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* AbsenteeActor: Though mentioned, Zuko and Iroh sit this episode out.
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* TheBusCameBack: Bumi and Flopsy reappear for the first since their debut last season.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Parallels between [[ThoseWackyNazis the Nazis]] and [[ANaziByAnyOtherName the Fire Nation]] have been made before. However, the occupation of a once great city with LaResistance sneaking civilians out drives home the resemblance to [[WorldWarII/WarInEuropeAndAfrica Nazi-occupied Europe, Vichy Paris most famously.
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* IceBreaker: Aang breaks a chain after freezing it twice, first when freeing Flopsy, then when freeing Bumi.
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* PuttingOnTheReich: Omashu has changed its appearance a bit to signify its occupation. Cue the characteristic [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver Fire Nation banners]] and [[IndustrializedEvil smokestacks]].
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The governor and his wife care deeply about their young child. Though they really seem only like PunchClockVillains.
* IShallReturn[=/=]WeWillMeetAgain: Bumi assures Aang that they will see each other again, when the time is right.
* SaveTheVillain: Aang foils the assassination attempt on reflex, not knowing who the two parties are.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: The leader of the resistance warned Aang that Tom-Tom would grow up to be just another vicious fire-bender one day. On that note, Aang and his allies ''could've'' kept Tom-Tom to avoid that fate, but return him safely to his parents on the principal that they were his family and missed him so.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: The leader of the resistance warned Aang that Tom-Tom would grow up to be just another vicious fire-bender one day. On that note, Aang and his allies ''could've'' kept Tom-Tom to avoid that fate, but return him safely to his parents on the principal principle that they were his family and missed him so.
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* PlayAlongPrisoner: Bumi is revealed to be one as he can still earthbend even though he is in an iron box ("They didn't cover my head!"). He tells Aang that he's waiting for the right moment to strike and as such can't leave and train Aang in earthbending.
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* AccidentalKidnapping: When Aang and his friends are leading the citizens of Omashu out of the conquered city, they accidentally get Tom-Tom, the governor’s son, in their camp. The governor believes it was an intentional kidnapping and offers Bumi in exchange for his son’s safe return.
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* BadassNormal: Ty Lee and Mai both get their introductions as this in this episode, fighting the Avatar gang.
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* BadassNormal: Ty Lee and Mai both get their introductions as this in this episode, fighting the Avatar gang. Mai is a skilled knife-thrower and Ty Lee is an acrobat with chi-blocking techniques.
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* CutenessProximity: [[TeamMom Katara]] around Tom-Tom. She makes Sokka five Tom-Tom his boomerang and she fawns over how cute he is.
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* CutenessProximity: [[TeamMom Katara]] around Tom-Tom. She makes Sokka five give Tom-Tom his boomerang and she fawns over how cute he is.
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* CutenessProximity: [[TeamMom Katara]] around Tom-Tom.
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* CutenessProximity: [[TeamMom Katara]] around Tom-Tom. She makes Sokka five Tom-Tom his boomerang and she fawns over how cute he is.
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* AdultFear: Mai’s parents worry about the whereabouts and the safety of their toddler son who wound up in the resistance’s camp by accident. Thankfully, Aang eases their worries by bringing him back home at the end.
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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Ty Lee officially has no superpowers, but the acrobatic style of combat she displays requires superhuman leaps and dodges.
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* {{Egopolis}}: Azula renames Omashu as New Ozai.
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* {{Egopolis}}: Azula renames Omashu as New Ozai.Ozai, after her father, and has a statue raised in his honor.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Ty Lee.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Ty Lee.Lee gets her EstablishingCharacterMoment talking about pink auras.
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-->-- '''Mai''' [[note]]Her first spoken lines, in fact[[/note]]
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-->-- '''Mai''' [[note]]Her [[note]][[EstablishingCharacterMoment Her first spoken lines, lines]], in fact[[/note]]
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* CheerfulChild: Tom-Tom, on account of being a toddler. Not even hurtling across Omashu on one of the delivery carts terrifies him. In fact, the only time he cries is when he's not allowed to chew Sokka's club.
* ChekhovsGun: The pentapox disease Sokka uses to scare off the Fire Nation guards.
* ChekhovsGun: The pentapox disease Sokka uses to scare off the Fire Nation guards.
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* CheerfulChild: Tom-Tom, on account of being a toddler. Not even hurtling across Omashu on one of the delivery carts terrifies him. In fact, the only time he cries is when he's not allowed to chew on Sokka's club.
* ChekhovsGun: Thepentapox disease “pentapox disease” Sokka uses to scare off the Fire Nation guards.
* ChekhovsGun: The
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* {{Irony}}: Azula told Mei's dad she would take control of the trade because she's certain he would only mess it up. Yet, for all her competency and cunning, the trade does not go as planned (it was called off on principle that Tom-Tom wasn't worth as much as King Bumi) because of Azula herself.
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* {{Irony}}: Azula told Mei's Mai's dad she would take control of the trade because she's certain he would only mess it up. Yet, for all her competency and cunning, the trade does not go as planned (it was called off on principle that Tom-Tom wasn't worth as much as King Bumi) because of Azula herself.
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* SecretPassage: The gaang sneaks into Omashu via the AbsurdlySpaciousSewer system.
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* SecretPassage: The gaang Gaang sneaks into Omashu via the AbsurdlySpaciousSewer system.
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* WithMyHandsTied: Because "they didn't cover my ''face!''"
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* WithMyHandsTied: Because "they didn't cover my ''face!''"''face!''". See FingerPokeOfDoom above.
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* BadassNormal: Ty Lee and Mai both get their introductions as this in this episode, fighting the Avatar gang.
