Top 11 Best Avatar Episodes w Dante Basco! - Nostalgia Critic
2024 ж. 14 Мам.
1 308 788 Рет қаралды
The voice of Zuko and Nostalgia Critic duke it out over the honor of Avatar the Last Air Bender!
Check out Dante's channel here - / thedantebasco
Originally aired on September 23, 2014.
Get some Nostalgia Critic T-Shirts here - shrsl.com/?~96c0
See more at our Site: channelawesome.com
Follow us on Twitter: / channelawesome
Like Doug on Facebook: / 127127037353766
Like Channel Awesome on Facebook: / channelawesome
If I had Dante’s voice, I would never shut up
I wouldn’t either
"HONOR, HONOR, HONOR"
I would be quoting zuko all dya
I always wanted Vergils voice.
And we all listen to you
"You have dishonored the franchise and so you have dishonored me. The time has come to reclaim my honor you dishonorably dishonored with my honorably honor of my honorable honor!!" Dante Basco-2014.
+ Brian McGuire "honor" doesnt sound like a word anymore O_o
+Aaron Gosselin right? if ya say it so much, you think about it, and don't think it seems right. kinda like the word yes. yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
this is 2015
+Captain Wind This was originally posted in 2014
+ Brian McGuire Honor! Honor! Honor! Honor!(*hip thrust) Honor!(*hip thrust) Honor!!!(*hip thrust)
Zuko in Season 1: H o n o r Zuko in Season 3: Hey, Zuko here.
It's "Hello. Zuko here."
"What is fire?"
Hey vsauce, zuko here
@@liz_merr1003 *wait that's illegal*
It's that meme with the dog and the werewolf statue.
Everybody is freaking out about how Dante Basco is the actor of Zuko, but how many people noted that fire bending for dummies is written by Sifu Kisu, who responsible for the martial arts in the show. That's how far they went for this episode
Wow amazing!!
Mad respect
Jeeze
wow
I noticed
I saw Dante at a Comic-Con I was recently at and I decided to scream HONOR! He screamed it back
AWESOME
Epic
.....muh
HONOR
@Jake Knowles you know celebritys can go places too right.....
nice zuko costume, but your scar is on the wrong side
IT IS NOT ON THE WRONG SIDE!!!!!!!
mimothememe this show had so many awesome moments like that. 😂
Lol nice reference
Aaaahhhh I get it
@@KeyBladeMaster-Dan It was a joke on the stage play episode
Just imagine you are going into your local Barnes and Nobel and then you see Dante freakin basco in Zuko makeup chasing this nerdy guy with glasses 😂
I would freak out Doug and Dante in the same building as me
They had to film before the store opened so they were there at like 6 in the morning
@@aidanredding8058 that makes a lot more sense, I was just thinking: "Why the hell is there nobody in this store?"
Thank you for all the love guys this is my most liked comment it would be really cool if we could get Dante to see this
Honestly, that's just every Wednesday
I met Dante Basco at a convention a few years ago, and he’s just a really cool guy. Super down to earth. If you’re reading this, Dante Basco, please go back to sac anime.
I met him at a convention too! He was there along with the voice actor of Azula I think.
That’s awesome!
Damn I wish I could go
Stand Alone Complex?
I met him at a con, too! It took about an hour and a half because so many people wanted to meet him but he also took time to make sure EVERYBODY got to say hi. Seriously such a cool guy
Me at the start of the episode: Holy shit that’s a really good Zuko impression. Me 10 seconds later: Oh damn I’m stupid.
Ahahahaha poor you 😂❤️
Wow you’re a dumbass
Me too.
meanwhile I didn't even have to check who he was to make the connection. I could just tell XD (although I admit I checked to confirm I was right)
but your scar is on the wrong side
Dante Basco's make-up is better than in the movie. And it's several dozen times cheaper.
Show's how much better practical effects are vs. CGI doesn't it?
CGI is so technological, they don’t even look real at this point
Im surprised they didn't ask Dante To just Play Zuko in the movie Anyway.
Same goes for his fire bending.
Yeah, but his scar is on the wrong side
Really is no one gonna talk about how Dante basco was air humping while chanting “HONOR HONOR HONOR”
I live for that meme.
Take a shot everytime Dante says honor.
You would die lol
It was said around 73 times in the show.
and then go to an AA meeting
You are gonna get me killed
Of CACTUS JUICE
Can we all appreciate that "The Storm" gave us a first look at Azula without us actually knowing at the time?
That's what happens when the entire show is planned out before the first season.
The Library has a picture of Lion Turtles in one of the books.
@@leftoverlemons930 Doesn't Aang even mention them by name?
