this kid's show is actually good...*AVATAR: The Last Airbender* (S1 - pt. 1/2) 

Lol yep!!

truly!

A truly moving tale of tragedy and loss....

MY CABBAGES!!!! True story.

yeah she’s goated 😭

Good shit. 👍🏻

Really terrible, but baddass when you realize giatso took out like 30 firebenders by himself by removing the air from the building

It's really creative how they manage to skirt around the rules set by Nickelodeon. I'm not sure if they even say the word 'death' that much at all.

i think the only usage of death is "did Jet just... die?"@@timlampers8610

@@qbgrinddddOzai also said “Prepare to die!” in his fight with Aang; but yeah, those are probably the only two instances of it.

Wait really?

For some reason Sokka in the LOK flashbacks looks more serious

What do you mean "For some reason". He's grows up, that's the reason! Plus, he goes through several wars and become a counselor, of fuckin course he become more serious!

If only Jackson Rathbone did the same thing

@@dashkid7857 Well yeah, he's not a teenage boy anymore. 😂

His growth through the whole series is excellent. Keep in mind that in a legendary epic about Kung Fu wizards who can manipulate the elements, Sokka grows from a kid to a seasoned warrior who can hold his own and has a keen strategic mind to boot.

Zuko is probably my favorite arc, though Katarra deserves a mention, especially because now there's so many strong female characters written today that feel heavy handed and forced, but Katarra is authentic and perfectly placed within the broader story.

i think all of us who completed ATLA know who the first one is

@@joshuaomar2992 iroh?

@@snowgrave2475 imo, zuko's character arc is the strongest in atla

At least she's got plenty to watch

I think I won't let my kids watch tv or movies at all, in order to prepare them for careers as reactors.

@@dannybrase1253 There's another good reason to do that, growing up around a large library of books can have very positive and long lasting mental, psychological benefits, unlike watching a lot of TV, which pretty much does the opposite.

@@adrianrocha49 Ehh… This is like the ‘is coffee/red wine good for you’ debate. Every single year there’s some new “study” that says they’re good for you and a “study” that says they’re bad for you. Likewise, there are so many conflicting “studies” over whether reading a lot actually nets any positive benefits that at this point I think it’s just the book lovers trying to make themselves look better.

@@elijahfoster4380 I agree. Although I would say that reading books is better for you than watching tv, there's nothing inherently wrong with either of them. Both of them are bad if you do it too much.

S-Tier role model right here. One of the most inspiring quotes I've ever seen is "Be the person Uncle Iroh knows you can be."

It's them uncles I tell ya. First uncle Ben, then Iroh. Keep them coming.

We all need an Uncle Iroh

he's not even top 20

@@craigime that's just like, your opinion, man. I have mine, it happens :)

First

This show was my childhood, and I've seen it through about 20 times. Literally the best show ever created!

Um, yeah, enjoyed as kids...yeah, LOL. When my kids were young, I caught this show a few times on the TV, and I quickly got so addicted, it became known in our house as "dad's show" as I would constantly watch every episode and in syndication, repeatedly watch ones I've already seen. I have probably watched the entire collection a dozen times now.

There’s so much growth in everyone, even Zuko! and hardships to overcome and it’s really great show. I just rewatched it so I could share with my own kid. Learn some life lessons lol.

@@danielbrown3691 same. I still watch it every now and then. Hands down one of the best shows ever created, everyone could learn some type of lesson from this haha

Fr stuff like Vinland Saga, Attack on titan, most anime, and even american animated shows that aren't adult comedies are geared towards an older audience

people forget that animate shows were originally created for adults

I remembered how my art teacher allow me to show Ninja Scroll in class, because it was an anime, hence children. Lol

@@OldSchoolGenius lol Ninja scroll which one exactly. The old version or newer version xD. And wow it's bloody as hell in the anime how they get you to show Ninja scroll. Unless it's high school or something damnn

@@koreancowboy42 old, the 1993 one. Yeah it was in HS, right before summer break, we had a few days with nothing to do so people would bring movies and the class would watch them together.

She’s not ready for what’s to come

Leaves from the vine...

@@matthewdhewlett Falling so slow

@@yokingstream1005 but know what's not falling slow? Tears from my eyes!

