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[edit] Ty Lee

Does Ty Lee's simple "I think he's cute" comment really constitute a "relationship" between these two characters? I really think not. Prototime 00:43, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

I'd wager not, at the moment it's pure speculation. Most likely the comment was thrown in to give Ty Lee's character more depth than just a scarily cheerful martial artist. Eban

I've gone ahead and removed the "Ty Lee" section. If we're going to include that, we might as well include his relationship with Aunt Wu. It probably was added in the first place because of shipping. Prototime 23:27, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Folks, I'm getting tired of reverting the page over this. As I have said, Ty Lee has just as much of a "relationship" with Sokka as does Aunt Wu (probably even less of one); her single comment about him being "cute" does not constitute a relationship between these two characters and is simply not notable (see Notability (fiction), Fancruft). It's great that Ty Lee/Sokka is a couple that some fans like to think as a possibility, but the series has not made anything even close to resembling that seriously happening, meaning that it is purely speculation and something that belongs only in fan webpages, not in an encyclopedia. In other words, unless published by a reputable source, theories, assumptions, opinions, and most notably unwarranted shipping are not to be included in Wikipedia (see Wikipedia:Verifiability, Wikipedia:Citing sources, Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, Wikipedia:Original research, and Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not). On the grounds of Wikipedia policy, please keep the purely-speculative relationship between Sokka and Ty Lee off of this page. Thank you. Prototime 17:12, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Okay people, there might not be any evidence of Saka liking Ty but she deffinately likes him. So leave her out of this! Besides, when there's an episode when they fall for eachother, you'll be sorry!!!

Yes, we'll be sorry. Sorry that Nick put a relationship into this show that is official. You shippers suffer from delusions and really need to consider how to sell a show. You can sell a show by putting in ambiguous relationships. So as long as Sokka remains a pimp and as long as Kataang or Zutara or whatever isn't canonical, you'll sell the shows. However, if you turn this show into a soap opera, the show will lose it's watchers. So no matter what argument you give, this encyclopedia will NOT include shipping as a point of information on the point that it is not canonical and, even if I am wrong later on, it will/should not happen. H2P (Yell at me for what I've done) 00:08, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Right, because a teenage girl saying a boy is cute, that's clearly a sign she's madly in love... Listen, shipping is speculation, not fact. An encyclopedia is a collection of facts. If, at some time, a relationship between Sokka and Ty Lee becomes fact, then it goes it. Not before.--Fyre2387 (talk • contribs) 02:59, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, Fyre2387, it looks like that time has come. She's been added, and won't be deleted. DarknessLord 20:56, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Oh yeah, because I still want it deleted...wait, no, I don't. I actually improved the wording. Go try to start edit wars somewhere else. --Fyre2387 (talk • contribs) 00:00, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

You people still don't get it. We are more than willing to add Ty Lee information now because we have two instances of her acting flirtingly towards Sokka. So now it's canonical. When all we had was the "kind of cute" thing, we didn't know if it would actually lead to anything. A single side comment means nothing, thus the reason she was not important enough to add in. H2P (Yell at me for what I've done) 05:04, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

You know, it makes me sad to put this comment up here. It's nice seeing a topic on shipping that's been dead for a month. Oh well, time to break the peace...

Why shouldn't Ty Lee be in here? She has openly a few times mentioned that she liked him (The chase, Crossroads of Destiny, an dthe drill, when Sokka actually flirts back, and I am sure more will come inthe episode "The Beach"),and he has noticed and flirted back occasionally. It's the same thing with Katara and Zuko. ACtually, Katara nad Zuko has less evidence than Ty Lee and Sokka. And Mike and Brian (I read it in an interview from a link from someone here talking about Toph and sokka) that ty Lee likes him, so why shouldn't sh be on here? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.185.242.83 (talk) 19:29, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

She should be, but the question is, where? I've been thinking on making a more defined realtionships section for Sokka, since he's had so many.99.237.214.41 (talk) 20:11, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Toph

