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== Quarrich is a reincarnation of General Woundwort ==
== Quarrich is a reincarnation of General Woundwort ==
[[Watership Down|General Woundwort]], in punishment for defying natural law and becoming a rabbit dictator, was [[Laser Guided Karma|reincarnated as a human]] after his eventual death. He was left with a memory of his past, however, because the lesson is no good if you don't know you've been given it. The General, however, was not one to let a little thing like cosmic irony get him down. Becoming what he both hated and admired made him go completely [[Mad With Power]], and set out to be the 'best' human he could be. The result? A [[Memetic Badass]] rabbit who defies nature and fights dogs became a [[Memetic Badass]] Space Marine who wants to destroy nature and fights thanataurs.
[[Watership Down|General Woundwort]], in punishment for defying natural law and becoming a rabbit dictator, was [[Laser-Guided Karma|reincarnated as a human]] after his eventual death. He was left with a memory of his past, however, because the lesson is no good if you don't know you've been given it. The General, however, was not one to let a little thing like cosmic irony get him down. Becoming what he both hated and admired made him go completely [[Mad With Power]], and set out to be the 'best' human he could be. The result? A [[Memetic Badass]] rabbit who defies nature and fights dogs became a [[Memetic Badass]] Space Marine who wants to destroy nature and fights thanataurs.


== Avatar takes place in the Watchmen Universe ==
== Avatar takes place in the Watchmen Universe ==
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== [[In Case You Forgot Who Wrote It|James Cameron's]] ''[[Avatar (Film)|Avatar]]'' is an [[Alternate History|Alternate Future]] of ''[[District 9]]''. ==
== [[In Case You Forgot Who Wrote It|James Cameron's]] ''[[Avatar (Film)|Avatar]]'' is an [[Alternate History|Alternate Future]] of ''[[District 9]]''. ==
Note: Not just an expanded version of the "District 9 is a prequel of Avatar" guess above.
Note: Not just an expanded version of the "District 9 is a prequel of Avatar" guess above.
In the ''District 9'' timeline, the [[All There in the Manual|poleepkwa]]/[[Fantastic Slur|prawns]]/[[Ender's Game|formica]] stay in their ship, and the government has enough time to organize a group and resources to "[[Animal Testing|stu]][[A Nazi By Any Other Name|dy]]" them before sticking a can opener in the ship. In the ''Avatar'' timeline, they try to leave the ship for help as soon as they arrive, the humans [[Unnecessary Roughness|neutralize]] them, find a couple of inhabited planets on the charts, and head for the nearest one. When they get there (or partway there), they find that the [[Phlebotinum|phluid]] couldn't get them back home, and only barely got them to Pandora. They find that the ships recognize the local [[Green Rocks]] that were kicked up by the crash as an alternative fuel source, head back to Earth at a slowed rate, then return once they've adapted the technology to run more efficiently on Unobtanium (still not as quick or efficient as the fluid, though) and drill for more [[Unobtanium|space-oil]]. The humans [[Humans Are Bastards|don't care who they harm]] because they learned back in the 1980s that [[Broken Aesop|killing xenospecies for their resources results in consequence-free profit]]. Unfortunately for the Earth-Pandoran press, [[Can't Argue With Elves|the Na'vi]] were [[What Measure Is a Non Cute|too pretty]] to pin as a demonic race of human-eating, [[Always Chaotic Evil]] pests.
In the ''District 9'' timeline, the [[All There in the Manual|poleepkwa]]/[[Fantastic Slur|prawns]]/[[Ender's Game|formica]] stay in their ship, and the government has enough time to organize a group and resources to "[[Animal Testing|stu]][[A Nazi By Any Other Name|dy]]" them before sticking a can opener in the ship. In the ''Avatar'' timeline, they try to leave the ship for help as soon as they arrive, the humans [[Unnecessary Roughness|neutralize]] them, find a couple of inhabited planets on the charts, and head for the nearest one. When they get there (or partway there), they find that the [[Phlebotinum|phluid]] couldn't get them back home, and only barely got them to Pandora. They find that the ships recognize the local [[Green Rocks]] that were kicked up by the crash as an alternative fuel source, head back to Earth at a slowed rate, then return once they've adapted the technology to run more efficiently on Unobtanium (still not as quick or efficient as the fluid, though) and drill for more [[Unobtanium|space-oil]]. The humans [[Humans Are Bastards|don't care who they harm]] because they learned back in the 1980s that [[Broken Aesop|killing xenospecies for their resources results in consequence-free profit]]. Unfortunately for the Earth-Pandoran press, [[Can't Argue With Elves|the Na'vi]] were [[What Measure Is a Non-Cute?|too pretty]] to pin as a demonic race of human-eating, [[Always Chaotic Evil]] pests.


