Sokka

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Sokka is a male animated character who features in Avatar: The Last Airbender.

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)

Upon arriving at Omashu, they were brought before the elderly king of the city who treated them like royalty and threw them a feast before imprisoning them and held Sokka and Katara hostage. It was later revealed that this was none other than Bumi, a childhood friend of Aang. (Episode: The King of Omashu)

Before reaching the Northern Water Tribe, the trio encountered several other adventures, all the while being chased by both Zuko and his uncle Iroh, and Commander (later Admiral) Zhao of the Fire Navy. Among their missions, Sokka and Team Avatar helped the villagers of Senlin Village who were being attacked by a spirit called Hei Bai, where Sokka was taken to the Spirit World. (Episode: The Winter Solstice)

After reaching the Northern Water Tribe, Team Avatar was greeted as honored guests by Chief Arnook at a banquet, where Sokka met Princess Yue and fell in love with her. Even though she reciprocated his affections, their romance was not possible, as Yue had already been betrothed to Hahn, with whom Sokka formed a deep-rooted rivalry. (Episode: The Waterbending Master) During the Siege of the North, Sokka proved vital in the defense of the city, instructing an elite group of Water Tribe warriors how to infiltrate the Fire Nation ships, even though he himself was not allowed to participate in the fight because Arnook instructed Sokka to stay back and protect Yue. (Episode: The Siege of the North, Part 1) Sokka later helped Katara and Yue search for Aang after he was abducted by Zuko. Their friend was eventually found and brought back to the Spirit Oasis with an unconscious Zuko, where he could return from the Spirit World, though they found that the Moon Spirit had been mortally wounded by Zhao. While Aang fused with La and attacked the Fire Nation armada, Yue sacrificed herself to give the koi fish the part of its life force that was inside her. She became the reincarnation of Tui, the Moon Spirit, and gave Sokka one final kiss as she faded away and restored the balance of the spirit. (Episode: The Siege of the North, Part 2)

Sokka and the rest of Team Avatar traveled to the Earth Kingdom, where they planned on searching for an earthbending teacher for Aang. At an Earth Kingdom fortress, General Fong contradicted their original plan and tried to coax Aang into using the Avatar State to assist in an invasion of the Fire Nation. Sokka initially agreed and helped Fong in his endeavor, but the general's fort was destroyed in Aang's uncontrolled Avatar State, and the team chose to leave their military escort. During their return to Omashu, Team Avatar met with the laidback nomads Chong, Lily, and Moku, who annoyed Sokka with their go-with-the-flow attitude. Even so, Sokka traveled together with them out of necessity when they passed through a cave and reached Omashu, only to find that the city had fallen to the Fire Nation. In the city, it was revealed that King Bumi had voluntarily surrendered to the Fire Army, and Team Avatar barely managed to escape Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee. Later, the team got stuck in the Foggy Swamp, where each member experienced hallucinations, which took the form of Yue for Sokka. Afterward, they visited Chin Village, where Aang was placed under arrest for a supposed crime of Avatar Kyoshi, and it fell upon Katara and Sokka to prove Aang's innocence. Although the siblings failed in their endeavor, Aang was spared when the team helped save the village from the Rough Rhinos. After the earthbender Toph Beifong joined the group to become Aang's earthbending teacher, Sokka and the team barely escaped the clutches of Azula when she chased after them in a high-speed tank train. Along with the rest of the team and Professor Zei of Ba Sing Se University, Sokka visited Wan Shi Tong's library, where he learned that an eclipse would occur in the Fire Nation that summer, which proved to be vital information in the war effort.

After barely surviving the Si Wong Desert after Appa's kidnapping at the hands of tribesmen, Sokka and Team Avatar helped an expectant family to cross the Serpent's Pass and reach the safety of Ba Sing Se. In the Earth Kingdom's capital, Sokka firstly helped to thwart another of War Minister Qin's plans by helping destroy the Fire Nation drill, after which Team Avatar was welcomed into the city as honored guests, though they were denied a meeting with the Earth King. The team used their free time to get some much-needed rest, where Sokka intruded in on a refined women's poetry club called the Five-Seven-Five Society before being thrown out Eventually, Team Avatar resumed their search for Appa and eventually found him in the clutches of the Dai Li, a secretive organization under the leadership of Long Feng, who had complete control over the city and was using Earth King Kuei as a puppet. Team Avatar managed to subdue the Dai Li and began to plan the invasion of the Fire Nation in cooperation with the Council of Five. Sokka visited his father Hakoda to tell him about the invasion and to enlist the help of the Southern Water Tribe's forces, but a coup led by Azula hindered these plans when Aang arrived on Appa and informed Sokka that his sister was in trouble. Sokka and Toph encountered Azula and her team in the Earth King's audience chamber, where Sokka fought Ty Lee, but resistance proved futile when Azula held a flame to the Earth King's throat. Sokka and Toph surrendered and were soon disabled by Ty Lee. They were imprisoned by Dai Li agents, but were later able to escape with Toph using her newfound metalbending skills. Sokka, Toph, and the Earth King reunited with Katara and Aang after the Avatar was mortally wounded with lightning by Azula during a battle in the Crystal Catacombs of Old Ba Sing Se. However, Katara was able to heal him with spirit water. With the Earth Kingdom's capital now fallen to the Fire Nation, Team Avatar flew away on Appa

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) In one instance, he learned how to construct amateur explosives from his father, which he once used to simulate firebending. (Episode: Winter Solstice, Part 2)

Sokka showed his incredible intellectual potential, capacity to learn, and critical thinking skills all throughout the friends' journey. He absorbed information quickly and completely and solved problems at an alarming rate. An example of this can be seen when he solved the dilemma of the hot air balloon, which stumped even the mechanist, shortly after having the concept explained to him. (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

Television

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:

External Links

• Avatar Wiki Entry
• Comicvine Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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