Okay, people keep on coming on and saying Toph has romantic feelings for Sokka. The last person to do it basically just added her onto the list of girls (Yue, Suki, and Ty Lee) who have expressed romantic interest in him. Look, we all get that Sokka is a pimp, but please stop adding Toph to his list of girls. Seriously, the only time anything romantic between them happened, it was a comedy scene, and Sokka wasn't really even there. Nothing has happened since. You can make a case for the other three girls-Ty Lee has expressed some degree of interest in Sokka twice despite them being enemies, while Sokka has friggin' made out with the other two. You can't compare that with Toph's situation, as the two have been traveling together as companions for a good couple months by now and nothing has happened outside of ONE incident. There should definitely be a relationship section between the two on both their pages, as they've certainly interacted enough for that, but please try not to make too much out of too little. Y BCZ 00:59, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

The season finale aired last night. Sokka confirmed his pimpitude. Toph was draped over Sokka while they and Aang were flying back to Ba Sing Se on Appa. It was only a few seconds of screen time, though, and not alluded to otherwise. But I think it strengthened the case for a Toph-Sokka oneship (one-way relationship.) And, we had some more flirting from Ty Lee. Gothic Chevalier 22:55, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

I've been reverting edits saying that all day now. Toph has stated, quite plainly, that she hates flying. They no longer have a saddle, which means that she doesn't even have a surface designed for sitting, and they were in a rush to get to Ba Sing Se. She's just holding on. Even if there is an attraction (And I'm not saying that there isn't, I still remember her giving Suki that big smooch on the cheek) this doesn't support it. JBK405 23:03, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

JBK405, thanks. It seems that I got my signals wrong in that case. This is why I brught it up before changing the main page, because I might be wrong. I still believe that Sokka is a pimp, though. I don't think I am wrong on that one. Gothic Chevalier 19:58, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

1. Ugh, there's a huge bias on these Avatar pages of reading OUT romance that was clearly intended to be there. Is this all some kind of reaction to the shippers? Look, I agree shippers are rarely objective. I agree they're frequently delusional. And I am not a shipper, but I happen to have read Toph's behavior on Appa in the season finale on two levels. I read it as, yes, there's no saddle and she hates flying. However, the facial expressions and body language of both Toph and Sokka told me that Toph did it the way she did it becuase of her crush on him, and that Sokka was as oblivious as Toph was happy. Is this an interpretation? Yes. Do I think it's the correct interpretation? Yes. Am I a shipper? No. I'm interested in hermeneutics.

2. People, Avatar is FICTION. If this was real life the evidence could be considered ambiguous, but in shows, especially cartoons with a high level of control over facial expressions (etc.), each component has a purpose.

Anyway, I'm not going to bother editing the page to talk about Toph clinging to Sokka's arm, but, goodness, you anti-shippers are as biased as the shippers. Not exactly what I'd call NPOV.Jaguarundi 17:26, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

The problem with that right there is, and I quote, "Is this an interpretation? Yes." It doesn't matter how right you are, you might be dead on, but the Wikipedia policy is only verifiable information; and your own personal interpretation does not count. If it did, I'd have already put in God-knows-how-many edits about my own thoughts on the show. I happen to think that yes, Toph likes Sokka, and yes, there's a reason she picked Sokka to hang on to and not Aang, but our own thoughts don't count. JBK405 00:05, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

OK, that makes sense. Interpretations, however likely, don't belong. Gotcha. Jaguarundi 04:50, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

umm, yeah, I was mad one day and called sokka a skunk-ferret! So... thats very unenclopedic... sorry! But when it comes to toph--nevermind doing it again... Glad to see you deleted it! Anyways! Sorry! Bye! =) Not a sponge

ummm... sorry to open up this can of worms again, but here's proof that Toph has a crush on Sokka. The Placebo Effect 19:13, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Sorry Placebo, but apparantly, most fan made sites, including avatar spirit, don't count as valuable and citable sources.99.237.214.41 (talk) 20:12, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

