Jetara

Jetara
GENERAL
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Character	Jet
Character	Katara
Canonical?	Semi-Canon
Status of Relationship	Friends/Former Mutual Feelings/Former Enemies; Jet is deceased
IN FANDOM
Type (?)	Het
Tropes	• Shipper on Deck — Toph asked Katara if Jet was her boyfriend and called her out for lying when she denied it.

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Jetara is the het ship between Jet and Katara from the Avatar: The Last Airbender fandom.

Canon

Katara first met Jet after she and the rest of Team Avatar accidentally walked into a Fire Nation camp. Jet and his freedom fighters jumped in to help them. Katara immediately developed a crush on Jet and blushed as he helped her up into the treetop hideout. She was very impressed in Jet's skills and Jet was impressed in her waterbending ability. They also sympathized with each other over losing family members to the Fire Nation.

While the group was staying with Jet, Katara's brother Sokka witnessed Jet attack an old civilian from the Fire Nation. Katara wanted to hear Jet's side of the story and believed him when he made up evidence of the old man being armed. Katara refused to believe Sokka's warnings about Jet until she saw that he was trying to flood a village with innocent people. Jet insisted that it was a necessary sacrifice but Katara cried before freezing him to a tree. She told Jet that he was sick before leaving him behind.

Months later, Team Avatar went to Ba Sing Se to look for Appa and Jet went there as a refugee. He found a poster of Appa and approached Katara but she immediately froze him to a wall and told him to go talk to some other girl. However, the rest of Team Avatar insisted that they let him help. Toph asked Katara if Jet was once her boyfriend and told her that she was lying when she denied this. It was eventually revealed that Jet was brainwashed by the Dai Li. Sokka suggested that Katara kiss him to jog his memory which disgusted her. She instead healed him which helped him regain his memory.

Jet later took the group to Lake Laogai to help them find Appa. However, Long Feng and the Dai Li appeared to attack them. Long Feng also spoke a trigger word to reactivate Jet's brainwashing. However, Aang managed to remind him who he was. Unfortunately, Jet was hit by a boulder and fatally wounded. Katara desperately attempted to heal his wounds but Jet insisted that he would be okay and told her to leave and find Appa. Jet eventually died from these wounds, but Katara finally forgave him.

The Earth Kingdom Chronicles delves deeper into the Jetara relationship. It explains why Katara felt an attraction to Jet, has Katara describing herself as being "more than just friends" with Jet, and Katara wonders if she can trust Zuko because she regretted not trusting Jet earlier.

Quotes

Katara – “Umm, thanks for saving us Jet. We're lucky you were there.”

Jet – “I should be thanking you. We were waiting to ambush those soldiers all morning, we just needed the right distraction, and then you guys stumbled in.”

— Katara and Jet in Jet.

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“Grab hold of me, Katara.”

— Jet before holding Katara closely in Jet.

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Jet – “The Fire Nation killed my parents. I was only eight years old. That day changed me forever.”

Katara – “Sokka and I lost our mother to the Fire Nation.”

Jet – “I'm so sorry, Katara.”

— Jet and Katara talking about their pasts in Jet.

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“Hey Jet, nice speech.”

— Katara complimenting Jet's speech in Jet.

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Sokka – “Your boyfriend Jet's a thug.”

Katara – “What? No, he's not.”

— Sokka and Katara arguing about Jet's motives in Jet.

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“Why, Jet? I can't believe I trusted you. You lied to me, you're sick and I trusted you!”

— Katara upset with Jet's extremism in Jet.

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Jet – “I think I can help you. Katara, I've changed!”

Katara – “Tell it to some other girl, Jet!”

— Jet and Katara in Lake Laogai.

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Toph – “Was this guy your boyfriend or something?”

Katara – “What ... no!”

Toph – “I can tell you're lying ...”

— Toph and Katara talking about the latter's former relationship with Jet in Lake Laogai.

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Aang – “We need to find a way to jog his real memories.”

Sokka – “Maybe Katara should kiss him. That should bring something back!”

— Sokka suggesting that Katara kiss Jet in Lake Laogai.

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“We're not going to leave you.”

— Katara as Jet is dying in Lake Laogai.

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“Don't worry, Katara. I'll be fine.”

— Jet's parting words to Katara in Lake Laogai.

