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

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  • Опубликовано: 25 сен 2019
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    I have wanted to do a theory on Avatar the Last Airbender for YEARS! It is one of my favorite animated series ever and full of SO MUCH to theorize about! It took a while but I have finally figured out what to do - uncover the SCIENCE behind bending. That's right, I am going to figure out how bending works with SCIENCE! Today, we are focusing on Waterbending. Watch out Katara, I may become the best Waterbender in the WORLD after this episode!
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Комментарии • 18 тыс.

  • @thatlycantomboy
    @thatlycantomboy 4 года назад +3172

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

  • @seanmorton4689
    @seanmorton4689 4 года назад +2783

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

    • @khameronwright4265
      @khameronwright4265 4 года назад +153

      It'll quench ya

    • @syrusangi8743
      @syrusangi8743 4 года назад +109

      NOTHING'S QUENCHER

    • @TelekinesisT
      @TelekinesisT 4 года назад +13

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

    • @chunkicholde
      @chunkicholde 4 года назад +71

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

    • @bigsmoky4729
      @bigsmoky4729 4 года назад +51

      👏Q👏U👏E👏N👏C👏H👏I👏N👏G👏

  • @harrycrossland2841
    @harrycrossland2841 Год назад +895

    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.

    • @GojoSatoru14633
      @GojoSatoru14633 Год назад +4

      i was about to comment that

    • @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 +47

      @@wolfy973 easiest way to spot a korra fan

    • @_Zephster
      @_Zephster Год назад +6

      @Wolfy not quite personality but mindset

  • @takedown205productions6
    @takedown205productions6 2 года назад +449

    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 +27

      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 Год 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 Год 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 Год 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 Год 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)

  • @samied632
    @samied632 4 года назад +2042

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

  • @ellis_ellis361
    @ellis_ellis361 3 года назад +2067

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

    • @joshuapoe3867
      @joshuapoe3867 3 года назад +53

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

    • @altoriarucker3070
      @altoriarucker3070 3 года назад +33

      It's not Magic, it's Science

    • @joshuapoe3867
      @joshuapoe3867 3 года назад +21

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

    • @altoriarucker3070
      @altoriarucker3070 3 года назад +10

      @@joshuapoe3867 Period!!

    • @skullmastergamer
      @skullmastergamer 3 года назад +4

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

  • @anaki567
    @anaki567 Год назад +100

    Oh MatPat PLEASE bring this series back! 🙏🏾😭

    • @kelvisaisawesome
      @kelvisaisawesome 5 месяцев назад +2

      Exactly!

    • @dani_thereal_1
      @dani_thereal_1 2 месяца назад

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

    • @Comicbookguy226
      @Comicbookguy226 Месяц назад

      Plz

    • @dani_thereal_1
      @dani_thereal_1 Месяц 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

  • @leafytheshrew1224
    @leafytheshrew1224 Год назад +206

    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 +23

      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

  • @mennoberga4133
    @mennoberga4133 4 года назад +839

    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 4 года назад +23

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

    • @sammie_dot7542
      @sammie_dot7542 4 года 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 4 года назад +16

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

    • @aaronkisitu4855
      @aaronkisitu4855 4 года назад +8

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

    • @Mufflin
      @Mufflin 4 года назад +2

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

  • @FTStudios1422
    @FTStudios1422 3 года назад +1393

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

  • @pandaxianrain
    @pandaxianrain Год назад +110

    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 +10

      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 +5

      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 5 месяцев назад +1

      It makes sense. Don’t question it

  • @lyra6096
    @lyra6096 2 года назад +80

    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 +1

      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.)

