How Sokka Became a Leader | Avatar the Last Airbender

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Avatar the Last Airbender is one of the greatest cartoons of all time. Or actually, one of the greatest television shows of all time. Following the cast of Aang, Zuko, Sokka, Katara, and Toph, the show presents mature themes and emotionally evoking writing. On top of that, the world of bending gives a rich sense of unique fantasy unable to be found outside of the Avatar universe.
In my time of making Avatar analysis videos, I've covered nearly every character of the main cast in some way. From Zuko vs Ozai, to Katara and blood bending, to Toph and how simple isn't bad. But in all of these videos, the character of Sokka has remained largely untouched...until now. This week on Kato, Hoodie examines and analyzes the character of Sokka, and how through a variety of experiences including encountering Jet, the Day of the Black Sun, and escaping the Boiling Rock, Sokka became a leader.
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@KatoBeyond 5 лет назад

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@westide3050 5 лет назад

Seriously, Sokka is the most important character on Team Avatar. Sokka maps out all of the routes, actively looks for weaknesses in the Fire Nation, thus finding out about the eclipse, overthrowing the government in Ba Sing Sae, and he leads the troops in the final battle. He is a non-bender and a comic relief character, but he is the most influential character along with Iroh.

@peachesandcream8753 5 лет назад

I agree, Sokka does his job so well that people often forget how the other characters wouldn't have got nearly as far without him. Sokka is my favourite character.

@reganchambers9684 5 лет назад

He also saved the whole team from combustion man with his boomerang bending

@alopiaspelagicus1628 4 года назад

I disagree. I don't think any of them is more important that the other, but in terms of pure leadership, they would all be fucked without Katara. She is the one to take up the mantle when everyone else gave up, and pushes down her own needs and fears for the rest. Sokka is really important for strategy, but not so much for keeping the team itself together.

@cabbageman2184 4 года назад

Heyyy I recognise this... did you say this from E;R’s legend of Whorra videos

@Shack-lion 4 года назад

Wyguy the French Fry nicely worded :3

@ren1661 4 года назад

Me as a Netflix user: *confused screaming*

@trace1871 5 лет назад

You should put a few seconds in between the end of the video and your outro, it helps people contemplate and internalize what you just said.

@dantewelch1300 5 лет назад

Sokka has a nack for smelling bullshit he may act a goof at times but his attitude to fight corruption is one of his best quilty.

@randomduck8679 5 лет назад

Caramel Honey G it’s a sort of blanket

@leviloveserwin1809 5 лет назад

Yeah sokka has a pretty good “bullshit” meter. He sniffed out Hama, jet, he accepted zuko into the group pretty easily, he prevented jet from beating up an elderly fire nation guy, he didn’t like yues future husband...he got it right haha.

@feelcollins4358 5 лет назад

Takes a master bullshitter to notice other people's bullshit lol.

@lightningrain313 5 лет назад

@@feelcollins4358 like my uncle

@vaskopoh9512 4 года назад

That's why he became a judge (councilman I think I dunno)

@MetalMario137 5 лет назад

The show is over a decade old, but people still talk about it. ATLA was such a legendary show.

@magiv4205 5 лет назад

It IS a legendary show

@howardbaxter2514 5 лет назад

It was a great show, both in writing and artwork. It was in many ways unique. Avatar is in all intensive purposes, an epic story like LotR and Star Wars.

@weknowthetruth6863 5 лет назад

MetalMario137 no

@deimos_js 5 лет назад

i stiil rewatch it at least once a year lmao

@KatieLHall-fy1hw 5 лет назад

One of the best shows I have seen to this day. I was in college when it premiered and watched it with my little brother, we both loved it!

@xkilla911 5 лет назад

my favorite character is the overly excited rabies guy from Kyoshi Island

@toomuchpassion2361 5 лет назад

I love the cabbage man. "My cabbages!" I love how he ended up rich in Legend of Korra.

@thechubster9387 5 лет назад

R-rabies guy?! Did you mean cabbage Or that guy who freaks out about anng so much he starts foaming at the mouth?

@lindenlynx 5 лет назад

Ah, yes. Rabies man and cabbage man. The most iconic characters of the series!

@GoharioFTW 5 лет назад

yo wtf i thought I made this comment

@xkilla911 5 лет назад

@@GoharioFTW yo wtf i thought I made this reply

@creampuff966 5 лет назад

Yes, Katara was a bit of a damsel in distress in that episode, but I feel like that weakness added even more to her character. She made a mistake, just like how Sokka made mistakes, but she picked herself up from it. The way she got back at Jet at the end of the episode was more than satisfying and redeeming. I also don't agree that "this episode is not that great." It's actually one of the most important episodes in my opinion as it shifts the perspectives of a lot of characters, as well as the audience. It makes us realize that the fire nation vs. non-fire nation isn't as black and white as we think (as in good and bad).

@peachesandcream8753 5 лет назад

I think it also highlighted just what girls do, when a powerful and good looking man gives them attention they swoon which is exactly what happened to Katara. She probably never received male attention before, Aang doesn't count because he technically isn't a man, so it was entirely new to her so she fell hard which was her character flaw due to lack of experience. This episode was a learning experience for her that good looking and charismatic men who make out like they're messiah's aren't always to be trusted. The same thing happened to Aang because he was faced with a leader who was charismatic and could bend him to his will. Aang is very passive in comparison to Jet so he went along with it like a passive underling would do and his learning experience was that leaders, regardless of where they come from, don't always have the best intentions.

@hollywoodshopaholic 4 года назад

@Lilac Cloud lol exactly, Katara was a 14-year-old girl with very little (if any) relationship experience, of course she was naive and immediately developed a crush on Jet.

