Team Avatar (Korra)


 * This article is about Team Avatar in The Legend of Korra. For the original Team Avatar from Avatar: The Last Airbender, see Team Avatar.

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- Look, the arena might be shut down, but we're still a team. The new Team Avatar!

Team Avatar is the name used to refer to Avatar Korra, Mako, Bolin, and Asami Sato after the battle at the Sato estate.

The name of the group was devised by Bolin directly before an anti-Equalist patrol of Republic City; it was enthusiastically accepted by the other members.

Formation
After Avatar Korra arrived in Republic City and joined the Fire Ferrets, she became good friends with Mako and Bolin. Following Bolin's kidnapping by the Equalists, Korra and Mako infiltrated Amon's Revelation rally and rescued him before Amon had the chance to remove his earthbending. Mako became romantically involved with Asami after she accidentally hit him with her moped.

When Amon attacked the Pro-bending Arena, Mako and Bolin moved to Asami's house, to live with her and her father. During a visit to the Sato estate, Korra overheard Hiroshi talking on the phone in a suspicious manner, making her very concerned. After warning Chief Beifong and Tenzin, the three of them, along with the Metalbending Police Force, successfully located a secret Equalist factory beneath the Sato mansion. After being ambushed by Hiroshi and the other Equalists in the factory, a brief battle ensued. Following the investigating team's defeat by Hiroshi's mecha tanks, Mako and Bolin took it upon themselves to rescue Korra, Tenzin, and Lin. With Asami's help, the group was able to escape Hiroshi's forces and flee from the estate on a police airship. Korra then told Mako that he, Bolin, and Asami were welcome to live on Air Temple Island with her.

Patrolling Republic City


Team Avatar immediately took its responsibility to Republic City very seriously, as their first task was to patrol the city's streets. After Naga's refusal to carry all four members, Asami suggested that they use her sleek black Satomobile as a means of transportation. During their patrol, they heard about a breakout in the police headquarters, and rushed after the Equalists. After their motorcycles and the truck were stopped and the chi blockers were captured, Tarrlok arrived on scene, furious that Korra was there and had done the job of his task force, giving a final warning to her not to get in his way.

The next day, the team headed to the Dragon Flats district after hearing about an Equalist rally in the area. Upon their arrival, however, they realized that the rally was simply a protest conducted by a large group of non-bending citizens, resulting from Tarrlok's decision to sever their electrical power. Korra attempted to get Tarrlok and the metalbending officers to stand down, but the waterbender ignored her and called for the arrest of the entire crowd. Korra quickly stopped the metalbenders as they began to comply and, in response, Tarrlok arrested Asami, Mako, and Bolin, separating Team Avatar.

The two brothers and Asami, who were freed by Lin Beifong, later reunited with Korra after they found her escaping from Tarrlok's capture and holding.

Defending Republic City


During the Battle for Republic City, Team Avatar took it upon themselves to assist in the fight against the Equalists. The group headed toward the police headquarters just as Tenzin, Saikhan, and some metalbending officers were being abducted by Equalists in mecha tanks. Once the group arrived, they launched their empty Satomobile at one of the tanks, successfully destroying it. The group then freed Tenzin, and together they continued fighting, eventually being able to destroy all of the mecha tanks. Immediately after, however, the group realized that a number of Equalist airships were heading toward Air Temple Island, and so they quickly got on Oogi and flew back to Tenzin's home.

Upon their arrival, Tenzin discovered that Lin Beifong, along with Tenzin's children, had successfully defeated the invaders. Meanwhile, Pema was giving birth to her second son, Rohan. Team Avatar filtered into one of the temple's rooms to see the baby, but were interrupted by the realization that more airships were heading toward the island. Tenzin and his family escaped on Oogi, while Team Avatar used Naga to swim underwater back toward the city to hide among Republic City's hobo population until the United Forces arrived. Realizing that the city had fallen, Korra and her team moved to the city's underground network of tunnels, where Gommu was staying along with the bender and non-bender citizens. They then decided that Korra and Mako go undercover as Equalists to gather new information. They were both present during Hiroshi Sato's speech near the City Hall, and then informed Bolin and Asami about it. When the United Forces came, the team watched from the secret tunnel near the sea. However, the Equalists attacked the fleet with a biplane raid; Korra saved General Iroh from the sinking fleet. The team then decided to split up: Mako and Korra planned to ambush Amon at Air Temple Island while Asami, Bolin, and General Iroh dealt with Hiroshi Sato's secret airbase.

