Sokka's relationships

This page is comprised of Sokka's relationships with other characters in the series.

Hakoda

 * "Bye, Dad. We won't be apart for too long this time. I promise." - Sokka to Hakoda in "The Day of Black Sun, Part 2: The Eclipse"



Sokka idolizes his father, Hakoda, hoping to become a valiant warrior who will battle the Fire Nation. Deeply saddened by his father's departure, Sokka eagerly awaited the day he could reunite with him. He once seriously considered leaving Aang behind in order to meet him at a military rendezvous point, briefly acting on this desire during an argument with him. . Sokka's primary weapon and most prized possession is his metal boomerang, given to him by his father before going off to war. Sokka reunited with his father in "The Guru" where Hakoda recognized his son as a man. Sadly, the reunion was cut short when Aang came with news of Katara's capture in Ba Sing Se. After leaving Ba Sing Se, while Aang was unconcious, Team Avatar flew to Chameleon Bay to reunite with Hakoda. As explained in "The Awakening", the Water Tribe warriors and Team Avatar (excluding Aang) made Fire Nation soldiers abandon one of their ships, leaving the others to "steal" it. When Aang flew off, Team Avatar seperated from the Water Tribe warriors again and weren't seen together again until "The Day of Black Sun, Part_1: The Invasion". In "The Day of Black Sun, Part 2: The Eclipse", Sokka promised his father they would reunite after the Invasion failed, forcing the two to separate.

In "The Boiling Rock, Part 1", Sokka risked imprisonment in the Fire Nation's highest security prison in the hopes of rescuing his father. With Zuko's aid, he was able to successfully free Hakoda from the Boiling Rock prison. . This reunion was short-lived, however, when Azula attacked their campsite at the Western Air Temple; the group made a crucial decision to separate once more.

Sokka and his father finally reunited together at Zuko's coronation after their spectacular defeat over the Fire Nation in the War.

Sokka strives to be like his father and shares many personality traits with Hakoda such as brilliant planning, leadership, bravery, inventive ingenuity and sense of humor. Bato remarked upon this, saying, "You're definitely your father's son", after Sokka laughed at Hakoda's attempt at wit in naming his bomb the 'stink and sink'.

Kanna

 * "And you my brave warrior, be nice to your sister." - Kanna to Sokka in The Avatar Returns



Sokka's grandmother, Kanna, is the oldest survivor of the Fire Nation raids of the Southern Water Tribe. Being such, she looks after the tribe. When Hakoda left his children to fight in the war, Sokka was placed under Kanna's care. Like Sokka, she is cautious, wary of change and tends to be cynical. When she believes Aang's actions to have endangered the village, she takes Sokka's side in the argument. However, she comes to see that it is her grandchildren's destiny to journey with the Avatar and sees them off, telling her grandson to take care of his sister and not to tease her. Sokka and Katara have developed a habit of calling her "Gran-Gran".

Katara

 * "I'll never turn my back on you." - Sokka to Katara in "The Painted Lady"



Despite constant bickering in the course of their travels, the siblings love each other dearly. Sokka feels obligated to protect his younger sister as urged by his father before his departure to the Fire Nation. Sokka has taken this task very seriously and can become somewhat overprotective at times. He proved to be very loyal to her in "The Painted Lady" when Katara decides to defend the fishing village against the Fire Nation army, he puts his anger aside in order to help her. In "The Runaway", Sokka confesses to Toph that Katara had always been the one looking out for him. She took on such an important role in Sokka's life to the extent where he has replaced his image of his mother with his sister's face.

Their different personalities often clash throughout the series with Sokka's goofiness and pessimism and Katara's temper and optimism which leads to frequent fights. However, because of the history they share and the struggles they had to overcome as children when their mother died and their father went off to fight in the war, the two identify with each other and are very close.

Sokka also always had great concern for his sister. When her hands were accidentally burned in "The Deserter" he yelled at Aang and knocked him down.

