Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV Series)
The Puppetmaster (2007)
Tress MacNeille: Hama, Additional Voices
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Quotes
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[last lines]
Hama : [as the villagers are taking Hama away] My work is done. Congratulations, Katara. You're a Bloodbender.
[Hama laughs maniacally. Katara starts crying]
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Hama : [to Katara] What I'm about to show you, I discovered in that wretched Fire Nation prison.
[screen flashes back to a young Hama, staring through cell bars looking very sad]
Hama : The guards were always careful to keep any water away from us. They piped in dry air and had us suspended away from the ground. Before giving us any water, they would bind our hands and feet so we couldn't Bend. Any sign of trouble was met with cruel retribution. And yet, each month, I felt the full moon enriching me with its energy. There had to be something I could do to escape. Then, I realized that where there is life, there is water. The rats that scurried across the floor of my cage were nothing more than skins filled with liquid. And I passed years developing the skill that would lead to my escape. Bloodbending. Controlling the water in another body. Enforcing your own will over theirs.
[Katara looks shocked]
Hama : Once I had mastered the rats, I was ready for the men. And during the next full moon, I walked free for the first time in decades.
[during the flashback, a guard tries to weakly rise as Hama Bloodbends him down]
Hama : My cell unlocked by the very guards assigned to keep me in.
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Hama : Once you perfect this technique, you can control anything, or... anyone.
Katara : But to reach inside someone and control them? I-I don't know if I want that kind of power.
Hama : The choice is not yours. The power exists. And it's your duty to use the gifts you've been given to win this war. Katara, they tried to wipe us out, our entire culture. Your mother!
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Hama : They threw me in prison to rot. Along with my brothers and sisters. They deserve the same. You must carry on my work.
Katara : I won't! I won't use Bloodbending and I won't allow you to keep terrorizing this town.
[Hama starts to use Bloodbending on Katara]
Hama : You should have learned the technique before you turned against me. It's impossible to fight your way out of my grip. I control every muscle, every vein in your body.
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Hama : Growing up at the South Pole, Waterbenders are totally at home surrounded by snow and ice and seas. But as you probably noticed on your travels, that isn't the case where ever you go.
Katara : I know. When we were stranded in the desert I felt like there was almost nothing I could do.
Hama : That's why you have to learn to control water wherever it exists.
Katara : I've even used my own sweat for Waterbending.
Hama : That's very resourceful, Katara. You're thinking like a true master. But did you know you can even pull water out of thin air?
[Hama demonstrates]
Hama : You've got to keep an open mind, Katara. There's water in places you never think about.
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[Hama extracts all the water from the surrounding lilies for a demonstration, killing them in the process]
Katara : That was incredible. It's a shame about the lilies though.
Hama : They're just flowers. When you're a Waterbender in a strange land, you do what you must to survive. Tonight I'll teach you the *ultimate* technique of Waterbending. It can only be done during the full moon, when your Bending is at its peak.
Katara : But, isn't that dangerous? I thought people have been disappearing around here during the full moon.
Hama : Oh, Katara... two master Waterbenders beneath a full moon? I don't think we have anything to worry about.
