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* BaitAndSwitch: As Katara is admonishing Sokka's conscience about leaving Aang in Zuko's clutches, Sokka stomps back inside the village walls, with a grim expression on his face. Katara gets more frustrated with Sokka's cynicism... but then Sokka starts listing off duties and expectations to his acting second-in-command as to what he needs to do in the immediate future to secure the village, leaving his subordinate in command. Katara cottons on and figures out he's actually agreeing with her judgement that they owe Aang a rescue.
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** Since Sokka's objection to Katara waterbending is the much more pragmatic reason of wanting to hide it so the Fire Nation soldiers don't come around again (as opposed to being curtly dismissive of bending gobbledygook in the animated series), Katara doesn't get incensed and give Sokka an earful, and Aang's iceberg more spontaneously cracks open.
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** Since Sokka's objection to Katara waterbending is the much more pragmatic reason of wanting to hide it so the Fire Nation soldiers don't come around again (as opposed to being curtly dismissive of bending gobbledygook in the animated series), Katara doesn't get incensed and give Sokka an earful, earful while inadvertently icebending the iceberg open, and Aang's iceberg more spontaneously cracks open.
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** Since Sokka's objection to Katara waterbending is the much more pragmatic reason of wanting to hide it so the Fire Nation soldiers don't come around again (as opposed to being curtly dismissive of bending gobbledygook in the animated series), Katara doesn't get incensed and give Sokka an earful, and Aang's iceberg more spontaneously cracks open.
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* AdaptationalAngstDowngrade: Aang is not aware he's the Avatar at the start, and therefore isn't excluded by the other Air Nomad kids, since the knowledge of his Avatar-ness doesn't last long enough to have any impact.
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* AdaptationalAngstDowngrade: Downplayed. Aang is not aware he's the Avatar at from the start, as he isn't told as such until the night of the siege, and therefore isn't excluded by the other Air Nomad kids, since kids for that reason. The following episodes do show that the knowledge other kids did exclude him for different reasons however (accidentally blowing other nomads off of a ledge while training due to his Avatar-ness doesn't last long enough exceptional airbending powers and them being scared to have any impact.train with him).
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* AdaptationalLateAppearance: Aang using the Avatar State during the battle on Zuko's ship was left out, leaving its first appearance to be when Aang unleashes it out of grief at the Southern Air Temple, which was the second time it appeared in the original series.
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* AdaptationalLateAppearance: Aang using Other than revealing the circumstances of being frozen in the iceberg, in the cartoon Aang's first use of the Avatar State was during the battle on Zuko's ship was left out, leaving its first appearance and implying its' use as a subconscious SuperMode. The show changes it to be when Aang unleashes it out of grief at the Southern Air Temple, which was the second time it appeared in the original series.
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Episodes adapted from the original series:
* "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheBoyInTheIceberg The Boy in the Iceberg]]"
* "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheAvatarReturns The Avatar Returns]]"
* "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheSouthernAirTemple The Southern Air Temple]]"
* "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheStorm The Storm]]"
* "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheBoyInTheIceberg The Boy in the Iceberg]]"
* "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheAvatarReturns The Avatar Returns]]"
* "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheSouthernAirTemple The Southern Air Temple]]"
* "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheStorm The Storm]]"
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* AdaptationalDiversity: In the original show, the Air Nomad council was exclusively male, while here there's at least one woman in their number.
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* AdaptationalDiversity: In the original show, the Air Nomad council was exclusively male, male[[note]]it's explained in suplementary materials that the Northern and Southern temples are led by men, while the Eastern and Western are led by women[[/note]], while here there's at least one woman in their number.
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* AdaptationalWimp: Downplayed. In the original series, there was an implication that Gyatso had a LastStand in the original series with a whole pile of skeletons wearing Fire Nation armor in the room he died in. Here, Gyatso is still DefiantToTheEnd and puts up a pretty good fight against the soldiers, but isn't able to finish them off before Sozin himself steps in and ends Gyatso's life.
