List of Avatar: The Last Airbender episodes

Avatar: The Last Airbender is a 61-episode, Emmy Award-winning American animated television series written and created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. It first aired on February 21, 2005, on Nickelodeon with a one-hour series premiere^[1] and concluded its run with a two-hour TV movie on July 19, 2008.^[2] The Avatar: The Last Airbender franchise refers to each season as a "Book", in which each episode is referred to as a "chapter". Each "Book" takes its name from one of the elements that Aang, the protagonist, must master: Water, Earth, and Fire.^[1] The show's first two seasons each consisted of 20 episodes, while the third season had 21. In addition to the three seasons, there were two recap episodes and three "shorts". The first recap summarized the first eighteen episodes while the second summarized season two. The first self-parody was released via an online flash game. The second and third were released with the Complete Second Season Box Set DVD.^[3] The entire series has been released on DVD in Region One, Region Two and Region Four.

In the Avatar: The Last Airbender universe, there are people who are able to manipulate, or "bend", the four elements: Air, Water, Earth, and Fire. Along with the four elements, there are four nations that correspond with each element. Not everyone can bend an element, and those that can can only bend one. However, the Avatar is a being able to manipulate all four elements as well as communicate with the spirits. The Avatar is also born into one nation, and after dying, is reincarnated into another nation following the pattern of Air, Water, Earth, and Fire. The series takes place 100 years after the Fire Nation declares war against all other nations and has killed off all airbenders in search of finding the Avatar, who has been reincarnated as an airbender named Aang. The Avatar, trapped in ice for 100 years, knows nothing of the war. The series starts with Aang being accidentally freed by Katara, a waterbender. The series then primarily follows the adventures of Aang and his companions, Sokka, Katara, and later Toph and Zuko, as he tries to master all four elements and defeat the Fire Nation. There is also a strong secondary focus on Zuko, the banished and disinherited crown prince of the Fire Nation. Zuko was scarred in a duel with his own father, the current Fire Lord, and is obsessed with trying to capture Aang to regain his father's favor and in doing so restoring his honor.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	Book One: Water	20	February 21, 2005	December 2, 2005
	Book Two: Earth	20	March 17, 2006	December 1, 2006
	Book Three: Fire	21	September 21, 2007	July 19, 2008

Episodes

Book One: Water (2005)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Animated by	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	Viewers (millions)
0	0	"Pilot"	Tin House, Inc.	Dave Filoni	Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko	January 1, 2005	100	N/A
1	1	"The Boy in the Iceberg"	JM Animation	Dave Filoni	Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko	February 21, 2005	101	3.47
2	2	"The Avatar Returns"	JM Animation	Dave Filoni	Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko	February 21, 2005	102	3.47
3	3	"The Southern Air Temple"	DR Movie	Lauren MacMullan	Michael Dante DiMartino	February 25, 2005	103	3.41
4	4	"The Warriors of Kyoshi"	JM Animation	Giancarlo Volpe	Nick Malis	March 4, 2005	104	3.47
5	5	"The King of Omashu"	DR Movie	Anthony Lioi	John O'Bryan	March 18, 2005	105	3.54
6	6	"Imprisoned"	JM Animation	Dave Filoni	Matthew Hubbard	March 25, 2005	106	3.38
7	7	"The Spirit World (Winter Solstice, Part 1)"	DR Movie	Lauren MacMullan	Aaron Ehasz	April 8, 2005	107	3.29
8	8	"Avatar Roku (Winter Solstice, Part 2)"	DR Movie	Giancarlo Volpe	Michael Dante DiMartino	April 15, 2005	108	3.12
9	9	"The Waterbending Scroll"	JM Animation	Anthony Lioi	John O'Bryan	April 29, 2005	109	3.15
10	10	"Jet"	JM Animation	Dave Filoni	James Eagan	May 6, 2005	110	3.40
11	11	"The Great Divide"	DR Movie	Giancarlo Volpe	John O'Bryan	May 20, 2005	111	3.10
12	12	"The Storm"	JM Animation	Lauren MacMullan	Aaron Ehasz	June 3, 2005	112	3.25
13	13	"The Blue Spirit"	DR Movie	Dave Filoni	Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko	June 17, 2005	113	3.19
14	14	"The Fortuneteller"	JM Animation	Dave Filoni	Aaron Ehasz John O'Bryan	September 23, 2005	114	2.05
15	15	"Bato of the Water Tribe"	DR Movie	Giancarlo Volpe	Ian Wilcox	October 7, 2005	115	3.37
16	16	"The Deserter"	JM Animation	Lauren MacMullan	Tim Hedrick	October 21, 2005	116	3.17
17	17	"The Northern Air Temple"	DR Movie	Dave Filoni	Elizabeth Welch Ehasz	November 4, 2005	117	1.68
18	18	"The Waterbending Master"	JM Animation	Giancarlo Volpe	Michael Dante DiMartino	November 18, 2005	118	3.50
19	19	"The Siege of the North, Part 1"	DR Movie	Dave Filoni	Aaron Ehasz	December 2, 2005	119	3.42
20	20	"The Siege of the North, Part 2"	JM Animation	Dave Filoni	Aaron Ehasz	December 2, 2005	120	3.42

