AVATAR The Last
Airbender
Synopsis
Movies Avatar The Last Airbender :
Avatar
is an American animated television series aired by taking place in the world of
martial arts and magical elements of nature with Asian influences, the story
follows the adventures after adventures of the successor to the title Avatar
named Aang and his friends on their journey to save the world from the evil
Fire Nation.
Avatar:
The Last Airbender takes place in a fantasy world, where human habitation, a
variety of fantastic beasts, and spirits. Human civilization is divided into
four nations, Tribes Water (Water Tribe), Kingdom of Earth (Earth Kingdom), the
Air Nomads (Air Nomads), and the State Fire (Fire Nation). In every nation
there are those who are called Bender (literally means "bending", but
in this case is considered "controller") who has the ability to
control the natural elements according to their nations. Control the natural
elements of this art is a fusion style of martial arts and magical elements of
nature.
One
hundred years before the start of the series, a twelve-year-old Airbender named
Aang learns he is the new Avatar. Fearful of the heavy responsibilities of the
position, and of separation from his mentor Monk Gyatso, Aang flees from home
on his flying bison Appa, but both are forced by a storm into the ocean,
whereupon Aang's protective Avatar State encases the pair in an iceberg, in
suspended animation. Fire Lord Sozin, who killed the previous Avatar to stop
the latter's aversion of his war plans, begins a genocide of the Air Nomads to
whom Aang belongs; but fails to kill Aang.
One
hundred years after Sozin's time, Katara, a fourteen-year-old Waterbender girl,
and her brother the fifteen-year-old Sokka, free Aang and Appa from the
iceberg. After Aang is revealed to be the Avatar, the three travel to the
Northern Water Tribe from whom Aang and Katara can learn Waterbending. En route
Aang and friends visit the Southern Air Temple, where Aang discovers that the
Fire Nation wiped out the Air Nomads and encounters his predecessor Avatar
Roku. Throughout their journey, the trio are pursued by Prince Zuko, the exiled
son of Fire Lord Ozai, who seeks to reclaim his honor by capturing the Avatar.
Zuko travels with his uncle Iroh, a legendary Fire Nation general and the older
brother of Ozai. Competing with Zuko for the Avatar is Admiral Zhao, who leads
an attack on the Northern Water Tribe. The attack is repelled by Aang and his
friends; but the Fire Lord orders his daughter Azula to capture Zuko and Iroh,
who are now considered traitors to the Fire Nation.
After
leaving the Northern Water Tribe, Aang masters Waterbending under Katara's
tutelage. Searching for an Earthbending teacher, the group meets Toph, a blind
Earthbending prodigy, and recruit her as such. Zuko and Iroh, now fugitives
from the Fire Nation, attempt to lead new lives in the Earth Kingdom, where
Zuko, with the help of his uncle, tries to embrace his troubled past and his
obsession with capturing the Avatar. Aang and his friends discover that an
upcoming solar eclipse will deprive Firebenders of their eponymous ability,
leaving them open to invasion and giving Aang his chance to defeat the Fire
Lord; but in learning this Aang's Sky Bison is lost to a group of Sandbenders.
Azula and her two friends Mai and Ty Lee pursue the protagonists, who struggle
to reach Ba Sing Se, the Earth Kingdom's capital, and tell the Earth King of
the eclipse. Disguised as the Kyoshi Island Warriors (disciples of a previous
Avatar), Azula persuades an elite group of Earthbenders called the Dai Li to
instigate a coup d'état, allowing the Fire Nation to capture Ba Sing Se. In a
final confrontation, Zuko sides with his sister, who promises to restore his
honor. Iroh helps Aang and Katara escape, and is imprisoned by the Dai Li. Aang
attempts to activate the Avatar State; but is hit by Azula's lightning and
dies. He is later revived by Katara.
Aang
recovers to find his allies disguised as Fire Nation soldiers on a Fire Nation
ship, while Zuko has been restored to the position of crown prince and Iroh is
imprisoned as a traitor. Sokka has planned a small-scale invasion of the Fire
Nation to defeat Fire Lord Ozai, taking advantage of the solar eclipse, staged
by various allies encountered in previous episodes. After initial success, the
invasion ultimately fails, and only Aang, Sokka, Katara, and Toph escape. Zuko,
in a change of heart, defies his father and offers to teach Aang Firebending;
later to be accepted as a teammate.
In
the four-part series finale, Aang and his friends confront Fire Lord Ozai, who
plans to use the power of Sozin's Comet to destroy the other nations and rule
the world as the Phoenix King. Iroh, after breaking himself out of prison,
leads the Order of the White Lotus (an international society of martial-arts
masters, including himself and Aang's allies King Bumi, Master Pakku, Master
Piando, and Jeong Jeong) to liberate Ba Sing Se. Sokka, Toph, and Kyoshi
Warrior Suki disable the Fire Nation's airships, preventing them from burning
down the Earth Kingdom, while Zuko challenges Azula. Initially, Zuko gains the
advantage; but when Azula fires a lightning bolt at Katara, Zuko intercepts the
bolt to save her, injuring himself in the process. Katara then restrains Azula
and heals Zuko. Aang, contending with Ozai, is reluctant to kill him; but
eventually overcomes him by depriving him of the ability to manipulate fire.
Zuko is crowned the new Fire Lord and, with the help of the Avatar and his
friends, begins rebuilding the four nations. After Zuko is crowned he goes to
confront his father in prison and demands the location of his banished mother,
while the other protagonists enjoy their victory at Ba Sing Se.
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Characters :
1.
