Avatar: The Last Airbender Quotations

Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005 - 2008) is an American animated television series airing on Nickelodeon. It follows the adventures of Aang, the successor to a long line of Avatars, and his friends Katara, Sokka and later Toph, and their two animal companions Appa and Momo in their quest to save the world from the merciless Fire Nation, while avoiding capture from pursuers including Prince Zuko and other hunters from the Fire Nation.

Chapter 1: The Boy in the Iceberg

Zuko: I don't need any calming tea! I need to capture the Avatar!

Aang: This is Appa, my flying bison.

Sokka (sarcastically): Right, and this is Katara, my flying sister.

Aang: [to Katara] Come... closer... closer... Will you go penguin sledding with me?

Katara: [voiceover]Water, Earth, Fire, Air. My grandmother used to tell me stories about the old days, a time of peace when the Avatar kept balance between the Water Tribes, Earth Kingdom, Fire Nation, and Air Nomads. But that all changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar mastered all four elements. Only he could stop the ruthless firebenders. But when the world needed him most, he vanished. A hundred years have passed and the Fire Nation is nearing victory in the war. Two years ago, my father and the men of my tribe journeyed to the Earth Kingdom to help fight against the Fire Nation, leaving me and my brother to look after our tribe. Some people believe that the Avatar was never reborn into the Air Nomads and that the cycle is broken, but I haven't lost hope. I still believe that somehow the Avatar will return to save the world.

Aang: (to Katara) If you want to be a bender, you have to let go of the fear.

Sokka: (to Aang, who is playing around) Stop! Stop it right now! What's wrong with you? We don't have time for fun and games with the war going on.

Chapter 2: The Avatar Returns

Zuko: I've spent years preparing for this encounter. Training, meditating...you're just a child!

Aang: Well, you're just a teenager.

Katara: (voiceover-regular opening) Water, Earth, Fire, Air. Long ago the four nations lived together in harmony. Then everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar, master of all four elements could stop them. But when the world needed him most, he vanished. A hundred years passed and my brother and I discovered the new Avatar, an air bender named Aang. And although his air bending skills are great, he has a lot to learn before he's ready to save anyone. But I believe, Aang can save the world.

Chapter 3: The Southern Air Temple

Iroh: So this is how Commander Zhao acts in defeat? Disgraceful. Even in exile, my nephew is more honorable than you. Thanks again for the tea. It was delicious. [Iroh and Zuko leave]

Zuko: Did you really mean that, Uncle?

Iroh: Of course. I told you ginseng tea is my favorite.

Chapter 4: The Warriors of Kyoshi

Zuko: [Studying a map detailing reported Avatar sightings scattered around] How am I going to find the Avatar, Uncle? He is clearly a master of evasive maneuvering.

[Cut to Sokka, looking at a similar map]

Sokka: [to Aang] You have no idea where you're going, do you?

Katara: What does me being a girl have to do with sewing?

Sokka: Simple: girls are better at fixing pants than guys, and guys are better at hunting and fighting and stuff like that. It's just the natural order of things.

Katara: [with exaggerated happiness] All done with your pants! [throws them, they hit Sokka in the head] And look what a great job I did!

Sokka: Wait! I can't wear this! Katara! [sticks his hand through the hole in his pants]

Aang: Relax, Sokka. Where we're going, you won't need any pants!

Sokka: (straining at his bonds) Who are you? Where are the men who ambushed us?

Suki: There were no men. We ambushed you. Now tell us, who are you and what are you doing here?

Sokka: Wait! There's no way a bunch of girls took us down.

Suki: A bunch of girls, huh? The unagi's gonna eat well tonight.

Katara: No, don't hurt him! He didn't mean it. My brother is just an idiot sometimes.

Katara: He's just upset because a bunch of girls kicked his butt yesterday.

Sokka: They snuck up on me!

Katara: Right. And then they kicked your butt.

Sokka: [feeling proud to wear the Kyoshi uniform] Bravery and Honor.

[Aang passes by and pops his head at the door]

Aang: Nice dress, Sokka!

Chapter 5: The King of Omashu

Gate Guard: Settle down, old timer. Just tell me who you are.

Aang: Name's Bonzu Pipinpadaloxicopolis, the Third, and these are my grandkids.

Katara [now smiling serenely]: Hi, June Pipinpadaloxicopolis. Nice to meet you.

King Bumi: There's an airbender in our presence and not just any airbender, the Avatar! Now what do you have to say for yourself, Mr. Pipinpadaloxicopolis?!

King Bumi: Tomorrow the Avatar will face three deadly challenges. But for now, the guards will show you to your chamber.

Guard: My liege, do you mean the good chamber, or the bad chamber?

King Bumi: The newly refurbished chamber.

Guard: Wait, which one are we talking about?

King Bumi: The one that used to be the bad chamber, until the recent refurbishing that is. Of course, we've been calling it the new chamber, but we really should number them. Uh, take them to the refurbished chamber that was once bad!

Chapter 6: Imprisoned

Katara: Earthbenders! You don't know me, but I know of you. Every child of my water tribe village was rocked to sleep with stories of the brave Earth Kingdom and the courageous earthbenders who guard its borders. Some of you may think that the Fire Nation has made you powerless. Yes, they have taken away your ability to bend, but they can't take away your courage and it is your courage they should truly fear! Because it runs deeper than any mine you've been forced to dig, any ocean that keeps you far from home. It is the strength of your hearts that make you who you are, hearts that will remain unbroken when all rock and stone has eroded away. The time to fight back is now! I can tell you the Avatar has returned! So remember your courage, earthbenders, let us fight for our freedom!

Warden: No, please! I can't swim!

Tyro: Don't worry. I hear cowards float.

Chapter 7: Winter Solstice Part 1: The Sprit World

Zuko: [To a bathing Iroh] Enough. we need to leave now! Get out of the water.

Iroh: Very well. (stands up)

Zuko: [Looks away in horror] On second thought, why don't you take another few minutes.

Sokka: Yeah... We're all gonna get eaten by a spirit monster.

Chapter 8: Winter Solstice Part 2: Avatar Roku

Iroh: Sailing into Fire Nation Waters... Of all the foolish things you've done in your 16 years, Prince Zuko, this is the most foolish!

Zuko: I have no choice, Uncle.

Iroh: Have you completely forgotten that the Fire Lord banished you! What if you are caught?

Zuko: I'm chasing the Avatar, my father will understand why I'm returning home.

Iroh: You give him too much credit. My brother is not the understanding type!

Katara: Sokka! You're a genius!

Aang: Wait. How is Sokka a genius? His plan didn't even work!

Sokka: Come on, Aang. Let her dream.

Katara: You're right, Sokka's plan didn't work. But it looks like it did.

Aang: Did the definition of 'genius' change in the last hundred years?

Roku: It's good to see you, Aang. [He smiles slightly] What took you so long?

Chapter 9: The Waterbending Scroll

Aang: I know how to deal with these guys, Katara. Pirates love to haggle. Watch and learn. [walks over the Pirate Captain.] What say ye to the price of... one copper piece!

Pirate Captain: Hahaha! The price is 200 gold pieces. I don't haggle on items this rare.

Aang: Okay, two copper pieces!

Pirate Captain: It's not as amusing the second time, boy.

Iroh: (after diverting their ship to replace a lost game piece) I've checked all the shops on this pier. Not a lotus tile in the entire marketplace.

Zuko: It's good to know this trip was a complete waste of time for everyone!

Iroh: Quite the contrary. I always say, the only thing better than finding something you are looking for (crew members begin to walk past carrying Iroh's purchases) is finding something you weren't looking for at a great bargain!

Zuko: You bought a Tsunghi horn?

Iroh: For music night on the ship. Now, if we only had some woodwinds.

[Pirates capture Aang in net.]

Pirate: I got him, come on!

Sokka: Oh, what? I'm not good enough to kidnap?

[Pirates capture him in a net, too.]

[Pirate Captain and Zuko are fighting]

Iroh: Are you so busy fighting you cannot see your ship has set sail?

Zuko: We have no time for your proverbs, Uncle!

Iroh: It's no proverb. [Aang and others getting away in pirate ship]

Pirate Captain: Bleeding hog monkeys! [Zuko laughs; the pirates laugh as they drift after Aang and his friends]

Zuko: Hey! That's my boat! [runs after them]

Iroh: Maybe it should be a proverb.

Katara: Aang, I'm so sorry. This is all my fault.

Aang: No, Katara, it's not.

Iroh: Yeah, it kind of is.

Zuko: Tell me where he is and I won’t hurt you or your brother.

Katara: Go jump in the river! (Zuko pauses)

Zuko: Try to understand. I need to capture him to restore something I’ve lost, my honor. (Katara jerks her head away from Zuko) Perhaps in exchange, I can restore something you’ve lost.

Katara: My mother’s necklace! How did you get that?!

Zuko: I didn’t steal it if that’s what you’re wondering. Tell me where he is.

Katara: No!

Chapter 10: Jet

Sokka: Think about it. Somehow Prince Zuko and the Fire Nation keep finding us. It's because they spot Appa; he's just too noticeable.

Katara: What?! Appa's not too noticeable!

Sokka: He's a gigantic fluffy monster with an arrow on his head! It's kinda hard to miss him!

[Appa angrily bellows]

Aang: (soothing Appa) It's okay, Appa. Sokka's just jealous 'cause he doesn't have an arrow.

Aang: Walking stinks! How can anyone get around without a flying bison?

Katara: (mockingly) Well, I don't know, Aang. Why don't you ask Sokka's instincts? They seem to know everything!

Sokka: (sarcastically) Ha ha, very funny.

Aang: I'm tired of carrying this pack.

Katara: You know who should you ask to carry for awhile? Sokka's instincts!

Aang: Hey, that's a great idea! Hey! Sokka's instincts!

Chapter 11: The Great Divide

Sokka: That's some luck you knew Jin Wai and Wai Jin.

Aang: You could call it luck... Or you could call it lying.

Sokka: What?!

Aang: I made the whole thing up.

Katara: (shocked) You did not! (then, in devilish admiration) That is so wrong.

Chapter 12: The Storm

Zuko: I won't fight you.

Fire Lord Ozai: You will learn respect, and suffering will be your teacher.

[Zuko screams]

Sokka: I'm too young to die!

Fisherman: I'm not, but I still don't wanna!

Chapter 13: The Blue Spirit

Aang: (to the Herbalist) You're insane, aren't you?

The Herbalist: That's right!

(Katara starts coughing)

Aang: Oh no, not you too.

Katara: Relax, Aang. It was just a cough.

(She coughs again)

Aang: That's how Sokka started. Now look at him! He thinks he's an Earthbender!

Sokka (delirious): Take that, you rock!

Chapter 14: The Fortuneteller

Katara puts on the necklace Aang made for her

Katara: (to Aang) So, how do I look?

Aang: (blushes) You mean all of you or just your neck? I mean, because both look great.

Aunt Wu: Your destiny...this is incredible! You will be involved in a great battle! An awesome conflict between the forces of good and evil! A battle whose outcome will determine the fate of the whole world!

Aang: Yeah, yeah, I knew that already. But did it say anything about a girl?

[The volcano rumbles and smolders in the distance]

Sokka: Look! Can your fortune telling explain that?

Villager: (scoffs) Can your science explain how it rains?

Sokka: Yes! Yes it can!

Aang: Hey, Katara.

Katara: Can you believe she won't let me in? And after all the business I've given her!

Aang: But she doesn't even charge.

Katara: I know, but still.

Sokka: I can't believe all these saps! Someone really needs to scream some sense into these people.

Aang: They seem happy, Sokka.

Sokka: Not for long. I'm gonna prove to them Aunt Wu's predictions are nonsense. (he turns to a villager) Hey, you! I bet Aunt Wu told you to wear those red slippers, right?

Villager: Yeah. She said I'd meet my true love wearing red slippers.

Sokka (slyly): Uh-huh. And how many times have you worn those shoes since you got that fortune?

Villager: Every day.

Sokka (angrily): THEN OF COURSE IT'S GONNA COME TRUE!

Villager (excitedly): Really?! You think so?! I'm so excited!

Sokka: I DON'T CARE WHAT AUNT WU TOLD YOU! YOU HAVE TO TAKE A BATH SOME TIME!!

Chapter 15: Bato of the Water Tribe

Zuko: (pushing through a crowd) Out of my way! Step aside, filth!

Iroh: He means no offense! I'm certain you bathe regularly...

Zuko: I need to talk to you.

