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Aang
File:Aang and Momo-Fire Background.jpg
Voiced byZach Tyler Eisen
In-universe information
GenderMale
PositionProtagonist
NationalityAir Nomads (Southern Air Temple)

Aang is a fictional character and the main protagonist for Nickelodeon's animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender. The character was created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko and is voiced by Zach Tyler Eisen. Aang, being the central characer for the program, has appeared in every episode of the show, including the pilot episode that has never been aired.[1] In addition to the series, Aang has also appeared in a variety of other media, such as trading cards,[2] video games,[3][4] T-shirts,[5] and web comics.[6]

In the show, twelve-year-old Aang is the last surviving Airbender, a monk of the Air Nomads' Southern Air Temple, and a supercentenarian at the incarnation age of 112.[7] However, one century of his lifetime, which occurred before the events of the first episode in the show, was spent frozen is suspended animation, making his biological age only twelve. He is revealed in the second episode as the current incarnation of the Avatar, the spirit of the planet manifested in human form.[8][9] Aang, as the Avatar in the show, controls the elements and is tasked with keeping the Four Nations at peace.[10] The show follows Aang's journeys to complete this task, including many battles[11] and disputes[12] that he must settle either along or with others.

In the show, Aang has shown fun, yet very conservative and caring traditions. Most of these traits, such as vegetarianism,[13] are based off of Buddhism and Taoism tradition.[14] In addition, Aang is claimed to be the series' reluctant hero,[15] showing hesitation when joining new friends Katara and Sokka on a quest to master the elements and save their world from the war-hungry imperialist Fire Nation.[8] His fun, lighthearted personality has been accepted well amongst critics as well as the show's audience itself.[16] As it can probably be deducted, the creators intended Aang to mainly use his wits to defeat enemies and be a kind of trickster hero.[17]

Creation and conception

Aang's physical appearance was derived from a drawing created by director Bryan Konietzko. The sketch depicted a middle-aged bald man with an arrow on his head. Konietzko metamorphosized the character into a child shepherding bison in the sky. Meanwhile, director Michael Dante DiMartino was interested in a documentary about explorers trapped in the South Pole and the idea caused the pair to think:

There's an air guy along with these water people trapped in a snowy wasteland... and maybe some fire people are pressing down on them...

— Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko[18]

The plot the two suggested corresponds with the first and second episodes of the article, where the "water people" (Katara and Sokka) rescue the "air guy" (Aang) and are "trapped in a snowy wasteland" (the Southern Water Tribe) while "some fire people are pressing down on them" (Zuko).[7][9] Originally, the plot of the show fated Aang to be trapped in an iceberg for a thousand years, before waking to a world of new technology, to Momo his pet robot, and a dozen flying bison. However, they lost interest in the futuristic theme and they decided on 100 years of suspended animation, a flying lemur named Momo, and a flying bison named Appa.[18]

Many of the beliefs held by Aang's character in the show, such as his vegetarian diet and his respect for the planet, are derived from Buddhism and Taoism.[14] For instance, in the Brahmajala Sutra, a Buddhist code of ethics, vegetarianism is encouraged.[19] The martial arts Aang uses in the show follows an "internal" Chinese martial arts called Baguazhang, which focuses on centrifugal movements and usually does not have many finishing moves. These characteristics respectively represent the unpredicatbility of air and the peaceful nature of most Airbenders.[20]

Plot overview

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Newborn Aang

The show itself is currently divided into three seasons. The producers of the show have named each season as a "book", and have named each of these books after one of the four elements in the show.

Beginning

In certain episodes of the show, flashbacks are used to reveal certain events that happened before the first episode. In the episode "The Southern Air Temple", Aang and the other airbending children travel to the Eastern Air Temple to choose a flying bison partner. The one Aang chooses is named Appa, who will travel with Aang for most of the show. Later in the flashback, the elder monks hold a private meeting with Aang to reveal his identity as the Avatar. Monk Gyatso, Aang's mentor and father-figure, insists that Aang be raised as a regular child.[21] Nearing the end of the flashback, the monks began to believe that Gyatso interfered too much, so they decide to send Aang to the Eastern Air Temple.

However, the bond Aang's character had to Gyatso's made Aang refuse to be torn away from his mentor; he writes a note for Gyatso before flying away on his bison. While fleeing the temple, a violent storm catches Aang and plummets him into the ocean. Aang enters the Avatar State unknowingly for the first time, using waterbending and airbending to encase himself and Appa in a frozen air bubble resembling an iceberg, ending the flashback.

