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* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]: Sasuke, when he channels fire and lightning elemental chakra into his sword '''simultaneously.''' For example, {{spoiler|fighting off Naruto's flaming boulder barrage in the Chunin Exams}} and {{spoiler|forcing Kimimaro to discard his bone sword}} spring to mind.

** Not to mention its simultaneous paralysis and burning capabilities, the latter of which is compared to poison.

** Waltz's sword, God's Tear: "It enables me to cut through that which cannot be cut and nothing more." {{spoiler|This includes the connection between the sacrifice and the summoned for [[Beyond the Impossible|Edo Tensei]].}}

** Borderline when dealing with Naruto and his first set of Fox Talons... but the {{spoiler|Fox Talons 2.0}} are definitely capable of this, bringing a boss-summon-scaled chakra blade to bear that can even {{spoiler|split one of the '''Sanbi's''' water blasts in half}}.

* [[Abusive Parents]]: Hinata and Gaara deal with this in different ways. Hinata grows a backbone, snaps back, and shows the entire clan just what she's capable of. Gaara simply allows Orochimaru to kill his father. AGAIN.

* [[Adaptational Badass]]: Hinata, even moreso than her canon counterpart. She's one of the hardest-hitting members of the Rookie 12, up there with Naruto and Rock Lee, and possibly the most skilled next to Naruto. She even had {{spoiler|Kabuto}} cornered when he went after Naruto instead of Sasuke due to a small case of [[Butterfly of Doom|the Butterfly Effect]].

* [[Adults Are Useless]]: Well, the Sandaime was after doing nothing when Naruto was beaten half to death.

** Also directed at Jiraiya and Kakashi.

** Partially counter-subverted when {{spoiler|Naruto forgives a "future-savvy" Sarutobi, with healthy helpings of heartwarming and humor. Hilariously so with Naruto and Jiraiya during preparations for the Chunin Exams and Invasion.}}

** Scabbard {{spoiler|blasts Minato practically halfway across the training grounds immediately after temporarily reviving him with a puppet as retribution for botching Naruto's seal so badly.}}

* [[Animal Motifs]]: Each of the Oogakari can turn into an animal. Ghost's cat affinity puts him at odds with the Inuzuka dogs for a while but rarely comes up much. Scabbard, in comparison, spends a good amount of time as a wolf.

** Crypt assumes a poultry-based form that is not to be spoken of, even by the other Oogakari, for fear of inviting apocalyptic consequences. Naruto, Hana, Anko, and {{spoiler|Danzo}} quickly adopt this well-deserved terror.

** Crypt used to turn into a crow, befitting his reaper motif, but he changed for [[Noodle Incident|reasons no one can remember]].

** 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.

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: Sarutobi finally loses his temper with Orochimaru in their roof-top battle when the latter reveals that he knew the secret to dealing with paperwork all along and never told him.

"You evil little bastard!" }}

** Naruto considers his struggle to make his hood properly conceal his identity just as climactic as the coordination of his teams to utterly crush a coup aimed at {{spoiler|Princess Koyuki.}}

** 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...

"…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.}}

* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]: Crypt.

** Also, squirrels and sweets for Shadow, squirrels and...everything else for Crypt.

* [[Author Appeal]]: All of the Oogakari family members wear a [[Badass Longcoat]] decorated with flames and clothes with tribal symbols.

* [[Awakening the Sleeping Giant]]: A drunken Ghost enacting a trans-dimensional escape from a rampaging Shadow after eating Crypt's questionable cooking serves as this for the Naruto universe, when he stumbles into Naruto's Biju extraction process at the beginning of the story. Given, the Oogakari aren't precisely neutral, but it took an event of sheer ridiculous dumb luck for them to even FIND the dimension in the first place.

** [[Genre Savvy|And then he'd give all of that to Shadow for more money and to get the poor girl even FURTHER into debt.]]

