Memes / The Legend of Korra

For better or for worse.

Considering how popular the first series was, it's no surprise we should expect the same treatment from Aang's literal Spiritual Successor.

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• Bolin's stage-whispered "The Avatar!", the first line heard from the new series.
• Korra's introduction as the Avatar: "I'm the Avatar! You gotta deal with it!"^ExplanationThis Establishing Character Moment gets a lot of mileage for detractors in particular, as it perfectly shows off Korra's arrogance even as a young girl.
  • [insert terrible situation]. YOU GOTTA DEAL WITH IT! ^ExplanationThe quote then expanded its use as people would replace Korra’s “I’m the Avatar” with literally any awful situation that one is forced to endure in their everyday lives. Like traffic.
• "PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWERS --- itty bitty living space."◊^ExplanationBefore merging with Wan, Raava allowed him to carry her around in a tea pot. So, this comparison to Genie's bond to his lamp was pretty much self-evident.
• "10,000 YEEEEAAARS will give you such a crick in the neck!"◊^ExplanationAnother spirit/Genie comparison, this time with Vaatu; both spent 10 millennia locked up (Genie in a lamp, Vaatu in a tree), so it must have been cramped.
• Lin's father is Azula.
• Buttering bagels.^ExplanationA story about what Bryan Konietzko was doing when the opening for the series leaked, (which wasn't actually true, Konietzko is a vegan) has made this a joke about getting mad in response to a leak, or just Avatar-related anger in general.
• No Bender is safe. ^ExplanationWhen Tenzin says this line, Bender appears in the bottom of an image with an Oh, Crap! on his face.
• Lin Beifong making the Eye Am Watching You gesture at Korra as she walks out with Tenzin, and Korra returning the gesture, but with a much more ridiculous rage face◊; as well as Lin shrugging with the most "whatever" expression ever animated afterwards (after initially having a "What the Hell?" look on her face).
  • Apparently, some things run in the tribe.
• "Korra, get in my office! I need pictures! Pictures of Spider-Man/The Avatar/The Blue Spirit!" ^Explanation Tenzin is voiced by J. K. Simmons.
  • Tenzin doesn't want your damn lemons!
• Be the leaf! So popular that the phrase "you only live once" has been co-opted to become "you only leaf once."
  • Meelo in general.
• Fucking Hasook. ^Explanation After his bad performance as one of the Fire Ferrets and subsequently leaving them (which nearly got them disqualified), the fandom has taken to blaming Hasook for everything bad that happens on the show.
• According to Shiro Shinobi, Mako and Bolin are still "fresh and juicy".
• [INSERT SHIP] IS THE NEW ZUTARA ^ExplanationOriginally used to describe the Mako/Korra ship because it was a popular pairing that consisted of a male firebender and female waterbender just like Zuko/Katara. This trend died when it became an Official Couple and people recognizing that the two ships were actually quite different. Makorra was then being referred to as the new Kataang and the "new Zutara" was used to refer to any big ship in competition with Makorra.
  • Makorra is the new Zutara. ^ExplanationWhen the series began, some Zutara shippers proudly jumped board to Makorra, claiming that it would be the Author's Saving Throw to make up for Zutara not happening. Although Word of God states it was a mixture of both Kataang and Zutara to appeal to all sides of the fandom...which is not what happened at all.
  • Tahnorra is the new Zutara ^ExplanationKorra and Tahno quickly became a popular pairing much like Zuko and Katara. Whereas Mako and Korra were heading towards becoming the obvious Official Couple and people started to refer to them as the new Kataang because of it. It actually matched up with the dynamics of the original series somewhat closely.
  • Korrasami is the new Zutara ^ExplanationAs Makorra became the Official Couple (for a while), Korrasami received a boost in popularity despite receiving much less focus than Makorra. It started to get labelled as the new Zutara instead. It helped that the two had a red/blue color scheme.
• Mako is Batman! Really, there's proof! ^Explanation In episode three, it's revealed that they lost their parents when Mako was eight years old when a mugger killed them right in front of him. This, of course, led to Mako being declared Batman.
  • EVERYBODY IS BATMAN! ^Explanation Comparisons to Batman were already being made before Mako's revelation. This and the fact that Amon's backstory is apparently similar to that of Mako and Bolin's cued this saying.
    • Except Chief Lin Beifong, who IS SPIDER-MAN! ^Explanation After And The Winner Is..., people immediately began making comparisons between the metalbending chief of police, who fights using long metal tethers that project from her hands, and Spider-Man.
