WE CANT STOP LAUGHING! // Avatar: The Last Airbender S3x17 "The Ember Island Players" REACTION!!

[@SeanTanktop]

JUST A HEADS UP!! We don't wanna end on a sour note so we'll be REACTING TO THE 2010 MOVIE next week then we'lll be doing 2 episodes a week to finish SOZIN'S COMET! You can get early access at Patreon.com/SeanTanktop to watch the UNCUT Full reaction to S3E18 for $5 RIGHT NOW!!

[@ha4pbl]

Sensible not to end on the movie. So are we 4 weeks away from Korra or are you guys taking a bit of a break?

[@SeanTanktop]

@@ha4pbl 3 weeks technically, We'll be dropping episodes on Thursdays and Sundays for two weeks to finish Sozin's Comet starting July 1st.

[@LinardsZ]

Suprisingly knowledgeable Merchent of cabbages is nice.

[@gonsumir]

If I could stop you from watching the movie I would. On the other hand, it's important to remember so it never happens again!

[@Anon21486]

I paid a good $6 to watch that movie... lol... Good you decided to watch the movie before the finale though.

[@smoodwoofer]

the toph reveal becomes funnier when you realize the only reason she's a grown man is because witnesses didnt want to reveal that they got destroyed by a tiny blind girl

[@njannah97]

😂😂😂

[@coolunusual]

Considering they made aang a woman, I don't see it. I'm sure it's more of a reference to the fact that it's closer to what they originally were gonna make Toph.

[@roboticd]

​@@coolunusualmaking aang a girl is a reference to the play version of Peter Pan, where Peter is usually played by a woman.

[@brabbelbeest]

In my opinion there is a very easy to miss detail in this episode that I find really significant. In the heart to heart between Toph and Zuko, in the end she hits him. When Zuko asks why she did that, she answers "That is how I show affection". It doesn't seem much, but when you look back at the show, she has been doing that consistantly, for instance when Katara said she was very pretty in Tales of Ba Sing Se, or when Sokka told Toph about his mother and how Katara filled that void. Both times Toph hits them in the end. I personally think it's a awesome glimpse into Toph's personality...

[@SeanTanktop]

Good thing we didn’t miss it!

[@albertorodriguez7024]

the play is better than the live action film :')

[@SeanTanktop]

One-fuckin-hundred percent

[@gravityweights4009]

There is no live action film in ba sing se.

[@Ms.AllSunday930]

@@gravityweights4009 I CANT ＢＲＥＡＴＨＥXDD

[@gravityweights4009]

@@Ms.AllSunday930 '-'

[@flakmoppen]

This is hilariously on point. 🤣👌🏾

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

“Well, when is the right time?” “When your balls drop, dude” 💀

[@Paerata12]

I’ve seen you on a few other videos! You commented on the video about the owl that got stuck in a fishing line

[@riolkin]

@@Paerata12 Our Glorious Leader is everywhere.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

*"But the effects were decent"* true that, gotta give props to the ones in black doing all the work

[@DanielRomero-lx8ow]

The MVP was the oldman at the backstage making all the practical effects

[@jmhaces]

When they read the poster for the play at the start of the episode it said that the story was compiled from first hand accounts of witnesses including "a surprisingly knowledgeable cabbage merchant." One of the best lines is at the end when they leave the theater and they say that the play kind of sucked and Sokka remarks that the effects were good. That's exactly what everybody always says when trying to defend a shitty big-tent movie in real life.

[@Anon21486]

Funny... that whole ending is what a lot of people view The Last Airbender movie...

[@Lycanthromancer1]

Except its SFX suck.

[@reddemon6668]

@@Lycanthromancer1 the special effects where actually decent in many occasions

[@Lycanthromancer1]

@@reddemon6668 Where the Wild Things Are by way of the live Sonic the Hedgehog movie (pre-edit) as seen through a lens made of mud. I guess "Katara's" water-ball there in the beginning wasn't entirely awful, though.

[@JonathanMandrake]

@@Anon21486 There is no Live Action Avatar movie in Ba Sing Se

[@thecleverkid1]

I remember then this came out, as a kid I really didn’t appreciate the episode. I was more excited for the sozin’s comet. But as an adult this episode is a masterpiece

[@nathanhall9345]

It's also a very different experience to watch this knowing you can roll right on to the finale, vs. watching this and having to wait until next week.

