Film Theory: Avatar and the Science of Waterbending (Avatar the Last Airbender)

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    I have wanted to do a theory on Avatar the Last Airbender for YEARS! It is one of my favorite animated series ever and full of SO MUCH to theorize about! It took a while but I have finally figured out what to do - uncover the SCIENCE behind bending. That's right, I am going to figure out how bending works with SCIENCE! Today, we are focusing on Waterbending. Watch out Katara, I may become the best Waterbender in the WORLD after this episode!
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  • @angelvisto2768
    @angelvisto2768 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9139

    you know a show is good when everyone is still hyped up about it 10+ years later

    • @applebeezez5142
      @applebeezez5142 4 ปีที่แล้ว +198

      I remember watching it at 6am while getting ready for school in elementary lol

    • @hatredisvengeance5777
      @hatredisvengeance5777 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@applebeezez5142 same

    • @ram89572
      @ram89572 4 ปีที่แล้ว +148

      Hard not to like it. It had good goofy humor, magic, and action. Oh and it was a grand adventure too. The characters had a lot of development instead of just being good at something for reasons. I enjoyed Legend of Korra too because it was the sequel, but ultimately it was nowhere near as good as Avatar TLA.

    • @jasonliriano1858
      @jasonliriano1858 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I remember watching it every weekend from 3pm to 6pm

    • @patchworkassylumn8954
      @patchworkassylumn8954 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Ha I only found out about in september last year and netflix made it my life, people are still obsessed with it 10+ years later

  • @thatlycantomboy
    @thatlycantomboy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3189

    “Science of waterbending”
    I swear to god, MatPat, this better make my lifelong dreams come true

  • @harrycrossland2841
    @harrycrossland2841 ปีที่แล้ว +907

    The reason Avatar Roku found water bending difficult was because he was a natural fire bender. Fire bending and water bending are opposites like earth and air hence why Ang found earth bending difficult. This opposite element thing is also seen in the actual techniques for the bending like the quick, nimble, dexterous movements of air bending which parallel the grounded, rigid, brute-force earth bending techniques.

    • @GojoSatoru14633
      @GojoSatoru14633 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      i was about to comment that

    • @gamestarkarthikeya0843
      @gamestarkarthikeya0843 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too

    • @wolfy973
      @wolfy973 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      actually its not because of that its because of the personality's of the avatars .

    • @superpingu2593
      @superpingu2593 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@wolfy973 easiest way to spot a korra fan

    • @_Zephster
      @_Zephster ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Wolfy not quite personality but mindset

  • @anaki567
    @anaki567 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    Oh MatPat PLEASE bring this series back! 🙏🏾😭

    • @kelvisaisawesome
      @kelvisaisawesome 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Exactly!

    • @dani_thereal_1
      @dani_thereal_1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ItzToca_TownI hope that Lee will do some episodes on this

    • @Comicbookguy226
      @Comicbookguy226 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Plz

    • @dani_thereal_1
      @dani_thereal_1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Also I think Lee likes ATLA because in a short I remember him saying that’s it’s one of his favorite shows ever

    • @lunselene2502
      @lunselene2502 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      I so agree with you :( I want the science of airbending

  • @seanmorton4689
    @seanmorton4689 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2797

    Now do a film theory on what was in that cactus juice. I’ve heard it’s the quenchiest..

    • @khameronwright4265
      @khameronwright4265 4 ปีที่แล้ว +153

      It'll quench ya

    • @syrusangi8743
      @syrusangi8743 4 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      NOTHING'S QUENCHER

    • @TelekinesisT
      @TelekinesisT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      easy, it's definitely san pedro
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mescaline
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinopsis_pachanoi

    • @chunkicholde
      @chunkicholde 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Cactus juice. It’ll quench ya. Nothings quenchier. It’s the quenchiest.

    • @bigsmoky4729
      @bigsmoky4729 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      👏Q👏U👏E👏N👏C👏H👏I👏N👏G👏

  • @beetzkidabop579
    @beetzkidabop579 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6165

    ok matpat, it’s been 4 years where are the other 3 elements

    • @chadvanniekerk1279
      @chadvanniekerk1279 3 ปีที่แล้ว +158

      I guess he's got a lot going on😅

    • @JohnKrakatoa
      @JohnKrakatoa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +298

      I WANT EARTH BENDING EXPLAINED

    • @LNW_-
      @LNW_- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      YES

    • @d5tr0yr17
      @d5tr0yr17 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      YIP YIP

    • @d5tr0yr17
      @d5tr0yr17 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      OR HIP HIP IDK

  • @takedown205productions6
    @takedown205productions6 2 ปีที่แล้ว +454

    Correction: Avatar Roku had trouble with water bending, because it was in direct conflict with the philosophies he was raised with in the Fire Nation.
    Much like how Earth is resistant to air (and air unyielding to Earth,) water is smooth and subtle, malleable; fire is directly derived from passion and stubbornness. Aang had to overcome overthinking Earth bending, and Roku had to learn to adapt to change, in order to water bend.

    • @LittIeRoo
      @LittIeRoo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      whilst i agree with this, also has to do with personal philosophy, like avatar korra, personality wise she'd be a much better fit as an earthbender by nature as she's stubborn and set in her ways, struggling with learning air whilst learning fire and earth with relative ease.

    • @thatgirlfrommn6249
      @thatgirlfrommn6249 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@LittIeRoo but didn’t avatar korra have fire earth and water mastered by the time she was like three like isn’t how lok opens

    • @Lyokoheros-KLPXTV
      @Lyokoheros-KLPXTV ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@thatgirlfrommn6249 wasn't she more like 5-8 at that time? (I mean that would be somewhat believable... and I wouldn't call it "mastered", just "learned")

    • @thatgirlfrommn6249
      @thatgirlfrommn6249 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Lyokoheros-KLPXTV I dunno I havent rewatch lok after i watched it when it came out and when it came out I was like 9 so I just know a lot of people in the atla fandom don’t like it cuz it apparently sucks

    • @Lyokoheros-KLPXTV
      @Lyokoheros-KLPXTV ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@thatgirlfrommn6249 Legend of Korra Sucks? Naah... I actually watch it only recently and I would even say that at Book I it seems it could be better than Legend of Aang but later it imo got worse = the direction it all was going and new worldbuilding was kinda questionable, but in the end despite some flaws it was a good show (In my personal ranking system it got a score which put it on the top of B-tier)

  • @SliceOfLifeJ
    @SliceOfLifeJ 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

    who here in 2024 after MatPat Retired?

