The comment about people misrepresenting optimism as ignorance IS A HUGE ISSUE I HAVE WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS FANDOM. They call Aang Childish because he is a 12 year old that likes to see the positive in everything and acts like a 12 year old. There is a difference between being childish and being a child. He’s not a dumb kid. He was raised by pacifists so that informs a lot of his decisions and I think he’s super conscious of not letting everything he goes through turn him jaded and bitter. (This is probably largely Gyasto’s influence)
About Gyatso's death scene: If you notice, Gyatso is sitting cross-legged, with no burn marks anywhere on him, with a bunch of dead Firebenders around him. How would he have killed all those Firebenders at once with only airbending? It's implied he used his airbending to suck all the air out of the room. Killing himself along with all the Firebenders around him. Absolute Badass
He came to piece that this was the end of road for him and decided that if he was going to go out, he was taking all of his would be assassins with him, given the fact the firebenders didn’t recover the bodies of their fallen soldiers after the battle was over, I think it’s also pretty safe to assume that most of the Fire Nations army didn’t live to see the end of this particular battle.
Take it a step further, Uncle Iroh said that firebending comes from the breath, so Gyatso stopped their fire bending by preventing them from breathing, which would also explain why he wasn’t burned.
Fire is not an evil element in Avatar the Last Airbender, it's just the element that is the easiest to abuse. Fire benders are not inherently evil or good, it depends on who is using the element. Other types of benders can be just as bad if they abuse there power.
And honestly, The people of the Fire Nation are like the 2nd best types of people. I mean, before Sozin, you can be lgbtqia+ in the open. And even after Sozin, there was so sexism.
Also it was banned the original way they did of energy and life and destroyed the source (banning dancing and hunting the dragons) so they could manipulate with propaganda and create soldiers to destroction
A quick note on the airbender arrow (no spoilers, they never explicitly tell): it is an airbender thing but not for everyone, only the masters. What means Aang is already an airbender master as a kid.
Yeah. Not everyone catches that other airbender kids didn't have the arrow, only the adults and Aang do. I imagine Aang becoming an expert at around 12 is one of the reasons why the elders decided to tell him he was the Avatar before he turned 16. And him being a master Airbender does explain why he's so good at bamboozling everyone. Because him being otherwisr would just make the master airbenders much scarier than Gyatso's last stand already made them seem.
This was the episode that made me question what took me so long to watch this lmao. They were able to have a nice balance between the funny character moments with the more serious topics, and from this ep alone you could see Zuko wasn’t going to be a typical antagonist. Fun fact: momo means peach in Japanese which is what momo took from sokka🤝🏾
The fighting animation is so good because they had the fights choreographed and then acted out by a master martial artist. The animators also all started taking martial arts classes to understand the way the body moves. And each bending style is based on a specific real-world martial art. Waterbending is Tai Chi, Firebending is Northern Shaolin Kung Fu, Airbending is Baguazhang, and Earthbending is Hung Gar. The arrows mean you are an airbending master. Aang is the youngest to ever master airbending, getting his arrows at 12.
I heard someone pronounce Iroh's name EAROH and for a split second, all of pain and trauma of the Last Airbender movie came rushing back. I though I'd never have to experience that kind of anguish ever again 😭
21:17 “Of course… I told you ginseng tea is my favorite.” Zuko’s small smile after Iroh said that was really sweet. They both know his pride in his nephew goes without saying
You guys are exactly the kind of reactors I enjoy the most. You pay attention, you ask the right questions, and above all: you fully allow yourselves to be passionate and hyped in the viewing experience. Seeing how excited you are really brings me back to those same feelings when I first watched the series.
This series is LEGENDARY!! The themes they present here are far more mature than the audience Nickelodeon usually curates to, and for it, so many generations of kids are thankful for it!
I love your refrain of "Aang is a menace!" this episode. 😆 Also, it's cool how far you guys go into worldbuilding speculation. And it's great how you're appreciating Uncle Iroh's being there for Zuko.
Regarding the past Avatars (these are not spoilers; you know them if you dig deep enough into what they have shown us up till now): Since the existence of the Avatar is universally accepted and recognised (it's basically a global religious system), there are shrines in various places dedicated to them. We will see some of these shrines later as we will also learn more about the statues and how everything is connected. Also, the way Aang got after seeing Gyatso's dead body is a semblance of the Avatar State, which he can't fully reach and control yet. It requires mastery of all 4 elements so that the Avatar can maintain the Balance in the world. Lastly, it's good to remember that Aang felt that the previous Avatar Roku was trying to communicate with him. It plays a role in some later episodes.
The Air Nomads were the most spiritual. Followed by the Northen Water Tribe, Fire Nation, Southern Water Tribe with the Earth Kingdom being the least spiritual.
