Toph Is AMAZING!! ZUKO'S MUM!?! Avatar The Last Airbender Book 2 Episode 6-7 Reaction!!

[@loang3991]

You are correct about Azula telling the truth about Zuko's Dad wanting to kill Zuko. For some reason most reactors always get confused with that part and Zuko's mom disappearing.

[@MrEvolved]

Yeah, there's a line in there about the old fire lord saying Ozai should experience the same loss as Iroh for suggesting that he should get to skip the succession order. So it wasn't so much that Ozai wanted to kill Zuko, he was just going to be forced to.

[@jessetorres8738]

Fun fact: Zuko Alone is the only episode out all 61 that Aang doesn't appear in.

[@MrKingYuji]

None of the gang shows up. It’s all about Zuko and his royal family

[@en4833]

@@MrKingYuji That's why it's called Zuko Alone

[@patydeleon3288]

I'm glad you noticed that Zuko looks skinny in this episode, sadly, a lot of people don't realize that Zuko lost a lot of weight during his time in the earth kingdom

[@zeallust8542]

Yeah, most people dont realize until like Season 3, but it happens fast

[@matthewkalasky2891]

That's some pretty good attention to detail.

[@SatiricalLizard]

Fun Fact: 'The Boulder' is based on Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Also, the 'Made in Earth Kingdom' joke was a reference to how everything is made in China. As the Earth Kingdom is mostly based off China. Also, Azula is a literal pyschopath, so she's always been like that.

[@wawa6111]

I didn’t know about that earth kingdom part😂

[@BenJover]

@@wawa6111 Atleast the earth kingdom being inspired by china is 💯 lol

[@creepinsilence]

the person that voices his character is mick foley

[@SatiricalLizard]

@@creepinsilence they were going to have The Rock play him, but he turned it down :/

[@CatMage1014]

28:20 The implication that I always got from this scene of the father leaving to get his oldest son from the frontlines is not that he is going to try and save him, it's that he is *going to collect his son's body*

[@jakekayden4061]

Oh. Oh

[@BrianStorm742]

If that was the case, I'd actually agree with Don. It's not worth abandoning your family for. But if you can still rescue him somehow, of course you should go.

[@naeshaunedwards7731]

“Hey mom, wanna see how Azula feeds turtle ducks?” You just know it wasn’t going to be a good method 😭

[@majidoujaa5592]

Zuko alone is an absolute masterpiece of an episode

[@Phoenix-ug1ru]

15:10 "there is also Neutral Jing, where you do...NOTHING! neutral jing is the key to earthbending. it involves listening and waiting for the right moment to strike" - king bumi

[@DrekeXorn13]

14:20 She isn't using hearing as much as you think to see, she feels the vibrations of whats going on around her to inform her of what is nearby. She can feel the vibrations of a person's heartbeat even if they are standing still through the ground via earthbending. It is oftentimes referred to as Seismic Sense. You see what she sees when everything goes black and white and we see those vibrational waves or sound waves moving through the floor to sort of identify things, like her fight against the Boulder at the start of the episode

[@manzanasrojas6984]

The fact that this has to be explained is...well yeah...

[@stupid_tree7158]

@@manzanasrojas6984 I'm doubting anyone's intelligence when they cant use context clues to figure out something

[@manzanasrojas6984]

@@stupid_tree7158 SHAKE MY HAND. I WANNA SHAKE YOUR HAND

[@eagleangel5568]

Yeah I love the scene where they see the vibrations when TOPH uses her ability like I love it

[@samuelvincent557]

When Toph joins the group at the end and say that her Father changed his mind and is allowing her to travel the world, notice how Sokka say "We should leave before he changes his mind again", he knew she was lying and just ran away. But he did her the courtesy of not calling her out.

[@Gavindoesnotknowhowtoedit]

OHHHHHH😮

[@denzell5036]

Note the comparison In the representation. From young Zuko who couldn’t preform. To now with powers gained by his own way. If his grandfather saw this performance fight with the earth army thugs his father would more than smile at the raw potential and power displayed

[@Hallasammal]

About Azula: sinze she's a prodigy, her father seems to be really fixated on her. I think it's more than likely that he's been working hard to influence her, rewarding being calculating and punishing "weakness" since she was very young.