Tobito TV Yeah! It’s super wacky how the show works. I never got to see it air on tv. I was too young at the time to appreciate the show. I have a really weird perspective on the series because of that. I never felt the time build up, theorizing the ending, etc. I watched bits and pieces before I sat through the whole thing. Like, I watched parts of the final battle before I watched the first episode. So I’ve got a really weird view on some of the episodes here. I don’t care that much for Day of Black Sun. But I love bits of The Headband and The Mad King. I love every moment of Tai Lee in the show. I also have the perspective my sister loves most: the fighting. It’s super accurate, and each nation does a different form of karate.
Azula looks identical in that while Zuko looks like 3 years younger, she even looks older than him
His scar looks better than the one in the movie
Lorisa214 true
That's not difficult though
What movie?
Seth Murrin the last airbender by m night shamalongdingdong
@@88Grimmjow I said: What. Movie?
-> Tales of Ba Sing Se -> The Beach How could they possibly not be on the list...
Nintendo Overdrive yeah, people judge the entire ep on the Iroh bit. The others are good, but not top tier avatar except for maybe Zuko and Sokkas.
Chokovok My favorites are the tale of Iroh, because of obvious reasons, Momo’s, because it shows that he and Appa aren’t just pets that get along, and Katara’s and Toph’s, because it makes their friendship evolve a little more.
@Nintendo Overdrive I love the Momo, and Zuko bits, and if you don't shed a tear at the Iro section, you have no heart, R.I.P Mako
My boy Zuko is the only other person who has had the most dates besides Sokka. He dated May, when him and his Uncle decided in the begginning of season 2 to go to the Earth Nation the nurse that took care of Iroh was on my Bois cock then he had date with that one chick from tales of Ba sing Se she was thick my dudes. Then May personality wise was the perfect fit for my boy Zuko. But Sokka got kissed a shit ton and every girl had a crush on him, but still my boi Zuko had game.
@@Jerry4281 I fucking HATE Sokka
I saw the movie on a plane. Had no idea the original show was actually good. I think I made it about 20 minutes before deciding it was awful, and that's what I thought about Avatar for years. It was just a bad movie, based on kids show, with "whiny" fans angry that their cartoon was disrespected. Now that I'm halfway through the series, I understand. That movie totally disrespected the cartoon, and I intend to whine about it!
yessss we definitely have MANY reasons to complain
I've givee myself headaches from inwardly bitching about the movie as recently as last night and I've never managed to watch any more than a few minutes of it. I've seen clips and that was more than enough to hate it. Let's hope netflix does a better job.
"they had us in the first half not gonna lie"
Troy Dube' To quote Palpatine.... “Good, GOOOOOOD. DEW IT. LET THE HATE AND RAGE FLOW THROUGH YOU. UNLEASH IT.” That’s pretty much what we fans did everytime we see the movie.
@@Lab_Member_X I am pissed to this day that Book 4 was cancelled because of the movie (I know it was made into a comic but I'm talking about the animation). Truly a tragedy.
Watching Zuko betray Iro was like watching Batman betray Alfred
Is that just a metaphor, or did that *actually* happen? When?
Joseph Simpson It's actually a simile.
XenonSpark Oh, yes, you're right. My dad. :p
Linda Moyer I actually cried as a kid.
Yep
Did he seriously rent out that entire Barnes and Noble for the cab-bitches scene??!
Worth it
It was nothing compared to the cost of not upholding Zuko's honour.
yup
He didn't actually rent it out, it's just that no one apparently likes books anymore. RIP.
tk shadowboy Whoosh.
I came here for one reason “That’s rough buddy”
Jasmine TEEAEAEAEAEAEAEAEAE
I am stunned that “Tales of Ba Sing Se” was not included on this list. That episode did something I never thought a Nickelodeon cartoon could do....bring tears to my eyes. “Leaves From The Vine” every time.
I think apart of that comes from the In Honor Of Mako at the end
🙄
@@dylanbeebe4403 When I first watched that episode, I cried even though I didn't know what "in memory of mako" meant. Sure, the scene became even more emotional to me once I found out about that, but even without the "in menory of mako" the scene is plenty emotional
that's rough buddy
Rest well, Mako
The play from the #11 is better then the live action movie
Sadly true.
true as much as I hat to admit it
and much more faithful to what actually happened
And yet the criticisms from Team Avatar are perfect for either lol
Harry Duck funnily enough, when I walked out of the theater in disappointment with the movie, I said "but the effects were decent." XD XD
am I the only one who finds it sad that a low-budget comedy sketch had better make-up effects for zuko's scar than the big budget movie adaptation
Nope...
And both versions had Zuko's scar on the wrong side of his face
And both versions had Zuko's scar on the wrong side of his face
Wait, what movie adaptation? There was no movie made based off of Avatar. There _was_ that weird magic thing that Shyamalan cobbled together and just plastered the characters' names into. And he mispronounced half of them.
