S3E4: Toph's Actor Reacts To Avatar: The Last Airbender | 'Sokka's Master' Reaction

[@Anonymous_Individual]

I love how Piandao tells Sokka to use Lee as a secret name as there are a lot of Lees. That’s what Zuko used as his secret name when on the run.

[@Videogeek95]

WHY is the TOPH voice actor the ONLY reactor to point out Toph making the Nick Symbol with the rock!?!?!?!!?!? I have watched DOZENS of this episode and NO ONE points it out...

[@vincentroberts49]

Well, I noticed, but have it your way... I thought it was quite legit. Although I'm not a reactor, just a hardcore fan.

[@Tysurgemeh]

Because that is quite literally her character

[@vengefulcloud2337]

You should watch overanalysingavatar he points out about as much as I’ve ever seen😂

[@Videogeek95]

@@vincentroberts49 I wasn't trying to really be insulting... It's just... Most reactor channels who watch Avatar... They're in their 20s ish... They know Avatar is Nickelodeon... I KNOW they're old enough to remember the nick splat... You'd just think SOMEONE other than the Toph actress would be the first to at least point it out...

[@AquanaTwitch]

She’s isn’t, Overanalyzing Avatar did it too

[@ryanweintraub9448]

When buff Iroh is revealed, that is the rebirth of Uncle Iroh back into General Iroh

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

I like Toph in this episode because till now, she's always been kind of a playful jerk to Sokka. She herself came up with the "3 on 3 + Sokka" joke. But when he vents his sadness about being "regular", something she herself joked about, she doesn't poke fun at him. She tries to help and recommends that he finds a teacher, says she misses him when he's gone, shows excitement when he returns, and even blushes. She messes with him a lot, but she's a true friend. One of my favorite details of Piandao's training method is that he doesn't pull some Miyagi-esque trick with his lessons like mentor characters tend to do, nor does he make Jeong-Jeong's mistake of not explaining why he appears to be teaching his student something completely unrelated. Instead, he makes it abundantly clear to Sokka what the purpose of the lesson is and why it's important to learn it. Piandao was actually born to two firebenders, and when Piandao was discovered to not be a bender, he was disowned by his family. Growing up, Piandao was a nervous and agitated child, but he showed interest in the arts and enjoyed painting and calligraphy, which helped him relax and focus his mind. He attended a Fire Nation boys' camp when his art of the sword was recognized, and furthered his studies in the army, where he developed a vicious and fearsome sword fighting style. Piandao fought many battles for the Fire Nation and won them all but felt conflicted with what the Fire Nation was doing, lost his taste for war and sought to become a more enlightened person. He may be Fire Nation but is also one of the reasons why he will not be selfish with his swordsmanship. Why he trained Sokka. He was also Zuko's sword master, so he was the one who taught Zuko to wield dual broadswords.

[@ashleypanzica2696]

That's so cool! How'd you know all this? Is it on a wiki page or something?

[@unicornburger16]

The reveal of Iroh being absolutely jacked will always be great. Man’s built like a brick house!

[@AtarahDerek]

What Sokka doesn't realize at the beginning of this episode is that the Gaang has learned to work together and use their bending in creative ways because of HIM. They're just applying a lot of what they learned from the drill--which was Sokka's idea. He created that team. He got them used to thinking outside the box the way he does. Had he realized that, he might've been more like Bato and said, "Well, you kids pass or fail on your own. I shall observe how you have progressed." But then, he's 15/16 and still insecure. So we'll let it slide. Besides, we get my favorite episode of the series out of his day of insecurity.

[@hellowhat890]

12:52 "Try Lee, there's a million Lees." Zuko's cover name in the Earth Kingdom also being Lee made this line even funnier.

[@krystaloftheshores]

*Lee.

[@kyletonarella4353]

Still surreal that they got Robert Patrick to guest-star

[@samcochran8203]

"Well, more like an extra-long, really sharp arm" _Cheekily side smirks at the audience_

[@djoscartj]

@@samcochran8203 T-1000 🦾

[@christianfaux736]

I think Sokka felt the need to say that because Piandao was the first to both affirm his talents as a warrior specifically, as well as train him to botb be a warrior and a man. Sokka undoubtedly respects and admires the man and must have felt like his deceit was dishonorable in a way which had to be resolved.