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** Some girls are also seen amongst the Water Tribe children Sokka is trying to train, as opposed to the animated versions, which were all boys.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Very downplayed in regards to Zuko's arrival at the village. In the source material, he has his ship ram the village's ice wall in a clear act of aggression from the very beginning. Here, however, he initially just walks up to the gate and makes no attempt to enter before giving the residents his ultimatum.
* AdaptationalWimp: Downplayed. In the original series, there was an implication that Gyatso had a LastStand in the original series with a whole pile of skeletons wearing Fire Nation armor in the room he died in. Here, Gyatso is still DefiantToTheEnd and puts up a pretty good fight against the soldiers, but isn't able to finish them off before Sozin himself steps in and ends Gyatso's life.
* AdaptationalWimp: Downplayed. In the original series, there was an implication that Gyatso had a LastStand in the original series with a whole pile of skeletons wearing Fire Nation armor in the room he died in. Here, Gyatso is still DefiantToTheEnd and puts up a pretty good fight against the soldiers, but isn't able to finish them off before Sozin himself steps in and ends Gyatso's life.
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* MenOfSherwood: The village kids Sokka has been training aren't too impressive a sight, but do manage to use their weapons and training to delay the Fire Nation without suffering any casualties (although that probably would have changed if Aang hadn't given himself up).
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* PursuedProtagonist: The episode (and series) begin with an Earth Kingdom spy being chased through a Fire Nation street and delaying pursuers with his powers as he gives stolen war plans to a comrade to take to the Earth King before staying behind to HoldTheLine. He is captured, taunted about how the plans were fakes that the Fire Nation wanted the Earth King to have, and then murdered.
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* UngratefulBastard: Subverted. It looks like Sokka doesn’t care about saving Aang after the boy surrendered himself to Zuko. However, the reason why he didn’t respond to his sister’s pleas to save Aang is because he was going to another boy and informing him that he’s in charge while Sokka is away.
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* UngratefulBastard: Subverted. It looks like Sokka doesn’t care about saving Aang after the boy surrendered himself to Zuko. However, he actually does and was focused on getting someone else to watch over the reason why he didn’t respond to village in his sister’s pleas to save Aang is because he was going to another boy and informing him that he’s in charge while Sokka is away.stead.
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** He see a flashback to before the attack on the Air Nation begins, where Earth Kingdom soldiers had infiltrated and stolen written proof of the Fire Nation's (supposed) target for war, along with one captured soldier being brought before Sozin himself (and subsequently killed).
** He see a flashback to before the attack on the Air Nation begins, where Earth Kingdom soldiers had infiltrated and stolen written proof of the Fire Nation's (supposed) target for war, along with one captured soldier being brought before Sozin himself (and subsequently killed).
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** He see a flashback to beforeAdaptationExpansion: The original show opened with narration from Katara explaining the attack on the Air Fire Nation begins, conflict, how the Avatar had vanished and how the men of the Southern Water Tribe left for war. It then started with Sokka and Katara on a canoe where they end up finding Aang. Further information is revealed throughout the series, which forms the basis of the first half of this episode. The opening narration focuses on explaining the nature of the bending arts, the Avatar and the different nations, with Sokka and Katara not showing up until the second half.
** Earth Kingdom soldiers had infiltrated and stolen written proof of the Fire Nation's(supposed) target for war, along with one captured soldier being brought before Sozin himself (and and subsequently killed).killed. It explains Fire Lord Sozin baited them with fake plans to attack the Earth Kingdom to distract the other nations from their actual target... the Air Nomads.
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** The Air Nomads had primarily gathered at the Southern Air Temple for a festival celebrating the comet. ThePurge of the Air Nomads was exceptionally swift because they had grouped up for something that gave the Firebenders the power to overwhelm them.
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* CanonForeigner: Amongst Sokka and Katara’s villagers is a boy about the same age as Sokka. He ends up being left in charge when Sokka and Katara decide to go rescue Aang.
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* ObiWanMoment: Gyatso dies trying to save the young air benders.
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* ObiWanMoment: Gyatso dies trying to save the young air benders.benders.
* UngratefulBastard: Subverted. It looks like Sokka doesn’t care about saving Aang after the boy surrendered himself to Zuko. However, the reason why he didn’t respond to his sister’s pleas to save Aang is because he was going to another boy and informing him that he’s in charge while Sokka is away.
