TOPH & KATARA Get US in the FEELS! Avatar: The Last Airbender S3x7 "The Runaway" REACTION!!

[@SeanTanktop]

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[@luminaryprism75]

Love how this episode highlights that Aang and Sokka are very capable individually but are absolute morons together. The epitome of the one brain cell meme.

[@meghanmcgowan7748]

Their brain cells are allergic to each other

[@thewhatness]

Individually intelligent and capable; together, they're a couple of regular dunderheads.

[@chance757]

no one’s pointed it out yet so i just wanted to call attention to the fact that toph has her feet dangling over the edge when she’s speaking to sokka. this is important because she always prefers being grounded so she can see and also because it’s how she can tell whether or not people are lying through her earthbending. i love the thought of her trusting sokka enough to believe he’d be honest and genuine while they share such a personal moment. just a small detail but one that never fails to make me smile ☺️💕

[@Lycanthromancer1]

Agreed. Too, she didn't "see" Katara below when they approached because Katara was floating in water and not touching any earth.

[@SeanTanktop]

Amazing detail!

[@karflem5398]

When Sokka says he can’t really remember what Kya looks like it’s kinda ironic because he looks exactly like Kya

[@onedisneylover1936]

Yeah that always breaks my Heart😢

[@Diana-zl3ue]

Crying

[@BhBc8f8]

hmm so wouldn't Kya tecnhically be Kya II

[@papl20]

Sokka's words pulled my heartstrings too man. I always felt that Katara was very motherly because she had to play that role since she was a child and Sokka proved that.

[@SeanTanktop]

Absolute gut punch

[@wtimmins]

The depth and emotional base of this show is a huge part of it's enduring appeal.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

"I'll personally make you an Avatar Promise that we won't make a habit of doing these scams" *s i k e*

[@unicornunicorn3249]

I love u baby

[@Lycanthromancer1]

*psych

[@sirmoonslosthismind]

@@tyrant4167 turns out, he doesn't just literally run from his problems; he runs from them rhetorically as well.

[@RESTITVTOR_TOTIVS_HISPANIAE]

Hello fellow world leader

[@ragnarlothbrok936]

Like your nuclear tests? Keep em coming glorious leader

[@BladesofElysian]

It's absolutely hilarious that, that is the last we'll *ever* see of Hawky

[@Pixel0429]

I like to think sokka reunites with them after the war and becomes a loyal companion

[@mahadaalvi]

@@Pixel0429 Frfr I don't understand why hawky never comes back like, not even in the comics 😂

[@mr.ripley3846]

Beifongs receipe for bird gulash is in earth kingdom the most fameous!

[@yenmei1081]

@@mahadaalvi maybe because when the bird came back team avatar was somewhere else

[@alphaomega5673]

Maybe he escaped captivity and lived the rest of his life free

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

In our hearts, he will always be Sparky Sparky Boom Man And that awesome Ozai statue has a cool backstory. The town is called Fire Fountain City. Named for the statue (but originally it was called North Chung-Ling). The statue pulls its fuel from an immense reserve of subterranean gas. That's how it continuously has flames. In The Shadow of Kyoshi novel, the village built a tourist industry around the deposits of natural gas by constructing tents around the exhaust points. The gases could create a dizzy and hallucinatory effect the locals billed as journeys to the Spirit World. And this was where Kyoshi found her spiritual master, Nyahitha, who was also Avatar Kuruk's spiritual master

[@ardy8528]

Ive been an avatar fan for so long but I still don’t know where people find facts like this.

[@axelNodvon2047]

@@ardy8528 Read the kyoshi novels

[@RSK9903]

I read the Kyoshi novels but I hadn't realized that this was the same town!

[@axelNodvon2047]

@@RSK9903 Me too, but honestly there wasn't too obvious

[@StephanAlfisz]

Whaaat?! I never made the connection when I read the book! This is amazing!

[@unodostres1391]

There are limitations to toph’s metal bending she can only bend unpurified metals since there is still some earth in them.