** Hell, Scabbard's presence/killing intent is essentially the most terrifying [[Awesomeness By Analysis]] imaginable.

* [[Awesome Yet Practical]]: The Seventh Sense, without a doubt, particularly when Naruto uses it to {{spoiler|render Sage Mode both able to setup while moving and indefinite in duration.}}

** War Scars is implied to be unparalleled in its stealth and [[Mook]]-massacring ability, especially when used by Ghost.

** Sasuke subverts this during the {{spoiler|Main Branch Coup}}, essentially cementing his immunity to a [[Face Heel Turn]].

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

* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: {{spoiler|Naruto, the rest of the Rookie 12, Haku, and Gaara's team during the Chunin Exam Invasion. They proceed to kick a LOT of Oto ass alongside their teachers and allies.}}

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

*** Naruto's feels like countless overwhelming animals tearing at the air. Hinata's is like a lavender sun. Kakashi's is a white wolf with mismatched red and yellow eyes. Zabuza's is a demon's upper body. Hana's feels like countless beasts watching over the area. Anko's feels like a snake, occasionally flicking it's tongue. Haku's is the embodiment of "cold" itself.

** There's also the Biju Cloaks, which feel horribly unnatural to normal ninja.

* [[Because You Were Nice to Me]]: One of, if not THE, primary reasons that Sasuke {{spoiler|completely rejected any prospect of a [[Face Heel Turn]] against his teammates and has become such a team player.}}

** Sasuke repays the favor during the {{spoiler|Hyuuga Coup Arc, defending Naruto after his status as the Kyubi's Jinchuriki is revealed and many of his friends begin to waver.}}

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

** Haku, towards Zabuza, Ghost, and any of the antagonists she faces. {{spoiler|Tail of the Northern Dragon, indeed.}}

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

** Anko. [[Sex Is Violence|Bloodstained silk panties]] and [[But You Screw One Goat!|snakes "that one time."]] That is all.

* [[Big Fancy House]]: The Namikaze Estates and the Oogakari clan complex, the latter of which is a HELL of a lot bigger than most think.

* [[Bilingual Bonus]]

Crypt: "Ich bin ein Berliner!" }}

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

* [[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.

* [[Buffy-Speak]]: Dragon Demon Goddess... Thing.

'''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!" }}

* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Ghost, Crypt, Shadow, and eventually Naruto.

** Sasuke calls out his [[Playing with Fire|Blaze]] [[Shock and Awe|Edge]] once or twice, but since then has been capable of activating it without prior warning.

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

** Subverted almost 100% by the Oogakari. Only Ghost calls a few attacks, because he created those [[Blow You Away|original]] [[Razor Wind|jutsu]] himself, most likely to give to Naruto.

* [[Can't Catch Up]]: Averted for almost everyone that suffered in canon.

** Naruto catching and lowering an unfortunate Ishidate into a synchronized twin Kaiten attack by Hinata and Neji.

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

* [[The Corruption]]: Shadow gave the jinchuuriki a bottle of [[Fate/stay night|All the evils in the world]] for their training...if you know the Nasuverse, then you know just how bad it is.

* [[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.

** Even without her claw gauntlets, shadow powers, or elemental enhancements, her strength is implied to be on-par with Tsunade's, at the very least. [[Oh Crap|Tsume and Shikaku can both attest to this fact.]]

** Hinata invokes this by deviating from her clan's Gentle Fist style to unleash attacks of sheer, straight-on force. With her own personal modifications to her style brought about by {{spoiler|her study of the Rasengan}}, her own Gentle Fist isn't quite that gentle anymore.

* [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]]/[[Deadly Upgrade]]: Subverted in that Naruto's Rasenshuriken and Kyubi chakra infusions have long since ceased to be significant threats to the boy's health, although in the latter's case, extreme circumstances have still caused significant backfiring. However, since said circumstances include {{spoiler|summoning several hundred chakra-infused exploding shadow clones against one of the Sannin and fighting Rock Lee nonstop with 5 Celestial Gates activated}}, he may as well have gotten off scot-free, seeing as the Kyubi's chakra damage [[Holy Shit Quotient|stacks on for every clone that Naruto makes.]]

