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* AngelDevilShipping: Aang and Azula, Zuko and Katara.
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Missed Moment of Awesome is more properly known as Offscreen Moment of Awesome and is not meant for anything you think would have been awesome that the show didn\'t do.
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* MissedMomentOfAwesome: Many people lamented that [[spoiler: we never got to see Azula and Mai fight]].
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** '''[[LArgeHam THE]] [[NoIndoorVoice BOULDER]]'''.
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** '''[[LArgeHam '''[[LargeHam THE]] [[NoIndoorVoice BOULDER]]'''.
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* EvilIsSexy: Azula, Azula and Ozai.Ozai. Mai and Ty Lee also.
** Zhao. Helps that he's voiced by [[HarryPotter Lucius]] [[JasonIsaacs Malfoy]].
*** [[ThomastheTankEngine Don't forget Zuko!]]
*** Really, all bad guys.
** Zhao. Helps that he's voiced by [[HarryPotter Lucius]] [[JasonIsaacs Malfoy]].
*** [[ThomastheTankEngine Don't forget Zuko!]]
*** Really, all bad guys.
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** The quotes listed under Funny Aneurysm Moment above.
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Right, the natter seems to suggest that Ass Pull isn\'t a fit. On the other hand, I think that the controversy of energybending makes it qualify as Broken Base. I have moved it there and tried to present it VERY cautiously to prevent another fight. Oh, but Creators Pet can\'t applied to Katara based on the trope\'s description on the page - so if people are \"arguing\" it, they\'re wrong. Designated Villain isn\'t being invoked just because that character is sympathetic - the reader is SUPPOSED to feel sympathy for Zuko, where the trope applies to situations where a villain is unintentionally sympathetic.
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* AssPull: [[spoiler:Energybending.]]
** Actually, this was foreshadowed, since Book 1, but only with objects in the backgrounds, which people don't usually notice. Even if told which episode, what moment, where, you still have to look carefully.
** Amusingly enough, it was entirely possible to guess this without any foreshadowing whatsoever... [[ViewersAreGeniuses if you knew the details of the ancient Greek system of elements]].
** Actually, this was foreshadowed, since Book 1, but only with objects in the backgrounds, which people don't usually notice. Even if told which episode, what moment, where, you still have to look carefully.
** Amusingly enough, it was entirely possible to guess this without any foreshadowing whatsoever... [[ViewersAreGeniuses if you knew the details of the ancient Greek system of elements]].
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** Many people didn't take Aang's actions in the finale well. [[InternetBackdraft Best not go there]].
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** Many people didn't take Aang's actions conflict in the finale well. split fans between those who felt it came out of nowhere and those who felt it was perfectly justified given what we'd seen of Aang to that point. Then there's [[spoiler: the controversy over whether the resolution of using the previously unseen Energybending so Aang could stop Ozai without killing him]] was reasonably foreshadowed or a complete AssPull. But [[InternetBackdraft Best not go there]].the less said the better.]]
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* CreatorsPet: Some have argued that Katara is this, even moreso than ever now that it's known that [[spoiler: she's outlived (possibly) ALL the other main characters and is alive as an old master in the sequel series.]]
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* [[spoiler:DesignatedVillain: Arguably Zuko in The Promise comics, again. Though in this case, it's the other good guys who make him out to be a villain while the readers can clearly see that he's still just a victim of poor decision making skills.]]
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* AmericansHateTingle: ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' was immensely popular in America. It did... poorly in Japan. So poorly they didn't even bother dubbing the third season. Apparently, many Japanese felt insulted at the way the Asian cultural influence in the series was portrayed (the fact that the bad guys, the Fire Nation, are partially based on Imperial Japan probably didn't help matters too much). You would think anime fans are intelligent enough to know that this is supposed to take place in a ''fantasy world that does not exist'' instead of being a direct satire on Asian history.
