Film Theory: Avatar and the Science of Waterbending (Avatar the Last Airbender)

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  • Опубликовано: 16 ноя 2024
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  • @angelvisto2768
    @angelvisto2768 5 лет назад +9206

    you know a show is good when everyone is still hyped up about it 10+ years later

    • @applebeezez5142
      @applebeezez5142 5 лет назад +199

      I remember watching it at 6am while getting ready for school in elementary lol

    • @hatredisvengeance5777
      @hatredisvengeance5777 5 лет назад +25

      @@applebeezez5142 same

    • @ram89572
      @ram89572 5 лет назад +151

      Hard not to like it. It had good goofy humor, magic, and action. Oh and it was a grand adventure too. The characters had a lot of development instead of just being good at something for reasons. I enjoyed Legend of Korra too because it was the sequel, but ultimately it was nowhere near as good as Avatar TLA.

    • @jasonliriano1858
      @jasonliriano1858 4 года назад +16

      I remember watching it every weekend from 3pm to 6pm

    • @patchwork_asylum
      @patchwork_asylum 4 года назад +15

      Ha I only found out about in september last year and netflix made it my life, people are still obsessed with it 10+ years later

  • @landonsalazar461
    @landonsalazar461 4 года назад +8712

    You should definitely do another theory on Avatar because it’s beginning to become popular again

    • @OrigamiAhsoka
      @OrigamiAhsoka 4 года назад +39

      Yee

    • @jovaniguzman1865
      @jovaniguzman1865 4 года назад +148

      There needs to be a season 4 which talks about the fire Lord's mother and what happened to her.

    • @itsjustjo1909
      @itsjustjo1909 4 года назад +72

      Jio read the comics

    • @crispymarshmellow3874
      @crispymarshmellow3874 4 года назад +60

      It’s cuz of Netflix and people get to watch it again

    • @Gamerdog-io3ow
      @Gamerdog-io3ow 4 года назад +20

      Yes I started watching yesterday

  • @thatlycantomboy
    @thatlycantomboy 5 лет назад +3251

    “Science of waterbending”
    I swear to god, MatPat, this better make my lifelong dreams come true

  • @harrycrossland2841
    @harrycrossland2841 Год назад +942

    The reason Avatar Roku found water bending difficult was because he was a natural fire bender. Fire bending and water bending are opposites like earth and air hence why Ang found earth bending difficult. This opposite element thing is also seen in the actual techniques for the bending like the quick, nimble, dexterous movements of air bending which parallel the grounded, rigid, brute-force earth bending techniques.

    • @gamestarkarthikeya0843
      @gamestarkarthikeya0843 Год назад

      Me too

    • @wolfy973
      @wolfy973 Год назад +19

      actually its not because of that its because of the personality's of the avatars .

    • @superpingu2593
      @superpingu2593 Год назад +49

      @@wolfy973 easiest way to spot a korra fan

    • @_Zephster
      @_Zephster Год назад +7

      @Wolfy not quite personality but mindset

    • @imaperson610
      @imaperson610 Год назад +10

      It really to do with personality, mindset and emotions

  • @seanmorton4689
    @seanmorton4689 5 лет назад +2835

    Now do a film theory on what was in that cactus juice. I’ve heard it’s the quenchiest..

    • @khameronwright4265
      @khameronwright4265 5 лет назад +153

      It'll quench ya

    • @syrusangi8743
      @syrusangi8743 5 лет назад +111

      NOTHING'S QUENCHER

    • @TelekinesisT
      @TelekinesisT 5 лет назад +13

      easy, it's definitely san pedro
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mescaline
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinopsis_pachanoi

    • @chunkicholde
      @chunkicholde 5 лет назад +73

      Cactus juice. It’ll quench ya. Nothings quenchier. It’s the quenchiest.

    • @bigsmoky4729
      @bigsmoky4729 5 лет назад +52

      👏Q👏U👏E👏N👏C👏H👏I👏N👏G👏

  • @samied632
    @samied632 4 года назад +2119

    “It’s theoretically possible to bend water.”
    9 years olds rushing to take notes

  • @mennoberga4133
    @mennoberga4133 5 лет назад +845

    Good video! A few notes from a fanboy:
    1. Bending is explicitly stated not to be considered magic in the world of Avatar. In the first episode of the show, Katara gets angry at Sokka for calling it so.
    2. Water benders don't fully lose their powers during a lunar eclipse, i don't think. After all, the moon isn't around during the day, but that never seems to be an issue. This can be confusing, since the S1 finale included an event called the Lunar Eclipse, which prevented benders from waterbending. However, in that case, the moon itself straight up died, and had to be reincarnated to be restored.
    3. While Iroh invented lightning *redirection* by studying water bending, lightning *bending* itself is not based on waterbending. It's an extremely pure version of firebending, that requires the bender not to use rage as a fuel, which is why so many benders (including Zuko) can't learn it. Lightning redirection has a lower entry bar, since the user only has to understand energy flows - like a waterbender.
    4. Finally, Roku didn't struggle with water because water is a particularly hard element to learn. He struggled, because it was the element opposite to his own (fire). Mentality plays a huge role in bending, and Roku grew up as a firebender. We can see Aang struggle similarly with earthbending, as he has an airbender mentality. Korra seems like an exception to this, since she's a water tribe girl who mastered fire quite easily, but that's because she never really thought like a waterbender per say. Instead, Korra struggled with airbending, the most spiritual element, since she was so focused on becoming a better fighter, as opposed to a better person.
    *[Edit]* Since you read to the end i'll recommend the youtube channel Hello Future Me. It's a guy that talks about principals of storytelling, but he also has a whole bunch of Avatar lore deep dives. I recommend his video on Energybending, which explains some more about bending in general!
    This concludes my essay lol

    • @aaronkisitu4855
      @aaronkisitu4855 5 лет назад +23

      I was thinking about some of these but you went in depth so thanks

    • @sammie_dot7542
      @sammie_dot7542 5 лет назад +19

      I thought i was a huge fan if the show... You just changed how i look at it now 😂😂

    • @exec_rigveda8299
      @exec_rigveda8299 5 лет назад +16

      Pls dont use korra as an exemple.
      Id rather forget she exist.

    • @aaronkisitu4855
      @aaronkisitu4855 5 лет назад +8

      @@exec_rigveda8299 tbh korra was pretty disappointing but other than the end it wasn't all garbage

    • @Mufflin
      @Mufflin 5 лет назад +2

      Didn't bending come from some life deity. How isn't that considered magic.

  • @anaki567
    @anaki567 Год назад +124

    Oh MatPat PLEASE bring this series back! 🙏🏾😭

    • @kelvisaisawesome
      @kelvisaisawesome 11 месяцев назад +2

      Exactly!

    • @dani_thereal_1
      @dani_thereal_1 8 месяцев назад

      @@Farwa_2012I hope that Lee will do some episodes on this

    • @Comicbookguy226
      @Comicbookguy226 7 месяцев назад

      Plz

    • @dani_thereal_1
      @dani_thereal_1 7 месяцев назад +1

      Also I think Lee likes ATLA because in a short I remember him saying that’s it’s one of his favorite shows ever

    • @lunselene2502
      @lunselene2502 5 месяцев назад

      I so agree with you :( I want the science of airbending

  • @FTStudios1422
    @FTStudios1422 4 года назад +1406

    me in 2019: so, are you gonna do air bending next, or earth?
    me in 2020: he probably forgot about this now, oh well.

  • @ellis_ellis361
    @ellis_ellis361 4 года назад +2080

    Katara said to Sokka:
    “It’s not magic, it’s waterbending”
    Well, now we know she ain’t wrong

    • @joshuapoe3867
      @joshuapoe3867 4 года назад +54

      @Da Random Thing And townspeople made fun of Sokka because he knew science could explain everything!

