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| “ | I wasn't there when the Fire Nation attacked my people. I'm gonna make a difference this time. | „ |
| ~ Aang. |
| “ | I think you are supposed to be my firebending teacher. When I first tried to learn firebending, I burned Katara, and after that, I never wanted to firebend again. But now I know you understand how easy it is to hurt the people you love. I'd like you to teach me. | „ |
| ~ Aang forgiving Zuko |
Avatar Aang, reputed as the Last Airbender, is the titular main protagonist of Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender franchise.
He spent most of the series spending time with his friends and trying to master the four elements as part of his Avatar duties, while evading or fending off the pursuing Fire Nation inhabitants such as Zuko, Zhao, Azula and Ozai, who are bent on having him captured.
He is voiced by Zach Tyler Eisen during Avatar: The Last Airbender and D.B. Sweeney during The Legend of Korra who also voiced Aladar in Dinosaur and Sitka in Brother Bear.
What Makes Him Pure Good?[]
Book One: Water[]
- Holds a pacifistic nature and values all life equally, only using defensive or non-lethal attacks when forced to fight and preferring to find other methods besides combat to settle disputes.
- Though Aang ran away from home and got himself trapped in an iceberg for a century, he expressed great remorse at abandoning his duty and seeing what the world became in his absence, vowing to change it for the better. His reasonings for not wanting to be the Avatar were understandable given how young he was and not feeling the urge to go out in war that conflicts with the nature of his character.
- Despite Sokka showing skepticism and hostility against him after he was being freed from the iceberg, he is still acting nice and friendly to him.
- When he was banished from the Southern Water Tribe after he accidentally activate a Fire Nation trap in a shipwreck, he agreed to leave the village on their behalf and convinced Katara not to go with him so she could stay with them. He also never shows anger or sadness, or blaming them over this.
- Initially surrendered himself to Zuko and his navy so that they don't raze the Southern Water Tribe.
- Everytime he encountered with Zuko and when the Fire Nation prince shows hostility and antagonism towards him, he wasn't bothered by this kind of attitude and instead tried to act friendly towards him.
- Though he became angered and distressed which caused him to turned into the Avatar State, it's because he became saddened after finding out that the Fire Nation has attacked the Southern Air Temple which caused the deaths of Gyatso and the other monks lived there. After he regained his conciousness when Katara comforted him, he later apologized to her and Sokka for his breakdown.
- Saved Kyoshi Island from being destroyed by Zuko and his soldiers and made the Unagi sit water at the island to douse the fire created in the conflict.
- Apologized to Katara for letting his obsession over the villagers' attention gets the best of it which they made up.
- Accepted Bumi's challenges to save Katara and Sokka as soon as possible. He didn't know they were not in any real danger at the time.
- Helped Katara infiltrate the prison rig for the earthbenders so that they can be rescued. He was also the one to suggest using coal from the furnaces to help them out of the prison.
- Stops Hei Bai from attacking the Senlin Village and saved Sokka from the spirit, therefore calming it down and redeeming it in the process. This would eventually leave an impact on it, and would become one of Aang's allies from the spirit world.
- Forgives Katara for snapping at him out of jealousy over his bending talent and later saved Katara from being held hostage by Zuko and the pirates.
- Tried to stop Jet from destroying the occupied Fire Nation village Gaipan, alongside Katara. He also refused to fight Jet in order to get his glider back.
- Told a false story about the history of two clans that hated one another, not for the sake of deceit or manipulation, but so their excessive bitterness, up to willingness to take up arms against one another, would permanently cease.
- He and Katara went to save Sokka and the old fisherman during the storm despite the latter being furious at him before.
- After learning Zuko rescued Aang from Zhao, instead of leaving him there to be captured, Aang decided to return the favor and helped Zuko to safety. After saving him, Aang talked to Zuko and explained about his past friendship with Kuzon, wondering if things could be different between them and actually offering him friendship. Though Zuko initially refused, his words would carry an impact to Zuko, who'd remember them when attempting to join Team Avatar.
- After Meng realized he's in love with Katara, he assured her that she would meet a great man who'll be falling in love with her someday and thanking her for handing him Aunt Wu's cloud reading book to stop the volcano.
- Helped to stop a volcano from destroying the Makapu Village, diverting it away using his airbending at the correct moment.
- While he initially hid the location of Hakoda from Katara and Sokka out of fear of being abandoned by them, he eventually realized his mistake and gave them the scroll with his location, accepting their anger and preparing to leave alone. Despite this, he later went to save Katara and Sokka from Zuko and Iroh helped by June and her pet Nyla.
