Cartoon Profile: Princess Azula
Fields | USA Info | Image |
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Name | Princess Azula | ![]() |
Race | Human | |
Gender | Female | |
Age | 14 years old (source: Nickelodeon's website) | |
Hair | Black | |
Eyes | Gold | |
Height | 5'0" (source: Comic Con 2005 height chart) | |
Weight | About 116 lbs | |
Status | Fire princess | |
Quote | "I surrender with honor." | |
Voice | Grey DeLeise | |
Debut | ||
Anime | Avatar: The Last Airbender |
Cartoon Description: Princess Azula
Azula is Zuko's younger sister. When they were young, Azula was always playing tricks on Zuko, and favored her father, Ozai, becoming the Fire Lord instead of Iroh, Ozai's brother. Iroh's son died in battle, and when the Fire Lord of the time died, his "dying wish" was supposedly that Ozai become the fire lord instead of Iroh. At least, that was the story. In reality, Zuko's mom had Azulan killed so that Ozai wouldn't kill Zuko, as Azulan ordered Ozai to kill Zuko so Ozai could know the pain of loosing his only son, because Ozai was messed up enough to ask for the throne behind Iroh's back while Iroh was grieving for his dead son. Of course, that's why Zuko's mom left, she had to.
Azula has always been quite powerful as a fire bending prodigy, and her abilities only increase after her mother leaves. She doesn't make a big debut until the end of first season. She plays a major role in the second season, chasing after Zuko, Iroh, and the Avatar and company.
Some time in second season, she fights Katara, Zuko, Toph, and Aang, and severely injures Iroh, her uncle. In fact, Iroh even appears like he would die, but in the next episode it shows him bandaged up and awake. He is being tended to by Zuko, and later starts to teach Zuko about the nature of the lightning moves of firebending and teaches him to redirect lightning attacks.
Azula has two good friends, Mai and Ty Lee. Ty Lee is a sextuplet, one of six sisters that look alike, though she is the only one that's an acrobat. She knows how to shut down an opponent's entire nervous system, which in turn blocks the energy centers – also called 'Chakras' located along the spine - (which is why she can stop benders from bending, she knows the body inside out). Mai is the daughter of a member of Fire Lord Ozai's court. Her dad is given the job of ruling Omashu, an Earth Kingdom city, and Mai gets bored easily with nothing to do. She knows how to throw arrows, and she's been in love with Zuko ever since they were kids (and he feels the same way)
Overall, Azula is brutal and ruthless, traits she inherited from her father.
Excerpt from an Interview with Mike and Bryan
(SBN-13: 9781416958277, Pub. Date: 05/20/2008, Page 63)
"Is Azula really as evil as she seems? Or is there more to her?
Mike: As all the Avatar characters, even Azula has a softer side, though it's buried very deep. As "The Beach" and "Sozin's Comet" showed, she has a lot of unresolved issues with her mother. She really feels that her mother didn't love her as much as Zuko, and this drives her crazy, literally.
Bryan: There are obviously some truly evil people in the world, but in the case of Azula, her repressed emotions and jealousies corroded her spirit and made her become that way. It is possible that she could turned out better in a healthier environment, but growing up in a royal family of a nation seeking world domination proved to exacerbate her problems. But Zuko and Katara spared her life, and who knows she might have a chance to heal."