Avatar: The Way Of Water - 22 WTF Moments

11. The Subtitled Tulkun Dialogue

Avatar The Way of Water
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Perhaps the film's single most unintentionally hilarious moment occurs when Jake and Neytiri's son Lo'ak (Britain Dalton) is saved by the whale-like tulkun creature known as Payakan, and the two promptly become fast friends.

As they get to know one another, Lo'ak asks Payakan why he's an outcast tulkun, at which point Payakan lets out a vocalisation which, hilariously, is subtitled for our benefit.

Payakan says "It's too painful," a decidedly human response which can't help but seem a bit silly coming from a giant whale creature all things considered, no matter how intelligent they're made out to be.

Granted, it's certainly not a step too ridiculous in an Avatar sequel of all things, but it is much funnier than James Cameron clearly realised.

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