| 1 | [[WMG:[[center: [- ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' '''[[Characters/TheLegendOfKorra Main Character Index]]'''\ |
| 2 | [[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraNewTeamAvatar New Team Avatar]] ([[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraAvatarKorra Avatar Korra]], [[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraAsamiSato Asami Sato]], [[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraMako Mako]], [[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraBolin Bolin]]) | '''Tenzin's Family''' | [[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraBeifongFamily Beifong Family]] | [[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraAllies Allies]] ([[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraVarrickAndZhuLi Varrick and Zhu Li]]) | [[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraEnemiesSeasons1And2 Seasons 1 & 2 Enemies]] ([[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraAmon Amon]]) | [[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraEnemiesSeasons3And4 Seasons 3 & 4 Enemies]] ([[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraZaheer Zaheer]], [[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraKuvira Kuvira]]) | [[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraPastCharacters Past Characters]] | [[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraOtherCharacters Other Characters]] | [[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraComicCharacters Comic Characters]]]]]]-] |
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| 4 | !!This is a partial character sheet for ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''. Subjective trope and audience reactions should go on the [[YMMV/TheLegendOfKorra YMMV page]]. |
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| 8 | Being the sole surviving Air Nomad, Avatar Aang had a need to pass on his Airbending lineage and heritage. His youngest child, Tenzin, was this continuity. These are tropes which apply generally to Tenzin's family; the direct descendants of the original Air Nomads as well as his siblings - the [[SpinOffspring children]] of [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar Aang and the waterbending master Katara]], and also any animal/spirit familiars of such family members. |
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| 13 | * BadassFamily: Naturally, being descendant from an Avatar and a master waterbender. |
| 14 | ** Tenzin is a master airbender like his father, Kya is a master waterbender like her mother, and Bumi is a [[BadassNormal Commander in the Republic Military]] and eventually an Airbender himself after Harmonic Convergence. |
| 15 | ** In terms of Tenzin and his family specifically; save for his wife Pema and newborn son Rohan (who Katara predicts will be a bender but is obviously too young for it now), they are the direct inheritors of Aang's native element. |
| 16 | * BlowYouAway: Tenzin and his children, being airbenders. As of Book 3, Bumi is this as well. |
| 17 | * DysfunctionJunction: Tenzin's generation: |
| 18 | ** According to Kya, Aang was so focused on 'saving the world' that he neglected his first two children but showered the third (an airbender) with attention. The implications are not lost on Kya (waterbender) or Bumi (non-bender) - though as Tenzin points out, this came with the attendant weight of continuing an entire culture all by himself and feeling that he effectively had to ''be'' Aang. |
| 19 | ** Tenzin has been so focused on filling his father's shoes (something he doesn't shake until well into middle age) that he repeated his father's mistake; both his siblings and his children feel neglected. |
| 20 | ** Bumi has a chip on his shoulder for being a MuggleBornOfMages and he spent his childhood bullying Daddy's favorite. |
| 21 | ** Kya sees herself as the responsible and dutiful sibling for living with their widowed mother yet she spent years WalkingTheEarth beforehand ''and'' took part in the bullying. |
| 22 | * ElementalEyeColors: Tenzin, Ikki, and Meelo have gray-colored eyes as airbenders tend to have (although Ikki's have appeared blue-gray and brownish-gray depending on the light). Averted with Jinora who has brown eyes. |
| 23 | * JacobAndEsau: While eldest child Bumi doesn't particularly take after either his parents, Kya strongly favors Katara (Water Tribe appearance, waterbending powers, and was the "mother" among her siblings like how Katara mothered her brother and teammates) while Tenzin strongly favors Aang (Air Nomad appearance and powers). It is mentioned that Aang paid much more attention to Tenzin (as the inheritor of the Air Nomad legacy) compared to his other children. |
| 24 | * NoHeroToHisValet: While Aang might be a UniversallyBelovedLeader to the world at large, his three children think less of him due to his shortcomings as a father. |
| 25 | * RacialRemnant: Tenzin's siblings and his children are the only direct descendants of the original Air Nomads. Within that, only he and his three oldest children are airbenders, though Rohan might grow up to be one. |
| 26 | * ShooOutTheClowns: While Tenzin is definitely not comic relief, in Episode 10 he and Pema escape Republic City with their children, who definitely ''are'' comic relief. It's then {{subverted}} in Episode 12 when Amon captures them offscreen. |
| 27 | * SpinOffspring: Of Aang and Katara. |
| 28 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: It's not very clear at first, but if you shaved Bumi's hair and omitted Tenzin's arrow tattoos, you'd probably never be able to tell the sons of Aang apart. |
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| 31 | [[folder:Tenzin]] |
| 32 | !!Tenzin |
| 33 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JKSimmons |
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| 35 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/korra_tenzin.jpg]] |
| 36 | [[caption-width-right:350: "I am not a reflection of my father. I am Tenzin."]] |
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| 38 | Tenzin is an airbending half-Air Nomad/half-Water Tribesman, and Aang and Katara's youngest son. He is a councilman representing the Air Acolytes for the United Republic; following the events of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' ("last airbender" now a misnomer), the airbenders in the United Republic now consist of him and his family, and the Air Acolytes, a group of non-airbenders who have chosen to dedicate themselves to the continuation of Air Nomad traditions. Seeing as he is the only living master airbender in the world following Aang's passing, he becomes Korra's airbending teacher. |
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| 40 | * ActionDad: Do not let the fact this man was raised on pacifist philosophy mean he won't fight for his children. |
| 41 | * AdorablyPrecociousChild: {{Implied|Trope}}. Katara stated that while Bumi and Kya were rambunctious, Tenzin was always serious. |
| 42 | * AloofBigBrother: {{Inverted|Trope}}. He acts aloof and annoyed at Bumi's ManChild nature, but Tenzin's the younger brother. |
| 43 | * {{Ambadassador}}: Tenzin works as a member of the United Republic Council, representing the Air Nomads. He is also an Airbending master. |
| 44 | * TheBabyOfTheBunch: Among his siblings, however he's also the most driven and stoic of the family, probably because he has a chip on his shoulder. He gets teased by his older brother and sister for being daddy's favorite, even as an old man. |
| 45 | * BadassCape: Cape with capelet to be precise. He even wears it after the Airbenders get fancy new wingsuits, making it easy to spot him when they're flying in formation against the Earth Empire Colossus. |
| 46 | * BadassInDistress: |
| 47 | ** In the Book 1 finale, he and his children are captured by Amon. |
| 48 | ** They are threatened again by the Red Lotus in Book 3. |
| 49 | ** And again in Book 4 when Jinora gets kidnapped by spirit vines. |
| 50 | * BadassLongRobe: His usual outfit. |
| 51 | * BadassTeacher: Korra's main airbending teacher and has proven to be a ''very'' deadly one. |
| 52 | ** He's the first person in the series to even land a hit on Amon - one which knocks Amon all the way off the stage. |
| 53 | ** During the Equalist attack on Republic City, Tenzin becomes the only Council member to escape capture, by easily defeating the team sent to catch him. When he and the others are forced out of the police station, he single-handedly tries to fend off the mecha-tanks before Team Avatar got there. |
| 54 | ** Further demonstrated in Book 3's "The Ultimatum": [[spoiler:after nearly an entire book of Zaheer thoroughly stomping anyone in his way, Tenzin shows him what a master airbender is truly capable of, and only loses when the rest of the Red Lotus steps in to aid Zaheer. That's right: it took ''the entire Red Lotus'' -Each one of them being confirmed in-universe as a OneManArmy- to take him down.]] |
| 55 | --->'''Zaheer:''' Unfortunately, you don't have a choice.\ |
| 56 | '''Tenzin:''' [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Yes, I do.]] ''(effortlessly sends Zaheer, Ming-hua and Ghazan flying in ''one'' move)'' |
| 57 | * BaritoneOfStrength: He has a deep voice courtesy of Creator/JKSimmons and he's a master airbender, able to fight and even win against powerful fighters like Zaheer of the Red Lotus. |
| 58 | * BatmanGrabsAGun: In "Kuvira's Gambit" he [[spoiler:supports Korra's proactive action of kidnapping Baatar Jr. to gain crucial information on the super mecha. He even joins her in the kidnapping, and being the head of a sovereign nation, effectively declares war on the Earth Empire -- possibly the first time the Air Nation has ever declared war on another world power]]. |
| 59 | * BerserkButton: Do ''not'' invoke his parents in an argument. When Korra does, Tenzin says "Don't bring my mother into this!" while going bright red in the face. |
| 60 | * BettyAndVeronica: Pre-series, he was the "Archie" for Pema's kind, peaceful Air Acolyte member "Betty" to Lin's rough, no-nonsense police officer "Veronica". At first, he was with Lin but they broke up because of their different interests and he fell in love with Pema. |
| 61 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Tenzin is a compassionate man, who has sworn to never instigate violence. He also is a master airbender and has proven his incredible skill whenever someone has threatened his loved ones. |
| 62 | * BeYourself: The focal point of his character development for much of Book 2. Culminates in the finale when he finally understands that he'll never be what his father was, and shouldn't have to be; thanks to a pep talk from a hallucination of/spiritual visitation from Aang himself (the context leaves it ambiguous). He passes this message on to Korra when she lost Raava. |
| 63 | * BigLittleBrother: He’s the youngest child in his family, but he’s taller than both his brother and his sister. |
| 64 | * BigOlEyebrows: He does have them. |
| 65 | * BlowYouAway: He's a master airbender, so it comes with the territory. Tenzin is shown riding an air ball much like his father before him, but manages to do so with precision and control, due to many years of training and refinement. This is also what allows him to defeat Zaheer in a CurbStompBattle during the episode "The Ultimatum". Despite Zaheer being many years his junior, Tenzin has so much experience and skill with airbending that he practically runs circles around Zaheer in their fight, taking out the younger man in only thirty seconds. [[spoiler:The only reason Tenzin lost the fight is because the rest of the Red Lotus ganged up on him; had the fight been allowed to keep going, Zaheer would have gotten whipped even worse.]] |
| 66 | * BoyfriendBlockingDad: Bolin mentioned that he wouldn't be too happy in regards to Jinora's relationship with Kai. Also, when Korra insinuates earlier on how Jinora has a "connection" to Kai, he seems rather perturbed. |
| 67 | -->"WHAT?! Her ''boyfriend?!'' ...Kai!" |
| 68 | * BrokenPedestal: Downplayed. After talking it out with his siblings he realized he always saw their father as the Avatar, rather than a man who could be as flawed as any of them. |
| 69 | * BurningWithAnger: ''Mild Bell Pepper''. Tenzin's head will redden heavily when sufficiently angered, usually prompted by [[BrattyTeenageDaughter something Korra has said]]. He also turns [[BlueWithShock purple when mortified]]. |
| 70 | * CapeSwish: With DramaticWind for that extra oomph. |
| 71 | * TheChainsOfCommanding: It is hinted at that he sometimes feels the chains of leading the Air Nation and being responsible for teaching everything Air Nomad to others. |
| 72 | * CharacterDevelopment: By the latter half of Book 2, Tenzin begins to see himself as ''Tenzin'' and not in the perceived image of his father. He also begins to loosen up a lot of his strict nature by Book 4. |
| 73 | * ChildhoodFriendRomance: A failed one with Lin Beifong as, unlike Tenzin, Lin wasn't interested in having a large family. |
| 74 | * TheComicallySerious: Frequently has these moments, particularly in his interactions with Korra and his children. Kya and Bumi joke about this, thinking Tenzin on a vacation would be a sight to behold. |
| 75 | * CulturedBadass: He has inherited his father Aang's knowledge of culture and tradition (especially around the still largely extinct Air Nomads) as well as his knack for diplomacy. He's also currently the world's first Master Airbender after his father, and his skills are such that he's taken on numbers of mooks and Humongous Mecha (and beat the latter back when even Korra and Lin were struggling against them) at a time, landed a huge blow on BigBad Amon (who is largely untouchable due to his Bloodbending) in their brief encounter, led the charge against an army of Dark Spirits, held off the leader of the Red Lotus, and led the Air Nation into war for the first time in its' history. |
| 76 | * CurbStompBattle: He was utterly ''demolishing'' Zaheer, the latter being unable to land a ''single'' blow on him while quickly pushing into a corner. However, when the ''entire'' Red Lotus team gangs up on him, this happens... but ''even then'', Tenzin actually keeps up for a while. |
| 77 | * DeadGuyJunior: Somewhat of a meta example. Aang's mentor and father-figure was Monk Gyatso. '''Tenzin Gyatso''' is the name of the current Dalai Lama. |
