Avatar: The Last Airbender 2x16 REACTION | "Appa's Lost Days" | First Time Watching!

[@johantolli372]

The most heartbreaking thing for me is that since Aang and Appa are spiritually connected, they had the same dream at the same time. "I guess this means we'll always be together"

[@Greencheez-y]

Ahhh stop it 😭

[@tempsitch5632]

My favorite part. They did a great job storytelling.

[@AdrianFlipflop]

First of all how dare you😢

[@mmxxiii9503]

That line breaks me the most

[@amonjackson2072]

Well. Now I’m crying

[@videohistory722]

In the series, the writers and creators always made sure to show Appa as a main character.

[@Elwingish]

And MOMO! seriously this show gives the cute animals more thought and development than most shows give the humans.

[@ryanakers1372]

They even played up Appa's personality more in Book 2 before the Library episode, just to get the viewer more attached to Appa. Evil geniuses, 😉!

[@ToddHansen-w2t]

After multiple viewings of this show, I just realized how devastated Appa must have been to seek shelter underneath something knowing his fear and discomfort being underground

[@deithlan]

Oh my god

[@SWTobito0702]

Well, that just made Appa seeking shelter in the cave infinitely more sad.

[@angelparada9904]

You can even see right before the attack from the boar he lays down outside of the cave it comes from, only after did he go inside

[@videohistory722]

That's the sand-sailer that Aang and the gang later find. If it wasn't for the sand-sailer, our group might not have made it out of the desert. So a way, Appa saved them.

[@emmyjr1231]

he always comes in clutch.

[@matthan1998]

If it wasn’t for the sand sailer then Appa wouldn’t have been abducted and the gang could just ride him out the dessert

[@Josh-sn7en]

@@matthan1998this makes no sense considering they were watching appa since the oasis

[@320-o3c]

​@@matthan1998 Your response so obviously means you didn't understand the main comment at all.

[@SubtleAmbition]

Maple's disappointment is immeasurable, and her day is ruined.

[@mmxxiii9503]

She looks mad because of Azula...nice

[@micahesquibel448]

I don’t think she’ll ever financially recover

[@videohistory722]

This episode received a Genesis Award from the Humane Society in the category "Outstanding Children's Programming". It was one of more than ten awards for the series.

[@Evthesnev]

Surprised tales of ba sing se hasn’t one the ‘made the most people cry’ award

[@PhirePhlame]

Specifically, it won the award due to its accurate, sympathetic portrayal of how circus animals tended to be treated.

[@dominicsizemore5618]

You thought last episode would make you cry? 😂

[@A_Qwynide]

tbf... Iroh.

[@cristianbazurto7028]

I think irohs tale is the most depressing moment in the show.

[@Evthesnev]

@@cristianbazurto7028not depressing, just really, REALLY sad

[@ccthomas]

The dedication wasn't just for one of the voice actors, it was for Iroh's voice actor.

[@nullunit]

Indeed, RIP Mako. My love for Iroh is very keyed into my love for Mako. That dude was one of the pioneering Asian American actors. He persevered in a profession that treated him like set dressing most of the time and made some memorable characters.

[@videohistory722]

This is the only episode besides "Zuko Alone" in which Katara and Sokka have no dialogue.

[@kodilivetv9011]

You finally said the most famous line ever, "This is not a kid's show." Every KZbin channel that has ever watched this show eventually says it.

[@cjjackson2423]

It's a celebration 🎉😅

[@rezoannur2333]

Normies lol

[@tempsitch5632]

@@rezoannur2333Their realisation and confirmations throughout are hilarious. A Goodwin dives into it during his reactions.

[@mmxxiii9503]

Well this show stopped being for kids since they mentioned the air nomad genocide

[@nathancollins1715]

Shows intended for kids can still have complex and mature themes. Saying that ATLA isn't a kids show does a disservice to kids shows.

[@BruceRiggsGamer]

This episode won a Genesis Award from the Humane Society for it's portrayal of animal treatment, saying it resonates with the way animals are used in circuses today.

[@XanadurLP]

I've watched so many Avatar reactions because it's my comfort show and I love that every reactor at some point came to the conclusion "fuck, this isn't a kids show". Yeah. It's not (only) a kids show. Buckle up, this was only the beginning of the "adult part" of this show.

[@murciadoxial8056]

I've seen a couple of reactors watch tales from ba sing se and appa's lost days back to back... now that's what I call a bad idea

[@IamnotJohnFord]

Appa had a rough time. The first ATLA episode introduction told about the genocide of the Air Nomads. The writers set up the world with kid gloves. The gloves were thrown away around The Storm episode.

[@eduardopatraca3272]

Everyone in the previous episode after watching Iroh's episode: this is the saddest thing I've seen. Appa in the next episode: hold my beer

[@zandylovesrisk]

More like the writers saying 'Hold my beer/tea.'

