Episode
NARUTO Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals: I want to be friends with Gaara! / The Rock Lee Impostor Strikes
Overview
Gaara, Kazekae of the Hidden Sand Village, is coming to visit the Leaf Village. Thinking Lee might still be mad about his past defeat at Gaara's hands, Tenten and the others try to find a way to bring them closer. A Rock Lee impostor appears and starts causing trouble in the village. Lee's group attempt to catch him using a cross-dressing Neji as bait, but then Tenten and Neji impostors show up...
Details
- Series
- NARUTO Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 20
- Air date
- 2012-08-14
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
I want to be friends with Gaara! / The Rock Lee Impostor Strikes is Episode 20 in Season 1 of NARUTO Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals. It aired on 2012-08-14. The runtime is 24 min.
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Episode 19: Summer Means Seashell Styles! / Watermelon Wars!
Team Guy and Team Kakashi head to the beach. Lee wants to scope out Sakura's "amazing" new bathing suit, but Guy-sensei makes him train instead. Can Naruto and Konohamaru help him escape Guy-sensei's clutches?
Lee wants to have fun by splitting watermelons, but Guy-sensei turns it into a training exercise. It's a race for survival to get a crack at the perfect target...
Episode 21: A Hot Night for a Chilling Tale / The Hokage Tears aren't for Decoration
It's a sweltering summer night, but Guy-sensei wants Lee and the boys to cool themselves off without air conditioning. Can a scary ghost story get the job done? Lee and Konohamaru set out to solve one of the “Seven Mysteries of the Leaf” - “The Tears of Mount Hokage.” What is the truth behind the otherworldly tears the 3rd Hokage's monument sheds in the dark of night?
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Episode 22: Always Do Your Homework at the Last Minute! / Class 3-Lee! We Are Team Guy!
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Episode 23: Naruto is Lee, Lee is Naruto! / I Dream of Taking the Nine-Tails for a Walk!
Ino catches Naruto and Lee trying to peep on Sakura while she's in the bath, but when she misfires with her Mind-Body Switch jutsu, Lee and Naruto end up swapping bodies!
Episode 16: The Warring Chef Triad! / Time to Tone Down Guy-Sensei!
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Episode 24: I'm Sai's new Agent / Win Lady Tsunade's Heart!
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Episode 15: The Pool's Finally Open! / The Super Happy Orochi-Pool Park!
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When Lee notices the middle character on Gaara's forehead has changed from “Love” to “Romance,” he's convinced the Kazekage's got a crush on someone and sets out to learn their identity.
Lee gets a booby-trapped watch from Orochimaru that will explode if he stops training. Or if Neji cross-dresses. Or Tenten overreacts. How will Lee survive?!
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