Line #7 Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheWarriorsOfKyoshi


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2	[[caption-width-right:333:The Warriors of Kyoshi interrogate the Gaang.]]
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4	->''"I am a warrior. But I'm a girl, too."''
5	-->-- '''Suki'''
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7	On their quest to the Northern Water Tribe, Aang decides it's of vital importance that he ride Giant Koi Fish, a distraction which results in the gang being captured. Much to Sokka's surprise, however, the group who captured them is a troop of warrior ''women''. His sexism doesn't exactly make them sympathetic to letting the group go free, but it turns out that these are the [[TitleDrop Warriors of Kyoshi]], named after the previous Earth Avatar, and thus they are eager to help the Avatar. Aang's fame goes to his head as he attempts to impress Katara, while Sokka learns a lesson or two about gender equality from the Kyoshi Warriors--in particular, their pretty leader Suki. However, news that the Avatar is at Kyoshi Island spreads, enticing Zuko to pay a visit...
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9	!!Tropes in this episode include:
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11	* AmazonBrigade: The Kyoshi Warriors are an all-female group, keeping in the tradition of their founder, Avatar Kyoshi. They also wear her warrior paint and dress to signify their heritage.
12	* AnswerCut: When Aang says there is something about Kyoshi Island that makes him not want to leave, the camera pans to the right to reveal his giggling GroupieBrigade.
13	* AudienceMurmurs: When Aang airbends in the village for the first time, proving himself to be the Avatar.
14	* BilingualBonus: Unagi means eel in Japanese.
15	* BreathWeapon: The unagi can blast firehose-like jets of water from its mouth.
16	* BullyingADragon: Sokka decides to taunt the Kyoshi warriors when they have him ''tied to a pole and surrounded''.
17	-->'''Sokka:''' There's no way a bunch of girls took us down.\
18	'''Suki:''' "A bunch of girls," huh? The unagi's going to eat well tonight.
19	* CharacterDevelopment: Sokka learns a lot about humility, and not to be [[StayInTheKitchen sexist]]. This is probably also the first episode he realizes he's the NonActionGuy.
20	* ChekhovsGun: Aang uses the unagi, with its ability to spout water, to extinguish the flames of the burning village.
21	* CombatHandFan:
22	** The Kyoshi Warriors' main weapon. [[ShownTheirWork Based on real-life Japanese weapons, as well.]] They use their fans in honor of Kyoshi who used a pair of fans when she was alive.
23	** When Aang and Zuko are fighting, Aang grabs a pair of fans dropped by one of the Warriors and uses them to send a powerful air blast at Zuko, knocking him into a nearby house.
24	* DefeatMeansFriendship: Sokka accepting his defeat gracefully and respecting the Kyoshi Warriors, as well as women generally. Psychologically, we would rather expect ''massive resentment'' from a young ProudWarriorRaceGuy beaten by a bunch of girls; it would be more likely if he ''became'' a misogynist after this, if he weren't one already. Of course, it may just be that Sokka is [[HiddenDepths unusually philosophical and intellectually mature]]...
25	* DescriptionCut: Prince Zuko is trying to track down the Avatar.
26	-->'''Prince Zuko:''' How am I going to find the Avatar? He is clearly a master of evasive maneuvering.\
27	''[cut to the Gaang on Appa]''\
28	'''Sokka:''' You have no idea where you're going, do you?
29	* EasilyForgiven: Aang is surprisingly forgiving towards the Kyoshi Islanders for just moments ago threatening to feed him and his friends to the unagi for [[DisproportionateRetribution trespassing on their island]]. Granted, he apologized for not realizing the rules had changed over the past hundred years.
30	* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Aang rides the giant koi fish as he did a hundred years ago. It didn't occur to him that, during that timespan, a village would emerge, and they would be wary of outsiders barging onto the beach. He apologizes to the Kyoshi Warriors for this, saying that he hadn't realized the island was inhabited.