== Miles Quaritch is the Sarge from [[Quake III Arena (Video Game)|Quake III Arena]]. ==
== Miles Quaritch is the Sarge from [[Quake III Arena (Video Game)|Quake III Arena]]. ==
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{{quote| "How big can we make an avatar, and can we shut off their pain receptors so we can bolt 'em into an exosuit?"<br />
{{quote| "How big can we make an avatar, and can we shut off their pain receptors so we can bolt 'em into an exosuit?"<br />
"''Why?''"<br />
"''Why?''"<br />
"[[For Science]]... and the [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch Abominations]] that showed up last week."). }}
"[[For Science!]]... and the [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch Abominations]] that showed up last week."). }}


The Na'vi are practically naked. Their "goddess" is pale and glowing, and she allows sentient beings to share experiences and create close bonds even between species. Gendo Ikari wanted desperately to make a way for this to happen without turning everything into Tang; on this world, he got it mostly right.
The Na'vi are practically naked. Their "goddess" is pale and glowing, and she allows sentient beings to share experiences and create close bonds even between species. Gendo Ikari wanted desperately to make a way for this to happen without turning everything into Tang; on this world, he got it mostly right.
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== Quaritch's [[Misaimed Fandom]] is in for a rude awakening in [[The Sequel]]. ==
== Quaritch's [[Misaimed Fandom]] is in for a rude awakening in [[The Sequel]]. ==
Quaritch, despite being a father to his men, is a psychopath who got kicked out of the legitimate military's of Earth. The RDA hired him to get him out of the US Military's, British Military's, etc. hair and given him the perfect area where he'd either die or be able to vent his psychopathic tendencies. We'll see Quaritch's old superiors in [[The Sequel]] arriving on Pandora for a mopping up operation, and see HOW MUCH he screwed the pooch.
Quaritch, despite being a father to his men, is a psychopath who got kicked out of the legitimate military's of Earth. The RDA hired him to get him out of the US Military's, British Military's, etc. hair and given him the perfect area where he'd either die or be able to vent his psychopathic tendencies. We'll see Quaritch's old superiors in [[The Sequel]] arriving on Pandora for a mopping up operation, and see HOW MUCH he screwed the pooch.
* Even if they also said that he eats puppies, he sold his [[Deal With the Devil|soul to the devil]], steals money from orphans, wears slippers made out of baby seal heads, and [[Arson Murder and Jaywalking|jaywalks across every street he finds]]; I SERIOUSLY doubt many of his die-hard fans would like him any less ( Heck, it might make him even more [[Badass]] to the fans)
* Even if they also said that he eats puppies, he sold his [[Deal With the Devil|soul to the devil]], steals money from orphans, wears slippers made out of baby seal heads, and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|jaywalks across every street he finds]]; I SERIOUSLY doubt many of his die-hard fans would like him any less ( Heck, it might make him even more [[Badass]] to the fans)


== The Na'vi are an [[Gurren Lagann|Anti-Spiral Race.]] ==
== The Na'vi are an [[Gurren Lagann|Anti-Spiral Race.]] ==
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The entity the Na'vi know as "Eywa" is actually the collective conciousness of the Anti-Spirals, and Jake, Grace, Norm, and Max were persuaded into being brainwashed by the Na'vi, giving up their free will as humans to become part of the Anti-Spiral network that is Eywa. Quaritch is actually a [[Hero Antagonist]] Spiral Warrior - he shrugs off conditions that would have killed a lesser man through sheer determination, so there's no way he wasn't using Spiral Energy. His AMP Suit may even have been a predecessor of the Gunmen. Though he had come to Pandora to help set up a mining colony, when he learned that Jake had been taken over by the Anti-Spirals he decided to take action by wiping out the Na'vi, but failed. Eventually, the news that the humans on Pandora had been defeated by the Anti-Spirals reached Lord Genome, who, upon learning that one of the contributing factors to the hostility was the overpopulation of Earth, enacted his plan of commiting genocide of the humans on the surface.
The entity the Na'vi know as "Eywa" is actually the collective conciousness of the Anti-Spirals, and Jake, Grace, Norm, and Max were persuaded into being brainwashed by the Na'vi, giving up their free will as humans to become part of the Anti-Spiral network that is Eywa. Quaritch is actually a [[Hero Antagonist]] Spiral Warrior - he shrugs off conditions that would have killed a lesser man through sheer determination, so there's no way he wasn't using Spiral Energy. His AMP Suit may even have been a predecessor of the Gunmen. Though he had come to Pandora to help set up a mining colony, when he learned that Jake had been taken over by the Anti-Spirals he decided to take action by wiping out the Na'vi, but failed. Eventually, the news that the humans on Pandora had been defeated by the Anti-Spirals reached Lord Genome, who, upon learning that one of the contributing factors to the hostility was the overpopulation of Earth, enacted his plan of commiting genocide of the humans on the surface.