Kya

 * "I never told anyone this before, but honestly, I'm not sure I can remember what my mother looked like. It really seems like, my whole life, Katara's been the one looking out for me. She's always been the one that's there, and now, when I try to remember my mom, Katara is the only face I can picture." -Sokka to Toph in "The Runaway"

The death of Sokka's mother, Kya, in a Fire Nation raid is the primary fuel for Sokka's deep grudge against the Fire Nation forces. Though his anger has faded somewhat, her loss remains a very sore point. Sokka has even admitted that despite the fact his caring, loving mother was important to him, he cannot remember her face very well due to the fact that she died when he was at a young age. Whenever Sokka thinks of his mother, he sees instead the face of his sister, who seems to have always been the maternal figure in his life.

Pakku

 * "Welcome to the family, Gramp-Gramp!" - Sokka to Pakku in "Sozin's Comet, Part 2: The Old Masters"



The Waterbending master of the Northern Tribe, Pakku, migrated to the Southern tribe to help rebuild it. There, he reunited with his lost love, Kanna, and marries her, thus becoming Sokka's step-grandfather. Like Katara, Sokka was thrilled with this news. Sokka even went as far as to suggest calling Pakku "Gramp-Pakku", although Pakku wasn't amused.

Suki

 * "I'm sorry...I treated you like a girl when I should have treated you like a warrior." - Sokka to Suki in "The Warriors of Kyoshi"

Sokka once nursed a sexist streak (the Water Tribes seem to be fairly traditional with gender roles), but his associations with two particular young women have drastically changed his views. His presumption that women were incompetent fighters was tested when he met Suki, a young female warrior on Kyoshi Island. Humbled by her skill, he turned to her for instruction. The two bonded over sparring matches and, before parting, shared what was presumably Sokka's first kiss.



The two reunite when Sokka and the others journey to Ba Sing Se in "The Serpent's Pass", where she and her warriors operated as sentries for the Ba Sing Se ferry. She decided to accompany Team Avatar on their journey across the Serpent's Pass, much to Sokka's worry. He was extremely overprotective of Suki during the trip and continued to be overbearingly cautious even after she confronted him about it. During the night, Sokka and Suki talked where he explained to her how he doesn't want to lose anyone he cares about after his tragic experience with Princess Yue. As they talked, the moon was visible behind them, implying the presence of Princess Yue, the first girl he ever fell in love with and whose death he blames on himself. Suki expresses how important Sokka is to her and the two almost kiss, but Sokka draws back reluctantly. However, the next day when she bid him good-bye and apologized about the night before, he kissed her twice before departing.



In the middle of the solar eclipse, Azula used her knowledge of Suki's whereabouts to successfully stall Sokka, Aang and Toph. Azula revealed that her favorite prisoner used to mention Sokka all the time, convinced that he would rescue her. However, he never came and she gave up on him. Sokka responded to Azula's taunts by shedding a single tear and rashly charging towards her. He demanded Azula reveal where Suki was being held captive, however, the Fire Nation Princess revealed nothing and was eventually able to escape once the eclipse had passed.

During the events of "The Boiling Rock, Part 1", Sokka and Zuko traveled to the Boiling Rock Prison in an attempt to save Sokka's father. While there, Sokka finally finds Suki and took the opportunity to free her. When Sokka came to her in her cell, Suki was overwhelmed with happiness and embraces him. She revealed that she never lost faith in Sokka's return and the two share a kiss. She assisted Sokka in freeing his father and escaping the prison. She impressed him with her agility in her capture of the prison Warden, who they planned to use as a captive for the escape. Sokka was eventually able to free Suki and his father and Suki joined the group after they reach the Western Air Temple.

After the gang is forced to relocate following an attack on the Western Air Temple in "The Southern Raiders", Sokka and Suki apparently arranged for a romantic evening together. Sokka decorated his tent with candles and roses and was put in an awkward situation when Zuko arrived instead of Suki.

During a play on Ember Island in "The Ember Island Players", Suki teased Sokka about his relationship with Princess Yue during a scene where Sokka and Yue kiss. When Sokka shushed her during this scene, she expressed jealously, but quickly recovers. She later helps Sokka go backstage to give Sokka's actor advice.