The saddest part of the aang finds gyatso scene is that aang destroys the whole building and blows all the skelletons away accept gyatso because even in avatar mode he tryed to protect his dead master
That moment where zuko's uncle not only protected zuko from zhao but also telling zhao that zuko had more honor than him is what made iroh become my top favorite character in show. And believe me, you'll freaking love iroh more than ever when you keep watching the show. He is the best uncle character in animation 🥺
Zuko is voiced by the actor who played Rufio in Hook. Even all grown up now, his voice sounds exactly like that and it's so jarring to see the real dude but hear zukos voice come out of him lol I can't picture anything but zuko
Since the Avatars are all reincarnations of each other, they're almost like a single being. Each one might have slightly different personalities based on how they were raised but at the end of the day they are the same person reborn. So I don't think any Avatar could be evil unless they were all evil.
Fan theory: Aang and Katara are so linked because Katara was meant to be the avatar after Aang-if he had lived a normal life span, the next avatar would have been born into Katara’s generation of water benders
thats a cool theory!! imo i feel like yue would've been the next avatar because she was weak when she was born,she needed the avatar spirit but she instead got the moon spirit
kinda late but i dont think that would be the case. If Aang hand't ran away he would have been killed so the next Avatar would have been born right after Sozin's Comet. But thats my opinion
Theres no predetermined destiny for who will be the avatar. they are born the same day the avatar dies. If aang had died a day earlier for example Korra wouldn't have been the avatar
@@meo8951 I'm not sure how it works. You could argue that every Avatar's death is predetermined, aswell as who the next avatar will be. So you could interpret it as Aang's death was meant to happen at a specific time on a specific year, and so fourth
There's this cool detail you guys should pay attention to- Some benders have a special move that only they do. Zhao does that thing where he puts his hands together to knife through attacks, and Zuko does these crazy break-dancing moves that shoot fire. Pay attention, you'll they them use those moves again, and you might see characters like Aang, Katara and others develop their own special move. 😆Also, man. That bit with Gyatso and Aang throwing cakes at the monks got you guys WAY harder than I was expecting
@@weltraumkotze Yes, those too. Spoilers- But he really only uses them like twice. And since they were in the Unaired Pilot, I think that makes it seem like they were originally going to appear more. It's a shame they didn't.
@@onionwielder9728 answer to spoiler Oh damm, so that's why no one ever mentions them when they talk about the uniqueness of the Breakdance moves.. I kind of thought they were really iconic, but I guess I was wrong about that lol
I can say with utmost confidence that Avatar is one of, if not the most ambitious projects ever undertaken by Nickelodeon. Not only is the animation, voice acting and music top notch, but the writers did TONS of research into various Asian and Inuit cultures for story ideas. They even had professional martial artists come into the studio and show off their moves so the animators could replicate them for the characters. Every single fight scene is based on something someone actually did in real life.
Here's some clues this episode gave us to explain why Katara is the only waterbender of her tribe, except if some went to the war : if Aang died with his people, the next avatar would have been a waterbender. So, if they assume they succeded, they would have attacked Katara's tribe to get rid of the new avatar. Hence the fire navy ship frozen in ice next to her village. They may have even assume they killed this next avatar to and are looking for the next one, an earthbender. Looks like the Earth Kingdom was able to hold on for a hundred years so it can't be that easy to attack them. And since no avatar was reborn into the fire nation, they know they haven't succeded yet. Or maybe they think the new avatar is in the other water tribe, but we don't know how they're doing. For all we know, they don't have water bender either and their quest will fail when they go there. Would be cool of Katara self learn how to waterbend because the whol fire nation is coming for them. They probably would have known thanks to Admiral Zhao but the fire light up in every temples. Aang is now effectively wanted by the whole world, being as an ennemy or an ally. Also, I love that Zuko knows how to fight. He was trained and had a good teacher. How to make him look more sympathic ? Create a guy that's even more annoying and disrespectful.
So finally finished watching the most recent episode (which of course, is the 3rd one on here). There are a few things that I would like to say. The continuation in this show is really good to the point where a viewer's question will most likely be answered in a later episode. An example of this is when you guys were discussing whether the choice of the Avatar was either a cycle or randomly chosen from the nations in episode 2, only for the show to demonstrate that it is a cycle in episode 3. Also, you guys wondered how Zuko got his scar in a previous episode to get the answer that he got it from an Agni Kai, or fire duel, in this episode. This show also goes into topics that are not really discussed to kids because they are deemed an too mature for them. We are only 3 episodes in and so far, we have seen the topics of war, death, and genocide. There are more topics that this show taps into but that will be left for later episodes.
Y’all are really adding more depth to this series than I ever realized. When I watched, I just enjoyed and didn’t think lol. But I really like yall’s thought processes and possible ideas about this world even tho you’re only on ep 3
I’m purely spit balling as to why the temples lit up, I think it’s a result of him going into the avatar state next to the temple statues. Cause when he first went into that state and waterbended for the first time he wasn’t near any special temples to set off that beacon effect.
This is one Hell of a reaction video. I'm not sure what it is about it, but I felt the gravity and the weight and the importance of what's happening more strongly watching this than when I actually watched the episode for the first time.
Aang finding out what happened to the airbenders and sending out the "avatar beacon" still gives me chills to this day. Everything about it I feel was masterfully done, the imagery, the pacing, and especially the music. That scene alone is what ultimately got me hooked on the show when it first came out, and the show just kept on getting better from there.