It's an interview with the creators of the show, it doesn't say that she's all nuts for him anyway, just that she has a little crush on him and he probably doesn't even know it.--Anselm (talk) 04:03, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sokka's age

Why is this even in dispute? It has never been stated anywhere that Sokka is even possibly 16 in season 2, and we need to stick with what we know. The only reason that it states "16 (possibly 17 by Season 2)" for Zuko is because of reasons unique to him, and was discussed in length on his talk page. There is not even a hint that the other characters have aged in Season 2, and we need to stick with what we know for this and all character articles. Until something contradicts what has already been established, then what has already been established needs to remain. Prototime 16:55, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Wasn't the comet supposed to return in a year prior to their trip to the Fire Temple? I think that is a canonical source that characters will age, at most, one year between now and the end of the series. Gothic Chevalier 23:12, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Sozin's comet is going to return at the end of summer. When the show began, it was winter. So it's entirely possible that they will not have a birthday before the end of the show (if their birthday is in the fall). Exhibit A 23:19, 5 December 2006 (UTC)


- I'm not sure, but I haven't been able to find any reputable source listing his age. YTV.com lists everyone's age but his, and I can't navigate the Nick website to save my life to find his real age. Everything else is fansites. Why does his age keep ricocheting between "15" and "16, possibly 17 in Book 2", anyway? I've seen it change two or three times in the past weeks. What is his canon age? (74.104.233.23 07:33, 3 September 2007 (UTC))

Zuko was stated to be 16 at the beginning of the show and Sokka is still 15. No birthdays have been established with the Avatar crew so adding anything else about their ages is simply speculation.

[edit] Comic relief

  • Does anyone else think that Sokka is the main comic relief in the series? --Madd the sane 18:27, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Pretty much, yeah.
  • He is alot more than JUST comic relief, although he does provide that.
  • I have to agree with that but there's always Iroh too.
  • I think Sokkka does provide comic relief (Iroh does too, but not as much), but if you think about it, Momo does a lot of comic relief. Half the time I watch the show, I'm laughing at Momo more than the others. Momoroxmysoxoff
  • Yeah but sometimes differant people laugh at differant things in the show, it could be Momo, Iroh(I love Iroh), Aang, Sokka, Katara, or anybody. Every character has something funny to add to the show and its not just one exact person, although Sokka and Iroh provide ALOT of it.
  • I think that Sokka, Momo, and Iroh are the most humorous in the series.

Though I'm thinking of Momo being the funniest. Examples: 1.) In the episode " The Tales of Ba Sing Se" Momo is being chased by some cats. Then a man grabs Momo, props him up in a costume and has him dance with monkeys. That made me laugh the most! 2.) In the episode " The Desert" ,after drinking cactus juice, Sokka accused Momo of ratting him out to stealing the scrowls from the library. And then Momo cries.

[edit] Relationship with Appa?

Shouldn't there also be a section on Sokka's relationship with Appa. Both Aang's and Toph's page have a section explaining their relationship with Appa. It should be noted that a recurring theme in the series is Appa sneezing/slobbering all over Sokka, much to his dismay.

I don't think so. Unlike other characters (i.e. Toph and Aang) Sokka doesn't have a relationship per se. Besides, the reason Toph and Aang have it on their pages are because of special circumstances. Aang because, well Appa was with him for over 100 years, and Toph because of what happened in "The Chase" and "The Liberary". Momoroxmysoxoff October 1, 2006, 18:01

On the other hand, the audio commentary on the DVD notes the growing relationship between Sokka and Appa. So maybe it should count, since the show creators point it out? Jaguarundi 04:52, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Lest we forget Sokka makes Appa some armor so he is protected. That's a way to show he cares =D 70.191.212.214 06:45, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nobility