  • @angelvisto2768
    @angelvisto2768 4 года назад +9114

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

    • @applebeezez5142
      @applebeezez5142 4 года назад +196

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

    • @hatredisvengeance5777
      @hatredisvengeance5777 4 года назад +24

      @@applebeezez5142 same

    • @ram89572
      @ram89572 4 года назад +148

      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

    • @patchworkassylumn8954
      @patchworkassylumn8954 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

  • @metro_5017
    @metro_5017 4 года назад +2013

    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😂

  • @veritydoyle7886
    @veritydoyle7886 2 года назад +15

    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

  • @swag-monkey2531
    @swag-monkey2531 Год назад +8

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

  • @beetzkidabop579
    @beetzkidabop579 3 года назад +6098

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

  • @ouvia2170
    @ouvia2170 4 года назад +3740

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

    • @haweyahussein4291
      @haweyahussein4291 4 года назад +188

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

    • @dimitris1601
      @dimitris1601 4 года назад +16

      @@haweyahussein4291 hahahahah😂😂😂

    • @HeilRay
      @HeilRay 4 года назад +41

      Too Moon, Zuko
      Too Moon.

    • @baysusstudios59
      @baysusstudios59 4 года назад +9

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

    • @passerByL
      @passerByL 4 года назад +3

      @@baysusstudios59 it didn't end

  • @SliceOfLifeJ
    @SliceOfLifeJ Месяц назад +25

    who here in 2024 after MatPat Retired?

  • @ImFeelinXtra
    @ImFeelinXtra Месяц 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.

  • @hawk_ish2265
    @hawk_ish2265 4 года назад +6221

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

    • @powerthunfischdesdonners3086
      @powerthunfischdesdonners3086 4 года назад +224

      good, now you can try it again with purpose.

    • @gonerofsavers3813
      @gonerofsavers3813 4 года назад +24

      Lol

    • @HunterTracks
      @HunterTracks 4 года назад +107

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

    • @stefanbroers8146
      @stefanbroers8146 4 года назад +40

      instructions unclear dick stuck in water

    • @slyceth
      @slyceth 4 года назад +5

      fuck last aircanc3er

  • @sirbeksoniv2907
    @sirbeksoniv2907 4 года назад +1480

    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 4 года назад +92

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

    • @causticx-jpeg
      @causticx-jpeg 4 года назад +10

      @Lehi Greening toph?

    • @TechnologyWitch
      @TechnologyWitch 4 года 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 4 года 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 4 года 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

  • @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.

  • @kristadavis6801
    @kristadavis6801 9 месяцев 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

  • @landonsalazar461
    @landonsalazar461 4 года назад +8706

    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 +149

      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

  • @ZolisterOLD
    @ZolisterOLD 4 года назад +312

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

  • @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

  • @isachirinos8967
    @isachirinos8967 2 года назад +5

    These intros just keep getting more creative, I swear I love this

  • @zantheros4927
    @zantheros4927 4 года назад +705

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

    • @twbillionare9568
      @twbillionare9568 4 года назад +15

      I always feel so bad for that guy

    • @shebehere2452
      @shebehere2452 4 года назад +10

      Ohhh I miss this fandom

    • @Rusty_Spoons3492
      @Rusty_Spoons3492 4 года назад +4

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

    • @mosessandoval4500
      @mosessandoval4500 4 года назад

      I like this I like this

    • @kayyl680
      @kayyl680 4 года назад

      The cabbage man!!! We stan!!

  • @smiley8117
    @smiley8117 4 года назад +18679

    Instructions unclear: my girlfriend turned into the moon

    • @amysauruswantsamuffin5933
      @amysauruswantsamuffin5933 4 года назад +1419

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

    • @smiley8117
      @smiley8117 4 года назад +721

      @@amysauruswantsamuffin5933 Man it sure is quenchey

    • @gallantblade1825
      @gallantblade1825 4 года назад +2095

      That’s rough, buddy.

    • @claudias2622
      @claudias2622 4 года назад +786

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

    • @briansgoodteam5392
      @briansgoodteam5392 4 года назад +420

      @@smiley8117 It's the QUENCHIEST

  • @Phantomjay09
    @Phantomjay09 Год назад +5

    I cannot express how happy that you used the comics for this video.

  • @musicyak3471
    @musicyak3471 2 года назад +11

    We need more Avatar videos, Matt!!

  • @davidnguyen5183
    @davidnguyen5183 4 года назад +601

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

  • @haleyptomey4282
    @haleyptomey4282 4 года назад +2030

    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 4 года назад +34

      Hah, just what I was thinking

    • @TheFlutterQueen
      @TheFlutterQueen 4 года назад +16

      or is a very tiny form of gravity?