Aang (Zach Tyler Eisen) is the 12-year-old,
fun-loving, airbending protagonist of the series. Although averse to fighting,
Aang is fiercely protective of his intimates, particularly Katara and Appa. He
is the current incarnation of the planet's psyche, and is therefore required to
act as arbiter among the various peoples. According to the show's creators, the
arrowlike tattoos on his brow and arms mark Aang as an airbending master,
whereas he is the youngest airbender in history to earn them.
2.
Katara (Mae Whitman) is a 14-year-old
Waterbender of the Southern Water Tribe. With her brother Sokka, she accompanies
Aang on his quest to defeat the Fire Lord and, eventually, becomes his
Waterbending master. Katara is the only surviving waterbender of the Southern
Water Tribe and one of only two Waterbenders able to control human bodies by
bending the water therein (an ability used twice in the series). Katara is
usually kind-hearted and generous, but is deeply hurt and often angered by
treachery. In an earlier version of the pilot episode, Katara's name was Kya;
this later is stated to be her mother's name.
3.
Sokka (Jack DeSena) is a 15-year-old warrior
of the Southern Water Tribe. With his sister, Katara, he accompanies Aang on
his quest to defeat the Fire Lord. Sokka describes himself as "meat-loving"
and "sarcastic", and is often a source of comic relief. At the end of
Season 1, Sokka was in love with Yue, the princess of the Northern Water Tribe;
and later shifted his affections to Suki, leader of the Kyoshi Island Warriors.
Unlike his companions, Sokka does not have any bending ability; his skill lies
largely in mechanics, and his chief weapons are a metallic boomerang and a
black jian created from the metals of a meteorite.
4.
Toph Bei Fong (Jessie Flower) is a blind
female Earthbender who first appears in the second season of the show, in which
she is Aang's Earthbending instructor. Though blind, Toph "sees" by
feeling vibrations in the ground through her feet, and can use this ability to
discern the emotions of those around her. She is later shown developing a
method of 'Metal-bending' by detecting impurities in the metal.
5.
Momo (Dee Bradley Baker in both the animated
series and the live-action film)[26] is an intelligent and curious winged
lemur, discovered by Aang at the Southern Air Temple. He often picks fights
with other winged and smaller creatures and with Appa over food. He is capable
of understanding Aang's speech; but less so of understanding others. In
"Tales of Ba Sing Se", Momo’s name was written as (mó mó).
6.
Appa (Dee Bradley Baker in both the animated
series and the live-action film) is Aang's flying bison, who serves as the
protagonists' mode of transport around the world. He remains in suspended
animation with Aang for 100 years, and shares a very strong bond with him. He
possesses the ability to fly and can use his tail to create powerful gusts of
air. According to Aang, flying bison were the first Airbenders.
7.
Zuko (Dante Basco) is the 16-year-old exiled
prince of the Fire Nation and original antagonist of the series. He is
determined and strong-willed, and rarely shows compassion until the third
season. Over time, Zuko struggles to deal with his anger, self-pity, and
complex familial relationships, as well as the choice between good and evil. He
takes on the vigilante identity of "the Blue Spirit" at the end of season
one and beginning of season two. In season three, he defects from the Fire
Nation to join the Avatar. At the end of the series, he is crowned ruler of the
Fire Nation, in which position he ends the war and promises aid in rebuilding
the other nations.
8.
Azula (Grey DeLisle) is the 14-year-old
princess of the Fire Nation. She is Zuko's younger sister and one of the major
antagonists of the series. Azula is a Firebending prodigy and is one of the few
living Firebenders capable of casting lightning. She uses fear to control her
relatives and friends Mai and Ty Lee, reserving her family loyalty for her
father alone. At the end of season three, she loses her sanity altogether and
is defeated by Zuko and Katara.
9.
Suki (Jennie Kwan) is the leader of the young
(and exclusively female) Kyoshi Island Warriors, a sect established by Aang's
predecessor-once-removed. She is an exceptionally skilled fighter and staunch
ally of the protagonists. She was imprisoned by the Fire Nation after the
Kyoshi Warriors were defeated by Azula, but was ultimately released by Sokka,
Zuko, Hakoda, and Chit-Sang. She remained with the protagonists thereafter and
fought with Toph and Sokka to disable the Fire Nation's air force. She was
Sokka's love interest immediately following the end of the War.
10. Iroh
(Mako Iwamatsu in season one and two; Greg Baldwin in season three) is a
retired Fire Nation general, known as the Dragon of the West, and Prince Zuko's
paternal uncle and mentor. Iroh was the heir to the Fire Nation throne until
his brother usurped the throne after Fire Lord Azulon's death. On the surface,
Iroh is a cheerful, kind, optimistic, eccentric old man; but remains a powerful
warrior and a devoted surrogate parent to Zuko. Iroh is a Grand Master of the
Order of the White Lotus, a secret society of men from all nations. Unlike most
Firebenders, Iroh does not use anger as the source of his strength, relying
instead on Firebending secrets learned from the Dragons.
11. Mai
(Cricket Leigh is Zuko's love interest and the friend of Ty Lee. Mai herself
lacks bending, but is agile, swift, and skilled in dart-throwing and
knife-throwing. She assists Azula throughout most of her role; but later
abandons Azula and re-appears only later as Zuko's bride.
12. Ty
Lee (Olivia Hack) is an acrobat hired by Azula against the protagonists,
notable for her appearance of vivacity, innocence, and youth and for her
ability to disable element-benders by obstructing the chi from their limbs.
Having abandoned Azula, she joins the Kyoshi Island Warriors, whom she had earlier
impersonated.
13. Ozai
(Mark Hamill) is the father of Zuko and Azula, younger brother of Iroh, and
ruler of the Fire Nation. Although he is the primary antagonist for the series,
he does not appear until its third season, in which he is defeated by Aang.
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