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* OhNoNotAgain: The poor Cabbage Merchant:
-->'''Merchant:''' My cabbages! This place is worse [[ContinuityNod than]] [[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderS1E4TheKingOfOmashu Omashu!]]
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* BatmanGambit: Sokka pulls a brilliant one when he tells the pirates that Aang is the Avatar and the Fire Lord would pay them handsomely if they handed Aang over to him personally. As expected, this turns Zuko and the pirates against each other, [[WeNeedADistraction allowing the trio to escape]].



'''General Iroh:''' Maybe it should be a proverb...

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'''General Iroh:''' Maybe it should ''should'' be a proverb...
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* TalkingYourWayOut: When Sokka and Aang are captured by the pirates, who are working Zuko in return for getting the waterbending scroll back, Sokka convinces the pirates that Aang, as the Avatar, is worth more than the scroll, causing a fight between Zuko and the pirates while the trio escape. Zukko sees what he's up to as soon as he starts talking, but is unable to persuade the pirates not to listen.

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* TalkingYourWayOut: When Sokka and Aang are captured by the pirates, who are working with Zuko in return for getting the waterbending scroll back, Sokka convinces the pirates that Aang, as the Avatar, is worth more than the scroll, causing a fight between Zuko and the pirates while the trio escape. Zukko Zuko sees what he's up to as soon as he starts talking, but is unable to persuade the pirates not to listen.

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* FruitCart: The Cabbage Merchant's cart is once again a victim of a chase scene.

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* FruitCart: The Cabbage Merchant's cart is once again a victim of a chase scene.scene when Aang throws it at the pirates.



* IronicEcho: After stealing the Waterbending Scroll, Katara comments that she prefers to think of it as "high risk trading."

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* IronicEcho: The pirate barker denies being a having stolen goods, prefers to think of it as "high risk trading". After stealing the Waterbending Scroll, Katara comments that she prefers to think of it as "high risk trading."makes the same remark.



** Also, Zuko bursts out laughing when the pirates' ship is stolen by Aang, Katara and Sokka. Mere seconds later he learns that the pirates have stolen his ''own'' ship instead.

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** Also, Zuko bursts out laughing when the pirates' ship is stolen by Aang, Katara and Sokka. Mere seconds later he learns that the pirates have stolen his ''own'' own ship instead.


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* YankTheDogsChain: Sokka and Katara bump into the cabbage cart, but then merchant grabs the cabbages before they hit the ground. Then Aang jumps through the cart without disturbing the cabbages, only to hurl it at the pirates.
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[[quoteright:333:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/avatar_waterbending_scroll.png]]
''[[caption-width-right:333:The scroll laid out for Aang and Katara to see.]]''
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** Also, Zuko bursts out laughing when the pirates' ship is stolen by Aang, Katara and Sokka. Mere seconds later he learns that the pirates have stolen his ''own'' ship instead.
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* CrisisMakesPerfect: Katara struggles with her waterbending skills until it becomes important to move the ship.

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* CrisisMakesPerfect: Katara struggles with her waterbending skills until it becomes important to perform the Water Whip move but when she is attacked by a pirate later, she executes it perfectly which sends the ship.attacker overboard.
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* NotHelping: When Aang feels distressed that he has to master all four elements before Sozin's Comet arrives, Sokka reminds him that it only took him a hundred and twelve years to master airbending.

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-->"I'll save you from the pirates."

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-->"I'll ->''"I'll save you from the pirates."
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* CatchAFallingStar: Appa catching the heroes falling from the waterfall.



* CrisisMakesPerfect: Katara struggles with her waterbending skills until it becomes important to move the ship.



* InescapableNet: The pirates easily capture Aang with a net. Justified as [[LogicalWeakness the blast of air he tries to divert it with just passes through]].



* LogicalWeakness: The pirates easily capture Aang with a net; the blast of air he tries to divert it with just passes through.


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* SmokeBomb: Used by the pirates to distract the fire nation troops.


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* StolenMacGuffinReveal: First it's Katara who reveals the scroll she has stolen from the Pirate ship and at the end it's Sokka revealing the scroll when everyone thought it was gone.
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* NotHelping: When Aang feels distressed that he has to master all four elements before Sozin's Comet arrives, Sokka reminds him that it only took him a hundred and twelve years master airbending.

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* NotHelping: When Aang feels distressed that he has to master all four elements before Sozin's Comet arrives, Sokka reminds him that it only took him a hundred and twelve years to master airbending.
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* ChaseScene: After Katara steal the scroll, the pirates chase the trio through the market.

