Yip Yip Hooray! An Avatar Podcast
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!
Episodes
29 episodes
Avatar Aang: Series Finale
The 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...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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1:21:02
Sozin's Comet
The 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 f...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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1:40:55
Calm Before the Comet
It'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 inclu...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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53:06
Red Hot Revenge and Ember Island Drama
It'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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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1:01:56
The Boiling Rock
Let'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 c...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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53:01
Hello, Zuko here.
Hello, 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 orig...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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1:06:31
The Day of Black Sun
It’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...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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1:39:34
BONUS: Azula von Detten
We 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 o...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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41:26
Bloodbenders and Nightmares
It'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 alwa...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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1:01:18
The Avatar and the Fire Lord
We 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...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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58:03
Sword Sokka and Ripped Iroh
Our 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 "Th...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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48:34
Flamey-O! Book Three Begins!
We 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...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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36:52
The Crossroads of Destiny
Chakras! 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...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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1:12:53
Bad Trips Under Lake Laogai
The 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...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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55:55
Leaves from the Vine
It'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 sin...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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1:08:26
The Secret of the Fire Nation
Secrets! 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 industria...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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1:07:40
The Fury of Aang
This 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...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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52:36
Zuko Alone with Friends
Yip 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 Ka...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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58:55
One Tough Toph
Yip 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 n...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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59:59
Book Two Begins!
New 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 f...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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55:30
Oh No! We Watch The Last Airbender (2010)
Welcome 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...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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1:07:14
The Siege of the North
The 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 fi...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:07:59
Dear Abbey
Today 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 Wa...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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52:42
Avatar Finds its Soul
This 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 th...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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52:23
Not Everything is Black and White
In 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 T...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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45:53