@スノーハッピー 4 года назад

I agree. If that's all Katara did in the show or season, if that's the only way she behaved, i'd have a big problem with it. But she was young and relatively naive, and she grew and she developed.

@lDaNu 4 года назад

Katara trusting Hana is rather justified, finding a water bender in enemy's land must have been soothing and comforting, making her believe she has an ally and someone who she can relate in a situation where she and the people she cares about have to be careful to not get caught, which is a very stressful situation to be in

@beevie4081 2 года назад

I agree; Katara being a damsel is part of what made that episode great. In the very first episode we get the contrast between Sokka being suspicious and Katara being trusting of Aang. In that case, trust paid off, and Sokka was portrayed as being a little foolish. Jet comes in, and they react in a similar way, but this time Sokka is right and Katara looks foolish. It just underlines that judging how much to trust someone is hard, and there are obviously two ways to get it wrong.

@mikem2843 5 лет назад

The problem with the Day of Black Sun plan was that it was told by Kuie to Azula, so it was doomed to failure because it was undermined. The Fire Nation prepared for it. It hinged on being a surprise attack. Otherwise, that would have been the end for the Fire Nation. The actions of his teammates were also lacking. With Jet, they basically flooded the Fire Nation city despite Sokka's warning. He was often the voice of caution and reason, they ignored. In the end, Sokka leads Suki and Toph in the destruction of the Fire Nation air fleet. Even if Aang would have lost, or was forced to retreat, without his army and facing the White Lotus, Ozai would have to eventually stop his advance. Aang fought one man, Sokka devised a plan to stop an army.

@tiffanypersaud3518 5 лет назад

Thank you. I loved this too. We forget that Ozai was just one man, and the Fire Nation was a highly military-style nation whose sense of superiority meant they would have just got a new Ozai, or someone even worse.

@chinwenduizenwata6763 5 лет назад

@@tiffanypersaud3518 a.k.a Azula 😉👍

@barleysixseventwo6665 5 лет назад

No. Not an army. He devised a plan to stop an _air force!_

@ShotgunLlama 5 лет назад

After reading your comment I had to go look up who Kuei was. I don't remember them ever saying his name.

@sarasamaletdin4574 5 лет назад

Mike M, but Sokka should have realized the plan was compromised after the Earth Nation was taken. It was not only the Earth King who knew of the plan (who Sokka could have asked if he shared it with anyone they didn’t know) but many generals who could have leaked it off screen.

@chinuaalibatya7345 5 лет назад

I never noticed it was her knife and I've watched the series at least over 8 times

@gakeon963 5 лет назад

Oh yeah smellerbee is a girl, i keep forgetting that

@arthurkal5892 5 лет назад

Yeah but I still knew that the knife was planted because of Sokka.

@theblackbasketball 5 лет назад

Chinua Alibatya Same

@lawrencemiller7442 5 лет назад

Same here.

@samsulh314 5 лет назад

You only watched it 8 times? Come on, those are rookie numbers! You gotta up that number!

@cooldad9370 4 года назад

I’m thinking about how Azula, when cornered, picked out that Sokka was the leader and probably the biggest threat to her, which is why she focused on him to bait rather than the others, since she knew if he was distracted the others would follow what he chose to do, which was stay and fight her

@joelprince4170 4 года назад

Cool dad wow I never thougth about it like that and how did you come to that conclusion

@ssamyuljins 4 года назад

wow that’s a great analysis of that scene, i haven’t thought about it that way before

@babygirlnia9369 4 года назад

Yup. Because he was the one that told them to stop chasing her and turned around to lead the way to find Ozai. It was pretty clear to Azula who the leader was in that moment.

@Ray_D_Tutto 3 года назад

She knew if she took him out the rest would follow.

@radu0011 5 лет назад

another cool thing I realised is why Zuko helped Sokka, in addition to wanting to prove his loyalty to Team Avatar. After the episode "Zuko Alone", he realises himself the importance of companionship, in his case the companionship of Iroh, and that he can't doesn't have to bear all of the burden himself. I think it's great how a character's growth can also be an important lesson to another character.

@corvo2696 4 года назад

In Iroh's one words. Sometimes, the best way to solve your own problems is to help another. Even when Iroh finally found peace in helping Zuko, once his role was done as a father figure, he went into the spirit world for the slim imperceptible chance of finding his son

@santosic 4 года назад

Yes, that's why Zuko went to help him, he didn't want Sokka to have the whole burden alone like he tended to do himself back in the day. Pretty awesome development if you ask me.

@leishalizciares2230 4 года назад

all this comments are so beautiful 🤧❤️

@vishnutheetharappan7074 3 года назад

"I must free the prisoners to regain my honor" Zuko helps sokka reclaim his honor

@josephaustin8067 5 лет назад

I respected Sokka so much. For a non bender he had a lot of pride and heart. Never back down. He also took down Wan Shi Tong lol (Sokka Style)

@ahsoka5216 4 года назад

He even confronted Azula multiple times with no fear.

@kornelparoczai1763 5 лет назад

You didn't even mention the absolute badass Sokka was during Sozin's Comet, letting his personality flourish, but also being rational, able to let go of his sword and even Suki at one point for the greater good

@nicolasconde8133 5 лет назад

Sokka is a very underrated character.

@arthurkal5892 5 лет назад

I don't Think so. People really like him. We know he is a good character.

@xander1052 5 лет назад

I think the giant mushroom scene disagrees with him being underrated by the fan base.

@100Fleur100 5 лет назад

People do like him, but I feel like most of that comes from Sokka being the comic relief of the series and not because of his actual character.