@@f.i.r.e.5119 "There is no live-action Avatar film within the walls of Ba Sing Se."
That guy kinda sounds like Zuko, he should have voiced him
Right? He would've fit the role amazingly
Yeah I know
He DiD vOicE zUkO
@@shotq8070 is this a joke
@@abiodunsulaiman2297 ate you quoting that orher meme.
12:42 “NO! MY CAB BITCHES!” So underrated 💀💀
That was a clever line. Took me an embarrassingly long time to realize the reference.
Dante's scar here is better than zuko's in the movie
That's actually sad but true. I've seen Zuko cosplayers with better scar-makeup then the ones they had in the movie. And that's not a joke, i'm legit serious. Jesus christ, it's the little things like that in the movie that makes it so god dam annoying. Just a huge big pile of poorly deliverd, inaccurate exposition.
I wish that a new better director gonna reboot it
+YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!!!! But were the scars on the right side?
The locations were the one thing they showed in the only trailer i watched. So no wonder i watched it.
What movie?There is no movie in Ba sing se
"You dont deserve the chance" Such a zuko line
I love watching Zuko’s face when Katara’s blood bending and almost killing the soldier. That look just screams, “Damn, I switched sides at the right time!”
😅😂😂
I just found this out, but during "The Chase", when everyone blasts Azula with their bending all at once (7:55), you can see a few frames of Sokka's boomerang flying in and bouncing away too lol
It's fucking great. All four elements coming together against a common foe, and sokka throws a goddamn boomerang
no way!
@@AdjustedDisparity gotta work with what you got
How do you talk about “the Eclipse” without showing Zuko redirect his fathers lighting
*Brendan Haran* That was a pretty epic moment, especially when they show his fathers (the fire kings) expression. Mix of, "oh crap", "no way he just did that?!", and/or, "I'm about to die", wrapped into one face.
I was waiting for that too😅😂
Possibly the best single moment of the series
Unlimited honaaaaaaaaa!
Not an Actor naw Aang taking the bending of Phoenix King Ozai
To be fair, Avatar DID have pirates.
Yea and Zuko even fought them. I wonder if they did that on purpose as a nod to him being in Hook.
Looky looky I got a necklace
Remember Katara stole a Waterbending Scroll from Pirates?
not female ones ;)
@@margarethmichelina5146 Or that one time Zuko nearly got assassinated by them because of Zhao?
Aang's decision in the end is actually brilliant, it doesn't necessarily teach a lesson but it calls back to something said early in the first season. Aang first sets on his mission to master the elements when he goes to Omashu and meets King Bumi. It's Bumi who tells Aang what the duty of the avatar is, he tells him that he must confront the firelord and he says "And when you do, I hope you think like a mad genius." That episode was all about coming up with creative solutions, and in the end when Aang faces Ozai he creates an entirely new option that wasn't even on the table, as they put it here. Certainly seems Aang was thinking like a mad genius. It might be stretch, but at least it makes sense
I've been waiting for a comment like this.
Interestingly energy bending was teased early on with iroh teaching zuko about lightning describing it as a pure energy and untainted by emotion
He should have added The Avatar and the fire lord that was my favorite episode in season 3
After alll in the era before the Avatar, they bent not the elements but the energy inside.
I like that he doesn't kill. Solving violence with violence never goes well.
Nostalgia Critic: *Makes a worst Avatar episodes list* Zuko: My name is Prince Zuko of the Fire Nation. You dishonored me and my friends. Prepare to die.
Princess Bride reference?
@@ALJ9000 Well, Zuko left him "Mostly Dead" after all that
INCONCEIVABLE!!!
@@dynastywarriorlord07 You keep on using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
I'd squeeze "The Beach" somewhere on there. Fleshing out The villains and giving each insecurities and backstories makes for a great episode.
The beach was not one of the best
BFF channel it was
Yeah, it helped us understand the villains and learn more than just "they're evil" about them.
Filler episode.
@@ECW5320 an amazing
The man-Toph scream gets me every time!
I totally forgot it existed 😂
HAHAH SAME!! 🤣
That's my favorite part of the episode omg XD
I agree, HickoryDickory86. When it came to that part in this Top 11 list, though, it got me confused why when Toph is a girl
Azula's breakdown in "Sozen's Comet" is the most chilling scene in the entire series and honestly, I love her character even more for it
It was so well done that not even her voice actress, Grey DeLisle, can bear to watch the scene because she delved into some very dark personal past to conjure up the emotions.
Drinking game: Take a shot every time Dante Basco says “honor” in this video.
You’d be dead ten seconds after he arrives
Goddess of Chaos and Kindness that’s my point lol
Let's take a moment to appreciate how much effort was put into this episode.
“Which episode?” “Yes.”
