WEEKLY TRIVIA 10

• Deidara's catch phrase was originally coined by famous Japanese abstract artist Tarō Okamoto, whose works inspired many of Deidara's explosives.
• Deidara ranked 3rd in one official character popularity poll shortly after his debut, just one rank above Naruto. He also ranked higher than any other member of Akatsuki (though at the point that poll was taken, only about half of Akatsuki's members were formally introduced).
• Unknown to him, his second partner, Tobi, has the kekkei genkai he despised: the Sharingan.
• Deidara's characteristic "katsu" (喝), which he uses to detonate his explosive clay, is a type of shout that is used in Zen Buddhism to stop the discursive thoughts of practitioners, potentially helping them achieve an enlightenment experience. It is also used as a means of focusing energy.
• According to the databook(s):
  • Deidara had completed 82 official missions in total: 4 D-rank, 27 C-rank, 35 B-rank, 13 A-rank, 3 S-rank.
  • Deidara's hobby was experimenting with explosions.
  • Deidara wished to fight Itachi Uchiha.
  • Deidara's favourite food was bakudan, a pun on the actual food (boiled eggs in surimi) and the Japanese word meaning bombs, while his least favourite was mixed rice/pilaf.
  • Deidara's favourite phrase was "Art is an Explosion!" (芸術は爆発だ, Geijutsu wa Bakuhatsu da).
• Tobi commented that Deidara would die from an explosion, while Sasori said that he was the type to die young. Both of them were right, as Deidara would later self-destruct with a massive explosion, as a last ditch effort to kill Sasuke.
• He referred to his previous partner Sasori as Master Sasori (サソリの旦那, Sasori no Danna; English TV "Sasori, my man"), but Sasori was not the only person that Deidara called with this title: in Shippūden episode 18 and in an omake for this episode, Deidara referred Kisame as "Kisame no Danna" as well.
• After being reincarnated Deidara was not aware that Sasuke was still alive, having died believing that his final attack killed the both of them despite what Ōnoki had told him. In the anime, Kurotsuchi reiterates this point to Deidara once more.