Follow TV Tropes

Following

History Recap / AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheCaveOfTwoLovers

Go To

OR

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:


* RealityEnsues: Flailing torches around is good for scaring off the wolf-bats, sure, but Appa is considerably more capable of causing damage and already agitated from being underground.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** Also, Zuko's father ''is'' fighting in the war. Zuko just left out his father is the commander-in-chief of the Fire Nation forces.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ImpovrishedPatrician: Zuko doesn't take to being on the run with no money very well, though Iroh seems cool with it.

to:

* ImpovrishedPatrician: ImpoverishedPatrician: Zuko doesn't take to being on the run with no money very well, though Iroh seems cool with it.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* IdiotBall: Iroh loves tea, but making a tea out of a potential poisonous plant is just not worth it.
* ImpovrishedPatrician: Zuko doesn't take to being on the run with no money very well, though Iroh seems cool with it.


Added DiffLines:

* MetaphoricallyTrue: Song says the Fire Nation has hurt Zuko, based on his scar. Technically she's not wrong, even if you read "Fire Nation" as "Fire Nation Army".

Added: 242

Changed: 4

Removed: 109

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* EpicFail: Zuko's attempt at fishing doesn't go well, netting only a single minnow that barely fits on the end of the spear he used.



* KickTheDog: Zuko deciding to steal the families ostrich-horse after they had shown him and Iroh kindness. Iroh even calls Zuko out for this one but reluctantly still goes along with it.

to:

* KickTheDog: Zuko deciding to steal the families family's ostrich-horse after they had shown him and Iroh kindness. Iroh even calls Zuko out for this one but reluctantly still goes along with it.



* TentativeLight: When Aang and Katara are separated from the others, their torch is burning down to nothing.



* TentativeLight: When Aang and Katara are separated from the others, their torch is burning down to nothing.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The hippies are pretty thinly-veiled stoners. Also the hippie Chong makes fun of Sokka's underwear though it's also a case of G-rated NakedPeopleAreFunny.

to:

%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The hippies GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are pretty thinly-veiled stoners. Also reading this in the hippie Chong makes fun of Sokka's underwear though it's also a case of G-rated NakedPeopleAreFunny.future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Iroh very calmly explains that the White Jade Bush's poison will eventually suffocate him if left untreated.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* HiddenBuxom: During their waterbending training, Katara is stripped down to her underclothes, which consists of (presumably) underpants, a short skirt, and a rather form-fitting tank-top. It doesn't come anywhere close to GagBoobs territory, but it ''is'' the first time they show definition to her figure.

to:

* HiddenBuxom: During their her and Aang's waterbending training, Katara removes her Water Tribe tunic and gets into the river in what is stripped down to presumably her underclothes, which consists of (presumably) underpants, shorts, a short knee-length split skirt, and a rather form-fitting tank-top. It She doesn't come anywhere close to GagBoobs territory, but it ''is'' the first time they show definition to her figure.bust.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* HiddenBuxom: During their waterbending training, Katara is stripped down to her underclothes, which consists of (presumably) underpants, a short skirt, and a rather form-fitting tank-top. It doesn't come anywhere close to GagBoobs territory, but it ''is'' the first time they show definition to her figure.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* TimeSkip: Given how much Zuko's hair has grown out, it would seem at least a month or so has passed since the ending of "The Avatar State".

Added: 212

Changed: 139

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* FateWorseThanDeath: PlayedForLaughs: when Iroh accidentally poisons himself, he and Zuko have a choice between the Earth Kingdom and the Fire Nation for getting help. If they are discovered, the Earth Kingdom will kill them, but the Fire Nation will give them to Azula. They choose the Earth Kingdom.

to:

* FateWorseThanDeath: PlayedForLaughs: when Iroh accidentally poisons himself, he and Zuko have a choice between the Earth Kingdom and the Fire Nation for getting help. If they are discovered, the Earth Kingdom will kill them, but the Fire Nation will give them to Azula. They choose decide possible death is the better option and head for a nearby Earth Kingdom.Kingdom town for the cure.



* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The hippies are pretty thinly-veiled stoners. Also the hippie Chong Sokka's underwear though it's also a case of G-rated NakedPeopleAreFunny.

to:

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The hippies are pretty thinly-veiled stoners. Also the hippie Chong makes fun of Sokka's underwear though it's also a case of G-rated NakedPeopleAreFunny.



