Cabbage merchant

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- MY CABBAGES!

The cabbage merchant was an unfortunate Earth Kingdom salesman who specialized in selling cabbages. He continually had his cabbages destroyed or damaged after encountering Team Avatar and their enemies.

History
He appeared in many locations in the Earth Kingdom, selling cabbages out of his cart, which inevitably was destroyed, usually by Aang when he was fleeing from a foe or some other situation, which caused him to yell his catchphrase "My cabbages!"

When the cabbage merchant was trying to enter Omashu, his cart was destroyed by a troop of overzealous Earthbending guards. Somehow he obtained another cart filled with more cabbages, only to have it be destroyed again by the Avatar and his companions when riding on the mail system. Following this, he demanded "Off with their heads, one for each head of cabbage!" during their subsequent trial, but King Bumi threw them a feast instead. His cart was destroyed one final time by King Bumi and Aang while riding the mail system (once again).

At the seedy merchants pier, his cart was destroyed by Aang when pirates were chasing him and his friends. He yelled "This place is worse than Omashu!" Among other refugees, the cabbage merchant was fleeing to Ba Sing Se; while waiting to get on the ferry to the city, the ferry's security told him he couldn't bring his cabbages due to the risk of a cabbage slug infestation. The cart was destroyed by a security platypus bear.

In Ba Sing Se, a rabbiroo ate his cabbages, to which he responded by exasperatedly saying, "My cabb....Oh forget it," and walking off. He was later sobbing in the background. While on Ember Island, Sokka mentioned him as a "surprisingly knowledgeable merchant of cabbage," a source of information to the Fire Nation play.

His ultimate fate after the War is unknown, though it is likely that he continued his occupation of selling cabbages.

Trivia

 * The martial arts consultant of Avatar, Sifu Kisu, was originally going to be the cabbage merchant as his counterpart in the show. Eventually, however, the creators decided to portray Piandao after the consultant because the cabbage merchant was too small.
 * The cabbage merchant was meant to be a one time character, to only appear in that one episode. It was also pointed out that the Merchant's Cabbages were destroyed at the front gate, but he was later seen with a cart full of cabbages, which were destroyed by Aang and his friends riding down the delivery chutes (although they could simply be different cabbages).
 * When the platypus bear destroyed his cart, it was said by the creators that a cabbage slug could be seen if the tape is slowed down between 05:10 and 05:11.
 * A cabbage stand could be seen destroyed in Gaipan in the flood initiated by Jet and his Freedom Fighters.
 * Despite his cart being destroyed and supposedly not allowed in Ba Sing Se, he was seen with them in the capital.
 * The cabbage merchant has also been referenced to as "It's our lovable loser, the cabbage merchant".
 * The cabbage merchant can be seen in the PS2 version of the Avatar: The Last Airbender video game.
 * The cabbage merchant will not appear in Avatar: The Legend of Korra, but it has been confirmed that his legacy will be carried on in some way.
 * The cabbage merchant was played by the same voice actor as Oyaji.
 * Pu-on Tim supposedly came in contact with the cabbage merchant at some point, as the Ember Island Players poster suggests with "a surprisingly knowledgeable merchant of cabbage".