| 1 | Character page for {{Creator/Netflix}}'s live action adaptation of ''{{Series/Avatar The Last Airbender|2024}}''. Click [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbender here]] for the characters from the original Nickelodeon cartoon. |
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| 5 | !Team Avatar |
| 6 | [[folder:Aang]] |
| 7 | !!Avatar Aang |
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| 13 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"I'm the Avatar, and I'm gonna save the world, with my friends."'']] |
| 14 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Gordon Cormier |
| 15 | ->''"I like to play airball and eat banana cakes and goof off with my friends. That's who I am, not someone who can stop the Fire Nation. Not someone who can stop a war. The other kids always say I'm lucky because of the things I could do, but I'd trade places with any of them. I don't wanna leave. I don't want the responsibility. I'm scared of my power. I'm scared of being alone!"'' |
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| 17 | The youngest Airbender master in history, the last Airbender... and the Avatar who disappeared from the world for a hundred years. His reawakening instantly changes the political landscape of the world, even though he just wants to be normal. |
| 18 | ---- |
| 19 | * AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Aang suffers a lot more open angst about his situation, being a hundred years out of time and everyone he knew being dead, to say nothing of getting called out by people for supposedly failing his duty. He feels responsible for the siege in the north and his failings as an avatar haunt him a lot more. He's also far more reluctant about being the Avatar in general. Unlike his animated counterpart, his naturally powerful airbending actually made him initially dangerous to the other kids thanks to PowerIncontinence before he learned how to control it, leading him to become concerned if learning the other elements will lead to history repeating. |
| 20 | * AdaptationalRomanceDowngrade: Unlike the original incarnation, Aang doesn't have [[LoveAtFirstSight an immediate crush on Katara]]. |
| 21 | * AdaptationalWimp: In the original show, when Aang awoke from his 100 year coma, the first thing he does upon waking up is ask Katara to go penguin-slidding with him and is introduced as fairly energetic. Here, Aang gets out of the iceberg in the Avatar State and immediately faints since his body is not used to it yet. He only awakes in the Wolf Cove village after Katara and Sokka bring him there. |
| 22 | * AllLovingHero: Aang is willing to take a more peaceful approach with his enemies. Zuko in particular gets a lot of compassion from Aang as the boy is willing to save him in “Masks” and genuinely tries to bond with him while they’re hiding from Zhao’s search party. |
| 23 | * BadassAdorable: A cute, bald-headed kid who can BlowYouAway in a single swipe of his staff. |
| 24 | * BaldMystic: Aang was the youngest Air Nomad to ever get his tattoos and status as an airbending Master at 12 years old. He's also the Avatar, who has strong physical and spiritual abilities. |
| 25 | * BlessedWithSuck: Aang says all the other students at the Air Temple thought he didn't have to study to develop his powers because airbending came so easily to him. On the contrary; Aang's Airbending strength was so great that he had to learn to ''control'' his prodigious power, lest it end up hurting someone. And that was before he learned how carelessly he could accidentally hurt someone with uncontrolled use of the [[SuperMode Avatar State]]. |
| 26 | * BlowYouAway: Being an airbender, he can use the winds as both a defensive and offensive tactic. |
| 27 | * BornLucky: What he assumed was behind his natural skill at airbending, before Gyatso told him the truth. |
| 28 | * BreakTheCutie: Upon discovering his trashed homeland and seeing Gyatso's skeleton, Aang enters the Avatar State out of grief and can only cry into Katara's arms when he manages to snap out of it. |
| 29 | * BrilliantButLazy: He was good enough to be made an airbending master at the age of twelve, but openly admits to Zuko he'd goof off or take naps rather than study. |
| 30 | * CheerfulChild: Starts the series as an optimistic, goofy kid. While the effects of the Hundred Years war do get to him, Aang doesn't let go of his positivism and fun nature during his quest to become the Avatar. |
| 31 | * ChildProdigy: Due to being the Avatar, he was naturally a powerful airbender, with his training instead being devoted to keeping his airbending under control so he wouldn't accidentally hurt anyone. |
| 32 | * FishOutOfTemporalWater: As Aang soon comes to realize, a ''lot'' of things changed during the 100 years he was stuck in the iceberg, most importantly the world was ravaged by war and the other nations closed their borders to anyone else. Part of his characterization is a feeling that he is in a world he doesn't belong. [[spoiler:In the first season finale, this feeling of isolation is so strong Aang is unwilling to de-merge from the Ocean Spirit.]] |
| 33 | * HopeBringer: Explicitly called this at multiple points, as his return motivates those who've been terrorized by the Fire Nation to finally go on the offensive after having previously been worn down by a century of defending their homes. |
| 34 | * HumanPopsicle: He spent 100 years frozen in ice. |
| 35 | * ItsAllMyFault: |
| 36 | ** Blames himself for the Air Nomad genocide. [[spoiler:It takes a meeting with Gyatso in the Spirit World to get him to start moving on.]] |
| 37 | ** Does it again after the Siege of the North. Katara and Sokka both point out this is wrong. |
| 38 | * LastOfHisKind: The eponymous last airbender. |
| 39 | * NotQuiteFlight: Aang is able to float without his glider in this show, by controlling the air around him. |
| 40 | * OlderThanTheyLook: You wouldn't believe he is 112 years old at first glance. Granted, he was a HumanPopsicle for those hundred years, so he wouldn't have aged over that time. |
| 41 | * PowerIncontinence: When he was younger, and since he had no idea he was actually the Avatar, Aang was naturally a powerful airbender and had difficulty keeping his power under control. It almost caused his fellow airbenders to fall off a cliff, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone to his horror.]] |
| 42 | * PowerTattoo: His arrow tattoos glow when he's meditating or in the Avatar State. |
| 43 | * RefusalOfTheCall: When Aang learnes from Gyatso he is the Avatar and must start his training to stop the Fire Nation from causing a war, Aang panics and makes it clear he doesn't want the responsability. It's only when he awakes from 100 years in an iceberg and realizes the world has been plunged into war that Aang takes on his duty and aims to restore balance to the world. |
| 44 | * SoleSurvivor: Since he wasn't at the Southern Air Temple when it happened, Aang was the only Air Nomad that survived the genocide. |
| 45 | * SurvivorsGuilt: A huge part of Aang's development in the first season is to let go of the guilt of not being able to save his people from the Fire Nation's genocide. |
| 46 | * SympathyForTheDevil: Aang, seeing [[TraumaButton Zuko's reaction]] after he mentioned mercy and compassion, can't help but feel sorry for him and whatever he had to go through. |
| 47 | --> '''Aang:''' ''[staring at Zuko's scar]'' I have a feeling you've been hurt... ''more'' than enough. |
| 48 | * TranslatorMicrobes: A perk of being the Avatar is he can understand spirits, where normal humans cannot. |
| 49 | [[/folder]] |
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| 51 | [[folder:Katara]] |
| 52 | !!Katara |
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| 57 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/avatarthelastairbender2024katara.png]] |
| 58 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/{{Kiawentiio}}, Meadow Kingfisher (young) |
| 59 | ->''"Waterbending is what built our culture. Our way of life. Keeping it alive is our duty."'' |
| 60 | |
| 61 | The last Waterbender of the Southern Water Tribe, and younger sister of Sokka. She carries enormous guilt for her mother's death, and struggles to live up to the legacy of a Waterbender. |
| 62 | ---- |
| 63 | * AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: This time around, the trauma from witnessing her mother's death is at the forefront of Katara's character for the early episodes, with her waterbending being heavily hindered because of said trauma. |
| 64 | * AdaptationalBadass: In the cartoon series, Katara ended up being taught fighting techniques by Pakku (since she's his ex-bethroted's granddaughter). Here, Pakku considers her an excellent waterbender who doesn't need his tutelage, and Katara remains exclusively self-taught to the end of the first season. |
| 65 | * AdaptationalNiceGirl: Since the show skips past the events of "The Waterbending Scroll", or at least pieces the plot of the titular item apart in a much different way, Katara never snaps at Aang over his skill with waterbending. |
| 66 | * AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Downplayed. While Katara is still TheHeart of the team and a gentle, caring soul, she's far less [[TeamMom motherly]] towards Sokka and Aang than she was in the cartoon. She also lacks her animated counterpart's [[{{Tsundere}} explosive temper.]] |
| 67 | * AdaptationalRomanceDowngrade: She was Aang's main love interest in the series, whereas here his relationship with Katara is so far purely platonic. |
| 68 | * AdaptationalWimp: |
| 69 | ** Katara is capable of waterbending here, but starts off unable to do more than create ripples in a small pool of water until Aang gives her some advice. Only then is she able to levitate a sphere of water like in the original animated series. |
| 70 | ** Since the plot point of Zuko making off with an unconscious Aang at the North Pole is excised, their rematch ending in Katara decisively whupping his behind is left out, with only their first fight, which is interrupted by the building they're in being demolished before either can win, left in. |
| 71 | * AdaptedOut: Gets the Waterbending Scroll from her grandmother, not by stealing it from pirates. Aang also never burns her hands by accident, so Katara remains unaware of her culture's healing abilities until she meets Yagoda in the Northern Water Tribe. |
| 72 | * TheArtifact: Her necklace doesn't get stolen by pirates or used by Zuko to track her, nor does it apparently have the same backstory with Pakku. There's still a small implication that [[TragicKeepsake the necklace is actually her mother's]] as shown in "Omashu", as she's seen fiddling with it when she explains her mother to Jet. |
| 73 | * BadassBoast: While fighting Zuko at Agna Qel'a: |
| 74 | -->'''Zuko:''' [[MythologyGag You little peasant! You found a master, haven't you]]?\ |
| 75 | '''Katara:''' ''(traps Zuko in ice)'' Yes. You're looking at her! |
| 76 | * TheChiefsDaughter: Her father, Hakoda, is the Chief of the Southern Water Tribe. However, her father left at war three years prior the events of the series, so that trope in itself isn't a plot point. |
| 77 | * DeadpanSnarker: Whenever Sokka is involved, Katara always has a snarky comeback. |
| 78 | * HarmfulToMinors: As a child, Katara witnessed first-hand her mother being burned to death by a Fire Nation soldier, and could only silence her screams and cries as it happened. |
| 79 | * HealingHands: PlayedWith. Since the events of "The Deserter" were AdaptedOut, Katara's hands aren't burned by Aang in this series and thus she never knew she could use waterbending to heal until she gets to the North. When she takes healing classes with Yagoda, she claims that she is a natural at it, which hints Katara's healing abilities will be explored in further seasons. |
| 80 | * AnIcePerson: As she gets the hang of her waterbending abilities, Katara learns to freeze water as well. |
| 81 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: During an argument with Sokka underneath Omashu, she yells that he's not their dad. The next episode shows that Sokka's most painful memory is Hakoda dismissing his abilities as a warrior, a fact Katara is unaware of. |
| 82 | * LastOfHerKind: She is the last Southern Tribe Waterbender, as all the other ones were killed by Fire Nation. |
| 83 | * MakingASplash: She's a waterbender, and most specifically the last one of her tribe. |
| 84 | * NiceGirl: Definitely. She's kind, empathetic and is the one who never stopped believing in Aang from the get-go. |
| 85 | * PsychosomaticSuperpowerOutage: The reason this version of Katara struggles with waterbending so much for much of the first season is because she associates it with the memory of watching her mother get incinerated right in front of her. |
| 86 | * SlipknotPonytail: Her hair gets undone during her fight with Pakku. |
| 87 | * TragicKeepsake: Implied. While talking about her deceased mother to Jet, Katara can be seen holding her necklace. |
| 88 | * WorfHadTheFlu: In the final episode, after Zhao kills the Moon Spirit, Katara is depowered and can't bend while fighting Zuko. It's what stops her from delivering a CurbStompBattle to Zuko. |
| 89 | [[/folder]] |
| 90 | |
| 91 | [[folder:Sokka]] |
| 92 | !!Sokka |
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| 98 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Ian Ousley |
| 99 | ->''"It's a big responsibility, all these people's lives in your hands. Personally, I take that responsibility very seriously."'' |
| 100 | |
| 101 | The duly-appointed guardian of the Southern Water Tribe... due to being the oldest combat-capable person around. Katara's older brother, he is much less certain of Aang's destiny than his sister. |
| 102 | ---- |
| 103 | * AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: His relationship with Hakoda is much more strained, and Sokka has a lot of angst over whether he's even capable of being a warrior or not. |
| 104 | * AdaptationalBadass: On top of being less of a Butt-Monkey, Sokka puts up more of a fight when trying to fight Zuko, though he still loses the encounter. It's reflected visually as well: instead of having the build of a gangly mid-teenager, he has a more athletic build (which Suki gets [[EatingTheEyeCandy awkwardly fixated by]]) |
| 105 | * AdaptationalJerkass: Sokka is more willing to hand Aang over to Zuko to get him to leave, not doing so only after being dissuaded by Katara, is more hesitant to rescue Aang after he surrenders to Zuko, and is more willing to abandon Aang on his journey after he enters the Avatar State for the first time and scoffs at the idea of saving the world. That said, he does have a motive for this under BigBrotherInstinct. |
| 106 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: He isn't sexist at the start of the series like his original counterpart was. His initial dismissal of Katara's waterbending is also given greater context than him thinking bending is weird, as he wants to keep his sister from getting killed by the Fire Nation for being a waterbender. |
| 107 | * AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Sokka is not sexist, nor a ButtMonkey compared to his animated counterpart. While this Sokka have his fair share of comedic moments, he's far less of a [[LargeHam hammy]] PluckyComicRelief than Cartoon Sokka. |
| 108 | * AgeLift: Minor example; he's sixteen here while his animated counterpart was fifteen. |
| 109 | * AmazonChaser: Is clearly impressed when Suki easily overpowers him in a fight. |
| 110 | * AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Sokka spends most of the first season being annoyed by Momo and his antics. But when Momo gets hurt [[spoiler:and is on the verge of death after rescuing a child from falling debrits]], Sokka is terrified of losing him and is on the verge of tears. Sure enough when he gets better thanks to Yue, the first thing Sokka does is hug Momo. |
| 111 | * BattleBoomerang: Like in the original series, though here Sokka appears less skilled with it and only uses it once. |
| 112 | * BigBrotherInstinct: The reason he discourages Katara from waterbending is because he wants to protect her from the Fire Nation, who have been systematically eradicating the waterbenders in the Southern Water Tribe. His motivation for abandoning Aang early on is due to him fearing what will happen to the village without him protecting it as well as Aang potentially harming his sister should he go into the Avatar State again. |
| 113 | * ButtMonkey: Heavily downplayed when you compare to the slapstick Cartoon Sokka went through, but he still has his moments. |
| 114 | * CannotTalkToWomen: Since there was no girls his age range in his village, Sokka is very nervous when encountering girls, if his interactions with Suki and Yue are of any indication. [[ChickMagnet That doesn't stop him from succeeding in his conquests, however]]. |
| 115 | * CarryABigStick: Sokka's main weapon of choice is a club. |
| 116 | * ChickMagnet: Only this season alone Sokka romances three girls, Suki, an unnamed Firebender warrior and Yue. |
| 117 | * DeadpanSnarker: He's still got the sarcasm down. |
| 118 | * TheDutifulSon: After his father left him in charge of the Wolf Cove when he went to war, Sokka takes his responsabilities ''very'' seriously. He promised his father he would take care of everyone, and puts a lot of pressure on his shoulders to be a good leader, warrior and brother. |
| 119 | * EndearinglyDorky: Whenever he's around a girl he finds cute, he becomes a nervous, blabbering mess. |
| 120 | * HasAType: Judging by Suki and Yue, he has a thing for selfless, independent gals who can and will sass him to pieces. |
| 121 | * ILetGwenStacyDie: Blames himself for [[spoiler:Yue sacrificing herself, even though she preemptively froze his feet so he couldn't stop her]]. Her father is far more accepting of the situation, assuring Sokka that his presence meant [[spoiler:Yue wasn't alone when she passed.]] |
| 122 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Helping the Mechanist with his designs inadvertently leads to the Fire Nation developing the war balloon, which Zhao uses to get into the Spirit Oasis, adding an extra layer of guilt to Yue's death.]] |
| 123 | * NoodleIncident: Flirted with a girl who unbeknownst to him was a Fire Nation soldier and sold him and his friends out, which sparked the opening chase from "" |
| 124 | * SadClown: In their first meeting, Yue notes he tends to use jokes when avoiding talking about stuff. |
| 125 | * TeacherStudentRomance: He becomes Suki's student in martial arts in "Warriors", and they quickly get smitten with one another. |
| 126 | * WellDoneSonGuy: Part of Sokka's angst is to prove to himself, and by extension his father, that he is a good warrior. His worst memory is overhearing his father voice his disappointment in his abilities. |
| 127 | [[/folder]] |
| 128 | |
| 129 | [[folder:Appa]] |
| 130 | !!Appa |
| 131 | [[quoteright:852:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/appa_5.jpg]] |
| 132 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MatthewYangKing |
| 133 | |
| 134 | Aang's loyal companion and spirit animal, a sky bison, and Team Avatar's main form of transportation. |
| 135 | ---- |
| 136 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: While his current design is fairly similar to the one from the cartoon, this Appa is ''far cuter'' than the Appa from the live-action movie which was given ''lemur eyes'' for some reason. |
| 137 | * AdaptationalNameChange: In the cartoon, his species are called Flying Bison before getting a SuddenNameChange to Sky Bison later on. Here, they are called Sky Bisons from the beginning for consistency. |
| 138 | * BlowYouAway: Being a Sky Bison, Appa is the original airbending species. While not showcased, he can airbend using his breath or flapping his flat tail. |
| 139 | * CryogenicallyFrozen: Was frozen in the iceberg alongside Aang after he entered the Avatar State, saving both their lives and remaining in ice for a complete century. |
| 140 | * CuteGiant: A large, fluffy six-legged creature and loyal companion to the Avatar. |
| 141 | * DemotedToExtra: In the first season of the animated series, Appa took part of a lot of fights by blowing opponents away using his tail to protect his owner. This Appa, due to [=CGI=] contraints, has less screentime, and thus no moments where he is seen doing anything else than carrying the team across the world. |
| 142 | * {{Familiar}}: Aang's loyal and loving pet, and his spiritual animal guide (each Avatar has one). |
| 143 | * GentleGiant: An enormous fluffy bison hybrid, and Aang's loyal and friendly pet. |
| 144 | * HorseOfADifferentColor: A six-legged, giant bison with the ability of flight, he's the team's main mean of transport. |
| 145 | * LastOfHisKind: Following the Air Nomad genocide, Appa is the last Sky Bison remaining. |
| 146 | * NonHumanSidekick: Each Avatar has a spiritual companion, and Appa has this role for Aang. |
| 147 | * PhraseCatcher: "Appa, yip-yip!" |
| 148 | * SignatureTeamTransport: His main role is to carry Aang and his friends across whatever destination they need to go on the globe. |
| 149 | * TeamPet: Appa's pet, and the team's main mean of transport. |
| 150 | * UndyingLoyalty: To Aang. In Air Nomad culture, each airbender bonds with a sky bison, and that bond lasts for life. |
| 151 | [[/folder]] |
| 152 | |
| 153 | [[folder:Momo]] |
| 154 | !!Momo |
| 155 | [[quoteright:482:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/momo_62.png]] |
| 156 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MatthewYangKing |
| 157 | |
| 158 | A flying lemur who joins Aang and his friends on their quest. |
| 159 | ---- |
| 160 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: Downplayed: while not ugly, Cartoon Momo's design looks more silly than cute. This adaptation pushes the adorable factor to the roof by giving him a realistic lemur appearance, but keeping his cute large eyes, in contrast to the live-action film which ''just'' gave him a realistic lemur's face to horrifying effect. |
| 161 | * AdaptationalIntelligence: In the cartoon series, Momo was incapable of understanding human speech. Here, he seems to understand it, as he whimpers when Sokka tells he's sure Momo TastesLikeChicken. |
| 162 | * AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Contrary to the Momo from the original series, this Momo understands human speech perfectly. |
| 163 | * BigEater: His main character trait is his huge appetite, as he is introduced trying to take food from Katara's bag and steals a piece of meat from Sokka at some point. |
| 164 | * ADeathInTheLimelight: Of the DisneyDeath variety. Momo has a brief arc involving him getting crushed after performing a HeroicSacrifice on a little girl about to be crushed by concrete debris. He's between life and death, and it's Yue who saves him after bringing him to the Oasis. |
| 165 | * DeathIsCheap: Is barely alive after chunks of concrete crush him, and completely recovers once Yue heals him in the Oasis. |
| 166 | * DemotedToExtra: Due to budget contraints for the use of [=CGI=], he and Appa are far less prominent in the series compared the cartoon, although Momo does have a scene where he gets saved from certain death by Yue after being crushed by debris. |
| 167 | * ExpressiveEars: His large ears lower when he's sad or scared, and perk when curious, startled or happy. |
| 168 | * ForegoneConclusion: Momo is around the entire span of the cartoon series. It's easy to assume he doesn't die of his wounds after getting crushed by concrete and that Yue using her powers within the Oasis' waters will heal him. |
| 169 | * HeroicSacrifice: Rescues a little girl from falling debrits and gets crushed as a result, to Sokka's horror. Thankfully,Yue saves his life by bringing him to the Oasis. |
| 170 | * LastOfHisKind: Implied to be the last flying lemur left, as no other members of his species can be seen when Aang, Katara and Sokka are at the Southern Air Temple. Aang even lampshades that the sky used to be ''filled'' with them. |
| 171 | * LightIsGood: White in color, and is a sweet and loyal critter who accompanies the Avatar and his friends on their quest to save the world. |
| 172 | * PluckyComicRelief: Like in the cartoon, but it's more blatant in this series considering the DarkerAndEdgier tone compared to his predecessor. |
| 173 | * MischiefMakingMonkey: Momo is a lemur, but the mischief part still stands. |
| 174 | * MixAndMatchCritters: Take a sifaka lemur, give it large pointy ears and mix it with a bat, you get Momo. |
| 175 | * NonHumanSidekick: Like Appa, Momo is a loyal animal companion to Team Avatar, mostly to Sokka as of the Season One finale. |
| 176 | * RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Like in the cartoon, but the live action effect makes him look even more adorable. |
| 177 | * StickyFingers: Has a tendency to steal food, to Sokka's dismay. |
| 178 | * TeamPet: Shares this role with Appa. |
| 179 | [[/folder]] |
| 180 | |
| 181 | !Fire Nation |
| 182 | !!Royal Family |
| 183 | [[folder:Zuko]] |
| 184 | !!Prince Zuko |
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| 189 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/avatarthelastairbender2024zuko.png]] |
| 190 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Dallas Liu |
| 191 | ->''"Let me make something clear. Our mission is vital to the future of the Fire Nation, and so we will find the Avatar. We will prove ourselves worthy, and we will see our homes and families again... or we will die trying."'' |
| 192 | |
| 193 | Crown Prince of the Fire Nation, sent to hunt down the Avatar. The fact that this was supposed to be an ImpossibleTask does little to deter him. |
| 194 | ---- |
| 195 | * AdaptationalBadass: Zuko does end up putting up a fight against Ozai when the latter forces the former to duel him in Agni Kai, but loses due to refusing to follow through on a blow to the face that would've hurt his father, prompting Ozai to scar Zuko the way Zuko would have scarred him had he ragefully followed through. |
| 196 | * AdaptationalHeroism: In the original series, Zuko is willing to hire June to capture Aang the moment he sees her bounty hunting in action. Here, Zuko is appalled at the thought of hiring any bounty hunter to capture Aang (mainly because he thinks it's shameful to resort to such tactics), only to be convinced by Iroh that he needs to do the unexpected to get a leg up on Zhao's own hunt for Aang. |
| 197 | * AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: |
| 198 | ** In the original, Ozai wore his contempt for Zuko on his sleeve, never so much as bothering to conceal it, even to Zuko himself. Here, while Ozai is still harsh and imperious to his son, he shows approval for Zuko when he does something Ozai thinks worthwhile, and deserving of recognition, to the point he even defends him to Azula. Granted, it's implied that he only favors Zuko as far as he proves himself worth it, and could lose it just as easily. |
