Filler episodes


What are filler episodes? I've heard people mention them a lot but I'm not
quite sure what they are. Apparently _Naruto_ is packed with tons of them, so
what are they?




A simple answer taken from the internet.

> A filler arc is a storyline (often, though not always, shorter than the
> regular arcs) in which, over a number of episodes, an adventure is detailed
> that is unrelated, or tangential, to the main story arc(s); often, the
> filler arc adventure does not derive from the original source material.

For example, there are plenty of filler episodes after Naruto defeated Pain.
Most of the fillers are the story of a side character, or childhood flashback
of a character.




A simple answer taken from the internet.

> A filler arc is a storyline (often, though not always, shorter than the
> regular arcs) in which, over a number of episodes, an adventure is detailed
> that is unrelated, or tangential, to the main story arc(s); often, the
> filler arc adventure does not derive from the original source material.

For example, there are plenty of filler episodes after Naruto defeated Pain.
Most of the fillers are the story of a side character, or childhood flashback
of a character.

