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 term used to refer to 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. After Bolin was kidnapped by the Equalists, Korra and Mako infiltrated Amon's Revelation rally and rescued him before Amon had the chance to remove his earthbending. Mako then 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 rest of 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 job and 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. During their patrol, they heard about a breakout in the police headquarters, and rushed after the Equalists. After their motorcycles and the truck was stopped and the chi blockers captured, Tarrlok showed up, 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 shut all of their power off. 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 headed 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, where Gommu was staying along with the bender and non-bender citizens. They then planned that Korra and Mako go undercover as one of the Equalists, so they can 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 and 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
In the Air Temple Island, Korra and Mako founded Tarrlok in a cage, informed them about Amon's true identity. Tarrlok told them his childhood with Noatak, Yakone, and the bloodbending. They decided to go to Pro-bending Arena, to expose Amon as a bender during their rally. Mako and Korra discovered that Tenzin's family has been caught by Amon. Korra and Mako manage to free them. Meanwhile, Bolin and Asami begin destroying the Equalists' airfield, defeating Hiroshi in the process, while Iroh took care of the biplanes that managed to take off. Amon finds Korra and Mako, and removes Korra's bending, but it witnessed bloodbending by his lieutenant, who he incapacitates. Mako manages to strike Amon, but is later incapacitated as well, and almost loses his bending, saved by the timely awakening of Korra's airbending. Korra throws Amon out the window into Yue Bay, where he waterbends to save himself from drowning, exposing himself as a bender.

Members

 * Korra
 * Mako
 * Bolin
 * Asami Sato

Animal members

 * Naga
 * Pabu

Allies
† indicates deceased

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 (former ally)
 * The Lieutenant
 * Tarrlok's task force

Trivia

 * The name of the team is the same as the original Team Avatar, whom Sokka named. However everyone in the group seemed to like the name, unlike Sokka's experiences.
 * 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.
 * 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 a large animal that can be ridden and a small animal for comic relief (Appa-Momo and Naga-Pabu).
 * Korra is the only human member of Team Avatar to have her family intact.