History WhamEpisode / Naruto

** Or the fact Sai's mission was to kill Sasuke and that Danzo was working with Orochimaru.

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* Episodes 469-472: Kaguya starts ''crying'', being reminded of her two sons by Naruto and Sasuke. It's then revealed that Kaguya is ''also'' part of the Juubi, and was sealed away by her two sons in order to stop it. However, before she was sealed away, she created Black Zetsu to act in her place and revive her. To do that, Black Zetsu proceeded to cause the start of nearly every conflict in ninja history by manipulating Indra into attacking his brother Ashura, starting the Uchiha-Senju feud. From there, he continued to watch over both brothers' successors until he found someone who could awaken Rinnegan: Madara. Since the very ''beginning'', the ''world itself'' has been his [[UnwittingPawn Unwitting Pawns]], this entire war being orchestrated just for the sole purpose of reviving Kaguya.

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''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' has plenty, which is a given considering it is a Shonen manga. The end of the Sasuke Retrieval Arc, the Hunt for Itachi arc and the Pain Invasion Arc are the most well known.

''{{Naruto}}'' has plenty, which is a given considering it is a Shonen manga. The end of the Sasuke Retrieval Arc, the Hunt for Itachi arc and the Pain Invasion Arc are the most well known.

''{{Naruto}}'' has plenty, which is a given considering it is a Shonen manga. The end of the Sasuke Retrieval Arc, the Hunt for Itachi arc and the Pein Invasion Arc are the most well known.

* Episode 425: Naruto manages to restore Kakashi's eye. Meanwhile, it turns out that ''Madara'' mind-controlled the Hidden Mist and orchestrated the events leading to Rin's death, up to and including Kakashi being the one to kill her, in order to get Obito under his control. And after he steals Obito's Rinnegan, Infinite Tsukuyomi begins to take effect.]]

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* Episode 458: [[spoiler:Black Zetsu literally backstabs Madara, revealing that he is not his will, but '''''Princess Kaguya's''''', making her TheManBehindTheMan to ''everyone''. Madara's body is used as a vessel for the regeneration of Kaguya by hijacking Madara's use of God: Nativity of a World of Trees.

* Episode 414: [[spoiler: Madara has become the third Sage of Six Paths after absorbing the Shinju.]]
* Episode 418: [[spoiler: Kabuto joins the fray [[HeelFaceTurn as a good guy]], having realized his true nature after being trapped in Itachi's Izanami, and is helping to revive Sasuke. Meanwhile, Might Guy enters Gate Mode, expecting to use the 8th gate and die in his fight with Madara.]]
* Episode 420: [[spoiler:Naruto meets Hagoromo, the Sage of the Six Paths, who tells him that he is is the Sage's younger son reincarnated.]]
* Episode 421: [[spoiler:Naruto is not only confirmed to be the Sage's younger son reincarnated, but that Sasuke is the Sage's older son reincarnated. Not only that, but they're not the first reincarnations -- in fact, the reincarnations of the previous generation are confirmed to be Hashirama and Madara respectively. Meanwhile, Naruto and Sasuke are about to gain the powers of all nine tailed beasts, who Obito restored to Naruto after betraying Madara.]]
* Episode 425: [[spoiler: Naruto manages to restore Kakashi's eye. Meanwhile, it turns out that ''Madara'' mind-controlled the Hidden Mist and orchestrated the events leading to Rin's death, up to and including Kakashi being the one to kill her, in order to get Obito under his control. And after he steals Obito's Rinnegan, Infinite Tsukuyomi begins to take effect.]]
* Episode 458: [[spoiler:Black Zetsu literally backstabs Madara, revealing that he is not his will, but '''''Princess Kaguya's''''', making her TheManBehindTheMan to ''everyone''. Madara's body is used as a vessel for the regeneration of Kaguya by hijacking Madara's use of God: Nativity of a World of Trees.]]
* Episodes 469-472: [[spoiler:Kaguya starts ''crying'', being reminded of her two sons by Naruto and Sasuke. It's then revealed that Kaguya is ''also'' part of the Juubi, and was sealed away by her two sons in order to stop it. However, before she was sealed away, she created Black Zetsu to act in her place and revive her. To do that, Black Zetsu proceeded to cause the start of nearly every conflict in ninja history by manipulating Indra into attacking his brother Ashura, starting the Uchiha-Senju feud. From there, he continued to watch over both brothers' successors until he found someone who could awaken Rinnegan: Madara. Since the very ''beginning'', the ''world itself'' has been his [[UnwittingPawn Unwitting Pawns]], this entire war being orchestrated just for the sole purpose of reviving Kaguya.]]
* Episode 475: [[spoiler: Kaguya has been defeated, the tailed beast will be able to live free, everything is all happy and heartwarming... until Naruto and Sasuke are asked to release the people trapped in the infinite Tsukuyomi, when Sasuke has yet [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor ANOTHER]] FaceHeelTurn, saying that he will kill the Kages and start a "revolution". Cue Naruto and him being about to fight, fulfilling the last part of the Toad Sage's prophecy.]]