Even more effort was put into this list then was put in to the last Airbender movie and that scares me
if Dante played a game, it would be For Honor
NoBoy Lunatic hahaha
At first I thought it was gonna be Dante's Inferno but that's even better
are you sure because I think he'd play games like Devil may cry (because his name is the same as the main character)
I guess his less favorite game is.... Dishonored
Or dishonored
that was THE SMOOTHEST transition to an ad I have ever witnessed; I can't even be mad
I remember when I met dante basco I asked how it was being on nostalgia critic and he replied with eh then he said na im kidding doug walker great guy great family. That dudes a legend
Hey cool! I met him too! He came to an anime convention and even signed a poster.
Nice
@@SarahAbramova cool
Dante Basco is *awesome*. Hope he continues getting voice acting work. (Maybe even in video games! Like one of those Telltale games)
+Paradox Acres An Avatar The Last Airbender game, anyone? ;) No seriously, I'd kill for that.
manband20 Hasn't there already been Avatar games..? (I hear they weren't very good, though)
+Paradox Acres I've only played Burning Earth and whatever the first one was, and both were crap.
Anonymous_X Yeah..that's what I heard. Wish they were as _solid_ as something like SMITE. What a shame.
+Paradox Acres No they weren't very good. They became part of the licensed games that are clearly cash ins genre.
Lmao I was about to say something about how good that Zuko impression was and then I googled Dante Basco
I would like this, but it's at the perfect number
Time to disturb the balance, and change it to 70 LIKES!!!
Now you can never restore the balance
@@enchantedspoon596 it is currently at 169, balance restored
Now it’s at 202 likes. Balance is disrupted
Who's here after rewatching the series on netflix?
Ye
Yer
Flameo Hotman !!!!
HERE HERE!!! ✊
Yep and I just got the series on bluray today from the mail so glad
Dante Basco in full Zuko costume pelvic thrusting fireballs from his crotch repeatedly screaming honor is something I didn’t think I needed until now Also: That cab-bitches joke is one of the greatest and well thought out gags I have ever seen
Fuuuck. FUCK! CABBAGES! Cabbages was the joke!
Leaves from the vine Falling so slow Like fragile tiny shells Drifting in the foam Little soldier boy Come marching home (cries) Brave soldier boy Comes marching home
so powerful. So sad.
I literally cannot sing this without choking up
you don't get to do thaaaat 😭
That song should be a prohibited weapon! not cool maaaan
All the sadder, because that song of loss and mortality.... Was the very last line Mako recorded for Iroh before his death. He supposedly recorded it from his hospital bed... His very last performance.
Take a shot for every time Basco says "honor".
Cami Kace you would pass out fast...like really fast
Kari Koton I know.
I am replying to see if you are still alive or you do not need a liver transplant.
I should report you for homicide
I am dead right now... sorry to bother you
“Everybody got an ending”. Sad cabbage noises*
He became a major contributor to the writing of 'The Boy in the Iceberg!'
@@Foball1729 he also founded Cabbage Corp,so that's a thing
"Everybody got an ending" *makes sad foaming at the mouth noises*
sad jet yue combustion man and zhao noises
@@humanzombieninja jet died bro
At first i thought that Dante Basco was only imitating Zuko and Jake Long's voices. But my mind was blown when i looked it up and realized he was the voice actor for both of them. I feel like an idiot. Edit: I know this is sad, but i have not gotten any more than 3 likes before. Let alone 60. Thank you all for liking this!!
Dante Basco firebending by humping while screaming honor killed me 😂😂
I can't stop rewinding it 😂😂😂😂
That part where he pulled out the Avatar book and used it as a shield killed me. XD
Finally I understand what that book was. The Search is for anyone wanting to know what happened to Ursa
Pretty good Zuko costume, though the scar is on the wrong side.
IT IS NOT ON THE WRONG SIDE
Hahahahaha! Good one!
11. Tales of ba sing se 10. Tales of ba sing se 9. Tales of ba sing se 8. Tales of ba sing se 7. Tales of ba sing se 6. Tales of ba sing se 5. Tales of ba sing se 4. Tales of ba sing se 3. Tales of ba sing se 2. Tales of ba sing se 1. Tales of ba sing se
Well I mean. The only good part was irohs story.
I agree that it should be on the list. But don’t discredit the other amazing episodes. As great as it was, so many other episodes are just as memorable and amazing. This show makes it so hard to narrow down.
you should squeze the beach somewhere in there.
One thing I really appreciate about Avatar was the impressive fight choreography. Despite being an animated show, the movements of each fighter are really smooth and engaging. Also, the fights are used effectively, allowing the story to continue through the action.
Xeraphina Laurentia well, considering every animator was forced to learn the martial arts they were animating, skyrocketing my appreciation for the show. That's dedication right there.
i actually think they were able to make the fights look so good BECAUSE it was an animation. Animation, when used well, can do stuff that is impossible with live action.
