History Characters / TheLegendOfKorraEnemies

* {{Tykebomb}}: His father tried to mold him [[spoiler: and his brother]] into this to take his revenge on Republic City and the Avatar. [[spoiler: Tarrlok [[WhatHaveIBecome becomes horrified when he realizes]] that he became what his father tried to make him.]]]]

* SmugSnake: His regular attitude gives off this vibe. [[spoiler:Subverted, by the end of the series]]
* {{The Social Expert}}: Besides his fighting, this is his most dangerous skill. He can generally read a person and knows how to play them so they follow his way. His only misjudgement was thinking Korra would be his by showering her with gifts. Then he wises up and just attacks her pride by having reporters berate her.

Amon's second-in-command.

[[folder:Hiroshi Sato]]

A member of the United Republic Council, representing the Northern Water Tribe. Ambitious and manipulative, he is Tenzin's primary political rival. [[spoiler:He is in fact the son of Yakone, a criminal from the past of Republic City, and has inherited his father's bloodbending abilities. In the season finale, he's revealed to be Amon's brother.]]

** The way in which he blames "every war" on bending, after several episodes in which its spiritual side has been stressed by Tenzin, is uncannily similar to the misnomer that religion is the cause of over 90% of the world's wars.

** Ironically, he also has several aspects of evangelism to him: besides his supposed [[MissionFromGod "mission from the spirits"]], he lays down his hand on his victims' foreheads in order to "cleanse" them. More darkly yet, most of said victims end up with severe depression and loss of identity. Add in the brittish meaning of the word bender, [[CureYourGays and there you go]].

** To start, it's the name of an Egyptian god and a [[ArsGoetia demon]].

* VillainousBreakdown: He starts freaking out as his plans unravel. He manages to regain his cool after his [[spoiler:HeelFaceTun]].

* DisproportionateRetribution: In response to the death of his wife, [[spoiler:he intends to eradicate the world of all Bending

* Revenge: His main reason for joining the Equalists.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: While there's no doubt he's one of the bad guys, his reasons for doing the things he does remain unknown, as is whether he would qualify as a straight up villain or an AntiVillain.

* HonorBeforeReason: Considering that he saw Amon [[spoiler: bloodbending]] Korra and Mako at the same time, he probably realized that a head-on charge would be suicide, but decided he'd rather go out swinging than continue to follow a lie.
** A much smarter approach would have to have pretended not to know anything, snuck up close to Amon, and then ambush him at close quarters with an electrified weapon, and only ''after'' Amon is down throw off his mask and give his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. But possibly he knows Amon well enough to know that such a sneak attack wouldn't work.

* [[spoiler: YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Amon tries this after he walks in at a ''very'' inconvenient time. Whether it takes or not is [[HesJustHiding a subject of much debate]], especially given his IronButtMonkey status.]]
** [[spoiler: WordOfGod has ended the debate by confirming via DVD commentary that he did indeed survive and was just knocked unconscious.]]

* BigGood: Subverted. He at first appears to be the leader of all the good guys in opposing Amon, but it soon becomes clear that he has his own agenda.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Seems like it at first, with his heavy-handed but arguably reasonable responses to the Equalist threat. It's actually a cover.

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: His lack of physical fitness is negated as he is an expert at using the mecha-tanks. With those, he alone can take out plenty of benders.

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: He appeared to be a power-hungry politician. Cue Episode 8 where he is far more ruthless, making laws to suppress non-benders, beating Korra in a fight with bloodbending without needing the full moon (even sending her flying to a wall), and shipping her out of Republic City.

* BadPowersBadPeople: [[spoiler:He's a particularly evil bloodbender, just like his father.]]

* [[spoiler:BigBadWannabe]]: [[spoiler:He tries to [[BigBadEnsemble stand on equal grounds with his brother]], but ultimately he cannot.]]
* BigGood: Subverted. He at first appears to be the leader of all the good guys in opposing Amon, but it's a stretch to call him a good person. [[spoiler:He was more than willing to raid Equalist facilities with extreme prejudice, but once he created a law that would impose a curfew and criminalize Equalist membership, it became clear that he was a bad guy all along, arresting a huge mass of innocent people]].

* [[spoiler:TheChessmaster]]: [[spoiler:He frames the Equalists for kidnapping Korra, planting appropriate evidence and ''electrocuting himself'' to make it stick. He also sends Tenzin and Lin on a SnipeHunt for Korra while he's at it. He qualifies. ''Big time''.]]

