]: '''ALL''' ninja love kunai but Kurenai seems to somehow always have one in her hand when she's angry.
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: On [[Highly -Visible Ninja]].
* [[LaymansLayman's Terms]]: Naruto tends to be confused by Shino’s [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness|speech patterns]], requiring someone (usually Kurenai) to translate for him. Eventually, an exasperated Shino starts doing the translation himself.
* [[Left for Dead]]: {{spoiler|Iruka}}, with Konohamaru fully believing he ''was'' dead.
* [[Let's Fight Like Gentlemen]]: The battle between Shino and Chouji during the Chunnin exams is impeccably civil.
* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: A non-combat variation occurs when Jiraiya drops his pervert facade after Kurenai asks him to take her seriously.
* [[Life or Limb Decision]]: The battle between {{spoiler|Orochimaru and the 3rd Hokage}} ends with this... For both combatants!!
* [[Little Miss Badass]]: Hinata, regardless of [[Heroic Self -Deprecation|what she thinks.]]
** [[Lady of War]]: And she's working up to this, as far as Naruto's concerned.
* [[Local Hangout]]: Ichiraku Ramen. Kurenai sometimes takes the team to Moritake's (''her'' favorite restaurant) when she wants to talk about something serious.
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** Naruto has a moment like this at the end of his fight with {{spoiler|Gaara}}, but not only in relation to the similarity between him and his opponent, but also in the similarity between {{spoiler|Gaara and Hinata}}. Basically, Naruto realizes {{spoiler|both Gaara and Hinata were raised to believe their existence was worthless and meaningless.}} This revelation upsets him so much that he vows to fix it.
* [[Nothing Up My Sleeve]]: Shino's kamas.
* [[The Obi -Wan]]: Kurenai may count as this {{spoiler|up to the dying part.}}
* [[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.}}
** Temari realizing {{spoiler|that for once, she's not terrified ''of'' Gaara; she's terrified ''[[Big Sister Instinct|for]]'' Gaara.}}
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* [[Power Trio]]: [[The McCoy|Naruto]], [[The Kirk|Hinata]], and [[The Spock|Shino]]. {{spoiler|[[Mentor Occupational Hazard|Not that they have a choice in the matter.]]}}
* [[Pragmatic Villainy]]: {{spoiler|Orochimaru}} refuses to attack the team in chapter 21 as fighting them {{spoiler|and two sannin with only one arm}} would be too difficult. He still laments being unable to {{spoiler|[[Deal With the Devil|corrupt Tsunade]]}} though.
* [[Pre -Ass -Kicking One -Liner]]:
{{quote| '''Neji:''' That's impossible.<br />
{{spoiler|'''Naruto:'''}} Just as impossible as fighting against fate. Just as impossible as {{spoiler|fighting a Jyuuken user hand to hand.}} }}
* [[Precision F -Strike]]: During the above-listed [[Heroic BSOD|BSOD]], Naruto recounts the advice he received from an academy psychologist regarding making his first kill. Hinata does ''not'' take this well.
{{quote| '''Naruto:''' Well, he told me he didn’t think I’d have any problems at all... like I’m some monster that would probably enjoy killing.<br />
'''Hinata:''' That’s ''bullshit!'' *sudden horrified pause, claps both hands over her mouth* }}
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* [[The Quiet One]]: Shino. Him surprising Naruto by speaking quickly becomes a [[Running Gag]].
* [[A Rare Sentence]]: Lampshaded in that it was something he ''never'' thought he would say:
{{quote| '''Naruto''': ''(to Rock Lee)'' Have you forgotten what [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|Gai-sensei]] said?!}}
* [[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.
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* [[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.
{{quote| "Send them<ref>a group of Hidden Stone ninja encountered during the border patrol mission.</ref> my grades from the Academy. Let them know they were scared of the 'dead last' in his class." }}
* [[Self -Fulfilling Prophecy]]: Kurenai tells the Sandaime it'd be a miracle if the way the villagers have treated Naruto doesn't result in this.