@@matthewdhewlett 🤣🤣 Fr

Politics, the philosophy of martial arts (though fictional), and growing up with various responsibilities are all aspects of this show I appreciate. Also, the perils and consequences of war.

@@BakumanLakuman They might be fictional, but you can trace them to real world philosophy like confucianism and daoism, and you can present a bunch of its topics as philosophical problems, like the ethical implications of Zuko's journey, destiny, bending (especially a specific kind of bending that I don't wanna spoil), etc. You can trace all that to Aristotle, Sartre, Kierkegaard, Kant, etc. Part of the fun is that the show doesn't present them as such, but as concrete scenarios that make you go "wait, is this good or bad?" and I think that's really cool.

@@BATTIS94 Very true. Many real-world philosophical applications. Much of the history surrounding Earth-bending is what I found most interesting. Every type of bending nation has their specific political design that mirrors their style, so of course the Earth kingdom is about solidarity with the army and secret police.

@@BATTIS94 I know exactly which bending type you're talking about. THAT was some next level type stuff. I couldn't imagine the implications of having that type of control over someone else, especially if you wield it unwillingly.

@@mara_q9979 Yeah, let's just say that there's a lot of water in the human body.

It's also fast and readily available. Unlike fire, which has to be generated from the bender's ki (so basically no "pull" type moves) and water, which is much scarcer than earth or air.

Monk gyatso killed multiple firebenders while at the high of their power due to the comet the dead firebenders around his corpse shows it

@@ARC--ms1se I like to think that, in classic airbender style, the firebenders actually killed one another. It was a fairly enclosed space for that amount of fire and simple evasion and redirection (via wind currents) could char quite a few of them

@@trequorthere was a video I watched w a theory that he sucked the air out of the firebenders lungs which would be sick don’t know how true it is but would be dope

​@kingflixh7472 that same technique is used in legend of Korra by one of her final opponents. He air bends all the air out of the Erath queens lungs and her guard detail.

Speaking of Peter Pan connections, Jason Isaacs has also played Captain Hook in the 2003 Peter Pan movie.

I actually got to meet Dante Basco at a con lately, and the line of people there was like 50/50 Zuko fans and Rufio fans - definitely way more Rufio fans than I expected!

@@sykamoreva9803I’m not actually surprised, I spent a lot of my childhood running around pretending to be Rufio lol

@@AL-fl4jk Oh yeah, I'm not surprised Rufio's popular, I just sort of assumed based on my local con's usual audience that it would be mostly Zuko fans. Then again, the con has gotten a lot bigger in the last couple of years...

Same, I felt like Mr Burns whispering "Excellent" to myself

Oh, so this is a common reaction? Was not expecting to see this in the comments; literally did a double take.

I did the exact same thing, couldn't click fast enough

We both had the same reaction

ME TOO IM SO EXCITED

I heard you need to master airbending and then create your own technique. Like, both are required. And Tenzin's was the air wheel

@@Howzieky yup. You have to master all 40 (36 close enough) something airbending techniques and then create your own.

Jinora got hers when she created spirit projection

@@mattrobinson5479it literally CAN'T be a requirement for every bender getting their tattoos to create a new technique. If that were the case, there'd be thousands of them. It's almost definitely and either/or thing. Aang just happened to do both

@@MSpencer1998 thank you 🙏

Hadn't even thought aboutit, but I'm so hyped

I know, I never thought I've seen the day, I know she's going to be invested in this show.

i forsee a lot of crying

Me too. I was wondering when she's gonna cover it 😂😂😂😂😂. Glad..this is gna be fun ride.

Yes, please watch this show as fast as you can

Yes. I agree. Jet is one of my fav characters. He's complex and flawed. Too bad he ended the way he did.

It is important to remember that these are not supposed to be perfect replications. Like for instance the Inuit don't have blue eyes and they don't actually sail (though their relatives on the Alaskan coast do sail). All the nations are amalgations, though they use a central inspiration there is a lot of creative mishmash and new ideas (like the American hillbilly waterbenders)

The worldbuilding is so good!

The Fire Nation as a whole doesn't have many Native American inspirations, that would be the Sun Warriors. The nation is more like an industrializing Japan in geography, culture, advancement, and bloodlust.

iroh for president

@@wildfire9280 Fire Nation is a combination of Japan & Korea.

