I don't talk about TV shows much on here, but honestly, I could. And one of the ones that I could talk about for a super long time is the classic Avatar: The Last Airbender. When I first saw it, I was blown away with the cool fights and sweet elementally-powered kung fu, but what really got me into the show itself was the world and the characters that took part in it.

And of course, once I surfaced from the show, the Internet was there to show me that the funniest jokes the show made possible were ones that the fandom itself could make up. Well, with the exception of a few things, that is. But there's a ton of hilarious memes out there that people have made, and that's why you're looking at this bad boy on whatever day this got published.  The fandom always comes up with a way to keep a show funny and entertaining well past its run on TV. It's been 13 years, and we've still got memes going on today. Let me share some with you!

Sit back, grab some cabbages, and sip on some cactus juice (actually, please drink some cactus juice - it's been scientifically proven that you think listicles are funnier when you've recently drank cactus juice), because you're in for the spiciest memes this side of Ember Island.

30 Smashin' That Cold Boi

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Oh look! The smack that started it all. The one moment that set all of the events of Avatar into motion. And here it is being turned into a meme that's pretty good.

Of course, I didn't actually start watching Avatar until the show had been on the air for a couple years. So I was pretty surprised when the show I had been watching re-aired the first episode and the intro was different. It made sense in retrospect, because it would have spoiled this whole moment, even though it probably had been spoiled in the previews beforehand. Still, it was really cool to see after all of the times I'd seen the original. And for a throwaway intro they only used once, it was pretty well-produced.

29 Save Him From Himself

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This is me. This is me when I try to make fanart. Every single time. There's a reason I'm an writer and not an artist. So while I can totally have a giggle at this, I also let out a small sigh, knowing that the truth is far too much for me to bear.

Let's just take a minute and appreciate how much this looks like Sloth from The Goonies.

The smile of the original picture has been transformed into a grimace of an agony that has lasted long years, and the left eye has somehow fallen by noticeable inches on Aang's face. His ears have somehow been replaced by odd little croissants, and his outfit has morphed into some odd bow tie. It's hideous, but it's also kinda of beautiful.

28 Aang Sees Avatar

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A lot of times, people complain when you give guff to a film that you've never seen before, but I would like those who would still follow that line of thinking to consider this: Why would anyone willingly open a box of spiders when they were promised cereal?

Let me explain. There's a new cereal out. It's supposed to get the kids excited because it's based on their favorite TV show. Said cereal has been running commercials, telling the kids when it's coming out. So when it finally comes out, parents everywhere are dragged by their screaming kids to the grocery store to get a box of this wonderful cereal that has been promised them for so long.

And once they get it home and open it, they realize they have literally been sold a box of spiders. The poor families are left with infestations of spiders in their beds and all the corners of their house. Who would willingly buy that?

27 Good? Bad? I'm Just A Guy with A Boomerang.

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You gotta give it to Sokka. He's the only non-bender in the central core of Team Avatar, but he still ends up being completely irreplaceable. Because for all of the wild power and unbridled force that Toph, Katara, and Aang possess, none of them can tell a joke to save their life. And for all the heavy stuff that they have to deal with to save the planet, they could use a couple yuks.

Sokka represents the world that Team Avatar is fighting to bring back: a world without worry, that can find a balance even in the most trying times, a world that never gives up hope. And maybe, just maybe, a world that's pretty good with a boomerang.

26 Boomerangs Have A Comeback for Everything

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Everybody loves Sokka. And the only thing Sokka loves more than Suki, his girlfriend the moon, or a sword forged out of a meteorite is his trusty boomerang. It has pulled his fat out of the fire several times, and his love for it grows each time. So of course, it's only natural that there'd be some boomerang jokes made. Sokka is a huge joker, after all. And this one is one of the best ones out there.

It's one of those jokes that would make Sokka proud, and if he had thought of it, this would be the perfect face he makes when he says it. I can just hear him saying this caption with this face.

25 The Best OTP In The Entire Fandom

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A tale as old as time. One man. One cart. Untold cabbages. A love that endured the worst trials and travails of the Hundred Year War. One man, who withstood the ravages of an oddly-omnipresent group of snotty teenagers. He is alone. He is himself.

He is the Cabbage Vendor. And his love for his cabbages will be the stuff of Internet legends for decades to come. 

And no Avatar article is worth anything if it doesn't mention him at least once. I believe this qualifies, and now that that's out of the way, please go see my new film, "Cabbage Vendor: Green with Envy," currently available on Amazon. It's a story as old as time, and as flatulent as Cabbage Soup Tuesday at your local Old Folks' Home.