| 78 | * DeadpanSnarker: Can be quite deadpan, especially when dealing with his siblings. |
| 79 | * DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Tenzin deconstructs the OldMaster trope. Everything about his appearance and introduction in the series set him up as Korra's wise mentor; he looks almost exactly like an older version of Aang, has the tattoos, maintains an Air Nomad lifestyle complete with monk robes, and is the only living master of the only element that Korra has yet to get a hang of. He is extremely dedicated to Air Nation culture and the usual Old Master virtues of patience, careful study, caution etc. However, it turns out that he is in WAY over his head, having to come to terms with realising that he is not the wise master he desperately wants to be, has made many mistakes in raising Korra to be the Avatar, and is suffering a lot of baggage from the weight of his father's, and the entire Air Nation's, legacy on his shoulders that cause him to make several bad decisions. His daughter, and [[spoiler: later his brother]], have a stronger connection to the spirits than he ever will, a fact that causes him great insecurity. He eventually has to come to terms with the fact that he will never be like his father and must allow the Air Nation to grow into a new entity, not just a repeat of the old one, as well as let go of his protective nature over his children. |
| 80 | * DemotedToExtra: Becomes more of a supporting character in Book 4 as opposed to the major character he was in the previous three books. |
| 81 | * {{Determinator}}: When Zaheer tries to threaten the new Air Nation to get Korra to surrender, Tenzin refuses to give in and attacks with everything he has. He manages to keep the upper hand on Zaheer, but then he gets tag-teamed by all four. Even then, he refuses to stay down. |
| 82 | -->'''Tenzin''': As long as I'm still breathing, it's ''not'' over. |
| 83 | * {{Deuteragonist}}: Particularly in Books Two and Three, where his storyline and character arc are given a large amount of focus and drive most of the plot. |
| 84 | * DramaticWind: He's often accompanied by gusts of wind that make his cloak wave dramatically. Unsurprising, considering the element he controls. |
| 85 | * DrillSergeantNasty: He tries this in "Original Airbenders," upon (bad) advice from Bumi. It doesn't really work. |
| 86 | * FatalFlaw: Tenzin can be surprisingly naive for a middle aged man and has to learn not to compare himself to his father. This seems to be a result of him solely defining himself as the future of the entire Air Nomad people, and one of the last Airbenders in the world, leading him to be excessively focused on matters of spiritual growth, his immediate family, and the future of his people, to the exclusion of other, "less important," matters. |
| 87 | * FirstLove: To his childhood friend, Lin. |
| 88 | * {{Foil}}: He's one to Korra: Tenzin is a light-skinned, levelheaded man who tries to instill peaceful solutions than violence; Korra is the dark-skinned, hot-headed teenage girl who uses force rather than reason. Also, both are of mixed ancestry, Korra's is from her parents being from one of the two Water Tribes, while Tenzin's is from both parents being born into two different nations. |
| 89 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: He is the responsible to Kya and Bumi's foolish. Note he is the ''youngest'' of the three. Tenzin even refers to himself as the responsible one, though Kya disputes it. |
| 90 | * GoodParents: To his children, especially when he had more free time from Book 2 and onward. Despite Jinora's growing interest in boys, Ikki's MotorMouth tendencies, and Meelo's {{keet}} nature, Tenzin loves them all dearly. And he is elated at the birth of Rohan. |
| 91 | * HappilyMarried: To Pema -- They have a healthy communication with one another, he is protective of her, and she gives him advice whenever he's feeling disappointed and/or angry at himself or someone else. |
| 92 | * HardWorkHardlyWorks: Tenzin spent the majority of his life training in the ways of the spirit world to make his father proud, but never succeeded in entering the spirit world himself. Meanwhile, his oldest daughter, Jinora, is so spiritually attuned that she can do so with no training whatsoever, and befriends spirits easily, which he initially resents, before being proud of her. |
| 93 | * HeroicResolve: Out of himself, his siblings, and his daughter, he was ultimately the only one who was able to part the Fog of Lost Souls by overcoming his despair - even if his dad actually paid him a visit, all he did was provide a pep talk. |
| 94 | * HeroicSelfDeprecation: Considers himself a massive failure for not ever being able to enter the spiritual world. |
| 95 | * HeroicWannabe: Sort of. He was very eager to enter and guide the Avatar through the Spirit World, convinced that that is what his father would have wanted, so it takes him a while to accept that it wasn't his destiny. |
| 96 | * HoldingYourShoulderMeansInjury: Occurs in "The Ultimatum", when Zaheer and everybody gang up on Tenzin. It might be justified, considering he was just slammed into a brick wall and may have injured his right arm. |
| 97 | * {{Hypocrite}}: When he first starts trying to teach Korra Airbending and she has trouble, he tries to do so by describing Air as the element of freedom, only for Korra to quickly call him out on the fact that her own freedom is being extremely limited, with him not even allowing her to listen to Pro-Bending on the radio less out of duty and seemingly more out [[IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam a personal dislike of the sport due to how it apparently makes a mockery of the Bending arts]]. He suffers this again during Book 3, where despite the aforementioned teachings of freedom, he's rather insistent on the Airbenders born from Harmonic Convergence becoming Air Nomads despite most of them having their own lives or personal habits that simply don't blend with Air Nomad teachings, with one of the first people he approaches being an farmer with a wife and children, who's actually outraged at the notion of being taken from his family to live with a bunch of strangers over something that, while he's not exactly bothered by, he never asked for in the first place. |
| 98 | * InkSuitActor: He bears more than a slight resemblance to his voice actor, J.K. Simmons, to the point where you could describe him as "J.K. Simmons with airbending tattoos and a beard". |
| 99 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: |
| 100 | ** In Book 3, he's so excited over the emergence of new airbenders that he completely fails to consider that most of them already have lives and a cultural heritage of their own that they don't want to give up to become Air Nomads. |
| 101 | ** In Book 4, he has a few instances with this in regards to Korra. |
| 102 | *** While Korra is still in the South Pole, he tries to get Korra to focus on her recovery while insisting that everyone has everything under control, pretty much the last thing she wants to hear. When she threatens to water whip him, he shuts up and tries to change what he was saying with poor results. |
| 103 | *** In "Beyond the Wilds", he excludes Korra from important events, such as a World Leader Conference, because he believes they called her back 'too soon' which causes Korra to believe he has lost faith in her abilities, which he does a rather poor job denying. |
| 104 | * InsufferableGenius: Being the world's foremost authority on airbending, Tenzin unintentionally comes off as a stuffy know-it-all, teaching advanced techniques to people who have barely grasped the concept (a.k.a. Korra and the new Air Nomads). This could be an artefact of how his father was taught; being forced to learn advanced techniques in all four elements in less than a year may have given Aang (and thus his pupil, Tenzin) an unrealistic expectation of how teaching was supposed to work - the fact that his children are all prodigies, with Jinora becoming the youngest master Airbender since Aang (who was the youngest ''ever'') probably didn't help. |
| 105 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: A quite humorous one with his pupil, Korra. There is no blood-tie between the two of them, but the previous Avatar, Aang, ''is'' Tenzin's father. So he's teaching his father his first element in another life. |
| 106 | * {{Irony}}: Like Korra, he's adept at the physical aspects of bending, but struggles with the spiritual elements; this is doubly ironic as (a) airbenders are typically the most spiritual of benders and (b) given that reputation, it was expected that he would help Korra with spiritual matters in addition to teaching her airbending. |
| 107 | * LastOfHisKind: Was this in the time between his father's death and the first manifestation of Jinora's airbending. His three children, followed by Harmonic Convergence turning a large number of non-benders into airbenders, have removed this entirely. |
| 108 | * LightningBruiser: |
| 109 | ** Whilst he may not look it at first, as an airbending master, he has rapid reflexes, very high agility and extremely forceful air attacks. It is thanks to this that he is the only Council member to escape capture by Amon during the initial coup and the last to go down in the first fight against the mecha-tanks. |
| 110 | ** He again shows this when he fights Zaheer in "The Ultimatum", showing the new airbender Zaheer what a real airbending master is capable of. Zaheer has curb-stomped everyone else he fought all season, but could not land a hit on Tenzin and was actually getting his ass kicked until P'Li blindsided Tenzin. Then the battle went in the other direction. |
| 111 | * LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Aang in the first series was often a playful happy go lucky kid. Aang's son Tenzin is often a stick in the mud who grew up to be a stern mentor figure. Despite this, Tenzin is considered the favorite in Aang's family. |
| 112 | * LikeParentLikeChild: As much as he tries to act the part of the serene air-bending master that he is, he is just as naturally expressive as Aang, and he has more than little of Katara's hot-bloodedness. To balance it out, he's inherited the rather sweet disposition they held in common. {{Deconstructed|Trope}} by Kya who reveals to Tenzin that he and dad would often put their jobs ahead of their families, making the children feel neglected. |
| 113 | * MadeOfIron: Other than Korra, Tenzin probably takes the most severe beatings in the series. Not that it stops him from being an absolute badass. |
| 114 | * MartialPacifist: Tenzin embodies the idea that just because Airbenders are pacifists, it doesn't mean he can't kick your ass from here to Ba Sing Se. |
| 115 | * MentorArchetype: To Korra, to his children, and to the Air Acolytes. |
| 116 | * MommasBoy: He's very close to his mother, though due to the nature of the Avatar Spirit, we don't really get to see onscreen how close he was to his father for comparison. |
| 117 | * MuggleMageRomance: Married to the non-bender Pema. |
| 118 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: A humorous variation when he turns Meelo into a beastmaster over winged-lemurs. |
| 119 | --> '''Tenzin:''' I've created a monster. |
| 120 | * MyGreatestFailure: Despite years of training and study, he is completely incapable of connecting with the spiritual world. As both an airbender and Aang's son, he finds this particularly disappointing. It certainly doesn't help that his oldest daughter can do it effortlessly, though he comes to accept that it's her destiny to help the Avatar in this matter, not his. |
| 121 | * MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: Sort of. His mastery of airbending allows him a minor sense of anticipation for incoming attacks -- by feeling disturbances in the flow of air around him that even allow him to detect electricity. Granted, it doesn't always work. |
| 122 | * NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: He's named after the fourteenth and current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso. |
| 123 | * NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Averted. He's tried for years to enter the Spirit World, with no success. When it becomes critical that Korra do it, he's convinced that now that the Avatar needs his help, he'll finally work it out. He doesn't and Jinora actually helps Korra. |
| 124 | * NiceGuy: Tenzin is a sensitive and nonviolent person, who can readily admit to his mistakes when made. Unsurprisingly, he's also a [[GoodParents great dad]] to his children, [[HappilyMarried loving husband]] to Pema, and acts as a [[ParentalSubstitute positive father figure]] to Korra and Team Avatar. |
| 125 | * NoRespectGuy: A mild version. He's quite wise, but neither the Council, Korra, or Lin tend to listen to him very often. To say nothing of the ribbing he gets from his siblings. |
| 126 | * NoSocialSkills: When it comes to dealing with his family and Lin on a personal level, especially where Meelo is concerned. When he tries to recruit new Air Nomads, he's utterly confused as to why getting to shave your head and be friends with sky bison aren't more effective selling points. |
| 127 | * NostalgiaFilter: Played with. When he brings up all the vacations around the world Aang took them all on, his siblings are quick to tell him Aang only took him, which suprises him. However he also turns it on them and points out those 'vacations' were breaks to de-stress from all the hard work he had to undergo to inherit the legacy of the airbenders - stress that was likely significant, considering how much of a complex he has about ''not'' being his legendary father. He admits in "Civil War Part 2" that he had been up until that point treating his father as an ideal rather than a [[ParentsAsPeople a man as flawed as any other.]] and he won't do so from now on. |
| 128 | * NotHelpingYourCase: [[spoiler: In "Beyond the Wilds", he claims that he hasn't lost faith in Korra's abilities, but his actions in excluding her from an important meeting among other things say otherwise. However, he gets better after reluctantly allowing Korra to see Zaheer which allowed Korra to finally overcome her issues and save his daughter Jinora from the spirit vines.]] |
| 129 | * NotSoAboveItAll: He gets this in spades. |
