04x12 - Day of the Colossus

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Fire.

Air.

Water.

Only the avatar can
master all four elements

And bring balance to the world.

- The earth empire has
invaded the united republic!

After kuvira
demonstrated the power

Of her spirit energy
w*apon, president raiko

Surrendered the city,
but the avatar refused

To give up without a fight.

Korra held baatar jr. Hostage,
hoping to force kuvira

To back down, but
the plan failed,

And she fired on team
avatar's hideout.

Can anything or anyone stop
kuvira and her mecha-giant?

Go ahead. Take your time.

Just bending a giant wall.

Man, we got a lot
of people here.

Is that everybody?

♪ ♪

Kuvira's heading our way with
a platoon of mecha-suits.

- What should we do?

This is my hometown,
and I hate to say it,

But there's no use
risking all our lives

To fight that giant thing.

Let her take the city for now.

We'll think of some way to
come back and b*at her.

- What about all the people who
haven't been evacuated yet?

If kuvira finds out
wu is with them,

She might fire that
spirit cannon at him

And take them all out.

- I couldn't stop kuvira
from taking zaofu.

I'm not letting her
conquer republic city.

The world isn't safe as long
as she has that w*apon.

- I agree.

We take down that giant today.

- Lin!

- Glad to see you
all made it out.

You had me worried.

- Well, you benders are gonna
have to fight her alone.

She just blew up our factory
with all our hummingbird suits.

- Not all of them.

There are the prototypes
back at my office.

If we can get those
ready to fly,

We'll at least be able to
offer a little air support.

- Su, you take baatar jr.
And the rest of the wounded

Back to asami's office.

Get those suits working
as soon as you can.

The rest of us will just have
to face kuvira on our own.

- Everyone, please settle down.

The trains should be returning
to pick us up soon.

- Tell that mecha-jerk
to settle down.

She's the one blowing
up the whole city!

- I hate to be the
bearer of more bad news,

But I just heard on the
radio that kuvira's army

Has destroyed the train tracks.

We're not getting out
of the city by rail.

- Everyone, I was just up
on the observation deck

And saw a bunch of mecha-suit
soldiers heading this way!

- Oh, great! The giant
one wasn't enough?

It's over!

We're all gonna get
blown to bits!

- Listen, everyone.

I can get us out of here
if you just sit tight.

Can you step off
the bench, please?

It's a little crowded up here.

- Sure. I'm only the conductor.

No one needs me on the bench.

- Just stay calm.

I'll be right back. Come on!

- Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Where are you going?

- I'm going to get some help.

You think you can
handle this unruly mob

For a little while?

- I raised meelo.

I can handle anything.

♪ ♪

- A paint store? That's it!

- What are you doing, meelo?

- I just got an idea
how to b*at the giant!

Now everyone, grab some paint
and find me some balloons!

- Airbenders approaching.

- I see them.

♪ ♪

- Bombs away!

- Clear the glass.

- Now!

- The joints are platinum, too!

We can't metalbend any of it!

- You're about to get the
world's largest hot-foot,

Metal lady!

- Hit it now!

♪ ♪

- Ah! Ah!

Ah! Uh! Uh!

- Opal!

- Everyone, retreat.

Take the wounded back
to asami's office.

- I'll meet you there.

I'm going to see if
I can find help.

♪ ♪

- All right. Let's
fire it up again.

- I can't stabilize it!

I thought you fixed
the hydraulics.

- I did!

Twist harder!

- Ah-ah-oh!

- I hope you have
something in here

That can take out a
platoon of mecha-suits.

Kuvira's troops are
headed this way!

- I know how to take
down some mecha-suits,

And it just might take
down that giant, too!

Asami, disconnect anything
electrical in here

Until we get back.

Zhu li, let's go.

- Where am I?

Mom?

- Just rest, son.

I'm here.

- Mom, I'm so sorry.

I betrayed you...
The whole family.

I gave my life to kuvira,

And she just fired
that w*apon at me.

How could she do that?

- I don't know, sweetie.

She's a complicated person.

- Wing and wei will
never forgive me.

And opal...

- Yeah, they might take
some time to come around,

But we'll work through
it as a family.

- Do you think this plan
will actually work, sir?

- I know I can stop
the mecha-suits

With an electromagnetic
pulse, so it stands to reason

That I can stop a
giant mecha-suit

With a giant
electromagnetic pulse.

Zhu li, I've been thinking.

- You're always thinking, sir.

- Yes, but lately, ' I've
been thinking about you.

I know we might not make
it out of this mess,

And I feel like there are some
things I should tell you.

- There are?

- I remember when I was a boy,

I had an ostrich horse.

Named her mrs. Beaks.

I grew up on a farm.

Did I ever tell
you that, zhu li?

This was before the circus
people took me away.

Anyway, I loved old mrs. Beaks,
but I took her for granted.

- You'll have to finish
your story later.

Kuvira's troops are in range.

Okay. I hope this works.

- Yes! Dead in their tracks.

Oh, rats.

She's still coming.

Zhu li, do the thing!

- I'm afraid there are
no more things to do.

- What was that?

- An electromagnetic pulse.