They actually hired martial artists to help with the shows choreography and not only that but i love how each benders personally and techniques are shown in the action. In the episode "the chase" one of the most memorable moments for me was the 1v1v1 between azula, zuko and aang. One of the best moment's is when aang runs and azula after pushing zuko back persues him inside of a two story house that has no upper floor. Aang using an air scooter hovered in the air giving the illusion that there was a platfrom in the upper room, azula runs straight in and nearly falls off the edge of the entrance before recovering her balance while aang waves at her jokingly, then zuko also persuing aang runs straight in and falls highlighting his impatience and short sight he had at the time. Its moments like these that i love as it puts personality into the fights instead of just throwing fireballs everywhere
@@quplet Not really. Bryan was the one who actually was studying the martial arts. Bryan and Sifu Kisu ( the martial arts consultant/choreographer and Bryan's teacher) would come up with the choreography together and make film reference for the animators to use. The crew had taken some lessons to understand some of the basics of the movements, but the majority of that was done by those two. That's actually one of the things I dislike about Legend of Korra (apart from an occasional episode or two). The martial arts in LOK feel completely soulless and uninteresting, and it felt on par with the Shyamalan movie as far as the choreo goes.
@@TaoOfTheFist I can believe that. And all of LOK is soulless.
Fun fact: Dante Basco starred in Hook AND American Dragon: Jake Long.
that's kinda why they messed up the costumes, to reference other movies/series that Dante starred in
@@Predated2 what was the Ninja one?
Prince of Purgatory american dragon, the love interest/villian
Flaming bastard Studios And when NC said and not in that way, you should guess who the female Ninja is voiced by. And said Ninja happens to be paired with the protagonist who is voiced by Dante Basco. You shippers can guess who the Ninja is voiced by.
@@justinesun7270 ummmmmmn who?
Even with Channel Awesome's fall from grace, I still hold Doug's Avatar Vlogs and these reviews close to my heart. It was so much fun watching someone fall in love with ATLA, literally transforming from a person watching a show because they felt FORCED to for their fans, into a passionate champion of the entire series. Watching Doug slowly "get" it, day by day, was a treat. Plus, he got Dante fucking Basco to give us the live-action Zuko we deserved, in addition to splitting reviewing duties for the finale with the hero of the fans. Thanks Doug.
Hmmm. What's fall from grace to you, to me is a bunch of twenty- and thirty-somethings having to grow up and learn about what type of contracts they are signing and the career they've chosen. We normies find out about it as soon as we enter the job market and no one cries over us. All I'm saying is now that the old crew is free to do what they want we can actually gauge how popular they are without external help and most of them have failed miserably. I mean look at their number of subscribers, children testing toys or people having cute dogs have more. And the main star of this channel can actually focus on the thing he knows best rather than chasing after drama llamas. When a celebrity (even an Internet celebrity) is complaining about how difficult their life is it's good to compare them to an average Joe to put things into perspective. Personally, I've stopped feeling sorry for people who watch films, play games and fly to places I will never see to make a living.
@@mikshinee87 Well said. I too, share this sentiment.
@@mikshinee87 completely agree. I'd anything I look at the "change the Channel" as the huffing and puffing of overly pretentious internet personalities who rode Doug's coattails for a decade and lashes out because they never got as popular as he did. The only one who really was unique to himself was Bras Jones and I respect Cinemas Snob as much as I do Doug. The worst was Lupa, she was such a condescending prick and she really never bounced back after her leaving C.A. nor Phelous.
11:35 the moment he redirects back at his dad is the single best moment of the entire series. It is the climax of his character turn, and an amazing payoff to something they've been building up since *episode three* My entire household cheered when that happened
12:43 NOO MY CAB-BI-TCHES How did that one go over my head the first time 😂😂
Oh My God LMFAO
Don’t worry, your not the only one.
I caught it and nearly fell off my chair
CitiZen Fili HOLY SHIT I DIDNT NOTICE THAT BEFORE ASDFGHJKL
Same!
"Prepare to meet the great melon lord in the sky" ~Dante 2014
I love that all of Zuko's field trips are on there.
Not the boiling rock regrettably
"You have dishonored the franchise and so have dishonored me. The time has come to reclaim my honor you dishonorably dishonored me with my honorably honoring my honorable honor!" has the same energy as "Zuko, you have to look within yourself to save yourself from your other self. Only then will your true self reveal itself."
American Dragon Jake Long!!! Holyshit I haven't heard that show's name in YEARS XD
+Tahkozz I know, I used to watch that all the time! I completely forgot about it until I saw this.
+Tahkozz I remember a lot of commercials for it, but never saw it. I just shrugged and went back to Xiaolin Showdown. :D
ME TOO!