| 130 | ** Denounces pro-bending as "a mockery of the noble tradition of bending", but later on ends up cheering for Korra in an uncharacteristically enthusiastic manner during one of her matches, not unlike how his father would. Played with in that he may have been cheering her successful DieOrFly moment. After that, he reads up on the rules to be supportive of her, though still with more interest than he'd like to admit. This led to him jeering the obviously paid-off referees during the Fire Ferrets' championship match. |
| 131 | ** Also spends the first half of "A Leaf in the Wind" stressing to Korra that she needs to be patient, and then loses his own patience with her a short time later. |
| 132 | ** Then, there was his failed relationship with Lin, which was hinted to be a rather stormy affair all round (at the very least, we know that Lin ''flattened'' Air Temple Island, and attempted to arrest Pema). |
| 133 | ** We get this gem when Korra and Tenzin confront Lin's replacement, Saikhan: |
| 134 | --->'''Korra:''' ''(grips his chin, moving his head up and down)'' You're officially the worst Chief of Police, ever!\ |
| 135 | '''Tenzin:''' Calm down Korra, I'll get this sorted out. We just need to be patient. ''(Both turn away before Tenzin quickly turns back.)'' But you really are the worst! ''(points)'' Ever! |
| 136 | ** Turns up again in Book Two when his siblings are around to poke fun at him. |
| 137 | ** When he shows Korra a map of Air Nomad temples they're going to visit, there's a goofy, hand-drawn illustration of Tenzin giving a thumbs-up. |
| 138 | ** Also happens when he finds Ikki playing with the flying bison calves, all of whom she's given ridiculous names to. He bonds very quickly with Blueberry Spicehead. |
| 139 | * NotSoStoic: Comes frequently at his expense, often subtle, but sometimes dramatic. It's become a RunningGag. |
| 140 | * OddNameOut: His siblings are named after Katara's mother and Aang's old friend. His name only fits with Aang's teacher, Gyatso, at a meta level. |
| 141 | * OhCrap: A humorous variant, when he realizes that his attempts at teaching Meelo how to train lemurs has [[GoneHorriblyRight Gone]] ''[[GoneHorriblyRight Horribly]]'' [[GoneHorriblyRight Right.]] |
| 142 | -->'''Tenzin:''' (in deadpan, stunned disbelief) I've created a monster. |
| 143 | * OneManArmy: He is the only member of the Republic City Council who successfully fends off a kidnapping attempt. Later, he holds his own, and even pushes back, the combined might of Zaheer, Ming Hua, and Ghazan, each of whom are described as powerful enough to bring down a nation. It's only due to two hits from P'Li's combusion bending that Tenzin is taken down. |
| 144 | * TheOneThatGotAway: Tenzin serves as this to Lin in a RareMaleExample. |
| 145 | * OnlySaneMan: Among the Council, he's the only one who realizes that that Tarrlok is untrustworthy and that his actions are causing far more harm than good. Unfortunately, his attempts to stop him are consistently outvoted. |
| 146 | * OpeningNarration: Like his mother did in the original series, he provides ''The Legend of Korra'''s opening narration. |
| 147 | * OutOfFocus: In Book 4, where he has much more of a support role compared to previous seasons. |
| 148 | * PapaWolf: |
| 149 | ** Not just to his blood children but Team Korra as well. |
| 150 | ** In Book 3, when he's asking around for Jinora, one of the new airbenders says that she was with Kai. He... didn't sound all that pleased when they called the latter her "boyfriend". |
| 151 | ** When Zaheer threatens to use him and the other airbenders as leverage to get Korra to cooperate in "The Ultimatum", Tenzin refuses to take that lying down. He proceeds to dish out a CurbStompBattle to Zaheer. It took the combined might of all four Red Lotus to turn the tide of the battle again, and these people are noted to be able to ''bring down the world''. |
| 152 | * ParentalFavoritism: "Civil Wars, Part 1" indicates Aang paid more attention to Tenzin than his other children, both non-airbenders - though Aang didn't have much free time to begin with, what with being the Avatar, and as Tenzin himself points out, that attention came with the attendant expectation that he would maintain and continue an entire culture. That burden left him a WellDoneSonGuy until well into middle age. And ''even then'', it took a pep-talk in the spirit world from his dad (or a hallucination of him. The context is ambiguous) to finally break free of it. |
| 153 | * ParentalSubstitute: |
| 154 | ** While Korra's parents are still alive, they're also in the South Pole. Tenzin seems to be like an HonoraryUncle, and treats Korra much more warmly than all of the other authority figures (who either think she's a nuisance, or manipulate her). Korra also eats at the family table rather than with the Air Acolytes, and Tenzin's children treat Korra like a favorite cousin come to visit, suggesting a closer relationship than merely master/student. |
| 155 | ** In a way, he acts like this with Korra's friends as well during their stay at Air Temple Island. Makes sense given Mako and Bolin [[ParentalAbandonment lost theirs to a firebender]] and Asami's [[BrokenPedestal relationship with]] [[EvilAllAlong Hiroshi]] speaks for itself. |
| 156 | ** This trope is particularly interesting for Tenzin in the case of Korra, since Korra is literally the reincarnation of his own father. |
| 157 | * ParentsAsPeople: He dismisses Jinora's obvious spiritual prowess mainly due to his own wounded pride, self-confidence, and perceived inadequacy as Korra's mentor. Thankfully, he gets over it. |
| 158 | * ThePhilosopherKing: A philosophical pacifist and the de facto leader of the Air Nomads. |
| 159 | * PowerStereotypeFlip: Despite being an airbender, he starts the series as Korra's stiff, humorless stick-in-the-mud mentor figure, borne down by the weight of his responsibilities. |
| 160 | * PowerTattoo: His arrows are proof he is a Master Airbender. |
| 161 | * PreAssKickingOneLiner: To Zaheer. |
| 162 | -->'''Tenzin:''' I'll never let you get to Korra.\ |
| 163 | '''Zaheer:''' Unfortunately, you don't have much of a choice.\ |
| 164 | '''Tenzin:''' ''Yes I do.''\ |
| 165 | ''(Tenzin [[BlowYouAway blows the Red Lotus away]])'' |
| 166 | * {{Pride}}: Tenzin can be rather prideful and overbearing, as he hid his inability to enter the Spirit World, instead making up excuses that the people around him were preventing him from doing so. When he found out that Jinora was able to see spirits, he grew jealous of her, and kept stubbornly insisting that he should be the one to bring Korra to the Spirit World, stating that Jinora would be unable to face its dangers. Nevertheless, he softened, following his sister's persuasion and daughter's assurance, and expressed how proud he was of Jinora. |
| 167 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: |
| 168 | ** Also the most socially ''responsible'' authority figure on the Council; despite representing at most a few dozen people, out of any of the Council members he's the one with most respect for the unrepresented non-benders and their rights. Indeed, he's the only one to speak up in favor or defense of them. |
| 169 | ** Played with in his decision (along with Tonraq) to keep Korra locked up in the White Lotus compound for most of her life prior to the start of the series. While he and Tonraq claim to have done it for her own safety, she's not so crazy about the idea when she finds out it was their decision. In Book 3, it turns out they did it after the Red Lotus tried and failed to kidnap her shortly after she was discovered to be the Avatar. |
| 170 | * RetiredBadass: By the start of Book Two, since the Council he served on has been replaced by an elected President. |
| 171 | * SacredHospitality: As an Air Nomad, he is obligated to let anyone who is hungry partake of his meal. Something Tarrlok abuses to get a chat with Korra. |
| 172 | * ScrewYourUltimatum: He refused to give up Korra to Zaheer and his gang, and fought valiantly to the very end. |
| 173 | * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Sensitive Guy to Bumi's Manly Man. |
| 174 | * ShirtlessScene: He gets one in "Rebirth" when showing off for a crowd. He's well-built for his age (with a Creator/BruceLee-esque wiry-ness), though it's not terribly surprising since he's a full-time trainer for his kids and the Avatar. |
| 175 | * SkilledButNaive: Despite his status as the world's foremost airbender and his demeanour as an enlightened Zen master, he can be surprisingly naive for someone in their 50s. |
| 176 | * SiblingTeam: Fights along his siblings against Dark Spirits or the Red Lotus. |
| 177 | * SiblingYinYang: Both Tenzin and Bumi are emulations of Aang in personality. While Tenzin is more like adult Aang in all his seriousness, Bumi is goofy and carefree, more like the preteen Aang we saw in the previous series. Tenzin can have his [[NotSoStoic moments]], however, and Bumi did make it to a flag officer rank in the Republic Armed Forces, so he had to know when it's serious time. |
| 178 | * SignatureMove: His "Air Wheel", similar to his father's Air Scooter in function, but even more stylish in appearance. It's a ring of air that rolls like a wheel, and he perches on the bottom inside surface to ride it. |
| 179 | * SoProudOfYou: Does this numerous times to the people he's closest to: |
| 180 | ** Whenever Korra makes a wise Avatar decision. [[spoiler: In the series finale, he congratulates Korra on how much she has changed the world and how happy he is that she has become more hopeful again.]] |
| 181 | ** To Jinora when she comforted her father about guiding Korra into the Spirit World and when she [[spoiler:receives her airbending tattoos]]. |
| 182 | ** To Bumi for leading the New Air Nation to save Kai, Jinora, and baby Sky Bison from bison rustlers. |
| 183 | ** To Jinora, Ikki, and Meelo for successfully finding Korra. |
| 184 | * TheSpock: To Bumi's [[TheMcCoy McCoy]] and Kya's [[TheKirk Kirk]]. Tenzin is the most serious of his siblings and is TheStoic. |
| 185 | * TheStoic: Tries his best to be, but Korra and the plot often have [[NotSoStoic other plans]]. |
| 186 | * StraightManAndWiseGuy: The serious, sometimes aloof Straight Man to Bumi's comical, childish Wise Guy. |
| 187 | * StrokeTheBeard: Uncle Sokka would approve. |
| 188 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: He tries to act like an enlightened and serious Zen master, but the universe simply won't allow him to stay that way for long. |
| 189 | * TeamMom: In a RareMaleExample, he is this to the new Team Avatar. |
| 190 | * TearsOfJoy: Has these after the airbenders who he and Team Avatar saved from the Earth Kingdom all decide to join him to become Air Nomads, thus finally achieving his father's dream of restoring the Air Nation. |
| 191 | * TravellingSalesmanMontage: Has one of these in "Rebirth", when he travels to the Earth Kingdom to try and convince its brand new airbenders to then all become Air nomads. His attempts at persuading them with any advantages; (e.g. getting tattoos, becoming vegetarians, simple living) each, however, fall flat. |
| 192 | * TwitchyEye: Tenzin gets one of these when particularly upset, like when he finds out that Korra has snuck out to fight in a pro-bending match. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moPjcOV30Mk His mother would be proud]]. |
| 193 | * UnreliableNarrator: According to his siblings, Aang, while caring, wasn't actually all that great of a father. His relatively favorable opinion about Aang (as a father) was, apparently, because of ParentalFavoritism meaning that he got the bulk of Aang's limited spare time. |
| 194 | * WellDoneSonGuy: Feels a great deal of pressure to live up to Aang's expectations of him, despite the man in question being dead for seventeen years. |
| 195 | * TheWorfEffect: Despite being a master airbender and proving his badassery on several occasions, Tenzin generally winds up being the guy who gets the crap beat out of him to show the gravity of the situation. Even in "The Ultimatum", where he gets to hand a rather one-sided beatdown to Zaheer, he ends up losing to the combined might of the Red Lotus - [[CurbstompCushion though he still holds them off for a little while]], which is more than literally any other bender manages. |
| 196 | * YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: |
| 197 | ** He alongside Asami give Korra this speech during Rememberances by reminding her of how she has matured, what she accomplished, and the fact there will always be other enemies for her to fight, but she'll learn from them and become stronger. |
| 198 | ** Tenzin is on the receiving end of one in Season 2 when [[spoiler:he and his siblings get lost in the Fog of Lost Souls. It turns out Tenzin has a bit of an inferiority complex about living up to Aang's legacy, and Aang's spirit appears to tell him that he's allowed to be his own person.]] |
| 199 | * YoungestChildWins: His older siblings Kya and Bumi did not inherit Aang's Airbending like he did, though Kya is a waterbender like Katara. Couples with his physical appearance, both of his older siblings ''look'' like waterbenders (even though Bumi isn't), Tenzin was the only one to look like an airbender. He also "won" in that an Air Acolyte didn't even ''know'' Aang and Katara had two other children. |
| 200 | [[/folder]] |
| 201 | |
| 202 | [[folder:Avatar Aang]] |
| 203 | Avatar Aang was Tenzin's father, and his passing heralded the birth of the current living Avatar, Korra. For tropes pertaining to him, refer to [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderAvatarAang his character page]]. |
| 204 | [[/folder]] |
| 205 | |
| 206 | [[folder:Katara]] |
| 207 | An accomplished master waterbender in her own right, Katara is also known as the widow of Avatar Aang and the mother of his three children. For tropes pertaining to her, refer to [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTeamAvatar here]]. |
| 208 | [[/folder]] |
| 209 | |
| 210 | [[folder:Pema]] |
| 211 | !!Pema |
| 212 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MariaBamford |
| 213 | |
| 214 | [[quoteright:186:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_m22m7pek8u1rpymjro5_1280.png]] |
| 215 | [[caption-width-right:186: "If you're going to be bending giant boulders, do it outside!"]] |
| 216 | |
| 217 | Tenzin's loving wife and mother of his children. She shows a forceful and somewhat wry personality, and although not a bender, she is an Air Acolyte and dedicated to following the Air Nomad way of life. |
