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Do any of the characters from the Naruto filler arcs or movies show up again in the main series, or they are just strictly made for the fillers and movies?

I was watching Shippuden season 1 and at some point the opening and closing songs had scenes from the Priestess Shion movie, or the first Naruto Shippuden movie.

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  • They are just made for those filler/movies, but they do appear in the story as, something you can call, easter eggs. They also don't interact with the story nor characters. They are just there as extras. – Akira Mahisaseru Jan 04 '17 at 16:06
  • @AkiraMahisaseru Oh. You are alive. Yay! . And okay. Thanks. Just wondering. So they do appear in the main shady occasionally right? Any examples? – Hansen Jan 04 '17 at 16:11
  • I'm so sorry!!!! I lost my phone, but I finally found it!!! Please forgive me. – Akira Mahisaseru Jan 04 '17 at 16:12
  • @AkiraMahisaseru Whoa... Take it easy, love. You are forgiven even though nothing held against you. Lol. I take you are fine then. but anyway, examples of the extras? – Hansen Jan 04 '17 at 16:25
  • You know that one lady that has cristal powers, that one kid that was with her, and that one big dude that liked her (I think), sorry I forgot their names, they appeared in one of the newer episodes (I forgot the number but it's before the Sasuke's story episodes) – Akira Mahisaseru Jan 04 '17 at 21:22
  • @AkiraMahisaseru I believe you mean Guren (the lady) etc. they appeared in the crowd wanting to see naruto in episode 479. – Labhansh Agrawal Jan 05 '17 at 15:45
  • Ahhh... Thanksss! I'll look her up! – Hansen Jan 05 '17 at 15:47
  • @AkiraMahisaseru But guren appears in a main episode before continuing into filler episodes.. The main episode being 89. And the fillers being 90 onward.. – Hansen Jan 05 '17 at 15:55
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    @LabhanshAgrawal that's her name. Thank you for the episode number too. You understood what I meant. – Akira Mahisaseru Jan 05 '17 at 15:59
  • @AkiraMahisaseru So would you count her as a filler character? Even though she may have appeared in canon episodes as well as filler episodes? – Hansen Jan 05 '17 at 16:08
  • @Hansen but she's an anime only character – Labhansh Agrawal Jan 05 '17 at 16:08
  • @LabhanshAgrawal I guess that makes sense. Thanks. – Hansen Jan 05 '17 at 16:09
  • @Hansen, I don't remember reading about her in the manga. She could have been there but I don't remember. I count her as a filler character since she didn't appear as an important character in episodes later in the series. – Akira Mahisaseru Jan 05 '17 at 16:33
  • @AkiraMahisaseru Oh. Alright. Thanks. I think she's an anime only character. Thanks again! Oh. I messaged you BTW so you can check it out when you can! – Hansen Jan 05 '17 at 16:35
  • Didn't Naruto make a remark about Utakata (not sure about the name) in the anime, not the manga, after Tobi/Kabuto summoned the Edo-Tensei Jinchuuriki because of the filler in early Shippuuden. – Gravinco Jan 16 '17 at 13:05

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Utakata was introduced during the so-named Tsuchigumo Kinjutsu arc, but he eventually makes his way in the main storyline as a reanimated ninja fighting in the Great Shinobi War.

It could be conjectured that he wasn't a filler character, but until Naruto chapter 515 at the earliest, the Six-Tails host was not identified by name.

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In this picture, Utakata is second from the left.

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