Glad you guys are so stoked on the show! It's fun watching you be excited trying to figure out where the characters are from and how they got to that position! Hopefully you can start doing 2 episodes a week!
You raise an interesting point. The Southern Air Temple is the only temple to make statues honoring the Avatar. Perhaps the first air avatar (which would have been immediately after Wan) was born there. I do know that Yangchen was born at the Western Air Temple and Roku was trained in airbending at the Southern Temple.
People say Momo is Aang's spirit guide that every Avatar has. He's definitely smarter than an average Lemur, led him to Gyatso, and easily connected with Aang, plus he never left Aang after he started his Avatar journey
i always thought it was so weird the way zhao asked zuko to join him for a drink and started grinning, im glad you brought up how inappropriate that was since i dont see other people really mentioning it
Pretty sure Aang was not aware of the fire nations intentions when he ran away, he just new the spiritual leaders said that something bad was going to happen and there’s a chance maybe he though him running away was that bad thing.
This is why ATLA is consodered one of the best shows ever even being a nickelodeon show, its just so deep, such good animation such good characters its just crazy good
I think something you'll notice is that Avatar is heavily Asian inspired, from the martial arts and the culture tied to each individual nation. Each nation actually does represent specific areas of Asia. Water tribe is influenced by Inuit and Polynesian culture. Air by Tibetan culture. Earth is straight up just pre-Republic of China, when they shut themselves off from the world, isolated they fell behind in culture and technological advancements, but they still kept an overly arrogant thought that they were on top. Fire nation is just industrialized Japan and was heavily colonizing all of Asia with their technological advancements making their island nation much more powerful than any of the other Asian countries. These aspects are apparent in not just culture and history, but outfits and architecture in each nation in Avatar.
You'll get those more independant and stand alone episodes, but they are still amazing!! And also, the animation keeps improving, the animation in the finale is actually insane
I’m glad someone else noticed the issue with a prince, the literal heir to the throne, having to submit to the authority of a general. Idc if he’s general commander admiral colonel whatever. None of it should be above a prince
I Love seeing your thought process and what you guys are thinking lore wise, and I love that you guys pause the video when you do talk about it that way you don't miss anything AND you get to talk for as long as you need to get your thoughts and ideas across successfully. Maybe its just because that's how me and my friends watch shows together but I'm loving it :) Season 1 is pretty amazing, and they only get better from there! This is going be a fun and emotional Journey and I cant wait to take it with ya'll 😁
"I wanna strive to be like iroh..." fun fact: I never understood the idea of rolemodels... like... why would I strive to be like someone else... I really, honestly was always the only kid always being like "I don#t know!" while others were saying like a famous football player or the president or something... I was just here like "why? I just wanna be a good person" Until I watched this show. This is when it really hit me what a rolemodel is. Ever since (nearly 20 years ago) Iroh has been my rolemodel. Be kind to everyone, do not get upset at life and try to enjoy what you love. I mean... I still have a long way to go... but I am so happy to have this great of a role-model. Fake person or not... I love his ideals and his way of life. Seeing you love him nearly as much as I did/do.. .fills me with great joy! Also white tea has been my favourite ever since.
I might be a bit late with this, but I'll dump a bit of Agni Kai lore in here anyways, since I haven't seen it yet and it isn't mentioned in the actual series. Agni Kai means something like 'until the burn'. Traditionally it doesn't end until one of the parties involved is burned by the other. That is why Zhao technically could still win from Zuko after he lost the battle. The loser of an Agni Kai might on occasion shave parts of or all their hair as a sign of humility, except for the topknot or in Zuko's case ponytail, which is a sign of honour in the fire nation.
Iroh is the goddamned GOAT. Can’t wait until you get to some of the later stuff. Iroh: “Did I ever tell you how I got the nickname ‘Dragon of the West?’" Enemy: “I’m not interested in a lengthy anecdote.” Iroh: “It’s more of a demonstration really…”
And don't forget the "time" for Aang being suspended in the iceberg was to him just a "couple of days," not the 100 years that passed in the story. He just left his home a short time ago to him.
i think there is some storyboarding from the original conception of the show where they intended momo to be the reincarnation of gyatso, and i like to view the show imagining momo is gyatso reuniting with aang
While this isn’t technically an anime, a lot of the animation was outsourced to South Korea where a lot of Japanese animation is also outsourced to, so it’s actually not that different. Those same studios have worked on anime as well.
Avatar and the powers he has are very spiritual which we learn about so stuff like the temples start making sense when you just consider Spirits a reason lol
You are for the biggest treat yet with this series no cap, You're gonna feel sadness, frustration and nerverect. And then there's gonna be Legend of Korra, this is gonna be peak reaction :)
'is this about to get heavy on episode 3?'' yes and you have to remember Aang is a 12 yr old boy, who learns that he's literally the last of his Race on Earth...and it will get worse, much worse for him before its over.
