"Out of the Past" is the ninth episode of the first season of the American animated television series The Legend of Korra, which is a spin-off/stand-alone sequel to Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Like the rest of the episodes in the first season, "Out of the Past" was directed by Joaquim Dos Santos and Ki Hyun Ryu, and written by series creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, and it follows a captured Korra who learns the truth about Councilman Tarrlok (Dee Bradley Baker) while her companions search for her.

The episode also introduces the adult versions of original series main characters Aang (D. B. Sweeney), Toph Beifong (Kate Higgins) and Sokka (Chris Hardwick) through flashbacks that Korra receives as visions.

She manages to view the messages, which show Aang's memories on the day he and Chief Toph Beifong arrested Yakone, a dangerous criminal who has the ability to bloodbend.

They break into an underground base where they manage to rescue Lin's captured men, but Mako interrogates an Equalist who reveals they never attacked Tarrlok and Korra and that they don't have the Avatar.

The episode was directed by Joaquim Dos Santos and Ki Hyun Ryu, and written by series creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko.

"[3] In 2023, Leo Noboru Lima of Slash Film ranked the episode as the 11th best of the show, writing that "Sometimes, nothing beats a good dose of nostalgia.