History Recap / AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheSiegeOfTheNorthPart2

* TheUnfavorite: Zuko wasn't liked by his father even ''before'' his banishment, or rather the banishment was an excuse for Ozai to get rid of his 'weak' son.
-->'''Zuko''': You're like my sister. Everything always came easy to her. She's a firebending prodigy, and everyone adores her. My father says she was BornLucky. He says I was lucky to be born.

* FaceStealer: Koh is the Trope Namer and, boy, is he creepy. Roku warns Aang that he must keep his emotions completely suppressed during the encounter, or the spirit will literally steal his face. Koh's shifting of other faces more than proves that he has lived up to his title.

* FaceStealer: Trope Namer. And boy, is Koh creepy.

* TheCameo: Creator/MarkHamill as the still-shadowed Fire Lord Ozai, and also the Baboon Spirit.

* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant: The Ocean and Moon Spirits seemed content to simply swim around in their pond and not actively assist the Water Tribe or oppose the Fire Nation. Iroh warns Zhao about the disastrous consequences of messing with the spirits but Zhao kills the Moon Spirit. The Ocean proceeds to merge with Aang and go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the Fire Nation.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Once Zhao kills the Moon Spirit, Iroh and Aang get to [[TheUnfettered UNLEASH]] in a way we haven’t yet seen in the series. UpToEleven with Koizilla.
* BittersweetEnding: The Fire Nation has been repelled and the day is won, but at the cost of Yue's life to Sokka's dismay. Meanwhile, Zuko and Iroh are unaware they've been branded traitors by their nation and a much worse threat than Zhao is on the horizon.

** While Iroh and Zhao are discussing their strategy on their ship, Hahn interrupts, charging at Zhao, who ''casually tosses him overboard'' and resumes the conversation with, "As I was saying..."
** A more frightening variant: Aang talks flatly and casually in front of Koh the entire time he's speaking to him -- should he show even a speck of emotion, Koh would steal his face. When Aang suddenly has an epiphany about the koi fish behind Koh's back, it's enough of a realization to make him drop his facade and get a cheerful reaction out of him -- and Koh wheels around at the speed of light ready to pounce at Aang's slip-up... only to find Aang has regathered himself and gone dull and emotionless again.

** Remember the two koi fish Aang looked at when meditating into the spirit world in the last episode? They're the Ocean and Moon Spirits.

* ClaimedByTheSupernatural: Yue's MysticalWhiteHair can be a considered a benign example.

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: While Zhao has the Moon Spirit captive and after he kills it. During the Moonless sequence, the only color comes from firebending and Yue's irises -- in other words, supernatural sources. This tips off Iroh to Yue's true nature.

* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Yue's father dreamed about her becoming the Moon spirit and knew that day would come.

* DrivenToSuicide: Zhao lets the Ocean Spirit take him after failing to defeat Zuko, instead of accepting help from someone he views as beneath him.
* EurekaMoment: Aang has one when he realizes the Ocean and Moon Spirits are the two koi fish he looked at before entering the Spirit World; this causes him to briefly lapse out of being emotionless and Koh to round on him, but he quickly drops it just in time.

* FatalFlaw: His inability to swallow his pride and accept his mistakes is a big one for Zhao -- twice. When told not to kill Tui, he lets his anger take control and kills the fish anyway. Later, when he's being dragged away by La, his only means of escape is to grasp Zuko's hand -- the hand of the kid he hates to the core. Instead of sucking it up, he lets his pride call the shots and lead him straight to a FateWorseThanDeath.

** Zuko compares Aang to his never before mentioned prodigy sister while dragging him through the tundra. At the end of the episode said sister is ordered to hunt down Zuko.
** Zhao tells Iroh all about the time he discovered an [[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheLibrary underground library]] that contained information on the spirit world.
* GaiasVengeance: Koizilla sparing the reverent Waterbenders and unleashing the wrath of nature unto the Fire Nation is not unlike the Judgement of God in Genesis, Revelation or elsewhere in the Bible.

* GoodIsNotSoft: This is the episode where Uncle Iroh makes his HeelFaceTurn. Even before this point, he's always been an AntiVillain who is affable and kind to everyone he isn't fighting at the moment. That doesn't mean he's going to make any effort to rescue a Water Tribe assassin who just tried to kill one of his colleagues right in front of him.

* {{Jerkass}}: The strange Spirit Aang first encounters in the Spirit World. Rather than help Aang, he tries to shoo him away so that he can meditate in peace. He even voices his relief once Aang leaves, which led to Hei Bai getting angry with him.
* KarmicDeath: Zhao doesn't actually die, but he is dragged off to an uncertain doom by the Ocean Spirit for (temporarily) slaying the Moon Spirit. Double whammy when you factor in he had a chance to be saved by Zuko and refused it.