| 218 | ---- |
| 219 | * AdviceBackfire: She should really be a bit more careful when giving advice to Korra. |
| 220 | * BettyAndVeronica: Pre-series, she was the kind, peaceful Air Acolyte member "Betty" to Lin's rough, no-nonsense police officer "Veronica" for Tenzin's "Archie". At first, he was with Lin but they broke up because of their different interests and he fell in love with Pema. |
| 221 | * BlatantLies: In the beginning of "Turning The Tides", she gives a rather loud cry of pain, then assures Asami that "The baby is just kicking. Really hard." Any mildly savvy viewer will immediately put two and two together here; it's obviously a contraction. |
| 222 | * DeadpanSnarker: Very dry sarcasm. |
| 223 | * DeathGlare: So far, Tenzin was the only recipient. |
| 224 | * GoodParents: To her children. She loves them all dearly, but is also able to scold any of them when they do something wrong. |
| 225 | * HappilyMarried: To Tenzin -- They have a healthy communication with one another, he is protective of her, and she gives him advice whenever he's feeling disappointed and/or angry at himself or someone else. |
| 226 | * HiddenDepths: |
| 227 | ** She tells Korra that she won Tenzin's heart through a heartfelt confession, despite the fact that he was with another woman at the time. Then it's revealed the other woman was Lin. So non-bending Pema actually risked the ire of a jealous and very skilled bender who, according to Tenzin, tried to get her arrested. |
| 228 | ** In Book 4, it turns out not only she is qualified to lead a mass evacuation, she is also quite good at crowd control. |
| 229 | * {{Housewife}}: She looks after her and Tenzin's kids in Book 1. Somewhat {{averted|Trope}} afterwards because Tenzin is now free from his responsibilities as a councilman. Also averted in Book 3, when she appears to be in charge of Air Temple Island when Tenzin is away. |
| 230 | * LoveTriangle: She was in one with Tenzin and Lin pre-series. In the story proper she gives Korra advice on how to deal with her own. |
| 231 | * {{Muggle}}: Unlike her husband or their children, she's a non-bender. |
| 232 | * MuggleMageRomance: Married to the airbender Tenzin. |
| 233 | * NiceGirl: A kind woman who's always willing to listen. |
| 234 | * OhCrap: |
| 235 | ** Gives one as she's walking out on Mako and Asami having an issue with their relationship. And possibly because she realized that her earlier advice to Korra contributed to the issue. |
| 236 | ** In the same episode gives a more serious one when she starts giving birth at the worst possible time. |
| 237 | * SatelliteCharacter: We hardly see her be by herself. Pema is always accompanying Tenzin or her kids. She gets a little more characterization when she handles crowd control in "Day of the Colossus". |
| 238 | * SecondLove: Tenzin fell in love with her after his failed relationship with Lin. |
| 239 | * StudentTeacherRomance: Years before marrying Tenzin, she was one of his students. |
| 240 | [[/folder]] |
| 241 | |
| 242 | !Tenzin's Children |
| 243 | |
| 244 | [[folder:Jinora]] |
| 245 | !!Jinora |
| 246 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KiernanShipka |
| 247 | |
| 248 | [[quoteright:333:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_m22m7pek8u1rpymjro3_1280.png]] |
| 249 | [[caption-width-right:333:"I will make no such promises."]] |
| 250 | [[caption-width-right:333:[[labelnote:Click here for her Book 4 appearance.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jinora.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 251 | |
| 252 | Jinora is Tenzin and Pema's oldest daughter. More reserved than her siblings, shown to be a polite little bookworm. However, under her sweet exterior, she is still playful and hides a witty tongue. |
| 253 | ---- |
| 254 | * TwentiesBobHaircut: She wears her hair in a straight bob with bangs swept to the left. |
| 255 | * TheAce: Jinora is [[ChildProdigy a skilled airbender despite her age]], has advanced spiritual abilities, and [[spoiler:became the youngest Airbending master in history, outdoing even her grandfather who had Avatar-ness to his advantage.]] Also, see her TookALevelInBadass section, where she continues to level up from Book 2 to the series finale. |
| 256 | * ActionGirl: Her creative use of air-bending makes her a fine fighter. |
| 257 | * AdorablyPrecociousChild: Jinora is very mature for her age. |
| 258 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Has an obvious crush on [[StickyFingers Kai]], who has quite a reputation as a kleptomaniac. At least until CharacterDevelopment takes effect. |
| 259 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Unintentionally this to Tenzin. She can sense and see spirits easily (and is only ten), in contrast to her father, who has tried all his life, but never managed it. |
| 260 | * AnimalMotifs: |
| 261 | ** Since the finale of Book 2, when she helped defeat [=UnaVaatu=] and gave her father a butterfly to lead him, Kya, and Bumi out of the Spirit World, Jinora has always been associated with butterflies. |
| 262 | ** She has also been compared to dragonfly-rabbit spirits since they were the first spirits she was seen with. |
| 263 | * AscendedExtra: She has a larger role in Book Two, possessing a natural connection with the spirit world that helps Korra in her quest to stop Vaatu. She remains more in focus than Ikki, Meelo, and Rohan from then on. |
| 264 | * AstralProjection: She can project herself into the Spirit World and to other places in the physical world. The latter has limited range, though enough to cover most of Ba Sing Se. |
| 265 | * AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: [[spoiler:Her ascension to Airbending Master at the end of season three.]] |
| 266 | * BackToBackBadasses: With Opal in "The Battle of Zaofu", [[spoiler: holding off Kuvira's army and immediately contacting Meelo for help.]] |
| 267 | * BadassAdorable: She sent the Lieutenant flying with a flick of her staff. |
| 268 | * BadassBookworm: She is seen reading when not practicing her bending. Being well-read, Jinora has a great general knowledge, ranging from historic facts to the workings of recent technology and the habits of fauna. |
| 269 | * BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:Due to Kuvira's actions in the Spirit Swamp it causes Jinora and other residents of Republic City to be trapped in the Spirit Vines. She is eventually saved by Korra.]] |
| 270 | * BadassPacifist: Though Jinora has had her fair share of fights (in self-defense), she does managed to win fights or solve problems without violence. In Book 2, Jinora managed to help defeat [=UnaVaatu=] by using her LightEmUp ability to help Korra find Raava. |
| 271 | * BadassTeacher: Jinora becomes Avatar Korra's Spirit Guide. |
| 272 | * BaldMystic: [[spoiler:She's bald after she earns her airbending tattoos, per Air Nomad tradition. After the TimeSkip in Book 4, however, she's grown most of her hair back.]] |
| 273 | * BattleCouple: {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Kai. They become a couple by Book 4 and have proven to be competent airbenders, but rarely fight together. The one time they worked together, it was a covert mission, and they didn't have to engage in violence once. |
| 274 | * BetaCouple: She and Kai qualify probably to every other (non-married) couple, including Bolin/Opal, given that the couple have the least drama or relationship problems. |
| 275 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Jinora is a polite, young girl...who has helped saved the world on more than one occasion. |
| 276 | * BewareTheQuietOnes: As reserved as she is, Jinora is a talented airbender who has taken on and won against matches with benders who were older than her. |
| 277 | * BigDamnHeroes: |
| 278 | ** In Book 2, She materializes her spirit into the middle of Korra and Unalaq's battle and sparks Raava's regeneration from within Vaatu. |
| 279 | ** In Book 3, [[spoiler:she leads the new Air Nation in creating and controlling a ''massive'' tornado to save Korra and overpower Zaheer. Thanks to spying on him earlier, she also knows how to remove the poison Zaheer used on Korra, saving her life.]] |
| 280 | ** In Book 4, [[spoiler: she and Opal intervene in Korra's fight with Kuvira, sending Kuvira flying before she could deliver the final blow.]] |
| 281 | * BigBrotherBully: {{Downplayed|Trope}} and Big Sister. Jinora gets along quite well with her siblings, but she does like to tease them from time to time and to try and keep them in line, causing her sister to perceive her as "mean and bossy". |
| 282 | * BrattyTeenageDaughter: That line about her teenage years noted in LittleMissSnarker ends up coming true two seasons later. In spirit anyway, since she's still a few years shy of being a teen. |
| 283 | * BreakoutCharacter: Her role increases significantly in Book 2, becoming Korra's spirit guide. Book 3 has a side-plot involving her relationship with Kai and recognition as an equal. |
| 284 | * BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:Kai's apparent death sent her to tears.]] |
| 285 | * ChildProdigy: The Nick website for the series even describes Jinora as "the one kid who skipped a couple of grades". She possesses a natural connection to the spirit world, while her father, for all his studying, hasn't ever managed to enter it. [[spoiler:In the Book 3 finale, she is anointed as an airbending master at a younger age than her grandfather, and he was the Avatar.]] |
| 286 | * TheChosenOne: She was the one meant to be Korra's spiritual guide, not Tenzin or Unalaq. |
| 287 | * CoolBigSis: When she's not arguing with them, especially with Ikki, Jinora is this. In Book 1, she let Meelo ride piggyback on her at one point; she also apologized to Ikki in Book 2 for making fun of her. |
| 288 | * CreepyChild: She's younger than a teenager and loves reading stories about heroines committing genocide and suicide. |
| 289 | * CulturedBadass: Jinora has an avid interest in books and knows everything about the Air Nomad culture. She also [[spoiler:became an airbending master at only ''11-years-old''. Beating her grandfather's, a previous ''Avatar'', record by a year.]] |
| 290 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindows: The only one in her family to be this. |
| 291 | * CuteBookworm: She has read about her Gran-Gran's [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender adventures]], mentions reading a historical saga, and is shown reading at the dinner table. |
| 292 | * DaddysGirl: Like Ikki, Jinora is close to her daddy. |
| 293 | * DamselInDistress: She is captured and used as a hostage by Unalaq in "A New Spiritual Age", then gets stuck in [[PsychologicalTormentZone the Fog of Lost Souls]] until Tenzin gets her out. In Book 3, she finds herself at the mercy of the Dai Li and some bison rustlers, followed by the Red Lotus. |
| 294 | * TheDutifulDaughter: Out of her siblings, Jinora is the most responsible and mature. |
| 295 | * EarnedStripes: She pesters Tenzin about getting her airbending tattoos as the start of Book 3. By the end she proves herself worthy of them. |
| 296 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: In "Welcome to Republic City", her first scene shows her telling Katara that she read all about and Aang's adventures before asking what happened to Zuko's mom. She is also shown to be skating on the snow but is less rambunctious than her siblings; this shows her love of knowledge, being the most responsible of her siblings, and still having a playful nature. |
| 297 | * ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Jinora's signature hairdo has become a bob after [[spoiler: having to shave it off at the end of book 3 to receive her Airbending Master tattoos]]. |
| 298 | * FascinatingEyebrow: Raises one during the GrandFinale in response to [[spoiler:Asami laying her hand on Korra's shoulder]], implying that she knows about [[spoiler:their attraction to one another]]. |
| 299 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Responsible (dutiful and serious) to Ikki's and Meelo's Foolish (both rambunctious and immature). |
| 300 | * FriendToAllLivingThings: She has a particular connection with spirits, and makes friends easily in the Spirit World. Doesn't stop them from turning against her when turned dark by Unalaq and Vaatu. |
| 301 | * GenerationXerox: A lot like her father, [[TheStoic Tenzin]]: Both are the most spiritual of their siblings, the most mature, entered into an official relationship with someone by the series finale, and act as TheSpock. |
| 302 | * TheGift: Has a very special connection to spirits that just comes naturally to her. |
| 303 | * HumbleHero: Jinora never acts arrogant or haughty because of her skills. |
| 304 | * IdenticalGranddaughter: Look closely -- She's Aang with hair. [[spoiler:When she becomes a master airbender in "Venom of the Red Lotus", she loses the hair and it's even more obvious.]] |
| 305 | * ImportantHaircut: Jinora [[spoiler:shaves her head bald once she becomes a full on master of airbending and gets her airbending tattos]]. |
| 306 | * JustAKid: Tenzin refers to her as a variation of this when she had a discussion with Kai about getting her airbending tattoos. [[CallingTheOldManOut She promptly called him out for it.]] |
| 307 | -->'''Tenzin:''' Kai! What does he know about when you should get tattoos? The answer is "no"! You're just a little girl.\ |
| 308 | '''Jinora:''' I'm not a little girl anymore. I can airbend just as well as you. I know everything about our culture and history, and I have a stronger connection with the spirits that you ever will. Lead your own class! |
| 309 | * LetsGetDangerous: In episode 10 along with Ikki and Meelo, when they saved Lin Beifong from Amon's chi blockers and the Lieutenant. |
| 310 | * LightEmUp: In the Book 2 finale, she is able to release a massive burst of pure light which negates Unalaq's spirit corruption technique and illuminates Raava from within Vaatu. |
| 311 | * LittleMissBadass: Jinora is one of the most capable individuals in the series. In fact, she has been responsible for saving the Avatar Spirit on two separate occasions, the first being when she helped Korra find Raava during Harmonic Convergence and the second being [[spoiler:when she led the members of the Air Nation in creating a large tornado with the intention of stopping Zaheer from killing Korra in the Avatar State.]] |
