As they do so, the gang meet Jet again, although he does not behave as they would expect. Almost at the point of true enlightenment, Aang sees a vision of impending danger for Katara and retreats from disattachment, instantly deciding to return to her and protect her at all costs, even though Guru Pathik warns that this may leave Aang's final chakra inaccessible, compromising his ability to safely and reliably access the Avatar State at all. Archived from on September 13, 2012. Meanwhile, Zuko and Iroh, assuming identities as Earth Kingdom refugees, are also on their way to start a new life in the Earth Kingdom capital, and encounter Jet and some of the Freedom Fighters, with whom Zuko starts to bond. Can Zuko and Iroh keep their cover? Meanwhile, due to their actions at the North Pole, and are declared enemies of the Fire Nation and desert their country, becoming fugitives in the Earth Kingdom.
The Fire Nation Governor's infant son Tom-Tom accidentally leaves with the citizens. The kids soon realize that the Dai Li are doing their best to thwart the kids efforts to find Appa. The group travels deep into a massive and forbidding desert and eventually locate an entrance to the library, but Toph, who is unnerved by sand because it partially disrupts her ability to sense her surroundings with her bending, refuses to descend with the others and stays outside with. Deciding on another approach, Iroh shares with Zuko his belief that wisdom comes from many sources, and he describes the relative strengths of each of the four elements, and the nations associated with them, and advises that understanding the other elements and other ways of life makes one whole. However, things are not what they seem. Archived from on December 27, 2012.
Can Aang learn earthbending or did the world get an avatar who cannot master the four elements? They are attacked by a giant sea serpent, but ward it off and make it past. Aang takes some of Appa's fur to act as a decoy to lure their pursuers away, but he is cornered by. Toph blames Appa for the chase and the group realize that she is correct: they are being tracked because Appa is shedding. The villagers blame Avatar Kyoshi, one of Aang's previous incarnations in the avatar cycle of reincarnation, for killing their leader, Chin the Great. She has Zuko imprisoned, whereupon he meets Katara for the first time outside of his attempts to capture Aang, and the two discover they share a lot in common.
After seeing her unique style of earthbending, Aang wants Toph to become his teacher, but they find out Toph has hardships of her own. Archived from on December 30, 2012. At the air temple, Aang slowly unlocks all chakras but for the seventh and last, which requires giving up all earthly attachments, the most significant of which is now his deep affections for Katara. He explains that all beings are connected, as the swamp is , and the visions are of people they have met or will meet. However, with encouragement from his uncle, Zuko decides to free the sky-bison and give up the Blue Spirit alter-ego forever. Finally he recalls his mother's last words and the announcement that his grandfather died and his mother has suddenly disappeared.
The move functions as some sort of message to his opponent, who then helps protect Iroh and Zuko from a Fire Nation search. Upon hearing that Appa was muzzled, Aang becomes so angry and upset that he enters the Avatar State, almost wiping out the sandbenders, but is eventually calmed by Katara. Can Aang locate his friend Bumi or will Azula succeed in capturing the avatar? Meanwhile, Uncle Iroh is offered his own tea shop in the upper ring, and Zuko discovers the Avatar is in the city. Meanwhile Iroh gets a lethal rash so Zuko and Iroh head to a small Earth Kingdom town for help, hoping their real identities will not be discovered. Elsewhere, Iroh reveals a mysterious association with some form of secret society when he uses a White Lotus tile as an opening in a match of Pai Sho, his favorite game. After being abducted, Appa is traded to circus run by Fire Nation citizens where the circus trainer whips, humiliates, and generally mistreats him, though the Sky Bison eventually escapes with the help of a small boy.
At the end of each season, a box set was released, containing all of the episodes from the season. . On June 14, 2010, the unaired pilot was made available with and without commentary for the first time via the. Most of the individual episodes were directed by , and. In the Netherlands, all episodes came out in a box.
They are to be escorted to Omashu, where Aang intends to find King Bumi to teach him earthbending. Meanwhile , disgusted with having to live as a beggar, dons the mask of the Blue Spirit once again. Archived from on October 17, 2008. Elsewhere, Jet repeatedly tries and fails to gather evidence that Zuko and Iroh are firebenders, and his allies in the Freedom Fighters begin to believe he is losing his steel. Not everyone can bend an element, and those that can can only bend one.
Elsewhere, Azula and her cohorts infiltrate the city, disguised as the Kyoshi Warriors. His last attempt, challenging Zuko to a sword fight, ends in his own arrest and being brainwashed by the Dai Li into believing there is no war in the city. Aang recalls the events that led to Chin the Great's death; a conqueror, he was confronted by Avatar Kyoshi and died from a fall when he refused to back away from a chasm Kyoshi formed to protect a people he had been trying to subjugate. Their torch burns out, plunging them in darkness thus revealing glowing lights in the ceiling, allowing the group to escape and make it to Omashu, which they discover has come under control of the Fire Nation. The Avatar, trapped in ice for 100 years, knows nothing of the war. At an oasis, the group encounters a professor who tells them about a hidden Spirit Library in the desert. Iroh then teaches Zuko the art of redirecting lightning, a firebending technique he created himself by studying waterbenders.
Toph has been captured and is being brought back to her parents, and Azula has infiltrated the city and is planning on finally conquering Ba Sing Se for the Fire Nation. Eleswhere, Zuko struggles with a similar dilemma as Iroh tries to teach him lightning-bending, an advanced form of firebending; Zuko's anger keeps him from having the cold precision lightning bending requires, and he is accutely aware it is a skill both his father and sister have mastered. Meanwhile, Zuko is going through a horrible sickness. After many failed attempts, General Fong finally succeeds in triggering the Avatar State by faking 's death. In the episode, Sokka and his sister Kya Katara was named Kya at the time of the pilot must travel the world to find masters for Aang, who is the Avatar; however, they must evade a critical foe, Prince Zuko of the Fire Nation, who wants to capture Aang. The series takes place 100 years after the Fire Nation declares war against all other nations and has killed off all airbenders in search of finding the Avatar, who has been reincarnated as an airbender named Aang. Archived from on September 3, 2012.
After finding important information concerning the war with the , ends up kidnapped. Sokka gets himself in a jam while befriending what was, moments before, his next meal, and Iroh and Zuko begin training utilizing new philosophies and methods that originate from the other elements. The library is guarded by the knowledge spirit, Wan Shi Tong, who doesn't welcome humans into his library, because he believes they only seek information for evil purposes. Song, a young and compassionate healer, shows Zuko the effects of war from a normal citizen's perspective. Meanwhile, wishes to recruit Zuko for his Freedom Fighters, but then learns that Zuko and Iroh are firebenders after deducing that Iroh used firebending to warm up a lukewarm cup of tea. Episode list for an animated series is an animated television series created by and. The season was created and produced by and , and starred , , , Jessie Flower, , , and as the main character voices.