Avatar: The Last Airbender/Recap/Book 2/03 Return to Omashu

""There really is no fathoming the depths of my hatred for this place.""

Aang, Katara and Sokka head to Omashu to ask King Bumi to teach Aang earthbending, only to discover upon their arrival that the city has fallen to the Fire Nation. Meanwhile, Azula decides to get rid of the royal procession and assemble a small, elite team of fighters to capture Zuko and Iroh. She chooses two old school friends to help her: Ty Lee, who is currently part of the circus and Mai, whose father was recently appointed governor of Omashu.

Tropes:
"Azula: It's not just Zuko and Iroh anymore. We have a third target now.
 * Answer Cut:

(Fade to Aang.)"


 * Big Damn Heroes: Sokka comes back on Appa just in time to boomerang a knife out of Mai's hand after Ty Lee has disabled Katara's bending.
 * Chekhov's Gun: The pentapox disease Sokka uses to scare off the Fire Nation guards.
 * Cloudcuckoolander: Ty Lee
 * The Daria: Mai.
 * Eerie Pale Skinned Brunette: Mai.
 * Egopolis: Azula renames Omashu as New Ozai.
 * Finger Poke of Doom: Bumi can earthbend with just his face.
 * Genki Girl: Ty Lee
 * Grotesque Cute: The Pentapus.
 * La Résistance: Omashu has one with the goal to rid the city of the Fire Nation.
 * Nothing Exciting Ever Happens Here: Mai laments, "This place [Omashu] is unbearably bleak. Nothing ever happens."
 * Perky Female Minion: Ty Lee.
 * Prisoner Exchange: Tom-Tom for King Bumi.
 * With My Hands Tied: Because "they didn't cover my face!"
 * You Don't Want to Catch This: Pentapox!