[@videohistory722]

This is the same circus where Ty Lee used to perform. Since she left, attendance has been down, so they need a new starring act. They are hoping Appa will fill that void.

[@waldoman7]

The ripples azula leaves in her wake.

[@sammylane21]

You girls think you're done sobbing? I quote Stu from the original SCREAM when I say "But wait there's more".😄

[@NestorCaster]

This show constantly reenforces one of it’s core themes of “everything is connected” even when the unimaginable and unexpected happens; the Tales of Ba Sing Se with Appa’s Lost Days, epitomize just how connected characters, and events are even the smallest implications: like the couple not knowing Appa is a Air Bison-- that’s because of the action of the Fire Nation, Air Bisons are all but extinct, and that couple would never really had a point of reference for what Appa is, except what he appears to be, a dangerous monster… and that’s only because of how Appa was treated by both Fire Nation and non Fire Nation ppls-- what other characters do often have causal and polarizing effect on the main characters, and vice vera, while all of them affect their world they all live in .

[@Sairin13]

These are the episodes where you finally realize that the producers were not messing around.

[@videohistory722]

The guru was actually alive when the airbenders were around. He even knew Aang's airbending mentor, Monk Gyatso.

[@rezoannur2333]

No spoilers

[@videohistory722]

@@rezoannur2333 they're up to Book 3. Not a spoiler

[@akaza_Snow_Compass]

Maybe he and gyatso combo-ed the fire nation soldiers and he survived while gyatso dont and then gyatso told him to run away and hide.

[@euomu]

@@akaza_Snow_Compass Pathik is not a bender

[@akaza_Snow_Compass]

@@euomu i know. I'm not saying he bent the element. I said 'combo' that means he fought alongside gyatso.

[@sametcer4806]

“This is not a kid show” dont know how many times i heard that.

[@maggie4028]

"I was not prepared!" Literally everyone with these back to back episodes. Even though I've seen this episode multiple times I am still always unprepared for the emotional gut punch it packs!

[@andrewshirley9240]

It's always appreciated when someone in-the-know is scheduling out the watch sessions and makes sure this one is always followed by the next one. It's a huge relief to know they can get to the next episode right away and aren't waiting a whole week being sad lol

[@PadConnelly]

"They're Dumboing us" almost knocked me off my chair.

[@Itsant33]

This episode won an award for bringing awareness to animal cruelty

[@JMK248]

Why I love this series so much growing up it get you in all kinds of emotions lol. Love how it traps first timers with all the kid stuff early and then does a 360 lol

[@shrubbinthepub3176]

i'm sending A and M a hug back in time to a month ago when you's recorded this one. Stay strong ladies, it gets better!

[@justanotherbohemian3827]

I really loved the little boy in the circus in this and I think he deserved so much better. He was clearly being abused, cause that man that was with him (his father, in all probability) said exactly the same line "behave yourself, or you'll regret it" as the man who tortured Appa. Also, that little boy had a striking physical resemblance to Aang, while he was probably Fire Nation. This hidden contradiction between Aang, who is considered to be the purest person, and the Fire Nation citizens and firebenders, who are always painted in negative colours because of the war, is one of the key elements here. And when it cuts back to Aang laughing and their laughter is so much alike, I just lose it. He's a beautiful detail in the episode and I really hope he turned out to be okay...

[@Diana-zl3ue]

As soon as I see him flee the circus with tears in his eyes to him dreaming the same dream with Aang, I’m in tears.

[@filippopingitore2210]

The thing the guru did with Appa is the same that happened to Aang in the forest where he "saw" Toph for the first time Edit: in fact, that's how Aang found Appa in the forest, now is Appa using it to find Aang

[@nanntuckett8963]

It’s amazing how an episode I’ve seen over a dozen times still makes me cry.

[@emsmith3316]

One thing I remember about seeing this episode for the first time was how relived I was to see Suki and the other Kyoshi warriors , until Azula appeared...

[@Elwingish]

Haha and you thought the previous one hit you right in the feels, huh?

[@ShaftCommander]

“I guess this means we’ll always be together!” This episode will always get me. Not just for obvious reasons, but due to how my life changed in very dramatic and unique way when I met the love of my life….i unfortunately had to leave my dog “behind”. And due to our current and future lifestyle, it’s highly unlikely I’ll ever see my dog again. And I have to just….trust that the care he’s in is good. But it will always eat at my soul until the day I die. Is Aang’s line will always hit me like a truck….cause I lost my animal guide.

[@Pandaemoni]

The "In honor of Mako" reference last episode at the end of Iroh's tale was there because Mako was Iroh's first voice actor, and he passed away before the episode aired. In season three, due to Mako's passing, another actor takes over the role, though it is an actor who was already employed as a substitute for Mako and has his general sound down pat.