| 199 | ** Zuko's relationship with his cousin, Lu Ten, was never directly shown, but unlike Ozai and Azula, who treated Lu Ten's death with [[LackOfEmpathy complete apathy]] and exploited Iroh's grief to take the throne, Zuko held high respect for his late cousin. Here, the two cousins were close as Lu Ten always gave Zuko [[CoolBigBro company and comfort]] whenever [[AbusiveParent Ozai]] gave him a bad day, and Zuko was equally devastated by the loss of his cousin. |
| 200 | * AgeLift: Minor example; he's seventeen here while his animated counterpart was sixteen. |
| 201 | * AllForNothing: [[spoiler:After spending three years of searching the world for the Avatar, Zhao reveals to Zuko that his entire "[[ImpossibleTask mission]]" was all just Ozai's plot to inspire Azula to become his ultimate pawn. Even if Zuko succeeded, his father would still think him too weak to ever take back. Zuko does ''not'' take this well.]] |
| 202 | * AmbitionIsEvil: Played with. Zuko's motivation for finding the Avatar is not to restore his honor (in fact, he hardly mentions the word), but so that he can be restored as heir to the throne. However, it's also pretty clear that Zuko has no plan for what to do ''after'' that. As he admits to Aang, he's doing it because he believes that's what everyone ''expects'' of him. |
| 203 | * AndThenWhat: In the first season finale, Zuko finds himself [[spoiler:without a goal nor a home now that he knows that he was nothing but a pawn for Azula and his father, who never planned to have him back in the first place and has branded him a traitor]]. He doesn't know what he'll do, all that he knows is that he's ''tired''. |
| 204 | * {{Angrish}}: He's so ''livid'' when Zhao taunts him [[spoiler:that his father would've never taken him back and he's nothing but a test for Azula]], Zuko can't even form a coherent sentence and cries unintelligible noises in rage. |
| 205 | * BadassBookworm: Zuko's obsession with finding the Avatar means his room is crammed with all manner of notes, scrawlings and trinkets gathered from every corner of the world, and his learnings all compiled in a handy notebook. This actually does Aang a service, since thanks to the war and the Fire Nation a lot of information had been destroyed or passed out of general knowledge, and Zuko's meticulous eye for detail means it's a pretty handy source of information. |
| 206 | * BigDamnHeroes: Jumps to his uncle rescue's when he gets taken by Earth Kingdom soldiers. |
| 207 | * BerserkerTears: After Zhao taunts him that [[spoiler:his father was using him to test Azula and he was never meant to return home]], Zuko can only scream in anger while tears go down his face. |
| 208 | * BurnScarsBurningPowers: Zuko got his burn scar during an Agni Kai against his own father. Hesitating to give the final blow is what caused [[UngratefulBastard Ozai to burn his face to teach him a lesson]]. |
| 209 | * DeadpanSnarker: See his reaction when Lieutenant Jee brushes off the claims of a witness seeing "kids playing with ice blocks": |
| 210 | -->'''Zuko''': [''blinks in disbelief''] So someone saw ''ice'' in a place where ''no ice'' should exist? Some people would call that unusual, wouldn't they, Lieutenant Jee? Unless they were an ''idiot''! |
| 211 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: Zuko is an impulsive, temperamental teenager, and is often really bad at thinking things through. |
| 212 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: |
| 213 | ** He might be violent, dangerous and ruthless in his goal to capture the Avatar, he truly loves and cares about his uncle Iroh, who is the closest thing he has to an actual father. |
| 214 | ** He genuinely loves his father Ozai and wants to make him proud, but his compassion causes him to hesitate in the Agni Kai against his father, which pisses off Ozai because he wants a son that shows no mercy to anyone, even to his own kin. Despite the fact he was scarred and burned by his own father, Zuko still insists that Ozai is a great man and rejects any obvious evidence on the contrary. |
| 215 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Is disgusted by the thought of committing anonymous bombings to get at opponents, since it lacks honor. |
| 216 | * EvilIsHammy: Obviously, it's Zuko: anything can screamed in a dramatic manner. |
| 217 | * TheExile: Forbidden from returning to the Fire Nation on pain of death unless he finds and brings back the Avatar... who hasn't been seen in ''a hundred years''. [[spoiler:But according to Zhao, even if Zuko ''had'' succeeded, Ozai would still think of him too weak to accept back and was merely using him to shape his younger sister, Azula, into his greatest pawn. It painfully sinks into Zuko that all of his attempts to capture Aang throughout the season was ultimately AllForNothing and he's now been branded a traitor to his own country.]] |
| 218 | * ExtremelyProtectiveChild: Towards his uncle Iroh. He gives up his chance on capturing Aang when he is close by in order to rescue Iroh from ending up in a prison for war criminals. When an Earth Kingdom soldier throws a knife in Iroh's back, Zuko knocks his lights off with a kick. |
| 219 | * EyeScream: His father burned him on the eye during their Agni Kai. While it didn't harm his vision, it's still a jarring reminder of his father's abuse. |
| 220 | * FriendlessBackground: The closest thing he has to a friend at the moment is Iroh. Aside from that, it's not clear if he ''ever'' had any friends back home. |
| 221 | * HiddenDepths: If his notebook or his room is of any indication, this Zuko appears to be a skilled artist. He even draws a pretty accurate sketch of Aang after seeing him closely for only a few minutes. |
| 222 | * HiddenHeartOfGold: There is still good and compassion in him, it's just buried under the pain, and he refuses to show it to anyone after the "lesson" his father taught him about compassion and mercy. However, it tends to show mostly around [[MoralityChain his uncle]]. |
| 223 | * ImportantHaircut: He shaved his hair to its current look somewhere after his exile began. |
| 224 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Zuko doesn't seem to understand that not everybody shares his maniacal obsession with capturing Aang. |
| 225 | * MeanBoss: Endlessly rude or hostile to the crew of his ship, which has left them with an extremely dim view of him. This lightens up after they learn more about the circumstances of his banishment. |
| 226 | * MissingMom: His mother Ursa is missing under as-yet unclear circumstances. |
| 227 | * MythologyGag: Zuko's last dialogue in the season finale is the same one from the cartoon's first season: "I'm tired." |
| 228 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: All of Zuko's notes on the past Avatars are so fiercely accurate, that it actually helped Aang. |
| 229 | * PlayingWithFire: A firebender fueled by his rage and agony, which makes him a fierce fighter. |
| 230 | * PoseOfSupplication: When he realized he was challenged to an Agni Kai by ''his father'', a young Zuko fell to his knees and begged for forgiveness. Ozai brushes it off and orders him to get up and fight. |
| 231 | * ReplacementGoldfish: It's clear that Iroh sees Zuko [[LikeASonToMe like his son]] since Lu Ten's death. If anything, Zuko is his LivingEmotionalCrutch, since Iroh claims that "everything he needs is on this boat" when Zuko gets banished. |
| 232 | * RoyalBrat: In the eyes of his crew, who just see his rude, short-tempered, tantrum-throwing side, just as in the original series. |
| 233 | * ShrinkingViolet: When he was younger. He was very nervous about going to a war meeting, and stuttered when asked for his opinion. This trait is ''gone'' by the present day, thanks to the trauma Zuko endured. |
| 234 | * StalkerWithoutACrush: His room on his ship even looks like a StalkerShrine, covered with memorabilia and drawings of the Avatar and a map of their recorded movements, and when he meets Aang he furiously scribbles a drawing of him and adds that to the collection, but Zuko's obsession with the Avatar is purely so he can go home. |
| 235 | * TantrumThrowing: After Aang steals his notebook, Zuko trashes his room in frustration looking for it (though Aang escaping him also contributes to the carnage). |
| 236 | * ThisCannotBe: In the second episode, his reaction to seeing Kyoshi (channeled through Aang) pull a BigDamnHeroes to save Katara is to exclaim "Impossible!" |
| 237 | * TraumaButton: Don't mention things like mercy or compassion around him. Just... don't. |
| 238 | * TheUnfavorite: Surprisingly downplayed. The original show made it abjectly clear that Ozai heavily favored Azula, and rarely ever spared Zuko the time of day. Here, it's indicated that Ozai doesn't have any distinct favorites, and only favors either of his children depending on what they do to get it. Indeed, when Zuko starts showing accomplishment, Ozai begins to display favor towards him, and becomes less approving of Azula. [[spoiler:However, Zhao reveals that Ozai ''never'' intended to take Zuko back, even if he succeeded his ImpossibleTask. Apparently, all his talk of "favoring" Zuko was solely to fuel Azula's desire so he can shape her to become his "true heir" (although that could have also been Azula lying to Zhao or engaging in wishful thinking, which leans this into a ''very'' AmbiguousSituation).]] |
| 239 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: If Iroh's flashbacks are anything to go by, Zuko was painfully endearing when he was younger. He gave his condolences and company to his uncle after the death of his cousin Lu Ten, and spoke up when a crew of recruits were going to be used as a live bait. It was his good heart and compassion that led to [[AbusiveParents Ozai]] burning and banishing him, and three years at sea searching for an Avatar that may or may not exist soured Zuko up considerably. We see a glimpse of the friendly young man surface again for a moment during "Masks" as they're hiding from Zhao's search parties, and he and Aang start to connect, but then Aang says the wrong thing prompting Ozai's VirtueIsWeakness indoctrination to reassert in Zuko and then it's back to enmity with Aang. |
| 240 | * VillainousBreakdown: Has one in the Season One finale after learning [[spoiler:he was used by his father to test Azula, who helped Zhao hinder him from the beginning, and that he was never meant to return home in the first place, whether he succeeded his ImpossibleTask or not]]. He can only [[{{Angrish}} scream in rage in Zhao's face]] and can't hold back his BerserkerTears. |
| 241 | * WellDoneSonGuy: Even after everything Ozai's done to him, Zuko is still desperate to please him, and angrily insists to Aang that in spite of all the evidence he is "a great man". |
| 242 | * WhatYouAreInTheDark: |
| 243 | ** When infiltrating Omashu's prison, Zuko realizes that Aang is within reach, but also that his uncle was sent to The Pit, a prison for war criminals that no one comes back from. What does he choose to do? Rescue his uncle. |
| 244 | ** Not drawn attention to, but when he rescues Iroh he chides him for showing mercy to the Earth Kingdom soldiers... even though Zuko himself didn't kill the man when he attacked and makes no effort to kill him even when he wounded Iroh, instead prioritizing just getting away. |
| 245 | ** He could have told his crew [[spoiler: he's the reason they're alive instead of being sacrificed as a diversion]], but he said nothing. |
| 246 | * WorfHadTheFlu: Evenly matched with Katara during the battle of the North, but Zuko was worn out by his infiltration of the North, which involved swimming through ''arctic waters'', while Katara was powered up by the full moon. Basically his Firebending was at its absolute weakest while Katara's Waterbending was at its best. |
| 247 | [[/folder]] |
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| 249 | [[folder:Uncle Iroh]] |
| 250 | !!Iroh (formerly General Iroh) |
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| 256 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/PaulSunHyungLee |
| 257 | ->''"Some people say it is within our nature to expand and consume like fire itself. Others believe that true stability in this world can only happen under our rule, so the drive to conquer is a drive for peace and unity."'' |
| 258 | |
| 259 | Former Crown Prince of the Fire Nation before his younger brother Ozai took the throne, and famed Dragon of the West. Zuko's uncle, he tries to encourage his nephew to live well instead of aggressively pursuing the Avatar above all. |
| 260 | ---- |
| 261 | * AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Downplayed. Iroh has always been heavily affected by the death of his son in previous versions, which led to him becoming disillusioned with the war itself. But this Iroh is also confronted by Earth Kingdom soldiers who blame him for causing the deaths of their loved ones due to being the general that laid siege to Ba Sing Se. Though Iroh doesn't openly apologize for it, his somber expression makes it clear he regrets his role in that siege and all the lives he took directly or indirectly and deep down knows [[MyGreatestFailure he got his son killed.]] |
| 262 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the original series, [[DirtyOldMan Iroh has an almost-out-of-character attraction towards June]] to the point he willingly fakes his own paralysis just to enjoy having June's paralyzed body on top of him. Here, he only has professional respect for June and if anything, he's more confused and playful when June flirts with him. On a much lighter note, he also doesn't commit the small act of theft he performed in that same episode. |
| 263 | * AdaptationalVillainy: Downplayed. The original Iroh barely helps Zuko hunt Aang, and often tries to slow his nephew down with side trips such as market shopping and hot springs. This Iroh, while still preferring to go on market trips than hunting Aang, does offer Zuko actual advice on how to capture the Avatar, such as hiring a bounty hunter to gain an advantage over his rivals, but retains his hesitance in doing so. Similarly, he still possesses a degree of imperialistic pride in the Fire Nation even if he is now personally against its war. |
| 264 | * AffablyEvil: From Aang's perspective, Iroh is easily the nicest and most reasonable Firebender he has ever encountered in present day, far more so than Zuko, to the extent he can't grasp why Iroh would willingly help him. While he does help Zuko hunt Aang several times in the show, it's only to prevent his nephew from falling into despair, and it's heavily implied that he would have otherwise let Aang go. |
| 265 | * AntiVillain: Unlike in the original series, he ''does'' assist Zuko in hunting down Aang on a few occasions but only because the hunt for the Avatar is the only thing keeping his nephew from falling into despair. |
| 266 | * AttentionDeficitOohShiny: His attention is easily taken away by the things he likes or finds entertaining, such as becoming distracted by sticky rice whilst in the middle of imparting some wisdom to Zuko. He later becomes distracted watching a game of Pai Sho, though the tactics of the players actually give him the idea [[spoiler:of employing June to track down and capture the Avatar.]] |
| 267 | * BadassBoast: [[MythologyGag The same one used in the animated series]], when Zhao threatens to kill the Moon Spirit: |
| 268 | -->'''Iroh''': Whatever you do to that spirit, I'll unleash on you TENFOLD! |
| 269 | * BadassInDistress: Gets captured offscreen to save Zuko in Omashu, and it's up to his nephew to rescue him from being sent to "The Pit", a concentration camp for war criminals who never come back from it. Iroh is still the Dragon of The West, but specically ''chooses'' not to fight back, [[BadassPacifist because that's just who he is]]. |
| 270 | * BadassPacifist: He's the feared Dragon of the West, but if a situation can avoid direct confrontation, Iroh will be this. Even then, Iroh refuses to kill anyone, stating that the world has seen enough death as it is. [[spoiler: Unless you try to murder his nephew. Zhao found that out the hard way.]] |
| 271 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Iroh isn't afraid to get dangerous when need be. He threatens Zhao to try and get him to release the Moon Spirit and when Zhao kills it anyway, Iroh gets '''angry'''. [[spoiler: He's also the one who kills Zhao when he tries to firebend Zuko InTheBack.]] |
| 272 | * BigFun: A bit more openly fond of food than tea, and he tries to lift Zuko's spirits by cracking jokes sometimes. Reception is frosty at best. |
| 273 | * CainAndAbel: The kind and gentle Abel to his brother Ozai's cruel and murderous Cain. It's more jarring in this series, where they actually interact contrary to the original cartoon. |
| 274 | * CallForward: Iroh's firebending here sounds like dragon roars; not only is he known as "The Dragon of the West", the third season of the cartoon series revealed that Iroh learned firebending from dragons (the original Firebenders) and protected the last remaining two since all the other dragons were slaughtered by the Fire Nation. |
| 275 | * CaptainObvious: When he and Zuko arrive at a small Earth Kingdom village and see some locals talking animatedly about the return of the Avatar, Iroh's reaction is to quietly state that it seems like these people have already heard of the Avatar, earning him an exasperated look from Zuko. |
| 276 | * ConstantlyCurious: He's always willing to try and learn or experience new things, especially if there's food involved, and tries to get an unreceptive Zuko to do the same. |
| 277 | * CoolUncle: To Zuko. He is wise, patient and helpful in his quest, but not without adding some humor in the mix. |
| 278 | * CulturedBadass: Has a fondness for playing Pai Sho, and a great knowledge of Earth Kingdom architecture, albeit one gathered from several decades fighting them. |
| 279 | * DeadpanSnarker: About the only person who can get away with snark aimed at Zuko: |
| 280 | -->'''Zuko''': When have I ever caused trouble? |
| 281 | -->'''Iroh''': [''{{beat}}''] When indeed. |
| 282 | ** When Iroh asks Zuko what his plan is in "The North": |
| 283 | -->'''Zuko''': The plan? The plan is to prove my father wasn't wrong trusting me with this mission. ''The plan'' is to go in and capture the Avatar once and for all! '''''The plan''''' is to reclaim what's rightfully MINE! |
| 284 | -->'''Iroh''': [''{{beat}}''] So no plan? |
| 285 | * DeathGlare: Gives a major one to the callous guard holding him captive and [[DefiantCaptive about to crush him with a rock.]] |
| 286 | * DefiantCaptive: When taken to a concentration camp, the Earthbending guard in charge of the travel beats him and treats him like less than human as revenge for causing the death of his brother when Iroh was beseiging Ba Sing Se. Iroh doesn't let him crush his spirits, even dropping this line on him, which angers the guard so much he tries to ''crush him with a boulder'': |
| 287 | -->'''Iroh''': War pushes us to the edge. Some of us don't like what we find here. |
| 288 | -->'''Guard''': Is that your pitiful way of saying you're sorry for what you did? |
| 289 | -->'''Iroh''': [''DeathGlare''] I wasn't talking about ''me!'' |
| 290 | * DramaticIrony: The Earthbending Guard in charge of transferring Iroh to the Pit accuses Iroh of having no humanity, and having no idea what loss is. Of course, the audience and fans of the original series know this isn't true ''at all'', and the following scene shows that Iroh lost his son during the Siege at Ba Sing Se. |
| 291 | * HazyFeelTurn: Iroh clearly has changed since the death of his son, and his distaste for war is made evident by his refusal to kill. However, he avoids outright condemning the Fire Nation when people like Aang question him about his stances, making it difficult to know if Iroh is still loyal to the Fire Nation in Season One or if he had already turned against it, but is keeping his head low for the time being. |
| 292 | * ICantLookGesture: He turns his head at the moment his brother scars Zuko on the eye, not daring to watch it unfold. |
| 293 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fECaw0QVyd8 An orchestral rendition of "Leaves From The Vine"]], the song Iroh sang to his son's shrine in the original series, play during heartfelt moments between Iroh and Zuko. |
| 294 | * LikeASonToMe: Not as explicit as the original version, but the sentiment between him and Zuko is still there. |
| 295 | * TheMentor: To his nephew Zuko. Not only does he help with his physical training, he mostly gives him tactical advice on how to capture the Avatar and tries to reason with him when Zuko faces an issue (key word on "trying", since considering it's Zuko, he rarely listens). |
| 296 | * MoralityChain: About the ''only'' person who can bring out a smidgen of Zuko's [[HiddenHeartOfGold better nature]]. |
| 297 | * MustMakeHerLaugh: Rare gender-inverted, non-romantic example; he frequently tries to crack jokes to lighten Zuko's considerably darkened spirits. They don't work. Saying he was going to stick with Zuko '''''almost''''' did it, though. |
| 298 | * MyGreatestFailure: His siege on Ba Sing Se is this to him, since it led to the death of his only son, Lu Ten. By the present day, Iroh also deeply regrets causing so many deaths during that time, as [[WasItReallyWorthIt his belief in war as justified has been shattered.]] |
| 299 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Back when he was a feared General leading the Siege on Ba Sing Se, Iroh gained the nickname "The Dragon of the West". |
| 300 | * NiceGuy: Of course he's this, it's Uncle Iroh! |
| 301 | * NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: He spares the life of a cruel guard who beat him during his travel to a prisoner camp. His reward for it? The guard throws a knife in his back. |
| 302 | * NonAnswer: Iroh never gives a straight answer to either Aang or the Earth Kingdom solider of his personal stances on the war. Often, he gives a detailed summary of why the Fire Nation as a whole believes in world conquest or why [[JustFollowingOrders he's expected to have blood on his hands]]. But he doesn't actually answer their questions, as if he's still trying to find any good thing that came out of the Fire Nation's war campaign despite his personal experiences telling him otherwise. |
| 303 | * OneManArmy: After Zhao kills the Moon Spirit, Iroh fights through his men without so much as breaking a sweat. |
| 304 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: He lost his son Lu Ten during his siege at Ba Sing Se, which crumbled his world and caused the beginning of a HeelFaceTurn that remains in motion as he travels alongside Zuko. |
| 305 | * PapaWolf: Very protective of his nephew Zuko. [[spoiler:When Zhao was going to firebend Zuko InTheBack, Iroh jumps in and burns Zhao, making him fall into the waters of the North Pole and leaving him to an unknown fate]]. It can be easily explained that Iroh already lost one son, and won't let anything happen to the one he has now. |
| 306 | * ParentalSubstitute: Iroh takes on a fatherly role for his nephew, trying to help him focus on enjoying life instead of chasing after Aang. His demeanor seemed to truly begin before Zuko’s banishment as Iroh disapproved of his brother’s treatment of Zuko, unable to understand how a man could be so cruel to his own son. |
| 307 | * PlayingWithFire: Iroh is a firebender, but prefers to use his bending as a last resort. |
| 308 | * RetiredMonster: Nice, polite, cheerful, easily distracted by food... feared and loathed by the Earth Kingdom as the monstrous Dragon of the West, who laid siege to Ba Sing Se for nearly two years, and killed a ''lot'' of people in that time. |
| 309 | * SingleTear: When Zuko offers him his son's medal and stays by his side during Lu Ten's funeral, Iroh's composure slightly breaks as he cries a lone tear. |
| 310 | * SilverFox: At least June thinks so, something which both delights and confuses him. |
| 311 | * TokenGoodTeammate: He's from the Fire Nation Royal Family, but he's polite, kind and empathetic, which is a stark contrast to anyone else that share his heritage. |
| 312 | * ThousandYardStare: Stares blankly ahead of him during the funeral of his son Lu Ten. |
| 313 | * TrademarkFavoriteDrink: While he's not ''quite'' as obsessive about tea as previous versions, he still has some fondness for it, jokingly claiming that his bag full of tea is all he needs. |
| 314 | * TragicKeepsake: During Lu Ten's funeral, Zuko gives his uncle one of Lu Ten's medals that his cousin gave to him because he believed it should belong to someone "destined to do great things". Iroh is deeply touched by that gesture, and still carries his son's medal to the present day. |
| 315 | * UndyingLoyalty: With the reason given a different context; no longer guilt for inviting Zuko to the war meeting that led to his banishment, but for Zuko being there for him after Lu Ten died when no-one else was. |
| 316 | * WasItReallyWorthIt: Is often confronted by this question from Aang and others opposing the Fire Nation. Iroh doesn't directly answer, likely out of fear of being seen as a traitor to the Fire Nation, but he heavily hints his distaste for the war underneath his explanations for why the Fire Nation does what it's currently doing, especially when it came to personal loss. |
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| 319 | [[folder:Fire Lord Ozai]] |
| 320 | !!Fire Lord Ozai |
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| 326 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"Compassion is a sign of weakness."'']] |
| 327 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/DanielDaeKim |
| 328 | ->''"Tyranny? Don't you mean... unity? Prosperity? Are we not the greatest nation in the world? Have I not led us to the brink of bringing the entire world under one rule, our rule, to ensure an era of peace?"'' |
| 329 | |
| 330 | Ruler of the Fire Nation, father of Zuko and Azula, younger brother to Iroh. Ozai took the throne under complicated circumstances, but has been leading the Fire Nation to glory ever since. He exiled his son to hunt for the Avatar, never expecting he'd actually have a chance to succeed. |
| 331 | ---- |
| 332 | * ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Under Ozai's regime, rebellions and assassination attempts within the Fire Nation are high enough for the Fire Lord treat it like another daily routine rather than a serious problem. His disregard for his people's well-being actually caused some of his soldiers, [[spoiler:namely the 41st Division]], to swear loyalty to Prince Zuko over him. And the subjects who remain loyal to him are only doing it to climb the social ladder and gain perks, with some [[spoiler:like Zhao]] wishing to one day usurp the Fire Lord himself. |