+Kendra Benoit Same here.
+Tahkozz thanks ! now I know what his costume was supposed to be... never ever heard of that show. Was it good, or was it a disapointement, that's why she'd say F# you Dante Basco ? (yeah, I didn't get the last joke, at all!)
You have dishonored the series, so you have dishonored me. The time has come to reclaim my honor you've dishonorably disarmed me with my honorably honored honorable honor.
honorable challenge: honorably punch your honorable self every honorable time I honorably say honor in a honorably honored way.
A Troll Honor.
Honorable honor is the best honor.
Critic: Ok, I have no idea what you said. Lol
A Troll So THAT'S what he said
Anyone gonna talk about the slum dog millionaire reference? It had Dev Patel (Zuko movie actor) in it and not Dante Basco (Zuko show actor)
Dude the Blue Spirit? That Zuko reveal is literally one of the greatest twists in the entire series. They give no hints as to who the Blue Spirit is, yet the reveal still makes perfect sense
im late to the party, but "no hints" is not entirely true. we see his twin swords on display practically since we first meet him, but it does take quite a keen eye for that hint to be enough to piece it together without outside knowledge of tropes and/or story structure.
*notices that Dante Basco is the voice actor for Zuko**this list suddenly becomes 10 times better*
*eleven times better.
Because we fans enjoy stuff 1 step beyond others
"So that happened to my mom" I died 😂😂
Died at both that and when Dante referenced his role as Rufio in the line "You man! You stupid, stupid man!!!"
Interestingly, the lion-turtle was referenced in Easter eggs throughout the show, mostly in the background, but nonetheless, looking back at it turns out that it was planned even from Season One.
The entire show was planned out from the beginning actually!! All three seasons were written because the creators were only given a three season contract and wanted it to be one real story.
12:41 when you realise that guy is giving a reference to the Cabbage Merchant 😂😂😂
12:39 when you realize that you shouldn't pause the video to read the book He's reading
@@jessiemccrea6274 I read it
@@jessiemccrea6274 you warned me I didn’t listen
Avatar was a great show! And I almost never gave it a chance. I just wrote it off in my mind as stupid and avoided watching it. I came home from school one day and it was on and it was a marathon or something. I couldn't find the remote and was too lazy to turn the channel manually, go to a different room, or just get another remote from a different room. Best thing to come to my life from being lazy!
i remember seeing it on nick and never sat down to watch it,then i did and i never looked back
laziness wins again!
Exact same story here!
I avoided the whole series cause I didn't like it at first, and then I saw reruns of it on NickToons and I was like What Have I Done?
O
Ah, Dante Basco, making me have a crush on an animated character for the first time. Hey, Zuko's hot. (literally and figuritivly)
Nice pun
Facts XD
Bruh are you ignoring the raw hotness of..... American Dragon Jake Long?
@@Sonichero151 season one
Danny Caracciolo Only the original, the redesigned characters look like 2D muppets
i close my eyes whenever Dante Basco talks and just listen to Zuko
If Dante Basco doesn't start narrating for Audible, I may cry
HONOR! HONOR!! HONOR!!!
[pelvic thrusting increases]
+Awesome Inspector *honor intensifies*
HONOR ! HONOR ! HO...dor ?
Awesome Inspector HONOR HONOR HONOR HONOR HONOR HONOR HONOR HONOR HONOR HONOR HONOR HONOR HONOR HONOR HONOR HONOR HONOR To HONOR!!!!!!!!! and more HONOR
This episode was brought to you by JASMINE TEEEAAA!!!!
Served at the JASMINE DRAGON
Now I want JASMINE TEA!
While you guys are enjoying those weak drinks, I'll be guzzling down the strongest cactus juice I can find and probably wake up in god knows where
Love Tamra showing up in the Huntsgirl costume and Dante being like "I think it's cool". 😂
The Siege of the North was amazing. Can’t believe it’s not on here.
While episodes like The Storm among others showed why this show is so great The Siege of the North was what cemented the greatness of the show
Tales of Ba Sing Se better be on here. Edit: I am disgusted. Edit 2: But at least I hear Zuko say "Why the hell not?"
Assassin's Guilt Omg I love this episode! I searched in all the comments if someone thought about it. XD
streiffFaRo I think people don't have it on their favorites because not all of the tales are that strong.
Assassin's Guilt r.i.p Mako
To be fair, the only really good one was Iroh's
ethan hatcher True. I also liked Zuko's and Momo's a lot.
1:31 That moment when the makeup for that injury is better in a Nostalgia Critic episode than in the big budget hollywood shitstorm.…
And the effects are about as good
Love that they actually got Dante in for this. Shows what a good sport he is.
