As they fought to end the hundred year war,
Zuko and Katara's journey took them full circle,
from sworn enemies to lifelong allies.
Now let's take a closer look
at all their battles along the way.
This is the complete timeline of Zuko and Katara's fights.
Katara first met Zuko when he invaded
the Southern Water Tribe in search
of the long lost Avatar.
He'd be about this age? Master of all elements?
[groaning]
[grunting]
[screaming]
Katara's brother, Sokka did his best to intervene,
but Zuko easily outmatched him.
[fighting]
[groaning]
Fortunately, Aang arrived just in time
and selflessly offered himself as a prisoner to keep Katara
and the rest of the villagers safe.
[groaning]
No Aang, don't do this!
Don't worry, Katara. It'll be okay.
Fighting one on one with the Avatar,
Zuko might have bit off more than he could chew.
And as Aang escaped, Katara and her brother
were right there to rescue their new friend.
[grunting]
[gasping]
[laughing]
When Zuko found Katara's necklace
on the battlefield, he decided to kidnap her
and use it as a bribe to convince her to betray Aang.
My mother's necklace. How did you get that?
I didn't steal it if that's what you're wondering.
Tell me where he is.
Zuko's contracted pirate crew eventually turned on him,
and while they were distracted, Aang's flying lemur, Momo
dropped in to help free Katara.
Together, she and Aang unanchored the pirate ship
with a little waterbending and set sail.
Despite free falling off a massive waterfall,
Team Avatar's favorite flying bison saved the day yet again.
While still in possession of Katara's necklace,
Zuko employed a bounty hunter named June and her shirshu,
a rare animal with a hypersensitive nose.
Using the necklace, June tracked Katara
and Sokka over countless miles and took them hostage
to lure Aang into a trap.
Knowing he was outnumbered,
Aang nevertheless charged into the fight head first.
Once Katara was free, she waterbent a giant blast
of perfume towards June shirshu confusing it's senses
and quickly winning the battle for Team Avatar.
June! [groaning]
No!
As they flew off into the sunset,
Aang returned Katara's necklace once and for all.
Aang! How'd you get that?
Zuko asked me to be sure I got to you.
Aw, that's so sweet of Zuko.
Would give him a kiss for me when you see him?
Sure.
[kissing]
[Appa grunting]
Team Avatar eventually made it to the Northern Water Tribe
in order for Aang and Katara to further their training
with the waterbending master, Pakku.
It wasn't long, however, before soot begin to fall
from the sky and the Fire Nation invaded
with an entire fleet of ships.
While Aang meditated in the Spirit World
to seek guidance, a rouge Zuko
snuck his way into the Spirit's Oasis
and ambushed Katara.
[fighting]
[groaning]
Rejuvenated by the rising sun,
Zuko was able to free himself from Katara's ice
with his breath of fire technique.
[groaning]
Enraged, Zuko knocked out Katara with a single blow
and made his escape with a still unconscious Aang.
You rise with the moon, I rise with the sun.
Failing to plan ahead,
Zuko was totally exhausted and lost in a blizzard
when Katara caught up with him. And she quickly got her revenge.
- Whoa. - Here for a rematch?
Trust me, Zuko,
it's not gonna be much of a match.
Refusing to let Zuko freeze to death,
Team Avatar took him back to the Northern Water Tribe
before he slipped away in the chaos of battle.
After Aang merged with the Ocean Spirit,
Katara and the two armies watched as the Avatar
single-handedly ended the invasion.
Sometime later, as Zuko traveled alone
through the Earth Kingdom, he intervened in a fight
between Aang and his sister, Azula.
Do you really want to fight me?
Yes. I really do.
Team Avatar, Zuko and Iroh
then surrounded the crazed Azula.
Well, look at this.
Enemies and traitors all working together.
Sinister as always,
the fire princess feign surrender
before nearly killing her uncle in her escape.
[screaming]
As Zuko cried over his wounded uncle,
Katara saw the prince vulnerable for the first time.
Get away from us!
[groaning]
Zuko, I can help.