[@SeanTanktop]

Ah makes sense. Don’t wanna over power anyone too much

[@supercharged5-39]

@@SeanTanktopsince most metal is fire nation made, its mostly hammered or cast iron and thus impure enough to be bent

[@romansotelo690]

It’s sad cause sokka doesn’t remember what his mom looks like but he looks more like kya than katara does

[@Dannydarko27]

The character development in this show is consistent af. Season 1 Katara was willing to steal from pirates, now she tries to stop Toph from making the same mistakes. And all the FEELS too

[@juanjogrimaldos7463]

It would be more convincing if they weren't all dressed in stolen clothes tho haha

[@cameronjosephvideos5942]

@@juanjogrimaldos7463 Katara stole what they needed, Toph had already scammed more than enough. Additionally, they were in Fire Nation territory which makes it much more dangerous.

[@meursaulty6672]

I think Katara having to bend her sweat was just setup for next episode more than anything. If they were just gonna bust themselves out in the end anyway, the cell could have just been a normal cell.

[@BlackDerek]

Have a friend who grew up with a pet crow. If she told it 'go find Mom' it would go to all the places the mom tended to be. Also liked to prank their neighbors. Pretty smart animals.

[@coreywigent7693]

Me: * patiently waits for The Puppetmaster *

[@rudyvelasquez7194]

Is gon be a good one

[@ragnarlothbrok936]

Find me that puppet

[@alexandrapedersen829]

The way messenger pigeons work is that theoretically, they can always find their way home, so if you wanted to send someone a message, you'd need one of their pigeons. In the Avatar world (and probably real life, idk I learnt this from a fantasy book I read when I was 12) there seems to be messenger hawk stations which probably have tonnes of hawks from other stations, so the people who work there would probably just read the address of the letter and send it to the closest station.

[@ais.t.7872]

I love how Dustin is just saying nothing and enjoying the episode with a smile on his face😂❤️

[@HiddenWindshield]

Pigeons are very good at navigation, they can find their way back home from hundreds of miles away. So, you raise the pigeons in one place, then take them with you when you go out to do something, and when you release it with the message attached, it finds its way back to its "home".

[@onetom2222]

And with Hawky I figured that they have a post system set up where the message from a messenger Hawk is taken and forwarded to house BeiFong, since they're rich. Only weird that the Fire Nation would forward mail to the Earth Nation

[@Matrim42]

The way birds are typically used as messengers is by taking them from their home. Then, when you release them with a message, they navigate back to where they came from. Birds are generally only useful in one direction to one location.

[@michaelwilson7435]

This is actually the first time I ever paid attention to what was pulling the rich guys cart. Thanks for pointing that out!

[@SeanTanktop]

Just a wild Looking boy for sure

[@LamirLakantry]

Messenger birds work by raising the birds at location A, then bringing them with you. You can then attach a letter to the bird and release it. It will then return home to location A.

[@Serryy]

Sokka and Aang are like Mr Peanutbutter and Todd when they are together. And Sparky Boom man has a metal limb or two, but we only ever see Toph metalbending through direct contact. Dont think thats a high range ability. The ravens in A Song of Ice and Fire are trained for specific locations. If you want to send a letter to Winterfell, you give the raven who learned how to fly to Winterfell the letter. If you want to send a letter to Kings Landing, boom, theres the Kings Landing raven.

[@torpidinput]

I really appreciate how they make the team forget that toph is blind a lot due to her being so capable; it really does make you forget her limitations

[@Thelaretus]

Earthbenders need visual or body contact with the earth to bend it. Metalbending requires impurities in the material *and* full physical contact, and is less safe. But urine would really be easier -- it just happens that they didn't want to go there. It's a family show.

[@AkodoNoEyes]

Reminds me more of Tunica Mississippi. 😂🎉 Good episode. I love the Katarra and Toph argument.

[@miniature_marie1534]

That intro is FIRE 🔥 it impresses me every time.