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* AmericansHateTingle: ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' was immensely popular in America. It did... poorly in Japan. So poorly they didn't even bother dubbing the third season. Apparently, many Japanese felt insulted at the way the Asian cultural influence in the series was portrayed (the fact that the bad guys, the Fire Nation, are partially based on Imperial Japan probably didn't help matters too much). You would think anime fans are intelligent enough to know that this is supposed to take place in a ''fantasy world that does not exist'' instead of being a direct satire on Asian history.
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* MissedMomentOfAwesome: Many people lamented that [[spoiler: we never got to see Azula and Mai fight]].
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Apparently, ''The Promise'' seems to be heading in this direction. Not only is it showing that the ending for the series is not [[EarnYourHappyEnding the definitive one nor as happy as it initially seems]], but [[spoiler:Zuko is apparently slipping into WellIntentionedExtremist territory]]. Hundreds of years of warfare can't be unmade in just a few months, after all.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Apparently, ''The Promise'' seems to be heading in this direction. Not only is it showing that the ending for the series is not [[EarnYourHappyEnding the definitive one nor as happy as it initially seems]], but [[spoiler:Zuko is apparently slipping into WellIntentionedExtremist territory]]. Hundreds of years of warfare can't be unmade in just a few months, after all.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Apparently, ''The Promise'' seems to be heading in this direction. Not only is it showing that the ending for the series is not [[EarnYourHappyEnding the definitive one nor as happy as it initially seems]], but [[spoiler:Zuko is apparently slipping into WellIntentionedExtremist territory]]. Hundreds of years of warfare can't be unmade in just a few months, after all.
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* BrickJoke: In "Daydreams and Nightmares", Aang has a reoccurring NotWearingPantsDream about fighting the Fire Lord only to discover he's not wearing pants, until he eventually gets over it, saying: "No, Fire Lord, it is you who is not wearing pants!" "My royal parts are showing!" In the finale, Aang and Ozai are both shirtless for most of the fight, so they are both ''only and specifically'' wearing pants.
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* {{Gainaxing}}: It's hard to tell unless you're really looking, but during the episode "The Beach" Ty Lee has a tendancy to... bounce.
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* AmericansHateTingle: ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' was immensely popular in America. It did... poorly in Japan. So poorly they didn't even bother dubbing the third season. Apparently, many Japanese felt insulted at the way the Asian cultural influence in the series was portrayed (the fact that the bad guys, the Fire Nation, are partially based on Imperial Japan probably didn't help matters too much).
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* AmericansHateTingle: ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' was immensely popular in America. It did... poorly in Japan. So poorly they didn't even bother dubbing the third season. Apparently, many Japanese felt insulted at the way the Asian cultural influence in the series was portrayed (the fact that the bad guys, the Fire Nation, are partially based on Imperial Japan probably didn't help matters too much). You would think anime fans are intelligent enough to know that this is supposed to take place in a ''fantasy world that does not exist'' instead of being a direct satire on Asian history.
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* AndTheFandomRejoiced: Dark Horse [[http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/255/dark-horse-and-nickelodeon-bring-avatar-last-airbe has announced]] that they'll be publishing new canonical comics in early 2012 that bridge the gap between the end of the series and ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLegendOfKorra'', as well as an anthology of all the ''Avatar'' comics featured in the now defunct ''Nickelodeon Magazine''. Looks like the fans might get their "Book 4" after all.
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* AndTheFandomRejoiced: Dark Horse [[http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/255/dark-horse-and-nickelodeon-bring-avatar-last-airbe has announced]] that they'll be publishing new canonical comics in early 2012 that bridge the gap between the end of the series and ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLegendOfKorra'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', as well as an anthology of all the ''Avatar'' comics featured in the now defunct ''Nickelodeon Magazine''. Looks like the fans might get their "Book 4" after all.
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** And we have a new couple: YUE/ [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLegendOfKorra KORRA]]!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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** The term fell out of use after ''TheLegendOfKorra'' was announced, at least partially because of the UnfortunateImplications - it's now rarer to find someone in the fandom who calls themselves an Avatard than someone who doesn't.
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** The term fell out of use after ''TheLegendOfKorra'' ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' was announced, at least partially because of the UnfortunateImplications - it's now rarer to find someone in the fandom who calls themselves an Avatard than someone who doesn't.