Prior to the arrival of Sozin's Comet, Sokka and Suki hung out on the beach where Sokka created a hilariously crude sand statue of Suki's face. Despite its obvious ridiculousness, Suki was deeply touched and he kissed her on the cheek.

During the battle upon the comet's arrival, Suki and Sokka team up with Toph to destroy Ozai's Airship fleet. While abandoning an Airship the team used to ram the other vessels, Suki became trapped on the falling vessel and was separated from Sokka. She insisted she was safe and told Sokka to continue their mission. Sokka was distraught at this, but was ultimately forced to continue the attack. When Sokka and Toph nearly fell to their deaths from one Airship, Suki reappeared completely unharmed and saved them with another Airship.

Suki and Sokka celebrate their victory over the Fire Nation with the gang at Ba Sing Se. She, along with the others, criticized Sokka'd metiocre drawing of the team (in her case, he drew her Firebending). It is likely that their relationship is still strong.

Princess Yue

 * "Your father told me to protect you..." - Sokka to Yue in "The Siege of the North, Part 2"



Love found Sokka when he became smitten with Princess Yue of the Northern Water Tribe. Sokka's attempts to court Yue were first reciprocated; however, Yue eventually said she could not see him anymore because she was already engaged to a young man named Hahn, though in reality it was a political union and she did not love him. She explained that she had feelings for Sokka, but could not abandon her people and their customs. The relationship came to a tragic end when Yue sacrificed her mortal form to give the Waterbenders' patron Moon Spirit new life after Admiral Zhao killed the mortal of the Moon Spirit. Sokka's former love now exists as a reincarnation of Tui, the Moon Spirit.



While Yue promised to remain with him always in spirit and parted with one last kiss, her loss still deeply affected Sokka. In "The Swamp", he envisioned her confronting him and asking why he was unable to protect her, a task that her father Chief Arnook had asked him to do. On several occasions Sokka has been illustrated to contemplate Yue when the moon is referred to, such as in "The Serpent's Pass", when Suki came across Sokka sitting in seclusion gazing at the moon. When she commented how beautiful the moon was that night, Sokka agreed in all literal how it truly was. Sokka then expressed reluctance towards kissing Suki under the moon. In "The Puppetmaster", when Toph suggested the disappearances are due to the Moon Spirit having turned mean, Sokka angrily defended Yue, saying she was a gentle, loving lady who rules the sky with "lunar goodness."

When Sokka and the gang saw a play about them during "The Ember Island Players", a scene depicted a hilarious retelling of how Sokka and Yue were separated upon the latter's death. Suki teased Sokka about this and an emotional Sokka shushed her as he watched the scene intently. Suki expressed notable jealousy at this.

Kaya


Team Avatar once stopped at an unnamed Earth Kingdom village and tried fake fur pelts. Kaya, a young passerby, mistakenly took for her a compliment made by Sokka. However, when Sokka tried to set a date between them, Kaya became upset and left the scene. However, after one of Sokka's lapsus, Kaya came to believe he is the Avatar, a belief which was further supported by Aang who provided Sokka's Airbending prowess. Kaya then accepted to have Sokka as her boyfriend, and soon presented him to her entire family. She briefly enjoyed her status as the "Avatar's" girlfriend before the Rough Rhinos invaded her village. Of course, Sokka was unable to do any bending, but she came to believe he had let his "servants" (Aang, Toph and Katara) enjoy a hero's day of their own. It is unknown what happened after those events, but it is more than likely that Sokka revealed he wasn't the Avatar and they broke up. Kaya is never mentionned again.

It has to be noticed that the story recounted above comes for an Avatar Comic, and is therefore considered ambigously canon.