    • Comparing Lin to various superheroes every episode has become quite common. First she was "Spider-Lin", then "Wolverlin" in "The Aftermath" and "Iron Lin" after the dressing montage in "Out of the Past". Basically, Lin is all of the superheroes!
    • And now Tenzin needs pictures of her.
    • Also, the X-men may have caught a little public favor.^Explanation J. Jonah Jameson'll be tongue-kissing Spider-Man before the X-Men catch a little public favor.
    • Now there's "Iroh Man". ^Explanation In reference to Iroh II using firebending to "fly".
    • And prior to Amon's facial scarring was revealed to be fake, Amon is Doctor Doom.
    • Parallels between Amon and Bane have also been made.
    • From Book 2: Tonraq's Exile via causing a lot of destruction and Unalaq's shifty-looking appearance makes one think of Thor and Loki respectively.
    • In season 3 the Bane mantle was passed on to Zaheer.
• Mako's garnered quite a few different interpretations by the fandom. The last scene of him looking out the window brooding in the second episode has gotten people to hilariously dub over, or caption, what he's thinking. Case in point. There's also "Tsundere" Mako, "Uke" Mako who ought to just stay in the kitchen and let Korra do all the work, and Beautiful Mako Problems.
  • And now, Mermako◊.^ExplanationSpawned out of a joke fic with Mako as Ariel the Little Mermaid.
  • The Equalist Mako concept has gained popularity since Tinted Green.
• Comedy Amon. (Also known as "Bad Joke Amon" on DeviantArt.) ^Explanation A series of panels featuring Amon,◊ in which he tells a (presumably) bad joke,◊ gets no response from the assumed audience,◊ and then generally finishes by saying◊ "Well, I thought it was funny"◊ (or a variation of it), or ends with an other bad joke.
  • Also comes in video format.
  • video number two: Amon realizes no one likes his jokes, and vows to get rid of all bending!
    Spri~ngtime~ for A~mon~, and Equalists!
  • video number three
  • And one final video.
  • And Steve Blum gets in on it.
  • Korra does not like his jokes.
  • The Book 3 version of this meme is Bad Joke Kya. ^Explanation Screencaps from "Original Airbenders", featuring Kya following in Uncle Sokka's footsteps and unleashing myriads of puns. Found here.
• Bad Luck Bolin. ^Explanation It seems that no matter what Bolin does, he will always have horrible things happen to him.
• Where's Sokka's Statue!? ^ExplanationOccasionally throughout season one, statues of Aang, Zuko, and Toph would be shown prominently as they were founders of Republic City. This caused the fandom to collectively question why Sokka was getting snubbed. The writers took note of this and finally displayed Sokka's statue in season 2. Naturally this prompted the fandom to start questioning why Katara didn't have a statue either.
• Asami's Hair Flip, seen here◊.
  • And Tahno got in on the action too apparently
• Asami as Carmen Sandiego
• Perfect Man Bolin/Feminist Bolin. ^Explanation Speaks for itself.
• YOU'RE a bad idea! ^Explanation Generally used as a Take That! against Mako, as it was used by Bolin in the show when he was "drunk" off of noodles.
• Since there are plenty of creeps so far in the show, it's no surprise that there would be a lot of Memetic Molester memes floating around. Here's one of Amon, and one of Tahno.
• The line in which Tahno offers "private lessons" to Korra was made into an electro house remix on Tumblr. The song spread like wildfire.
  • All of Chongthenomad's house remix songs qualify.
• Substituting Bolin's name into different songs is popular, such as Bolin in the Deep and They see me Bolin.
  • This, of course, isn't limited to Bolin. Somebody that I used, Tahno for example.
• Every time you leak something from an episode of Korra, Koh steals a kitten's face. ^Explanation When Bryan Konietzko found out fans leaked episode 4 online, his response was a cat macro with this line and a kitten with a shopped-out face.
• Korra and Mako kiss each other or other people while a third character walks in on them, wearing a heartbroken expression while holding a bouquet of roses and Pabu is around their neck. ^Explanation This happened in episode 5, when Korra and Mako kissed, and Bolin witnessed it by accident.
  • This meme even ended up featured on Bryan Konietzko's tumblr.
  • Even more hilarious versions of the meme here. Especially the last one, which is now Hilarious in Hindsight since it's canon.
• "Makooooooo-oh."◊ ^Explanation A random guy calling out Mako's name in episode 5 (only to be ignored) has been christened "Mof", which stands for "Mako's only fan".
