Zhao was so obsessed in season 1 with being remembered forever. Half a year later he isn’t even remembered in that play. Zuko got all his accomplishments.
I don't think Zhao is EVER mentioned after the first season. Like, not even once. Everyone forgot about his existence. Just like that guy Yue was engaged to. ...Yeah, you've forgotten that guy, haven't you?? xD
Sokka explains in the beginning of the episode where the playwright got the information from: "... playwright Pu-on Tim, who scoured the globe gathering information on the Avatar ... His sources include singing nomads, pirates, prisoners of war, and a surprisingly knowledgeable merchant of cabbage."
The playwrights sources include singing nomads, pirates, prisoners of war, and a knowledgeable cabbage merchant. Also actor Zuko in the play is voiced by Dante Bascos brother lol *Team Avatar leaving the M Night Shamalan premiere* Zuko: That... wasn’t a good movie Aang: I’ll say Katara: No kidding Suki: Horrible Toph: You said it Sokka: But the effects were decent 🤷🏽♂️
Don't forget azula, she also contributed telling the story "Wait i think it's your honor" and "I hate you uncle, you smell" because nobody's there except her, team avatar, zuko and uncle, and the story always making fun
This episode is by far the funniest Avatar moment ever! It's completely ridiculous! Sokka is turned into a starving comedic relief, Katara can't stop talking about hope, Aang and Toph swap genders, Azula is shown in heroic light, and Zuko is mostly spot on!
The best way to do a recap episode. 😂 Love the self awareness 😂 "Look, it's the Great Divide! The biggest canyon in the Earth Kingdom!" "Eh... let's keep flying."
Fun fact that play Zuko mentioned Love amongst the dragons is his mothers favorite play and the Blue Spirit is an actual character in the play, which is why he made that character his disguise during book one and two.
Something that's kind of cool is you can hear a difference between aang's voice in the beginning of the show vs the end cause the voice actor got older. It's obviously not something they did on purpose but it's just another little thing that kinda helps illustrate Aang's growth throughout the series.
Literally EVERY single reactor: *talks when Sokka mentions the sources for the play* A few minutes later: h...how do they know all this? Not a dig, but just something I've noticed when people react to this episode.
I definitely thought in the beginning that this was the wrong episode for them to be saying they hear most things. I had hope, but knew this is the episode everyone misses the sources.
Yep. Every reactor I've seen! I suppose in their defense they are getting over the shock of there being a play about the gaang and reacting over something they think isn't super important. Still, for those who do their own editing, hopefully they hear it later and make a note.
Some thoughts: 1. It's like the writers anticipated every internet fan question and theory and put it in an episode 2. Greatest Clip show ever 3. I would love to see Avatar the Play on Broadway, but only with those effects 4. The final reviews... For M. Night's film version (Serious future sight)
Y’all, they literally said that the writer tracked the world and asked people who saw the avatar what happened and when. But ALSO someone pointed out to me that Zuko and Jet were some type of friends right, at least before Jet attacked Zuko. So Zuko found out his friend died with that play. Like, his reaction was shocked and confused not by the strange death but by how he didn’t even know Jet died
Its funny how they had that whole speech in the beginning about paying attention to the episode. And then they keep asking, "who wrote it. Who wrote the play" and the show said the playwright's name and "a surprising knowledgeable merchant of cabbage" in the beginning of the episode. 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Loved this episode. One if my favorites and the funniest.
Filler? This is not an anime. This is not a filler, this is a recap part of the story. To be a filler the show must have a Graphic novel, that doesn't have this part in it, that was adapted into an animated show, but the Graphic novels came after the show so this is not a filler. When anime have fillers is because that episode never appeared in the manga but this is not an anime nor was based out of a graphic novel.
@@arnaldovazquez9917 That's not the only definition of filler and filler isn't something only anime have. Filler can also refer to episodes or elements that don't move the plot forward. Infact, this is the more widely used definition of the word filler, that's why you hear it outside of anime circles too.
Yep, it's clearly obvious that nobody that the writer talked to wanted to admit that they got their asses handed to them by a little, blind girl...so, they told him that it was a tall, really muscular guy, who defeated them by throwing boulders at them.
The poster Sokka read at the beginning said: "The playwright's sources include singing nomads, pirates, prisoners of war, and a knowledgeable merchant of cabbage."
To me this is how you do a recap episode no flashbacks, no characters remembering something and telling people that already know. If your going to do a recap episode for your show make it fun and interesting instead of just doing the same old flashbacks to stuff we already seen.
And voila! The best recap episode ever is officially behind us. And the last of Zukos little adventures with the team(The talk between them is often regarded as it).
