History Radar / TheLegendOfKorra

* And in the end, the reveal of the OfficialCouple had to be rendered as this--evidently, the world still isn't ready for same-sex couples in a kid's show. There's no TheBigDamnKiss or other open acknowledgment, but the moment hits all the same beats as the final moments between Aang and Katara in the original show. To their credit, Nickelodeon expressed wholehearted support of the relationship, but their hands were tied by the network's S&P.

* Near the end of the episode, Korra is standing at the very edge of a cliff, having lost all bending besides air. She is weeping and has shut everyone else out. It looks very much like she is contemplating suicide.

* As one can see from the page picture, it's shocking how they got away with, showing a genuine human corpse in a more realistic stage of decay ([[FridgeBrilliance likely naturally mummified by the dry desert air]]) instead of using the typical bare-boned skeleton. Good thing the shot itself was quick...

[[quoteright:350:[[Recap/TheLegendOfKorraS2E10ANewSpiritualAge https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zei_skeleton.png]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Here's your [[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheLibrary call-back]] with a side order of [[NightmareFuel/TheLegendOfKorra Nightmare Fuel]].]]

''Radar/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' got plenty of crap past the radar itself - let us see how its successor holds up. As with all ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' pages, '''SPOILERS AHOY!'''

%%NOTE: This page has had many examples that have misunderstood the Getting Crap Past the Radar trope. Please read the trope's definition carefully to make sure your example actually fits.

* Korra informs Asami that she "had her pegged wrong". [[RelationshipUpgrade given how they ended]], one has to wonder at the writers.

* Near the end of the episode, Korra is standing at the very edge of a cliff, having lost all bending besides air. She is weeping and has shut everyone else out. It looks very much like she is contemplating suicide

** In real life, when "moving pictures" were first getting popular, they were often used as ways for people to view "mature" material. TheRuleOfFirstAdopters, and all that.

** Doubles as a Shout out to Toph's "delicate instrument" line in the original series.

* As one can see from the page picture, it's shocking on how they got away with showing a genuine human corpse in a more realistic stage of decay ([[FridgeBrilliance likely naturally mummified by the dry desert air]]) instead of using the typical bare-boned skeleton. Good thing the shot itself was quick...

* Lin and Suyin are half-sisters, which is unusual for a cartoon but not unheard of. Less common is the fact that neither met their fathers, which raises some [[ReallyGetsAround interesting implications]] about Toph's love life.
** It's also never stated, but the fact that neither knew their fathers and no reference is ever made to Toph having been married pretty clearly implies that Lin and Suyin are both [[HeroicBastard Heroic Bastards]].

* WordOfGod has confirmed that Ming-Hua is dead. What ''hasn't'' been confirmed is whether she died in the cave-in or when Mako electrocuted her. If the normal rules of electricity apply here (HarmlessElectrocution has happened before in the Avatarverse, but it's been averted more often than not), it's almost certainly the latter.

** The facts that Korra is still showing symptoms in Book 4 (which do line up with mercury poisoning) and that Jinora specifically calls the poison "metallic" pretty much all but states that the poison is mercury, stopping ''just'' shy of the show actually saying it.

** [[EatingTheEyeCandy And don't forget Bolin's face when Ginger was posing.]]

''Radar/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' got plenty of crap past the radar itself - let us see how its successor holds up. As with all ''''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'''' pages, '''SPOILERS AHOY!'''

''Radar/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' got plenty of crap past the radar itself - let us see how its successor holds up. As with all ''Korra'' pages, '''SPOILERS AHOY!'''

** [[DistractedByTheSexy And don't forget Bolin's face when Ginger was posing.]]

[[AC:"The Aftermath"]]
* Korra informs Asami that she "had her pegged wrong". [[RelationshipUpgrade given how they ended]], one has to wonder at the writers.