• Mako's one true love is money or his scarf.
• Inappropriate Timing Spongebob. He laughs at your pain. ^Explanation More of a SpongeBob SquarePants meme rather than a Korra meme, a screenshot showed a SpongeBob promo laughing while Korra falls back into the Pro-bending Arena.
  • There are also other instances from Korra, the original series, Disney Mass Effect 3, and many more.
  • Payback◊ time◊!
  • It's also oddly reminiscent of this screenshot◊ from the airing of The Beach.
• Everybody's parents being killed by a firebender. ^Explanation Mako and Bolin's, Amon's (but as an Unreliable Narrator), and Asami's mother.
  • Some fans have joked that all these people were killed by the same person, named A. Firebender. And he's a waterbender, for some reason.
    • Partial credit for whoever started this meme, since Amon is a waterbender and claims his parents were killed by a firebender. He kinda did kill his father (though some would say his father had it coming) by running away.
  • Due to the similarities in appearance and the manner in which they were killed, many fans claimed that Lust was Asami's mother and Roy Mustang was the Firebender that killed her.
• Even his hair is broken! ^Explanation After Tahno lost his bending to Amon in a Break the Haughty moment, he later appeared with way worse hair than his old stylized look.
• "Get in, loser! We're going Equalist hunting/shipping/etc!" ^Explanation The gif of Asami skidding up in the "Korramobile" or a shot of everyone inside from the preview for episode eight. Sometimes shown with a side character replying to the offer. A reference to a scene from Mean Girls.
• A growing number of fans have taken to identifying the real-world counterparts to the cars seen in the show.
  • On that note: Team Avatar's transport from the start was almost universally agreed upon to be called the Korramobile.
• "I Hope Tarrlok [bad inconvenience here, such as 'drinks orange juice after brushing his teeth']" jokes have sprung up en masse after episode 8.^ExplanationSimilar to the "I hope Rick Santorum... meme".
  • After the reveal of Tarrlok's past and sacrifice in the finale, "I Hope Tarrlok" [better hopes] sprung up.
  • Examples can be seen in the Hopes-for-Tarrlok Tumblr.
  • Now Mako has his own. Even has its own Tumblr.^Explanation Due to many fans being displeased with his behavior during the show.
• Avatar Kyoshi giving Korra overly violent advice, or reveling in the destruction Korra causes, including a blog based on the idea.
  • "BATHE IN THEIR BLOOD, KORRA!"
  • Kyoshi and Toph crashing Aang's consultation of Korra, both wanting bloodshed.
  • "When I was Avatar, we didn't bend blood, we ''bathed in it''!"
  • "Beat that motherfucker with that other motherfucker!"
• Using "doozy" to refer to every intense episode ^ExplanationBefore it was released, Bryan said episode 8, easily one of the most intense so far, would be a "doozy". Furthermore, it refers to a line from episode 2. "Grab your kids and grab your snacks, because this match is gonna be a doozy."
• IS IT SATODAY YET? ^ExplanationIn America, new Korra episodes air on Saturdays, and it's a very suspenseful show, so the fans get a little anxious during the weekdays. The name is derived from the Asami/Hiroshi Sato family name.
  • IT'S AMONDAY ^ExplanationSame concept; derived from Amon and Monday, as Mondays are the days that the new episodes are put up on Nick's website
• Amon is a rapist.
• "But first, let me tell you about my boomerang." ^Explanationa reference to Councilman Sokka's speech during Yakone's trial, during which he couldn't seem to resist bragging about taking out Combustion Man.
• Meelo and Wash. [1]^ExplanationBoth characters are known for quotes involving leaves.
• Amon is Amonster.
  • Amon puns are running rampant in general. ^ExplanationAmon the edge of glory, Amon a horse, Amon a boat (This becomes Harsher in Hindsight when he dies on a boat in the season finale.), etc.
• Amon: "I am the solution."
• "But everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked." ^ExplanationFan reuse of Katara's narration from the original series to describe General Iroh's fleet showing up at the end of episode 10 to retake Republic City from the Equalists. Sort of a fan-made Ironic Echo. (Or is it Irohnic Echo?) Amusingly, Iroh's fleet was wiped out in minutes.
  • In Book Two this became "But everything changed when the Water Tribe attacked." ^ExplanationReferencing the events at the end of the second episode of Book Two.
• Lin is my hero. ^Explanation Lin Beifong's Heroic Sacrifice to assure the safety of Tenzin and his family. Meelo's response? "That lady is my hero."