Book Two: Earth (2006)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Animated by	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	Viewers (millions)
21	1	"The Avatar State"	DR Movie	Giancarlo Volpe	Aaron Ehasz Elizabeth Welch Ehasz Tim Hedrick John O'Bryan	March 17, 2006	201	3.38[4]
22	2	"The Cave of Two Lovers"	JM Animation	Lauren MacMullan	Joshua Hamilton	March 24, 2006	202	3.27
23	3	"Return to Omashu"	DR Movie	Ethan Spaulding	Elizabeth Welch Ehasz	April 7, 2006	203	3.20
24	4	"The Swamp"	JM Animation	Giancarlo Volpe	Tim Hedrick	April 14, 2006	204	3.10
25	5	"Avatar Day"	DR Movie	Lauren MacMullan	John O'Bryan	April 28, 2006	205	3.11
26	6	"The Blind Bandit"	JM Animation	Ethan Spaulding	Michael Dante DiMartino	May 5, 2006	206	3.33
27	7	"Zuko Alone"	JM Animation	Lauren MacMullan	Elizabeth Welch Ehasz	May 12, 2006	207	3.33
28	8	"The Chase"	DR Movie	Giancarlo Volpe	Joshua Hamilton	May 26, 2006	208	3.33
29	9	"Bitter Work"	DR Movie	Ethan Spaulding	Aaron Ehasz	June 2, 2006	209	3.26
30	10	"The Library"	JM Animation	Giancarlo Volpe	John O'Bryan	July 14, 2006	210	3.18
31	11	"The Desert"	DR Movie	Lauren MacMullan	Tim Hedrick	July 14, 2006	211	3.18
32	12	"The Serpent's Pass"	JM Animation	Ethan Spaulding	Michael Dante DiMartino Joshua Hamilton	September 15, 2006	212	4.10[4]
33	13	"The Drill"	DR Movie	Giancarlo Volpe	Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko	September 15, 2006	213	4.10[4]
34	14	"City of Walls and Secrets"	JM Animation	Lauren MacMullan	Tim Hedrick	September 22, 2006	214	3.27[4]
35	15	"The Tales of Ba Sing Se"	DR Movie	Ethan Spaulding	Joann Estoesta Lisa Wahlander Andrew Huebner Gary Scheppke Lauren MacMullan Katie Mattila Justin Ridge Giancarlo Volpe	September 29, 2006	215	3.12
36	16	"Appa's Lost Days"	JM Animation	Giancarlo Volpe	Elizabeth Welch Ehasz	October 13, 2006	216	3.54[4]
37	17	"Lake Laogai"	DR Movie	Lauren MacMullan	Tim Hedrick	November 3, 2006	217	3.27[4]
38	18	"The Earth King"	JM Animation	Ethan Spaulding	John O'Bryan	November 17, 2006	218	3.76
39	19	"The Guru"	DR Movie	Giancarlo Volpe	Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko	December 1, 2006	219	4.40[4]
40	20	"The Crossroads of Destiny"	JM Animation	Michael Dante DiMartino	Aaron Ehasz	December 1, 2006	220	4.40[4]

