History Characters / AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheAvatar

* InstantArmor: A favored tactic of his earthbending, [[IncrediblyLamePun suiting]] Aang's defensive nature. He uses it against Azula (twice), Combustion Man and Ozai.

* ContraltoOfDanger: Korra has a deeper voice than some of the other female characters, like Asami or Pema. [[PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep The Avatar state makes her voice deeper still and more intimidating with a reverberating echo]].

* ContraltoOfDanger: Avatar Kyoshi has a deeper voice than some of the other female characters to portray her as powerful and dangerous.

* LadyOfWar: Kyoshi has a very regal and imposing presence due to her [[AmazonianBeauty physical size,]] [[TranquilFury calm]] [[ContraltoOfDanger deep voice]], [[KickingAssInAllHerFinery dress]] and ability to ''[[DishingOutDirt earthbend an entire island.]]'' Her followers, the Kyoshi Warriors, are {{Non Elemental}}s but all look and act the part.

* NotGoodWithPeople: Nearly a perfect example of the more primal type 2 (adept at hunting for food, managed to tame [[FluffyTamer an enormous wild animal]] at a young age, with a loose regard for rules), except that the reason she is bad with people is because she was isolated from them. While she is clearly lonely without human peers and makes an effort to socialize, she still seems more comfortable around Naga and Pabu.

* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Katara. TheyDo.

* {{Gainaxing}} :Happens a lot due to her [[BoobsOfSteel boobs of steel]].

%% Seems speculative, as this was only shown once. * Berserk Button: It seems he hates being called "weak". When Jeong-Jeong says Aang isn't strong enough to learn firebending, he immediately appears, berates Jeong-Jeong, and tells him that he ''will'' teach Aang firebending.

%% Seems speculative, as this was only shown once. * BerserkButton: It seems he hates being called "weak". When Jeong-Jeong says Aang isn't strong enough to learn firebending, he immediately appears, berates Jeong-Jeong, and tells him that he ''will'' teach Aang firebending.

* ActionHero: Evolves into one from GuileHero.

* PlatonicLifePartners: With Raava.

* BerserkButton: He hates it when he feels that his culture is being mocked.

* GoodIsNotSoft: For of Aang's [[NiceGuy kind-heartedness and sweet demeanor]], when [[BerserkButton he gets pissed]], he turns into a cold, ruthless CreepyChild with GlowingEyesOfDoom and the VoiceOfTheLegion.

** In "The Desert" after [[MoralityChain Appa]] was [[BerserkButton kidnapped]], Aang became [[JerkassWoobie hostile and aggressive out of desperation]]. However, in the next episode, he reverts into the HeroicSafeMode instead.

* TheKirk: Often gets caught in between Sokka and Katara in Season 1.

* LightningBruiser: By the second season, Aang is this.

* LivingRelic: Called as such by Professor Zei, though he's not as old as most examples.
* LoveAtFirstSight: With Katara.

* OneManArmy: He's the Avatar after all.

* TranquilFury: When Aang enters the [[SuperMode Avatar State]], he seems perfectly serene. [[BerserkButton Unless he's in a raging fury instead.]]

* BerserkButton:
** Hurting innocent people or anyone close to her is a good way to entice a beatdown. And [[UnstoppableRage God help you]] if you actually ''succeed'' in harming someone seriously...
** She gets sore whenever anyone mentions that they "stole" the Earth Queen's airbenders.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Jerk-ish tendencies aside, Korra is very easy to get along with, is a CoolBigSis to Tenzin's children, and will help anybody in need. But push her BerserkButton, and it quickly becomes apparent that "pacifist" in any flavor is not part of her definition of being the Avatar.

* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: See above. More to the point, Kyoshi is the only shown Avatar with a confirmed kill to her name (even if Aang would rather not see it that way.)
* OneManArmy / PersonOfMassDestruction: A fully realized avatar has god-like power. Aang, when he was a child and only mastered one of the four elements, wiped out fourteen ships ''without'' the avatar state. These guys have all four elements and a lot more practice.

* BerserkButton: It seems he hates being called "weak". When Jeong-Jeong says Aang isn't strong enough to learn firebending, he immediately appears, berates Jeong-Jeong, and tells him that he ''will'' teach Aang firebending.

