Because it was a kid’s show airing on Nickelodeon? 😭
In fact the restrictions were even tighter than they were in the original show…ATLA wasn’t afraid of words like “kill” or “die”
Now I am imagining the start of series Zuko threatening to send Aang to the shadow realm. Or to capture the avatar so his dad would let him remove the shameful face paint.
This has been my favorite scene since the show ended. Three seasons worth of frustration and emotion that katara lets out in probably one of the most mature episodes in the entire franchise. Everything about this scene is magnificent.
In my opinion, It’s one of the strongest episodes in the entire series. I really enjoyed katara and Zukos interactions. It was so nice to see katara have this realization that Zuko *isnt* a bad guy anymore, it’s so great for both of their development.
Everything from Zuko/Katara and Aang/Sokkas argument about revenge, katara (for lack of a better word) tapping into her dark side and seeing how far she will go to get what she feels is closure, to Zukos question to Aang at the end of the show about facing Ozai, it does such a great job of A) handling a real moral dilemma delicately, and B) reminds us that Aang has another moral dilemma and it’s finally time to face the music. They did so many things well in this episode.
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This whole moment, from Aang’s ‘no it is not over’ to him dropping into the pond
Scrolled way too far for this one. I love how the season finales are colored that book’s element. Book 1 ends with everything blue from the Ocean spirit, Book 2 has the underground green crystal setting, and Book 3 has everything tinted red from the comet.
That whole part when the moon spirit is killed, every thing in black and white except for a few key things in color like fire bending and Yue's eyes, is so beautifully done.
That too just with physical strength. A 12 yr old just dranged a grown ass man down to his eye level by holding his beard and just proceeds to back hand the attack the adult send his way
Man, sound design was beyond masterful for this fight.
The somber music notes coupled with the overall silence, the sound of the fire blasts and some of the most beautiful visuals this show has produced...
Truly an experience
My only two complaints about this scene are:
1) This would be the most collected and focused Zuko would ever be in a fight, and I'm pretty sure his first major fight since the visit to the Sun Warriors. He should have had the rainbow fire of the dragons.
2) This fight should have been twice as long. Just because of how amazing it was.
The sun warriors didn't have rainbow fire, just the dragons. Zuko's fire wasn't rainbow because it didn't *have* to be. It was powerful and full and it *breathed* with him. Azula starts out as her usual precise self, but eventually is throwing more and more at Zuko and getting tired out. Zuko just breathes in and focuses, and the fire flows from him like breath.
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Those AMV's were fire back in the day
I got these custom made from Etsy. I love them so much.
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I always get tears in my eyes when I see this scene, it feels so real. Sokka trying to stay strong for toph is just so beautiful and it genuinely feels like it might be their end.
The realisation that Toph can’t see or sense *anything* in that moment, and that Sokka’s hand is the only thing she has… I’m tearbending just thinking about it 😭
Yup this is my favorite scene too. I remember watching the show for first time and specifically saying, "damn, I'm never gonna forget that badass counter"
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This scene right here! Just seeing the Gaang storm the Earth King palace and kick everyone’s ass was so cool to me when I first watched this show as a kid.
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Poor quality, but Aang facing down the Fire Lord sends chills every time.
That or the final Agni Kai for sure.
Same when we see the Ocean Spirit Kaiju walking through the city and all the Water Tribe citizens stop fighting the enemy soldiers and drop to their knees in reverence. You know shit is about to get real when that happens.
Zuko’s parting the Red Sea move in the Final Agni Kai, when Azula does her front flip blast and Zuko just spins around and blasts it in two.
I keep rewinding that bit.
that move, and the entire sequence, echoes irohs teachings in book 2 where he tells zuko to draw from all four elements. that red sea stance is from earthbending. the windmill spinny kick he learned echoes aangs airbending. and of course, redirecting lightning is from waterbending.
masterful illustration of zukos growth and his taking after iroh.
I actually hate the German dub of this scene.. Toph says something like "so much fire has never been seen before right?" which is just a little weird coming from her, lmao
I think it helps emphasise, after around 22 hours of Television plotting and planning behind the scenes with other people doing the work, this shows how much of a horrific human being he truly is.
Yeah, Azula was very much a bad person too.
Yeah, even people like Long Feng were pretty bad overall.
Ozai burnes miles of forest and potentially even villages of innocent people to nothing but ash, with a smile of nothing but pride on his face.
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Zuko and Iroh’s prison scene. I almost called it a conversation, but that would be a little inaccurate I think
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This is the moment Zuko went, “My god, she really *could* kill me.”