Now fast-forward to the final battle. The giant black [[Humanoid Abomination]] faced by Team Dai-Gurren is actually Jake gone [[One Winged Angel]] - he's mentioned as being a war hero on a mission of planetary conquest before he turned to the Anti-Spirals, his energy attacks are blue, much like everything on Pandora, and in the movie he rapes Nia using tentacle projections, an extention of him using his queue to take over other Pandoran organisms. Still believing that [[Humans Are Bastards]] (note that, despite him being a [[Well Intentioned Extremist]], the Anti-Spiral is a violent racist and often rants about the inferiority of humans and other Spiral Beings) and wanting to stop Spiral Nemesis, Jake fights back against humanity once more using the Grand Zamboza (the planet in its helmet looks nothing like Pandora because he was at a different Anti-Spiral world at the time.) However, with the help of Lord Genome's [[Heroic Sacrifice]], Simon and Team Dai-Gurren are able to destroy Jake once and for all and rebuild civilisation on Earth better than ever using Spiral Energy.
Now fast-forward to the final battle. The giant black [[Humanoid Abomination]] faced by Team Dai-Gurren is actually Jake gone [[One-Winged Angel]] - he's mentioned as being a war hero on a mission of planetary conquest before he turned to the Anti-Spirals, his energy attacks are blue, much like everything on Pandora, and in the movie he rapes Nia using tentacle projections, an extention of him using his queue to take over other Pandoran organisms. Still believing that [[Humans Are Bastards]] (note that, despite him being a [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]], the Anti-Spiral is a violent racist and often rants about the inferiority of humans and other Spiral Beings) and wanting to stop Spiral Nemesis, Jake fights back against humanity once more using the Grand Zamboza (the planet in its helmet looks nothing like Pandora because he was at a different Anti-Spiral world at the time.) However, with the help of Lord Genome's [[Heroic Sacrifice]], Simon and Team Dai-Gurren are able to destroy Jake once and for all and rebuild civilisation on Earth better than ever using Spiral Energy.
* Alternatively, Quaritch ''is'' Lord Genome. Note that they're both muscular, [[Ambiguously Brown]] [[Rated M for Manly|manly]] badasses who pilot mecha and have survived being on (self-inflicted, in Genome's case) fire. He managed to survive his impalement (which is backed up by his actor, and Lord Genome has been through worse) through his sheer reserves of Spiral Energy, but was taken back to Earth, where he, realising how powerful the Anti-Spirals were and how they responded to Earth's conditions, decided that the only way to save Earth from an Anti-Spiral attack from some of the more developed Anti-Spirals was to force everyone underground and establish himself as sole ruler of the surface, making sure to keep the population low enough to not trigger the Anti-Spirals' ire. Since his mastery of Spiral Energy made him immortal, his scars faded from a combination of old age and Spiral Energy, and somewhere along the line he shaved his head and grew a beard. RDA didn't let him bring the Lazengann to Pandora because it wasn't theirs, but if he did, he'd probably have won.
* Alternatively, Quaritch ''is'' Lord Genome. Note that they're both muscular, [[Ambiguously Brown]] [[Rated M for Manly|manly]] badasses who pilot mecha and have survived being on (self-inflicted, in Genome's case) fire. He managed to survive his impalement (which is backed up by his actor, and Lord Genome has been through worse) through his sheer reserves of Spiral Energy, but was taken back to Earth, where he, realising how powerful the Anti-Spirals were and how they responded to Earth's conditions, decided that the only way to save Earth from an Anti-Spiral attack from some of the more developed Anti-Spirals was to force everyone underground and establish himself as sole ruler of the surface, making sure to keep the population low enough to not trigger the Anti-Spirals' ire. Since his mastery of Spiral Energy made him immortal, his scars faded from a combination of old age and Spiral Energy, and somewhere along the line he shaved his head and grew a beard. RDA didn't let him bring the Lazengann to Pandora because it wasn't theirs, but if he did, he'd probably have won.


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== Avatar is a prequel to [[Warhammer 40000 (Tabletop Game)|Warhammer 40000]] ==
== Avatar is a prequel to [[Warhammer 40000 (Tabletop Game)|Warhammer 40000]] ==
In Avatar, humans [[What Do You Mean Its Not Heinous|value their own survival more than that of aliens]], In the grim dark future, this will have progressed to outright genocidal madness (because they were almost driven to extinction without [[Unobtainium]] because of aliens).
In Avatar, humans [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|value their own survival more than that of aliens]], In the grim dark future, this will have progressed to outright genocidal madness (because they were almost driven to extinction without [[Unobtainium]] because of aliens).