June: Well, if it isn't my new friends, Angry Boy and Uncle Lazy.

[Iroh laughs heartily for a moment.]

Zuko: (passing the Herbalist Institute) We're looking for someone.

Herbalist: I hope it's not Miyuki. (looks at Miyuki) Miyuki, did you get in trouble with the Fire Nation again? (meows)

Aunt Wu: Care to hear your fortune, handsome?

Iroh: At my age there is really only one big surprise left, and I'd just as soon leave it a mystery.

Zuko: (to Katara) Where is he? Where's the Avatar?

Sokka: We split up; he's long gone.

Zuko: How stupid do you think I am?

Sokka: Pretty stupid. RUN!

Sokka: (after being temporarily paralyzed) I'm starting to get some feeling back!

[A bunch of tiles fall on Sokka]

Sokka: Ow.

Zuko: (paralyzed) Uncle? I didn't see you get hit by the tongue.

Iroh: (holding a paralyzed June in his arms) Shhhh!

Chapter 16: The Deserter

Sokka: You want to walk into a Fire Nation town when they're all fired up with their, you know, fire?

Aang: Whoa! Wild shot!

Zhao: [roars with rage] I'll show you wild!

Aang: I don't know why, but I thought you'd be better than Zuko.

Aang: [having dodged a series of blasts from Zhao on several ships] You've lost this battle.

Zhao: [enraged disbelief] Are you crazy? You haven't thrown a single blow!

Aang: No, but you have [he gestures around, all the boats are on fire and sinking] Jeong Jeong said you had no restraint.

Katara heals the burn on Aang's arm

Aang: Wow, that's good water.

Jeong Jeong: Destiny? What would a boy know of destiny? If a fish lives its whole life in this river, does he know the river's destiny? No! Only that it runs on and on out of his control. He may follow where it flows, but he cannot see the end. He cannot imagine the ocean.

Jeong Jeong: Water brings healing and life. But fire brings only destruction and pain. It forces those of us burdened with its care to walk a razor's edge between humanity and savagery. Eventually, we are torn apart.

Chapter 17: The Northern Air Temple

Katara: (to Sokka, excited) Do you think we'll really find airbenders?

Sokka: Do you want me to be like you or totally honest?

Katara: Are you saying I'm a liar?

Sokka: I'm saying you're an optimist. Same thing, basically.

Aang: (referring to a statue of a monk) It's nice to see one part of the temple that isn't ruined.

Mechanist: Look out! (A giant boulder swings through and destroys the statue)

Sokka: So then the question became, how do you keep a lid on hot air?

Katara: Awww, if we only knew.

(after finding the war balloon)

War Minister Qin: This defeat is the gateway to many victories.

Chapter 18: The Waterbending Master

Sokka: I'm not one to complain, but can't Appa fly any higher?

Aang: I’ve got an idea, why don’t we all get on your back and you can fly us to the North Pole?

Katara: How's warrior training going?

Aang: That bad?

Sokka: No, it's Princess Yue. I don't get it; one minute she wants to go out with me, the next she's telling me to get lost! So, how's waterbending training?

Aang: Master Poop-head won't teach her because she's a girl.

Sokka: Why don't you just teach her, Aang?

Katara: Why didn't I think of that? At night, you can teach me whatever moves you learned from Master Pakku. That way, you have someone to practice with and I get to learn waterbending. Everyone's happy!

Sokka: I'm not happy.

Katara: But you're never happy. Come on, Aang.

Sokka: Okay, now I'm really confused. Happy, but confused.

Chapter 19: The Siege of the North, Part I

Sokka: (about who the commanding officer of the Fire Nation is) His name is Zhao. Middle aged. Big side-burns. Bigger temper.

Zuko: (to Katara) You rise with the moon. I rise with the sun.

Chapter 20: The Siege of the North, Part II

Zuko (tossing Aang to the side): Here for a rematch?

Katara: Trust me, Zuko. It's not gonna be much of a match.

Aang:[About Zuko, who's knocked out] We can't just leave him!

Sokka: Sure we can! Let's go.

Sokka (sarcastically): Yeah, this makes a lot of sense. Let's bring the guy that's constantly trying to kill us.

Zuko: [to an unconscious Aang] I finally have you. But I can't get you home because of this blizzard. There's always something. Not that you would understand. You're like my sister. Everything always came easy to her. She's a firebending prodigy and everyone adores her. My father says she was born lucky. He says I was lucky to be born. I don't need luck though. I don't want it. I've always had to struggle and fight and that's made me strong. It's made me who I am.

Koh: My old friend, the Avatar. It's been a long time.

Aang: You...know me?

Koh: Oh, how could I ever forget you? [Changes face to that of an angry-looking man.] ONE OF YOUR PREVIOUS INCARNATIONS TRIED TO SLAY ME!!! It was eight or nine-hundred years ago.

Aang: I didn't know that. Why did he...or I...try to kill you?

Koh: [Changes face to that of Ummi, Avatar Kuruk's wife.] Oh, it was something about stealing the face of someone you loved. [Changes face to that of a screaming baboon in an attempt to scare Aang.] HA HA HA!!! [It doesn't work and Koh keeps talking, bringing his fanged maw right up behind Aang's ear. ] Of course, that's all behind us. Why should I hold a grudge against you for something in a past life? After all, you're a different person now. You've come to me...with a new FACE.

Iroh: (as Zhao threatens the moon spirit) Whatever you do to that spirit, I'll unleash on you tenfold! Let it go now!

Firlord Ozai: (To Azula at the throne room) Your uncle is a traitor, while your brother, Zuko is a failure, I have a task for you

Aang: (as they are about to leave a ko'd Zuko in the snow) Wait. We can't just leave him here.

Sokka: (very determined) Sure we can. Let's go.

Aang: No. If we leave him, he'll die. (goes to pick up the unresponsive Zuko)

Sokka: (mockingly, as they take off on Appa) Yeah, this makes a alot of sense. Let's bring the guy who's constantly trying to kill us!

Chapter 1: The Avatar State

Master Pakku: (holding up an amulet) Katara, I want you to have this. This amulet contains water from the Spirit Oasis. The water has unique properties. Don't lose it.

Katara: (hugs him) Thank you, Master Pakku.

Master Pakku: Aang. (gives Aang some scrolls) These scrolls will help you master waterbending. But remember, they're no substitute for a real master.

Master Pakku: Sokka...

Master Pakku: (pats Sokka on the shoulder dismissively) Take care, son.

Iroh: Who knew floating on a piece of driftwood for three weeks with no food or water and sea vultures waiting to pluck out your liver could make one so tense!

Azula: Do the tides command this ship?

Fire Navy Ship Captain: I'm afraid I don't understand.

Azula: You said the tides would not allow us to bring the ship in. Do the tides command this ship?

Fire Navy Ship Captain: No, Princess.

Azula: And if I were to have you thrown overboard, would the tides think twice about smashing you against the rocky shore?

Fire Navy Ship Captain: No, Princess.

Azula: Well then, maybe you should worry less about the tides, who've already made up their mind about killing you, and worry more about me, who's still mulling it over.

Zuko: You lied to me!

Azula: Like I haven't done that before.

Chapter 2: The Cave of Two Lovers

Katara: You make a fine octopus, Pupil Aang.

Sokka: Look, I hate to be the wet blanket here, but since Katara's busy, I guess it's up to me.

Katara: Is this real or a legend?

Chong: Oh, it's a real legend.

Chong: (singing) Two lovers, forbidden from one another, war divides their people, and the mountains divide them apart. Built a path to be together - (talking) Yeah, forget the next couple of lines but then it goes - (singing again, rocker style) SECRET TUNNEL! SECRET TUNNEL! Through the mountain! SECRET, SECRET, SECRET, SECRET TUNNEL! Yeah! [everyone claps]

Chong: We don't need a map. ...We just need love.

Zuko: If the Earth Kingdom discovers us, they'll have us killed.

Iroh: But if the Fire Nation discovers us, we'll be turned over to Azula.

(Both look at one another and nod)

Zuko: Earth Kingdom it is.

(after a cave-in seperates Aang and Katara from the rest of the group, Sokka digs furiously at the rubble for a moment before giving up)

Chong: Yeah, it's no use. We're seperated. (holds up guitar) But at least you have us!

(Sokka wails in anguish and begins digging twice as hard)

Katara: I have a crazy idea...

Aang: What?

Katara: Nevermind, its too crazy.

Aang: Katara, what is it?

Katara: (looking away) I was thinking… the curse says we’ll be trapped in here forever unless we trust in love.

Aang: Right...

Katara: And here it says 'love is brightest in the dark' and...has a picture of them kissing...

Aang: (clueless) Where are you going with this?

Katara: Well...what if we kissed?

Aang: (shocked) US kissing?!

Katara: See, it was a crazy idea.

Aang: (dreamily) Us...kissing...

Katara: (laughing) Haha! Us, kissing. What was I thinking? Can you imagine that?

Aang: (trying to play it off) Yeah, heh heh. I definitely wouldn't want to kiss you!

Katara: (angry & a little hurt) Well, I didn't realize it was such a horrible option! Sorry I suggested it!

Aang: (attempting to save face) No, I mean, if it was a choice between kissing you and DYING...

Katara: Ugh!

Aang: What?! I'm saying I'd rather kiss you than die! That's a compliment!

Katara: Well I'm not sure which I'd rather do!

(She walks off in a huff)

Aang: What is wrong with me?

Chong: Hey, I remember that line of the song! (Gets his banjo and stands in the front of the cave and sings) AND DIE!!

(Sokka and Chong's group have been reunited with Aang and Katara outside the cave)

Katara: (to Sokka) Sokka, why is your forehead all red?

Chong: (to Katara and Sokka) Nobody react to what I'm about to tell you... (points at Aang) I think that kid might be the Avatar!

Sokka: (slaps forehead, red spot gets bigger)

Chapter 3: Return to Omashu

Ty Lee: But I'm happy here, my aura has never been pinker!

Azula: (cocking an eyebrow) I'll take your word for it.

Mai: I thought you ran off and joined the circus? You said it was your calling.

Ty Lee: Well, Azula called a little louder.

Sokka: NO. Bad Fire Nation baby!

Mai: (to Azula) Please tell me you're here to kill me.

Mai: [About Omashu.] There really is no fathoming the depths of my hatred for this place.

Chapter 4: The Swamp

Iroh: Not professional anyway.

(Iroh gets up and starts singing)

Iroh: (singing)

It's a long, long way to Ba-Sing-Se

But the girls in the city

They look so pretty--!

They kiss so sweet

That you really got to meet

The girls from Ba-Sing-Se--!

Katara: Sokka, you've got an elbow leech!

Sokka: Where? Where?

Katara: Where do you think?

Due: I bet he tastes a lot like possum chicken.

Tho: You think everything tastes like possum chicken.

Chapter 5: Avatar Day

Sokka: (finding his stolen boomerang) Boomerang! You do always come back!

Aang: I said I would face justice, so I will. (spins Wheel of Punishment)

Spectator 1: (rooting) Come on, torture machine!

Old Man: Eaten by bears!

Spectator 2: Razor pit!

Katara: (worried) Community service! Please stop on community service.

Mayor Tong: (cowers) You! Avatar! Do something!

Aang: Gee, I'd love to help, but I'm supposed to be boiled in oil.

Aang: Ugh, what just happened?

Katara: Well uh, you sort of just...confessed.

Aang: What is this?

Mayor Tong: Our new festival food. Uncooked dough. May we eat and remember how on this day, the Avatar was NOT boiled in oil!

Katara: (picks up uncooked dough) Happy Avatar Day.

[Katara and Aang eat the dough]

Sokka: This is, without question, the worst town we have ever been to.

Chapter 6: The Blind Bandit

Katara: (Sigh) This is just going to be a bunch of guys chucking rocks at each other, isn't it?

Sokka: That's what I paid for.

The Boulder: The Boulder feels conflicted about fighting a young blind girl.

Toph: Sounds to me like you're scared, Boulder!

The Boulder: ...The Boulder is over his conflicted feelings and now he's ready to bury you in a rockalanche!

Toph: Whenever you're ready, the Pebble! (laughs evil-like)

Toph: [Aang has just entered the ring] Do people really want to see two little girls fighting out here?

Toph: Somebody's a little light on his feet. What's your fighting name, the Fancy Dancer?

The Boulder: Listen up, Hippo! You may be big, but you ain't bad! THE BOULDER's gonna win this, in a landslide!

