Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV Series)

The Crossroads of Destiny (2006)

Mako: Uncle

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Quotes 

• Uncle Iroh : What's on your mind?

  Aang : Well, I met with this guru who was supposed to help me master the Avatar State and control this great power. But to do it, I had to let go of someone I love... and I just couldn't.

  Uncle Iroh : Protection and power are overrated. I think you are very wise to choose happiness and love.

• Uncle Iroh : Did I ever tell you how I got the nickname the Dragon of the West?

  Azula : I'm not interested in a lengthy anecdote, Uncle.

  Uncle Iroh : t's more of a demonstration, really.

  [Iroh breaths fire] 

• Uncle : Sometimes, life is like this dark tunnel. You can't always see the light at the end of the tunnel. But if you just keep moving... you will come to a better place.

• Sokka : We should split up. Aang, you go with Iroh to look for Katara and the angry jerk...

  Sokka : [to Iroh]  ... no offense.

  Uncle Iroh : None taken.

• Toph : Wait. Someone's at the door.

  [There's a knock at the door] 

  Toph : Actually, I know who it is. It's an old friend of mine.

  [Toph opens the door to reveal Iroh] 

  Toph : Glad to see you're okay.

  Uncle Iroh : I need your help.

• Uncle : You're not the man you used to be, Zuko. You are stronger and wiser and freer than you have *ever* been. And now you have come to the crossroads of your destiny. It's time for you to choose. It's time for you to choose good.

  Azula : [Bursts in and traps Iroh]  I expected this kind of treachery from Uncle. But Zuko, *Prince* Zuko, you're a lot of things, but you're not a traitor, are you?

  Prince Zuko : Release him immediately.

  Azula : It's not too late for you, Zuko. You can still redeem yourself.

  Uncle : The kind of redemption she offers is not for you.

  Azula : Why don't you let him decide, Uncle? I need you, Zuko. I've plotted every move of this day, this glorious day in Fire Nation history, and the only way we win is together. At the end of this day, you will have your honor back. You will have Father's love. You will have everything you want.

  Uncle : Zuko, I am begging you. Look into your heart and see what it is that you truly want.

  Azula : You are free to choose.

• Uncle Iroh : Princess Azula is here in Ba Sing Se.

  Aang : She must have Katara.

  Uncle Iroh : She has captured my nephew as well.

  Aang : Then we'll work together to fight Azula and save Katara and Zuko.

  Sokka : Whoa, there. You lost me at Zuko.

  Uncle Iroh : I know how you must feel about my nephew. But believe me when I tell you, there is good inside him.

  Sokka : Good inside him isn't enough. Why don't you come back when it's outside him, too, okay?

  Aang : Katara's in trouble. All of Ba Sing Se is in trouble. Working together is our best chance.

• Aang : So, Toph thinks you give pretty good advice... and great tea.

  Uncle Iroh : The key to both is proper aging.

• [Iroh jumps out of a hole blasted in the palace wall and lands on a bush] 

  Uncle Iroh : Come on! You'll be fine!

  Prince Zuko : No. I'm tired of running. It's time I faced Azula.

• Uncle : Sometimes life is like this dark tunnel. You can't always see the light at the end of the tunnel, but but if you just keep moving... you will come to a better place.