[@Mist_Hashira_Muichiro]

Been waiting for this Don

[@mastername5373]

You know I think the difference between Azula and Zuko's Personality comes more from nurture than nature, Zuko had his Mother and Iroh to correct him (turtle ducks for example) but Azula had her Father and nobody else, While Zuko's experience with his Mom shown in the flashback is Positive, Azula's experience was Neutral or Negative, Take the Fire bending scene for example when Zuko was fire bending the Dad didn't say anything while Mom praised him, when Azula was fire bending the Dad smiled while Mom didn't say anything, I think it's obvious who she'd like more seeing her Mother praise Zuko but doesn't say anything to her.

[@YT_AKai_]

I disagree with this opinion slightly. Some people think Azula is entirely bad because of outside reasons (her dad, her mom etc) but she still has free will just like everybody else. Yes she’s raised poorly but her mom still tried (getting Zuko to play with her, having motherly talks). She is still solely responsible for her own actions and isn’t a sob story

[@Deorman]

@@YT_AKai_ Well she's got some responsability, but she's still very young, and Yes most of her behaviour come from her dad, She like Zuko she's deprived of love and crave for attention (he may smile but his children are merely tool of power), she compete with Zuko to get attention. Renamed Omashu after her father.

[@YT_AKai_]

@@Deorman she knew her mother loved her and still acted the way she did to please her father (that’s her choice) you may need to rewatch the last few episodes but that’s all I’ll say her bc I don’t wanna leave spoilers in this comment section

[@Deorman]

@@YT_AKai_ SPOILER SHe very much so doubted her mother loved her, has evidently showcased by later episodes, She think her mother sees her as a monster and she wish to be love by her, but she doesn't trust this emotion like we see in the final episodes. Also the way you phrase what she does to please her father as "a choice" is bit more complicated . We do have choices towards or emotions, but it's not always a conscious one.

[@YT_AKai_]

@@Deorman BIG SPOILER Her mother saying “no azula… I love you… I do” in her crazy subconscious is her proving to herself that she isn’t the monster her father wanted her to be and that deep down she knew her mother loved her. She is by no means a victim- additionally if she didn’t want to please her father and go after Zuko, Iroh and Aang she could’ve just ran away in season two. She went after them and that’s her choice. Free will exists fam

[@iurirafael]

14:20 She could see the rocks being thrown at her because she "felt" the earth/rock in the air. The bending in avatar come from feeling the earth,fire,water,air.

[@itsturniptime3699]

She could also just feel the guy digging underground behind her since that would cause a lot of movement

[@izukumidoriya8600]

@@itsturniptime3699 I agree in later episodes she states she can't see the rocks in the air so she is most likely going off the trajectory they were launched from

[@en4833]

@@izukumidoriya8600 When does she state that? I don't remember that ever happening.

[@izukumidoriya8600]

@@en4833 The Desert when trying to launch the rocks and almost hitting Sokka she says she can't see where they'll land

[@hectorc5532]

You get the ursa's plot fast, its quite implicit but youre right, ursa killed azulon to save zuko, ozai was going to kill him

[@Tingispingus6510]

It's weird cuz he either gets what's happening right away or takes forever to understand the simple things

[@Meghancita512]

didn’t ursa just make the poison but ozai gave it to azulon?

[@TheApollonian]

@@Meghancita512 Correct. Ursa and Ozai devised a plan to slip poison into his tea in order to kill him. Ursa made it but Ozai delivered it allowing Zuko to live, and letting Ozai become Fire Lord. Also Ursa was banished from the Fire Nation.

[@seancurtis1199]

When it comes to parents giving different kinds of encouragement there has to be a balance, Zuko's father is extremely harsh and impatient and so his mother needs to be more empathetic in order to help reinforce his self esteem. Children have very fragile mentalities and can develop a lot of really bad habits and internalized resentment if they are not raised properly.

[@naeshaunedwards7731]

This is heavy comic book spoilers about what Zuko and Azula’s mom did, but what happened was: After Zuko embarrassing display, I think Ozai really was going to kill Zuko, or punish him really bad. Ursa pleaded for Ozai not to do anything to Zuko, so he promised to spare Zuko if she did one thing which was kill his own father (the Fire Lord) so he could succeed the thrown. Ursa poisoned Azulon’s drink and that’s all I’ll say. The rest will be a mystery.