@rohndstm854 5 лет назад

Nicolas Conde I’m pissed he had no kids in Korra, pfft all we got was Uncle Bumi. (Whom I still love)

@maxalain9948 5 лет назад

There are a million essays on Zuko (although they're all warranted.) My mans Sokka needs some shine.

@chriskirkland6976 5 лет назад

His name is Sokka pronouced with an "Okka" ladies he'll rock ya!

@MarloSoBalJr 5 лет назад

Sorry, too many syllables for a haiku *"GETS OUSTED"*

@jadefoo455 5 лет назад

Just watched this episode today, mind blowing ahahah

@ShotgunLlama 5 лет назад

@@MarloSoBalJr Actually this one's short one syllable

@JayAreAitch 4 года назад

ShotgunLlama Weird considering he fixed the syllable count of the final line

@halopacific7330 4 года назад

Chris kirkland *Thats a bit too many syllables BUB*

@williammcalpine2718 5 лет назад

3:42 Wow that’s Sherlock level of attention to detail, I never noticed that. This just makes the writers, artists, and you more amazing.

@tiffanypersaud3518 5 лет назад

^ Truth.

@jbark678 5 лет назад

That's crazy

@Ebola-Kun 5 лет назад

I am so glad that the Avatar community on RU-vid is still so alive and thriving. Other people’s perspectives and ability to read characters allow for me to rewatch the show with new eyes and information. RU-vid communities like this give shows rewatchability

@CrashD6 5 лет назад

Even without the community, ATLA already has rewatchability, you can draw so much wisdom from the show to your life, my favorite character is uncle Iroh, he once was like Zuko, a good kid trying to live a destiny someone else put on his shoulders, but then, he learned by his mistakes and decided to choose his own destiny and redeem himself, we know Iroh after his growth, he is already a different person than General Iroh, The Dragon of the West, now he is uncle Iroh, wise and humble, loving and caring.

@NobleVagabond2552 4 года назад

A great show like this already has a ton of rewatchability value. But it is great to see people talk about it 10+ years later. You will learn things every time you watch tho no doubt

@seereebee 5 лет назад

Jet is one of the best episodes in the series in my opinion. It shows the kind of lows war will cause people to go to. Also it reinforces that not everyone from the Fire Nation is necessarily bad, and not everyone outside the Fire Nation is necessarily good.

@leannasullender154 5 лет назад

I had mixed feeling for Jet I get how hurt he was by the fire nation don't get me wrong but he was going to allow a bunch of innocent people to die if it meant getting rid of a few fire nation soldiers he got better but he was originally pretty shady I still understand why but that doesn't mean that behavior was excusable.

@alize0623 5 лет назад

Nightfall A lesson we need taught to the world in 2018/19

@wsphh2692 5 лет назад

i dont like jet lol hes annoying ik hes gone now but hes still a pest imo

@juandavidrestrepoduran6007 5 лет назад

In hindsight, he prepared us for characters like Long Feng, Hama, those desert thugs, the masters from Toph's village, and so on

@omarghalab8017 4 года назад

I didn't really think of katara as a damsel in that episode.

@Meme033094 5 лет назад

That's called sokka style learn it

@cabbageman2184 4 года назад

Jeremy B YES

@have_you_seen_yacin6640 5 лет назад

Me: *breathes* Socca: *whispers* "watertribe"

@queenawill3542 5 лет назад

Sokka

@DelightfullyGrace 5 лет назад

Sohkkah

@jmalik8 5 лет назад

Soccer

@jordanj1738 5 лет назад

Tentacle sama *Football

@liquidsleepgames3661 5 лет назад

@@jordanj1738 rugby

@tolkienblack 5 лет назад

Woah... I always knew the knife was planted but I never knew it was smellerbee’s knife. The show is just a masterpiece

@acgearsandarms1343 5 лет назад

Makes you wonder what they used the knife for before. It’s a poison knife. Not a tool, a weapon meant to kill.

@TWO_THOUSAND_SEAVY_HEAVY 4 года назад

ACGearsandArms a knife is always used to kill dude

@cristianvandenbosse8989 4 года назад

You also have kitchen knifes

@cynicalgold9992 3 года назад

@@TWO_THOUSAND_SEAVY_HEAVY not really. They're tools. They used for cooking, for traveling (think of a machete cutting through the amazon). They CAN be used to kill, but that's not their only purpose

@Tony-kr6lm 5 лет назад

I think what at drove his ego was his insecurity that he was the weakest of the group. When he realized he needed technique and intelligence to triumph, is when he became a true leader. I always saw his ego to be a fisad (don’t know how to spell.)

@kevincass9917 5 лет назад

Facade. I absolutely agree.

@xkilla911 5 лет назад

in the Legend of Korra, the unparalleled Sokka was split into 3 dudes: Zarack, Bumi, and Bolin. together as the only funny guys in the Korra series, they try to replicate the art of Sokka, but could never perfect it.

@GeneralMrDeath 5 лет назад

I think he means Varrick

@xkilla911 5 лет назад

@@GeneralMrDeath yes. you did the thing.

@GeneralMrDeath 5 лет назад

This Yellow Face So apparently I’m Zhu Li

@DiogoChris 5 лет назад

You forgot about Prince Wu

@PxndaCakes 4 года назад

@@onjo6736 Varrick and Bolin were a great duo tho.

@andyabdullah3324 5 лет назад

I was angry that they didn't even try to address the meteor sword or even how Sokka had become. Did he married Suki? Did he has kids? Where is the sword? I know that he had become a council member of the Republic City and become part of White Lotus to protect baby Korra from the Red Lotus. But what happened to the rest? I hope that the comic continuation will explain this. And i still really hope that the sword become more or less like the sword in the stone legend or Excalibur.