24 Youngman Versus Juicy Boiz

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I don't know why I love this meme so much, but I love it so frickin' much, you guys. It's so stupid, it reminds me of the little arguments my friends and I would have as we talked about our favorite characters and who exactly would whip whose behind in battle. And the Internet of this has made things weird enough that this meme is its own thing now, and it's something that we should be laughing at for at least a few more years.

If you need to mention the Cabbage Man at least once in an Avatar article, you need to mention cactus juice at least once as well. This article has more cactus juice than Cabbage Man spots here. I think it was the right thing to do.

23 Charles Bender, CPA

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I think it goes without saying that Aang totally looks like Charlie Brown in an odd sort of way. And this creator here took it forward and ended up bringing the Airbender into a lame office workplace. However, it works for the joke -

Everyone knows of some co-worker that will attempt to dodge actually having to do something or actually being responsible for their own actions.

Heck, how many of us have called a customer service department only to get transferred about a dozen times because no one knows how to help you? I know every time I call my cable provider I get the same dang runaround. So it's just nice to see this kind of joke in a palatable Avatar form.

22 Zuko Is Dumb Sometimes

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I tell you guys, Zuko is by far one of the most interesting characters in A:TLA. At the very least, he's the one with the most complete character arc and personality change, either right up there with or surpassing Aang himself. Yet, where Aang himself was likable pretty much from the start, Zuko had the personality of a fart and ended up being the tsundere that everyone loved to hate. Or hated to love. Case in point:

Zuko was a whole lot dumber in the early days.

This comic is based upon when Zuko was a fart, and totally got what was coming to him. He was really hard to like in those first few seasons, and when Katara just absolutely one-shotted him here, it was hard not to stand up and cheer.

21 Don't EVER Listen To "They"

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Just the term "Fire Nation Navy" seems a little oxymoronic. However, it's totally a thing that ends up destroying a good portion of the Water Tribe. So when somebody decided to bring a meme like this to bear, it's pretty dang good. This moment, when a fire nation ship ended up getting beached in the middle of the ocean, was pretty much one of the coolest moves of the first season. After all,

No one suspects surprise icebergs!

Once you get a fire nation boat stuck on the ice, it's not like they're going to be able to use their bending abilities to actually get themselves out of the water or ice quickly. Unless they're good enough to where they can fire bend themselves some arm jetpacks like Firelord Ozai.

20 SPAWN ALL OF THE MEMES!

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Allie Brosh was too good for the Internet. She gave us a meme that everyone loves and cherishes, but her very public battles with depression make the current silence on her blog and on her other social media platforms since 2014 pretty much to be expected. And while the Internet wishes her well and hopes for her return, in the meantime, we've got the "ALL THE THINGS" meme to remember her fondly by.

Allie, we miss you. Keep making ALL THE MEMES.

Of course, making an "ALL THE THINGS" meme with Avatar is something that had to happen. I just never expected this one to be so comprehensive. That attention to detail makes it even better. My personal favorite continues to be Zuko's.

19 Good Guy Iroh

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Man, if there's one person in the entire Avatar universe I identify the most with, it's good ol' General Uncle Iroh. A man who has seen and committed atrocities in his own time, and now, as a new generation is poised to take the reins, he attempts to guide and steer those closest to him in order to avoid history repeating itself.

That, and the guy just wants to drink tea and play games until he passes on. This relates to me on a personal level.

But for all of his lackadaisical attitudes towards life, Iroh always seemed to have a life lesson at hand. And not just from Zuko, from the lowliest of people around him. He just wants to help, to redeem himself. And I can completely get with that.

18 Chuck Norris Has Nothing On Kyoshi

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Out of all of the Avatar's past lives, I don't think anyone of them is more bad to the bone than Avatar Kyoshi. This is an Avatar that was so awesome in martial prowess in life, that she inspired what is essentially the Earth Kingdom's answer to Navy Seals. She literally created her own island to protect her people from the evils that threatened them.

Kyoshi is essentially the most hardcore Avatar in the show's timeline. No wonder everyone is afraid of her.

And if Chuck Norris was a character in the world of Avatar (excluding someone like The Boulder, of course), you can be dang sure he wouldn't stand a chance.

17 A Matched Set She Can Agree With

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Ty Lee comes from a family of approximately a dozen sisters, all with the last surname Lee. Names include, but are not limited to Mai Lee, Bye Lee, Hai Lee, Bu Lee, Mu Lee, Chu Lee, and Goo Lee. I didn't get any of her sisters' names right, but you get the point. They were all trained to be circus performers, so the more identical they could be, the better.

