Avatar: The Last Airbender's Most Hated Characters
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- Just a little funny video about something I noticed: for a show filled with really devious and evil characters, it's funny that the most hated character is actually a minor one.
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It's because he's a snitch, can't say more than that
And what seals the deal on him, is that he is a snitch, we don't see get stitched. For all we know, that guy lived out the rest of his life without a thought or a care for what he had done, with no consequences.
It's not just that he snitched, he snitched and got away with it.
@@kingcamelot1395 yeah true, and he also snitched for nothing as well. The fire nation is literally a bunch of colonialists that also would kindly love to extinct other benders like in this town, and he snitched on the guy who saved his close to death life for nothing. Unless they offered him money or threatened him, he really did all that for nothing.
My theory: That elder either thought he was doing the right thing or the fire soldiers would do something worse if he did not snitch.
@@keyoteamendelbar8742I always thought the whole thing was a set up from the start and the old fart was actively working for the fire nation as a collaborator.
Snitching is one thing,
But snitching on the person who SAVE YOUR LIFE is what makes it infinitely worst.
I can't believe Yon Rha's mother isn't on this list. If you had included her, you would understand why he offered up her life.
it's Been awhile since ive watched it wasn't she evil or something???
What did she do
@@StevenJones851she was bitch to him so really that was karma for him for killing katara’s mom
@@Chihuahualover15 she’s was a bitch to him
@@Chihuahualover15She treated Yon Rha terrible insulting him and demanding he go to buy them more food after Yon Rha offers her some of the vegetables he was growing which she rejects because they were too tough we only saw her for one scene but yeah pretty easy to see why Yon Rha offered her up to be killed so easily.
I can explain this
the fire lords are evil but are generally a interesting kind of evil and get karma.
Zhao has an interesting past and killed the MOON, one of the closest things to a god in the avatar verse, so you got to give him some credit.
the earth kingdom general was insane, but given that he was fighting a war, and was at the time on the side that was losing, can you really hate him for getting so desperate.
the prison wardens and soldier are just doing their jobs and are in the end products of the fire nation war machine.
long feng gets karma and has a love to hate vibe going.
the old man is just a boring pathetic traitor with no redeeming qualities or excuses who gets no karmic punishment.
"Being boring is a bigger crime than being evil."
Fong was less insane and more of a "workaholic" as the creators described him who was willing to use extreme measures to get his plans working once he sets his mind to it. Also, he _did_ send some of his troops to help during The Day of Black Sun (he wasn't able to go himself since Ba Sing Se fell, but if he did, I think it'd lessen the hate he gets. Hell, he admitted he had no plans of killing Katara at all.) Meanwhile the old man, like you said, got away with sending a young man to prison after he helped his bony arse.
@@PineappleDealer37 not neccesarily a bigger "crime", but it contributes to hateability factors in characters. Although I don't really think the boringness of the man is what tips it over the edge, it's the selling out part.
There is an interesting psychological element here. We can all recognize evil for what it is, and can therefore, so to speak "put it out of our mind". We can turn the evil into an abstract, a force we need to fight, plain and simple. Ozai is a horrible man, but entertaining to watch (as a fictional character) and also just plain evil. Evil, yes, but plain.
But a character our protagonists help out of kindheartedness or something, who betray them in the end out of pettiness and selfishness, THAT can get on the audience's nerves. Now it's PERSONAL.
There is a strange social element going into "hatred" when it comes to fictional characters. Being a common nuisance, for instance, or having an annoying accent, a weird fetish, having a disgusting aura or just appearing unhygienic, being an unneccessary obstacle that makes the audience groan for whateve reason, THESE are hateable factors in a character (I'm surprised Azula wasn't in the video. It doesn't matter that half of the simps in the fanbase wish she got "redeemed", what matters is she played the role of hateable obstacle of the week type villain perfectly, without becoming annoying. She was a genuine threat, and evil to the bone, plain and simple. The desire to be loved is no excuse for being a sadist since childhood. She genuinely was just born to be evil.)
