All language subtitles for Avatar (The Last Airbender) - S03 E48 - The Puppetmaster (720p HDTV)

Water...

Earth...

Fire...

Air.

Long ago, the four nations
lived together in harmony.

Then everything changed when
the fire nation attacked.

Only the avatar, master of all
four elements, could stop them.

But when the world
needed him most

he vanished.

100 years passed and my brother
and I discovered the new avatar

an airbender named aang.

And although his airbending
skills are great

he has a lot to learn before
he's ready to save anyone.

But I believe aang
can save the world.

You're looking at the only
waterbender in the whole South pole.

This ship has haunted my tribe
since gran-gran was a little girl.

It was part of the fire
nation's first attack.

The legends say the moon
was the first waterbender.

Our ancestors saw how it
pushed and pulled the tides

and learned how to
do it themselves.

I've always noticed my
waterbending is stronger at night.

What are you doing?

I'm making my own water.

Suddenly, they heard something
down the hall, in the dark.

? Ooh...?

It came into the torchlight.

And they knew the blade
of wing-fun was haunted!

? Ah-ah...?

I think I liked "the man with
a sword for a hand" better.

Water tribe slumber
parties must stink.

No, wait, I've got one.

And this is a true Southern
water tribe story.

Is this one of those
"a friend of my cousin

"knew some guy that this
happened to" story?

No, it happened to mom.

One winter, when mom was a girl

a snowstorm buried the
whole village for weeks.

A month later, mom realized she hadn't
seen her friend nini since the storm.

So mom and some others went
to check on nini's family.

When they got there,
no one was home.

Just a fire flickering
in the fireplace.

While the men went out to search

mom stayed in the house.

When she was alone,
she heard a voice.

"It's so cold, and
I can't get warm."

Mom turned and saw nini
standing by the fire.

She was blue, like
she was frozen.

Mom ran outside for help, but
when every one came back

nini was gone.

Where'd she go?

No one knows.

Nini's house stands
empty to this day.

But sometimes, people see smoke
coming up from the chimney

like little nini is still
trying to get warm.

Wait.

Guys, did you hear that?

I hear people under the mountain,
and they're screaming.

Pft, nice try.

No, I'm serious, I
hear something.

You're probably just jumpy
from the ghost stories.

It just stopped.

All right, now I'm
getting scared.

Hello, children.

Sorry to frighten
you, my name is hama.

You children shouldn't be out in
the forest by yourselves at night.

I have an inn nearby, why don't you come back
there for some spiced tea and warm beds?

Yes, please.

Thanks for letting us stay here
tonight, you have a lovely inn.

Aren't you sweet?

You know, you should be careful.

People have been disappearing in
those woods you were camping in.

What do you mean, disappearing?

When the moon turns
full, people walk in

and they don't come out.

Who wants more tea?

Don't worry, you'll all
be completely safe here.

Why don't I show you to your rooms,
and you can get a good night's rest?

I know, momo, this
place is creepy.

I don't know if I'm gonna
be able to fall asleep.

Wakey-wakey.

Time to go shopping.

That Mr. yao seems to
have a thing for you.

Maybe we should go back and see if he'll
give us some free komodo sausages.

You would have me use
my feminine charms

to take advantage
of that poor man?

I think you and I are going
to get along swimmingly.

You won't have any ash
bananas till next week?

Well, I have to send the boy to hing-wa
island to get them, and it's a two-day trip.

Oh, right, tomorrow's
the full moon.

Exactly, I can't lose another
delivery boy in the woods.

People disappearing in the woods

weird stuff during full moons

this just reeks of spirit
world shenanigans.

I bet if we take a
little walk around town

we'll find out what these people did to
the environment to make the spirits mad.

And then you can sew up this little
mystery, lickety-split, avatar-style.

Helping people,
that's what I do.

Why don't you all take those
things back to the inn?

I just have to run a
couple more errands.

I'll be back in a little while.

This is a mysterious,
little town you have here.

Mysterious town for
mysterious children.

That hama seems a
little strange.

Like she knows something,
or she's hiding something.

That's ridiculous.

She's a nice woman who took us
in and gave us a place to stay.

She kind of reminds
me of gran-gran.

But what did she mean by that
comment "mysterious children"?