[@dehro]

you'd think the genocide, racism, ethnic cleansing, murder, betrayal and random pirates would have told you before that this isn't a kid's show :D but yeah.. the last 2 episodes are a benchmark for a reason.

[@lucidiously]

Well it is a kids' show. Just one that also deals with some serious, dark and mature subject matter, and trusts that kids are able to handle that.

[@dehro]

@@lucidiously not "just" a kids show, then.

[@nathancollins1715]

@@dehro It is a kids show.

[@etienne8110]

Also, war, refugees, war crimes, orphaned kids, weapons manufacturing etc... Lots of heavy subjects. Yet kids are more than ready to take those if they are covered with talent.

[@leire5932]

Ah yes this episode. I can't count how many times I've seen it yet it never fails to make me sob like a baby. Also the fact that you guys thought this episode would lift your spirits after the last one is hilarious 😂

[@bvenable78]

Came here straight from the 2x15 episode to watch Maple "get rid of all her sad feelings"... ;)

[@McBeelzebub]

At the end of Tales of Ba Sing Se it was a bit hilarious, a bit heart rending you were both hoping this next episode would bring some resolution or satisfaction. And yeah, after an episode like this it’s starts to get harder to think of this as just a kid’s show.

[@tempsitch5632]

*heartwrenching ?

[@McBeelzebub]

@@tempsitch5632 heart-rend·ing /ˈhärtˌrendiNG/ adjective causing great sadness or distress. "a heart-rending story"

[@Well...Darn.]

@@tempsitch5632 Both heart-rending and heart-wrenching work in context. His suggests more intense negative feelings.

[@McBeelzebub]

@@Well...Darn. what a great Nick!

[@Well...Darn.]

@@McBeelzebub Well... darn... thanks for saying!

[@halboski]

I watched this show with my kids when they were younger and still at home. We named out cat rescue Mo-mo. Watching you two, watch it now...well you kind of remind me of my kids and all of those good memories come flooding back. Arianna, you make the same facial expressions as my oldest daughter( although she does not do the lobster hands.) Thank you.

[@IndyChaimuang]

How you all cry made me cry. Tearing up 😂

[@theaprentice6437]

Damn. They made me cry too! Always felt for Appa but them getting emotional got to me.

[@Shabadoobalikeameeboop]

I can’t wait for you guys to get to the next season.

[@dastemplar9681]

I believe this episode received an Animal Humanitarian Award for its depiction of animal cruelty.

[@quittzzz]

when i watched this i was literally crying🥹 im so glas they found appa, he was probably so scared! and toph didnt know where they were bc she was blind and she tried her hardest WHILE holding up that library😔

[@keny1555]

When us original fans were watching it was a harsh time. Appa was taken and each episode we thought "they'll get back together this episode" This continued from the episode after they were separated which was July, until their reunion in November. Original fans had to wait 5 months for a reunion.

[@life-n-death4593]

Back to back drops guys I love when creators do this yall the best !much love from TEXAS🤠

[@jamescoconut1282]

When appa went back to his home air temple and it was abandoned and burnt. Makes me cry

[@kelonpie]

Senzu Beans heal physical damage...only therapy will aid emotional trauma 7:37

[@cpob2013]

You are a talking head

[@waldoman7]

Either that or Iroh and some tea

[@Eternitycomplex]

Pain! This whole episode is an exercise in pain!

[@mmxxiii9503]

A moment of reflection and pain

[@user-lh6nx6ow1x]

Azula ate her lines up LMAOO

[@ma5cm6g18]

“I guess this means we’ll always be together!”

[@theguydudety]

I was crying with yall, it's cathartic. I really needed this cry. When you were asking why it made me laugh for some reason. Thank you for for this

[@NickSelfridge]

I felt for both of you during this one, it gets better 😊

[@BRTLxo]

"We'll always be together buddy"

[@pistazieneis415]

0:22 about Iroh's voice actor Makoto Iwamatsu, it is even worse when you get to know that his crying and voice cracking during the singing scene was real, it was the last episode he recorded also in the hospital, diying from cancer, and the picture of Lu Ten is a recreation of Makoto's picture taken when he was in the military in Japan

[@nothingtobeconcernedabout7477]

How many people will think now that Arianna is named Arianna Right and Maple is Maple Left

[@SummerTide]

I was in tears during this whole episode 😭

[@JamailvanWestering]

I think after this episode and the last one. both of them could use a hug oh Chad what you put those poor women through xD

[@PhirePhlame]

This episode won a Genesis Award from the Humane Society for how well-done its portrayal of the treatment of circus animals was.

[@uncledeadpool7158]

This is the episode that breaks you. Congratulations!

