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Aang
Avatar: The Last Airbender / The Legend of Korra character
First appearance
"The Boy in the Iceberg"
Last appearance
"Remembrances" (flashback)
Created by
Michael Dante DiMartino
Bryan Konietzko
Portrayed by
Noah Ringer (The Last Airbender)
Voiced by
Zach Tyler Eisen (original series)
Mitchel Musso (Unaired Pilot)
Ben Helms (Nicktoons MLB)
D. B. Sweeney (The Legend of Korra)
Information
Nickname(s)
Bonzu Pipinpadaloxicopolis the Third
"Twinkletoes"
Aliases
Butopak aang
Species
Human (Spiritually linked with Raava/the Avatar Spirit)
Gender
Male
Occupation
Avatar
Mediator of balance, peace, order and reconciliation
Title
The Avatar
Avatar Aang
Family
Gyatso (guardian)
Spouse(s)
Katara
Significant other(s)
Soulmate:
Appa (animal guide)
Raava/The Avatar Spirit (Deity, Spiritual personification of peace and order)
Incarnation:
Roku (immediate predecessor)
Kyoshi (preceding Roku)
Kuruk (preceding Kyoshi as Avatar, and Korra as a Water-bender Avatar)
Yangchen (preceding Kuruk as Avatar, and Aang as an Air Nomad Avatar)
Wan (original Avatar)
Korra (Aang's immediate reincarnation)
Children
Bumi (firstborn son)
Kya (daughter)
Tenzin (second son)
Relatives
Affinity:
Hakoda (father-in-law)
Kya (mother-in-law)
Sokka (brother-in-law)
Pema (daughter-in-law)
Grandfamily:
Jinora (granddaughter)
Ikki (granddaughter)
Meelo (grandson)
Rohan (grandson)
Nationality
Air Nomads
Bending element
Primary:
Airbending (native)
Earthbending
Firebending
Waterbending
Energybending
Sub-styles:
Astral Projection
Age
12 (biological)/112 (chronological) in Book One & Book Two
13-14 (biological)/113-114 (chronological) in Book Three & Comics
Hair color
Dark brown (generally shaven)
Eye color
Hazel / Gray
Avatar Aang (安昂, Ān Áng) is a fictional character and the protagonist of Nickelodeon's animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender (created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko), voiced by Zach Tyler Eisen.
Aang is the last surviving Airbender, a monk of the Air Nomads' Southern Air Temple. He is an incarnation of the "Avatar", the spirit of light and peace manifested in human form. As the Avatar, Aang controls all four elements and is tasked with keeping the Four Nations at peace. At 12 years old, Aang is the series' reluctant hero, spending a century in suspended animation before joining new friends Katara and Sokka on a quest to master the elements and save their world from the imperialist Fire Nation.
Aang's character has appeared in other media, such as trading cards,[1][2] video games,[3][4] T-shirts,[5] and web comics.[6] Aang has also been portrayed by Noah Ringer in the feature film The Last Airbender,[7] and voiced by D.B. Sweeney in the sequel animated series The Legend of Korra.
Contents
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1 Creation and conception
1.1 Personality and characteristics
2 Appearances
2.1 Avatar: The Last Airbender
2.1.1 Book One: Water
2.1.2 Book Two: Earth
2.1.3 Book Three: Fire
2.1.4 Avatar: The Last Airbender (comics)
2.2 The Legend of Korra
2.2.1 Book One: Air
2.2.2 Book Two: Spirit
2.3 Appearances in other media
2.3.1 Games
2.3.2 Films
3 Critical reception
4 References
5 External links
Creation and conception[edit]
Aang's character was developed from a drawing by Bryan Konietzko, depicting a bald man with an arrowlike design on his head, which the artist developed into a picture of a child with a flying bison.[8] Meanwhile, Michael Dante DiMartino was interested in a documentary about explorers trapped in the South Pole, which he later combined with Konietzko's drawing.
