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Village in Distress: A New A-Ranked Mission!

Season 3, Episode 16, Aired Jan 13, 2007

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Knowing that Sasuke is in over his head, Kakashi sends Naruto, Sakura, and Shikamaru, being guided by a dog named Pakkun, to stop Sasuke from pursuing Gaara.

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Jamieson Price

First Hokage / Otomatsu

JB Blanc

Pakkun
Henry Dittman

Kabuto Yakushi
Yuri Lowenthal

Sasuke Uchiha
Wendee Lee

Moegi
Tom Gibis

Shikamaru Nara
Steven Jay Blum

Orochimaru

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Orochimaru vs. Sarutobi, an overlooked match?

7.5

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By ZaleIsBackAgain, Nov 02, 2008

A battle between two elite ninjas, how come this fight isn't talked about more? The jutsus that Sarutobi really had me locked onto my computer monitor. I mean, using the tiles of the building as shuriken? Making a mudslide while combining it with a fire attack? This is a truly elite battle between two powerful ninjas, fights of this caliber aren't going to appear again until Shippuden. Though other than that, like previous episodes this suffers from a lot of unnecessary kill time and filler. That whole side story about Konohamaru just seemed so out of the way, and the whole sequence about the coloured pencil breaking was just stupid.moreless
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The Hidden Leaf Village is under attack.

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By stitch069917, May 29, 2008

Kakashi tells Sakura to wake Naruto and Shikamaru from the genjutsu that has put them to sleep. He tells her that this mission is going to be an A rank. She goes and wakes Naruto. Naruto sits up and a Sound Ninja attacks, but Gai knocks the ninja through the wall. Kakashi summons one of his hounds, Pakkun, to help them track Sasuke down. Sakura goes to wake Shikamaru and finds that he is faking. Pakkun bits Shikamaru on the leg to get him going. Kakashi tells them to get going through the hole that Gai made with the Sound Ninja....moreless
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A New Mission.

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By TheBunnySage, Feb 15, 2008

Sakura releases the genjutsu off of Naruto but when she goes to do the same thing to Shikamaru, he is already awake meaning he knows how to release genjutsu but didn't want to get into a mess. I have said before that Shikamaru is clever. I don't know if I would have done the same thing. Orochimaru summons the First Hokage and the Second Hokage to battle The third Hokage who was Orochimaru's sensei. In general this episode went very well and to see that Shikamaru didn't want to get into a mess so he pretended that he was still in genjutsu was one of my favorite parts of this episode.moreless
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Pakkun, Naruto, Sakura and Shikamaru chase Sasuke. Ororchimaru and the First and Second Hokages battle the Third Hokage.

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By glostlover, Nov 12, 2007

Sakura releases the genjutsu off of Naruto but when she goes to do the same thing to Shikamaru, he is already awake meaning he knows how to release genjutsu but didn't want to get into a mess. I have said before that Shikamaru is clever. I don't know if I would have done the same thing. Orochimaru summons the First Hokage and the Second Hokage to battle The third Hokage who was Orochimaru's sensei. In general this episode went very well and to see that Shikamaru didn't want to get into a mess so he pretended that he was still in genjutsu was one of my favorite parts of this episode.moreless
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the a-ranked mission

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By anime1023, Sep 11, 2007

OH YEAH!!!! the new a-ranked mission since the land of waves thats so exciting and awsome this begins the leaf village vs sand and sound village saga lol, but realy this begins a whole new chapter for the naruto series and i love it i think all naruto fans will love this episode i realy love it cause i never knew that the sand village will betray the leaf village, i knew some day the sound village will do that but not the sand village i was real shocked when i saw this episode also so i give this episode a 10/10 AWSOME episode!moreless
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TRIVIA (1)
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- While the title denotes that this is their first A-rank mision, Kakashi clearly reminds Sakura of the "other" A-rank mission to the Wave Country.
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QUOTES (7)
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- Shikamaru: Why did you have to pull me into this? This is such a drag.
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- Third Hokage: (Thinking) I can't believe he summoned those two!
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- Orochimaru: Just don't think I'm going to go easy on you because you're old and doddering. Third Hokage: I wouldn't want you to.
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- Sakura: Seriously, our fourth member is a puppy?
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- Sakura: What kind of mission is it? Kakashi: You'll have to be careful on this one. It's the first A rank mission since the Land of Waves.
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- Third Hokage: Now, depending on how your jutsu is, I might send you back to the academy.
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- Pakkun: If you succeed in this mission, I'll let you touch my pads as a reward...So, don't be selfish. ~Japanese version
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NOTES (12)
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- Shikamaru: Why me? What a drag.
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- Poland Airdate: May 15, 2008
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- Original Episode Title: I've Been Waiting for This!!! My First A-Rank Mission!!! Romaji Episode Title: Matte M a s h i t a! A Ranku Ninmu Dattebayo!! Kanji Episode Title: 待ってました！Ａランク任務だってばよ!!
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- Jetix UK Airdate: June 25, 2007
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- YTV Airdate: February 23, 2007
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- Kabuto's info card on Naruto says: "Has Nine-Tailed Fox's chakra and tremendous stamina. Take extreme precautions."
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- This episode is the first time we see the Third Hokage fight.
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- This is the first time any Hokage other than the current one has been shown.
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- Original Airdate: February 3, 2004
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- Original Episode Title: I've Been Waiting for This!!! My First A-Rank Mission!!!
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- Sakura and Shikamaru are both able to break the sleeping genjutsu, but Shikamaru fakes being asleep.
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- Kakashi uses his Dog Summoning Jutsu to summon a dog, Pakkun, to track Sasuke.
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