[@kaijingarou6526]

You don't have to believe everything the characters say, Don 🤣. Fire Nation Man was just playing a role and Toph lied about his father changing his mind. That's why Sokka made the joke of them getting away quickly before he "changed" his mind again.

[@Zamiiz]

*THERE SHE IS* also damn i forgot how much i love zuko

[@niyah7139]

Azula's flame is SO HOT that it's blue. When you turn on the stovetop the flame spark is blue and then it becomes red.

[@davidmichaelson1092]

Azula might be my favorite character. But Toph is in many ways the best. Once she joins, things really take off, Her name is Toph...because it rhymes with tough! (not really a spoiler even though it is a quote from a much later episode). There are really three "alone" episodes in the franchise. "Zuko Alone," one that is essentially "Appa alone" though not named that, and "Korra Alone." They are all stellar. And people often miss how ruthless Zuko's mother is. In some ways she out does Ozai in ruthlessness. It is made more explicit in a later episode, but it is reasonably clear here. She orchestrated the coup, but she did it to save her son, not out of ambition.

[@cynicallysalty4592]

And introducing the goat Toph the blind bandit!! Fun fact they wanted to get the Rock to actually voice The Boulder lol. Also it was one of Toph's original character designs, as they had a much different image in mind for Aang's earthbending teacher. That is until one of the creators had the strike of genius to change the design into the character we know and love today! Our witty badass blind queen!

[@hermensonsantana3090]

You've seen ba sing SE sort of, when they were looking for toph, The way she sees is mostly by "seismic sense" ( sensing any type of vibrations on the ground ) and obviously being blind her hearing is also enhanced, she uses both but seismic is the main one

[@frisbeedude4217]

Love this episode :) Toph is as powerful as she is almost strictly BECAUSE she’s blind, having that ability to see through solid objects is broken af

[@Phoenix-ug1ru]

12:28 actual footage of don drooling over his love for sokka lol

[@RiseeRee]

So the Fire Nation (as we’ve seen in some episodes in season 1) has been taking over or in other words colonizing villages and cities in the Earth Kingdom. The war is a century old, so some of the first colonies have a very mixed heritage of Fire Nation and Earth Kingdom families. This is more apparent in the comics that take place after the main show, but there are definitely families of this sort of mixed descent that are actually considered Fire Nation citizens even though they’re Earthbenders.

[@kaijingarou6526]

Yes but that wasn't it. It was obviously an Earth Kingdom citizen playing the role of a heel, like in WWE. He was even singing an anthem for the Fire Lord that the Fire Lord would have probably killed him for singing, come on.

[@RiseeRee]

@@kaijingarou6526 It’s actually both because it’s obviously his wrestling persona. But if you’ve read the comics you’d know that there are other Earthbenders that are loyal to the Fire Nation and consider themselves Fire Nation citizens. That means wearing the Fire Nation insignia and reciting the pledge would be normal for them.

[@kaijingarou6526]

@@RiseeRee I said you're right about the comics but this guy hardly has anything to do with it. For starters, he's clearly not loyal to the Fire Nation, only to Xin Fu, who pays him, and who's an Earth National. Also, that was no recital of any pledge. That song was a clear mockery, made up by him or another what the intention to laugh at the Fire Nation. He was just putting an act for money and is an enemy of the Fire Nation if anything (although it looks like he's more into easy money than fighting any war).

[@dthenihilist4926]

The Boulder is actually voiced by Mick Foley, aka Mankind, a pro wrestler who retired in 2012

[@RiseeRee]

Ooh also Toph’s style is not like other Earthbending we see (Hung Gar) she actually uses Mantis. This is supposed to have been invented by a blind woman.

[@naeshaunedwards7731]

And now you are introduced to the greatest character in Avatar. I feel like Toph and Sokka are going to be your favorites

[@Jmat-tc8zs]

I personally don't think Azulon would genuinely demand Zuko's death. If it did happen, it was likely a test to see how much of a snake Ozai truly was. If he agreed to do it, then Azulon would know for sure his character, and would ensure under no circumstances does Ozai inherit. Naturally, this gets distorted by Azula, who said in the episode that she thought her father would make a better Fire Lord than Iroh.