* UngratefulBastard: Subverted. It looks like Sokka doesn’t care about saving Aang after the boy surrendered himself to Zuko. However, the reason why he didn’t respond to his sister’s pleas to save Aang is because he was going to another boy and informing him that he’s in charge while Sokka is away.
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* AdaptationExpansion: The massacre at the Southern Air Temple is shown in-full here, and it's just as horrifying as you'd expect it to be. Sozin's army quickly overwhelms the Air Nomads and torches them all, with Gyatso being the last man standing as he fights to protect the children. Tragically (and inevitably), neither he nor the children survive.
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** He see a flashback to before the attack on the Air Nation begins, where Earth Kingdom soldiers had infiltrated and stolen written proof of the Fire Nation's (supposed) target for war, along with one captured soldier being brought before Sozin himself (and subsequently killed).
** The massacre at the Southern Air Temple is shown in-full here, and it's just as horrifying as you'd expect it to be. Sozin's army quickly overwhelms the Air Nomads and torches them all, with Gyatso being the last man standing as he fights to protect the children. Tragically (and inevitably), neither he nor the children survive.
** He see a flashback to before the attack on the Air Nation begins, where Earth Kingdom soldiers had infiltrated and stolen written proof of the Fire Nation's (supposed) target for war, along with one captured soldier being brought before Sozin himself (and subsequently killed).
** The massacre at the Southern Air Temple is shown in-full here, and it's just as horrifying as you'd expect it to be. Sozin's army quickly overwhelms the Air Nomads and torches them all, with Gyatso being the last man standing as he fights to protect the children. Tragically (and inevitably), neither he nor the children survive.
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** While Aang and Katara do explore the abandoned Fire Nation ship, they don't trip any mechanisms, since the ship is long gutted, and Zuko's already on his way.
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** While Aang and Katara do explore the abandoned Fire Nation ship, they don't trip any mechanisms, mechanisms since the ship is long gutted, and Zuko's already on his way.way since he'd seen the skyward beam of light.
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* AdaptationalWimp: In comparison to the implication that Gyatso had a DefiantToTheEnd LastStand in the original series with a whole pile of skeletons wearing Fire Nation armor in the room he died in, Gyatso dies without a single hint of this due to Sozin wiping him out before he even had the chance to finish off any of his soldiers.
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* AdaptationalWimp: Downplayed. In comparison to the original series, there was an implication that Gyatso had a DefiantToTheEnd LastStand in the original series with a whole pile of skeletons wearing Fire Nation armor in the room he died in, in. Here, Gyatso dies without is still DefiantToTheEnd and puts up a single hint of this due to Sozin wiping him out before he even had pretty good fight against the chance soldiers, but isn't able to finish them off any of his soldiers. before Sozin himself steps in and ends Gyatso's life.
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* NoKillLikeOverkill: When it's pointed out they have no idea who among the Air Nomads could be the new Avatar, Sozin's solution is simple. "[[FinalSolution Which is why we have to kill them all.]]"
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* NoKillLikeOverkill: When it's pointed out they have no idea who among the Air Nomads could be the new Avatar, Sozin's solution is simple. "[[FinalSolution Which is why we have to kill them all.]]"]]"
* ObiWanMoment: Gyatso dies trying to save the young air benders.
* ObiWanMoment: Gyatso dies trying to save the young air benders.
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[[caption-width-right:1000:The boy in the iceberg.]]
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* HonorBeforeReason: Zuko had the superior numbers, but still got baited into an one-on-one duel against Sokka because the latter attacked his pride. He also argued to his men that there would be no honor in just crushing the village with superior numbers. Once Aang and the other boys interfered to protect Sokka however, he calls for his men to even the playing field, at which point Aang is forced to surrender.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Zuko had the superior numbers, but he still got baited into an a one-on-one duel against Sokka because the latter attacked his pride. He also argued to his men that there would be no honor in just crushing the village with superior numbers. Once Aang and the other boys interfered to protect Sokka however, he calls for his men to even the playing field, at which point Aang is forced to surrender.
