About
“There is no war in Ba Sing Se” is a phrase from the 2005 American animated television show Avatar the Last Airbender. The phrase has become a sarcastic expression that implies the aforementioned statements are undoubtedly false.
Origin
The phrase was first mentioned in the 14th episode of the 2nd season of the show, titled “City of Walls and Secrets”.[1] Jet, a drifter and acquaintance of the protagonists, engaged in a brawl in a tea shop, which prompted him to be captured by the corrupt, clandestine Ba Sing Se city officials. Jet’s unruly behavior disrupts the artificially designed peace within the city walls and thus was subdued to brainwash in the sunken chambers of the city’s lake, where a hypnotic lamp revolved around the restricted drifter as an agent continuously repeats, “There is no war in Ba Sing Se”.
Spread
W.I.P.
A subreddit that revolves around the show’s concept of a city veiled in a false sense of security exists with 2,709 subscribers.[2] TVTropes.com listed the phrase in its Avatar The Last Airbender Memes page.[3]
Various Examples
W.I.P.
Search Interest
External References
[1]Wikia – Avatar Wiki: City of Walls and Secrets
[2]Reddit – /r/LakeLaogai"
[3]TVTropes – Memes: Avatar the Last Airbender