• A lot of people are also claiming Iroh II is secretly a Disney Prince
  • Not to mention that the "Honor" jokes made a comeback, including (although that one is a bit older) the Fan Nickname for Zuko's daughter Izumi before her name was revealed, Honora.
• Uninterested husband. ^ExplanationThe husband of the councilwoman that only responds with "(something), dear" to everything she says.
• Comparing the Lieutenant to Team Rocket or claiming that he'll be sleeping on the couch. ^ExplanationThe Lieutenant hasn't been very successful as of late in capturing the Avatar or Team Avatar.
• As of Endgame, We've got Naga.
• Oh no, he's hot! ^ExplanationReactions to Amon's surprising attractiveness have inspired gifs and comments.
• Avatar Fatty/Fatvatar/Cakebender ^ExplanationOne of the past avatars (an Air Nomad) looked noticeably overweight. The jokes wrote themselves.
  • Avatar Jafar^Explanation Yangchen’s predecessor has similar facial hair, pointy shoulder-pads, and a tall hooded hat to Jafar. He was later given the name Szeto in The Shadow of Kyoshi. The hat signifies the fact that he was a cabinet minister for the Fire Lord of his day.
• Korra shipping chart◊^Explanation Like so◊
• Avatar Parallels^ExplanationComparing scenes from both series.
• Mermako. ^ExplanationDrawings and photoshops of Mako as a mermaid.
• Making gifs of the scene of Korra's horrendously shocked reaction when Ikki blabs to Asami that Korra likes Mako.
  • Likewise, a follow-up scene, Ikki's feral reaction after Korra locks the door on her.
• "Iroh Man," named after Iroh's rocket boot-like firebending in episode 12 that draws straight from the Iron Man playbook.
  • For that matter, the shock gauntlets Amon's henchmen tote around have led to a ton of Iron Man jokes about ripping off his weapons.
  • Amon is Tony Stark.
• Korra: If you're a waterbender, why are you white?
  (random character): OH MY GOD KORRA, YOU CAN'T JUST ASK PEOPLE WHY THEY'RE WHITE.
  • This one's making a comeback with Bolin's "Nuktuk, Hero of the South" mover.
• SHUT THE FUCK UP ASAMI CAN'T YOU SEE KORRA IS UPSET BECAUSE SHE LOST THREE OF HER FOUR SUPER POWERS ^Explanation Comes from the Image Boards where someone posted a picture of Asami saying something bad that's happened to her before being interrupted by someone else and yelled at for not paying attention to Korra's problem◊. Here's a different result from another thread◊.
• "Wait, did [X] just die?" "You know, it was really unclear." ^ExplanationIn the original show, the character Jet was very subtly killed off due to censorship, leading to debates on whether he was dead or not. When the Ember Island Players play reenacts his death, it has the characters lampshading the uncertainty of it. Censorship of deaths is very much alive and well in Korra, so this joke gets pulled out quite a bit.
  • "Wait, did the Lieutenant just die?" "You know, it was really unclear."^ExplanationIn the first season finale he was bloodbended, thrown against the wall, and never seen again. Fans suspect he was killed, but the show does not confirm or deny it.
  • "Wait, did Mako even break up with Asami?" "It was really unclear." ^Explanation Mako and Asami's break up was ambiguous to a lot of fans, leading to people wondering if Mako and Korra kissed while he was still in a relationship. A later episode both confirmed that they'd broken up at that point and lampshaded the ambiguity of it.
  • "Wait, did the Earth Queen just die? "Y'know, it was really unclear." ^ExplanationDespite the gruesome way in which Zaheer murdered Hou-Ting, every subsequent mention of the death used phrases like "took down" or "brought down", making for one of the most bizarre uses of Never Say "Die" in programming.
  • "Wait, are Korra and Asami in a relationship now?" "You know, it was really unclear." ^ExplanationThe final scene is shot to heavily imply a budding romance, paralleling the final scene of ATLA with Aang and Katara, but never explicitly confirms it, just short of an on-screen kiss.
• Almost from the second he was introduced, people have been making jokes about how "Wan" sounds like "one".
• "You amuse me. I will make you mine." with regards to Bolin.
• AUGH AUGH AUGH ^Explanation Eska and Desna's hilariously awkward laugh is sometimes written as such.
• Well that Eska-lated quickly. ^Explanation In response to Eska's Not So Stoic Yandere moment at the end of "Civil War, Part 2."
