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• Ascended Fanon:
  • "Book: Air" was a very common name for fan sequels, in keeping with the Theme Naming of the show's seasons, as it was the only main element remaining that did not have its own season. The first season of Korra is titled "Book One: Air".
  • When the series was initially announced as The Last Airbender: The Legend Of Korra, some fans rejected the Artifact Title and its association with the much-disliked film adaptation, instead referring to the series as The Legend Of Korra. Official sources soon followed suit.
  • Two of Aang and Katara's kids are named Kya and Bumi, after Katara's mother and Aang's oldest friend. Fanfiction writers named hypothetical daughters of Katara "Kya" years before The Legend of Korra was ever announced.
  • Likewise, the popular Avatar Aang An Annotated Bibliography nailed "Tenzin" as the name of one of Aang's sons.
    • And in the same vein, several fanfics predicted "Rohan" would be the name of one of their sons too. They were just a generation early.
  • Nick.com advertises a clip from of "The Spirit of Competition" with the tagline "Makorra Vs. Borra," actively invoking Ship-to-Ship Combat.
• Creator Cameo: Bryan and Mike voice two Equalist Mooks in "Out of the Past".
  • Joaquim Dos Santos voices the “Heeeeey Mako” guy in "The Spirit of Competition".
• Fan Nickname:
  • Brolin for Bolin. Even more appropriate now that we know about his lady-killing ways.
  • Mama!Mako is becoming quite popular on account of Mako's doting and protective ways.
  • Sparkly Sparkly Bush Man for the park-dwelling vagabond Korra meets in the first episode (after Sokka's temporary name for Combustion Man of the original series). Secondary sources later revealed his real name as Gommu.
  • Korralition or Krew for the new iteration of Team Avatar, as their in-universe team name, the Fire Ferrets, wasn't known to the fandom until early March 2012.
  • Spider-Lin for Lin Beifong after her actions in Episode 6.
    • Many of the characters have earned themselves superhero themed nicknames. Lin has also been dubbed "Iron Lin" for the way she puts on her armor, and "Wonder Lin" both for being amazing and the fan theory that Toph created her via earthbending. General Iroh has earned the nickname "Iroh Man" after the finale, and Mako has been dubbed "Batmako" for his similarities to Batman in episode 3.
  • Big Daddies for the mecha tanks introduced in episode 7, especially due to the diving suit inspiration.
  • Korramobile for the Satomobile the Krew rides in when hunting Equalists in Episode 8 is somewhat popular given all the Batman undertones.
  • "Honora" for Zuko's daughter (the current firelord) who has yet to appear in the show.
    • "Zutara" is also sometimes used too.
  • "Iroh II" for General Iroh, as is standard procedure for Legacy Characters.
  • "Airbabies" for Tenzin and Pema's children.
  • "Amonoatak" for Amon/Noatak.
  • Amonymous for Amon, given his similar appearance to Anonymous.
  • "Cloudbabies" for Aang and Katara's children.
  • The Bloodbending Brothers for Amon/Noatak and Tarrlok
  • Hinata for Korra's unnamed female cousin, due to her resemblance towards the previously mentioned character, along with a facial expression that looks very Shrinking Violet-ish.
    • Another common fan nickname for her is "Kirima."
    • She looks like a cross between Dio and Delphine. Down to the eye markings!
• Genius Bonus: Hiroshi Sato was based on Henry Ford, head of the Ford Automobile Manufacturing Company. Another fun fact about Ford was that he was rumored to have supported the Nazis. Take this into account with Hiroshi's character.
• Hey, It's That Voice!:
  • 4-year-old Korra is voiced by Cora Baker, Dee Bradley Baker's daughter.
  • Eva Marie-Saint voices the elderly Katara.
  • Richard Epcar is the captain (and later chief) of the Metalbending Officers.
  • Tenzin is voiced by JK Simmons, who's probably best known for playing J. Jonah Jameson among many other roles. It also wouldn't be the first time he's had a position of authority over a headstrong self-assured woman.
    • He's also the Yellow M&M.
  • Lance Henriksen is voicing the Lieutenant. Wonder if he turns out to be a robot? Or a general? Or an admiral? Or a bounty hunter? Or a Psychic? Or a cyborg?
  • Seychelle Gabriel, the actress who played Yue in The Last Airbender, is voicing Asami.
  • Ms. Briggs/Principal Skidmore just got a whole lot more powerful as Chief of Police Lin Beifong.
  • David Faustino, known to late '80s TV watchers as Bud Bundy, voices Mako. An odd tribute perhaps?
    • His brother Bolin is Kenny Sommerfeld (MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED!!!) as well as Isaac Palmer, Davenport, and for those fans of The Game out there, Irv Smiff.
  • Daniel Dae Kim, who played Jin-Soo Kwon and previously voiced General Fong in the original show, voices Hiroshi Sato. He also voiced a gun-toting psychopath named Johnny Gat.
  • Sally Draper will make no such promises.
  • Dante Basco, the voice of Zuko, earlier stated his character would have a connection to Zuko and it turns out he voices General Iroh II, Zuko's grandson.
  • Amon is Spike Spiegel, TOM, Orochimaru, Makoto Shishio, Wolverine, Green Goblin, Starscream, Kyoshiro Tohdou, Sergei... Steve Blum's portfolio is too vast and varied to list completely.