These episodes are the first thing I've watched from your guys' channel. Your energy is so much fun. I've never seen a reacts channel be this excited for the first few episodes of ATLA before. The beginning of Book 1, mostly the first 5-8 episodes or so, are considered the worst part of the show. So if you guys are having this much fun now, I can't even imagine what the reactions are gonna be like for the finales of the 3 Books.
I love how they're so blown away by the quality of this show since it was a) on nickelodeon, and b) in 2003. because yeah, that's why it made such a lasting impression on anyone who watched it as it was airing. it was just so different and so GOOD compared to everything else. such a special show.
Y'know I was considering doing my own rewatch of this show, but I may just follow along with you guys the whole way. Boom's love of Sky Bison is amazing
You know I never noticed how different Sokka and the gang looked in some shots early in the show. By the halfway mark of season one and for the rest of the show the team perfected what they look like, but that scene with sokka and aang with the seal jerky they look so different
ATLA Episode 1: Penguin Sledding! ALTA Episode 2: The Bad Fire Man Wants To Get Aang! ATLA Episode 3: Aang finds the body of his former mentor/best friend in the ruins of his home and people's temple and has a mental breakdown.
Here's an interesting tidbit In the room with Monk Gyatso, there's several fire nation bodies, and his clothes aren't singed at all. Monk Gyatso seemed to have Sucked ALL the air out of the room, preventing fire from being able to happen and also suffocating everyone in the room
Thanks for keeping in some of the discussions, fellas, as someone who has already seen this show a dozen times, it's the most interesting thing about a reaction. Also, welcome to the Iroh Fanclub. Population: everyone who has ever watched this show.
There is a very spiritual nature to this show. So I think it's more that each of the statues is spiritually charged. So when he lit up next to them they lit up too. And because that temple lit up all the temples lit up.
I know you guys are already watching a LOT of shows, but a relatively short one I really think you would enjoy is Mao Mao. It’s basically been ignored and silently canceled, but it’s still amazing.
Simply said Avatar roku(Avatar before ang) was Killed by firelord sozin And next reacarnation( Aang) ran away from Avatar duties And ended traped in ice for 100 years,hence in OP there's said that when the world needed avatar most he disappeared
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The comment about people misrepresenting optimism as ignorance IS A HUGE ISSUE I HAVE WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS FANDOM. They call Aang Childish because he is a 12 year old that likes to see the positive in everything and acts like a 12 year old. There is a difference between being childish and being a child. He’s not a dumb kid. He was raised by pacifists so that informs a lot of his decisions and I think he’s super conscious of not letting everything he goes through turn him jaded and bitter. (This is probably largely Gyasto’s influence)
YES, 1000%. You hit the nail on the head
Great comment. This reminds me of Everything Everywhere All At Once and the notion of fighting with kindness.
@@corgiluver9718 exactly! I never made a connection between the 2 but I absolutely agree!!
Exactly. It’s not that Aang is young at heart that makes him so positive. He was literally raised by pacifists.
EXACTLY !! !
About Gyatso's death scene: If you notice, Gyatso is sitting cross-legged, with no burn marks anywhere on him, with a bunch of dead Firebenders around him. How would he have killed all those Firebenders at once with only airbending?
It's implied he used his airbending to suck all the air out of the room. Killing himself along with all the Firebenders around him. Absolute Badass
jesus christ..I wholeheartedly agree. He probably knew it was the only way to bring down justice against those murderers, truly what a badass.
Bro continued being a pacifist WHILE bodying like fifty people. Goat activity.
He came to piece that this was the end of road for him and decided that if he was going to go out, he was taking all of his would be assassins with him, given the fact the firebenders didn’t recover the bodies of their fallen soldiers after the battle was over, I think it’s also pretty safe to assume that most of the Fire Nations army didn’t live to see the end of this particular battle.
doesnt matter tbh the fire nation won, some scrublords to kill someone like gyatso is hella worth
Take it a step further, Uncle Iroh said that firebending comes from the breath, so Gyatso stopped their fire bending by preventing them from breathing, which would also explain why he wasn’t burned.
Fire is not an evil element in Avatar the Last Airbender, it's just the element that is the easiest to abuse. Fire benders are not inherently evil or good, it depends on who is using the element. Other types of benders can be just as bad if they abuse there power.
And honestly, The people of the Fire Nation are like the 2nd best types of people. I mean, before Sozin, you can be lgbtqia+ in the open. And even after Sozin, there was so sexism.
Also it was banned the original way they did of energy and life and destroyed the source (banning dancing and hunting the dragons) so they could manipulate with propaganda and create soldiers to destroction
@@vailingbow1068Those arent good qualities. Cope.
@@lilblock3564 They are, sexist. You cope.
The other two seasons do a terrific job displaying that idea, maybe even this one if you count Zuko and Iroh
A quick note on the airbender arrow (no spoilers, they never explicitly tell): it is an airbender thing but not for everyone, only the masters. What means Aang is already an airbender master as a kid.
Yeah. Not everyone catches that other airbender kids didn't have the arrow, only the adults and Aang do. I imagine Aang becoming an expert at around 12 is one of the reasons why the elders decided to tell him he was the Avatar before he turned 16.