    • @altoriarucker3070
      @altoriarucker3070 4 года назад +34

      It's not Magic, it's Science

    • @joshuapoe3867
      @joshuapoe3867 4 года назад +23

      @@altoriarucker3070 It isn’t murder, it is slaying

    • @altoriarucker3070
      @altoriarucker3070 4 года назад +10

      @@joshuapoe3867 Period!!

    • @skullmastergamer
      @skullmastergamer 4 года назад +4

      ITS NOT MAGIC ITS TRAGIC
      *Bob’s burgers reference*

  • @rhproductions9874
    @rhproductions9874 5 лет назад +1445

    decade later and everyone still loves the child show. what a master piece it was

    • @grantbaugh2773
      @grantbaugh2773 5 лет назад +45

      There is no such thing as a perfect television show, but by golly this comes close.

    • @axz647
      @axz647 5 лет назад +25

      Decades? Nah you smoking I remember it like it was yesterday

    • @veritas5089
      @veritas5089 5 лет назад +17

      I thought Death Note might be a contender for a nearly perfect show. Then episode 26 happened...

    • @katakanakitsune5286
      @katakanakitsune5286 5 лет назад +8

      @@veritas5089 you just had to remind me😔

    • @lyghtable
      @lyghtable 5 лет назад +1

      *is

  • @takedown205productions6
    @takedown205productions6 3 года назад +460

    Correction: Avatar Roku had trouble with water bending, because it was in direct conflict with the philosophies he was raised with in the Fire Nation.
    Much like how Earth is resistant to air (and air unyielding to Earth,) water is smooth and subtle, malleable; fire is directly derived from passion and stubbornness. Aang had to overcome overthinking Earth bending, and Roku had to learn to adapt to change, in order to water bend.

    • @LittIeRoo
      @LittIeRoo 2 года назад +29

      whilst i agree with this, also has to do with personal philosophy, like avatar korra, personality wise she'd be a much better fit as an earthbender by nature as she's stubborn and set in her ways, struggling with learning air whilst learning fire and earth with relative ease.

    • @thatgirlfrommn6249
      @thatgirlfrommn6249 2 года назад +7

      @@LittIeRoo but didn’t avatar korra have fire earth and water mastered by the time she was like three like isn’t how lok opens

    • @Lyokoheros-KLPXTV
      @Lyokoheros-KLPXTV 2 года назад +2

      @@thatgirlfrommn6249 wasn't she more like 5-8 at that time? (I mean that would be somewhat believable... and I wouldn't call it "mastered", just "learned")

    • @thatgirlfrommn6249
      @thatgirlfrommn6249 2 года назад +1

      @@Lyokoheros-KLPXTV I dunno I havent rewatch lok after i watched it when it came out and when it came out I was like 9 so I just know a lot of people in the atla fandom don’t like it cuz it apparently sucks

    • @Lyokoheros-KLPXTV
      @Lyokoheros-KLPXTV 2 года назад +3

      @@thatgirlfrommn6249 Legend of Korra Sucks? Naah... I actually watch it only recently and I would even say that at Book I it seems it could be better than Legend of Aang but later it imo got worse = the direction it all was going and new worldbuilding was kinda questionable, but in the end despite some flaws it was a good show (In my personal ranking system it got a score which put it on the top of B-tier)

  • @beetzkidabop579
    @beetzkidabop579 4 года назад +6359

    ok matpat, it’s been 4 years where are the other 3 elements

  • @sirbeksoniv2907
    @sirbeksoniv2907 5 лет назад +1484

    Avatar Roku has a difficult time with water because it’s his “anti-element” like the same reason Aang had a difficult time with earth bending

    • @grantonator3884
      @grantonator3884 5 лет назад +92

      "Even Avatar Roku had trouble with water-bending." Well he is from the Fire Nation so...

    • @causticx-jpeg
      @causticx-jpeg 5 лет назад +10

      @Lehi Greening toph?

    • @TechnologyWitch
      @TechnologyWitch 5 лет назад +61

      @AC - 08JS - Eldorado PS (1505) It seems to have more to do with the anti-element of a given bender's mindset than anything else. Still, Korra is kind of a special case, since she was a noted prodigy with the physical aspect of elements who was bending three different kinds from such a young age (fire included) that she probably didn't really get locked into the "water" mindset. (Each element seems to benefit from a certain mindset in order to operate it; air = grace/evasion, earth = stand your ground, water = flow/change, fire = force/life.)

    • @JubeiKibagamiFez
      @JubeiKibagamiFez 5 лет назад +5

      @AC - 08JS - Eldorado PS (1505) Legend of Korra doesn't actually go into how hard or easy it was for her to learn Fire Bending. They just sort of glossed over it in one episode. It may have been significantly more difficult for her to learn than earth bending.

    • @SomethingSordid
      @SomethingSordid 5 лет назад +18

      its said in a korra episode that avatars find elements that are most unlike their personality are the hardest to learn or master for them

  • @metro_5017
    @metro_5017 4 года назад +2015

    Matpat: NOW is when i need you the most
    Me watching thid 8 months later: whoops

    • @deemo607
      @deemo607 4 года назад +30

      My exact reaction

    • @leoramiro7864
      @leoramiro7864 4 года назад +9

      same here

    • @mogi_2749
      @mogi_2749 4 года назад +4

      Lmaooo me

    • @OrigamiAhsoka
      @OrigamiAhsoka 4 года назад +14

      Sameeeee
      Watching this cause quarantine but at the same time waiting for Netflix to release his new one lol

    • @luvbear4432
      @luvbear4432 4 года назад +4

      lol same😂

  • @pandaxianrain
    @pandaxianrain Год назад +115

    About that,aren't you going to make a theory on how Aaing the avatar managed to survive in Ice and keep his youth..

    • @ashmondthesoutherntrashmon2210
      @ashmondthesoutherntrashmon2210 Год назад +11

      his episode that talks about frankenstein being possible mentions stuff like this! preserving cells with cold temperatures.

    • @harpastanman8952
      @harpastanman8952 Год назад

      I mean the idea of cryogenic chambers for NASA's deep space travel has been talked about for years, and in a dozen fictional movies. Freeze your body, sleep for a few hundred years in a coma, wake up and continue your life 🤷‍♂️

    • @user9267
      @user9267 Год назад +4

      It would be very short.
      "Aang would die due to the cold. The end."

    • @k4ttz528
      @k4ttz528 Год назад +1

      MatPat still mentions that there is magic in the show

    • @kelvisaisawesome
      @kelvisaisawesome 11 месяцев назад +1

      It makes sense. Don’t question it

  • @davidyun8396
    @davidyun8396 5 лет назад +539

    Mat: “how to water bend”
    Also Matt: just bend magnetic fields

    • @rightfulfuture4
      @rightfulfuture4 5 лет назад +6

      it's called a magnet suit, duh

    • @cyco5400
      @cyco5400 5 лет назад +3

      Just thinking, wouldn't it also have an effect on the bender themselves? Cuz humans are water too.

    • @mateusmundstock8225
      @mateusmundstock8225 5 лет назад

      @@cyco5400 If the magnetic field is precise enough, you may avoid it. At least that's what I understood

    • @richardconaway9720
      @richardconaway9720 5 лет назад +1

      @@cyco5400 plus water is highly dia-magnetic, meaning it's so non-receptive to magnetic manipulation that any such magnetic field would literally bend/attract everything around it INCLUDING the water, there would be no element specific benders if magnetism truly were what was behind bending (we also see benders PULL water toward themselves, which is essentially overriding the diamagnetism of water), and fire is just released energy in the form of ionized air as plasma. so fire bending "might" make sense with the magnet theory as ionization does play well with magnetic fields and in some instances is even the result of localized magnetic fields, but outside of earth and fire a magnetic field driven hypothesis is fairly flawed.

  • @abyssalblade7507
    @abyssalblade7507 4 года назад +656

    Next vid: how to firebend
    Sponsor: join the fire nation

  • @AustinJASMR
    @AustinJASMR 4 года назад +1112

    Matpat: "I'll do a theory on each bending style."
    Also Matpat: "Waterbending's the only style, right?"