    • @sebreynolds9293
      @sebreynolds9293 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me

    • @_DaBirb
      @_DaBirb หลายเดือนก่อน

      Here

    • @DOCTERG1
      @DOCTERG1 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me 😢

    • @hannahday5887
      @hannahday5887 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me😢😢😢😢😢

    • @BellamyM
      @BellamyM หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me 😢

  • @samied632
    @samied632 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2058

    “It’s theoretically possible to bend water.”
    9 years olds rushing to take notes

  • @smiley8117
    @smiley8117 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18699

    Instructions unclear: my girlfriend turned into the moon

    • @amysauruswantsamuffin5933
      @amysauruswantsamuffin5933 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1418

      Oh, oh my. Better down some cactus juice to cope with that

    • @smiley8117
      @smiley8117 4 ปีที่แล้ว +721

      @@amysauruswantsamuffin5933 Man it sure is quenchey

    • @gallantblade1825
      @gallantblade1825 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2096

      That’s rough, buddy.

    • @claudias2622
      @claudias2622 4 ปีที่แล้ว +785

      I feel so bad for everyone who doesnt get this joke.

    • @briansgoodteam5392
      @briansgoodteam5392 4 ปีที่แล้ว +419

      @@smiley8117 It's the QUENCHIEST

  • @leafytheshrew1224
    @leafytheshrew1224 ปีที่แล้ว +206

    The hardest thing for an avatar to master is their opposite element. Roku was a firebender. ( Thank you so much for all the likes )

    • @alanrodriguez233
      @alanrodriguez233 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Not true. Air was Korra’s most difficult element to master and it wasn’t her opposite element. They have the most trouble with the element that opposes their natural personality. Most of the time it is the opposite element, but not always.

    • @stevenbobbybills
      @stevenbobbybills ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alanrodriguez233 correct.

    • @nexuscross3233
      @nexuscross3233 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@alanrodriguez233 We don't talk about korra here.

    • @arend2178
      @arend2178 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@nexuscross3233 Korra honestly wasn’t that bad of a show. I feel like the network was kinda shutting it out

    • @timgorg1919
      @timgorg1919 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not their opposite but rather their previous. Aang struggled at fire most I think though not sure

  • @pandaxianrain
    @pandaxianrain ปีที่แล้ว +111

    About that,aren't you going to make a theory on how Aaing the avatar managed to survive in Ice and keep his youth..

    • @ashmondthesoutherntrashmon2210
      @ashmondthesoutherntrashmon2210 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      his episode that talks about frankenstein being possible mentions stuff like this! preserving cells with cold temperatures.

    • @harpastanman8952
      @harpastanman8952 ปีที่แล้ว

      I mean the idea of cryogenic chambers for NASA's deep space travel has been talked about for years, and in a dozen fictional movies. Freeze your body, sleep for a few hundred years in a coma, wake up and continue your life 🤷‍♂️

    • @user9267
      @user9267 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It would be very short.
      "Aang would die due to the cold. The end."

    • @k4ttz528
      @k4ttz528 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      MatPat still mentions that there is magic in the show

    • @kelvisaisawesome
      @kelvisaisawesome 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It makes sense. Don’t question it

  • @ellis_ellis361
    @ellis_ellis361 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2070

    Katara said to Sokka:
    “It’s not magic, it’s waterbending”
    Well, now we know she ain’t wrong

    • @joshuapoe3867
      @joshuapoe3867 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @Da Random Thing And townspeople made fun of Sokka because he knew science could explain everything!

    • @altoriarucker3070
      @altoriarucker3070 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      It's not Magic, it's Science

    • @joshuapoe3867
      @joshuapoe3867 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@altoriarucker3070 It isn’t murder, it is slaying

    • @altoriarucker3070
      @altoriarucker3070 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@joshuapoe3867 Period!!

    • @skullmastergamer
      @skullmastergamer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ITS NOT MAGIC ITS TRAGIC
      *Bob’s burgers reference*

  • @ouvia2170
    @ouvia2170 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3750

    Sokka: "My first girlfriend turned into the moon."
    ...
    Zuko: *"Thats rough buddy"*

    • @haweyahussein4291
      @haweyahussein4291 4 ปีที่แล้ว +188

      Mako: At least your exes didn't end up hooking up.

    • @dimitris1601
      @dimitris1601 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@haweyahussein4291 hahahahah😂😂😂

    • @HeilRay
      @HeilRay 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Too Moon, Zuko
      Too Moon.

    • @baysusstudios59
      @baysusstudios59 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Ouvia WAIT KORRA WAS LESBIAN I didn’t finish the second saga yet

    • @passerByL
      @passerByL 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@baysusstudios59 it didn't end

  • @lyra6096
    @lyra6096 2 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Hey Matpat, do you think Firebenders can tap into their opponent’s thermal energy, amplify said enemy’s body heat and trigger spontaneous human combustion?

    • @agamikhwana8596
      @agamikhwana8596 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      i don't think so, they can't control other human body heat

    • @ramaziotivegito6853
      @ramaziotivegito6853 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sozin did show that he can take the heat out of lava and drop the temperature. Who is to say that a firebender can do similar to a bloodbender and reach into the human body and move your heat up and down?

    • @crustyratkid
      @crustyratkid ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh, gosh. I never thought of that. It makes a lot of sense though. I reckon it SHOULD work. Also it would be cool if they did that in the show

    • @ramaziotivegito6853
      @ramaziotivegito6853 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@crustyratkid considering the show is still mostly PG rated I don't think we'll see much graphic violence. But one can only hope

    • @crustyratkid
      @crustyratkid ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ramaziotivegito6853 true…. But there are also bloodbenders and water benders that tap into the water in their opponent’s body, and the bloodbenders virtually torture their opponents, so it wouldn’t be unheard of. However, if they decided firebenders having an ability like this was going too far for a PG film/show, they could make a movie with firebenders able to adjust their opponents body heat and just make it a higher rating if they so please. This way, they can add another fascinating feature and even have an entire movie about this(e.g. main character is firebender and they realise this power and have to decide what to do with it or who to tell or how they feel about this conundrum ect.)