It felt really weird hearing such a familiar voice in such an odd setting
"YOU'RE GIVING UP JASMINE TEA FOR THIS!!! JASMINE *TEEEEEEAAA!!!!*
Let's appreciate one part of Zuko's redemption arc: the fact that Zuko mostly did it on his own. If Zuko had changed at the season 2 finale, we would have missed him confronting his father.
I've been fangirling about Dante Vasco constantly saying "honor" during the whole video... And it was worth it
"This episode is like a Clint Eastwood movie..." It's Shane. The episode is the movie Shane.
Also a Fistful of Dollars (Yojimbo) at least in presentation, but yeah it fits Shane just as much storywise.
I want a series about a young iroh growing and maturing into the wise, kind man we see in the show. Would love to see that transformation.
Ok that would be amazing, but only if written by the original creators
Considering how the handled korra, best to leave that alone
I mean they are doing spin-off books, maybe do it there
The problem with following up such a near perfect series like ATLAB is people have too many expectations. Korra tried to side step that by being different, having a more mature tone to grow with its fan base, and showing different parts of that world that TLAB. People need to stop comparing the two and look at each as its own entity. I think people directly compare the two too much and most people’s biggest reservation is the characters making up team avatar in Korra don’t hold up as well when comparing them to the team in the TLAB. Korra has more characters that have their own story arcs, so it doesn’t get as in depth with each character. I think that’s done because the series is told more through the eyes of Korra rather than 3-4 characters which when I think about it seems to standup with the characters being older. I don’t know about you but as most people get older it’s harder to stay as close and involved in your closest friends’ lives and you also broaden your circle of friends/aquatintences that you probably aren’t as close with as you were with your friends when you were younger. Basically I think the lest in depth and shorter story arcs with many of the characters in Korra is actually realistic and fits well with the older and more mature cast.
No the problem with korra is three major issues, 1st the villains, while Oozai May have Been the overarching villain, zuko and zhou served as great adversaries, one more sympathetic and the other much more ruthless, the inclusion of Azula in the second season as both extremely competent clever and ruthless making her a fan favorite , and then the third season made sure the oozai felt powerful and threatening throughout all over his screentime, in korra we have Amon, a full of shit liar who has no evidence from the world that his “position” has merit, ultimately he is just throwing a temper tantrum cause he hates his dad, season 2 starts strong with civil war that could have forced korra to really question how the world should proceed in a very princess mononoke style season, but drops it about halfway through by throwing in a bunch of nonsense and giving us avatar Godzilla battle, season 3 has korra go up against anarchist, you know that philosophy that always leads to fascist regimes seizing power, and season 4 is the fascist regime so we are right back to oozai but less developed. The next major flaw is in the characters, korra is an arrogan brat, but never gets called out or punished for the bad decisions she makes or the actions that hurt people, this bitch goes a date with a guy has a nice evening and then forces herself on his older brother, and no one ever calls her a massive cunt for doing this, bolin is a boring simp, who is just their to be comic relief with very little redeeming qualities, mako is bland and uninteresting and can’t make a decision to save his life, tenzin is neat but he is often forced to be dumb cause the plot demands it like how mr spiritual has never been to the spirit world, asami is fanservice first for the guys and later for the sjws. Finally the world building, while many sequels are bad, most don’t undermine their source that much, not somwith korra, this show rewrites the rules for bending it changes the spirit world from a creepy and eerie place and instead it’s a Ghibli movie, and the avatar wan story is basically Prometheus mixed with Christianity as opposed to the original eastern philosophical origins of the show
"You know I loved you in Slumdog Millionaire!" Wait. No. That wasn't you! I always confuse you with- ooh" Was that a reference to Dev Patel who played Zuko in The Last Airbender movie and a character in Slumdog Millionaire?
RGS TheBadGamer yes
*RGS TheBadGamer* Omg! I never bothered to look up what he meant, that’s f’ing hilarious! Thank you for this!
It was also a reference to the apparent fact that Basco requested the part of Zuko in the non-existent movie adaptation and was turned down for the part in lieu of Dev Patel
+Selo Bee Yeah. I recently heard that and boy am I glad he didn't get the part! Dante Basco deserves SO MUCH better than to star in that non-existent movie!
RGS TheBadGamer would be better if the original actors played the roles. With a little make up, they could look real. And better directing even better. They know the characters in and out after all.
"HONOR!" That had me cracking up.
Dante is such a cool dude. I actually met him at a Comic Con once and when I said "honor" at him, he said "honor" at me back. I also told him I loved him as Rufio in Hook.
leaves from the vine falling so slow like a fragile, tiny shells drifting in the foam little soldier boy come marching home brave soldier boy .comes marching home
SsaasSX3 shut up.
Silence! You are making my eyes sweat!
Ooowwwwwwwwww that's painful. Emotionally painful.
Season 2 Episode 15 Tales of Ba Sing Se...one of my favorite episodes.