Book Three: Fire (2007–08)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Animated by	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	Viewers (millions)
41	1	"The Awakening"	Moi Animation	Giancarlo Volpe	Aaron Ehasz	September 21, 2007	301	3.06
42	2	"The Headband"	JM Animation	Joaquim Dos Santos	John O'Bryan	September 28, 2007	302	3.06
43	3	"The Painted Lady"	Moi Animation	Ethan Spaulding	Joshua Hamilton	October 5, 2007	303	3.22
44	4	"Sokka's Master"	JM Animation	Giancarlo Volpe	Tim Hedrick	October 12, 2007	304	3.22
45	5	"The Beach"	Moi Animation	Joaquim Dos Santos	Katie Mattila	October 19, 2007	305	3.22
46	6	"The Avatar and the Firelord"	JM Animation	Ethan Spaulding	Elizabeth Welch Ehasz	October 26, 2007	306	3.20
47	7	"The Runaway"	Moi Animation	Giancarlo Volpe	Joshua Hamilton	November 2, 2007	307	3.22
48	8	"The Puppetmaster"	JM Animation	Joaquim Dos Santos	Tim Hedrick	November 9, 2007	308	3.52
49	9	"Nightmares and Daydreams"	Moi Animation	Ethan Spaulding	John O'Bryan	November 16, 2007	309	3.52
50	10	"The Day of Black Sun, Part 1: The Invasion"	JM Animation	Giancarlo Volpe	Michael Dante DiMartino	November 30, 2007	310	3.77[5]
51	11	"The Day of Black Sun, Part 2: The Eclipse"	Moi Animation	Joaquim Dos Santos	Aaron Ehasz	November 30, 2007	311	3.77[5]
52	12	"The Western Air Temple"	JM Animation	Ethan Spaulding	Elizabeth Welch Ehasz Tim Hedrick	July 14, 2008	312	3.55
53	13	"The Firebending Masters"	Moi Animation	Giancarlo Volpe	John O'Bryan	July 15, 2008	313	3.55
54	14	"The Boiling Rock, Part 1"	JM Animation	Joaquim Dos Santos	May Chan	July 16, 2008	314	3.97[6]
55	15	"The Boiling Rock, Part 2"	Moi Animation	Ethan Spaulding	Joshua Hamilton	July 16, 2008	315	3.97[6]
56	16	"The Southern Raiders"	Moi Animation	Joaquim Dos Santos	Elizabeth Welch Ehasz	July 17, 2008	316	4.23[6]
57	17	"The Ember Island Players"	JM Animation	Giancarlo Volpe	Tim Hedrick, Josh Hamilton John O'Bryan	July 18, 2008	317	4.53[6]
58	18	"Sozin's Comet, Part 1: The Phoenix King"	JM Animation	Ethan Spaulding	Michael Dante DiMartino	July 19, 2008	318	5.59[6]
59	19	"Sozin's Comet, Part 2: The Old Masters"	Moi Animation	Giancarlo Volpe	Aaron Ehasz	July 19, 2008	319	5.59[6]
60	20	"Sozin's Comet, Part 3: Into the Inferno"	JM Animation	Joaquim Dos Santos	Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko	July 19, 2008	320	5.59[6]
61	21	"Sozin's Comet, Part 4: Avatar Aang"	JM Animation	Joaquim Dos Santos	Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko	July 19, 2008	321	5.59[6]

DVD releases

The first Avatar: The Last Airbender DVD set became available on January 31, 2006. The first season had five DVD sets, each containing four episodes. For season two and three, four DVD sets were released, with five episodes on each. The only exception to the release pattern was the last DVD set of season three, which contained a sixth episode. At the end of each season, a box set was released, containing all of the episodes from the season. Each box set contains an additional disc of bonus features not available as an individual disc release like every episode of the series.

