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Kuzon

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"So, uhh ... maybe you could give us a ride as a reward? You know ... just a couple of laps around the mountain? That would be hot! Flamin' hot!"
— Kuzon testing his luck with the mother dragon.[1]

Kuzon was a friend of Aang from the Fire Nation before the Hundred Year War. A mediocre firebender, Kuzon loved to have adventures; at one point, he even climbed four mountaintops in order to see a dragon.[1]

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What is the meaning behind Aang choosing "Kuzon" as his Fire Nation alias? toggle section
Aang remembered his childhood friend fondly after he awoke from the iceberg. "Kuzon" was also a popular name in the Fire Nation during Aang's childhood, so he assumed the name as an alias when truant officers sent him to a Fire Nation school.
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What adventures did Kuzon and Aang embark on together? toggle section
Kuzon took Aang on one of his earliest adventures: attempting to see and ride a dragon. Having scaled 3 mountains, they finally found a green dragon mother though discovered that her nest was being poached. Instead of riding the dragon, their adventured turned into a rescue mission to save her egg from the poachers. Using their air- and firebending, they tricked the poachers into believing the mother dragon had returned early and made them flee the scene, leaving the egg behind.
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The character Kuzon appears exclusively in a flashback shown in the comic titled "Dragon Days". Aang only mentions him in the animated series "Avatar: The Last Airbender", and there is no record of his inclusion in any film productions.
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History

Saving the dragon's egg

Kuzon took Aang on one of his earliest adventures: He had bought a map of dragon nests, eager to finally see and ride one in real life. After searching three mountaintops, the duo finally found what they were looking for: while scaling a fourth cliff, a green dragon passed them overhead while chasing a man. However, the two soon discovered that the man fleeing from the dragon was merely a decoy; while the mother was busy, the rest of the poachers raided the nest for her egg.[1]

Kuzon and Aang immediately grew furious, so they concocted a plan to stop the poachers from getting away with the egg. Realizing that they could not take on all the poachers at once, the two friends used their bending to trick the men into believing the mother had returned early. Kuzon used his firebending to create a flame, while Aang waved a cloth back and forth to recreate the sound of approaching dragon wings; Appa chipped in as well by growling. Kuzon thought that his fireballs were "way too wimpy looking" to be originating from a dragon, so Aang lent him a hand with his airbending; together they made a flame big enough to scare off the poachers, enabling Aang to retrieve the egg from the abandoned poachers' mount.[1]

The mother dragon returned and saw him holding her egg. Kuzon came to his friend's rescue by drawing her attention to him by firebending and calling her a "big chicken lizard". His diversion worked as the dragon turned her head and raced over to him. In her haste, she knocked Aang over with her tail, however, making him drop the egg. Aang barely succeeded in catching it before it smashed to the ground, but by doing so the two friends earned the trust of the dragon. As a reward for saving her egg from the poachers, Kuzon asked if the dragon was willing in giving him a ride, to which the dragon growled at him.[1]

Legacy

When Aang first learned of the War, he mentioned to Katara that he had a friend from the Fire Nation, although he did not specify that he was talking about Kuzon.[3] Aang mentioned Kuzon's name for the first time to Prince Zuko when pondering over the possibility of him and Zuko being friends if they would have met under different circumstances.[2] Aang later assumed "Kuzon" as an alias when truant officers sent him to a Fire Nation school, and he was forced to come up with a name on the spot.[4] He eventually told the story of the dragon egg to Zuko after they had learned the true form of firebending from Ran and Shaw.[1]

Appearances

Avatar comics

Book Three: Fire (火)

Trivia

  • Kuzon was a very popular name in the Fire Nation when Aang was a child.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Wilgus, Benjamin (writer), Matte, Johane; McWeeney, Tom (artist), Dzioba, Wes (colorist), Comicraft (letterer). "Dragon Days" (2009), Nickelodeon Comics Club.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 DiMartino, Michael Dante, Konietzko, Bryan (writers) & Filoni, Dave (director). (June 17, 2005). "The Blue Spirit". Avatar: The Last Airbender. Season 1. Episode 13. Nickelodeon.
  3. ↑ DiMartino, Michael Dante, Konietzko, Bryan (writers) & Filoni, Dave (director). (February 21, 2005). "The Boy in the Iceberg". Avatar: The Last Airbender. Season 1. Episode 1. Nickelodeon.
  4. ↑ O'Bryan, John (writer) & Dos Santos, Joaquim (director). (September 28, 2007). "The Headband". Avatar: The Last Airbender. Season 3. Episode 2. Nickelodeon.
  5. ↑ Avatar at Comic Con (video). Retrieved on September 26, 2018.