Changes: The Fourth Hokage (episode)

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This article is about the episode. For the character, see Minato Namikaze.

"The Fourth Hokage" (四代目火影, Yondaime Hokage) is episode 168 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime.

Synopsis

Naruto is surprised to see the Fourth Hokage and wonders why the Hokage knows his name. The Fourth Hokage replies that he had implanted his psyche into the seal in the event that Naruto sprouted eight of the nine tails, and hoped that it would never happen, although he is glad to have the opportunity to meet his son. Naruto is shocked to discover that the Fourth Hokage is his father, and sheds tears; however, he proceeds to punch his father in the gut, asking him why he would seal a tailed beast in his own infant son, citing all the trouble he had growing up and being hated due to his jinchuriki status, and that the Akatsuki have destroyed Konoha in order to come after him just because of that.

The Fourth Hokage tells Naruto that he sealed half of the fox inside Naruto because Naruto is his son and he believes Naruto would be able to control the power. He also reveals that sixteen years ago, it was a masked man in Akatsuki robes whom he had fought who had manipulated the fox into attacking the village; additionally, he witnessed Naruto's battle with Pain through Naruto and believes that Pain's hatred towards Konoha is being manipulated by the masked man. The Fourth states that he is aware of Jiraiya's death, and tells Naruto that he nor anybody else can answer Pain's question on how to achieve peace, but entrusts his faith that Naruto would find the answer. Tightening and restoring Naruto's seal, he warns his son that he would not be there to seal it again in the future and fades away as his chakra diminishes.

Meanwhile, Team Guy return to the village, having been notified of Pain's assault by a wounded Gamabunta, and rescue Hinata. Pain is stunned to see Naruto, in his eight-tailed form, breaking out of the Chibaku Tensei, shocked that it was unable to contain the beast. However, the eight-tailed form instantly reverts back into Naruto, who is in Sage Mode. Pain is surprised by the sudden turn of events and ponders whether Naruto has attained full control over his beast in order to quell it and activate Sage Mode at the same time. As Naruto prepares to defeat Pain, he notices the destruction around him, although he is reassured by Katsuyu that he did not harm anybody during his rampage. Naruto tells the Deva Path that he wishes to speak to the real Pain while Pain merely states that once Naruto depletes his senjutsu after firing two Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, he would beat Naruto to inches of his life and haul him away. Using his Frog Kata, Naruto is able to repel Pain and grab one of his black receivers, which he stabs himself with. Sending his natural energy through the receiver, Naruto is able to pinpoint the real Pain's location.

Since his Version 2 transformation dispelled the other shadow clone he had at Mount Myōboku, Naruto realises he only has five minutes left in Sage Mode; he creates two shadow clones and launches two Rasenshuriken at Pain, who uses Shinra Tensei to nullify the first one while leaping into the air to avoid the second. Naruto then uses Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to have a handful of shadow clones burst from the rubble circling Pain, and attempts to take advantage of the five-second interval to attack him. Pain's interval ends just as the shadow clones reach him, and he uses Shinra Tensei to repel the clones. However, the real Naruto is launched through mid-air towards Pain, and uses the interval to his advantage as he strikes the defenceless Deva Path with his Rasengan.

Credits

Role	Seiyū			English Voice Actor
	English	Japanese	Rōmaji
Naruto Uzumaki	Junko Takeuchi	竹内順子	Takeuchi Junko	Maile Flanagan
Minato Namikaze	Toshiyuki Morikawa	森川智之	Morikawa Toshiyuki	Tony Oliver
Nine-Tailed Fox	Tessho Genda	玄田哲章	Genda Tesshō	Paul St. Peter
Katsuyu	Mamiko Noto	能登麻美子	Noto Mamiko	Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Hinata Hyūga	Nana Mizuki	水樹奈々	Mizuki Nana	Stephanie Sheh
Might Guy	Masashi Ebara	江原正士	Ebara Masashi	Skip Stellrecht
Rock Lee	Yoichi Masukawa	増川洋一	Masukawa Yōichi	Brian Donovan
Neji Hyūga	Koichi Tochika	遠近孝一	Tōchika Kōichi	Steve Staley
Tenten	Yukari Tamura	田村ゆかり	Tamura Yukari	Danielle Judovits
Pain	Kenyu Horiuchi	堀内賢雄	Horiuchi Ken'yū	Troy Baker
Konan	Atsuko Tanaka	田中敦子	Tanaka Atsuko	Dorothy Elias-Fahn
Nagato	Junpei Morita	森田順平	Morita Junpei	Vic Mignogna
Gamabunta	Takeshi Watabe	渡部猛	Watabe Takeshi	Michael Sorich

