Actor Zuko quotes from Avatar: The Last Airbender

Sokka

Pretty clouds.

Zuko

Yeah.. fluffy. [Sokka begins to whistle due to awkward silence]

Zuko

What?

Sokka

Wha-- Oh! I didn't say anything. [Brief silence]

Sokka

You know, a friend of mine designed these war balloons.

Zuko

No kidding.

Sokka

Yep! A balloon... but for war.

Zuko

There's one thing my dad's good at, it's war.

Sokka

Yeah, it seems to run in the family.

Zuko

Hey. Hold on, not everyone in my family is like that.

Sokka

I know. I know, you've changed.

Zuko

I meant my Uncle... He was more than a father to me... And I really let him down.

Sokka

I think your uncle would be proud of you. Leaving your home to come help us. That's hard.

Zuko

It wasn't that hard.

Sokka

Really? You didn't leave anyone behind you care about?

Zuko

Well, I did have a girlfriend. Mai.

Sokka

That gloomy girl who sighs a lot?

Zuko

Yeah. [smiles] Everyone in the Fire Nation thinks I'm a traitor. I couldn't drag her into it.

Sokka

My first girlfriend turned into the moon. [frowns]

Zuko

That's rough, buddy.

Sokka

Oh, good. You guys have met.

Suki

Actually, we met a long time ago.

Zuko

We did?

Suki

Yeah. You kind of burned down my village. (pause)

Zuko

Oh, I'm sorry about that. Nice to see you again.

Zuko

(trying to comfort Sokka) Oh, what would Uncle say? Sometimes, clouds have two sides- a dark and light, and a silver lining in between. It's like a silver sandwich! So, when life seems hard...take a bite out of the silver sandwich.

Sokka

Maybe we haven't failed after all!

Zuko

That's the spirit! I can't believe that worked. I didn't even know what I was saying.

Sokka

No, what you said made no sense at all. But look! It's Suki!

Zuko

(attemping to inspire Sokka to not quit and stay at the prison and rescue his dad) No, its not Sokka. Look you're going to fail a lot before things work out...

Sokka

This is supposed to make me feel better?!?!

Zuko

Even though you'll probably fail over and over again...

Sokka

Seriously you're not helping!

Zuko

You have to try every time. You can't quit because you're afraid you might fail.

Hakoda

Wait! Who's that?

Zuko

That's a problem; it's my sister and her friend.

Zuko

Keeping rocks from crushing you.

Katara

Okay, I'm not crushed, you can get off me now.

Zuko

I'll take that as a 'thank you'.

Zuko

This isn't fair. Everyone else seems to trust me now. What is it with you?

Katara

Oh everyone trusts you now? I was the first person to trust you, remember? Back in Ba Sing Se. And you turned around and betrayed me. Betrayed all of us!

Zuko

What can I do to make it up to you?

Katara

You really wanna know? Hm, maybe you could reconquer Ba Sing Se in the name of the Earth King? Or, I know, you could bring my mother back!

Aang

Wow, camping. It really seems like old times again, doesn't it?

Zuko

If you really want it to feel like old times again, I could... chase you around for a while and try to capture you. (everybody, except Katara, laughs)

Katara

I'm not ready to forgive him. (She walks up to Zuko) But I am ready to forgive you. (She hugs Zuko and walks away)

Zuko

You were right about what Katara needed; violence wasn't the answer.

Aang

It never is.

Zuko

Then I have a question for you. What are you going to do when you face my father? (Aang turns his head back in fear)

Prince Zuko, you must try this cake.

Actor Zuko

I dont have time to stuff my face. I must capture the Avatar and regain my honor.

While you do that, maybe I'll capture another slice. (Starts eating the cake)

Actor Zuko

You sicken me.

(about the play): They made me look stiff and completely humorless.

Actually, I think that actor's pretty spot on.

How can you say that?!

Let's forget about the Avatar, and get massages.

Actor Zuko

HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT?! (Katara grins, and Zuko pouts)

Zuko

So far, this intermission is the best part of the play.

Sokka

Apparently, the playwright thinks I'm an idiot who tells bad jokes about meat all the time.

Suki

Yeah. You tell bad jokes about plenty of other topics.

Sokka

I know!

Aang

At least the Sokka actor kinda looks like you. But that woman playing the Avatar doesn't resemble me at all!

I don't know. You are more in touch with your feminine side than most guys.

Katara

Relax, Aang. They're not accurate portrayals. It's not like I'm a preachy crybaby who can't resist giving over-emotional speeches about hope all the time.

Katara

What?

Aang

Yeah... that's not you at all.

You caught me. Wait! What's that? I think it's your honor!

Actor Zuko

Where?!

Zuko

Did Jet just...die?

Sokka

You know, it was really unclear...

Actor Zuko

I hate you, Uncle! You smell! And I hate you for all time!

Katara

[Shocked] You didn't really say that, did you?

Zuko

[Ashamed] I might as well have.

Hey, your Zuko costume is pretty good, but your scar is on the wrong side.

Zuko

[furiously] THE SCAR IS NOT ON THE WRONG SIDE!