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The second episode of the series ''[[The Legend of Korra (Animation)|The Legend of Korra]]''.
 
Now officially situated on Air Temple Island, Korra is engrossed reading about the Pro-Bending matches going on in Republic City. Excited about it, she tries to convince [[The Mentor|Tenzin]] that it would be fun to go see one, only for Tenzin to tell her that the sport is a mockery of the noble tradition of bending in all its forms; to which Korra attempts to persuade him to let her go see one because she has dreamed of seeing a Pro-Bending match for years. Tenzin refuses, and insists that she must only remain on the Island.
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* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: Korra tries with no success:
{{quote| ''''Korra''': "[[Blow You Away|Airbend]]!" *performs form at newspaper* "What is ''wrong'' with me? ''Airbend!''"}}
* [[Canon Immigrant]]: The airbending-training device with the spinning panels doesn't appear in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', but it did appear in the (poorly received) film ''[[The Last Airbender]]'', which has an [[Alternate Continuity]].
* [[The Charmer]]: It seems that Bolin brings fangirls to basically every match.
* [[Chekhov's News]]: Korra hears of up-and-coming pro-bending team the Fire Ferrets and star player Mako via a live radio broadcast.
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* [[Color-Coded Elements]]: Pro-bending teams identify which element each team member bends with by their color-coded belts and helmets.
* [[Continuity Nod]]:
** When Korra tells Toza she got lost looking for the bathroom, he scoffs at the old [[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)/The Boy in The Iceberg/Recap|"I have to pee"]] excuse.
** Korra's not the first Avatar to have trouble sitting still during meditation. In the ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' web game in between seasons 2 and 3, we see that Avatar Roku had similar problems.
* [[Damn You, Muscle Memory!]]: Korra accidentally earthbends when she becomes frustrated during her first pro-bending match despite assuring Bolin just prior that she would only waterbend to stay within the rules.
* [[Dartboard of Hate]]: When Korra is trying to airbend, we zoom out to see her target is actually a picture of Chief Bei Fong in a newspaper, which she then incinerates after repeated failure.
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** He's an airbending master, and the arena is just a few kilometers away. He could probably fly there himself with fair ease.
* [[Oh Crap]]: Tenzin's face shows this trope perfectly when he overhears the White Lotus listening to the radio and learns that Korra is playing in the pro-bending playoff.
* [[Retcon]]: The episode "[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)/Bitter Work/Recap|Bitter Work]]" of the original show very, very heavily implies that Avatars have the most difficulty with learning to bend the element which is the [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors|opposite]] of their home nation. Aang, as a native Airbender, had the most trouble with earth. This is later confirmed in [[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)/The Avatar and The Fire Lord/Recap|a later episode]] when Avatar Roku, a fire nation native, states that water was the most difficult of the elements for him. During this episode, Tenzin instead explicitly states that it's whatever element is most opposite the Avatar's personality.
* [[Ship Tease]]: Bolin is obviously smitten with Korra and tries to impress her when he meets her, and there's the [[Held Gaze]] that Korra and Mako share after the match and they are (finally) on somewhat friendlier terms with each other than they were previously.
* [[Shy Finger-Twiddling]]: Bolin does this in reaction to Korra's poor performance at the same time his brother [[Face Palm|Facepalms]].
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* [[Verbal Backpedaling]]: When Korra tells Bolin that she's actually an Earthbender, he does this, saying that he didn't want to assume she was a water-bender based purely on her clothes.
{{quote| '''Bolin:''' I'm sorry, no, no! I didn't mean to assume! It's that, I was just figuring... with your Water Tribe getup... that you are... a Water Tribe... gal. }}
* [[Victory Byby Endurance]]: The Fire Ferrets win two matches by simply dodging or blocking their opponents' attacks until they've tired themselves out, at which point the Ferrets win with ease. Mako impressively manages this when it's three-on-one.
* [[Why We Can't Have Nice Things]]: Korra destroys the 2000 year old airbending training device out of frustration.
{{quote| '''Tenzin:''' That was a 2000 year old historical treasure! What is ''wrong'' with you?!
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