- While initially impulsive and slightly disrespectful when learning firebending from Jeong Jeong, he later tries to be more patient with his teaching methods, and is horrified when he accidentally burns Katara. He became remorseful over his actions and vowed to never firebend again out of fear (though he later changed his mind at Book Three: Fire).
- Went to save Jeong Jeong from Admiral Zhao and his army. Despite mocking and taunting Zhao during their fight, he only tricked him into burning his entire fleet to defeat him by using Jeong Jeong's lesson he learned before.
- Allowed the Earth Kingdom refugees to stay at the Northern Air Temple, despite him initially being furious at them for unknowingly defacing the Temple.
- Despite discovering the mechanist has been building weapons for the Fire Nation, he later forgives him and help him stop the Fire Nation from destroying the Northern Air Temple.
- He initially refused to learn waterbending from Pakku when Katara would not be mentored, only reluctantly agreeing to be trained under him when convinced by Katara. He then tried to help Katara by teaching her what he’d learned from Pakku. After Katara challenged Pakku for a fight, he tried to convinced her she didn't have to do this and assured he could find another teacher.
- Refused to leave Zuko to die at the North Pole when he is rescued by his friends despite capturing him while he's in the Spirit World. This would ultimately be the right thing to do, as Iroh mentioned the moment to convinced Zuko to give up on hunting down and capturing the Avatar, which Zuko would later on redeem himself and become Aang's firebending teacher.
- He defended the Northern Water Tribe from the Fire Nation navy, immobilizing more than a dozen ships instead of destroying them to prevent any deaths.
- While he did kill some Fire Nation soldiers including Zhao, this was under the Avatar State and the fusion with the Water Spirit. Furthermore, this was the only way for the Fire Nation to retreat and keep the Northern Water Tribe safe. He also had no real intention to kill as he was more under the influence of the Ocean Spirit.
- It's also later revealed in Legend of Korra that Zhao was not actually killed, but rather, banished to the Spirit Realm.
Book Two: Earth[]
- After seeing the lives that were being lost in the war by General Fong, he attempted to follow his suggestion of fighting the Fire Lord with the Avatar state and without having learned the other elements despite knowing the risks and the trauma of entering the Avatar state in order to put an end to the war and the people that were dying, though Fong's excessive methods to have Aang enter the Avatar state caused him to abandon this method and return to their original plan.
- He and Katara worked together to escape from the Cave of Two Lovers, even if it means kissing together.
- Help the Earth Kingdom resistance group escape from the Fire Nation by claiming they were developing a serious illness called "pentapox".
- Attempted to save King Bumi from Azula and then agreed to leave him alone after listening to Bumi's guidance.
- Aang returned Tom-Tom to his parents, who are of the Fire Nation and had to do so secretly.
- Save Appa and Momo from being captured by Tho and Due.
- He saved Chin Village from being taken over by the Rough Rhinos, even though they attempted to sentence him to death by placing him in boiling oil.
- While he fought with Toph and defeated her in the ring, it was never his true intention to be her rival, let alone defeat her in a fight, all he wanted was to have her as his earthbending teacher.
- He attempted to peacefully ask Toph to be his earthbending teacher and encouraged her to live a free life with Team Avatar, which later succeeds after she saved him from Xin Fu and the earthbenders.
- Though Aang did yell at Toph when she said Appa's shedding fur left a trail that allowed Azula to keep finding them, this was mainly due to the stress of not sleeping and their situation, and he immediately felt remorse for his harsh words.
- He and his friends attempt to help Zuko and Iroh after the latter was injured by Azula, but agreed to leave him alone after he angrily rejects them.
- Despite Toph being harsh while teaching him earthbending, he never shows anger or resentment towards her for this.
- Saved Sokka from a mother Saber-toothed Moose Lion.
- While he was in Wan Shi Tong's library, Aang was uncomfortable of abusing the spirit's trust and tried to warn Sokka of the dangers of doing so. His concerns were proven right as Wan Shi Tong buried his library back into the Spirit World upon realizing their deceit as well as tried to keep them trapped; Wan Shi Tong would still be bitter towards Aang, and by extension his friends, decades later, leading him to sell Jinora out to Unalaq when learning she was Aang's granddaughter and affiliated with his successor, Korra.
- He learned from his mistakes he had made and overcame his flaws. When Appa was captured, Aang went through an extremely difficult time coping with the situation, with an episode "The Desert" where he was at his worst when he blamed Toph for Appa's disappearance, viciously attacked the sandbenders and conjured a sandstorm in the Avatar State when he found out that they took Appa from him and traded him to the Fire Nation circus, and only calmed down and reduced to tears when Katara hugged him. After the incident, he felt very remorseful over his actions. Despite this, the sight of a newborn baby gave him new found hope, which contributed to him reverting to his old self while becoming more mature than he was before.