Leave!
Zuko and Katara met again after Azula
and her friends made their coo on the Earth Kingdom.
[groaning]
Zuko.
While trapped in the Crystal Catacombs
deep underground, the two argued,
but made a connection upon learning
they had both grown up without their mothers.
The Fire Nation took my mother away from me.
I'm sorry.
[crying]
That's something we have in common.
Katara even offered to heal Zuko's scar with her water
from the Spirit's Oasis.
It has special properties, so I've been saving it
for something important.
I don't know if it would work, but...
While Zuko was conflicted,
once Azula arrived, he joined her side.
And Katara took the betrayal personally
as she and Aang fought for their lives.
I thought you had changed! [grunting]
I have changed.
[grunting]
As all hope seemed lost,
Aang made a last ditch effort to go into the Avatar State
but was struck down by a bolt of Azula's lightning.
Fortunately, Iroh made the choice
Zuko couldn't and jumped into the fight,
giving Katara a chance to save herself and Aang.
Azula's attack would've been fatal
if not for the spirit water Katara had nearly given to Zuko.
Aang barely survived.
And while Zuko was torn by what he had done,
the divide between him and Katara had grown
further than ever before.
After much soul searching
and challenging his father on the Day of Black Sun,
Zuko finally defected from the Fire Nation.
[groaning]
Upon attempting to join Team Avatar, however,
Zuko was immediately sent away.
Get out of here and don't come back!
And if we ever see you again...
well, we better not see you again!
It wasn't so easy for Zuko to sway them,
especially once he accidentally burned Toph's feet
and the assassin he had previously hired
showed up to finish the job.
Thankfully, Sokka's boomerang skills
had vastly improved and he scored a direct bullseye.
Combustion Man was defeated and Zuko miraculously survived.
Hesitantly, Team Avatar allowed Zuko to stay
as Aang's impromptu firebending teacher.
But Katara remained untrustful.
So let me tell you something right now,
you make one step backward, one slip up,
give me one reason to think you might hurt Aang
and you won't have to worry about your destiny anymore
because I'll make sure your destiny ends
right then and there... permanently.
When Sokka told Zuko about the Fire Nation soldiers
who killed his mother, the fire prince realized
he knew who was responsible.
A few hours later, Zuko told Katara,
and they set out to track down
the leader of the Southern Raiders.
Despite their heated past,
Katara and Zuko worked well together.
And soon came face to face with Yon Rha,
the man who killed Katara's mother.
[grunting]
[groaning]
Katara almost ended Yon Rha's life
but ultimately decided revenge
was not going to bring her satisfaction,
and she and Zuko walked away.
Upon returning to camp, Katara finally forgave Zuko.
After reuniting with the Order of the White Lotus,
Iroh told his nephew to take back his throne
to bring peace to the Fire Nation
once and for all.
[Iroh] But Azula will be there
[Iroh] waiting for you.
I can handle Azula.
[Iroh] Not alone. You'll need help.
You're right. Katara.
How would you like to help me put Azula in her place?
It would be my pleasure.
United in a single cause,
Katara and Zuko had Iroh's faith
that they would defeat Azula.
Goodbye everyone. Today, destiny is our friend.
I know it.
[Appa grunting]
When they arrived at the Fire Nation Palace,
Zuko told Katara to stand back, choosing to face Azula
one on one in an Agni Kai.
What are you doing? She's playing you.
She knows she can't take us both,
so she's trying to separate us.
I know, but I can take her this time.
But even you admitted to your uncle
that you would need help facing Azula.
There's something off about her.
I can't explain it, but she's slipping.
And this way, no one else has to get hurt.
With their firebending enhanced by Sozin's Comet,
Zuko and Azula launched walls of fire at one another.
Just as Zuko was gaining the upper hand,
Azula summoned up a bolt of lightning
and broke the rules of the fight,
sending it straight towards Katara.
Sacrificing himself, Zuko saved Katara's life.
But he also left her to fend for herself
against a crazed Azula.
