Avatar: The Last Airbender aired on Nickolodeon between 2003 and 2008, and, eleven years later, the show still captivates fans from all over the world. Later, a sequel was created: The Legend of Korra aired between 2012 and 2014. Both shows were critically acclaimed and received a warm welcome from the public (Avatar has a 9.2 rating on IMDb and Legend of Korra has an 8.5 rating).

Fans fell in love with the show for many reasons; the art style is beautiful, the music is breathtaking, and the show has everything you could ask for: drama, magic, friendship, humor… It’s so much more than a show for kids, as it takes on adult themes and draws inspiration from (and pays tribute to꧃) real world cultures.

Avatar: The Last Airbender has an incredibly rich lore, and, with hundreds of episodes and through other resources such as extras and comics, there’s always more to learn. Since the rich, diverse cast of characters is one of the things that drew fans into the show, it’s always fun to learn more about the characters themselves. Sokka, for instance, is 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:more complex than you might think (or that the Ember Island Players might have you think), but so is Katara. She’s often dismissed as “too boring,” but she’s an incredibly complex character in her own right. Don’t let her movie portrayal de𒆙ceive you: she’s smart, funny, an excellent fighter, and one of the most talented benders of her time. Here are 25 ridiculous things ab🍰out Katara!

25 🌸 She Can Control Other’s Bodies 🔥

“Congratulations, Katara. You’re a bloodbender.🔜” I think it’s safe to say we all got chills when we heard these words. One of the most ridiculous things about Katara is how powerful she is. In “The Puppetmaster,” she learns bloodbending from Hama, meaning she can use the water in other’s bodies to control them.

She’s one of only five bloodbenders in Avatar and Legend of Korra. And if bloodbending doesn’t sound frightening enough, consider this: ju🔴st like energy bending, it can r✅emove a person’s ability to bend.

24 🍃 And Bend Water From Anything

As a master waterbender, Katara can do much more than control the water in people and animal. She can use pre🔴tty much anything as a source of water. For instance, she once breaks out of prison…by breaking a sweat. Katara is resourceful enough to think of bending her own sweat! In “The Puppetmaster,” Hama also teaches her to bend the water in plants around her, 𝕴demonstrating by draining the water from fire lillies. This means that even when there isn’t a full moon, Katara’s powers are incredible.

23 She’s Th꧅e First P🌌erson You Hear In The Show

If you watched the show as a child, you probably remember the opening: “Water. Earth. Fire. Air Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when th🦩e Fire Nation attacked.” These words have become iconic, and, as you might remember, Katara is the one who delivers this opening monologue, meaning her voice is the first one you hear in the show. Pretty cool legacy! She’s also one 🌊of the first characters to appear onscreen, and the second character to speak after the opening.

22 𒈔 She Wears Her Gra✱ndmother’s Betrothal Necklace

Katara’s necklace, a blue choker with a pendant inscribed with the symbol for water, is more than just a simple piece of jewelry. Indeed, considering that most of the characters in Avatar: The Last Airbender dress in fair✅ly practical clothing (they are, after all, in the middle of a war), it may seem odd that Katara even has a necklace. It actually has a lot of sentimental value, as it is her grandmother’s betrothal necklace, and one of the few ties to her family she has as she tra♉vels the world with the rest of Team Avatar.

21 ဣ Her Parents Were Non-Benders

Surprisingly enough, Katara’s parents weren’t benders. It’s a common mistake, as her mothe🅠r lies to the fire nation officer who interrogat꧒es her and tells him she is the last waterbender to protect her daughter, but Kya isn’t actually a bender.

Like Toph, Katara was born from non-benders, and still ended up being one of the most powerful benders of her time.  She’s also the only known wate🃏rbender to give birth to an airbender! It goes to show that there’s no way of knowing if a child will be a bender or not.

20 The Stoဣry Behind The Hairܫ Loopies

Katara’s iconic hairstyle, or her “hair loopies,” as Sokka affectionately calls them, is an important part of her character ജdesign. Even when she parts with her braid later in the series, she mostly keeps her hair loopies.

They’re more than a way to easily identify her, however. Her signature hairstyle is inspired by her Gran-Gran, who wore her🎃 hair the same way. They’re one of many things that show how similar Katara and her grandmother are—the betrothal necklace being another.

19 ✨ She Lived A Very Long Life

Katara is about 14 when we first meet her in “The Boy in The Ice,” and we see her become more mature over the course of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Between The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra, many, many things happen, and Katara lives to see them all. ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚThe Republic was founded, the City of United Na𝔍tions was built, Toph created a metalbending academy, Aang and Zuko became best friends… And ultimately, Katara even outlived her husband, Avatar Aang.

18 🌠 She Taught Two Avatars

Not only did she outlive Aang, but she was also still alive when the time came to teach the new avatar, a waterb🌱ender named Korra.😼 When Aang started to learn waterbending, Katara was also the one who taught him, meaning she’s one of very few master benders who taught not one, but two avatars.

Consi🀅dering how young she was when she taught Aang, that’s even more impressive. Then again, she’s one of the most powerful waterbenders the Avatar World has seen, so it’s hardly🍃 surprising.

17 𒉰 She’s Really Smart

Katara’s brother Sokka may be Team Avatar’s strategist, but that doesn’t mean that Katara is the brawn 🧸to his brains. She’s a fighter, yes, but she’s also incredibly smart and resourceful. The anecdote I brought up earlier a♎bout her bending her own sweat shows that.

Katara is incredibly smart for her age in The Last Airbender, and in Legend of Korra, we get to see her when 𝓰she’s older and wiser, which giv♍es us a really interesting perspective on her character.

16 🐼 She Dressed Up As A Spirit ও

In “The Painted Lady,” Katara dresses up as a spirit. After visiting a village stricken with poetry and illness, she takes on the identity of the Painted Lady, the village’s water spirit. She secretly gives them food at night and uses her waterbending powers to heal the sick. Eventually, Aa♍ng discovers her secret, and they destroy the factory that was polluting the river and draining the village’s resources, solving the problem for good. Eventually, the real Painted Lady thanks Katara.