«Naruto Vs Mecha-Naruto»
One of Naruto’s most intelligent major villains, Orochimaru builds a robot replica of Naruto called Mecha-Naruto as a means to capture Kuruma. One day, lightning strikes Mecha-Naruto, which causes the robot to come to life and destroy Orochimaru’s lair. Itachi and Kisame discover the robot and bring it to a secret Akatsuki hideout so it could be retooled.
In «Naruto vs Mecha-Naruto,» Naruto and several other ninjas engage in a fight against Orochimaru’s robotic creation. Mecha-Naruto shows off a variety of moves firing missiles and lasers at anyone that stood in its way. There is even a Mecha-Kuruma, also built by Orochimaru, that joins in on the action, only adding to the episode’s hilarity.
«Animal District»
An ostrich by the name of Condor recounts a story to a few baby ostriches about Naruto and how the ninja prevented him from enjoying his freedom. In his story, Condor escapes after being caught by Team 7 and teaches him ninjutsu for his own protection. Tsunade sends Naruto, Rock Lee, Shino, and Kotetsu to retrieve the ostrich from a wildlife preserve.
However, Naruto and the others wind up getting a bit more than they bargained for. Rock Lee and Shino fight against a boxing kangaroo and an anteater, respectively, while Kotetsu gets his butt kicked by Condor and nearly meets his end. It is also revealed that Condor has his own ninja group: the Four Ninja Animal Warriors.
«A Legend from the Hidden Leaf: The Onbaa!»
Naruto makes an unlikely companion in the Onbaa, an animal creature that is native to Konohagakure. The Onbaa lands on Naruto after falling from the clutches of a hawk, and, much to Naruto’s chagrin, it becomes very attached. Nothing Naruto does is able to pry the Onbaa off his back.
As expected, the Oonba causes plenty of trouble for Naruto everywhere he goes. It causes Hinata to faint, pees on Naruto, and even gets a handful of Sakura’s breast. Naruto eventually gets free from the Onbaa when its mother claims it, but, when he returns from his mission, he witnesses an Onbaa outbreak at his village, with almost everyone having an Onbaa on their backs.
«The Worst-Three Legged Race»
In this flashback episode, Team 7 is sent on a mission to retrieve a stolen statue from a band of thieves. During the mission, Sakura gets kidnapped by the thieves, and Naruto and Sasuke set out to rescue her.
However, there is one problem that Naruto and Sasuke happen to run into; their hands are stuck together due to Chakara Liquid. The two work together to pull the liquid off their hands, which leads to some humorous moments. One hilarious attempt by Naruto and Sasuke causes the two ninjas to accidentally kiss each other as they travel up a waterfall.
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«Prologue of Road to Ninja»
Naruto spends a day alone in his apartment, playing cards with his shadow clones while moping over how bored he was. Rock Lee encounters Naruto while training and decides to invite Naruto and their other friends to a public bath.
A few shenanigans occur at the bathhouse, with Akamaru sneaking inside as Kiba and Choji slipping on some soap and rolling into the bath. At one point, Lee, who is still training, falls through the bathhouse ceiling and lands in the female changing area where he gets accused by Ino for being a creep. Naruto defends Lee later, but a bra stuck in his towel prompts Sakura to accuse him of being an underwear thief.
«Laughing Shino»
Naruto tags along with the usually stoic Shino on a mission to the Motoyoshi Village. In the village, Naruto and Shino help medical herb salesman Fūta Kagetsu with inheriting his father’s money before his sister gets a hand on it.
This episode is notable among Naruto fans for one thing — Shino’s contagious laughter. Shino consumes poison at a dinner to neutralize it, and he ends up laughing nonstop. So much that it disturbs Naruto greatly. Shino ends up laughing so much, that Naruto has to stand in for him at the funeral for Kagetsu’s father. For any Naruto fan, seeing a serious character like Shino laugh so much can be jarring to see.