[@sarahespin5798]

Watching this air on TV and having to wait real life weeks for appa to come back was so rough

[@louis-wz7vy]

oh damn, I can't imagine

[@GeovanedeJesus]

"I was not emotionally prepared for today" No one ever was and will be. But one thing abou this episode: it won an award of a animal protection organization for portraying so well how animals are mistreated in circus.

[@MrBeanz-us7jp]

I watched this show as a kid and I can confirm, this episode wrecked me 😭

[@creativeuserneim]

Yeah this one is a tearjerker 😢

[@alexandrucondac9778]

Cuz ATLA is Awesome that is why, we will cry of happiness later.

[@ernestoivandiazgutierrez6977]

A curiosity about this episode: It won a price for animal rights and conservation in freedom (and of course, it made cry a lot of people)

[@robertmatakala8360]

Let the floodgates open

[@calistodorren]

The animals that attacked Appa are called Buzzard-Wasps and Boarcupine, respectively...

[@davidmichaelson1092]

This is one of the most difficult episodes to watch. Heartbreaking.

[@rafaeljoseification]

Loveeeee your reactions! Greetings from Colombia.

[@zhorenlogg]

Here... we... go

[@metalahhhhhhhhhhhh]

Even though this episode is pretty heavy I do like that they showed that Appa is by no means a pushover. He beat the hell out of that giant boar.

[@keithburge316]

I grew up watching this show as I fairly young child.

[@thelooker5476]

❤❤❤❤ the ending of the show will destroy them😂

[@michaelearl6765]

This Is A Kids Show... C.S. Lewis - 'A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.'

[@Catclovers]

I'm crying with you 😭

[@kelonpie]

Get your tissues ready😢

[@kwahniko]

"can't wait to get to the next episode so I can relieve some of my sadness "LOLOLOLOL

[@kmiller2087]

i saw the thumbnail for this episode and thought "this one is gonna break them"

[@jhale7018]

That's what I was waiting for! "this is NOT a kids show!" something that everyone who watches this show will say sooner or later

[@NawiXXI]

Oooh, THAT'S how Suki ends up in prison???

[@pollyyander]

OUR HEARTS-- this episode is just too much, good- but too much

[@Burpees73]

This touched my soul.

[@cpob2013]

MMMMMMM... this one's gonna hurt

[@Kosraean.kianarose]

Wow, I just finished the last episode and this was uploaded 42 min ago!

[@videohistory722]

Those are the same buzzard-wasps that attacked Aang and the group.

[@carver877]

Azulas voice actress nailed this episode

[@jpb6]

when she said "Its just a kids show..." I was like "Eeeeehm technically... you know Dave Filoni dont differs there... " I mean we all, also thought Star wars the clone wars would be a kids show, until battle of umbara 😅

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

There's a recurring theme of "bad fathers" in this show. Zuko & Azula have a bad father. Toph haves a bad father. Aang never knew his biological father. This kid watching the circus haves a bad father. Sokka and Katara's father "left". You can even argue that Iroh "couldn't save his son".

[@stupidsminkle]

Me, still crying even after seeing this 10000000 times

[@cjg8763]

This episode is so damn sad. SO damn sad. I hate everything Appa had to go through. And that circus dude telling Appa his last owner didn't know how to handle him. 😠

[@תאירזלצמן]

Next book will be better ❤

[@videohistory722]

Some even say the airbenders aren't gone, but instead they've learned how to "become wind".

[@cpob2013]

That's just a fire nation army joke for ashes

[@tempsitch5632]

I fart nomads ?

[@videohistory722]

​@@tempsitch5632 become wind, not break it

[@amonjackson2072]

No offense (ight maybe a little) but I’m so glad yal were just watching. And not talking as much. This is one of the greatest episodes in tv history in my opinion. Especially coming from an animal lover

[@brazzledazzle-o9w]

not just any voice actor - the voice actor of Uncle Iroh

[@JesseShadows37]

The writers for this episode were like.. “hey, you like Appa? Well Fuck you!!!”

[@Alphakobra24]

Suki was the G. O. A. T this episode.

[@MontgomeryWenis]

Boarcupine!!!

[@ChiefAWES0ME]

Theres more emotional stuff on its way. Theres ways to help with it all.. sometimes i do box beathing. Or singing. Breathing is crucial. For the fire benders, the breath beings life and energy. Even water bending needs breath for fluidity. Earth needs the breath for the strength in its movements. Air, well self explanatory. Haha. I believe this is a kids show, but perhaps the lessons is what must take hold to prepare you for adulthood. For the circle will begin again with the future kids. To apprecite the good, you journey through the bad. In most cases there is no good or bad. Just living. "Life happens where ever you are".

[@jasonhair2457]

This is the correct reaction to this episode.