** Played completely straight with {{spoiler|1=the author-original Maelstrom of the Wind God/Fujin no Naruto in Chapter 14. It requires 82 hand seals and mid-high Kage-level chakra reserves just to SURVIVE performing. The results are implied to be only a tad short of apocalyptic.}}

** Naruto's unbroken daylong chain of [[Badass]] during the Chunin Exam Invasion arc exemplifies this. To clarify, he fights {{spoiler|Sasuke and Hinata}} in two epically pitched matches, then deploys hundreds and hundreds of shadow clones all over Konohagakure to help repel the invasion and protect citizens. He then {{spoiler|enters Sage Mode to unleash a Rasenshuriken that obliterates both Kidomaru and the Four Flames Barrier.}} And he STILL has more than enough strength to clear an entire sector's worth of Oto shinobi that several teams of Taki and Konoha Special Jonin and Jonin were stalemating against. Even when he's reduced to only a Chunin's worth of chakra, he's insistent on continuing the fight.

** 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.

* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: Ghost, one of the retainers of Zuzushi, is capable of actually defeating the Sky Mother and her host, the former of which is an entity that universally terrifies gods and demons both. {{spoiler|He actually does this in a sparring match to blow off steam after Tsume seriously antagonizes him.}}

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

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

* [[Distracted by the Sexy]]: Extended to Onoki and Roshi. By both Naruto AND Konohamaru's group.

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

* [[The Dreaded]]: The Biju and the Shinigami all shy away from speaking the actual name of the Sky Mother, Zuzushi, much in the same manner that 5-year-old witches and wizards avoid saying [[Harry Potter (novel)|"Voldemort."]]

* [[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.

** At Chapter 66 Third Fang has cleared over [[Beyond the Impossible|1,000,000 words]].

*** Look at it this way. Third Fang has put up roughly 1,200,000 words in a period of 900, that is 1300 words per day, everyday. this time figure does not remove the time taken up buy revisions or time spent other things like sleeping and eating.

* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]: Sai and Neji gets mistaken for this at Koyuki's new movie premiere much to the latter's dismay.

** Deidara, called out by a {{spoiler|[[Disgaea|PRINNY]] of all things. Hilarity ensued.}}

** Ghost pokes fun at the whole Hyuuga clan a few times for this.

* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: One of the main reasons why the Oogakari won't simply just step in and [[Kill Him Already|waste all of the antagonists.]] Of course, this in no way means that the antagonists have the slightest chance of winning outright.

** 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.

** 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.

** Used to an interesting and complex extent when Naruto, Hinata, and Hiashi discuss the role of elemental chakra in the Hyuuga's Gentle Fist style. {{spoiler|Hint-'''It won't work on Kisame.'''}}

* [[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]].

* [[Explaining Your Power to the Enemy]]: The Rookie 12 do a lot of this to each other during training and the Chunin Exams, but very little when facing actual antagonists. And if they do, it's invariably far too late.

** 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.}}

** {{spoiler|Han}} does this to {{spoiler|Neji}}.

* [[Fan Girl]]: Putting aside Sasuke's canonical fans and the memories that haunt Scabbard, Tenten manages to be quite hilarious/terrifying in her pursuit of rare swords. She also manages to throw out quite a lot of [[Accidental Innuendo]] while in the throes of sword-lust.

** Sakura was caught at least once by Sasuke rummaging through his garbage pre-chainlink. He's still holding that over her head.

* [[Fastball Special]]: The arrival of the rest of the Oogakari in Konoha. Amusingly inverted upon Shadow at the same time.

** 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.}}

* [[Field of Blades]]: Scabbard In three words {{spoiler|[[Fate/stay night|"Unlimited Blade Works"]]}}

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

* [[Friend to All Children]]: Waltz, in both his kindness towards children and his '''terrifying''' wrath towards those that would do them harm. His his grandfatherly friendship with Hanabi is made of [[WAFF]].

* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: Scabbard, played straight and true, particularly before he even arrives in the Naruto universe.