    • @vincentfreddoyle7555
      @vincentfreddoyle7555 3 года назад +41

      yeah WE NEED EARTHBENDING!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @omanai
      @omanai 3 года назад +7

      @@vincentfreddoyle7555 YES

    • @moussaahmed6662
      @moussaahmed6662 3 года назад +29

      @@vincentfreddoyle7555 we don't need just earthbending, we need everything

    • @vincentfreddoyle7555
      @vincentfreddoyle7555 3 года назад +7

      @@moussaahmed6662 well we’re doing it in order of the intro right?

    • @ErisEntropy
      @ErisEntropy 3 года назад +5

      I mean, to be fair, this is film theory and The Last Airbender died at book 1.

  • @WeirdKidzXD
    @WeirdKidzXD Год назад +209

    The hardest thing for an avatar to master is their opposite element. Roku was a firebender. ( Thank you so much for all the likes )

    • @alanrodriguez233
      @alanrodriguez233 Год назад +25

      Not true. Air was Korra’s most difficult element to master and it wasn’t her opposite element. They have the most trouble with the element that opposes their natural personality. Most of the time it is the opposite element, but not always.

    • @stevenbobbybills
      @stevenbobbybills Год назад

      @@alanrodriguez233 correct.

    • @nexuscross3233
      @nexuscross3233 Год назад +4

      @@alanrodriguez233 We don't talk about korra here.

    • @arend2178
      @arend2178 Год назад +4

      @@nexuscross3233 Korra honestly wasn’t that bad of a show. I feel like the network was kinda shutting it out

    • @timgorg1919
      @timgorg1919 Год назад

      Not their opposite but rather their previous. Aang struggled at fire most I think though not sure

  • @aidyplays1013
    @aidyplays1013 3 года назад +1440

    I like how Firebending is about powerful voice, Earthbending is physical strength, waterbending is patience and then you got Airbending. Newton's worst fear.

    • @sapphirethegrrem
      @sapphirethegrrem 2 года назад +177

      Newton: *Running away*
      Airbending: "Why are you running? Why are you running?"

    • @aidyplays1013
      @aidyplays1013 2 года назад +24

      @@sapphirethegrrem Haha, very funny!

    • @pineforest1442
      @pineforest1442 2 года назад +10

      Ha!

    • @lsaua
      @lsaua 2 года назад +60

      Ironic because airbending is about peace and being not threatening

    • @sunburststudi0s224
      @sunburststudi0s224 2 года назад +26

      Airbending: hello there!
      Newton: OH GOD

  • @marzizzo
    @marzizzo 4 года назад +467

    "even avatar roku said that water bending was particularly hard for him to learn"
    cuz he was born a FIREBENDER

    • @onigiri2659
      @onigiri2659 4 года назад +39

      That has some correlation, but the real reason was that it was the polar opposite from what he was originally capable. think of it as a born-given talent, you were born with it so that naturally means that you're good at it, but just because you already have one doesn't mean you can learn more. and also, in irl cases, some people have an ability to learn other talents really easily, mainly because they have really good listening skills. and if you rewatch all of Roku's interactions, you'll know that he isn't the type to listen to what his sister says. Sure, he does listen to his master, or does he? In a couple of episodes, we can clearly see him disobeying his master. Roku just isn't the type to really listen. I can prove this by using Aang. Now, Aang IS an Air Bender so that means that he can just learn all of the elements really easily, but even he has a hard time with Earth bending, mainly because of two reasons. One is that Earth Bending is the complete opposite of Air Bending, just like how Water Bending is also a complete opposite of Fire Bending. And for the second reason, he's just really stubborn. you can see him be really stubborn in some episodes. Because of this stubborness is how he has a hard time learning it. The only reason he eventually got the hang of it isn't because of the training he did, but it was because Air is all the other elements weakness, Air could easily control all of the other elements. So in Roku's, and all the other character's case, literally everyone could learn all of the other elements in the show. It's just because that the elements are weakened by other elements on the table. But that's just a theory, A MICRO THEORY. AND CUT. (you get it? Like the film theory thi- ok, I'll leave)

    • @NuggetGX
      @NuggetGX 4 года назад +2

      Utsubyō Nikorasu that deserved alot more than 2 likes lol

    • @radhikaparkhi1856
      @radhikaparkhi1856 4 года назад +6

      Utsubyō Nikorasu woahhhhhhh I bow down to you, Sifu Long Paragraph.

    • @marzizzo
      @marzizzo 4 года назад +1

      Utsubyō Nikorasu okay so the first part: yes, that’s the point i was trying to make by saying that he’s a firebender, water is his opposite so it’s especially hard for him to learn. secondly, i don’t actually remember roku’s sister or really much of his master, although i could just be forgetting things? thirdly, ya aang had an especially difficult time with earth bending because it’s the opposite of air bending. that’s why he was stubborn. water and fire came so easily to him, so the second he couldn’t just effortlessly do something, he lost all momentum and faith in himself and was convinced that he’d never be able to do it (similar as what happens to kids in gifted programs who grow up believing that they’re smart and things coming easily but not developing a good work ethic because of this so when they don’t immediately understand something, it’s shattering). as for your last points, i don’t get what you said about airbenders being superior and uhhh are you saying that anyone could learn all the elements? cuz nope just the avatar has that ability as per the show’s canon. good comment though, i enjoyed reading and responding

    • @carndela7032
      @carndela7032 4 года назад +1

      Holy cow this is the big brain comment section I’m only halfway through ep3 and can’t really go crazy over this

  • @zm4362
    @zm4362 4 года назад +630

    ALSO: The type of bending that is hardest for an Avatar to master isn’t necessarily their opposite element based on Nationality and ethnicity but rather the OPPOSITE from their individual character and mannerism. Aang was born into the Air Nomads, SURE, but he’s a very soft one and one that’s constantly moving and redirecting himself {who ran AWAY and lied to himself about being the Avatar} so naturally a head-on hard and immovable rock style is his opposite. The Earth Kingdom also has a lot of rules that the fun and free at first Aang doesn’t live by. Korra is very stubborn and focuses more on tangible, physical results so spiritual connection and airy movements were hardest for her to master. Ofc not everyone with geographical similarities got the same personality traits. I’d say a very free, untethered and restless fire bender will find air to be easiest from the other 3 elements and probably find stable fixed and square earth bending most difficult. It’s also why Korra uses a lot of fire bending cuz she is not only attracted to a fire bender, but very offensive and destructive in her techniques and doesn’t have much self control at first {and her natural instincts are to shift the blame on someone else when she messes up her bending to spare her own pride. Which builds character as she becomes a more well rounded and open minded character as the story progresses}. Going back to Aang’s opposite being Earth, he was raised primarily with pure Air Nomad mentality where as in the LOK’s setting we see the more modern mixture of nationalities and therefore mixture of traits and cultures. Individuals are exposed to different mannerisms and ways of life. Also explains why the very soothing nature of hot water tea loving badass healer IROH finds it easy to learn from water bending styles as a fire bender himself and discovers lightening bending... but idk😂 HEY it’s JUST A THEORY, A FILM THEORY

    • @zm4362
      @zm4362 4 года назад +15

      Kanga Ruuu
      I’d be happy if u read it all!!!!!

    • @oscaraugustoarangocabrera3835
      @oscaraugustoarangocabrera3835 4 года назад +28

      Yep, you're totally right. Tenzin explained it to Korra. It's not about the element you were born. It's about the opposite of your personality. That's why Aang struggled so much with earth bending (and yeah, a coincidence that it seems to be the opposite of air bending). But when we see Korra, she struggled with air bending and that (following the aang example) seems wrong, because the opposite of water should be fire. But, Tenzin explained that it's about the opposite of the personality

    • @zm4362
      @zm4362 4 года назад +8

      OSCAR AUGUSTO ARANGO CABRERA
      Dude thanks for bringing it up cuz I just realized Tenzin isn’t a very free spirited type of air bender he’s more about hard cold solid facts and getting things done irl and he has a lot of trouble spiritually

    • @insertusernamehere8324
      @insertusernamehere8324 4 года назад +5

      I swear I went cross-eyed barely five sentences through...

