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* ForgottenPhlebotinum: The DVD Commentary confesses that, yes, the writers just forgot about Katara's water from the North Pole Spirit Oasis (but it couldn't have saved Jet anyway, [[AuthorsSavingThrow they say]]).

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* ForgottenPhlebotinum: The DVD Commentary for the episode confesses that, yes, the writers just forgot about Katara's water from the North Pole Spirit Oasis (but it (which apparently couldn't have saved Jet anyway, [[AuthorsSavingThrow they say]]).anyway for reasons not elaborated on).
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* WhamEpisode: The Gaang discover the Dai Li's brainwashing station in Lake Laogai. Jet dies. Iroh convinces Zuko to free Appa rather than steal it, resulting in the Gaang finally reuniting with Appa.

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* WhamEpisode: The Gaang discover the Dai Li's brainwashing station in Lake Laogai. Jet dies. Iroh convinces Zuko to free Appa rather than steal it, him, resulting in the Gaang finally reuniting with Appa.

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* MauveShirt: The original Joo Dee is "sent on a vacation to Lake Laogai".



* RedShirt: Dozens of women are brainwashed into acting as Joo Dee and agents of the Dai Li. Team Avatar has no time to help them while searching for Appa.
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* MeaningfulName: "Laogai" means 'forced-labor prison camp'.

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!!Tropes:

* AllYourPowersCombined: The entire group with its various powers fight against the Dai Li force.

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* AllYourPowersCombined: The entire group with its various powers fight against the Dai Li force.
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* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Toph asks if Jet was Katara's boyfriend which she vehemently denies.

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* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Toph asks if Jet was Katara's boyfriend boyfriend, which she vehemently denies.



* StepfordSmiler: Joo Dee when appearing on the Gaang's doorstep to tell them to stop putting up fliers.

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* StepfordSmiler: Joo Dee when appearing on the Gaang's doorstep to tell them to stop putting up fliers. Her usual wide smile falters when Aang tells her that he and his friends will not comply with her absurd request. When she informs Long Feng about the Gaang’s refusal to obey his orders, she starts crying and saying she can’t keep doing this job.
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Jet.

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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Jet. He truly does try to make up for his past mistakes and help find Appa, and his desire to fight against Long Feng's tyranny allows him to break from the Dai Li's brainwashing. Sadly he is mortally wounded by Long Feng right afterwords.
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* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Only Long Feng knows where Appa is, in Lake Laogai which is a secret location. Thus, while putting up the lost-and-found posters violates city ordinances, he can look the other way or "persuade" the cleaners to just take them down. It's unlikely that anyone in the city is brave enough to rat out Appa's location. Instead, he sends out a brainwashed Jet to send the Avatar on a WildGooseChase, which leads to the Gaang discovering where Appa ''really'' is.


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* RealityEnsues: Joo Dee appears a few days after the kids learn that she was part of Long Feng's conspiracy. In fact, they mention that another woman named Joo Dee appeared at the party claiming to be her. Joo Dee tries to brush off the fact and warn the kids they can't put up flyers to find Appa. Aang literally slams the door in her face because she can't be trusted as one of Long Feng's pawns. It turns out the brainwashing worked ''too'' well for Joo Dee to give more than preprogrammed answers.


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* WhamShot: The Gaang sees dozens of women brainwashed with the same name Joo Dee.
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* WhamEpisode: The Gaang discover the Dai Li's brainwashing station in Lake Laogai. Jet dies. Iroh convinces Zuko to free Appa rather than steal it, resulting in the Gaang finally reuniting with Appa.

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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: During this exchange:
-->'''Iroh''': What do you plan to do now that you have found the Avatar's bison? [[BatmanInMyBasement Keep it locked in our new apartment]]? [[SarcasmMode Should I go put on a pot of tea for him?]]
-->'''Zuko''': [[SarcasmBlind First I have to get it out of here]].
-->'''Iroh''': [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness And then what?!]] You never [[DidntThinkThisThrough think these things through]]! This is exactly what happened when you captured the Avatar at the north pole! You had him, and then you had nowhere to go!
-->'''Zuko''': I would have figured something out!
-->'''Iroh''': NO! If his friends hadn't found you, you would have frozen to death!...I'm begging you Prince Zuko! It's time for you to look ''inward'' and begin asking yourself the big questions! Who are you? And what do ''you'' want?

