Avatar: The Last Airbender
TV Show • 2005 • Action
ReportThis tv show contains 65 potentially triggering events.
| Season | |
| Episode |
Yes
1
No
117
13
Mike Gourdin
Aangs pets are said to be last surviving members of their species. Others are shown in flashbacks but none are killed on screen. But its implyed theyve been killed off.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
10
Yes
0
No
100
5
honkbeep
there are no horses in the show, but they have “ostritch horses” which are the show’s version of horses, and they are sometimes shown to be weak and unhealthy, especially in the episode “zuko alone” they don’t die though
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
102
No
11
15
CorrinFlakes
A dragon named Fang dies alongside Avatar Roku in Season 3 Episode 6.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
130
No
1
24
zdy1994
Appa is treated horribly by several characters throughout an entire episode. He is stolen, tied up, sold, beaten, starved, threatened with flames, attacked by other animals. It's a very sad episode, and is hard to watch, and it doesn't really end happily.
Appa is reunited with Aang a few episodes later.
Appa is reunited with Aang a few episodes later.
7 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
92
Yes
17
No
39
2
panpervinca
Yes, but they are in food or have cultural meaning. It’s never gory or disturbing, and the animals that still look like animals are long dead and are just like a bear rug and etc.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
4
No
0
Yes
0
No
3
0
jamieblazej
S2
E3
Flopsy the rabbit-beast is kept in captivity and forced to work but it’s only shown briefly and he is freed almost immediately.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
106
9
zdy1994
There are several cat like creatures who are almost sold to a butcher, but they are rescued.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
15
No
3
2
CassetteMeower
He’s a dragon, not a spirit guide. Also, several Sky Bison (who are the pets of many airbenders) died before the events of the series due to the genocide of the Air Nation, but this wasn’t shown on screen.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
151
No
6
18
Anonymous
In season three, book six, Roku's dragon curls around him as they are buried in pyroclastic flow and both ultimately meet their end.
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
94
No
3
5
cha0tic_neutral77
there are giant cave beasts that look like spiders in an early episode. sokka wakes up with a spider web and spider in his mouth in s2 e5 (?) and there is a creature in the spirit world that looks like a centipede/spider that steals faces.
2 comments | Add comment
1
EntropyEmissary
S2
E4
A catfish/alligator hybrid makes several appearances in the Swamp episode. They usually aren't the focus of most scenes but they do take up significant spotlight during a campfire scene and a period where Appa is separated from the group.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
74
No
4
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
111
No
0
5
Anonymous
The the episode Appas Lost Days", their are giant bugs that try to pull appa away.
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
2
EntropyEmissary
Even outside of the Ursa stuff, a major insecurity Katara struggles with is that her father left during wartime to take care of her older brother, essentially she had to take on the role of his parent. It was not out of any disregard for his children on his part, which they both acknowledge, but the emotional pain and resentment this caused is still made explicitly clear to the audience. They meet each other again in the 3rd season and attempt to work through their baggage together.
2 comments | Add comment
1
SiRenfield
If anything there’s a bait and switch in which Zuko assumes Iroh’s gonna tell him to forgive his sister ,but his uncle actually agrees that he’s justified in trying to take her down
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
95
No
3
16
sorryboutit
The fire lord and other fire nation characters are manipulative and mentally/emotionally abusive both explicitly and in subtext. Throughout her entire time on screen Azula is almost always emotionally and mentally manipulating those around her. S2E14 (and other episodes that take place in Ba Sing Se) has explicit gaslighting/psychological manipulation and brainwashing, especially towards the end of the episode.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
94
No
0
9
takver
This also happens several times to several characters, but is especially a major plot point in season one, with the main character being stalked by two separate major antagonists.
7 comments | Add comment
Yes
9
No
0
4
DeenGray
Ozai abuses both Zuko and Azula, to the point where he gave Zuko a burn scar on his face.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
131
No
0
27
Anonymous
The main villain, Ozai, abuses his two children severely.
7 comments | Add comment
Yes
115
No
2
12
Magic_mammal
In the backflashes to Zukos past it's shown that in his family are some very toxic vibes at work. (surprise?)