• Dammit, Unalaq! ^Explanation Chief Unalaq has an unfortunate tendency to be a jerk at the most inopportune moments.
• Meelo is a Pokey-mon master. ^Explanation In Peacemakers Tenzin teaches Meelo how to train his pet lemur Pokey.
• Varrick is Tony Stark and Zhu Li is JARVIS.
  • Or alternatively, Pepper.
• Nuktuk, Hero of the South!^ExplanationThe name of the Show Within a Show that Bolin stars in.
• I am sex and melancholy.^ExplanationA description of Mako based on this tumblr post
• Varrick is behind everything.^{Explanation (spoilers)}Following his villain reveal in "The Sting," a certain image board exploded with wild "theories" about Varrick secretly funding Amon, hiring the firebenders that killed Asami's mom, giving Yakone plastic surgery, etc.
• Avatar Aladdin^ExplanationDue to the preview clip of Wan for The Beginnings: Part 1, people have been noting the similarities between him and Disney's Aladdin.
  • Wan jump ahead of the breadline... ^Explanation Wan's introductory scene is quite similar to Aladdin's introductory song. See Wan puns, below.
• Wan puns are becoming the new Amon puns. ^Explanation Fans are substituting Wan in various words and phrases (e.g. "wanderful", "he was number wan", "wan hour premiere", etc).
• Being Asami is suffering. ^Explanation Asami Sato seems to just keep on going through hardship, like a certain pink haired magical girl.
  • Or Asami Abuse^ExplanationIn series a lot of bad things seem to happen to Asami, from losing her only family to having her company stolen. So some forums have just continued this trend of everything going wrong into Asami's future. Often adding that no one seems to care.
• Vaatu was the original Reaper.^Explanation Vaatu's shape, color, deep voice, superior attitude and roaring energy beams make him reminiscent of Mass Effect's Reapers (minus the living machine aspect, of course).
• "Zhu Li, do the thing!" ^ExplanationVarrick's Catchphrase has proven to be rather popular, especially on Tumblr, where "do the thing" was already a popular form of Buffy Speak before his first appearance.
• "This artifact was passed down to me from my uncle." ^ExplanationIn the season 2 pilot, Tenzin shows Korra a map of the Air Temples - complete with a smiling chibi Tenzin - and Korra's reaction is one of bemusement. It did not take long for gifs to appear, substituting the map for one of Sokka's notoriously bad drawings, or screencaps of him looking extremely silly, or anything else that might fit with Korra's reaction.
• [insert situation]
  Mako: Korra... I broke up with you..^ExplanationMako waiting until the last second to tell Korra he broke up with her after her memories were erased.
• Republic Rim^ExplanationThe final battle between Korra and Unalaq/Vaatu is similar to the battles in Pacific Rim
• Fanart of human!Raava - typically a pale, regal woman wearing a kimono and hair ornaments, with white hair and blue facial markings - is practically as popular as fanart of her true form.
• Waava is my new OTP!^ExplanationThe Wan/Raava pairing - humanized or not - has received considerable popularity.
• Putting a blush on Unalaq face especially when he looks at Vaatu. ^Explanation The Unavaatu pairing becomes popular as the finale pretty much shows Unalaq's strong desire to be one with Vaatu. This leads to jokes like "I wish my boyfriend looks at me like Unalaq looks at Vaatu."
• "Jinora Christ" ^ExplanationJinora descending from the heavens in golden light to bring Raava back.
• You're an Airbender, and you're an Airbender, EVERYBODY'S AN AIRBENDER!! ^Explanation A parody of Oprah Winfrey that comes from the reaction of people randomly becoming airbenders in season three.
• Zaheer puns have begun. ^ExplanationSet of three screencaps from Zaheer's jailbreak (one with him glowering out of his cell, one of the cell now containing several stunned White Lotus sentries, and one of Zaheer leaping off the cliff) in "A Breath Of Fresh Air," with the comments "Zaheer, ZaNOTheer, ZaOUTTAheer."
  • To a lesser degree, P'Li puns. ^ExplanationGif of P'Li sniping at squad cars in "Old Wounds," with the appropriately anti-authoritarian caption "Fuck the P'Lice!"
• Hipster Zaheer. ^ExplanationWhen infiltrating the air temple Zaheer claims to be from a village far North that "you've probably never heard of." Cue everybody making jokes about Zaheer being a hipster.
