List of Avatar: The Last Airbender episodes

Avatar: The Last Airbender is an American animated television series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko for Nickelodeon. It premiered on February 21, 2005, with two episodes, ^[1] and ended its three-season run on July 19, 2008, with the finale that also serves as a one-hour television film. ^[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] In addition to the three seasons, there were two recap episodes and three "shorts". The first recap summarized the first seventeen 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. There are also sub-elements, such as metal, ice, and lightning. 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 Fire, Air, Water, and Earth. The series takes place 100 years after the Fire Nation declared war against all other nations and has killed off all airbenders in search of 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, Katara, Sokka, and later Toph, 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

Book	Name	Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
1	Water	20		February 21, 2005 (2005-02-21)	December 2, 2005 (2005-12-02)
2	Earth	20		March 17, 2006 (2006-03-17)	December 1, 2006 (2006-12-01)
3	Fire	21		September 21, 2007 (2007-09-21)	July 19, 2008 (2008-07-19)

Episodes

Book One: Water (2005)

Main article: Avatar: The Last Airbender season 1

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code  [lower-alpha 1]
1	1	"The Boy in the Iceberg"	Dave Filoni	Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko Additional writing by: Aaron Ehasz, Peter Goldfinger & Josh Stolberg	February 21, 2005 (2005-02-21)	101
2	2	"The Avatar Returns"	Dave Filoni	Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko Additional writing by: Aaron Ehasz, Peter Goldfinger & Josh Stolberg	February 21, 2005 (2005-02-21)	102
3	3	"The Southern Air Temple"	Lauren MacMullan	Michael Dante DiMartino	February 25, 2005 (2005-02-25)	103
4	4	"The Warriors of Kyoshi"	Giancarlo Volpe	Nick Malis	March 4, 2005 (2005-03-04)	104
5	5	"The King of Omashu"	Anthony Lioi	John O'Bryan	March 18, 2005 (2005-03-18)	105
6	6	"Imprisoned"	Dave Filoni	Matthew Hubbard	March 25, 2005 (2005-03-25)	106
7	7	"Winter Solstice, Part 1: The Spirit World"	Lauren MacMullan	Aaron Ehasz	April 8, 2005 (2005-04-08)	107
8	8	"Winter Solstice, Part 2: Avatar Roku"	Giancarlo Volpe	Michael Dante DiMartino	April 15, 2005 (2005-04-15)	108
9	9	"The Waterbending Scroll"	Anthony Lioi	John O'Bryan	April 29, 2005 (2005-04-29)	109
10	10	"Jet"	Dave Filoni	James Eagan	May 6, 2005 (2005-05-06)	110
11	11	"The Great Divide"	Giancarlo Volpe	John O'Bryan	May 20, 2005 (2005-05-20)	111
12	12	"The Storm"	Lauren MacMullan	Aaron Ehasz	June 3, 2005 (2005-06-03)	112
13	13	"The Blue Spirit"	Dave Filoni	Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko	June 17, 2005 (2005-06-17)	113
14	14	"The Fortuneteller"	Dave Filoni	Aaron Ehasz & John O'Bryan	September 23, 2005 (2005-09-23)	114
15	15	"Bato of the Water Tribe"	Giancarlo Volpe	Ian Wilcox	October 7, 2005 (2005-10-07)	115
16	16	"The Deserter"	Lauren MacMullan	Tim Hedrick	October 21, 2005 (2005-10-21)	116
17	17	"The Northern Air Temple"	Dave Filoni	Elizabeth Welch	November 4, 2005 (2005-11-04)	117
18	18	"The Waterbending Master"	Giancarlo Volpe	Michael Dante DiMartino	November 18, 2005 (2005-11-18)	118
19	19	"The Siege of the North"	Lauren MacMullan	John O'Bryan	December 2, 2005 (2005-12-02)	119
20	20		Dave Filoni	Aaron Ehasz		120

Book Two: Earth (2006)