SPOILER: Zukos father Ozai is very dismissive and cold. It's implied that his grandfather (the old firelord) demands from Ozai to kill his (underaged) son. This is averted by plot points that lead to Zukos mother leaving her children.
SPOILER: Zukos father Ozai is very dismissive and cold. It's implied that his grandfather (the old firelord) demands from Ozai to kill his (underaged) son. This is averted by plot points that lead to Zukos mother leaving her children.
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
14
No
0
4
doesit
both azula (who many see as a poor example of a psychotic break) who becomes the villain in the end after being groomed (?) by her father and neglected by her mother, but also zuko (who had been abused by his father) is originally a main antagonist.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
86
27
Anonymous
Sokka drinks cactus juice and starts tripping in the episode The Desert.
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
89
2
CassetteMeower
Alcohol doesn’t exist in the series, but a character drinks juice from a cactus when he doesn’t have any water, giving him a similar effect to being drunk. He’s fine in the end.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
1
No
1
Yes
25
No
0
2
panpervinca
At one point in the third season, two of the main characters are trapped in a cage/cell
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
3
No
135
1
MovieWatcher10
At one point, Aang kisses Katara when she isn't ready.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
10
No
1
1
Commander Zhao in the season 1 finale and Azula in the season 3 finale.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
7
Yes
0
No
8
Yes
4
No
1
Yes
7
No
0
Yes
0
No
6
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
1
No
12
Yes
106
No
2
15
Anonymous
Aang is shown shaving his hair somewhere towards the end of the final season.
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
11
2
panpervinca
Not explicitly, but it’s easy to believe it happens. Lots of earthbending. At one point Katara is sucked into the ground, and at another point Sokka is trapped in a crack in the ground, though neither die.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
87
1
EntropyEmissary
S1
E5
It never goes anywhere obviously, but it is teased at once. In the fifth episode, a character narrowly avoids being impaled by a stalagmite in this manner. It is not lingered on for too long.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
80
No
26
18
Anonymous
The character doesn't die from being burned but he is permanantely scarred by another character.
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
15
No
68
9
sorryboutit
S1E17 there is a character with 3 wooden fingers from some failed experiments that happened before their introduction.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
81
No
3
10
takver
In Season 2 Episode 1, a character is forcibly buried alive. It's shown that she is scared and resisting. She is rescued and survives unhurt, but not before being completely buried. Additionally, in season 2 episode 10, there is an entire building that sinks beneath the sand with multiple characters trapped inside it. Most escape but two are left inside & implied buried forever.
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
56
Yes
99
No
14
21
Anonymous
It depends on what you see as mutilation. A third of a character's face is burned, including his eye, which is constantly squinted. It's not graphic, but could be triggering to some.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
4
No
5
4
MovieWatcher10
Sort of. In season 1 episode 20 Aang visits Koh, the face stealer. A huge centipede bodied spirit with multiple stolen faces he switches between. Outside, Aang encounters a monkey without a face.
In season 3 episode 8, we see bloodbending in action which distorts/twists the bodies of unwilling victims. One of the most unsettling and intense scenes in the series.
In season 3 episode 8, we see bloodbending in action which distorts/twists the bodies of unwilling victims. One of the most unsettling and intense scenes in the series.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
23
Yes
0
No
1
Yes
2
No
5
8
Nazetel
Several times.
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
10
No
0
0
SiRenfield
S2
E18
Aang more or less spends the time between Seasons 1 and 2 in a coma
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
95
No
0
7
KyraWolf92
During the invasion on the fire nation in book 3, Sokka and Katara's dad most likely broke a rib or more. Sokka also breaks a leg during the series finale.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
103
No
0
7
sorryboutit
S2E14 a character is brainwashed at the end of the episode, may be triggering for some viewers.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
1
Yes
7
No
49
4
AtarahDerekh
A character is portrayed with a wooden leg. Another character is missing both an arm and a leg, and uses metal prosthetics.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
3
No
77
4
genderologies
A character is shown with missing teeth in season 1, episode 5
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
1
No
13
6
fortz
In S2E5 a character falls off a crumbling cliff to their death.
