Quote Originally Posted by DarthEnder
You know what really pisses me off is Naruto actually CAN do that. He did it when fighting Gaara by using one of his clones as a stepping stone.

Why they hell couldn't they have just had him do that again?
I guess the cost or time to animate another Naruto clone would have put them over budget . I would have preferred they made a daisy chain of stacked clones to reach the bird, like they did in another episode. Or I'd prefer the super accurate Tenten not miss with all of the 3000 arrows, kunai, or throwing stars she launched at the bird. Or Chouji could have swatted that bird with his giant hands.

Could Shikamaru have used shadow-bind on the bird's shadow?