@elie6330 5 лет назад

Noooo! he didn't get it back at least he lost it saving Toff.

@htxthewild5553 4 года назад

Eman 300 Toph*

@charlylmaoo5953 4 года назад

There is a picture in Legend of Korra of Sokka with his boomerang and sword, he got them back

@shadeaj5177 4 года назад

Legend of Korra sucked anyway. It tainted the legacy of ATLA and ruined the future potential of the franchise imo. That is why I'm just gonna forget that it ever existed and continue to rewatch ATLA.

@rishavroy1368 4 года назад

@@shadeaj5177 Agreed. I just didn't get the same enjoyment from it. Something felt... off. Maybe it was bad writing, maybe it was poor direction, I'm not sure.

@darkyami12141 5 лет назад

3:27-3:50 You know, when Jet showed the knife, I immediately knew it never belonged to the Fire nation elder man. However, you blew my mind the second you showed that it actually belonged to Smellerbee. I never noticed that!!! Good eye!

@Evixyn 5 лет назад

The true mvp for sokka is his boomerang :D all the way from season to the end 0/

@liquidsleepgames3661 5 лет назад

Even when not thrown it will come back

@lothalan7049 5 лет назад

You mean his boomerAang :D best sokka line ;D

@Jona69 5 лет назад

Damn these character arcs are amazing.

@lukeskywalkerthe2nd773 5 лет назад

Ikr! They're some of the best on television imo! :)

@ChadKakashi 4 года назад

That's why everyone loves this show. It's basically a masterpiece hiding under the guise of a kid's show.

@Tal__Shachar 4 года назад

I am literally in awe watching these videos. I cannot explain how much I love this show. Kudos.

@Matthew_Murray 5 лет назад

It’s not till the 3rd seasons that Sokka grew on me as a leader. In the first two seasons he was more the standard comic relief character. I could have watched an entire series worth of season 3 Sokka.

@catwithhands 5 лет назад

Matt Murray it goes to show how he grew as a character

@konradhomiak3700 5 лет назад

Definitely, in season 3 Sokka leveled up to a lvl 100 mafia boss

@hasanafrezsa4608 4 года назад

i disagree. he never just a standard relief comic character. The series show us he actually good leader and great character, but they hid it with jokes and his character.

@MrKingYuji 2 года назад

Season 3 was when he became the official field commander of the team but Sokka was always the team strategist and planner. Even Aang and Katara called Sokka their “idea guy” in the Drill episode

@MediumDSpeaks 5 лет назад

That awkward moment when your video gets demonetized because of the name of one of your patrons being read aloud

@RodneyLim03 5 лет назад

Yeah Miguel Torres seemed abit over board

@ImAfemaleNoob2 5 лет назад

Medium D Speaks Landon that asshole

@thecamelftw1381 5 лет назад

When sokka was training to master the sword, the rest of team avatar is a bit lost and bored.

@darkraysofsunshine3113 5 лет назад

Couldn't finish watching Korra when I found out Sokka wouldn't be in it. Even though his whole character arc was about him feeling useless and unimportant when he was actually a very important asset to his team but they just kinda threw him away never to be mentioned again Edit: They didn't even give him and Suki children Edit No. 2: Also... wasn't there like a whole arc about Non-benders vs Benders... Don't you think it would've been smart to have both, or at least ONE of the most important non-benders in the OG series be apart of that in some way...

@starship2143 5 лет назад

IKR

@willkemp984 5 лет назад

Korra is so underrated 😔

@GuadalupeF.Arredondo 5 лет назад

Suyin Beifong is Sokkas daughter... I think

@joshberghoff7115 5 лет назад

@@willkemp984 nah korra baaaad

@joshberghoff7115 5 лет назад

@@willkemp984 jk.... kinda

@AbdulGoodLooks 5 лет назад

13 people disliked were, Combustion Man, Jet, Azula, Ty Lee, Mai, 3 random firebender soldiers from the airship fleet ,That guy Yue was supposed to happen, Ozai and of course the legendary Cabbage Merchant Edit: I check back a year later and this comment really blew up lol

@XxKingAssassinatexX 5 лет назад

Jet died how would he dislike this

@15jewjew 5 лет назад

Why would Korra, Asami, Mako, and Bolin dislike this?

@15jewjew 5 лет назад

@I Thank you, People forget that when Sokka was Chief of the Southern Water tribe, he helped fight the red lotus when they abducted Korra.

@AbdulGoodLooks 5 лет назад

@I Meh, maybe because they're jealous that Sokka has better writing that they do. I don't know I thought it would be funny and I couldn't think of 8 characters to dislike Sokka. Maybe one of you guys could give me an Idea

@AbdulGoodLooks 5 лет назад

@@15jewjew True I did forget lol I wonder if anyone can think of characters that would dislike this vid?

@nurainiarsad7395 5 лет назад

For the record, a strong girl can also be ‘a damsel’ with a guy that somehow triggers the reaction, even if it normally doesn’t with other guys. That’s life. Some combos just induce that dynamic.

@derek96720 5 лет назад

Every girl can become a damn when she meets the right guy. Every guy can become a chivalrous romantic when he meets the right girl.

@jesskhan09 4 года назад

She is allowed to be immature as she is supposed to be a kid

@hollywoodshopaholic 4 года назад

Agreed.

@lukelichtenthal5407 4 года назад

Wandering Alpaca Even so her crush on him was pointless since we all know that she and Aang ended up together.