Gee, I don't know.

Maybe because she found four strange
kids camping in the woods at night?

Isn't that a little mysterious?

I'm gonna take a look around.

Sokka, sokka, what
are you doing?

You can't just snoop
around someone's house.

It'll be fine.

She could be home any minute.

Sokka, you're gonna get
us all in trouble.

And this is just plain rude.

I'm not finished yet.

Come on...

Ok, that's pretty creepy.

So she's got a hobby.

There's nothing
weird about that.

Sokka, you've looked enough.

Hama will be back soon.

Just an ordinary,
puppet-loving innkeeper, huh?

Then why does she have
a locked door up here?

Probably to keep people like you
from snooping through her stuff.

We'll see.

It's empty except
for a little chest.

Maybe it's treasure.

Sokka, what are you doing?

You're breaking into
a private room.

I have to see what's in there.

We shouldn't be doing this.

Maybe there's a key
here somewhere.

Oh, hand it over.

Come on, come on.

This isn't as easy it looks.

Guys, I don't know about this.

This is crazy, I'm leaving.

Suit yourself, do it, toph.

I'll tell you what's in the box.

An old comb?

It's my greatest treasure.

It's the last thing I owned from growing
up in the Southern water tribe.

You're from the
Southern water tribe?

Just like you.

How did you know?

I heard you talking
around your campfire.

But why didn't you tell us?

I wanted to surprise you.

I bought all this food today so I could
fix you a big, water tribe dinner.

Of course, I can't get all the
ingredients I need here, but

ocean kumquats are a lot like sea
prunes, if you stew them long enough.

Great.

I knew I felt a bond
with you right away.

And I knew you were
keeping a secret

so I guess we're both right.

But I'm sorry we were
sneaking around.

Apology accepted.

Now let's get cooking.

[Omo chirps]

I'd steer clear of
the sea prunes.

I thought they were
ocean kumquats.

Close enough.

Who wants five-flavor soup?

You're a waterbender.

I've never met another
waterbender from our tribe.

That's because the fire
nation wiped them all out.

I was the last one.

So how did you end up out here?

I was stolen from my home.

It was over 60 years ago
when the raids started.

They came again and again.

Each time, rounding up more of out
waterbenders and taking them captive.

We did our best to hold them off

but our numbers dwindled
as the raids continued.

Finally, I, too, was captured.

I was led away in chains.

The last waterbender of
the Southern water tribe.

They put us in terrible prisons
here in the fire nation.

I was the only one who
managed to escape.

How did you get away?

And why did you stay
in the fire nation?

I'm sorry.

It's too painful to
talk about anymore.

We completely understand.

We lost our mother in a raid.

Oh, you poor things.

I can't tell you what
it means to meet you.

It's an honor, you're a hero.

I never thought I'd meet
another Southern waterbender.

I'd like to teach
you what I know

so you can carry on the Southern
tradition when I'm gone.

Yes, yes, of course.

To learn about my heritage, it
would mean everything to me.

Growing up at the South pole

waterbenders are totally at home
surrounded by snow and ice and seas.

But as you probably
noticed on your travels

that isn't the case
wherever you go.

I know, when we were
stranded in the desert

I felt like there was
almost nothing I could do.

That's why you have to learn to
control water wherever it exists.

I've even used my own
sweat for waterbending.

That's very resourceful, katara.

You're thinking
like a true master.

But did you know you can even
pull water out of thin air?

You've got to keep an
open mind, katara.

There's water in places
you never think about.

This has gotta be the nicest,
natural setting in the fire nation.

I don't see anything that would
make a spirit mad around here.

Maybe the moon spirit
just turned mean.

The moon spirit is a
gentle, loving lady.

She rules the sky
with compassion.

And... lunar goodness.

Excuse me, sir.

Can you tell us anything about the
spirit that's been stealing people?

Only one man ever saw it and
lived, and that's old man ding.

Where does old man ding live?

Wow, these flowers
are beautiful.

They're called fire lilies.

They only bloom a
few weeks a year

but they're one of my favorite
things about living here.

And like all plants, and all living
things, they're filled with water.

I met a waterbender
who lived in a swamp

and could control the vines
by bending the water inside.

You can take it even further.

