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* [[Spit Take]]: In "A Leaf in the Wind", a White Lotus guard does this right into the face of another when the pro-bending announcer on the radio reveals that Korra is playing in a match.
* [[Spit Take]]: In "A Leaf in the Wind", a White Lotus guard does this right into the face of another when the pro-bending announcer on the radio reveals that Korra is playing in a match.
* [[Static Stun Gun]]: The Equalists, with their [[Schizo-Tech|electrical technology]], incapacitate their enemies with primitive tasers.
* [[Static Stun Gun]]: The Equalists, with their [[Schizo-Tech|electrical technology]], incapacitate their enemies with primitive tasers.
* [[Stealth Mook]]: The Equalists in book one. They can infiltrate any area, from a Pro Bending stadium to Air Temple Island, and it's often too late for the benders there to put up a defense. Season one shows them taking over Republic City and establishing a fascist dictatorship. Only Korra proving that {{spoiler|Amon is a fraud by airbending him into the ocean}} split up their group. A spinoff video game revealed that the remaining members needed another charismatic leader to become a threat again; without any guidance, they are nothing.
* [[Steampunk]]: Though the series itself is not steampunk, utilizing electricity and the internal-combustion engine for its technology, the genre was an influence, particularly the aesthetic. [[Word of God|The creators explained that they took inspiration from]] [[Jules Verne]] and call the show [http://www.avclub.com/articles/legend-of-korras-michael-dante-dimartino-and-joaqu,72359/ "steampunk-lite"].
* [[Steampunk]]: Though the series itself is not steampunk, utilizing electricity and the internal-combustion engine for its technology, the genre was an influence, particularly the aesthetic. [[Word of God|The creators explained that they took inspiration from]] [[Jules Verne]] and call the show [http://www.avclub.com/articles/legend-of-korras-michael-dante-dimartino-and-joaqu,72359/ "steampunk-lite"].
* [[Stereotype Reaction Gag]]: In "A Leaf in the Wind" Korra [[Downplayed Trope|Downplays]] and [[Invoked Trope|Invokes]] this when she asks Bolin to teach her some Pro-bending moves. He agrees but isn't sure how his earthbending will translate to her waterbending. She responds that she can earthbend, and Bolin freezes up before [[Digging Himself Deeper]], stumbling through an apology about making assumptions based on her Water Tribe clothes. After letting him squirm a little, she allows that he was right, she ''is'' a waterbender, and a firebender, too. Bolin's brother, who saw her as just a common fangirl up to that point, does the math:
* [[Stereotype Reaction Gag]]: In "A Leaf in the Wind" Korra [[Downplayed Trope|Downplays]] and [[Invoked Trope|Invokes]] this when she asks Bolin to teach her some Pro-bending moves. He agrees but isn't sure how his earthbending will translate to her waterbending. She responds that she can earthbend, and Bolin freezes up before [[Digging Himself Deeper]], stumbling through an apology about making assumptions based on her Water Tribe clothes. After letting him squirm a little, she allows that he was right, she ''is'' a waterbender, and a firebender, too. Bolin's brother, who saw her as just a common fangirl up to that point, does the math:
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