-->'''Appa:''' (*roaring in distress*)



* HeelRealization: Zuko gets one of these when Song tells him her father was taken by Fire Nation troops, then again later when she shows him the burn scars on her right leg.



* InnocentlyInsensitive: Aang manages to piss Katara this way when they talk about kissing. He doesn't mean any ill intent with his comments, it's just the result of him being a child.

to:

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Aang manages to piss Katara off this way when they talk about kissing. He doesn't mean any ill intent with his comments, it's just the result of him being a child.trying to play off his attraction to her.



* UnlikelySpare: Chong drops his lute while fleeing the badgermole, which Sokka accidentally plays music. After realizing that MusicSoothesTheSavageBeast, Chong pulls out ''another'' lute from his clothes, and belts out more music.

to:

* UnlikelySpare: Chong drops his lute while fleeing the badgermole, which Sokka accidentally plays uses to play music. After realizing that MusicSoothesTheSavageBeast, Chong pulls out ''another'' lute from his clothes, and belts out more music.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Adorkable TRS. Also ZCE.


* {{Adorkable}}: Zuko gets off to an early start here.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* ArtShift: The legend of the two lovers is told in a series of abstract watercolor images.

Added: 184

Changed: 151

Removed: 209

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* DidTheyOrDidntThey: Did Aang and Katara kiss?
** [[WordOfSaintPaul According to Mae Whitman]] (the actress who plays Katara), they did.

to:

* DidTheyOrDidntThey: Did Aang and Katara kiss?
**
kiss? [[WordOfSaintPaul According to Mae Whitman]] to]] Creator/MaeWhitman (the actress who plays Katara), they did.



* EntitledBastard: Without so much as a backwards glance, Zuko abuses Song's hospitality by stealing her ostrich-horse.



* TheFarmerAndTheViper: Without so much as a backwards glance, Zuko abuses Song's hospitality by stealing her ostrich-horse.



* {{Leitmotif}}: Aang and Katara's love theme makes its first appearance.

to:

* {{Leitmotif}}: {{Leitmotif}}:
**
Aang and Katara's love theme makes its first appearance.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* BaitTheDog: Zuko during his time with Song's family seemingly bonds with her over the fact that they have both been scared by firebenders and starts to see that the people of the Earth Kingdom are good people and prehabs not deserving of being subjugated by the Fire Nation. Then he steals the families ostrich-horse on the grounds that they are about to be even more kind to him and Iroh.

to:

* BaitTheDog: Zuko during his time with Song's family seemingly bonds with her over the fact that they have both been scared by firebenders and starts to see that the people of the Earth Kingdom are good people and prehabs perhaps not deserving of being subjugated by the Fire Nation. Then he steals the families ostrich-horse on the grounds that they are about to be even more kind to him and Iroh.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* BaitTheDog: Zuko during his time with Song's family seemingly bonds with her over the fact that they have both been scared by firebenders and starts to see that the people of the Earth Kingdom are good people and prehabs not deserving of being subjugated by the Fire Nation. Then he steals the families ostrich-horse on the grounds that they are about to be even more kind to him and Iroh.


Added DiffLines:

* KickTheDog: Zuko deciding to steal the families ostrich-horse after they had shown him and Iroh kindness. Iroh even calls Zuko out for this one but reluctantly still goes along with it.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Clarifying the "Oven Logic" example


* OvenLogic: When it's established that the torches last [[TentativeLight two hours each]], one of the nomad girls lights five of them saying they are now good for 10 hours.

to:

* OvenLogic: When it's established that the torches last [[TentativeLight two hours each]], one of the nomad girls Chong's wife Lily lights five of them saying they are now good for 10 hours.

Added: 232

Changed: 57

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* TonightSomeoneKisses: Subverted. Aang and Katara lean in as their candle goes out... at which point the cave's luminescent crystals kick in and the camera pans back down to the two, leaving us unsure whether they did or not. (Mae Whitman [[WordOfSaintPaul said they did]], though.)

to:

* TonightSomeoneKisses: Subverted. Aang and Katara lean in as their candle goes out... at which point the cave's luminescent crystals kick in and the camera pans back down to the two, leaving us unsure whether they did or not. (Mae Whitman [[WordOfSaintPaul said they did]], though.)