Aang

 * "Man, sometimes I forget what a powerful bender that kid is." - Sokka to Katara about Aang in "The Fortuneteller"



In regards to Aang, Sokka did not embrace him as quickly as his sister did. In the early episodes of the series, he seemed skeptical of Aang's powers and occasionally frustrated with Aang's cavalier attitude. He has shown fierce anger when Aang's carelessness gets Katara hurt in "The Deserter" and when Aang purposely deceives them in "Bato of the Water Tribe", though he forgives him fully afterwards. As the series goes on, Sokka begins to show more marvel at Aang's strength. Sokka eventually openly admits that Aang is "part of the family" in "Bato of The Water Tribe". In "The Winter Solstice, Part One: The Spirit World", Sokka becomes very protective of Aang when the villagers send him out to face Hei Bai alone, getting himself captured in order to try to protect the young Avatar. The two can also be seen goofing around (as seen in "The Chase", "City of Walls and Secrets" and "The Painted Lady"). Even though Sokka and Aang have their differences, they have since reached much better terms with one another, they can talk to each other easily and have become great friends.

In "The Day of Black Sun", Sokka laments that he failed being a public speaker to inspire the invasion force like his father did. Aang assured him that Sokka's moment of glory would be witnessed in the actual fight. This established that both Sokka and Aang finally consider each other as brothers-in-arms. When Zuko offered to join the group to teach Aang Firebending, Sokka bluntly refused largely out of concern for Aang's well-being. When Aang eventually did welcome Zuko after he saved the group from an attack, Sokka gave his consent, knowing that Aang knew what was best.

Sokka spent part of the finale cheering Aang on during his battle against the Fire Lord Ozai. After Aang won, Sokka praised Aang, in his typical goofy fashion, on his skills shown in the fight. They are shown to be brotherly later on.

Bato
''"For Sokka, the mark of the wise." - ''Bato to Sokka in Bato of the Water Tribe

Bato is a good friend of Sokka's father whom the gang encountered in "Bato of the Water Tribe" recuperating from his wounds that he sustained during an ambush against the Fire Nation soldiers. As Hakoda's proxy, Bato oversees Sokka's traditional Water Tribe coming of age ritual of ice dodging. Only in this case, Sokka solely controls and commands Bato's ship as he maneuvers the vessel in an ocean full of pointed rocks. Sokka passed the challenge and in turn Bato awarded him the ceremonial mark of the wise, the same mark Hakoda also wore in his challenge.

When Aang shows Katara and Sokka the map, Sokka becomes angry and decide to seperate from Aang and follow Bato to see Hakoda. But, after hearing a wolf howl and Bato explaining why, Sokka decides to go back. The two aren't seen together again until "The Guru" when Sokka see Hakoda, but the two never really talk to each other.

Hawky

 * "Good little messenger hawk. Who's got pretty feathers?" - Sokka to Hawky in "The Runaway"



In "The Runaway" Sokka buys a pet messenger hawk which he fondly names Hawky. Hawky has something of a rivalry with Momo and the two frequently get into fights. Though a new addition to the group he seems quite loyal to Sokka and apparently understands his speech. Sokka even tries getting Toph and Katara back together with Hawky (though the plan fails). After Toph has Hawky send a letter to her parents, Sokka and Hawky are never seen together again.

Jet

 * "Sokka, you traitor!"
 * "No, Jet. You became the traitor when you stopped protecting innocent people." - Jet and Sokka in "Jet"



Unlike Katara and Aang, Sokka did not trust Jet when they first met. He initially saw Jet as a rival and a threat as Jet had stolen his thunder in a fight against a group of Fire Nation soldiers. He stood with his instinctive views even when his two companions opposed it. Although not friendly to each other, the two were very similar in nature and both had loved ones killed by the Fire Nation. However, Jet took more extreme measures in his revenge, planning to wipe out an entire Earth Kingdom village in an attempt to get rid of the Fire Nation soldiers stationed there, without remorse for the innocent villagers living there. Sokka is the first to learn this and, despite Jet and his group capturing him, he manages to escape and evacuate all the people in the village. Jet calls him a traitor, but Sokka replies, saying that Jet became the traitor when he stopped protecting innocent people.

