- [first lines]
- Katara: [voice-over] 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.
- Sokka: Giant light beams, flying bison, Airbenders, I think I've got Midnight Sun Madness. I'm going home to where stuff makes sense.
- Katara: [as Sokka tries to manuver their canoe in a rapid current through an ice field] Go left! Go Left!
- [the canoe crashes, dumping them on an ice flow]
- Katara: You call that left?
- Sokka: You don't like my steering? Well, maybe you should have Waterbended us out of the ice.
- Katara: So its my fault?
- Sokka: I knew I should have left you home. Leave it to a girl to screw things up.
- Katara: *You* are the most sexist, immature, nut-brained... I'm embarrassed to be related to you!
- [the iceberg behind her cracks as her rage grows]
- Katara: Ever since Mom died, I've been doing all the work around camp, while you've been off playing *soldier*!
- [she remains oblivious to iceberg shattering even more]
- Sokka: Uh... Katara?
- Katara: I even wash all the clothes! Have you ever smelled your dirty socks? Let me tell you, not pleasant!
- [another huge crack from the iceberg]
- Sokka: Katara, settle down!
- Katara: No! That's it. I'm done helping you. From now on, you're on you're *own*!
- [the iceberg completely explodes]
- Uncle Iroh: Even if you're right, and the Avatar *is* alive, you won't find him. Your father, grandfather *and* great-grandfather all tried and failed.
- Prince Zuko: Because their honor didn't hinge on the Avatar's capture. Mine does. This coward's hundred years in hiding are over.
- Katara: Aang, how long were you in that iceberg?
- Aang: I don't know. A few days, maybe?
- Katara: I think it was more like a hundred years.
- Aang: What? That's impossible. Do I look like a 112-year-old man to you?
- Katara: Think about it. The war is a century old. You don't know about it because... somehow you were in there that whole time. It's the only explanation.
- Sokka: Why is it that every time you play with magic water, I get soaked?
- Katara: It's not magic. It's Waterbending, and it's...
- Sokka: [Interrupting] Yeah, yeah, an ancient art, unique to our culture, blah blah blah. Look, I'm just saying that if I had your powers, I'd keep my weirdness to myself.
- Katara: You're calling me weird? I'm not the one who makes muscles at myself every time I see my reflection in the water.
- [last lines]
- Prince Zuko: [Looking at Aang through a telescope] The last airbender. Quite agile for his old age. Wake my uncle! Tell him I found the Avatar...
- Sokka: Now, men, it's important that you show no fear when face a Firebender. In the Water Tribe, we fight 'til the last man's standing. For without courage, how can we call ourselves men?
- Kid #2: I gotta pee.
- Sokka: Listen! Until your fathers return from the war, they're counting on you to be the men of this tribe. And that means no potty break!
- Kid #2: But I really gotta go!
- Prince Zuko: [Seeing the light from the exploding iceberg] Finally. Uncle, do you realize what this means?
- Uncle Iroh: [sitting down, drinking tea and playing a game with domino-like pieces] I won't get to finish my game?
- Prince Zuko: It means my search, it's about to come to an end.
- [Iroh sighs]
- Prince Zuko: That light came from an incredibly powerful source. It has to be *him*.
- Uncle Iroh: Or it's just the celestial lights. We've been down this road before, Prince Zuko. I don't want you to get too excited over nothing. Please, sit. Why don't you enjoy a cup of calming jasmine tea?
- Prince Zuko: [exploding in anger] I don't need any calming tea! I need to capture the Avatar! Helmsman, head a course for the light.
- Uncle Iroh: [Doing Firebending drills with Zuko] No! Power in Firebending comes from the breath. Not the muscles. The breath becomes energy in the body. The energy extends past your limbs and becomes fire.
- [Iroh demonstrates, releasing a controlling plume of flame that bursts in front of Zuko, but does not hit him]
- Uncle Iroh: Get it right this time.
- Prince Zuko: Enough. I've been drilling this sequence all day. Teach me the next set. I'm more than ready.
- Uncle Iroh: No, you're impatient. You have yet to master your basics.
- [More forcefully]
- Uncle Iroh: Drill it again!
- Prince Zuko: Grrrr... huh!
- [He blasts one of the guards backwards with a gout of fire]
- Prince Zuko: The sages tell us that the Avatar is the last Airbender. He must be over a hundred years old by now. He's had a century to master the four elements. I'll need more than basic Firebending to defeat him. You *will* teach me the advanced set!
- Uncle Iroh: Very well. But first I must finish my roast duck.
- [Begins eating]
- Uncle Iroh: Num num... num...