* [[spoiler:DiscOneFinalBoss]]

* [[spoiler:[[GeneralRipper Councilman Ripper]]: Evident when he shuts off the power in the Dragon Flats District, drawing many innocent non-benders out of their homes, only to brand them as an Equalist rally and arrest them all. The causes and reasons for his treacherous actions are magnified after we learn his past of subject to his own father's treachery. Tarrlok needed an excuse to exercise the might of Republic City, and made the Equalists his Enemy X.]]
* [[spoiler:[[MommyIssues Daddy Issues]]]]: [[spoiler:He was trained by Yakone to take over the Republic City.]]

* [[spoiler:DevilInPlainSight]]: [[spoiler:As everyone panics over Amon, they ignore the ambitious, amoral politician who's been using that threat to further his own agenda.]]

** [[spoiler:His actions of arresting non-benders under the pretense of them being Equalists, simply because they were protesting having their power cut off, are highly reminiscent of Joseph [=McCarthy=] and the Communist phobia that infected North America during the 1950's.]]
** [[spoiler:His rise to power mirrors that of Mussolini, persuading the democratic and monarchial power structures to give him more and more power, supposedly in order to counter the threat of the Equalists/Communists.]]
** [[spoiler:And of course, the whole shtick of taking over a nominally democratic republic through [[YouCanPanicNow fearmongering]], then then using that resulting power to grab people off the streets and imprison them... [[GodwinsLaw I wonder if he was a lousy painter in his youth?]]]]

* [[spoiler:EvilAllAlong]]: [[spoiler:His goal was to use the Equalist threat to become a legitimate sole ruler over Republic City.]]
* [[spoiler:EvilOverlord]]: [[spoiler:By all accounts, Tarrlok's in charge of Republic City, with the police in his pocket and the rest of the Council (sans Tenzin) basically being his [[YesMan Yes Men and Woman]], which was his goal all along. Then the Council learns he's a bloodbender. Then Amon debends him.]]
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: [[spoiler:Much like Hiroshi, his meticulously coiffed hairdo is disheveled after his revelation as a bona fide villain and a tangle with Korra, which he won only because of [[PeoplePuppets bloodbending]]. In the preview for episode 9, he is far less unkempt when speaking to the police, even though he's pretending to have been attacked by the Equalists, only further emphasizing this trope.]]
* [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn: Partially subverted in that he wasn't a face to begin with.]]

* [[spoiler:FriendlyEnemy]]: [[spoiler:While he and and Korra are nominally on the same side, he has an almost inhuman patience for her flouting the law and undermining his efforts. He also has an open offer of re-employment for Korra in his task force after the arena was closed. All this despite having pressured Korra into joining him for his own efforts near their first meeting. He's later shown to be more "enemy" and less "friendly" in episode 8.]]
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: He starts out with apparently decent intentions, fighting the Equalists but quickly degrades into someone very similar to Amon.
** [[spoiler: Subverted, however, as he was always a villain, and these actions are just him trying to exert more control over the city. He never had decent intentions and he uses the Equalists as an excuse for his own ends.]]

* [[spoiler:IAmNotMyFather]]: [[spoiler:While they were both bloodbenders, Yakone ruled the underbelly of the city as a crime lord, and that's why he failed. Tarrlok decided to take Republic City as a sleazy politician, instead.]]

* [[spoiler:InTheBlood]]: [[spoiler:The only thing separating Tarrlok from his dad is he chose to be a politician, not a crime lord.]]

** In episode 8, he brings up how Korra is only a "half-baked Avatar in training" because she has yet to master airbending. When Korra later [[spoiler:barges into his place trying to intimidate him into releasing her friends, she accuses him of oppressing people exactly like Amon says benders do, and he points out that she's used force to oppress and intimidate people before, so in that respect they're NotSoDifferent.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: At first, it seems that Tarrlok wants to close down the Pro-Bending arena to spare innocent lives. But when Lin Beifong enters the picture, he realizes someone else can take the responsibility (and the rap) of others, thus relinquishing him from any blame if anything happened. [[spoiler:Then, when Korra approaches him about abusing his power to arrest innocent civilians, he kidnaps her using bloodbending]].