Unlike his sister, in "Lake Laogai", he was willing to accept Jet's help to find Appa. He was the first to surmise that Jet was brainwashed and unsuccessfully tried to help Jet regain his memory by sticking his trademark chewing straw in his mouth.

The Mechanist



 * "You're a genius!"- Sokka and The Mechanist in "The Northern Air Temple"

With their shared admiration of science and technology, Sokka immediately formed a friendship with the Mechanist, the leader of a group of Earth Kingdom refugees who had established the Northern Air Temple as their new home. Working together, the two were able to complete the Mechanist's experimental hot air balloon which was then used to drive off the Fire Nation forces attempting to invade the temple.

Sokka apparently kept in touch with the Mechanist, providing him with the idea and designs for a waterbending-powered Water Tribe Submarines to be used as a form of transportation for the Fire Nation invasion. Sokka also told Zuko that "a friend of [his]" designed the war balloons in "The Boiling Rock, Part 1". It is likely that the two maintained their friendship after the War ended.

Momo

 * "Well, I was talking to Momo." - Sokka to Katara in Winter Solstice Part 2: Avatar Roku



In his first encounter with Momo, Sokka (who was starving at the time) saw him as a source of food and attempted to eat him. After Momo joined Team Avatar as a pet, Sokka befriended Momo.

Over the course of the series, the interactions between Sokka and Momo were a source of humor. In the season two premiere, Sokka attempted to scare Aang into going into the Avatar State by placing Momo on his head. Later that season, in an infamous scene, Momo and Sokka accidentally get high off cactus juice.

During "The Southern Raiders", Sokka asks Aang if he can borrow Momo for a week since he let Zuko and Katara borrow Appa for their journey. When Aang asked why he needed Momo, Sokka had no answer.

In the finale, Sokka surprisingly showed more concern for Momo's disappearance than Aang's. He initially accused Appa of eating Momo, even going as far as climbing in Appa's mouth to save him. In the end of the finale, Momo also apparently criticized Sokka's drawing along with the others, with Sokka replying "Oh, you think you can do better, Momo?"

Piandao

 * "I'm not from the Fire Nation. I'm from the Southern Water Tribe. I lied so I can learn swordsmanship from you. I'm sorry." - Sokka to Piandao in "Sokka's Master"



During the episode "Sokka's Master", Sokka goes to the master Piandao in order to be instructed in the ways of the sword, for he felt that he wasn't contributing enough for the group, specially after being unable to do anything to help put out a fire, even Momo outdoing him. During his stay at Piandao's castle, he says that he's not sure whether he's worthy of being trained by him. After a day worth of training, Piandao instructs Sokka to make his own sword, to which he uses the meteorite which caused the fire the night before. Piandao states that while his technique did not impress him at all, his intelligence, creativity and versatility did, even saying that those traits would allow him to become a greater master than he is. Sokka then reveals his Water Tribe status, causing Piandao to attack him. During the fight, Sokka is able to apply the concepts of his training, but is eventually defeated by Piandao, who reveals that he knew of Sokka's ancestry before even training him. When asked by Katara why would he train someone not from the Fire Nation, he says that the way of the sword belongs to all nations. As a farewell gift, Piandao gives him a White Lotus Pai Sho tile.

Piandao and Sokka reunite during the liberation of Ba Sing Se, and before departing to destroy Ozai's Airships, Sokka hugs Piandao, showing that they have become good friends.

Toph

 * "I am so glad we added you to the group!" - Sokka to Toph in The Day of Black Sun, Part 2: The Eclipse



Because of Toph's young age and blindness, Sokka was at first skeptical of her Earthbending prowess. Upon witnessing her skills, however, he is astonished to the point of fainting. Like Katara and Aang, Sokka gladly welcomes Toph when she joins their group; he was the only member of the group to not deride Toph's apparently selfish attitude during "The Chase", even commenting that Katara and Aang are "pretty much jerks" to her. However, during "The Chase", when everyone was preparing to fight the approaching tank, Toph discounted Sokka because he could not bend an element, much to his annoyance. A recurring joke seems to involve Sokka occasionally forgetting that Toph is blind (for example, Toph commenting that she likes Sokka's drawing, and his apparent joy before realizing she couldn't actually see it), and she frequently uses this to annoy him. This gag was indirectly referenced in the finale, where Sokka yelled out to "take the wheel" of the airship. Toph automatically assumed he was talking to her (he was actually talking to Suki at the time.)

