Enjoying being able to socialize like a 'normal' kid and realizing the value of learning about the Fire Nation, he enrolls in the school. After accidentally putting on a Fire Nation school uniform and being accused of truancy, Aang is taken to that school. Aang wears a headband to hide his airbender tattoos. Upon entering the Fire Nation, Aang and his friends steal local clothes in order to live incognito among the citizens.

The creators have said the characters silence had nothing to do with Mako's passing, and was planned beforehand. This is the first episode in which Iroh appears without any lines. The dance that Katara and Aang do is based on Ba Gua Zhang and Northern Shaolin The leg movements in Aang's 'Phoenix Flight' dance resemble those of Kazachok, a traditional Ukrainian and Russian folk dance. Fire Nation propaganda justifying its imperialism is also similar to that of Japan's during World War II, as the Japanese Empire used an ideological construct, 'The Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere', to justify invading China and conquering the South Pacific. Kuzon is first mentioned in 'The Blue Spirit', and seen in the short comic Dragon Days. Aang's cover name, Kuzon, is taken from his friends name. The plot of this episode is similar to the film Footloose

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