Too bad y’all didn’t catch the “The Great Divide” reference. Sokka said “eh let’s keep flying” cuz it’s the only filler in the whole show lmao And the audience started yawning during the drill scene because apparently people didn’t really like those episodes and wanted the story to hurry up lol
I didn’t mind the drill episodes, but i guess some people must have. The great divide joke was pretty good though 😂 glad they were aware of it being the most inconsequential episode
I find this ironic because I consider The Drill one of the most exciting and best episodes of the series. Perfectly uses the Avatar theme when Aang runs down the wall
Fun fact: Dante Basco's brother played Zuko's actor Also the play Toph was meant to be the actual Toph but they changed it to what we know at the last moment
Aw, no reaction to the dig at the Great Divide? The kid saying Zuko's scar was on the wrong side is referencing the time the animators got Zuko's scar on the wrong side, btw This episode is so self aware, I love it
Iroh is portrayed as a gluttonous moron, eating a whole cake. His love of tea is not mentioned and seems to instead be replaced with cakes. Also, he goads Zuko to side with him because treachery is "more fun". Ironically, this version of Iroh's enjoyment of cake is given to the character of Iroh in The Last Airbender, although not to the comical extent shown here. Momo is a "flying rabbit monkey", talks and is portrayed as a hand puppet with a fake arm attached to the end to fool the audience, though only Aang's actress can wear it. The Blue Spirit is a separate entity from Zuko and also saves "Aang" from Zuko, though it was actually Zhao who captured Aang. The Blue Spirit is given a gargantuan head and a silly expression on his 'face'. Suki is accurate, though some physical details are slightly exaggerated, but to a lesser extent. She has no lines at all during the parts of the play that are shown on-camera. Bumi's musculature is greatly over-exaggerated by a muscle suit worn by the actor and the feathers on his headdress are colored. Additionally, when he makes Aang complete a series of trials, both Aang and Sokka are seen being chased around an arena by various objects while Katara is trapped in jennamite and subsequently faints in an exaggerated pose, whereas in real life both Sokka and Katara were trapped. Azula's physical characteristics are over-exaggerated, such as having long nails, excessive makeup, wearing pink, yellow, and blue clothing, and big hair. She is portrayed as being less cunning than the real Azula. Her speech pattern is also strangely bombastic, unlike the real-life Azula. Mai is portrayed with hair covering her eyes, her hair in the style of Mickey Mouse ears and an unhappy face symbol on her chest, while Ty Lee is depicted as an overweight ballerina whose chi blocking is depicted by her simply kissing her fingers and touching her opponent, incapacitating them instantly. Actress Mai also keeps her stilettos in her hair buns, whereas the real Mai keeps her weapons in her clothing. Ozai is portrayed as a stereotypical villain, of the sort commonly seen in old vampire horror movies, with over-exaggerated facial features and even disappearing in a puff of smoke. His performance is reminiscent of Ming the Merciless. When Aang's actor on stage mentions they are flying above the Great Divide, Sokka's actor jokes that they should just "keep flying". This is poking fun at the fanbase's distaste for "The Great Divide", as it had the lowest ratings of the entire series. Likewise, the audience yawning and falling asleep during the section of the play dealing with "The Drill" is a reference to a vocal portion of the fanbase considering that episode to be "boring". The portrayal of Toph is a reference to the earthbender prototype that Mike and Bryan created before Aaron Ehasz decided that Toph's character should be a girl. While he has Zuko's original topknot at first, Zuko's Actor subsequently has a spiky haircut and long hair. This parodies the fact that Zuko's hairstyle changed numerous times in Book Two. The "cave scene" between Zuko and Katara's actors makes them seem like a couple. This is a parody of "Zutara". Suki saying "Are you trying to get on my bad side?" in a threatening manner to Sokka reminds one of the creators of his own girlfriend. Sokka offering his actor advice may be a reference to the way Jack DeSena (Sokka's voice actor) added his own input to Sokka's lines, which changed the original serious Sokka to the fun-loving Sokka of today. It might also be a reference to the way well-meaning fans are constantly bombarding the creators of their favorite shows with "helpful suggestions". Throughout the episode, Aang is wearing the same kind of hat that Xu wears in "The Painted Lady" to cover his tattoo. The ending to The Boy in the Iceberg, in which the Fire Nation gains total victory in the war, seems odd considering the playwright is from the Earth Kingdom. Sokka crying over the depiction of princess Yue's death is a reference to the fans' reaction over that particular scene where she sacrifices herself to save the moon spirit. Though the Actress Azula uses blue ribbons to represent real Azula's blue firebending, when she ultimately "kills" Actor Zuko, she summons orange-red flames instead. The battle between the Actress Azula and Actor Zuko foreshadows the Agni Kai the two will later have in the episode Sozin's Comet Part 3: Into the Inferno. In this episode's DVD commentary, the creators said the writers might have put in the episode's last scene as a jab at the upcoming movie, The Last Airbender. At the beginning of the play, the shots of the audience on the lower levels are shown including both men and women. However, by the time the play is at the Actor Toph's introduction, the shots are of men only. The actress playing Aang uses the phrase "yip yip" before going into the Avatar State instead of using it to get Appa to fly. After "Aang" is shot with lightning, the actresses who portray Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee assume a pose used by the 2000 movie Charlie's Angels. Despite Fire Nation propaganda that the war was a way for the Fire Nation to "share their greatness", the Fire Lord is depicted as having clearly imperialistic and megalomaniacal motives, and no one in the audience seems to mind. In fact, they actually cheer when he says the world is finally his, specifically. Several of the scenes are out of order. For example, the "The Blue Spirit" was shown before the episode "Jet". If observed closely, it becomes clear several of the play's events are in a different order, like Combustion Man's death, which is depicted before the Invasion when it was actually after. When the defeat of the Fire Nation at the Siege of the North scene occurred, the Fire Nation audience cheered. While Actress Aang is looking for the puppet Momo, music from one of the non-canonical Super Deformed Shorts, School Time Shipping, can be heard. A seven-minute preview of the episode was released at New York Comic Con in April 2008, though it did not include the part where Aang argues with Zuko over the seats.
