Such a beautiful episode. Book 2 is cooking! Our reactions to episode 3x6 is out now over on Patreon! www.patreon.com/carlie_and_ange

Before Iroh sang to his son, he provided support to a toddler, a group of boys, and a young man. Basically acting as a father to males in three stages of llife.

Everybody gangsta until Iroh starts singing... :(

Carlie's "you deserved that 🫵" followed by immediate "let them tooo 🥺" killed me

Everybody's talking about how sad Iroh's bit is, but no one seemed to notice Zuko's date putting together the fact that he was a Firebender in just a few seconds. She wonders how he lit everything up so fast, then glances to his scar, then immediately drops it as to be respectful. The writing in this show was on another level.

"If only I could have helped you." The most cutting line in this entire show. PAIN.

The part I never got until recently about the Iroh episode: The structure is built around the idea of Iroh honoring his lost son by trying to make the world a better place. It literally does this by having Iroh be a mentor and parent figure to strangers who track the life of a son. First he sings a song to soothe a baby. Then he teaches some young boys about honour but also self-preservation. Then he teaches a young man combat skills and gives him life advice to choose a better path because he's not suited for his hard life. It all becomes a sobering, tear-jerking moment when you realise that his son Lu Ten died a soldier. Iroh's tribute to his son is a letter Lu Ten sent to him. It reads: "To General Iroh. See you after we win the war. Your loyal son, Lu Ten." If only Iroh could have cared for his son. If only he could've taught him that honour is good but it's not worth putting yourself in danger. If only he'd realised his son could've pursued a different job instead of violence. If only...

Such a legendary character with a legendary voice actor... RIP Mako Iwamatsu

**rewatches Iroh's Tale** Tears from my eyes Falling so slow... 🎶😢💔

I love that Katara/Toph get a story about acceptance and feeling comfortable in your own skin, Iroh breaks our hearts, Aang gets a story about helping animals... and Sokka has a rap battle.

Iroh helped a person from each stage of life. A young child, a teenager and an adult. Which makes the line “I wish I could have helped you my son” hit so much more because his life was cut short.

One of my personal favorite episodes everyones mini tale is great and as someone inspired greatly by Iroh this episode always makes me tear up. From what I remember the picture of Iroh's son is actually a drawing of Mako Iwamatsu when he was younger. I will always remember Mako and his fantastic performance. Truly one of a kind. Seeing Zuko awkward going on a date was also incredible.

Zuko lighting the candles is one of the cutest and most romantic things put to animation and is top tier ship material.

16:57 The hill and tree appear in a flashback a couple minutes into B2E9: 'Bitter Work', but from a different angle so the city itself is hidden. In the flashback smoke is rising from the siege and a younger Iroh is crying, saying 'My beloved Lu Ten, I will see you again'.

You did hear Iroh's new VA in this episode. When he's with the kids in the alleyway telling them to take responsibility, but not this time, that's Greg Baldwin. He does a really good job, but it's noticeable if you're listening for it. With the exception of those lines, Mako provides Iroh's voice for the rest of season 2, however. If I'm remembering right, the picture used for Lu Ten is taken from a picture of Mako when he was young.

I also like the Toph episode cause it shows another side of her, She’s always putting on a ‘Tough’ front. Like, “Yh I’m blind, why would I care how I look?”. But she does care, of course what those girls said hurt. Katara reassuring her was icing on the cake.

I'm so glad Ange keeps pointing that out for Aang, him killing the ant was the first time we've seen him killing anything intentionally. It was completely out of character. The ant was flying away, there was no need to go further, but he killed it.

The picture of his son is actually a picture of Iroh's VA and he sang that song soon after finding out he had terminal cancer, so those tears were real

Never trust anyone who isn't destroyed by the end of Iroh's tale. Almost 20 years later and I still get choked up. Also, fun piece of trivia, the portrait of Iroh's son is actually based on a photo of the voice actor of Iroh, from when he was a young man. Also, the voice actor for Zuko, Dante Dasco, said that Mako's death always hit him hard, because Mako and he had played father and son a number of times in different parts, so seeing Mako get sick from cancer and then pass on was quite a blow for him.

I think this is one of my favorite moments with Zuko for this season because it really shows a lot about his character. I think he really liked Jin, what he didn’t like was that he was lying to her. And that’s not something you can develop a relationship out of.

Everyone's got their act together until the leaves start falling from the vine. This is one of the few scenes in media that make me cry every single time I come back to it.

Honestly, Momo's tale always makes me tear up. It's just that way sometimes with animals, they're unabashed about their affection.

5:05 "Noo!" I felt that.

I haven't seen this episode in so long, and I can't believe they would put Iroh so early in the episode. It hit just as hard even though I saw it almost 20 years ago

I was a child when Iroh's episode made me cry, i'm in my 20's and Iroh's tale makes me cry and i know i'll be in complete shambles for as long as i live everytime i hear that song. Iroh is such a good role model for young men to look up to, legitemately. He's both soft, caring and kind and will only use violence when all other measures have truly been exhausted. GOAT.