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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: During this exchange:
exchange, Iroh gives Zuko more than one:
-->'''Iroh''': What do you plan to do now that you have found the Avatar's bison? [[BatmanInMyBasement Keep it locked in our new apartment]]? [[SarcasmMode Should I go put on a pot of tea for him?]]
-->'''Zuko''':
him?]]\\
'''Zuko''':
[[SarcasmBlind First I have to get it out of here]].
-->'''Iroh''':
here]].\\
'''Iroh''':
[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness And then what?!]] You never [[DidntThinkThisThrough think these things through]]! This is exactly what happened when you captured the Avatar at the north pole! You had him, and then you had nowhere to go!
-->'''Zuko''':
go!\\
'''Zuko''':
I would have figured something out!
-->'''Iroh''':
out!\\
'''Iroh''':
NO! If his friends hadn't found you, you would have frozen to death!...death!\\
'''Zuko:''' I know my own destiny, Uncle!\\
'''Iroh''': Is it your ''own'' destiny, or is it a destiny someone else has tried to force on you?\\
'''Zuko''': Stop it, Uncle! I have to do this!\\
'''Iroh''':
I'm begging you you, Prince Zuko! It's time for you to look ''inward'' and begin asking yourself the big questions! Who are you? And what do ''you'' want?want?\\
[''Zuko throws his mask and swords down with a frustrated scream'']

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-->'''Iroh''': [[OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBusiness And then what?!]] You never [[DidntThinkThisThrough think these things through]]! This is exactly what happened when you captured the Avatar at the north pole! You had him, and then you had nowhere to go!
-->'''Zuko''': I would have figured something out...
-->'''Iroh''': NO! If his friends hadn't found you, you would have frozen to death!...I'm begging you Prince Zuko! It's time for you to look ''inward'' and begin asking yourself the big questions! [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Who are you? And what do ''you'' want?]]

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-->'''Iroh''': [[OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBusiness [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness And then what?!]] You never [[DidntThinkThisThrough think these things through]]! This is exactly what happened when you captured the Avatar at the north pole! You had him, and then you had nowhere to go!
-->'''Zuko''': I would have figured something out...
out!
-->'''Iroh''': NO! If his friends hadn't found you, you would have frozen to death!...I'm begging you Prince Zuko! It's time for you to look ''inward'' and begin asking yourself the big questions! [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Who are you? And what do ''you'' want?]]want?


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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Zuko falls into this yet again, planning to capture Appa and use him as bait to lure Aang, but he has no idea what he's going to do with Appa after getting him out of Lake Laogai. Iroh calls him out on this.


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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Aang hits his breaking point when Joo Dee tells him that putting up fliers is forbidden without permission. He makes it clear he does ''not'' care about the rules of Ba Sing Se as long as he finds Appa before [[DoorSlamOfRage slamming the door in her face]].
-->'''Aang''': We don't care about the rules, and we're ''not'' asking permission! We're finding Appa on our own, and you should just stay out of our way!
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* BittersweetEnding: The Gaang escapes the Dai Li and finds Appa, but it looks like Jet is dying from his injuries conceived in his fight with Long Feng.

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* BittersweetEnding: The Gaang escapes the Dai Li and finds Appa, but it looks like Jet is dying from his injuries conceived received in his fight with Long Feng.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Appa swooping in to save the gang from the Dai Li.

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* BigDamnHeroes: Appa swooping in to save the gang Gaang from the Dai Li.



** Long Feng claims he can handle Appa by himself. Appa grabs his foot and tosses him in the lake.

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** Long Feng claims he can handle Appa by himself. Appa grabs his foot and tosses him in into the lake.



* StepfordSmiler: Joo Dee when appearing on the gang's doorstep to tell them to stop putting up fliers.

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* StepfordSmiler: Joo Dee when appearing on the gang's Gaang's doorstep to tell them to stop putting up fliers.
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* BigDamnReunion: What more would you expect between Aang and Appa after they've been separated for weeks?
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* {{Irony}}: Jet was mortally wounded ([[AmbiguousSituation supposedly]]) by Long Feng, an earthbender. As much as he hated the Fire Nation, he was killed by the very people he was trying to protect.
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* WhamLine: "...He's lying." [[spoiler:Toph says this after Jet tells the Gaang that he'd be fine, after Long Feng badly wounded him with Earthbending]].

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* WhamLine: "...He's lying." [[spoiler:Toph Toph says this after Jet tells the Gaang that he'd be fine, after Long Feng badly wounded him with Earthbending]].Earthbending.
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-->'''Iroh''': What do you plan to do now that you have found the Avatar's bison? [[BatmanInMyBasement Keep it locked in our new apartment]]? [[SarcasmMode Should I go put on a pot of tea for him?]]\\

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-->'''Iroh''': What do you plan to do now that you have found the Avatar's bison? [[BatmanInMyBasement Keep it locked in our new apartment]]? [[SarcasmMode Should I go put on a pot of tea for him?]]\\him?]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Team Avatar and the Freedom Fighters infiltrate the Dai Li's base.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Team ''[[caption-width-right:350:Team Avatar and the Freedom Fighters infiltrate the Dai Li's base.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Team Avatar and the Freedom Fighters infiltrate the Dai Li's base.]]
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* MemoryGambit: Long Feng'S plan to use Jet and this trope against Team Avatar fails. When Smellerbee reveals that Jet had been captured by the Dai Li a couple weeks ago, Jet denies it, claiming he's been living peacefully in the city. Toph can't tell who is right because they both think they're telling the truth, leading the Gaang to realize Jet's been brainwashed.