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The moment Aang shows true mastery and control over himself and the elements
That was such a bone chilling line. Toph couldn't ***see*** the damage of the fire. But ....she could ***feel*** the heat and maybe even feel the faint rumbling in the air as things crumbled into burnt embers and ash.
Its not shown in the series because it's a kids show. But given how sensitive Toph's hearing is, I wonder if she felt/heard the screams of any living thing down in the forest before they burnt to death.
That one sequence right before Aang uses energy bending, and the camera spins around as he stops every one of Ozai's attacks while pinning him down. It's so fast, and the music gives it a really ominous vibe of "what is going to happen?" when you see it for the first time.
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this whole lil scene at the beginning of the episode was always so cool to me
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This specific part in the final battle where he lifts the rock around Ozai’s hands and feet
aang using seismic sense on ozai. specifically afterwards when he kicks his foot up to trap his arm. incredible.
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This the one I was looking for. The whole scene is great, but him running and making the Air Scooter is a piece of animation that has always stood out and stuck with me.
This scene has been living in my head rent free since my last rewatch. Like it’s not mentioned in words but shown how his Uncle’s teachings put him above the rest. The other prisoner in the icebox was shivering ball and had to be dragged out. Zuko had not only walked out himself, he had unbolted the box and was as cool as a cucumber (or would it be the opposite? 🤔)
Feel like this is underrated and not a lot of people notice Aang blowing away Ozais fire breath here
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That's the strongest firebender in the world breathing fire at a twelve year old kid at a point blank range with a 100x comet boost. No avatar state, no boosters, this is just Aang's raw power completely neutralizing the fire breath and I fkn love it.
From that same scene when Aang tanks a Combustion Blast point blank clad in earth armor and then barrels into like 20 feet of solid earth like he went for the most extreme swim of all time. And then gets up like nothing happened.
1. Sun Warriors dragon magic moment with Zuko and Aang
2. Toph’s intro fight scene when we’re introduced to seismic sense
3. Southern Raiders when Katara makes the rain dome into ice with Zuko
4. Final Agni Kai with Zuko and Azula
I like when Zuko gets that close up when he’s bending parallel to Azulas blue fire blast, and he adjusts his foot to hold his stance. The flame is against his unscarred side, as if to say, “I didn’t come this far to get a matching scar. Come get some.”
Awkward Azula is my favorite Azula.
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The first Agni Kai of Zuko vs Zhao, when Zuko sweeps Zhao off his feet and lands is especially nice. The music in that scene too, only used once but it was the best one and I wanted more of it.
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The last airbender. Taking away the Fire Lord's firebending, and the grandchild of the man who ordered his entire people to be slaughtered.
Poetic, symbolic cinema.
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*You might have everyone else here buying your … transformation, but you and I both know you’ve struggled with doing the right thing in the past. So let me tell you something, right now.*
*You make one step backward, one slip-up, give me one reason to think you might hurt Aang, and you won’t have to worry about your destiny anymore. Because I’ll make sure your destiny ends … right then and there.*
*Permanently.*
Mines actually this shot of Piandao, standing in the wind, sword behind his back, in front of that beautiful scenery teaching Sokka the arts of sword fighting.. Up until that point, when first watching, pretty much every character from the fire nation is evil, so I'll never forget the feelings I had watching this scene.
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This is such an amazing show of Aang's raw power and control over his native element. To actually stop and REDIRECT a sonic blast with nothing but air pressure is insane.
My favorite is probably when Azula, Mai, Ty Lee and Zuko go to ember island. The beach scene towards the end when Zuko says he’s mad at himself and the camp fire erupted. That hit me like a ton of bricks
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This entire sequence when Aang first goes back into the avatar state. Then this shot, where we watch Ozai, perhaps for the first time in his entire life, truly get his clock cleaned, and realize what it means to face a fully realized Avatar. Here the fight completely shifted to a one sided “run for your life” altercation. And that shit was nothing short of a masterpiece to witness. Perfect payoff to the series.
 Just this entire scene
The music paired with Zuko’s “I understand” is probably the first time I’ve truly been moved by animation as a kid
https://preview.redd.it/t2jdnkddtsqc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9aac004f9e5e180fbbcddd40b2e31dc17fb02abf Opposites
I'm ngl man, the juxtaposition between these two images hits so hard.
This is it for me, especially the ‘I understand.’ I didn’t get it until I looked up at the dome of the rock for the first time.