* [[Gambit Roulette]]: Scabbard embodies this trope so perfectly, he'd even make [[Beyond the Impossible|Aizen]] cry. Given that the Oogakari have already gone to the Bleach universe, {{spoiler|as Tenten's Zangetsu can attest}}, he probably already has. [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome|Many times]].

* [[Genius Ditz]]: Definitely Naruto, although the ditz component has been rapidly becoming deliberate and partially replaced by becoming [[The Chew Toy]] of the Oogakari.

** Played a bit straighter with Ino, particularly in the {{spoiler|Land of Spring}}.

* [[Gentle Giant]]: Waltz. Unless you hit his [[Berserk Button]].

* [[Gonk]]: Lee and Gai in-universe.

** Partially subverted in that it's only above the neck where they terrify and disturb everyone. Below the neck is [[Sculpted Physique|a whole 'nother story.]]

** The undisputed result whenever {{spoiler|War Scars is executed on living beings.}}

** Or when you block off a Melody Arm. {{spoiler|Much worse, with a Melody ''Suit''.}}

* [[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.

** {{spoiler|Naruto touches on this in a much more comforting and optimistic tone while comforting a distraught Hinata at the Namikaze estates.}}

** The Kyuubi invokes this in a discussion with Minato, going so far as to compare mankind to the Jubi in destructive capability.

* [[Hyper-Destructive Bouncing Ball]]: One of Chouji's attacks.

* [[I Taste Delicious]]: Naruto on acting as Kakashi's training dummy for ''chidori'' variants:

Everyone inched away slowly from the boy. "[[Brain Bleach|I'll try not to keep that in mind…]]" Sasuke nervously stated with an eyebrow twitching. }}

** Ghost invokes this when he's taunting {{spoiler|the head of the Main Branch Coup}} with a megaphone.

** Used often and to awesome effect to showcase a new capability gained by the Rookie 12. The Chunin Exam is chock-full of these.

** Naruto vs {{spoiler|Lee}} in the preliminaries is fueled by this. The other genin are suitably intimidated.

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

* [[It's Personal]]: Sasuke has swiftly adopted this stance against {{spoiler|Madara after his fateful talk with Sarutobi}}. Conversely, it's implied that it's averted for the most part as far as Itachi's concerned.

* [[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.}}

** 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.

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

** Scabbard: {{spoiler|Fangirls}}

* [[Leaked Experience]]: Taken [[Up to Eleven]] by one of Ghost's first moments of absolute [[Fridge Brilliance]]. First off, if shadow clone dispelling is staggered, it significantly reduces the strain upon the individual at any one time. Second, the clones that are dispelled share all their experience with all of the remaining clones, which will inevitably be carried on en masse to the original. Add in the fact that only the clones furthest along in their assignments or showing the greatest amount of progress are dispelled, causing the rest of the clones to grasp the exercise extremely quickly.

** To sum up some matter, there is some dispute over the exact math of ''how much'' time this process really gives Naruto to train (over whether the process is additive, multiplicative, or exponential), but the end result is that Naruto's new method is clever and more efficient than canon thanks to making sure the experience of the clones who did best is spread out to the ones going down less efficient avenues.

** Naruto's not the only one benefiting from this now: Both Sasuke and Hinata have taken up this training as well, though obviously not to the extent Naruto does.

* [[Leeroy Jenkins]]: Naruto has transformed from the trope namer to the personified subversion of this trope under the tutelage of the Oogakari.

** Since then, the Oogakari have basically subverted this in that they defeat their bureaucratic obstacles with masterful negotiation, overwhelming influence, sheer force, or Crypt.

* [[Love Makes You Crazy]]: [[Harem Seeker|Ino, temporarily]]. Possibly the funniest scene in the whole fic.

** Played with regarding Sasuke's, Scabbard's, and {{spoiler|ITACHI'S}} experiences with fangirls.

** [[Covert Pervert|Hinata's]] [[Chekhov's Gun|diary]].

* [[Mad Scientist]]: Scabbard Oogakari doesn't SEEM crazy at all... until he makes eye contact with Legos. The rest of the clan takes this in stride.