- Escort both married couple Than and Ying to Ba Sing Se by taking the Serpent's Pass for them to cross.
- Stopped the Fire Nation's Drill from destroying Ba Sing Se's walls.
- Attempt to warn Earth King Kuei about the Hundred Year War and later confronted Long Feng for keeping it from the rest of Ba Sing Se.
- He created a new sanctuary for a group of zoo animals in Ba Sing Se.
- Despite everything Jet has done to him and his friends, he agreed to let him help them search for Appa.
- When Long Feng controlled Jet to fight him, he refused to hurt him and managed to snap him from the Grand Secretariat's brainwashing.
- He and the rest of the gang expose Long Feng’s conspiracy and corruption to the Earth King, stopping him from brainwashing the citizens.
- He refused to sacrifice his love for Katara to master the Avatar state, immediately returning to Ba Sing Se when he sensed she was in trouble.
- He reluctantly chose to abandon his earthly attachments in order to master the Avatar state and protect his friends.
- Despite being skeptical of Zuko, he agreed to help Iroh to save him from Azula.
Book Three: Fire[]
- Wanted to reveal himself as the Avatar so that the world doesn't fall into despair thinking that the Avatar has died again.
- He feels incredible guilt over having failed to master the Avatar state and nearly dying in Ba Sing Se.
- When an envious self-proclaimed boyfriend picked a fight with him while enrolled in Fire Nation school, he peacefully won by exclusively dodging and did not feel ill will when he was blamed for said boyfriend "crying," which earned Aang a warning from the school.
- Aang decided to host a secret dance party for the students at his school, teaching them all to be more expressive and enjoy themselves.
- After learning that Katara disguised herself as the Painted Lady, he agreed to keep it as a secret.
- Help Katara destroy the Fire Nation army factory so the Jang Hui river wouldn't be polluted anymore.
- Help Katara save the village of Jang Hui from General Mung and his soldiers.
- Comforted Sokka when he felt left out because he's the only one without any bending abilities and takes him to the weapons shop to cheer him up. After discovering the sword is made by swordmaster Piandao, he suggests Sokka to study swordsmanship with him, which he became more skilled in fighting later on.
- Aang believed that there is a trace of good in the people of the Fire Nation after learning of Avatar Roku's rough past with his former friend Fire Lord Sozin.
- Went to rescue many villagers from being imprisoned at the mountain prison by Hama.
- Though he freaks out about having to face the Fire Lord due to almost time for invasion, he later calms down with the support of his friends.
- Went to invade the Fire Nation to face Ozai along with Sokka and Toph. After the invasion failed and ruined by Azula, he comforted Sokka over his regret of getting provoked by her mentioning about Suki.
- Though he became initially doubtful of whether he should allowed him to join or not, he later accepted Zuko as his firebending teacher after Zuko saved Team Avatar from Combustion Man.
- Was deemed worthy by the firebending masters, Ran and Shao, to learn the true essence of firebending. He also decided to keep the secret of the Sun Warriors, alongside Zuko, so that the dragons won't be hunted again.
- When Katara goes to get revenge on her mother's killer, he attempts to talk her out of it. Even when learning she still intends to get revenge, he doesn't stop her or try to force her to do what he believes is right, allowing her to take Appa so she could face her mother's killer, something which Katara is grateful for.
- Aang taught Katara about forgiving the people who wronged her, including the person who killed her mother. While she spares her mother's killer, she doesn't forgive him, but she does at least forgive Zuko for all the trouble he put them through and established a friendship.
- Aang was extremely reluctant and unwilling to murder Ozai despite acknowledging him as a terrible person, still viewing him as a human, even refusing to kill a scarecrow imitating him in a simulated fight.
- Politely refused all the previous Avatars as they suggested that the only solution available is to kill Ozai before he burns down the Earth Kingdom.
- He was even horrified that the previous avatars were right and that he had to kill Ozai. However, that wouldn't be the cause as he found another way to defeat Ozai.
- As Ozai and his fleet and airships approach the borders of the Earth Kingdom, Aang tells Momo to leave the area as to prevent him from being seriously hurt or even killed by Ozai during the battle, to keep him safe which Momo does so.
- Before fighting, Aang offered Ozai the chance to end things peacefully and stop his plans for world domination.
