History Recap / AvatarTheLastAirbenderSozinsCometPart4AvatarAang

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Azula is sent to a mental hospital after her breakdown, but this is never shown in the actual episode.

* {}Foil}}: Azula and Zuko's battle. Zuko manages to finally defeat his sister through the help of a trusted ally (Katara), while Azula pretty much forsakes every ally that she had left by banishing them out of paranoia, which leaves her with nobody left to come to her side. Really shows how far Zuko has come.

* SwordOverHead: Happens twice symbolically for Aang. First he has the option to direct the energy ray back at Ozai but opts against it and shortly after he lets all his powers descend on Ozai just to stop before hitting him.

* NoSell: Avatar State!Aang proceeds to do this to '''everything''' Ozai does, from offense to fleeing.

* TakeAThirdOption: Aang won't kill Ozai or allow himself to be killed, so instead he uses Energybending to take his firebending away.

* DavidVersusGoliath: Katara facing Azula. Thanks to Sozin's Comet Azula is '''far''' too strong for Katara to take on in a direct fight, using up all of her bending water just to block one fire blast. Instead, thanks to her quick thinking and Azula's insanity, Katara is able to outwit outwit Azula and freeze her in ice before chaining her up.

* CurbStompBattle: Ozai ends up on the receiving end of it when Aang enters the Avatar State. Arguable if it should be considered a battle at all given he was fleeing and distancing himself most of the time.

* CallBack: Aang now has answer for Zuko as to his question in "The Southern Raiders." He takes away his dad's bending.

* WhatMeasureIsAMook: It is highly unlikely that every single Fire Nation soldier on the zeppelins was spared, but this is ultimately moot by the point all characters but Aang enforced: some people ''would'' have to die to stop a genocide like that, so it's not a question of more relevance equaling more mercy.

* BlueOrangeContrast: The contrast of Ozai's orange-glowing firebending power and Aang's blue-glowing airbending power during the power bending act.

--> '''Avatar Spirit (through Aang)''': ''[[AC: Fire Lord Ozai! You and your forefathers have devastated the balance of this world! And now, you shall pay the ultimate price!]]''

** Ozai, a fearful and intimidating warlord is reduced to a shell of a man without his bending

* HumiliationConga: This happens to Ozai. He ends up running away from an enraged Avatar, gets his firebending taken away, denied a warrior's death, mocked by children up close, and eventually thrown in prison to be graced by his disowned son and the new Fire Lord, who's only here for information about his mother's whereabouts.

* KillingIntent: Played straight. Azula takes a potshot at Katara with lightning but knowing full well that Zuko would jump in front of the shot with little reaction time and thus get badly hurt (if not killed) by the shot. It looks like it's an attempt to kill Katara, but it was a ploy to get at Zuko whose defenses she couldn't crack in the fight.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Ozai isn't killed by Aang but he ends up losing his firebending as a result of a new technique he learned from a Lion Turtle. Not only did it refutes Ozai's views of Aang being weak but it also makes him the target of mockery from children, children who were once terrified of him because of his powerful firebending and cruelty. After the battle, he is thrown in the same prison that he once held Iroh in.

* TakeMyHand: Sokka holding Toph by the hand when the latter is about to fall from the Zeppelin.

* TooDumbToLive: After Aang opts to not kill Ozai, the Fire Lord attempts to attack Aang when his back is turned. He still doesn’t realize how dumb it is to challenge the Avatar when he has the power to obliterate him in an instant.

* PillarOfLight: Appears when Aang takes away Ozai's bending. Aang's and Ozai's spirits create columns of brilliant blue and red light which [[BeamStruggle overwhelm one another]].

EarnYourHappyEnding: And ''how''. After 61 episodes of difficulty for all the good guys, the war ends.

** Zuko's Orange vs. Azula's Blue Fire during there Agni Kai. The good vs. bad symbolic from the Aaang vs. Ozai fight is inverted.

