History Recap / TheLegendOfKorraS4E12DayOfTheColossus

* TheJuggernaut: Nothing stops the Colossus. Lava fails to melt it (it gets out before the lava can heat it up enough), metalbenders are stopped by the platinum shell, wires lack the strength to restrain it, collapsing buildings on it only slows it down, and the cockpit even has sprayers to clear the windows in case they're blocked by something. Korra has to freeze the entire thing solid in ice just to give Hiroshi enough time to cut a hole, and even that doesn't work for very long.

* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: "Before I go, I'D LIKE TO SING YOU A SONG!!"

* TheBeastmaster: Wu manages to use his singing voice to get a pair of badgermoles to help dig a tunnel for the remaining evacuees to escape through ([[StylisticSuck much to the dismay of the evacuees, who, Grandma Yin aside, hate the singing]]). He even gets them to take out three mecha-troopers that followed them!

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Teased but averted; Varrick seems like he's comparing Zhu Li to an ostrich-horse he had as a kid, but he's trying to explain that he's sorry he never really appreciated her.

* StylisticSuck: Wu's singing is terrible but manages to [[TheBeastmaster control]] the badgermoles. Grandma Yin seems to like it but he's she biased to royalty.

* AdultFear: Bolin panics at the sight of [[LoveInterest Opal]] laying injured on the ground after their first assault on the Colossus failed.

* AdultFear: Bolin panics at the sight of [[LoveInterest Opal]] laying injured on the ground after their first assail of the Colossus failed.

** The first idea is to have the metalbenders go for the joints and tip the mech over, but they're shielded by platinum. Metal cables are also used, but their tensile strength isn't enough to restrain the legs, even when combined with a push from a [[CombinationAttack lot of airbenders airblasting]] (including Korra) and its foot stuck in a depressed pit of lava by Bolin.

** It sounds like Prince Wu is giving himself up to save the civilians, but he's actually buying time for his badgermole buddies to take action.

[[caption-width-right:350:And it wasn't a very good day for anyone.]]

* AdultFear: Bolin panics at the sight of [[LoveInterest Opal]] laying injured on the ground after their first assail of the Colossus did not go well.

** Not to mention Hiroshi Sato.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: In various forms on the Colossus. Our Heroes are throwing any idea for this at the metal monster as they can, but it's just [[CrazyPrepared too well-designed]] and the trope ends up averted time and time again. Even the final successful plan had complications and exacted a [[HeroicSacrifice terrible price]].
** The first idea is to have the metalbenders go for the joints and tip the mech over, but they're shielded by platinum. Metal cables are also used, but their tensile strength isn't enough to restrain the legs, even when combined with a push from a [[CombinationAttack lot of airbenders airblasting]] (including [[SuperMode Korra]]) and its foot stuck in a depressed pit of lava by Bolin.

* TheBeastmaster: Wu, who manages to use his singing to get a pair of badgermoles to help dig a tunnel for the remaining evacuees to escape through ([[StylisticSuck much to the dismay of the evacuees, who, Grandma Yin aside, hate the singing]]). He even gets them to take out three mecha-troopers that followed them!

* BridalCarry: Bolin carries an injured Opal away this way.
* BrokenPedestal: Baatar Jr's reaction towards Kuvira, after she proves willing to sacrifice him for her ambitions.

* CrazyPrepared: The Colossus is prepared for just about any eventuality. The airbenders' initial plan of covering the Colossus' view ports with paint fails because Kuvira has water jets installed on the windows just in case, it has platinum armor to stop metalbenders, and there is no point on its body it cannot reach to swat off attackers.

'''Asami''': ''[[EjectionSeat DAAAAAA]]''''[[FutileHandReach AAAAD!!!!]]''

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Varrick talking about how he deals with mosquitoes after the analogy to them is made for their plan of attack using the hummingbird mechs, foretelling the fate of one of them.

* GodzillaThreshold: It's reached the point where the Earthbenders amongst Our Heroes have taken to toppling buildings onto the Colossus in attempts to attack it. [[TheAtoner Hiroshi Sato]] considers expenditure of his own life an [[HeroicSacrifice acceptable price to pay]] to breach the armor.
* GoryDiscretionShot: After Hiroshi ejects Asami from the mecha, we see the Colossus slam its hand down on the mecha, and then the ruined suit fall away...
* HairFlip: [[GaussianGirl Zhu Li]] does one completely inadvertently, which leaves Varrick momentarily dumbstruck while he [[LoudGulp musters up]] the guts to [[WackyMarriageProposal propose]].
* HeelRealization: Baatar Jr. finally realizes just what he's been doing, and spills as much beans as he can on how to stop the monstrosity he helped create.
* HeroicSacrifice: Hiroshi ejects Asami from the hummingbird suit when Kuvira is about to crush it, but stays in himself to finish the job of cutting through the platinum shell.