* [[Made of Explodium]]: Explosive squirrels in the Forest of Death.

** Naruto has taken a page out of {{spoiler|Itachi's book and given THIS to his shadow clones. [[Up to Eleven|He can make HUNDREDS, even with '''Kyuubi chakra.''']]}}

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** "[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/silhouette still houses]"

** "[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rouge rouge]" instead of "[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rogue rogue]"

** "[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obscure obscure]" instead of "[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obscene obscene]"

** Subverted in that Naruto utterly loathes his itchy mask enough to take it out to an open field and blow it up with an overpowered wind technique once he no longer needs it.

* [[Mass "Oh Crap"]]: Everyone during the Wave arc after Naruto insults the Kusa nin Rika

''"Seen… better…?" Rika repeated to herself in an unstable manner while reaching for several of her specially prepared kunai and senbon, a large demon appearing behind her. "I was going to go easy on you since you are just a genin… but NOW…" She started to throw large quantities of projectiles at the very scared blonde with bloody rage. "I'm gonna mutilate you!"'' }}

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Even moreso for Shikamaru now, even in-universe, much to his chagrin. {{spoiler|He creates a massive summon-sized buck out of his own shadows, completely one-up's Gaara's '''Desert Tsunami''' and is pretty much on the point of carrying the match before his particular [[Peggy Sue|bodily limitations]] and other priorities have him forfeit on purpose. Black Deer, indeed.}}

* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Pretty much 95% of the Oogakari's titles. Particularly Ghost's

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

* [[Needle in a Stack of Needles]]: Taken many steps further by Naruto in that his new capabilities make it more akin to a combination of [[Made of Explodium|Grenade In A Sea Of Grenades]], [[Blade Below the Shoulder]] and [[Flash Step]].

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

* [["No Respect" Guy]]: Zig-Zagged. Naruto doesn't get much respect. Of course, that's partially because he's deliberately chosen to walk the path of the [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]] and partially because he's become [[The Chew Toy]].

** 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 Sense of Personal Space]]: "Ice cream people!"

** Ghost can give a massage by Seventh Sense. Also, his training of Anko.

* [[Not What It Looks Like]]: Hana & Hinata patching up Naruto after his first match the tournament. {{spoiler|Hana is pinning a shirtless Naruto's arms, while giving him a good shot of her cleavage. Hinata in ripped clothes is straddling him to reopen his tenketsu.}} Cue Hinata's [[I Think You Broke Him|embarrassed BSOD]] when the rest of the rookies burst in on them.

** Averted with {{spoiler|Ghost/Hana/Anko's}} relationships whenever one walks into the other two

* [[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.

** Dragon Demon Goddess... Thing.

* [[Overshadowed by Awesome]]: This entire fic is one massive aversion of this trope. Played straight in a subtler way in that the Oogakari are a significantly humbling presence to just about anyone living in Konoha.

* [[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.]]

* [[Rank Up]]: {{spoiler|Almost everybody in the Rookie 12 gets promoted to Chunin in the exams. Only Lee, Neji, Kiba, and Ino failed to promote}}. Definitely helps that they fought like crazy and stacked up some pretty impressive kill counts during Orochimaru's Invasion.

** {{spoiler|Naruto, Shikamaru, and Hinata get a huge bonus in that they all have been set up to some degree by Tsunade to become Special Jonin soon}}.

** Unless {{spoiler|Lee gets drunk.}} Then it's played completely straight.

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

** 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!

** One notable example would be when Naruto gets more fox like features. To avoid having this spark fear and loathing in the villagers, Naruto gets hounded through the streets trying to escape his teacher's insanity, generating sympathy and amusement instead. {{spoiler|They pull this one off ''twice''.}}

** When Yugito reports to the Raikage about the aftermath of the Chuunin Exam Invasion, we get this:

The Raikage laughed. "Heh! I see you've been getting more creative with your responses." }}

* [[Reset Button]] / [[Peggy Sue]]: Best way to describe what happened.