The Na'vi: tall, slender, and quite morally stuck-up, will advance their technology greatly, eventually developing monomolecular shurikens and [[Razor Floss]], and rename themselves Eldar.
The Na'vi: tall, slender, and quite morally stuck-up, will advance their technology greatly, eventually developing monomolecular shurikens and [[Razor Floss]], and rename themselves Eldar.
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== Pandora is somehow a future Earth. ==
== Pandora is somehow a future Earth. ==
After Earth became uninhabitable, human beings used genetic engineering to change all life on the planet into something that could survive there. Ewya was originally intended to replace computers the Internet, and [[Instant AI Just Add Water|developed sapience as a result of both its complexity and the beings plugged into it.]] This explains why, despite ''living in an environment where there is absolutely no reason for them to need intelligence, let alone human-type sapience'' and ''other planets likely having a different biochemistry than Earth'', the Na'vi are not [[Starfish Aliens]].
After Earth became uninhabitable, human beings used genetic engineering to change all life on the planet into something that could survive there. Ewya was originally intended to replace computers the Internet, and [[Instant AI, Just Add Water|developed sapience as a result of both its complexity and the beings plugged into it.]] This explains why, despite ''living in an environment where there is absolutely no reason for them to need intelligence, let alone human-type sapience'' and ''other planets likely having a different biochemistry than Earth'', the Na'vi are not [[Starfish Aliens]].
* There's no indication whatsoever that Pandora exists in any significantly different timeframe than the "real Earth." The Avatar Project is well on it's way, sends feedback back to Earth, and Jake then travels to Pandora. Sorry.
* There's no indication whatsoever that Pandora exists in any significantly different timeframe than the "real Earth." The Avatar Project is well on it's way, sends feedback back to Earth, and Jake then travels to Pandora. Sorry.
** [[Time Travel]]. At some point after the transformation, Earth fell into a [[Negative Space Wedgie]].
** [[Time Travel]]. At some point after the transformation, Earth fell into a [[Negative Space Wedgie]].
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== Pandora was created by [[Precursors]] to [[Evilutionary Biologist|Conquer]] [[Meaningful Name|The]] [[Dune|Universe]] ==
== Pandora was created by [[Precursors]] to [[Evilutionary Biologist|Conquer]] [[Meaningful Name|The]] [[Dune|Universe]] ==
Another varient on the Precursors theme, my favorite is that the biosphere of Pandora was a designed from the ground up as a deathworld by aliens unknown to perfect their tinkertoy genetics supersoldier designs. This would explain improbable features of the planets biology such as the ubiquitous interspecies-compatible usb ports, multispectral eyes, carbon nanotube bone structures, and the overall freakish optimization of the designs of all lifeforms on the planet. These fancy tricks and lack of evolutionary false starts, which must be otherwise handwaved as intelligent design by Eywa, instead become plot points by fridge brilliance as evidence of Pandora's true past. [[Sarcasm Mode|Naturally]] some of the sequel will be devoted to this discovery, and the profound implications, which leads too: why Pandora was established where it is.
Another varient on the Precursors theme, my favorite is that the biosphere of Pandora was a designed from the ground up as a deathworld by aliens unknown to perfect their tinkertoy genetics supersoldier designs. This would explain improbable features of the planets biology such as the ubiquitous interspecies-compatible usb ports, multispectral eyes, carbon nanotube bone structures, and the overall freakish optimization of the designs of all lifeforms on the planet. These fancy tricks and lack of evolutionary false starts, which must be otherwise handwaved as intelligent design by Eywa, instead become plot points by fridge brilliance as evidence of Pandora's true past. [[Sarcasm Mode|Naturally]] some of the sequel will be devoted to this discovery, and the profound implications, which leads too: why Pandora was established where it is.
Why build your homegrown biological optimizer on a moon rich in unobtainium in easy reach of of another developing sentient species? Unobtainium is apparently a critical component in stardrives, and it's abundance would greatly aid the Navi in bursting unexpectedly onto the galactic scene. As far as the proximity to humans, the Na'vi have been provided a world in which they do not really have any need to develop advanced technology, and will instead develop a proud warrior race mentality with crazy survival skills. All well and good, but if you plan on them conquering the galaxy they'll still need to figure out how to make spaceships. That's where us monkeys come in. Without our own planetary brain to guide us we go through a more standard development for a species, develop powerful technology with all the destructive industrialization that entails...and then bump into the Na'vi, who steal it from us without needing to do all the nasty research themselves. It's kind of the planetary equivilent of using the [[Moral Event Horizon|unreplicable]] [[Morally Ambiguous Doctorate|medical data]] produced by the holocaust.
