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Grey DeLisle as Azula

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CHARACTER · AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER

Azula

Appears in
Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005)
Played by
Grey DeLisle

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Azula is a character in the TV series Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005), played by Grey DeLisle.

11 Interesting Facts About Azula

Interesting Facts (6)

  1. #001

    Book 3 was originally going to give Azula an arranged marriage, but the writers dropped the idea to devote more attention to her psychological breakdown and her friendships.

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  2. #002

    Azula bends blue fire, a color unique to her. Azul means blue in Spanish and Portuguese.

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  3. #003

    The writer argues that much of Azula's apparent evil comes from things she only claims or threatens to do, pointing to her taunt about torturing Suki, since Suki does not seem cripplingly broken when Sokka reunites with her.

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  4. #004

    The writer names "The Beach" as Azula's best episode, because it reveals an awkward, human side of her and shows that she is just a teenager with no social skills.

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  5. #005

    The writer calls Azula's reply to Long Feng, "Don’t flatter yourself. You were never even a player," the sickest burn in the series aside from Zuko’s scar.

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  6. #006
    Contains a major spoiler — show

    The twin sisters Lo and Li, who taught Azula firebending, are never seen at the controls on-screen, but the writers confirmed they were the ones operating the tanks in The Chase and the giant drill that broke through the walls of Ba Sing Se.

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Production Story (1)

  1. #007

    Azula's character design is based on headshots of Grey DeLisle, her voice actress.

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Life & Family (2)

  1. #008

    In the earliest drafts Azula was written as a boy. The writers soon saw that a feud between Zuko and a brother would run too close to Cain and Abel, so the character became his sister instead. Ty Lee was meant to be her love interest, and traces of that remain: Ty Lee flatters and adores Azula constantly. In the show's own terms, Ty Lee is genuinely afraid of Azula and does her utmost to stay on her good side.

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  2. #009
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    What became of Ursa, mother of Zuko and Azula, is left unexplained throughout the series. Near the end, Zuko visits his imprisoned father and asks him what happened to their mother. The creators had planned a TV movie special centered on that search, which would have given this late scene its payoff, but the project was dropped in favor of The Legend of Korra (2012-2014). The answer eventually came in "The Search" comics.

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  1. #010

    Creators DiMartino and Konietzko said Grey DeLisle landed the part of Azula at her audition because, unlike the other actresses who tried out, she never shouted any of her lines. From what she had read about the character, DeLisle judged Azula strong enough that she had no need to raise her voice to assert dominance.

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  2. #011

    Grey DeLisle's smug, condescending performance is credited with making Azula convincing as a manipulative schemer who is always playing 4D chess to outmaneuver her opponents.

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