The Day of Black Sun

Template:Infobox Avatar: The Last Airbender episode The Day of Black Sun is a two-part episode from the animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender, which airs on Nickelodeon. These are the tenth and eleventh episodes of the third season of the series.

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Part 1: The Invasion

On the day of the invasion, Sokka goes over some maps of the world. Katara gives him a drink and Aang arrives and greets everyone. Katara comments that he seems well rested and Aang says now he is ready to face the Fire Lord. Toph asks him if for his strategy he is planning to use the Avatar State. Aang says he can’t and explains that his last chakra was sealed when he was blasted by Azula in Ba Sing Se.

Katara sees a thick fog rolling in and asks Sokka if she thinks it will delay the invasion. Sokka smiles and says it is the invasion. Water Tribe boats emerge from the mist and, together with Toph, Aang creates some makeshift docks in the cove. Sokka and Katara greet their father Hakoda. Sokka asks about the people he requested and Hakoda says he brought them but he is not sure aknees shouting “Fire Lord Ozai, Where are you!”

Part 2: The Eclipse

The eclipse draws nearer, and the game of hide-n-seek with the Firelord continues in the heart of the volcano, a surprise awaits them. Azula plays tricks with Sokka, and she succeeds in distracting them until the end of the eclipse. They do not capture Azula, and she causes them no further harm. Aang realizes he can't challenge the Fire Lord just yet.

Production

Series continuity

• Toph is referred to as "The Blind Bandit" by Earthbenders Big Bad Hippo and The Boulder. This was a pseudonym she assumed while performing in an underground Earthbending tournament in the episode of the same name.
• Aang mentions that his ability to enter the Avatar State is blocked by his locked seventh chakra due to Azula's lightning attack in "The Crossroads of Destiny."
• The episode "Zuko Alone" revealed, through flashbacks to his childhood, the story of Zuko's relationship with his mother, and her sudden disappearance on the eve of Fire Lord Azulon's death. Her specific fate has remained unrevealed, and this episode reveals that she was banished and might still be alive.
• In this episode, Fire Lord Ozai displays the ability to generate lightning through Firebending; the third person in the series to do so, after Azula and Iroh.
• After Fire Lord Ozai's lightning attack, Zuko redirects the attack back at Ozai. Zuko learned this technique in "Bitter Work" from his uncle, Iroh, but was never previously able to perform it.

References

• TVGuide.com information on this episode