Just wondering, since Hakoda is the leader of the Southern Water Tribe, does that make Sokka and Katara akin to nobelity? DJ168.212.126.53 15:18, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Hakoda seems to be more of the commanding officer rather than the chief, all we've seen him do so far is command the warriors. I'll grant that he likely commanded the civilians, too, most tribe systems have the warrior chief rule the rest of the tribe, especially since we didn't see any other form of government in the opening episode, but it's not definite yet. JBK405 17:01, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Well, Sokka did tell Yue that he was, "kind of a prince [him]self." And technically he would be, as son of the leader of the tribe. However, he'd be the prince of what, 30-40 people including the ones in the war? --Geoffron 00:37, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Katara herself denied that, so it doesn't really mean much. JBK405 00:42, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New Picture

can we chang the picture to Image:Tn 023.jpg, it shows his face better and has higher quality Tremewanbill 03:00, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Actually, it's lower quality, it only looks better because it's smaller. If you see it blown up to the same size as the current picture, it looks very bad. -Exhibit A 03:18, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Can we change his picture to...

This? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/69/039-1-.jpg —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Probatio Pennae (talk • contribs) 05:35, 8 April 2007 (UTC).

No, the current image is fine enough and is without the logo (Avatar spirit.net) and please sign your comments next time (type ~~~~) Xavcam 07:11, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Is that evin an image of Sokka?Anubiz 16:10, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, that is a picture of Sokka. His current image is fine, though. Bagpipeturtle 17:57, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

The one in the page at the time did not look like him.Anubiz 18:52, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

I think we should really change his picture, Sokka's cheeks look really fat in the current picture and i hate the background. It doesn't really look like Sokka either.

I agree...the current picture is a)dark, b) low quality, c)it shows him in an action (thinking with his hand touching his chin). But then, it's pretty hard to find a portrait of Sokka because his face is usually mad or goofy... 15:23, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

thank you to whoever changed Sokka's picture.

No prob, I saw that pic on the main Avatar article and noticed it looked better. 70.145.110.92 22:12, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] References

This page could use some more references, so I plan to add a few. If I miss anything noteworthy, could somebody else please assist? Lionheart08 20:51, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia

Some of the Trivia I deleted because it's already stated in the article. I moved the Haiku trivia into the Innovations and Abilities section. 70.145.110.92 14:36, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] White Lotus Tile

Shouldn't someone mention the fact that Sokka received a whit lotus tile from the swordmaster. Its has something to do with that secret organisation Iroh joined. It should be mentioned. (Speaker180)

Yes, it definetly should. I was thinking of that too. However, where to put it?99.237.214.41 (talk) 00:06, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Piando

Similar to how Hamma was added to Katara's page, shouldn't Piando be added to Sokka's relationship section. 209.16.117.50 18:07, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sokka's sword

Where exactly on the official site does it say that his sword can cut through anything because I can't seem to find it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.0.95.134 (talk) 17:49, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Go to the gear and more section of the episode Sokka's Master, selected the sword and there you go. 189.32.153.180 (talk) 23:08, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Relationships

The relationship section in Aangs article has been removed due to being considered original research, only fair that Sokka and all the other characters have their relationship sections removed as well, as all relationship content seems to be considered original research by Wikipedias standards. [/sarcasm]. Can anyone get the Aang relationship section back? 189.32.153.180 (talk) 23:08, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A Reception section

I think if it is possible, there should be a reception section for Sokka just like there is one for Aang and Katara. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.4.156.55 (talk) 03:02, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

But, of course. You are absolutely correct. I am sure with Sokka's sarcastic attitude that somebody has some reviews about him. I'll look into it later if nobody else does. — Parent5446 (t n c k e l) 03:15, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cutting sokka short

This article seems to end with the episode "Sokka's Master" despite the significant events that Sokka is responsible for in the day of black sun and the boiling rock. Shouldn't we add some stuff from those episodes.75.73.73.242 (talk) 00:29, 25 May 2008 (UTC) Am I the only person noticing this75.73.73.242 (talk) 03:32, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Sorry for not responding. The information is missing. I do not have time to put it in myself so why don't you just write something up and stick it in. It is a wiki, after all. — Parent5446 ☯ talk (message email) 12:01, 29 May 2008 (UTC)