[@thecleverkid1]

@@nathanhall9345 so true, we had a whole countdown clock thing on Nickelodeon, the weekly episode killed me

[@christiantwist3360]

I was laughing through the whole thing

[@mitachiuchiha1426]

I liked this episode as a little kid very much and adore it even more as an adult! :D Fun story tho: Once I met a cosplay group at the Dokomi in Germany who dressed up like the actors of this play. Aang as girl with a headcap, Toph as big grown bulky man and even with a Bumi and the crappy sewed suit! They looked amazing! ♥

[@Engist18]

This does feel like the characters were watching the movie adaptation. Sokka: My jokes are way funnier than this! Katara: I don't sound like that! Zuko: They make me look totally stiff and humourless.

[@deiondre0]

Actually Sokka alone could be the one saying all 3 of those 😂

[@mayorofe3]

When sakka was reading the poster before the play, he read all the people who gave them info including pirates, roaming nomads and "a very knowledgeable merchant of cabbage"

[@Melodymist]

I think they kept the gang as the main characters of the play because they're caricatures meant to discredit them to the public. Aang was emasculated and stripped of his emotional intelligence and airbender wisdom. Katara was oversexualized and turned into a "preachy crybaby". Sokka was made to look as if all he thinks about is food and makes silly jokes. Toph was a big buff guy because that was the only way they could explain the amount of power she has (thus also stripped her of her softness and the way in which she weaponized her disability, which is part of why she is so amazing in the first place). Zuko was a whiny teenager, with none of the reasoning behind his decisions or his anger issues. And like Suki said, this play made it seem like the gang "lose a lot" and barely make it out through sheer luck. They are shown as neither clever nor skilled. It's meant to show how annoying and worthless they are, and how in the end they don't stand a chance against the Fire Nation.

[@loganshang1155]

I will be remembered as Zhao the Moonslayer. Not even mentioned in the play…

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

I call this episode: the calm before the storm Pure fan service, it’s a recap done right. And the thing about that Toph...originally Toph was supposed to be a buff guy like this before they turned the character into a girl. Eventually the buff character they designed for Toph (which is the earthbender you see in the opening credits of every episode) was later used for Sud, Roku's earthbending teacher

[@mikelant6802]

This was a twisted episode that put everyone in their place. Hilarious how everyone got called out. The Cabbage guy told em all this shit... cabbage guy is such a gossip.

[@chilibreath]

Avenge the cabbage!

[@marisp2588]

It's the revenge he deserves

[@Ultimaniacx4]

Told them *some* of this.

[@rodrigoelcapo2958]

not for free thats sure

[@Lycanthromancer1]

Cabbvengeance!

[@TheJakobRose]

As a kid (8) when this aired, I thought it was boring because "we've already seen this stuff". I didn't pick up on all the shots they took at themselves. As an adult, such a brilliant recap episode

[@beez9574]

Talking over the explanation of how the playwright got the info! "The Boy in the Iceberg is a new production from acclaimed playwright Puon-Tim, who scoured the globe gathering information on the Avatar, from the icy South Pole to the heart of Ba Sing Se. His sources including singing nomads, pirates, prisoners of war and a SURPRISINGLY KNOWLEDGABLE MERCHANT OF CABBAGE."

[@mharlon09.]

I think the people yawning during the drill scene makes reference to back in the day when the show aired Nickelodeon used to play that chapter over and over haha

[@rubenlopez3364]

Nick never seemed to show the season 3 episode because out of context they arent as good or dont make sense

[@Hanmacx]

It's also a Boring episode xD

[@youraveragepasser-by7367]

@@Hanmacx nah

[@FieryMeltman]

@@Hanmacx No, the Drill is a great episode.

[@Hanmacx]

@@FieryMeltman check out the dictionary for "boring"

[@hankhill4101]

I loved this episode as a kid

[@SeanTanktop]

Hey maybe we were just impatient lil shits!

[@neonlantern8822]

@@SeanTanktop lol 😂

[@Baza_26]

Same here, i remember watching this with my sisters and we were all crying from laughter 😂

[@MrWhatdafuBOOM]

They missed the best part of the play: Aang: "Look! It's the Great Divide, the biggest canyon in the Earth Kingdom!" Sokka: "Eh, let's keep flying."

[@swimfree-1023]

i love how this episode was just the creators, writers, etc. just making fun of themselves. the whole thing about jet dying being unclear, the great divide, and my personal favorite - the kid commenting that zuko's scar was on the wrong side (it does happen a few times during the show) XD this whole episode is just gold, omg

[@RiseeRee]

I was like 14 when the show aired, so I was probably around 16 when this episode aired, and I thought it was HILARIOUS. It’s still hilarious lol

[@Thelaretus]

4:05 That looks *exactly* like the poster for Book One of Avatar: The Last Airbender. 16:45 Yes; you seems to have missed at the beginning when they say the playwright is from the Earth Kingdom. ---------- Katara was not confused because of Zuko: there was never any romantic connection between them on the slightest. She had deep trauma due to losing her mother, thinking she had also lost her father, and having held Aang's corpse on her arms before bringing him back with the Spirit Water. She was 100% sincere: she couldn't date him as long as the war lasted, because she was afraid she would lose him too; they have been soulmates since at least the Fortuneteller episode, though on rewatching, their connection seems to have been instant on the moment they first met.