Book One: Water

After 100 years in the frozen air bubble, the show opens when Katara and her brother Sokka free Aang and Appa in the first episode of the show.[7] In the next episode, all four characters set off for the Northern Water Tribe to find a waterbending master to teach Katara, since her watebending skills only involved basic abilities.[9] In another episode, Aang meets his previous incarnation, Avatar Roku, informing him that he must master all four bending arts and defeat Fire Lord Ozai before the return of Sozin's Comet at the end of summer.[22]

Book Two: Earth

In the first episode of this season, Aang discovers that if he dies in the Avatar State, the Avatar cycle would be broken and the Avatar would cease to exist.[23] Later in the season, Aang meets Toph Bei Fong, a blind earthbending master, who becomes his earthbending teacher.[24] A couple of episodes later, Aang and his friends find out that a solar eclipse will occur before the arrival of Sozin's Comet, rendering the Firebenders powerless.[25] The group journeys towards Ba Sing Se to inform the Earth King about it.[26]

Nearing the end of the season, Aang travels to the Eastern Air Temple to train with Guru Pathik in mastering the Avatar State. He is unable to complete his training when he sees a vision of Katara in danger.[27] During the season finale, Aang is involved in a battle that takes place in the underground caverns of Ba Sing Se. Aang is nearly killed in this battle when Azula strikes him down with lightning. At the end of the episode, Katara escapes with Aang and successfully brings him back from near death using water from the Spirit Oasis.[11]

Book Three: Fire

In the first episode of the third season, Aang wakes up after spending several weeks in a coma, heavily bandaged with a scar on his back, and finds out the world believes he is dead. The series reveals that Aang is now unable to enter the Avatar State because Azula's lightning strike blocked his seventh chakra.[28] A couple of episodes later, the gang gains a new enemy while traveling, an assassin hired by Zuko, who firebends with his third eye.[29]

Despite the loss of the Earth King's army, Aang and his remaining allies attack the Fire Nation capital in the tenth and eleventh episode of the season, "The Day of Black Sun", but are thwarted by Azula.[28] After defeat, he retreats with his friends to the Western Air Temple.

In the following episode, Zuko offers to teach Aang firebending. Aang accepts, despite the group's reluctance to let their arch-nemesis join. Unfortunately, Zuko is unable to firebend properly, thus Aang and Zuko seek help from the Sun Warriors to discover the original way of firebending.[30]

Characteristics

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A close-up of Aang's face.

Michael Dante DiMartino, the show's co-creator, said:

We wanted Aang to solve problems and defeat enemies with his wits as well as his powerful abilities.

— Michael Dante DiMartino[17]

Aang's character possesses a deep respect for life and freedom, as evidenced by his vegetarianism[13] and his reluctance to fight.[31] In the show, Aang prides himself on a complex social network of friends extending over all four nations.[7]

Throughout most, if not all, of the show, Aang feels a heavy burden as Avatar. As the reluctant hero the show's creators made him to be,[15] Aang wishes he had been there to help his people a century ago, but would still rather live a child's carefree life.[32] Multiple times in the show, Aang demonstrates how much he cares for those close to him, even to the point of deceiving others to keep the group together. For example, in "Bato of the Water Tribe," Aang thought Katara and Sokka might leave to visit their father, so Aang hid the map showing his whereabouts and lied about having it in the first place.[33]

Reception

In the show's intended demographics, Aang has been received exceptionally well. One reviewer states, "Aang seems to be the lighthearted kid that you can easily familiarize yourself with," and that he "seems to bring comfort in the most dangerous or hostile situations."[16] There are many similar descriptions about Aang as a child-like character who is "reckless and excitable",[34] thus allowing viewers to relate to him easily. In addition, reviews also point out that "as the Avatar, Aang seems unstoppable, but as Aang, he is just another Airbender"; the review implies that the show continues to focus on a more realistic character instead of a perfect one, revealing many character flaws without many physical flaws.[35]

Avatar abilities

Bending talents

The Avatars (from right to left): Aang, Roku, Kyoshi, Kuruk, Yangchen, and others

Aang, as the series' reincarnated Avatar, possesses the ability to bend all four elements. Since the primary martial arts he uses in the show is Baguazhang, which is associated with Airbending in the show, he is a master airbender; in some episodes, he has demonstrated the ability to fly by manipulating the air with his own technique, the Air Scooter, though he this technique to easier methods that are, in turn, seen more commonly in the show, such as riding his hang glider or riding on Appa. Even though the show's creators made him naturally gifted in the bending arts, as demonstrated in the ninth episode of the first season, "The Waterbending Scroll",[36] Aang's lack of focus has allowed Katara to surpass him in water manipulating skills; as a result she taught Aang Waterbending throughout some of the second season. In the same season, Aang had difficulty learning earthbending's offensive techniques from Toph in Bitter Work, preferring his habitual evasive maneuvers.[37]

