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Avatar: The Last Airbender is an American animated series, created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. It is about Aang, a 12-year-old monk who is the Avatar - the only person capable of "bending" all four elements.

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Avatar: The Last Airbender is an American animated series, created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. It ran for 61 episodes on Nickelodeon, and won a number of awards for its high-quality production. The show combined the styles of anime and American cartoons. Due to this style, the series regularly enters the conversation regarding its consideration as an anime work.

The protagonist, Aang, is a 12-year-old monk who is the Avatar, the only person in the world capable of manipulating, or "bending", all four elements. Together with his comrades, they explore the various nations of the world and fight the evil Fire Lord Ozai.

In addition to the show, there was an awful movie adaptation by M. Night Shymalan (The Last Airbender), a non-awful sequel (The Legend of Korra), and several video games and comics.

For questions about James Cameron's Avatar (which is unrelated), head on over to Movies & TV - they have an [avatar] tag for that film.

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Things that boost different bender skills

We know that the moon boosts waterbenders and the sun and the comet boost firebenders. Are there other things that boost earthbenders and airbenders?
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Why is creating massive water spouts/flames/rock formations/gusts of wind a sign of mastery?

In Avatar: The Last Airbender, it is established that if you are a master you can generate huge amounts of your chosen element (or manipulate it if we are talking about water/earth benders). All the past avatars showed their skill by bending large…
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Why can Korra bend 3 elements from the beginning?

In the beginning of Avatar: The Legend of Korra, we see Korra, as a child, bending water, earth and fire, without training to do that. She was born in the Water Tribe, so isn't she supposed to know only how to bend water? Like Aang, who knew only…
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Why wasn't Hama still controlling Katara?

In the episode The Puppetmaster when Katara learns that Hama was responsible for the disappearance of people during a full moon Hama then goes to control Katara with Bloodbending. Short after forcing Katara to her knees she is able to get back up on…
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What are the other Animal Guides?

When Aang was in the Spirit World during the Winter Solstice he refereed to Roku's Dragon as Roku's Animal Guide like how Appa is to him. I am wondering what are the Animal Guides for the other Avatars? do each Elemental Tribe have a single animal…
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How do people survive battles in Legend of Korra?

In the show, we see tons of battles, most of which use bending. Earthbender can pick up rocks that probably weighty several hundred pounds, but we see people take these with no problem and keep stacking. Firebenders generate intense fire, so how is…
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Do airbenders rely on an external source to bend or is it all internal

What I mean by this is: take waterbenders for example--they need water to bend. This is an external source for their bending. An example of an internal source would be firebending, since it comes from their chi. So do airbenders rely on an external…
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Who is the Earth Bender in the OP?

In the opening of Avatar: The Last Airbender when we see Benders of each element we see that Air = Aang Fire = Azula Water = Pakku but i don't seem to recall who the Earth Bender is. they look too manly to be Toph and loo too young and sane to be…
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Why are there new airbenders in Avatar?

In the spin-off of Avatar: The Last Airbender, Avatar: The Legend of Korra, we learn in the second season that the bending is a gift from the Lion-turtles. However, during season 3, there are new airbenders due to Harmonic Convergence. Why then…
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How can fans be used to augment earthbending?

On Avatar Kyoshi's page on Avatar Wiki, it is stated that Avatar Kyoshi used a pair of fans to enhance her bending. Also from the Earthbending page, Earthbenders have been known to use hammers and fans to augment their bending. How can a pair…
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Is Aang also boosted by the comet?

If a Firebender gets boosted by the comet and Aang is also a Firebender, shouldn't his Firebender abilities also be stronger with the sun? And of course the same with the moon and his waterbender abilities.
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Where can I find the Avatar The Last Airbender: The Promise & The Search comics?

Where can I read The Promise trilogy and The Search trilogy? I've been looking everywhere since last year.
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What is Azula doing differently which causes her fire to be Blue?

When Azula does her firebending the flames are blue rather than red/orange that every other firebender has. we know that the fire is only blue when it''s came from her firebending as when she is fighting Aang and Zuko in that abandoned town (shortly…
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Why doesn't Korra bend the metal on Kuvira's uniform?

In the latest episode (S04E06, "The Battle of Zaofu") Korra fights Kuvira who wears the following uniform (from avatar.wikia.com) In the linked article it is also said that While leading her army, Kuvira took to wearing a uniform with metal …
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How were the lion turtles driven to near-extinction?

Towards the end of Avatar, we see a lion turtle grant Aang the ability to energy bend. He telepathically says that he's the last of his kind. So at first, I thought maybe there was some natural disaster that wiped them all out, and then Legend of…
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