Quote (shinigami @ 21 Oct 2011 05:42)
Well I'm incredibly forgetful so I forgot the name -.- but you know the guy that followed Naruto around to keep the Kyuubi in check, who was a failed clone of Hashirama? He's alive and well, has some of the firsts abilities, but isn't the first.
What if Tobi is a non failed clone of Madara? One that felt he was entitled to bigger things than just being a tool like the Hashirama clone. Better yet, what if he was a clone of both the first and Madara, created by someone who was at the scene of the epic battle between the two? Being a combination, he would be the closest thing to the sage of the six paths yet, combining what was once split apart, and only needing the Naruto/Nine tails to become complete.
Obviously Tobi has the firsts DNA to make the Zetsus, so he dabbles in genetic experimentation. He also appears to have Madara's abilities. It seems plausible.
I'm just not sure who would have created him, it seems like that would be an Orochimaru thing to do, but yeah who else would.
Yamato isn't a clone. He was just a normal child who had dna of the first implanted in him by Orochimaru as part of an experiment. I think he was one of like 60 kids whose body didn't reject the dna and kill him. He's not a clone...