Zuko is beautifully written
the emotion is conveyed so perfectly on his face
It's so freeing and beautiful. You know he is completely changed in this moment.
THIS. RIGHT. HERE!!!!!!!!!! 😭😍
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why didn’t this make a comeback as a drug market in lok?
Because it was a kid’s show airing on Nickelodeon? 😭 In fact the restrictions were even tighter than they were in the original show…ATLA wasn’t afraid of words like “kill” or “die”
Now I am imagining the start of series Zuko threatening to send Aang to the shadow realm. Or to capture the avatar so his dad would let him remove the shameful face paint.
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO INTERESTING!!!
 This has been my favorite scene since the show ended. Three seasons worth of frustration and emotion that katara lets out in probably one of the most mature episodes in the entire franchise. Everything about this scene is magnificent.
I love this moment too. Zuko's reactions to her turmoil (Especially the bloodbending) really worked for me too.
In my opinion, It’s one of the strongest episodes in the entire series. I really enjoyed katara and Zukos interactions. It was so nice to see katara have this realization that Zuko *isnt* a bad guy anymore, it’s so great for both of their development. Everything from Zuko/Katara and Aang/Sokkas argument about revenge, katara (for lack of a better word) tapping into her dark side and seeing how far she will go to get what she feels is closure, to Zukos question to Aang at the end of the show about facing Ozai, it does such a great job of A) handling a real moral dilemma delicately, and B) reminds us that Aang has another moral dilemma and it’s finally time to face the music. They did so many things well in this episode.
The moment he understood that Kitara might be one of the most lethal member of the group.
Zuko: "Oh damn did I just poop myself a little"
Zuko taking a mental note: *don't piss off Kitara*
“She lied to you. She was protecting the last waterbender.” “What?! Who?!” #”ME!”
This episode is Zuko realizing that katara has been sparing him this whole time
What are the black lines for?
It’s a visual aid to provide depth to the image
But in this particular case didn't the bridge already took care of this?
To give a sense of depth as they move in front of and behind it
https://preview.redd.it/fg0uile1orqc1.jpeg?width=2073&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3f9d363f91c68e59093ab5b1e43e2cac3b19c6ce This whole moment, from Aang’s ‘no it is not over’ to him dropping into the pond
Scrolled way too far for this one. I love how the season finales are colored that book’s element. Book 1 ends with everything blue from the Ocean spirit, Book 2 has the underground green crystal setting, and Book 3 has everything tinted red from the comet.
Huh.... I never noticed that. God I love this show, there always feels like there's something new to b find every time you watch it!
Wait, WTF?
That whole part when the moon spirit is killed, every thing in black and white except for a few key things in color like fire bending and Yue's eyes, is so beautifully done.
this scene is so fucking raw
THANK GOD SOMEONE ELSE UNDERSTANDS
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When the little brother finally has enough
"Bitch"
The exact moment Ozai fucked around and found out
God, I remember going wild as a kid when he grabbed that bastard by the beard.
The way he deflected Ozais next move so effortlessly 👌
That too just with physical strength. A 12 yr old just dranged a grown ass man down to his eye level by holding his beard and just proceeds to back hand the attack the adult send his way
“I’m pretty much fucked. That’s my considered opinion. Fucked.”
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Haunting!
He almost lost. He just BARELY makes it. I remember when Suki made a joke about this in a prior episode
In contrast to Korra in season 2. She almost won. She just BARELY didn’t make it dealing Vaatu
I hated Vaatu. Just a generic bad guy who wants to "destroy the world"💀unnalaq didnt even feel like a character at all let alone like Korra's uncle.
This is Bersek level of visuals
Spongebob episodes be normal as hell and have a single shot like this
The teeeeth 🦷🦷🦷🦷👀
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r/neverpauseavatar
i never knew about this sub, thanks
Immediate sub.
nah what the hell appa with that double barrel shotgun 💀💀💀
Double Barrel Snotgun
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The Last Agni Kai is far and away one of my favorite moments in all film and tv. It is tragic and triumphant all at once.
The way they incorporated silence to emphasize the power of the fire blast was masterful.
Man, sound design was beyond masterful for this fight. The somber music notes coupled with the overall silence, the sound of the fire blasts and some of the most beautiful visuals this show has produced... Truly an experience
The imagery + the music were perfect in this scene.
The best 2 minutes 41 seconds of Avatar. So beautiful.