    • @ghostsatelier7652
      @ghostsatelier7652 4 года назад +89

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

    • @loaf7970
      @loaf7970 4 года назад +6

      @@ghostsatelier7652why

    • @nickolascrousillat4265
      @nickolascrousillat4265 4 года назад +39

      Fool you dont know the power of the spoon.

  • @trusttheprocess5618
    @trusttheprocess5618 Год назад +2

    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 ❤️

  • @imacoolperson17
    @imacoolperson17 8 месяцев назад +4

    this guy gives a reason to pay attention in science class

  • @abyssalblade7507
    @abyssalblade7507 4 года назад +653

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

  • @davidyun8396
    @davidyun8396 4 года назад +540

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

    • @rightfulfuture4
      @rightfulfuture4 4 года назад +6

      it's called a magnet suit, duh

    • @cyco5400
      @cyco5400 4 года назад +3

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

    • @mateusmundstock8225
      @mateusmundstock8225 4 года назад

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

    • @richardconaway9720
      @richardconaway9720 4 года 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.

  • @RandomRocketGuy
    @RandomRocketGuy 5 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💀

  • @Phantomjay09
    @Phantomjay09 Год назад +26

    Avatar is the second best show of all time. It's got everything I love. Elemental powers, science, and a bit of romance. And if anyone tries to tell me it's a kid show I will throw them to the boiling rock.
    Also how do I start a petition to rename the movie and show to avatar and avatar the not airbender?

    • @sleeping85
      @sleeping85 Год назад +6

      What's the first?

    • @macerunner4674
      @macerunner4674 Год назад +4

      @@sleeping85 probably breaking bad

    • @Phantomjay09
      @Phantomjay09 Год назад +2

      @@sleeping85 star wars rebels. Insanely underrated show.

    • @Phantomjay09
      @Phantomjay09 Год назад +3

      @@macerunner4674 good guess, but it's star wars rebels.

    • @stevenbobbybills
      @stevenbobbybills Год назад +4

      @@Phantomjay09 Rebels, really? I liked it and all, but it doesn't sit with ATLA or BrBa.

  • @rhproductions9874
    @rhproductions9874 4 года назад +1447

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

    • @grantbaugh2773
      @grantbaugh2773 4 года назад +45

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

    • @axz647
      @axz647 4 года назад +25

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

    • @veritas5089
      @veritas5089 4 года назад +17

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

    • @katakanakitsune5286
      @katakanakitsune5286 4 года назад +8

      @@veritas5089 you just had to remind me😔

    • @lyghtable
      @lyghtable 4 года назад +1

      *is

  • @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

    • @jellyboi2565
      @jellyboi2565 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

  • @GlamNotFound
    @GlamNotFound 9 месяцев назад +4

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

  • @isaacmurray8490
    @isaacmurray8490 9 месяцев назад +1

    Hey Matpat, I’m here from the theorist fan base! Firstly, I would be very excited to see what you come up with about other bending styles if you continue this series, secondly, with more extensive research, you might find that the theoretical Thai-Chi-esk dances the benders do are actually quite rooted in culture and strong belief, as this belief may have originated from spiritual ideology, it could also hold some scientific reality and is quite appropriate to the show and the idea of bending. Though, to my knowledge, there may not have been any real studies done on these rituals, the idea of the motions and practices that are used in the avatar series are believed to possibly allow one to control spiritual energy that can cause the elements to bend to the will of the practicer. Science has prove that you do have energy in your body and you can emit magnetic fields due to this current. And practice has shown that people, according to some, have felt like these rituals have actually made them feel better in some ways relating to energy. They do say that the mind is a powerful thing, could it be possible that these ritual dances are actually able to allow someone to control their electricity in their body? Maybe even manipulate the magnetic fields they produce? Could that then, if learned to be controlled, allow us to manipulate water?

  • @tmdtommy
    @tmdtommy 4 года назад +431

    "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?