  • @veritydoyle7886
    @veritydoyle7886 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Pov: Film/Game Theory once again teaches three years worth of science in 1-10 minutes max
    This is why I love these guys. And also because they're just genuinely awesome people

  • @hawk_ish2265
    @hawk_ish2265 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6222

    Instructions unclear, I accidentally bent fire and now everything is burning.

    • @powerthunfischdesdonners3086
      @powerthunfischdesdonners3086 4 ปีที่แล้ว +224

      good, now you can try it again with purpose.

    • @gonerofsavers3813
      @gonerofsavers3813 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Lol

    • @HunterTracks
      @HunterTracks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      Use all that water around you to snuff it out and try again. Or just become a pyromaniac. Preferably the second one

    • @stefanbroers8146
      @stefanbroers8146 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      instructions unclear dick stuck in water

    • @slyceth
      @slyceth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      fuck last aircanc3er

  • @metro_5017
    @metro_5017 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2015

    Matpat: NOW is when i need you the most
    Me watching thid 8 months later: whoops

    • @deemo607
      @deemo607 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      My exact reaction

    • @leoramiro7864
      @leoramiro7864 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      same here

    • @mogi_2749
      @mogi_2749 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lmaooo me

    • @OrigamiAhsoka
      @OrigamiAhsoka 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Sameeeee
      Watching this cause quarantine but at the same time waiting for Netflix to release his new one lol

    • @luvbear4432
      @luvbear4432 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      lol same😂

  • @swag-monkey2531
    @swag-monkey2531 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    i saw this when reading the captions 😂
    "Its's literally the first waterbending move that *bang* learns"
    *bang* is officially my favorite character

    • @drippymario2830
      @drippymario2830 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Didn't he get recalled?

  • @ImFeelinXtra
    @ImFeelinXtra หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Mat would be such a fun science teacher bro, for sure a god level dad able to teach science to his kid in a cartoon form.

  • @abyssalblade7507
    @abyssalblade7507 4 ปีที่แล้ว +653

    Next vid: how to firebend
    Sponsor: join the fire nation

  • @landonsalazar461
    @landonsalazar461 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8707

    You should definitely do another theory on Avatar because it’s beginning to become popular again

    • @OrigamiAhsoka
      @OrigamiAhsoka 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Yee

    • @jovaniguzman1865
      @jovaniguzman1865 4 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      There needs to be a season 4 which talks about the fire Lord's mother and what happened to her.

    • @itsjustjo1909
      @itsjustjo1909 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Jio read the comics

    • @crispymarshmellow3874
      @crispymarshmellow3874 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      It’s cuz of Netflix and people get to watch it again

    • @Gamerdog-io3ow
      @Gamerdog-io3ow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Yes I started watching yesterday

  • @melindaandrews8503
    @melindaandrews8503 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    It was challenging for Roku because he was working with his opposite, just like how Aang was having a hard time with Earth.

  • @isachirinos8967
    @isachirinos8967 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    These intros just keep getting more creative, I swear I love this

  • @sirbeksoniv2907
    @sirbeksoniv2907 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1483

    Avatar Roku has a difficult time with water because it’s his “anti-element” like the same reason Aang had a difficult time with earth bending

    • @grantonator3884
      @grantonator3884 4 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      "Even Avatar Roku had trouble with water-bending." Well he is from the Fire Nation so...

    • @causticx-jpeg
      @causticx-jpeg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @Lehi Greening toph?

    • @TechnologyWitch
      @TechnologyWitch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @AC - 08JS - Eldorado PS (1505) It seems to have more to do with the anti-element of a given bender's mindset than anything else. Still, Korra is kind of a special case, since she was a noted prodigy with the physical aspect of elements who was bending three different kinds from such a young age (fire included) that she probably didn't really get locked into the "water" mindset. (Each element seems to benefit from a certain mindset in order to operate it; air = grace/evasion, earth = stand your ground, water = flow/change, fire = force/life.)

    • @JubeiKibagamiFez
      @JubeiKibagamiFez 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @AC - 08JS - Eldorado PS (1505) Legend of Korra doesn't actually go into how hard or easy it was for her to learn Fire Bending. They just sort of glossed over it in one episode. It may have been significantly more difficult for her to learn than earth bending.

    • @SomethingSordid
      @SomethingSordid 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      its said in a korra episode that avatars find elements that are most unlike their personality are the hardest to learn or master for them

  • @matthewbrooder9414
    @matthewbrooder9414 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2746

    Instructions unclear, lost my Honor.

    • @ghowostie
      @ghowostie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +234

      that's rough, buddy.

    • @mistybreath
      @mistybreath 4 ปีที่แล้ว +140

      Fyck I lost
      *MY CABBAGES!!!*

    • @phoebaleeb6129
      @phoebaleeb6129 4 ปีที่แล้ว +139

      That’s all? My first girlfriend turned into the moon

    • @OddsShroom
      @OddsShroom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      Oh please, my entire culture was destroyed.

    • @thederekstory3587
      @thederekstory3587 4 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      I lost my vision and now see with my feet

  • @Phantomjay09
    @Phantomjay09 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I cannot express how happy that you used the comics for this video.

  • @trusttheprocess5618
    @trusttheprocess5618 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A lot of these things I know I was taught at school but never stuck but when you put it in avatar terms STUCK in my brain now thank you ❤️

  • @korvexus9922
    @korvexus9922 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2408

    When the water comes of your fingers when you’re showering
    Wutyr bendir

    • @CutiePie-ev5gg
      @CutiePie-ev5gg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Christabel Syalom N I don’t think you understand the joke

    • @jellyboi2565
      @jellyboi2565 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Christabel Syalom N you are an actual idiot

    • @iighost.leonii2554
      @iighost.leonii2554 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Christabel Syalom N yeah you don’t get the actual joke

    • @iighost.leonii2554
      @iighost.leonii2554 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Aaron Wilson its a meme. Basically, if someone says something as basic as possible that anyone can do and they portray it to be beneficial in a funny way. They purposefully misspell just what they have done as a joke.

