- Mai: Orange is such an awful color.
- Prince Zuko: [snickers] You're so beautiful when you hate the world.
- Mai: I don't hate you.
- Prince Zuko: I don't hate you, too.
- Katara: Sokka, we don't need to become cave people. What we need is some new clothes.
- Aang: Yeah, blending in is better than hiding out. If we get Fire Nation disguises, we'll be just as safe as we would be hiding in a cave.
- Toph: Plus, they have real food out there. Does anyone want to sit in the dirt and eat cave hoppers?
- [Toph hits the cave wall and some cave hoppers fall to the ground. Momo pounces on one and starts eating it]
- Sokka: [to Momo] Looks like we got out voted, sport. Let's get some new clothes.
- Sokka: That settles it! No more school for you, young man.
- Aang: I'm not ready to leave. I'm having fun for once. Just being a normal kid. You don't know what it's like, Sokka. You get to be normal all the time.
- Toph: Ha-ha.
- Sokka: Listen, guys. Those kids at school are the future of the Fire Nation. If we want to change this place for the better, we need to show them a little taste of freedom.
- Sokka: What could you possible do for a country of depraved little fire monsters?
- Aang: I'm going to throw them a secret dance party.
- [Everyone stares blankly at Aang]
- Sokka: Go to your room!
- Prince Zuko: [to Iroh] I admit it. I have everything I always wanted, but it's not at all how I thought it would be. The truth is, I need your advice. I think the Avatar is still alive. I know he's out there. I'm losing my mind. Please, Uncle, I'm so confused. I need your help...
- [Iroh continues to ignore Zuko]
- Prince Zuko: Forget it! I'll solve this myself! Waste away in here for all I care!
- Headmaster: Thank you for coming, Mr. and Mrs...
- Sokka: [Pretending to be Aang's parents] Fire. Wang Fire. This is my wife, Sapphire.
- Katara: Sapphire Fire, nice to meet you.
- Headmaster: [Dubiously] Mr. and Mrs... Fire, your son has been enrolled here for two days and he's already causing problems. He's argued with his history teacher, disrupted music class, and roughed up my star pupil.
- Katara: My goodness. That doesn't sound like our Kuzon.
- Headmaster: That's what any mother would say, Ma'am. Nonetheless, you are forewarned. If he acts up one more time, I'll have him sent to reform school...
- Headmaster: [Menacingly] ... by which I mean the coal mines. Are we clear?
- Sokka: Don't you worry, Mr. Headmaster. I'll straighten this boy out something fierce.
- Sokka: [to Aang] Young man, as soon as we get home, you're gonna get the punishment of a lifetime!
- Headmaster: That's what I like to hear.
- Sokka: Aang, I'm trying to be mature and not immediately shoot down your idea, but it sounds *really* terrible.
- Toph: Yeah, we got our outfits. What do you need to go to school for?
- Aang: Every minute I'm in that classroom, I'm learning new things about the Fire Nation. I already have a picture of Fire Lord Ozai.
- [Aang hols ups a picture]
- Aang: And here's one I made out of noodles.
- Aang: [to the Fire Nation students] Listen, guys, dancing isn't something you think about. It's a form of self-expression that no one can *ever* take away from you.
- Shoji: Maybe it was different in the colonies, Kuzon, But we don't do that here.
- Aang: Sure you do. You have for generations. It just so happens that I know several classic Fire Nation dances. A hundred years ago, this was known as the Phoenix Flight.
- [Demonstrates dance]
- [last lines]
- Prince Zuko: [to a mercenary] You're sure you weren't followed? I've heard about you. They say you're good at what you do. And even better at keeping secrets. The Avatar's alive. I want you to find him... and end him.
- Aang: [In music class] I know. I'm a terrible Tsungi hornist.
- Music Teacher: No, child, that hullabaloo going on with your feet, is that a nervous disorder?
- Aang: I was just dancing. You do dances here in the homeland, right?
- Shoji: Not really, no.
- Music Teacher: Dancing is not conducive to a proper learning environment. Young people must have rigid discipline and order.
- Aang: But what about expressing yourself?
- Music Teacher: I know sometimes we're so moved by our love for our nation that we can't control our own bodies.
- [he claps his hand to his face and reconsiders]
- Music Teacher: If you must, you may march in place quietly next time the urge hits you.
- [first lines]
- [as Zuko approaches Iroh's prison]
- Prison Guard: Who's there?
- [Zuko turns around and leaves]