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* NoKillLikeOverkill: When it's pointed out they have no idea who among the Air Nomads could be the new Avatar, Sozin's solution is simple. "Which is why we have to kill them all."
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* NoKillLikeOverkill: When it's pointed out they have no idea who among the Air Nomads could be the new Avatar, Sozin's solution is simple. "Which "[[FinalSolution Which is why we have to kill them all."]]"
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* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: The Fire Nation launch their attack on the Southern Air Temple on the night of an important Air Nomad festival, precisely ''because'' it's when there's the largest gathering of them in one place.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Zuko had the superior numbers, but still got baited into an one-on-one duel against Sokka because the latter attacked his pride. He also argued to his men that there would be no honor in just crushing the village with superior numbers. Once Aang and the other boys interfered to protect Sokka however, he calls for his men to even the playing field, at which point Aang is forced to surrender.
* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: The Fire Nation launch their attack on the Southern Air Temple on the night of an important Air Nomad festival, precisely ''because'' it's when there's the largest gathering of them in one place. Making things more bitterly ironic, said festival was celebrating the arrival of the same comet that boosts the power of Firebenders, another reason Sozin attacked that night.
* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: The Fire Nation launch their attack on the Southern Air Temple on the night of an important Air Nomad festival, precisely ''because'' it's when there's the largest gathering of them in one place. Making things more bitterly ironic, said festival was celebrating the arrival of the same comet that boosts the power of Firebenders, another reason Sozin attacked that night.
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* AdaptationalWimp: In comparison to the implication that Gyatso had a DefiantToTheEnd LastStand in the original series with a whole pile of skeletons wearing Fire Nation armor in the room he died in, Gyatso dies without a single hint of this due to Sozin wiping him out before he even had the chance finish off kill any of his soldiers.
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* AdaptationalWimp: In comparison to the implication that Gyatso had a DefiantToTheEnd LastStand in the original series with a whole pile of skeletons wearing Fire Nation armor in the room he died in, Gyatso dies without a single hint of this due to Sozin wiping him out before he even had the chance to finish off kill any of his soldiers.
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* AdaptationalWimp: In comparison to the implication that Gyatso had a DefiantToTheEnd LastStand in the original series with a whole pile of skeletons wearing Fire Nation armor in the room he died in, Gyatso dies without a single hint of this due to Sozin wiping him out before he even had the chance finish off kill any of his soldiers.
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* AdaptationalLateAppearance: Aang using the Avatar State during the battle on Zuko's ship was left out, leaving its first appearance to be when Aang unleashes it out of grief at the Southern Air Temple, which was the second time it appeared in the original series.
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* MythologyGag: Kanna gives the majority of original Katara's opening monologue as exposition to Aang.
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* MythologyGag: Kanna gives the majority of original Katara's opening monologue as exposition to Aang.Aang.
* NoKillLikeOverkill: When it's pointed out they have no idea who among the Air Nomads could be the new Avatar, Sozin's solution is simple. "Which is why we have to kill them all."
* NoKillLikeOverkill: When it's pointed out they have no idea who among the Air Nomads could be the new Avatar, Sozin's solution is simple. "Which is why we have to kill them all."
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: The Earth Nation soldier realizes that Sozin ''wanted'' them to know of his plans to organize all forces by the Earth borders...and leave the Air Nomads unguarded. "We're not the real target."
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* AdaptationExpansion: The massacre at the Southern Air Temple is shown in-full here, and it's just as horrifying as you'd expect it to be. Sozin's army quickly overcomes the Air Nomads and torches them all, with Gyatso being the last man standing as he fights to protect the children. Tragically (and inevitably), neither he nor the children survive.
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* AdaptationExpansion: The massacre at the Southern Air Temple is shown in-full here, and it's just as horrifying as you'd expect it to be. Sozin's army quickly overcomes overwhelms the Air Nomads and torches them all, with Gyatso being the last man standing as he fights to protect the children. Tragically (and inevitably), neither he nor the children survive.
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* AdaptationExpansion: The massacre at the Southern Air Temple is shown in-full here, and it's just as horrifying as you'd expect it to be. Sozin's army quickly overcomes the Air Nomads and torches them all, with Gyatso being the last man standing as he fights to protect the children. Tragically, neither he nor the children survive.