  • "He showed up at the raid on Zaofu an hour late with Jasmine Dragon." ^ExplanationThe "showed up an hour late with Starbucks" meme, as applied to some gag concept sketches of Zaheer wearing cozy sweaters and ski jackets and holding coffee cups.
• Zaheer is a weeablew. ^Explanation Likely started with this Tumblr post and is a reference to his Air Nomad Foreign Culture Fetish and Guru Laghima fanboyism.
• Toph Really Gets Around. ^Spoilers Toph is revealed to have two daughters with by two different fathers, both unknown even by Lin and Su, so the fandom has latched onto this and made Toph a nymphomaniac, who doesn't care who her partner is, though it does have its dark side.
• R.I.P. Bosco. ^ExplanationFans were horrified to learn of the rumor that the Earth Queen had eaten her father's pet bear.
• Opal is evil. ^Explanation In the episode The Terror Within, Opal makes a bizarrely ominous facial expression◊, when feeding Bolin no less. This has led to several edits reminiscent of the "If only there was someone out there who loved you" and "Hail HYDRA!" memes.
• Episode ten/Zaheer is breathtaking! ^Explanation Zaheer asphyxiating the Earth Queen with the air from her own lungs.
  • Also gifs of that event accompanied by a litany of songs about taking breath away, e.g. "No Air" by Jordan Sparks, "Take My Breath Away" by Berlin, and "T is for the way you take my breath away".
• Never trust episode ten. ^Explanation Episode 10 of Avatar and all three seasons of Korra always contains something shocking.
• Zaheer is Bane. ^Explanation Zaheer giving control of Ba Sing Se to its citizens after killing the Earth Queen led to inevitable comparisons to Bane's liberation of Gotham in the film.
• "As long as I'm breathing, it's not over." ^Explanation Tenzin refuses to give up Korra to the Red Lotus. As the Red Lotus starts beating on a battered and bruised Tenzin, the camera slowly pans to the wall...
• "Guru Laghima. An airbender." ^Explanation In "The Stakeout", Zaheer tells Korra "Do you know who once said, 'New growth cannot exist without first the destruction of the old'? Guru Laghima, an airbender." Since then people have begun attributing nonsensical phrases to "Guru Laghima, an airbender."
• P'Li's death was mind-blowing ^{Book 3 finale spoilers} P'Li dies when Suyin metalbends her armor around P'Li's head right as she's about to fire off a combustion blast, causing it to backfire and incinerate her; fans have taken to making jokes about it using variations of the phrase "mind-blowing."
  • And to a lesser extent, jokes have been made about Ming-Hua's death being "shocking" ^{Explanation, Book 3 finale spoilers} Mako hit her with a blast of lightning and electrocuted her to death.
  • And to an even lesser extent, crushing/buried or "earth-shattering" puns about Ghazan's death ^{Explanation, book 3 finale spoilers} He decided to bury himself alive in a cave rather than go back to prison.
  • And we are not "yanking your chain" about Zaheer's ultimate defeat. ^{Explanation, book 3 finale spoilers}He tries to escape, but is dragged back down by Korra entangling his leg with one of her broken chains.
• It's Aang! ^{Book 3 finale spoilers} Jinora finally gets her airbending tattoos. Fans have noted her similarities in design to Aang before, but with her head shaved, the only difference between her and her grandfather are their different colored eyes and different shaped ears.
• All my friends are dead. ^{Book 3 finale spoilers} Zaheer's face is often photoshopped on the dinosaur on the cover of the book because P'li, Ming-Hua, and Ghazan are all dead by the end of the finale.
• Put a sock in it! ^{Book 3 finale spoilers} When Zaheer has lost and is ranting about the Red Lotus will prevail, Bolin shuts him up by gagging him with a literal sock. Naturally, he points it out.
• You know, for kids! ^{Explanation, spoilers}Jokes about how un-kids'-show-like LOK is. Started with Amon and Tarrlok's murder-suicide, but it really took off in Book 3 with how the Earth Queen and P'li die.
• SOON. ^Explanation When Nick released the title for book 4, Bryan's only comment (on tumblr) was "SOON." Turns out "soon" meant "next month".
  • OCTOBER 3! ^Explanation When the release date was announced - with only three weeks left to go - the fandom was launched into an emotional whirlwind of anticipation and dread.
• Prince Wuzko ^Explanation A clip from the first episode of book 4 shows Prince Wu, the soon to be king of the earth kingdom. He hits on Asami and is incredibly full of himself — and remarkably like Kuzco.