    • @korvexus9922
      @korvexus9922 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      iiGhost .Leonii u know the meme man face. My friend sent me that and i just thought it was funny to post it here

  • @foriobobgaming6612
    @foriobobgaming6612 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1737

    Near the end of 2019
    Me:still waiting on the other 3 elements

  • @musicyak3471
    @musicyak3471 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    We need more Avatar videos, Matt!!

  • @BlazDragon2418
    @BlazDragon2418 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    we miss you mat

  • @rhproductions9874
    @rhproductions9874 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1446

    decade later and everyone still loves the child show. what a master piece it was

    • @grantbaugh2773
      @grantbaugh2773 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      There is no such thing as a perfect television show, but by golly this comes close.

    • @axz647
      @axz647 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Decades? Nah you smoking I remember it like it was yesterday

    • @veritas5089
      @veritas5089 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I thought Death Note might be a contender for a nearly perfect show. Then episode 26 happened...

    • @katakanakitsune5286
      @katakanakitsune5286 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@veritas5089 you just had to remind me😔

    • @lyghtable
      @lyghtable 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *is

  • @AmnaAleem2845
    @AmnaAleem2845 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2227

    Water : we cool
    Fire: We Lit
    Earth: we ROCK
    Air: We high

    • @MegaMoh
      @MegaMoh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      ^ comment theif

    • @burcopresents
      @burcopresents 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      MegaMoh ikr 🤣

    • @joesean204
      @joesean204 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@MegaMoh lol

    • @jian8813
      @jian8813 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Earth: I made you
      fucking assholes

    • @Square1nes
      @Square1nes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      For all of you saying this is copied so what? The internet is always reusing things like if you watch a meme compilation you're bound to find the same memes

  • @imacoolperson17
    @imacoolperson17 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    this guy gives a reason to pay attention in science class

  • @silas.t.
    @silas.t. 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Please continue this series 🙏

  • @FTStudios1422
    @FTStudios1422 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1392

    me in 2019: so, are you gonna do air bending next, or earth?
    me in 2020: he probably forgot about this now, oh well.

  • @Kunalsingh-wm2ds
    @Kunalsingh-wm2ds 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1459

    *We need a theory on the lead character- THE CABBAGE MERCHANT*

    • @tsuki.sadboi887
      @tsuki.sadboi887 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      MY CABBAGES

    • @wingsnotcool2765
      @wingsnotcool2765 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      He Is A Cabbage Bender

    • @CyanFlare
      @CyanFlare 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Didn’t he become a tech company named cabbage corp

    • @shapelessshark6376
      @shapelessshark6376 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@CyanFlare he did. in legend of kora, not the last airbender.

    • @trjsquad9720
      @trjsquad9720 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Betyeah hello You

  • @RandomRocketGuy
    @RandomRocketGuy 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This completely off topic but when Matpat was explaining bending water inside of things I just died when he said human bending💀

  • @kristadavis6801
    @kristadavis6801 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I really hope the new Avatar studios looks at this video and considers it for modern series - there's got to be a scientist that discovers electrons and begins to bend elements as a non bender

  • @perfyyy7262
    @perfyyy7262 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1726

    Water : we cool
    Earth: we rock
    Fire: we lit
    Air: we high

    • @sunsetsynth
      @sunsetsynth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +321

      Perfect Boi we fly?

    • @satansadvocate6531
      @satansadvocate6531 4 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      @@sunsetsynth we...flow?

    • @isaacdiakite3264
      @isaacdiakite3264 4 ปีที่แล้ว +148

      Air: We Fly
      Simple

    • @isaacdiakite3264
      @isaacdiakite3264 4 ปีที่แล้ว +170

      Water-we cool
      Earth-We Rock
      Fire-We lit
      Air-We fly

    • @Cleasia
      @Cleasia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +356

      We high?

  • @aleclewis6629
    @aleclewis6629 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2105

    “I laugh at gravity all the time, hahaha gravity”
    -The FRICKIN avatar
    Edit: How did this get 2k likes-

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      It's Sad People don't see Legend of Korra disregarded all that's praised
      in this Video, and more. So much more. Seriously, it was bad on so many
      Levels when it not was good as an Exception.

    • @joesean204
      @joesean204 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ??? WHATS UR POINT?!

    • @aamirmunawwar1408
      @aamirmunawwar1408 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@slevinchannel7589 I do both are😘

    • @unsaltedbanana1760
      @unsaltedbanana1760 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Joe Sean his point is no one likes gravity

    • @chubbymight1420
      @chubbymight1420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is the avatar keeping peace

  • @melodygarland7066
    @melodygarland7066 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Water, earth, fire, air long ago ........
    I love film Threoy he just tries to go through so many people’s favorite shows to make our day knowing that this is kind of possible

  • @hadrianleif3914
    @hadrianleif3914 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    pls do another part! I've been waiting for years!!! Pls do an Earth bending, we earths need to show how much we rock!

  • @daltonberry42
    @daltonberry42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1381

    Who else waiting for those other avatar theories 😂

    • @quixilver6177
      @quixilver6177 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Yep! Just finished watching the series for the first time. I need MOAR

    • @izak5775
      @izak5775 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      WHERE ARE THEY

    • @Chazcam_Gaming
      @Chazcam_Gaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Me

    • @djgameing3852
      @djgameing3852 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yep

    • @geekoutnerd7882
      @geekoutnerd7882 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Everyone:”I cant wait for the other FT episodes on Avatar“
      MattPat: “FoOd ThEoRy XD”
      I have enjoyed the food theory channel but still don’t forget film theory. I also want to see a film theory on 7 deadly sins.

  • @lobo6285
    @lobo6285 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2170

    Waterbending ain’t science. I’ve been waterbending in my bathtub since I was 4

    • @ssjraikage7874
      @ssjraikage7874 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Killua Uchiha same

    • @trotskuwuuwu788
      @trotskuwuuwu788 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Same and in the pool

    • @hmartin1761
      @hmartin1761 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I do bend water
      Doo Doo Doo door Doo Doo Doo Doo.