  • @marzizzo
    @marzizzo 4 года назад +466

    "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 3 года назад +2

      Utsubyō Nikorasu that deserved alot more than 2 likes lol

    • @radhikaparkhi1856
      @radhikaparkhi1856 3 года назад +6

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

    • @marzizzo
      @marzizzo 3 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 3 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

  • @silas.t.
    @silas.t. 10 месяцев назад +3

    Please continue this series 🙏

  • @DennisJayDole
    @DennisJayDole 2 года назад +5

    4:16 .... "When this new show comes out." 😭The presumption, implied by this statement, didn't age well.

    • @DennisJayDole
      @DennisJayDole 2 года назад

      It's almost as if the only hope for a series to be continued and expanded upon, it would have to be bought up by Disney. 😔

  • @foriobobgaming6612
    @foriobobgaming6612 4 года назад +1736

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

  • @quacker7581
    @quacker7581 4 года назад +329

    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 +33

      I used to throw a boomerang and think i was sokka

    • @YeetBS
      @YeetBS 4 года назад +3

      Watr bendr

  • @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!

  • @oshahott2532
    @oshahott2532 2 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 🤣

  • @pickleman9203
    @pickleman9203 4 года назад +245

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

    • @Chaos0f7ife
      @Chaos0f7ife 4 года назад +5

      What would our abilities be?
      *Theorist Punch!*

    • @Ze_eT
      @Ze_eT 4 года назад +3

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

    • @Nina-ly6kb
      @Nina-ly6kb 4 года назад +1

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

    • @stekki9114
      @stekki9114 4 года назад +1

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

    • @Swampbomb
      @Swampbomb 4 года назад

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

  • @AmnaAleem2845
    @AmnaAleem2845 4 года назад +2225

    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

  • @ready_vrgaming774
    @ready_vrgaming774 Год назад +7

    Yo there is an episode where Ang water bended water to an octopus shape around his body and covering his body,and he had to hold his breath @TheFilmTheorists

  • @glenjennett
    @glenjennett 11 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @perfyyy7262
    @perfyyy7262 4 года назад +1725

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

  • @Kunalsingh-wm2ds
    @Kunalsingh-wm2ds 4 года назад +1460

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

  • @MizzTwizzArt
    @MizzTwizzArt Год назад +3

    not me learning more about science watching mat pat then in my actual science classes

  • @mossybeewasteland
    @mossybeewasteland 2 года назад +4

    MatPat makes science sound fun and entertaining

  • @OliveLeader
    @OliveLeader 4 года назад +285

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

    • @soupismultitasking144
      @soupismultitasking144 3 года назад +8

      there is no film

    • @OliveLeader
      @OliveLeader 3 года назад +6

      @@soupismultitasking144 There is

    • @soupismultitasking144
      @soupismultitasking144 3 года назад +22

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

    • @OliveLeader
      @OliveLeader 3 года назад +4

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

    • @umar3507
      @umar3507 3 года назад +10

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

  • @matthewbrooder9414
    @matthewbrooder9414 4 года назад +2743

    Instructions unclear, lost my Honor.

    • @ghowostie
      @ghowostie 4 года назад +234

      that's rough, buddy.

    • @mistybreath
      @mistybreath 4 года назад +140

      Fyck I lost
      *MY CABBAGES!!!*

    • @phoebaleeb6129
      @phoebaleeb6129 4 года назад +139

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

    • @OddsShroom
      @OddsShroom 4 года назад +95

      Oh please, my entire culture was destroyed.

    • @thederekstory3587
      @thederekstory3587 4 года назад +100

      I lost my vision and now see with my feet

  • @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

  • @EvilDigDig
    @EvilDigDig Год назад +1

    MAKE Science of waterboarding NEXT!🔥🔥🔥

  • @IshijimaKairo
    @IshijimaKairo 4 года назад +363

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

  • @themcflurryman2525
    @themcflurryman2525 4 года назад +845

    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

  • @k1lw4
    @k1lw4 Месяц назад +2

    "Game.
    Film.
    Food.
    Style.
    Long ago, the four theories lived in harmony. That was until the Film Theory Nation attacked.
    Only the Theorist, speculator for all 4 theories, could stop them. But when the world needed him most, he vanished.
    A hundred years passed, and two of the Style Theory Tribes discovered the new Theorist, a Game Theory man named Mat Pat. And while his Game Theory abilities are great, he has a lot to theorize about before he can save anyone. But I believe that Mat Pat can save the world."
    *Theorist, the Last Game Theory*

  • @govindraghuvanshi4892
    @govindraghuvanshi4892 2 года назад +3

    WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE A VIDEO EXPLAINING THE SCIENCE OF FIREBENDING, EARTHBENDING AND AIRBENDING ?!
    Specially airbending. WHEN?!