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* ChaseScene: After Katara steal steals the scroll, the pirates chase the trio through the market.
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* MidflightWaterTouching: Momo the flying lemur gets chased by a carnivorous reptile-bird owned by the villain of the week. At one point during the chase, they fly low over a river, and each trails the tip of one wing in the water while doing a banked turn.
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* NotHelping: When Aang feels distressed that he has to master all four elements before Sozin's Comet arrives, Sokka reminds him that it only took him a hundred and twelve years master airbending.
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* LogicalWeakness: The pirates easily capture Aang with a net; the blast of air he tries to divert it with just passes through.
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* PirateParrot: The pirate captain has a brightly-plumed reptile-bird as a ShoulderPet, which Sokka lists among the evidence that the "high risk traders" are really pirates.

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* BigDamnHeroes: Appa!

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* BigDamnHeroes: Appa!Appa swoops in at the last second to save the trio from the waterfall.



%%* ChaseScene
* ChekhovsBoomerang: Aang's bison whistle. And the horn Iroh buys.
* FruitCart: The Cabbage Merchant and his cabbages.

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%%* ChaseScene
* ChekhovsBoomerang: ChaseScene: After Katara steal the scroll, the pirates chase the trio through the market.
* ChekhovsBoomerang:
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Aang's bison whistle. And the whistle.
** The
horn Iroh buys.
buys.
* FruitCart: The Cabbage Merchant and his cabbages.Merchant's cart is once again a victim of a chase scene.



--> '''General Iroh:''' Are you so busy fighting, you cannot see your own ship has set sail?!
--> '''Prince Zuko:''' We have no time for your proverbs, uncle!
--> '''General Iroh:''' [[NotHyperbole It's no proverb!]] ''({{Beat}})'' Maybe it should be a proverb...
** ''Then'' they see the trio have taken off in their boat.

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--> '''General -->'''General Iroh:''' Are you so busy fighting, you cannot see your own ship has set sail?!
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sail?!\\
'''Prince Zuko:''' We have no time for your proverbs, uncle!
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uncle!\\
'''General Iroh:''' [[NotHyperbole It's no proverb!]] ''({{Beat}})'' proverb!]]\\
''[Zuko and the pirate captain see the trio sailing away in the pirate ship.]''\\
'''General Iroh:'''
Maybe it should be a proverb...
** ''Then'' they see the trio have taken off in their boat.
proverb...



* ItsAllMyFault, Katara says.
-->'''Aang:''' No, Katara, it isn't.
-->'''Iroh:''' Yeah, it kind of is.

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* ItsAllMyFault, ItsAllMyFault: Katara says.
says it after stealing the scroll leads to the trio getting captured.
-->'''Aang:''' No, Katara, it isn't.
-->'''Iroh:'''
isn't.\\
'''Iroh:'''
Yeah, it kind of is.



-->'''Aang:''' Hey, you did the Water Whip!
-->'''Katara:''' I couldn't have done it without your help!
-->'''Sokka:''' ''(being restrained by three pirates)'' Will you two quit congratulating each other and help me out?!

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-->'''Aang:''' Hey, you did the Water Whip!
-->'''Katara:'''
Whip!\\
'''Katara:'''
I couldn't have done it without your help!
-->'''Sokka:''' ''(being
help!\\
'''Sokka:''' ''[being
restrained by three pirates)'' pirates]'' Will you two quit congratulating each other and help me out?!



-->'''Sokka''': Oh, what? I'm not good enough to kidnap?
-->''[Cue to a net being thrown at him and gets dragged away]''
* ThisIsNoTimeForKnitting: This Is No Time For Flute Practice!

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-->'''Sokka''': -->''[Pirates throw a net over Aang and drag him away]''\\
'''Sokka:'''
Oh, what? I'm not good enough to kidnap?
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kidnap?\\
''[Pirates throw
a net being thrown at over Sokka and drag him and gets dragged away]''
* ThisIsNoTimeForKnitting: This Is No Time For Flute Practice!When the ship is about to go over the waterfall, Aang's response is to start blowing on the silent whistle he bought at the market. Sokka complains that this is no time for flute practise. It turns out the whistle is a buffalo call, summoning Appa to the rescue.

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* BatmanGambit: Sokka uses a brilliant one by convincing the pirates that Aang, as the Avatar, is worth more than the waterbending scroll, causing a fight between Zuko and the pirates while the trio escaped.



* TalkingYourWayOut: Sokka does this as a BatmanGambit. Zuko sees through it instantly -- the pirates do not.

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* TalkingYourWayOut: When Sokka does this as a BatmanGambit. and Aang are captured by the pirates, who are working Zuko sees through it instantly -- in return for getting the waterbending scroll back, Sokka convinces the pirates do not.that Aang, as the Avatar, is worth more than the scroll, causing a fight between Zuko and the pirates while the trio escape. Zukko sees what he's up to as soon as he starts talking, but is unable to persuade the pirates not to listen.

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* BatmanGambit: Sokka uses a brilliant one by convincing the pirates that Aang, as the Avatar, is worth more than the waterbending scroll, causing a fight between Zuko and the pirates while the trio escaped.