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
10
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
51
No
32
12
Mike Gourdin
Someone has a seizure for comedic effect in an early episode.
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
82
Yes
0
No
12
2
Eleen
S2
E3
No, but in S2E3 a toddler wanders off from his parents when they aren't looking. The parents then presume he's been kidnapped. He isn't harmed and returns to his parents at the end of the episode.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
12
6
CassetteMeower
S3
“The Beach” has some “spicy” moments meant to parody anime tropes. Mostly just swimsuits and there’s a scene where Zuko dramatically takes off a towel and birds fly by. Nothing super sexual, it’s just meant to parody anime tropes.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
126
No
0
15
Anonymous
Yue and Jet (teenagers) are both shown to die, the genocide of the Air Nomads did kill children but it is never shown only vaguely hinted at by showing children in flashbacks before the killings, and Aang (13) is killed but brought back.
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
2
MovieWatcher10
Princess Yue sacrifices herself in order to save the moon spirit.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
9
No
0
1
MovieWatcher10
Many hinted deaths. Most obvious, is the entire airbender community. At one point, you see a bunch of skeletons of both air and firebenders at one of the Airtemples.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
1
No
4
1
Fang dies with Roku
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
20
Yes
0
No
1
Yes
0
No
16
Yes
130
No
1
16
Anonymous
two of the main characters lost their mother. it's mentioned through the series, with an episode exploring the circumstances in-depth near the end
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
3
No
73
1
panpervinca
If you count your partner turning into the moon and then kissing someone under said moon counts as cheating, then yes? Kind of?
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
53
No
1
7
CaitlinSnowLeopard
Azula burns the doll she is given as a gift.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
8
No
0
2
SiRenfield
Iroh’s son died in the war
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
108
No
1
14
takver
Loads of times. The main character is constantly being kidnapped, and most of the secondary characters have also been kidnapped at least once. It's "kid friendly" and they usually rescue themselves or are rescued by friends; but sometimes it's played more seriously.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
60
No
39
18
takver
In the season 1 finale, there is a monster who steals faces, which he can then swap at will. The face swapping is used (deliberately by the monster) for some very jumpy effects.
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
6
No
2
2
in the episode puppet master there are puppets of people
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
9
No
74
7
ItzMeCarippsa
During one of the episodes in season 1(?), Uncle Iroh is seen naked in a heated natural spring. It is properly censored and covered up, though.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
6
No
0
Yes
1
No
87
1
MovieWatcher10
No, but in the episode The Deserter the gaang attends a festival where there are typical Asian inspired masks being sold and worn.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
1
No
4
Yes
82
No
7
10
Eleen
They're not possessed in a typical sense, but it definitely classifies and it is rather unsettling/disturbing. Season 3, episode 8.
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
108
No
1
12
LandoCalrissian
Spirits are encountered quite often, and they even have an entire realm called he Spirit World.
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
87
No
0
5
zdy1994
I don't remember farts, but I think I remember belches? And definitely spitting, several times. It's a kids show.
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
4
No
1
2
RachelRK
Aang at one point in Season 3 soils his pants because there are no bathrooms in the spirit world
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
0
MovieWatcher10
No, but there is one brief scene where Sokka thinks Appa ate Momo. Scene is meant to be comedic.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
86
No
3
11
Anonymous
Sokka gags in an episode where he is nervous about meeting his dad, but he doesn't vomit.
Toph vomits in the episode The Day Of Black Sun part 1, due to sea sickness. She gets a helmet from The Duke, which is later shown being rinsed by him. No actual vomit is shown though.
Toph vomits in the episode The Day Of Black Sun part 1, due to sea sickness. She gets a helmet from The Duke, which is later shown being rinsed by him. No actual vomit is shown though.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
1
Yes
0
No
45
Yes
0
No
15
Yes
4
No
0
Yes
0
No
36
6
yaybees
If I’m remembering correctly, the “cops” in the show, or the guards that aren’t off in war, are portrayed as incredibly corrupt in many instances.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
7
Yes
0
No
5
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
6
2
AZaySays
S1
E17
The Northern Air Temple's murals were damaged by the mechanists pipes; it is the central conflict of the episode.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
1
No
76
11
Eleen
No. There is, however, a lot of lightning shown, particularly when the character Azula is on screen because she bends it. A character is also shown to die by lightning at the end of season 2, however they get resurrected. They show a flashback to this scene later on, too.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
81
19
zdy1994
Not technically, but there is an uncomfortable seen where someone is brainwashed in a facility.