** {{spoiler|Excellently and satisfyingly averted by Sasuke. Even more so when he asks Sarutobi what TRULY happened that night.}}

** From what we can tell with Waltz, played brutally and terrifyingly straight.

** In a way, Ino too. {{spoiler|she doesn't know she's being used as a mole, and she's reverse in the sense that she's fed useless or circumstantial information so that Danzo and ROOT don't do anything rash}}

* [[The Rival]]: Naruto has two now, Sasuke and Hinata.

** Rock Lee is still a strong contender for becoming a third, plus his own rivalry with Neji is still alive and well, and a lot more competitive to boot!.

** This particular excerpt sums up Naruto's private sessions rather well, between Scabbard Oogakari and Rika, a Taki Special Jonin.

"Ah… a personal favorite…" }}

* [[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.

* [[Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right]]: When designated as mission leader of two teams for the {{spoiler|Prince of Moon Country arc}}, Naruto takes a certain portion of the in-universe rules of engagement that's been taken for granted by generations and generations of ninja... and promptly punt-kicks it out the window. In front of '''Sai''', no less.

** 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.}}

** Hiashi himself invokes this, and arguably supports Naruto more actively than any other clan head short of Waltz.

* [[Secret Relationship]]: Naruto and Hinata.

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

** 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.

* [[Spanner in the Works]]: The Land of Iron tournament is turning into a [[Gambit Pileup|multi-layered version]] of this trope. {{spoiler|Kisame (with Itachi in tow) is there to compete for money in the same tournament as Zabuza (and Sasuke). And so is [[Butterfly Effect|Killer Bee, thanks to Scabbard]]. Naruto's team is playing guard duty for nobles, and Kakuzu & Hidan are there to pick off valuable bounties for cash, which could include several protagonists.}} So many things can go horribly wrong with this situation that it's exhilarating, and if things do go wrong, it could completely overturn the Oogakari's timetable to deal with Akatsuki and send all their plans into disarray.

** 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.}}

* [[Spared by the Adaptation]]: Haku, Zabuza, and Hiruzen. Possibly several of the jinchuuriki if plans go well. {{spoiler|Particularly now that over half of them are "officially" future-savvy.}}

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

* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: The first teamwork-based hand signs that Sasuke learns directly relate to this, mainly because he couldn't afford to NOT know when Ghost and Naruto were running around blowing everything up during training, which was (and is) frighteningly often.

** The Akatsuki themselves have been very well acquainted with this ever since one of Deidara's drunken episodes. And Itachi's slight irritation is evidence enough.

Naruto: "I'm a 13 year old boy. Of course I'm going to go overboard with the explosives if I'm capable of doing so." }}

* [[Stupid Evil]]: The fanon civilian council and an evil faction of Hyuuga Elders are present in all their glory. In some cases they count as [[Too Dumb to Live]].

* [[Super Reflexes]]: Ghost exemplifies this trope.

** Naruto, Hinata, Rock Lee, and Sasuke all have this in spades, even more so than the rest of the Rookie 12.

** This is particularly evident in any of Naruto's big fights with {{spoiler|Lee, Hinata, or Sasuke.}}

** On the other hand, with Ghost, EVERYTHING he does is a free action, particularly taunting.

* [[Tempting Fate]]: Naruto praying not to have to face Lee in the preliminaries. You know as soon as he thinks it exactly what is going to happen.

Kidomaru: [[Last Words|"Ha…HAH! Is that the best you got? I beat your stupid technique easily! That was nothing!"]] }}

** Tsunade and Jiraiya's lottery-based, "win-win" bet. {{spoiler|Tsunade wins and soon after the Main Branch Coup begins.}}

** #3- Taki, Suna, and even some visiting Kumo shinobi during the Chunin Exam Invasion are used to help fight Oto. Also, {{spoiler|giving Itachi a chainlink}} could count depending on what he does.

** #7- Naruto's has become quite good at fooling enemies about where their attention should lie with clones, transformations, and substitutions.