Lol

yeah when she said "wholesome good fun" I'm like...I remember plenty of not so "wholesome good fun" going on in the show.. lol

Precisely! I was surprised how dark the show eventually becomes when watching it my first time

@Javid Rashid ehh. Genocide shmenocide

I convinced my in his 50s father to watch this show and I walked in on him secretly watching S3 and Korra on his own. This show does not have an age limit.

@@ethanquirk28 damn I felt it's childish appeal watching it again at 20 I don't see what other people see

@@layton6202 the first 2/3 of S1 is incredibly childish because it needed to fit Nickelodeon’s kid show quotas but once it was established it really comes into its own. This goes further for Korra which was written to cater to the same people who watched the original series, accounting for their age. That one covered enough more adult themes that they had to put S4 online only because they didn’t want kids watching the show. I mean they finished S1 of that show with two brothers who were physically and mentally abused by their father committing a double suicide as the solution to their shared trauma

@@ethanquirk28 Korra might have tried to go for a more mature approach but it was hard to sit through compared to the one that's more childish but it's at least likeable

@@layton6202 I personally found Korra more likable. To each their own.

It is a kid's show though. It's marketed towards kids and centres around child/teen characters. It's the best kids' show ever made.

​@@trequorit's more accurate to refer this as a 4-quad show (M+F, above 25 and below 25) , because it appeals to people both above and below 25. A "kids show" is something like "Ooh pretty colors look we're dancing and having fun hahaha" with no plot, which does not describe Avatar in the slightest

So true. Everyone who watches this show understands this. This show is hardly hamstrung by the "child friendly" label. It covers intense topics with no sugar coating.

That's how it was advertised though @@typo1345

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My theory is that Aang and Sokka share a brain cell. It only works when they're close to each other, and it's a really stupid brain cell. All their other brain cells breathe a sigh of relief when it's gone.

@@TheNeilBlack This is entirely plausible.

One of them should take custody of the shared brain cell

and Bumi knew how to fight him. because he is more than hundred years old

And airbenders are almost by definition difficult to catch because they're like air, free and constantly moving

@@durdurdurlerutte2875 I like how you think, i didn't even think of that.

Aang is actually underpowered in the first season. He's an airbending master and should've taken down Jet and the pirates very easily.

@@44r0n-9 he’s less aggressive early on

Lol a yt reactor once told me and everyone else watching....this is not a kids show

Not just for a kid's show. It's just amazing period.

Lol hence the quotation marks

Great run down mate

POTENTIAL SPOILERS SEASON 2 Aang is also an airbending prodigy being the youngest Airbending Master ever (at the time). Zuko is obviously talented but he’s nowhere near a prodigy like Azula (the fire bending equivalent to Aang’s airbending). so even with equal training Aang would probably have a natural advantage (plus he’s the Avatar which must help).

Aang was a once in a lifetime prodigy before he was the Avatar. Zuko has always had to scrape and fight for everything he has, at least in his own mind. Zuko was never going to be able to beat him any more than he would have been able to beat Azula without befriending him.

But true but it is made for 10 year olds

@@layton6202 Yes, but it is still able to appeal to many older audiences as well. It deals with war, genocide, trauma, and mental health in way that doesn’t make it too dark for family audiences. It also doesn’t lose the light-hearted tone while dealing with these topics. Considering how much you seem to argue with commenters who say the show can be watched by mature audiences, you probably won’t change your mind. I feel like if you just spent a bit more time watching it and actually opened your mind a little you could actually see why people like it. Saying it is purely kiddy seems very close-minded to me, but I respect your opinion. Either that or you’re just an internet troll looking to get people mad. In which case you probably stopped reading 3 sentences in.

@@layton6202 a children’s show that can only be enjoyed by children isn’t a very good children’s show

@@joshuaholland5279 that shit makes no sense my guy if it ain't meant for you it doesn't mean it isn't good, my little sister enjoys this educational cartoon and I don't it doesn't mean the show isn't good given it's the most watched cartoon by kids........ If feel like that saying was made by an adult who didn't wanna feel like a weirdo for liking cartoons made for 10 year's while they're in there 30s

@@layton6202 well the actual quote was from Tolkien and talking about books

I always felt it made sense to have to create fire. While fire is part of nature it has to be created by having heat fuel and oxygen. It doesn't last forever like rock air or water. It's not as abundant. It needs to be created.

lmaoooo 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

My favorite side Character lol

Eh, wish he wouldve left in aang going into the avatar state in episode 2, that's shot with the music buildup is my favorite part of this entire season

Rufi-Oh! Rufi-Oh!