  • Let Kuvira take over! ^Explanation Between badass-looking Kuvira and her well-organized army and the obviously incompetent Wu, quite a few fans are saying (jokingly or not) that it would be preferable to have the former on the throne. It's even an in-universe sentiment.
• Kai's voice! ^Explanation With the new book 4 clip released featuring Kai and Opal, the fandom has been quick to note that puberty was very, VERY kind to Kai - and his voice.
• Gifs of Kuvira's high speed metalbending have become popular, especially when paired with music.
• The Great Divider... of legs. ^Explanation It took only a single episode for Kuvira to be cemented as a sex symbol.
• Lin is Momboss. ^Explanation "Momboss" is a Fan Nickname, referring to her increasingly maternal relationship with Mako. This was cemented by the Book 4 premiere, where the normally gruff, unflappable Lin becomes apologetic when telling Mako he'll be accompanying Prince Wu, even letting Mako grab and shake her without comment.
• "That can't be it! Where's the rest of it?" ^Explanation Zuko's reaction to to reading the abrupt end of Sozin's story is the standard fandom reaction to the end of an episode.
• "I can't believe it. Hama?" ^Explanation Toph's new appearance◊ quickly resulted in comparisons to a first series villain.
• The face Mako◊ made when Bolin said Kuvira was a lot like Korra became memetic practically the moment it was first seen.
  • Similarly, Bataar Jr.'s look of bug-eyed shock after Varrick blows up his trainboard lab with a spirit energy bomb became an instant hit after "The Battle of Zaofu". Editing him into various shocking scenes is particularly popular.
  • And Lin's look of rage◊ when Bolin asks Toph who Lin's father is.
• The Earth Empire is America! ^ExplanationWhen arguing with Mako, Bolin states that they (the Earth Empire) bring FREEDOM wherever they go.
• Frog-squirrels. ^Explanation The frog-squirrel that lands on Korra's shoulder while she's training/being pushed around in the swamp has gained many followers.
• Best Avatar Dad Unalaq. ^ExplanationConsidering the terrible track record Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra have with attentive parents, it became a thing that Unalaq was the best father in the Avatar universe, as (as far as we know) he never did anything to his children that some of the other Avatar parents have, such as send them to live in a military compound for 15 years (Korra) or cover up their crimes (Suyin)
• Bad Pick Up Line Meelo. ^ExplanationIn the style of Bad Joke Amon, combining images of Meelo flirting with Tuyen with cheesy pick up lines.
• Toph summarizes Avatar. ^ExplanationToph gave some rather curt summaries of Aang learning Earthbending and Sozin's comet.
• NOT THE THING! ^Explanation When Zhu Li calls Varrick out for never appreciating her help, she says, "Guards, do the thing." — to much fanfare from the fanbase.
• "What are you doing in my swamp!?" ^ExplanationWith Toph living in the swamp and Kuvira's plans to tear it down for spirit vines, a lot of Shrek jokes ensued
  • Avatar is Avatar now. ^Explanation With a circle of military aircraft preparing to take down an enormous, spiritually significant and highly connected tree, parallels to James Cameron's film were easily made.
• The bedroom eyes◊ ^Explanation Korra makes this face when Mako mentions the arguments that he and Korra have had in the past.
• Combined with "Bad Joke Amon" from the first season, image macros of the villains talking in "Remembrances" popped up within hours of the episode coming out.
  • "You can't sit with us." ^ExplanationZaheer, Vaatu and Amon excluding Unalaq from their circle drew instant comparisons to a certain girl clique.
• Remember when Bolin [did X] ^ExplanationPhotoshopping Bolin's face over Korra's in any given situation and crediting him, based on Varrick's mover pitch in the last third of Rememberences.
• Hairbending ^Explanation Joining Asami...Korra's short hair in Book 4: Episode 9 looks AWESOME blowing in the wind.
• "We're going in blind!" ^ExplanationWhen "Beyond The Wilds" ended, fans realized that every scene from the Book Four trailer had been shown in the series, leaving them with no clue as to what the last four episodes would contain. They reacted appropriately.
• "Hey chief." ^Explanation Lin and Toph's long-awaited reunion.
• Where the hell is Kai? ^Explanation As Book 4 winds to a close, the fandom is going crazy waiting for Kai to show up again - whose last appearance was in episode ONE.
