the preliminaries, Chōji was matched against [[Dosu Kinuta]]. At the start of the match, [[Ino Yamanaka]] yelled to him that he was fat, so that he would be spurred into fighting. Figuring Dosu's sound based attack won't work on him if he doesn't hear it, he uses Multi-Size Technique and uses Human Bullet Tank to charge at Dosu. After Dosu manages to avoid Chōji's attack a few times, Chōji gets lodged in a wall as the result of Dosu dodging another one of his attacks. With Chōji unable to get out the wall, Dosu sent a [[Resonating Echo Drill|blast of sound]] into Chōji's bulk, with its effectiveness increased as sound travels better through water and the result of Chōji's increased size, ends in his defeat. As a rewardto Chōji for getting so far in the Chūnin Exams, and as a bribe to help with Shikamaru's training, Asuma took Chōji to a buffet, but Chōji ate too much and hurt his stomach, forcing him to spend some time in the hospital. He recovered in time to watch Shikamaru and Sasuke's matches, but was put to sleep during the ensuing invasion of Konoha.

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=== Konoha Crush ===

Chōji can be seen at the [[Third Hokage]]'s funeral alongside the other villagers, mourning his death.

Chōji can be seen at the [[Third Hokage]]'s funeral alongside the other villagers, mourning his death.

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=== Sasuke RetrievalArc ===

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=== Sasuke RecoveryMission ===

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[[File:Shikateam.png|thumb|The Sasuke Retrieval Team.]]

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[[File:Shikateam.png|thumb|left|The Sasuke Retrieval Team.]]

Shortly after Shikamaru's promotion to [[chūnin]], the team celebrated at Yakiniku Q. After a brief argument over the meat, Asuma