| NOTE: This article specifically details the M. Night Shyamalan example of the character as the original was well-received in the fandom for a variety of matters. |
Fire Lord Ozai is the overarching antagonist of M. Night Shyamalan's controversial 2010 film The Last Airbender, which is based off of the Nickelodeon show Avatar: The Last Airbender.
He was portrayed by Cliff Curtis.
What Makes Him a Scrappy?[]
- For a start, Ozai's face can be seen clearly (as seen in the photo in the infobox), which instantly makes him lose his intimidation and horror value he had in the first two seasons (such as scarring Zuko, telling Azula to capture Zuko and Iroh), especially considering that the movie is based off of Book One.
- His appearance doesn't help either, as while he, along with his family and his subjects, were offensively racebent from East Asian to Indian, he loses the long hair and beard that allowed Ozai to look so intimidating in his face reveal during Book Three.
- To add insult to injury, Iroh (who is supposed to be the kind and wise uncle we see him in the show) looks more intimidating than him as he has long hair and a full beard, which could be said, not only destroys Iroh's image as a kind mentor to Zuko, but also Ozai's image as an evil, intimidating Fire Lord.
- In fact, for that matter, when Zuko looks at a family photo of him, Ozai, Azula, and Ursa (although she is not named), he already has the long hair and goatee that made him so intimidating in the show, which implies further he removed it as the Fire Lord, which was when he needed it the most so that he could be more intimidating to his subjects.
- As the movie only adapts Book One, it has a lack of diving into Ozai's motives, making him come off as a Generic Doomsday Villain, nearly equal to Unalaq.
- In fact, he only qualifies as Pure Evil over his more personal (ironic) control over his subjects and his abuse to Zuko.
- Ozai is even worse of a brother to Iroh in this version, as despite no matter which version Iroh would definitely volunteer to go with Zuko, Ozai only gave Zuko a ship and crew to get rid of Iroh instead of it being more of a pragmatic "nice" moment in the original show as there was a lack of explanation why Ozai gave Zuko a ship straightaway.
- He never gets any punishment for his actions, as despite it being a good thing, the movie didn't get sequels based off of Book Two and Three.
External Links[]
- Ozai on the Avatar Wiki
- Ozai on the Villains Wiki
- Ozai on the Pure Evil Wiki
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