    • @pinkdandelions3982
      @pinkdandelions3982 3 года назад +3

      @@zm4362 Well, i had a fun time reading all that

  • @lyra6096
    @lyra6096 2 года назад +83

    Hey Matpat, do you think Firebenders can tap into their opponent’s thermal energy, amplify said enemy’s body heat and trigger spontaneous human combustion?

    • @agamikhwana8596
      @agamikhwana8596 Год назад +3

      i don't think so, they can't control other human body heat

    • @ramaziotivegito6853
      @ramaziotivegito6853 Год назад +2

      Sozin did show that he can take the heat out of lava and drop the temperature. Who is to say that a firebender can do similar to a bloodbender and reach into the human body and move your heat up and down?

    • @crustyratkid
      @crustyratkid Год назад +4

      Oh, gosh. I never thought of that. It makes a lot of sense though. I reckon it SHOULD work. Also it would be cool if they did that in the show

    • @ramaziotivegito6853
      @ramaziotivegito6853 Год назад

      @@crustyratkid considering the show is still mostly PG rated I don't think we'll see much graphic violence. But one can only hope

    • @crustyratkid
      @crustyratkid Год назад

      @@ramaziotivegito6853 true…. But there are also bloodbenders and water benders that tap into the water in their opponent’s body, and the bloodbenders virtually torture their opponents, so it wouldn’t be unheard of. However, if they decided firebenders having an ability like this was going too far for a PG film/show, they could make a movie with firebenders able to adjust their opponents body heat and just make it a higher rating if they so please. This way, they can add another fascinating feature and even have an entire movie about this(e.g. main character is firebender and they realise this power and have to decide what to do with it or who to tell or how they feel about this conundrum ect.)

  • @ouvia2170
    @ouvia2170 5 лет назад +3761

    Sokka: "My first girlfriend turned into the moon."
    ...
    Zuko: *"Thats rough buddy"*

    • @haweyahussein4291
      @haweyahussein4291 5 лет назад +189

      Mako: At least your exes didn't end up hooking up.

    • @dimitris1601
      @dimitris1601 5 лет назад +17

      @@haweyahussein4291 hahahahah😂😂😂

    • @HeilRay
      @HeilRay 5 лет назад +41

      Too Moon, Zuko
      Too Moon.

    • @baysusstudios59
      @baysusstudios59 5 лет назад +9

      Ouvia WAIT KORRA WAS LESBIAN I didn’t finish the second saga yet

    • @passerByL
      @passerByL 5 лет назад +3

      @@baysusstudios59 it didn't end

  • @hawk_ish2265
    @hawk_ish2265 5 лет назад +6219

    Instructions unclear, I accidentally bent fire and now everything is burning.

    • @powerthunfischdesdonners3086
      @powerthunfischdesdonners3086 5 лет назад +223

      good, now you can try it again with purpose.

    • @gonerofsavers3813
      @gonerofsavers3813 5 лет назад +24

      Lol

    • @HunterTracks
      @HunterTracks 5 лет назад +106

      Use all that water around you to snuff it out and try again. Or just become a pyromaniac. Preferably the second one

    • @stefanbroers8146
      @stefanbroers8146 5 лет назад +40

      instructions unclear dick stuck in water

    • @slyceth
      @slyceth 5 лет назад +5

      fuck last aircanc3er

  • @stahpg5430
    @stahpg5430 5 лет назад +1030

    16:15 Actually Avatar Roku’s hardest element being water has nothing to do with water bending being difficult and more to do with the nature of the person. This is similar to how Aang’s hardest element to master was Earth as it is based in being rigid and steadfast while Aang’s personality is more free flowing as an Airbender.

    • @ethannewland3109
      @ethannewland3109 5 лет назад +64

      I came down here to comment this exact thing. It bothered me a bit when Mat tried to pass it off as if water is just hard for everyone.

    • @axz647
      @axz647 5 лет назад +6

      Maybe it's just a sub conscious and it kinda reflects of some part of personality like earth fire yada I'm sure you guys get it

    • @endorb
      @endorb 5 лет назад +52

      @@axz647 The show does point to the opposite bending (IE the one across from it in the 4 point circle) to the one the avatar is born into is the hardest for them. As a natural fire bender, Roku would have trouble with water

    • @atlas4263
      @atlas4263 5 лет назад +42

      Well technically they explained Aang's difficulty with earth bending as it being his 'opposite element', Katara made the connection 'if I were to try to learn fire bending it would be just as difficult because they're opposite elements'

    • @axz647
      @axz647 5 лет назад +5

      @@endorb yea I know I'm just adding more of logical reasoning as to why instead of just personality like how uncle iroh was able to learn redirection of lightning from the water benders and how he has changed etc

  • @veritydoyle7886
    @veritydoyle7886 2 года назад +16

    Pov: Film/Game Theory once again teaches three years worth of science in 1-10 minutes max
    This is why I love these guys. And also because they're just genuinely awesome people

  • @Kunalsingh-wm2ds
    @Kunalsingh-wm2ds 5 лет назад +1458

    *We need a theory on the lead character- THE CABBAGE MERCHANT*

  • @agentmichagan3222
    @agentmichagan3222 5 лет назад +227

    I love how people are still talking about ATLA in 2019. It really shows how great this show is.

    • @tinytuzi8167
      @tinytuzi8167 5 лет назад +3

      @AgentMichagan,
      It was a masterpiece!

    • @williamsmith1213
      @williamsmith1213 5 лет назад +6

      I've now got the urge to watch it again

    • @GnogginGnome
      @GnogginGnome 5 лет назад

      William Smith same but it’s not on Netflix or Hulu 😭

    • @beard6329
      @beard6329 5 лет назад

      @@GnogginGnome other stream able platforms/websites do exist that are free.

    • @holczy0
      @holczy0 5 лет назад

      @@GnogginGnome Its on HBO so i can watch it anytime, consider buying it if you like ATLA or LOK

  • @foriobobgaming6612
    @foriobobgaming6612 4 года назад +1733

    Near the end of 2019
    Me:still waiting on the other 3 elements

  • @SliceOfLifeJ
    @SliceOfLifeJ 7 месяцев назад +87

    who here in 2024 after MatPat Retired?

  • @quacker7581
    @quacker7581 4 года назад +330

    When I was a kid I would stand in the shower and stick my hand out and water would trickle off my fingers thinking I was the secret first water bender and didn’t tell anybody because I was afraid the government would take me away and experiment on me

    • @afeatherinthewind
      @afeatherinthewind 4 года назад +27

      I felt that way whenever it got super windy while I was moody or playing with the wind between my fingers on car rides with the window down lol

    • @echorolls7186
      @echorolls7186 4 года назад +24

      I used to blow on fire and I thought I was a firebender

    • @ro9542
      @ro9542 4 года назад +21

      I used to throw rocks and think I was a earth bender

    • @lucasbwh2664
      @lucasbwh2664 4 года назад +32

      I used to throw a boomerang and think i was sokka

    • @YeetBS
      @YeetBS 4 года назад +3

      Watr bendr

  • @tmdtommy
    @tmdtommy 4 года назад +430

    "Screw gravity"
    -Aang the last airbender.

    • @german_pretzel3195
      @german_pretzel3195 4 года назад +1

      Well he isn't the last airbender anymore

    • @Nani-yd1hq
      @Nani-yd1hq 4 года назад +4

      @@german_pretzel3195 the last good Avatar so far

    • @kahiraaa
      @kahiraaa 4 года назад

      ~zaheer from legend of korra

    • @aisha5156
      @aisha5156 4 года назад

      Sad Frog and Abigale Cooper
      Lo, why though?