In "The Serpent's Pass", after Toph saves Sokka's life while they cross the dangerous path, he is intently focused on whether or not Suki is okay and forgets thanking Toph, which seems to cause her a small amount of annoyance. Later in the episode, Suki saves Toph from drowning and Toph, thinking Suki to be Sokka, gives her a kiss on the cheek.

Starting in Season 3, more emphasis was put on the bond between Sokka and Toph. While Sokka is away from the team developing his swordsmanship in "Sokka's Master", Toph expresses as much dismay as rest to his absence. Later when he returns, both Aang and Katara enthusiastically welcome Sokka back and proclaim how much they've missed him, while Toph somberly states that she didn't really care, but then turns away to hide her blushing. Toph nonetheless is quite excited when Sokka gave her a piece of the meteorite he used to make his sword with, which she promptly begins bending into a spiral, a star, and a splatter (the old Nickelodeon logo) and subsequently transformed into a bracelet that she now treasures. "The Runaway" shows his strong friendship with Toph, such as conspiring various scams together to obtain money for the invasion and having a heart to heart talk regarding Katara's motherly attitude. He even admitted to her that seeing Katara as his mother figure was something he never told to anyone.

Similar to his interactions with Aang, Sokka came to appreciate Toph's powers over the course of the series. During the invasion on the Day of Black Sun, Sokka and Toph team up with Aang to fight the Fire Lord. Sokka consistently compliments Toph on her astounding earthbending prowess. During their face off with Azula, Toph saves Sokka's life when she prevents Azula from either stabbing or burning Sokka, and Toph comforts him when the invasion fails. He also praised her again during Sozin's Comet for ability to bend metal.

During the arrival of Sozin's Comet, Toph and Sokka team up with Suki to destroy the Fire Nation Airship fleet. When time comes for them to exit from the airship, Sokka chose to grab Toph's hand rather than Suki's, which proves Sokka does not forget Toph's blindness in such a critical time. Toph and Sokka press on with their attacks after they are separated from Suki, but eventually find themselves dangerously close to falling off of the Airships to their deaths. Sokka defends himself and Toph from the firebenders as Toph hangs helplessly from his hand, but is defenseless when he loses his weapons. He apologizes to Toph for his failure and she cries as she accepts her fate. Thankfully, Suki saves their lives. After Ozai's defeat, Sokka, Toph, and Suki humorously insult the Fire Lord over his loss of power.

While Toph's romantic interest in Sokka is at best vaguely defined as puppy love, Sokka seems oblivious of her emotions but is noted to show more sympathy and understanding to her than Aang or Katara. This is more then likely due to idealogical similarities than anything else but as the series goes on Sokka seems to warm to Toph as a person. In the end he seems to regard her with both respect and brotherly protectiveness. In spite of this there is no indication that he thinks of her romantically in any way.

Ty Lee

 * "Yeah, what are you in time for? Cutie!''
 * Umm, I'm kind of involved with Suki..." - Sokka and Ty Lee in "The Crossroads of Destiny"



Although natural enemies, Ty Lee took a liking to Sokka. In "The Chase", after she and Mai were defeated after combating Katara and Sokka, Ty Lee mentioned that Sokka was "kinda cute." Later, in "The Drill", she addressed him and gave him a flirtatious look when they encountered one another within the drill, to which Sokka replied with a bashful "hey" and a small wave. They come face to face yet again in "The Crossroads of Destiny", where she calls him a "cutie". As they battle in the Earth King's throne room, she flirts with him remarking that "it's like we're dancing together." However, in this battle, Sokka expresses less interest with her than he did in their previous encounter, explaining that he is already involved with Suki.