A good writer ought to know the difference between the external threat (ozai) and the internal threat (a traitor you once helped) and how this affects audience reactions. From an in-universe perspective: look at how we, the audience, treat Zuko, and how Katara treats Zuko after she had initially helped him, he betrays her, and then comes begging for forgiveness. Katara is 100% justified to initially deny any trust for him. At this point, she arguably hates zuko more than Ozai, because it was personal, it was betrayal, and it was a social evil, not an external threat (although he DID revert to being an external threat at that exact moment of betrayal, but that's beside the point.)
Hatred is an arational feeling (I reject the normalized term "irrational" to describe something instinctive or emotional. "Irrational" means "against reason", it does not mean "lacking reason." which is what we REALLY mean when we incorrectly say "irrational".)
and therefore, hatred should not be seen as a reasonable reaction to a well-recognized threat. It is our social and instinctual reaction to something social. Just look at how xenophobia works. It's arational because it touches on a basic, primal fear of the strange, the uncommon, the outsider.
Back in the day we called it the Umbridge effect. We can't relate to a power hungry dictator who genocides a world.
We can relate with the one time that sibling snitched on us and got us grounded. Dang it Bobby, we had a deal!
Don’t forget the guys who stole Appa
Honestly I can’t hate on that guy tooooooo much overall, boy was young and dumb
Yeah those sandbenders did not know what they were getting into when taking him.
@ZonaiHero-ul5nm Appa had a saddle which would imply he had an owner plus Toph was right next to him and they never bothered asking and took advantage of her predicament to steal Appa (she couldn't sand bend and she was preventing the tower from sinking)
@@SebastienGendron-uk4po Well yeah, but I can’t imagine that they knew what the avatar was going to do afterwards.
@@mikhailabraham421bro you don't just steal a sky bison.
"I didn't know it belonged to the avatar!"
BROTHER. Who else has a sky bison!? Surely not the airbenders cause their extinct!
Either earth Kingdom or fire nation has poached them into near extinction.
Difference is these guys were punished with some form of karma
However this ungrateful old bastard ratted out the people that helped him and got away with it Scott free
I hope Tyro paid that Old Fart a visit after he got back. If he thought being crushed by rocks was bad before he's in for a whole new experience!
Yeah but on the bright side it got them to rescue the other captured earth benders including Horu's father.
Atleast they saved the others
Considering it took Aang several months to end the war. The fire nation soldiers left the Earth kingdom. Leaving the old man without company. The villagers would have ostracized him after that incident with Haru. And especially once the war ended.
@@alexanderartz2288 that's probably the case
Probably cause he's worse than a snitch. He had nothing to gain from telling the Fire Nation police. And, when pointing Haru out, he didn't seem afraid or guilty. He looked pissed when saying "That's him! That's the Earthbender!"
I won't say nothing. At best, he got paid well for information about Haru. At worst, he saved himself from the repercussions of hiding knowledge from the Fire Nation. Greed and Fear make us do horrible things.
All the same, that old man was a cowardly, pathetic person, and it drives me mad not knowing if he got punished for it or not.
@@kingcamelot1395 But what would the fire nation press him about? How he got hurt? Haru and Katara were the only witnesses to him being trapped. Unless the mine caving in was something the Fire Nation caused, why would they use the old man to weed out any Earth Benders?
@@Ramuh100Quick question: do you live in democratic country or under a dictatorship?
A lot of people forget the old man works at a mine by himself which you can see is dangerous. He obvious desperate for money. Hanging over a earthbender is a easy pay day
@@theinsurance2450 True, and besides, how grateful he might have been for their rescue, he was afraid of the Fire Nation even more.
Still, doesn't make it any less cowardly and pathetic of him.
The old man ratted out the guy who saved him, and we're not even given a reason as to why. if he was trying to protect the village because he was worried the FireNation soldiers would come and burn them all for hiding any Earth Benders, that'd be one thing. but that's not the tone the old man gave that he's sorry to give up his rescuer. his tone instead sounded like he was on a witch hunt. ungrateful and a traitor.
Plot twist: Haru and the old man came up with a plan to break everyone out of prison
Wow that’s actually a really great idea!
To be fair, Mai's Uncle was doing his job. Can't hate him for that.
Plus tbh, I can’t help but respect the fact that he puts his money where his mouth is when he said he’d sooner die than let any prisoner escape
He is, also, the only one of the three prison wardens who has any redeemable qualities. He is shown to care very much for the people who are close to him (he hated Zuko for breaking Mai's heart, and he actually pulled some strings to get her out when she became a prisoner). Still, he is pretty ruthless in running his prison.
