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The movements that Earth Benders use to control the earth are based on the Hung Gar style of Kung Fu.
The Fire Bender movements are designed after Northern Shaolin Kung Fu.
The Water Bender movements are designed after Tai Chi.
The four Chinese characters above the title translate to, "The Divine Medium who had descended upon the Mortal World."
Almost all of the animals in the show are a combination of two animals. Appa is half bison, half manatee. Momo is half bat, half lemur.
Airbending is based on a fighting style called Ba Gua.
Katara's name was originally Kya in the unaired pilot episode, but was changed before the start of the series proper. However, Kya was used for the name of Katara's and Sokka's mother later in the series.
The calligraphy on the top and bottom of the map form a rhyming couplet when read aloud in Chinese. The characters at the top read "Powers are divided into four," while those at the bottom read "The world is guided by one."
During the opening credits, silhouetted figures are shown demonstrating the various bending styles. Three of these figures are recognizable as characters from the series: The Waterbender is Master Pakku, the Firebender is Princess Azula, and the Avatar shown to demonstrate all four elements is Avatar Roku, the Avatar before Aang.
Mako, who played Uncle Iroh, passed away in the middle of recording his parts for the last 7 episodes of season 2. They had to quickly re-cast the part of Iroh. The re-casting put a halt to production on season 3. Mako's part was succeeded by Greg Baldwin in the 3rd season.
Creator Michael Dante DiMartino left "Family Guy" (1999) to work on Avatar.
"Bumi" (Book 1 Chapter 5) means "Earth" in Malay and Indonesia.
The character of Admiral Zhao was inspired by the character William Tavington from The Patriot (2000). Casting director Maryanne Dacey was asked to find someone like the character and managed to get Jason Isaacs, who portrayed Tavington in the film.
During the same year, Dante Basco and Mae Whitman were working on another animated series together. That was "American Dragon: Jake Long" (2005), where Basco provided the voice for Jake Long and Whitman provided the voice for Rose.
Aang chooses Momo as the name for his pet lemur after it steals a peach from Sokka. This is appropriate as momo is the Japanese word for "peach".
The black and white hei-bái spirit in this episode is aptly named because "hei" is the Chinese word for black and "bái" is white.
The "water whip" movement shown in this episode is based on the Tai Chi posture "single whip".
It was not said directly, but it was implied that Ursa, Zuko's mother, killed Azulon.
This is part 1 of what was originally shown as a 1 hour Avatar movie special: "The Fury of Aang".
This is part 2 of what was originally shown as a 1 hour Avatar movie special: "The Fury of Aang".
This episode along with the next (The Drill) were shown back to back and initially advertised as the Avatar movie special: "The Secret of the Fire Nation".
This is part 2 of what was initially advertised as the Avatar movie special: "The Secret of the Fire Nation".
The popular scene where Aang and Katara dominate the dance floor with a passionate acrobatic dance together is nicknamed by fans as "The Kataango".
The "Invasion Schedule" that Sokka has is actually a standard schedule for animation deadlines, such as those used on the show.
After Sokka gave Toph a piece of meteorite, she molded it into a Nickelodeon logo.
At the end of the chapter when Toph (voiced by Jessie Flower) earth-bends the piece of meteorite the third shape she bends is the Nickelodeon symbol.

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