Shikamaru quotes from Naruto

Naruto

Well let's go! I'm dying to show these clowns what I've got.

Kiba

Is that right? Hate to disappoint you hotshot, but I've got a new jutsu I've been working on too.

Choji

Yeah me too!

Shikamaru

Alright calm down. First we make a plan and get everything ready...then we nail those bastards.

Kiba

A wall's a wall and there's no wall I can't punch a hole through!

Shikamaru

Yeah it's worth a try I guess. After all, we have to do something despite the risk.

Kiba

Tunneling fang! [the wall regenerates from his attack]

Shikamaru

The damn wall's rebuilding itself!

Kiba

Hey did you just-

Neji

Yes we saw it.

Naruto

Let us out!

Neji

It appears to be more than just a dirt wall. Byakugan! [scans wall] The wall is...

Shikamaru

It's what? The wall is what?

Neji

Our chakra. It's absorbing it as if it were a sponge.

Kiba

Great. It's not enough that they buried us alive in the oversized dung heap, now they're trying to steal our chakra. You gotta give these guys credit for thoroughness at least.

So you figured out I was manipulating them with my flute. You're not as dumb as you look. Not that it'll do you any good. Knowing what I've been doing isn't the same as knowing how to stop me.

Shikamaru

You've got a point there. I never was very musical. Just ask my mom and dad. With that flute she can manipulate her buddies like puppets. That song's comprise dog sequences of modulated sound waves, each sequence controlling a specific movement. Great Shikamaru, you can analyze it fine. But what're you gonna do to counteract it? She's right. The fact remains I've got no ear for music.

No one's ever heard this song and lived.

Shikamaru

There's one rule of Shogi that I always enjoyed the most. Whenever you capture one of your enemy's pieces you can turn around and use it as your own. From here on I attack. I'll use your own three pieces to hunt you down. What do you have to say about that? Shouldn't you be a bit more worried? You could at least pull a knife or something.

This flute is my only weapon. I told you not one person who's heard the sound of this flute has survived, idiot.

Shikamaru

You've got a lot of confidence. [attacks]

Dispel! [the demons disappear] What was that about using my own pieces against me? Loser. It's my move now, you rat. What the? [gets caught by the shadow possession jutsu]

Shikamaru

Shadow possession success. What did I tell you? I'd hunt you down using your own pieces. I used them all right. Your three pawns were just the bait I needed. In any good strategy, the first attack's always a fakeout. The tactic is to score on the second move.

Temari

By the way, you seem a lot dumber than the last time our paths crossed. So are you going to give up again this time? Go ahead, I'll take care of this for you.

Shikamaru

Well I'm sorry to disappoint you but I'm not about to give up. And besides, a real man doesn't allow a woman to do his fighting for him.

Temari

Ha. Still being all macho with all the man and woman stuff? You talk tough but I know it's just an act. Idiot.

So this time you're on the Leaf's side, huh? You guys are all over the place, aren't you?

Shikamaru

The sound of the flute summons her genjutsu.

Temari

I got it. Cyclone scythe jutsu! [releases a whirlwind to repel Tayuya]

Shikamaru

She's deflecting the sound of the flute and nailing our opponent with a physical attack. She can attack and defend at the same time. That's a pretty handy jutsu to have.

It's like that girl was born to fight me!

Temari

Excuse me, did I ask for your opinion? I told you to explain the situation to me, that's all. You have no idea what kind of powers I have. If she thinks she can hide from me but stay close enough so the sound of her flute can still reach me, she's mistaken. All right. Summoning blade dance!

All right, I'm far enough away. It's time for my genjutsu.

Temari

How was that? It's finished.

Shikamaru

She doesn't mess around huh? She's as subtle as a rhino. She might even be scarier than my mom.

Shikamaru

I'm just not cut out to be a shinobi.

Temari

Honestly, all you men with such fragile egos.

Shikamaru

This mission, I thought all I had to do was depend on everybody else. Some leader. I thought I should've done more, but I didn't have the strength. It's all my fault.

Temari

What, are you afraid you might get hurt?

Shikamaru, a girl disrespects you like that and you're just gonna walk away?

Shikamaru

You bet I do. Standing around arguing isn't my thing. That's something girls like to do.

And what are you? You're not a man, that's for sure. As far as I can see, you're nothing but a coward. You think if you quit, the missions will stop? Someone's gotta do it. Your comrades will be sent out again, on other missions, with someone else leading them. They'll face the same risks and some of them might not make it, ones you might have saved if you'd been there to lead them. How are you going to feel then? You've got a chance to reflect on your mistakes and to learn from them. Use your failures to make yourself a better leader. You won't help your friends by running away. Instead, you should be trying to make yourself stronger for their sake, so that the next mission goes perfectly and everyone gets back safe. The choice is simple. You're either a leader or a coward. So, which are you?

Ino

So that old man wasn't necessarily a bad guy?

Choji

I knew it. It's like I said, anyone who likes Ichiraku Ramen can't be all bad.

Ino

Huh? I remember the guy saying he didn't like eating ramen all the time?

Choji

Well Ichiraku ramen is different.

Shikamaru

There's no way you can go through life with something you hate on the menu every day.

Choji

You are so right!

Temari

We owe you one.

Shikamaru

Aw skip it, we're just returning the favor that you did for us. Next time you'll owe us one.

Temari

Well at least this time you didn't get all choked up. That's an improvement.

Shikamaru

Sheesh, women.