--> '''General Iroh:''' It's no proverb! ''({{Beat}})'' Maybe it should be a proverb...
** ''then'' they see the trio have taken off in their boat.

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--> '''General Iroh:''' [[NotHyperbole It's no proverb! proverb!]] ''({{Beat}})'' Maybe it should be a proverb...
** ''then'' ''Then'' they see the trio have taken off in their boat.



* TalkingYourWayOut: Sokka attempts this. Zuko sees through it instantly -- the pirates do not.

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* TalkingYourWayOut: Sokka attempts this.does this as a BatmanGambit. Zuko sees through it instantly -- the pirates do not.

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* IceCreamKoan: lampshaded

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* IceCreamKoan: lampshaded Subverted



%%* InevitableWaterfall

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%%* InevitableWaterfall** ''then'' they see the trio have taken off in their boat.
* InevitableWaterfall: The reason our heroes don't get to keep the boat.
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* ChaseScene
* ChekhovsGun[=/=]ChekhovsBoomerang: Aang's bison whistle. And the horn Iroh buys.

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* %%* ChaseScene
* ChekhovsGun[=/=]ChekhovsBoomerang: ChekhovsBoomerang: Aang's bison whistle. And the horn Iroh buys.



* InevitableWaterfall

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* %%* InevitableWaterfall



* [[ThisIsNoTimeForKnitting This Is No Time For Flute Practice!]]

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* [[ThisIsNoTimeForKnitting ThisIsNoTimeForKnitting: This Is No Time For Flute Practice!]]Practice!
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Misuse. It\'s Genre Savvy, not just \"savvy\".


* TalkingYourWayOut: Sokka attempts this. Zuko [[GenreSavvy sees through it instantly]] -- the pirates do not.

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* TalkingYourWayOut: Sokka attempts this. Zuko [[GenreSavvy sees through it instantly]] instantly -- the pirates do not.
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* IronicEcho: After stealing the Waterbending Scroll, Katara comments that she prefers to think of it as "high risk trading."
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* SpoofAesop: The lesson is, "stealing is wrong... unless its from pirates!"... which, if nothing else, refreshingly keeps the episode from being {{Anvilicious}}.

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* SpoofAesop: The lesson is, "stealing is wrong... unless its it's from pirates!"... which, if nothing else, refreshingly keeps the episode from being {{Anvilicious}}.

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* ChekhovsGun[=/=]ChekhovsBoomerang: Aang's bison whistle.

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* ChekhovsGun[=/=]ChekhovsBoomerang: Aang's bison whistle. And the horn Iroh buys.



* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Iroh imitating the weird grin of the monkey statue while Zuko is first talking to the pirates.



* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Iroh imitating the weird grin of the monkey statue while Zuko is first talking to the pirates.



* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: When the pirates storm en-masse out of their ship, Katara nervously edges backwards.



* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Katara's late-night practicing (and angry muttering) is what alerts the pirates and Zuko to her location.



* [[ThisIsNoTimeForKnitting This Is No Time For Flute Practice!]]

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* [[ThisIsNoTimeForKnitting This Is No Time For Flute Practice!]]Practice!]]
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* ButtMonkey: While Aang and Katara practice water-bending, Sokka gets to brush Appa's toes. And then he gets splashed by Aang's waterbending.

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* InstantExpert: To Katara's annoyance, Aang masters the water bending very quickly.

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* InstantExpert: To Katara's annoyance, Aang masters the water bending Waterbending very quickly.


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* MoodSwinger: Katara swings from flipping out at Aang's easy mastery of Waterbending, to sincerely, tearfully saying, "I'm so sorry, I don't know what came over me," to angrily declaring, "No more apologies!"
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* PayEvilUntoEvil: Katara rationalizes that it was okay to steal the scroll since the pirates clearly already stole it themselves.
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* ChekhovsGunman: This won't be the last we see of these pirates...
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Iroh's Pai Sho piece. The lotus tile is actually a part of his secret code to contacting The Order of the White Lotus, of which he is a grand master.
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* InstantExpert: To Katara's annoyance, Aang masters the water bending very quickly.

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--> General Iroh: "You two are so busy fighting, you fail to notice your ship has launched!"
--> Prince Zuko: "This is no time for your proverbs, uncle."
--> General Iroh: "It is not a proverb! Look! ({{Beat}}) Maybe it should be a proverb..."

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--> General Iroh: "You two are '''General Iroh:''' Are you so busy fighting, you fail to notice cannot see your own ship has launched!"
set sail?!
--> Prince Zuko: "This is '''Prince Zuko:''' We have no time for your proverbs, uncle."
uncle!
--> General Iroh: "It is not a '''General Iroh:''' It's no proverb! Look! ({{Beat}}) ''({{Beat}})'' Maybe it should be a proverb..."

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