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The Fortuneteller ranks 95,987 out of all 115,118 episodes (of all shows) on TV.com.

Avatar: The Last Airbender fans have written a total of 98 reviews of The Fortuneteller.

Air Date

Friday September 23, 2005

Production Code

114

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When the group tries to help a man who is being attacked by a platypus-bear, they discover that the local town has a fortuneteller named Aunt Wu in it, who has been forecasting the town's fate for years, but when Sokka and Aang discover one of the fortuneteller's most vital predictions is dead wrong, they have to develop a plan to convince the stubborn townspeople that their beloved Aunt Wu was wrong. Will they manage to save the village in time, or will Aang fail in his duty as the avatar?

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  9.5 Superb

  Aang and the gang meet a fortune teller in a village whom everyone believes is true. When the gang see that she is wrong, they try to convince the villagers to change their views. hide « show »

  I really liked this episode! I got chills down my spine in the end when Aang was airbending the lava to stop it from destroying the village. On a nearby hill, Katara and Sokka are watching. Sokka tells Katara that he often forgets how powerful a bender Aang is. Katara stiffens, and asks Sokka to keep repeating it. She is shocked because the fortune teller told her she would fall in love and marry a powerful bender one day. Aang spied on the fortune teller and Katara when this was said, and he was happy because he thought the powerful bender was him.

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  trm6 Added Jan 18, 2009 All my reviews
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  9.5 Superb

  Now we got an episode based on fortune telling! hide « show »

  As our heroes continue on their great adventure, they stumble upon a man in trouble! This is the first episode where we see a platypus bear! The gang tries to figure put ways to save him, but Appa does that by caring the platypus bear away since he has a louder roar and is bigger than he is. That was funny when he dropped an egg! Next they come to a town that has a master fortune teller, where she is really good at predicting the future and what is in store for other people who see her. Ya know what's really juicy? Aang and Katara trying to find out who could be their best love, signs that they were meant for each other and to get shipped people! That part was awesome, there's also a girl in this episode who has a crush on Aang, but later in the epsiode she finds out about what Aang was trying to do, and she said its tough when you love someone but they don't love you back. The ultimate plot for this episode was that some of the fortune teller's predictions were wrong when they saw an active volcano's lava rising, and the best part was that they changed the clouds to change fate! Good thing the town was saved, but Sokka doesn't like that guy when he keeps saying the fortune teller's predictions still ended up being right after all!

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  Count_Dracula08 Added Oct 27, 2008 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  The group finds a fortuneteller and find out there fortune... hide « show »

  The Gaang finds a village who has a fortuneteller. The village relies on her fortune for the outcome of there lives. The fortuneteller also tells the village whether a nearby volcano will destroy the village. She says that it will not be destroyed by the volcano. When Aang and Sokka travel up to the volcano they figure out that it is active and can erupt at any time. All they have to do is pursade the village that the volcano will erupt but they are too stuborn to listen and they do not belive them. The Gaang must go under deep circumstances to get the fortuneteller to say that the volcano will erupt so they can save the village. I think this episode deserves a ten because it was well written and suspenseful.

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  KingofSpades209 Added Oct 10, 2008 All my reviews
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  8.7 Great

  Ironic hide « show »

  Nobody get to notice that this episode was truly ironic?
  Get this Aang, Katara & Sokka arrive at a village that is driven by the predictions of an old fortuneteller but Sokka its so determined to proove that the old lady its just a crazy old women and a liar that he ends prooving otherwise check it:
  "The volcano will not destroy the village" the old woman said but Sokka proove otherwise but in the end Aang and their friends end up stoping the volcano from destroying the village so, in the end... the prediction of the old lady was right!!
  Truly ironic... :):)

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  Katara0017 Added Sep 5, 2008 All my reviews
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  9.8 Superb

  This episode is about the gAang going to a simple village to find that they are borderline brainwashed by fortune telling. Aang must convince them to be more independent. hide « show »

  This episode was so funny I could barely breathe. Sokka's remarks always give me a good laugh, but this episode was incredible. The way the creators made fun of people who are slaves to fortune telling was perfection. I couldn't think up a better way to portray they're obsession if I tried. The quotes in this episode were legendary and the Kataang it held was the key to its success as well, IMO. With both of those epic wins how could this episode NOT be amazing? Me and my cousin always repeat multiple parts of the episode to each other and then laugh our butts off. This was definitely one of my favourite episodes in the series, and I don't think it'll ever get old.