| 333 | * AbusiveParents: In a class of his own. Any love for his children is entirely conditional, and can and ''will'' be withdrawn if they don't measure up to his impossible standards, not to mention him still burning Zuko's face as he did in the original show. This show does some AdaptationExpansion and has Ozai treat his horrific scarring physical abuse as just another parental lesson about how VirtueIsWeakness. |
| 334 | * AdaptationalBadass: More in demeanor than power. Ozai in the original series turned out to be a DirtyCoward when faced with someone who could actually stand up to his overwhelming power, while this Ozai actually expresses disappointment when Zuko holds back on delivering a strike that could have hurt him, possibly even scarred him, during their Agni Kai. |
| 335 | * AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Ozai shows himself as early as episode 2 in the remake where in the original show, he was TheFaceless in both seasons 1 and 2, and doesn't fully reveal himself until season 3. |
| 336 | * AdaptationalIntelligence: While Ozai ''was'' stated to be a master of manipulation in the original series, within the show's present-day events, it was more of an InformedAttribute[[note]]The effects of such manipulation were more indirectly stated through Azula, who clearly got her craft from him, and part of Zuko’s development was about recognizing and overcoming his father’s manipulation from childhood[[/note]], with him acting more like an overgrown bully who used his natural power to have his way and otherwise was content to sit around and let those under him handle matters of their own accord. This Ozai actually displays a degree of cunning, deliberately pitting his two children against each other with his conditional favoritism in order to get them to accomplish his goals without revealing his involvement, something his animated incarnation never thought to do. He also has a network of spies and saboteurs to quash dissent, again something that his animated counterpart never considered needing due to his arrogant assurance in his own authority. |
| 337 | * AdaptationalJerkass: |
| 338 | ** He's much more open to Azula about how conditional his love is towards her and outright dismisses her when Zuko seems to have the leg up in locating the Avatar. Additionally, he's a textbook example of TheCaligula who has no regard for his subjects, while just how much they suffered under his rule was left more ambiguous in the original cartoon, with the only indicator being that one fishing village in vicinity of a military factory. |
| 339 | ** Part of the inciting incident that leads to the Agni Kai. In the original version, Ozai remained utterly silent through the events. Here, he openly asks Zuko, a teenager with absolutely no military experience who'd been politely sitting still and remaining quiet, what he'd do just to humiliate him when can't answer. |
| 340 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: ''Incredibly'' downplayed but still noticeable. |
| 341 | ** His conditional love is more flexible compared to his animated counterpart. Unlike in the original series where he considers Zuko nothing more than a disgrace until he's led to believe Zuko killed Aang, he's willing to acknowledge his determination and considers Zuko even locating Aang an accomplishment. Granted, he said that in deliberate context of Azula's own accomplishment, so he may have just been doing that to provoke her. |
| 342 | ** Unlike his animated counterpart, he doesn't immediately exile Zuko after their Agni Kai. In fact, it's implied that this version of Ozai initially considered burning off half his son's face to be punishment enough. It's only after hearing a freshly-scarred Zuko verbally refute his SocialDarwinism to his face that Ozai finally banishes his son and gives him the seemingly impossible mission to capture the Avatar. |
| 343 | ** On that note, whereas the animated version of Ozai cruelly burns Zuko without any signs of remorse, this version is shown having an almost pained expression as he does so, as if he viewed his actions as cruel but a necessity. He also takes time to visit Zuko's bedside, and compliment him for his apparent resilience, and seems to offer him sincere advice about [[VirtueIsWeakness Zuko's compassion being a weakness]]. |
| 344 | ** He also actually has the decency to offer condolences to Iroh at Lu Ten's funeral, while Ozai in the original series just used Lu Ten's death to try to convince his father that Iroh wasn't fit to inherit the throne (of course, in this version he had the throne already at that point.) |
| 345 | * AdaptationalPersonalityChange: While in both continuities, Ozai is a straightfoward EvilOverlord and a [[AbusiveParents abusive father to his children]], there are significant differences. Animation! Ozai was an [[PsychopathicManchild overgrown bully]] in many ways, [[AxCrazy reacted to slights with vindictive and often disproportionate brutality]] and ultimately [[CardCarryingVillain had no delusions about the kind of person he himself was]]. While still very much evil, Netflix! Ozai comes across as much more cold, calculating, manipulative, regal, and is prone to rationalizing his actions with faux-philosopy and nationalism. Not mention his favoritism towards Azula is much downplayed (if not averted entirely) here. |
| 346 | * AdaptationalVillainy: Due to being more involved with the story than in the original animated series, Ozai's villainy is far more prominent. Whereas the animated series only hints at Ozai's regime being awful for the people of the Fire Nation (namely through pollution from his factories), this series has Ozai putting down rebellions within the capital city, all but confirming that many Fire Nation denizens despise him. Additionally, whereas animated Ozai treats the Siege of the North as a complete disaster caused by Iroh's "betrayal", this [[WeHaveReserves Ozai shrugs off the failure of the siege]], stating it was merely a diversion [[spoiler:from the real military campaign at Omashu]] in spite of near complete loss of the Fire Navy fleet at Agna Qel'a. |
| 347 | * AwfulWeddedLife: Unsurprisingly, it doesn't sound like there was any love between him and Ursa, as he refers to her as "soft", and regards it as a bad influence on Zuko. |
| 348 | * BerserkButton: |
| 349 | ** Maybe. He takes accusations of being a cruel tyrant in calm stride. When the assassin ringleader begins to bring up the Avatar, Ozai finally kills him by burning him and his friends alive before he could even finish his sentence. |
| 350 | ** As part of his warped worldview, he actually seems ''offended'' that Zuko refused to kill him on the grounds of, y'know, being his ''father''. |
| 351 | * BigBad: As Fire Lord of the Fire Nation, Ozai is the one responsible for the War's progress. However, he has very little involvement with Team Avatar's plot, with Zuko and Zhao seeking Aang in Ozai's stead. |
| 352 | * BlatantLies: He welcomes different opinions at his war-council meetings. Supposedly. Iroh warns Zuko ahead of time he really shouldn't test that one. |
| 353 | * TheCaligula: His own citizens hate his guts for his willingness to sacrifice countless men and women for the sake of his own ambitions. The only thing keeping him in power is everyone's fear of being roasted alive by him and his network of spies to root out dissenters. |
| 354 | * CondescendingCompassion: His condolences to Iroh at Lu Ten's funeral is simply praising Lu Ten as a brave soldier who died honorably in battle. He never once gives thought that Iroh would rather have Lu Ten be seen as an actual person rather than another soldier martyr for a war without end. |
| 355 | * CruelToBeKind: Subverted. Ozai deigns to present his exiling Zuko as being for his own good, saying that Zuko needs to be hardened by the outside world, after living a life in the palace, acting as if he had done wrong by his son for sheltering him. However, it's ultimately still an ImpossibleTask, that Zuko was clearly never expected to fulfill. |
| 356 | * CultOfPersonality: The Fire Sages have largely shifted their original loyalty to the Avatar to worshipping him. |
| 357 | * EqualOpportunityEvil: Despite all his other faults, about the only thing Ozai isn't is sexist, with women serving in all parts of the military. |
| 358 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: He believes compassion is a sign of weakness, and thus dedicates himself to never feel compassion to anyone, even to his own family. He fails to realize that compassion is the reason why Zuko's crew swears loyalty to the Prince rather than to him [[spoiler:because they feel grateful for Zuko saving their lives from becoming CannonFodder at the war room meeting]], while he has to deal with constant assassination attempts because many of his subjects, namely the peasants, hate him for his tyrannical behavior. |
| 359 | * IControlMyMinionsThrough: '''[[MotivatedByFear Fear]]'''. Ozai's rule is very unpopular with the Fire Nation citizens due to his willingness to sacrifice countless soldiers as diversion bait for his real goals. However, they are unable to overthrow the Fire Lord due to him sowing discord within their ranks through his network of spies and saboteurs led by his daughter, Azula. Additionally, he makes [[KillItWithFire an example out of those defy him]] to serve as a reminder to his loyal subjects of what happens if they fail his impossibly high expectations. |
| 360 | * IMeantToDoThat: It's made clear that Ozai had expected Zuko's banishment to be permanent, since the Avatar hadn't been seen for a hundred years. When he got news that Zuko has actually found the Avatar, however, Ozai quickly changes his stance and blatantly lies to Azula that Zuko is making him proud doing what he asked him to do. All of this is to motivate Azula to sabotage Zuko's quest without showcasing his father's involvement. |
| 361 | * ItRunsInTheFamily: |
| 362 | ** Iroh's conversation with Aang gives a hint as to just where Zuko's bull-headed stubbornness comes from, as he explains Ozai believes in total victory or total defeat. This is a man so insanely proud he would rather die at the hands of his own son than yield any ground. |
| 363 | ** Towards the end of “Legends”, Ozai proves that he's just like his grandfather in that [[spoiler:he uses military strategies to divert attention away from his actual goal. Attacking the Northern Water Tribe, whether it was successful or not, was merely to keep attention from his conquest of Omashu.]] |
| 364 | * JerkassHasAPoint: He quickly shuts down Azula's attempts at flattery, calling her out on it. |
| 365 | * KickTheDog: He treats just about everyone appallingly; prisoners of war, his own citizens, his children, all victims of his sadism. |
| 366 | * ManipulativeBastard: He plays everyone in the Fire Nation like a fiddle, knowing what they want and how desperate they want it. He knows that Zuko will do anything to return home and reclaim his right as heir to the throne. He knows that Azula is willing to do anything to retain her father's favoritism and position as heir to the throne. So he praises Zuko of his accomplishments right in front of Azula and voices his disappointment in Azula's lack of achievements, knowing full well that Azula will try to sabotage Zuko and find ambitious players willing to do the dirty work for her. |
| 367 | * MiseryBuildsCharacter: How he frames his banishment of Zuko; whereas the animated Ozai did it to teach Zuko "respect", this version does it because he thinks Zuko needs exposure to the harshness of the wider world. He even goes so far as to act as if he was doing Zuko a disservice by "sheltering" him. |
| 368 | * MrFanservice: Portrayed by the very attractive Creator/DanielDaeKim, who gets a ShirtlessScene during the Agni Kai against Zuko. |
| 369 | * MythologyGag: He's never treated as TheFaceless here like in the animated series, but the framing of one shot near the beginning of "Spirits" shows him from the neck down as if the show were trying to hide his face. |
| 370 | * ObliviouslyEvil: What makes him a lot more horrifying than his animated counterpart is that this Ozai truly wants to be a good father for his children but due to his upbringing in a warmongering regime, he believes that physically and emotionally abusing them is the best way to do so. He genuinely thinks his worst parental mistake was sheltering Zuko from the outside world, making him "soft" with compassion. |
| 371 | * OrcusOnHisThrone: An extremely powerful firebender, but he's content to stay back in the capitol and manage the war from there, rather than leading on the frontlines like his brother or Sozin did. |
| 372 | * ParentalFavoritism: Actually downplayed, in that he doesn't seem to have a distinct favorite. Whereas in the original, Ozai very clearly favored Azula from the outset, here it's indicated that he favors whichever child he thinks has more potential and use to him. Indeed, when he finds that Zuko is actually on the Avatar's trail, he shows approval, and becomes more dismissive of Azula. |
| 373 | * PetTheDog: Did at least offer condolences to Iroh at Lu Ten's funeral, as opposed to original Ozai who just used Iroh's grief as an excuse to try and suck up to their dad. Possibly subverted given his completely detached, unemotional delivery of these condolences, showcasing he’s doing it because it’s an expected formality instead of out of care for his brother and late nephew. |
| 374 | * PlausibleDeniability: Ozai never directly intervenes to sabotage Zuko's hunt for the Avatar. He only approves what Azula requested and knowingly puts her in her place by speaking highly of Zuko's accomplishments. And Azula actively conspires with Zhao to get insight on Zuko's quest so she can undermine her brother at every turn. This layered conspiracy makes it difficult for Zuko to know if Ozai really wants him back or not. |
| 375 | * PlayingWithFire: Of course, being the Fire Lord, he is also a Firebender, and confirmed to be one of the most powerful of his time. |
| 376 | * ARealManIsAKiller: Ozai is actually impressed by Zuko's resilience, but does show disappointment when he sees his son holding back against him in the Agni Kai duel, where Zuko could've landed a decent punch on his face, but refused. When Azula angrily defies Ozai's demand for further training, generating deadly lighting out of her hands to demonstrate she is serious about her defiance, Ozai smiles and grants her request to end the training sessions and lead his armies to victory. |
| 377 | * SinkOrSwimMentor: Far darker than even the usual fare, but he appears to genuinely attempt to teach Zuko a lesson on ruthlessness and weakness by scarring him. |
| 378 | * TheSocialDarwinist: For Ozai, the natural world is cruel and weeds out the weak, leaving only the strong behind. Thus, he doesn't care if his soldiers live or die by his order. If they die, they are not worth grieving over, only praised for their values as pawns in war. If they survive, then they've proven themselves to be worthy for more important missions. |
| 379 | * SoProudOfYou: In a hideously warped way as only he can provide. |
| 380 | ** When Azula finally stands her ground, he gives a small, satisfied smirk and then tasks her to head real military campaigns. |
| 381 | ** Subverted with Zuko. He's mostly happy with Zuko's resilience and determination, but despises the fact his son only shows it when defending the merits of compassion. He banished Zuko to the outside world in the hopes of eroding that compassion away, leaving behind only a determined, merciless son completely loyal to his father. |
| 382 | * VirtueIsWeakness: He banished his son because Zuko not only relented on hurting him, possibly even burning him during their Agni Kai, but dared to speak out against him about his brutal SocialDarwinist philosophy. |
| 383 | * WeHaveReserves: [[spoiler:He dismisses the loss of the Fire Navy in the North Pole as a mere distraction from the real military campaign in Omashu.]] |
| 384 | * WouldHurtAChild: He scars his own son with firebending and throws a fireball at his daugther's feet when she threatens to leave her training. And he will kill his enemies regardless of their age. |
| 385 | * XanatosGambit: |
| 386 | ** How Ozai ultimately sees Zuko's hunt for the Avatar as. Though he intended the banishment to be permanent due to its ImpossibleTask nature, Ozai is open to the idea of Zuko succeeding. If Zuko succeeds against all odds, then he has proven himself capable of doing the impossible to please his father and thus deserves to return as his right-hand. If Zuko fails, then [[TheSocialDarwinist it's simply nature taking its course of weeding out the weak]]. And no matter the outcome, Zuko's progress serves as useful motivation for Ozai's favorite child, Azula, to become an even more perfect weapon for the Fire Nation. |
| 387 | ** Similarly, Ozai engineers the Siege of the North to be a Fire Nation victory no matter the outcome. If Zhao succeeds in conquering the Northern Water Tribe, then that's good for the Fire Nation. But if he fails -- and Ozai believes he would likely fail -- then the siege would distract the whole world [[spoiler:from noticing that Omashu has fallen to a Fire Nation battalion led by Azula]]. |
| 388 | [[/folder]] |
| 389 | |
| 390 | [[folder:Azula]] |
| 391 | !!Princess Azula |
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| 396 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/avatarthelastairbender2024azula.png]] |
| 397 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Elizabeth Yu |
| 398 | ->''"It's not good enough."'' |
| 399 | |
| 400 | Zuko's younger sister, daughter of Fire Lord Ozai. She remained behind in the Fire Nation while her brother was sent on his ImpossibleTask. |
| 401 | ---- |
| 402 | * AdaptationalNiceGirl: ''Marginally.'' She's still a devoted servant to her father, willing to help him kill attempted traitors while ''smirking'' as they die and set her brother up for a fall. Likewise, Mai and Ty Lee seem to actually be in her company of their own free will, and not because of a threat of something unspeakably horrible happening to them otherwise. |
| 403 | * AdaptationalPersonalityChange: A more subtle version, but still present. In the animated series, Azula never lacks for confidence or a cool demeanor for getting things done (until the end), always carrying herself with a sense of superiority and self-confidence. While this is still true to some extent here, Azula is shown to be more insecure and feels inadequate when compared to her father, and even moreso when it comes to Zuko. She's also shown to be more hotheaded in training, requiring active intervention at one point. |
| 404 | * AdaptationalSkill: In addition to being just as skilled a Firebender as she was in the original series, this Azula is a keen archer, as shown when she trains with the Yu-Yan Archers. |
| 405 | * AdaptationalSympathy: She comes across as more sympathetic at the start thanks to it being more overtly shown how conditional Ozai's love for her is. It helps that the acts of cruelty and sadism her animated counterpart engaged in are more downplayed or haven't occurred yet. |
| 406 | * AdaptationalWimp: While the original Azula, for all her [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex insecurities]] was prior to her VillainousBreakdown, depicted as a [[SmugSuper smug]], [[TheSociopath sociopathic]], [[TheChessmaster Machiavellian]], [[AwesomeEgo grandiose]] [[{{Narcissist}} narcissist]] who inspired [[TheDreaded awe and dread]] in everyone around her, even her best friends, and was possibly the only person whom her father respected. This version of Azula, while still all those things, has a bit more of an obvious inferiority complex due to never being good enough for her father ([[spoiler:which is all part of the plan; it's actually motivation by Ozai to make her his ruthless pawn in future battles]]). She also isn't ''quite'' as good at sucking up to people as her original incarnation. When she tries flattering Ozai, he immediately shuts her down and tells her to stop. Somewhat downplayed however, since Ozai manipulated ''her'' in the original series (and still does so here). |
| 407 | * AdaptationExpansion: The first season shows Azula progressively growing into the fearsome villain she would become later down the road. She trains hard to prove herself as a worthy warrior to her father, eventually [[spoiler:developing her infamous lightning powers and leading the army herself to take over Omashu]]. |
| 408 | * CallForward: |
| 409 | ** When she unleashes her rage on a sparring partner, her fire briefly turns blue before Mai stops her. In the cartoon series, Azula was the only firebender whose fire was exclusively blue. |
| 410 | ** Azula's last scene in the first season finale is successfully conquering [[spoiler:the city of Omashu]] and asking "What's next?" In the cartoon series, Azula manages to do what Iroh failed as a General: conquering the city of Ba Sing Se, which she does also in a season finale. |
| 411 | ** Ozai's "love" and approval of Azula is shown to be entirely conditional here, as it was revealed in Book 3. When Azula proves herself worthy in this season finale, Ozai smirks because he knows she will be of use to him. But that won't stop him from backstabbing her when she becomes too much a threat for ''him'' in Book 3's finale. |
| 412 | ** Azula's frustrations when unleasing a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown at a sparring partner hints at her DaddyIssues, damaged mental state and inevitable VillainousBreakdown in Book 3. |
| 413 | * CanonCharacterAllAlong: Introduced as a servant girl who is part of the resistance, only to reveal herself to be Azula when she betrays them to her father Ozai. |
| 414 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: Azula starts the series as her father's [[DaddysLittleVillain loyal minion]], but when he starts to switch his favorism to Zuko after he found the Avatar, Azula subcounciously and ironically starts to become more like her brother: hot-headed (pun intended), impulsive, insecure and [[WellDoneDaughterGirl determined not to lose her father's respect]]. However, by the end of the first season, Azula develops [[ShockAndAwe the ability to bend lightning]] and [[YoungConqueror leads a successful capture]] of [[spoiler:Omashu]]. This achievement is the start for Azula into becoming the cold, calculating and composed mastermind she is introduced as in the orginal series. |
| 415 | * TheChessmaster: While not ''as'' [[ManipulativeBitch manipulative]] as her cartoon counterpart, Azula still stands out by being TheWomanBehindTheMan for Zhao in order to hinder her brother's quest to capture the Avatar. |
| 416 | * CuteAndPsycho: Looks like your average teenage girl, but has a gleeful look in her eyes when she watches people burn to death. |
| 417 | * DaddysLittleVillain: The closest thing Ozai has to a second-in-command, though it gets deconstructed as his love and approval is conditional, and he puts a ''ton'' of pressure on Azula's shoulders to be as perfect, cruel and merciless as possible. |
| 418 | * DarkActionGirl: A talented firebender, martial artist and archer, who later gets the ability to [[ShockAndAwe bend lightning]], and she's ruthless in a fight. |
| 419 | * TheDragon: As in the original, she more or less is this to Ozai. |
| 420 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Azula is introduced infiltrating a group of Fire Nation rebels by pretending to be a new recruit, only to lead them into a death trap by tricking them into entering the Fire Nation castle, where they all get unceremoniously burned to death by Ozai while she looks on —she's a manipulative, cunning, and deeply unchildlike teenage girl who's been molded to follow in her father's footsteps. |
| 421 | * FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Her round, youthful face and large brown eyes makes Azula look cute and innocent, and it's fair to say it hides very well how messed up and sadistic she truly is. |
| 422 | * FireballEyeballs: A live action example. When Ozai scorches the rebels to death, a GoryDiscretionShot is used by reflecting the fire in Azula's eyes, as she watches the carnage with a slight psychotic smile. |
| 423 | * GreenEyedMonster: Learning that Zuko is on the trail of the Avatar and may actually capture him (thereby earning back Ozai's respect) quickly gets Azula seething with resentment. |
| 424 | * IconicAttributeAdoptionMoment: The end of Season One finally has her gaining the ability to bend lightning, setting her up to be one of Team Avatar's most dangerous foes. |
| 425 | * LadyLegionnaireWear: Wears the Fire Nation armor with a skirt when she takes over the city of [[spoiler:Omashu]]. |
| 426 | * {{Leitmotif}}: Her theme song from the cartoon makes a return here, typically playing during her more cunning moments. |
| 427 | * LittleMissBadass: A villainous example. Azula is 14 years old and an excellent firebender and martial artist, and by the end of the series, she leads a coup and takes over [[spoiler:the city of Omashu]]. |
| 428 | * MasterArcher: This Azula is an exceptional archer, rivaling her skills with the Yu Yan. She's able to perfectly aim an arrow in the bullseye. ''[[SplittingTheArrow In another arrow]]''. |
| 429 | * MetaphoricallyTrue: In her maiden persona, she tells the rebels she infiltrates that she lost her mother and her brother to the war. While they did not die, in true Azula fashion, she didn't ''actually lie'': her mother went missing during her childhood, and her brother Zuko was banished by their father. |
| 430 | * MissingMom: Her mother Ursa is missing under as-yet unclear circumstances. |
| 431 | * MythologyGag: |
| 432 | ** Early concept art of Azula in the series had her wearing an armor and helmet, before it was dropped for her final design. Here in Azula's final appearance from the first season, she leads an army to take over [[spoiler:the city of Omashu]] where she sports a full armor and helmet. |
| 433 | ** Azula ends the first season the same way she ended the second season of the cartoon: successfully conquering a city that was impossible for the Fire Nation to take over in the past ([[spoiler:Omashu]] and Ba Sing Se respectively). |
| 434 | * NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Azula's growing frustrations at her father putting her through a TrainingFromHell ''everyday'' leads to her punching down a sparring teacher and almost scorching him, if not from Mai intervening. |
| 435 | * NotSoStoic: Is depicted as the more cunning and calculating of the Fire Nation siblings, however Azula starts to lose her cool when Ozai's expectations for her become too much to handle, to the point of beating and almost scorching her sparring partner in frustration. |
