History Recap / AvatarTheLastAirbenderSozinsCometPart4AvatarAang

-->''Sokka:'' Oh, you think you can do a better job, Momo?

* 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 is a mere firecracker compared to the Avatar's. And when the Avatar is about pass the death sentence, [[LaserGuidedKarma Ozai is reduced to a frightened, helpless child not unlike Zuko during their fateful Agni Kai]] 3 years ago.

-->''Sokka:''' Oh, you think you can do a better job, Momo?

* BackForTheFinale: Mai, Ty Lee, Hakoda, the Duke, Pipsqueak, Teo and the Mechanist, Haru and his father, the Kyoshi Warriors, the Boulder and the Hippo.

* NoNonsenseNemesis: During the battle up to that point, Aang was doing his best to try and defeat Ozai without resorting to killing him. However, once the Fire Lord accidentally unblocks the former's 7th chakra, Aang enters the Avatar State and drops all pretenses of holding back.

* 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 denied Ozai of being seen as anything but a regular Fire Lord gone rogue.

* VoiceOfTheLegion: When Aang enters the Avatar State, he speaks with the voices of all the Avatars. All 1000+ of them. The effect is rather terrifying.

* 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. It should be noted however, that many of the crew of the zeppelins were shown escaping death and climbing to the top in a possible attempt to avert this.

* BagOfSpilling: Sokka loses both his Space Sword ''and'' his iconic boomerang during the final battle.
--> '''Sokka:''' Goodbye, Space Sword! [...] I don't think Boomerang is coming back, Toph!

* HappyEnding: They went through hell to get it, but in the end, the Gaang won out.

* 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 is a mere firecracker 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.

* SoftWater: [[AvertedTrope Notably averted.]] When Aang is falling towards a lake he bends the water upwards to catch him then lets it collapse once hit lands, slowing him down gently rather than all at once.

* GaiasVengeance: That was not Aang's [[UnstoppableRage terrible wrath]] that Ozai was subject to, but that of the the Avatar spirit itself.
-->'''Avatar Spirit:''' ''[through Aang]'' '''Fire Lord Ozai! You and your forefathers have devastated the balance of this world! And now, you shall pay the ultimate price!'''

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Sokka and Toph have no issue tossing insults at a defeated Ozai, and Suki joins in on the fun, though fails in the end.

** It was Zuko's fault that Katara lost to Azula in "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheCrossroadsOfDestiny The Crossroads of Destiny]]". Here, he takes a lightning bolt to the chest when Azula aims it at Katara, and can only watch as Katara defeats Azula in round two.

->''"I can't believe a year ago I was frozen in a block of ice. The world is so different now."''\\
''"And it's gonna be even more different. We'll rebuild it together."''

Ozai accidentally causes Aang to enter the mighty Avatar State. The Order of the White Lotus successfully liberates Ba Sing Se, while Sokka, Suki and Toph disable all of the Airships. Katara freezes and chains Azula down, triggering a psychotic breakdown in Azula, then uses her exceptionally strong healing abilities to revive a severely wounded Zuko. Aang easily overwhelms Ozai, yet still refuses to kill him.

Aang uses his knowledge from the lion-turtle-a newly acquired bending ability called energybending-to permanently strip Ozai of his firebending abilities, defeating the Phoenix King without taking his life. Newly appointed Fire Lord Zuko declares the war over, and Aang and his friends celebrate together at Iroh's tea shop in Ba Sing Se. Zuko and Mai reconcile officially, and Zuko confronts his father, angrily asking where his mother, Ursa, is being kept. Aang and Katara share a loving hug and kiss passionately before the sunset.

''THE END''

!!Tropes:

* BadassBoast: Completely subverted; after Ozai has his bending taken away and Sokka calls him "the loser lord," he calls himself the Phoenix King - only to then (literally) fall flat on his face and open himself up to more insults.

* BittersweetEnding: The end of the Agni Kai. Zuko wins by doing what is necessary and defeated Azula with Katara's help. However, this came at the cost of breaking his little sister's sanity. Zuko and Katara both look on at what's left of Azula, and like the audience, doesn't rejoice or feel triumphant; but sad.

* BookEnds: Much like the first episode the last episode of the series sees a pillar of light shooting into the sky thanks to Aang. Also, the final shot of Aang and Katara on the balcony reflects the shot of Aang on the cliff in the OpeningNarration.

* BurningTheFlag: Iroh destroys the Fire Nation flag after liberating Ba Sing Se.

* CallBack: In Sokka's painting of the new and expanded Gaang at the end of the episode, his depiction of Toph has the shark-tooth grin from her wanted poster in "The Runaway".

* CruelMercy: Aang manages to uphold his beliefs and spares Ozai's life, but he also ensures that this mercy didn't come without a price for Ozai, his firebending. Without firebending, Ozai becomes a miserable shell of a man. Lampshaded by Zuko who says that Ozai is "lucky" that the Avatar spared him and should use his time in prison as a chance for redemption.

