Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV Series)

The Runaway (2007)

Mae Whitman: Katara

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Quotes 

• Sokka : [Writing a letter]  'Dear Katara, Sorry for everything. Your friend, Toph.'

  [Sokka puts the letter in Hawky's messenger pack. Then Hawky flies to Katara] 

  Katara : I know this is from you, Sokka! Toph can't write! Ugh! You're all driving me crazy!

  [Katara storms off] 

  Aang : I can't believe we forgot Toph can't write.

  Sokka : Yeah, we're idiots.

• Katara : What's this?

  [holding up wanted poster of Toph] 

  Toph : I don't know! I mean seriously, what's with you people? I am blind!

• Katara : Sokka, tell me you didn't buy a bird.

  Sokka : [Excited]  Not just a bird, a messenger bird. Now we can send messages all over the world, even to Gran Gran.

  Aang : Wow, how does it work?

  Sokka : Hmm. Uh... I never actually thought about that. Hawky, Gran Gran, South Pole.

  [He points helpfully. Hawky shakes his head in confusion] 

  Sokka : think he gets it.

• [first lines] 

  Toph : How could you do this to me? You betrayed me!

  Katara : You brought this on yourself. I had no choice.

• Katara : Don't you walk away from me while I'm talking to you.

  Toph : Oh, really, Mom? Or what are you going to do? Send me to my room?

  Katara : I wish I could!

  Toph : Well you can't! Because you're not my mom and you're not their mom.

  Katara : I never said I was!

  Toph : No, but you certainly act like it. You think it's your job to boss everyone around, but it's not. You're just a regular kid like the rest of us. So stop acting like you can tell me what to do. I can do whatever I want!

  Katara : I don't act that way. Sokka, do I act motherly?

  Sokka : Hey, I'm staying out of this one.

  Katara : What do you think, Aang? Do I act like a mom?

  Aang : Well, I...

  Katara : Stop rubbing your eye and speak clearly, when you talk.

  Aang : [Straightening up]  Yes, ma'am.

• Town Marshall : You did the right thing by turning in the Runaway.

  Katara : The right thing is its own reward.

  Town Marshall : Well, I'm happy to hear you say that.

  Katara : But, I still want the actual reward.

  Town Marshall : Of course. Right this way.

• [Katara stands up and starts running in place] 

  Toph : Um, Katara? Are you okay?

  Katara : Just fine.

  Toph : Well, what are you doing?

  Katara : I'm making my own water.

  Toph : Katara! You're a genius! A sweaty, stinky genius!

• [last lines] 

  Toph : Katara, I need your help.

  Katara : What is it, Toph?

  Toph : I need you to write some things down for me. I want to send a letter to my parents.

  Katara : I'd be happy to help.

  [Katara puts Toph's letter in Hawky's pouch and sends him off] 

  Sokka : Hey, where'd Hawky go?

• Katara : You know what? It doesn't matter. These scams put us all at risk and we don't need that. We've already got some third-eyed freak after us.

  Sokka : Speaking of that third-eyed freak, I think I've come up with a name for him. What do you think of... Sparky-Sparky Boom Man?

  [the gang is unimpressed] 

  Sokka : Just think about it.

• Aang : Toph got us money. She scammed one of those guys in town who moves the shells around all sneaky-like.

  Sokka : She used Earthbending to win the game. Classic!

  Katara : [Dissaproving]  Ah, so she cheated.

  Toph : Hey, I only cheated because he was cheating. I cheated a cheater. What's wrong with that?

  Katara : I'm just saying, this isn't something we should make a habit of doing.

  Toph : Why? Because it's fun and you hate fun?

  Katara : [Indignantly]  I don't hate fun.

  [She seizes Momo and drapes him on top of her head] 

  Katara : See? Fun.

• Katara : Ah, I see. You're acting like this because of your parents.

  Toph : Whatever.

  Katara : They were controlling over you so you ran away, and now you act like your parents don't exist. You act like you hate them, but you don't. You just feel guilty.

  Toph : I *do* hate them.

  Katara : I don't think so. I think you miss them, but you just don't want to deal with that. so instead, you act like this crazy person.

• Katara : I was going to say I want to pull a scam with you.

  Toph : What? You want to pull a scam?

  Katara : Not just any scam, the *ultimate* scam. What do you say, Toph? Just me and you, one last go. You in?

  Toph : You know I'm in. Now, what's this idea of yours?

• Toph : Wait. It's a trap.

  Katara : Really? No kidding. Is that why we're sitting in a wooden cage right now? Gee, how'd you figure out it was a trap.

  Toph : Not for us, Katara. We're the bait. He wants Aang.

  Katara : Oh. I can't believe I was so stupid. See, this is exactly why I'm against these scams. I knew this would happen.

  Toph : But this was *your* idea.

  Katara : I know. I wanted to show you that I'm not so motherly. I wanted to show you that I can have fun, too.

• Katara : I know you're relationship with your parents is complicated, and I shouldn't have said what I said.

  Toph : It's okay. I was really mad when you said that, because, well, because maybe it's true. I try not to think about it, but when I left, I probably really hurt them.