* One of the first wham chapters was the Chunin Exams arc, when Orochimaru joins the exam, pretending to be a very blood thirsty woman who almost kills Sasuke and Sakura. His appearance turned a relatively serious arc, frightening.

** But that is sadly turned as the Tendo Path beat Naruto; Hinata finally confesses after ''years'' buildup before attempting to save him. She seemingly dies, causing Naruto to enter the 6 tailed form. This was ''one chapter''.

* The War Arc has the biggest one with chapter 559: The real Madara is dead and resurrected as an Edo Tensei, the one we thought was Madara is put in question. A lot of people saw it coming, but even more didn't.

*** Then it turns out that the sharingan eye that Tobi has is, in fact, ''Obito's''. And, as for chapter 599, it has finally been confirmed that Tobi was Obito all along. This is easily the biggest WhamEpisode all together, as the DrivingQuestion of the entire series has finally been answered.
* Chapter 592: Remember [[SmugSnake Orochimaru]]? Apparently, he's [[DisneyDeath not really dead]]. After all, the one that's telling us is Sasuke, who is the only person present for both of his previous 'deaths,' and [[RuleofThree trouble always comes in threes]] [[InsaneTrollLogic so Orochimaru's deaths should too]].
* Chapter 609: The Ten Tails is revived.
* Chapter 614: Neji Hyuga [[KilledOffForReal died protecting Naruto and Hinata]].
* Chapter 618: Orochimaru has negated the Death God Seal, summoning all four deceased Hokage. And while they CameBackWrong, they're at ''full strength'' this time.
* Chapter 627: After listening to Hashirama's story on the Uchiha and Senju clans' feud, how the village came to be, and pretty much getting all the answers he was looking for, Sasuke decided he'll take the battlefield...''AGAINST'' Madara. That's right. Sasuke ''finally'' is back to the good guys' side. Not only that, but Taka is now fully reunited, ''Orochimaru'' is taking part on the war, along with the ''FOUR HOKAGES''.
* Chapter 629: Rin was the jinchuriki for the Three-Tails! The Mist kidnapped her and sealed the tailed beast inside of her, so that when she was rescued they would be able to use it to destroy Konoha. Her death at Kakashi's hand was actually a HeroicSacrifice to protect the village!
* Chapter 637: Madara's elaborate plan backfired '''''spectacularly''''' and [[BigBad Obito]] is now the Jinchuuriki of the Ten Tails.
* Chapter 656: Madara has hijacked Tobi's RedemptionEqualsDeath to revive himself.
* Chapter 660: Madara has extracted Kurama, the Nine Tails from Naruto.
* Chapter 663: [[spoiler: Madara has become the third Sage of Six Paths after absorbing the Shinju.]]
* Chapter 667: [[spoiler: Kabuto joins the fray [[HeelFaceTurn as a good guy]], having realized his true nature after being trapped in Itachi's Izanami, and is helping to revive Sasuke. Meanwhile, Might Guy enters Gate Mode, expecting to use the 8th gate and die in his fight with Madara.]]
* Chapter 670: [[spoiler:Naruto meets Hagoromo, the Sage of the Six Paths, who tells him that he is is the Sage's younger son reincarnated.]]
* Chapter 671: [[spoiler:Naruto is not only confirmed to be the Sage's younger son reincarnated, but that Sasuke is the Sage's older son reincarnated. Not only that, but they're not the first reincarnations -- in fact, the reincarnations of the previous generation are confirmed to be Hashirama and Madara respectively. Meanwhile, Naruto and Sasuke are about to gain the powers of all nine tailed beasts, who Obito restored to Naruto after betraying Madara.]]
* Chapter 675: [[spoiler: Naruto manages to restore Kakashi's eye. Meanwhile, it turns out that ''Madara'' mind-controlled the Hidden Mist and orchestrated the events leading to Rin's death, up to and including Kakashi being the one to kill her, in order to get Obito under his control.]]
* Chapter 676: [[spoiler: Infinite Tsukuyomi begins to take effect.]]
* Chapter 678: [[spoiler:Black Zetsu literally backstabs Madara, revealing that he is not his will, but '''''Princess Kaguya's''''', making her TheManBehindTheMan to ''everyone''.]]
* Chapter 679: [[spoiler:Kaguya regenerates her body by way of Madara's own by hijacking Madara's use of God: Nativity of a World of Trees.]]
* Chapter 681: [[spoiler:Kaguya starts ''crying'', being reminded of her two sons by Naruto and Sasuke. It's then revealed that Kaguya is ''also'' part of the Juubi, and was sealed away by her two sons in order to stop it. However, before she was sealed away, she created Black Zetsu to act in her place and revive her. To do that, Black Zetsu proceeded to cause the start of nearly every conflict in ninja history by manipulating Indra into attacking his brother Ashura, starting the Uchiha-Senju feud. From there, he continued to watch over both brothers' successors until he found someone who could awaken Rinnegan: Madara. Since the very ''beginning'', the ''world itself'' has been his [[UnwittingPawn Unwitting Pawns]], this entire war being orchestrated just for the sole purpose of reviving Kaguya.]]
* Chapter 692: [[spoiler: Kaguya has been defeated, the tailed beast will be able to live free, everything is all happy and heartwarming... until Naruto and Sasuke are asked to release the people trapped in the infinite Tsukuyomi, when Sasuke has yet [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor ANOTHER]] FaceHeelTurn, saying that he will kill the Kages and start a "revolution". Cue Naruto and him being about to fight, fulfilling the last part of the Toad Sage's prophecy.]]