Sokka: You know, now I'm really glad I bought this bag. It matches the belt perfectly!

Katara: (sarcastically) That is a BIG relief!

Toph: What're you doing here, Twinkle Toes?

Aang: How'd you know it was me?

Sokka: Don't answer to twinkle toes, its not manly!

Katara: You're the one who's bag matches his belt!

Toph: Um, I'll take the belt back. [Sokka undoes it then throws it to Toph, but it hits her on the head and knocks her down] Oww!

Sokka: Sorry.

Chapter 7: Zuko Alone

Zuko: (Gives dagger to Lee) Read the inscription.

Lee: Made in Earth Kingdom...

Zuko: The other one.

Lee: Never give up without a fight.

Soldier 1: Hey! Did you throw that egg?

Zuko: No.

Soldier 1: Did you see who did it?

Zuko: No.

Soldier 1: That egg had to've come from somewhere.

Zuko: Maybe a chicken flew over.

[After Azula tricked Zuko into knocking Mai, and himself, into a fountain to put out the flaming apple on Mai's head]

Ursa: I was just coming to get you. Uncle Iroh sent us a letter from the war front. ...You're soaking wet.

Zuko: Girls are crazy!

Male Villager: (While Zuko is fighting) Give him a left! A left!

Female Villager: It's not a fist fight.

Male Villager: He's got a left sword, don't he?

Ursa: [in reference to Azula] What is wrong with that child?!

Defeated Earthbender: Who... Who are you?

Zuko: My name is Zuko, son of Ursa and Fire Lord Ozai, Prince of the Fire Nation, and heir to the throne.

Chapter 8: The Chase

Toph: Who's Zuko?

Sokka: Oh just some angry freak with a ponytail who's tracked us all over the world.

Katara: What's wrong with ponytails, Ponytail?

Sokka: This (points to ponytail) is a warrior's wolf-tail.

Katara: Well it certainly tells the other warriors that you're fun and perky.

Toph: We can take 'em. Three on three.

Sokka: Actually Toph, there's four of us,

Toph: Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't count you; you know, no bending and all.

Sokka: I can still fight!

Toph: Okay. Three, on three plus Sokka.

Sokka: Grrrrrrr!!

Katara: Ever since joining us you’ve been nothing but selfish and unhelpful.

Toph: What?! Look here, sugar queen, I gave up everything I had so that I could teach Aang earthbending, so don’t you talk to me about being selfish!

Katara: Sugar Queen!‌ (Toph closes off her rock tent by brining a slab of earth up to cover the opening to Katara.) D-Did you just slam the door in my face!‌

Katara: How can you be so infuriating!‌

Mai: Wads of wet fur, how delightful.

Ty Lee: Hmm, they're not wads, they're more like, bundles. Or bunches? It's got an "uh" sound.

Mai: ...Clumps?

Ty Lee: (Hugs Mai) Clumps! They're clumps!

Katara: The stars sure are beautiful tonight. (shouts angrily) Too bad you can't see them, Toph!!!

Toph: It feels like an avalanche, but not an avalanche.

Sokka: (irritated because he's sleepy) Your powers of perception are frightening.

Azula: You still don't know who I am? You don't see the family resemblance? Let me give you a hint. (covers left eye with her hand, imitating Zuko) I must find the Avatar to restore my honour.

Aang: (Stares with blank face)

Azula: It's ok. You can laugh. It's funny.

Azula: (To Aang) Do you realy want to fight me?

Zuko jumps in, with a fighting stance

Zuko: (To Azula) Yes, I really do.

Chapter 9: Bitter Work

Aang: So, what cool move are you gonna teach me first? Rock-a-lanche? The Trembler? Oh, oh, maybe I can learn to make a whirlpool outta land...

Toph: Let's start with, "Move A Rock."

Sokka: (aiming at a small prey animal) You're awfully cute, but unfortunately for you, you're made of meat.

(Zuko and Iroh are drinking tea together)

Iroh: Lightening is a pure expression of firebending, without aggression. It is not fueled by rage or emotion, the way other firebending is. Some call lightening "the cold-blooded fire." It is precise and deadly, like Azula. To perform the technique requires peace of mind.

Zuko: I see. That's why we're drinking tea. To calm the mind.

Iroh: Oh yeah, good point. I mean, yes.

Zuko (yelling angrily toward the sky): You've always thrown everything you could at me! Well, I can take it, and now I can give it back! Come on! STRIKE ME! You've never held back before!

Zuko: Great! I'm ready to try with real lightning!

Iroh: [taken aback] What, are you crazy? Lightning is very dangerous.

Zuko: I thought that was the point: you teaching me to protect myself from it!

Iroh: Yeah, but I'm not going to shoot lightning at you!

Sokka: Aang, this is my friend Fufucuddelypoofs, Fufucuddelypoofs, Aang.

Zuko: So uncle, I’ve been thinking. It’s only a matter of time before I run into Azula again. I’m going to need to know more advanced firebending if I want to stand a chance against her. I know what you’re going to say: she’s my sister and I should be trying to get along with her--

Iroh: No, she’s crazy and she needs to go down.

[Sokka is buried in the earth and is pleading to the spirits to let him out]

Sokka: Okay, karma person or thing, whoever's in charge of this stuff... If I can just get out of this situation alive, I will give up meat and sarcasm. Okay? That's all I got. Pretty much my whole identity: Sokka the meat and sarcasm guy. But I'm willing to be Sokka, the veggies and straight talk fellow. Deal?

(sees Aang approaching)

Sokka: Aang! Thank goodness! Have you got any meat?

Toph: (while Sokka is stuck in ground) No, wait Aang, I should get him out. You're still new to this (talks to Aang) You might accidentally crush him.

Sokka:Yeah, no crushing, please!

Toph: Gooood morning earth-bending students!

Chapter 10: The Library

Toph: There it is!

Toph: That's what it will sound like when one of you spots it. (Waves hand repeatedly up and down in front of her face, reminding everybody that she's blind)

Katara: You got something against libraries?

Toph: I've held books before, and I gotta tell you, they don't exactly "do it" for me.

Katara: Oh, right. Sorry.

Sokka: I'm going to spend my vacation AT THE LIBRARY!

Wan Shi Tong: You think you're the first person to believe their war was justified? Countless others before you have come here, seeking weapons, weaknesses or battle strategies!

Wan Shi Tong: (to Katara; preparing to fight him as she is being chased) Your waterbending won't do you much good here. I have studied Northern Water Style, Southern Water Style, even Foggy Swamp Style.

(Sokka smashes a book against Wan Shi Tong's head, causing him to collapse)

Sokka: That's called Sokka style. Learn it!

Professor Zei: Delightful! I only wish I spoke his tongue. Oh, the stories this beast could tell.

Momo: (chittering to the Professor)

Professor Zei: Shush, chatty monkey!

Chapter 11: The Desert

Sokka: (hallucinating after drinking cactus juice) Drink cactus juice, it'll quench ya. Nothing's quenchier. It's the quenchiest!

Katara: Okay, I think you had enough.

Sokka: Who lit Toph on fire?

Sokka: We're drinking your bending water? (smacks lips] You used this on the swamp guy! Ugh!

Toph: It does taste swampy.

Katara: (After spotting the giant sand mushroom cloud made by Aang) What is that?

Toph: What? What is what?

Sokka: (under the influence of the cactus water) It's a giant mushroom...MAYBE IT'S FRIENDLY!

Katara: Let's just keep moving. I hope Aang's okay.

Sokka:(hallucinating, waving arms) FRIENDLY MUSHROOM!!! Mushy giant friend!!

Aang:(sees a cloud that looks like Appa in front of the moon) Appa!

Sokka: (under the influence of cactus juice) Appa? Now why would Princess Yue need him? (grabs Momo's tail and brushes it against his cheek dreamily) She's the moon; she flies by herself.

Katara: Sokka, any ideas on how to reach Ba Sing Se?

Sokka: (under the influence of the cactus water) Why don't we ask the circle birds?

Katara: (to Sokka) You've been hallucinating on cactus juice all day, and then you just lick something you find stuck to the wall of a cave?!

Sokka: I have a natural curiousity.

Toph: Yesterday my mouth tasted like mud. Now it tastes like sand. I never thought I would miss the taste of mud so much.

Chapter 12: The Serpent's Pass

[Suki asks Sokka why he is being overprotective of her]

Sokka: It's so hard to lose someone you care about. Something happened at the North Pole and I couldn't protect someone. I don't want anything like that to ever happen again.

Suki: I lost someone I cared about. He didn't die. He just went away. I only had a few days to get to know him, but he was smart and brave and funny...

Sokka: (suspiciously) Who is this guy? Is he taller than me?

Suki: (deadpan) No. He's about your height.

Sokka: Is he better-looking?

Suki: It is you, stupid!

Sokka: Oh.

[after Smellerbee is hurt by Iroh's mistaking her for a boy, Longshot catches up with her and looks at her without speaking]

Smellerbee: I know. You're right. As long as I'm confident in who I am, it doesn't matter what other people think. Thanks, Longshot.

[Longshot nods]

[Suki rescues Toph from drowning]

Toph: (thinking that Suki is Sokka) Oh, Sokka! You saved me! (kisses Suki on the cheek]

Suki: Um, actually, it's me.

Toph: Oh.... well, heh heh. You can go ahead and let me drown now.

Sokka: Suki, you know about giant sea monsters, do something!

Suki: Just because I live near the Unagi doesn't mean I'm an expert.

Sokka: [picks up Momo and offers it to the Sea Serpent] Oh great and powerful sea serpent, please accept this humble and tasty offering. Thank You.

Katara: Sokka!

Chapter 13: The Drill

Mai: Azula can shoot all the lightning she wants at me, I'm not going into that wall sludge juice. (shudders)

Ty Lee: (Looking through a periscope at the dust cloud Toph made) Hey...Look at that dust cloud. It's so...poofy! (Mimes by closing and opening her hand) Poof!

Iroh: I know you're not supposed to cry over spilled tea, but (sniffs) it's just so sad!

Katara: (Annoyed) You know, I am just about sick and tired of you telling me what to do all day. You're like a chattering hog-monkey!

Sokka: (Angrily) JUST BEND THE SLURRY, WOMAN!

[Katara bends a wave of slurry into Sokka's face, knocking him over]

[Toph takes the group under ground]

Sokka: It's so dark down here. I can't see a thing.

Toph: (Sarcastically) Oh no, what a nightmare!

Sokka: Sorry.

Chapter 14: City of Walls and Secrets

Katara: The King is throwing a party at the palace tonight for his pet bear.

Aang: Don't you mean platypus bear?

Katara: No, it just says, 'bear'.

Sokka: Certainly you mean his pet skunk bear?

Toph: Or his armadillo bear?

Aang: Gopher bear?

Katara: Just, 'bear'.

(short pause)

Toph: This place is weird.

Long Feng: By the way, I'm Long Feng. I'm a cultural minister to the king.

Katara: I'm Kua Mai, and this is [gestures to Toph]...Dum.

Toph: It won't work. You country-bumpkins will stand out a mile. [Eats food with her hands]

Iroh: (Sips tea) Blech! This tea is nothing more than hot leaf juice!

Zuko: Uncle, that's what all tea is.

Iroh: How could a member of my own family say something so horrible?

Katara: Look, the inner wall. I can’t believe we finally made it to Ba Sing Se in one piece.

Sokka: Hey don’t jinx it! We could still be attacked by some giant, exploding Fire Nation spoon. Or find out the city’s been submerged in an ocean full of killer shrimp.

Toph: You been hitting the cactus juice again?

Zuko: This city is a prison. I don’t want to make a life here.

Iroh: Life happens wherever you are, whether you make it or not. Now come on, I found us some new jobs, and we start this afternoon.

Party Guest 1: (about the king's bear) He's taking all the good stuff!

Party Guest 2: Shut up! Do you know what I had to do to get seats this close to the bear?

Iroh: (to Zuko) Would you like some tea?

Zuko: We've been working in a tea shop the whole day. I'm sick of tea.

Iroh: (stops making tea and lifts his hands in exasperation) Sick of tea? That's like being sick of breathing!

Chapter 15: The Tales of Ba Sing Se

Iroh: (singing)

Leaves from the vine

Falling so slow

Like fragile tiny shells

Drifting in the foam

Little soldier boy

Come marching home

Brave soldier boy

Comes marching home...

Iroh: (After a group of children accidentally breaks a window while playing soccer) It is usually best to admit mistakes when they occur, and to seek to restore honor...

