As you may or may not know, I’ve been working counting the amount of times Zuko’s honor is mentioned, as well as the amount of times that Sokka is captured in Avatar: the Last Airbender. It took a while, but I have finally completed this task!
I must mention for those of you who are unaware, I have ADD, so I did get distracted a few times, but if I felt that I honestly missed too much of the episode, I re-watched it.
Also, there may be discrepancies of what is counted as being captured, or Zuko’s honor being mentioned. My criteria for Sokka being captured counts as him having nowhere left to turn, and friends cannot help him. Zuko’s honor is different from his destiny, so I counted honor, and not destiny, unless they intertwined in some way. If you don’t completely agree, I apologize that my standards are not the same as yours.
The breakdown is by season:
Book 1: Water
Amount of Episodes: 20
Sokka is captured: 9 times
Zuko’s honor is mentioned: 11 times.
Book 2: Earth
Amount of Episodes: 20
Sokka is captured: 6 times
Zuko’s honor is mentioned: 10 times
Book 3: Fire
Amount of Episodes: 21
Sokka is captured: 4 times
Zuko’s honor is mentioned: 9 times
Grand Total:
Sokka is captured: 19 times
Zuko’s honor is mentioned: 30 times
I appreciate the patience while I worked on this. I do, unfortunately, have a life and it interfered with my ability to sit through the entire series in one day.
I’ve just been busy for a few days. I’ve made it into season 2 now, still keeping track of Zuko’s honor and Sokka’s captures.
So far, Sokka gets captured as much as Zuko’s honor is mentioned.