Ending the Revolution
On Air Temple Island, Korra and Mako found Tarrlok in a makeshift jail cell, where he informed them about Amon's true identity. Tarrlok told them about his childhood with Noatak, Yakone, and bloodbending training. They decided to go to the Pro-bending Arena to expose Amon as a bender during his victory rally. After failing to convince the crowd, Mako and Korra discovered that Tenzin and his family had been captured by Amon. Korra and Mako managed to free them and prevent Amon from taking away their airbending abilities. Meanwhile, Bolin and Asami began destroying the Equalists' airfield, defeating Hiroshi in the process, while Iroh took care of the biplanes that managed to take off. Amon found Korra and Mako, and removed Korra's bending. However, the Lieutenant had witnessed him bloodbending the Avatar. He attacked his former leader, but was easily incapacitated. Mako managed to strike Amon, but was later taken out as well. He almost lost his bending, but was saved by the timely awakening of Korra's airbending. Korra threw Amon out the window into Yue Bay, where he waterbent to save himself from drowning, inadvertently exposing himself as a bender and a fraud in front of all of his supporters.

Six months after the revolution's end, Korra embarks on a quest to master the spiritual aspects of being the Avatar. Asami assumes leadership of Future Industries, which now struggles to regain public trust due to its involvement in the revolution. Mako now works as a policeman. Bolin now leads two new teammates as captain of the Fire Ferrets, now that pro-bending is reinstated as a sport.

Members

 * Korra
 * Mako
 * Bolin
 * Asami Sato

Animal members

 * Naga
 * Pabu

Allies
† indicates deceased

Air Nomads

 * Avatar Aang †

Water Tribe

 * Katara
 * Tonraq and Senna

Other

 * Order of the White Lotus
 * White Lotus sentries

Enemies
† indicates deceased

United Republic of Nations

 * The Equalists
 * Amon †
 * Hiroshi Sato
 * The Lieutenant
 * Tarrlok's task force

Trivia

 * The name of the team is the same as the original Team Avatar, which Sokka named. However, everyone in the group seemed to like the name, as opposed to the original team's reaction to Sokka's suggestion.
 * It is also known among fans as "The Krew", similar to "The Gaang". Both incorporate the name of the current Avatar into a collective.
 * The team's methods of patrolling Republic City and dealing with criminals draw parallels from superhero groups most common in comic books, like the Avengers and the Justice League.
 * All the members have been arrested at one point: Korra, when she first arrived to Republic City for destruction of public and private property; Asami was arrested as a non-bender being out past curfew; and Mako and Bolin were arrested when they objected to Tarrlok's order to arrest Asami Sato.
 * Out of the four, Mako and Bolin are the only members who have had criminal pasts and/or have committed a misdemeanor. Mako and Bolin worked for the Triple Threat Triad, and they assaulted a police officer. These actions, however, happened underneath the law's radar.
 * Korra's Team Avatar bears similarities to Aang's Team Avatar. In both cases, there is a non-bender (Sokka/Suki and Asami), both have only one member who comes from a wealthy family (Toph and Asami), both have a member fighting against their father (Zuko and Asami), both include sibling pairs (Sokka-Katara and Mako-Bolin), both have only one member with a last name (Toph and Asami), both have a large animal that can be ridden and a small animal for comic relief (Appa-Momo and Naga-Pabu), and both have a member who is attached to a piece of neckwear that belonged to one of their deceased parents (Katara's mother's necklace and Mako's scarf.)
 * Korra is the only human member of Team Avatar to have her family intact as Asami lost her mother, and Mako and Bolin lost their parents, all to firebenders. In addition, Asami later became estranged from her father due to his Equalist ties.