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:''This article is about the character in the pilot episode. For the character in the actual series, see [[Aang]]. For other similar uses, see [[Aang (disambiguation)]].''
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{{Quote|air|Come on, Kya, you're flying with the Avatar! Start acting like it.|Aang to [[Kya (pilot)|Kya]].<ref name="ASP">{{Cite episode|1|100}}</ref>}}

{{Character infobox
| nation        = air
| image         = Pilot - Aang.png
| name          = Aang
| nationality   = [[Southern Air Temple]], [[Air Nomads]]
| ethnicity     = Air Nomad
| age           = 112 <small>(biologically 12 in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'')</small>
| birth         = 12 [[History of the World of Avatar#Dates|BG]]
| hair          = Black <small>(typically shaven)</small>
| pronouns      = He/him<ref name="ASP" />
| allies        = [[Kya (pilot)|Kya]], [[Sokka (pilot)|Sokka]]
| enemies       = [[Zuko (pilot)|Zuko]], [[Fire Nation]]
| weapon        = Air, [[Airbender staff|glider staff]]
| fightingstyle = [[Airbending]], [[Avatar#Avatar State|Avatar State]]
| profession    = * [[Avatar]]
* Monk
| position      = Avatar-in-training
| affiliation   = * [[Air Nomads]]
* [[Team Avatar]]
| appearance    = [[Unaired pilot]] {{oa}}
| voice         = [[Mitchel Musso]]
}}{{Aangpages}}
'''Aang''' was a male [[Air Nomads|Air Nomad]], the immediate successor of [[Avatar]] [[Roku]], and the predecessor of Avatar [[Korra]]. He was fun-loving, somewhat naive and adventurous. He already seemed to have a conscience against killing people, as he saved [[Heir to the Fire Lord|Prince]] [[Zuko (pilot)|Zuko]] from falling from a giant statue, saving him from a possible death. He already had some [[waterbending]] experience, as he bent the water and both corrected [[Kya (pilot)|Kya]]'s attempts and gave her advice.

== History ==
Aang and his friends, Kya and [[Sokka (pilot)|Sokka]], were fleeing from Zuko, who was hunting them down from [[Zuko's ship|his ship]]. They ran into a [[Serpent|sea serpent]], but it took interest in the ship after Zuko attacked it, allowing the trio to escape to an island. While there, Kya practiced her waterbending, but could not control it well; Aang offered her some advice and demonstrated the correct leg stance. When Sokka demanded they help search for [[Cuisine in the World of Avatar|food]], Kya was reluctant to leave Aang, as he was "the world's last hope"; Sokka went off alone in a huff. Kya and Aang remained at the camp and engaged in a slightly awkward conversation before [[Momo]] alerted them of an upcoming danger.

When they reached the [[Fire Nation]] base and saw Sokka being taken in, Kya decided to go after him, but told Aang to stay hidden. She became captured as well, but refused to reveal Aang's whereabouts. When Aang flew in, shocking everyone, the [[Military of the Fire Nation|soldiers]] threw Sokka and her into a pit. Aang sat on the scaffolding, evading Zuko's attacks while Momo distracted the soldiers and engaged Zuko's pet hawk in a flying duel of sorts.

As the scaffolding disintegrated, Aang and Zuko moved their fight to the defaced Avatar statue. When Aang was almost cornered by Zuko, he simply threw himself off the statue, setting him in danger and thus activating the Avatar State and blowing Zuko off. Coming out of the Avatar State, Aang caught an unconscious Zuko but dropped him a short distance into a wall to fly over to Kya and Sokka and subsequently escape.<ref name="ASP" />

== Similarities to actual series ==
In the [[Unaired pilot|pilot episode]], Aang was very similar to his character in the [[Book One: Water|first book]] of the [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|main series]].

* Aang already seemed to have feelings for Kya, as noted by Sokka's "boyfriend" comment, recreated in the actual series.<ref name="AR">{{Cite episode|1|102}}</ref><ref name="F">{{Cite episode|1|114}}</ref>
* Aang saved Zuko from falling to his certain death; he similarly saved Zuko from a near-certain death twice in the actual series.<ref name="BS">{{Cite episode|1|113}}</ref><ref name="SN2">{{Cite episode|1|120}}</ref>
* Aang and Zuko fight on scaffolding; in the actual series, this fight is recreated in [[Omashu|New Ozai]], but Zuko is replaced with [[Azula]].<ref name="RO">{{Cite episode|1|203}}</ref>

== Trivia ==
* Aang was voiced by [[Mitchel Musso]] in the pilot, but once production began, the role was changed to [[Zach Tyler Eisen]].
* Aang's outfit includes a fold in his right trouser leg, a feature the creators later removed as it was something "no one could draw".<ref name="UPc">[[Michael Dante DiMartino|DiMartino, Michael Dante]] & [[Bryan Konietzko|Konietzko, Bryan]] (September 19, 2006). [[Transcript:Unaired pilot (commentary)|Unaired pilot commentary]]. [[Book 1: Water, Volume 5]] [[List of Avatar: The Last Airbender DVDs|DVD]].</ref>

== References ==
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== See also ==
* [[Unaired pilot]]

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