I think GoT's Red Wedding is one of the biggest reasons modern reaction channels are such a big thing these days.

@@MrEvers Yeah the red wedding pretty much invented the reaction channel.

I do think Jet is actually based on Rufio a bit. Seems like it at least. Would be a cool call back for one of the voice actors :)

@@CrazeeAdam fun fact: Dante Basco confused Zuko and Jet's voices during an audio quiz cus they're so similar

you are a cool person, thanks for this

I’m 55 and I’m on the same page. Love both the Avatar shows.

I'm 60 and think the show was/is fantastic. have the complete series dvds and still pull them out to watch from time to time.

Oh man talking about waterbending huh? Made me think of some one👀

or they could like... gather spit xD

@@AlessaParker Yeah, but they would have to do it before the battle. When you’re scared you don’t make spit.

I thought Firebending is just converting the energy already in the environment into a tangible energy, or like, into plasma

SPOILERS Didn't Hama teach Katara that she can pull water out of air?

The worst episode in the whole series blows other shows' average episodes out of the water.

@@DragonMoth34 100% Their is legit only 1 Filler, Book1, E12 The Divide But it has some good comedy moments.

@@scruffd0g193 E11* and I don't think it's really a filler, it's just not a great episode. B3E3 the painted lady is more of filler than that, it's just a better episode (arguably)

@@DragonMoth34 that's a gross exaggeration

@@DragonMoth34 ahhhh forgot to read the user name

Let's just say there's a reason it is widely regarded as possibly the greatest animated series ever made. Imo, Gravity Falls isnt far behind, and is a show i'd also highly recommend

@@georgercop "widely regarded as possibly the greatest animated series ever made" that has been said of several animated series

@@craigime not as much as Avatar. Not even close. Amongst members of the industry, it's less close. You get beat while this show was on as a kid or somethin'? You've got a hard on for hating on it.

@@EricEstesEleutherian "not as much as Avatar. Not even close." more than avatar. you get beat when your parents caught you watching it? why'd you mention something this ridiculous?

💜💜💜💜

Very sorry for your loss. Did you know Jabezmond?

@@NatalieGoldReacts that first 2 seconds I thought you were gonna like "my name is Charles xavier" or "hello welcome I am the architect. I created the Matrix.!" or "yall ready fo this!!!?!! Daahnuna NYA!"

Season 2 introduces the best character in the avatar universe.

@@Stayner Indeed, the secret tunnel musician

@@hunacean I'd totally take that joke if it. Really. But both of us know Toph would kick you ass for saying that. So I HAVE an obligation to say, wrong! ahhahahahahaah

I know right that seems to be the case with most shows. Once you know what all happens later, going back and watching it from the beginning it's easy to get impatient during and be like "ooh I can't wait to get to *this* part and *that* part and- "

I was this day old when I learned this information.....

I did not know that, but I do love Jason Isaacs. For me he'll always be the bad guy from The Patriot

Jason Isaac's is a great actor across all his roles. Him and Mark Strong are my 2 favorite British actors.

Nah it still ended like a children series

@@layton6202 reread his comment bro🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

Has some of the most intriguing and mature topics that people still talk about to this day.

Definitely a show that aged with its audience, while still appealing to younger and older ones

Season 2 ending is masterpiece

@@HeitorOliveiraJ plus we get some of the best characters in season2 toph and Azula

Yeah I personally loved Season 2 the most, Season 3 second most, and Season 1 the least. I wonder how many times Nat is going to cry.

True. I also felt like the first part of season 1 was slightly... I don't know, slow. I almost stopped watching in favor of something else the first time, but I heard it was great so I was patient enough. And it really paid off, I'm so glad I watched all of it!

@@ArlanKels why would she cry?

@@craigime "Happy birthday, my son. If only I could've helped you."

@@mitchhamilton64 again, why would she cry?

Relax

@@layton6202 why cant someone be passionate about something? And what have you been doing with your time my guy? I have seen you under so many comments.