@Passions5555 4 года назад

@@lukelichtenthal5407 Narratively speaking it added to the conflict with Sokka and Jet because Katara was more willing to give Jet the benefit of the doubt than to listen to Sokka's account on what happened with the old man.

@rabadons_deathcap 5 лет назад

I will never forget that episode when Sokka seeks for the masters help to teach him to fight. Making a sword out of the meteorite. He was really intelligent. He showed ao many strategies fighting. And the end handing Sokka the white lotus.

@efoxkitsune9493 5 лет назад

I fricking love Sokka. He has such an incredible growth throughout the show. I'm so damn proud of him. And let's be honest. No one else from Team Avatar would be a very capable leader... Aang learned to be one throughout the story, but really, Sokka's leading skills were undeniable and invaluable from the start, although he still had plenty of space to grow in that regard. Despite his goofiness, he was ironically the most responsible of them all. And also - such a good big brother...

@alopiaspelagicus1628 4 года назад

Sorry but no. Katara from episode 1 was the one keeping the team together when everyone else gave up. Sokka is important for strategy and a genius in readibg people, but Katara is the true leader of the team.

@Valiguss 4 года назад

Alopias pelagicus leader is not what katara is, heart of the tea and leader are rarely the same person, sokka is the leader I agree Kara is the heart of the team but she is not a leader, the leader is the commander and the person who can rally the others katana can’t do this and has active problems with it.

@marwansobhy7050 4 года назад

@@Valiguss personally I think Katara and Sokka are both equally important as leaders of the team. Sokka drives them forward with plans and strategies, Katara keeps the team together and makes sure it's a family. Take either one out and the team really just can't fucntion, atleast aswell as it would be with both present.

@Valiguss 4 года назад

jaguarstar 90 exactly her role is the moral center of the team and keeps them motivated I would say that makes her the heart of the team, which while you could argue is a type of leadership it’s a far more passive thing then sokka’s

@maamyy 4 года назад

True and I also think that aang still was a lot often a very egotistical character , we could understand him but he kinda never stopped being like this

@skwerrul6516 5 лет назад

#ILoveSokka #SokkaForPresident #SokkaDoesNoWrong

@xander1052 5 лет назад

funnily enough, he was kinda the "president" during yakone's trial in republic city, so wish has become true in a way?

@itsmehdoovid3440 5 лет назад

#WaterTribe

@deviljho4260 4 года назад

xander10 he was councilman

@rayraytail2825 5 лет назад

Something that I really appreciated was that the dynamic between Zuko and Sokka is amazing. They have more in common than they realize

@PxndaCakes 4 года назад

Ikr?

@MrKingYuji 2 года назад

Two young adults who are the sons of their nation’s leaders with prodigious bending sisters and struggling with insecurities, and both dealing with a “coming of age/leadership” arc

@wanderlustwarrior 4 года назад

I think this kinda glosses over the most important first step, the lesson Suki taught him that his chauvinism is in fact an impediment, and that even without "magic", women can still fight and he doesn't need to put up a strong front for everyone's sake. He was humbled, lessened his joking about/diminishing benders (including his own sister), and became more willing to trust others. In a more minor aspect, his wanting to seek Yue's and her father's approval also helped that along. And finally, Wan Shi Tong's library. He was fully willing to risk his life, betting on his own mind (with good reason), in order to finally end the war the best way they could, since they were running out of time. All in service of the greater good. (THE GREATER GOOD)

@fujisama1337 5 лет назад

Sokka's character development went from great to legendary

@willowrabbit 5 лет назад

IVE NEVER NOTICED THAT KNIFE THING

@Ranisi123 5 лет назад

With Jet, I always figured that he was the romantic version of a military leader that someone who had been stuck around almost no men with a military leader father would imagine. It makes sense to me that he is exactly the person Katara would be immediately infatuated with.

@tiawilliams5690 5 лет назад

Jet was tall, older, good-looking, charming and seemed to be fighting the same fight. Katara was 14 and given to acting impulsively on her emotions. It’s really no deeper than that and not really out of character for her.

@HerculeYakko 5 лет назад

I would like to add that the only man in her village was her brother, so I think we should forgive Katara for being a little horny.

@Tit0Matic 5 лет назад

Sokka: Ok, I'm going to the boiling rock, are you happy? Zuko: i'm never happy!

@torva360 5 лет назад

This was great, but I think it is sorely missing Sokka's involvement in things during Sozin's Comet. The real finality of his arc comes when he accomplishes what he does that day, giving him his greatest victory ever with the help of his friends.

@justiron2999 5 лет назад

It's kind of poetic how when sokka and zuko first met had more of spat rather than a fight and zokka lost in his purpose of defending his village. Fast forward to the last season and zuko now gave sokka a renewed direction lifting him up instead of pushing him down. Great series and a great vid, man.

@ellis1034 5 лет назад

I love how he is at the same time the comic relief and the intelligent plan maker.

@aceanon9413 5 лет назад

5:19 When the going gets tough TOPH GETS GOING

@e.l.j.1082 5 лет назад

Underrated comment😂😂👍👍

@justink5000 5 лет назад

Katara is still a 14 year old kid that dreams of an epic romantic lovestory. I think this episode is inportant for her character development as well. She learns, that romance and love is not like in the old fairytales. Btw, that's why she's never going to be with Zuko. The fire vs water dynamic is a thing of her teenage years, a thing she had with Jet and she got over it. She overcame the fantasies of the bad boy romance and committed to a mature, honest and caring relationship, where the love was deeper than hot headed romance could ever be. Especially for a down-to-earth character like Katara. UPDATE after 3 years: zutara all the way. zuko is absolutely no bad boy whatsoever, he's just a really awkward dork, and he understands Katara and connects with her. They each compliment each other and bring out the best in each other. while i like aang and katara together, their relationship is unbalanced and most of the time itit'its only Katara that takes care of Aang, not the other around. Katara is far too badass to stand in Aang's shadow her whole life.

