Yip Yip Hooray! An Avatar Podcast
29 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -The world has been thrown out of balance, so the only obvious remedy is to re-watch the incredible Avatar: The Last Airbender!Join Katie and Jordan as they explore the universe of Avatar with their very own group of friends! Jordan has watched the series religiously since 2005 and is about to introduce it to some important people in his life! Yip Yip!
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Avatar Aang: Series Finale
December 23, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBThe Yip Yip crew ends the podcast with who it started with, inviting Jessica over for a socially distanced breakdown of the finale and the series as a whole. Jordan theorizes why the rest of the world let the Fire Nation subjugate them. Jessica is still really drawn to Azula and feels she gets done dirty in the finale and wishes her brother Zuko had more colors in his firebending. Katie discusses why Aang clings to his culture more than other Avatars. Jessica breaks down the old Avatars’ adv...
Sozin's Comet
December 19, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 69.3 MBThe comet arrives! The group finishes Avatar: The Last Airbender by watching the series finale “Sozin’s Comet” with chapters 18: The Phoenix King, 19: The Old Masters, 20: Into the Inferno, and 21: Avatar Aang. Jordan talks about Zuko’s quest for forgiveness in the back half of Book Three. Troy still hasn’t seen Black Panther. Katie loves the score in the last episodes. Jordan feels like the Spirit World is intervening in the events of the finale. Katie is unimpressed with Katara during the ...
Calm Before the Comet
December 15, 2020 21:00 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MBIt's our penultimate podcast before the series finale! Katie and Jordan catch up with Jessica on The Boiling Rock, The Southern Raiders, and The Ember Island Players. Jessica shares how she thinks the series will end, which may or may not include Toph killing Ozai. The group destress distress by talking Bake Off. Katie discusses field trips with Zuko and his chemistry with Aang. Everyone wants more Toph-centric storylines. Jordan is still upset how the Moon is the original water bender and i...
Red Hot Revenge and Ember Island Drama
November 23, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 42.6 MBIt's the calm before the comet! The Yip Yippers discuss Book Three chapters 16: The Southern Raiders and 17: The Ember Island Players. As a teen, Jordan could never appreciate the journey of the final episodes prior to the finale. Troy assumes Azula effectively tracks Team Avatar because they’re currently not bathing. Katie forgets who Haru is. Jordan goes on a tirade about the Hama and Kya connection theory. Katie loves that Azula is unstoppable. Jordan is angry that no citizens of the Fire...
The Boiling Rock
November 17, 2020 22:00 - 53 minutes - 36.4 MBLet's go to prison! This episode, we cover Book Three, chapters 14 and 15, "The Boiling Rock" Troy apparently hates the name “Boiling Rock” and would rather have Friends-style episodic titles like “The One Where Sokka Gets a Sword”. Jordan is curious about Zuko’s redemption. Katie loves the dynamic between Zuko and Sokka. Troy believes Azula had a “Powerpuff Girl” moment and is creeped out by The Warden. Katie loves Zuko trying to be wise and philosophical. Troy has trouble with today’s slan...
Hello, Zuko here.
November 07, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 45.7 MBHello, podcast here. This episode, we cover a turning point in the series with Book Three, chapters 12: The Western Air Temple and 13: The Firebending Masters. Jordan goes on a scorched earth tirade about the eight-month hiatus between the original airing of Day of Black Sun and Western Air Temple. The gang talk Zuko’s job interview. Troy tries not to get distracted by Greg Baldwin as Iroh, because he wants to know more about Iroh before he became Dragon of the West. Katie announces Boomeran...
The Day of Black Sun
October 21, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 68.4 MBIt’s time for the Day of Black Sun! This episode we cover the special mid-season finale The Day of Black Sun Book Three chapters 10: The Invasion and 11: The Eclipse. We’ve waited an entire season for the invasion of the Fire Nation and... they fail. Katie and Troy hijack the opening of the podcast, the gang discuss high school, and Jordan waxes poetic about his dear friend Smiley Jr. Troy assumes Dee Bradley Baker was drinking while doing Appa’s voice during the invasion. Jordan accuses Tro...
