Akamaru Trembles: Gaara's Cruel Strength!

Season 1, Episode 34, Aired
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Kiba, Shino, and Hinata decide to try and eliminate their opponents by taking more scrolls. They arrive upon a battlefield where three Rain ninjas are battling Gaara, Kankuro, and Temari. They remain hidden and observe the battle, thinking one of the Rain ninjas is a dangerous foe. After realizing Gaara's amazing abilities, they discover who is the really the dangerous one, and will be lucky if they can sneak away with their lives!moreless
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  • Here comes Part III of my 5-Part Episode Review Special!....

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    By DramaStorm, Jun 22, 2008 Report Abuse
    Announcer: Welcome back to the Naruto Top Five Episode Countdown! At number 3 is another episode of character development. A few new characters are developed further in this episode...Most notably Gaara Of The Desert. Now...At Number 3: From Season 2: It's episode 8! Akamaru Trembles! Gaara's Cruel Strength! You may have heard me mention this before, but I will say it again. -Orochimaru points a Kunai at Naruto- Naruto (V.O.): Akamaru (Happy) Trembles! Gaara's (Barry's) Cruel Strength! In this episode, our attention is diverted from the main characters and instead centers on Kiba, Hinata, and Shino. They are about to reach the Tower Goal, but then they sense a ninja confrontation. What they see shocks them almost beyond belief: Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro are challenged by a team of Rain Genin. Now, Gaara's team is from the Sand Village. The Rain Team tries to attack and Gaara literally destroys the team's leader! The other two try to retreat, but Gaara takes them out as well! Things are not looking good for the Chunin Exams and they only get worse from here...moreless

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  • Gaara shows his ability.

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    By stitch069917, May 21, 2008 Report Abuse
    Naruto has just woken up and has no clue as to what has just happened. Choji hit him on the head to wake him up. Naruto asks Shikamaru what happened and Shikamaru says he doesn't want to talk about it, it would be too much of a pain. Lee is amazed that Sasuke fought off the Sound Ninjas when he was beaten to a pulp. Sakura thanks Lee for coming to her rescue. Meanwhile Kiba, Shino, and Hinata are heading to the temple with their two scrolls when Akamaru senses a battle ahead. Kiba wants to check it out but Shino and Hinata are not sure that is such a good idea. When they get there they find Gaara, Kankuro, and Temari facing off against some Rain Ninjas. Akamaru is scared and for good reason.....moreless

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  • My Number one character ,Gaarathe Killer .Man this episodes shows how cool and ruthless he i,amazing.

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    By Sony-PS3-fan89, Feb 11, 2008 Report Abuse
    O yea,Gaara is now my fav character ,he is so awsome,he is a pure heartleess cool dude(i think he is)Man he is awsome he rocks the Naruto whole sereies.Its pretty rad,gaara man,he jjust silently kills everyone ,and guess what he odoesnt even move,its imposible to attack him ,shigeru tryed to strike and kill him,and his tough ,and it seemed nothing to Gaara ./He rocks ,one of the fav series i eva watcjhed,but to bad it lacks some more enthusisam.I mean,it was way to short,he killed him like it was nothing .

    Still this episode was cool,thnx to this Gaara is now my fav character in NaRUTOmoreless

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  • Akamaru's sensitive nose detected POWER!

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    By TheBunnySage, Jan 30, 2008 Report Abuse
    After defeating the sound ninja, Naruto's, Lee's and Ino's team recover quickly before leaving. Meanwhile Kiba's dog, Akamaru trembles. Kiba doesn't know why but puts that aside first. Kiba's team already has both scrolls but Kiba wants more seeing that theres 6 more ninjas ahead of them. They arrive at a battle scene where Gaara and ihs team is challenged by the rain village. Kiba believes that the leader of the rain village(Shigure) is a big danger and thats why Akamaru's fearing but after blocking Shigures attacks, Gaara uses his Sand Tomb and kills Shigure. Kiba is shocked and needs to get away quickly however Gaara already noticed them and is about to kill them when Kankuro and Temari convinces Gaara to stop. Gaara and his team reached the tower, not only without a scratch on his body but also beating the record of the Chuunin exam 2 by 4 hours. Amazed by the skills of the sand ninja, Anko can see that the sand ninja are not to be messed with.moreless

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  • Team 7,10 and Guy's team recover from the fight and team 8 see how cruel Garra is.

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    By glostlover, Nov 11, 2007 Report Abuse
    This episode showed more about how the people in Garra's team are like for example that Garra is cruel and doesn't like people getting in his way. Luckily for team 8, in Garra's team there is Kankuro and Temari who persuade him to leave team 8 alone whoever they are. Team 8 are very lucky because of that. In this episode Team 7,10 and Guy's team recover from the fight with the Sound Genin. It would have been a drag if Sasuke's team had to fight again but this time against their own friends. The episode went very well and at least this episode gave some information about which abilities Garra is able to use.moreless

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    • Gaara's opponent threw five umbrellas in the air, but only four are seen later. Edit
    • Kankuro has markings all over his face. When they get in the tower and look over at group 8, his nose and the part under his eyes is clean. Edit
    • Gaara is incorrectly referred to as having brown hair at the end of the episode when it is clearly red. Edit

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    • Poland Airdate: October 4, 2007 Edit
    • Jetix UK Airdate: October 12, 2006 Edit
    • Sam Regal is no longer voicing Shino Aburame in the dub. Starting here, Derek Stephen Prince voices him. Edit

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    • Gaara: There wasn't any pain. I crushed him with more force than necessary so it was over quickly. The corpse's bitter crimson tears flow and mingle with the endless sand, feeding the chaos within me and making me stronger. Rain Ninja: J-Just take the scroll. Go on, here. (Places the scroll in front of him and backs away) Edit
    • Sentinel: Not even I...no, none of the Chunin would be able to make it to the tower without at least getting a scratch. It's impossible! Anbu #1: He must have some special ability. Anbu #2: It's been a long time since we've had such a promising candidate. But his eyes are pure evil. Edit
    • Kiba: Yeah, I know that Shino...but as usual, you gotta say it in a weird, vague way...bug nerd. Edit

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