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The Worst Episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender

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The Worst Episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender

In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and...

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  1. Background image for The Great Divide
    7.0/10(43 votes)

    #1 - The Great Divide

    S1:E11

    While on their way to the North Pole, Aang and his friends arrive at a giant canyon where two groups of refugees are bickering over who should get to go across. Aang decides to walk across with the two groups to ensure they don’t fight one another. However, he soon learns that the two tribes have been feuding for one hundred years and they both believe their actions are justified. But when the predators inside the canyon start to come out, Aang is stuck trying to defend both tribes from each other and the vicious wildlife.

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  2. Background image for Bato of the Water Tribe
    7.2/10(43 votes)

    #2 - Bato of the Water Tribe

    S1:E15

    Aang feels neglected as Katara and Sokka reunite with Bato, an old friend of their father’s from the South Pole. They begin to reminisce on their times in the past while they wait for a message to arrive from their father. Aang believes Katara and Sokka will abandon him and go out to find their father should the message arrive. However, when the messenger gives Aang the message to give to Bato, Aang betrays his friends in a way Katara or Sokka could never imagine. However, when Zuko recruits a bounty hunter named June to track Aang down, his friendship is put to the test as he must deal with the fact that he betrayed his friends while defending himself from yet another fight.

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  3. Background image for Avatar Day
    7.3/10(41 votes)

    #3 - Avatar Day

    S2:E5

    Aang and the gang discover an Earth town that celebrates something called "Avatar Day." But when they get there and learn the festival is of "anti-Avatar" sentiment and Aang is put on trial for a crime a past incarnation allegedly committed. Looking to clear the Avatar's good name, Katara and Sokka venture back to a familiar place to gather evidence and discover the truth.

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  4. Background image for Nightmares and Daydreams
    7.3/10(42 votes)

    #4 - Nightmares and Daydreams

    S3:E9

    Four days prior the invasion, Aang becomes nervous over his soon-to-come confrontation with the Fire Lord. His anxiety gets the better of him as he begins to suffer from outrageous nightmares and hallucinations. Meanwhile, Zuko becomes upset to learn that he was not informed about a war meeting.

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  5. Background image for Jet
    7.4/10(43 votes)

    #5 - Jet

    S1:E10

    While traveling towards the North Pole, the group almost gets captured by the Fire Nation. However, when a charismatic young man and his band of rebels attack the Fire Nation camp and rescue them, they learn that they are trying to resist the Fire Nation’s motives to expand their territory. Katara and Aang really enjoy their time with the band of rebels, but Sokka soon discovers that they aren’t as noble as meets the eye.

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  6. Background image for The Waterbending Scroll
    7.5/10(42 votes)

    #6 - The Waterbending Scroll

    S1:E9

    After Katara attempts to teach Aang waterbending, but realizes that he is learning it much faster than she is, she is desperate to improve her abilities. When Katara inadvertently stumbles across a waterbending scroll that can help improve her abilities at a pirate’s store, she decides to steal it, realizing that she couldn’t hope to afford it.

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  8. Background image for The Northern Air Temple
    7.5/10(41 votes)

    #7 - The Northern Air Temple

    S1:E17

    When Aang and his friends hear rumors about surviving airbenders, they decide to stop by the Northern Air Temple on their way to the North Pole to see for themselves. What they find is a bunch of people who are not airbenders, but have mastered the art of gliding; though this upsets Aang because they have been defacing the temple. However, there was one part of the temple where nobody has been able to enter, and what Aang and his friends discover inside spells oncoming conflict.

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  9. Background image for The Cave of Two Lovers
    7.5/10(42 votes)

    #8 - The Cave of Two Lovers

    S2:E2

    On their way to Omashu, Aang, Katara, and Sokka meet a group of nomads who show them a shortcut through the "Cave of Two Lovers". But when the group becomes trapped in the cave, it's up to Aang and Katara to save the group by trusting in love, possibly questioning their relationship. Meanwhile, Iroh gets a lethal rash so Zuko and Iroh head to a small Earth Kingdom town for help, hoping their real identities will not be discovered.

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  10. Background image for The Boy in the Iceberg
    7.6/10(59 votes)

    #9 - The Boy in the Iceberg

    S1:E1

    Two teenage siblings (Sokka and Katara) living in the South Pole discover a very strange boy (Aang), along with his pet flying bison Appa, in an iceberg. But can they trust him when he accidentally draws the war to their village's doorstep?

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  11. Background image for The Warriors of Kyoshi
    7.6/10(47 votes)

    #10 - The Warriors of Kyoshi

    S1:E4

    The gang arrives at Kyoshi Island and are captured by some Kyoshi warriors. When Aang reveals that he is the avatar, news quickly spreads out, eventually reaching Zuko, who then goes to Kyoshi Island to capture him.

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  12. Background image for Imprisoned
    7.6/10(42 votes)

    #11 - Imprisoned

    S1:E6

    In a nearby Earth Village, the gang meets a teenage earthbender named Haru. This village lives in fear of the Fire Nation, for soldiers there capture any earthbenders they can find. After Haru is captured for earthbending, Katara is compelled to rescue him.