[@kailahbridgewater885]

Remember toph has only learnt to bend metal that she can touch.

[@christianapuli7787]

Next episode is my personal favorite episode, can't wait.

[@moomoopuppy508]

Sparky-Sparky Boom-Boom Man reminds me of Dave Bautista. They only know one place to go to, the place of birth/home base. They don't know multiple destinations and/or cannot return to the place you released them to be able to return with a reply. They'd have to be physically brought back in order to 'reset" for the next message to be sent.

[@sirmoonslosthismind]

a real messenger pigeon can be carried to arbitrary locations, but will only fly to the fixed location it has been trained to recognize as its home. they don't work like the messenger hawks in the show.

[@samfisher6606]

Aang and Sokka are my favorite example of the "two people who are smart together but when you put them together, they have one brain cell" trope.

[@kw1554]

Highkey agree with the tired “two girls of the group don’t get along” trope... I mean, Toph and Katara get two episodes about them having on sight beef with each other over mostly nitpicky personality opposites, but Aang and Sokka don’t even have a single moment of stereotypical “two guys of the group butting heads over being the leader” trope?? Aside from that though, I do really love this episode for how much it adds to Katara and Sokka’s close sibling dynamic-especially with how Katara is the YOUNGER sister, but she still was forced to become a mother figure to Sokka. I feel like that’s really commonly see irl for the oldest girl siblings in many family dynamics lol.

[@SeanTanktop]

atleast when they did they really unearthed some truly stunning and lovely character work. If you're gonna do, atleast that is on the end of the stick, ya know?

[@kw1554]

@@SeanTanktop hahaha exactly, the execution was fantastic even if the trope itself is a little lacking

[@torpidinput]

For the bird messaging. Usually the way it works is you raise the birds in a specific location so they recognize it as home and then you gradually take them farther and farther way and release them and they'll return home and then when you want to send messages to people they'll take your birds that were raised at your home and you'll take their birds that were raised at their home and so when you let them go, they naturally return home.

[@frnknstndrgqn]

You guys are so sweet

[@スノーハッピー]

Yooo the blood animation in the opening teaser/ "caving in Sokka's skull" is lit!!

[@jmhaces]

I always took it as just being some alternative form of advanced Fire Bending, like shooting lightning. You have to learn it specifically and it's probably pretty complicated and not just anyone can do it. We've seen stuff like that before from other benders regardless of their element, like the Waterbenders that are healers instead of just using water or ice as weapons (or what happens in the next episode), or Toph bending metal instead of earth or stone.

[@gonsumir]

Katara was cool with stealing from pirates, you'd think shed be all for scamming a scammer.

[@HisMajestyTheQween]

*”I cAlL tHe SiLk RoBe!1!”*

[@nestorgodinez3004]

Not after she got scalded and promised to never do it again, did you see the end of the episode?

[@Neo_wnd]

@@nestorgodinez3004 she also said „less its from Pirates“ , so did you watch the end of the Episode ?

[@TheAndroidBishop]

Pirates were just the excuse, what she really wanted was the scroll

[@ijayespinoza]

The difference is they're in the heart of enemy territory now, and if anything her experience with the pirates is why she understands that pulling stuff like that can lead to unwanted attention because of her first-hand experience.

[@abbaskazmi2558]

Am I cracked up when Sean said, "You merely adapted the Jing Saing Tea, whereas I was born in it."

[@beeEYE]

kinda spoiler alert . . . . . . . . . . 14:51: *laugh nervously in korra*

[@Ennaira555Warriors]

If I was Katara in this episode, I would've peed myself haha but no way they would've went that route

[@Dr.LinardChurch]

I was surprised no one made a reference of Sandor Clegane or The Mountain when the Sparky Sparky boom boom man had to bend down to get through the door way

[@augusto_3528]

"Did his head just come off?" No, the creators of avatar would never blow a head off lol

[@nucleargandhi2709]

lmao

[@mathies3598]

Never.

[@karflem5398]

Definitely not...