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“Aang's gone, Toph feels horrible, and Sokka is losing hope. I can't let everyone give up. It's not just about us surviving. It's about the survival of the whole world. "We'd better start walking. We're the only people who know about the solar eclipse. We have to get that information to Ba Sing Se." Sometimes I wish there was someone for me to lean on... but this is just the way it is. I have to keep us together. I have to get this information to the Earth King. I just have to.”

— Katara struggles with looking after Aang, Toph, and Sokka; and wishes she had someone to lean on again, The Earth Kingdom Chronicles.

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“So nobody feels like I do? They're all willing to just forget about what Jet did and believe him. Maybe I'm overreacting. Why am I still so mad at him? I guess I can't ask Aang to pass up any opportunity to find Appa just because my feelings for Jet are... complicated. "All right. But we're not letting you out of our sight." As we followed Jet to the warehouse where he'd heard they were keeping Appa, I tried to make sense of my feelings. Maybe it's just been a really long time since I've had someone to lean on, someone who was older, someone who was wise and brave. I guess that when I met Jet, I was so excited because he was kind of that person to me. He was totally devoted to fighting the Fire Nation, I didn't even have to convince him of how important it is! And I guess I did sort of feel a special connection with him. I felt safe when he was around, and then he betrayed that, he betrayed ME. I'd really like to believe that he's changed, but what if he hasn't? What if I get hurt again? Time to snap out of it-we're here... So Jet WAS telling the truth. Appa was here, but the janitor said that he's been sold to some guy who took him to some distant island. Maybe I can trust him again after all...”

— Katara reflects on her attraction to Jet, how he was the one person she leaned on, and how she was hurt by his betrayal, The Earth Kingdom Chronicles.

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“"Was this guy your boyfriend something?" Toph asked. What? Why would she ask that? She wasn't even with us when everything first happened — how does she know that we weren't just friends? Am I acting like an angry ex-girlfriend? Is that why she said that?”

— Katara describes her relationship with Jet as a romantic one, The Earth Kingdom Chronicles.

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“His smile, it's so sweet, I can't believe this happened... I guess this is good-bye.”

— Katara reacts to Jet's death, The Earth Kingdom Chronicles.

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“Okay, Katara, just stay focused on finding Appa. We're almost at the other cell. Whatever you do, don't think about Jet.”

— Katara tries to avoid thinking about Jet after his passing, The Earth Kingdom Chronicles.

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“"I'm sorry," Zuko said softly. "That's something we have in common." Us, having something in common? What does he mean? His own people took his mother away too? But how is that possible? She's the Fire Lord's wife. But what if he is telling the truth? What if Azula really is his enemy too? She did blast Iroh that time in the deserted city and even called Zuko a traitor. Maybe I have it all wrong, like I did with Jet. I was so hard on Jet and now I regret it. Do I want to make the same mistake all over again? Still, it's so hard to trust the person who has come to represent the Fire Nation to me for so long. But we could be stuck down here together for a long time. Maybe I should give him a chance, but take things slowly. "I'm sorry I yelled at you before."”

— Katara expresses regret for not trusting Jet earlier and compares him to Zuko, The Earth Kingdom Chronicles.

Fanon

Jetara is a mildly popular ship in the Avatar fandom. Some who ship Jetara also ship Zutara and use it as evidence of Katara's type and how she typically reacts when she is in love. There are some fans who interpret the Jetara relationship as being abusive despite the fact that they patched things up. Jetara commonly rivals the Kataang ship and occasionally the Zutara ship as well. However, most of the Jetara, Zutara, and Jetko fandoms are on friendly terms with each other; and Jetkotara is a triadic ship involving all three characters.

Fandom

FAN FICTION

Jet/Katara tag on AO3

Jet/Katara tag on FanFiction.net

FAN ART

Jetara tag on DeviantArt

TUMBLR

Jetara posts on Tumblr

Trivia

• According to Avatar Extras, Jet was Katara's first kiss, but they never kissed on screen.
• Michaela Jill Murphy, Toph's voice actress, has said that Jetara is her favorite ship.

Gallery

Screenshots

Variations

Jetaraang refers to the ship between Aang, Jet and Katara

Jetkotara refers to the ship between Zuko, Jet and Katara