* KnightTemplar: While personal paranoia is a major factor, Tarrlok definitely invokes this with his rhetoric, claiming that his actions are a righteous crusade against Amon. [[spoiler:It turns out he's trying to taking over Republic City, something that his father failed to achieve.]]
* [[spoiler:LamarckWasRight]]: [[spoiler:Inherited his father's extraordinary bloodbending talent.]]
* [[spoiler:LaserGuidedKarma:]]
** [[spoiler:If he hadn't imprisoned Korra in that little metal box, and/or he hadn't been so heavy-handed in his position of power that she called him out on it to begin with, maybe he wouldn't have lost his bending to Amon in such an anticlimactic fashion.]]
** [[spoiler:In the previous episode, he went after everyone who wasn't a bender, using a "if-you're-not-one-of-us-you're-against-us" philosophy. And now he's been reduced to a non-bender, himself.]]
* LetsGetDangerous: His demeanor makes him out to be just an AttentionWhore, but his waterbending isn't half bad. [[spoiler:Then there's his bloodbending...]]

* ManipulativeBastard: Very good at manipulating others into furthering his goals. Even knowing that he's up to something won't help you. [[spoiler:Goes into the realm of [[PeoplePuppets physical]] manipulation, since he's a bloodbender]].

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: He appeared to be a power-hungry politician. Cue Episode 8 where [[spoiler:he is far more ruthless, making laws to suppress non-benders, beating Korra in a fight with bloodbending without needing the full moon (even sending her flying to a wall), and shipping her out of Republic City.]]

* [[spoiler:OverlordJr]]: [[spoiler:He's the son of Yakone, the master crimelord of Republic City during Aang's time as the Avatar.]]
* [[spoiler:PeoplePuppets[=/=]ThePowerOfBlood]]: [[spoiler:It is revealed during his fight with Korra in "When Extremes Meet" that he is a bloodbender, one good enough that he can do so on a whim, rather than only during a full moon. His father, Yakone, could do the same.]]

* PersonalityPowers: [[spoiler:The power hungry politician can control people? What a shock!]]
* [[spoiler:PsychopathicManChild]]: [[spoiler: Has shades of Type C in episode 8. He has a lot of power in the city but comes off as a spoiled brat who will do anything to get what he wants and won't listen when others try to reason with him.]]

* SmugSnake: His regular attitude gives off this vibe. [[spoiler:Though the episode ultimately ended in a {{Cliffhanger}}, "When Extremes Meet" sees Korra finally wipe the smug off his face.]]
** [[spoiler:Subverted, by the end of the series]]

* [[spoiler:ThisCannotBe]]: [[spoiler:When his bloodbending fails to stop Amon.]]

* [[spoiler:{{Tykebomb}}]]: [[spoiler:His father tried to mold him and his brother into this to take his revenge on Republic City and the Avatar. Tarrlok [[WhatHaveIBecome becomes horrified when he realizes]] that he became what his father tried to make him.]]
* [[spoiler:TyrantTakesTheHelm]]: [[spoiler:He implements a city-wide curfew to all non-benders and a law that makes it illegal to even be associated with Equalists (i.e. Hiroshi Sato, which is what Tarrlok uses to rationalize arresting his daughter). He shuts down the power to their homes, which forces them to break that curfew by going outside to protest, and arrests all those that don't follow his new law, claiming that they're Equalists for not doing so]].

* UsedToBeASweetKid: [[spoiler:Courtesy of a [[SarcasmMode loving father]].]]
* [[spoiler:UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans]]
* VillainousBreakdown: Starting with episode 8, he's really starting to lose his calm demeanor.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[spoiler:Finally averted in episode 9, when he's exposed as the man who kidnapped Korra.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:Not nearly to the degree that Hiroshi Sato is, but there's still quite a bit of highly spoilerific backstory to him. At least you get the vibe right off the bat that he isn't entirely an ally.]]
* WeHaveBecomeComplacent: He considers this for the Benders against the Equalists. He feels Benders need to take back the power and when they to, they[[spoiler:end up becoming the very monsters the Equalist supporters are told Benders are.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Seems like it at first, with his heavy-handed but arguably reasonable responses to the Equalist threat. [[spoiler:Turns out he's not well-intentioned at all, being out to finish the job his father, Yakone, started.]]

* [[spoiler:TheWorfEffect]]: [[spoiler:As if we needed another reason to find Amon terrifying. Tarrlok's bloodbending, which is demonstrably strong enough to incapacitate at least eight people simultaneously, has only a limited effect on Amon, and Tarrlok is taken out in seconds.]]
* [[spoiler:YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Does this Korra and the rest of Team Avatar when Korra no longer follows his orders. Does this to Saikhan later on]].

