Hector Elizondo credited as playing...
Wan Shi Tong
- Wan Shi Tong: [to Katara] Your Waterbending won't do you much good here. I've studied Northern Water style, Southern Water style, even Foggy Swamp style.
- Sokka: [drops from the ceiling and knocks him out with a heavy book] That's called Sokka style. Learn it!
- 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?
- Wan Shi Tong: You betrayed my trust. From the beginning, you intended to misuse this knowledge for evil purposes.
- Sokka: You don't understand. If anyone's evil, it's the Fire Nation! You saw what they did to your library. They're destructive and dangerous. We need this information!
- Wan Shi Tong: You think you're the first person to believe their war was justified? Countless others before you have come here, seeking weapons, weaknesses or battle strategies!
- Aang: We had no choice. Please, we're just desperate to protect the people we love!
- Wan Shi Tong: And now I'm going to protect what I love.
- [the library starts to shake]
- Aang: What are you doing?
- Wan Shi Tong: I'm taking my knowledge back. No one will ever abuse it again!
- Wan Shi Tong: [to Sokka] If you're going to lie to an all-knowing spirit being, you should at least put some effort into it.
- 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]