Rather than battling with guilt, I think that Zuko hasn’t completely come to terms with his situation. The pain of being utterly rejected by his family is still raw for him. He can’t relinquish the desire to go home, to gain his father’s approval. He is now being forced to live in Ba Sing Se when his heart is not in it. And even though it’s been years since his banishment he has not completely dealt with the trauma, grief etc of his father scarring him. He has too much baggage and right now is not in the right headspace for a relationship. With all of that said, he genuinely enjoyed her company for the night. Even though it didn’t work out, I enjoyed seeing Zuko getting out of his comfort zone to momentarily distract him from his struggles by just living life.

10:55 i think thats the bag Aang used to put Appa hair and deter Azula

This is it. This is the episode I've heard so much about. I cried a little just hearing about it and the voice actor 😢 I heard this was one of his last voiceovers before his own death. It was a farewell in more than one way.

momo and iroh's tales be killing me

So as to the "why does this episode exist," I believe it was just a happy coincidence of them having some storylines they wanted to pursue but not really having anywhere to put them, and them having an extra episode slot to do with what they wanted. So it became a series of little vignettes showcasing each of our main characters. And I personally think it was an extremely smart decision. A lot of the time when you have an action-packed, story-dense series of episodes, it can become difficult to really showcase character growth and remind people of who your characters are. This provides them an easy, mostly story-free avenue to really just showcase the characters that this narrative is built on. Also, this may or may not just be internet lore, but in the DVD extras for Book 2 they say that the song Iroh sings to his son's grave was the last thing Mako recorded for the show before passing between Books 2 and 3. Some people dispute this, but it apparently comes from the show's creators themselves. Either way, an amazing performance. I cry every time.

I love your reactions! And your dynamic

I always shipped Zuko with the Ba Sing Se girl.

I love her zutara passion love it

It's just a fun way to have a look at the city while also giving you some slice of life characterization .

I heard that Mako cried during the studio recording of this scene because everyone in the room was crying because they all knew it would be his last time recording Iroh.

This is a little delve into how they're spending their 6weeks waiting period for the king

Yes, you've seen that tree before, when he was shot by Azula, he had a flashback of him playing with his son, and then another one mourning his death by that same tree, now in this episode it is shown that the tree is in Ba Sing Se, which means, that flashback showed us that this is the place where Lu Ten was buried, and Iroh went to see him one more time after soooo many years for his birthday 💔

Everyone's a gangster till "Leaves From the Vine", starts playing.

I love how Iroh was dispensing helpful advice to everyone in the city.

On top of everything that everybody has said I would like to call out Dee Bradley Baker, who voices all the animals in this show. He manages to put real emotion in Momo, Appa, and their whole relationship without ever uttering a word. Now that's talent. Long Fengs' voice was done by Clancy Brown, who is known among many other things as mr. Krabs in Spongebob...

well done to the editor for inserting the colossal titan when they were opening the gates during Aang's story bit, i laughed

“Leaves from the Vine” ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS makes me tear up 😢🥹

To rub salt into the wound, the portrait of Lu Ten is based on Mako at a younger age and the inscription translates, "General Iroh, I will see you again when victory is obtained. Your loyal son, Lu Ten." It is speculated that this was the last correspondence between Iroh and his son before Lu Ten's death in the Siege of Ba Sing Se.

Last episode, that creepy woman said that the boomer-aang squad is supposed to wait for a month and a half. This episode is supposed to be an average waiting at Ba Sing Se. I don't think that they spent that full month and a half but spent atleast a part of it.

i started watching the lol reaction and now i’m here watching all the videos and obsessed with ur channel 😭😭😭 i can’t wait to see arcane 2💕🇧🇷

Iroh, the reason why I started appreciating tea. Such a great character

THE LEAVES ARENT THE ONLY THINGS FALLING 😭

Carlie was so funny in this episode oh my goodness 😂

Iroh’s story hits hard but the most heartbreaking for me was Momo’s. Just him trying to keep a piece of Appa’s fur with him reminds me of when I find fur from my cats that have passed away. 😭

The tale of Iroh is probably the best cartoon episode in 21st history

The single most important event in that world was the death of Iroh’s son. It changed Iroh profoundly and set him on the right path ; To see people as people, to be excepting of everyone and everything and make a change for the better without hate.

Remember Toph basically sees with her feet, so when they were scrubbing her feet that why it was hurting her so much.

when iroh start crying, everyone cry

Having watched this episode before, I just start crying when Iroh sings at the beginning of the episode. It's like... "oh no, I remember... I can feel it already"

6:40 Bert pulled up at the wrong wall lmao

Hold strong, Carlie. Your faith in Zutara may yet be rewarded

"I will give him a million dollars" me too Carly 💖 me too

I heard they visited Mako Iwamatsu weakend in his bed and recorded singing the song one last time for this episode

This episode is brought too you by, original voice actor of Iroh. RIP Mako

I was waiting for this episode, even though Iroh singing "Leaves From the Vine" always makes me tearbend. So, don't worry Carlie, you weren't alone. Next episode is gonna be another emotional one, they hit you with two back to back. Oh and that part with the Colossal Titan being edited in was hilarious! 😂 It made me laugh after I had just cried, so props to the editor.

