Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-1018594-20160409062530/@comment-734582-20160410212740

I'm going to cheat here, but TV tropes even has a list on this.

Some gems:

Naruto failed his academy exam three times because the test was always the clone jutsu. Why would the test be the same simple jutsu so many times in a row? Because Mizuki was setting up his plan to have Naruto steal the scroll, of course.

Shukaku, and presumably the other tailed beasts tend to get antsy when a full moon rises. Guess where their original body is located.

The Chunin Exams weren't really cut short after all-they just took the fight outside the ring. Gaara defeated Sasuke, at which point Naruto began fighting Gaara, which according to the bracket was supposed to be the first match of the second round. Shino got his fight with Kankuro, and it was a draw. Gaara's loss to Naruto, combined with the revelation that Orochimaru had murdered the Kazekage, led to Suna surrendering immediately, including Kankuro and Temari. So basically, Naruto won the Chunin exams, but didn't get promoted because no one with the necessary influence saw it and his victory was overshadowed by Hiruzen's death.

Why was that Rain ninja so obsessed with Team 7? Because he's under orders from Pain to secure the Nine Tails Jinchuriki, or at least to identify him and survey his power. The Rain village has no more interest in these exams than do Sand or Sound, but their goals are different. Of course, neither the Hokage nor the proctors are aware that Rain is under the control of the Akatsuki, or that the Akatsuki is an international threat. Looking even deeper into that theory, who were the only other featured Rain Ninja during the Chuunin exams? The Rain Ninja that Gaara killed! They could have been under similar orders to observe the One Tails, but Gaara killed them in the process!

Why did Kimimaro allow Rock Lee to drink his "medicine" when they were clearly in a fight to the death? Because Kimimaro knows what it's like to be dependent on medicine, and be helpless to the effects of illness. A moment of empathy.

Pain taunts Naruto, who is in the 4-tailed state, asking if Naruto hates him and if he still believes that people can be able to truly understand one another. Only, Kurama's at the reins. However, given later developments, it turns out Kurama is legitimately pissed as Pain is mocking the ideals of Kurama's creator and father figure, the Sage of the Six Paths. To which he reacts by forcing more chakra through the failing seal to go into the six-tailed mode.

Kabuto plays a rather sophisticated psychological game with Tobi in chapter 520 and 521. Tobi demands to know how to stop the Edo Tensei after Kabuto states that there are no significant detrimental aspects to the jutsu, upon which Kabuto states that it's as simple as using the sharingan to control him and then having him perform the dog, horse and tiger seals, in that order. When Itachi releases the jutsu in chapter 588, we learn that the actual hand seal sequence is monkey, cow, tiger, dragon. By stating his inferiority to Tobi, the latter still doubted Kabuto, but felt no need to act, confident that he could stop him whenever he wanted. We later learn that Kabuto had his own version of sage mode to counter basic sharingan genjutsu.

Naruto and Sasuke both come back to life and now sport the power of Rikudo. While it may seem like and Ass Pull so that the story can finish faster, it all makes sense when you consider the two men who revived them. Naruto knows Senjutsu and was revived by Obito, who has Dojutsu. Sasuke has Dojutsu and was revived by Kabuto, who has Senjutsu. By tapping into the life forces of beings that have all the powers they lack, Naruto and Sasuke were able to awaken the power of the Rikudo Sennin.

Sasuke and Sakura's daughter, Sarada, is the embodiment of Team 7: She has Sasuke's eyes, Sakura's strength, and Naruto's dream.

Likewise, Boruto has aspects of the three inheriting the will of the good Otsutsuki twins: he has Naruto's strength of will, Sasuke's talent and general attitude, and Hinata's willingness to support as well as her protective instinct.