This is a great example of how deeply people hate those who break their trust, ir betray them, that old man wasnt around fir long, but in that time they saved his life, and in return he went and got thw fore nation, because bending, and while thats all he did, people felt much more betrayed by him and thus hurt than almost any othwr character, esspecilly because he gained nothing from this, it wasnt his job or anything and so it infiriates people. Facinating
A reminder that as depicted in "Inferno" the deepest circle of hell is reserved for the Sin of *_Treachery_* and is where the devil himself places his throne whilst forever gnawing on the bones of humanities greatest traitors like Judas.
_There is no sin even quanitifying close to that of _*_Betrayal_*
The amount of typos in your comment mildly infuriates me
@@PipeGuy64Bitmaybe they have dyslexia? Next time be more friendlier when assuming things about people you don't know
It is a personal insult and provokes the viewer because everyone else that was shown had power, they were corrupted by power, this old man had nothing, he didn't even have the power to stand on his own two feet and yet he uses the rest of his energy to rat someone out who saved his life.
I remember being so angry about this guy when I was a kid and even though now I can see how circumstances could’ve lead to him selling out a kid who helped him, it still somewhat infuriates me that he said “THATS THE EARTHBENDER” with such conviction and zero remorse in his actions
They saved that old man from falling rocks, and their reward for it is getting sold out by the same guy they saved.
And I get why the show included a character like him. Sometimes, our fear for something overrules everything else. For however grateful he might have been, he was afraid of the Fire Nation even more.
Still, I hope he got a mention in the comics or something. It's maddening that we don't get to see the repercussions of his actions, if there are any.
Netflix avatar fails because no one is allowed to be unlikable. They made everyone sympathetic or likable in some way
Sounds like more modern media in general. They're desperate for nuance so every villain has to have a sympathetic excuse, sometimes by making figures that are barely characters who have no entertainment value since they live just to excuse the intended villains.
@@ArcCaravan now we need a story with a villain with a totally unsympathetic excuse. Something that makes everyone after learning it go bad shit insane. Like "I tie down people to tracks so they die to make other people deal with philosophical dilemmas about the value of life!"
Can't wait for the Disney adaptation where Zhao is the hero and Aang is the villain
I don't even remember that old man, and I remember a lot of things from the show.
Imagine not even mentioning the EVIL Avatar Kyoshi who killed our dear leader Chin The Great!
For context: that old man was trapped under a collapsed mineshaft opening. Katara convinces an earthbender named Haru to use his bending to free him. This was set in a location where all earth bender’s were detained and imprisoned. After Haru went out of his way and exposed himself as a bender, this back stabbing burlap sack had narced on him. Dude saved his ass and was thanked by turning him in to the fire nation.
Ima play devils advocate here and say maybe this old man isn't as hateable as you'd think. From our perspective it absolutely is scummy to turn someone in who helped you but, given the perspective this village had it really could've been born out of desperation. While its not very graphically shown in the show due to it being for kids, the fire nation absolutely was hell bent on suppressing the cultures of their enemies to the point they'd use any tactic that would serve that goal.
In such a situation, the old man could've genuinely believed that if he didn't turn Haru in asap, then word would get out that he got saved anyway, which would lead the Fire nation soldiers to ask who did it in a um, not so nice way. If they're going to find out either way, its far better to look like you were forthcoming with the info rather than trying to hide it, especially when the fire nation can and has demonstrated they'll hurt you and not feel an ounce of guilt.
Or the man who is so in denial of his daughter not being helpless that assumes she was kidnapped and gets two greedy bastarda to go "rescue" her.
At least Lao was able to mend the bridge with Toph in The Rift, so at the very least he gets to atone for his actions post-series...
There’s a good tumblr post that’s like: “all the evil things that the villains do are fake, but my annoyance at an annoying character is real” (paraphrasing here). Not _quite_ the same thing, since the old guy did do a genuinely awful thing (getting somebody who rescued him arrested), but it was in a much less entertaining way that felt awful for the audience watching it.
Goes to show that sometimes doing what you think is the right thing, isn’t actually the right thing.