Very large man: (Yelling threateningly through the window) When I'm through with you kids, the window won't be the only thing that's broken!

Iroh: ...but not this time. Run!

Iroh: How was your night, Prince Zuko?

[Zuko slams the door to his room. Iroh looks disappointed and Zuko slides the door open a little]

Zuko: (quietly) It was nice.

Sokka: I am so sorry! Something struck me in the rear. I just... wound up... here? (students giggle)

Madame Macmu-Ling: Five, seven, then five, syllables mark a Haiku, (Bowing her head to him) remarkable oaf.

Sokka: (Looking annoyed, then ponders this for a second.) They call me Sokka, that is in the water tribe, (Counting the next five syllables on his fingers as he says them) I am not an oaf.

Madame Macmu-Ling: Chittering monkey, in the spring he climbs treetops, and thinks himself tall.

Students: Ooooh.

Sokka: You think you're so smart, with your fancy little words, this is not so hard.

Students: Ooooh!

Madame Macmu-Ling: Whole seasons are spent mastering the form, the style, none calls it easy!

Sokka: I calls it easy! Like I paddle my canoe, (Turns around and paddles his behind once) I'll paddle yours too!

Students: (Laughing)

Madame Macmu-Ling: There's nuts and there's fruits, (Pulls a plum from her sleeve and drops it to the ground) in fall the clinging plum drops, (voice dwindles slighty) always to be squashed.

(She steps on the plum, squashing it.)

Sokka: Squish squash, sling that slang! I'm always right back at ya, like my (pulls out boomerang) BOOMERANG!

Students: (Laughing)

Sokka: (Sheathing his boomerang and making more arm movements) That's right I'm Sokka, it's pronounced with an 'okka', young ladies, I rocked ya!

(silence and cold stares; Sokka counts syllables on fingers and realizes his terrible mistake)

Security: Uh, that's one too many syllables there, bub. (throws him out)

Chapter 16: Appa's Lost Days

[context: Azula is talking to the Kyoshi warriors, who fight with fans]

Azula: Who are you? The Avatar's fangirls?

[a short pause]

Ty Lee: ...Oh! I get it! Good one Azula.

[Ty Lee unleashes a flurry of jabs into the back of a Kyoshi warrior, dropping her, and unleashes a final taunt]

Ty Lee: You are not prettier than we are.

Guru: I know I am not the person you expected...and I did not expect to be licked by a giant tongue just now.

Chapter 17: Lake Laogai

Toph: (happily) We're finally leaving Ba Sing Se, WORST CITY EVER!

Sokka: Hey, I thought designing the "Lost Appa" poster was my job! I've been working all day on my Appa!

Aang: Sokka, the arrow is on Appa's head.

Sokka: This is his head!

Katara: Why are feet coming out of it?

Sokka: Those are his horns! I haven't seen him in a while, okay?

Toph: Well, it looks just like him to me.

Sokka: Oh, thanks, I worked really [breaks off, remembering that Toph is blind] Why do you feel the need to do that?

Sokka: We'll split up to cover more area. Toph, I guess you should just come with me.

Toph: (Grumpily) Why? Because you think I can't put up posters on my own!? (Swipes glue across a wall, snatches a poster from Sokka, and slams it backwards onto the paste).

[Pause]

Toph: It's upside-down, isn't it? I'll just go with Sokka.

Iroh: "The Tea Weevil"! No, that's stupid...

Aang: We need to find a way to jog his real memories.

Sokka: (provokingly) Maybe Katara should kiss him! That should bring something back!

Katara: Maybe you should kiss him, Sokka.

Sokka: Hey, just an idea.

Aang: (Perhaps jealous) A bad one.

Toph: Was this guy your boyfriend or something?

Katara: What?! No!

Toph: (teasing, sing-song tone) I can tell you're lying~!

Jet: Don't worry Katara, I'll be fine

Toph: (sadly as she's walking away to Sokka) He's lying

Chapter 18: The Earth King

Sokka: Looks like Long Feng is long gone! (laughs) Oh, I've been waiting to use that one!

Toph: I've seen enough of Ba Sing Se. And I can't even see!

Chapter 19: The Guru

Guru Pathik: Third is the fire chakra, located in the stomach.

Aang: My fire chakra would like to eat something other than onion and banana juice.

Guru Pathik: (laughs) Good one. Moving on.

Azula: We have been presented with an extraordinary opportunity, girls.

Ty Lee: Mai finally gets to wear make-up that's not totally depressing?

Guru Pathik: Hmm, That chakra opened less like a flowing creek, and more like a (pauses) burping bison!

Aang: (burping) Taste like onion and banana juice... but strangely something else... (smacks lips together) Pickles?

Guru Pathik: (shrugging) Muhum?

Guru Pathik: You have indeed felt a great loss. But love is a form of energy, and it swirls all around us. The Air Nomads' love for you has not left this world. It is still inside of your heart, and is reborn in the form of new love.

Chapter 20: The Crossroads of Destiny

Ty Lee: Nice speech, Azula! It was pretty and poetic, but also scary in a good way!

Iroh: Believe me when I say there is good inside him [Zuko]!

Sokka: Good inside him isn't enough! Why don't you come back when it's outside him as well!

Sokka: We should split up. Aang, you go with Iroh to look for Katara and the angry jerk, [to Iroh] no offense.

Iroh: None taken.

Sokka: Thank goodness we're in time!

Earth King: In time for what?

Ty Lee (excitedly): Yeah. What are you in time for- (she cartwheels toward Sokka, and giggles) ...cutie?

Sokka (nervously): Um, I'm kinda involved with Suki.

Ty Lee: Who?

(In the middle of a duel after Zuko betrays Katara)

Katara: I thought you had changed!

Zuko: I have changed.

Chapter 1: The Awakening

Katara: I like your hair.

Aang (alarmed): I have hair?! (touching his newly grown hair) How long was I out?!

Katara: A few weeks.

Toph: (To Sokka) How we doing?

Sokka: Things couldn't get much worse.

(The serpent from the Serpent's Pass shoots up from the water behind Sokka.)

Sokka: The universe just loves proving me wrong, doesn't it?

Toph: You make it too easy! (the serpent attacks the Fire Nation ship)

Sokka: Thank you, the Universe!

Sokka: And the best part is... the eclipse isn't even our biggest advantage. We have a secret: You!

Aang: Me?!

Sokka: Yep, the whole world thinks you're dead…isn't that great?! (Aang stares at him, horrified)

Zuko: Why did you do it?

Azula: You're going to have to be a little more specific.

Chapter 2: The Headband

Sokka: Great job with the cloud camo, but next time, let's disguise ourselves as the kinda cloud that knows how to keep its mouth shut!

Toph: (sarcastically) Yeah, we wouldn't want a bird to hear us chatting up there and turn us in.

Sokka: (Hushed tone) Hey, we're in enemy territory. Those are enemy birds!

(One bird jumps on Sokka's head and caws, all laugh)

Aang: I don't know about this. These clothes belong to somebody...

Katara: I call the silk robe!

Headmaster: Thank you for coming, Mr. and Mrs...

Sokka: Fire. Wang Fire. This is my wife Sapphire.

Katara: Sapphire Fire, nice to meet you.

Mai: Orange is such an awful color.

Zuko: You're so beautiful when you hate the world.

Mai: I don't hate you.

Zuko: I don't hate you, too.

Azula: I hear you've been to see Uncle Fatso.

Zuko: That guard told you, didn't he?

Azula: No, you did. Just now.

Aang: I already have a picture of Fire Lord Ozai. And here's one that I made out of noodles!

Sokka: Impressive, I'll admit.

Katara: We're safe now Sokka, you can take off the moustache.

Sokka: Oh, no I can't. It's permantently glued to my skin.

Sokka (wearing his fake mustache): That's it! No more school for you, young man! (strokes his mustache)

Aang: I'm not ready to leave yet. I'm having fun for once, just being a normal kid. You don't know what it's like, Sokka. You get to be normal all the time.

Toph: Ha ha. (Sokka narrows his eyes at Toph)

Aang: Listen, guys, those kids are the future of the Fire Nation. If we want to change this place for the better, we need to show them a little of freedom.

Sokka: What could you possibly do for a country of depraved little fire monsters?

Aang: I'm gonna throw a secret dance party! (everybody stares at Aang)

Sokka (adult voice): Go to your room!

Aang holds his hand out to Katara, inviting her to dance.

Katara: (looks away nervously) Oh, I don't know, Aang, these shoes aren't really right for dancing, and I'm not sure I know how to--

Aang: Take my hand.

Katara: (grinning) Okay.

]Aang and Katara are dancing together.]

Katara: Aang, everyone's watching.

Aang: Don't worry about them. (grins) It's just you and me right now.

Sokka: Well, I am a fan of secret rivers...Alright. We can stay one more day.

Aang: Yeah! Flameo, hotman.

Sokka: Flameo?

Aang: Or, as they say in the Fire Nation, "stay flamin'!"

Aang: Ladies and gentlemen, THE FLAMEO'S!

Chapter 3: The Painted Lady

Xu: (grabs two gross-looking fish) Would you like the one-headed fish or the two-headed fish?

Sokka: ...TWO HEADED! (they look at him) What? You get more for your money that way!

Doc: You know, you're (Katara) not so bad for a Waterbender.

Sokka: Yeah, you wouldn't mind keeping that a secret, would you?

Doc: No problem. Keeping my mouth shut is a speciality. But my brother, Xu on the other hand, oh, he's a blabbermouth! (Sokka slaps himself in the head)

Katara: So, Doc, you ready to clean this river?

Doc: No, ma'am. I'm gonna get my other brother, Bushi. He loves cleaning rivers! (takes off his first hat and reveals another hat beneath) All right, I'm Bushi! Let's get to some river cleaning!

Aang (to the Painted Lady): I'm the Avatar! (he jumps down in front of her)

Katara: (mysterious voice): Well, hello, Avatar. I wish I could talk, but I am very busy.

Aang: Yeah, me too; I hate that. (he looks at the Painted Lady, Katara tries to hide her face with her hat) You know, you're real pretty for a spirit. I don't get to meet many spirits. But the ones I do meet? Not very attractive. (Katara chuckles nervously)

Katara: Thank you, but-

Aang: You seem familiar. (he looks at the Painted Lady again, but Katara still hides her face with her hat)

Katara: A lot of people say that.

Aang: No. You really seem familiar.

Katara: Look, I really should get going. (Aang Airbends her hat off, Katara grabs it, and turns away)

Aang: Katara?

Katara (turning to face Aang; regretably): Hi, Aang.

Aang (points at Katara): You're the Painted Lady?! But how?

Katara: I wasn't at first, but since that's who everybody thought I was, I guess I kinda became her (she drops her hat)

Chapter 4: Sokka's Master

Sokka: (referring to the bright stars overhead) Wow, this really makes you realise how insignificant we all are.

Toph: Meh, if you haven't seen anything before, you've seen it a thousand times.

(a bright meteor suddenly heads earthward)

Sokka: Oh, man! You've NEVER not seen anything like this before!.

Aang: What should we do today?

Toph: I'm tapped out. I already picked my toes. Twice.

Aang: Twice?

Toph: The first time's for cleaning, but the second time's just for the sweet picking sensation.

Toph: It's hot today.

Aang: How hot?

Toph: I dunno, really hot?

Katara: It's so hot, it's so hot! Th-That Momo's shedding like Appa! Huh huh?(Waiting for a reply or laugh)

Aang:I guess the jokes don´t run in the family.

Katara:Oh, everybody is critic!

Toph: You noodlebrains don't have a clue what you're doing. I miss Sokka.

Katara: Ooh! I got one! If you miss him so much, why don't you marry him?! (Katara grins, Toph turns over)

Aang: (Is silent, then blows away a nearby bug with Airbending)

Toph: Sokka's coming! (sits up excitedly then tries to look casual about it)

Sokka: Hey guys (they all hug him)

Toph: You're back!

Katara: We missed you so much.

Aang: Say something funny!

Sokka: Funny how? (Aang and Katara start laughing) What's their deal?

Toph: (turns away trying to seem casual) I don't know. They missed you or something... (blushes) I didn't care.

Sokka: Thanks. That warms my heart.

Piandao: Don't think of your sword as a weapon. Think of it as another part of your body.

Sokka: Like a second head?

Piandao: More like an extra-long, really sharp arm.

Sokka: I'm not from the Fire nation. I'm from the southern Water tribe. I lied so I can learn swordsmanship from you. I'm sorry.