[@mezz09smezzanine]

Re: making you own sword. One of my favourite facts about my favourite author, when Sir Terry Pratchett was knighted for services to english literature, he bought a chunk of meteorite and used it along with iron from a local iron ore deposit to forge his own meteorite sword. It is called Thunderbolt, was used in his funeral ceremony (not sure in what way?) and is now owned by his daughter Rhianna whom also writes fantasy as well as scripts for games

[@jbearclowater]

One of my favourite episodes. Piandao is one of the most badass normal people in this entire series

[@KnownMemeEnjoyer]

Toph blushing when she says she didn’t care when Sokka came back strengthens the Toph/Sokka ship narratives!

[@hellowhat890]

5:30 I feel like he was also quite humble when he asked to learn from Suki and the Kyoshi warriors too. ❤

[@hellowhat890]

6:50 I once got a print from a cosplayer at comiccon signed for me. She asked me if I wanted it to have a kiss on it. Meaning she wanted put on lipstick and leave the impression on it. I said that would be nice. ❤ I legit thought she was going to lift the print up and give it a peck. I did not expect her to bring her head straight down on it and kiss it. Full head on, pun intended, smacking her face straight to the table and holding it for a bit. It was the funniest thing I had ever seen and it was so memorable. 😂

[@almas4663]

As a World of Warcraft player - I'd say Aang's armor is exactly what Warcraft characters wear on constant basis. WoW is known and recognized for it's hilariously impractical, absurd, massive, but visually stunning art direction.... Since World of Warcraft was gaining massive worldwide popularity during the years the show was airing - I believe it is partially a WoW reference!

[@benengle9621]

You could be right. I've also heard the studio wanted the show's creators to toughen up Aang, and this was their way of complying while not complying

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Piandao is so badass, and Buff Iroh is even more so! Something you didn't notice is that at 7:34, they zoomed in on a lion turtle! So The Library wasn't the only time they hinted to its appearance in the finale! The waterfall that Piandao has Sokka paint exists in real life as the famed Gullfoss in southwest Iceland. It means Golden Falls in Icelandic, and its double tiered waterfall plunge at a total of 105 feet or 32 meters! The thing about Piandao's voice actor is that Piandao was voiced by Robert Patrick, who played the T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. The T-1000 could literally make its arms into swords, paralleling what Piandao says to Sokka when comparing the sword to a "long, very sharp arm". The blade that Sokka saw in the weapons shop is based on a real blade! It was drawn from a commemorative Qing dynasty sword that Sifu Kisu got in the Zhengzhou Wushu Festival for the fifteen hundred year of the Shaolin Temple in China.

[@hellowhat890]

10:05 A buddy of mine does Renaissance Fairs and is an actual blacksmith. His most requested swords to make on commission is Sokka's meteor sword, Aragorn's reforged sword from RotK, and Cloud's buster sword from FF7

[@Ookami20]

Comedy as a defense mechanism for anything is a *BIG RELATE* with Sokka

[@celocylis]

Love the videos, and am so excited to see what Netflix has been cooking up! Also, Michaela sounds like a Minecraft villager taking damage at 7:08😂

[@michaelamostly]

hahaha omg

[@evanthebourne]

I like how toph started making fun of sokka for his lack of bending in some episodes and came to respect him after he overcame his lack of bending to become so much more competent. She considered him an equal, which coming from toph that s saying a lot

[@itzcuzimbatman7876]

Yea! Forging your own blades at the Renaissance Fair is a great experience! takes about half an hour

[@kidchameleon9572]

Good episode. We knew Sokka was definitely capable before this even without bending, but it was nice to see him grapple with that and go on a little personal journey. Also seeing Iroh prep for the escape is very cool.

[@alexcrompton1937]

Not made a steel sword but armour yes. The swrlord fight between soka and piandao is one of my favourites in the series, classic soka style, unorthodox but effective 😃

[@jeanbutinfrench]

I HAVE to share my Harry Potter diy wand story. I used a small pipe, a piece of wood, tape, a small light from an old toy and a battery. i disassembled the light and it had long thin cables, I glued the light on top of the wand, I glued the cable along the wood piece and connected the end to the battery, I put the battery in the pipe and sealed it in with the wood, the light was on! Lumos! but here was the trick, I cut one of the cables and the light went off, now I used my thumb to press the cut cable connecting it and turning on the light, now I could say Lumos and had the wand light up, it felt magical, but nobody beyond my family would believe that I made it haha, I was like 12 or 13, people might think I would be a genius when I grow up, but nah

[@JNDReacts]

9:59 It’s on my bucket list! There’s a guy in Wisconsin who teaches metal working classes, and I learned about him from a documentary (I think on National Geographic) where he set out to recreate this rare Viking sword called Ulfberht.

