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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Sokka, pleased to have a stealthy advantage over the Fire Nation, fails to realize that Aang isn't exactly happy to learn the world believes their only hope to end the war was gone forever.



* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: Aang, feeling that he needed to [[IronicEcho regain his honor]], left in a rather reckless manner to face the Fire Nation alone. Fortunately, [[WhatHaveIDone he sees his mistake before it's too late]] and agrees to keep his identity a secret from the world. But his glider is smashed beyond recovery.

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* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: Aang, feeling that he needed to [[IronicEcho regain his honor]], left in a rather reckless manner to face the Fire Nation alone. Fortunately, [[WhatHaveIDone [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone he sees his mistake before it's too late]] and agrees to keep his identity a secret from the world. But his glider is smashed beyond recovery.

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* DeusExMachina: The serpent coming to the hero's aid.

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* DeusExMachina: The serpent coming to the hero's aid.heroes' aid.
-->'''Sokka:''' Thank you, the universe.
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* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: Unable to navigate the storm with his injuries, Aang gets a pep talk from Roku and Yue, and some celestial-scale waterbending assistance from the latter, in what looks to be a triumphant HeroicSecondWind. Immediately it cuts to Aang unconscious on a beach, showing that his refusal to give up got him close enough to land that he didn't drown after passing out from exhaustion, and accomplished nothing else. This finally drives home to him that he's not going to regain his honor by running off alone to try and be a hero, especially in his current condition but also just in general.

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Just watched this episode; it's Katara who tells Aang he's been asleep for weeks


* AsleepForDays: Aang was unconscious for long enough [[TimePassageBeard for his hair to grow out]]. He stated in the episode that he was out cold for several weeks after the events of the previous episode.

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* AsleepForDays: Aang was unconscious for long enough [[TimePassageBeard for his hair to grow out]]. He stated in the episode Katara informs him that he was out cold he's been asleep for several weeks after weeks, as a result of the events of injury he received in the previous episode.episode.
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* WhamLine: Sokka explains that with the Earth Kingdom captured, they plan on a smaller invasion party to better infiltrate the Fire Nation, and even reunited with a few old allies while Aang was in a coma. Unfortunately, Aang learns exactly why he's the key to the attack instead of the eclipse:

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* WhamLine: Sokka explains that with the Earth Kingdom captured, they plan on a smaller invasion party to better infiltrate the Fire Nation, and even reunited with a few old allies while Aang was in a coma. Unfortunately, Aang learns exactly why he's ''he's'' the key to the attack instead of the eclipse:



* XanatosGambit: Azula is revealed to be playing this. If the Avatar is truly dead, great! If he's not, then Zuko being TheUnfavorite again will be the least of his troubles.

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* XanatosGambit: Azula is revealed to be playing this.this ever since she credited him for killing Aang. If the Avatar is truly dead, great! If he's not, then Zuko being TheUnfavorite again will be the least of his troubles.
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* FailedASpotCheck: As Aang tries sneaking around the Fire Nation ship he's woken up on, he spots two Fire Nation soldiers, who notice him and try chasing him. Somehow Aang doesn't notice they're Pipsqueak and The Duke. {{Justified}} because he had just woken up after weeks, and then believes he had been captured by the Fire Nation navy.

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* FailedASpotCheck: As Aang tries sneaking around the Fire Nation ship he's woken up on, he spots two Fire Nation soldiers, who notice him and try chasing him. Somehow Aang doesn't notice they're Pipsqueak and The Duke. {{Justified}} {{Justified|Trope}}, because he had just woken up after weeks, and then believes he had been captured by the Fire Nation navy.
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** Aang ''didn't just get hurt'' -- he ''went down'' and ''was gone'', but Korra managed to bring him back. It's interesting where they draw the line -- it's okay for people to think or believe the Avatar died. It's implied to have been the case, but [[ExecutiveMeddling Nickelodeon]] doesn't let him or Katara officially confirm it.

