History Recap / TheLegendOfKorraS4E2KorraAlone

** The name of the episode is a reference to "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderZukoAlone Zuko Alone]]".

** The airbending trick with the marbles is referenced in a photo of adult Aang.
** And of course, the Avatar is still Twinkletoes to Toph.
** Korra cutting her hair is similar to Zuko and Iroh cutting off their topnots in the original series.
** Korra's sparring match with the firebenders mirrors her sparring match all the way back in the first episode. Complete with the same music.

Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Bolin seems to think letters need to have it.

* RealityEnsues: Even with Katara's (reputendly the best healer in the world) help, Korra's recovery is slow, and even after 2 years she feels that she hasn't fully recovered from the mental trauma, seeing visions of Zaheer when she attempts to enter the Avatar State, though she's mostly recovered physically by then. And even ''then'' she's still not as good in a fight as she once was.

* WorfHadTheFlu: Korra is ''still'' not back to 100% yet, at least where combat is concerned.

* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: The fight from last episode is shown from Korra's perspective, in which she sees her Avatar State self attacking her with chains instead of earthbending.

* RealAfterAll: It turns out later in the episode that, whatever the apparition appearing as Avatar!Korra is, it is ''not'' just a hallucination, as Korra found out when it attacked her.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The dog that appears to Korra and leads her to Toph. It's actually the spirit that tried to help her when she visited the Tree of Time.

** Last but not least, Korra sees a mirage of Raava herself while she's traveling through the desert.

* EvilDetectingDog: An adorable puppy is able to see Korra's hallucination-self and scare it off. [[spoiler:It's later revealed to be the green translucent leafy spirit that visited her in the Tree of Time.]]

* EvilDetectingDog: An adorable puppy is able to see Korra's hallucination-self and scare it off. It's later revealed to be one of the spirits that visited her in the Tree of Time.

** Korra's sparring match with the firebenders mirrors her sparring match all the way back in the first episode.

* TheBusCameBack: After three seasons of speculation about what she might be up to, Toph shows up for the first time.
** Katara also returns after a season of absense to help Korra recover [[{{Pun}} step by step]].
* CallBack: Many to the first series:
** The name of the episode is a reference to [[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderZukoAlone Zuko Alone]].

** The Airbending trick with the marbles is referenced in a photo of Aang.
** And of course, twinkletoes.
** There were also some to the earlier seasons of this show, most notably Korra sparring against the firebenders in the South Pole, directly paralleling her first present-day scene.
** Korra also goes through the portals in the North Pole to the Spirit Word, and meditates in the Tree of Time in order to get in touch with the Avatar Spirit, just like in Book 2.
** Korra's vision of herself in the Avatar State has metal chains tied to her arms, just like in the The Venom of the Red Lotus.
** Last but not least, Korra sees a mirage of Raava herself while she's traveling through the desert.
* EnemyWithout: It appears that Korra's vision of herself has real, physical presence as it attacks her with very real bending. It can also be seen by spirits.
* EvilDetectingDog: The puppy [[spoiler:which is a spirit in disguise]] is able to sense the vision of Korra in the Avatar State.
* ImportantHaircut: Korra uses a knife to cut her hair to shoulder-length.

* RuleOfSymbolism: The episode opens with a shot of Korra looking in a badly cracked mirror.

** Katara also returns after a season of absense to help Korra recover [[{{Pun step by step}}]].

* EnemyWithout: It appears that Korra's flashback of herself has real, physical presence as it attacks her with very real bending. It can also be seen by spirits.

** Last but not least, Korra sees a mirage of Raava herself while she's traveling through the desert.

* TheBusCameBack: After three seasons of speculation about what she might be up to, [[spoiler: Toph]] shows up for the first time.

** And of course, [[spoiler: twinkletoes]].

* RuleOfSymbolism: The episode opens with a terribly unsubtle shot of Korra looking in a badly cracked mirror.

* Rule of Symbolism: The episode opens with a terribly unsubtle shot of Korra looking in a badly cracked mirror.

** The name of the episode is a reference to [[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderS2E07ZukoAlone Zuko Alone]].

** The name of the episode is a reference to [[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderS2E7ZukoAlone Zuko Alone]].

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