Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2's 26 Biggest Easter Eggs & Hidden References

Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender season 2 is chock-full of Easter eggs, from those that reference the original show to wider jokes, lines, and teases. The ending of Avatar: The Last Airbender season 2 saw Aang gravely injured by Azula, as the Fire Nation took control of the Earth Kingdom's capital, Ba Sing Se. The story before that showcased the Avatar and his friends trying to warn the Earth King of the Fire Nation's imminent danger, while searching for a way to fight back.

This mostly adapted season 2 of the original show, but, naturally, there were some changes made by Netflix. Be it the need to condense 20 episodes into seven in Netflix's The Last Airbender or just general alterations that come with adapting one medium into another, this meant that some things from the original series were left out. However, that is not to say Netflix's live-action version didn't reference these skipped elements. In fact, many of the Easter eggs in Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender season 2 are exactly this: nods to elements from the animated show.

Avatar: The Last Airbender season 3 will likely continue this, arguably on an even bigger scale than season 2 did. For now, though, it is worth recapping all of the ways Netflix's second season nods to the wider Avatar: The Last Airbender universe. Of course, it would be nearly impossible to outline every single reference across all seven episodes, but here are the biggest, most obvious, or funniest Easter eggs found in season 2 of Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender.

26 The Secret Tunnel Singer

One of the bigger changes to the animated show that impacted both seasons of Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender was the changes to "The Cave of Two Lovers." Still, season 1 referenced the episode via the inclusion of the Secret Tunnel song. In season 2, another Easter egg to the events of the original episode is included, with a hippie-like singer traveling through the Serpent's Pass with Aang, Katara, and Sokka, much like the Secret Tunnel singer from "The Cave of Two Lovers."

25 The Avatar's Love

Later in the first episode of Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender, Aang and Katara have a conversation by the campfire. Aang considers telling Katara that he views her as more than a friend, when a familiar tune can be heard in the musical score. That tune is "The Avatar's Love," the theme for Katara and Aang's relationship, originally composed by Jeremy Zuckerman for the animated show.

24 Lo & Li

Two characters that appeared throughout the original show were Lo and Li, twin old ladies who served as advisors to Azula. In one scene in Avatar: The Last Airbender season 2 on Netflix, these characters appear in a similar capacity. However, given that they do not appear again, their brief cameo can be classed as an Easter egg to the original show, rather than a sign that they will be regular cast members.

23 Drill Tanks & War Balloons

The scene in which Lo and Li appear takes place during a war meeting with the Fire Lord, with Azula discussing how they can conquer Ba Sing Se. One of Azula's tactics is to scare the Earth Kingdom and draw them to a certain point of the wall using "drill tanks and war balloons," while captive Earthbenders dig beneath the fortifications. The reference to this artillery is an Easter egg to several aspects of the original show that were left out of Netflix's show.

One original episode left out of Netflix's season 1 was "The Northern Air Temple," during which the Fire Nation steals plans for war balloons from the Mechanist. One of the season 2 episodes absent from Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender season 2 was "The Drill," which features Aang and his friends stopping a giant Fire Nation drill from penetrating Ba Sing Se's walls. Neither of these stories appeared in the same way in the live-action, with both instead being relegated to Easter eggs from Azula.

22 Scary Omashu Stories About Azula

Another Easter egg concerning Azula and missing original episodes in Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender links to her invasion of Omashu. The animated show dedicated an entire episode to finding Bumi in Omashu, with Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee being properly introduced as antagonists. Netflix's adaptation shortened this drastically, though Sokka's line that many from Omashu have scary stories about Azula is a reference to the original storyline.

21 Zuko & The Baby

During Zuko's travels in Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender, he steals supplies from a pregnant couple before later returning their belongings. This itself is a reference to the original show, in which Zuko considers doing the same. In the latter, though, the couple are side characters from the Serpent's Pass episode, who name their daughter Hope. The brief glimpse of the couple and the sign saying to abandon hope at the entrance to the Serpent's Pass is Netflix's way of referencing this aspect of the original in the live-action show.

20 Water Tribe

One of the more direct Easter eggs to the original show in Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender comes as Katara finds out about Earth Rumble VI. After freezing two rude men in an alleyway using her Waterbending, Sokka walks past and coolly exclaims, "Water Tribe." This exact scene happens in the original show, with Netflix's version paying homage to that.

19 Azula & Appa's Fur

Another episode from the original show that is changed quite significantly in Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender season 2 is "The Chase." The original episode involved Azula chasing Team Avatar in a mechanical tank, with Aang attempting to throw her off their scent using Appa's fur at one point. Although the story does not happen exactly like this in Netflix's version, one scene still includes Azula noticing Appa's fur and following a different trail.

18 Aang's Face In The Soup

Yet another direct translation of an original joke in Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender comes courtesy of Toph. During dinner with Toph's parents, she attempts to stop Aang from blowing her cover as The Blind Bandit. She does so by using Earthbending to slam his face into his soup, exactly as she does in the original animated version of the story.

17 Zuko's "Impeccable, Strong Bloodline"

During a conversation with Zuko's mother, Ursa, in a flashback, Fire Lord Ozai drops a hidden reference to a future episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender. In the original show's third season, an episode titled "The Avatar and the Fire Lord" reveals that Roku, Aang's predecessor, used to be best friends with Fire Lord Sozin, the latter of whom started the 100-Year War that Aang now fights. What makes this reveal all the more important relates to Zuko.

As it turns out, Ursa is the granddaughter of Avatar Roku, explaining the split between good and evil inside Zuko. Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender includes an Easter egg to this reveal, with Ozai stating that Ursa came to him with an "impeccable, strong bloodline." This line teases the future reveal concerning Zuko, which is sure to come in season 3 of Netflix's show.