* FridgeBrilliance: [[spoiler: Azula's mirror hallucination in the finale wasn't just a hallucination, it was a flashback of Ursa finding her in Ba Sing Se.]]
** [[spoiler: Ursa isn't able to get through to Azula until she learns to trust others as well.]]
* MoralEventHorizon: Ozai, obviously. Zhao also crosses it in a brief appearance when he [[spoiler: tortures Ursa with red spider-fly venom with the intent of using her against Zuko.]]
* NightmareFuel: Ursa's nightmares about Ozai are genuinely frightening.
* TearJerker: Many.
** Hakoda telling Ursa [[spoiler: that he knows who she is and that her son is fighting with the Avatar.]]
*** "He's free."
** Ursa finding out about Zuko's scar.
** Azula.
** [[spoiler: Ursa and Zuko's reunion. A beautiful TearJerker for the characters and for the reader.]]
* TheWoobie: Ursa. By the end, Azula also qualifies.