Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV Series)
The Library (2006)
Raphael Sbarge: Professor Zei, Additional Voices
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Quotes
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Wan Shi Tong : I'll let you peruse my vast collection on one condition. To prove your worth as scholars, you have to contribute some worthwhile knowledge.
Professor Zei : [Kneels on the ground, offering a thick book] Please accept this tome as a donation to your library.
Wan Shi Tong : First edition, very nice.
Katara : [Katara comes forward] I have an authentic Waterbending scroll.
Wan Shi Tong : Ooh, these illustrations are quite stylish.
Aang : [Thinking about what to give] Uh, oh, I know! Ha!
[pulls a scroll from his shirt and presents it, revealing it to be a Fire Nation wanted poster for the Avatar]
Wan Shi Tong : I suppose that counts.
Sokka : Oh, great spirit, check this out.
[quickly ties the string into a butterfly shaped knot and holds it out]
Sokka : Ta da!
[Wan Shi Tong stares in silence]
Sokka : It's a special knot! That counts as knowledge!
Wan Shi Tong : You're not very bright, are you?
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Toph Beifong : Aw, does this place even exist?
Professor Zei : [Smiling and holding his finger up] Some say it doesn't.
Toph Beifong : Shouldn't you have mentioned that before?
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Professor Zei : The library is buried? My life's ambition is now full of sand.
[Smiling, he lifts his head and reveals a small shovel in hand]
Professor Zei : Well, time to start excavating.
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Professor Zei : An Air Nomad, right in front of me. Professor Zei, head of anthropology at Ba Sing Se University.
[Grabs Aang's hand and examines it]
Professor Zei : Tell me, which of the Air temples do you hail from?
Aang : The Southern Temple.
Professor Zei : [Begins measuring Aang's skull with a pair of calipers and speaking excitedly] Oh, splendid! Now, tell me, what was the primary agricultural product of your people?
Aang : Uh, are fruit pies an agricultural product?
Professor Zei : Oh, truly fascinating. That is one for the journal.
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Professor Zei : This library is more valuable than gold, little lady. It is said to contain a vast collection of knowledge, and knowledge... is priceless.
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Professor Zei : Tell me, sky bison, are you the last of your breed?
[Aapa growls]
Professor Zei : Oh, delightful! I only wish I spoke his tongue. Oh, the stories this beast could tell.
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Professor Zei : Hello! I'm Professor Zei, head of anthropology at Ba Sing Se University.
Wan Shi Tong : You should leave the way you came. Unless you want to become a stuffed head of anthropology.
[the camera quickly pans to the left to show three stuffed animal heads hanging from a pillar]