History SelfDemonstrating / TophBeifong

Sigh. Anyway, introduction time. I'm Toph Beifong, one of the many female characters on the hit animated series, ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. If you don't know what happens in it, I'll tell you. Ahem...it mainly takes place in a world where most of the people have developed the incredible skill of bending, which enables us to combine our fighting styles and spiritual energy together to control the legendary four elements: [[MakingASplash water]], [[DishingOutDirt earth]], [[PlayingWithFire fire]], and [[BlowYouAway air]]. Together many people and benders alike made nations that fit their respective element. They are, in this order; [[EskimoLand the Water Tribe]], [[TheGoodKingdom the Earth Kingdom]], [[TheEmpire the Fire Nation]], and [[PerfectPacifistPeople the Air Nomads]]. A long time ago, all four of these nations lived together in peace and harmony. But sadly everything changed for the worse when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar, the only one able to master all four of the elements, could take care of them. Unfortunately for all of us, when the world needed him most, he just vanished, and we were just left to be sitting ducks. Because of this, a massive war took all the peace and strangled it like it was just a mere throat in the millions of people that we lost fighting it. The biggest casualty has to have been the Air Nomads, since Fire Lord Sozin launched an attack [[{{Understatement}} that left the Nomads a little worse for the wear.]] About a hundred years of this war has been going on, and many fear that the Avatar's cycle of reincarnation was broken. But one day, Katara and Sokka, two Water Tribe siblings, found the new Avatar; an airbender, and by extension, the last airbender. The airbender's name is Aang, and while he is an amazing airbender, he has to learn the other elements before he can save the world. Now that you're caught on what the show is about, now it's time to tell you who I am. I'm a young girl who is one of the members of Team Avatar, a group of young heroes that have dedicated their summer, and by extension, their lives, to save the world from the clutches of the evil Fire Nation's rule. I'm Aang's earthbending teacher, as well as the team's only earthbender. Here's a description of who I am in just one little sentence:

** [[spoiler:When Korra came to town, I revealed the identity Lin's father -- Kanto, who I deemed a "nice man", but our relationship didn't work out for reasons unknown.]]

* DoesNotLikeShoes: [[JustifiedTrope I have a reason for that]]. Because I'm blind, my bare feet are the strongest connection I have to the world. Anything that's not solid ground (or even moderate bandaging) dampens my "vision". I made sure to prove it too; whenever I'm asleep, I have my feet out of contact with the ground as the equivalent of [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/ed/7c/a2/ed7ca23b411cb496b85bdd4f3ce7fa4e.jpg "closing my eyes."]]

* TinyTyrannicalGirl: To quote this "[[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Eggman]]" guy, "I've always enjoyed telling people what to do.".[[note]]'''[[SelfDemonstrating/DrIvoEggmanRobotnik Dr. Eggman]]:''' Ah, that's the spirit! (Licensing fees, please.) '''Me:''' Sure... I'll pay you if you... look there! '''Dr. Eggman: Huh?''' ''(he sees that I already escaped from him via earthbending)'' '''Dr. Eggman: I HATE THAT EARTHBENDING SCAMMER!''' [[/note]]

* DoesNotLikeShoes: I have a reason for that. Because I'm blind, my bare feet are the strongest connection I have to the world. Anything that's not solid ground (or even moderate bandaging) dampens my "vision". I made sure to prove it too; whenever I'm asleep, I have my feet out of contact with the ground as the equivalent of [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/ed/7c/a2/ed7ca23b411cb496b85bdd4f3ce7fa4e.jpg "closing my eyes."]]

