Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV Series)

The Boy in the Iceberg (2005)

Mae Whitman: Katara

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• [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.

• Aang : [First meeting]  I need to ask you something.

  Katara : What?

  Aang : Please come closer.

  Katara : [Katara moves closer]  What is it?

  Aang : Will you go penguin sledding with me?

  Katara : Uh, sure... I-I guess.

• 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] 

• Gran Gran : Katara, try not to put all your hope in this boy.

  Katara : But he's special. I can tell. I sense he's filled with much wisdom.

  Aang : [Cut to Aaang. Aang's speech is garbled]  See? Now my tongue is stuck to my staff.

• 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.

• Katara : Aang, this is my grandmother.

  Gran Gran : [Deadpan]  Call me Gran Gran.

• Katara : Aang, stop! We're not allowed to go near it. The ship could be booby-trapped.

  Aang : If you want to be a Bender, you have to let go of fear.