Namajaff Iroh singing for his son provokes levels of emotion matched only by the opening to Up and the closing song from the Seymour episode of Futurama.
I love how Tamra dressed up as Captain Hook because Dante Bosco played in the movie Hook.
Mini-gamer186 and Rose from American Dragon
Rufioooooooo
I loved Dante's reaction to the Rose costume
It must be an honor to be credited in a Steven Spielberg film.
The Guru also does a great job of explaining chakras to it's audience and how it could help all lives, not just ones solely based on the faith. Things everyone can relate to and use to try and better themselves.
The ending definitely did have a moral!: that you can shape your own destiny. We saw it with Zuko in his redemption arc and with Aang not taking Ozai's life because it goes against what he believes in. ahh I love this show so much
10:12 Imagine what it was like watching that the day it came out. You were actually expecting the invation to succeed because it had been building up from the very first episode. Even on the first season they kept stressing the importance of defeating the firelord before Sozin's comet or otherwise he would become unstoppable. So imagine what it was like watching what you initially tought would be the last episode in the series and seeing your heroes fail, and learning that they would now have to fight Ozai in the day of the comet where everything would be 10 times harder for them. My 11 yeard old self, who had religiously been watching each episode the day it came out for two years, did that. And it was absolutely amazing.
Especialy considering the show went on a hiatus after this episode. Even if you were browsing the tv guide, you'd have no way to know there would be more episodes to follow. Unless it was revelaed somewhere online, but idk if that actually happened.
wariolandgoldpiramid I dont think it was hiatus so much as pausing to make new episodes. Gravity Falls did the same thing in the middle of season two. It's a "mid season finale"
Kind of like Once Upon A Time? Seasons 3-6 were pretty much all divided into two halves with different arcs.
I don't have to imagine it😔.
I still remember seeing the teaser trailer for book 3. Seeing aang with hair & katara saying "I will never EVER turn my back on people who need me!!!" I was in 7th grade, I remember like it was yesterday
I wish they did an animated film or a mini series about zuko's mother
Muffin Man agreed
Well, Hey Arnold! got a TV Movie, Rocko's Modern Life is getting one, and Invader ZIM is getting one too. So hey, it'd be neat to see.
If you're willing to read comics they have one out about her
I know the comics but for me avatar is not a comic based series but a cartoon based one. I want to see that shit animated!
It would be a good idea. They could animate all the comics as two-parter episodes and maybe space them out with short stories from The Lost Tales to kill time.
2 things 1. That Joss Whedon comment aged really well 2. Ads came on when he said "You're going to hit the go to commercial button!"
Dante Bosco yelling HONOR while pelvic thrusting fireballs made me laugh soooo hard 😂😂😂
MY CABBITCHES!!!
Liam te Riele oh!!! I get the reference. Didn't catch that in the video.. makes more sense now.
i loled so hard and repeated that part 3 times lol
that went pass me the first time but i get it now 😂😂😂😂
I admit to missing what they were talking about with the cabbitches joke over and over again (first time I watched the NC's 11 best and worst was sometime last year), since I've been marathoning the three seasons over and over the past week, it finally "clicked" what it was about. I laughed, then felt retarded for taking so long, and then put it in my mental box next to the "clicked" Sparky-sparky-Boom-man reference from Fan Four stick.
Best pun
a lot of series one likes as a child, one only likes because one is a child, and when, as an adult, you watch them again, it's just a cringe-fest, and at at that moment one understands that one only liked the series because one didn't care about the cringe and the nonsense, ATLA is not one of those series, the creators managed to create a magnificent, consistent and simply outstanding work that will never grow old, and that encompasses the full meaning of the expression "family-friendly", a lot of shows think that being family-friendly is just being something a child can watch, but this series nails it, because it's not only something a kid can watch, but it's also something a teenager and an adult can enjoy just as much, the series is well written, well animated and it's just strong in all fronts, I would say that calling the series a masterpiece of animation is and understatement.
I loved this show as a kid as Well and i still love it now
i remember waiting for Season 3 to come out when i was a kid cause of how horrible the cliffhanger at the end of season 2 was. now i rewatch the show at least once every year and i cant believe how well it holds up.
Incendere I wholeheartedly agree with your comment. I didn't watch it until my second year of college (2010?) and I loved the hell out of it. Also, I find your user name highly entertaining.
Incendere Periods, use them.
Wish the same thing could have been said for Korra's spin-off.
Why is seeing a live action remake of Zuko with Dante's ACTUAL VOICE SO FRICKING SATISFYING
I know right?
My Top 5 Best Avatar: The Last Airbender Episodes of All Time! #5. The Day of Black Sun #4. Zuko Alone #3. The Seige of the North #2. The Guru/The Crossroads of Destiny #1. Sozin's Comet