The Boy in the Iceberg

"The Boy in the Iceberg"
Avatar: The Last Airbender episode
Aang, in the iceberg, serves as the namesake of the episode.
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 1
Directed by	Dave Filoni
Written by	Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko
Featured music	Ben Wynn Jeremy Zuckerman
Production code	101
Original air date	February 21, 2005 (2005-02-21)
Running time	23 minutes
Guest appearance
Melendy Britt as Gran Gran
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"The Boy in the Iceberg" is the series premiere, and the first episode of the first season, of the American animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender. The episode was directed by Dave Filoni and was written by series creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, with additional writing being done by Aaron Ehasz, Peter Goldfinger and Josh Stolberg. It originally aired on Nickelodeon on February 21, 2005, alongside the following episode, "The Avatar Returns".

As the first episode of the series, it introduces the setting and the main characters of the show, and centers on two siblings from the Southern Water Tribe, Sokka (Jack DeSena) and Katara (Mae Whitman), who find a young boy named Aang (Zach Tyler Eisen), trapped in an iceberg, and they rescue him, while banished prince of the Fire Nation, Zuko (Dante Basco), tries to track down the Avatar, the only person capable of bending all four elements; air, water, earth, and fire. The episode received mostly positive reviews from critics, who praised the writing and voice acting.