Death Battle2010

Boomstick:
[describing Gaara] This guy's like the ultimate emo kid, but I'm not gonna give him too much crap, because he can use existing sand to crush the ground around him for even more sand. So he's never without easy access to ammo. Despite this, he still carries a gigantic gourd of sand on his back.

Wizard:
It's huge! You'd think that'd be hard on his spine. Interestingly enough, its unique shape and size is a reference to how, in Japanese folklore, tanukis were considered to be so well endowed, they'd have to sling their testicles over their shoulders.

Boomstick:
Awesome...

Wizard:
But the thing is, Gaara's gourd is not carrying any ordinary testicles... I mean sand! Gaara has infused his own Chakra into the gourd sand.

Boomstick:
This directly links it to Gaara, making it much easier for him to control. He's so skilled with it, he can even forge weapons from it, bury people underground or send it into another person's bloodstream and control them like some sort of puppet. Talk about an itch you're not gonna scratch.