Main article: Avatar: The Last Airbender season 2

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code  [lower-alpha 1]	U.S. viewers (millions)
21	1	"The Avatar State"	Giancarlo Volpe	Aaron Ehasz, Elizabeth Welch, Tim Hedrick & John O'Bryan	March 17, 2006 (2006-03-17)	201	N/A
22	2	"The Cave of Two Lovers"	Lauren MacMullan	Joshua Hamilton	March 24, 2006 (2006-03-24)	202	N/A
23	3	"Return to Omashu"	Ethan Spaulding	Elizabeth Welch	April 7, 2006 (2006-04-07)	203	N/A
24	4	"The Swamp"	Giancarlo Volpe	Tim Hedrick	April 14, 2006 (2006-04-14)	204	2.7 [4]
25	5	"Avatar Day"	Lauren MacMullan	John O'Bryan	April 28, 2006 (2006-04-28)	205	N/A
26	6	"The Blind Bandit"	Ethan Spaulding	Michael Dante DiMartino	May 5, 2006 (2006-05-05)	206	N/A
27	7	"Zuko Alone"	Lauren MacMullan	Elizabeth Welch	May 12, 2006 (2006-05-12)	207	N/A
28	8	"The Chase"	Giancarlo Volpe	Joshua Hamilton	May 26, 2006 (2006-05-26)	208	N/A
29	9	"Bitter Work"	Ethan Spaulding	Aaron Ehasz	June 2, 2006 (2006-06-02)	209	N/A
30	10	"The Library"	Giancarlo Volpe	John O'Bryan	July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14)	210	N/A
31	11	"The Desert"	Lauren MacMullan	Tim Hedrick	July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14)	211	N/A
32	12	"The Serpent's Pass"	Ethan Spaulding	Michael Dante DiMartino & Joshua Hamilton	September 15, 2006 (2006-09-15)	212	4.1 [5]
33	13	"The Drill"	Giancarlo Volpe	Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko	September 15, 2006 (2006-09-15)	213	4.1 [5]
34	14	"City of Walls and Secrets"	Lauren MacMullan	Tim Hedrick	September 22, 2006 (2006-09-22)	214	N/A
35	15	"The Tales of Ba Sing Se"	Ethan Spaulding	See note for screenwriters [lower-alpha 2]	September 29, 2006 (2006-09-29)	215	N/A
36	16	"Appa's Lost Days"	Giancarlo Volpe	Elizabeth Welch	October 13, 2006 (2006-10-13)	216	N/A
37	17	"Lake Laogai"	Lauren MacMullan	Tim Hedrick	November 3, 2006 (2006-11-03)	217	N/A
38	18	"The Earth King"	Ethan Spaulding	John O'Bryan	November 17, 2006 (2006-11-17)	218	N/A
39	19	"The Guru"	Giancarlo Volpe	Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko	December 1, 2006 (2006-12-01)	219	4.4 [6]
40	20	"The Crossroads of Destiny"	Michael Dante DiMartino	Aaron Ehasz	December 1, 2006 (2006-12-01)	220	4.4

Book Three: Fire (2007–08)

Main article: Avatar: The Last Airbender season 3

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code  [lower-alpha 1]	U.S. viewers (millions)
41	1	"The Awakening"	Giancarlo Volpe	Aaron Ehasz	September 21, 2007 (2007-09-21)	301	N/A
42	2	"The Headband"	Joaquim Dos Santos	John O'Bryan	September 28, 2007 (2007-09-28)	302	N/A
43	3	"The Painted Lady"	Ethan Spaulding	Joshua Hamilton	October 5, 2007 (2007-10-05)	303	N/A
44	4	"Sokka's Master"	Giancarlo Volpe	Tim Hedrick	October 12, 2007 (2007-10-12)	304	N/A
45	5	"The Beach"	Joaquim Dos Santos	Katie Mattila	October 19, 2007 (2007-10-19)	305	N/A
46	6	"The Avatar and the Fire Lord"	Ethan Spaulding	Elizabeth Welch	October 26, 2007 (2007-10-26)	306	N/A
47	7	"The Runaway"	Giancarlo Volpe	Joshua Hamilton	November 2, 2007 (2007-11-02)	307	N/A
48	8	"The Puppetmaster"	Joaquim Dos Santos	Tim Hedrick	November 9, 2007 (2007-11-09)	308	N/A
49	9	"Nightmares and Daydreams"	Ethan Spaulding	John O'Bryan	November 16, 2007 (2007-11-16)	309	N/A
50	10	"The Day of Black Sun"	Giancarlo Volpe	Michael Dante DiMartino	November 30, 2007 (2007-11-30)	310	3.77 [7]
51	11		Joaquim Dos Santos	Aaron Ehasz		311
52	12	"The Western Air Temple"	Ethan Spaulding	Elizabeth Welch & Tim Hedrick	July 14, 2008 (2008-07-14)	312	N/A
53	13	"The Firebending Masters"	Giancarlo Volpe	John O'Bryan	July 15, 2008 (2008-07-15)	313	N/A
54	14	"The Boiling Rock"	Joaquim Dos Santos	May Chan	July 16, 2008 (2008-07-16)	314	3.97 [8]
55	15		Ethan Spaulding	Joshua Hamilton		315
56	16	"The Southern Raiders"	Joaquim Dos Santos	Elizabeth Welch	July 17, 2008 (2008-07-17)	316	4.23 [8]
57	17	"The Ember Island Players"	Giancarlo Volpe	Tim Hedrick, Joshua Hamilton & John O'Bryan	July 18, 2008 (2008-07-18)	317	4.53 [8]
58	18	"Sozin's Comet"	Ethan Spaulding	Michael Dante DiMartino	July 19, 2008 (2008-07-19)	318	5.59 [8]
59	19		Giancarlo Volpe	Aaron Ehasz		319
60	20		Joaquim Dos Santos	Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko		320
61	21		Joaquim Dos Santos	Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko		321