Region 1

Volume	Book 1: Water			Book 2: Earth			Book 3: Fire
	Released	Discs	Episodes	Released	Discs	Episodes	Released	Discs	Episodes
1[7]	January 31, 2006	1	4	January 23, 2007	1	5	October 30, 2007	1	5
2[7]	March 28, 2006	1	4	April 10, 2007	1	5	January 22, 2008	1	5
3[7]	May 30, 2006	1	4	May 22, 2007	1	5	May 6, 2008	1	5
4[7]	July 18, 2006	1	4	August 14, 2007	1	5	July 29, 2008	1	6
5[7]	September 19, 2006	1	4	There is no volume five DVD for this season.			There is no volume five DVD for this season.
Box set[7]	September 19, 2006	6[8]	20[8]	September 11, 2007	5[9]	20[9]	September 16, 2008	5[10]	21[10]
Collector’s Edition[7]	June 22, 2010	7[11]	20	Currently no information.			Currently no information.
Complete Series box set	October 6, 2015[12]	16[13]	61	N/A			N/A

Region 2

In the United States, all Season One DVDs were encoded using NTSC. Since this is not compatible in most countries outside North America, Nickelodeon released separate DVDs in regions where the video would be encoded using PAL instead. These releases began on February 19, 2007;^[14] each DVD was released months after the original release. As with the original DVDs, each set contained five episodes on one disc,^{[14][15][16][17][18]} with the exception of The Complete Book One Collection Box Set, which contained all of the twenty episodes in the season on five discs.^[19] In the Netherlands, all episodes came out in a box.

The Complete Collection featuring all 3 books was released in the United Kingdom on August 6, 2012.^[20]

Volume	Book 1: Water			Book 2: Earth			Book 3: Fire
	Released	Discs	Episodes	Released	Discs	Episodes	Released	Discs	Episodes
1	February 19, 2007[14]	1	4	Not released	1	5	Not released	1	5
2	June 4, 2007[15]	1	4	Not released	1	5	Not released	1	5
3	September 3, 2007[16]	1	4	Not released	1	5	Not released	1	5
4	February 18, 2008[17]	1	4	Not released	1	5	Not released	1	6
5	May 26, 2008[18]	1	4	There is no volume five DVD for this season.			There is no volume five DVD for this season.
Box set	January 26, 2009[21]	5	20	July 20, 2009[22]	4	20	February 1, 2010[23]	4	21
Complete series box set	August 6, 2012	13	61

Region 4

The following release dates are the Australian release dates, and may or may not represent the release dates for all of region 4.

Volume	Book 1: Water			Book 2: Earth			Book 3: Fire
	Released	Discs	Episodes	Released	Discs	Episodes	Released	Discs	Episodes
1	March 15, 2007[24][25]	1	4	June 4, 2009[26]	1	5	June 3, 2010[27]	1	5
2	July 5, 2007[28]	1	4	August 4, 2009[29]	1	5	September 23, 2010[30]	1	5
3	March 13, 2008[31]	1	4	October 29, 2009[32]	1	5	October 7, 2010[33]	1	5
4	June 19, 2008[34]	1	4	March 31, 2010[35]	1	5	November 4, 2010[36]	1	6
5	March 5, 2009[37][38]	1	4	There is no volume five DVD for this season.			There is no volume five DVD for this season.
Box set	June 4, 2009[39][40]	5	20	September 9, 2010[41]	4	20	December 2, 2010[42]	4	21

Footnotes

1, 2, 3.^ Production code format taken from the commentary for "Sozin's Comet: The Phoenix King"

References

• "Avatar The Last Airbender episodes". Nickelodeon. Retrieved 2010.
• "Avatar: The Last Airbender — Official DVD site". Nickelodeon. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
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• "Season 1". Avatar: The Last Airbender. IGN. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
• "Season 2". Avatar: The Last Airbender. IGN. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
• "Season 3". Avatar: The Last Airbender. IGN. Retrieved July 21, 2008.

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