Animated series are a polarizing figure in pop culture — some people find it to be useless drivel that ꦏis meant to be nothing more than your run-of-the-mill timesink, and nothing else. However, there's an alternate spectrum of people who absolutely love how animation allows mediums of entertainment to truly go beyond the realm of the possible and provideཧ us with unique, comedic, dark, light-hearted, sad, and jubilant moments — and trust me when I tell you that that's just the icing on the cake when it comes to the whole host of emotions and feelings that animation can make you experience if you truly are invested in it.

Perhaps the best way to illustrate the latter would be to talk about one of the most celebrated and popular animated series of all time that added to the unique flair of Nickelodeon shows — yep, we're talking about none other than Avatar: The Last Airbender. Widely considered to be one of the best shows of all ওtime, the series features a slew of elements that would turn any show into a fan favorite, let alone an animated one.

One such element that is the main focus of this article — well, kinda — are the characters that have stuck with us ever since the show introduced some of the most memorable animated cast members of all time. While we can go on and on abo𝕴ut most of these characters, we've decided to stick to Katara. To be more precise, we are going t෴o take a look at 25 wrongful assumptions everyone made about our favorite waterbender.

25 ꦚ She Was Supposed To End Up With Zu꧂ko

Now, isn't this a tease?

While the romance between Aang and Katara was certainly welcomed by the majority of the Avatar fanbase,🐟 there's a certain section that noticed the unnatural and hurried pace at which 🧜this angle was pursued.

This is because Katara's love interest was changed late into the series.

The showrunn♌ers were actually planning to pair her off with Zuko, before making a last-minute change and deciding that Aang was the safer bet.

Of course, the seeds of this potential romance had already been put in place, as can be seen inꩵ the fact that...

24 K🌜atara Was The First Perso🎃n To Touch Zuko's Scar In The Series

Zuko's scar is a harsh memory of the physical and mental pain that he faced at the hands of his father. During a meeting, Zuko made a statement out of turn that his father overreacted 🦄to, following, this permanent scar was inflicted on him as a lesson.

Katara was the very first person (aside from Zuko) who directly touched this scar.

This was done to create a lasting bond between both characters that would've translated to something else๊. However, this wasn't the case, and — as discussed above — Katara ended up with Aang at the end, while Zuko stayed with Mai.

23 🉐 She’s Not As Adept In Waterbendi🌟ng As You Might Think

Now, don't gꦿet us wrong — it's pretty evident aꦿt this point that Katara is one of the best waterbenders of all time. However, she excels in this department simply out of perseverance, and not because she was a gifted individual.

After all, Aang easily showcased a technique Katara took a while to master on his first attempt.

This led to a feeling of animosity and jealousy that Katara soon got over. She realized after a while that, what sh🎃e lacked in natural talent, she could more than make up for with her dedication to learning the craft itself.

22 Sh☂e Was More Proficient In Healing Than Combat

As discussed in the previous entry, we've already established Katara to be an♔ individual who had to work hard to achieve her mastery with waterbending. However, there are various f💧acets of this form of bending that need to be taken into account.

Basically, what we're trying to say is that Katara is not completely inept when it comes to sporting natural waterbending talent. Her healing skills are quite excꦰellent, and this is mainly because she had a knack for it from the get-go.

21 Katara Was The First Person To Speak In The Series ཧ

The narration that precedes every Avatar: The Last Airbender episode has become the stuff of legends, with the line "but everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked" ♑becom𝐆ing an iconic phrase that spawned its fair share of memes as well.

Well, this also implied one other thing that most people fail to notice — Katara is also the first person to speak in the series! It's a distinguished accolade that was 𓆏bestowed upon the waterbender simply because of the vision that the showrunners had in mind for her.

20 The Creators Believe Katara To Be The Person Through Which The Story Isไ Being Told

Talk about a distinguished honor indeed.

Fans of the Avatar series would definitely remember the fact that Katara's narration plays a key role in setting up the events൲ of the series. It's her voice that guides first-time viewers of the show to familiarize themselves with the🌠 background of the series.

Well, this was done on purpose — the creators acജtually wanted to push forth the notion that Katara is actually 🧜the person narrating the events of the series.

This is further compounded by the fact that...

19 🥃 Katara Was Seen Or Mentioned In Every Episode🍌 Of The Series, Save One

When one talks about the screen time of multiple protagonists in the series, then it must be said that Katara definitely takes the cake in this regard. She is one of the🔯 few people who appears or is mentioned in almost eve♔ry episode.

In fact, there is only one episode where Katara isn't mentioned — the episode "Zuko Alone," where the titular character serves as the sole focus of the episode, trying to redeem himself after realizing that the path he'd taken 💫was flawed.

18 🌟 Katara Was The First Person To Bend In The Series

Here's another accolade on top of allꦗ the firsts that Katara has already accumulated till now — she's also the first person who bends in front of the viewers for the very first time.

It's a detail that most people tend not to focus on⛎, but the fact of the matter is that it clearly establishes the fact that some form of magic exists in the world. Of course, this is not taking into account the silhouette of Pakku in the intro sequence, since he is technically the first character to bend.

But hey,𒅌 we'll write this off as a technicality and give the cre🗹dit to Katara instead.

17 ♔ Katara Knows A Fair Bit About Yoga

In a series that's heavily reliant on spiritual themes, it's kinda obvious that the concept of yoga would be present in the world of Avatar. And, when one comes to the topic of spirituality, then it must be said that both airbenders and wat🀅erbenders are strongly linked to their spiritual side, as opposed to the other types of benders.

Thus, it can confidently be said that Katara also had a fair bit of knowledge when it came to yoga. This can be seen in 𒉰episode 9 ♌of Book Three, where she tries out yoga in an artificial hot spring.

16 Aunt Wu’s Prediction About♛ Katara Is Quite Chilling ꦛ

Don't mistake Avatar: The Last Airbender to be a simple show for kids — if you haven'🅷t seen the series, then there are several dark motifs and th♎emes that you're missing out on. Episode 14 of Book One takes one such theme to heart — the concept of mortality.

While interacting with a fortuneteller — which, fittingly enough, is the title of the episode itself — by the name of Aunt Wu, Katara discovers that she will have her third great-grandchild before passin🦂g away peacefully in her sleep.

Who says something like that?!