Avatar: The Last Airbender's Homage to Dragon Ball Z.

Delusional though I may perhaps be, I've long believed that the show's final fight between Aang and Fire Lord Ozai, was partially inspired by Dragon Ball Z's final fight between Goku and Freezer.

The red, fire-scorched desert scenery is very reminiscent to the dying Planet Namek. The finale of the fight contains even stronger shadows of Z. In particular, there is this one moment, when the defeated Ozai lies at Aang's feet, which I definitively believe is an intentional homage.

If I were to take one specific frame in Z that this is the closest to a direct source for the homage, it wold be this.

However, there are several scenes which feature the disgusted Goku turning his back on the defeated Freezer, as both Goku and Aang struggle with the question of what to do about an irredeemable wretched creature, not wanting to kill... but being left with no option.

Now check out the scenery...

Pop 4: Accelerated Horizons

No reason not to strike while the iron is hot! I have already completed the fourth installment in my series of pop collections predominantly based on great songs I hear at work. This one is named Accelerated Horizons, for two reasons. First because it's by far the shortest gap between new issues, and second because I kind of pushed myself a little bit to get into some artists that I think I ought to.

Pop 4: Accelerated Horizons

1. Whip My Hair -- Willow
2. 21st Century Girl -- Willow
3. Tonight I'm Fucking You -- Enrique Eglasias
4. Fuck You -- Cee-Lo Green
5. Till The World Ends -- Britney Spears feat. Ke$ha & Nicki Minaj
6. Piece of Me -- Britney Spears
7. S&M -- Rihanna
8. What's My Name -- Rihanna & Drake
9. Thriller -- Michael Jackson
10. Billie Jean -- Michael Jackson
11. Beat It -- Michael Jackson
12. Who Says -- Selena Gomez
13. Never Say Never -- Justin Bieber
14. Grenade -- Bruno Mars
15. I'm Coming Home -- Diddy feat. Skyler Grey

Aside: That version of Till The World Ends with Britney, Ke$ha & Nicki Minaj is really something. All three of them are good artists, and it's the best remix I've heard since Ke$ha's Blow Cirkut Remix. For the record, my ideal pop team up would be a remix of We R Who We R with Ke$ha, Miranda Cosgrove, & Katy Perry!