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
2
No
88
2
AtarahDerekh
A character is shown sewing, but no stitches are administered to people or animals. Aang's arrows are very clearly stated to be tattoos.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
5
No
69
12
mad_melody
Several scenes take place in healer tents.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
68
11
Lexington
One of the main antagonists could be classified as mentally ill and displays pretty violent behavior towards the end of the series
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
21
Yes
82
No
3
13
zdy1994
Aang has a few scenes where he seems to be having anxiety attacks.
4 comments | Add comment
1
nh17
S3
E3
There's a minor character written kind of stereotypically and played for laughs in The Painted Lady
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
Yes
0
No
1
Yes
0
No
75
Yes
0
No
12
1
nh17
Zuko goes out on a mountain during a storm hoping for lightning to strike him so he can try to bend it. He'd probably not mind failing
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
14
No
84
6
genderologies
A character sacrifices themselves while fighting.
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
6
-1
SiRenfield
No but a child is scolded for being fidgety during a music class
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
3
No
0
Yes
3
No
0
Yes
0
No
86
Yes
25
No
0
7
Paci
The character that's put More focus on having PTSD is Prince Zuko, who's mission to trap the Avatar stands from the trauma of getting shamed, abused and humilliated by his own father.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
80
No
1
1
Eleen
S2
E19
There is a scene in season 2, episode 19 where a character is stuck in a very small space. Some stuff happens and then there are 2 characters stuck in that same space.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
10
No
80
8
SlasherCat
Zuko tries to get himself struck by lightning because he wants to practice redirecting it
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
Add comment
Yes
0
No
31
Yes
8
No
58
4
mad_melody
The image sometimes shakes during explosions.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
31
No
44
9
Eleen
No strobe effects, but on occassion when a character known as Ty-Lee hits people, the screen briefly flashes white.
10 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
8
Yes
1
No
1
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
39
No
0
4
AtarahDerekh
Three babies are depicted in the series. All of them cry.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
7
No
0
Yes
0
No
17
Yes
0
No
84
Yes
2
No
18
3
CassetteMeower
S1
Sort of. When Princess Yue was born, she was “basically asleep”, her eyes were closed and she wasn’t crying, and she was essentially stillborn and none of the healers could save her. They then brought her to a Spirit Oasis and the Moon Spirit brought her to life. She was stillborn at first, but is okay in the end.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
22
No
0
Yes
0
No
79
Yes
103
No
1
24
leylo
One of the main characters helps deliver a baby once. It’s off screen and non graphic.
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
79
Yes
1
No
92
13
Mc1s23
Sokka trains with the Kyoshi warriors, a group of warriors who are all women, who make wearing their uniform a requirement for training. The leader convinces him that he should be proud to wear it, but he is then immediately teased for wearing it by a different character waking by.
3 comments | Add comment
4
MovieWatcher10
I've heard from some people that Guru Pathik is somewhat of a caricature depiction of Hindu people.
1 comment | Add comment
16
zdy1994
No, but there is in world racism between the various nations, and the Air Nomads were almost entirely wiped out (except Aang) in a genocide by the Fire Nation.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
67
No
19
18
Mike Gourdin
Not against real world groups, but there is hate soeech against the fantasy factions and groups.
2 comments | Add comment
32
takver
Toph's parents restrict her freedom and treat her like she is helpless, because she is blind. The show makes it very clear that they are wrong.
8 comments | Add comment
Yes
71
No
19
23
KyraWolf92
Only a bit of self-mockery by Iroh.
