History Recap / AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheChase

* AnAesop: It's okay to let people who love you help you. They do it not because they think you're unable to, but because they want to and they care to.

* JerkassHasAPoint: While Toph really is being egotistical, she is the first to notice and point out that it's Appa's fur that's leading Azula to them. Aang believed she is playing the BlameGame until he discovers it himself some time after he storms out.

* NightmareFace: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/avatar/images/7/73/Katara_freaking_out.png/revision/latest?cb=20171009054011 Katara's face]] while screaming that she is "completely calm" is a definite qualifier.

''[[caption-width-right:333:Azula fights off the combined might of Aang, Katara, Toph, Sokka, and Zuko.]]''

* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: This is one of the most action packed episodes of the series up to this point. The episode is devoted entirely to [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking chase scenes, fight scenes, and arguments.]] The one big exception is Iroh and Toph's quiet chat over tea.

* AllYourPowersCombined: The Gaang and Zuko combine all their elements in one last ditch attack against Azula. It doesn't work, but hey, points for trying.

* ChaseScene: The whole episode. Multiple characters all chase each other, and eventually branch off when it becomes clear that Appa's shedding is how Azula is tracking them. So after washing Appa off, Katara and Sokka take the bison to safety whilst Aang lays a decoy trail of fur.

* ConflictBall: Katara spends a lot of the episode needlessly antagonising Toph for not being a team-player, even when it's clear Toph tends to retaliate physically. Meanwhile, Toph blames Appa for the gang's predicament, and earlier pushes Sokka's buttons on not being as competent a fighter as the rest of the kids due to his lack of bending. All justified considering no one's sleeping and their exhaustion is not only pressing each other's buttons, but making things worse the longer they go without sleep.

** Somehow, Katara doesn't realise that Appa's shedding fur until Aang outright tells her, even when there's a large pile of fur all around them.

* GhostTown: The showdown is set in a abandoned town in the middle of nowhere.

* NoSell: In the otherwise [[CurbStompBattle one sided battle]], Ty Lee tries to disable Sokka's head-- and winds up almost breaking her knuckles.

* OneOfTheBoys: Toph shares Aang and Sokka's sense of humour, dashing Katara's hopes of common ground with her.

* TiredOfRunning: Aang does a nonverbal version of this when he sits at the end of Appa's fur trail to wait for Azula rather than try to flee again. Notably, this is the first time in the show where Aang actually choses to meet his current obstacle head on, as all previous times he fought it was only when running just wasn't an option.

* BadassNormal: Discussed when Toph does not qualify Sokka do to him not being a bender, but does not do the same for Ty Lee and Mai. Then again, this is the first time she meet them, and she may not be aware that they are not firebenders. He later shows his skills when he, still heavily sleep deprived, intercepts and bats aside Mai's throwing knives.

** Averted later when Azula's group finds the false trail that Aang has created to lure them away. Azula sees the trail leading off in one direction and a bunch of broken trees (which Appa had accidentally smashed into) directly opposite it. She guesses the intended trick, so she opts to follow the false trail while telling Mai and Ty Lee to go the other way.

* InformedAttribute: Katara claims Toph's been selfish since she joined. We only have her word for it, since she's only been in one episode prior.

* JerkassHasAPoint: While Toph really is being egotistical, she is the first to notice and point out it's Appa's fur that's leading Azula to their track. Aang believed she is playing the BlameGame until he discovers it himself some time after he storms out.

** After their fight Katara comments on the beauty of the night sky and how Toph can't see it.

** "Three on three plus Sokka."

* NoSell: In the otherwise [[CurbStompBattle one sided battle]], Ty Lee tries to disable Sokka's head - and winds up almost breaking her knuckles.

** Katara is initially unnerved by Aang, Sokka and Toph playing around with Appa's fur. Then she laughs anyway.

* OnlySaneMan: Sokka, being the only one of the Gaang to not succumb to the ConflictBall in any way. He all but {{lampshade|hanging}}s this later on; see MyGodWhatHaveIDone above.
* PinnedToTheWall: Karata gets her sleeves pinned to a tree by Mai's knives.

* ShowdownAtHighNoon: In keeping with the previous episode's Western theme, the climatic showdown with Azula takes place in an abandoned town.

* TiredOfRunning: Aang does a nonverbal version of this when he sits at the end of Appa's fur trail to wait for Azula rather than try and flee again. Notably, this is the first time in the show where Aang actually choses to meet his current obstacle head on, as all previous times he fought it was only when running just wasn't an option.

** Despite expressing annoyance at Sokka and Aang making a wig and fake beard out of Appa's shed fur, Katare can't stifle a laugh when Toph shoves some up her sleeves and claims to have hairy armpits.

* BadassNormal: Discssed when Toph does not qualify Sokka do to him not being a bender, but does not do the same for Ty Lee and Mai. Then again, this is the first time she meet them, and she may not be aware that they are not firebenders. He later shows his skills when he, still heavily sleep deprived, intercepts and bats aside Mai's throwing knives.

* BadassNormal: Discssed when Toph does not qualify Sokka do to him not being a bender, but does not do the same for Ty Lee and Mai. Then again, this is the first time she meet them, and she may not be aware that the are not firebenders. He later shows his skills when he, still heavily sleep deprived, intercepts and bats aside Mai's throwing knives.

* NotSoDifferent: Iroh talks to Toph about Zuko's pride and unwillingness to admit he needs anyone. It helps her take stock of her own behavior.

* TiredOfRunning: Aang does a none verbal version of this when he sits at the end of Appa's fur trail to wait for Azula rather than try and flee again. Notably, this is the first time in the show where Aang actually choses to meet his current obstacle head on, as all previous times he fought it was only when running just wasn't an option.