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* DragonInChief: Azula temporarily serves this role to Mai, since Mai is ''technically'' supposed to be leading the negotiations with Aang, Sokka and Katara.
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* DragonInChief: Azula temporarily serves this role to Mai, since Mai is ''technically'' supposed to be the one leading the negotiations with Aang, Sokka and Katara.
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* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Azula's invitation to Ty Lee to join her on her quest is very friendly, and she very obviously won't take no for an answer.
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* BittersweetEnding: With King Bumi in captivity ([[MakesSenseInContext by his choice]]), Aang will have to find a different Earth-bending master to teach him. So Omashu remains under the Fire Nation's rule. For now anyway. But not only have King Bumi's subjects escaped their captive city, Aang gives Tom-Tom back to his family safe and sound.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: The leader of the resistance warned Aang that Tom-Tom would grow up to be just another vicious fire-bender one day. On that note, Aang and his allies ''could've'' kept Tom-Tom to avoid that fate, but return him safely to his parents on the principal that they were his family and missed him so.
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* SniffSniffNom: Tom-Tom tries to nibble Momo's tail, and Sokka's boomerang. The former is how he winds up outside Omashu in the first place.
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* SniffSniffNom: Tom-Tom tries to nibble Momo's tail, tail and Sokka's boomerang.club. The former is how he winds up outside Omashu in the first place.
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''[[caption-width-right:333:Omashu under Fire Nation rule.]]''
''[[caption-width-right:333:Omashu under Fire Nation rule.]]''
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* CheerfulChild: Tom-Tom, on account of being a toddler. Not even hurtling across Omashu on one of the delivery carts terrifies him. In fact, the only time he cries is when he's not allowed to chew Sokka's sword.
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* CheerfulChild: Tom-Tom, on account of being a toddler. Not even hurtling across Omashu on one of the delivery carts terrifies him. In fact, the only time he cries is when he's not allowed to chew Sokka's sword.club.
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* LaResistance: Omashu has one with the goal to rid the city of the Fire Nation.
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* LaResistance: Omashu has one with the goal to rid the city of the Fire Nation. Part of the Gaang’s objective is to get them all out of Omashu.
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* SquishyWizard: Katara’s a waterbending master, but the second Ty Lee disables her bending, she’s completely helpless.
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* SquishyWizard: Katara’s a waterbending master, but the second Ty Lee disables her bending, she’s completely helpless. Mai lampshades this:
-->”How are you going to fight without your bending?”
-->”How are you going to fight without your bending?”
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* SquishyWizard: Katara’s a waterbending master, but the second Ty Lee disables her bending, she’s completely helpless.
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* CheerfulChild: Tom-Tom, on account of being a toddler. Not even hurtling across Omashu on one of the delivery carts terrifies him. In fact, the only time he cries is when he's not allowed to chew of Sokka's sword.
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* ContinuityNod: In the flashback of Bumi surrendering, the jingle that played back in his last appearance makes a reappearance.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Notable on rewatching - Mai mentions Ty Lee told her she was running away to the circus, whereas Azula clearly tracks her down and has to fake stumbling on her by accident, a sign that Ty Lee isn't as ditzy as she appears, and closer to Mai than Azula.
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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: As the Fire Nation army were advancing on Omashu, King Bumi... surrendered without a fight. As he explains to Aang, it's one of the Jings - waiting and listening for the right moment.
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* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Bumi isn't Aang's earthbending teacher, but someone else, who he'll have to find without his best friend.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Aang foiled an assassination attempt on the governor by the Resistance, but he got caught and was mistakenly identified as Resistance. Thankfully, the Resistance helped him evade capture at the last minute.
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-->"There really is no fathoming the depths of my hatred for this place."
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-->'''Mai'''
-->-- '''Mai''' [[note]]Her first spoken lines, in fact[[/note]]
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* ChaseScene: A chase scene ensues between Aang, riding Bumi's ark, and Azula.
* ConstructionZoneCalamity: The PrisonerExchange is placed at a construction site. Guess why.
* {{Egopolis}}: Azula renames Omashu as New Ozai.
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* GenkiGirl: Ty Lee
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* GenkiGirl: Ty LeeLee.
* SecretPassage: The gaang sneaks into Omashu via the AbsurdlySpaciousSewer system.
* TheSnarkKnight: Mai.
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* WheelOfPain: Flopsy is forced to work it until Aang frees him.
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* ZombieGait: Played with. The Pentapox "infectees" all walk together towards the city gates, shuffling, groaning, and stretching out their arms. [[PretendWereDead Granted, they're all fooling, fooling]], but it's a fairly convincing fake ZombieApocalypse.
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* NeverSayDie:
-->'''Sokka:''' We don't even know if Bumi's still-\\
'''Aang:''' What? If he's still what?\\
'''Sokka:''' ...around.
-->'''Sokka:''' We don't even know if Bumi's still-\\
'''Aang:''' What? If he's still what?\\
'''Sokka:''' ...around.
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* OhCrap: When Azula mentions she will be attending the circus performance that night, Ty Lee... flinches.
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* OhCrap: When Azula mentions she will be attending the circus performance that night, Ty Lee... flinches.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Aang foiled an assassination attempt on the governor by the Resistance, but he got caught and was mistakenly identified as Resistance. Thankfully, the Resistance helped him evade capture at the last minute.
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* LiesToChildren: Bumi mentions off-hand that his description of positive, negative, and neutral Jing is a gross oversimplification. There are actually ''85 types'', for one thing.
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* DragonInChief: Azula temporarily serves this role to Mai, since Mai is ''technically'' supposed to be leading the negotiations with Aang, Sokka and Katara.