->Voiced by LanceHenriksen

*** On the other hand, [[spoiler:he is truly a Foil to Mako on a much deeper level- Mako is fiercly protective of his younger brother and protected him throughout their bad childhood, whilst Amon abondoned Tarrlok and left him to deal with their abusive father alone. Both are also very talented Benders, and the more talented of their brothers, and Amon goes out of his way to compliment Mako on that front. Both are the TheStoic in their SiblingYinYang relationship to their more emotionally sensitive younger kin too. The fact that Amon lied about their similar-sounding backstory only drives the point home further that Mako is the anti-Amon.]]

* GoldAndWhiteAreDivine: An unusual case in that said colour pattern is confined to his mask.

* FreudianExcuse]]: An Agni Kai Gang firebender killed his wife 12 years ago.

* UnclePennybags: Agrees to sponsor the Fire Ferrets on the spot when told that they need the financial aid, the only condition being that they wear his logo. While it is arguably good press, especially if they win, he does it because he got his big start in the same way. It later turns out that he did so merely to deflect suspicion of any Equalist ties.]]

Descended from the first Fire Nation colonists, Hiroshi came from a poor background but rocketed himself to riches through investment in and development of the consumer automobile (or the "satomobile"). His wife was murdered by a Firebender when Asami was young. [[spoiler:Her murder prompted him to join the Equalists, as he believed they could make a better world for non-benders like himself and his daughter. He is responsible for their technological advantages, supplying them with taser gloves, weaponry, platinum MiniMecha tanks, and bipanes.]]

* [[spoiler:AcePilot: He can pilot anything he makes, extremely well at that.]]
* [[spoiler:ArchnemesisDad]]: [[spoiler:To Asami.]]
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Not so much in straight out hand-to-hand combat, but [[spoiler:whenever he brings out a new weapon for the Equalists after being outed as their supporter, he's on the frontline, demonstrating their power personally.]]
* BerserkButton: [[spoiler:Do not say his actions would be condemned by his late wife. He ''will'' go off on you for that, even if you're his daughter.]]
* [[spoiler:BitchInSheepsClothing]]: [[spoiler:His true thoughts about Mako's and Asami's relationship are downright hateful.]]
* [[spoiler:BoomerangBigot]]: [[spoiler:He is disgusted that Asami is dating a 'street rat', showing a surprising level of classism for someone who used to ''be'' as dirt poor as Mako, if not more so. Part of it is also the fact that Mako's a firebender, though.]]

