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** Katara tells Korra to [[Film/KillBill move her big toe]].
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** Katara tells Korra to [[Film/KillBill move her big toe]].toe]] - which may also be a call out to Franklin D. Roosevelt saying "Once I spent two years in bed trying to move my big toe. After that everything else seems easy."
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* TheUnsmile: When the storekeeper asks for her photograph, all Korra can manage is a grimace.
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* OnceMoreWithClarity: We see the reason ''why'' Korra started into the Earthbending sparring matches--or rather, match. She was following a hallucination of her Avatar State self, who appeared in the ring in place of her opponent.
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* OnceMoreWithClarity: Inverted. We see the reason ''why'' Korra started into entered the Earthbending sparring matches--or rather, match. She was following a hallucination of her Avatar State self, who appeared in the ring in place of her opponent.
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Korra didn\'t lie: she intended to be back in a couple of weeks, but her recovery took longer than she expected.
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* BlatantLies: Korra assures her friends that she'll only be gone for a couple weeks. It takes three for her parents to talk her into seeing Katara, and obviously Korra doesn't come back for another three years.
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* {{Trigger}}: After the injuries she sustained in her fight against Zaheer at the end of season 3, Korra clearly has PTSD and risks being paralyzed by flashbacks every time she's placed in a combat situation. Having a vision of her creepy Avatar state leading her to the earthbending pit match may well be Korra subconsciously trying to work her way past that block in a controlled, but still dangerous, combat situation where no-one ''expects'' her to be "the Avatar".
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* {{Trigger}}: After the injuries she sustained in her fight against Zaheer at the end of season 3, Korra clearly has PTSD and risks being paralyzed by flashbacks every time she's placed in a combat situation. Having a Her vision of her creepy Avatar state leading State self, on the other hand, seems to press her into situations where she'll have to fight, such as the earthbending pit match may well be Korra subconsciously trying to work her way past that block in a controlled, but still dangerous, combat situation where no-one ''expects'' her to be "the Avatar".or directly attacking her.
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* DolphinsDolphinsEverywhere: Flying dolphins with ornate translucent wings! It doesn't get any better than this.
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* Trigger: After the injuries she sustained in her fight against Zaheer at the end of season 3, Korra clearly has PTSD and risks being paralyzed by flashbacks every time she's placed in a combat situation. Having a vision of her creepy Avatar state leading her to the earthbending pit match may well be Korra subconsciously trying to work her way past that block in a controlled, but still dangerous, combat situation where no-one ''expects'' her to be "the Avatar".
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* Trigger: {{Trigger}}: After the injuries she sustained in her fight against Zaheer at the end of season 3, Korra clearly has PTSD and risks being paralyzed by flashbacks every time she's placed in a combat situation. Having a vision of her creepy Avatar state leading her to the earthbending pit match may well be Korra subconsciously trying to work her way past that block in a controlled, but still dangerous, combat situation where no-one ''expects'' her to be "the Avatar".
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* Trigger: After the injuries she sustained in her fight against Zaheer at the end of season 3, Korra clearly has PTSD and risks being paralyzed by flashbacks every time she's placed in a combat situation. Having a vision of her creepy Avatar state leading her to the earthbending pit match may well be Korra subconsciously trying to work her way past that block in a controlled, but still dangerous, combat situation where no-one ''expects'' her to be "the Avatar".
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no need to make it present tense
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* [[WorfHadTheFlu Worf Has The Flu]]: Korra is ''still'' not back to 100% yet, at least where combat is concerned, and she's cut off from the Avatar State.
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* [[WorfHadTheFlu Worf Has The Flu]]: WorfHadTheFlu: Korra is ''still'' not back loses to 100% yet, her sparring partners when she gets a flashback of Zaheer coming at least where combat is concerned, her, and she's cut off from the Avatar State.a fight against a couple of thieves later doesn't go much better.
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* [[WorfHadTheFlu WorfHasTheFlu]]: Korra is ''still'' not back to 100% yet, at least where combat is concerned, and she's cut off from the Avatar State.
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* [[WorfHadTheFlu WorfHasTheFlu]]: Worf Has The Flu]]: Korra is ''still'' not back to 100% yet, at least where combat is concerned, and she's cut off from the Avatar State.
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* WorfHadTheFlu: Korra is ''still'' not back to 100% yet, at least where combat is concerned, and she's cut off from the Avatar State.
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* WorfHadTheFlu: [[WorfHadTheFlu WorfHasTheFlu]]: Korra is ''still'' not back to 100% yet, at least where combat is concerned, and she's cut off from the Avatar State.
