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Trivia about ''[[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]]'' includes:
* [[The Abridged Series]]: The Ember Island Players is a sort of meta-example. And for an outside example we have [[Gan Xingba]]'s [[Avatar the Abridged Series]].▼
 
* [[Hey Its That Voice]]:▼
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== Trivia Tropes ==
▲* [[The Abridged Series]]: The Ember Island Players is a sort of meta-example. And for an outside example we have [[Gan Xingba]]'s [[Avatar: theThe Abridged Series]].
▲* [[Hey, ItsIt's That Voice!]]:
** [[Kevin Michael Richardson]], aka [[Knights of the Old Republic|Jolee Bindo]], voices Tyro. Carth Onasi is a scholar, while[[Comedic Sociopathy|HK-47]] is Fire Nation War Minister Qin.
** Kyoshi and June are [[Jennifer Hale|Bastila Shan]] and [[Mass Effect|the female Shepard.]]
** One of the Earth Kingdom Generals has the same voice as Jin from [[Lost]].
** [[American Dragon: Jake Long|Jake Long]] and [[Fairly Oddparents|Vicky]] are siblings.
*** Vicky is also Ember Island Actor Katara as well as the real Katara's mother.
** [[Mae Whitman|Katara]] is [[American Dragon: Jake Long|The Huntsgirl]] (not to mention the President's daughter in ''[[Independence Day]]'').
*** [[Arrested Development (TV series)|Her?]]
*** She's also [[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Film)|Ramona's fourth ex,]] from her sexy phase.
*** And now Amber in ''[[Parenthood]]''.
** Ozai is a basically a ''slightly'' more sane and rational version of [[Batman: theThe Animated Series (Animation)|The Joker]] played by [[Star Wars|Mark Hamill.]] He even ''sounds'' like the Joker in Aang's dreams from "Nightmares and Daydreams". One wonders if Hamill realizes the irony of voicing a [[Complete Monster]] [[Evil Overlord]] [[Star Wars|who can shoot lightning from his fingertips.]]
** His daughter, on the other hand, is vocally related to another [[Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines|not quite sane person]] - while they usually sound different enough, compare Azula's "favorite Prisoner" speech in Black Sun day to Jeanette's comment how her father "died with a smile on his face".
** Sokka's Master is the [[The Terminator|T-1000]] as well as [[The Unit|Colonel Ryan]] and [[The Dig|Commander Boston Low]].
** Toph's father is played by veteran voice actor Cam Clarke ([[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Kratos]], Sky from [[Jade Empire]], [[Metal Gear Solid|Liquid Snake]], [[Robotech|Max Sterling and Lancer]], [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Leonardo]], [[He -Man and Thethe Masters of Thethe Universe (Animation)|the 2002 Adam/He-Man]] etc). Wait, Toph is the daughter of Kratos? That explains so much!
** Like Toph, Mai's dad is [[Metal Gear Solid|Colonel Campbell]]. No wonder she's so good at fighting.
** Tennis champ [[One of Us|Serena Williams]] is Ming, the kind prison guard.
** [[Third Person Person|The Boulder]] [[Lampshade Hanging|realizes]] [[Boisterous Bruiser|that]] [[Large Ham|he sounds]] [[Affectionate Parody|like]] [[WWEWorld Wrestling Entertainment|Mick]] [[Mick Foley|Foley!]]
** [[Jason Isaacs]], aka [[Harry Potter (Filmfilm)|Lucius Malfoy]], is Admiral Zhao.
** [[Clancy Brown]] is Long Feng, who is a calculating villain in the vein of Lex Luthor.
** One of Jet's pals is [[My Gym PartnersPartner's a Monkey|Adam Lyon]].
** Jet himself is [[The World Ends With You (Video Game)|Beat]]!
** An early episode features a Fire Nation prison rig run by [[George Takei]] (Oh myyy), while The Mechanist is [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Odo]].
*** The leader of the Gan Jin tribe from The Great Divide was Odo, too.
** Actor Toph is [[John Dimaggio|Bender]], and Actor Aang is [[Saturday Night Live|Rachel Dratch]].
** Bumi is actually [[Dragonball Z|Kaioshin's ancestor]]. You can also see him all over Skyrim as the males of the Khajiit race.
** And [[Jackie Chan Adventures (Animation)|Uncle]] taught Aang airbending.
** Iroh [[Conan the Barbarian|is a wizard, mind you!]] A [[Samurai Jack|shape-shifting]] Master of Darkness with '''GREAT ''FLAAAMING'' EYEBROWS!'''
*** After Mako's death, Iroh [[BioBioShock Shock(series)|developed plasmid technology and provoked a civil war in Rapture.]]
** Prince Zuko? Surely you mean [[Hook (Film)|RU]]-[[Catch Phrase|FI]]-[[Dante Basco|OOOOO]]!
** [[Phil La MarrLaMarr|The Earth King]] is [[Metal Gear Solid|Vamp]] and [[Static Shock|Static]]. Unfortunately, [[Pulp Fiction|he gets shot]] [[I Just Shot Marvin in Thethe Face|in the face.]]
*** He's also more excited than a [[Futurama|green snake in a sugar cane field]].
** [[Scott Menville]] ([[Teen Titans (Animationanimation)|Robin]], [[Captain Planet|Ma-Ti]]) is a representative of one of the two tribes looking to cross ''The Great Divide'', as well as one the guys who hit on Ty Lee in ''The Beach''. ** [[Teen Titans (Animationanimation)|Professor Chang]] is one of the monks who tells Aang he is the Avatar.
** Certain viewers may also know Zuko as a [[But I'm a Cheerleader|gay varsity wrestler.]]
** Ty Lee is [[Hey Arnold!|Rhonda Wellington Lloyd]].
** [[Ron Perlman|Sla]][[Teen Titans (Animationanimation)|de]] is responsible for starting the war 100 years ago. And as always, war never changes.
*** And he wants Sokka's Actor as his apprentice.
** Gran Gran is [[She -Ra: Princess of Power (Animation)|She-Ra]].
** Huu also found enlightenment in a Whataburger.
** Sela, the farmer's wife in "Zuko Alone," used to go by [[Justice League (animation)|Wonder Woman]].
** Xin Fu would like to remind you [[Hotel Mario|that all toasters toast toast., eh (Gay) Luigi?!]]
** Colonel Shinu is [[Sam and Max|Max]].
** Koh moonlights as a [[Fallout 3|radio host in the Capitol Wasteland]]
*** Recently he has taken up [[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim|an assassination gig in Skyrim]].
** Wan Shi Tong used to be the head of security for [[The Princess Diaries|the queen of Genovia]]. Chances are, he still doesn't like to be called Joey.
** [[Tress MacNeille|Hama]] is [[The Simpsons (animation)|Agnes Skinner]].
** In Germany. Zuko sounds exactly like [[Scrubs (TV)|Turk]]. Azula is [[Invader Zim|Gaz]], Sokka is [[Transformers (Filmfilm)|Sam Witwicky]], and Ozai is [[Transformers (Filmfilm)|Starscream]].
** In Sweden, Long Feng is [[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Mewtwo.]] Toph is [[Spirited Away|Chihiro]], while Azula is [[Teen Titans (Animationanimation)|Starfire]].
** In Spain, Toph is [[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Misty]].
** Zuko's Danish actor is [[Naruto|Sasuke Uchiha]].
** In Chile and Hungary, Aang is [[Yin Yang Yo (Animation)!|Yang]].
** Here's the Polish dub:
*** Aang is [[Phineas and Ferb|Phineas]].
*** Katara is [[The Fairly Odd ParentsOddParents|Chester]].
*** Sokka is [[Harry Potter (Filmfilm)|Harry Potter]].
*** Azula is [[SpongebobSpongeBob SquarePants|Sandy Cheeks]].
*** Zuko is [[Naruto|Rock Lee]].
*** Iroh is [[Chowder|Mung Daal]].
*** Toph is [[I CarlyiCarly|Carly]].
** The archaeologist in The Library is also [[Knights of the Old Republic|a pilot in a galaxy far, far away]] and a [[Mass Effect|biotic staff lieutenant on board the Normandy.]]
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Toph was originally conceived as a guy. Variants of her original character model makes a few appearances throughout the series in bit roles, most notably as a bender in the show's opening sequence (Roku's Earthbending teacher) and THE BOULDER!
* [[The Wiki Rule]]: The [http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Avatar_Wiki Avatar Wiki]
** [[Word of God]] says that the screechy actor who played her in the play is a [[Flanderized]] version of her original character design. Aspects of her original male visual design and characterization were later incorporated into [[The Legend of Korra (Animation)|Bolin]].
 