    • @coletonnotto9478
      @coletonnotto9478 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Bro I bend fire when I have off and a match

    • @lobo6285
      @lobo6285 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Coleton Notto 💀💀

  • @allinone-tn6ml
    @allinone-tn6ml ปีที่แล้ว +22

    He was telling us about water bending cartoon and suddenly he became science teacher me in the mind : yes sir yeah.

  • @GlamNotFound
    @GlamNotFound 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Just Matpat casually teaching us science with the use of The Avatar

  • @haleyptomey4282
    @haleyptomey4282 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2034

    Here’s a simpler method
    Step one: get in shower
    Step two: put your hand out and water will flow from your finger tips.
    M a g I c

    • @alexkeys776
      @alexkeys776 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Hah, just what I was thinking

    • @TheFlutterQueen
      @TheFlutterQueen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      or is a very tiny form of gravity?

    • @ghostsatelier7652
      @ghostsatelier7652 4 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      Another method:
      Step one: volunteer to wash the dishes
      Step two: hold spoon under the faucet

    • @loaf7970
      @loaf7970 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@ghostsatelier7652why

    • @nickolascrousillat4265
      @nickolascrousillat4265 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Fool you dont know the power of the spoon.

  • @zantheros4927
    @zantheros4927 4 ปีที่แล้ว +705

    When you realize you can also ruin food by bending the water out of them.
    "MY CABBAGES!!!"

    • @twbillionare9568
      @twbillionare9568 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I always feel so bad for that guy

    • @shebehere2452
      @shebehere2452 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Ohhh I miss this fandom

    • @Rusty_Spoons3492
      @Rusty_Spoons3492 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I love all of you.... You remember this show.... Noone at school knows this just "tHe BlUe PeOpLe"

    • @mosessandoval4500
      @mosessandoval4500 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I like this I like this

    • @kayyl680
      @kayyl680 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The cabbage man!!! We stan!!

  • @ZJ4LOSER
    @ZJ4LOSER 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I learned more in this video then I ever did in my 12 years of school.

  • @Phantomjay09
    @Phantomjay09 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Avatar is the second best show of all time. It's got everything I love. Elemental powers, science, and a bit of romance. And if anyone tries to tell me it's a kid show I will throw them to the boiling rock.
    Also how do I start a petition to rename the movie and show to avatar and avatar the not airbender?

    • @sleeping85
      @sleeping85 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      What's the first?

    • @macerunner4674
      @macerunner4674 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@sleeping85 probably breaking bad

    • @Phantomjay09
      @Phantomjay09 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sleeping85 star wars rebels. Insanely underrated show.

    • @Phantomjay09
      @Phantomjay09 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@macerunner4674 good guess, but it's star wars rebels.

    • @stevenbobbybills
      @stevenbobbybills ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Phantomjay09 Rebels, really? I liked it and all, but it doesn't sit with ATLA or BrBa.

  • @davidnguyen5183
    @davidnguyen5183 4 ปีที่แล้ว +602

    Shit last time i was this early, Zuko didn't have a scar...

    • @tomperzelan5775
      @tomperzelan5775 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      But he did have a pride.

    • @HandmadeGoose97
      @HandmadeGoose97 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh no......

    • @liborkozak8938
      @liborkozak8938 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@tomperzelan5775 but most importantly he has his HONOR

    • @lowkeyretarded9244
      @lowkeyretarded9244 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That's rough buddy

    • @seanmorton4689
      @seanmorton4689 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      KINGVIPPER TK “LEEEEEAAAAAAVVVVVEEEEE” -Zuko

  • @mennoberga4133
    @mennoberga4133 4 ปีที่แล้ว +840

    Good video! A few notes from a fanboy:
    1. Bending is explicitly stated not to be considered magic in the world of Avatar. In the first episode of the show, Katara gets angry at Sokka for calling it so.
    2. Water benders don't fully lose their powers during a lunar eclipse, i don't think. After all, the moon isn't around during the day, but that never seems to be an issue. This can be confusing, since the S1 finale included an event called the Lunar Eclipse, which prevented benders from waterbending. However, in that case, the moon itself straight up died, and had to be reincarnated to be restored.
    3. While Iroh invented lightning *redirection* by studying water bending, lightning *bending* itself is not based on waterbending. It's an extremely pure version of firebending, that requires the bender not to use rage as a fuel, which is why so many benders (including Zuko) can't learn it. Lightning redirection has a lower entry bar, since the user only has to understand energy flows - like a waterbender.
    4. Finally, Roku didn't struggle with water because water is a particularly hard element to learn. He struggled, because it was the element opposite to his own (fire). Mentality plays a huge role in bending, and Roku grew up as a firebender. We can see Aang struggle similarly with earthbending, as he has an airbender mentality. Korra seems like an exception to this, since she's a water tribe girl who mastered fire quite easily, but that's because she never really thought like a waterbender per say. Instead, Korra struggled with airbending, the most spiritual element, since she was so focused on becoming a better fighter, as opposed to a better person.
    *[Edit]* Since you read to the end i'll recommend the youtube channel Hello Future Me. It's a guy that talks about principals of storytelling, but he also has a whole bunch of Avatar lore deep dives. I recommend his video on Energybending, which explains some more about bending in general!
    This concludes my essay lol

    • @aaronkisitu4855
      @aaronkisitu4855 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I was thinking about some of these but you went in depth so thanks

    • @sammie_dot7542
      @sammie_dot7542 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I thought i was a huge fan if the show... You just changed how i look at it now 😂😂

    • @exec_rigveda8299
      @exec_rigveda8299 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Pls dont use korra as an exemple.
      Id rather forget she exist.

    • @aaronkisitu4855
      @aaronkisitu4855 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@exec_rigveda8299 tbh korra was pretty disappointing but other than the end it wasn't all garbage

    • @Mufflin
      @Mufflin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Didn't bending come from some life deity. How isn't that considered magic.

  • @thetophattedmonkey8791
    @thetophattedmonkey8791 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    At the end where he says even avatar roku found waterwending tricky is actually explained much earlier in the series when aang fails at earth bending the opposite of air is earth so because aang was an air bender he found earth bending difficult same with roku opposite of fire is water

  • @DennisJayDole
    @DennisJayDole 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    4:16 .... "When this new show comes out." 😭The presumption, implied by this statement, didn't age well.