[@jrdnlyr]

i mean... p'li

[@kagani6202]

@@jrdnlyr r/woosh

[@neonoires]

I'm glad someone pointed this out but I wanna reiterate that Toph cannot bend all metals, more metal will come up in the future and people will wonder why it's not bendable lmao but purified metals aren't bendable. I guess the thing with earth being under the cell is the same for any element or prison structure for earth benders since it's technically everywhere but they cannot break out of it. I also think Toph's bending comes from her ability to "see" (seismic sense) and feel. If you notice, Toph's earthbending is different from other earthbenders largely because she is blind. Canonically earth bending is the most diverse form of bending and takes after vastly different martial arts to reflect the size and diversity of the Earth Kingdom compared to the other nations.

[@RiseeRee]

Toph can’t bend all metals. Platinum and gold are too purified and don’t contain the smaller pieces of earth for her to sense. But I definitely questioned why they would have a random wooden cell in the Fire Nation. It’s plagued me since my early teens.

[@reynapinata]

A wooden cell would probably hold a non firebender pretty well. Obviously not Katara, but just a regular non firebending Fire Nation citizen

[@yamemeguy4744]

The secret ingredient is CRIME

[@TomVCunningham]

I am saddened by the lack of the Sokka bearded guard in this edit. I might need to hit up the Patreon again.

[@tadcooper9733]

Hey just wanted to say that I love you folks and hope you're all doin' well =]

[@SeanTanktop]

Aw shit Tad, we really appreciate it! We're doing mostly solid, but that ebbs and flows in this weird time. Looks like we might be able to go back to work relatively soon, so that's a plus! Stay Safe and thanks for coming by!

[@tigerwoods3729]

the earth bending move aang does to sokka is pretty similar to what long feng did to jet, and we all know how that turned out, kind of...

[@chilibreath]

In a group, it will be inevitable that they will clash in some form or another, and we've seen Team Avatar go through it in the first 2 Seasons. Katara & Toph's clash was definitely inevitable because Katara prefers some order while Toph finally has the freedom from her family's strict household & wants to live it up (and grift the grifters). Also, goodbye Hawky. We hardly knew you past this season. Appa is relieved that he won't be refereeing between Hawky & Momo.

[@betasomo7688]

Yeah so excited for Korra but also sad about Aang

[@yungthunder2681]

There are reasonable answers to every "plot hole" y'all pointed out in this one. This show is particularly good at not having any big plot holes in fact. Toph can only metal bend when touching the metal. Earth is similar. Earth benders can only bend when grounded. If Toph is stuck in a wooden box, even if there's earth a meter below her, she can't bend it. Some might point out that Bumi rejects this rule, which is true. I think the consensus is, that like Toph being the only earthbender who can bend metal, Bumi is the only earth bender who can bend without being grounded. Finally, why would Katara sweat, rather than pee? That's just for the PG rating lol. Can't have people fighting with bodily waste on Nickelodeon I guess.

[@quizzlybear]

I think Toph has to be in contact with the metal on Sparky Sparky Boom Boom Man to actually do damage to him, but I doubt she could get close since he can just blast mofos from a distance. And yeah, how the fuck does messenger pigeons work?

[@Martin-xd4jl]

Sparky Sparky Joe Rogan Man is just never going to get old for me. The fact he doesn't speak just makes it easier to imagine him snapping and raving about brain supplements and moon landing hoaxes.

[@camplays487]

I was literally just checking for upload half an hour ago...ITS TIME!!!!

[@thenerdynorth]

I hope you guys continue with the Legend of Korra show! It's a great continuation of the Avatar story

[@thenerdynorth]

You answered my comment at the end of the video and it makes me very happy that you are going to watch Korra! :D

[@SeanTanktop]

We def will! We love this world too much!!

[@thenerdynorth]

I’m so happy they are making a studio just for the Avatar series! I always thought it would be amazing to continue with the next two avatar cycles (earth and fire) until they are in “modern” times. Also if you don’t know there are some comics that continue with the story too.