"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[8]
The plot they described corresponds with the first and second episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender, where the "water people" (Katara and Sokka) rescue the "air guy" (Aang) while "trapped in a snowy wasteland" (the Southern Water Tribe) with "some fire people [that] are pressing down on them" (Fire Nation Troops and Zuko).[8][9][10] The creators of the show intended Aang to be trapped in an iceberg for one thousand years, later to wake inside a futuristic world, wherein he would have a robot named Momo and a dozen bisons. The creators lost interest in this theme, and changed it to one hundred years of suspended animation. The robotic Momo became a flying lemur, and the herd of bison was reduced to one.[8]
Airbending, the martial art Aang primarily uses in the show, is based on an "internal" Chinese martial art called Baguazhang. This fighting style focuses on circular movements, and does not have many finishing moves; traits meant to represent the unpredictability of air and the peaceful character of Airbenders.[11]
In the episode "Tales of Ba Sing Se", Aang’s name was written as 安昂 (ān áng) in Chinese.
Personality and characteristics[edit]
The Avatars (from right to left): Aang, Roku, Kyoshi, Kuruk, Yangchen, and other previous Avatars.
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[12]
According to the show's creators, "Buddhism and Taoism have been huge inspirations behind the idea for Avatar."[13] As shown in "The King of Omashu"[14] and "The Headband",[15] a notable aspect of Aang's character is his vegetarian diet, which is consistent with Buddhism, Hinduism, and Taoism.[13] In the Brahmajala Sutra, a Buddhist code of ethics, vegetarianism is encouraged.[16] Furthermore, the writers gave Aang a consistent reluctance to fight and an aversion to killing. In "The Spirit World (Winter Solstice, Part 1)", Aang encounters an angry spirit destroying a village and kidnapping villagers; but instead of fighting the spirit, Aang negotiates.[17] He is also depicted showing ethical reluctance in killing Firelord Ozai,[18] and eventually strips Ozai of his bending instead of murdering him.[19]
Appearances[edit]
Avatar: The Last Airbender[edit]
Upon death, Avatar Roku was reincarnated and Aang was born, and later raised by Monk Gyatso, a senior monk at the Southern Air Temple and friend of the late Avatar Roku. Even prior to learning he was the Avatar, Aang distinguished himself by becoming one of the youngest Airbending Masters in history by inventing a new technique. As a result of Fire Lord Sozin's increasingly hostile attitude towards the other nations, the senior monks decided to reveal Aang's nature as the Avatar four years before the traditional age (Avatars are usually told of their status once they turn 16) and relocate him to one of the other Air Temples.[20][21] Learning that he was to be taken from Gyatso caused Aang to flee the monastery on his flying bison, Appa, before being caught by a storm; the life-or-death conditions triggered the Avatar State, encasing the young Avatar and his bison in an air-pocket among icebergs, where he remained suspended for a century.[9][21]
Book One: Water[edit]
After one hundred years of suspended animation in an iceberg, twelve-year-old Aang was freed when found by Katara and Sokka, yet unaware of the events that occurred during his rest.[9] His reawakening catches the attention of Zuko, the banished prince of the Fire Nation, and Aang is forced to leave, with Katara and Sokka accompanying him after they learn that he is the Avatar.[10] Aang and his new friends visit the Southern Air Temple, where they meet a winged lemur whom Aang later names Momo. It is there that Aang learns that he was in the ice for a whole century, and that the Fire Nation wiped out his people, including Gyatso. After a series of misadventures, Aang meets his previous incarnation, Roku, who informs him that he must master all four bending arts and end the war before the coming of Sozin's Comet at the end of summer.[22] Upon arriving to the Northern Water Tribe, after a few conflicts, Aang became an apprentice of Waterbending Master Pakku alongside Katara.[23] After helping the Water Tribe drive off a Fire Nation invasion headed by Admiral Zhao, with Katara as his teacher, Aang and his group journey to the Earth Kingdom to find an Earthbending teacher.[24]
Book Two: Earth[edit]