| 436 | * ThePerfectionist: Almost perfect isn't good enough for Ozai. In fact, even perfection itself seems subject to criticism. This leaves her with an obsessive need to prove herself by any means necessary. |
| 437 | -->'''Ty Lee:''' You're perfect.\ |
| 438 | '''Azula:''' ''(voice faltering)'' It's not enough. |
| 439 | * PetTheDog: A psychotic VillainousPrincess she is, she treats Mai and Ty Lee like actual friends here, contrary to her animated counterpart (who used fear to maintain their loyalty). |
| 440 | * PlayingWithFire: Has yet to have her gained her iconic blue fire, but that doesn't make this Azula any less of a ferocious firebender. |
| 441 | * PsychoticSmirk: It wouldn't be Azula if she didn't do this. She flashes a sadistic smile to the rebels she betrayed in her debut episode, and smirks again when she watches them burn to death by her father's hands. |
| 442 | * ShockAndAwe: Finally breaks out the lightningbending in Episode 7 as a demonstration to Ozai she's ''done'' playing around. |
| 443 | * SiblingRivalry: Much like the source material, there isn't any love lost between her and Zuko, and the two are indicated to have a bad relationship. Though that said, it's portrayed slightly different. In the original, Azula never doubts her superiority over Zuko, always looking down on him, and basking in their father's favor. Here, due to the show downplaying Ozai's ParentalFavoritism, Azula is in more direct competition with Zuko for his favor, and feeling the need to constantly demonstrate her superiority to their father. |
| 444 | * TechnicolorFire: So far, no... save for one scene where she's ''really'' angry, her firebending momentarily flashes blue. |
| 445 | * TeensAreMonsters: Lures a group of teenagers plotting to assassinate Ozai into a trap, and smiles sadistically when her father burns them to death. |
| 446 | * TermsOfEndangerment: Refers to her brother as "Zu-Zu". [[SiblingRivalry It's not used affectionately...]] |
| 447 | * TheyLookLikeEveryoneElse: Looks like a regular teenaged girl, and can pass convincingly as a meek servant girl just long enough to lure a group of assassins into a trap, hiding the burgeoning psychopath underneath. |
| 448 | * TrainingFromHell: Ozai's idea of teaching Azula bending is throw her into the deep end against live opponents, firebending teachers or prisoners of war who are implicitly sent to fight her ''to the death'' (theirs, obviously). No matter how well she does, it's never remotely good enough, and she's made to do it all over again. And again. And ''again''. |
| 449 | * VillainousFriendship: In this series, Azula actually seems to get along with Mai and Ty Lee, who willingly hang around her, while Cartoon Azula used fear to gain their loyalty. She also shares her insecurities (about Ozai's expectations) with them, something the original Azula only did ''once'' in the third season (about how her mother saw her as a monster). |
| 450 | * VillainousPrincess: The only daughter of the current Fire Lord, and aims to follow his footsteps in order to become a powerful, ruthless and feared leader. |
| 451 | * WellDoneDaughterGirl: Everything she does is to maintain her spot as Ozai's favored child. it doesn't help that Ozai is much more open about how conditional his love is for her in this series. |
| 452 | * WolfInSheepsClothing: Passes as a poor, exploited maiden working at the palace to infiltrate a rebel group, and they realize too late they lended their fates to the sadistic princess of their nation when she lures them into a trap. |
| 453 | * TheWomanBehindTheMan: Directly supports Admiral Zhao, partly so it'll undermine dear old Zu-Zu. |
| 454 | * WoundedGazelleGambit: Pretends to be a scared, innocent maiden working at the palace in order to lure rebels planning an assassination attempt on Ozai into a trap. |
| 455 | * YoungConqueror: In the Season finale, she leads an army and successfully conquers [[spoiler:Omashu and now has King Bumi captive]]. |
| 456 | [[/folder]] |
| 457 | |
| 458 | [[folder:Fire Lord Sozin]] |
| 459 | !!Fire Lord Sozin |
| 460 | [[quoteright:794:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_7063.jpeg]] |
| 461 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Hiro Kanagawa |
| 462 | The ruler of the Fire Nation a hundred years ago, he was the one who decided to use the Great Comet to wipe out the Airbenders and declare war against the entire world. |
| 463 | ---- |
| 464 | * AdaptationalJerkass: Almost impressive given he's got the major points of the original Sozin's rap-sheet already there; he's gleefully sadistic about burning people alive. |
| 465 | * EvilOldFolks: Already clearly quite elderly when he starts on his campaign of genocide and world-conquest. |
| 466 | * FinalSolution: The instigator of the Air Nomad Genocide, on the justification of killing the Avatar before they can be properly revealed and trained. |
| 467 | * FlyingFirepower: How he and his troops got to the Air Temples without flying bison, using the boost in power given by the comet to just fly up the cliffs. |
| 468 | * MissedHimByThatMuch: Had he attacked the Air Temple any sooner, he would've caught and most likely killed Aang then and there. |
| 469 | * PlayingWithFire: Being the Fire Lord, it's a given, but this version of Sozin is shown to take part of the Air Nomad Genocide. |
| 470 | * PredecessorVillain: He is long dead in the present day, but his genocide against the Air Nomads began the Hundred Year War that still continues through his grandson, Fire Lord Ozai. |
| 471 | * RankScalesWithAsskicking: He seems to be stronger than his soldiers; while Gyatso manages to asphyxiate them, Sozin keeps standing. |
| 472 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: He only appears in the prologue, but his actions left an impact on the world that's lasted for ''one hundred years''. |
| 473 | * TakeOverTheWorld: His ultimate end goal. He didn't succeed, but the war he started in the attempt is still going a hundred years later, and the damage still being felt. |
| 474 | * VillainRespect: He acknowledges Gyatso's airbending skills and admits he may have lost a fight against Gyatso had the comet not been overhead. |
| 475 | * WouldHurtAChild: The fact the Avatar was still a child means nothing to him, and just to be absolutely sure he's got them, he kills every last airbending child there is. |
| 476 | [[/folder]] |
| 477 | |
| 478 | [[folder:Lu Ten]] |
| 479 | !!Prince Lu Ten |
| 480 | Iroh's son, Ozai's nephew and Zuko and Azula's cousin. He was killed during battle during Iroh's Siege at Ba Sing Se. His death caused Iroh to completely change his view on war and violence. |
| 481 | ---- |
| 482 | * CoolBigBro: Was this towards his cousin Zuko, and even offered him his medal to cheer him up when Ozai was too hard on his cousin, |
| 483 | * TheGhost: While a flashback shows the events of his funeral, Lu Ten has yet to make his debut onscreen. |
| 484 | * MoralityChainBeyondTheGrave: Lu Ten's death had a massive impact on Iroh and his view of the Fire Nation. Before, he was a feared General complicit of the Fire Nation's imperialism. But after losing his son, Iroh ceases any further contribution to the Fire Nation conquest of the world, instead opting to spread kindness and peace instead. |
| 485 | * MythologyGag: Easy to miss, but Lu Ten's photograph depicted during his funeral is the same one Iroh put on the shrine he made for him during "The Tales of Ba Sing Se" episode in the original series. |
| 486 | * NiceGuy: Zuko holds him in high regard, mentioning that his cousin offered him his officer medal because he believed it should belong to someone "destined to do great things". |
| 487 | * PlayingWithFire: Implied. Since he was an officer in the Fire Nation army, one could assume he was a firebender. |
| 488 | * PosthumousCharacter: Died about three years before Zuko's banishment. |
| 489 | * PunchClockVillain: Hinted at; despite being a CoolBigBro to Zuko, he was still fighting in the name of the Fire Nation and finished first in his officer class. |
| 490 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Lu Ten died years prior to the events of the series, when Zuko was barely 13 years old, but his death is the catalyst to his father giving up on the Fire Nation's violence and inhuman view of the world. |
| 491 | [[/folder]] |
| 492 | |
| 493 | !!Fire Nation Military |
| 494 | [[folder:Zhao]] |
| 495 | !!Commander/Admiral Zhao |
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| 501 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KenLeung |
| 502 | ->''"Believe me, there's nothing more important than knowing where to place my loyalties."'' |
| 503 | |
| 504 | A commander, later Admiral, of a minor Fire Nation outpost. He catches wind of the Avatar's re-emergence and seeks to capture him before Zuko can. |
| 505 | ---- |
| 506 | * AdaptationalDumbass: While the original Zhao came across as a GeneralFailure, this was partly because he was hotheaded and [[StrategyVersusTactics shortsighted]]. His actual strategic ability was great enough to actually capture Aang by personally selecting the otherwise wasted Yuyan archers for the job, and he smoothly invaded the Northern Water Tribe and came up with the plan to kill the Moon Spirit entirely of his own accord. In this version of the story, Zhao does not independently decide to outsource the Yuyan archers and instead has them foisted upon him at Azula's behest. Even then, he doesn't actually capture the Avatar himself, only taking him after Zuko and Iroh have already captured him with June's help. He also doesn't disocver the location of the Moon and Ocean Spirits himself and is given the information by a Fire Sage. His ability to get to the inner sanctum is also entirely dependent on the hot air balloon in this version. And while the original Zhao was a respected military officer from the get-go, this one is mentioned to have failed his commanders' exam thrice over. [[spoiler:He is also delusional enough to believe he can actually overthrow Ozai, while in the original cartoon no matter how bad his god complex got he never gets overconfident enough to have any treasonous ideas in his head]]. |
| 507 | * AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Less personally obnoxious, but in exchange is more of a slime-ball. He also lacks much of the original Zhao's sloppy temper. |
| 508 | * AdaptationalVillainy: As bad as the original was, he never [[spoiler:intended on usurping Ozai as Fire Lord]]. |
| 509 | * AdaptationalWimp: Starts much lower down the Fire Nation chain of command, only gradually working his way up to admiral over the course of the first season. It ties into his ambitiousness being a greater aspect of his character in this version. |
| 510 | * AmbitionIsEvil: Everything he does is to work his way up the Fire Nation chain of command and get the prestige he believes he deserves. [[spoiler:In the first season finale, he reveals his intention to eventually depose Ozai and take the throne for himself.]] |
| 511 | * BlatantLies: Whenever he tries to cover up what he's doing it's with paper-thin lies. |
| 512 | * DiesDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:In the original show, his duel with Zuko is interrupted when the moon reappears, Zhao realizing that his great accomplishment has been undone... right before the Ocean spirit, returning to its pond, snatches him and drags him to a FateWorseThanDeath. Here he attempts to attack Zuko from behind, only for Iroh to shoot him in the back, making him fall into the water and sink to an unknown fate.]] |
| 513 | * DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:After he kills the Moon Spirit and Iroh attacks his men, Zhao runs away in terror.]] |
| 514 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Zigzagged. When Iroh presses him on his plan to kill the Ocean and Moon Spirits, Zhao quickly clarifies that he has no intent to kill the Ocean Spirit, noting how that would lead to the deaths of all the Water Tribespeople, and is visibly taken aback by Iroh's implication that he would ever do such a thing, even saying word-for-word "I'm not a monster". Still, he'll just kill the Moon Spirit, which is not any better.]] |
| 515 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: After taking Aang captive, he mockingly advises Aang to be more concerned for himself and is surprised when Aang rejects it, unable to understand that he is concerned about the well being of Katara, Sokka, and the rest of Koh's captives. |
| 516 | * EvilIsHammy: His hammy side starts to emerge towards the second half of the season as he makes his play for power. Especially noticeable in the climax of "Legends" when he [[spoiler: loudly declares his victory upon killing the moon spirit.]] |
| 517 | * FauxAffablyEvil: His attempts to appear civil and polite absolutely drip with condescension or obsequiousness. |
| 518 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: Is introduced as being fairly low on the totem pole within the Fire Nation military; Ozai himself dismisses him as being unimportant. His alliance with Azula leads to him getting promoted, up to the point of being put in charge of the entire fleet besieging the Northern Water Tribe. |
| 519 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[spoiler:By the time he's killed the Moon Spirit, he's so high on his self-importance that he offers Iroh the chance to serve him if and when he overthrows Ozai, apparently assuming Iroh doesn't know he tried to kill Zuko as recently as the other day, never mind the constant attempts to undermine him.]] |
| 520 | * KnowWhenToFoldEm: He might have delusions of grandeur, but when Avatar Kyoshi goes OneWomanArmy on his troop on Kyoshi Island, Zhao makes the wise decision to retreat to the ship. |
| 521 | * MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Zhao's obsession with conquering the Northern Water Tribe and going down in history as the Moon Slayer has blinded him to the very obvious outcome that there would be no world left to remember his deed if he succeeds. Even Iroh points that Fire Lord Ozai would rather have a world to rule over, to which Zhao simply replies that he'll just have to supplant Ozai as the new Fire Lord.]] |
| 522 | * MythologyGag: His battle with Zuko in the North Pole is basically their Agni Kai from the original series transplanted into a new location, right down to Zuko choosing not to finish him off after defeating him and Zhao attempting to get in a cheap shot while Zuko's back is turned. [[spoiler:And just like in the original series, Iroh intervenes just in time, though the results are seemingly more fatal for Zhao this time around.]] |
| 523 | * PetTheDog: He spares the Ocean Spirit out of his own horror that the Northern Water Tribe would die out if he didn't, even saying "I'm not a monster". [[spoiler:The Moon Spirit, on the other hand, isn't lucky.]] |
| 524 | * PsychologicalProjection: Naturally, the arrogant glory hound Zhao offers Iroh the chance to restore his glory as Dragon of the West if he [[spoiler:becomes Fire Lord.]] |
| 525 | * SmallNameBigEgo: Zhao believes himself to be destined for great things and thinks that having Azula help him is proof of that. Never mind the fact he failed his commander's exams thrice, and is so low in the Fire Nation's military ranks that Ozai considers him to be a nobody and only values him as a useful pawn [[spoiler:for a military diversion.]] |
| 526 | * SmugSnake: He has the original Zhao's inflated sense of self-importance, but it's even more noticeable here thanks to his lower rank. |
| 527 | * TheStarscream: [[spoiler:By the first season finale, his arrogance has gotten so bad he figures he could have a shot at overthrowing Ozai.]] |
| 528 | [[/folder]] |
| 529 | |
| 530 | [[folder:Lieutenant Jee]] |
| 531 | !!Lieutenant Jee |
| 532 | [[quoteright:637:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_7091_0.jpeg]] |
| 533 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Ruy Iskandar |
| 534 | ->''"Loyalty? General, with all due respect, your nephew doesn't know the meaning of the word. If he did, he would've shown us, the people who've been with him night and day for three years, a lot more respect. Instead, we've had to put up with his insults and abuse and tantrums. He doesn't care what we've had to sacrifice, because he's never had to sacrifice anything. If you ask anyone here, they'll tell you, 'He may be a prince, but he's not our prince.' Sir."'' |
| 535 | |
| 536 | A soldier on Zuko's crew. |
| 537 | ---- |
| 538 | * AdaptationalHairstyleChange: In the cartoon, his hair was a flat top and he had mutton chops. Here, he has long hair in a topknot, and his mutton chops were reduced to sideburns. |
| 539 | * AdaptationOriginConnection: [[spoiler:As opposed to "just" being Zuko's crew in this adaptation, Jee and his men are the same battalion that Zuko was exiled for defending. This adds weight to Iroh's conversation with Jee, as unlike in the cartoon Zuko has ''already'' made personal sacrifices for his crew]]. |
| 540 | * AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In the original series, Jee was bold enough to voice his dislike of Zuko to the prince's face. This version is much more afraid of Zuko's wrath and only speaks his true thoughts about the prince to Iroh. |
| 541 | * AgeLift: This Jee is younger than his animated counterpart. There's a reason for that. |
| 542 | * AscendedExtra: [[spoiler:It's never elaborated on what happened to the battalion of soldiers that Zuko spoke out for and subsequently lost everything for due to his "insolence". Here, they were assigned to be his crew]]. |
| 543 | * ConflictingLoyalty: At one point, between Zuko, his immediate commander and member of the royal family, and Zhao, who outranks him and has a direct line to the Fire Lord. No matter which one he obeys, he's technically disobeying ''someone'', and he's all too aware of this. [[spoiler:He ultimately settles on Zuko, after learning that he and his comrades were to be sent on a suicide mission, and it was Zuko who spoke in their defense.]] |
| 544 | * EnsignNewbie: He's a junior officer fresh out of the academy, and serving under Zuko was his ''first'' real assignment. |
| 545 | * GossipyHens: Jee's a little too loose lipped. He's the one who told one of Zhao's crew about the Avatar, inadvertently leading to the Fire Lord and Azula knowing, and later on tries to talk rumors about Zhao when he hears Zuko speaking ill about him. |
| 546 | * IOweYouMyLife: Not said out loud, but once Jee and the rest of the crew learn ''why'' they were assigned to work for Zuko, they become a lot more loyal to him. He ends up repaying the favor by warning Zuko about [[spoiler:his new status as a traitor and Zhao being after him]]. |
| 547 | * NewMeat: [[spoiler:Jee and his entire platoon were fresh recruits scheduled to be used as a diversion, with the expectation of a 100% casualty rate. Zuko speaking up in their defense is what got him scarred and banished.]] |
| 548 | * PunchClockVillain: He's working for an imperialistic nation out to conquer the world, but isn't a CardCarryingVillain, just a guy with a job he hates working for a boss he doesn't like. |
| 549 | * ReassignedToAntarctica: From Jee's point of view, he and the rest of the crew have for no readily apparent reason been stuck with a moody brat of a prince, doomed to sail around the world looking for the Avatar with no hope of ever going home. |
| 550 | * UndyingLoyalty: Towards Zuko, though not at first. Jee initially doesn't like Zuko very much, as he is subjected to the prince's rage and insults practically every day during their journey. [[spoiler: It's only after learning that Zuko indirectly saved his life and the lives of his men does Jee develop any real loyalty towards him. When the time comes, he chooses to follow Zuko rather than Zhao.]] |
| 551 | * UncertainDoom: The fate of Jee, and the rest of Zuko's crew, is left up in the air after the siege at the North Pole. Iroh's reasonably confident they survived, at least. |
| 552 | * UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Zhao feeds him information knowing he'll try to warn Zuko, luring Zuko into an assassination attempt.]] |
| 553 | * WithDueRespect: Uses it towards Iroh just before outlining exactly why he thinks so little of Zuko (and the nervousness is justified given he could be outright ''killed'' for speaking so out of turn about a member of the royal family). |
| 554 | [[/folder]] |
| 555 | |
| 556 | [[folder:Yon Rha]] |
| 557 | !!Commander Yon Rha |
| 558 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Tom Lim |
| 559 | The commanding officer of the Southern Raiders, and the killer of Katara and Sokka's mother Kya. |
| 560 | ---- |
| 561 | * AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: The original series did not elaborate on Yon Rha (and Kya's death) until one of the final episodes. Here, he shows up a few times through Katara's flashbacks. |
| 562 | * AgeLift: Yon Rha appeared to be of middle age by the time he killed Kya in the cartoon. The live action series portrays him as a slightly younger man. |
| 563 | * AllThereInTheManual: His name is only given in the credits, and since he is a flashback character, his name is yet to be revealed (though fans of the original series are already aware of the identity of Kya's killer). |
| 564 | * PlayingWithFire: A high-ranked Fire Nation soldier, he is a firebender and kills Kya by scorching her. |
| 565 | * RedIsViolent: Sports the Fire Nation Army red uniform, and is not above burning innocent civilians to death such as Kya. |
| 566 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: He has only appeared in flashbacks so far, but his murder of Kya permanently traumatized Katara, and she is still dealing with the grief to this day. |
| 567 | [[/folder]] |
| 568 | |
| 569 | !!Azula's Team |
| 570 | [[folder:Mai]] |
| 571 | !!Mai |
| 572 | [[quoteright:740:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/avatar_the_last_airbender_voice_actors_022024_2_67821a1ae13648ae99f904ed3c9bdc35.jpg]] |
| 573 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Thalia Tran |
| 574 | An unflappable and stoic teenager, and a close friend and ally of Azula. |
| 575 | ---- |
| 576 | * AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: She shows up a season earlier alongside Ty Lee. In the cartoon, they didn't show up until Book Two. |
| 577 | * AloofDarkHairedGirl: A black-haired EmoTeen who doesn't hide her contempt and boredom. |
| 578 | * BladeEnthusiast: While Azula practices archery, Mai can be seen holding one of her knives. |
| 579 | * BrutalHonesty: She lacks tact and bluntly says what's on her mind. |
| 580 | * CallForward: |
| 581 | ** One scene shows a bored Mai twirling a knife. Those were her main weapons of combat in the cartoon series. |
| 582 | ** Mai brings up Zuko twice (not caring that she's next to Azula), about how he's lucky to be out exploring the world and he's logically the direct heir to the throne. Book 2 of the cartoon revealed Mai had a crush on him since they were children. |
| 583 | * EmoTeen: Is utterly bored being in the Fire Nation outside from the real world and doesn't hide her contempt. |
| 584 | * EmotionlessGirl: Downplayed compared to her animated counterpart; while Cartoon Mai was TheStoic and rarely showed other emotions, this Mai is seen to be horrified and stops Azula before she can kill a sparring partner. |
| 585 | * HonestAdvisor: Serves as one for Azula, several times assessing the source of her problem and telling her as such. |
| 586 | * NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: Mai is utterly ''bored'' in the Fire Nation capitol, and would rather be out in the world doing something, anything. |
| 587 | * NotSoStoic: Though she's rather emotionless a lot of the time, she rushes in to stop Azula when it looks like she's about to kill a sparring partner in anger. |
| 588 | * OdangoHair: Has two small buns on each side of her head, with the remaining hair in [[GirlishPigtails pigtails.]] |
| 589 | * TheStoic: Always holds a deadpan and bored expression. |
| 590 | * ThoseTwoGirls: Yet to be seen apart from Ty Lee. |
| 591 | * WithFriendsLikeThese: It's made pretty clear that her friendship with Azula is conditional on not pissing her off, constantly agreeing with and supporting her at all times. ''Especially'' where Zuko is concerned. Which is not a good mix with Mai's bluntness. |
| 592 | -->'''Mai:''' In fairness, [Zuko] is the heir to the Fire Lord.\ |
| 593 | '''Azula:''' ''(glower)''\ |
| 594 | '''Mai:''' [[VerbalBackspace Which, obviously, he doesn't deserve.]] |
| 595 | [[/folder]] |
| 596 | |
| 597 | [[folder:Ty Lee]] |
| 598 | !!Ty Lee |
| 599 | [[quoteright:602:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mai_and_ty_lee_supporting_azula_in_netflixs_avatar_the_last_airbender_live_action_1_1.jpg]] |
| 600 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MomonaTamada |
| 601 | An energetic and upbeat Fire Nation teenager, and a close friend and ally of Azula. |
| 602 | ---- |
| 603 | * AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: She wasn't a player until Book Two in the original series. Here, she and Mai show up as early as the third episode. |
| 604 | * AdaptationDyeJob: From light brown hair in the cartoon to a dark brown in live action. |
| 605 | * AdaptationalModesty: In the animated series, Ty Lee mainly wears a hot pink two-piece that exposes her midriff. This version however, wears an outfit that covers her midriff but the outfit is still the same colors as her original outfit. |
| 606 | * AdaptedOut: Her running away and joining the circus is excised, and she's shown to still be with Azula. |
| 607 | * GenkiGirl: Always in a good mood, and is peppy and upbeat. |
| 608 | * NiceGirl: It wouldn't be Ty Lee is she wasn't. She praises Azula's abilities and calls her perfect when she is seen doubting herself. |
| 609 | * NightmareFetishist: Befitting her PerkyFemaleMinion nature, she seems ''way'' too cheerful asking Azula for details about her mission infiltrating the local resistance, and whether she was in danger. |
| 610 | * OddFriendship: A sweet, quirky girl, and a loyal friend to a sadistic VillainousPrincess. And then there's Mai, who's her polar opposite in terms of personality. |
| 611 | * PinkMeansFeminine: Ty Lee is the sweetest of the three Fire Nation girls, and wears a mostly pink outfit. |
| 612 | * ThoseTwoGirls: Yet to be seen apart from Mai. |
| 613 | * YesMan: Much more willing to sing Azula's praises than Mai. |
| 614 | * YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: When Azula starts to give in to the pressure her father puts on her, Ty Lee tells Azula she is perfect and the best there is, and that Ozai is clearly testing her. |
| 615 | [[/folder]] |
| 616 | |
| 617 | !!Fire Nation Rebels |