* DragonRider: Roku's familiar was a dragon.

For tropes specifically relating to Korra, Aang, the Avatars who preceded them, or Wan himself, please visit the various pages in the Character pages for both ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'' or ''The Legend of Korra''.

* MartialArtsStaff: His WeaponOfChoice. When he has to improvise with a spear he even breaks off the head.

* SimpleStaff: His WeaponOfChoice. When he has to improvise with a spear he even breaks off the head.

* NiceHat: He has a few that he wears over the course of the series, mostly when he needs to hide his arrow.

* ContraltoOfDanger: Korra has a deeper voice than some of the other female characters, like Asami or Pema. This gets [[UpToEleven Turned Up to Eleven]] [[PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep when she enters the Avatar state]], [[VoiceOfTheLegion which makes her voice deeper still and more intimidating with a reverberating echo]].

* HiddenBuxom: To an extent. She already has BoobsOfSteel, but on the one occasion she is seen out of her athletic martial arts outfit, and in a formal evening gown, her bust is shown as much larger than normal, suggesting her normal outfit is designed to compress her chest for practical reasons. So she stands as a already busty character who is actually hiding [[UpToEleven a much larger bust]].

* PureEnergy: Like Aang before her, she learns Energybending at the end of Book 1. At the end of Book 2, she is able to project herself as a massive spirit to fight Unalaq and Vaatu. In the GrandFinale, she uses said Energybending to [[spoiler:stop a blast from Kuvira's [[{{BFG}} spirit cannon]]...UpToEleven in that she's blocking the combined power of the ''entire spirit wilds'' in Republic City, the result of which obliterates downtown and tears open a new spirit portal.]] It goes to show just how far she's come since struggling with learning airbending early on to being able to manipulate such a devastating amount of spirit energy at once.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Mako during Book 1. Episode five took this and ran it UpToEleven. Resolved in the Book 1 finale.

* {{All Loving Hero}}ine: For all the jerkassery she is capable of, Korra always does her best to help and save the people around her.

** She's also the "Archie" for Bolin's "Betty" (the sweet-hearted, BigFun) and Mako's "Veronica" (the aloof, GrumpyBear). In the Book One finale, she is with Mako...only to break up with him by the Book Two finale.

* RapunzelHair: Before her ImportantHaircut, Korra's hair reached to her back.

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Aang isn't evil or villainous in any way, but it is scary when he gets upset and goes into the Avatar State.

* SkirtOverSlacks: A variation. She wears a ShowgirlSkirt-like fur-trimmed pelt over her pants.

* BaldOfAwesome: As is customary for men in the Air Nomads.

* BaldOfAwesome: All of the MartialPacifist airbenders shave their head. Naturally, this includes Aang [[spoiler:except during the first half of the third season, when he was hiding his identity.]]

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Develops this relationship with Asami during Book 3 and spends more time hanging out with Asami than other members of Team Avatar. [[spoiler: This eventually leads to Korra developing actual romantic feelings for Asami and becoming an OfficialCouple with her during the series finale.]]

* BadassBeard: A Lincoln-esque beard, in the style of Creator/MichaelDanteDiMartino himself.

* BadassBeard: Roku has one, fitting in with the "wise old mentor" visual.

* BadassBeard: He had one.

* BadassBeard: A short, pointed beard on his chin.

* HeroOfAnotherStory: The previous avatars had their adventures in the past, but we only know the full stories of Aang,Kyoshi and Korra, with some tidbits of information about Kuruk, Roku and Yangchen.

** Korra and Mako -- Korra is the dark-skinned native from the Southern Water Tribe, and is of MixedAncestry because her parents were born into different Water Tribes (Mother-Southern, Father-Northern). Her parents were with her entire life, and admitted that other people (her parents and the White Lotus) were always taking care of her. Before a huge amount of CharacterDevelopment, she was prone to emotional outbursts and never was afraid to let people know what she thought; Mako is a light-skinned native from Republic City. His and Bolin's parents were killed when they were quite young, and since then, they had to always try to make ends meet. Mako is the "cool-under-fire" guy, meaning he doesn't let his emotions cloud his judgement, making it hard to express his real feelings. Then there's the way they operate in missions: Korra leads Team Avatar freestyle, with no rules, while Mako plays by the book.