[@caitlinhogan5258]

I love how excited Sokka is about being the comic relief character in the play, even though he does so much more than just that in reality. Can you imagine early book 1 Sokka reacting like that? He allows himself to be so much more expressive, and even optimistic as the series goes on.

[@tijasialett3517]

As a kid I actually didn’t mind this episode. I found it funny and a quick like… rewind of the entire series. It reminded me about the past episodes since back then we waited like weeks for a new episode. So when the series finale episodes we’re approaching I kinda appreciated it. So excited to see your reactions to the last couple of episode!!!

[@TheSvmurai]

I like Morgan's idea that they WANTED to portray Aang and the crew as the protagonists but had to make changes to the end to appease the Fire Lord. I've never heard that theory before now.

[@nickpeterson8659]

I agree! Morgan is pretty great. Still, the editing at 16:51 made me snortle audibly.

[@cguy1484]

Really? Never heard or thought of that.

[@SpartanFox01]

Bro I am 100% hyped for your reaction to the final ep. I've seen you guys warming up to the show over time and it's really fun to see you guys truly enjoying it now. Enjoy the ride.

[@jonmercano1138]

I LOVED this episode as a kid. Well, young teen. SOMEHOW the Drill-do episode wasn’t too well received when it first aired, hence the bored audience members. Which is insane to me.

[@meursaulty6672]

To me the drill was sort of a forced conflict, just to add a hiccup to their first minutes in Ba Sing Se. And it doesn't make sense from the fire nation perspective because they didn't even bring an army, just the engineers in the drill.

[@artistfloor9]

@@meursaulty6672 They did bring the army. There were tanks driving alongside the drill, but they were mostly relying on the drill because the last time they attacked the city with the full force of the army, they lost. And the conflict was important because it played to the theme of threats coming from within. The drill seemed unstoppable, but the Gaang took it down from the inside. Ba Sing Se seemed impenetrable, but Azula took it down from the inside. You could even argue that Azula was inspired by the Gaang when she saw how they took down the drill. It all ties together.

[@zeallust8542]

The Drill got played over and over and over again back in the day, thats part of the reason I never really want to rewatch it. Its a good episode, I just saw it sooooo many times.

[@Yewtewba]

I hope during the ending we get an "awwww, your balls dropped"

[@marisp2588]

ahh the greatest recap episode of all time

[@ashtond6390]

Y'all reacting to these videos is like me having a great time with my best friends. Thank you ❤🖤❤🖤

[@ponny2948]

I was like 14 when this aired... I and the online fan groups I was involved in LOVED this episode. We all thought it was hilarious

[@peeweewallabowski7084]

This is for sure one of the funniest episodes in any show 😂

[@Man-O-Little-Tan]

"Wait for your turn toph" that aged well

[@Lowkidoe29]

Even as a kid I loved this episode because I was aware that this was the best “clip show” ever 😂

[@aquatus1]

Even the fans are get poked fun at. Who doesn't dream of going up to their favorite character, telling them "I got some great ideas for you!", and being welcome by them instead of being kicked out by security?

[@papl20]

I don't know if it was just me and my group but as youngsters we loved it. This was hilarious.

[@JNDReacts]

Every KZbin reactor: *talks over Sokka reading the poster* Also every KZbin reactor: How did the writer know all of this?! But seriously I can't believe you guys missed the Cabbage Merchant reference!

[@zeallust8542]

There are 2 constants in the world, change, and reactors talking over that scene and asking that question

[@Wuffskers]

It's important to remember that while Aang and Ozai have not personally interacted, Ozai is more than just an evil dad and brother, he's also the leader of a fascist regime, so he is as much a representative of fire nation imperialism as he is a terrible father. It's also worth noting that while Ozai has not personally done anything to Aang, Ozai does carry on the ideology that originally wiped out Aang's people. I think to appreciate the conflict between Aang and Ozai it's beneficial to think of what they represent respectively, because Aang is not just a victim of fire nation fascism as an airbender he is also the avatar, a person whose duty is maintaining balance, you could interpret a fight between Aang and Ozai almost like the world itself is trying to stop Ozai.