BONUS: Azula von Detten
October 16, 2020 18:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBWe recap the first six chapters of Book Three with Jessica, who is loving the Fire Nation fashion. Jordan shows off his Appa pillow. The gang discuss the issues of a hairy tattoo. Jessica announces her Netflix preview is Aang with a full head of hair at the Fire Nation school. Jordan shares Iceland is an inspiration for Fire Nation and Jessica says Vikings cut all the trees down.
Bloodbenders and Nightmares
October 13, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBIt's the calm before the Invasion! This episode, we cover Book Three chapters 7: The Runaway, 8: The Puppetmaster, and 9: Nightmares and Daydreams. Troy still has difficulties pronouncing Toph’s name. Katie notices any Toph-centric episode always has some confrontation with Katara. Jordan really wanted to see Toph go for a dip in her money like Scrooge McDuck and loves projecting personality traits and hobbies onto Sparky-Sparky-Boom-Man. Katie spots a super weird moment where Sokka and Aang...
The Avatar and the Fire Lord
October 08, 2020 19:00 - 58 minutes - 39.9 MBWe tackle some history in this episode with Book Three chapters 5: The Beach and 6: The Avatar and the Fire Lord. Nobody can agree on how many Wiggles there are. Troy says “Zuko is finally out of the closet”(?) Katie isn’t happy with “The Beach” because characters were objectified, body-shamed and featured aging women as sight gags. Jordan feels like Lo and Li were stripped of their character in favor of spouting proverbs. Jordan and Katie are bothered that Zuko and Mai have one of the shows...
Sword Sokka and Ripped Iroh
September 25, 2020 07:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBOur friends are leveling up! We discuss chapters 3: The Painted Lady and 4: Sokka's Master. Nobody knows what exactly is in Troy’s hair. Katie describes Piandao as a “sexy mysterious guy with a Batman voice.” Everyone debates whether or not "The Painted Lady" is this season’s “The Great Divide”. Katie appreciates how the episode raises awareness of water pollution, but hates Katara’s bulging anger-vein. Jordan reveals this is the first episode we see a female Firebender that’s not Azula. Kat...
Flamey-O! Book Three Begins!
September 21, 2020 07:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBWe head to the Fire Nation as Book Three begins! This episode we cover the season premiere "The Awakening" and Chapter Two: The Headband. It’s Troy’s birthday! And Katie can’t remember how old he is. Troy yelled out an expletive when Hairy Aang showed up on screen. Jordan recounts the numerous spoilers in Nickelodeon’s trailer for Book Three. Jordan loved Mae Whitman’s performance in the series premiere with Katara’s father Hakoda and Katie appreciated how her father gave her the space to ex...
The Crossroads of Destiny
September 18, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 50.1 MBChakras! Destinies! Onion and banana juice! The Book Two finale had it all. This episode, the gang covers chapters 19: The Guru and 20: The Crossroads of Destiny; Katie and Jordan definitely cried more than once. Jordan discusses the Christlike ending. Jessica announces her disdain for Empire Strikes Back, Jordan’s favorite, then says she likes Jar Jar Binks. Katie is happy Katara didn’t waste the Spirit Oasis Water on Zuko. Jordan discusses how accurately chakras are presented in “The Guru”...
Bad Trips Under Lake Laogai
August 31, 2020 01:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBThe gang is all here! This episode tackles Book Two, chapters 17: Lake Laogai and 18: The Earth King. Jordan thinks Long Feng has nice calves. Ba Sing Se freaks Jessica out. Jordan wants to know what happened to Joo Dee 2 and discovers Sokka is left handed. Katie discusses the differences between Zuko and Iroh's journey. Jessica wants to know what secret ingredient, other than love, Iroh is putting in the tea to make it so good. Everybody dislikes the name of “Whaletail Island”. Katie is cru...
