Avatar: The Last Airbender, Season 3

General Shinu:
Ba Sing Se is still under our control. However, earthbender rebellions has prevented us from achieving total victory.

Ozai:
What is your recommendation?

General Shinu:
Our army is spread too thin. But once the eclipse is over and the invasion defeated, we should transfer more domestic forces into the Earth Kingdom.

Ozai:
Hmm. Prince Zuko, you've been among the Earth Kingdom commoners. Do you think adding more troops will stop these rebellions?

Zuko:
...The people of the Earth Kingdom are proud and strong. They can endure anything as long as they have hope.

Ozai:
Yes, you're right. We need to destroy their hope.

Zuko:
Well, that's not exactly what I-

Azula:
I think you should take their precious hope and the rest of their land and burn it all to the ground.

Ozai:
Yes. Yes, you're right, Azula. Sozin's Comet is almost upon us, and on that day, it will endow us with the strength and power of a hundred suns. No bender will stand a chance against us.

General Shinu:
What are you suggesting, sir?

Ozai:
When the comet last came, my grandfather, Fire Lord Sozin, used it to wipe out the Air Nomads. Now, I will use its power to end the Earth Kingdom ... permanently. From our airships, we will rain fire over their lands, a fire that will destroy everything; and out of the ashes, a new world will be born, a world in which all the lands are Fire Nation and I am the supreme ruler of everything!

[The generals applaud as Zuko's flashback ends]

Zuko:
I wanted to speak out against this horrifying plan... but, I'm ashamed to say I didn't. My whole life, I struggled to gain my father's love and acceptance. But once I had it, I realized I'd lost myself getting there. I'd forgotten who I was.

Katara:
...I can't believe this.

Sokka:
[shocked] I always knew the Fire Lord was a bad guy, but his plan is just pure evil.

Aang:
What am I gonna do?

Zuko:
I know you're scared. And I know you're not ready to save the world. But if you don't defeat the Fire Lord before the Comet comes... there won't be a world to save, anymore.