And him being a master Airbender does explain why he's so good at bamboozling everyone. Because him being otherwisr would just make the master airbenders much scarier than Gyatso's last stand already made them seem.
To clarify, Aang named him Momo because 'Momo' means 'Peach' in Japanese, he called him that because Momo had just taken a Peach from Sokka.
This was the episode that made me question what took me so long to watch this lmao. They were able to have a nice balance between the funny character moments with the more serious topics, and from this ep alone you could see Zuko wasn’t going to be a typical antagonist.
Fun fact: momo means peach in Japanese which is what momo took from sokka🤝🏾
Bro I remember watching this when it was coming out idk when but for sure when the finale was airing
The fighting animation is so good because they had the fights choreographed and then acted out by a master martial artist. The animators also all started taking martial arts classes to understand the way the body moves. And each bending style is based on a specific real-world martial art. Waterbending is Tai Chi, Firebending is Northern Shaolin Kung Fu, Airbending is Baguazhang, and Earthbending is Hung Gar.
The arrows mean you are an airbending master. Aang is the youngest to ever master airbending, getting his arrows at 12.
I heard someone pronounce Iroh's name EAROH and for a split second, all of pain and trauma of the Last Airbender movie came rushing back. I though I'd never have to experience that kind of anguish ever again 😭
It's technically how it should be pronounced 🤔
@@kaialone Its ai - row or bust friend 😌
@@kageokami99 In my native language's dub they actually used Ee-roh 😁
i dont know what u talking about.. There's no movie in Ba Sing Se O_O
21:17 “Of course… I told you ginseng tea is my favorite.”
Zuko’s small smile after Iroh said that was really sweet. They both know his pride in his nephew goes without saying
You guys are exactly the kind of reactors I enjoy the most. You pay attention, you ask the right questions, and above all: you fully allow yourselves to be passionate and hyped in the viewing experience. Seeing how excited you are really brings me back to those same feelings when I first watched the series.
This series is LEGENDARY!! The themes they present here are far more mature than the audience Nickelodeon usually curates to, and for it, so many generations of kids are thankful for it!
Avatar and Ben 10 walked so She-Ra, The Owl House and Amphibia could run.
Half of my values in life can be attributed to this show.
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At the very least, Avatar was jogging.
I love your refrain of "Aang is a menace!" this episode. 😆 Also, it's cool how far you guys go into worldbuilding speculation. And it's great how you're appreciating Uncle Iroh's being there for Zuko.
"Aang is a menace!"
-A cabbage merchant.
Regarding the past Avatars (these are not spoilers; you know them if you dig deep enough into what they have shown us up till now):
Since the existence of the Avatar is universally accepted and recognised (it's basically a global religious system), there are shrines in various places dedicated to them. We will see some of these shrines later as we will also learn more about the statues and how everything is connected.
Also, the way Aang got after seeing Gyatso's dead body is a semblance of the Avatar State, which he can't fully reach and control yet. It requires mastery of all 4 elements so that the Avatar can maintain the Balance in the world.
Lastly, it's good to remember that Aang felt that the previous Avatar Roku was trying to communicate with him. It plays a role in some later episodes.
The Air Nomads were the most spiritual. Followed by the Northen Water Tribe, Fire Nation, Southern Water Tribe with the Earth Kingdom being the least spiritual.
The saddest part of the aang finds gyatso scene is that aang destroys the whole building and blows all the skelletons away accept gyatso because even in avatar mode he tryed to protect his dead master
That moment where zuko's uncle not only protected zuko from zhao but also telling zhao that zuko had more honor than him is what made iroh become my top favorite character in show. And believe me, you'll freaking love iroh more than ever when you keep watching the show. He is the best uncle character in animation 🥺
Zuko is voiced by the actor who played Rufio in Hook. Even all grown up now, his voice sounds exactly like that and it's so jarring to see the real dude but hear zukos voice come out of him lol I can't picture anything but zuko
Ikr 🤣
I see Zuko, but what I hear most of the time is “kill the lawyer!” or “I’m the Pan now!”
Since the Avatars are all reincarnations of each other, they're almost like a single being. Each one might have slightly different personalities based on how they were raised but at the end of the day they are the same person reborn. So I don't think any Avatar could be evil unless they were all evil.
This is actually answered in The Legend of Korra
@@mossysloth785 I know but I was being vague in how I said it to not spoil that there's such a storyline.
Fan theory: Aang and Katara are so linked because Katara was meant to be the avatar after Aang-if he had lived a normal life span, the next avatar would have been born into Katara’s generation of water benders
thats a cool theory!! imo i feel like yue would've been the next avatar because she was weak when she was born,she needed the avatar spirit but she instead got the moon spirit
kinda late but i dont think that would be the case. If Aang hand't ran away he would have been killed so the next Avatar would have been born right after Sozin's Comet. But thats my opinion
Theres no predetermined destiny for who will be the avatar. they are born the same day the avatar dies. If aang had died a day earlier for example Korra wouldn't have been the avatar
@@meo8951 I'm not sure how it works. You could argue that every Avatar's death is predetermined, aswell as who the next avatar will be. So you could interpret it as Aang's death was meant to happen at a specific time on a specific year, and so fourth
These literally can not come out fast enough for me. So excited to watch you guys experience ATLA
these mans recognize the absolute greatness thet is Iroh. I can't wait to watch the rest of the reactions
I can’t wait til they get to THAT episode
There's this cool detail you guys should pay attention to-
Some benders have a special move that only they do. Zhao does that thing where he puts his hands together to knife through attacks, and Zuko does these crazy break-dancing moves that shoot fire. Pay attention, you'll they them use those moves again, and you might see characters like Aang, Katara and others develop their own special move.