  • @eaglest0554
    @eaglest0554 4 года назад +833

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

  • @ambermiller1321
    @ambermiller1321 4 года назад +552

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

  • @topher6519
    @topher6519 2 года назад +3

    If Avatars can use all the bending styles, does that make them…. Atom benders?

  • @Mullato_Damage
    @Mullato_Damage 2 года назад +3

    I want more theories on Avatar! We need the MatPat!

  • @Wikwil
    @Wikwil 4 года назад +363

    8:01 Everybody gangsta until Aang starts T-Posing

  • @aleclewis6629
    @aleclewis6629 4 года назад +2105

    “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

  • @trishfick3355
    @trishfick3355 9 месяцев назад +2

    By the way, matpat thank you for telling everybody that earth, bending
    is the best because it is

    • @trishfick3355
      @trishfick3355 9 месяцев назад

      Sorry, typo earth bending is the best

  • @forestgoblin1368
    @forestgoblin1368 Год назад +1

    Matpat: explains how water bending is real
    Me: proceeds to tape magnets to my hands

  • @lobo6285
    @lobo6285 4 года назад +2168

    Waterbending ain’t science. I’ve been waterbending in my bathtub since I was 4

    • @ssjraikage7874
      @ssjraikage7874 4 года назад +19

      Killua Uchiha same

    • @trotskuwuuwu788
      @trotskuwuuwu788 4 года назад +29

      Same and in the pool

    • @hmartin1761
      @hmartin1761 4 года назад +22

      I do bend water
      Doo Doo Doo door Doo Doo Doo Doo.

    • @coletonnotto9478
      @coletonnotto9478 4 года назад +15

      Bro I bend fire when I have off and a match

    • @lobo6285
      @lobo6285 4 года назад +2

      Coleton Notto 💀💀

  • @agentmichagan3222
    @agentmichagan3222 4 года назад +227

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

    • @tinytuzi8167
      @tinytuzi8167 4 года назад +3

      @AgentMichagan,
      It was a masterpiece!

    • @williamsmith1213
      @williamsmith1213 4 года назад +6

      I've now got the urge to watch it again

    • @GnogginGnome
      @GnogginGnome 4 года назад

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

    • @beard6329
      @beard6329 4 года назад

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

    • @holczy0
      @holczy0 4 года назад

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

  • @cat.uber.driver
    @cat.uber.driver Месяц назад +2

    Neil Armstrong: I was the first human on the moon.
    Gru: I stole the moon.
    Sokka: Pathetic

    • @nothing58v
      @nothing58v Месяц назад

      My girlfriend turned into the moon
      Thats rough buddy

    • @cat.uber.driver
      @cat.uber.driver Месяц назад

      @@nothing58v nah he banged the moon

  • @JakeyzPlayz
    @JakeyzPlayz Год назад +5

    WAIT… what about the HEALING!

  • @redflare4367
    @redflare4367 3 года назад +225

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

    • @reentrysfs6317
      @reentrysfs6317 3 года назад +12

      Water has feelings

    • @reentrysfs6317
      @reentrysfs6317 3 года назад +7

      Frozen 2 doesn’t care about the moon

    • @chaosstatus
      @chaosstatus 3 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 3 года назад +2

      But you’ll repel yourself too

    • @ahmedemad3273
      @ahmedemad3273 3 года назад +4

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

  • @pythonl0rd584
    @pythonl0rd584 4 года назад +630

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

  • @taniaemirethgonzalezgarcia4257
    @taniaemirethgonzalezgarcia4257 Год назад +3

    "A tsunami coming"
    Me: Bring the magnets!
    CHARGE!!!!!!