    • @gogozeppeli9512
      @gogozeppeli9512 4 года назад

      Gravity? Who gives a crap about gravity?

  • @waxalmighty6355
    @waxalmighty6355 4 года назад +1371

    My history teacher bought the whole show on disc so whenever we watch a “documentary” we are really watching avatar

    • @sealdew5348
      @sealdew5348 4 года назад +63

      That is amazing

    • @Rex_o_roar
      @Rex_o_roar 4 года назад +97

      You have the best history teacher ever

    • @jarathedragon4175
      @jarathedragon4175 4 года назад +53

      because thats what heroes do

    • @Blanks8
      @Blanks8 4 года назад +18

      I doubt my little brother would like him
      Ps I’m 99% sure he’s not right mentally

    • @silversonic99
      @silversonic99 4 года назад +27

      As a kid, I would love this. As an adult, I would be pissed this is how a teacher uses class time.

  • @swagmonkey2531
    @swagmonkey2531 2 года назад +9

    i saw this when reading the captions 😂
    "Its's literally the first waterbending move that *bang* learns"
    *bang* is officially my favorite character

  • @arttukettunen5757
    @arttukettunen5757 5 лет назад +206

    This was basically my favorite animated show when I was a kid, I just didn't realize it until now

    • @TheRibottoStudios
      @TheRibottoStudios 5 лет назад +2

      For me it was this and Danny Phantom. I'd love to see MatPat do Phantom theories.

    • @emlynselene1096
      @emlynselene1096 5 лет назад

      I liked this, Dragon Ball, and Fairly Odd Parents.

    • @emlynselene1096
      @emlynselene1096 5 лет назад

      @@TheRibottoStudios Yo, Danny Phantom was awesome. I forgot i liked that show...

    • @strongfish9198
      @strongfish9198 5 лет назад

      Avatar was my favorite too
      I watch the whole series every year as tradition🤣

    • @nixian_zwaylus
      @nixian_zwaylus 5 лет назад

      it is my favorit show to date.

  • @kevinjensen4438
    @kevinjensen4438 5 лет назад +262

    I grew up watching Avatar. Can't believe it's been 14 years since it released.

    • @kooldude2003
      @kooldude2003 5 лет назад

      Same. Damn, I was 5 when it was released. I started watching it when Avatar: The Legend of Kora came out on TV.

    • @lemoncardboard4354
      @lemoncardboard4354 5 лет назад

      Same even tho it was a language that I didn't understand when I was 4

    • @thalmoragent9344
      @thalmoragent9344 5 лет назад +1

      Soheila or SIM Mahmoudi
      Ah, English is your second element? What’s your first?

    • @chloesavannahcummings7982
      @chloesavannahcummings7982 5 лет назад

      You're making me feel old man

    • @nicaln5104
      @nicaln5104 5 лет назад

      Kevin Jensen Jesus 14! It feels like 3 years ago.

  • @blankclips
    @blankclips 5 лет назад +1000

    “Write that down. Write that down.”

  • @musicyak3471
    @musicyak3471 3 года назад +12

    We need more Avatar videos, Matt!!

  • @pythonl0rd584
    @pythonl0rd584 4 года назад +629

    *So you’re saying splashing water with my hand in the pool WASN’T water bending??*

  • @ZolisterOLD
    @ZolisterOLD 5 лет назад +312

    *holds a magnet up to some water
    Matpat: WATERBENDING!!!

  • @DurdenTyler001
    @DurdenTyler001 5 лет назад +734

    Mat Pat is going to be the Bill Nye to the kids that see his show on Nickelodeon

    • @batandcat0508
      @batandcat0508 5 лет назад +11

      He even quotes Bill Nye in the Appa Segment. It's great!

    • @leonardusrakapradayan2253
      @leonardusrakapradayan2253 5 лет назад +4

      The next Bill Nye

    • @spaceguy5547
      @spaceguy5547 5 лет назад +13

      MatPat the Theory Guy

    • @MrMrdreary
      @MrMrdreary 5 лет назад +1

      I agree, a new science guy is required. And Nickelodeon could make it happen

    • @Rezumi
      @Rezumi 5 лет назад +1

      The show even feels like a bill nye spiritual successor.

  • @melindaandrews8503
    @melindaandrews8503 2 года назад +10

    It was challenging for Roku because he was working with his opposite, just like how Aang was having a hard time with Earth.

  • @jacksonstein809
    @jacksonstein809 5 лет назад +277

    Me: You can’t kill the moon, it’s an inanimate object.
    Avatar: Hold my yin yang fish!

  • @10.ikadekanandadwipayadnya83
    @10.ikadekanandadwipayadnya83 5 лет назад +202

    Well if everything in this show can be explained
    The we need a theory about combustion man (the guy with an eye on his forehead that can shoot lazers)

    • @vawnfaux8080
      @vawnfaux8080 5 лет назад +13

      Extreme focus, on the photonic scale. The beam of electromagnetic stream so strong it focuses light and air into one line creating plasma, a higher state of gasious matter

    • @alamb245
      @alamb245 5 лет назад +5

      Go check out Hellofutureme

    • @christalcavanaugh
      @christalcavanaugh 5 лет назад +38

      Sparky sparky boom man

    • @IronMaws
      @IronMaws 5 лет назад +8

      @@christalcavanaugh only true intellectuals will understand

    • @challengesawake7788
      @challengesawake7788 5 лет назад +3

      He studied the philosophy of 2|ck0 M0d3

  • @kingkung995
    @kingkung995 5 лет назад +125

    If mat pat was my science teacher I'd never wanna leave

  • @melodygarland7066
    @melodygarland7066 2 года назад +8

    Water, earth, fire, air long ago ........
    I love film Threoy he just tries to go through so many people’s favorite shows to make our day knowing that this is kind of possible

  • @batguy39
    @batguy39 5 лет назад +226

    OK the fact you collaborated with Nickelodeon is pretty sweet and epic not gonna lie

    • @kharerishit
      @kharerishit 5 лет назад

      Wait if he collaborated with nickelodeon then why tf did they make this 0:46

  • @korvexus9922
    @korvexus9922 4 года назад +2407

    When the water comes of your fingers when you’re showering
    Wutyr bendir

    • @CutiePie-ev5gg
      @CutiePie-ev5gg 4 года назад +15

      Christabel Syalom N I don’t think you understand the joke

    • @jellyboi1738
      @jellyboi1738 4 года назад +13

      Christabel Syalom N you are an actual idiot

    • @iighost.leonii2554
      @iighost.leonii2554 4 года назад +5

      Christabel Syalom N yeah you don’t get the actual joke

    • @iighost.leonii2554
      @iighost.leonii2554 4 года назад +18

      Aaron Wilson its a meme. Basically, if someone says something as basic as possible that anyone can do and they portray it to be beneficial in a funny way. They purposefully misspell just what they have done as a joke.

    • @korvexus9922
      @korvexus9922 4 года назад +3

      iiGhost .Leonii u know the meme man face. My friend sent me that and i just thought it was funny to post it here

  • @zantheros4927
    @zantheros4927 5 лет назад +706

    When you realize you can also ruin food by bending the water out of them.
    "MY CABBAGES!!!"

    • @twbillionare9568
      @twbillionare9568 5 лет назад +15

      I always feel so bad for that guy

    • @shebehere2452
      @shebehere2452 5 лет назад +10

      Ohhh I miss this fandom

    • @Rusty_Spoons3492
      @Rusty_Spoons3492 5 лет назад +4

      I love all of you.... You remember this show.... Noone at school knows this just "tHe BlUe PeOpLe"

    • @mosessandoval4500
      @mosessandoval4500 5 лет назад

      I like this I like this

    • @kayyl680
      @kayyl680 5 лет назад

      The cabbage man!!! We stan!!