| 312 | * LittleMissSnarker: |
| 313 | ** Perhaps a trait inherited from her grandmother, Katara. She's usually polite, but when she snarks, she snarks ''good''. |
| 314 | --->'''Tenzin:''' You ''must'' promise me your teenage years won't be like this!\ |
| 315 | ''[{{beat}}]''\ |
| 316 | '''Jinora:''' ''[peering over her book]'' I will make no such promises. |
| 317 | ** And when Unalaq confronts her about Tenzin in the Spirit Library. |
| 318 | --->'''Unalaq:''' ...What kind of father is he?\ |
| 319 | '''Jinora:''' Better than you. |
| 320 | * LovableNerd: Jinora is a cutie and enjoys reading historical fiction, as well as her father's journals chronicling his adventures with her grandfather, Avatar Aang, and the adventures of Aang and his friends. She also has an interest in playing Pai Sho. |
| 321 | * MeaningfulName: Jinorasa was the name of a lesser-known Buddhist writer and poet. Coincidentally, Jinora is also a well-read girl, having encyclopedic knowledge on various subjects, such as being able to identify a fire ferret on the spot and recite its natural habitat. |
| 322 | * MomentKiller: Unintentionally interrupts Korra [[spoiler: coming out to Mako and Bolin]] via AstralProjection for help in protecting the spirit portal in ''Turf Wars.'' |
| 323 | * MoralityPet: Acts as one to the selfish, thieving [[BrattyHalfPint Kai]] (pre-{{character development}}) since he has a crush on her, as well as she does with him. |
| 324 | * NervesOfSteel: Although still young, Jinora displays a great amount of courage, as she was willing to exchange her soul in favor of the world's well-being when she was being used as leverage to coerce Korra into opening the Northern spirit portal, as well as prolong the separation of her soul and body in order to aid the world by finding Raava. |
| 325 | * NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Mike and Bryan have openly admitted that they have no idea what her astral projection ability is or why she has it. |
| 326 | * NiceGirl: Jinora is a calm, polite, and responsible, carefree young girl. |
| 327 | * NightmareFetishist: She ''swoons'' at the thought of one of her story heroines committing ''genocide and suicide'' over being rejected by her LoveInterest. |
| 328 | * NotSoAboveItAll: Despite her emotional maturity, Jinora is just as prone to engaging in petty arguments and fights with Ikki. |
| 329 | * OfficialCouple: With Kai as of Book 4. |
| 330 | * OppositesAttract: Jinora, the polite, rule-abiding NiceGirl became an OfficialCouple with Kai, the sneaky, stealing (before CharacterDevelopment) JerkWithAHeartOfGold. |
| 331 | * PreAssKickingOneLiner: When rescuing Lin. |
| 332 | -->'''Jinora:''' Stay away from my dad's ex-girlfriend! |
| 333 | * PrecociousCrush: Implied. She referred to Mako as "that cute firebending boy", but doesn't explicitly state she has a crush on him. |
| 334 | * PrimAndProperBun: She wears her hair in a bun on the right side of her head, signifying the fact that she is the most mature and reserved of her siblings. [[spoiler:She did shave her hair off temporarily in order to get her Airbending tattoos but once it grows back she's back to the bun.]] |
| 335 | * PuppyLove: She quickly warms up to Kai. |
| 336 | -->'''Korra:''' I know you two have a connection.\ |
| 337 | '''Tenzin:''' What do you mean, a ''connection''? |
| 338 | * TheQuietOne: Of Tenzin and Pema's kids, Jinora is the most reserved. But, she's still playful and carefree. |
| 339 | * RedOniBlueOni: In Book 4, she is the calm, pacifistic Blue Oni to Opal's confrontational, HotBlooded Red Oni in regards to Kuvira. |
| 340 | * RelationshipUpgrade: She and Kai are friends in Book 3 but have an obvious attraction to each other. By Book 4, they are an OfficialCouple. |
| 341 | * ShipperOnDeck: |
| 342 | ** For Mako and Korra. |
| 343 | ** Her FascinatingEyebrow and smirk [[spoiler:when she notices Korra and Asami's attraction to each other implies she ships them together.]] Confirmed in ''[[ComicBook/TheLegendOfKorraTurfWars Turf Wars]]''. |
| 344 | * ShorterMeansSmarter: Inverted among her siblings--she's the tallest, but she's also the smartest. Played straight while among the rest of Team Avatar. She may be the smallest, but she's by far the most intelligent. |
| 345 | * ShutUpHannibal: Her response to Unalaq calling Tenzin a bad father is telling him that Tenzin's a lot better than him. |
| 346 | * SiblingTeam: Jinora battles against Equalists and goes on missions with Ikki and Meelo. |
| 347 | * SiblingYinYang: With Ikki and Meelo. Jinora is more serious and mellow, whereas Ikki and Meelo are more hyper and playful. |
| 348 | * TheSmartGuy: When it involves spiritual matters or anything in her books, you count on her to know it. |
| 349 | * SpinOffspring: Aang and Katara's granddaughter. |
| 350 | * SpiritAdvisor: For Korra in the game, due to her speaking with her telepathically from an airship. |
| 351 | * TheSpock: To Ikki's [[TheKirk Kirk]] and Meelo's [[TheMcCoy McCoy]]. She's the oldest of her siblings, the most mature, and down-to-earth. |
| 352 | * TagalongKid: Becomes to Team Avatar after she becomes Korra's spirit mentor. {{Averted}} since Jinora is more helpful and mature for her age. |
| 353 | * TeenGenius: At 14, she's the smartest and most experienced airbender among her siblings. |
| 354 | * TellMeHowYouFight: Jinora's approach to navigating an airbending training course is fairly clinical: she turns on a dime but keeps her upper body rigid. |
| 355 | * ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Though the romance in question seems to be more along the lines of ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms''. |
| 356 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The studious, polite Girly Girl to Ikki's MotorMouth, rambunctious Tomboy. |
| 357 | * TookALevelInBadass: |
| 358 | ** In the Book 2 finale, she is able to release a massive burst of pure light which negates Unalaq's spirit corruption technique and illuminates Raava from within Vaatu, allowing Korra to defeat her uncle. |
| 359 | ** In the Book 3 finale, [[spoiler:she leads the New Air Nation into forming a large tornado that allows them to stop Zaheer from killing Korra. And because of that, Jinora earns her airbending tattoos. ''Beating her Avatar grandfather by a year''.]] |
| 360 | ** In Book 4, even though she ended up captured [[spoiler:by the spirit vines, Jinora was able to calmly and quickly send a message to Korra via her astral projection. This is a big step given how in Book 3 she needed to be in a quiet, calm area.]] |
| 361 | * TrueSight: Jinora is sensitive to the spiritual world, able to see the spirits who enter material world when others cannot. |
| 362 | * UptownGirl: Jinora is the daughter of the leader of the Air Nomads (making her by standards a "princess") and comes with a pedigree containing Avatar Aang himself; Kai is an orphan thief, who even stole from the family that adopted him, [[CharacterDevelopment he does get better.]] |
| 363 | * WiseBeyondHerYears: |
| 364 | ** So much that she becomes Korra's guide in the spirit world, and ends up [[spoiler:becoming a master at age eleven]]. |
| 365 | ** [[spoiler:Her FascinatingEyebrow in the finale implies that she knows something is going on between [[OfficialCouple Korra and Asami]].]] |
| 366 | * YoungerMentorOlderDisciple: Downplayed with Korra, as they only have a small age gap. Jinora's a child while Korra is a teenager/young adult but the former is the latter's spirit guide. |
| 367 | * YoungestChildWins: {{Inverted}}. Jinora is the oldest of her siblings and has become {{the ace}} by the time she was 11, [[TookALevelInBadass leveled up in skills since Book 2]], shows a natural connection to the spirits, and [[spoiler:became the youngest airbending master in history; beating her grandfather, an ''Avatar'', by a year.]] |
| 368 | [[/folder]] |
| 369 | |
| 370 | [[folder:Ikki]] |
| 371 | !!Ikki |
| 372 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Darcy Rose Byrnes |
| 373 | |
| 374 | [[quoteright:190:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_m22m7pek8u1rpymjro2_1280.png]] |
| 375 | [[caption-width-right:190:[[AreWeThereYet "Are we there yet? Are we there yet?"]]]] |
| 376 | [[caption-width-right:190:[[labelnote:Click here for her Book 4 appearance.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ikki_season_4.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 377 | |
| 378 | Ikki is Tenzin and Pema's younger daughter. She's incredibly hyperactive and playful, and can be quite annoying, both on purpose and by accident. |
| 379 | ---- |
| 380 | * AnnoyingYoungerSibling: To Jinora. She can also be like this to Korra, and likes to tease her about Mako. |
| 381 | * BadassAdorable: Knocks out Equalists with a larger version of Aang's air scooter. |
| 382 | * BadassPacifist: By Book 4, Ikki shows a surprising gift for befriending enemies, and she probably could've left without violence had it not been for Jinora and Meelo's interference. |
| 383 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Ikki is a usually polite, if rambunctious child. But, she's more cunning and skilled then what she lets on. |
| 384 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: While she's goofy and a major motor mouth, Ikki can get serious when the chips are down. |
| 385 | * BigSisterInstinct: {{Inverted|Trope}}. Ikki (younger sister) saved Jinora (older sister) from a nasty fall after she and their dad [[spoiler:narrowly missed a blast from the Colossus.]] |
| 386 | * BrattyHalfPint: {{Downplayed}}. Ikki has a habit of asking annoying questions, either on accident or on purpose, but she's usually a polite child. {{Averted}} in Book 4, where she undergoes a healthy amount of CharacterDevelopment. |
| 387 | * ButtMonkey: Becomes this in Book 4, when her other siblings don't listen to her. |
| 388 | * CharacterDevelopment: Subtle, but in Book 4, Ikki loses most of her energetic curiosity that borders on annoying. Now, she's more of an OnlySaneWoman. |
| 389 | * TheCharmer: Ikki casually manipulates the two soldiers of Kuvira's army. She even gets them to tell her Kuvira's next target. |
| 390 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Her advice to Korra on romance related to a couple going up into a [[Anime/CastleInTheSky castle in the sky]]. |
| 391 | * ConstantlyCurious: ''Extremely''. To the point of asking rapid, sometimes inappropriate, questions. |
| 392 | * CoolBigSis: To Rohan and Meelo, but for the latter it's when he's not being bratty. |
| 393 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Ikki is more competent despite her MotorMouth personality. |
| 394 | * CuteButCacophonic: Jinora definitely thinks so, at least. |
| 395 | * DaddysGirl: Ikki, like Jinora, is very close to her father. |
| 396 | * DeathGlare: To Tarrlok, after he barges into the family dinner uninvited. It is extremely similar to that of her mother. |
| 397 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: In "Welcome to Republic City", her first scene has her excitingly and repeatedly asking Tenzin if they're at the South Pole and then asking a number of questions to Katara by interrupting a conversation between her grandmother and Jinora; this shows her hyperactive MotorMouth personality. |
| 398 | * ExpositoryHairstyleChange: By Book 4, Ikki's hair now reaches her waist. |
| 399 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: |
| 400 | ** At first, she's the Foolish (annoying and hyperactive) to Jinora's responsible (dutiful and serious). |
| 401 | ** By Book 4, she is the Responsible (OnlySaneWoman) to Meelo's Foolish (BrattyHalfPint). |
| 402 | * FriendToAllLivingThings: Her first reaction upon meeting Pabu is to call him "cute" and try to catch him. In Book 2, she befriends a trio of baby bison, and a flying squirrel in Book 4. |
| 403 | * TheGadfly: She seems to enjoy using her energetic personality to annoy others and bring up inappropriate questions regarding love triangles. |
| 404 | * GenderBlenderName: Ikki's name is usually a male name in Japan. |
| 405 | * GenerationXerox: Ikki seems to take after [[TeamMom Kya]]: Both are the middle children of their siblings, suffer from a unique MiddleChildSyndrome, verge on being the OnlySaneWoman, were quite rambunctious when they were younger, and act as TheKirk. |
| 406 | * GenericGirl: Ikki really doesn't show any unique feature other than her MotorMouth tendencies, which [[CharacterDevelopment she toned down]] in Book 4. Plus, her big sister is a spirit adviser who [[spoiler:became the youngest airbending master in history]] and a younger brother starts off as {{Cloudcuckoolander}} turned hotblooded, BloodKnight. |
| 407 | * GenkiGirl: Her first lines in the series were repeatedly asking "Are we there yet?" in a hyperactive tone, and is usually pretty energetic, at least up until Book 4. |
| 408 | * HiddenDepths: |
| 409 | ** Appears to be just an annoying MotorMouth, but was able to quickly answer Bolin's series of rapid-fire questions, including how many trees are on Air Temple Island. [[note]] 10,552. [[/note]] |
| 410 | ** Despite her energetic personality, she can also take the time to reflect about her surroundings, concluding to insightful wisdoms about family love. |
| 411 | ** In Book 4, she shows amazing skill with manipulating her enemies. |
| 412 | * TheKirk: To Jinora's [[TheSpock Spock]] and Meelo's [[TheMcCoy McCoy]]. Ikki isn't as mature as Jinora, but is not as nearly as [[{{Keet}} active]] as Meelo. |
| 413 | * LameComeback: To Jinora in the season premiere of Book 2. Tenzin told her, her siblings, and Korra about his vacation plans, and Ikki asked if she could get lightning bolts as tattoos. This conversation followed: |
| 414 | -->'''Jinora:''' You can't get lightning bolts. That doesn't make any sense.\ |
| 415 | '''Ikki:''' ''You'' don't make any sense! |
| 416 | * LetsGetDangerous: In episode 10, along with Jinora and Meelo, when they saved Lin Beifong from Amon's chi blockers and the Lieutenant. |
| 417 | * LittleMissBadass: Despite the fact that the Equalists could take on the entire police force with ease, eight-year old Ikki was able to kick serious Equalist butt when they attacked Air Temple Island. |
| 418 | * LittleMissSnarker: Shows more of this in Book 4 when she snarkily comments that Korra will be able to recognize Meelo. |
