Avatar: The Last Airbender/Recap/Book 3/03 The Painted Lady

""I will never, ever turn my back on people who need me!""

When the Gaang comes upon a fishing village that has been having hard times due to the pollution from a local factory, Katara cannot resist helping the villagers in the guise of the local river spirit, the Painted Lady.

Tropes:

 * Chronic Hero Syndrome: Katara. The page quote is basically the defining statement of her personality.
 * God Guise: Katara
 * Green Aesop
 * Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Destroying the factory just gets the soldiers stationed there mad at the villagers.
 * Scarecrow Solution
 * Shout Out: Katara, disguised as the Painted Lady, begins approaching Fire Nation soldiers a child says "She's com-ing!" in the exact same tone as the line "They're he-re!"
 * Sleeping Dummy: Katara stuffs her sleeping bag with grass to sneak away from the group.
 * Sorry I Left the BGM On: The ominous Painted Lady music comes from Sokka playing the flute.
 * Spit Take: Aang has this reaction when Sokka announces they might have to take potty breaks and food breaks at the same time.
 * Split Personality: Dock/Xu/Bushi