Episode
Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Desert
Overview
Aang searches for Appa while Katara struggles to keep everyone together to survive in the vast desert. Meanwhile, Iroh and Zuko seek help from an ancient secret society.
Details
- Series
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 11
- Air date
- 2006-07-14
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
The Desert is Episode 11 in Book Two: Earth of Avatar: The Last Airbender. It aired on 2006-07-14. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 10: The Library
When Aang and his friends find a professor who knows of a library that contains information about the world, Sokka decides to go there to hopefully find some information to use against the Fire Nation. The library is guarded by the knowledge spirit, Wan Shi Tong, who unfortunately doesn't welcome humans into his library, because he believes they only seek information for evil purposes.
Episode 12: The Serpent's Pass
When Aang and the gang meet up with a group of refugees, they tell the gang where they can get on a ferry to Ba Sing Se. But after a series of events they have to take a deadly route called the serpent's pass with the help of an old friend, Suki. Meanwhile, Zuko and Iroh meet up with a boy named Jet and his freedom fighters.
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Episode 9: Bitter Work
Toph's instructing abilities come into question when Aang cannot seem to overcome a block that keeps him from earthbending. Sokka gets himself in a jam, while befriending what was, moments before, his next meal, and Iroh and Zuko begin training utilizing new philosophies and methods that originate from the other elements.
Episode 13: The Drill
Having made it to the outer wall of Ba Sing Se, the kids confront a Fire Nation army that is driving a massive Fire Nation drill, which poses an imminent threat to the last Earth Kingdom stronghold. Meanwhile, Zuko and Iroh make crucial mistakes which begin to attract Jet's suspicions.
Episode 8: The Chase
Tired from trying to escape a machine that shows up every time they try to sleep, Aang and the gang have to escape Azula and her team, but their exhaustion leads to a tight situation. Meanwhile, Zuko must deal with something personal, and Iroh bonds with an unlikely individual.
Episode 14: City of Walls and Secrets
Having finally made it into Ba Sing Se, the kids are given a house in the upper ring. The kids are anxious to tell the Earth King their plan but there are complications. Meanwhile, still convinced that Iroh and Zuko may be Fire Nation, Jet decides to take matters into his own hands and do whatever it takes to get the refugees to reveal their true nature.
Episode 7: Zuko Alone
Zuko travels by himself to an Earth Kingdom town where he meets a local boy. The two almost become friends, while Zuko suffers from flashbacks of his past.
Episode 15: The Tales of Ba Sing Se
A series of short stories, highlighting different characters and their individual adventures in the city. Tales of Katara and Toph, Iroh, Sokka, Aang, Zuko, and Momo.
Episode 6: The Blind Bandit
In search for an earthbending teacher for Aang, the kids go to an underground earthbending tournament called Earth Rumble 6, where they encounter Toph, a blind but powerful earthbending girl. After seeing her unique style of earthbending, Aang wants Toph to become his teacher, but there are complications with Toph's family.
Episode 16: Appa's Lost Days
Appa's journey from being abducted in the desert to the present is explored.
Episode 5: Avatar Day
Aang and the gang discover an Earth town that celebrates something called "Avatar Day." But when they get there and learn the festival is of "anti-Avatar" sentiment and Aang is put on trial for a crime a past incarnation allegedly committed. Looking to clear the Avatar's good name, Katara and Sokka venture back to a familiar place to gather evidence and discover the truth.
Episode 17: Lake Laogai
Aang and his friends continue to search for Appa and, unbeknownst to them, they aren't the only ones looking for him. During their search, the kids meet up with Jet, whom they are understandably reluctant to trust. The kids soon realize that the Dai Li are doing their best to thwart the kids' efforts to find Appa. Meanwhile, Iroh is offered his own tea shop in the upper ring, and Zuko discovers the avatar is in the city.