The goat? Baah.

@@layton6202 you? Yeah

@@user-kt3qm8jy8y passionate about a cartoon made for 10 year olds while you're a fully grown adult.....I just have a thing with exaggeration and people being dramatic

She called it a ‘kids show’ not a show for kids, it’s a cartoon aired on Nickelodeon with child characters and is funny, it’s a kid’s show. Maybe stop having your head up your ass and realise that something being a kid’s show isn’t a bad thing.

it's still a kid's show

its a kids show. its just a kids show that is intelligent enough to be good even for adults. it doesnt shy away from real heavy problems, but coats them in such a way that it doesnt stop from enjoying it if they dont understand those problems. and it doesnt treat its viewers as braindead morons when talking about the real world issues it tackles. this is the way you do progressive story telling, its not woke, its real.

I've always found this take pretty disingenuous, because it objectively is a kid's show. This idea that a kid's show can't cover serious topics like war or genocide is pretty condescending to kids. They're people too, and don't like to be talked down to or treated like idiots.

@@craigime but it's a well written kids show

Its a kid's show. Just because adults enjoy and its complex doesnt mean its not a kids show. I'm 25 and when we were kids we understood everything that happened, its why this show stood the test of time

I wouldn't say suffer, I think it is actually a good thing that its more lighthearted, albeit some episodes and ideas are maybe a bit too simple and childlike. but a lot of cartoons and anime are so incredibly dark that it's refreshing that ATLA season 1 is often childlike.

@@Charlie-gc1ds Also the later maturity wouldn't hit as hard if we weren't able to have the more innocent base to work from.

@@GriffinPilgrim exactly. Seasons 2 and 3 (really the end of 1) emphasize how quickly these children have to become adult warriors.

seasons 2 and 3 still feel like a kid's show

The show matures with Aang, and he is still extremely child-like at the moment, so much of the early episodes have a similar stlye. As Aang grows, so does the depth of the show.

Also, Baguazhang uses a lot of spiral movements (hence the symbol for Air), which was apparently an absolute nightmare for the artists to try to draw and animate.

too bad they threw all that out the window in korra

@@craigime Go away.

@@elijahfoster4380 go away

the animation is good- but not "breathtaking". and the comedy falls flat alot of the time

simp

@@gb342002 he's not a simp.. he just has different taste

@@craigime anyone who watches a woman watch TV is a simp

@@gb342002 you’re… what? If you’re on this video then you are watching a woman watch TV so by “logic” you’re also a simp

"It made me a better person." Fair.

Hot take: there are worse episodes in Season 1 than “The Great Divide”, including one of the 9 episodes you reference (“The Fortune Teller”)

@@gracehiggins2666 that is indeed a hot take. The fortune teller is hilarious in my opinion, while the great divides comedy falls flat. That’s the difference for me, but everyone’s entitled to their opinion

@@TransparentEclipse I’m not sure there was really meant to be that much comedy in “The Great Divide”, tho? Maybe it’s just cause my background is in art, but I really loved how they used a unique art style for each of the three times someone tells the story of Jin Wei and Wei Jin. It was a very creative bit of visual storytelling that wasn’t really done in many episodes.

@@gracehiggins2666 there was plenty of comedy bits in the great divide. The earthbenders lines were almost exclusively comedic relief, sokka had a few one liners like the one about him taking their side because they fed him, the huge aang anime eyes moment, and the resolution of the episode was entirely played for a laugh, basically making everything that had just happened in the episode irrelevant and just played off for a laugh. It’s hard to tell because most of the jokes aren’t funny, only the earth bender gets anything remotely funny in this episode. I agree the art style they used for the lie at the end was cool, but it was about 5% of the episode. The rest of the episode they spend wandering around in a pretty boring landscape visually and artistically, and the episode had nothing to do with the overarching plot of the show. The new characters were one note, boring, and never showed up again, while the main cast all felt extremely out of character with the exception of aang, and even his character feels a bit weird here. The problem with this episode is it’s entirely filler, and yet still doesn’t achieve anything despite being filler. I have nothing wrong with filler, but filler in shows is supposed to be for a purpose. In tales of ba sing se, it’s showing us the characters just having a normal day, as well as developing their characters emotionally. And it’s got some good humor. Episodes like the fortune teller are meant to make the viewer laugh, while also showcasing aangs power and advancing aang and kataras relationship plot lines. Despite being filler, those episodes achieve things. The great divide doesn’t achieve anything, and yet is still filler because nothing of importance happens and it’s boring throughout. Those are my gripes with it, but again if u enjoy it more than other episodes that is entirely ur opinion, and ur entitled to it.