31	* GilliganCut: At the start, after receiving news that the Avatar has been spotted in multiple locations but has been impossible to track, Zuko states that he must be a master of evasive maneuvers. The scene then cuts to Sokka commenting on how Aang clearly has no idea where they're going.
32	* GreenEyedMonster: A somewhat downplayed example, but Katara gets rather jealous of the local girls that seem infatuated with Aang. She does tease him about her being jealous though, and they have a laugh towards the end of the episode about it because Aang admits he was really trying to impress her.
33	* GroupieBrigade: Aang's fame as the Avatar nets him a group of girls who follow him around everywhere and fawn over his every action.
34	* HumblePie: Sokka gets handed a big mouthful when he goes to confront the Warriors of Kyoshi, and learns that he's not the great Water Tribe warrior he thought he was. Later, after Suki throws him on his ass, he bows before her, apologizing for his behavior. Sokka then asks for Suki to teach him how to fight properly, so he can protect Katara and Aang. He even wears the uniform to show how serious he is when Suki requests it.
35	* LaughOfLove: Aang's {{fangirl}}s tend to giggle and squeal when they're with him, much to Katara's jealousy.
36	* MouthCam: This is present to show Aang swinging across the unagi's mouth.
37	* ProperlyParanoid: Suki and the Kyoshi Warriors seem to go into overkill by capturing three benders on their beach and planning to execute them for trespassing. Later, however, they explain why they are extremely cautious; the world hasn't been kind to their little peninsula with how the Avatar went missing for a hundred years, and no one is a bender on the island. In a fight with beings that have actual powers, they would be curbstomped. Sure enough, they can't put up a fight when Zuko invades the village, though they sure try their best and buy time for the tiny Gaang to escape.
38	* RidingIntoTheSunset: Team Avatar, joined by the unagi, ends the episode by flying off into the setting sun.
39	* SeaSerpents: The [[https://avatar.fandom.com/wiki/Unagi unagi]] is a huge, long-bodied fish that hunts in the waters around Kyoshi Island, preying on anything it finds in the water and attacking prey with high-pressure blasts of water from its mouth.
40	* ShipTease: Suki reveals that Sokka won her over with his humility and dedication to warrior training. Before the Gaang has to leave, she gives him a peck on the cheek and hints she can't wait to see him again.
41	* ShoutOut:
42	** "[[Film/BackToTheFuture1 Where we're going, you won't need any pants.]]"
43	** At one point, Aang goes from two-handed push-ups to one-handed to ''handless'' push-ups using his breath. [[Film/KungPowEnterTheFist We'll have some of whatever he's smoking!]]
44	** [[WordOfGod Avatar Extras]] confirmed that the montage of Aang getting chased by the fangirls was an homage to ''Music/AHardDaysNight'' by Music/TheBeatles.
45	* SoftWater: Towards the end, Aang jumps from Appa's back and directly into the sea hundreds of feet below, without receiving any harm from the collision.
46	* {{Squee}}: One guy starts fanboying over Aang so hard he collapses while foaming at the mouth.
47	* StrawMisogynist: Sokka is a downplayed example for being condescending to Katara, and written this way so the story can spell out that he is wrong and make him see the light.
48	* WakeUpCall: Aang gets comfortable on Kyoshi Island due to his fanbase, forgetting about the war that he as the Avatar is supposed to stop. And then Zuko attacks, giving Aang the reminder of the responsibilities he needs.
49	* WritersCannotDoMath: The writers backed themselves into a corner when they said that Kyoshi was born on the island four hundred years ago. Roku died at seventy and Aang was in the iceberg for a century, implying that she lived to be roughly 230 (it's not clear if she was born precisely 400 years ago or if it was an approximation). People, and especially the Avatar, [[WizardsLiveLonger live longer]] in this universe than they do in real life, but the next most LongLived character is Aang himself and he died at chronologically 166 and biologically 66.

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