*The Legend Of Korra* is the sequel to *Avatar: The Last Airbender*. Produced by Nickelodeon, it follows Korra, the reincarnation of Avatar Aang.
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How did Amon deflect bending?
Okay, okay, so past the whole "how does Amon take away bending" schpeel, how in the world does his bloodbending give him the ability to deflect people's bending attacks? I've never quite understood or ...
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What evidence is there that Amon really used bloodbending to take away bending of the other characters?
I have watched the first season of The Legend of Korra and as far as I can recall it wasn't made clear whether Amon really used bloodbending to take away bending abilities of the other characters. ...
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Can water benders heat water?
I know that water benders can freeze and melt water/ice, but what is the limit to this?
Can a water bender heat water to boiling? Steam? I know that water benders can bend steam (Korra did when she ...
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Do benders have to bend parts of their body to bend the elements?
I have noticed that in Avatar the last airbender, everyone seemingly has to move a body part to bend an element. Do they have to even move? And why?
For instance, Katara can be on land and use a ...
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How did Avatar Aang have a wife and kids?
In Avatar the Last Airbender, I believe Aang ran away from the air nomads because he was told that as the Avatar, he would not be allowed to ever have a family; and his sole responsibility would be to ...
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What printed materials from Avatar: The Last Airbender are canonical?
What printed materials from the Avatar universe are considered canon?
Here's a quick list of what I've seen out there:
The Promise (Parts 1, 2, 3)
The Lost Adventures
The Lost Scrolls (Air, Water, ...
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How does the water tribe use water to heal?
In Avatar: The Last Airbender, members of the Northern Water Tribe use water to heal.
When Katara shows some bending prowess, she's told only men are allowed to bend in the Northern Water Tribe. They ...
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Can Korra now go into the avatar state when ever she wants?
I'm confused, it's said that you have to open all of your chi's to enter the avatar state on your own, but did Korra open them all?
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How old was Korra when she was discovered she was the Avatar?
My guess is around 4 or 5, but I don't know if it's right because she looked a bit older. So help?
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What inspired the hybrid animals seen in the Avatar cartoon?
There are lots of (adorable) hybrid creatures in both Avatar cartoons; Legend of Aang and Legend of Korra.
What inspired the creators of the show to include these hybrid creatures, as opposed to ...
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Why did Tarrlok do what he did at the end of Season 1?
In the show, Season 1, after Amon lost to Korra, he released Tarrlok and took him to a boat so they could escape to a new city and start a new life. Tarrlok then grabbed an electric glove used it to ...
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How can Bumi be a non-bender?
If Aang was an airbender and Katara was a waterbender, then how come Bumi has no bending elements at all? I mean you would think that Bumi would have some kind of element, seeing that Aang was the ...
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Can an avatar pass on their non-native bending genes?
Element Benders can pass on their abilities genetically. I'm wondering is an avatar that has access to more elements than usual is able to pass on more than their native bending talent. We haven't, to ...
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Who else was on the council?
We see in Legend of Korra that Republic City has a 'United Republic City Council' in a flashback we see it being chaired by a member from each nation, except water which has a representative from the ...
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Who is still alive from the original Avatar in the Legend of Korra series? [duplicate]
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Who is still alive from the original series?
I actually have no idea who is still alive from the orginal series. The only one who I really see is Aang and some of the ...
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Is lightning bending common in Korra's time?
In Aang's time, only a few benders knew about lightning bending and even fewer could perform it, with it being highly dangerous.
Mako, in episode three, gets a job at a factory with at least 5 other ...
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Why was lightning linked with firebending?
In the Avatar world, why are Firebending and lightning generation linked? In Western culture, it seems like air and lightning mesh better (weather phenomena), or perhaps water and lightning (a la ...
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Does Korra have an Avatar tattoo?
Once her bending was restored to her by the spirit of Aang, did Korra get an Avatar tattoo, and if so, what, and where was it?
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What is the Republic City Police Force (metalbender cops) insignia?
What is the insignia worn by the metalbending cops? The one that looks like a gold geometric ant's head (with mandibles):
Is it a spin on something from the previous series?
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How does each bender produce his or her element?
In the Avatar series (both The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra) I noticed that there seems to be a difference in how each bender produces their respective elements. A fire bender seems to be able ...
