Temari

:“But boy, you were lucky. If you had kept fighting, you would’ve fallen to Temari’s Wind Scythe Jutsu. Among all the kunoichi, she’s known as the cruelest.” 
:—Nara Shikamaru, Naruto: Shippuden #234 "Naruto's Favorite Pupil" 
Temari (テマリ) is a prominent supporting character in the Naruto media franchise. 
 
==Canon==
==Fandom==
===Popularity and reactions===
Relative to her screentime as a member of the supporting cast, Temari has enjoyed great popularity. Along with Chiyo, Temari has often been called one of best examples of a strong female character in the Naruto series.
However, some Naruto fans dislike Temari for her abrasive and at times cruel actions, such as her brutality against Tenten during the Chūnin Exams arc, and her prickly interactions with Shikamaru.https://old.reddit.com/r/CharacterRant/comments/gramv5/temari_from_naruto_part_1_is_an_annoyingly/https://old.reddit.com/r/Naruto/comments/8qmtmz/unpopular_opinion_i_dislike_temari/
====Data====
Given the large and popular cast of Naruto, Temari has been very well-represented in metrics of fan engagement.
Over the course of Naruto's publication, Japanese readers could occasionally vote for their favorite character in popularity polls, and the results would be included with a later chapter.Narutopedia. Naruto Character Popularity Polls. (Accessed May 2021.) 
*In the first popularity poll (17 January 2001), Temari ranked 26th (71 votes).
*In the second poll (23 January 2002), she ranked 28th (94 votes).
*In the fourth poll (29 January 2004), she ranked 15th (930 votes).
*In the fifth poll (14 February 2005), she ranked 11th (1 037 votes).
*In the sixth poll (13 February 2006), she ranked 16th (671 votes).
*The third Naruto databook compiled the results of the first six polls to determine the most popular characters overall. According to Databook 3 (9 September 2008), Temari ranked 14th (2 803 votes).
*In the seventh popularity poll (28 March 2011), she ranked 18th (1 628 votes).
According to a sample of 403 thousand Naruto stories on FanFiction.Net (FFN) as of 20 September 2018, Temari is one of the 20 characters listed most often in the character filters.phantomstatistician. Most Popular Characters in Naruto FanFiction 2001-Present, posted to Tumblr on 20 Sept 2018. 
===Fanon and tropes common to fan works===
Because Temari is the eldest child and only daughter of the Fourth Kazekage, and the sister of the Fifth Kazekage, fans speculate that she could occupy a considerable political, diplomatic, and military influence in Sunagakure, akin to a princess, with all the honor and responsibility that such a position would entail.
In canon, Temari is only known by her mononym—until she becomes Nara Temari after her marriage to Shikamaru. In fanon, she is commonly referred to as "Sabaku no Temari" or "Temari of the Sand", like her brother Gaara.
===Shipping===
Temari and her brothers are collectively referred to as the "Sand Siblings".
Shikamaru x Temari—commonly known as ShikaTema—has been Temari's undisputed juggernaut pairing. Since ShikaTema has often been considered a given, the pairing often appears as a background pairing, requiring no explanation, allowing the story to focus on the main pairing. Due to Temari's high-ranking position as the Kazekage's sister, bodyguard, and advisor, many fans have speculated that Shikamaru would move to Sunagakure, or that the couple would split their time between Konohagakure and Sunagakure performing ambassadorial duties.
As for Shikamaru's shipping scene, Shikamaru x Ino has been ShikaTema's only serious competition. The ship war of ShikaTema vs ShikaIno has resulted in character bashing pitting the two characters against each other within fan works; ShikaTema fics often portray Ino as catty, vapid bimbo, while ShikaIno fics portray Temari as egregiously domineering and cruel.TV Tropes. Die For Our Ship / Naruto. (Accessed May 2021.)
Along with other "royalty" tropes, Temari is often the subject of arranged marriage in order to secure political alliances for Sunagakure. She is commonly betrothed to Shikamaru of Konohagakure's Nara clan, or Hokage Naruto.
====Notable Pairings====
*Shikamaru x Temari (ShikaTema)
*Naruto x Temari (NaruTema)
==Example Fan Works==
===Fan Fic===
*The Hazards of Amity by firefly
*"Father's Brains and Mother's Attitude" by Kimiz
===Fan Art===
*https://www.deviantart.com/polarityplus/art/Temari-565780993
*https://www.deviantart.com/jazzie560/art/Temari-action-sketches-498376765
*https://www.deviantart.com/mayanara/art/Suna-queen-560244531
*https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/1718731
*https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/9216354
*https://kisu-no-hi.tumblr.com/post/183430402529/among-all-the-kunoichi-shes-known-as-the
*NARUTO ファンアート by 日暮 七十七
*Shikaku and Temari playing shogi together!!! by kisu-no-hi
*Temari by Harpiya
===Vids===
===Cosplay===
===Meta===
*[Character Appreciation 8] Temari by MaimedPhoenix
* They did exactly what I called they were gonna do and made her an over aggressive nagging house wive. by thatshinobilife
* *puts hands behind head, stares up at water spot on the ceiling, sighs* by fineillsignup
===Other Fan Works===
==External Links==
===Fan Communities and Archives===
*FanFiction.Net (FFN): Naruto stories and crossovers featuring Temari
*DeviantArt (DA): Temari-Fans, Temaris-Revenge
*Archive of Our Own (AO3): Temari (Naruto) tag
*Pixiv: #テマリ
===Resources===
*Wikipedia
==References==
Category:Naruto Characters