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* MemoryGambit: Long Feng'S Feng's plan to use Jet and this trope against Team Avatar fails. When Smellerbee reveals that Jet had been captured by the Dai Li a couple weeks ago, Jet denies it, claiming he's been living peacefully in the city. Toph can't tell who is right because they both think they're telling the truth, leading the Gaang to realize Jet's been brainwashed.
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* TriggerPhrase: The sentence "The Earth King has invited you to Lake Laogai" activates the brainwashing.
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-->'''Toph:''' [[BlatantLies It looks just like him to me!]]

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-->'''Toph:''' [[BlatantLies [[StealthInsult It looks just like him to me!]]

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'''Zuko''': [[SarcasmBlind First I have to get it out of here]].\\
'''Iroh''': [[OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBusiness And then what?!]] You never [[DidntThinkThisThrough think these things through]]! This is exactly what happened when you captured the Avatar at the north pole! You had him, and then you had nowhere to go!
'''Zuko''': I would have figured something out--
'''Iroh''': NO! If the Avatar and his friends didn't save you, you would have frozen to death! Prince Zuko! The time has come to look inward and start asking the big questions! [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Who are you? And what do ''you'' want?]]

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'''Zuko''': -->'''Zuko''': [[SarcasmBlind First I have to get it out of here]].\\
'''Iroh''':
here]].
-->'''Iroh''':
[[OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBusiness And then what?!]] You never [[DidntThinkThisThrough think these things through]]! This is exactly what happened when you captured the Avatar at the north pole! You had him, and then you had nowhere to go!
'''Zuko''': -->'''Zuko''': I would have figured something out--
'''Iroh''':
out...
-->'''Iroh''':
NO! If the Avatar and his friends didn't save hadn't found you, you would have frozen to death! death!...I'm begging you Prince Zuko! The It's time has come for you to look inward ''inward'' and start begin asking yourself the big questions! [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Who are you? And what do ''you'' want?]]
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'''Zuko''': I would have figured something out--
'''Iroh''': NO! If the Avatar and his friends didn't save you, you would have frozen to death! Prince Zuko! The time has come to look inward and start asking the big questions! [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Who are you? And what do ''you'' want?]]
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-->'''Iroh''': What do you plan to do now that you have found the Avatar's bison? [[BatmanInMyBasement Keep it locked in our new apartment]? [[SarcasmMode Should I go put on a pot of tea for him?]]\\
'''Zuko''': First I have to get it out of here.\\

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-->'''Iroh''': What do you plan to do now that you have found the Avatar's bison? [[BatmanInMyBasement Keep it locked in our new apartment]? apartment]]? [[SarcasmMode Should I go put on a pot of tea for him?]]\\
'''Zuko''': [[SarcasmBlind First I have to get it out of here.here]].\\

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--> "Who are ''you'' and what do ''you'' want?"

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--> "Who ->''"Who are ''you'' and what do ''you'' want?"
want?"''




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* AllYourPowersCombined: The entire group with its various powers fight against the Dai Li force.



* ArmorPiercingQuestion: This page's quote is the one that Iroh asks Zuko.

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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: During this exchange:
-->'''Iroh''': What do you plan to do now that you have found the Avatar's bison? [[BatmanInMyBasement Keep it locked in our new apartment]? [[SarcasmMode Should I go put on a pot of tea for him?]]\\
'''Zuko''': First I have to get it out of here.\\
'''Iroh''': [[OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBusiness And then what?!]] You never [[DidntThinkThisThrough think these things through]]!
This page's quote is exactly what happened when you captured the one that Iroh asks Zuko.Avatar at the north pole! You had him, and then you had nowhere to go!



* BittersweetEnding: The Gaang escapes the Dai Li and finds Appa, but Jet is killed by Long Feng.

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* BittersweetEnding: The Gaang escapes the Dai Li and finds Appa, but it looks like Jet is killed by dying from his injuries conceived in his fight with Long Feng.



* GroupHug: Team Avatar group hugs at the end on Appa's back.



* LivingLieDetector: Toph can tell when someone is lying by sensing their breath and heart beat. This helped the Gaang find out that Jet's been brainwashed: when Smellerbee reveals that Jet had been captured by the Dai Li a couple weeks ago, Jet denies it, claiming he's been living peacefully in the city. Toph can't tell who is right because they both think they're telling the truth, leading the Gaang to realize Jet's been brainwashed.