[@jessicamalca]

There is a ATLA comic where we find out what happend to Zukos mom

[@krecikgames4465]

5:16 Don and Boulder said "Ooh" at the same time btw😂

[@TheRealStarAngel]

2 of my favourite episodes, with the first time seeing toph, and zuko alone !!!

[@Ragnarok345]

About Toph, holding her hands about the combat arena: “What’s she doing?” Me, in the voice of the greatest Batman to ever live: “Evening the odds.”

[@eunyounguzun2597]

Everytime, the purple light looks like purple eye makeup XD it looks really good on you!

[@chuckrothans7535]

Yes you are right she killed firelord azulon so that ozai wouldn't kill zoku because azlua was telling the truth about azulon ordering ozai to kill his own son as punishment for trying to usurp his brother iroh's rightful claim to the Throne. She was later banished because ozai feared the possibility of his Ursa doing the same thing to him later on in the future. But she couldn't take zoku because her disappearing is along with one of the kids shortly after the death of azulon would have gone noticed.

[@adventuresightion3917]

She has arrived! I love Toph so much

[@OneAndOnlyZekePolaris]

She no longer The Blind Bandit, she is now The Blind Runaway.

[@nathanielreik6617]

Don’t know if you’ve watched Star Wars but Firelord Ozai is voiced by Mark Hamil who played Luke in those movies and he also did the voice of the Joker in the 1990s Batman cartoon.

[@C.V.Q]

Toph can sense things in the air so long as they're made of earth. So the flying earth balls are easy to dodge but the belt....not so much lol

[@OneAndOnlyZekePolaris]

Aang had his fingers up like guns. LOL

[@OneAndOnlyZekePolaris]

Zuko: I failed Mom: I love watching you fail.

[@ahumanbeingfromtheearth1502]

This episode in kind of unintentionally implies that firelord Sozin (the one that started the war) lived a ridiculously long time. Another episode has an offhand line which says that Sozin was born relatively close to around when Avatar Roku was born, and based on how Roku looks when we see him he must have been around his fifties at least when he died, likely 60s. to be generous, ill assume Roku just looks old and was only 50 when he died. then there's 12 years between Aang being born and the start of the war (and that's assuming the new avatar is born basically right after the last one dies), putting Sozin near 62 at the start. This episode states Azulon was firelord for 23 years, and we know the war had been going 100 years by the time Aang woke up. im not sure how old zuko is in this episodes flashbacks, but hes a few years younger than the season 1 flashbacks (where he was 13) at least. again, to be as fair as i can, lets say he was 10. so 100 minus the years Sozin wasn't firelord is 100 - 23 - 10 = 67 so that puts Sozins age at around 129 years old when he died. And that's me being very generous, since IMO Roku looks at least mid 60s to me putting Sozins age at least around his 140s when he died, and there are a few things here that could add extra time (time between Roku death and Aang birth for example).

[@ABHyt]

Azulon reigned for 75 years, they just got it wrong this episode. Sozin lived to 102.

[@en4833]

@@ABHyt They didn't get it wrong. They changed it post production after realizing how long Sozin had to have lived.

[@ahumanbeingfromtheearth1502]

@@ABHyt no, that was a retcon they introduced later once they realised they messed up and had Sozin live for a ridiculously long time. Originally though, all the Information we had pointed squarely at Sozin living to be 130-140 at least.

[@omarabdelalim684]

Finally dude I've been waiting for toph since twinkle toes danced his way out the iceberg

[@hamdanisme3046]

My man called toph’s dad flying bore brother

[@kynealy3658]

Sorry if you knew this already, but just in case, The Fire Nation Man is supposed to be a play on how in wrestling there are the "heroes" and the "villains" of the sport.

[@2thsky]

YESSS TOPHHHHH. You’ve met the whole gaang now

[@jay71115]

her and bumi are the greatest earth bender ♥️

[@streamspoart2671]

Bumi's left eye has the same color like toph's eye, maybe he's partially blind, that's why he understands about neutral jing

[@shannonblegh1919]

I never thought about that! That’s actually a cool theory

[@lordofsloths9985]

theres a prity big fan theory that Azula fire call it a Perfect Flame and turned blue due to her drive for Perfection

[@repghost9481]

incase you didn’t realize “the bolder “ is supposed to be dwayn “the rock”

[@mattdawson8316]

Toph is the greatest earthbender on avatar. In my opinion even at her age .

