Avatar: The Last Airbender/Recap/Book 1/05 The King of Omashu: Difference between revisions

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As the gang continues on their journey to the North Pole, they stop at the city Omashu, a place Aang remembers from his child-hood for his friend Bumi and its elaborate earth-bending controlled mail system. The group takes advantage of said mail system for fun, but their antics create massive property damage, leading to them being captured by the Royal Guard. The slightly insane [[Title Drop|King of Omashu]] realises that Aang is the Avatar, and imprisons Katara and Sokka in living crystal; if Aang wants to free them, he shall have to complete three tasks.

The third test is a duel. Two fierce-looking warriors come out, and the king tells Aang to choose his opponent. Trying to be clever, Aang tries to [[Take a Third Option]] and challenge...the king! Too bad the king has some ''serious'' muscle underneath all those robes and wrinkles!

 

 

The duel starts off badly for Aang, who continually has to avoid the king's mighty earthbending. The king for his part mocks Aang use of traditional airbender tactics of evasion, goading the Avatar to be more creative. Aang eventually tries to use his airbending to redirect the king's earthbended boulders, becoming more offensive culminating in a self-made ''tornado.'' The king soon calls the duel off and congratulates Aang for his fighting spirit, but tells that the Avatar has one more challenge (After all, what good are tests if you don't learn anything?); What is the king's name?

Aang confers with his Water Tribe comrades, and after dismissing Sokka's suggestion wonders about the previous tests. To pass all of them, Aang had to open his mind to all of the possibilties...Aang realizes what the king's name is. Confronting the leader of Omashu, Aang goes up to him and...gives him a big hug.

 

 

The two friends reunited, Bumi removes Katara and Sokka's crystal capsules. He also reveals why he tested Aang; First off, it's fun. Second, in order to defeat Fire Lord Ozai and restore balance to the world, Aang will also have to think like a mad genius. The episode ends with Aang and Bumi playing with the city's mail system, at the expense of a certain merchant of cabbage...

* [[No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine]]: When the protagonists are arrested, the king proclaims their sentence: "THROW THEM... a feast!"

* [[Off with His Head]]: The cabbage merchent suggests this punishment.

* [[Overly Long Name]]: Aang initially identifies himself as "Bonzu Pipinpadaloxicopolis III".

* [[Secret Test of Character]]: The King was Bumi, and the tasks were partly a test to see if Aang could think creatively.