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* CharacterAlignment: Since the characters go through such incredible amounts of character development, almost all major characters change alignment over time.
** Aang: Starts out ChaoticGood, sobers up and starts to take his responsibilities more seriously, progressing through NeutralGood to become LawfulGood by season 3.
** Sokka: Starts out as a somewhat stiff and conservative LawfulGood, loosens up to NeutralGood about halfway through the first season and stays in that region for the rest of the series.
** Katara: Starts out as a more balancing NeutralGood who mediates between other group members and tries to keep the group together. Becomes more independent, assertive, and rash as the series goes on, arguably develops into ChaoticGood by season 3.
** Zuko: Starts out LawfulNeutral: He's working for an evil empire and is willing to carry out evil acts in the pursuit of his duty, but he doesn't cause destruction when he can avoid it, he is capable of empathy and self-sacrifice with his men and family members and, of course, has a strong sense of HONOURRRR!!!!. [[spoiler: After his exile in season 2 he shifts gears completely to Chaotic Neutral, he's still not cruel but he has lost faith in the world and is interested only in his own survival. He essentially remains this way until the Day of Black Sun where he starts to return to the path of honour, realizes how evil the people he follows are, and tries to find his own honour, essentially becoming LawfulGood.]]
** Toph: ChaoticGood or ChaoticNeutral.
** Azula: NeutralEvil or LawfulEvil.
** Ozai: NeutralEvil.
** Iroh: NeutralGood.
** May and Ty Lee: TrueNeutral.
** Aang: Starts out ChaoticGood, sobers up and starts to take his responsibilities more seriously, progressing through NeutralGood to become LawfulGood by season 3.
** Sokka: Starts out as a somewhat stiff and conservative LawfulGood, loosens up to NeutralGood about halfway through the first season and stays in that region for the rest of the series.
** Katara: Starts out as a more balancing NeutralGood who mediates between other group members and tries to keep the group together. Becomes more independent, assertive, and rash as the series goes on, arguably develops into ChaoticGood by season 3.
** Zuko: Starts out LawfulNeutral: He's working for an evil empire and is willing to carry out evil acts in the pursuit of his duty, but he doesn't cause destruction when he can avoid it, he is capable of empathy and self-sacrifice with his men and family members and, of course, has a strong sense of HONOURRRR!!!!. [[spoiler: After his exile in season 2 he shifts gears completely to Chaotic Neutral, he's still not cruel but he has lost faith in the world and is interested only in his own survival. He essentially remains this way until the Day of Black Sun where he starts to return to the path of honour, realizes how evil the people he follows are, and tries to find his own honour, essentially becoming LawfulGood.]]
** Toph: ChaoticGood or ChaoticNeutral.
** Azula: NeutralEvil or LawfulEvil.
** Ozai: NeutralEvil.
** Iroh: NeutralGood.
** May and Ty Lee: TrueNeutral.
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** Aang: Starts out ChaoticGood, sobers up and starts to take his responsibilities more seriously, progressing through NeutralGood to become LawfulGood by season 3.
** Sokka: Starts out as a somewhat stiff and conservative LawfulGood, loosens up to NeutralGood about halfway through the first season and stays in that region for the rest of the series.
** Katara: Starts out as a more balancing NeutralGood who mediates between other group members and tries to keep the group together. Becomes more independent, assertive, and rash as the series goes on, arguably develops into ChaoticGood by season 3.
** Zuko: Starts out LawfulNeutral: He's working for an evil empire and is willing to carry out evil acts in the pursuit of his duty, but he doesn't cause destruction when he can avoid it, he is capable of empathy and self-sacrifice with his men and family members and, of course, has a strong sense of HONOURRRR!!!!. [[spoiler: After his exile in season 2 he shifts gears completely to Chaotic Neutral, he's still not cruel but he has lost faith in the world and is interested only in his own survival. He essentially remains this way until the Day of Black Sun where he starts to return to the path of honour, realizes how evil the people he follows are, and tries to find his own honour, essentially becoming LawfulGood.]]