"what's that? i think it's your honor!" "WHEREEEE?!" the writer was already discussed at the beginning of the episode lol. i like how this play is all fire nation propaganda, all of the heroes are turned into parodies which is funny but when you really look deep into it, it's so disrespectful. they see the avatar as a frivolous girly type of person to diminish his threat to the fire lord, the made katara's cleavage extra apparent and reduced her to a whiny, preachy girl who flirts with the men she comes across but friend zoning aang which can also be seen as emasculating him, toph is just turned into an obnoxious guy, sokka is a buffoon, and all of iroh's accomplishments are erased and he's seen as a greedy fat guy who smells. they only show them siding with jet with flooding a fire nation town without showing how they fought him. it might be the current climate we're living in but i think at the end the disappointment wasn't even just in how bad the play is but the extent of the propaganda + the applause at their downfall with how pro-fire lord these people are. it's like realizing how much people hate you and how normalized this sort of thing is. i think this show did a great job of setting the tone for what's to come. even if they win the war they still have to deal with a nation of people who spent their whole lives believing that their fire lord is right and what they've been doing is good. not everyone is zuko and iroh and to me that takes a lot more work than simply beating the fire lord.
This episode was part of an event called "Countdown to the Comet". The new episodes of Avatar began airing on July 14, starting with "The Western Air Temple", followed by "The Firebending Masters", The Boiling Rock parts one and two, "The Southern Raiders", "The Ember Island Players", and finally Sozin's Comet parts one through four. The idea of a young, male hero being acted by a woman is similar to traditional English theater productions of "Peter Pan", where the title character is played by an actress. The portrayal of the Fake Aang is much like the character Peter Pan, who is also known for being very immature and a trickster since he is forever juvenile. In the commentary track, the series creators indicate that it was a send-up of the pressure on them to cast a woman as Aang's voice rather than a boy close to Aang's actual age, as this is commonplace for male pre-teen animated characters. This also pokes fun at Aang being more in touch with his feminine side, as Toph happily pointed out much to his dismay. The black-clad stagehands can be equated to the stagehands from traditional Japanese Kabuki theater. In the real world, the adoption of these stagehands' costumes to signify the invisibility of ninjas in Kabuki plays is responsible for the pop-cultural depiction of ninjas as wearing all-black outfits. The storyline of adventurers watching a comically inaccurate play depicting their own adventures is very similar to parts of the 2004 book, Days of Magic, Nights of War by Clive Barker. The episode places Team Avatar in a unique situation. While it serves as both a recap episode and a view of the team's immediate future, it puts Aang and his friends in the position of the series' viewers. This allows for numerous references to past episodes and the voicing of fan opinions, production notes, and meta-humor through the group's opinions of the play and the events portrayed within it. The image for the poster shows an exaggerated rendition of the season one boxed set cover art. Even though the cabbage merchant's last appearance was in "The Tales of Ba Sing Se", he is mentioned here as a "surprisingly knowledgeable merchant of cabbage". The title of the play, The Boy in the Iceberg, is a reference to the series' premiere episode. Zuko's voice actor Dante Basco's older brother Derek Basco provided Zuko's stage actor's voice. Jennie Kwan, the voice of Suki, Sokka's girlfriend at the end of the Hundred Year War, voiced Actress Yue, Sokka's previous romantic interest. Sokka's stage actor is voiced by Scott Menville, the voice of Robin in the animated series Teen Titans. He voiced a variety of small characters throughout the series.
The script of this drama credits to: zuko past crew, azula, some people from dai li agent, the hippies, fire nation army who join siege of the north, kids from freedom fighter, some people who their butt get kicked by toph, omashu guards and cabbage man
Playwright was said at the beginning when Sokka showed them the poster: Pu Wan Tin (sp?), who travelled the world interviewing various people especially a “surprisingly knowledgeable merchant of cabbage”, lol. Great episode, and I love how casting a woman as Aang is a nod to stage productions of Peter Pan, who traditionally cast a woman as the title character.
I just watched the Cruz Brother reaction to the finale, then rewatched the Normies reacting to the finale, and after watching this I realized that even play writes couldn't portray how amazing the final fight would be. I know they couldn't possibly know, but it just goes to show that real life is indeed stranger than fiction
The play portrays Toph as a big, buff man because they didn’t want to tell the writer that they kept getting their butt kicked by a 12 year old girl. Also, you know the Zutara ship was doomed when the writers openly mocked it during their spoof episode.
Even though this was essentially a recap episode, it was done in a very fun and creative way as opposed to a generic, boring clip show. Major props to the creators and writers for actually making fun of their own work and acknowledging the fans in every way 😂
@@albericponcedeleon2696 thank you! Everyone always makes up stories saying that the line saying the effects were decent was about the movie. Bruh the movie came out like 5 years after the show wrapped lmao
About who wrote the play. They say in the beginning that they had help from a very "knowledgable cabbage merchant" (which I think is a neat detail considering he appears in so many episodes). And for the most scenes they probably could have asked civilians that where in the area etc. Which is also why details like Toph having ultrasound abilities and Katara and Aang not kissing before the invasion were not accurate. They only knew as much as they could have learned from stories.
I love this episode. It’s just the writers pointing out everything with the show and making fun of it, like Jet dying and it not being super clear in the actual show.