    • @DennisJayDole
      @DennisJayDole 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's almost as if the only hope for a series to be continued and expanded upon, it would have to be bought up by Disney. 😔

  • @davidyun8396
    @davidyun8396 4 ปีที่แล้ว +540

    Mat: “how to water bend”
    Also Matt: just bend magnetic fields

    • @rightfulfuture4
      @rightfulfuture4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      it's called a magnet suit, duh

    • @cyco5400
      @cyco5400 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Just thinking, wouldn't it also have an effect on the bender themselves? Cuz humans are water too.

    • @mateusmundstock8225
      @mateusmundstock8225 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cyco5400 If the magnetic field is precise enough, you may avoid it. At least that's what I understood

    • @richardconaway9720
      @richardconaway9720 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@cyco5400 plus water is highly dia-magnetic, meaning it's so non-receptive to magnetic manipulation that any such magnetic field would literally bend/attract everything around it INCLUDING the water, there would be no element specific benders if magnetism truly were what was behind bending (we also see benders PULL water toward themselves, which is essentially overriding the diamagnetism of water), and fire is just released energy in the form of ionized air as plasma. so fire bending "might" make sense with the magnet theory as ionization does play well with magnetic fields and in some instances is even the result of localized magnetic fields, but outside of earth and fire a magnetic field driven hypothesis is fairly flawed.

  • @ZolisterOLD
    @ZolisterOLD 4 ปีที่แล้ว +312

    *holds a magnet up to some water
    Matpat: WATERBENDING!!!

  • @oshahott2532
    @oshahott2532 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is high key reminding me of when I was a kid and made a water bending scroll that I kept under my pillow, but threw it away the next morning out of fear that someone would find it and use it 🤣

  • @Mullato_Damage
    @Mullato_Damage 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I want more theories on Avatar! We need the MatPat!

  • @pythonl0rd584
    @pythonl0rd584 4 ปีที่แล้ว +630

    *So you’re saying splashing water with my hand in the pool WASN’T water bending??*

    • @zeusesparza1291
      @zeusesparza1291 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Samuel Ndisa we all loved the same child hood

    • @kryptoes14
      @kryptoes14 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Y E S S I R

    • @gurtsgh
      @gurtsgh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Connor Orchard yeah :)

    • @hxpeskis2988
      @hxpeskis2988 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah

    • @justicemirasty6056
      @justicemirasty6056 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Or water running down my arms in the shower

  • @tmdtommy
    @tmdtommy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +431

    "Screw gravity"
    -Aang the last airbender.

    • @german_pretzel3195
      @german_pretzel3195 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well he isn't the last airbender anymore

    • @Nani-yd1hq
      @Nani-yd1hq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@german_pretzel3195 the last good Avatar so far

    • @kahiraaa
      @kahiraaa 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ~zaheer from legend of korra

    • @aisha5156
      @aisha5156 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sad Frog and Abigale Cooper
      Lo, why though?

    • @gogozeppeli9512
      @gogozeppeli9512 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gravity? Who gives a crap about gravity?

  • @ready_vrgaming774
    @ready_vrgaming774 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Yo there is an episode where Ang water bended water to an octopus shape around his body and covering his body,and he had to hold his breath @TheFilmTheorists

  • @EvilDigDig
    @EvilDigDig ปีที่แล้ว +1

    MAKE Science of waterboarding NEXT!🔥🔥🔥

  • @eaglest0554
    @eaglest0554 4 ปีที่แล้ว +833

    "I laugh at gravity all the time.
    Hehe gravity"

  • @blankclips
    @blankclips 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1000

    “Write that down. Write that down.”

    • @armancole2781
      @armancole2781 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Blank Clips *plays tic tac toe*

    • @armancole2781
      @armancole2781 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      potato cat farmer what does that even mean?

    • @liu2435
      @liu2435 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @potato cat farmer hi earthquake.

    • @chazzanb2160
      @chazzanb2160 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello

    • @imvic99yearsago62
      @imvic99yearsago62 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Your comment reminds me of deku

  • @isaacmurray8490
    @isaacmurray8490 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hey Matpat, I’m here from the theorist fan base! Firstly, I would be very excited to see what you come up with about other bending styles if you continue this series, secondly, with more extensive research, you might find that the theoretical Thai-Chi-esk dances the benders do are actually quite rooted in culture and strong belief, as this belief may have originated from spiritual ideology, it could also hold some scientific reality and is quite appropriate to the show and the idea of bending. Though, to my knowledge, there may not have been any real studies done on these rituals, the idea of the motions and practices that are used in the avatar series are believed to possibly allow one to control spiritual energy that can cause the elements to bend to the will of the practicer. Science has prove that you do have energy in your body and you can emit magnetic fields due to this current. And practice has shown that people, according to some, have felt like these rituals have actually made them feel better in some ways relating to energy. They do say that the mind is a powerful thing, could it be possible that these ritual dances are actually able to allow someone to control their electricity in their body? Maybe even manipulate the magnetic fields they produce? Could that then, if learned to be controlled, allow us to manipulate water?

  • @MizzTwizzArt
    @MizzTwizzArt ปีที่แล้ว +3

    not me learning more about science watching mat pat then in my actual science classes

  • @waxalmighty6355
    @waxalmighty6355 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1372

    My history teacher bought the whole show on disc so whenever we watch a “documentary” we are really watching avatar

    • @sealdew5348
      @sealdew5348 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      That is amazing

    • @Rex_o_roar
      @Rex_o_roar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      You have the best history teacher ever

    • @jarathedragon4175
      @jarathedragon4175 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      because thats what heroes do

    • @gaigeguy339
      @gaigeguy339 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I doubt my little brother would like him
      Ps I’m 99% sure he’s not right mentally

    • @silversonic99
      @silversonic99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      As a kid, I would love this. As an adult, I would be pissed this is how a teacher uses class time.

  • @AustinJASMR
    @AustinJASMR 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1111

    Matpat: "I'll do a theory on each bending style."
    Also Matpat: "Waterbending's the only style, right?"