Sigh. Anyway, introduction time. I'm Toph Beifong, one of the many female characters on the hit animated series, ''Avatar: The Last Airbender''. If you don't know what happens in it, I'll tell you. Ahem...it mainly takes place in a world where most of the people have developed the incredible skill of bending, which enables us to combine our fighting styles and spiritual energy together to control the legendary four elements: [[MakingASplash water]], [[DishingOutDirt earth]], [[PlayingWithFire fire]], and [[BlowYouAway air]]. Together many people and benders alike made nations that fit their respective element. They are, in this order; [[EskimoLand the Water Tribe]], [[TheGoodKingdom the Earth Kingdom]], [[TheEmpire the Fire Nation]], and [[PerfectPacifistPeople the Air Nomads]]. A long time ago, all four of these nations lived together in peace and harmony. But sadly everything changed for the worse when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar, the only one able to master all four of the elements, could take care of them. Unfortunately for all of us, when the world needed him most, he just vanished, and we were just left to be sitting ducks. Because of this, a massive war took all the peace and strangled it like it was just a mere throat in the millions of people that we lost fighting it. The biggest casualty has to have been the Air Nomads, since Fire Lord Sozin launched an attack [[{{Understatement}} that left the Nomads a little worse for the wear.]] About a hundred years of this war has been going on, and many fear that the Avatar's cycle of reincarnation was broken. But one day, Katara and Sokka, two Water Tribe siblings, found the new Avatar; an airbender, and by extension, the last airbender. The airbender's name is Aang, and while he is an amazing airbender, he has to learn the other elements before he can save the world. Now that you're caught on what the show is about, now it's time to tell you who I am. I'm a young girl who is one of the members of Team Avatar, a group of young heroes that have dedicated their summer, and by extension, their lives, to save the world from the clutches of the evil Fire Nation's rule. I'm Aang's earthbending teacher, as well as the team's only earthbender. Here's a description of who I am in just one little sentence:

Anyway, I'm mainly voiced by the cute babyfaced little girl named Jessie Flower, which kinda contrasts with my rough and tumble exterior. I suggest you read all of this in her voice, since her voice is pretty much mine. Okay okay, I would eventually be voiced by Kate Higgins and Philece Sampler (Rest well in the Spirit World) in the sequel series, if you prefer me being bash as an adult that is. And once you're done, earthbend as far away from here as possible. [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife Your life will be ruined if you don't.]]

** Finally, taking out my footing or injuring my feet will leave me ''actually blind'' until I get better.

** While we were looking for Appa, I tried to prove I can put up missing posters of Appa despite my blindness...and I ended up putting one of them upside down, so, yeah, fail.

* PintSizedPowerhouse: I'm absolutely tiny being a little over 4 feet tall, but my only non-Avatar rival in earthbending is King Bumi.

* TinyTyrannicalGirl: To quote this "[[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Eggman]]" guy, "I've always enjoyed telling people what to do.".[[note]]'''[[SelfDemonstrating/DrIvoEggmanRobotnik Dr. Eggman]]:''' Ah, that's the spirit! (Licensing fees, please.)[[/note]]

* UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny: [[WebAnimation/DeathBattle I was once paired up]] against that emo sandbender named Gaara. [[spoiler: I won, for none shall ever challenge the Greatest Earthbender in the world and live to tell the tale! [[EvilLaugh Mwahahahahahaha!]]]]

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And for crying out loud, please forget about [[Film/TheLastAirbender the movie]]. Just watch the show. We all know how much of a trainwreck that was. I'm just glad I wasn't in it.