In the second season, Aang learns Earthbending from Toph Beifong[25] after he has a vision of the blind Earthbending prodigy in a swamp telling him to find her.[26] On their journey, they are chased by Fire Princess Azula and her friends Mai and Ty Lee.[27] The group learns about the Day of Black Sun in a secret underground library, and they attempt to reveal the information to the Earth King at Ba Sing Se. However, their flying bison, Appa, is captured by Sandbenders. Aang grows upset and angry and confronts the Sandbenders, learning that Appa has been sold. After stopping a Fire Nation drill threatening the safety of Ba Sing Se, they look for Appa only to find themselves dealing with the Dai Li before exposing their leader's deception. The group reunites with Jet helping them find Appa at Dai Li headquarters. They expose the Hundred Year War to the Earth King, who promises to help them invade the Fire Nation. Soon after, Aang meets a guru who attempts to teach Aang to open his seven chakras in order to control the defensive 'Avatar State'; but when Aang perceives Katara in danger, he leaves before the seventh chakra is opened, and thus loses his progress until the seventh is opened.[28] Though Aang manages to unlock the Seventh Chakra, he is mortally wounded by Azula, yet was saved by Katara before the injury became truly fatal.[29]
Book Three: Fire[edit]
In the third and final season, Aang is unable to use the Avatar State. Although reluctant with the plan at first, Aang accepts to have everyone think he had died and his remaining allies attack the Fire Nation's capital, but are thwarted by Azula.[30] However, Zuko has a change of heart, rebels against his father,[31] and offers to teach Aang Firebending. Aang and Zuko also improve their Firebending powers with the help of their world's last two dragons.[32] During the finale, finding himself on a strange island, Aang is reluctant to actually kill Fire Lord Ozai, despite his four previous past lives convincing him it is the only way. But upon learning that he was actually on the back of a Lion Turtle, one of four that made the first benders by manipulating humans' chi, Aang receives the Lion Turtles' Energybending ability. With this ability, as he regained his Avatar State, Aang removes Ozai's bending ability, rendering him harmless and ending the Hundred Year War. Later, in the Fire Nation capital, Aang is seen beside Zuko, the new Fire Lord. The series ends with Aang and his friends relaxing at Iroh's tea shop at Ba Sing Se, where Aang and Katara share a kiss.[19]
Avatar: The Last Airbender (comics)[edit]
Main article: Avatar: The Last Airbender (comics)
After beginning the Harmony Restoration Movement, an event that was meant to remove Fire Nation remnants from the Earth Kingdom, Aang agrees to end Zuko's life should he go down a path similar to his father, after the latter requests it, being stopped by Katara from entering the Avatar State as he began a later encounter with Zuko[33] and then tries to mediate protestors and the Yu Dao resistance,[34] afterward assembling members of a fan club and forming the "Air Acolytes", a group that he intends to teach the ways of the Air Nomads.[35] Aang then participated in a search for Zuko's mother Ursa,[36] successfully finding her and entering the Spirit World to assist in locating the Mother of Faces,[37] convincing her to grant Rafa a new face.[38] After a period of entertainment,[39] Aang is contacted by his former life Yangchen,[40] who tried contacting him about Old Iron's return.[41] Aang also has a fight with the Rough Rhinos when they try to oust him from the Eastern Fire Refinery.[42] Aang then aids in preventing Azula, disguised as the Kemurikage, from stealing any more children.[43][44]
The Legend of Korra[edit]
Some sixty years prior to the series, Avatar Aang and Fire Lord Zuko founded the United Republic of Nations, and its capital Republic City. In the following years, Aang married Katara and they have three children: Bumi (named for Aang's old friend), Kya (after Katara's deceased mother), and Tenzin. In his adult years, Aang grew a neatly cropped chinstrap beard, which many statues of Aang's adult form depict him with, including the one in the restored Southern Air Temple. He also founded the Air Acolytes, a sect who eschewed their home cultures in favor of following the Air Nomads' way of life (the comics reveal that the first Air Acolytes were the reorganized Avatar Fan Club). A forty-year-old Aang assisted Toph in arresting Water Tribe crime lord Yakone. As Aang watched the trial where Yakone was convicted of using the rare and illegal technique Bloodbending, Yakone tried to escape Republic City, using his unique abilities to subdue everyone in the court room, thus leaving them unconscious. Able to resist Yakone's Bloodbending through the Avatar State, Aang used his Energybending abilities to put a halt to Yakone's plans.