== Non-Trope Trivia ==
* Zuko's great-grandfather is {{spoiler|Avatar Roku -- therefore, via [[Reincarnation]], Aang}}... sorta. Technically.
** Did we mention Zuko's father is voiced by [[Mark Hamill]]? Now tropes are [[In the Blood]]?!
* Waterbending is the only bending skill that was not learned from an animal. Waterbenders are said to have learned from the moon; in contrast, earthbenders learned from the badger-moles, airbenders learned from the sky bison, and firebenders learned from the dragons. The entire concept is awfully similar to animal-based martial arts in [[Real Life]], made famous by Hongkong martial arts movies like [[Jackie Chan]]'s ''Snake in the Eagle's Shadow'' or ''Tiger and Crane Styles'' (best known for being edited into ''[[Kung Pow! Enter the Fist]]''.)
* As mentioned on the main page, the bending styles themselves are based on actual Chinese martial arts (Waterbending is Tai Chi, Earthbending is Hung Gar, Firebending is Northern Shaolin Kung Fu, Airbending is Ba Gua). Exceptions not covered are:
** Toph's own Earthbending style, taught directly by the badger-moles, is actually based on Southern Mantis style
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** You can probably catch some differences between Katara and Pakku's waterbending styles, since Southern and Northern are legitimate Tai Chi variants.
* "Katara" means "curse" (both as in "hex" and "swear") in Greek. Of course, this is just a weird coincidence, but it is too odd to not mention. One would suspect that the character was so named because a Katara is a kind of Indian dagger, though.
** A Katar is a type of Indian dagger.
* Two of the benders shown in the opening titles are actual characters from the show: [[Old Master|Master Pakku]] for [[Making a Splash|water]], and [[The Dragon|Azula]] for [[Playing Withwith Fire|fire]].
** Although the earthbender was Toph's original design, but when her design was changed, that design inspired later characters The Boulder, Sud (Roku's earthbending teacher) and "The Ember Island Players"' Toph (directly taken from that design).
** Some argue that the airbender in the opening is [[Cool Old Guy|Monk Gyatso]]. Others claim it's an older Aang (a theory largely debunked by the confirmed older Aang in the opening to ''[[Western Animaton/The Legend Of Korra|The Legend Of Korra]]'', who looks much different), and still others suggest it might be one of the unamed monks from "The Storm".
 
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