[@SeanTanktop]

Oh yeah, I mean I get it he’s the big bad and represents all of our fears, but there’s more drama with him and Zuko! The finale is fucking amazing so it’s totally perfect

[@richtea87]

One of my fav ATLA episodes!

[@mikem6006]

The many many fire nation soldiers who lost to a 12 year old blind girl telling the screen writers they lost to a little blind girl: “🤫🤐🤐🥲” Telling the screen writer they lost to a buff huge blind guy: “ya that’s what happened”

[@nucleargandhi2709]

It all makes sense now.

[@venturera_]

I was waiting for this the whole week geez😂

[@XxdextriousxX]

God I remember the first time watching this episode way back when I completely lost it at “avatar state yip yip!” Comedy gold 😭

[@auntydeborahcent]

I'm having an existential crisis now that ya'll are getting towards the end.

[@SeanTanktop]

Yer telling me kid

[@usul573]

I've put off on watching the finale since I don't want the damn show to end : D

[@fantasylovemagic]

Oh as a kid that play was my favourite, I loved watching the gang's reactions to it 😂

[@nshippudennaruto2814]

This is like my favorite episode of this season! It’s too funny! The jet joke gets me every time!

[@bubblejuiceman]

This play is a recap episode. That's why it was about the GAang and not the "kind" firelord perspective.

[@sensen1080]

Sokka read the ad to the others about the play, explaining how the playwright knew so much about what happened in the story: "'The Boy in the Iceberg' is a new production from acclaimed playwright Pu-On Tim, who scoured the globe gathering information on the Avatar, from the icy South Pole to the heart of Ba Sing Se. His sources include singing nomads, pirates, prisoners of war, and a surprisingly knowledgeable merchant of cabbage."

[@jaxxsor]

Man I love this episode, seen it a thousand times, but that zoom-in on the wine while Morgan was trying to justify the playwriters actually brought me to tears

[@nikolaiquack8548]

Everyone always misses that detail, but earlier in the episode when Sokka is reading from the poster, it says that the writer traveled across the 4 nations and had various sources, such as pirates, the cabbage man, etc. The amount of information they got is pretty unrealistic, though, haha.

[@leah-simonemua8775]

I've never been so thankful that I was in my 20's when this show aired; I pissed myself laughing the first time I saw this episode 😂

[@gonsumir]

Just got home from work. Starting vacation. Feeling good and then BAM! Even better. Fucking love you all for this. Cheers to the bar!

[@TheXXBLahBLahBLahxX]

I was like 12 when this aired and I loved this episode. I love the funny goofy side of Avatar so this episode became one of my favs.

[@JoshV_TX]

No bullshit but this has been the episode I’ve been waiting for since The Tales of Ba Sing Se

[@marisp2588]

lmao same

[@chilibreath]

That JJ Abrams roast raises my respect for Sean. 🍺

[@youtubeviewer4472]

A lot of their research was from interviewing the Cabbage Merchant. Also, later we learn the only way to get out of the Friend Zone is to master all four elements, save the world, and have a flying bison.

[@MissBRItesyde]

The Band kids…lol hands down them jokers were LIVING 😂

[@dadandadandan]

I think the poster is a parody of book one poster with Zuko eyes in the back and everything.

[@mollymassett7495]

As a kid in that day, my siblings and I loved this.

[@TheFrizor]

I love how you enjoyed every second of this episode Oh, and from someone eho watched the show airing the first time as a kid: this episode was so funny and cool to watch They turned the trope of recap episodes into propaganda and I loved it

[@acenull0]

My favorite parts are Azula telling Zuko "I think it's your honor!" And Zuko's like "WHERE?!" 😂😂😂 and the whole Toph intro is hilarious too. This is probably the most creative and entraining recap episode I've ever seen

[@leslievasquez54]

This was honestly my favorite episode as a kid

[@Kaaaaaaafire17]

I always thought the crowd was yawning during the drill scene because the Gaang stop Azula, which also keeps it consistent with them cheering at the end.

[@cameronjosephvideos5942]

Zuko's crew can provide most of Season 1 with random Earth Kingdom villagers filling in the gaps. I also have a headcanon where Iroh gave a lot of information.

[@rudyvelasquez7194]

It feels like so much time in between each season of the last airbender that i think more of us appreciated this episode than you think 😂

[@huntersmith1943]

This was my favorite comical episode of the series

[@jheal62]

There is no Last Airbender movie within the walls. Here, we are safe. Here, we are free.