| 618 | [[folder:Fire Sage Shyu]] |
| 619 | !!Fire Sage Shyu |
| 620 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shyu.png]] |
| 621 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' James Rha |
| 622 | ->''"My name is Shyu, I believe the Avatar represents not any one kingdom, but the hope for a unified world. Sadly the Great Sage and the others believe the Fire Lord is their true spiritual leader. They have lost their way."'' |
| 623 | |
| 624 | A sage of the Fire Nation, he is deeply spiritual despite his nation's pragmatic and militaristic approach to bending. |
| 625 | ---- |
| 626 | * AgeLift: Noticeably younger than the cartoon's Shyu. |
| 627 | * GoThroughMe: In order to buy Aang some time, he stands in front of the other Fire Sages and tells them they'll have to get through him first. They do, but [[spoiler:June knocks them out before they can go any further.]] |
| 628 | * NiceGuy: Genuinely believes fire should not balance the elements, and hopes for a world where all the elements can live in balance with eachother again. Sure enough, he helps Aang reach Roku's shrine and [[GoThroughMe holds off the other Fire Sages while he meets up with him]]. |
| 629 | * PlayingWithFire: Comes with being part of the Fire Sages. |
| 630 | * TokenGoodTeammate: The only one of the Fire Sages who is loyal to the Avatar, rather than unthinkingly loyal to the Fire Lord, and the only person from the Fire Nation so far to be actively ''helpful'' to Aang in any way. That said... |
| 631 | * UncertainDoom: He was last seen facing off the five Fire Sages in what appears to be a duel to the death. [[spoiler:But when Aang gets out of Roku's chamber, the Fire Sages have been knocked out by June and there is no evidence of a charred corpse or even a fire duel, so it's unclear if the Fire Sages did kill him or if June intervened and saved Shyu's life for the time being.]] |
| 632 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Among his collection of relics is a spirit knife of Kuruk's, which Zhao gets his hands on, and which helps lead to the events at the Siege of the North Pole. |
| 633 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's unknown what happened to him after [[spoiler:he was about to fight the other Fire Sages. While June and Nyla ended up paralyzing the Fire Sages, Shyu is nowhere to be seen]]. |
| 634 | [[/folder]] |
| 635 | |
| 636 | [[folder:Tan]] |
| 637 | !!Tan |
| 638 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Osric Chau |
| 639 | A rebellious Fire Nation peasant who makes the mistake of trusting a disguised Azula with a coup plot. |
| 640 | ---- |
| 641 | * CanonForeigner: He's a new character created for the series, made to represent even civilians within the Fire Nation do not adhere to the war and colonialism it preached for the past hundred years. |
| 642 | * DeathByIrony: His assassination attempt on Ozai backfires spectacularly when it's his [[DaddysLittleVillain devoted daughter]], a.k.a the ''princess of the Fire Nation'', that leads the rebels into a trap, where it's Ozai who kills them instead. |
| 643 | * DefiantToTheEnd: He keeps telling off Ozai after being captured and facing certain execution and takes a second or two to start screaming as he is burned alive. |
| 644 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: [[VillainHasAPoint As Ozai points out]], even if the rebels ''did'' succeed in murdering Ozai, they clearly did not consider the tons of palace guards would want to avenge their leader, which means that their coup was a death wish from the beginning. |
| 645 | * FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Burned to death, like all his friends, courtesy of Ozai. |
| 646 | * FatalFlaw: Trust. He trusted a girl who claimed to be working at the Fire Nation Palace, who revealed herself to be Princess Azula when she betrays them and delivers them on a plate for her father. Then again, she ''is'' a ManipulativeBitch and who knows how long she was infiltrating the rebels... |
| 647 | * GoryDiscretionShot: While he and his mates are burned to death, all that is seen of the massacre is the reflexion of Ozai's fire in Azula's eyes while their screams echo in the background. |
| 648 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: He sealed his fate and those of his group when he entirely put his trust on a maiden he barely knew, who unbeknownst to him was ''the princess of his nation'' in disguise. Then again, it's not like he knew what Azula might've looked like, and she ''is'' a pretty good [[ManipulativeBitch liar]]. |
| 649 | * RebelLeader: Fed up with the casualties of the royal family's war and believing in the balance the Avatar embodies, he seeks to assassinate Ozai and bring about peace, which leads to a WeHardlyKnewYe fate. |
| 650 | * LaResistance: His rebel group signifies how the Fire Nation's imperialism is starting to lose hold over its regular citizens after 100 years of war with no end in sight, and how Fire Lord Ozai really treats his people as. |
| 651 | * ManOnFire: He and his group die by Ozai's firebending. |
| 652 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Not much is known about him other than he was a Fire Nation citizen who wanted to assassinate Ozai to end the war (which is implied to have claimed the life of at least one of his loved ones) and recruited a group of like-minded people to his cause. |
| 653 | * WideEyedIdealist: Ozai mocks him for his belief that, even if his plan had succeeded, the Fire Nation guards would have a HeelRealization and join him rather than just killing him and his friends for regicide. |
| 654 | [[/folder]] |
| 655 | |
| 656 | !!Others |
| 657 | [[folder:The Great Sage]] |
| 658 | !!The Great Sage |
| 659 | [[quoteright:723:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fire_sage_leader.png]] |
| 660 | [[caption-width-right:723:''"Then you shall burn along with the rest of the non-believers."'']] |
| 661 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/FrancoisChau |
| 662 | ->''"The only one who can provide balance is Fire Lord Ozai. He will unify the world, not the Avatar. And you have no idea how powerful he will soon become."'' |
| 663 | |
| 664 | The leader of the Fire Sages. |
| 665 | ---- |
| 666 | * AscendedExtra: He appears much more frequently than his cartoon counterpart, even sharing scenes with the Fire Lord himself. |
| 667 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Double-Subverted. He asks why Fire Lord Ozai isn't bothered by the complete failure of the Siege of the North despite the fact they lost nearly an entire armada. When Ozai reveals that the siege was [[spoiler:just a distraction to cover their real military operation at Omashu]], the Great Sage simply praises Ozai for his brilliance rather than asking if the lives lost was worth it.”, although he does still ask about the safety of Zuko and seems surprised at how indifferent Ozai is to whether his son is alive. |
| 668 | * EvilOldFolks: An elderly sage who swears allegiance to a tyrant, and aids him in his plot for world domination. |
| 669 | * PlayingWithFire: Being the head of the Fire Sages, he's explicitly a firebender. |
| 670 | * ScienceWizard: He is a firebending mystic who also has some astronomy and mechanical engineering talents. |
| 671 | * SparedByTheAdaptation: The Great Sage in the original series was arrested by Zhao for supposedly conspiring with the Avatar to undermine the Fire Nation, even though it was only Shyu who turned against the Fire Nation. While Shyu was later revealed in the comics to have been promoted as the next Great Sage under Zuko's regime, the original Great Sage faced an UncertainDoom. In this adaptation, the Great Sage isn't arrested by Zhao or falsely accused of helping the Avatar, so he retains his position and even gets to collaborate with Ozai over strategy at the end of Season One. |
| 672 | * SycophanticServant: The Great Sage lacks any real charisma, sucking up to Ozai, who has more charisma, in the hopes of getting a piece of his power. |
| 673 | * UndyingLoyalty: To Fire Lord Ozai, whom he venerates almost like a deity. |
| 674 | * WouldHurtAChild: The minute he sees Aang, who just wants to talk to the Fire Sages, he launches a fireball at him. |
| 675 | * YesMan: Despite the fact he's willing to question the Fire Lord during the war room meetings, the Great Sage always applauds Ozai's decisions in end, especially if Ozai can explain his reasoning behind them. |
| 676 | [[/folder]] |
| 677 | |
| 678 | !Earth Kingdom |
| 679 | !!Kyoshi Island |
| 680 | [[folder:Suki]] |
| 681 | !!Suki |
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| 686 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sukila_2.png]] |
| 687 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Maria Zhang |
| 688 | ->''"Before she died, Avatar Kyoshi trained an elite force in her image. One ready to protect not only our homes but our way of life. That tradition has been passed down through the generations, and it is now my honor to protect this community and to uphold the values of the Avatar. That is why I'm not just a warrior. I'm a Kyoshi Warrior."'' |
| 689 | |
| 690 | Leader of the Kyoshi Warriors, and daughter of the village head. |
| 691 | ---- |
| 692 | * ActionGirl: No doubts about that. She's the leader of the Kyoshi Warriors for a reason. |
| 693 | * AdaptationDyeJob: Her hair is black here, while it was more of a light brown (or auburn, depending on the artist) in the animated series. |
| 694 | * AdaptationExpansion: She still only appears in one episode, but since the show's episodes are longer than the original, she appears for twice the length, giving more time to explore her and her relationship with Sokka. She also desires to explore the world outside of the island, something Cartoon Suki never brought up. |
| 695 | * AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: Does slightly better than original flavor Suki in this regard, in that her mom is alive and present, but her father is a complete blank spot. |
| 696 | * CallForward: Of the comic books: Yukari tells Suki that one of her worries is how people would take advantage of Suki's kindness. It's what happens in "Suki Alone" where a fellow prisoner at the Boiling Rock betrays Suki. |
| 697 | * CombatHandFan: Those hand fans are razor sharp, and she's got a very good aim with them. |
| 698 | * CovertPervert: Catches a sneak peak of Sokka shirtless. |
| 699 | * DisappearedDad: No mention of her father whatsoever. |
| 700 | * DistractedByTheSexy: She arrives to tell Sokka about a feast while he's changing, and stays for a good minute to stare at him. |
| 701 | * EatingTheEyeCandy: She sneaks in on a shirtless Sokka, and gets an eyeful for a good moment, to the point of making him self-conscious. |
| 702 | * GirlyBruiser: Wears Kyoshi's infamous makeup in battle, and it doesn't make her any less of a skilled warrior. |
| 703 | * HeroicLineage: Hinted to have become a Kyoshi Warrior after her mother, who is seen fighting with fans the same way Kyoshi Warriors do. |
| 704 | * HeroWorshipper: Holds Avatar Kyoshi in high regard, and being the current leader of the elite group named after her, Suki takes her duties as a Kyoshi Warrior ''very'' seriously. When Kyoshi takes over Aang's body and successfully gets rid of Zhao and his men, Suki watches Kyoshi curb-stomp the firebenders with a reverent awe. |
| 705 | * ItRunsInTheFamily: Her mother is the head of Kyoshi Island, and shows she's every bit of capable of kicking bender behind as her daughter. |
| 706 | * TheLeader: Of the Kyoshi Warriors. |
| 707 | * NotSoAboveItAll: A serious warrior she is, she can't help but stare at a shirtless Sokka. |
| 708 | * ParentChildTeam: With her mother, an ex-Kyoshi Warrior, they make a pretty good team fighting off Firebenders. |
| 709 | * RelatedInTheAdaptation: In this continuity, she is the daughter of the mayor of Kyoshi Island. |
| 710 | * SociallyAwkwardHero: It's clear that Suki was never around guys her age before, and it shows when she's around Sokka: especially when she shamelessly appreciates the sight of Sokka shirtless. |
| 711 | * SmittenTeenageGirl: Immediately gets flustered by Sokka, even admiring him as he changes. |
| 712 | * StealthHiBye: She's really good at popping up unexpectedly and giving Sokka heart attacks. |
| 713 | * TeacherStudentRomance: She becomes Sokka's martial arts teacher, and the two quickly hit it off. |
| 714 | [[/folder]] |
| 715 | |
| 716 | [[folder:Yukari]] |
| 717 | !!Mayor Yukari |
| 718 | [[quoteright:607:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yukari_80.png]] |
| 719 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Tamlyn Tomita |
| 720 | The Mayor of Kyoshi Island, and Suki's mother. |
| 721 | ---- |
| 722 | * ActionMom: Hinted to have been part of the Kyoshi Warriors, as she is shown to be just as skilled as her daughter in a fight. |
| 723 | * AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: An ex-Kyoshi Warrior turned Mayor. |
| 724 | * BadassNormal: A non-bender just like her daughter, but a capable fighter who can send grown men flying barehanded. |
| 725 | * BlueIsHeroic: Wears a blue kimono, and is a fair leader and excellent fighter. |
| 726 | * CanonForeigner: Downplayed. While the Mayor of Kyoshi Island was male in the cartoon series, Suki's parents were never even mentioned. Here, her mother has a name, Yukari, and is a retired Kyoshi Warrior. |
| 727 | * CombatHandFan: Uses them to fight, showcasing her as an ex-Kyoshi warrior. |
| 728 | * GenderFlip: The Kyoshi Island's mayor was male in the series. Here, not only she's female, she's also [[RelatedInTheAdaptation Suki's mother]]. |
| 729 | * HeroicLineage: Was part of the Kyoshi Warriors, and passed the torch to her daughter Suki. |
| 730 | * MamaBear: Part of her reasons to (initially) refuse helping Aang is to protect her village, and most importantly her daughter Suki. |
| 731 | * MusclesAreMeaningless: Appears to be an average middle age woman, however she manages to send a Firebender soldier flying around with sheer strenght ''without being a bender herself''. |
| 732 | * ParentChildTeam: Teams up with her daughter when Fire Nation invade their village. |
| 733 | * SheIsTheKing: The female mayor of Kyoshi Island. |
| 734 | * SlipknotPonytail: Her PrimAndProperBun comes undone during her fight against Zhao's troops. |
| 735 | [[/folder]] |
| 736 | |
| 737 | !!Omashu |
| 738 | [[folder:King Bumi]] |
| 739 | !!King Bumi |
| 740 | %% |
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| 743 | %% |
| 744 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bumila.png]] |
| 745 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/UtkarshAmbudkar, Pradnesh Prakash (young) |
| 746 | The king of Omashu, one of the Earth Kingdom's largest cities, and Aang's friend from a hundred years ago. |
| 747 | ---- |
| 748 | * AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: King Bumi in the original series was a goofy CoolOldGuy who only gave Aang the runaround during their first meeting to give him a [[TricksterMentor new perspective]] on how he could face the obstacles in his future. Bumi in this series has actually become jaded and cynical from the events of the Hundred-Year War, giving Aang a hard time in part because he had legitimate grievances with Aang disappearing at the start of the war. With that being said, he's still pretty goofy. |
| 749 | * AdaptationalOriginConnection: In the cartoon, Aang bought his bison whistle from a market in the present day. Here, Bumi carves it as a child and gifts it to him, long before he disappeared for a century. |
| 750 | * AdaptationDyeJob: Original series Bumi was a redhead with AnimeHair as a kid. Here, to go with the RaceLift, his hair's short and black. |
| 751 | * BadassInDistress: Bumi ends the first season as [[spoiler:Azula's prisoner as she and her army had conquered Omashu]]. |
| 752 | * TheChainsOfCommanding: Leading Omashu while a century-spanning war is going on has ''not'' been easy for him. The SadisticChoice he forces on Aang during their fight is openly symbolic of the sacrifices he had to make, forced to choose every day who he could save with the very limited resources he had. |
| 753 | * CompositeCharacter: Of Bumi of course, but he now has traits of the Old Fisherman from "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheStorm The Storm]]" from the original series at the forefront of his character, [[WhatTheHellHero viciously chewing out Aang for disappearing for the last 100 years]]. |
| 754 | * DishingOutDirt: You get a subtle hint at how powerful an Earthbender he is by his sphere wheel throne that he can keep level and move around with nary a thought. In his youth, he Earthbend-sculpted Aang's bison whistle. |
| 755 | * EasilyForgiven: Despite Bumi putting him through harsh challenges and forcing him to make a SadisticChoice, Aang forgives his old friend once they find common ground and understands how much grievance the war put him through. |
| 756 | * HatOfAuthority: Instead of the crown-hat from the cartoon, he instead wears an incredibly oversized turban. |
| 757 | * LivingRelic: Lampshaded. Bumi is 112-years-old, but Aang is astonished by how he's even still alive. |
| 758 | --> '''Bumi''': Clean living, the right diet, ooh, and luck... Hard to say if it's good or bad luck. |
| 759 | * ObfuscatingDisability: Looks like a hundred year old man who walks with a notable limp, but is probably one of if not ''the'' most powerful earthbenders alive, and his mind's as sharp as it was when he was a kid. |
| 760 | * OldFriend: To Aang, though their reunion is far less happy than it was in the original series. Bumi still comes around, however. |
| 761 | * PungeonMaster: During his feast with Aang, he can't stop making food-related puns. |
| 762 | * TheResenter: He is mad at Aang for not being there when the war started. A hundred years of war, loss and death took its toll on Bumi, who blames his old friend as a result even if Aang never meant to disappear in the first place. He gets over this when Aang shows him his stone whistle Bumi made him. |
| 763 | * SignatureLaugh: Has a pronounced cackle, which tends to get interrupted by snorts. This is how Aang recognizes him as his old friend. |
| 764 | * TooImportantToWalk: He can walk, albeit slowly, but sometimes he just uses his earthbending to cart himself around, without any apparent effort. |
| 765 | * TookALevelInCheerfulness: After he realizes Aang kept the bison whistle he gave to him 100 years ago, King Bumi lets go of his resentment and even asks Aang one last challenge: slide down the delivery system just for fun, like they did back in the day. |
| 766 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: Was an upbeat CheerfulChild back when he was friends with Aang in their youth. However, the Hundred Year war soured him up considerably, and Aang refuses to believe that the sweet and goofy kid he once knew is entirely gone. |
| 767 | * WhatTheHellHero: He is very upset with Aang for not being there the last century. He eventually gets over this when Aang shows him the carved stone whistle he gave him when he was a child and allies with his old friend to finally end the war. |
| 768 | * TheWonka: Omashu seems to be doing pretty well under him, but is should not be understated how ''nuts'' the man is, as he consistently subjects his court to his odd declarations and terrible puns. Notably, when he makes them, the guards' expressions don't show any surprise, as if this is pretty normal for him. |
| 769 | [[/folder]] |
| 770 | |
| 771 | [[folder:Jet]] |
| 772 | !!Jet |
| 773 | [[quoteright:620:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_7052_3.jpeg]] |
| 774 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Sebastian Amoruso |
| 775 | An Earth Kingdom citizen fighting the Fire Nation. |
| 776 | ---- |
| 777 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: Unlike the animated version, Jet never tries to destroy an entire village as revenge against the Fire Nation, and his main goal is instead to kill King Bumi and his associates during the former's meeting with Sai. He also never [[WouldHarmASenior physically abuses an innocent old man]] like Cartoon Jet did. |
| 778 | * AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Much of the conflict in Jet's eponymous episode in the animated series was Sokka's rivalry with him, with Sokka eventually discovering just how unnecessarily ruthless his Freedom Fighters actually were. Here, they barely interact at all, barring a bit of one-sided snark on Jet's side. Instead, the focus is on his and Katara's relationship, while Sokka is busy with Sai in their own subplot. |
| 779 | * BadassNormal: A nonbender, but he is pretty skilled with his meat hooks in a fight. |
| 780 | * BeautyIsBad: Downplayed. Jet is a fair young fellow and aims to fight against the Fire Nation's colonialism, however, he doesn't care about the innocent people that get caught up in his plans, making him an AntiVillain. |
| 781 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Initially appears to be a nice sort of fellow who helps the Gaang get into Omashu no problem, and even assists Katara with the psychological block she has with her waterbending. Then Katara finds out about what the Freedom Fighters get up to. |
| 782 | * BlackAndWhiteInsanity: Just like in the original series, Jet believes that anyone ''remotely'' associated with the Fire Nation deserves to die. |
| 783 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: His father hid him in a well while his village was under attack by the Fire Nation when he was 8 years old. When he came out of it, he found his entire family dead and had to fend for himself ever since. |
| 784 | * DualWielding: He sports two hook swords as weapons, like in the cartoon. |
| 785 | * EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Jet may be merciless and unstable, he holds dear memories of his mother, who was a warrior, was the one who taught him how to fight and died a HeroicSacrifice [[MamaBear to protect Jet]] while [[PapaWolf his father]] hid him in a well. It gets deconstructed as her death along with the rest of his family's delusioned Jet into hating and wanting the death of anyone remotely associated with the Fire Nation. |
| 786 | * FreudianExcuse: Like so many, he's feeling the psychological scars of a hundred year long war. Katara even brings it up after he's tried attacking her that she can at least see ''why'' he's the way he is. |
| 787 | * HarmfulToMinors: The only survivor of a Fire Nation attack on his village when he was 8 years old, and he also discovered the corpses of his family. No wonder it messed him up... |
| 788 | * HeWhoFightsMonsters: Jet has a deep hatred for the Fire Nation since he survived a raid on his village that killed his entire family. However, as Katara points out, Jet is so overwhelmed by his desire for revenge he has no qualms about innocent people, who have nothing to do with the Fire Nation, getting caught in his quest, which makes him as unscrupulous as the firebenders. |
| 789 | * IconicItem: Chews on a piece of wheat, like his cartoon counterpart. |
| 790 | * MessyHair: Initially keeps it quite tidy, but when he's out freedom fighting, it's a wild mane. |
| 791 | * ThePowerOfHate: Katara points out that Jet is letting his hate of the Fire Nation get the best of him, making him fight for all the wrong reasons. |
| 792 | * RevengeBeforeReason: Jet became so jaded by the war and his hatred of the Fire Nation for killing his family, that he is willing to have innocents hurt if it means getting closer to his revenge. |
| 793 | * SoleSurvivor: At 8 years old, he was the only one from his family that survived a Fire Nation massacre. |
| 794 | * TheUnfettered: There are no lines Jet won't cross to fight the Fire Nation, including outright terrorist bombings, regardless of who gets hurt in the process. |
| 795 | * WithUsOrAgainstUs: Subscribes to this mentality when fighting the Fire Nation. Katara disagrees. |
| 796 | [[/folder]] |
| 797 | |
| 798 | [[folder:The Freedom Fighters]] |
| 799 | !!The Freedom Fighters |
| 800 | !!!'''Pipsqueak portrayed by:''' Vincent Huang |
| 801 | !!!'''Smellerbee portrayed by:''' Wes Valarao |
| 802 | !!!'''The Duke portrayed by:''' Taylor Lam Wright |
| 803 | !!!'''Longshot portrayed by:''' Nathaniel Kong |
| 804 | A group of Earth Kingdom rebels consisting of orphans led by Jet. |
| 805 | ---- |
| 806 | %%* ActionGirl: Smellerbee. |
| 807 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: Pipsqueak has a very thuggish-looking face in the cartoon. While he's still big and imposing here, he at least looks like a regular teenager. |
| 808 | * AdaptedOut: Sneers is the only member to not appear in this series (or at least not be properly introduced). |
| 809 | * AlliterativeName: The '''F'''reedom '''F'''ighters. |
| 810 | * AloofArcher: Longshot, who is quiet and composed, and has no problems [[spoiler:assassinating people using a fire arrow and blasting jelly]]. |
| 811 | * ArrowsOnFire: Longshot uses fire on his arrow at some point [[spoiler:in an attempt to assassinate Sai and King Bumi, only to be stopped by Katara]]. |
| 812 | %%* TheBigGuy: Pipsqueak. |
| 813 | %%* CheerfulChild: The Duke. |
| 814 | %%* TheCutie: Again, The Duke. |
| 815 | * BewareTheQuietOnes: Longshot; he may not say much, but he's a skilled archer who nearly [[spoiler:assassinates the king of Omashu himself with a flaming arrow and blasting jelly]]. |
| 816 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Most of them survived Fire Nation attacks that took the lives of their loved-ones. |
| 817 | * DemotedToExtra: Smellerbee, Pipsqueak and the Duke have far less scenes and characterization than they had in their debut episode from the cartoon, with Longshot having the most screentime. |
| 818 | * FreeRangeChildren: The Freedom Fighters consists of orphaned kids that lost family to the Fire Nation, who live in a community led by Jet and who try to fight against the Fire Nation's regime. |
| 819 | * IronicName: Katara initially believed that "Pipsqueak" was The Duke, since it's most befitting, only to be told that Pipsqueak is actually a tall, bulky guy. |
| 820 | * ParentalAbandonment: Most of the kids living with the Freedom Fighters lost their parents and family members to Fire Nation raids. |
| 821 | %%* TheQuietOne: Longshot. |
| 822 | * LaResistance: Jet leads the Freedom Fighters in an attempt to counter the Fire Nation's dictatorship. |
| 823 | * MasterArcher: Longshot, of course. [[MeaningfulName It's in the name.]] |
| 824 | * MinorLivingAlone: A bunch of orphan kids living among eachother in a camp. Justified since their parents are likely dead thanks to the Fire Nation. |
| 825 | * SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In the cartoon, the Freedom Fighters lived in [[TreehouseOfFun shelters built in trees]]. Here, due to the realism of the series and the fact most of them are kids with no building expertise, they instead live in a camp base. |