** Toph: ChaoticGood or ChaoticNeutral.
** Azula: NeutralEvil or LawfulEvil.
** Ozai: NeutralEvil.
** Iroh: NeutralGood.
** May and Ty Lee: TrueNeutral.
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** It's also somewhat ironic since Zuko got noticeably and progressively more powerful throughout season 1, It just became more and more apparent as the season went on that he had inadequate resources facing effectively impossible odds. From the very first the only reason he was a threat to Aang at all were his [[VillainousValor cunning, desperation, and absolute refusal to give up.]]
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** Hell, '''any''' of the season finales counts, the season 2 finale arguably even more than the series finale.
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*** Note that this is not just Ancient Asian history. Many of the best references and parallels are actually from 20th century China and Japan. Ba Sing Se especially will ring a lot of bells for anyone who's been to China lately.
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* CharacterAlignment: Since the characters go through such incredible amounts of character development, almost all major characters change alignment over time.
** Aang: Starts out ChaoticGood, sobers up and starts to take his responsibilities more seriously, progressing through NeutralGood to become LawfulGood by season 3.
** Sokka: Starts out as a somewhat stiff and conservative LawfulGood, loosens up to NeutralGood about halfway through the first season and stays in that region for the rest of the series.
** Katara: Starts out as a more balancing NeutralGood who mediates between other group members and tries to keep the group together. Becomes more independent, assertive, and rash as the series goes on, arguably develops into ChaoticGood by season 3.
** Zuko: Starts out LawfulNeutral: He's working for an evil empire and is willing to carry out evil acts in the pursuit of his duty, but he doesn't cause destruction when he can avoid it, he is capable of empathy and self-sacrifice with his men and family members and, of course, has a strong sense of HONOURRRR!!!!. [[spoiler: After his exile in season 2 he shifts gears completely to Chaotic Neutral, he's still not cruel but he has lost faith in the world and is interested only in his own survival. He essentially remains this way until the Day of Black Sun where he starts to return to the path of honour, realizes how evil the people he follows are, and tries to find his own honour, essentially becoming LawfulGood.]]
** Toph: ChaoticGood or ChaoticNeutral.
** Azula: NeutralEvil or LawfulEvil.
** Ozai: NeutralEvil.
** Iroh: NeutralGood.
** May and Ty Lee: TrueNeutral.
** Aang: Starts out ChaoticGood, sobers up and starts to take his responsibilities more seriously, progressing through NeutralGood to become LawfulGood by season 3.
** Sokka: Starts out as a somewhat stiff and conservative LawfulGood, loosens up to NeutralGood about halfway through the first season and stays in that region for the rest of the series.
** Katara: Starts out as a more balancing NeutralGood who mediates between other group members and tries to keep the group together. Becomes more independent, assertive, and rash as the series goes on, arguably develops into ChaoticGood by season 3.
** Zuko: Starts out LawfulNeutral: He's working for an evil empire and is willing to carry out evil acts in the pursuit of his duty, but he doesn't cause destruction when he can avoid it, he is capable of empathy and self-sacrifice with his men and family members and, of course, has a strong sense of HONOURRRR!!!!. [[spoiler: After his exile in season 2 he shifts gears completely to Chaotic Neutral, he's still not cruel but he has lost faith in the world and is interested only in his own survival. He essentially remains this way until the Day of Black Sun where he starts to return to the path of honour, realizes how evil the people he follows are, and tries to find his own honour, essentially becoming LawfulGood.]]
** Toph: ChaoticGood or ChaoticNeutral.
** Azula: NeutralEvil or LawfulEvil.
** Ozai: NeutralEvil.
** Iroh: NeutralGood.
** May and Ty Lee: TrueNeutral.
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** Fire Lord Ozai also fits this trope.
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** many people didn't take Aang's actions in the finale well. [[InternetBackdraft Best not go there]].
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** Suki was originally meant to be a one-off character, but brought back by fan demand [[spoiler:and eventually becoming part of the Gaang.]]
** Mai is nowhere close to the extent of Ty Lee, but she has won over quite a few fans.
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** Suki was originally meant to be a one-off character, but they brought her back by fan demand [[spoiler:and she eventually becoming became part of the Gaang.]]