Leaves from the Vine
August 20, 2020 02:00 - 1 hour - 47 MBIt's time to tearbend. This episode, the Yip Yippers cover Book Two chapters 14: City of Walls and Secrets, 15: Tales of Ba Sing Se, and 16: Appa's Lost Days. Jordan cries big man tears as soon as Iroh steps foot on that grassy knoll before singing "Leaves from the Vine." Katie finds out Troy has dimples and at some point we all sing “Say my Name”. Ba Sing Se reminds Katie of our trip to Singapore and some of the more Orwellian elements. We discuss Long Feng’s methods for keeping knowledge o...
The Secret of the Fire Nation
August 09, 2020 01:00 - 1 hour - 46.5 MBSecrets! Mechanical beasts! Real beasts! This episode covers the two-part special "The Secret of the Fire Nation" which is Book Two, chapters 12: The Serpent's Pass (a huge showcase of girl power) and 13: The Drill (a huge showcase of industrial power). Jordan calls everyone “chitters”. Katie and Troy’s hips are going out and their cousin drives by on his motorcycle. Jordan talks about the Serpent’s Pants and the Avatar trading card game. Blasphemous Troy says Jet is forgettable. Katie obser...
The Fury of Aang
August 01, 2020 19:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBThis episode we go on the greatest mini-vacation as well... to the Library! We dive into Book Two Chapter 10: The Library and Chapter 11: The Desert, which aired as a one-hour special in July 2006 as "Avatar: The Fury of Aang". Troy is paranoid every new character introduced is actually undercover Fire Nation, including giant owl Wan Shi Tong. Troy also discovers everyone but him is left handed. Jordan calls out his friend Bob for not re-stringing his guitar to teach him. Fruit-Juice-Sword-G...
Zuko Alone with Friends
July 24, 2020 20:00 - 58 minutes - 40.5 MBYip Yip, friends! This episode we cover the Book Two chapters 7: Zuko Alone, 8: The Chase, and 9: Bitter Work. Troy starts this episode jacked up on "green tea". Jordan talks about all the "Zs" in the Fire Nation Royal Family, which confuses Katie because she thought it was Fire Lord "Susan". Katie and Troy spread conspiracies about the House of Windsor and similarities to the Fire Nation. Jordan draws parallels between the way Zuko and Aang approach new villages and decides Aang is probably...
One Tough Toph
July 14, 2020 00:00 - 59 minutes - 41.2 MBYip Yip, friends! This episode, we tackle Book Two chapters 4: The Swamp, 5: Avatar Day, and 6: The Blind Bandit. Troy decides it's important to distinguish between Mulan 1 and Mulan 2 by naming them so. Katie struggles to find a name for her newfound "Momo Moments", Jordan suggest Momo-ments, obviously. Jordan notices there are no female swampbenders and the fact Aang gets triumphant music when he attacks Huu. The group discusses Sokka's unfortunate lack of processing his vision of Yue and ...
Book Two Begins!
July 09, 2020 01:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBNew journeys! New outfits! New... haircuts? Yip Yip Hooray covers the first three chapters in Book Two: Earth - The Avatar State, The Cave of Two Lovers, and Return to Omashu. Troy thinks The Avatar State episode should have been the Book One finale for some reason, Jordan is rightly freaked out by Azula's sifus Lo and Li, and Katie is pretty sure Uncle Iroh gets a sweet tan. Everyone gets in their underwear, which makes Katie uncomfortable and everyone laughs during The Cave of Two Lovers, ...
Oh No! We Watch The Last Airbender (2010)
July 05, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour - 46.2 MBWelcome back to Yip Yip Hooray! Before our gang moves on to Book Two, they are joined by their goddaughter Allison, who is just now experiencing the show for the first time. She tells us Book One definitely needed more female representation and we discover she is probably crushing on Zuko. Also, what better way to return from a two-week hiatus than to watch one of the worst movies of all time? In honor of the 10th anniversary of M. Night Shyamalan's "The Last Airbender" (2010), Katie and Jor...