This didn't sit well with Ty Lee, who rightfully thought her identity was getting glossed over to be part of some sideshow. So when she struck out with Azula and Mai, she did so to let her own uniqueness shine. And while it did, it appears old habits die hard. Ty finds her place amongst the Kyoshi Warriors, the elite squad of fighters on Kyoshi Island... who all look exactly alike.

Well, familiarity may breed contempt, but it seems that found familiarity seems to breed belonging.

16 Do NOT Accept This Invitation

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Hey, a free trip? Great! I haven't had a vacation in years, sign me up! Where are we going? Lake Laogai, you say? Never heard of it! Is it like one of those summer camp places where you do fun activities?

If the travel brochure to Lake Laogai was a real thing, it'd read like a nightmare day camp promising behavior reform and other creepy things.

Lake Laogai is one of the truly more 'off' things in the TLA storyline, probably only being trumped by bloodbending and the spirit monsters. Oh, and Azula. Nothing's scarier than Azula. This meme is pretty much how anyone in the know needs to react to an invitation to Lake Laogai: run the eff away. It's going to be a bad time.

15 The Neville Longbottom Of Avatar

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Everyone remembers Longshot as the introverted and silent elite archer from the Earth Nation rebel group the Freedom Fighters. Swift and agile with a bow, lanky of extremities, wide of nose. He definitely wasn't Mr. Steal-Yo-Girl like Jet was, but who would've thought that this talented kid could grow up to be one half of the hardest-shipped couple in Overwatch history.

You remember Longshot? This is him now. 

However, how people decide to play his character in OW have garnered him a bit more hate than he's really entitled to. It's not his fault only griefers and spoilsports play him. Ah well, what am I complaining about, I don't even play it anymore. I think I'm just gonna head over to DeviantArt for something completely unrelated. Later!

14 ALL HAIL MELON LORD!

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The final season of A:TLA had a bunch of great moments, but not that many funny ones. Things were all too often careening towards the end for humor to actually pick up. Sure, there was the play episode, but my favorite funny moment was the impromptu training montage given by Team Avatar as they strategized on how to defeat Firelord Ozai. Thus, the Melonlord was born, and Toph's thirst for power found where it could flourish. As she sent wave after wave of melon-headed rocks tumbling at Team Avatar, it became clear that she was enjoying this a bit too much.

She is Melonlord. You will submit. You will dine on melons. IN HECK! 

Of course, the silliness is interrupted by Aang's refusal to drop any living thing, something that comes up to the point of exhaustion in this season, as everyone, even Zuko, agrees that's what must happen.

13 Literal Avatar Memes

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You know what's great? Memes. You know what's better? Reaction faces. You know what's genius? Using actual characters from the show you want to make a meme about and giving them their own reaction faces. And you gotta admit -  even if you're not cool enough to remember what all of these faces were, it doesn't really matter. They work without captions, and that's kind of the beauty of this whole thing.

Each reaction face is a perfect representation of their character, and it's so dang satisfying.

Personal favorites: Zuko as the "NO" face, Mai as the "RU kidding me" face, and Katara as the "Everything Went Better Than Expected" face. They're perfect, and while Azula might be a little easy to predict, that doesn't make it any less funny. I'm pretty sure she made that face during her Agni Kai with Zuko.

12 The Most Interesting MacGuffin In the World

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Every great story needs its inciting action. In the case of A:TLA, it's more of an inciting inaction. I mean sure, everyone knows everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked, but if the Avatar hadn't vanished, then things might have panned out differently. And its this inciting lack of action that brings, for some reason, the Most Interesting Man in the World meme into the world of Avatar. I mean, this works pretty well, and since there isn't really much to laugh at with it comes to Avatar Roku, I think we can take what we can get.

And hey, we get to see the Most Interesting Man in the World again! That's a meme that's not overused, right?

Actually, I think the nature of memes themselves is that they're overused to begin with, sooo...

11 That's Rough, Buddy.

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The sadness. Probably the best reply in all of 2000s cartoons, Zuko's three-word reply to Sokka is the pinnacle of brevity in the series. When Zuko ends up joining Team Avatar, the first bonding experience Sokka gets to have with Zuko is over his expulsion from his people. Zuko mentions his relationship with Mai, and Sokka just responds with one sentence:

"My first girlfriend turned into the moon."

Zuko, ever the gregarious type, says three small words.

"That's rough, buddy."

It's the best setup and reply I've ever seen in animation, and is most certainly in the top ten of all time. It's simple, an attempt to come to terms with something that most people can't possibly comprehend. But Zuko's seen some stuff, and he has no reason to not believe him.