* [[spoiler:CoDragons: With The Lieutenant]]
* CoolOldGuy: [[spoiler:As a front.]]
* [[spoiler:CoolPlane]]: Designed one.
* [[spoiler:CycleOfRevenge: His thirst for revenge at the death of his wife utterly consumed him to the point he finally tries to kill his ''own daughter'' and can't see the monster he's become.]]
* [[spoiler:TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget]]: [[spoiler:While his intentions are arguably pure to begin with, his bitterness over his wife's death and his long-term association with the Equalists have left him incapable of seeing that his wife would never approve of what he's done in her name.]]
* [[spoiler:DisproportionateRetribution]]: In response to the death of his wife, [[spoiler:he intends to eradicate the world of all Bending]]
* [[spoiler:EvilCannotComprehendGood]]: [[spoiler:A reason he was obsessed with eradicating benders as well as wanting to kill his own daughter was because he cannot comprehend the idea of someone not wanting revenge after what fire benders did to his wife, whom he insisted he still loved.]]
* [[spoiler:EvenEvilHasLovedOnes]]: [[spoiler:For all his faults, his love for Asami is genuine. At least until he gives up on her in the Season 1 finale]].
* [[spoiler:EvilOldFolks]]: His choice in life led him here.
* [[spoiler:EvilAllAlong]]: [[spoiler:He sponsored the Fire Ferrets specifically with the intention of diverting suspicion away from him.]]
* [[spoiler:EvilGenius]]: [[spoiler:He is responsible for the Equalists's technological advantage.]]
* [[spoiler:EvilGloating: Does this to General Iroh when he imprisons him]]
* [[spoiler:EvilParentsWantGoodKids]]: [[spoiler:The reason he kept his involvement with the Equalists secret from Asami. This backfires on him when he tries his WeCanRuleTogether speech.]]
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: He keeps up his appearance in public. [[spoiler:After he's revealed as an Equalist supporter, he gets knocked around inside one of his MiniMecha, messing up his hair and knocking off his glasses. The result is far more fitting for his new demeanor.]]
* [[spoiler:FantasticRacism]]: [[spoiler:He hates benders. A Firebender took his wife, [[RunningGag and the loved ones of other characters]].]]
* [[spoiler: FauxAffablyEvil]]: He is a [[spoiler:kind, loving father with high standards for work but an empathy for the lower class. It is these characteristics which first hide his true side and then make him an excellent spokesman for the Equalists.]]
* [[spoiler:FreudianExcuse]]: [[spoiler:An Agni Kai Gang firebender killed his wife 12 years ago.]]
* [[spoiler:FromNobodyToNightmare]]: [[spoiler:He used to be a dirt poor shoe shiner before someone gave him the funds necessary to build the first Satomobiles and found a vast industrial empire. Due to his wife's death, he went on to use his vast mechanical intelligence and newly acquired resources to build death machines for Amon and the Equalists, which probably killed dozens if not hundreds of innocent people as a result.]]
* GadgeteerGenius: Hiroshi is a brilliant man who was able to figure out how to mass produce automobiles to the point his name was in the idiom. He later [[spoiler:designed the Equalist technology, from the small shock-gloves, to mecha-tanks made of a rare metal, and finally biplanes.]]
* [[spoiler:HeWhoFightsMonsters]]: [[spoiler:He cannot see he has become just as evil and dangerous as the firebending gang which took his wife. He is so far gone, he nearly [[OffingTheOffspring kills Asami]] in his rage.]]
* [[spoiler:HoistByHisOwnPetard]]: [[spoiler:Was finally defeated and captured by his daughter using the anti-bending technology he designed and used to help the Equalists take over Republic City.]]
** [[spoiler: When he originally had the main characters pinned, and offered his daughter to join him, she shocked him with the gauntlet he gave her.]]

** [[spoiler:CorruptCorporateExecutive]]: [[spoiler:He supplies the Equalists with weapons on the side, then framed Cabbage Corp for manufacturing them after the Equalists first revealed their electrical weapons.]]
* [[spoiler: {{Hypocrite}}]]: [[spoiler:His hatred of Benders stemmed from a Firebender killing his wife, yet will attempt to kill any non-bender, including his own daughter, for not sharing his beliefs or calling him out on dishonoring his wife.]]
* [[spoiler:JerkWithAHeartofJerk]]: [[spoiler:His sponsorship for the Fire Ferrets was only a cover for his true motives as well as his hatred.]]
* [[spoiler:KnightOfCerebus]]: [[spoiler:Especially when he reveals his true colors, and later when he wants to kill his own daughter, it is NOT played for laughs. When Asami thinks of him, she's more than ready to put him down once and for all.]]
* [[spoiler:KnightTemplar]]: This is how he sees himself as he [[spoiler:helps Amon bring in a new world order.]]

* [[spoiler:LoveMakesYouEvil]]: Everything he did was for his daughter Asami and in the name of his wife, or rather, it started that way...
* [[spoiler:MadScientist]]: When he wasn't an HonestCorporateExecutive.
* [[spoiler:TheManBehindTheMan]]: [[spoiler: Not in the sense that he's the true mastermind behind the Equalists, but Hiroshi's financial and scientific support was key in turning the Equalists from a political movement with a charismatic leader into a regional military power capable of seizing Republic City and defeating the United Forces navy. Without him, the Equalists would be far less of a threat]].
* [[spoiler:MidSeasonTwist: When his Equalist associations come out into the open.]]
* [[spoiler:MiniMecha]]: [[spoiler:He designed them, and pilots one.]]
* {{Muggle}}: He is a non-bender but still politically and financially influential in Republic City, [[spoiler:before he was outed as an Equlist.]]
* [[spoiler:NeverMyFault]]: [[spoiler: Asami, and to a lesser extent Mako and Bolin both call him out and implicitly point that he's responsible for much of the Equalists' atrocities, given that he made their weaponry that allowed them to succeed. For the most part however, all he does is simply blame his wife's death for them as well as blaming Asami for consorting with benders.]]
** [[spoiler:In the Book 1 Finale, he does acknowledge that he hurt his daughter, but more so because he is aware that it bites him in the ass as opposed to feeling any remorse for his actions against benders.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He is a fantasy equivalent to Henry Ford, with some parallels to Japanese shipping magnate [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwasaki_Yataro Iwasaki Yataro]], who would later found Mitsubishi. [[spoiler:Further parallels come up in his association with the Equalists. Ford was a notorious anti-Semite and Nazi sympathizer, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was one of the largest suppliers of military vehicles to ImperialJapan in WorldWarII.]]
* [[spoiler:NotSoHarmlessVillain]]: [[spoiler:His lack of physical fitness is negated as he is an expert at using the mecha-tanks. With those, he alone can take out plenty of benders.]]
* [[spoiler: OffingTheOffspring]]: [[spoiler:In the season one finale he gives up on winning Asami over to his side and goes after her.]]