- Even before preparing to deal the finishing blow and end Ozai's life, Aang is unable to do the deed and stops at the last second despite the fact that Ozai tried to kill him multiple times.
- Aang showed much reluctance to murder his enemies, including Ozai, and sought a better way to defeat him and ensure he doesn't cause any more harm and destruction, and he did so through energy-bending, which deprives Ozai of his firebending power and had him imprisoned.
- Aang conjured a water deluge to stop Ozai's fire burning through some of the Earth Kingdom.
- Aang defeated Ozai, ending the tyrannical reign of the Fire Nation and replacing it with a new era of peace when Zuko was then promoted to Fire Lord after defeating Azula.
Sequel comics[]
- He helped various people, from citizens to spirits. Initially mistrustful of Azula, Aang agreed to help find Ursa after Iroh said finding their long-lost mother could help heal Zuko and Azula emotionally. He tried to be friendly towards Azula, even though the princess had tried to kill him several times (and once temporarily succeeded).
- He later started building The United Republic of Nations, a society where benders and non-benders can live together.
- Refused to consider killing Zuko when the latter hesitated in the Harmony Restoration Movement.
- Agreed to Zuko's solution regarding the older Fire Nation colonies to maintain peace and unity between Fire Nation and the Earth Kingdom.
Before The Legend of Korra[]
- He offered to help Toph and the rest of the police to catch Yakone due to concerns about him bloodbending.
- He took Yakone's waterbending away so he won't use it to bloodbend another person again. He didn't feel great doing it, but he knew what had to be done.
- While rebuilding the Air Nation, Aang trained his only airbending son Tenzin to become a great airbender and teacher.
- He loved all three of his children, Bumi, Kya and Tenzin, equally, but due to his responsibilities as the last airbender and as the Avatar, he spent more time with Tenzin in order to pass down the Air Nomads culture; according to Tenzin, who personally acknowledges his father's faults, he died in regret for not spending more time with Bumi and Kya. He also wanted his children to rebuild the Air Nation together rather than Tenzin doing it all by himself, showing he was deeply aware of his flaws as a parent and did not want his children to repeat his mistakes. Despite his favoritism of Tenzin, he was supportive towards Kya being lesbian, as the Air Nomads were open-minded and accepting of one another's sexuality.
The Legend of Korra[]
- He guided his successor Korra to become the Avatar. He tried to warn her about Amon being the son of Yakone, but she only got clues. After she defeated Amon, Aang appeared to her and restored her bending to the other elements and giving her energybending as well.
- He helped Tenzin through the Fog of Lost Souls, encouraging him to be himself instead of someone he's not (aka trying to be Aang). This allowed Tenzin to finally awaken his spiritual side and save Jinora, Bumi, and Kya as well as later on encourage Korra who was despondent after Unalaq and Vaatu destroyed Raava and thus the Avatar Cycle.
Trivia[]
- Aang is the icon of the Pure Good Wiki.
- Aang and Wan are the only Avatars to be Pure Good.
- Aang and Suki are the only members of the old Team Avatar to be Pure Good, As Sokka and Katara are Near Pure Good, Zuko and Toph are Inconsistently Admirable and Appa and Momo are Heroic Benchmarks.
- Despite what the show states, Aang has been lethal a few occasions in the original series outside the Avatar state.
- During the Fire Nation's attack on the Northern Air Temple, Aang utilized his airbending to cause an avalanche on the mountain, which smothered several Fire Nation guards.
- Aang also, rather infamously, seemingly killed a desert buzzard wasp who had captured Momo using an air blade, doing so after the latter had let go of the lemur and was far away and no longer a threat.
- It's worth noting, however, that these two instances hardly disqualify him for being Pure Good as it's unconfirmed whether or not the Fire Nation soldiers died in the avalanche given the nature of the show (though the chances of their survival are quite slim). It's also left ambiguous whether or not the buzzard wasp actually died or was simply knocked down of the sky by Aang. Even so, it could be argued that Aang was not acting rationally for most of that episode due to being grief-striken by Appa's capture, thus becoming the worst version of himself.
- Aang, Tenzin and Jinora are the only Airbenders to be Pure Good. Ironically, all of them are related as Aang is Tenzin’s father and Jinora’s grandfather.
- It's currently unknown if his Netflix counterpart qualifies or not.
External Links[]
- Aang on the Avatar Wiki
- Aang on the Heroes Wiki
- Aang on the Nickelodeon Wiki
- Aang on the Love Exalted Wiki
- Aang on the Shonen Heroes Wiki
- Aang on the Shojo Heroes Wiki
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