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Season 3: 2003-2004
Chunin Exam arc: Finals

Episode 53 "Long Time No See: Jiraiya Returns!"
After Jiraiya knocks out Ebisu, Naruto Uzumaki is left without a tutor. After a great deal of chasing, Naruto manages to catch Jiraiya and win him over with the Sexy Technique. While Jiraiya oversees Naruto's training, he quickly realizes that Naruto is the container of the demon fox. Jiraiya undoes the seal that Orochimaru had placed on Naruto in the forest, after which Naruto quickly grasps the concept of walking on water. Afterwards, Jiraiya speaks with Naruto about his two kinds of chakra.
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Episode 54 "Summoning Jutsu: Wisdom of the Toad Sage!"
That night, Dosu Kinuta, a finalist for the Chunin Exams, approaches Gaara, another finalist. Dosu intends to kill Gaara, but Gaara butchers him before he has a chance. Observing from a distance, Baki and Kabuto Yakushi confer about the planned invasion of Konohagakure by Sunagakure and Otogakure. Baki kills the eavesdropping Hayate Gekko immediately afterwards. The next day, Naruto resumes his training with Jiraiya. He signs a scroll that will allow him to summon toads. Upon trying to summon a toad, Naruto only manages to summon a tadpole.
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Episode 55 "A Feeling of Yearning, a Flower Full of Hope"
Sakura Haruno visits the hospital to see Sasuke Uchiha, though finds that Sasuke has already left. While there, Sakura checks on Rock Lee. Despite the injuries that have taken away his hopes of becoming a ninja, Lee trains to regain his strength. The training causes him too much pain, and he passes out. Elsewhere, the many finalists continue their training, with Naruto finally managing to summon a tadpole with hind-legs.
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Episode 56 "Live or Die! Risk It All to Win It All!"
Jiraiya realizes that Naruto's training is taking too long, and decides to use drastic measures. Knowing that Naruto can only tap into the demon fox's chakra during life-or-death situations, Jiraiya takes Naruto to a local chasm and throws him in. Unable to stop himself from falling, Naruto enters his subconsciousness and converses with the demon fox, asking for a donation of its strength. The demon fox complies, and Naruto manages to summon Gamabunta to stop his descent.
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Episode 57 "He Flies! He Jumps! He Lurks! Chief Toad Appears!"
Gamabunta is angry that he has been summoned in a pit, and even angrier that Naruto is sitting on top of his head. Although Naruto informs Gamabunta that he summoned him, Gamabunta is unbelieving. Determined to prove himself, Naruto rides atop Gamabunta's until sunset, and all the while Gamabunta tries to shake him off. Although Naruto doesn't have enough strength to last until sunset, he earns Gamabunta's respect. Gamabunta takes Naruto to the hospital to rest.
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Episode 58 "Hospital Besieged: The Evil Hand Revealed!"
When Naruto awakens, he finds Shikamaru Nara sitting by his bed, bringing him a basket of fruit. Elsewhere in the hospital, Gaara approaches a sleeping Rock Lee, determined to kill Lee and finish what he started during the preliminaries. He is stopped by Naruto and Shikamaru. When questioned why he attempted to finish the job, Gaara explains that his reason for existing is to kill everyone, and reveals that he, like Naruto, was alone for much of his childhood, hated and feared by the villagers for being a host of a tailed beast. Gaara prepares to kill Naruto and Shikamaru as well, but is stopped by the arrival of Might Guy, Lee's sensei, and leaves.
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Episode 59 "The Final Rounds: Rush to the Battle Arena!"
On the day of the finals, Naruto makes his way to the arena. Along the way, he encounters and converses with Hinata Hyuga. Hinata reassures him of his talents, removing any doubts he had about the finals. Naruto thanks Hinata and goes on his way. As he gets closer to the arena, Naruto meets Konohamaru, who tries to use a number of shortcuts to help Naruto get to the arena faster. The shortcuts end up being ineffective and time consuming, but Naruto makes it to the stadium in time.
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Episode 60 "Byakugan vs. Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
Naruto begins his match with Neji Hyuga, who he promised he'd defeat a month earlier during the preliminaries. Since taijutsu proves ineffective, Naruto creates a large number of shadow clones. Though Neji is able to destroy them all, Naruto creates more.
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Episode 61 "Ultimate Defense: Zero Blind Spot!"
Naruto creates more shadow clones, and this time manages to sneak up on Neji. Before he can land a blow, Neji uses a powerful defensive technique, then takes the opportunity to block Naruto's chakra in the ensuing confusion. Even though he could no longer fight, Naruto refuses to give up. Neji then reveals the history of the Hyuga clan and how his father was killed to save the life of his uncle, due only to the fact that his father was born second. Neji goes on to elaborate his ideas that fate is determined at birth, and that no matter what one does, nobody can escape their destiny.
