Ty Lee quotes from Avatar: The Last Airbender

Ty Lee

(Looking through a periscope at the dust cloud Toph made) Hey...Look at that dust cloud. It's so...poofy! (Mimes by closing and opening her hand) Poof!

Ty Lee

You are not prettier than we are.

Ty Lee

Nice speech, Azula! It was pretty and poetic, but also scary in a good way!

Ty Lee

[startled] What are you doing?

Zuko

What does it look like I'm doing?

Ty Lee

But... it's a portrait of your family.

Zuko

You think I care?

Ty Lee

I think you do-

Zuko

You don't know me, so why don't you just mind your own business?!

Ty Lee

...I know you.

Zuko

No, you don't! You're stuck in your little Ty Lee world, where everything is great all the time!

Mai

Zuko, leave her alone.

Zuko

"I'm so pretty, look at me! I can walk on my hands! Woo!" [flops down in the sand, facing away] Circus freak!

Ty Lee

[tearful and angrily] Yes, I'm a circus freak! Go ahead and laugh all you want! You wanna know why I joined the circus?

Azula

Here we go...

Ty Lee

Do you have any idea what my home life was like, growing up with six sisters who looked exactly like me?! It was like, I didn't even have my own name! I joined the circus because I was scared of spending the rest of my life as a matched set! At least I'm different now! "Circus Freak" is a compliment!

Mai

I guess that explains why you need ten boyfriends, too.

Ty Lee

I'm sorry, what?

Mai

Attention issues? You couldn't get enough attention when you were a kid, so you're trying to make up for it now.

Ty Lee

Well, what's your excuse, Mai? You were an only child for fifteen years, but even with all that attention, your aura is just this dingy, pale, grey-

Mai

I don't believe in auras.

Zuko

Yeah... you don't believe in anything.

Mai

[sarcastically] Oh, well, I'm sorry I can't be as crazy and high-strung as the rest of you.

Zuko

I'm sorry, too; I wish you would be high-strung and crazy for once, instead of keeping all your feelings bottled up inside. She just called your aura dingy, are you gonna take that?

Mai

What do you want from me? You want a teary confession about how bad my childhood was? Well, it wasn't. I was a rich only child who got anything I wanted... as long as I behaved. And sat still. And didn't speak unless spoken to. My mother said I had to keep out of trouble. We had my dad's political career to think about.

Azula

Well, that's it then: you had a controlling mother with certain expectations, and if you strayed from them, you were shut down. That's why you're afraid to care about anything... and why you can't express yourself.

Mai

[stands up, angrily] You want me to express myself? LEAVE ME ALONE!

Ty Lee

But I'm happy here, my aura has never been pinker!

Azula

(cocking an eyebrow) I'll take your word for it.

Mai

I thought you ran off and joined the circus? You said it was your calling.

Ty Lee

Well, Azula called a little louder.

Mai

Wads of wet fur, how delightful.

Ty Lee

Hmm, they're not wads, they're more like, bundles. Or bunches? It's got an "uh" sound.

Mai

...Clumps?

Ty Lee

(hugs Mai) Clumps! They're clumps!

Azula

Who are you? The Avatar's fangirls?

Ty Lee

...Oh! I get it! Good one Azula.

Azula

We have been presented with an extraordinary opportunity, girls.

Ty Lee

Mai finally gets to wear make-up that's not totally depressing?

Sokka

Thank goodness we're in time!

Earth King

In time for what?

Ty Lee

Who?

Ty Lee

Thank goodness you're here, Azula. These boys won't leave me alone. I think they all just like me too much!

Azula

Oh come on, Ty Lee, you can't be that stupid.

Ty Lee

What do you mean?

Azula

You make it too easy for them, you're a tease. It's not like they actually care who you are.

Azula

Okay, okay, I'm sorry. It's just that I'm a little (pauses and whispers) jealous.

Ty Lee

Of me? But you're the smartest, prettiest girl in the whole world!

Azula

Well, you're right about those things, but every time I try to talk to boys, they act like I'm going to do something horrible to them...

Ty Lee

But you probably would do something horrible to them. Okay, look. If you want a boy to like you, just look at him, and smile a lot, and laugh at everything he says, even if it's not funny.

Azula

Well, that sounds really shallow and stupid... Let's try it!

Ty Lee

Right. [puts on a boyish voice] Hey there, sweet sugar-cakes. How ya likin' this party?

Ty Lee

[to Zuko and Mai, who have been arguing] Calm down, you guys! This much negative energy is bad for your skin; you'll totally break out.

Zuko

Bad skin?! Normal teenagers worry about bad skin! I don't have that luxury! My father decided to teach me a permanent lesson - ON MY FACE!

Ty Lee

Sorry, Zuko, I--

Zuko

For so long now I thought if my dad accepted me, I'd be happy. I'm back home now, my dad talks to me, he even thinks I'm a hero! Everything should be perfect, right? I should be happy now, but I'm not. I'm angrier than ever and I don't know why!

Azula

There's a simple question you need to answer, then. Who are you angry at?

Zuko

No one! I'm just... angry.

Mai

Yeah, who are you angry at, Zuko?

Zuko

Everyone! I don't know!

Azula

Is it Dad?

Zuko

No, no.

Ty Lee

Your uncle?

Azula

Me?

Zuko

No! No, no, no!

Mai

Then who? Who are you angry at?

Azula

Answer the question, Zuko.

Ty Lee

Talk to us!

Mai

Come on, answer the question.

Azula

Come on, answer it.

Zuko

[makes their fire blaze] I'M ANGRY AT MYSELF!

Azula

I never expected this from you. The thing I don't understand is why? Why would you do it? You know the consequences.

Mai

I guess you just don't know people as well as you think you do. You miscalculated. I love Zuko more than I fear you.

Azula

(yelling) No, YOU miscalculated! You should have feared me more! (She and Mai prepare to fight, but Ty Lee suddenly attacks Azula. She gasps and falls down, paralyzed.)

Ty Lee

(runs to Mai) Come on, let's get out of here!

Azula

(growling) You're both fools!

What shall we do with them, Princess?

Azula

Put them somewhere I'll never have to see their faces again. And let them rot!

Sokka

There's my favorite warriors. I gotta say, I kinda missed the face paint. So, how's it feel to be back in uniform?

Ty Lee

[coming out from behind the other Kyoshi Warriors] It feels great. [Sokka jumps between Suki and Ty Lee]

Sokka

Careful, Suki. Ty Lee's pretending to be a Kyoshi Warrior again.

Suki

It's okay. She's one of us now. [Sokka stammers and looks at Suki and Ty Lee in shock]

Ty Lee

Yeah. The girls and I really bonded in prison. And after a few chi blocking lessons, they said I could join their group. (she puts her arms around two of the warriors) We're gonna be best friends forever. (they all smile, the two warriors looking a bit awkward)