** The appearance of Zuko's sister is a clear sign that Team Avatar is in for trouble, as Zuko mentioned she's a firebending prodigy.

* SaveTheVillain: To Sokka's annoyance, Aang won't let Zuko die in the cold. Zuko later attempts to save Zhao from the Ocean Spirit but fails.

** That monkey spirit Aang meets while in the spirit world -- he is seen meditating in a yoga position of some sort, and when he addresses Aang, he speaks in a clipped accent. [[Franchise/TheLionKing Who does that remind you of?]]

-->-- '''Zuko''': You're like my sister. Everything always came easy to her. She's a firebending prodigy, and everyone adores her. My father says she was BornLucky. He says I was lucky to be born.

* WhamShot: Well, if it isn't [[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheStorm the girl who smiled as Zuko got his faced burned off]]. And it turns out she's '''Zuko's Sister'''.

** Koh mentions that he and Aang will meet again but never comes back in the series. It actually happens in the online game ''VideoGame/EscapeFromTheSpiritWorld''.
* WillOTheWisp: After being transported to the spirit world, Aang runs through a swampy region chasing a mysterious small light sphere. When he climbed up a tree and grabbed it, it made the tree branch dissolve.

->''"I don't need luck though, I don't want it. I've always had to struggle and fight and that's made me strong. It's made me who I am."''

The SeasonFinale. Zuko has taken Aang's body, but now struggles to find shelter in the freezing temperatures of the North Pole, while Sokka, Katara and Yue search for him and Aang on Appa. Meanwhile, Aang's spirit, still in the Spirit World, goes to the menacing Koh the Face Stealer, who literally steals one's face should they show any emotion, for information on the locations of the Moon and Ocean Spirits.

At the Northern Water Tribe, Firebenders and Fire Nation tanks have breached the outer wall, and are now assaulting the smaller inner wall. Iroh cautions that they're still on a deadline -- once the full moon rises, the Waterbenders will be unstoppable. And that's when Admiral Zhao reveals his master stroke -- take away the Waterbender's abilities by ''slaying the moon spirit''. Iroh is horrified by the plan, but Zhao rebuffs him.

Cut back to Zuko and Aang. Zuko starts reminiscing to Aang's unconscious body how there's always ''something'' getting in the way, like the blizzard currently keeping them trapped. He says Aang would never understand this -- that he's like Zuko's little sister, a Firebending prodigy who's always been BornLucky, while he was [[BornUnlucky lucky to be born]].

Meanwhile, the Fire Nation soldiers have broken through the second wall and are now well into the city, but night has fallen, and the Waterbenders, newly empowered by the full moon, are easily beating them back. Aang learns from Koh that far from needing the spirit's help, it's the other way around -- if he doesn't do something, someone's going to ''kill'' them. Thanks to Koh's hints, Aang works out that the Moon and the Ocean spirits are actually the koi fish from the last episode, and some help from [[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheWinterSolsticePart1 Hei-Bai]] quickly returns him to his body -- and just in time too, for the flash of Aang's spirit returning to the physical world has clued in the nearby rescue party on Aang's whereabouts. Katara [[CurbstompBattle defeats Zuko easily]], but Aang refuses to leave the exiled prince to die in the snow, taking him with them.

Zhao shows up in the hidden oasis to grab the moon spirit and stuff it into a bag, causing the moon to turn blood red and shutting off all Waterbender's abilities. The spiritual disturbance is felt by both Aang and Yue, who reveals that the Moon Spirit saved her life as a child by putting a bit of its essence into her.

Aang shows up just in time to see Zhao about to finish off the Moon Spirit. Aang pleads with the power-hungry Admiral that hurting the Moon Spirit will hurt the entire world in ways he can't even imagine. Iroh chimes in, threatening Zhao that he'll do tenfold whatever Zhao does to that spirit. Seemingly cowed, Zhao puts the spirit back in the oasis -- before killing it with a fire blast!

The moon goes dark. Iroh unleashes a Firebending assault of such fury that Zhao immediately flees -- only to run into an escaped Zuko, who is furious that Zhao tried to assassinate him. Aang goes into the Avatar State and, in joining with the Ocean Spirit, destroys the entire Fire Nation armada and army. Yue realizes that she can save the Moon Spirit by [[HeroicSacrifice returning the life it gave her]]. She sacrifices herself to become the new Moon Spirit, sharing one last kiss with a grief-stricken Sokka as she fades away.

The arrival of the moon in the sky causes the Ocean Spirit to stop its rampage, leaving Aang on the outer walls of the city. Zhao is, in short order, defeated by Zuko, shocked when he sees the moon back in the sky, and pulled underwater by the Ocean Spirit in retaliation for slaying the Moon. Despite everything Zhao has done to him, Zuko still tries to rescue Zhao -- but the Admiral refuses to accept Zuko's help, allowing the spirit to drag him under the waves. Zhao is never seen again -- in [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra this series, at least]].

