- Prince Zuko: There's no honor for me without the Avatar.
- Uncle Iroh: Zuko.
- [sighs]
- Uncle Iroh: Even if you did capture the Avatar, I'm not so sure it would solve our problems. Not now.
- Prince Zuko: Then there's no hope at all.
- Uncle Iroh: No, Zuko! You must never give into dispair. Allow yourself to slip down that road, and you surrender to your lowest instincts. In the darkest times, hope is something you give yourself. That is the meaning of inner strength.
- Sokka: [after loosing his boomerang] I feel like I've lost part of my identity. Imagine if you lost your arrow, or if Katara lost her...
- [tries to think of something]
- Sokka: ... hair loopies.
- [Walking up to a merchant's stall]
- Merchant: Here's your produce, ponytail guy.
- Sokka: [Dejected] I used to be boomerang guy...
- Mayor Tong: [after Colonel Mongke invades the town] You! Avatar, do something!
- Aang: Gee, I'd love to help, but I'm supposed to be boiled in oil.
- Mayor Tong: [moves the punishment wheel to community service] There, community service. Now, serve our community and get rid of those rhinos!
- Prince Zuko: Uncle... I thought a lot about what you said.
- Uncle Iroh: You did? Good, good.
- Prince Zuko: It's helped me to realize something. We no longer have anything to gain by traveling together. I need to find my own way.
- Aang: [Trying to get Sokka to help solve his case] That's okay, Sokka. For some reason, I thought you were an expert detective.
- Sokka: [Self-importantly] Well, I guess I *could* be classified as such.
- Katara: [Playing along] Yeah. Back home, he was famous for solving the mystery of the missing seal jerky.
- Sokka: Everyone wanted to blame it on a polar leopard, but I figured out it was Old Man Jarko wearing polar leopard boots. See, a real eight hundred pound polar leopard would have left much deeper tracks. Okay, I guess I am pretty good.
- Katara: Honorable Mayor, we've prepared a solid defense for the Avatar. We did an investigation and found some very strong evidence.
- Mayor Tong: Evidence? Hmph! That's not how our court system works.
- Aang: Then how can I prove my innocence?
- Mayor Tong: Simple, I say what happened, then you say what happened, then *I* decide who's right. That's why we call it "justice." Because it's "just us."
- Aang: Having a huge festival in your honor is great. But, frankly, it's just nice to be appreciated.
- Sokka: [to Aang] So some people don't like you. Big deal. There's a whole nation of Firebenders who hate you. Now, let's bust you out of here.
- [Sokka is asleep, mouth wide open, and a spider has built a web on it. A fly lands on the web and Momo grabs it, putting his paw in Sokka's mouth]
- Sokka: What are you doing in my mouth? Momo, you need to be a little more sensitive to my boundaries.
- Uncle: You must never give into despair. Allow yourself to slip down that road and you surrender to your lowest instincts. In the darkest times, hope is something you give yourself. That is the meaning of inner strength.
- Mayor Tong: You'll have to follow all our rules. That includes paying bail.
- Aang: No problem.
- [Cut to Aang in jail]
- Aang: How was I supposed to know they wouldn't take Water Tribe money?
- [last lines]
- Mayor Tong: From now on, we'll celebrate a new Avatar Day, in honor of the day Avatar Aang saved us from the Rough Rhino invasion.
- Sokka: [looking a bowl he is holding] What is this?
- Mayor Tong: That's our new festival food. Un-fried dough. May we eat it...
- [turns to address the crowd]
- Mayor Tong: ...and be reminded of how, on this day, the Avatar was *not* boiled in oil.
- Katara: [Halfheartedly] Happy Avatar Day, everyone.
- Sokka: [Halfheartedly] Happy Avatar Day, everyone.
- Uncle: You must never give in to despair. Allow yourself to slip down that road and you surrender to your lowest instincts. In the darkest times, hope is something you give yourself. That is the meaning of inner strength.