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  13. Background image for Return to Omashu
    7.6/10(41 votes)

    #12 - Return to Omashu

    S2:E3

    Despite the shocking news the gang have just discovered, Aang insists on trying to find Bumi within Omashu's borders, even with the dangers that will await him and his friends if his real identity is discovered. Meanwhile Azula goes in search of old friends to help her with her mission.

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  14. Background image for The King of Omashu
    7.7/10(45 votes)

    #13 - The King of Omashu

    S1:E5

    Aang's abilities as an airbender are challenged by a strange king.

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  15. Background image for The Fortuneteller
    7.7/10(42 votes)

    #14 - The Fortuneteller

    S1:E14

    When the group tries to help a man who is being attacked by a platypus-bear, they discover that the local town has a fortuneteller named Aunt Wu in it, who has been forecasting the town's fate for years. But when Sokka and Aang discover one of the fortuneteller's most vital predictions is dead wrong, they have to develop a plan to convince the stubborn townspeople that their beloved Aunt Wu was wrong.

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  16. Background image for The Swamp
    7.7/10(40 votes)

    #15 - The Swamp

    S2:E4

    A mysterious tornado pulls the kids into a supernatural swamp where Katara, Sokka and Aang have mysterious visions. Meanwhile, Momo and Appa are chased by rogue swamp dwellers and only Aang and the gang can save them.

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  17. Background image for The Avatar Returns
    7.8/10(51 votes)

    #16 - The Avatar Returns

    S1:E2

    Katara and Sokka discover that Aang is the long-lost Avatar and must rescue him when a firebending prince named Zuko kidnaps him.

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  18. Background image for The Spirit World: Winter Solstice (1)
    7.8/10(43 votes)

    #17 - The Spirit World: Winter Solstice (1)

    S1:E7

    Aang and friends visit a village being terrorized by an angry spirit. Iroh is captured by Earth Kingdom soldiers.

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  19. Background image for The Painted Lady
    7.8/10(40 votes)

    #18 - The Painted Lady

    S3:E3

    When the gang arrives at a suffering fishing village, a mysterious spirit appears to help the villagers.

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  20. Background image for The Beach
    7.8/10(41 votes)

    #19 - The Beach

    S3:E5

    Zuko, Azula, Mai and Ty Lee take a vacation to Ember Island. In the process, they come to learn more about themselves and each other as well as their desires for the future. Elsewhere, Aang and the others face off against a new adversary.

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  21. Background image for The Southern Air Temple
    7.9/10(48 votes)

    #20 - The Southern Air Temple

    S1:E3

    Aang is excited about going home for the first time in one hundred years, but he is shocked to find out that the temple is deserted. Aang tells Sokka and Katara about his childhood as they explore the temple, but they soon discover something that Aang never expected. Meanwhile, Zuko must make repairs to his ship and the only way he can do it is to dock his ship at his rival's naval base.

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  22. Background image for The Avatar State
    7.9/10(41 votes)

    #21 - The Avatar State

    S2:E1

    Plagued with nightmares featuring the devastating power of his Avatar State, Aang and the gang meet an Earth Kingdom general who has big plans for defeating the Fire Nation. Meanwhile, Zuko and Iroh, having survived the failed attack on the North Water Tribe, have a surprise visit from Zuko's sister with seemingly good news.

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  23. Background image for The Headband
    7.9/10(43 votes)

    #22 - The Headband

    S3:E2

    To better blend in as Fire Nation citizens, Aang enrolls in a Fire Nation school, giving himself an opportunity to learn more about the Nation and to enjoy life as a normal kid for the first time since he discovered he was the Avatar. Meanwhile Zuko, growing more and more paranoid about the Avatar's false demise, brings himself to confront the imprisoned Iroh.

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  24. Background image for The Ember Island Players
    7.9/10(42 votes)

    #23 - The Ember Island Players

    S3:E17

    A play recounting the gang's adventures does not sit well with Aang and his friends, except for Toph who enjoys it very much. Meanwhile, Aang confesses his love to Katara, but the response is ambiguous.

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  25. Background image for The Awakening
    8.0/10(40 votes)

    #24 - The Awakening

    S3:E1

    Aang awakens to find himself aboard a captured Fire Nation ship with a full head of hair and sustaining serious injuries from the previous battle for Ba Sing Se. At his side are Katara, Sokka, and their father Hakoda who recount the events that led the four to the ship and contemplate their next move. Aang struggles to fight his own desire to face the Fire Lord before he is ready. Meanwhile, Zuko deals with his own issues as he makes his long-awaited journey home, with the fear of his father's rejection hanging over his head.

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  26. Background image for Sokka's Master
    8.0/10(42 votes)

    #25 - Sokka's Master

    S3:E4

    Feeling as though he isn't contributing enough to the group, Sokka seeks out an elusive swordsmaster from whom he can learn the ways of the blade.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Great Divide" is the worst rated episode of "Avatar: The Last Airbender". It scored 7/10 based on 43 votes. Directed by Giancarlo Volpe and written by John O'Bryan, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, it aired on 5/20/2005. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Bato of the Water Tribe".