Why build your homegrown biological optimizer on a moon rich in unobtainium in easy reach of of another developing sentient species? Unobtainium is apparently a critical component in stardrives, and it's abundance would greatly aid the Navi in bursting unexpectedly onto the galactic scene. As far as the proximity to humans, the Na'vi have been provided a world in which they do not really have any need to develop advanced technology, and will instead develop a proud warrior race mentality with crazy survival skills. All well and good, but if you plan on them conquering the galaxy they'll still need to figure out how to make spaceships. That's where us monkeys come in. Without our own planetary brain to guide us we go through a more standard development for a species, develop powerful technology with all the destructive industrialization that entails...and then bump into the Na'vi, who steal it from us without needing to do all the nasty research themselves. It's kind of the planetary equivilent of using the [[Moral Event Horizon|unreplicable]] [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate|medical data]] produced by the holocaust.
All in all a fairly good plot if you have tremendous faith in the power of biological and social evolution: given a particular starting point, events will unfold naturally such that the Na'vi, lead by their planetary mind, will suddenly be in a position to become very, VERY powerful. [[Foundation|Psychohistory for fun and profit!]]
All in all a fairly good plot if you have tremendous faith in the power of biological and social evolution: given a particular starting point, events will unfold naturally such that the Na'vi, lead by their planetary mind, will suddenly be in a position to become very, VERY powerful. [[Foundation|Psychohistory for fun and profit!]]
** Pandora/Eywa could also be an [[Eldritch Abomination]] cleverly disguised as a moon orbiting Blue Jupiter . Creating a lethal and advanced ecosystem on her surface that was directly linked to her, Eywa could have evrything to uncossiously do her evrey command. Eywa's real unspeakable form lies deep in the roots of the Tree of Souls and the humans and Na'vi are mere puppets to her master plan.
** Pandora/Eywa could also be an [[Eldritch Abomination]] cleverly disguised as a moon orbiting Blue Jupiter . Creating a lethal and advanced ecosystem on her surface that was directly linked to her, Eywa could have evrything to uncossiously do her evrey command. Eywa's real unspeakable form lies deep in the roots of the Tree of Souls and the humans and Na'vi are mere puppets to her master plan.
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== In the sequel, RDA will lose their rights to two other, recently-converted mining companies: [[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|RED and BLU]]. ==
== In the sequel, RDA will lose their rights to two other, recently-converted mining companies: [[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|RED and BLU]]. ==
Because Heavy vs. Na'vi '''needs to happen.'''
Because Heavy vs. Na'vi '''needs to happen.'''
* I think all the RED Na'Vi would get confused ([[Whos On First|"But we're all blue!" "No, they're BLU not blue!" "HUH?"]])
* I think all the RED Na'Vi would get confused ([[Who's On First?|"But we're all blue!" "No, they're BLU not blue!" "HUH?"]])


== Quaritch will return in one of the sequels ==
== Quaritch will return in one of the sequels ==
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* who'd drive Quaritch's avatar?
* who'd drive Quaritch's avatar?
** His next of kin, who will look suspiciously like [[Aliens|Michael]] [[Terminator|Biehn]].
** His next of kin, who will look suspiciously like [[Aliens|Michael]] [[Terminator|Biehn]].
* This possibility is [[So Bad Its Good|"explored"]] in the sequels of the fanfic ''[[Avatars II When Qwaritch Takes Revenge (Fanfic)|Avatars II When Qwaritch Takes Revenge]]''.
* This possibility is [[So Bad It's Good|"explored"]] in the sequels of the fanfic ''[[Avatars II When Qwaritch Takes Revenge (Fanfic)|Avatars II When Qwaritch Takes Revenge]]''.
* He'll come back leading an army of Red Dog people, the natural enemy of the Na'vi
* He'll come back leading an army of Red Dog people, the natural enemy of the Na'vi
** He's gonna be a 12-foot-tall [[Final Fantasy|Red XIII]]?! <ref>I know he's not a dog but the Na'Vi aren't cats, they're monkeys/lemurs and despite what you seen in ''[[The Lion King]]'' lions ''hate'' monkeys.</ref>
** He's gonna be a 12-foot-tall [[Final Fantasy|Red XIII]]?! <ref>I know he's not a dog but the Na'Vi aren't cats, they're monkeys/lemurs and despite what you seen in ''[[The Lion King]]'' lions ''hate'' monkeys.</ref>
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After arriving, Quaritch went crazy, took over Hell's Gate and became obsessed with destroying the Na'vi. All of the crimes commited against the Na'vi people (including {{spoiler|the destruction of Hometree}}) were solely the orders of the insane Quaritch, and would never have been condoned by the RDA. Since they couldn't shut him down outright (Quaritch had several years worth of shipments of troops and weapons), the RDA sent Jake Sully in order to covertly rescue their operations from Quaritch, bring him and his military goons to justice ({{spoiler|hence the sending all the non-scientists back to Earth}}), and show the Na'vi that humanity isn't all bad.
