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Lets see how many references we can find, and by references, I mean ideas Kishi decided to use from other movies/series and adapt to the Narutoverse. I'm not even going to use mythology that I've read off of wikipedia from time to time (i.e. Susanoo and Yamata no Orochi).

1. Star Wars comes to mind almost immediately. Rin dies, Madara helps Obito turn bad and then massacres the Uchiha Order with the help of his Zetsu Clone Army...and Itachi Starkiller

2. Batman. There are several from the newest movie alone what with Tobi and Bane jabbering about how it doesn't matter who they are only that there plan gets completed; not to mention Obito gets half his body broken and thrown in a well and has to recuperate and get out of there to save his precious people like Bruce did before it's too late (I wonder if Obito will turn good and use Kamui to remove the moon, apparently dying in the process only to be seen later by his butler Zetsu with the Mizukage having lunch somewhere all happy and content - maybe they'll even put his mask on the Hokage monument; Naruto will be all sad and eventually become the new Tobi)

3. The Matrix. Infinite Tsukuyomi = The Matrix

4. Harry Potter. I'll just go with the obvious one being the snake-like Orochimaru plotting for immortality; Voldemort wanted Harry's body and Oro wanted Sasuke's body; Voldemort gives people the Dark Mark and Oro has his cursed seal

5. Twilight. In the beginning Sasuke was all "Stay away from me, I'm not like you" but then Naruto got him to open up and they became buddies, but then Sasuke was like "I have to go away now" and Naruto was all heartbroken and became friends with Sai while trying to get Sasuke to come back and Sai just wanted to kill Sasuke so he could have Naruto all to himself; I'll stop the reference there because it might get a little weird if I keep going

Now you try!
 

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Lets see how many references we can find, and by references, I mean ideas Kishi decided to use from other movies/series and adapt to the Narutoverse. I'm not even going to use mythology that I've read off of wikipedia from time to time (i.e. Susanoo and Yamata no Orochi).

1. Star Wars comes to mind almost immediately. Rin dies, Madara helps Obito turn bad and then massacres the Uchiha Order with the help of his Zetsu Clone Army...and Itachi Starkiller

2. Batman. There are several from the newest movie alone what with Tobi and Bane jabbering about how it doesn't matter who they are only that there plan gets completed; not to mention Obito gets half his body broken and thrown in a well and has to recuperate and get out of there to save his precious people like Bruce did before it's too late (I wonder if Obito will turn good and use Kamui to remove the moon, apparently dying in the process only to be seen later by his butler Zetsu with the Mizukage having lunch somewhere all happy and content - maybe they'll even put his mask on the Hokage monument; Naruto will be all sad and eventually become the new Tobi)

3. The Matrix. Infinite Tsukuyomi = The Matrix

4. Harry Potter. I'll just go with the obvious one being the snake-like Orochimaru plotting for immortality; Voldemort wanted Harry's body and Oro wanted Sasuke's body; Voldemort gives people the Dark Mark and Oro has his cursed seal

5. Twilight. In the beginning Sasuke was all "Stay away from me, I'm not like you" but then Naruto got him to open up and they became buddies, but then Sasuke was like "I have to go away now" and Naruto was all heartbroken and became friends with Sai while trying to get Sasuke to come back and Sai just wanted to kill Sasuke so he could have Naruto all to himself; I'll stop the reference there because it might get a little weird if I keep going

Now you try!

twilight and the dark knight rises came out after naruto and you did not point out anything similar.Voldemort mark does not grant his servants power or is a means for him to come back
tsukiyomi is not the matrix and the only thing remotely similar is anakins path to the dark side
 

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Was Naruto not around before HP? Or it came about near the same time atleast. Please do not compare Naruto to Twilight. Sasuke or Naruto don't sparkle, they shine.
 

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twilight and the dark knight rises came out after naruto and you did not point out anything similar.Voldemort mark does not grant his servants power or is a means for him to come back
tsukiyomi is not the matrix and the only thing remotely similar is anakins path to the dark side

How is the Infinute Tsukuyomi not like the Matrix? Sure they haven't exactly been in it yet but the ideas are the same and I'm talking about the idea itself, not the extra things about the robots liquifying humans and stuff.

Was Naruto not around before HP? Or it came about near the same time atleast. Please do not compare Naruto to Twilight. Sasuke or Naruto don't sparkle, they shine.

The first Harry Potter book came out in 97 and Naruto started in 99 and the last one was a joke because I was stuck.
 

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Bijuu = Pokemon
Jinchuuriki = Pokeball/Trainer combined
Akatsuki wants to catch them all

I don't think it's intended tho, but neither are the op references.
So they're not really "references" but who cares :p
 
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