The coward definitely ruined more than 2 children's lives
I wouldn't hate him nearly as much if he had anything worthwhile to gain.
Omg Sozin was my favorite character.
He tried to prevent two horrible adaptations and a terrible sequel but was stopped by Roku when he said "No. We've got to have money. Now shut up and do as you are told or I will force you to marry Misa Amane".
How about the ones who shun Zuko out of their village just because he's a Firebender after he used it to drive out the bandits harassing them?
I find it kinda funny how literally all of em are old men
Can't blame Katara for her poor character judgement
The old man was more relatable. We all know someone in our lives who with what little power they had, used as much if it as possible to screw us over with either callous indifference or personal hatred, and probably got away and rewarded for it.
That's kind of the same reason why Harry Potter fans hate Umbridge more than Voldemort, because people like Umbridge exist in real life (Karens).
@@Blunderman-rl1hc Yep!!! This video reminded me of those "Harry Potter fans hate Umbridge more than Voldemort" memes, which was why I made that comment in the first place!
Have you read the comic Suki Alone?
If you ask me, everyone needs to start hating on Old Man Ding.
Yes.
People hate backstabbers.
Dude, I can't believe you missed out Hide when you listing the all the unlikeable antagonist in ATLA
*Toph's parents...*
What about Azula?
She did have certain characteristics that made her unlikable (the way she's so overly confident in her own skills and perceives herself as being perfect), but on the flip side she was also the victim of years of psychological manipulation and abuse from Ozai. For the other villains, their downfalls were satisfying to watch, but Azula's was disturbing and tragic.
@@Blunderman-rl1hc true she even shows she has a soft, but you look more into the comics she insane, manipulative, and chooses not to redeem herself. Have you read the comic Azula in the spirit Temple?
@@matthewchelette9088 I know what happens to her in the comics, and, unlike a lot of people, I don't believe she can be redeemed. That said, I didn't put her on this list because she's somewhat sympathetic (more so than Ozai, anyway). The character walks the tightrope between villain and victim.
@@Blunderman-rl1hc you do have a point.
Azula is a fan favorite lol she was the most entertaining villain and one of the more psychologically complex
Dictator do what dictators do, but snitching someone who saved your life without any remorse is another level!
Ngl, compared to Ozai, Azulon and Sozin were better. By any strech were they good, but at least Sozin was chill when young and had a moment of doubt before letting Roku die, and Azulon respected Iroh's grief. Ozai is incapable of both of those "feats".
He’s hated for the same reason leandros is hated, they’re both snitches
People don't like snitches. Because they are supposed to get stitches.
And that's why we hate him. This snitch didn't get stitched.
The old men in the earth kingdom should’ve been great full for being save now he snitch on Haru
They save his life and he rat them..
I hate the old man
You should. They saved his life and in return, he sold them out. What's worse, is that any repercussions to that betrayal happen off screen, if at all. So we, the audience, are left to believe he got away with it. It's maddening.
spongebob: but old people are the best
Also SpongeBob: They're full of wisdom and experience
*Chad face*
Yes.
I have a question. What that old man was doing in abandoned and dangerous mine? Was he a looter?
To explain why it's not Ozai . . . he's Endeavor years before Endeavor.
Apparently people like domestic abusers.
I think it's more like, audiences love pure evil villains (Emperor Palpatine, The Joker, Disney villains back when they were actually good). Or, at least, they're more compelling.
Cool
You forgot Korra the worst character.
Snitches get stitches I guess.
Basically anyone who isnt nice to the main cast regardless of why that may be the case. Good that I dont work on such childish logic.
@@miniaturejayhawk8702 It's one thing to not like or agree with someone. It's an entirely different thing to be a snitch. Especially after they saved his life.
So hating a snitch who sold out people who saved his life is equal to hating everyone who isn't nice to the main cast regardless of reason? That sounds actually childish.
Bro left out Zhao
0:11 That IS Zhao!
Snitches get stitches
What the hell why you say f**k me for I save your life
The worst Avatar characters are: Aang and Katara
How ?
@@SullivanDLuffy Katara is a spoiled, arrogant brat, and Aang is an irresponsible, infantile kid
No, Aang is the worst character because he would rather sleep in an ocean than face his past life's former bff.
He makes Jim Crow look like Jim Eagle.