Sokka (pilot)

"water"

- This is one of the first times Jack DeSena [Sokka's actor] just went off, improvising, and now we know we can just trust him to come up with some funny stuff.

In the pilot episode, Sokka is revealed to have been designed as a more serious character than he eventually became. However, he still did seem to have been designated as a comic relief character, as evidence by the scene with the wild berries and his capture. In the Avatar Nick Mag Presents: First Edition issue by co-creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Knietzko, the creators admitted that comedian voice actor Jack DeSena's lively dialogue [capped off by his improvisation act in the pilot episode] encouraged them to make Sokka a more important and comical character.

History in Pilot Episode
Kya [renamed Katara in the series], Aang, and Sokka are together fleeing Zuko on his ship. They run into a sea serpent, but it takes interest in Zuko's ship rather them them, and allows them to escape to an island. There, Sokka, annoyed by their "goofing off", goes off to find food alone; he finds some wild berries later, but they taste bad. Fire Nation soldiers then ambush him and take him captive.

At the Fire Nation base, when brought to Zuko, Sokka refuses to back down and insults him to his face, calling him " scar boy". Shortly thereafter, Kya is brought in as well, but the two refuse to tell Zuko about Aang. Right then, Aang flies in, shocking everyone, and the soldiers throw Sokka and Kya into a pit. There, Sokka ties some forked stick to some rope and throws it upwards, hoping it will catch something, but it fails, and Sokka finds the situation hopeless. When Kya tries to waterbend some water dripping into their pit, Sokka harangues her, seeing no point in it. Kya succeeds in getting them out, and when they are surrounded by soldiers, Aang flies by, grabs them, and escapes. Sokka, of course, is clinging to a rope attached to the end of the glider.

Similarities to Real Series

 * Sokka's "boyfriend" comment to Katara is recreated in the actual series in The Avatar Returns and The Fortune-Teller.


 * The serpent reappears in the aptly named Serpent's Pass in The Secret of the Fire Nation Part 1: The Serpent's Pass.