    • Though perhaps reference should be made to the last time he showed up in a White Mask of Doom and fought The Chosen One.
    • Or how about that other time he played a Badass Normal heading a secret organization bent on ridding the world of the thing that made the protagonists special?
  • Tarrlok is Appa, Momo, Perry the Platypus, Viewtiful Joe, Gravemind, Dr. Curt Connors/The Lizard, Captain Rex, Ra's al Ghul, Mr. Fantastic, Nightcrawler, and Boba Fett among others. Like with Steve Blum, Dee Bradley Baker's list of credits is simply too extensive.
  • Lin Beifong ought to shout "Send in the METALBENDERS!!.
  • Jeff Bennett as Shiro Shinobi, the radio commentator on the pro-bending matches.
  • Tom Kenny as the pro-bending referee.
  • After World War II, Snafu became a waterbender and changed his name to Tahno.
    • His other incarnations include Benjamin, Steve, and Ahkmenrah.
  • Toza is Que.
  • Aang is Aladar (a heroic leader who had lemur buddies) and Sitka (who also plays a spiritual guide role).
  • Clancy Brown, who voiced Long Feng in A:TLA, is Yakone, which is rather fitting.
  • Toph grows up to be Sakura Haruno and C.C., and the latter is a renowned snarker in her respective series as well. She is also Captain Unohana of Squad Four.
  • Adult Sokka hosts TV shows, podcasts, and he's a talking cow as well as Green Arrow.
  • Sparkly Sparkly Bush Man (or Gommu) was previously Jimmy James from Newsradio, a disgruntled employee who just wants his stapler, and Bill Dauterive.
  • Kevin Michael Richardson, who previously voiced Tyro and the Lion Turtle in A:TLA, is Lightning Bolt Zolt.
  • Grey DeLisle, who voiced Azula from A:TLA, recently tweeted that she will be voicing a character named "The Dark Spirit" in Book 2.
  • James Sie came back for a role of a man whose "Cabbage" is taken away from him.
  • Maurice LaMarche is the Equalists Announcer and the defense attorney at Yakone's trial.
  • Carlos Alazraqui is Tonraq and the Protestor.
  • Alyson Stoner (Isabella, Batgirl, Xion) will be voicing a character called "Opal".
  • The Brazilian Portuguese and Italian dubs recalled Azula's voice actress as Korra.
• I Knew It: Episode 3: Amon can take away people's bending. Admittedly, some of the trailers hinted at this.
  • Episode 6: Lin was the third person in Tenzin and Pema's Love Triangle.
  • Episode 7: One of the Satos is working with the equalists. It's been a long time theory at least one of them is. Also, mechas. Super bonus points for those who saw the blue prints way back in episode 1. Also in-universe with Korra having eavesdropped.
  • Episode 9: Tarrlok is Yakone's son, and Amon has a means of protecting himself from bloodbending.
  • Thus far in the finale: Tarrlok is Amon's brother—his younger brother. Tumblr went on fire for that one.
    • And Amon is a bender—and a bloodbender.
  • Pretty much every major plot point was successfully predicted. It's only a matter of time before a waterbending Serial Killer named A. Firebender shows up.
  • Book Two: Spirits!
• Name's the Same: There's a real person named Hiroshi Sato; a retired Japanese football player.
• Playing Against Type: Steve Blum as Amon, Clancy Brown as Yakone, and Lance Henriksen as The Lieutenant are the only major exceptions so far. PJ Byrne starred in quite a few medical and/or legal dramas before being cast as Bolin. Mako's actor David Faustino was best known for his role on Married... with Children. Mindy Sterling (Lin Beifong) and Janet Varney (Korra) are best known for comedic roles. And while Dee Bradley Baker isn't new to voicing menacing villains such as Tarrlok, it's certainly not something he's necessarily well known for.
• Production Throwback: Naga the Polar Bear-Dog, Korra's animal guide and occasional transport for the new Team Avatar, was originally going to be Aang's waaaay back before the series was fully realized- sketches and concepts for this can be seen in the Avatar The Last Airbender official art-of book.
• Promoted Fangirl: Janet Varney was a big fan of the original series even before auditioning for the role of Korra, needless to say she was stoked to hear that she'd booked the part.
• Throw It In: A scene in "The Spirit of Competition" where Mako is angrily walking through a door and completely ignores a fan trying to say hi ("Hey Makooooo-oh") originated when someone drew a random extra standing next to Mako in the animatic and the episodes director thought he looked disappointed.
• Trolling Creator:
  Jinora: I've been dying to ask you: what happened to Zuko's mom?
  Katara: [epic theme music begins to swell] Well, Jinora, it's an incredible tale—
  Ikki: [theme cuts off] Gran-Gran, you look old! How old are you?
  • There's also something pretty suspect about releasing a trailer that features Korra and Mako kissing the day before April Fool's, even if it actually did happen.
  • YMMV, but it feels like the episode "The Spirit of Competition" was trolling all the shippers at once.
• Troper Critical Mass: It's a follow-up to Avatar The Last Airbender. It was practically destined to get the mass.
• Working Title: First Avatar: Legend of Korra, then The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra. The "The Last Airbender" Artifact Title was ultimately dropped, while the "Avatar" supertitle was retained for overseas markets.