After arriving, Quaritch went crazy, took over Hell's Gate and became obsessed with destroying the Na'vi. All of the crimes commited against the Na'vi people (including {{spoiler|the destruction of Hometree}}) were solely the orders of the insane Quaritch, and would never have been condoned by the RDA. Since they couldn't shut him down outright (Quaritch had several years worth of shipments of troops and weapons), the RDA sent Jake Sully in order to covertly rescue their operations from Quaritch, bring him and his military goons to justice ({{spoiler|hence the sending all the non-scientists back to Earth}}), and show the Na'vi that humanity isn't all bad.
Of course, none of this is true, but it sounds good and the public will buy it.
Of course, none of this is true, but it sounds good and the public will buy it.
* Alternately, they will make better use of their control of all information coming from pandora, and make the Na'vi seem like the [[Mayincatec]], with buckets of [[Gorn]]-filled propaganda about their love of [[Human Sacrifice]]. With the Na'Vi thrown past the [[Moral Event Horizon]], and the humans that remained painted [[The Mole|even worse]], [[Nice Job Breaking It Hero|they'll never have to worry about PR again]], and can try again next time with [[Kill Sat|Killsats]], making it a [[Hopeless War]] for the Na'Vi. Like it should have been to start with, since guys with bows and arrows were going up against people with [[Kill It With Fire|napalm]], [[Macross Missile Massacre|guided missiles]], [[More Dakka|machineguns]] and [[Humongous Mecha|mecha]].
* Alternately, they will make better use of their control of all information coming from pandora, and make the Na'vi seem like the [[Mayincatec]], with buckets of [[Gorn]]-filled propaganda about their love of [[Human Sacrifice]]. With the Na'Vi thrown past the [[Moral Event Horizon]], and the humans that remained painted [[The Mole|even worse]], [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|they'll never have to worry about PR again]], and can try again next time with [[Kill Sat|Killsats]], making it a [[Hopeless War]] for the Na'Vi. Like it should have been to start with, since guys with bows and arrows were going up against people with [[Kill It With Fire|napalm]], [[Macross Missile Massacre|guided missiles]], [[More Dakka|machineguns]] and [[Humongous Mecha|mecha]].
** That might be easier said than done as [[All There in the Manual|according to ]] [[Universe Compendium|the "Activist's Survival Guide"]] there's at least one [[Subspace Ansible|superluminal transmitter/receiver]] setup connected to Pandora not under the control of the RDA. It can probably be assumed that whoever was operating that on the Pandora side would've stayed behind. One way communications from researchers on Pandora to Earth could actually continue and be able to counteract that kind of RDA propaganda. [[Firefly|Can't stop the signal.]]
** That might be easier said than done as [[All There in the Manual|according to ]] [[Universe Compendium|the "Activist's Survival Guide"]] there's at least one [[Subspace Ansible|superluminal transmitter/receiver]] setup connected to Pandora not under the control of the RDA. It can probably be assumed that whoever was operating that on the Pandora side would've stayed behind. One way communications from researchers on Pandora to Earth could actually continue and be able to counteract that kind of RDA propaganda. [[Firefly|Can't stop the signal.]]


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== For the events of the first movie, the RDA will be nationalized ==
== For the events of the first movie, the RDA will be nationalized ==


* Seriously: it is CONFIRMED beyond a SHADOW OF A DOUBT that Unobtanium is a resource crucial to the survival of humanity by letting them get the hell off Earth, and by engaging in highly, HIGHLY unnecessary saber-rattling the RDA jsut jeprodized THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE. Sorry, but regardless of how much humanity values private industry at home, there is literally no one who could afford to let that happen: even OTHER Megacorps. As a result, the RDA will be presented with an ultimatum of capitulation or destruction, or at the VERY LEAST their mission to Pandora will be nationalized or at BEST monitered by the regular military with authorization to [[Kill Em All]] if they detect the RDA acting up again.
* Seriously: it is CONFIRMED beyond a SHADOW OF A DOUBT that Unobtanium is a resource crucial to the survival of humanity by letting them get the hell off Earth, and by engaging in highly, HIGHLY unnecessary saber-rattling the RDA jsut jeprodized THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE. Sorry, but regardless of how much humanity values private industry at home, there is literally no one who could afford to let that happen: even OTHER Megacorps. As a result, the RDA will be presented with an ultimatum of capitulation or destruction, or at the VERY LEAST their mission to Pandora will be nationalized or at BEST monitered by the regular military with authorization to [[Kill'Em All]] if they detect the RDA acting up again.