| 826 | * TribalFacePaint: Smellerbee has three red paint lines on each cheek. |
| 827 | [[/folder]] |
| 828 | |
| 829 | [[folder:Sai (The Mechanist)]] |
| 830 | !!Sai |
| 831 | [[quoteright:354:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_7055_6.jpeg]] |
| 832 | [[caption-width-right:354:''"The world is filled with warriors. But there are far too few great '''engineers'''"'']] |
| 833 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/DannyPudi |
| 834 | ->''"Protecting the ones we love is important, but I also know we must pursue the talents that we've been given. Sokka, you're a gifted engineer. Don't ignore that. It's not always easy to find your path in life, but when you find it, you must embrace it."'' |
| 835 | |
| 836 | A genius inventor trying to fight the Fire Nation in his own way. |
| 837 | ---- |
| 838 | * AbledInTheAdaptation: Still has all his fingers in this version. |
| 839 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: Being transposed to Omashu, he hasn't obliviously remodelled / desecrated the Northern Air Temple. |
| 840 | * AdaptationalOriginConnection: In this adaptation, he lives in Omashu and serves as King Bumi's royal mechanist whereas in the cartoon, he worked independently and lived in the Northern Air Temple. |
| 841 | * AdaptationPersonalityChange: Much less of a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} than the original version. |
| 842 | * BirdsOfAFeather: He gets on quite well with Sokka over their fondness for gadgets, though things do get strained after Sokka finds out he's selling information to the Fire Nation. |
| 843 | * BlackmailBackfire: After a calling out from Sokka and Teo, he's able to turn things around on the Fire Nation agents, and in the space of a few hours manages to get them ''all'' caught. |
| 844 | * ForcedIntoEvil: Was blackmailed by Fire Nation to make plans for their army, or else they would harm him and his son. |
| 845 | * GadgeteerGenius: Right there in his title. |
| 846 | * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: He's a naturally good man who was ForcedIntoEvil by the Fire Nation, but eventually found the courage to denounce the spies to King Bumi and becomes his royal mechanist. |
| 847 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: He was feeding information to the Fire Nation, but he thought the knowledge he was giving them was harmless things they wouldn't be able to use to hurt people. Sokka points out that ''anything'' can be turned into a weapon with enough thought. |
| 848 | * IDidWhatIHadToDo: Tries saying as much, but neither Sokka or Teo are especially convinced. |
| 849 | * MeaningfulName: His name, Sai, can mean "one who strives"; Sai is a hardworking mechanist. |
| 850 | * NamedByTheAdaptation: In the original series, he was only referred to as "The Mechanist". Here, he is given a name: Sai. |
| 851 | * PapaWolf: Claims the reason he gave information to Fire Nation spies in the first place was to protect Teo, whose life was threatened if Sai wouldn't cooperate. |
| 852 | * RegretfulTraitor: Is clearly not proud of working for the Fire Nation, but it's not like he had a choice in the matter without putting his life or his son's at risk. |
| 853 | [[/folder]] |
| 854 | |
| 855 | [[folder:Teo]] |
| 856 | !!Teo |
| 857 | [[quoteright:706:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_7088_8.jpeg]] |
| 858 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Lucian-River Chauhan |
| 859 | The idealistic and high-flying son of Sai the Mechanist. |
| 860 | ---- |
| 861 | * AdaptationalPersonalityChange: While he still is a CheerfulChild like Cartoon Teo, here he is way more affected by the loss of his mother and gains a TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior that consists of wanting Fire Nation soldiers dead. |
| 862 | * AmbiguousSituation: Since it was not addressed in the cartoons either, it's not made clear if Teo became crippled after an accident (he ''does'' fly on a homemade airplane) or if it's the result of the Fire Nation raid that also killed his mother. |
| 863 | * BrokenPedestal: Greatly respected his father, until he learns from Sokka and Katara that he's been [[RegretfulTraitor reluctantly]] giving design ideas to Fire Nation spies. |
| 864 | * GeniusCripple: Teo may be crippled, but just like his father, he's still pretty smart, even helping construct designs that could help the Earth Kingdom. He is able to pinpoint the tunnel where the terrorists gather, and understands the dangers of blasting jelly. |
| 865 | * GracefulInTheirElement: Enjoys flying around Omashu with his wheelchair, even Aang mistaken him for being an airbender. |
| 866 | * MissingMom: His mother was killed when the Fire Nation raided his village and lived in Omashu with his father ever since. |
| 867 | * {{Protectorate}}: His father only became affiliated with Fire Nation spies in order to protect Teo from their wrath if they refused. |
| 868 | * StylishProtectionGear: Wear black, hexagonal googles with golden edges whenever he is flying. |
| 869 | * SuperWheelchair: Teo is able to use his wheelchair as an airplane to fly above Omashu. |
| 870 | * TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Way too eager about the thought of Aang's aerial superiority allowing the opportunity to rain fire and destruction down on the Fire Nation. |
| 871 | [[/folder]] |
| 872 | |
| 873 | [[folder:The Cabbage Merchant]] |
| 874 | %% |
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| 877 | %% |
| 878 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mycabbagesla.png]] |
| 879 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JamesSie |
| 880 | ->''"'MY CABBAGEEEEEEES!"'' |
| 881 | |
| 882 | A poor merchant who keeps running afoul of Team Avatar. |
| 883 | ---- |
| 884 | * AdvertisedExtra: As shown above, he has his own character poster despite his minimal screentime. Then again, he's still one of the most iconic minor characters in the franchise -- with focus given to the fact that he's played by the same actor as in the original -- so it's warranted. |
| 885 | * BaitAndSwitch: In a deliberate tease for the fans, he gets cut off before uttering his famous catchphrase, ''twice''. Then when Zuko accidentally sets his cart ablaze, he finally [[SkywardScream screams it to the heavens]]. |
| 886 | * ButtMonkey: He spends about 90% of his screentime getting screwed over in some way. |
| 887 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "MY CABBAGES!!!" |
| 888 | * DecompositeCharacter: His cart doesn't get tossed over the bridge by Omashu's guards this time; that happens to a separate, unnamed merchant. It doesn't save his cabbages from getting destroyed ''later'', though. |
| 889 | * IconicItem: His cabbage cart, of course! |
| 890 | * SkywardScream: He screams his catchphrase when Zuko burns his cabbage cart. |
| 891 | * UnluckyExtra: The guy just wants to sell his wares only for them to get burned, smashed or whatever else happens. |
| 892 | [[/folder]] |
| 893 | |
| 894 | [[folder:Chong]] |
| 895 | !!Chong |
| 896 | [[quoteright:506:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chong_6.png]] |
| 897 | [[caption-width-right:506:''"Hear that? Harmony. That's what we're all about. Harmony, music, and love."'']] |
| 898 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Justin Wong |
| 899 | ->''"'Love is brightest in the dark.' Remember that, especially if you're going into the dark void from which no living being ever returns."''\ |
| 900 | |
| 901 | A laidback minstrel who travels the world and plays music with his crew. Katara and Sokka find them hanging out in the tunnels beneath Omashu. |
| 902 | ---- |
| 903 | * AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Chong and his friends did not appear in the cartoon until Book 2. Here, they show up in the fourth episode, pointing the way for Katara and Sokka as they head into the Cave of Two Lovers. |
| 904 | * TheBard: A nomad playing the dramyin (an Himalayan lute), he travels around with his fellow musicians and is the one who tells Oma and Shu's story to Sokka and Katara. |
| 905 | * DemotedToExtra: He actually accompanied Team Avatar as they traveled through the tunnels in the original. Due to the different circumstances here, he only shows up for one scene, though he still helps Katara and Sokka and even tells the story of Oma and Shu. |
| 906 | * DissonantSerenity: As he finishes his song and watch Katara and Sokka enter the tunnels, he smiles widely as he quips: "They're doomed!" |
| 907 | * MrExposition: He is the one who recounts the story of Oma and Shu, and the tunnels underneath the city. |
| 908 | --> '''Chong:''' It's a tale of two lovers. Oma and Shu met on top of the mountain that divided their two villages. The villages were enemies, so they couldn't be together, but their love was strong so they found a way. They learned earthbending from the badgermoles, becoming the first Earthbenders. They built elaborate tunnels so that they could meet secretly. But one day, Oma didn't come. She'd been killed in an attack. Devastated, Shu wielded her earthbending power to bring the villages to their knees. She could've destroyed them all. But instead, she declared the war over. Both villages helped her build a new city where they would live together in peace. The great city was named Omashu as a monument to their love. |
| 909 | * NewAgeRetroHippie: A laidback wanderer with a knack for acoustic music, Chong is a hippie in every sense of the word. |
| 910 | * NobodysThatDumb: Chong and his crew merely hang out by the cave entrance. Even they aren't foolish enough to actually go into the tunnels proper. |
| 911 | * TheStoryteller: With the help of some ancient cave paintings, he tells the siblings the story of Oma and Shu, the two lovers that Omashu was named after. |
| 912 | * WanderingMinstrel: Chong and his friends go wherever the wind takes them. They just happen to be in the Omashu tunnels by the time Katara and Sokka get there (for the acoustics, man). |
| 913 | [[/folder]] |
| 914 | |
| 915 | [[folder:Captain Dixit]] |
| 916 | !!Captain Dixit |
| 917 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/captaindixit.jpg]] |
| 918 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Albert Nicholas |
| 919 | An earthbending captain operating in Omashu. He gets put in charge of transfering Iroh to the Pit, a prisoner camp for war criminals, and is violent and cruel towards Iroh as revenge for causing his younger brother's death in Ba Sing Se. |
| 920 | ---- |
| 921 | * AdaptationalJerkass: Is explicitly more violent towards Iroh compared to his animated counterpart, who only resorted to crush Iroh's hands because he considered him too dangerous. Though in this case, it's because his younger brother was killed when Iroh was leading an army to conquer Ba Sing Se. |
| 922 | * AdaptationalBackstoryChange: There was no indication that the Earth Kingdom captain that captured Iroh in the cartoon had family killed during the Ba Sing Se Siege, although he still held strong contempt for Iroh for his role in the war. |
| 923 | * AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: |
| 924 | ** While the captain that had captured Iroh in the cartoon hated him for the Siege at Ba Sing Se in general, here his hatred is more intense (and justified) because his younger brother died during Iroh's time as General, and it's clear that he has no one else to blame but Iroh for it. |
| 925 | ** It was not made clear who the earthbending captain was working for in the series, though it's implied to be Ba Sing Se since he had planned to take Iroh there so he could be trialed for his crimes. Here, he seems to be working under King Bumi in Omashu, and he and his men take Iroh from his jail cell to take him to the Pit, a prison for war criminals that no tenant has ever returned from. |
| 926 | * AntiVillain: He's really cruel, violent and outright petty towards Iroh, but then again, his younger brother was killed during the Siege and Captain Dixit never grieved him properly, even catching sight of the charred remains of his brother. Now that he has the man responsible for his death, Captain Dixit gets blinded by his hatred and desire for vengeance. |
| 927 | * BaitAndSwitch: Captain Dixit introduces himself to Iroh as a professional soldier, asking Iroh if he needs anything to make his ride more comfortable. Iroh answers that he is alright... [[WhamShot and then the Captain punches him in the stomach.]] |
| 928 | * TheCaptain: A soldier captain in service for King Bumi in Omashu. |
| 929 | * DishingOutDirt: Explicitly an earthbender, he attempts to crush Iroh with a boulder at one point. |
| 930 | * DramaticIrony: Captain Dixit accuses Iroh of having no humanity, ''and'' no idea what loss is, unaware that the Siege at Ba Sing Se also took the life of Iroh's son Lu Ten, which is the reason why Iroh gave up on Ba Sing Se in the first place. |
| 931 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Evil from Iroh and the audience's perspectives, but he still cared deeply about his younger brother and his grief blinds him with vengeful intentions. |
| 932 | * ItsPersonal: His younger brother was burned so badly by Iroh's army, that there wasn't much left of him to bury in the aftermath. Oh, and he was ''19''. No wonder he's so embittered and "takes his time" during the ride to the Pit. |
| 933 | * GetItOverWith: When he's overpowered by Iroh, he urges him, as if daring him, to finish him off. Iroh refuses to prove his point, believing there is no need for more pointless death, and spares him. |
| 934 | * GreenAndMean: He's from the Earth Kingdom, wears a green uniform and acts like a cruel batterer towards Iroh. |
| 935 | * HeroAntagonist: Being from the Earth Kingdom, Captain Dixit is on the good side of the war. But when he has Iroh under his "care", he personally makes his life miserable because of his younger brother's death by Iroh's army. |
| 936 | * HeWhoFightsMonsters: He holds Iroh accountable for the death of his younger brother, and thinks of him as a barbaric, homicidal monster (which is far from the case). But his cruel treatment of Iroh makes him no better than the image he has of his brother's "killer". |
| 937 | * KickTheDog: |
| 938 | ** Dixit [[WhamShot punches Iroh in the stomach]], just for talking. |
| 939 | ** Later, he offers Iroh some water, only to spitefully pour out the entire pitcher right in front of him. After all, firebenders don't ''need'' water, right? |
| 940 | ** Finally, when Iroh spares his life, the captain thanks him by [[UngratefulBastard throwing a knife in his back]]. Zuko promptly [[TheDogBitesBack kicks the disgraceful captain out cold for all the grievance he put his uncle through]]. |
| 941 | * KnightTemplarBigBrother: Seeks out to avenge the death of his younger brother by beating up and treating Iroh like an animal, even if Iroh is not a threat anymore and cooperates during his transfer. |
| 942 | * LaserGuidedKarma: After beating and psychologically tearing Iroh, Zuko comes to his uncle's rescue and beats him and his men. He then decides to be an UngratefulBastard and throw a knife in Iroh's back, when the latter had chosen to spare his life. Zuko answers by kicking Captain Dixit in the face, knocking him out. |
| 943 | * NamedByTheAdaptation: He was unnamed in the original series, whereas here he is credited as "Captain Dixit". |
| 944 | * {{Revenge}}: Now that he has the "Dragon of the West" captive, Captain Dixit makes him his duty to make his life a living hell during the ride to the Pit, as payback for the death of his brother. |
| 945 | * UngratefulBastard: Iroh spares his life and claims that the world as seen enough death as it is. Captain Dixit [[TheFarmerAndTheViper still decides to throw a knife in his back]]. Zuko [[EvenEvilHasStandards kicks the disgraceful captain out cold]]. |
| 946 | * WhamShot: Punching Iroh in the stomach comes out of absolutely nowhere, since he [[BitchInSheepsClothing initially presented himself as a professional and well-mannered soldier]]. |
| 947 | * WouldHarmASenior: Has no qualms punching Iroh in the stomach. |
| 948 | [[/folder]] |
| 949 | |
| 950 | !!Others |
| 951 | [[folder:June]] |
| 952 | !!June |
| 953 | [[quoteright:732:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_7057_8.jpeg]] |
| 954 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ArdenCho |
| 955 | ->''"I've heard the stories about how you're gonna save the world. Here's the thing. Some of us don't need saving. Some of us have got this world figured out. So you got your Firebenders and your Earthbenders and your whatever benders, and they all want something. And they're willing to fight to get it. So if you're smart, you just sit back and wait for the dust to clear. And then pick through broken pieces for the leftovers. Far as I'm concerned, world's just fine the way it is."'' |
| 956 | |
| 957 | A bounty hunter hired by Zuko and Iroh. |
| 958 | ---- |
| 959 | * AdaptationalBadass: She actually manages to capture Aang in this series, something she never succeeded in the cartoon (she only captured Sokka and Katara). |
| 960 | * AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: In the original show, June made her appearance after Zuko managed to free Aang as the Blue Spirit from Zhao's fortress. Here, she's the one who managed to capture Aang before he was sent to the fortress where he was freed by the Blue Spirit. |
| 961 | * AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Originally, Iroh was the one interested in her despite her lack of interest. Here, she's the one flirting with Iroh and he's the one who isn't interested. |
| 962 | * AdaptationalVillainy: Conditionally, due to the circumstances surrounding when she attacks Aang changing. June's personality and motivation remain unchanged, but her actions endanger several lives Aang's trying to save. |
| 963 | * AmazonianBeauty: She is quite buff, likely on account of her job requiring her to beat people up and haul their paralyzed bodies about, and also very good looking. |
| 964 | * BountyHunter: Her job, as always. Iroh and Zuko hire her to capture Aang, and unlike the cartoon, she actually succeeds. |
| 965 | * ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: Shrugs off Zuko calling her a lowlife bounty hunter. |
| 966 | * LikesOlderMen: If her crush on Iroh is of any indication. |
| 967 | * OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: With just a scrap of fabric from Aang's cape she and Nyla manage to work out where Aang will be going, get there (crossing a small ocean), knock out several Fire Sages without taking a hit, and get the drop on Aang before transporting him back to the mainland before he can recover. |
| 968 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: Tells Aang she doesn't give a damn about the war or its consequences, so long as she gets her money. |
| 969 | * PragmaticVillainy: Tries to avoid killing her bounties if she can help it, a problem when your pet shirshu paralyzes people and can occasionally stop them breathing. Dead pays less than alive. |
| 970 | * PunchClockVillain: She doesn't care what side of the war she advantages, she just wants money to be able to live. |
| 971 | * SkeletonMotif: Her hair buckle is doted with a skeleton. |
| 972 | * TattooedCrook: A bounty hunter with red spiral tattoos on each arm. |
| 973 | * WhipOfDominance: She carries a whip and is an effective bounty hunter. |
| 974 | [[/folder]] |
| 975 | |
| 976 | [[folder:Earth Kingdom Spy]] |
| 977 | !!Earth Kingdom Spy |
| 978 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' David Sakurai |
| 979 | A spy for the Earth Kingdom who was captured and executed by Fire Lord Sozin after being pursued by Fire Nation guards for possessing and giving battle plans to his accomplice sending it to the Earth King. |
| 980 | ---- |
| 981 | * CanonForeigner: He is an exclusively new character to the live action adaptation with no counterpart to the original animated show. |
| 982 | * DishingOutDirt: He is the first ever character shown in the adaptation to be an earthbender and uses his ability to hinder the Fire Nation guards chasing him such as creating huge spikes from the ground, launching multiple rock pellets, and constructing a giant wall; although it wouldn't be enough for him to live throughout the fight. |
| 983 | * EstablishingSeriesMoment: His presence in the show with his earthbending showcases the visual effects the live-action show will employ. Later, his onscreen death sets the standard that the live action adaptation will be much darker and less comedic than the cartoon, and feature more graphic violence. |
| 984 | * HeroicSacrifice: When he finds himself far behind from his friend to escape together with the Fire Nation guards catching up to the spy, he tosses the battle plans to his friend and then makes a barrier between him and his accomplice in order to distract the Fire Nation guards while his messenger friend would escape to send the battle plans to the Earth King which results in the spy getting captured and later burned alive. |
| 985 | * NoNameGiven: His name and his comrade's is left unknown throughout their entire presence. |
| 986 | * PursuedProtagonist: The first episode of the show begins with him being chased through a street in the Fire Nation capital 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's later captured, taunted about how the plans were fakes that the Fire Nation wanted the Earth King to have, and then murdered. |
| 987 | [[/folder]] |
| 988 | |
| 989 | !Water Tribe |
| 990 | !!Southern (Wolf Cove) |
| 991 | [[folder:Gran-Gran]] |
| 992 | !! "Gran-Gran" Kanna |
| 993 | [[quoteright:812:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gran_gran.png]] |
| 994 | [[caption-width-right:812:''"You are a waterbender. That is who you have always been and always will be. Never forget that."'']] |
| 995 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Casey Camp-Horinek |
| 996 | ->''"Water. Earth. Fire. Air. Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. Then everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar, master of all four elements, could stop them. But when the world needed him most, he vanished. And so the Fire Nation marched and laid waste, plunging us into a time of darkness. Everyone in the village knows this story, but you don't, do you, young man? Just as you don't know that airbenders haven't been seen in generations and that the Southern Air Temple was the first to fall, because you've been trapped in that ice this whole time. The last time the Great Comet was seen in the sky was 100 years ago. He may seem like just a boy, but he's much more. He is the last airbender."'' |
| 997 | |
| 998 | Sokka and Katara's maternal grandmother and the matriarch of the Wolf Cove. |
| 999 | ---- |
| 1000 | * AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In the cartoon, Gran-Gran was a DeadpanSnarker and was doubtful that Aang was really the Avatar and hope to save the world. Here, she recognizes Aang as an airbender when she sees his tattoos, and sees his return as a miracle and hope for the future. |
| 1001 | * AffectionateNickname: "Gran-Gran" is how her grandchildren call her. |
| 1002 | * AllThereInTheManual: Fans of the series know her name is Kanna, but she isn't refered as such by anyone in the series. |
| 1003 | * AmbiguousSituation: Because the subplot with Katara's necklace was AdaptedOut, it's made unclear if Kanna comes from the Northern Water Tribe, was engaged to Pakku and knew Yagoda. |
| 1004 | * CoolOldLady: A kind and loving grandmother to Sokka and Katara, and the one who gives her granddaughter a waterbending scroll to help her train during her quest. |
| 1005 | * DotingGrandparent: To both her grandchildren, but most specifically to Katara when she gives her a Waterbending Scroll she had kept hidden until the day Katara would be ready to develop her skills. |
| 1006 | * MsExposition: After Katara and Sokka brings an unconscious Aang back to the village, Gran-Gran sees his tattoos and confirms him to be an airbender, and most importantly, the last one remaining. She also lets Aang know what happened the past hundred years where he was trapped in the iceberg. |
| 1007 | * MythologyGag: When talking to Aang about the Hundred Year War, she speaks the exact same opening monologue as Katara in the cartoon series' intro. |
| 1008 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: Her daughter was murdered by Fire Nation soldiers when her grandchildren were young. |
| 1009 | * TitleDrop: Calls Aang "the last airbender". |
| 1010 | * WastelandElder: Gran-Gran is a source of important exposition and is the oldest member of her tribe of isolated, struggling arctic hunter-gatherers who, due to the ravages of war, consist mostly of women and bumbling ChildSoldiers led by her grandson. |
| 1011 | [[/folder]] |
| 1012 | |
| 1013 | [[folder:Hakoda]] |
| 1014 | !!Chief Hakoda |
| 1015 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_7090.jpeg]] |
| 1016 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Joel Montgrand |
| 1017 | Chief of the Southern Water Tribe, father of Sokka and Katara. He left with all the warriors three years ago to fight the Fire Nation, leaving Sokka in charge of the village's defense. |
| 1018 | ---- |
| 1019 | * AdaptationalJerkass: Animated Hakoda was nothing but loving, supportive and proud of his kids. Here, Hakoda makes some pretty damn harsh comments about Sokka behind his back. |
| 1020 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Gives Sokka nothing but praise as his initiation ceremony, but the minute his son's out of earshot (or so he thinks), he's much harsher about it, even shooting down Bato when he tries defending Sokka. |
| 1021 | * CrusadingWidower: Katara tells Aang her father left with other warriors to track down Firebenders, most specifically those who killed her mother. |
| 1022 | * DisappearedDad: He left three years prior to Aang's return with all the warriors from the village in order to find the Firebenders that murdered his wife. |
| 1023 | * FreudianExcuse: His criticism on Sokka's warrior skills can be explained that Hakoda is still affected by the murder of his wife, and it has consequences on his parenting now that he must raise their two kids alone. |
| 1024 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: He gives harsh feedback to Bato about Sokka, not realizing his son is within ear reach. |
| 1025 | * ParentsAsPeople: Sokka and Katara's conversations about their father imply that he does love them, but based on what we saw from Sokka's most painful memory, it's also heavily implied that both the war and the death of his beloved wife hit him as hard as it did his children. |
| 1026 | [[/folder]] |
| 1027 | |
| 1028 | [[folder:Kya]] |
| 1029 | !!Kya |
| 1030 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kya.png]] |