| 419 | * MeaningfulName: |
| 420 | ** "Ikki" is a Japanese male name with a few different meanings, though the most appropriate would be "radiance, shine, sparkle"; the literal meaning of the word is "riot, insurrection". Both translations attribute to Ikki's hyperactive tendencies. |
| 421 | ** "Ikki" also means "two" in some Turkic languages like Uzbek, which points to her being a second-born child. |
| 422 | * MiddleChildSyndrome: In an unique example, she feels this way with her siblings. In her opinion, they don't listen to her; with Jinora not only being her older sibling but also Ikki's superior as an airbender and then Meelo because he's Meelo. |
| 423 | * MotorMouth: Ikki usually speaks in a quick-paced manner, which matches her GenkiGirl nature. |
| 424 | * MsImagination: Her love advice for Korra heavily implies this: |
| 425 | -->'''Ikki:''' "No, no, no! The best way to win a boy's heart is to brew a love potion out of rainbows and sunsets that makes true lovers sprout wings and fly to a magical castle in the sky, where they get married and eat clouds with spoons, and use stars as ice cubes in their moonlight punch, forever and ever and ever!" |
| 426 | * NervesOfSteel: When dealing with a couple of Kuvira's soldiers who kidnapped her, Ikki maintains a cool disposition, while casually manipulating them. |
| 427 | * NiceGirl: Ikki was always a kind, playful child. By Book 4, she has gone through a healthy, if subtle CharacterDevelopment that shows her also to be one not to take her anger out on people or animals that don't deserve it and even make friends with enemies. |
| 428 | * NoIndoorVoice: Her voice tends to always be on louder than needed. And she can amplify it with airbending. |
| 429 | * OnlySaneWoman: Ikki becomes this in Book 4. When her siblings and her set off to find Korra, Meelo insists on turning their mission into a MachoDisasterExpedition and Jinora is too focused on trying to sense Korra's presence rather than actually looking for her. When Meelo throws away their food and insists that they go hunting, she reminds him that they don't eat meat. When Jinora and Meelo want to leave the swamp, Meelo was being a bit of a jerk and Jinora couldn't sense Korra here, Ikki insists that they keep looking. Basically, despite calling it a team effort, the air siblings would never had found Korra if it weren't for Ikki. |
| 430 | * PlayfulCatSmile: One of her main characteristics is to smile like a cat when being mischievous. She even hissed and spat when Korra told her to shut up about her liking Mako in front of his current girlfriend Asami. |
| 431 | * PrecociousCrush: At [[spoiler:Varrick and Zhu Li's wedding]], Ikki is seen pulling a less-than-enthusiastic Huan to dance. |
| 432 | * TheRunaway: She ran off in ''Civil Wars part 1'' after Jinora and Meelo tease her too much. It turns out that she was having a tea party with some baby sky bison, and she returns to the air temple with Tenzin. |
| 433 | * ShipperOnDeck: Like her sister, Mako and Korra. |
| 434 | * ShooOutTheClowns: In the episode before the two part Book One finale, she is PutOnABus with the Meelo, the rest of the family, and anyone else who provided a comedic role. |
| 435 | * SiblingTeam: Ikki battles against Equalists and goes on missions with Jinora and Meelo. |
| 436 | * SiblingYinYang: With Jinora. Personality-wise, they're about as opposite as can be. Jinora is more serious and mellow, whereas Ikki (and Meelo) are more hyper and playful. |
| 437 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Out of her siblings, Ikki looks the most like Pema, especially when she does the DeathGlare. |
| 438 | * TagalongKid: {{Averted|Trope}}. She and Meelo become this in Book 4, but is more than capable of any task. |
| 439 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The MotorMouth, rambunctious Tomboy to Jinora's studious, polite Girly Girl. |
| 440 | * TookALevelInBadass: In Book 4, Ikki is able to effortlessly manipulate her ''adult'' enemies. |
| 441 | [[/folder]] |
| 442 | |
| 443 | [[folder:Meelo]] |
| 444 | !!Meelo |
| 445 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Logan Wells |
| 446 | |
| 447 | [[quoteright:333:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_m22m7pek8u1rpymjro4_1280.png]] |
| 448 | [[caption-width-right:333:"Be the leaf!"]] |
| 449 | [[caption-width-right:333:[[labelnote:Click here for his Book 4 appearance.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/meelo.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 450 | |
| 451 | Meelo is Tenzin and Pema's older son and third child. At five, he's hyperactive and more than a bit silly. He shows great skill at airbending despite his youth. |
| 452 | ---- |
| 453 | * AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Becomes a bratty jerk to his sisters in Book 4. |
| 454 | * TheBabyOfTheBunch: Meelo feels he has something to prove not only as the youngest but as the only male of his Tag Along Kid trio with his two older sisters. His attempts to be seen as a man are usually played for comic relief. |
| 455 | * BadassAdorable: Uses {{Fartillery}} to help save Lin from the Equalists with his siblings.. |
| 456 | * TheBeastmaster: Tenzin teaches him how to train flying-lemurs in Book 2. He then trains a whole flock to fly in synchrony. |
| 457 | -->'''Tenzin:''' [[GoneHorriblyRight I've created a monster.]] |
| 458 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: Meelo is the most rambunctious of Tenzin's children. He's also a skilled airbender who can take down fully grown earthbenders. |
| 459 | * BigOlEyebrows: Just like his dad. |
| 460 | * BloodKnight: In Book 4, after he develops his DrillSergeantNasty persona. The funniest thing is that you know, he's an [[MartialPacifist Airbender]]. Also when he turns into Meelo the Man. |
| 461 | * BoisterousBruiser: His ego was exaggerated by Book 4, but his skills are still one not to take lightly. Plus, he's still a cute 9-year-old boy. |
| 462 | * BrattyHalfPint: He embraces this trope full-on in season four with his self-importance, egotism and constant rudeness to his sisters. Even Kuvira gets to suffer his obnoxiousness. |
| 463 | * BrutalHonesty: After he becomes quite the brat in Book 4, he doesn't know the meaning of the word "tact". |
| 464 | * TheChainsOfCommanding: Of winged-lemurs, especially Poki. As the Alpha Lemur, he cannot allow Poki to act certain ways, such as sleeping in the same bed. |
| 465 | -->'''Meelo:''' Being alpha lemur is lonely.\ |
| 466 | '''Tenzin:''' I know. |
| 467 | * ChildProdigy: Meelo has shown to be quite adept at training lemurs. |
| 468 | * CheshireCatGrin: Sports a big one whenever he's put in charge of the airbender recruits. The one in "Original Airbenders" is so big, it borders on being a SlasherSmile. |
| 469 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Meelo is a little kid, so you have to expect he's got a wild imagination, lots of energy and a fair number of quirks. |
| 470 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Meelo is the silliest, but he's still a talented airbender, so you underestimate him at your own peril. |
| 471 | * CuteBruiser: He's the most physically aggressive of his siblings (especially in Book 4)... and is still a cute 9-year-old boy. |
| 472 | * DrillSergeantNasty: Tenzin teaches him to be one when training Poki, in the next season he becomes one to the new airbenders. |
| 473 | -->'''Meelo:''' "Look to your left! Look to your right! ''One of those people will not make it out of here alive!''" |
| 474 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: In "Welcome to Republic City", his first scene has him ''chewing his father's head''; this shows how much of a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} he is. |
| 475 | * ExpositoryHairstyleChange: By Book 4, Meelo now has a full head of hair. |
| 476 | * ExtremelyProtectiveChild: Meelo saves his father after he and Jinora [[spoiler:narrowly missed a blast from the Colossus.]] |
| 477 | * {{Fartillery}}: Weaponizes it in Episode 10. In Book 4 he uses it again against [[spoiler:the Swamp's vines binding Pepper]]. |
| 478 | * TheFightingNarcissist: Since Meelo TookALevelInJerkass as of Book 4, he has become egotistical and self-centered, and [[BloodKnight always up for a fight.]] |
| 479 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Foolish (the most rambunctious and became more of a brat in Book 4) to both Jinora and Ikki's Responsible (generally more mature and level-headed than their brother, especially the former). |
| 480 | * {{Gasshole}}: Gets a "fartbending" scene in Episode 8. |
| 481 | * GenerationXerox: Shares quite a few similarities with his uncle [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Bumi]]. Both are the most rambunctious of their siblings, their actions verge on recklessness, they are pretty close to being {{Idiot Hero}}es, and act as TheMcCoy. |
| 482 | * {{Gonk}}: Those eyes, those teeth, good God! [[UglyCute And yet he is still adorable]]. |
| 483 | * ElementalEyeColors: Meelo is an airbender and was born with gray eyes. |
| 484 | * FriendToAllLivingThings: Meelo loves animals, like his sisters. In Book 2, he even becomes an effective trainer to flying lemurs. |
| 485 | * HiddenDepths: |
| 486 | ** When Tenzin teaches Meelo how to train flying Lemur, Meelo expands that skill into training the entire ''flock'' in synchronized flight. He generally seems to take after his uncle Bumi's skill at command and tactics, organizing the new airbenders to rescue the stole sky bisons. |
| 487 | ** Meelo is a surprisingly competent artist, able to hand-draw a portrait of Korra with stunning accuracy. Even Ikki is impressed when she sees it. Not just sketching either, he's able to paint a self portrait with an accuracy worthy of any Neo-classicist... Unfortunately Huan was looking for something more Expressionist. |
| 488 | * IceCreamKoan: He tells Korra to "Be the leaf!" after a demonstration of a leaf floating safely through the spinning-door contraption the airbenders use for training. He later gives the new airbenders the same instruction ''without'' the demonstration, resulting in much confusion. |
| 489 | -->'''Daw:''' I don't even know what that means! |
| 490 | * IdenticalGrandson: Post TimeSkip, he looks quite a bit like his grandfather Aang did when he had hair. |
| 491 | * IdiotHero: "Idiot" may be a bit much, but besides [[TookALevelInJerkass becoming brattier by Book 4]], Meelo has also became more irrational: He threw away the food that was supposed to last him and his sisters two weeks, because he wanted to ''live off the land''. |
| 492 | * IGotBigger: He's a bit bigger and he's grown his hair back. Played for laughs when he proclaims that he is no longer "Meelo the boy" but rather is now "Meelo [[TestosteronePoisoning THE MAN!!!]]". Also, all of his baby teeth are gone. |
| 493 | * {{Irony}}: Meelo becomes a BloodKnight by Book 4, despite being an ''Air Nomad'', and is taught to be opposed to violence. |
| 494 | * ItsAllAboutMe: By Book 4, Meelo's ego has skyrocketed, to the point when he constantly viewed the mission to locate Korra and bring her home as solely his mission, whereas it was something he was doing with his sisters. |
| 495 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: As of Book 4. Meelo has [[TookALevelInJerkass taken a level in jerkass]], but is still one of the good guys and does care about his family and friends, even if he refuses to directly admit it. |
| 496 | * {{Keet}}: He is first seen ''chewing on his father's head''. |
| 497 | * {{Kidanova}}: He tries to charm Asami the moment she arrives on Air Temple Island, and Book 4 shows he's not fixated on a single lady. Despite his efforts, his record is mired by the fact he'll have to wait a few years to stop registering as "cute" to girls he's hitting on. |
| 498 | * LetsGetDangerous: In Episode 10 along with his sisters, when they saved Lin Beifong from Amon's chi blockers and Lieutenant. He also thrashes the bison poachers in the season 3 episode "The Original Airbenders" really good, being among the more effective airbenders in the attack. |
| 499 | * TheMcCoy: To Jinora's [[TheSpock Spock]] and Ikki's [[TheKirk Kirk]]. Meelo is the youngest sibling and the one most prone to doing or saying anything without thinking. |
| 500 | * NeverMyFault: [[TookALevelInJerkass Becoming a brat in Book 4]], has him doing this. During his and his sisters' search for Korra, Meelo continuously blamed either Ikki or Jinora for a dead end, even though it was really no one's fault. |
| 501 | * NiceGuy: In the first 3 Books. While he was rambunctious, he never meant any harm and was quite likable. Unfortunately, [[TookALevelInJerkass he becomes more of a jerk]] in Book 4. |
| 502 | * TheOneGuy: Before Rohan's birth, Meelo was Tenzin and Pema's only son among his sisters. |
| 503 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: He's the youngest of the three airbender children but is no slouch in comabt. |
| 504 | * PrecociousCrush: On Asami. That girl he was hitting on in Book 4 was closer to his league, but still a good head taller. |
| 505 | * PrimalChestPound: Does this when he and Ikki rescue [[spoiler:Jinora, Opal, and a defeated Korra from Kuvira and her army.]] |
| 506 | * ShooOutTheClowns: Along with the rest of Tenzin's family, evacuates by sky bison when the Equalists attack Air Temple Island. |
| 507 | * SiblingTeam: Meelo battles against Equalists and goes on missions with Ikki and Jinora. |
| 508 | * SiblingYinYang: Jinora is more serious and mellow, whereas Ikki and Meelo are more hyper and playful. |
| 509 | * SophisticatedAsHell: When he and Ikki are playing on Korra's roadster. Ikki makes loud car noises and pretends she's in a high-speed chase, while Meelo appears to be imitating a valet. |
| 510 | * SpockSpeak: Often uses exceedingly formal language. |
| 511 | * SurpassedTheTeacher: After Tenzin tutors him in lemur taming, he clearly surpasses his father in the skill. |
| 512 | * TagalongKid: {{Averted}}. He and Ikki become this in Book 4, but is more than capable of any task. |
| 513 | * TestosteronePoisoning: After timeskip. He has (or tries to have) the attitude of a macho ActionHero... and yet he is only a cute nine year-old. |
| 514 | * TookALevelInJerkass: In season four, he's a lot more abrasive and rude to his sisters due to his DrillSergeantNasty behavior. Pretty par on course for a nine-year old boy, though. Lampshaded by Ikki and Jinora: |