Ty Lee and Sokka finally meet again in "The Boiling Rock, Part 2" where Sokka attempts to escape the Boiling Rock Prison, but they never actually come face-to-face as Ty Lee was too busy fighting Suki. Ironically, Ty Lee does not even acknowledge her crush on Sokka as she did in her past appearances. She did, however, express notable concern upon seeing the gondola Sokka was riding was about to be disabled.

Ty Lee is imprisoned later for betraying Azula out of defense for her friend Mai, who helped Sokka and Zuko to escape the prison. However, she was released after the War ended with Ozai and Azula's defeat. Ty Lee meets Sokka again dressed as a Kyoshi Warrior, which Sokka assumes is part of a sneak attack. However, Ty Lee announces that she has joined the Warriors and it can be presumed that she remains on friendly terms with Sokka.

Zuko

 * "Just some angry freak with a pony-tail who's tracked us all over the world." - Sokka about Zuko in "The Chase"



Sokka and Zuko never had much social interaction with each other at first. Their first encounter was a brief face-off against each other in "The Avatar Returns", during which Zuko attacked the Southern Water Tribe while Sokka zealously defended it. Zuko was the clear winner, despite Sokka's persistence. They met in other battles after that, mostly as foes, with one exception being when Zuko teamed up with Sokka and the rest of the group against Azula at a ghost town during "The Chase". Other than that, Sokka has constantly been opposed to assisting Zuko whenever Aang suggested it, clearly indicating how little Sokka trusts him. While speaking with his father, Sokka states that while he was distrusting of Zuko at first, he has proven himself on multiple occasions and is very trustworthy.

The two are properly introduced in "The Western Air Temple". Sokka still doesn't trust Zuko after their history, even going so far as theorizing that Zuko covered himself in honey to get Appa to lick him, a sign of affection from the bison. Despite his distrust of Zuko, Sokka does trust Aang and concedes to let Zuko join the group when Aang feels it is the best course of action. At the end of the episode, Sokka is seen showing Zuko to his room. Sokka is nervous and uncomfortable, but Zuko smiles at him, implying he has no hostility towards Sokka. Sokka remarks that escorting his former enemy was "really weird." Unlike his sister, it seems that he holds little hostilities against Zuko currently. However, in "The Firebending Masters", Sokka jokingly commented on Zuko's and Aang's "jerkbending".

In "The Boiling Rock, Part 1" and "The Boiling Rock, Part 2", Sokka's opinion towards Zuko changes for the better, as he asks him for information on where the invasion troops might be imprisoned. Zuko reveals their most likely situation and assists him in breaking into the Boiling Rock. There, he helps Sokka break out Suki and Hakoda. During the journey, Sokka states that he believes Iroh is proud of Zuko, and commends him for making the decision to leave everything he worked so hard to gain throughout Books 1 and 2 to help Aang. The two also have a sympathetic conversation about their past girlfriends on the journey.

While at the Boiling Rock, despite occasional arguments over each others' methodology, Sokka and Zuko quickly grow accustomed to each others' personality and combat style, and form a strong partnership. Zuko is the superior fighter of the two, but his hot-headedness and lack of foresight get him in trouble, such as when he attacked a suspicious guard while Sokka was visiting Suki and got himself imprisoned. Sokka, on the other hand, is an excellent and resourceful strategist who keeps a clear head under duress, and Zuko quickly defers to Sokka's leadership. During their time at the Boiling Rock, Sokka most often creates the plans and Zuko executes them, such as when Zuko started a fight with Chit Sang, disabled the cooler, and jammed the gondola's controls. Later, the two team up against Azula; Zuko defends Sokka and deflects Azula's fire blasts while Sokka strikes at her with his sword.

After the events of this two-part episode, their relationship is in a much better shape than it's ever been, with Sokka even toasting Zuko as the group's hero for helping hold off the Fire Nation Airships and Azula in "The Southern Raiders". Later in that episode Zuko asks Sokka about his mother's death. Despite Sokka's obvious discomfort with the subject, he trusts Zuko enough to tell him the story.