* [[spoiler:Revenge: His main reason for joining the Equalists.]]
* [[spoiler:RevengeBeforeReason: He hates benders enough to actually try to kill his own daughter for siding with them.]]
* [[spoiler:RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Double Subverted]]

* [[spoiler:ShockAndAwe]]: [[spoiler:Designed and uses the Equalist chi-blocking lightning gloves.]]
** [[spoiler: HoistByHisOwnPetard: He lends one to Asami in hopes of her joining the Equalists, only to be tased by his own daughter, and again when she captures him with one of the electric nets fired from one of the Mecha-drivers.]]
* [[spoiler:StartOfDarkness]]: [[spoiler:His wife's murder.]]
* [[spoiler:ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Basically, the way he was going to kill his daughter. Before Asami got into a mecha tank, he was going to go all out on her in one, showing no mercy or no regret.]]
* UnclePennybags: Agrees to sponsor the Fire Ferrets on the spot when told that they need the financial aid, the only condition being that they wear his logo. While it is arguably good press, especially if they win, he does it because he got his big start in the same way. [[spoiler:It later turns out that he did so merely to deflect suspicion of any Equalist ties.]]
* [[spoiler:UniversalDriversLicense]]: [[spoiler:Justified since he designed and likely field tested the Equalist vehicles.]]
* [[spoiler:VillainousBreakdown]]: [[spoiler:He completely ''loses it'' when Asami tells him his wife would have condemned his actions in her name.]]
* [[spoiler: VillainExitStageLeft: Defied by Asami. When all his plans have failed, and he's been beaten in a Mecha-Tank battle, he fires off his last grappling hook to distract her, and then he physically runs away. Asami hits him with a bolo.]]
* [[spoiler:VillainWithGoodPublicity]]: [[spoiler:At first, though he's since been exposed.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: If you couldn't tell from the huge swaths of spoiler-hiders...
* [[spoiler:WeCanRuleTogether]]: [[spoiler:To Asami. It goes badly for him.]]
* [[spoiler:WellIntentionedExtremist]]: [[spoiler:Perhaps moreso than Amon, he believes that the world would be a better place without benders.]]
* [[spoiler:WickedCultured]]
* [[spoiler:WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds]]: [[spoiler:Well, considering the loss of his beloved wife was the main reason why he's a hate-filled wreck right now, he pretty much applies. However, given his attitude and downright spiteful actions towards people who did nothing to him, this can fall flat.]]
* [[spoiler:WoundedGazelleGambit]]: He tries [[spoiler:pulling this in the finale, on Asami.]]
* [[spoiler:[[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Wife]]: His original motive for joining the Equalists and overthrowing the government before his hatred for benders consumed him.]]

* [[spoiler: He also visibly has this reaction after bloodbending an entire group of people in Episode 9. Two episodes later, we see exactly why.]]

** [[spoiler:It's revealed in the finale he's actually Yakone's son and a bloodbender, and, according to Tarrlok, came to the conclusion that bending was the root of all evil due to his father's [[AbusiveParents abusiveness]]. The fact that bloodbending is known to get people DrunkOnTheDarkSide probably didn't hurt. He ultimately seems to come in as a [[SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains Type III]] AntiVillain with shades of type II, or a [[AvertedTrope Straight up villain]] with some elements of a Type II AntiVillain if one believes that Tarrlok was wrong in his assessment of Amon's motivation.]]

[[folder:[[spoiler:Hiroshi Sato]]]]
[[spoiler:See Characters/TheLegendOfKorraOtherMajorCharacters.]]
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