Bruh, you guys heard Sokka read off the name of the playwright from the poster and even repeated it. He said that the playwright, Pu-on Tim, scoursed the world and gathered information from people who witnessed the events.
This episode was the creators way of throwing shade at the movie M Night made. They did a better job of retelling the story on “stage” than Hollywood could. “That was a bad play(movie)” “But the effects were decent 👌🏾” Lol
She said she was confused because she just wanted Aang to focus on the war and THEN they could talk about their relationship which is why she says him AFTER the war
If you girls didn't notice, this was actually a parody of the fan theories and some of the changes that occurred to the story like Toph being a girl now instead of a huge buff guy
hey guys @imon_snow, its just a recap episode the directors did in a creative way, there is no stocker or investigator following them its just the directors way of recapping thats all
Zhao was so obsessed in season 1 with being remembered forever. Half a year later he isn’t even remembered in that play. Zuko got all his accomplishments.
Uncle Iroh did warn him that history is not always kind with its subjects
Wow I never noticed that... even I forgot Zhao. Good observation!
i have a feeling they did that on purpose. giant oof for Zhao
Woah, nice catch!
I don't think Zhao is EVER mentioned after the first season. Like, not even once. Everyone forgot about his existence. Just like that guy Yue was engaged to. ...Yeah, you've forgotten that guy, haven't you?? xD
"Look! I think it's your HONOR"
"wHEre??"
takes me out everytime 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😂😂😂😂😂😂
"HONOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOR"
*zuko dies*
At least we knew who telling that story to the director 🤣
Sokka explains in the beginning of the episode where the playwright got the information from:
"... playwright Pu-on Tim, who scoured the globe gathering information on the Avatar ... His sources include singing nomads, pirates, prisoners of war, and a surprisingly knowledgeable merchant of cabbage."
And he said include, so most of the other information is from fire nations point of view.
You can't expect Imon to actually listen to what's in the episode!
I love her, but surely you gotta know her well enough by now
instablaster.
@@control2XS clowns
The playwrights sources include singing nomads, pirates, prisoners of war, and a knowledgeable cabbage merchant.
Also actor Zuko in the play is voiced by Dante Bascos brother lol
*Team Avatar leaving the M Night Shamalan premiere*
Zuko: That... wasn’t a good movie
Aang: I’ll say
Katara: No kidding
Suki: Horrible
Toph: You said it
Sokka: But the effects were decent 🤷🏽♂️
Wasn't he voiced by Dante's brother?
That's probably how me and my brother felt when we went to see it back then
The effects weren't decent though.
Don't forget azula, she also contributed telling the story
"Wait i think it's your honor" and "I hate you uncle, you smell" because nobody's there except her, team avatar, zuko and uncle, and the story always making fun
Fact, Zuko's actor is voiced by Dante Basco's older brother
WHAT! for real? if that's true that is just awesome
I thought it was Dante Basco
@@frombogue i think he's referring to the play
@@dominic5693 oh shit im dumb i got tripped up too
Also, Azula’s voice actor played the Katara actress.
This episode is by far the funniest Avatar moment ever! It's completely ridiculous! Sokka is turned into a starving comedic relief, Katara can't stop talking about hope, Aang and Toph swap genders, Azula is shown in heroic light, and Zuko is mostly spot on!
Whahahahaha Zuko is spot on
@@miepmiep4010 HOW COULD U SAY THAT
Azula: “look! What’s that!? I think it’s your honor!”
Zuko: “where!?”
😂😂😂😂😂
@@FreshZCORDlol
The best way to do a recap episode. 😂
Love the self awareness 😂
"Look, it's the Great Divide! The biggest canyon in the Earth Kingdom!"
"Eh... let's keep flying."
“Did jet just...die?”
You know, it was really unclear.”
EASILY the funniest episode of the whole series. Meta-Humour done well is just hilarious.
Their reaction to fake Jet dying was pretty accurate to real reactors!
Fun fact that play Zuko mentioned Love amongst the dragons is his mothers favorite play and the Blue Spirit is an actual character in the play, which is why he made that character his disguise during book one and two.
And a nod to the play in a reference in The Dragon Prince
Something that's kind of cool is you can hear a difference between aang's voice in the beginning of the show vs the end cause the voice actor got older. It's obviously not something they did on purpose but it's just another little thing that kinda helps illustrate Aang's growth throughout the series.
Yeah he grew a lot in only a few months
@@dripdoriya1707 nah it was a little less than a year
T.K.O JIT 6 months actually
@@dripdoriya1707 look up how many months is avatar the last airbender its 9 months because each book lasted a season
T.K.O JIT oh ok my bad
They got most of the infos from a "surprisingly knowledgeable merchant of cabbage". 😂
It was mentioned when they first looked at the poster.
It doesn’t say that they got their info from cabbage guy
@@lucaaz14 listen to what Sokka says at the beginning of the episode again
@@lucaaz14 it absolutely does
Actor who play Zuko: " i thought you were the avatar girl"
Aang: *P R E A C H*
Lol he said “yeah she’s my forever girl and watta bout it?
Literally EVERY single reactor: *talks when Sokka mentions the sources for the play*
A few minutes later: h...how do they know all this?
Not a dig, but just something I've noticed when people react to this episode.
Can’t speak when my mans dropping facts 😤
For real. Everybody just talks over the guy.