In the first season, Aang had little skill with fire, having received a rudimentary object lesson in breath control and firebending. After burning Katara in that episode, he vowed to never firebend again. In "The Western Air Temple", Zuko joins the group and offers to teach him firebending. In the beginning of the episode, Aang rejected him, but when he realized that Zuko understood that he needed control over his bending, Aang accepted him as his teacher. After two dragons teach Aang the meaning of Firebending in the episode "The Firebending Masters", Aang is able to shoot out a large blast of fire with no apparent effort.[30]

In "The Deserter", Jeong Jeong says that to master firebending, Aang, as the Avatar, will need to first master the other bending arts in their natural order (air, water, earth, and fire), implying that the disciplines of one bending art will support the disciplines of the next bending art in order ('evade and avoid', 'redirect and turn against the opponent', 'standing one's ground and enduring', and 'pre-emptive first strike'). In Bitter Work, Iroh comments:

It is important to draw wisdom from many different places. If we take it from only one place, it becomes rigid and stale. Understanding others, the other elements, and the other nations will help you become whole...It is the combination of the four elements in one person that makes the Avatar so powerful.

— Iroh[37]

Avatar spirit

Throughout the show, Aang often received advice and guidance from Avatar Roku, the previous incarnation. Roku has guided Aang several times, appearing to Jeong Jeong to persuade him to teach Aang in the episode "The Deserter",[38] offering critical wisdom in the ways of the spirit world during "The Siege of the North",[39] and most importantly, revealing to Aang the nature of the Avatar State in "The Avatar State".[23] After receiving a letter from Guru Pathik in "The Earth King",[40] In "The Guru", Aang journeyed to the Eastern Air Temple to learn to control the Avatar State. In the same episode, Guru Pathik reveals that the secret of entering, controlling, and leaving the Avatar State by free will lay in the 'releasing' of seven chakras. Aang struggled with the seventh chakra during the whole episode; the chakra dealt with earthly attachments, namely, his love for Katara. Guru Pathik stated that Aang's refusal to let Katara go has 'locked the final chakra,' disallowing him to enter the Avatar State.[27] However, in "The Crossroads of Destiny", Aang attempts to open the seventh chakra and enter the Avatar State after the realization that he cannot win the fight against Zuko, Azula and the Dai Li. Once again, Aang was unsuccessful to achieve the mastery when Azula attacked him from behind, disrupting the process. From that point on, Aang has no longer been able to access the Avatar State.[41]

Spirit world

There have been multiple times in the series when Aang has ventured into the Spirit World. The first occurrence of this crossing-over was in "The Spirit World (Winter Solstice, Part 1)", the seventh episode of the series. In the episode, a creature is continuously destroying a village since the Fire Nation had burned the forest adjacent to the village. Accidentally, Aang is led into the Spirit World where he talks with the spirit inside the creature and convinces it to leave the village alone.[31] The next visit occurred in the second part of the season finale for Book 1. In this episode, Aang visits the Spirit World to find out where the moon and ocean spirits have hidden, only because he wanted to ask for their help in the imminent Fire Nation attack.[39]

Appearances in other media

Aang's character has appeared in the Avatar: The Last Airbender Trading Card Game on a multitude of cards.[2] He also appeared in the Avatar: The Last Airbender video game, released for various consoles, as one of the four playable characters in each game. The second installment is called Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Burning Earth.[3] In addition, Avatar T-shirts, some with Aang appearing on them, are being sold through the Nickelodeon Shop website.[5] Tokyopop has published a Films comic (sometimes referred to as cine-manga), which Aang, being the main character of the show, appears in repeatedly.[6]

Escape from the Spirit World

Escape from the Spirit World is an online video game that can be found on Nickelodeon's official website. The game includes certain plot changes that are not shown in the show, with the show's directors Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko claiming the events are part of canon.[4][42]

In the game, Aang spoke with past Avatars in an effort to heal the Avatar Spirit. He met Avatar Roku, Avatar Kyoshi, Avatar Kuruk, and Avatar Yangchen. In the first chapter, Aang met with Roku; Roku then discussed with Aang about how he had trouble with the Avatar State also, and had caused great destruction trying to master it.[4][42] Next, Aang meets with Avatar Kyoshi, who tells Aang that she had created the Dai Li, which Aang would have a lot of trouble with in the second season of the show.[40] In the third chapter, Aang meets Avatar Kuruk, who tells a story about how he is searching for his wife, whom Koh the Face Stealer had taken in vengeance for Kuruk's conceited personality.[4][42] This reveals certain mysteries from when Aang himself went to the Spirit World to talk to Koh and saw the face of a young girl.[39] Finally, Aang speaks with Avatar Yangchen, who summarizes the lesson that Aang should have learned from speaking with the other Avatars. As the game concludes, Avatar Yangchen tells Aang that he will remember none of what had happened when he awakes.[4][42]

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