* [[Serious Business]]: The protocol of respect and proper behavior in the Hyuga clan. Hiashi is even willing to {{spoiler|separate Hinata from a distraught Naruto during Kurenai's funeral}} just so he doesn't look bad.
* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: Shino. It's very well done, this Troper is barely able to recognize some of the words, but knows them all to be accurate.
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** Also a significant one to [[The Terminator]] during Naruto's fight with Neji:
{{quote| "There is no fate but what we make."}}
* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: Shino fires one off to the Aburame elders when he notices [[It Is Dehumanizing|they refer to Naruto as "it" and not "he."]]
{{quote| "Your choice of pronoun speaks volumes, esteemed elder."}}
* [[Silk Hiding Steel]]: Hinata has [[Shrinking Violet|too many self-esteem issues]] to truly qualify, but she is slowly getting there. Besides her many moments of combat prowess, the best example might be when she is interrogated by Hiashi {{spoiler|about Naruto using the Kyuubi’s chakra during the border patrol mission}}. Despite being utterly terrified of her father, Hinata deduces he wants that information for nefarious purposes, so she decides (much to her own surprise) to not reveal anything, claiming she didn’t saw or knows what happened. The deception works and a frustrated Hiashi [[Go to Your Room|dismisses her]].
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* [[Ungrateful Bastard|Ungrateful Bitch]]: Hinata puts herself through the wringer to rescue Hanabi, her younger sister, from a trio of missing nins that kidnapped her. [[Jerkass|Hanabi]] is not impressed.
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Naruto using the Nine-tails chakra for the first time. {{spoiler|During the border patrol mission in chapter 7, Team 8 confronts a trio of missing ninjas who kidnapped Konohamaru and Hanabi. Two of them manage to knock out Hinata and Shino, while Naruto learns from Konohamaru that they killed Iruka (who turned out not be dead, see [[Disney Death]] above). These two situations, combined with one of the kidnappers saying in a rather derisive tone that he was planning to [[Squick|"take his time"]] with Hinata and Kurenai is the final trigger for Naruto to draw from the demon's chakra and [[Curb Stomp Battle|massacre them]]. This later results in the [[Heroic BSOD|heroic BSOD]] mentioned above.}}
** Also implied when Kurenai explains the situation with Hinata and her [[Big Screwed -Up Family]] to Jiraya: {{spoiler|She wouldn't put it past Hiashi to arrange Hinata's death, possibly via [[Make It Look Like an Accident]]; if that were to happen, Naruto (and most likely Shino) '''''will''''' retaliate, consequences be damned.}}
{{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:
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** 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):
{{quote| '''Naruto''': There's a lot going on here that I don't understand. I'm used to not knowing things. But now I can't accept that. I don't understand how you can see yourself so differently than everyone else sees you. I don't understand why you...why you seem to hate yourself. Something is not right. {{spoiler|And I do not think that something is you, Hyuuga Hinata}}.}}
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Kurenai to Hinata, regarding {{spoiler|pushing herself too far, believing that she doesn't care how they would react if she died}}. Naruto takes issue with her doing so.
* [[When All You Have Is a Hammer]]: Naruto's reliance on his Kage Bunshin is remarked on, but it's not his only technique. Simply the [[Mundane Utility|most]] [[Zerg Rush|convenient]].
* [[You Are Better Than You Think You Are]]: Most of the interactions that Kurenai has with Hinata are aimed at Hinata realizing that, regardless of what [[Abusive Parents|her father]] or [[Big Screwed -Up Family|her family]] thinks of her, she does have worth.
* [[You Are Not Alone]]: Naruto has this revelation during {{spoiler|Kurenai's funeral}}. After bottling up his emotions for most of the day, he finally breaks down and starts crying. It doesn't pass much time before [[Nakama|Hinata and Shino]] appear at his side to comfort him.
* [[You Got Spunk]]: [[Eldritch Abomination|The Kyuubi]] says this to {{spoiler|Hinata}}. Really.
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