Piandao: I'm sorry too.

Piandao: (after their duel) Excellent work, Sokka. I think I'm a little old to be fighting the Avatar.

Aang: (shocked) How did you know?

Piandao: Oh, I've been around a while. You pick things up. Of course I knew from the beginning that Sokka was water tribe...You might want to think of a better Fire nation cover name. Try Lee. There's a million Lee's.

Katara: But why would you agree to train someone from the water tribe?

Piandao: The way of the sword doesn't belong to any one nation. Knowledge of the arts belongs to us all.

Chapter 5: The Beach

(At Li and Lo's house on Ember Island)

Zuko: It smells like old lady in here.

Mai: Gee, I wonder why.

Azula: [After winning a game of beach volleyball/"Kuai Ball"] Yes! We defeated you for all time. You will never rise from the ashes of your shame and humiliation!

[Pause]

Azula: Well, That was fun.

Azula: That's a sharp outfit, Chan. Careful, you could puncture the hull of an empire-class Fire Nation battle ship, leaving thousands to drown at sea. [Points] Because... it's so sharp.

Chan: Ummm... Thaaanks.

Ty Lee: Thank goodness you're here, Azula. These boys won't leave me alone. I think they all just like me too much

Azula: Oh come on, Ty Lee, you can't be that stupid

Ty Lee: What do you mean?

Azula: You make it too easy for them, you're a tease. It's not like they actually care who you are.

(Ty Lee starts crying)

Azula: Okay, okay, I'm sorry. It's just that I'm a little (pauses and whispers) jealous.

Ty Lee:Of me? But you're the smartest, prettiest girl in the whole world!

Azula: Well, you're right about those things, but every time I try to talk to boys, they act like I'm going to do something horrible to them.

Ty Lee: But you probably would do something horrible to them.

[Chan and Azula had just shared a passionate kiss.]

Chan: You're pretty.

Azula: (sweetly) Together you and I will be (evilly) the strongest couple in the entire world! (creates two blue fireballs in her hands) We will dominate the earth! (Chan stares at her like she's crazy)

Chan: Uh, I gotta go. (he nervously walks away, leaving Azula alone)

Zuko: Bad skin?! Normal teenagers worry about bad skin, I don't have that luxury. My father decided to teach me a permanent lesson...ON MY FACE!

Zuko: I guess you wouldn't understand, would you Azula? Because you're just so perfect.

Azula: Well yes, I guess you're right. I don't have sob stories like all of you. I could sit here and complain how mom liked Zuko more then me, but I don't really care. My own mother thought I was a monster...

[Pause]

Azula: She was right of course! But it still hurt.

Zuko: For so long now I thought if my dad accepted me, I'd be happy. I'm back home now, my dad talks to me, he even thinks I'm a hero! Everything should be perfect, right? I should be happy now, but I'm not! I'm angrier than ever and I don't know why.

Azula: There's a simple question you need to answer, then. Who are you angry at?

Zuko: No one. I'm just... angry.

Mai: Yeah, who are you angry at, Zuko?

Zuko: Everyone! I don't know!

Azula: Is it Dad?

Zuko: No, no.

Ty Lee: Your uncle?

Azula: Me?

Zuko: No! No, no, no!

Mai: Then who? Who are you angry at?

Azula: Answer the question, Zuko.

Ty Lee: Talk to us!

Mai: Come on, answer the question.

Azula: Come on, answer it.

Zuko I'M ANGRY AT MYSELF!

Chapter 6: The Avatar and the Fire Lord

(Zuko is standing before a huge portrait of Fire Lord Sozin)

Azula: It's never too early for a sitting with the court painter, Zuko. (Sarcastically) Make sure he gets your good side.

(After explaining their great-grandfather Sozin's history to Zuko)

Azula: In the end, he died a very old and successful man.

Zuko: But how did he die?

Azula: Didn't you pay any attention in school, Zuko? He died peacefully in his sleep; he was ancient.

(Zuko begins to read Sozin's last testament)

Sozin: (voice-over) As I feel my own life dimming, I can't help but think of a time when everything was so much brighter...

Aang: (in disbelief) You were friends with Fire Lord Sozin?

Roku: Back then he was just Prince Sozin...and he was my best friend.

(Sozin and Roku see the Fire Sages approach them)

Sozin: (worried) Did something happen to my father?

Fire Sage: No, Prince Sozin. We are not here for you. We are here to announce the identity of the next Avatar. (the crowd gasps in surprise) It is our honor to serve you, Avatar Roku. (the Fire Sages bow, followed by everyone else in the room)

(Aang stands up, squats, grunts in a straining manner, sighs with relief, and smiles, all while he is still connected with the Spirit World)

Katara: Do they have bathrooms in the spirit world?

Sokka: As a matter of fact, they do not.

Aang: That's amazing! I can't believe you were friends with Monk Gyatso just like I was!

Roku: Some friendships are so strong they can even transcend lifetimes.

Roku: After all these years, he was still my best friend and a few months later he was my best man.

Aang: Roku, it's that girl who didn't even know you were alive!

Roku: Ta Min... I was persistent. When love is real it finds a way...and being the Avatar doesn't hurt your chances with the ladies either.

Sozin: Without you, all my plans are suddenly possible. I have a vision for the future, Roku.

Sozin: With Roku gone and the Great Comet returning, the timing was perfect to change the world. I knew the next Avatar would be born an Air Nomad so I wiped out the Air Temples, but somehow the new Avatar eluded me. I wasted the remainder of my life searching in vain. I know he's hiding out there somewhere; the Fire Nation's greatest threat, the last Airbender.

Iroh: You have more than one great-grandfather, Prince Zuko. Sozin was your father's grandfather. Your mother's grandfather was Avatar Roku.

Zuko: (in shock) Why are you telling me this?!

Iroh: Because understanding the struggle between your two great-grandfathers can help you better understand the battle within yourself. Evil and good are always at war inside you, Zuko. It is your nature, your legacy, but there is a bright side. What happened generations ago can be resolved now by you. Because of your legacy, you alone can cleanse the sins of our family and the Fire Nation. Born in you, along with all the strife, is the power to restore balance to the world.

Katara: You mean after all Roku and Sozin went through together, even after Roku showed him mercy, Sozin betrayed him like that?

Toph: It's like these people are born bad.

Aang: No, that's wrong. I don't think that was the point of what Roku showed me at all.

Sokka: Then what was the point?

Aang: Roku was just as much Fire Nation as Sozin was, right? If anything, their story proves anyone is capable of great good and great evil. Everyone, even the Fire Lord and the Fire Nation, have to be treated like they're worth giving a chance.

Chapter 7: The Runaway

Katara: This isn't something we should make a habit of doing.

Toph: Why? Because it's fun? And you hate fun?

Katara: I don't hate fun. (puts Momo on her head) See? Fun! (Momo falls)

Sokka: Toph, when I was in town I found something you're not going to like (unfurls a wanted poster)

Toph: Well it sounds like a sheet of paper. But I guess you're referring to what's on the sheet of paper.

(Later in the episode)

Katara: ...Well then, what's this? (brandishes the same wanted poster)

Toph: (seriously irritated) I don't know! I mean, seriously, what's with you people?! I'm blind!!

[after being attacked by Combustion Man]

Aang: It's Sparky Sparky Boom Man!

Sokka: You know, I'm starting to think that name doesn't quite fit!

Sokka: Hey, I've got it, the perfect name for that guy. "Combustion Man"!

Toph: Good job, Sokka. Now let's get out of here before Combustion Man catches us!

Sokka: See? It fits so well!

(Aang blindfolded. Sokka comes up from behind, running.)

Sokka: AAAH! SNEAK ATTACK!

Aang: (Hits Sokka with a rock) Sokka, it doesn't work if you yell it out loud.

Chapter 8: The Puppetmaster

Aang: I'd steer clear of the sea prunes.

Toph: I thought they were ocean kumquats.

Aang: Close enough.

Hama: I control every muscle, every vein in your body. It's impossible for you to escape my grip!

Katara: Please...

Katara: You're not the only one who draws power from the moon. (Hama is shocked that Katara managed to resist her bloodbending)

Katara: My bending Hama, is more powerful than yours. Your technique is uselss on me! (Katara draws water from the ground and forms a ring around herself before directing it at Hama)

Chapter 9: Nightmares and Daydreams

(Aang lies down to sleep)

Aang: Goodnight Katara. Goodnight Sokka. Goodnight Toph. Goodnight Appa. Goodnight Momo. Goodnight Appa and Mo-

Toph: GO TO SLEEP ALREADY!

Sokka (wearing his fake beard): Why don't you get right down to business, and tell me what's been bothering you?

Aang: You know what's been bothering me. I have face to the Fire Lord in a few days!

Sokka: Mm-hmm. Tell me more about this Fire Lord. Why are you so afraid of him?

Aang: You said it yourself. He's the baddest man on the planet! I'm supposed to defeat and save the world!

Sokka: Mmm. Life does feel that way sometimes, doesn't it? Like we're all trying to save the world from evil?

Aang: Okay, but what can I do to make myself feel better?

Sokka (holding out a koala sheep): Wanna try screaming into this pillow? (Aang takes it, screams, and the sheep baas)

Aang (at the Ozai practice dummy): You think you're untouchable, don't you, Mr. Fire Lord?!

Momo: Boy, you are really starting to lose it, kid.

Aang: Momo, did you hear something?

Momo: No, but I said something.

Aang: Uh... (he looks at Momo)

Momo: You, my friend, are just a few plums short of a fruit pie. (Aang's mouth hangs open, he shakes his head, and looks at Momo again; Momo chatters)

(Aang's hallucinating a fight between Momo and Appa, then Guru Pathik comes by flying on a cloud, with six arms, playing a sitar with lower arms, while holding bowls of onion and banana juice with middle arms, upper arms waving aimlessly, singing:)

Guru Pathik: Chakras, Chakras, everybody loves chakras. Chakras, chakras. Chakra sandwich tastes good, yum.

(Aang's hallucination of him professing his love for Katara)

Aang:Invasion, all aboard for the invasion.

Katara:You don't look so good, are you sure that you can't lie down and take a little nap?

Aang:I told you, I can't go to sleep.

Katara:Aang, staying up all night can't be good for you.

Aang:Actually staying up all night has given me some time to think and I've realized some big things Katara.

Katara:What big things?

Aang:I'm seeing everything so clearly now, what really matters, why am i really doing this, I'm doing it ot save the world but more than that. I'm doing it for the people I love, I'm doing it for you Katara.

Katara: Aang, what are you saying?

Aang:I'm saying...I love you.

(They kiss passionately)

(Aang is dreaming)

Aang: Your reign of tyranny is over, Firelord. I'm taking you down!

Ozai: Do you really think you can take me down? You're not even wearing pants!

Aang: No, Firelord Ozai. You're not wearing pants!

Ozai" (screams) My royal parts are showing!

The Invasion

Du: Hoo-wee! There ain't nothing like this back in the swamp! (points at a rock) Whatcha rekon that is, Tho? Some sort of Fire Nation trap exploding trap would eat you?

Tho: It's just a rock, Du.

Du: Well, I'll be!

Hakoda: Is it just me, or are those fellows a little loose on the leaf hats?

Bato: I just wish they'd wear pants.

Huu: Pants are an illusion, and so is death.

Toph: No way! Is that- (the Hippo picks her up and hugs her)

Hippo: Hippo happy to see Blind Bandit.

Toph: You guys here for a rematch?

Boulder: Negatory. The Boulder and the Hippo no long fight for others' entainment. Now we fight for our kingdom!

Toph: Sweet!

The Eclipse

Zuko: After I leave here today, I'm going to free Uncle Iroh from his prison, and I'm going to beg for his forgiveness. He's the one who's been a real father to me.

Ozai: [Laughs] That's just beautiful. Maybe he can pass down to you the ways of tea and failure.

Zuko: But I've come to an even more important decision. I'm gonna join the Avatar, and I'm going to help him defeat you.

Ozai: Really? Since you're a full blown traitor and you want me gone, why wait? I'm powerless. You've got your swords. Why don't you just do it now?

Zuko: Because I know my own destiny. Taking you down is the Avatar's destiny. Goodbye.

Aang: Where is he?! Where's the Fire Lord?!

Azula: Hmm. You mean I'm not good enough for you? You're hurting my feelings.

Sokka: Stop wasting our time and give us the information! You're powerless, so you're in no position to refuse.

Toph: And stick to the truth. I'll be able to tell if you're lying.

