Avatar: The Last Airbender (2003–2008): Season 2, Episode 8 - The Chase - full transcript

KATARA: 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.

100 years passed,



and my brother and I
discovered the new Avatar...

An airbender named Aang.

And although his airbending
skills are great,

he has a lot to learn before
he's ready to save anyone.

AANG: Oof.

But I believe Aang can save the world.

AZULA: If I want to catch my prey,

I must be agile, nimble.

I need a small elite team.

TOPH: Even though I was born blind,
I've never had a problem seeing.

I see with earthbending.

AANG: You're going to be
a great teacher, Toph.

I thought a lot about
what you said.

You did? Good, good.



We no longer have
anything to gain by traveling together.

I need to find my own way.

Hey, you guys picked
a great campsite.

The grass is so soft.

That's not grass. Appa's shedding.

Oh, gross.

AANG: That's not gross.

It's just a part of spring.

You know, rebirth,
flowers blooming,

and Appa gets a new coat.

Ahh. The beauty of spring.

[GROWLING]

Stop. Appa, stop!

[COUGHING]

It's not that bad, Katara.
It makes a great wig.

And a great beard.

[BOYS LAUGHING]

I'm just glad we finally have
another girl in the group,

because you two are disgusting.

Excuse me.
Does anyone have a razor,

because I got some hairy pits.

[LAUGHTER]

[SNEEZES]

[CHUCKLES]

So, Toph, usually when
setting up camp,

we try to divide up the work.

Hey, don't worry about me. I'm good to go.

Well, actually, what I'm trying to say is

some of us might fetch water

while someone else
might set up the fire pit

or put up the tent.

Even Momo does his fair share.

Katara, I'm fine.
I can carry my own weight.

I don't need a fire.
I've already collected my own food.

And look. My tent's all set up.

Well, that's great for you,
but we still need to finish...

I don't understand.
What's the problem here?

Never mind.

Oops. Sorry.

Hey, Toph, I wanted to apologize
for earlier.

I think we're all just a little tired

and getting on each
other's nerves.

Yeah. You do seem pretty tired.

I meant all of us.

Well, good night.

Good night.

There's something coming toward us.

AANG: What is it?

It feels like an avalanche,
but also not an avalanche.

Your powers of perception
are frightening.

Should we leave?

Better safe than sorry.

What is that thing?

[SNORING]

[YAWNS]

Ah, land, sweet land.

See you guys in the morning.

Actually, can you help us unload?

Really? You need me to help unload

Sokka's funky-smelling sleeping bag?

[SNIFFS]

Well, yeah.

That and everything else.

You're a part of our team now and...

Look, I didn't ask you to unload my stuff.

I'm carrying my own weight.

That's not the point.

Ever since you joined us,

you've been nothing
but selfish and unhelpful.

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.

"Sugar queen"?!

D... did you just slam the door in my face?

How can you be so infuriating?

Should we do something?

Hey, I'm just enjoying the show.

OK, OK. You both need to calm down.

Both?! I'm completely calm!

I can see that.

The stars sure are
beautiful tonight.

Too bad you can't see them, Toph.

[TOPH GRUNTS]

[KATARA SCREAMS]

Hey, how's a guy supposed to sleep

with all this yelling and earthquaking?

That thing is back.

Well, how far away is it?

Maybe we can close our eyes
just for a few minutes.

AANG: I don't think so, Sokka.

Seriously, what is that thing?

And how does it keep finding us?

I don't know, but this time,

I'm gonna make sure we lose them.

SOKKA: OK, forget about setting up camp.

I'm finding the softest pile of dirt
and going to sleep.

That's good, because Toph wasn't
going to help anyway.

Oh, I didn't realize baby still needed
someone to tuck her in bed.

Come on, guys. There's something after us,

and we don't even
know what or who it is.

It could be Zuko.
We haven't seen him since the north pole.

Who's Zuko?

Oh, just some angry freak
with a ponytail

who's tracked us all over the world.

What's wrong with ponytails, ponytail?

This is a warrior's wolf tail.

Well, it certainly tells
the other warriors

that you're fun and perky.

Anyway, whoever's chasing us,
they couldn't have followed us here,

so, now, would everyone just shush?

[MOMO CHATTERING]

No, Momo. Shh. Sleepy time.

Oh, don't tell me.

That's impossible.
There's no way they could have tracked us.

I can feel it with my own two feet.

Let's get out of here.

Maybe we should face them
and find out who they are.

Who knows? Maybe they're friendly.

Always the optimist.

[LIZARDS HISSING]

It's those three girls from Omashu.

We can take them... Three on three.

Actually, Toph, there's four of us.

Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't count you.

You know, no bending and all.

I can still fight!

OK, three on three plus Sokka.

[SOKKA GROWLS]

Well, we wanted to find out who they were,
and we found out.

Now, let's get out of here.

Appa, yip yip!

KATARA: I can't believe those girls
followed us all the way from Omashu.

I still think we
could have taken them.

Are you kidding me?
The crazy blue firebending

and the flying daggers
are bad enough,

but the last time we saw them,

one of those girls
did something that took my bending away.

That's scary.

SOKKA: Oh, no. The sun is rising.

We've been up all night
with no sleep.

Sokka, we'll be OK.

Are you sure?

I've never not slept before.

What if I fall asleep now
and something happens?

And something always happens!

Every time we land,
those girls are there.

So we'll just have
to keep flying.

AANG: We can't keep flying forever.

