after the chunin exam
To be a little more specific, Naruto encounters Gaara episode 77 Light vs. Dark: The Two Faces of Garra. They don't start fighting until, 78-80, naruto's Ninja Handbook.
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Gaara threatens Naruto and shikamaru in the hospital at episode 58 ,but nothing happens until they start the fight on episode 75.
Deidara is in the first 30 shippuden episodes. The Gaara retrieval arc is all about Deidara, Sasori, and Gaara. Deidara loses both his arms in these episodes when fighting Kakashi.
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I believe that would be Naruto Shippuden Episode 27: Impossible Dream.
By "fake gaara" i think you might be thinking of the flower defence? if this is right it should be episode 186 of naruto shippuden, hope this helped
Elder Chiyo does a forbidden medical jutsu that takes her life force and converts it to Garra's. Garra is then revived, but without the Shukaku and limited sand manipulation abilities. ep 31 and the legacy is the episodes title