@Gorgun2010 5 лет назад

ironic much since she's a water-bender?

@anoldtimer 4 года назад

Nah nah nah......No. Zuko in the first seasons was the bad boy romance, later on he changed into a more logical although he still had a problem with connecting to people.

@MrKingYuji 2 года назад

I don’t know why people roll their eyes when girls get googly eye over boys. As teenagers, both boys and girls lose their senses when it comes to romance

@danielalaiz419 2 года назад

saying that zuko is a bad boy is the same as ignoring his bow, and do you know the difference between aang and zuko? katara doesn't have to stay on his feet saying what he should do he goes and does it, unlike aang who doesn't even have the ability to reason that he's hurt and throws himself in a storm in the middle of the sea almost killing katara with worry

@justink5000 2 года назад

update after 3 years: zutara all the way. zuko is absolutely no bad boy whatsoever, he's just a really awkward dork, and he understands Katara and connects with her. They each compliment each other and bring out the best in each other. while i like aang and katara together, their relationship is unbalanced and most of the time itit'its only Katara that takes care of Aang, not the other around. Katara is far too badass to stand in Aang's shadow her whole life.

@rmanileavell5271 5 лет назад

1:18 if anyone wanted to see toph with a pony tail your welcome

@maarten9272 5 лет назад

It's not her's though.

@rmanileavell5271 5 лет назад

@@maarten9272 i know

@Ojo10 5 лет назад

One of my absolute favorite scenes in the whole series is Sokka preparing to protect his tribe. Like that was a scene that touched my heart like he don't care if he's the last man, he will be a man and die protecting his tribe and that took amazing courage. An underappreciated aspect to Sokka in my opinion.

@alwaysanewinterest 5 лет назад

Sokka didn't know Aang was the Avatar when he initially rejected him.

@Khrene 5 лет назад

And while Aang wasn't Fire Nation and wasn't trying to contact them, he saw a big as beacon of light and made a very logical assumption that it was going to draw attention. And lo and behold, who shows up at the village? Zuko

@Bartre_God 4 года назад

Actually the escape of the boiling rock is my favourite fight scene in Atla, especially seeing Zuko and Sokka working together

@bluesteele5786 5 лет назад

You have a good eye. I never noticed that knife in Smellerby's hand even though I've watched that episode about three times.

@MalaysianChopsticks 5 лет назад

George Estep that blew my mind as well...

@roselinestephania 5 лет назад

Yeeeesss, Sokka is my favorite character and I feel like there's not enough being said about how awesome he is and everything he does for the team.

@MarloSoBalJr 5 лет назад

Toph is forever my favorite but Sokka is what many of us are when everyone else is OP. You don't need to bend elements, all you need is a strategy

@Saimeren 4 года назад

Are we just going to ignore "HunterXHunter2011DickRidingAssociation"?

@rabadons_deathcap 5 лет назад

Sokka is the kind of person who instead of expressing his real feelings out he'd rather start the conversation with funny and sometimes corny jokes.

@maddiesiegmund5623 5 лет назад

Sokka is a tactical genius. I always thought his arc was about accepting his role in Team Avatar for being the brains (not melee or bending combat) and excelling at it. And I agree somewhat about his ego, but I always thought his arrogance came from a place of wanting to feel like he had control, like he was a man, and he could protect his loved ones. Because he knew the pain of failing to do so as a child.

@howardbaxter2514 5 лет назад

To be fair, the arc did show his improvement in combat as well. If you look at the last episode, Sokka fought and took down the fire bender air ships. It took both strength that he didn’t know he had, and his intelligence. Personally, I find Sokka to be the most interesting out of all the characters because of his overall development throughout the series.

@imnotausername4700 5 лет назад

but you cant lie hes the realist nigga in the show.

@tsukeyi 5 лет назад

@@imnotausername4700 yep, both him and zuko

@Gr3nadgr3gory 5 лет назад

@Mr Monopoley it's the quenchiest.

@filipferencak2717 5 лет назад

@@imnotausername4700 Socca's the only character who cannonically has sex and gets high on the show...he's my hero.

@christopheredwards788 5 лет назад

Great video

@santosic 4 года назад

It's interesting you mention that Sokka re-learned to trust in his companions thanks to Zuko and the others, as well as to trust his intelligence and planning skills again, since in the finale that's precisely what ends up happening. He comes up with the plan to destroy the air fleet and he trusts Suki and Toph completely the whole time. I'd never really noticed that connection there till now. It's subtle connections like that that make me love this show so much.

@Sumtinrandom 4 года назад

I watched season one recently. When I first watched it, I was a kid. Now, I am a psychologist, among other things. Jet's behaviour is that of a psychopath (it used to be called 'sociopath', but that label is no longer used be non-laymen). He is not clever. Never act like Jet, he's not right in the head.

@user-qu5js9vw9o 4 года назад

It breaks my heart that Sokka had to grow up so quickly but never gets any sympathy because he himself has no room for it

@TheMikenanners 5 лет назад

He stuck to the schedule!!!