[@jaysoto1182]

It's heavily implied that Ozai killed his father to take the throne and either banished Ursa or had her killed / imprisoned.

[@tommcburney301]

Azulon died before his firstborn came back. In other word, it was first come first serve.

[@brothaNblue]

Toph can sense earth even when it's not attached to the ground.

[@Doceli-dg3cn]

She can't tell going on in the air

[@DrekeXorn13]

37:42 Patience my friend.....patience

[@obsidianwolf1999]

Zuko Alone is my favorite episode of the series

[@georgesmith6218]

3:25 I think it is just an act. afaik WWE also has wrestlers who purposefully act to make them disliked by the public, so them losing the fight becomes more memorable and enjoyable. I think they call it heels and faces.

[@malcrosz5482]

When you are blind, your hearing actually becomes enhanced.

[@zionslump7422]

Toph is the funniest character in team avatar

[@brianlaureus]

Don a lil slow all blind people have heightened senses even I knew that as a kid.

[@Mist_Hashira_Muichiro]

No, Toph doesn’t hear their feet, or that’s not all it is, it’s more she feels their movements through the earth, can’t think of a good analogy atm, all i got rn is yk how a seismograph detects the vibrations from earthquakes, Don? It’s like that, she’s a living seismograph, detecting the vibrations from their movements, with so much accuracy that she knows exactly where they are the moment they move

[@okokjalen479]

I was been very impatient for this reaction!!!!

[@dimeinnit9330]

toph the best character in the show and uncle iroh ofcourse

[@rajadanielrajaumar5220]

12.22 this part never fail me to laugh hard

[@riccardogabbiani7336]

Toph is broken, my favorite character in Avatar

[@Your_Average_Bezemspiegel]

LETS GO TOPH WILL DEF BE YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTER

[@tylermunroe650]

37:49 damn hellova guess

[@yousufkhurram9585]

welcome the greatest earthbender to ever live and the best atla character toph and dont you knuckleheads forget that TOPH!!!!!!

[@lunardragon1825]

I loved these episodes this reaction will be great

[@Twisted_Logic]

It's finally happened, you've met best girl

[@tahimwaicij]

FINALLY! LOVE THIS SHOWWWWW. Love toph too

[@Mist_Hashira_Muichiro]

The mom and Lee were so unappreciative, she comes crying to and begging Zuko to help, and he helps, even risking his life, when he doesn’t have to, and then they hate him JUST cause he’s a firebender? i can get hating firebenders but you shouldn’t hate all, and you certainly shouldn’t hate 1 that has done nothing but help you

[@mastername5373]

Zuko isn't "just a fire bender" tho he announces himself as the Crown Prince Aka the Next in Line of the Fire Nation, Y'know the Nation that just captured her and probably other people from that village's sons and husband who are probably going to die.

[@Mist_Hashira_Muichiro]

@@mastername5373ik he announces himself but that doesn’t change anything either, this man has done nothing but help them, they have no grounds to mistrust or hate him

[@mastername5373]

@@Mist_Hashira_Muichiro Zuko hasn't really done that much, he stayed there for few days, didn't talk much, didn't say that kid threw the eggs, worked for food, and saved the kid, The Crown prince of the nation that started a century of war where they probably lost most of their loved ones and is going to continue the war for what they know, do you really think they will accept him just because of what he did?

[@Serryy]

Dont think you need to berate your child for failing when hes already down about it. Theres a time for motivation to do better and then theres a time for encouragement.

[@bokoga_kira]

the fact that all your reactions are just yelling ÒOOOOOOOOOO

[@danielthjuegos6586]

37:50 igual yo saque esas conclusiones a la 1era

[@Koonski]

28:56 - You love to see it

[@eanie5215]

I’ll come back to this later (im watching something else rn) but I had to say that thumbnail goes hard😮‍💨

[@ragingblazemaster]

So excited to see this one bro!!!

[@Taiga-16]

You don't have any avatar playlist ? How can i find the rest of the épisodes ?

