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Season 3: The filler season?

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    Mapletree46

    [1]Jul 23, 2008
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    A filler is an episode that does not contribute to overall plot and is normally used for comic relief, character devolopment or to review what happened thus far in the shows plot.

    So I ask you this question, How many of the episodes in season 3 were fillers?

    There were many episodes that provided much character development, but never really affected the plot in a major way.

    Edited on 07/23/2008 7:22pm
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    hkulka2974

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    Mapletree46 wrote:

    A filler is an episode that does contribute to overall plot and is normally used for comic relief, character devolopment or to review what happened thus far in the shows plot.

    So I ask you this question, How many of the episodes in season 3 were fillers?

    There were many episodes that provided much character development, but never really affected the plot in a major way.

    Well if your looking for fillers you can eliminate the second half the season as well as the DoBS.

    probably the beach

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    KoalaSheep

    [3]Jul 23, 2008
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    The Beach and Ember Island Players were the biggest ones.

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    dark_aquatus

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    That may be so, but come on! Who DIDN'T like The Ember Island Players?
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    dratava

    [5]Jul 23, 2008
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    It filled in alot..
    But hey, who has a problem with that ?
    I loved the third season!
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    hkulka2974

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    KoalaSheep wrote:

    The Beach and Ember Island Players were the biggest ones.

    EIP added some stuff to the plot and it was a recap of teh Gaang's story

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    Mapletree46

    [7]Jul 23, 2008
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    dratava wrote:
    It filled in alot..
    But hey, who has a problem with that ?
    I loved the third season!

    I'm not saying that I didn't like the 3rd season, I'm saying that I would of prefered more plot-relevant episodes.
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    dark_aquatus

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    dratava wrote:
    It filled in alot..
    But hey, who has a problem with that ?
    I loved the third season!


    Yeah, me to!

    I also liked the difference in the voice of the guy that plays Aang. Go ahead, listen to the first episodes and then to the finale episodes... You'll hear what I mean
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    KoalaSheep

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    hkulka2974 wrote:
    KoalaSheep wrote:

    The Beach and Ember Island Players were the biggest ones.

    EIP added some stuff to the plot and it was a recap of teh Gaang's story

    It didn't add anything extremely important, just a little Kataang action. And I think recaps are considered fillers.
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    hkulka2974

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    KoalaSheep wrote:
    hkulka2974 wrote:
    KoalaSheep wrote:

    The Beach and Ember Island Players were the biggest ones.

    EIP added some stuff to the plot and it was a recap of teh Gaang's story
    It didn't add anything extremely important, just a little Kataang action. And I think recaps are considered fillers.

    not necessarily

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    dratava

    [11]Jul 23, 2008
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    Mapletree46, and I'm not saying that you didn't.
    Everyone has a right to an opinion.
    Some (like me) love these filler-episodes.
    Others (like you) prefer plot-relevant episodes.
    To each's own, and Avatar delivers to everyone.
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    hkulka2974

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    dratava wrote:
    Mapletree46, and I'm not saying that you didn't. Everyone has a right to an opinion. Some (like me) love these filler-episodes. Others (like you) prefer plot-relevant episodes. To each's own, and Avatar delivers to everyone.

    correct

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    1337Bloodbender

    [13]Jul 23, 2008
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    I counted 5 fillers.

    302, 303, 305, 309, 317

    I agree Mapletree. There were a bit too many fillers for at least Avatar standards. I wish they used those episode slots to develop the events up to the final battle more.

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    Mapletree46

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    1337Bloodbender wrote:

    I counted 5 fillers.

    302, 303, 305, 309, 317

    I agree Mapletree. There were a bit too many fillers for at least Avatar standards. I wish they used those episode slots to develop the events up to the final battle more.


    there were also many things in those fillers that could of been used in the plot.
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    paoros16

    [15]Jul 23, 2008
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    The filler in my opinion are The Headband, The Painted Lady, The Beach, The Ember Island Players, and The Runaway except for Combustion Man

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    1337Bloodbender

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    Mapletree46 wrote:
    1337Bloodbender wrote:

    I counted 5 fillers.

    302, 303, 305, 309, 317

    I agree Mapletree. There were a bit too many fillers for at least Avatar standards. I wish they used those episode slots to develop the events up to the final battle more.

    there were also many things in those fillers that could of been used in the plot.

    I thought about putting 307, but since Combustion man showed up, the events surrounding the episode become suddenly revelant to the story.

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    suss2it

    [17]Jul 23, 2008
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    I don't know if I'd consider character development filler, they could have had more plot based episodes, but how many plot forwards can they have before the finale? The 1st half of the season, they spent waiting for DOBS, I don't see what else could be done in this time, except for filler, or characterization.
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    1337Bloodbender

    [18]Jul 23, 2008
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    paoros16 wrote:

    The filler in my opinion are The Headband, The Painted Lady, The Beach, The Ember Island Players, and The Runaway except for Combustion Man
    You missed the biggest filler of them all, "Nightmares and Daydreams." Although I like the fan-service in that episode, nothing important happened. I was hyped up for something action-packed before DOBS, but I was a little disappointed. It was a rather funny/weird episode though, and I mean it in a good way.
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    LondonParisNYC

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    there were ALOT of fillers. But it was actually needed. The only one, although funny, that was kinda of drawn out and unessary was EIP.
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    hkulka2974

    [20]Jul 23, 2008
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    fillers are mostly left up to opinion in the end so idont see how we can really call something a filler or not.

    I know for sure that The Puppetmaster wasnt a filler because bloodbending was later used in TSR

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