Yeah and they missing really good joke about strangely knowledgeable merchant of cabbage
I definitely thought in the beginning that this was the wrong episode for them to be saying they hear most things. I had hope, but knew this is the episode everyone misses the sources.
Clowns
Iman: Guys don't worry we can hear everything.
Sokka explains who the writer is and how they learned all these events.
Iman: Wait who's the writer?
Its Cabbage merchant.
Iman lol
To be honest that's most reactors
@@LinardsZ How did he know how Katara and Sokka met Aang?
@@ToonMageChannel voice to voice? Maybe Katara or Sokka told someone the story? Or even Aang?
Fun Fact: The voice actor of Katara in that play was Azula
I said “omg” too, when Katara said “jet, you’re so bad” 🤣🤣🤣🤦🏻♂️🤣
This is the only episode that I NEED to watch in portuguese, cuz when zuko sits between angg and katara, zuko says "u can sit on my lap"
Every reaction of this show always has the reactor talk through the show explaining who wrote it and how
Yep. Every reactor I've seen! I suppose in their defense they are getting over the shock of there being a play about the gaang and reacting over something they think isn't super important. Still, for those who do their own editing, hopefully they hear it later and make a note.
You missed "An a surprisingly-knowledgable merchant of cabbage"
Some thoughts:
1. It's like the writers anticipated every internet fan question and theory and put it in an episode
2. Greatest Clip show ever
3. I would love to see Avatar the Play on Broadway, but only with those effects
4. The final reviews... For M. Night's film version (Serious future sight)
The only difference being that the effects were quite bad even at the time.
The Community clip show which featured only brand new footage is also up there.
Ember Island Players did Azula so dirty with the makeup. Of course she wouldn't be looking anything but flawless for her final fight against Zuko
/s
can't wait for Ozai to shout: I HAVE ALL THE POWER IN THE WOOOOORLD
I cant wait to see their reaction to topless ozai
Zuko’s actor: I thought u were the Avatars girl
Aang: yeah she’s my forever girl watta bout it??? 🤣🤣
The play: uno reverse card.
Poor baby though, he was so insecure about their relationship.
Dr. Fifteen M.D I know 🥺. Katara just wanted them to focus on ending the war before romance but at least it ends out well
Y’all, they literally said that the writer tracked the world and asked people who saw the avatar what happened and when. But ALSO
someone pointed out to me that Zuko and Jet were some type of friends right, at least before Jet attacked Zuko. So Zuko found out his friend died with that play. Like, his reaction was shocked and confused not by the strange death but by how he didn’t even know Jet died
Its funny how they had that whole speech in the beginning about paying attention to the episode. And then they keep asking, "who wrote it. Who wrote the play" and the show said the playwright's name and "a surprising knowledgeable merchant of cabbage" in the beginning of the episode. 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Loved this episode. One if my favorites and the funniest.
I just noticed we haven't seen cabbage merchant after season 2
A lot of reactors miss that
Avatar is the only show that has filler episodes that are actually REALLY enjoyable
The Great Divide was kind of a miss, but other than that, I agree.
@@Adrian9oh9 why does everyone hate on the great divide I kinda liked it
Also there short in anime comparison
Filler? This is not an anime. This is not a filler, this is a recap part of the story. To be a filler the show must have a Graphic novel, that doesn't have this part in it, that was adapted into an animated show, but the Graphic novels came after the show so this is not a filler.
When anime have fillers is because that episode never appeared in the manga but this is not an anime nor was based out of a graphic novel.
@@arnaldovazquez9917 That's not the only definition of filler and filler isn't something only anime have. Filler can also refer to episodes or elements that don't move the plot forward. Infact, this is the more widely used definition of the word filler, that's why you hear it outside of anime circles too.
Actually Toph is a big man beacause they recolect the stories and won't say that a little girl beat them
In the show she was actually supposed to be a man but they changed her to a little girl last minute
Yep, it's clearly obvious that nobody that the writer talked to wanted to admit that they got their asses handed to them by a little, blind girl...so, they told him that it was a tall, really muscular guy, who defeated them by throwing boulders at them.
The poster Sokka read at the beginning said: "The playwright's sources include singing nomads, pirates, prisoners of war, and a knowledgeable merchant of cabbage."
Î never clicked this fast, this is gonna be hilarious
Yes!!!
LOL SAMME
To me this is how you do a recap episode no flashbacks, no characters remembering something and telling people that already know. If your going to do a recap episode for your show make it fun and interesting instead of just doing the same old flashbacks to stuff we already seen.
And voila! The best recap episode ever is officially behind us. And the last of Zukos little adventures with the team(The talk between them is often regarded as it).
Imon out here sayin’ “You can’t handle my mid-riff.”
8:50 best line ever
Too bad y’all didn’t catch the “The Great Divide” reference. Sokka said “eh let’s keep flying” cuz it’s the only filler in the whole show lmao
And the audience started yawning during the drill scene because apparently people didn’t really like those episodes and wanted the story to hurry up lol
I didn’t mind the drill episodes, but i guess some people must have. The great divide joke was pretty good though 😂 glad they were aware of it being the most inconsequential episode
I find this ironic because I consider The Drill one of the most exciting and best episodes of the series. Perfectly uses the Avatar theme when Aang runs down the wall
You guys finally get to see the Wish version of Team Avatar. One of my favorite episodes.