@invertedcolors9881 5 лет назад

0:00 “You are a teenage boy” ....uhhh.....yea

@tiffanypersaud3518 5 лет назад

Thanks for the video! Sokka's arc re-watching the series in adulthood really appealed to me especially with his spiralling self-doubt and how he overcame it. Sokka is a wit-bender. He is also sort of our self-insert as non-benders into the Avatar universe. He shows how there is power in uniqueness and finding what your strengths are and using them, and having continued confidence in them and more strengths you discover along the way. He is not simply a comic-relief character. And I disliked how often he seemed to be reduced to that. Which is why I loved his arc so much.

@dangitgrandpa5156 4 года назад

Yo I'm half asleep and I read the title as "how sokka became a homewrecker" lmfao

@Mahawww 5 лет назад

So about the Katara thing, I always felt that the first season had a problem with simplifying characters or exaggerating their flaws to make the other character, who the episode is about, have a better conflict or a better arc in that particular episode. Now it worked out sometimes, like with the episode where Suki is introduced, each character of the main cast had a flaw showcased and dealt with in a neat way without taking away from Sokka who the episode was about, I'd say Katara and Aang's flaws, especially Aang's, where maybe pushed a bit too hard and may have taken a bit away from Sokka's arc in the episode, but all and all it was a good use of the thing. Now with other episodes, it varies from either: Works out well for the character who the episode's about but still messes up with the others, like the episode you mentioned in this episode. To it just sucks for all the characters, like in the infamous episode "The great divide" where Sokka and Katara are so simplified that they just became objects for the plot of the episode to use, and that's where Aang who the episode is supposed to be about should come and have a good to great arc but we didn't get that either it was about his responsibility as the avatar to help everyone get along and how big of a burden that is but it didn't develop it very well since it ended with Aang just lying to them for them to get along which just came out of left field because it seemed like just Aang succumbing to a flaw of his which wasn't what the episode seemed to be about that and that issue was just never addressed again as far as I can remember, and so we just ended up with very simplified characters that didn't help get something interesting out of the character who the episode was about. That being said, I think the show avoids this problem almost completely as it continues on in seasons 2 and 3. So yeah, that's a thing I've noticed kinda bothered me in the first season.

@KirbySonicTeam 5 лет назад

I agree that season 1 had this problem on occasion however I think some of them actually work well with the character once you have full context. For example, Kataras crush on Jet comes across way strong and to dramatic. So when Jet returns they make her reaction to him strong and dramatic. It paints it in a way to show that, yes, this was just some crush that she put way to much passion into and she reacts the same way to him and his return. Also considering Katara is very idealistic and gives her heart and soul into things she cares for it makes her crush on Jet seem consistent and paints her as the naive girl she is at the start of the series who transforms into a harder and more realistic, but still caring, person by the end. TLDR it fits her character overall throughout the series Please reply :)

@sunnyblakeevers8123 5 лет назад

The Great Divide is most likely the most disliked episode of avatar by far , the only real relevance it has is that at its core it gives a basic preview of what our three main protagonists’ personalities are when simplified . Episodes like this tend to be aired a bunch because for new viewers of the show they could learn who the characters were , thus it became hated .

@Mahawww 5 лет назад

@@KirbySonicTeam Yeah, you're right on that front, but I think it still took over the entirety of her character and just made her a tool of the plot. I mean, that could be argued to be since she was very naive but I still think it was pushed a bit too much, her ignoring all of what Sokka said after Jet just simply pulling out a knife seemed out of character even if she was charmed by Jet. But in a general sense, yeah it does fit with her overall character arc, as most of these cases do. It's just that it simplifies the characters a bit too much in the episodes in which they aren't the main focus.

@N.Traveler 5 лет назад

Very well explained! I just think the reason behind this kind of writing may also have had a practical function: Remember that this aired on Nickelodeon who had a pretty strict policy. This show was aimed at kids. In order for them to really see the changes in the characters more clearly, they may have HAD to overexaggerate their flaws to make it more apparent for children back then for them to understand the concept of character 'growth'. Maybe if the writers weren't so tied to these policies and the target audience, they would have approached it differently. I just noticed from their interviews, that they mentioned having to change a lot of things to make it kid-appropriate, so that's why I think this may have played a role. :)

@justink5000 5 лет назад

@@KirbySonicTeam great analysis of Katara ❤

@darkghost7894 4 года назад

Ha ,sokka was the one who destroyed sparky sparky boom man with his knowledge of angles which not many people had at that time

@ChespinCraft 5 лет назад

Wait, people didn’t like Jet? Jet was one of my favorite season 1 episodes! I always loved how cool he was, and how it was so conflicting that he was not a good person. It brought the first real moral dilemma to me, and I loved it, I thought it was so interesting.

@ieuanhunt552 4 года назад

I'm surprised when people dislike any episode.

@my-astrawberries6860 4 года назад

I dislike that he was manipulating some kids so that he could end lives of innocent people

@ronswanson7371 3 года назад

@@ieuanhunt552 except the great divide

@ieuanhunt552 3 года назад

@@ronswanson7371 I respectfully disagree

@ronswanson7371 3 года назад

@@ieuanhunt552 ok then

@halefisyifa2448 5 лет назад

My friend mocked Sokka.. I was very angry 😡😡😡

@xkilla911 5 лет назад

Sokka would mock too

@alceusrydan6237 5 лет назад

Did you kill your friend? 😏

@xkilla911 5 лет назад

because you're not a true Sokka fan unless you kill your friend

@halefisyifa2448 5 лет назад

Lol thank you guys 😂

@comradecameron3726 5 лет назад

SPACE SWOOOOORD!!!!

@LadyHawke78 5 лет назад

Fantastic vid. Sokka was always the character I identified with most in this series, and now I think I know why.

