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* HarsherInHindsight: As mentioned on the main page, Mai saying she'd rather risk Azula striking her with lightning than jump into the drill's drainage system, showing her loyalty to her is not 100%. It was PlayedForLaughs in this instance, it would not be one season later.

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* HilariousInHindsight: Toph staying outside to slow the drill with earthbending becomes chuckle worthy when not even a month later she [[ExtraOreDinary gains an ability]] that would've allowed her to make short work of it.

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Toph staying outside to slow the drill with earthbending becomes chuckle worthy when not even a month later she [[ExtraOreDinary gains an ability]] that would've allowed her to make short work of it.it.
** A meta example; Sokka suggests naming their group "Team Avatar" or "The Aang Gang" with Katara telling him ItWillNeverCatchOn. While the names don't stick in-universe, "Team Avatar" and "The Gaang" are both names used by the fandom to refer to the group.
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** Ty Lee gets a big moment disabling several soldiers attacking the drill. Kind of makes you wonder what was happening on the other side, where the soldiers had to deal with {{Knife Nut}} Mai...

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** Ty Lee gets a big moment disabling several soldiers attacking the drill. Kind of makes you wonder what was happening on the other side, where the soldiers had to deal with {{Knife Nut}} Mai...
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Narm is for serious moments that are unintentinally hilarious. This entry is Fridge snark.


* {{Narm}}: It's meant to be another instance of showing how good she is, but it really does strain suspension of disbelief that Ty Lee, who's basically just an acrobat (albeit a particularly talented one) is able to take out an ''entire team'' of earthbenders with barely any effort.
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* WhatAnIdiot: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]].
--> '''Zuko:''' ''(to Iroh)'' "''What are you doing, firebending your tea!? For a wise old man, that was a pretty'' '''''[[IdiotBall stupid]]''''' ''move!''"
** Unfortunately, the damage has already been done; Jet notices Iroh's tea is suddenly steaming out of the blue and puts two and two together, realizing Iroh and Zuko are Firebenders in disguise, which sends him into a marked rage.
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** Unfortunately, the damage has already been done; Jet notices Iroh's tea is suddenly steaming out of the blue and puts two and two together, realizing Iroh and Zuko are Firebenders in disguise, which sends him into a marked rage.

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** Unfortunately, the damage has already been done; Jet notices Iroh's tea is suddenly steaming out of the blue and puts two and two together, realizing Iroh and Zuko are Firebenders in disguise, which sends him into a marked rage.rage.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Toph staying outside to slow the drill with earthbending becomes chuckle worthy when not even a month later she [[ExtraOreDinary gains an ability]] that would've allowed her to make short work of it.
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** While the slurry presumably mainly consists of rocks, there is a chance that excrement was also part of the mixture as it usually is.
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* WhatAnIdiot:

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* WhatAnIdiot:WhatAnIdiot: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]].
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* {{Narm}}: It's meant to be another instance of showing how good she is, but it really does strain suspension of disbelief that Ty Lee, who's basically just an acrobat (albeit a particularly talented one) is able to take out an ''entire team'' of earthbenders with barely any effort.
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Removed the Retroactive Recognition example. I pored over the episode's credits - there's no mention of J.J. Abrams.


* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/JJAbrams was a writer for this episode.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Did Iroh firebend his tea and not expect Jet to pick up on the steam? Or did he do it on purpose to remove Zuko from Jet's influence?
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** Unfortunately, the damage has already been done; Jet notices Iroh's tea is suddenly steaming out of the blue and puts two and two together, realizing Iroh and Zuko are Firebenders in disguise, which sends him into a marked rage.
** Though some people have argued that this was actually a pretty clever BatmanGambit on Iroh's part to remove Zuko from Jet's influence before he followed him down a dark path.

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** Unfortunately, the damage has already been done; Jet notices Iroh's tea is suddenly steaming out of the blue and puts two and two together, realizing Iroh and Zuko are Firebenders in disguise, which sends him into a marked rage.
** Though some people have argued that this was actually a pretty clever BatmanGambit on Iroh's part to remove Zuko from Jet's influence before he followed him down a dark path.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Did Iroh firebend his tea and not expect Jet to pick up on the steam? Or did he do it on purpose to remove Zuko from Jet's influence?
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Broken Base requires two sides, not just complains.


* BrokenBase: Fans generally don't see eye to eye with this episode - though this is less because it's bad as it's considered dull.
** The audience of the Ember Island Players found it just as dull.

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* FridgeHorror: Ty Lee gets a big moment disabling several soldiers attacking the drill. Kind of makes you wonder what was happening on the other side, where the soldiers had to deal with {{Knife Nut}} Mai...

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Lee gets a big moment disabling several soldiers attacking the drill. Kind of makes you wonder what was happening on the other side, where the soldiers had to deal with {{Knife Nut}} Mai...Mai...
** The drill had a large crew before it flooded with slurry, and other than the command tower and Mai there's no signs of life afterwards.
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Forgot to remove the pothole completely.


* BrokenBase: LoveItOrHateIt Fans generally don't see eye to eye with this episode - though this is less because it's bad as it's considered dull.

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* BrokenBase: LoveItOrHateIt Fans generally don't see eye to eye with this episode - though this is less because it's bad as it's considered dull.


* BrokenBase: [[LoveItOrHateIt Fans generally don't see eye to eye with this episode]] - though this is less because it's bad as it's considered dull.

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* BrokenBase: [[LoveItOrHateIt LoveItOrHateIt Fans generally don't see eye to eye with this episode]] episode - though this is less because it's bad as it's considered dull.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: JJAbrams was a writer for this episode.

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** The audience of the Ember Island Players found it just as dull.
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** Unfortunately, the damage has already been done; Jet notices Iroh's tea is suddenly steaming out of the blue and puts two and two together, realizing Iroh and Zuko are Firebenders in disguise, which sends him into a marked rage.

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** Unfortunately, the damage has already been done; Jet notices Iroh's tea is suddenly steaming out of the blue and puts two and two together, realizing Iroh and Zuko are Firebenders in disguise, which sends him into a marked rage.rage.
**Though some people have argued that this was actually a pretty clever BatmanGambit on Iroh's part to remove Zuko from Jet's influence before he followed him down a dark path.

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* BrokenBase: Fans generally don't see eye to eye with this episode - though this is less because it's bad as it's considered dull.

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Hasn\'t Mai only ever used nonlethal takedowns, by pinning people?

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* BrokenBase: Fans generally don't see eye to eye with this episode - though this is less because it's bad as it's considered dull.
* FridgeHorror: Ty Lee gets a big moment disabling several soldiers attacking the drill. Kind of makes you wonder what was happening on the other side, where the soldiers had to deal with {{Knife Nut}} Mai...
* WhatAnIdiot:
--> '''Zuko:''' ''(to Iroh)'' "''What are you doing, firebending your tea!? For a wise old man, that was a pretty'' '''''[[IdiotBall stupid]]''''' ''move!''"
** Unfortunately, the damage has already been done; Jet notices Iroh's tea is suddenly steaming out of the blue and puts two and two together, realizing Iroh and Zuko are Firebenders in disguise, which sends him into a marked rage.

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