| 515 | -->'''Ikki:''' Remember when he used to be so nice and sweet?\ |
| 516 | '''Jinora:''' No. |
| 517 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Sweet buns with happy faces on them. |
| 518 | * {{Tuckerization}}: Christopher Moss' son's name is Milo. |
| 519 | * UsedToBeASweetChild: For the first 3 books, Meelo was quite sweet and sensitive. Come Book 4, he's [[TookALevelInJerkass become more of a brat.]] This is lampshaded by Ikki at one point. |
| 520 | * VocalEvolution: His voice seems a bit deeper and more resonant in Season 3, likely as a result of his VA growing up. Not a bad thing though, as it shows Meelo is also growing up. |
| 521 | [[/folder]] |
| 522 | |
| 523 | [[folder:Rohan]] |
| 524 | !!Rohan |
| 525 | |
| 526 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Rohan_927.jpg]] |
| 527 | |
| 528 | Tenzin and Pema's fourth child (and second son), who was born in "Turning the Tides" near the end of Book One. |
| 529 | ---- |
| 530 | * BirthDeathJuxtaposition: {{Zig Zagged}}. The "death" in this case is not that of a person but of Republic City (as we know it, anyway). Also, in the episode where a (possible) new airbender is born, Lin loses her bending. |
| 531 | * BlowYouAway: As he was just three and a half when the series ended, it's never confirmed if Rohan is an airbender. However, when meeting a heavily pregnant Pema, Katara says that she senses he'll be a powerful airbender. As well as this, spirituality is one of the deciding factors in whether a person is born a bender. Given Rohan is born to the remnants of the most spiritual nation, the Air Nomads, it's likely he'll have airbending. |
| 532 | * LivingProp: He exists because his birth was a plot point in Book One, and they couldn't very well get rid of him. He should be old enough to speak and have a personality by Book Four, but he's never given any real chance to be noticed besides the occasional baby- or toddler-related gag. |
| 533 | * PerpetualSmiler: He was born smiling, and is rarely seen with any other expression. |
| 534 | * SatelliteCharacter: Rohan is only seen in the company of his parents, especially his mother, and his siblings. |
| 535 | * ThreeMonthOldNewborn: The baby was born already cooing and smiling. |
| 536 | * {{Tuckerization}}: Named after Bryan Konietzko's nephew. |
| 537 | [[/folder]] |
| 538 | |
| 539 | !Tenzin's Siblings |
| 540 | |
| 541 | [[folder:Bumi II]] |
| 542 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Richard Riehle |
| 543 | |
| 544 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bumi_1395.png]] |
| 545 | [[caption-width-right:250:"The paperwork's gone through little brother. From now on it's 24/7 Bumi time!"]] |
| 546 | |
| 547 | The eldest child of Aang and Katara, Tenzin's older brother, and a commander in the United Forces. After the Harmonic Convergence, he -- along with many others -- became a bender. An airbender, to be exact. |
| 548 | ---- |
| 549 | * AllLovingHero: Bumi joined the United Forces to make the world a safer, better place - though he also says in Book 3 that he was forced to join by being chucked in a potato sack. It's possible that he was press-ganged and then he stuck at it to try and make the world a better, safer place. |
| 550 | * AnnoyingYoungerSibling: {{Inverted}}, with younger sibling Tenzin looking exasperated at the idea of having to host his older brother. Tenzin later laments the fact Bumi has always acted like an annoying younger brother despite being the eldest of Aang's children. |
| 551 | * BadassLongcoat: He still wears his coat from his time as a Commander. |
| 552 | * BadassNormal: The only non-bender of Aang's three children, but that didn't stop him from becoming a Commander. He even tried invoking it by reminding Tenzin and Kya that he is far from useless. It is shown he is a decent street brawler before gaining Airbending, which he still doesn't know how to use. [[HiddenDepths He also has an unusual affinity for spirits]] even before he becomes an airbender, one only exceeded by his niece, Jinora, a ChildProdigy, successfully charming a dark spirit into friendship with a flute and not only befriends, but actually ''understands'' Bumju ("I get the gist"). |
| 553 | * BigBrotherBully: A fairly mild example, but he definitely does enjoy picking on Tenzin alongside Kya. And Kya alongside Tenzin. And then subject to an age inversion when Kya and Tenzin gang up on him. The Children of Aang have some rivalry... |
| 554 | * BigDamnHeroes: After the unsuccessful attack on the Southern Portal, Bumi manages to tame a corrupted spirit using his flute and then stages a rescue. However, his gift to tame spirits doesn't really work on the rest of them, so he runs around the Water Tribe camp being chased by corrupted spirits. Three minutes later, the entire camp is destroyed because of a glitching robot suit he was riding on and manages to rescue everyone. |
| 555 | * BigFun: Has put on weight between Books One and Two. Lampshaded when Meelo points to his stomach and asks if there's a baby in there. He slims back down to fighting trim during the TimeSkip between Books 3 and 4. |
| 556 | * BlingOfWar: His uniform seems to befitting of this. |
| 557 | * BlowYouAway: Post-Harmonic Convergence, he gains the ability to airbend. |
| 558 | * BoisterousBruiser: Another parallel to his namesake. |
| 559 | * TheBrigadier: He is second in command to General Iroh. |
| 560 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: Iroh II said that he was "a bit of a wild man" but still the bravest commander he has ever known, and he behaves like a deranged combination of the original Bumi and his uncle Sokka. And yet, his BigDamnHeroes moment suggests that at least some of his claims are true (and they certainly ''sound'' like Sokka-plans), despite being a minimally trained Airbender and out of shape he manages to survive fighting Ghazan by CombatPragmatist tactics... all of it suggests he rose to a fairly senior rank on his own merit. |
| 561 | * CapturedByCannibals: His tales along these lines seem to be just him spinning a line. However, it turns out to be his darkest memory, revealed by the Fog of Lost Souls, is this. |
| 562 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He's absolutely nuts, albeit noticeably saner and more grounded than his namesake - and like said namesake, he's CrazyIsCool. |
| 563 | * CombatPragmatist: In his fight with Ghazan, he briefly gets the upper hand by sneaking up from behind and begins pulling on on his hair and even takes to biting him. Guess that means Bumi isn't one for playing fair. Justified since Bumi had not had his airbending for a long time at that point (only using it to avoid Ghazan's attacks) and realized that he wouldn't be able to win in a straight fight with Ghazan. |
| 564 | * CommandingCoolness: His only line is in Book One, a scream of victory and joy, cemented him as this. |
| 565 | * CoolOldGuy: Considering Tenzin is 51 and Bumi is older than him, he is this. |
| 566 | * CoolUncle: Judging from the excitement of Tenzin's kids at the prospect of a visit from him, he is likely this. |
| 567 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Bumi's a lot more capable and skilled then he looks and acts. It's testament to this that he gets tapped to go on the [[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraEnemiesSeasons3And4 Bataar]]-sacking infiltration mission in the finale arc of the series. |
| 568 | * DeadGuyJunior: Named after Aang's childhood friend, [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderMentors King Bumi of Omashu]]. They even have similar personalities. |
| 569 | * DemotedToExtra: While not as bad as [[PutOnABus Kya]] in Book 4, he doesn't really get too many lines. He's mostly just in group shots with the other airbenders and Team Avatar, although he does accompany Tenzin and Korra on a stealth mission to kidnap Bataar Jr. in attempt to have leverage over Kuvira. |
| 570 | * EmpoweredBadassNormal: Harmonic Convergence gives him airbending. |
| 571 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: His IncomingHam entrance gave the viewers all they needed to know about him despite appearing for less than ten seconds. |
| 572 | * FluffyTamer: Somehow managed to tame a dark spirit with his flute, foreshadowing his affinity for spirits in general - aside from Jinora, his ChildProdigy niece, he's literally the only person able to understand them directly. |
| 573 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: He is the foolish to Tenzin's responsible. |
| 574 | * FormerlyFat: In Book 4, after three years of Air Nomad training, he has lost the pot belly he used to have and looks almost as trim as Tenzin. |
| 575 | * FreudianExcuse: While understated compared to Kya, Bumi was hard on Tenzin because Tenzin received more attention from Aang than Bumi did. On top of this, Bumi is painfully self-conscious of the fact that he is the only non-bending child of Aang and Katara and tried to make up for it by joining the United Forces. It's to such an extent that he is always wearing his uniform even when on vacation. |
| 576 | * GenerationXerox: |
| 577 | ** Whereas Tenzin has his father's abilities and Kya has her mother's abilities, Bumi seems to take after his uncle Sokka and maybe a bit from his grandfather Hakoda. |
| 578 | ** On a more subtle level, Bumi really channels Aang in his happy-go-lucky problem solving approach, adaptive skill, and natural affinity for both animals and spirits during his BigDamnHeroes scene. He even regards the animals the same way Aang did, as partners. That same kooky music helps emphasize that the scene could easily have been carried out by his father. |
| 579 | ** As of Book 3, after the Harmonic Convergence, he does inherit Aang's airbending after all. |
| 580 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: His time spent as a Commander in the United Forces and the adventures associated with it. |
| 581 | * HiddenDepths: Admits in front of Aang's statue that the whole reason he joined the United Forces in the first place was that, despite being a non-bender, he wanted to uphold his father's legacy of making the world a better place. |
| 582 | * HowDoIShootWeb: It takes him a while to figure out how to airbend intentionally, and even then he sticks to using it to boost his own mobility. |
| 583 | * HiddenWeapons: Keeps a throwing knife hidden in his coat. |
| 584 | * IncomingHam: His scream and Tenzin's apparent dislike at the prospect of playing host to his brother. |
| 585 | * InstantExpert: Notably averted, and he seems to be the only one of the main characters to whom this applies - by contrast, Kai uses airbending to help him pick pockets and Zaheer uses it to break his posse out of jail, while Bumi has no idea how to airbend. It is worth noting that Kai is noted as unusually talented and is both young and highly adaptable, while Zaheer spent a lifetime as an earnest student of Airbending culture and philosophy (and still has trouble when facing anyone who knows how to fight an airbender, like Kya, and gets his ass handed to him when he goes up against a genuine Airbending Master, in Tenzin). |
| 586 | * LastEpisodeNewCharacter: In Book One. Admittedly we did learn a little about him beforehand thanks to AllThereInTheManual, and he was (briefly) mentioned by Katara in the first episode. |
| 587 | * MacGyvering: All his stories from his United Forces days seem to imply a lot of this (which is precisely why his siblings never seem to believe him). Going by what happened in his BigDamnHeroes moment, it's quite likely that he was actually telling the truth. |
| 588 | * ManBitesMan: He uses this tactic on Ghazan in "The Ultimatum". |
| 589 | * ManChild: He continually teases Tenzin like they were kids, and all around fun personality. |
| 590 | * TheMcCoy: To Tenzin's [[TheSpock Spock]] and Kya's [[TheKirk Kirk]]. Bumi doesn't hesitate to do something or speak his mind. |
| 591 | * MilesGloriosus: Played with. He frequently enjoys spinning tall tales about amazing battles and adventures he was in, some of which sound quite improbable. By the Season 2 finale, however, it's implied that he wasn't ''entirely'' making all of his exploits up - just the parts where he claims it to have been his plan all along, instead of merely an IndyPloy. Case in point, in the Season 2 finale, he sneaks into an enemy camp planning to turn the dark spirits to his side like he did the first one. Unfortunately, it turns out they're not nearly as amenable so he's left stumbling around in a blind panic, but in short order commandeers an enemy mecha-tank and inadvertently wrecks their entire base - mostly as an indirect result from simply trying to dodge incoming fire. And he succeeds in freeing the rest of Team Avatar, who were taken prisoner. |
| 592 | * MistakenForServant: When he visits the Southern Air Temple along with Tenzin's family and Kya, a female Air Acolyte mistakes him and Kya for servants. |
| 593 | * MuggleBornOfMages: He is the only non-bender born of Katara and Aang, though he ends up getting airbending much later. |
| 594 | * TheMunchausen: He is prone to telling tall tales about his time in the army, but his siblings don't believe any of it. After what happened during his BigDamnHeroes moment (and on a darker note, his moment in the Fog of Lost Souls), he ''may'' have been telling the truth all along. |
| 595 | * MusicSoothesTheSavageBeast: His flute playing soothed a corrupted spirit back into a pacified state. |
| 596 | * NiceGuy: Great with his nieces and nephews, fun-loving, and protective of the people he loves. |
| 597 | * NoodleIncident: Apparently, he was involved in ''a lot'' of these during his career in the military if his stories are anything to go by. |
| 598 | * NoodleImplements: When trying to come up with a plan to save the captured airbenders in season 3, his necessary items include twelve tons of blast jelly and a badgermole that knows morse code. |
| 599 | * OneOfTheKids: He enjoys hanging with his nieces and nephews in their games. |
| 600 | * OvershadowedByAwesome: Bumi seems to be this, at least among the Air Acolytes. Some Air Acolytes are unaware that Aang and Katara had any children besides Tenzin. |
| 601 | * PapaWolf: Towards his nieces and nephews. |
| 602 | * PluckyComicRelief: Shares this role with Bolin and Varrick in the second season. |
