Toph Beifong

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Toph Beifong
Avatar: The Last Airbender/The Legend of Korra character
Toph Beifong in Avatar: The Last Airbender.
First appearance	Original series: "The Blind Bandit" (2006) The Legend of Korra: "The Voice in the Night" (2012)
Last appearance	Original series: "Sozin's Comet, Part 4: Avatar Aang" (2008) The Legend of Korra: "Operation Beifong" (2014)
Created by	Aaron Ehasz Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko
Voiced by	Michaela Jill Murphy (2006–2011) Kate Higgins and Philece Sampler (The Legend of Korra) Dionne Quan (Aang: The Last Airbender)[1] Kira Buckland (Death Battle!) Julia Gu (Smite)
In-universe information
Gender	Female
Children	Lin Beifong (daughter) Suyin Beifong (daughter)
Nationality	Earth Kingdom
Bending element	Earthbending metalbending
Age	12 in Avatar: The Last Airbender 13-14 in Avatar comics 82 in The Legend of Korra and its comics[2]

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 as an adult and Philece Sampler as an elder in the sequel series.

Toph is recognized as a prodigy^[3] of earthbending, which is the ability to telekinetically manipulate, reshape and control stone, sand, dirt, and, later, metal. 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. She later learned more advanced earthbending secretly from the badgermoles (fictional blind creatures that naturally earthbend). She eventually becomes the first person to develop the ability to "bend" metal as well. 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.

Toph was introduced in the second season of Avatar. She 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 proves herself a steadfast ally to Avatar Aang and eventually Avatar Korra. As a breakout character, the character has received universal acclaim, quickly becoming a fan favorite.