    • @vincentfreddoyle7555
      @vincentfreddoyle7555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      yeah WE NEED EARTHBENDING!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @omanai
      @omanai 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@vincentfreddoyle7555 YES

    • @moussaahmed6662
      @moussaahmed6662 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@vincentfreddoyle7555 we don't need just earthbending, we need everything

    • @vincentfreddoyle7555
      @vincentfreddoyle7555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@moussaahmed6662 well we’re doing it in order of the intro right?

    • @ErisEntropy
      @ErisEntropy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I mean, to be fair, this is film theory and The Last Airbender died at book 1.

  • @kratoesdoomsday821
    @kratoesdoomsday821 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Matpat you are my all-time favorite scientist ever god bless you!😁

  • @silent_cyan2792
    @silent_cyan2792 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ok was not expecting to scroll through and find something like this but WORTH IT! :3

  • @quacker7581
    @quacker7581 4 ปีที่แล้ว +330

    When I was a kid I would stand in the shower and stick my hand out and water would trickle off my fingers thinking I was the secret first water bender and didn’t tell anybody because I was afraid the government would take me away and experiment on me

    • @afeatherinthewind
      @afeatherinthewind 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I felt that way whenever it got super windy while I was moody or playing with the wind between my fingers on car rides with the window down lol

    • @echorolls7186
      @echorolls7186 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I used to blow on fire and I thought I was a firebender

    • @ro9542
      @ro9542 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I used to throw rocks and think I was a earth bender

    • @lucasbwh2664
      @lucasbwh2664 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      I used to throw a boomerang and think i was sokka

    • @YeetBS
      @YeetBS 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Watr bendr

  • @marzizzo
    @marzizzo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +466

    "even avatar roku said that water bending was particularly hard for him to learn"
    cuz he was born a FIREBENDER

    • @onigiri2659
      @onigiri2659 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      That has some correlation, but the real reason was that it was the polar opposite from what he was originally capable. think of it as a born-given talent, you were born with it so that naturally means that you're good at it, but just because you already have one doesn't mean you can learn more. and also, in irl cases, some people have an ability to learn other talents really easily, mainly because they have really good listening skills. and if you rewatch all of Roku's interactions, you'll know that he isn't the type to listen to what his sister says. Sure, he does listen to his master, or does he? In a couple of episodes, we can clearly see him disobeying his master. Roku just isn't the type to really listen. I can prove this by using Aang. Now, Aang IS an Air Bender so that means that he can just learn all of the elements really easily, but even he has a hard time with Earth bending, mainly because of two reasons. One is that Earth Bending is the complete opposite of Air Bending, just like how Water Bending is also a complete opposite of Fire Bending. And for the second reason, he's just really stubborn. you can see him be really stubborn in some episodes. Because of this stubborness is how he has a hard time learning it. The only reason he eventually got the hang of it isn't because of the training he did, but it was because Air is all the other elements weakness, Air could easily control all of the other elements. So in Roku's, and all the other character's case, literally everyone could learn all of the other elements in the show. It's just because that the elements are weakened by other elements on the table. But that's just a theory, A MICRO THEORY. AND CUT. (you get it? Like the film theory thi- ok, I'll leave)

    • @NuggetGX
      @NuggetGX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Utsubyō Nikorasu that deserved alot more than 2 likes lol

    • @radhikaparkhi1856
      @radhikaparkhi1856 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Utsubyō Nikorasu woahhhhhhh I bow down to you, Sifu Long Paragraph.

    • @marzizzo
      @marzizzo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Utsubyō Nikorasu okay so the first part: yes, that’s the point i was trying to make by saying that he’s a firebender, water is his opposite so it’s especially hard for him to learn. secondly, i don’t actually remember roku’s sister or really much of his master, although i could just be forgetting things? thirdly, ya aang had an especially difficult time with earth bending because it’s the opposite of air bending. that’s why he was stubborn. water and fire came so easily to him, so the second he couldn’t just effortlessly do something, he lost all momentum and faith in himself and was convinced that he’d never be able to do it (similar as what happens to kids in gifted programs who grow up believing that they’re smart and things coming easily but not developing a good work ethic because of this so when they don’t immediately understand something, it’s shattering). as for your last points, i don’t get what you said about airbenders being superior and uhhh are you saying that anyone could learn all the elements? cuz nope just the avatar has that ability as per the show’s canon. good comment though, i enjoyed reading and responding

    • @carndela7032
      @carndela7032 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Holy cow this is the big brain comment section I’m only halfway through ep3 and can’t really go crazy over this

  • @glenjennett
    @glenjennett 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The part I liked most about the show is when Aang had to open up his chakra points. It was so accurate.

  • @kingwaffles7949
    @kingwaffles7949 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love the intro

  • @DurdenTyler001
    @DurdenTyler001 4 ปีที่แล้ว +734

    Mat Pat is going to be the Bill Nye to the kids that see his show on Nickelodeon

    • @batandcat0508
      @batandcat0508 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      He even quotes Bill Nye in the Appa Segment. It's great!

    • @leonardusrakapradayan2253
      @leonardusrakapradayan2253 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The next Bill Nye

    • @spaceguy5547
      @spaceguy5547 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      MatPat the Theory Guy

    • @MrMrdreary
      @MrMrdreary 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agree, a new science guy is required. And Nickelodeon could make it happen

    • @Rezumi
      @Rezumi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The show even feels like a bill nye spiritual successor.

  • @pickleman9203
    @pickleman9203 4 ปีที่แล้ว +245

    Avatar: *exist*
    Matpat: But then THE THEORY NATION ATTACKED!

    • @Chaos0f7ife
      @Chaos0f7ife 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      What would our abilities be?
      *Theorist Punch!*

    • @Ze_eT
      @Ze_eT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Avatar: *exist*
      Korra: *IM THE AVATAR YOU GOTTA DEAL WITH IT!*

    • @Nina-ly6kb
      @Nina-ly6kb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Chaos0f7ife Screaming ,,BUT HEY,THAT'S JUST A THEORY" to our enemies

    • @stekki9114
      @stekki9114 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Chaos0f7ife One will be to make you doubt your very existence!!! XD

    • @Swampbomb
      @Swampbomb 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You stole my line i will not swear as i respect mat pat

  • @missicequeen2963
    @missicequeen2963 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the theories on the other bending types

  • @firegirl4707
    @firegirl4707 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    hey matpat? remember how you said you were gonna do an episode on each bending? is lee doing that now? cause i'm stiiiiiill waiting...