  • @ImFeelinXtra
    @ImFeelinXtra 7 месяцев назад +1

    Mat would be such a fun science teacher bro, for sure a god level dad able to teach science to his kid in a cartoon form.

  • @kai_824
    @kai_824 5 лет назад +92

    16:11 Well actually I believe that's because hes a Fire Bender and Similar to Aangs struggle with earth bending. Those two elements oppose each other

    • @F30KoZy
      @F30KoZy 5 лет назад +12

      Delta _ You’re right, it’s actually confirmed in the show, I was hoping someone noticed it 😂

    • @conservativeliberal
      @conservativeliberal 5 лет назад +1

      Team KoZy me too he explained it better than I could of

    • @tajkeogh1093
      @tajkeogh1093 5 лет назад +1

      Thank you I was going to say that myself

    • @ultraburstchara3662
      @ultraburstchara3662 5 лет назад

      Eyyy someone said it

    • @Troll_vs.
      @Troll_vs. 5 лет назад +2

      I thought it was the element that opposed their character not necessarily the opposite element? Aang struggled with earth because standing firm and taking things at face value goes against his teachings, roku with water because he wasn't open to the change of the world and getting himself killed because he couldnt let go off his friend, and Borra because she was very closed and weak minded jumping into situations instead of being patient and thoughtful?

  • @juliansamek2555
    @juliansamek2555 5 лет назад +6317

    Isn't it also interesting that the waterbenders live at the poles, where there is a stronger magnetic field... just an interesting thought...
    Edit: holy f*** how did this happen... senpai noticed me!!

  • @IshijimaKairo
    @IshijimaKairo 4 года назад +363

    "water bending get's some solid evidence"
    nah, it get's liquid evidence

  • @RandomRocketGuy
    @RandomRocketGuy 11 месяцев назад +3

    This completely off topic but when Matpat was explaining bending water inside of things I just died when he said human bending💀

  • @killeramphibians
    @killeramphibians 4 года назад +301

    You’re saying that me positioning my arms in a certain way in the shower so the water would appear to come out of my fingertips WASN’T waterbending?

  • @daltonberry42
    @daltonberry42 4 года назад +1376

    Who else waiting for those other avatar theories 😂

    • @quixilver6177
      @quixilver6177 4 года назад +20

      Yep! Just finished watching the series for the first time. I need MOAR

    • @izak5775
      @izak5775 4 года назад +10

      WHERE ARE THEY

    • @Chazcam_Gaming
      @Chazcam_Gaming 4 года назад +4

      Me

    • @djgameing3852
      @djgameing3852 4 года назад +3

      Yep

    • @geekoutnerd7882
      @geekoutnerd7882 4 года назад +15

      Everyone:”I cant wait for the other FT episodes on Avatar“
      MattPat: “FoOd ThEoRy XD”
      I have enjoyed the food theory channel but still don’t forget film theory. I also want to see a film theory on 7 deadly sins.

  • @eaglest0554
    @eaglest0554 5 лет назад +828

    "I laugh at gravity all the time.
    Hehe gravity"

  • @hadrianleif3914
    @hadrianleif3914 2 года назад +1

    pls do another part! I've been waiting for years!!! Pls do an Earth bending, we earths need to show how much we rock!

  • @redflare4367
    @redflare4367 4 года назад +226

    So if I can strap enough magnets to myself then I can repel anyone that tries to talk to me? Awesome

    • @reentrysfs6317
      @reentrysfs6317 4 года назад +12

      Water has feelings

    • @reentrysfs6317
      @reentrysfs6317 4 года назад +7

      Frozen 2 doesn’t care about the moon

    • @chaosstatus
      @chaosstatus 4 года назад +11

      The magnets would also repel you, so you’d be kind of compressed. Fair price to pay to avoid people 😂

    • @alexcrazy1492
      @alexcrazy1492 4 года назад +2

      But you’ll repel yourself too

    • @ahmedemad3273
      @ahmedemad3273 4 года назад +4

      I can do that without magnets ......

  • @sundusrawahi1960
    @sundusrawahi1960 4 года назад +472

    Avatar Roku said it was hard for him because water is the opposite of fire, hes from the fire nation. It was hard for Aang to master earthbending because its aparently the opposite of air, hes an air nomand.

    • @AGwS
      @AGwS 4 года назад +34

      yeah i think i remember katara saying that to aang when toph tries to teach him

    • @thelolim___ster
      @thelolim___ster 4 года назад +69

      Actually, in LoK, Tenzin said that it's hard to master bending opposite of your *personality*
      For example, for Korra it's hard to master airbending because she has rough personality.

    • @menthesimon
      @menthesimon 4 года назад +4

      Yeah DUHH he knows that it was a jóke

    • @sundusrawahi1960
      @sundusrawahi1960 4 года назад +9

      @@thelolim___ster Oh ok that makes sense. Thanks.

    • @VenomQuill
      @VenomQuill 4 года назад +7

      @@thelolim___ster Yeah, Korra was a pretty sharp fire bender, wasn't she?

  • @OliveLeader
    @OliveLeader 4 года назад +285

    The Avatar seasons were amazing but everything changed when the live action film attacked

    • @soupismultitasking144
      @soupismultitasking144 4 года назад +8

      there is no film

    • @OliveLeader
      @OliveLeader 4 года назад +6

      @@soupismultitasking144 There is

    • @soupismultitasking144
      @soupismultitasking144 4 года назад +22

      @@OliveLeader there is no movie just like there is no war in ba sing se

    • @OliveLeader
      @OliveLeader 4 года назад +4

      @@soupismultitasking144 Haha. Well there isn't a good film of Avatar The Last Airbender

    • @umar3507
      @umar3507 4 года назад +10

      The live action film: -😖
      The cartoon last airbender: -🙂
      Legend of korra: -🙃

  • @kristadavis6801
    @kristadavis6801 Год назад +4

    I really hope the new Avatar studios looks at this video and considers it for modern series - there's got to be a scientist that discovers electrons and begins to bend elements as a non bender

  • @Ella-bo8dm
    @Ella-bo8dm 5 лет назад +297

    Matt: But really? Really?! You expect me to believe--
    Me: Dear god here we go

  • @bun37yearsago61
    @bun37yearsago61 4 года назад +366

    Matpat: that’s a theory for another day
    Also Matpat: never does the theory

    • @theoneandonlyquasarsaurus
      @theoneandonlyquasarsaurus 4 года назад +7

      Rip the dream

    • @phinexman
      @phinexman 4 года назад +8

      I just want to bend the nature of mountains and break down the conventional plates. Tearing them down and forming trenches deep in the lowest sea level.
      Cant wait for the theory matpat :)

    • @Dragoninja26
      @Dragoninja26 4 года назад +8

      It's because he actually discovered how to do the other bending styles for real while researching and of course that can't go public, imagine what would happen if it did, don't forget that there are a lot of stupid people, if you need any - Reddit has a lot of examples.

    • @ARCAlpha12
      @ARCAlpha12 4 года назад +4

      hey, don't lose hope! It took him about 2-3 years to finally release Part 3 of his Doctor Who theory. the other bending styles could still happen!

  • @matthewbrooder9414
    @matthewbrooder9414 4 года назад +2749

    Instructions unclear, lost my Honor.

    • @ghowostie
      @ghowostie 4 года назад +235

      that's rough, buddy.

    • @mistybreath
      @mistybreath 4 года назад +140

      Fyck I lost
      *MY CABBAGES!!!*

    • @phoebaleeb6129
      @phoebaleeb6129 4 года назад +138

      That’s all? My first girlfriend turned into the moon

    • @OddsShroom
      @OddsShroom 4 года назад +94

      Oh please, my entire culture was destroyed.