Added DiffLines:

* UnlikelySpare: Chong drops his lute while fleeing the badgermole, which Sokka accidentally plays music. After realizing that MusicSoothesTheSavageBeast, Chong pulls out ''another'' lute from his clothes, and belts out more music.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* ThePollyanna: The nomads, to Sokka's chagrin, sing to him about not letting the rocks get him down. He tries to walk away from them.


Added DiffLines:

* StealthInsult: Both Zuko and Iroh deliver them to each other when they make up fake names in Song's house. Zuko says his name is Lee and his uncle is "Mushi" (the Japanese word for insect). Iroh gives him a DeathGlare and says that "Lee" was named after his father so he's called Junior.


Added DiffLines:

* TooDumbToLive: Lampshaded by Song as her family when they treat Iroh for making tea from a poisonous bush. They tell him that the tea could have killed him. Iroh acknowledges their point with a self-deprecating smile.

Added: 184

Changed: 21

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* InnocentlyInsensitive: Aang manages to piss Katara this way when they talk about kissing. He doesn't mean any ill intent with his comments, it's just the result of him being a child.



* OnlySaneMan: Sokka amongst the group of hippie nomads.

to:

* OnlySaneMan: Sokka amongst the group of hippie nomads.nomads, much to his chagrin.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The hippies are pretty thinly-veiled stoners. Also the hippie Chong Sokka's underwear though it's a case of G-rated [[NakedPeopleAreFunny]].

to:

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The hippies are pretty thinly-veiled stoners. Also the hippie Chong Sokka's underwear though it's also a case of G-rated [[NakedPeopleAreFunny]].NakedPeopleAreFunny.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The hippies are pretty thinly-veiled stoners. Also the hippie Chong [[HomoeroticSubtext compliments Sokka's underwear]].

to:

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The hippies are pretty thinly-veiled stoners. Also the hippie Chong [[HomoeroticSubtext compliments Chong Sokka's underwear]].underwear though it's a case of G-rated [[NakedPeopleAreFunny]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The hippies are pretty thinly-veiled stoners.

to:

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The hippies are pretty thinly-veiled stoners. Also the hippie Chong [[HomoeroticSubtext compliments Sokka's underwear]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* AerithAndBob: Chong’s wife, Lily, stands out as one of the handful of Western names in the entire franchise.


Added DiffLines:

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The hippies are pretty thinly-veiled stoners.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* BatScare: The bats give the group a good scare.

to:

* BatScare: The bats wolf-bats give the group a good scare.



* CommonalityConnection: Song shows her scar to Suko to show him that she understands his pain.

to:

* CommonalityConnection: Song shows her scar to Suko Zuko to show him that she understands his pain.



* ForebodingFleeingFlock: One scene has the bats fleeing from the badgermoles.

to:

* ForebodingFleeingFlock: One scene has the bats wolf-bats fleeing from the badgermoles.



* RealityEnsues: Flailing torches around is good for scaring off bats, sure, but Appa is considerably more capable of causing damage and already agitated from being underground.

to:

* RealityEnsues: Flailing torches around is good for scaring off bats, the wolf-bats, sure, but Appa is considerably more capable of causing damage and already agitated from being underground.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Deleting an example. Even as a joke, the moral was never broken in any way.


* BrokenAesop: PlayedForLaughs. "We let love lead the way." "Really? We let huge, ferocious beasts lead ''our'' way."
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* AllMythsAreTrue: The old story about a SecretPassage through the mountains turns out to be true. It was a "true legend" after all.

to:

* AllMythsAreTrue: The old story about a SecretPassage through the mountains turns out to be true. It was a "true "real legend" after all.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/avatar_kiss.png]]
''[[caption-width-right:200:Shrouded in darkness, Aang and Katara share a kiss as they try to find their way out of the tunnel.]]''

to:

[[quoteright:200:https://static.[[quoteright:330:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/avatar_kiss.org/pmwiki/pub/images/avatar_kiss_6.png]]
''[[caption-width-right:200:Shrouded ''[[caption-width-right:330:Shrouded in darkness, Aang and Katara share a kiss as they try to find their way out of the tunnel.]]''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/avatar_kiss.png]]
''[[caption-width-right:200:Shrouded in darkness, Aang and Katara share a kiss as they try to find their way out of the tunnel.]]''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* AspectRatioSwitch: The aspect ratio changes from 4:3 to 16:9 for when Katara retells the story about the StarCrossedLovers Oma and Shu.

Top