• Baatar Sr. is a huge dork. ^Explanation In "Operation Beifong," we get to witness the engineer and architect of Zaofu get thrown from a wooden cage and cartwheel through the air, - unlike the rest of his family - screaming the whole way.◊
• "You give metalbenders a bad name!" ^Explanation Said to Kuvira by Toph when she saves her family. Often mixed with Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name."
• RIP Hot United Forces Guy. ^Explanation This guy◊ is one of the United Forces guards who sees Kuvira's giant mecha coming for Republic City. Unfortunately, he is killed when Kuvira fires her spirit at the watchtower. (The fandom has noted that he is also very, VERY attractive.)
• Varrick sinks his own ships. ^Explanation Alluding to when Varrick attacked his own ships in an attempt to instigate a war and take over Future Industries in Book 2, Varrick sinks an entirely different kind of ship in Book 4 — his relationship with Zhu Li. Twice they have had a romantic moment, twice Zhu Li has basically shoved a neon sign in his face telling him how she feels... and twice Varrick seems to follow through but diverts it at the last minute.
• After Korra and Asami's Relationship Upgrade in the Grand Finale, many, many jokes were made about Mako being such an awful boyfriend that both of his exes went lesbian afterwards.
  • IT'S CANON vs. JUST FRIENDS. ^ExplanationDue to the ambiguity of Korrasami in the final, most Ship Combat dissolves into this.
  • IT'S CANON probably counts on its own too. ^ExplanationShipping wars aside, the fact that a highly popular, "non-standard" ship received what is hard not to read as confirmation, many jokes have been made about the fandom's reaction. Example here.
  • The LEZZING OF KORRA! ^ExplanationLike it or not, puns had to show up at some point.
  • AND YOU GOTTA DEAL WITH IT. ^Explanation After the release of an official statement from the creators on Tumblr that the Korrasami ship was both intended and canon, there can be no denying it. Ironic that the very first meme of the series becomes its last.
  • Not to mention all of the sudden schadenfreude had at Mako's expense, for two of his ex-girlfriends suddenly hooking up.
  • And then there's Korra's apparent new ability to bend sexual preference that's been making the rounds.
  • Many fan edits show other pairings walking into the spirit portal.
  • Calling the Relationship Upgrade "The Thing," complete with capitals, short for "the thing that broke the Internet."
  • Does this mean Mako's post-finale theme song is now Pink Triangle by Weezer?
• Korrasami is now a verb.
• "Feudal lord and handmaiden". ^ExplanationSomeone made a poorly worded post (English wasn't the writer's first language) claiming Korrasami was "heteronormative" due to one being feminine and the other more butch, and that their ship of Makorra defied gender roles. After the initial disgust and shock wore off, fans embraced this as a new meme.
• "She's SO pretty. She's so pretty and cool." ^ExplanationThe opinion about Asami that Janet Varney (Korra's voice actress) expressed on the commentary track for The Voice In The Night. Used in this Gag Dub.
• When Toph revealed that Lin's dad is a man named Kanto, a lot of fans joked that Suyin's dad must be named Johto. ^ExplanationKanto is the region where the first generation Pokémon games take place, with Johto being the region of the second generation.
• "We popping the biggest bottles when Makorra happens tomorrow."^ExplanationA Tumblr post written the day before the series finale. Even now, long after the show has ended, it still gets reblogs due to how Hilarious in Hindsight it was.

• "For sale: biggest bottles, never popped."^ExplanationA similar Tumblr post made in jest while referencing the above post and Hemingway's Six-Word Story.

• During Book 1, a lot of people were peeved at Makorra and the treatment of Asami in general. This started a meme where Asami was in love with Korra and only dated Mako to meet her (often times even crashing into him because he knew Korra). Asami being very unsubtle about her affections for Korra is mandatory. It was originally Played for Laughs due to the crack ship nature of Korrasami but became Hilarious in Hindsight come the series finale.
• Crossdressing Korra^ExplanationDuring Book 1, an AU about Korra as a Sweet Polly Oliver became popular on Tumblr.
• Raava's taste in women^ExplanationOn Tumblr, the apparent fact that every Avatar so far has been romantically involved with a woman, usually from the fire nation (Kuruk and Aang being the exceptions, both marrying women from the water tribe) has not gone unnoticed, leading to jokes that either Raava or Wan (or both) have have a very particular taste in women
• Aang spread his seed far and wide^ExplanationDue to the sudden appeareance of Airbenders worldwide in Season 3, with Harmonic Convergence being the only explanation, some people have jokingly stated that the real cause is Aang going out and attempting to single-handledly... repopulate the Air Nomads before his death.

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