😆Also, man. That bit with Gyatso and Aang throwing cakes at the monks got you guys WAY harder than I was expecting
Aren't the fire daggers also quite unique to Zuko? The ones we already saw in the second episode after Sokka's Boomerang hit him
@@weltraumkotze Yes, those too. Spoilers-
But he really only uses them like twice. And since they were in the Unaired Pilot, I think that makes it seem like they were originally going to appear more. It's a shame they didn't.
@@onionwielder9728 answer to spoiler
Oh damm, so that's why no one ever mentions them when they talk about the uniqueness of the Breakdance moves.. I kind of thought they were really iconic, but I guess I was wrong about that lol
The ost for Zhao and zuko fight is called agni Kai I LOVE that soundtrack since I was a kid I added it to my music a few months ago
I can say with utmost confidence that Avatar is one of, if not the most ambitious projects ever undertaken by Nickelodeon. Not only is the animation, voice acting and music top notch, but the writers did TONS of research into various Asian and Inuit cultures for story ideas. They even had professional martial artists come into the studio and show off their moves so the animators could replicate them for the characters. Every single fight scene is based on something someone actually did in real life.
Thank goodness Nick didn’t censor them, and just let the creators do their thing.
Here's some clues this episode gave us to explain why Katara is the only waterbender of her tribe, except if some went to the war : if Aang died with his people, the next avatar would have been a waterbender. So, if they assume they succeded, they would have attacked Katara's tribe to get rid of the new avatar. Hence the fire navy ship frozen in ice next to her village. They may have even assume they killed this next avatar to and are looking for the next one, an earthbender. Looks like the Earth Kingdom was able to hold on for a hundred years so it can't be that easy to attack them. And since no avatar was reborn into the fire nation, they know they haven't succeded yet. Or maybe they think the new avatar is in the other water tribe, but we don't know how they're doing. For all we know, they don't have water bender either and their quest will fail when they go there. Would be cool of Katara self learn how to waterbend because the whol fire nation is coming for them. They probably would have known thanks to Admiral Zhao but the fire light up in every temples. Aang is now effectively wanted by the whole world, being as an ennemy or an ally.
Also, I love that Zuko knows how to fight. He was trained and had a good teacher. How to make him look more sympathic ? Create a guy that's even more annoying and disrespectful.
So finally finished watching the most recent episode (which of course, is the 3rd one on here). There are a few things that I would like to say.
The continuation in this show is really good to the point where a viewer's question will most likely be answered in a later episode. An example of this is when you guys were discussing whether the choice of the Avatar was either a cycle or randomly chosen from the nations in episode 2, only for the show to demonstrate that it is a cycle in episode 3. Also, you guys wondered how Zuko got his scar in a previous episode to get the answer that he got it from an Agni Kai, or fire duel, in this episode.
This show also goes into topics that are not really discussed to kids because they are deemed an too mature for them. We are only 3 episodes in and so far, we have seen the topics of war, death, and genocide. There are more topics that this show taps into but that will be left for later episodes.
Y’all are really adding more depth to this series than I ever realized. When I watched, I just enjoyed and didn’t think lol. But I really like yall’s thought processes and possible ideas about this world even tho you’re only on ep 3
The arrows are called Airbender tattoos. They signify that they have mastered airbending.
I’m purely spit balling as to why the temples lit up, I think it’s a result of him going into the avatar state next to the temple statues. Cause when he first went into that state and waterbended for the first time he wasn’t near any special temples to set off that beacon effect.
Aang got Momo's name from when he stole the peach from Sokka. Momo (桃) means peach in Japanese.
As Doflamingo said at the war, " Justice is decided by the winner." Nobody is evil til the war is over and the winners can tell how they saw it.
This is one Hell of a reaction video. I'm not sure what it is about it, but I felt the gravity and the weight and the importance of what's happening more strongly watching this than when I actually watched the episode for the first time.
Aang finding out what happened to the airbenders and sending out the "avatar beacon" still gives me chills to this day. Everything about it I feel was masterfully done, the imagery, the pacing, and especially the music. That scene alone is what ultimately got me hooked on the show when it first came out, and the show just kept on getting better from there.
Glad you guys are so stoked on the show! It's fun watching you be excited trying to figure out where the characters are from and how they got to that position! Hopefully you can start doing 2 episodes a week!
I swear yall better upload 2 episodes a week of this cuz one aint gonna cut it
You raise an interesting point. The Southern Air Temple is the only temple to make statues honoring the Avatar. Perhaps the first air avatar (which would have been immediately after Wan) was born there. I do know that Yangchen was born at the Western Air Temple and Roku was trained in airbending at the Southern Temple.