| 1031 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Rainbow Dickerson |
| 1032 | ->''"You will [bend]. I know it. Someday, you are gonna show the world just how powerful you are. You will protect all of us."'' |
| 1033 | |
| 1034 | Mother of Sokka and Katara, she was killed years ago during a Fire Nation raid on the village. |
| 1035 | ---- |
| 1036 | * AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: In the cartoon series, Kya was only mentioned occasionally and finally appeared in the flesh during Katara's flashback in Season 3's episode "The Southern Raiders". Here, the flashback of her death happens in the first season in order to give depths to Katara's trauma and how it affects her waterbending. |
| 1037 | * DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Katara only has good memories of her mother, who was kind and loving, and performed a HeroicSacrifice to save her life. Jet tells Katara to remember the moments she was alive in order to ease the trauma that blocks her waterbending. |
| 1038 | * DefiantToTheEnd: Kya stood up to Yon Rha and [[HeroicSacrifice claimed to be the last waterbender]] [[MamaBear so he wouldn't find Katara's hiding place]]. |
| 1039 | * FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Contrary to the cartoon where her death occurs offscreen, here we get to ''see'' her get burned and hear her cries of agony while a young Katara can only muffle her horrified scream without being able to do anything. |
| 1040 | * GoryDiscretionShot: Downplayed. While we see her get burned and hear her screams, the death itself is hidden and we see instead a young Katara cry in silence as her mother gets murdered. |
| 1041 | * HeroicSacrifice: She likely knew she would get killed, but still pretended to be the last remaining waterbender to save her daughter's life. |
| 1042 | * TheLostLenore: To her husband, Hakoda. |
| 1043 | * MamaBear: She sacrifices her life by pretending to be the last waterbender in order to protect Katara. |
| 1044 | * MissingMom: Is outlived by her children after being killed by a Fire Nation soldier while protecting Katara. |
| 1045 | * NiceGirl: A kind, nurturing mother beloved by her children. |
| 1046 | * PosthumousCharacter: She died years before Aang came back. However, her death still heavily weights on Katara and affects her waterbending abilities. |
| 1047 | * WomanOnFire: She gets burned alive by a Fire Nation soldier. |
| 1048 | [[/folder]] |
| 1049 | |
| 1050 | [[folder:Bato]] |
| 1051 | !!Bato |
| 1052 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Trevor Carroll |
| 1053 | Friend of Hakoda and his second-in-command. |
| 1054 | ---- |
| 1055 | * DemotedToExtra: At least in the first season; the original show gave him [[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderBatoOfTheWaterTribe an entire episode]] in Book One, but here, he only shows up for a flashback (albeit a significant one). |
| 1056 | * HonoraryUncle: Being close friends with Hakoda, Sokka looks up to Bato and seems to have a better relationship with him than his father. It's explicit when Bato defends Sokka when Hakoda gives harsh criticism behind his back. |
| 1057 | * TheLancer: To Hakoda. |
| 1058 | * NiceGuy: Holds high esteem for Sokka and believes he's a capable warrior, despite his mishaps. He even tries to defend the boy when Hakoda voices his doubts about his own son's capabilities. |
| 1059 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Bato tries to tell Hakoda to cut Sokka some slack because he's trying his best, only for Hakoda to harshly shoot him down. |
| 1060 | [[/folder]] |
| 1061 | |
| 1062 | !!Northern (Agna Qel'a) |
| 1063 | [[folder:Princess Yue]] |
| 1064 | !!Princess Yue |
| 1065 | [[quoteright:800:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_7058_2.jpeg]] |
| 1066 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AmberMidthunder |
| 1067 | Princess of the Northern Water Tribe. |
| 1068 | ---- |
| 1069 | * AdaptationalAngstDowngrade: None of the problems with being stuck in an arranged marriage to a nasty piece of work here. She and Hahn broke up mostly amicably. |
| 1070 | * AdaptationalBadass: Although she has no combat experience because of the archaic traditions of her tribe, this Yue is a Waterbender with healing abilities, contrary to her animated counterpart who was simply a nonbender. She is also explicitly stated to be able to reach the Spirit World in her dreams, due to her half-deity status, and rescues Momo from certain death by healing him in the Oasis. |
| 1071 | * AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: An interesting example: while her first appearance as a human is the same as the series (during the Siege of the North), it's revealed that Yue has a spirit form, a grey [[AsianFoxSpirit kitsune fox]] (due to having some Moon Spirit within her), which is introduced earlier when Sokka is trapped in the Spirit World with Aang and Katara. |
| 1072 | * AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Yue is a fully-fledged waterbender here, whereas in the animated series she was a non-bender before becoming the Moon Spirit. She also has spiritual powers, being able to enter the Spirit World through her dreams. |
| 1073 | * AmicableExes: Broke off her engagement with Hahn when she was sixteen, but they are shown to be on good terms in spite of it. |
| 1074 | * AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Since she has some Moon Spirit within her, Yue [[spoiler:sacrifices her mortal life and becomes the new Moon Spirit in order to bring balance back to the world after Tui was killed by Zhao]]. |
| 1075 | * TheChiefsDaughter: Daughter of the Chief of the Nothern Water Tribe, making her its princess. |
| 1076 | * DeityOfHumanOrigin: [[spoiler:DoubleSubversion. Spirits aren't gods in the western sense, but the Moon Spirit is treated as a CosmicKeystone, which fulfills a similar role in the metaphysics of the world. So, when the Moon Spirit is killed, the moon crumbles and is removed from the sky, rather than just turning a deep red as it did in the series. When Yue gives up her mortality to be the new Moon Spirit, she becomes this.]] |
| 1077 | * FantasticFoxes: Turns into a [[AsianFoxSpirit kitsune]] (multiple tailed fox) in the Spirit World, courtesy of having a bit of a spirit in her. |
| 1078 | * FriendToAllChildren: She uses her waterbending to make desserts to children in the kitchens. |
| 1079 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Sacrifices herself to restore (and become) the Moon Spirit and ease the rage of the Ocean Spirit.]] |
| 1080 | * AnIcePerson: Being a waterbender, she is able to freeze water, as seen when [[spoiler:she traps Sokka's feet in a puddle of ice so he doesn't stop her from sacrificing herself to the Moon Spirit]]. |
| 1081 | * IconicItem: Sokka recognizes Yue as the fox he met in the Spirit World when he realizes her hair buckle is the same one the fox had on her tail. |
| 1082 | * ImHavingSoulPains: Since she's tied to the Moon Spirit even without being a bender, she feels it when Zhao kills Tui. |
| 1083 | * InterclassRomance: Sokka's just a regular guy from the South Pole, and she's a princess. |
| 1084 | * IOweYouMyLife: Because the Moon Spirit saved her life as an infant, Yue [[spoiler:pays back the favor by giving her life to save the Moon Spirit's and restore balance to the world]]. |
| 1085 | * MakingASplash: Explicitly a waterbender, though since she's from the Northern Water Tribe she has no combat skills whatsoever. She does, however, seem to have [[HealingHands healing abilities]] like the other women, as she heals Momo in the Oasis. |
| 1086 | * TheMedic: Being a waterbender, Yue is able to heal, which is showcased when Momo faces certain death after being crushed. |
| 1087 | * ModestRoyalty: When not doing official princess duties, she hangs out in the kitchens using her waterbending to help prepare desserts for children. |
| 1088 | * MorphicResonance: Her fox form still has her silver hair and jewellery, which helps Sokka recognize her when they meet in the regular world. |
| 1089 | * MysticalWhiteHair: Her hair turned silver after the Moon Spirit saved her life as a baby. Her fox form in the Spirit World is also silver in color. |
| 1090 | * NoBodyLeftBehind: While in the animated series Yue [[DiedInYourArmsTonight died in Sokka's arms]] and her soul became the new Moon Spirit, here she is seen to ''merge'' with the Moon Spirit's, and there is nothing left of Yue in the aftermath. |
| 1091 | * PrincessClassic: A beautiful, kind and friendly princess, who takes her duties seriously and is good with children. |
| 1092 | * RebelliousPrincess: Was betrothed to Hahn since birth, but Yue broke off their engagement to keep her independence. No one seems to hold it against her however, as she hasn't been betrothed to anyone else since. |
| 1093 | * RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: During the siege, Yue is willing to help move her subjects to safety rather than sit back and let them get hurt. |
| 1094 | * TrueBlueFemininity: A beautiful princess dressed in the blue colors of the Water Tribe. |
| 1095 | [[/folder]] |
| 1096 | |
| 1097 | [[folder:Chief Arnook]] |
| 1098 | !!Chief Arnook |
| 1099 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Nathaniel Arcand |
| 1100 | The Chief of Agna Qel'a. |
| 1101 | ---- |
| 1102 | * ActionDad: Yue's father and a strong, noble warrior who fights alongside his people to protect his tribe from a Fire Nation attack. |
| 1103 | * AdaptationalBadass: Chief Arnook from the cartoon series was not even hinted to be a fighter. Here, he takes part of the defense against the Fire Nation's attack on the North. |
| 1104 | * AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: The Chief of the Northen Water Tribe, who shows himself to be more than effective in combat. |
| 1105 | * BadassNormal: He isn't a waterbender, but can and will fight for his homeland. |
| 1106 | * NiceGuy: He politely welcomes Aang and his friends and vows to protect them and help defeat the Fire Nation. He also comforts Sokka after [[spoiler:he blames himself for not being able to save Yue, by saying it was her choice and that he made sure she wasn't alone during that time]]. |
| 1107 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: He outlives his daughter Yue, who sacrifices her life in order to save the Moon Spirit and restore balance to the world. |
| 1108 | * RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: He may not be a Waterbender, but he's more than willing to participate in the battle against the Fire Nation. |
| 1109 | [[/folder]] |
| 1110 | |
| 1111 | [[folder:Pakku]] |
| 1112 | !!Master Pakku |
| 1113 | [[quoteright:976:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pakku_9.png]] |
| 1114 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' A. Martinez |
| 1115 | One of the best waterbending masters of the North, he's a traditionalist who forbids women to practice combat. |
| 1116 | ---- |
| 1117 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: This Pakku is ''far'' less smug and obnoxious than his animated counterpart. Though he still upholds the sexist traditions of the Northern Water Tribe, it's more because he believes it's tradition, and not because he's a jerk. He also sympathizes with Katara for having been deprived of being around other waterbenders in her youth, something Cartoon Pakku never did. |
| 1118 | * AdaptedOut: The minor subplot about Katara's necklace having been made by Pakku, and therefore causing him to stop fighting on reconsideration of the damage the Northern Water Tribe's traditions cause, is left out. |
| 1119 | * AmbiguousSituation: Because the subplot with Katara's necklace was AdaptedOut, it's left unknown whether or not he and Gran-Gran know each other at all in this series. |
| 1120 | * AnIcePerson: Being a waterbender, he also has the ability to freeze water, which he demonstrates against his fight with Katara. |
| 1121 | * JerkassRealization: Has one following the events of [[spoiler:The Siege of the North]], where being at death's door made him realize he's been countering the very meaning of his element all this time: ''change''. Contrary to his cartoon counterpart, Pakku realizes women have potential and that it's time to move forward with the future and not stay in the past. |
| 1122 | * MakingASplash: A waterbender master that specializes in combat. |
| 1123 | * MythologyGag: During his fight with Katara, their dialogue in the aftermath is almost indentical to the ones used in the cartoon series. There's also this line before the fight: |
| 1124 | -->'''Pakku''': Fine. You wanna learn how to fight? [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Study closely!]] |
| 1125 | * TookALevelInKindness: The aftermath of [[spoiler:the Fire Nation's attack on the North]] made him realize he was wrong to uphold the sexist traditions of the North, when the entire point of his element is ''change''. He also praises Katara on her waterbending, telling her she'll make a great Master to Aang. |
| 1126 | [[/folder]] |
| 1127 | |
| 1128 | [[folder:Hahn]] |
| 1129 | !!Hahn |
| 1130 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Joel Oulette |
| 1131 | A warrior in the Northern Water Tribe. |
| 1132 | ---- |
| 1133 | * AdaptationalBadass: Actually displays combat competence here, compared to the cartoon version, who gets unceremoniously tossed off a ship without landing a single blow. |
| 1134 | * AdaptationalIntelligence: Cartoon Hahn was a JerkJock [[DumbJock who wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed]]. In this series, he is much smarter and less prideful, even asking Sokka about his experience fighting Firebenders to sharpen the North's fighting stance against them. |
| 1135 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: Cartoon Hahn is a disrespectful JerkAss and an arrogant rival of Sokka's for Yue's heart. Here, he is nothing but respectful towards Sokka and his experience actually fighting Fire Nation soldiers, and accepts Yue's breaking of their betrothal with good grace, even if he is clearly disappointed. He also seems to genuinely care about Yue, whereas his animated counterpart was more interested in the "perks" that would come with marrying her. |
| 1136 | * AmicableExes: Yue broke off their engagement years ago, but they still remain on friendly terms. |
| 1137 | * DeathByAdaptation: The animated Hahn was sent flying off of Zhao's ship in a comedic manner and was never seen again. [[spoiler:Here, he is explicitly killed in battle]]. |
| 1138 | * DidNotGetTheGirl: Was betrothed to Princess Yue in their youth, but she broke it off upon turning sixteen. He handles it remarkably well. |
| 1139 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:He dies a hero by allowing Chief Arnook to escape unharmed while Hahn and his men hold the Firebenders off, at the cost of his own life]]. |
| 1140 | * HoldTheLine: [[spoiler:Dies while covering the injured Arnook's retreat]]. |
| 1141 | * NiceGuy: A stark contrast from the cartoon characterization, this Hahn is nothing but a kind and friendly young man, who amicably broke things off with Yue and befriends and respects Sokka's warrior status. |
| 1142 | * TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: [[spoiler:Hahn was a kindhearted and courageous young man, who died fighting for his homeland and allowing his Chief to safely retreat]], which is stark contrast to the fate of his animated counterpart, who was more of an AssholeVictim, if anything. |
| 1143 | [[/folder]] |
| 1144 | |
| 1145 | [[folder:Yagoda]] |
| 1146 | !!Yagoda |
| 1147 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/IreneBedard |
| 1148 | ->''"Feel the flow of energy through the body. Connect the flow to the energy in yourself. Healing is more than a phyiscal process. It's about empathy. You must understand what it means to feel pain. Then take that pain away."'' |
| 1149 | |
| 1150 | A waterbending teacher who teaches female students [[HealItWithWater healing with water]]. |
| 1151 | ---- |
| 1152 | * AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Partially. She is still a NiceGirl and CoolOldLady, but contrary to the cartoon, Yagoda initially believes it is not a woman's duty to fight, and that it's tradition that women only use waterbending to heal. She changes her mind when the Fire Nation attacks Agna Qel'a and confronts Pakku to let her and the other women fight. |
| 1153 | * AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: In the cartoon series, Yagoda recognizes Katara as Kanna's granddaughter, whom she tells is her [[IdenticalGranddaughter spitting image]]. Here, Yagoda makes no such comment, which makes it [[AmbiguousSituation ambiguous if she knows Kanna or not]]. She also shares a scene with Pakku in this series, while the two characters never interacted in the cartoons. |
| 1154 | * AdaptationalBadass: While only seen healing in the original series, here she rallies other women and personally appeals to Master Pakku to allow them to fight. |
| 1155 | * AgeLift: The original Yagoda looked to be one of the improbably-elderly characters in the series and was voiced by an 89-year-old Lucille Bliss. This version of Yagoda appears to be in her sixties at the oldest (mid-50s Irene Bedard being made to look only slightly older). |
| 1156 | * AscendedExtra: [[DownplayedTrope While still a minor character]], this Yagoda has more characterization and screentime compared to her animated counterpart, who only appeared in one short scene for the total of a single episode. |
| 1157 | * CharacterDevelopment: When Katara asks when she can practice fighting techniques, Yagoda is shocked and almost insulted, and answers that women are not allowed to fight: the tradition is that women heal and leave the fighting to the men. However, when the Fire Nation attacks the North, [[WhatYouAreInTheDark Yagoda rallies with all the other women]] and confronts Pakku to let them defend their homes. |
| 1158 | * CombatMedic: She's a healer, as that's the only type of Waterbending women of the North are permitted to learn, is the master of the craft, and eventually insists of aiding frontline defenders of the tribe. |
| 1159 | * CoolOldLady: While not as elderly as she was in the original series, she's a good teacher, a healer and AdaptationalBadass who rallies other women to convince Pakku to let them help defend their land. |
| 1160 | * TheEmpath: Discussed by Yagoda, who states that in order to heal, a waterbender must understand the pain that is felt in order to get rid of it. |
| 1161 | * FemaleMisogynist: Downplayed. While it's due to DeliberateValuesDissonance, Yagoda seems to truly believe that women should not use water to destroy, and leave the fighting to the men per tradition. She grows out of it when the North is under attack, and the tribe needs all the help it can get. |
| 1162 | * HealingHands: Since bending is performed through the hands, she is able to treat injuries with waterbending. |
| 1163 | * HealItWithWater: She's a waterbender who specializes in treating and healing wounds and injuries. |
| 1164 | * TheMedic: A waterbending teacher who strictly uses her abilities to heal, and is scandalised when Katara mentions fighting. [[CombatMedic Initially]]. |
| 1165 | * TookALevelInBadass: Went from only using waterbending to heal, to use it for offense in order to protect the North from the Fire Nation Siege. |
| 1166 | * WhatYouAreInTheDark: Initially believed women shouldn't be fighting, until her home gets invaded, and confronts Pakku with all the waterbending women from the village to let them defend Agna Qel'a. |
| 1167 | [[/folder]] |
| 1168 | |
| 1169 | !Spirit World |
| 1170 | |
| 1171 | [[folder:Monk Gyatso]] |
| 1172 | !!Brother Gyatso |
| 1173 | [[quoteright:710:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_7059_5.png]] |
| 1174 | [[caption-width-right:710:''"Always remember who you are."'']] |
| 1175 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Lim Kay Siu |
| 1176 | ->''"You may be more advanced than the others, but there’s much you have to learn. And believe it or not, there may come a day when you wish you’d spent more time with your teachers."'' |
| 1177 | |
| 1178 | An Air Nomad monk of the Southern Temple, and Aang's Airbending mentor. |
| 1179 | ---- |
| 1180 | * AdaptationalBadass: While [[AdaptationalWimp lacking the body count]] of his animated counterpart, this version of Gyatso was able to hold off [[OneManArmy Fire Lord Sozin]] himself, with Sozin even commenting that if not for the comet's powerup, Gyatso could have beaten him. |
| 1181 | * AdaptationalWimp: The original series had Gyatso's skeleton being surrounded by mountains of Fire Nation corpses, heavily implying that he killed them all through Airbending asphyxiation. This version of Gyatso ''almost'' did the same feat... but unfortunately for him, his opponent was [[SavedByCanon Fire Lord Sozin]] who managed to break through the defenses and personally kill Gyatso. |
| 1182 | * AscendedExtra: Gyatso was a PosthumousCharacter in the original series, only appearing in Aang's flashbacks. His absence from present day serves as a tragic reminder for Aang that he never [[NeverGotToSayGoodbye got a chance to reconcile with his mentor after running away]]. In this adaptation, Gyatso appears in the Spirit World and gives Aang some much needed closure of his guilt of running away, namely telling him that it's not his fault that the Hundred Year War started. Additionally, he gets a scene defending the children from Fire Lord Sozin, which leads to his death. |
| 1183 | * AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: After his death, Gyatso decided to move into the Spirit World and waited for Aang's return, because he knew he would need his help. [[spoiler:He supposedly moved on from that after his last conversation with Aang.]] |
| 1184 | * BaldHeadOfToughness: He's a powerful airbending master, and ''wipes the floor'' with Sozin's soldiers. While he loses against the Fire Lord himself, Sozin [[VillainRespect acknowledges Gyatso's power]] and flat out says he would've beaten him if not from the comet enhancing his firebending. |
| 1185 | * BlowYouAway: An airbending master, and Aang's main instructor in the discipline. |
| 1186 | * CoolOldGuy: Compared to the sticklers in the council, Gyatso is very outgoing and playful, two traits that have certainly rubbed off on Aang. |
| 1187 | * FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Like many Air Nomads, Gyatso gets burned alive onscreen, though in his case [[GoryDiscretionShot the screen cuts to black before the entire death can be seen.]] |
| 1188 | * FriendToAllChildren: Aang adores him and considers him a close friend, and Gyatso is good enough with children to [[PapaWolf try and protect the young airbenders from Sozin and his army]]. |
| 1189 | * HeroicSacrifice: Sozin kills him with his fire while [[PapaWolf Gyatso]] was protecting the younger airbenders. Sadly, it becomes a SenselessSacrifice as it's fair to say likely Sozin killed the children afterwards. |
| 1190 | * LikeASonToMe: Aang's parents still remaining unseen, Gyatso is the closest thing Aang has to a paternal figure in his life. |
| 1191 | * ManOnFire: Among the casualties of Sozin's massacre of the Air Nomads, and personally scorched by the man himself. |
| 1192 | * TheMentor: Was this to Aang, as his main airbending teacher and father figure. |
| 1193 | * MythologyGag: Manages to halt his reincarnation for some time to live in the spirit world, much like [[spoiler:Iroh]] was revealed to have done in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''. |
| 1194 | * NiceGuy: Playful, kind, wise and a protective, comforting figure. |
| 1195 | * PapaWolf: He serves as the last line of the defense for the Air Nomad children, hiding them in the temple while he holds off the fire benders. He nearly succeeds until Fire Lord Sozin enters the scene. |
| 1196 | * ParentalSubstitute: He was the closest thing that Aang had to a father, and it shows. |
| 1197 | * TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Gyatso was a goofy, friendly and wise old man who died [[HeroicSacrifice protecting children from Sozin and his soldiers]], and he's part of the many casualties of an Air Nomad genocide. When he finds Gyatso's skeleton, Aang gets hit by grief ''hard'' and enters the Avatar State. It's only when he remembers the last moment he spent with him, which Gyatso tells him he'll always be his friend, that Aang manages to snap out of it and [[BreakTheCutie breaks into tears in Katara's arms]]. |
| 1198 | * WorthyOpponent: To Sozin, who is well aware of how powerful airbenders are and knew he would be defeated in a fight against a master if not from the comet. |
| 1199 | * YouDidEverythingYouCould: Gyatso's spirit tells Aang that he shouldn't blame himself for not being there when the Fire Nation attacked since the Fire Nation caught them all by surprise and Aang, being a child, would have just been another causality on the list instead of the HopeBringer that is the Avatar. |
| 1200 | [[/folder]] |
| 1201 | |
| 1202 | [[folder:Koh the Face Stealer]] |
| 1203 | !!Koh the Face Stealer |
| 1204 | [[quoteright:836:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_7056_8.png]] |
| 1205 | [[caption-width-right:836:''"Your friends? Now why would I let you play with my food?"'']] |
| 1206 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GeorgeTakei |
| 1207 | ->''"What have we here? Someone who can resist? That can't be possible. Unless... Ah, of course. It's my old friend, the Avatar."''\ |
| 1208 | |
| 1209 | A dangerous spirit with a habit of stealing faces who has a grudge against the Avatar for stealing the totem of the Mother of Faces, Koh's mother. |
| 1210 | ---- |
| 1211 | * AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Downplayed, but the original Koh appeared during the "Siege of the North" two-parter. This version appears before that. |
| 1212 | * AdaptedOut: Only three of Koh's faces from the original cartoon are shown in the live-action show so far; the female Noh mask face, Ummi's face, and the curly-tailed blue nose's face. The remaining five faces he showed in the original cartoon are currently adapted out. |
| 1213 | * AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: There is no indication that he is able to steal people's faces the moment they change expression. He also now hones the ability to haunt people's fog-induced memories, so that he could swoop in and snatch them for food. |
| 1214 | * AdaptationalVillainy: Original Koh was the Face-Stealer, but didn't go beyond that (though he wasn't above tricking people so he could snatch their faces). Here, he openly torments prey before trapping and eating them. |
