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{{quote|"''There's this bald boy, who can control the wind... Oops! Wrong [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|Avatar]]...''"|'''[[That Guy With The Glasses|Chester]] [[Bum Reviews|A. Bum]]''''s [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/bum-reviews/15043-ep036 Bum Review] of [[James Cameron]]'s ''[[Avatar (film)|Avatar]]''}}
"Avatar" is a Sanskrit word that usually implies a deliberate descent from higher spiritual realms to lower realms of existence for special purposes. It is often translated into English as "incarnation", meaning the physical incarnation of a divine or higher power. In the modern world the term has picked up a number of other meanings, and is the namesake for many fictional works. Its broadest definition is "some sort of remotely controlled entity which is present in the role of its controller".<ref>In addition to the examples below this can include remote controlled vehicles (particularly ones operated at distance with their own sensors, a representation of someone in a digital space (see below), or an incarnation of a divine being as a mortal (indeed the use of this in Hindu mythology is the [[Trope Namer]]).</ref> Naturally, that all means there are a lot of different tropes and works that use "Avatar" in their names:
== Tropes ==▼
* [[Author Avatar]]: The [[Word of God|higher being]] is the author,
* [[Digital Avatar]]: The sort you find in games as the [[Player Character]], by way of [[Cyberpunk]] (specifically [[Snow Crash]]) influence.▼
* [[God in Human Form]]:
* [[Fighting a Shadow]]: In general, using an avatar means that if something kills it, what had the avatar doesn't completely die.▼
== Works ==
* American cartoon ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''
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* ''Avatar'', the first book in the [[Star Trek Deep Space Nine Relaunch]].
* [[Law & Order/Recap/S17/E02 Avatar|''Law and Order'', Season 17, Episode 2: "Avatar".]]
▲== Tropes ==
▲* [[Author Avatar]]: The [[Word of God|higher being]] is the author and they have a character in their work that represents him/herself.
▲* [[Digital Avatar]]: The sort you find in games as the [[Player Character]], by way of [[Cyberpunk]] (specifically [[Snow Crash]]) influence.
▲* [[God in Human Form]]: one of the ways it happens is through an avatar projection. See also [[A Form You Are Comfortable With]]. As mentioned above, examples from certain mythologies are the [[Trope Namer]].
▲* [[Fighting a Shadow]]: In general, using an avatar means that if something kills it, what had the avatar doesn't completely die.
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