** Maiis nowhere close to the extent of Ty Lee, but she has won over quite a few fans.fans, though not as many as Ty Lee.
** Mai
** The term fell out of use after ''TheLegendOfKorra'' was announced, at least partially because of the UnfortunateImplications - it's now rarer to find someone in the fandom who calls themselves an Avatard than someone who doesn't.
** Actually, there's no evidence that the movie pronunciations are more "phonetically correct" at all. A better example of FanDumb would be how fans complained about the long hiatuses between seasons without considering how much time is needed for animation as quality as ''Avatar'''s was.
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* GeniusBonus: Dear. Lord. Everything. Ozai's title in the finale is probably a reference to the Chinese "fenghuang" (the phoenix lord of demons, which is symbolic in and of itself).
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** The sheer number of accurate details from different cultures is immensely rewarding for anyone familiar with Asian history.
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** '''Azulon''': Considering how little is known about him and how ambiguous the scenario involving him is, alternate interpretations have cropped up about the order to kill Zuko. Some see it as a sick display of affection and loyalty for his eldest son Iroh, others saw it as a SecretTestOfCharacter that went out of hand, much like Abraham being ordered to sacrifice Isaac in TheBible. It has even been suggested that he ''never'' gave any such order--that Azula made it up in order to pick on Zuko, and Ozai went along with the lie in order to gain Ursa's cooperation. One FanFic even suggested that when Azulon said that Ozai would feel the pain of losing his son, it was because Azulon wanted Zuko to become Iroh's heir.
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** '''Azulon''': Considering how little is known about him and how ambiguous the scenario involving him is, alternate interpretations have cropped up about the order to kill Zuko. Some see it as a sick display of affection and loyalty for his eldest son Iroh, others saw it as a SecretTestOfCharacter that went out of hand, much like Abraham being ordered to sacrifice Isaac in TheBible.Literature/TheBible. It has even been suggested that he ''never'' gave any such order--that Azula made it up in order to pick on Zuko, and Ozai went along with the lie in order to gain Ursa's cooperation. One FanFic even suggested that when Azulon said that Ozai would feel the pain of losing his son, it was because Azulon wanted Zuko to become Iroh's heir.
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* MagnificentBastard: Azula. Long Feng also tries, but he can't quite measure up to her.
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* ShipToShipCombat: Rivals ''HarryPotter'' for some of the fiercest battles (Zutara vs Kataang) of all time.
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* ShipToShipCombat: Rivals ''HarryPotter'' ''Literature/HarryPotter'' for some of the fiercest battles (Zutara vs Kataang) of all time.
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** There's also Aang's "Wait, is that a ''woman'' playing me?" Aang's stunt double in the movie is female.
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* LesYay: Toph with Katara. Which is pretty hilarious, considering there were plans for Katara to get a crush on Toph back when he was a [[WhatCouldHaveBeen boy.]] And with Suki, especially during that AccidentalKiss.
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* AndTheFandomRejoiced: Dark Horse [[http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/255/dark-horse-and-nickelodeon-bring-avatar-last-airbe has announced]] that they'll be publishing new canonical comics in early 2012 that bridge the gap between the end of the series and ''TheLegendOfKorra'', as well as an anthology of all the ''Avatar'' comics featured in the now defunct ''Nickelodeon Magazine''. Looks like the fans might get their "Book 4" after all.
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* AndTheFandomRejoiced: Dark Horse [[http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/255/dark-horse-and-nickelodeon-bring-avatar-last-airbe has announced]] that they'll be publishing new canonical comics in early 2012 that bridge the gap between the end of the series and ''TheLegendOfKorra'', ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLegendOfKorra'', as well as an anthology of all the ''Avatar'' comics featured in the now defunct ''Nickelodeon Magazine''. Looks like the fans might get their "Book 4" after all.
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* CreatorsPet: Some have argued that Katara is this, even moreso than ever now that it's known that [[spoiler: she's outlived (possibly) ALL the other main characters and is alive as an old master in the sequel series.]]
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