Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV Series)

The Great Divide (2005)

Zach Tyler Eisen: Aang

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Quotes 

• Aang : You see that? Settling feuds and making peace. All in a day's work for the Avatar.

• Sokka : Aang, this feuding tribe stuff is serious business. Are you sure it's a good idea getting involved in this?

  Aang : To tell the truth, I'm not sure. But when have I ever been?

  Katara : He's the Avatar, Sokka. Making peace between people is his job.

  Sokka : His job's going to make us cross this whole thing on foot, isn't he?

• [last lines] 

  Sokka : That's some luck, you knew Jin Wei and Wei Jin.

  Aang : You could call it luck, or you could call it lying.

  Sokka : What?

  Aang : I made the whole thing up

  Katara : You did not. That is so wrong.

  Aang : Now, where's that custard tart? I'm starving!

• Aang : It's okay, Momo. We'll be out of here soon enough. And then we can eat our weight in lychee nuts.

  [Momo catches an insect, starts to take a bite, then offers it to Aang] 

  Aang : Nah, I'll wait for the lychee nuts.

• Aang : Wait a second. Jin Wei? Wei Jin? I know those guys!

  Gan Jin Leader : Yes, yes, we're all aware of the story.

  Aang : No, I mean I really knew them. I might not look it, but I'm 112 years old. I was there 100 years ago on the day you're talking about.

  [Aang starts telling his story] 

  Aang : There seems to be a lot of confusion about what happened. First of all, Jin Wei and Wei Jin weren't enemies. They were brothers, twins, in fact. And they were eight. And most importantly, they were just playing a game. The sacred orb from the legend, that was the ball. And the Eastern and Western Gates were the goal posts. Jin Wei had the ball and was running toward the goal when he fell and fumbled it. Win Jei didn't steal the ball, he picked it up and started running it back toward the other goal, but he stepped out of bounds. So the official put him in the penalty box, not for twenty long years, but for two short minutes. There was no stealing and no putting anyone in prison. Just a game.

  Zhang Leader : You're saying the sacred orb was actually a sacred ball?

  Aang : Nope, just a regular ball.

  Scout : What about our tribe's redemption ritual?

  Aang : That's what the game was called, Redemption. As soon as someone got the ball from one goal to the other, everyone would yell, "redemption!"

  [the leaders look at each other] 

  Aang : Don't get me wrong, Wei Jin was kind of a slob and Jin Wei was a little stuffy, that much is true. But they respected each others differences enough to share the same playing field.

  Zhang Leader : I suppose it's time we forget the past.

  Gan Jin Leader : And look to the future.

• Aang : [to the fighting tribes]  s! Focus! How many times do I have to say it? Harsh words won't solve problems. Action will!

  Zhang Leader : Perhaps the Avatar is right.

  Gan Jin Leader : Yes, perhaps he is.

  [Cut to Aang, whose eyes are shiny with hope. He smiles widely] 

  Zhang Leader : Harsh words will never solve our problems.

  Gan Jin Leader : Action will!

  [Both leaders draw their swords and approach each other. They cross swords in front of Aang, who draws back with a cry of surprise and fear] 

  Gan Jin Leader : To the death, and let this be the end of this rivalry!

  Aang : [Nervously]  You know, I take it back. Harsh words aren't so bad.

• Katara : Everyone listen up. This is the Avatar. And if you give him a chance, I'm sure he can come up with a compromise that will make everyone happy.

  Aang : Uh, you could share the earthbender and travel together.

  Gan Jin Leader : Absolutely not! We'd rather be taken away by the Fire Nation than travel with those stinking thieves.

  Zhang Leader : We wouldn't travel with you pompous fools anyway!

• Aang : I wish I could help these people get along, but it just seems impossible. Anyhow, I guess our biggest problem is getting out of here.

  Canyon Guide : I'm not so sure the two problems are unrelated.