History Recap / AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheBoyInTheIceberg

* MoodWhiplash: Aang's proclamation after being found in the ice.

An argument ensues, with Sokka complaining that every time she "plays with magic spirit water, I'm the one who gets wet." Unfortunately, as they quarrel, they forget to watch the boat, and the canoe gets swept away into an ice floe. They desperately try to escape, but the boat gets smashed between the ice, the siblings just barely saving their skins. Angry, frightened, and their tempers a little short from being trapped out in an ice field with no transportation, the two are quick to blame each other. Sokka sarcastically taunts "why didn't you just ''water bend'' us out of the ice?"

She does, gladly, and the two have great fun sliding down ice slopes on the backs of the birds- only to be deposited in front of a looming shape. Its a Fire Nation ship half encased in ice, a remenant of an early battle in the war. Aang is confused- what's this war everyone keeps talking about? Katara simply says that the ship has been there since before she was born, and is a very bad memory for their people. Aang, of course, thinks that means it would be the ''perfect'' thing to explore. Katara is hesitant, but at Aang's urging, the two climb up to the ship to investigate. Inside is an old shell of rusted metal, and just as creepy as one would expect. Aang is completely entranced- he never heard about this type of fighting between the Water Tribe and Fire Nation.

"I don't know, a couple days, maybe?"

* TongueOnTheFlagpole: Done with Aang's glider staff.

* MoodWhipLash: Aang's proclamation after being found in the ice.

* {{Pilot}}

* RecapEpisode

* GoodScarsEvilScars: Zuko's seems to quite clearly be an evil one. At least for now.

* TongueOnTheFlagpole: Done with Aang's glider staff.

'The Boy In The Iceberg' is the very first episode of Nickelodeon's animated series AvatarTheLastAirbender. It introduces the viewers to the world of Avatar, the concept of bending, and the main characters of the first season.

* TemptingFate: Aang insisting on checking out the Fire Nation ship. The first of MANY for the gAang.

And so the show proper begins, revealing a beautiful seascape of ice and water. We come across a fishing boat where Sokka is hunting for fish- not that Katara doesn't want to, however. While her brother fishes with the traditional spear, she takes of the glove and attempts to capture of fish in a globe of water, pulling it delicately into the air. She succeeds too, and in her excitment, she and Sokka crash into each other; losing the fish and getting the latter soaked.

An argument ensues, with Sokka complaining that every time she "Plays with magic spirit water, I'm the one who gets wet." Unfortunately, as they quarrel, they forget to watch the boat, and the canoe gets swept away into an ice floe. They desperately try to escape, but the boat gets smashed between the ice, the siblings just barely saving their skins. Angry, frightened and their tempers a little short by being trapped out in an ice field with no transportation, the two are quick to blame each other. Sokka sarcastically taunts "why didn't you just ''water bend'' us out of the ice?"

Since then, one-hundred years have past, and the war continues to rage. Our narrator is revealed to be Katara, a young girl living in the Southern Water Tribe with her brother Sokka. Three years ago the able bodied men of the tribe, including the chief (their father), left to help fight in the resistance. It doesn't seem likely that they'll win, however- the Fire Nation is gaining ground in the war effort. Nonetheless, Katara is still hopeful that somehow the war can be ended.

* GoodScarsEvilScars: Zuko's seems to quite clearly be an evil one. [[spoiler: At least for now.]]

The series begins to opening narration; it is explained that in these worlds, there are are four elements, and with them, four corresponding nations: The Earth Kingdom, Water Tribes, Fire Nation and Air Nomads. Our narrator tells us that she's often been told of stories of the 'old days', when the world was at peace, kept in balance by the Avatar- the one person in every generation who controls all four elements. However, one day he simply....vanished. The Fire Nation took advantage of his disappearance, wiping out the Air Nomads and opening war on the entire world.

* GoodScars: Zuko's seems to quite clearly be an evil one. [[spoiler: At least for now.]]

Suspicion grows in Katara's head. He ''doesn't'' know about the war. At all. "Aang, how long were you in that ice berg?"

But before either of them can really digest this information, Aang accidentally trips, springing a bobby-trap. Flares are released into the air, and they are forced to make an escape, Aang using his bending to quickly carry themselves down from the boat.

Something comes floating to the surface; a near perfect sphere of ice, glowing palely from within. And inside you can just make out the silhouette of a figure, trapped inside. Katara immediately steals her bother's club, racing towards the ice-berg to crack it open. She whacks it heavily, Sokka shouting his protests- she doesn't know what's in there, ''anything'' could happen-

The two stare at the pearly beacon, and the shape of a man comes climbing out of the rim of the ice-berg; and then the body of a small boy falls down, Katara barely catching him. He opens his eyes drowsily, something important on his lips, that he simply ''must'' tell Katara: "Will you go penguin sledding with me?"

That's too much for Katara. She snaps, accusing Sokka of being sexist- every since their mother died, he'd relied on her for everything, pretending to be a fighter to escape chores while she had to do all the real work! How dare he! But as she rants, Sokka looks more and more frightened- not at his sister, but at the waves of water her flailing is creating, which splits in two. It breaks apart, sending a wave of water towards them. Brother and sister cling to the ice, buffeted by the wave created by Katara's water bending. When the figurative dust settles, Katara stares awestruck at the ice. "''I'' did that?"

FlashBack: The dream sequence; the pictures we see in Katara's narration may also count.
MoodWhipLash: Aang's proclamation after being found in the ice.