Raphael Sbarge credited as playing...
Professor Zei • Additional Voices
- 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?
- 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?
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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]