| 1215 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: Koh is only as evil as a predator is to their prey. He only hunts people to feed himself and while he does enjoy tormenting them, he is a spirit of his word, willing to trade all of his potential food for a statue of his mother that Avatar Roku stole from him. In short, Koh can be reasonable if you know how to appease him. Just don't wander into his territory in the Fog of Lost Souls, especially if you cannot handle your worst memories. |
| 1216 | * CompositeCharacter: Takes Hei Bei's role as the one who abducts some villagers and Sokka into the Spirit World. |
| 1217 | * CreepyCentipedes: As always, he is a giant centipede-like spirit with a disturbingly human face that resembles a Noh mask. |
| 1218 | * DeaderThanDead: According to Gyatso, this is the fate of people who fall victim to him, as he consumes their souls and prevents them from continuing in the cycle of death and rebirth; presumably, this was poor Ummi's fate. This contrasts with the original continuity, where he only steals faces, and it's established that at least some characters (the monkey Aang saw outside his cave and Rafa from the comics) can survive without them. |
| 1219 | * EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: A primordial face and soul eating evil he may be, but he's still got some fondness for his mother, and is very upset about Roku stealing a statue of her from him. Notably, he gives up his potential food when Aang returns it. |
| 1220 | * EvilLaugh: He lets out a creepy, high-pitched cackle that contrasts his leathery baritone voice. |
| 1221 | * EvilSoundsDeep: George Takei gives him a hauntingly deep voice, similar to Erik Dellums in the original series. |
| 1222 | * TheJuggernaut: It doesn't help that while projected into the Spirit World the Avatar is powerless, but it's implied that even with bending on their side, there's not much even a fully trained Avatar could do to Koh. |
| 1223 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: You clearly don't want any issues with a spirit called "the ''face stealer''". |
| 1224 | * PetTheDog: Aang returns the totem of the Mother of Faces in exchange for the missing villagers and his friends. Koh releases his "food", no strings attached. |
| 1225 | * PlotIrrelevantVillain: Koh doesn't have any relevance to the plot, since Aang doesn't deliberately seek him out, and while he does have a grievance with the Avatar that's not why he abducts Sokka and Katara. They're just on his patch and he's hungry. |
| 1226 | * VoiceChangeling: Koh's voice changes to match the face he's presently using. In the original cartoon, Koh's voice does not change when he changes faces. |
| 1227 | [[/folder]] |
| 1228 | |
| 1229 | [[folder:Wan Shi Tong]] |
| 1230 | !!Wan Shi Tong |
| 1231 | [[quoteright:548:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_7083_3.jpeg]] |
| 1232 | [[caption-width-right:548:''"I am the spirit of knowledge itself."'']] |
| 1233 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RandallDukKim |
| 1234 | ->''"There are things in here that will reveal truths to humans. Truths they're never prepared to face. It will show them who they really are, and that can cause a great deal of pain. Farewell, Avatar, and remember, stay on the path."'' |
| 1235 | |
| 1236 | An inhabitant of the spirit world that the Gaang encounter on their journey through the spirit world. |
| 1237 | ---- |
| 1238 | * AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Wan Shi Tong first appeared in the Book 2 episode, "The Library". Here, he appears in Season 1 in an episode that mostly adapts Book 1's "The Spirit World (Winter Solstice, Part 1)". |
| 1239 | * AdaptedOut: The original series' second season would reveal that he had encountered Admiral Zhao in the recent past. No such encounter is mentioned here (as [[spoiler:Zhao learns of the Moon and Water Spirits through human knowledge, rather than Wan Shi Tong's library]]). |
| 1240 | * AdaptationDeviation: Only the Avatar and other spirits can hear his speech, he [[TheUnintelligible just sounds like an owl to normal humans]]. In the original series, he could communicate with humans easily. |
| 1241 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: Nice guy is a bit of a stretch, but he actively warns the team of the dangers in the spirit world and doesn't attack them. Which cannot be said about his animated counterpart. |
| 1242 | * GiantFlyer: Just like his animated counterpart, he is a giant flying owl. |
| 1243 | * InformedAbility: He claims to be a knowledge spirit, but without the library to backup his claims, he seems no more intelligent than most other spirits (which is pretty consistent with Wan Shi Tong's depiction in the original ''Avatar'' and ''The Legend of Korra'', where he was a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter and a ''lousy'' fact-checker). |
| 1244 | * OminousOwl: A large owl-like spirit who appears to warn Aang about some of the threats present in the Spirit World. Fortunately for them, he's just ominous, not actively threatening. |
| 1245 | * TheUnintelligible: To Katara and Sokka, who can't understand him, he just sounds like he's making owl noises at them. |
| 1246 | [[/folder]] |
| 1247 | |
| 1248 | [[folder:The Moon and Ocean Spirits '''(Unmarked Spoilers)''']] |
| 1249 | !!Tui and La |
| 1250 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tuiandla.png]] |
| 1251 | The Moon and Ocean Spirit, respectively. Each year, they come to the physical world in the form of koi fish in order to live as mortals for one night. |
| 1252 | ---- |
| 1253 | * AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Added with Aang's guilt of failing as an Avatar 100 years ago, the Ocean Spirit is so consumed with the grief of losing the Moon Spirit that even once it destroyed the Fire Nation fleet, it's just going to keep on going ''forever'', and refuses to let go of Aang. |
| 1254 | * AdaptationalDumbass: In the original, after possessing Aang, the Ocean Spirit is shown to be very deliberate in its actions, only attacking Fire Nation forces, while being careful to avoid attacking any Water Tribespeople or buildings. Here, the Ocean Spirit is indicated to be little more than a swirling, barely conscious force of wrath, to the point it doesn't even use formal waterbending motions, instead lashing out blindly at everything in its path. According to Yue, it's searching for its lost partner in a blind rage, and because it'll obviously never find it, will continue on forever. |
| 1255 | * AdaptationalExplanation: It's never explained in the cartoon why the Moon and Ocean Spirits came to the mortal realm and permanently took vulnerable, physical forms. Here, they are indicated to only come once a year on a specific date, and only remain for a single night before withdrawing to the Spirit World. Yue suggests that they do this to understand how it feels to be mortal. |
| 1256 | * AllThereInTheManual: Their names are stated to be Tui and La in the original cartoon, even if they are never referred as such in this series. |
| 1257 | * AlmightyIdiot: The Ocean Spirit's "Koizilla" form is depicted as a raging, mindless force of nature driven by grief. It will destroy everything in its path to find the Moon Spirit again, which means the destruction of the entire world since the Moon Spirit is dead. And since Aang allowed himself to be used as a vessel for the Ocean Spirit, the Avatar has essentially ceased to exist since the Ocean Spirit will not let go of Aang until the Moon Spirit is revived. |
| 1258 | *AlwaysABiggerFish: No pun intended, but Tui and La are far more powerful even than the Avatar. |
| 1259 | * AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: In order to save the North and the world from chaos, Aang merges with the Ocean Spirit, which transforms into a ''huge'' koi monster that destroys Zhao's entire fleet. |
| 1260 | * BerserkButton: La becomes ''enraged'' when Zhao kills the Moon Spirit. |
| 1261 | * DiesDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: In the cartoon, Zhao kills Tui by scorching the spirit with his firebending. Here, he stabs it with Kuruk's magic knife. |
| 1262 | * LivingEmotionalCrutch: Not just emotional, ''spiritual''. They can't exist without the other, and when the Moon Spirit is killed, the Ocean spirit goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge. Yue says the Ocean Spirit will never stop ravaging anything in its way until it finds its other half. |
| 1263 | * LordOfTheOcean: La (the black koi fish) is the Spirit of the Ocean, and Tui (the white koi fish) is the spirit of the Moon. They represent the constant push and pull of the tides and are both stated to be the first waterbenders. Shall one of them cease to exist, all waterbenders will be deprived of their power; when Tui is killed by Zhao, Aang fuses with La and turn into a giant water spirit that makes a ''carnage'' out of the Fire Nation's fleet. |
| 1264 | * {{Lunacy}}: Tui is the personification of the Moon Spirit, and is doted with magical powers, such as fueling the power of each waterbender, and bringing back people from the dead (as seen with Yue). |
| 1265 | * PhysicalGod: Each year, Tui and La choose a specific night to come to the physical world in the form of koi fish. When Aang allows La to use the power of the Avatar State, they fuse to become a huge, water monster. |
| 1266 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After Zhao kills the Moon Spirit, the Ocean Spirit is ''furious'', and when Aang allows it to use his powers, it turns into a giant mass fueled by rage seeking to avenge its partner, destroying anything that comes with its path. |
| 1267 | -->'''Zuko''': ''(Horrified)'' What is that?\ |
| 1268 | '''Iroh''': ''This''... is wrath. |
| 1269 | [[/folder]] |
| 1270 | |
| 1271 | !Past Avatars |
| 1272 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 1273 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pastavatars_3.png]] |
| 1274 | The previous incarnations of the Avatar, who now serve as [[SpiritAdvisor Spirit Advisors]] to their current successor Aang. |
| 1275 | ---- |
| 1276 | * TheCameo: Avatar Yangchen is mentioned a few times throughout the series, but she only appears briefly in during Kyoshi's narration when Roku joins the past avatars in the debut episode. |
| 1277 | * CynicalMentor: Kuruk and Kyoshi's experiences have left them pretty sour. The more upbeat Roku tells Aang he and Kyoshi barely agreed on ''anything''. |
| 1278 | * DecompositeCharacter: While each of the incarnations got their chance to speak with Aang in the original series, Roku served as his main SpiritAdvisor. Here, the role is divided among them. Roku ironically gets the ''least'' amount of screentime out of the spirits, at least in Season One. |
| 1279 | * GlowingEyesOfDoom: Once they enter the Avatar State, the current Avatar's eyes glow bright white light, which usually means bad news for whoever provoked them into it. |
| 1280 | * HeroicHost: Avatars have the ability to "channel" their predecessors, who mind you have passed away decades, centuries or even a ''millenium'' ago. They take over the current Avatar's body, but keep their own physical appearance from the time they were alive. |
| 1281 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: They've all had their own adventures as the Avatar and their own worlds to save back when they were alive. |
| 1282 | * IWorkAlone: Something shared between them, and that they all, one way or another, try to impress upon Aang. Roku says that the idea the Avatar must work alone is about the ''only'' thing he and Kyoshi ever agreed upon. |
| 1283 | * NeglectfulPrecursors: The Avatar may be an all-powerful being, they are still humans, and they all make mistakes that their successor will have to deal with as part of their duties. Yangchen's neglect on the Spirit World caused Kuruk's early death, which had its own consquences for Kyoshi. |
| 1284 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: Each Avatar's actions creates ripples the next one inevitably has to deal with. Yangchen's mistakes with the Spirit World led to Kuruk's early death, and Kuruk's attempts to clean that up nearly lead to Zhao causing the end of the world, while Roku antagonising Koh has left the Stealer of Faces very angry at Aang, and that's assuming there's nothing ''else'' he's not mentioning, like for example connections to a certain Fire Lord... |
| 1285 | * NotQuiteDead: Their physical bodies may have died centuries ago, but their spirits live on through the current living Avatar, Aang for that matter. |
| 1286 | * PosthumousCharacter: Long dead by the present day, but live throughout their current living successor and their spirits can always be channeled for advice. |
| 1287 | * {{Reincarnation}}: When the Avatar dies, they're reborn again in the next element along (fire, air, water, earth). However, as Roku points out to Aang, they're also their own individuals as well, and not beholden to act exactly like their predecessor. |
| 1288 | * SpiritAdvisor: While dead, Aang can get in contact with them if in a place with a strong connection to them. |
| 1289 | * SuperMode: The Avatar State, which allows the current Avatar to connect with all its past lived and gets the power of a ''thousand men''. |
| 1290 | [[/folder]] |
| 1291 | |
| 1292 | [[folder:Kyoshi]] |
| 1293 | !!Avatar Kyoshi |
| 1294 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/avatar_aang_kyoshi_1024x576.jpg]] |
| 1295 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/YvonneChapman |
| 1296 | |
| 1297 | ->''"Run away from your responsibilites again, and even more will be hurt! Being the Avatar means putting your duties above all else. Even your life! I was like you once. But then I saw what was at stake and I will show you what will happen if you fail. Tragedy awaits the North, and unless you do something about it, another race of benders will be wiped out just as Air Nomads were. You asked me what it means to be Avatar. It means being a warrior. '''A mighty, mericiless warrior'''."'' |
| 1298 | |
| 1299 | The first Avatar that Aang encounters on her eponymous island, Kuruk's successor and Roku's predecessor. |
| 1300 | ---- |
| 1301 | * ActionGirl: A powerful and notorious Avatar, Kyoshi channels through Aang and sends Zhao and his men ''running'' when they attack her island in "Warriors". |
| 1302 | * AntiHero: According to her, being the Avatar means being a "mighty, merciless warrior". |
| 1303 | * AscendedExtra: Kyoshi had less time in the original show while Roku was Aang's primary mentor as the Avatar. Here, Kyoshi gets a little more screen time while Roku gets a little less. Not to mention that Kyoshi is the one who takes over Aang during the battle on Kyoshi Island instead of Roku at Crescent Island Fire Temple. |
| 1304 | * BigDamnHeroes: Arrives on time to rescue Katara through Aang before Zuko could scorch her. |
| 1305 | * CombatHandFan: Her main weapons, and what the warriors named after her use in her honor. |
| 1306 | * CompositeCharacter: Kyoshi is now the first spirit that Aang meets, and the one who emerges from the Spirit World to fight off the Firebenders. In the cartoon, this was Roku's role. |
| 1307 | * ContraltoOfStrength: Has a deep, booming voice and is a force to be reckoned with. |
| 1308 | * EmeraldPower: Being from the Earth Kingdom, Kyoshi wears its traditional green colors and proves herself to be one of the most powerful Avatars to have existed. |
| 1309 | * FlyingFirepower: Kyoshi uses her firebending to shoot around like a rocket, much like Sozin did. The difference being he needed the boost from the comet. As the Avatar, Kyoshi can do it on her own by tapping intrinsically into the [[SuperMode Avatar State]]. |
| 1310 | * GoodIsNotSoft: Kyoshi is pretty blunt and confrontational, telling Aang that his job as the Avatar is to be a warrior and general. Roku later shrugs this off and tells Aang she was like that with him as well. |
| 1311 | * IronLady: Wears makeup, fights in a dress and uses [[CombatHandFan hand fans as weapons]], but she's a strong fighter who takes the duties of the Avatar ''very'' seriously. |
| 1312 | * JerkassRealization: As she harshly critisizes Aang for things wanting to go easy and avoiding his responsabilities, Kyoshi stops her speech when she sees Aang on the verge of the tears, forgetting for a moment she's a tall imposing figure and that he is still just a kid. [[PetTheDog She kneels down to his level and speaks more gently]] from that moment on. |
| 1313 | * KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Wears a green dress in battle, and has no problems wiping the floor with her opponents with it. |
| 1314 | * LadyOfWar: She's a tall, beautiful woman wearing makeup and [[DanceBattler incorporating dance moves into her fighting]], but she proves herself to be one of the strongest Avatars when she easily disposes of Zhao's troop and sends them running. |
| 1315 | * LongLived: Because Kuruk died at a young age, Kyoshi was able to live until the age of ''[[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld 230 years old]]''. She is stated to be the longest-lived Avatar. |
| 1316 | * MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Kuruk's grouchy, but no more than that, and Roku good-natured, while Kyoshi is far more aggressive than both. |
| 1317 | * OneWomanArmy: Kyoshi gives a demonstration of what an Avatar with full control of all four elements can do when she lets loose and goes through Zhao's army like a knife in butter. |
| 1318 | * OurFounder: Kyoshi has an island seperated from the rest of the Earth Kingdom, which is named after her. She also created an elite group of warriors in her image, which have been operating for generations even long after her death. |
| 1319 | * PetTheDog: Kyoshi gives Aang a rather brutal wake-up call during their meeting, which almost makes him cry since she is ''way'' taller than him and clearly intimidates him. When Kyoshi [[JerkassRealization realizes how harsh she was being]], she calms down, kneels to Aang's level to appear less threatning and speaks to him more gently. |
| 1320 | * SeriousBusiness: Her grave serious demeanor is poked fun at a little bit by Roku when Aang communes with him later. |
| 1321 | * StatuesqueStunner: Kyoshi is incredibly tall and very good looking, though it does make her an intimidating figure for the pre-teen Aang when she literally looms over him. |
| 1322 | * WorkingClassHero: Kyoshi started out as a servant girl before finding she was the Avatar, and eventually founded her own community. |
| 1323 | [[/folder]] |
| 1324 | |
| 1325 | [[folder:Roku]] |
| 1326 | !!Avatar Roku |
| 1327 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roku_4.png]] |
| 1328 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/CSLee |
| 1329 | ->''"Aang, I hope that you're able to save your friends. But the truth is, for the Avatar, friends can be... a liability. The Avatar has to make the impossible choices, placing the world's needs ahead of your needs. On that, Kyoshi and I agree. Trust me, it'll save you and the ones you love a lot of pain."'' |
| 1330 | |
| 1331 | Aang's direct predecessor from the Fire Nation, and Kyoshi's successor. He is encountered in his shrine in the Crescent Island Fire Temple. |
| 1332 | ---- |
| 1333 | * AdaptationalMundanity: Roku's first spiritual appearance is this, as he and Aang just chat thanks to the enemy Fire Sages being taken out by June. No awesome volcano lava-bending here. |
| 1334 | * AdaptationPersonalityChange: Roku is more openly jovial, compared to the stoic and serious Roku of the show. While it was shown he was capable of joking around in life, he never did so with Aang. |
| 1335 | * {{Ambadassador}}: In contrast to Kyoshi, Roku maintains that an Avatar should try to be a diplomat first, rather than a warrior. He tried, but apparently failed in a significant way at one point. |
| 1336 | * BaitAndSwitch: The first meeting between Aang and Roku has the former Avatar seeming even more stern and serious than his own predecessor... until he tells Aang it's customary to meet another Avatar [[MoodWhiplash by hopping on one foot]]. [[TheGadfly He's just messing with Aang.]] |
| 1337 | * CoolOldGuy: Wise, cheerful and has quite the sense of humor, giving Aang a surprising contrast to Kyoshi, the first previous Avatar he communed with. |
| 1338 | * CrypticBackgroundReference: Roku suggests Aang should be a little less willing to rely on his friends, but doesn't elaborate as to ''why''.[[labelnote:From the cartoon]]Roku was a close friend to Sozin when he was alive, and tried to intimidate the latter into not going on a war of conquest against the world. Roku's death involved [[FailureToSaveMurder Sozin abandoning him to be killed by a lava flow]], which left Roku's spirit very bitter about his former friend.[[/labelnote]] |
| 1339 | * DemotedToExtra: Rather than serving as the previous Avatar Aang confers with most, Roku and Aang only converse once; the role he played as Aang's spiritual mentor is instead spread across the other previous Avatars. |
| 1340 | * EccentricMentor: Contary to his cartoon counterpart and his successors, Roku is more lighthearted and a bit of a prankster. He still gives Aang good advice and helps him save his friends from Koh. |
| 1341 | * TheGadfly: When Aang meets him, he pretends to be a serious, imposing figure like Kyoshi... until he orders Aang to hop on one foot and laughs at the prank he pulled on him. |
| 1342 | * HistoricalBadassUpgrade: Gyatso tells Aang that Roku managed to defeat Koh, but when they meet Roku sheepishly admits this is an exaggeration. He just stole a totem from him. |
| 1343 | * MythologyGag: |
| 1344 | ** The depiction of Roku seen in Zuko's book is his appearance from the original series. |
| 1345 | ** Roku has an issue with friends, and suggests Aang might be a bit more cautious about his, but doesn't elaborate further. Viewers of the original series can guess as to ''why'' he's saying this. See CrypticBackgroundReference. |
| 1346 | * RedIsHeroic: An Avatar dressed in the red colors of the Fire Nation. |
| 1347 | * VerbalBackspace: Roku tells Aang that he can ask him about anything, until Aang says he needs info about Koh. Roku immediately says anything but Koh. |
| 1348 | [[/folder]] |
| 1349 | |
| 1350 | [[folder:Kuruk]] |
| 1351 | !!Avatar Kuruk |
| 1352 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kuruk.jpg]] |
| 1353 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Meegwun Fairbrother |
| 1354 | ->''"After I became the Avatar, I discovered dark spirits were on the verge of crossing over into our realm from the Spirit World. I had to stop them, so I spent my life fighting them. The war I waged on the spirits damaged my body and corrupted my soul. In my condition, I wouldn't be able to control the Avatar State any more than you could. And despite all my sacrifices, I still couldn't save the one that mattered the most. A predatory spirit came to seek vengeance on me. Ummi, my beloved, paid the ultimate price. The spirit stole her face. Listen to me, Aang. The Avatar must walk alone, or else the ones you love will suffer."'' |
| 1355 | |
| 1356 | A past Avatar from the Northern Water Tribe, Yangchen's successor and Kyoshi's predecessor. |
| 1357 | ---- |
| 1358 | * AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Kuruk is much more open about the pain spending his life fighting dark spirits because of Yangchen's own failures brought him, compared to original Kuruk, who was outwardly mellow and refused to say anything for fear of tarnishing his predecessor's reputation. |
| 1359 | * AscendedExtra: Kuruk has more screentime in this season, appearing in two episodes (of 50 minutes formats) contrary to a short scene in a single episode from the first season of the original series. His character is also more developed, when he shares with Aang the consequences of Yangchen's mistakes had on him and the Spirit World, and warns him when he senses that his magic knife is within the wrong hands. |
| 1360 | * BlueIsHeroic: An Avatar from the Water Tribe and wears its traditional blue garments. |
| 1361 | * CoveredInScars: Kuruk is revealed to be ''covered'' in gruesome scars from years of fighting dark spirits, which corrupted his soul and refrains him from taking over Aang the way Kyoshi did (and Roku in the cartoon series). |
| 1362 | * TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: Yue says that Kuruk actually has a less favorable reputation among the Avatars, saying he rarely interacted with the nations and was off doing his own thing. Tragically, Kuruk reveals that his life was spent focusing on an issue regarding the Spirit World and that his body and spirit was irreparable harmed dealing with dark spirits (the original canon said he died abnormally young due to this) and he lost his beloved to Koh the Facestealer. He may have made the greatest personal sacrifice of the Avatars, but is either seen as a failure or simply forgotten. |
| 1363 | * ImHavingSoulPains: Kuruk can't manifest through Aang the way Kyoshi did because his body and spirit was too damaged by years of being in the Spirit World to refrain its creatures from causing chaos in the physical world. |
| 1364 | * ImmortalBreaker: During his reign as the Avatar, Kuruk made a special knife made to destroy dark spirits. It found itself in the hands of the Fire Sages, and it gets stolen by Zhao who plans to use it to kill the Moon Spirit. It's hinted a part of Kuruk's own spirit is within that knife, since he can sense when it is nearby and immediately goes to warn Aang about it. |
| 1365 | * TheLostLenore: Kuruk lost his beloved to Koh the Face Stealer. |
| 1366 | * MyGreatestFailure: Koh stole the face of the woman he loved, and Kuruk still blames himself for it to this day. |
| 1367 | * MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: Kuruk makes an apparition to Aang to warn him he can sense his spirit knife is nearby. Sure enough, Zhao, who stole it, is on his way with an entire fleet and plans to kill the Moon Spirit with it. |
| 1368 | * MythologyGag: A really dark one; the novels covering the lives of Kyoshi, Kuruk and Yangchen stated that Yangchen had the hope that if Kuruk had told people about her misdeeds he might not have died so young. Here, Kuruk is more open about Yangchen's mistakes... and still seems to have died pretty much the same way. |
| 1369 | * NemeanSkinning: Sports the entire skin of a polar bear as his main attire. |
| 1370 | * ShooTheDog: Kuruk's reasoning for the Avatar working alone is that if their friends aren't around, they won't get hurt as a consequence. |
| 1371 | * SoulCuttingBlade: His knife has the ability to kill immortal spirits. So when it finds itself in the wrong hands, Kuruk wastes no time to warn Aang. |
| 1372 | * SuddenlyShouting: Aang and Kuruk have a back-and-forth about the latter taking control of the Avatar State, until Kuruk bellows that he can't. |
| 1373 | [[/folder]] |
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