[CALLING]

[AANG YAWNS]

So what's our plan?

Don't know.

Too tired to think.

I'm sure we'll come up with something
after a short nap.

Yes! Sleep.

What's going on?!

Appa fell asleep.

[KIDS SCREAMING]

Wake up, buddy!

[KIDS SCREAMING]

Appa's exhausted.

OK, we've put a lot of distance
between us and them.

The plan right now is to follow
Appa's lead and get some sleep.

Of course, we could have
gotten some sleep earlier

if Toph didn't have such issues.

What?!

All right, all right!
Everyone's exhausted.

Let's just get some rest.

No. I want to hear what Katara has to say.

You think I have issues?

I'm just saying,
maybe if you helped out earlier,

we could have set up our camp faster
and gotten some sleep.

And then maybe we wouldn't
be in this situation.

TOPH: You're blaming me for this?

No. No! She's not blaming you.

No, I'm blaming her.

-Hey!
-Uh!

I never asked you for diddly-dooda.

I carry my own weight.

Besides, if there's anyone to blame,
it's Sheddy over here.

AANG: What? You're blaming Appa?

Yeah. You want to know
how they keep finding us?

He's leaving a trail
everywhere we go.

How dare you blame Appa.
He saved your life three times today.

If there's anyone to blame, it's you.

You're always talking
about how you carry your own weight,

But you're not. He is.
Appa's carrying your weight.

He never had a problem
flying when it was just the three of us.

I'm out of here.

Wait.

What did I just do?

I can't believe
I yelled at my earthbending teacher.

Now she's gone.

I know. We're all
just trying to get used to each other.

And I was so mean to her.

Yeah, you two were pretty much jerks.

-Thanks, Sokka.
-No problem.

We need to find
Toph and apologize.

OK, but what are we gonna do

about the tank full
of dangerous ladies chasing us?

I have a plan.

Ugh.

AANG: Toph was right. Appa's fur
was leading a trail right to us.

But now that he's clean,
no more trail.

KATARA: Are you sure he's OK to fly?

He'll be fine as long as we leave
his saddle and all our stuff here.

I'm gonna use Appa's fur to make
a fake trail and lead the tank off-course.

Uh!

Ohh.

That really hurt my tailbone.

Wads of wet fur.

How delightful.

Hmm, they're not wads.
They're more like bundles.

Or bunches?

It's got an "uh" sound.

Clumps.

Clumps! They're clumps!

The trail goes this way.

The Avatar is trying
to give us the slip.

You two head in that direction
and keep your eye out for the bison.

I'll follow this trail.

Toph couldn't have
made it too far.

[SCREECHES]

What is it, Momo?! Oh, no!

Katara!

How did they find us?

SOKKA: Appa, come on.
We need to go faster.

KATARA: He's too tired.

Not good, not good!

We just need to make it
across that river.

Come on, Appa! Just a little further.

Whoa!

SOKKA: We made it. We're safe.

KATARA: You did it, Appa!

Good try, but no.

How you doing?

Well, you know.

I thought when Ty Lee and I finally
caught you guys,

it would be more exciting.

Oh, well, victory is boring.

-Aah!
-Aah!

Thanks, Appa.
I don't know what we'd do without you.

Was it just me,
or was that guy kind of cute?

All right. You've caught up with me.

Now, who are you,
and what do you want?

You mean, you haven't guessed?
You don't see the family resemblance.

Here's a hint.

[IMITATING ZUKO]
I must find the Avatar

to restore my honor.

[REGULAR VOICE] It's OK. You can laugh.

It's funny.

So what now?

Now? Now it's over.
You're tired, and you have no place to go.

You can run, but I'll catch you.

I'm not running.

Here is your tea.

You seem a little
too young to be traveling alone.

You seem a little too old.

Ha ha ha!

Perhaps I am.

I know what you're thinking,

I look like I can't handle
being by myself.

I wasn't thinking that.

You wouldn't let me pour
my own cup of tea.

I poured your tea
because I wanted to

and for no other reason.

People see me
and think I'm weak.

They want to take care of me,

but I can take care of myself by myself.

You sound like my nephew,

Always thinking
you need to do things on your own

without anyone's support.

There is nothing wrong
with letting people who love you help you.

Not that I love you.
Well, I just met you.

[CHUCKLES]

So where is your nephew?

I've been tracking him, actually.

Is he lost?

Yes, a little bit.

His life has recently changed,

And he's going through
very difficult times.

He's trying to figure out who he is,

and he went away.

So now you're following him.

I know he doesn't
want me around right now,

but if he needs me, I'll be there.

Your nephew is very lucky,

even if he doesn't know it.

Thank you.

My pleasure. Sharing tea
with a fascinating stranger

is one of life's true delights.

No. Thank you for what you said.

-It helped me.
-I'm glad.

Oh, and about your nephew,

maybe you should tell him
that you need him, too.

[LIZARD HISSING]

Do you really want to fight me?

Yes. I really do.

Zuko!

I was wondering
when you'd show up, Zu-Zu.

Ha ha. Zu-zu?

Back off, Azula. He's mine.

I'm not going anywhere.

[YELLS]

Whoa! Aah!

Aah!

Katara!

Uncle.

Get up.

I thought you guys
could use a little help.

Thanks.

Well, look at this.

Enemies and traitors all working together.

I'm done.
I know when I'm beaten.

You got me.
A princess surrenders with honor.

Aah!

[YELLS]

Get away from us!

Zuko, I can help.

Leave!