** State your source, because I have info/reasoning contrary to "unobtanium is crucial to the survival of humanity".
** State your source, because I have info/reasoning contrary to "unobtanium is crucial to the survival of humanity".


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== Sully was an unreliable narrator ==
== Sully was an unreliable narrator ==
* Everyone who wasn't a scientist, a navi, or sympathetic to the navi was either an idiot, a psycho, or lacking in anything resembling humanity. This isn't because we were looking at people but instead were looking at how Sully remembered them. The people he liked were shown as real people rather then charactures because he liked them and would remember them more clearly then if they were people he didn't like. Since this was a narrative, it could make sense. Sully remembered the villians as stereotypes (Evil CEO, General Ripper) because he wanted these people to look bad in his narrative, while the Navi was shown as edenic because he wanted them to appear much better then they were (and maybe gloss over some... Bad cultural trappings)so that them killing so many people wouldn't be thought of as an overly-bad thing.
* Everyone who wasn't a scientist, a navi, or sympathetic to the navi was either an idiot, a psycho, or lacking in anything resembling humanity. This isn't because we were looking at people but instead were looking at how Sully remembered them. The people he liked were shown as real people rather then charactures because he liked them and would remember them more clearly then if they were people he didn't like. Since this was a narrative, it could make sense. Sully remembered the villians as stereotypes (Evil CEO, General Ripper) because he wanted these people to look bad in his narrative, while the Navi was shown as edenic because he wanted them to appear much better then they were (and maybe gloss over some... Bad cultural trappings)so that them killing so many people wouldn't be thought of as an overly-bad thing.
** This has some weight behind it. Notice that we never see any of the miners except during the final briefing scene, and that we never see any Na'vi unless Jake is also involved somehow? [[Protagonist Centered Morality]] anyone? Everything Jake deemed as unimportant or detrimental to the image he was building of himself as the "great leader and hero" of the Na'vi was carefully excised from the narrative. Which may suggest that he was planning to take over the Omaticaya all along, using his friends as cannon fodder...
** This has some weight behind it. Notice that we never see any of the miners except during the final briefing scene, and that we never see any Na'vi unless Jake is also involved somehow? [[Protagonist-Centered Morality]] anyone? Everything Jake deemed as unimportant or detrimental to the image he was building of himself as the "great leader and hero" of the Na'vi was carefully excised from the narrative. Which may suggest that he was planning to take over the Omaticaya all along, using his friends as cannon fodder...
*** Unreliable doesn't necessarily means malicious or dishonest. Jake was extremely busy these three months, never having a chance to look aside. Actually only one person he's concentrated on is Neytiri.
*** Unreliable doesn't necessarily means malicious or dishonest. Jake was extremely busy these three months, never having a chance to look aside. Actually only one person he's concentrated on is Neytiri.
**** No one is saying he is malicious or dishonest, just...incurious about any other points of view other than his own and those of his Nakama. And Neytiri CAN be very [[Green Skinned Space Babe|distracting...]]
**** No one is saying he is malicious or dishonest, just...incurious about any other points of view other than his own and those of his Nakama. And Neytiri CAN be very [[Green-Skinned Space Babe|distracting...]]


== The truth of the matter is... James Cameron is in fact, a Na'vi avatar unit sent from the Na'vi empire, who's planning on invading earth on 2012... ==
== The truth of the matter is... James Cameron is in fact, a Na'vi avatar unit sent from the Na'vi empire, who's planning on invading earth on 2012... ==
* [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Just think about it for a moment]]... He's got a whole lot of detail in this movie, he's allowed a wiki containing a whole lot information about every animal, vehicle, and who knows what else to be created. It seems sort of fishy that people would suddenly "click" [[Daydream Believer|into thinking they're a Na'vi of some kind]] after this movie was released. He's also got a really bad attitude, doesn't like humans that much in order to make them villains in a good chunk of his movies... And he's obsessed with the ocean... Obviously, the Na'vi empire has been looking at our planet for sometime, and realized that we have some special mineral or resource that's under the waters of the ocean... Something that can make them lots of money with some of their alien allies... and some of the highest deposits are located in some pretty weird places... Like the Bermuda triangle, the realms of the [[Titanic]], and somewhere off the Californian coast. They have ultimately planned a massive invasion for earth on the year 2012, since at this point, humans will think that they're just a bunch of eco-friendly pushovers, when in reality, they're a bunch of almost cold-hearted merchant marines who seem to enjoy watching their ikrans tear up other non-Pandorian wildlife and want to have some "little men and women" for company... [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs|No, I just sat down and thought about it all and it made sense]]...