* ImplacableMan: Nothing stops the Colossus. Lava fails to melt it (it gets out before the lava can heat it up enough), metalbenders are stopped by the platinum shell, wires lack the strength to restrain it, collapsing buildings on it only slows it down, and the cockpit even has sprayers to clear the windows in case they're blocked by something. Korra has to freeze the entire thing solid in ice just to give Hiroshi enough time to cut a hole, and even that doesn't work for very long.
* ISurrenderSuckers: How Prince Wu defeat the earth soldiers.

* MeaningfulEcho: Varrick uses the phrase "Do the thing" to propose to Zhu Li.

* NoEndorHolocaust: The ''only'' reason Kuvira hasn't racked up a huge bodycount by the end of the episode, with all the buildings she's smashing and blasting, is the fact that apparently all the civilians save the last group at the train station have already been evacuated.

* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Subverted; Asami has a couple prototypes of the flying mecha at her office.

* PlotArmor: In full effect with the warehouse collapse. Out of more than a dozen main and secondary characters, only Baatar Jr. is actually wounded. Everyone else walks out without so much as a mark to show for it.
* RealityEnsues: The Colossus is functionally unstoppable against stationary and large objects, but has a lot of trouble against small mobile targets like the airbenders. Granted this doesn't mean much considering it is ''much'' more maneuverable than it appears. Also works against the airbenders as while they are able to dodge the beam itself they are still blown away by the shockwave it produces.

* ShipSinking: Unsurprisingly, Kuvira ruined her and Baatar Jr.'s relationship when she fired the spirit vine cannon on his location.

* [[SlowMotionFall Slow-Motion Eject]]: We get a good look at Asami's horror in slow-mo as her hummingbird mech EjectionSeat flings her out on her father Hiroshi's [[HeroicSacrifice command]].
* StylisticSuck: Wu's singing, which is terrible but manages to [[TheBeastmaster control]] the badgermoles. Grandma Yin seems to like it, though.
* TookALevelInBadass: Prince Wu, who uses his singing not only to act as TheBeastmaster and get a pair of badgermoles to dig a tunnel to evacuate the remaining civilians at the train station, but stands up to three soldiers in defense of the citizens in mecha-suits while getting said badgermoles in position to take them out.

* MatchCut: Several between The Colossus vaguely humanoid head and Kuvira's head inside it.

'''Asami''': [[EjectionSeat DAAAAAA]][[FutileHandReach AAAAD!!!!]]

--> '''Hiroshi''': Goodbye, Asami. I love you...\\

--> '''Hiroshi''':Goodbye, Asami. I love you...\\

* ContinuityNod: In one of the wide shots of the Colossus, the Future Industries advertisement from "Reunion" can be seen on a billboard.

* ContinuityNod: Wu sings a song thanking Grandma Yin for taking him in, which happened in "Reunion".

** The first idea is to have the metalbenders go for the joints and tip the mech over, but they're shielded by platinum. Wires are also used, but their tensile strength isn't enough to restrain the legs, even when combined with a push from a [[CombinationAttack lot of airbenders airblasting]] (including [[SuperMode Korra]]) and its foot stuck in a depressed pit of lava by Bolin.

Team Avatar clashes with Kuvira and her Colossus on the streets of Republic City.

* OverTheShoulderCarry: After Korra calls a retreat after their first attack run on the Colossus fails, Korra hauls off one of the injured airbenders with a fireman's carry.

* TheAtoner: Baatar Jr. is willing to make up for his past deeds.
** Not to mention [[HeroicSacrifice Hiroshi Sato]]

* {{Facepalm}}: After the airbenders throw the Colossus's aim off with a CombinationAttack vortex right as it fires, Meelo trolls Kuvira by smearing his face on the cockpit canopy. Kuvira's immediate response is to try and smush Meelo by commanding the Colossus to facepalm.

* {{Facepalm}}: After the airbenders throw the Colossus's aim off right as it fires with a CombinationAttack vortex, Meelo trolls Kuvira by smearing his face on the cockpit canopy. Kuvira's immediate response is to try and smush Meelo by commanding the Colossus to facepalm.

* Facepalm: After the airbenders throw the Colossus's aim off right as it fires with a CombinationAttack vortex, Meelo trolls Kuvira by smearing his face on the cockpit canopy. Kuvira's immediate response is to try and smush Meelo by commanding the Colossus to facepalm.

Team Avatar clashes with Kuvira on the streets of Republic City.

%%[[caption-width-right:350:Can't think of a catchy one-liner.]]

* MatchCut: Several between The Collossus and Kuvira when the later is being attacked.