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One hundred years ago, the Fire Nation launched an attack on the rest of the world. Only the Avatar, master of all four elemental powers, could stop them, but he vanished. Now, a pair of teenagers in the Southern Water Tribe village find a young boy frozen in the ice.
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* AdaptedOut:
** Aang and Katara do not go penguin-sledding.
** While Aang and Katara do explore the abandoned Fire Nation ship, they don't trip any mechanisms, since the ship is long gutted, and Zuko's already on his way.
* AdaptationalAngstDowngrade: Aang is not aware he's the Avatar at the start, and therefore isn't excluded by the other Air Nomad kids, since the knowledge of his Avatar-ness doesn't last long enough to have any impact.
* AdaptationalDiversity: In the original show, the Air Nomad council was exclusively male, while here there's at least one woman in their number.
* AdaptationalMundanity: Since Sokka's sexism is excised in this version, the chain of events that lead to him and Katara stumbling on Aang's iceberg is just sailing into a sudden floe, rather than Katara blowing her stack at him.
* BatmanGambit: The episode begins with a pair of earthbenders stealing from the Fire Nation capitol, supposedly an outlay of Sozin's plans to invade the Earth Kingdoms. Only Sozin admits that this is a distraction so all eyes will be on the Earth Kingdom, and not the Air Nomads.
* DoNotGoGentle: The Air Nomads may be pacifists, but they do put up a fight against the sudden Fire Nation attack. Gyatso especially, and Sozin admits that were it not for the comet, he would've ''won''.
* FrontlineGeneral: The one thing that can be said about Sozin, he at least leads from the front.
* GilliganCut: Sokka swears there's nothing that can make him get on Appa. Cut to Appa flying off with Sokka on-board, screaming his head off.
* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: The Fire Nation launch their attack on the Southern Air Temple on the night of an important Air Nomad festival, precisely ''because'' it's when there's the largest gathering of them in one place.
* MissedHimByThatMuch: If Sozin had attacked the Southern Air Temple just a few hours or even ''minutes'' earlier, he'd have got Aang.
* MythologyGag: Kanna gives the majority of original Katara's opening monologue as exposition to Aang.
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* AdaptedOut:
** Aang and Katara do not go penguin-sledding.
** While Aang and Katara do explore the abandoned Fire Nation ship, they don't trip any mechanisms, since the ship is long gutted, and Zuko's already on his way.
* AdaptationalAngstDowngrade: Aang is not aware he's the Avatar at the start, and therefore isn't excluded by the other Air Nomad kids, since the knowledge of his Avatar-ness doesn't last long enough to have any impact.
* AdaptationalDiversity: In the original show, the Air Nomad council was exclusively male, while here there's at least one woman in their number.
* AdaptationalMundanity: Since Sokka's sexism is excised in this version, the chain of events that lead to him and Katara stumbling on Aang's iceberg is just sailing into a sudden floe, rather than Katara blowing her stack at him.
* BatmanGambit: The episode begins with a pair of earthbenders stealing from the Fire Nation capitol, supposedly an outlay of Sozin's plans to invade the Earth Kingdoms. Only Sozin admits that this is a distraction so all eyes will be on the Earth Kingdom, and not the Air Nomads.
* DoNotGoGentle: The Air Nomads may be pacifists, but they do put up a fight against the sudden Fire Nation attack. Gyatso especially, and Sozin admits that were it not for the comet, he would've ''won''.
* FrontlineGeneral: The one thing that can be said about Sozin, he at least leads from the front.
* GilliganCut: Sokka swears there's nothing that can make him get on Appa. Cut to Appa flying off with Sokka on-board, screaming his head off.
* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: The Fire Nation launch their attack on the Southern Air Temple on the night of an important Air Nomad festival, precisely ''because'' it's when there's the largest gathering of them in one place.
* MissedHimByThatMuch: If Sozin had attacked the Southern Air Temple just a few hours or even ''minutes'' earlier, he'd have got Aang.
* MythologyGag: Kanna gives the majority of original Katara's opening monologue as exposition to Aang.