[@Walocial]

Some of - if not - the best two episodes of book 2 :D

[@OrdinaryCritic]

Toph can see things in the air via prediction. When a rock is thrown at a certain speed, it hits a certain point at a certain time. Toph feels the initial throw, then predicts the trajectory. This is why Aang beat her. When Aang jumped, he didn’t connect to the ground immediately, making Toph’s predictions unreliable. “Looks like somebody’s a little light on his feet, what’s your fighting name, the fancy dancer?” She’s being thrown off that the Avatar doesn’t return to the ground as she predicted.

[@en4833]

Also, all benders can feel their element without seeing it. So Toph can feel the Earth even if it's in the air.

[@OrdinaryCritic]

@@en4833, not really. Even with a premiere bender like Toph, she was caught at least twice by the Dai Li's earth gloves (during the Earth King's party for Basco and when Jet had to save her in Lake Laogai). Sensing the element is a skill, varying among benders. Some can use it to scan their periphery (Toph's seismic sense, Amon's sensing of Korra while hiding...even non-benders like Ty Lee uses auras, which is basically just emitted heat or energy from the body, to sense moods and pressure points) or some can only bend their elements when in front of them.

[@en4833]

@@OrdinaryCritic Just because she was caught by the Dai Li's earth gloves doesn't mean she couldn't feel they were there. Zuko also got caught by them even though he could see them. Why didn't he dodge? There are far more instances of Toph hitting, dodging, or bending earth that's in the air than there is of Toph being caught unaware of earth that's in the air.

[@wilb2000]

We need more of that boondocks

[@Kinger_of_the_circus]

Idk if that’s a spoiler or not 👇 I’d dare say toph and boomy are currently the best earth benders in the world right now

[@tahimwaicij]

Trueeee. Don't think that's a spoiler tho

[@OneAndOnlyZekePolaris]

We think she only ran away. There is some lore on this if you want to check it out. I would give the link but KZbin keeps removing my comments when any link is added, even if it is from KZbin... They been fucking with me since when they got exposed for allowing illegal content to be uploaded onto KZbin's platform.

[@theresitalove]

The "Russian" fire nation guy is a joke about old school tv wrestling. One of the made up characters is the role "antagonist" they play the bad guy and they get beat up. During the red scare more often then not the "antagonist" role was a stereotype Russian person, so its just playing into that.

[@tonywalker1954]

Young Sikh shows his skill Don Go home to home your done Zuko but Don I am home Fire Lord Ozai. Don I go this bro Zuko gets banished lol

[@azrael_pendragon]

18:20 for me next time

[@azrael_pendragon]

Thanks

[@cesarenriquecarranzajordan3535]

when you finish the serie if you wanna know wht happened to his mom read Avatar: The Last Airbender-The Search

[@michaeltejeda7285]

Was waiting for this omg

[@Moriremoss]

best character in the series 🥴

[@nobodae3296]

Don is really not smart, I love it

[@tatimania7317]

ive been waiting for this video

[@OneAndOnlyZekePolaris]

That kid is a good example to how communities are. No, I hate you. After he does something good for them. Sounds like Steam Community.

[@Mvx_shorts]

You should watch Jackie Chan carton it's will series 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Dallasvisionss]

Been waiting for this onee

[@douglasodane18]

Gotta say love the series bro but can u keep posting Naruto Shippuden ik you just watched finally fight of the ninja war but I hope you still post video of Naruto Shippuden. And also the movie's

[@lukastace3154]

Bro do you know how much Shippuden he puts out, let the man breathe and post other content

[@saviomutaganda1642]

nah f that, everyday i wait for avatar videos and all i see is damn naruto shipouden smh😂

[@ciaranpatrick6859]

@@saviomutaganda1642 saaaame bro lmao

[@douglasodane18]

@@lukastace3154 dude didn't u read what I say, I said I hope he STILL post Shippuden. I didn't say he should post it every day or other day. If he don't post it doesn't matter because I'm watching avatar, one punch man and boondocks here.

[@onceyouwheeinyoucantwheeout]

He’s obviously going to keep posting shippuden but begging for it in a ATLA reaction video is a bit cringe.

[@kodilivetv9011]

You will learn what happened to Zuko's mom later, but you do have a pretty good idea already. Let the blind jokes begin.

[@Kwadzs]

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