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** Aang ''didn't just get hurt'' -- he ''went down'' and ''was gone'', but Korra Katara managed to bring him back. It's interesting where they draw the line -- it's okay for people to think or believe the Avatar died. It's implied to have been the case, but [[ExecutiveMeddling Nickelodeon]] doesn't let him or Katara officially confirm it.
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** Aang ''didn't just get hurt'' -- he ''went down'' and ''was gone''. It's interesting where they draw the line -- it's okay for people to think or believe the Avatar died. It's implied to have been the case, but [[ExecutiveMeddling Nickelodeon]] doesn't let him or Katara officially confirm it.

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** Aang ''didn't just get hurt'' -- he ''went down'' and ''was gone''.gone'', but Korra managed to bring him back. It's interesting where they draw the line -- it's okay for people to think or believe the Avatar died. It's implied to have been the case, but [[ExecutiveMeddling Nickelodeon]] doesn't let him or Katara officially confirm it.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In a fit of rage, Aang rips a Fire Nation cloth and said cloth lands on his staff. At the end of the episode, Aang willingly burns his staff in order to hide his identity.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
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In a fit of rage, Aang rips a Fire Nation cloth and said cloth lands on his staff. At the end of the episode, Aang willingly burns his staff in order to hide his identity.identity.
** Roku blames himself for the War and not seeing it coming or stopping it in time. We'll find out more specific details of this confession come "The Avatar and the Firelord".
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* RefugeInTheWest: A rather ironic example, as after the fall of the Earth Kingdom, the Gaang heads west to the one place they can find respite and a place where Aang can recover, and where they can prepare for their assault on the Day of Black Sun, the Fire Nation itself.

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* NeverSayDie: Aang ''didn't just get hurt'' -- he ''went down'' and ''was gone''. It's interesting where they draw the line -- it's okay for people to think or believe the Avatar died. It's implied to have been the case, but [[ExecutiveMeddling Nickelodeon]] doesn't let him or Katara officially confirm it.

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* NeverSayDie: NeverSayDie:
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Aang ''didn't just get hurt'' -- he ''went down'' and ''was gone''. It's interesting where they draw the line -- it's okay for people to think or believe the Avatar died. It's implied to have been the case, but [[ExecutiveMeddling Nickelodeon]] doesn't let him or Katara officially confirm it.



* ShadowArchetype: TheReveal of Ozai's face establishes the Fire Lord as an older Zuko. A Zuko was bereft of any kindness or wisdom gained over the past three years of exile, symbolized by Ozai's unscarred face.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Inverted. In this episode we see Azula, who's never been shown except impeccably coiffed and beautified, without any makeup at all...and she's still absolutely gorgeous.

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* ShadowArchetype: TheReveal of Ozai's face establishes the Fire Lord as an older Zuko. A Zuko who was bereft of any kindness or wisdom gained over the past three years of exile, symbolized by Ozai's unscarred face.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Inverted. In this episode we see Azula, who's never been shown except impeccably coiffed and beautified, without any makeup at all... and she's still absolutely gorgeous.
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** Averted in the Latin Spanish dub. While Aang doesn't outright say he died, he does say "I did not survive", which makes it pretty clear.

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* TheReveal: Fire Lord Ozai, the dreaded tyrant and BigBad, is a handsome man of about forty. WordOfGod is that Ozai looks this way because his evil should be seen in his deeds, not his face.



* SheCleansUpNicely: Inverted. In this episode we see the adult Azula, who's never been shown except impeccably coiffed and beautified, without any makeup at all...and she's still absolutely gorgeous.
* TheReveal: Fire Lord Ozai, the dreaded tyrant and BigBad, is a handsome man of about forty. WordOfGod is that Ozai looks this way because his evil should be seen in his deeds, not his face.


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* SheCleansUpNicely: Inverted. In this episode we see Azula, who's never been shown except impeccably coiffed and beautified, without any makeup at all...and she's still absolutely gorgeous.

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* MyGreatestFailure: Avatar Roku feels this way towards the fact that he failed to see the war coming.

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* MyGreatestFailure: MyGreatestFailure:
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Avatar Roku feels this way towards the fact that he failed to see the war coming.

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