| 603 | * PressGanged: He claims he was forced to join the United Forces after being kidnapped in a potato sack. It's anyone's guess how true it is. Given his tendency to tell tall tales, it could be another one of those, though considering how it's less heroic than his previous claim that he joined to protect the world, it might just be the truth. It's possible to reconcile the two: he could have been PressGanged initially, before deciding to stick at it to protect the world, something which fits with his [[IndyPloy just-go-with-it]] style and habit of claiming he planned whatever he just did all along. |
| 604 | * RealMenWearPink: He tries his hand at knitting a sweater for Bumju. Apparently, it wasn't very good. |
| 605 | * RefugeInAudacity: He often tells stories that have him saving the day through some truly unbelievable acts. After the stuff he pulls off in Book 2, we learn he may not be making all that up after all. |
| 606 | * RetiredBadass: He retired from the United Forces during the TimeSkip between seasons 1 and 2. |
| 607 | * SadClown: His jokey exterior hides his deep insecurities about being a disappointment to Aang and never feeling like he belonged to either of his parents' cultures. |
| 608 | * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Manly Man to Tenzin's Sensitive Guy. Bumi was Commander in the United Forces and more rough and tumble person. However, he does have a sensitive side. |
| 609 | * ShellShockedVeteran: It's never explicitly stated that Bumi has PTSD from his military days, but the fact that his greatest fear in the Fog of Lost Souls is being CapturedByCannibals speaks for itself. Thankfully, it doesn't seem bad enough to keep him from functioning in his day to day life. |
| 610 | * SiblingTeam: Fights along his siblings against Dark Spirits and the Red Lotus. |
| 611 | * SiblingYinYang: Both Tenzin and Bumi are emulations of Aang in personality. While Tenzin is more like adult Aang in all his seriousness, Bumi is goofy and carefree, more like the preteen Aang we saw in the previous series. Tenzin can have his [[NotSoStoic moments]], however, and Bumi did make it to a flag officer rank in the Republic Armed Forces, so he had to know when it's serious time - and there are hints that at least some of his goofiness is an act to cover up his being a ShellShockedVeteran. |
| 612 | * SpeaksFluentAnimal: Or spirit, rather. In fact, he's literally the ''only'' person other than his ChildProdigy niece, Jinora, who can. Specifically, he's able to interpret Bumi Junior's squeaks as actual words. When people begin to ask ''how'', he states that he just gets the gist, but doesn't fully understand how. |
| 613 | * StepfordSmiler: Bumi is ashamed he wasn't born an Airbender and felt like that he had failed Aang, and its highly implied it stunted his emotional growth. |
| 614 | * StraightManAndWiseGuy: The comical, childish Wise Guy to Tenzin's serious, sometimes aloof Straight Man. |
| 615 | * StrategySchmategy: In favor of [[IndyPloy Indy Ploys]], it seems. |
| 616 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: If you look past the tattoos, beards and other hair, Tenzin and Bumi look a ''lot'' alike. |
| 617 | * TheUnfavourite: "Civil Wars Part 1" indicates Aang unintentionally favored Tenzin over his non-Airbender kids. Bumi evidently got it worst though, as Kya was clearly Katara's favorite, and the fact he wasn't a bender clearly didn't help, with Kya indicating (as she's healing him after he's tried to overcompensate for his lack of bending) that he's always tried to prove that he can do everything a bender can, [[BrutalHonesty despite the fact that he can't.]] |
| 618 | * WellDoneSonGuy: Dearly wishes to make his father proud despite not being a bender, which is why he became a Commander of the United Forces; of course Kya is there to point out there is no doubt that Aang would be [[SoProudOfYou proud of him]]. |
| 619 | * WildHair: Fitting a 'wild man' persona, his hair is all over the place. |
| 620 | * YouWouldntBelieveMeIfIToldYou: During "Harmonic Convergence" he rescues the entire group in the BigDamnHeroes moment stated above. Tenzin is amazed at his accomplishment and asks how he did it, Bumi begins to tell them but decides against it, stating they would never believe him, especially since he already spent most of the episode telling them his outrageous veteran stories from his days as a commander which Tenzin previously dismissed as lies. |
| 621 | [[/folder]] |
| 622 | |
| 623 | [[folder:Kya II ]] |
| 624 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LisaEdelstein |
| 625 | |
| 626 | [[quoteright:333:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kya_korra.png]] |
| 627 | [[caption-width-right:333:"Bumi, don't pick on Tenzin. You know he's always been sensitive."]] |
| 628 | |
| 629 | The middle child of Aang and Katara, Tenzin's older sister, and a waterbender. |
| 630 | ---- |
| 631 | * AwesomeByAnalysis: |
| 632 | ** Quickly saw through Zaheer's ruse the second he started acting suspicious. |
| 633 | ** Happens again during ''[[ComicBook/TheLegendOfKorraTurfWars Turf Wars]]'', where she picks up on Korra and Asami's body language to discern [[spoiler: they're a couple. Bear in mind that Korra's parents were the only ones in the know at that point, and everyone else had to be ''told'' by the ladies of the relationship. Guess {{gaydar}}'s a thing even in the Avatarverse - though it should be noted that Kya is gay herself.]] |
| 634 | * BigBrotherBully: She used to beat up Tenzin when they were children. |
| 635 | * TheBusCameBack: After being absent for Book 4 save a short scene in a flashback, she makes a return in ''[[Comicbook/TheLegendOfKorraTurfWars Turf Wars]]'' and is shown helping the Republic City reconstruction efforts [[spoiler: and giving romantic advice to Korra and Asami]]. |
| 636 | * CombatMedic: She knows Katara's healing techniques and is no slouch on the battlefield, being one of the few people prior to Tenzin to actually give Zaheer a good fight and force him to retreat (though by that point, he'd got what he wanted). |
| 637 | * CommitmentIssues: Her worst fear, as revealed in the Fog of Lost Souls, is of being tied down and losing her freedom. |
| 638 | * CoolAunt: Especially to Jinora, with whom she has a special bond. |
| 639 | * CripplingOverspecialization: While she's a Waterbending master taught by perhaps the greatest Waterbender in the world, she chose to specialize in healing rather than combat due to growing up in a relatively peaceful time. As a result, while she's certainly no pushover and gives him a good fight, she's unable to take down Zaheer despite the difference in bending experience, and she's no match for Ming-hua (though she puts up a better fight than more or less anyone else). |
| 640 | * DeadGirlJunior: She was named after Katara and Sokka's dead mother. |
| 641 | * TheDutifulDaughter: She considers herself this, since she was the only one who decided to move to the Southern Water Tribe to be with Katara after Aang died and she was left all alone. However, Tenzin is quick to turn this on her, pointing out that before that, she flitted about the world and never came to see their parents until ''after'' their father died. |
| 642 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: According to Katara, she, like Bumi, was the foolish to Tenzin's responsible when they were children. Now she appears to be more responsible, at least compared to Bumi [[CloudCuckoolander (not that this is hard).]] |
| 643 | * FreudianExcuse: Kya (and Bumi to a lesser extent) has a pretty big chip on her shoulder towards Tenzin because, as a child, she and Bumi never had as much time with their father like Tenzin did. Their resentment is portrayed sympathetically given that the two of them were excluded from family vacations, and Tenzin didn't even remember them not being there (though the "family vacations" were more Tenzin being taken along on Aang's Avatar-related travels and having the weight of his father's legacy as both Avatar and the last of the Airbenders put on his shoulders, that doesn't really negate the point). |
| 644 | * HealingHands: Like Katara, she is a healer. |
| 645 | * IdenticalGranddaughter:Her face resembles that of her maternal grandmother for whom she's named after |
| 646 | * TheKirk: To Tenzin's [[TheSpock Spock]] and Bumi's [[TheMcCoy McCoy]]. Kya enjoys laughs with Bumi, but knows when to get serious. |
| 647 | * LikeMotherLikeDaughter: Other than bearing her grandmother's name, Kya is a healer, a Waterbender and wears a tribal betrothal necklace just like her mother. |
| 648 | * MakingASplash: She is a powerful waterbender, just like her mother. This also makes her the only non-airbender out of the three between her, [[BlowYouAway Tenzin, and Bumi]]. |
| 649 | * MentorArchetype: Taking over for Tenzin and as part of her [[TheBusCameBack comeback,]] she gives advice to Korra and Asami [[spoiler: as the only other living queer person they know on romance, coming out and [[TheConfidant offering to be there for them whenever they need to talk,]]]] which both makes her not so different from Tenzin and a gesture that both women clearly appreciate. |
| 650 | * MistakenForServant: A female Air Acolyte mistakes her and Bumi for servants when they visit the Southern Air Temple along with Tenzin's family. |
| 651 | * MsExposition: Gives a ''brief'' history of queerness in their world to Korra and Asami in ''[[ComicBook/TheLegendOfKorraTurfWars Turf Wars,]]'' which is [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] as network S&P wouldn't allow such a discussion from an [[WatsonianVersusDoylist external]] perspective and ''internally,'' this is obviously news to them [[spoiler: as bisexuals in their first same-sex relationship.]] |
| 652 | * MythologyGag: Kya was Katara's name in the original pilot for ''The Last Airbender''. |
| 653 | %%* NewAgeRetroHippie |
| 654 | * NiceGirl: Kya is funny, a {{cool aunt}} (especially to Jinora), supportive, caring, and acts as a TeamMom. |
| 655 | * OvershadowedByAwesome: Kya seems to be this at least among the Air Acolytes. Some Air Acolytes are unaware that Aang and Katara had any children besides Tenzin. |
| 656 | * PutOnABus: She is last seen in Book 4 leaving Republic City on a boat with Korra, heading back to the Southern Water Tribe. |
| 657 | * ShipperOnDeck: In "Turf Wars", Kya is fully supportive of [[spoiler: Korra and Asami's]] romance, even saying they both make a ''"beautiful couple"''. |
| 658 | * SiblingTeam: Fights alongside her siblings against Dark Spirits and the Red Lotus. |
| 659 | * SilverVixen: Kya is quite noticeably attractive for someone who appears to be in her late 50's/early 60's. |
| 660 | * TeamMom: To her siblings, and also to her nieces and nephews. It must run in the family. |
| 661 | * TookALevelInKindness: Apparently, she was a bit of a bully in the past to Tenzin. Now, while Kya isn't above teasing Tenzin, it's friendlier. |
| 662 | * TheUnfavourite: "Civil Wars Part 1" indicates Aang unintentionally favored Tenzin over his non-Airbender kids. |
| 663 | * WalkingTheEarth: Until Aang's death Kya travelled the world to [[DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife find herself]]. |
| 664 | [[/folder]] |
| 665 | |
| 666 | !Family Pets |
| 667 | |
| 668 | [[folder:Oogi]] |
| 669 | !!Oogi |
| 670 | |
| 671 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/oogibison_5698.png]] |
| 672 | |
| 673 | Tenzin's loyal sky bison mount. |
| 674 | ---- |
| 675 | * AllAnimalsAreDogs: When riding on Asami's airship yacht instead of flying on his own power, he joins Naga in leaning into the wind with mouth open and tongue out. |
| 676 | * CallBack: He's named after the [[GetARoom word Sokka used]] whenever Aang and Katara started getting [[SickeninglySweethearts mushy]] in the interquel graphic novels. A MeaningfulName, since Tenzin is an [[BabiesEverAfter eventual]] [[SpinOffspring result]] of those "oogies". |
| 677 | * GiantFlyer: Like Appa and all other sky bison. |
| 678 | * UndyingLoyalty: Not quite as prominent a personality as Appa, but he still cares for Tenzin. |
| 679 | [[/folder]] |
| 680 | |
| 681 | [[folder:Poki]] |
| 682 | !!Poki |
| 683 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DeeBradleyBaker |
| 684 | |
| 685 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/poki.png]] |
| 686 | |
| 687 | The pet flying lemur Meelo befriends in Book 2 and officially keeps as a pet. |
| 688 | ---- |
| 689 | * MoralityPet: {{Downplayed}} and a literal example. As of Book 4, while Meelo isn't anywhere near evil, he has [[TookALevelInJerkass taken a level in jerkass]] and Poki is the only one he's mostly nice to. |
| 690 | * ParrotPetPosition: Poki usually sits on Meelo's arm. |
| 691 | * RidiculouslyCuteCritter: A flying, ring-tailed lemur. ''So cute''! |
| 692 | * UndyingLoyalty: Follows Meelo everywhere. |
| 693 | [[/folder]] |
| 694 | |
| 695 | [[folder:Bum-Ju]] |
| 696 | !!Bum-Ju |
| 697 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Dee Bradley Baker |
| 698 | |
| 699 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bum_ju.png]] |
| 700 | |
| 701 | The pet dragonfly-rabbit spirit that Bumi befriends in Book 2 and keeps him as a pet. |
| 702 | ---- |
| 703 | * BlueIsHeroic: Bum-Ju is usually a friendly spirit whose main color is cyan (light blue). |
| 704 | * TheConscience: Acts as one to Bumi when he and Tenzin get into a huge fight. |
| 705 | * EarWings: What appears to be his rabbit ears turn out to be wings that allow him to fly. |
| 706 | * MeaningfulName: His name is a play on Bumi's. |
| 707 | * ParrotPetPosition: He's either on or around Bumi's shoulder. |
| 708 | * SapientPet: He functions as both a pet and TheConscience to Bumi, who understands his squeaks as words. |
| 709 | * UndyingLoyalty: To Bumi. When his human friend was about to fall, Bum-Ju tried to lift him to safety. |
| 710 | [[/folder]] |
| 711 | |
| 712 | [[folder:Pepper]] |
| 713 | !!Pepper |
| 714 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Dee Bradley Baker |
| 715 | |
| 716 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pepper.png]] |
| 717 | |
| 718 | Jinora's pet Sky Bison that helped her and her siblings look for Korra in Book 4. |
| 719 | ---- |
| 720 | * GiantFlyer: Sky bison, natch. |
| 721 | * MeaningfulName: Pepper was given her name due to the freckles on her nostril. |
| 722 | * YouthfulFreckles: Has a lot of them on her nose. |
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