Avatar:Pong

"Shh, listen, you can't mention the War here, and whatever you do, stay away from the Dai Li."

— Pong to Team Avatar.

Pong

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Nationality	Ba Sing Se, Earth Kingdom
Ethnicity	Earth Kingdom
Pronouns	He/him
Hair color	White
Eye color	Dark
Skin color	Tan
Position	High class Ba Sing Se citizen
Affiliation	Earth Kingdom
Profession	Government official
Allies	Team Avatar
Enemies	Dai Li, Long Feng
First appearance	"City of Walls and Secrets" (only appearance)
Voiced by	Greg Berg

Pong was a minor government official who had recently moved into the affluent Upper Ring of Ba Sing Se after Team Avatar arrived at the capital. He occupied the house across from Team Avatar's Upper Ring house.

History

After Joo Dee had left Team Avatar at their new home, Sokka noticed Pong spying on them from his home across the street. When Sokka questioned him regarding the Hundred Year War, Pong hesitated at answering. When he was asked to explain his awkward, dismissive behavior, he stated he did not want to get in any trouble, furthering that he had waited three years to acquire his house. Pong warned Aang and his friends to not mention the War within the walls, to look out for the Dai Li, and to stay away from them. This showed that Pong was well aware of the Dai Li's control over the populace of Ba Sing Se.

Appearances

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Book Two: Earth (土)

Appearances: 1

Trivia

• The writers originally intended to have Pong living with another character named Ping for comical reasons, but they decided otherwise as it was "not funny enough to put in the episode".
• In the DVD commentary for "City of Walls and Secrets", the creators revealed that they had initially intended for Pong to have a much larger comical role that would stretch to the end of the season, but that he got edited out in subsequent revisions. At some point, he would have been arrested by the Dai Li and transported to Lake Laogai. Pong was also supposed to have an entire backstory.