After one of the hardest fights of her life,
Katara bested Azula by playing
her own game of trickery against her.
As Azula was trapped frozen in ice,
Katara healed Zuko just in time
and embraced her now lifelong friend.
Thank you, Katara.
I think I'm the one who should be thanking you.
With Ozai defeated, Katara watched proudly
as Zuko was crowned Fire Lord and vowed to lead his nation
into a peaceful future.
That night as Team Avatar celebrated,
Zuko took his vow even further
and asked Aang to make him a promise.
If he should ever start down his father's dark path,
Zuko asked his friends to end his life.
Katara made the deciding vote,
hoping her friend had changed once and for all.
After a year as Fire Lord
and several assassination attempts
in his palace walls,
Zuko seemed to be falling into old habits.
He became paranoid and secluded himself far away
in the Fire Nation colony of Yu Dao.
While there, Zuko learned his citizens were being removed
from their homes as part of a peace treaty
with the Earth Kingdom.
When Team Avatar showed up to talk things out,
the Fire Nation soldiers attacked and so did Zuko.
Aang nearly went into the Avatar State
to fulfill Zuko's promise.
But trusting her instincts, Katara broke up the fight.
Everyone calmed down and decided to meet later
with the Earth King to work out an agreement.
Rather than peace, the infuriated Earth King
decided to send his entire army to Yu Dao.
Racing to the battlefield, Aang confronted Zuko
but Katara stopped him before he ended it
right then and there.
After Aang meditated in the Spirit World,
he realized the four nations shouldn't be divided by borders
any longer and that Zuko had been right all along.
When the dust settled, Aang would end up
saving his friend's life.
And the Earth King was convinced
to allow the Fire Nation colonists to stay.
Soon after making peace in Yu Dao,
Katara and most of Team Avatar joined Zuko in the search
for his mother, Ursa.
To the gang's surprise,
they were forced to include Azula in the journey
as she had the only clue to her mother's location.
Her usual self, Azula was chaotic
every step of the way, causing fights
but also saving them from an angry spirit
at one point.
After a tip from nearby villagers,
Team Avatar found their way to a forest
filled with spiritually energy known as the Forgetful Valley.
Soon, they found themselves face to face
with a giant wish granting spirit
called the Mother of Faces.
Before Aang could even ask anything,
Azula rushed forward and took the wish,
demanding to know what happened to Ursa.
The Mother of Faces revealed she had helped Zuko
and Azula's mother start a new life
by giving her a different face and wiping away her memories.
Ursa was, in fact, one of the villagers
they met earlier, and Azula took off
to confront her with Zuko hot on her tail.
The Mother of Faces was also infuriated
and commanded her spirits to attack Katara and Aang.
Meanwhile, Zuko managed to stop his sister
from hurting their mother.
Although Azula escaped, Ursa now knew her true identity.
Soon after the Mother of Faces was calmed down,
Ursa returned and was granted back
her old face and memories.
While it was tearful, Katara and the rest of Team Avatar
got to watch Zuko get a long overdue family reunion.
Zuko wouldn't see Katara and Team Avatar again
until a revolt in the Southern Water Tribe
gathered leaders from around the Four Nations
to discuss a solution. The revolutionaries led
by a Water Tribe warrior named Gilak,
used the opportunity to attack
and captured the Earth King in the process.
Refusing to surrender,
the radicals made their last stand
over a perilous chasm called The Bridge of No Return.
As Gilak set the rope bridge on fire,
he tried to take as many people with him as possible.
Fortunately, Zuko and Katara were there
to make some daring rescues.
Team Avatar gained a few new members that night,
and Zuko and Katara feasted as friends
for many more years to come.
The future reign of Fire Lord Zuko
was long and peaceful.
And Katara ended up starting a family with Aang
and settling down to help in the formation
of Republic City.
As far as their fights on and off the battlefield,
that's all we know so far.
From hotheaded young benders to masters
in each of their elements.
Zuko and Katara met as adversaries
and grew into old friends, each with their share
of wins, losses and everything in between.
But what do you think? Who came out on top?
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