Battle Formation: Ino-Shika-Cho!

Season 1, Episode 33, Aired
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With Sakura defeated and facing certain death, Ino has her team step in and defend Team Kakashi and Rock Lee. It appears that they have the upper hand, but the Sound ninja show how ruthless they really are. Neji and Tenten show up but Neji decides they will not fight for there is an even bigger level of power...and it's not the Sound trio. When Sasuke wakes up with an onimous dark aura surrounding him, and the mysterious seal from Orochimaru spreading over his body, he has but one goal...make his enemies pay!moreless
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  • Team 10 comes to the rescue.

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    By stitch069917, May 21, 2008 Report Abuse
    Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji jump in to defend Sakura from the Sound Ninja. Ino tells Sakura to take care of her teammates. Zaku calls Choji fat and really sets Choji off. Choji becomes a human boulder and charges at Zaku. Dosu tries to come to Zaku's aid when Shikamaru traps him with his shadow possession jutsu. Then Ino does a mind transfer on Kin immobilizing her as well. Ino threatens to kill Kin, but Zaku and Dosu just laugh. Zaku attacks Ino as Kin and knocks her against the tree along with Choji. Also Shikamaru's jutsu runs out as well. Neji and Tenten show up but Neji sees that they need not interfere. It seems Sasuke is awake and has a strange chakra flowing araound him....moreless

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  • Team 10 comes in on the action.

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    By KiLliNg_wEaSeL, May 16, 2008 Report Abuse
    Sakura on the verge of dying, Sasuke and Nauto knocked out, and Lee wounded, what will happen? Yes, team 10 will come in! (random much?)Then Neji and TenTen come. (it's a full house!) Sasuke wakes up and then goes and breaks Zaku's arm because he has enough power to because of Orochimaru's seal. Sasuke, consumed in power, continues breaking Zaku's arms. When that's over with, then Sakura goes and hugs him and he stops. Why does Sasuke stop? I do not know that myself. Naruto decides to wake up (after all the xciting stuff happens) and asks what happening. The episode was good, actually. Alot of peple where there (9) and it had it's comic relief at the end. I liked it.moreless

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  • Team 10 put it together.

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    By TheBunnySage, Jan 30, 2008 Report Abuse
    I liked this episode. I got to see team 10 fight the Sound Genin, Sasuke fight with the cursed seal and what happened after the battle. Sasuke is unbeatable with the cursed seal. He didn't seem the same but he did have more power. My favorite part of this episode was seeing Sasuke fight with the cursed seal. The episode in general was awesome. The fighting style was great and The Sound Genin were defeated. They at first looked very powerful but when Sasuke awakened, the tables turned. Now in this episode Naruto also wakes up which is also good because his team will need him.moreless

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  • this was a great episoide it had everything

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    By rryy, Dec 02, 2007 Report Abuse
    this episoide was just awsome. i liked it so much. in fact it is one of my favorite naruto episoides. it was so intense. i couldn't keep my eyes off the tv screen. i was so happy when ino and her team decided to help struggling sakura. ino's former friend. it showed that ino still cared for her best friend. i knew from the former episoide that she could not stand watching sakura being beat up by the sound village ninja. all in all this episoide was great. i loved the flash backs it had. it was a joy to watch.moreless

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  • Team 10, try to help Sakura defeat the Sound Genin but as Sasuke awakens with the power of the cursed seal and marks all around his body he is ready to make them pay but Sakura stops him before he kills one of the Sound Genin.moreless

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    By glostlover, Nov 11, 2007 Report Abuse
    I liked this episode. I got to see team 10 fight the Sound Genin, Sasuke fight with the cursed seal and what happened after the battle. Sasuke is unbeatable with the cursed seal. He didn't seem the same but he did have more power. My favorite part of this episode was seeing Sasuke fight with the cursed seal. The episode in general was awesome. The fighting style was great and The Sound Genin were defeated. They at first looked very powerful but when Sasuke awakened, the tables turned. Now in this episode Naruto also wakes up which is also good because his team will need him.moreless

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    • In "Bushy Brow's Pledge: Undying Love and Protection" , If Dosu threw the scroll to Zaku, how did Dosu get it back? Edit
    • This is the only episode where the preview shows something that didn't happen in the next episode. (Akamaru having a conversation with Sakura and Naruto in a "bubble") Edit
    • Naruto and Sasuke aren't under the tree Sakura had hid them in during the last few episodes anymore, and are laying out in the open in this episode. Edit

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    • Poland Airdate: October 3, 2007 Edit
    • Jetix UK Airdate: October 11, 2006 Edit
    • Original Airdate: MAy 14, 2003 Edit

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    • Shikamaru: (Thinking) Oh no you don't, mummy man! Time to put you under wraps. Edit
    • (During preview for next episode) Naruto: AHH!! He bit me!!! ~Japanese version Edit
    • Dosu: His chakra is too big...too powerful...we can't fight that! Edit

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    • In episode 82 of the Dragonball series, InoShikaCho is a monster terrorizing a village. Edit
    • The names listed in Team 10's formation, Ino-Shika-Cho, are the same names as the three demons from the Sakura Wars video games. Edit
    • Dosu: What's happening?! Shikamaru: Just me and my shadow. ShoPro probably threw this line in to be a reference to the English manga, in which the Kagemane no Jutsu is called the "Art of Me and My Shadow". Edit

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