* One of the first wham chapters was the chunin exam arc, when Orochimaru joins the exam, pretending to be a very blood thirsty woman who almost killed Sasuke and Sakura. His appearance turned a relatively serious arc, frightening.
** After Sasuke was able find courage and fought Orochimaru off, lightening him up in a fiery explosion. Orochimaru just laughs it off and bit Sasuke on the neck.

** Sasuke and Gaara's fight was made of this. With Sasuke showing off his Chidori. And then Gaara transforming into the One-Tails.

* The next wham came from the Sasuke Retrieval arc, when Sasuke willing left Konoha.

** The Naruto and Sasuke fight, had both of going through power ups like crazy, with each unlocking their super modes. And Sasuke actually getting away.

* The Hunt for Itachi had quite a bit of whams. One of the biggest was Jiraiya's death and that Itachi was a good guy deep down.

** Pain when on a rampage killing hundreds of named characters, including Kakashi.

** Some may have seen it coming, but unless one of the known characters is a deity of deception, Tobi is an entirely unknown character. Either way, we have no freaking clue and practically no way to theorise about the identity. WHAM! The only known possibility is that Tobi could be Uchiha Obito (both only had the Sharingan in their right eye) but this is unlikely because there is reasonably good evidence to indicate that Obito is dead.

* Chapter 692: [[spoiler: Kaguya has been defeated, the tailed beast will be able to live free, everything is all happy and heartwarming... until Naruto and Sasuke are asked to release the people trapped in the infinite Tsukuyomi, when Sasuke has yet [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor ANOTHER]] FaceHeelTurn, saying that he will kill the kages and start a "revolution". Cue Naruto and him being about to fight, fulfilling the last part of the Toad Sage's prophecy.]]

* Chapter 603: Kakashi stabs Rin with a Chidori!

* Chapter 613: The Ten Tails has just powered up, can target nearly anywhere on the battlefield, and has killed Ao, Shikaku, and Inoichi.

* Chapter 630: Minato arrives on the battlefield
* Chapter 631: Sasuke declares that he's going to become Hokage.
* Chapter 632: Sakura can use Tsunade's Hyakugou no Jutsu. "Next time look at my back," indeed.

* Chapter 664: [[spoiler: Black Zetsu was able to steal the other half of Kurama and Madara comes bursting in.]]
* Chapter 665: [[spoiler: Obito betrays Madara.]]

* Chapter 674: [[spoiler:Madara steals Kakashi's Sharingan, enters the Kamui dimension and attacks Sakura, with Obito too weak to do anything as he's trying to hold off Black Zetsu. As such Naruto and Sasuke can't do anything to stop him.]]

* Chapter 677: [[spoiler:Due to the Infinite Tsukuyomi, only the original Team 7 and the edo tensei Hokages are still conscious. Also, [[TheBusCameBack Yamato]] was inside Spiral Zetsu.]]

* Chapter 688: [[spoiler: Obito's ghost appears to Kakashi and gives him double Sharingan eyes, enabling him to use Susanoo.]]

** But that is sadly turned as the Tendo Path beat Naruto and Hinata tried to save him, and it ended in her near death. Causing Naruto to enter the 6 tailed form.