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  isabelwhatx Added Aug 22, 2008 All my reviews

• Guest Cast

  • Tsai Chin Aunt Wu
  • Clyde Kusatsu Calm Man
  • Jessie Flower Meng
  • Cameron Monaghan Twin #1/Twin #2

• Backgroundss

  • Elsa Garagarza n/a

• Storyboard Artists

  • Justin Ridge Storyboard Artist
  • Ian Graham Storyboard Artist
  • Miyuki Hoshikawa Storyboard Artist
  • Dave Filoni Storyboard Artist

• Head Writers

  • Aaron Ehasz Head Writer

• Co-Producers

  • Aaron Ehasz Co-Producer

• Line Producers

  • Miken Lee Wong Line Producer

• Musics

  • Benjamin Wynn Music
  • Jeremy Zuckerman Music

• Staff Writers

  • Elizabeth Welch Ehasz Staff Writer
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• When the turkey-goose is pulling Sokka's wolf-tail, it turns the same color as the fuzz on his head. edit »
• The volcano is called Mt. Makapu, meaning 'bulging eye' in Hawaiian. edit »
• According to Aunt Wu, Katara will live to see her grandchildrens' third child, and she will pass away while she is asleep. edit »

• This episode is in the Avatar: The Last Airbender Book 1: Water, Volume 4 DVD, along with The Blue Spirit, Bato of the Water Tribe, and The Deserter. edit »
• The voice actor of Meng (Jessie Flower) was later re-casted as Toph in the second season. edit »
• The symbolic cloud formations read by Aunt Wu foreshadow events later in the episode, and perhaps later in the series. The bending arrow is referring to the arrows tattooed on master airbenders, and the bending is referring to, well, bending the air. The "wavy moon" cloud is referring to waves, which is obviously referring to water, and the moon, whose gravitational pull is what creates waves in the ocean, is important to waterbending (as indicated in Siege of the North). The cumulus cloud with the twisted knot coming off the end of it can be interpreted in several ways. In the word "cumulus," "cum" means "together" or "with," as in "cumulative." ("Cum" comes from the Latin word "cum," meaning "with.") The knot also represents tying together. edit »

• Twin 1: I'm an earthbender!
  Twin 2: I'm not! edit »
• Villager: Aunt Wu reads from the clouds whether or not our village will be destroyed by the volcano.
  Aang: Hey, that cloud looks like a fluffy bunny!
  Villager: You'd better hope that's not it. The fluffy bunny cloud symbolizes death and destruction.
  Sokka: Do you realize what you just said? edit »
• Aang: So, Sokka, you know some stuff about ladies, right?
  Sokka: Some stuff? You've come to the right place. What can I do you for?
  Aang: Well, there's this girl...
  Sokka: (thinking of Meng) I think I know who you mean.
  Aang: You do? And you're okay with it?
  Sokka: Of course I am. And, to tell you the truth, I've been picking up the subtle vibe that she likes you too.
  Aang: She does?
  Sokka: Oh yeah, she's crazy about ya. All you have to do now is not mess it up.
  Aang: Well, how do I do that?
  Sokka: The number one mistake nice guys like you make: being too nice.
  Aang: You can be too nice?
  Sokka: Yup. If you want to keep her interested you have to act aloof, like you don't really care one way or the other.
  Aang: Well...okay.
  Meng: Hey Aang, I was wondering- Aang: See ya later.
  (Aang leaves)
  Sokka: Wow, that kid is good. edit »

• The Chinese character for wu means witch, the symbol is for wizard, sorcerer, witch, shaman.
  
  The Chinese character for meng means to dream, the symbol is for dream, visionary, wishful. edit »
• Platypus-bear attack
  
  Many of the things the gang suggests to do are things that should be done when attacked by certain animals:
  
  Sokka: Play dead: many animals are not interested in something they presume dead.
  Katara: Climb a tree: used to escape grizzly bears.
  Sokka: Punch him in the bill: punch a shark in the nose to get it away.
  Aang: And then run in zig-zags: running in zig-zags is used to avoid alligators. edit »
• The paper umbrella that Aang and Katara carry/use to go into town while it rains, is a similar color/style to the traditional umbrella carrying that is reserved for a couple of romantic intentions.
  
  Red is for weddings/luck/etc.
  
  A Japanese tradition started when two people are seen together sharing an umbrella, they are romatically linked, and only they can share an umbrella together. edit »