** Korra and Tenzin -- Korra is the dark-skinned, hot-headed teenage girl who uses force rather than reason; Tenzin is a light-skinned, levelheaded man who tries to instill peaceful solutions than violence. Also, both are of MixedAncestry, Korra's is from her parents being from one of the two Water Tribes, while Tenzin's is from both parents being born into two different nations.

* MixedAncestry: Her mother is a native to the Southern Water Tribe, but her father is an immigrant from the Northern Water Tribe. Even though they were both officially one nation before the end of the Civil War, the show treats both tribes as distinct nationalities, as shown by the make-up of Republic City's council.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble:

* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Though not actually related to Tenzin, his status as TheStoic and TeamDad and Korra's {{Hotblooded}} nature means they frequently butt heads, so Tenzin sometimes sees her this way. Tenzin even begs his children at one point not to grow up to be teenagers like Korra. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Jinora declares she will make no such promises]].

* NotSoDifferent:
** What brings her and Mako together (at first) is that, at their core, they have similar personalities: they're both really driven by competition, have strong feelings of truth and justice, are protective of their families, are ultra-stubborn and extremely determined.
** Korra and Asami may have different temperaments and backgrounds, but they have plenty in common as well. They're both prodigies (Korra with her bending, Asami with her technological skill), they both have huge responsibilities (one's the Avatar, the other the heir to a technological juggernaut), they both know what it's like to deal with having to start from the bottom again (Korra with her physical condition, Asami with rebuilding Sato Industries), both are big fan of sports (and fans of the Fire Ferrets even before meeting Bolin and Mako), love speed (Asami in her cars, Korra running with Naga), both are fast learners (with the exception of airbending, Korra learns pretty fast any bending form, meanwhile Asami can pilot and drive anything) and get pretty angry when the people they love hide things from them. [[spoiler:They are also ''VERY'' protective of their loved ones and [[http://swani-writes.tumblr.com/post/106673399313/an-interesting-development-seeing-the-ladies-at each other]].]]
** In the finale, she explicitly says this of herself and ''Kuvira'', [[spoiler: and Kuvira realizing this is true is part of the reason why she ultimately agrees to surrender.]]

* BrokenBird: At the end of Book 3 she [[spoiler: almost dies of mercury poisoning]], which leaves her severely traumatized. [[spoiler:It takes her about two and a half years of intense physical thereby to start walking again and during that time she starts suffering from PTSD which manifests in the form of flashbacks to her fight against Zaheer. A combination of her PTSD and being stuck in a wheelchair for so long means [[RealityEnsues that it takes Korra a while before she is capable of fighting properly and even low level thugs can kick her butt.]] If that weren't bad enough, she starts hallucinating about her Avatar-state self attacking her. By the time we see her again post TimeSkip she is lost, scared and confused [[DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife while trying to find her way in life]].]] [[CharacterDevelopment However, during the second half of Book Four,]] [[spoiler:once she lets go of the shame and fear she feels from all the pain she suffered at the hands of her enemies and accepts what happened to her,]] [[CharacterDevelopment she evolves out of this state by the end of the series]]. She even states after accepting what happened to her, she feels whole, and it will make her stronger, which she proves [[spoiler:by defeating Kuvira and becoming the hero she was born to be as well as finding happiness with Asami.]]

** Case in point, when the buzzard-wasp kidnapped Momo, Aang rescued him and then, with nothing but [[TranquilFury pure cold-blooded anger]] in his eyes and no hesitation at all, [[OutofCharacterMoment killed]] the buzzard-wasp as it was retreating. He also [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar beheaded]] it. Aang has indirectly killed many mooks before but this was the only on-screen death in the series. This wasn't Avatar State. It was all Aang.

* {{Adorkable}}: Aang is a goofy, smiling kid who has a [[{{Keet}} ton of energy.]] There's also his crush on Katara.

* {{Adorkable}}: Even as an adult he's still a goofy person, such as using his [[https://33.media.tumblr.com/899c3d69fba87d5b863eb7c2132cdd4d/tumblr_nd8wz2YCt71qlpn5qo1_1280.jpg old marble trick on some seafood rolls]].