

Sokka is the one that came up with the name. The idea is to let the lightning flow through your body and then guide it safely out. He learned the technique of studying water benders. When someone is shooting lightning at you, you can use this method to redirect it as a bender.

Iroh is responsible for making up how to redirect lightning. Where he would have fallen through the roof of an abandoned building in the Desert he used the Air Scooter to stay upright. He even uses it to thwart Azula temporarily. It can be a fun way to get around or a fast way to escape an enemy. The Air Scooter has many uses and Aang has even been seen using it in battle. The Air Scooter is a form of Air Bending that was completely made up by Aang. She also uses it with the magic spirit water from the North Pole to heal Aang after he was shot with lightning at the end of book 2. After she put her burnt hands in the water they healed. We can see this being used first in the episode titled the Deserter, Book One Chapter 16, when Aang accidentally burns Katara. One of these people, Hue used plant bending to create a giant seaweed monster to scare people away. They manipulate the plants in the swamp by bending the water inside them. Plant Bending is first seen in the episode titled The Swamp which was Book 2 Episode 4 when the Gaang comes across two water benders that live there.
