Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 0097368523449
Format: Animated
Label: Paramount Home Video / Nickelodeon
Languages: Array
Manufacturer: Paramount Home Video / Nickelodeon
MPN: PARD852344D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount Home Video / Nickelodeon
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-10-30
Running Time: 123
Studio: Paramount Home Video / Nickelodeon
Theatrical Release Date: 2005-02-21

Aang, Katara, Sokka and Toph are going undercover to infiltrate the Fire Nation. Their goal is to get to the Palace where they hope to confront and defeat the evil and powerful Firelord. Along the way they learn that the people of the Fire Nation have the same needs and desires as everyone else in the world.
Avatar the Last Airbender: Book 3, Volume 1 is a slightly unusual suite of episodes in the Avatar canon, as the majority of programs are even more comical than usual. Not that the five shows included on this disc lack seriousness: the long-running series now finds young Aang (the once and future avatar destined to reunite the world’s four estranged nations) and his traveling companions behind enemy lines in the Fire Nation, disguised as colonists. In "Awakening," Aang arises--with a surprising headful of dark hair--from several weeks of unconsciousness (due to the injuries he sustained during a battle for Ba Sing Se) aboard a captured Fire Nation warship. Though he finds old friends Sokka, Toph, and Katara nearby, all urging him not to take matters in his own hands, Aang ultimately feels compelled to go head-to-head with the Fire Lord before he is ready. The result forces Aang and the others to remain incognito, setting up subsequent episodes in which the heroes are forced to lay low and find something else to do with their time besides fight adversaries. In "The Headband," Aang enrolls in a Fire Nation school, where his eyes are opened to such ordinary experiences as dealing with a campus bully and getting a hard time from strict teachers. In "The Painted Lady," Aang, Sokka, Katara, and Toph visit an impoverished fishing village and have to repress their typical instinct to help lest they be recognized as outsiders. (An alternative is found.) "Sokka’s Master," in some ways the most enjoyable episode here, finds Sokka feeling useless because he doesn’t possess powers similar to his mates. His solution: talk a master swordsman into taking him on as an apprentice. Finally, the most unexpected story in this collection is "The Beach," in which Prince Zuko, Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee--all of whom are back in the Fire Nation, too--take an awkward holiday but end up learning a lot about one another.

Meanwhile, Zuko--following his extended banishment from the Fire Nation--discovers that his father welcoming again, but only because his manipulative sister, Princess Azula, has falsely told everyone that Zuko killed Aang. Fearing that his father will disown him again, Zuko chooses not to tell the truth and works on having Aang quietly assassinated. Where Zuko had been more of a complete human being during his exile, he’s back to being a monster again, going so far as to keep his dutiful uncle, Iroh, in a dark, dank prison. --Tom Keogh

Customer Rating:
Summary: 3rd Season is amazing - can't wait for next DVD
Comment: I'm a 42-year-old mother of a 7 1/2-year-old and I love this series in my own right. I have every next DVD pre-ordered. The story line is psychologically intricate and interesting. The martial arts are well done - particularly with the isolation of one particular type of move to represent the different nations. The focus is not even on the fighting but on character development and interactions and plot development. This is a great series not just for children but for adults as well - even adults without children. In fact, I like the story more than my son, who would put pokemon and some others ahead of Avatar. Avatar is more complex that other stories of its genre and done very well. The first 2 books were indeed spectacular but I can barely wait for the next DVD to come out in this exciting 3rd season. I guess the first 2 seasons have done a great job of building up the story line to make each dvd of the 3rd season awaited with intense anticipation.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: FINALLY
Comment: I love avatar and after the showdown with azula at ba sing se we awaited eagerly for book 3 fire. nick promised somewhere in june 2006 and we got september 2007! (a bit late huh?) for a while it looked like aang had wandered into another iceburg... until this came on. Now aang, the kid who can bend air has hair! a shocking fashion change for avatar fans! The kids now go undercover in the fire nation to plan the invasion of the fire nation so aang can defeat the fire lord and save the world! the first few eppisodes on here are sortta disappointing but promises to be the best season yet!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: A big disappointment
Comment: This is a big disappointment for my whole family. We loved book 1&2 which is fascinating and educational. But book 3 is shallow and dumb, too much focus on dating and popularity contest. Not suitable for little kids.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Love It!
Comment: The whole family loves the Avatar - "the boy who can bend air, with no hair!"

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Avatar the Last Airbender
Comment: My family love to watch the collection of Avatar, it is good teaching of
positive and negetive power within everyone. My boys like to be the hero
as Avator to save the world.

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