* And in the end, the reveal of the OfficialCouple had to be rendered as this--evidently, the world still isn't ready for same-sex couples in a kid's show. There's no BigDamnKiss or other open acknowledgment, but the moment hits all the same beats as the final moments between Aang and Katara in the original show. To their credit, Nickelodeon expressed wholehearted support of the relationship, but their hands were tied by the network's S&P.

''Radar/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' got plenty of crap past the radar itself - let us see how its successor holds up.
As with all ''Korra'' pages, '''SPOILERS AHOY!'''

%%NOTE: This page has had many examples that have misunderstood the Getting Crap Past The Radar trope. Please read the trope's definition carefully to make sure your example actually fits.

* As one can see from the page picture, it's shocking on how they got away with showing a genuine human corpse in a more realistic stage of decay ([[FridgeLogic likely naturally mummified by the dry desert air]]) instead of using the typical bare-boned skeleton. Good thing the shot itself was quick...

[[quoteright:294:[[Recap/TheLegendOfKorraS2E10ANewSpiritualAge https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/professorkorra_1426.png]]]]
[[caption-width-right:294:Here's your [[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheLibrary Callback]] with a side order of [[NightmareFuel/TheLegendOfKorra Nightmare fuel]].]]

[[AC:"Endgame"]]
* When Korra is (noted in universe) at the absolute depths of despair, she goes to the top of a cliff. [[InterruptedSuicide Why there specifically?]]

* Varrick's speech sounds suspiciously like he's about to [[DrivenToSuicide blow himself up]] because his girlfriend left him. Only [[LargeHam the way he delivers it]] makes it [[CrowningMomentOfFunny funny]] instead of [[NightmareFuel creepy]].

* After seeing President Raiko in Varrick's mover, Mrs. Raiko leans toward her husband and says, in a seductive whisper, "the seal lion seemed a bit far fetched, but the portrayal of this president is right on the money." Raiko responds with a sly smile toward his wife.

** He actually [[CrossesTheLineTwice used the phrase "Varrick'd himself" as a euphemism for "killed himself."]] And it's not entirely clear that he didn't actually intend to blow himself up.
* Varrick says Zhu Li's name will be synonymous with betrayal. But the way he says the first syllable in "betrayal" is so loud it seems like he's about to say the B-word.

[[AC:"Kuvira's Gambit"]]
* Kuvira is all but explicitly stated to have killed the soldiers in a UF outpost when she fired the spirit vine cannon on it.
** It ''is'' explicitly stated that she killed them in the commentary track for the episode. There's also a bit of back-and-forth between the co-creators about how many casualties each thought occurred when she blasted the UF ships in Yue Bay.

%%Do not put the HeroicSacrifice from 'Day of the Colossus', because like Tarlok and Noatak's death, it's directly shown on screen and not slipped by the radar at all.

* Eska states that ordering a suite with [[ThereIsOnlyOneBed only one bed for her and her brother was]] ''not'' [[IncestSubtext a mistake]]... ({{Beat}}) [[BaitAndSwitch Desna sleeps in the tub]]. [[AsideGlance Eska then briefly turns her head towards the audience]], as if to say "Psst, no he doesn't."

As with all 'Korra'' pages, '''SPOILERS AHOY!'''

** [[MemeticMutation So Toph didn't stay with Azula?]]

[[AC:End game"]]

* Eska states that ordering a suite with [[ThereIsOnlyOneBed only one bed for her and her brother was]] ''not'' [[IncestSubtext a mistake]]... ({{Beat}}) [[BaitAndSwitch Desna sleeps in the tub]]. [[AsideGlance Eska then briefly turns her head towards the audience]], as if to say "Psst, no he doesn't.

* Eska states that ordering a suite with [[ThereIsOnlyOneBed only one bed for her and her brother was]] ''not'' [[IncestSubtext a mistake]]... ({{Beat}}) [[BaitAndSwitch Desna sleeps in the tub]]. [[AsideGlance Eska then briefly turns her head towards the audience]].