Being frozen in an iceberg for a hundred years while in the Avatar State drained much of Aang's life energy. While he did not feel the effects for many years, after he entered middle age in his 50s, the strain of this exertion increasingly weighed upon his body. Ultimately, it resulted in Aang dying at the relatively young biological age of 66, in 153 AG. Aang was survived by his wife, Katara, and his three children, but he did not live to see his grandchildren, all of whom would be powerful Airbenders. Prior to his death, Aang tasked the Order of the White Lotus with finding and guiding the new Avatar after him. When Aang died, the Avatar spirit reincarnated into the Southern Water Tribe female Korra. Aang intended for the Order to simply guide and guard Korra, but several mishaps in the aftermath of Aang's death (including a kidnapping attempt by the anarchist Zaheer) and the still-fragile state of relations between the now-Five Nations resulted in Katara and Tenzin sequestering Korra in a compound at the South Pole, bringing teachers to her instead of allowing her to seek out her own.
Book One: Air[edit]
Avatar Aang's spirit with Korra in The Legend of Korra.
In the sequel series' first season, Avatar Aang's spirit occasionally serves as the spiritual advisor to seventeen-year-old Korra (much like the previous Avatar incarnation, Roku, did for Aang). Initially, Aang is only able to give Korra glimpses of his memory concerning Yakone in relation to her confrontations with his two sons, Amon and Tarrlok, the products of Yakone's Bloodbending vendetta on the Avatar. It is only after she loses her ability to bend that Korra allows herself to listen to her past lives, at which point Aang restores her powers by triggering the Avatar State and teaching her to Energybend.
Book Two: Spirit[edit]
The sequel series' second season reveals that Avatar Aang apparently treated Tenzin as his favorite child, due to his son's Airbender status; Kya and Bumi mentioned to Tenzin that Aang always took Tenzin on vacations with him, but never them. Aang's Air Acolytes also were unaware that Aang had two other children besides Tenzin. Aang himself later appears, along with Roku, Kyoshi and Kuruk, before Korra in a vision and encourages her to learn the origins of Wan (the first Avatar) and Raava. Aang, or possibly a vision of him, later appears in the Spirit World, encouraging Tenzin to move past the enormous legacy of being Aang's son and find his own path. Korra's connection to Aang and the other preceding Avatars is severed when Vaatu extracts and subsequently kills Raava, the divine Avatar Spirit entity within her. Even though Raava is reborn and fused again with Korra, she discovers, to her dismay, that her spiritual connection to Aang and all past Avatars is gone forever.
Appearances in other media[edit]
Games[edit]
Aang's character appeared in the Avatar: The Last Airbender Trading Card Game on a multitude of cards.[1][2] He appeared in the Avatar: The Last Airbender video game as one of the four playable characters.[45] Two sequels were made: Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Burning Earth,[3][46] followed by Avatar: The Last Airbender – Into the Inferno.
Aang also appeared in Escape from the Spirit World, 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. The show's directors, Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, claim the events are canon.[4]
Films[edit]
Tokyopop has published a films comic (sometimes referred to as cine-manga), in which Aang, being the main character of the show, appears repeatedly.[6]
Main article: The Last Airbender
In 2010, director M. Night Shyamalan cast 12-year-old Tae Kwon Do practitioner Noah Ringer as Aang in the film adaptation of the series, The Last Airbender.[47] The casting of a presumed white actor in the role of Aang (as well as a primarily Caucasian cast) in the Asian-influenced Avatar universe triggered negative reactions from some fans, marked by accusations of racism, a letter-writing campaign, and a protest outside of a Philadelphia casting call for movie extras. A counter-movement was spawned in response by other fans who believed the casting was appropriate.[48][49][50] The casting decisions were also negatively received by several critics, who stated that the original casting call expressed a preference for Caucasian actors over others.[51] Noah Ringer later identified himself to Entertainment Weekly as an American Indian.[52]
Critical reception[edit]
In the show's intended demographics, Aang has been received exceptionally. Kendall Lyons stated, "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."[53] There are many similar descriptions about Aang as a childlike character who is "reckless and excitable".[54] Reviews point out that "as the Avatar, Aang seems unstoppable, but as Aang, he is just another Airbender"; the review states later that the show continues to focus on a more realistic character instead of a perfect one by revealing many character flaws.[55] In 2016, ScreenRant ranked Aang #15 on its "30 Best Animated TV Characters Of All Time" list.[56]
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