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Dammit A Call Back is \"A reference to an earlier event in a series that\'s relevant for the plot.\" not \"X is reminiscent of Y.\"
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** There's a shot of Korra in the mirror where her black eye is very reminiscent of Zuko's scar. The whole episode, unsurprisingly, is filled with Zuko Alone nods.
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* BlatantLies: Korra assures her friends that she'll only be gone for a couple weeks. It takes three for her parents to talk her into seeing Katara, and obviously Korra doesn't come back for another three years.
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** Korra is led to a swamp by a spirit where she meets an old master and fights a dark mirror of herself. [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack Now all she needs is a lightsaber.]]
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** Korra is led to a swamp by a spirit where she meets an old master in a cave and fights a dark mirror of herself.herself. She even has the clothing right. [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack Now all she needs is a lightsaber.]]
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The Whole Plot Referfence is when the ENTIRE plot matches the work its referencing. Two scenes in a swamp that vaguely resemble Luke meeting Yoda on Dagobah do not qualify as the entire plot.
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* WholePlotReference: To ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. Korra is even wearing similar clothing to Luke's when she heads to the swamp.
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* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: The fight from the last episode is shown from Korra's perspective, in which she sees her Avatar State self attacking her with chains instead of earthbending.
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* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: The fight from the last episode is shown from Korra's perspective, in which she sees her Avatar State self attacking her with chains instead of earthbending. Her fight with her counterpart in the forest ends with her being dragged into liquid mercury, only for her to be told by Toph she was unconscious in the mud.
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* WholePlotReference: To TheEmpireStrikesBack. Korra is even wearing similar clothing to Luke's when she heads to the swamp.
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* WholePlotReference: To TheEmpireStrikesBack.''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. Korra is even wearing similar clothing to Luke's when she heads to the swamp.
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** There's a shot of Korra in the mirror where her black eye is very reminiscent of Zuko's scar. The whole episode, unsurprisingly, is filled with Zuko Alone nods.
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* WholePlotReference: To TheEmpireStrikesBack. Korra is even wearing similar clothing to Luke's when she heads to the swamp.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Fans wanted to see realistic healing, not magical spirit healing like between prior seasons. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor They got their wish...]] Korra is still not 100% recovered both physically and psychologically after 3 years, and with mercury poisoning, its a miracle she is even at that point...
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* AmazonChaser: The fish seller Korra meets wanted to meet Avatar Kyoshi the most because of how she took down a giant squid with only one hand.
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* AmazonChaser: The fish seller Korra meets wanted to meet Avatar Kyoshi the most because of how she took down a giant shark squid with only one hand.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Fans wanted to see realistic healing, not magical spirit healing like between prior seasons. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor They got their wish...]] Korra is still not 100% recovered both physically and psychologically after 3 years, and with mercury poisoning, its a miracle she is even at that point...
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* EnemyWithout: A representation of Korra's Avatar State, which may or may not be a hallucination, seems to track Korra down.
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* CatapultNightmare: Korra's first nightmare after she gets back to the Southern Water Tribe ends with this.
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* ThatCameOutWrong: A dramatic example. Korra's rant about her lacking progress after six months ends with her angrily noting that Katara cannot heal her, which comes off somewhat blame-like even though she didn't mean it to.
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Doesn\'t count. She just had one moment when she took out her frustration on Katara, and even then she realized she was in the wrong. It\'s not like she became a jerk to everyone and harshly told everyone to piss off.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: Korra's frustration with her recovery hasn't helped her attitude.
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* AdultFear: For Senna and Tonraq, seeing their daughter struggling to recover from a traumatic experience.
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* IJustWantToBeBadass: Part of Korra's frustration comes from a desire to resume her duties as Avatar and feelings of inadequacy because other people are making a difference in the world while she can barely even walk.
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** Korra's first act when going incognito is to cut her hair the same way that Zuko and Iroh cut off their topknots in "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheAvatarState The Avatar State]]".
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** Katara tells Korra to [[Film/KillBill move her big toe]].
** Korra is led to a swamp by a spirit where she meets an old master and fights a dark mirror of herself. [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack Now all she needs is a lightsaber.]]
** Katara tells Korra to [[Film/KillBill move her big toe]].
** Korra is led to a swamp by a spirit where she meets an old master and fights a dark mirror of herself. [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack Now all she needs is a lightsaber.]]
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* PrimalStance: Hunched shoulders, [[DeathGlare menacing eyes]] and, for extra creepy-ness, never making a sound. The apparition that haunts Korra isn't here to make friends.