Six minutes in and my face already hurts from smiling so much
Fun fact: Dante Basco's brother played Zuko's actor
Also the play Toph was meant to be the actual Toph but they changed it to what we know at the last moment
Best recap of a show of all time. All time.
Fun fact: Tophs character design was suppost to look like in that theatre play
It’s 2 am in my country but still here for this reaction, love you girls ♥️
Episode: explains who wrote it
Imon_show: sleep
Epidode: goes on
Imon_show: wAIt WhO wrOtE iT?!1
A very knowledgeable Cabbage Merchant helped writing this play xD
Aw, no reaction to the dig at the Great Divide?
The kid saying Zuko's scar was on the wrong side is referencing the time the animators got Zuko's scar on the wrong side, btw
This episode is so self aware, I love it
imon's laughs at 5:18 onwards are so cute :>
Damn Imon! Breath! xD Her face was turning red.
Sokka’s actor was voiced by Scott Menville
Toph’s actor was voiced by John DiMaggio
This episode is mainly the animators having fun and making fun of themselves, according to the behind the scenes.
Really dope episode!
My god this episode was absolute genius. ATLA actually managed to parody themselves.
That guys voice thats playing iroh reminds me of louis armstrongs voice
Iroh is portrayed as a gluttonous moron, eating a whole cake. His love of tea is not mentioned and seems to instead be replaced with cakes. Also, he goads Zuko to side with him because treachery is "more fun". Ironically, this version of Iroh's enjoyment of cake is given to the character of Iroh in The Last Airbender, although not to the comical extent shown here.
Momo is a "flying rabbit monkey", talks and is portrayed as a hand puppet with a fake arm attached to the end to fool the audience, though only Aang's actress can wear it.
The Blue Spirit is a separate entity from Zuko and also saves "Aang" from Zuko, though it was actually Zhao who captured Aang. The Blue Spirit is given a gargantuan head and a silly expression on his 'face'.
Suki is accurate, though some physical details are slightly exaggerated, but to a lesser extent. She has no lines at all during the parts of the play that are shown on-camera.
Bumi's musculature is greatly over-exaggerated by a muscle suit worn by the actor and the feathers on his headdress are colored. Additionally, when he makes Aang complete a series of trials, both Aang and Sokka are seen being chased around an arena by various objects while Katara is trapped in jennamite and subsequently faints in an exaggerated pose, whereas in real life both Sokka and Katara were trapped.
Azula's physical characteristics are over-exaggerated, such as having long nails, excessive makeup, wearing pink, yellow, and blue clothing, and big hair. She is portrayed as being less cunning than the real Azula. Her speech pattern is also strangely bombastic, unlike the real-life Azula.
Mai is portrayed with hair covering her eyes, her hair in the style of Mickey Mouse ears and an unhappy face symbol on her chest, while Ty Lee is depicted as an overweight ballerina whose chi blocking is depicted by her simply kissing her fingers and touching her opponent, incapacitating them instantly. Actress Mai also keeps her stilettos in her hair buns, whereas the real Mai keeps her weapons in her clothing.
Ozai is portrayed as a stereotypical villain, of the sort commonly seen in old vampire horror movies, with over-exaggerated facial features and even disappearing in a puff of smoke. His performance is reminiscent of Ming the Merciless.
When Aang's actor on stage mentions they are flying above the Great Divide, Sokka's actor jokes that they should just "keep flying". This is poking fun at the fanbase's distaste for "The Great Divide", as it had the lowest ratings of the entire series.
Likewise, the audience yawning and falling asleep during the section of the play dealing with "The Drill" is a reference to a vocal portion of the fanbase considering that episode to be "boring".
The portrayal of Toph is a reference to the earthbender prototype that Mike and Bryan created before Aaron Ehasz decided that Toph's character should be a girl.
While he has Zuko's original topknot at first, Zuko's Actor subsequently has a spiky haircut and long hair. This parodies the fact that Zuko's hairstyle changed numerous times in Book Two.
The "cave scene" between Zuko and Katara's actors makes them seem like a couple. This is a parody of "Zutara".
Suki saying "Are you trying to get on my bad side?" in a threatening manner to Sokka reminds one of the creators of his own girlfriend.
Sokka offering his actor advice may be a reference to the way Jack DeSena (Sokka's voice actor) added his own input to Sokka's lines, which changed the original serious Sokka to the fun-loving Sokka of today. It might also be a reference to the way well-meaning fans are constantly bombarding the creators of their favorite shows with "helpful suggestions".
Throughout the episode, Aang is wearing the same kind of hat that Xu wears in "The Painted Lady" to cover his tattoo.
The ending to The Boy in the Iceberg, in which the Fire Nation gains total victory in the war, seems odd considering the playwright is from the Earth Kingdom.
Sokka crying over the depiction of princess Yue's death is a reference to the fans' reaction over that particular scene where she sacrifices herself to save the moon spirit.
Though the Actress Azula uses blue ribbons to represent real Azula's blue firebending, when she ultimately "kills" Actor Zuko, she summons orange-red flames instead.
The battle between the Actress Azula and Actor Zuko foreshadows the Agni Kai the two will later have in the episode Sozin's Comet Part 3: Into the Inferno.
In this episode's DVD commentary, the creators said the writers might have put in the episode's last scene as a jab at the upcoming movie, The Last Airbender.
At the beginning of the play, the shots of the audience on the lower levels are shown including both men and women. However, by the time the play is at the Actor Toph's introduction, the shots are of men only.
