Sokka
Sokka is a male character who features in Avatar: The Last Airbender.
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Biography
Sokka (Chinese: 索卡; pinyin: Suǒ Kǎ) was a male human member of the Southern Water Tribe where he was the son of the Chief Hakoda and Kya as well as being the brother of Katara. (Episode: The Boy in the Iceberg) Whilst growing up, he was a minor part of the tribe that lived in Wolf Cove that was the remains of the Southern Water Tribe's capital. From a young age, he was raised to be a warrior and came to learn much of the Water Tribe's weapons and tactics. He was 10 years old when he came to witness the last major raid of the Fire Nation on the tribe which came to kill his mother. This resulted in him developing a great hatred for the Fire Nation who he held responsible for his mother's death. (Episode: The Southern Raiders) Later on, his father went off with other members of the tribe in order to fight in the Hundred Year War leading to Sokka being placed under the care of Gran Gran where he came to be considered the last line of defense for the tribe. (Episode: The Guru)
While on a fishing expedition for their village of Wolf Cove, Sokka and his younger sister Katara accidentally steered their canoe into a rip current, where it was crushed between ice floes. Subsequently, the duo found a mysterious figure trapped in a large spherical ice block. The figure introduced himself as Aang, an airbender, and offered to escort them home on his flying bison Appa. (Episode: The Boy in the Iceberg) After Wolf Cove was attacked by soldiers on a Fire Nation ship commanded by Prince Zuko, Katara learned that Aang was the Avatar and eventually managed to persuade her brother to help him. She and her brother set out to save Aang, who had himself purposefully arrested to save the village. After their successful rescue, the three began their journey to the North Pole together with the intent of finding a waterbending master who would teach the Avatar and Katara the secrets of waterbending. (Episode: The Avatar Returns) They later arrived at the Southern Air Temple, where Sokka and the rest of Team Avatar learned of the genocide of the Air Nomads. (Episode: The Southern Air Temple) The team stopped on Kyoshi Island, where Sokka met Suki, with whom he at first had a difficult relation because of his views on gender roles; however, Suki helped Sokka begin to challenge these notions. On Kyoshi Island, they were ambushed by the banished prince and barely managed to escape. (Episode: The Warriors of Kyoshi)
Overview
Personality and attributes
He tended to see women capable in tasks such as sewing whilst men were more capable of being warriors. This view was challenged when he visited Kyoshi Island and met the Kyoshi Warriors who captured Team Avatar. At first, Sokka refused to believe that women were responsible for capturing him and thought it must have been men. He then believed that the Kyoshi Warriors were lucky as they had surprised him and decided to spar with their leader Suki to show he was a superior warrior. Sokka was effortlessly defeated and was humbled by the experience where he then asked to be trained by her. He then came to regret his earlier views and said he should not have seen her Suki as a girl but as a fellow warrior. She though told him that he was a warrior who happened to be a girl seemingly leading to Sokka re-evaluating his views on gender and even apologised to his sister Katara over his treatment of her in the past. (Episode: The Warriors of Kyoshi)
Whilst on Kyoshi Warrior, he trained under their chief warrior Suki where he learnt how to be a better warrior from her. During this time, the pair came closer and she kissed him on the cheek causing Sokka to blush. (Episode: The Warriors of Kyoshi)
He came to find a master to train him in the art of the sword in the Fire Nation with this being the sword master Piandao. In this time, he displayed various unorthodox procedures when undergoing his training. This led to Piandao noting that whilst Sokka's skills were unimpressive that he displayed much creativity, versatility, and intelligence. (Episode: Sokka's Master)
Sokka often felt overshadowed by his lack of bending skills when compared to his friends. (Episode: The Chase)
Powers and abilities
He was shown as being naturally adept at creating weapons from any available material. (Episode: The Northern Air Temple)
Whilst among the Kyoshi Warriors, he trained under them even though traditionally they did not allow outsiders nor men among their ranks. However, Suki allowed it and he trained in their martial arts style which involved using a person's own strength against them. (Episode: The Warriors of Kyoshi)
Sokka was a member of the Water Tribe where he was part of the Southern Water Tribe based in the South Pole. (Episode: The Boy in the Iceberg)
Notes
- Sokka was created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko whilst he was voiced by voice actor Jack DeSena and featured in the setting of Avatar: The Last Airbender.
In other media
Films
- In The Last Airbender, Sokka appeared in the setting of the live-action film where he was portrayed by actor Jackson Rathbone.
Video games
- In Avatar: The Last Airbender video game, Sokka appeared as a playable character in the setting of the THQ video game.
- In Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Burning Earth, Sokka appeared as a playable character in the setting of the THQ video game.
- In Avatar: The Last Airbender – Into the Inferno, Sokka appeared as a playable character in the setting of the THQ video game.
Appearances
- Avatar: The Last Airbender:
- The Legend of Korra:
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