  • @aidyplays1013
    @aidyplays1013 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1441

    I like how Firebending is about powerful voice, Earthbending is physical strength, waterbending is patience and then you got Airbending. Newton's worst fear.

    • @sapphirethegrrem
      @sapphirethegrrem 2 ปีที่แล้ว +178

      Newton: *Running away*
      Airbending: "Why are you running? Why are you running?"

    • @aidyplays1013
      @aidyplays1013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@sapphirethegrrem Haha, very funny!

    • @pineforest1442
      @pineforest1442 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Ha!

    • @lsaua
      @lsaua 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Ironic because airbending is about peace and being not threatening

    • @sunburststudi0s224
      @sunburststudi0s224 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Airbending: hello there!
      Newton: OH GOD

  • @themcflurryman2525
    @themcflurryman2525 4 ปีที่แล้ว +845

    The most under rated line on the show is:
    I laugh at gravity all the time, ahaha gravity

    • @Jobe-13
      @Jobe-13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      And how the storyteller indirectly calls the air nomads “air walkers”.

    • @puffy_doritos_gacha516
      @puffy_doritos_gacha516 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I rlly Thought for second that you commented that 19 years ago

    • @Cr0wM0ther
      @Cr0wM0ther 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      hmm... delicous tea or a terrible poisoning?

    • @AcePlayzRBLX
      @AcePlayzRBLX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *standing on the ground

    • @mr.fishstick_yt9955
      @mr.fishstick_yt9955 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Dapper Magikarp hmm... delectable tea or deadly poison

  • @camilabecker883
    @camilabecker883 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I started watching food theory, now I’m binge watching every video from every one of your channels

  • @shaziaraza1472
    @shaziaraza1472 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Matpat can be a very good science teacher

  • @redflare4367
    @redflare4367 3 ปีที่แล้ว +225

    So if I can strap enough magnets to myself then I can repel anyone that tries to talk to me? Awesome

    • @reentrysfs6317
      @reentrysfs6317 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Water has feelings

    • @reentrysfs6317
      @reentrysfs6317 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Frozen 2 doesn’t care about the moon

    • @chaosstatus
      @chaosstatus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The magnets would also repel you, so you’d be kind of compressed. Fair price to pay to avoid people 😂

    • @alexcrazy1492
      @alexcrazy1492 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But you’ll repel yourself too

    • @ahmedemad3273
      @ahmedemad3273 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I can do that without magnets ......

  • @OliveLeader
    @OliveLeader 4 ปีที่แล้ว +285

    The Avatar seasons were amazing but everything changed when the live action film attacked

    • @soupismultitasking144
      @soupismultitasking144 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      there is no film

    • @OliveLeader
      @OliveLeader 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@soupismultitasking144 There is

    • @soupismultitasking144
      @soupismultitasking144 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@OliveLeader there is no movie just like there is no war in ba sing se

    • @OliveLeader
      @OliveLeader 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@soupismultitasking144 Haha. Well there isn't a good film of Avatar The Last Airbender

    • @umar3507
      @umar3507 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The live action film: -😖
      The cartoon last airbender: -🙂
      Legend of korra: -🙃

  • @JakeyzPlayz
    @JakeyzPlayz ปีที่แล้ว +5

    WAIT… what about the HEALING!

  • @The_Reaper_8061
    @The_Reaper_8061 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That syringe experiment is so cool, this is why this kind of science is fascinating to me

  • @agentmichagan3222
    @agentmichagan3222 4 ปีที่แล้ว +227

    I love how people are still talking about ATLA in 2019. It really shows how great this show is.

    • @tinytuzi8167
      @tinytuzi8167 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @AgentMichagan,
      It was a masterpiece!

    • @williamsmith1213
      @williamsmith1213 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I've now got the urge to watch it again

    • @GnogginGnome
      @GnogginGnome 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      William Smith same but it’s not on Netflix or Hulu 😭

    • @beard6329
      @beard6329 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GnogginGnome other stream able platforms/websites do exist that are free.

    • @holczy0
      @holczy0 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GnogginGnome Its on HBO so i can watch it anytime, consider buying it if you like ATLA or LOK

  • @Wikwil
    @Wikwil 4 ปีที่แล้ว +363

    8:01 Everybody gangsta until Aang starts T-Posing

  • @Jade_Dragon
    @Jade_Dragon 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please do the other elements 🥺 this is amazing!

  • @pkpk6471
    @pkpk6471 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This experiment is so cool

  • @kingkung995
    @kingkung995 4 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    If mat pat was my science teacher I'd never wanna leave

  • @IshijimaKairo
    @IshijimaKairo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +363

    "water bending get's some solid evidence"
    nah, it get's liquid evidence

    • @crimsonstone3627
      @crimsonstone3627 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bruh lol 😆

    • @lob1n
      @lob1n 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      NO!!!!

    • @IshijimaKairo
      @IshijimaKairo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lob1n What, scared of the truth?

    • @lob1n
      @lob1n 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dedicated Random yes I am

    • @yakijacob
      @yakijacob 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Leave

  • @topher6519
    @topher6519 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If Avatars can use all the bending styles, does that make them…. Atom benders?

  • @kammy6340
    @kammy6340 ปีที่แล้ว

    We need the other 3 elements MatPat. It's been 3 years. Let's go!!!

  • @ambermiller1321
    @ambermiller1321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +552

    The only thing I remember from Avatar the last airbender is the cabbage guy....."mY cAbBaGeS"

  • @juliansamek2555
    @juliansamek2555 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6322

    Isn't it also interesting that the waterbenders live at the poles, where there is a stronger magnetic field... just an interesting thought...
    Edit: holy f*** how did this happen... senpai noticed me!!

  • @deysimartinez6294
    @deysimartinez6294 ปีที่แล้ว

    I learn more science here at your channel then I ever did at school

  • @dazabella1694
    @dazabella1694 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    matt pat + nick= legend:)