Azula: Are you sure? I'm a pretty good liar. I am a 400 foot tall purple platypus-bear with pink horns and silver wings.

(pause)

Toph: Okay, you're good, I admit it.

Sokka: Wait! Toph, Aang stop attacking! Don't you see what she's doing? She's just playing with us! She's not even trying to win this fight.

Azula: Not true. I'm giving it my all.

Toph: You're trying to keep us here and waste all our time!

Azula: Right. I think your friend just said that, genius. And since you can't see, I should tell you, I'm rolling my eyes.

Toph (angrily): I'll roll your whole head!

Sokka: She's just baiting you again.

Zuko: For so long, all I wanted was you to love me, to accept me. I thought it was my honor that I wanted, but really, I was just trying to please you. You, my father, who banished me just for talking out of turn. My father, who challenged me, a 13-year-old boy, to an Agni Kai. How can you possibly justify a duel with a child?

Fire Lord Ozai: (bitterly) It was to teach you respect.

Zuko: It was cruel! And it was wrong.

Fire Lord Ozai: Then you have learned nothing.

Zuko: No, I’ve learned everything! And I had to learn it on my own. Growing up, we were taught that the Fire Nation was the greatest civilization in history and somehow, the war was our way of sharing our greatness with the rest of the world. What an amazing lie that was! The people of the world are terrified by the Fire Nation! They don’t see our greatness - they hate us! And we deserve it. We’ve created an era of fear in the world. And if we don’t want the world to destroy itself, we need to replace it with an era of peace and kindness.

Fire Lord Ozai: (laughs mocking) Your Uncle has gotten to you, hasn’t he?

Zuko: (closes his eyes for a second, then smiles) Yes. He has.

(Aang flies down on his glider)

Sokka: Please tell me you're here because the Firelord is a big wimp and you didn't need to take him down.

Toph: This way. That way's a dead end.

Sokka: What would we do without you?

Toph: Perish and burn in magma.

Sokka: Yeah, pretty much!

(Tyro to firebending guards)

Tyro: Stop! Surrender peacefully and we won't harm you.

Guards: We will never surrender!

(Guard does some fancy firebending move and nothing happens)

Guard: Ok. We surrender.

Azula: (To Aang, Sokka and Toph) Oh, looks like the firebending's back on.

Chapter 12 The Western Air Temple

Zuko: Hello, Zuko here. But I guess you probably already know me, sort of. Uh so, the thing is I have a lot of Firebending experience and I'm considered to be pretty good at it. Well you've seen me... you know when I was attacking you? Uh yeah, I guess I should apologize for that, but anyway I'm good now. I mean, I thought I was good before but now I realize I was bad, but anyway... I think it's time I joined your group and taught the Avatar Firebending.

(Camera zooms out to show Zuko is talking to a big frog. The frog croaks)

Zuko: Well, what's your answer!?

(The frog jumps on Zuko's head, then leaps away)

Zuko: Yeah, that's what I'd say too.

(Zuko is alone)

Zuko: How am I supposed to convince these people that I'm on their side? What would uncle do? (imatating Iroh) Zuko, you have to look within yourself to save yourself from your other self. Only then will your true self reveal itself. Ugh, even when I'm talking for him I can't figure out what he means. What would Azula do? (imatating Azula) Listen Avatar, I can join your group or I can do something unspeakably horrible to you and your friends, your choice! (looks at frog) I guess I'm not that good at impersonations.

Zuko: Why am I so bad at being good?

[Sokka strikes the Combustion Man with his boomerang]

Sokka: Yeah, boomerang!

[Everyone witnesses the Combustion Man stand up almost immediately]

Sokka: [worried] Awww, boomerang!

Katara: (Gazing at Zuko with a dark look) You might have everyone else buying your... "transformation", but you and I both know you've struggled with doing the right thing in the past. So let me tell you something right now. You make one step backward, one slip up, give me one reason to think you might hurt Aang, and you won't have to worry about your destiny anymore. Because I'll make sure your destiny ends, Right then and there. Permanently. (Exits the room, leaving Zuko shocked)

The Duke: I miss Pipsqueak.

Sokka: I miss not having bisters on my feet!

(As the group reach the Western Air Temple)

Toph: We're here!

Katara: (Can't see the temple) Uh, Toph, I think your feet need their eyes checked.

Haru: Come on. I'll race you Duke.

The Duke: I told you, it's THE Duke!

Zuko: (To himself, after revealing to Aang that he was the one who sent Combustion Man) Ugh, why do I have to be so stupid? How could I tell them that I sent an assassin after them? Couldn't I say that Azula did it? They would've believed that! Stupid! (Hits his head)

Chapter 13 The Firebending Masters

Zuko: (trying to make strong fire blasts and only producing weak flames) Just breathe and... (Punches but only a weak flame come out)

Aang: That one kinda felt hot.

Zuko: (Angrily) Don't patronize me! You know what it's supposed to look like!

Aang: Sorry, Sifu Hotman.

Zuko: (still angry) And stop calling me that!

Zuko (while he and Aang are on their way to the Sun Warriors' ruins): We've been riding for hours. I don't know why, but I thought this thing would be a lot faster! (Appa growls)

Aang: Appa's right, Zuko. In our group, typically we start our missions with a more upbeat attitude.

Zuko (under his breath): Oh, I can't believe this.

Aang: Don't worry. You'll get the hang of it.

Aang: The past can be a great teacher. (trips over a wire, opens a spike trap, and manages to blow himself over it just in time and looks back fearfully) Zuko? I think the past is trying to kill me!

Aang (while he and Zuko are still trapped in the chamber with the green glue-like substance): You had to pick up the glowing egg, didn't you?

Zuko: At least I made something happen! If it were up to you, we'd never made across the courtyard!

Aang: HHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPP!

Zuko: Who are you yelling to? Nobody's lived for centuries!

Aang: Well, what do you think we should do?

Zuko: ...Think about our place in the Universe?

Aang: Please! I don't normally play this card, but I'm the Avatar.

Hob Gao: (in gleeful anticipation) Ohhhhhhh, here it comes. Any moment now. Dinner for the Masters.

Sun Warrior Chief: Quiet, Hob Gao.

Hob Gao: (annoyed) What? Everyone's thinking it.

Sun Warrior Chief: (with a serious face and voice) Now that you have learned the secrets and you know about our tribe's existence... We have no choice but to imprison you here... forever. (Aang and Zuko are completely shocked. The Chief suddenly smiles) Just kidding. (His face and voice go serious again) But seriously, don't tell anyone.

Sokka: (after Zuko and Aang demonstrated the Dancing Dragon moves) Yeah, that's a great dance you two learned there.

Zuko: It's not a dance, it's a Firebending form.

Sokka: We'll just tap dance our way to victory over the Fire Nation.

Zuko: It's a sacred form that happens to be thousands of years old!

Katara: Oh yeah? What's your little form called?

Zuko: ...The Dancing Dragon. (everybody, except Aang and Zuko, laughs)

Aang: What if they judge us, and attack us?

Zuko: Well, we're the Fire Prince and the Avatar. I think we can take these guys in a fight, whoever they are.

Aang: Still think we can take 'em?

Zuko: Shh! I never said that!

Chapter 14 The Boiling Rock Part 1

Zuko (after catching Sokka trying to sneak away on Appa): Not up to anything, huh? (Sokka screams and falls off Appa)

Sokka: Fine, you caught me. I'm gonna go rescue my dad. You happy now?

Zuko (darkly): I'm never happy.

Sokka: Pretty clouds.

Zuko: Yeah.. fluffy. [Sokka begins to whistle due to awkward silence]

Zuko: What?

Sokka: Wha-- Oh! I didn't say anything. [Brief silence]

Sokka: You know, a friend of mine designed these war balloons.

Zuko: No kidding.

Sokka: Yep! A balloon... but for war.

Zuko: There's one thing my dad's good at, it's war.

Sokka: Yeah, it seems to run in the family.

Zuko: Hey. Hold on, not everyone in my family is like that.

Sokka: I know. I know, you've changed.

Zuko: I meant my Uncle... He was more than a father to me... And I really let him down.

Sokka: I think your uncle would be proud of you. Leaving your home to come help us. That's hard.

Zuko: It wasn't that hard.

Sokka: Really? You didn't leave anyone behind you care about?

Zuko: Well, I did have a girlfriend. Mai.

Sokka: That gloomy girl who sighs a lot?

Zuko: Yeah. [smiles] Everyone in the Fire Nation thinks I'm a traitor. I couldn't drag her into it.

Sokka: My first girlfriend turned into the moon. [frowns]

Zuko: That's rough, buddy.

Sokka: Oh, good. You guys have met.

Suki: Actually, we met a long time ago.

Zuko: We did?

Suki: Yeah. You kind of burned down my village. (pause)

Zuko: Oh, I'm sorry about that. Nice to see you again.

Warden: Get the fugitives and throw them in the cooler.

Guard: Uh, they are in a cooler, sir.

Warden: ONE THAT'S BOLTED DOWN AND NOT FLOATING IN THE WATER!

Zuko: (trying to comfort Sokka) Oh, what would Uncle say? Sometimes, clouds have two sides- a dark and light, and a silver lining in between. It's like a silver sandwich! So, when life seems hard...take a bite out of the silver sandwich.

Sokka: Maybe we haven't failed after all!

Zuko: That's the spirit! I can't believe that worked. I didn't even know what I was saying.

Sokka: No, what you said made no sense at all. But look! It's Suki!

Chapter 15 The Boiling Rock Part 2

Sokka: Hey, I just got orders. Let all the prisoners out into the yard.

Prison guard: But... we're in the middle of a lockdown.

Sokka: Oh, ok. I'll just tell the warden you said that. I'm sure he will be glad to know about you undermining his authority. What's your name again?

(After Hakoda shoves a prisoner to start a riot)

Prisoner with Scar on his Face: Hey, what did you do that for? That hurt my feelings.

Hakoda: Aren't you mad at me?

Prisoner with Scar on his Face: Well, normally I would be, but I've been learning to control my anger.

Warden (when Suki has her fist close to his face): You wouldn't dare. (Suki spins him around, binds and gags him)

Suki: Sorry, Warden. You're my prisoner now. I've got the warden. Now, let's get out of here. (Hakoda, Sokka, Zuko, and Chit Zang arrive, breathless)

Chief Hakoda: That's some girl.

Sokka: Tell me about it.

Azula: I never would have expected this from you. The only thing I don't understand is why? Why would you do it? You know the consequences.

Mai: I guess you don't know people as well as you think you do. You miscalculated. I love Zuko more than I fear you.

Azula: (yelling) No! YOU miscalculated! You should have feared me more! (She and Mai prepare to fight, Ty Lee suddenly attacks Azula, Azula gasps and falls down blocking her chi.)

Azula: [growling] You're both fools.

Prison guard (when Mai uses her knives to pin his arms to the wall): What are you doing?!

Mai: Saving the jerk who dumped me.

Chapter 16 The Southern Raiders

Katara (after Zuko has knocked her out of the way of falling rocks): What are you doing?

Zuko: Keeping rocks from crushing you.

Katara: Okay, I'm not crushed, you can get off me now.

Zuko: I'll take that as a 'thank you'.

Zuko (as Azula is attacking the temple): What are you doing here?

Azula: You mean it's not obvious yet? I'm about to celebrate becoming an ONLY CHILD!

Aang: (jokingly) Is it your turn for a field trip with Zuko?

Katara: (angrily) Yes, it is.

Sokka: Can I borrow Momo for a week?

Aang: Why do you want to borrow Momo? : :(Sokka shrugs)

Zuko (to Katara): I know who killed your mother.

Zuko (sees Azula falling): She's... not gonna make it. (Azula saves herself with her firebending) Of course she did.

Zuko: This isn't fair. Everyone else seems to trust me now. What is it with you?

Katara: Oh everyone trusts you now? I was the first person to trust you, remember? Back in Ba Sing Se. And you turned around and betrayed me. Betrayed all of us!

Zuko: What can I do to make it up to you?

Katara: You really wanna know? Hm, maybe you could reconquer Ba Sing Se in the name of the Earth King? Or, I know, you could bring my mother back!

Aang: Wauw camping. It really seems like old times again, doesn't it

Zuko: If you really want it to feel like old times again, I could... chase you around for a while and try to capture you. (everybody, except Katara, laughs)

[In a flashback, the leader of the Southern Raiders Fire Navy division is interrogating Katara's Mother, Kya, to reveal the identity of the last Waterbender.]