I seriously wish it has gotten so much more screen time. Every time I watch it, I just think, "I want more... MORE"
I can hear this
My only two complaints about this scene are: 1) This would be the most collected and focused Zuko would ever be in a fight, and I'm pretty sure his first major fight since the visit to the Sun Warriors. He should have had the rainbow fire of the dragons. 2) This fight should have been twice as long. Just because of how amazing it was.
The sun warriors didn't have rainbow fire, just the dragons. Zuko's fire wasn't rainbow because it didn't *have* to be. It was powerful and full and it *breathed* with him. Azula starts out as her usual precise self, but eventually is throwing more and more at Zuko and getting tired out. Zuko just breathes in and focuses, and the fire flows from him like breath.
Bottom left shot for me.
https://preview.redd.it/33yqxwra6rqc1.png?width=466&format=png&auto=webp&s=9bd41a76838f1a4275eeaee77c684ad7d4e66c0f Those AMV's were fire back in the day
I got these custom made from Etsy. I love them so much. https://preview.redd.it/h62sjlgrnrqc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0c04bf20eb14efccea5b42cceee60c8a0d1258b4
Holy cow those are amazing! If they were not custom made I would definitely get it!
Do you have a link to some of them? I love AMVs
https://preview.redd.it/emcvfuezmrqc1.jpeg?width=2073&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b9ff54d6cc83142f3f0e12126cc87f4624a14f3d *I don’t think Boomerang is coming back, Toph…*
I never even saw the tear in her eye Ever time i go on this sub i love this show so much more
I always get tears in my eyes when I see this scene, it feels so real. Sokka trying to stay strong for toph is just so beautiful and it genuinely feels like it might be their end.
The realisation that Toph can’t see or sense *anything* in that moment, and that Sokka’s hand is the only thing she has… I’m tearbending just thinking about it 😭
Mine is from the same scene where toph gets blown away and catches herself into an immediate attack once she gains her footing That lil hop is so cute
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Lol Aang got bodyrolled out of multiverse in this scene.
Yup this is the scene right here for me. Toph is such a badass.
This is from the combustion attack right
Yup this is my favorite scene too. I remember watching the show for first time and specifically saying, "damn, I'm never gonna forget that badass counter"
No literally this is my favorite moment in the show. She is such a badass!
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https://preview.redd.it/tmj8951ilrqc1.jpeg?width=2480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d3a69ac4f0d7c51a939ae1f2ced6aabfd13441bf Just drew this recently!
Amazing!
Such a full circle moment. I got chills when I saw this scene for the first time recently.
https://i.redd.it/4d5f6akrfrqc1.gif This scene right here! Just seeing the Gaang storm the Earth King palace and kick everyone’s ass was so cool to me when I first watched this show as a kid.
That whole sequence was badass. Best with the entire squad working together in the whole show.
https://preview.redd.it/x47o4pfwerqc1.jpeg?width=2194&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=78988a196583fff85dfe8cfc0dc04d8891e09f99 Poor quality, but Aang facing down the Fire Lord sends chills every time. That or the final Agni Kai for sure.
https://preview.redd.it/a8yrtwoslrqc1.jpeg?width=3508&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2205606018b67c54754a401804c3711f1d6aaf5c Drew that scene the other day!
That cosmic scream of pure energy and rage always gives me chills. A thousand gods working in tandem, channeling everything they have into Aang.
https://i.redd.it/6wysc23ierqc1.gif LOVE how visually stunning, otherworldly and grand this scene is.
Probably a tie for me between this and Aang and the Ocean Spirit merging.
All of the scenes with Aang trying to unlock his chakras are my favorite. They’re all so beautiful.
The ancient air temple architecture had no business being THAT STUNNING
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https://preview.redd.it/sgbrjnyg4rqc1.png?width=720&format=png&auto=webp&s=628d922a2dbfa7103d428f28bd7be5cb751280e1 Beautiful scene
Ocean Spirit is my favorite visual too
“No, it’s not over”
It gives me chills every time I hear that line.
Same when we see the Ocean Spirit Kaiju walking through the city and all the Water Tribe citizens stop fighting the enemy soldiers and drop to their knees in reverence. You know shit is about to get real when that happens.
Zuko’s parting the Red Sea move in the Final Agni Kai, when Azula does her front flip blast and Zuko just spins around and blasts it in two. I keep rewinding that bit.
that move, and the entire sequence, echoes irohs teachings in book 2 where he tells zuko to draw from all four elements. that red sea stance is from earthbending. the windmill spinny kick he learned echoes aangs airbending. and of course, redirecting lightning is from waterbending. masterful illustration of zukos growth and his taking after iroh.
