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'''Monk Gyatso'''

* BadassGrandpa: The skeleton of a pacifist monk, lying on top of a PILE of fire soldier skeletons. Note that when said pile of skeletons were living and breathing, they were powered up a hundredfold by Sozin's Comet.
** AND that Airbending has almost no lethal options in the first place.
*** Rumor has it that, with incredibly advanced Airbending, you can take away oxygen. [[FridgeBrilliance No oxygen means no fire...or life. This can also explain their pacifistic nature of 'do not kill']].

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'''King Bumi'''

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking:He's the king of Omashu and its most powerful bender.

* BadassGrandpa: Easily one of the two strongest Earthbender alive, ([[spoiler: His and Toph's duel to see which one's the strongest ended in a draw]]) and the only other person in the series that could surpass him was Avatar Kyoshi.

** ''And'' [[CloudCuckooLander half-senile]]

** And what about fighting the [[PowerUp Powered-up]] Fire benders in Ba sing Se alongside Iroh and other memeber of the White Lotus?
-->[[BadAssBoast I didn't escape;]] ''[[BadAssBoast everyone else]]'' [[BadAssBoast escaped.]]
* [[RedHeadedHero Red Headed]] {{Sidekick}}: In flashbacks, that is

* TheWonka: He appears to be a crazy old king and Katara mentions that "His crown is a little crooked" but his brand of logic makes sense if you think about it. "You gotta keep your mind open to the possibilites."

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'''Master Pakku'''

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'''Jeong Jeong'''

** How badass? During the finale [[spoiler: under the influence of Sozin's comet]] he was able to Firebend with enough power to ''fly''. The only one shown to have been able to do that was [[BigBad Ozai]], who's at worst the third most powerful person in the world.
** And Azula, albeit in quick, powerful bursts without much control

* {{Homage}}: to ApocalypseNow. Jeong Jeong's situation mirrors Colonel Kurtz, and there's even slow boat rides down the river.

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'''Piandao'''

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'''Hama'''

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'''Guru Pathik'''

'''Avatars Yangchen, Kuruk, Kyoshi and Roku'''

The four Avatars that came before Aang. Even after their deaths, they serve as SpiritAdvisor for the current Avatar, and can lend Aang their power through the Avatar State. Since Roku is the one that came directly before Aang, he does most of the advising.

* '''Kuruk''' is a member of the Water Tribe, and didn't take his job as Avatar too seriously. This came back to bite him when Koh took his wife from him to punish him for his irresponsibility. When not advising Aang, he spends his time searching for Koh for vengeance.
* '''Kyoshi''' is from the Earth Kingdom and the founder[[spoiler:/creator]] of Kyoshi Island. She is best known as the creator of the Dai Li and the inspiration for the Kyoshi Warriors.
* '''Roku''' is a Fire Nation Avatar and the one directly preceding Aang. He blames himself for the war, [[spoiler: and with good reason -- he was close friends with Sozin and was unwilling to kill him in order to prevent the war.]]

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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Dubbed a mad genius by Aang.
* CloudCuckooLander: He has his moments
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass

* DitzyGenius: Bumi is an utterly brilliant- and crazy- architecht and engineer.

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething

* TricksterMentor

* TheWonka

* CrazyAwesome

* [[spoiler:YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Katara's reaction to learning her power.]]

* WomenAreWiser: Yangchen... except for the whole killing people thing.

* [[spoiler:YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Katara.]]

* CloserToEarth: Yangchen... except for the whole killing people thing.

* LadyOfWar: Kyoshi. So, so much. Arguably, Yangchen as well, [[CloserToEarth from her demeanor.]]

* BadassGrandpa: Easily the strongest Earthbender alive, and the only person in the series that could surpass him was Avatar Kyoshi and ''maybe'' Toph when she gets older.

* TortureMakesYouEvil

"''You want to learn to fight so bad? Study closely!''"

"''Water brings healing and life. But fire brings only destruction and pain. It forces those of us burdened with its care to walk a razor's edge between humanity and savagery. Eventually, we are torn apart.''"

"''The sword is a simple tool, but in the hands of a master it becomes the most versatile of weapons. And just as the imagination is limitless, so too are the possibilities of the sword.''"

"''We're the last Waterbenders of the Southern Tribe! We have to fight these people whenever we can, wherever they are, with any means necessary!''"

"''I was a spiritual brother of your people, and a personal friend of Monk Gyatso.''"

* TheBooRadley: Subverted.