Kya: If I tell you, do you promise to leave the rest of the village alone?

Yuan Ra: [Nods in assent]

Kya: ...It's me. Take me as your prisoner.

Yuan Ra: I'm afraid I'm not taking prisoners today...

[Back in the present.]

Katara: She lied to you. She was protecting the last Waterbender.

Yuan Ra: What? Who?!

Katara: Me! (raises her hands and the rain suddenly stops all around them and reforms into icy needles)

Zuko: You were right about what Katara needed; Violence wasn't the answer.

Aang: It never is.

Zuko: Then I have a question for you. What are you going to do when you face my father?

Chapter 17 The Ember Island Players

Actor Iroh: Prince Zuko, you must try this cake.

Actor Zuko: I dont have time to stuff my face. I must capture the Avatar and regain my honor.

Actor Iroh: While you do that, maybe I'll capture another slice. (Starts eating the cake)

Actor Zuko: You sicken me.

Real Zuko: (about the play): They made me look stiff and completely humorless.

Real Katara: Actually, I think that actor's pretty spot on.

Real Zuko: How can you say that?!

Actor Iroh: Let's forget about the Avatar, and get massages.

Actor Zuko: How can you say that?! (Katara grins, and Zuko pouts)

Actor Sokka: Why did you have to steal that waterbending scroll?

Actor Katara: (crying hysterically) It just gave me so much hope!

Real Katara: (Sticks her tongue out in disgust)

Zuko: So far, this intermission is the best part of the play.

Sokka: Apparently, the playwright thinks I'm an idiot who tells bad jokes about meat all the time.

Suki: Yeah. You tell bad jokes about plenty of other topics.

Sokka: I know!

Aang: At least the Sokka actor kinda looks like you. But that woman playing the Avatar doesn't resemble me at all!

Toph: I don't know. You are more in touch with your feminine side than most guys.

[Aang growls]

Katara: Relax, Aang. They're not accurate portrayals. It's not like I'm a preachy crybaby who can't resist giving over-emotional speeches about hope all the time.

[Everyone looks at Katara.]

Katara: What?

Aang: Yeah... that's not you at all.

Actor Azula: You caught me. Wait! What's that? I think it's your honor!

Actor Zuko: Where?!

Actor Jet [zombie-like]: Must serve Earth King! Must destroy! [A paper rock glides down while he babbles incoherently] Noooooooo! [Half of it falls on him, crawls the rest of the way in]

Zuko: Did Jet just...die?

Sokka: You know, it was really unclear...

The scene is when Zuko joins Azula during 'Crossroads of Destiny'.

Actor Zuko: I hate you, Uncle! You smell! And I hate you for all time!

Katara: [Shocked] You didn't really say that, did you?

Zuko: [Ashamed] I might as well have.

During the intermission, a boy dressed up as Aang passes the real Zuko and Toph

Boy: Hey, your Zuko costume is pretty good, but you're scar is on the wrong side.

Zuko: The scar is not on the wrong side!

Suki: It seems every time there's a big battle you guys barely make it out alive. I mean, you guys lose a lot.

Sokka: You're one to talk Suki. Didn't Azula take you captive? That's right, she did! (Suki narrows her eyes)

Suki (completely calm): Are you trying to get on my bad side?

Sokka: I'm just saying.

Katara: Are you alright?

Aang: No, I'm not. I hate this play!

Katara: I know it's upsetting, but it sounds like you're overreacting...

Aang: Overreacting!? If I hadn't blocked my chakra, I'd probably be in the Avatar State right now!

Toph: Geez, everyone is getting so upset about their characters. Even you seem more down than usual. And that's saying something.

Zuko: You don't get it. It's different for you. You get a muscly version of yourself taking down ten bad guys at once and making sassy remarks.

Toph: Yeah, that's pretty great.

Zuko: But for me, it takes all the mistakes I have made in my life and shoves them back in my face. My uncle. He's always been on my side even when thing were bad. He was there for me. He taught me so much. And how do I repay him? With a knife in his back. It's my greatest regret and I may never get to redeem myself.

Toph: You have redeemed yourself to your uncle. You don't realize it, but you already have.

Zuko: How do you know?

Toph: Beacause I once had a long conversation with the guy. And all he would talk about was you.

Zuko: Really?

Toph: Yeah, and it was kind of annoying.

Zuko: Oh sorry.

Toph: But it was also very sweet. All your uncle wanted was for you to follow your own path and see the light. Now you're here with us. He'd be proud. (Toph punches him)

Zuko: Ow! What was that for?!

Toph: That's how I show affection.

(Zuko's hair is really spiky and long)

Actor Iroh: Zuko, it's time we we had a talk... about your hair! It's gone too far!!!"

Zuko: That... Wasn't a good play.

Aang: I'll say.

Katara: No kidding.

Suki: Horrible.

Toph: You said it.

Sokka: But the effects were decent.

Aang: Katara, did you really mean what you said in there?

Katara: In where? What are you talking about?

Aang: Onstage, when you said I was just like a brother to you and that you didn't have feelings for me...

Katara: I didn't say that! An actor said that.

Aang: But it's true, isn't it. (sadly) We kissed at the invasion... and I thought we were gonna be together... but we're not.

Katara: Aang... I don't know.

Aang: Why don't you know?

Katara: Because, we're in the middle of a war and we have other things to worry about. This isn't the right time.

Aang: (impatiently) Well, when is the right time?

Katara: Aang, I'm sorry, but right now, I'm just a little confused. (Aang leans in and kisses Katara, who backs away furiously) I just said I was confused! ...I'm going inside. (runs away)

Aang: (hits his head and groans) Aaargh, I'm such an idiot!

Sokka: I guess that’s it. (He stands up and stretches) The play’s caught up to the present now.

Suki: Wait. (she tugs on Sokka’s shirt and drags him back down to his seat) The play’s not over.

Sokka: But it is over. (He puts his hand on his chin in deep thought) Unless… (Camera zooms in on his face, his face lights up mysteriously and spooky music being to play) this is the future?

The Phoenix King

Katara: What happened!?

Sokka: Zuko’s gone crazy! I made a sand sculpture of Suki (tries to pick up the fallen sand to mould the sculpture back into shape) and he destroyed it! Oh, and he’s attacking Aang.

Katara: Get over here, Zuko. Being part of the group also means being part of group hugs.

Sokka: All right! Team Avatar is back! Air, water, earth, fire- (grabs a bunch of leaves) fan, and sword! (his leaf limps)

Toph: I am not Toph! I am Melon Lord! (Toph laughs maniacally)

Toph: So I get to chuck flaming rocks at all of you?

Sokka: Whatever makes the training seem more realistic.

Toph: Sweetness!

Toph: Wait a minute...has anyone noticed that Momo's missing too?

Sokka: (horrified) Oh no....I knew it was only a matter of time! (runs to Appa) Appa ate Momo!! (opens Appa's mouth) Momo, I'm coming for ya, buddy!

Katara: Sokka, Appa didn't eat Momo. He's probably with Aang.

Sokka: That's just what Appa wants you to think!

(climbs into Appa's mouth)

Zuko: Get out of the bison's mouth, Sokka.

General Shinu: Ba Sing Se is still under our control. However, Earthbender rebellion has prevented us from achieving total victory.

Ozai: What is your recommendation?

General Shinu: Our army is spread to thin. But once the eclipse is over and the invastion defeated, we should transfer more domestic force into the Earth Kingdom.

Ozai: Hmm, Prince Zuko, you've been among the Earth Kingdom commoners. Do you think adding more troops will stop these rebellions?

Zuko: The people of the Earth Kingdom are proud and strong. They can endure anything as long as they have hope.

Ozai: Yes, you're right. We need to destroy their hope.

Zuko: Well, that's not exactly what I...

Azula: I say you should take their precious hope and the rest of their land and burn it all to the ground.

Ozai: Yes. Yes, you're right Azula.

Ozai: Sozin's Comet is almost upon us and on that day will endow us with the strength and power of a hundred suns. No bender will stand a chance against us.

General Shinu: What are you suggesting, sir?

Ozai: When the Comet last came, my grandfather, Fire Lord Sozin used it to wipe out the Air Nomads. Now I will use its power to end the Earth Kingdom... permanently! From our airships we will rain fire over their lands. A fire that will destroy everything. And out of the ashes, a new world will be born. A world in which all the lands are Fire Nation and I will be the supreme ruler of everything!

About defeating the Fire Lord without killing him

Aang: Maybe we can make some big pots of glue and then I could use gluebending to stick his arms and legs together so he can't bend anymore.

Zuko: Yeah. Then you can show him his baby pictures and all those happy memories will make him good again.

Aang: (eagerly) Do you really think that would work?

Zuko: No!

Aang: This goes against everything I learned from the monks. I can't just go around wiping out people I don't like.

Sokka: Sure you can! You're the Avatar. If it's in the name of keeping balance I'm pretty sure the universe will forgive you.

Katara: I have a suprise for everyone!

Toph: I knew it! You did have a secret thing with Haru!

(Everyone stares)

Azula: Sorry I’m late, Father. Good palanquin bearers are so hard to come by these days. So, is everything ready for our departure?

Ozai: There has been a change of plans, Azula.

Azula: What?!

Ozai: I’ve decided to lead the fleet of airships to Ba Sing Se alone. You will remain here in the Fire Nation.

Azula: But I thought we were going to do this together!

Ozai: My decision is final.

Azula: You... you can’t treat me like this. You can’t treat me like Zuko!

Ozai: Azula, silence yourself!

Azula: But it was my idea to burn everything to the ground! I deserve to be by your side!

Ozai: Azula! Listen to me... I need you here to watch over the homeland, it’s a very important job that I can only entrust to you.

Azula: Really?

Ozai: And for your loyalty, I’ve decided to declare you the new Fire Lord.

Azula: "Fire Lord Azula‌"... it does seem appropriate. But, what about you‌?

Ozai: Fire Lord Ozai is no more. Just as the world will be reborn in fire, I shall be reborn as the supreme ruler of the world. From this moment on, I will be known as... the “Phoenix King”!

The Old Masters

Sokka: Hey, I remember her. She helped you attack us!

Zuko: Yup, back in the good ol' days.

June: Oh great. It's prince pouty. Where's your creepy grandpa?

Zuko: He's my uncle... and he's not here.

June: I see you worked things out with your girlfriend.

Katara and Zuko together:

Katara: I'm not his girlfriend!

Zuko: She's not my girlfriend!

June: Okay, okay, sheesh! I was only teasing. So what do you want?

Zuko: I need your help finding the Avatar.

June: Hm. Doesn't sound too fun.

Zuko: Does the end of the world sound like more fun?!

(June and Nyla being "friendly")

June: Nyla! (Throws juicy meat to Nyla).

June: Who's my little, mmm, shnuffly, wuffly.

(Nyla attacks)

June: Whoa! Careful there. Okay, so who's got something with the Avatar's scent on it?

Katara: I have Aang's staff.

(Nyla searches, but finds that Aang is no where she can smell.)

Zuko: Well, what does that mean?

June: Means you're friend's gone!

Toph: We know he's gone, that's why we're trying to find him.

June: No I mean he's gone, gone. He doesn't exist!

Aang: Where are we Momo? Maybe I'm in the spirit world? But wait, you can see me. We could both be in the spirit world. (Airbends). Nope, my bending works. Maybe if we climb to the top of the island, we can figure out where we are.

Sokka: What do you mean, Aang doesn't "exist." Do you mean he's, you know, dead?

June: Nope, we could find him if he were dead. Ah, that's a real headscratcher. See ya!

Toph: Helpful, real Helpful!

Zuko: Wait, I have another idea. There's only one other person in this world who can help us face the firelord. I'll be right back with a smell sample.

Bumi: Well, look who's here. (Katara and Sokka smile)

Zuko: Uncle, you're the only person other than the Avatar who can possibly defeat the father Lord.

Toph: (realizing what Zuko said): You mean the Fire Lord.

Zuko: That's what I just said.

Sokka (after finding Pakku married Gran-Gran): Welcome to the family, Gramp-Gramp!

Pakku: You can still just call me Pakku.

Sokka: How about Grampakku?!

Pakku: No.

Suki: But wait! How do you all know each other?

Bumi: All old people know each other, don't you know that?

Piandao: We're all part of the same ancient secret society, a group that transcends the divisions of the Four Nations.

Zuko: The Order of the White Lotus.

Bumi: That's the one!

Bumi: Wait! Someone's missing from your group! Someone very important! (pause) Where's Momo?

