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Zuko was just trying to get Katara to use his cover name but she misheard and left them alone.

Something a lot of people miss, they animate Iroh being surprised to see Toph when the group confront Azula

My note: Little bit of foreshadowing for when they lose Appa, Aang keeps his cool with Toph until she blames Appa, then instantly gets mad. He really is protective of him.

I think Toph's thinking comes less from "Oh, my wrestling persona is tough and cocky" and more "I've been sheltered and coddled my entire life, so to me, the kindest thing to do is let you get your stuff together, I'll get my stuff together, and we can coexist". Basically, she doesn't want to depend on anyone else, and expects others to be the same as well.

"Too bad you can't see them Toph!" When you think about it, that's actually a really nasty jab at Toph's blindness. Which I don't think was Katara's intent. I think she was sniping about Toph sleeping alone in her earth tent away from the group. Its a small instance of the gang forgetting Toph is blind, due to her powers, and putting their foot in their mouth.

One thing rewatching this episode made me realize, is Toph probably doesn’t know about Zuko’s scar.
When asked, Sokka say’s he’s ‘some angry freak with a ponytail’, not mentioning the scar at all, and none of them ever talk about zuko’s scar ant any other points. In fact, the only times it’s brought up, it’s Zuko who does.
I find that interesting

Sokka's boomerang when the rest are bending is hilarious and cute

Let’s also mention how Azula chose a team who’s fighting style revolves around stopping benders: chi blocking and pinning the body. Mai and Ty Lee were the best fit to capture the avatar and his teachers.

10:30 Interesting how iroh is the one being targeted. If you pay attention to the perspective you’ll notice that he’s the one observing the others and analyzing the situation after Azula said she’d surrender. It would make sense that Iroh’s the one who’s being suspicious since he knows how deceptive Azula really is. Azula notices Iroh being slightly distracted and takes her chance to strike

Tree lines do do that sometimes when there is a rain shadow cast by a mountain, with disproportionate rainfall on each side of the mountain range. You can have a lush forest on one half and a desert on the other. There is a mountain range where the the tree line shifts so it checks out.

8:05 - The crew commentary on the Blu-Ray says that this was a really subtle moment in the script that didn't quite translate to screen. Iroh is testing Toph's blindness, and when she takes the cup, he realizes she's unique, & laughs a lil, loosens up a bit when he has an idea of the person he's talking to.

You know what I just realized, in this episode Zuko demonstrated Iroh's point that there's nothing wrong with letting people who love you help you. No, Katara didn't love Zuko at this point, but she offered to show him love by healing Iroh. By not accepting her help, Zuko prolonged Iroh's recovery and suffering, even risked his life.

Appa is the MVP of team avatar and needs more credit

3:00 I like to think here in her sleep deprived state, Katara completely forgot Toph was blind and said that because she was still salty about her locking herself in an earth tent.

Completely wild guess from a bricklayer here, from the looks of the stone work and the location, id assume the walls of those houses are made of Adobe and dried mud. Adobe is a mix of clay, soil, water and thatch that has been left to dry in a brick shaped mould.

Its very heat resistant, but had a terrible habbit of wearing down easily with age, and cracks and crumbles when exposed to fire, so id say that azula slicing through it is fairly plausible! Might be talking out my rear though, I haven't worked with it that much, nor have I worked with fire nation war machines that much

Straight up, Aang's deadpan face is my favorite joke in the whole show

The Chase is easily one of my top five episodes. Zuko is Zuko and really highlights Iroh's comment about his refusal to rely on others and the weight he puts on himself alone, Iroh and Toph talking is the best thing ever, Toph and Katara fighting is reasonable, Aang's snap about Appa carrying Toph's weight it on the nose and a great reminder of just how much Appa means to him and how much his few breaks in emotional fortitude tend to tie back to Appa and exactly where responsibilities lie while also clearly being sparked by fatigue, Azula's VA Grey DeLisle-Griffin bringing it (and everyone's VA), Sokka and Katara having cool fights with new characters + Ty Lee's relatable observation of his cuteness, Zuko, Aang, all the things

The conversation between Toph and Iroh Really helped me as a kid. I was about 10 when the show came out, so I would've been 11 or 12 when this episode, and thus the conversation, premiered, and it was the first time that I realized people could help me without being annoying. I'm blind like Toph, and I grew up with a chip on my shoulder, because I thought, when people helped me, it was out of pity. I've grown a lot since then, and I'm much better at telling when people want to help me because they want to help me, and when they want to help me because they think I can't do something, when I actually can, or because they feel bad for me. I'm much more polite about declining their help nowadays, but before I heard that conversation, I was not good at all. It took me a while to implement what Iroh said, but I got the hang of it eventually.

What I'm saying is that conversation is amazing, and I know I'm not the only one who that helped by it.Thanks Iroh, and Avatar as a whole, you're the best!

The buildings aren’t made of styrofoam, Azula is just made of overkill.

6:38 i live. in the. mountains and yes, this is factual