Top 10 Amazing Small Details in Avatar: The Last Airbender You Missed
#10: Sokka, Suki & the Moon “The Serpent's Pass”
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Sokka has two main love interests in "Avatar," Princess Yue and Suki. While the nonbender has chemistry with both of them, Sokka's first love is Yue, a princess who sacrifices herself to protect the Northern Water Tribe by giving her life force to the Moon Spirit. In season 2, Sokka and Suki reunite and start to become intimate. However, Sokka holds back from kissing Suki when there happens to be a moon in the background. Sokka doesn’t mention Yue by name but putting two and two together, it’s clear that Sokka doesn’t feel it would be right.
#9: Katara’s Betrothal Necklace & Aang’s Replacement “The Fortuneteller”
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Aang and Katara wouldn’t become a couple until the last few minutes of "Avatar: The Last Airbender," but the first season provides a big hint that they’ll share a future. As a keepsake, Katara wears her mother's betrothal necklace, a piece of jewelry used by the Northern Water Tribe to denote that a man plans to marry a specific woman. Once Katara loses her token, Aang makes her a new necklace that she readily accepts. While neither character understands the significance of such a gesture at the time, Aang unwittingly announces that he plans to marry Katara. To stress this point, Aang later recovers Katara's lost necklace.
#8: What’s in a Name?
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A show as tightly-written as "Avatar: The Last Airbender" doesn’t just assign names to its main characters without giving them a second thought. For example, Aang is written using Chinese characters that mean “peaceful” and “lift”, which perfectly describes the Avatar. Zuko's name also reflects his arc, as it means both “failure” and “loved one”. Meanwhile, the first character in Iroh means Chinese mugwort, which seems pretty left-field at first, but it’s actually a herb used in traditional medicine; the second character is the name of a river. Together, these arguably connote healing and wisdom, which is right up Iroh’s alley!
#7: Toph Makes a Nickelodeon "Sokka’s Master"
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"Avatar" might have been nothing like any other shows on the network, but it was still a Nickelodeon cartoon While the series would occasionally reference or be referenced by other shows on the network, "Avatar" once went a step further by just throwing the Nickelodeon splat logo onto the screen. Before settling down on a bracelet, Toph reshapes Sokka's meteorite into various forms, including a black splat that was just a touch of orange and some sound effects away from transforming into the Nickelodeon's logo. It’s a cute little reference that comes and goes in a second.
#6: Toph Disconnects While Sleeping "The Boiling Rock, Part 1"
In a neat example of continuity from an earlier episode that involved Zuko accidentally burning Toph's feet, the earthbender goes to sleep with her feet up in the air. As the focus of this scene is on Sokka disappearing quietly in the night, this Toph-related detail might be overlooked. As Toph needs to be touching the ground to sense the vibrations in the earth, it would also make sense for the character to disconnect so she could have a good night's sleep. If Team Avatar didn’t have to be constantly on guard due to being in a war, Toph might have put up her feet more often.
#5: The Lion Turtle “The Library”
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Aang would have to wait until the eve of the final battle to get a face to face meeting with a lion turtle. Although the majestic creature would make its physical debut in the four-part series finale, "Avatar" did set the stage by including a couple of references to lion turtles, including a picture in season 2's "The Library." There would also be a few lion turtle statues in season 3's "Sokka's Master." The lion turtle would play a significant role in teaching Aang how to overcome Fire Lord Ozai in his own way, so it’s cool to see that this meeting was foreshadowed.
#4: Momo & Monk Gyatso
As Aang's mentor, Monk Gyatso was an airbender with great skill, boundless wisdom, and a lovable sense of humor. Gyatso was the closest thing Aang had to a father, and the two were extremely close. After Katara and Sokka defrosted Aang, the Air Nomad went back to the Southern Air Temple and found Momo, a winged lemur who led the Avatar to Gyatso's remains. In early drafts of "Avatar," Momo was meant to be the reincarnated spirit of Gyatso; although this was ultimately dropped, the Monk's mischievous nature can be seen in Momo.
#3: Azula’s Mental Health
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Azula is a brilliant villain who can be terrifying and entertaining within the same scene. A prodigy whose shadow looms over her brother, Azula debuted as a confident and powerful threat to Team Avatar, but cracks begin to form in the princess’s tough armor during the final season. Azula remains an antagonist until the end of the series, but "Avatar" peppers in hints that the princess is suffering from mental health issues. After the Hundred Year War, Azula is even sent to an asylum rather than a prison, suggesting Zuko also felt the same way.
#2: Learning From Other Nations & Arts
The goal of the Avatar is to unite all four nations, as harmony between the elements will allow each one to prosper. Some of the more powerful techniques in this universe require a bender to look beyond their nation for guidance. Iroh is an expert at adopting teachings from other elements; his study of waterbenders led him to the creation of lightning redirection. When Zuko uses the breath of fire technique to keep warm, it recalls the ability of airbenders to control body temperature. Katara holds her ground against Hama in a stance more befitting of an earthbender than someone from a Water Tribe.
#1: Aang’s Foot Scar "The Crossroads of Destiny"
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While continuity is important, some details tend to be omitted since they wouldn’t add much to the story. To fully realize his role as the Avatar, Aang undergoes a journey filled with lessons, defeats, and victories. Every experience counts, including that time Azula zapped Aang with lightning and left the Avatar with a nasty scar on the bottom of his foot. From that point on, Aang's scar remains present, as it represents a crucial moment in his growth. The fact the lightning discharged through Aang's foot also makes sense, since electricity would look to reach the ground as quickly as possible.
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