[[CueTheSun Dawn breaks]] on a battered but still standing Northern Water Tribe. Master Pakku announces he and a few other Waterbenders are going to the South Pole to rebuild their sister tribe. Katara's glad to hear this, but is concerned about Aang, who still has to master waterbending. Pakku says he'd better get used to calling her "master," then. Sokka shares a moment with Chief Arnook, who reveals he once received a vision of his daughter becoming the moon, and knew this day would come. And so, with heavy hearts but high hopes, Aang, Sokka, and Katata prepare for the next leg of their journey.

Meanwhile, in the Fire Nation, Fire Lord Ozai is talking to his daughter. He says Iroh is a traitor, her brother Zuko is a failure, and he has a task for her...

* TheCameo: Creator/MarkHamill as the still-shadowed Fire Lord Ozai.

* BittersweetEnding: The Fire Nation has been repelled and the day is won, but at the cost of Yue's life to Sokka's dismay. Meanwhile, Zuko and Iroh are unaware they've been branded traitors by their nation and a [[HeroKiller much worse threat]] than Zhao is on the horizon.

** The appearance of Zuko's sister is a clear sign that Team Avatar is in for trouble, BIG trouble.

** That girl who appeared in the flashback in "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheStorm The Storm]]" as well in the opening turns out to be the Firelord's daughter and Zuko's sister. At the end, the Firelord sends her to replace Zhao. We don't learn her name until the next episode, however.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Azula is teased as this in TheStinger.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Zhao tells Iroh all about the time he discovered an [[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheLibrary underground library]] that contained information on the spirit world.

* WillOTheWisp: After being transported to the spirit world, Aang runs through a swampy region chasing a mysterious small light sphere. When he climbed up a tree and grabbed it, it made the tree branch dissolve.

** That monkey spirit Aang meets while in the spirit world -- he is seen meditating in a yoga position of some sort, and when he addresses Aang, he speaks in a clipped accent. [[Franchise/TheLionKing Sound familiar?]]
** Koizilla resembles the Daidarabotchi from ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'', of which the episode's director Creator/DaveFiloni is a fan of.

* WhamShot: Why hello there, '''Zuko's Sister'''.

* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Zhao succeeds in killing the Moon Spirit... but his entire fleet is destroyed by the enraged Ocean Spirit, and he himself is dragged to [[AFateWorseThanDeath]].

* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Zhao succeeds in killing the Moon Spirit... but his entire fleet is destroyed by the enraged Ocean Spirit, and he himself is dragged to a [[FateWorseThanDeath]].

* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Zhao succeeds in killing the Moon Spirit... but his entire fleet is destroyed by the enraged Ocean Spirit, and he himself is dragged to an uncertain but probably terrible fate.

The SeasonFinale. Zuko has taken Aang's body, but now struggles to find shelter in the freezing temperatures of the North Pole, while Sokka, Katara and Yue search for him and Aang on Appa. Meanwhile, Aang's spirit, still in the Spirit World, goes to the menacing Koh the Face Stealer for information on the locations of the Moon and Ocean Spirits, who literally steals one's face should they show any emotion.

** Remember the two koi fish Aang looked at when meditating into the spirit world in the last episode? They're the Sun and Moon Spirits.

* EurekaMoment: Aang has one when he realizes the Sun and Moon Spirits are the two koi fish he looked at before entering the Spirit World; this causes him to briefly lapse out of being emotionless and Koh to round on him, but he quickly drops it just in time.

* ChekhovsGunman: That girl who appeared in the flashback in "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheStorm The Storm]]" as well in the opening turns out to be the Firelord's daughter and Zuko's sister. At the end, the Firelord sends her to replace Zhao. We don't learn her name until the next episode, however.

* WhamEpisode: Admiral Zhao dies (or as close to it as makes no difference), Katara is officially named a Waterbending master, and the last two minutes of the episode introduce a new and deadly playmate for the crew next season... Zuko's ''sister''.

The SeasonFinale. Zuko has taken Aang's body, but now struggles to find shelter in the freezing temperatures of the North Pole, while Sokka, Katara and Yue search for him and Aang on Appa. Meanwhile, Aang's spirit, still in the Spirit World, goes to the menacing Koh the Face Stealer for information on the locations of the Moon and Ocean Spirits.

'''Momo:''' (*leaps onto Zhao's head and begins to yank at his sideburns*)\\

* ShoutOut: That monkey spirit Aang meets while in the spirit world -- he is seen meditating in a yoga position of some sort, and when he addresses Aang, he speaks in a clipped accent. [[Franchise/TheLionKing Sound familiar?]]

** Zhao has this reaction when he sees Iroh, who he's consistently written off as a washed-up failure, wipe the floor with his guards.