People say Momo is Aang's spirit guide that every Avatar has. He's definitely smarter than an average Lemur, led him to Gyatso, and easily connected with Aang, plus he never left Aang after he started his Avatar journey
Fun fact, Zhao is Jason Isaacs. He played Lucius Malfoy in Harry Potter and Captain Hook in Peter Pan 2003.
Oh man it is RARE to find people just watching avatar for the first time in this day and age what a TREAT!! Love this show, a classic
i always thought it was so weird the way zhao asked zuko to join him for a drink and started grinning, im glad you brought up how inappropriate that was since i dont see other people really mentioning it
Pretty sure Aang was not aware of the fire nations intentions when he ran away, he just new the spiritual leaders said that something bad was going to happen and there’s a chance maybe he though him running away was that bad thing.
An interesting theory about the firebenders that were around gyatos is that he sucked all the air out of the hut and killed everyone.
This is why ATLA is consodered one of the best shows ever even being a nickelodeon show, its just so deep, such good animation such good characters its just crazy good
"How did this exist on nickelodeon" I have watched this when it came out episode by episode and I only ask myself this question more and more
I don't know your Harry Potter knowledge, but we get introduced to Zhao in this series who is voiced by Jason Isaacs who played Lucius Malfoy
I think something you'll notice is that Avatar is heavily Asian inspired, from the martial arts and the culture tied to each individual nation. Each nation actually does represent specific areas of Asia. Water tribe is influenced by Inuit and Polynesian culture. Air by Tibetan culture. Earth is straight up just pre-Republic of China, when they shut themselves off from the world, isolated they fell behind in culture and technological advancements, but they still kept an overly arrogant thought that they were on top. Fire nation is just industrialized Japan and was heavily colonizing all of Asia with their technological advancements making their island nation much more powerful than any of the other Asian countries. These aspects are apparent in not just culture and history, but outfits and architecture in each nation in Avatar.
You'll get those more independant and stand alone episodes, but they are still amazing!! And also, the animation keeps improving, the animation in the finale is actually insane
I’m glad someone else noticed the issue with a prince, the literal heir to the throne, having to submit to the authority of a general. Idc if he’s general commander admiral colonel whatever. None of it should be above a prince
Fun fact: The guy who plays Zhao is Jason Isaacs, also known as Lucius Malfoy. He does a pretty good American accent.
Dude I'm really enjoying the deep dive into speculations. It's only episode 3 and I'm loving these theories
"how did the fire nation get to that area?"
man, what wonders rope can do!
Even this early the guys knew Iroh was the GOAT
I know I'm 4 months behind, but I can guarantee you guys are gonna love uncle, can't wait to see
I Love seeing your thought process and what you guys are thinking lore wise, and I love that you guys pause the video when you do talk about it that way you don't miss anything AND you get to talk for as long as you need to get your thoughts and ideas across successfully. Maybe its just because that's how me and my friends watch shows together but I'm loving it :) Season 1 is pretty amazing, and they only get better from there! This is going be a fun and emotional Journey and I cant wait to take it with ya'll 😁
"I wanna strive to be like iroh..." fun fact:
I never understood the idea of rolemodels... like... why would I strive to be like someone else...
I really, honestly was always the only kid always being like "I don#t know!" while others were saying like a famous football player or the president or something...
I was just here like "why? I just wanna be a good person"
Until I watched this show. This is when it really hit me what a rolemodel is.
Ever since (nearly 20 years ago) Iroh has been my rolemodel.
Be kind to everyone, do not get upset at life and try to enjoy what you love.
I mean... I still have a long way to go... but I am so happy to have this great of a role-model. Fake person or not... I love his ideals and his way of life.
Seeing you love him nearly as much as I did/do.. .fills me with great joy!
Also white tea has been my favourite ever since.
25:10 he yanked a peach and that's how Aang came up with the name; Momo = Peach in Japanese
23:48 "This is so deep for a Nickelodeon show !" at episode 3
Oh boy you guys are not ready for the rest XD
Zuko is also The Mack Daddy AmDrag from The NYC.
I watch a lot of ATLA reactions, and I'm loving y'all's energy with the show already! This is gonna be fun.
I might be a bit late with this, but I'll dump a bit of Agni Kai lore in here anyways, since I haven't seen it yet and it isn't mentioned in the actual series.
Agni Kai means something like 'until the burn'. Traditionally it doesn't end until one of the parties involved is burned by the other. That is why Zhao technically could still win from Zuko after he lost the battle.
The loser of an Agni Kai might on occasion shave parts of or all their hair as a sign of humility, except for the topknot or in Zuko's case ponytail, which is a sign of honour in the fire nation.
Iroh is the goddamned GOAT. Can’t wait until you get to some of the later stuff.
Iroh: “Did I ever tell you how I got the nickname ‘Dragon of the West?’"
Enemy: “I’m not interested in a lengthy anecdote.”