  • @allinone-tn6ml
    @allinone-tn6ml Год назад +22

    He was telling us about water bending cartoon and suddenly he became science teacher me in the mind : yes sir yeah.

  • @juliansamek2555
    @juliansamek2555 4 года назад +6322

    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!!

  • @DurdenTyler001
    @DurdenTyler001 4 года назад +734

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

    • @batandcat0508
      @batandcat0508 4 года назад +11

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

    • @leonardusrakapradayan2253
      @leonardusrakapradayan2253 4 года назад +4

      The next Bill Nye

    • @spaceguy5547
      @spaceguy5547 4 года назад +13

      MatPat the Theory Guy

    • @MrMrdreary
      @MrMrdreary 4 года назад +1

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

    • @Rezumi
      @Rezumi 4 года назад +1

      The show even feels like a bill nye spiritual successor.

  • @kratoesdoomsday821
    @kratoesdoomsday821 2 года назад +2

    Matpat you are my all-time favorite scientist ever god bless you!😁

  • @Skrotboks1094
    @Skrotboks1094 Год назад +1

    The new show hasn't come out yet, you still have time to talk about the other elements Mat

  • @AustinJASMR
    @AustinJASMR 3 года назад +1111

    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 2 года назад +5

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

  • @adeowazhere
    @adeowazhere 4 года назад +221

    *'I laugh at gravity all the time!'*
    Gravity : *Am I a joke to you?*

  • @shaziaraza1472
    @shaziaraza1472 2 года назад +1

    Matpat can be a very good science teacher

  • @Blackinfemwa
    @Blackinfemwa 9 месяцев назад +1

    16:14 it was challenging because he’s originally fire bender so the styles are opposite

  • @stahpg5430
    @stahpg5430 4 года назад +1029

    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 4 года 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 4 года 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

    • @enddorb
      @enddorb 4 года 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 4 года 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 4 года назад +5

      @@enddorb 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

  • @maxjoubert220
    @maxjoubert220 4 года назад +747

    Theory: Appa is an insect.
    Evidence: 6 legs, can fly.

    • @vedantneema
      @vedantneema 4 года назад +30

      nah cant argue with that

    • @TryggLauIzCuul
      @TryggLauIzCuul 4 года назад +5

      loooooooooooooooooool
      ikr

    • @swargpatel7634
      @swargpatel7634 4 года назад +14

      It’s body isn’t covered in chitin more does it have an abdomen and thorax. Appa is a mammal not an insect.

    • @Kage042
      @Kage042 4 года назад +7

      Where is the exoskeleton?

    • @hishamshakdam8718
      @hishamshakdam8718 4 года назад +17

      The Science Man You’re world class in the skill of humour

  • @phoenixsystem8587
    @phoenixsystem8587 2 месяца назад +2

    Still waiting for the other three elements, Lee!

  • @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

  • @bun37yearsago61
    @bun37yearsago61 4 года назад +367

    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.

    • @ARCAlpha12Plays
      @ARCAlpha12Plays 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!

  • @blankclips
    @blankclips 4 года назад +1000

    “Write that down. Write that down.”

    • @armancole2781
      @armancole2781 4 года назад +7

      Blank Clips *plays tic tac toe*

    • @armancole2781
      @armancole2781 4 года назад +1

      potato cat farmer what does that even mean?

    • @liu2435
      @liu2435 4 года назад

      @potato cat farmer hi earthquake.

    • @chazzanb2160
      @chazzanb2160 4 года назад

      Hello

    • @imvic99yearsago62
      @imvic99yearsago62 4 года назад +2

      Your comment reminds me of deku

  • @user-vb2me8xy7b
    @user-vb2me8xy7b Месяц назад +1

    Alright Matpat, it's literally been 7 years. Tom. WHERES THE 3 OTHER ELEMENTS??

  • @EvanHarrison-wm9iz
    @EvanHarrison-wm9iz Год назад +1

    MatPat: Lets do a experiment.
    Me: Here we go again