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Who was the first Avatar?
Who was the first avatar in the Avatar (the last airbender) universe? How did they achieve their powers? And why is there only one?
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What enables blood benders to levitate their victims?
In the episode Out of the Past, blood benders are seen being able to levitate their victims.
I understand that a blood bender has power over his victim, but logically, shouldn't that power be ...
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Is metalbending based on a different martial art?
Airbending is based on the Ba Gua Zhang martial art, Water on Tai Chi Chuan, Fire on Northern Shaolin, and Earth on Hung Ga. Is metalbending modeled simply after Hung Ga as well or is there a ...
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Why can't metalbenders/earthbenders affect pure metallic platinum?
In the episode, The Aftermath the Metalbending Police Force has been investigating Future Industries factories for collusion and production of weapons by Hiroshi Sato with the Equalists.
The ...
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Would it be possible for some to bend two elements?
After reading this question What stops other benders from mastering the four elements? While it seems that it would break one of the rules of the show, that only the avatar can master all four ...
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What stops other benders from mastering the four elements?
In the Avatar universe, what is it that stops other people physically or spiritually, besides the Avatar, from mastering the four elements?
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What does the symbol on Amon's banners mean?
In episode 6 of The Legend of Korra, "Korra Gets Cheated," Amon attacks the Pro Bending Championship.
Midway through his attack, his followers hang banners with his symbol throughout the arena.
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Is Amon energy bending when he takes away someone's bending abilities?
I just read the question: "Why is knowledge of energy bending so rare?"
It made me wonder: Is Amon energy bending when he takes away someone's bending abilities?
From what I've read, energy bending ...
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Why is knowledge of energy bending rare?
In the finale of Avatar: The Last Airbender, it's revealed that there's another form of bending called energybending. This was the form of bending used by people before the Avatar existed, and before ...
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Are benders allowed to use subsets of their element's abilities in Pro-Bending?
Could the water benders use ice/snow in the tournaments? Could they use bloodbending to just push the players off the field?
Could Earthbenders use Metalbending during competition? Like the metal of ...
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What is the subset of Airbending?
Earth has Metalbending.
Water has Bloodbending/Healing.
Fire has Lightning/Electricitybending.
What is the subset of Airbending, if there is one?
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Why did Korra have difficulty mastering Airbending and not when mastering Firebending?
For Aang, the most difficult bending art to master was the one directly opposed to his native one: Earthbending.
Korra, as a Waterbender, should have theoretically had difficulty mastering ...
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Inheriting bending abilities between different bender-types? [duplicate]
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What determines a bender's element?
Aang and Katara had 3 children some airbenders, some waterbender and some not, so is there a pattern that can be used to predict ...
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How many airbenders are there?
How many airbenders are there in Korra's time? If Aang was the last airbender, is it only his offspring—Tenzen and his three children—that have mastery of the element? Many similarly ...
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Can a single player who's been knocked back recover ground?
In Pro-bending, if one team knocks all opposing players out of the neighboring zone, they can advance. What happens if one of the players on the pressing team is behind the others?
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Who is still alive from the original series?
We know for certain that Katara is still around from the original series, since she shows up in the first episode. We also know that Aang is dead, since Korra would have been born at the moment of his ...
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Where did Tenzin get a Flying Bison?
In Avatar: The Last Airbender, Appa was the only known living sky bison.
But in The Legend of Korra, we saw Tenzin had one:
Is this Appa or was the sky bison species somehow resurrected?
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Who was Toph's husband
Lin Beifong is described as the daughter of Toph Beifong, the blind earthbender who teaches Aang earthbending, but her father is not named. Who is he?
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Why aren't there any airbenders in Profession Tournament Bending?
In The Legend of Korra (second Avatar Series from Nickelodeon) professional tournament bending has a trio of earth, water, and fire benders squaring off against one another; but why isn't airbending ...
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How Old is Mako?
I have heard that Bolin, from The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra, is 18-years-old, or thereabouts. From Bryke we have heard that Mako is older than Bolin. How much older is Mako than Bolin?
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What determines a bender's element?
At first glance, it seems that bending is genetic/racial. In the original series, each nation has its own element and there is no crossover (the Avatar being the obvious exception). The upcoming ...