Home media release

Region 1

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. Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Complete Series DVD box set featuring all three books was released in North America on October 6, 2015. ^[9] A Blu-ray version of The Complete Series box set was released in North America on June 5, 2018 in honor of the tenth anniversary of the series finale. ^[10]

Volume	Book One: Water			Book Two: Earth			Book Three: Fire
	Released	Discs	Episodes	Released	Discs	Episodes	Released	Discs	Episodes
1	January 31, 2006 [11]	1	4	January 23, 2007	1	5	October 30, 2007	1	5
2	March 28, 2006 [11]	1	4	April 10, 2007	1	5	January 22, 2008	1	5
3	May 30, 2006 [11]	1	4	May 22, 2007	1	5	July 29, 2008	1	5
4	July 18, 2006 [11]	1	4	August 14, 2007	1	5	September 2, 2008	1	6
5	September 19, 2006 [11]	1	4	20			21
Box set	September 19, 2006 [11]	6 [12]	20 [12]	September 11, 2007	5 [13]	20 [13]	September 16, 2008	5 [14]	21 [14]
Collector's Edition	June 22, 2010 [11]	7 [15]	20	There is no collector's edition for this season.			There is no collector's edition for this season.
Complete Series DVD box set	October 6, 2015 [9]	16 (Paramount Pictures) [16]	61 (Paramount Pictures)
Complete Series Blu-ray box set	May 1, 2018 (Best Buy); June 5, 2018 (Elsewhere); [17] February 18, 2020 (Steelbook) [18]	9	54 (Paramount Pictures)

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; ^[19] each DVD was released months after the original release. As with the original DVDs, each set contained five episodes on one disc, ^{[19] [20] [21] [22] [23]} with the exception of The Complete Book One Collection Box Set, which contained all of the twenty episodes in the season on five discs. ^[24] In the Netherlands, all episodes came out in a box.

Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Complete Series DVD box set featuring all three books was released in the United Kingdom on August 6, 2012. ^[25] A Blu-ray version of The Complete Series box set was released in the United Kingdom on June 11, 2018. ^[26]

Volume	Book One: Water			Book Two: Earth			Book Three: Fire
	Released	Discs	Episodes	Released	Discs	Episodes	Released	Discs	Episodes
1	February 19, 2007 [19]	1	4	Not released	1	5	Not released	1	5
2	June 4, 2007 [20]	1	4	Not released	1	5	Not released	1	5
3	September 3, 2007 [21]	1	4	Not released	1	5	Not released	1	5
4	February 18, 2008 [22]	1	4	Not released	1	5	Not released	1	6
5	May 26, 2008 [23]	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 [27]	5	20	July 20, 2009 [28]	4	20	February 1, 2010 [29]	4	21
Complete Series DVD box set	August 6, 2012 [25]	13	61
Complete Series Blu-ray box set	June 11, 2018 [26]	9	54

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 One: Water			Book Two: Earth			Book Three: Fire
	Released	Discs	Episodes	Released	Discs	Episodes	Released	Discs	Episodes
1	March 15, 2007 [30] [31]	1	4	June 4, 2009 [32]	1	5	June 3, 2010 [33]	1	5
2	July 5, 2007 [34]	1	4	August 4, 2009 [35]	1	5	September 23, 2010 [36]	1	5
3	March 13, 2008 [37]	1	4	October 29, 2009 [38]	1	5	October 7, 2010 [39]	1	5
4	June 19, 2008 [40]	1	4	March 31, 2010 [41]	1	5	November 4, 2010 [42]	1	6
5	March 5, 2009 [43] [44]	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 [45] [46]	5	20	September 9, 2010 [47]	4	20	December 2, 2010 [48]	4	21
Complete Series Blu-ray box set	November 14, 2018 [49]	9	54

See also

• List of The Legend of Korra episodes

Notes

1. Production code format is taken from episode commentary for "Sozin's Comet: The Phoenix King".
2. "The Tales of Ba Sing Se" is a collection of short stories that each have their own writer(s); they are as followed:
   • The Tale of Toph and Katara: Joann Estoesta & Lisa Wahlander
   • The Tale of Iroh: Andrew Huebner
   • The Tale of Aang: Gary Scheppke
   • The Tale of Sokka: Lauren MacMullan
   • The Tale of Zuko: Katie Mattila
   • The Tale of Momo: Justin Ridge & Giancarlo Volpe

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• "Season 3". IGN. Retrieved July 21, 2008.

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