[@maxdonahue210]

This is probably one of if not my favorite episodes idk why

[@FireNationAngel]

I've made a knife, but we didn't have the facility or material for something as big as a sword.

[@Louis1059]

That top looks like chainmail 🔥🔥🔥

[@keegs1163]

When i was a kid i searched for sticks like that. I found a cool wand and i also found one that looked exactly like Sly Coopers sickle i didn't even have to carve it. Getting into wood carving would actually be super cool as an adult, but making a real sword might be out of my depth. :D

[@Egobyte83]

Probably my favorite episode, or one of them at any rate. Sokka was and is my favorite character and this one just has everything clicking right for him. Awesome. ^^

[@Rawlesy]

Master Piandao is so underrated. Love that his ties to the White Lotus shine through by taking in Sokka after he is humble enough to admit that he is from the southern water tribe. Also wish that Toph’s bracelet was used more often within the series - such a cool concept!

[@TheSacredSavior]

With the making your own wand thing, I did in my Junior year of high school. My nickname to some people was already Harry Potter for 4 years at that point. When walking back to school after swimming class I saw a stick (about the width of a dowel rod and about 8 inches long) and decided to make a wand. I stripped the bark off, sanded it down to make it smooth and look like a wand, then used a brown marker to color it.

[@wendigo1968]

have you made a wand? have you made a sword?... I'm a wood worker and blacksmith... yes to both

[@matthorton748]

Sokka is more that a sword master he is a back bender to... suki, tie Lee, the moon spirt... even toph shows signs of having a crush on sokka. My man has game

[@heavycritic9554]

Damn, that silver top is awesome! 😳

[@benengle9621]

When you smelled your tea leaves today, I was hoping you would describe it as "otherworldly"

[@FroggyNight]

This is the first TTWT I’ve watched and I loved it. So many favorite things in one place. Avatar, Toph, Tea, sign me up! Keep up the amazing work.

[@ThisIsMyFullName]

13:31 Now all I can think of is; what if Venom from Spider-Man attached itself to Toph?! That would be an awesome crossover.

[@JNDReacts]

13:53 Ask Sparky Sparky Boom Man if the boomerang is useful.

[@cliffnoir329]

3:47 Aang actually reminded me of the game character Nightmare from the Soul Calibur series.

[@CoffeeCrowgasm]

"you get to be normal all the time" "Ha ha!"

[@nikgokuhil]

I thought they were on a strict schedule I found a bunch of cool looking curled up wood thingies in wand shape. Me and my cousins took those as a wand. Then there was a humid day and the wands uncurled and revealed they had seed in them

[@mrsirqb1793]

Can't wait for my favorite episode, The Beach tomorrow. 🥰💚💚💚

[@davecameron2510]

3:40 I always thought Aang looked like the Kurgan from Highlander, which kinda makes sense this episode kinda feels like a tribute to Highlander (minus the decapitation). Also, 13:34, one of my favorite in-jokes.

[@MrRichman668]

Love the shirt. Its giving chainmail vibes, which works perfectly with the "swordbending" theme of the episode

[@michaelamostly]

i try! haha

[@angusauty4396]

Making an actual high quality sword from start to finish (not just a sharp metal stick) takes a really long time. Can easily take a few weeks depending how much you want to do etc

[@ashleypanzica2696]

I love how this episode's really Sokka's time to shine! But, one thing I didn't like was how the Team didn't really give Sokka any good reason why he's special too? Like, c'mon guys! He's the strategist of the group, without him they wouldn't have figured out how to take out the drill. Heck, he's the whole reason for the invasion in the first place! He's also a pretty good fighter to, even with just a boomerang. Idk, it just bugs me how no one brought that up.