Sokka: He's gone... and so is Aang.

Bumi: Oh, well. So long as they have each other, I'm sure we have nothing to worry about. Let's go. (he Earthbends himself in the air and laughs crazily)

Bumi About the right time to strike: "I didn't know what or when, but I knew I'd know it when I knew it!

Fire Nation Guard (during the eclipse): What do your think you're doing?

[The guards try to firebend, but can't because of the eclipse.]

Bumi: Taking back my city. You've got no firepower and it's payback time.

Bumi: So what about you guys? Did you do anything interesting on the day of the eclipse

(Sokka and Zuko look at eachother)

Zuko: Nah.

Sokka: No, not really.

Zuko apologizes to Iroh for his previous betrayal at Ba Sing Se

Zuko: Uncle, I know you must have mixed feelings about seeing me. But I want you to know... I am so, so sorry uncle. (starts crying) I am so sorry and ashamed of what I did! I don't know how I can ever make it up to you, but I...

(Iroh grabs Zuko by his shirt and embraces him)

Zuko: How can you forgive me so easily?! I thought you would be furious with me!

Iroh: I was never angry with you. I was sad, because I was afraid you'd lost your way.

Zuko: I did lose my way.

Iroh: But you found it again! And you did it by yourself! And I'm so happy you found your way here.

Zuko: It wasn't that hard uncle. You have a pretty strong scent.

Avatar Roku: If I had been more decisive, and acted sooner, I could have stopped Sozin, and stopped the war before it started. I offer you this wisdom, Aang, you must be decisive.

Avatar Kyoshi: In my day, Chin the Conqueror threatened to throw the world out of balance. I stopped him, and the world entered a great era of peace.

Aang: But you didn’t really kill Chin; technically, he fell to his own doom because he was too stubborn to get out of the way.

Avatar Kyoshi: Personally, I don’t really see the difference, but I assure you, I would have done whatever it took to stop Chin. I offer you this wisdom, Aang, only justice will bring peace.

Aang: I knew I shouldn't have asked Kyoshi.

Avatar Kuruk: I lost the woman I loved, to Koh, the face stealer. It was my fault. If I had been more attentive and more active, I could have saved her. Aang, you must actively shape your own destiny and the destiny of the world.

Aang: All these past Avatars, they keep telling me I'm gonna have to do it. They don't get it.

Momo makes some incomprehensible sound.

Aang: You're right! Maybe an Air Nomad Avatar will understand where I'm coming from.

Momo stares.

Aang: I know you can't really talk. Pretending you can helps me think.

Momo makes some more sound.

Aang: I'm going to pretend I didn't pretend to hear that.

Avatar Yangchen: Here is my wisdom for you: selfless duty calls for you to sacrifice your own spiritual needs, and do whatever it takes to protect the world.

Zuko: So if I'm going to be Fire Lord after the war is over, what are you gonna do?

Iroh: After I reconquer Ba Sing Se, I'm going to reconquer my tea shop! (flips the White Lotus Tile) And I'm going to play Pai Sho every day.

Katara: Goodbye, General Iroh!

Iroh: Goodbye everyone. Today destiny is our friend. I know it.

Lion turtle: The true mind can weather all the lies and illusions without being lost. The true heart can tough the poison of hatred without being harmed. Since beginningless time, darkness thrives in the void, but always yields to purifying light.

Into the Inferno

Suki: It's weird to say, but the comet actually looks beautiful.

Toph: Too bad the Fire Lord's about to use it to destroy the world.

Dai Li agent: You sent for us, Princess? Is everything all right?

Azula: Actually, everything's not all right. You know how long it took you to get here?

Dai Li agent: Uh, a few minutes, I guess.

Azula: Five, to be precise. In which time an assassin could have snuck in, done away with me and been on his merry way.

Dai Li agent: My apologies, Princess.

Azula: Is this how you plan to treat your new Fire Lord? With tardiness and disloyalty?

Dai Li agent: The Dai Li would never betray you!

Azula: And I'm sure that's just what you told Long Feng before you turned against him and joined me. (pause) You're all banished!

Dai Li agent: But--

Azula: Goodbye!

After Toph took out a few Firebenders

Sokka: Good work, Toph. Time to take control of the ship. Take the wheel.

Toph: (sarcastically) That's a great idea, let the blind girl steer the giant airship.

Sokka: I was talking to Suki.

Toph: That would make a lot more sense.

Sokka: (posing as the captain of the airship) Attention crew, this is your captain speaking. Everyone please report to the bomb bay immediately for hotcakes and sweet cream. We have a very special birthday to celebrate.

(cut to the bomb bay):

Quin Lee: Hey, I'm Quin Lee. I work up in communications.

Fire Nation Engineer: Oh, hi. I work down in the engine room. That's probably why we never met before. Big airship, you know.

Quin Lee: Yep. So, do you know who's birthday it is?

Firebender: I can't believe the captain remembered my birthday. He really does care!

(The bomb bay hatch opens, dropping the entire crew in the sea)

Fire Nation Engineer: (surfaces from the water) Happy birthday.

Sokka: Fire Lord Ozai, here we come!

Iroh: Only once every hundred years can a Firebender experience this kind of power.

Lo: Azula, we've heard what happened.

Li: Why have you banished all your servants?

Lo: And your Dai Li agents?

Li: And the Imperial Firebenders?

Azula: None of them could be trusted. Sooner or later they all would have betrayed me, just like Mai and Ty Lee did.

Lo & Li: Azula, we are concerned for you and your well-being.

Azula: My father asked you to come down here and talk to me, didn't he? He thinks I can't handle the responsibility of being Fire Lord. But I will be the greatest leader in Fire Nation history.

Lo: I am sure you will, but considering everything that has happened today.

Li: Perhaps it's best if we postpone your coronation.

Azula: (turns around) What?! Which one of you just said that?

(Lo and Li point at each other)

Azula: What a shame. There's only one way to settle this. You two must duel each other! I order you to fight an Agni Kai!

Lo: But...

Lo & Li: We're not Firebenders.

Azula: All right, fine. (points at Li) Lo, you're banished, (points at Lo) Li, you can stay. (walks away)

Li: But I'm Li. So who's banished?

Lo: (shrugs)

Ozai: After generations of Fire Lords failed to find you, now the universe delivers you to me as an act of providence.

Aang: Please listen to me! We don't have to fight. You have the power to end it here and stop what you're doing.

Ozai: You're right, I do have the power. I have all the power in the world!

Sokka: Go, Aang! Airbending slice! (makes chopping action)

Suki: Shouldn't we help him?

Sokka: (thinks about it for a second and gets serious) The Fire Lord is Aang's fight. We need to stop those airships from destroying the Earth Kingdom.

Toph: (as Sokka moves to look out the window towards the airships behind him) And how do we do that, Captain Boomerang? I can't see outside this giant hunk of metal.

Sokka: (turns back to the others gleefully, making another chopping motion) Airship slice!!

Zuko and Azula are about to begin their Agni Kai

Azula: I'm sorry it has to end this way, brother!

Zuko: No, you're not.

Ozai: You're weak! Just like the rest of your people. They did not deserve to exist in this world, in my world. Prepare to join them! Prepare to die!

(Azula is shown in front of a large mirror, getting ready for her coronation. She tries to fix her own hair, but it keeps falling out of place.)

Azula: All right, hair, it's time to face your doom. (she cuts her bangs and smiles crazily)

Ursa: What a shame. You've always had such beautiful hair.

Azula: What are you doing here?

Ursa: I didn't want to miss my own daughter's coronation.

Azula: Don't pretend to act proud. I know what you really think of me. You think I'm a monster.

Ursa: I think you're confused. All your life, you've used fear to control people like your friends Mai and Ty Lee.

Azula: But what choice do I have?! Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way! Even you fear me.

Ursa: No. I love you, Azula. I do.

(Azula's lower lip trembles as tears begin to run down her face. She yells, throwing her hairbrush at the mirror and shatters it. Azula then falls to the floor and cries, clearly alone, and hallucinating.)

Avatar Aang

Sokka: Have I ever mentioned how sweet it is that you invented Metal bending?

Toph: You could stand to mention it more.

Sokka: [holding onto Toph] I don't think boomerang is coming back,Toph. It looks like this is the end.

[A group of fire benders stand ready to attack Sokka and Toph, when another air ship crashes into them]

Toph: How did that happen? Did boomerang come back?

Sokka: [smiling] No.... Suki did!

Zuko: (After Katara heals him) Thank you Katara.

Katara: (Crying) I think I'm the one who should be thanking you.

Aang (in the Avatar State): Fire Lord Ozai! You and your forefathers have devastated the balance of this world. And now, you shall pay the ultimate price!

Aang (refusing to kill Ozai): No, I'm not going to end it like this

Ozai: Even with all the power in the world, you are still weak.

Lion turtle:In the era before the avatar, we bent not the elements, but the energy within ourselves. To bend another's energy, your own spirit must be unbendable or you will be corrupted and destroyed.

Ozai: What...what did you do to me?

Aang: I took away your firebending. You can't use it to hurt or threaten anyone else ever again.

Suki: (Examining motionless Ozai) So, did you...you know...finish the job?

Ozai: (Menacing) I'm still alive. (Suki flinches back)

Aang: I learned there was another way to defeat him and restore balance. I took his bending away.

Toph: Wow, who taught you that?!

Aang: [in a matter-of-fact tone] A giant Lion Turtle.

Toph: You have the craziest adventures when you disappear.

Sokka: Well, look at you, buster. Now that your firebending is gone, I guess we should call you the Loser Lord!

Ozai: I am the Phoenix King! (he falls down)

Toph: Oh sorry, didn't mean to offend you, Phoenix King of getting his butt whooped

Suki: Yeah, or how about King of the... guys who... don't win?

Toph: Leave the nicknames to us, honey.

Zuko: Mai! You're okay! They let you out of prison?

Mai: My uncle pulled some strings. And it doesn't hurt when the new Fire Lord is your boyfriend.

Zuko: So does it mean you don't hate me anymore

Mai: I think it means, I actually kind of like you.

They kiss

Mai: But don't ever break up with me again.(Zuko smiles looking scared)

Sokka: There's my favorite warriors! I gotta say, I kinda missed the face paint. So, how's it feel to be back in uniform?

Ty Lee: [coming out from behind the other Kyoshi Warriors] It feels great! [Sokka jumps between Suki and Ty Lee]

Sokka: Careful, Suki! Ty Lee's pretending to be a Kyoshi Warrior again!

Suki: It's okay. She's one of us now. [Sokka stammers and looks at Suki and Ty Lee in shock]

Ty Lee: Yeah. The girls and I really bonded in prison. And after a few chi blocking lessons, they said I could join their group. (she puts her arms around two of the warriors) We're gonna be best friends forever. (they all smile)

Zuko: I can't believe a year ago my purpose in life was hunting you down. And now...

Aang: And now we're friends.

Zuko: (he looks away a little, touched) Yeah, we are friends.

Aang: I can't believe a year ago I was still frozen in a block of ice. The world's so different now. (Zuko walks up to him)

Zuko: And it's gonna be even more different. We're gonna build it together. (they hug)

Zuko: Today this war is finally over! I promised my uncle that I would restore the honor of the Fire Nation and I will. The road ahead of us is challenging. A hundred years of fighting has left the world scarred and divided. But with the Avatar's help we can get it back on the right path, and begin a new era of love and peace!

[Zuko is crowned Fire Lord]

Great Fire Sage: All hail Fire Lord Zuko!

Ozai: I should count myself lucky that the new firelord has graced me with his presence in my lowly prison cell.

Zuko: You should count yourself lucky that the Avatar spared your life.

Ozai: Why are you really here?

Zuko: Because you're going to tell me something. (Kneels down to look his father into the eye) Where... is... my mother?

Sokka: Zuko! Stop moving! I'm trying to capture the moment. I wanted to do a painting so we always remember the good times together.

Katara: That's very thoughtful of you, Sokka. (sees the painting) Wait! Why did you give me Momo's ears?

Sokka: Those are your hair loopies!

Zuko: At least you don't look like boar-cupine! My hair is not that spiky!

Mai: I look like a man.

Suki: And why did you paint me firebending?

Sokka: I thought it would look more exciting that way

[Momo makes a sound]

Sokka: Oh, you think you can do a better job, Momo?

Iroh: Hey, my belly is not that big anymore. I really trimmed down.

Toph: Well, I think you all look perfect.

(They all laugh because Toph is blind so she can't see Sokka's painting)