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The franchise is set in an Asian-inspired fantasy world that is divided into four different nations: the Water Tribes, the Fire Nation, the Air Nomads, and the Earth Kingdom. Most people of each nation are capable of telekinetically manipulating (referred to as "bending" in the franchise) one of the four elements: air, water, earth, fire. Although not all can posses this ability, they remain loyal to everyone in either their or the other nations.

The titular, mostly known and the "Avatar" in the franchise, is the only person who can bend all four elements and must take responsibility to maintaining balance in the spiritual and physical world. After one Avatar dies, their spirit is reborn into the next nation of the Avatar cycle (like the cycle of the seasons of the year) and must re-learn to master all four elements, maintain balance in the spiritual and physical world, and take on the responsibilities of the Avatar once again.

Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005–2008)
The original series in the franchise, Avatar: The Last Airbender, follows the young Air Nomad Avatar named Aang as he set out to end the Fire Nation's 100-year war of conquest against the other three nations. Aang is also known to be the last surviving Air Nomad due to a genocide perpetrated by the Fire Nation. He is joined by the only teenage waterbender of the Southern Water Tribe, Katara, her non-bending brother Sokka, and later on, a young blind earthbending prodigy Toph, as he journeys to master bending the four elements so that he can defeat the Fire Nation's leader, Fire Lord Ozai, and restore peace and balance to the world. The series also depicts the journey of the young Prince Zuko, Ozai's disgraced and exiled son, who initially tried to capture Aang to regain his honor, but later joins the him and his friends on their journey to shape his own path in the world.

The Legend of Korra (2012–2014)
Set about 70 years after the events of original series, early 1900's, The Legend of Korra is a sequal that follows Aang's successor, a waterbender from the Southern Water Tribe, named Korra, who takes on the responsibilities as the Avatar. She moves to the new, multi-ethnic Republic City, created in the Earth Kingdom by Aang and Firelord Zuko, to learn airbending from Tenzin, Aang's youngest son, along with his three children, Jinora, Ikki, and Meelo. Korra later befriends a firebending and earthbending pair of brothers, Mako and Bolin, and the industrial heiress Asami Sato and contends with a series of political upheavals, including a rising anti-bending movement, a civil war in the Water Tribes, an anarchist conspiracy, and the rise of an authoritarian government in the Earth Kingdom.

Avatar: The Last Airbender (live-action) (2024)
Produced by Netflix in partnership with Nickelodeon, Avatar: The Last Airbender is a live-action adaptation of the original 2005 series by Albert Kim. Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, originally set to be the showrunners, abandoned the project due to creative differences. The first season was released on February 22, 2024, on Netflix, and consists of eight episodes, with a runtime of up to an hour long. It was later on revealed that the show had been renewed for seasons 2 and 3, in which are set to continue the series and bring back the franchise's incredible characters.