The actress playing Aang uses the phrase "yip yip" before going into the Avatar State instead of using it to get Appa to fly.
After "Aang" is shot with lightning, the actresses who portray Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee assume a pose used by the 2000 movie Charlie's Angels.
Despite Fire Nation propaganda that the war was a way for the Fire Nation to "share their greatness", the Fire Lord is depicted as having clearly imperialistic and megalomaniacal motives, and no one in the audience seems to mind. In fact, they actually cheer when he says the world is finally his, specifically.
Several of the scenes are out of order. For example, the "The Blue Spirit" was shown before the episode "Jet". If observed closely, it becomes clear several of the play's events are in a different order, like Combustion Man's death, which is depicted before the Invasion when it was actually after.
When the defeat of the Fire Nation at the Siege of the North scene occurred, the Fire Nation audience cheered.
While Actress Aang is looking for the puppet Momo, music from one of the non-canonical Super Deformed Shorts, School Time Shipping, can be heard.
A seven-minute preview of the episode was released at New York Comic Con in April 2008, though it did not include the part where Aang argues with Zuko over the seats.
jeez dude this mustve took 5 hours
@@bananamilk4616 faster than u think
Sokka: "'The Boy In The Iceberg' is a production by Pu-On Tim."
The rest of the video "wHo'S tHe WrItEr?!"
Poo on them!*
They hinted at the writer of the play. When Sokka was reading the poster for the play. "...and one very informed cabbage merchant."
At the beginning they say info was gathered from multiple sources by the writer, pirates etc etc.... The guys they basically met through out.
The characters' reaction at the end of the play was how we all felt at the end of The Movie That Shall Not Be Named.
they do mention at the beginning that the inform came from a “knowledgeable merchant of cabbage” LOL
Lol i could’ve sworn you guys already watched this episode but hey I’m not complaining lol 😂
"what's that? i think it's your honor!" "WHEREEEE?!"
the writer was already discussed at the beginning of the episode lol. i like how this play is all fire nation propaganda, all of the heroes are turned into parodies which is funny but when you really look deep into it, it's so disrespectful.
they see the avatar as a frivolous girly type of person to diminish his threat to the fire lord, the made katara's cleavage extra apparent and reduced her to a whiny, preachy girl who flirts with the men she comes across but friend zoning aang which can also be seen as emasculating him, toph is just turned into an obnoxious guy, sokka is a buffoon, and all of iroh's accomplishments are erased and he's seen as a greedy fat guy who smells. they only show them siding with jet with flooding a fire nation town without showing how they fought him.
it might be the current climate we're living in but i think at the end the disappointment wasn't even just in how bad the play is but the extent of the propaganda + the applause at their downfall with how pro-fire lord these people are. it's like realizing how much people hate you and how normalized this sort of thing is. i think this show did a great job of setting the tone for what's to come. even if they win the war they still have to deal with a nation of people who spent their whole lives believing that their fire lord is right and what they've been doing is good. not everyone is zuko and iroh and to me that takes a lot more work than simply beating the fire lord.
This episode was part of an event called "Countdown to the Comet". The new episodes of Avatar began airing on July 14, starting with "The Western Air Temple", followed by "The Firebending Masters", The Boiling Rock parts one and two, "The Southern Raiders", "The Ember Island Players", and finally Sozin's Comet parts one through four.
The idea of a young, male hero being acted by a woman is similar to traditional English theater productions of "Peter Pan", where the title character is played by an actress. The portrayal of the Fake Aang is much like the character Peter Pan, who is also known for being very immature and a trickster since he is forever juvenile. In the commentary track, the series creators indicate that it was a send-up of the pressure on them to cast a woman as Aang's voice rather than a boy close to Aang's actual age, as this is commonplace for male pre-teen animated characters. This also pokes fun at Aang being more in touch with his feminine side, as Toph happily pointed out much to his dismay.
The black-clad stagehands can be equated to the stagehands from traditional Japanese Kabuki theater. In the real world, the adoption of these stagehands' costumes to signify the invisibility of ninjas in Kabuki plays is responsible for the pop-cultural depiction of ninjas as wearing all-black outfits.
The storyline of adventurers watching a comically inaccurate play depicting their own adventures is very similar to parts of the 2004 book, Days of Magic, Nights of War by Clive Barker.
The episode places Team Avatar in a unique situation. While it serves as both a recap episode and a view of the team's immediate future, it puts Aang and his friends in the position of the series' viewers. This allows for numerous references to past episodes and the voicing of fan opinions, production notes, and meta-humor through the group's opinions of the play and the events portrayed within it.
The image for the poster shows an exaggerated rendition of the season one boxed set cover art.
Even though the cabbage merchant's last appearance was in "The Tales of Ba Sing Se", he is mentioned here as a "surprisingly knowledgeable merchant of cabbage".
The title of the play, The Boy in the Iceberg, is a reference to the series' premiere episode.
Zuko's voice actor Dante Basco's older brother Derek Basco provided Zuko's stage actor's voice.
Jennie Kwan, the voice of Suki, Sokka's girlfriend at the end of the Hundred Year War, voiced Actress Yue, Sokka's previous romantic interest.
Sokka's stage actor is voiced by Scott Menville, the voice of Robin in the animated series Teen Titans. He voiced a variety of small characters throughout the series.