It should be noted that Zuko and Sokka share some similarities that may have had some indirect impact on how they got along. Both have also lost their mothers and both are skilled at using some form of bladed weaponry. They are also one of the closest in age of the main group besides Aang and Toph.

Appa
''"Aww man I knew i was just a matter of time! Appa ATE Momo!" ''Sokka "explaining" what led to Momo's absence in "Sozin's Comet Part 1:The Phoenix King"

Sokka and Appa have a rather unique relationship. When the two first met, Sokka didn't believe that Appa could fly and was sneezed on by Appa. After Sokka sees that he can fly though, he becomes more friendly towards him. Throughout the season, the two become close friends.

Princess Azula

 * "Where is Suki?!" - Sokka to Azula in "The Day of Black Sun, Part 2: The Eclipse"



Sokka's relationship with Azula throughout the series is restricted mainly to enemies. Sokka first encountered Azula, along with everyone else, in the episode Return to Omashu. It wasn't until season three's "Day of Black Sun" that Sokka has a real confrontation with her. In this episode, Sokka, who has just told Toph and Aang not to be pulled away from their mission by Azula's distracting tactics, is caught off guard when the Fire Princess mentions that her favorite prisoner used to mention him all the time, but had given up hope when he never came to rescue her. Sokka immediately, and rightly, determines that Azula is talking about Suki and charges at Azula, too angry to remember his mission, or to notice the blade in Azula's hand. Luckily Toph notices, and pins Azula's hand to the wall, but Sokka just continues toward the now trapped princess and fiercely demands to know where Suki is. Azula seems unconcerned with this, as she has succeeded in wasting the eclipse time.

Sokka and Azula meet face-to-face again during "The Boiling Rock, Part 2" when she tries to stop him and Zuko from fleeing the Boiling Rock Prison. Sokka and Zuko team up to ward her off and Sokka nearly sends her falling to her death by almost landing a hit on her face. Sokka eventually escapes, this time with Chit Sang, Zuko, his father and Azula's former prisoner, Suki.

Long Feng
"Looks like Long Feng is long gone!" - Sokka after Long Feng is arrested in "The Earth King".

Though Sokka never had official confrontations with him, Long Feng was still an enemy. They first met each other in a library in "City of Walls and Secrets". There was when Long Feng told the Gaang that the war must not be mentioned inside the walls of Ba Sing Se. Sokka was upset at this.

The two don't see each other again until "Lake Laogai", but it was a brief moment when Sokka saw Jet laying on the ground and then when they were out of the hole.

Then, in "The Earth King", Sokka and the rest of Team Avatar did what they could to get the information about the eclipse to the earth king, Kuei. At first Earth King Kuei didn't believe them, obviously not knowing anything about the war. And unfortunately Long Feng was there telling Kuei lies, like "he's never even seen a sky bison", which was proved wrong. When Team Avatar tried showing him the secret area in Lake Laogai, it was gone. Then they showed him the drill. Long Feng lied, saying it was "a construction project". But he was proven wrong and therefore arrested. Sokka, nor the rest of Team Avatar, saw Long Feng again.

Combustion Man

 * " This is crazy! How can we beat a guy who blows things up with his mind?" - Sokka talking about Combustion Man in "The Beach"

Sokka first encountered the "Combustion Man" in the episode The Beach. Toph, Katara, and even Aang's inability to defeat the Combustion Man left Sokka in fear. Sokka would later meet the Combustion man once more in The Runaway. In this episode, he nicknamed the Fire Nation assassin "Sparky Sparky Boom Man"; he later reasoned that the name didn't quite fit, and decided to formally call the assassin "Combustion Man". Sokka singlehandedly defeated the assassin in "The Western Air Temple", striking Combustion Man in the third eye with his boomerang and blocking the assassin's chi. Combustion Man tries another attack, which backfires and causes a large explosion. The explosion kills Combustion Man.