[@Paradox-dy3ve]

11:35 I was 11 years old as the series came out. I was EXACTLY the target demo and I've gotta say. This was the funniest shit as a kid!! It totally landed

[@racool911]

Damn we are so close to the end

[@jimin-ssi7256]

We all love these episode so much

[@ooiiooiiooii]

They say in the beginning of the episode that its from playwright Poo Wan Tin and a interviewed people like the nomads, pirates, and cabbage merchant.

[@danielabarca1985]

Na guys as a kid this was amazing, exact same response you all had, it was just too funny

[@HolyknightVader999]

It was a funny day when I saw a show do its own abridged series in one episode.

[@MontgomeryWenis]

Yep, I definitely hated this episode when I first saw it as freshman or sophomore. But ever since I watched it again as an adult, I fucking love it. The meta commentary is fucking genius.

[@duckingllama]

Band was 100% the horniest elective at my high school. Everyone fukt. I would know because I was a bando

[@dehro]

The first iteration of Toph actually was a burly guy..they changed it to Toph as we know her later in the production.

[@edwinsuryakurniawan4313]

Teapot laugh is the best. 😂 i can't stop watch that.

[@Makaylalexis]

As a Teen who started watching as a kid, this episode actually did a really good job of being appealing to all of us who had grown some since the start... and were still wondering things like "did Jet actually die?"🤣

[@MarcReyes_]

The production quality of that play was impressive for such wildly inaccurate depiction of events. It was like Avatar: Turn off the Dark. I always loved this episode being a clever way to do a clip show without doing a clip show.

[@streamspoart2671]

Azula responsible for the ghost town fight and zuko's betrayal, she's the only one who knew that story and still loyal to the fire nation

[@mgutierrez6762]

The horniest elective In My school I couldn’t tell you but I could tell you is that all of the people in the advanced math hit the blunt

[@DrippingAlchemy]

The voice actress for actress Aang is Rachel Dratch

[@ThatBrunetteFromCali]

Few facts: -When the show first came out, a lot of people did think Katara was a cry baby. -the play skipped over the great divide because the fandom wasn’t a big fan of the episode & till this day calls it the most pointless episode. -the Zuko stage actor is voiced by Dante Basco’s older brother. -Zutara was going to be endgame but they changed it mid-season into S1. -Toph was originally going to be a guy. -the audience being asleep during the Drill scene was to represent how the fandom called The Drill Episode boring. -and Sean you look very handsome today😍

[@skylargray5642]

11:30 Nah I have to say as someone who watched this show as a kid, I still loved it lol. I appreciate what the writers were doing with this episode now but it was still a funny episode back then.

[@phoenixwing5133]

Lmao get ready for the best 4 episodes ever created.

[@alejandroestrada2524]

Not y’all uploading this right when I get on break. Legend behavior

[@GhibliNova]

I was all in when I was watching this as a kid 😂

[@SellavinAtoms]

4:09 did you not hear that the cabbage merchant also gave up some info he was probably crying his eyes out of how many times his cabbage got messed up.!!

[@joce-in-stitches]

Best recap episode ever!

[@cwstatic]

Love your guy's reactions. I think this episode was just the writers being self-aware of some of their episodes while also doing a flashback episode. FYI part of the reason why Jet's death was so unclear was because Nickelodeon would not allow them to definitively show someone die on their cartoon. So this episode allowed the writers to address that.

[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

I love these reactions!

[@ManuelRamirez-ml7vz]

The calm before the storm

[@MatijaCG]

After this episode starts epic finale of this show! Brace yourselves.

[@robertdrummond7583]

The talk about the writer when's Sokka has the poster in his hand.

[@gabrielhinojosa3261]

This show grew with us....

[@Serryy]

Every reaction of this episode I watched, reactors talk over the part where its explained who the writer is and how he knows things. And every reactor starts asking those questions later.

[@gabrielhinojosa3261]

The scar thing was a throw at a real episode error with zucos scar being on the wrong side

[@rubenlopez3364]

Notice any headwear Aang wears will have an Arrow shape on it

[@errolgonzalez5247]

Aaawwwe you kinda missed the The Great Divide joke 🥺

[@neonoires]

Yeah I can see your point about the ending of the play but also the Fire Nation is one that values strength so I think it would have had to end like that too lmao. They also seriously dumbed down Team Avatar so IDK if they wanted to make them the protagonists in a heroic way but more like, look at these dumbass people. I do think the play version of the Fire Lord is a bit too mustache twirly, they could have made him seem more like a cool, well thought out guy and still have play Aang die. I always find the applause at the end and the zoom in on the Gaang so unsettling because it's like... those people have been indoctrinated to HATE them so much. They were even bored when the Gaang was 'winning' in the drill portion.