It shut down the mecha-suits,
but our power source is fine.

- Locate the source
of the pulse.

That must be where varrick is.

Third and fourth mech platoons,
move in and continue the sweep.

Capture anyone
left in this city.

- Varrick, how come
your electro-thingy

Shut down the small mecha-suits
but not the big one?

- Because it's powered
with spirit vine energy.

I'm sorry.

I wish I could help you,

But it's unstoppable.

- It's not.

- Dad?

- I got him out of jail to help.

I figured we need
all the geniuses

We can get our hands
on right now.

If the prison's still standing
after all this is over,

We can throw him back in.

- I know what you all
must think of me,

But I love republic city,

And I would do
anything to save her.

- You think you know how
to defeat this thing?

- You must act
like an infection:

Break the skin and
att*ck the vital organs.

Disconnect the heart
and the brain,

And this beast cannot live.

- But how are we
supposed to get inside?

- Future industries has plasma
says for cutting platinum.

If we had one on
the mecha-suit...

- But the saws are way too big.

We'd never get the
suits off the ground.

- I think I can add
an electrical element

To the welding
torch on your suit

And convert it
into a plasma saw.

Then we'll just have
to land on the giant

And cut open a hole big
enough for someone to get in.

- Like a metal mosquito.

- You know what happens to
mosquitoes that land on me?

I squash 'em!

- We'll have to
att*ck in a swarm

To try to keep you guys safe
in the hummingbird suits.

It looks like they're
our only hope.

- ♪ Oh, first he ate the fruit ♪

♪ Then he ate the leaves ♪

♪ Hungry little lemur
ate up all my trees ♪

Okay. Great job, everybody.

Who's got another song for us?

- We can't just sit around here
singing old airbender songs

Until we're all
captured or worse.

- Should we play
the button game?

Who has a button?

Where did these
badgermoles come from?

- The zoo!

Mako always hated my
singing, but they love it!

- Well, what are we supposed
to do with badgermoles?

- They're the best
earthbenders around!

We can use them to
tunnel out of the city

Without kuvira's
troops spotting us!

- Are you sure this
is the best plan?

Let's follow the moles!

- ♪ Badgermoles digging holes ♪

♪ Under republic city ♪

♪ Got to run away
from kuvira today ♪

♪ Although I do still
think she's pretty ♪

- Mech platoons, report.

- Third platoon. No
sign of anyone so far.

- Fourth platoon. En
route to train station.

- I think we found the source
of the electromagnetic pulse:

Future industries tower.

- That's the place.

- Kuvira is headed our way.

- How long will it take to
get the plasma saws ready?

- Just a few more minutes.

- Get out there as
soon as you can.

- If you do manage
to get inside,

Find the engine room.

There are two emergency levers.

If you switch them off
at the same time,

You'll cut the power.

- Thanks.

We may not be able
to b*at that thing,

But we can slow it down.

Let's go!

♪ ♪

- Jinora!

Whoa!

Ooh!

- Rah!

- ♪ Oh, yin ♪

♪ You're the sweetest
evacuee I've ever known ♪

♪ And I just want to thank
you for being so kind ♪

♪ When I was living
in your home ♪

- Halt.

Turn around slowly, and
please, stop that singing.

You are all earth
empire prisoners.

Come with us and no
one will get hurt.

- You don't need these people.

They're just innocent civilians
caught in the crossfire,

But I'm prince wu, rightful
leader of the earth kingdom.

Take me to kuvira.

I've got business with her.

- No! Don't do it, wu!

- I have to.

But before I go, I'd
like to sing you a song.

♪ If you don't
respect the broach ♪

♪ You don't respect me ♪

♪ Oh, no, no, no, no, no ♪

♪ You're no better
than a roach ♪

♪ But I'm royalty ♪

♪ I got my badgermoles with me ♪

- Actually, your song is so bad,
your badgermoles deserted you.

- ♪ You don't know ♪

♪ What you're talking about ♪

♪ Oh, badgermoles I
love you, I love you ♪

♪ I want to, I want
to pet your snouts ♪

Ha-ha!

- If we stop that mecha-giant,

It will all be because of you.

- You're the one who designed
these incredible suits.

It's great to be working
together again.

- I love you, dad.

- I love you, too.

- Zhu li?

- Yes?

I have something
I need to attach

Before we take off.

- Attach to what?

- I need to attach this
ring to your finger.

Zhu li moon, will
you do the thing

For the rest of our lives?

- Yes.

- Yes!

Now, let's go attach these
barely-functional rust buckets

To a giant k*ller
smashing machine!

- It's exactly how I always
pictured our engagement.

♪ ♪

- Aim for that spot in
the middle of the back,

The one I can never reach.

- Got it.

- Whaa! Let's get out of here.

Wow!

I wish I had that
kind of flexibility.

♪ ♪

- Hang on!

- Ah!

- I need more power!

They're cutting in!

More power!

- We need to get out of here.

- Almost there.

- We have to go now!

- Almost there. Almost there.

- Dad! Now!

- Good-bye, asami.

I love you.

- Dad!

- Hiroshi's plan worked.

There's our opening.