Sigh. Anyway, introduction time. I'm Toph Beifong, one of the many female characters on the hit animated series, ''Avatar: The Last Airbender''. If you don't know what happens in it, I'll tell you. Ahem...it mainly takes place in a world where most of the people have developed the incredible skill of bending, which enables us to combine our fighting styles and spiritual energy together to control the legendary four elements: [[MakingASplash water]], [[DishingOutDirt earth]], [[PlayingWithFire fire]], and [[BlowYouAway air]]. Together many people and benders alike made nations that fit their respective element. They are, in this order; [[EskimoLand the Water Tribe]], [[TheKingdom the Earth Kingdom]], [[TheEmpire the Fire Nation]], and [[PerfectPacifistPeople the Air Nomads]]. A long time ago, all four of these nations lived together in peace and harmony. But sadly everything changed for the worse when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar, the only one able to master all four of the elements, could take care of them. Unfortunately for all of us, when the world needed him most, he just vanished, and we were just left to be sitting ducks. Because of this, a massive war took all the peace and strangled it like it was just a mere throat in the millions of people that we lost fighting it. The biggest casualty has to have been the Air Nomads, since Fire Lord Sozin launched an attack [[{{Understatement}} that left the Nomads a little worse for the wear.]] About a hundred years of this war has been going on, and many fear that the Avatar's cycle of reincarnation was broken. But one day, Katara and Sokka, two Water Tribe siblings, found the new Avatar; an airbender, and by extension, the last airbender. The airbender's name is Aang, and while he is an amazing airbender, he has to learn the other elements before he can save the world. Now that you're caught on what the show is about, now it's time to tell you who I am. I'm a young girl who is one of the members of Team Avatar, a group of young heroes that have dedicated their summer, and by extension, their lives, to save the world from the clutches of the evil Fire Nation's rule. I'm Aang's earthbending teacher, as well as the team's only earthbender. Here's a description of who I am in just one little sentence:

* StreetSmart: That's part of why I'm the TeamFace and not Aang, even though he's the Avatar: I know how to take advantage of street situations. [[UpToEleven And it's more than just the street.]] At the custom official and for the Earth King's party I was the one doing almost all the talking.

* BlindingBangs: Yes, the [[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderSuperDeformedShorts Super Deformed Shorts]] and some of our side adventures have me having these. Though, they can't actually make me ''more'' blind.

* TinyTyrannicalGirl: To quote this "[[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Eggman]]" guy, "I've always enjoyed telling people what to do.".

* YoungerMentorOlderDisciple: I'm the youngest out of all the people to teach Aang earthbending, although he's technically older than most of his mentors anyway. I however one-up them by being younger than Aang physically too. (He's technically 112).

So anyway. [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe You cannot be serious.]] You just can't. You give [[SelfDemonstrating/CaptainFalcon a falcon-themed race car driver]] his own, you give [[SelfDemonstrating/EricCartman a sociopathic little boy]] his own, you even give [[SelfDemonstrating/MojoJojo an evil talking monkey]] his own, and yet it took you this much time to give me my own Self-Demonstrating page on TV Tropes?! I'm shocked, I tell you. Shocked!!

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* StaticCharacter: Not that I need any, but compared to everyone else, I don't get a lot of [[CharacterDevelopment life-changing over the course of our long adventure]]. [[LampshadeHanging I pointed this out]] during the time Aang went missing days before Sozin's Comet arrived. When Sokka proposed we split up into groups to find him, I wanted to go with Zuko, since Aang, Katara and Sokka got to have a life-changing adventure with him [[labelnote:note]] with Aang to learn the true essence of firebending, with Sokka to free his father, and with Katara to find her mother's killer[[/labelnote]], and now it's my turn. You did see me trying to talk to him about my parents, but he wasn't much interested so I dropped it, and no such change was had. Shame.
** The adventures after Ozai's defeat, I did attempt to change this. I learned some humility while teaching metalbending and my attraction to Satoru gave some insight to my growing interpersonal skills. I probably did it so when the new Avatar (looking at you, Korra) met me, I could be seen to develop.

Anyway, I'm mainly voiced by the cute babyfaced little girl named Jessie Flower, which kinda contrasts with my rough and tumble exterior. I suggest you read all of this in her voice, since her voice is pretty much mine. Okay okay, I would eventually be voiced by Kate Higgins and Philece Sampler in the sequel series, if you prefer me being bash as an adult that is. And once you're done, earthbend as far away from here as possible. [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife Your life will be ruined if you don't.]]

Anyway, I'm mainly voiced by the cute babyfaced little girl named Jessie Flower, which kinda contrasts with my rough and tumble exterior. I suggest you read all of this in her voice, since her voice is pretty much mine. Okay okay, I would eventually be voiced by Kate Higgins and Philece Sampler in the sequel series, if you prefer me being bash as an adult that is. And once you're done, earthbend as far away from here as possible. [[TvTropesWillRuinYourLife Your life will be ruined if you don't.]]