[@Donbett1974]

It was at least 3 days. 1. Training 2. Sword making 3.Sokka's worthy

[@amiralvarado7535]

It's a classic episode. I learned how to smelt this episode behind the scenes.

[@FiggityJones]

And so Sokka finally becomes Water Tribe Link. I can’t wait for more sword wielding Sokka action in future projects.

[@seanhampson4126]

This is one of my top three episodes. I love the journey that Sokka goes on throughout the series, but this is really the pinnacle of it for me.

[@redgambitt_8260]

6:29 - 6:34 I think both of those attitudes together make a lot of sense, if you think about it. He’s humble to Piandao because he doesn’t believe he’s worthy of learning swordsmanship from a seasoned professional like Piandao, but he’s also asking questions because the direction of the teaching is counterintuitive. I wouldn’t expect writing a name down to have any impact on how to wield a sword either. I mean, would any of us? We get he’s a master, but, come on. It’s writing. If I may go off on a tangent, I think this is a kind of trope that media embraces. Basically, the idea of the student learning something unexpected and seemingly useless from a teacher (at least, useless for the context of the lessons), then eventually realizing why it’s connected is portrayed as a breakthrough moment for them. If you’ve seen The Karate Kid (the one with Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan) and remember the first lessons involving picking up and putting on his jacket, you’ll know what I mean.

[@ace360]

Favorite episode of Avatar ☯️🙏⚔️

[@stumblestorms7881]

Why is TOPH THE ONLY ONE DOING THIS? You can’t TELL me that the MELON LORD! “Isn’t going to do one.?” I won’t believe it. TOPH these are such a gem to the fans of the show THANK YOU😂❤Everyone playing PalWorld❤The Knowledge of the Arts Belongs to us all❤NoodleBrain…❤

[@FrancisR420]

It's probably in the fire Nation teas but da hong pao is a great rock oolong with an interesting history

[@Ookami20]

Master Piandao is easily my most fav Master dude took out 100 Fire Nation soldiers *BY HIMSELF* with *A SWORD*

[@omar10x]

My favorite episode in the show

[@MerrickKing]

Some of these teas are so earthy that Toph can bed the leaves

[@michaelamostly]

so true

[@frankjose4057]

One of my favorite episodes

[@superblahman]

Sokka signing the page in the live action will probably be super awkward...

[@mateus_andriola]

I don't think it's a coincidence: Master Piandao told Sokka to use a different name, like Li, and it's the name Zuko uses at the beginning of season 2

[@TheLastLivinGameCube]

I haven’t made a sword before, but I’ve always wanted to.

[@aliennowa]

OH YOU LOOK ADORABLE WITH SILVER!

[@vincentroberts49]

How many times this episode made me say "YO!" is innumerable. Holy crap, Ms. Melon Lord, you're so awesome! Also, did ANYONE else notice that the guy in the sword shop is just a not-buff Iroh near-lookalike?!

[@michaelamostly]

thank you for watching!! 💚

[@MichaelKea8888]

This is one of my favorite episodes. Love your voice acting Michaela. Are you still getting royalties for episodes streaming? Are you in touch with the Hamill Lord?

[@JamesBlond000]

I have a friend who's a hobbyist blacksmith, and he said swords are super difficult to make, and you'd need to practice a lot of, like, knives and nails first.

[@BubblegumLightsaber]

This was actually the first episode I ever saw on Nickelodeon back in like... 2009ish? So I was basically jumping into the deep end wrt the characters :p I did watch the rest of book 3 and then was able to watch from the beginning when Nick reran book 1 again. Since then I've seen the series around 15 times or so (I tend to rewatch about once a year), I've lost count at this point lol

[@alexanderhay7358]

last comment: sounds like whoon long yeeh lun-ng tea long tea...

[@krystaloftheshores]

“You added a rainbow.” “Is that okay?”

[@sidp5381]

This was amazing you should react to old toph

[@indetigersscifireview4360]

Piandao is a rare Chinese sword so naming the sword master Piandao is pretty cool. I have created my own Quan Dao practice sword when I was studying Fire Bending uhm I mean Northern Style Traditional Kung Fu , yeah that's it. I'm not a fire bender. It's a six foot wooden staff with a single edged blade at the top. The hand position shown in the episode with two fingers pointing out is called secret sword hand.

[@sladewilson8628]

I always thought the armor that Aang tries on is reminiscent of Nightmare from Soul Calibur. Closest I can think of anyways.