** #11- Subverted. Naruto will not make short-term sacrifices for the greater goal, not where people's lives are involved. Rock Lee considers this during the {{spoiler|Koyuki Coup Arc}}, but Naruto hardly gives it a second thought.

** #12- Scabbard's M.O. is this, a combination of flexible planning and extreme opportunism.

** Naruto's Rasenshuriken {{spoiler|rips apart the Sound Four's Four Flames Formation barrier, slaughtering Kidomaru, and would likely have inflicted terrible damage to those inside if it wasn't for Waltz. [[Ax Crazy|Zabuza was quite gleeful.]]}}

** This conversation among the Rookie 12 during the Chunin Exams hits it right on the nose.

Neji: "I believe the expression that would best answer this that Naruto and Sasuke would agree with would be 'go big or go home.'" }}

** WAR SCARS.

* [[Toilet Humor]]: Ghost's Chinese food "allergy."

* [[Too Powerful to Live]]: Seems to be the reason behind the relapses of the Oogakari. Played with in that they're all basically immortal.

** Both Tenten and Rock Lee {{spoiler|have this performed quite literally on their bodies by Scabbard and Crypt, respectively. Tenten now has the potential to summon and properly wield practically any weapon in existence to devastating effect. Rock Lee's physical capabilities have skyrocketed. He can now shrug off performing the Primary Lotus, and there's a chance that he could pull off all eight celestial gates '''without dying'''.}}

** On the other hand, that extra level seems to mostly elude Kurenai, Kiba, and Ino, much like in canon.

* [[Took a Level In Kindness]]: Sasuke. Many, many times.

** Neji after {{spoiler|an intense sparring match with Hinata escalates and the heiress comes out on top}}.

* [[Trickster Mentor]]: Ghost has turned {{spoiler|[[Panty Thief|panties-jacking]]}} into a training exercise for {{spoiler|Anko, while they were actually ON HER BODY,}} with predictably violent results.

* [[Tropes Are Not Bad]]: Some prominent aspects of the fic could be the hallmark of a terrible wish-fulfillment fic, such as [[God Mode Sue|uber-powerful OCs familiar with the plot of the story]] [[Fix Fic|running around causing trouble]], but Third Fang shows that with enough insanity, comedy, and creativity even normally poisonous fic concepts can be made awesome.

** Ghost plus female acidic [[Breath Weapon]] users equals this.

** Scabbard plus {{spoiler|fangirls}} equals this.

** Even Naruto's '''shadow clones''' find this amusing.

* [[Twin Threesome Fantasy]]: Ghost has a brief [[Imagine Spot]] of this early on with regards to the Hyuuga.

* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Not too many have been displayed thus far, but the few times it happens more than make up for quantity with quality.

** Naruto uniquely combines his [[Unstoppable Rage]] with [[Tranquil Fury]] during his {{spoiler|his fight with Dotou. He gets so pissed-off enough about getting cold and wet that he swats away Black Dragon Blizzards with his BARE HANDS}}.

** Naruto and Princess Koyuki.

** [[Dysfunctional Family|The Oogakari]], to levels that Naruto and Sasuke could not even [[Beyond the Impossible|DREAM.]]

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

* [[We Are as Mayflies]]: Subverted with the Oogakari, particularly 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.

* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]: Ghost mentions that this is true of nearly all immortals eventually. The choice is whether to go ''partially'' insane to relieve the stress or to bottle it up and lose it completely.

** And naturally the popular meme that the stronger a ninja is the more eccentric they are shows up.

** Shikamaru bluntly tells Chouji to ask Ino out before she becomes a Special Jonin because of the former's uncanny level of [[Genre Savvy]].

* [[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.

* [[Year Inside, Hour Outside]]: Exploited by Kakashi when {{spoiler|he takes advantage of his own Mangekyou when Itachi hits him with Tsukuyomi, using the extra time to converse with the Uchiha prodigy and set up the first defection within the Akatsuki.}}

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

* [[You Monster!]]: A very common reaction from any enemy facing down an Oogakari.

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

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

* [[Your Head Asplode]]: Crypt. Chapter 52. [[Played for Laughs]].

 

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