* DesignatedGirlFight: Subverted. At first, it was supposed to be a traditional Agni Kai during Zuko and Azula. Azula had lost to Zuko in a straight fight, but she decides to take a potshot at Katara, causing her disqualification in the Agni Kai. However, by that point in the match, Azula had lost too much focus on the Agni Kai proper and decided to put down both Zuko and Katara; and thus Katara was dragged into the fight.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: And ''how''. After 61 episodes of difficulty for all the good guys, the war ends.

* HumiliationConga: This happens to Ozai. He ends up running away from an enraged Avatar, gets his firebending taken away, denied a warrior's death, mocked by children up close, and eventually thrown in prison to be graced by his disowned son and the new Fire Lord, who's only here for information about his mother's whereabout.

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Aang develops ''Spiritbend'' out of nowhere, taking away Phoenix King Ozai's Firebending abilities without killing him.

* PillarOfLight: Appears when Aang takes away Ozai's bending.

* StealthInsult: When Aang in the Avatar State delivers the judgement on Ozai for his and his forefathers' crimes upon the world, he addresses him as "Fire Lord" instead of "[[GodEmperor Phoenix King]]." While likely unintentional, given that he has no way of knowing Ozai's new self-proclaimed title, Aang has essentially deny Ozai of being seen as anything but a regular Fire Lord gone rogue.
* SuperMode: Aang enters the "Avatar State" when a protruding rock hurts his wound in the back. After that it's a CurbStompBattle against Ozai.

* OminousLatinChanting: During the flashback with the Lion Turtle.

* HorrifyingTheHorror: Ozai, [[TheDreaded the most feared and powerful firebender enhanced by the power of Sozin's Comet]], finds himself fleeing in pure terror after accidentally activating Aang's Avatar State. Even worse for Ozai is that his comet-enhanced firebending are mere firecrackers compared to the Avatar's. And when the Avatar is about pass the death sentence, [[LaserGuidedKarma Ozai is reduced to a frightened child not unlike Zuko during their fateful Agni Kai]] 3 years ago.

* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Both antagonists:

* HorrifyingTheHorror: Ozai, [[TheDreaded the most feared and powerful firebender enhanced by the power of Sozin's Comet]], finds himself fleeing in pure terror after accidentally activating Aang's Avatar State. Even worse for Ozai is that his comet-enhanced firebending are mere firecrackers compared to the Avatar's. And when the Avatar is about pass the death sentence, [[LaserGuidedKarma Ozai is reduced to a frightened child not unlike Zuko during their fateful Agni Kai]].

* HorryifyingTheHorror: Ozai, the most feared and powerful firebender enhanced by the power of Sozin's Comet, finds himself fleeing in pure terror after accidentally activating Aang's Avatar State. Even worse is for Ozai is comet-enhanced firebending are mere firecrackers compared to the Avatar's. And when the Avatar is about pass the death sentence, [[LaserGuidedKarma Ozai is reduced to a frightened child not unlike Zuko during their fateful Agni Kai]].

* VillainousBreakdown: Azula completes her breakdown after being defeated by Katara, putting on one last angry impotent thrashing before degrading into a wailing, incoherent, [[SympathyForTheDevil pitiful]] mess.

* WhatMeasureIsAMook: Aang succeeds in his quest to not being forced to kill Ozai, and Azula is incapacitated and detained. Hooray! Let's not think too much about the crew of the airship he blew up, or the 500 or so soldiers Sokka potentially maimed and/or killed with his airship-slice... But on the other hand, we could see survivors on at least one of the airships, so it's up in the air whether or not they were all killed. And considering they were on their way to commit genocide... Of course, Aang is the only character that doesn't want to kill anyone. Katara didn't kill Azula because she wasn't able to.
** Katara had more than enough means to kill Azula. She didn't kill Azula because as much bad blood as those two have, she's still Zuko's sister and she won't kill her friend's family.