Iroh: “It’s more of a demonstration really…”
This is the episode where adults say "THIS IS NOT A KID SHOW!" lol
And don't forget the "time" for Aang being suspended in the iceberg was to him just a "couple of days," not the 100 years that passed in the story. He just left his home a short time ago to him.
The fact that they already know who the best character is already is great
i think there is some storyboarding from the original conception of the show where they intended momo to be the reincarnation of gyatso, and i like to view the show imagining momo is gyatso reuniting with aang
I've seen so many ATLA reactors and you guys are def some of my fav. Such high quality discussion about the show. Love it
While this isn’t technically an anime, a lot of the animation was outsourced to South Korea where a lot of Japanese animation is also outsourced to, so it’s actually not that different. Those same studios have worked on anime as well.
This is the kind of reaction that keeps me going. Thanks guys, I'm always checking YT if you have new videos
Glad to see you picked this show up. Catching up through the play list.
Avatar and the powers he has are very spiritual which we learn about so stuff like the temples start making sense when you just consider Spirits a reason lol
You are for the biggest treat yet with this series no cap, You're gonna feel sadness, frustration and nerverect. And then there's gonna be Legend of Korra, this is gonna be peak reaction :)
'is this about to get heavy on episode 3?''
yes
and you have to remember Aang is a 12 yr old boy, who learns that he's literally the last of his Race on Earth...and it will get worse, much worse for him before its over.
These episodes are the first thing I've watched from your guys' channel. Your energy is so much fun. I've never seen a reacts channel be this excited for the first few episodes of ATLA before. The beginning of Book 1, mostly the first 5-8 episodes or so, are considered the worst part of the show. So if you guys are having this much fun now, I can't even imagine what the reactions are gonna be like for the finales of the 3 Books.
The avatar state is him calling upon the collective experience and abilities of all of his past lives
this show is unreasonably good and I'm so happy you're watching it
really the only issue is that we get only one video on it by week ahah
There's an episode later about hiros son that will make you cry. I even downloaded the song from the episode because it hit so hard n was emotional.
With what you were saying about this being only the 3rd episode of it all ready being heavy, just wait until book 2.
And here is where my dog got his name momo from
I love how they're so blown away by the quality of this show since it was a) on nickelodeon, and b) in 2003. because yeah, that's why it made such a lasting impression on anyone who watched it as it was airing. it was just so different and so GOOD compared to everything else. such a special show.
Y'know I was considering doing my own rewatch of this show, but I may just follow along with you guys the whole way. Boom's love of Sky Bison is amazing
You know I never noticed how different Sokka and the gang looked in some shots early in the show. By the halfway mark of season one and for the rest of the show the team perfected what they look like, but that scene with sokka and aang with the seal jerky they look so different
Not sure if you'll see this or not but Zhao is voiced by Jason Isaacs, also known as Lucius Malfoy from the Harry Potter series
ATLA Episode 1: Penguin Sledding!
ALTA Episode 2: The Bad Fire Man Wants To Get Aang!
ATLA Episode 3: Aang finds the body of his former mentor/best friend in the ruins of his home and people's temple and has a mental breakdown.
Here's an interesting tidbit
In the room with Monk Gyatso, there's several fire nation bodies, and his clothes aren't singed at all.
Monk Gyatso seemed to have Sucked ALL the air out of the room, preventing fire from being able to happen and also suffocating everyone in the room
"it's a kids show!" *_GENOCIDE IN THE THIRD EPISODE_*
i like how they ask at the end how did the fire benders get up to the air temples and I'm like well how do people get to the top of evrest
Thanks for keeping in some of the discussions, fellas, as someone who has already seen this show a dozen times, it's the most interesting thing about a reaction.
Also, welcome to the Iroh Fanclub. Population: everyone who has ever watched this show.
There is a very spiritual nature to this show. So I think it's more that each of the statues is spiritually charged. So when he lit up next to them they lit up too. And because that temple lit up all the temples lit up.
I would love an Avatar game with past Avatar statues as collectibles with a little paragraph about their life.
I love how you guys are trying to figure out all the lore already in episode 3 :D
This early and they already recognize Iroh as the best character. Hell yeah.
I am SO glad ya'll haven't seen this show before cuz this reaction was amazing
Seeing so much Uncle Iroh hype has me so damn happy, always been my favourite Avatar character!
Commander Zhao is player by Jason Isaacs, Lucius Malfoy from Harry Potter.
Arrow Tats are for Air Bending Masters. Aang is the youngest master that we know of
The Momo giveth and the Momo taketh away.
It really speaks that the 3rd Episode is the 2nd most Emotionally Heavy Avatar State moment in the entire series. And You cam guess the first.
I know you guys are already watching a LOT of shows, but a relatively short one I really think you would enjoy is Mao Mao. It’s basically been ignored and silently canceled, but it’s still amazing.
Momo means peach...which is what the lemur took from sokka
Simply said Avatar roku(Avatar before ang) was Killed by firelord sozin And next reacarnation( Aang) ran away from Avatar duties And ended traped in ice for 100 years,hence in OP there's said that when the world needed avatar most he disappeared
General zhao is voiced by Jason issacs