I love how good this episode is. Like, it’s filler AND a recap episode, but it’s really funny and enjoyable
The script of this drama credits to: zuko past crew, azula, some people from dai li agent, the hippies, fire nation army who join siege of the north, kids from freedom fighter, some people who their butt get kicked by toph, omashu guards and cabbage man
13:36 as a matter of fact there was a mole, his name is Zuko, he basically snitched on himself infront of the President remember
Dante Basco's brother voices zuko in they play which makes it interesting & poking fun at the fact that toph was originally supposed to be a guy.
Playwright was said at the beginning when Sokka showed them the poster: Pu Wan Tin (sp?), who travelled the world interviewing various people especially a “surprisingly knowledgeable merchant of cabbage”, lol.
Great episode, and I love how casting a woman as Aang is a nod to stage productions of Peter Pan, who traditionally cast a woman as the title character.
I just watched the Cruz Brother reaction to the finale, then rewatched the Normies reacting to the finale, and after watching this I realized that even play writes couldn't portray how amazing the final fight would be. I know they couldn't possibly know, but it just goes to show that real life is indeed stranger than fiction
The play portrays Toph as a big, buff man because they didn’t want to tell the writer that they kept getting their butt kicked by a 12 year old girl.
Also, you know the Zutara ship was doomed when the writers openly mocked it during their spoof episode.
And it was the origin design of Toph
@@a.g.demada5263 technically Sud from Roku’s episode was but eh, point taken
more respect to the writers for doing that
Aaron and John actually *did* support Zutara, but changed Crossroads to give Zuko a tougher redemption arc.
I have no evidence.....but I think the cabbage merchant wrote it!
Even though this was essentially a recap episode, it was done in a very fun and creative way as opposed to a generic, boring clip show. Major props to the creators and writers for actually making fun of their own work and acknowledging the fans in every way 😂
The play is such a hilarious jab at the movie 🤣
Thing is "Ember Island Players" was released before the movie was made. Watching the movie must have felt like a bad deja vu for the animators.
@@albericponcedeleon2696 thank you! Everyone always makes up stories saying that the line saying the effects were decent was about the movie. Bruh the movie came out like 5 years after the show wrapped lmao
Love this episode. Love you guys! Be yourselves always.
*we gonna watch it all together*
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sad sobs in youtube comments knowing I have to wait 2 more weeks
The Imon and Abby characters in a play would portray them as lushing over every cute guy and absolutely losing it everytime Azula showed up lol
man i can't believe we're already here! this reaction has been such a blessing on my life.
The beginning of the episode TELLS you who wrote the play..........
About who wrote the play.
They say in the beginning that they had help from a very "knowledgable cabbage merchant" (which I think is a neat detail considering he appears in so many episodes). And for the most scenes they probably could have asked civilians that where in the area etc. Which is also why details like Toph having ultrasound abilities and Katara and Aang not kissing before the invasion were not accurate. They only knew as much as they could have learned from stories.
I love this episode. It’s just the writers pointing out everything with the show and making fun of it, like Jet dying and it not being super clear in the actual show.
Bruh, you guys heard Sokka read off the name of the playwright from the poster and even repeated it. He said that the playwright, Pu-on Tim, scoursed the world and gathered information from people who witnessed the events.
This episode was the creators way of throwing shade at the movie M Night made. They did a better job of retelling the story on “stage” than Hollywood could.
“That was a bad play(movie)”
“But the effects were decent 👌🏾”
Lol
No THIS is how you make a recap episode 👏🏽👏🏽🤣
This is basically Avatar a bridge no lie.
It was to make light of the m knight adaptation. That’s why soka says “the effect were good”
The play was written based on the accounts of people who witnessed events and a very knowledgeable cabbage vendor.
Totally considering my plushes from oh so wonderful.. hopefully I can organise to New Zealand
I think as long as there was another person other than the gaang in the scenes shown, there was someone the playwright can interview.
*REACT TO GOLDEN KAMUY!!!!!* Love your vids girls, keep'em coming
Keep in mind that Aang didn't think of the fact that Katara didn't say "No" to him. She didn't say "No", just that she was confused.
She said she was confused because she just wanted Aang to focus on the war and THEN they could talk about their relationship which is why she says him AFTER the war
@@dripdoriya1707 Exactly! Aang acted like she said "No" when she didn't even say "No."
This episode was basically Avatar bridge no lie.
FINALLY!!! Have been waiting this for months!!
Their source was one surprisingly knowledgeable merchant of Cabbage.
The sources for the play where th3 priates, cabbage man and some others. Sokka said it when he rad the poster
The ending of that play is a reminder that this was made by Fire Nation😅
Girls the way you laugh reminds me the first time I saw the show and made the same reactions, you are great! Get ready for the best series ending!
If you girls didn't notice, this was actually a parody of the fan theories and some of the changes that occurred to the story like Toph being a girl now instead of a huge buff guy
That moment when this satire play was better than the entire live action movie 🍿
hey guys @imon_snow, its just a recap episode the directors did in a creative way, there is no stocker or investigator following them its just the directors way of recapping thats all
At 15:41 they said exactly that
the end is near guys
what a journey this has been
I heard the ember island actress that played Aang is Ty Lee's sister
sokka said the people who wrote it when he was reading the poster at the start of the episode. Just rewatch the first 10min
They said near the beginning that the cabbage merchant filled in some gaps
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