That was incredible.

It's a shame about
the lilies, though.

They're just flowers.

When you're a waterbender
in a strange land

you do what you must to survive.

Tonight, I'll teach you the
ultimate technique of waterbending.

It can only be done
during the full moon

when your bending
is at its peak.

But isn't that dangerous?

I thought people have been disappearing
around here during the full moon.

Oh, katara.

Two master waterbenders
beneath a full moon?

I don't think we have
anything to worry about.

Old man ding?

Eh, ow...

Aw, dad blame it.

What?

Can't you see I'm busy?

Got a full moon rising.

And why does everyone call
me that, I'm not that old.

Aww...

Well, I'm young at heart.

Not ready to get snapped up by
some moon monster, yet, at least.

We wanted to ask you about that.

Did you get a good look at
the spirit that took you?

Didn't see no spirit.

Just felt something
come over me.

Like I was possessed.

Forced me to start walking
toward the mountain.

I tried to fight it, but I
couldn't control my own limbs.

It just about had me
into a cave up there.

And I looked up at the moon for what I
thought would be my last glimpse of light.

But then the sun
started to rise.

And I got control
of myself again.

I just high-tailed it away from
that mountain as quick as I could.

Why would a spirit want to
take people to a mountain?

Oh, no!

I did hear people screaming
under the mountain.

The missing villagers
must still be there.

I can hear them,
they're this way.

Can you feel the power
the full moon brings?

For generations, it has blessed
waterbenders with its glow.

Allowing us to do
incredible things.

I've never felt more alive.

This is the place.

I can't see anything down there.

That's why you
have me, let's go.

We're saved.

I didn't know that spirits made prisons
like this, who brought you here?

It was no spirit.

It was a witch.

A witch, what do you mean?

She seems like a
normal old woman.

But she controls people like
some dark puppetmaster.

Hama.

Yes, the innkeeper.

I knew there was something
creepy about here.

We have to stop hama.

I'll get these people
out of here, you go.

What I'm about to show you

I discovered in that wretched,
fire nation prison.

The guards were always careful
to keep any water away from us.

They piped in dry air, and had us
suspended away from the ground.

Before giving us any water, they would bind
our hands and feet so we couldn't bend.

Any sign of trouble was met
with cruel retribution.

And yet, each month, I felt the full
moon enriching me with its energy.

There had to be something
I could do to escape.

Then I realized that where
there is life, there is water.

The rats that scurried
across the floor of my cage

were nothing more than
skins filled with liquid.

And I passed years developing the
skills that would lead to my escape.

Bloodbending.

Controlling the water
in another body.

Enforcing your own
will over theirs.

Once I had mastered the rats,
I was ready for the men.

And during the next full moon

I walked free for the
first time in decades.

My cell unlocked by the very
guards assigned to keep me in.

Once you perfect this technique,
you can control anything.

Or anyone.

But to reach inside
someone and control them?

I don't know if I want
that kind of power.

The choice is not yours.

The power exists.

And it's your duty to use the gifts
you've been given to win this war.

Katara, they tried to wipe us out,
our entire culture, your mother.

I know.

Then you should understand
what I'm talking about.

We're the last waterbenders
of the Southern tribe.

We have to fight these
people whenever we can.

Wherever they are, with
any means necessary.

It's you.

You're the one who's making people
disappear during the full moons.

They threw me in prison to rot

along with my
brothers and sisters.

They deserve the same.

You must carry on my work.

I won't, I won't
use bloodbending

and I won't allow you to
keep terrorizing this town.

You should have learned the technique
before you turned against me.

It's impossible to fight
your way out of my grip.

I control every muscle,
every vein in your body.

Stop, please.

You're not the only one who
draws power from the moon.

My bending is more
powerful than yours, hama.

Your technique is useless on me.

We know what you've
been doing, hama.

Give up, you're outnumbered.

No.

You've outnumbered yourselves.

Katara, look out!

It's like my brain has
a mind of its own.

Stop it, arm, stop it!

This feels weird.

I'm sorry, aang.

It's ok.

Don't hurt your friends, katara.

And don't let them
hurt each other.

No!

You're going to be
locked away forever.

My work is done.

Congratulations, katara.

You're a bloodbender.