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

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  • Book 1
    • 01 The Boy in the Iceberg
    • 02 The Avatar Returns
    • 03 The Southern Air Temple
    • 04 The Warriors of Kyoshi
    • 05 The King of Omashu
    • 06 Imprisoned
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    • 11 The Great Divide
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    • 16 The Deserter
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    • 18 The Water Bending Master
    • 19 The Siege of the North Part 1
    • 20 The Siege of the North Part 2
  • Book 2
    • 01 The Avatar State
    • 02 The Cave of Two Lovers
    • 03 Return to Omashu
    • 04 The Swamp
    • 05 Avatar Day
    • 06 The Blind Bandit
    • 07 Zuko Alone
    • 08 The Chase
    • 09 Bitter Work
    • 10 The Library
    • 11 The Desert
    • 12 The Serpents Pass
    • 13 The Drill
    • 14 City of Walls and Secrets
    • 15 The Tales of Ba Sing Se
    • 16 Appas Lost Days
    • 17 Lake Laogai
    • 18 The Earth King
    • 19 The Guru
    • 20 The Crossroads of Destiny
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    • 01 The Awakening
    • 02 The Headband
    • 03 The Painted Lady
    • 04 Sokka's Master
    • 05 The Beach
    • 06 The Avatar and the Fire Lord
    • 07 The Runaway
    • 08 The Puppet Master
    • 09 Nightmares and Daydreams
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    • 11 The Day of Black Sun Part 2
    • 12 The Western Air Temple
    • 13 The Firebending Masters
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    • 15 The Boiling Rock Part 2
    • 16 The Southern Raiders
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    • 18 Sozin's Comet Part 1: The Phoenix King
    • 19 Sozin's Comet Part 2: The Old Masters
    • 20 Sozin's Comet Part 3: Into the Inferno
    • 21 Sozin's Comet Part 4: Avatar Aang
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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.

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

Tropes:

• Answer Cut:

Azula: It's not just Zuko and Iroh anymore. We have a third target now. (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!