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
62
Yes
0
No
69
23
Anonymous
In the episode The Serpent's Pass" (Book 2 Chpt 12), the female character Smellerbee is mistakenly identified as male, and takes offense to it. This leads many to believe she is MTF.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
79
11
zdy1994
There are no black people in the show. It's all based on Asian cultures, so it's safe to assume everyone is based on various Asian races. There is one darker skinned man, but he's just fine.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
Yes
0
No
6
0
MovieWatcher10
No, though it's notable most voice actors aren't of Asian descent.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
15
1
CassetteMeower
Aang is 112 and Katara is 14. But since Aang was frozen for 100 of those years he’s basically 12.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
2
No
0
1
SiRenfield
Spirituality is a major theme throughout the franchise, mainly focusing on fictional faith but it takes influence from real religions such as Buddhism. Especially considering how the main character is a monk
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
Yes
15
No
78
21
takver
A teenage girl sneaks into a teenage boy's tent at night; he is waiting for her in a mildly suggestive pose. Sex is implied, but kids would probably miss it. A teenage couple cuddles on the couch; again, sex is implied in way that kids would probably miss. Multiple instances of kissing. Multiple instances of a character being clearly attracted to another character (getting flustered, blushing, staring, flirting.) Some cleavage shots & cheesecakey swimsuits.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
101
Yes
0
No
7
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
16
1
CassetteMeower
Characters are seen bathing in hot springs a few times, but only their neck, head, and arms sometimes are seen.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
12
1
MovieWatcher10
In the beach episode there's a brief focus on Zuko's shirtless body. Ty Lee gets more attention from guys at the beach as she's viewed as the most attractive girl present. However, none of these scenes feel blatantly objectifying.
1 comment | Add comment
3
CassetteMeower
In a flashback showing how Zuko got his scar, Zuko is crying because he doesn’t want to fight his father, and Ozai calls him “weak” among other cruel terms. All other times where male characters cry (such as Aang) they’re comforted by their friends.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
10
Yes
1
No
6
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
1
No
5
Yes
0
No
5
Yes
14
No
0
1
CassetteMeower
Aang’s entire nation is destroyed so he doesn’t really have a home to go back to, and he spends most of the show traveling.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
1
Yes
0
No
5
Yes
0
No
1
Yes
0
No
83
2
SiRenfield
The show takes place is a purely fantasy world that doesn’t have an equivalent to Christmas (or at least none with a Santa figure) or any other real world holidays or folklore
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
108
20
zdy1994
Don't worry, guys, it's a very sweet, happy ending. You just have to go through an emotional journey with all of the characters first.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
85
No
7
14
Anonymous
Technically not a plane but multiple airships (blimp-like vehicles) crash mid-air.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
88
3
StanleyGraveson
There are no cars, but there is a quick scene in a montage where a character pretends to be hit by a carriage in order to commit insurance fraud
3 comments | Add comment
1
CassetteMeower
Cars haven’t been invented yet, but ostrich horse drawn carriages have. There’s no honking or tire screeching, but ostrich horses will make sounds if that counts.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
1
No
83
12
zdy1994
No cars in the show. A cabbage cart is smashed multiple times, meant to be humorous, and less funny, several airships are crashed in the four part finale. Also, there's at least one boat crash in episode 2.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
30
No
41
10
takver
In Season 1 Episode 6, which takes place on a ship, an antagonist is thrown overboard despite protesting that he can't swim. He is not rescued and it can be assumed that he drowned. The comment below by DouglasCarpenterFamily contains heavy spoilers for the season 1 finale, more than is necessary & I advise you skip it if you care about plot spoilers. The essential information is that another antagonist is likely drowned in the season 1 finale. Not graphic.
7 comments | Add comment
Yes
7
No
73
13
Eleen
There is a very small amount of animated wounds shown throughout the show, but they are not graphic and aren't drawn in a bloody way, but rather with a pink-ish color. For reference, as someone who is bad with blood and gore myself, these didn't affect me at all.
One of the main characters, zuko, does have a burn scar on his face throughout the show.
One of the main characters, zuko, does have a burn scar on his face throughout the show.
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
86
9
zdy1994
No guns in the show.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
81
13
zdy1994
Not an explosion, but Aang is very upset once and kicks up a massive mushroom shaped dust cloud in a desert. No one is harmed by it.
4 comments | Add comment