The Siege of the North
June 18, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 46.7 MBThe Siege of the North is upon us! Our Book One: Water finale ends with chapters 18: The Waterbending Master, 19: The Siege of the North Part One, and 20: The Siege of the North Part Two. Jordan has been giddy with excitement to get to the finale because he says it was where he truly fell in love with the series. Troy can't quite pronounce Master Pakku's name, then we all dive into the ways men and cultural traditions have held women back. Katie finally notices a dip in animation quality bet...
Dear Abbey
June 14, 2020 15:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBToday we break down Chapters 15: Bato of the Water Tribe, 16: The Deserter, and 17: The Northern Air Temple. Troy announces his dislike of the title of "Bato", while Jordan is disturbed by how tall Bato is and his belief in the Spirit of the Water Bear. Katie loves that June calls Zuko and Iroh "Angry Boy" and "Uncle Lazy". Jordan is unconvinced an abbey could exist in the Avatar universe. Everyone loves Jeong Jeong's proverbs, especially Katie who announces she is particularly drawn to "Gru...
Avatar Finds its Soul
June 11, 2020 16:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBThis episode, we cover Chapters 12: The Storm, 13: The Blue Spirit, and 14: The Fortuneteller. We take a deep dive into the backstories of both Aang and Zuko and discover maybe these two aren't so different. Jessica keeps pronouncing names the Shyamalan way, which is terrifying. Katie swoons over how smooth the Blue Spirit is (and his upper body strength is insane). Jordan announces people used to suck on frogs in the 70s for alleged psychoactive chemicals and Jessica's neighbor makes an una...
Not Everything is Black and White
June 04, 2020 19:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBIn this episode, we cover Chapter 9: The Waterbending Scroll, Chapter 10: Jet, and Chapter 11: The Great Divide - out of order, of course, because who wants to end a mini-binge on The Great Divide? Well, I guess Katie and Troy might because Troy decides he likes that episode more than Jet. JET. The Great Divide Divides us and Jordan goes on a tirade about the merits of JM Animation versus DR Movie, the studios behind the animation of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Katie announces she is a "new ...
Spirit: The Fifth Element?
May 31, 2020 23:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBUncle Iroh hits the tub and we talk about the amazing adventure the loincloth-clad Dragon of the West goes on. We realize Zuko's indomitable spirit leads him into shenanigans. Katie argues the plausibility of feet-firebending which upsets Jordan. Will things ever be the same? Speaking of bending, Troy makes a case for "spirit" being a fifth element -- but we all know the true fifth element is love. C'mon, guys. This episode, we cover Chapter 7: Winter Solstice Part 1: The Spirit World and Ch...
Everybody Loves Iroh
May 27, 2020 02:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBKatie's brother Troy becomes a convert to the wonders of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Troy announces Uncle Iroh (a.k.a. Uncle Fire) is his favorite character because he too spent time as a mentor to aspiring martial artists when he taught Taekwondo (as a first degree black belt). The gang discusses the various real-world styles of martial arts the television show draws inspiration from. Troy announces Aang would be the worst student and Zuko would probably be like Bruce Lee in class. This epi...
The Boy (and Girls) in the Iceberg
May 22, 2020 03:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBOur adventure begins! Jordan gets immediate goosies as soon as the opening credits begin and Jessica has no idea what he is talking about, but makes a pass about the uncanny familiarity between the Avatar and Captain Planet - but who is heart? Our first official episode is a marathon of Chapters 1-3: The Boy in the Iceberg, The Avatar Returns, and The Southern Air Temple (poor Gyatso). Katie admits she is a Disney girl and Jessica tells us about some ungodly orange shag couch she had as a c...
Welcome to Avatar: The Last Airbender
May 21, 2020 23:00 - 14 minutes - 9.74 MBKatie and Jordan prepare Jessica for the adventure of a lifetime as she begins Avatar: The Last Airbender for the first time. She somehow knows more about The Legend of Korra and we establish that Jordan is the top of the Food Pyramid and, we guess, Jessica is the noodles and grains at our foundation? Nobody agreed to that metaphor. Also, Jessica compared Aang to Caillou (1997), so that happened.