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* LivingLieDetector: Toph can tell when someone is lying by sensing their breath and heart beat. This helped the Gaang find out that Jet's been brainwashed: when Smellerbee reveals that Jet had been captured by the Dai Li a couple weeks ago, Jet denies it, claiming he's been living peacefully in the city. Toph can't tell who is right because they both think they're telling the truth, leading the Gaang to realize Jet's been brainwashed.



* MemoryGambit: Long Feng'S plan to use Jet and this trope against Team Avatar fails. When Smellerbee reveals that Jet had been captured by the Dai Li a couple weeks ago, Jet denies it, claiming he's been living peacefully in the city. Toph can't tell who is right because they both think they're telling the truth, leading the Gaang to realize Jet's been brainwashed.



* ShootHimHeHasAWallet: Jet bumps into Katara, who is not happy [[WomanScorned to see him]] given that he used her and Aang to destroy a village, and reaches for something in his pocket; Katara pins Jet to a wall with ice daggers, but it turns out that Jet was reaching for one of Aang's fliers about Appa.

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* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Toph asks if Jet was Katara's boyfriend which she vehemently denies.
* ShootHimHeHasAWallet: Jet bumps into Katara, who is not happy [[WomanScorned to see him]] given that he used her and Aang to destroy a village, and reaches for something in his pocket; Katara [[PinnedToTheWall pins Jet to a wall with ice daggers, daggers]], but it turns out that Jet was reaching for one of Aang's fliers about Appa.



* StepfordSmiler: Joo Dee when appearing on the gang's doorstep to tell them to stop putting up fliers.



* TriggerPhrase: The brainwashing done by the Dai Li is activated by saying "(name), the Earth King has invited you to Lake Laogai," to which they respond by gaining MindControlEyes and saying "I am honored to accept his invitation."



* WorstWhateverEver: Toph calls Ba Sing Se the "worst city ever" when the Gaang leaves.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We don't see what happens to Jet and his companions.
* WorstWhateverEver: Toph calls Ba Sing Se the "worst city ever" when the Gaang leaves.leaves.
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* WhamLine: "...He's lying."

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* WhamLine: "...He's lying."" [[spoiler:Toph says this after Jet tells the Gaang that he'd be fine, after Long Feng badly wounded him with Earthbending]].

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* DumbassHasAPoint: Rather, Brainwashed Agent Has A Point. Joo Dee tells Long Feng that the Gaang has no reason to trust her, and thus she can't do the job she was assigned, before he triggers her brainwashing.



* MauveShirt: The original Joo Dee is "sent on a vacation to Lake Laogai".



** Joo Dee is crying while telling Long Feng that the kids no longer trust her.



* ReformedButRejected: Jet.
* ShootHimHeHasAWallet: Jet bumps into Katara, who is not happy [[WomanScorned to see him]], and reaches for something in his pocket; Katara pins Jet to a wall with ice daggers, but it turns out that Jet was reaching for one of Aang's fliers about Appa.

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* RedShirt: Dozens of women are brainwashed into acting as Joo Dee and agents of the Dai Li. Team Avatar has no time to help them while searching for Appa.
* ReformedButRejected: Jet.
PlayedWith Jet, who has reformed but while encountering Team Avatar is brainwashed into helping the Dai Li.
* ShootHimHeHasAWallet: Jet bumps into Katara, who is not happy [[WomanScorned to see him]], him]] given that he used her and Aang to destroy a village, and reaches for something in his pocket; Katara pins Jet to a wall with ice daggers, but it turns out that Jet was reaching for one of Aang's fliers about Appa.


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* VillainBall: Long Feng sending the original Joo Dee to tell the Gaang to stop putting up posters, and then sending the Gaang on a WildGooseChase to find Appa. Joo Dee while crying tells Long Feng that [[DumbassHasAPoint the kids have no reason to trust her]], and thus she can't do her job.

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* CurbStompBattle: The Gaang vs. the Dai Li. Toph alone takes down over half of them.

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* CurbStompBattle: CurbStompBattle:
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The Gaang vs. the Dai Li. Toph alone takes down over half of them.



* OOCIsSeriousBusiness[=/=]SuddenlyVoiced: Longshot speaks for the first time, highlighting the severity of Jet's wounds.
** For the former, the normally patient, collected Iroh ''loses his shit'' and yells at Zuko for his lack of forethought.

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness[=/=]SuddenlyVoiced: OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
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Longshot [[SuddenlyVoiced speaks for the first time, time]], highlighting the severity of Jet's wounds.
** For the former, the The normally patient, collected Iroh ''loses his shit'' and yells at Zuko for his lack of forethought.


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* CrossPoppingVeins: Aang gets them when Joo Dee tells him that he can't put up posters without permission.

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