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* [[The Guards Must Be Crazy]]: A heroic example. While the Order of the White Lotus serve as Korra's [[Hero Secret Service]], she can get around them pretty easily when she wants to.
* [[Guilty Pleasures]]: Tenzin [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|does not approve of Pro-Bending]], yet in "And The Winner Is" he seems to know the rules quite well. He even cheers on Korra when she plays; though it's just as likely that he learned the rules after he decided to allow Korra to keep playing, all in support of his pupil [[Subverted Trope|and not for any love of the game.]] Or to the extent that he genuinely enjoys the sport, it may be because [[Just Here for Godzilla|he enjoys seeing Korra succeed]].
* [[Harsh Life Revelation Aesop]]:
** As shown with Lin's arc in Book Three, [[Parental Hypocrisy]] will negatively affect the next generation. Toph Beifong was a [[Defector From Decadence]], [[The Runaway]] and a rebel who hated cities as well as their rules as a child. It was thus a shock that she founded the Metalbending Police in Republic City, who are taught to use cables to apprehend their subjects, and a bigger shock that she had two girls while building her career. Lin tried to live by a strict life as a Metalbending police officer to please her mother, while her little sister Suyin acted out and committed crimes to get attention from Toph. This came to a head when Suyin scarred Lin when the latter caught her in the act as a getaway driver for thieves, yelled at her to stand down, and tried arresting her with the cables. Instead of showing sympathy for Lin's tough situation, Toph yelled at ''both'' the girls, destroyed Suyin's arrest warrant, and exiled her from the city. Lin was not impressed, pointing out that Toph is undermining the very law she sought to build. She later calls out Toph for this in Book 4, saying that Toph's flippant behavior and lack of empathy for her daughters is why they were estranged in the first place.
** If an existing rule seems arbitrary or extreme, there is usually a reason for it. Korra grew up in a [[Gilded Cage]] compound where she was treated like a princess while protected from all harm, but as a result has [[No Social Skills]]. She resents this, especially when finding out all the Avatar training doesn't teach you about keeping money on hand for food or respecting local laws. Then book 3 happens, and she finds out from Zaheer during a truce meeting that he and the Red Lotus attempted to kidnap her when she was a toddler. Zaheer is quite upfront about the fact that they planned to turn Korra into an anti-Avatar to spread chaos and anarchy, and her uncle Unalaq was part of the plot. Though the kidnapping plot failed, Korra's father Tonraq was paranoid about anyone getting ideas and begged the White Lotus to protect his daughter. Korra gains understanding as Zaheer tells her this.
** Book 4 has the new generation learn that trauma recovery is not linear: it has peaks and valleys. Korra spends two years physically recovering from {{spoiler|Zaheer poisoning her with mercury, slamming her through several rock pillars, and attempting to suffocate her while she's in the Avatar State. Even though she's back to bending, her emotional state is a wreck, to the point she can't hold her own against sparring teachers owing to traumatic hallucinations. Korra goes into the Earth Kingdom to find out what she's lost, but even with Toph's help, she is nowhere near recovered. The journey is long and painful, and she admits at best she can feel whole about what happened.}}
* [[He Is Not My Boyfriend]]: "A Leaf in the Wind," when Bolin lies to Toza to let Korra backstage, Korra feels the need to correct him:
{{quote|'''Bolin:''' So, you see, we're together...
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