[@charleshensley8138]

I wonder if you can resist the urge to repeat Toph's lines back for one full episode lol. Don't get me wrong I absolutely love it, I'm just curious if you could resist the temptation 😂😂😂😂😂

[@MohamadNadi]

Are you going to do tea time with toph for the live action series?

[@kamron_thurmond]

Toph misses the hero worship she misses the love. It makes sense why she became the chief of police now.

[@Jasperr9999]

My favorite episode! Yes!

[@peterschramm7998]

i have carved several wands, but have never forged a sword

[@JamJim]

13:33 Nickelodeon 13:34

[@DementisXYZ]

9:27 Michaela giving Toph the "Sure, Jan" face. Were you a Tokka shipper?

[@sofiaaparcana3266]

yes she is

[@jasminejuno]

10:38 It's actually not that weird for me as an Asian to why Sokka suddenly told Piandao that he's not from the fire nation, thus endangered the whole avatar team from their camouflage. It's not a sudden choice, all of the students in martial art respects their master so much. It felt like dishonesty and unrespectful to lie about his true identity when he has learned from the best. Sokka felt like there's no honor in learning from the best master when Piandao didn't know, thus he tells the truth.

[@jasminejuno]

This is why i like ATLA best, they literally puts asian culture in subcontext without worrying if its going to translate well in the western media. The whole 3 seasons they have been putting these asian, tibetan, inuit values, culture, to make it the ATLA that we know and love for.

[@Ookami20]

Little bit of Cactus Juice in the tea 😏🌵🥤

[@SirChaosS]

my take-away was that the fight was NEVER about Sokka's "betrayal" as Piandao stated he knew from the beginning Sokka was water tribe, but more he used that as excuse to give Sokka his "final exam" which is why he points out all the things Sokka does right. PS: FUN FACT: Piandao was voiced by, none other than, the great Robert Patrick, which many will know from his T2 fame, as the T1000. PSS: no, i never made a wand, nor a sword. but did make my own staff. it was a dow rod i got from Home Depot, that i did my own custom carving, engraving, and polishing. even added a quartz crystal to its heart. I HAVE studied weaponsmithing, and i love blacksmithing shows, and videos, and feel pretty confident i could make my own sword or dagger.

[@Natsu_drippin]

If youre in California im sure you can find some moon rocks at your local dispensary 😜

[@lasgalon]

So yeah about Suki... she was in jail during this or even worse being interrogated by Azula

[@ZukoHalliwell]

6:46 If I ever meet you at a con, that's the autograph I want. 😋

[@davidlilly1000]

She should check out AWE Me make Sokka's sword.

[@pierre-jeromebergeron2211]

It is pronounced dansong, with an S sound, though they spell it with a c which would suggest a k sound. It bugs me too.

[@zainabthaslymanour6075]

Will you react to the live action when it comes out? (in 21 days lol)

[@SammyxSweetheart.02]

3:02

[@redfieldwong717]

It smells illegal?! Are you talking from experience 😏

[@similis1134]

OK but can we stop and ponder. If Toph sees with her feet, is the toe picking like cleaning her eyes?

[@krystaloftheshores]

I did not need this to think about.

[@michagrzesiak3980]

If you want to become a sword master you might want to try HEMA.

[@tss3393]

11:14 Daddy Iroh

[@Minkah-mk6fk]

Michaela Jill Murphy. Will you continue voice acting?

[@Delostacia]

How do you know what illegal tastes like, lol? I wouldn't feel bad about the bamboo.... bamboo grows like a weed. I think Sokka admitted his origins due to respect and gratitude and guilt towards Piandao. To take advantage of someone is unkind.

[@alexanderhay7358]

14 min in path of the sword. weird i ever met you...

[@Wico90YT]

My Cabbages!

[@piano7374]

The C in “Dancong” is pronounced as “ts”

[@alexanderhay7358]

i 'dunno' how you'd feel about your-self... but from here.. you are my azula to my toph,,, and i'm you're earth-beanding uncle ichro - ieoh... would you like some tea...?

[@alexanderhay7358]

and your anticipation of "buff-iroh"... makes me believe that you are happily married...

[@MoonShine-li8fh]

omg im the first lol❤i’m such a fan