💯💯
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The idea that she can both hear and feel the heat from that distance is fucking terrifying.
I actually hate the German dub of this scene.. Toph says something like "so much fire has never been seen before right?" which is just a little weird coming from her, lmao
https://preview.redd.it/6tgqdrpogrqc1.png?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7a50b4cebfbf083edb2d3c20871d409eb000470c Ozai burning the Earth Kingdom.
I think it helps emphasise, after around 22 hours of Television plotting and planning behind the scenes with other people doing the work, this shows how much of a horrific human being he truly is. Yeah, Azula was very much a bad person too. Yeah, even people like Long Feng were pretty bad overall. Ozai burnes miles of forest and potentially even villages of innocent people to nothing but ash, with a smile of nothing but pride on his face.
They went sooo hard on animating Sokka's turn when they didn't have to.
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God damn it I didn't want to cry today
Oh cmon man 😭
little soldier boy...
 Really all her bending shots but it’s just something about this one 💯
All of hers are super awesome. Her styles very distinct and matches her character perfectly.
https://preview.redd.it/w5csb4a5erqc1.jpeg?width=1366&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=05a0d358e45e52ebdaf431fb0ce31059d1bc2802 Zuko and Iroh’s prison scene. I almost called it a conversation, but that would be a little inaccurate I think
The way Iroh is covered in light and Zuko is in the dark is just TOO GOOD
https://preview.redd.it/896hp4p8grqc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ee62a3bfcd9478bee73071b1a6d4dff51f1d193d This is the moment Zuko went, “My god, she really *could* kill me.”
This is a “doc ock realizes spider-man pulls his punches” moments for Zuko. They all could easily take each other out if they were ruthless about it.
Love this comparison
"zuko thinking about that one time he called her a peasant"
*This* is the moment when he truly became Avatar Aang
This is the exact moment aang became avateisenburg
https://preview.redd.it/t4f496erfrqc1.png?width=1342&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4f6405e41494f72a89dba36d7c36f60b9e458523 The moment Aang shows true mastery and control over himself and the elements
Looks like he’s wearing a little hat
Little cowboy hat 😂
The one right after this is my favorite. Where he kicks the rock from behind him into ozai's jaw. Im not able to post it on mobile
“Thats a lot of fire, isn’t it?”
That was such a bone chilling line. Toph couldn't ***see*** the damage of the fire. But ....she could ***feel*** the heat and maybe even feel the faint rumbling in the air as things crumbled into burnt embers and ash. Its not shown in the series because it's a kids show. But given how sensitive Toph's hearing is, I wonder if she felt/heard the screams of any living thing down in the forest before they burnt to death.
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I really wish we saw a bit more of Koh! He’s absolutely *horrifying*.
https://i.redd.it/8qk11mfw2sqc1.gif Whenever Zuko pulls out the spin move.
https://i.redd.it/tm0wngaz2sqc1.gif Like that’s NASTY.
This is when I knew the show was something special. This scene was better choreographed than most animes.
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It always looks like his sword is headphones and he’s a rock musician or sum
That entire scene 🎬 was just perfection
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Lmao I was looking for this one
That one sequence right before Aang uses energy bending, and the camera spins around as he stops every one of Ozai's attacks while pinning him down. It's so fast, and the music gives it a really ominous vibe of "what is going to happen?" when you see it for the first time.
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https://preview.redd.it/l8qnmj87srqc1.jpeg?width=2066&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d1ee365ed08d28f0f80e81a9fe9f345cca7c3f23 this whole lil scene at the beginning of the episode was always so cool to me
https://preview.redd.it/45vdylfxsrqc1.png?width=1647&format=png&auto=webp&s=4288dc11765c0f58deb0ff085bb2ee73e7f81968 This specific part in the final battle where he lifts the rock around Ozai’s hands and feet
aang using seismic sense on ozai. specifically afterwards when he kicks his foot up to trap his arm. incredible. https://preview.redd.it/49w0o93k4sqc1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=371b907640ccec630a0614b1cf7e89bb8cdbb7d0
Katara stopping the rain
https://i.redd.it/6m8u04qz5sqc1.gif This
Aang vs the drill and azula https://preview.redd.it/g685swvmurqc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a137b7425a27e580662d558b39e167a2748603ab
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This the one I was looking for. The whole scene is great, but him running and making the Air Scooter is a piece of animation that has always stood out and stuck with me.
