"Let me tell you about the five Kages and the five hidden villages to lengthen this episode so we can animate less... Okay, we have the five villages. The drinking gourd, the dog crap, the squiggly lines, the three puddles, and the... What the crap is our symbol?! No, seriously. I mean, it doesn't even look like a leaf! It looks like a snail fell over and it can't get up!"
-Kakashi, Naruto Abridged, ep 4
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yes, i was at about episode 90 when my friend told me that they're from the village of the LEAF (she watches the dub). I had always wondered what that symbol was supposed to be :D