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** It still can be justified in-universe: Keeping in mind than the War lasted one hundred years, killing each new generation of benders would establish the entire Fire Nation as [[Complete Monster|unbelievably evil]] from the point of view of non-benders, that they can't subdue due to their sheer number (The Air Nomads being the exception, since they were a sufficiently small population to [[Kill'Em All]] at once). Simply neutralizing them work better from a P.R. stand-point.
** It still can be justified in-universe: Keeping in mind than the War lasted one hundred years, killing each new generation of benders would establish the entire Fire Nation as [[Complete Monster|unbelievably evil]] from the point of view of non-benders, that they can't subdue due to their sheer number (The Air Nomads being the exception, since they were a sufficiently small population to [[Kill'Em All]] at once). Simply neutralizing them work better from a P.R. stand-point.
* [[Book Ends]]: A pillar of light shooting into the sky in the first and last episode.
* [[Book Ends]]: A pillar of light shooting into the sky in the first and last episode.
* [[Book-Burning]]: In ''The Library'' episode, Admiral Zhao and his army gone to Wong Shi Tong's library and burned down the Fire Nation section to prevent their foes from obtaining intelligence.
* [[Boring but Practical]]: Very commonly used throughout the show. Weapons and armor worn by the characters tend to be much closer to actual equipment used in history with very few unnecessary frills.
* [[Boring but Practical]]: Very commonly used throughout the show. Weapons and armor worn by the characters tend to be much closer to actual equipment used in history with very few unnecessary frills.
** The Fire Nation Navy used to have shoulder spikes on their uniforms, but eliminated them soon during the war due the spikes constantly getting stuck into things.
** The Fire Nation Navy used to have shoulder spikes on their uniforms, but eliminated them soon during the war due the spikes constantly getting stuck into things.