* [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Just think about it for a moment]]... He's got a whole lot of detail in this movie, he's allowed a wiki containing a whole lot information about every animal, vehicle, and who knows what else to be created. It seems sort of fishy that people would suddenly "click" [[Daydream Believer|into thinking they're a Na'vi of some kind]] after this movie was released. He's also got a really bad attitude, doesn't like humans that much in order to make them villains in a good chunk of his movies... And he's obsessed with the ocean... Obviously, the Na'vi empire has been looking at our planet for sometime, and realized that we have some special mineral or resource that's under the waters of the ocean... Something that can make them lots of money with some of their alien allies... and some of the highest deposits are located in some pretty weird places... Like the Bermuda triangle, the realms of the [[Titanic]], and somewhere off the Californian coast. They have ultimately planned a massive invasion for earth on the year 2012, since at this point, humans will think that they're just a bunch of eco-friendly pushovers, when in reality, they're a bunch of almost cold-hearted merchant marines who seem to enjoy watching their ikrans tear up other non-Pandorian wildlife and want to have some "little men and women" for company... [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs?|No, I just sat down and thought about it all and it made sense]]...
** It's entries like these that show just how far we as humans can stretch "probable cause" to absurd lengths.
** It's entries like these that show just how far we as humans can stretch "probable cause" to absurd lengths.
** To be honest, I couldn't facepalm enough at the above WMG. It's called worldbuilding. Look it up. Srsly what sort of disturbing form of logic do you run on? Should we speculate whether or not Tolkien was an elf or if JK Rowling is secretly a wizard? We can have our "out there" theories, but it would be beneficial to us all if you at least think them through.
** To be honest, I couldn't facepalm enough at the above WMG. It's called worldbuilding. Look it up. Srsly what sort of disturbing form of logic do you run on? Should we speculate whether or not Tolkien was an elf or if JK Rowling is secretly a wizard? We can have our "out there" theories, but it would be beneficial to us all if you at least think them through.
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* What he ACTUALLY said was 'that's when the dozers get there' - meaning availability, not a travel time.
* What he ACTUALLY said was 'that's when the dozers get there' - meaning availability, not a travel time.


== The final battle at the end of the film was a case of [[Nice Job Fixing It Villain]] ==
== The final battle at the end of the film was a case of [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]] ==
Rather than Eywah being good or evil, it's actually some kind of Psychic node. The reason Pandora developed so strangely was because when a creature on Pandora dies, their residual will is taken in by Pandora, and their will ends up shaping the planet. In a way it means Pandora is a big case of [[Lamarck Was Right]]. (At least there)
Rather than Eywah being good or evil, it's actually some kind of Psychic node. The reason Pandora developed so strangely was because when a creature on Pandora dies, their residual will is taken in by Pandora, and their will ends up shaping the planet. In a way it means Pandora is a big case of [[Lamarck Was Right]]. (At least there)
Now this applies to the final battle because hundreds, if not thousands of Na'vi died, and their last desire was to keep the spirit tree safe from from the human attackers. With all those Na'vi dead, having their wills pooled into a collective unconsciousness, it results in a message being sent out to the rest of the planet.
Now this applies to the final battle because hundreds, if not thousands of Na'vi died, and their last desire was to keep the spirit tree safe from from the human attackers. With all those Na'vi dead, having their wills pooled into a collective unconsciousness, it results in a message being sent out to the rest of the planet.
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== ''Quaritch'' is an avatar. ==
== ''Quaritch'' is an avatar. ==
Somewhere on the base is Quaritch's real person. He's a badass because his ''actual'' body is never in any danger. That's why he marches right out a door into the Pandoran atmosphere without a care. Why he doesn't care about the scar on his head - it's not on his ''own'' body. He knows exactly how to turn off the avatar units when they pull Jake and the rest of the team.
Somewhere on the base is Quaritch's real person. He's a badass because his ''actual'' body is never in any danger. That's why he marches right out a door into the Pandoran atmosphere without a care. Why he doesn't care about the scar on his head - it's not on his ''own'' body. He knows exactly how to turn off the avatar units when they pull Jake and the rest of the team.
* So if Quaritch's avatar is a human, then what is Quaritch really? Is he even human? Is he even a man? Is he really some alien octopus? Is he a machine? Is he a house cat? So many possibilities. So many fan-fics.....[[Brain Bleach|Oh NO!]] [[Rule Thirty Four|I think I just gave someone ideas!]]
* So if Quaritch's avatar is a human, then what is Quaritch really? Is he even human? Is he even a man? Is he really some alien octopus? Is he a machine? Is he a house cat? So many possibilities. So many fan-fics.....[[Brain Bleach|Oh NO!]] [[Rule 34|I think I just gave someone ideas!]]
** Ooo - maybe he's Eywa, trying to keep the humans against the Navi!
** Ooo - maybe he's Eywa, trying to keep the humans against the Navi!
== The humans ''won't'' be going all-out with tanks and jets in the sequel. ==
== The humans ''won't'' be going all-out with tanks and jets in the sequel. ==