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Episode 62 "A Failure's True Power"
Determined to prove Neji wrong, Naruto draws on the demon fox's strength, surprising many of the older ninja present for Naruto's ability to use and control the fox's chakra. Naruto attacks Neji with increased speed and strength, and the latter is only barely able to keep up. As the two forces collide, an explosion occurs, and the two are thrown into craters. Neji rises from his own, preparing to lecture his unconscious opponent. Naruto bursts from the ground beneath him and punches him in the jaw; the Naruto in the opposite pit was a shadow clone. Unable to get up, Neji berates himself for falling for Naruto's signature jutsu, to which Naruto explains that it was once his worst technique. After telling Neji to stop putting so much faith in fate, Naruto is declared the winner.
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Episode 63 "Hit It or Quit It: The Final Rounds Get Complicated!"
When Neji is taken away to recover, his uncle tries to tell Neji of the truth of his father's death, saying that he had given up his life to save his brother, not a member of the main house. Neji is unbelieving, but his reading his father's final letter and seeing his uncle bowing for forgiveness causes him to realize the truth. Meanwhile, the match between Sasuke Uchiha and Gaara is postponed due to Sasuke's absence, and the match between Shino Aburame and Kankuro is set to start. Kankuro forfeits, having expected the invasion of Konoha to have started before his match. The next combatants, Shikamaru and Temari, go down to the stadium.
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Episode 64 "Zero Motivation: The Guy with Cloud Envy!"
Though initially unwilling, Shikamaru fights Temari because he refuses to lose to a girl. Shikamaru quickly studies the arena and its elements and comes up with a plan. Despite this, Temari has seen Shikamaru's primary attack in action and knows how it works. It appears that Temari is able to evade Shikamaru's technique and adapt to his tactics; however Shikamaru had been luring her to the tunnel Naruto created in the previous match. Shikamaru catches her in his trap through use of the tunnel and clearly has the match won, but he forfeits at the last second, claiming to have exerted too much chakra in capturing Temari to fight later battles.
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Episode 65 "Dancing Leaf, Squirming Sand"
With Sasuke and Gaara's match needing to start, the Third Hokage sets a time limit for Sasuke to arrive. Sasuke arrives at the last minute with Kakashi Hatake, and Gaara arrives in the arena to start their match.
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Episode 66 "Bushy Brow's Jutsu: Sasuke Style!"
Using the speed and taijutsu abilities he gained during his training, Sasuke is able to bypass Gaara's sand-based defenses with ease. Determined to kill Sasuke, Gaara retreats inside his Sphere of Sand to begin his transformation.
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Episode 67 "Late for the Show, but Ready to Go! The Ultimate Secret Technique is Born!"
With Gaara unable to move while within his shield, and Sasuke unable to break through its defenses, Sasuke decides to use his new technique: the Chidori. With it, Sasuke is able to pierce Gaara's shield, stopping his transformation, and becoming the second person to ever injure Gaara. At that moment, Kabuto Yakushi uses a genjutsu to put the audience to sleep, signaling the start of Konoha's invasion.
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Invasion of Konoha arc
Episode 68 "Zero Hour! The Destruction of the Hidden Leaf Village Begins!"
With the invasion's start, Orochimaru takes the Third Hokage hostage as the Sound Four creates a barrier to allow them to fight without interruption. Meanwhile, invading Sound and Sand ninja infiltrate Konoha, and battles begin breaking out across the village. Kankuro and Temari carry Gaara from the village so that he can recover. Sasuke pursues them, eager to finish their battle. Preoccupied with fending off the invading forces, Kakashi instructs Sakura, who had managed to repel the sleeping-inducing genjutsu, to wake Naruto and Shikamaru.
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Episode 69 "Village in Distress: A New A-Ranked Mission!"
Once Naruto and Shikamaru awaken, Kakashi summons Pakkun to assist them in tracking down Sasuke. Meanwhile, Orochimaru begins his battle with his former sensei, The Third Hokage. Both display powerful techniques in what the observing ANBU describe as a Kage-level battle. Early in the battle, Orochimaru resurrects the First and Second Hokage to fight the Third. The risen Hokage apologize to their former student as Orochimaru prepares them for combat.
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Episode 70 "A Shirker's Call to Action: Layabout No More!"
As Naruto, Sakura, Shikamaru, and Pakkun pursue Sasuke, it soon becomes apparent that they're being followed by a group of nine Sound ninja. Shikamaru volunteers to stall them to buy the others time and falls back. Once the Sound ninja get close enough, Shikamaru traps them with his shadow, though finds that he has only captured eight. Attempting to kill the eight, Shikamaru discovers the ninth's location, but lacks the chakra to trap him. As his shadow recedes and the eight freed ninja prepare to kill Shikamaru, Asuma Sarutobi, Shikamaru's sensei, arrives and defeats them as well as the ninth ninja, saving Shikamaru.