    • @thederekstory3587
      @thederekstory3587 4 года назад +99

      I lost my vision and now see with my feet

  • @silas.t.
    @silas.t. Год назад +3

    Please continue this series 🙏

  • @aleclewis6629
    @aleclewis6629 5 лет назад +2097

    “I laugh at gravity all the time, hahaha gravity”
    -The FRICKIN avatar
    Edit: How did this get 2k likes-

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 4 года назад +28

      It's Sad People don't see Legend of Korra disregarded all that's praised
      in this Video, and more. So much more. Seriously, it was bad on so many
      Levels when it not was good as an Exception.

    • @joesean204
      @joesean204 4 года назад +2

      ??? WHATS UR POINT?!

    • @aamirmunawwar1408
      @aamirmunawwar1408 4 года назад +2

      @@slevinchannel7589 I do both are😘

    • @unsaltedbanana1760
      @unsaltedbanana1760 4 года назад +2

      Joe Sean his point is no one likes gravity

    • @chubbymight1420
      @chubbymight1420 4 года назад +1

      This is the avatar keeping peace

  • @perfyyy7262
    @perfyyy7262 5 лет назад +1717

    Water : we cool
    Earth: we rock
    Fire: we lit
    Air: we high

  • @themcflurryman2525
    @themcflurryman2525 4 года назад +844

    The most under rated line on the show is:
    I laugh at gravity all the time, ahaha gravity

    • @Jobe-13
      @Jobe-13 4 года назад +29

      And how the storyteller indirectly calls the air nomads “air walkers”.

    • @puffy_doritos_gacha516
      @puffy_doritos_gacha516 4 года назад +26

      I rlly Thought for second that you commented that 19 years ago

    • @Cr0wM0ther
      @Cr0wM0ther 4 года назад +11

      hmm... delicous tea or a terrible poisoning?

    • @AcePlayzRBLX
      @AcePlayzRBLX 4 года назад +3

      *standing on the ground

    • @mr.fishstick_yt9955
      @mr.fishstick_yt9955 4 года назад +4

      Dapper Magikarp hmm... delectable tea or deadly poison

  • @thetophattedmonkey8791
    @thetophattedmonkey8791 Год назад +7

    At the end where he says even avatar roku found waterwending tricky is actually explained much earlier in the series when aang fails at earth bending the opposite of air is earth so because aang was an air bender he found earth bending difficult same with roku opposite of fire is water

  • @alichehab5804
    @alichehab5804 3 года назад +868

    "Why did you order so many magnets"
    "My actions are beyond your understanding"

    • @Username-le4eq
      @Username-le4eq 3 года назад +9

      NOM NOM

    • @HuneeBruh
      @HuneeBruh 3 года назад +19

      It was actually “my *goals* are beyond your understanding, but it’s still funny

    • @pidgeonsofthegods1482
      @pidgeonsofthegods1482 3 года назад +18

      @@HuneeBruh his goals are beyond your understanding

    • @yerikmacielolivas8275
      @yerikmacielolivas8275 3 года назад +17

      @@HuneeBruh his sentences are beyond your understanding

    • @gemeraldsouls125
      @gemeraldsouls125 3 года назад +11

      time to surprise my brother
      *BECOZ IM ABOUT TO CELEBRATE BECOMING THE ONLY CHILd*

  • @PosthumanHeresy
    @PosthumanHeresy 5 лет назад +543

    So wait, does that mean that Magneto could theoretically do anything a waterbender can do?

    • @mide2476
      @mide2476 5 лет назад +9

      Maybe.

    • @thatguy3658
      @thatguy3658 5 лет назад +47

      He is a metal bender and water bender. Pretty neat

    • @almightysanchez8658
      @almightysanchez8658 5 лет назад +2

      No, he can bend metal with magnetism but if he wanted to bend water he would need ELECTROMAGNETISM

    • @Wesley-of-224
      @Wesley-of-224 5 лет назад +6

      Magneto!
      Magneto!
      Magneto!
      Anything you can do, he can do better!
      He can do anything better than you!
      Even bend water.

    • @bananabuttersomethin
      @bananabuttersomethin 5 лет назад

      What about Pyrrha Nikos?

  • @blackfyre1351
    @blackfyre1351 3 года назад +853

    "Multi episode journey"
    **never posts about the topic again**

  • @imacoolperson17
    @imacoolperson17 Год назад +4

    this guy gives a reason to pay attention in science class

  • @smiley8117
    @smiley8117 5 лет назад +18711

    Instructions unclear: my girlfriend turned into the moon

    • @amysauruswantsamuffin5933
      @amysauruswantsamuffin5933 5 лет назад +1418

      Oh, oh my. Better down some cactus juice to cope with that

    • @smiley8117
      @smiley8117 5 лет назад +720

      @@amysauruswantsamuffin5933 Man it sure is quenchey

    • @gallantblade1825
      @gallantblade1825 5 лет назад +2098

      That’s rough, buddy.

    • @claudias2622
      @claudias2622 5 лет назад +784

      I feel so bad for everyone who doesnt get this joke.

    • @briansgoodteam5392
      @briansgoodteam5392 5 лет назад +417

      @@smiley8117 It's the QUENCHIEST

  • @pickleman9203
    @pickleman9203 5 лет назад +245

    Avatar: *exist*
    Matpat: But then THE THEORY NATION ATTACKED!

    • @Chaos0f7ife
      @Chaos0f7ife 5 лет назад +5

      What would our abilities be?
      *Theorist Punch!*

    • @Ze_eT
      @Ze_eT 5 лет назад +3

      Avatar: *exist*
      Korra: *IM THE AVATAR YOU GOTTA DEAL WITH IT!*

    • @Nina-ly6kb
      @Nina-ly6kb 5 лет назад +1

      @@Chaos0f7ife Screaming ,,BUT HEY,THAT'S JUST A THEORY" to our enemies

    • @stekki9114
      @stekki9114 5 лет назад +1

      @@Chaos0f7ife One will be to make you doubt your very existence!!! XD

    • @Swampbomb
      @Swampbomb 5 лет назад

      You stole my line i will not swear as i respect mat pat

  • @davidnguyen5183
    @davidnguyen5183 5 лет назад +603

    Shit last time i was this early, Zuko didn't have a scar...

  • @The_Reaper_8061
    @The_Reaper_8061 Год назад +1

    That syringe experiment is so cool, this is why this kind of science is fascinating to me

  • @Wikwil
    @Wikwil 5 лет назад +362

    8:01 Everybody gangsta until Aang starts T-Posing

  • @jhettislost
    @jhettislost 4 года назад +142

    Matpat: Even Roku said it was hard to learn waterbending
    Me: It was hard for him cause it was his oppisite, since his default bending is fire. Just like for Aang, it was hard for him to earthbend cause it was his oppisite, since his default bending is air

  • @davidliu4338
    @davidliu4338 4 года назад +337

    *“Appa Most unrealistic”*
    Spirits: Am I a joke to you

    • @r4nd0mguy99
      @r4nd0mguy99 4 года назад +4

      Yeah, he skipped that part. There are a lot of spirits in the world of Avatar. I've always liked the animal-hybrids though. It was surprising of course, but I've also enjoyed it.

    • @arashnoi624
      @arashnoi624 4 года назад +5

      That moving island which was a giant lion headed turtle

    • @bear_rrr
      @bear_rrr 4 года назад

      What proof do you have this isn’t real tho?

    • @bear_rrr
      @bear_rrr 4 года назад +2

      What proof do you have that spirits aren’t real though?

    • @anyelisluciano3483
      @anyelisluciano3483 4 года назад

      I liked the panda

  • @firegirl4707
    @firegirl4707 5 месяцев назад +2

    hey matpat? remember how you said you were gonna do an episode on each bending? is lee doing that now? cause i'm stiiiiiill waiting...