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-{{translation|'''The Fourth Hokage'''|四代目火影|Yondaime Hokage}} is episode 168 of the ''[[Naruto: Shippūden]]'' anime.
 == Synopsis ==
+[[Naruto]] is surprised to see the [[Fourth Hokage]] and wonders why the [[Hokage]] knows his name. The Fourth Hokage replies that he had implanted his psyche into the [[Eight Trigrams Sealing Style|seal]] in the event that Naruto sprouted eight of the nine tails, and hoped that it would never happen, although he is glad to have the opportunity to meet his son. Naruto is shocked to discover that the Fourth Hokage is his father, and sheds tears; however, he proceeds to punch his father in the gut, asking him why he would seal a [[tailed beast]] in his own infant son, citing all the trouble he had growing up and being hated due to his [[jinchuriki]] status, and that the [[Akatsuki]] have destroyed [[Konoha]] in order to come after him just because of that.
-[[Minato]] appears within [[Naruto]]'s psyche and seems to somehow know his name. He reveals that he is his father, Minato Namikaze, which angers a confused Naruto to tears. When calm again, his dad reveals that a [[masked man]] who he believes to be [[Madara Uchiha]] was the one behind the [[Nine-Tailed Demon Fox]]'s attack on the village sixteen years ago, theorising that he's just using [[Pain]] to achieve his own goals. He also reveals that he is aware of the death of [[Jiraiya]] and the people dead in the village and also the question about achieving peace asked by Pain. Naruto break's down in all self-esteem once again, curses and degrades himself, until Minato puts his hand on his head and telling him he believes in his son to find the answer to the question even he or anyone else cannot answer about how to achieve peace. He restores Naruto's seal to suppress the fox's chakra again, and leaves, placing his faith in his son. Naruto, in [[Sage Mode]] once again, confronts [[Yahiko|Deva Path]] for the final battle to save [[Konoha]], Pain, aware of the limits of Sage Mode, bargains to beat Naruto half-to-death and haul his body out of there. Meanwhile, [[Team Guy]] return to Konoha and see Hinata -who is still alive- unconscious. Naruto and Deva Path engage in [[taijutsu]], and Naruto manages to find [[Nagato]]'s whereabouts through his Sage Mode. Naruto fires a [[Wind Release: Rasenshuriken]] but it is repelled, beginning the crucial five-seconds to stop Pain. After Pain evades the next one, Sage Mode runs out and Pain declares his victory. Debris around the battlefield are revealed to be clones in disguise and they attack Pain. With no time left, Naruto misses by a split second and is hit with a powerful [[Shinra Tensei]], but with several clones offering support, Naruto withstands it. Tired and worn out, he recalls his master, sensei and father each saying they had faith in him. He then puts his remaining power into one final [[Rasengan]]. Pain once again has declared victory for himself in his head, and yells at Naruto should just give up. Naruto responds to this by shouting that ''he'' should give up on making ''him'' give up, quoting the Naruto in the [[The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi (novel)|The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi]]. Naruto's Rasengan hits Pain.
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+The Fourth Hokage tells Naruto that he sealed half of the fox inside Naruto because Naruto is his son and he believes Naruto would be able to control the power. He also reveals that sixteen years ago, it was a [[Tobi|masked man]] in Akatsuki robes whom he had fought who had manipulated the fox into [[Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's Attack|attacking the village]]; additionally, he witnessed Naruto's battle with [[Pain]] through Naruto and believes that Pain's hatred towards Konoha is being manipulated by the masked man. The Fourth states that he is aware of [[Jiraiya]]'s death, and tells Naruto that he nor anybody else can answer Pain's question on how to achieve peace, but entrusts his faith that Naruto would find the answer. Tightening and restoring Naruto's seal, he warns his son that he would not be there to seal it again in the future and fades away as his [[chakra]] diminishes.
-== Trivia ==
-* In this episode, Naruto erroneously forms the [[Wind Release: Rasenshuriken]] without his shadow clones.