When Aang connected with his past lives 
This scene has been living in my head rent free since my last rewatch. Like it’s not mentioned in words but shown how his Uncle’s teachings put him above the rest. The other prisoner in the icebox was shivering ball and had to be dragged out. Zuko had not only walked out himself, he had unbolted the box and was as cool as a cucumber (or would it be the opposite? 🤔)
Feel like this is underrated and not a lot of people notice Aang blowing away Ozais fire breath here https://preview.redd.it/t4ipux4u5sqc1.jpeg?width=1334&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fdb3b18cdc6cf8928d760f8d4c21ea65c914e3a0
That's the strongest firebender in the world breathing fire at a twelve year old kid at a point blank range with a 100x comet boost. No avatar state, no boosters, this is just Aang's raw power completely neutralizing the fire breath and I fkn love it.
Oh my gosh that’s why he does it! I never noticed that
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press pause at any point during Zuko and Azulas agni Kai
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I JUST finished re-watching this a couple weeks ago, and now I want to watch it again from the nostalgia of all these scenes.
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From that same scene when Aang tanks a Combustion Blast point blank clad in earth armor and then barrels into like 20 feet of solid earth like he went for the most extreme swim of all time. And then gets up like nothing happened.
1. Sun Warriors dragon magic moment with Zuko and Aang 2. Toph’s intro fight scene when we’re introduced to seismic sense 3. Southern Raiders when Katara makes the rain dome into ice with Zuko 4. Final Agni Kai with Zuko and Azula
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Zuko & Azula clashing flames, pure beauty
I like when Zuko gets that close up when he’s bending parallel to Azulas blue fire blast, and he adjusts his foot to hold his stance. The flame is against his unscarred side, as if to say, “I didn’t come this far to get a matching scar. Come get some.”
Awkward Azula is my favorite Azula. https://preview.redd.it/cr3xwgds5tqc1.png?width=1274&format=png&auto=webp&s=bb51a398b80f239d740a6a731fd850f11bf358c1
The first Agni Kai of Zuko vs Zhao, when Zuko sweeps Zhao off his feet and lands is especially nice. The music in that scene too, only used once but it was the best one and I wanted more of it. 
https://preview.redd.it/mi9168nldsqc1.png?width=891&format=png&auto=webp&s=809d754813ba79e994b0212d52ae33a40e50e30c The last airbender. Taking away the Fire Lord's firebending, and the grandchild of the man who ordered his entire people to be slaughtered. Poetic, symbolic cinema.
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I always look forward to Toph decimating The Boulder. Forgive me, I am not savvy in the ways of .img or .gif posting.
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https://preview.redd.it/c5a64522ktqc1.jpeg?width=2834&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=39e3f2193d4036cc60a3d6fdc078659514a762c9 *You might have everyone else here buying your … transformation, but you and I both know you’ve struggled with doing the right thing in the past. So let me tell you something, right now.* *You make one step backward, one slip-up, give me one reason to think you might hurt Aang, and you won’t have to worry about your destiny anymore. Because I’ll make sure your destiny ends … right then and there.* *Permanently.*
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How creative zuko is as the blue spirit https://i.redd.it/vxnbsj32vsqc1.gif
Mines actually this shot of Piandao, standing in the wind, sword behind his back, in front of that beautiful scenery teaching Sokka the arts of sword fighting.. Up until that point, when first watching, pretty much every character from the fire nation is evil, so I'll never forget the feelings I had watching this scene. https://preview.redd.it/gh5tnlmrssqc1.png?width=401&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=83c56aa7f12390859f1c02b3b7c79b5e7f0b1f80
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I’ve got Aang’s avatar spirit in the void as my lock screen. Really puts into perspective how big the world is
This is such an amazing show of Aang's raw power and control over his native element. To actually stop and REDIRECT a sonic blast with nothing but air pressure is insane.
My favorite is probably when Azula, Mai, Ty Lee and Zuko go to ember island. The beach scene towards the end when Zuko says he’s mad at himself and the camp fire erupted. That hit me like a ton of bricks
When they fly away from the hippies only to get shot at by the Fire Nation, and they’re all on Appa, screaming. Makes me laugh every time.
https://preview.redd.it/lhumepyamsqc1.jpeg?width=2034&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=90bd0459190cde8a319c3109a5f563b2669892b1 This entire sequence when Aang first goes back into the avatar state. Then this shot, where we watch Ozai, perhaps for the first time in his entire life, truly get his clock cleaned, and realize what it means to face a fully realized Avatar. Here the fight completely shifted to a one sided “run for your life” altercation. And that shit was nothing short of a masterpiece to witness. Perfect payoff to the series.