[@connorbosley4431]

@@thenerdynorth we definitely need at least a third series, since so far we've only gotten 1 earth Kingdom avatar

[@thenerdynorth]

@@connorbosley4431 it would be great to see what an earth Avatar would be like and how they would handle situations.

[@louiemason6322]

Love this season as it is the most mature, and the characters grow as well but they still have fun as they are still children growing up

[@RESTITVTOR_TOTIVS_HISPANIAE]

"did his head come of?!" "That would have been gnarly" Oh my, just wait until they get to THAT

[@joevanno4323]

I've always wondered if combustion man lost his limbs in the war, he wouldve been seen as weak by fire nation standards, and unable to bend like a regular fire bender, so he learned or devolped combustion bending instead and became a mercenary with clunky but badass replacement limbs. Notice how he doesnt bend fire normally at all? He just goes boom now. That's my theory and i'm sticking to it!

[@simperorbubba_link8441]

He just accidentally exploded himself with his bending

[@countchocula7375]

Soka didn't like AAng at first until Aang surendered to Zuko to protect the water tribe

[@jackbross]

Ever since this episode I have lived with the knowledge that this means Aang has a mommy kink

[@sirmoonslosthismind]

people act like that's worse than all the girls looking for a daddy... those people are sexist.

[@iesika7387]

While Katara is super cool and it's easy to imagine somebody falling for her for real, it's actually always bothered me a bit that they didn't to ANY examination whatsoever of the fact Aang is a 12 year old boy who was raised in an all male monastery and Katara was very literally the first girl he had seen in subjective years, not even counting his big sleep. Like just one episode please where he or Sokka say it out loud and maybe he tries checking out some other girls and then decides "actually no, Katara is in fact the coolest." The way their "romance" plays out in the show is actually my one complaint about the whole thing. Aang acts like he's entitled to reciprocation of his crush and Katara, after expressing that she's unsure about the whole thing, just kind of goes along with it at the end without ever verbalizing she's changed her mind? It's weird and kind of reinforces the whole "win the game, get the princess" entitlement thing a lot of guys have. It's not that I hate them together, just that I think the story could have been told in a better way. But it's not something we were talking as much about when this story was originally made - if the show were made today I feel like it might have been done just that slight bit differently to give Katara more agency in the whole thing.

[@markrobbins8711]

This is the funniest episode to me

[@cameronjosephvideos5942]

Toph, at this point in time at least doesn't seem capable of metal bending at a distance. All her feats seem to require her to get up close and personal, physically touching the metal to bend it.

[@videostorehouseofficial7585]

Great video! Toph kinda reminds me of one of the characters in an ebook I've read recently - Lorian. Both are strong and handsome girls :) The ebook called "The Undoing of Tomorrow" by Michail Bukin, if anyone is interested

[@allisonb6921]

Holy shit, I thought I was the only one who calls out Dayton like that hahaha

[@AmazingStoryDewd]

Why did they put Toph in a wooden cage? Probably because sparky sparky boom man knew she was an earth bender.

[@richtea87]

Love the editing xD

[@cammymendoza1413]

When Sean became a frenchman. 10:26

[@goldace5450]

That joe rogan edit is fuckin killing me.

[@cthulhuwu_]

I'm early :) These videos are honestly funnier than the show itself. "Cltty Cltty Bang Bang" is inspired.

[@Diana-zl3ue]

Hawkey deserved more screen time

[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

Someone takes the bird from their home and if you want to message someone you give them their bird back that is at their home.

[@Cbay_11]

"thats a kids show after all" im offended

[@SeanTanktop]

Lololol

[@Psychoclaw]

Me, from Dayton Ohio: 🥺😂

[@taelorbrooks2639]

Same! They’re right tho 😂 that street they showed looks just like my grandparents old neighborhood 😭

[@kfizz]

the actor who played Uncle died after season 2 so his brother took over and finished out the show.

