History ComicBook / AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheRift

* BecauseISaidSo: Whenever Toph questioned her parents about some rule or tradition, her father would always answer, "That's just how it's done."

* {{Adorkable}}: Satoru is a [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]]-level fanboy of the Gaang, especially Toph.

* BecauseISaidSo: Whenever Toph questioned her parents about having to bow to her ancestors' gravestone and not being allowed to play outside, her father would always answer, "That's just how it's done".

* DeadlyDodging: Aang beats a group of Earthbenders by getting them to surround him then jumping high above them, causing all four to crash into each other.
* DemotedToExtra: This time it's Zuko's turn to pass on the adventure, as he has to get back to ruling the Fire Nation [[spoiler: and also because his mother and her family is coming to visit]].
* DoubleMeaningTitle: "The Rift" is all cracks or breaks, ranging from the separation of the old island that's now a refinery versus the sacred islandwhere Yangchen's festival is being held to [[spoiler: Toph having to come face to face with her father after she ran away.]]

* DemotedToExtra: This time it's Zuko's turn to pass on the adventure, as he has to get back to ruling the Fire Nation.

* ConflictBall: The Gaang all take turns with it throughout Issue 1, blowing up at each other over minor disagreements until you start wondering if it's "The Great Divide" all over again, but thankfully get over it by the time more important matters comes to light.

* RunningGag: The youngest Air Acolyte insists on carrying a huge backpack by himself, as...

** Toph turns it around later, absent-mindedly stating that though the refinery is on Air Nomad sacred land, it's effectively unowned as no-one has been there for a hundred years. ''[[LateArrivalSpoiler Since the Fire Nation wiped the Air Nomads out.]]''

* RunningGag: The youngest Air Acolyte is saddled with carrying all their gear in a huge backpack, and keeps having to ask for help when he falls down.

* GaiasVengeance: Hinted with Avatar Yangchen leading Aang to the factory and polluted river.

* {{Adorkable}}: Satoru is a [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]] level fanboy of the Gaang, especially Toph.
* AnimationAnatomyAging: Aang and Toph are now clearly teenagers, looking a bit closer to their adult models from ''Korra''.

* ConflictBall: The Gaang all take turns with it throughout issue one, blowing up at each other over minor disagreements until you start wondering if it's "The Great Divide" all over again, but thankfully get over it by the time more important matters comes to light.

-->'''Toph''': Don't you think you're trying a little too hard to hold onto your past?
-->'''Aang''': Maybe. But don't you think '''you're''' trying a little too hard to '''run away''' from it?
-->'''Toph''': Not everyone's past is like yours, Aang. Some of us '''have''' to run away just to... just to '''live'''.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Satoru has invented an assembly line process based entirely on machines that non-benders can use, clearly the beginning of the more mechanized world seen in ''Korra''.
** Yu Dao is brought under the control of a council made up of both Earth Kingdom and Fire Nation citizens, a setup that Aang will repeat on a much larger scale with Republic City.

* {{Nepotism}}: Possibly implied in the case of Satoru, the engineer, being put in charge of the factory while his uncle, Loban, is away, although when things go wrong, Loban complains to [[spoiler:Lao Beifong]] that Satoru can't handle the responsibility, suggesting that it wasn't Loban's idea.

* ShipTease: Toph quickly gets a crush on Satoru, who may or may not be Lin's father.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Like the previous trilogy, this one addresses a lingering plot thread from the series as [[spoiler:Toph encounters her father again.]]

* BecauseISaidSo: Whenever Toph questioned her parents about having to bow to ancestral statues and not being allowed to play outside, her father would always answer, "That's just how it's done".

The third trilogy of {{Interquel}} comics between WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender and WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra. This trilogy shifts focus back to Aang and the foundations of Republic City, as well as Toph, who was [[AbsenteeActor absent from the]] [[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheSearch previous trilogy]].

* AnimationAnatomyAging: Aang and Toph are now clearly teenagers.
* ConflictBall: The Gaang all take turns with it throughout issue one, but thankfully get over it by the time more important matters comes to light.

After the Yu Dao situation is finally brought under control, Aang receives visions of Yangchen, who tries to talk to him but is mysteriously inaudible. However, her appearance does remind Aang that it's time for the Air Nomad holiday held in her honor, and takes Katara, Sokka, Toph, and the Air Acolytes to celebrate it for the first time in a hundred years. Unfortunately, the island where the celebration used to be held is now the site of a joint Fire Nation and Earth Kingdom mining operation, and the environment is in bad shape, though the current supervisor Satoru insists it's unrelated. Aang is now sure that Yangchen was trying to get him to shut the mine down, but things quickly get much more complicated, as Toph in particular is sucked into the conflict in a rather unusual way.

The third trilogy of {{Interquel}} comics between WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender and WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra. This trilogy shifts focus back to Aang and the foundations of Republic City, as well as Toph, who was [[AbsenteeActor absent from the]] [[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheSearch previous trilogy]].