* DeadpanSnarker: After being thrown in prison, Ozai sarcastically considers himself to be lucky to be graced by Fire Lord Zuko's visit. He knows that his son isn't here just to give him advice of being "set on the right path" and Zuko replies by demanding his mother's whereabouts.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Justified because she's off the rails; Azula has been keeping Katara on the ropes by shooting waves of fire and lightning at her. Katara isn't fast enough to get a clear shot. Azula then steps onto a storm drain in a bit to kill Katara, under a large body of water. Katara proceeds to freeze them both, chain up Azula, and win the fight by default.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: And ''how''. After 61 episodes of difficulty for all the good guys, the war ends with Zuko promising, as the new Fire Lord, that he'll work together with Aang to steer the world to an era of peace and prosperity. With the war now over our heroes are free to relax for the moment and Aang and Katara finally act upon their feelings for each other and kiss.

** Azula's hair has been reduced into a wet, unkempt mess as she goes through the last stage of her VillainousBreakdown.
** Strands of Ozai's hair, once perfectly combed back even when losing his topknot, starts to overlap his forehead when Aang turns to the tide of the battle with the Avatar State. After losing his firebending, Ozai's now-asymmetrical long hair covers his face, symbolizing his shame of losing the war and his crown to Zuko, who visits him in prison with a perfectly combed and symmetrical hair.

* FieldPowerEffect: Sozin's Comet gives firebenders one hundred times their normal strength. It didn't do Ozai a damn thing against Aang, who happens to be a firebender anyway as Avatar.

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

* GrandFinale: The Series Finale for ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' which sees Aang finally fulfill his destiny by defeating the Fire Lord and ending the Hundred Year War once and for all.

* HeroicWillpower: Twice over with Aang during the FinalBattle with Ozai. Not only is Aang able to overcome the ferocity of the Avatar State and stop it from killing Ozai but then he uses energybending, a technique the Lion Turtle warned would destroy him if his will wasn't unbendable, to strip the former Fire Lord of his power thus finding a new way to end the war without killing.

** 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.
** Likewise, Azula had her dreams of power largely overlooked when Ozai named himself Phoenix King, reducing her new title of Fire Lord to a largely ceremonial one. At her coronation, her brother challenged her authority by interrupting the crowning. She lost the ensuing duel after nearly burning down the palace, dishonored herself by attacking a bystander, and ended the fight chained to a storm sewer, powerless in all respects.

* TheJuggernaut: After he went into the Avatar State, Aang effortlessly fends off everything Ozai threw at him, as if it was nothing.

* KickTheSOB: Sokka and Toph have no issue tossing insults at a defeated Ozai, and Suki joins in on the fun, though fails in the end.

** 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 refute 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.
** Azula was always an elitist who looked down on others as beneath her. Often referring to others like Katara as 'peasants'. Katara is the one to finally defeat the haughty princess and the simple fact that she, the fire lord, the fire-bending prodigy, the peak of perfection was defeated by a 'peasant' was the final straw that broke the camels back on her dignity as she descends completely into madness.
** It was Zuko's fault that Katara lost to Azula in "The Crossroads of Destiny". Here, he takes a lightning bolt to the chest when Azula aims it at Katara, and can only watch as Katara defeats Azula in round two.
* LetsSeeYOUDoBetter: Sokka thinks Momo is criticizing his work.
-->"Oh, you think you can do a better job, Momo?"

** During the climax, when Aang does the power bending, he is first seen being almost consumed by Ozai's orange-colored power and only in the last moment does he prevail and his blue-colored power takes over Ozai.

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

--> '''Momo:''' ''*chitters*''

--> '''Toph:''' Well, I think you all look perfect!
--> '''All:''' ''*laugh*''

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

** Azula is not seen again for the rest of the episode following her defeat. [[spoiler: ''[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderThePromise The Promise]]'' reveal that she was sent to an asylum.]]

** Azula is not seen again for the rest of the episode following her defeat. [[spoiler: ''[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderThePromise The Promise]]'' reveal that she was sent to a mental hospital.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: And ''how''. After 61 episodes of difficulty for all the good guys, the war ends with Zuko promising as the new Fire Lord that together with Avatar Aang they were steer the world to an era of peace and prosparity. With the war now over our heroes are free to relax for the moment and Aang and Katara finally act upon their feelings for each other and kiss.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Azula is not seen again for the rest of the episode following her defeat. [[spoiler: The graphic novels that take place after the GrandFinale reveal that she is sent to a mental hospital.]]
** Zuko confronts an imprisoned Ozai about the whereabouts of his mother Ursa. [[spoiler: In the graphic novel series, Zuko would eventually find the answer himself when his father refuses to give it to him.]]

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

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

* GrandFinale: The Series Finale.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Sokka has no issue tossing insults at a defeated Ozai, and Suki joins in on the fun.

* KickTheSOB: Sokka has no issue tossing insults at a defeated Ozai, and Suki joins in on the fun.

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

* SorryILeftTheBGMOn: In the penultimate scene, the music is actually Iroh playing the tsungi horn.

--> '''Zuko:''' At least you don't look like a boar-q-pine! My hair is not that spiky!

--> '''Suki:''' And why did you paint me firebending?