[@lucaaz14]

Legend saying hawky’s still flying to gran gran

[@mathies3598]

But he was going to Tophs parents

[@ThePunisherisme]

That Joe Rogan was on point. Imagine him having a 3rd eye while doing his podcast.

[@avatarmary]

Omg appa having a mask on 🥺😭

[@edvardskalva]

I have a feeling that you really liked "nightmares and daydreams"

[@gayninja6567]

This episode has the best blind jokes imo 😂

[@816262]

14:24 Technically yes, there is earth under them. But earthbenders have to physically be touching the earth to bend it. If there's any material between their feet and the actual earth, they can't bend. Plus, their control can only go so far. If there is too much distance, they have have less control

[@catapatata]

6:09

[@casdenhouting2415]

So messenger pigeons always fly back to the plave the were born so thats how they returm

[@quinxiasoaresbarros1144]

Birds learn 1 way to fly. So you only could send you messages to one place. Accept if you had like mutable birds I guess

[@michealsquintspalledorous3360]

And we never seen Hawky again!

[@noahworley4884]

That Joe Rogan edit got me lmao

[@sebastiangranados2513]

LIKE-BENDINGGGG!!!!!! .... I tried man

[@tank_m3_tanker575]

How did they make the trailer without spoiling themselves?

[@Hollyjollytroll]

They've already seen the entire series, from what I can tell. This was before Morgan re-dyed her hair.

[@tank_m3_tanker575]

@@Hollyjollytroll ah thnx

[@YenneferStark2]

Sean looks SO hot in this, I can't

[@prs_81]

bruh

[@swimfree-1023]

man, just knowing what's in store when you get to korra, your minds will be BLOWN

[@vlad5042]

morgan is so funny

[@williambruan7319]

Dashcams in atla would have prevented a lot of things

[@usul573]

Toph is slippin jimmy.

[@YourPerfectDoom]

Jet gets hit by an Earthbender and dies. Sokka gets attacked by Earthbender Aang, picks himself up like a trooper.

[@themightycongueror8383]

To be fair, the rock that hit Jet was pointed, and aimed right at his chest, whereas the rock that Sokka ran into was flat, it's essentially just like running into a brick wall, it would hurt, but it's survivable.

[@pratfallpratt8998]

"He could have caved Sokka's skull in"....well I didn't know i wanted a rated R version of ATLA, but now I sure do want it.

[@jonathanjohnson6727]

Well there's prisons designed to counteract bending(as shown in s3e8). Also Toph illustrated in her introduction and on. She needs to feel the vibrations in the ground(be connected with it to manipulate it).

[@spongekeks]

12:55 my ears hurt bruh

[@mattyice9535]

Aang and Sokka are incredibly resourceful, intelligent, and amazing guys. But when they plan together they share a single brain cell. Also I think them "aging up" Aang this episode is purposeful. His voice is noticeably deeper this season too. The Boy in the Iceberg is growing up.

[@TheBc99]

The non-linear timeline of these videos always fucks with my brain...

[@troublesome1101]

Toph cant bend purified metal like platnium.

[@CaptainComradeCool]

Why would a fire nation jail be made out of wood?

[@TomVCunningham]

Damn, that's a good question. 😮🤔 Man, the writers really backed themselves into a corner with Toph's metalbending.

[@reynapinata]

Maybe it's for non firebenders?

[@chance757]

maybe because a firebender couldn’t burn their way out without risking harm to themselves? dunno, just spitballing lol.

[@unicornunicorn3249]

They make too many other show and movie references💀😭🤦🏻‍♂️ it gets old at some points lol

[@SeanTanktop]

Repetitious, like, right?. Like the same word following the other. Just back to back the same thing.

[@unicornunicorn3249]

Sean TankTop yes daddy

[@cb_productions362]

Its a normal hawk😭😭😭😭 idk why everyone has that theory

[@SeanTanktop]

He had a mean scowling look on him. Like a pet of a Disney villian

[@cb_productions362]

@@SeanTanktop #hawkyaintdonothin💔