+Meanwhile, [[Team Guy]] return to the village, having been notified of [[Pain's assault]] by a wounded [[Gamabunta]], and rescue [[Hinata]]. Pain is stunned to see Naruto, in his eight-tailed form, breaking out of the [[Chibaku Tensei]], shocked that it was unable to contain the beast. However, the eight-tailed form instantly reverts back into Naruto, who is in [[Sage Mode]]. Pain is surprised by the sudden turn of events and ponders whether Naruto has attained full control over his beast in order to quell it and activate Sage Mode at the same time. As Naruto prepares to defeat Pain, he notices the destruction around him, although he is reassured by [[Katsuyu]] that he did not harm anybody during his rampage. Naruto tells the [[Yahiko|Deva Path]] that he wishes to speak to the real Pain while Pain merely states that once Naruto depletes his [[senjutsu]] after firing two [[Wind Release: Rasenshuriken]], he would beat Naruto to inches of his life and haul him away. Using his [[Frog Kata]], Naruto is able to repel Pain and grab one of his [[black receiver]]s, which he stabs himself with. Sending his [[natural energy]] through the receiver, Naruto is able to pinpoint the real Pain's location.
-*This episode was used as a cutscene to narrate (Via flashback) and play Minato Namikaze's Tales in [[Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations]].
+Since his Version 2 transformation dispelled the other shadow clone he had at [[Mount Myōboku]], Naruto realises he only has five minutes left in Sage Mode; he creates two [[Shadow Clone Technique|shadow clones]] and launches two Rasenshuriken at Pain, who uses [[Shinra Tensei]] to nullify the first one while leaping into the air to [[Shadow Shuriken Technique|avoid the second]]. Naruto then uses [[Multiple Shadow Clone Technique]] to have a handful of shadow clones burst from the rubble circling Pain, and attempts to take advantage of the five-second interval to attack him. Pain's interval ends just as the shadow clones reach him, and he uses Shinra Tensei to repel the clones. However, the real Naruto is launched through mid-air towards Pain, and uses the interval to his advantage as he strikes the defenceless Deva Path with his [[Rasengan]].
 == Credits ==
+{{CreditsTable|
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+Naruto Uzumaki
-|-
+ JA: Junko Takeuchi
-! colspan=3 | Role
+ EN: Maile Flanagan
-! colspan=3 | Seiyū
-|-
+Minato Namikaze
-! English
+ JA: Toshiyuki Morikawa
-! Japanese
+ EN: Tony Oliver
-! Rōmaji
-! English
+Nine-Tailed Fox
-! Japanese
+ JA: Tessho Genda
-! Rōmaji
+ EN: Paul St. Peter
-|-
-! [[Naruto Uzumaki]]
+Katsuyu
-| うずまきナルト
+ JA: Mamiko Noto
-| Uzumaki Naruto
+ EN: Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
-! [[Wikipedia:Junko Takeuchi|Junko Takeuchi]]
-| 竹内順子
+Hinata Hyūga
-| Takeuchi Junko
+ JA: Nana Mizuki
-|-
+ EN: Stephanie Sheh
-! [[Minato Namikaze]]
-| 波風ミナト
+Might Guy
-| Namikaze Minato
+ JA: Masashi Ebara
-! [[Wikipedia:Toshiyuki Morikawa|Toshiyuki Morikawa]]
+ EN: Skip Stellrecht
-| 森川智之
-| Morikawa Toshiyuki
+Rock Lee
-|-
+ JA: Yoichi Masukawa
-! [[Nine-Tailed Demon Fox|Nine-Tailed Fox]]
+ EN: Brian Donovan
-| 九尾の狐
-| Kyūbi no Kitsune
+Neji Hyūga
-! [[Wikipedia:Tesshō Genda|Tesshō Genda]]
+ JA: Koichi Tochika
-| 玄田哲章
+ EN: Steve Staley
-| Genda Tesshō
-|-
+Tenten
-! [[Katsuyu]]
+ JA: Yukari Tamura
-| カツユ
+ EN: Danielle Judovits
-| Katsuyu
-! [[Wikipedia:Mamiko Noto|Mamiko Noto]]
+Pain
-| 能登麻美子
+ JA: Kenyu Horiuchi
-| Noto Mamiko
+ EN: Troy Baker
-|-
-! [[Hinata Hyūga]]
+Konan
-| 日向ヒナタ
+ JA: Atsuko Tanaka
-| Hyūga Hinata
+ EN: Dorothy Elias-Fahn
-! [[Wikipedia:Nana Mizuki|Nana Mizuki]]
-| 水樹奈々
+Nagato
-| Mizuki Nana
+ JA: Junpei Morita
-|-
+ EN: Vic Mignogna
-! [[Might Guy]]
-| マイト・ガイ
+Gamabunta
-| Maito Gai
+ JA: Takeshi Watabe
-! [[Wikipedia:Masashi Ebara|Masashi Ebara]]
+ EN: Michael Sorich
-| 江原正士
+}}
-| Ebara Masashi
-|-
+<!--Interwiki links-->
-! [[Rock Lee]]
+[[id:Hokage Keempat (episode)]]
-| ロック・リー
+[[nl:De Vierde Hokage]]
-| Rokku Rī
-! [[Wikipedia:Yōichi Masukawa|Yōichi Masukawa]]
-| 増川洋一
-| Masakawa Yōichi
-|-
-! [[Neji Hyūga]]
-| 日向ネジ
-| Hyūga Neji
-! [[Wikipedia:Kōichi Tōchika|Kōichi Tōchika]]
-| 遠近孝一
-| Tōchika Kōichi
-|-
-! [[Tenten]]
-| テンテン
-| Tenten
-! [[Wikipedia:Yukari Tamura|Yukari Tamura]]
-| 田村ゆかり
-| Tamura Yukari
-|-
-! [[Pain]]
-| ペイン
-| Pein
-! [[Wikipedia:Ken'yū Horiuchi|Ken'yū Horiuchi]]
-| 堀内賢雄
-| Horiuchi Ken'yū
-|-
-! [[Konan]]
-| 小南
-| Konan
-! [[Wikipedia:Atsuko Tanaka|Atsuko Tanaka]]
-| 田中敦子
-| Tanaka Atsuko
-|-
-! [[Nagato]]
-| 長門
-| Nagato
-! Junpei Morita
-| 森田順平
-| Morita Junpei
-|-
-! [[Gamabunta]]
-| ガマブン太
-| Gamabunta
-! [[Wikipedia:Takeshi Watabe|Takeshi Watabe]]
-| 渡部猛,
-| Watabe Takeshi
-|-
-|}