@GoingSwimmingly 5 лет назад

This type of character analysis is something that not everybody can see in cartoon characters nowadays, just thinking of them as mere children shows.. Those kinda of videos are honestly something that always cheers me up and helps me develop my own characters :3

@deathjaki 4 года назад

Once I saw a pretty legit comment ab Sokka: he learned every nation's non-bending abilities being Fire-Sword, Air-Flying machine, Earth-Kyoshi Warrior, Water-Tribe Warrior, Battle General in the end. I really liked it and I wanted to share it here.

@StareIntoTheVoid 4 года назад

The hardest episodes to watch in Avatar are easily "Appas Lost Days" and "Tails of Basingse" during Irohs part.

@arthurkal5892 5 лет назад

No bending but still one of the best characters, not better than Toph In my opinion...………………. favorite character

@juliarm4636 5 лет назад

i’ve never looked up to and related to a fictional character more, so this sokka appreciation means so much to me!!! thank you for this amazing content

@mr.fufucudlypoops8207 4 года назад

I actually wrote a college paper about this. I was supposed to write about 3 characters who I related to in some way and sokka's journey of learning to be useful and a leader was one of the talking points. The other characters were musashi from mob psycho 100 and Maes Hughes from fma:b.

@RedFeralWolf 4 года назад

Your introduction to the start of the episode was amazing. I never looked at it quite so seriously. The threat he was faced with was an incredible one. Being left behind by the men of the tribe and being the last line of defense to protect his family and people. Just him and a number of young children against monstrous soldiers and an army. It makes perfect sense that he felt the need to always put on a strong front and how it almost broke him when he found out he was powerless.

@QuilloManar 4 года назад

There is nothing more Water Tribe than going with the flow. The invasion of black sun may have been a failure, but that was only at the last moment. Sokka proved how much of a tactician he was by how easily he managed to use everything he had at his disposal to get to the Fire Nation bunker; and he didn’t even *use* the eclipse for the majority of the invasion!

@MogamiKyoko13 5 лет назад

Sokka can be so underappreciated in the fandom! It makes me so happy to see some more Sokka love 💙

@hollywoodshopaholic 4 года назад

I never blamed Sokka for his ego. He was just a kid when his father entrusted him with the responsibility of being the man of the house and protector of the tribe, and of training a group of toddlers for battle all by himself. Sokka hadn't even experienced battle yet, and had no one to guide him or any peers to commiserate with. That's a tremendous amount of pressure to put on someone; he seemed so in over his head in the first two episodes that I felt really sorry for him. While Katara stepped up and became a mother figure, too, nobody was pressuring her to do so. People often blame young men for trying too hard or overcompensating without understanding how much pressure they're under. As a girl, I can't imagine having such heavy expectations placed on you.

@naambewerken6988 5 лет назад

without sokka avatar wasn’t as good as now

@nxyfff 4 года назад

He is the master of strategies and plans. If he was a firenation, he would be the high ranked general same as iroh did.

@Tech.Maniac-X 4 года назад

His incredible ability of throwing boomerang was the only reason behind the death of the combustion bender. Just love that scene. ❤️

@ciaranpatrick6859 4 года назад

"Its a giant mushroom... Maybe it's friendly!"

@stephj505 5 лет назад

It's amazing how Sokka is such a smart, well-adjusted, cool, witty, and fun guy despite living in the South pole for his whole life.

@Nuzzrio 5 лет назад

WTF I didn't any notification before this one. I thought u were ded

@MilkMan95 5 лет назад

Imagine a battle with the commanders being lelouch vi brittania, shikamaru nara, and sokka

@Matt_Underwood 5 лет назад

And people wonder why I love Sokka more than Bolin and never give him a chance, this video explains it

@lightsarelow6455 5 лет назад

5:21 When the going gets Toph.

@panlis6243 5 лет назад

The only person to master the boomerangbending

@glenbertalimpulos9609 5 лет назад

“That’s rough buddy”

@AtarahDerek 4 года назад

* Chit Sang isn't even mentioned * Chit Sang: Hey!! RIOT!!

@korpakukac 5 лет назад

After everything building up to it Sokka got no exposure whatsoever to show off his meteorite sword and skills...

@gregd806 4 года назад

Hmmm. Sokka’s desire to please his father.... sounds familiar to Zuko’s, ya?

@michaelzelaski297 5 лет назад

I’m not gonna lie I always thought sokka was the joke character of course when I first watched this I really didn’t look for underlining plot. Eventually I realized the sokka was basically their “General” for tactics and I thought wow they messed up if sokka was the General. However this video makes me finally realize that sokka was a serious character.

@yiklongtay6029 4 года назад

If I would change anything, I'd like for his sword training to happen earlier in Season 3. The longer he has time to train swordsmanship, the more he can flex it during the finale without making his skills looks unrealistic. Sure, his brains is what makes him important. But that doesn't stop him from being sick with the sword. I don't think he raised his blade against anyone in the entirety of the finale

@RidleyJones 4 года назад

Yeah, I mean he may not bend but he IS a superb warrior, frequently taking out many trained adults single-handed. He's not just brains, he's got legit brawn as well. Seeing that develop even more would have been really exciting, especially since few other characters make use of swords.

@afroninja321 5 лет назад

Awesome video

@96RHE 4 года назад

What struck me about Sokka was his actions in the very first or second episode when Zuko shows up in his village. While presented comically, since he gets his ass whooped, Sokka immediately stands up against Zuko and his host of fire nation soldiers. It’s a great showing of who Sokka is at his core - competent or not, he’s going to fight. So as he gains competence over the course of the story, it allows him to manifest his inner strength externally. He’s your classic “try-hard” who, through humiliation and repetition, becomes someone admirable.