Avatar: The Last Airbender – Every Power Shown In Netflix’s Trailer Explained

Netflix’s “Avatar: The Last Airbender” teaser trailer focuses the lion’s share of its footage on the all-consuming power of the Fire Nation. The opening shot features Sozin’s Comet, a space rock that approaches once every 100 years and bestows a frankly unfair stat boost to every firebender bathed in its burning light. Shortly after that, there’s a shot that seems to showcase a group of firebenders using their abilities for short-term flight. In the original cartoon, Princess Azula (Gray DeLisle) does something similar in Season 3, Episode 16, “The Southern Raiders.”

Firelord Ozai (Daniel Dae Kim) is seen blasting a hellish stream of fire at a young Prince Zuko for speaking out of turn during a war council. Tragically, it looks like Zuko attempts to protect himself from his father’s onslaught in Netflix’s version of the scene. The outcome remains unchanged, but it’s hard not to feel worse for the kid knowing that his father willingly pushed through his defense to scar him as punishment.

Netflix’s teaser trailer also features a taste of Zuko’s battle talents. The four different styles of bending are notably inspired by four different styles of martial arts (waterbending is Tai Chi, earthbending is Hung Gar, airbending is Baguazhang, and firebending is Northern Shaolin), and the footage of Zuko’s firebending is the first to really hammer this connection home.