![]() ![]() ![]() Her design became a subject of difficulty for the staff, who wanted her to return to the size of her twelve-year-old self from the original series despite flashbacks in the earlier part of The Legend of Korra showing her as having grown in height. In the following season, she was meant to serve as a foil to Korra with her "gruff mentoring style" contrasting the reserved Korra. Toph was favored by the creators to return in The Legend of Korra after the appearances of both Katara and Zuko, DiMartino writing that it "never quite made sense" for there to be a trip to the swamp, where she was located, during the third season. Toph uses a unique fighting style of earthbending, based on the Southern Praying Mantis style. Her fancy dress was modeled after the traditional clothing of the Chinese Tang dynasty. Her Earth Rumble outfit, the clothing she wears for the majority of Avatar: The Last Airbender, was inspired by European fashion styles. Her original design greatly influenced the appearance of Bolin in The Legend of Korra. The character's original design was recycled into the appearances of minor characters The Boulder and Sud. Following several long discussions, Konietzko stopped fighting the idea and warmed up to it, after which Toph was made female and introduced into the series, becoming one of Konietzko's favorite characters. As the series progressed and the time came closer to introduce an earthbender who would join the main characters, head writer Aaron Ehasz suggested that they create contrast by designing a little girl who is able to defeat strong, adult earthbenders some of the staff found this humorous, but it was initially rejected by Avatar co-creator Bryan Konietzko. Her prototype design is featured in the show's intro as the earthbender. Toph was initially conceived as a sixteen-year-old boy that was athletic and muscular, designed to be a foil to Sokka. Considered a fan favorite breakout character, the character has received a universally positive critical reception.Ĭharacter overview Creation and conception Toph proves herself a steadfast ally to Avatar Aang and eventually Avatar Korra. ![]() Introduced in the second season of Avatar, Toph travels with the protagonist Aang as his earthbending teacher, shown to have an abrasive, conceited and sometimes stubborn personality which leads to clashes with her peers. Toph has been blind since birth, but from her observations of badgermoles, she had learned to locate objects and their movements by sensing their vibrations in the earth around her. She eventually becomes the first person to develop the ability to "bend" metal as well. She later learned more advanced earthbending secretly from the badgermoles (fictional blind creatures that naturally earthbend). Because she was born blind, and her parents believed that her condition limited her capacity to learn and use the skill safely, they had a tutor teach her only basic earthbending. ![]() Toph is recognized as a prodigy of earthbending, which is the ability to telekinetically manipulate, reshape and control stone, sand, dirt, and, later, metal. Toph Beifong ( Chinese: 北方拓芙 pinyin: Běifāng Tuòfú) is a fictional character in Nickelodeon's animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, voiced by Michaela Jill Murphy in the original series and Kate Higgins and Philece Sampler in the sequel series. ![]()
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