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 "But I believe Aang can save the world." note Avatar: The Last Airbender is an animated series that ran from 2005-2008; also known as Avatar: The Legend of Aang in some countries. Avatar is the first series in an eponymous franchise which takes place in a Constructed World divided into four nations: the Water Tribes, the Earth Kingdom, the Fire Nation, and the Air Nomads. Each nation has developed a spiritual art form to manipulate ("bend") their namesake element, but only the Avatar — one person reincarnated periodically into each race — is capable of mastering all four elements. The Avatar's role is to serve as a peacekeeper and protector for all four nations (as well as bridging and balancing the physical and spiritual worlds).The show's story centers around Aang, the twelve-year old (chronologically 112) incarnation of the current Avatar and the eponymous last airbender. He must master the four bending arts so that he can save the world from Fire Lord Ozai and end the century-long war, a war which he spent a hundred years trapped in an iceberg accidentally avoiding. Ozai's plans for domination are on a specific timetable, though, meaning that Aang has until the end of summer to stop them.Aang has thankfully found himself in good company with teenage waterbender Katara and her brother Sokka, the two who freed Aang from the iceberg. As the trio works to save the four nations with the company of Aang's lemur and flying bison, they gain many more allies; take a look at the Character Sheet to get to know more about the cast.The first season was adapted into a live-action film directed by M Night Shyamalan — The Last Airbender — which is the second Shyamalan film to be inspired by a Nickelodeon show. The film was intended to be the first season in movie form, with the hope that a pair of sequels based on the other two seasons would follow. The film was not generally well-received, nor is it a good entry point for viewers new to the franchise. Watch it after the show, or not at all.A Sequel Series, The Legend of Korra, premiered in 2012. The new series takes place seventy years after Avatar and focuses on the next Avatar, a hotheaded waterbender named Korra — while learning airbending from Aang's son Tenzin, Korra finds herself in Republic City, a metropolis (inspired by the Roaring Twenties) in the former colonies which suffers from rampant crime and an anti-bender revolt.Nickelodeon has also released a digest graphic novel called The Lost Adventures, which includes the out of print Expanded Universe strips, and a graphic novel trilogy called The Promise, which details the Gaang's rebuilding of the world as a bridge to Korra. Another graphic novel series called The Search has been released, and details Zuko's quest to find his mother and sees the return of Azula. All of these projects are being published by Dark Horse Comics.This show is not to be confused with other meanings of the term "avatar".Due to the sheer number of trope examples, they have been divided into their own alphabetized pages. There is also a largely-complete recap page available for those who want to see what all the fuss is about.There is also an entire page of memes, and a Best Episode Crowner .This series is the Trope Namer for:It also provides examples of:Statler: So, this Avatar guy is able to bend all four elements. Waldorf: He's lucky. I would have settled on being able to bend my own spine! Both: Do-ho-ho-ho-hoh!
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10 reviews alternative title(s): Avatar The Last Airbender; ptitlemxi508a6; Avatar
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