I just realized this recently. Momo got Appa's fur from Sokka's bag. I believe Aang used that bag to spread Appa hair to throw off Azula.

I love watching grown people cry when Iroh starts singing.... and this is a "kids show"

I find the best cure for dry eyes is watching The Tale of Iroh. Clears the dryness right up 😭

I think Sokka's tale is also a great look into how Sokka has grown and changed as a character. Because he's kind of the butt of so many jokes, we tend to forget that he starts the show as a very serious guy with a lot of expectation and responsibility on his shoulders. He's the only warrior in the village with no one to show him how to grow up as a man in his culture and he's hyper-vigilant waiting for an attack from the Fire Nation like the attack that killed Sokka and Katara's mom. Remember, he spends much of those early episodes completely focused on the practicality of their next meal, trying to convince Aang to stay on track traveling north, and trying to prove himself as a warrior (like on Kyoshi Island and at the North Pole). As the show goes on and all the kids start to change and grow, Sokka starts to become the funny, personable guy who can bring people together and see their strengths. The Sokka we see in Ba Sing Se doesn't feel like he has to be some big, bad warrior like he did in Book 1; he's at a point in his growth that he's willing to learn some new things just because it seems fum and doesn't seem to mind making himself look foolish while doing it.

The purpose of this Chapter within the overarching plot is to demonstrate that there's been a month's time-skip between the Gaang's arrival in Bah Sing Se and where we next pick up the plot.

Welcome to the club. Now you'll relive trauma from hearing just 4 words: LEAVES FROM THE VINE 😭😭

Augh! I'm a wreck every damn time I see tales of Iroh

I love how no matter the age, the "Leaves from the Vine" scene will break anyone whether it's a first watch or a rewatch

R.I.P. Mako, Uncle Iroh

Tales of ba sing se is probably one of the best, if not the best episode of ATLA, which imo, is one of the best shows of all time regardless of medium

Momo's story always gets to me. Also Sokka flexing his rizzbending again.

Carlie in her Zutara era and nothing's even happened lmao so true of her

Katara not only mothering but also sistering 💟

Leaves from the vine, falling so slow...

Me seeing this popped out in my recomendations: Oh shet, here we go again

Elite episode!

17:12 yeah you have seen this tree or a similiar one at least, when azula knocked out Iroh he kinda dreamed about playing with his son near a tree that looks like that (I don't think it's the same tree just because this is ba sing se so he probably wasn't there with his son)

Forever a classic episode

Leaves 🍃 from the vines 😢 is a song I sing to get myself to cry on command 😂

Ange seems to remember more than originaly thought no? Remembering Mako was the passed away voice actor or when he said thats not how we will be re introduced with appa?

Aw man this episode always gets me 😢

This episode is exactly what i thought of when Carlie said that about thop's makeup last episode HAHAHA ty for the call out Ange x'd

1:25 Toph gave 'em the Hawk Tuah

before vid: NOOOO!!! I'm not ready!!! not this episode again 😢 😢 during THAT scene: 😭 😭

There's always been something about Sokka's story that's just so incredibly funny to me. I don't know if it's the timing or the expressions or some combination of lots of things, but it gets me every time.

I really try not to cry each time but damn iroh, i still can't do it 😭😩💔

My favorite episode, always! No matter how much it makes me cry 😢❤

The best part about Katara telling Toph that she thinks she’s pretty is that Toph can tell when people are lying. Obviously she doesn’t feel like katara is lying

Iroh never fails to break me every time I see this episode (this and another moment in book 3 every time)

The story of Iroh is one of the BEST clip show/filler/side story episodes EVER created. The sad backstory of Mako only adds to the massive impact.

Iroh's destroys me too, every time.

Jin really was cute, and a good match for Zuko

Eveybody gangsta and then "leaves from tree..".. 😢😢😢😢

Iroh's voice actor sang this the day he found out he had cancer :(

Excellent roast Carly😂😭 2:38

항상 잘 보고 있습니다 장면마다 풍부한 감정 표현 최고입니다❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

One thing I see a lot is people forgetting that Zuko’s reluctance to open up romantically isn’t just because of his situation, but also because the show has hinted repeatedly that Zuko and Mai have been to some degree involved since they were younger, and he’s probably very conflicted over his feelings for Mai, and trying to reconcile those with the thought that he may never see her again and as such trying to potentially move on.

What I love about Iroh's tale is that it shows him being a parent at various stages of young men's lives. First comforting the crying toddler, then giving a lesson about taking responsibility (and avoiding a fight) to older boys, then finally a young man confused in life.

This is my Inside out 2 I felt all the emotions😭

Mako had finished recording fit book 2 before he passed. You do get a sampling of the new voice actor in the scene where the kids break the window in tales of Iroh. Greg Baldwin voiced Iroh in that scene. Then takes over full time in book 3.