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The first episode of ''[[
Like its predecessor, we begin with narration. Tenzin, son of Avatar Aang and the last airbending master alive, tells of how his parents and their friends ended the 100-year war and brought peace to the land. Avatar Aang and Fire Lord Zuko turned the former Fire Nation colonies into the United Republic, and made Republic City their capital. Since then Aang has passed away, but like the seasons, the cycle begins anew.
We appear over fields of ice at night, with lights of a village leading the way. Three members of the White Lotus have come to investigate claims that the new Avatar has been found. They are skeptical- this is not the first time someone has claimed their child to be the Avatar; however, when we see little Korra, only five and already bending water, earth and fire, it becomes clear. She is "the one." The White Lotus takes her away to be trained nearby.
Flash forward to the current day; she is in a fight with a fire bender for her final exam. Having passed her final fire exam (despite rumblings that Korra is still rather rash), Tenzin arrives only to tell Korra he cannot stay to teach her as he has more pressing responsibilities in ''Republic City''.
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=== Tropes in this episode: ===
* [[Age Cut]]: Four-year-old Korra affects an intense expression as she [[Playing
* [[Are We There Yet?]]: The introduction of Tenzin and his family has his daughter Ikki saying this over, and over, and ''over''...
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* [[Arrested for Heroism]]: Sure, she may have beat up the thugs, but she also destroyed three shops, a street, and disrupted traffic all over the city.
* [[Audible Gleam]]: When a ''bush'' manifests [[Bishie Sparkle]].
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* [[Big Entrance]]: Korra when she first meets the members of the White Lotus.
* [[Big Fancy House]]: Tenzin and his family live on [http://www.lastairbenderfans.com/cutenews/data/upimages/air-temple-island.jpg Air Temple Island], a sanctuary on an island in the city's bay.
* [[Bishie Sparkle]]: [[Parodied]]. There are bishie sparkles on the resident ''[[Everything's Better
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* [[Building Swing]]: The Republic City Police perform this to debark from their patrol zeppelin, via metalbending [[Retractable Weapon]] [[Variable
* [[Call a Rabbit
* [[Capital City]]: Republic City is this to the United Republic of Nations.
* [[City of Adventure]]: Republic City.
* [[Combat Tentacles]]: The Metalbender Cops weapons of choice are wrist-mounted retractable cables that can be manipulated through bending. They are used to tie up criminals and move around the city.
* [[Cuffs Off, Rub Wrists]]: Korra does this after Lin releases her from custody.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Korra absolutely spanks the Triple Threat Triad members.
* [[Destructive Savior]]: Korra ends up destroying more property than the gang members she caught. Pointed out by the Metalbending Police when they try to arrest her.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: The water-bending thug throwing water at Korra out of his coat looks very similar to gangsters from the movies pulling out a concealed firearm.
* [[Effortless Amazonian Lift]]: While hugging Tenzin, Jinora, Ikki, and Meelo, Korra manages to effortlessly lift them off the ground. Not individually -- ''all at once.''
* [[Electric Slide]]: The metal-bending police use this to easily chase criminals on the run.
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* [[Eye Am Watching You]]: Captain Bei Fong gives this to Korra, index and pinky pointed to her eyes, then Korra. Korra gives one heck of a stink face before throwing the gesture right back to the Captain.
* [[Fandom Nod]]:
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'''Katara:''' "Well, Jinora, it's an incredible tale-"<br />
'''Ikki:''' "[[Trolling Creator|Gran Gran, you look old. How old ARE you? Why is it so cold in the South Pole? Can we sit around a fire and play games and make snowmen? And then could you make the snowman move with waterbending and chase us? Wouldn't that be fuuuun?]]"<br />
[Jinora hangs her head in disappointment.] }}
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: The Equalism movement claims that the Benders are oppressing the non-benders of the city.
* [[Freeze
* [[Generic Ethnic Crime Gang]]: The Triple Threat Triad, a pan-elemental bender organization that collects protection money from shopkeepers.
* [[Good Parents]]: Korra's parents, along with Tenzin and his wife.
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* [[Hero Secret Service]]: The Order of the White Lotus acts as this to Korra. However, they [[The Guards Must Be Crazy|do not seem to be too good at the job]].
* [[Hobos]]: Korra encounters one in the first episode, living in a bush in one of Republic City's public parks. He alludes to there being quite a lot of homeless people in the city.
* [[Instant Expert]]: Korra, generally, as evidenced by her ability to bend three elements at a very young age.
* [[Island Base]]: While not exactly a "base," the [http://images.wikia.com/avatar/images/8/8d/Air_Temple_Island_overview.png Air Temple Island] where Tenzin and his family live is pretty sweet.
* [[Lame Comeback]]: Korra is not that good with the verbal wit.
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'''Korra:''' What? I'm not oppressing anyone! You're... you're oppressing ''[[No, You|yourselves]]''!<br />
'''Protestor:''' That didn't even make sense! }}
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: See [[Fandom Nod]] above.
* [[Malevolent Masked Men]]: All of the Equalists wear masks. Some are [[Gas Mask Mooks]], and the leader wears a [[White Mask of Doom]].
* [[The Mentor]]:
** Aang's son, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130921175611/http://www.nick.com/shows/legend-of-korra/characters/tenzin-airbender.html Tenzin], is Korra's Airbending master.
** Katara taught Korra waterbending.
* [[Muggle Power]]: The entire Equalist movement is based around establishing nonbenders in positions of power and eliminating the need for bending entirely.
* [[A Minor Kidroduction]]: The series opens with a brief look at four-year-old Korra as part of an [[Establishing Character Moment]], before jumping ahead thirteen years later to the present day.
* [[Musicalis Interruptus]]: See [[Fandom Nod]] above. As Katara begins her story, dramatic music starts in the background, only for it to abruptly stop when Ikki interrupts.
* [[Naive Newcomer]]: Our heroine doesn't quite fit into the big city.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: See [[Arrested for Heroism]].
* [[Not Helping Your Case]]: With a small side order of [[Unwitting Pawn]]. When Korra tries to argue against the Equalist protestor, he easily manipulates her confrontational attitude to make her look like the bad guy. Not that it took much manipulation on his part.
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* [[Steampunk]]: Seems to have been an influence on the work, particularly the aesthetic. However, the source of power for the technology does not appear to be steam or [[Clock Punk|clockwork]].
* [[Straw Man Has a Point]]: Invoked in-universe with a scene shift. The Equalist rabble-rouser has a whiny voice and generally behaves like a strawman whining about benders terrorizing non-benders, but then the succeeding scene shows non-bender shopkeepers being terrorized by criminal benders (something hinted to have been happening for a long time).
* [[Title Drop]]:
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* [[There Was a Door]]: Korra's [[Establishing Character Moment]] has her Earthbend the wall of her room to make an entrance. Her parents probably did not have that in mind when they wanted her to come meet the White Lotus members sent to verify her Avatar status.
* [[Welcome to
* [[Wretched Hive]]: Tenzin acknowledges that Republic City has gotten a lot worse since his father's death, to the point that he considers his responsibilities as a council man more important than teaching Korra. Eventually, he comes around.
* [[Zeppelins
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