@@TransparentEclipse Wow! It seems you are much more intimately knowledgeable about the episode than I am, despite you claiming to like it less, LOL! A couple points I disagree with though: - The guide does have some comedic lines, but the scene that sticks in my head is his conversation with Aang after the tribes were split up. That scene is almost entirely straight, with no comedic breaks. - “the resolution of the episode was entirely played for a laugh, basically making everything that had just happened in the episode irrelevant and just played off for a laugh.” This is, without a doubt, the biggest difference in a opinion I have with people who don’t like the episode. I could not disagree with you more on this point. The resolution of the episode does not even remotely make light of the episode. And honestly I feel like this is a testament to the weakness of the first ~15 episodes. You were expecting dumb humor like that in “The Fortune Teller”, but this was one of the first episodes that tried to have broader themes, and your response was “durr, it’s not funny.” “I agree the art style they used for the lie at the end was cool, but it was about 5% of the episode.” Wrong. It wasn’t just when Aang was telling his version of the story. There were three unique, distinct art style in the episode. The first was when the Gan Jin were telling the story, the second was when the Zhang were telling the story, and the third was when Aang was telling the story. They were different each time. The rest of your comment is mostly non sequiturs and whataboutisms.

Whats your favorite anime? Im trying to get into it

@@-gemberkoekje-5547 I know you didn’t ask me lol. But Death note is probably the best starter anime. Its a classic and kinda of a must watch in the anime community. It’s short, doesn’t go too deep in fantasy, has a great plot and twists. And had a satisfying ending. If your looking for a longer series I recommend Naruto or attack on titan those 2 are tied for my favorite anime.

@@paulbrown9328 Well, im not a anime-virgin, if thats a term. Ive watched pokemon ofcourse, and have watched jojo the first time i tried getting into anime, and i really liked that, but got too busy to explore any more. From what i know, death note is a bit too dark for me.

@@-gemberkoekje-5547 ahh if you’re looking for more light-hearted, action, or fantasy. I’ll list a few that are really good and easy to get into. If you pick anyone of these you should be Hooked some are classics and others are easy and fun to watch. My Hero Academia Haikyuu AssassinationClassroom Hunter x Hunter Love is war Fruits Basket One punch man Naruto Full metal alchemist Seven deadly sins Jujutsu Kaisen This is a movie but damn good: a silent voice These 2 are a little dark but I think you’ll be okay The promised never land Death note ( it’s dark but it’s not as bad as you think once you start, it’s basically a war between the philosophy of is killing bad people okay.

@@-gemberkoekje-5547 you didn't ask me either but I think Cowboy Bebop might also be a good place to start (it was for me at least)

Oh... My... God... She still has to watch Star Wars Clone Wars. Pleeeeeaaaasssseee. Pretty please?

I'm the same. And I was just thinking I wanted to watch it because it had been awhile. So Natalie Gold reacting to this now is great timing.

I've seen it so many times I mainly watch for the reactions

Same :)

Same here. Watched it in 2005 as it first aired at the age of 9 and haven't stopped watching every few gears since. It's out of this world.

I love those aspects as well, it makes it soo endearing ♥

We gotcha.

Spiritual

Would you say the same about Tom and Jerry

@@layton6202 No not really much narrative depth to Tom & Jerry, plenty fine for the over the top slapstick comedy cartoon it is, real storytelling was never the goal of Tom & Jerry.

It's also on Netflix but their prices..

man the original teen titans. I still have to go back to watch that, but I can remember some of the plot an it was GOOD.

Dude dc had really good cartoons back then teen titans, justice league and Batman beyond

It's actually just a theory. But a pretty good one haha

This is a fan theory. It’s not stated canonically anywhere in the shows, novels, or graphic novels.

love the pfp haha

Please! I've been watching someone else's first dive and it's fantastic to see the new excitement and joy.

I'm so happy she's reacting to this.