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Episode 71 "An Unrivaled Match: Hokage Battle Royale!"
The Hokage battle begins, and all three Hokages exchange varying elemental attacks. To help him in the uneven fight, the Third summons Enma and has him transform into a staff with the ability to alter its size. In response, Orochimaru brings out his Kusanagi, and the two exchange blows. The Third is repelled by the First and Second, and he quickly discovers that they cannot be permanently maimed or killed in their present state. Orochimaru then shows the Third the fruits of his quest to gain immortality. Peeling away his face, Orochimaru reveals the face of a girl whose body he has taken; Orochimaru's key to living forever is to take the bodies of others for all eternity.
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Episode 72 "A Mistake from the Past: A Face Revealed!"
Sasuke finally manages to catch up to Gaara, but Temari stalls him so that Kankuro and Gaara can escape. He easily deals with her and resumes his chase. At the Hokage battle, Orochimaru reveals his intentions of stealing the body of Sasuke Uchiha. The Third regrets not killing Orochimaru beforehand. He then shifts his memory to the village that he fights to protect. Making up his mind, the Hokage musters up his chakra and summons shadow clones, in preparation for one final attack.
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Episode 73 "Forbidden Secret Technique: Reaper Death Seal!"
As the battles across Konoha rage on, the Third's clones use the Dead Demon Consuming Seal to seal away the souls of the First and Second Hokage. Turning his attention to Orochimaru, the Third begins to seal his soul as well, though is stopped as Orochimaru's Kusanagi stabs him in the back. Staying alive through sheer will alone, the Hokage reveals that the Dead Demon Consuming Seal is a self-sacrifical technique and that he would die anyways. Meanwhile, Sasuke again catches up with Gaara, and Kankuro prepares to hold Sasuke off while Gaara escapes with his sister. Before they can begin, Shino Aburame arrives to fight Kankuro, allowing Sasuke to proceed.
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Episode 74 "Astonishing Truth: Gaara's Identity Emerges!"
Leaving Shino to deal with Kankuro, Sasuke continues his pursuit of Gaara. Kankuro attacks Shino with his puppet, using its many hidden weapons to catch Shino by surprise. Shino is able to dodge the attacks through the use of his destruction bugs, though eventually makes the mistake of inhaling some of the puppet's poison. As the battle goes on, Shino directs his bugs to Kankuro's location. They consume his chakra once they get there, causing Kankuro to collapse. The battle won, Shino collapses due to Kankuro's poison. Sasuke catches up with Gaara as Shino's battle ends, and the two resume their match.
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Episode 75 "Sasuke's Decision: Pushed to the Edge!"
Gaara begins transforming into Shukaku, dramatically increasing his strength and speed. Sasuke uses his Chidori to slice Gaara's arm off, but Gaara is unfazed and becomes more determined to kill Sasuke. Unable to use the Chidori on his own anymore, Sasuke is forced to use his cursed seal so that he can attack Gaara with another Chidori. Gaara is again unaffected, and Sasuke collapses due to the use of the cursed seal. As Gaara prepares to kill Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura finally arrive, repelling Gaara.
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Episode 76 "An Assassin of the Moonlit Night"
Seeing Naruto and Sakura's determination to protect Sasuke, Gaara remembers his childhood with his uncle Yashamaru. While Yashamaru had for many years been the only person who seemed to care for Gaara, Yashamaru in reality hated him. Yashamaru attacked him as such, forcing Gaara to fight the only person who ever loved him.
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Episode 77 "Light vs. Dark: The Two Faces of Gaara!"
As Gaara continues to reminisce about Yashamaru, he remembers Yashamaru's defeat and attempted suicide bombing. While Gaara was able to survive the blast, he lost the only person who ever cared for him. From that point on, Gaara came to love only himself and starting living off of killing others. Returning to the present day, Gaara quickly restrains Sakura with a claw made of sand and slowly squeezes her. Determined to save Sasuke and Sakura at all costs, Naruto takes Gaara on.
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Episode 78 "Naruto's Ninja Handbook"
Naruto's determination to save his friends abolishes the fear Gaara instilled in him earlier. Rejuvinated, Naruto summons two thousand shadow clones and performs a large-scale combo attack. To fend off the attack, Gaara completes his Shukaku transformation: He becomes the beast in its giant form and destroys all of the shadow clones in the process. Using his sand, Gaara tries to crush Naruto, but Naruto summons Gamabunta to break out of the sand at the last second. Gamabunta and Gaara exchange blows, but Gaara forces himself to sleep and allows the spirit of the Shukaku to take over his body. Gamabunta is forced on the defensive. Needing to get close to Shukaku to wake Gaara up, Naruto and Gamabunta transform into a giant nine-tailed fox to fight.
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