Chapter 3: The Painted Lady

by **Uncle Iroh** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:24 am

Episode: 303
Aired: 10/5/2007

Description: When the kids come to a suffering fishing village, a river spirit appears to help the village.

Website · by **zuko614** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:29 am

I didn't really like this episode. I think it was basically a filler.

by **avatarnumba2** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 5:23 am

i loved how sokka was all "No we shouldn't help them"
katara - "I'll fight for them yada yada..."
sokka - "FINE i'll help... cause you need my help."

then all he does is play the flute while katara and aang kickass as the painted lady.

i mean he does have a speech at the end.... but still..hehe

Website · by **zuko614** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 6:58 pm

that's sokka*insert funny theme music for sokka*

by **avatarnumba2** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:15 am

goodness... you just LOVE saying that don't you?

Website · by **zuko614** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:36 am

I really do
good waterbending in this one

by **Kiara** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:08 pm

how did I not comment on this? o.O

I liked it! for the reason zuzu posted above ^
I also liked seeing Katara helping the villagers against the ebil FN people >:(

by **sokkaxfanatic** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:41 pm

i liked sokka's reaction to katara destroying the factory

Katara: Ita was YOUR idea!

Sokka: I was kidding! I also said to use spirit magic and made funny noises!!

by **starsapphire2** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 10:38 am

I like this! The Painted Lady costume was so nice, and I'd imitate those waterbending moves. But I can't. And I liked that Toph was making sound effects with a big earth cylinder.

by **kingroku** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 12:26 am

Zuko614 wrote:I didn't really like this episode. I think it was basically a filler.

I don't really consider this chapter to being a filler.

It showed how even parts of the fire nation lived in poverty and terrible conditions. The nation was driven so into the concepts of war that they had forgotten about their own people or believed that they were a waste of space and the land could be used for something more resourceful like a factory that can be used to build more machines of war. The lake was polluted which caused the fish to die and for the people to becoming ill and in desperate need of medical help.

Despite the fire nation almost winning the war I think through the 100 years of war, they had a great amount of time to rebuild the nation but have seen more to develop their war machines to end the war as soon as possible against all odds.

by **agunimaster** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:35 pm

I think Katara was actually pretty violent in this one. She becomes bad to be good. For example, stealing the food from the Fire nation Factory

by **Avatar Thor** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 1:58 am

What a lier. Katara is disrespectful

by **waterbender4winter** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:51 am

katara is so kind for helping out that village the little sick kid reminded me of the little kid from zuko alone but this time the little kid liked the opposising nation.
when katara and aang both blushed together it was such a kataang moment!

by **Dragon of Ash** » Sun May 10, 2009 5:04 am

I agree with whoever said it in the podcast that this episode was foreshadowed by "Imprisoned".

by **zapphia94** » Sun May 10, 2009 7:15 am

i love this ep it has awesome water bending my fave element so i sorta like it

shu and doc and stuff is funny as well

by **aangavatarprince** » Mon May 18, 2009 8:16 am

The Painted Lady was one of the best episodes in my opinion; it was so nice of Katara to help the village and its sick people out and she had Aang by her side for the whole thing towards the end; those two make such a great team in the most simplest thing of helping people; although simple it had such a great impact on the villager's in an Avatastic sort of way of course xD.

by **Zutarafan101** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:57 am

This episode was one of my favorites. Katara looked really cool in the Painted Lady outfit.

by **silverlily** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:26 pm

I liked the episode. It brought in the eco movement to Avatar.

by **Zutarafan101** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:44 am

Yeah, that was cool.

I gotta go now cuz we are celebrating my cousins birthday.

by **The Painted Lady** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 5:05 pm

I really liked this episode, and other than the "field trips" everyone had with Zuko and the finale, this one is my Book 3 Favorite, well at least in my opinion
(pst, I'm a bit new here, and this is my first post thingy, so...yeah...)

by **flareknight** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:58 am

Well certainly Sokka and Katara had their points. Certainly right for Katara to want to help the people since they did need the help. But Sokka is also right in that if they help every single village they come across and are late then it will be all for nothing. How well off will these people be when the fire nation soldiers just walk right back in there? The schedule matters.

Still the hat guy was good for some laughs.