  • @hey_lavenderboy4208
    @hey_lavenderboy4208 4 года назад +540

    2020 and we only have 1 of the so called 4 part series. Big sad

    • @elpaublo3420
      @elpaublo3420 4 года назад +21

      Just like the movie

    • @starryjeongyeon
      @starryjeongyeon 4 года назад +71

      @@elpaublo3420 we disowned the movie, it has no right being related to avatar seeing how trash it was

    • @roboknightt04
      @roboknightt04 4 года назад +57

      @@elpaublo3420 there is no movie in ba sing se

    • @tya7664
      @tya7664 4 года назад +37

      DrBleh In Ba Sing Se we are safe from the movie

    • @19martincito73
      @19martincito73 4 года назад +21

      @@roboknightt04 *Jet and Joo Dee intensify*

  • @malcolm5875
    @malcolm5875 5 лет назад +156

    I suddenly miss watching the avatar every afternoon, good old days...

    • @joshuachoy7887
      @joshuachoy7887 5 лет назад +1

      Get a vpn and set it to Canada. It’s on Netflix. It’s way worth watching. Every time I visit Canada I rewatch Atla and it’s such a masterpiece

    • @isa-belva
      @isa-belva 5 лет назад +1

      i used to watch it routinely every breakfast from my local channel. the next show was spongebob so when i turn on the tv to spongebob instead of a:tla you bet your ass i'm late to school (and sad i missed the episode)

    • @rand_mperson463
      @rand_mperson463 5 лет назад

      Same bro same

    • @masonlord3533
      @masonlord3533 5 лет назад

      @@joshuachoy7887 Just the last airbender or does it have the legend of korra aswell?

    • @parikshitrao4208
      @parikshitrao4208 5 лет назад +1

      @@masonlord3533 we don't mention that name here.

  • @wishnuis
    @wishnuis 4 года назад +1015

    I’ve learned more from MatPat than actual school...

    • @komagamez2000
      @komagamez2000 4 года назад +9

      True

    • @randomdudepersonman2160
      @randomdudepersonman2160 4 года назад +15

      Now I know about epigenetics in the 6th grade, as well as knowing about punnet squares and how water molocules slow down to make ice before even that.

    • @notatallnight
      @notatallnight 4 года назад +2

      who hasn't, really?

    • @leofatesasmr6032
      @leofatesasmr6032 4 года назад +6

      I know this is a joke but if thats the case you only went to school for like an hour

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 4 года назад

      Seashool That might very wel be your fault, you know? Sounds like it.

  • @trusttheprocess5618
    @trusttheprocess5618 Год назад +1

    A lot of these things I know I was taught at school but never stuck but when you put it in avatar terms STUCK in my brain now thank you ❤️

  • @AmnaAleem2845
    @AmnaAleem2845 4 года назад +2228

    Water : we cool
    Fire: We Lit
    Earth: we ROCK
    Air: We high

    • @MegaMoh
      @MegaMoh 4 года назад +49

      ^ comment theif

    • @burcopresents
      @burcopresents 4 года назад +20

      MegaMoh ikr 🤣

    • @joesean204
      @joesean204 4 года назад +14

      @@MegaMoh lol

    • @jian8813
      @jian8813 4 года назад +17

      Earth: I made you
      fucking assholes

    • @Square1nes
      @Square1nes 4 года назад +36

      For all of you saying this is copied so what? The internet is always reusing things like if you watch a meme compilation you're bound to find the same memes

  • @adelinejohnson2491
    @adelinejohnson2491 5 лет назад +54

    When I first saw the title I was like
    “Are you serious what could possibly be wrong with Avatar the last Airbender”
    And then I watched it and was like
    “ okay nvm this is freaking AWESOME!!”

  • @rosalieessink2277
    @rosalieessink2277 4 года назад +237

    waterbending was especially difficult for Roku because fire and water are opposites, the same way Aang had trouble with earthbending

    • @itstotalynotme8255
      @itstotalynotme8255 4 года назад +3

      Do you know why he had trouble just read my comment

    • @thedis-swanner3759
      @thedis-swanner3759 4 года назад +8

      Mad Mat 108 he had trouble because earth bending requires you to be forceful while air bending you have more freedom with your choices (I think)

    • @user-qo3re6ds2u
      @user-qo3re6ds2u 4 года назад +6

      Adamz Swan I believe it is that air is more free, while earth is more stubborn

    • @sullivanoharrow4434
      @sullivanoharrow4434 4 года назад +1

      Lol I put the same thing

    • @sullivanoharrow4434
      @sullivanoharrow4434 4 года назад +1

      Doesn't tof explain it

  • @oshahott2532
    @oshahott2532 3 года назад +3

    This is high key reminding me of when I was a kid and made a water bending scroll that I kept under my pillow, but threw it away the next morning out of fear that someone would find it and use it 🤣

  • @adeleaslan8182
    @adeleaslan8182 4 года назад +113

    I watched the last Airbender this week, I’m almost done
    I’m sad. This perfection needs to go on longer

    • @PxndaCakes
      @PxndaCakes 4 года назад +10

      You're literally me.
      On the same day.
      I finished it a few
      Days ago. Stop
      Being me. 😑

    • @alamaniac2954
      @alamaniac2954 4 года назад +5

      I finished it in 3 days lmao

    • @jackreilly7255
      @jackreilly7255 4 года назад +4

      bruh same her i finished it 2 days ago and now i’m sad

    • @kaitlyn5082
      @kaitlyn5082 4 года назад +2

      I bawled for hours after it finished I'm not kidding it felt like I lost my bestfriend

    • @CarlosPerez-id2be
      @CarlosPerez-id2be 4 года назад

      @@BenDBeast You are the Messiah.

  • @oatomsko
    @oatomsko 5 лет назад +528

    "Is water magnetic?" Come to Michigan, my friend.

  • @zacharykung3895
    @zacharykung3895 4 года назад +304

    MatPat: I'll make another vid about the other bendings
    8 months later, still no sign of any avatar vid coming out

  • @GlamNotFound
    @GlamNotFound Год назад +4

    Just Matpat casually teaching us science with the use of The Avatar

  • @sapsap4733
    @sapsap4733 3 года назад +264

    I'd like to see Matpat do a theory on Azula's blue fire and her psychology as well as the rest of the royal family. just an idea.

    • @Goose5050b
      @Goose5050b Год назад +16

      I think Azula's blue fire was fairly well explained in the show. If I remember correctly, fire bending powers are amplified based on the bender's desire. So Zuko used to fuel his rage and hate because he wanted to capture Aang to restore his honour - but later when he became friends with Aang, his fire started to weaken because he lost that particular source of desire. After meeting the dragons, he found a new source of desire. But going back to Azula, her desire came from rage, hate and cruelty (she was often laughing or smiling at other people's suffering). Using matpat's theory on molecular movement, you could argue that she was simply moving the molecules faster because her desire was MUCH stronger than (pretty much) all firebenders, causing a hotter flame which would result in a blue colour.

    • @azuregriffin1116
      @azuregriffin1116 Год назад +4

      the psychology was done by Hello Future Me very well. I hope you've seen it by now, but, if not, get on it.

  • @ambermiller1321
    @ambermiller1321 5 лет назад +551

    The only thing I remember from Avatar the last airbender is the cabbage guy....."mY cAbBaGeS"

  • @haleyptomey4282
    @haleyptomey4282 5 лет назад +2034

    Here’s a simpler method
    Step one: get in shower
    Step two: put your hand out and water will flow from your finger tips.
    M a g I c

    • @alexkeys776
      @alexkeys776 5 лет назад +34

      Hah, just what I was thinking

    • @TheFlutterQueen
      @TheFlutterQueen 5 лет назад +16

      or is a very tiny form of gravity?

    • @ghostsatelier7652
      @ghostsatelier7652 5 лет назад +89

      Another method:
      Step one: volunteer to wash the dishes
      Step two: hold spoon under the faucet

    • @loaf7970
      @loaf7970 5 лет назад +6

      @@ghostsatelier7652why

    • @nickolascrousillat4265
      @nickolascrousillat4265 5 лет назад +39

      Fool you dont know the power of the spoon.

  • @glenjennett
    @glenjennett Год назад +3

    The part I liked most about the show is when Aang had to open up his chakra points. It was so accurate.